THI E alleged
WOMEN-WHIPPERS
FREED BY A JURY
Senaational Flogging Caae la
Robeson County Cornea
To End
JUDGE RECEIVES AN
UNSIGNED WARNING
Hand of Ku Klux KLan La Proc>
toreille Flogging* Shown lx
Letter* Read To Court ■ In
dicata* That Judga Grady
Declined Receivership Of
Klan.
Lumberton, July 21.^-Fi/ty minu
te* were enough for IwaWe men to
declare Mike Lawson, Jule Brogden
and John Hedgepeth not guiUy of the
rerioi of Crimea charged againat them
growing out of the assault of two
defenseless women in thia county
three month* ago anil Urn black blot
of the county that one* wa* held to
uve the State from dishonor remain*
unclranaed.
BallaUa. T A ti^kl.lll .1_I_
that lha Stale had played its last
card, immediately not pgeeeed tbs
capital chanra ponding against than*.
Motion by the defending counsel to
tllnrhai-r* the three prisoners was
granted by Judge Sinclair, and the
three mi n walked silently out of the
courtroom in time to meet and thank
tha jury, departming through another
door.
A Day af Sawsatten*
All the punishment that wai meted
out as a result of tha long drawn oat
fight against invisible forces fell up
on the head of H. F. Taliaferro, con
fessed Fincher detective, whan Judge
- Sinclair fined him $750 and (ant him
to jail for three months on three
charges of contempt growing out of
his Interference with the 8titeh wit
nesses in the case completed even as
Taliaferro was feebly defending him
self.
The throng that waited the final
chapter*-of tha tana that has Mt
- ‘N ~ ‘i $f li A * K.W>
waa too steeped In sanaatiohs to re
act to tha disclosures that tumbled
oat in the hearing of the detective,
when tvs confidential correspondents
with the headquarter*, and among
the matter* therein set forth th<
fact that Judge Henry A. Grady had
declined the receivership of tha Ft
Klax Klan whan it waa off a red to hin
some months ago.
It was a day of detonations. Hard
. ly had the community got over thi
shock of tha publication of the throe1
made against Stephen McIntyre thu
morning when it got out that Jadgt
N. A. Sinclair had received a mlsaivi
of similar Import- He ignored It, eru
meanwhile tha forunsie battle be
tween opposing counsel raged anti
eight minute* to two o'clock la thi
afternoon and with lncraeoing bitter
peas.
Judge Sinclair charged the Jur;
an hour later, and at Idl they re
tired to the jury room for meditation
Taliaferro was arraignod. the ehanga
reed against him and the answer filed
He waa brought to the stand, and be
fore he could recover from utte
amusement that wa* discernible t
the blindest man In the courtroom, b
identified two latte re that ha ha
written to hi* chiefs recounting hi
doings here. His defense cdlapeed an
ha quit.
n*l uniijt rw.wH.-w —— »~
Midway through the hearing there
waa a tapping within the Jury ream,
indicating that tha verdict had been
reached. There wae a «tir in tha court
room, checked etrenly by the Judge.
Deputies ware .putted about the room,
with instruction* to arreet any man
who opened hit mouth or made any
demonstration. The Jury cum in and
stood for a moment while the rlcrV
took the poU.
"Not guilty," >aid Mr. Brens, who
hail been elected foreman. There waa
not a aonnd in the courtroom.
So say you all," Clark Skipper ask
ed. and they nodded. "Tou Way go,"
eald tha judge, and they want. The
face ef Lawson was the first to thaw
o-l af the heavy treat that had fallen
upon the prisoners ae they listened to
th« Matting denunciation with which
Stephen McIntyre concluded the ar
gamenL A satisfied, almost pious
«mR« spread over It, and the others
fallowed likewise. Mr*. Funds wept
silently. The children looked on in
silence. The throag was silent as the
Jury wus curtly discharged by th*
Judge tad they withdrew.
Little Surprise At Verdict
Little asrprise was expressed at th.
trtarr. of the verdict ef "not guilty/
few expected * conviction, but manj
did believe that a mistrial waa no
an bapasnlbility It was remora,
around that thare wae but oae bad*
taken, and diet the rest ef tke thru
eat, dbewt «• minutes was given Jaa
•
HAMLET YOUTH KILLED
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
llamlrt, July 21—A rtLstreming ac
cident occurred in the suburbs ai
Hamlet When the tw»-y*ar-eld baby
ef Mr. and Mrs. Victor was ran over
and Instantly killed by an automobile
eurnsd and operated by Alfred Cagle,
of Hamlet.' Thn child cam* from ha
hind another ear and was bit before
the driver could stop. The child’s
mother was near by and saw the ac
cident but was powerless to render
resistance. An investigation was mad*
by the Hamlet police but a* blame
was attached to CapU- Wltnesae* all
rated that he was driving slowly aad
the aecident was unavoidable.
JAMES E. CROCKETT,
DUNN, IS BANKRUPT
Coming a* an aftermath of the
failure of the State Bank aad Trust
Co., of Dunn, which was eloeed last
March, James E. Crockett, uf Dunn
and a director in the defunct bank,
has filed a voluntary petition bt
bankruptcy. The petition recently Di
ed haa horn recorded la the United
States District court In Raleigh.
The petition filed and recorded
lieu no assets at all and liabilities to
ilay’i Ralciph New* and Observer.
The liabilities consist largely at ea
doraements at iotw of the beak, it
is mid. The note* am hold a* follows:
UerAanU* National Bank, of Raleigh,
140,000; Wachovia Bank and Tract
Co., fSO.OOO, and American National
Bank of Richmond, Va., MO,004.
STORMS ON SUNDAY
DID MUCH DAMAGE
Three negroes wet* killed by
lightning and damage to crops run
ning into hundreds of thousands
of dollars were some of the results
of severe hail, wind and electrical
storms which swept several Eastern
North Carolina counties Sunday.
The three negroes were lolled in
a house near Mt. Olive. The great
est damage front had was reported
from Pitt county, while some dam
age was done in Lenoir, and Nash
gjimrin. •
to preaarv* the <krom that should
attend deliberation. Tha trot vote
stood 1C to 0 fee acquittal.
Twenty minute* after the verdict
we* la, the coart hoes* seal empty.
The tosm*'akae empty a half hour
later. Fairmont and Proetorriile peo
ple who have keen hare for tare waefce
Id hundred*. went straight homo. John
Hedgepeth scant hack to hie rained
tabaeco, Brogden to his garage and
Lawson to hi* policing of the town,
where old man Andrew Smith was
beaten under the eyae at Its guard ten
of the law. Lumbarton breather a sigh
of relief that It (s over.
Where lb* State got the letters
with which it undid tba deteettv* did
net coma oat in tha hearing this af
ternoon, but there haa beau earn* de
tective work going on somewhere and
it has been carefully covered ap. Tai
lleferre evidently bad na intimntioc
of the fact that his letters bad boar
brought back from Atlaata to be used
against him.
Am lmyiae.lv* Answer
In Ms answer be bad taken ear* ol
the allegations mads by tba State tha
be had triad to Intimidate the Btato’i
witnesses, threatened them, offer**
the Parris family the repaeeesrian a
their bom* sold under mortgage t
they would drop the prosecution. H
had counter affidavits, and set up tft<
contention that the Kn Klux Klaa bn
sent word from tha Imperial False*
Hi Atlanta to ferrat out tha paipa
traton of tha c rial a. Ha Had letter*
to that offset which wars offered aa
evident*.
It was an tapraaaiv* anawor that
ha sot op. Ho had affidavits from
tha mayor of Loortabarg and tha
ehlef of polka and other* to sharw
that ha had vkitod tha Watson’s at
> that town aa aa agent of the Klan
> to see if h« co«M gat light on the
erica*. H* was vary heipfol to hla
- attitad* and treated to It to aarva Mm
’ from tha wrath of tha court.
> Mr*. Watson had made affidavits
r that ha had rap rasa* tad himself as a
i Salalfh lawyer, sant out hy tha At
* tomay Oetiaral to nmks an lavootlga
i tion, but that ho had triad to Intimi
- data Her into dropping tha saaa. Ho
» waa nomad Lagan whoa ho toNmd to
■ her, hat to Kooky Mount What* ho
t want to mo the Parvte family ho waa
n Myers. Talilferro was aaomiogty only
a mildly aoamd whan ha took tha
a stand sod was vary randy to toattfy.
HU eon reel <Md not object.
R C. Lorwrane* waa hoadltng tha
a prosecution. Ho began mildly about
j tha witness’ eonnoetlon with tha Ban,
y sod hta aapirtiana hadora that. Ho
►t1 waa with the American Bo niton' Aa*
■d aoelailoa aa • dotoattv*. H* hod ho**
►t with the Kloai for ton flftoan
>• month* making tarmtigatloan, and
M (Oonttbwd «Mt()
BARRETT AND CO.
UNABLE TO MEET
ITS GAHONS
Failure oi “World’* Largoat
Cot too Factor*’’ Formally
WORKING ON PLANS
TO PRESERVE ASSETS
North Carolina Hanky Moot
in« With Commlttno Trying
To Birin Moon* of Muting
Situation; Obligation* Mil
lion Dollar*; Plana Liquida
tion.
Augusta, G*., July go.—Barrett A
Company, reputed ta ba *ti>a world’*
largeet eottoa factor*,’’ with head
quarter I bare, announced tonight that
they were amble ta meat their ob
ligation* amounting to appro xirnataly
11,000,000. A committee compared
a* New York, New Orkano and North
and Booth Carolina bankers, ropre
*enting part of the ere ditan, wu in
conference tonight with a view of
working sot some pie* of liquidation
for the preecrraticr. of the eotapany**
aaeeta and the tort nroteeUen r.t it*
creditor*.
Tentative Plan
“The banker* went Into tension
■*Hy tM* morning, adjourning at I
o’clock" declared Jamfi Hull. Jr.,
aenlor member ef the law firm of
Hall and Barrett, attorney* for the
firm. "Later in the afternoon another
•eaaion waa held, at which a tentative
plan waa agreed open which la believ
ed favorable to a liquid a tie*,** he
(aid.
"Another meeting will to held to
morrow, at which the total ejaate and
liabilities of the fin wlH to Bum
med op sod a & Ban rial atatomant w.d
to presented to the c rad Korn and a
committee, win to JonaaHg appointed
to handle with firm member* the
company'* affair*," Mr. Hull aaid. It
would be Inryoagble, haqaaaa of the
»aua loterapp banreirad^or a AnanxM
Intimated by
aaaete would equal the approximate
of $1 ,&00,&00, announced by than
aa the cotton flrm'i ohllgaUaua.
Attoroeyt further declared that so
far there ha* been no legal transac
tion with the exception of a few
minor proceeding* against the com
Ton- la Baoignatiea
Frank H. Btmll, president of the
company, c»Hy today formally an
non need ho had telegraphed hie resig
nation to the New York and New
(Means Cotton Exchange*. His seat
on the New York Exchange was sold
for $46,000, he said. Hi* resignation,
he sold, was “doe to my inability to
meet my obligations at the present
dmo."
Earner* that Barrett and Company
was seriously involved earned Augus
ta bankers to take precautions mod
$8(400,000 la currency arrived here
late last Bight from the Atlanta Focf
erml Reserve Bank. The money waa
pieced In flt* vaults of the Georgia
Baltroad Bonk. A statement was later
iosaod by the Augutta Clearing Hob**
Association, composed of sK AngaoLa
bonkers, declaring “Chat the an no an
cement of the attbarrmeoment of
Barrott and Company this morning
in the New Yerk and New Orleans
Cotton Bxchange* involved no local
uan, aa u* prmipu cremon ■■
lUi concern were raproaonled bp New
York, Chrictgo and New Orleans I
laada) ir.ctilotino*."
The local clearing houae onplainad
Meat local banking nrrangemwnta on
ly took ear* of the minor operation*
of thia concern aa tko magnitude of
ita baatnaa* <n> suth that It had to
•ocan daawMal arrange menu In lar
ger center*.”
Bee ante of anttUlod condition*,
local tie onderwritara aaked for po
lle* and (Ire pro taction at the Atlantic
States Warehouse Company, whiat
has a capacity of 1*0.000 cotton balei
and 1* loaned by Barrett and Com
pany. A aguad of police and d minor
waa placed on daty U the war*
hottiH.
Barrett and Company, according ti
local records, handled through Augus
la annually approatmathaly *00,004
bait* of cotton bought by then
throughout the American cotton bolt
Du* to thia valum* of buatneaa A a
gveta la rated a* the second largo*
Interior market in the world.
UTTLS CHILD DROWNS
IN A GOLD FISH BOW1
Lodi. Calif., Joly 17.— Rbma
Holler, one-year-old aon of Jacol
, 11 offer, wealthy vineyardim of ihl
, dty. drowned m a fold bowl I
hi* home bora yceterdajr. The cWW
1 mother found Mm head fine In th
1 howl, which contained about fou
inehea of water.
(By WA_
Duke, July
the board of
ham and I
j any and
the Erwin
were vuitor*
hour* on last
on a tour of
(rain l>roaght
itor* here, w[
b)TW. A. “
them over
Concert band
the party while
fore the train f
Him. Jooee Pi
rhief rouniel
Southern,
on behalf of
her*. Me
wa* very fortui
land of good
giving their he.
Fuller alio paid
to Duke, when I
on* of the tat
ever vested,
were of the peace!
that made any
ing in.
Mia* Thelma
>urg, *pent
'lie gueat of
•on. . .• <
F-. R. ThomaeT; 'Philip,
pent ine
n Durham
Mark Wad*. I<\
l^hlph H. V.bnetortj
irrd At Wr-gu* at
Mr. and Mrv L
Durham, (pent tie ,
the guests of Ft
Woodworth. ii
Mrs. L. W. Haim
let*. Misses Grace
Mr*. Kearney, of *
arrived Monday
several weeks
S. J. Clarke,
irip by moftr
five days
other point*
Fowler, a
er, made hi*
son here hit
beat tbe Elk.*
dly league.
Tie allowed
hit*, but he
at time*. Utile,
twirier, was on
Elk*, bat he
erratic
Kpp.
hitting for the
half of their
Kay and
ball in the
potential
SB
PltBb
taro
■*
The Pringle
ton, 9. C„
of the
Company at
boro
Plan l,
patch of
known ao
pany,
of whiah
LOWER TREND IN
COTTON MARK!
CW Of Waafc At N«w Or
kMtlMmNot Uom
Mrw OHoioi, July tt. _ Price.
WON giadaally lower in the cotton
asufeat Jaat ereek, at tkeir lcw*ot
Mag N to tit potato wader too
elooo of too preceding wort oa to*
■Mtw active atntlo la too co a tract
Hopartaioat. July traded aa tow aa
**.»» oaata a pound and October aa
law aa *1-**. Tk* dooo akowad aat
loaaea aa toa week of W to 211
Mate, July cJeteag at M.tf art Oc
tober at tt.tt. la tka apat doped
*toa( pitaea loot MS point* oa arid
dlla* which claaod at SAM agalnrt
Sl.TS aa tka clco* of *1* wart la*
T*S a while a awrc hopodWl fed lag
togardlac tka political cituatioo in
—aartaa fodowlag tarty dtdhai of
to* week, bat later aa lea* optrtlam
waa fek la tola diroetloa. ail to*
ton oa kacaaar thaio waa aa alga
that Burkpe waa aatarlag too apot
■arttate aa tkls Ada af tka water
la a large wig. Aayiag far daanaKr
■rill* waa aat aato to rrtdaace art
rnporte frwpi bath northern art
Iter tartaflnasta aara Aart U ha
rat la faaoa. Tte tel sat a UttU
to to arilh tha todtoa at «m ate af
tte teak.
ttetoteJtte 15? M«r a^J. Dilte
hr Thu ate to* sate tea ia tha
Saath ate tha halt van patadpal
aoarcaa af iia^lilnt- -Olanlac ta
araaate hi Saath Tana ate Flarito
PRESIDENT HARDING
ENDS ALASKA VISIT
SMka, Alaaka, Joly if.—Prateaait
Harth* aatlteal hia Tito to Alaa
ka bars today asactly tte atto fna
mi tha territory and tonight tha Ma
tter tra—art Bead*—a. carrying
B. cT aafseattte.
COAST LINE GETS
THE CUNOfflELD
Makaa Fan—I A—Maatf— Far
Aadrarity To Taka
O—r Rand
Waafcingtoa. Jaly II.—Tha Atlan
tic Conte Uaa and LateaaWa and
NnahWIa railroad* —da farm) ag-'
i—«■ to tha IaUmtat* Co—era.;
Ca—dorian today for aathority *a
tako mrmr aad ayarate tha Carolina, I
JUactiffeM ana onto uurau eye-'
on. TU LoniecOU and N«ArOe Co. I
kick to earned ky tke Atlantic Canto1
■a, yoynn to eyormto Ike OUaek
lald'e Ml taflee of read nnder A
>»« yekr leeee.
Under the yttfeeal tka laotorflle
md Haebedle and tka Atlantia Ceeat
Jan will eeeaaee all at tka aeortgafa
adebtedaeae of tke CUaabdleld aye
am. la addMea (U.OAOAOO af tka
rteak af tka OHacWMd wB
to « eettoeadieg in tke kaade ed
Ike am
ioayentee gaareatee ta
no tkie at tke rate af > per eeat|
entll ltta. ta laeiaaae tke
net
CAT ELECTED TO HEAD
LOCAL NESNO SCHOOL
Plot W. D. Otr, colored, formed/
a ■—ahor of tho faculty of Brick’•
•ohaal. HU lock/ Moant, Bata I lit/
wao clotted ao priacipa) of Um Ban.
nett Count/ Cdarod Tra)a*a acted,
loeatod hoto. Prof. Oa/ haabooa with
*a Brick aehort for the part fire
pean aad itjfwar — y-g-f hi —fr~"
Ink n trmiaioK aehool for rrtacud tan.
•hold at that plane. Bo wao olortod
hy Um hoard + tnfttnoo of the
Dm eroded rthool dirtriet to aaa
coed Prof. J. W. Vtaoa, who raeoctly
ro*<KNod ao ahoMiadwt of the lo
cal aehool.
S. S. CONVENTION TO
BE HELD THIS WEEK
Tho Haiaott Can at/ Banda/
Bahaol Cotreentio* wiO mart Thar*.
aad Priday af thla-‘. My
M aad tf, at Ckriatiaa U«J» chart)).
imot HpBkk. Tho auatfap h for Ban
day achool werken af all fanawlaa
Uoaa aad ao doubt wlB ho iargoty at
unkM. 0*1 can af Um Copy oa lion
•ret PmJdent, J. C. Boater; oiaa-,
pro rid.at. Pam BcXay; aocroUry.
■Uoa Jtaaphlai Hamah.
The apatda* Marian will be bcU
•n Tharodoy oeuaiag at S o'clock aad
Um Baal aaarioa wfll ho hald oa Prt-j
day araaluK. Aa lamiathi# PMKtaa.1
w*r
Whfle tbe
a
T
d
n
m
«
HANCECOmU :
IS ASSASSINATED l
- !
I
9
7
Mexico City. Meg.. Jaly W-—Oen- r
trxl frucim Villa on* time aoted ,
bandit loader, aad Vi chief af staff, g
Odette) Miguel TriBa and throe mm 0
b*iJ of V Ola's amort wore ossa telnet- t
Ml in aa tatexili aariy thii mom- ft
log oa the outskirts af Parrel, ia Che
■tata af CMhoahaa. I
Mitt a half degas rna comprised A
the head of aataaiaa. They trod *
upoa Vine aad hie xaea from a honor *
they wort yarning urt am repotted ta i
have made their escape from the *
tea nr.
VPIe wat driving aa setemceile
aa |he tray to Qaanajaato. •<
Immediately the now* of J.e aa- ,
■oodnallon reached hem enters trete ,
oont to moor the eoaatxy aide arlja- ,
{CiK to the tadbaaaa dt la aa eoteeeor {
to otaw! ap the guilty per-a ns. TS» 1
UA of Villa lx lyiog ia the «a»1 .
a* Patre! vtare thtwmlt of permit* ,
have v>w»d It.
Prcrideat Obregon hat >tww« .-.a
Invcrtigatlro late the aa <nanfcat.ee
>l'i|or Grueiol Ititah htr'tvt at
| Chtfcaanua hex aeat to Oen. Piaae'wo
Snrmee, eterrtary af war, li, aff>io!
to..r re received from Cal J. Polix
I vo. commander of the xarrima at
Pvrei, la connection with die hll’ ng
of the farmer aoacd mho: te v’e,. fW
rtion fo.totmt
"Villa, TrOte And throe members
of their coeart warn killed diertiy he
fer* • •'Modi Alt amvetng wtA
cd while Villa aad Me
ia go agio |
hWUp]
' _ ‘ OaanaJaaA, a ,,
arh af Ala city. The abate watte imd
. by dx tr seven men paeted in a hoaae
J aa the iiiftp.
gattea Ip ii gpmwffaa wtA Aa (M
AUDITORS REPORT
PLEASDKTO ALL
Counting __
collected a* 10O1, the _
deficit of *477.19475 on!
31. 1922. which bad beat _
to 9796.4fifi.13 by June 21
ecanxfimi to the wind
sheet of an audit of the
finance* which tea* mad*
ytsurday by tb* iiiiistigalhM eon
ntrttce of the 1923 General Asms*
My. The I'anteituT.faagiwciite widt
os auditors oa an item of {710,
,000. found for its own ten* a
•wphu * 9232J&K.22 at The and
of the last calendar war Mid a def
icit of I8M6B IJ at the cod of the
Dast S—1 vn. Tv mm - — -
that Treasurer Lacy* boolmbalanC*
exactly.
The report after six of
investigation by a staff of auditors
presented to a vocally hippy Gover
ns and a silently smiling Council
**15 y»«»day afternoon «
2'JO. Only the report of the cotu
mittee nor* to the pUbBc M this
linw. The lengthy report of the
auditors goes hack to Maw York
In order that the revisions —
shire the report was hroautet her*
Ust°weclM*k fbTB °° TkSo,k
The repost w« he aeaUMe to