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Volume 26; Number 12.
METKHPAIIY
ffiifME GOOD
IjuIE'S SHORTAGE
County Commissioners Decide to
Suit Against Sheriff '.
cr. J Bonding Company "
LANE TO SUE ALSO FOR
DEFAMATION CHARACTER
Huddle Growing Out of Recent
Audits Has Not Yet Been
Settled .
,f erring with their
the Craven . county
commissioners this
cided to call upon the
:rety Company, of
Yr
to make good the
,2,117.37 taxes col
16, 1917 and 1918,
.ue sum of $2,146.98
for the county from
o July 3, 1920, and
'4. - - w
ly 1,
ieriff R. B. Lane is hold-
. . .i . nit
; ;, cl lining it is a part of com
! 'cits on his 'collections.. 'The
"'v :j company are surety on
3 f' riff's bond and the total
c r-.cur.t they will be asked to
t :rn over to the county, will be
Commissioners Will Sue
At a meeting" held Monday the
ccrair ; sioners partially decided to
Iring suit against Sheriff Lane and
the tending company. Following
the meeting at which the matter was
cursed it was found that such ac-
would take; a long while to be
hed oat, and ,in the , meantime
her collections would come into
sheriff's hands and might be re
ed by him as. commissions which
claims are due to him. . h ' ;
rter careful consideration1 the
( sioners , decided that an im
a call upon the bonding com-
to make good the amounts
t " Tied' would be the best solu
i. . . ct i ti.e problem and this fcGio"
! ? f'one' today. -: '..'.'';'?:.'''-'
la another chapter in the
v, ri ngle which has been going on for
several months. 'W. P. Hilton, pub
1'3 accountant, of Norfolk, Va.,. had
r.en come to NEW BERN and make
i n audit of the county's books. The
y i ccnBumed months and cost the
...ty thousands of dollars.
Seven Thousand Involved ; -;
In the winding up of the audit,
th e auditors , stated t that the sheriff
Mas due the county something like
saven thousand dollars. " That official
denied the charge, declared that, he
did not owe one penny and that he
iateaded to stand pat and not pro
duce one cent of the money which it
was claimed he owed. Further in
quiry was made into the report and
it was four that there were a few
errors and the amount , originally
fixed at about seven thousand, dwin
dled down to about two thousand.
Etill the sheriff stood pat , and de
clined to give the commissioners any
money or any satisfaction further,
than to have an auditor come to the
city and make an audit of his books,
which showed, as far as it was car
ried on, that the sheriff was right in
his contention. . ': - '
This latter audit v however, was
not complete and the commissioners
decided to stick by the Hilton audit
for which they had turned loose
qu'ie a big wad. of money, and this
stand was permanently . fixed, their
dec 'ion today coming as one direct
: f Lane to Sue Also
in the interim Sheriff Lane served
notice on the auditors that he in
tended bringing A suit against' them
for damaites to his character, stand
ing in the community, etc., and this
g nn hannne ore. ..
It 4s expected that representatives
of the bonding company will hasten
to NEW BERN -as soon as the de
mand ia made upon mem ana win
endeavor ' : to straighten the matter
out to the satisfaction of the com
missioners.v '. : v ,
GOLDSBGRO, PLANS
' BIG SCHOOL BOND ISSUE
KTNSTON. July 13. Qoldsboro is
nnmniating & bond issue for Its
public schools possibly even larger
than the $900,000 asked by the Kin
according to Kader R.
Curtis the superintendent here. Cur
tis RtAteit that he has been informed
by the superintendent at the .Wayne
county town iui viumouui u ouvui
board Will aSK lor a.iunu tiprua.i-
tan nr eaualing that sought bere
Both towns are said to be badly in
need of additional scnooi lacumes.
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JIGGS FAILS TO ARRIVE
V IN THE CITY TODAY
; 'owing to delay in transit via
th mail route Mr. Jiggs, Mag..
' irie and the others will not be
.n CITV TATTDV1T. thla
seen in
afternoon, the "mats" from
which "Bringing Up Father'
i4nnii are made having been
temporarily held up "somewhere-
In Jfortn tri"
the postman being willing and
the fates relenting, NEW
' .npnv'9. ., mo8t popular . comic
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SIX PAGES TODAY
To Ask Legislature To Investigate
Atlantic And North Carolina Lease
(By PARKER R. ANDERSON) :
..." WASHINGTON, July 13. A
bill will i be introduced In the
legislature when it meets next
month' asking for an investiga
tion by a select committee of
. the lease . of the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad, with a
view of having the lease broken
and the road put in the hands of
the state, according to an influ
ential business . man from the
east, who is here today. - - ,
It will be charged that the
.' lessors, have violated all provis
MRS. HARDING IS
PAN WITH WILL;
-VERY DEMOCRATIC
Is Said She Has Helped Mater
, ially in Career tf Her
v 8 Husband '
' (By Anociated Pren) v
MARION," O., July 13. Many wo
men of Marion, : girlhood . acqualn
tances, friends or chums of Mrs. War
ren G. Harding, wife of the republi
can nominee for the presidency, are
enthusiastic over the possibility that
she may preside at the White House.
They say she is well fitted for the du
ties of a president's . wife ..' because
"she has a mind of ber own, gener
ally manages to get what she wants,
is thoroughly democratic, ' likes to
give and go to parties, - is interested
in a hundred and one things, knows
how to talk to every one, including
men, and once she'knows you always
knows you." ; ; ', h h
Helped In His Success.
Some Marion residents say that
Mrs. Harding has contributed in im
portant ways to Mr. Harding's, suc
cess In life.
Mrs. Harding was born here, Au
gust 15, 1860, and was reared in this
city where she attended grammer
and high schools. Afterwards she
studied music at the Cincinnati Con
servatory of Music. ' . . .
As Florence Kling, daughter of
Amos Kling, banker and one of the
most wealthy men in Marion, she is
described by a girlhood friend, Mrs.
Margaret hYounkins, as "one of the
best borse, women I have ever seen.
She rode and "'drove more like - a
man than a girl," said Mrs. Younkins,
who said-she was more accustomed
in "those -days to seeing; 4Norenee
JCling" dashing "swiftly "up! the street
on Billy, her saddle' horse, than walk
ing with the other girls of her so
cial circle. . Other girlhood f rients of
Mrs. Harding told of the times when
they used t6 "pile into Florence's
phaeton and ride with perfect confi
dence behind her speedy Billy." ;
-Were Married In 1891. r
Florence Kling was married to
Warren G. Harding, then aSi now
newspaper publisher, on July 8, 1891
in their present home on Mount Ver
non Avenue, Marion. For more than
twelve years, until illness prevented,
Mrs. Harding was circulation mana
ger of the Star, her, husband's news
paper. In addition she was the regis
tration bureau for complaints, adver
tising manager and angel to the
newsboys. ' '
When Mrs. Harding returns to Ma
rion and meetB any of the boys who
carried papers for Senator. Harding
when she , was circulation manager,
she pats them on the back, it is said,
and remarks: "Here is one of my
boys he will be famous some day."
Mrs. Harding has been a member
of "The Twigs," a card club of Ma
rion, for many years.
LANS FOR IMPROVING
COAL TRANSPORTATION
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 13. New
emergency orders from the Interstate
Commerce - Commission granting
priority to the shipment of coal to
the. northwest, and New England by
operators having'' Contracts in this
section will be proposed by bitumi
nous coal operators to the railroad
executives at New York tomorrow as
a plan for improving the transporta
tlon situation.
. No Reply Received. . '
(By Associated Press) ,
SPA, July 13. The Russian So
viet government has not. replied up
othis afternoon to the request of
the allies that an armistice be ar
ranged with Poland.
SUPREME COURT
WON'T PREVENT
RATIFICATION
Has No Authority to Interfere in the
Action of The Several States in
The Premises
i (By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 13. Justice
Daily, in the supreme court, dismiss
ed today injunction proceedings
brought by Charles F. Fairchilds, of
New York, president of the American
Constitutional League, to prevent the
promulgation of the ratification of
the suffrage amendment and to test
the validity of the equal suffrage law
The court held that It was with
out authority to interfere into the
action of the state legislatures
m
ratifying the suffrage amendment
and that it had no authority to pass
upon the validity of such an amend
ment. Mr. Fairchilds noted an appeal to
the supreme court of the v United
States.
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NEW BERN, NORTH
ions of the lease, that the prop
erty is being run down and that
the present condition of the
road-bed and equipment is such
that it is a menace to the public
' welfare. Under the ' provisions
of the lease from the state, the
road was to be kept in good re
pair and adequate equipment
provided.;-
- Both of these provisions, it is .
claimed, have been ignored, and
the present condition of the line
is such that it endangers the 1
lives of those who patronize the
road.
UNDERWOOD PLEADS
TO SAVE COUNTRY
Believes Plunderers and. Parti
sans Are Threatening Life '
' of Nation
(By Associated FreM)
BIRMINGHAM, Ahw July 13.
Declaring that the government has
become the football of the partisan
desire of the plunderer. Senator Un
derwood, in an address today at the
reunion 'of the Rainbow Division vet
erans, .pleaded with them to become
leaders in the' fight against the dan
gers which-he said are threatening
the life of the republic. '
The dawn of a new era, said the
senator, has brought changes which
have fixed the march of progress
the principles upon which the nation
is founded: The volunteers of the
world war, he--suggested, have not
really been mustered out of the serv.
ice but furloughed f to serve again
for the safety of our heritage."
. Th speaker paid tribute, to the ex
ploits of the Rainbow . Division in
France and to the memory of those
who had fallen on the battle; fields
of the Argonne and the Marne.
VIOLENCE THREATENED
SLAYER OF A YOUTH
(By Associated Press)
MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 13.
Race Berry, negro, was rushed from
Montgomery early today for 4eafe
keeping following ; the killing last
night v of Gordon Qgletree,. white,
f onrteen who,' iV'was x-lainied, Was. in
Berry's water melon patch when he
was shot by the latter. John Gib
bons, another youth of fourteen, was
shot at the same time, but he will
recover. Berry was captured early
this morning after an all night
search. He was found near the city,
and it was claimed he had not made
any attempt at escape, but kept away
from crowds fearing violence.
RISONERS ESCAPE FROM
BUNCOMBE COUNTY JAIL
T By Associated Press)
ASHEVILLE, July 13. Seven
prisoners escaped from the Buncombe
county jail early this morning by
sawing their way out of individual
cells and then dropping with the aid
of blankets tied together from the
third floor. Waiting automobiles
carried them to freedom.. - All of them
were changed with crimes of serious
nature. , . ..
Jerry Dalton, who was convicted
la-3t fall ot double, murder and sen
tenced to electrocution, was one of
those who escaped. He appealed to
the supreme court and was to nave
been retried.
PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT :
REPORTED OVERTHROWN
(By Associated Press) '
LIMA, Peru, July 13. A revolu
tion has broken out in Bolivia, aor
cording to dispatches received today
from La Pa. The government has
beep overthrown and the president
and members oi his camnet lias Deen
made prisoners. ,
Will Defer Reply
v (By Associated Press) J
SPA, July ' 13.- The allied prime
ministers have decided not to insist
on the German : reply to the allied
ultimatum, regarding coal deliveries
at 3 t. m. today. The Germans will
be permitted to defer their reply un
til tomorrow.
WOMAN IS KILLED
BY HER CHAUFFEUR
ON COUNTRY ROAD
Driver Murders His Employer and
Then Turns Weapon on Himself
at North Stonington
(By Associated Press)
NEW LONDON, Conn., July 13.
Bernard B. Gelsler, a chauffer, who
is alleged to have shot andi killed
Mrs. Arthur de Cordova, of New York
City, while automobiling with her
in North Stonington yesterday, and
then shot himself, died today at a
hospital here.
The tragedy took place on a lonely
road near North Stonington. The
bodies were found beside the road.
It is said that Mrs. de Cordova left
the hotel in her automobile with
Geisler driving yesterday afternoon.
She had been stopping at the hotel
with her daughter.
Iearns of Tragedy
NEW YORK, July 13. Arthur de
Cordova, New York broker, whose
wife was killed yesterday by their
nVio li fpai nba, Mow T.rknlrtTi 1 o f f a ,
ionce tor conneticutt when he learn-
ed of the tragedy.
CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JULY
Governor Cox and Mr. Roosevelt
' Will Visit ,White House on y
; Sunday
INITIATIVE IS TAKEN
. BY PRESIDENT WILSON
President . is Keeping In Close
Touch With Early Campaign
Developments
(By . Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 13. Gov
ernor James Cox and Franklin
Roosevelt, the democratic candidates
fo president and vice-president, will
confer ' with President Wilson Sun
day, at the white house. . Arrange
ments for theconferenee were made
over the longdistance telephone to
day by direction of the president.
President Wilson, it was said, took
the initiative in : arranging for an
early meeting with Governor Cox and
Mr; Roosevelt early today, directing
Secretary. Tumulty to talk with the
governor-on the telephone and find
out what day would best suit his convenience.-''
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It had beert common knowledge
that' Governor; Cox would visit . the
president but democratic " leaders
had not expected it to be before Au
gust. Reports that the president and
the nominee were apart on the lea
gue of nations question was said by
party leaders to have Influenced the
president in arranging for a speedy
meeting. : - ; " - , v ' : . ;. :' - . -v
:. It was sald'todiy that the presi
dent had kept in close ; touch ' with
early campaign : developments ; and
was "anxious to do his part." Some
administration leaders intimated that
he would throw his weight into the
fight and might . make a statement
from time to time. .
s On the other hand white house of
ficials declared the president's course
would be determined largely by the
advise of the national committee.
"BLUE JACKETS"
SENT JO PEKING
AS PRECAUTION
Revolutionary Hostilities Again Are
r, Threatening in Far Eastern ;
Country ' .
(By Associated Press) .
WASHINGTON, July 13. A de
tachment of 150 American sailors
has been ordered to Peking to aug
ment the American legation guard of
275 marines as a precaution against
threatened revolutionary '- hostilities
there. 1
In making this report to the navy
department t today Admiral Gleaves,
commander-in-chief of the Asiatic
fleet, also said he was' proceeding to
Peking to confer with the American
minister there.
The cruiser Huron, Admiral
Gleaves' flagship, and three destroy
ers are now at Taku, about one hun
dred miles from the capital.
The blue jackets are being sent
to Peking unarmed, but it is under
stood . there1 will be available arms
for them there.
ARTISTIC GENIUS
HAJLEDJN PARIS
Blonde-Bearded French Peasant
is Doing Remarkable Things
In Marble
(By Associaced Press)
PARIS, July 13. Paul Adolphe
Darde, awarded the envied Paris Sa
lon national prize for his marble
Faun" and "Eternal Suffering," is
greeted by critics as a genius in the
real sense of that abused word.
Is Not Trained Artist. '
Darde, in the simple telling of his
career, stands out among artists. He
is not trained, in the academic way
He was a shepherd in the region of
Lodeve, in the wine country of sou
them Prance. Son of a small farmer,
he watched a flock or worked the
ground until he was 20. He fought
in the war and today, famous, he is
only 31.
-The big, powerful, blond-bearded
peasant, began drawing, he says
when he was eight, but felt his own
way until he took a drawing course
in the Lodeve high school and latter
studied at Montpelier getting, as he
says, guidance m his first steps.
Through the counsel of his two art
teachers he came to Paris. He spent
five weeks here in the government
art institute and worked three days
in Rodin s studio. With that slim
grip of the classic school and the
modernity of Rodin, Darde began the
working in marble and metal that
made experience his teacher.
Has Little Preference.
"I have no preference in schools,"
Darde says. "I love all that is beau
tiful in art as in life. " He has been
likened most closely to Rodin, but
he admires first of all the Work of
Jean Goujon and secondly that of
Barye and Rodin of modern art.
The "Faun" is a massive, Vigorous
conception, sneering, synical and sen
sual. "Eternal Suffering," . repre
sents a woman s head, snake-entwined,
with a face, upturned, in anguish
and almost distorted as if with physi
cal pain.
Darde works directly in marble
without a wax or plaster model.
PRESIDENT WILSON
WILL CONFER WITH
NOMINEE OF PARTY
WITHOUT TRAINING
13, 1920.
ONE
ILL
Principal Groups Have Deter
mined Upon Amalgamation
With Forty-Eigh'ters
"UNITED NEW PARTY"
READY FOR BUSINESS
Farmers and Single-Taxers Will
Join Their Forces With
The Others '
"(By Associated
Press
CHICAGO July 13 Amalgama
tion of the principal groups to form
a new party was effected here today.
The committee of forty eight voted to
join the national labor party. A
large non-partisan league group and
a delegation of single taxers marched
into the labor convention and an
nounced they also had decided to
amalgamate. '
Convention in an Uproar
The convention was' thrown Into
an uproar, when. Robert M. Buck, of
Chicago, chairman of the labor reso-t
lutions committee, made a motion
that the ' credentials of the forty
elghter's be- honored and that the
hall be prepared for a' joint conven
tion. ' '
The motion was carried amid
cheers, and on its heels the delegat
from the' forty eight convention '
rivedand were seated after a noisy
demonstration. . , . ' . ;
William Remfer a non-partisan
leaguer from South Dakota, announc
ed the farmers, after spending five
days looking . over the convention
here, had decided their interests were
"identical with labor." r .
: Will Stand With Labor.
"We have decided to come over and
stand with labor, fight with labor and
organize with Jabor," Rember said,
amid cheers.
The single-taxers arrived on the
heels of the farmers and endorsed
the amalgamation movement.
On motion of Max S." Hayes, of
Cleveland, chairman of the laboi
party national committee, nomination
of presidential candidates , of the
"United New Party" was . made a
special order of business for 8:30
Oi' clock t tonight.,,,-. .4 ut
COX WILL CONFER WITH
WILSON AT WHITE HOUSE
(By Associated Press)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 13.
Governor Cox announced today that
he will hold a conference with Pres
ident Wilson at the white house at
10:30 o'clock next Sunday1 morning.
The announcement was made follow
ing a telephone , conversation be
tween Governor Cox and Secretary
Tumulty. ,
: Elections Board to Meet ., :
"':." (By Associated Press) ' '
' RALEIGH, July 13. The state
board of elections will meet at 10
o'clock tomorrow 'morning and can
vass the vote in the recent primary.
ERS WILL
British Ambassador Will De
liver Address at Meeting in
Ashevillc
ASHEVILLE, July V 1 3. Featured
by the presence of Sir Auckland
Geddes, British ambassador to the
United States, who will deliver an
address before the convention on the
evening of Tuesday, July 20, the an
nual session of the Southern News
paper Publishers' Association, with
allied associations, will convene Mon
day, July 19, at Grove Park inn.
The annual conventions are always
held here, the association having
agreed at the first meeting held here
several years ago to hold the ses
sions here each year.
The program for the, convention,
which has just been received here,
shows that it has been arranged with
a great deal of care and attention
and several addresses from men
prominent in the newspaper world, in
addition to others connected with
various associations and bodies to
meet here at the same time, will be
present for the sesions.
J. H. Allison, of the Record, Fort
Worth, Texas, is president of the S.
N. P. A., M. E. Foster, Chronicle,
Houston, Texas, first vice-president;
W. A. Elliott, Times-Union, Jack
sonville, second vice-president, Wal
ter C. Johnson, News, Chattanooga,
Tenn., secretary-treasurer.
The newsprint situation promises
to be one of the leading topics of dis
cussion during the convention, and
as several representatives of big pa
per companies will be present, the
situation will no doubt be gone into
fully.
Bolshevik! Capture Minsk
(By Associated Prpss)
LONDON, Jujy 13. Minsk has
been captured by the Russian bolshe-
viki forces, according to an official
statement .received here from Mos
cow which says the soviet troops oc
cupled the town on the morning of
July 11.
THIRD PARTY W
NAME A CANDIDATE
AT NIGHT SESSION
PUBLISH
HOLD CONVENTION
IN "LAND OF SKY"
SECTION TODAY
SONS OF DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
BY FIRST MARRIAGE
The two sons by his first marriage,
of Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio,
who may be romping on the lawns
of the White House, this time next
year. James McMahon Cox, .oldest,
and John William Cox; v ; r
ERNOR BICKETT
T REPLY TO
GLARCYE
t
Says Would Be Waste of Time
and Valuable White
Paper
RALEIGH, July 13. Governor
Bickett does not Intend to reply to
the eight column , article of Chief
Justice Clark, carried In Monday
morning papers, he told newspaper
men yesterday afternoon, because,
as he sees it, "Time and white paper
are entirely too valuable to con-r
tinue this discussion ad infinitum."
The governor stated that, he wrote
what he wrote "not. because I wanted
to do it, not because it was any pleas
ure to do it, but because ot an un-
escapable conviction that it was my
duty to the state of North Carolina
to do it."
. Governor Expected Dissent
"I naturally expected the judge to
dissent," the governor stated. "He
always does. On this very proposi
tion he dissents, not ..only from the
opinion of the. governor about what
is wise and just in taxation, but also
from the opinion of all the other su
preme court judges, from the- opin-
on of the attorney general of the
state, from the opinion cf the state
treasurer, the secretary of state,' the
state auditor, the- members of the
state tax commission; in fact, if there
is a single state officer who has any
patience or sympathy with- the rabid
views of Judge Clark on taxation I
have not been able to locate him."
In the opinion of Governor Bickett
the chief justice '''-stands alone in
wanting to place a double tax on cor
porations for doing the same busi
ness with exactly the same capital
as a co-partnership on a single tax.
What Governor Thinks
The judge, alone dissents from the
opinion of the legielatures of every
state in the union, the governor
.thinks,- for ho state; in the union
levies on corporations tne taxes
Judge -Clark contends should be lev
ied in North Carolina, "Is Judge
Clark alone wise, alone virtuou3?,'
the governor asks. "Is Judge Clark
endowed with more wisdom and more
virtue than all the members of all
the legislatures of all the states in
the American union?" queries Gov
ernor Bickett.
Although a voluminous writer, the
governor thinks that should the I
.... ..... - . ....
judge write "until doomsday he will
never convince the people of North
Carolina that ,it Is either Just or
wise to make a corporation pay twice
as much taxes as a co-partnership
pays that is engaged in .exactly the
same business with exactly the same
capital." His part of the discussion
is closed.
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FIRE THREATENED BIG etteville's new slogan, expressive.- Of
KIXSTON LUMBER PLANT a plan Inaugurated by the, municipal
government to extend the city .limits
KINSTON, July 13. Fire in a ' in three directions, taking In. an ta--small
building at the plant ot the i timated number df . 10,000 or more,
Hines Bros.' Lumber company, south-1 people. The proposed extension will
east Kinston, threatened to do heavy give to Fayettevllle. more" than' hree
damage. The blaze was discovered times thearea' it 'now-eontains'a&d-in
its incipiency and quickly extih- will add li the city some tf "the most
guished. Property worth hundreds valuable taxable property In Cumber
of thousands of dollars was at stake. land county. ". . - ' ....
Single Copy: Five Cents
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I IIIIIAAIill
IDF CRff;
Al'FJtS Eff LOYER
Person County Mob
Put" to
Death Wrong Man, Sayk
Contractor - -
li Aft
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GUILTY BRUTE ALLOWED;.
. TO MAKE GOOD ESCAPE
Man Killed Was 111 and On Way
to Consult Doctor At" . .
Time 'r -
; DURHAM, July 13. Ed." Roach.;
the negro who' was lynched by a Per-"
con county . mob - last Wednesday"
morning, was Innocent' of the 'crime
i'cr, which he died, according .to.
signed statement made by Nello Tay- .
't, widely known contractor and pni- :
, loyer, v of the mob victim: 1 V r " .
The infuriated mob, in the, opin
ion of the contractor, made a ghastly -mistake
when they dragged Roach
from the Person County Jail, hanged" '
him. to the. church-yard tree and r('di
died his body with; bullets, while thtf
brute who committed tb. crime, was
allowed to escape. " - W",
"When this negro ', was r lynched,' V, "
Mr. Teer says in ,hia statement,.' "a
innocent a ' man; was- murdered ,
could have been', had you or I ben
the victim of the mob." v ' .i -Waa
Inoffensive Man. .
Continuing, the contractor says
"Roach was working -for me And '
was a quiet, hard-working ' inoffen- 1
sive, humble negro. On Monday he v .
came to me and stated that 1 he waa -sick
and wanted to go with me .to
Durham that .night- to; see" r doctor.
Instead 1 arranged for rhihi ' to ,o
Tuesday night to Roxboro. He cpp?, '
tinued his work all. day Tuesday nn--til-5:30
(bear in mind that the crinve
for which he was lynched' occurred .
between 2 and 3" o'clock, that. afterI
noon), when he asked" permission of v
his foreman to stop and go to Mount.
Tersa station to catch . the- train f r
Roxboro. - Permission was 'riven: him."
and he left Xor,the station walking
At 6:45 he passed the State's brldte
crew (white men), and two ; men wfto '
were out searching for the guilts n- y .'
gro saw him and -followed him, up the;'
road to' the , Mount Tersa station, ,
where he sat down and waited for , ;
the tratriwTnese;twii men, 'sat dowoV"
on the railroad hear him. v-When the
train came' he got" on and' paid, the '
conductor his : fare to Roxboro and
got off the train there. H6 was not ;
arrested until he got off the train. -I
am aC-ised by "the .chief , of -police ,
he asked what they, had him for and
told them he had. not done thy thing,"
hut he was not told until he got in
jail what they had him for. He ask.
ed to be taken to -my office to aee-mr ,
superintendent with whom he had af-
ranged to carry him la. the Idoctoty 4
but -permission was refused him," '
Mr. Teer says the" right negte, was -
probably on'e that worked at hid camp .
only a few hours. " 1 "i " '',",'' -
In Interest f Justice. v-,
. '."A negro man about Roach's ie '
came to my camp on . Sunday night,'
was employed on Monday and went '
to work Tuesday -moraingj ; , Aba.ut :
8:15 a. m. he drove my team out to-the-ide
of the . road and had been -gone
. twenty-five minutes when .,mj,
foreman missed him. My- foreman '
took out one of the mules and went
to look for him, saw him going up
the road towards Mt." Tersa,' the he- .
gro saw him and broke and ruri oter
on the east side of the railroad, going.
towards Lynchburg. " Tbhi was about -
10:30 a. m. Tuesday morning ana in
approximately ; three-quarter of ;
mile of the scene of the crime.; Thit"
man was dressed ' practically 4 h a -,
same as Ed. Roach, with. cap and
overalls, was about the same alee, but
a little darker in color.-,; . " -,'-.. ,
. In conclusion Mr, Teer ajit.'-iA
"I make this statement in the in-.
terest of truth and Justice, yet with
a full knowledge at the odium" I am
bringlng'down upon my own head in .
doing so, but with the hope that .thU. ,
fearful ctime may so shock o"ur. peo- ,
pie as to make its like again an im
possibiiity.v k 'z. !,
GOLDSBORO RECTOR TO .
ACCEPT RICHMOND CALL
GOLDSBORO, July.. lS.ev.t JT;
H. Gibboney.-rector of St.' Stephens
Episcopal church,:, has ; ahnftunced. 4o
his congregation . his ' acceptance,,
the call to . Richmond, which was ejt;
tended to him some time ago.
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Mr. Gibboney will take charg p
this new field in the early fall. .Mr.'
Gibboney came' to"1 fit ; Stephen'
church three yeara-'ago from' South
Carolina and has given, himself zeaK
ously to the work here and; af.Plke-"
ville. ; For two . years, he. has beta.'
editor of the Mission Herald, the 'of
ficial magazine of the . diocese; "and
is now. a member of the executfye
council of the diocese and chairman
of one of its departments. The hew
charge to which Mr. Gibboney goet i
,v.n ruwn f th, Vninnanv' ' - '
I. Ill: V.U U H.W W . V" J UF.UWM .. '
The congregation numbers oter
four hundred members.
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FAYETTEVILLE PROPOSES
TO INCREASE POPULATION
FAYETTEVILLE, ' V July' 1 Ul.C