$500 Reward for jRepublicans Suggest
jShepard Murderer! County Ticket
It il Vxntrtjtd that the Governor Will
Brother of Missing Man Returns to
Continue Investigation.- -.
A reward totaling: $500 haa been
offered for the arrest and .conviction
of the party, or parties, that are sup
posed to have 'murdered E. R.-Shep-ard,-whose
abandoned automobile ras
found in a ditch beside theW.-C.-A.
highway on April 11, Of this amount
$250 was offered by the county com
missioners and $250 by relatives of
the missing man. It is expected that
Governor Morrison will offer an ad
ditional $500 reward at once, making
a total of $1,000. . , r v '
Nothing has yet developed to clear
the mystery; surrounding Mr. - Shep
ard's suppen -disappearance. Mr. J. B.
Shepard of Doerun, Ga., brother of
the missing : man, , returned to Lum
berton this morning to continue the
investigation, which has been In pro
gress since a few fays Rafter t the
abandoned car was found- j, v si
Heavy Hail
Storm
Some Stones Nearly as . Large as
Guinea Eggs Fell Here--No Seri
ous Damage Has Been Reported.
Several sections "of , the s county were
visited by hail : storms yesterday,
though no serious ' damage has been
reported. Considerable hail fell here
about 3:30 p. m., some of the stones
being almost as large as guinea eggs.
It is not thought much damage was
done in this immediate section how
ever. Mr. Scott Stone, who lives near
lUvnham. and who is a
Lumberton
visitor today, reports a heavy aau
? f"0!.::
uauiuge in iiuti ecu nun hm v
the farms of Messrs. J. H. BrtU ana
ioel Ivey. Hail was reported between
Orrum and Barnesville, in the Center
and Smyrna sections and also in the
Mt Elim section. , , ; .'('.'
Star Warehmise
To Sell at Auction
One of Lumberton's Warehouses Will
..Have Auction Sales of Tobacco
During Coming Season Good
Corps of Buyers Assured.
The Star warehouse of Lumberton
will have auction sales of tobacco dur
ing the coming season, and the pro
prietors have received assurances
from all the bi gcompanies that they
will have buyers on this . market as
usual.
As has been stated in The Robeson
ian, the Farmers' and Big Banner
warehouses have . been tendered to
Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Mark
eting association. The Star has not
been so offered, not because the pro
prietors are antagonistic to the co
operative marketing plan, for they
are not, but because ft is desired to
afford a market here for any farm
ers who may decide not to Join the
Cooperative association this year.'
RAT KILLING CONTEST.
Masters Gilchrist Crump and Hubert
, Ramsanr Won: Prizes.
Masters Gilchrist Crump and Hu
bert Ramsanr won the prises offered
for the largest number of rat-tails
brought to Miss Flax Andrews, home
demonstration agant, in the contest
which closed last Wednesday, bring
ing in 16 and 15 tails, . respectively.
Fprmer Mayor A. E. White offered
a prize of f 10 for the largest number,
The Robesonian offering a prize of
$5 for the second largest number
.When the tails were brought in Wed
nesday Mrt White declined to pay the
first prize on the ground that not
enough tails had been , secured to
justify paying the prize, and it was
thought that the contest would be
continued two weeks longer, as stated
in Thursday's Robesonian, but later
Thursday afternoon Mr. White decided
to compromise with payment of $5
and the offer of $5 additional to any
boy who would bring him' 600 tails
within a reasonable length of time.
.Unfortunately, nothing was said
about any special number at any time
during the. contest, so the boys and
The Robesonian took the position that
the prises were due, regardless of the
number. It was understood all along
that other prizes would be given u
enough tails were : brought in , ': to
justify thenu Several boys brought
in smaller numbers, and two who said
they had collected 25 and 24 tails, re
spectively, could not bring them in
because they had been destroyed.
These of course did not figure in the
count for prizes. The boys said they
worked hard to catch the rats. Some
of the tails were 10 or 12- inches long,
indicating that some whoppers were
causrht and that the campaign was
well worth while. The fact that larger
numbers were not brought in might
indicate, too, that the rodents do not
abound here in such numbers aa to
make the catching of larger numbers
possible. , -
Mr. A. E. Howard of St. Pauls is a
Lumberton visitor today.
Candidates for Legislature and Conn-
- vention Here Today Storm Broke
Over Resolution to Endorse W. H.
Kinlaw for Postmastership.
Candidates for the State Senate, the
lower house of : the Legislature, and
various - county offices . were recom
mended by the1; Republicans of t Robe
son county in convention here today.
Following, is the ticket as recommend
ed: . For. State Senate L. E.Tyner;
Legislature R. M. Phillips and A. E,
Howard;" clerk of tHe court--Wm.
M. Currie; sheriff-r-E. L. Hedgpeth;
register of deeds Mrs. Jno. D. Cobb;
county rcommissioner W. G. McLean
and Joseph .'Allen. J,. y 4
' Mr. , Jj CSnoddy of Red Springs
was re-elected county, chairman , for
two years. The. names of the county
executive will be published in Thurs
day's Robesonian.
The convention was attended by
about 50; Republicans from various
E arts , of the county. Mr. W. K. Cul
reth was. elected chairman of the
convention and Mr. W. H. Kinlaw,
secretary, with members of the. press
as assistants. No ladies were present
. A storm broke1 over the convention
when Mr. C. R. Hester of St. Pauls
offered a resolution asking that the
convention endorse Mr, W. H. Kinlaw
for the postmastership at Lumberton.
Mr. R.O. Edmund, another candidate
for the office, made a spirited speech
against such an act upon the part of
the convention. The 'resolution was
tabled and the convention took no ac
tion in the matter.. Such an act, Mr.
Edmund declared, would be unfair to
himself and other candidates for the
Lumberton postoffice.
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and
H. Schools Finals
Dr. B. A. White of Mooresville Will
Preach Baccalaureate Sermon Eve
ninr of May 28 W. H. Swift of
Greensboro Will Deliver Literary Ad
dress Largest Clasa in History
of School. .
The program for the finals of the
Lumberton graded and high schools
has been completed. The baccalau
reate sermon will be preached by Dr.
R. A. White, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, Mooresville, on
Sunday evening, May 28, in the
Presbyterian church. The class ex
ercises will be held on Monday even
ing, May 29, and the literary. address
will be delivered in the high school
auditorium on Tuesday evening, May
30, by Mr. W. H. Swift of Greensboro.
There are 19 members of the gradu
ating class this year, ' ,- perhaps " the
largest number in. the history of the
school. Grade promotions will be read
and certificates will be delivered to
those completing the seventh grade
work on Friday morning, May 26.
Patrons " of the school are urged
to attend all the closing exercises of
the school this year. In the past the
attendance at the finals of the local
schools has been small, compared with
the number of patrons, and Supt W.
H. Cale is anxious that the folks
attend the finals this year.
A Campaign Incident More Candi
dates. A political breeze was caused
Thursday when Mr. D. R. Shaw, by
permission of Chief of Police D. M.
Barker, stretched a banner across Elm
street at Fourth bearing the legend
"Vote for B. F. McMillan for Sheriff.
New Life, New Blood. It's Time for a
Change." The sign was taken down
tor some change and Mayor E. M.
Johnson ordered that it be not put up
again, later, however,
again, later, .however, writing Mr.
naw rescinding -that order 'srmnff
permission for the banner to be hung.
This permission has hot been taken
advantage of and the banner remains
down.
Candidates continue to come in.
Time for filing with the county board
of elections expires May 20. Those
announcing last issue or today for the
first time are: for road supervisor
Raft Swamp, C. S. Wiggins; .Thomp
son. Jesse Scott: Lumberton. Geo... L.
Thompson, Oliver F. Nance; for road
commissioner, district No. 1, E. McQ.
Rowan. . :
A lively Time With a Mad Dog.
A dog belonging to Mr. Vernon
Walters of the Barnesville section be
came' rabid yesterday at the home of
Mr. Pate Bridgman, - who lives near
Mr. Waiters, and came very .neat
biting a small son of Mr. Bridgman.
The dog also tried to bite Mrs. Bridg
man and a man living with Mr. Bridg.
man and workine for him. but the
boy had the narrowest escape ox us
three, the boy fighting the dog off
with a stick. Mr. Bridgman killed the
dog before he bit any person or other
animal, he thinks.' , ,
Road Bond ElecUon Wednesday'.
Burnt Swamp township; will vote
Wednesday of this week on a $30,000
road bond issue. People living in the
part of the township recently annexed
to Red Springs will not be allowed to
vote in this election, as it will only
apply to the present townsnlpu
20-Ton Meteor
Falls to Earth
Shock Felt for SO Miles and BrilOant
Glare Illuminated the Heaven's
(lakes Hole of 500 Square Feet and
, Buries Several Trees With It.--;.
; Norfolk, Va.,- May 12v The shock f
fof a twenty -ton meteor which crashed
''and burying several ' trees with i tt.
Nottoway, county, m miles northwest
of Blackstone late last night, -was
felt for radius of fifty Wiles" while
the brilliant glare of the incandescent
body illuminated the ' heaven Ver
southern ' Virginia. f and 5 - aeetioTf:Af
North" Carolma.',The trail flight, as
the meteor fell irt a slows curve' front
the zenith -at an angle of about. 45
degrees was visible in this City,-Richmond
and at points along the '-James
River. -creating general excitement
and even consternation on the part' of
negroes, ; .; ' "V " l :
The meteor, composed of a metat s
lie substance, crashed into a grove ol
oak trees. with an explosive roar some
distance from any house, making' a
hole with an area of 500 square feet
and burying several, trees with it
Flames which immediately shot up
were visible for many miles while
The shock of the fall was felt at
JLawrenceville, Petersburg, Chase City
and other points. At Lawrenceville,
100 miles west of here, windows were
rattled and houses shaken while at
Chase City similar effects were noted.
Aotomobilests on the roadways inl
Mecklenburg county said it seemed as
thosgh their cars had caught fire, so
great .was the illumination.
In Norfolk the meteor appeared tot
be about half the diameter of the full
moon and much like a street arc-
light. Its - tail, ' of orange brilliance .
with a sharp brae flanje fading out
at the extreme end, apparently was
about ten or twelve times as long,
and fully as broad as the body.
In Richmond a streak of light was
noticed before the ball pf fire was
seen swirling through space to be fol
lowed by the reverberations of an ex
plosion. The entire southeastern sides
were illuminated as if by a flash of
lightning and a burst of flame.
MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS & "
10TH DIST. SENATORIAL MAT
TER Order Returnable Before Judge' Con
nor in Lumberton May 25.
Fayetteville, May 13, Mandamus
proceedings were instituted in Super
ior court here today by Mayor E. R.
MacKeithan, to determine whether or
not an agreement is binding on the
Cumberland county voters as made
in the matter of nomination of sena
torial candidates for "the tenth: dis
trict. Bullard and Stringfield, as at
torneys for Mayor MacKeithan, ap
peared before Judge. G. W. Connor,
who issued the order directing the
State Board of Elections , to show
cause why the mandamus should not
be issued. The order is returnable be
fore Judge Connor, at Lumberton
May 25.
If the mandamus is issued it will
reopen the question of the manner of
nominating . senatorial candidates in
this district. v 1 -;
The State Board of Election had
recently ruled that an agreement
made by the majority of the execu
tive committee chairmen of the dis
trict was binding - on Cumberland
county, and refused to certify Mayor
MacKeithan, as a candidate.
: The Cumberland county executive
committee voted unanimously against
the agreement
Big Barbecue and Road Meeting at
; Blue's Bridge,
Laurinburg Exchange. .
"What may well be termed an epo
chal event was a ' big barbecue and
good roads meeting at Blue's bridge
on Lumber river at the northernmost
point of Scotland county Tuesday,
May 9. At this meeting representa
tives of the four counties of Scotland,
Hoke, Richmond and Moore, got to
gether and discussed a proposition to
construst sand-clay roads, with Blue's
bridge as a starting point, and lead
ing to iAurinburg, Raeford. Aberdeen
and Rockingham.. There were present
at tais meeting some 250 or 800 lead
mg citizens of these counties, the
boards of county commissioners of
Scotland. Hoke and Moore counties
and others who are interested in the
future development of the Sandhills
country. . .. ; . ;
- Mrs.i W. W barker went today to
Charlotte, where she will spend a
short time, ,K 'VM --
'Miss Miriam Weinstein returned
Thursday from Birmingham, Ala.,
where she spent three weeks visiting
relatives and friends. .
Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Grav and two
children, Mary Isabella and Pendle
ton, returned, last evening from Wil
minton, where they spent the week
end visiting atthe borne of Rev., and
Mrs. W. A. Stanbury. . v .
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Hodge -and
son, Mr. "Wallace Hodge, of ; the
Bloomingdale . section, and - Mr. and
Mrs..W. R Surles of Proctorville are
among the visitors in town today.
Mr. E. M. Walters of R. 1 from
Orrum was a Lumberton - visitor
Thursday afternooniv i. '.. ;
FIRST WOMEN MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARD OF LUMBERTON
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Mrs. H. T. Pope
4 Mrs. Alf. H. McLeod.
2 Mrs. Pope and Mrs. McLeod were chosen members of the local school
board at the recent town election, t he first women elected to this office
in Lumberton. The board is composed of six members.
Fairmont School
Finals This Week
Play Thursday Night Class Day Ex-
ercisps and Add r Mil Friday Bac-
J, calaureate Sermon by Rev. J. H.
4 Shore Yesterday Many , Farmers
Signed Up at Cooperative Market
ing Meeting Meeting of Business
Men Tomorrow Night.
By IL V. Brown
1 Fairmont, May 15 One oi the
most powerful, instructive, and In
teresting sermons ever preached in
this village was heard, by an enorm
ous congregation Sunday morning in
the First Baptist church. This was
the Baccalaureate sermon and was
preached by Presiding Elder J. H.
Shore of Rockingham. Especially did
he appeal to the members of the
graduating class, of the Fairmont
high school, and stated to them that
H they soon forgot everything he had
said to please remember that "You
are either going to make one of the
biggest successes in this life, or you
are going to make one of the greatest
failures known to God or man." Most
brilliantly did he attack Soloman'a
version of all is vanity, showing
where Solomon made his mistake and
gave the wrong conception of "Life."
He also attacked Tom Dixon, North
Carolina playwright, and explained
very interestingly wherein he too was
absolutely false in hu conception of
"Life". A more attentive audience or
congregation has never . been seen
here. The rain which poured in tor
rents, mixed with hailstones large as
guinea eggs, failed to distract atten
tion from the speaker. At length,
though it did not seem lengthy, he
showed ' clearly and instructively
wherein Paul the apostle was abso
lutely right in his conception of life
when Paul wrote, "All things work
together for good to those who love
the Lord." His text, or rather texts,
was the conception of life as told
by Solomon arid by Paul.
Special Mother's Day Service
A special Mother's day service was
held in the town hall Sunday after
noon under the auspices of the George
Galloway post . of the American
Legion, and was well attended. The
Rev. J. H, Shore, who preached the
wonderful baccalaureate sermon in
the morning at the Baptist church,
spoke on "Motherhood". Very inter
estingly did he talk off the "Love of
Motherhood the "Suffering of
Motherhood", and the " Sacrifices of
Motherhood."
Death of Bob Owen
News reaching here a few days ago
state that Mr. R; L. ("Bob") Owen
had died in Durham, N. C, suddenly
of heart failure. Mr. Owen had been
in Durham a few hours on business
when stricken. He lived only a very
few minutes after taken ill. He is
survived by his widow and two sons.
"Bob", as he was generally known
in this community, had been for many
years connected prominently with the
tobacco market here, auctioneering
last season for the People's Tobacco
Warehouse ; Co. His host ' of friends
here were surprised to learn of his
sudden death and much sorrow has
been shown: Interment was made in
Bristol, Tenn., last Friday.
High School Finals
Following the baccalaureate ser
mon Sunday, the remainder- of the
commencement exercises of the Fair
mont high.-school will be as follows:
Thursday night, May 18th, a play
entitled "Mary's Millions": Friday,
May 19th, 10 a, nL, class day exer
cises; 4 p. m. baseball game; 8 p. m
literary address by Dr. Robert H.
Wright, president of the East Caro
lina Teachers college, Greenville, and
presentation of diplomas. This wiljt
close a very successful year for the
school, which has been 'run the entire
session in a very-crowded condition.
The new school building will no doubt
make a. much better school. y.
' At a meetinz of the town fathers
last week Mr. V. W; Keith was elect-
Ifd town attorney f or the fiscal year
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Poultry Meeting
To Be Held May 18
State Poultry Specialist and District
Home Demonstration Agent Will
Make Addresses."
The Lumberton Poultry association
has arranged a meeting for Thursday,
May 18th, at 8 o'clock p. nu, to which
the public generally, and particularly
all poultry raisers, are invited, The
meeting will be held at the court
house. -
Mr. Allen G. Oliver, of the State
Department, Raleigh, who is the
State poultry specialist, and who is
said to be the foremost poultry ex
pert in the South, is to make an ad
dress. This address should be of great
interest to all poultry enthusiasts.
There will also be an address by Mrs.
Estelle T. Smith, of Goldsboro, who is
district home demonstration agent.
The, East Lumberton band will be
on band to furnish music for the. oc
casion. Besides this feature, if is
planned to have exhibits of young
chickens, from "day olds" to "friers",
which have been raised this spring by
members of the association.
It is reported that throughout the
county a great deal more interest is
being shown in the raising of poultry
this year than ever before and 'the
association hopes that every one in
terested will attend the meeting.
Dr. Hardin Talks to Boy Scouts-
Hikes and Camping Trips PlannedJ
Dr. E. R. Hardin, county health
officer, delivered an address on "Sani
tation" before a meeting of the Boy
Scouts in the American Legion hall
Friday 'evening. Around 25 scouts
were present, the meeting being in
charge of Mr. E. W. Dunham, who
succeeds Mr. Raymond Musselwhite
as scout master. Another meeting of
the Scouts will be held in the Legion
hall Friday evening of this week.
Any wishing to become members
should attend this meeting and. all
members are urged to be on hand.
Plans are on foot for several hikes
and camping trips during the sum
mer, according to Mr. Dunham.
Ask Government to Deport Lady As-
tor.
Passaic, N. J May 11. The fed
eral government was asked to deport
Lady Astor as an undesirable alien
by the General Asbury Camp,
Spanish-American war veterans, in a
resolution adopted tonight.
The action of the members follow
ed a lively discussion over charges
that the members of the G. A. R. had
been insulted in speeches made by
the only feminine! member of thie
British commons during her visit to
this country.
Miss Kathleen Homan of Elizabeth
City spent the week-end here, a
guest of Miss Monie Collins.
change, Mr. T. L. Johnson of Lum
berton has served the town in this
jcPc
"Co-op" Marketing Meeting.
One of the most successful meet
ings of the farmers and business men
of this vicinity wss held here Satur
day in the town hall, when, the mat
ter 01 co-operative marketing was
again brought before them. Hon. J. A.
crows 01 uuoDoura was1 again a
speaker of the occasion and Mr. J.
Homer Mann of Washington, N. C
spoke at ' length about the . "co-op
system. Many farmers signed up and
it has been said this was a ; very
gratifyinf meeting as well ss a profi
table one. Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
there will be a meeting of the busi
ness men and the stockholders of the
Robeson Tobacco Warehouse Co., and
the stockholders of the People's To
bacco Warehouse Jo. This -meeting
will be held in' the town hall. Very;
important business will be attended to
at this meeting. , 7
. Reports from Kentucky have it that
last week there was born to Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. . Kyle , a girl, named
Jerry. - STA : . , -
COTTON MARKET
Middling cotton is quoted on tha
local market today at 19 1-4 cents
the pound. ;; - .
BRIEF ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS
. A fresh coat of paint and varnish
is being added to the interior of the
Lorraine hotel - 4
-i-Born, Wednesday, May 10, to
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Tyson of R. J,
Lumberton, son.
- The 17th field artillery baseball
team will play the Lumberton team
here Saturday of this week at 4 pv
nt,v?-:!';;;'- '
Matrimony has reached : a low
ebb. Register of Deeds M. W. Floyd
did not sell a single' marriage license
last week;' v ' ' :
' Mrs. Dorcas Leggett and son, Mr.
Wilbur Leggett, moved Saturday from
the comer of Walnut and Fourth
streets into their new brick cottage
on Ninth street.
Mr. Frank Gough will leave this
evening for Winston-Salem to attend
the annual meeting of the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows, which will be
gin there tomorrow, a
Don't forget to list your proper
ty for taxation during the month of
May. Mr. J. D. Norment, list-taker
for Lumberton township, can be found
at the auditor's office in the court
house. s " 1:
The 1 condition of Mr. Lather J.
Prevatt, who has been seriously HI
with blood poison for, several days.
Is reported as somewhat Improved to
day. Mr. Prevatt is at the Baker sana
torium, ' vVyV'i f
: A freak hen egg was brought to
town Saturday by Mr. J. E. Hickman
of R. 5, Lumberton. The egg Is about
one-half the usual size and the like
ness of sunflower can be seen on one
end of it. The egg was purchased by
Mr. P. C. Blake.
A suit case filled with new pants,
(not whiskey) wss found in the water
in a ditch by the side of a Robeson
county road Friday 1 by: Mr.
B. F. McMillan, Jr. Several pairs
of pants were found fat the ault case
and they were all apparently new and
unworn pants.
. Mr. rE M Britt returned yester
day from Atlanta, Ga, where he
spent some time with his wife, who
last Monday underwent an operation
a ttiA " Ttairia TTIantiap ianttnrlnm
Mrs. Britt's condition Is favorable
and , it is expected that she will bs
able .to return home the latter part oi
this week. f '
A Ford touring car driven by Mr.
Sam Tyner, who lives near Lumber
ton, and a Dodge sedan 'driven; by
Miss Janie Carlylo were both damag
ed - late Friday afternoon when the
cars collided on East Second street.
Mr. Tyner's car skidded when he at
tempted to turn tt and struck Miss
CarlyleVcar. . -
, A mixture of mulberries and
cane seed, both -plucked from mul
berry trees on the farm of Mr. M. E.
Page of R. 1, Fairmont, were brought
tn Tha Ttnhfnmnian nttipm SaftiMfaw Kv
Mr. M. H. Horn of the same section.
Mr. Page planted, cane near by his
mulberry orchard some three years
ago and since that time the mulber
ries hi that, orchard are mixed with
cane seed, according to Mr. Horn. In
fact, Mr. Horn ' had the mulberries
to prove it Mrs. Horn ' accompained
her husband to Lumberton Saturday.
Dr. Chas, H. Durham, pastor of
the First Baptist church, will leave
this evening for Jacksonville, Fla-i to
attend the Southern. Baptist conven
tion, which meets Wednesday pf this
week.' Dr. Durham will attend to
morrow afternoon a board meeting
ww rmm WW .M WW AM M . .UbV iWMwW .
convention proper. The following
leave tomorrow for Jacksonville-1
.x a 1 . if . . . w r
aiienu me convention; aij. ana jars.
L. R. Varser and daughter. Miss lil
lie Snead Varser, Mr. and Mrs. I R
Stephens, Revs. I. P. and R. A. Hedg
peth. E. A. Paul and Mr. E. J. Britt.
An interesting and instructive
program was carried out at the chap
el exercises at the high school audi
torium Friday morning. Devotional
exercises were conducted by JDr. R. C
Beaman, pastor of Chestnut Street
Methodist church. Dr. Beaman also
made an interesting talk on "Why the
School?" Dr. E. R. Hardin, county
health officer, made a few remarks,
in which he urged the importance of
taking the anti-typhoid vaccination.
Other features of the program were
a solo by Miss Anns Lawrence and s
reading by Miss Anna Dunie. ' Miss
Ethel Miller . presided at the piano.
The program was arranged by the
eighth grade. . ; . -v;'
. Wilmington Purchase of 20 loco
motives and 720 box ears is con
templated by the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad in the near future, it was
announced at the general offices of
the company here Thursday. The new
rolling stock will be utilized to re
place worn out equipment A large or-
uer xor pnospnate ears to he used on
the Florida lines of the company re
cently placed.
Statesville, May 12. Mrs. Cicero
Waugh was instantly killed and a
Mrs. SherriU was badly shocked when
lightning struck a tree near the
Waugh home' in Alexander, county
late yesterday. y- - -