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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-07-02

Lee Hoffman, who has been CON
nected with Stafford in one way or
another for the past eight years, came
over from Loveland last week and is
now in charge of the Siftings. He is
a pleasant man to meet and says he
is going to run clean and newsy
paper-Gazette.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-07-02

STATE OF COLoRADo.t
ss.
County of Clear Creek. !
1, B. A. Holley. Clerk and Recorder, and ex-ofcio
Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners of
Clear Creek County. Colorado. do hereby certify
that the foregoing has been truly and correctly
taken from the minutes of the proceedings OF the
Board OF County Commissioners the same ap-
pears of record in the minutes of said proceeding
in my office remaining
mHJO In witness whereofI have hereunto set
coeSseo my hand and affixed the official seal
of this. my office, at Georgetown. this
18th day of June, A. D.. 1920.
p. A. EOLLEY,
Clerk and Recorder and Ex-offico clerk to
the Board of County Commissioners of Clear
Greek, County Colorado.
BY GEORGE d. CRILEY,
Deputy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-07-02
FROM RUSH L. HOLLAND,
REPUBLICAN STATE CHAIRMAN

81 congratulate you on your venture,
and also congratulate the party in
Clear Creek county that it is to have
live, wide-awalSe Republican news
paper"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-07-02
soss JA Noone, clerk of district court

sO9s ] A Noone, clerk of district court
salary Observation-Disclosures. 90 10
soe7 Jw B Smith, county attorney,
retainer and services. ......... 10 90
so9s H. s. Rainwater, water commits
sioner. services ......-.--..,.- Oh %
5000 Ellottwater commissioner
services s...,..-.......-.....,.. Zz Ia
500 j. s. Hart for NJ. A. Clark, bailiff.
salary y....................,,... y"
GIN, r. stranb. sheriff. expenses. As So
sl02 Lillian Harris, services. ..-,..... Is ou
SOB All. J. Horstmann, assessor, sal
ary and expenses. ..,.......-.. 1873 80
slo4 State Compensation Insurance
Fund. insurance premium 4o7 II
slO5 Mrs. Elizabeth J. Gleason. county
superntendent of schools, salary
and expenses. .......-..+..-.-. w so
sl06 Geo. B. McFadden. deputy county
surveyor, services ....,....... 16 90
sio7 w G. Matthews. service 100 co
sIos Malcolm C. Marks. reporter, salary
and expenses es.................- 33 81
sIO9 Clarence J. Morley. expenses...-. 80 90
sl1o w McGintie district attorney.
salary y................-......-. Il 81
Sill Noone, Justice of the Peace,
fees. .......................... 3u
sll2 Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Co., services. ..--..... IA 90
sll3 Mrs. Louise Berg, janitress, SER
vices 40 25
STA Colorado Power Co., services m IA rs
s,15 lanes Fravley. wood ... 90
s,,e william walthers. services - so
SLY Georgetown Courier, supplies. II s.
Sis Burroughs Adding Maching Co.
services. -....-.-.........-... 2S Z3
sl19 States Board of Land Commits
sioners, services ...-......-.. 81
sl2O Idaho Springs siftings-News. ser
vices 15 90
1921 Town of Georgetown. water rent. l5 90
sl22 C. F. Hoecke Blank Book & Litho
Co, supplies .......... ss 55
s123 j. A. Noone. clerk of District
Court. salary and expenses d 45
sla4 Idaho Springs siftings-News, SER 2s
SIPS VIM. waltbers services . Is 90
sl2s S. F. Glass, juror certificate 49, 65
1927 Bank of Clear Greek County, juror
certificates ..-......--.-....--. 8 80
SIPS Bank of Georgetown. juror certi-
ficates. s.........-.....-......... 19 As
si29 Bank of Georgetown. juror certi
fcates. .............-.......... s6 80
$50 Fl. F. McClelland. Juror certif-
Gates ................... ...... go
sl3l w. A. Roberts. juror certificates 60
1892 c. j. Hancock 60
sl33 J. S. Randall e5
1874 G.. ID. Criley 60
si35 w. E. Renshaw 60
slse B A HoIley. county clerk. clerk to
board ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is 90
s15s Kneisel g. Anderson, supplies - 10 40
sos5 Buckley Brothers. auto hire. 81 90
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-07-02

'Mr Hoffman has a reputation in
this community of being staunch
Republican, and stands well with the
party"-Geo. H. Shaw, chairman Re-
publican committee OF Larimer
county.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-07-02
Proceedings of the Board of
County Commissioners
JUNE SESSION, A. D. 1920.

The following bills and accounts were
audited and the Clerk instructed to issue
warrants on the different funds for the
various amounts:
War. No. To Whom. Service. Amount.
ROAD FUND
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-07-02
OWN YOUR HOME

10 Colorado ST., I rooms, modern,
garage, chicken houses, $500.
The L. A. Hafer Inv. Co., No.
215 10th Ave. Phone Idaho 90J.
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Subscribe for the Siftings.
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STATE OF COLORADO

Total Warrants all funds ..... 1920 22
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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18
FOSTER PARSONS SANE
Foster Parsons Restored to Normal Health and Sanity Dis
missed from Criminal Insane Department of Peniten-
tiary, and is Now in Jail at Rockingham Will Probably
Submit to Second Degree Murder and Get Life Sentence

may be of interest to those Post
Dispatch readers who may have
forgotten the incidents of the in
sanity hearing; the facts of the
killing of the two negro jitney
drivers last August are as fol
lows:
On the night of Aug. 7, 1919,
Foster Parsons came to Hamlet
from Durham county, where he
was at work, and hired a negro
jitney driver, named Duck Phil
lips, to take him up the road TO-
wards Hoffman. This was about
1920 o'clock. When near Mars
ton the car stopped, the negro
got out and started to the front
to crank the car, saying he was
going back to Hamlet. There
upon Parsons shot him, dragged
the body a hundred yards into
the woods, and then proceeded
by himself to Durham with the
car. He reached Durham Aug.
End, and during the day sold the
Continued on Page 7.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18
SUPERIOR COURT
Civil Term Now in Session
Judge Finley Presiding.
Next Criminal Term April
5th.

March term of Superior Court
for trial of civil cases convened
Tuesday morning.
Owing to the death of Judge
Thomas B. Finley's sister, the
Judge was unable to get here
Monday, hence the delay of one
day.
Six divorce cases were quickly
disposed of upon convening of
court Tuesday-3 white and 3
colored couples. There was no
contest in any of these cases,
ard the jury promptly decided
the issues submitted. Those Sc.
curing divorces were:
Samuel Watts from Sallie
Watts, white.
John Smith from Hattie Smith,
white.
Bertha Meshaw from Edward
Meshaw, white.
Mary Brown from Edward
Brown, colored.
Curtis Baldwin from Ella Bald.
win, colored.
Schofeld Jones from Hattie
Jones, colored.
The long standing suit of
Blacker Bros, IF. Blacker)
against the Rockingham Rail
road was begun after these
divorce actions had been finish
ed. Blacker was suing the rail.
Continued on Page s.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18
PARSONS INTERVIEWED
Post Dispatch Representative Visits
Foster Parsons in Jail Monday Morn
ing. Some Impressions Of the Young
Man.

Inasmuch as everything per-
tanning to the Foster Parsons
case is Of general interest
throughout the county, the Post
Dispatch representative last
Monday morning visited the
young man at the Jail for the
purpose of obtaining an inter-
veiW.
The young man was very
pleasant speaking, and perfectly
at ease; he freely answered all
questions put to him. He ap-
pears to be quite changed from
his condition Of last fall. At
that time he was clean shaven,
and much thinner than now. In
fact, he weighs fully 80 pounds
more than when he was on
trial October 9Th; and he has
turned out a small mustache,
sandy in color, which makes him
look somewhat older. AS a mat
ter of fact, he is only % years
old, his 24th birthday being next
August 25th.
Foster says he was we'll treat
ed during his several months
confinement in the Criminal In
sane Department of the peni-
tentiary. He was carried there
last October 1th, and immediate
ly the prison physician began
treating him for nervous trou-
BILE. His hair was shingled, but
it has since grown out, and he
brushes it back from his fore
head as of old. The doctor paint
ed the back of his head and
neck with some substance, and
kept up this treatment for
some weeks; besides that tonic:
and stimulant was given him for
some time. He had been drinking
much Jamaica ginger for some,
time prior to the killing of the.
two negroes in August, and
confinement in the Jail at Rock
ingham, and later in the pen, en-
abled his system to recover
from the effects of the awful
stuff.
At first he was kept confined
in a cell, but gradually he was
Continued ON Page 6.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18
The Greer w. S. Case.

The next term of Federal Court
at Laurinburg will convene next
Tuesday, the 23rd, instead of the
30th, the date having been NOV.
ed forward just one week. Kent
Greer, at his hearing Feb. 9th,
was put under $1,000 bond to ap.
pear at the March 30th term, on
the white slavery charge. 1t is
hardly likely that his case will
be tried at the approaching term,
but may be continued.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18
HOGS AVERAGE $152.
Duroc Farms First mi-Annual Auc.
tion Sale Of Hogs Held Last Mon.
day. 4S Sold for $7S0S- An
Average Of $l52.19.

The first semi-annual sale of
the Duroc Farms was held at
the Fair Grounds last Monday
as scheduled. The day was fair
and warm, and the grandstand
seats surrounding the exhibition
platform was filled. Before the
sale the management served hot
coffee and chicken and ham sand
wiches in the Main Building,
and ever 200 visitors partook of
this hospitality.
Inasmuch as this was the
Farms first sale, the prices
brought by the hogs is fairly
good; but at that, they went
very cheap, and the buyers got
splendid bargains.
Forty-three bred sows were
sold and 5 under-year boars. The
animals were all of the Orion,
Colonel and Pathfinder strains.
The 48 brought a total of
$7,305-this being an average
of $152.19.
Many ladies were present at
the sale, which lasted exactly
three hours.
Col. w. D. Scott, of Edison,
Ca, cried the sale. and assisting
him were L. T. Wells, livestock
representative of the Progressive
Farmer, Of Birmingham, and l..
r. Wiley, from the Raleigh office
of the Progressive Farmer.
The Duroc Farms is composed
of the hog department of five
farms-that of. J. F. Diggs,
John L. Everett, Henry G. Wall,
Continued ON Page 2.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18
MOORE IN NORFOLK
One of Prisoners Who Es.
capped from Rich m o n d
County Jail Feb. 29th Now
in Custody at Nor f o | k.
Tells How He Escaped.
Clever Ruse Work e d .
Katie Smith Unintention-
ally to Blame.

The mystery as to how Fred
Butler and G. C. Moore made
their escape from the Richmond
county Jail Feb. 10Th is now
solved. And it was a clever bit
of strategy these store-breakers
employed.
But first let a brief history of
the case be given:
On Feb. 3rd these two men
broke into the stores of Stephen
son-Belk and A. w. Porter. The
next night they are said to have
held up a man at Florence and
taken $51. On the 9Th they
were arrested in Columbia as
suspicious characters, and upon
finding rev goods with the Ste
phenson-Belk name on them, the
Columbia authorities got in
touch with Rockingham officers
with the result that they were
brought here the 7th, given a
hearing the 9th and bound to
April 9Th term of Court under
81, 200 bond each.
On the morning Of Feb. 29th,
about $3.50 o'clock, they were
seen running from the jail by a
colored man, who gave the
alarm. Search far and wide
was made, but no trace secured.
Sheriff Mcdonald personally Of
fered 5000 reward for their cap
ture.
w. D. Smith was the new jail
or, he having begun his duties
Feb. 9th, just two days before
the men escaped. On the morn
ing of their getaway, he left
the keys with his 17-year-old
daughter, Katie Smith, and
went to Hamlet with Sheriff Nc
Donald. The story that Katie
told of the escape was that when
her father left the Jail, she hung
the keys under a coat in the hall,
then went to the basement and
replenished the fire; then went
to the second floor of the jail to
see what the crazy girl there
wanted, and while up there she
heard a window pane crash and
running downstairs saw the two
prisoners and a third man run
ming from the Jail yard. This
was her version; the story as
given by one of the prisoners
himself is entirely different.
On March 9th Sheriff McDon-
aid received a wire from the
Norfolk Sheriff that he had G.
G.. Moore in custody. Accord
ingly, on March 18th the Sheriff
went to Norfolk to identify the
man, and get him. But the Nor
folk officers declined to give him
up, stating that they had a
charge against him for car steal
ing and one for assault. Sheriff
identified the man as being
Moore; but the man is known in
Norfolk by the name of Edward
Webb Che was formerly on the
Norfolk police force).
Sheriff Mcdonald asked Moore
how he and Butler escaped.
Moore said that on the morning
of their escape Butler called to
the girl and learned from her
that her father was not at home.
Butler then asked the girl, Ka-
Continued on Page 6.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18
a Per Cent April l.

The law requires that a penalty
of one per cent be added each
month, after Dec. 1st, that taxes
are unpaid.
Accordingly, those who have
50 far failed to pay their 1919
taxes will have topay a penalty
of four per cent, unless said
taxes are paid before April lst.
If paid now, the penalty is only
3 per cent.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18

Foster L. Parsons, a young
white man of Richmond county,
aged %, is again in jail at Rock
ingham, after a sojourn in the
criminal insane department of
the penitentiary for over five
months. He must now face trial
for the actual murder of the two
negro jitney drivers whom he
killed near Hamlet last Septem-
Der, and from whom he stole the
cars they were driving.
Clerk of Court ]. A. McAulay
on last Saturday morning,
March 18th, received the follow
ing letter from ]. R. Collie, SUI
perintendent of the Peniten-
tiary:
Raleigh, March 18th.
"Clerk of Court
Richmond County, Rockingham.
Dear Sir:
Foster L. Parsons admitted to the
hospital for dangerous insane in this
institution on October IL, 1919, from
Richmond county, has been restored
to normal health and sanity according
to a communication addressed to me
under date of March 8 by physician in
charge, DR.. A. w. Knox. Therefore,
under Chapter 1, Section GA of the
Laws Of 1899, this is to notify you
to cause the sheriff of Richmond coun-
ty to remove Foster L. Parsons from
the dangerous insane department of
this institution to the Jail Of the coun-
ty from which he was sent. . dr..
"Yours very truly,
~. R. COLLIE, Supt.
Copy to Sheriff"
Upon receipt of the foregoing
letter, Sheriff Mcdonald on Sat-
urday morning went to Raleigh
and Sunday night brought back
Parsons to the Richmond county
Jail.
And so opens up another chap
ter. AS the matter now stands,
he must face a trial for murder.
He would likely put on the same
evidence that was introduced at
his sanity hearing in October, to
show that he was also insane at
the time of the murders, and if
the jury believed this, he would
be acquitted. If the jury finds
him sane at the time, then he
would face the electric chair.
But it is likely that his attor-
neys may offer to submit to a
verdict of second degree murder,
without the necessity of a trial,
and if Solicitor Brock should
agree to this, he would be SEN
fenced to the Penitentiary for
life. If the Solicitor accepts
such a proposition the matter
could be handled at the April 9Th
term of Court. But if he de-
clines to do so, and decides to
enter upon a regular trial, the
case would hardly come up for
trial until the July term of Grim
inal court.
The foregoing in brief is the
status of the case, and now a
hurried sketch of the entire
case, from beginning to end,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18
White Teachers Meeting.

There will be a meeting of the
white rural teachers of Richmond
county Saturday, March 9th, at
1890 o'clock. Chapters 4 and 10
in Davis's "The Work of the
Teacher"
L. ]. Bell, Supt.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18

The musical comedy, Love
Kiss, appears at the Rockingham
Opera House tonight.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18

The above picture Foster Parsons secured Monday BY the
POST DISPATCH The editor obtained permission Of Parsons his ator-
ney that be taken In company with Sheriff Mcdonald and the POST
DISPATCH representative Foster Parsons o'clock Monday morning went
from the Jail to organs Studio, where the picture made
The young has much better cOmon clearer eye weighs
possibly 80 pounds thar he did the trial last October He will be
years old next August 25th.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-09
The Tri-WeekIy Journals Os'n Serial
The Only Thing That Counts
A Mysfery Romance OF Modern Bohemia
By the Famous Novelist
Carolyn Beecher
Copyright, 1920. }

I am absolutely useless .afterward."
You put too much of yourself in
them" he said, meaning effort.
Very well. I'll put you in the
next one"
God Forbid 1t would be the stu
r lest story you ever wrote, or could
write. There is nothing of interest
in my life"
what character you must be-"
She smiled at him. Now sit down
and talk to me, do"
"First, 1 must tell you my errand.
1 have friend in town, David
Arens. / want to entertain him a
bit. 1 thought if neither you nor
Adele had any engagement we might
make foursome and dine together.
He is only in town for a day or two
81 should be delighted. if Adele
hasn't any engagements
We'll call her and see."
"No--ask her to come down"
Helen said as Lansing moved toward
the telephone.
Adele came at once.
whats going on?". she asked as
81 have friend in town and
thought perhaps you and Helen
would help me entertain him tonight.
Helen has no engagement. How
about your
L III dDSOluI6ly Il neg l0ClGU IIIdlO-
en-. Glad for an invite!"
Then Mr.. Arens and I will cali
for you at seven"
"Mr-who?"
mo one you have met. A west
ern man, David Arens. A jolly fine
elbow. by the way"
Adele said nothing and Lansing
went right on talking, so her silence
was unnoticed.
Where shall we dine?" he asked
just left. 'Lafayette?"
THAT suits me-" Helen replied,
and Adele. recoyfred from her as
pressed approval.
AS soon as Lansing left Adele
made an excuse to return to her
room. She called David Arens on
the telephone at once. Fortunately
he was in. This time she gave her
I'VE are to be in the same din
ner party tonight. Please do not
let either Mr.. Lansing or the lady
know we have met before. Some
time 1 will tell you Why"
"All right 1 am pleased at any
thing that gives the privilege OF
meeting you again. 1 thought it was
you who phoned me last night and
I wanted to talk to you, to ask you
to dine with me, but you rung off
so quickly and try as l would,
couldn't find where the call came
from"
(To ne continued.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-09
CHAPTER Xv.

vr Ellen argued with herself:
- Now 1 must be sensible.
have a pleasant place to
live. l can sell my stories.
1 staked my cards all upon my sue
cess and am winning. I'm in the
and the present. 1 will stay on here.
The past is over and done with.
The future is mine own"
She then threw the window wide
open so that the fog drifted in. 1t
had the quality of cool water to her
face. She leaned far out until it
dampened her hair Then, with a
and went to bed. But in the velvet
Of the darkness she rose suddenly
Switching on the lights, she went to
her trunk and took out a package
of letters, yellowed and faint. She
read one or two, her lips curling
Then, as she had done with the pho
tograph. she tore them up, each one
separately, into tiny bits, and burned
the pieces.
truthful with me.' she moaned, as
she once more eXtinguished the light
and crept back to bed, this time to
fall Immediately to sleep.
She did not waken until a rine
of the telephone startled her into
dIIeHlAOu' IL was hoA Ii1lcl AASA
logg.
when can I have that story?" he
asked abruptly. He had been a bit
piqued that he had not seen her the
last time he called.
Il will send it to you today. It's
nearly finished" she responded
sleepily.
I'm afraid I disturbed you," he
said in a different voice.
''No-but 1 didn't sleep we'll and
so am lazy this morning"
You're not ill?' a note of con-
Germ in his voice.
"'No-not the slightest. Just lazy
Then: It'll get right at the story
and finish it," She hung up without
w ing for a reply.
It was about 8 o'clock when Helen
mailed her story. She felt unusu-
ally satisfied with her work; was
sure it would satisfy Mr.. Kellogg.
'"The best thing I have DONE" she
said to herself, yet without any of
the joyousness one would expect in
an amateur.
She relaxed, lying back in her
chair, a cigarette between her lips
when Kirk Lansing raped.
Come" she called, thinking it
was Adele or Mrs Cook.
81 am fortunate! / have been away
for days and I feared you might be
out. May I sit DOWN."
Certainly. Excuse my laZiness,
out I have just sent out a story
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-09
pearl of great price, which he has
purchased with all that he had.
The Drag Net


One more parable revealing the
hidden things of the Kingdom. He
gave the disciples that day in the
house-the parable of the drag-net
The net is cast into the sea and
gathers fish of every kind, good as
well as bad. And when the net is
full-and' not until then--it is
drawn to shore, and the separation
is made This Jesus Himself inter
prets for us, as the separation when
the angels shall make at the end Of
the age Cthe Greek word is aeon
not "kosmos"), the good being gath
cred into vessels, the bad cast into
as did the wheat and the tares, that
evil will continue until the end of
the age, so the Interpretation of the
leaven as the gospel pervadlng the
world until the world is converted
cannot possibly be- true. No, evil
will continue, but separation Will
Do the parallels of the wheat and
tares and the drag-net teach the
same truth? No, the first teaches
the gradual and constant growth OF
both evil and good. The drag-net
teaches rather the rapid strides that
are to be made in the latter days of
the age, when revivals will be more
numerous and more productive that
ever before and when evil will be
more active than ever before. Are
we not in this period now?
When Jesus had finished these
parallels, He asked if they under
stood them; and when they had re-
piled in the affirmative, He said ev-
cry scribe who is instructed in the
things of the Kingdom of the Heav-
ems brings things new and old out Of
his treasure, as a householder brings
new things and old ones out of his
storehouse. If you are instructed
now in the things Of the Kingdom OF
the Heavens, go to your Old Tesla
ment treasure house and bring from
there as we'll as from your New
Testament storehouse things that
will gladden. your heart and enrich
someone else's life.
All, but the wonder Of 1t! When
He had finished He came back to
His own country and taught in the
astonished. They couldn't under
stand how this young man who had
grown up among them, this carpen-
ter's son, whose mother and broth
ers and sisters were their familiar
friends, could speak as He was do
ing and so they stumbled over Him.
He did not many mighty works 5;
"They limited the Holy One of Is
rael' (Psa. 78:41). There is the
Wonderland the power of the AL
mighty God can be circumscribed.
The word Limited" in the psalm
means to draw a circle around. The
unbelief of the people of Nazareth
drew a circle around the Almighty
God, so that He could not work as
He would.
Oh, follower Of Jesus Christ. are
you limiting Him? Break the cir
Gle, and let Him work in you and
throuoh Won az He will