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it NOELL BROD., Proprietors. HO HE FIRST: ABROAD NEXT. Cl.oo Per Year in Advanco Vol. XX. ROXBORO; NORTHOAEOLINA, Wednesday Evening,'. July,1 1903; No 27 d . ,.. ... .. - - ; - t ' ' - ; ,, . .r, .. ,. , 7 T ' '--jfP ,,,......, ....... . ' 1,1 . . j !elling ;Put at RDXBORO IS DRY. RIOT IN YAYKEEDOM. i The Cov nty Commissioners Refused to Grant License Last Monday. Last Monday was one of the most exciting days we have seen in Rox loro in a long time. " J Saturday night it began ; to be, whispered around that there was to be a fight made before th Board of County Commissioners to close up the bar-iooms in' Roxboro. It was also stated that one of the -Board was in favor of granting license and one against while the. third -was not roaimitted. . : . " When th ; Board met Monday they set i : 30 p." m for the hearing Middl f boro Ineapnadined by Young Blades OppoRed to its Government Middleboro, Mass., July 4. A mob of young men; angered by the arrest ef one of their number dur ing the night, wounded a deputy sheriff by shooting him in the face with a blank cartridge; assaulted a pdlicetfXan. bombarded the house of of a police court j udge with stones and 'stormed the town hall in an attem pt to . release . the prisoner. They previously had set several fires and when J udge Nathan Wash burne, whoser house was stoned found , that the local authorities were RACE WAR IN EVANSVILLE. cf the matter,; '';At the appoinlejJtiel pi ess to control the riotous crowd telephoned to nearby places for po he assistance. : - Aid arrived at 7 o clock, but the mob had dispersed. The summoned officers, however, tfefe placed in charge of the town for the time being and a call ' was issued for the select men- ttr meet for action in the emergency. The mob was composed of about j'uuug uicu - uuu uoys. ine trouble began at midnight The rioters first went about town start ing fires - three of which were set in houses. 'The others were bonfires. Then the mob began smashing win tune tnere was a. latge- crowa s-. sembled' to hear the discussion Th&' Ar.ti -Liquor people were represent ed by Revs.,K. D. -jH9lnieSj:p' T. Watkius and J . k A. Beam; They presented to vthe .Board - petitions from nearly, or all.th aownhips in the County; and also from. the town. The liquor dealers, were represented by Messrs J, S: and'. W-D. -Merritt and W. T. Bradsher. -These gen tlemen presented to .the Board th ap plications of their' clients showing that the Board of town, Commission-, crs lis. d granted licenseto" them. It was' an interesting L fight -iarid dows and doing other damages. Af- well managed by both sides, the ter several. war'nitfgs Deputy Sheriff argumentbyhe anfi-salpon repre Lincoln and Policeman Hatch ar- sectati ves was simply unanswer-' rested Charles White. The crowd able. ';" - attempted to rescue White, but the The attorneys forsthe "S51oon men officers succeeded in getting the man took theposition that as it was aito the; lockup When the officers matter in which Viz' town people) returned to the street the crowd alone naa to ao, ana as ? xQe- iiown uuuuuucu Lucuiuciuuuumg me re rnmm ssinners had thought it; St Mease 01 ineir comraae. tome one to license saloons, that, the County fired a revolver loadeO with a bknk Commissioners should indorse .them cartridge .-fun in the deputy sheriff's also. To offset this argument the face anti-saloon people showed that they ' After the momentary quiet fol had a petition from a majority of lowing theinjury to the deputy the the white resristereoy voters in. the mob sent up .the cry to lynch town asking that no license be, grari- Hatch. The crowd started input ted. Looking at it from tniskarid suit of Hatch, who had left the vi- point Messrs. Bailey andcHester cinity hastily, and after a time he voted against granting license, and was overtaken: The'mob forceil him Mr. Noell voting to grant theml ,; to go to Judge Washburn house The lipuor dealers claim that and ask that a special session of they were faken advantage of by the police - court be held so that the fight being madeT on the quiet White could be set free or admit- order and not expecting a .light trom tea to Dan. nis j uage v asnourn that source they had made no de- refused to do. " The crowd retaliat fense. And more, that they were ed by aiusilade of stones against closed up without any notice whaU the judge's house. Then they went ever and now have ho chance of to the-town , house where White disposing of their goods. Well, was confined. .-They tried to batter there is something! in this. We be down the doors, and not succeeding lieve in fair play, to fight open and broke the windows, but did , not get t 1 -J PnrTTiTTim ' hoc I flr TUP TlfKmiPr. 'I aUUVC UU.ttlU. IXta VUUJViArw -xr-. t - f done that. No one who . reads the ratvir will wtliat thev didn't Kins ton Nars Free Mail Delivery tr- , j . , Negroes Incensed at the Efforts of a White Mob to Lynch the Slayer of a Patrolman Jail - Attacked and; . ' Iron Gates Battered Down Police -1 man Save the Negro ; . - - Lvansville, Ind,; July 5 . Twen? ty-five policemen twice prevented a lynching at the jail in this city early today, but their bravery -was ' not shfficient to avert a bitter race war between negroes and the white mobs that sought the life of Iee Brown, the negro slayer of Patrol man MasseV- The mobs smashed down iron gates and was part way into the jail before it( was repulsed by the policemen. The efforts Jo lynsh Brown aroused the enmity of the negroes of the city; who gath ered about' the jail and made threat-1 ening . demonstrations. , The ne groes were chased away by, a? crowd of white men. Mutterings of re venge are he?rd and a lash : may be precipitated at any time,- Bron killed Massey : in a street ba t tie Fri d ay . All Saturday th er e was talk of lynching and "about 10 o'clock at night men' and boys be gan to assemble in the neighbor hood of the jail. Sheriff f C. . W. Kratz had served deputies sworn in to protect the prisoners . Shortly before midnight Judge Rasch, of the Circuit Court, met the other officers of the court arid ordered the grand jury to convene Monday to "look into the Brown case, ' It was announced tothe crpwdthaj-tht negro would be indicted Monday and his case brought to trial at once. This appeased 1 the crowd and it dis persed. TWO NEGROES KILLED. Evansville, iLd., July 6. At. 1 o'clock this morning this city is in the hands of a mob-. Troops have been ordered out by the Governor to protectee j ail , which is sui -rounded by 2.000 men. ' Two ne groes have been killed in the race riot which is rampant. . Cost ..Great bargains at Max 4 Koplotfs Clothing and Dry Goods Store. .Everything-going at cost from now until further notice. ; . , 1 We are going to make chan ge in qiir business - Lawns from 4 to7 cents The best Calico from . 4 to 5 cents. All dress goods must go at oncel, at and below cost. 1 1 ... vi; ' 150 pairs of Slippers. -e ha"ye 150 pairs of slippers worth .$1.50 . . going at $1.00. . : - . . White cloth 3 lbs to the yard going for 5 4 " Cbunterpainlarge .size worth $1.00: now going : mr -111 - r .v ... . r r,. you an Know - v ' " ' ' ' ''' ' we carry a large stock of Clothing. And we are Going to sell Clothing and pants at cost: LAlo a very nice line' of Shirts going cheap. . ; now cent 4 Men's Shoes, low and high tops. Men's Shoeslow quarters and highI topsgoing at X30st. All cordially invited. We hav6 a large stock of ledies hats on-hana;Vwhichwe..are'go-; ing to sell at and below cost. ' - "N . 33 Railroad War At Knoxville Knoxville, July 4. The South ern Railway to-day served an in junction on the louisville & Nash ville Railroad restraining it from proceeding further with occupying of the right of way along the south bank of the Tennessee 'river . here. The Southern has, since the Louis viile & Nashville enjoined it yes terday from occupying this ground secured de eds to considerable of the right of way in question. OU P Iff aim m- Is an event pt importance economic buyers. to ' , . .s arcoins 1 Not Bargains in Name Only ;but Bargains in Fact. know where its editors'stood on this Kinston, N. C,, July 4 Kins great question; but to be honest, we ton will have free mail delivery next would rather haveseen the whiskey year. The local office is now in the -men given sixty 'or ninty days in second class. Annual receipts of which to close up in. , -That- looks lp,ooo place an omce in mis ciass to us like it would have.been better, and the receipts at the 'office lsst But the commissioners have -acted, year were $9,400. Poatoffice re and we believe they, did what they ceipts of $10,000 for the year, will thought was best, and we have no entitle the town to free - delivery, criticism to make. We believe the and there is not the slightest doubt Hquor men will abide the decision of that these figures' will be passed the Board in good faith; 4hey have f . ; :- . , certainly acted manly under , their ' : defeat. We have not heard of their V abusingany . orier" We hope' this : A Quiet Dajr in Richmond. ; feeling will continue it is best for Richmond. Va., July 4 There all. iy' -" Ltaratin A Aw1rmmp ti At th A - trAf Some think it is a great . mistake, . JL . will suffer. Well, it may, .but we tomgnt jiwl luc .juiuu uia. can't believe it. u We know some with anobert or simuiar TUiftA ane wighty-gopd towns in North Cro- bullet took effect inthe fare regis- where -there hias not been a li- terip apparatus, nnging'up a .fare censed bar. roomnn Vi5:or2o;-years. i v u a 'saJ.' The people' thereare no better than w-v-6-- our people; and, .they are rno more ' The man wuo mcu ,iuc sugiHQi The Southern injunction is most ornnnrr cnorial IIAQ TOf thl mOnthS Sa e are Gauze vests, U !10c.v . (worth 12 ic). . ' Silk mitts and Lisle gloves 25 & 50c (worth 35 and 65c.) Straw has, 1 - : i0a to 75 cents. (worth i5 to $1.00) , Trunks, ' . - to $7.uu (worth i.25 to $8.00) Dinner set, ' $i.50.. (worth $1-5.00) -, ; Table damask;, , 75c. . (worth $1.00) Hammocks, ?i,25 to 3.00) (worth $1.50 to $3.75) Matting, i2i to 28 cents (worth 1 5 to 35 cents) , sweeping, compelling - the Louis? ville & Nashville . not only to stop 44 inch black mobair 50 cents. , work, but to vacate the property and also to remove its tools there from. All work has ceased and the matter is now in the, courts. 50c. (worth. 65c, ) 44 inch black eege ' (worth 60) 42 inch grey crepoline 75 cent N - (worth si.uu) Linens and silk gingham 20 cents. (worth 25 cents) Fancy dimity and lawn 10 cents (worth 13 to 10 cenLa Loud's Company Rejected . 1 Washington, July 4.-An order has been issued. at the Postoffice De-1 f ancv lawns, - 12 J to ,18 cents nArtment n discontinuing ' the con- ( worthl5 to 25 cents) tract with the Postal Device , and 36 inch Pecals : -. 10c' Improvement Company, for the pur. R & Q- Corsettfi 75 cts. chase ot aevices .ior lnaicaung tne ; . (worth $1.00) ter boxes. The order took effect Jnly Qher SPCCialS ; thrOUgllOUt half, it is ; alleged. Representative Loud, 'of California, visited the Postoffice Department It is Cal ifornia concern and has furnished thousand of devices' tb: the" itlie Btore. We sell what we. advertise and what we, cell advertises us. ft .A"', tj. .ran Sl'Ao J.iLo. 1 re oval than bur people. tv v found. service. . ' s
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