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watch Youa laeix AND EITID IN RE NEWAL DHFOSS TOUR SUCSCSD7TI0N . . EXFEE3. WATCH TOUR LA7U ALL EUESCRIPliO:, J ARE DISCONTINUE : ED WHEN TH2Y " ;T02T,'lTt OTnUIAT; TKSUAIiY 22, 1C23 VOI UV.ITO. 4. cocxraT, cod Aftr tuth. r established trf. nue nvs cnm. s WW .FOilllViiW- lUjWluiiiuui;.. - Sister snd Drc!hr of Man WHq DU3ppcd List ApSldenUfy Articles Found on Body, New ' :S Parktcn. .' - Horier. -llegro; Last Ken Been With" Shepherd, ArrestedJ ' 'Charge ol Murder. .3 CORONER'S INQUEST IS BEIWG HELD BEHINDCLOSED DOORS. Decomposed RemaiM Found in Woods Near ParktoW by Chalmers Edwards Articles Found in Clothing En able Relatives to Positively Identifyj -Large Crowd Viewed the Grue some Remains, Here Yesterday-A Mystery Since Last Apr Luke Britt, white, aged about 25 yean, and Dock " Bozier, eolortd, about the same age, are m Jail here charged with the murder of E. k. Shepherd of Putney. Ga, who myrt iously disappeared from. Lumberton mains were found by Mr. ChaJmerji Edwards near the town.of.ParWon. Britt and Rosier were 7 o'clock Monday night, after the of ficers had' satisfied themselves that the remains were those of Shepherd, who was tost seen with Britt. and Bosier. . , ' V -wvi' The body was found Monday morn: ' Ing about 11:30 three quarters of a mile south - of Parkton by Mr. Chalmers Edwards, a young man who lives near Parkton, while. he was jn the woods near his home hunting rab bits, when he came upon it 1ing on the top of the ground uncovered. He immediately went to bis home and re ported his find, tellinst Dr. D. S..Cur Tie of Parkton, who 'phoned Sheriff R. E. Lewis. Sheriff Lewis and Cor oner Biggs left secwtly for the place and upon arriving where the; body was found were convinced that.it was Chalmers Edwards, Dr. D. S, Currie and Sural Policeman J.. T. McBainey? Upon close examination they found that the man had. been shot with a 32 calibre pistol under the left eye, the bullet being found near - the skull. Clothing Becognizable The clothing which the man wore at the time of his death was badly decomposed but not so much so that it was impossible to tell .that he-was wearing a dark grey suit with a alight . red stripe. His black bow necktie was T in fair condition. A sil ver pencil which bore the name : of the concern for which Shepherd worked was found with a pipe, air pressure tire , gauge, an - Ingersoll watch, bunch of 5 keys, a box which had contained' aspirin tablets, and a Waterman fountain pen. v: ; ' " Brought to Lumberton . The remains and everything, : that would possibly help identify the body were brought to ' Lumberton and placed in a vault in the coroner's place of bysiness, and no one was al lowed to see them until after the iden tification had been made by relatives of the dead man, V 1 , 1 Relatives Arrive Mrs. H. M. Broach , of Putney, Ga A Mr J. B. Sheoherd of oerunr Ga., -ister and brother of E. il. Shepherd, ZaA i,Ar vesterdav morning and went immediately to the parlors ot, a local undertaker, where they definite- lv identified the remain as those of their brother Sheriff G. E. Davis, of Thomasville, Ga a brother-in-law of the murdered man, arrived in the af- temoon. Identification Positive - - Proof that the -identification, was free from error was the fact that his -sister stated as she alighted from the . - --!. !. -ymthr'm enff: units would not match. This was found to everyday on' the streets. .The sensa ' be true. Personaf effects. including the mystery, was often heard. .1-. t aHiiav Tonc51 nrfttrh. I i Sheriff Lewis raVe ' out, - nothinv foontain pen, bunch of keys," necktie,' pipe and tire air-pressure.; gauge : were all identified as being the pro-.ton, satiaiied nimseir aso its Identa perty of E. R. Shepherd.. . ty, ana had placed - the suspected The pencil which caused the offi-'young men under arrest ;; which, as tA helieve that it was nositively 1 stated above, was not until about 7 the body of Shepherd bore the inscrip- ' tion, "Miller Lightning Rod Co., St. t Louis. Mo., We Keep the QuaUty u. This was the name of the firm the ? murdered man worked ,for ' when he i. was killed.'' ?.'..'- ' h Had there been nothing left but the skuU, Mrs. ? Broach stated that she would have been positive that it was the skull of her brother by the prominent protrusion on the back of jt. ' " - " . Surviving are his wife and one son, Jack, aged 6 years; his parentsrMr. and Mrs. ,W. P- Shepherd of Bridge- CORONER'S INQUEST, IN PROGRESS BE- . HIND CLOSED DOORS Coroner's inquest over the re mains of E. R Shepherd is in pro gress as Tie Robesonian-goe to press. It bgn this morning about 10 o'clock with the following men serving on thejury?, D. O: French, yr. O Thompson, Ira Ballard, Jim Spivey, John H. Floyd i and . Dr. John Knox. The inquest, is being held behind closed doors. Up until noon only four - wit nesses had been examined, the most important of iwhkh i wa Elza Brown, white, who was with Shep herd and Luke Britt the day be fore Shepherd disappeared. Tne other witnesses were Joe Free man, Herbert Ivey and Fred Stone. Upon request of ;Coroner, Biggs and Sheriff, Lewijdetails of the hearing up to the present are with held from today' paper but will be given with; full Mport of the inquest in the next issue. . Forf Bragg Plays Lumberton ox Lp- cal Court Fridfay ' : ' j Mr." Le8 used for the x subject of Soldiers Lost to Lumberton Hi Last hig addres9 i4Xhe Advantages of Or Month Fine Game fcxpecteo. j ganization." He pointed out the fact Correspondence of The' Robesoiuanr 1 The fast local Hi team will play. for their fertilizers and gasoline at the 1st Observation (FlashJ. Battery prices set by organizations and 4 con of Fort Bragg on the local Hi court trolled by organizations. Speaking of Friday 23rd, the soldiers returning a how the Sherman Anti-Trust act had game played at Fort Bragg Jan. 26th, s broken some" big jcorporation into the lumberton Hi winning oyer the piece3 he showed where this ras of soldiers by a score 'ofO The u e effect or they were as Joint teams are well matched. Everybody .. . . . xort,x, ifj; come out to this game Friday and root comnf hack, togetheuidif- game with, Battery C 6th Field ar- "fS boys and see' them win again. boys in good shape for these games, 'speculative interests for wanting the The Hi's are practicing every day for , business and that he did not alto an hour. Our boys have won seven out ' gether blame them, for organizing, of eight games played. jand spreading propaganda against the boro,' Ga.; three brothers, 5 Fred and aociaUon. He then, took up the pro Victor of Bridgeboro, and J.' B. of paganda. which they were issuing and Doerun, Ga.; and two sisters, Mra. showed abs.ola S. C. Pete of Sylvester, and Mrs. H, tely untrue.. He aaid that they first M." Broach of Putney, Ga. spread the news that it was impos- rxi'. Hundreds'. View Remains ' sible tolorganize the farmers.' To v After the identification was made this be replied that the farmers have the public was allowed toview '-;the lTow organized themselves right here remains, permission ; having .-been in Robeson' county 1600 strong. Tak given by the relatives. Hundreds of .tog-up the "anti-co-op" argument that persons, including, women and chil--the association could not get a good dren, visited the undertaking parlors board of directors, he plainly showed all during the day Wednesday, and that the present board was compos saw the remains of the much-talked- e(l of the best business men in this of and much-searched-for E. R. Shep-'t of- the country. Then he said to herd. - contradict the propoganda . that the Story of Disappearance association could not buy warehouses On the morning of April 12th, last and drying plants without capital, the year a Ford runabout which was association had bought two and one ' . f.u.'M n u.i 111. u ii.r w- -m a . . I ... I . - -. v owned by Mr. Shepherd was found in a ditch on the W-C-A. highway about a mile south of Lumberton. The lights Their foprth argument, Mr. Lea said were still burning. The car evidently was that the association could not en had been rurt into the ditch slowly, as ' force ' the contract, that it was so very little damage was done to it. Joose tIiat one could drive a two horse Officers began a search "at once for , wagon , through It. The different f a- Shepherd, notifying his people in . Georgia. Lumber river was dynamited and dragged for the body of the miss - tog man. The woods 4l and swamps , were scoured, but with no results. Mr. J.B. Shepherd, brother of the missing man, came at once to help carry on uie searca ana remainea nere until EU tiflil Kaoti Watia tht uAmoil ao?Wa From that time until Monday noth - inir had been heard of ShAnhAf. uowever.it was' uiked, or praeUcanyi""r-,'" w .De" ineir uon naa aiea aown. dui mention or. concerning the finding of Ihe body, until he brought it-back to Tbe,.. o'clock Monday night.' Mr. J. B.i McLean of Bellamy is a Lumberton visitor today. He reports the death last night of a mule belong ing; to Mr. Ira Wilkinr of Bellamy. The mule went on a hunger strike. Mr. McLean says, and that and old age finished his . earthly career. In terment was made this morning. Don't fail to see" A Fashion Re vieu Down Petticoat Lane" , at ' the school auditorium Thursday night Adm. 50 and 25 cents. Adv CcopTJarliclL: Problems DL cuss ed At Mcctina Here - , . Some Question That Puzrle- Coops 4 Answered by Mr.-W. E. ; Le and Propsgaiida of.OpponenU of Coop erative Marketing Proved U be False Advantagea4f Organixatioa ' Explained. . The resrular monthly 'co-operative marketmg meeting was held in' the court house here Tuesdaj' morning at 11 o'clock, Mr. W. IV Lea, of the Field Service Division being thi prin cipal speaker. .- r The meeting was called to order by Chairmaa R. H.;Crichton,nd much discussion was jdone by the members presentr "who- represented l(!j of the 25, townships, and local organizations from each of the 16. 'L Before the address by Mr. Lea, chairman Criehton asked him to ex plain, -the facts regarding the land lord being held ' responsible for the tenant's",1 part of ;the tobacco or cot ton, by the association when the ten ant did not belong. It is' a part of the marketing contract that all tobacco grown" on the: land of a landlord shall be marketed through the association. To this Mr. Lea replied that where a member of the association, had a tenant who did ; hot belong, that so long as. the landlord showed his loyal ty to the, association and did not wil fully violate the contract with the in tent of .being unloyaL he would not be indicted for a breach of contract. He stated .that some, parts - of. the contract law were 'what some would term Ji "dead letter? law ah'dwould be .enforced at . the judgment o .the i Hon bad" been made.. ' . .f iS f ' wnjra in uruer sk wits, yncc their product as they wantedt.,. Before gihalng a aeries pCXht- tacks against those who wer fight-lon Ust evening we note Mr Locke ia ?" yfTMcInnis, Mrs. J. F. Nash and Misses tern, he said that he wanted it fully 'understood that he did not blame the , . w niimon dollars worth of ware- houses, with nothing but promises. vorable decisions of the courts have ProJen. this to be untrue, 1 ' The. Statement of Mr. Lea'srthat . he knew it to be a positive fact that 1 association had sold tobacco to . - . s. , . iUl LUC JUUikWiJ www -- - if.e : manufacturer m the4the fee 8tem for solicitors-Brock ' jnil6a states ana also to large turo-; vwiuaiuw, mci. nua wuwi wurrf I amonir thosA Dreaent. Hia nroDacahii lda sent out by the speculative mter- I J. x. a. a. it 1 . 1 esta .was that It was impossible for - " " wu.j-.iuv. Another argument used by the spe culative interests was that the asso ciation could not re-dry their tobae- caf05y-rT " ,Mr- 1 stated that theR. J, Reynolds Tobac Lea co Co. had paid an enormous sum to the association for' tobacco that ' had been re-dried in the plants of the as sociation and that it was perfectly satisfactory. . He further stated that with the plants now owned by the as sociation it was possible for it to re- dry 3 million pounds of Jtobacco per day of ten hours. He then stated that the propaganda had it that the asso ciation, could not borrow money. To this he stated that 9 million dollars had been borrowed from bankers 1 in the large cities and that 30 million was ready for use by the association from the government. The argument by the speculative interests .that the association -could :. (Continued on page o) ToVotccnBcnd Iccuo for Hih School Building Special Election Will be Called to Aa- ; thorixe School Board to Iasoo Ne cessary Bonds High School Baild- Ihg.aj Necessity , The Lumberton school board-' Ik taking the necessary steps to call a special election to vote on bonds for a new high school building. It is the purpose to ask for authority, to issue bonds in any , sum that may be ne cessary up to I250,5oa ' . . Mr. James D. Proctor, a member of the board, has been instructed to take the matter up with Senator I R. Varser and determine just, what' steps are necessary to comply with all le gal requirements and to have 'a bill passed by" the present Legislature if that is found to be necessary. Mr. C. Gadsden Sayre of Anderson, S. C, and Raleigh has been retained as architect for the . proposed new building. Plans and a water-color per spective of the proposed new build ing" will be placed on exhibition so that the people may see ' just what the school board has in mind. St. Paul News By Bessie G. Johnson St Paul, Feb. 20. Exceedingly nice weather today, for winier, we must admit, soon March will ' be greeting us and then for, the v beautes of spring." -"Madame' Rumor" says the wed ding bells will soon be ringing and ring "loud", too. May the god work continue, but .what ever you do, "save us the" particulars." ; ?f'! Mr. Tom Smith and wife have ar rived in town. They art making1 pre parations to erect a 2-story brick resi dence, in Colonial style, according to reports, brick being hauled today, the dwelling to be erected In the grove- east Fayetteville street, a splendid location. - Dr. E. C. Murray left Monday for Charlotte to attend the laymen's con vention. Others are planning to go today. -Among those to attend the Denis shawn dancers' program in Raleigh Majorie Russell and Mable McDonald. Mr. McDonald and some of the young er children were going over today to accompany Miss Mable home. Two cars of brick arrived yesterday. That means the new high school building will soon be "on the way." What will St. Paul do next in the way" of improvement? A new tele graph office, maybe 'thru the ef forts of the chamber of commerce it is hoped one of the companies will be induced to establish an office in St. Paul 'ere long. Friends of Mrs. Flora Bennett are glad she is convalescing since her few days illness. . ,: Four New Judicial Districts ia Ex- pected to be Compromise. Raleigh, Feb. 2LFour new judi-j cial . districts, with the 24 solicitors . oh a salary, is expected to be the hal wind-up of the legislative moves a- - 1.. At 4-n. im treaie seven new uuuivw u feeg from tte prosecutor. :The 8tatJ now has 2o districts. The house has passed the Warren-. Connor bill, placing the solicitors on a salary, ana tne nouse is reporiea.iorget. uoor receipts were about IZ5. li A erftt f A TATI-r ' HAW judicial districts. It is a sort ox com promise between'the senate, , which put in bill for seven new districts, and the house, which at first, seemed disposed to confine its consideration B.pHe- ln wilmineton Star. Red Springs Girls" Defeat Local Hi Girls. C'-j' : i-'v1 Tha local Hi rirls' team was defeat ed Tuesday afternoon by the fast Hi girls' team of Red Springs. The game was not one sided but was fought by both sides. Starring for Red Springs was Miss Stella McNeill and zor uam hrfAn were Misses Bethea and Allen: all around good passing and guarding by Misses Lawrence and McLeod for the locals. At the end of the second ..... 7 ... m a. a,4 ffiL half the score was a we. zi to xne extra 5 minutes of playing decided Red . Springs the winner with s Miss McNeill sUrring with a iieia goais. The final score was 27 to 25. The re turn game is to be played at Red Springs in the near zuture. : Town Taxes - r Two percent was added to unpaid town taxes on Feby. 1st One addl- Ltional percent will be added on March 1st making three percent -. " J. P. RUSSELL, ' .Clerk and Treasurer. Adv Parlitca Letter 1 1 ' - - f ie ' " J-- . - bmImsmbbb j - y V:- Parlctoa Highs Defeat Fayrtteville DeUghtf ul Sacred Concert at SL Pant Residence Burned Splendid Program by School Faculty IMy iotery of Remains of E, R. Sarp- hrd. ' ' , ' ' ' . ' ' By C D. Williamson. Parkton, Feb. 20. The high school basketball team played a match game with the Fayetteville highs Friday afternoon on the local grounds. The game . was won by ; the Parkton team 19 to 22. It was quite interesting, notwithstanding our team had no one f'coach, while the Fayetteville team had one ' who reemed to be up ' on the rules rnd regulations. Our boys were handicapped, yet they outclassed heir opponents. .Our boys X play in Sanford tomorrow night. 'We hear of a fijci nuny rooters wh expect to go with tiem, .The Ilex Basketball team ame vn this afternoon and played the local grammar grades. Both teams, "girls and boys, were defeated by the locals. - The North Carolina sacred orches tra numbering about 20, played at St. Paul Sunday evening. Notwith standing the cold weather, the audi torium of the Methodist church was filled, with a number standing. The music was up to standard by the or chestra, and the choir of -Chestnut Street Methodist church of Lumber ton was also present and : rendered two splendid anthems, also furnished a male quartet, which was good. The Lumberton male quartet "' also . was present and was heard for two se lections, which were listened to with undivided interest. Rev. Mr. Poole, pastor of the Methodist church, con ducted devotional exercises, also made a brief speech which was much enjoy ed, speaking in the highest terms of the orchestra. v Another feature was a violin solo by the . noted violinist Mr. M. ' H. Sbubert of St. Paul. Our town was ' much excited Sat urday about 3 p. m. when it was dis covered that the house occupied by Mr. E. V. Joye was on fire. The fire made rapid headway. The nigh wind made it impossible to save the build ing, which was a 6-room residence, but most of the belongings were sav ed, as a large crowd of friends and neighbors rushed to ; the scene ; and both white and colored people work ed manfully to save the near-by build ings. C. D. Williamson's residence just opposite the fire and nearest to it; next the residence occupied by J. C. Lancaster; . next " the Presbyterian church, which caught fire in several places but was soon put out by faithful and hard work.' All the near by buildings were kept wet all dur ing the fire. The burned building was owned by A. M. and H. B. Culbreth. We have not learned ' whether there was any insurance or not The origin of the fire is not known. The smoke house caught first, Mr. Joye and family immediately moved to the M. Wright hpuse in the northern part of town,. on Railroad street. ; The program by the graded school faculty last Friday night was much enjoyed by a small house, owing to the very cold weather. The music was good. The play was entitled "The Sweet Family. Those takinsr Dart in fi-.the play were Mrs. J. J. Cobb, Misses Gladys Godwin, Viola McDonald, Sarah I ii.jv TT.. .i T . m'. ivurne, uiauys nu(rnes, Irene Juunns, I Addie McLamb, Mary Brown. The play was full of pep from start to 1 , - finish and was more than twice worth the' money. It will be hard to benefit of new Presbyterian church. Mr. J. D. Jordan remains quite sick with pneumonia, An interesting, discovery was that of Chalmers Edwards. Sunday even- ing while out strolling, following an old abandoned road leading from the public road which goes by the M. R. Tolar farm, less than a mile from our town, young Edwards discovered man's skull about 200 yards from the main . road near the edge of . Green swamp. Making further investigation, he found what he thought to be the skeleton of a man. He rushed home and reported it to his father, Mr. T.j J. Edwards, who went to the scene and found it like his 17-year-old 'son had reported. They reported the news to Dr. D. S. Currie, who Monday morning.. 'phoned to Sheriff Lewis, and Monday by 1 p. m.' the sheriff and Coroner Biggs came to our town and made a thorough investigation of the skeleton and it-was identified al that of E, R. Shepherd, the man who mysteriously disappeared from . Lum berton nearly a year ago. This dis covery has created no little interest up. our way. me sneritr and party took the remains aback to Lumberton Don't fail to see4 A Fashion Re- vieu Down Petticoat Lane" ' at the school auditorium Thursday night Adm. 50 and 25. cents Adv If ia mI ! r Bmrfcr lMtlar. wm i d in ths hw. ElroM Fruit Para. - G)ttcaT.2arket Reported , by J. II. Barriagtoa Middling cotton today 29 cents. Itcnri qf Local Ncvo -There 'will be:a regular meetiiur of the Lumberto li. chapter of the Ol E. S. at the Masonic hall tonight at 7:30. 'X'f Xii':,:;.?.-: .Today being ths " 22nd I dav of February, George' Washington' birth day, a legal holiday, 4 all the local banks . are . closed. i; -i ,. -r. ; Morris, the Radio Man.' the last number of, the Lyceum course, will give a performance at the school auditorium Monday night, February 26th. School children, will be admitted A-brake beam on a coal car ' became loose, this morning whOe tha car was being shifted on the local railroad yards, but waa found by the eondnctor before any material damage had been done. :,-.- Mr, W. V. Brown, deputy eonee tor of internal revenue, will be fa Lumberton February 23 and 24 and in Maxton February 25 and 20 for the purpose of assisting individual in making out their income tax re turns. , I License have been Issued for tie) marriage of H. Arthur . Strickland and Bosella Ford, colored, and Book er T. McMillan and Hattie Buie, col ored. The last named couple were married in the, courthouse yesterday . afternoon by Justice L. R. Stephen. Signs reading "Lumber Rivtr have been hung on ' the three iron bridges that span - Lumber , river on the W. C, A. highway near Lumber ton. The ; highway force here I do ing a large amount of sign painting. haying ' recently ' placed new guide signs and markers on the principal streets of Lumberton which are a part of the main highways. Among, those attending the co operative association meeting here Tuesday were Messrs. Wheeler Stone, . Lacy Price and J. S. Scott of Thomp son's township; Messrs. R. A." Hardin, Charlie Andrews and Boss Floyd of Sterlings' township; Messrs. W. C. Brown, J. D. Kyle, O. I. Floyd and D. A. Jones of Fairmont township, .and Mr. N. F. Barden of Orrum township. Mr. and Mrs J. A, Sharp and daughter, Miss Courtney, returned yesterday, from Raleigh, where they were guest Monday and Tuesday of. Senator and Mrs. L. R. Varser at the Yarborough hotel They also had the pleasure of attending with Mrs. Var ser and 'daughter, Miss Lily Snead, the wonderful interpretative dancing ' exhibition at the audiforium Monday night of Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn and the Denishawn dancers. BoU Wepvfl Meet ing at St. Paul Friday Night Prof. Franklin Sherman, State en tomologist, will address a boll weevil -meeting at St Paul Friday night, February 23rd, according to informa tion received by Mr. O. O. Dukes, county farm demonstrator. The meet ing will be held under the auspices of the St. Paul Chamber . of Com merce. " MR. J. n. FELTS SR. DIED YESTERDAY IN CHARLOTTE Mr. J. H. Felts, Sr., of Charlotte, father of Mr. J. H. Felts, Jr. of In berton, died yesterday , at 11:45 in the Presbyterian hospital at Charlotte. He had been in , the hospital three weeks and had been seriously ill all of that time. Mr. Felts was with his father last weeky returning to Lum berton and going back to Charlotte Monday. He was with him when the end came. AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS I the subject that Pastor Dur ham will discuss next Sunday morning at the First Baptist Church. . , ,"t As we are celebrating' Washing ton's birthday: this week, and as there is so much disregard for law at the present day, this subject i timely. . The subject of the evening ser mon will be "Baalam, A Religious Sentiment; .; Caleb, A Religious Principle," This is the second in the series of Sunday evening sermons re cently begun by the pastor, i The ehurch extends a cordial Invitation to everybody to attend u;se services. :"S: .You Havent Seen Love in its ideal : Setting tmtil You've Seen, When. Knighthood Was hi Flower. Watch) for Dats, (Adv.) 7
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