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VOL.25. 8MITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JUNE 15. L906. NO. 15.
JURY COMMENDS HER.
Would-Be Rapist Foiled in His
Evil Designs.
HEROIC DEED OF A SEEMA GIRL.
With a Coolness Rarely Found Miss
Pearl Jones Shot Bud Richard
son, a Negro, Who Premed
itated Assault on Her.
Selma, June 10.?Last night
about 11:00 o'clock Miss Pearl
Jones, the telephone operator at
this place, shot and fatally
wounded Bud Richardson, a
negro, who, by his own confes
sion, had premeditated an as
sault upon her.
The telephone office is located
in a narrow room between a
large store and the bank front
ing on Main street. In the rear
of the office, enclosed by a high
board wall, is a small back lot
private to the operators. This
lot is entered through a screen
door in the rear of the office and
there is also a door through the
wall in the rear of the lot which
is kept fastened by a hook on
the inside. About two weeks ago a
negro was caught climbing over
this wall and scared away by one
of the operators. Three nights af
terwards, as one of the young
ladies stepped into the back lot
from the office, she was confront
ed by a negro man. This time
there happened to be a young
man in the operating room who
ran to her rescue, only to see the
negro's back and give a fruitless
chase.
u : i-u: . i c
IlCclI IllK Ul LU18 SKUUUUaiieilipl
the young men of the town decid
ed to guard the office at flight,
whicn they did regularly, taking
turns, until last night, the two
men assigned to this duty were
sitting in front of the drug store
awaiting for the stores to close
so they could take their posi
tions, when at 11 o'clock they
heard a pistol shot, followed by
four more in quick succession.
These two, with the chief of
police, ran to the office, when
they found the young lady with
the pistol in her hand. She told
them she started out into the
back lot with pistol in her hand
and instinctively feeling the pres
ence of some one fired once. Itv
the aid of that fire she could
plainly see some one crouched in
the corner. Then she aimed at
him and fired the other four
shots as he went out the door
and thought she hit him with
the last one.
BROTHER FURNISHED CLUE.
The crowd that had gathered
by this time began the search
for the negro, when some dis
tance away they sew a negro
boy coming on the run toward
the drug store. When he was
halted he said he was going after
the doctor for his brother, who
had just been shot. Not waiting
for the doctor they made him
lead them back to where the boy
lived. They found him at home
lying on the bed, groaning and
praying. He confessed the whole
affair then and there before the
doctor came.
Only one shot took effect. This
bullet grazed his left arm and j
entered the body, piercing the j
lung and perforating the bowels.
At the magistrates trial Sun- j
day the wounded negro made the1
following confession:
"North Carolina, Johnston ?,
County: Bud RichardBon, being i,
sworn, says: Jim Merritt and I
went into the back lot of the tele- ?
phone company's office Satur- j,
day night, June 9th, for the pur- ,
pose of committing rape on j j
Misses Pearl Jones and Jessie
Hunt, who were night operators
for the company. I got shot and
Jim told me he had been there
twice before for the same pur
Eose, but could not succeed by i
imself. No one else was with us. 1
(Signed)
"Bud Richardson." 1
Jim Merritt emphatically de- <
nied having been with the negro 1
at all that night, but said he 1
went home at 10:25 with an- ]
other negro, Haze Richardson, i
who took the stand and corrob- 1
orated Jim. Henry Barrow, a i
reliable white man, swore he was
passing along the street back of
, the telephone ottice at 10:4ft and
saw Bud Richardson and Jim
Merritt standing in an alley look
ing directly toward the rear of
the ottice, and at 11 o'clock, wheu
he was almost home, he heard
the five pistol shots. Maggie
Barefoot, who lives in the nearest
house to Richardson, swears she
saw two men pass her house
shortly after 11, one half-carry
ing the other. Then one ran
back to the road aud pretty soon
another man ran towards town.
EXCITEMENT KAN HIGH.
On this evidence Jim Merritt
was bound over to court along
with Richardson. There were
i two or three hundred white men
; at the trial and excitement was
running high, until they knew
the result of the hearing, and
Jim Merritt was hurried off to
jail.
Miss Jones is a most excellent
young lady and her closest
friends were agreeably surprised
at the wonderful amount of cour
age she showed. She has reload
ed her pistol and says she will
I continue to do her duties as if
1 nothing had happened and fears
| no further trouble. A subscrip
| tion list is rapidly growing, the
object of wnich is to present her
with a handsome gold mounted
revolver, a gift from the citizens
and visitors of the town. The
operators up and down the line
are contributing money to pur
chase a gold medal for her.
The above is a revised account
of the occurrence as published in
the daily papers of Monday.
The wounded mun lived until
Tuesday afternoon when he suc
cumbed" to periotonitie, caused
Hf7 fho wnnnrl
Wednesday morning Coroner
Z. L LeMay summoned a jury
and held the inquest. After ex
amining several witnesses, includ
ing Miss Jones, the jury returned
the following verdict.
"Thedeath of thesaii Hud Rich
ardson was caused by a pistol:
shot at the hands of one Pearl
Jones who undoubtedly fired the
shot in defence of her honor, for
which act this Jury heartily com
mends her.
Signed: M. C. Winston, C. W.
Richardson, L. 1). Pebnam, S. S.
Holt, R. O. Cotter, H. L. Skinner.
Jury.
Canaday for Register of Deeds.
1 heartily endorse all that has
been said through your valuable
paper in regard to the candidacy
of Mr. J. P. Canaday for Register
of Deeds. No better selection
could be made in the county.
He is a man whose character and
moral courage are above re
proach. He has always meas
ured up to the standard of ex
cellence in every undertaking: he
is of the type who does things,
not dream them, and while he is
a resident of Banner township,
the people of Elevation have a
strong claim on him, his boy
hood and early manhood being
spent in this township where he
taught school for a number of
vears.
He is of that type whose best
friends are those who know him
best. And while his influence is |
felt most in this section where he
has done so much towards thei
training of our boys and girls, j1
yet his influence has been felt j
throughout the county. In a ?
word, ne needs no introduction i
to the people of this county
where he is so well known. So 1
now, I appeal to you, my fellow j
citizens, to go to the county con
vention and help us nominate |
this worthy man, and I might I
add, a full ticket of just such men
and all will be well for Demoracy
in this county.
Alo.nzo Barber.
Elevation Township.
Death From Lockjaw
never follows an injury dressed J
with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Its'
intiseptic and healing proper
ties prevent blood poisoning, j
Jhas. Oswald, merchant, of!
Rensselaersville. N. Y? writes:
'It cured Seth Burch, of this
place, of the ugliest sore on his
leek I ever saw." Cures Cuts,
Wounds, Burns and Sores. 25c
it Hood Bro's. drug store. 11
JONES CHOSEN UNANIMOUSLY.
Placed lu Nomination bv Harnett and
Seconded by Every County?W.
M. Sanders Chairman of
the Convention.
The convention of the Sixth
Judicial District met at Lilliug
ton Tuesday and was calied to
order by Mr. \Y. C. Munroe, of
Goldsboro, chairman of the exe
cutive committee .Mr. (J. M. Muse,
of Lillington, delivered an ad
dress of welcome to the conven
tiou.
Mr. W. M. Sanders, of Smith
field, was made permanentchair
man and Mr. Edward E Britton,
of the News and Observer staff,
| acted as secretary.
in accepting the chairmanship
of the convention Mr. Sanders
referred to the fact that he se
| cured his good wife in Harnett
i county. He thanked the people
of the county for the work they
had done for Mr. E. \V. Hou. He
said among other things that
democracy stands for good
roads, good schools and temper-,
ance and well deserves the sup
port of the people. He reminded
them of the work doue for the
party by such men as Senator
Vance and other leaders.
The present solicitor, Hon.
Armistead Jones, of Wake, was
placed in nomination by Mr.
I?au Hugh McEeau, of Harnett,
who madeau appropriate speech.
Speeches seconding the nomina
tion were made by Messrs. T. 1'.
Sale, Graham Haywood, Robert
Haynes, Charles U. Harris, John
C. Iirewry, W.C. Douglas, W. 11.
I I Ui.~~J4.l~ J I if.. i_r ? ??
n. ouiilu auu .1. i>. noiuing, 01
Wake; W. C. Muuroe, of Wayne;
L. H. Allred and R. M. Nowell.
of Johnston; W. A. Stewart and
H. L. Godwin, of Harnett. He
was then nominated by a rising
vote of the convention.
Messrs. L. B. Pegram, W. C.
Munroe, W. A. Stewart,jam! J.
M. Beaty were appointed a com
mittee to wait on Mr. Jones,
notify him of his renomination
and escort him to the coventiou.
He accepted tne nomination in a
very appropriate speech, thank
ing the convention for the honor
conferred on him.
The convention passed a reso
lution endorsing the course of
Senator Simmons aud recom
mending that he be re-elected to
succeed himself.
i\le8srs. W. C. Munroe, W. M.
Sanders, C. M. Muse and W. It.
Jones were chosen executivecom
mittee for the Sixth Judicial dis
trict for the ensuing two years.
J. W. Barnes for County Commissioner.
To The Editor:?Permit me
space in your valuable paper to
present before the convention for
nomination the name of J. W.
Barnes for County Commissioner.
It has been several years since
Wilders township has been hon
ored with the office. I think we
are justly entitled to one com
missioner. I don't know of anv
better man we could get to fill
that place than Mr. J. W. Barnes,
he has been a lifelong Democrat
a zealous worker for the cause of
i'cuiuuiacj' ouu aiwajb ul llif
post of duty. He is a man who
will look after the interest
of the county and see that the
county's money is spent judici
ously. I appeal to the people of
Johnston county to help us nomi
nate him and we will haveacom
missioner the county will be
proud of.
W. B. Eason,
Wilders Township.
Following the Flag
When our soldiers went to
Cuba and the Phillipines, health
was the most imjiortant consider
ation. Willis T. Morgan, retired
Commissiouary Sergeant LJ. S.
A., of Rural Route 1, Concord,
N. H., says: ' 'I was two years in
Cuba and two years in the Phili
pines, and being subject to cold*.
[ took Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, which kept
tie in perfect health. And now,
11 New Hampshire, we find it
:he best medicine in the world
for coughs, colds, bronchial
iroubles and all lung diseases,
guaranteed at Hood Bros, drug
gists. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial
jottle free.
FREE DELIVERY BOXES.
Mr. Pou Speaks Against This
Unjust Monopoly.
PRICE OF MAIL BOXES TOO HIGH.
There is No Reason Why the People j
Should not be Allowed to Make
Their Own Boxes.
Washington, D. C., June 11.?
i Congressman Pou, of North Caro
lina, delivered the following
speech in the House Saturday:
Mr. Chairman, 1 wish to say a
few words, supplementing the re
marks of my friend from Tennes
I see, respecting the ruling of the
' Post-Office Department, that
I patrons of the rural free-delivery
service shall not make their own
; boxes, but must buy boxes put
j on the market by the trusts. I
| am not making these remarks
I for home comsumption. either;
I want to appeal to the Members
; of this House to pass abill&llow
] iug the patrons of this service to
make their own boxes or have
| them made, (ieutlemen, why
should these people not be allow
i ed to make theirown boxes? The
! Post-Office Department could
say what kind of a box should
be made, and the patrons of the
service could easily have boxes
made conform to such require
ments; and they could haveboxes
i mo/To mot Ota <r/xr?/l no f t"">l'l
iuuuv j ucii an ^v^uu an iuuoc rum
by the trusts, just us good us
those the Postmaster-General re
quires them to use, at about oue
tbird of the price they are com
pelled to pay aow.
A lew weeks ago I went into a
hardware store where a large
number of these boxes were on
sale, and 1 was told by the pro
prietor of that establishment
that boxes which he was com
pelled to sell for ?1 ."id could be]
manufactured for .'!() cents He
! said he was forced to sell at j
a protit and could not afford to
charge less than ?1.50 for one
class of boxes and ?1.25 for ais
other, but that either kind of
box shown could be made for
about MO cents. I am told that
a worthless sort of box is offered
for 50 cents, but the point I am
trying to make is this: It is
wrong to allow the Post-OfficG
Department to say to the patrons
of this service, ''You must use
boxes prescribed by this Depart
ment or you shall not have your
mail delivered to you. You shall
not make your own boxes. You
shall not employ some one else
to make them, but you must buy
from manufacturers who enjoy
the favor of this Department or
you shall be denied the benefit of
a service which you yourselves
largely pay for." This, Mr.
Chairman, is in tffect what we
allow the Post-Office Department
to say, and I declare to you it is
wrong. .
VVhv shouldn't thp nunnlo ho
allowed to provide their own
boxes in accordance with reason- '
able requirements? Will any '
gentleman rise here and now and '
give one single reason why they '
should not be accorded this '
privilege?
Let the truth come out. Is it
not because the Department
wishes to help certaiu mauufac- (
turers? It can not be because of 5
the necessity for uniformity in .
the kind of boxes used, for there
is no uniformity nor is there any
necessity for such uniformitv. I J
believe I have myself seen half a
dozen different shapes of boxes. 1
All that is necessary is a box
which will keep the mail dry. I
see no reason why wooden boxes t
may not be used, but I will not s
press that suggestion Let the i
boxes be made of sheet iron or i
any other metal: let the Depart- t
ment make any reasonable and c
sensible requirement, and then if 1
the trusts can put their boxes on i
the market cheaper than the peo- 1
pie can have them made, then the i
people will probably buy from t
the trusts; but in the nanw? of c
common decency don't let ^ rul- 1
ing stand which requires, com- t
pels, forces millions of Amef.'can f
people to patronize the trusts. 1
God knows we are largely at the
mercy of the trusts anyway, but
let us frame a law which will
stimulate the manufacture of
these boxes in every town in the
land. There are men in almost
every town who would be glad of
the chance to make these boxes
at prices less than those charged
by the trusts.
I wonder if thecompanhs which
tliUKe these boxes contributed
anything to the great fund our
present Postmaster-General rais
ed in the last campaign as chair
man of the Republican National
Commitee? They certainly should
have contributed to that fund,
for they are allowed to charge a
profit of 100, 200, and even '500
per cent for goods manufactured
by them and which the people
are forced to use.
In conclusion, I say, Mr.Chair
man, if the people of tuis coun
try who use the rural free-delive
ry service are not allowed to
have their own boxes made, then
the Government should at least
see to it that they get their trust
made boxes at actual cost. I
have introduced a bill, now pend
ing before the Committee on the
Post-Office and Post-Iloads,
which requires the Postmaster
General to buy these boxes from
th^ lowest bidder and then fur
nish them to the people through
the post-oftices of the country at
actual cost. I do not know why
some action is not taken to pre
vent the trusts from extorting
money from our constituents. I
suppose my bill will sleep the
eternal sleep of nearly all anti
trust bills introduced since 1
I , r, I. ? ~ % I . L.._ -?1L! 1 '
utiir ut-t:u u .wemuer ouniSDOay;
but let me tell you, the people
are rest lees under this great in
justice, and the day is not far
distant when you will hear from
them. This unjust requirement
of the Department is one reason
why this service is not patroniz
ed by many of the people. They
can not understand why they
are not allowed to manufacture
their own boxes. They know
they are forced to pay more than
the boxes are worth, and rather
than submit to a flagrant wrong
many of them refuse to buy
boxes.
(ientlemen. this is an impor
tant matter. Thousands, it is
true, have already paid tribute
to the trusts by purchasing j
boxes, but there are thousands \
who have not, and in the name
of ordinary decency, I say, let us
emancipate our constituents in
this matter, at least, as far as
possible from the domination of
monopoly.
Death of Little Earnest Nicholas.
Our community was saddened
last Wednesday morning when
the sorrowful intelligence was
received that little Ernest Nich
olas had passed irom time to
sternity. As the rosy streaks of
dawn were peeping over the east
ern hills the death angel came
and the little life ended?a life
that gave much happiness to the
iond and loving parents.
He was one year, eight months
and 28 days of age, the son of!
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Nicholas. I
\il that devoted parents, kind
rnd loving friends and skilled
nhysiciau could do could not j
itay the rentless grasp of death's
CJ grip.
The parents have the sympathy
jf the entire community in the
:ad hour of their bereavement.
Phe inteiment was made at the
amily burial ground Thursday
ifternoou in the presence of a [
.ast throng of sorrowing rela
;ives and friends,
lune 12. S. L. W.
Deadly Serpent Bites
ire as common in India as are j
stomach and liver disorders with j
is. For the latter however there (1
s a sure remedy: Electric Bit
ers; the great restorative medi- 1
:ine, of which S. A. Brown, of
3ennettsville, S. C., says: "They
?estored my wife to perfect j
lealth, after years of suffering i
vith dyspepsia and a chronically
orpid liver." Electric Bitters
:ure chills and fever, malaria,
jiliousness, lame back, kiduey \
roubles and bladder disorders j
Hold on guarantee by Hood' i
3ros. druggists. Price 50c.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A Plan Suggested Whereby This Hand
some Sum Mav be Secured Each
Year for Johnston County
Public School Fund.
To Tim: Votkiis:?If Rockefeller,
Carnegie or some other philan
thropist should offer to donate
the sum of $5,000 in cash each
year to the general school fund
i of Johnston couuty, our people
would consider themselves pecu
liarly fortunate in obtaining
such an amount of money. They
have the opportunity, as it is, to
secure this money next year, the
year after, the year after that,
and for many years, and will not
be forced to consider themselves
as an object of charity or the
beneficiary of the trust made
millionaires.
In pointing out the source of
this Golden Revenue, I would re
mind the readers of this paper
that Johnston county, within
the past several years, has made
wonderful strides along indus
trial lines and that our people
are not very far behind those of
any other county in the accumu
I lation of wealth. This material
advancement has brought about
a new order of things. There is
! more business being transacted,
there are more taxes being paid,
there are more teachers salaries
and school expenses being paid,
I and these items suggest the
! thought that the county offices
whose remunerations are based
upon fees are reaping the Golden
Harvest. The advance in other
lines of business has been felt in
the office of Sheriff, Clerk. Regis
ter and Treasurer, until now
these four officers are receiving
an aggregate of J 12,000 for
transacting the business of the
county.
1 believe that it is possible to
have this work done just as v ell
for $7,000, and I would there
fore suggest that the next County
Convention adopt a resolution
authorizing our members in the
next General Assembly to secure
Legislative enactment authoriz
ing the four above named offices
to be placed upon a salary basis.
Suppose we pay the Sheriff a
salary of $2500, and have all
fees in excess of that amount put
into the general school fund.
Why not pay the Register the
munificent salary of $2000, the
Clerk the handsome sum of
$1800 and the Treasurer, who
has comparatively little to do,
the handsome wages of $000.00
and let the school children of
the county receive the benefit of
the amount in excess of the above
sums. Ry doing this, I believe
that in the year 1007 the school
fund would receive at least $5,
000 and the tendency each year
would be for this sum to be in
creased. 1 believe that there are
able meu in the county who
would till the above offices at
salaries above mentioned and
would be glad of the opportunity
to do so. Why then should we
practically squander $5,000
when we can save the money?
The opportunity is ours, why
not take advantage of it? If we
can receive the same service, and
there is no question of that fact,
who will oppose the proposition
to give the needy children of the
county $5,000 per year?
Very respectfully,
S. S. Holt.
IN AND AROUND PRINCETON.
Mr. John Worley lost a valua
ble horse last week.
Miss Elizabeth Parker, of
Goldsboro, is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. McKinne.
Mrs. Follett, of Durham, lee
tured in the Missionary Baptist
church here on last Tuesday
and organized two societies of
Christian workers.
Childrens Day was strictly ob
served here in the M. E. church
on the 4th Sunday in May and
every part was carried out in a
very creditable manner by all
the children. Not any too much
praise can be said of .Mrs. J. W.
l'erry for the rendition of the
new ami beautiful songs by her
and thechildren.
June 13th. J. D. F.