' f 1 1 rrp l W I'- TV 'f VtTT: N .fi - A ? V OvV Y If A I HaV Y watch yocr labsl. WATCH YOUR LABEL y . - l - J 1 . jy - J " 'v W ALL SUBSCRIPTION3 AND SEND IN RE f , J I I ) iVsN ' I I J ' - ARE DISCONTINU- NEWAL BEFORE ; - T- - TK I I I , TV" 1 jl V T V ED WHEN THET TOUR UBSCRDTTION - I lyj V H 1) -IV ' Xy X v A 1 V JL'- - EXPIRE LUMBERTON, N.O, MONDAY, FEBRUARYS, 1923. COUMTBT, COD AND TOOTH.; SSTABLXSBXD In. PXlO ITVS CBTT tXM A TXAR, VUt Df ADVAKCV VOL, urx NO. 102 Trial of Murder Cases Vill Engage Court This Week Joe Kemp Trial for Crime Committed 42 Years Ago Set for .Tomorrow Saturday's Murder , Trial Continued Robt. WflkW' Alleged Slayers xrm Vn Trfit Thursday;.! 1 The second - week1 of Robeson Su perior court for Jhe' trial of crimiJ cases 'began this wonrinr ' Jfldfco A. Devin of Oxford presiding Sever al .murder - trials.' will be jneardthis week,' beginning Tuesday with the trial of Joe B. Kemp for, killing Dan iel McNeill at Red Springs 42 years The trial of Jesse and Dock Oxen dine, Indians on the .charge of mur dering ' Vic Bullard; ; lsi) .. Indian, which -was .set for Saturday of .last week, was continued to the next term on account of the fact that Senator L. R.-Varser one of. the attorneys for the defense, could not leave his duties in Raleigh. On account of post ponement of this trial, court adjourn ed Friday afternoon until this morn ing. i The trial of Walter and Clarence Oxendine, Proctor Locklear and Dock Wilkins, all Indians, on the charge of lnllinw Rohfc. Wilkins. is set .for Thursdav. ' . Since, the Wort in Thursday's Robesonian was written the following cases have been disposed . oi: John Faulkner plead guilty to charge of manufacturing liquor, judgment being continued upon the payment of costs and making bond in the sum of $200 for appearance at Jnlv court to show good behavior. In disposing of the case against "Pic- Iron Pete" Welton Davis, Judge Devin sentenced him to 12 months on the roads on the charge of attempt to poison children, capias- in this case to be issued after twenty days in Robeson county only. The other charges of attempt to injure children were disposed of by prayer for judg ment being continued upon payment of costs en both cases. It will be re membered throughout the state that this man is charged with setting steel traps, .baited with candy and bright-' colored 'penciwxor - as -ijsuuo children, who he claimed had an noyed him,, also that he placed poison on the candy so that in case the' trap failed to spring and catch them, they would die when they ate the candy. Gilmore Locklear was found-'guilty of manufacturing liquor and was sen- tenced to 12 months on roads. Peter McCallum was found not guil ty of larceny. In the case of State vs. J. D. Wil kins, charged with attempt at rape, motion was made by defense to quash the bill and the motion was allowed. The defendant was required to give a $200 bond for his appearance at the court throughout this year to show good behavior. Frank Morris plead guilty to an affray and .carrying concealed wea pons and was fined $50 and costs for carrying concealed weapons and one half of the costs in the affray charge, the prosecuting witness being taxed with the other half of costs. Morris also was charged with being a nui sance ion the public highway. This charge nol prossed. He was also re quired to give a $200 bond for his appearance at July term of 'criminal court and show good behavior.. M. L. Manning was found guilty of larceny and was sentenced to 12 months on the roads. -Oeorire Wilkerson plead guilty to w?nintino' the nrohibition . law and Great Crisis Con fronts N. Carolina -r- "' - f ; '. . Vicious and Persistent Fifht on Mor- nson s rrogresstve rrogram a.iu ' Morrison" at Any Coat Seems to be Slogan of Reactionaries. '. . Brock Barkley In; Wilmington Star i Baleighi Feb. ' 4-North Carolina may, be facing' just .now the greatest crisis in- its ; history. The. progressive spirit that was aroused through toe bold .program of the ' Morrison ad ministration in the 1921 General. As sembly ( is being assailed , with all vjciousness and persistency that' is alarming;. r, ,e;, - : Through the smoke-screen the cries of a treasury deficit has created, the attention of the legislature is being diverted from; the opportunnies pre sented for carrying; the stato onward and among the progressive1 states of the union placing it in., line , with the greatest: in the union; --Vr . - ' If ever the emergency existed when the people 'of a state should speak, that emergency, developing during the past few days, has now blossom ed forth. Unless- concerted action from the "people -back home" is brought to bear upon the General j assembly strangulation of the pro gressive movement within the state will certainly be accomplished , 1 ' Back of the whole scheme unmis takably there lies the determination to "kill Morrison." He is growing too powerful and too influential in his hold on the people as the result of the state's realization fit his ' dominating desire to serve the state. Politics is fighting statesmanship with all its I might and unless there comes an up- rjs..M " f am an1 ikn AAM4.in.. AM of the work that has begun and the furthering of a recognized program of progress the cause for which Mor rison has been fighting will be lost. "Kill Morrison; sacrifice the state if necessary, but kill Morrison." That might well be accepted as the slogan among the reactionary forces '.'v . . ... 7 Pembroke Drug Store Robbers Ar- , ' rtin .tiepr Two White Boye sHeld to ' Angoata : - Confess Robbery at - Pembrok-f Sapposed to Have Left School at , Florence-.v WiU be .Broaght Here Grand Jury i Vigor-: ' ously Urges Need of NewfCourity Home forTriaL-f- ' Mr D. M. McNeill, manager of the f?embroke Drug- Co., Pembroke who is, a business isttr nejre toaar m receipt, of : two lelegrams from -Aii-gusU, Gj Authorities, stating i that they r am holding .two young -white men who entered the drug, store -in Pembroke "last Friday night Accord ing to the message, the stolen articles-were found on the- persons , of the. young men, arrested and they have confessed to entering the store. The names as given fir' the telegram are Frank Dobson and Eliott Botto. Mr.J McNeill states that two strangers were ordered to leave the town of Pembroke during the day Friday, by the police. It has also been learned that two white boys ' have escaped from a school in Florence, S. C, and that the authorities' of that school be lieve the Georgia officers are holding the boys who escaped from,' their school. ' v; ; A late dispatch from the Georgia town states that the accused men state they will return to North Caro lina without requisition papers. The necessary warrants will go forward at once from the officials here and the young white men will be return ed for immediate trial. WOMAN-DRIVEN FORD KNOCKS MAN AND MULE GALLEY-WEST ... I . f. y A Gash Was Cut in Mr. Stone's Head and the Mule's Side was Snagged Woman Drove Speedily on but Car Number is Known. Mr. Joe Stone while driving in a that cart drawn by a mule on the hard ate spreading their-propaganda with surfaced road leading west from the a willfulness and a pointedness that threatens to virtually nullify the pro gressive work that has been inaugur ated.. ,. .,'-: s,v-V ''' There really "isn't so much more to be done, when, compared with what already has been accomplished, but if that proposed for the next two years should go through' the success of the Morrison administration would be too great forthe comfort of many poli tical antagonists. Morrison wants the educational and charitable institutions' extension pro gram of the 1921 General Assembly duplicated. That would . require some $6,700,000 in appropriations. Fortu nately, the road extension accommo dation got 'through before the pre sent propaganda got a hold. He wants the natural possibilities in the fish and oyster beds and in inland streams developed. That would cost a half million and yield millions in return, and the initial cost would be borne by those directly reaping the benefits He wants the state-owned shjp' line project to have a fair trial. His other recommendations would re quire expenditures that are insigni ficant. , While advocating these further steps by the state, Morrison has planned for the safe-guarding of the state's credit. Two bills introduced in. the General Assembly at his special bidding will prove effective safety valves. Through constitutional amendments, on which the people .will vote, 'the amount of iron bridge Sunday afternoon was the victim of alleged reckless and care less driving of - a Ford touring car driven by a white woman. The Ford struck the cart in -which Mr.- Stone was riding with such force that he was thrown clear of the road and his mule was thrown several feet. An ugly gash was cut in Mr. Stone's head and his mule suffered an aw ful snag in his side. The Ford driver did not stop to see if Mr. Stone was dead or alive and kept going at terrific speed. Mr. Will Edwards, who was soon on the scene, assisted Mr. Stone to his home. Neither driver of the car nor the other woman occupant' could be re cognized,, but it is thought that the number of their car was taken cor rectly by a party' further up the road from where the accident occurred. The officers are working on this clue and will no doubt have the guilty parties Under arrest within a short time St Paul News The Flo Has FlownMr. Maniey Pre (' vatt Suffers Painful Injury Death , of Mrs. Sarah MeGeaehy Personal and Other Items. ' i ' v By Bee G. Johnson St. Pault; Feb 2v The month of February Is ' wltk us i again. Let us quote with Emily Huntington Mtfler," Will tie winter neve be; over, will the dark day aever go? 'Mast- the buttercup and clover be always hid undee snowt -Ah! Lend me your little ear love I Hark, .Tia .s -wonderful thing; The weariest month .'of the year, love,' If shortest and nearest the spring." : Mrs. Will Regan of Elizabethtown Soggests That People Demand Home , for Poor in Keeping With Progress - of County - and That 7 Legislature Pan CiIl ConMlling AcUm Other Recommendations' Made.V , Suggesting that the people of Robe on .county, .demand that . -new eaun- ty home be erected, it the county com missioners ' still tef use to' , take., any action, and 'that - the present' General Assembly pass a law compelling' such action, the grand Jury serving at the present term of court.' In its renort submitted, to Judire W- A. Derin over last bunaay ana w guest Thursday; Mr. Angus Olmstead, fore- this week jn the home of Dr. and inan, deal with the county home mat-1 mrs. W . uraninam. Mrs. itegan ter in the following vigorous manner: ia pleasantly remembered by friends t r- - inere as xaisa Annie MCoryae, sisier ' I of Mrs. Grantham. "The grand jury for many years f i Master Grover Martin is imorov (as been continuously recommending jng nicely now, we are glad to note, the erection of a county home in . The flu epidemic seems to : have place of the shacks we now have. To left us almost as suddenly as it came, say that the county home is a dis- as we hear of no new cases just now. grace; to Robeson county is express- Last Sunday afternoon,, Mr. and ing it mildly. Forty years ago Robe- Mrs. Opie Odom had for their guests son county had for a county home a Miss Mertie Prevatt, editor of the poor house, as it was then called. The Scottish chief at Maxton, and sisters. home then consisted of three or four Misses Hassie and Mildred Prevatt, houses and was located about six with Messrs. Berry Tyner, Harvey miles from Lumberton. The Jail at Townsend and Franklin Stone.'vthe that time consisted of one log build-1 latter from Pembroke. uig. The court house at that time was Messrs. Hallie M. Johnson and O)tton Marlcct - Reported by J. H. Barrington . Middling cotton is quoted on th focal market today at c'f7.2S per hundred-pounds.' ti ' Items of Local Nev3 1 Mr. H. R. Smith end family td .Thursday .into their .bW home, , recently completed, on. 13th. strtet . ' ' -UcenJe has been issued for tb . marriage ef Wesley MTWllte' " andL : Miss Stella Bozeman, both bf St, ( Paul, vt.t v-; f J-t?-Z; ' Miss Josephine Breece left Sat urday ; night for Baltimore, and, New. York to purehase spring stock for her millinery store. ... - ,V , The condition of Jailer A- H. Pre vatt, who has been confined to hie room ' for several weeks, is reported as much improved. Mrs. Henry A. Stals .and little. " son, of Uainsvuie. Fla- who scent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Jones, 801 Pine street left yesterday for Greensboro, her husband havimr accepted a position with the Greens-. boro Daily News. The family will make their home in Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McMHtan left Saturday night for Baltimore, where Mrs. McMillan will enter a hospital for treatment! She expects to be away three months. Mr. Mc Millan will return in a day or so. Mr. Norman E. Drum of Newton has succeeded Mr. J. P. Cashwell am f small two-story, brick building with Will Willis spent a few hours in our $JOT Mr' C. Townsend' gent'a rlo conveniences. Twenty years ago neeighbor town, Lumberton, Wednes- :urni,hnf, He bn workJ,B the present so-called county 'home day afternoon. .. the 1st. Mr. CashweU has accepted wa hnilt. with th TrnHnn nf ihr Mn a p foiTo-- A d.. position as traveling salesman for f ' -f -w rvV .. T4 "The keeper of the county home is doing everything that can be done under existing conditions for the com fort of the inmates. we further recommend that a copy of this report be served person- Miss Sadie Ray Pope has accept ed a position in the office of Register of Deeds M. W. . Floyd. In recorder's court this morning Clyde Love was taxed with the costs on the charge of being drunk 1 and disorderly in the town of Lumberton. prayer for Judgment was ' continued j bonded indebtedness the state may npon payment of the costs, being re- contract will be limited to five ' per .quired to make a $200 bond for his good behavior. . ; , - - In the case charging C. R. Tolar with violating the 1 election, laws, poj pros with leave was taken- 1 Alex Thames, charged with lar ceny; nol pros with leave. Tom Brown, charged with larceny; guilty; 12 months on roads. PEMBROKE DRUG STORE ROBBED tm-- Rrnke in and Robbed on A IUV T V - First Night Town Was Without a Policeman The Robbers Are Pre pared to Take Pictures. . Thieves Friday night took advant age of the night policeman's absence from duty in Pembroke and robbed the Pembroke JJrug ijo., gaining en trance to the store through the rear window in Dr. Hall's office. I The night policeman employed . by the merchants and business men of Pembroke had discontinued his ser-j vices in that respect and Friday; night was the first night that he had not been on duty for some time. The guilty ones will possibly take a pic .. ture of the store they robbed, as it is reported that they took in their haul a very expensive kodak. Other things missine from the burglarized store faril iewelrv. fountain, pens and many other articles of less value. cent of assessed property valuation nd a sinking fund will be created to provide for the redemption of exist ing indebtedness assthe bonds mature. The Morrison measures are safe and sound and look to the further better ment of the state, the broadening of opportunities for its citizens and the rounding out of a program that will put North Carolina in the very fore front of the great states of the union. Regular communication St. Al ban's lodge No. 114, A. F. and A. M., Tuesday at 7:80 p. m. Of special im portance, work in third degree. ANNOUNCEMENT I recently returned from Chica go, where I took advanced studies in medical and surgical treatments of the eye. For the benefit of my patients, I also took a special operative course on the ear, nose and throat and will be pleased to advise any who may have trouble with either - of these organs. - Yours for better service, I DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER, CHILDREN OF LUMBERTON SCHOOL TO BE TESTED FOR DIPHTHERIA IMMUNITY. Lumberton, N. C Eye. Specialist, Correspondence of The Robesonian On Tuesday, February eth, the health officer will give the Schick test for diphtheria immunity to the children - of the Lumberton graded and East Lumberton schools. Some of the children in the Lumberton graded school were tested in November, 1921, and most of those found susceptible were im munized with toxin-antitoxin. None of the children found to be immune by the Schick test or those given tdxin-antitoxin have developed diphtheria since that time. ,. The Schick , test is very simple and ; practical, it causes no more discomfort than a mosquito bite, and the child lias no symptons or discomfort after the test. The test has proven practical in nil the city schools,, all over ,the United States, where all school chidren are tested. It is the only method to determine whether a child is susceptible or immune to diphtheria. A record will be made of all the Children tested and when found to - f 11 1 De suscepnoe tne parents win e notified and advised to have them immunized with toxin-antitoxin for prevention. . This is probably the last time the children in these schools will ie given this test in several years. The toxin for this work has been secured from the New York city health department.- . The absolute cooperation of all parents and teachers is expected, and will be necessary for the com plete success of this work. E. R. Hardin, Health Officer. small buildings which were erected has been a guest of relatives and lDf mer"? .1"!f1CC0 ' n wi- ilnce ttiat time. Twontw vmr atrn out frianria W . h! tV llMngton Will be v his headquarters. Jail was a two-storv brick buildinsr ' - Mr. and Mm J. A. Johnnon imint Nothing has been heard of , tl whrh dm in Tina with. ha nmtrroa. m.n.fe tr. T..-i-K- Hhree men who escaped from the of our county at that time. Our court While attempting to unchoke a f0'1" I" np near White Pond house at that time was also a credit corn elevator a few days agor. '"Vv . . MIMa1 to our county. As the county pro- Maniey Prevatt of St Paul district r VT v 7 rwsRed th old nnhliV hnildino- were .f-4 . .nA hi. wplicated in the robbery of the : - v. icvt. a 1.. discarded and new ones erected. To- will rPOT,t tn ifftti. u.s i0k euumj dav nur nil anil onnrt hnnia ar a I M-o ritnn.1 CmifW a T.mK I "'". trcAit tn mir nnntw w nil, nm nniintir n-M .n- Tniiai -f r,'fi. I fiecona street ui been paved to Mrs. Jas. Ai Dawson. Cedar, as far as the present pavto mnnitw It h Twam1 nf trntimianinn. I TUT. T XT V, i. .-.. P- gO OH 11181 SlITei, IIU DMM r .till rfno n ai-t in fhia v - r-w. I opened lor trallic. That relieves which has been before them from college, where, he has been a student, e difftcul . in getting into and out time to time, we suggest that the having had t discontinue his studies FX? ""v u , nonlp ftf RnhASnn onnnfv AomnnA tW far a whi1 An iMonnt nf aathm- I WMClt-Wa among - tbellTSt Street if new home be erected. While we shall be glad to" have him in fr which petition was filed, remains our midst aeam we regret very raucn i -tveaeu wyona rine, mougn , cod- his inabiity to finish the term out. Icrete base has been laid to Willow on Mr J. H. Johnson and family of That street R. F. D. 1, spent last Sunday at Long Dr. J. A. Martin returned Sat Branch. I urday nicrht from New York, where Dr. E. C. Murray, pastor of the I he spent several weeks taking a spe- Presbyterian church of St. Paul, ex- cial course in diseases of children at ally on each member of the board of changed pulpits with Dr. yG. E. I the New York postgraduate medical commissioners and that a copy be Moorehouse. naator of the 1st Pres-1 nrhnnt and hnaniLal. Mn Ma-tin nd furnished each member of the Geh- byterian church at Lumberton. Dr. children, who are in Richmond at the eral Assembly which is now in ses- Moorehouse's many friends in St, Paul home of Mrs. Martin's parents, Mr. sion to tne ena that a proper Din may were glad to have him in their midst and Mrs. S. -P. Jones, are expected ce drawn and passed compelling the for the day, being a guest in the home the latter part of this month. commissioners to erect a new ceunty home of, Mrs. T. L. Northrop. j Mr. H M. Beasley. local eon- home and. provide the funds for this It was with deep regret her girl- tractor, spent Thursday in Raleigh purpose. hood friends here learned of the I and submitted a bid for road and Other items were covered in the death of Mrs. Sarah MeGeaehy, widow bridge work from Red Springs, as report as follows: of the late Neill R. MeGeaehy, who I mentioned elsewhere in this naoer. "We passed on 18 bills of indict- died at her home town, Laurinburg,! Mr. Beasley says that while his bid ment. findine 18 true bills. 011 Saturday, tne ?tn, at the ripe old was 5 cents a cubic foot higher than r- it j r - net: - a8e 01 00 years, ueceasea was a mem-1 his Did on similar work at Boardman v,t UVW .UU WIUUl VHII I I t T)..W-5 1 U 1L J A -t-- -.i m (.it. t icDujrenau tuuiui v tuiw) wvnkns ago uu v cents uigaer Big Rockfish, where she, united in I than the' low bid on that job, he was AflKf M n U ' aM- (! I iL . 1 . .. 4.1 T t 1 - Wo fin tnat it i. imnn.iW - caiIJF lualuc" -"- u--K tne low Diaaer on me Aea opnng- man t I ..., McFaydeu. -Her husband was job and thinks he will get the eon- a cousin of the late John David and I tract. Jno. MeGeaehy, part of her life being I Mr. and Mrs. F. Grover Britt SfMft4 . 4Ua .A.M.VU-x.t.-.-. J Jt Oi I -l Jl A M . tinnT l,1n K M t .u t-. "F"'" " e iiwuWfUuu u ot.. ana cmiaren wuz move tomorrow to wZ ZVI . t Pnn, where, as has been stated in tniiota r nnt tant i a. ...u. IB ' ABM-MBg-oyiie . une son me Kobesonian, Mr. xJntt has ac- 7" rr.. Tvr: .. v. ' KeT; A Mcueachy, pastof of a cepted the position of editor of the Presbyterian church in Charlotte. I Tnmn nianath and umtan h Jail and a daughterMrs. Buchannan at I !TTT J .1 ...... . f , . . 1 ' " v. w wvu.-.v. we Tisitea tne jau m a ooay ana -Aunnourg, survive. -? ift T-nmW i..t n,nni x.unu prisoners, xne prisoners - to antor nmn hia new dntia. n- "We have inspected the court house in a body and by committee. man to keep the court house in sani tary condition while court is in ses sion, and we recommend that addi- a sanitary condition. All necessary repairs are being made and will be completed at an early date, Chain Gang "We visited the chain gang by com move to Dunn today, but he will de fer moving until tomorrow on ac count of the weather. The Brogan Duo company of young ladies, one a harpist, soloist Correspondence of The Robesonian. Pembroke, Feb. 5 The cotton boll weevil will be studied, with ways of mltt-a nA tnnnA m, -ontroL at the Wednesday extension 1. - -" ,1.-a t. TOV- at tk XT 1 iu wwuisi.. .uip.. prisoners are weu cared for with I V , 7 soloist and pianist, gave a deughtrm thaaa. --, W V, I "'UIUC I1U Si. laurel U1SLUUMJ. J. I -nnart- . .ncA anitwtnm the county doctor be more diligent ' Mes have charee i the Jo- Thursday evening. This was one of in his duties toward the chain gang. r . v the numbers of the Redpath Lyceum Ttr j iv.i mm! IKlDle. v I . . i i i nr..... Modern honey extracting was the an tn tt,tin. n. T.n topic discussed by A. F. Corbin at delightful, but none more so than the me iaes last, wees. I n.--... ntv uiio uuiaua vxtaA wva vuuk; ladies are accomplished artists. We further recommend that suffi cient bedding, be supplied chain gang m Gaddy township." Thinks Lumberton is Entitled to Fed eral Building. To the Editor of The Robesonian: Mr. Hamacher, assistant secretary of the fourth Civil Service district, office located in Washington, D. C, was in Lumberton Friday, February 2nd, to confer with members of the local board of Civil Service examin ers. He was very much impressed with the size and appearance of Lumberton and expressed the opin ion that the city is entitled to a Fed eral building and ought to have -it V C. C. BLAKE, ? Secy, Local Board Civil Service j-xaminers. Lumberton. ' BUDDIE'S SERVICE STATION, ELM AND NINETEENTH STREETS. NEVER CLOSED. Play at Barker-Ten Mile February 9.1 McEachern Implement Co. opn- A play will be snven bv the nnnils ed last Friday lor business m the of the Barker-Ten Mile Heh school I building on Elm street .formerly oc in their buildincr next Fridav. Febrn- cupied by Stanley, sign painter. The ary 9th. and a small admission of as I nature of this business will be to give and 25 cents will be charged. The 8pecial -tt?ntlon te aU repair woxfc play is given for the benefit of the 0,1 Iarm implements, and this con- school's athletic fund. Icern vnl1 handle exclusively the in ternational Harvester Co. line of far minW imnlamanta and na t. in. Mr. N. B. McArthur Of B. 2, Red !, -aan1in an mA nil an- opnnga, among uw yi.iwr. tractor. etc The town today. manaeement of the business will bo under the direction of Mr. N. A. Mc- A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE like Eachera of St. Pauls. Christmas and New Year, Valentine's Day gives yon an opportunity to re- A Credit to the Paper and the County member your friends with appropri- We have received the great special ate cards or motto. We also have a editiqn'of The Robesonian, which,, is a lVS'lntlS: foct credit to the paper andtp the ?A t0JSUl great county of RobesonSampsmx and see them. Freeman Company. Democrat,