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nr. nau Ptottravilla on nho nl*ht
of April 14th.
After th| defeiu* ^ad^p^on
term of Superior court^ After^a^r^
forfeited.
^The bond was^igned ^by ^C-^W.
Watts, J. W. W«U€T8 ana *. r. vjra
ham.
^ Long^before ^ the
one ofifce victims”^ the outrage that
hM cast a dark^shadow over^the
§^S&vsM
not to get frightened. I called Hybert,
who heard what Dr. Riclce said. Dr.
Ricks then left and I went through
the house and locked all the doors and
windows as soon as Hybert left. Con
rad and Norine returned from B. Y.
P. U. and we were all sitting around
talking about the klan coming when
we heard a knock at the front door.
I went to the door and saw through
the glass men in robes and masks.
There was a light on the front porch
and I at once recognised Jule Brog
den by hie eyes. They demanded that
I open the door, which I refused to do,
calling Cdnrad, intending to have him
and robed men came up the hall, lead
by John Hedgpeth. they all had pis
tols and pointing them at me made
me i open the front door, and more of
them came in that way lead by Jule
Brogden and MBm Lawson. John had
on the same pants and shoes I have
seen him wear for the past six months.
There ^was^a red cross on fha robes
recognized Mike Lawson, 'when he
indeed hie hood and wiped hie nose
and. when I stalled to holler, Mike
saidVhold a piste! on Mrs. Purvis’.
Then they took me and placed me
across the log in the same manner
and Mike beat me. X had taken down
my hair at home and had some hair
pins in my hand, 1 raised my . hands
nearly to my head and managed to
move the blindfold a little so I could
see. 1 told them I was trying to put
my hair pins, in my hair when they
commanded me to put my hands down.
After they beat us they walked back
up the road with us and'Mrs. Watson
said, ’I don’t believe I’ll ever get
there’. Mike said ‘Don’t you reckon
a few more with this will help you’.
When we reached the tobacco ware
house I told them I was not going any
further with them, that I was ashamed
to be caught with such a crowd. Mike
said that if anything was ever heard
of this they would get our heads next
time, that there were 10,000 of them.”
Mris. Purvis testified that she, had
shown the places effected by the beat
ing to Miss Elisabeth Frye, county
welfare officer, Dr. E. B. Hardin,
county health officer, J. A. Sharpe,
editor of The Robesonian, and her
lawyers. She said that she was not
positive as to the exact time, but that
it was^between 10 and'eleven o’clock.
On cross examination Mrs. Purvis
stood the gruelling attacks from the
counsel for the defense in an admir
able manner, admitting that she had
been accused of running an immoral
house, but denying the fact as true.
She was on the stand one hour and 18
minutes. i
Mrs. Watson Breaks Down.
Mrs. Mary Watson corroborated
Mm. Purvis' testimony, except that
298 ^ not recognise anyone except
Mike Lawson. She said that the klan
accused' her of . raising a crook and ‘
sparing hei* children in the wrong
way. Tears came to the witness’
eyes as she told of ' her
daughter sitting on the bed
would not sympatize with her and
told her that she got just what she
deserved.
Clubbed Girl on Head. .
Norine, 18 year-old daughter of
Mrs. Watson, corroborated tbe state
ments of Mrs. Purvis and her mother,
except that she recognized only one
man, Jule Brogden, identifying him
by his greasy hand and his eyes,
which could be seen easily, through
the large holes in his hood.
Nathelie, 12-year-old daughter of
Mrs Watson, took the chair and
made an excellent witness, corrobor
ating the other testimony except that
she did not recognize any of the men.
lar?e ma* hit her over the
neaa With a club when she screamed.
Conrad, 16, Aristo, 18, and Bicks,
10, sons of Mrs. Purvis, were called
to the stand in order and testified as
the others except that they recogniz
ed only Brogden and Hedgpeth. Bicks,
however, stated that the matt wearing
yellow-lensed glasses was recognized
by him as P. P. Smith. His mother
had mentioned seeing a man whom
she could not positively identify,
wearing yellow-Iensed eye glasses, as
the one called ‘‘judge’’ at the place of
the flogging.
„ H«nry Atkinson of Proctorville
testified that he saw 18 masked men
in Proctorville and that the number 1
on tlie Ford in which six of them rode
was either off or covered up. The
Watson girls were at his home when
he got there, he said.
Sprunt Floyd corroborated Atkin
son s testimony except that he sew a
number on the Ford but could not
read it.
j a Shocking Sight, s .
J. A. Sharpe, editor of The Robe
soman, testified on the stand that
at the request of Solicitor T, A Me
Sight, the back and side of the right <
S* °f e*ch of them b^ing Mack and ]
blue from the bend of the knee to the
waistline, the horrible appearance of '
these marks nearly a week after the 1
beating indicating that they had been <
subjected to inconceivably brutal and 1
•He testif,ed *«rth- :
er that Mrs. Purvis had told him she
recognised the three defendants as
being^ members of the masked band
that inflicted the punishment.
After this testimony the state rest- :
ed, reserving the right to call Dr. E.
K. Hardin to the stand wh«n he could i
be found and brought into court.
Attempted to Prove Alibi. ■
The defense offered as its first
Jacobs, J. A. Galloway, T. C. McU
henny, P. P. Smith and J. W. Wflliam
aon, all of Fairmont, who testified to
0,1 the ni«ht of
Hie hours of *30 an£lfm
P. P. Smith did not stand up well un
tier the cross examination and admit
Continued on page 8
Big-Day of Orrum
School Finals
Address br W. Bailey Friday
Manky sad Play Friday NUt
Last of Series af 8k Delightful
Brents—New Brick Building At1
■teat Completed far Consolidated
Orrum, and Blooming*
| hWo?iil^^ShLkt-TnGiai
tween Orruim ^nd LucmbOTton.
"Learn to dcf, learn to think, seek'
the common good, remember thy
Creator” was, in a word, the mes
sage ^which Mr.^ Bailey impressed^*
leasrSrivlHg llkl
particular emphasis upon the im
portance of using one's brain, teach
ing one's mind to think, sticking to
a subject until you think through
thinking over what you are going to
do. Re quoted statistics to show that
while only one person in 87,000 with
a common school ^ edueation^ccom-1
Home, Albert |$ee and Dan McCer
S^nth gr'Se aSsrtlfiStesnSd
earned the f^owi^g, . whom
excellent and
jonntrfu1 dinner, Spread upon a long
*ble on the gfmirds, of which all ,
^ere cordian^farited to patake.
Graduating exercises were held
rhursday night. Caswell Britt, presi
e.nt of the class, made a short talk;
*** Cfatt Ltittll, Htnfrj ot th*
This wm Prof, r!^ Pittman’s sixth
re&r as principal of the Orrum school
ifrahenTof h'8 te<cheS math*matj®s.
>eth r were: Miss ^Eliza
The higSWsdST^^Sjf*.which
s almost completed, is a splendid
^sraPMSam^-. •
* MASS MEETING:
2\. Ladies and Gentlemen: ’ •
* There is a mtu meeting called *
P te be held at the coart house to- *
* morrow, Tuesday night, et 8 o’- *•
* Cock to discuss ear big celebra- ♦
* tion to be bdid here on Mejr 10th *
* end other things of vital impor- *
* tance to the citizens of Lumber *
* ton. •
* U you are interested in the *
* school children Of Robesori' coon- •
£ ty, be there; if you ere interest- *
* ©d in a cleaner, better end more •
j£ prosperous Lambert**, be there; *,
** if you are interested in the <?on *
* federate veterans of your coon- *
* ty. be there; if you nnteresteSin •
H the ex-service men of your coon- *
* fy, be there. *
*r? If you are not intersted in ei- *
r* ther, please make a special ef- * i
* fort to be presnt at this meet- *\
* big end we will do onr best to •
* make you become interested in *
* one or all of the above cause*. *•
* Come one, come alt, ladies and •
1 gentlemn alike. There will be *
* several interesting talks by la- *
H*ies and gentlemen of your city. *
* Come and hear t*h»t they- have *
•to say. v
•W. B. Ivey, Com. American Legion*
* E. M. Johnson, Mayor *
a * * * * * ■ * - * * , * »
^argodjWrth Viol,
•“» Mm, W.»» Sal dto be M
JLaws—Man to be Tried on OtKr
Charges.
libses anden’fogiTihitf °ti m*t7
194 of Maxton township and ** °now
9 >he coun'y jail .waiting trial, the
iafeof wb.ch has not yet been an
Jjlore than iwo years ago Green
aas arrested on the chargejA manu
facturing liquor and' place# under a
Woo bond, Which he forfeited when
hot failed to appear for trial. He left
■ i part of the country and went to
South Carolina, where he remained
until a short time ago, when he mor
al back to Robeson county and locat
ed in Alfordsville township.
with charging violation of the inter
racial marriage laws, His /rife being
reputed to be an Indian, the daughter
of Tom Dees of Alfordsville township
Ffis wife has been placed in jail on
;he charge and is awaiting a hearing,
which will be given at an early date.
Recorder’s Court
W. M. Rivers Found Guilty of Gir
in Worthless Check—Appeals
from Road flnnfoaen and Gives
-'\* i
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W. M. Rivera and Charlie Coving
lAn awinmi KAfA1Mk PaoamIas w D Ttrnw
lOii were ^Dexore rvecoruer w. x>. xvey
Saturday morning and plead not
guilty to a charge of giving worth*
ess check. Rivers waa found guilty
ind sentenced to 12 months on the
'niinfV rrwaHa ravine* »„
.ouniy roaas, wane v^ovinon was
found not guilty. Notice of appeal
sras given airi bond in the sum of
1500 waa made by Mr. R. F. Benton.
The check which was given to B.
1. McNeill, colored, for two bales of
otton, was signed by Covington
and Rivers, the amount being $811.
13. Hie- chech was deposited and re
turned by the Bank of Chadboum
mpaid and protested. Rivers ad
mitted signing the check “Covington
and Rivers”.
Solicitor F. Entel Carlyle was as
isted in the prosecution by Mr. Dix
»n MeLean. Mr. L. J. Britt repre
sented Mr. Rivers, and Mr. W. S.
Britt represented Mr. Covington.
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Miss Ethel Covington of Rocking
aam, now a member of the faculty
>f the St Rauls high school, passed
through Lumberton Saturday en
route to Fairmont, where she spent
the week-end as the guest of Mrs.
jreo. L Grantham.
Mr. W. W. Lewis of Fairmont was
a Lumberton visitor Thursday.
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brick structure which has 13 rooms.
Eleven of these wifi he used for class
rooms, one for library and office, and
ono for a teachers’ rest room. The
buildhiir cost $27,000. It is a moderp
structure with steam-heating plant.
♦here were 275 pupils in the school
this year, 110 or 115 of these being
in the high school. There were 25
students from Columbus county,
which is rather an unusual thing.
During the year just closed this
school, which has for years had an
enviable reputation, amt for the first
time all the requirements for accred
ited rating and it is now eligible for
the accredited list of high schools ID
the State. This was brought about
by the addition of 500 vohimns to the
library and the addition of a science
course.
Trustees of the school are: Messrs.
L H. Warwick. M. W. Hedgpeth, D.
R. Bardin, J. A. Nye and J. A, Atkin
son. _ '
At least three, and possibly five or
six, new teachers will be added to the
faculty next year.
*
Quarterly Con- | V
ference Deplores
Whipping Outage
TcSJT^luiSfiJl
Conference Against Recent Shame
ful Outrage hi Ceuftty.
Quarterly conference of Chestnut
Street Methodist church in session
tast night, Presiding Elder J. H.
Shew jpfesidiag, unanimously passed
the following resolution:
"Believing that this governing body
of our church should not allow ta
past unnoticed sets of lawlessness
that strike at the very foundations
of our civilisation, be ft
“Resolved, That the quarterly con
ference of Chestnut Street Methodist
church of Lumber-ton deeply deplores
the recent shameful outrage commit
ted on the night of April 14, last, at
Proctorville, this county, when a hand
of men, disguised in hoods and robes,
entered a private home, took there
from two defenceless women, and
severely beat them on their naked
flesh with a strap.
“Resolved further, that we regard
such an outrage as this, and any oth
er attempts to regulate the conduct
of individuals without due process of
law, whether perpetrated by masked
or unmasked men and in the name
of whatever organisation commited,
as lynch law and a terrible menace
agpinst which ail law-abiding citizens
who love their country should sot
their faces Hke a flint and to check
which such citizens should render
every aid in their power. ;
“Resolved further, that we call up
on all parents and teachers in season
and out of season to stress upon the
minds and hearts of those in their
core the supreme importance of pro
found reverence for law, flagrant
evidences of disrespect for which may
be seen on every hand and which If
unchecked will make of our fair land
a slaughter-house and a by-word and
» hissing.”
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Mob Violence in
Robeson Denounced!
Recent Outrage in Robeson County
Denounced by Dr. Beaman in Ser
mon at Chestnut Street Methodist
In' a strong sermon at Chestnut
Street Methodist church yesterday
morning on the leadership of Jesus
Christ, the salvation of the nations de
pending upon following that leader
ship, Dr. R. C. Beaman strongly de
nounced the recent outrage that has
brought shame upon Robeson county.
After referring to tine world war, the
liquor traffic and other conditions
the world over which tend to drag the ,
world back to an uncivilized state, he ;
exclaimed: ; .
“Is Robeson county civilized? Not .
when hooded men drag defenceless ]
women from their homes and beat
them ’cruelly on their naked flesh;
not when men try to take the law in
to their own hands. We must have
the protection of the law. Law en
forcement eannot be in the hands of ■
private citizens. Is Florida civilized,
with recently-revealed conditions in
ber prison camps?
“That is the spirit that would
wreck all civilization.
, “There is not a spot ten miles
square on God’s green earth where
Jesus is followed absolutely and loy
ally, but thank God we are marching
an and Jesns leads the way, in spite
af mob violence.”
Vote for Co-OP Delegates.
A11 tobacco signers of Hie Co-opera
tive Marketing association who re
ceived card with names for delegates
ire requested by County Farm Dem
anstrator O. O. Dukes to have the
cards in by Saturday. A ballot will
be open in the court house from 0 to
12 Saturday and those who do not
care to mail cards will have the privi
lege of casting them in the box dur-‘
ing that time. j
—J.C. Sole*, about 24 years old
woh gave his home as Wilmington,
Del., passed through Lumbeuton Fri
day on his way to San Diego, Cuba,
from New York city, leaving the me
tropolis April 19th. According to the
traveler he Is making the trip free
as far as cost of transportation Is
concerned. He rides with anyone, on
anything,* that he can, provided the
cost is nothing. He never rides a
train, tat has been ably assisted by
traveling men and tourists. After
reaching his destination he will re
turn to his home in Delaware and
write a book entitled “Trust To
Luck”
Meets Next at Goldsboro.
HENDERSON, April 27.—Golds
boro won out in tiie contest for the
next meeting place of the woman’s
missionary conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, south, North
Carolina conference, in session here.
Invitations were presented also hy
Greenville, Wilmington and New
Bern.
LOST—Class Pin, geld. “St. Peter’s
Hospital Charlotte, N. C, inscribed ea
it. Was missed Saturday in Luu
berton. Finder return to Robeeonian
office and receive reward;
• /
.. ,‘ "V ‘ <, :^m‘: ’*;'% .,...• >.J& i"-xr.: *?■<*¥’y - r~ > • ■•' •>.•
cotton It quoted on tfcfe
local market Joday at 26 3-4 cents
Items of Local News
V '• 5| • /* .• ^ •-* S'.'fif . r. S^««K ' % .’
—License has been issued for the
marriage of AnaJe Mae Kiniaw and.
Howard T. Powers.
—Regular Communication St. AL
Ws Lodge No. 114, A. P.4A.E,
Tuesday night, 8 o’clock.
—The town board will hoM its
regular monthly meeting in the town
hall tomorrow evening at 8 o’coek.
—Dr. Rowland Deese la able to ho
eot today after being confined to bis
borne on Cedar street for a week on 5
tccoont of sickness.
—A motion picture entitled “The
Third Alarm" will be shown at the
Pastime Theatre next Monday night
under the auspices of the local fire
aepertment.
—Quincey Harvey and Rosa Pat
erson, a colored couple of Lumber
ton, were married in the court house
Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock, Jua
tice Ben G .Floyd officiating.
—Mr. J. E. Kiniaw, tax-lister for
Jowellsville township was a Lumber
ton visitor this morning. H|e is ad
rertiaing his list of appointments for
isting taxes elsewhere In this Issue.
—Mr. Everett Britt of the Ml
Elim section brought to The Eobe
soaian office Thursday afternoon, a
curiosity hen egg. It resembled very
much, and was about the size of, a
large peanut in the hull.
—Dr. D. D. King left this after
noon for Pinehurst, where he will at
tend a joint meeting of the Virigiaia
lad North Carolina Dental associa
tions, which will be in session
throughout Thursday, May 3rd.
—Mias Hazel Carlyle returned
this morning from Greensboro, where
she wont Thursday to attend the re
cital Thursday evening of her sister,
Miss Sarah Carlyle, who graduates ,
in expression from Greensboro col
lege this year. , ^ jv
—Mr.1 L. R. Varser returned last
light from Gates county, where he
rent Saturday t osee his aunt Mrs.
3eo. R. Eure, who had been injured
n a fall Miss Blanch Melvin, /trained
nurse, left last night for Mrs. Cute's
borne to be with her during her ill
ness. ■ ,■;/
—Wit Ruth Wilcox, s member of
the Lumberton high school faculty
last year and now a member of this
Faculty of the high school at Bam
ierg, S. C., and Miss Elsie Wilcox, of
;he St. Paul high school faculty,
ipent the week-end in Lnmberton
rith friends.
—The last meeting of the Lumber
ion post of the American legion be
fore the big 10th of May celebration
rill be held in the club rooms Thqan
iay night and Commander W. B. Ivey
ras issued instructions that every
nember of the post be present, as *
rreat deal of important matter wiH
lave to be cleared at thia meeting.
—Dr. Chaa. H. Durham, pastor of ,
the Pint Baptist church, underwent a
i slight operation for throat trouble
in Charlotte last week. Following the
operation ne went to 11 eiiueraonwine
where he Is spending a few dhys with
relatives. He is expected to return
to Lumberton this week. Dr. Dur
ham’s pulpit waa filled yesterday
morning and evening by Dr. Joseph
L, Peacock, Superintendent of Shaw
university. Raieurh who preached
tyo exceptionafiygood sermon*
—Mrs. W. W. Lewis ’lag Mbs
Katie Buie, members of the county
board of education, Mr. John W.
Ward, chairman of Hie county com
missioners. Mr. E. J. Britt, county
.ttorney, and Mr. Rexford Stephens,
secretary to the county road board,
returned Saturday morning frero
Wilmington, where they attended
the conference of county superin
tendents of public instruction, cnem
>ers of county boards of education
»nd county commissioners of the
state with State Superintendent E.
C. Brooks, in session there Friday.
The state waa divided into 5 districts
*nd 5 different conferences webs’
teld by Sopt. Brooks, the one held
in Wilmington Friday being for 20
munties in Eastern Carolina.
LUKE BRITT SPENT FEW
HOURS AT HOSPITAL.
Man A waiting Trial on Charge of
Murder Under Guard While Being
Treated at Hoe pita!.
Lake Britt, who has been confined
to the county jail since the finding of
the remains of E. B. Shepherd sev
eral months ago charged with the
murder of Shepherd, had to bn re
moved to thO Thompson hospital
Thursday night for treatment, re
turned to the jail Friday night,
where the county health officer is
now treating him. *
While at the hospital the accused
man was under guard and not out of
MI m • 91809 bend, as was ramofed
on the streets during his stay there.
Mrs. C. H. Durham is speeding a
i few days with Moods and relatives
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Gasoline 27 Carta
Fuller’s Service
Station.
Corner 2nd and Chestnut Street
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