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1 H Country, God end Truth. Single Copies Five Centa VOL XUV NO. 57 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1013. WHOLE NO 2894 T: BOBESONIAM SCOTLAND CO. MURDER CASE. Ob Trial in Robeson Superior Court- Will McKenzie, Charged With Mar der of Peter Jones, Near Laurin. burrTrial Will Probably Last Through Tomorrow Other Cases. The trial of Will McKenzie, who killed his brother-in-law Peter Jones in Scotland county last October, is the only case of special importance that has engaged the attention of Robeson Superior Court this week. The trial began yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. Judge C. C. Lyon of Elizabeth town is presiding. Quite a number of peo pie from Scotland county are attend ing the trial. There are many wit. nesses and much interest is being manifested. A verdict of murder in the first degree is asked for. Will McKenzie, the man on trial for his Hfe, is a large, well-built, powerful looking man. He appears calm and undisturbed and confident as he sits behind bis counsel. He is on the wit. ness s'and as The Robesonian goes to press. The following attorneys are apear. ing in the case: Messrs. Cox & Iunn and E. il. Gibson and ex-Judga Wal ter 11. Neal of Laurinburg and Messrs. McLean, Varser & McLean of Lumberton for the defense; and with Solicitor Sinclair for the prosecu. . tion, ufessra. Russell & Weather. -epootrvi Laurinburg a:sMt?3&cv Intyre, ) awrence & Proctor of Lam. berton . The jury was selected at the morn session of court yesterday from a special venire of 125 men, as follows: J. W. Branch, J. E. Phillips, L. E. Townsend, Henry McNeil, R. A. Hardin, John Warwick, L. K. Rogers, Haynes Johnson, Council Pitman, W. A. McNeill, A. C. McLeod, J. W. Hayes, Jr. The testimony brought out up to the time court adjourned for the noon recess today is as follows: Coroner's Testimony. J. R. Jordan, coroner: Saw Peter Jones in woods after he was killed. Found a load of shot in his left breast. The hole was about the size of a half dollar. It was a gunshot wound. Wit ness here exhibited clothes found on deceased. Shot holes in body were larger than bird shot. Only found a closed knife in pocket of Jones with a pocket book and some papers. Found , no pistol or other weapon on him. No cross examination. Wyatt Pond, a member of the coro ner's jury that held the inquest, cor. robo rated Jordan. No cross-examination. John McDougald, undertaker, saw the body and wounds as the other 2 witnesses. In his opinion death was caused by these wounds. Eye-Witness Testifies John Bradley, colored, an eye wit ness to the shooting, testified as fol lows: Was in the woods when Mr. Jones was killed. Was getting a load of wood in deceased's woods about 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon. My little boy and Mr. Jones were with me when I went after the wood. Mr. Jones sat down, began to read a paper and I began to load the wagon. I saw Mr. McKenzie and Ed Ingram in the road in a buggy going towards Lau rinburg. Mr. McKenzie drove up and spoke to Mr. Jones; got out of the buggy with a gun in his hand and said: "Pete, when you cursed me I had nothing. Now you are a d s of a b -," Jones said: "You have come into these woods to raise a row and I will see that you pay for it" They were then about 20 steps apart. McKenzie then took out his pistol and shot twice. Then he shot twice more, then once and threw down his. pistol. He then changed hands with his gun and shot twice. Jones fell and called to me to help him. I went to him. McKenzie went to his buggy, got a shell and asked me whose pistol that was. I told him it was his, and he said yes. Jones had nothing in his hands. Inman was in the buggy during the shooting. Did. not get out. McKenzie told if I told anything about it, to tell the truth. On cross-examination testified - that McKenzie and Jones 'spoke friendly when McKenzie -came up. Was " not certain whether McKenzie shot the pistol four or five times. Jones was walking up to McKenzie all the time during the shooting. When the last hot fired could not tell what they were saying. E. H. Kendall testified that he knows Jake Bradley, whose general reputation is good. He sent him after wood the day of the homicide. He came and told me about the shooting. -Told me how it occurred. I went with him to where the body was lying and found gun wadding which showed that shot used' were number one buck hot. Found a closed knife in de- ceased's pockets. On cross examina tion testified Jake, the negro, was ex. cited "when he told him Kendall about it. . Wyatt Pond, Jesse Lee, H. W. Mc Laurin, Tel Harriss, Alex. Jones, J. T. John, J. A. Roper, J. T. Bos tick, H. A. Mclntyre, Neill Usher, Pink Robeson, J. R. Hasty, all prom inent white farmers of Scotland coun ty,' testified to the good character of Jake Bradley, the negro. Father of Deceased on Stand. Sam Jones, father of deceased, said he saw defendant day of homicide. Mc Kenzie married daughter of witness. She is dead. Died before,my son was killed, about a month before . homi. ck'e. The youngest child , of my daughter stayed with us before death of its mother. McKenzie and Ingram came to my house about an hour and a half before the killing. My son was a small man, weighed about 1401 pounds. E, P. Jones, brother of deceased, testified that the land his brother was killed on was his, E. P. Jones', but his brother had it in possesssion and had authority to be there. Mrs. Jones, widow of Peter Jones, testified that she saw defendant day of the killing in a buggy with Ingram going in the direction of McKenzie's father's. Saw him again about two o'clock going , toward Laurinburg. Saw him again between 3 and 4 o'clock with same man in. the buggy going towards father, of McKenzie. Soon heard a gun shot. Another Eye. Witness The most important witness exam ined this morning was Edward Henry Ingraham one of the 3 eyewitnesses who testified as follows: On the morning of the homicide he and Will McKenzie, the defendant, went to haul some fodder. On their way back home they passed the house of Peter Jones and McKenzie asked Peter if they had heard anything from "down yonder." Peter replied that he had not and cursed McKenzie for a d big-bellied s b . They then drove on and after they passed the railroad McKenzie said that he didn't want to raise a row in Jones' yard and then called to Jones that if he wanted to settle it to come down to the gin. They carried the fodder home and then went to Laurinburg to get Mr. j f Varivi4a nvorntaf an1 riofl wVih ' he had left at his house; came back by Mr. Jones' father's house and got McKenzie's little child and carried her to McKenzie's house; then started toward Laurinburg and when they were a little way down the i-cad Mr. Sandy McKenzie, father of Will Mc Kenzie, called them and gave them a note and told them that if they saw Peter Jones to give it to him. They passed Peter Jones' house and there was no one there and they went down by the gin and couldn't find him; and had stai ted on to Laurinburg an J saw him sitting on the wood near where Jake Bradley was loading his wagon. McKenzie got out and told Mr. Jones that he had come for "repentance" for what he had said that morning; and Jones said "I meant every word I said and you won't get it." Jones advanced on McKenzie saying, "111 make you pay for it." Jones had a knife open but shut it up and put it back in his pocket, and kept coming on towards McKenzie and McKenzie shot at him once with a Savage auto, matic pistol. Jones said "If I get to you I'll kill you." McKenzie then shot four more times with the pisrol and kept backing away from Jones. After he had shot the fifth time he threw the pistol down and came back to the buggy. Jones picked up the pistol and tried to shoot McKenzie. McKenzie then took the shotgun out of the buggy and shot Jones with it one time. They were not over three or four feet apart when the last shot was fired. The above, tallies for the most part with Mr. Ingra ham's ta-tin-.ony before the coroner's jury except that in the former testimony he said that when McKenzie left the buggy to go to wards Jones he had the pistol in his right hand and carried the shotgun un der his "eft arm; that after shooting the pistol five times he threw it down and started away, but tripped over a root and the gun was accidentally dis charged, the load striking Jones in the breas. Ingraham'rf good character was proved by several witnesses from Laurinburg. Other Casses. Harrison Rogers, vagrancy; not guilty. John Evans, carrying concealed weapon; plead guilty; $10 fine and costs. Wm. Covington, gambling; plead guilty; judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. - Walter Ivey, carrying concealed GRAND JURrS REPORT Repairs at County Hone, Another Cage for Chain Gang and Screens for Jail Recommended More Re corders' Courts and Rural Police Needed Absence of Witnesses Hampers Work. The grand jury finished its work and made its report yesterday as follows: "We have found thirteen bills of indictment, nine true bills and four not true bills. We visited the county home by committee and found four. teen inmates 10 white, 3 colored, Indian. There was no complaint for the lack of food or clothing. We did find panes of glass out of several windows and in two windows the en. tire bottom sash was missing. We would especially recommend , that the repairs be made at once. "We visited the chain gang near Red Springs, by committee and found 65 prisoners at work. We found the camp well kept. Prisoners stated they were well fed and clothed. They also stated that the keeper, Mr. H. D. Morrison, treated them, well. They are badly in need of more sleeping quar. ters, being short about 15 beds. We recommend that they be furnished av other cage. "We visited the county jail in i body and found conditions generally satisfactory. ,We, would recommend that there be screens- put in windows to , keep hosquitoes out. , Found one white and six colored prisoners. "We visited the county officers in the court house and find all affairs in good shape. We find that thereis a lot of spitting on the lower hallway, also noticed some in the court room. The court room. Tuesday was badly in need of sweeping. We especially re. commend that this matter receive im. mediate attention as same has been previously and repeatedly called at tention to by former grand juries, "We highly commend the record ers' courts and rural police and recom mend the making of more of these courts and putting on more police, the territory now assigned to the po lice, being i(i our impression, too large for the police to properly cov er. "The business of the grand jury was very badly hampered by the absence of witnesses. We recommend that :som,e 8tfP8 taen.to have on hand so the business can be han. died more speedily at the least ex. pense to the county. . "D. 'P. M'CALL, Foreman." weapon; plead guilty; $15 fine and costs. Will Locklear, assault; 3 months on roads. Albert McDuffie, carrying conceal ed weapon; assault with deadly weap on; 6 months on roads. Later this sentence iwas ordered stricken' out and a fine of $25 and costs was im posed. J. J. and Hugh Chavis, Leonard Locklear, Ransom Dial, Walter Oxen- dine, Elijah Jones, William Strickland, Lindsay Revels, violating road law by refusing to work on roads; each re manded to justice of the peace to pro. ceed according to law. John Walker, carrying concealed weapon; not guilty. John Morrison and Waren Faison, assault with deadly weapon; Faison guilty of secret assault; 1'. months on roads; Morrison not guilty. Later judgment against Faison was stricken out, prayer for judgment con tinued upon payment of all costs, and defendant to give $200 bond to appear at next term of court and show that he has been of good behavior.- Jesse Mayes, larceny; plead guilty; 2 years on roads. Charlie Sinclair, assault with deadly weapon; plead guilty; judgment sus pended on payment of costs. Fred Lawson, larceny; judgment 12 months in jail with leave to commis sioners to work him on public roads. Governor Bell, Emory Hammons, Wm. Hardin, assault with deadly weapon; Hardin not guilty; Bell and Hammons guilty; $25 fine and one half costs each. Tom Bell, carrying concealed weap. on; guilty; $10 fine and costs. Raleigh Times, 3d: A storm of equL noctial proportions, blowing from the Cape Hatteras section, struck Raleigh early today, continued all day, crip, pled the telegraphic service, blew down trees, knocked down an occasion, al-chimney, littered Capital Square chimney, littered the Capital Square with limbs and twigs and leaves and awarded the pennant to Winston-Salem. The wind blew 35 miles an hour and the rain made short cuts to get out of the air. Many people thought it the semi-annual dividend of na. ture and that the equinoctial dividend of wind and rain was being cleared. It wasn't though. $75,000 FOR FEDERAL BUILDING? Next Public Buildings Bill will Carry That Amount for Postoffice Build, ins; for Lure berton Mayor White and Mr. Frank Cough Start Good Reports from Washington Addi tkmal Appropriation for Site. It was stated in Monday's Robeson ian that Mayor A. E. White and Mr, rranx uougn would stop over tn Washington Monday and Tuesday on their way North and try to find out what the prospects are in regard to the purchase by the Government of a postofnee site in Lumberton. That they got busy when they arrived at Washington is indicated in dispatches from the Capital city published in yesterday's State daily papers. The correspondent of The Wilming ton Star tells about is as follows: "Washington, D. C, Sept 2 The de ficiency bill which was reported to the House today carried an additional ap. propriation of $5,000 for the site upon which a $75,000 public building will be erected at Lumberton. Represen. tative Godwin had already secured $5,000, but it was found that $5,000 more was needed.' The next public buildings bill will carry the appro. priation for the building. "Mayor White and Frank Gough of Lumberton conferred with Mr. God win and officials of the Treasury De partment with reference to selecting the " site " for the new building;: It is understood they have about decided where the building will be located." In a special to The Greensboro News occurs the following: "Mayor White and Frank Gough, of Lumberton, spent today with Repre sentative Godwin. Mr. Godwin ac companied the visitors to the Treas ury Department where a conference was. held with reference to selecting a site for the new postofnee at Lum berton. The deficiency bill reported today, carried an appropriation of $5,000 in addition to $5,000 already appropriated. The. next public build ings bill will carry an appropriation of $75,000 for the building." And the correspondent of The Char lotte Observer has it this way: Mayor A. E. White and Frank Gough, of Lumberton, prominent in that section of the State, were here today attempting to secure a settle ment on a site for the postoffice build ing at Lumberton, a question that has been up in the air for some time A bill in Congress appropriating $5 000 was pushed through by Repre sentative Godwin. The deficiency ap propriation bill carried $5,000 more. Lumberton people wanted the building on Main street, but have found that a site cannot be bought there for $10,000 and so two or three available places on the side streets are being considered.' The delay was so great that Secretary McAdoo to day in a revised estimate of his de ficiency appropriation needs recom mended that the last $5,000 appropria. tion for the Lumberton site be de layed until next Congress. An early statlement of the matter, however, is expected within the next two or three days.. "Both Mr. White and Mr. Gough told newspaper men that nobody in the district could defeat Representa tive Godwin for re-election and that the people are strong for Senator Overman. They say there is no sen timent for a change." It is good news that "a $75,000 public building will be erected at Lura. berton'' and that "the next public bu:!d'iijs bill will carry the appro priation for the building." That U the size The Robesonian said some time a?o should be handed out for Lrmber. ton. The Washington correspondents seem to be somewhat mixed as to the appropriation for the postoffice site. Two or three years ago an ap propriation of $5,000 was made, but that was found to be insufficient and last year an additional appropriation of $5,000 was made, making $10,000 available for the site. But when ef fort was made to purchase a site for the larger, appropriation that .seemed about as inadequate, so far as getting an apropriate site was concerned, as the first appropriation. If, as stated in the dispatches quoted above, the de ficiency bill reported Tuesday carried an additional appropriation of $5,000, that brings the amount available for a site to $15,000. Perhaps the purpose is to try for an appropriation of $75, 000 for both site and building. Anyway, it is to be hoped that at will not be many more blue moons before an adequate appropriation for a Federal building will be made. "My child was burned terribly about the face, neck and chest. I applied Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil. The pain eased and the child sank into a rest, ful sleep." Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson, Hamburg, N. Y. - LUMBER BRIDGE LOCALS. Pr?'ng !T P?' 1,Jkh?H Sanitary Work-Per,n.l Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumber Bridge, Sept. 2 The school building and grounds are being thor. I oughly overhauled preparatory to the opening of school Monday. This is a good work. The children and teachers who spend the greater part of each day there for several months are en titled to perfect sanitary surround. ing3 and we consider that the authori ties in charge propose that this con. djition of cleanliness be kept up throughout the year. Another good work that is being carried on is the cutting down of the weeds around town. This not onfy helps the looks of the town but keeps the town in a healthier state. We hope the improvement will continue. Miss Mamie Cobb left Friday for Mt Giiead, where she will teach the coming session. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hubbard and children are visiting in Clinton. Mrs. J. W. Hall has returned from a visit to her sister at Lumberton. Mr. Blanchard, who spent a year here at the home of Mrs. J. W. Cobb learning the practical side of farming, is back again on a visit. Miss Mary Ann McGougan and Miss Mary Parker are spending few days at Fayetteville. Miss Mary Klarpp has gone to Bat. tleboro, Va., where she will remain some time. Mrs. Dearing and two nieces, the Misses Ferguson, after visiting Mrs. J. W. Cobb have returned to Apex. Miss Mittie Cobb has tetumed from Montreat, where she spent the sum. mer. Miss Mary Bryant of Rowland is visiting Miss Lonnie Bennett. Mr. Charlie Conoly of Alabama, is home again on a visit to his mother. Mrs. Sarah Conoly. Mrs . Tom Vass of Sanford has been visiting her mother Mrs. Sallie Cono ly. Mr. D. Z. McGougan and nephew, Mr. D. McGougan, returned today from Florida. They made the re. turn trip of 500 miles in an automo bile. WORM DESTROYING COTTON Playing Havoc With Many Fields in Robeson Bores Its Way Into Boll and Devours the Lint No Remedy Precautions That Will Prevent Recurrence Next Year. A worm that plays havoc with cot. ton boils has made its appearance in many field in Robeson county. Mr. Richard Hardin, who lives on a farm belonging to Messrs. E. M. and W. S. Britt of Lumberton, on the Fayetteville road about 6 miles from town, brought to The Robesonian office Tuesday a number of cotton bolls showing the ravages of a worm that bore3 its way into the boll and de vours thje lint. Mr. Hardin says that the worms are ruining his cotton and that they are also all over the fields of Rev. F. Prevatt and J. J. Bell, Indian, whose lands adjoin the Britt farm, and of Sheriff R. E. Lewis, whose farm adjoins Mr. Prevatt 's. Mr. J. A. Boone, .who has charge of farm demonstration work in RobiJ eson county, says that this is the same worm that attacks corn, and that there is no way to stop it except to clean up the fields, which will pre vent its recurrence next year. Jurors for October Civil Term of Court. At the meeting of the county com missioners Monday the following were drawn to serve as jurors at the two. weeks' civil term of Robeson Superior Court which will convene Monday, September 29: First week Maston L. McLean, F. W. Walters, J. L. Hall, J. L. Tay. lor, J. W. Branch, A. M. Mitchell, A. McLean, G. F. Huggins, Hen ry livermore, W. F. Mitchell, O. Britt, A. R. McEachern; J. 1. Branch, A. R. Bullock, J. I. Town. send, L. L. McGirt, Don Sinclair, R. F. Stewart. Second week J. F. Powell, A grip- pa Phillips, D. W. McLean, Jr, N. Duncan, W. E. Phillips, A. A. Thaggard, J. R. Belch, H. M. Brown, L. Jones, A. A. Ivey, H. G. Mitchell, J. D, McLean, C. A. Crump, Alfred Harden, J. H. Davis, F. Davis, F. B. Bass, W, S. Atkinson- Facing a Serious Proposition, The man or woman who has kidney trouble is facing a serious proposition, where grave complications readily fol low neglect. Foley Kidney Pills are an honest curative medicine that once taken into your system mean restored kidney and bladder action, and a re turn of health and strength. For sale by all dealers. - BRIEF LOCAL NEWS TTZSX -Mr. C. M. Fuller returned this morning froa gt M whre purchased stock for his sales sta- les. t ka. n . - tk of Mae ,nd ! urrna Herring. Mr. G. S. McKenzie has accepted a position as traveling agent for The Charlotte Observer. He will begin work next week. Mr. Geo. Bellamy of Brunswick, widely known as the "Duke of Bruns wick," spent Tuesday in Lumberton. It is said that the gubernatorial bee is buzzing in his ear. Mr. L. H. Caldwell is having a fresh coat of paint put on his resi dence on Caldwell street. The house is being painted white and quite a change is being made in its appear, ance. In the list of cases mentioned in Monday's Robesonian as tried before the recorder one ease was omitted. It was Will Taylor and John Shippmao, both colored, for an affray. They were tried Saturday and fined $10 and costs each. Mr. Earl Thompson, who about two weefcs ago accepted a position as bookkeeper in the Lumberton Cotton Mill office, resigned Tuesday to accept a posi tion as bookkeeper in .County " Treasurer M. G. McKenzie's office, Miss Alta Marsh of Red Springs, who was expected to fill this place some time ago, having failed to come. Prof. R. E. Sentelle and family returned yesterday from their sum mer home at Waynesville, where they spent about three months. They are at home on comer of Sixth and Wal. nut streets, the house recently vaca ted by Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Varser. Prof. Sentelle is busily making ready for the graded school opening next Tuesday . "The Baby," Biograph and "The Winning of White Dove," Paths In dian story, will be the interesting pic tures at the Pastime theatre this evening. Tomorrow evening "The Man Hunt," a Pathe feature in two reels, will be put on. Besides the feature picture "The Mummy" and "Cow. puncher," a split reel by Kalem will be shown, making a 3-reel film. Mr. Ertel Carlyle entertained Monday evening at home of his par. ents, Mr. ad Mrs. W. W. Carlyle, Fifth and Water streets, in honor of Miss Esther Baxley of Wilmington, who for several days has been a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Car. lyle. A large crowd of young folks were ther. Progressive conversa tion was the principal feature of the evening's amusements. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Biggs and their three children of Calumet, Mich igan, arrived Tuesday and will spend a month or so in the county visiting relatives. At present they are at the home of Mrs. Biggs' parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Biggs of Saddle Tree. Mr. Biggs was home on a visit about 15 years ago and he says that he ob serves great changes that the county has undergone since his last visit. Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Bradley and infant son, who have been visiting for the past month at the home of Mr. Bradley's parents at Old Fort, are expected home this evening or tomor row and Mr. Bradley will preach at Chestnut Street Methodist church, of which he is pastor, Sunday morning and evening. Mr. Bradley also spent some time at the Southern Assembly Grounds at Lake Junaluska, near Waynesville. Mr. G. E. Rancke and son Mr. G. E. Rancke, Jr., and son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Nor- ment, moved Monday into their re modeled house on Seventh street The house has been changed from one to two story, 4 rooms being added, and has been greatly improved in appear, ance. While the work of remodeling was going on the Messrs. Rancke and Dr. and Mrs. Norment occupied the Carlyle house on the corner of Chestnut and Whiteville road. Miss Emilie Woodward of Mor. ganton has accepted a position as ste nographer in the Bank of Lumberton. She began work this week and sue ceeds Miss Helen Stain back, who, as mentioned in Monday's Robesonian, was married last Saturday morning. Miss Woodward has been in town for several weeks a guest at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, rM. and Mrs. L. C Townsend. Mr. Her. man Crump has also accepted a posi tion in the Bank of Lumberton as nailing clerk, succeeding Mr. Guy -Townsend who resigned to gc to school.
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