Dan: Thanks for the 1915 Oxford Ledger article. I did not know it existed! I can only help with question 1: Sheriff "Red Jim" Crews is James A. Crews, son of Meredith Crews and grandson of Caleb Crews. Not to be confused with the James A. Crews ("Tar River Jimmie") who is the son of James Crews and Sarah Jones Earl. Source: Richard H. Thornton Library, Oxford, NC; "Hays Collection"; Crews volume; page 227. Thanks again, Thomas Randolph (Randy) Crews