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VOLUME LII LUHfiEllTON. N. G., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1921 ; V i-" Superior Court' -Beet MetlHana-IGMFouManBr siinj oweci ppuo5 rcoom vnen vaicca Two-Weeks' Session of Robeson Court Closed 1' Saturday Only '2,'. Jury' VMwa , iaiuro;ayi7niy, . -Hoising, Curing and Marketing Trials Since Report in Thursday's. gweet , PoUtoes Explained by 1 0. A. Cardwell Third ting of 3 j - Paoer. Robeson Superior "court for the trial of civil cases closed Saturday morn ing after being in . session. : for ' two weeks. Judge J. H.' Kerr, who presid ed left for his homein -Warrenton - Saturday afternoon. He ', will .-f hold Mr. Most Im portant Track Crop in South . Raise More Livestock, jGrow.More Pastures 4 and Diversify ' Crops in v Order to Fight. Weevil . ;Best methods for housing, curing and marketing sweety potatoes were A. M.-Ia trader at Hone of, Mr. 9. Weinstein Jumped Through Win ' dow When; Discovered Mr. Wein v stein Gave" Chase butMan' Escaped i "Peeping Tony Seen There 'Some ;Time Ago.v ' ' ? A man entered the residence of Mr S. Weinstein. First and Cedar streets. court in FavettevUle this week. Only Liia.n(.i .-4- Mr. fi.'-A. Cardwell. ' hnut 3 Vlvlr vtltr mAnttmr' two jury- trials werev heard ai agricuttural and industrial: agent of .He entered through windp and report of the 'proceebfrgs-Tablbhed'f railwayr-at in ThursdavV Robesonlan ' was writ-. . luM in thm Paatim .theatre -i nese-were: , - .here Thursday in beginning nis aa Chester. Hardware Co. vs. C. ' T. ! dress Mr. Cardwell .stated that while hnade t an - alarm and the , intruder Walters, et at; judgment J fpf 0-j anner ia this se piainuii. ' Edward Howell and wife vs. E..D. ' Allen; judgment for plaintiff ..::,' A number of judgments were signed during the term. r " . V"- Town Tax Rate Fix ed At $1.10 On if 100 This Compares With 83 Cents on $100. 1 Valuation . Last YearPoll Tax $3.30 as Compared ' With $2.49 Vi Assessed Valuation of. Property Dropped From $5,441,000. to $4,- .J41.000. I . ..-- , The town tax levv for -' 1921 is $1.10 on the $100 valuation 'and $3a on the poll, as compared : with . 83 cents on the $100 valuation and '2.49 on the poll last year The: levy was fixed at a meeting of"the3nayorTand , town commissioners Thursday ' night. ' The assesed valuation of town . pro perty this year is $4,041,000. as com pared with $5,441,000 last year. Many i rebates had to he allowed , from the valuation last year, according to Mr. J. P. Russell, town clerk and treasurer. Mudi Cotton; Sold - On Local Market f tfH knows how to grow' sweet pota toes the atoYage ana Keeping oi tne potatoes after they 'have been grown is the thingjln; which, they . are, for should be most interested ' A Affords Great Opportunity. ' Declaring that the potato crop of fers, a great opportunity ,to the far mer of the South,' the speaker told of the importance of devising plans- for keeping! the crop.: He. said that' the Isweet 'potato is the third mostTimpor tant truck crop in the South, and told of .how at least' 60 percent of the crop i is; lost each year. The average crop per acre in North Carolina ; is 105 bushels and the average price received,- fop the potatoes is $119.70 the acre; the speaker said. By proper care ; and ; attention the . crop should average 2Q0 bushels per acre. He told of the popularity of he canned sweet potato and declared that the popular ity of the potato grown in the South and the 'demand for it would increase rapidly' in the future. . , i $73 to $100 Profit Per Acre : A profit of from' $75 to $100 per acre v should - be realized from, tweet potatoes if properly) cured and mark eted. The house fory curing, potatoes was in a - room- in ' which two' of Mr. Weinstefn s daughters were sleeping when one of , the girls Waked, She ; jumped through the window and made a get-a-way. Mr. Weinstein; who was aroused' by. the alarm' of his daugh ter,; followed the intruder for some distaiice. Officers were called, but thehr efforts in drying to apprehend the man were futile- Mr. Weinstein's daughter said .she; thought the man Was white. He "removed, a screen from the window before entering the house and a pair of maVs shoes wa8 found at f the window, t It is supposed he removed his shoes w, before v passing through the window" and left so hur rldly that he failed to get them. .A man who lives in. that part of town : saw , another , man peeping through a "window in the Weinstein home a few months ago. He . gave chase, but the' maa-.esciped."'.'' :yf. sMALL OYS GIVE A CIRCUS Good Imitation of the Real Thing Put ' J on by Several Local Doys Saturday j Had Street Parade and AH Pro ceeds Will be Given to an Orphanage. i It Was a . good amitation of a real circus. Several small boys "put on" a circus on a vacant lot near the home of Mr? K, M, Banpes, Chestnut street, Saturday." Four tents, were nitched nn should not cost more than '50 cents the! lot and h U. S. flag was h;Isted per bushel for local use and not more on the lot,' giving it the aDDearance ; than 25 'cents for one year for houses of regular curcus grounda. There Much cotton is" being ;old on the local market. The two gins near town are crowded and Mr. H. O. Floyd, ksal public cotton weigher-grader, is kept busy. ' He weighed ; and ' graded built for commercial use. After they are built the houses can be used for several years with .' but little addi tional cost. The house will pay for it self in potatoes saved in one year.' In recommending the-erection of houses from plans and . ' specifications 'fur 122 halea Frldav. and Saturday, thei nished by the government, the speak number was even larger than on Frk er'iald that insulation and ventilation day. MR. C M. BURNS-OF MAXi TON ACCIDENTALLY SHOT Ball. Was Removed 'at Hamlet Hospi- tal Saturday Morning and He Has , Chance of. Recovery. Mr.-C M. Burns of Maxton ' : was " fell to the floor and was accidentally discnargea. ne . was rusuea i' ine. Hamlet hospital i Saturday s morning and operated on; the bullet being re moved. A 'phone message to The - Robesonian at noon today; from the, hospital stated, that Mr. Burns is bad rf CI.C , liilV k uiuok 4iiifv Maa swstat aai construction. The use of a small stove was recommended for curing the po tatoes after CTe plncedin the house. In larger houses but for com-,! mercialiuse, mors.-than,, one,.stove should be used. .Either wood or coal can be used in firing the stoves. After the 'potatoes :are cured, the tempera- shot in the back" at his home Friday, ture in the . houses should run- from night when a pistol ' he swa handling 50 to' 60 decrees. ;' , H Speaking of plans , for marketing potatoes, Mr. Card well declared that the market is rapjdly jexpanding and hdl thinks tlie demana.'fQri.the South ern potato ia bouhftitoA?iviv..He does not advocate the -planting of more ly-hurt but has a chance of recovery, acrei in potatoes, but providing plans Lease Renewed on Present Postoffic . Qirtrs..:;-ai;vv'::v.,iiY'r;'; ; Thet; Postoffice : Department at Washington has announced that it has ' accepted the proposal -of Mr, 1 A. W. McLean to renew the lease on the pre sent quarters in Lnmberton, 205 Elm street, for 5 years' from September 1. The lease is toinclude equipment, heat, water, light, safe and parcels post and posWl savings; - furniture when necessary. So long a8 govern ment' expenses areas ni?n as tney lot saving the crop. ' Raise More Livestock. '-. The growing of more livestock and hogs was urged byi Mr. E. , L. Bell, a representative of the. North . Caro lina 'i: Landowners -'association, ' who also addressed the meeting. He also urged, the importance of raising pure. bred cattle and hogs. Mr. Bell gave werefour, ponies in the circus, four dogs and numerous clowns. . The ckwns were "made up" in grea style and the doings of the youngsters were amusing. The ponies seemed to have enjoyed - their part almost as.- much as the boys, these doing . numerous stunts that one sees in the real cir cus.. The boys pulled, many acrobatic stunts and as a nvhole the show was well worth the, admission price of 5 and ,10 cents. - vX."i'-' .rvv''ST I A number of young people saw the . performances and the proceeds will be sent to some orphanage. Those taking part in the show were; Masters Gilchrist Crump. UHugh ; McAllister, John Rhodes Barnes, Wilton. Barnes, Horace Barnes, Archie McLean, Neill Archie Thompson; Knox Barnes, Hen ry Allen, Chas. Boyd, Edwin, Baker and Trank McLeod. A street parade was, put Hn about 11 o'clock Saturday mmiBg--'C. V-,.-'-; , 'mxwi'i -r--ry.- DE3I0NSTRATION MACHINE : USEDrFOR POISONING COT. ! TON TO DESTROY WEEVIL Death Camcd By v i I Valuable Premiums vTocy miich Whfckeyli: For, Exhibitors iai maXtoday .tTs cu COTTON MARKET 5 f Middling cotton Js -quoted on tha pound. Co ton seed 54 cent the bushel, ; Coroner'sfury Finds That Death af ,Handreda of Dollars in Premiams Wint Manning. Colored v Found Dead Near Rowland, Wag Caused by . Bootleg ' Uqoor Whiskey : Bonght from Indian Woman Near Pembroke. ' .-' "J1 "Deceased came to his death from Await Exhibitors at Rpbesoa Coasv ty Fair Consult Premium List and Bring Something., vu. : Jr: 1 (By Presa Agent.) Hundreds, of dollars in premiums await exhibitors , at the seventh an- 'BWEFzJVEWS V excessive drinking of bootleg whiaj nual Robeson county fair. to be held V'?-' r thJ nere uctoeer ys, zo, and zi. we "v' V : ? ; j key. fM fU v&rAir-Y-it tha rnA- nmminm list this', veir la tht .fnnat Lottie Parkers JnoH. -Butier ' : and nert jury which conducted an inquest attracuva yet Issued by the fair asso-l"- wonoiy over' the remains of Wint Manninjr. (eiation and if report are true people I Miss Julia ThomDeon wCl leave colored, of the Rowland section, Fri-! in all sections of tha county are select-1 tomorrow for Rock Hill S. C, where day. Manning, , who was around 50;ing and preparing exhibits to shew (she will be a student at wtntarop years old and had a family wa found dead. by the roadside near Rowland Friday ; about 11 - a. m. The inquest was conducted by Dr. E. R. : Hardin, county health officer and coroner, the following serving as a jury i Messrs. J. A. McCoy, E. P. Bryant, S. A. McCormick. D. W. Bullock. G.,T. Cox and A. C Sinclair, v ' f Manning had been . drinking -' with three white men, according to the evidence before the" coroner's jury. It was brought out that the . whiskey, "white lightning", ' was ' purchased from an Indian - woman, near Pem broke. Manning wa8 seen lying by the' side, of the road in a -drunken condi tion about 9 o'clock Friday morning. The same man who saw him at that time found him .dead at 11 o'clock. The man, whose name was not learn ed, passed the negro while on his way to Lumber ton and it was when return, ing home that he V discovered that Manning was dead. ; - - ..- a ;,;' ' i , i 'm' 'i A cotton-dusting demonstartion will be given on ' Mr. A. W. .McLean's farm, near the fair grounds, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 27 and 28. The demonstrations will be givenltt 10 a, m. each day. "The machine to be aemonstrated is used for are now there is no Jiklihood that a.ands of acre8 of low-lands that are ' government nuiiamg wju. oe erecteu on the lot purchased here some time ago. In fact, Mr." McLean , says jthe government wanted to renew the lease for 10 years, but he preferred the ; shorter period.- ' , , ? ' . Doixonlnir I ..U.. M . xl . . . ii.ui.wiu j.r me ouTDOSe or dASfrnvimr " - - - I t H ' 1 reasons why cattle and hogs can be; fo weems. Mr. .Frank .Gough of raised in this section of North Caro-1 -umoerton arranged for the demon lina cheaper than m . the West. He sirauons. told of the great possiblities of east ern North Carolina with her thous Field Officers Artillery School; Or dered Back to Camp Bragg; ' Washteirton.. .Sept..:; 16. Twelve coast artillery commands were placed today on the reduced personnel basis '' in line with' the reduction ; of the "army to 150,000 inen. Districts affect ed are: Portsmouth, N., H., Newbed ford, Mass., i Eastern New York, . Southern New York, the Potomac, Cape Fear, N. C-,Charlestoh, S. C, Savannah, ua., iampa, ria moDue, Alabama the Columbus (Oregon) and " Baltimore, Maryland. . '4 " ' The field officers artillery school today was ordered transferred from Camp Knox, Tenn..- to Camp Bragg, N. C, where' it was previously, lo cated! Camp Bragg will be given its ' ' old status . of operation and supply . direct by the Secretary of War and well suited to growing pastures, Mr. Bell recommended ( the sowing of grasses, clovers and legumes for pas tures and the use of lands too low for other crops for this purpose. The speaker urged the necessity of a wide divesification of crops , with the ap pearance of the boll weevil. v The speakers were introduced by Mr. O. O. Dukes, county farm demon strator, Mr. Dukes took occasion to plead for the co-operation of farmers and business men . in meeting .' the changed conditions brought about by the coming of -the boll weevil.-Mr. Dukes -will, be glad to give information- and assistance Vto - those who desire to erect potato houses.". - .5 .. A like meetmg was held at St. Pauls in the afternoon, where the at tendance was larger than hero. . Messrs. J. Q. Beckwith and W. W. Davis of the Virginia f& . . Carolina Southern railway took an active , in- . . - leresi in me meetings, asiscinic xur. Dukes in arranging for the speakers and other details. Mr. Dukes wishes to thank Mr. J. - der the commanding general of the , fourth corps area,- at : rprt Mcrner son, Georgia, '-were ''ordered'-'. revoked by Secretary Weekse . r", :r-;V; . cesUjr located a barrel bf - distilled rosin in Lumber river at .Matthews bluff. The rosin 'was. in a cove and well preserved. It was in a home-made barrel and no doubt was stilled be forethe Cwl War. It has been many year, since turpentine Was distitleH orders recently issued, placing it un-jW. Griffin, proprietor of the Pastime in that t section. Some 60 years ago Made-in-Carolinas Exposition Gives a f leasing Surprise.--x, ' . .: . Dii.lnH. X!.t 1T rn..' J. . . , . .vwvc hchv. Aoe, variety, scope and elegant arrangement of the exhibits and the, suoerioritv of the musical programs have' accorded ' visitors at the Made-in-Carolinas ex position a most pleasing surprise', hundreds of prominent men f and women from many sections ; of? the two states having spoken enthusias tically both personally to exposition officials and in interviews nuhlisW v .. .. A nere regaraing cne event, the first of lis xina ever netd in the Southern States. The exposition was opened Monday with an address by Governor Morrison, and will close Sept 29. - Negro Lynched By hatham Co. Mob ke Was Accused of Entering Girl's Room at Night Swung Up With I Auto Tire Chain and Body Riddled With Bullets, 'A Pittsboro special to the' Charlotte Observer states that Ernest Daniels, a negro youth, believed to be guilty of having entered the room of Miss Gertrude Stone, daughter of Walter Stone, Friday night, was taken from the jail at i Pittsboro Sunday morning at 2 o'clock,!' swung - up to the limb of a tree with an automobile tire chain around his ; rfeck, and shot to death wtih.gunf and .revolvers, v-wv'! p Thetijagro- is alleged to have 'enter ed the home during , the absence of Mr, Stone,' hi8 ; wife, ; little son and daughter being alone. The girl waked and found the black leaning over her bed. She,screamed and the negro fled. Miss Stone was not harmed Blood hounds fro mRaeford were put on the trail Saturday and these leq the posse straight to Daniels who is said to have confessed hi guilt to the offi cers. - 1 After , 3 unsuccessful efforts , to force the prison the keys were secured from the jailer, W. H. Taylor. The negro was taken 5 miles east of Pitts boro on the old Raleigh road. .. Record ofDeaths ' MR. C. W. BENNETT OF ST w PAULS FELL' DEAD FRIDAY Fell Over Dead White Talking to Another Man Heart Trouble Sup posed to Have Been Cause Funer- : al Saturday. Mr. C W. Bennett well-knowti St. Pauls citizen, ' died suddenly Friday about 10 a.' m. Deceased was sitting in front of his meat market talking to another man and fell over dead. He war . about 60 years old and ia survived : by - his widow and Several children.' The funeral was conducted fro mSt. Pauls Baptist church Satur day at 11 a. m. by Rev. L P. Hedg. peth of Lumberton and the remains were interred in the new St. Pauls cemetery with Masonic honors. . . m ' ll r S A the world that Robeson can do things I college again this year. j Therr ia not a home in the county H Much cleao-ap work hai recentiy ..W-0'11 P"" creditable ex- been done in town, the r work being: aiDK w some nature to, cm iair ana done under the supervision of . Chief all who have not yet made plan, to Uf Pnli. n. Barker. - have .something on?; exhibition are . Hattie Baker and Ellis Walters, urged to consult the premium list colored, of Fairmont, were married at and make preparations to bring some- the court house Thursday at 4 p.'m.t ming w uie iair. Mmpeuon is not jnstice M G. McKenxi performing confined to Robeson . county but is the ceremony. ; " ; open to - the adjoining counties and I jr. Giles W. Mercer is assembling the whole State. . - ; :;-s-:i-i:yr material for edecting ao-room 'resi- , Hundreds ot articles ' are enumer- UtnCt on,East Fourth street.Jdr. Mer- aieu in uie premium use ana exniDi-icer and family Will live in the B0U30 tion oL articles not mentioned in the I kii eAtnnltd; - ' - : list. iB solicited. These will be entered Mr. Jno. S. Butler of St Pauls, ana assignea 10 me proper aepart- recorder of the St.. Pauls district, has ment, and worthy ones will be re- been in the Pittman hospital hi Fay- waJPed- , y jetteville for the past week undergoing m iDH exniDiuon aeparxmeni ,oi me i treatment for sciatica His condition iur umucu huu i.numoer ox ue I (j tmprovtng. ?' . ' - partmens that completely cover the -Mr. C. T. Bullock of R. 3, Lum field, , 1 berton, will go tomorrow to Columbia, , .,1eparnnem a iieia, orcuara, anaig. u.f where be wm resume nis garden products will be in charge studies at the university of. South of O. 0. Dukes and Lacy Buie. Carolina Mr. Bullock was a student J. A. Carlyle and B. Sam Edwards I there last year. are directors of the cattle and hogs Mr, A. W. McLean and son, Mas- department. , The poultry department will he in charge Af B. Sam Edwards, J. A. Carlyle and D. J. Watson. ter A. W Jr., of Washington D. C, spent Saturday and yesterday here, , leaving last evenirfg for Washington. Mr. McLean senior came here to look Dr. E. R. Hardin. J. A. Martin and I after business interests. iWi? Mrs. A. Nash are directors of Depart.-1 , Mr. J. V Williamson was operated mentC, the baby contest. Ion at the Thompson, hospital this Misses Katie Price. Leila Edwards I morning.. A larre abtfess was opened and Mrs. J. N. Regan will look after I around hjs ; left kidney . and about a the curios and relics. . ' , . I pint of pua drained from It He stood Directors of the pantry supplies and I the operation well and hit condition home economics department are .Mrs. is considered favorable. ' ,- . Daisy Jenkins, Mrs, B. M. Davis and Mr. R. A. Hedgpeth. Jr, left -. Miss Martha Flax Anlrews. Tuesday of. last week for the Rich- The ladies' handiwork department I mond medical college, Richmond, Vsu will be in charge of Miss Janie Car where he will take a course in phar lye,,.Mrs. E. R. Hardin, Miss Leila Jmacy It was inadvertently stated In Edwards and Mrs H. B. Ashley. ' U I Thursday's paper that Mr, Hedgpeth Copies of the premium list have I had arona to Wake Forest" v'.v- ' been distributed throughout the coun-1 , A gray rtnle and a Hackneybug-? ty but anyone who has failed to see I gy belonging to Mr. C B. Miller were ; one can get one by addressing W. O.l stolen from the lot back of Mr. L. Thompson, secretary and treasurer, I H. Caldwell's store about 9X0 Saiuz. Lumberton. McLean Can't Attend Washington Angus W. McLean-, i of the War Finance corporation, who has been invited to be one of the - . i i . .L . n i; ZZS Thompson's ton, Dr. Raymond Thomp Inl ThJSZ -on of Charlotte who is ill with pneu- day night The, mule was hitched to the. buggy when left by, Mr. Miller. He has' found no trace of the mule or. buggy. -? ji? -a a Mrs. J. A. Thompson and son, Mr. E. A.-Thompson, went last even ing to Charlotte- to be with Mrs. 1 of Rosin Distilled Before Civil Barrel War; I How long had it been there? Mr W.J. Britt of R. 4, Lumberton. re- 22, states today that as thing stood now he would not be able to go to Charlotte. Word H. Wood, of Char lotte, on his way to New York, called monia. He is in the Charlotte sana torium and his condition is reported as favorable. . . . . v A collection amounting to $100.10 on Mr. McLean who told him that ?-rr::-Vw rVl.: V. u ''I'.'w .lV":iof Robeson for the widow of Condary " V."! ? r: Sampson, , fadian, whose death !T."!L"Tr, T", ' toeether by James Dial and Will T BTT-iS Lowry. who were Lumberton visitor i0!.??1!? MrSTRusieU left Sarttr- n ha ZS- 5Z iZ 47 for St Pauls, where sh will teach I nf rJrt.. EJfcJ JTSSt French - English in the St Paula act of Congress. Mr. McLean says that J ,chool durine the term which !f Ijr 52-to .rilte: -r " Wrennie Flojd of Fairmont and Laura tu. r.. unison in naieign iiew nai4L u e, l. dt. mull, wik uk ffiu tntu 111 uiq WM Ask Congress to Investigate Ko -.Messrs R. C. Uwrence and J. J. - Klux Klaa. H -J '.'I Goodwin of the local bar attended T Investia-ation bv Congress of the Kn in "Raleigh Saturday the funeral of Klux Klan will be proposed in a reso- the tote Cot Jno. W. Hinsdale, of lotion which Renreaentative Tarne. Raleigh, an account Of Whose death 10 Heart -trouble is eupposei to have : Democrat, of Massachusettes. ha. an-1 reported elsewhere in todays paper been the cause of h?s death. inounced he was having drafted fori0 Messrs. Lawrence and boodwtn. n i : i l. l. : j . I fnrmrlv nrarttrpa with CoL' Hhuidale. weenacu ia Burnrcu vj uia niuuw. f uiuwikhuu nucu ww. ivuv iaoociu- i . a - w one daughter, Mrs. H. L. Blue of Ibles this week.:The proposed inquiry who was said to have been the oldest Fairmont., and 3 sons Messrs. w. A. .wouia oe mane eitner or. a special com-1 v " theatre, for the use of his building. Mr. . Clyde 'Powers Loses Arm in Cotton Gin. t .. . . Mr. Clyde V. Powers of R. 1, Lum berton,' had his right arm so badly cut up in a cotton gin Saturday morn ing that the arm, had to be amputated at the shoulder The accident happen ed at :Mr. J. I." Paul's gin, near Sad- lurpentme . siuis 'were numerous throughout this section, many of the citizeifs of that day working turpen tine for a livelihood. ; " -u . vv ; Negro Shot Near McDonald Saturday , Night , ; . . - News has,' reached Lumberton of the shooting and daneerouslv wound. ing of one negro by another, - near I Maxton Man Sends 68-Foot Juniper " Pole to Exposition' ' ' . li ' : Mr R. M. Williams of the Williams 'company of Maxton, says The Scottish Chief, has shipped a 68-foot , juniper Aia ta Charlotte 'for-the Made-in- f.roiiim exDosition. and -after the! some seed while a bale of hi3 cotton 'groes were named McNair it ia exposition the polewUl.be pre"sented t was being ginned when his-arm was j The one doing the shooting escaped. ritv of Charlotte for a flag. caueht by the ein saws. Mr.. Powers Local officers have not been notified "staff. -:'--: . ,' .was brought to the Thompson hospi-j'of. the shooting, v and no" particulars tai, wnere tne arm was .ampuiaiea. i A XT a to tiiyi rm mamna1 m ft n ' ' dletre ..church. He was working at j McDonald. -Saturday night Both ne cquld be learned. and LeRoy Bennett of Hope Mills and Mr B. W. Bennett, a soldier at Camp Bragg. ' ' . v Mr. Robert E. Lee is out. today . .1 . . Mi J A- 1 1 . aiier . oeuig. coniineu w nig room xor three weeks, suffering with hay fever and asthma. - -ic : :::;y Born, to Rev. and Mjrs. W. F. Traywick of. Fairmont at Thompson hospital Saturday night, a girt - A light rain fell here last night about 9 o clock. The rain was needed. 1 -Mn: w. B, ivey, who uvea out -Raynham way, 'was a Lnmberton visi tor ; Saturday. , Mr. i Ivey attended preaching at ; Back Swamp Friday night and ; then brought cotton to a gin in Lumberton, making a night of it Gins are so rushed one does not get a chance to take off his clothes whan he brings cotton to a gin. , On his way to town Mr. Ivey says he saw two men in ' a-- ditcbbeside the road, one of them too druk to get up and the other too drunk to do anything more than stand waveringly up and cuss.. ; mittee or bv the Honae indiciarv com-1 time Of his death. , miH-A. I Mr. name auuon oi cast Lum- RepresentaUve Tague in making his berton bad Hi left leg broken above annonncemenr. aaui ne nan . receivea i uicc wuw v uuw juii reliable information ihat the Kn Klux afternoon when run over by a large Klan was endeavoring to establish I trvxk owned by the Lumberton cotton branches in Massachusettes and other Mill company. The truck had ten bales New England States. , o cotton on it when it passed over v : - . . I bit. oanon a leg. . nr. - sniton ai- Mr. Oliver F. Nance is assembling tempted to get on the truck while it material for erecting a 5-room bunga'Jwas moving on Second street In front low on East Seventh Street ' ; I of Mr. I T Townsend's residence and if, tu n.. i. i5;. ... fell under it He was earned to the Fava,aa m aaa awiiwo a0 fva . terial for the erection of a 7-room ompzoa pi bungalow on North Pine street Mr. and Mrs."W. C. Johnson and He is young married man. ..i-i Kfiaa Wilms mnA RaVivl James Edwin, of R. 1. St Pauls, were! x Mr H.' W. Hedgpeth of Fairmont, 'ceived a big lot of Betty Wale$ dress- Lumberton visitors Friday. f " .'R. Z was a Lumberton visitor Friday. "es. Miss Lizzie Caldwell has just ,re- idv,' Getting All the Cotton at First Pick ing.' - . . When they get over, it will be over. Farmers report that they are getting all the cotton crop at the first pick ing. The dry weather; and the boll weevil cot off the top crop, they say. From Thompson hospital: Miss v Miriam Weinstein, city, who has been , Mr. Kenyon Woody of Wilmington I a patienf at the hospital two weeks. , took several people for a ride over I having had an operation for append!- . Lumberton yesterday - tn nis : Curtis eitis, returned home Sunday. Mr. H. . aeroplane. He arrived here Saturday R. Britt, R. 5, underwent an operation and will probably return to Wilming- Saturday and is getting along all , - ton tomorrow-yf;-y right Mrs. L. A. Bolton, city, was A man was discovered prowling I operated on Friday night and is re- about the home-of Mr. Alex Sessoms, covering rapidly- Ms Letba Stone, Willow" street, about 80 Saturday R. 5, was operated on for appendicitis night The man was first seen by Mrs. last Wednesday and is rapidly re- - Hardy M'White, who lives near by. covering. Alton caxiey, o- unuer- Mrs. Sessoms' 'plioned for her has- went an operation for appendicitia ' band, who was soon on the scene, but last Tuesday and & doing well Miss r but the man had moved on. Tracks Rebecca Ivey, St Pauls, was operated were found all around Mr Sessoms' on for appendicitis last -Monday Her.t home. . Chief of Police D. bL Barker condition is very favorable. Mr. also rushed to the Sessoms home, Wade Johnson, ,R- F; D Fairmont, vi rit. - :.-., . 1.. ortin nnil.nr.nt nnantmn tar Oni 111.' man was 'seen. It is thought he. was I pendix last Thursday, is. : gettmg: a negro. ' x iiwnj u tui w ynKu. if . v i'- i - - ft-
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