Recently cases of punishment of chain gang officials in Gaston and now two more come up in Nash and Cumberland counties—not a flogging case however in both as the one in Nash is for immoral conduct of the camp.
Walter Jackson and Thomas Skipper, 5- to 8-years and to 18 months in the pen and the county roads each. Jackson seemed to be a man of some wealth.
From page 8 of The North Wilkesboro Hustler, Wednesday, July 8, 1925
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