Brought Here to Jail – Mr. C.W. DUNN, deputy sheriff of Halifax county, arrested Issac SPRUILL, colored, Tuesday on a warrant issued by his wife, charging him with abandonment. SPRUILL had been teaching school near Trenton. He ran away to Halifax county, where he was arrested. Deputy Sheriff DUNN brought SPRUILL to Kinston Wednesday evening and lodged him in the county jail. He will be tried before Chas. DUNN today. (page 2)
Source: Daily Free Press (Kinston, NC). 7 April 1898. page 2.
Thos. PETTIFORD, the colored candidate for Register of Deeds of this county seems to be sure of his election, but he may get left, he has the Democrats on one side the Alliance on the other side and worst of all his white Republicans will put out a man and though every negro in the county may want PETTIFORD, we will see them on the side with the white man. It’s hard but it’s true, you know the old adage, “white man seldom sartin and the nigger never shore.”
Your white brethren don’t propose to tote fair Tommie, as long as you kept quiet it was all right, but now you want office you will find that the white Republican swears you shan’t have it just as loud as the Democrats.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 12 September 1890. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
Excerpt from the Beacon Flashes column:
Dennis ARNOLD, the negro who escaped from jail at this place and was afterwards recaptured and sent to Williamston jail for safe keeping, has been brought back and placed in the jail here since it has been repaired.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 5 September 1890. Available online at digitalnc.org.
Excerpted from the Beacon Flashes column:
J.T. PETTIFORD the colored candidate for the nomination of Register of Deeds is canvassing the county he says is not out in the interest of the Republican party but for Tom.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 29 August 1890. Available online at digitalnc.org.
Excerpt from the Local Briefs column:
Mr. Lewis H. SMITH, colored, was appointed on the 3rd inst., postmaster at Maple Cypress, Craven county.
Source: Banner-enterprise (Raleigh, NC). 19 April 1883. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
The town of Mt. Olive, on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, is one of the most flourishing between Wilmington and Weldon. It [sic] population is about four hundred. It has two schools, five churches, twelve stores, three saloons, five physicians, one judge and a crank. Three of the merchants of this borough are colored men who seem to be doing a fair trade. The postmaster is a colored man.
Source: Banner-enterprise (Raleigh, NC). 19 April 1883. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
Probable Murder
Yesterday morning some parties found the body of one Simon MITCHENOR, colored, lying under the large wheel at Johnson & Barbour’s mill near Auburn, in St. Mary’s township, with a large gash across his throat, and it is supposed that he had been murdered.
He was at the election at Auburn yesterday and voted and left there late in the afternoon, accompanied by two colored men. Just before dark his nephew and another colored boy found his umbrella on a bridge near the place where his body was found this morning.
He was 47 years old, and was very quiet, industrious and inoffensive. The Coroner was notified, and has gone out to investigate the case.
Source: Banner-enterprise (Raleigh, NC). 19 April 1883. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
Mr. Isaac BROWN, of New Berne, like Mr. E.F. MARTIN, of Wilmington, believes that where there’s a will there’ll be a way opened up. Hence, he calls upon the colored men of his city and community to build a steamboat. Go ahead, Mr. BROWN, your effort is laudable and with proper energy will succeed.
Source: Banner-enterprise (Raleigh, NC). 3 May 1883. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
Sheriff HODGES left on yesterday for Raleigh, with two prisoners for the penitentiary: They were as follows: Isaac HASSELL, white, manslaughter; 3 years. John GRIMES, colored, larceny; 1 year.
Source: Washington Gazette (Washington, NC). 12 June 1884.
Excerpted from the Jottings About Town column:
Haywood WATERS, a very respectable young colored man, well known and a member of the colored Cornet Band, died of consumption on Thursday morning last.
Source: Washington Gazette (Washington, NC). 28 February 1884.