Will Voters Support "Sheriff Who Rarely Puts Anybody in Jail"? June 5, 1926

Warm Fight in County of Jones. . . Sheriff Who Doesn’t Like to Put People in Jail Has a Scrap on His Hands

Kinston, May 29—The “sheriff who rarely puts anybody in jail” is having to hustle to keep his job in Jones county. Joe Westbrook is being opposed for renomination by Herman Parker and Gus Mallard. The three are asking support of the Democrats in Jones in the primary June 5. All are well-known.

From page 4 of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, May 30, 1926

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