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THE r BO BE SOMAN THE DATE ON, THE LABEL IS THE DATE YOTJR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED. WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPER AND DONT LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIRE ESTABLISHED 187C SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, COD AND TRUTH- 12.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOLUME LIT LUMBERTON, N. C., MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1921. NUMBER 19 Distillers And Stills Cantured! Four Indiana Caught Operating: Swell Copper Still Near Moss Neck c Another Still Captured Near Park. ton and Shots Were Exchanged With the Blockadere, Who Escaped. Officers captured two large copper whiskey-making plants in the county, one late Friday afternoon and one during the wee sma' hours Saturday morning. Both stills were in opera tion when located by the Officers and quite a supply of beer and some whiskey were also captured Rural Policeman J. T. McRainey of the St. Pauls district, assisted by Messrs. C. L. Beard and Vance Mc Millan, captured a 65-gallons-capa-city copper still, complete, near Park ton, late Friday afternoon. -The still "was in operation and the operators were seen by the officers. They escaped, however. Shots were ex changed between the officers and the fleeing blockaders. Around 10.000 gallons of .beer and some twenty gal.J l , e i t . . . M iuiis ui me nmsneu proauct irom ine still were destroyed. The still was brought to Lumberton Saturday morn ing by the officers. A second copper distilling outfit of 40-gallons capacity was captured by Sheriff R. E. Lewis, Deputy A. H. Prevatt and Rural Policeman A. R. Pittman early Saturday morning. This plant was located near Moss Neck and was in full operation when the officers reached the scene. Four men Bobbie Smith, Mendelson Stewart, Wheeler McNeill and "Tom" Locklear all Indians, were arrested on the charge of operating the still. They were placed in jail here. A small amount of whiskey was found about the still. This was the most up-to-date whiskey-manufacturing plant captured in this county in a long time. It was all copper and rigged up in dandy style, according to the officers. The condenser was made of coppoer, which is unusual, accord ing to those in position to know. Jesse James Locklear, Indian, 'who escaped the officers Saturday morn ing, came to town Saturday and sur rendered. He was later released un der a $500 bond. Both these plants were pf the style that make the "better grade." Memorial Day Mr. D. r. McKinnon of Chapel Hill Will Deliver Memorial Address in Lumberton May 10. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Memorial Day will be observed by the Confederate -veterans and by the U. D. C. in the court house in Lum berton the 10th of May. Mr. D. P. McKinnon of Chapel Hill will make the memorial address for the occasion. Every man and woman, every son and daughter, in Robeson countythat has a drop of Southern blood in their veins is invited to be present and help pay a fitting tribute to the toils, suffering and sacrifice,, of the noble heroes who gave their lives to the Lost Cause. M. G. McKENZIE. Big Land Suit Compromised. A land suit in which 160 acres of Robeson farming lands were involved was compromised before the trial was begun in court here last week. The case centered around the pur chase of 160 acres of land from J. O. Norton by the G. H. Russell company of Laurinburg during the year 1919. The Russell company later sold the tract of land to J. W. Mason. Norton died after making the sale to the G. H. Russell company and his heirs brought suit in an effort to have the deed conveying the land to the G. H. Russell company declared inopera tive, it being claimed that the land was at the time sold worth more than the purchase price and that J. O. Norton was incompetent to make such a transaction. The compromise pro vides that the Norton heirs retain the property involved, that J. W. Mason gets back the1 money he paid for the land with interest and the G. H. Rusell company gets pay for its interest in the property. A large number of witnesses had been sum moned for the trial from both Robe son and Scotland counties. Superior Court Adjourns. Superior court for the trial of civil cases adjourned Thursday afternoon after being in session since Monday, April 4. Judge F. A. Daniels, who pre sided, left Thursday afternoon for his home at Goldsboro. No jury trials were heard after the report of the proceedings published in Thursday's Robesonian was written. Military Funeral When Remains Arrive. The remains of Watus Prevatt, World War hero, which arrived at Hoboken, N. J., last week, have not yet reached Lumberton. They are expected to arrive here tomorrow or Wednesday! The Lumberton post of the American Legion will have charge of the burial and the remains will be interred with full military honors. Road Sentence for Carrying Concealed Weapon. Raymond Brooks, Indian, was sen tenced to 60 days on the roads by Recorder David H. Fuller this morn ing on the charge of carrying con cealed weapons. He gave notice of appeal and made bond in the sum of $200. ! Negro Charged With Secret Assault "Fo Day" Boyken Bound to Superior Court on Charge of Shooting Mr, Lacy Prevatt From Ambush Some Weeks Ago. .John Henry Boyken, alias "Fo Day" Boyken, negro, was Douna over to we fiaperior court and remanded to jail without bond by Recorder David H. Fuller Friday on the charge of secret assault with intent to kill upon Mr. Lacy Prevatt tff Buie. As was stated in The Robesonian at the time, Mr. Prevatt was shot from ambush and dangerously wounded iaie one aiiernooii several weexs ago when he with two other officers went to some stolen merchandise that had been hidden in a swamp, near Buie. The" merchandise was thrown off a moving freight train and a part of it was later found in Troy Thomas' store at Pembroke. The negro was arrested soon after the shooting and has been in jail here since. Mr. Pre vatt spent several weeks in a hospital in Fayetteville, and has practically recovered. v Home-Made Still And Beer Captured Officers captured a home-made wiskey still in the wwds three miles south of town Saturday afternoon, together with a small quantity of beer. The still was made of two tin lard tubs and crude accessories. The owners were absent when the officers reached the still. The capture was made by Deputy Sheriff A.. H. Pre vatt nd Rural Policeman " A. R. Pittman. Mis Bessie Rudd of Burlington Be comes Wife of Mr. J. Foster Flow, era of Lumberton. A quiet 'marriage took place at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. W. F. Rudd, at Burlington Thursday at 11 a. m., when Miss Bessie Rudd became the wife of Mr. J. Foster Flowers of Lumberton. Rev. Mr. Dean, ' pastor of Hocutt Memorial Baptist church, Burlington, officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Flowers arrived here Thursday evening and are at home on East Eighth street. The bride is well-known here. She formerly lived here and was employ ed in Mr. L.- H. Caldwell's department store for several months. She also taught school at East Lumberton dur ing the 1919-20 term. She made many friend while living here. The groom is very popular and a young man of splendid character. He is employed to the department store of Mr. M. B. Robbins. Family Wiped Out and Other Lived Lost in Tornado. v .,'?.. Little Rock, Ark., April 15. A family named Coyal was wiped out and other lives were lost in a tornado that swept a section of Hempstead county, Arkansas, near Hope, late to day. Two cars were blown from a mixed freight and passenger train on the Nashville branch of the Missouri Pacific but the train was not wrecked. More than 100 passengers returning to Hope from a school contest at Nashville on the train escaped unin jured. Two unidentified dead have been taken to Hope. Shreveport, La., April 15. One negro was killed, Patrick Jones, a railroad man was probably injured and San Dowd, his wife and son were seriously injured when a tornado struck about four-miles Southeast of Texarkana, Ark., late today, accord ing to a telephone message received here. A school house and a number of residences were wrecked. Damage to houses and schools at a number of other points in Southwest Arkansas also was reported. Commencement of Scotland county schools will be held at Gibson April 22. The Laurinburg Exchange says that "the latest thing in whiskey stills in Scotland county it floating barges water, water, everywhere, and plenty to drink on deck! Saturday Deputy Lamar Smith and Messrs. Frank Smith and S. H. Dunlap captured a sizeable outfit on a raft in the mill pond at wrlick's mill." Kansas City, Mo., April 14. Wheat for July delivery closed below a dollar a bushel today for the first time since 1916. Dropping 2M cents, today's closing price was 98 cents. Wheat reached its highest price here in April, 1917, when it sold at $3.45 a bushel. Yesterday July delivery touched 99 cents, but rallied before the close. Today's low price was 97 cents, with a rally of one point at the close. Dr. Albert Pickett Dickson, 68 years old, died at his home near Raeford Thursday following a stroke of paralysis suffered several weeks ago. j Mr. D. E. Nance of Proctorville was among the visitors in town Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Carroll and small daughter, Lillian Candis, re turned yesterday to their home at Charlotte after visiting at the home of Mrs. Carroll's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ratley of Fairmont. They were accompanied to Lumberton by Mr. Ratley. - Mrs. N. A. McLean spent the week, end at Columbia, S. C, visiting rela tives. - A Prisoner Escapes From Hospital Andrew Hamer Let Himself Down From Second-Story Window With Bedclothes and Vamosed He Was Shot by Officer While Resisting Arrest Seems te Have a Penchant for Annexing Cows. Andrew Hamer, negro prisoner, escaped Thursday night from the Thompson hospital, where he had been a patient for several weeks as a re sult of being shot by Rural Police man J. H. Carper when he resisted arrest. The negro escaped through a window on the second floor of the hospital and used his bed clothing in making a swing to lower himself to the ground. Hamer was wanted on the charge of the larceny of a cow. He seems to have a habit of stealing milch cows, having served an 8-months' road sentence in this, county for the larceny of one before. Rural Police man Carper went to arrest Hamer after he had "backed off" another officer and he offered resistance again. Carper shot him in the abdo men with a shotgun, using buck shot. The load passed through his body. and there was much doubt as to his recovery for several days after he was brought to the hospital here. - CLAYTON ESCAPES CHAIR. Man Who Killed Deputy Sheriff Blue in Fayetteville Gets 20 Years in State Prison. Fayetteville special Apr. 17, to Wilmnigtort Star: After deliberating 16 hours, the jury trying Thomas R. Clayton, of New York, for the killing of Deputy Sheriff M. N. Blue, in this city, January 28. returned a verdict of murder in the second degree this morning, and Clayton was sentenced by Judge H. P. Lane to serve 20 years in the state prison. His counsel gave notice of appeal and his appearanec bond was fixed at $12,000. The announcement of the verdict was at 10:20 o'clock to a crowded court room. It is generally looked on a8 a victory for the defense, as anything less than a verdict of first degree murder would have been re garded. Clayton is 21 years old. He served through the world war with the A. E. F., and was stationed at Camp Bragg here after his return from overseas. He was a telegraph lineman in New York, when he returned to this city to see the girl whose father objected to their engagement, and swore out a warrant charging Clayton with assault with a deadly weapon, which was being served when the homicide occurred. It is the concensus of opinion here that Clayton received an eminently fair trial. MAXTON YOUNG LADY WINNER IN AUTOMOBILE SHOW CONTEST Charlotte Observer. Miss Katie Lee McKinnon, of Max ton, with the immense aggregate of 305,480 votes, is winner of the first prize in the popularity contest con ducted by the Carolinas Automobile show, according to announcement from contest headquarters Saturday afternoon. Miss McKinnon, who has held a commanding lead since the second week of the competition to determine the most popular lady in the Carolinas will receive prizes aggregating over $300 in value, with the piece de resistance consisting of a $150 floor lamp, donated by J. B. Ivey & Co.. together with a check for $10, signed by J. G. FitzSimons, chair man of the publicity committee of the Carolinas Automobile show, and a pair of McClaren tires. Methodist Men's Club Organized at Maxton. Rev. Dr. R. C. Beaman, of Lumber ton, came up last Sunday with more than a score of his members and ad dressed the men of St. Paul's church on the subject of the Methodist Men's club. The matter of organizing a club for St. Paul's church was de ferred until Wednesday night after prayer meeting, when the organiza tion was gone into and the following officers elected: J. C. Curtis, presi dent; B. T. Maness, vice-president; W. H. Hasty, secretary. The com mittee are to prepare a banquet on Thurs'day night, April 28th, when the clubmen of Lumberton and Wilming ton will be present and a general good time is expected. Maxton Couple Married in Fayette ville. Miss Lilly Mae Jones and Mr. J. M. Edwards, of Maxton, were mar ried in Fayetteville yesterday after noon, 3:30 o'clock. The bride is one of 'Maxton 8 most charming young ladies, and has for sometime been a saleslady in Fred Maroon's store. The groom has held the position as policeman in Maxton for several years, and is held in high esteem. 1 . The happy young couple left im mediately after 'the marriage for parts unknown to spend their honey moon. Their many friends wish them much happiness in their journey through life. Scottish Chief. Miss Gaynelle Banes arrived home Friday night from Cary, where she was at the head of the 'music depart ment of the Cary high school during the term whieh closed Friday. Mr. H. M. McAllister spent the week-end at Richmond, Va. I . ... Of Paramount Im- portance To South Reduction in Cotton Acreage Should itoi oe Less I hen 3a t'er cent. Only Hope to Secure Fair Price is te Produce Small Crop This Year. New Orleans. La., April t4 The following is a copy of a resolution passed by the board of directors of the Federal International Banking company, ai tneir meeting in iNewnurcn. ine iunerai was conducted uneans on April y: Whereas, the veYy lage amodnt of cotton" grown last year and previous years now estimated at from eight to ten million bales, to be carried over into the new cotton year beein- ning August 1st has had a depressing i effect and is still holding down the price of cotton, and; Whereas, from present indications it is believed that the greatly reduced buying powers of the world will not be able to consume much, if any more cotton the coming year than consumed this year, and; ' Whereas, the only apparent hope to! maintain the price for the present stock, and to secure a fair price for the next crop, is to produce a small crop this year; Now therefore be it resolved by the directors of the Federal International Banking Company, that we believe the efforts to fnduce the cotton plant ers to reduce the acreage in cotton about to be planted, is now of para mount importance to the South, and that we believe the reduction should not less than be thirty-five per cent, and; Resolved further, that a copy of this resolution be mailed to each stockholder of our company with the request that they use their influence at once jto secure all the cooperation necessary, looking to the production of a new crop of cotton, which to gether with the carry over, will com mand a reasonable price. EMERGENCY TARIFF BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Fifteen Democrats Voted With All But 8 Republicans in Passing Temporary Tariff Measure. Republican leaders, supported by all except eight of their own party and 15 Democrats, pushed the Young emergency tariff and anti-dumping bill through the. House of Congress Friday. The vote was 269 to 112, with two members voting present. Passage of the measure, states a Washington dispatch, came at the end of a stormy session during which a handful of Democrats aided by a few Republicans had harassed the leaders of the Republican side persistently for more than four hours. Charges that the Republicans had bowed to the "dictation of the Senate" were hurled, not only by Representative Garrett, Tennessee, acting Demo crat leaders, but Representative Man. ning Minnesota, and Representative Luce, Massachusettes, both Republi cans, as well. Heated discussion marked the tariff debate, which revealed a wide split in the Texas delegation. Several Louisiana members also supported the tariff prorm. The discussion was particularly bitter when Repre sentative Connelly, Democrat, Texas, chided his colleague, Representative Hudgepeth, for "deserting his party." Besides Mr. Hudgepeth the roll call showed the following Democrats vot ing for the tariff: Parrish, Blanton and Jones of Tex. as; Dupre, Favrot, Martin and Lazaro of Louisiana; Smithwick, Florida; Taylor, Colorado; Lea, California; Clark, Florida; Campbell, Pennsyl vania; Lankford, Georgia and Deal, Virginia. Republicans voting against the bill included: Stafford, Wisconsin; Tink ham, Massachsettes; Perlman, Volk, Ryan and Seigel, of New York; Luce Massachusettes and Keller, Michigan. The bill as passed by the House is almost identical with the Fordney measure vetoed in the last Congress by President Wilson. Protection would be given a" number of agricul tural products, including wheat, cot ton, sugar, wool, corn, cattle and sheep, but the bill would be operative for only six months instead of the 10 provided for in the Fordney meas ure. The anti-dumping provisions also were not included in the Fordney measure, and a system for estimating the duties imposed on the basis of American value of foreign coin as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, has been added. Ivey-Miller Mr. Joe Lacy Ivey and Mrs. Walker Miller, both of Wisharts township here at llgf gf AaMe fodmaHT HT T were married in the court house here at 11 o'clock this morning, Justice M. G. McKenzie officiating. Mrs. Clyde Unchurch and three children and Mrs. Paul Johnson of Raeford spent Thursday here visiting at the home of Mrs. Upchurch's brother-jn-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green. . Prof. D. B. Oliver, principal of the Ten Mile-Barkers school, Messrs. N. A.Townsend and J. H. Powers and Mr. Townsend's daughter, Miss Tes sie, of the Ten Mile section, were among the visitors in town Saturday. Mayor and Mrs. A. E. White and Mr. and Mrs. Ira B. Townsend re turned Friday night from Charlotte, where they attended the automobile show. j J. E. Purcell, Well Known Citizen, Dies i End Came at Home at Red Springs . , rriaay roneral Saturday. i Special to The Robesonian. Red Springs. ADril 18 Th funeral of Mr. J. E. Purcell. whose death occurred Friday at his homo hnrc j was conducted Saturday at 4 p. m. from the Red Springs Presbyterian ! Dy ur. j. j. Hill, assisted by Rev. Dr. , H. G. Hill of Maxton and Rev. D. j Monroe of Red Springs. The active j pallbearers were all nephews of the j deceased. These were: Hon. A. V. ' McLean of Lumberton and Washinsr- ; ton, U. I,., Messrs. A. E. Shaw and j William Purcell of Wagram, Daniel snaw or Laurinburg, A. T. McLean J of Lumberton and Dickson McLean 1 of Red Springs. The honorary pall- ! bearers were former war comrades of I deceased. . , -IVlr. furcell was one of Robeson's best-known and most hjghly respected citizens. He was 79 years vld and j had been in ill health for several months. He saw four vears active service in the Civil War, was first sargeant, company D., first batallion, N. C. heavey artillery. He left the state university in the year 1861 to enlist in the Confederate army. He took part in many battles and was present at the defence of Fort Fisher. He graduated from the university in 1867 and was a member of the State Legislature in 1887. His early life was spent in farming and hia latr life in civil engineering. He was a master Mason and a member of Camp Ryan, Confederate veterans. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cornelia McCallum Purcell. and four daughters Miss Louise Purcell of Red Springs, Mrs. T. C. McEachin, Jack- sonville, Fla., Mrs. D. W. Bethea, Dil-,been employed in the hardware de Ion, S. C, Mrs. A. M. Smith. Elkin ! partment of Mr. L. H. Caldwell's and one son Rev. J. E. Purcell, pas-! store. tor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian I A mule proceeded to run away church, Wilmington. Among. those attending the funeral from Lumberfon, besides those r.'en- tioned as pallbearers, were Mesdanie3 A. T. McLetn and Sue Messrs. J. D. McLean, F. more and W. J. Ritter. Mcleod, F. Wet- Mrs. J. D. Buie of Red Springs Died Saturday. Mrs. J. D. Bui, aged" 24 years, of Red Springs died Saturday at the Baker sanatorium after an illness of several weeks. Her husband and 3 children survive. The funeral was! conducted at 2 o'clock this afternoon 1 and interment made in the family burying ground at Red Springs. Mrs. Will Carter of Britts Township. Mrs. Will Carter of Britts township died Friday night at the Baker sana - torium of Bright's disease. De-II ceased was about 39 years old and is survivea Dy ner nusoana ana tnree children. The funeral was conducted 1 at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon by' Rev. T. I. Stone and interment was made in the Wilcox cemetery, near . the Carter home. i Mr. C. A. Robbins Mr. M. B. R"obbin attended Friday dicated by reports from isolated sec at Georgetown, S. C., the funeral of . tions last night, while the loss to his brother, Mr. C. A. Robbins, property and crops will run into the whose death occurred Thursday at millions. The known dead last night Petersburg, Va., where he made his totaled 92, states a Memphis.' dispatch home. Deceased was 60 years old which continues: and death resulted from paralysis. Many of the storm-swept sections His widow and four children survive. are still shut off from wire communi- cation and reports of additional casu. PROJECTED STRIKE AVERTED. Unexpected and Sensational Split in!havoc wa8 wr0UKht, the Red Cross is Ranks Changes Complexion of Black Industrial Crisis. An nnpvnpctprl nnH sonantinnnl snlit in thp ranks of ih nnwprfnl triple alliance of labor this afternoon, ! blanket, and previsions are being state., a London dispatch of April rushed to the sufferers. The extent 15, completely changed the com-1 f Property loss cannot be determined plexion of the blackest industriar4 'or "ays crisis Great Britain had ever faced and averted the projected strike 0fjPOLICE CHIEF OF THOMAS railwaymen and transport workers in VILLE SHOT AND KILLED. sympathy with the striking miners,' set for 10 o'clock Friday night. I Thomasville, April 16. John E. Events developed with such sudden Taylor, chief of police of Thomasville, and startling changes as to leave the j an an ex-service man, was shot and public in a maze. Simultaneously amost instanly killed, and Henry with the announcement in the House sv,aVAP n ,.hani. in a Wnl fnmi. of Commons by Premier Minister) Lloyd George that the miners had declined to accept his invitation to reopen negotiations with the mine owners on the terms advanced last evening by Frank Hodges, the miner's secretary, came the announcement that the-railroad men and the trans port workers had "cancelled the strike called for tonight. " The reason for this action by the railway and transport unions, which with the miners' union make up the triple alliance, was quickly developed. It appeared that the conferences throughout the day among the mem bers of the alliance had developed a heated controversy revolving about the Hodges proposals. The miners condemned these with the assertion that Secretary Hodges had conceded too much in offering to discuss the question of wages without- raising immediately the controversal issue oi a National pool, while the railroad men and the transport workers de clared the proposition was reasonable and that the miners should renew the negotiations. - The miners remained obdurate, and the open breach resulted. Mr. J. W. H. Fuchs of Wilming ton was a Lumberton business vis itor Friday evening. COTTON MARKET. ! Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 10V cents the nnunrl - BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS The woodwork in the Natinnal 1 Bank of Lumberton buildintr has been 1 treated U- a new coat of naint The appearance of the Catholic church nere nas improvej j,y ine "union oi a new coat or paint License has Leen issued for the marriage of S. R. Bowden, Jr., and Sarah Amanda McGirt; Chas. IL Edward and Bertha Powers. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Walters of Whiteville announce the birth of a daughter, Grace Olene Walters, on APr 1-th. Weight, S 1-2 lbs. John Boahn of the Red Springs section has been seriously ill since Friday, when he suffered a stroke of paralysis, Mr. I). L. Bullok of R. 1, Fair- mont, was among the visitors in town Saturday. Mr. Bullock report ed practically air th the tobacco crop set his section. The second cold snap in Aoril arrived last night. The temperature dropped from 65 Saturday night to 45 last night. Indications point to another zrost tonight. seventy miawives attended a meeting called by Dr. E. R. Hardin, county health officer, in the court house here Saturday afternoon. The meeting wa, addressed by Dr. Hardin and Drs. T. F. Costner and J. A. Martin. Mr. J. H. Lovett, formerly cash ier at the. local office of the Ameri can Railway Express company, has been trasferred to Fayetteville, where he will hold a like position with the same company. He is succeeded I here by Mr. W. L. Thomas, who has in an exciting manner here Saturday at 11 a. m. He was hitched to a wagon and ran through the yard at the home of Mr. C. M. Barker, West ' Third street, and passed on into the yard of Mr. W. I. Linkhaw and stop ped. The wagon was somewhat damaged. The mule belongs to Sheriff R. E. Lewis and was driven by an Indian. An aeroplane recently purchased by Mr. J. E. Walters of Lumberton ; arrived today The plane was pur- chased from Hungerford Brothers of Eimira, N. Y., and is a one-passenger scout outfit. Although he has had no j experience in flying an aeroplane, Mr. Walter, says he expects to fly this j one. He is cleaning off and pre- paring a landing field near the Na- tional cotton mill, 1 ZWT nMJ DMM.MMMJ.W. ! LIVcS oIlU JTTOpeny Lost In Tornado That the death toll from tornadoes and heavy rain storms which swept I over six Southern States late Friday ! and Saturday will reach 100, was in- alties are slowly coming in from re leif parties. at work in Hempstead and Miller counties, where hundreds of families are homeless. Tents have beenn fur- nished by the national guard, and ture factory, was seriously wounded here this mornkig about 9:30 o'clock by Dr. J. W. Peacock, of Thomasville, one of the most prominent physicians in Davidson county, and until about two weeks ago a member of the city council. Mr. .Shaver, who was assist ing the chief, was shot accidentally. Immediate cause of the shooting is said to be ill feeling which has exist ed between the physician and chief for sometime. This morning about 9:30 o'clock Dr. Peacock's barn was burned and he is said to have placed the blame on Chief Taylor. E. B. Hunter in Greensboro News. Play at St. Pauls Postponed. On account of the revival that is being conducted at the Methodist church at St. Pauls, the Barker-Ten Mile school will not give their play, "Hearts and Diamonds " at St. Pauls Friday night cf this week, as has been announced. They will put the play on in the school building at St. Pauls on the night of April 26th. An ad mission fee of 35c and 20c will be charged. The play was given in the new Barkers-Ten Mile school building some time ago and is said to be a good, clean, wholesome play. The proceeds will go to the athletic de partment of the schooL '