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-V'""- "'--":.: V'. 41 K A kY 1 -. ' urn. m mmxm mmmmm:ii j i : m v . . tsxABLISHED 1879. 1 SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. 12.00 A YEAE. DUE IN ADVANC3 .... - w r r 1 1 - mm w xu '4. . ' LUMBEETON, Nv C," MONDAY. MARCH 20, 1922. NTJMBEE 11 P.O.'EUgibleList i Uiusesosnsauon Guion lieXon McGHfand- T. . J. Stafford Only Ones List -Given Ovttw:'M8tA Talked, f Candi-; dates; cn un-ijqQWi jf ' Set' forKepttWicin Bf 7;Tije list: oteUgiMes ,IoiftWant 'berton.'postnutstersW was given out from the office of Congressman H, L. Lyon in fWashington Saturday morn ing; Following is.ihejistfirst, Man ley Guion Lee ; . second, ) Ira Leqn GilL millitery - preference ; : third, Thomas J. Stafford. .; ' Congressman, :t Lyon advised v The Robesonian - by '-wire as soon as the list was announced anS the i'list" ws the talk of-the town Saturday. The eligible list was somewhat of a sur prise", as , it does not .. contain the names of the two candidates " most prominently stalked" as standing the best chanpe of being appointed, these being JR. 0. Edmund and W. H. Kin law... ? Mr. EdmurtQ stated to a Robesonian reporter that he thought the matter would now be turnea over to the Ke county and that, the committee wjlLbeen V1 hd the cision gone the handle' the matter without eonsiderTother way. In. addition, there is in handle' the matter without consider ing the ."eligible list"." Others think! tne appointment- win De mae-:irom the list of eligiblee. Regardless of who is appointed postmaster here,- it is evident that some of the Republi cans will not be pleased. Senator Varser May be Candidate He Is Being Urged to Offer for State Senate Again But is Not Ready to .Make Formal Announcement Made Fine Record. .-. Senator L. R. Varser, rtien seen today by a representative of The Robesonian with reference to . his candidaoy , for the State Senate to succeed himself, stated that he had been very busy of late and had not given the matter much consideration, though he -had been spoken to by friends from J various parts of the county. V- ' While he is riot ready yef to make any formal announcement. of his can didacy, it is 'reasonably certain that if the people of the county think j4at his record in the last General Assem bly warrants endorsement' by elec- tion to succeed himself, he could notwm immediately take steDs to m-ose well -decline the insistence of .his j friends. j It will be remembered by the peo- pie of the county that Senator Varr ser was chairman of the' Senate fi nance committee in the last . General Assembly, which "Is, themost power ful committee of the Legislature and passes. upon majtters "6f. finance and taxation. He was the author of the bill providing foj a revision of tax values over the State. He also ' had charge of the State road law in the Senate, and succeeded in getting more mileage, of State highways in Robe son county - than any other county in the State. No senatorial district in the State was more ably represented than was the twelfth, which is com posed of Robeson "county only. 16-Room Res- . idence Burned Fillyaw Boarding House ' on First Street Practically Destroyed by Fire Partially Covered by 'Insur ance. The Fillyaw boarding house,, a 16- room wooden structure on First street, was practically destroyed by fire Friday at 10:30 a. m. The Build ing was owned by. Mr. W. W. Carlyle and was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. H, M. .Fillyaw. The fire started in the roof of the building, near a chimney, and had .made much headway before the alarm was sent in. Lack of press ure on the water lines kept the fire men handicapped for- several min utes after the hose had been connect ed. Much of the furniture, on the' first floor was saved,! The damage to the house is estimated at around $3,500 partly covered by insurance. Mr. Fill yaw's loss twiH.. total . several hundred dollars, this also being partly covered by insurance. V .'':--.' Mr. W. BIvey Enters Race for1 Re corder, v ... " ' . Mr.. W.B. Jvey, . Lnmbertbn' attor ney,' has entered the race for -recorder of the! Lumber ton district. - Mr Iveyhas . been solocitor - of the "local recorder's . court;, for the last i two years and is .well-known throughout the' district. This makes two. candi dates for this officer-Mr. -John G. Proctor another loeal attorney, hav ing already announced that he is a candidate for recorder.. - Messrs. H; M McAllister, A.'- H. McLeod, J. L. Spivey and Ira B. Townsend returned :' Friday night from Greensboro, where they attended-an antomobile show. - ' Mr. J. H. Barfield of R. 1, St Pauls, was a Lumberton visitor Saturday., ; , Page ElroMrun tuism , State Wins in Rail- road Tax Fight Three' Federal Judges Deny Injune ;"t0BS Sought Against Collection. of -Tax Oi Y4uatw Fixed By State 'Means Jlillion IfeUars in Taxes for tiesvnd Big Su f or State. Raleigh News and 'Observer,- March 19.; . "; o - -k v' Tnterloctory injunctions sought vin the 'federal courts by railroads doing business' in North- Carolina against the ' colloction, of State taxes were yesterday denied in a unanimous opinion handed down by -Judge Ed mund Waddill, Jr., of the Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Henry G. Connor, of the Eastern North Caro lina.. District and Judge James E. Boyd of the Western North Carolina District.' ' ' . ', . ' By. denial of the injunctions, if the opinion is affirmed by the Su preme Court, of the United States, to which an appeal will be taken di rect, the taxing units of the State will collect ' annually practically one million dollars in ad valorem and franchise taxes that would not have volved taxation upon ;he incomes of (Jie railroads at the rate of three per cent upon the taxable net uicome, which involves & large amount of money, the exact amount of which is not known. All of these taxes have been fixed for A period of three years, making the aggregate amount involved well up into the millions. The opinion filed yesterday auto matically ' ends the agreement enter ed into between the State and the railroads last October, under the terms., of which the railroads naid the taxes not in dispute while the State made no effort to collect the remainder. In the individual orders signed in each case, a period of thirty days was" granted the railroads before the opinion ypll become operative This extension was granted in order to ! permit the railroads to avail them selves of all the remedies afforded by law. Under the judieaL.code an appeal may be taken directly to the Supreme Couri of the United States with a request for a stay of proceed ings, pending decision by the Su preme Court. The code also provides that the, case shall be expedited for Hearing by tne highest court. It is expeted that the u-ailroads cute an apgeal and secure" a stay of proceedings. In the event that the opinion of the three judges should be overuled and the interlocutory in junctions granted, the cases will then be returned for hearings on their merits. But if the Supreme Court affirms the opinion- of the three judges, the cases will then be ended for practical purposes and the suits will be dismissed upon f ormaf motions by counsel for the State. The application for injunctions as to the ad valorem and franchise taxes are flatly denied," while . the court holds that the "contentions sought to be made" in regard to the income tax "are not. presented by the bills and proofs herein." The applica tion as it regards the income tax is, therefore, dismissed without preju dice, subject to such other action as the railroads may see fit to take therein. 'The Seabord has already filed a separate bill in regard to income taxes and this suit, which was insti tuted on March 9, is left open, or ders denying the relief sought hav ing been entered in all the other cases, on the docket. At the hearing held before the three judges in Greensboro on Janu ary 24-28, when the case was argued, the contentions boiled themselves down to the justices of the ad va lorem tax and the constitutionality of the franchise and income taxes. The principal contention of the rail- Toads that the action of over sixty of the 100 counties in North Caro lina in horizontally reducing valua tion of property violated the Consti- tution by imposinsr a discrimination. LOOM. ..tt J- ' ". '- ' other, tax-payers. The income tax, of unestimated amount, and: the . franchise V tax, amountinfr to more - than : $200,000 accrue to the State while ad valorem taxes, mounting to more than $750,, 000 accrue, to counties and school districts. , . . ' j,.- IJere is what the . railroads 1 will nave to. pay every year for.' three years under the opinion in ad ' va lorem taxes in addition to the amount they claimed was just.v Ad Valorem Taxes ' Southern $328,467: Atlantic Cruist Line $188,232. Atlantic and YaHiint $13,151; . Seaboard $88,228,' Norfolk! ouuuiern uucs,duv; a total year 01 $775,578. That, multiplied by three years is ; $2,326,74. , ' ; Add to that the yearly franchise tax, which the roads object to paying under any conditions, or in any 'part. That is, yearly: . . , "L . Southern $96,306; Atlantic Coast Line $51463; Atlantic; -and - Yadkin $4,104; Seaboard, $34,768; Norfolk Southern $103,500: -total nearlv of $209,181. Multiplied, bv " three the I :;tCntmTied;:ri page -eight) 1 i Bt lwM; Fairmont News Case Dismissed Against Young Men Robbing Bank Fairmoat Supply Co. Closes Doors Auditors Finish Checking Bank of , Fairmont Death of Master r French Wallace and Mr. E. C. Nye Cood Road Work Third Drug Store , Rumored Social and Personal. By H. V. Brown Fairmont, March , , 18. Brooks Moore and Shaw Edwards were be fore Recorder Floyd here last Friday on the charge of robbing the Bank of Fairmont several, weeks a"go. Af ter the state, had offered all evidence land the defense had offered a part, the recorder stopped the hearing and dismissed the case, he being entirely satisfied the young men were in no way connected with the robbery. All 'the evidence offered by the state was that of Travis Bass, Jr.- (now in jail awaiting trial), who told officers that he knew the men who robbed tht bank and who testified . on the stand that these were the men who told him they robbed it. He had told u remarkably straight - tale to the St. Pauls officer and a Mr. Inman of St. Pauls, and practically corroborated his statements during the trial. His motive, for accusing the young men from near Parkton was thought to be the possibility of conviction or binding over to court until after his trial on the charge of stealing an automobile in St. Pauls several weeks ago, which he thought would go "light" with him for. -turning states evidence. It seems from the evidence that Bass is a kleptomaniac. Character witnesses for Bass gave him a bad name while character wit nesses for Moore and Edwards gave them a goo'd name. It was also shown by the defense that one of the men accused (Edwards) was at home on. the night of the robbery sick in bed. Edwards ; is an uncle of Moore. While the people are at a loss as to who actually robbed the bank, they were glad to learn that . the young men so accused by Bass were given their freedom. ; On last Thursday mfeht a dance was given by the young people of the town in the halL over Grantham's drug store. A large number were pre sent, including visitors from Rowland. The music was rendered by "Buddie" Love of Lumberton and according to reports was full of jazz. Mr. John Graham of Red Springs was a business visitor in town last Monday. He was-accompanied by Mr. Frank McMillan of Lumberton. : Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Blue Jr. are spending some time at Mr. Blue's former home near. Raeford, where he is recuperating" after being very sick for several days. -.The following are spending the week-end 'with friends and relatives: Misses Mary Ethel Lewis, Grace Fish- er ana itetna jenians of Meredith college, - Raleigh; Messrs . -Worth Mc Daniel and Van Floyd of Buies Creek. jRecorder and Mrs. A. E. Floyd will leave tomorrow, for ' Rockingham, where they will spend a few days wn irienas ana relatives liMrl;and Mrs. Privatt of -Danville art spending some time- here with Mrs.? Prevatt Vparents, Mr; and Mrs. W-F-: Mitchell. ' MrV V W.- Keith returned today from-Durham, where he spent a few days with "his parents, who -have been quite ill for some time. Glad' to report their1 Condition lmDroved. Thc Fairmont Supply Co rlnspd doors for business Thurndntr fit is Understood that A United States aeputy marshal served summons to close April 1st,-but for some reason it was closed . that day. ' Whether qr hot it 'will be opened soon-, under a receivership 'is not ret learned. How ever.it is hoped that it will manage some way" to do business on account of so- many, farmers depending on it i for supplies' for the rear. U The auditors have-Dractlcallv com Jpleted ihe1 checking and auditing of The Ruling Passion Lumber Bridge ( News Letter . 1 Music Recital Next Wednesday Evening by High School Pupils Literary Society Presents Interest ing Program Dixie Endeavor Day Will be Observed. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumber Bridge, March 17. On Monday evening, March 20, the Apol lo Trio will present a program in the school auditorium. Their program will consist of songs, stories, costum ed readings and impersonations, vio lin and piano. These young ladies are real artists and come to us from the Piedmont Lyceum bureau. Born, to Mr. and Mrs.. Douglas Smith, Thursday a daughter. , A musical recital will be given Wednesday evening, March 22, by Misses Mayme and Maggie Monroe, Julia and Tasca Tolar. These young ladies are receiving certificates in high school music this year. We regret exceedingly to lose Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Pophal and their lit tle son from our town. Mrs. Doggett and her little daugh ter, Lucille, of Clio, Si C, are visit ing Mrs. Lucy Sykes. Leila Hubbard spent last week-end in Fayetteville. The Nopariel Literary, society of the high school presented a very in teresting program Wednesday even ing. The program showed that the members are interested and that the society is doing good work. Dixie Endeavor day will be observ ed at the 'Presbyterian church and the Junior and Senior societies will give a special program on Sunday evening. For Armenian Sufferers. Mr. J. P. Russell has received from Supt. H. M. King of the Reagan Sun day school, M. E. church, St. Pauls circuit, a check for $11.50 for the Armenian sufferers. The amount has been forwarded through the regular channel." The country churches of Robeson county have certainly done well in their contributions towards relieving the destitution in Europe. Mr. Sandy Patterson of R. 1, Lum berton,was in town Fsiday. the Bank of Fairmont, but it has not been learned yet just what date the institution will open for business. Friends were saddened to learn of the death last Thursday of Master French Wallace, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Wallace, who live 4. few miles eaBt of here. Young Wallace had been ill a short time with lobar pneumonia. Interment was made near Dillon, S. C, today. Sad news also reached here today of the death of Mr. Emory C. Nye, one of Robe son's be$t - citizens and farmers. Mr. Nye was "a 'large merchant also, at his home, Orrum." Interment will be made tomorrow. , - Much, good work is being done by the chain - gang near here since the rain held up. Between Fairmont and Orrum the road will be practically straight when completed and a- new road is being opened toward Bethesda church from the Bullock crossing. For some-time it has been impossible to reach ' Boar dman from this section on account of hieh water on the W. C. A. highway. It is also reported much damage was done on the Creek road (part of the W. C. A. highway) Messrs. S. Ralph " McDaniel and Alpheus E. Thompson are preparing to open an office over G. W. Tyner's, next to the American Legion hall Just what line of business they will engage in has not been ' ' learned, though it is reported they will handle a taiionne line. Rumors have it that Fairmont will have a third, drug store in, the hear future. Just who is behind the. pro- ject is not yes reponea. .,... .- Born, to Mr. and Mrs. 'Jaa."A. Gal loway, last Thursday a boy. Record of Deaths Mr. E. C. Nye, Prominent Citizen of Orrum, Died - Saturday Funeral Yesterday Afternoon Attended by Large Crowd. Mr. Emory C. Nye died of heart trouble Saturday at 7:30 a. m. at his home near Orrum. Deceased was 69 years old and had been in ill health for several months, though he was seriously ill for only a week. His widow and two children Miss Tom mie Nye and Mr. J. Carl Nye sur vive. The funeral was conducted from Big Branch Baptist church, Orrum, yesterday at 3:30 p. m. by Rev. L P. Hedgpeth, pastor of the deceased, assisted by Rev. Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton, , and Rev. A. E.- Paul, pastor of the East Lumberton Bap tist church. The pallbearers were Messrs. Wesley Ivey, Alfred Collins, Hardy Warwick, Willis Lawson, M. W. . Hedgpeth, R. L. Pittman, I. H. Warwick and M. Shepherd. The funeral was attended by a large number, many being unable to gain entrance to the church building. A number of Lumberton people attend ed the funeral. Interment was made in the family cemetery, near the home. Deceased was well and favorably known throughout the county. He had been engaged in the mercantile business at Orrum for a number of years and operated a large farm. He took an active interest in his church, being a deacon in the Baptist church for a number of years. He also took active interest in the Sunday school and was an all-round good citizen. In his ,ia rJo.fi, him MmnnVitn Vj Bmne Diacxiace comedians and a tv w iiiJ SJ? 7 and chorus of ten pretty girls and fif ty lost a valued citizen. Iteen bovs will after real mn fc- coun Mother of Mr. M. F. Cobb of Lumber- ton. Mrs. Mary A. Cobb, mother of Mr, M. F, Cobb, cashier of the National Bank of Lumberton, died Saturday at 8 p. m. at her home in Rock Hill. S. C. Mr. Cobb and his little daugh ter, left Friday evening for Rock Hill in response to a message advising him of his mother's illness. Mrs. Cobb left Saturday morning for Rock Hill. Deceased had passed her 80th birth day. Father of Miss Huff, Graded School Teacher. Miss Annie Louise Huff, teacher of the 7th grade in the Lumberton graded school, was advised early this morning of the sudden death of her lather, Mr. A. M. Huff, at Laurens. J. deceased was 70 vears old. Minn Huff left for Laurens today at 10:35 a. m. Gardening Meetings This . Evening at Court House and , Tuesday at : Lumber Bridge and Philadelphia Meetings of Special .; Interest, to Gardeners Will be Held. As has . been' stated m The Robe- soniaB, a special eardenine- meeting Lwill be held in the commissioners' room at, the court house here this evening at 7:30. A like meeting was held at Ten Mile this afternooh at 2:30 and meetings will be held -to morrow at Lumber Bridge at 10:30 a. m. and at Philadelphus at 2:30 n. m. The meetings are being held under the direction of Miss Martha Flax Andrews, home demonstration agent, aa mr. u. u. mutes, 'county farm demonstration agent, assisted by a representative of the State horticul tural department, Raleigh. The meet ings are of Special interest ' to all gardeners and others who would like to become gardeners. Mr. W. P. West of R. 6, Lumber- ion, was in town. Saturday. -, ; Mr.'Dwight Byrd of R. 5. Lam- berton, began work Friday' with Mr. M. Al. Eozier, . . . COTTON MARKET Middling eotton is auoted on the local market .today at 17 cents th pound. - . BRIEF ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS Dr. M' A. Waddell returned yes terday from Atlanta, Ga when . he spent a week attending ! dental clinic. -. 'ir M' '. -'V . --The condition- of MrM. G. Mc kenzie, who has been confined to his room for several days, is somewhat 4mproved. - Mr. J. A. Branch, who lives in the north-western part of town, says he had a "mess" of new eron home grown Irish potatoes Friday. A play, "Farm Folks", will be given at the Barker-Ten Mile high school building by pupils of the school Wednesday evening of this week, March 22. . - t Lela Locklear and Henry Ham mond, Indians, of Back Swamp town ship, were married Saturday at 8:15 p. m. at the home of Justice M. G. McKenzle, Elm street, who officiated. -Mr! F. ErteJ Carlyle, local at torney, has entered the race for so licitor of the Lumberton recorder's court. Mr. Carlyle is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Carlyle of Lumberton and has been practicing law here for several months. - ' - Misses Marion Allen, Mary Biggs, Annie Grace Williams, Mar garet Durham and " Elsie Thompson, students at Meredith college, Raleigh, and Miss Evelina Beck with, a student at St. Mary's college, Raleigh, ar rived Friday to spend a few days with home, folks. ' , Messrs. W. A. and Sandy Shep herd made a trip through South Carolina last week, visiting several towns., Mr." W. A. Shepherd states that business conditions here are much better than in South Carolina. Around Barnwell the boll weevil "broke" many, large land owners and business men last year, he says. A play, "The Trial of Robbers", based upon tithing, was given by members of the B. Y. P. unions of the First Baptist church of Lumberton at Back Swamp Baptist church Thurs--day evening. A large crowd witness ed the play, which was recently given in the First Baptist church here. It is expected that the play will be giv en at several other Baptist churches in the county. " LEGION MINSTREL TO BE RE PLETE WITH VAUDEVILLE, COMEDY AND SONG (By Press Agent) The American Legion minstrel which will be staged at the high school on Friday, March 24, will be brim full of local hits, bubbling song numbers, dancing, quartette and monologue (specialties. In the mins trel first part, which will run for a. solid hour, Cutler Moore Ed Gloveiy John Proctor, Woody Lennon, "Bill McCaskill and J. E. Walters will hind ten splendid soloists. Four excellent vaudeville specialtiea will follow the first part, among them the Legion qaartette in real harmony, William Bell in a nifty dancing act, Mrs. Chas. . Boyd in an old maid monologue on affairs in Lumberton, and "Deep C Green in a , fifteen minute blackface specialty "The Conscriptionlst, a military comedy employing thirty people, will elose the show. Seats will be reserv ed and will sell for seventy-five cents. Tickets on. sale tomorrow (Tuesday) at the North State drug store. COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COM MUTE MEETS TOMORROW, Ladies Will Participate in Meeting to Arrange for Precinct Meetings and Name Date for County Convention. The ladies will participate in the meeting of the county Democratic ex ecutive committee to be held here to morrow at 11 a. m. Miss Katie Baie, chairman of the woman's division, will be present and members of the vari ous township organizations have been invited. As was. stated in Thursday's Robesonian, .the meeting was called by Mr. T. A. McNeill, county chair man, for the purpose of arranging precinct meetings and naming a date, for the county convention. April 1 Final Date for Paying Taxes. Sheriff. Bw E. Lewis asks The Robe sonian to again state that all lands In . Robeson county on which the State, county and drainage taxes for 1921 are not paid before April 1 will be advertised and 'sold for the taxes- Boll Weevil Watching the Time. Speaking of boll weevil hibernation. Mr. French Watts, who lives on R. 1 from Pembroke, says he recently saw one perched in a clock the home time-piece. ; THE NATIONAL BANK OF LUM BERTON has money te lend to Farm ers on Bonded Warehouse Receipts for eotton or other - acceptable se curities." Farmers seeking a perman ent banking connection" art advised to eonsult the officers of this strong naaonai vans.