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{ WATCH TOP* LABEL ALL SCB8CRIPTMHB AM DHCONTINC ED WHEW THEY EXPIRE WATCH YO^R LABEL AND SEND at RE NHWAL BEFORE TOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES ^ VOL. LIV—No. 22 1923. Lmnberton, N. C. . . ' "ir COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH. B3rAHT,r3HSB t*7*. FMCH BTVg ^ Y#A^ DtH !N ADVAJWCW Trial of Alleged Members of Mask ed Mob in Progress Prosecution Asha That Defendants be Bonnd to Higher Court on Charge of First. Degree. Burgiary—Mrs. Parvis and Mrs. Watson Only Wit nesses Examined at Morning Ses sion—Defendants Claim to he Able to Prove Alibi. Preliminary hearing before Record er W. B. Ivey of the case of B. M. Lawson, chief of police of Fairmont, John Hedgpeth and Jule Brogden of Proctorville , on the charge of enter ing( with a band of masked and white robed men, the home of H. F .Purvis at Proctorville on the night of April 14, last, taking therefrom Mrs. H. F Purvis and Mrs. Mary Watson and beating them with a strap upon their naked flesh, is in progress at the court house as The Robesonian goes to press. The hearing began this morning at 10 o'clock. The court hbuse was packed this morning to the last inch of standing room, and many failed to get inside. The prosecution is seeking to prove that the defendants should be bound over to Superior court on the charge of first-degree burglary, which.is a capital offense. Solicitor Ertel Car lyle is being assisted in the prosecu tion by Superior Court Solicitor T. A. McNeill and the law firm of Mc Intyre, Lawrence & Proctor. The de fendants are represented by the firms of McLean, Varser, McLean & Stacy, Britt & Britt, E. J. & L. J. Britt and Johnson & Johnson. Mrs. Purvis and Mrs. Watson were the only witnesses examined up to 1 o'clock this afternoon, when court ad jumed until 2:30. Their testimony was substantially the same as given in Monday's Robesonian. The de fense claims to be able to prove an Alibi for each of the defendants. Mrs. Purvis sworethat she posi tively identified all 3 of the de fendants. Mrs. Watson swore only as to identifying Lawson. The de fense has some 100 witnesses sum moned to prove alibis. Mrs. Watson broke down and sob bed when she told that after going home her husband, Sam Watson, told her she got what she deserved, re fused to do anything to relieve her, and went to bed, while her daughters sat on the bed with her till daybreak. TOWN OFFICERS NOMINATED. No Opposition to Any Candidate and Light Vote is Cast—Election May 7. A very light vote was cast in the primary Tuesday for nomination of town officers as there was no opposi tion to any of the candidates. Only 59 votes were cast. Mayor E. M. Johnson, who has served one term of one year, was nominated for a 2 year term, the term of office for mayor having been extended to two years by the last Legislature. Other officers were nominated as follows, all being re-nominated: commission ers: S. McIntyre, ward . o. 1, J. L. Stephens, ward No. 2; school trus tees: K. M. Bames, G. I?. Thompson, L. E. Whaley; members of board of audit and finance: Frank Gough, H. M. McAllister, J. D. McMillan. Election to confirm the nominations will be held Mdy 7. ROWLAND WILL SPECIALIZE AT CURB MARKET SATURDAY Correspondence of The Robesonian. On Saturday, April 28th, the Row land home demonstration ciub will put on a special cuke saie at the curb market. These ladies are wonderful ly skilled in the art of cake making and they expect to have a large lot of delicious cakes along with a num ber of other attractive and tasty eats. ,We will also specialize on spring chickens and we have the promise of i a large lot for this week. Come at nine o'clock and see what a splendid j market we have. MARTHA FLAX ANDREWS Home Demonstration Agent ^ __ Where to Meet List-Taker for Lum berton Township. Mr. J.H. Barrington, list-taker for taxes for Lumberton township, will be at the following places on the dates mentioned: Lumberton Cotton Mill store May 2nd from 8:30 a. m. to noon; National Cotton Mill store May 2nd from 1:30 p. m. to 4:30; Jennings Cotton Mill store May 3rd from 8:30 a^ m. to noon; office of county auditor at court house from May 4th to May 31st. * Migration of 5000 Negro Laborers Hurts Road Work. Raleigh News and Observer, 25th: Migration of 5,000 unskilled negro laborers from the State during the past five days has paralysed con struction work in many localities, seriously threatened the ability of many farmers to cultivate a crop this year, and set the State Revenue Department hard after unlicensed agents who are directing the move ment. Mr. A. T. M=€=!!um of Red Spring was a Lumbertan visitor Monday. Mr. J. M. Rogers, who lives on R. 2 from St. Paul, was a Lumberton visitor Monday evening. COLORED TENANT OPERATED WHfSKEY STfLL M H!8 ROOM v. Bad Odor Emanating fronts Room Lad to Location of Lard Can Stiii on Farm Near Lumberton. Deputy Sheriffs A. H. Prevatt and A. R. Pittman captured a whiskey stiii Monday afternoon of the iard stand variety, in a house on Mr. K. M. Biggs' farm About two miies from town on the Fairmont highway. A coiored famiiy, tenants of Mr. Biggs, iived in one end of the house and the other end, in which the still was found, had been occupied by a negro man who had been working on the farm, but not recentiy, ieaving Monday morning and returning the foiiowing Saturday.^ The famiiy knew nothnig of the affair, but notified officers to come and see just what was in the iocked room as there was a very bad odor escaping from it, which they knpw to be out of the ordinary. The operator of the stiii has not yet been apprehended but the offi cers are confident they wiii have him lodged in jail within the next few days. . The apparatus was found m the fireplace of the room and hung so that the fire could be placed under it and the smoke go out the chimney in the ordinary way. Flora McDonald College Finals Program Announced for 27th Annua! Commencement—Largest Graduat ing Class in History of the College. Red Springs, April 24.—Flora Mac donald college has announced the fol lowing program for the twenty seventh annual commencement: Saturday, May 19th, 5 p. m., Senior Class Day exercises, Woodland thea tre. Sunday, May 20th, 11:15 a. m., bac calaureate sermon, college auditorium, by Rev, J. E. Purcell, Jr., pastor St. Andrews' Presbyterian church, Wil mington; 6:^0 p. m., vesper service, Woodland theatre, College campus, Dr. C. G. Vardell; 8:00 p. m., sermon before the Y. W. C. A., Presbyterian church, Rev. J. E. Purcell, Jr. Monday, May 21st, 8:00 p. m., con cert by the Conservatory of Music, college auditorium. Tuesday, May 22nd, 9 a. m., meet ing of board of trustees; meeting of advisory boards; 10:90 a. m. business meeting of General Alumnae associa tion; 4 p. m., reception and exhibits departments of fine and household arts; 8 p. m., Senior class play, "Mid summer Night's Dream", college audi torium; 10 p. m., alumnae banquet, college dining hall. Wednesday, May 23rd, 10 a. m., grr iuating exercises, college audi torium, address by Rev. D. N. Mc Lauchlin, pastor Second Presbyter ian church, Norfolk, Va. Flora Macdonald college will gradu ate on May 23rd the largest class in her history with twenty eight seniors receiving degrees, twenty members of the class are from North Carolina; four from South Carolina; two from Georgia; one from Florida; and one from Japan. Seventy-five per cent of the class will teach and take up ad vance Work along the following lines: medicine, journalism, physical educa tion, cafeteria management, banking, community work, nursing, law, for eign missionary. Names of the graduates are: Misses Ellen Erwin Black, David son; Mildred McAulay, Mount Gilead; Eliza MacKay Whitted, Wilmington; Margaret Hall, Wallace; Anna Mae Caddell, Carthage; Phoebe E. Wake field, Banner Elk; Annie Lee Funk, Florence, S. C.; Lucy Hunsucker, Gib son; Julia Ramsey, Banner Elk; Janie Belle Buchanan, Japan; Miriam Har rison, Leesburg, Fla.; Ada MacRack en, Whiteville; Mamie Baker, Latta, S. C.; Ruth Nowell, Fayetteville; Bonnie Bessie Bulla, Fayetteville; Lil lian Street, Glendon; Mary Alice Boyd, Townsville; Willie Mae White side, Charlotte; Alma M. Burgess, Summerton, S. C.; Sarah Louise Man deville, Sylvester, Ga.; Onie Ruth Er win, Clarksville, Ga.; Vera Coe, Rich land, S. C.; Hannah Nash McNeill, Buies; Margaret McGirt, Maxton; Martha Miller Jones, Red Springs; Mary Rice McCulloch, Burlington; Margaret Reid Morton, Oxford; Mar garet McLeod, Red Springs. LUMBERTON DEFEATS FAIR MONT NINETEEN TO SIX In.a game of baseball Tuesday af ternoon, which was filled with loose )laying and errors, especially on the part of the visitors, the Lumberton high school team defeated the Fair mont school team 19-6. Stubbs started the twirling for the visitors, and was hit hard, being re lieved by Ashley, who did somewhat better but who had to be relieved^ in the 6th by Jennings. Andrews and Prevatt of the locals did stellar work with the stick, bang ing out 2 3-base , hits each. ? Batteries: Fairmont—Stubbs, Ash ley, Jennings and Mitchell; Lumber ton—Jones and Huggins. Misses Louise McCallum, Eliza beth Scott, Josephine Carty, Louise Bethea and Dorothy Hope of Flora Macdonald college, Red Springs, were Lumberton visitors Monday af ternoon. CONDITION-OF WOUNDED NEGRO rs STILL CRITICni^ Hamilton Negro Who UaaJ Brie* With Seth Force a* to Fractnre J. C. McCoy*. SMI la StiM at Large. The condition of J. C. McCoy, negro, whose skull was seriously fractured by a brick thrown by W. J. Hamilton, also colored, Monday mornihg, atiii remains critical. Eight pieces of bone were talma from the wounded man's heed during the operation, which was perform#, by Dr. R. S. Beam at the Thompaea hospital soon after the accident. The oMciers have been unaMe to locate the Hamilton negro, who made a quick get-a way as soon as he had wounded McCoy. Hamilton's home is in Lake View, S. C., an dit is thought that he caught a car on the W. C. A. highway just beyond the river bridge which gave him a good start on the oiBcers. Maxtor* News Letter Woman's Auxiliary Meets With Mrs. j ..J P. Wiggins—Miss Marguerite! Townsend Hostess to Student Clabi —Wholesale Baptizing. By Grace McCurdy. Maxton, April 25—The home of Mrs. J. P. Wiggins was beautifully decorated yesterday, Aprii 24th, with flowers from gardens, from fences and from the woods, the occasion be ing a gathering of the members of the Women's auxiliary of the Presby terian church of Maxton. Mrs. S. A. Reid, president of the Synodical Home Mission department, made a talk which was very interesting and in spiring, on the spiritual side of the auxiliary's work. The ofhcers of the Center and Midway auxiliaries were also present. Music was furnished by Mrs. Maude Croom, who sang, ac companied by Mrs. Annie Williams on the piano, and Miss Louise McCal lum also sang a couple of solos. Several of the ladies took part in a pageant in connection with the "Mis sionary Survey" in which it developed that anything i% the way of informa tion for getting, up papers or pro grams might be found in that publi cation. Refreshments were served, consisting of ice cream and cake. Messrs. E. G. Chamberlin, Porter and Carpenter from New York spent Wednesday in Maxton on business. The Student club was entertained by Miss Marguerite Townsend Friday night. Considerable discussion was had as to the subject for next year's study, some of the members desiring to take up the study of "Modern Drama," others wishnig to study the different operas and another subject some were partial to being "Short Stories." As no agreement was reach ed, a meeting was arranged to be held at the home of Mrs. Lacy Wil liams on Friday to discuss the mat ter further. Miss Bessie McNair read a paper on "World Supersti tions;" Miss Clarkie McLean told about the ghosts in Shakespeare and "The Fall of the House of Ussher;" Mrs. Lacy McLean's subject was "The Rainbow Bridge and the Milky Way," and Mrs. Henry A. McKinnon had much interesting material on Easter, and also folk-music. At the end of the program refreshments of ice cream and cake were served, and then a lively discussion was had as to the conflict s in the dates of the commencements of the graded school, Carolina college and the Chautauqua, as it seems all of these will be going on in town at the same time. A sort of a wholesale baptizing was held at the home of Mr. Mack McKin non last Sunday, when the four youngest members of that branch of the McKinnon family were baptized by Dr. H. G. Hill. These babies were the sons of Messrs. McKay McKinnon, Sam McKinnon, Will McKinnon and Ben McKinnon. Mrs. E. L. Siler is visiting at her old home in Cheraw. Lumber Bridge Schoo! Finale Commencement Exercises WiH be Held Aprii 29 and 30 and May 1 and 2. Correspondence of The Robesonian Lumber Bridge, April 24.—Com mencement exercises of Lumber Bridge high school will be held April 29th, 30th and May 1st, 2nd. The ex ercises will be opened on Sunday, April 29th, at 11 a. m., when Rev. E. L. Siler of Maxton will preach the baccalaureate sermon in the school auditorium. Monday, April 30th, at 8 p. m., the Senior class will present their Class Day exercises, followed by a recital presented by the pupils of Miss Ruth Siler and the choral clubs. The grammar school will deliver a varied program on Tuesday evening, May 1st, at 8 o'clock. At 10:30 o'clock Wednesday mohnng, May 2nd, Prof. P S. Kennett will deliver the literary address, after which the graduating class will receive their diplomas. The exercises will be closed on Wednesday evening, May 2nd 8 o'clock, when tho high school presents the annual play, "Am I Intruding?" Admission 25 and 35 cents. Lumber Bridge high school extends a hearty invitation to the public to at tend their exercises. ^ *81 SMALL CHECKS PERISH IN FLAMES t*'. M. F. CaMweB 8uff*ta Leaa he Fir. Which Daasagea Brooding and Other Small ** Fire yesterday morning at 6:20 completely daatroyad a Chicken brood jog house and seriously damaged other small houses which were used for raising chicks, the property of Mr. M. F. Caldwell, at his home on Water street. Six hundred and eighty-one iittle Leg&om chicks, 500 of them one month otd the day of the fire, perish ed -in the flames, and a large number of hams, shouMers, lard and a barrei of syrup was lost, the amount of the loss being severai hundred doHars, with no insurance. The fire is attributed to lamps which were burning in the brooder. A iittie time was lost in fighting the fire by the department on account of a hose bursting. St. Paul News EmngeMst Ham Conducts Service in Methodist Church—Mr. T. L. John son Addresses Parents-Teachers As sociation—Work on New High School Building Under Way—Work Begins on New Office Building— Personal. By Bessie G. Johnson St. Paui, April 24.—Friends of Dr. Robert H. Spiro of West Asheville were g!ad to have him. in town sever al days last week. Mrs. D. Shaw McEachern had for her guests one afternoon iast week her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blue, and an aunt, Mrs. Angus Keith, who motored over from Raeford for a brief visit. Dr. Wiiiie Evans from Rowland was in town Monday to see Mrs. Joseph Evans, who has been sick for several days. Mrs. Evans, altho' bet ter, is still somewhat under the weather. Miss Alice Shaw, who haa not been well for some time, went up to High smith hospital, Fayetteville, Thurs day of last week, where she was to consult a specialist, remaining over for several days' treatment. Miss Pearle Howard is home again to the delight of her many friends, having spent several weeks in a Chariotte sanatorium. Mr, Ham of the Ham-Ramsay evangelistic campaign which is in progress in Fayetteville, is to be in St. Paul this afternoon, where a ser vice is to be held in the Methodist church at 3 o'clock. An interesting meeting of the Par ent-Teacher's association was held in the school auditorium yesterday af ternoon. "Parent night," you might term it, is to be held here this evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. T. L. Johnson o fLumber ton ia to be present and give an ad dress. Punch, etc., to be served and a good time anticipated. Work is progressing nicely on the new high school building and some of these days St. Paul will have a building of which its citizens may be proud. Work begins this week on the of fice on Main street, we mentioned previously that Drs. J. F. Nash and L. J. Moore were to have erected. Miss Macy Guiton has returned to Pittman hospital, Fayetteville, after spending a few &ys amon grelatives here. Mr. Paul N. Montague, who was in town for the week-end, has been real sick since Sunday, but is improving and is now hoping to be able for him and Mrs. Montague, who has been here, to return home this week, Mrs. Montague to come back later to finish her visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Davis. A number from here attended the revival in Fayetteville last Sunday afternoon, taking in both afternoon and evening services, some making it convenient to run in to see Miss Alice Shaw, which is always a rare treat to greet old friends while in a hos pital. Mr. Robert Sessoms is home again, his school near Monroe, of which he was principal, having recently closed. Mrs. J. L. Underwood and little daughter, from Roseboro, have been guests of her mother, Mrs. J. W. Sykes, the past 2 weeks. Miss Lena Sykes has also been a visitor in the Sykes home. Mr. J. C. Lindsay and family left last Saturday afternoon for Ruby, S. C., where Mrs. Lindsay and the children are to spend several weeks, guests of her people, the McGre gors, and other South Carolina rela tives. Mrs. W. R. McKenzie of Sampson has been visiting her sister Mrs. Rox ie McMillan. Miss Ophelia Gilmore, who has been in Pittman hospital for several days, remains in a very critical wandering condition, with very little hope for her recovery. Misses Helen Oliver and Elsie Wil cox of the school faculty spent last Sunday with Miss Oliver's people at Marietta. Mrs. Neill A. McEachern returned last week from Sanford, where she visited her mother, Mrs. J. M Wick er. -- .. Rev. Daniel Patt McGeachy, D. D, of Decatur, Ga., who is an old St. Paul boy, was to begin a series of meetings at Raeford this week, his friends will be glad to note. Mrs. D. S. McEachern was planning j COMMITTEE WILL CAMVA88 FOR CAROLINA COL LEGE DORMITORY j Meeting Caiied for This Evening in La$!iee* Parior of Cheatnnt Street; Church. At a meeting of the officiat board} of CheUtnht Street Methodist church Monday evening the foMotrin# were' appointed a committee to Solicit sub scriptions for the dormitory which! is needed at Carolina college* Maxton: W H Humphrey, chairman; Mes dames I* T. Townsend. R. E. Lewis,} D O. Kin?, E. L. Hamilton and J. H. i Pelts, Miss Flax Andrews, H. E. Stacy, J. R Poole, F. P. Gray, A. E. j White, !. B. Townsend. RufPs Good year, J. A. Shame. This committee will meet in the ladies' oarhnr at the church this evening at 8 o'clock ! As has been stated in The Robe sonian. during a recent drive the peo ple of Maxton pledged 825.000 for the nronosed dormitory and other towns in the county have been ashed to help. At the well-attended meeting of the Chestnut church ofHcia! board Mon day evening the pastor, Dr. R. C. Beaman, explained the needs of Caro lina and it was decided to appoint a j committee that wii! make an effort; to secure a substantia! fund in Lum berton for this worthy institution. It; is understood that 100 girls already have applied for admission next fail, and it is necessary to build a dormi-! tory in order to accommodate these and others who are expected. It is proposed to buiid a dormitory cost ing $50,000. Parkton Letter Mr. E. B. Daniel's Father Passes— Shad Sapper in Honor of Teachers —Result of Town Primary—Com ing to Lamberton in Force May 10th—Store Robbed. By C. B. Williamson Parkton. Apri! 23.—Mr. E p. Dan iel was advised early Sunday morn ing by wire that his father, Mr. J J. Daniel, aged 81, died at one o'clock at his home at Flemmington, Ga. Mr. Daniel, accompanied by his oldest daughter, Mildred, left Sunday even ing for Flemmington to attend the funeral. A delightful social event of the week was the shad supper tendered on Tuesday evening, A^pril the 17th, at Elizabethtown, by the young men of the town, honoring the lady mem bers of the Parkton faculty. Those present were Misses Edith Sullivan, Rhoda Holden, Pretta Brown, Sara Drew, Ruby Council, Sara Lamar, Sara Dixon and Ruby Williams; Messrs. N. A. McMillan, J. D. Mc Cormick. W. A. China, Eugene Gainey, H. Singletary and Leslie Everett. The town primary election Friday night resulted in the nomination of the following alderman for the com ing year: J. G. Hughes, W. W. Gainey Collier Cobb, J. F. Blue, C. A. Bod dinhammer. J. Q. Parnell, for mgyor, had no opposition. The Ham-Ramsay revival at the tabernacle in Fayetteville draws large crowds of people from our town and report a great revival Sunday was a record-breaking day for them. The meeting only lasts one more week. Prof. Carter of the school advises us that he expects to attend the coun ty commencement May 10th and that the occasion wobld be a part of the Parkton school commencement. Also the military company is anticipating a full turn-out and looking forward to a great occasion. The writer hopes to be there by a big majority. News has just reached us that 'arkton grocery store was broken in to and robbed last night, near $100 worth of goods stolen—high-grade shoes and socks, pants and shirts, cigaretlb, and numerous other arti cles. No clue to the guilty party. Michigan House Opposes Masks. Lansing, Mich., April 24.—Wear ing of masks in public by organiza tions is prohibited in a bill passed by the Michigan house of represen - tatives today by a vote of 76 to 22. j The measure was introduced by Representative James A. Bums, of j Detroit, and was said by its spon sors to be aimed at the Ku Klux Klan and similar organizations. It! now goes to the senate. Mias Susan G. Brown returned to her home in Wilmington Monday night after having spent the week-; end with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and i Mrs. B. M. Davis, Fifth street . Miss Ruth Landei of Buffalo, N. Y., is visiting at the home of Mrs. Fl M. Barker in Lumberton and Mrs. Brew er in Boardman. She was met here yesterday afternoon by , Dr. T. C. Britt, who accompanied her to Board man. to spend the week at home, but an attack of croup which the baby suf fered Sunday has so far prevented her from fulfilling her desires. Mrs. Carl Howard returned last week from Hertford, where she visit ed her daughter. GASOLINE 28 CENTS. CARS WASHED, POUSHBD, GREASED. WE WANT YOU FOR A CUSTOM ER. JNO C. FULLER. NOTME. The Robesonian is handicapped ha netting out today by the absence ad ita principal iinoty^e operator, Mri W E. BeM, who waa caBed to A pea this morning on aecoont of the aer^ wa iBness of his mother and other members of the family. For that reason some matter that otherwise wenid harp appeared in today's paper mast be heM over for the neat issue. Cotton Market Eeperted by J H Berriaytew Middiing cotton is qooted on the tocai market today at 27 cents the poand. Items of Load New* —Callie Buie and Dennis Handug ton, colored, were married yesterday afternoon in thd court house by Justice Ben G. Floyd —Mr. A. Weinstein has just return ed from New York city, bringing back with him an assortment of la dies ready-to-wear. —Messrs. S. C. Holder and B, K. Bradshaw hare teased the Lorraine hotel baTber shop, where they pre viousiy were employed by the hotei management, and wiH continue to conduct it. —English peas, the first of the sea son, were sold on the local market to day by Robt. Brewington, who lives on the Joe Prevatt place 4 mOea from Lumberton on the Carthage road. He has two acres of them. —Mrs. W. L. Daughtery is expect ed home tomorrw from Henderson, where she went Tuesday to attend the Woman's Missionary conference in session there Tuesday and yesterday. She went as a delegate from Chestnut Street Methodist church. ** —Mrs. M. H. Markham and daugh ter, little Miss Doris Lee, left this morning for Jackson Springs to at tend the wedding of Mrs. Markham's sister-in-law, Miss Ruth Markham of Jackson Springs, and Mr. John Gib son of Laurel Hill, which takes place this evening at 8 o'clock. —Mr. J. B. Hoyt and daughter. Miss Beatrice ,of Michigan, are mot oring through from St. Petersburg, Fla., to Lansing Michigqp, and stop ped over for several days with Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Moorehouse. They by way of Washington. D. C. On leave today for their Northern horns Monday Dr. and Mrs.Moorehouss, with their guests, motored over to Rock HiH, S. C., to spend a day with Miss Chfistabe! Moorehouse, who is teach ing at Winthrop college. HARDING COMMITS SELF TO INTERNATIONAL COURT Sets Forth Reasons Which Impelled Him to Recommend U. S. Member ship in Child of League of Nstiens. New York, April 24.—President Harding today committed himaslf and Ms administration without equivocation to American member ship in the permanent court of inter national justice. , *" Speaking at the annual luncheon of members of the Associated Press, Mr. Harding set forth the reasons which impelled him to recommend to the senate shortly before the ad journment of Congress the adhesion of the United States to the world court protocol as drafted under the league of nations, outlined the ad vantages he believes would accrue from adoption of the recommenda tion and presented for the first time answers to the arguments of oppo nents of the administration plan. In doing so, the chief executive as serted his conviction that American membership in the court would be "in harmony with party platform pledges, candidatoria! promises and American aspirations." It would not be and could never be construed as being an indirect entrance into the league of nations, he declared with emphasis. The address made before a thou sand of the nation's leading newspa per editors and publishers was gener ally considered as the ^beginning of the presentation which the President plans to make during the spring and summer of the principal policies to be pursued during the next year. „ Political leaders throughout the country admittedly in disagreement as t) the wisdom of the world court recommendation, awaited with inten se interest the address and tonight were watching for the country's re action. Whatever reception it might be accorded by the American people, the president indicated clearly that he stood firm behini his recommend ation. Mrs. C. B. Skipp Mond afternoon for Gardeth y. Long Is land, N. Y., where she will some time with friends. Mrs. W. Monday from tKsL .-Salem, wner she spent 3 w^gcpisiting reiatives. Mr. John ^ywiiiiams of the Bamesviiie secwh visitor Monday afternoon ._ aVKRTBODT WILL BB IN UnKBZZTON MAY I O ^ Oar !atrB atrlaa BMW *a tha aaS*Ma ta a& Iarpae* Oar Haa*—y ^ FREEMAN PRINTING c4 \\ LUMBBBTON, N. 1 A
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