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BRUTAL WORK OF NEGROES.
Fab- Members ol Family Mur
dered Ur. Isaac Lyerly and
Three Members ol His Family
Killed With Axes While They
Slept at Their Home In Rowan
County Those Whom the Coro
ner's Jury Accuse in Mecklen
born Jail The Details ol the
Crime. , , .
The following account or one
of the blackest crimes on record
is condensed from the Charlotte
Observer:
Friday night between nine and
ten o'clock, at their home, two
miles east of Barber's Junction
Rowan county, Mr. Isaac Lyerly
aged 68 years, his wife and two
children, Johnnie, a nine-year -ola
boy. and Alice, a five-year-old
girl, were assassinated. An axe
or axes were used to commit the
deed and all were killed outright
except Alice, who died at 3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon.
The Lyerlys, who were hard
working and honest people, re
tired Friday evening, the father
and the son occupying a bjd in
the corner of a room on the first
floor and the mother and Alice
in the oDDosite corner of the
same room. Three other daugh
ters. Mary. Addie and Janie
slept ud stairs. About 10 o'clock
Addie, aged 16 years, was at
tracted down stairs by the smell
of smoke- When she entered the
sleeping room of her parents she
found the beds burning. Un ex
amination sne found her father
Johnnie and the mother dead
Alice lay moaning at the side of
her dead father. ' The little girl
was carried into the front yard
and laid on the grass. Her skull
was crushed just above the left
eye.' rne oiaer sisters resurneu
to nut out the tire and drag out
the remains of the dead bodies.
There was no one to help them
about extinguishing the tire
They went to their nearest neigh
bor, Mr- B. t. Cook, carrying
with them little Alice. Mr- Cook
began to notify the neighbors
and in a short time people began
to assemble at the Lyerly home
In an effort to get some clue of
the murderers some threats were
recalled. Nease Gillespie, anegro
about 40 years o'd, had fallen out
with Mr. Lverlv and had made
theats against him. And as late
as Monday Gillespie had made
some threats. Gillespie's wife
said that her husband' knew
something of the murder and
near the home of Gillespie was a
freshly burned spot where
straw bed and other things had
been burned,also a piece of cloth
ing and some scortched blood,
Jack Dillingham, another negro,
had also had some trouble with
Mr. Lyerly and Dillingham's wife
had sauced Mrs. Lyerly. The
verdict of the coroner's jury was
to the effect that the Lyerlys
were murdered with axes in the
hands of Nease Gillespie, his son,
John Gillespie, Jack Dillingham
and wife and George Irvin and
Henry Lee. Revenge is thought
to have been the motive of the
murder.
Henry Gillespie, a young son
of Nease Gillespie, said that his
father and John Gillespie com
mitted the crime and that the
other negroes were implicated
All the male members of the
prisoners were taken to the
Mecklenburg jail at Charlotte for
safe keeping. They spent Friday
night in the Rowan jail at Salis
bury, where a mob gathered that
night and made an effort to get
into the jail, but did not get tne
prisoners.
The next morning scenes at
the house are thus described by
Mr. J. C. McNeill in theCharlotte
Observer : A score or so of neigh
bor women had come in to be with
Mary Jane and Addie Lyerly, the
only two survivors of the family,
and to dress their murdered
mother for burial. On the steps
and part of the yard were scat
tered feathers and burnt pieces
of cloth, and in the hall singed
feathers and straw were heaped
in a corner and thrown about
the floor. There was a smell of
of scorched feathers and flesh.
The room at the right contain
ed two beds, in one of which Mr.
Isaac Lyerly slept with little
John, 9 years old, and in the oth
er Mrs. Lyerly and little Alice, 5
years old. On the middle of the
floor was a great pool of blood,
not yet congealed- Pillows,
thrown into a corner, were soak
ed with blood, as were the partly
burned quilts and sheets that had
been on the beds. At ' the head
of Mr. Lyerly 's bed the floor and
a heap of charred mattress straw
were wet with kerosene oil. The
side-rail and head of the bedstead
were half-burnt.
The body of little John Lyerly
lay on the floor, parts of it burnt
black and below his knees the
dry skin was loose and broken.
His whole body was purple. Ex
actly in the top of bis head the
blade of an axe had been driven
perpendicular to his forehead
From the look of the cut the axe
mast have sunk half-way to its
eve: and from its position the boy
must have been sitting up. The
high head of the bed would have
made such a stroke impossible
while the cbdd slept.
Mr. Lverlv 's body had been
transferred to the other bed. His
face, framed with gray hair and
grav chin wlskers he was bb
years old was perfectly ca'm
They told me that bis eyes were
shut when the first of the neigh
saw him. He must have been
struck first and killed while he
slept. There were two blows,
however; one on the front, which
seemed to have been made by the
axe handle or a club; and the
other behind his left ear. The
latter was made by the butt of an
axe, and crushed the skull com
pletely in. It was blood, blood
on the floor, on the bedclothes
and night-clothes of the dead
people; and while half a dozen
neighbors moved silently amid
the horror of it, cleaning it from
the cold faces and dressing the
bodies for the grave, the big
clock on the mantel went on
measuring time nic-noc,
Across the hall is the parlor,
neatly carpeted and furnished
with taste. Here Mrs. Lyerly,
who had been 40 years old, lay
on the floor. Her white face wore
a strange suggestion of a smile,
Where her head lay on one side
it showed plainly the broadside
blow of an axe; the butt of which
had cut off the lobe of her left
ear, and tne print ot tne body
and blade of the weapon remain
ed on her law and neck. The
awfulest item of all the butchery
was the otner wound, rne axe
blade had been struck through
her skull parallel with and about
half an inch back from her fore
head. Evidently she had been
waked by the tiling of her hus
band and was sitting up when
the assassin dispatched her.
Portraits of herself and her hus
band hung side by side on the
wall, and looked from happy,
young eyes at tne whispering
women who occupied the room.
Her husband's portrait showed
b ti in the Confederate uniform.
This is a horrible story to 'tell,
but it is true so far as words can
reproduce the scene, and its re
cord should not be lost from the
annals ef erime. Alo.ig with the
tragedy goes also a story of won
derful heroism.
So quickly and stealth'iy were
the crimes committed that there
was not enough noise to wake
the three girls who were sleep
ing upstairs. Addie, 15 years
old, was the first to wake; She
smelt the burning cloth and ran
downstairs. Her father's bed
was in flames, and upon the body
of her little brother a bureau
drawer, full of combustibles and
saturated with oil, waa bhving,
She dragged the bodies off the
bed, thereby burning her own
feet and hands. Her mother's
face was under her pi'low, and
ittle Alice was groaning. Addie
did not go to the other bed, how
ever, since it was not on lire; out
ran back upstairs and waked her
sisters, Mary and Janie, respec
tively 17 and 12 years old.
Papa and mamma are killed,"
she told them, and the house is
on fire-"
How the.v came down in their
night-dresses,, those three little"
girls, dragged the flaming mat
tresses and feather-beds into the
yard, drew and hauled water
from the deep wmdlasseu well in
the back yard, and fought the
tire for more than half an hour,
until they had conquered it; how
they then scouted the premises,
searched tbenumerousouthouses
for the criminals or signs of them
this without waiting to (lrM8lT 77 ,T'
Lm th h L t. fnf wife, who d.ed from-the effects of
how they they then set out for
their nearest neighbor's three-
quarters of a mile away Mary
carrying little Alice in her arms,
and Addie leading the other
smalbsister, Janie all this makes
a story of heroism worthy never
to die-
Mary and Addie were at the
nquest this afternoon, sweet-
faced girls, with gentle voices.
The tire was perhaps a fortunate
circumstance for thein; their
fight with it seems to have ave .1
ed the shock, which - they must
have sustained otherwise. They
dictated their evidence and sign
ed it quietly, and it was only
when a friend came up to Mary
and kissed her without a word
that tears sprang into her eyes
and she sobbed. Oh, itwas piti
ful! ' v, i
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. I Mei-UAUi-fcif Orrum News Notes. ... j
I . . I i!orrcnponlnK o'Thft BobfionUn. I I ' YV i t
Dudley H. Brittto Nancy A
Britt, lands in Back Swamp town
ship; consideration, $2,000.
E. S. Ansfey tdB Tolar, lands
in Lumber Bridge township; con
sideration, S6Q. t , ?
Mrs. A. W. Bennetfe et ls to
Mary Lena McGeachy, lands in
Lumberton itownship; $10 nq.
other considerations.
A. B. Pearsalland wife to L.
M.Cook, lands in Red Springs
township; consideration, $1,000.
Robeson county to T. A. Mc
Neill, lands in Blue Springs town
ship: $1 and other considera
tions.
M. J. McNair and wife to Rory
McNair, lands in Robeson county;
consideration, $800.
J. L. McMillan and wife to
David II. Brown, lands in Saddle
Tree township; consideration,
$400.
E. J. Smith and wife to L T,
Cottingham, an interest in lands
in Howellsville township; consid
eration, $375.
D- F. Lowrey to Pembroke
Supply Co., a lot in Pembroke;
consideration, $200.
A. J. McKinnon and wife to A,
C,. McKinnon and wife, land in
Maxton township: consideration,
$200. .
Irvin Jenkins, assignee of Le
roy Townsend, to Neill C. Gra
ham, lands in Howellsville town
ship; consideration, $200.
J. S. Stone and wife to W. 8.
Stone, lands in Britt township;
$1 and other considerations.
W. B. Gaddy and wife to J. W.
Crawford, interest in lands in
Thompson and White House
townships; consideration $800.
Arthur McArthur and wife to
E. L. Grumpier, timber on cer
tain lands in the county; $40 and
other considerations.
R. G. Inman and wife toC. B.
Mitchell, lands in White House
township; consideratien, $800.
A. Floyd to F. F. Floyd,
lands near Ashpole; considera
tion, $800.
Killis Phillips and wife to A. J.
Britt and wife, land in Robeson
county; $25 and other consider
ations.
Wiggin Roberts and wife to
Robert E. Lewis, lands in How
ellsviJle township; consideration,
$100.
R. C. Lawrence, commissioner,
to Kingsdale Lumber Co., timber'
on lands in Britt township; $850
and other considerations.
A. E. C. Pitman, and wife to
W. T. Covington, lands in St.
Pauls township: consideration,
$3,000.
W. D. McCallum to Clyde, lands
in Thompson township; consid
eration, $175..
John Hodge t W. K. Brock,
lands in Robeson county con
sideration, $100.
W. E. Phillips to Beaufort
County Lumber Co., timber on
lands in Wishart township; con
sideration, $350. "
W. B. Sutton et als to Beauf6rt
County Lumber Co-, timber on
ands in Wishart township; con
sideration, $660.
A. T. Phillips to Beaufort
County Lumber Co., timber on
lands in Wishart township; con
sideration, $1,100.
Davis Bullock to Mrs. Lizzie C.
nman, lands in ' Wishart town
ship: consideration, $67.50.
C A. Oliver and wife to Airs-
Lizzie C. Inman, lands in White
House township; consideration,
$165.
Correction As to the real es-
he transfers of J. C. McLean
trtil.to Mp V. McLean and wife,
published a week ago, it was a
mistake and there has been no
deal between the parties.
Negro Kills His Wile.
Saturday evening about the
time the eastbound train on the
Seaboard passed Rockingham,
the wound about ten ' minutes
later. Lake then made his es
cape. ' "
? It seems that Lake and his
wife had been having soma trou
ble,' due to jealousy on his part.
He bad told some one during
Ijhe day Saturday that he would
kill her before night. She went
to the depot that night to go off.
She was standing in the waiting
room door when Lske approach
ed her. He asked her if she was
not going back home and when
she answered in the negative, he
drew his pistol and shot her. The
first ball struck her in the face.
She turned to go and he shot her
twice in the back. She went sev
eral yards and dropped dead.
Lake left, going east from Rock
ingham, and had not been arrest
ed when the latest news was received.
Pretty Marriage at lona Presby
terian cnurcn Asnpoie items
CocMipoBdeoce ol tit RobeionUm-
lief . David Fairl preached in
the Presbyterian church last
Sunday afternoon. .We were
much pleased with him and hojio
he may come from I'ayetteville
again to visit us-
; Mr. and Mrs. E. Fisher have
returned from a visit to Cumber
land county.
We are glad to see Mr. F. S.
Floyd out again after a severe
attack of rheumatism.
The wa'ls of the school building
are rising fast.
Mr. J. M. Ashley, of Poard
man, spent Sunday hero with
relatives.
Mr. Fred Pitman returned to
bis home in Birmingham, Ala,.,
last Monday, to the great regret
of his young frieuds
We are glad to report Mr. N.
A. Thompson much better.
Mr. A. J. Pioyd has ret u mod
from WilminfeLon improved.
The Mioses Proctor, of South
Carolina, are visiting their aunt,
Mrs. Hughes.
Mrs- Chat Townsend, of Ilayn
ham, delighted her Ashpolo
friends with a visit this week.
Mr. John Fisher, of Tolars
ville, accompanied by his little
son, Ralph, were visitors here
last Thursday.
The excursion Thursday ear
ried an unusually large crowd of
merry-makers to Wilmington.
The marriage of Dr. W. A
Mcmaui, or this place, and miss
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Clara Grantham, of McDonalds,
winc h took place last Wednesday
in Hum Presbyterian church, at
triictcd a large crowd from Ash
i -r. i '. j n i
poi. ii v-as a oeauiiiuny simple
ceremony .carried ...through pel
ieciiv, and was mucn ( nioycu hy
the spectators.
The many friends present and
otherwise wish for them the
best of luck. They left at once
for the eastern shore of Virginia,
where they will spend a short
honeymoon.
1 here is a prospect oi a new
industry in town. , Dr. Brown,
the irrepressible, will soon begin
raising alligators on asmall scale.
Ask him if it is not true.
Thetwo brick stores of Messrs.
A. L. Jones and Frank Pitman,
on Main street, are receiving the
finishing touches of paint and
will soon be occupied.
Messrs. F. C. and Joo Jones
are building a garage, I believe
you call it, anyway a house to
hold automobiles. One is expect
ed any day-
Mr. A. L. Jones is recuperating
among the pleasures of the sea
shore. Mesdames J. D. McLean and
A S. Thompson left Thursday
for a week's stay at Wrightsville
Bench
Ashpole, N. C, July 13th.
Odd Fellows Entertain at Instal
lation ol Oiflcers.
A goodly number accepted the
invitation and attended the in
stallation exercises of officers of
the Lumberton Lodge No. 245,
Independent Order Odd Fellows,
Thursday night, in their lodge
room.
The exercises were opened
with the singing of the "Installa
tion Ode" by a quartette com
posed of Messrs. Frank Gough,
Bruce Morrison, R. O. Edmund
and C. B- Skipper, followed with
prayer by Rev. Mr. Baker, pastor
of the Presbyterian church.
Grand Master T- M. Stephens,
of Durham, was present and in
stalled the following officers: W.
P; McAllister, noble grand; W.
H- nuinphrey, vice-grand; J. H.
Floyd, treasurer; D. 13. McNeill,
financial secretary; J. R. Poole,
secretary.
Rev. Z- Paris addressed the
lodge and visitors briefly. Among
other things he told how less
than three years ago he was in
strumental in organizing a lodge
here of 15 members. He said
that the order of Odd Fellows
has paid out $6,000,000 for sup
port of sick Odd Fellows besides
much other good work being
done along this line.
Two features of the programme
that were especially enjoyable
were recitations hy Mrs- F. J.
Thomas and Mrs. J. R. Poole.
The programme was inter
spersed with several catchy se
lections of vocal music by the
quartette. After the installation
exercises were over, tbe mem
bers and guests repaired to the
adjoining room where refresh
ments were served and toasts
responded to. The hospitality of
the lodge did not cease until all
present had had a good time and
departed for their homes,
and keep posted.
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After having spent a most de
delightful day at the Lake the
Fourth. The crowd and others
were very pleasantly entertained
that night by an ice cream sup
per at Mr. Haynes Provatfs.
Mr- Cuttino Bostick spent the
Fourth here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Britt
spent Wednosday, the Fourth, at
Wriehtsville Beach.
Mrs. Walter Towsend, of Back
Swamp, is visiting her parents
Mr- and Mrs- Haynes t'revatt.
Miss Flora Frink is over at
Boardman sewing.
Messrs- Bascum, Harrington
and Noblin, of Mullins, S. C, and
Mr. Bill Jenkins, of Barnosville,
were in town Saturday. Mr. Har
rinirton called to see his cousins
Mac Williams and Mrs h rink.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Shepherd
spent Sunday with relatives bt
Rowland.
Mrs. Williams spent part of
last week with her sister, Mrs.
Sue Lennon, who has been very
ill with rheumatism, though w
are glad to report she is ietter
Mr. J. M. Frink. of Bladen
boro. spent Sunday with his
family as usual.
Children's Day at Blooming
dale Sunday afternoon was good,
Lots of jKiople attended.
Mr. Haynes Prevattand daugh
tor. Jessie, spent Sunday at
Back Swamp.
Mr. W. C. Powell, of Buio, was
here Monday looking after the
work on his houso. He expects
to be .moved by school. Hurry
ud workmen, we are anxious for
him to come.
Mr- Earl McGiU and Miss Ethel
Howell, of Boardman. were the
guests of Miss Cora Floyd Sun
day.
Mrs. M. Shepherd is siending
today with her cousin at Board
man, Mrs. Tom Burton.
The children enjoyed a water
melon and ice cream party over
at Mrs. Prevatt's Wednesday
evening of the Fourth.
Little Fred Prevatt fell from
the fodder loft Saturday after
norm and was injured right badly.
though the doctor said there were
no bones broken- He is lm
proving.
Mr. Tom Smith, of Boardman,
spent Sunday with friends here.
Mr- Dawson Lewis, of Ashjole,
visited friends here Sunday af
ternoon.
Success to The Robesonian.
Orrum, N. C, July 11th.
YOUNG WHITE MAN IN JAIL.
Waller Brlaman. ol Proctor-
vllle.ln Jail on Serious Charge.
Deputy Sheriff N. A. Ratley,
of Ashpole, was in Lumberton
Saturday. He brought Walter
Brigman. a young white man of
Proctorville, here and lodged him
in jail-
Bngman has two charges
against him, one a very serious
one. He is charged with carry
ing concealed weapons and with
shooting at Mr. N. A. Carter
with intent to kill.
Brigman was among the ex
cursionists who went on the ex
cursion which was run Thursday
from Elrod to Wilmington and
which was managed by Mr.
Carter. Brigman was drinking
heavily and was very disorderly.
Between Orrum and Proctorville
Mr. Carter put him off the train
and started the train on. As the
train was moving, Brigman drew
hisrpistol and shot at Mr. Carter.
The ball entered a window and
narrowly missed tho heads of
several passengers before it em
bedded itself in the top of the
car.
Brigman was arrested Friday
afternoon and tried by 'Squire
D. L- Page Friday night. A bond
of $200 was required for carrying
concealed weapons and $500 for
attempting to shoot Mr. Carter.
In default of txind he was brought
to jail to await court.
Suit Brought Against Town.
Mr- Wm. Carlyle last week
brought suit against the town of
Lumberton, asking $50 damages
for injuries to a horse. The case
was tried Thursday afternoon be
fore 'Squire Reynolds and was
decided in favor .of plaintiff, al
lowing him $38. The defendants
appealed.
The circumstances are that
Dr. W. O. Edmund, while driving
one of M r. Carlyle's horses along
a main street of the town some
nights ago, drove into a ditch the
town was opening in the street
to lay a sewer line. The plaintiff
alleges that proper signals were
not displayed to warn the public
of the existing danger.
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and keep posted.
Rev. M. A." Stephens will
preach a funeral at Oak Grove
church Thursday morning at II
o'clock.
1 here will be a regular meet
ing of St Alban's Lodge No. 114,
A, F- & A. M-, tomorrow even
ing. Degree work.
Those who know Mr. Murdoek
H. McKinnon, of Red Springe,
will be sorry to learn that ho is
very ill at Wadesboro.
The examinationsheld by Supt
J. R. Poole the past week for
county teachers were taken by
12 white teachers; nine Croatans
and 2b colored.
Mr. A. J. McKinnon, of Max-
ton, has been elected president
of the North Carolina Cotton
Grower's Association, to succeed
Mr. C. C. Moore.of Mecklenburg,
resigned.
Miss May Ketchin, who re
signed her position as stenogra-
rapher with Messrs- McLean,
McLean and MeCormick, left
Saturday night for her home at
VYinnsboro, 8. C.
Miss Mary Davis, who had
been stenographer for Messrs-
Mclntyre and Ijawrence, To-
signed and returned Saturday
night to her home in Raleigh.
She is succeeded by Miss Ada
Howell, of Goldsboro, who ar
rived Sunday.
Friday night a fight took place
between Messrs. Charley (&id
Archie Prevattand Ira Bullarll.
Bullard made some remarks dur-
ng the week that reflected on
the character of the Prevatts.
When they heard of it they met
illard on the streets. A fight
ensued, the Prevatt's giving Bui
lard a fist flogging. At a hearing
before a magistrate Saturday the
Prevatts were fined $j each and
the costs.
Automobllc Line Between
Asb-
pole and Lumberton.
In a very short time an auto
mobile line will be in operation
between Ashpole and Lumberton.
It will carry passengers.and mail
also if satisfactory arrangements
can be made. Anyhow, it will
carry passengers. ,, .
Mr. F. C. .rones will oj)erate
this automobile service. He will
run a machine to begin with that
will carry live passengers and
later on will put on a larger one.
The automobile will leave Ash
pole every morning about 9
o'clock and will leave Lumberton
on its return after the arrival of
the train from the west. It will
also make a trip in the afternoon,
leaving Ashpole at about 4 o'clock
and returning leave Lumberton
after the arrival of the train from
the east, which is due here at
5:35 o'clock.
The distance between Lumber-
ton and Ashpole is ten miles and
Mr. Jones expects to make the
trip one way in about an hour.
If the mail for Ashpole and near
by points is handled over the
line it will give the Ashjiole peo
ple their mail several hours ear
lier than under tho present ar
rangement. Congressman Pat
terson is now at work on the
matter and hopes to secure the
rrangement.
Mr. Walters Waylaid and Shot.
A young man named Walters,
son - or Mr. Jim Walters, of
Barnesville, was waylaid Friday
evening by someone who was
concealed in tho woods and was
shot at with a pistol twice. One
ball entered the young man s
thigh and the other ball passed
between his legs.
One or two parties are sus
pected, but no one has been ar-
ested. Policeman hdmund, of
Chadbourn, went to Barnesville
Saturday with his bloodhounds,
but the trail was too old to follow.
Rev. Mr. Hedgpelb Called.
Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth, of Lum
berton, has been called to the
pastorates of the Baptist
churches at Liles ville and Marsh
ille.
Este Jay, correspondent of The
Ansonian, says: "The Liles ville
Baptist church m conference last
Sunday extended a unanimous
call to Rev- I-P- Hedgpeth, of
Lumberton. This brother comes
with the highest commendations,
and we understand that Pleasant
Grove church and the Anson
ville Baptist church will also ex
tend calls to him at their next
meeting."
Mr Alex, M.Long, postmaster
at Rockingham, died suddenly
Sunday morning about 3 o'clock
at his home in Rockingham- He
was about 45 years old- One
child aud several brothers and
sisters survive.
A Merry Evening In Maxton So
cial Circles -Maxton Gnards
Elect OHIcers-Personals.
Oorrrnpondence of Th kn!,.innln.
From 9 until 1 1 :?,o o'clock Wed
nesday evening, Miss Margaret
McKinnon entertained at her
mother's elegant new home, on
North Patterson street, in honor
of her -guests, Miss ..Rosabel
Sistrunk, of Millbrook, Fla., and
Miss Cornelia McNeill, of Gal
veston, Tex.
Thirty- odd young people were
present and spent an evening
fraught with pleasu re and am use-ment-
An atmosphere of fun
making pervaded the spacious
and cool verandas, which are so
admirably adapted to a summer
night's reception. When the
time arrived for the contest,
which formed tho nucleus of the
diversion, the crowd was ushered
into tho wide hnll, the young la
dies going up to the stair land
ing, the boys remaining below.
and a Punch and Judy show ensued-
Kach buy selected one of
a number of partly colored rib
lons, depending from the so
cond floor, to the other end of
which was attached his partner
for the evening. When all
the fish had bitten, the fair
anglers descended in a body from
above and each claimed the beau
to whom her string was tied.
Next on the programme was
Guessing in Green" being
questions and answers, each set
of which, in cither interrogatory
or reply, was included something
green (!esides the guessers).
It was a novelty hero and prov
ocative of much mirth. The re
sult was a tie, save for ortho
aphic errors, between the two
guests of honor and their part
ners and on account of remiss
ness in th.nt respect on tho part
of one of the young men who was
trusted to write down the an.
swers, the prize was awarded to
Miss Rosabel Sistrunk with Dr.
DeWitte Clinton Mclver. Miss
Bessie Williams and Mr. John M.
McKinnon were consoled with a
horn of green "Hoyt's" Tho
awards were presented in a very
happy vein by Hon- G- B. Patter
son. Last but not least, came
refreshments, servedin a prettily
Improvised booth, very welcome
to the industrious green -goods-
men.
A merrier evening has'nt hap
ened along here since the world
grew green again.
M iss Annie McLean, of Laurin
burg, spentseveral days here the
first of the week with relatives.
Hon. T. A. McNeill and Mr. D.
P. Shaw, of Lumberton were
here Satu rday afternoon on their
way home.
. Dr. C. W. Regan, of Laurin
burg, spent Sunday here.
Mrs. Joe Person, of Charlotte.
and Miss Andrews, of Raleinh.
spent Sunday here at the McRae
hotel-
Rev. W. T. Walker, of Rowland,
preached here Sunday in the
Presbyterian church.
Misses Cornelia McNeill, of
Galveston, Tex., and Rosabel
Sistrunk, of Florida, who have
been the guests of Miss Margaret
McKinnon for some time, return
ed to Laurinhurg Thursday
morning.
Mr. Chas- Wilkinson, of Atlan
ta, Ga., sient several days with
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Fore, of Al
ma, this week.
Mrs. J. C. McCaskill, Jr.. re
turned from ISennettsville Mon
day night where shet has- been
visiting her father.
Miss Ethyl Johnson, of Red
Springs, was here Monday after
noon, returning home after a
visit to friends at Lumberton-
Rev. E. McWhirter left Tues
day afternoon for a visit to differ
ent jK)ints in Alabama.
Merssrs. (I. H. McCallum, Geo.
McKay, Ivl Purcell and McB.
Austin, of lied Springs, were
here Thursday night.
Miss Kate McKeithan, of Car
thage, arrived Friday night and
is the guest of the. Misses Mc
Nair. At a meeting of the Maxton
Guards, held on Thursday night,
W. O- Burns w.is elec ted captain
viceCapt. A. B. ('room, resigned,
and J. J- Barrow was elected
first lieutenant vice F- L. Black
promoted to battalion adjutant.
The company leaves on the 25th
for Morehead City for a ten day.
encampment.
Maxton, N C, July 14th.
The State Firraen's Associa
tion, in session in Asheville the
past week, re elected officers and
decided on Wilmington as the
next meeting place.
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