The Wilmington morning star. [volume], May 27, 1947, Page 7, Image 7

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j0pson’s “GldHanging Tree”
Still Standing Near Clinton
,an)0US Landmark Once
jjged To Hang The
Couny Criminal!
_y jEANNE MERRITT
iVTON. May 26—In Sampson
a few miles from Clinton,
>'jnZ' „ old large oak tree, one
,a" o'iginal foUr that was plant'
, ff the stage routes leading
* r1 nton. The lone surviving
!° ic known as the “Old Hang
ik » ,,
f. tree.
_u,rc is no authentic record or
, e for the name that has been
llirC this aged tree, but many of
older residents of this Samp
1 °oU,-.y community have many
to tell of the hangings
fcich have taken place from its
,,p]y limbs.
L )iat-b. which old. timers
L was used for the-gruesome
o- bringing justice to law
*akers has been sawed off. The
:Ehods used to administer jus
Jtjii singers in .the memory
j«t Welcome Relief
iom Stomach Gas,
lour Food Taste
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,„i -utrlc Juice must flow normally to
;«k.uo certain food particles; else the
'Tmay ferment. Sour food, acid indl
Fron and gas frequently cause a mor
5 touchy, fretful, peevish, nervous
Edition, iocs of appetite, underweight,
■stiffs sleep, weakness.
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', test8 on human stomachs, have by
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I -—
of some of the county’s oldest res
idents.
We were told that the prisoner
was placed standing up in a wag
on, usually drawn by a couple of
sturdy horses. A rope was looped
around his neck and -t the given
time the horses were struck
across their backs with a large
whip.
As the horses responded to the
crack of the whip and dashed off
down the road the prisoner was
left dangling with the rope around
his neck until he was pronounced
dead by one of the county
officials.
No definite date has been es
tablished as to when the practice
of using the tree was abandoned,
but the location, being such an
ideal place, was picked for the
erection of Sampson county’s first
gallows for the hanging of crimi
nals.
We have been told that in 1883,
Phillip Faison, a Negro, met his
fate on the gallows. Spectators
said the Negro, who had been
found guilty of shooting another
Negro through the crack in a log
cabin, rode to his death in a one
horse wagon. He was reported to
have been seated on his coffin
when the conveyance arrived at
the scene of the tree.
Legend has it that several hours
prior to the hanging of Faison, a
group of children were playing in
the vicinity of the gallows. They
had heard about the scheduled
hanging of the Negro and were
playing under the “Hanging tree.”
A near tradegy was averted
when a passerby noticed a young
ster hanging from the limti of the
huge oak. Luckily, the passerby
had a strong knife in his pocket
and the youngster was cut down.
The children later explained <ney
were just playing and looped the
rope around the child’s neck, not
dreaming that he might have been
really hanged.
But before 1883, many a Samp
son county criminal bad met his
fate from one of the strong
branches of the “Hanging Tree.”
SHOOTS SELF
CHARLOTTE, May 26 — (/P) —
W. L. Goodman, about 55, a re
tired Southern Railway engineer
who operated recreation park at
Mirror Lake near Salisbury, shot
himself to death in a hotel room
aere today with a shotgun he had
iust purcased, Police Chief Frank
Littlejohn reported.
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MONDAY *
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THE OLD OAK, pictured above, is the one remaining tree of four
planted in Sampson county, near Clinton, and is known as “The Old
Hanging Tree." Legends say that many a Sampson county crii^ial
met his fate on this famous landmark. However, Sampsonians ab&n
doned the use of the tree in 1883 for the gallows.
OBITUARIES
RUDOLPH CRANBO
Requiem mass was said for Ru
dolph Cranbo, who died Friday
afternoon at his home 506 Wooster
street after a long illness, Dy
Father Michael O’Keef yesterday
morning at 9:30 o’clock from St.
Mary’s Catholic church. Interment
followed in Bellevue cemetery.
He has been employed by the
Wilmington Iron Works for the
past thirty-five years.
He is survived by his wife Mrs.
Lena Cranbo, and three daughters,
Mrs. Mary Benson, Mrs. Catherine
Leonard, and Miss Fannie Cranbo
all of Wilmington.
Pallbearers were Honorary:
J. W. Hawkins, J. F. Cox, Dr. W.
C. Mebane, E. Z. King, J. H. Cur
tis and Julius A, Parker; Active:
E. H. Ganey, R. J. Edens, J. R.
F’lora, Fred Mintz, James J. Dar
by and W. H. Bremer.
MISS SUSAN
FRANCES SHANNON
Requiem mass was scheduled to
be sung for Susan Frances Shan
non, who died Friday afternoon
in Bullocks hospital after a short
illness, by Father Allen Roche
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock
from St. Mary’s Catholic church.
Interment will be held this morn
ing in Savannah Georgia.
For the past twenty-three years
Miss Shannon has been a secre
tary in the General Superintendent
of Transportation office of the At
lantic Coast Line.
She is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. Charles D. White, and Mrs.
Elizabeth S. Grubb both of Wil
mington and Mrs. S. E. Smith of
West^Palm Beach, Florida.
Pallbearers will be Honorary:
Dr. W. C. Mebane, Dr. K. C. Wal
den, F. Lacy King, C. G. Sibley,
L. T. Andrews. A. B. Love, W. L.
Dixon, Henry B. Marshburn, J. J.
Allen, and L. W. Green; Active:
John Rezze, Howard W. Pinner,
D. A. Lockfaw, W. F. Quinlivin,
John Furlong and Paul J. Bas
chon.
MRS. HENRIETTA BUTLER
Funeral services for Mrs. Henri
etta Butler, 84, who died Satur
day at 3 o’clock at her home after
a short Illness, were held yester
day afternoon at 3:30 p. m.. from
the Yopp Funeral Home. The Rev.
E. W. Halleck officiated and
burial was held in Bellevue ceme
tery.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Valeria Warren, and Miss
Ruby Butler, Wilmingtin: and two
sisters, Mrs. P. J. Zigler and Mrs.
C. B. Johnson, both of Georgia.
Active pallbearers were: R. D.
Meir, J. H. Pridgeon, E. C. Har
rell, W. T. Sikes, Frank Pridgeon,
and Nick Omsby.
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GREENSBORO, May 26 —(U.R)—
Funeral services were planned lor
tomorrow at Kannapolis lor Carl
Fisher, 25, ol Kannapolis, motor
cycle racer who died in a hospital
yesterday trom injuries received
in a racing crash here. Fisher was
a captain in the Army Air lorces
during the war and piloted B-25’s
in Europe.
THOMAS CLIFFORD MCNN
Funeral services lor Thomjas
Clillord Munn, 59, resident ol East
Wilmington, will be held from the
Chapel ol Ward Funeral home,
Tuesday alternoon at,5 o’clock, the
Rev. E. W. Halleck will officiate.
Interment win iollow in Oakdale
cemetery.
Mr. Munn died in Bullock hos
pital Monday morning alter a
short illness. He was a member
ol American Legion Post No. 10.
He was a veteran ol World War I.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Munn, Sr.,
city; two brothers, J. A. Munn, Jr.,
and C. L. Munn, both ol this city;
three sisters, Mrs. D. L. Gallagh
er, Greensboro; Mrs. W. H. Pryde,
and Mrs. H. P. Garvis, both ol
this city.
Active pallbearers will be: T.
D. Hall, H. G. Willis, B. W. Dun
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ROCKY POINT, May 26. —
Funeral services for Hogan Pierce.
88. who died in Baker Sanatorium
Sunday night after a long illness,
will be conducted from the Mt.
Holly Baptist church, Watha,
this afternoon at 4'o’clock.
He is survived by one daughter.
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Ga. Twenty - one grandchildren,
and 35 great-grand children, also
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In the symbolism of heraldry,
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ARREST OF ARMY OFFICER
LOS ANGELES. May 26 _ f.^j
— The arrest of William Kenrick
Evans, 36, former army Lt. Col.,
on charges of appropriating and
selling for about $100,000 a supply
of gold coins confiscated from
Japanese on Formosa was an
nounced today oy U. S. attorney
James M. Carter.
Switzerland issued the fir»t
coins made of nickel in 1881.
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