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' C3TAELI31XCD 1878. GLaCOW TIVE CETrTS. -
'COUNTBT, AND TCUTlt
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; - LUtlBITONf IT. 0, lICITt)AY, AUGUST 7 1C22.
VOLUIlE Lin
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Ford Car Sttucii :
;By Tram'AtX)rnim
. Mr: Xx; I Edwards :M 3niiTaie
Unded;?tt;FetsAwyWIth Ba&y
- ia rflerLAm-llTBiinyo- Floyd
of Lnraberton Was IMriat Car.
i - NO ONE SERIOUSLY, HURT , ;
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t '-Ornna,- Ao. yA Ford ' toanng
car driven by Mn Bunyan Floyd, ion
at Mr. Floyd ot : Lumberton,
was .hit byi th : ea?tbound : AUaBtic
. Coast Line passenger, train No. 97
' herfr thimorningat;iO:18With
- Mr.: Floyd when . the accident ocenr-
red s were , Mrs. Ha Edwards and 'in-.
fant danghter, who live near Barnea
.Tille on the IcD.VWlters farm. The
front of the engine hit the "car just to
the rear" of i the center' and. turned it
over sideftays into " ditch. .Mr, . Floyd
was knocked out of the car but Mrs.
Edwards, who Twas holding , her 18-months-old
baby, was knocked ser
era! feet in the air and landed about,
20 feet from .where the car landed,
When persons nearby reached her she
was still holding her baby'- in -i her
' arms ' with firmness..-. The tittle ' one
had a slight abrasion on the head
and Mrs. Edwards was .hurt serious
ly, the extent of which could not be
determined.
Immediately after the. . collision
the conductor of the train ordered the
engine cut loose from the coaches and
aped to Boardmen, three miles dis
tant, for medical assistance. Dr, Nor.
man responded and gave first aid. Dr.
T. C. Johnson of Lumberton " was
notified by 'phone and rushed to the
scene, as did J)r. J, P, Brown of Fair
mont the A. C t. furgeon for the
district. s-' : ' ,. v .iiSiss'j'?
According to a statement ' of Mr.
Floyd, he overtook Mrs. : Edwards
walking down the - highway several
miles south of Lumberton and offered
her a ride Uponr reaching Orrum 'on
the main throughfareftMr. Floyd saw
the approaching train as he attempt
ed to cross, slowed his car and seeing
tnat tne accident couid not be avoided
turned sharply, to .mak i& contact
lighter, which eye witnesses declare
prevented a more serious i accident,
possiblx ating the livsof thrf occu
pants. Another .. reason for the acci
dent not being any worse was. the fact
that the train was slowing for the sta
tion 50 yards away, and persons in
Orrum stated that the train gave the
usual station blow, "but Mr.; Floyd
failed to hear it. The Ford was done
considerable damage; Drs.: Johnson
and Norman accompanied the injured
to Lumberton, where they were plac
ed in a hospital for .treatment-Their
condition when reaching Lumberton
about noon was reported as favorable,
although more thorough examination
may prove, otherwise,: Mrs. Edwards
was rendered unconscious - and. had
Tegained consciousness when ' I they
arrived -Lumberton. Mr. . Floyd -was
restingwell, as .was the baby. .
This accident was somewhat simir
lar to the one which occurred at the
crossing just one mile east of Orrum.
about a year ago, when the passenger
train going, west struck a car, injur
ing several. -j .r--,; '
An x-ray V examination at the
Thompson hospital did not how any
broken . bones, though both Mrs. Ed
wards and Mr. Floyd are suffering
from the shock and bruises received.
Mrs. . Edward's baby escaped with
slight bruises.' '.
Fire Caused by Lea v fat Gutter. '
The fire company Was called out
Thursday at 7 p. m. on account of a
blaze underneath a tin ' roof at the
home of Mr. A. P. McAllister, Chest
nut and Sixth streets.; The . flames
mw, extinguished j by... the - use of
chemicals before much, damage was
done. It is -thought the fire started
" from .a-spark which fell .among some
Jeavea'which had lodged in a gutter. ,
Leaves have lodged in the gutters
of many Lumberton homes, according
to Fire Chief Ed J. Glover, who asked
The Robesonian to urge" local ; citi
zens to clean out the gutters on their
roofs. ; V . ...
Lumberton Tobacco . Board of Trade
- Organized.;. ." . - TC
. ; The. Lumberton Tobacco Board of
Trade was Organized Friday with
Mr. C. ,H. Taylor of the Star ware
house, president, Mr. : T. ; Leonard
Cheek, of the Banner warehouse, sec
retary; The purpose of the organiza
tion, is ;tou promote the interests of
'. Lumberton , as a . tobaccor market and
f all business men of i(the. . town, are
Coneerf1byPjfphins Next Friday
NlgluViJ:- i r- K
, ? A class from the Odd Fellows
, orphan's , homfr will : give-a concert
next Friday night at 8:15 in the school
auditorium. A full house will 'be of
r great help to the Orphans at this
' time. Let everybody , encourage and
lielp. ('An enjoyable-programme will
. oe renaerea.; y, ?
.- ' Miss, Vivian, Townsend ,-left today
Jor , wendeu; wbere ; she will spend
some time visiting at the home of
her brother-in-law and, sister, Mr.
and Mrs. O. C Spauldmg. :. '--.... .
. ' Mr. Leonard Britt of Mt Elim was
va Lumberton visitor Friday, r
Go-6p yarchpuses
Receiving Tobacco
: .t. . , .V.-"-.--1-
Tobacco Will b -Received at Ware
t houses of Cooperatives J Days Each
, Week; Beginning Today--Membets
Pleased With New JlethW -of
- Handling.
TonArco snonr.D be kept ;
' DRY AND IN GOOD ORDER
'All the warehouses to be operated
in the South Carolina belt by th Co
operative . Tobacco Marketing' associa
tion onened for-receivintf tobacco this
morning.' While very few farmers had
learned the date wnen tne warenousea
Would open,: quite ; a, number of .the
members, of I the association brought
tobacco to the local co-operative
market today and were t apparently
pleased with the new method of handl
ing "Jtheir ; tobacco. The V warehouses
will be open for receiving tobacco;on
Mondays, -Wednesdays and Fridays
of each - week. "a:,'--,.-
Two -large : warehouses Farmers
and Big Banner will be . operated
here Jjy the association. Mr.: J Si C.
Lewis, an experienced warehouseman
of South Boston, Va., has charge -of
the warehouses.1 Messrs; R. W, Wat
son and J. T.-Penn, former tobacco
buyers for 'leading companies, have
charge of the grading, while a compe
tent office force keeps the records. ,
, vThe tobacco is graded as- it y is
brought in and immediately, placed in
hogsheads ' and prepared for shipping
to re-drying plants. The tobacco' is
graded by samples. Members of ; the
association are given drafts for the
advance to be paid on the tobacco
when it is brought, and participating
certificates lot tne balance to be paid
when the tobacco is sold. The three
local banks will cash the drafts,
Mr. Lewis asks The Robesonian to
urge "members of the association to
keep their tobacco dry and , bring' it
in in good order. ' ,-
VERY MUCH WANTED MAN
Former Robefion. County Man Wanted
on Charges of Grande Larceny,
Bigamy,.; Jail and Asylum Break
ing. ; rS:".& --'i-.i-'y--' ; h
vSomec time -ago a requisition was
made by the authorities of Ute State
of -Florida on the North Carolina, au
thorities for Ernest Jackson, a Cum
berland county citizen, wanted ' , In
Florida "for alleged grand : larceny.
The- papers were sent from Raleigh
to the sheriff of Robeson county, who
sent them' to this ? county. Deputy
Sheriff . M. A. McLean, hearing that
Jackson was working near'Elizabeth
town, ; Bladen county.V went s there to
arrest, him. only to find that he had
been placed in Jail on a charge - of
bigamy. So the matter of taking him
to Florida was postponed. ;
; In a few days. Jackson "went raw
ing cr;zfifthaU'Nand his condi
tion apparentlywaavso serious that
he was taken to the asylum at RaU
eigh. - And now comes the news that
he escaped from the asylum the other
day.. So there is" at large,, a man
wanted for; grand larceny, i bigamy,
jail breaking and asylum -breaking.
Fayetteville. Observer, Aug. 8.
Jackson formerly. lived near Lum
berton' and ' is well-known to many
Robeson citizens.
In Snow Storm on Mount . Mitchell
August 2nd. - .' v
Mr. H. E. Stacy returned Thursday
night from a trip through the mount
ains of the western part of the State
with Mr.. T. L. Johnson, in the letter's
Cadillac, Leaving hers on the night
of July 28 with Mrs. : Johnson and
children, they went by rail to "Char
lotte, to which place the car had been
sent to. be "tuned up", for . the f trip,
Mrs. Johnson, and the children- going
on by rail to Hickory .1 to , visit rela
tives,, Messrs. Stacy and Johnson
drove Saturday to -: Chimney ' Rock,
spent , the night there, - and drove
thence to points , of mterest : about
Hendersonville and Asheville.' About
the' middle of the afternoon on Au
gust 2nd they were in a snow and
sleet storm ; on the top . of . Mount
Mitchell, the . highest point east of
the Rockies. A postcard from , Mr.
Johnson mailed at Asheville' August
3rd shows the dining room of. Grove
Park inn and stated that he would
lunch there on : that day. with the
Rotary club. Mr. Johnson will 'return
home by rail this week and leave the
ear for the use of Mrs.' Johnson. '
17-Year-Old Bey Found Dead in Bed.
Norman .Martin. 17.vear-oki son
of Mr. W. B. Martini -who lives in
Howellsville township, was . found
dead fa bed. Thursday, morning. Inter
ment was .made -Friday at Raft
Swampi Baptist church. Thfi. cause-of
the. young man's, death has Hot been
learned. . .J-" y..-
Field Pasture Meeting Thursday.
There will be a field pasture meet
insr on the farm . of Mr. Spurgeon
Jones, near Powersville, Thursday of
this week at 10 a. m. Mr. O. o.;
Dukes,' county'., farm demonstratot,
will conduct the meeting and all farm
ers a are invited.- to be present Mr,
Jones': has 'a mixed pasture of Carpet
grassana xespeaeza. , a
,Mr J. C. Barnes of Back Swamp
was a Lumberton visitor Saturday.
BLACK CRIME COMMITTED BT
3 NEGROES AT SOUTHERN PINES
Criminally "AssaaHed White Woman
-After Shootlnr Husband With Babe
; in' Ilis .Arms Negroes Rushed, t
SUte Prison at, Raleigh One cf
Them Angus .Murphy Who Served
" a Term" In Prison from Robeson. '
r .Three negroes charged with crimin
al assault on a white .woman and per
haps fatally shooting her husband as
he - lay asleep just outside Southern
Pines, early Friday- - morning were
rushed to-the State prison at Raleigh
Friday.reaching there barely 20 minu
tes ahead of a score or more of band
hill citiajenswho had followed in hot
pursuit" Rumors that . : an ..ittempt
might be made to storm, the prison
caused-s, Governor Morrison vtd order
troops to the prison for guaTd duty.?
. The crime is one 4t the blackest in
the ; history of the SUte.. As told la
the Raleigh News and Observer, A. U
Ketchen, his wife and year-old daugh
ter making their way from "Miami
Fla.; to their home, in Connecticut by
automobile.' camped Thursday night
just outside i the corporate limits of
Southern Finest r fe&"V "i ?V
At 1 o'clock in the morninsf Mrs.
Ketchen was awakened by a shot Her
husband : had. been shot through - the
left .breast as ly asleep on ' tie
cot The ' baby's head - was . missed r by
a fraction of an inch. The bullet pass.
ed through the body and throngh, the
cot on which he was lying. The wife
went to assist her husband, but was
dragged away and outraged, first, by
on negTi
Money,
negJoef' ,?d th wtua. left.a-td!-the driver, who in turn used some badlfj!.! thl f oi Mb.!iaAlf?S
ad?lde: Mrs. .Ketchen made hethgge and made some threats At S A. ElJiSmJ
to a neighboring - house,' where sh4
found assistance. Her husband was
taken to - Southern . Pines and " given
emergency treatment Later he wai
removed to the McConnell hospital hi
Carthage;-'.:-' ...:
After . considerable search the ne
groes, were found in a coal car of ja
passing freight at Aberdeen." A search
of them disclosed all the missing pro
perty i of , their - victims, 'including a
monocrammed ' wrist watch striDDed
from Mrs. Ketchen's wrist. Later, the
negroes were identified by theVWoman.
Sheriff D. A. Blue .of Moore jcounty
commandeered .a Packard and arrW
Mii firimr-. tftIeigJmjUTiM exact meaning, of this- is that
away, .-ia considerably lless , hair'
hours. ) V. , .
The rnecroas nav thedr names as
John Lee, 16, . Wilmington; Angus
Murphy, 86,- Robeson .eounty: Joseph
Thomas, 20, South Carolina. Lee con
fessed to Sheriff Blue but maintained
that he was not a party to the actual
crimes,
Murphy, said to1 be from Maxton,
was tried at the July, 1911, term of
Robeson Superior -court on the charge
of larceny and .was sentenced to
four years in the - State- prison. Hie
News and Observer states that Mur
phy' was recognized byWarden Bus-
bee., as having served a 4-year term
in. the State prison. He is regarded as
a '.bad negro. , v ,. , j
Home-Coining Picnic - in Honor of
Rev. A. L. Davis,
Correspondence of The Robesonian. ,
xTrmity, Ala., Aug. 1. The rela-i
tiveS, pupils and friends of Rev, A. L.f
Davis-wfil honor him, now. in his 90th
year, ' with a home-coming picnic
August 6. . A large-attendance is ex
pected. '.
Entertainment
at Fairmont Indian
School.
Conesponjlence of The Robesonian.
ajwre y,w v i aa enwriainmeiw
the Fairmont ' Indian school, house
Saturday, Aug. 12, hours 5. to 9.
Proceeds for building. The public is
cordially invited.
Typhoid Vaccination. '
Dr. E. . Hardin, county health of-,
fleer,' will be at the following places!
Tuesday, August 8, to vaccinate for
typhoid fever: Mt Monah 11 :30 a.i
m.; Raemon 1:30 p. m.; Rowland 10:-
80' km-.:-iJ--
Mrs. N. A.. Thompson - and two
children, Miss Julia and Master Neill
Archie,. Jr.: will leave , tomorrow for
Montreat where they will spend two
weeks. - -. -
Mr. H. W Ivey of R. 8,. Lumberton,
is in town today. , . ,
Messrs. W. G. Britt and L M. row-,
tell of Parkton are Lumberton visitors'
today, -S v.-.' -;. j . -
, Mr. N. J. McRimmon of R. 8, Max-
ton, is among the visitors in town to-
dyrfi';;'vv:.-.i''i-'j- ''
;tMr W .W. Lewis -of .. Fairmont is
among the visitors in town today.
Messrs. W.-Xennon and 1 Robert
Caldwell have returned home - from
Hendersonvilleaadother points in
Western .NorthCatolina,' where they
spent v weehvT: jr ; .'Z- -' '
Mrs. CI Cherry and small daugh
ter returned home Friday Jt evening
from Raleigh, where they spent sev
eral day visiting relatives.
Rev. Morrison Bethea. of the Ral
eigh convocation of, the - Episcopal
church spent Friday and Saturday in
town, the guest of his cousin Mr. J
A'setnea. "; - - -.
. Messrs.-F. A. Faulk, 'B.: L. Page
and R. M. Williams of R. 1, Fairmont
are Lumberton, visitors today.' .1
Messrs. J. W. ' Andrews, W..- W.
Davis, C C. Price and- AJex Davis of
R. 1, Fairmont, afe among the visi
tors in town today.- - -
Average Price of To
: ? Four Timzz: As High As Last Year
Pi
Average First 4 Days of Season Slt41
; the Handred as . Compared .With
$59 Same Dayr Last -.Year.".; -V
The Lumberton 5 tobaccd t market
sold at auction during the four sales
days last week 169,450 pounds of to
bacco for, $32,834.01," an average Of
$19.31 the hundred for the t entire
sales. The average . for the first four
t
sales days on this msrket last year
was $5.59, the average: this, year be
ing - almost four . times as - much as
that, of 1921; ; v i--.r .
The : amount of' tobacco - offered oft
the local auction - market is expected
to increase as the selling season ad
vances. The fact that the J tobacco-)
growers Sre grading" and tielng their
tobacco Jbef ore offering it for sale will
no doubt result, in slower marketing
than under the bid system of selling
it "in the rougn'-.v-''V-v-Vv,
' FAIRMONT NEWS ITEMS
Tipsy Auto Driver Opened His Mouth
and Put His Foot in It Fairmont
Now; Has a Baseball Team.
. By Bu V. Brown , -', .
Fairmont Aug. 6. A white , man
town last Friday afternoon and sup
posedly lost control of his big Paige
six and ran into a large :. Caddilac
this nnint th nffiVov nl.M4 1,1m t,n - -
der Mdlo n.
tmUr - th. : Mviv mnA
contents were gone but . enough was
left for evidence. The trial bef pre Re
corder Floyd resulted in the defend
ant paying out nearly $20 for his
negligence and drinking, The Caddi
lac belonging to Mr. V. W. Critcher
was slightly damaged and the Ford
was given a fairly good lick but was
not damaged. . -Fairmont
Now. Has Ball. Team
Fairmont is at last' in baseballdom.
Fairmont now has a baseball team.
how. good we can t tell you at this
writing. However,; we f - have some
mighty : good ; plaers . . of , a ood
established reputation as diamond
workers. The pitching staff has not
yet been completed but several good
hurlers are in view and the 'games
to be played this week will tell a
tale. Monday, August 7th, the local
team will play the strong - Dillon
aggregation here at the Beaufort
park,the game starting at exactly
4 o'clock. On Wednesday, the 9th, a
game has been secured . with the
Boardman team. The results of these
games will .decide! just , how many
more real players we need. Several
games are being arranged with the
different elubs . of the interstate
league. Results of these games will
be given In Thursday's ROBESON
IAN and nossiblv announcements of
other eames. : r
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Creeping Paralysis. Begins, to be Felt
- as the Strike Runs. . ; ; .
: This Morning's Raleigh News . and
Observer states that creeping
paralysis of practically ever industry
hi : the State that set in with : the
, .beginning of the shopmen's strike.
'now - entering its sixth . Week has
tflready thrown ten men out of work
to one striking shopman according to
wnai are oenevea ; to be very . con
servative -estimates and the worst of
the tie up is just beginning to be felt
"State ' Highway -A. Commissioner
Page declares that the strike is cost-
me the : state
more than $10,000 a
day." " -
A Washington dispatch states that
leaders of the striking shopmen wait
ed over Sunday in that city expect
ing io resume with President - Hard
ing today negotiations for strike
settlement which were reopened
Saturday. - . - -C :
5 Strike-Breakers Severely Beat-
en.
Southern Pines. Ane. 4. Tvrtmt.
five masked men, thought by the au-
thonties to be strikinsr Seaboard
shopmen, attacked five strike-break-
lers and a guard at work on a disabled
freight engine on a siding at Manly,
2 miles north of here, late this after
noon, bound and gaged them, loaded
tnent m automobile, - carried i- them
several miles from the scene and beat
them severely: one of themvWha
: Mr. -Oscar Mv Tsrael left - Sator.
day night for New York Wty" where
he will join Mr. A; Weinstein, who has
been spending some time in Chicago
Messrs. Weinetem and Israel wSl be
in New York for a few days buying
new fall goods for Mr. Weinstein's
department store. v - ' .
Miss Mary Gibson of Hamlet spent
the week-end here visiting at the
home of Mr and Mrs. E. I. Hamil
ton,' Second, street Miss Gibson was
accompanied from Dunn, where she
has been visiting; by little Miss Sarah,
small daughter of Mr. . and Mrs.
Hamilton, who had been in Dunn two
weeks visiting friends.
riTL"..r- .y"m vir ""'.farmers were heard to kick on the
bacco Nearly
? t. - A
Average m Fairnumt Market ' Was
v $IL22 as Cemsared with $SZ9 fee
Same Time Last Year -"Coops Be
gia Receiving Tobacco Teday
Fairmont August 5. Fairmont sold
tobacco this week at prices that were
absolutely satisfactory to the farm
ers.. Opening Tuesday with ' 54348
pounds selling for the sum of $796-
63, and average of $14.40, Wednesday
the: market sold 44,222 , pounds for
$7ov an average of 4 $1.75.
Thursday 80,113 pounds of -the weed
were-sold for the sum of $16944,
average of $21.09. Friday the total
number of pounds wss 79,022, which
sold for the sum of $1442.76, aver
age $18,78. The total for. the -. four
days was 258,205 pounds selling for
the sum of $47,042.47, an average
for the week of $18.22. The first four
days : sales last season brought the
sum of $20,14842, ' an average of
$5.69. : -"; ':- ''-"'.w:.. - -: ,-
- These being certified figures there
can be no doubt as to the veracity of
the statement as some have express
ed regarding the reports from , the
markets after the opening sales. On
price they had been offered but were
told that it was' dn account of the
offerings not being tied and graded.
"T . v" " "
Se ,o7.1 ToCco GrZlrTZrV
loc1 Tobacco Growers ,Co-opera-
presence of the association.
The -Tobacco Growers association
here has received final instructions
to begin receiving tobacco for the
pool Monday August 7th Receiving
wiR be held on Monday's Wednesdays
and Fridays of each week. The other
days . will be given to the shipping
and caring for the received tobaccos.
Messrs.W. M. Worley and E. Jones.
who have the business of the associa
tion in charge, here, express v them
selves as being highly pleased with
the situation and that they expect a
urge quantity of tobacco to be pool
ed. this coming week.Mr. W. L Proc
tor is expected on every train and
will be the "official grader for the
association. ; :- ,. -.:.---.
"Messrs. Swahson and i Matthews,
Who have been -here before with the
auction system, re this year here
with the co-operative association. .
T Messrs. E. J. Davis and Sons.
prietors of the Robeson county ware
house, and Messrs. E. J. Chamber
and O. A. Reeves, proprietors of the
People's' tobacco " warehouse, doing
business under the old "auction sys
tem, express that they feel confident
that this market will sell from four
to six million pounds at auction this
season. v r---,.-. - .
THE RECORD OF DEATHS.
Mrs. Sam Stone of Proctorville Sec
tion. s
Mrs. Sam Stone. arl SA vi f
the Proctorville section died Satur
day at 10 a. m. at the Baker sana
torium, of internal cancer. Deceased
is survived by her husband and one
child, 6 Wveks old. The funeral was
conducted yesterday at 4:30 p. m. by
Revr L "P. Hedgpeth, pastor of Big
Branch Baptist church, of which de
ceased was a member, and interment
was made In the- family cemetery
near the home. -A - ;
wMr. Jas. A. Britt sf CUrkton
Mr. James Anderson - BHt. - m'tmA
48 years, of Clsrkton, died of heart
trouble at 1 p. m. at the Baker sana
torium. The remains were taken to
the home yesterday and the funeral
will take place this afternoon and in
terment will be made in the family
cemetery, near the home.
Death of Mri Nancy C Wstson
Visitors. ; -.,-y.!---!i -.-: . .
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
rast lAimoerton, Aug. 7 Mrs. W
Benson and dauhtcra. !( atn.
Lee and Johnson Louise, of Spartan
burg, a C, arrived in Lumberton
this morning to make a short stay at
the home of Mr. Levi Perry of East
Lumberton, a brother of the elder
lady, after which they will "sojourn?
among the t highways and ' byways
north' of Rosindale in Bladen,: where
a host ox reiaaves and friends wait
to welcome them in ..their midst
K!? o the late
Francis Watson, died at Hope Mills
B.2-Thursday morning, the: 3rd
inst Interment was made Friday
fromfog t Tenmile church. Deceased
is survived by two daughters, two
Bisters and five brothers. '
'; -': Lloyd Hardin- Indian ' '
Lloyd Hardin, Indian, aged 25 years,
died yesterday at 2 p. m. at his home
in Saddletree township, 9 miles from
Lumberton, of tuberculosis. -. t t :
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White will leave
tomorrow m - their . automobfle for
Winston-Salem, where they will spend
10 days, making side trips from the
twin city. ,. r - . .
. COTTON UARSXST
' Middling eotton is Quoted on the lo
cal market today at 20 1-4 eentsthe .
pound. :- - . ''-. -
BRIEF. ITEMS OF- LOCALS NEWS ;
- 'i 'anMnnnnn: ;' "'
Mr. F. I Cady, manager of that
Augusta, Ga baseball , club, - spent '
Friday and Saturday hero "looking
over" the local club. : v ; -
Receipts at the local postoffko -for
the year ending June 80, last, were)
$20,310.35, as compared with $13,87&-
93 for the previous year. This was an '
increase of $1,431.42. , " , .
Miss Lacy Johnson, bookkeeper
in Mr A. ; Weinstein's . department '
store, has returned to work after
spending 2 months . visiting f rela
tives near. Hope Mills. .
" -Mr. DeLeos, Britt went last week
to Raleigh, where he delivered an ad
dress ' on f Amateur Journalism" be t
fore a meeting' of young men. ' The
meeting was held Tuesday and Wed
nesday. ; .
. An annex to the Lorraine hotel
has been opened over Efird's depart
ment store, It win accommodate
people. The Lorraine has been crowd' '
ed with patrons of late, necessitating
the opening of the annexT . - :r ?
Mr. Chalmer Boney had an opera- .
Hon performed on his nose Friday by
Dr. 3. G. Murphy of Wilmington. He
was accompanied to Wilmington by
his father, Mr. A;. E,. Boney, who re
turned home 'Friday evening.
Recorder D. H. Fuller and Mr. 1.
Dixon McLean left . Friday in Mr.
Fuller's car- for New York via the.
valley of Virginia, Harper's Ferry
and Gettysburg. Mr. Fuller will spend
some time in the Adirondacks before
returning, home. .- xk- : -I -s4
The Baraca class of the : Firsi .
Baptist church will hold a social meet-
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.
R. Mclhtyre, East Fifth street, Fri- . .
day evening of this week. Mr. Me- -Intyre
is. president of the class. All
members of the class are invited. '
- Dr. E. R. Hardin, eounty health '
officer, 'returned home last night
from Augusta, t?a., where he spent
a week with his mother, who has
been seriously,, ill for some time. Her
condition was somewhat , improved '
when Dr.' Hardin left her. . -
Twenty-two and 8-10 acres' of
farming lands, belonging to Mr. W.
C Britt and located on the Wildcat
highway (Creek road) seven miles
south , of Lumberton,' were sold at ..
suction at the court house door Sat
urday, for, $5,000. Mrv E.. J. Britt of
Lumberton was the purchaser. t
Mr. Walter Ivey, who ie employ
edby Messrs. Tucker & Lax ton, who .
arr erecting the new reservoir at the
local filter plant, was painfully hurt
about 10 o'clock, this morning when
a piece of 4 x 4 timber used in the
framework of the reservoir; fell and
struck him on the head. Mr. Ivey went
to the Thompson hospital and it is
thought he will be able to return
home tonight " , ..it.
trMr. F. D.. Hackett Jr.. submitted
the highest bid $15,000 on the BuU -
lock Brothers Auto Co., bankrupt gar
age building, Chestnut and . Third
streets, at noon today.. Mr. Hackett
also submitted the highest bid on the '
stock, his bid being $1,300. The pro
perty was bid off at auction, Mr. W.
S. Britt receiver, conducting the sale.
It probable that Mr. Britt will re
ject the bids however. ?
A.Ford coupe owned and. driven
by Mr. R.- McA. Nixon and a Ford.
car driven, by Arthur Lee, colored, of
svrauis, were ootn somewhat dam-
aged late Friday afternoon at the
corner of Sixth ; and ' Pine . streets
when the two ears met in head-on ' .
collision Mr." Nixon wss driving on
the right side of ihe street when
Lee turned his .car to the left which
resulted in the colision. No one . was
hurt - '' ' ' . ' " ' X
Mrs.'W."F.'':r!Fnner"-'reiBmed "
Thursday night' from WiWiiHgton,
wnere she spent a week visiting Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Moore. , Mr, and Mrs.
Moore entertained at a six o'clock
dinner at the Oceanic hotel, Wrights
ville Beach, Friday, July 28, in Mrs
Fuller's honor. Mr. Fuller spent the
week-end at Wilmington -and was ac
companied home by their small' son,
w. Jr. who wentwith his mother
to Wilmington.
Considerable ' excitement was
caused at the union station late "yes
terday afternoon when a monkey be-,
longing to Mr. Ed. J. Glover bit a
small girl on the leg. The parents of
the child were very much enraged
and the father, who lives in Bladen
county, . threatened to . brinr i suit
against -tike railroad 7 eompany -f or
damages. While the' child was running
after the monkey when attacked, he
monxey was running at large, a udnr
waira iooiua not oe auoweOj. ,-
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Senator Claude A. Swansoa'was
nominated for United States Senator
hi" a primary held last Tuesday: in
Virginia over former Governor West
moreland Davis. ,
Mayor ' J. C Walton of ' Ojclahoma
City, anti-Ku Klux Elan and farmer
labor, candidate fa the 3-cornered
race for; the Democratic nomination
for Governor of Oklahoma -'was
nominated in the State-wide primary
held last Tuesday. The Ku Klux
Klan backed one of . Walton's , op
ponents. -. " '. ;-Jx ;''---T-:'
Gastonia voted $150,000 school bonds
last week.
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