Body of Capt. F.W. Stowe, Who Drowned Dec. 20, Located in Net, March 7, 1926

Body of Dead Man Is Found in a Net

Morehead City, March 6—The body of Capt. F.W. Stowe, who was drowned December 20 when he fell from the sail boat Alma White that plies between Hatteras and Washington, was recovered late Tuesday afternoon by fishermen at Bayside. The body of the deceased man was lodged in a fish net.

Captain Stowe was a resident of Hatteras but was in charge of the fish boat Alma White. He had been running between Hatteras and Washington for the last ?? years. It was reported by the brother of the late captain that upon emerging from the cabin of the Alma White, Captain Stowe stumbled over the main sheets and fell into the water. There were three members of the crew on deck when the accident occurred but the night was stormy and a high gale was blowing. When they went to his rescue, no trace of the body could be found.

From December 20 all efforts had been in vain to locate the drowned man until Tuesday when Frank Clark and Frasier Cox found the remains in their dragnet at Bayside.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, March 7, 1926

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My first reaction was that this was a horrible discovery. The body had been trapped inside the net in December and wasn’t discovered until March, when the net would have been pulled out of the water and spread out to be repaired. But finding the body would be a gift for the family, who would have given up hope of recovery. You can see a photo of Freeman Wallace Stowe at the www.findagrave and a very impressive monument. Captain Stowe was born Oct. 31,1881 and died Dec. 15, 1925 at the age of 44. He is buried in his family cemetery, the A.J. Stowe Cemetery at Hatteras. Also buried there are his parents: Francis Austin “Frank” Stowe, 1852-1925, and Minerva O’Neal Austin Stowe, 1847-1920; his wife, Lucy Allen Gaskill Stowe, 1892-1963; their children: Henry A. Stowe, Belinda “Lindy” Stowe Farrow, Freeman Allen Stowe, Minerva Jane Stowe Tolson, Cathleen S. Stowe Styron, Lucy Allen Stowe and Freeman Wallace Stowe who was born 5 ½ months after his father’s death and named for him.

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14 Freight Cars Derail on Trestle Near Goldsboro, March 7, 1926

Freight Train Has Wreck Near City. . . 14 Cars on North Bound Atlantic Coast Line Train Crash Through Trestle Short Distance South of Goldsboro, and All Traffic Over that Division Is Held Up for Hours; No One Injured as Result of Accident

One of the worst wrecks that has occurred on this division of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad took place early yesterday morning when 14 heavily loaded cars on a freight train bound North from Wilmington were derailed at one of the trestles South of the city and between Goldsboro and the company’s bridge over Neuse River and traffic over that section was stopped then and there until repairs could be made. A wrecking crew was on the scene a few hours later and worked feverishly all during the day and all last night and at midnight it was reported that the track would probably be in shape for the passage of trains by today at noon.

Just what caused the wreck is a matter of doubt. Some stated that it was a spreading rail while others declared that it must have been a broken flange on one of the car wheels. But whatever the cause, it was complete. The 14 cars were right in the center of a long train and but for the fact that the engineer had the train under perfect control, it probably would have been worse.

The cars were loaded with lumber and general merchandise. There was one carload of sweet potatoes and the ground around that particular car was well strewn with the tubers.

Fortunately, no one was injured on account of the smash-up. It was necessary during yesterday and will be early this morning to transfer passengers on the north and southbound trains, also to transfer the mails.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, March 7, 1926

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LeRoy Spears, Missing 18-Year-Old, Happy to be On Way Home, March 7, 1926

Missing Goldsboro Boy Located After Search of Several Days by Parents

The deep, dark mystery which has surrounded the strange disappearance of LeRoy Spears, 18-year-old white youth, from his home in the city last Tuesday night, has at last been fathomed, and the prodigal son will be beneath the parental roof again today unless some unexpected circumstance happens to prevent his return.

LeRoy was located at the home of an aunt, a Mrs. Franks, at Wilsons Mills, a few miles west of this city, where he had been since the night of his disappearance. Mrs. Franks did not know of the circumstances surrounding his disappearance until she read an account of the same in the Goldsboro News. As soon after this as possible, she communicated with the lad’s parents, here, and informed them of his whereabouts.

According to the story told by young Spears, he had decided to leave home and go to Florida. After leaving his home last Tuesday night, he came down town and picked up a ride with a passing motorist who said that he was going as far as Raleigh.

However, at Wilsons Mills the car broke down, and it was necessary for the motoring party to spend the night there. Young Spears went to the home of his aunt and remained there until yesterday.

Incidentally it was said that he had given up all desires for going to Florida, and was glad to know that he was to come back home.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, March 7, 1926

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Mildred Fowler, 9, and Ruth Fowler, 4, Die in House Fire, March 7, 1926

Two Children Are Burned to Death

Hendersonville, March 6 (AP)—Two children of Silas Fowler lost their lives early today when fire destroyed the Fowler home near here. They were Mildred, aged nine, and Ruth, four.

From page 2 of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, March 7, 1926

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Olli Allen Drives Through Window at Candy Kitchen at 2 a.m. March 7, 1926

Drives Car Into Big Window in Heart of City

One of the large plate glass windows at the Goldsboro Candy Kitchen’s place of business was smashed into “umsteen” pieces about 2 o’clock this morning when a Ford sedan was driven into it by Olli Allen.

The driver of the car had evidently fallen asleep at the wheel at the time of the crash and the car either skidded on the wet pavement and crashed into the window or got beyond the control of the driver.

Allen came through the shower appeared to those who arrived on the scene a few minutes later.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, March 7, 1926

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Consider the Safety of Moonshine, Urges Editor, March 7, 1926

Something to Ponder Over

Editorializing on the subject of liquor, any sort of liquor, possibly will not prevent the man who desires to take a drink from doing so, because the man who wants to fill his skin full of mean whiskey is going to do so regardless—if he can beg, borrow or seal the price.

However, a news story which appears in this paper this morning relative to a raid made yesterday by a force of officers from the sheriff’s office here, gives us a thought for a subject to discuss in this column.

There is and in fact can be no denial to the stories which have been broadcast about the methods of manufacturing moonshine whiskey. It is generally know that it is made under cover of darkness in the fastness of woods or swamps, and it is generally known that the man who takes a chance on the manufacture of booze doesn’t care about the effect on the consumer’s stomach or his general well-being.

We have known of stills being found near hog pens, stable yards and other unsanitary place. We have known of galvanized iron distilling plants to make the brew which is sold to the thirsty ones and there are probably many worse cases of which we have never heard.

Yet it is a fact that the average man who wants a drink will buy a pint or a quart from a bootlegger he has never seen before, and may never see again, pay him two or three dollars a pint for the same and go off and swill it down without a thought as to whether he is drinking poison or nectar.

Yesterday a local raiding party found a distilling plant of the illicit variety a few miles from Goldsboro. There was a quantity of beer nearby.

Lying near were the carcasses of four hogs which had drunk of that beer and it had killed them as dead as Hector’s proverbial puppy.

If such stuff will kill a hog, what will it do for a human being?

Again we say that there is probably not one wit of use in calling such to the attention of thema, or the woman either, who is intent on tanking up on whiskey of an unknown manufacture, but that doesn’t alter what we started out to day; and that is that if those human beings who do drink were to stop and give serious consideration to such news stories as that to which we refer, they would at least confine themselves to imbibing only that which they knew to be fit for consumption, and which was not such a deadly potion that it would cause a hog, the most gluttonous of all animals, to lie down, stick his feet up in the air and breathe his last.

A hog doesn’t’ know any better. Human beings should have more sense and use the gray matter with which the Lord Almighty endowed them.

From the editorial page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, March 7, 1926

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If you want to read the news story about the raid, go to:

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George Crone Will Lead Elks Lodge 139, March 7, 1926

George Crone Head of Elks. . . Popular Member of Antlered Tribe Selected as Exalted Ruler for Next Year

George W. Crone, well-known and popular Goldsboro citizen and for years a member of the local Lodge No. 139 B.P.O.E., was last week elected as exalted ruler of the organization at the annual election of officers.

Others who were elected at the same time were as follows:

Esteemed Leading Knight R.Y. Sasser.

Esteemed Loyal Knight, Henry Moye.

Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Leo Cohn.

Secretary Jas. S. Crawford.

Treasurer E.L. Harris.

Tiler Leslie G. Overman.

Grand Representative J.J. Hatch.

Alternate Grand Representative Jas. S. Crawford.

Trustee for 3 years, J. J. Hatch.

The appointed officers and House Committee will be named by Exalted Ruler Crane.

The Goldsboro lodge of Elks is one of the most progressive in the State and its membership has shown a gratifying increase in the past several months. Many innovations are planned by the membership for the coming year.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, March 7, 1926

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