J ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. - ; COUNTRY, GOD AND $2.00 A YfZAE. DUE LV ADVANC1 LtJMBEBTQKN. OT MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 192t i- NUMBER 81 'v n ... ... i ' 1 i' i i i i ) Tot&ccoPrici Have Advanced. y Prices On AD Grades Shows Improve r ment Some of the Best ' of the Crop WiH be SoU 'Thl Week Bet. ter Prices Expected. w'V r Tobacco prices were considerably - higher on the local market today, the , average being several cents, above last week. Many farmers were well .: pleased with the price " received, jfrhile those offering off grades-were displeased. The price on all grades showed advancement, however. " Some of the "cream", of the 1921 crop' will be offered this week, and it is expected that prices generally will be more satisfactory to growers. Large sales are,' expected each sales day during the week. Coop erativeMar- r keting Meetings Where Meetings Will be Held This WeekFarmers Are Much Inter ested. Sixty-four out of 67 farmers solicit ed by Mr. L. S. Prevatt last Thurs day signed a cooperative iharkeifeig MUcnt6re1i Jthe cooperative ;i,Sating : plwt3rding "tbi -: Mr; Prevatt, who is directing -roe member ship drive in Robeson at this time. Meetings in the interest of the cam paign will be held at the following places this week: Pembroke, Tuesday night.. Furvis, Wednesday night. McDonald, Thursday night. Back Swamp, Friday night. LIFE-SIZE OIL PORTRAIT OF ' LATE JUDGE MCNEILL WILL, BE PRESENTED TO COUNTY Members of Bar Will Have Portrait P.intMtPnhi.v will h. Held at Unveiling. A life-size oil portrait of the late Judge T. A. McNeill will be presented to the county by the loqal bar and hung in the court house. Public exer cises will be held when the portrait is unveiled and members of the bar and others will deliver eulogies upon the life and character of deceased. ' This was determined at a meeting of members of the local bar held in the court house Saturday morning. Messrs. C. B. Townsend, J. Dickson McLean and R. C. Lawrence were appointed a committee to have the portrait painted. The program for the exer cises will beTinnounced later. A large portrait of the late Colonel Neill Archie McLean is the only one that now adorns the court room. It was presented to the county by the local bar and public exercises were held at its unveiling. Person County Man Kills Wife and . seif, I Pnv'hnrn Anfr fiA denlorahle trai?-; edy occured in the county this wwek ' in the Allenville section, when Aubrew ; T?;i,rcW fcimaolf nnH wif p' 1-iUin tr in. ! ,foti,r Vo-; ..rt0 fcatra Knor. ovauttj. .uU.j M.wo v. culatedconcerning the awful affair. No : definite account can be ascertained, as there was no one in the house at the time but the two small .children, one three years and the other twelve months old. It was sard that the young man worked all the morning with his father, and upon failing to appear after the noon hour, and after hearing two shots investigation was made, and both found dead. The first cause of it all was whiske Grand Encampment I. 0. North Carolina. Raleigh, Aug. 5. The gran campment of the Independent Order cf Odd Fellows of North Carolina will meet in its 74th annual session at 4 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, August 9th, in the hall of Buena Vista Lodge No. 21 in the city of Greensboro. At the afternoon session the grand -encampment decree will be conferred on the mew members, the reports of Grand officers will be submitted, various committees appointed and matters of routine business transacted. WAREHOUSE AND 100 BALES COTTON BURNED AT PARKTON Special to The Robesonian. Parkton. Aug. 6. A bonded cotton ahonse with its contents of 100 ilea of cotton was destroyed by fire lof unknown origin here last, evening. Annual Indian Picnic. ' The annual Indian picnic held at Un- lion chaneL near Buie, Saturday was attended by a large crowd and the oc- KBBlOn Waa ueugmi-ui ui cycijt icsti, according to Calvin Lowry of that sec tion, who is a Lmberton visitor today. Two baseball games were staged dur- n the day and a picnic dinner was served at the noon hour. iCropa the Finest Ever. I ,4fona are the finest I ever saw. especially corn and cotton," remarked Mr. M. N..Folger, Saturday. Mr. 'ol- er Is director of community service lirturpn for Robeson and his work" arried him all over the county, giving 1m line opportunity 10 oDserve, . Mr. Jas. G. Smith of R, 5, Lumber-' ton. was among the visitors in- town . O.F. of 8 en- rhu'jay afternoon. siaYNighttffHorrof Twin Sister of r. Aj :Weiastefai Ar- - rives from Russia f With Her Chir- dren-rOoe Daughter Died of Star- O vation, Husband Died Daring World -War and property. of Family Was irx a t a ueeiroycu 07 iBTaiung Armies. ? ' . Mrs. - Fredia Scachman - and 'S three children. Misses Lillian, Anna Mary and Mr. Mendall, arrived Friday morning from Russia and will make their home here with Mrs. Scachman's brother, Mr. A. Weinstein. Elm street They left Russia four weeks ago. Mrs. Scachman and Mr. Weinstein are twins and It had been 31 years since they had seen each other. The story of conditions, in Russia t9ld by Mrs. Scachman is one1 of hor ror. One of her daughters. 18-years old, died of, starvation, she says. Her husband died during the World War and the family lost all their property, this having been destroyed by the armies which invaded the section where they lived. Mrs, Scachman and her three children lived on dry black bread for months and had not known the taste of meats for 8 years, ac cording to the story told by them. . . " MORRISON SAYS HE WAS NEVER MEMBER OF KU KLUX KLAN . " He Denounces Author of Statement . ag Liar Simmons and Overman Denie That They Ever Sought Ad- mission. "I have paid no attention since I havebeen Governor to dozens of false hoods put in circulation about me, but whoever informed Mr. Bruce Craven that I made application for member ship in the Ku Klux Klan is a liar," Governor Cameron Morrison is quoted in 'an Asheville dispatch as saying at the summer capital Friday night. In his statement made at Greens- JJi?"' .J Published In todays Robesonian. Bruce Craven, former "grand dragon' in this State of the Ku Klux Klan, stated that among the things that in duced 5 him . to' 'become the supreme ; head of . the klan in this ' State was the in formation' given him that Gov. Mor4 rison was admitted to the order on probation, that Senators Simmons and Overman .had applied "for admission and that Josephus Daniels had . been refused admission because he was too fond -of negroes Tafter spending ' 8 years in Washington; Craven inti mated that sinee his eyes had been opened he believes none of these things. Senators Simmons and Overman are quoted in a Washington dispatch as saying that they never heard of such a thinfr. and it is stntfH tViaf ' Mr. Daniels is known not to be a i"jiner" of secret orders. Governor Morrison is quoted further in the Asheville dispatch referred to: 1 never naa any sympatny witn the organization of this Klan in N4rth Carolina," said the Governor, Anf ,thls fact 18 well known. I do nt believe in secret political or gov- ernmental organization of any charac- r t 1 1. :. lcV. UT' ilolcl"a. ,BCVcl zations have accomplished great good in this republic, but secret political law enforcement or governmental or ganizations do not meet with my ap probation." Odd Fellows Orphanage Concert Re ceipts Amounted to 130. A fair-sized audience attended the delightful concert given 'at the high school auditorium by a singing class from the Odd Fellows orphanage, Goldsboro, Thursday evening. The con cert was up to the. usual standard and those present were highly pleased with the entertainment, consisting of music and recitations. The door re ceipts and collection amounted to $130. Members of the class were enter tained in the homes of local Odd Fel lows. The class is chaporoned by the Misses Gaddy. They left Friday morn ing for Whiteville, where they gave a concert Friday evening. MAXTON MINISTER DECLINES CALL TO ALABAMA CHURCH Maxton, Aug. 6... Rev. and Mrs. Thos. F. Opie are now at' Connelly Springs, where Mr. Opie is recuperat ing from an operation for appendici tis. He is steadily recovering. Mr. Opie has declined the two calls he' had to Alabama, one of which offered him a house, a car and f 1,000 a year more than - his ' present charge at Red Springs and Maxton. He has ust been asked to consider a call ,to Wadesboro. ' TYPHOID VACCINATION DATES August 8, Red Springs 10:30 a. n; Back Swamp 5 p.m. August 9-rNational mill 11 a. m.; Rennert 3 p. mv August 11 Raynham 10:30 a. m.; Elrod 11:30 a. m.; Rowland 2 p. m. August 12 Curtis store 11 a. m.; White Pond 2 p. m.; -Marietta 3:30 p. m. August 15 Rex 2 -p. m.; Parkton 3 p, m. : AH,whodrive automobiles in the town of -Lumberton without1' State license will be "polled," according to Chief of Police D. Mi Barker. ' , . , MRS. ANNIE ELIZA BREECE DEAD End Came Saturday Etentng Funer al Conducted From Presbyterean Church, Today at 11 a. m. The funeral of Mrs. Annie Eliza Breece, relict of the late L. R. Breece of Lumberton, who died Saturday night , at. 9:30, was conducted brom the Presbyterian church here this morting at 11 o'clock by Rev. Dr. G. E, Moorehouse. castor of the church, as- ssisted by Rev. I. N. Clegg, pastor of the rresbytenan chxrch'at Pembroke The pallbearers were: active John Stancil, F. P. Gray, A. T. McLean, D. D. French, Ira B. Townsend. Dr. John Knox; honorary Howard Morrison, A. is. White, W. K. Bethune, H. M. McAllister, E. B. Freeman, J. H. Wishart. A large crowd attended the funeral and the floral 'offerings were numerous and beautiful, completely covering"; the grave. Interment was made m Meadowbrook cemetery. Deceased died at the home of her son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs A. M. Breece at Pembroke, with whom she had made her home for several months. She was 76 years old and had been in ill health for two years. She suffered a stroke of paralysis two years ago. Mrs. Breece lived in Lum berton for more than 30 years and was well-known here, where she had many friends. She was a loyal mem ber of the Presbyterian church. Two sons Mr. A. M. Breece of Pembroke and Mr. Lacy Breece of Raleigh sur vive, ihree grand-children Mrs. Ul- mer L. ox of Baxley, Ga., Dr. E. A. Branch of Norwood and Mr. Mack Fisher of Lakeland, Fla., also sur vive. Deceased was possessed of a beau tiful Christian disposition, which en deared her to; all her acquaintances. MR. F. P. HUMPHREY PASSES Died Late Friday Afternoon, Follow ing Extended Illness Funeral From Home Saturday Afternoon. The funeral of Mr. Frank Pierce Humphrey, who died at his home here late Friday afternoon, was conducted from the Humphrey home Walnut and Fourteenth streets, Saturday at 4 p. m. Dy Kev. ur. K. u. tteaman, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, and interment was made in Meadowbrook cemetery. The pall-bearers were: ac tive K. M, Biggs, W. M. Burney, Rob ert Williams, T. M. Burney, W. K. Bethune, Ira Bullard, hon orary Dr. W. W. Parker, J H. Wishart, L. H., Caldwell, J. T. Mc Intyre, C B. Townsend, W. P. Barker, W. C. Boone, K. M. Barnes,' Robert Collins, Hardy MTVhite? J, F. Raybon. A large crowd attended the funeral and beautiful floral offerings covered the grave. . Deceased wa.s born July 26, 1852, and was therefore in his 70th year.. He had been in ill health for six years, having suffered several strokes of pa ralysis.. He spent most of his life in Saddletree township, where he was born, but had lived in Lumberton for the last three years. His widow and four children,, three daughters, Mrs. James Doares of South Boston, Va., Misses Flora and Effie of Lumberton, and one son Mr. Malcora Humphrey, also of Lumberton. one sister Mr?. Mary E. Smith of ' Zinc, Ark., and three brothers Messrs W. H. Hum phrey of Lumberton, J. S. Humphrey of Shannon and Ji W. Humphrey of Point, Texas survive. Deceased was a son "of the late Capt Alexander Humphrey. He was a member of Barker's Methodist church and took much interest in church work until his health forbade it. He was life-long Democrat and was formerly chairman of the Democratic executive committee in Saddletree township. Mr. and Mrs. James Doares and Mr. J. S. McRae arrived from their;home at South Boston, Va.,' about half -hour after Mr. Humphrey's death, having been advised of his serious illness Ella May Herrinr Ella May, 11 months-old daughter of Mr. ana Airs. Herring of Board- KJCK. Not Disband ed Says KingKleagle Declares iBruce Craven Was Never Grand Dragon and Has No Authori ty. . The KsilKlux Klan in North Caro lina is no! disbanded and never will be without! the authority of the Im perial Wizard, Col. William J. Sim mons, of Atlanta, Ga., according to a statement issued by the King Kleagle of the organization from headquarters in Raleigh yesterday in response to a published-statement by Major Bruce Craven in. which he, claiming to be the Grand Dragon, repudiated the Klan and declared it disbanded. After the above the Raleigh News and Observer quotes the King Kleagle as follows: "The statement by Bruce Craven de claring the tXu Klux Klan in North Carolina disbanded is without authori ty and is a gross facts. misstatement of "The order is not disbanded and never will be without authority of the Imperial Wizard, Col. William J. Sim mons, of Atlanta, Ga. "If Bruce Craven knew of bootleg gers and thieves within the organiza tion, he violated his obligation when he did not divluge their names to the proper authorities. "As a matter of fact, Craven is not a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and of course is not Grand Dragon. Even had he been Grand Dragon when his statement was made, he would have had no authority to disband the or ganization It is true, he was recom mended for the office of provisional Grand Dragon at one time, but he was never confirmed." Revr H. W. Baucom Accepts -Call to Salem. Winston-Satem, Aug. 5. Rev. H. W. Baucom, pastor of the Baptist church at Smitnfield, has (accepted a call to the. pastorate of Salem Baptist church here. He will enter upon his work here September 1. Rev. Mr. Baucom is a native of Wake county, an alumnus of Wake Forest college and of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary at Louisville, Ky. Since leaving the. seminary he has held pastorates at Carthage, Morehead City and Smith field. During the war he served with the Y. M. C. A. forces in France. His wife, who was Miss Addie Tyneir of Robeson county is a sister of Mrs. T. Neil Johnson,-who with her husband has been in Japan as a missionary during the last' five years or more. Mrs. Baucom was educated at Mere dith College, Raleigh. Imperial Wizard Says Craven Has Never Been a Member of Ku Klux Klan. Atlanta, Aug. 6. Members wof the imperial counsel of the Ku Klux Klan, headed by William J. Simmons, imperial-wizard, were in executive session here today, said to be considering the resignation from the organization of Major Bruce Craven, grand dragon of North Carolina,, and the latter's-reported action in ordering the disban donment of the' klan in that state'. ; Later in the day Mr. Simmons is sued a statement saying: "Bruce Cra ven is not an officer of tie KtrKlux Klan and never has been, f He has no official connection with the organiza tion whatever. That is all I can say at present." . - r Sixteen applications for Confeder ate pensions were passed upon at the meeting of the county pension board here last Monday. The board is com posed of Mr. W. H. Graham, of Row land, chm Mr. C B Skipper, clerk of the Superior court, secretary, Mr. W. J. Currie of Maxton and Rev. F. A. Prevatt of R. 1, Lumberton. This was the last meeting of the board for the year. .,- mam died" at the Baker sanatorium yes- 1 . j . , ... . - . . I teroay.. aiierneon. ' . Barker's-Ten Mile Annual Picnic Large Crowd Attended Methedist Baptist Picnic at Ten Mile Satur day and It Was a Delightful Occa sion A Fine Plan to Keep Alive Community Spirit. A large crowd attended the annual joint picnic of the Barker's Methodist and Ten Mile Baptist Sunday schools at Ten Mile Saturday, and the occa sion was altogether delightful. Mr. L. J. Britt of the Lumberton bar was the principal speaker. His subject was "Citizenship", and he handled the subject in a masterful manner. Mr. Britt was fittingly introduced by Prof.' D. B. Oliver, principal of the BarkerVTen Mile high school. Short addresses were also made by Messrs. Fred Brown and W. P. Barker of Lum berton. The Droeram was supplement- ed with songs. At the noon hour a bountiful picnic dinner was spread on a long table in the grove, near by the church build ing. The dinner consisted of all the good things to eat imaginable and af ter all present had satisfied their ap petites there was plenty left. Besides the regular table food, there were plenty of red, juicy watermelon.. . The chief attraction in the after- noon was a baseball game between the Ten Mile and St. Pauls clubs This annual picnic has been helo? 04 1. 1. 1. ct i 1 a 1. r me iirst OBturuay in auiIW . TlL" olu ,.u ui jfuws l cue wi....ui, a tu . 4 , I a ! 'sa 1 I to another. It is a fine plan which keeps the community spirit alive. Dr. E. A. Branch and small daughter, Mary, O'Neal, of Norwood have been here and at Pembroke .for several days on account of the illness and death of Dr. Branch's grand mother, Mrs. Annie Eliza Breece. Mrs. H. J. Sawyer has been ill with pneumonia since Thursday night. Her condition is reported as some what improved, today. People's Big Well .Lighted Tobacco Warehouse. Hows fThis? Fairmont, N. C, Aug 5th. We sold today 102,516 lbs. of tobacco for $20, 950.79, an average of I2D.43 per hun dred. This included every grade of tobacco from the highest to the lowest sold on our floor. As follows we quote a few of our best sales made to-day: W. Britt & Barnes. , . . 400 lbs at 52c W. Britt & Barnes 200 lbs at 48c Barnes & Herring 586 lbs at 53c W. W. Lee 600 lbs at 56c Lee & Horn 754 lbs at 47c D. 0. Floyd 428 lbs at 54c D. O. Floyd 384 lbs at 53c W. G. Grayham. . . . . 544 lbs at 35c Fullmore & Fullmore . , 426 lbs at 38c Rowland Stephens ..... 824 lbs at 45c Floyd & Sampson 274 lbs at S A. Johnson.. 406 lbs at M H. Hedameth ...... 340 lbs at J. M. Andrews ........ 384 lbs at 50c R.M. Griffin'... 914 lbs at 38c G. M. Floyd & Floyd. . 774 lbs at 37c Lee Floyd 260 lbs at 47c Curtis Harden ........ 180 lbs at 57c Curtis Harden 110 lbs at 33c Floyd & McCellan .... 80 lbs at 49c Floyd & McCellan .... 480 lbs at 29c Geo. Sealey ......'. 420 lbs at 50c C A. Sealey . 418 lbs at 39c Harden Ayers 966. lbs at 40c Mrs. E. F. Floyd 94 lbs at 56c H. Floyd & Wooten ... 890 lbs at 53c J. M. Sellars 580 lbs at 60c Hard work on the sales for each and alL .'"ENOUGH SAID." CHAMBERS, REEVES ft CO. Adv." Fairmont, N. C. 'WHY PAPER 13 I.ATF Trouble at the substation of the Yadkin River Power Co., caused by lightning about 3:30 this afternoon, caused The Rob-,, esonian to be five hoars late go- ing to press, "i COTTON MARKET Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 11 cents the pound. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Special meeting St. Alban's Lodge No. 1 14, A. F. & A. M., Tuesday even ing at 8 o'clock. Degree work. The editor is indebted to Mrs. F. F. Townsend (Aunt Sophie) of R, fl from Lumberton for a fine "mess"' of peas Friday. Mrs. J, Z. Stone of Mt. Elim un derwent an operation at the Baker sanatorium Friday. Her condition is reported as favorable. Argene Locklear and Jesse Lock lear, Indians, were married at tbo coTirt house at 9:30 this morning, Jus tice M. U. AlcKenzie officiating. Mr, J. WUockerharn ret terday f ronran' extended "MetStUkt the West. He had been away since June 1, last. He reports "hard times" in the West. The game of. baseball between Lumberton and Wadesboro was rain ed out today and a double-header will be played here beginning at 2 p. m. tomorrow. , Mr. C. E. Miller of Fairmont, R. 1, was in Lumberton Friday to see his wife, who. has been undergoing treatment at the Thompson hospital for two weeks. Mrs. . Miller's condi tion has improved very much. J. W. Howell, Jr., 7-year-soId, had his right arm broken Thursday morn ing when thrown by a horse, near his home on R.t 7 -from Lumberton. He was brought to the Thompson Hospit al, where it was found that the bone was fractured and the joint out of place. His father accompanied him to the hospital. ' Miss Lizzie Caldwell has leased the McLeod building, next door to the Pastime Theatre, and will open a mil linery, Tadies-ready-to-wear and dress making business about the last of this month. She will resign the position she has held for a number of years in the dry goods department of the store of,R. D. Caldwell & Son. Rev Dr. Chas. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, has been given a vacation and will leave this evening or tomorrow morning for the western part of the State, where he will spend most of his vacation. He' I , ' J.X a,;"," , u: i" 1 ' 7 " ins laiwuj win remain nere The Methodist's Men's Club of" Chestnut Street Methodist church en joyeoLa watermelon feast at Jennings beach Thursday evening at 6 0-cl weather than usual ock. and threatening rain kept many away. Those who attended enjoyed some of the "nest melons ever grown, cooled to the freezing point in Mr. M. A. Oeddy s ice plant. Mr. D. R. Huggins of the Barnes ville 'section had four hogs killed by lightning last Wednesday night about 9 o'clock. The hogs were in a pasture, lightning striking a tree near where they were lying, killing four out of fiveAccording to Mr. Huggins they were fine shoats, weighing about 100 pounds each. Mr. Huggins and Mr. Edwin Johnson of the Barnesville sec tion and Mr. M. M. Huggins of Nich ols, S. C, were Lumberton visitors Saturday. Prof; R. E. Sen telle and two sons, Harris and Ennis, of Tarboro spent Thursday and Friday here. They left Saturday for Southport, where Prof. Sen telle delivered an address yester day. Prof. Sentelle is superintendent of schools of Edgecombe county. He was superintendent of the Lumberton schools for a nuihber of years and says he and his folks are homesick, for Rob eson county since they moved away. It is understood that Dr. and Mrs; R. S. Beam will begin house-keeping next month in the residence now occu pied by Dr. and Mrs. John Knox Wal nut street. Dr. and Mrs. Knox will move into the residence now occupied by Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Johnson, Elm street, and Dr. and Mrs. Johnson will move into the residence now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Holloway, Chestnut street. Mr. Holloway and family will move to Baltimore,-ML It may be perfectly all right, but it doesn't look good. Troy Thomas, who was sentenced to the county chain gang by Judge J. H. Kerr at the re cent term of criminal court was walk in the streets of Lumberton Saturday. He was enjoying the same freedom as though he was not in the "gang". He was on his -way home to spend the week-end, it was learned. There was considerable comment about the oc currence. " A delightful-picnic was given' by the Baraca class of the First Baptist Sunday school Thursday. About thirty young people left the church in cars and arrived at White Lake at noon. Lunch was served on the beach by the young ladies and the remainder of the afternoon was spent in swimming, boating and fishing. The party left the lake about dark and'ar rived home about nine o'clock. Every body voted it a most enjoyable occasion. X v 5eS- i

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