SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTS.
VOL. XXXVI, NO. 99.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1908.
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WHOLE NO. 2112
ESTABLISHED 1870. , r ; Country: Gotland Truth.
GRAND JURY SAYS
HEW COURT BOUSE
Jrdat Bsil& is Ubi crftj ! ; Best
V - Kcrti Carolina Ccaatj.
IAULTS KOT FIRE , PROOF.
II' Fire Were to Occur County
Records Would be Destroyed
Forty Four True Bills Returned
t County Convict Force Greatly
Increased.
SsperiorCjpurt adjourned - Ftu
day.after hav tig cleared the crim
inal docket of all tire cases that
40ld be conveniently disposed of
at this s term. The grand jury
made its1 report bafore the ad
journment of the terjn and , the
- reading of the rep rt was listened
to with much interest.
Forty.four true bills were re
turned and in taenty-nine cases
not true - bills were . found. Six
. presentments were also made by
the jury. 1 The grand jury reccm
mended in its report that new
clothing' and mattresses (or the
convicts ; should be purchased j
otherwise, the akmp was found to
: be in a 'good condition. Several
new cells were, reoom mended for
the jail; also a new coat of paint
forthebuililng.
, As to the oonditioa of the conn
, ty oflScea, they were found ' in as.
good oonditlon.as the building
will permit. The "so-called -fire:
- proof taults''- it was stated iwrould
be no protection at all if the build
lnfiwere to'oatoh re. . Should a
' conflagration occur the records ef
' a hundred years would be destroy-
edr meaning a great loss to every
individual taxpayer, as well as a
serious disaster to the county-at'
large.' r (
The jury recommended that as
the county wai free from debt,
bonds bearing a low rate of inter
est should be floated in order to
build a new court house. It was
also suggested that the old build
ing should be removed and the
new court house oooupy the site
of the present inadequate build
ing. The report was ordered e
corded and a . copy sen to the
board of county commissioners.
Sylvester Powell was fined fifty
dollars for retailing and placed
under, a bond in the sum of $200
to appear at every criminal term
'ofoourtfor two years to show
that be bad not violated the law
in the illegal sale of "ardeats.'
An appeal being taken, bond was
fixed at $100.
Alex Brown and Alex McMillan
were sentenced to 18 months on
the county roads for assault.
They were participants in the
Panther Greek fight Christmas.
Judgment- was suspended as to
the others. Gub McNeill, churged
with murder of Aluritch Brown,
by consent of Solicitor Lyon, was
" given the privilegelof giving bond
in the sum of $1,000, He will not
be tried for murder in the - first
degree. Frani Branoh was fined $60 and
assessed with the costa in the qase
charging hm with assault Vpn
.Frank Pate. v
,A number "of other cases -for
minor offences were disposed of
"during the week and several mo
-tions"were argued. The criminal
docket is now in good shape ; only
C two state prisoners remaining in
Jail, .There are two Federal pris
oners in the county jail. .
, - - As a reselt v of the court ,the
. . rpunt.v convict force has beenfma-
teriaitv increased, , Jen were sent
" to the roada for terms of consider
-, ab!e leneth.a few others are on for
shorter terms. ' The present force
is larger than it has been in some
time.; Last year there were as few
aa two in the gang, but' this . year
it will never be so low as that
number. lj
. v Wilmington lias a Fire. '
Firs of uuknown origin broke
oat eftr leven o'clock Friday
night, in Wilmington. ' It started
in athre.Titoiy briok boildins:,
cccopied on the ftnt fltor by Mr.
W. Ai Vfolier as a grocery stort,
oj the second as a, tnrs;e room
and on th tbtrd Grmania
Hall, total'y dofttroving th bnild-1
log with all its eoQ'entr. Also
thd Willard BK "4 Mnutctai-
ing Cmpiu new three ttory
factory, with' nAvoral wtrfhnuset
immedutfjy in me rntr. Tb l
will nei?rPijatH u t $100000,
the fire haviog inu oue ot the
wont in thu reciut history of tb
citv.
The Llttlefleld Bill.
The House Committee en Mer
chant, Marine and Jfrilnrie uid
a fhvorable mporton the Littlf-
field bill which does away with
compalsory pilotage iu-oos'-wise
sailtug veaseli. Tail billisaomr-
what similar to the Wilmiogtou
pilota bill which passed the last
State legislature. Representative
Patterson, who is a member of
the committee, voted to report the
bill unfavorably.
Buys Another Exchange.
r-The Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company has pur
chased the independent system at
ftookicgham and Maxtoq, says
the Charlotte Chronicle. Mr. J.
L. Bandy was the former'owner of
the exohange at Rockingham. The
Bell Company will "ut in a new
system and hopes to double the
number of subscribers.
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YOUNG LADY WONDERING
WHO THE MAN MEANT.
Merchant Said ho Would Send Parcel
By Her Hasband Lumber
Bridge lews. '
Lumber Bridge, Feb. 11. A
young lady of the town phoned to
a business house ip Fayetteville
receatly about the transmission of
some article of merchandise and
got the reply promptly it would
be seat ont in good time by her
husband. Now that young woman
la wondering if that is prophecy.
And if ao what i the color of his
eyes, hair and extent of nia accom
plishments and capacity to pro
vide creature comforts and ' make
happy. . t
Miss Janie Mslloy, who has
been visiting several weeks in the
South, mostly among kindred in
Florida, reached home Tuesday
and resumed at once ner plaoe in
the store of Mr. A. L. Snaw. She
wis missed greatly in her absence.
Everybody had cordial greetings
for her on her arrival.
Mr, A. L.-Snaw, who converts
bis dwelling into a hotel whenever
it happens there are no accomoda
tions elsewhere in town for the
traveller who wants a shelter, - a
dormitory or something to eat,
has had somewhat of a crowded
house of late, -,
It is reported that Mr. M. L.
Marley has purchased a good lot
of timber from Mr. A. K Shaw
neat town and : will put down a
new saw 'mill at ' an early day.
mere is no better saw mm man
among ns than he is. '
Mr, and Mrs. Tillinghast, of
Providence, R. I., are sojourning
here tor rest, diversion and shelter
from the severe weather of Rhode
Island and are delighted,
The volume of business here, it
1 is safd, is to be increased at least
BED SPRINGS : f.
mm A11D 110TES
Rohsssiia Ccrrespc:i::t, Rei.P. B.
' Lai Stills on Tom Sc:t4. -'
COURT HOUSE DISCUSSED,
Mr. W. H. McCalluan. ol Bow
land, Visits In the City - Greys
and Blues arc to Meet at Fort
Fisher This Summer and Pro-
ceed to Fight Battle Over Again
Red Su'iiit. Khi . 11. A nb
of a pwnci', a tl,ifr. mi m abort
n tH enviuiz. "ucciiiv nil I ctme
back," is what tbu talentfd and
versatile d tor of your Red Spring
depart mat. i ta wr . your rr
eot corrcupoudeot bt'ore he stitd
South. Tbi writer cau very eisilv
occcpv th pomtion, bat can no
more fill it tbau auv other ordi.
uary man. It reminds us of au
ecdote told ou Gaud Towmeud
wtrnn clerk uf superior court dnr
iLg the days of the lt political
upheaval. A oertain fellow of the
baser sort was appoiuted a justice
of the peace and coming in the
clerk's office asked to be qualified.
The clerk told him that be could
swear hiai in, but all nature
couldn't qualify- him only Abe
didn't exactly use the words, all
natnrd. :f-;'
Another bone of oooteotion be
tween the upper and lower ends of
the county was. unearthed, when
the judge initrasted tbe i grand
jury to recommend in their report,
the building of a new court house;
Wonder who instructed the judge.
Among the pleasant visitors to,
our town a few days, agp, was Mr.
W. H. MoCallum, of Rowland.
You'd have to go far and search !
earnestly to find a better and a
truer man tbau William McCal-
lum. Suob specimens are getting
scarcer every day.
If Judges would put whiskey
sellers on the roadv, inatead of
fining them a few dollars which
they ean always very eaaily raise,
the moonshine and blind tiger
business would soon atop. We
have aeen the thiDR tried.
The high type of American atd
British citizenship waa ahown in
their refusal to attend the bull
fights, gotten up for the edifica
tion of delegates at Aigericas,
Spain. ,
A oertain gentleman of our ac
quaintance, remarked tne other
evening when .we were looking fer
Rev. Peter McQueen that be
would like to attend the; lecture
if ho thought he oould understand
him. I suppose, he thought his
lecture would be in Oalic.
' We were pleased to meet the
new editor of The Robesonian for
the first time a few days ago. He
is a much younger man than we ex
pected to aee at the helm -of so
important a paper, but that don't
oount anything these days', o
The Greys and Bines are to meet
at Fort Fisher next summer and
after passing around tne pipe of
peace will proceed to fight the
battle over again. '
'It is &, II. Sikea who' lives in
Florals. Ala , bnt W. B. Siks
hatls from Red Spriogr.
onethird over las) year.
The achool ia flooriahing It
haa an enrollment of mors than
a hundred.- .... . .
Misses Treva and Allie, Malloy
are en joying, the warm sunshine
and balmy air of West Florida. "
Mr, A. W.- Currie'ia thinking
seriously, we think, about a trip
at no distant day to Florida t,.
- ' Mr. Vaodrne,' of New York, is
the guest of Mr. R. A. McEacbero.
WHO IS THE WIPE.
OF LATE W
Icci Interest kzzztl la Bjstery Ub-
til
Ireiit Fijetteillli.
BELIEVED TO BE STILL ALIVE
It Is Thought That He Is not Dead
but Felgnlng-Work on Railroad
Will Proceed New Paper Is
sued at Fayetteville Local
and Personal.
FhmviIK FeK 12. Th .'ate
E. B. Wt h filled no small
sacb iu t-ub!cpru)t lu the last
two wmk. Uimiittf rere Mine
ynrs ago, he e-tsh lalitd fine
plant in the ouukiru ol tee city,
and latnr he moved into the ooun-
try. H haa been umally spoken
t( as manager of tb Weed Distil).
iog Company, but having resigntd
ki Jstnck holder and director a boat
a year ago, he bad uo positio in
the company afterwards. Weed
lift here in D'cember, and in a
day or two afterwards a telegram
was received here announcing hit
death" and stating that he died in
a New York bopitai. Since to at
time his wife, whom he married
since coming hre, has resided at
"The Pines," a fashionable wipter
resort on Haymount. Oa Jan. 81.
lfe claiming to be No. 1 arrived
rom acksonvilt, Miobigan, where
ihf claims to resiJe-with her
father-m'-lawi and haying' with her
papers substantiate her claim.
Fairrng; tar? rsceive her ' Dace mber
remittance of $50 from Mr. Weed
she had written the Chief of Police
here and learned of his death.
After arriving here the made un
successful attempt to aee wife no,
2, who pleaded nervousness as an
excuse. It is said they have not
yet met. lJ . ..
The whole matter is a kind of
mystery. The body was said to
have been cremated. People here
have begun to believe, he is not
dead at all, but that it is trick
to "start life anew, Tbe; question
haa not yet been 'answered , Who
ia the wife of E.B. Weed? i ; :
The work will proceed at. oce
on the construction of the Raleigh
aV Southern Railroad company's
line through "Myrtle Hill," the
estate of Mrs. Eva Oothram, the
injanctioo prohibiting same hav.
tug been dissolved by Judge Jw."
tioijat Lumberton Tuesday.
W. C. Doulas, Etq., of Ral
eigh, addressed a union concregs-
tion at Haystreet Methodist church
Sunday night on M Liquor and
Law Enforcement.
The Southern Esgb, au insur.
anoe journal published by-tbe
Southern Life Insurance Company,
makes " its first appearance this
feek. This oompaoy has wr tten
n tnree montns one million one
i - a . . ' '
lundred thousand dollars of in-
uranoe. ., 1
The new steamer, C. W. Lyon
f the Tar Heel Steamboat Co., it
aid to be a splendid' boat. She
rill undergo government inspect
ion and begin a regular schedule
etween Wilmington and Fsyette-
ille this week. :':
President W. L. Poteat, of Wake
orest College was in the city s
iiort while Saturday on hia return
kom RbdVSpriDgs where he spoke
tnda.juight." : )y-' - -r '4
' Messrs. Jno. A. Oates and O. K.
limocks attended the meeting of
bd executive committee of the
Itate Anti-Saloon League in Ral
agh Thnraday. -' -
Mr, E.IJ. Hutnpbre has been
mite sick for a week, but is im
iroving;,'. ( -
LAND TRANSACTION.
Qalie a Great Deal ol Seal Estate
Change Hands.
The following land transactions
have been made . in the county
since February let?
J, T Williams to SaUia McCat-
Iom, $S75; Mrs. Mary E. Barasa
to D W. Millsaps, S40; Board , of
Education to N. A. Mener, , $2
R. L. Bullock and wife to Beau
fort Lumber Co., 1215 ; A. L.
Jcnea to J. G. M cCormick. $120
M. L. Martey to D V. Walker.
$150: Maxton Building & -Loan
Association to Jno. Leach, $228
East Carolina Loan & Improve
mentCo.,to D. F. Lowre, $2
Jno. M. McNairand wife to M.
Murphy, $800; Jno. N, Seasoms
and wife to Dr. J. D. McMillan,
$250; J. 3. Rosier to R. A. Ro-
tier, $150; R. H. Lewie to J. D.
McMillan, $125; Harry Mercer te
T. Purnell,$o; Troy Singtetary
to Calvin Moore, $100; A. W. Mc
Lean to Sam Dunnie and Harris
Dunnie. $500: Jao. M. Buia to
Margaret Buie, $118; M. D. A,
MoDuffie to Lula McDuffie, $200;
T. L. Grimsley, and wife to Sam
Dunnie and Harris Duanie, $1,100;
J. B. Allen to T. L. Grimsley,
$1,100; C L. Allen to Thomas
Allen, $150; Henry Bullok to L.
O. Carlyle, $2,125; Henry Bui
look to Bullock, a gift; N. D.
Kelley to W. W. Eelly,l$10; R. F.
MoDonald, to W, F. McDonald,
$270 ;Jno. MoPhaul to Albwiy
ngletary, $1,500; D. G. Robeson
and wife to Albway 8ingletary,
$60Cj?Jra Wilcox toMoDiarmid
Williams Lbr. Co.: W. H. Mo
Calium and wife to L. Z. Hedg
path, $30 ; BA G. Worth to Martin
McKinnon, $G00 ; Jno;, F: Mcln
(Continued on 4tb page.)
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF UOON
. LAST FRIDAY UOBHfHG
Few Stayed Awake to See Shadow
Darken Face of the Fair Lma at
Early Hour.
There. was a total eclipse of the
moon Thursday night, though few,
if aoy.Lumberton people remained
awake to aee it. The earth's shadow
firat struck the moon at 12:57 a.
m , Washington timr, and one
hour later the entire surface was
in eclipse. The moon was in dark
ness for one hour and tbirty-oins
minutes. The moon then began
to emerge and was out of tbe
slfadow at 4 :87 Friday morning,
vj ; Oil on Southern Tour ,
The RevV P. R. Law, our cor-
reapondent at Red Springs bss
gone South on bis annual winter
vacation. Oar readers in Southern
States will no doubt be glad to
see and meet bim aaain. Tbe
editor received a pretty souvenir
post card from him jes(erdsy
stating that he arrived in. Jack
sonville, Ffa., Friday.
Delegates to Convention.
Mr. I. E. Wishartj of this place,
who has been a student of Wake
Forest, during tbe past year,; has
been appointed the fifth student
delegate to the International 1 SI
dents. Volunteer Convention, which
meets in Nahville, Tenn. Febru
ary 28th. to May 4th;, "
: Engineers llefe to Survey.
A parly of engineere are in. the
oily working on the survey of the
proposed railroad, to ruu from
Fayetteville to Lumberton, being
a part of the Raleigh & Cbarleaton
railway.' '
There will be a Valentine party
and - fruit and oyster supper at
the grocery store of Mr. G.W,
Jones op Seuths Elm street, on
Wednesday night,' February 14th.
PISTOLS USED III
POfflCAL FIGHT
POLICEUAH AUOSG ECUEZD
Banc Dyer was Killed 1st a Fight
Watch Stance by an Attach ass
" MeKenna Soawc rorty Shots
Were Flrcd-Several
Made. -
Arrests
Savannah Ga., Feb 9. Partie-'
ans of the two rival local political
factions had a pistol fight this .
afternoon in front of the City Fx- .
change. "Babe" Dyer waa killed
and .Frank Hagle, a bystander, waa -
sbot through tbe eye, and in a criti
cal conditon t Pnt Kearner. a -
policeman off duty at the time, waa .
shot through the neck, and 0. H.
or "1380" Dver. waa shot twioa
through the legs.
'li catcher" Dyer and Thomas
Hewitt, a private detective, are on
der arrest Besides those under:
arrest. Besides those under arrest '
or wounded, those who participat
ed in the shooting were Harbor '
Hester, James McBryde, his ton, '
Tim McBride, who is a clerk in
hia father sofBee , Plumbing In-
spector Richard MoEanaa, and
James Cane, keeper of the polica '
atation. ?';"r '
It is not known definitely who -
fired the ehots by which the kU
lad and wounded were struck. Tka
shooting; was general and about ,
forty shots were fired.
The battle started when tho
three Dyers tttaoked McKennav '
one felling him With a billy. The
others came to the assistance of
MoEenna.
There had been a fight earlier in
the day in the court house, when
MeKenna beat Babe' Dyer with .
a billy. This had followed a fight ,
in the court house on Wednesday
last when two of the Dyer brothers
fought with tbe police patrel driv
er, Monroe Half a dozen pistols
were then drawn, but no blood
was shed. ,
MeKenna, at a late hour tonight'
was reported to be in a precarious
condition, v A report from the hoa
pital stated that Kearney is suffer
ing from paralysis aa a result of t
his wound. The condition of
Nagel also it reported worse than
waa at first surmised. .Tonlgb t -the
coroner's jury returned a ver
diet that iBabf) Dyer came to
hia death at the hatjds of parties
to the jury unknown. "Sap"
Dyer and "".Santcher" Dyer swore
ont warrants against James McV
Bride, Tim McBride' Sumes Lane
and Pat Kearney, 'all of whom
were arrested, charging them with .
murder. When the verdict of the
coroner'e jury was announced they
were released, '
JIM CROW BULL PASSES BOUSE.
R chmond, Va., Feb. 9.Tfce
Birrett bill providing for seoara-
tion according to racein street
can and other public conveyance
passed tbe House ( f Delegates to
day. It extends oveo the entire
State tbe operation of. .tbe Rich
mond law which - secures separa
tion of whites and blacks in street
cars and public, halls practically
lthont friction.
Tbe Robesonian haa received a
nnpy of tbe ''Oldest Inhabitant on
Union Pacific," a large and, lean
tiful picture issued bv the Union
Pacific RailroadvCompaoy' .The
picture represents a Isrge fcnffalo,
whieH is fast becomicg extinct in
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