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t
of Man Ho Murdered
'.'lUhUW Clethinc of Manning Ford
- Located in- Woods Near Marietta
JConfessed Murderer. Eagerly Hum
med placer-Says He Killed Ford
" With Axe in Ilia uon
ged Body to Woods Refuses te
- Motive Nothing, Known at , Mari--etta
of Crime. - '
SUMMERS' WIFE SAYSJIE KILL
ED FORD WHILE LATTER AS
ASLEEP IN - THEIR DOME
Frank Summers,1- the - confessed
murderer of Manning Ford, today led
ol..:m o V T ctiiii ami a T)0S8C 01 01.
f icers to the place where he hid the
body of Ford parly in. the morning of
February 19, last. The body was not
buried and only .'the clothing, 'and
larger bones of the murdered 'man re.
mained to Temove all doubt that Sum
mers had actually committed the crime
which he told Augusta, Ga., officials
that he had .committed, The body of
the murdered ' man was . left
large body- of woods, about 1-mile
west of Marietta, and only a few hun.
dred' yards .from - the, bouse where
Summers lived at the, time of .the. kill
ing. .' ' ' " '-" '-
Summers had some little difficulty
in locating the exact place where he
had carried the man he killed and he
sought the place. as eagerly, as-one
could. Leading the officers from place
to place in- the : woods, they had re
come suspicious that the remaps
would not be located. The - -remains
were . left within 200 yeards of , the
public road. ; :. . , ' 1 - ,
Although officers had kept secret
the time when they were to take Sum
mers to that immediate1 section tot
the purpose of showing where he hid
placed the body of 'the1 man he kill
ed, several hundred people-, gathered
and were present when the remains
were" found. There was no indication
of violence to Summers, however. v; ;
; -h skull of :the f murdered - man
showed that he had been dealt a blow
in the back of the head, a large hole
having been ; knocked in , tjie. sknll
bone. Summers ' stated as he viewed
the bones that he struck Ford on the
head with an axe. He killed Ford Jn
his home,- he said, but - refused to
state why he strnck him;. After he had
dealt the death' blow, he earned
Ford's' body to the point where the
remains were found today. . ,
Nothing was known in the Mari
etta section of the killing until after
Summers ..had . told Georgia officials
the- story. Just prior v to the time
Ford was killed he bad gotten into
some, minor trouble and when he dis
appeared his people and , the ' public
thought he had left the community
because of this trouble. "
' Summers' and his wife " did not
leave Marietta: until about 7 weeks
ago. After reaching Augusta Sum
mers' wife "gave him away", as he
termed it today. He stated that he did
not leave this county on account of
the killing, however. After he. was ar
rested by the Georgia officials he told
them all about the killing.
An affadivit in the hands of the offi
cers and signed by Summers' wife
states that her husband killed Ford
while he was asleep that he told his
wife he was going to- kill Ford and
while she had stepped out of the house
her husband committed the deed.. r';
Summers denied today , the report
that 'he and Ford had . operated a
whiskey jtill and said that nobody ex.
cept himself had anything to do with
the killing. Summers-, looks ...to he
about 85 years old. - - J --
Afterbeing. viewed byDr. e; R.
Hardin, county coroner, . the scatter
ed remains of the murdered man were
turned .over to his relatives.
Frank Ssmmen Says :S Ha X Killed
Manning Ford at Marietta Last Feb
ruary Confessed to Augusta, .Ga.,
Officers vand Was Brought .to
Lumberton Last Night Ford Sop.
posed . to. Have Joined Navy- ., and
Nothing Known of Murter.'::ir-'?
Frank ' Summers, who " early last
week told Augusta, Ga- Off icers that
he killed. Manning Ford at Marietta,
Robeson county, on February 1?,
last, was brought here last: night ,"bx
Rural Policeman J. H. Carper, who
went ; to .Augusta . for V the - confessed
murderer. When Sheriff Bp E. Lewis
was ' advised of Summers;,. confession
by Georgia -officials, he made an investigation-"
and , could . learn nothing
that would throw any .light on the
killing:1 - - : ...v;-; :-::';,
Later he learned that Ford, whose
home wasnear Lakeview, S.C., just
across , the State line, had not'been
seen since .the date that Summers
says he killed him. Ford, who was
about 19 - years old, worked about
says he killed him. His: family
.ii...Alf ' h had : fainsd thu haw: and
UiVHgUV w . J.
nce. Summers and . his ; vwif e i left
Marietta aomft seven . weeks' ago" tr1
went to August." Summer had . bt i
arrested on suspicion :bef ore- he I aub-
tnitted, it Is aaiL -t v r .
Summers still contends that ha kill
ed Ford when Ford cursed feim and
that he can locate Ford', bod;. He
ElzioHiUC":h::-d
''-'I;-' In Cumberland
He Escaped from Robjeson Chain
GangSeveral "Weeks. 'Ago Cap
tared at Hope Mills and .. Brought
Back, to-Gang. ' , t-
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'uElzie nill,: young- white man who
escaped from "'the Robeson; county
chain .gang .some ;. three ' weeks-ago,
was recaptured Friday" in Cumber
land county, ;;This waa the second
time' Hill had -escaped from the
"gang"; "He first escaped ;. several
months ago while serving a sentence
imposed Upon him in Iloke county.. He
was arrested soon after this escape
and was ound' guilty of the larceny
of a car here on the- night of his
escape at the July, term of court. He
was given a 6-months road sentence
on the car larceny" charge and 8
This was in addition to the unserved
term imposed in Hoke r county ..court.
-The following is taken from Satur
day's Fayetteville Observer:- -
"Elsa Hill, a desperate man and
escaped convict, Jst in Cumberland
county Jail. "He was captured yester
day at- Hope Mills by Sheriff -N- H.
McGeachy and a ; posse. : Hill . :- was
caught near the house of his father,
who lives just across the1 street from
the Hope Mills graded school..
VThe sheriff . and some' of his men
entered the house ' to -; search . there
while the balance of the posse scour
ed the woods nearby. Shortly . after
the sheriff entered the house, he
heard a call from the outside. Going
out, he saw officers- approaching
with Hill. They found him lying hj
the bushes near a creek, v
f'Hill has proved a dangerous and
troublesome man. : He . was convicted
for law violation some' time ago, -and
in Hoke county ", jail " he knocked
Deputy Sheriff, A H. Watson in the
head. He was put on the i roads of
Robeson county.-He . escaped after
serving for some . time. He -atole v an
automobile from a man named Davis
and robbed a hardware store at Rae
ford. He was recaptured in the town'
of Rockingham and - put back on the
roads.'. .. . " -
"Not satisfied with his: first .ex
perience, f Hill made a second dash
for liberty and got away. Sheriff Mc.
Geachy has been on the lookout for
him,' and nabbed him yesterday after-
moon,", i ,; - -'r -f ,V"-'v":
TEN PEOPLE POISONED BY' AR
SENATE OF : LEAD IN BISCUITS.
Seven-Y ear-Old Boy Poured . Poison
Into Floor Barrel Thinking Jt Was
Flour All Have Recovered ' From
Effects. ' .
Ten people were poisoned Thursday
at the home of. Mr.. J.' W Burns,
Gaddy township. R. 1 from Fairmont,
when Ithey- ate biscuits made : from
flour into .which arsenate of lead had
been-poured by a 7-year-old boy, who
thought it was . flour. '. DrsJflichaux
and Henslee were hastily summonsed
from Diillon,, S. fJ.r and all who par
took of the poisoned biscuits .have re
covered from the ill effects. , i t
v-An orphan : boy who lives m the
Burns home found what he thought
was flour in a saclc which he got from
the commisary to use in picking cot
ton, so he emptied . the ' contents into
the flour barrel without mentioning it
any one.'- Those who partook of the
poison and were more or less effected
were Mr., and Mrs. J. W. Burns and
seven children, and Mr. Bums' father.
Mr. J. R. Burns, Mrs. J. W, Burns
was brought i at once to the Baker
sanatorium where Thursday night she
gave birth to a boy - -v ;
"c -- . ' n. r I '
Still and Alleged Bockaders Captured
Neat Red Banks. ';, -.-'-"
Rural Policeman .W, W.'. Smith of
Maxton. Friday captured a whiskey
still near the home of William Lucas,
who lives i near Red - Banks." Around
200 gallons of. beer found about the
still were poured out Lucas and , ALT
Lowrey were arrested by Officer Smith
and both made bond . for - appearance
in court. The still was constructed of
a .large rnilk ican :with ja copper
worm. Mr. Smith is a ' Lomberton
visitor' today.
BolT Weevil Speech- afi Court House;
: This ; Evening.ii wv&r Y U - fVt
;As was stated in Thursday's Robe
sonian, Mr.. N. vGBartlettM- secretary
of tther." Eastern . North ' Carolina
Chamber-" of Commerce, will : speak
on the boll weevil at the court house
here this, evening at? 8 ' O'clock. .Mr.
Bartlett has ' made a . close, study of
the weevil, and methods of combatting
him : and - no doubt' his ? address will
be of interest to both farmers and
business .rnen.&;-'s. -
Cotttf Co-op 'f Receiving"? Agent -Z at
JFaIfihont;-;;:,;'5,r.'i :;vi
In - pcbll sbing the list "of "'receiving
ger-ts,-' for. the - Co-operative' Cotton
M a i k e iizsf- association at " various
pSint ;-in ' the county.' Thursday J the
n- of lit. iWVN.' HubbarJ, wtic has
be .. " r me X'as receiving -. zi C-t
F .'H, 'OnadertentljKo.r !tfet
was taken ; to 'Marietta this" morning
by Sheriff ,E, E. Lewis and Deputy
A, n. PreVatt for the purpose of lo
cating the body of the man he says
he killed. ' r
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tj-l . NEW1; BRIDGE ACROSS LUMBER R IVER TJ1REE MILES WEST OF. LUMBERTON ,
This handsome 'bridge was opened to traffic Thursday of last week, 5 days earlier than the date announc-'
ed by the 'foreman in charge. It is constructed entirely' of steel and concrete, the floor being of steel and con.
Ccveie'with asphalt surface. -The"-contract price was'around $20,000 and the ; bridge was constructed by the
, Roanoke (Va.) Iron & Bridge Works, T. J. Fraley being, the foreman in charge. The' bridge is located just a
'short, distance op the river .from the old McNeill bridge, the road -being straightened, at this point on . the'
Lumberton side. The Wildcat, highway has been hard-surfaced from Lumberton to the Maxton-Red Springs
4 fork Just beyond the bridge. , t , , - - , x. , -
T
Smvrna is Vast"
y Sepulcre of Aehcb
...... ...... ..... . . '....n.i
Charred Bodies of Countless Victims
and Shattered Walla of . 23.000J
Homes Tell Story of Death and De.
struction Unexampled in Modern
History. ' " 5 -
Smyrna, "Sept. 17.(Associated
Press.) Smyrna, which r. the . Turks
have called the eye: of Asia, is a vast
sepulchre of ashes.. Only the shatter
ed walls of 25,000 homes, and the
charred - bodies of countless victims
remain to tell the story of death and
destruction unexampled ; in modern
history. . y'y, -""-c
v The,, ruins' are 'still smouldering
like a" volcano "which-has spent its
furr. -Ho Jeff ort Jhas . been made VS
the, Turks to remove the dead and dy
ing'. The atreets are full of the bodies
of -those who " sought to ? escape for
the most part, women and children.
Every ' building m the .-Armenian
quarter has been burned, ' ' with the
dead lying about. The ' bay, which
covers an area of 50 acres, still car-1
u nrfnoo th nisnr rpmnnnta'
of those who wire ..massacred . or! guests there, and all through Sunday
sought to escape the ruthlessness of i the telephones - between Chequer's
the " fire. One water v front f holds '.court and the foreign off ice in Lon
. 7 SECTION OF WILDCAT HIGHWAY NEAR LUMBERTON ' '
'"""Above is shown a "section of the Wildcat, or W. C. A.' paved highway
between Lumberton and the Maxton-Red Springs fork 8.3 miles west of
Lumberton. ' .' - J.- - ' ' - A 1 . J
Contract Let For
New School Build-V
j ing AtFairmpnt
Building' Will Contain 19 Rooms and
Auditorium and Will Cost $60,185
To be Completed by Next , May
Tobacco Market Remains Open.
" '-- i By H. V. Brown
Fairmont, Sept. 16 Contracts for
the-Fairmonit high school have been
awarded,-, or at least the; contract for
the erection of the building, which was
givea to The Darlington Construction
Co. of Darlington, S. C.- which of
fered a bid of $60,185. This does not
include the lighting, heating and seat
ing. The building will be a most
modern structure and will contain 19
rooms, with an auditorium which will
seat "800 people. The ; contract calls
for- the buildine ' to be finished and
ready for occupancy by May 1st, 1923,
and it-is: understood that, the work
will begin on the building within the
next few days.: The, school this year
is being run .under- very great dun
cultiesi jr especially for - room, r the
teachers having ; very-' little space fa
each .room and. the' auditorium being
used for recitation rooms a The. old
school; house and property have not
as yet: been' dispospd of but ,& !a,"un
cerstood. Will be;soIJ, at . very early
J : : ai;th e' con: lit : ernea have' some.
fairly: good offer for the aite. I
' vThe condition of Mrv O. L Floyd,
who has been " critically . ill at - her
home on Trinity street for the past
few-dayv If greatly Improved. "-Mr.
thousands' of survivors who fear death
at the hands of soldiery; there are no
boats to .take themff." j - .
One -ship captain 'declined to take
any of -the' wretched sufferers, but
in contrast to his indifference Cap
tain Walters i ' of .-. the. 'American
steamer Winona, ' rescued 100 and
took them to Biraeus. - "American
sailors . of the destroyer Litchfield
snatched '450 orphaned boys fr&m the
pier and carried them safely1 to Con
stantinople. The Jack Tars, slept' on
the iron decks or under torpedo tubes
while the youngsters ' occupied their
bunks. In' all" the acts of gallantry
by the Americans at Smyrna there
was none more inspiring than . this.
. London, ' ' Sept..", : VJ. ".(Associated
Pres.) JNear eastern developments
are' causing., the British, government
increased anxiety. The .cabinet, has
been sitting informally over the
week-end at Chequer's court, the
country residence of the'- prime
minister.. , Austin Chamberlain, "Lord
Birkeenhead, Sir. Robert Stevenson
Home and Winston Spencer Church-
hill have been Mr. Lloyd George's
f5 .' t
it-
Ev Fisher; who also has been serious.
ly' ill for a few days, is reported as
being much. improved.. ' -
Tobacco Market SUM vpen
. .The Fairmont tobacco market has
not closed . and ' according te state
ments from warehousemen will not
close until the last bit of tobacco has
been marketed. However, the sales
have begun to shown slight drop-off
and the co-ops are not receiving as
t CO;- i -;K-.'A.'--;-.t ' r: -k .- -
, VT2W APPROACHING NEW' BRIDGE ; FROM LUMBERTON; K
.:-i Above Is shown' a view of the new bridge iacroee Lumber river . t
miles west of Lumberton, on thg JVildcat highway. -
. .. . ' ' -v
don have . been : humming . with con
sultations with the .various govern
ment departments. T
MRS. CUTLAR MOORE PAINFUL
LY CUT ON CAR WINDSHIELD
Cot on Neck But Wounds Net Con
' sidered Serious Car Struck Stamp
V Covered With Grass and Weeds in
Columbus County. ;
v. Mrs. Culter Moore was . painfully
cut on the neck Thursday afternoon
when Ford roadster In which ahe
and her husband were riding struck
a stump in the public road in Colum
bus county, near Ivanhoe. Mrs. Moore
was thrown ' against , the windshield,
pieces of which inflicted cuts. She
was rushed to the J ames Walker
Memorial hospital, Wilmington, where
the - wounds' were-dressed.- Mr.' and
Mrs. Moore arrived here Friday even.
mg. While Mrs, Moore bled profusely
as a result of the r cuts,' it is not
thought the wounds are serious. Mr;
Moore says, the stump was covered
with trrass and weeds and he struck
it when he drove but of the ruts. The
car was badly damaged.
MILLION AND HALF POUNDS TO
BACCO SOLD ON LOCAL MARKET
LAuctioa Market Closed Friday Co-
. op Warehouse is Still Open. --
The Lumberton auction .tobacco
market closed Friday. While it
has not been learned what - the ex
act amount of tobacco . sold here at
auction was, it is said the sales to-
!taled about one and a half-million
pounds. The co-operative warehouse
here is still open for receiving tobac
co from members of the Co-operative
Marketing association. '
39 Weevils On One Cotton BoIL I
t Having destroyed al) the young
squares, - the boll weevils have now
turned their attention to the grown
cotton bolls, according to those who
day by a farmer had 39 adult weevils'
on it". -, . . , .
Mr."W. C. Johnson of Bladen
Mnnhr nhn ia m ffnilant In tti. Yilrrh
school here, has accepted a position J Among Alleged ! Torkish Outrages Waa
as clerk at the Lorraine hotel during ' Carryiag Off of Girl Papila ef
hours he can spare from school work. I American College. ... . . J .
Mr. Theodore Pope of Lumber-i London, Sept 15. (AssocUted
ton, who is a patient at the Char- f'ess.) -From 1.W0 to 2,00 Christ
lotte 'sanatorium, is improving. : " had been massacred in Smyrna
i. i ii i i . ii by the Turks before the fire which
much as they, were a few weeks ago. swept the Armenian and other qnar
It is understood what one warehouse ters of the Asia Minor " seaport re
will close next Friday but the other eently evacuated' by the Greek army.
auction house will remain open some-lit
time : longer, provided there is- more
tobacco to be marketed.
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CcttcnT.Iorlrct
Reported by J. II. Barringtea' .
Middling cotton I onntd , nn K
local market today at 20 cent the
pouna. ,
Items of Local Ncva
Mr. Ira B. Townsend ha
ed a shop for painting: automobiles
in the McLean buiidinr. South Elm .
street
Born. Saturdav nlarhL In Mr. rwi .
Mrs. Dalton Stephens of R. 1, Or
rum," a son. -
license Has been issued for th
marriage of Miss Elon MeD. Byrd and
Talmage Graham, both of the Tolars.
villa section. ,-,.
Mrs; W. T. Jenrette of Marietta
had her tonsils removed Saturday by
performed at the Thompson hospital.
' vt. it. A. Kraneh and family have '
moved from Norwood to Garner. Dr. .
Branch is a son of Mr. J. A. Branch
of Lumberton and is well known here.
- miss Helen jute Akin of Mur
phy is a new stenographer in the law
offices of Messrs. McLean, Varser,
McLean St Staoy. She began work
Thursday, . : -
Miss Annie-Ferris Powell has
resigned the position, she held for
fome time as cashier at the 5 and 10
cent Store and has accepted a posi
tion ' with the telephone . company at
Red Springs. - -'-,
" Mr D. P. ,Buie of Phlladelphua
was a. Lumberton visitor Friday. His
daughter, Miss Annie Belle Buie re
turned last week to North Carolina
College for Women at Greensboro to
resume her studies.
Rev. Dr. R. C. Beaman, pastor'
of Chestnut Street Methodist church;
and Messrs. F. P. Gray and D. D.
French attended in Maxton Thursday
night the formal opening exercises of
Carolina college. .
LitHa Ml J,in UKlllirfM
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. McAllister, had her - tonsils re
moved Saturday at the Baker sana
torium. Her condition is favorable. ,
All members of the Baraca class
of the First. Baptist Sunday , - school
are requested to meet in the Sunday
school auditorium Thursday: evening
of ths week at, 8 o'clock.
W.E. McNeill, who "was tried
before Recorder David H. Filler last
week on the charge of cursing on the
public highway, was found not guilty
instead of guilty," as reported in
Thursday's Robesonlan. ;
' The condition of Mr. J..M. Mc
Callum, who Is undergoing ' . treat
ment at the Charlotte sanatorium, is
reported to be rapidly improving.
Mrs, McCallum returned home last
night from Charlotte after speeding
three weeks with her husband and ex
pects to return to Charlotte Wednes
day morning..
Air getting into the water mains
when cut in connection with the sewer
and water improvements being made
is causing the water to become milk-'
colored, according to Mr. J. L. - Mc
Neill, superintendent of the local light
and water plants., This does not af
fect the purity of the water, accord
ing to but. aicneiu.
Mr; and Mrs. G. Badger McLeod
and Mesdames Lizzie G. Proctor and
Geo. B. McLeod left Saturday night
for Waynesville, making the trip in
Mr. McLeodV auto, Mr.' and . Mrs.
McLeod are expected to return home
today, while. Mesdames , Proctor and
will spend two
week & he mountains.
OVER THOUSAND CHRISTIANS
MASSACRED IN SMYRNA
is charged in semi-official and other
Greek messages from Athens receiv
ed here today. ' -f
-Among the Turkish outrages' was
the carrying off -of many girl pupils
of the American girls' college, it is
alleged. " .
The Greek belief! Is that the fire
was set by Turks to conceal J the
j traces of their alleged misdeeds. -
A considerable share of the proper
ty loss from . the fire, the .total of
which Is estimated ,; in .Greek quar
ters at one billion francs (about 175,--000,000
at present exchange rates for
the French franc), fell upon Ameri
can firms. ' ' ' "
SPECIAL FAIR EDITION '
-'The special publicity edition of
THE; ROBESONLAN on which
work is being done will not be
. issued before the Robeson county
fauv which will begin the 10th
of next month, but the fair will
be" featured in an issue that win -
be published on the 2nd or 5th
of October: - Advertisers' twill ,
please take notice and torn In ad-
vertkementa for - that ' issue as :
early as posjible. This will . in no
way be connected with the special
publicity edition. . - ."
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