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r HI "71 IONIAN WATCH LABEL U YOUR PAPER AND DONT LET SUB. SCRIPTION EXPIRE. THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE TOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED. Li ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE CX)PY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, COD AND TRUTH- $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOLUME UX LUMBERTON, N. C, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1S21 NO UMBER &3 ROBES Spotted Preacher General Assembly j For Yeggman ; Senate Passes Divorce Measure . i Varser .Leads Attack on Proposed Pol ..-, wf All . tn Nab' Modification of Divorce Laws. ! Policemen Were All wAj The Senate yesterday by a vote of ' ,?'?! fM SZZ ?TSoJr 125 t0 18 Passed the bi educing the1 lighted Only Man Whose Appear-1 .. j f 0uQif Ai m ance Convicted Him Was Able to Prove That He is a Preacher, Things will happen. It was Tues day morning that Chief of Police D. M. Barker was advised by wire that three yeggmen were on the Seaboard train from Charlotte and to be on the watch for them. The yeggmen had blown a safe ' in Charlotte- according t the wire message from the Char, j semen altogether, me .senate re lotte officer. Khowing how tricky Jected an amendment reducing the 1 ... ... m... Tlar-VeT ' had plenty of officers on the scene to take good care of t-fre situation. The train came in and the officerg looked the passengers over. Only one man had the appearance of a yeggman and one of the officers nabbed him. This one proved to be a minister and had his credentials along to prove it. The officer "let go" when he was convinced that he had arrested a preacher. It was later learned that the yegg men changed trains at Hamlet, going towards Raleigh. , y.. ...--..., ' Trby Thomas Bound Over To Court Indian Merchant of Pembroke Bound to Higher Court to Answer Char ges of "Larceny ( and Receiving Stolen Goods Gave Bond. Recorder David H. Fuller found probable cause in the case of Tr jy Thomas, Indian merchant of Pem broke, Monday and bound him over to the Superior court on the charge of larceny and receiving stolen goods knowing that they were stolen. This case grew out of the finding of goods stolen from the store of Mr. W. L. Everett of Rennert in Thomas' store. Mr. Everett's store was robbed on tie night of January 6. Thomas waived trial on two other counts, one charging larceny and the other charging that defend ant received stolen goods knowing that they weye stolen. This case re sulted fronr the fact that goods thrown off a freight train near Buie were found in Thomas' store the next day after Mr. Lacy Prevatt was shot from ambush in a swamp near Buie, about three weeks ago. Mr. Prevatt was shot as he approached the goods -where they had been hidden in the swamp. Thomas was 'placed under a $2,000 bond in each case, which he made. . WM. F. MCCOMBS PASSES. Man Who Organized Campaign That Resulted in Election of President Wilson Died Tuesday. ' William F. McCombs, who organiz ed the campaign that resulted in President Wilson's first nomination and election, died of heart trouble Tuesday in Greenwich, Conn, states a New York dispatch. Stricken with a heart attack several mopths ago, the former Democratic national chair man grew steadily worse and his death had been momentarily expected for the last few weeks. The body will be taken to Little Rock, Ark., for burial. Known as a brilliant lawver and suc cessful politician in New York city, Wiliam F. McCombs received his first experience in national politics when he became campaign manager for Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Later he became chairman of the Democratic national committee and declined the post of ambassador to France offered him by President Wilson after his election. Born of Southern parentage at Hamburg, Arkansas, Dec. 26, 1876, he received an elementary education at Webb school in Tennessee and later -was graduated from Princeton uni versity. He studied law at Harvard unversity and entered the profession I in 1901. Song and Dramatic Recital at School Auditorium Tomorrow Evening. Under the auspices of the Boys' Athletici and Literary Society, which hopes t realize "something "extra to invest in equipment, Edward Brig ham, basso profundo and dramatic reader, will give a song and dramatic recital in the high school auditorium tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Brigham is said to be "an artist of rare power." Press comments herald him as an artist who has delighted audiences all over ' the country. Ad mission, 50 and 25 cents. Members of the Boys' Athletic and Literary So ciety think they can assure patrons that they will enjoy the recital, and they hope to make something to meet their own needs in the way of equip ment. Lady Fired at Night Prowler. , A man who was prowling about the back yard at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mclntyre, East Fifth street, one night recently left the pre mises in much of a hurry after Mrs. Mclntyre fired two shots at him. Mrs. Mclntyre was attracted by the bark ing of a dog and when she investigat ed she sa'w a man in the back yard. It was then that she fired two shots at the intruder, who faded away int) the darkness hurridly. . - Mr. M.VJ. Merritt is spending the day in Wilmington on business. t 5 separation. The hill w introduced in the House by Miss Ex-1 um Clement and passed by that body! : The third reading of the bill was set for a special order for this morning and the News and Observer says that Senator Varser announced that he would today offer an amendment abolishing divorce on account of de-l Kiuui-U jui uivuice lu o years and limiting the operation of the act to 2 years after its ratification. The News and Observer story, this morn ing says: I "Senator Varser led the attack up on the Dm. with the most torcetul snppfh he has vet made on the floor I of the Senate. He declared that he was unalterably opposed to divorce on any save Biblical grounds and that he interpreted the bill as 'back wash from Reno that has been a stench in the nostrils of the world'. He pointed out that present laws already grant legal separation and stated that what is aimed at is not relief, from present spouses but an opportunity to marry again and stated his opposi tion to any man or woman having more than one living consort. He found further objection to the bill in that it places a premium on the crime of abandonment." Senate Passes Measure Calling for Constitutional Convention. The Senate Tuesday passed the Stubbs bill calling for a constitution al convention by a vote of 43 to 4. Under the terms of the bill the prop osition would be submitted at the next general election arid if the convention be called, it will assemble on the first Wednesday in May, 1923, sit for a period of not more than 30 days, during which amendments to the Con stitution would be offered only, would adjourn for 60 days and reconvene for the purpose of adopting amendments. Senate Defeats Pardon Board Meas ure. The Senate Tuesday defeated the Walker bill for submission of an amendment to the constitution creat ing a board of pardons. Only 5 votes were cart ;f of "IT;" r It was construed as the result of attacks upon former Governors for- their pardon records and was condemned by several Sena tors. Senator Long of Alamance de clared that "no man has a right to criticise the pardon record of a Governor-until he has examined the re cord in the individual cases." Sena tor Varser, one of the 5 voting for the bill, is quoted as saying that he did so only in order to gain an opportunity to work for its defeat by the people, so that the records of for mer Governors might be completely Release Judges from Primary Laivvl The Senate Tuesday passed the Sams bill providing for the nomina tion. f judges by convention, instead 6f in primary'. The Senate does not believe the people' are the ones to nominate their judges but thinks the lawyers should settle that matter for them. Salary bills passed Tuesday by the Senate included increases of $1,000 each to the assistant attorney gener al and the State librarian. Senator Varser offered a measure Tuesday directing the State auditor to audit, examine and provide a sys tem of accounting for the various State departments and institutions. Senator Jones of Edgecombe offer ed a bill Tuesdayto provide a license fee of $5,000 for any warehouse sell i"r tobacco that is ungraded and un tied. Matthews of Bertie offered in the House Tuesday a bill providing for a State building fund for public school buildings, totaling $5,500,000, raised by bond issue and loaned to counties at a low interest rate for periods of 20 years. The House Tuesday killed bins emanating from the State Board of Health requiring the registration of marriage with the bureau of vital statistics.. Debate centered around putting an additional tax of $1 on getting married. House Repeals Transfer of Prison. The House Tuesday passed a meas ure repealing the act of 2 years ago turning over the State prison to the State hospital for the insane. Proposed Changes in Revenue Law. Washington, Feb. 22. The revenue bill to be adopted as .early in the Har ding administration as it can be put through will rjepeal the excess pro fits tax; reduce the sur-tax maximum from 73 to 40 cents; repeal the trans portation tax and that part of the luxury ta known as the "soda wat er" tax. ' These charges m the revenue law will 'lose to the Federal, treasury, it is estimated, about $850,000,000 .an nually. To go about making up this deficit because it must be made up in some manner if is proposed to increase the normal corporation earn ings tax by 5 per cent., making it 15 instead of 10 per cent.; also to elimi nate the S2.000 exemption now allow ed corporations. It is estimated that these will bring in revenue approxi mating $450,000,000. and the remain der of the deficit, it is figured, will be made up of increased duties to be Itevied at the customs ports. Joe L. Baker in Raleigh News and Observer Harding's Cabinet President-Elect Has Reached Tenta tive Decision on Every Cabinet Place List as it Now Stands. i An Associated Press dispatch of February 22 from St. Augustine, Fla., gives the following: . President-elect Harding has reach ed a tentative decision on every place 1 in his Cabinet, and unless there are,' last-minute changes the official cir- cle of the next administration will be j composed of these men: Secretary of State Charles Evans ' Hughes, of New York, former Gover nor, . justice of the Supreme Court j and in 1916 RepuWHcan nominee for ; the Presidency. Secretary of the Treasury An-, drew W. Mellon, of Pennsylvania, a banker and financier, member of a family reputed to be among the wealthiest in the country. j Secretary of War John W. Weeks, ' of Massachusettes, former United ! States Senator and in 1916 a candi-! date for the Presidential nomination, j Attorney General Harry M, Daugherty, of Ohio, who managed i the pre-convention campaign result ing in Mr. Harding s nomination. Postmaster General Will H. Hays, of Indiana, chairman of the Republi can national committee. Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby, of Michigan, a former mem-! ber of Congress, who has served as j an enlisted man in both the navy and marine corps. I Secretary of the Interior Albert ' B. Fall, of New Mexico, now a United j States Senator. j Secretary of Agriculture Henry ! Wallace, of Iowa, editor of farm publications. j Secretary of Commerce Herbert j Hoover, of California, former food i administrator and conspicuous leader in various movements for European ' relief. i Secretary of Labor J. J. Davis, of Pennsylvania and Illinois, a former union steel worker, who has become , the highest official of the Moose fra- i ternity. If changes are made thev are most likely to affect the appointments for nflW --.mm aivia 1 U 1 1 2 C or 6f ... u :u .... . i A i vniii. ii me uuucimvuu 10 nave come 10 the point of decision within the last twenty-four hours. In regard to none of these has there been an exchange of formal in vitation and acceptance, but in every case the selections made by Mr. Hard ing are expected by his closest asso ciates to stand. Assignment of the navy portfolio to Mr. Denby, who is a Detroit lawyer, furnished the first real surprise of the Cabinet situation, for his name had not been mentioned publicly in j connection witn tne place until to day., It is understood that from the first he has been under consideration however, and was held in reserve for just such a contingency as Mr. Hard ing. frfced last week when- former GosV. Trjank O. Lowden, of Illinois, declined to be considered for the navy secretaryship. j It is expected before the President-elect makes a formal tender to Mr." Denby, he will call him into con versation and go over with him the naval problems of the coming ad ministration. . Today Mr. Harding was in com munication with some of the Michi gan members of congress regarding the appointment and it is understood to have secured their approval. Ever since the early days of the campaign' Mr. Hoover's name has. been one of the storm centers of the Cabinet list,, many Republicans ur ging his appointment as Secretary of State", interior, commerce or labor, and many opposing it because of his decided stand in favor of the ueague of Nations. Whether he wLl accept the commerce portfolio is not defi nitely known here, but the general expectation is that he will. A for mal invitation is expected to go for ward in a few hours. The former food administrator was the first national figure with whom Mr. Harding conferred after his re turn to Washington from the Chica go convention last year and later Mr. Hoover camo to Marion among the first of the "best minds" to be called into conversation. Should he refuse to sit in the Cabinet he may be askd to head a commission for re-organization of the executive department of the government. Letter Carriers Had Fine Meeting Well-Attended Meeting of Robeson Rural Letter Carriers Association Held Here Tuesday Officers Elec ted. The best attended and one of -the most; interesting meetings in the his tory of the Robeson Rural Letter Carrie association -was held in the court hose here Tuesday. Matters of interest to members were discussed and officers were elected fn-r tha en suing year as follows: John T 1 . -. nieares, .uumoerton, presiaent; j. a. Smith, Red Springs, vice-president; d. M. O. Denmark, St. Pauls, secre tary -' treasurer; Messrs. Hardy M'White, N. G. Smith and .Jno. B. Meares were elected delegates to the State meeting which will be held in Asheville July 4. Mr. J. L. Townsend of McDonalds was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday. Mr. W. T. Ivey of Proetorville was a Lumberton visitor yesterday. j Miss Green Talks- On Prohibition Social Worker Representing Anti-; Saloon 'League Tells a Dry Audi-, ence in Out of the Wet -Why They, Should be Dryer Still and Wage Eternal War on the Bootlegger Sixth Grade Won Handsome U. S. Flag. , Urging her hearers to quit locking through a little knothole, if such was their daily walk and conversa-' and Observer gives the following tion, and get a broad view so they brief summary of the provisions of could see how the whole world is so the bill: linked together that if Jonnie Smith A levy of $2 poll tax by the coun stubs his toe in Robeson county it ties for public schools, may rock the pyramids to their A levy of five cents on the $100 foundations in Egypt and if Jane valuation of property to be used as an Figleaf in a sun-kist island of the equalizing fund for weaker counties, sea adds one leaf to her amidships to aid State high schools, the train- wardrobe it changes the center of gravity of the universe, Miss Ida A. Green plead at at Chestnut Street Me. thodist church "Monday night, before a small audience, for proper enforce- ment of prohibition in Robeson so that it may be pointed out as a shin ing example to people jp Eng land who cannot get a chance to vote on liquor. Ine flag offered for se curing the best attendance at the maaf , k o'orioa DryA foaa u nnm.i nr tho of the graded school with 12 votes, Th Third grade came second with W votes. Qther grades got scatter ing votes. Little Miss Lillian Car lyle'and Masters Hoyle Dougherty and Kaymond Huggins went forward to claim the flag for their grade, and Miss Green presented it to them, a large United States flag. She told them she wanted them always to re- raemr that the flag represents America, that America is the hope of the world, and that children of .1 J .L. 1 e ims uay can mane it tne nope oi me WUI IU. No wonder the crowd was small. It was a most disagreeable night, raining and cold. Miss Green, adver tised as having been associated with "Pussyfoot" Johnson in the prohibi tion campaign in the British isles, said if folks stayed away from meet ings m those blessed isles on account of rain they'd never go, ,nd that she had had good crowds there when it was raining cats and dogs, so to speak, and that folk had even stood in the rain for an hour and listened to her speak. Which made the small crowd-ip front of her feel ashamed of the folks who stayed by their fire sides. But then, they did not know about that. Miss Green spoke mostly of condi tions in England. The keenest minds there, she said, say that the empire will go down is they can't get rid of whiskey. They say that their only hope is in what America has done. And that was her subject, not, as announced on the posters, "The World's Good Samaritan," but "America the Hope of the World." Miss- Green described appaling condi tions in England due to drink and the struggle of a few to bring the matter to a vote. As it is now, the matter cannot be gotton to a vote. The liquor interests have proved too strong. She paid her respects to the argu ment that more liquor is drunk in America than before prohibition and that there has been an increase in crime. She proved by statistics that newspaper statistics tending to show an increase in crime were newspaper lies. She had statistics of her own to prove fewer instances of crime of all -kinds in Washington, as one in stance, where she could make the newspapers that had published sta tistics to the contrary blush for shame. The false fimires were e-iven out by the liquor people, who were spreading their propaganda, she Where all this interests Robeson county, Miss Green sajd, and lays obligation upon citizens of this coun- ty is in the fact that this country is being watched and if you give libertv to one bootlegger in your community you are giving liberty to wreck somebody's home. Miss Green represents the Anti Saloon l-eague. At. the conclusion of her hour-long speech 5-year-pledge cards were passed out and then col lected. How much was pledged has not been learned. It has not been so not ucl'ii icariieu. 11 iias uui -cn very long since another representa- i.::. u 1 .1,1.... ,.,.! o T .,m.! Live Ul tile league auui..u .ti- berton audience from the same pulpit and gathered in some pledges. So 1 . 1 1 . - 1 1 . Miss (ireen haa upnm Dusmess to in- terest the small audience that shiver-1 ed in a cold church while she tried to warn them into realization of ap- palling conditions in rum-ruled coun-jan tries and the duty of citizens of this country. Will Plant Much Food Stuff. T 1 : f 4-V. -v nnnovn a If juuKing inu among the facers, there be more acres planted m corn, potaioes and other foduffs in Robeson this year than heretofore. A mighty fine program, if carried out. And it came to pass during the 1 Health Conditions Good in Robeson, day ' yesterday that as Sheriff R.E. Health conditions in the countv are Lewis and two of his deputies passed . pood The only enidemic in the a man s home they saw him 1 fade , cnunty at preient is chicken pox, ac away into the wilderness on high ; rordin? tA Dr E R.Iardin, county sear. They had no papers for this palth offjcer. Much chirken pox particular man, but a guilty con- ag yn reported- in and around science o-something else caused him. T ,n,,,erton 8Tld scattered cases have to move when the off ficers came near. n Vporte1 frofn other action of He was taking no chances. , th county. Qne cs?e rf -iPnrt -License has been issued for the e lv ha ported f Park. manage of Quince jlson and get-. thpre arp al cas in the )liSt' H- Tailr a"d t Rn public school district. Howells- . ... , , T . , Mr. D. F. Bntt of. R. 2, Lumberton, is in town today. Finance Act Start- ed In House Carries 5 Cents Ad Valorem Tax Property Tax Will be Used Exclus - ively as School Equalizing Fund Income Features Follow Federal Act Closely. The finance act was started in the House Tuesday night, the bill being introduced by Chairman Doughton of the finance committee. The News ing of teachers and the payment of a part of the paries of 'superinten- dents of county schools, and welfare officers. j No property tax is levied by the j L?ate for the upkeep of its institu tions of higher education, its nenal or custodial institutions. ' The distinctive feature of the re venue bill is the new income tax law. year 1911 only, these incomes to be'! listed with lisi takers in the cwimties as heretofore, covering incomes from all sources for the calendar year of 1920. The new law provides for the taxing of incomes on the same basis as the present FedertK law, on resi dent individuals, domestic corpora-duals- porations havings a business of agency within the State. Maximum Three Cents The tax on corporations is fixed at j a flat rate of 3 per cent on net in- i ol d per cent on net in-1 . 1 .l.Tl. U- J..J.. ..! , comes, iron, wnicn may ue ueuuii.u ; the franchise tax as enacted at the ceedi Mr j A McLeod who n. special session wh.ch is continued j g. d Mr. Adams' appointment was a3n,u m'ri,m,um tax . .. .. , . I recommended by Mr. McLeod, the ap The rate of tax as to individuals is intment ting made by the Bureau graduated in regular $2,500 brackets of the Census, Washington, from one per. cent on the first $2,500 Mr. S. Mclntyre left Tuesday to 3 per cent on $10,000 and over , eveininK for Winston-Salem, where above the exemption, which are the yesterday he attended a meeting of same as for the Federal law, $1,000 ; the Baptist hospital commission. To- i foV unmarried and $2,000 for married ; individuals, with" $500 additional for inaiviauais, witn ouu aaaiuona . ior, eacn cniiu. ine .iuiiuwiuk ucuucnuua , are allowed. Taxes for the income year, except taxes on incomes and war profits, and excess profit taxes, and taxes as sessed for local benefits tending to increase the value of the property as sessed. Dividends from stock.; in any cor poration the income from which shall have been assessed and tax on such income paid by the corporation under the provisions of the revenue act, pro- vided that when they are only Prt of the income of any corporation I shall nave oeen assessea unaer me aci only a corresponding part of the divi dends received therefrom shall be de ducted. The administrative feature of the bill follow the general scheme of ad ministration of the Federal income tax law on reports and remittances - t i to be made to the State Tax Commis-; sion, with authority to appoint such district agents as are necessary lor administration. """" DAUGHERTY OF OHIO WILL BE ATTORNEY GENERAL Harding Announces Another Cabinet Appointment Says Cabinet Will be Republican and Will Please Whole Country, President-elect Harding Monday ; announced definitely his decision to.:n u fhamher. It was in renlv to appoint Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio ; to the Attorney Generalship and at : ithe same time laid down in pointed; ! fashion the, public and political con- siderations on which he is building his ! Cabinet. j In making the announcement, at btj j Augustine, the President-elect paid : trioute 10 iur. uaugnertyrru wan; his campaign manager, as a splendid ; man who will make a great Attorney) General, and added that opposition had oly strengthened his faith m the wisdom of the appointment. Later Mr., Daugherty lsued a brief statement , from Harding headquarters here say-- . ... 1,1 r.. ... ,.,, inS, inaiL L"U1U UBC l" under the circumstances , . 11 1 Speaking of the Cabinet generally,, ' TIT Un.linrf to vai three hrtun Mr. Harding declared three broad principles were guiuinK nis .t.nii.-uii-. The first quality of an ideal Cabinet, 1 he sajd was a capacity for efficient public service, while the second was aj,jiity to command popular sup- port, and the third must grow out of natural and proper political consider ation. "This is going to be a Republican C abinet." continued the President- t, you may C0Unt on that. And . .t . . -n t V W : t i,' iT'Ltrl Cabinet of which the whole country can be proud. ! nhoid fever have been reported to the bord , f health g. janua 1. . COTTON MARKET. Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 11 1-4 cents the pound; strict middling 12 1-4 cents. . . . . . . ' BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEW... , ' The bird-hunting season closes ' Tuesday, -March 1. T , A- VVeinstein '. Sunday for Nw York to bay goods for ms ot partmeni store Meeting of Order of the Eastern Star this evening at 7:30. fin the Masonic hall. Members urged to -attend. Mr. Frank Gough went Tuesday evening to Raleigh to attend a meet ing of the State prison board, of which he is a member. Mr. W. H. Ivey and family have moved to Lumberton i:i a l'..yw,- ville and are living1 in the eastern prtf . l?w"- M,r- lvW- "Presents the :TirKm'V I"surance comP"y: Misses Bonnie Sessoms and Ethel Pitman returned yesterday from a trip to Florida. They visited several Polms OI interest in loncia ana saw President-elect Harding at M Au gustine. Mr. C. D. Williamson and son. Master Wilbur, of Parkton, were Lumberton visitors Tuesday. Mr. V ll,liam?on. w one of The Robeson- " 7 town Tuesday to attend the meet- VJ.1 Miss Amelia Linkhauer and Mr. Frank Gough, Jr., returned Monday from New York, where Miss Link hauer spent several days buying spring goods for the Style shop, of which she is proprietress. New York was wrapped in snow Sunday when they left for home. Mr. W. H. Adams of Buie has for the ri"M"1" 7,ytvii -. u censU8 , N Kh Robeon SJ. fJay MJ. Mclntyre is attending tha o-,--.s -mmit meeting of the executive committee f tu Tl,nnlo,v: Rant t nrohan. age, of which committee he is a mem ber. He will return home tonight or tomorrow. Mr. J. H. Parham of Howellsville township brought to The Robesoniait office yesterday a new sort of 3 in 1 three cobs inside one ear of corn. Good ear, too nothing to indicate, except the shape of three cobs at one H tht it irfH in tn he a frek formed jf r. Parham saya he ever gaw anything nke it before, Anybody in the audience ever see? An rf ht make it unaninious. . Thp nrimrv Hen.rtment of th Lumberton graded school will give a play, "The Coming of Liberty," in the school auditorium tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. A number of the children of the"-Trimary de partment will take part. Patrons are ""eciall" invited ,to be present. A 'XT ICS) ! I icu a v i i i f m. 8uver offering will be taken at the uoor for the Armenian sufferers, Fri day being set aside by the state as Armenian Relief Day in the schools in North Carolina. i i What Happened When They Tried to Immerse the Goat. Pete Murphy told no less than, ele ven stories while he was fendine off e champions of the sacred scrub heifer Friday morning and one of tf,em almost broke uo the proceedings tne Former Democrat's assertion that if gtotk jaw passedf jf wouid mean t onIy jnvoivefj territory, but also f he evtin. Hr.n nf the DetTinr ratic nar- ty jn tje east jjr jiurphy told the .torv 0f the two bovs in a Baptist fami, ho seized and ; H f t Bein, steeped jn reli(rlous thought, thp p0S8essors fef the j,oat felt that the t OU(fht a,s0 to immeTSed according to the riteg Gf the church, And accordin , they herded him the cm;k tQ fca tize him ... nn. nna ai. atromif nt fho nn;mni nn,i , "" caii..i .. ...v. .......-. other at the other, they descended in to the waters. Johnnie, who was at- L ' llic noi.i-. wv,jiuui-, " ' ' " " tendin the front end of the goat. . ... , . 111 1 . 1 . 1 found nimseir suaaeniy miea oui ana land rudely on the bank. "Gome on back, Johnnie, and let's dip him right," cried Jimmie, who was presiding at the less dangerous ex tremity of the beast. "Sprinkle him and let him go to hell," groaned the prostrate Johnnie. From "Under the Dome" in Ral eigh News and Observer. . f , THE EECOED OF DEATHS. Mr. Joseph Britt of Britts Township. Mr. Joseph Britt, aged 82 years, died Tuesday at his home in Britts township of the infirmaties of old age. Deceased in survived by his widow and several children -and grand-children. Interment was made in the family burying ground yester. dav. Deceased was a-wember of the. Bartist church ind was a good citi zen. Raeford Haye. Colored. Raeford Hayes, colored, aged 80 years, clied suddenlv Monday at his home in the "Meadows," near Lum berton. - "Uncle", Raeford was well known and had many friends among the white people. - I
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