"Killing Negro Ain't No Fun" Remarks Frank V. Scott After Car Accident, Oct. 1, 1926

Killing Negro Ain’t No Fun. . . So Says Frank V. Scott Who Came Darn near Killing Two at One Crack

Killing a Negro isn’t much fun, according to Frank V. Scott of Elizabeth City. Mr. Scott didn’t kill one, but he almost killed two on the North Carolina-Virigina Highway near St. Brides, Va., Monday afternoon.

Mr. Hudson was driving his Hudson coach, headed for Norfolk, at a speed of 35 miles an hour when a Ford touring car with two Negroes on the front seat came out of a ross road and stopped in the middle of the main highway right in his path. Mr. Scott didn’t have time to stop. His wife and Mrs. J. C. B. Ehrinhaus were in the car with him, he couldn’t ditch his car to save two men and endanger of the lives of Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Ehringhaus. So he just hit that Ford touring car head on with a force that sent the Ford rolling over and over for a distance of 40 feet or more. The Ford was completely wrecked. Mr. Scott’s own car looked like a wreck, the impact driving his radiator into the engine, crumpling up the hood, stripping one fender, smashing is headlights and taking off a front tire. Neither Mr. Scott nor his companions were injured.

But the two Negroes looked like dead men when Mr. Scott went to them. The eyes of one were set as in death and no heart beat could be detected. “I tell you, it gave me a wretched, sickly feeling,” said Mr. Scott. The Negroes were carried to a Norfolk hospital and an examination revealed only external injuries of no serious nature.

A Virginia magistrate who investigated the wreck exonerated Mr. Scott. The accident was one of that unavoidable sort. The poor Negroes just don’t know why they stopped sideways plumb in the middle of a fast highway with Frank Scott on the road.

From the front page of the Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Oct. 1, 1926

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John D. Holloman Killed on Way to Work, Oct. 1, 1926

Man Killed in Mishap on 9-Foot Road. . . Negro Plasterer Victim When Car of J. H. Price Skids Near Edenton

Almost instant death came to John D. Holloman, negro plasterer of this city, when the car driven by J. H. Price of Dyer Street skidded on the clay embankment of the nine-foot road about three miles from Edenton and plunged eight feet into the ravine below. Holloman was in his early fifties and leaves a wife.

Shepherd Eason, another Negro plasterer in the car with Mr. Price, escaped without injury. Mr. Price, who was driving, received only a few scratches and a cut over the left eye.

Mr. Price, who is a housemover working from this city, was on his way to Edenton with the two plasterers to go to work on a job underway there. Just as he reached the ravine on the Hertford-Edenton highway, near a logging crane and sawmill and about three or four miles from Edenton, the driver of a log truck blew his horn. Mr. Price swung his car, a new Ford sedan, off the road to allow the man to pass, and when the wheels struck the clay, they skidded, and he never gained control of the car again. The car plunged down the embankment and was badly damaged. Holloman on the front seat was severely cut about the mouth and is believed to have bled to death from the wound.

Dr. T. A. Cox, Perquimans County coroner, was called to the scene immediately after the wreck.

From the front page of the Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Oct. 1, 1926

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"Aunt" Sarah Mason Sent Seven Sons to World War, Oct. 1, 1926

“Aunt” Sarah Sent Seven Sons to World War

Kinston, Sept. 27—Sarah Mason, living in an outskirt of this city, might have hung out a flag with seven stars on it during the unpleasantness with Germany some years ago. She failed to do it, and it is only now that white persons have discovered the champion war mother of the negro race.

“Aunt” Sarah sent seven sons to the army. She doesn’t know what regiments they served in. She is unfamiliar with any of the details of their service. They didn’t “rush off to ‘list.” They just hung around and the draft got them all.

One was wounded. The other six escaped from the fighting unhurt and sans medals of wealth. “They was just hearty eaters and middlin’ good chilluns,” said Aunt Sarah last evening in telling about them, but she was none the less proud when the bands had ceased playing and the flags had been furled and her boys came prowling in to ascertain what “mammy” had to eat.

From the front page of the Zebulon Record, Friday, Oct. 1, 1926

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Buck Caudle, 18, Arrested Sunday after Crashing into Telephone Pole, Oct. 1, 1926

Charlotte Youth Caught with Whiskey in His Car

Charlotte, Sept. 13—Buck Caudle, 18-year-old white youth, was arrested early Sunday following an automobile chase which ended when Caudle’s sedan crashed into a telephone pole on the Concord road. Two fruit jars containing liquor were found in the wrecked machine, while broken jars were found in the rear seat.

Caudle was only slightly injured when he wrecked his car, and after treatment to minor cuts about the head, he was taken to the city police station.

From page 3 of the Zebulon Record, Friday, Oct. 1, 1926

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N.B. Finch & Co. Moving to Old Chamblee Store, Oct. 1, 1926

New Store

N. B. Finch & Co. are removing their stock of goods to the old Chamblee store where they will be until they can rebuild on the corner of Arendall Avenue and Vance Street. They will build a new store about double the size of the old store so as to take care of the trade and have better display.

From the front page of the Zebulon Record, Friday, Oct. 1, 1926

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Performing in Wakelon School's Production of "Cupid Up-to-Date, Oct. 1, 1926

“Cupid Up-To-Date” at Wakelon School

Don’t miss the chance of seeing chickens, monkeys, moons, stars, clocks, cats and cupids this Friday evening at the Wakelon High school.

Brought to Zebulon by the P.T.A. “Cupid Up-To-Date” is the celerest[cleverest?], newest and funniest musical comedy ever presented here and is good for a laugh a minute.

The cast is as follows:

Cast

Dan Cupid, Melba Chamblee

Dolly Extreme, Mary F. Dunway

Father Time, Ivy Brown

Common Sense, Sophia Campen

Domestica, Annie McGoogan

Bully, Hubert C. Shull

Will Steady, Aubrey Tilley

Dora Dumb, Doris Chamblee

Cora Dumb, Biddy Campen

Eddie Freevase, Jack Harris

John Scientist, Joe Richardson

Senator Joshua Bing, Crystal Davis

No one should miss seeing these and the many choruses perform at 8 o’clock Friday evening.

Chorus

Edna Earle Sexton

Frankie Hall

Mary Frances Cockrell

Janie Cawthorne

Fairies

Margaret Bunn

Eunice Outlaw

Gladys Godwin

Clara L. May

Charleston Babies

Caroline Jacobs

Jack Temples

Fred Davis

Richard Hoyle

Ralph House

Frank Massey

Chas. Flowers

Moorefield Aiken

Stars

Addie E. Winstead

Olive Lewis

Delilah Cahoon

Margaret Brown

Anne Kemp

Mary Robertson

Chorus Girls

Lucia Flowers

Fannie Lou Wiggs

Hazel Weathersby

Marion Whitlock

Emma Lucas Ward

Mattie I. Card

Corinne Tucker

Evelyn Speight

Louise Frazier

From the front page of the Zebulon Record, Friday, Oct. 1, 1926

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Messrs. Gill and Brantley Turning Old Post Office into Cafe, Oct. 1, 1926

New Lunch Room

The old Post Office building is being remodeled and fitted up for a café or lunch room by Messrs. Gill and Brantley. They have repainted and refurnished the room and will have an attractive place which is badly needed in our town.

From the front page of the Zebulon Record, Friday, Oct. 1, 1926

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Union Hope News in Zebulon Record, Oct. 1, 1926

Union Hope News

Mr. L. C. Strickland and family motored to Rocky Mount Saturday.

Mr. Clifton Brantly and Miss Rosa Brantley motored to Raleigh Saturday.

Mr. J. H. Rubbin and family, of Angier, N.C., spent the week-end in our section.

Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Brantley were visitors at the home of Mrs. Sarah Strickland Sunday afternoon.

Mr. Obie Cone and Mr. A. D. Brantley were business visitors to Zebulon Saturday night.

From page 4 of the Zebulon Record, Friday, Oct. 1, 1926

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Sept. 15, 1926, Reunion Marks Mrs. Lucy Alford 72nd Birthday

Family Reunion

Mrs. Lucy Alford had a reunion on September 15. She was 72 years old. She is the mother of 14 children and all were present. The oldest son, Mallie, is the father of 14 children and all were present.

Mrs. Alford has 102 grandchildren—15 dead and 87 living—and 82 were at the reunion. She has 16 great grandchildren living and 15 were present.

Some of her friends were present also to help enjoy the dinner. There was plenty to eat and much left.

Rev. S. J. Betts was present and asked the blessing and enjoyed the occasion.

May God bless the family and enable them all to meet next September 15, 1927, and enjoy the meeting even better than they did this one.

From page 5 of the Zebulon Record, Friday, Oct. 1, 1926

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Mrs. P. G. Curtis, 38, Died Sept. 5, 1926

Death of Mrs. P. G. Curtis

A very sad but not unexpected death occurred on Sunday, September 5, 1926, when the soul of Mrs. P. G. Curtis took its flight from earth to glory, at the age of 38 years.

She had been in failing health for the last year and all that tender and loving hands could do for her was done. She was a faithful mother and wife, and will be greatly missed by all.

Many have been the tokens and expressions of sympathy tendered and grief stricken family by numerous kind friends, but the sweetest comfort to them is the blessed thought that their loved one has been transplanted from the sorrows of earth to the joys of Heaven, and while she cannot come to them, they can go to her, if faithful and true to the Father’s teachings. She leaves a husband and five children to mourn her death.

The funeral services were conducted at the Zebulon Methodist church on Monday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. E. M. Hall, amid a throng of friends and loved ones. She was laid to rest in the Zebulon cemetery. A large number of people were present to show their sympathy to the sorrowing relatives.

May the Holy Spirit, our comforter, greatly comfort the sad hearts of those left behind.

From page 7 of the Zebulon Record, Friday, Oct. 1, 1926

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Drunk Man Kills Chief of Police H. L. Dellinger, Then Commits Suicide, Sept. 30, 1926

Old Man Shoots Policeman Dead, Then Slays Self. . . Dead Chief of Police Son of C.J. Dellinger of Eastwood in Moore County. . . Washington Was Scene

Chief of Police H. L. Dellinger of Washington, N.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Dellinger of Eastwood, this county, was instantly killed Saturday by Filmre [Philmore?] Wright, aged white man who a few minutes after the murder turned the revolver on himself and took his own life. Wright is said to have been crazed by liquor.

The slain man was well-known in Moore county and was held in very high esteem.

A dispatch from Washington, telling of the killing, says:

The double tragedy occurred off East Second street and was witnessed by a number of spectators, the majority of them being women and children.

Seldom has Washington ben so stirred up and displayed such intense excitement as the town did when news of the shooting spread like wild fire throughout the community. Automobiles by the hundreds rushed down lateral streets at break-neck speed, converging at the point where the shooting had occurred. A huge crowd was on the scene five minutes after Wright had taken the life of the police chief.

Women and children screamed and cried helplessly. Not being able to see the second tragedy they were under the impression that Wright had shot someone else. Pandemonium reigned for several minutes before police officers and deputy sheriffs arrived and succeeded in quieting the crowds gathered immediately. The streets from the spot where Dellinger had been slain to Mayo’s house were completely blocked, the morbidly curious crowding and shoving in their efforts to get a glimpse of the dead man. An ambulance took the two bodies away.

Drunk for Days

“Wright, according to residents of the neighborhood, had been in an intoxicated condition for several days and had been making himself noisome to the people on East Second Street. This morning shortly after 11 o’clock someone telephoned the police station and asked that an officer be sent to take the man into custody. Chief Dellinger answered the summons himself, driving down East Second street in his car. He saw Wright and stopped the car, cutting off the switch and starting to get out.

“Wright slowly walked across the street and as the officer was stooping to get out of the automobile, the drunken man drew a revolver and fired. The shot took effect in the top of Dellinger’s head and he toppled to the sidewalk. Once again before he fell Wright took deliberate aim and fired.

“And then after Dellinger lay prostrate upon the pavement the murderer fired a third time, the bullet striking the officer in the body.

“Gazing for a moment at the dead man, Wright then turned around and calmly walked down the street, taking an occasional look behind him. He entered the yard of Gilbert Mayo nearby, and went to the back of the house, where he reloaded his pistol. Going up on the porch he pressed the muzzle against his temple and pulled the trigger. He died instantly.

From the front page of the Moore County News, Carthage, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1926

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Robert Fry, 17, Charged with Criminal Assault, Released on Bail, Sept. 30, 1926

Solicitor Grants Robert Fry Bail. . . Young Pinehurst Man Bound Over to Court on Charge of Criminal Assault

Although denied bail in the Moore county court, Robert Fry, 17-year-old Pinehurst boy, charged with criminal assault upon Miss Ina May Whilhoit, was released Wednesday under a $5,000 bond on the order of Don Phillips, solicitor f this district.

The young chap left Carthage late that afternoon in company with his father, who from the first has declared implicit belief in the innocence of his son. The paternal arm was thrown around the boy, and a joyful countenance betrayed the relief of the father over Robert’s release from the county jail.

The preliminary hearing, which was held before Recorder George H. Humber on Monday and Tuesday, was behind closed doors, everybody being excluded from the court room except witnesses, attorneys and court officials.

Miss Wilhoit, the prosecutrix, charged young Fry assaulted her on the night of Thursday, September 19, while they were in the defendant’s car near the Carthage high school building. Young Fr, when he took the stand, denied the assault.

Attorneys for the defendant made much of the failure of the prosecutrix to report the alleged offense until the following Tuesday. Her defense, it was stated, was that she kept silent from fear of young Fry until her cousin, in whom she had confided, advised her to inform her parents of the incident.

From the front page of the Moore County News, Carthage, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1926

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Sandy Jackson, 44-Year Employee of Tyson Jones Buggy Company, Dies as Result of Stroke Suffered on Way to Work, Sept. 30, 1926

Veteran Tyson and Jones Employee Dead

Sandy Jackson, a worthy and honorable colored man of this section, passed away last week. He held the rather remarkable record of holding one job for 44 consecutive years. As a boy he went to work for the Tyson Jones Buggy Company and stayed there until a few days ago when he was stricken with paralysis while on his way to work.

By his industry and sobriety, he managed to acquire a neat little home with several acres of land and educate his children. He was a good Christian and an example to his race. He had many good friends among the white people who visited him in his last sickness and attended his funeral.

From the front page of the Moore County News, Carthage, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1926

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Detective Byers Dies of Injuries in Car Wreck, Sept. 30, 1926

Detective Byers Second Charlotte Officer to Die of Injuries Received in Wreck of the Car at China Grove. . . Detective Chief Orr Also Dead. . . Officers Were Answering “Test Riot” Call from High Point When Car Was Wrecked

Salisbury, Sept. 30 (AP)—Detective John M. Myers of the Charlotte police force, one of the officers injured in the automobile wreck near here Tuesday afternoon when the car in which they we remaking a riot test run to High Point turned over three times, died in a local hospital shortly after 9 o’clock this morning. His remains will be taken to Charlotte.

This is the second death as a result of the accident, Chief of Detectives Orr of Charlotte, dying Wednesday afternoon. Detective H. M. Joyner, also of Charlotte, who sustained a badly injured back, was said this morning to be getting along fairly well.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Record, Sept. 30, 1926

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Head of Detective Bureau Dies As Result of Car Accident, Sept. 30, 1926

Chief Joseph E. Orr Dies of His Injuries. . . Head of Charlotte Detective Bureau Succumbs in Charlotte Hospital

Charlotte, Sept. 29—Joe Eckles Orr, chief of detectives of the Charlotte police force, died this afternoon at a Salisbury hospital. His death was caused by internal injuries received yesterday when a high powered police car answering a “riot call” to High Point in connection with the police convention there, overturned near China Grove.

Little hope was being entertained by hospital attaches at Salisbury late tonight for the recovery of J. M. Bhyers, another Charlotte policeman, who was seriously injured in Tuesday’s tragedy. Byers was reported as being “very low” and his chances for recovery were said to be slim. He has a fractured skull.

H. M. Joyner, the third Charlotte officer injured in the crash, was reported as being “about the same.” Joyner is suffering from an injury to his back. He is not believed to be fatally hurt.

Chief Orr was conscious until the end. He died while hospital attaches were preparing to turn him over on his back to relieve an intense chest pain the chief had complained of sinc the tragedy.

Unfortunate circumstances prevented Mrs. Orr, the widow, from being at the bedside of her husband when he died. She was in Salisbury yesterday morning, but returned about noon when she was informed that Chief Orr was “practically out of danger.”

She was in Charlotte when the death of Chief Orr occurred at 3 p.m., but immediately returned to Salisbury. Other members of Chief Orr’s family were in Charlotte wiehn he died it was said.

The body of the dead chief arrived in Charlotte tonight.

Chief Orr was the son of the late Joe L. Orr, for 40 years a member of the Charlotte police department, and at the time of his death in 1906, its chief.

Editor’s Note: The newspaper headline said he died in a Charlotte hospital, but the article said he was in a Salisbury hospital.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Record, Sept. 30, 1926

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Moore County Bar Praises Alton McIver, Retiring Clerk of Court, Sept. 30, 1926

Tribute Paid to Retiring Clerk of Court McIver. . . He Is Praised. . . Moore County Bar Speaks Highly of His Long Service to the Court. . . Considered Among the Best

A fine tribute was paid Mr. J. Alton McIver, retiring clerk of court, during the closing hours of the August term of Moore County court here Saturday, in a resolution presented by the bar association.

The resolution was adopted unanimously and Judge T. B. Finley, who presided, ordered it spread upon the minutes of the court, where it will be a lasting memorial to the service of Mr. McIver.

The retiring clerk, who relinquishes his office on the first Monday in December, was commended for the efficient manner in which he has kept the records of his office and the deep appreciation of the lawyers for his uniform courtesy was expressed.

The resolution reads, in full, as follows:

The Resolution

“Whereas the term of office of Mr. J. Alton McIvey, clerk of the superior court of Moore county, will expire before the next term of the court and whereas, owing to the condition of his health he has declined to be a candidate for re-election after a conspicuous service of 20 years in office:

Be it resolved by the Moore county bar:

1. That we express our affectionate regard for Mr. McIver, and our regret that the threatened failure of his health makes it apparently necessary for him to relinquish his active work for the present; and we hope for him that the needed rest will speedily restore is strength and prove that the menace has been in fact unreal;

2. That we declare our deep appreciation of the uniform courtesy shown to each of us by Mr. McIver of all time sin our contact with him in the years since he became clerk; and we testify to the efficient manner in which he has kept the records of his office and discharged the duties thereof; and we particularly commend him for his close application to the details of his office work and his long hours at his desk affording to all opportunity for the transaction of business with the court. We doubt if any record in this state has ever approached that of Mr. McIver for actual hours spent in his office.”

From the front page of the Moore County News, Carthage, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1926

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T.F. Limerick Escapes Union County Road Crew, Sept. 30, 1925

Prisoner Pardons Himself

Raleigh, Sept. 30—Here is one case where the good offices of neither Governor A. W. McLean nor Pardons Commissioner H. Hoyle sink were needed, for in the words of the prisoner’s lawyers, the prisoner “pardoned himself yesterday afternoon and left no address.” So Sink found himself with one less application for parole to hear.

It came about this way: A few days ago the commissioner of pardons received a letter from T. F. Limerick of Monroe, stating that he wished to make application for a parole for is client, one Rubin Johnson, who had been sentenced to 10 years on the Union county roads some four years ago for second degree murder. He stated that Johnson had made a good prisoner, and recited the usual formula incident to the obtaining of a hearing. He was notified by Mr. Sink that he would be given a hearing yesterday. But alas and alack, his services were no longer needed, as aforementioned Rubin had taken to his heels while employed with the chain gang and departed without leaving an address!

So instead of appearing in behalf of his client, Mr. Limerick wired Mr. Sink that “Rubin Johnson has pardoned himself.”

Whether this forecasts the eventual abolition of the office of commissioner of pardons remains to be seen. However, it does inspire te following limerick apropos to the occasion:

There was a bold convict named Rubin

Who said “I think I better be movin’

So he took to his heels,

Disdaining appeals

Leaving Limerick and Sink disillusioned.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Record, Sept. 30, 1926

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Harness Companies Going Out of Business, Sept. 30, 1926

Another Defeat for Old Dobbin. . . Big Harness Company Gives Up Ghost in Wake of Rock Hill Buggy Factory

An editorial from The Charlotte Observer, recently reprinted in these columns, mourned the passing of the Rock Hill Buggy Company, which was sold under the hammer to satisfy creditors. That company and the Tyson and Jones Buggy Company of Carthage, were among the leading buggy manufacturers of the country before the automobile pushed horse-drawn vehicles off the road. The Rock Hill company tried to manufacture automobiles, but failed. The Tyson and Jones plant, however, took up the manufacture of furniture and truck bodies, and is doing well.

Now the papers are relating of another defeat for Old Dobbin and the one-horse shay. The Perkins-Campbell Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the largest concerns in the United States manufacturing harness, saddles and accoutrement of the horse and buggy era, is quitting the business.

Large harness showrooms in New York and Chicago already have been closed, according to officials, and the harness departments of their huge plant there are being sold or leased for other types of business, effective in October.

The corporation will turn its $250,000 capital to the manufacture of leather specialties peculiar to the modern age and the automobile.

“Only in the west does a demand for harness and saddles remain sufficient to justify their manufacture,” declared Milton D. Campbell, vice president of the company, “and the harness houses of Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas have the technical advantages of lesser freight rates to distribution points. Hence we are not needed in that field.”

The Perkins-Campbell Company was established in 1879 by henry A. Perkins and Braxton W. Campbell. It is now owned entirely by the Campbell family.

From the front page of the Moore County News, Carthage, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1926

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William Collins, 77, J.H. McIver Have Died, Sept. 30, 1926

Bear Creek Loses Two Esteemed Men. . . The Grim Reaper Removed Two Prominent Chatham Citizens

By Terrel B. Teal, Journal Correspondent

Bear Creek, N.C., Sept. 28—William A. Collins, aged 77, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. H. Crutchfield of Mayden last Friday, September 17th. Mr. Collins was born in Wake county. In early life he married Miss Exeline Holt of near Bonsal. To this union was born one daughter, Delia. In young manhood he united himself with the Baptist church and remained amost faithful member of the same until his death. His conversation and daily life sowed to the world that he was [ended in mid sentence].

John Headin McIver

Was born in Chatham county, near where I. T. Darke now lives, on Siler City, Route 5, August 30, 1854, a stalwart soldier of the cross. He spent the greater part of his life in this community. About 4 or 5 years ago, after his daughter’s husband had died, he went to live with her.

His remains were interred in the Sandy Branch cemetery, where he had held his church membership for years. “A good man has gone to his reward.” His wife preceded him about 15 years.

He was a son of the late Fuller Duncan McIver and Minerra [Minerva?] Terrell Heeden McIver. Mr. McIver was twice married. First he was married to Miss Ada McKinney of Surry county, and to this union were born three sons: W. M. McIver, Charlotte; J. Alton McIver of Salem, Va.; and Chas. D. McIver of Roanoke, Va.

Mr. McIver had been in poor health for several months and had failed rapidly for the past two weeks. He died Friday night, September 17th, at the home of his father-in-law, M. F. Emerson, with whom he had made his home for some time.

His second marriage occurred about six years ago, when he married Miss Sarah Hunter Emerson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Emerson.

He joined the M.E. Church about 35 years ago, and had lived a consistent Christian life ever since. Of truth, “A great Man in Israel has fallen.” His first wife died about 14 years ago. He is survived by his last wife, his three sons, three brothers, J. Alton McIver of Winston-Salem; D.F. McIver of Bartonsville, Okla.; W. D. McIver of Los Angeles, Calif.; one sister, Miss Belle McIver of King’s Daughter’s Home of Durham.

He was buried near where he was born in the family burying ground near the home of J. T. Darke. May his bereaved family look to Him who is too wise to make a mistake and too kind to be unkind and realize that their loss is His gain, and that they have one less ?? on earth and one more in heaven.

From page 2 of the Moore County News, Carthage, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1926

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"Aunt" Ellen Marsh Has Died, Sept. 30, 1926

“Aunt” Ellen Marsh

“Aunt” Ellen Marsh, wife of Henry Marsh, colored, died at her home, one-half mile north of town. She was highly esteemed by the whites as well as those of her race.

From page 2 of the Moore County News, Carthage, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1926

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