Miss Clyde Boone Celebrates 14th Birthday, Aug. 12, 1926

Parkton, Aug. 10—Miss Clyde Boone, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Boone, celebrated her 14th birthday anniversary by entertaining some of her friends Friday night.

They were entertained with popular music by Miss Sara Currie at the piano. Games were then enjoyed for a time.

At 10 o’clock all were invited into the dining room, which had been decorated for the occasion, using a color scheme of pink and white. The cake with 14 candles formed the centerpiece. Bowls of pink verbena and petunias were at each end of the table. Delicious cream and cake were served.

Then they repaired to the porch and lawn, and were served watermelon. Sticks of pink candy, wrapped in white and tied with pink ribbon were given each guest as favors. Upon opening them each found their fortunes within. This caused much merriment as they were read.

The guests were Mary Sasser and Myrtle Parker of St. Pauls, Sarah Currie, Sarah Clyde Sikes, Virginia and Rachel McNatt, Gertrude Spell, Annie Belle Edwards, Lonnie Blount, Dan Currie, Don and Lewis Williamson and Neil Hughes.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Aug. 12, 1926

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Ellen McDuffie, 53, Has Died, Aug. 12, 1926

Funeral of Mrs. Ellen McDuffie

St. Paul, Aug. 12—Funeral services were held Sunday about 1 o’clock at the home near Galatia for Mrs. Ellen McDuffie, aged 53 years, who died the day previous. Interment was made in the family cemetery at Raeford, where her husband, Dan M. McDuffie, who preceded her to the grave two years ago, and other of her relatives, were buried.

The burial was very largely attended and man and beautiful were the floral tributes tendered by her numerous friends. Among those from here who were there were Mr. D. A. McDuffie, a brother-in-law of deceased, his sister, Miss Christian McDuffie, his son and daughters, Mr. Burke McDuffie and two Misses Lillie Belle and Sarah McDuffie, Mr. J.W. Guiton, also a brother-in-law of the deceased, and his daughter, Miss Christine Guiton.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Aug. 12, 1926

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Police Hold Harold Grady and H. J. Nealy in Accident That Killed Dossie Traylor, Aug. 10, 1926

Hold Grady and Nealy in Auto Wreck Case . . . Grady Out Under $5,000 Bond; Dossie P. Traylor Was Killed in Turn-Over. . . Miss Lena Williams Was Not Seriously Injured, Hospital Authorities Say

H. J. Nealy, 23 years old, of Bummertown, Tenn., is in jail and Harold Grady, local youth, is under $5,000 bond as a result of the death of Dossie P. Traylor, 18 years old, in an automobile accident near the old country club on the Kinston highway about 10: 30 Sunday night.

Grady suffered a broken arm and Miss Lena Williams was badly cut about one leg. Nealy was driving the car at the time it turned over and pinned young Traylor underneath. Grady was standing on the running board on the right hand sill. Nealy escaped without a scratch.

Nealy and Grady were held for the grand jury at the next session of Superior Court under instructions from the coroner’s jury, which considered the case under the direction of Coroner T. R. Robinson yesterday morning. Late yesterday Nealy, a well-mannered young man, was wiring friends in Tennessee in an effort to raise bond.

Evidence introduced before the coroner’s inquest was to the effect that the accident in which Young Traylor was killed and Grady and Miss Williams injured was the culmination of a wild auto ride. Four witnesses testified that the car, a Ford rroadster, was giving chase to a Hudson sedan and making a rate of estimated at between 35 and 45 miles an hour. It was said that Grady was drinking and that he was loudly cursing at the party driving the Hudson.

Evidence as to who was driving the Hudson car was not given in the coroner’s inquest.

The accident, according to the story told by Nealy, happened when he slowed up, because he was blinded by an approaching car, and the right rear wheel dropped off the pavement.

Traylor lived about an hour after he was carried to the hospital. Death must have resulted from internal injuries, for there was only a small bruise visible on the body—a small circular black spot near the right shoulder blade.

Hospital authorities say that Miss Williams will be out in a short time.

The following made up the jury which investigated the case:

E. E. Griffin, E. C. Denmark, Herman Brewer, C. H. Martin, Sam Eason, and B. A. Grant.

The verdict was as follows:

“That Paul Traylor came to his death from an accident from a Ford roadster recklessly and dangerously driven by H. J. Neely, aided and abetted by Harold Grady.

“We think Grady as guilty as Neely and recommend that both H. J. Neely and Harold Grady be held under sufficient bond for the Grand Jury of the next Superior Court, and that Sheriff Grant be instructed to hold these parties (line obscured) the solicitor of the district may require.

Editor's Note: Victim's last name is spelled Traylor and his mother's last name is spelled Taylor because after her husband died the widow married a man named Taylor. In other words, it looks like a mistake but it isn't.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, 1926

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Funeral for Auto Victim Dossie Traylor, 18, Aug. 10, 1926

Auto Victim Funeral 4 p.m.. . . From Home on East Pine Street. . . In Charge of Rev. J. W. Sadler

Funeral services for Dossie P. Traylor, 18, who was killed in an automobile accident near the old country club Sunday night, will be held from the home of the mother of the dead youth, Mrs. Sudie Taylor, at 212 East Pine Street, this afternoon at 4 o’clock.

The dead youth was a son of the late D. R. Traylor. His mother married a Mr. Taylor. The second husband died some time ago, and her son was the head of the household.

In addition to the mother, Traylor is survived by a half sister, Mildred Taylor.

Rev. J. W. Sadler of the Baptist church will be in charge of the services this afternoon. Interment will be in Willow Dale cemetery.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, 1926

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Community Raising Funds for Dossie Traylor's Bereaved Family, Aug. 10, 1926

Start Fund for Mother of Dead Boy

Frank Barnes, Eddie Chamblee and William Harris, young Goldsboro men, yesterday afternoon started a subscription fund for Mrs. Sudie Taylor of 212 East Pine street, mother of Dossie P. Traylor, who was killed in the automobile accident Sunday night. The young men reported that the citizens of Goldsboro were generous in their response and that a respectable sum as collected. Part of the money was expended in purchasing a funeral design for the dead boy.

The young men will continue their efforts today, and those who wish to donate but cannot see the collectors may telephone The News.

Editor's Note: Victim's last name is spelled Traylor and his mother's last name is spelled Taylor because after her husband died the widow married a man named Taylor. In other words, it looks like a mistake but it isn't.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, 1926

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When Pinching Pennies Results in Death of Young Man, Aug. 10, 1926

The Blood of Dossie P. Traylor or A Prophecy Verified

This afternoon all that is mortal of Dossie P. Traylor will be lowered into a grave in Willow Dale cemetery. A weeping, broken-hearted mother, and a young sister will return to their little home on Pine street—hopeless and forlorn. Not only because a son and brother has gone prematurely to the grave, but because there is no one left in the house as bread winner.

But here is the point. If there had been a proper enforcement of the rules governing the speed of automobiles, young Traylor would be alive tonight, the little home on Pine street would not be listening to the knock of the poverty of coming years.

On whose hands does the blood of this young man fall?

In the inquest conducted over the body of Traylor three men testified tht they saw the Ford roadster and the Hudson car it was following driving on main streets of Goldsboro at a reckless rate of speed. H. J. Nealy, one of the men under arrest, admits that he was driving about 30 or 35 miles an hour.

Mind you that the death car was seen traveling recklessly across Center street and on John street a short time before the accident. But no officers stopped it. Here is the testimony.

Mark Lane said:

“About 10 minutes later I heard a noise like a car running at great speed: looked down Center street toward City Hall and saw two cars that looked like the two that had just passed me at the corner, going at great speed with the Hudson in the lead.

Walter Jones said:

Was standing at Fire Station No. 1. I saw a Hudson sedan and a Ford roadster coming down John street going south. Harold Grady was on the running board of the Ford and was cursing and telling the driver to catch the Hudson—he wanted to beat the driver of the Hudson. I think the two cars were running 35 or 40 miles per hour.

W.M. Gardner said:

I was sitting at corner of John and Ash streets about 10:15 last night. A Hudson car passed with a Ford roadster following, with Harold Grady on the running board of the Ford, and both going at 35 or 40 miles an hour.

After again asking the question on whose hands does Traylor’s blood fall, we quote an editorial in The News of June 12 concerning violation of speed laws in the city:

If the city of Goldsboro hasn’t some sort of speed limit, some sort of driving regulation, then it would be well to have such enacted at once, and then to have these enforced. Lfor just as sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, there will be a continuance of accidents and perhaps fatalities if reckless and careless automobile drivers are allowed to continue to dash through and across the streets, as they are doing at the present time.

On June 13, The News had another editorial which gives the heart of the whole matter:

The safety of the city is being sacrificed to a false notion of economy. We are losing $10 to save $1. We are running the risk of stultifying our official consciences in a vain effort to convict a tax-paying public that we can run the government more cheaply that our predecessors. One thing we can congratulate ourselves about: We have been exceedingly lucky that gunmen and bandits have found easy picking elsewhere. Sometimes we may not have luck with us.

When will the city wake up to the need of more policemen?

Citizens of Goldsboro, we leave the case to you.

From the editorial page of the Goldsboro News, Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, 1926

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Charlotte Police Refuse to Release Names of Prominent Citizens Arrested, Aug. 10, 1926

43 Arrests at Charlotte

Charlotte, Aug. 9—City and county police were active here yesterday, and 43 arrests were made during the day. A number of prominent citizens were included in those caught but their names were withheld at the police station.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, 1926

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