Jary Renders Beth a Positive
Negative Verdict h Bi*
) Case—Failed t. Pay Attention t.
Jndge'a Charge—Other Cases.
Judge W. A. Devin- preaiding at
the civil term oi Superior court being
held here this week, ordered the ver
dict of the jury set aside in the ejects
ment proceedings ease of Oilin
lear vs. Rittie Locklear tried yesterday
"Gentiemen I wish you would pay at
tention to my Charge", said the
judge as he read the decision. "Your
verdict contains a positive and a
negative answer, which makes the
Verdict incorrect".
Oltin Locklear claimed that Rittie
Locklear was a tenant bn his farm
and that she was holding off by re
fusing to move after having been duly
notified. Rittie claimed that she was
the owner of the land and that she
lived on her own place. The verdict
was that the defendant did n&t own
the land and. was a tenant, but that
she was not holding off by refusing
to move. For the verdict to be correct
it would, have read that Rittie Lock*
lear was a tenant and that she was
holding off by refusing to move, or
vice versa.
< Other esses have been disposed of
as follows:
John T. McNeill, J Receiver, vs. Jno.
F. McNair et al.; judgment for the
plaintiff. * ;
Elisabeth Doares vs. Jesse D.
Doares; divorce granted.
Thomas Barnes vs. Anvaline
Barnes; divorce granted.
Janie -Kate Thompson vs. Wm. H.
Thompson; divorce granted.
Swift A Co. vs W O. Edmund;
plaintiff taxed with coats. ' i
Barber-Paschal Lumber Co. et aL vs
H. W. McLellaa; injunction continued.
Ada. H. West, Admx., vs. Nannie
McArthur and C. W. McArthur; judg
ment for plaintiff. }
A. B. Bullock. Receiver, vs. Oscar
Moore, Sarah Moore and J. C. Inman;
judgment for plaintiff.
American Agricultural Chemise!
Co. vs Andrew Wetts and Edith
Watts; judgment for plaintiff.
S. E. Chandler vs. Mary S. Phillip*
and B. W. Phillips; judgment for
plaintiff.
dennie Jones vs. Janie Jones; di
vorce granted.
R. C. Everette vs D. L. Broon; judg
ment for plaintiff.
MR. BARTON LOSES TWO TOES
IN STEAM ROLLER MACHINERY
Engineer's Foot Got Caught When Re
luctant Machinery Started.
A very painful and more or less
serious accident occured Tuesday af
ternoon on Third street when Mr. W.
H. Barton got his foot caught in the
machinery of the steam roller, losing
two toes and badly lacerating his
fodt.
Mr. Barton was pushing down on
a half disc-like piece of iron attach
ed to one of the driving rods in an
effort to start the machinery while
the throttle was partly open. When
the machinery started it caught
the engineer's foot, completely cut
ting off his shoe and two toes. There
was no one right near the machine
when the accident happened, but a
man several yards away noticed that
something had gone wrong, and went
to the assistance of Mr. Barton, who
answered, the question relative to his
being hurt, "0! I just got a coupie of
toes cut off, is all". He was parried
to a local hospital, where medical at
tention was given.
CARLYLE COACH TURNED OVER
NEAR OIL MILL THIS Pi M.
Injuries Sustained by Misses Haas!
and LiUian Carlyle Thought to be
Slight.
A near serious accident occured
this afternoon at 2 o'clock near the
oil mill on highway No. 23 when a
Hudson coach driven by Miss Haze!
Carlyle left the hard surface and ran
into a ditch several feet deep, hitting
the opposite hank and turning on its
side. Miss Hazel and her sister, little
Miss LiUian Carlyle, were siightly in
jured. The other occupants, Mr. Ber
nard Redmond and ^ Jones boy, were
net ialaaad. The ladies were rushed
to Baker's hospital, where medical
Attention was given, the results of
which showed that they suffered a
severe shock and several bruises with
some Internal injuries, the extent of
Which cannot yet be determined. The
eoach was very badly damaged.
—Mr. K.* M. Biggs, who has been
ih at his home on Pine street for
several days, is again able to be out.
Mr. H. Bames of Proctorville was
a business visitor here Tuesday.
Mr. J. M. Wilson of Howellsville
was a Dumbarton visitor yesterday.
Huggins Released
j Under $5,000 Bond
One of Men HeMaa ArcarapHce h
KUHng .f B. R. Shepherd M^tea
Band far Appearance at Jniy
- Caart—WiM Rrnnora.
I F. M. Huggins, held ns an accom
plice in the killing of E. R. Shepherd
since the coroner's jury rendered its
verdict Tuesday evesAug ad last weUk,
was released from jail Monday night
on $5,000 bond, signed by Mr. T .C.
Barnes of Lamberton, for his ap
pearances at the July term of cri
minal court. Order for his release was
made by Judge W. A. Devin, p$da!d
ing at Robeson Superior court, Upon
recommendation of Solicitor T. A. Mc
Neill.
} The jury found that E. R. Shep
herd, wire mysteriously disappeared
from Lumberton on April 11th
1922, came to his death from pistol
shots at the hands of Luke Britt, aid
ed apd hbetted by Dock Rosier, col
ored, and F. M. Huggins. Elza Brown,
held as a material witness, later re
leased under $500 bond, as has been
stated in The Robesonian. Britt was
not admitted to bail, and Rozier has
not made bond.
Many Wild rumors have been cir
culated. One was to the effect that
Rozier pad confessed to helping bury
Shepherd. Another had it that it
was in evidence at the coroner's in
quest that Huggins and Rozier held
Shepherd while Britt ahot him. All the
Important evidence brought out be
fore the coroner's jury has beep pub
lished in The Robesonian and if any
thing further has come to light the
officers are keeping it quiet.
—
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE FOE
. VETERANS TO REUNION
Each Confederate Veteran Who Goes
to New Orleans Will be Allowed
$25 by County Commissioners—A
Light Buy With Bootd.
^ Each Confederate veteran of Robe
aop county who attends the reunion
at New Orleans, La., this year will
be allowed $25 for expenses by sn or
der passed by the county commis
sioners at their regular monthly
meeting Monday. *
Ao order was passed by the board
transferring $10,000 from the salary
fund to the general county fund.
The regular monthly allowance of
Malcom Hunt was increased from $3
to $5 and the following were added to
the regular pauper list: Elijah Jones,
$4; Pink Carter, $5; Catherine Hunt,
$4; Ella Goins, $4; Lloyd Phillips,
$6.
Regluar monthly statements were
filed by the Bank of Maxton, county
treasurer, R. E. Lewis, sheriff, Miss
Elizabeth Frye, county welfare officer
and Dr. E. R. Hardin, county health
officer. , ; f
Commissioners present at the meet
ing were Jno. W. Ward, chairman, C.
B. Townsend, Rory McNair, John G.
Hughes and W. J. Council.
List of bills ordered paid will be
published in next issue.
ATTENTION EX-SERVICE M^N
Tonight Is Time for Regular Meeting
—Radio Outfit is Being Installed
Temporarily.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Don't forget that tonight is the
time for regular meeting of Lumber
ton Post American Legion. If you
are a member of this post you are
expected to be there; if you are an
ex-service man, you are invited to be
there and become a member.
There is being a radio outfit with
a loud speaker temporarily installed
in the American Legion hall today
and it is earnestly requested that
as many of the ex-service men as
can* possibly do so will come out and
hear the concert. It may be that after
hearing the concert the Legion will
take some steps towards the advisa
bility of purchasing this or some other
radio outfit to be permenently install
ed in the Legion hall. We will also
take up the question of buying a
piano for the Legion.
W. B. IVEY,
^ Commander.
Free Dental Clinic in HoweHstiHe.
A free dental clinic will be held
in Howellsville township next week
for the school children between the
ages of 8 and 12 with State Dentiat
0. Pi Smith in charge. Th# first work
wiii be done Monday at Smith's
SChOOi.
————,—— ^ .
—Mr. W. M. Best is assembling
material for erection of a residence
on a iot belonging to him on 13th
$treet. - - ' -
Mr. D. Barrington of Maxton, R. 5,
was among the visitors in town Tues
day.
ed Mm on charges of being
and practicing medicine
necessary permit. ,.'y.-ag33K%
A complaint was made to Um offi
cer regarding the conduct of Thomp
son, who had posed in that community
as a "conjure doctor", whereupon the
officer arrested him, and toid him to
get in his car, whiie he stepped of* a
few yards to speak to Mother man,
with whom he had business. Upon
returning to the car the policeman
found his prisoner a corpse.
A 'phone message to the coroner
and sheriff from the officer, who had
ieft his car with the dead man in it
while he went seven miles to Rowland
to a telephone, stated that the coganer
was wanted to hold an inquest over
the body, the officer not being in
structed to deliver the prisoner "dead
or aiive". The coroner and HHciff
were soon on the scene and A jury
heard the evidence, after which they
returned a verdict that the deceased
had come to Ms death from natpfai
causes. The remains were carded to
Ms home on Mr. C. M Townsend's
farm. '
Initial Shipment
of
eson
if Marketing is Successful the Vi
Wii! be Won—Agrkaitarai
Members and Commissioners
at Ureen Valley Dairy—Farm
onstrator Dukes Makes Bneonrag
iag Report.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Robeson County Agricultural' so
ciety was held Monday at the Green
Valley farm dairy, of which Mr. E.
L. Mamiiton is proprietor.
Inspection was made by members of
the society and the board of county
commissioners, who were guests of
the society,* which disclosed the fol
lowing: 60 pigs, 12 sows, 2 boars, 45
cows, 100 hens, 10 acres of vetch and
oats, 6 acres of strawberries, 8 acres
of lettuce, 4 seif-feeders, 12 farrow<
!ng houses, a large well-ke&t dairy
bam, milking bam. nyik room com
plete with every modem equipment for
sanitation; and genuine ^Southern hoa
pitaiitjr.
During the inspection, County Farm
Demonstrator O. O. Dukes reported
that he had secured tor the farmers
of the county 6210 pounds of Mg*
pedeza seed and 2240 pounds of car
pet grass, for planting during the
month of March; that throughout the
county there are now 45 farrowing
houses, 27 seif feeders, and two car
loads of hogs, averaging approximate
ly 200 pounds, ready for shipment.
The initial shipment of hogs from
Robeson county, according to Mr.
Dukes, will be made during this
month, when the two car loads he
mentioned in his report will be ship
ped. The cost of raising these hogs
is very little and if the marketing
of the hogs ie successful the victory
will be won, the present market price
for hogs on foot being in excess of
the cost of production.
Much interest is being taken in the
agricultural society and practically
every township in the county was re
presented Monday.
—Maybe The Bobesonian ought not
to teU on him, since he is shy about
letting the paper know about himseif,
but Mr. Z. V. Wiison, son of Mr. J.
M. Wiison of Howeiisviiie township,
in a recent inter-coiiegiate debate at
the state university at Chapel HiB,
where he is a student, the biggest de
bate of the season, with many youag
men taking part, won second piece,
no mean honor in sueh a contest with
debaters from AH Over.
..<* "
EVERY ONE
who reads this is invited to the
First Baptist Church next Sundays
morning to hear a sermon on "The
Greatest Industry in the World**.
And to come again in the even
ing to hear a, sermon on "Jephtheh,
The Superstitious Vow; Ruth, The
ReiigiouaVow"
This is the fourth in the serjtea
of character-sermons. Interest in
them is increasing. Come! ^
Sam Harm Fined
$200 and Coat* in
Shotting Scrape
Fine Pay* Hoapita! MB of Jim Me
DowaH. Wht Ca*a Near Latah*
i^g—Shaoth* FaHawad An-Night
GamMhg GatM.
( Sam Harris' colored, who shot And
wounded Jim McDowell, also colored,
Sunday morning, February llth, as
the resuit of a quarrel following a
gambling game that laated alt night,
(was allowed to pay a ^ne # $200 and
.cost in recorders court a few days
ago. The $200 collected as a fine
was ordered hy the court to be used
in defraying the hospital bHl of Me
Dowel!, who has practically recovered
from his wound.
At one time physicians attending
McDowell were of the opinion that it
would be necessary to amputate the
leg of the wounded negro in order
.to save his Hfe, but this was averted
after long treatment. *
Others arrested at the time of the
shooting were tried before Recorder
,Ivey and taxed heavily, account of
, which was made in n recent issue of
The Robesonian.
Parkton Letter
Residence Destroyed by Fire—New
Preebyterhm Pastor Arrives—
"Seme" CMchen Math-Gardening
Thee—Other Items.
By C. D. Williamson
Parkton; March 5.—Mr and Mrs.
W. W. H. Proctor of Varina visited
at the hdhae of Mr. Proctor's son, Mr.
D. C. Proctor, last week. Mr. W. W.
H Proctor had lived 20 years a wid
ower and on Feby $1 married Miss
Leona Mots of Richmond, Va. The
happy couple while on their Visit re
ceived many congratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Marsh return
ed home last Tuesday from Tampa.
Fia., where they spent several months
visiting relatives. They report a
splendid time.
Saturday morning about 11 o'clock
the house occupied by Mr. . Vance
Paul, half mile from town, owned by
Mr. D. W. Marsh, was completely de
stroyed by fire, caused by defective
stove flue. The fire made rapid head
way and oniy a part of Mr. Paul's
belongings were saved. He iost at
least $300 worth of groceries as he
had just the day before the fire
placed a fresh supply of groceries in
his commissary and most all o* it was
burned. Mr. Paul did not carry any in
surance while Mr. Marsh carried some
insurance on the building, but not haif
the vaiue of the house, as it was
a splendid building and would cost
several thousand dollars to replace.
Mr. Paul and family moved today to
town and are occupying the A.
A. McDonald residence on Railroad
street.
Rev. V. C. Smith arrived Saturday
evening and preached at the Presby
terian church here last night to a
iarge congregation, preaching a
most able and helpful sermon. The
Presbyterians of our town have been
without a pastor for some time, but
now they can get busy. Mr. Smith is
much enthused over his field of la
bor and he insists the stores ail to
close during the hour for union pray
er-meeting and if not he wouid make
investigation. The writer has always
insisted on the business men attend
ing the union prayer meetings. If
the stores would ail close one hour
the attendance would be much larger,
as so many people who ought to at
tend these prayer services hang
around and gossip.
The basket-bail girls and the sec
ond team of boys went dp to Rockfish
this afternoon and played the Bock
fish school teams, and it is reported
that our locals won both games, while
the boys had a close game,9 to 10. Last
week the Rockfish boys came down
and played the second team here. The
game was too one-sided and was won
by onr locals easily. William Blount
for the locals, lead, making 18 points.
Messrs. Jas. A. Johnson and J.
Browne Evans of St. Paul were in
town briefly today.
On a recent visit to Lumberton it
was our privilege to visit Mr. James
McNeill and family and to see the
most and prettiest Rhode Island Red
chickens we ever saw. He has thous
ands of baby chicks and five incuba
tors running, and every three weeks
turns out one thousand more biddies.
He is some birdman.
This is the main week for gardeners
to get busy. So many men depend cm
their good stives to look after the
garden. It's a man's job and you men
get on the job.
Friday night Clyde Council, the
radio operator, gave bis first public
entertainment. He has opened up over
the Thompson building. He is pre
pared to interest the public and it is
just wonderful how plain you cah
Negro Warned
To Move Away
Letter S!gae# 44 B!ood" SaM to Hav<
Caaaed Negro to Dhuppeor froat
Toaaat Hooee He Ho# Jaet Moeet
toto Near Laare! taetitate.
$y W. H. H B*ww*
( Buie, March 9 —A letter is said tc
hive been foand on the premiees d
Mr W R. MeNaBl^ it one ofMs ten
ant house*, ihont 1 t-4 miles from
Bcie, neir Lmre! Institute. It was
slid to hive been addresaed to i
eohMacdmaawhohaAwcmt^aM#ad
, there from Georgia ind was living ir
[the house. The tetter is Slid to hive
liked the negro to mike his disap
pearance or move oat within 3 days
and was signed "44 Blood." And is
accord with the request the negro got
oot.
i There is no explanation probibiy
farther concerning the ibove, unieis
the following is the reason why the
negro was isked to get oat: it is i
settlement entirely, of Indiin people
right where he iived, and they hive
there school there, md it is probable
that the one or ones thit pat the let
ter on the poreh, or wherever it wis
found by the negro- did not went
them living in thit settlement.
Now we ire just giving oar opinion
concerning this, ind liso probibiy of
others, while we do not know the psr
ticulirs, ind ire miking no sceasi
tion igiinst my certiin ones.
St. Paul News
Inflnensi Retams—Splendid Local
Tilent Minstrel Show—Persons!
^ Mention.
By Bessie C. Johnson
St. Pial, March A—The fin seems
to be with us again. Miy it soon tike
its flight to pistares new. Mr. Mix
H. Shubert is just out from i few
days' slight attack, ind Mr. W. A.
Nntting went to bed yesterdiy with
whit is also reported as inflnensi.
Mrs. Nutting hid jnst retamed from
i visif to her mother it Thomasville,
arriving here Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Maggie Oliver is home again
after a pleasant visit among relatives
in the Rennert vicinity.
Mr. A. R. MeEachem was away a
'few days last week, looking after
business interests, arriving in town
Saturday morning.
Mrs. Ryan MeBryde ahd children of
Raeford spent Saturday and Sunday
gnests in the home of her sister, Mrs.
L. 1. Grantham.
Friends are glad to greet Miss
Martha Cameron again after an ab
sence of a few months, which she
spent at her home at Union Springs,
Alt., She was St. Paul's very effi
cient milliner daring the fall season.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Degray of
Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, have been
guasts the past few days of her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Odom. Mrs.
Degray is remembered by freinds
here as Beatrice Odom. Her hasband
having a 20-days' furloagh, part of
the time will be spent among hex peo
ple here. He is an army officer. They
were married in January, as we pre
viously reported.
Miss Helen Oliver was a week-end
guest of her people at Marietta.
Friends of Mr. Robert Lancaster, of
Grantham Drag Co., are glad to see
him oat again following a few days'
attack of influenza.
Dr. J. F. Nash left Saturday night
for New York to "be gone several
days.
A splendid Iocai-taient mmstrei was
given in the high school auditorium
Friday evening of !ast week, under the
auspices of the American Legion,
whieh was quite the hit of the sea
son. A *uU house greeted the come
dians and tremendous applause was
heard on every hand, every member
of the cast swinging thru' hie part
with perfect smoothness, and not oniy
do a few of the so-called "ieadin
characters" deserve praise, hut the
entire bunch. The play abounded in
mirth and amusing stunts, and rich
and rare were the jokes "pulled off"
at the expense of local characters.
Somewhere between $75 and 80 was
realised, which goes to the American
Legion and auxiliary. A very worthy
cause, suTely. There is talk of taking
the ministrel to some of the neighbor
ing towns, so possibly those who fail
ed to see it here may avail themselves
of this opportunity.
—Regular meeting Lumberton
chapter No. 116, Order of the Eastern
Star, will be held at the Masonic
hall this evening at 7%0 o'clock. AN
members are urged to be present as
important business will be transact
ed.
hear a man preach in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
or New York, or moat anywhere.
The barefoot school children of to
day are the real signals of gaol oM
spring-time once mare.
Middling cotton & quoted on the !*.
cal nmthet today at 30 cents gear
pound.
yesterday at 0*
o Mr. and Mrs. Geo
son of Lomberton B. 4, twin
dsye ago.
stoned by Governor Morrison_ ,
were: J. Browne Evan., St. Paul; CL
R. Taylor, Lamberton; N. G. WHeew.
Bladenboro.
—Mrt Robt. Belob, who moved rw
centiy to Laurmburg with her ha*,
band, has opened a miBMery and
dies,, ready-to-wear shop there :
the name of "The Style Shop."
—Three men failed to catch Seat
board passenger train No. 14 yen
i terday morning on account of the fart
I that this train ieft the station at a*
actiy 9:46, the fixed echednie, hot
which it has not done for some *h*o
in the past.
—A.**** the Seaboard .
Bladenboro Monday afternoon
which several freight care i
raibd and badiy dZnaged,
tha pnaaonger train wMehieavea
at 2:60 p. m. to be several how late,
^hewiae was the 4 o'clock train for
Chariotte delayed.
—Mr. S. Wayne Caldwell of Char
htte is spending a few days here at
the home of Ms mother, Mrs. Lanm
Caidweii, who has haw confined to
barroom for several day* on aceomst
of illness. Her condition is reported
as much improved.
—A long-needed improvement has
*t last been made in the Seaboard
passenger station, a teiephone hav
mg been Metalled on the first Ml the
month. Heretofore any business eg
information wanted had to be made
through the freight office. The num
ber of the newly installed 'phone ia
—License has been issued for the
marriage of Halbert Archibald
Thompson and Ins Rochelle Bracey;
James Ray Cay and Alice Stanton.
During the month of February Regis
ter of Deeds M. W. Floyd issued only
II license for marriage, four of which
were for wMte, two Indian, end *ive
colored.
—Mrs. Walter Young and baby girl,
Mary Gertrude, who have been visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young, at
307 Chestnut street will go to Wash
ington, D. C., Saturday night. Mr.
Walter Young is a son of Mr. Frank
Young and Mrs. Young was MM*
Mary Bali o* Cheltenham England.
They will live in Washington.
—Reported for The Robeaonian:Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Green and Master
Jimmy Green spent Sunday with Mr.
Green's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A
"Green. Mrs. Harry Green and Jim
my left Tuesday night with Mrs.
Green's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Johnston of Raeford for Datona,
Fla., where they will spend several
weeks- making the trip in Mr
Johnston's Marmon.
—Mr. Everett Davis, who lives on
Saddle Tree, brought to town Tues
day some cabbage-collards, the pret
tiest and most dressed-up thing in
the way of collard you ever saw. Your
collard is usually plain as an old shoe
i and doesn't care who knows it; it
makes no pretensions, knowing that
it is chock full of solid worth; but
with loss of none of its solid merits
this cabhage-collard is more pleasant
to behold than its plainer and more
unpretentious cousin.
—Senator and Mrs. L. R. Vsrser
and daughter, Miss Lily Snead, re
turned Tuesday evening *rom Raleigh,
where they lived at the Yarborough
hotel during the session of the Gen
era! Assembly, in the labors of which
Senator Varser took a leading part,
and the Senate of which thrust upon
Miss Lily Snead the honor of being
the first iady Senate page M the
world. Senator Varser left yesterday
morning for Jacksonville to attend
Onslow court.
Biib tor Private
Waiha and Drivew'yz
Coilectiom & aaarhaheg made far
private waHca and driveways. Pieaae
he ready to pay theae hiHa on eaiL
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