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VOLUME IX
LUMBEBTON, NV C, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1921;
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NUMBER 97
SUPERIOR COURT
Trial of Gas Fiord for Murder . of
Leon Meares. Both Colored Begun
This Morning Phillips and Barker j
Cleared of Blockading : Charge
Fred Lawson Pleads Guilty of Store
Breaking Other Cases Civil1
Court Next Week. : : ' v
A number nf pusps have been din-.)
posed of in Superior iourt- here this Carl tor.' bill making it unlawful to
week, but very few have been found deposit in the' mails or transmit by
guilty by jury. The trial of Gus Floyd hand or . Pst ' any anonymous or
negro, charged with the v murder of . threatening letter. , ,
Leon Meares. also colored," was begun1 also passed the bill making sec
today, Meares was. 17 years old and: tion 4481 of the Consolidated Statu
was shot on Thanksgiving day, at tc. prohibiting a tenant, to desert
A Ima? death' resulting from : loss of a crP without .refunding any'advan
biood before a physician reached him. fees has received and forbidding
-Following are the cases disposed tny other land-lord from harboring
of up to last night: Jsuch a tenant applicable to the entire
Tom J. PhilliDS and Pretttence RflState, The, constitutionality of the
Jjarker, mpmifwrturing liiuor;--ttfit)ay waji-questiened when It wm un.l
fcuuty. '
Fred Lawson, storeibreaking, plead
guilty; sentence not passed, uiwson
was charged with breaking into Mr.
1. H. Warwick's store at Orrumast
summer, soon after he returned home
from the State prison at Raleigh,
having been given a conditional par
don bir former Governor Bickett. He
Lad served four years of a ten year
sentence for larceny.
i. A. McRacken, carrying Concealed
Weapons, plead guilty; prayer for
judgement ; continued upon payment
of cost. 1 . "
Levy McKay, manufacturing li
quor; fiol prosRii with leaver v--t
" P. G. Byrd violating sanitary law;
not guilty.
Richard Thompson, carrying con
cealed weapon, plead guilty; fined $50
and cost.
Richard Thompson, assault with
deadly ,wea'pon, plead guilty; prayer
lor judgement continued upon pay
ment of cost.
Maddick and French Locklear, as
sault with intent to kill; not guilty.
Herald Thompson, having too much
liquor in his possession, plead guil
ty; fined $25 and cost and required
to make bond in the sum of $100 and
appear at each term of criminal court
for two years and show that he has
rot sold or drunk any whiskey and al
so show good behavior. Local offi
cers found a gallon and a half of
whiskey in Thompson's auto here
carij in December of last year.
Albert Locklear. larceny, plead guil
ty: piayer for judgement continued!
upon payment of cost and $6 to P. F.
McGirt for corn stolen. ..
Bog Cummings, larceny, plead guil
ty; prayer for judgement continued
upon payment of cost and $3 to P. F.
McGirt for corn stolen.
Sam Burns, removing crop; judg
ment suspended upon payment of
cost and $40 to Jno. D. McArthur for
corn removed.
Hubert Childy and Ed. Braddy,
Jarceny of auto; not guilty.
Juoge Frank A. Daniels of Golds
boro is presiding and will preside at
next week's term of civil court.
Cotton Meeting
Next Week
Cotton meetings will be held next
we.ek under auspices of the coun
ty cotton association, county board
of agriculture and cooperative dem
onstration work. Speakers from the
various organizations will be present.
Following is a list of Meetings:
Mexton Tuesday. February 8, at
10:30 a. m.
Rowland Tuesday, February 8, at
2 p. m.
Fairmont Wednesday, February 9,
at 10:30 a. m.
Marietta Wednesday, February 9,
at 1:30 p. m.
St. Pauls Thursday, February 10,
at 10:30 a. m.
Parkton Thursday, February 10, at
2 p. m.
Lumber Bridge Friday, .February
11. at 10:30 a. m.
Pembroke Friday. February ll, at
2 D. m.
Everyone interested -in cotton
Asked to attend nearest meeting.
u
propose te Tighten Up Volstead Law.
Prohibition leaders in Congress are
hoping to tighten op the Volstead law
states a Washington dispatch.. , .
They are planning new legislation
to provide a flat jail sentence for the
first offense of selling liquor, with
out giving the courts ' the' optional
right of imposing a' fine."' . .Other
changes being discussed among the
prohibition leaders relate to the
search and seizure clause, so as to
reach the home brew and to make
more sweeping thejresent law under
which a person buying liquor may be
punished equally with the person sell
ing it.
Mr. Ed E. Johnson of St. Pauls, R,
2, was a Lumberton visitor Monday.
Messrs. L. Martin and Winf red Car
ter of Maxton were among the visi
tors in town Tuesday. 4
' , Mr. Z. D. Sealy of the Barnesville
section is a Lumberton visitor today.
, Mr. Roger Pitman of Barnesville
is a Lumberton visitor today.
Mr..Burnie N. Bristow of Lumber
Bridge, who is taking, a business
course at Kings v business college.
Raleigh, spent the week-end at Lum-
- fcer Bridge with home folks. Mrs.
Bristow and baby , who are with his
father, will go to Raleigh in a. few
weeks to join Mr. Bristow.
j GeneraLAisembly
Welfare Of fleer Bill for Robeson En
ables County Commissioners to
Sound Out Public Sentiment and
Ite-establish ? the OfficeSenate
oles Down Salary Increase Bill
But Wijl Consider it Again Free
1 ext. Books Proposed.
lhe Senate -Tuesday passed the
jer consideration some aays ago, ana
Senator Hatsell pointed out yesterday
, - me oujireme uuri jiaa neia mai
intent to defraud at the time the ad
vancc8 were received must be shown
in order to convict under the statute.
A bill to validate school bonds in
St. Pauls passed the House Tuesday.
The Long bill for increases of sa
laries to heads of State departments
and - judges ,was Tuesday reported
favorably by a unanimous vote at a
joint meeting of the House and Sen
ate committees on salaries and fees.
Mrs. Edith Vanderpilt of Buncombe
county addressed a joint session ofthe
Legislature yesterday, coating a most
favorable impression. She advocated
the good roads program and agricul
tural upbuilding in North Carolina.
Mrs. Vanderbilt is president of the
State Fair association
The Senate yesterday voted down
the bill crrying increased salaries for
heads of departments and judges by
a" vote of 21 to 20. Senator Taylor
changed his vote from aye to no and
lodared a motion to reconsider, which
willbe acted upon today. Senator
Varser was among the friends of the
mesure who spoke in its behalf yes
terday. The Senate yesterday passed a sub
stitute to Senator Varser's bill to
ibclish the county nelfn.re officer in
Robeson which enables ' the county
commissioners, upon application from
the proper authorities, to sound out
public sentiment and re-establish the
officer. SenatorVarser stated that the
Department of Public Welfare has no
objection to . the substitute.
. Senator Kanipe. Republan, of
McDowel'l, yesterday offered a bill
providing for free text books for all
nublic school children up to and in
cluding those of the 7th grade. The
bill provides that the State Super
intendent of Public Instruction shall
ascertain the ntimber of textbooks
needed to nupmV all of the children
n'tb.e nublic schools of North Caro-V"r-
and tMt an estimate of the cost
ilmU be filed with ther; Btrdgt , Com
Tniss'on in his Qfcnrirf ehtitJcceed
ih? biennial report "tend ' .thft a
uff icient sum shall be set. apart for
the purpose.
Don't Kill It
But Doctor It
Equalization and Not Repeal is What
is Expected to Happen to Revalua
tion Public Hearing Tuesday of
Next Week. f
Equalization and not repeal is what
will happen to the Revaluation act,
if the opinions voiced by the full
joint finance committee yesterday
afternoon indexes the sentiment of
the General Assembly. "Not kill it,
but doctor it," as Senator McKinne
expressed it, and with variations as
to method of treatment, that was the
sense of the entire session yesterday.
Out and out enemies of the Revalua
tion act, headed by President Stone,
of the Fanners Union, and Collector
J. W. Bailey, were present at the be-
ginning oi tne nearmg, duc mey want-
ea longer nonce man irom r naay to
Monday to line up- the opposition,
and were given until next Tuesday
alternoon to prepare their .casen
Pending this public hearing, the com
mittee declined to take final action
yesterday afternoon, although it was
urged by several members.
; Representative Doughton suprised
the- committee and the attendants up
on its hearing with- the announcement
that in ( spite of ..the te"ft per cent li
mitation imposed by the General As
sembly, Ivies... for public schools of
commissioners in. ninety of the hun
dred countiesof the State exceeded the
limitation by $900,000.
Mr. Doughton based his statement
on a tabulation of reports from these
ninety counties in the (hands of the
State Tax Commission.
These levies were made presumably
on school budgets made up by the
county boards of education. Seventy-
six . of the ninety counties exceeded
the ten per cent increase and twenty
eight of these counties exceded It by
more than'ten thousand dollars. It
is noticeable .also that the most Complaint-of
excessive taxes is coming
fiom tax payers in these counties
where the increased taxes were levied
for county schools by .the county
board of Commissioners and in vio
lation of the limitation of tax rates
fixed in the revaluation act. ,
The twenty-eight counties exceed
ing the limitation by more than ten
thousand dollars each- and the amount
Compromise Bill '.
KQiiWelfatgWbrk
Whole Time Office r Will be Optional
With Counties f Small Popula
tion Varser Withdraws Abolition
Bill and Offers Substitute Increa
sed School Attendance Alone Has
Made the Work' Worth While.
Compromise of the question of dis- well repnented in Lumberton Mon
continuing the work of welfare offi-iday. The farmers were there in their,
cere tin many counties of .the State interest, while several nf n knin.
was agreed upon J py toe . joint pro
positions and grievances committees
of the House and Senate yesterday
afternoon, and if the General Assem
bly concur in the report, retention of
full-time officers in counties of less
than 25,000 population wilft be made
optional. No offices are fully abol-
tsaei
, Proponents and r opponents of wel-
work were heard by the two com -
mittees accepted , the substitute, but
in the ' face of urgent requests by
Senators Burgwyn, of Northampton,
and Nash, of Richmond, the Senate
committee .reported two direct aboli
tion bills favorably. The . difference
will be ironed out on the floor of the
Senate.
Senator Varser, who had an aboli
tion bill pending before the committee
set the status of , the hearing when he
withdrew that measure and offered in
lieu thereof a bpl making it optional
with the county commissioners, and
the county board of education whether
the office should be continued on full
time, and in the event that the full
time officer was ireleased the county
superintendent of public schools
should assume the duties.
This measure -was acceptable to the
Welfare Commission, and receivfed
general support 'in the committee.
or oi it,
Commissioner Beasley and
i. J J T" 1 1 . J .
I-j r-T! - V. 7.1
,Jr7lrZJ:K:S
mond. ThP two latter were resentful
of what they termed "dictation" from
an officer created, by the General As
sembly, the Commissioner of Public
Welfare.
General complaint against the oper
ation of the bill was made from vari
ous counties, and the retort of Dr.
Brooks and Mr. Beasley was that it
was not the law at fault, nor the offi
ce, but the officer and the people of
the county whtf tad not properly sup
ported it. Both appealed to the mem
bers of the committee to judge the
matter in the broader light of the
intent of the law, rather than its in
effective working in some counties.
One thing alone, Dr. Brooks declar
ed, made the welfare work worth
every penny that it had cost the State
and the counties, and that was the
fact that during the past year 100-000
more children were in the public
schools of -the State than had ever
attended (tfaem before, although the
school): population had not increased
above 40,000. These 60,000 children
in school, who had never attended
schcol before, stood as a living monu
ment to the welfare officer, no mat
ter what other shortcomings he might
have had, he asserted. Raleigh News
and Observer. Feb. 2.
of the excess taxes levied for schools
in each of such counties, above the
ten per cent authorized by the revalu
ation act, is as follows:
Anson, $27,233; Bertie, $12,526;
Burl-e, $15,978; Cleveland, $13,351;
Craven. $17,515; Cumberland, $25,358;
Durham, $60,509; Franklin, $19,315;
Harnett, $14-260; Johnston, $41,819;
Martin, $23,712; Nash, $12,568; New
Hanover, $15,100; Northampton, $21,
631: Pitt, $23,838; Robeson, $30-654;
Rockingham. $59,989; Rowan, $17,864;
Rutherford, $10,864; Stanley. $16,565;
Stokes, $11,768;, Surry, $11,699; Un
ion,$54,493; Vance, $20,395; Washing
ton. $12,466; Wayne, $13,650; Wilson,
$67,591.
Some machinery for - equalization
oi assessments locally, and for bring
ing, the county assessments through
out the State to a common value is
the aim of all members of .the Gener
al Assembly who discussed the mat
ter yesterday and during the two
hours, very nearly every member of
the committee had- something to say
about, it Some advocated the recall
of the board of assessors and others
advocated , (he county commissioners
as the proper channeL but both with
the State Tax Commission to super
vise the whole to the , end that all
counties should be assessed alike.
Raleigh News and Observer, Feb. 1.
President Refuses to Commute Sen
tence of Debs.
Recommendation by. the. Depart
ment of Justice that the ten-year
sentence of Eugene V, Debs, long a
prominent Socialist deader and now
serving a i ten-year sentence at At
lanta, Ga., for violation of the war
time espionage laws, be commuted,
effective February 12 next, Lincoln's
birthday, was rejected Monday by
President Wilson and commutation
refused. -
The decision of the President is not
a surprise, because of his previous re
fusal tc intervene in the case on the
ermmrl that Dpha InaA onno-Vif tn hon.
""" ""'Ms jviiinj, oiiww.ru year and cut his cotton acreage half t,eui erve ine purpose ior wnicn
ca,reiPedi50 'n?iter eP?rately I the rest would take care of itself. jthev "e intended." The .jury be
what action it wold take Both com- - a n, t.. he ves that the neonle ftf the conntv
dicap the government through opposiJFayette7ill!'Bnnettaville train which
tion to the selective service act dur-1i8 not in the Wilmington district
ing the war. and that the granting
of clemency in this case mie-ht in
duce similar tactics ' on the part of
others in . the event Of another war.
Parkton News Letter
The Farmer Has Been Thorouthlv
iniormed ueath or an Infant Mr.
Collier CobV is a Lucky Hunter
Those Injured in Auto Wreck Able
f Othe?ne. H0me-Per9O,,al
n ' .
ay u. wiiuamson
Parkton- Feb. 1. Our town
was
men were there in their interest This:
scribe arrived too late to hear the
speeches, but was told they were great.
Farmers were there in great num-, words in denouncing conditions at the
bers and you could see they meant county home and the court house.
business. We were pleased to shake1-We- have-no county- home, the
the clever hand of onr friend -
OL.Jfl K.T r t V! : -
himself in regard to the farmer tr
the year 1921. -He says if the far -
, toe- would dispense with guano this
been thoroughly informed. Now if
he doesn't profit it is his own fault, i to remove this reproach.
. Rev. W. L. Maness preached one of ! P'1 neT home.can built, the
the most able sermons here Sunday: i" alls or "P?1 to .made .
yet, holding his large congregation the V& makeshift, and if repairs
spejlbound for 45 minutes. His theme J f.1 not raade W1'hln , reasonable
was Christian Warfare: Put on the ' tim caU! uPon the olicitor to take
whole armor of God, that ye may be ' wl?atev,eri teP9 W, .be necessary to
able .to withstand the firey darts W stimulate, those id authority into
toe devil. At the conclusion of his on'.4. 4 4. '
sermon, many , professed ChrieUans hSSSS couriT; house also
relponded to his call to renew lheir f!rnounfd: TheA teraPle Jus
covenant and lead a more devoted tipf erecJed at great cost, needs re
Christian life. f,rs' and conditions are not sanitary
On test Wednesday evening Mr. and here.'f juJ7 aJa- A".ent,(m a,."
Mrs. Lonnie Currie came down from !18 caI,ed to the bad condition of brid-
Weldoti," on train 8.9 with their 5-
months-old baby a corpse, having died
of pneumonia on Tuesday. The body
was taken immediately to the ceme
tery, where we laid it to rest beside
two others of the family. This was
a sad burying indeed, this being the'" Bl ma V ou"
""-'last of their children to die in their ! begs ftc ?eave to BuBmit the blowing
infanCy. ye extend our sympathy to j rcPort;
infancy. We extend our sympathy
the heart broken parents. The ser-
vices were conducted by Rev.
Hall- pastor of the parents.
Miss Annie Lee McArthur is nur
sing at the home of Mr. L. C. Hall,
where two of his children have pneu-' anJ fund ten prisoners four white
mcnia. I Rnd 81X colored. We found the jail
Wednesday evening late as the sleet I e1.1 kept and in good sanitary con
and snow were falling thick. Mr.!"111, Jhe prisoners stated that the
Collier Cobb came in with a 20 pound JaiIe,r Mr- ,Alch Prevatt, was kind
gcbblei that he had shot a couple j to them and that they had plenty to
miles away on the marsh. This makes , ea wel1 cared for- .We V,S1:
tbe.4end wild turkey he has land- i the 5haul ane bJ committee and
ed since Christmas. He's a lucky j io?nd 26 prisoners 3 white and 23
number anyway when it comes to wild I colored. They all appear to be in
g.ime I good health- to be treated kindly and
Mr.' Frank Davis of Tobemory is in i have Plent7. of fo?.d: We .f?und
town tonitrht. He savs he Pnecta to !
I leave for Florida soon, bufhow can
a fellow stay away long while he is
suffering with heart trouble?
The Parkton band meets Monday
and Friday nights for general rehear
sal and they, keep our town live-some.'
They are giving the town some live
numbers.
The scrub basketball team of our
school went over to Lumber Bridge'
this p..m. and won a game, score 8
to C as reported. When the weather
will permit you may expect to hear
from our boys. Some real league
games will be played.
Our town .was well represented at !
Red Springs Monday night to enjoy
the great violinist. They report a
great time. Several of our town girls
spont Monday with home folks and
returned Monday night. '
Dr. Herndon was able to come home
Friday from the Pittman hospital and
Mr. j. C. Lancaster returned home
Monday p. m. Both are able to walk
some but it will be quite a while be
fore they will be able to do much
work. '
Mr. P. H. Fisher is enjoying a seat
with the grand jury this week. '
Mr. Neill McQueen and bride ar
rived from Georgia Sunday and are
visitinf. at the home of his brother-in-law,
Mr. J. G. Hughes.
Little Douglas Tolar is sick with
pneumonia. He was' taken Saturday.
A nurse from Fayetteville is with hira.
Coast Lin Will Discontinue Some
Trains.
Declaring they are face to faee with
a most serious situation, that of pay
ing large payrolls and other heavy
overhead expenses whch the present
revenue of the system will not meet,
the officials Of the Atlantic . Coast
Line, say they have found it absolute
ly necessary - "to discontinue some
trains and. curtail other passenger
train service in order that the receipts
may meet the oprating expense, -.
It was announced yesterday by
Coast Line officials that many pass
enger trains would be discontinued in
North Carolina, South Carolina. Geo
rgia and some in other states. Only
two trains on the Wilmington district
are to be affected now.
These trains are Nos. 57 and 58,
operated between Wilmington and
Florence and Nos. 59 and-6Q, oprated
between Wilmington amCfayetteville.
The Florence train will be discontin
ued altogether for the time -being,
while the Fayetteville trains will be
curtailed into tri-weekly service. This,
however, leaves Wilmington with a
dcuble daily service to Florence and
daily service to Fayetteville in addi
tion to the tri-weekly service. The on
ly hec- curtailment . of passenger
train service near this city is of the
Wilmington Star, Feb. 2.
Mr. Walter Pittman of R. 5. Lum-
bcrton, was in town yesterday.
Robeson Should
Ha VP Naw
County Home
Grand Jury Makes Strong Plea for
! belter Provision for Poor "We
Have No County Home." Report
Says Repairs Should be Made Un
til Other Arrangements Can be
Made-Jury Scores Conditions at
rr unU i r.u. - d i
There Also.
In iti report to Judee Daniels ves -
. terday the grand jury did not mince1
i!port says, "it is a poor house in
faf t I ti?an in n.m. Tl - l. -
'W-it.hand when Robeson county
nuia nave a new county hom6 from
?P bottom, with buUdings suffi
are W"1"1 to stand any tax that may
J ge
The report in full follows:
To the Honorable Frank A. Daniels,
Judge Presiding at January Term,
1921:
The grand jury having completed
its work at this rm of the court
We have passed upon 17 bills of in
dictment, finding 15 true bills and 2
not true bills.
Jail and Chain Gang Okey.
We visited the county jail in a body
tne camP m iair condition ano nave
no criticism to submit as to it
Court House Needs Repairs; Poor
Janitor Service.
We visited the several county offi
ces in the court house in a body, and
found them well kept, in good condi
tion, and the officers in proper dis
charge of their duties. We desire,
however, to call attention to the con
dition of the court house building. It
waf- built at great expense to the tax
payers of the county, and both busi
ness prudence and common decency
requires and demands thatitbekept in
good order and condition. We are
Ldvised that a janitor is regularly em
ployed whose sole duty it is to look
after the buliding and see that it is
kept in proper condition. Despite
this, we find that the building is in
ery unsanitary condition, especially
with respect to the toilets and water
clotets. The entire building is by no
means as clean as it should be, and
some steps should be taken to pre
vent spitting on the floors and the
walls, and the toilets should receive
tuch care and attention as may be
necessary to keep them in a sanitary
condition. We recommend that the
officer in charge of the building sees
to it that hereafter the janitor per
forms his duty in a more satisfactory
way, or else that he secure the ser
vices of a new janitor. We also ob
serve several leaks in the building,
plastering falling in placesj tiling
broken up, etc. Repairs are necessary
and should be made at once, else 'the
building will damage greatly. We re
commend that the county commis
sioners forthwith secure -the services
of a competent contractor and have
the necessary repairs made to the en
tire building and. that this be done
at once. This much is due the tax
payers of the county. ,
Must Make Better Provisions for the
rPeon--;-; .
' We visited the county home by com
mittee and are not at all pleased with
the conditions which exist there. We
found ten inmates 4 white, 4 colored
and Indians. The inmates seemed
to be well fed and cared for as well
as can be done under existing circum
stances, and in this report it. must
not be understood that we are making
any criticism of the keeper of the
home. He has no doubt done the best
he could wifS the means at hand. But
we do mean to criticise and also to
emphasize the fact that different ar
rangements should be made in this
county with respect to our county
home. In fact we have no county
home. It is a poor house in fact as
well as in name. The buildings are
worn out and dilapidated and the gen
eral conditions and surroundings are
not at all what they should be. The
time iz at hand when Robeson county
should have a new county home from
top to bottom, with buildings suffi
cient to serve the purpose for which
they are intended. We cannot afford
to be ungenerous in dealing with the
"unfortunates in our midst' We are
able and we believeou people are
COTTON JARKET.
Middling cotton is quoted on the
lorfc! market today at 11 cents the
' pound; strict middling 12 cents.
j BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL .NEWS,,
wA,TI, ?undfly to Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Roach, a son W. A. Roach, Jr.
rouna nog wno lives htre-
0w yesterdav Z. 'tlk'1'
ow yesirday. Come on serin.
. slhAHta M&rM :i ....
IT n r "u Row,and apter,
' -'l1 meet tomorrow after-
m " municipal bmkhng.
ipxT v , wl e' tomorrow
ifV. ewnin ' 7:30. AH Mac-
ITI? ,re iuted to be present, an
! , mauers will be Con-
J - filMeirliU
Z$h CJ ?. 9Jiver of. Frmont, R-
wu a pis recently that tipped
the Males at 733 pounds. Has a
larger been killed in Rnh.. h;.
season?
"Somebody stole my wife," said
a man who came into The Robesonian
, ce yday- The stealing took
Place Tuesday night, according to the
husband What sort of larceny would
you call that? 9
,M: J- M. Thompson, jm inde
pendent .cptton buyer who is at pre
sent located at Proctorville, expects
to move to Lumberton with his wife
ai.d child and buy cotton on this mar
aet.ii he can secura house.
At a meeting W the mayor and
town commissioners Tuesday evening
Messrs. R. H. Crichton and E M.
Johnson, , members of .the board 'and
Mr. J. P. Russell, town clerk' and
treasurer, were appointed a committee
to draft a new town sanitary ordin
ance relative to the handling of fruits,
vegetables, meats, fish, oysters and
other edibles; While some other mat
ters were discussed, this was the only
action taken by the board at this
meeting.
Chairman White- Caljs Meeting of
Democratic Natmnal Committee.
George White, chairman of the
1'tmccratic National committee, yes
terday appointed an executive com
mittee of the National committee,
ana culled it to meet in Washington
February 17 for the purpose of ob
taining its "advice and counsel" in
ti'e reorganization of the party's ma
chinery. "
The executive, committee is com-,
posed of sixteen members. The mem
ber for North Carolina is A. W. Mc
Lean of Lumberton.
Wizard Automobile Officers Held
Under $5,000 Bonds Each.
Three principal officers and two
directors of the Wizard Automobile
company- of Charlotte, were held for
investigation by a Federal grand jury
under bonds of $5,000 ea.ch by United
States Commissioner J. W. Cobb at
Charlotte Monday night at the con
clurion of a preliminary hearing,
which began last Thursday, on char
ges of conspiracy and fraud in the
use of the mails, filed by District
Attorney S. J. Durham.
Afcheville, Feb. 1. A little "under
world" was explored thoroughly by
hundieds of persons early this after
noon when many laymen witnessed
for the first time an illicit still in full
operation near the heart of the city,
following discovery of a complete
outfit, buried in the basement of a
little dwelling on Biltmore avenue.
J. If. McCully. 35 years of age, and
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Williams, 50 years
of age. alleged owners of the still,
are now in jail, awaiting preliminary
trial before Magistrate Creasman.
Mr. Swain Britt and daughter. Miss
Gertrude Britt, of R. 1, Orrum, are
ftmong the shoppers in town today.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. McGougan and
Mr. H. L. Walters ofRenrrtwere
among the visitors in town yester
dcy. Mr. W. P. DeVane and son, Mr.
James DeVane, of Bladenboro, were
Lumberton visitors yesterday.
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willing to tax themselves to any ex
tent that may be necessary to give
these unfortunate people aU the com
forts they are reasonably entitled to
as citizens of a civilized State. , In the
meantime, until other arrangements
can be made, repairs are badly need
ed te buildings and should be made
without delay. We are advised that
this matter has been repeatedly call
ed to the attention of the county
commissioners by grand jury after
grand jury, but still nothing has beea
dore except to file the reports of the
grand jury and serve a copy on the
commissioners. And so it goes. We
think the time has now ccme when
there should be some action, and if
these repairs are not made within a
reaEonable time, a copy of this report
should be handed to the solicitor and
v.e rely upon him to find the necess
ary ways of stimulating those in au
thority into action.
Bridges In Bad Condition.
The bridges of the county, as a
whole, are in very bad condition in
deed, many of them being almost im
passable and a menace to public tra
vel. We recommend that this mat
ter be also called to the attention
of the commissioners and that they
be requested to see to it that the
bridges of the county under their
supervision haive necessary attention
and have it at once.
Respectfully submitted,
L. L. SHAW,
--7 -' x . Foreman. '