North Carolina Newspapers

VOL V minjl. C, Th-irMf ty, Air. 7, 11)19 3 son ii H rest place rou negro g ernor TELLS ( IIICAGO paper 0 1 1 1 iingtou Aug. 3.- Governor Rich-it, who w,n a Ruthngton Vi -i'liT today, iitr W rl'f'l tKf re que t of tin' Chicago lli -raid J Ixaminer for v e i s I of Opinion (HI tti' it-cent I arc lint" in Wa hingtoil anil ( hiraj'o. The governor the Chicago paper that li t," couth h tin. I" t place fur tin' legio, "Iillt," he add', "if (luiilig their 1 I'.M'I' IK C iu Chicago Jt ny of tho.e tiegioo; have become laiut"il or intoxi catt 'I with dreams of social -'iia!ity or ofiolitical 1 iru i it i n. it would be will for th in to re in. tin where they art, for in the ninth stuh things are forever ill MjS ,Th reply of the governor to the Herald and Examiner's t ffiam follow: "Ah curt' from my of lire pre vented an immediate iinw tr to your telegram. Rv mhei itanre, iy as mm iatimi and by a sympa thetic understanding of Lis ir ' lues and his limitations the southern white people arc the natural and con -i-tent friend of the negio. "The recent troubles in Wash ington and Chicago conliim my conviction that the couth is the Im-,1 place in the world for a decent negio to make a decent living. In I he south the negro i not only afforded every oppor tunity, hut is given every en roll ragerwnt to do honest, clean woik. In North Carolina we are doing all we can to foster and promote the kindliest relations Utween the races, and to this end the wise t and be.-. men and women of Ix.th races are .steadily k working. In every fa li of in dustry, in education. i;i rclig'on and U-fore the la'.v, we ar; earn estly and honestly peeking to se cure the same privileges and protection for the bla'.k people that is accorded the whites. The negroes of North Carolina -know and appreciate that this lolicy is one of the passion of the present state administration. Socially, the two race aie kept separate and apart, and the white man or the negro who at tempts to ignore the scial har rier is held in utter contempt by the best people, of ldh lace. Candor and mv deep friendship for and my abiding interests in the i-ermanent happiness of tlu1 negro races rom'-cl me to add that it is the settled conviction of the hest people in all poitical parties in the south that it h necessary for the protection, the progress and the happiness of JGth races for the government to ls run hy the white people, and it is unalterable determina tion of the whites to keip in their own hands the reins of government. The farms, tlu lumber plants and the companies engaged in huildmg public high ways in North Carolina can easily absorb 2.".00 negroes who may desire to come to this state for the purpose of secur ing honorable employment at re munerative wages. I.ut. if dur ing their residence in Chicago any of these negroes have he come tainted or intoxicated with dreams of social equality or of political dominion it would he well for them to remain where they are, for in the south such things are forever impossible. COOPER'S WAUKIIOrSK AT HENDERSON DESTROYED Henderson. Aug. 3. Cooper'.1 Cooperative warehouse, one of the oldest tobacco sales rooms in the citv, was rest roved by fire shortly after I o'clock this after noon in a blaze that was both brilliantly .spectaci.hu and at the same time of a mysterious on irin. The rapidity with which the flames spread w as one of the remarkable features of the fire It had hardly been discovered in nn insignificant blaze in the low er left hand corner when it spread over the entire ware house, and the hopelessness o any effort to save the structure was immediately apparent. The floor space was unusually larire and had been added to on ly a few years ago, but before the firemen had time to run the block from the fire house to the scene and put a stream on the burning building, the enclosure within the four walls was .echo i. Amu harred from thi: stockyards! Chwaeo, Aug. 2.- To pieunt po.--ilIe l((llll l! ( i- of fires hieli eaily today destroyed six locks of homes of stoc kyaul oikets, negro labor will he bar ed from tin? yard;, it was an- ouneed tonight after a ronfi-r- nee between Governor Irwh n usd the packer-'. The shvkyards had her n a torm center during the rae iots this week and with pa'e estored ye terday it had been ilanned to pennit the l-I.OoO negiu workers to return .Moil- ay . However, feSing was ag- ravated by the fire which many f the foreign workers who ere made Iiofwlcv; charged the negioes with tailing. It was therefore decided to change the an s Coveinor I-owden expressed lx-!ief that laUii troubles lather than race feelings was ivsk'"- ible for the fires, despite -state- . t . i 11 mi nis tnai w unes-e.s naa repon- 1 to the fire attorney that they saw ri"gioes setting fires in th neighborhood. The homos burned w ere chief- v those of Lithuanian and I'oli- h families, and the governor thought reports indicated radi cal lalor men had started the j.i7es because the foreign work- had not i-upported their plans. Troops were on duty tonight it the fire ruins and in the ne gro i evidence district, ."schools tnd fire stations have been open ed to homeless families, some of whom sat on a nearby prairie t- ay with their small heaps of M'iongtngs. Coroner Hoffman caused a surprise today by announcing that no marks of violence had K-en found on the lndy of F.u- gene Williams, a liegro youth. who was r jK)i ted stoned and knocked from a raft into Ijtke Michigan last Sunday at a bath ing lM(h, the act precipitating the i iots. The coroner stated that the negro had not In-en struck by stones, but had Ut-n howned. George Stauber, white, is iM'ing held by the police on a charge of murder in con nection with Williams' death. Only a few minor disturbances occurred todav. In one ca n Mexican. Theodore flracia. s..!d to have been mistaken for a ne gro, was stablu'd, probably fa ta!lv, by a white man. The militia will continue to guard the danger centers for several days. The federal, state and city investigation of the riots and fire continue-. I to day and at least 2'() negro su ects and seveud scons ff w hites were taken to jail. Negro attorneys are preparing damage suits against the city Cnder the state law persons w ho do not participate in riots can recover from the municipality "or damages sustained. In at east 12 cases of negroes slain, attorneys have prepared suits for $.-.noo each. seething furnace. The loss to the company w ill be heavv. At 2 o'clock, while the fire w as still burning briskly, D. ". Cooper. Jr., manager of the warehouse interest of the Coopers, stated that the insur ance would amount to approxi mutely $12,000 or $l."i.(MK). When it is estimated that the cost of replacing the building will crowd closely upon $."0,000, it may be seen that the damage will lie very near Ja.OOO. As soon a.s the embers cool workmen will he put upon the scene to clear awav the debris and prepare for starting a new and more modern and up-to-date warehouse than that which burned today. This was the positive statement made by P Y. Cooper, Jr., when asked as to the intentions of the company In the basement of the build ing large quantities of farming machinery had been stored, this being a part of the company' business. This, of course, went up with the building. The C-A Lewis Tobacco company ha scrap tobacco stored in the warehouse valued at between $3,000 and $1,000. Whether any insurance wa3 caried on this was not learned. - 1 L. - 'i " K I y , ' " . 1 ' ' : .. . . M 1 : 11 ''I r4 l;, i 1 :. r ' . . . .'-I I ' J Co!or1 UlHO omi'lnl In C1ilTto fa- rl'il rt, rscirt-J In iif.-ty t JT lilullllti-l .ilirrintii. 2 Alll-I kt clor kfurn iirliit. at lh li-mi of il.e Vn' t In th sn ut JiH-ail.-'ny pune'i- In I'nrla. S -Snn '.a Oil I during lh uteri cat flke thn Ihc jpojik' r f if. I i-t tin!!.. nil mutintr of totitcyatxfit. (ASOl.INK UOMH I'SKI) 10 DKSIUOY A HO.Mi: Ia Angeles, Aug. ". Oscar jiwler, former assistant I'nited States attorney for the interior lejioilment, was pjolially fatal ly burned, and Mrs. I-vler was badly buined when their home was destroyed early ttnlay by what the jtolico believe to have H'en a gasoline bomb. Shortly before 3 o'clock this morning, according to informa tion gathered bv the police, a man driving an automobile stop- ;iel in front of the Law lei resi dence at New Hampshire street and Wilshire Iniulevard. in an exclusive residential district. He hopped something, leaped into the c ir, and rapidly drove away. An explosion followed almost immediately. The house burst into flames. Mr. Inwler, hi wife and one child were trapped within. Two men, who were driving pa.st the house, seized a idder and rescued O-car raw er. Jr., five years old. Mr. Iawler dragged his Wife to a window, and in the mid a of l!.ur.es, lowered her from nn up- cr story until her feet touched an awning over a wu.r.ow tn the ground floor. Th n he leap ed to the ground. They were re moved to a hospital. Two other I-nwIer children. Charles and Jane, who visiting at Pebbly I'.each. ;IUL NFAKLY TRAPPED IJY NKCISO WIIITK SLAYER Asheville. August 2. The al leged elTorts of a New York ne gro to engage in white slavery have been I rostrated by an Asheville girl, according to in formation received here recent ly. The girl, Miss Janie English a former resident of Madison county, answered a matrimonial advertisement in a paper and went to the great city after she had received a proixsal by mail. A former Asheville girl, working in the Travelers' A id in the Penns.lvania station, uotic ed Miss Engliih as she passed through the station and stopped her. She went with the loca' girl to the address which had been given her by her correspon dent but he was out and the girl left a boarding house address When her correspondent caller it was seen that he was a large negro, and looked capable of practicing unsavory methods to increase his wealth. The negro has been arrested according to the information re ceived here, and the case wil come up !n a New York court iu a short time. Decause of the girl's testimony the attorney prosecuting the alleged white slaver states that he feels con fident of convicting him. In the meantime Miss English is working in New York. ' aY- -l L" OV PAY VOl It MONEY TAKK 01'K CIIOICF New York. Aug. 2. Peip'e cm pay $:0 for shov ; and many douhtle- s w ill do mi to appear as well shod as "the bn.-s" hut good shoes are still to be purchased for from $1 to according to iiiis J. Roherson, viee-pie-,i- detit of the Tajuier.s' Council of the Flilted States, and E. R. Conklin, ice pies'.lu.t of the lide and lx-alher a .son.ition oi ;n .iLer New Yeik and namber of the firm of Mulf'ord. Cary A: Conklin. TIiom- expel Is j.gie. d that fur ther advance in fhoe cost is pio- hable. hut that the highd' grade footwear will he cbieflv at'.eeted and that even in that list $H is as high as the price shouid go. the reported" oming advance to $'i0 Ik ing only for the footgear. of millionaires j.nd those who seek to appear to le millionaires. "Leather, lalmr and findings aie l (-sponsible for the recent and the problem coming advan ces in shot prices" said Mi. Con klin today. "Findings, ' he ex- dained. "eoiisUtute everything that goes into the .manufacture of a s!k excepting lalor and rather. And tindingi have made enoimmi;. ad values in lost as have leather and labor. For example, shoe laces are double the normal prices. Nails, thu-ad. chemicals, buttons, hooks and cwSits and trimmings hive gone skyward. "Rut there will Ik? plenty of slu.es cheaper than ?30. In fine shoes there will Ik1 no reduction for sometime, but fair shoes can he Ixuight reasonably. Men's .. 1 .1., II .. ana women s miws mhu a mumi time aeo for f-1 orfti.OO were made of calf skin. They are now made of sowhide." "A shoe that cannot be im proved upon is being manufac tured today for $" by one of the greatest manufacturing houses in the world," id Mr. Roher- son, naming the house. "The trouble with most men who con stantly complain of the high cost of living is that they try to emulate those better to pay high prices than themselves. Some men are not content with wear ing anything cheaper than "the boss' wears." THE A. C. L. SHOPMEN QITT IN KOCKY MOFNT. Rocky Mount, Aug. 2. Promptly at 8 o'clock this morn ing all craftsmen employed in the local A. 0. L. shops went on strike in demand for increase of wages to 8.') cents on hour. The walkout came as a re. nit of strike decision made by local craftsmen at a meeting last night. The w;dkout this morn ing, which affected 1,000 men and left the shops deserted ex cept for clerical and supervisory if n (3: L - ; a ;' j NECRO RISIIOP ADYISKS NECROLS TO HE CALM. Cleveland. Aug. 2. Eishop Charles IKnry Phillips of Nash ville. Tenn., bishop of the fourth distiat, negro Methodist Epis copal church, composing several southern states, and all of tie Pacific slopes, here today on bus iness, issued the follow ing state ment regarding the recent race liot-i in Washington and Chica go: "I cannot kiievc that the ne gio was influenced by hol-hevi '. agent in the pait ho took in the rioting. It is not like him to be a traitor or a revolutionist who would destroy government. Rut the reign of mob law to wlvc'i he has so long lived in terror and the injustices to which he lias had to submit, have made him sensitive and impatient. I' I strongly ndvi.se the negro to Ik? patient, tolerant and law abiding, to abstain from all re vengeful methods, lemembering that lawlessness U'gets Uwle-s ness and that reforms, follow ing the world war, will take time. "I am unalterably oppo ed lo ioence and bloodshed and ad vise my race against any propa ganda that would attempt to procure our rights through these methods. We can accom plish moie by moral suasion, by appealing to the press and to our white friends to help us in our struggle for our rights than by violence and bloodshed.' foices was done quietly and without demonstration, worker. even taking pains to put away their tools before they left the shop in a Ixxly, Labor leaders declare desertion was absolute, even negro women working on scran nilos leaving. The determination of the workers wi' shown bv the re fusal of wrcckei-s to re- pond for a freight derailment at Conten tnea which paralyzed all through New York and Florida trains foi upwards of 12 hours. The workers maintained their post tion and the clearing of wreck age finally had to he done by high officials with, the assistant of a few clerks w ho donned ove-.' alls and went at the task. Officials say the strike is on ly local at various points .and made no statement as to steps to be taken to "get the men back to work. At a meeting o strikers Held tonigni renewtn determination to stick out to the end was expressed and a tele gram was sent to federation of ficials stating that nothing short of absolute granting of the wages demanded would send the local craftsmen back to their work. VII I A'S ARMY IS IN a r.i ( oNDirioN li! Pa n, Tex., Aug Fran 's f o Villa's army which advanc ed on Juarez with tin intention of conquering laathern Mexioco and ( . tabli . hing a rebel govern-' Ha nt in the north, ictircd before I 'nihil State., t u.ops badly de moralized and disoi ganizi d, descrtei, impies ed soldiers who escaped and civilian-; who aw theni at Villa Ahumad.i. After two days and night-; o! ntct mittant lighting !v po. e.x. ion (( Juarez, Villa had deplet d hi; ammunition supply. A member of his stall' w ho ( ame h the bonier after the iviiromi nt aid many of Villa's men had (a immunition. Only Villa's body- giiaid had moie than I'M lound i-c I.-..I i,...,. ii...;, , 'mm .' li.i'l I 11 iw i l (t(l II KM way whil" crossing th" de.-eit vilh the Aim rican cavalry iu urstiit. Villa's telegrapher, who es- ajM d from Villa at Villa Ahu- nada, reported to Mexican of 'trials iu Juarez that the rebel.- '.utc without food and that theii morale was very low. His: ( lisions took place among Villa's meil after the Juarez bat tle, Martin Ipez, who led the ghting in Juarez said to have leiiounced Villa and accused the audit leader of deceiving his men into believing the United States government would recog nize the Villa revolution and American troops would not mo- e.t them when they attacked Juarez. Another report reaching the iH.rder stated Villa selected 200 irked men from his forces and darted South tow ard Pairal. an nouncing that "he could not fight the Americans" and saying he was going hack to the moun tains. Villa activities in the vi cinity of Parral, recently would tend to confirm this report. Gen era! Angels w as reported to have separated from Viila and to he hiding in the hills near the Mir ier. Villa patisans heit denied that Villa's armv was demoraliz- d. They say one of Villa's tricks is to scatter his forces af ter a battle and then reassemble them when he is ready to con- luct another compaign. Pilar de Conchos, on the Conchos river near Parral, is said by Villa's gents here to ! the rendez vous for Villa's forces and all of his bands are drifting in that di reel ion. DEPFTY CLOMNGER OF IREDELL COFNTY SHOT Sfatesvillc, Aug. 3. Deputy She iff Lloyd Cloninger. of Mitoresville. this county, this af ternoon at 4 o'clock w ;i.s shot and it is Wlieved, mortally wounded while trying to arrest Conner, a notorious negro, near the negio camp meeting grounds at Morris sthwlhoUse. Trouble had Uen brewing there since yesterday and this afternoon the officers were not. lied of drunken orgies and shoot ing scraps going on in the woods back of the camp meeting grounds. Lloyd Cloninger, Chief t f Police Furr and Assistant Drown left this afternoon for the set ne of the shooting. Clon inger, on arriving, went towards Conner, for whom he had a war rant, but the negro ordered the officer back at the same moment producing his gun and firing at the officers, burning Cloninger's coat sleeve with the first shot Cloninger then fired twice and the negro turned and ran, falling about lo0 ),"'"ds agay with two bullets in him. At this moment another, a.s yet unidentified, ne gro ran up shooting Cloninger in the hack, the bullet passing clean through the Inidy. When the officer whirled around to face his new antagonist he was shot again in the chest, ngh over the heart. Shooting then became general, fully GO shots being fired before friends could place Deputy Sheriff Cloninger in a car and rush him here to the hospital, where small hope is held out for his recovery. Sheriff M. P. Alexander and a number of deputies from here have gone to the scene of the battle to bring the guilty negro es in. WASHINGTON LADY IS STARVED RV MEXICANS Wa- hirK'lon. Am' 3. A f torv r cruelty to America. h in Mexi- , involving the death from arvation of nn aged American woman reached Washington to- .iy (hi cuigh unofficial manne!.-. lie cruellies, including an at tck by bandits, some of whom re alleged to have Icen Canan istas (imprisonment, indigni es and later confiscation of pro erty, were perpetrated it is said upon Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Sturgis, of Wrshington, and the ttei's mother, Mrs. W. H. Keen ight, also of Washington. Mrs. eenright died of starvation vhile held a prisoner by bandits. Dr. Sturgis, an American den i t and owner of a coffee plan atimi in Mexico, accoiding to information received here, went to Mexico 20 years ago. His wife nd her mother joined him later. iu l'JIK, it is said, their planta tion was razed by Cai ranzaistn uid later in the same year by Kindits hea.Ld by Gen. Rafael 'ally Major, a friend of the re- Ul leader, Zapata. General Mayor took the three Americans prisoner:, it is said, and holding Dr. Sturgis and Mrs. Keenright ;ts hoitages, sent Mrs. Sturgis to Mexico City with messages to a Zapatr agent. While being held prisoner, Mrs. Sturgis said her mother died from starvation. Not until late February, ac cording to the story reaching Washington,, were Dr. Sturgis and his w ife released. They re turned to ineir plantation, al though the dentist was partially paralyzed owing to the priva tions they had undergone, and later the American consul at Salina Cruz furnished them with funds to return to the United States. They arrived several days ago at New Orleans, and now are en route to St. Iuis. The Society for the Protection of American Rights in Mexico, after investigating the story, most of the details of which were furnished hy Mrs. Stuntis. announced tonight that the mat ter would le called to the atten tion of the state department and it was said that Dr. Sturgis and his wife would be invited to ap pear l-efore the house committee investigating Mexican relations. CONVICTED KILLER FRETS AS LAW DELAYS DEATH. Ossining, N. Y'., Aug. 2. Gor don Fawcett Hornby, descrilxHl by the judge who senteced him as "the most notorious bandit since the days of Jesse James," was to have died here on July 2S iu the electric chair at Sin? Sing prison. Rut instead of taking that tst long walk through the little door that leads to the death room Hamby sat in his cell and swore at the stupid fate which keeps him alive. "I confessed, didn't I? What more do they want? Let's get it over with!" This has licen his constant plea ever since entering the prison. Hamby, or J. II. Allen, neither of which he says is his righk name, was convicted of murder ing two Rrooklyn bank tellers in a daring daylight hold-up. He frankly admitted that his career of crimes has carried him to all corners of the United States nnd part of Europe and South Amer ica He is in his twenties and well educated. His chief com plaint against his treatment here is that he is not allowed a toothbrush. Hamby was sentenced to die on the 28th. But invariably the death sentence is subject to at least one appeal. And despite Hambys opposition his attorney, whom the youthful bandit de clares he "nevar asked for and doesn't want," insisted upon taking the usual appeal. Its on ly effect, Hamby fears, will be to "make me stay in this d-, cell a few days longer." "Give me a toothbrush, plenty of cigarettes and play the 'Mar seillaise' when I go to the chair, then I'll die happy," he told his attorneys.