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Wholesale Catch
of Alleged Retail
ers By Officers
S Women, 11 Men and 15 Gallone
Corn Whiskey Coptored in Well
Manipaiated Dragnet—°b
jectite Soeecaafa^yROached—lO of
the'14 Out on Bond—Trial Thnra
day.
ONE INDIAN WOMAN CAME
TO JAIL WITH BABE IN ARMS,
jr Two white men, 9 Indian men, 3
Indian women and approximately 15
gallons of corn whiskey were captur
ed by Sheriff R. E. Lewis and his
corps of rural policemen Saturday as
the result of a well-manipulated
drag-net set out last Monday morn
ing by county detectives.
Plans had been well laid for the
final barrage which took place during
the day and not a single objective
reached by the raiders failed to hold
a violator who was taken into custody
by the officers and brought to the
county jail here. The raid was direct
ed on the jobber or .retailer, and not
on the manufacturer, and each of the
captives is charged with having
whiskey in her or his possession and
retailing whiskey.
One of the officers' cars upon re
turning to Lumberton with a load
contained a half-gallon fruit jar
nearly filled with the white fire
liquid, a 3-gallon jug partially filled
and two Indian women, one hoding an
infant.
Eight of the 14 made bond Satur
day afternoon and two of the remain
ing six made bond this morning. The
bonds required were in some cases
$1,000,. while some, who had only one
charge against them were allowed to
make a $500 bond for their appear
ance before Recorder W. B. Ivey
Thursday morning at 10 o’clock.
Those arrested as the Jesuit of the
raid were: James Wariax and grand
father, J. R. Thomas, in Saddle Tree
township; Leslie Wilcox and Rhodes
Pittman, white, in Britts township;
N. A. Revels, Lisa Jane Oxendine,
L. M. Lowrey, Troy Thomas, John
Brooks and Montgomery Dees, in
Pembroke township; Oscar Chavis, in
Raft Swamp township; Daniel Lowr
ey, Beatrice and Bernice Oxendine,
in Burnt Swamp township.
WEEVIL EVIDENCE GALORE.
Mr. Ed Taylor of Howelfcville Says
the Weevils are Thriving in Spite
of All He can Do—Brings in Evi
dences A-plenty.
Mr. Ed Taylor of Hbwellsville
township , was in town Saturday with
evidences galore of the very dickens
boll weevils are playing in his cotton
he ever saw and that in the 90 acres
.he has in cotton he has been poison
ing, picking up squares and doing
everything else he knows to fight the
weevil, but there seems to be no di
minution of the supply.
Mr. Taylor says he has two stalks
to where he had one formerly
each stalk being as heavily squared
as half ithat number of stalks in for
mer years, and that if the weevils
would let him alone from now on he
would make a crop, but that of
course is past hoping for. He has been
a successful cotton raiser for 20
years, formerly making a bale to the
acre, bat last year the unfavorable
seasons and the weevils together
just about got. his crop, and that this
year it looks like the weevils will do
the work alone.
Trash-Pile . Fire Threatened Nearby
Buildings.
The local fire department was
called to4 the vacant lot adjacent to
the Battery Service station Friday
morning to extinguish a blaze caus
ed by burning tar paper and a pile
of trash which had been left, near
the building during the recent re
modeling.
Mr. J. V. Williamson, proprietor
of the Battery Service station, dis
covered the blaze and says that he
does not know how it started but he
saw that it was going to catch a
wooden building on the next lot and
not having water where he
could reach, it he turned
in the alarm. Chemicals were
used and the fire was soon out.
No damage was done, but had it been
left alone for a few minutes both of
the buildings near by would have
caught.
Play at Rex School House Next Fri
day Night. ,
Rex, June 29.—“The Reformation
of Aunt Hannah” will be given at
the Rex school house next Friday
night at 8 o’clock. Refreshments will
be sold and there will be special
violin and piano music. The cast of
characters will be given in Thurs
day’s Robesonian.
, —Dr. J. W. Lynch, Bible teacher
% at Wake Forest college preached his
first sermon at the First Baptist
church yesterday morning, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by a large
crowd. Dr. Lynch also preached at
the evening service and will fill the
pulpit throughout the qtonth on ac
count of Dr. Chas. H. Durham, the
pastor, being in Europe..—.,
Three White Men
Escape From Jail
Got Away During Downpour of Rain
Early Sendsy A. M.~Unscreoed
Nuts; Broke a Loch and Descended
by Means of Blankets—First
Escape from Robeson Comity Jail
in 11 Tears.
The first successful escape from
the Robeson county jail in 11 years
eras made Saturday night when three
white men—Bob Green, alias Bob
Johnson, Elliot Potts and Prank
Dobson—took French leave during
the downpour of rain between the
hours of 2 and 4 a, m.
The escape was effected by the un
screwing of nuts on bolts which held
the hinges of the big heavy cell door,
the breaking of a Yale lock on the
skylight, and three blankets which
were tied together fastened to the top
of the jail. The nuts had been well
greased, fat meat having been used
on them for perhaps several days. A
short piece of hoop iron which is a
part of the bunk was torn from the
bunk and used with a shorter piece of
stouter iron in such a way that it J
could be used similar to a wrench. The
bolts were taken out and a blanket
laid on the floor to deaden the noise
made by moving the door. Then the
door was easily slipped out of posi
tion after the bolts had been remov
ed. The prisoners then went up stairs,
passing within 20 feet of where a
negro woman prisoner was sleeping,
climbed over another cell, broke a
Yale lock on the skylight and climb
ed out on the roof of the jail, where j
they tied three blankets together and |
fastened them to the skylight. This;
gave them quick access to the ground
30 feet below.
The escape was made during the
big rain or just before, as Jailer A.
H. Prevatt states that he was in the
jail at 12:15 a. m., and when the
escape was discovered Sunday morn
ing there were no .signs of footprints
on the ground near where the blan
kets were left hanging. Mr. Prevatt
is positive that Bsb Green ‘ planned
and worked the escape and persuad
ed the boys, Eliott Potts and Frank
Dobson, to assist him.
The boys were waiting the term of
Superior court next week on a charge
of store-breaking, being the same
ones that broke into the drug store
at Pembroke several months ago af
ter escaping from a reformatory in
Florence county, S. C. Green was be
ing held for this court on charges of
retailing and manufacturing whiskey.
The jailer states that this is the
only door in the jail the bolts in
which are not riveted, and this fact
he did not know until the escape was
made. An inspection of the cell made
late yesterday afternoon revealed the
fact that Green had tried to throw
the lock on the door by driving a
wooden peg np through a slot be
SS&MjSMWwsr*
Parkton Will Cel
ebrate Fourth
Speaking, Picnic Dinner and All
Kinds of Amusements—Taber
nacle Bay a Great Success—Meet
ing Will Begin Thursday Night.
By C. D. Williamson
Parkton, June 29—The fourth of
July is almost here. Our town pro
poses to celebrate in the good old
usual way, picnicking and speaking
and all kinds of amusement. Base
Ball in the afternoon. A good time
for everybody. All are most cordially
invited to come. Bring your basket
and enjoy a feast with us.
The big tabernacle day Tuesday
was quite a success. About fifty work
men gathered for work and they
made it count, as the entire roof was
completed. The good ladies came at
the noon hour and spread one of the
finest dinners you ever saw. All kinds
of good eating and abundance of ice
tea. Hie day was profitable in many
ways. The noon hour was spent in a
union prayer meeting conducted by
Rev. G. R. Sorrell, with talks by
several other brethren and a good
live song service.
The meeting will begin proper on
next Thursday night at 8 o’clock. The
Bvanglistic party will arrive Monday
evening from Sumpter, S. C. Messrs.
Ramsay and Rogers and Evangelist
Leyman of Nashville, Tenn.’ will do
the preaching.
The organization prayer meeting
of our town and community are
doing most effective work and a
great revival of religion is look for
ward too. Everybody is invited to at
tend these meetings. Plenty of room,
and comfortable. You cannot afford
o miss it.
Union services at the Baptist
church here Sunday .morning and at
night. Rev. R. P. Mums, pastor of the
M E. church, will preach Sunday
night and Monday night. The union
choir will be organized at the Pres
byterian church. All singers from
Lumber Bridge, Rex, St. Pauls, New
Home, Buckhorn, Hope Mills, Lum
berton and all others that will, join
us. Win. J. Ramsay, choir leader, will
be in charge, and this is enough said,
with Earl S. Rogers at the piano.
Monday is the day set to complete
the work on the tabernacle. The seats
are to be put up that day, and the
stage, or platform, and the work will
have been completed for this season.
A Pleasant Time
Was Had By All
Fenrteenltar Metersi JJWaJJiJja
Shroads Pmledhtgs Behind Ck>J
ed Doors bat Rumor Sm>s They
Wert Plenty.
No one deifies, and every one that
W»* present at the^ initiation eww
moniesheld at the Goat clbb Fridhy
night cotuli ms, the fact that un
doubtedly it was the most enjoyable
occasion ever _held at the dub, espe
cially for those members whd had
the privilege of watching the effi
cient degree team put over the initia
tion of the 14 new goats.
Before the candidates'* for member
ship into thi3 order wer® put through
the goat riding initiation, they were
allowed to enjoy with the members
present an especially well-prepared
barbecue and Brunswick stew, ‘pre
pared by Mr. H. H. Stanley of St
Paul, route 1. Several barbecues
have been held at this beautiful spot
on the “Lumbee” but this one eclipsed
all others in every detail. The degree
team were laughing up their sleeves
at what was soon to take place, and
the candidates couldn’t thoroughly
enjoy the delicious supper for think
ing of, and wondering about, what
was coming to them within the next
few minutes, or hours, they didn’t
know which.
Just what solemn oaths and foolish
pranks were administered to and
done to the candidates cannot be
told, as the Goat club has a secrecy to
everything it does behind closed
doors, and during the ceremonies the
doors and windows were certainly
closed, according to some of the can
didates. After two or three hours 14
new goats had their names placed^ on
the roster as members of the Goat
club in good standing. These are:
Messrs. R. E Lewis, C. B. Skipper,
W. J. Prevatte, Jr., I. L. McGill, J. R.
McLeod, Robt. W. Proctor, A. H Mc
Leod, A. H. Prevatt, Jas. A. Sea, J.
L. Spivey, W. O. Thompson, W. 1 ;
Ivey, Cutlar Moore, E. L. Hamilton,;
J. M. Hutchison and Dr. S. L. White
head.
July 24 Date For
Beginning Saids.
Sales Committee of Tobacco Asso
ciation Recommends Opening Date*
for Auction Sales.
Asheville, June 29.—Recommenda
tion that the auction sale *- in the
bright tobacco markets begin July
24 in South Carolina and those dis
tricts bordering on the line between
that State and North Carolina, was
made this afternoon by the sales
committee of the Tobaoco Associa
tion of the United States.
The other State- opeuiug i as sug
gested by the committee are: Geor
gia market, July 25; Eastern North
<ferolina from Raleigh East, August
21; old belt territory including Dan
ville, Vi., Winston-Salem, N. C. and
Durham, N. C.f September 25. The
report of the committee was made
tonight to the association and is ex
pected to be adopted as it was drawn
up after lengthy diseussion this af
ternoon before the committee by all
parties at interest.
The committee made no recom
mendations as to the Kentucky,
Tennessee, Indiana and West Vir
ginia markets as they are not m- <
eluded in the bright market territory. ‘
The tobacco situation in the pro- i
ducing states is satisfactory but could j
be much improved through increased
exports if chaotic conditions in
Europe could be settled, according to i
T. M. Carrington, president of the ■
tobacco association, declared in his <
annual address to the 23rd conven
tion this morning.
To improve business conditions
generally and tobacco exports in
particular, Mr. Carrington pointed
out that an international under
standing as embodied in the world
court or League of Nations should
be urged upon the government of the
United States. He expressed the
hope that President Harding might
be successful in having the nation
enter the world court.
Mr. Carrington reviewed tobacco
conditions, both from the producers
and manufacturers’ standpoint in
practically all of the producing
states and predicted one of the best
years for trade during 1923-24.
R. T. Corbell, secretary-treasurer,
said that membership has increased
from 136 to 186 with 26 of these in
cluded among banks of the tobacco
producing states. Other officers ami
committees submitted reports.
—At the regular meeting of the
town board of commissioners to be
held tomorrow night in the town hall,
an ordinance relative to cow stalls,
their erection and maintenance will
be considered, and several persons
interested will be present at the
meeting. The ordinance as proposed
was published in last Monday’s Robe
sonian.
Mr. J. R. Walters and sister, Miss
Nora, of Shannon, are Lumberton
visitors today.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Shaw and
Messrs. T. C. Lewis and L. M. Cren
shaw of the Rex section are Lumber
ton visitors today. .'j ,.v .
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Take Your. Choke
On Glorious Fourth
Various ptversiean Offered in Coun
ty—Am»«tal Field Hey at Baal
Lumbetton—Bi* Celebration at
Midway and ParIrton—Orchestra
and Sports at Tak-a-Dip Bench.
Indications point to pretty general
observance of the Fourth ta Robeson.
' People of all sections of the county
‘ will find various amusements offer
ed within easy reach, several places
bidding for their presence on that
i day. .... . ... . '
The annual field day exercises will
be held at East Lumberton July 4th
beginning at 9 o’clock, with contests
in which the young people will take
part. At 10 o’clock there will be a
base ball game between the East
Lumberton team and 2nd Field Ar
tillery team of Fort Bragg. At 12:
30 there will be a big basket picnic
dinner served. After dinner the con
tests will be resumed and at 4 o’clock
the second game of baseball will take
place between the same teams pUy
ing in the morning.
East Lumberton has secured some
good pitchers for these games and
those who have witnessed the recent
contests between the two teams will
learn of these games with interest.
As stated in Thursday’s Robeso
nian, practically all Lumberton busi
ness houses will be closed for the day.
A big celebration will be Held at
Midway, near Parkton, on the Fourth.
There will be baseball games, a brass
band, horse-racing, tennis games and
a barbecue. It is expected to be one
of the biggest celebrations ever held
in the county.
A jazz orchestra will play during
the afternoon at Tak-a-Dip beach on
Lumber river, just off the hard-sur
face road west of Lumberton and
there will be swimming and diving
exhibitional.
WELFARE SUPERINTENDENTS
TO BE ELECTED JULY 9.
...
Every County With Population of
32,000 or Over is Required to Have
Welfare Officer.
Biennial election of county super
intendent of public welfare will be
held in the various counties of the
State on the second Monday in July,
which falls on July 9, the News and
Obeerver reminds, and continues:
Every county having a population
of 32,000 or more by the census of
1920 is required by law to have a
superintendent of public welfare. In
those counties having less employ
ment of a superintendent is optional.
When there is no welfare officer in a
county, the superintendent of schools
performs the duties that would de
volve upon one, to as great an extent
ss his time will-permit.
At present there are forty-five
counties in the State which have
whole-time superintendents of public
welfare and nine with part-time Wel
fare officers. In the remaining forty
*ix counties the superintendent of
schools acts in this capacity. In she
af the forty-five counties having
full time superintendents— that is,
Buncombe, Mecklenburg, Forsyth,
Durham, Guilford and Wake—the
welfare officer is assisted either by
in assistant superintendent, proba
tion officer or school attendance of
ficer.
In the North Carolina plan of pub
lic welfare, the county superinten
lent is supported and advised by the
sounty board of charities and public
welfare, whose members are appoint
ed by the State board of charities
ind public welfare, the whole system
!>eing under the supervision of the
State board. This month there will
ilso be changes in the membership of
i number of the county boards, with
i view to strengthening the whole
jrganization.
Examinations in High School Build
ing July 11.
Correspondence of TheRotoesomasi.
For the benefit of those who have
been reviewing their work to remove
conditions, there will be given ex
aminations in the high school build
ing on the morning of tbe 11th, be
ginning at 10 o’clock. It is hoped
that these examinations may be com
pleted that day but should it be ne
cessary, on account of conflicts,
other examinations will be given on
the afternoon of the 11th and the
12th. *
W. B. CRUMPTON,
Superintendent;
Mr. James Barnett,,of Lumberton,
R. 1, was a Lumberton visitor Satur-j
iay.
Mrs. C. A. Floyd of Fairmont was
i Lumberton visitor Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jones of Fair
mont were Lumberton visitors Satur
iay.
Mrs. O. K. Kittrell and Miss Ethel
Jennings of Fairmont were Lumber
ton visitors Thursday afternoon.
Mr. J. D. Duncan of R. 5 from
Lumberton was among the visitors in
town Saturday night.
•Mr. J. Rad. Lawson of Orrum was
a Lumberton visitor Saturday.
CARS WASHED, POLISHED AND
GREASED.
TIRES, TUBES. ACCESSORIES
GASOLINE 25 CENTS
JNO. C. FULLER
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Many Disregard
. New Stop Law
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At West tsptWrfi Railroad Crout
lay Yesterday One Litjrsr and
Many Negroes Crowed Without
Observing Near Law-Law Re
quires Fall Step Before Crowiag
Railroad.
There were many violations yester,
day of the new low, which west in
to effect at midnight Saturday night,
requiring that all vehicles come to a
full stop before crossing railroad
tracks at a grade crossing, at the
most conspicuous crossing near Lam
bert on, at the National cotton mills,
one and a half miles west of town.
’Mr. Bill Barnes says he sat on his
porch and watched to see how many
would stop, and that while most
white people came to a full stop he
| noticed that one Lumberton lawyer
went across at a good speed and that
most of the colored autoist crossed
without observing the law.
At all crossings the railroads have
placed a conspicuous sign reading HN.
C LAW. STOP”. The law, passed by
ithe last Legislature, makes it a mis
deamor, punishable by fine or im
prisonment or both, to cross a rail
road without coming to a full stop
l not nearer than 50 feet from the
! nearest rail. It is estimated that 100
people were killed at grade crossings
in North Carolina last year, and this
jlaw was passed after a hard fight in
the belief that it would save lives.
Those who violated the law yeater
iday no doubt had forgotten all about
lit. Mr. Barnes says he was interested
1 in keeping tab yesterday because
this crossing is so near to the mill
ithat disregard of the law at this par-,
jticular place is a menace to the
; people who are constantly passing
from their homes to the mill. No vio
lators have been reported to the
sheriffs office.
Record of Deaths
MRS. GEORGE COLLINS DIES
SUDDENLY OF HEART FAILURE
Sudden Fatal Attack Came While
Riding Saturday Night—Funeral
and Interment' Yesterday After
noon Near Smyrna Church.
Mrs. George Collins, age 35 years,
died Saturday night about 9 o'clock
as the result of heart failure, death
resulting immediately after the sud
den attack, which she suffered while
riding on the hard-surfaced road west
of Lumberton in company with her
two daughters, Misses Ruby and
Madalene, and Mr. A. B. Fisher.
As soon as she was stricken, Mr.
Fisher, who was driving the car,
rushed to the home on Second street
and summoned her husband and phy
sicians. Upon examination by the
physician it was found that she had
died suddenly.
Funeral services were, held yester
day afternoon at the ^a^ in the,
family burying grounds near Smyrna
church by Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth, a
large crowd attending.
Deceased was a member of the
First Baptist church of Lumberton.
She was the daughter of the late G.
W. Britt of Lumberton, R. 4, being
before her marriage Miss Ida Britt.
Surviving are her husband; two
daughters, Ruby, aged 14, and Mada
lene, aged, 11; 4 sisters, Mesdames
Alma Barnes, Arren Ivey and Hub
bard Britt of Lumberton, R. 4, and
Mrs. M. N. Hobbs of Laurinburg; and
two brothers, Messrs. Purdie and An
derson Britt of Lumberton.
Mr Geo. L. Breece of Cumberland
County.
Mr. George L. Breece, 64 years old;
died Thursday at 3 p. m. at his home
in Grey’s Creek township, Cumber
land county, after long illness. De
ceased is survived by his second wife,
2 daughters and 5 3921s. He was a
brother of Miss Josephine Breece of
Lumberton.
Lake Britt Taken from Jail to See
Father—He and Mother Both
Fainted.
Thursday afternoon before the
funeral services of Mr. Evan Britt
were conducted, Sheriff R. E. Lewis
and Rural policeman J. H. Carper ac
companied Mr. Britt’s son, Luke,
who has been in the county Jail for
the past few months charged with
the killing of E. R. Shepherd, to the
home, where he was allowed to see!
the remains of his father. After they
had been in the room a few minutes
Luke fainted. His mother, who hadj
been in the room since his arrival,
was overcome on account of her son’s
fainting and fell in a faint herself, j
As soon as they were revived the
prisoner was brought back to the;
jail. __ j
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Harley and
children returned yesterday to Dar
lington, S. C., aftejr having spent
several days at the home of Mr.
Harley’s brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Williamson.
Dr. E. F. Long of the North Caro
lina state board of health, Raleigh,
was a Lumberton visitor Friday.
Mr. M. B. Griffin of Raynham was
a Lumberton visitor this morning.
- Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Daugherty and
sons, Mr.' William and Master Hoyle,
expect to leave tomorrow for their
summer home at Blowing Rock,
where they will spend the summer.
Mr. C C. Powers of Lumberton R.
7 was a'visitor in town Saturday.
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Cotton Market j
- Reported by J. H. Barrfagtea
, Middling cotton Is quoted on the
locel market today at 26 easts the
pound.
Items of Local News
—Mr. Ed Belch has accepted a
portion with Mr. K. M. Bins, be
ginning work this morning.
—■license has been issued for the
marriage of Miss Alma Araette and
Mr. Louis M. Prevatt.
—R^rolar communication of St.
Alban's lodge No. 114, A. F. A A. M-,
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Work
in first degree.
—The Thursday Afternoon Book
club will meet with Mrs. T. A Mc
Neill at her home on Chestnut street
Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock.
—Mr. W. D. Williams of Orrum,
who was a Lumberton visitor Satur
day, says that his son Mr. W. G.
Williams has six acres of as fine to
bacco as he has ever seen.
—The board of county commis
sioners, the county road board, and
the county board of education are
holding their regular monthly meet
ings in the court house today.
—Mrs. H. T. Eope returned Fri
day night from Charlotte where she
underwent treatment for several
days at the Charlotte sanatorium.
Her condition is very much improv
ed.
—The big tent has been erected
across from the town ball and every
thing is in readiness for the opening
show tonight of the Mason Stock
company, beginning a week’s engage
ment here.
—Miss Martha Flax Andrews,
Robeson county home demonstration
agent, left Saturday for Blue Ridge,
where she will spend two weeks at
tending the annual conference of
home demonstration agents for
North Carolina.
—In a very interesting game of
baseball on the East Lumberton
diamond Saturday Fort Bragg won
from the East Lumberton team by
the small margin of 3-2. A large
crowd witnessed the game, which
was the best played here this sea
son.
—Chief of Police D M. Barker has
a long list of names of drivers of
automobiles in Lumberton who have
not secured chauffeur’s lieense yet
and he states that recorder's court
will be a busy place if there isn’t a
large number of applications made at
once. Old license expired June 30th.
—A meeting of the Woman’s auxi
liary of the American Legion post
will be held at the Legion hall to
morrow evening, July 3rd, at 8
o’clock. All members are requested to
be present. Miss Mary McGuiro
Croxton has been made secretary of
the Woman’s auxiliary in place of
Mrs. Sandy McLeod, who will be
away for the summer.
—The curb market will be held
twice a week in the future, on Wed
nesdays and Saturdays, according to
an announcement just made by Miss
Flax Andrews. Last week the market
waa held on both days and seemed to
appeal to the consumer ht such a
way that it was decided to make the
twice-a-week market a permanent
thing.
*—Mrs. Chas. H. Durham received
Saturday a cablegram from Dr. Dur
ham stating that he had landed safe
ly in Liverpool, England, after en
joying a very pleasant voyage. Dr.
Durham will attend the Baptist
World Alliance conference in Stock
holm, Sweden, this month, and will
visit the principal countries of Europe
ind the Bible lands before returning
home in October.
—Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McAllister
and children, Master Hugh and Miss
Jean, went Friday in their auto to
Montreat, where Mrs. McAllister and
children will spend some time. Mr,
K. M. Barnes accompanied them to <
make arrangements for his family
to spend some time in the Wiynes
ville section a little later. Messrs.
McAllister and Barnes are expected
to return this evening.
—Mrs. J. D. Kernodle and son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Kernodle, left yesterday for their
home in Graham after spending a
few days here at the home of Mrs.
J. D. Kernodle’s son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Proc
tor, North Elm street. Mrs. L. H.
Kernodle sang Thursday night at the
wedding in Chadbum of Miss Inez
Wooten and Mr. Taylor, the latter of
Wadesboro.
—At a meeting of St. Alban’s
lodge No. 114 A .F. & A. M. Tues
day night the following officers
were installed by Past Master C. B.
Skipper: worshipful master, T. W.
Bullock; senior warden, B. G. Floyd;
junior warden, J. C. Bryant; treas
urer, E. J .Britt; secretary, R. T.
Allen; senior deacon, R. A. McIn
tyre; junior deacon, C. C. Rogeirs;
senior steward, J. W. Long; junior
steward, W. J. Prevatte, Jr.; senior
tyler, G. E. Rancke.
—State Senator and Mrs. L R
Varser and daughter, Miss Lily
Snead, left last evening for Blowing
Rock, where they will spend a week
and where Mr. Varser will preside at
tiie annual convention of the North
Carolina Bar association of which
he is president. The convention will
begin Thursday night. Messrs. H. E.
Stacy and T. L. Johnson, and perhaps
Mr. Stephen McIntyre and other
members of the local blr, will go te
Blowing Rock for the confrehti'n
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