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- ... volume wn ' HTJlIBEtt 19 LUMBEBTON, N. C. MONDAY, APEH 17 1922 erd cssing His Disipperaae " From Abandoned Auto Stin,Ja . a -Mystery Brother and Cousin of Missing Man. Arriv-j 1 sis and Local Officers Are Assist '' inf in Inrestltation Shepherd Had 18,000 Worth, of :Notes -for Collec- IT IS. FEARED MISSING MAN WASWTIM (OF FOUL PLAY. Nothing has developed to clear the. mystery which suxroonds thelindiftg at an abandoned Ford roadster in a ditch beside the WilraJngonXnar ' lotte-Aehevflle highway about ,?nile south ef .Lumberton Tuesday of . last week. The car was identified, morning by Mr. J. B. Shepherd . of Doerun, Ga.,ns one driven by his brother, E. R. ' Shepberd, who drow - the car into Lumberton Sunday, April 9. Mr. Shepherd, arrived f here, early this morning, accompanied by his cousin, Mr, H. W. Jenkins. They be gan immediately an investigation, which it is hoped prill clear the mys tery. ' ( According to Mr, J. B. Shepherd, his brother lived at Putney, Ga.,. iwhere he has a wife and one child. The miseing man came to this section to collect for lightning rods, which had been sold oW; moritt , ago. When . he - left Georgia on Marcli 28 he had $8,000 worth of motes for collection. Rel atives of the missirlg man .knew noth ing of his disappearance ttntil they were advised from Lumberton late in the week. As was stated in Thursday's Robe sonian, the car was found dn a ditch by the roadside, near Lumber river. The switch key was left in the aban doned car and the lights were left burning. The State license numoer had been taken off the car, which ap parency had been pushed ' into the ditch and was not damaged. A suit case containing shirts, handkerchiefs, socks and collars was found in the rear of the car. Mr. Shepherd fears that his brother jmet foul play. He was seen in East Lumberton during" the day "Monday and nothing of his whereabouts after that time has been learned. The missing man was employed by his brother who arrived here today, Local officers are assisting the relatives of the mssing man in an effort to clear up the mystery of his sudden disap pearance. Hard Surface Max- ton to, Lumberton Contract Let for Concrete Highway Through Scotland and Maxton Other Projects to. be. Contracted Soon Will Extend Road to Lum berton, Contract has been let for concrete highway through Scotland and through Maxton, a distance of about 12 miles. Work. will be begun at an early date, it is expected. As has been mentioned in The Robesonian, it is understood that con tracts will be awarded soon forhard surfacing from McNeill's bridge, 3 miles west of Lumberton, to Maxton, a distance of some 18 miles. Work is under way now on a new " bridge across Lumber river at McNeill's crossing and hard-surfacing the road from that point to Lumberton It is expected that that stretch of high way will be completed by July. When the work now under way and con tracted for, and. the projects that it is expected will be awarded soon, are completed, there will be a hard-surface highway from Lumberton to Hamlet with the exception of about five miles. More Candidates Another Entry for Legislature. Mr. Collier Cobb, a well-known Democrat of Parkton, has decided to "enter the race for the lower house of the Legislature, making, the fourth ' candidate for that office. Other candidates whose formal announc ments appear in this issue for the first time are: E. W. Floyd, for re corder, Fairmont district; J. H. Mc Arn and D. W. Bullock, for recorder Rowland district; R. P. Dove and T. J. Graham, for road supervisor, Row land township. M. A. McLean, for road supervisor, Alfordsville town ship; E. S. Pate,, for road supervisor, Pembroke township; A. M. Stubbs, for road supervisor, Parkton town ship ; A. E. McCormkk, for road' super visior, Thompson township; Rory Mc Nair, present incumbent, for county commissioner from district No. 4; E. T. Taylor,-for road supervisor, Howellsville township; W. G. Kirk, foe road, supervisor Pembroke town ship. Another Candidate for Sheriff. Since the above was put in type Mr. Ernest B. Jones of Fairmont has announced that he will be a candidate for sheriff. He of course withdraws as candidate for road supervisor of Fairmont township, bat the page on which his announcement for that office-appears was printed before his other announcement was received. . E;R. Shcph T. L Johnson Heads iCfMtty 'pocrats Succeeds T. A. McNeill as Chairman . of Executive Committee -Many La dies TAttended County ;, Convention " Here Saturday ,. and Several Were Elected Delegates to State Conven tion Address byVJ. Bayard Clark .-. ? of Favettevflle.. v ' : 'W: .- -v,' Mr. T. L. Johnsqn of Lumberton succeeds Mr. T A. McNeill as chair man of the Robeson county Demo cratic . executive . committee. - Mr. Johnson was elected at a meeting of the committee held in the; court house Saturday morning prior to Che county convention. Mf McNeill tendered his resignation ' as, chairman after ' serv ing in, that capacity for a number of years. ' . 1 " The convention proper was called to order by Mr. Johnson in the ab sence of Mr." McNeill, who was called out of town on account of the death of a relative. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr., Chas. H. Durham,' pastor of the First Baptist church of Lum berton. Mr. D..P. McKwmon of Row land was , named temporary chairman and later ras elected permanent chair man of the, convention. Messrs. David H. Fuller and F. Grover Britt were elected secretaries. . The roll' call of the 26 precincts in the county showed that all were re presented' by delegates. Many ladies' attended the convention as delegates from various townships 'and several ladies - were elected as delegates to the State convention to be held in Raleigh Tfhursday, 'April 20. The complete list of delegates elec ted from the various townships to the State. convention follows: Alfordsville J. F. Bullock, Alex Alford. Britta E. McQ. Rowan, Eli Britt. Back Swamp Rev. R. Walter Townsend, F. F. Towrtsend. Burnt Swamp W. L. Prevatt, J. F. Ray, L. McN. Melvin, W. H. Adams. Fairmont F. C. Jones, N. W. Jenkins, O. I. Floyd, A. J. Floyd, Geo. L. Grantham, E. G. Jones, Mes dames Geo. W. Thompson -and W. W. Lewis. Gaddy R. F. Stuart, J. W. Burns, Robert Miller. , Howellsvifle--N. A. , Townsend, Spurgeon Jones ;: Mesdames W. J. Powers and Cora Lipkey. Lumber Bridge J. J. Beard, M. L. Marky. North Lumberton A. E. White, J. J. Goodwin, D. H. Fuller, A. V. G. Wishart, Ira Bullard, L. R. Varser, W. S. Britt, F. D. Hackett, Jr., J. Dick son McLean, S. Mclntyre, H. E. Stacy, F. E. Carlyle, J. A. Sharpe; Mesdames R. C. Lawrence, A. E. White and Miss Pennie Rowland. South Lumberton W. I. Linkhaw, Frank Gough, Ira. B. Townsend, E. J. Britt, Miss Lina Gough. Maxton S. H. McKinnon, G. B. Sellers, W. B. Harker, L. L. McGirt, Alex White, H. C. McNair. Orrum M. Shepherd, A. M. Floyd. Parkton W. G. Britt; A. McM. Blount; Mesdames D. S. Currie and Collier Cobb. Pembroke WJE. Blanchard, W. G. Kirk, L. E. Lewis, J. L. Thagard. Raft Swamp W. C. Townsend, H-. F. Townsend. Rennert R. D. Graham, Lacy Mc Nair. Rowland R. S. Bond, C. T. Pate, E. B. Ward, A. T. McKellar, W. L. Buck, L. R. Edens, W. E. Lynch; Mrs. C. D. Smith. Red Springs J. T. Odom, J. M. Brown, W. B. Townsend, Z. V. Mc Millan; Misses Elizabeth Frye and Alice Hall. Saddletree McG. Prevatt, J. H. Powers. St. Pauls J. S. Butler, L. H. Town send, J. M. Butler, J. A. Johnson, J. C. Lentz, Mach Smith. . Shannen p. I. Klarpp. Smiths G. H. McKay; Misses Irene Buie and Minnie Brown. Sterlings D. L. Floyd, E. T. Lawis, Roger Pittman. White House D. J. Oliver, J. S. Oliver, Joe Page. Wishart B. H. Stansel, J. P. West. Address by J. Bayard Clark Mr. J. Bayard Clark of Fayette ville addressed the convention. He. was introduced by Mr. H: E. Stacy of the Lumberton bar. Aside from his introduction, Mr. Stacy called atten tion to the fact that the convention Saturday was the first one held in the county where ladies attended as delegates. The ladies, he declared, added much to the appearance of the gathering. ! In beginning his address Mr. Clark said that he was a son of Bladen county and that the county of Robeson was a daughter of Bladen. The people of Bladen, he said, ever felt close to Robeson county and ap preciate the eminence to which the county of Robeson has advanced. In speaking of the presence of the ladies in the convention, the speaker said that they would put more conversa tion in politics. Mr. Calrk mentioned, what he con sidered the three outstanding fea tures of the Harding Administration -v-the disarmament conference, the' bonus measure and the boll weevil. The disarmament conference was described as a substitute for the League of Nations. Referring to President . Harding's address" before .the conference, Mr. Clark said it was one of the best speeches ever written Dump AntenoMIe Backed Wf Bridge nd Fell With It Occupants Some Tea Feet Into Pond Beside River-AIl ' En-aped WltlTa Wetttag-r0 r. Wrecked. '. . :.4.w v. ;.- Three ladies and two men were dumped into a pond beside Limber river r Saturday morning t when; a Mitchell touring ear .backed down and of f the bridge beside Mr. Ches. Free man's wood-working plant, just across the river in the western i part of town, and landed on its side in the water some ten feet -below.' "The occupants 'of the car weretrMisses Rebecca Ayerv Alese Squire and Al ice Qox, members of the faculty ,of Centenary school, near. Rowland, and Messrs. i O. Mc Arthur and .1.- K. Phillips, of the same section. Besides the wetting and scare, no one was in- . . ' . . t i j urea except juiss Ayres, wao receiv ed a slight bruise on her right arm, and Mr. McArthur, one of whose legs was lamed slightly. ; The accident, which narrowly - es caped being serious, happened about 10 o'clock. Mr. McArthur, owner of the car, was driving. Coming up the detour bridge beside Mr. Freeman's shap slowly on "high", the car began to stop near the top and Mr. Mc Arthur thinks that in trying to shift into intermediate and at - the same time put on the brakes, which refused to hold, he "roust have i;!i3ed traverse.-The car shot back down the bridge, which inclines steeply, broke down tne strong railing opposite tne shop, and landed on its eide, spilling the occupants out into the water. , I The ladies were taken at once, td the Lorraine hotel, where they -wer enabled to remove traces of the raisi hap. Mr. McArthur had. to repair to a clothing store. , The car was hauled out in the' af ternoon and it was found that the top had been considerably damaged. Field Day In Lumberton April 21 All Schools in County Are 'Invited to Participate in Field Sports on Lum berton School Grounds. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Preparations are being made for a field day in which all the schools in the county are invited to participate. The contests are to be held on the Lumberton school grounds and are to begin at 1:30 o'clock Friday after noon, April 21st. There will be run ning, jumping arid other contests in which boys and girls under 14 years of age may participate, and also for those over 14. At present it is not definitely known how many schools will be able to take part. Schools may bring two or three contestants for each feature and all may be used if there is room for them. A baseball game between Row land and Lumberton will begin at 4 o'clock on the school diamond and no admission, fee will be charged. It is hoped that vall the schools will co operate in making this track meet for boys and girls the beginning of greater stimulation of these health giving sports in which all the school children may have a part., Lumberton Hi Wins Sixth Straight Game. . The Lumberton high, school base ball club won its 6th straight game Friday from the Maxton high school team on the Maxton grounds. The score was 12 to 7. The Lumberton team is putting up some good games. 1 Annual Scotland County Commence ' ment April 21. The Exchange says that the annual Scotland county commencement will be held at Laurinburg April 21. Recitation and declamation contests will be held Thursday evening, April 20. by Charles Evans Hughes. The speaker denounced the bonus bill which the Republicans propose to pass. He likened it unto a due bill, payable three years after date. Indications, the speaker said, point to a full Democratic ticket after the June primary. The Democrats, he con tinued, are ready to meet the Repub lican campaign argument. Folks should remember that we cannot have governlent worthy of the name of North Carolina without pay ing for it. Taxes, he declared, are reasonable, considering the great ad vancement North Carolina is making in every way. He called attention to the fact that much of the taxes about which complaint is made is due to local; improvements in schools and roads taxes voted by the people. People who stand for advancement must stand for taxes. Mr. Clark is a pleasing and force ful speaker and his address was list ened to -with intense interest by all present. u- . Democratic vote for Governor in the last election" gives counties of the Sixth' district votes as following in the State convention: New Hanover,. 29; Columbus, 22; Robeson, 41; 'Brunswick, 9; Bladen, 13; -Cumberland, 22; Harnett, 26. Total for district, 162. Bankrupt Stock of Fairmont Supply Co: Sold to A. E. White of lumber, ton Davis-Grantham . Marriage One Tobacco Warehouse Offered "Co-op, Association Numerous CandidatesInterest in School Bond Election Mr. Jobey , IvJeyV Retf deuce Burned Death, of Mr. Arte mas McLean. . By H. V. Brown, ,. Fairmont April 15. At a public auction sale' here yesterday the bankrupt stock of Fairmont Supply Co. Inc., was sold to' the highest bid der, beta? Mr A. R' Whit nf T jberton.' The entire amount of the bid was xiz.zz7.50, which boaght the en tire stock of V. goods, automobiles, trucks, notes, debts, and other axxeta. lit is understood that the bid cannot j be raised and that the sale will be i confirmed todav hv th courts-" Jnt jwhat Mr. White intends doing with tne nusiness has not been definitely! learned, but it is hoped that he will keep the business here. Many pros pective buyers were, present at the sale, among these being Mr. Blacker of Ealtimore, Md., Mr. Dunie of Lum-! berton, Mr Bluenthall of Wilming- ion, ana tne stockholders of the com pany, j Davis-Grantham A marriage of unusual interest took place this morning in Lumberton, when Miss Virginia Roberta Gran tham of this place became the bride of r Mr. Charles XWiUiam , Davis of Martinsville. Va. Motoring tn T Jim. bertbn early this morning, the cere mony was performed "in the Lorraine hotel by the bride's pastor, Rev. J. R. Miller. Immediately after the cere mony the happy couple returned through Fairmont en route to -Charlotte and Asheville, where they will spend their honeymoon, afterward returning to their .new home in Martinsville, Va. Mrs. Davis is the eldest daughter of Mrs. W. B. Gran tham, and has been prominently con nected for the last few years with the Fairmont Supply Co. She has hosts of friends who wish for her a happy married life. Among those from here attending the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McDaniel, Misses Lelia Floyd, and Lucy Ste phens and Amic Jones, Rev. J. R. Mmer. MrsrH. I Price, and Messrs. Guy and Harry Davis and Mr. Goode of Martinsville, Va. " Mrs. DeWitt Jtohnson of Norfolk, Va., is spending some time here with friends and relatives. Mrs. Benjamin Oliver of Nashville, N. C. arrived here ThursHav fnr a visit to friends and relatives. One Warehouse Offered. for Coopera tive Marketing. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in the Jones biulding last night the co-operative marketing sys tem was discussed and mnnv fnts put before the body. Mr. Ernest Jones, oi tne iiairmont tobacco warehouse, made the meeting a proposition re lative to hia honsa lipinir ' nut into the co-operative association's hands, ana u tnis is accepted f airmont will have one house which will sell the weed m this manner. ecu lit una maimer. I Messrs Wright Jones, of universitv -0 XT i" ir: ii.' -ei i e titi- I ux xi. v., vviiiis r inner, ui vvaK.e Forest college, and Pitman Floyd of N. C. State, arel snendincr Easter here with friends and relatives. Mr. ii. Li. r'Joyd of route 2 is a business visitor here todav. nymnvus waiiumaitrs Political gossip and enthusiasm is XT c l.'J very evident here now. Numerous oemg booked at various places candidates have offered for office,! through schools, parent-teachers' as the latest being Mr. E. W. Floyd, forjsociations, woman's clubs and other recorder, and Mr. A. E. Floyd for re,1 community organizations. It comes nomination for recorder. Mr. H. Lay-'t Lumberton under the allspices of ton Stephens is again in the race to, the Woman's Club, succeed himself as mayor and indica-! In the schools, teachers have used tions point to the fact that his ex- the pictures very successfully in their cellent services the past year willclas.8es, having pupils review the have much weight in bringing about! Period covered by the picture before his re-nomination. Representative N.''t s run. W. Jenkins, out again for lower i The picture covers the entire fasci house, will most likely be a favorable j "ating story of Sit- Walter Raleigh's candidate. i attempt to plant a permanent colony ansa j iuinn 01 vvumington nasi" "'"""-a. numerous testimonials (Continued on page eight.) ! have been published from superin- Had Toa Much Liquor On Hand 1 Oil! a InhnoAii 'Maapk-rfe Qin iAfiawl fi Roads for Having 19 Bottles Filled' With Fire Watpr. Ollie Johnson, colored, was sentenc ed to 90 days on the roads by Re corder David H. Fuller this morning on the charge of having rnore whis key in his possession than the law allows. Johnson was arrested Satur day afternoon by Chief of Police D. M.. Barker and Policeman Vance Mc Gill when the officers found 19 "ale" bottles filled, with whiskey in a store which Johnson, operates across the river from town. All the bottles ex cept one were found stored under a counter in the store, while the one was "on ice" in a refrigerator in the store. . . ( Cedar Grove School Closes April 2L The Cedar Grove public school, near Lumberton, will close Friday of this week with a concert by the school at night. The exercises will begin at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Okey Stephens and Miss Eureka Pitman are the teach ers. ' Lumber Bridrrc ; News Letter Boy Scouts Helping to Beautify Town : -rJ'oultry Association Meets Soda! and. PersonaL ; ' -;Ui '.v Correspondence of The Robesonian, Lumber'. Bridge, April 14, On Fri day afternoon, April 7, the Lumber Bridge baseball team played with Jhe St. Pauls team on the home diamond. The Lumber Bridge team won the game by a score of 3 to 0. The Boy Scouts are . helping - to beautify the town by making a flower garden near our railroad atation. TVi Atlantic Railroad company is helping tne ooys in tneir werie, Mr. E. M. Young spent last week in Wilmington on business! Dr. Hardin, county i health officer, visited our school on Thursday and examined quite a number of the pu pils. Mrs. David Livingston and Miss Lucile Kennedy, visited hi our town this week. On Friday evening the Nonpariel Literary Society will have their an nual social. Mr. E. M. Young spent the week end in Fayetteville, On Thursday evening quite a num. ber'of friends gave.' Miss Mary Har per Cobb a aurorise nartv. Manv delightful games were played during tne evening. Among the guests were Misses Mary Harper Cobb, Estelle Clifton, Elizabeth Sykes, Mayme Monroe, Tasca Tolar ; id Stanley Strickland; Messrs. Louis Fogleman, Chappell Wilson, Charles Cobb and Dewey Snarka. On Saturday afternoon the Junior wiri8tian endeavor or the Presby terian church will have, a delightful Easter egg hunt in the grove adja cent to the church. Mrs. Thomas Stamps arid Miss Margaret John are attending the Presbyterial at Laurel Hill. Miss Mary Harper Cobb, student at North Carolina College for Women, and , Messrs. Wllburn, John and Sam McGougan, students at North Carolina State college, are at home for the Easter holidays. The Poultry association held their regular monthly meeting n the Scout hall on Thursday evening. The association were fortunate to hv entertainers Mr. Daniel McNeil, from ou i-auis. jar. Colin Ammons and Mr. Brant Baker, who entertained the crowd with music from their fiddles and banjo. Mrs. Rowland Pittman is visiting relatives in our town this week. Mi's. W. W. Smith has been visit ing relatives here this week. NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL PICTURES TO BE SHOWN HERE Moving Pictures Covering Earliest English Expedition and Attempted Settlements on Roanoke Island Will be Shown at Pastime Theatre Wed nesday, 19th. Pictorial history of North Carolina, five reels covering the earliest Eng- ..on cAuuiun ana attempted settle - - ...j-vv. obliC mont Af Rnon.k. Tl. J 1 , ..uauunc siaiiu, will oe SnOWn 81 ine fastime theatre in LnmW tnn Wutn..J. A -1 . -- . uuuilKI- ton Wednesday, April 19, afternoon and night. It has only been two months since this picture was completed and placed in circulation, but it has al ready been seen hv Rnnnn i iand the attendance at the showings 7" - -miiuauvc at ine SnOWingS i3 sa'7 to be constantly increasing. It leiiuerus OI schools whn it- v.. i. shown. It no doubt will be seen by wrge cjrowds in Lumberton Wednes- uay aiternoon and night. "BIG NAVY" WON IN HOUSE OF1 CONGRESS SATURDAY Washington, April 15. The "biir navy" won in the Rona tn4a By a teller vote of 177 to 129 an amendment was adopted to the naval appropriation bill increasing the per sonnel from 65,000 enlisted men and 2,000 apprentices to the 80,000 en listed men and 6,000 apprentices, in sisted upon as the mintmnm fcy Presi dent Harding. ' A final vote on the bill itself will be reached early next week. The House adjourned after adopting the big navy amendments, with the un derstanding that another vote will be had on the 86,000 navy when the measure comes up for final action. Leaders of the big navy fight, how ever, expressed confidence that the majority for the "big navy" will be increased. . Mr. F. Ertel Carlyle of the local bar will deliver the commencement address at the closing of the Green Grove Indian school, near . Fairmont, Friday of this week at 11 a. m. - COTTON MARKET Middling cotton is quoted on th local market todav at 16 1.2 enta the pound. BRIEF ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS An imDortint - haaahall mf fn will be held tonight hi the municipal Drawing at o s ociocic ' ' Mr. W. Lk Parham. who Inaa m East Fifth street, had home grown insn potatoes Saturday. - Mr.' Anderson Britt fodav nnr. chased a 9-roont residence on Sooth Chestnut street from the Mutual Loan V Trust . Co, v.- , . 1 .v, - A In milk K&tt m a gm M. B , Bobbins, who lives , en . East r nu sireeiiea Thursday;. Tha cow was sick oniy a snort ume : ' Mr. John.Cfillina has onant a automobile "laannrv" in tK Knllrfht formerly used by Mr. Jim McNeill for a oiacKsmun snop, west Fourth street. ---Mr. M. N. Folger left last even Ine , for Roekford. Snrrv vnntv - 4n response to a message advismg him of the serious Alness of - hla fatW. Mr. J. G. Folger. This is fine weather for setting tobacco plants and no doubt millions of them will be tranan1antri thi week. The rain also came in good time for sprouting cotton seed. juicenae has been Issued for the marriara of Miaa Kathrvn Hnmmnr daughter of Mrs. Hattie Humphrey oi tne rniiaaeipnas section, and Mr. James it- Mcleod, of Xtunoerton. i A; Waddeil installed Friday in hia office on the second floor of the LJmberton Cotton Mills office build in?. Elm and Second streets, an T. ray. 'machine specially constructed for aentai worn. , The, Spivey company, of which. Mr. A. E. Snivey is manacrer. movd Friday from the ;W. W. Carlyle building,. Cheetunt street, into anoth. ' er building owned by Mr. Carlyle on East Third street Rev. J. R. Miller, pastor of tha BaDtiSt t church of Fairmont anl daughter. Miss Vida. were Lumborton visitors Saturday for the Davis Grantham marriage, reoorted els. where in this issue. Reeular meet in ir of Ijjmrwrtn lodge I. O. O. F. Thursday evening oz tnis week at 7 o'clock. A degree team from Fayetteville will confer . iniasuofi degrees upon 31 new mem bers. AH Oddfellows are urged to bo on hand. All who wish to make the rac for any town office must file notice of candidacv with onn of tha nrimarv managers before Wednesday evening at e o'clock, April 19. The town Pri mary will be held Tuesday of next week, April 25. Miss Quessie Prevatt of R. 3, Lumberton.- was amomr the shonner in town Saturday. Miss Prevatt was accompanied" to town by her guest Miss Cleta Naylor of Dunn. Miss Naylor was one of the soeakeri at a B. Y. P. U. rally at Center Baptist church Friday evening. The Weslev Philathea elasa of Chestnut Street Methodist Sunday school realized about S40 from tha sale, of cakes end candies Saturday in the vacant store building between the McAllister hardware store and the North State drue store. Proceeds will be used for tha annnort of an orphan the class has adopted. Mrs. b. L. Hamilton,, one of the ladies whose name has been filed as a candidate for the office of graded school trustee, asks The Robesonian to state that she will not be a candi date for that office. While she ap preciates the fact that some of her friends saw fit to file her name, she does not want to enter the race. - Mr. J. F. Mears, who lives on R. 5 from Lumberton and who was a Lumberton visitor Thursday after noon, recently received a fletter from Mrs. Gertrude Perry West of Waycross, Ga., who is prepar in to write a5 history of the Mears family. She is a great granddaughter of James Mears and a daughter of the late William Mears. Mr.'J. F. Mears is a descendant of Nash Mears, who came to this coun try from England in 1740 and was the father of 6 sons and 1 daughter William, Moses, James, Jonathan, Joab and Elihu, and Tanie. He and the four sons first-named above were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Contest for Audit and Finance Board Membership. It has been many years since there was a contest for the office of board of audit and finance in the town of Lumberton, but such will be the case v in the primary next Tuesday. While only three are to be nominated and elected, six names have been Hied as candidates. The following names have been filed: Messrs. Frank Gough, H. M. McAllister, W. S. Britt, S. Mcln tyre, H. E. Stacy, Jno. D. McMillan. The three first-named compose the old board, which has served for a number of years. Change in Local Train Schedule. ' A change in the schedule of two local Seaboard trams went into ef fect yesterday at 12:02 p. m. Train No. 14,' east-bound, now arrives at 10:40 a. m. instead of 10:10 a. m while train No. 31, west-bound ar rives at 10:40 a. ol, instead of 10:35 a. m. Under the new-schedules these trains meet here, while under the eld they met at Allen ton.
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