Once more Governor Morrison nipped in the bud a disturbance that possibly might have resulted in mob violence being done a prisoner. In Craven county a Negro was arrested for driving an automobile over and fatally injuring a school girl. The crime stirred the people, and there was rumor of the possibility of an attempt deal summary punishment to the Negro. Governor Morrison when informed of the rumor, did not wait until the mob formed and lynching had been done, but he promptly ordered out a unit of the National Guard to protect the prisoner.
Early in his administration, Governor Morrison promised that there would be a lynching in this state in his administration if within his power to prevent. Every time he has heard a report of the possibility of mob violence, he has been prompt to act, and the result is that more than lily one or two lynching have been averted thereby.
The Governor has not hesitated to call upon the entire force and authority of the state to prevent mob violence. In some cases, he has been criticized because he was believed to have acted when there was no danger. But the Governor very correctly takes the view that a stitch in time saves nine, and he has not hesitated to take the stitch. His promptness in nipping threatened mob violence is to be commended, and the state owes Governor Morrison a debt of gratitude for his determination and courage to prevent the state’s name from being blackened by mob crimes. In cases of that kind, he has been the right man on the job, and his successors will do well to follow his example.
From editorial page of the Sunday morning Durham Herald, Nov. 30, 1924
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