ATTEND COTTON ACREAGE REDUCTION MEETING JANUARY 31. 50 MA THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE TOUR TAPER WILL BE STOPPED. V. A i CM LABEL QN IfOLR PAPER AND DOT LET SUB. SCRIPTION EXPIRE. H ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH. $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOLUME IX LUMBERTON, N., C, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1921. NUMBER 94 TH ROTES X r Two Negroes Lynched In Warren Five White Men and i Negroes Wounded in Race Riot at Norlina Sunday Trouble Started Ovpr 10 Cents Morrison Call Out Guard. Two negroes Alfred William and Plummer Bullock were lynched by a masked mob at Warrenton, Warren county, early this morning, dispatch to the Charlotte Observer. The ne groes were taken from' the Warren county jail by the mob numbering about 150 men and carried into the woods a mile from town and their bodies riddled with bullets. Eleven other negroes in jail, all having been arrested following a race , riot at Norlina Sunday morning, . were left ajait unmolested; Bullock was said to have been the i instigator and Williams one of the , leaders of the clash, in which five white men and three negroes were wounded. Lloyd Trai'er, white, and Jerome Hunter, negro- were ser iously wounded during the riot, which started about 10 cents, it is said. ' A military company ordered out by Gov. Morrison took charge this morning. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CON FERENCE HERE TOMORROW One of Two Conferences for Rocking ham District Will be Held at Chest nut Street Methodist Church Tues day Beginning at 10:30 A. M. Educational Secretary North and Preachers and Laymen from Other Churches Will be Here Ladies of Church Will Serve Luncheon. Rev. H.. M. North, educational Bec Tetary of the North Carolina con ference, will hold an educational conference at Chestnut Street Metho dist church here tomorrow, beginning at 10:30 a. m. This is one of two meetings to be held in Rockingham district. The second will be held at Hamlet Wednesday. Ministers and laymen from other churches are ex pected to intend the meeting here' arid ladies ofthe church will serve lunch eon for delegates in the Sunday school room. Meetings are being held in each district for discussion by ministers, leading educators and laymen ' of plans for. inaugurating the Christian education movement in all Methodist churches. MOTION PICTURE RECEIPTS FOR STARVING CHILDREN 1 .-il Theatre Will Give Entire Re ceipts from M -.Minces Wednesday and Saturday of This Week for Re lief of Starving Children. Manager Griffin will donate the t-ntire matinee receipts at the Pas time Theatre Wednesday and Satur .!:.y rf this week to the fund for feed ing the :5..r)00,n00 hungry, cold and diseased children of Europe. On ther.c days the motion picture indus try of America has- pledged itself to raise $2,500,000 for this purpose. North Carolina's quota of this amount is $10 000. The local Red Cross will cooperate in helping to swell the re ceipts at the Pastime for these two aftrenoons. Big Swamp Crossing is all (tight Now The Big swamp crossing between I.umherton and Bladenboro is all right now, Mr. Ira Wilkins of Bellamy informed The Robesonian when he was in town Friday. It will be re called that this crossing was impas sable a short while ago and that the mail carrieT on rural route 5 from Lumherton could net go via Bellamy. Mr. Wilkins says thW the- folks of that neighborhood went tn there one day not long ago'with 25 or 30 wa gons and Iixed it oKejn r; Meeting Places for Community Ser vice. ' - "" Reedy Branch tlml.) Monday, Jan. 24. - Purvis Tuesday, January 25. Old Prospect (Ind.) Wednesday, Jan. 26. Saint Pauls Thursday, Jan. 27. Raemon Friday, Jan. 28. " ,; Tabernacle Saturday, Jan. 29. Programme Come Clean (three reels): The Magic Wand: The Tell Tale Arm : Mutt and Jeff. ' J. R. Poole, Supt. Schools M. N Folger. Supt. Rural Recrea tion. Good Work of Telephone Operator Appreciated. To 1hJ Editor of the Robesonian: l If there is anything wrong -with the telephone service in Lumberton it certainly is not the operator who was on duty between four and six last Friday afternoon, the 21st mst. In an effort to urge foHks to patronize the America Legion boys7 entertainment that night. this opera tor stuck to the job like a f;ne scout and called almost everybody in the directory for me. I am thanking her most sincerely. J. P. RUSSELL. R. C. Murray, a young white man of Rocky Mount, was killed at Ren nert Friday when he fell in front of a freight train on .which .. he : was brakeman. - y Farmers Meeting Will Be Held Jan. 31 Important Meetings for Farmers and All Other Business Men Will be Held at Lumberton and Red Springs Monday of Next Week "Cotton Acreage Reduction Day." Two meetings of unusual interest to farmers- bankers and business men of .Robeson will be held in the count; Monday, Jaunary 31 one in the court house in Lumberton at 11 a. m. and one at Red Springs at 3 p. m. i Mr. Banks Dove, secretary of State in South Carolina, and ex-State Sen atoi J. A. Brown of Chadbourn will address these meetings and ex-Gover-nor R. L Manning of South Carolina has promised to be present if possible. There probably will be other speak ers and a general discussion of mat ters that are of special interest to cotton growers, bankers and business men. Monday, January 31, has been de signated by the American Cotton as sociation as "Cotton Acreage Reduc tion Day," and meetings will be held j throughout the cotton-growing' belt. All farmers white- Indian and col oredare urged to attend one of these meetings. If you are inerested in cotton you cannot afford to miss attendingpne of these meetings. Red Cross Mass Meeting Matters Pertaining to Red Cross V ill be Considered at Meeting, at Court House Thursday Evening. A mass meeting will be held at the court house Thursday evening of this week at 7:30 for the purpose of con sidering some matters pertaining to the American Red Cross. All mem bers of the Lumberton chapter are urged to be present and those who are not members as well. Miss Em ily, H, Walker, field representative of the American Red Cross, will be present and it is urged by the offi cials of the local chapter that ali who can possibly do so attend this meeting- , Pruning De- , s monstrations Two Township Pruning Demonstra tions Will be Given Each Day Alicr Tomorrow. On account of a series of cotton meetings to be held in various parts of the county -early in February- two township pruning demonstrations will be given each day after Tuesday Appointments follow: Shannon J. S. Humphrey's Jan uary, 2-1. Rowland J. McBracy's, Jan. 25. Smiths Sandy McNeill's, 10 a. m. Jan. 26. Pembroke Mrs. E. F. Brown's, 2 p. ni. Jan. 26. ' Whitehouse C. K. Morgan's, 10 a. m. Jan. 27. 4 Caddys Mrs. M. F. ' McArthur's 1:30 p. m. Jan. 27. Maxton M. P. McLean's- 10 'a. m. Jan. 28. Alfordsville Arthur McLean's, 1:30 p. m. Jan. 28. St. Paul J. D. McRaney's, 10 a. m. Feb. 1. Burnt Swamp To be selected, 2 p. m. Feb 1. Britts S. G. Williamson- 10 a. m. Feb. 2. Fairmont To. be selected- 1;30 p. m. Feb. 2. ' , Lumberton county home, 10 a. m. Feb. 3. O. 0. DUKES, -County Farm Dem. Purchasers of Oil Stock Seek to Avoid Paying Notes. Many people who .blythely gave notes during flush times more than a year ago for stock of various kinds that glib-talking agents renxesented as sure to pour into the laps of pur chasers a stream of gold these pur chases, many of them, are now moving to keep these notes, that have come home to roost, from being col lected. A bunch of people came up from down Marietta way Friday to consult with their lawyers about what is to be done about notes for some Texas oil stock. , - . , Among these here Friday were Messrs. J. ;M. Sparkman, A. W. Har rington. C. T. ; Ford, Bunk Morgan, John Henry Bass, Leon Henley. Ivey. It is understood that, there were others . whose names were not learn ed. They say 'they will not pay the notes because ..the company has not lived up tp the promises of the agent, who represented that the stock would pay" for" itself in dividends in four years and the purchasers would not bo out a cent of money. Here's hoping the purchasers will be able to "dig one yard below their mine and blow them at the moon." f The' graded school district of Ox ford voted last week a bond issue of 5 75,000 for additional school build ings. - - ' - Generaf Assembly Coolidge Invited to Address Legisla ' tore. - . Both houses of the General Assenv b!y by joint resolution invited Vice President-elect Calvin Coolidge to: ad dress a joint session during his visit to the State in February, the date be ing left to the convenience of Gover nor Coolidge. Wouldj Allow Women to Serve as Jurors. The only other bill introduced at Saturday's session" of the Senate was offered by Jones of Edgecombe to make women eligible to serve 1 upon juries, but leaving the matter of ser ving optional with each woman. Among Senate bills passed: To ratify certain bonds issued by the town of St. Paula (bonds for waterrfM light and sewers), to permit the re gister of deeds of Robeson county to charge fees for certificates required undei the cotton warehouse act. Bill to Eradicate Tick. Johnstone of Pender offered in the House Friday a bill providing for termination of the cattle tick. It would compel the . county commis sioners of the 21 counties where the tick is still entrenched to build vats to dip the cattle in- appoint inspec tors to see that the cattle are dipped, and provides heavy penalties, ranging from 2 to 10 years imprisonment for any who would hinder the work. A Senate bill paswd Friu&ik sent to the House provides that a Su perior Court judge may have the power to remove a case from one county to another before the pris oner or prisoners' shall have been ar raigned and without their presence in court, provided the defendant or defendants consent in writing. Two Workmen's Compensation Acts Offered, One in House and One in - Senate. Besides committee assignments heretofore mentioned in The Robesonian- Robeson's members of the House have received the following committee assignments: McArthur, counties, cities- and towns, claims, banks and currency; Jenkins Manu facturing and labor, institutions for the deaf and dumb. Workmen's Compensation Measures. Raleigh News and Observer, Jan. 21: A second workmen's compensa tion act made its way to the General Assembly , yesterday;, morning whan Representative Luke .Young, of Bun combe, presented the vmeasure drawn up by the commission named by Governor Bickett last September to work out some form of compensa tion legislation. Mr. Young was a member of the commission, and will the Young bill and the DeLaney bill, which was presented to the Senate on i Wednesday, are very much alike, dif fering mostly in the premium rate the bases of compensation, and in minor detls of administration. The Young bill is modelad entirely after, the compensation law now in force i.-- Virginia. Both are voluminous, oung's running for some 12,000 words, and DeLaney's about 10,000. The Young bill was ordered printed. Both bills declare thatlevcry employe in the State, excepting employes of railroads- and of municipalities, shall be subject to the workings of the act ?i;d "that the employer shall be taxed for tho payment of premiums upon the policies carried for his workmen. In addition to the premium tax, an additional tax on the $100 of premium shall be levied for administration. Nq employe subject to the provisions of the measure may hereafter sue his employer for damages arising out of injuries received in the line of work. His claim, for compensation will be presented to the Board, which will administer the law. and there adjust ed. The maximum' liability incurred is; $5,000. in , the- DeLaney -bill and $4,500 in the Young bill a" graduated scale i provided .JHN'leBser injuries. The DeLaney bill. -provides a 60 per cent.;of the weekly remuneration fofr total disability, and the Young bill fixes $15 per week as. the maximum allowance for disability. The weekly weige of each employe is fixed in the premium carried by the employer for workmen of his establishment. The administration of the law is to be vested in the hands of a commision of three members, giving their whole time to the work.. The policies taken out by employers are to be "farmed out" with approval companies. Al together the measures take the place of the workmen's insurance . that is now ccrried by many employers in the State. The, Virginia law is ta ken as the model of the Young bill and the New York law as the model of the DeLaney bill. Neither meas ure has developed sufficient follow ing in either house to indicate what strength it will have when it comes before the committee hearing, and later when it shall be ready .for the attention of the full Legislature. .Neither has the backing, so far, of the organised labor forces in the State, and many of the leaders are actively opposed to them. It was Charlie' Smith who was rrrested in connection with the whis key still captured near Lumberton some two weeks ago instead of John Smith, as stated in The Robesonian at the time. It might also be stated that it was not the Charlie Smith who lives on East Fifth street, but one who lives near Lumberfon t , Red Letter Day Indians Medals Presented to Indian Soldiers of the World War at Meeting Held Friday at Normal at Pembroke-Indian Teachers of County Held Meeting at Same Time Miss Em ily Walker, Red Cross Field Repre eenfative, and Mr. L. J. Britt of Local Bar Made Addresses. Friday was a red-letter day for the Indians of Robeson- many of whom gathered at the Indian Normal school, near Pembroke. The first thing on the program was a meeting of th Indian Teachers association, this being followed by an adi rcss by sentaMve of the American Red ";. ! After Miss Walker s addr-.-ns, ,v;tory and Iblate medals were prewitcd t ; a nunber of Indian soldiers, of lhe worla war. The meeting was ad- rlrpsspd at 9'3H in tha -.f. inn ,n lur ex-jMY.'L. J. Britt of the Lu.-v.:' .on La", Mr. Britt taking the place of Mr. T. L. Johnson on the program. The meeting was opened at -10 a; m ' with devotional exercises con ducted by L. W. Jacob's, and this was followed by a business meeting of the teachers. "The Importance of Story Telling in Teaching," was discussed tyJMgss Eliza A. Oxendine; "How to Impress upon tfW Patrons the Im portance of First Day and Regular Attendance," by James R. Lowry; "The Importance of Examinations During the School Term and at the Close," by O. R. Sampson; "Reading Circle Work for 1921," by Supt. J. R. Poole; "The Teacher's Responsibility for the Moral Wellbeing of the Child.?' by J. W. Smith. The subjects were handled in a creditable manner and Were both instructive and inter esting. This part of the program was supplemented by songs wefll-ren-derea by the pupils of the Normal school. Miss Walker told in a most interes ting and convincing manner of the great work being done by the Ameri cart Red Cross and urged the impor tance of the Junior Red Cross work in the schools. After Miss Walker's address, L. W. Jacobs was elected chairman of the Junior Red Cross and a number of members were' se cured' The teachers of the Indian schools in the county will look after organizing the various schools. The awarding of the victory and Sate medals was most impressive. This wag supervised by Miss Walker am! after the medals had b;en de livered the ex-soldiers rendered sev eral army sonps and these were much enjoyed. Miss Walker paid tribute to the Indian soldiers tor the splend id service rendered their country in Ihe world war. Mr. Britt's address r'ealt largely with the American Red Cross and its connection with education. lie outlined the peace-time program of the Red Cross and was listened to vi;h interest by those present. Practically all-the Indian tt-achers of the county attended the meeting Friday. There are mora than 3,000 Indian children of school age in the county, according to Supt. J. R. Poole, and the Indians are making great advancement along educational lines. Strange Varmint Appears Again He is Thought to be Related to tlie Monster Thai Tcrr'oized GVbe Swamp Section.. Some Ten Yeare Ago Eats Hogs Same as a Cat Eats Mice He Was Seen Satur day by Two Women and a Maa. A "varramt". thought, to; be relat ed to the "monster" that terrorised the Globe - Swamp and surrounding! sections some ten years ago nss appeared down that way. He was on the south sidB of Lumber river, however, when last seen. The "var mint" eats hogs and the like just as a cat eats mice. One man living near Edmund's mill reports that one of his good-sized hogs has been devoured. The animal an awfully strange looking "creetur", was seen Saturday afternoon by one man and two ladies. x It's an -awful ahame for the "var mint" to lend his terror to a peace ful community. keeping young men from their sweeties at night and causing older people to spend sleepless nights. . " This Teporter was . living m hearing, of .the dreadful noises made by the late monster that created such terror and he knows the folks who live in that "section now have less to be thamkftfl for than before the new one arrived to make life misrable for those living in his range. - Vice President-elect; Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge have accepted an in vitation extended by the Board of Trade of Asheville and will spend two weeks at Grove Park inn, be ginning the first of February. Mr. A. H. Leggett of R. 3, Lum btrton. was among the visitors in town Friday. AML1L Tuberculosis Clinics 13 Examinations Made Her Friday at First of -eries of Clinics to be Held in County Another Clin ic Here Tomorrow Dates and Placet for Othj-r Clinics. Thirteen examinations were made in the free tuberculosis oiinic here Friday. This was the first of sever al clinics that will be conductef in the county, A clink was conducted at Red Springs Saturday and many examinations were made there. The clinics are conducted by Dr. Sprain of the State sanatorium at Montrose assisted by Dr. E. R. Hardin, county health officer, and Miss A. ice Casey, public health nurse in Robeson.. A clinic is being conducted at Fairmont t""ny nn i r p"oon conducted here tomorrow. The dates and places where other clinics will be conducted are: Orru.n Wednesday. January 26; Fairmont Thursday, Jan. 27; St. Pau.s Jan. 28, 29 and 31; Red Springs Tuesday, Feb. 1 ; Rowland Wednesday, Feb. 2; Marietta Thursday, Feb. 3; Maxton Friday, Feb. 4; Parkton Saturday, Feb. 5. Numerous applications for exami nation have been received from all parts of the county, these being the first tifberrulrlf s clonics iconducted in the county. " 1 s , ; Fi LA WSON ArSTSD 1 AT MAXTON LAST NIGHT. He is Wanted on Charge of Break ing into Store at Orrum and at Florence on Charge of House breaking Out on Conditional Par don. " Fred Lawson was arrested on the eastbound Seaboard train last night' as the train was pulling into Maxton about 9 o'clock. The arrest was made by a specia'l officer and Lawson was carried to Fayetteville and placed in jail. Lawson is wanted in Robeson on the charge of breaking into Mr. I. H. Warwick's store at Orrum sev eral months ago. He recently was ar rested at Florence S. C. on the charge of housebreaking, it is said. He broke out of jail there last week. Lawson was given a conditional par. don by former Governor Bickett last summer. He had served part of a sentence to the State prison for larceny. . He, was arrested at Fair mont the next day after he arrived home, but was released. Soon after, he was charged with breaking into the Warmick store and leaving with around $200 worth of merchandise. Sheriff R. E. Lewis and Deputy A. II. Prevatt went to Fayetteville th;.- afternoon and will bring Lawson to jail here. YOUNG WHITE MAN KILLED AT RENNERT BY TRAIN R. C. Murray of Rocky Mount Killed by Train on Which He Was Brake man. R. f'. Murray- a young white man of Rocky Mount, came to a most hor rible death Friday mornina- at 4:30 at Rennertwhen he was run over by the freight train on which he was brakeman. Tne freight was going to sidetrack for the Palmetto Limited to pass and was pulling up to the switch when he climbed out over the engine to be teady to turn the switch and it is thoupht that he tripped over some thing and fell off the cowcatch' r in iont of the engine. No one wit nessed the horrible accident anu it is supposed it happened as'above st ited. V. hen Murray did not turn thd switch the engineer went to se what was the matter and found the body when ten cars had passed oyr it. The re main' were; carried to Rocky Mount. Deceased is' survived by his wjdow and several children. Churcti Notes Central Robeson Sunday School As sociation. Correspondence of The Robeaonian. The Central Robeson Sunday school association will meet with Clyborn Sunday school Sunday January 30. Program. 10:30 a. m. Devotional exercise J. W. McPhail. 10:45 a. m. Meeting called to order, by president; Welcome address J. , T. Prevatt; response Carl Pre-1 vatt. j 11:00 a. m. Roll call; reading min-1 .nil Ciin.lm. astltswtl Mnnvfo ' ultra, aitu uuuuaj o.twi v jvy ic( report general superintendent. 11:30 a. m. Address R. N. Cash well. 12:00 m. Dinner. 1:30 p. m. Devotional exercise W. A. Brice; collection for orphanage; general business; singing by schools. Mrs. J. L. Humphrey, Forney Prevatt. Committee. Rev. Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, will leave this; evening for Nashville- Term., to attend a meeting of the educational board of the Southern Baptist con vention, of which board he is a mem ber. Dr. Durham expects to return home ' Friday. The Wednesday eve ning prayer meeting at this church will be conducted by the B. Y. P. U. cotton market Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 12 3.4 cents a pound; strict middling 13 3.4 cents. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Miss Tressie PhilHps underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Thompson hospital yesterday. -An important meeting of the I. O. O. F. will be held Thursday evening of this week. All meanbers are ur jed to be present. A Dec la I communication of St. . . . - - . - v u , ..v. . . . M 1 14 M., has been called for Tuesday even ing, 7:30 o'clock, for work in the sec- ond At grce.) Mr. Carl Peele of Bennettsville, S. C Una n : . : : . i r A -I 1 1 fH m iC lUU'A HI Ct a ura Vt A ln Ilr succieds Mr. A. M. Diggs, who Ivi-'- r.-tuined to his former home at Clio. S. C. A meeting of the Lumberton Chamber of Commerce has been caW ed for thi evening at 7:30. The meeting will be held in the munici pal building. All who are interested in the town should attend. License has been issued for the marriage of Eddie Ellis and Susie Davis; E. Jordan Dean and Orpie Rozier; Nathan Pridgen and Mrs. Vernie Thompson; W. James Long and Callie Hardee. Members ef Bladc-Usion Baptist chuich Saturday gave their pastor. Kev. R. L. Byrd, who lives near St. Pauls, a generous pounding., Mr. Byrd who was a Lumberton : visitor this morning, wants the folks to know he is grateful for this kind attention. Master Irvin Biggs, 15-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. J. T. Biggs, who underwent an operation at the Thomp-' son hospital last Wednesday, is get ting along nicely. He had been a pa tient at the hospital for weeks be fore the operation was performed. M iss Emily If. Walker, field re presentative of the American Red Cross, is attending; a Eed Crow meet ing at Reedy Branch school, ftfrfian, this afternoon. Tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon at 2:30 Miss Walker will visit the St. Pauls graded school in the interest of the Red Cross. Some hog. YouTI say he was. Mr. A. T. Roberts of R. 7, Lumberln re- ! cently killed a porker that tipped the scales at f 622 pounds, dressed. Be I for , being -dressed) the hog would I have weighed more tfyan 800 pounds. I There are plenty of mules that would j not weigh that much, you know. A motor car owned by the Vir I ginia and Carolina Southern R. com . any was struck by a P'ord car dri i en l y Mr. Ciirlee Smith where the ! railroad cresses East Second street ! about 11 o'clock Friday "morning, i Tht motor car "went dead" in the ; street and the Ford struck it while ' it whs stopped. Both the motor car and the Ford were slightly damaged 1 rnd one eolored man who Svas on the motor ear was slightly hurt. THE RECORD OF DEATHS. Mrs. A. I). McCallum Died Yester day at Fler Home Near Philadel phuK Funeral This Morning. Mrs. A. D. McCallum died yester day at her home near Philadelphus. Dectased was about 65 Vears old and had been ill for some time. Six children survive: four daughters Ai;,,r I.-.,t;,. Ri.,a niio on,i w;ii;A .'iu jc nakiCf i'j ucuc aim , i 1 1 1 1 May, who lived with their, mother, and Mrs. T. L. Smith of Maxton and two sons Mr. J.. M. -McCallum of Lumberton, county auditor, and Mr. Graham B. McCallum of Greens boro. The funeral was - conducted irom rnitadeipnus rresDyiena ,bbpc ch- of which deceased was a member today at 11 a. m. by Rev. H. Mj' Dixon- and interment was made in the church cemetery. . ' Mrs. McCallum was kaewn for her beautiful Christian character and. her friends were numbered by her ac quaintances. Mother of Mrs. T. M. Buraey. In response to a 'phone message advising of the death at 4 o'clock yesterday morning of Mrs. J. W. Russell of Norman, Richmond coun ty, mother of Mrs. T. M. Barney, Mr. and Mrs. Burney and fflur child.4 ham to attend the funeral that takes ren 'ieft this morning for Rocking place there today. Her . death was unexpected and came as a shock to her children and friends. She was 69 years old. Daughter of W. F. Ledwell, Indian An 8-year-old daughter of W. F. Ledwell, Indian, who lives near Ten Mile church- died yesterday. The Child was taken ill Friday, the cause of her death being unknown. Mrs. E. J. McRackan of Whiteville, -Mother of Mrs. Wade Wishart of Lumberton. Mrs. E. J. McRackan, aged 65 years, died Saturday at her home at Whiteviile, following an extended illness. ' Deceased was the mother of Mrs. Wade Wishart of Lumberton. Mr. and Mrs. Wishart attended the funeral at Whiteville yesterday. Mary Chavis, Indian. Mary Gravis, . Indian, aged SO years, died Saturday at her home in Saddletree township. ... t