Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1921, Page 12

TWO NEGROES LYNCHED; BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF U. S. Pitched Battle Between Blacks and Whites Reported in N. Georgia Br the Associated Press. WARRENTON, N, C., January 24.— With thé exception of a few groups of negroes here and there who still ap- peared to show an ugly spirit, this little town; the scene of the lynching of two negroes by a mob of masked men early this morning. had settled into quiet today and no further trou- ble is anticipated. The Warrenton home guards, ordered out last night by Gov. Morrison, are patrolling the town and it is not thought it will be necessary to call for further military assistance. Twenty-five citizens were | deputized to patrol the town after the ynching. | With the imprisonment of the thir- | teen negroes brought here' from Nor- lina and the subsequent lynching of two of them, the Warrenton pegroex began to show signs of agitation and a threatened uprising. ¥ive, appa- rently the leaders among them, have been arrested. All manner of firearms are said to have been found on them, including _rifles, shotguns and _pistois. Around some of the guns red ban- danna handkerchiefs are said to have rers. and with ropes already Knotted THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, "192f. IT'S . BEEN A week New SINCE'T WAS WURT 1N THAT AUTO ACCIDENT, SO I'™ GONNA TAKE OFF THIS BANDAGE AAND Se€ How THE SKIN-GRAFTING) J08 OF THE Doc's 1S COMING ALONG: C.—Fire Razes Town. him of a charge of insulting Mrs. C. B. Hamilton of this city, Rev. Caleb A. Ridley, pastor of a local church, Sunday morning from his pulpit vi tually charged his accusers with hav- ing plotted tb make him a victim of a “badger game” for the purpose of obtaining funds which he now claims { to hold to meet expenses of a new church erected by his congregation. Officers Save Negroes. LAUREL. Miss.—Booker T. Jones and Frank Moody. young negroes, charged with having insulted a white woman near Ellisville, were taken from the Ellisville jail and prepara- tions made for a lynching before they were rescued by officers and brought to Laurel for safekeeping. A large crowd of white men gathered at the jail and forcibly removed the prison- about their necks. the negores were apparently doomed to mob violence. Noted Educator Dead. COLUMBIA, Mo.—Dr. Richard Henry | T A1~l Are Offenders. been tied. which local officers believe 10 be the badge of some secret order. A jury was impaneled this morning for an inquest over the two negroes, Alfred Williams and Plummer Bul- lock, lynched last midnight. The lynching was_the clumination of several days of ill feeling between negroes and whites of Norlina. Bullock was said to have instigated the clash at Norlina following a dis: pute with a groceryman over the purchase of ten cents’ worth of ap- ples. Williams was 6aid to have been one of the leaders in that clash. The negroes, it was charged, gathered at the Norlina railway depot Sunday morning and opened fire on the whites. The mob in its invasion of the jail did not molest the other eleven prisoners. . ‘When the mob gathered Sheriff R. E. Davis, who lives some distance out in the country, was notified. He start- ed to town, but was fired upon and stopped by masked men not far from the jafl. The men explained they were guarding the jail from attack by would-be lynchers and said they had fired thinking the sheriff one of the attackers. When Davis finally reached the jail Williams and Bul- lock had been taken away. HENDERSON, N. C. January 22.— Nine of the eleven negroes from War- Ten county passed here at 10:45 o'clock - this morning en route to Raleigh, where they will be placed in the state prison for safekeeping, fol- Jowing the lynching of two of the party, Alfred Williams and Plummer Bullock, early today. The party pass- ing here was under heavy guard. Per- sons aboard the train said that while authorities in Warrenton and Nor- lina professed the belief that the situation was well in hand, private opinion was that further trouble was feared tonight. A large company of special deputies has been sworn in at ‘Warrenton to preserve order. l Seise Cotton for Unpaid Taxes. ANNISTON, : Ala—Fifteen hundred bales and cases of manufactured cot- ton yarn goods, property of the Pro- file cotton mills at Jacksonville, and stored at the plant, have been seized by the government and will be sold on February 8 to satisfy unpaid fed- eral taxes. Erle Cuts Workiag Time. NEW YORK.—Curtailment to five working days a week for all em- ployes of the Erie railroad was an- nounced in a circular issued by Gen- "?cll Manager Robert S. Parsons. It said: “A’ further reduction ‘in pay rolls shall be made by working all office, yard, station and other forces five days a week, except where the safety of property is involved. This is done as being a more humane W, 14 ing the situatfon than tg more employes, which all ggncerfied should readily appreciate. rRevenue is not coming in sufficient” to farry the present load, and we must all contribute to the fund.” y s Mrs. Samrmel Jamison Die ROANOKE,-. Va.—Mrs. " Samuel W. Jamison, formerly state regent of the Daughters of the erican Revolu- tion, ex-chalrman.of the Potomac Di- 'vision of the Amerfcan Red Cross, and promigent goeially - in Virginia, died at her home here. Pastor Charges “Badger Game.” ATLANTA, Ga.—~As an aftermath of & police court trial that exonerated — — —— - THE WEATHER. District of Columbia, fair tonight, temperature slightly below freezing: tomorrow Incr cloudiness, be- coming unsettled, followed by rain tomorrow night; moderate northwest wi 5 Maryland, fair tonight; tomorrow becoming unsettled, followed by rain in extreme western Maryland; mod- erate northwest winds. Virginia, fair tonight; tomorrow un- settled, probably rain in extreme west portion; moderate northwest wind: ‘West Virginia, cloudy tonight; morrow probably rain or snow. Records for Tweaty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 56; 8 p.m., 46; 12 midnight, 41; ¢ e.m., 33; 8 a.m, 33; moon, 39. 5 x Barometer—4. pm., 29.95; 8§ pm. 30.05; 12 midnight, 30.10; 4 a.m, 30.11; 8 a.m., 30.16; nooa, 30.13. - Highest tempe; . 56, occurred at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest temperature, 33, occurred at 8 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year: Highest, 35; lowest, 32. Condition. of the Water. Temperature and condition of water st 8 am.: Great Falls, temperature, &4; condition, 40. ‘Tide Tables. (Compiled by United States coast and geodetic survey.) ‘oday—Low tide, 2:31 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.; high tide, 8:17 a.m. and 8:41 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:21 am. and 3:39 p,m.; high tide, 9:11 am. and 9:3¢ p.m. ‘The Sun and Meon. ‘Today—Sun rose, 7:21 am.; sun sets, 65:20 p.m. P ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises, 7:21 am.; sun sets, 5:21 pm.'. ::on Hmt:fl y.u:.. ;:1;7;26 am. tomobilé lamps to be light = Balf hour after lunn.nl. etone Weather in Various Cities. 2RARERAREE 2ER0CRRSCRRNRTZIATARNLR Y SUBEIARELUSRITRNSRRNBT R Y BREEEIE Jos!e: Ssixty-eight vears, president of the University of Missouri from 1891 to 1908, died at his home here, atfer a long illness. Dr. Jesse came to thé University of Missouri from Tulane Lmvgrshy. New Orleans. He was at one time national president of the As- Sociation of Presidents of State Uni- versities. My neighbor, Johnson, plays the flute, I hear him at it night and day ; he cannot play it worth a hoot, and yet he whangs and whangs away. There ought to be a law, I've said, when much incensed by music stale, where- by punk flutists might be led to court, and fined, and placed in seriously injured when a motor car I ostionadaysive g bey In which they were passengers over- |lieve in shooting laws at every ;;:,Pllllyed’:lea'.;ls.lbrll)dgehan ;hetro'ar(;. tio jay; if anything should chance car was in @ collision with anotner. | |L0_PEEVE, we want a_ statute, g right away. White Man Shoots Negroes. - : i " GAINESVILLE, OneeSteve: Thomp- down to think -how I might have son was killed and Steve Williams,|a statute framed to cinch that both negroes, was fatally wounded |guti q by an unidentified white man. who | Juting Johnson gink, and make had hired them to take him in a taxi |him sorry.and ashamed. And as to Iron bridge. After shooting the 1 negroes thoy were lett lyiag in tho|L Sat, I heard him say to some road while the slayer left with the |One, just beyond the hedge, “I car. Th is said to hs d \ : 2 J . The man is said to have ordered |\ 5 the negroes to slow down when flb;ul “lSh that bafd Would gnove away three miles from town, and as they —he surely keeps my nerves on A ed firing. Thompson was shot first, the bullet going. through |€08€: He has a wheezy phono- e pack of his head into the brain. |graph that plays a lot of ancient 3 ams. driving, was strack in the shoulder |SIOP; month after month I stand above the heart, and is not expected |the gaff, for there’s no law to G make him stop. I'd play sweet Tighten Sing Sing Rules. H i OSSINING, N. ¥~ Drastie aiscipli- music on the flute, soft, soothing Woman Killed in Auto Crash. CHARLESTON, S. C.—Mrs. James Lovett, seventy-two years, was killed and her daughter, Mrs. C. R. Hinson, nary regulations governing the future |Chords that throb and thrill, but conduct of inmates of Sing Sing pris- |when I start that fat galoot on and withdrawing many privileges | , 1 hisielanks H 5 restrictions | provide that women other than rela- ;m oty outalrle lel ed ‘l‘n 3 etter writ- ing also is reduced, wearing of dia- |oC., onglemp OyS\tojgctia statute monds and other jewelry is forbid- | that will can that obese poet and g;;; ana v;g';lg(e;l";w bghr;cgged his noise.” Long haurs I sat nksgiving, 81 Easter and Independence day. Glean: | there, sad and mute, then mut- e and etiquette are included in|tered, with a hollow laugh, “Be- Hieh — fore I squelch my neighbor’s -Cigqrette League Splits. Hute I'd better bust my phono- TOPEKA, Kan—The Kansas Anti- ho WALT Lo T nr Kk i e g n, its o zer, any more salary o to bo responsible | mmeinbar o Storse Matthew Adama for bills incurred in her campaign against the cigarette, Miss Gaston|In their visits to the pawnshops the announced, adding that she will | police were given different descrip- leave for Iowa to begin the organi- | tions of the woman who pawned the zation of a state league there. The|jewelry. On one trip she was de- controversy resulting in Miss Gas- ton’s dismissal from the Kansas|shop the police were told that league began when she announced |had dark brown hair, at another that Coffin Nails, a magazine devoted | broker’s shop she was described as Soribed as black-haired. At another And so I sat me/ to the anti-cigarette league interests, [ hav: Phe would be published in Topeks.: national headquarters of the Te e in Chicago refused to approve proposed publication. ~Miss Gaston =aid the national headquarters also refused to incur any more expenses|springs of & work in | suspicions of in connection with her Kansas. Jury Finds Him Guiltless. brown hair and another o5 red-haired. Liquor Under Auto Uphoistery. nn.—The sagging fmousine aroused the ibition agents here. Investigation disclosed specially-built compartments under the upholstery in whioh were flat tin containers GAINESVILLB, Ga—Seaborn Black, | holding 100 gallons of grain alcohol. one of the white men indicted for complicity in running negroes out of Hall county, was acquitted by a jury. Wick Smith, another white man ar- rested at Lula, Ga. last week, on the charge of threatening negroes, had a “no bill” returned by the grand jury on his case. Tints Hair to Mislead. BALTIMORE.—Mrs. Helen Wilder tinted her hair a different color each time she visited pawnshops to dispose of stolen articles valued at thousands of dollars, according to information secured by the police. Mrs. Wilder and her husband, L. Wilder, and William Braid of London are held at cemtral police station charged with many rob- beries. Wilder has confessed, im- plicating his wife, and her maike-up outfit has been found. In the kit was a jar of reddish-brown powder. YOURSELF. Michael Naples of Brooklyn, who said ‘he owned the machine, and his com- panion, Alfred Adlino of Boston, were locked up charged with violating the Volstead act. Manufseturer Kills Self. PHILADELPHIA—Robert. Carter Nelson, fifty-two years, head of the t Manufacturing Compeany, committed suicide at his office here. He was a native of Chase City, Va., and came here four years ago. De- spondency over the business situation was advanced by relatives as the probable cause. 850,000 Jewels Lost or Stolen. CLEVELAND, Ohio.—Police are searching for jewels valued at up- ward of $50,000, belonging to John L. Severance, local millionaire, which were lost or stolen. The jewels di appeared in @ bag at the union sta-| tion here or on a New York Central train between here and Sandusky. | Negro Runs ki In Killed.. | BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dick” Goldsby, | negro, was shot and instantly killed | by a National Guardsman after the black had attacked a patrol of Com- pany H on the highway between Ad- ger and Johns, according to reports received at military headquarters. When halted by the patro! the negro hurled a stone at one of the soldiers, knocking him down and inflicting a severe wound on the head, -after which he made a dash for another trooper, bit off part of his thumb and attempted to seize his revolver, whereupon the guardsman fired two shots at the negro, one taking effect in the neck and the other in the head. S ay Closing Law Modified. BERWICK, Pa.—Berwick's first Sun- day under the order of council for a strict observance of the Sabbath clos- ing laws found only half a dozen business places, most of them cigar stands and ice cream parlors, remain- ing open. Burgess F. R. Kitchen modified the closing order to the ex- tent of permitting the sale of Sunday newspapers, gasoline, milk aid ice. Tags with the words “Permit to walk the streets of Berwick on Sunday” found a big sale. and were worn by objectors to the blue law crusade. 21.000-Ton Liner on Trial Trip. NORFOLK, Va.—The Golden State, a 21,000-ton liner built at Newport News for the Pacific Mail line, will sail from Hampton roads on her trial trip. The Wolverine State of the same line will start its maiden trip, bound for San Francisco, with a capacity MUTT AND JEFF—Just Imagine What a Monkey Gland Would Do to a Guy. I'm GONNA GET THAT SAP OF A DocoR WHo PATCHED Me VP AFTER T WAS HURT cargo and full passenger list. Thege ships are for far east service. r Shoots College Student. ARBOR, _Mich.—August Meuhlhauser, sophomore student at the University of Michigan, was shot and seriously wounded here during an altercation with two local palice offi- cers, The officets were sent to ar- rest’ five university students, one of whom was Meuhlhauser, who were alleged to have been disorderly. Three of the students ran and Robert Clark, one -of the officers, fired several shots,’ it is alleged. Meuhlhauser fell with a bullet in his back. C. Mnchinery Contractors to Meet. NEW ORLEANS.—The annual con- vention of the Associated General Contractors of America will open for a_ three-day session here Tuesday. About 400 general contractors and 200 venders of machinery are expected to be in attendance. Fatality in Ram War, DETROIT, Mich.,—The first fatality in the Detroit police department’s war on rum runners resulted when Harry Sleizinger died in a hospital from wounds sustained when he is said to have been fired upon by John R. Mc- Donald, an officer of the state food and drug department. Sleizinger jumped from an automobile that Mc- Donald and police officers had halt- ed and was shot in the head as he ran. from the scene. e Burns Jail; Loses Own Life. ‘THOMSON, Ga.—County officials are authority for the story that Dan Har- ris, @ negro prisoner who was con- fined in the county jail on a charge of burglary, lost his life when he set fire to the jal) in trying %o burn his way to freedom. The jail was de- Artistic selection embraces lam#ps of all characters and sty’es n various pnishes GTIJ co’ors at moderate frices, on NOTHING CAN REMAIN! Every Dollar’s Worth of Furniture and Rugs MUST BE SOLD Because This Business Closes Forever on the Sale’s Last Day Now You Understand Why PRICES HAVE BEEN SACRIFICED! The greatest thing we can say for this CLOSING-OUT SALE is that you will SEE FOR There can be no camouflage when you are HERE, living and breathing in person, BEFORE THIS FURNITURE AND BEFORE THESE STARTLING PRICE TAGS! i And you MUST see for yourself to UNDERSTAND, to GRASP THE MEANING of what is happening at this store and its vital importance to you! ) Get it fixed in your mind that this business has just 5 more days to live! After Saturday it will be a thing of the past, gone forever! : THAT’S WHY EVERY DOLLAR'S WORTH OF FURNITURE MUST BE SOLD! EVERY LAST CARPET AND RUG—MUST, MUST, MUST BE SOLD! It isn’t like at other stores, in that WHAT IS NOT SOLD CAN REMAIN! NOTHING CAN REMAIN AFTER THIS SALE BECAUSE THIS BUSINESS CLOSES FOREVER ON THE SALE'S LAST DAY! 0ld Colony Furniture and Rug Corporation 1409 H Street N.wW. Dalir gmm:tiné@ 125 P $T.and 1212451218 GIST Store Hours, 8:45 205230 Reasonably Priced The 7afgest assortment of nov:’ty Lam.fs. Candles and Candle Shades Lamps Jocal display. N THAT stroyed and the negro's head, arms | and legs were burned from his body. | ‘Alabama Town Burned. FLORENCE, Ala.—The entire town of Killen was virtually destroyed by fire, five stores, the post office and three lodge halls being consumed. Students Debate Immigration. CHAPEL HILL, N. C.—The Univer- sity of North Carolina defeated the University of Pennsylvania in debate here on the subject of “Exclusion of Immigrants,” North Carolina arguing for exclusion end Pennsylvania against. Plan Big Tarifft Congress. ATLANTA, ~Ga—Delegates from throughout ; the south, representing every line of southern productive if- dustry, will gather in Atlanta Thurs- day, for the opening of the second southern tariff congress, which will last through January 29. Gov. Calvin Coolidge, Vice President-elect ‘of the United States, will address the con- gress, as well as deliver a public ad- dress at the Auditorium on Thursday evening, the first day of the congress. —_—_— ADDRESS BY PLUMB. Glenn E. Plumb, founder and head of the Plumb Plan e, will ad- dress the City Club luncheon forum Wednesday at 12:30 ‘o'clock, on the “Tripartite Control of Railroads.” He will explain in detail the Plumb plan for joint ownership and control of the roads by the workers, the rail- road stockholders and the govern- ments John Walsh, chairman of the civics and forum committee, will preside. (Copyright, 1921, by H. C. Fisher. Trade registered U. 8. Pat. OfT.) Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been reported to the health department within the last twenty- four hours: Donald K. McGregor, 63, 633 § street south- east Rebecea Carl, 50, Providence Hospital. James W. Parsley, 66, 968 Florida avenue. Anna H.'Eskite, 32, 608 Maryland avenue southwest. Barbara B. Bergmann, 70, Providence Hos- pital. Abraham _Stamm, 65. Sibley Hospital. Morgan 8. McCathran, 59, 114 4th street ‘southeast. Herman T. Shubert, 42, 2946 Mills avenue 10 8. oviliiam Mitchell, 38, St. Elimbeth's Hos- al Agues LaReaux Reynolds, 27, 1811 Kalo- rama road. Richard 8. Hutchings, 68, United States Soldiers’ Home Hospital. Margaret E. Thompson, 63, Westmoreland apartments. Mary J. Smith, 82, 2238 Cathedral avenge. Amelia McElwee, 90, 1912 1 street. Algisa C. Virga, 4, 1312 T street northeast. Philip Langford, 38, 300 I street. Desiree Washington, 1 month, 1007 4th street. Willie L. Johnson, 14 days, 642 Acker street northeast. —_— ONE IN FOUR IDLE. BOSTON, January 24.—Unemploy- ment of more than one-fourth of the organized workers in Massachusetts was shown by a survey conducted by the state department of labor and industries in December, it was an- nounced. The American Writing Paper Com- pany of Holyoke today announced a large lay-off among its office em- ployes, effective February 1, when the force will be reduced by about 100. MIGHTY FLEET READY FOR PACIFIC MANEUVERS Fourteen Battleships, 36 Destroyers and Two Cruisers Under Ad- miral Wilson’s Command. PANAMA CANAL ZONE, J: 22.—The flagship Pennsylvania, aboard Admiral Henry B. Wilson, com- manding the Atlantic and Pacific flests combined to form the United States battle fieet, had steam up at 10 o'cleck this morning for the prrpose of visit- ing Callao and Valparaiso and ma- neuvering off the South American coast. The fleet is the most powerful naval force ever concentrated in the Pacific and is made up of fourteen battle- ships, thirty-six destroyers, two cruisers and a dozen supply vessels. The Atlantic fleet battleships are the Pennsylvania, Arizona, Oklahoma, N vada, Utah, Delaware and North Du- kota and those of the Pacific fleet the New Mexico, New York, idaho, Mis- sissippi, Texas and Arkansas. The re- maining naval forces in Panama bay include supply ships, tenders, sub- marines and seaplanes. SEEK ARTILLERY RECRUITS. Efforts are being made to recruit men in this vicinity to fill the ranks of the 79th and 80th regiments of the fleld artillery, recently _trans- ? ferred from Camp Funston, Kar., to Fort Meade, Md. There are but 434 men in these regiments, and 1,695 more are needed to bring them ®p to effective strength. 22223353222 232232382 non-believer . gh For the ODAY we put on a sale for the man whodoesn’t believe there is such a And no wonder. here, sales there. Al radical reductions, appar- ently. Making it difficult for one to know just where o buy, ‘323 Me.n’d Séfi§-f¢ve been reduced 12 wene $ES 16 were $50 BB were $60 And now they are all $25 Models formen-and young men. All-colors, styles and fabrics, including the blue serges. Many weights suitable for spring wear.. All suits from our regular stock.” All‘have beenselling-at $45, $50 and $60. Reductions are-final, so-we suggest-prompt action. We do not believe you will be able to duplicate these values again—this-yearornext : Nntiondly Known Store for Men-and Boys : ; THE AVENUE AT NINTH Daily 8:30 to 6 5 C Bargains 4 1