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COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH-
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LUMBERTON, N. CtHUESDAYTBJJRUARV 2, 1922.
R. Waiter BuUock
Murdered Last
Night Near.Here
Shot Through -Window at Gasoline).
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LOAD OF NO. 4 SHOT EN- v
TERED BACK OF HIS HEAD
Fatal Shot Fired About 11:30 and
Body Was Found About 2 A. M.
Robbery Supposed ; to Hare - - Been
' Motive Very
Little One to
Murderer. - .
One of the , most brutal and cold,
blooded: murders ever committed in
Robeson county took place last night
when Mr. R, Walter Bullock was shot
to death,' and robbed. Mr. Eutflock
operated- a ' gasoline filling: station
three miles west 'of Lumberton on the
Wilmfogton-Charlotte-Asheyille - high
way, near-McNeill's bridge, and lived
alone there. The shot that ended his
life Instantly . was fired I through a
window of the building and entered
the back of his head, near the right
ear. The load of No. 4 shot broke
a whole window pane, out and practi
cally 'the entire load entered the head
of the murdered man.
Body. Found Near Window..
It is, thought the killing was" com
mitted about. 11:30 last night. The
lifeless body of Mr. Bullock was first
discovered; about 2 o'clock, this morn
ing by Messrs. J.' W. Davis and J. L.
Hatchel. when-they stopped there to
get some gasoline, Mr. Zeb V. Carlyle j
was with Mr. Bullock for a while last
night, leaving him about 9:45. When
Mr. Carlyle left, Mr. Bullock told
that he was going to shave and re
tire,
The surroundings indicated that
the fatal shot was fired just after
His body lay a few feet, from thei
window through which the shot pass- weapon; plead guilty; fined l cent
ed, surrounded y a pool of blood, and cost.
He. was fully dressed except his coat.'' Dave Rountree, larceny; plead
The pockets of the dead man were '. guilty; fined $50 and cost,
evidently gone through ' by his) George Fulmore, larceny and " re
murderer, as they were left turned ceiving; sentenced to 12 months on
inside out. It is' thought the motive county roads. with leave to the coun-
for the murder was robbery, as it is
not known that Mr. Bullock had an Henry Faulk for cost in the case,
enemy. The sum, of $9.25 in ohange James Cooper; guardian, of Peter
was fouiid in a trunk in the building, Cooper, vsJackson .Brothers Lumber
but no money was left in ,the pockets Co., judgment for damages in the
of the murdered man. u w na of ,$1,000 f or injuries, received
An inquest over the remains wasue to ntegligence of defendants,
conducted early this morning by Dr. Alfred Jones, assault with deadly
E. R. Hardin, county coroner. The
jury was composed of Messrs. H. C.
Freeman. J. V. Williamson. G. B.
Kirkman, A. M. Freeman, L. J.
vatt and R. O. Edmund. The verdict
of the jury will not be rendered until
tomorrow at 9 a. m.
Fired at Close Range.
The filling station was owned by
Mr. A. Wright of Parkton- and had
been in charge of Mr. Bullock for
and kept batch in the rear of the fr 'injuries received when struck by
building. He was in the front room mto truck- .
of the building when fired upon. The . Joh,n. Lee and Charles Wilson, store
fact that pieces of the glass window (breaking; 5 years each on county
were found in the har of the murdered rora; XT,, ... ... ...
man indicated that the murderer fired .J fcafcdon, iesistmg ofneer; fi.v
ax ciose range. , T v,,i,. ,;!
son of Mr.- Luke Bullock, who lives
near Moss Neck. Four sisters Mrs.
Alex. Prevatt of Moss Neck, Mrs. H.
P. McLanchlin of Purvis, Mrs. F. M.
Ivey of Fairmont and Mrs. W. F.
T7 viJ a T7aimkm iA T-lsnn Vha
thers-Mr. Alex Bullock of Halifax
county and Messrs. M. D. and N.-H.
Bullock of Moss Neck survive.
Funeral Friday Near Moss Neck
After the inquest the remains were
taken in charge by Messrs. Stephens
& Barnes, local undertakers, and pre
pared for burial. The funeral will be
Liaicu iu uutiaii xuc x unci ai win uci
conducted tomorrow, probably at 11
a. m., and Interment will be made in
the Odum cemetery, near Moss Neck.
There' is very little clue as to who
committed' this dastardly crime.
Riveir Claims
Another Victim
Rupert Layton McCullock Drowned
Yesterday When He Fell Into Lum
ber River Neither He Nor Any of
His Companion Could Swim.
The treacherous waters 'of Lumber
river claimed another victim about 9
o'clock yesterday morning when Ru
pert Layton McCullock, 10-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mcuullock
of iast Lumberton. was . drowned.
Yrmrn fff?11fuL- u1frol An tirwui. an
old snrineboards and fell into the
river. He eoiildn't -swim' and thouehf
his body was recovered mAaboUt 30.
minutesnit was iifelesj 'when brought
from the water. .' ..4 ' ,
The Unfortunate boy and some three
or four) other small boys' were cut
ting wood in the swamp near by the
river, one of the boys his j brother.
Neither of his companions could swim,
it is said. The' bod was located and
brought to the surface by - Messrs.
Charlie Stanton and Qbbie Coleman,
young men who live in East Lumber
ton. '
The funeral was conducted today at
11 a. m. and interment made in the
Hollywood cemetery, near the county
home. ,. - ' '
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Murder
sTluitemopn
Normaa nd Arch Cummings Wul be
iriea on marge i n.iuing abdui?
Oxendine Special Venire , of, 100
MenSix Road Sentences Imposed
Disposition ' f of 4 .-" Cm Civil
Court ; Next -Week.';.' 7 ,v: V;..
It is .expected that the trial of Nor.
man and . Arch Cummings, -Indi&M,
charged with killing Asbury Oxen
dine, .another Indian, w$l beg.-a in Su
perior court here this afternoon. A
special venire of 100 men was sum
moned from which a jury will be se
lected. ; Asbury Oxendine was ' shot
from ambush, and killed while walk
ing along the railroad - trac,k v near
Pembroke several - weeks - ago. The
Cummings brothers ', were arrested
soon after .the homicide and Jve
been : in jail here since. It is not
likely that . Wesley Gibbe, the' deaf
and dumb Indian, charged with shoot,
ing and '; killing his brother-hvlaw,
Parker Goins, will be tried at this
term. ; The trial of Claud : Oxendiile
and Thurtman Hunt, Indians, charged
with manufacturing whiskey, was be
gun yesterday morning r.d had tot
been completed at noon today.
The following- cases have been dis
posed of during the term :
..Joseph Biggs.' abandonment; plead
guilty; fined $1 and cost.
Frank Wallace, nuisance; plead
guilty; fined $10 and cost.
Cramer Miller, violating town or
dinance; plead, guilty: fined $25 and
cost.
Thomas Bullock, violating town or
dinance; plead guilty: fined $25 and
cost " ' . . -
Wade and Esther Sinclair, assault
with deadly weapon; 'Wade plead
guilty of simple asault and was fined
1 cent and cost; nol pros as to Esth-
Dave WiUiams, assault with deadly
ty commissioners to hire out to
weapon; pieaa guuiy; iinea i ceni
ana cost.
Span Pope, manufacturing whiskey;
Pre-iPlesd guilty; sentenced to 4
months
i.Pn' county roads
John Black, resisting officer; Vriead
guilty; sentenced to 8 months on
roads.
Zula Jane and Miller Currie vs.
Western Union Telegraph and Tele
phone Co. and Raleigh and Charles-
deadly weapon and feloneous assault;
requirvl'to pay $40 to .James ' Dial
and fined $25 and cost. Locklear was
charged with shooting Dial several
months ago. '
Morrison Quick, cheating; sentenced
to2 P,0??", T?.
Daniel Mitchell, forgery; not guilty.
Jim McEachern,. forgery; sentenced
to 6 months on roads.
Alex Thomas, alias Thames, Dave
Blue and Wesley Deal, attempted
larceny of auto; fined $100 and one
third of the cost each. These defend-
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am. fd here f-eeta
ago after they attempted to move an
automobife off East Fifth street
while local officers were watching
them. ' They were bound over to'
Superior court by Recorder Bv H.
Fuller and ' later made bond in the
sum of $400 each. Since that time
Thomas was arrested in connection
with the laceny of an auto in Char
lotte. He was in jail' there and was
brought' to Lumberton for trial yes
terday and carried back to Charlotte
by Chief of Police D. M. Barker last
night. Th)fi three defendants plead
guilty of the charge preferred against
them here.
Judge Geo. W. Connor of .Wilson is
presiding at this week's term and
will Hold a week's term of civil court,
beginning Monday of next week. .
Residence Destroyed by Fire.-
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the residence of Mr Will S. Small,
Caldwell street, about 2 o'clock yes-
jterday morning together with all the
, furniture. The house was a 5-room
one-story structure. Mr., , and Mrs.
Small were away from home and the
building was practically burned down
before the alarm was sent iit , The
loss was around $3,500. It is under
stood that Mr. Small carried some in
surance on the building. ''"
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Mrs. W. S. Brewer of, Boardman
was among , the shoppers in town yes
terday.' V - !
Mr. O. I. Floyd of Fairmont was
a Lumberton visitor yesterday.
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8 Convicts Escape ; '
From Chain Gang
Seven White . Men Siwed; Their , Way
Out of a Cage .Tuesday . Night
' Some Friend oa Outside Supposed
to - Have Furnished . Sw -Negro
. Also Escaped From Gang Tuesday.;
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PEMBROKE LAST
KltlWT
; j Isham Victor, Jno.' C. Wfllard
and Von Speight, three of the
convicts who escaped from the
Robeson county chain gang Tues-
day night, were captured near
Pembroke last night. The three
men 'were located rand arrested
by Herbert Lowry, deputy sheriff
and policeman of Pembroke. They
had robbed the home of a colored
. man, near Pembroke, before their
arrest, it is said. ; They were re-
turned to the chain :, gang last
night soon after their arrest.
Though the ' men. carried : a gun
stolen from the home, of the color- .
ed mad whose house they Hfcd en-
' tered, they offered no resistance,
according to Lowry. - ;
:
, Seven white prisqnera escaped 'from
the Robeson county chain gang Tues
day night by sawing the bars of the
cage in which they were locked. Four:
of the men escaping were sent to the
Robeson county gang - from Hoke
county. These -were: Elza .Hill who
had served femonthfLntan 18 months' ,
sentence for whipping the. jailer in
Hoke John Willard, who had served
6 months of a four years' sentence
for larceny; - Will Willard," who nad
served 6 -months of an 18 months'
sentence for larceny; Frank Ward,
who had served 6 months of . a 3
years' sentence fon larceny. The others
escaping were: Von Speight, who had
served 30 days oi a 9 months sen
tence for larceny; Isham Victor, who
had served 6 months of a 15 months'
sentence for store-breaking at Pem
broke; Errfest Tilly, who had served
7 months of a 12 months' sentence for
store-breaking in Lumberton. '
The prisoners were all in the same
cage and used a hack saw in breaking
their way to freedom. , Three of the
prisoners claimed to have been sick
Tuesday and it is thought they did
much of the sawing. during, the day.
The saw was evidently furnished by
some person who is not in the gang.
Ernest McPhaiJand, negro, who had
served one month of a 3 months' sen
tence for store-breaking, escaped
from the gang Tuesday, making a
total of 8 escapes during the day and
night. None of the prisoners have
been apprehended. 'A guard fired two
shots at McPharland and it is thought
he was hit. , ' '
; Mr. J., W. Davis, keeper of the
gang, returned to his post yesterday
alter completing a 3U-days' vacation.
Mr. Dave Jones had been in charge
during -Mr, Davis' absence,
The chain , gang is located near
Lumberton, doing work in connection
with, the hard-surfacing of the high -
way between jjumoerton
and Mc -
Neill's bridge.
Stolen Foi-d
Cat Recovered .
Found on Street" at St. Pauls No i
Doubt Left by Men Who Drove off
In Car Stolen at St. Pauls and
Abandoned Near Raeford.
Messrs. Stephens & Barnes today
recovered a Ford roadster which was
stolen Tuesday night. The car was
found standing on the streets of St. : Tobacco Cooperative Marketing asso-
Pauls vesterdav moraine. Mr. F. LJciation meetiner which will be held id
lJuasnweii, wno is employed oy Messrs.
Stephens Barnes, lett the , car in ; the district composed of Kobeson,
front of his father's home, East Bladen, Columbus and Brunswick
Fourteenth street, Tuesday night and counties. These delegates, with 7 from
yesterday' morning it was missing, j Columbus, and one each from Bruns
It 4s thought the car was stolen by j wick and Bladen, will elect one di
the men who stole' a Franklin car be-1 rector for the State association.
longing to' Mr. Sam Davis at St
Pauls - Tuesday night. The gasoline
ran out of the car Itolen here -and it
is .thought that the -men abandoned
the car and to6k the one belonging to
Mr. Davis. A posse followed the car
theives from St Pauls and when they
came in sight of the speeding Frank
lin, near Raeford, the men left it'Gough 227, A. W,
and -fled into the woods. Mr. Davis) Oliver 209, L M.
recovered his car, though it. has not'
been learned here whether or not
the thieves were apprehended.
Some are of the. opinion that four
of the prisoners who ' escaped.' from
the chain gang Tuesday night used
the ear stolen here in getting to SJ
Pauls - and then took the ' Franklin.
This was the. third Ford car stolen
from Messrs. Stephensjk Barnes dur
ing the last yean Two of them have
been recovered.
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Mr. J. M. Jones, an engineer on
the Southern railway, left last even
ing for Camden, S. C., after spending
a few days here with his family.
, Mr. William Fucha of Wilmington
is spending the day here on busi
ness. "
Mr. J. L. Thagard of Pembroke
was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday.
. Mr. C. M. Usher of Lumber Bridge
was a LumWrton visitor yesterday.
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Automobile Stolen
'At St Pauls,
.Thieves Abandoned Car When Hard
Pressed by Pursuers Same Ones'
, .buuhiii hi inn iuwiku oiurv at"
Raeford Personal Mention
Correspondence ; of The Robesonian. :
St. Pauls, Feb; L In our trudge
, ,'al6ag the pathway of the year, we
.'fiod that the 1st day of February
f WlAtL 11 era in n a H7Via-f nnnih na fnaMfnva
I wMTVMvy nfwn su s cava
let . is quote with Emily Huntington
Miller, "Will the winter,never be overt
will the dark days never go; must
the buttercups and the clover, be al
ways ma unaer tne snow 7 An, lena
me your little ear, love! Hark, 'tis a;
wenderful thing! The weariest month '
of the year, love, is shortest and near-'
est the spring.'
i- Automobile Stolen r '
Ahout 2 o'clock this , morning
Meisrs. Jas. Johnson, and Sam Davis
were awakened' by .the' sounds of
some one cranking a ear and the
bright flash on 'the .windows as it
sped by. They rushed out to find Mr.
Davis' car missing. Mr. J. C. Lindsay,
who was also awakened by the same
commotion, joined : them also Chief
of Police Lindsay and a bunch
of
and - sped . thru the woods. The car,
in .hot pursuit; Sheriff McGeachy and
possibly others from. Fayettevjlle,
joined them, by this, time. It seems
that they came in sight of the said
car, somewhere beyond. Raeford, and
fired upon them, they being in A
close pursuit of the would-be-robbers
by, this time they left the automobile
and sped thro, the woods. The car,
which was a perfectly good Franklin,
was brought back to St. Pauls. We
heard they had 'phoned for blood
hounds, but no arrests had been made
iniconnection with the affair, last ac
count we heard. They surely gave the
robbers a chase, anyway, and per
haps will' yet find some clue to their
whereabouts.
t seems that a hardware store at
Raeford was also broken into last
night and several guns, etc., stolen.
It, looks very much like this may
have been same parties in connection
with the robbery here., It was report
ed that they left their jitney", in road
just above Mrs. Northrops residence,
while they were t capturing Mr. Davis'
car. v - . .
' Mrs. Laura 'Rich returned to her
home town, Laorinburg, yesterday,
after a pleasant visit of some weeks
to relatives here. ,
Mr. Hally M. Johnson left Monday
for Smithfield. We hope he may be
successful in his new vocation. ' V
Mrs. C. C. Harrington, who resides
on Blue street, was very ill, yester-
day. We trust she may soon prove
convalescent.
Mr. A. R. McEachern is in New
York, in connection with business in
terests, this week.
Mrs. Jo. Sugar and little daughter
are home after a very delightful visit
0f a few weeks to
relatives
and
friends in Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. Bunnie Martin's little-baby
daughter has been very ill
with pneumonia; was seemingly
. i tmm '
Iter last night; perhaps will soon be!
: 0. k., nojv that the crisis has passed,
To Elect Tobacco
Director Feb. 7
; Delegates from Robeson, Bladen,
Columbus and Brunswick Counties
Will Meet in Lumberton Tuesday of
Next Week Five Delegates
Represent Robeson.
Will
I
Messrs. W. C. Brown. M
svionori i
T. J. Noblin, Frank Gough and Ai W.
'Pate were, elected delegates to the
j.umterton Tuesday of next week lor
Ten delegates were nominated for
Robeson, members of the association
sending in their votes, which were
canvassed here Monday, the five re
ceiving the highest number of votes
being, declared elected. The votes
were as follows: T. J. Noblin 267, M.
Shepard 264, W. C. Brown 237, Frank
Pate 222, L. M.
Thompson 172,
Arthur Davie 132, R. H. Crichton 99,
J. C Lentz 89.
TOWNSHIP -PRUNING DEMON
l STRATIONS NEXT WEEK
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Pembroke Hugh Monroe, Tuesday,
February ,7,-10:30 a. m.
Wisharts J. R. Phillips, Tuesday,
February 7,' 1:30 p. m. r
Sterlings Thompson Williams,
Wednesday 8th, 10:30 a. m.
Orrum Geo. Branch, Wednesday,
8th, 1:30 p. m.
ThompsonsScott Stone, Thurs
day, 9th, 10:30 a. m.
Fairmont W. G. Pitman, Thurs
day 9th, 1:30 p. m.
Smithjs H.: A. McNeill, Friday,
10th, 10:30 a. m,
Red Springs' J.
M. Brown, Friday,
10th, 1:30 p. m.
O. O. DUKES,
Farm Demonstrator.
Mr. JohnKinlaw of R. 1, Lumber
tonr was in town Monday. x
Thieve3 Enter
- ; Store at Fairmont
Ten Suits or Clothes Stolen Escaped
Convicts Suspected. t
MUCH INTEREST IN SELECTION
SCHOOL SITE AND TRUSTEES
Mas Meeting Will be Held Friday
Night Five Trustees Nominated
Woman's Club U Doing Good Work
Other Fairmont New of Interest.
. . By II. V. Brown .
Fairmont, Feb. 1. Thieves last
night entered the store of E. Y. Mc-
uaniei ana maae good their escape
with' ten suits of clothes valued at
$250. Bloodhounds were secured from
Raeford and they made a pretty
chase, circling a large area - of ma
chine branch and old field swamp and
finally returning to a house in the
Jackson Brothers lumber camp. Upon
arriving at the house they proceeded
to a bed inside"and laid down beside
it A thorough search . was made of
.the house, but none of tne goods were
found. It was reported by someone
that lives in the house that during
the nigbt a stranger came to the
house and spent some time with an
other occupant of the house, all being
colored. The officers 'are. under .the
opinion that the robbery was commit
ted by some of, if not all, the county
convicts that escaped from near Lum
berton last night Work is still being
done by the officers and it is hoped
that this initial robbery of the "sea
son" will be cleared up in such a
manner as to warn others who might
start an epidemic.
Night Policeman Johnson-. bs on
the job, but no? at the right place
at the right time. His "beat" con
sists of the territory that was cover
ed by the robbers, but he was evi
dently on some other spot. Within
K0 feet of the rear window where
they gained entrance by use of a
crow bar was a large street lamp
burning brightly.
A most interesting , and enthusias
tic mass meeting was held ( in the
Dixie theatre here lasjt Monday night,
the meeting having been called in re
gard . to the school question, and to
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W UIVU MMU IVM VVM0 NJV1M VV
to select a site made a report, read
ing the proposition offered by the
colored Baptist deacons and elders
for the property on North "Main
street which would make an ideal
location for the fine building that is
hoped will be built from the bond
issue that will be voted on in the
near future. Their proposition, how-
ever,'. was, m the estimation of many,
, absurd and out of reason. I he old
site will be voted on at the polls and
if a new location is acquired the two
will be voted on. A feature of this
meeting was the presence of many
ladies who took a very active interest
j in the work and 'made
some very
good moves and suggestions. Upon
motion by Mrs. C. B. Thompson the
meeting adjourned to meet Friday
night in the same building to con
bet-'elude plans for a new site and the
1 A. - iL 1 t. 111 t. 1 La.
entire matter which will be brought
before the school board in February.
The nominations which will be offer
ed for election were as follows: F. C.
Jones six years 61 votes; A. P. Floyd
four years 47 votes; E. Fisher four
years 44 votes; W. T. Sledge two
years 42 votes; E. G. Floyd two
years 41 votes.
More than nineteen persons were
nominated, and the meeting had the,
air of the old-style town conventional
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when nominees were selected
municipal oiiice Deiore tne primary i
Everybody interested, in schools
""""'
aw-
and better schools be sure to come to j
- a
"ie lxie meaire Duuamg rnuay
night at 7:30 and express your
opinion It is understood that another
site has been selected by the commit
tee which was continued until Fri
day night.
Woman's Demonstration Club
The Woman's Demonstration club,
whick is doing some excellent work,
had its regular monthly meeting in
January with Mrs. II. L. Price at her
home on North Main street The
meetings are very interesting and in
structive and are very well attended
Miss Flax Andrews demonstrated at
this meeting the "electric cooker".
They cooked and ate "angel's food"
cake in less than one hour. Some
fast cooking. Mrs. C. B. Thompson,
president of the local club, states that
the next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. T. C. Mcllhenny on
North Main street on February 8th
at 2:30 p. m. At this' meeting Miss
Andrews will lecture on "Poultry",
and it is urged that every lady be
present '
Calvin Hayes was given 60 days on
the county roads by Recorder Floyd
Tuesday on the charge of larceny.
Hayes plead guilty of the charge and
on account of sickness in his family
the recorder reduced his sentence to
$25 and costs.
Carson Bullock, 14-year-old son of
Mr. A. R. Bullock of route 1, Fair
mont was painfully injured Tuesday
when he sprained his ankle while
playing at the fcome of his father
near here.
A double-header' basketball game
was played heaeTuesday afternoon
(Continued on page four.) ' ,
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COTTON" MARKET
Middling cotton is quoted on the.
local market today at It 3-4 cents the
rwinnri . .
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BRIEF ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS
"-Ground hog saw his shadow to
day. Six more weeks 'of winter.
jfHr J. R. Lancaster of St. Paula
has accepted a position in the Pope
drag store. He began work Monday.
Mrs. S. D. Sanderson went Tues
day night to the Baker sanatorium,
where sh will undergo an opera
tion.' --vv , s
Hattie Mae Tuck and Shepherd
Moore, colored, were married at the
court house Tuesday at 12:45 p. m
Justice M.. G. McKenzie officiating ,
Mr. W. H. Barnes has been 'con
fined at his home on Water" street
for more than a month with rheuma
tism in his feet and knees and has
suffered severely. During part oi
that time he has not been able to walk,
except with crutches. His condition
has been somewhat improved re
cently. . v .
Dr. Pate Is Cotton
"Chop" Director
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Elected Director ef Cotton Coopera
tive Marketing for District Con
posed of Robeson.
Dr. G. M. Pate of Raynham will
be director of the Cotton Cooperative
Marketing association" f orJthe, Ei girth
district, ' composed -entirely of Robe
son county, for the next year. Canvass
of the votes Tuesday, the day the
voting ended, revealed 378 votes for
Dr. Pate and 195 for W. K. Bethune
of Lumberton. .
There, was no contest for the posi
tion, which is an important and re
sponsible one. Mr. Bethune nominat
ed Dr. Pate and supported him. He.
only allowed his name to be used, he
says, because it was necessary for
two men to be nominated.
There are eleven directors for the
State, one from each of the ten dis
tricts in to, which the State has been
divided and one to be named by the
Governor. These directors will have
charge of cooperative marketing of
caotton throughout North . Carolina,
and will '.engage the help necessary
to make it a success.
Robeson county growers have sign-'
ed up between 45,000 and 60,000
bales of cotton to be marketed' through
the association.
Anxious Mother
Mrs. Emma Ernor Came to Lumber-
, ton From Wilmington, Delaware
in Search of SonYoung Man She
Came to See Was Not Her Boy.
Coming all the way from Wilming
ton, Deleware, to Lumberton in the
hope of locating her 17Tyear-old son.
I who left home last October, Mrs.
EmmaEgnor returned home without
her son. A boy who gave his name
as Arnold Williams and his home as
Pennsylvania was recently located by
local officers, near Lumberton. He
left home about the same , time the
Egnor boy- left and answered, the
description of Mrs. . Egnor's son so
closely that local officers felt sure
that he was the right boy. Williams
is working for. a farmer in the Beulah
section. '
When Mrs. Egnor saw that 'the boy
! was not her sin she, wept. She ex-
ipected to .find her lost boy when she
I 1 T t..i ol J w
"acnea i-umoeruin. ?ne rr vea axu-
day evening and left on
the next
train going north.
fBaker Sanatorium Gets $6,500 Worth
of Radium.
The fifty-five milligrams of radium
recently purchased by Dr. H. M
Baker for the Baker sanatorium, at
a cost of $6,500 arrived Tuesday."
This supply, which is just one eighth
hundredths of an ' ounce, is ; simply
sufficient to meet local demands, ac
cording to Dr. Baker. In fact, there
are only 3 1-2 ounces of radium in
the world, it is said. Only one other
hospital in the State is supplied with,
radium.
Mr. R. M. vDavia and son, Mr. S.
E. Davis, of R. 4, Lumberton, were
among the visitors in town Monday
afternoon.
VSV' 3 -
- Regular Monthly Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Lumberton post of the American
Legion will be held in the. legion hall
this evening at 8:00. AJ1 ex-service
mdn are urged to be present, as some
important matters will be considered.
JOIN THE GO-TO-CHURCH CAM
PAIGN. BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY.
"The National Bank of Lumberton
has money te lend on Bonded Ware
house Receipts for Cotton. See thena
NOW. : , v
Sadly Disappointed j
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