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1 ' H ROBESONIAN r Established 1870. . . Country, God and Truth, Single Copies Five Cents VOL XUV NQ.6Q LUlECTQN. NORThIzAROUISA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1913. WHOLE NO 2897 CHECK FLASHER WANTED Sporty.Looking Young White Man Does Some Stunts in Wake and Robeson for Which Authorities Want Him Did a Sprinting Stunt When Overtaken Near Lumberton Horse and Buggy For Whkh He Traded Captured. Luther Carmichael, a young white man apparently between 21 and 25 years old, is wanted by the sheriffs of Wake and Robeson counties, in Robeson for giving a fraudulent check and in Wake on the same charge and on the additional charges of buying an automobile under false pretense, forgery and larceny. Carmichael struck Lumberton Sat urday driving a good horse and bug. gy. He was well dressed and entirely respectable looking. After driving up and down Elm street a few times he hied himself to the sales stables of the Dees Brothers, Chestnut and Fourth streets, and struck Dr. Row. land Deese for a trade. A swap of horses was made and in the trade Car. michael gave Dr. Deese a check on the Bank of Dillon for $40. Shortly after Carmichael left town Dr. Dees found out by phoning to the bank that the check was no good. He reported the matter to the sheriff's office and he and Deputy Sheriff W. C. Britt and Mr. Arch Prevatt gave chase. They came up with Carmichael at the home of Mr. Sidney Williamson, near old Kingsdale that is, they got in sight of him. When Carmichael saw the men approaching he hit for the swamp, runnning, and Dr. Dees says he never saw such running in his life before. Carmichael just naturally faded out of the landscape. His pur. suers brought back the horse and buggy and Carmichael's coat and grip, which he left in the buggy in making his get-away. Deputy Britt shot in the direction of the fleeing man, but he paid no attention. Shortly after Deputy Britt, Dr. Dees and Mr. Pre. vatt got back to town Chief of Police H. H. Redfern received a telegram from the sheriff of Wake county to arrest this same young man, wanted in Wake on the charges noted above. But it was then too late. It is thought that Carmichael went to South Caro. lina. Had the officers here known earlier that he was wanted in Wake he could easily have been captured. Yesterday's Raleigh News and Ob server had the following account of this young man's activities in Wake: "hTe young man, it is said, ap. pea red at the local salesroom of the Ford automobile company on Morgan street last Monday and with his neat, gentlemanly and sporty appearance made known his wishes to purchase a machine. According to Mr. Bussy, its agent, exhibited a check made out to him by a Fayetteville firm, the name of which is not now known, and stated that it was given to him by his employer for the purpose of pur. chasing an automobile. The sale was made the price of the car being $535. Carmichael received his machine and Mr. Bussey took the check. That was the last seen of the young sport. "It did not take the Raleigh auto, mobile agent long to find out that the check, which was drawn on on the First National Bank of Fayetteville, was fraudulent. The case was given to Sheriff Sears and every effort has been made to locate Carmichael. "Investigation shows that after ob taining the automobile the young man went to Fuquay Springs and there ex. changed his new machine for a horse and buggy and got about $150 in cash. From there he was traced to Lumber, ton where he swapped horses and gave a check for $40 to cover the difference in the value ef the animals." The trade of the auto for the horse and buggy was made with a Mr. Thomas of Fuquay Springs. Mr. Thomas came to Lumberton this morning looking for the horse and buggy, which he found at the stables of Dees Brothers. Mr. Thomas says that he gave Carmichael only $40 boot instead of $150, as stated in the account in the eNws and Observer. Mr. Thomas hauled Carmichael out of a ditch between 12 and 1 o'clock at night, Carmichael having ran into a ditch and broken the machine. WATCH Watch the label on your paper. If renewals are not in by date on label will be stopped. PRIEST CONFESSES MURDER. Mystery Surrounding Finding Parts of Dismembled Body of Girl Solved. New York Dispatch, 14th. With the arrest early today of Rar. Hans Schmidt, assistant rector of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church, charged with the murder of Anna Au. muller, a domestic, themystery of finding of parts of the dismembered body of a girl in the Hudson river was solved. Schmidt, according to the police reports, confessed, and at the time of his arrest attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a safety razor blade. According to the police and attaches of the district attorney's office Schmidt's confession was full and ab. solute. In it he is quoted as saying that he killed his companion with a butcher's knife and cut up the body with the knife and saw. 'The deed was comitted the police say, shortly after midnight on September 2, in an apartment in Bradhurst avenue. Five bundles wrapped in bed clothes and papers were made of the six parts. Five times Schmidt left the apartment house with a bundle to cross the Hudson River to the Jersey shore.. Five times he leaned over the stern of the ferryboat and gave the river his burden. Then he returned to his church. In the apartment the police found a marriage license issued in New York last February and bearing the names of the priest and the murder, ed woman. According to Schmidt's confession he went through a mar. riage ceremony with the girl. In this ceremony Schmidt was both priest and bridegroom; there were no wit. nesses. A pillowslip led to Schmidt's ap. prehension. This pillowslip, stained with blood and soiled with the filth of the river, was wrapped around a portion of the torso. The detectives traced the pillowslip to its manufac. turer; the manufacturer traced it to the dealer; the dealer traced it to Schmidt. The police tracing Schmidt and the girl, knew all about both of chem hours before they arrested him. The priest was dressed in full clerical garb when inspector Faurot entered his rooms in the parish house of his church. Robeson County Chestnuts. Mr. C. B. Redmond, proprietor of the Parlor Grocery, says it's not ne. cessary for Robeson county to be us ing chestnuts from France and Italy for the county is' raising the finest he ever saw; and he's seen all kinds. Mr. Billie Walters, who lives on route 4 from Lumberton, brought some to town Saturday that were whoppers the same kind and size that Mr. Red. mond has been paying 17 cents per pound for. Mr. Walters says he has sold 8 bushels this season, and has plenty left at home. What is it a Robeson county farmer cannot raise successfully if he'll only try ? Mr. H. H. Anderson purchased Saturday from Dr. W. A. McPhaul part of the property at the Seaboard station, which, as has been stated in The Robesonian, Dr. McPhaul bought some time ago from Mr. R. D. Cald. well and others. Mr. Anderson gets the corner at the intersection of First and Chestnut streets. The lot is 24x. 100 feet, the 24-foot front facing Chestnut. The consideration was $2, 000. The Messrs. Dees Brothers' new brick sales stables on West Fourth street have been completed and they are now using these stables and the stables on the corner of Fourth and Chestnut, where they have been loca ted for some years. They will con tinue to use the Chestnut and Fourth street stables until the first of next year. "A member of the Brotherhood of Trainmen is killed every seven hours and 15 minutes, and every nine min. utes a man is maimed. This was the testimony Friday at New York of William Lee, representing th order of Railway Trainmen at the meeting of the Arbitration Commission in the controversy between 42 Eastern rail, roads and their conductors and train, men over the employes' demands for more pay and shorter hours. Subscribe forThe Robesonian MUCH PROGRESS MADE Settling Points in Tariff Bill Wil son Measures Occupy Attention. Washington Dispatch, 14th. With the tariff bill being completed and the Administration currency bill under way in the House, the coming Week in congress promises marked progress toward inscribing on the statute books, the legislation pressed by President Wilson. The Senate and House conferees, settling points in the tariff bill in disagreement between the two houses have made much progress. Senator Simmons and Representative Under wood are confident that the coming week will see all differences settled and little difficulty is expected in se curing the adoption of the conference report. The House this week will take up the currency bill in detail. Republicans and Progressives set forth at great length last week their objection to the measure and the Democrats entered their answers. With the gist ofar. gument out of the way, the measure now will be taken up for amendment, and although the approval of the Democrat caucus is expected to pre. vent -any changes, various attempts will be made to alter provisions most bitterly attacked. The section providing that National banks shall subscribe 20 per cent of their capital and 5 per cent of their deposits to the proposed Federal re serve banks, and the provision making bank notes Government obligations, will be principal points of attack. Attempt will be made to limit the broad powers now conferred by the bill on the Federal reserve board. Ma. jority leader Underwood hopes to get to a final vote on the bill this week, however, and send it to the Senate. FARMERS' NATIONAL CONGRESS Mr. C. M. Townsend of Raynham will Attend the Sessions at Piano, 111., This Month. The Farmers' National Congress willmeet at Piano, 111., September 23 26. Mr. C. M. Townsend, of Rayn ham, who is vice president for North Carolina, was in town Friday and told the Robesonian that he expects to attend this congress. He expects to leave home on the 20th inst., and join the Maryland delegates, who will leave Baltimore on the evening of the 21st at 7:52 over the Pennsylvania railroad. The following information about Piano and the congress is taken from a letter to Mr. Townsend from the secretary of the organization: "This promises to be a very inter, esting trip. Piano, known as the "Harvester City," is the birthplace of the first successful, mechanical de vice for harvesting grain by machin ery, is the home of the Independent Harvester Company, which is owned, managed and operated upon a co. operative profit-sharing plan by farm ers of the United States, and which has made wonderful strides in growth in its 6 years of existence. It is said that Horace Greely was inspired to write "Go west, young man" from having seen the picturesque dells and streams in and around Piano. Then, too, Piano is but 52 miles west of Chicago, a city of innumerable attrac tions for the tourist. "The program this year will be ex ceptionally strong, the speakers in cluding Secretary of Agriculture Houston; Hon. P. P. Claxton, Com missioner of Education; Governor Dunne of Illinois; Governor Cox of Ohio; Prof. Mumford, president of Missouri Agricultural College; Prof. Holden, the Iowa corn and alfalfa ex pert; Hon. Oliver Wilson, master of National Grange; Hon. Jos. E, Wing of Ohio, and others. Questions of un usual social economic and legislative value to the farmer will be discussed. The Piano people are arranging enter, tainment features." Mrs. W. W. Carlyle and daughter, Miss Janie, and Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Carlyle left Friday for Nyach, N. Y., where Miss Janie will be a student in the Christian & Missionary Alliance Bible Training School. On their way to Nyach they will spend some time in Washington, Baltimore and New York. Mrs. Carlyle and Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Carlyle expect to return about the last of this week. ROBESON GINNING REPORT. Nearly 4 Times aa Much Cotton Gin. ned in Robeson Up to September 1 Last Year aa This Year for Same Period. Mr. J. B. Humphrey of Red Springs, special agent for the Bureau of Cen. susfor Robeson, advises The Robeson ian that there were 29 bales of cot ton, counting round as half bales gin. ned in Robeson county from the crop of 1913, prior to September 1st, as compared with 112 bales ginned prior to September 1st, 1912. More Cotton Worms Reported. Mention has been made in The Robe sonian of worms that are destroying cotton in some sections of Robeson. Worms have heretofore been reported from the Saddle Tree and Back swamp sections. Mr. Z.T. Taylor, who lives in Howellsville township, sent to The Robesonian office Friday from his farm some bolls that show the ravages of the same kind of worm, and Mr. J. L. Prevatt, who lives 3 miles east of Buie and who was in town Saturday, says they are doing damage on his farm. Mr. Prevatt says he does not believe this is the same worm that is sometimes found In,, corn; or that; if. it ia.it is strange to him that it has not been attacking cotton in former years. Me says that it is found most often in fields planted with seeds shipped from a dis tance, and he thinks the kind of seeds and where they were gotten has all to do with this worm, whatever sort of worm it is. Mr. E. Odum, who also lives near Buie in Back Swamp township, brought to The Robesonian office this afternoon a stalk of cotton on which every boll had been ruined by these worms. Mr. Odum 6ays he pulled that stalk out of a 7-acre field which ordinarily would yield a bale to the acre at least, but that on account of the ravages of this worm he will not get more than three bales this year. He sowed Cook's improved seed. Superior Court Six Weeks More of Court This Year. As stated in Thursday's Robesonian would most likely be thg case, the week's term of Robeson Superior Court for the trial of civil causes, Judge C. C. Lyon of Elizabethtown presiding, which convened last Mon. I day, adjourned for the term Thurs day afternoon. The only jury case I disposed of besides those mentioned j in Thursday's paper was J. Brown I Evans vs. Eli Ratley, in which it was ' found that the defendant was indebt ! ed to the plaintiff in the sum of $75. ' A number of orders and judgments ' was signed, and many cases were con tinued and placed on the calendar for ' some future term. There will be sfx more weeks of court before the end of the year 2 weeks of civil court beginning Sep tember 29, 2 weeks of criminal court ' court beginning November 3, 2 weeks ' of civil court beginning December 1. I Town Prisoners May be Locked Up in I County Jail as Heretofore. ' It was stated some time ago in The Robesonian that the county commis i sioners had passed an order prohibit- ; ni !cm yn T . t ing anerin k. Cj. juewis irom allow ing prisoners of the town of Lumber ton to be locked up in the county jail. A test case was made and. at the term of Superior Court next after this or der was made Judge C. C. Lyon or dered that the town be allowed the privilege of using the jail as here tofore until the case could be disposed of. Last week Judge Lyon decided that the town could continue to use the jail for its prisoners. The only dif ference hereafter will be that a com mitment will be required by the jail, er from the recorder. This is accord, ing to the usual custom, but it has not been strictly enforced heretofore as it will be in the future. County Farmers' Union Meeting Thursday. A county meeting of the Robeson Division of the Farmers' Union will be held in the court house here. Thurs day of this week. Some very impor tant business will come -before -the meeting, and a large crowd is expect ed to be present. WATCH Watch the label on, your paper. If renewals are not in by date on label will be stopped. BRIEF LOCAL Cotton today, 1211.16 cents. License has been issued for the marriage of Ola Broom and Willie Whit; Fodic Bass and Duncan Spark man. Lucinda House, an insane colored woman, was brought to jail from Wa-' kulla Frida'y by Rural Policeman Hugh McNeill. Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr., left this morning for Chapel Hill, where he will spend a week coaching the Uni versity football team. While in Col. lege at Chapel Hill Mr. McNeill was a member of the football teem. Mr. E. Nye, who was in town this morning, says the school at Orrum, his home, Prof. M. Shepherd principal, . had the best opening in its history on the 1st inst. and that the pros pects for the term are fine. "The Winking Parson," Edison, and "Red Barrier," Vitagraph, will be shown at the Pastime theatre this evening. Tomorrow evening "The Turn of Fortune," Cines, and "The Dandy," Vitagraph, will be put on. Mr, Sandy McLeod was very sick yesterday, but his condition today is very much improved. Mr. G. G. French was right sick at his home, East Fourth street, Saturday and yester day, but his condition today is very much improved. Receiver J. S. McDonald finished Friday winding up the affairs of the defunct 'Lumberton Drug Co. Credi tors were paid 32 per cent, whereas before a receiver was apointed the creditors refused an offer of settle ment on a basis of 33 1-3 per cent. There will be a meeting of the county bar tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in Clerk of the Court C. B. Skipper's office for the purpose of ar ranging a calendar for the civil term of court to begia on the 29th of this month. In a civil service examination held here Saturday eight stood the ex amination, three for postoffice clerks and five for city carriers. The ex amination was held in the graded school building by Assistant Postmas ter R. O. Edmund. Mrs. Kate P. McLeod of Lumber ton filed Saturday two suits against Geo. B. McLeod, one for divorce and one a civil action for relief. Mrs. Mc Leod is represented by District Attor ney H. F. Seawell of Catharge and Mi. Iredell Meares of Wilmington, who spent Saturday in Lumberton. Mr. Lloyd C. Townsend will begin tomorrow the erection of a 2-story residence, with 8 or 9 rooms, on the lot he recently purchased on north Chestnut street in front of the resi dence of Mr. E. L. Holloway. Mr. W. M. Burney has the contract for the building. County Superintendent J. R. Poole and County Physician B. W. Page went thi3 morning to Barnesville, where they will attend today the opening of the Barnesville school, of which Prof. H. W. G. Owen is prin cipal. Mr. Owen was principal of this school last year. A good number of Farmers' Union members are in town today, because of the fact that they are ex pecting a car-load of flour which they recently ordered through the county business agent, Mr. W. K. Culbreth. The farmers ordered this at a great saving. Mrs. Kate Brown of Antioch and Mrs. D. B. McLean of Raeford spent a while in town this morning en route home from Wilmington, where they had been spending a few days on a visit at the home of their brother, Rev. J . A . Smith, who for some time has been very sick. His condition is though t to be somewhat improved. Mr. J. D. McDonald of Wilming. ton has accepted a position as sales, man in the McAllister hardware store. He with his family, arrived Friday and began work Saturday. Mr. McDonald and family will move into the residence on Eaat Fifth street at present occupied by Mrs. Jessie Wishart as soon as Mrs. Wishart can move out. Mrs. Wishart has pur. chased from Mr. M. C. Mclntyre of Back Swamp the house and lot on East Fourth street which is occupied by Mr. F. W. Groom. Mrs. Wishart will move in just as soon as Mr. Groom can get out. NEWS ITEMS Mr. J. P. Mitchell of Fairmont bfrgan work in Mr. M. W. VUytfa store this morning. Mr. F. O. Floyd, who had for some time held a position as salesman in the store, resigned, his resignation taking effe-.t Satur day. Mr. Floyd will return to his home Lt Fairmont. Mr. Sam Dunie of Fairmont pass, ed through town yesterday en root to the Northern markets, where he will spend several days buying fall goods for his big dry goods store at Fairmont. Mrs. Dunie came to Lum berton with him, spending the day in town on a visit to relative. Ska returned to Fairmont yesterday af ternoon. Rowland Sun, 11th: Dillon is be coming a favorite place for Rowland, ites to wed. On Tuesday night Miss Bertha Smith, of this place, and Mr. Rogers, of Lake City, met there by appointment, procured license and were married in the court house. Tb bride is a daughter of Mr. Charlie Smith and has many friends who wish them good luck. -r-Chief of Police H. H. Redfern ex pects to leave this - evening f or s ' 1 0-day s' vacation which he will spend on his farmin Anson county, at Wadesboro and Charlotte. He intended leaving last evening or this morning but was not well yesterday. During bis absence Night Policeman Sam Strain will act in his place and Mr. Woodberry Flowers will take Mr. Strain's place at night It is understood that Messrs. A. R. McEachern, J. M. Buttler and W. D. and J. A. Johnson of St. Paul's have purchased the cotton mill plant of the Lake View Manufacturing Co. of Fayetteville. Mr. R. C. Lawrence went this morning to Fayetteville oa business in connection with the deaL which it is thought will be closed to day. In his letter last week "Happy Jack" mentioned some improvements that had recently been made on the "gallant Broad Ridge," and since then The Robesonian has been informed that the inhabitants on the "Ridge" are increasing very fast also, three new comers having arrived last week, one at the home of Mr. J. I. Stone, Jr., one at the home of rM. Frank Britt, and one at the home of Mr. Homer Barnes.' Miss Mollie Belle Hallowell of Lum berton has been employed to fill the vacancy created in the fifth grade at the graded school by the renigna lion of Miss Corinne Doles, aa mon. tioned in Thursday's Robesonian. Miss HaHowellis a college graduate, has had four years experience as a teacher and is highly recommended. M138 Ruby Johnson, one of the te:her is the high school department, who was sic last week, is on duty again today. Outside students will be admitted to grades above thi fifth. Other grade are crowded. Mention was made in Thursday's Robesonian of an incident that hap. pened just as the paper was going to press at the residence of ex-Sheriff Geo. McLeod, two or more pistol shots and calls for help attracting a large crowd. As this happened on the premises, as it was a family affair, aa no one was hurt and as the authorities have taken no cognizance of it, noth ing more is known about it than was stated in Thursday's paper; which fact the paper feels it is due its read ers, who might expect some further mention in today's paper, to state. Messrs. A. E. White and Frank Gough returned Friday night from a two-weeks' visit to the Northern mar kets, where they purchased goods for their department store. During their stop-over in Washington on their way North, heretofore mentioned in The Robesonian, Mr. White says they suc ceeded in having made available the $10,000 apropriation that had been made for a postoffice site in Lumber, ton and they were assured by Repre sentative Godwin and Senators Sim mons and Overman that a $75,000 ap propriation for a postoffice building for Lumberton will be put through at the next session of Congress. WATCH Watch the label on your paper. 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