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,, -•• TragifiCase (rfDo^, ^ Aired in Hearing Rev. t N. Clegg of R^la™! G«tjj meqms 4 PWM Stoey—VWtod by Kluxer*. As a result of « ■ Wecisl hearing held here Friday in the courthottiw before Judge W. A. Perw of Oaford, in habeaus corpus pfee*»«n»« brought by Mrs. Annie Mcl. -Clegg, of Richmond, Va„ against her bus-, bend, Rev. I. N. Clegg of Rowland, in which the petitioner was seeking the -custody of three of the four chil dren born to her and the respondent, Mrs. Clegg is to have the custody of the children between the 1st of June and 1st of September, and Mr. Clegg i$ to have the custody . Of them dur ing the months • between September 1st and June 1st. On account of the fact that Mrs. Clegg lives out of the jurisdiction of the court a bond in the sum of $5,000 eras ordered and-was made by Dr. D. M. McIntosh, of Old Fort, N. C., a brother of Mrs. Clegg. The order is ieft so that any change in the status of the lives of either petitioner or respondent may cause another hear ing and the judge of this district have authority to change the order. At any time the children are allowed to visit either of their parents from either place, provided there is mutual agreement between the petitioner and the respondent. The children, Ann Munro, 10 years old; Margaret,. 7, and Archie, 5, are to be delivered to the petition er by the respondent at a place agreed upon by the attorneys Thurs day, June 21st, after which she will take them to Richmond and keep them until the first day of Septem ber, at which time they are to be de livered Jo the respondent and carried back to Rowland to be with their j father and attend the graded school, j The expenses of the trips are to be borne by the petitioner when the children are going from Rowland to Richmond and by the respondent when going from Richmond to Row land. Before making his- decision Judge Devin made a few remarks in which he stated that it was a very unusual state of affairs, that he hoped there would be a reconciliation between the father and mother and that there would be forgiveness on the Part of both so that the children might be raised under the care of father and mother living together. The alleged action of Mr. Clegg in stealing the children and returning to North Carolina was condammed by Judge Devin, and he said that he could not ignore the pleading of the mother for her children. Mrs. Clegg’s Story. Mrs. Clegg took the stand first and gave an account of her life dur ing the time she lived with Mr. Clegg stating that it had never been enjoy able and that she was never allowed to buy anything, he doing all the buying, even to her shoes, and that he would not let her supervise the work in the house, the kitchen, and on the premises. When her attorneys asked her why she left him, she said that life became so unbearable that she could not stand it, tears coming to her eyes as she made this state ment. She told of times when sh» was slapped by her husband because she had slapped one of the children for j disobedience. According to her testi-| mony, her husband, accompanied by j his brother, came to Richmond on the i 16th day of September, 1922, and; spent two days in an effort to get the children. Several propositions were made by Mr. McIntosh, her brother who lives in Richmond and who handled the matter for his sister while the Messrs Clegg were there. Finally an agreement was entered into in which Mrs. Clegg was to ac company them back to Rowland and stay for a period of one week, after which she was to return to Richmond and take Archie, the 5-year-old boy, with her. This, she said, was to be done so that none of the people of Rowland would think that a separa tion had been agreed upon, and that they would think that Mrs. Clegg had gone to Richmond for treatment, as Bne naa aone once oeiore. one went back to Rowland with them in an automobile, intending to return to Richmond the following Thursday. Mr. Clegg asked her Wednesday when she was going to leave, and she told him that she was not feeling •well and would not leave the next day. The next day she was not* bet ter and Mr. Clegg again asked her when She Intended leaving and she said she would stay until after Sun day, thinking that he would ask her to accompany him to some of his churches on that day, but that he did not. Visit of Whfto-Bobed Men. On Sunday night she said that her husband went into a living room next to the street 3 times. The room was dark, and she was very anxious to know just why he was going in there so much. She began to prepare to retire and was partially undressed when he called her and told her that there was somedhe down stairs that wanted to see her. She had already locked the front door and turned out the lights in the front part of the house. She came to the door and saw (Continued on page 4) Lumberton Is Now A Well-Paved Town No Ttora of Like Size in State Sur passes This is Miles of Pared Streets and Sidewalk*—Work Completed Now Except Some Re pair Jobs—7 Miles of Streets and U of Sidewalks Posad, giin at $285,009. With the exception of a few repairs and rewarking of condemned places, Lambert on’s extensive paving pro gram was completed Friday and this town can now boast of having as much paving as any town in the state of the same size and in the majority oL^uwes considerably more.. A partial inspection was made Thursday by Mayor E. M. Johnson, members of the board of town com missioners, engineers of the Carolina Engineering Co., representing the town, and representatives of the Sou thern Pavjpg & Construction Co. Several inferior places were found, the greatest of Which was the side-: walk < on First street, which Was su pervised by a foreman who is no longer connected with the construc tion .company A large part of the paving on Find will have to be gone over and repaired. Officers of the company have stated that they were aware of the fact that this piece of work was not done according to their standard of work. There will be one other inspection before the final inspection to deter mine the work on the remaining streets which were not inspected Thursday. Several driveways are yet to be completed. All defective paving will be re paired at the expense of the con struction company and the company also is bound by its contract to re pair free of charge any defects that may develop within one year from the date the work is accepted by the town authorities. Approximately 5 miles of streets and 10 tniles of sidewalks were paved on this last project, which gives Lum berton about 7 miles of paved streets and 14 miles of paved sidewalks. Deputy Commissioner of State De partment of Revenue Locates in Lumberton. - Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Glover and children, Master J. B. 3rd and little Miss Sue, moved last week to Lum berton from Statesville. They moved Saturday into a hoUse-on East Seven th street belonging to Mr. J. D. Mc Millan. Mrs. Glover is a sister of Mrs. J. S. Cox of Lumberton. Mr. Glover is a deputy commission er of the State revenue department with the duties of an investigation officer for corporations only. He worked with the U. S. government as income tax man for 7 years. Mr. Glover will have 21 counties in this section j^thie^State under will be free to corporations and.: will save them the expense, which some of them have incurred unnecessarily, of employing expensive expert assis tance in making out tax reports. Hard-Surface Road Opened to Pem broke. The last lap of the hard-surface road from Lumberton to Pembroke was opened Saturday, and the 12 1-2 miles from Lumberton to opposite the Indian Normal school 'building at. Pembroke can now be traveled without a detour. The last section of this road was completed on the even ing of June 1st, as mentioned in The Robesonian of the 4th inst. —The work of tearing down the wooden buildings on East Fourth street has been resumed after a few weeks delay. The buildings are the property of Mr. A. E. White, who is improving the looks of that street by having the buidings removed. —Mr. Ira Davis and family moved Friday from a house of Mr. J. D. McMillan’s on Seventh street to the residence formerly occupied by Mr. F. P Grey and family on First and Walnut streets. Mr. Jno. M. Brown, who lives near Red Springs, was a Lumberton visi tor Saturday. Mr. C. W. Sessoms of Howellsville township was a Lumberton visitor Saturday. * *..* * * • • * * DEMONSTRATION OF WEE * VIL CONTROL METHOD * ", i * Seaboard Railway' Agricultural * Agent W1E Give Demonstra * tion of Florida “Improved Me * thod” on Farm of A. W. Mc * Lean June 20. v .. * Mr. D, A. Roberts, agriculture * al agent for the Seaboard Air * Line Railroad Ca, will hold a * demonstration of a method * * of controlling the boll weevil on * a farm of Mr. A. W. McLean * near Meadowbrook cemetery * Wednesday, June 20th. All the * fanners are especially invited. * This demonstration will be * conducted according to what is * known as the Florida method, i. * e.f the removing of all squares * up to this time and applying the * poison the night following, which * has had splendid results in Flori * da. Goat Club Adopts Improvement Plans Three Acres 6f Land IneodhJS Pre sent Site Will he Purchased and Addition Will be Built Ho Club House at Once—Meeting .Thurs day Night of This Week to Con ;■ aider Further Plans. * Approximately three acres of lwd surrounding the Goat club house be .side Lumber river on the... western edge of town will be purchased from Mr. Gerald Pittman, a dining-room and kitchen will be-built on to the club house, the grounds will he im proved and the club mil be incorpora ted at once as a result of action taken ] at a meeting of ^e Goat club held at the club house Thursday evening. Another meeting of the elttb will i be held at ttye club house Thursday i evening of this week at '8 o’clock 'to hear report of committees , and to take further action upon plans for! improvements. It was the unanimous option of, tiie committees appointed to canvass suggestions made for a site that it! would.be unwise to move from the: present site, where a comfortable house was erected some time ago, anc} Mr. Pitman made the dub toe generous offer of approximately three acres of land extending from the river to the high bluff beyohd for $1,500, to be paid in five annual installments of $800, beginning Jan uary 1st, 1924, without interest be fore maturity of notes. The commit tee, composed of H. B. Jennings, J. L. Stephens, A. V. G. Wishart, Ira Bul lard, Dr. T. C. Johnson and J. A. Sharpe, recommended th^t this offer be accepted, and the recommenda tion was unanimously approved by the club. * ' f Mr. Pittman was appointed chair man of a committee to have the land ) surveyed, have deed drawn, etc., and, report to the meeting Thursday night of this week, when the committee ap pointed by President Dickson McLean to secure a charter—Mayor E. M. Johnson and Messrs. David Puller and Ertel Carlyle—also will report. It was also decided to build a din- j ing room and kitchen on to the pre sent club house and the committee first mentioned above was continued to secure plans and bids for this con struction. , / Other matters of importance are to be taken up at the meeting Thurs day evening of this week and a full attendance of members is requested. Record of Dehths DORIS HODGES Infant Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Hodges Succombs to Colitis and ; £ Pneumonia-Funeral Saturday. ? • Doris Ann, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Hodges, died Friday night at 12:30 o’clock following n week’s illness of colitis and pneu monia, after having practically re covered from a severe case of whoop ing cough. Funeral services were conducted at the home of the parents, Seventh street, Saturday afternoon at 6 o’clock by Dr. Chas. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, and interment was made in the fam ily plot in Meadowbrook cemetery. Had the deceased lived throughout next month she would have been 2 years of age. She made a strong fight against the awful diseases which fi nally won, relieving her of her suf fering. Deceased, in company with her fa ther and mother spent last Sunday with friends and relatives, y fig gg in Wagram with friends and rela tives, it being necessary for her to go to bed upon the return to Lum berton on account of the sickness. Pallbearers were Messrs Frank Gough, E. G. Rancke, Jr., Fred Grey and J. H. Felts Jr. Those from out of town attending the funeral were Mrs. J. M. Whit field of Wilmington, Mrs. Daniel Shaw of Laurinburg, Mrs. W. C. Hammond of Asheboro, Mr. Thames of Wagram, Mr. and Mrs. Hatchel of Lumberton, R, 1, Mr. and Miss Bul lard and Mias Hodges of Laurinburg. The many beautiful flower designs were placed on the grave by little Misses Epsie Fuller, Eleanor King McNeill, Billie Hackett, Mabel Steph ens, Doris Lee Markham, Eoline Saw yer and Catfiryne King, all "members of the- cradle roll and beginner’s de partment of Chestnut Street. Metito diet church assisted by their superin tendent, Mrs. Daisy Jenkins. Death of Little Mildred Lamb Correspondence of The Robesonian. On Tuesday morning, June 12, the death angel vudtea the home at Mr. and Mrs. F, ' L. Lamb, and claimed their year-old baby, Mildred West She suffered with pneumonia and colitis for about 3 weeks, and death was not unexpected. Little Mildred was of a loving disposition and was loved by all who knew her. In ell her suffering she was never known to fret or complain. It seems hard to give up the little ones, but Jesus knows best. "This lovely bud, so young and fair, called hence by early doom,. Just came to show how sweet a flower in paradise would bloom.” The bereaved family have our heartfelt sympathy in the loss of their little one. It is gone from us but is heaven’s gain. Dr. Durham WB| Visit Bible Lands ' * *'■*' **■■ • . \ ;* ' V '-y-..... • ■'Ij. ■■■*■. £':■ ^ . i Paster of First Baptist Church Leaves Tomorrow for 3-Months' Trip to Palesth»« and Principal Cosfctrfea of Europe—Will Attend Baptist World Alliance Conven tion fa Stockholm—lie win Write Letters for The Bohmartna on His Mp r\ " Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, will leave to morrow morning: on the first fog of • journey which will taka him to Stock holm. Sweden, to the meeting: of the Baptist- World Ailianee. to tne prin cipal countries and cities of Europe and to Palestine. He will he away about three months and a half, re turning’ heme early In October. The trip given him by members of hie congregation.; At Raleigh tomorrow Dr. Durham will join a party which uW include some of the most prominent Baptist ministers of North Carolina. They will go in e special Pullman to New York city, where Thursday , morning they will go on the Montreal express to Montreal, and will-sail out the St. Lawrence river Thursday evening. About one month will bp spent on the ocean and in visiting London, Paris Brussels, Amsterdam, The Hague, the Flanders battle-fields, Frankfort and Berlin, before going to Stock holm, whom the Baptist World Al liance will convene on July 21st. The Baptist ‘ World Alliance meets every five years, its meetings last ing for one week. At this convention Southern Baptists will take a promi nent part It is generally conceded, both in this country and Europe, that Dr. E. Y. Mullins, president of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary at Louisville, Ky., and pre sident of the Southern Baptist con vention for the past 2 years, will be elected president of the convention, of which Dr. John Shakespeare of London has been secretary for several years. Follov <ng the week in Stockholm, Dr. Dur uim’s party, under the lead ership of Dr. J. J. Wicker of Rich mond, vho conducts excunions to Bible lands every yeav will set forth on a trip which will take them through Italy, where they will visit the principal cities, spending some time in Rome; through Greece, spending some time in Athens; across the Mediterranean to Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt, and thence tp Palestine They will spend two weeks in Pales tine, six days of that time to be spent in and around Jerusalem. On the re turn journey they will visit Genoa, Milan, Lucerene and other points in Switxerland, and sail from France about September 20. Dr. Durham at first expected to take only the shorter trip including the places mentioned in the itinerary Before the Stockholm meeting, but members of his congregation ascer tained the cost and gave him a check to cover the entire trip. Dr. R. T^Yann, of Raleigh tfill 'fill Dr. Durham** pulpit next Sunday morning and evening. During the month of July his church vrill be served by Dr. J.^W. Lynch, formerly of Athens, Ga., recently elected Bible teacher at Wake Forest college. No arrangements have been made for August, which is a regular vacation month, and arrangements for Sep tember will be made later. The Robesonian has urgently re quested Dr. Durham to write letters for this paper during his trip, and he has kindly agreed to do so as often as he can find time. It will be a rare pleasure and treat to read Dr. Dur ham's impressions on this interest ing trip, on which the prayers of a host of friends and admirers in Robe son will follow him. D. W. Newson Resigns Position at Trinity * Durham, June 15.—D. W. Newsom, I for 28 years affiliated with Trinity college has resigned his position of secretary-treasurer and registrar. The announcement was made last night by him and was received with great surprise by the public. No rea son for the resignation was made. An announcement is expected to be made by the collegi authorities with in the next few days. Mr. Newsom has been a resident of Durham for many years and ig one of the most generally liked men here. He has been closely identified with practi cally every movement begun here for the betterment of the community. —Miss Mildred William* and Mr. Irvin Bigg* expeet to leave tomor row morning for High Point to at tend the State B. Y. P. U. conven tion in session there June 19th, 20th and 21st, going as delegates from the senior union of the First Baptist church- Mr. Ingram Hedgpeth ex pects to leave with them tomorrow morning, going as a delegate from Mars Hill college. Mr. G. S. McKenzie of Newport News, Va., arrived yesterday for a visit of a few days to relatives and friends. CARS WASHED, POLISHED AND GREASED. TIBBS, TUBBS, ACCESSORIES GASOLINE 25 CENTS ' JNO. C. PULLER Calhouijfijgh way Meeting Was a J^eat Success Counties from Athens. Ga., to Wil*, minrtM Represented by Soaro QOi People—Great Barbecue Din ner—Okl Officers Re-elected—The Association Has Made WoMcfti Progress. . Bp lira. H. G. Inman Jttrmont; June 16.—The Calhoun Highway association halt) its annual convention at Fairmont Wednesday. The comities along the route from Athena. Ga.» to Wilmington were well represented, moat of them eom mg by aetomobile.* The session was called at II o’clock and reports from i the different counties and local asao Nations along the route were heard and found very gratifying. Promptly at noon the session ad journed for the dinner and barbecue. Close to 2,000 people Iters In town for the convention and dinner. One or two citizens of the town made the statement that there would net he crowd enough to eat two barbecued pigs. Eleven were killed and not a particle was left In fact, there was hardly enough to go rotlnd. The officers of the local associa tion expressed their appreciation for the interest shown by the people of southern Robeson who attended and made the day a success. Tim dinner 1 was a picnic affair and the people in this section responded to the in- , vitation by bringing with them many , good things to eat and spreading a large table. The old officers of the entire as sociation were elected by unanimous; vote, to serve another year. Wil mington was represented by the sec retary of the Chamber of Commerce,; L. T. Moore, and Mr. Louis McMil lan. . I These gentlemen pledged Wil mington's support in the fullest to; the cause and principles of Hie asso ciation and in addition pledged ex cellent financial support. Nearly $1,000 was pledged in memberships by" the associations along the route, i When all the associations are heard from the membership fees will ex ceed this amount. The work for the coming year will be pushed with a vim by the officers under the lead ership of President R. E. Hanna of Cheraw, S. C. The route leading from Cheraw, S. C., to Raleigh was well represent ed. Relegates from Southern Pines and Raleigh took active part in the! session ahd reported good progress. In three short years the Calhoun Highway association has made won-j derful progress with Its propaganda. The entire territory through which this road leads shows great interest and with the backing of thousands of them P«ople the association can hardly do otherwise than make great strides m the future for the develop-j ment of good roads. The people of Fairmont and Southern Robeson county are to be congratulated on the manner m which' the program for the day was carried out. Every one pronounces the day a great success ANY WHO HAVE COMPLAINTS TO MAKE ABOUT PAVING SHOULD FILE THEM AT ONCE I Paving Work is Nearing Completion j —All Complaint Will be Giw* Prompt Attention—Those Who Want Private Driveways Also Should Report Without Delay. --- , To Citizens of the Town of Lumber The paving program of the town is i nearing completion. The 1 the town have already made • p*r | tial inspection of fi»e workand will make an Inspection of all before it is finally accepted. Some of the work has been condemned and the pavmg company has gladly agreed to re-fix it is our desire that all this work be finished in gdOd condition, and 1 vnu can assist us in making it so by the following re have an, jnat complaint M make about the Condition of either the sidewalk or street paving in front of your property make a written re port of it to Mr. Russell, at the town hall arfd due consideration will be given to it. It is important that you attend to this at once. We desire to call attention also to private drive-ways. If nmwd we, see the undersigned or the engineer in charge immediately. There ia an ordinance prohibiting driving acr?®* the curbing and sidewalk, hence the importance at having a drive-way where needed^ ,OHNSON June 16th, 1928. Mayor. Mr. Ferdinand Floyd Suffers BUfn Stroke Facial Paralysis. # By Mn. H. 6. Inmen Fairmont, Jute 16—On Monday afternoon Mr. Federnand Floyd suf fered a slight stroke of facial para lysis. However he is np all of the time. We wish for him a complete j recovery. Mr. D. C. Barnes and grand-eon, Boyce Barnes, returned this morning from Laurinburg, where they spent the week-end visiting at the home of Mr. Barnes' son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs O. L. Bullard. Mr. C. S. Wiggins of R. 6, Lum berton, was among the visitors in town Saturday. —- " I Colton Market . • Ux*l market today at 26 1-2 Ce*» tile pound, * Items of Local Newt . -Mi«» Marion Alloa went Turn day to Wake Forest to attend mum mer school at Wake Forest college. iTffiiJ5*»!ss:*>,ta‘h4’7w ’HfiniBESra l Johnson and borton and are living at the homo of Bin. Elen Shooter on Cast Second street. —Mr. F. a Bartlett of the United States Department of Agriculture, spmit Saturdav here inspecting: with Mr. JV r Wetmore, localeivtt engineer, the Back and Jacob swamps drainage districts. Be will report Ida findings to Washington. —Gertrude Thoeipoon, eolsrod, who lives on R. 8 from Lumberton. brought to The Robesonian irfTha Saturday an extraordinarily targe beet, that grew in her garden, ft looks more like a turnip now than a beet and she says that it is. not grown. —Miss Carrie Edmund ayrivedi tome Tuesday night from Chapel Bill, where she was student In law luring the past term. Miss Edmund sxpects to leave in two weeks for Etoseboro, where she has accepted a position in the law office of Robin on A Barker, —Mr. W. P. Barker of Lumberton is county fire warden and not *war~ den for this township, as an item in Thursday’s Robesonian might lead one to assume. There is a warden for each township in the county and any mat ters pertaining to forest fires should be reported to the warden of the township in which the fire occurs or to County Warden Barker. —General and Mrs. E. F. Glenn of Greensboro have been Lumberton visitors since Friday. Gen. Glenn, who is a retired army officer, is in vestigating farm tenant conditions throughout the State. He is working independently but will lay the result of his investigations before the com mission that will report to the next session of the Legislature on |he Giles fsrm-tenant bill. ;** —Mr, C. B. Andrews of Barnes ville R. 1 urns a Lumberton visitor Saturday. He stated that prospects for a corn crop in his section of the county are poor and that he did not believe he would make half the amount of corn he made last year. He gays that the corn planted in the lowlands is not near so good as that planted on high dry land, which is contrary to the usual growth of corn. —Mr. A. W. Harrington and son, Mr. Hoyt Harrington, of the Mariet ta section, were Lumberton visitors this morning. Mr. A. W. Harrington son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Henley, of Cedar Grove, arrived yesterday for a visit of a few days They were accompanied homo by Miss Sallie Harrington, who. has been a student at Greensboro college for women and who had been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henley for the past 2 weeks. —Mr. A. Weinstein and sons, Messrs Israel, Robert and Max, have returned from Baltimore, Md., where a beautiful monument erected ai; the grave of Mrs. Weinstein was unveil ed on the 11th inst.. the anniversary of her death. The ceremonies were conducted in Hebrew and English by Rabbi Riflen of Baltimore. Two daughters, Mrs. S. A. Cohen of Chi cago and Miss MUdred Weinstein, al go Were present at the unveiling. Miss Mildred going with Sirs. Cohen to Chicago, where she will 3P®2m several weeks. Messrs. A. and RoNB Weinstein spent the week prior flP the unveiling in New York on boss'* ness. —Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Barnes of Des Moines, Iowa, are guests at the home of Mr. Barnes’ parents, Mr. 2nd Mrs. Wm. H. Barnes, near Lom berton. They arrived vesterday, on the 80th birthday of Mr. Barnes Sr, Mr. J. Q. Barnes, who was a “typo” on The Robesonian for a while some 12 years ago, is now Government paymaster in charge of the rural pay department for the State of Iowa. He is astonished at the visible evidences of improvements that have been made in Lumberton since his last visit home, some 8 years ago. He wffl return to DesMoines about July 10, after which time Mrs. Barnes will go to New York to visit friends before returning home. Kluxers Pall off Bif Para4a in f* sUaKara UVNollVIv* Goldsboro, Jane 14. — Probably 2,000 members of the Ka KhnlOan, some from as far west as AsheriUs and as far sooth as Atlanta, accord ing to cards displayed by lead*** paraded the Main streets of Golds boro tonight at 9:30 garbed in the re. g&lia of their order, while thousands of carious people in varying moods, lined the eorbs, some applauding but th« majority remaining silent. With their leaden riding in an automobile with a flaming cram at tached to its radiator, the white robed and hooded figures, some mounted on hones, a few others rid ing in automobiles, but the larger number walking, presented a colorful 'picture. f *. ,•> ®