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. i i J I 1..:::: : VOL. 0 Okin, N. C, Thurs lay, Oct. 2, 1IH0 N MICRO HANGED IJV MOIJ IN OMAHA A1TI1I' HONG stui'ggu; with poi.k i: Omaha, Sept. 2s. A lynching which developed many charac teristics of a rare riot, held thin city tcrroi ied for nine lioiii H to il. iy. Major Kd wai (1 I. Smith was himself .saved from lynching liy a policeman, who, it was re- ' ported, cut the rope from ah nit the mayor's neck while his com rades clubbed off tin- luol). At midnight it was said that the mayor wis unconscious in it hos pital. The riot, (entered about the new county courthouse building, which was set on fue in tin ef forts to reach William Hi own, a negro, chin y d with attacking a young white girl a few days ago. When the flames mom ted steadily from floor to l!u;,, Sheriff Mike Claik and his depti ties fought ;i grim battle of hours to save Hrown from those who clamored for his life, but at 11 o'clock, with the cries of the lOO or more prisoners on the top lloor the j til floor ri hiring in his oars, he was compelled to surrender the pri oner, who wa. hustled to iiu elect lie light pole and hanged. The mob spirit be gan ti mani fest itself during the afternoon hut it was not until a gu.i store had been looted that the -hcrUr considered the situation .serious, lie swon in extra deputies and also drought in some police in uniforms deterrnincj that the law should take its course de- spite the atrocity of the crime charged against the negro. Hy dark the streets in the vi cinity of the coiirlhoiise were Mocked for seieial Mpiares. Chief of I'.ilice IH rstein mount ed u lxx and attempted to ad dress the crowd l.ut unable W to make himself heard 'and only with difficulty made his own es. r;tp'. It w,is ,-,t this time that the nioh began breaking win dows in the rotiithotie and shortly afterward the cry of "lire" was heard. Most Sei ions Di-m dcr In Ilistoi j of The Citv. Omaha. Sept. 2.- William Hi-own, a negro, alleged to have assaulted a white girl, w.t drag ged from the county jail at 11 o'clock tonight and hanged to an electric pole, following a struggle of nine hours ly an im mense moli to wrest him from the sheriif. Sheriff Michael Ttaik and his deputies held the fmt in the top stoiy of couithoitc, where is knitted the jail, with a hundred prisoneis, until lh- building be came a -seething mass of flames, and he was forced to ulmit. After the lynching tin firemen were for the first time aMe to get a stieam ! the Haines. At the same time additional exten sion ladders were sent to the thild and fourth floors where many of the occupants were standing on window ledges on one side of the building that had not Ik'cii touched by the llames. The entire fire depjutment was on the scene and many of the trucks were rushed to firchoiises to secure extra hose. The negro was pullel out on the south side of the courtroom giving the firemen an opportun it to woik on the north side where the lire stalled. As soon its the mob had accomplished its primary object, it started to di minMi. The work of re.cue then be gan. It was app.sMcnt that the jail story, on the fifth lloor of the building, was becoming, in tensely hot. The cries of tin prisoners, alwmt 1 (Ml of whom were trapped, spurred the (no men to greater efforts. At a late hour tonight it wa. discovered that an abortive at tempt had been made to lynch Mayor I'd. 1'. Smith, w hen he ap pearcd to appeal to the mob Although reports are conflict yig it is known that a lope was thrown around hi neck. A po licoman cut it off befoiy the mol could accomplish its purpose, The mayor was carried out unconscious by a squad of poli officers and friends, and he was hurried to the office of a surgeon nearby, lie was removed to a hospital. At midnight he was still unconscious. The lynching followed an nf tornoon and evening fraught S. A. L TRAIN WUKCKHO WITH MAl.K lOl'S INTKNT Peter l.tug, Va.. Sej.l. !!.--kiiilro.ad official have no doubt that the wreck of Seaboard Air bine train No. 5, three miles south of this ( it V eaflv (his moil, in;', v. its can cd by the "witch being opt in d w ith ma'i cinis intent. The switch lock wits broken and the jaws of the switc h held apait by means of a Luge stone. The switch lamp was stolen, the wick being found this morning ome distance from the lamp standard. Dr. .1 M. I!UI ke, ( l.ief SUI'gec II I of tli" S.'it- Im'ik1 who was ; umrnoiied to the ;cei e to attend injuieil, made ,u very ( lo ,e xaiiiination of miv roiindiiigs and -ays he has little doubt that the wreck probably w.'is caused by robbers. limbers of a fire built on the embank ment above the scene were found. nioodhounds were brought to the scene within two hours-, arid followed it trail for ome two miles, when it was lost it a street railway crossing just beyond the corporate limits. The body of Kngineer C. I. Smith, of Iialeigh, was taken to Ashcville this morning for inter ne nt. The k.r u'c Hai ry Fer- ru.son. the fu email, i.s still at an lndertaking establishment in this citv. The negro killed in the wreck Mill- heating his way, was iden- ilied this morning its James loh! i , df Oinwidddo county, Jor shorn it reward of $1ihi w.is of. lered hv 1 1 iy authorities of !iuriswi(k county for shooting mother negro about six months igo. i vith mob demonstrations seldom et en ded. Whin the first rtimli- ings ot a jiossilile attempt to yiich Crown were hoard during he forenoon Sheriif Clark called n a!! his ltgular deputies and wore in a number of others. The list act that indicated the mob .ts in earnest was a parade up lainey stieet by alwiut ."0 m n . ho detrained from street cars i few blinks from the court- iOtie. They toie up Ilainey ilieet ;il double quick and were it the sheiiff's hcudip. after Ik- fore he lealized whiit had h;ti- pelie.I. Appeals were made to the po ire station for help and a few mstormed ir.en ".ei e luirried to ite p!. i.e. In the inctittimc the cnlral st;it ion tehjhoned ecry man on the force and thee on he south side to leport lit once, 'ting Sunday many of the men ou Id nt be found. The result vas that several thousand per- ns had gathered on the south ide of the courthouse before the Mihee cmild arrive in any consid erable number. The assault with which Wil iam Ibown was charged was ommitted on a woman early in the week. With an escort. rippleif beyond the point of re- .istaiico.-the girl met her assail int a few Mocks fnmi her home in the southeast part of the city. lie held the couple up at the point of ;c revolver. Ai'er roii bing th' joung men he a'Jarked the young women in his presence holding a revolver at the head of lief cseot t in the meantime. Liter l!rown was arrested by police officers and taken to the rity jail, where both the girl tnd her escort identified him a the man w ho committed the deed Kilter it Wits stated that l'.rown had made it confession of his crime. lie was taken io me t t i county jail, which was consider ed a safe place for his' confine ment. During the rioting a huge number of negroes were badly beaten on the streets, some o them dangerously injured ( met ot rolice r.berslein was himself subjected to physiea violence and narrowly escape personal injury when members of the force charged the crow and led him to safety. Thous ands of persons congregated in the downtown districts, some o them out of curiosity, but grea numbers showing decided sym pathy for the would-bo-ljmchers AMERICAN FOODSHIP MINED OFF MOUTH OF THAMES ) I ' '.v. ( r-1 .,) Mi , s j 'J lie Aiui rU&u tuvil hli'p Liil!AvtJ dotting mliie. oMri hsoKv atii:n-. I)AN( i: i ..w. An Act to rioide for the Com pulsory Attendance I'pon the Puhlic ScIumiIs of Children Ue tween Certain Ages and to KrguLt? and Restrict the 11m plojment of Children and lo I'rovide for the llnfoi cement of the Provisions of This Act and to Chapter s: I'ublic Iiws of I Hi:!, and Chapter n'h. I'uMic Liws of mil!). ' The (JeiKMitl Assembly of North Carolina h) enact : Section I. livery piti ent, guar dian or other person in the State of North Carolina having charge or contlol of a child between the ages of eight and fotiitecii years shall cause such child to attend '(iiooi continuously lor a period i equaj to the time which the puli lie school in the district in which the child resides shall in ses sion. The piincipal. s-.;pe mteii- nt, " teat her w ho is in chitrge of such s hoi shall hare the ight to ex-use the child from emporaiy iitteiul.ince 'ii ac count of sic kness or distance of icleiice from the shoo!, or other uiiiivoidable cause which lies not constitute truancy its ehned by the St;de Hoard of Id iic.it ion. Sec- L Any parent, guaidian. or other person releiied to in section one of this act, violating the provisions of the aforesaid section, sh.ill U guilty of a mis- eme.inor, itiul upon conviction diall be liiible ti a line of not los thiin five dollars (.v"i) nor more h.tn twenty-live dollars (?-.") md upon failure or refiisitl to pay such fine the said parent. guardian, or tither person shall imprisoned not exceeding thirty days i;i t h county jail. Sec. -J a. It shall be the duty of he State I'.oaid of llduealion to formulate such rules an. I rcgu 'tions ;ts may be necessary tor the piier ciiforcement of the novisiohs of this act. Said board shall prescribe what shall constitute truancy, what causes may constitute legitimate ex cuses for temporary nonatten- l.tnce due to physical or mental inability to attend and under whiit circumstances teachers, principals, or superintendents may excuse pupils for non.ttt n lance due to immediate demand.-. f the farm or the home in cer tain sea. -ons of the year in the several sections of the State. It shall be the duty of all school of ficials to cany out such instruc tions from the State Hoard of Kdueation, and any school offi cial failing (o carry out such in structions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, that section one of this act shall not : be in force in anv citv or county ! that has a higher compulsory at tendance law now in force than that provided herein; but in any such case it shall be the duty of the State Honrd of Kjjueation to investigate the same and decide that any such law now in force has a higher compulsory atten dance feature than that provided by this act: Provided, that wherever any district is without adequate building or buildings for the proper enforcement of this act the county boards of education may be allowed not more than two years from July the first, one thousand nine hun dred and nineteen, to make full and ample provisions in every J -. 1 1 , btieu Iho lui nil th umuiu of district. Sec. ". The county superinten dent ff public welfare or chief school attendance officer or tru t.nt officer provided for by law shall investigate and prosecute all violations of the provisions of section one of this act. Sec. I. The State Superinten dent of Public Instruction shall prepare such rules of procedure and furnish such, blanks for teachers and other school offi cials its may be necessary for re porting each case of truancy or hick of attendance to the chief attendant e officer referred to in fit t ion three hereof. Such rules shall provide among other things for a notification in wring to the person responsible for the noii.tttenditiue of any child, that the case h t b" reported to the chief attendance officer of the county unless the la v is imme diately complied with. County Imarcls of education and govern ing loilies of city schools shall have the light to idJjiomt town or di-trict attendance officers '.hen deemed by them int'essarv lo ;is i-t in can j ing out the pro visions of -Minns one, two, three, an! four of this ;.,ct, and the rules and instruct ioin which may be pion.ulg.tted by the State Superintendent of Ptibik Instruction. Hut in every case in which it In comes necessary to prosecute for iMhat tendance the Ciise shall be refined to the chief attend. nice officer of the county for further action: Pro vided that in towns or cities hav ing sp"cial attendance officers paid out of town or city funds said officers shall have full au thority to prosecute for viola tions of this act. See. ,", No thild under the age of fouiteeii veal shall Im em- ploj-ed. or permitted to woik. in or about or in connection with any mill, factory, caim-ry, w oik- shop, m.'inufactui ing ostabhsh niird, laundry, bakery, mercan tile establishment, office, hotel, re-1 mi ant. bai ber shop, boot black stand. put !ic stable.garnge, place of amusement, brick yard, lumber yard, or any messenger or delivery service, excej in cases and under regulations pre sent cd by the commission here inafter created: Provided, the employment in this section enumerated shall not be con strued to include bona fide boys' and girls' canning clubs recog nized by the Agricultural De p ti tment of this State; and such canning clubs tre hereby ex pressly exempted from the pro- v i- ioiis of this act. Sec. oil. It shall be the duty of the countv hoards of educa The Elkin Tobacco Market This is the ."th jcar of the KIkin Tobacco Maiket, and in many Wtys the most successful, and one of the most en couraging things is that many of the largest raisers are selling their entire crop on the Hlkin Market this year. They have been trying other markets and have satisfied themselves beyond doubt that they can do hotter, all things considered, on the Hlkin Market than they can anywhere else. As one huge raiser said the other day that selling on the home market he was helping to huilti up his own town and own country. KIkin offers many opportunities to its patrons. It is cue of the best hanking towns in Western North Carolina. Has many huge mercantile establishments' that buy in large quantities and have well selected stocks and can offer hotter inducements than many of the larger towns n.s their operating expenses are much less. I'" s ' "' y M zt- n -. - ' ' , Am. . r 'llnimc, Lniiiii.i, h!h-i It ruu luto tion of each county in th'! State of North Carolina to cause th:. act to be published in full in some newspaper published in the county if there be one, and if there be none, then in circular form and distributed over the county at least four weeks prior t' the opening of the schools af ter the fust day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine teen. ITALIANS SKIZIII) THAI' IN l S. C0NTH0I. ZONK Washington. Sojit. 27. A force of American sailors from (he cruiser Olympia was landed at Trail, on the lower Dalmatian cast September Secretary Daniels announced today. With, out bloodshed the Americans gained possession of the city which previously had been occu pied by ii force of Italians. Sec retary Daniels announcement s.tid : "On September it numliei of Italians stiiprisc-d and captur ed Trail, ii Dalmatian port in. the .'.one assigned by the uprenie council to be uil!ced by the Acmrirans. A small landing force from the I'. S. Olympia succeeded in iec ring the town and preserving order there without bloodshed. Serbian were persuaded by Admiral An drews from taking action." Hear Admiral Andrew, com manding the American naval forces in th'. Adi'tati", in report ing 'lie landing, said lie acted on iisti u.tioiis fiom the Supreme (oiiii'.ii itt Jails leteivrd alter he had h ported that a force of Italians, apparently revolution i ts had occupied the city on the morning of September 'Z'. His message did not say whether the Amo'icans still occupied the town but press dispatches from the Copenhagen and Paris have said thai the Americans with drew after turning the town over to the Jugo-Slav forces. The Italians Admiral Andrews repented, retired when the Americans landed, without olfcr ing resistenco. It was said at the navy department that Trail was in that section of the Dal matia coast assigned by the peace conference to the United States for patrol. The Italian government is responsible for the strip of land from smifli line to the northward and the French for that to the south. PHHSIDMNT WILSON IS hack at wnm: iiocsi: Wa-hiiiKlon. Sept. I!:!. Presi dent Wilson returned to Wash ington today from his interrupt ed tour for the Peace treaty. He was able to walk through the raih.vicv- station from his special I l ain to a White House automo tive, ami Wits taken itt once to Mi" While House where it was said there was little change in his condition. President Wilson returned to Washington today, to :.JI 'out ward app arance- on the road to recovery from tin- iieivoo,; ex haustion which interrupted hi peaking trip for the pe.ue treaty. Heaving his bed virtually for the Tir.-t time since his sp'-eial train started homeward I riday from Wichita, Kan., the Presi dent walked iihsiippoi ld and smiling through the railway station to a waiting automobile, and lat-r in the day took a two hour ride through Ho k Creek park. Dr. (Irajson, the President's personal physician, said his pa tient's condihdn was as good as could be expected though a per iod of rest from official cares could Ik? absolutely cssehtid to .oniplete recovery. The after noon ride w as prescribed to g:'e Mr. Wilson some fresh air after two am! a half davs of commu nis confinement on the trim. Although he walked wi'h an regressive swing n.s he passed hrough the railway static t.. the President was feeling some vcakiiess Dr. (Irajson said, from i bad night's rest while his itial train was racing cast Vitrd. Tonight lie retired early liter dinner with his family at :he White House ami Dr. (Irav- on was hopeful of a refreshing -leep. All of Mr. Wilson's i ngage .neiiU for the near future ha.e 'ecu (itiut lied, and his physician a ill insist nopn ;i n-al vacation. "o definite decision has I urn rcvlicd whether he will remain n seclusion at the White House ir go to some iesn t. but the in lications tonight were that the President would not leave the 'apita! soon. After a run of nearly lo.wm .idles the presidential spct'ial cached Washington at 1 1 :-" his morning. Awaiting Mr. md Mrs. Wilson when thev dighted from their private cm w.t. Miss Maigau-t Wi! on., the President's daughter. Outside lo- station he in oiiiitead the ast of the many crowds that reeled him on his 'J.Vday tour, tnd o was cheered as he walk ed throueh the station con ouise. Helping Mrs. Wilson and Miss Margaret into the automo bile, the President chmKcl in be side them unassisted. During the afternoon ride he was ac companied by Mrs. Wilson and Dr. Crayson. who had shared the task of caring 1'or the Presi dent during his illness alioard the train. The only formal expression from Dr. (I ray son during the dav was a bulletin issued just before the train arrived in Washington. It said: "1 lie President had n poor night's rest, but he is doing as well ;ts could be expected in the circumstances." Another Uailroad May Ik' Huilt Through Mountains Ashcville, Sept. 27.-An nounremcnt is made of the pro position to build another railroad through the heart of the moun tains this road to be built be tween Murohv. county seat of Cherokee county, on the North Carolina-Georgia line and Aliens Gap. It will connect with the big hand mill located there by th Whiting comfJan.w The road will open up virgin timber lands and W. II. Woodbury and associates have purchased 10,000 acres of hind in the Heaverdam tow nhsip, through which the road tra verses, and this timber will come in over the road from the mouth of Hanging Dor; creek, it being the plan for both companies to list) tho same road. japs scoi t Tin; idh v OP WAU WITH AMKRICA Tokio, Saturday, Sept. 27. H. V Associated Press.) Ad dress s in which it was declared that Witr between Japan and the I. mtod States is it contingency not to be considered and state ments that the future of the two countries lie in the cultivating of economic relations and friendly intercourse were hearily ap plauded today at a luncheon giv en by the American-Japan socie- -y. Viscount Kancko, a member of the privy council and former special representative of Japan to the Cnited States, presided. I'he luncheon, which was given in honor of Tormer United States Senator Theodore 11. Hurton. of Ohio; Carl V. Haldwin. the American military attache, who is leaving Japan shortly for Washington, and D. P. Wake, an American business leader in Ja pan for VA) years, who is going; .o Guidon, was attended by a large number of Japanese and vinericans. Without directly mentioning Shantung the speeches were wised on the feeling in the Unit d States arising . from the Shantung question. "Some Americans fear that a v;tr may come with Japan, said v iscotint Kancko, in opening the pooch making. "Hut you, Colo ioi Haldwin, who have seen our nilitary oragimations and know iur p op!e will be able to tell .our countrymen that we never lave had the slightest idea of . leclaring war against the re uiblie ou the other side of the Pacific." Viscount Kancko added that ''oIoiioM laid win might even tell die Americans that instead of chinking of war the Japanese vere fraternizing with Ameri ans around the banquet table. "There w ill never lie a war be tween Japan and America," con- inued Viscont Kancko. "and the ntire Japanese people will con- air with me in this opinion. Tell litis to your President and the tuendicrs of the cabinet the sena- ors and representatives, and our judge, hankers, capitalists. ouihalists and working people. "Never can we entertain such an idea against America, which lias done so much for our coun try and led us into the path of iking a seat in the c . ticil of the five great powers ' Cheering greeted the words of Viscount Kancko. Mr. Hurtn said he joined with he Japanese .statesman in de laring that a war between Ja pan aim the l in l lit Males was mposible. In the first place, he declared, it would I; futile. If lapan attacked the Pacific coast he cmild not hope to penetrate Ute intciior of America; if mciica attacked Japan she night be able to do serious in jury, but she would leave trails of hatred liehind her which would hurt America more than Japan. "As I hav e traveled here," con timied Mr. P.urton "I have found the very air charged with hospi tality and friendliness. Ijui tzuage and customs will prove but a temporary barrier lietween us. 'There is the traditional friendship that must endure til ways. No trouble makers or jingos can break the ties that bind us. Mutual interest holds us, and we shall go forward with the conviction that war is not the way to settle differences be tween nations." VIRGINIA T1IUKATENS TO STOP TAH HEEL THAVEL llaleigh, Sept. 26. A threat from the secretary of the com monwealth to prohibit the use of North Carolina automobile licenses over the roads of Virgin ia if the alleged practice of ef facing or changing factory num bers of can liought in that state by North Carolinians is not dis continued, brought from the North Carolina .secretary of state the reply that if the offi cers of the law of Virginia are a little more vigilant it will not be "necessary to punish thous ands of law-abiding North Caro linians in the place of a few of your culprits."