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A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the People V0L.XXX1I. SCOTLAND NECK, If. C FRIDAY, APRIL7 , 1916. NUMBER 15. NEGRO LYNCHED AT KINSTON WffllESMY Joe Black, Father of Negro Rape Fiend, Taken From County Jail and Shot to Death By Mob Wednesday Morning. MOB OF BETWEEN TWOAND TiiSEE HUNDRED PARTICIPATE HALIFAX ITEMS. Halifax, April 5. A large crowd was here Monday transacting various kinds of business, the occasion being 4 ' First Monday. ' ' The county commissioners i were in session. It became known here Monday that twe Wilsn gentlemen. Postmaster S. W. Smith and Mr. J. G. Roper, had "'hftsed the Dunn farm, between I Enfield and Scotland Neck for $18,000. This is On of the best farms in the State and contains about 1200 acted. The Odunty BOard Of Education met Monday in the superintendent's office. Plans and specifications for the new Halifax graded school were ac cepted and the contract will be let on an early date. The building will cost about $4500, i - "T i SCOTLAND NECK MARKET l II KINSTON, X. C, April 5. Joseph Black, a negro, about fifty years of age, the father of the alleged rapist held in the penitentiary at Raleigh, was taken from Lenoir county jail here this morning a few minutes before three o'clock by a mob of several hundred per sons. The body of the man vas found in the road between Maury and Lizzie, Green county later. A fusillade: of shots was heard in that neighborhood and it is believed the mob despatched Black there. Last week "Will Black, a boy not quite grown, attacked and viciously abused a six-year-old white child, Mattie Tyson, in Green county. He beat her mother in order to accomplish the crime, and afterwards shot two possemen in a gun battle. He was taken and hurried to Goldsboro, and from there was later taken to Kaleigh. Black's Threats Led to His Death. Joseph Black furnished his son with shot guns and a revolver, it is alleged. But not that so much as alleged threats and assertions by him caused the Green county people to take his life. It is reli ablv reported that Black stated that the little girl was iio better than his son. that he would burn the Tyson home aiid kill the: child's fath er if he had anything to do with the prosecution. His-actions in the neighborhood following the assault provoked the men of .the-community to fury. The Green county sheriff got Joseph Black soon af ter Will Blaek was captured, holding him for furnishing the boy with weapons. It took the people days to reach the determination to lynch the old man. but their minds made up. Sheriff Williams knew better than to leave him within easy reach of a mob. Williams learned Tuesday eve-ilaiv that Snow Hill jail would not hold Black that night. He iash-;cl him to Kinston. Black was incarcerated here at 9 :20. ROUTE NO. 2 ITEMS. The hour for preaching, at Rosencath has been changed from 3:30 P. M. to 11 A. M. Mr. J. C. Edwards will fill his regular appointment there next Sunday. Peanuts, per bu. $1 Miss Gladys Keel of Bethel, spent Cotton (steady) 11 the week end with Miss Vera House. Cotton seed ----- 65c to. 70c Mrs. G. c Marks spent same time Fat Cattle, hoof 4e to Oc; dressed; 10c ast week witu her motuer, Mrs. Lucy Eggs 1 aue I A. Ivey. Granulated Sugar i 8c Mr. John QuiHcy and. family spent ALLEGED FORGER CAUGHT IN THE ACT BY BANK TELLER Corn, bu. - - $1 Clear rib sides 14c to 15 Feed Oats 66c 4y 70c Fresh pork 9e th 10c Hams (country) -24c Lard 12c to 15c, Timothy hay . $1.25 Employee of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company Present Spurious Check at Bank, Is Apprehended By Teller and Turned Over to Local Police Officers Sunday with Mrs. Jim Downing. Messrs. Jake and B-iger Crawley of UVtKlUMt WITH UKltt Ht FKtdtNTS PITIABLE SPtlfTALLE AT TRIAL Cheese, per lb. ., 25c The commissioners and the board ef Butter 35c to 45c education Monday appropriated $290 Meal (pet sack) $2 each for the emolovment of a home Fiour (l2lb sacks) 50e Aurelian Springs, were visitors Sun day at the home of jlrs. Marion House. Mr. Joe Robertson of Aurelian Springs spent Sunday here the guest of Mr. J. . C. Marks. demonstration agent. The government agrees to furnish a like amount for this work. Miss Sue Pope of Tillery was selected for the position. The Democratic county convention will meet here On Saturday, May 22, at north: Delegates tti the State and district conventions will be elected b'n that date. The board of commissioners Monday turned over to the Commonwealth the county statement for publication. Scarcity of Raw Paper. The paper situation is getting ser- idus so far as the printers are concern ed. Not only has the price advanced amazingly within the past two months but the production is waning, judging by information sent out from distribut ing nous. From Norfolk this week The Commonwealth received notice that orders should he in at least five weeks before needed. Reference is especially made to raw print paper, such as is used in printing this paper on. Coffee 13c to 35c Cotton seed meal, ton $35 Clean-TJp Week. Owing to the inclement weather ' ' Clean-tTp Week ' ' will be continued Cotton seed hulls, ton $13 J over next week, if necessary, to enable Hides, green 12c to 13c j every one to get their trash collected Hides, dry 10c to 12c for the city cart to remove. Beeswax - - 24c to 25c Let us clean up, and keep clean, bv Potatoes, sweet, per bu. $1.20 burning all paper and trash before it Potatoes, Irish, per bu. '" $1.80 has time to blow about the streets. Gasoline ;sm 26e Having once set fire to a pile of pa- Potatoes, Irish seed, per bu. $2.20 per, watch it until entirely consumed, as much of it will escape again at the FREIGHT RECEIPTS SHOW ; AN INCREASE OVER YEAR AGO The freight receipts for freight ship ped to Scotland Neck during the month of March, 1916, shows an in crease of $2558.35 over the same month in 1915; while the receipts for freight mercy of the wind. Eternal vigilance is the price of clean premises. MRS. G. W. BRYAN, Pres. Civic League. Wreck Near Tillery. Wednesday morning local freight forwarded from Scotland Neck.-during No. 305. when about 3 miles north of March, 1916, show a decrease of $675.- Tillery, had two heavily loaded box 29 as compared with the same month cars to jump the track, causing a dflay nt 1015 in traffic of over four hours. The Half-crazed with fear and sick with the realization of the for gery he attempted to commit Thursday afternoon, A. R. Ford, em ployed by he Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company, left for his home at Four Oaks, Johnston county, ths morning in the company of his father, who, upon learning that his son was in the hands of the uthorities in default of a bond of one hundred dollars yesterday placed upon him by Justice A. C. Liverman, hurried here to effect his release. On Thursday afternoon Ford is alleged to have presented at the paying teller's window in the Scotland Neck Bank a check for $63.00 on Mr. N. B. Josey. Assistant Cashier James Tillery, in 1he absence of Cashier J. Harper Alexander, Jr., refused to pay the check, stating o Ford that the signature was spurious. Ford then left the bank and Avent to the North End Drug Co., where he Avas found a feAv minutes later by Mr. Tillery, who Arent in search of the suspected forgerer upon the return to the bank of Mr. Alexander. Ford Avil lingly accompanied the assistant cashier to the office of Mr. N. B. Josey, who denied the signature. He was then turned over to Chief of Police R. II. Graj', Avho removed him to the office of the mayor. The defendant presented a pitiful spectacle at the hearing be ore Justice Liverman. He refused to make statement about the affair. Upon entering the court, he broke down, and Avith his head drooped in his hands, cried throughout the course of the trial, Avhich Avas hurried through Avith despatch in sympathy with the condition Not Fashionable. "Now, my dear, you must be con sistent in politics. Always vote the same way." "Mow absurd' retorted the wife. '-'I vdted in a blue suit last year. You don't expect me to do that again'' Kansas City Journal. I Younar Sffan Was Spokesman for Mob II. V. Allen. the Jailer here, avks awakened shortly before the - H-neiws-sr-ttFs..? aU -i -ura was 'mf ermine him .oyer .lanhnnp nf th mob's approach when the leaders appeared at door. Hundreds of quiet men lined t-hc streets near the jail and fill ed the court house square. A beardless man, not more than twenty five rears of age, was spokesman. Allen parleyed for a time. A man - .i . i i n i lift TVw vnnth- with a Avatch announced that ne nan ji.ul a mm.itv. ful leader told him to deliver up the keys or take the consequences. Aliens wife and startled children wci- at the windows of their quar ters. Two men seized the jailer, took his keys and were directed by him to an old death cell on the second floor. ? The leaders told Blaek to get un and dress himself. "ere go in" to move vou to another jail,' he was told. Black could not stand Ua nn fo-htonod to soeak. He was carried by the men, almost X A. v C0 l'v t5" x tenderly, it seemed to Allen, doAA-n automobile. Black cried "Murde: dicl not cry out again. Then the lc tries. Avairons and mounted m-n, 'iv street and out to Green county. wiootri. lamns all about illuminated the peaceable of the jail, but Kinston did not know what had happened until day had arrived, so quietly did the Croon farmers do their work. The mob had taken the precaution to picket principal uii tions of streets against police or a riot call, but they were ed in any way. Civic League. There will be a meeting of the Civic League at the Graded School Friday, qt iirtriio be present. MRS. G. W. BRYAN, Pres. Vhn arent increase of nearlv 40 Ter 1 wreck tram was at once summoned cent of freieht received here last month and the wreckage cleared away in short ! of the accused. Being unable to give the bond required by the court as compared with March last year, is order. Passenger trains numbers 73 ie was placed in charge of deputy-policemen Lance Everett and N. largely attributed to the fact that this and 58 were routed by Rocky Mount. E WinsloAV, Avho ill turn left him in the charge of special officer K. season a much larger quantity of com- No one was injured in the accident. y McDailiei who spent the night with him in the office of the local I tlmn I hut. t.Vift trae.K was torn un tor about w ai, mnr m.. and homrnv was I two hundred vards. I telephone exchange. raised at home last year than this year. The falling off of receipts for . freight j Clearing Away Bubbish. forwarded from this point last flionth as j The wreck train of the Atlantic compared with March, 1915, is due to Coast Line railroad was here Wednes peanuts alid cotton not moving as it day clearing away the rubbish of the did last year during the same jtoonth. four cars that were destroyed in the The following receipts forthe two fire of the N. B. Josey Guano Co., last months of 1915 and 1916 itttie given Tuesday night night. The guano com the Commonwealth by the. local freight pany also had a crew on hand clean agent of the A. C. L.: ,- ing up as much of the debris as was JQTp -JMarca,-ygl6. I possible. The fire was still burning MR. II. F. SMITH, OF RICHMOND, AT SCOTLAND NEGK BOARD OF TRADE, DELIGHTS ENTHUSIASTIC HEARERS Frt. for'd $2935.80 Buck Kitchin Camp 20 Strong Mr. McDowell Injured. Mr. Norfleet O. McDowell, who is connecte dwith the firm of E. T. White head Co.. here, while lifting the top off of a kettle that, was filled with boiling water, had his hand seriously scalded with steam. AlVTiile very painful, the wound is not serious, and Mr. MeDowelli s able to be about his regular duties with the firm. Buck Kitchin Camp United Confederate Veterans Endorse the Till, man Bill Resolution of Respect to the Late Comrade T. E. Ausbon. At their monthly meeting in the camp quarters in the Planters thf Rnck Kitchm A 4. j ; o A- P.AmtnProia riallK DUliainji yesiciui """'""""i rs. out on tne sueet u " . " ., A ft.r the usual routine '""r- v nv , Allen heard the noise. Black Camp, blmtea tonieoe.- ' " " n d same wil The County Statement. TKo Commonwealth mecnanicai -recession of automobiles, bug speaking, passed on up the 'storming Morbid Throngs View Black's Body. FARMVILLE, April 5. "Joe Black came to his death by gun shot wounds inflicted at the hands of person or persons unknown. This was the verdict of Coroner Harper and six men summoned from tbo ,tnws nf the body of Joe 15lak as it lay in the woods about seven or eight miles from this place and a de- 1 , , u fllwinr resolutions: county statement in hand ana same OI DUSiuess, """" " I . .. .-, r - nf i.t Tuesday.! Whereas, it hath pleased our Heavenly atner ana Tci t ze wi no doubt be interest- mander to again visit our camp and summon from our comradeship Each of of ex. our honored and esteemed chaplain, Thomas E. Ausbon. Kesoivea, penmiireg of the eounty'8 money. All therefore subscribers should see that they get the That in the death of Comrade Ausbon, tic Buck Kitchin Camp of compJ(,te paper on this date, which will U. C V ias lost one of its most worthy and esteemed members; the bear fmng away for future perusal. not molest- county and community a good citizen; his ciurcn a devout and devoted member. Comrade auslmmi wa a f ' Mr. A. B. White of Scotland ivecK. better soldier scrveu m vyvnixtvA-1 R F jy was a aner ai me v-u.u- monwealth office Welnesday to renew winch Mr. II. F. Smith, secretary of the Rotary Club of Richmond, Va., spoke here last night in Madry's Opera House to a crowd of about -iAjmadred. ojJierepresentative business men of Scotland Neck. Board of Trade and ins coming-was- ia.UiL.Kfuik. stratcd bv the large number of persons present. The speaker was introduced by Mr. AshbV YT. Dunn, .who stated in the course of his remarks that Mr. Smith was an officer in practi cally everv movement for the public good in Richmond. Mr. Smith spoke for more than an hour, his hearers listening interestedly Avhile he recounted experiences ot diiterent Dowuh uj. trade and chambers of commerce that he had been interested in. His talk was of the numerous variety, but each anecdote carried a moral with it and the local Board of Trade feels that it secured the one man who could instill more life into the young organization than any other. The speaker took as the subject of his speech : "Our Town a .tl nnt that, there were but tAvo things that made a town, namely: people and things. He also stated that the people made the things. -.1....1. v-..: At the conclusion of Mr. Smith's taiK, Mr. n. i. -, dent of the Scotland Neck Board or irac.e, u.u.i opvov. the board and also for those who heard him who were no memut,,. A. 17th N. C, Regiment, and no erate army. uwntu, U;a Mwt.in to this paper, . i a : r.-vio ti nnmi i iif i rr.m tin uj. i v. v That a copy ot these resound - - regularly for about 9n iroars Of particular interest to the manasement is the fact that Mr. White wlio. bv the wav. is one of the county 's nrntrressive farmers and best citi bout a mile from Maury April t, iyio. m;ilMO u;n wn.a unanimously passed a i-oen ntion enuorsm lUC - - ithe Camp, with the request that our town paper publish the same. Respectfully submitted, J. Y. Savage, I. II. Smith, W. R. Bond, Committee " . . . i1 - 0. 1 I J. ICOUlUlWi. V. c ... "i. A 11.. and Lizzie, behitr about half Avay hetwecn me vu y. . . TJ c v eamps of this State Avrue to vue i " . n ,i . 4-;, dnjtnnrc asifinir ijikiii OI tneir respective uiotwv, 0 j i ? j. rru e i. f this nd all neighboring toAVns ana cuie iiiruiigs ml cu.v 11 it ne a the last -estige of what Avas to use . . I i ,t A T?ot-rpKPllt.at,lVeS . . 1 1 L-t T'lll.lll II ir IVHR kJCliatVlkJ ' r . . 1 i , .. . have been traveling ever since the -m-: ne ui. a ... infhience to support the said bill. It is npu anu ju. whispered about this morning, to view the last ' d J II"; are many indigent and decrepit old veterans and widows to Ai f.ti,pr of Will Black, who criminally assaulted the little There are many 0 There mmy i"--- - - I whom it avouiu uc . gicm. i.k.. - Tyson girl on last Thursday atterncon left thg tale aud sooll Black lay with his face down on axv v b U now has only tAven riddled Avitn snots, nc nu vt. Avhen arrested and lay side and stomach, with his face ana neat. tha como unit nf clothes he whs wearing ,.,,u u:i iu ow nn,n. Above his right eye there was a big scar Willi ins iiiuum Mt" "1" . e and all over his forehead and face blood was oozmg out of gun shot wounds. His eyes were swollen and blue, as though he had been club bed before he Avas shot to death. When the coroner stripped his oVuly for examination sho s all i, a Uo.lr ,v,ro revealed. One whole load of shot went into one side and out the other loaving a large hole m his bodj Af.,r th, inquest, at the order of the sheriff, the body was ; load ed ua a ,art and hauled away to Snow Hill to he placed in front of the couit house. This was all that could be done, as the family of Black re- fused to bury him. :i101. w Sheriff Williams will order the body to be disposed of either by burial or sending it to the State University. . the last Avill have crossed the river. ty members out of sixty on the roll. Respectfully submitted, J. Y. Savage, Lieutenant Commander. . . . . . . . 1 1 j yq4: ilnv zens. caue xo ra'o on which his subscription expired. He did not have a 'receipt with him. but ..i ..omKoT-ol that on April 5. his time was up at the office. Mr. White tells t-ie Commonwealth that he has lost fW ho?s within the past ten days from hog ho!era. The farm demonstration agent. Mr. Atc Murray. was called on to i'o out and administer the cholera, inoculation and Mr. White is hopeful that a recurrence of the disease will not appear. Late News Home and Abroad HENRY FORD WINS NOMMINATION. Detroit April 6. Detroit newspapers which -compiled returns of the presidential preference primary were agreeu iouy , , 1 t . r. . u i ... v.',',(i, tb limibli- Ford of Detroit defeated JSenator m. aiuvu oi.uu. r can nomination by a majority of from 3.500 to 4,500. 'BILLY" SUNDAY MAY PREACH AT NORFOLK. Baltimore, April 6.-That there is a strong probability of Rev. Billy Sunday conducting an evangelistic campaign m Norfolk m 1018, Avas indicated this morning by Mr. Sunday. In disctissing the ith several laymen from tue lrgima ku, j that the call to Norfolk appeals to me v,3 Guano Factory Not Set conference avi e .iwitpil as savinsr. strongly, and I hope 1 can sec my way clearly to go there. w.taTffli Still Suffers From Attack, . ., r t AT ,tt Tvson is still suffering FARMVli, fP'" . B1S k. who malted hcr.that up to date no trom the attacK oi me u. - l.,1 fnu..... n Dr C, C. .Toyner, of this place, is m con i nnn hPr and he says that her condition is still very MtUlL ttliuiuoiu-u "l'-" " " . .iw.fl-ir car . n, i,r. Sacp is not extremely ser uSatisactc,ry -wm e fle - hoped. Mrs. Ta is ' any definite plans ious, she is nox improving - lv Sb has suttercd severe ;up; this, together with the condition oer daughter, has caused her to become very ment is very slow. nu. it -wor Made Statement That the Mr. N. B. Josey ueciarea iu Guano Factory Was Fired by Incendiary o His Loss is Only $15,000. .' . pvnlnde the unconfirmed ramor that the "" rr, earlv Tuesday morning, was the state- guano ; reprcsentatire of the Common. rMT to the effect that he had neer imated J . .. , ; a Kr oii lTieendiarr. He also siaieu to anyone that the piam wat, v Good Cover. "Why. Johnny." said a mather to her four year old son, "aren't you I - . -a i -iL ..V, 1 1 v x- ashamed to go aDoui wiui uu. face?" ' ' Don 't you worry about it mamma, he replied. "As soon as 1 get a mue bigger I '11 raise whiskers, tneii 3 ou won't notice the dirt. "Kansas itj Star. GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK. P.is Anril 5. A German submarine was sunk today by a sp.a 1 .1 avbmK th ministiw of marine an' ron or rrencii ami "nn"" d tonight intelligent conclusion had beer, reached as .to the origin 01 me n rebuilding, ihe manager of the w nen asti .uu, - . aeided on 1 . - . m fnnmoc rpn ipii tnat ne ua" j " - ' chain ot ierxuwei xw - - hut that for the reconstruction ox would make known the plans to tne puuuc. sustained in tie fire nere jwmuu? and this arnouit was paTtially cov JUCU. J - , ly from the wounds in the near tuture slistained m tie fire here Monday little also statea iu , , . -1,1 ..4- mrnvnA 1 5.000. weakened and her improve- nignt wuum , I ered by insurance. Fair Exchange. Dora And so you quarreled? Lallie Yes, and I returned all his .cl. and What dO VOU iniUJS. uc F" did? Dora Something horrid, I 'm sure. Lallie He sent half a dozen boxes of face powder with a note explaining that he thought he had taken as much as that home on his coat since he nrst met me. Phila. Public Ledger. The ere av was landed. Well Known Colored Man Dead. TTavwnod Hunter, a, well known col ored man of this section, died at Lisjress at Cape home here Tuesday evening after iUoewJ-of ttferal weeks, NO WARNING FOR THIS STEAMER. Queenstown, April 6.-The British steamer Zent has b. v. pedoed Avithout warning west or rasmeu x-., he crew are missing, and are supposed to have drowned U c or wegian steamer Bans was also torpedoed ioaj, American consul at Havre. VILLA SEEMS TO BE SAFE AS YET. San Antonio, April 6.-The most advanced cavalry detachmeuts engaged in running down ' " . sllreadv and at Gen. Funstons headquarters it were as far South as Satevo. TO RUSH WORK ON FORT AT CAPE HENRY. Washington, April C.-Representative Shirley of the . House appropriations committee, today submitted to the forUfica tions appropriations, carrying actual appropriations of $29T7 M . . - , n wA in startins work on the giant iort of wmcn JM,io;.f - . r v-....f..u.- Wnshinirtim.' 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