North Carolina Newspapers

LTTKBiaTOir, H. C, LIOITD AY, MAT 22, 1821 volultclhi Sticnartf Reward W creased to- $S00 ao m for. S400 for - Arrest .." an- Conviction Tof i Murderer $100 Be ward Offered for Recovery of Body. ffvff n R" Lewis I was advised Friday from Raleigh that ;the State offers a reward oi 4w rest and conviction of the murderer or murderers! of E. "Br hepard, whose abandoned auto was found De iio tw WiMrat Kiehwav near turn- Wad An Anril 11. This brings the amount of the reward to$900, Robe- son county and Shepard's relatives offering $250 each. Mr. J, B. Shepard ol iwerun, ua., a aroiawvi who is supposed to have been murder ed and who has been here helping in the investigation," offers. iuu lor recovery oi ine oouy. v Manv rumors have been run down by the officers, but no clues have been found. Shepard's' disappearance remains a mystery.-,, mMt ' r , 103 Candidates for Is Office in Robeson 92 Democrats and 11 Republicans Had Filed Notice of v Candidacy When Lists Were Closed Saturday Night Some Have No Opposition and Are Declared Nominated. c One hundred and three candidates for office 92 Democrats and 11 Republicans-had filed notice of candi dacy with Chairman Frank Gough, chairman of the county board of elec tions, up to the hour for closing the lists Saturday night. There are half a hundred candidates for roaa super visor, 4 for sheriff, 7 for lower house of Legislature, 2 for Senate, 2 for register of deeds, 4 for clerk of Court, 18 for recorder, o for roaa commis- ioner. 4 for county commissioner. The complete ticket will be publish ed in Thursday's Kobesonian. . Of the 103 who have filed notice of candidaoy, the following have no opposition and have been declared the nominees nl their party lor me oi fices to which-they aspires Democratic Candidates For State Senate L. B. Varser. For register vof deeds M. W. Floyd. v For county commissioners. Rory McNair for district No. 3 and J. E. Hughes for district No. 5. . For road commissioners T. O. Evans for district No. 3 and G. A. McKay for district No. 4. For solicitor of recorders' court, Lumberton district F. Ertel Carlyle. For county surveyor J. Ed Tyson. For , member board of education Lucius McRae. For road supervisor: Gaddys, J. W. Burns; Lumber Bridge Robert Mon roe; Maxton L. L. McGirt; Orrum R. W. Nye; St. Pauls E J. Dean; Wisharts George A. Barnes. s Names of the above will not appear on primary tickets. .Republicans Candidates. Following is a list of candidates on the Republican ticket who. have filed without opposition have been declared! the nominee of the party. They will , have no interest in the primary of June 3rd: For State Senate L. E. Tyner. For House of Representative R. M. Phillips and A. E. Howard. For clerk of Superior court Wil-i liam M. Currie. For sheriff Rowland Stephens. For register of deeds Mrs. John D. Cobb. ' ' For county commissioners district No. 3, W. G. McLean; district No. 5..D. J. Lewis Columbus; Mrs. N. A Joseph Allen. . . I For road commissioner district No. 1,' W: I LovetL For road . supervisor Howellsville township, J.. S. Currie; Raft Swamp township, Ernest Odum. . , Most list Crop Acreages ' Mr. W, D. Jones of the crop re porting service of the State Depart ment of Agriculture is. a Lamberton visitor today. Mr. Jones is urging up on farmers the necessity of comply ing with the law which requires them, in listing taxes, to list the; number of acres planted to each crop. An ar ticle prepared by Mr, Jones on this subject will be published in Thurs- day's Robesonian. -. , - i Mr. E. L. Hedgpeth Not Candidate for Sheriff. ; V. Mr. E. L. Hedgpeth, of Fairmont, who was suggested as candidate for sheriff of Robeson by the county Re. publican convention held in Lumber ton last Monday, as stated fax The Robesonian. of. that date,, asks The Robesonian to state; that he declined the nomination and is not ' a : candi date. . ' . Ready to Lend Money te Farmers. Mr. H. M. McAllister, says . that the Lumberton National Farm "Loan association, which is associated with the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, S. C, is ready to lend money to farm ers on real estate-at 6 per cent inter est for a period of 35 years. Mr. Ira F. Davis returned home laet night from a visit to Charlotte. Mr. A. T. McKeSar of Rowland was a Lumberton visitor thda morning. Poultry Meetings :;r Vefl Attended Over the Country in Interest of Poultry Raising State ' Specialist . Olliver Tells How to Mako Chickens AO-Year-Roand Money Crop.: ? " . The meeting of . : the .'. Lamberton poultry association held at the court house Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. was attended by a large crowd and the addressof Mr. A. G. Olliver, of Raleigh, was much enjoyed by the poultry- fanciers and all present, The East Lumberton band furnished music for the ..occasion..' . In opening the meeting, Mr.' W. W. Davis, president of the association, gave' the following four reasons why the association was organized ; First, to promote the poultry in dustry in all of its branches: second to encourage the breeding of pure bred poultry; third, to cooperate with each member and other poultry asso ciations that are trying in any way te encourage and produce better poultry and eggs; fourth, to help its members buy, sell and acquire poultry products. Miss Martha Flax Andrews, home demonstration agent, made some re marks In which she called upon all present to give the association their whole-hearted 'support, that it was for the adjoining townships as well as Lumberton. 1 Mr. O. 0. Dukes, farm demonstra tion agent, followed. Miss Andrews and called upon the. audience to give the poultry industry serious thought, that it meant ready money all the year round if carried out as it should be and the association stood ready to help them. Mr. A, G4? Olliver, state poultry specialist, the speaker of the evening was introduced by Mr, W. W. Davis. He stated that he was not here to start anyone in the poultry business but to help them grow 'into it. Mr. Olliver said in part: "The poultry business is an all-year-round oney crop, and no farm should be without at least 100 lay ing hens of some pure-bred strain, the kind that you like best. The aver age corn-fed hen lays 52 eggs a year, one egg a' week,- when the pure-bred fed properly, would lay 200 to 250 eggs a year. Unless you are going to build the proper kind of coops, and feed properly, it would pay you to go slow in the poultry, business." Before Mr. Olliver closed his talk he showed some chicks that were on display at the meeting and they w i v. aJ ZZa 1 He LTJ (If.? thTSvvti He said tiiat those chicks were "d right. In closing his remarks he called I upon the people to join the associa tion, it would mean better eggs and broilers for the market. Well-attended and enthusiastic poultry meetings were held at Lum ber Bridge. Wednesday night and at Kowland Fridays A v meeting which was to be held at Orrum Friday night was rained out. WOMEN NAMED ON STATE DEM OCRATIC EXECUTIVE COM. Miss Katie Buie and Mrs. T. L. John son Robeson Members Of Executive and Advisory Committees, Respec tively. Sixty women got their names on the roll of the State Democratic ex- ecutive committee at the meeting of .the committee in Raleigh . Thursday 'night. J. D. Norwood was reelected chairman. New members of the com- mittee for the Sixth district are: -Mrs. N. A. Currie, Bladen; Mrs. Sinclair, Cumberland; Mrs. J. J. Wade, Harnett; Mrs. J. Walter Wil liamson. New Hanover; Miss Katie Buie, Robeson. Chairman Norwood announced the appointment of Miss Mary Hender son of Salisbury as vice chairman of the executive commute and two mem bers of the advisory committee from each district, members for the Sixth district - being Mrs. T.' L. Johnson of Robeson and J. C. Carr of New Han over. - - President R. B. John Resigns from Carolina College. At a recent meeting of the trustees of Carolina college at Maxton Rev. R; B. John, who has been president of tne college ior several years, tenaerea his resignation and Rev. S. ,E. Mer cer, presiding, elder of the Weldon district and president of the college before Mr. John, Mr. A. E. White of Lumberton and Mr. Winf red Carter of Maxton were appointed a commit tee to select his successor. The college has ' grown under President John's administration and his resignation was accepted with reluctance. Week-End Tickets on Sale by Sea board. . ' Beginning Friday of last week, the Seaboard Air Line will sell week-end tickets Friday and Saturday of each week good until the following Tues day. One-day tickets will be sold from Lumberton to Wilmington Saturday nights, good returning on . the first train Monday morning. Mr! H, H. Stanley of St Pauls section 'is' a business visitor here to- dJ. .... A -'-;;r,;-, :, Normal Fi-; - rials Mark Close of Evidences of Wonderful Progress Large vrowa Aiienora . otireuura . Exercises Work on New $100,000 1 School Building Well Under lay. .' !; Bv H. V. Brown. . - -,. ;l One of the most successful school; years in the history of the Cherokee 1 Indian Normal school . at Pembroke came to a close Friday with a com mencement well worth attending. Trains from north, south, east and west brought whites and Indians1 by the hundreds. Automobiles from every district of this section of . the State were .there, bringing more people to enjoy the annual event, To be assur ed of the wonderful progress being made by the Cherokee Indians,, one' be convinced. Mr. H. E. Stacy of" Lum-i berton delivered the principal address of the day, using as his subject, "The Progress of the State in Education and mdustry". The -auditorium was filled to capacity, and many more sought admittance to hear this won derful speech. By the time the speak, er was introduced the hall was filled and many standing. On the platform back of the speaker three candidates for offices sat with Professor Hen derson and some of his co-workers. These candidates were Messrs. C. B. Skipper, H. I Cook, and N. A. Sin clair. Recitation Contest, Baseball At 1:30 in the afternoon a recita tion contest was held in the audi torium. This was especially good, showing that much, instructive work has been done at the Normal this year. In this contest Messrs. H. L. Cook, N. A, Sinclair and M. N. Fol- ger were the judges and favored Miss Sallie Deese as first winner, and Miss Mazinnie Lowry, second. This took tip the time until three o'clock, when it was announced that the Pembroke baseball team would battle with Fort Bragg's nine on the local diamond, which had been prepared especially for this game. Beginning at exactly 4 o'clock the game went on and was played exceedingly well, the Pern- broke Indians taking the honors fotn to one. Considering the crowd and ' large numDer oi automobiles, It was pre dicted that there would be more or less collisions or mishaps amonz the autoists, but nothing happened. It' is r thlt Vogies, each rme pulIed y 8 "n male became entanled on t116 nP. The result was a new wheel for the unlucky one. EsnecialW . it w little drinking was to be seen 'or ef fects of ,drinking. Nothing but peace prevailed, and everything seemed to work in harmony for the pleasure of the visitors and betterment of the community. V Debating Contest; Readings. Friday night , the exercises at the school building were held, by mem bers .of the 9th grade. A debating contest was the feature of the exer cises, when the question, "Resolved, That the United States should enter the League of Nations", was argued very intelligently and interestingly. Those contending for the entrance of the United States in the .League were, L. W. Jacobs and Earl Lowry, while the negative side was ably defended by C. H. Moore and J. R. Cummings. The judges decided in favor of the af. firmative by a vote of 2-1. L. W. Jacobs and C. H. Moore were declar ed the ' best debaters in the school, and after another rote it was unani mously decided the first honors should go to L. W. Jacobs, with Moore run. ning aiclose second. After the de bate a very pretty and interesting essay' was read by Miss Maggie Lee Oxendine. Then Miss Nettie Sampson pleased the audience' when she recited "Hiawatha's Wooing. Miss Elizabeth Sampson also helped make the even ing perfect by reading a selection. ' New BoHding. Began Of the 2500 people attending the exercises, the correspondent is unable to tell just how many candidates were there. But there was a plenty. Next year accomodations for those attend ing this commencement will be much better, as . work has already bemin A a ' w W AAC V V CI J ;on the new school building which will be not only a credit to Robeson but to the state of North Carolina as welL , y . .'' Building Will Cost $100,000 An appropriation of 175.000 has been made for the betterment of schools at the Normal and a contract has already been let for the building' The. Amount of the bid for this work was 151,710, which takes care of all general construction.' This does not, however, Include' heating, lighting and water. It is fieured that the entire cost of the building, light, water, neat, and furniture and fixtures, will be $100,000. It is the purpose of the people to vote an additional $25,000 to complete the work. , The outside walls are now practically head high, with work going on at a rapid rate. By September 1st they are hoping to have, the building complete and ready for use. Already the school has a nice dormitory for the girls, and it is the purpose to use the present school building for dormitory, for the boys. Brilliant Record On . w m uiuiiwu wu Quick Werk Checked Fire Which V--. ' SUrted in II. Weinsteia's Store and Former Secretary McAdoo, Senators ; Threatened Great Destruction and Representatives Praise Splendid f Lumberton Fire Fighters Reached Work of Lumberton Man and Re-: Scene in 20 Minutes Splendid Ex xret His Voluntary Retirement from I ercises Mark Close of 8accesfal Office. V f Year of School. By D. F. SU Clair. f By II. V. Brows. mm r ar-w rifH wwm-m m-wm -"", niveau ticumrouaj vuiuu-, iimc since jf CDruary 1st, the Jones tarily retired as Director of the War buildings on Main street were grave Finance Corporation after four years, ly threatened Saturday night by fire, of service in one of the most impor-At 10:80 Mr. C. D. Baker discovered tant and difficult positions in the fire -ih H. Weinstein's store between Government. It was on v May , 17th; the Bank of Fairmont and the Robe that President Wilson appointed i son Hardware Co. The , alarm was Mr. McLean a member of the War Finance corporation upon the Mcom mendation of Senator Simmons and of Secretary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo, who wired to-day from his nome in Los Angeles that McLean has served with unusual ability. patriotism and unselfishness. The former Secretary said that "Mr. Mc Lean as a public official had a big part in the effective service rendered the people by the War Finance cor poration nd that his retirement is a great loss to the public." A National Figure In his four years service Mr. Mc Lean has become a-national ffcu-e, He is generally regarded ; by beck Democrats and Republicans in Con gress and by the administration as having shown himself a great master of finance and a splendid administra tor. There is keen regret everywhere here at his departure from the office, for it is recognized that men with his financial ability combined with his comprehensive knowledge of the fi nancial needs of agriculture are hard to find. It is conceded that he was the one man in the War Finance eor- poration who possessed this combina. tion and the wonderful success of the corporation as an agency for farm credits is held to be due largely to his initiative as a director, A chorus of gratitude and praise has come to him for having as director met the needs of agriculture to the best ad vantage of the farmers, the banks and the Government. ' Certainly one of the most com petent judges of Mr. 'McLean's- servi ces to the stock raising industry of i tne- west is senator John B. Kendrick oi Wyoming, a land ox rancnes. Sena tor Kendrick is one of the country's largest cattle raisers. Rendered Great Service In making an appraisal of Mr. Mc Lean's ability and his work in the War Finance corporation, - Senator Kendrick said, "Mr. A. W. McLean of the War Finance corporation is one of the veTy able men discovered to the country by the great war period. The previous administration found him but the present administration was most fortunate in having the benefit of his great services for more than a year in the difficult position he is now about to relinquish. Mr. McLean is both a great master of the science of agricultural finance and a great finance minister. He has had the vision to see and to know iust what are the great problems that confront agriculture and that have been made most acute by the world war and reconstruction. He has had the courage to meet these problems, cut ting red tape right and left and ?o- ing to the very heart of each problem presented to him with the mental grasp and swift decision of great genius. But he is as cautions in uHon as he is ready and swift in decision. He knows, he does and he takes care all in the same act. I speak with most intimate personal knowledge of the inestimable service Mr. McLean has rendered agriculture and live stock growing fn the West and especially in my own State of Wyoming. His knowledge of our needs out there and his readiness ever to render assist ance have sustained and prospered our stock-growing industry. He has saved many of our banks from going to the wall and he haa brought the money back prompt ly fto the Government- ready' to' do other service. He is an adept in turning money over with astonishing dispatch and making it work day and night and perpetually. I feel that I can not speak in too exalted terms of the services that he has rendered the farming industry of his country and nis government," - Senator Charles L. McNarv. Rennh. lican, Oregon; Senator Harreld, Re- puoucao, luuanoma, ana senator Eur son, Republican, New Mexico, heartily Vyontmuea on page four.) Superior Court. ' Superior court for the trial of civil cases convened today, and dis posed of one divorce - case before noon. The defendant and plaintiff were both colored. According to Clerk of Court Skipper, therjs will be no very important cases during this term, but the docket is heavy with small ones. Judge George W. Connor is presiding, -- v j.-' ".'"."", Among the out-of-town attorneys attending court today are D. P. Mc Kinnon and W E. Lynch of Rowland. i. E. carpenter and. Henry McKin non oz Maxton, v. U. Taylor and V. W. Keith of Fairmont, and J. S, But- $30,000 Fire At Fairmont Sat. Night - f ajrmont, aiay zi.rot us second turned in quickly and a quick respond with hose no doubt Counted materially in getting tne fire under control in less man w minutes. When the water was first turned on the blase, tha future of the building seemed to be already doomed, many stating that it had gained too much headway. lh Lumberton fire department was call ed over long distance, and within 20 minutes after the call was made Fire Chief Ed. Glover and his firemen were assisting in extinguishing the last blaze, which had caught in the second story, over the Bank of Fair mont. Mr. Thomas Baker, who was employed by Mr. Weinstein, told Mr. Weinstein before they closed the store that someone was frying some pecu liar smelling meat They did not in vestigate this, however, and it .was only about 15 minutes after the store was closed that the blaze was dis covered. It evidently had been burn ing for sometime. Plenty , of water, good pressure, and excellent work saved Fairmont from a most destruc tive conflagration. Insurance partially covered me losses oi Mr. Weinstein and the Jones' estate. The entire dam age is estimated at (30,000. The Robe son Hardware stock of goods was partially damaged by water and smoke. This was the second fire in this building since February, the firmt oeing tne vault of the Bank of rairmotu on tne niehx of February 28th, which has caused the bank to remain closed since that time, in or- aer mat me records be made again. , School Finals . "Th Tsirmon graded and nigh schools closed the commencement ex ercises Friday night with an . excell ent literary: address by Dr. Robert . Wright, president of East Caro lina Teachers' college. At this tune diplomas and certificates were pre sented. Class-day exercises were held in the auditorium Friday moraine at v vuwk. su luursuny mgnt p piay entitled "Mary's Millions" was given by the members of the graduating class. This especially was rood and in n. rm i it. . . a packed house enjoyed it thorough ly. un Wednesday night an operetta was given by the music department under the leadership of Miss Ora Kemp. In this several of the small tots took part and it was plainly seen that they had been given excellent graining. The baseball game played r nday afternoon between Lumberton and Fairmont highs was almost a farce. The Fairmont lads, who have played mighty good baseball this sea son, went to pieces. Kelly, who has pitched several victories, started the game and had to be replaced in short order by Ashley, who did particularly good work for the remainder of the game, but it was too late. Lumberton had already won the game. This closes a most successful school year, and the members of the faculty are being commended for their good .work which had to be done under -most trying circumstan ces, due to the .overcrowded condition of the school rooms. Those from4 here attending the commencement at Greensboro College for Women are Mesdames D. W. Gal loway, H. L. Price and F. C Jones. Miss Katharine Galloway, daughter of Mrs. Galloway and sister of Mrs. Price, and Miss Rose Jones, daughter of Mrs. F. C. Jones, are among those graduating from G. C. W. this year. Mr. Averett u. Floyd returned home Friday from State college, where he has completed a 4-year course in agriculture. Mr. Floyd has received many honors during his college ca reer, being a star on the football team every season. He was captain of the football team this past year. Legion Meeting Tuesday Night The regular meeting of the Georsre Galloway .post of the American Le gion will be held in their hall over Turners store Tuesday night, May 23. This meeting was to .have, been held last Thursday night out on account of the Fairmont school commence ment was postponed. Important radio committee to make a report. Every ex-service man come. Residence Burned Near ProctorvQle " According to reports reaching this office this morning, fire last night completely destroyed the residence and outhouses of Mr. Jas. Graham, who lives near Proctorville. The light of the fire was easily seen in Fairmont.- Some of the townspeople are said to have gone running in direction of the fire, thinking if was a building in Fairmont, bat it happened . to be about 7 miles away. Mr. Graham's loss was complete. ' ? COTTOSr UASKST v, Middling cotton is quoted oa the local market today at 19c the pound. BRIEF ITEMS AND LOCAL NEW Local r Cd Fellows win v meet Thursday at 8.' p. m. to elect off leers. Mr, Crouch will be here all the week to give instructions. "" "--''. Miss Miller's music class -wiM give a recital in the high school auditorium Thursday evening of this week at 8 o'clock. The public is invited. ' , Miss Mabel Fulton , of Greens boro began work this ' morning as stenographer in the law offices of Messrs: McLean, Varser, McLean A Stacy. . Ms. Troy Grantham of Marietta underwent an operation at the Baker sanatorium this , morning at 8:30. His condition is reported as favorable this r-u. i, . ' Iieoon ' ' - ! , ' The Goat dub wll give a barbe- ce and fish fry af the club house Thursday afternoon at 6:30. All can- dates for office who will be voted in Lumberton wiH be Invited. It will be known as "candidates night." Mr. Stephen Mclntyre, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Mclntyre of Lumberton, is a member of .the garduating class of Georgia Military academy, College Park, Ga. The commencement began yesterday and lasts nnta May 20. , Dr. E. A. Branch of Norwood spent yesterday here with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Branch, and re turned last night to Raleigh, where he will-be engaged for two -months conducting i dental elinics for. Wake county. : vfc rt'uf ,e ' Mr. W, C. Boone, who lives 4 1-2 miles from Lumberton on the Carth age road, had ; ripe peaches on the 13th of this month and. sold some on the 18th at $2.60 a bnsheL With no bad ; luck Mr. Boone will have peaches right along now until frost. la. mention in The Robesonian of the appointment of Mr. A. V. G. Wish art as couty auditor to succeed Mr. J. M. McCallum, resigned, tt was stated inadvertency that the salary was S250 the month. The salary fa $2,500 the year. Mr. Wiahart wfil take oyer the office on June 1st. . . Mr. J. C. Pulliam of Winston Salem has arrived and will begin getting things in shape for the Lum berton baseball -club, fcr hs been selected manager for the coming sea son. Last season Mr. Pulliam was' a very satisfactory manager for the club. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Nance and Messrs. Leon McGil and Melton War ick returned last night : from Char lotte, where they attended Saturday the 20th of May celebration, which is said to have been the greatest ever held. General J. J. Pershing, Legion Commander Hanford MacNider and Governor Cameron Morrison were guests of honor. As a result of an active cam paign for new members and better attendance of old members, member shin of the Baraca class of the First Baptist Sunday school baa been In creased to 00 and average attendance increased from 25 to 85. In order to accommodate the 85 present yesterday morning the class had to adjourn to the near-by school auditorium. Mr. A. E. White and Dr. Russell S. Beam returned last night from Charlotte, where Mrs. Beam is under going treatment at the Charlotte sanatorium. Dr. Beam and Mrs. Ira B. Townsend went with Mrs. Beam to Charlotte Friday morning and Mr. and Mrs. White went to Charlotte Satur day nieht to see their daughter, car rying with them Mrs. Beam's infant son. Mrs. Beam's condition is mucn Improved and she is expected to be able to leave the sanatorium in about ten days. Mrs. White and thereby will remain in Charlotte to return with Mrs. Beam. Mrs. Townsend'a brother, Mr. John French, has been under treatment at the Charlotte sanatorium for some time. His condi tion is improved. Mrs. Townsend i expected home tonight with her ne phew Billy Foster French, who ac companied her. . GENOA CONFERENCE CLOSES Declared to Hare Been One of the Greatest Political Gatherings in Europe's History. Genoa. May 19. The Genoa eco nomic conference, one of the greatest political gatherings in Europe's his tory, which brought here the repre sentatives of 34 nations, adjourn ea as 1:15 p. m. today after six weeks of momentous deliberations. Its labors will be begun anew at The Hague on June 15.' ' The conference adopted the report of the economic commission, which contains constructive recommenda tions for the economic re-organixa-tion of Europe, adopted the arrange ments for the conference at The Ha gue, and proclaimed Prime Minister Lloyd George's famous non-aggression pact, which,' though provisional in nature, it is hoped to follow with a permanent European' peace pact. Progress ea Hard-Surfaced Road. All but about half mile of the 3- mUe road from Lumberton ' to Me. Neifl's bridge has been hard-enrfaced and opened to traffic The unfinish ed "rjtretch is westward from the oQ anij ay i- ' 1 i1'.-v JiV' . f