Confederate Monument Dedicated Oct. 23, 1923

The 29-foot-tall Confederate monument at Holly Springs, dedicated Oct. 23, 1923, depicts a uniformed infantryman, at parade rest, standing atop a long square column. Behind his proper right leg is a tree stump. The wide base has three levels. On the front of the column is a bronze plaque. The monument honors Wake County veterans from the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I. Inscription, Front face:

REG. 1ST. CO. G, CAPT. LEWIS C. LATHAM

REG. 1ST., CO. I REG. 3RD., CO. G, CAPT. J.J. METTS

REG. 5TH., CO. D. /REG. 5TH., CO. I / REG. 6TH., -- COL. CHAS. FISHER, KILLED 1ST MANASSAS.

REG. 6TH., CO. A. / REG. 6TH., CO. B. / REG. 6TH., CO. C, CAPT. W.M. FREELAND.

REG. 6TH., CO. I, CAPT. M.W. PAGE.

REG. 6TH., CO. I, 2ND. LT. M.B. BARBEE.

REG. 7TH., -- COL. ED. G. HAYWOOD.

REG. 7TH., CO. G, CAPT. HIRAM WEATHERSPOON

REG. 7TH., CO. G, 2ND. LT. ALBERT N. ALFORD.

REG. 7TH., CO. G., W.W. LOWE

REG. 9TH., CAPT. A.B. ANDREWS, 1ST. CAVALRY

REG. 10TH., -- MAJ. W.L. YOUNG, 8TH. BATTALION.

REG. 14TH., CO. D. CAPT. W.H. HARRISON.

REG. 15TH., -- COL. HENRY A. DOWD.

REG. 15TH., -- ADJ. JOHN MANNING

REG. 15TH., CO. F CAPT. DANIEL MCDOUGHALD, WOUNDED & DIED, MALVERN HILL.

REG. 15TH., CO. F. CAPT. DANIEL E. GREEN.

REG. 15TH., CO. F. LT. DUNCAN SEXTON.

REG. 16TH., CO. G. / REG. 20TH., CO. H. / REG. 24TH., CO. F. / REG. 24TH., CO. I. / REG. 26TH., -- COL. Z.B. VANCE.

REG. 26TH., CO. D, LT. COL. J.T. ADAMS, COMMANDED AT APPOMATTOX

REG. 26TH., CO. D, CAPT. OSCAR R. RAND.

REG. 26TH., CO. D, J.J. YOUNG QUARTERMASTER.

REG. 26TH., CO. - CAPT. W.N. SNELLING.

REG. 26TH., CO. - 2ND. LT. C. MONROE JONES.

REG. 26TH., CO. - 2ND. LT. GASTON H. BROUGHTON.

REG. 27TH., CO. G. / REG. 28TH., CO. G. / REG. 30TH., - REV. A. BETTS, CHAPLAIN.

REG. 30TH., CO. D, CAPT. CHAS. N. ALLEN.

REG. 31ST., - LT. COL. DANIEL G. FOWLE

REG. 31ST., CO. C, 1ST. CAPT. ANDREW W. BETTS

REG. 31ST., CO. C, 2ND. CAPT. W.J. LONG.

REG. 31ST., CO. C., 1ST. LT. QUINTON UTLEY.

REG. 31ST., CO. C, 1ST. LT. THOMAS H. WRAY.

REG. 31ST., CO. C, 2ND. LT. J.C. WILLIAMS

REG. 31ST., CO. D, CAPT. RUFFIN L. BRYANT

REG. 31ST., CO. I, LT. WM. A. PRINCE REG. 32ND., CO. I. / REG. 33RD., CO. A, CAPT. ROBERT B. COWAN.

REG. 35TH., COL. MATT W. RANSOM.

REG. 35TH., CO. D, CAPT. LASSITER

REG. 40TH., CO. A. / REG. 41ST., - MAJ. R.S. TUCKER, 1ST. CAPT., 3RD CAVALRY

REG. 41ST., CO. I, 1ST. LT. JEFFERSON J. UTLEY

REG. 41ST., CO. I, 2ND LT. W.W. CLEMENTS

REG. 41ST., CO. I, 2ND LT. N.G. RIDDICK

REG. 41ST., CO. I, 2ND LT. ALLEN RUFE ROGERS

REG. 41ST., CO. I, JESSE I. WINBORN, BUGLER

REG. 47TH., - COL. SION H. ROGERS.

REG. 47TH., - W.S. LACY, CHAPLAIN

REG. 47TH., CO. A / REG. 47TH., CO. C.

REG. 47TH., CO. C., 2ND. LT. NATT L. BROWN

REG. 47TH., CO. H. CAPT. SIDNEY W. MITCHELL

REG. 47TH., CO. H, 1ST. LT. TOM L. LASSITER

REG. 48TH., CO. G. / REG. 50TH., COL. MARSHAL D. GRAYTON.

REG. 50TH., CO. C, 1ST. LT. JOSEPH C. ELLINGTON.

REG. 50TH., CO. C, 2ND. LT. JESSE THOMPSON ELLINGTON

REG. 50TH., CO. H, LT. JOHN BRANTLEY.

REG. 51ST., CO. C. / REG. 53RD., CO. C. / REG. 53RD., CO. C, 1ST. LT. JOHN H. TOMLINSON

REG. 53RD., CO. C, 2ND LT. S.R. HORNE.

REG. 56TH., CO. D, CAPT. JOHN W. GRAHAM

REG. 57TH., CO. D, CAPT. JAMES E. MANN

REG. 61ST., CO. D, CAPT. NATHAN A. RAMSAY

REG. 63RD., CO. E, CAPT. THOMAS W HARRIS, 5TH. CAVALRY

REG. 63RD., CO. G, 2ND LT. THOMAS B. ROLLINS.

REG. 70TH., CO. B, CAPT. C.J. RICHARDSON

REG. 70TH., CO. B, 2ND. LT. W.H. CRABTREE

REG. 72ND., - COL. JOHN W. HINSDALE

REG. 72ND., CO. C, CAPT. LAMBERT A. BRISTON

REG. 72ND., CO. H, LT. D.S. BYRD.

“MILITIA / COL. L.D. STEPHENSON, WAKE MILITIA HOME GUARDS

CAPT. C.H. ALFORD, MIDDLE/CREEK MILITIA HOME GUARD

SENIOR RESERVES CALLED OUT

CAPT. P.J. WRAY, NEILS CREEK, HARNETT COUNTY MILITIA HOME GUARDS

CAPT. JAMES RAY, NEUSE MILITIA HOME GUARDS

Right face: THEIR SONS WHO WERE IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Back face: OSCAR R. RAND CAMP NO. 1278, U.C.V., AND MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

FIRST OFFICERS OF THE CAMP.

REG. 41ST., CO. I, COL. C. B. ALFORD, COMMANDER.

REG. 26TH., CO. D. 1ST. ADJ. DR. B.S. UTLEY

REG. 31ST., CO. C, 1ST. LT. J.C. BALLENTINE

REG. 63RD., CO. E, 2ND LT. W.H. BURT

REG., 26TH., CO. D, 3RD. LT. W.Q. MAYNARD

REG. 15TH., CO. F, 3RD. LT. GEORGE D. SPENCE

REG. 41ST., CO. I, QUARTERMASTER J.M. UTLEY

REG. 26TH., CO. D, VIDETTE S.A. AUSTIN

REG. 41ST., CO. I, SURGEON DR. R.T. SPENCE

REG. 70TH., CO. B, OFFICER OF THE DAY J.W. ROWLAND

REG. 6TH., CO. I, OFFICER OF THE DAY Q.L. HUDSON

REG. 31ST., CO. I

REG. 4TH., CO. F. VIDETTE R. CONDON

REG. 31ST., CO. G. 1ST. COLOR GUARD A.P. POWELL

REG. 41ST., CO. I, 2ND COLOR GUARD W.M. JONES

REG. 31ST., CO. D, 2ND. ADJUTANT J.P. GOODWIN

REG. -- CO. C, 3RD. ADJUTANT HENRY W. NORRIS, F BATTALION

REG. 61ST., CO. D. ASST. SERGT. A.C. DAVIS

CHARTER MEMBERS OF HOLLY SPRINGS CHAPTER, U.D.C.

OFFICERS OF THE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

1ST. U.D.C. MRS. P.A. NORRIS, DAUGHTER OF CORPORAL GASTON UTLEY OF 47TH. REGIMENT, CO. C, KILLED AT GETTYSBURG.

U.D.C. MRS. R.H. TEMPLETON, SECTY. DAUGHTER OF COL. W.J. HOKE, 38TH. REGIMENT MRS. C.B. ALFORD, TREASURER OR MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, DAUGHTER OF MARTIN H. BRANCH, 47TH. REGIMENT, CO. H.

MRS. MATTIE V. UTLEY, SECTY. MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, DAUGHTER OF C.B. ALFORD, 41ST., REGIMENT, CO. I, 3RD. CAVALRY, JOINED COMMAND AT DINWIDDY COURT HOUSE, VA. OCT. -- 1864, IN ACTION STONEY CREEK, BELLFIELD AND OTHER RAIDS.

SONS OF U.C.V.

J.C. ASHWORTH, W. WAR, W.D. BASE HOSPITAL, FRANCE, 317 INF., 322 DEPT. A.E.F., GRANDSON OF J.J. SMITH, 31ST. REGIMENT, CO. G.

J.G. ADAMS, W. WAR, 9TH BAT'L, 82ND DIVISION, GRANDSON D.C. ADAMS, 26TH. REGIMENT, CO. D.

BRYANT H. PATE, SON OF SERGT. T.J.D. PATE, 68TH. REGIMENT, CO. C.

A.V. BAUCOM, SON OF SERGT. L.D. BAUCOM, 70TH REGIMENT, CO. B

V.J. BATCHELOR, SON OF W.H. BATCHELOR, 47TH. REGIMENT, CO. H.

CAPT. H.W. COLLINS, W. WAR, CO. A, 602ND. ENGINEERS, GRANDSON OF MARTIN H. BRANCH, 47TH REGIMENT, CO. H, NEAREST OF KIN TO THOMAS COLLINS, D. IN SERVICE, 31ST. REGIMENT. CO. C

SANDERS COLLINS, D. IN SERVICE, 26TH. REGIMENT, CO. D

DALLAS COLLINS, D. IN PRISON ELMIRA, '65, 1ST. REGIMENT, CO. G.

T.B. HOLT, SON OF GASTON HOLT, REGULAR ARMY.

J.W. JONES, SON OF J.L. JONES, 26TH REGIMENT, CO. D. CORP. J.F. JONES, S.A.W. CO. G, WHO LOST A LEG AT FREDERICKSBURG

B. RAY OLIVE, GRANDSON OF JOE WILSON, 26TH. REG., CO. D.

J.A. MILLS, SON OF WILEY J. MILLS, 26TH. REG., CO. D.

J. ROY NORRIS, GRANDSON OF BENNETT UPCHURCH, REGULAR ARMY.

DR. S.P. NORRIS, SON OF P.A. NORRIS, 41ST. REG., CO. I

L.S. OLIVE, SON OF H.C. OLIVE, F BAT'L. CO. C,

NEAREST OF KIN TO SHEPHERD ROGERS, 3RD. CAVALRY, 41ST. REG., CO. I.

CHAS. B. PARK, SON OF BENJ. PAR, 32ND. REG., CO. K

CORP. CECIL A. ADAMS, CO. E, 322ND. INF., W. WAR, GRANDSON OF COL. J.T. ADAMS, 26TH REG., CO. D, NEAREST OF KIN TO DANIEL G. BECKWITH, D. IN SERVICE, 26TH. REGIMENT, CO.

F. CARR STUART, W. WAR, 1ST CLASS B., 6TH. TRENCH ARTILLERY, GRANDSON OF 2ND. LT. HAYWOOD F. GODWIN, 31ST. REG., CO. C

COL. ALBERT L. COX, COMMANDED 113TH FIELD ART., 30TH DIV., W.WAR, SON OF GEN. W.R. COX

NEAREST OF KIN TO REUBEN HUNTER, K. CONF'D WAR, 26TH REG., CO. D.

CORP. WM. HENRY HONEYCUTT, 81ST. DIV., 322ND. REG., CO. E, W. WAR, GRANDSON OF WESLEY HONEYCUTT, CO. B., REG. 10TH, 8TH BAT'L.

CAREY B. JONES, SON OF ALDREDGE M. JONES, LATHAMS BATTERY

HON. DAN HUGH MCLEAN, POGUES BATTERY. L.O.B. BRANCH CAMP NO. 515, U.C.V.

ALEX STRONACH, COMD'R CO. B, 13TH BAT'L.

W.F. MORING , COMD'R CO. I, 6TH REG. / MCDOUGHALD CAMP NO. 662.

ADJUTANT J.H. MCALISTER, 31ST. REG., CO. I.

Left face: THEIR SONS WHO WERE IN THE WORLD WAR.

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Joe Roberts Kills Ham Slaughter, Oct. 23, 1923

Ham Slaughter Is Instantly Killed. . . A Shot Gun in the Hands of Joe Roberts Slaughtered Him

Oxford, Oct. 22—Ham Slaughter, 45, colored, was shot and instantly killed Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock about two miles north of Oxford on the Kinton Fort road, by Joe Roberts, also colored. According to information, Slaughter and Roberts had been quarreling over a girl—some little time before the shooting took place. Roberts met Slaughter in the road and ordered him to stop, which Slaughter did, and when Slaughter alighted from the car, Roberts raised his gun and shot three times, but only one shot took effect in the neck and right temple.

A coroner’s inquest was held this morning by W.D. Bryan, county coroner. The jury’s verdict was that Slaughter came to his death from a wound inflicted by a load of buck shot from a gun in the hands of Joe Roberts.

Roberts had not been apprehended late this afternoon. He seems to have made good his get-away.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Oct. 23, 1923

Croom Family Reunion, Sandy Bottom, Lenoir County, 1930

Here’s a photo of the first official Croom family reunion at Sandy Bottom in Lenoir County, N.C., taken by Marion A. Croom of Kinston in 1930. The photo is from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection.

Durham Recorder's Court Breaks Record for Clearing Cases, Oct. 23, 1923

Tried 48 Within 70 Minutes. . . Recorder’s Court Broke Record Yesterday for Speed in Trying Cases . . . Many Gamblers Up. . . Englishwoman Charged with Beating Hotel Bill

To try 48 defendants is the accomplishment of recorder’s court yesterday. For speed in transacting the usual busy Monday morning’s court work the record made yesterday has not been equaled in the annals of the city.

More than half of the men in court were under charges of gambling. These were speedily tried and given fines of $5 and $10 and the costs, varying with the nature of the cases.

Juanita Bain, Englishwoman, who was arrested last Saturday upon a charge of defrauding a hotel, was released from custody when a non suit was entered in her case. The woman became stranded in the city after the carnival that was at the county fair left the city.

Nine drunks were tried and found guilty, receiving fines ranging from $5 and the costs to $25 and the costs. Those tried under this charge were: Sam Bostick, frank Hester (called and failed), Shipe Roberts, Tom Epps, Love Haskins and William Umbush.

Those charged with gambling were: Benny Freeman, Joe Hayes, Foster Thompson, John Royster, Reuben McLlain, J.A. Johnson, Laurence Page, William Rogers, Sidney Lee, Charlie Herndon, Otis Fuller, Ed Jenkins, James Blount, Joe Smallwood, John Willis, Jim Bowling, Milton Walton, Jake McDougald, Jennie Stone, Tom Williams, Reney Atwater, Henry Trice, Robert Fleming, and Dave Harris.

Nellie Holladay, charged with larceny, was given a 30-day sentence in jail to served at the county workhouse.

Polly King, charged with larceny, will not be tried until October 24.

Math Hedgepeth, charged with boisterous cursing, was fined $5 and the costs.

William Bailey was given a suspended sentence upon a charge of vagrancy, but was fined $1 and the costs for assault and battery.

Allen Washington was fined $5 and the costs for boisterous cursing.

John Hines was fined $1 and the costs for taking part in an affray.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Oct. 23, 1923

Charlotte Football Team May Cancel Remaining Games Out of Respect for Winston-Salem Player Killed Saturday, Oct. 23, 1923

Respect Memory of Leo Caldwell

By The Associated Press

Charlotte, Oct. 22—Indications were tonight that the Charlotte high school team would cancel its remaining 1923 football schedule out of respect for the memory of Leo Caldwell, Winston-Salem high school player killed last Saturday while playing in a game against the local team. Caldwell was declared to have been exceptionally popular for an oppo9nent with the Charlotte boys.

Headed by Coach Kirkpatrick, 35 students, representing every organization in the local high school, drove to Winston-Salem in automobiles to attend the funeral services of young Caldwell today. They carried three automobile loads of floral tributes.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Oct. 23, 1923

L.G. Patterson Held in Contempt for Violating Restraining Order, Oct. 23, 1923

A Warehouseman Held in Contempt. . . Judge Calvert Adjudges J.G. Patterson in Contempt for Assisting in the Violation of a Restraining Order

By the Associated Press

Raleigh, Oct. 22—L.G. Patterson, Auction Warehouseman of Smithfield, was today held in contempt of court by Judge Calvert at Raleigh, for violating and assisting in the violation of a restraining order preventing a member of the Tobacco Grower’s Cooperative Association from delivering his tobacco outside of the Association.

On the night of September 29, according to the evidence, Patterson attempted to assist A.L. Faulker, on whom citation for contempt had just been served, to sell his tobacco by taking out claim and delivery. After arousing the clerk of the court and the sheriff and securing papers, the tobacco was delivered to the Banner warehouse of which Patterson is part owner, and in the morning it was sold, bringing a total price of $523.82 from which there was deducted $201.60, a check for the balance being given Faulker by Skinner and Patterson, owners of the warehouses.

When brought to court, Mr. Patterson freely admitted error and disclaimed any intention of violating the court’s order, alleging that he was acting in accordance with what he considered his rights, under a crop mortgage. Col. W.T. Joyner, attorney for the Association, declared, “The Association is not out for our blood, our only object is to protect our rights, unless we can be protected by an order of the court our legal rights are injured. And pointed out that in this case the tobacco had been seized at night. A sudden claim of delivery had been served and the tobacco had been sold without the advertisement required by law bringing twice as much money as was needed to satisfy the claim.

Today’s ruling of Judge Calvert is the first case in which an auction warehouseman has been adjudged in contempt for aiding any member of the Tobacco Association to break his contract in North Carolina, and is considered important by the attorneys of the Cooperative as an effective rebuke to the alleged practices of some warehousemen.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Oct. 23, 1923

John Goss Sentenced to Electric Chair, Oct. 23, 1923

John Goss, Spruce Pine Negro Convicted—Sentenced to be Executed Nov. 30th

By The Associated Press

Johnson City, Tenn., Oct 22—Information received here from Bakersville, N.C., is that John Goss, a negro tried for an attack upon Mrs. Mack Thomas, a white woman at Spruce Pine late in September, was found guilty and was immediately sentenced to death in the electric chair, Judge Finley fixing the date of his execution as November 30th. The jury deliberated only five minutes before rendering the verdict.

The alleged culminated in the deportation in truck sand box cars of over 200 negroes in the Spruce Pine section, the calling of troops to that town and the arrest of 11 men who were charged with conspiracy and rioting.

The court room was packed, numbering among those present many persons from the Spruce Pine section.

Judge Finley appointed F.J. Black, local attorney, to defend Goss. The negro was brought from Raleigh to the Mitchell county jail here yesterday for trial today. He was escorted by a company of national guardsmen from North Wilkesboro commanded by Major E.P. Robinson.

The county jail was closely guarded during the night but no attempt was made to interfere with the guards. Inf act little interest is evinced in the presence of the negro and the guardsmen here.

It is believed here that the trial of the negro will be brief. Goss soon after his arrest near Morganton admitted his identity and he escaped from the convict camp at Spruce Pine. He denied the alleged assault upon the white woman.

The woman, however, after a trip to Raleigh, positively identified Goss as the negro who accosted her near her home on the public road, seized her around the body and dragged her about 40 yards to a thicket of pines and attacked her. She is sure of her man and will testify during the day against Goss.

The trial of 11 persons, including a minister of the Spruce Pine section, on charges of conspiracy in connection with the wholesale deportation of negroes from spruce Pine immediately after the assault will probably start Tuesday afternoon.

The defendants are: Stokes McKinney, Peter Biddix, Jed Ward, Bot Buchanan, John Tripman, B.E. Jackson, Mace McMann, Rev. Moston Buchannan, Ander Green, Lane Buchannan and Robey Buchannan.

From the Spruce Pine section many persons came to Bakersville yesterday to attend court. Others arrived today. No trouble.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Oct. 23, 1923