State News
FOUNDED A. D. 1867.—VOL. CXI.—No. 126.
WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1923.
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
Hugh McCulloch Tells
What Is Necessary For
Sale Bank Management
JU+.___0
rrge? Distribution of Loans
Father Than Concentration
in Big Borrowers
WOUID BALANCE BOOKS
AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS
Officers Should Be Paid Enough
to Insure Their Honesty,
He Says
BY HUGH M’CUIjIjOCH.
comptroller of the Currency
1861-1865.)
Tbe business of a bank should be
Yfnllv and promptly inducted. The
f ■ ” at the close of each day should
hYhit the amount of cash on hand.
exl exact condition of the bank.
banks, weekly, or oftener; and
1 'often as every quarter a careful
pvamination of its affairs should be
mqrie "bv committees of the directors
r„r tMs purpose, and a report of the
„ul. of these examinations entered
'.'nil tbe minutes.
UP~he officers of the bank, other than
me' president, should be appointed to
;„lr, t hair office during the pleas
of the board, and bonds
ehnuld he executed accordingly. This
"d?l obviate the necessity of requiring
annual bonds from these officers, and
“oil prevent the occurrence of a time
When'thev will not be under bond.
Presidents being annually elected or
appointed will, of course, be required to
tqe annual bonds, and whenever an
officip, is reappointed a bond should be
required of him.
Security Must Be Ample.
Ko loa"=; should be made tnat are nui
secured beyond a reasonable contin
ue,. Nothing should be done to fos
tat* and encourage speculation. Facili
ties should be given 6nly to legitimate
and prudent transactions Discounts
should be made on as short time as the
business of the customer will permit,
and payment of all paper at maturity
.should be insisted, upon, no matter
better the bank needs the money or
not A note or a bill should never be
renewed merely because the bank may
not be renewed merely because the
bank mav not know where to place the
m0,,ev with equal advantage If the pa
per is paid In no other way can the
ban].; properly control the discount
line' or make it at all times reliable.
Distribute the loans rather than con
centrate them in a few hands. Largo
loans to a single individual or firm, al
though sometimes proper and neces
sary. are generally Injudicious and fre
quently unsafe. Large borrowers are
apt to control the bank, and when this
is the relation between a bank and its
customers, it is not difficult to decide
w-hich In the end will suffer. Every
dollar that a bank loans above Its capi
ta! and surplus it owes for, and Its
managers are therefore under the
strongest obligations to its creditors,
as well as to its stockholders, to keep
its discounts constantly under its con
trol.
Liberality Is ‘Needed.
A hank should treat its customers
liberally, hearing in mind that it pros
pers as its customers prosper, but the
customers should never be permitted
to dictate its policy.
If the propriety of discounting' an of
fering is doubted, give the bank the
benefit of the doubt and decline it. If
the bank has any reason to distrust the
Integrity of a customer, close his ac
count. ''ever deal -with a rascal under
the impression that you can prevent
him from cheatnlg you. The risk in
such eases is greater than the profits;
In business, know no man's politics.
Manage the bank as a business insti
tution. and let no political partiality or
prejudice influence your judgment or
action in the conduct of its affairs.
I Salaries Must Me Adequate.
* P?y th° officers such salaries as will
enable them to live comfortably and
respectably without stealing, and re
quire of them entire services.- If an
officer lives beyond his means, dismiss
him: even if his excess expenditures
can be explained consistently with his
integrity, still dismiss him. A man
cannot be a safe officer of a bank who
spends more than he earns.
The capital of a bank should be a
. reality.- 2 ot a fiction, and it should be
owned hv those who have money to
lend, and not by borrowers.
'Every banker under the national
system ? ;ou!d feel that the reputation
of th» system, in a measure, depends
upon the manner in which his particu
lar institution is conducted, and that,
as far as his influence and his manage
ment extend, he is responsible for its
success. It should be the chief aim,
t-erefore. of the managers of the
banks, to make their respective instt
u 1.0ns strong, not only to keep their
capital from being Impaired, but grad
11 • tn oneate a surplus that will be
protection to their capital and to
~^r creditors in the trying times that
.wr.eV or iater happen to all bank
■ th'tlnst'""!°ns. There are few Items
hai havp a better look upon the
,an',p \Wt. and none that is better
tho°,J’afPr! to give aid and comfort to
f nauicagers of a bank, and to secure
tt 1 confidence of the people,
then * arge surplus fund. Create,
time KurPlu5' 'f even for a short
on ei h.P 'tr>ckholders have to be kept
henri 0,t commons in the way of divi
' p - do it.
]esit'pnV a straightforward, upright,
t'-mmeo'i banklnS business. Never be
t'inne'T1 ,iy tlle ProsPect of large re
am n"r.. 1 anythinS but what may be
ren‘.,.' V rV'np under the National Cur
Batik
’■ ' c* block printed
SILK HOSE ARE NBH
A new
Pint i yn
’vha‘
no'r' is the printing of colon
b broadly classed as batil
gro.mrt -r' siIk hosiery. Since thi
afforHc'r, •' a fine' background it
!;• v.-orl. . ,or the exploitation of careful
ni jn V,", aut eo*or harmonies express
1 '‘‘signs t>f medium size, rathe:
w!de!v
To
'y spaced
rose bcacr'jmBany
colored shies com
heelc ',r'ckings displaying colore
icarihC areen’ or blue. Egyptia:
>thnr rced birds and sphinx ador
’-lie ha
:s. but new this week
!ow n/ b!°cked stocking in strip*
,11 ' fiesigns or foulard patterns
all
5umir.fr
‘htp^e colorings and
Printer" ' for and others
lccop0,T1;s'.!0velty effect.—Dry Goo
of pur
in bloc
BIG GATHERING IS
EXPECTED HERE AT
B.Y.P.U. MEETING
Will be Held in Calvary Baptist
Church on August 11th
and 12th
Preparations are now underway, on
a large scale, for the third annual con
ventlpn of the Wilmington Associa
tional B. V. P. U., which will convene
at Calvary Baptist church, this city,
Saturday and Sunday, August 11
and 12th.
At a meeting of the executive corn
committees were appointed to have
charge of the convention: General
chairman of committee on arrange
ments, Herbert S. Strickland, Wrights
boro; committee on hospitality, Miss
Ethel Allen: chairman, Lena Middle
ton, Winter Park, C. J. Josenhans,
Wrightsboro, C. T. DeVaun, W. D,
Mills and W. A. Fonvielle; committe*
on transportation, Victor T. Sullivan
Publicity committee: W. 8. Muse
Rev. P. D. Buck, Misses Beryl Souter
Arline Stanland and laelle Jolly.
Finance committee: C. S. Lewis, Win
ter Park
The committee in charge of program
counts itself fortunate in being able
to secure such a notable array of
talent for this year’s meeting. Several
of the most prominent figures identi
fied with the young people's work of
the Southern Baptist Convention have
signified their intention to take part,
and taking it all in all, the program
for the third annual meeting "of his
organizalon will undoubtedly be the
best that has ever been given by an
associational B. Y. P. U. In the state
of North Carolina.
The outstanding speaker on the
program will be Dr. I. J. Van Ness, of
Nashville, Tenn., who is correspond
ing secretary of the Sunday school
board, of the Southern BaptlBt conven-;
tlon, and under whose general super
vision all of the B. Y. P. U. work of
the south Is carried on. Dr. Van Ness
is a forceful orator and will no doubt
be heard by crowded houses when he
appears on the program. He will de
liver two addresses, “The Next Task
Ahead of Us” and "Guarding Our Heri
tage.” . Perry Morgan, of Raleigh,
general secretary of the state B. Y. P.
U. department, will deliver an address
on “The New B. Y. P. U. Vision.” "The
Bible Readers’ Course.” will do dis
cussed by Mrs. Rose Goodwin Pool, of
Greenville, S. C., formerly director of I
young people's work of the First Bap
tist church, this city. Rev. A. L. !
Brown, president of the Eastern As- i
soclatlonal B. Y. P. U„ Rose Hill. N.
C., will speak on "Putting Pep into the
Weekly Meetings.” "Come Ye After
Me,” will be the theme of a talk by
Miss Martha Sizemore, assistant pas
tor, First Baptist church, Goldsboro,
N. C. Mayor James H. Cowan, of Wil
mington, will deliver the address of
welcome. • j
Other speakers' of note who will ap
pear on the convention program are: I
Rev. J. C. Powell, missionary of the
Southern Baptist convention, located at
Oyo, Nigeria, Africa; Bryce Little, of
Wilson, state B. Y. P. U. president:
Miss Effie Rose, field worker of the
state Sunday school department;
Leonard F. Gore, Wilmington, former
state president; and Rev. Phillip D.
Buck, of Winter Park.
Th6 Wilmington Associational B. Y.
P. U. embraces all of the territory of
the Wilmington Baptist association,
and has a total of 66 unions. It is ex
pected that in the neighborhood of 600
delegatee from all of tnese organiza
tions will be present at the sessions
of the convention.
The officers of the convention are
as follows: president W. B. Muse,
Wilmington; vice-presidents, Mrs. Guy
Lockamy, Jacksonville; Miss Berta
Hocutt, Ashton^ L. E. Williams, Wil
mington; Mrs. W. M. Nunnalee, Atchi
son; recording secretary, Miss Lila
Mae Chinnts, Phoenix; treasurer, C. S.
Lewis, Winter Park; intermediate
leader, Mrs. R. H. Kimball, Wallace;
junior leader, Mrs. R. S. Liles, Wil
mington; chorister, C. Y. DeVaun,
Winter Park. j
WHEN OPTIMISM AND MARRIAGE JOIN HANDS

Jack Martin, president of the International Optimist club, and his-bride of San Francisco, are shown here
In an old-fashioned rig, at the recent convention of the club in Chattanooga,, Tenn. They were married in San
Francisco. Note their optimistic smiles.
COUNTY COLLECTIONS
FOR JUNE NOW TOTAL
MORE THAN $53,000
County Auditor John A. Orrell
Submits His Monthly
Report.
Collections for the month of June, as
reported by the auditor, John A. Orrell,
totaled $53,795.79 for the county. Dis
bursements were slightly larger, $57,
675.69 being paid out. The difference
was made up from the balance on hand.
The Itemized list of collections fol
lows:
Poll and Property tax.$ 7,010.38
Back tax . 2,125.19
County farm ... 1.20
Hire of prisoners . 15.00
Jury tax. 97.CO
Stenographer’s fee. 5.00
Special officer fee. 8.60
Interest .. 276.46
Jan fees. 154.20
Marriage license .. 33.00
Notes discounted. 25,000.00
Recorder’s court. 69S.40
Salary funds..— 3,195.25
Schedule "B” tax;es . 2,433.54
School fund ... 11,464.35
Ferry Cons. .. 1,200,00
Expense, L. Shriver. 10.86
Sale typewriter.32.50
On account. 132.92
Refund on payroll . 2.00
Warrants were drawn against the
county for the following
ments:
Back tax costs .....
Community hospital .
Coroner .
Commissioners.
County farm.
County home .
Courthouse ...
Farm demonstrator.
Health department..
James Walker Memorial ....
Jail ..
Miscellaneous.
Motorcycle .
Notes paid ...
Outdoor poor .
Recorder’s court.
Red Cross .
Road fund.
Salaries .
Salary fund ...
School fund .
School pension ..
Stationery and advertising ..
disburse
$ 60.00
75.00 ;
108.04
330.00
416.10
554.80
339.82
125.00
809.13
1,083.33 |
470.61 i
435.33
27.91
10.000.00
425.90 j
670.62
150.00
5,045.81
835.00
3.062.10 I
30,421.67
225.66
70.95
Superior court . 1,441.87
Tax listing . 383.75
United Charities. 26.00
Bond premium . 16.25
Bond expense ..... ;. 13.83
Coupon expense .*.. 51.21
The amount on hand on June 1 was
$291,564.57, and on July 1st was $287,
684.73. The difference was due to the
larger amount of disbursements as
compared to receipts.
Bishop Darst Will
Conduct Services at Beach
Bishop Thos. C. Darst will conduct
services at the little chapel on the
boardwalk at Station 2, Wrightsville
Beach, tonight at 8:30. All residents of
Wrightsville Beach are cordially in
vited to attend, and particularly, the
guests at the various hotels and board
ing houses.
MORE HONORS FOR McADOO.
„ _ „ tfleinsmld president of the University of Sonthern
Dr. V^n^ KlMnsmW, Pnnorar„ defrree of doctor of Jaws upon
William C. McAdoo.
ur. nniuo .»• the honorary degree of doctor or jaws upon
wmiam^C. (McAdoo Wo^row Wilson', son-in-law. at the college gradua
tion exercises in Iios Angeles.
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DISTRICT AGENTS
TO MEET IN MONROE
Piedmont and Central Demon
stration Workers to Gath
er in Union City.
Piedmont and Central district agents
will hold a conference July. 10, 11 and
12 at Monroe.
The following program has been ar
ranged for the three day session:
Tuesday, July 10
Prayer by Dr. W. R. Burrell, pastor
of the First Baptist church, Monroe,
N. C.
Address of welcome by John C. Sikes,
Monroe, N. C.
Response to address of welcome by
Mr. W. H. Barton, county agent, Rock
ingham, N. C.
Roll call.
The meeting will be turned over to
the county agents for discussing their
problems.
12:30 p. m., adjourn for dinner.
2:00 p. m„ roll call.
The afternoon session will be a con
tinuation of the morning session.
5:00 p. m., adjourn.
Wednesday, July 11, 0 a. in.
Roll call.
Address on some phase of the boll
■weevil problem,, by Mr. J. A. Evans,
agriculturist, U. S. department of agri
culture, Washington, D. C.
"What Union County Is Doing to
Beat the Boll Weevil,” by T. J. Y.
Broom, county agent. Union county,
Monroe, N. C.
"The Boll Weevil Problem, and How
the Extension Service Should Meet It,”
by Mrs. Franklin .Sherman, state ento
mologist. Raleigh. j
12:30 p. m. Adjourn for dinner. I
2:00 p. m. Meet at courthouse for au- j
tomobile tour to be arranged by County
Agent T. J. W. Broom.
Thursday, July 12, 9 a. m.
Address by Dr. B. W. Kilgore, direc
tor of extension and dean of agricul
ture, A. & E. Gollege. Raleigh.
Address by Mrs. Edith S. Vanderbilt,
president of the North Carolina State
Fair, Biltmore, N. C.
Address by Mr. E. V. Walborn, man
ager. North Carolina State Fair. Ra
leigh.
Address by Mr. I. W. Hill, Washing
ton, D. C.
“Club Wqrk in North Carolina,!’ by
Mr. S. J. Kirby, state club leader, Ra
leigh.
“How Local Newspapers .May In
crease the Effectiveness of Intension
Work.” by Mr. F. H. Jeter, agricul
tural editor, Raleigh.
“Progress of the Tobacco Growers’
Co-operative Marketing Association,”
by President F. A. Norwood, Goldsboro.
"Progress of the Cotton Growers Co
operative Marketing Association,” by
Mr. U. B. Blalock, general manager,
Raleigh.
12:30 p. m. Adjourn for dinner.
2:00 p. m. Roll call.
"Improving the Farm Flock,” by Mr.
A. G. Oliver, poultry specialist, Raleigh.
"Some Important Factors in the De
velopment of the Dairy Industry,” by
Mr. A. C. Kimrey, dairy specialist. Ra
leigh.
"Development of the Swine Industry,”
by Mr. W. W. Shay, office of swine ex
tension, Raleigh.
"Fundamentals of Successful Live
stock Production,” by Mr. R. S. Curtis,
animal industry division. Raleigh, N. C.
"Developing a Plan of Work for the
County,” by Mr. Jamec M. Gray, as
sistant director, Raleigh.
"Importance of Annual Reports,” by
Mr. C. R. Hudson, state agent, Raleigh.
"Expense Accounts, Shop Talk, Etc.,”
by Mr. James M. Gray.
Adjourn at 5 o’clock p. m.
Wallace Baptists
Conducting Revival
(Special to The Star)
WALLACE, *July 7.—Revival services
are being held at the Baptist church
at Wallace. Assisting the pastor, R*v.
J. H. Powers,'are the Rev. J. E. Mc
Manaway, of Greenville, S. C., and
Jesse T. Williams of Atlanta. They
are connected with the Baptist Home
Missionary hoard.
Prayer services are being held by
the men’In the church every afternoon
and by the ladies, at different places.
All the Christians of the town haw
been fused into4 one great working
.army for the cause of Christ and ad
vancement of Christianity. 1
County Nurses Spend
Busy Month In June
The seafen county nurses-made 1,444
^visits during June to 767 patients.
There are now only six nurses on duty,
the colored county nurse having been
dismissed until fall.
Although the school work was prac
tically .over before June, 21 children
were* operated on for infected tonsils
and adenoids; one child was fitted with
glasses and another sent to the dentist.
There were 26 babies at the baby
clinic. Forty-nine babies were fed 2,
242 feedings at th milk station estab
lished at the James Walker Memorial j
hospital
SUPPORT OF BANKS
AND MERCHANTS IS
NECESSARY TO CITY
Chamber of Commerce Drive
Stresses Necessity of Cooper
ation In Community.
The membership committee working j
for a greater chamber of commerce
has communicated with several oltles
In North Carolina -which are going for- i
ward by leaps and bounds In their com
mercial and industrial growth, and In
every instance it is demonstrated that
there is a close relation between the
support given by the banks and large
mercantile establishments to the cham- ,
ber of commerce and the evident pros
perity of the community under consld- I
eratlon.
The banks in these communities are
averaging from seven to 16 member- ,
ships each, depending on the amount of
their assets. The jobbers In these
towns are carrying from three to eight j
memberships each. j
The committee also reports that the
matter of Increased memberships on {
the part of our local banks Is n®av be
ing considered by these Institutions,
and it is confidently expected that our
local banks are going to back up the
efforts of the progressive citizens of
Wilmington to again place Wilming
ton where It belongs as an industrial
and commercial community.
It Is Impossible to announce the exact
amount of subscriptions the various
banks will take as the Saturday busi
ness at these Institutions made It Im
possible to give conclusive considera
tion to the matter. The bank member
ship committee of the ohamber of com
merce expects to be able to get defi
nte Information on Monday with re
gard to the actual . amount of each
bank's subscription.
Mrs. Boylan Names
Automobile Concern
M. C. Mclver, who requested that a
name be suggested for his new auto
mobile concern, has selected the name
suggested by Mrs. D. D. Boylan. of Ilf
North Sixth street.
Mr. Mclver .received the following
letter from Mrs. Boylan. giving her
reasons for the name:
“After riding in one of your Ander
son aluminum six. cars, I decided it
was so easy to handle and such a com
fortable riding car, so pretty In de
sign, the idea struck me that it was
more than an ordinary car. With its
fool-proof carbuetor and aluminum
body, even a child can handle it with
ease. So I decided that if such a thing
Is possible, this car was human.
"Alumni means educated; thenamelg
also near enough to aluminum not to
mislead the public. I therefore submit
this name for your new garage: “Mc
lver Alumni Auto company.”
SUITS DISMISSED
The case of the American Sugar Re
fining company against the Barnes
Harrell company has been dismissed on
the part of the parties.
The American Sugar Refining com
pany was suing the Barnes-Harfrell,
with William N. Harrell, William D
Adams and John T. Barnes as co-part
ners doing business under that firm
name, ftir $4,269.77. The Judgment
does not state the amount paid.
sn
Robeson's Most Noted
Criminal Court Session
Will Convene This Week
MILLION CHILDREN
ENJOY PLAYGROUNDS
IN CROWDED CITIES
Wilmington Parks and Beaches
Utilized; Street Springing |
Parties Arranged J
More than 1,000,000 children, youths
and adults, enjoy the public play
grounds of the country dally, states the 1
Playground and Recreation Association
of America, which receives information
from hundreds of cities. In 1922, the
average dally summer attendance at
play centers in 429 cities was over 1,
114,000. This year the number will
reach 1,260,000, it is estimated. The
playgrounds are conducted by munici
pal commissions, park departments,
public schools or by other agencies.
Here in Wilmington Community Ser
vice is the central agency thru which
the playgrounds are functioning. The
board of education are doing a ma
terial part and during the winter
months are closely linked with the play
hours of the children of the city.
There has been, an interesting get-to
gether on the summer work in this
city with the result that more children
have been reached. There is at present
but one playground open at one time or
on the same day. This Is due to lack
of leaders. The attendance each day
is variable, but runs frofti days that
are rainy about 20 to 100 on the best
days. Practically all who attend the
playgrounds are kept busy in spme of
the activities, there is little “hanging
around.” Community Service believes
in active participation and endetvors
to grow away from “fans” only. How
ever, families and children are urged
to attend all the games and rout for
their team.
Many cities have thrown open swim
ming pools to their people. Last year
180 cities reported 465 pools. One hun
dred and one communities reported 398
public baths and 127 announced that
they had 223 bathing beaches. Streets
were closed for children’s play in fifty
three cities. 86 of them having these
streets under supervision of play lead
ers. In Wilmington the school play
grounds without the apparatus to use
is used every afternoon and evening,
altho the lack of equipment and the
lack of play leaders makes this un
satisfactory for the real sport lovers.
The two city parks with their tennis
and baseball facilities are always busy.
The park opposite the high school is
a delightful meeting place for many
mothers and the children. Wilmington
also boasts of three beaches which are
accessible to its people. The play
grounds this year are taking advantage
of the nearness and during the first
month 75 children, parents, leaders, and
a man swimming expert were trans
ported to Wilmington beach for one
afternoon. This was merely another
play afternoon, with no pretentions to
ward a regular picnic affair. The wa
ter not being next to the Playgrounds
the children were taken to the water.
Next Monday afternoon in the Har
nett school vicinity, the fire depart
ment will be on hand to bring the wa
ter to the children in a different way.
Street showers to sprinkle the young
sters. The mothers are urged to be
present and eee that the affair is a
success in all' ways. Friday of next
week the Hooper school will start
their shower program. One citizen re
marked that the showers would take
the kiddies "by storm.”
Williams Starts Suit
Against P. S. Cooper
p. S. Cooper, who is being sued by
C. L. Williams, receiver for the Com
mercial National bank, was not to be
located at Dunn, according to the
United States marshal.
Cooper is being sued for $200 for
having two shares in the American
Bank and Trust company. The marshal
stated that he was in a sanitarium at
Asheville.
A. G. Warren has answered C. D.
Williams, receiver for the Commercial
National bank, and denied owning two
shares of stock in the American Bank
and Trust company. He asked that the
action be dismissed, the complainant to
pay the costs.
THE NEW GENERATION.
Twenty-five years ago the fatSlr of Frederick Funston, Jr (left)^ chased
the father of Emilio Aguinaaldo, Jr., through the jungles of the Philippines
Today the .sons, both cadets at West Point, swear, eternal friendship to each;
Other, with Cadet Sergeant White offlciatlng.% , ' >
Famous Flogging Case and Sev*
en Murder Trials Are Dock
eted For Term. ,1 |
JUDGE N. A. SINCLAIR
PRESIDING MAGISTRATE
By R. SI. MORMEiVT
LUMBFIRTON, July 7.—Robeson su-*\
perlor court for the trial of criminal!
cases will convene here Monday for nl
two-weeks' term, with Judge N. A_ 31a»i
olalr presiding. This term of coart la)
expected to be one of the most Im
port ant ever held here. Included In
the 132 oases on the docket are seven*
charging murder. Officials plan to
summon two special ventlree Monday
from which juries will be selected for
two of the first murder cases to ha
tried.
■
•:,i!
Braxton Purdie, negyo, will be tried
for the murder of Metco Home, a white :>f
man, in February. His oase has been
set for Wednesday.
No murder oase in recent years has '!
aroused the interest of th eaverage $
citizen as has the so-called Shepherd *
case. Luke Britt is charged with the i
murder of B. R, Shephei d ,who mys
teriously disappeared from Lumberto.a •.=
during April, 1922, and whose remains
were found near Parkton In a bone- ,
yard nearly one year later. F. M.
Huggins and I>oCk Rosier were “held
by a coroner's jury as accessories and ; 'i.
have been under bond. This case has
been set for Thursday.
Sensation Created
The disappearance of Shepherd, a
lightning rod salesman known to have
had a considerable sum of money on
his person, created a profound sensa
tion here. Lumber river was dragged
for his body at a number of places,
and it was by accident that It was •;
found long afterwards In the wods. v
Shepherd’s wife and brothers identified
the remains without Hesitation. V
Although no definite day on which
the Proctorvllle Ku Klux whipping
case will be heard ean be named yet.
Solicitor McNeill and attorneys asso
ciated with him In the prosecution,
declare it will surely be tried at tlfts >
term of court, in all probability during ;
the second week. Mike Lawson, chief
of police of Fairmont; John Hedge- ;t
peth and Jule Brogden, of Proctorvllle, s
are charged with leading a hooded
band which whipped Mrs. Hattie Pur
vis and Mrs. Mary Watson on the night ,
of April 14. The defendants have been
out on a join bond of JIB,000 since they .i
were held for higher court following,
a preliminary hearing before Recorder
W. B. Ivey ehortly after the orlme lsi
alleged to have been committed.
This crime stirred Robeson county
throughout Its borders. The Ku Klux
Klan issue is expected to be more
completely Joined in the forthcoming
trial. H. L. Taliafara, an admitted
agent of the Invisible empire, must an- V|
swer In cdurt Monday a charge of In
timidating state witnesses. . He was .
arrested here Tuesday afternoon on a
bench warrant signed by Judge Sin
clair. Ball in the sum of $5,000 for
hla appearance Monday was furnished
by the klan.
More Whiskey
A few more of the cases resulting
from the whiskey raid of a week ago .
were heard in recorder’s court yester
day, although It became necessary to
continue several until July 23 because
some of the defendants demanded trials
by jury, which privilege Is allowed
them. V:
Anple Woods and Beatrice Oxendina
submitted In a number of Cas.es involv
ing violations of the prohibition laws
and were let off with fines of $25 each
in one caBe and costs in another, thrti
total amounting to $44.40 each.
Will Warlax, who failed to show up . j
when called the first day, came In yes-j ;
terday. He was convicted and sen- .
tenced to eight months on the roads.
Oscar Chavis submitted to a charge of
selling whiskey. Judgment was re
served.
H. B. Isabel, an electrician and
painter who worked here a short while,
Is being sought by local officers for
the theft of a Ford roadster. * Isabel
rented a car from J. B. Bruton for a
few hours on the night of July 2 arid
neither he nor the car has been seen
since.
POLITICS AND CROPS
THETALK IN ROBESON
McLean and Bailey Have Many
Friends in Tobacco
Town. " '■
(Special to the Star.) '^
FAIRMONT, July 7.—Fairmont and
her people read with no little Interest .
the announcement made in yesterday’s
Star, that Senator Simmons is support
ing Angus Wilton McLean, of Lumber
ton, for governor. His many friends
here are hoping that Robeson will have ’
the distinction of furnishing the next ,
governor for the state, and they are
aware of the fact that no better tim
ber could be secured than that of Me?
Lean.
The crop situation in this county :,;S
seems to be on the boom. General rains
have fallen all over the county the past .
week, and the good weather is 'making
crops take on new life. The farmers
say that the best drops ever grown
will be produced around Fairmont this
year if nothing happens. Cotton is
making rapid strides and so is the bon ■ t
weevil and the poison. The question
yet remains as to the crop of cotton J
that is to be produced under the exist-' ■,
ing conditions when the final count is ■
made. .V. V.v
A majority of the farmers are begin- ,
nlng to harvest, the tobacco crop and it
is somewhat better than usual/ this'
year. The farmers are paying mor^ V
attention to the crop than heretofore; '
According to the old tobacco growers
who have made a life study of the weed V‘,
it takes plenty of good care to produce • .
a quality of tobacco that will sell well.
under any condition of the market. The
farmers are beginning to see that this v
is the only method to pursue to war
rant a. good price for the crop. ^