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- - ' ' y . .. -.. ... , ' . WATCH YOUR LABEL ' . . . - ). 1 J rH 17 W V" AV AND SEND IN RE- I .1 r r . . , IJ. I 'A-Js J . V1'f .' , A NEWAL BEFORE - fC I j. I I J TT v N .'i'X I " tour sucscaipnoN - ' j y .U 1 j ) ' yj 'y J " JLK ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE DISCONTINir, ED WHKN T1IET EXPHiE , WATCH LABEL, 70L.Lm. NO. 87. , LUTJBZETON, N. C TIIUIlSDAy, JANUARY 18, 1023 cotwmr. coo and truth. SIXIflJKDREDLOOMWEAVEniLL - ' TO BE ADDED TO LUi,IDERTOli:S MILLS Mansfield Mills ; Company, New Million Dollar Corporation, Will Absorb Lumberton and Dres 1, ; -den Cotton Milb Companies. r NEW imWILFBE EEEOT;Ne 6 BETWEEN LUMBERTON ANDj & j C1 i DRESDEN YARN MILLS.' TniCtUrW OKllU Plans Will be Drawn in wear inin: a '.'..- Lam Yarn Mills Directors andt Officers of Lumberton, Dresden, and Jennings Mills Re-elected. Work will be begun within the next taent near the freight . here sixty days upon a 600-loom - weave. early this oniiag n an unconscious null , in East . Lumberton. This new condition aa a re8ult of a blow en mill will be erected by.the Mansfield the back f the head which fracturei MilU company oftLumbexton, which hfo aktoiL He was carried . to the waa recently otganixed -with an au-, Thompson" hospital by Policemen"-J. thorized capital 11,000,000. The B le and Edrj . Glover atecknolders pf vthe Lumberton and conditioit reported as critical. ' Dresden , Cotton Mill j companies, at ' a white wan whose name was not their annual meeting 'yesterday voleared advi8ed the'oificeri that . he ed to merge the two corporations and had seen a mtLn or something, M the the old miUs wiU be taken over byj where' the iniured man was he Mansfield MUls Co. ' found, about day-break this morning. , The aew miU wiU be erected on a jg from the amount of blood vacant; lot between the Lumberton a d th BU0Un(iinirs where White and Dresden mills in East Lumberton and wUl fost approximately ?4BQ.W0.!several hours. There is but little due k Plans for the new mill will be drawnas to who Htruck white, who was em- up at an early date. Lumoerton ai- ready has lour large yarn mH--. ' Lumberton, Dresden, Jennings and National and tne new mm wiu orrag the total number of cotton inanufac turing'plants to five. ' Directors Re-elected. All the old directors of the Lum herton,' Dresden-and Jennings .mills, were re-elected by' the stockholders at their annual meeting held here yes terday. Mr. Jas. D. Proctor was ad ded to the board Of directors of the Jennings mill; At a meeting of the directors of the three mills, following the meeting of the stockholders, all the bid officers were rerelectedi These officerivarelHoB. Jennings, presi dent, treasurer and general manager; F. P. Gray, secretary and assistant treasurer; Ar'M Hartley, cashier; A. W. McLean, vice-president of the Lumberton and Dresden mills; A. E White, vice-presi'dent of the Jennings mill. The usual Quarterly dividend!"1 was declared by the directors of the three mills. Ninety pe cent, of the stockhold- ers nf thn T.nmherton and Dresden mills were present at the meeting yesterday and these voted unanimous-! ly in favor of the merger of the two mills and the erection of the new . weave mill. " - The erection of the new mill will add, much to the . business lif e .,; of, Lumberton. " ' v FEBRUART SUPERJOR COURT TO BE CRIMINAL, TERM An act has' been passed by the, Leg- 'islature changing the-term of Rpbe-.'vComposed of the local officers, A. T. son JSuperior court for the trial of ( McLean and W. K. Culbeth, with two civil cases set for the week begin-, more to be added, will be entrusted ning Monday, February 5,, to a cri- with this duty.' , minal term. A week's term of crim-, Bailey T. Grbome, secretary of the inal court will convene on Monday, State league, who promised to have January 29, and this change provides ,., (speaker at yesterday's meeting to for a two weeks' term of criminal explain the proposed game laws, was court. This change was .madeHrorder unable to get a man here, calls for that the docket might be - cleared 'his service coming from so many during the term. JudgeW A, Devin sections of the State at the same time, of Oxford will preside. ; ; v . V He write Mr McNeill that the State ., k;, fgame bill provdesfor a 3-months' Fostoffice Back in Former Quarters.' bunting season for' quail, which can The Lumberton postoff ice was' be shortened by individual county ac moved yesterday from the third floor, tion, a license fee. to pay expenses of of the cotton "mill office , building, a State game 'commission, game war back to the old quarters in the Mc-. den and wardens for all the counties. Lean building, South Elm street; The Recommendations of, th league Jn postoffice was moved o the tempor-; regard to fishing are understood to ary : anarters on December .21, last, be included m Governor Morrison's as a result of damage to the McLeanbi.il to protect fisti and . establish building by-fire and water1 early oh'ihatcherifrs 'in several . parts of the the morning of December 21. While state. the moving of the fixtures interfered Sportsmen" atf over North Carolina somewhat with the service at the'pf'-. aye, flocjdng,, into the. game and fish fice yesterday, the boxes and other ( development league, apparently real fixtures' have now been-arranged and , izlng that the time has at last come tne usual service may oe expecxea in4he future.' Collector for Tobacco Co-ops Will be at Fairmont January 20. ' " ' The collector for the Co-operative Tobacco Growers association; will be at the Co-operative warehouse in Fairmont Saturday of this week- at 10 a. m. 'for the purpose of collecting or adjusting liquidating damages, due from i contract-breakers. Those . who were notified from the Richmond of fice to meet the adjustor in Lumber ton on January 11 -and failed to do so should see him Fairmont Sat urday. . ; ' ' " 11 T 1 ' Mr. and Mrs. Osear M. Israel re turned. Monday night , from . Birming ham, 'Ala, where they ' spent two weeks visiting relatives. v , . t . . . S - . . ! -. - ' rp . . n . fWrMlllri(llul from w-- ... Blow on Head In Critical Ciiw tion Section Hand on V. & C. S. John White, colored, was. found be- wa8 ine. he had been there for ployed as a section hand on the Vir- gW & Carolina, Southern. raUroad, It ig Baid he has wife and lived in "Newton", near Lumberton. Robeson Branch of N. C. Game and Fish League Organized John S. McNeill Heads County League Meeting- Will be Held at Court House ' Saturday Afternoon , Sportsmen Flocking ' Into ' the League.--: - . Reported for The Robesonian. The Robeson county branch of the North Carolina Game and Fish De velopment league was organized yes terday afternoon at the court house 33 -members. Officers of the "r"" Jno. S. McNeill, Lumberton, a direc tor of .the State league, president; G. W, Thompson, Fairmont, vice president; R.M. Norment, Lumber- l0". seceriary-treasurer. The next meeting of the Robeson branch will be held at the court house her Saturday afternoon i at 3 1 o'clock and. an intensive drive for additional members will be waged between now and then. It is hoped to soon have enough membership from all sections of the county to. get a line on what local legislation will be needed to supplement , the .State game laws ' ex pected to be passed ' by the legisla- ture now "in session. A committee waen proiecuon ior me .aiaiev -wua life can be secured; The local chap ter hopes, to. have over a hundred sportsmen enrolled within ; the next few days. Any persbn jnthe' county wishing to. Join may do "so by sendmg their name and a dollarto,.the secretary,- who will forward it to the Siate league toTise for ther benefit of all. . Death of Little Annie Mae Oxendine Correspondence of The Robesonian. '' ' Raynham, Jan. 15. Little Annie Mae Oxendine,' who had leen sick about 2 weeks, was taken to .' the Thompson hospital at Lumberton Sunday afternoon vand died Thursday of diphtheria. Rev. Lonnie Jacobs preached the funeral Triday at .noon and her body was laid to rest in Har per's Ferry cemetery. - . ' ; ; 4 Indians Held for , lulling Indian FaUl Scooting of , Robt." Wilkins j Christmas Night. Is Laid at Door of ' Four Men Who Will Answer ') to , Superior Court Lucky Defendant; Found Guilty on 5 Counts but Es-j ; capes With a Hope-So. ; I Walter and . Clarence ', Oxendine, Dock Wilkinn and Proctoif Loekleai-. all .Indians, were bound over to Su-superintendent of schools in Robeson periofcourt" Monday by Recorder W.;an1 ' ees of sheriff of Robeson B. Ivey on the charge of shootinir and or serving- civil processes. killing and aiding - and . abetting '-in aiding the killing of Robert Wilkins, "'an other Indian, on - Christmas night. Proctor Lockleor and -Walter Oxen dine Here placed, under a $500 bond each, while the other two defendants were placed undr a $200 bond each. All - the defendants made bond. , According to the evidence, Robert Wilkins- was shot at the home v of Donnie . Locklear. P,roctor Locklear admits firing the: shot that resulted fa the death of Wilkm'vafter be had been dragged from the home of Don me. Locklear by the three other dem fendAnt. - whn vara , MtMnnantaA ' kr the deceased. He claims ' self-defense. ' Proctor Locklear' was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon ndi1 mean that hereafter juries con was sentenced to 12 months on the roads. He gave notipe of appeal and madei)ond. ' ' - -..-- . Dock Wilkins, Clarence and Walter Oxendine were found not guilty, of the . charge of conspiring to assault Proctor Locklear. " i Walter Oxendine was, charged , with pointing a pistol. Recorder Ivey, rem dered a special verdict of not guilty! and the solicitor appealed from the verdict. Oxendine was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and was sentenced to 12 months on the roads. 'He gave notice of appeal and made bond in the sum of $500. r Jesse Sellers was found euilt v -of five charges assault , with a pistol upon Jap Bass, trespass, firing pis tol at Jap Bass, assault upon Stephen Bass and appearine unon the nubliclures are now pending before, the highway in. a drunken condition. i Prayer for judgment wascontirroeftr for two vear, ot, rondirtnn tM'frt - P defendant pay Jap Bass $25, the cost in each case" and make bond in the sum of $500 to show good behaviour and not to violate any of the prohibi tion laws. ' v Pete Humphrey, colored, was found guilty of allowing his hogs, to run at large, judgment being suspended up on payment of cost. Chas. Morrisy, colored, assault up on Elizabeth. McPhatter; ' judgment (':, Bob Williams, drunk: iude-ment $uspended upon payment of ,eost. J. B.' Johnson, : violating cattle quarantine law; not guUty. ," Bob and Frank Brown, assault up on Mrs. John Burney; judgment sus pended upon payment of cost. Prince Currie 'and . Enoch . ' Rozier. both colored, disposing of mortgaged property, Conspiracy to defraud and defrauding; not guilty. Public Library to Be Memorial to World War Dead Legion Committee Will Co-operate ' With Public Library Committee. A committee recently appointed by the Lumberton post of the American Legion to look Into ' the matter .of erecting a' suitable memorial in honor of the Robeson' soldiers who lost their lives in the World War met last even ing and decided . to co-operate with the public library .committee. The plan is to erect the memorial fa con nection with a public library building, which it is planned to erect here at an early date,' The Legion commit tee, which is composed of J. .Dickson McLeanhairmsn, W. B. Ivey David H. Fuller and .Dr. R. S. Beam, will meet with the committee in ehirge of the plans for the erection of the pub lie library building when- such a meeting can be arranged; - MCLEAN'S LAND BANK HAS , LOANED MILLIONS TO FARMERS Mr. 7L W McLean returned Tues day night from Raleigh where Mon day, he" attended- the -annual meeting of the Atlantic Stock Land Bank,' of which he is president This Dank was organized last July' and began mak ing loans' fourmonths ago. It has al ready . made ' loans to farmers total ing, $2,000,000 and now has pending loans totaling . $8,000,000.v The . bank has made loans averaging $500,000 each' month since it began , loaning money upon farm lands Mr. McLean is well -pleased with the workings of the' new banking institution which he heads. Move to Elect Rob eson Schools Supt. Con mittee A pprores McKinnonCobb Bill to Elect Board of Education and Superintendent' of' Schools Qualified Verdicts Also Approved. ' Representatives McKinnon and Cobb of Robeson offered in the House of the General Assembly yesterday the following bills: .- I 0 provide for election of county Todays NeWs and Observer gives I the following: House Judiciary and Education committees turned their backs upon precedent and, established order yes terday a afternoon when the former gave favorable report to the Gaston Erwin bill , giving juries authority to return qualified verdicts in capital esses and the latter broke down the 1BU8toma ' twenty years and reported f ?nwy tne McKannon bUl provid- jng for the popular' election of . the KObeson, county board ox education and: the county superintendent of eduj- iCataon. y incurrence y the House and Senate in the Gaston-Erwin measure "Bering capital cases may, in their juugmeni, .return a veraict recom mending mercy, and may auggest "to the judge the penalty that in their judgment would suffice to punish the offence charged. The measure has been accepted by Representative Owens as a compromise on his bill to abolish capital punishment "Unless somebody pokes his finsrer i j , . . into the break in the dyke made by the committee on education, seasoned legislators believe that ' before the season is over in March the entire State may come within the provisions of the law for electing school boards , and superintendents by a direct, vote instead of by legislative appointment, as had been, the procedure for the past zz years. &ignt similar tneas House, and more are promised- " ' ' ' ' ' - COTTON GINNED IN ROBESON 44,966 Bales Ginned to January 1st Which is 17,224 Fewer Bales Than Were Ginned to Same Date Lasl Year. There were 44,966 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Robeson county prior to January 1, 1923, as compared with 62,190 bales ginned prior to January 1, 1322, according to report to Mr. Junius J. Shaw of Lumber Bridge,' special agent of the Bureau of the Census. HEARING ON ANTI-MASK-. ING BILL NEXT TUESDAY Public committee 'hearing on - the aiiti-masking bill,'' offered in the House by. Baggett of Harnett, aimed at the Ku Klux klan, will be held in Raleigh next Tuesday, having been l postponed from Thursday of this week. . i CAMP PQPE WILL MEET AT COURT HOUSE TOMORROW Dinner Will be .Served Veterans Daughters. by Camp Willis H. Pope, United Con federate Veterans, will meet in the court house tomorrow (Friday) at 10:30 a. m. AU members are urged to attend the meeting. Robeson chapter U. D. C. will serve dinner, for veter ans and their wives after the meet ing. - Effort to Organize County 'Against Loss by Forest Fires. ' Mr. T. B. MarriU, district forest warden in charge of 35 counties in eastern North. Carolina,' employed by the State Geological Survey, spent a few days in Robeson the first'of this week to . interest the county commis sioners in the matter of co-operating with the State survey in reducing the loss from forest fires. The plan is to organize the county , with county, township , and deputy ; wardens . and fire-fighters so .that . forest ; fires, which do an immense amount of da mage annually, may be nrevented and controlled. The county and State department would bear the " expense jointly, each paying half the esti mated .cost to the county not being over $1,500. Mr. Merrill saysrlthat in counties in which this., work has been put en it has saved thousands of dol lars and that the raising of trees hast Deen proven to be as profitable as the raising of cotton. . ' -. Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Felts, Jr. left last eveninir for Charlotte in re sponse to a wire message advising thenv. of the serious illness of Mr. Felts' - mother, Mrs. ' J. H. Felts, Sr. BUDDIE'S SERVICE STATION, ELM AND NINETEENTH ' , STREETS, NEVER CLiED.V . ;. P i X, Parkton Letter "Tfti'VTS f H"Ie JfSU - ReBort y J. H. BarringtoT Fisher Mach Illness from Infra-! Middling cotton Js quoted on Oie enxa Jut Few Deaths and Epidemic local markH today at 27 1-2 eenta is Subsiding Tenants Are Letting fthe pound- ' . , and Not So Much Cotton Will be- JJ?r":jItens of Local Nctvo By C D. Williamson Parkton,. Jan. 16 Saturday night. our town was -greatly shocked and uaY i0cai wnoiesaio grieved when the death of the little ,7 d",er' "i Presented the rfaiit f M, or,.i m, v xr pi.vJ1oci1 "or of The Robesonian with er was announced. Juanita had beeni very ill 'with pneumonia for several days. She was. 5 years old and the only dauehter. an older sister hav- ing died, of burns a few years ago. Surviving are her parents and two brothers, W. T. and Herbert. She was an attractive and bright little girl, especially fond of . nature, showing much delight in flowers. She was always- present in her Sunday school class, where. she will he much miss ed. ' - Funeral services were held front the ;Baptist church Monday at 11 a irc by the pastor, Rev. C. R. Sqrrell, assisted by RevR. F. Jlunns, pastor of the Methodist church, and Rev. R, J Tayjor, pastor of the Stedman Methodist church. Music, was render ed by a select choir consisting of Mesdamea R. B. Hutson, J. FBlue, D. S. Currie and C. W. MarttaTVThe flowers, which were many and beau tif ul. were carried by little friends and playmates dressed in white and,"nort ditance east of the - freight having the appearance of guardian aePJ. JV about 10 o'clock last angels accompanying the little white nt" The cars were badly wrecked, casket Interment was made in the';en 'trains have been detooring Parkton cemetery in the presence of montr ivmnfl fthose from out, of town for the fun IUilJ i WJ wirw w-- . w-. w . eral were Rev; and Mrs. R. F. Taylor of Stedman, Mr. Keith and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thompson oJE Fayette- ville. Amone the sick in our town are Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Peacock and chU-tw weeks here visiting at the home dren, and little Robt., son of Mr. andjf1 ber mother, Mrs. Lizzie G. Proe- Mrs. J. G Huirhes. who has pneu - monia. Since the return visitation of influenza to our community, we have much severe Ulness, though we 'are thankful it is subsiding and. so, far Very few deaths. The condition of Mr. W. S. Bramble of the King Hir am section is improving. 1 Capt W. R. Johnson of Florence, S. C, visited home folks Sunday. . "Representative Collier Cobb visit ed home folks!, from Friday night till this morning, when he returned to Raleigh. Mi Richardson of Galatia, who had been on an extended visit to her aunt Mrs. J. D. Gillis, returned home Sunday. m Mr. J. P. Watts and family oved.cuiD, will give a concert at the school -tJ... i n...t,.m .hall imflf. fl1lHitn; 41.1. ... i . yesterday to Durham. We shall great ly miss this family. Mr. Watts form erly was manager of the Parkton mattress factory. We observe much guano being un-i cause it will be a rare treat and ba loaded.and some of the farmers are , cause the ladies need all the belp thev storing it up for spring use; but can get to meet exnin JLj L as we see it at present, not so much, cotton will be planted, for the inactions at moderate cost Many Lnm Jority pf the tenants are leaving, jberton people often, spend five tfaiM many of them having gone North., as much in one night s-oW t Cant J. D, Cobb advised the writer 'etteville to -?t 5 " s.l "y V. - i.-s- jt ' . rwi. ma i ne wsub uiii.uuwu uu u ion, S. C., Bection.last week and he saia mosi oi t me coioreu xuuls uau i left South Carolina and that large farms down there would lie out or be, sowed down in peas. : Company L. is having regular drill,1'. Jane S. MeKimmon Will Soeak tonight The regular inspection of Co. L., 120th Inf., will be held February 13 by a regular army officer. ; ') The FayetteviUe girls', basketball team came down this afternoon and; played the senior , girls of our town j and school. The game was quite in - teresting from start to finish. The locals girls were defeated, the score 1 f . A. JL - 4I f .il 111-' Demir 21 to is. x aveiLe vuie was weu represented here, a dozen or more large cars and a number of Fords be ing loaded down with rooters for their, team. Fayettevflle's line-up was as ore to hear her This Is the first follows: Allie Powell, .Stanley Strict- time in 5 years that Mrs. McKJn ling, Glennie BennetV Ruby McEU-(.on has been here and we have W han. Christian Hutoff r Parkton's Mary Brown, ' Lois Council, ' Pearl Beard, Blanch McCaskill, Emma Cash welL . .,. ;, Contract : Let for New High ' School Building at St. Paul ; r - Contract was let recently for the erection of a $30,000 high school building at St PauL The new build ing will be modern in every-respect. Mr. T. W Maxwell of Tolarsville was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday . ' One per cent will be added to all unpaid 1922 State and county tax es on February L After that date the tax books will be turned over to collectors in the various : town ships. j , i ,. .. R. E. LEWIS, . , " 1 ' ' , T, -. Sheriff. Cotton Market I . Tbe three banks here will be cloa ca Friday Robt. E. Lee's hirt)iH. "uPPly. of fine Florida oranges. L ir Tno erecting r.T nraow Fifteenth street roaa' mr- Meares and family will move into the houa wh completed. - Mr. and Mrs. D.'GT' Best left Tuesday morning for High Point to attend the furniture show, Mr. Best will purchase stock for the furniture store while in High Point --Messrs. B. F. McMillan, Jr., Ben G. Floyd, T, W. Bullock and F. K, Biggs went yesterday to Raleigh to attend a meeting of the Grand Lodge Masons of North Carolina. Mr. B. B. Currie of Shannon was among the farmers who attended tna co-operative marketing meeting her Tuesday. Mr. Currie - has a 10-acra peach orchard which he says la comln along fine. He expects to gather a crop from this orchard this year. Two freight cars were derailed on the main line of the stw..t . y, w"' ol siae-traclc without much Mrs. E. L Norton and small daughter, Elisabeth Gray Norton, left today for Baltimore, Md to join Mr. Norton, who recently moved from Charlqtte to Baltimore. Mrs. Norton and her little d&uvht ,wr west sixth street- frnm M. T w6 PWchased from Mr. 3. B. Mearcs the house and lot on East Third street where Meares and famirr liver and "hefand' his family will mnn I. .v w wim inim " - - irom jLumoerton aa soon as Mr. Meares completes and wfnVrJnf re8iden he is assem bling material o build on the Cartb- 8f9or0tao Mr FIower8 h rm V r w? k C!!, t0 JCountJr Alitor A. L?: Wlhar tor ?2,800 and paid Mr Meares for his Third Street Jropel Ane iroubadour male , considered the best number of the Redpath Lyceum course under the auspices of the Lumberton Woman'. ;rr1H? r? evemn at s o'clock. amgJe admissions are ' 50 and 75 "mt8'J!.i8 ll0.ped that large crowd will greet this attraction, both h giving the town worth-whiu . ' ' war mi aw gooa as any one of the bers of the Lyceum conrup numv- -- STATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT TO SPEAK IN LUMBERTT f ', ... " , w the Women of Robeson on Thursday, 25th, at 230 p. m. " " Manna Flax Andrews, Home , tf,'"- Agent , . s. Jane S. MeKimmon, State ome demonstration agent, will ad- dress the women of Robeson cotmf 00 Thursday, afternoon, January 25th. A'.lA.lV : . -. W - -. Mrs. MeKimmon has wonderful message and I want to urge everv woman in town and v' anxiously awaiting her visit So please both jlub women and other, hear Mrs. MeKimmon, we want to pve her a large attendance and we know we will have one pf the finest meetings ever held in Lumberton. The meeting will be held at the town halL "Duesseldorf, Jan. 16. (Associated Press.) The plan , of military opera tions for the occupation of the Ruhr valley, as prepared by Marshal Foch ' and executed V General Degoutte, has been completely carried out it was officially anounced at the French headquarters here today. - , The' French troops in the r Ruhr, now number nearly 100,000 .and the military authorities are prepared to take charge of every mine pit head in the valley tomorrow as,a protec tion for the French economic mission,' which , has undertaken to operate the mines with German labor. , ,v . .-
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