MISSING RECORDS,
■ MAY MEANJLBiRTI
No Record. Of Bo
V ioro Ay«9dt Adnajtti.tr*. v
< PrUo°' '
Sestructiotr pf inanw^yiMmmfK
-Airds. when the. fa* of thf Rusaei
. ^ajini»m»tit#i .rflinquiahed offici
.*> the early weei^of 1901 may raear
ijiat Oan I’.rrakPr; who retanwd U
prison UiM Veek to serve out a sen
tence that w-a» interrupted 32 yean
ago when lie escaped, may not bt
held in privin, despite the fact that
he admits that he is the man, and
that he had yet to serve seven year?
when he disappeared.
When the Democrat* .umrftrd
the coot rut of the State government
utnlfr Ay cock nearly 23 years ago,
it was fiTttnd that the ocodrds ofdhe
prison were ,ypry incomplete, and
that the •-system of prison book
keeping was vary inadequate, Su
irintetHtent <jjforjj« Ross Pou was
r t Fieldfares si oa that the rec
were bnrnfa in 1920, but for
-b«penntwi«nt Jim Qollie says
thev Mtter efkted. t •
, «f witch niay mean that
- ikMffejF. tray mo haSt-.ui the hills
vlfT coUTHy-g.rrm man.
V«#Mow no rec«d.;tH:fcfc«*eape
■ —•."S*1 •nd nojbiag'that
•wrll tell-ltdd much of his tenien^
Bat beyu neivecf oul For mil the
priaottkimyfciA^he served mil of
< vJIvnjirflte.'yi.iTuJssve. passed
rtnc* nrma sAf^ert fpi trb votS
on a cttol^of Jix&Byc ' /,.,
.'%* P^Khuoksn which aJI.the
VfiCO a*n*s hav< b«u‘dri}jt»^-h,
the long Kat of prisoners unit
through the gatgs during the pest
forty years, contains the entry jba»
or July 16. 1888, Daniel Bnidcley
was committed to the ]«riS6n FVoai.
(here on it is a blank. He sayb fhar
he went away during^ third yeaV
of his sentence, and that be Itaa
been gone ever since. That wouIA
leave him seven veers more to-do.
Nobody was looking for bun «n
of the prison when he wat
prison 32 years aeo, and Brinkley
never denied it He came willing
ly beck here to serve out his time,
almost glad to be done with the un
certainty and constant fear that has
poised him for a generation.
Why the records of the Russell
administration were destroyed, or
whether they were ever kept to be
destroyed, noixxty seems exactly to
know. It is just tradition in the
prison that they were not there
when the Democrats assumed con
trol of the prison 22 years ago.
Brinkley has never beard even that
Russell was Governor of the State
during the lifetime that he has wan
dered up and down the face of the
earth.
Brinkley is still being held at the
prison, but largely upon his own ad
mission that he is Rmldey, and that
hfc escaped while serving a sen
tence. He does not discuss his case
yet, but has retained legal dfeice
and is hopeful that he may not be
required to stiend the next seven
years here. Mention has been made
<vf au appeal to. the Governor to
straighten out the tangle, and he
mlv (T»l *n 11 rtiS/iSSrlitionvl nssvlrm .
Kaleigh News & Observer.
WARSAW EDITOR
KILLED BY TRAIN
Deaf Scribe Run Down By Lo
comotive; Girl Also Killed
At Greensboro
Warsaw, July 29.— R. R. Tay
lor, founder and editor of the Do
plin Record, was run down and in
•itantly killed by a shifting engini
of the Atlantic Coast Line here a
9 o’clock this morning. Taylor
who was deaf, was a member of tb
hoard of director* of the State In
stitutkm for Deaf and Blind, for
mer president of the Deaf aw
Dumb Association of North Caro
ina, and at his death a member o
the legislative committee of the 1st
ter institution. He was about 4
years old, and leaves a wife an
four children, He had been i
newspaper work in this county fo
many years.
TEXAS MINISTER DIES
AT SWEDISH CAPITA
Stockholm, July 28.— Dr. J. ,
Ctoar, pastor of tile First Baptii
church of Texarkana, Texas, a de
egate to the Congress of the Ik)
list World Alliance, died here mu
denty this afternoon from acute h
digestion, shortly after congre
had adjourned. The body will I
sent home immediately.
— ■ n —
Contentment is laxmeas.
Name receivers for
• N. cTfaJCMS COMPANY
bTo^hT***
Cghiinbu*, ^J., July 28—Jleeeiv.
tr» were bamed for tile North Car
olibi Farm* Company, an Ohio,
corporation and subsidiary of tbe
1 ° fc>; Dollings Company, of Ohio,
1 now in hand* of receivers in court*
here today. The receivers ate S. A.
Kin near and Paul DeLong, both of
Columbus, and Van B. Martin,
banker, of Plymouth, North Caro
lina. The former two alto are re
ceivers for tbe R. L. I killings Com
pany of Ohio.
"l h* North Carolina company is
draining .18/100 acres of land ml
North Carolina .and acrording to
testimony given in court, tbe work
is about completed. The land was
valued at $100 an acre, it w'a* said.
In addition, the company owp* a
railroad valued *t $1,250,000. Debt*
$2,000,000 and outstanding Mock
at %000,000.__ K ^
MAYOR AND CHIEF,f
OF POLICE SCRAP
On |
'Fayetteville, July 29—J. M.
Jofcneuu, chief of poKce of SceA
•'fowl* of ,VX>" population in
«tatter* part of ;hii county, will !
IfMdiwgti of assault with a dead
jtfvW£*poa;and with tfaraateninc to j
Averitt, mayor of the
Wwr^ whan Magistrate Adolphus
(-gcMis court convenes Monday j
.Johnson was arrested by a dep- '
Bly sheriff (on s warrant sworn out ,
}*V Averitt, who charges j
dni Johnson assaulted him with a
bU He jack and threatened to shoor I
Wta wfien, he ordered the polio* !
His badge of of- 1
to (he mayor's story, arena over a ’
rant for the arrest of Trov Cash- !
well in a case which started with a
recent trial in die recorder’s court, I
in which most of the residents of 1
Stedman were arrayed on one side
or the other.
The mayor declares that be had
prepared a new warrant, there be
ing some inaccoracics in the old one,
but that Jackson refuted to give up .
the paper in his possession. The !
continued refusal resulted in the
suspension of the chief, who cons- 1
prises the entire police force of the 1
community. Johnson then refused 1
to surrender his badge, and the at- 1
leged assault occurred when the
mayor made a demand fof the re
turn of the insignia of office. John
son is »leged to have informed the
chief executive of the community
•L.s L- J .. a '
HEAVY RAINFALL
HERE SUNDAY P. M.
The residence of A. A. Jones,
who lives one and a half miles west
of town, wai itntck by lightaii^
during the rain and electric storm
about 7 o'clock Sunday evening.
Mr. Junes was stunned by the light
ning, which damaged the home con
dderably. Other members of the
family escaped injury, and that re
ceived by Mr. Jones was not of a
; serious nature.
The rain that fell here between 6
[ and 8 o’clock Sunday evening was
: the heaviest of the you- and one of
the heaviest downpours ever teen
| in Dunn. The heavy rain followed
1 several other " good showers " dur
1 ing Saturday night and Sunday, aad
the lands hereabouts are thoroughly
\ soaked at present. However, It is
: not thought that crops will suffer
1 much damage as a result of the un
1 usual rainfall.
r A number of local business hous
es leaked during the rain, and slight
damage to goods resulted ia seme
instances. The water fell in such
L torrents that it was ponded on many
of the streets. The lawlaaria bor
F. dering along the canal on the weat
4 em outskirts of town oversowed la
I- a depth of several feet. A hog
► owned by Mrs J. C Ooodwia,which
I- was ia a pen near the canal, was
i- drowned. It waa ions rain.
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* A modern photograph by a rwet
photographer makes you look at
you's like to have your friends wei
7™ .
, WEST'S BfltBECW
k. c w«i.
v • - "Ofi*. •' »•; J.-1
•“** Duaa be* had *\»a
***'?«»bm .eojoyd. r jpore
oa last
fWJ! owMpg when E. C. Wdm,
Jocai^ttoTaey, lervadHie her a Ur
bsoie «t lemifan’a pood, tbiM And
* half miles east of W The b«r
hscue end the " acccaso * “
vided for the ocyaooa «j
to the highs tt degree by
cut, and these wetea
•V** declaration "that a
HtiMWiWhi_
Charts was at*kit
»ad be talked; .and hh
s.defightfoi and fins
Mtgh Whitfield, >
the rKrJ~?S
ttr. Guy bvt up to bii promiie id
iroriding another occasion of like
lature.
IUDCE ISSUES ORDER
ANNULLING MARRIAGE
Richmond, Va., July 29.— Judge
3. T. Crump has entered an order
n law and Equity Court annulling
be marriage of Mrs. Carrie Belle
fume to Charles Hunter Moon, for
nerlr of Richmond, now manager
if a beneficial loan society of Ports
noutb it was learned today. Moon
rued for annulhnent of the marri
ige on the grounds that Mrs. Hume
tad not obtained a divorce from her
5rst husband, Robert William
Hume, a naval officer, at the time of
he second marmge, which was per
formed at Noriina. N. C., January
l, 1921. Mrs. Hume, it appears,
was suing her husband for divorce
an the eround of cnieltv ami Hmr.
[ion, but the decree had never been
entered. The first marriage was
performed in Washington, D. C„
June 11, 1917.
FALLS IN BOILING VAT
BUT HE WILL LIVE
Greensboro, July 28.— George
Livingood, young man at the Po
mona Mins here, fell In a vat of
boiling water in the mill today and
when he was fished out large quan
tities of skin slipped off his back
and anna. He is in a hospital to
night, and is expected to recover
His life was saved almost by a
miracle. A strip of cloth was being
run through the vat on rollers, and
It waa to adjust the strip of web
that he went over the hot pool. He
loot hia balance, but had presence
of mind to cling to the cloth, in
stand of going under the surface o!
the pool.
KU KLUK OFFICIALS
VISIT TALIAFEKM
Lumherton, Jul y2S.— H. F. Ran
dulph, reputed grand dragon of tin
North Carolina Reehn of the Kv
Klux, arrived in Lumberum lal
this afternoon, and after con suit in)
lawyers who appeared for H. L
Taliaferro, Km form Kian detect
ive, in the contempt of court hear
fay fast week, went to the count;
jail. where be held a coofever*
with Taliaferro, who bos been cor
fined for the past seven days, fol
tsurlunan appeal to Supreme Coot
i« default of $5,000 hood. It i
rumored that other high officials o
lb* Klan from Atlanta risked th
]a0. But the reports could not b
confirmed However, several mt
were seen getting out of a Buie
roadster booths go Georgia licem
number and enter the jad.
-1 «l I
J INI '
Pm
attend
in the
Among
AMen, ,
of |
Smith O'Brien
ing address in
entire Robinson over to ,
the association for the Jsy. lie said ,
that if it was necessary he would ,
have his wife sign a deed making ,
the place association property for ,
the day. Judge Allen replied to Mr.
Robinson s address.
Judge Clifford and Presidcn.
William*! also made speeches filled
with humor and appropriate to this
occasion in which kindred spirits
were gathered together to swap
yams and extol the virtues of dug*
dead and gone these any years.
Many of the member* carried
their favorite hounda.to the meet
ing. The dawf-s enjoyed the event
fully as much as their matters did
Mr. Draughon carried Sam ami
Sue, offsprings of Roxie and
Cheak, whose vricet have thrown
terror into the heart of Reynard
through all the swamp* ;j*d hills
of the fox-huntifC .country of
Eastern Carolina. TJiese dogs
I were the prise exhibits Of the meet
ing, although other fine bounds
were present. Roxie and Chemk
were the aristocrats of local dog
dom.
Food with all the harmless trim
_• _ _j • .1_s__..I
was in awumiaiiM.,
fiddle music was furnished for the
old clog dances in which many of
the members excel. President Will
liams, although eighty years old,
was voted the hem dancer present
through hit excellent rendition of
the Highland Fling.
The association will meet at the
tame place next year.
PRESIDENT DEVELOPS
BRONCHO-PNEUMONIA
Presidential Headquarter*, Pal
ace Hotel, San Franoscn, July JO.
— President Harding's condition
became grave tonight, and an an
ytoaocemem was made to that ef
fect after a consultation by physi
cians in attendance upon the Chief
Executive.
The physicians declared in a
statement that “ definite central
patches of broncho-pneumonia Itad
developed in the right lung a* in
dicatcd clinically and by the X
; ray/'
The development of pneumonia
- arms the one thing which Brigadier
■ General Sawyer, the President-*
r personal physician, had aaid lex*
t than two hours earlier that he fear
- ad above si) ehe, as a complication
e — si «■■■■■ ■■■ ■ J
t The financial man ot a grnwins
• business always knows when then
f are five pay days tat a month.
e . ,
t When the other fallow has th<
n upper hand you mast expect Mm t<
It M a little unreasonable, you wouk
• be unreasonable, too, if you wen
tat his place.
WILSON SOUNDS A
NOTE OF WARNBW
CinMiktioa Cum! isnrhi
Materially Uml— Re
deemed Spiritually
Uo4im, July 2ft.— ];<irmcr Ihv*
Woodrow Wilson, writing uu
dcr tlte caption, •* llu: Road Aw8)
lro»n Revolution.'* £01 tlx August
number of Tlx Atlantic .Monthly
»ouud* a note of \» anting that otu
civihxiim cannot survive materi
ally tlttlcf* it lx rc-dc.-iruxl -piritu
ally.
Tilt* i* tlx firat time since Li* ill
ness that Mr VV il»on ha* irudc pub
hc hi* view* upon present day prob
lem* in llx L nit^d State* and
throughout tlx world. They xvil'
be prt:*ervcd in |tt-rinancnl form lx
twcn omn,
“ In these dreadful and anxious
Bay* when all tlx world i* at un
rest, and, look which way you will,
I he toad ahead uemt darkened by
shadow* which |iortenr| danger* of
many kind*, it it,** say* me who
L-ouuuaixdrd llx ship of state dur
ing llx W o'-lrl War, " otily common
prudence that we should luuk about
ns and .ntem|/t to nix-w llx cause*
1 f flitlr#x8 artel t It*. inoji l!L..L>
mean* of removing them.'
Then, avoiding the partisan a* he
nulvwd the tkitliiig state of
American civilizalioa, die writer
I»e* briefly to the foot of the mat
er liy making essentially what is a
■Higiunn appeal for a better under
bantling lk-twcen the " haves *' anti
he “ I lave nots."
“ Real ground for the universaf
inreri,” he asserts. " her deep at
lie sources of the spiritual life of
►nr time, and leads to revolution "
The cause of Ui« Kusian revolu
ion, which hr calls “ the outsand
ng event of iu kind in our age,"
va*. m hi* viewt a “ systematic de
nial to the great body of Kusrian*
has this to do wrrth Ajoev
ca? It was against capitalism,'
ie declares, " that the Russian lead
er* direcleil lltcir attack, and rt is
igninst capitalism under oue name
•r another that the discontented
classes everywhere draw iheir in
ket merit."
Everywhere, he *avs, there are
bought fu! men who believe tliat
npua'i&in is indispensable to crviV
zaiion, hot he goes on to ask:
" is the ca|iita1istic system nnttn
carhable ?
“ is it not trtie," the inquiry eoiv
imic- ," tlutt capitalists have often
seemed to rcgartl the men whom
hey used a* mere instrument* of
unfit, or wlmse jdtysteal and meu
al powers it was legitimate to ex
ploit ? Ought we not seek a wray
iO remove »tieli offense* anti make
life itself clt-ni for those who will
diare honorably and cleanly in it:
“ The wtirld has lieen made safe
for denvicrary. There need now he
no fear tliat any such mad tlerign as
ih it entei'lainrd by the insolent aiu!
ignorant I hihctiznlli-m* and Iheir
rottusellors may |»rcvail against it.
“ Hut democracy has not yet
made the worbl safe again-t irra
tHtnal revolution Tliat supreme
task, which is nothing less than the
Milla‘it'll of civilization, now face*
t>nmci»cv, insistent, imperative.
There is nr» e*cn|Hug it, unless ev
to fall in ruin nix ml us. And the
\ Tulinl Statu*, ax the greater of
•Kmucrocic*. most undertake it.
" The rood that lead* away from
revolution Is clearly marked, for il
** defined hy die nature of mer
and of organized society. It there
fore lulu»ive» un to study very
carefully and very candidly die ex
act nature of the (nsk and the
means of its sceumplixlnncnt.
“ The sunt of the whole matter ii
this, iImt our civilization csnnu
survive materially unless it be re
<leemed spiritually.
"Here is the final challenge u
mir churches, to our jmDlieal or
ganizaiious. And to onr capitalist
— to everyone who fears God o
'oves Iris country.”
FOUR KILLED WHEN CAR
LEAVES A GEORGIA ROAl
Chimcsvinc .Gat , July' 38.— Fou
men were killesl when the automc
bile in which they were riding r»
off a high fill on ihe Garrcsvilk
Atlanta highway near Flower
Mranch. Ga.. early tonight.
The dead are; \V. Hunt. Cha
Harris. Grover Crowe and W Hilar
McKinney, all of Fkmery Brand
All of the men died within a ft?
minutes after the accident.
Hunt was said to have been drr
> mg the automobile, and eye-witire*
I w estimated the speed at SO mik
; an hourwhen the machine plungt
over the steep embankment.
CHILD KEPT IN PIG
PEN BYSTZP-MOTHEI
Tku Th Ywn
Kl Faso. Texas, July 20.—Rear
«<» in a pigsty for ten yearn, Uirougl
the alleged malice of a **p-mother
, a 1 J-year-old girl was found asjcq
in the pen, located near her borne
here, by Detective* Ivey Fcnley and
Ira Clitic.
'I'll* child, scarcely the site of ■
2 year-old, could answer only sim
ple ({notion*. She mid she had
lived in the little pen as far Wk u
die can remember, and that her
food was always given to her
thruugh the bar*.
Neighbors told the officers that
her tood consisted principally of
scraps. Some of them hare been
taking nnlk u> her |«n. The step
nwitkav unLI ska. -L:iJ --?_
Uw pen only to pUy. County Pro
bat too Officer Airs. >-»«»» Wenatcr
took charge of the child.
TO BUILD ROAD
TO FORT BRAGG
Highway Co—ti.li. To Toko
Over TTiarenakftia Pm
Fayette H»e
Fayetteville. July 29.—A hard
surfaced rood from Fayetteville to
Fort Bragg will be built by thr
State Highway Commission next
<Vring according u> announcement
»>ade by Frank Page, chairman of
the eommisMon, to General A. J.
Bowley, commander of the artillery
port
Fort Bragg now has a fine system
of cuncme mo d« naming through I
the cantonment, with which the
paved highway Iran thia cky win
rnaaict. amt mlnrtii h wfcfc the an
closure of General Bowley'* plant
to construct a good gravel rand tra
versing the big reservation, and tw
secure, if poasibk. an appropriation
from the federal government for
making this road a hard surfaced
highway from the entrance to the
post to the point where it leaves the
• enervation.
The Fort Bragg-Fayetteville road
ha* already bees taken over by the
Highway Commitaton, and from
now on its maintenance will be in
charge of Frank Image's splendid
road organization.
Genera) Bowley, m co-operation
with leading citizens of the cky and
county, ha* been working on plans
for this highway for some rime, and
Iheae plan* became a reaBty when
Chairman Page in formed General
Bowley that the Highway Cdmmis
eioo had adopted the project. The
present construction program of the
cimmisrinn make* it impossible to
►tart work on the road (his fall .said
I a « _ is_
"... *
ONE KILLED AND
ANOIO INJURED
Patel
Wadtdnrn, Jit!. 2*>.—Dvtt ‘Down
er, a young man of LalerriUe, wax
instantly killed. a Mina Webb, of
fkoTfia, was prolablr fatally in
jured, and a Mis* Wall, of Lilcs
vitle, was hurt when Seaboard train
No. 31 strode an automobile in
which Htey were riding at a grade
crossing near here this afternoon
The injured young women wen
brought to a local hospital.
Downer was hilled instantly, hi.
body being carried a considerable
•(stance down the track. Miss
’ 'Wei* and Miss Wall were badlj
injured. Alias Webb’s injuries beini
■ regarded as serious, iloth were re
! moved to a local hospital, when
Miss Webb is in a critical condition
While details of Die accident an
meager, it is 'bought that the cai
I was Mopped on the track after be
fug started, but no itefinile inform*
r tton is obtainable, aa the survivor
- nf the accident are unable to truth
t s statement.
The chassis of the car was car
t ried nearly one hundred and fift;
yards down the track, and bits o
i. wreckage acre scattered along th
n intervening space. The tram cat
ried the body of yuwtg Downer an
v the injured young women back t
the Seaboard station here.
f If people liked to work we’d sti
is be plowing the ground with sticV
d and transporting good* an ot
hacks.
1 •e'
FINE COTTON ON
THOMPSON FARMS
Mr. JLL.
J. I. Thompson, Dam nurxfcent
•ad farmer, start*! oat Im tprtag'v
with • dn emu nation to grow a cot- ^
«m crop rcgantlcM of the bofl wee
nl, and present indication* an that
he will succeed in the effort. A
Dtopatcfc reporter yaatenfcy accom
panied Mr. Thompson on • trip to
hi* two large farm* hi Harnett
Jted Cumberland counties, aud while
be ha* recently had occasion to view
crops in four counties, nowhere ha*
one had* an the Tbompeon farms
The beat cotton i* found oa hi*
l,MO term farm hordecim atom
both side* of Lower Little river to
the -*«hwe*cn. pmt of KanJS
tuarny and a part of which to to
Cumberland coonty. Thai
thi* plantation
ApriflS, and to
• MK or non to the
acre.
The mafur portion of the ana an
this farm has twice been “ ««ypi| -
with Thompson's mixture, which f
mixture contains one pound of cnl
ciuin arsenate to one grflua each of
molasses aad water. AH the squares
«Jmt fall off the cotton wnedaie
l«<*ed-P ami burned. So far very
htlle weevil daamgjs is fa -’him
and vigilant watch far .
V'* -t‘»
(hieing land ia to he ;
•ni North Carolina. Ini
Mr. Thompson
rcrntpi me i
interesting being on this Cerm is one
of. Mr. Thompson's r
Woe — a darkey of dm i
type. " Unde " lack ia
reporter Oat be waa 107 years old
last Saturdty, July 28 Xceordfag
to hi* story, he was born Jnly 28,
1816. However, he gets about sritb
case and without the ase of a caste,
and work* or the farm i sg olssj y
He has been the husband erf (fane
wives during the more than 100
yean that he has lived fa the Cape
Vcar section, and ia the father of
twelve living children. Three or
four (be couldn’t rmnmibea which)
of his children have chad.
Asked to whom did he belong
during tbs days of slavery, he said,
•‘Missus Kate Woe. an old bachelor
woman.” He then explained that
by “ bachelor " he meant that Miss
Blur was never married. While be
did not say it in words, the smile
that came upon his face whan be
imentioned hi* “Missus” proved
lltr.l Kr Still U/vlXs liar 1st m-■*
mrmhraftce.
FRANK TRUELOVE
DEFIES OFFICERS
|
Fayetteville, July 25.
Tntelove, wanted by federal officers
on a liquor charge, drew a gun on
the prohibition enforcement agent
end the rural policeman who went
to an-e* him yearerday afternoon,
tmd made gond hia eneape. The of
hotel found him in the act of tnak
mg * atsll from galvaniaad iron
Trnekrre war tried by l1. S.
Commiaaioner Tomlinaon kaat win*
ter and held for federal court under
$300 bund which be atopped. See
era I month* ago officer* alanon
. caught him, but he outran them. Ac*
i cording to local official*. Truelove
i ha* quite a reparation aa a manu
factnrer of whtshgy.
The Mill which Tntelove was
r making watt intended to have about ~
1 100 gaW* capacity. Hewaamak
t in* tt front gehranired Iron. The
- otoicit * rirmigru men tnt rcmttrH
1 of the membryo still with them, and
a the would-be outfit now runts m
ComoitsaMoer Tamil noon’s office.
■ , »PPfyancaa. dwpghW
a dnut need a mmhtiom want law
r, to protect their standard of dram*
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