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OOUMfBT. oon AWD TWTK. -t FbggihgCay SetFor Tuesday - y. 2$ Bet*m*A cm** J?*2r BiU HOtumnu ^ ^ J^lge Sinclair 9(m#fnrr cf 4 te 6 Ye##w—Otwf ap - maJ^i^men Ao tinged A ed to begin tomon-ow. Jodge W. A. Sinclair ordered them^ when they were arraigned on w hiil returned by the grand -W charging burglary, aecret as^dt And kidnaping, refusing to allow bail, The ease of H. L. Taliaferro^ al leged Ku Klux Kian detective who is under $5,000 bond furnished by the kian, to answer the charge of con tempt in intimiating witnesses m this case, most likely wili not come up until after the trial. Sellers Gets Prison Sentence. Jesse Sellers, who plead guilty to an assault with deadly weapon and trespass last Monday in Superior court was sentenced this morning by Judge N. A. Sinclair to an indeter minate period of not less than 4 years and not more than 6 years in the State prison, after counsel for the defendant, Mr. W. S. Britt, asked that the first charge against his client be changed to felonious assault and judgment was suspended m the other charges. Sellers shot ins mower-m-mw, Mrs. Wincey Bass, in the leg last April after a family row, when she was advancing on him to keep him from whipping his wife her daughter. For several weeks Mrs. Bass' con dition was bad, and according to phy sicians is still such that she con stantly needs medical attention. Charlie Covington and W. M Rivers of Evergreen, charged with giving worthless checks, had judg ment continued for a period of not more than 2 years upon payment of the checks and costs in the case. The ^defendants were found guilty of giv ing worthless checks to Messrs. Green Pape and R. McA. Nixon for several bales of cotton in the recorder s court several weeks ago and sen tenced to the roads. Appeal was taken, in the mean time arrange ments had been satisfactorily made with the prosecuting witnesses. Charlie Davis, alias Pugh, submit ted to larceny and was sentencedto 2 years on the county roads. This cuse grew out of the theft of a Ford touring car belonging to Mr. Carl Nye of Orrum, on the night of June 23rd last. The thief with the car was stopped in Raeford. Judge Sinclair, in sentencing him, stated that he be lieved this was one of a gang of auto thieves operating through the state, especially at Aahboro, Randleman, Raleigh and Fayetteville and that he was determined to do everything in his power to break it up. The defen dant did not go on the stand.He told officers when arrested that his home was in Randleman. Luke Britt Goes To Prison 10 Years On Agreed Verdict Plea of Murder in Second Degree Accepted by Stete and Judge Sin clair imposed Sentence Recommen ded by Solicitor McNeill—Disposi tion of Case Came as Surprise to Packed Court Roe* After Jury Had Been Selected—Cases Against Huggins snd Renter Continued for Term. Tank* Britt, charged with the mur der of E. R- Shepard on April H, 1922, was sentenced to ten years m the State penitentiary by Judge M. A. Sinclair Saturday morning upon an agreed verdict of murder in the second degree. This disposition of the case, m which there h*s been Widespread in terest, came as a surprise to the packed court room after some time had been consumed in selecting a jury. Solicitor T A. McNeill, in accept ing the plea of second-degree murder for the defendant, said that he had worked on this case harder than he had worked on any other since he had been solicitor and that he believed the defendant to be guilty, but that the evidence was largely circumstan tial, that some of the evidence upon which his belief of the defendant's guilt was based was of such a nature that he doubted if the court would admit it as legal; that there was doubt of being able to convince a jury, beyond a reasonable doubt, of the guilt of the defendant, and that with the concurrence of Mr. T L. Johnson, who had ably assisted him in the case, he had decided that it would he best to accept the plea. Mr. McNeill says that the State is in possession of no evidence other than that which was published In The Bobeaonian when witnesses were examined before Coroner Biggs last February, and that much of the evidence which came out-then Would (Continued on Page 4) [in Hie State priaonlqr Judge Sinchdr Saturday. ! Mr. T. L Johnson, who appeared with Mr. W. B. Ivey for the defen dant at the direction df the coart, i spoke eevera! minutes in behalf of the convicted m?n before sentence .was passed and stated that ho fully believed that Metco Hom entered in to the fight with the negro and did wound the negro. In passing judg ment, Judge Sinclair stated that he thought the jury had returned a righteous verdict, one that he would have returned had he been on the jury. The jurors were W. T. Covington, W. F Adams, J. W. MePhail, C. W. Sessoms, Oscar Blackburn, K. Atkin son, B. C. Glass, A. G. Mitchell, M. W. Hedgpeth, H. B. Britt, Von Wal ters, J. F. Shepherd. Horn lived in Saddletree township on a farm belonging to Mr. W. S. Britt of Lumberton. Mm. Horn on Stand. Mrs. Horn, wife of deceased, knew iittie about the case beyond the fact that there was a difference of 40 cents over some ditching. She went to the door when Purdie came that morning and then went to the kitch en. Presently her husband came to the kitchen and asked her if Purdie did not^owe him 40 cents. She told him he did and said she knew because she kept the books. Metco then went out again and soon afterwards she heard the shooting. She immediately went out, saw that her husband had fallen and went to him. Saw Braxton run ding, saw no signs of blood on him, he was running so fast and was so fjar away 6he could not tell about that positively. Nothing had been said about Braxton going away. On cross examination she said her husband treated everybody right that treated him right, that he had never been in spurt many tims, that she never heard tell of Ms running Mr. Sawyer away with a gun or knocking Mr. Eakes down, children had the axe, Metco did not have it. Clayton Horn. Clayton Horn, nearly grown son of deceased, said he saw his father pass the door of the room in which he was dressing in going to and from the kitchen and soon thereafter heard the shooting, but before that had heard nothing at all, no loud talking or fussing. He could not see from the room where he was and rushed i sdt just aa his father fell. He went to Ms &SH#gRsked him if he **si*hot; in the Abuth. His father looked at him and appeared to try to speak and then fell back dead. He held his father's head up. He saw Purdie go ing around the grapevine, took a step or two from his father's body and when Purdie stopped and iooked at him he said, "You killed my daddy but you won't shoot me." Then Purdie turned and ran. He remained firm in his statement that he heard no loud talking, that the plow-trace was on the wagon, that he saw no signs of a scuffle. The ground was soft in the yard, he said, for it had been raining, and no trades were plainly visible, but no sign of a scuffle He denied that he had asked anybody for a gun the day before; knew nothing about trouble over ditch bank. Did not hear father say Braxton could not leave the yard until he paid him the 40 cents, or that he wouid as soon wMp a mpm over 40 cents as over $40. Knew nothing about any word being sent. Did not try to get s gun from John Bell. When Lower Johnson asked Mm if he waa not a had fighting man himself, Clayton replied) that he might be but had never been in any fights. Said father never hit Mr. Sawyer, but said father Mt Mr. flakes with a shovel when the latter accused him of stealing an axe. Never saw his father shoot at Ms brother. Lethat Hom s Story Miss Lethal Hom, 15-year-old doubter of deceased, said she and her younger brother were at wood pile chopping wood when Braxton came. He and her father talked low, she could not hear what they said. Father went back into the house and when he came out she saw Braxton shoot. He was about ten steps from her father. Shot twice. She had the axe, her father had nothing in his hand. Father said nothing. She and her brother ran behind the crib. Didnt see any fight, heard no quar rel, saw no chain. Glonnie Smith. Mr. Glonnie Smith testified that he lives 1-4 mile from Horn's, that he arrived at the Hom home right after the shooting. Found Hom lying dead 15 or 18 steps from where he was shot. On cross examination Law yer W. B. Ivey submitted a sketch of the yard which was gone over with Mr. Smith before the jury. Mr. Covington Prevatt, who lives 1-2 mile from Horn's home, who also got there soon after the shooting, said he saw no chain or axe or signs Jesse Oxendine 10 To 15 Years in Prison De Jury RetnmS Verdict of gree Harder W&h tioa a# Mercy hr Case a# KHMn% of Vich^lMlard-Phsafor SantMCe fgaed to Plead GwPty an Promise of 30-DaySeateace. The jury in the case of Jesse Ox —Zuhhn^ ehargad with VMt BaHard nsur Ma d. 4, # d mJ TiaMndny a Verdict of muAder in which whn n^md for hy Aa ^ and Judge Sinclair gave him a son tsnce of from 10 to IdySars in the State prison. An hour pd&r bo rendering its verdict the jury came into court —and ash ed for further emlightment upon the difference between second decree murder and manslaughter. The verdict of murder in the second degree was accompanied with a re commendation to the mercy of the court. The jury was composed of Boyd Adams, I. J. Williams, E. G. Floyd, H. R. West, E. H. Britt, J. C. Smith, W. L. McIntyre, H. H. Stanley; A. A. Crump, J. A. Herring, J. B. Clark, A. E. McCormick J The evidence in this case was published in Thurs day's Robesonian. The case against Dock Oxendine, also charged with this murder, was dismissed. Pleas of mercy for the convicted man were entered by his counsel, Messrs. Dickson McLean and L. R. Varser. Mr. McLean stated that his client had asked him to ask his hon or that he be sent to the county roads and not to the State prison where he would not be among his people and where he did not know anyone. He told the judge of the physical c o n d i t i o n of the prisoner, which h e said was very bad. Mr. Varser cal condition of the prisoner, which he said was very bad. Mr. Varser stated that it was a very unusual case, that Vick Bullard was kRled by two shots, which were fired upon signal, one entering one side of the man and one the other. He also told the judge that Jesse had protested his innocence even after a chance for a short term of 30 days on the roads was shown him, if he would admit his guilt. Before rendering judgment Judge Sinclair stated that the State had already shown mercy on the ds&nd ant by not asking for a verdict of first-degree murder, and the jury showed mercy when it asked that the defendant be shown mercy. He re fused the plea of letting Jesse serve his time on the county roads. In sen tencing him to the indeterminate period he said that he would give him 30 years had it not been for the request of the jury. For the first time, Jesse shed tears as the judge to!d him that he must leave his peo ple behind. * Mr. T. B. BnUard Believes in PoiaoH and Picking Up Squares. Mr. T. B. Ballard of Elrod, who was a LomberRm visitor Friday, be lieves in poisoning the boii weevil and he is a strong believer aiso in the effectiveness of picking up squares. In his fields he has noticed that the weevils are found in patch es. In large fields, he says, he often finds no weevils at ai! except in a patch about 10 or 15 feet square, say, ai! the rest of the Held being practically unmolested. Mr. Bullard thinks that iots of the money invested in ma chinery for fighting the weevil is thrown away. Lots of it is junk from which nobody profits, he says, except the men who sell it. Men from States further South where they have been fighting the weevil for years have told him that much of the worthless machinery has been abandoned and that the owners would give it away. Mr. John McLean of R. 3 from Lumberton was among the visitors in town Friday. Bfr. L.R. Varaer returned thia morning from Washington, D C., whore he went Saturday night with Mo daughter, Mine Liiiy, who will spend some time with sisters of Mrs. Varser near that city. - Misses Leiia and Meiva Cottle and Alpha McLean returned this morn ing from a week-end visit to Char lotte. of scuffle. Didn't know Horn had ever been indicted. "Didnt Like OM Horn." Mr. Reuben Mnsselwhite testified that Pttrdie came by his home Mon day morning and told him if he want ed to see the cow he had been talking about buying he had better go that day to his (Purdie's) home as he was going to leave the next day, that he 'didn't like old Horn" On cross exa mination he said he knew nothing about Horn objecting to Purdie's leaving because he owed him money. At this point the State rested and court adjourned—it was then 6 p . m. Thursday—until Friday a. m. (Continued on Page 3) CAR8 WASHED, POLISHED AND GREASED. TIRES, TUBBS. ACCESSORIES GASOLINE 25 CENTS JNO. C. fULLHR Negro Woman Commit* Suicide Vnfe of Jerry MeCary This Meeting With . Had Been baapandont for Tima. Rtdad Life A negro woman by the name of McCary, wife of Jerry MeCary, com mitted snieide in her tMmf the western part of town early thi* morning, Ming a amgie-barrei aha* go*. *. the ieaM ^atnaad her cheat above the heart and want natire^f th^mgh her body. Se eboo was Aa barrel of the gtny-to her that ahe waa badiy barbed by the exploekm of thd powder. No one except her throe children wore in the house at the time of the act, her he*band being at work in Richmond. The chiidran were awakened by the noise, and ran to a neighbor'* house teliing the new*. Th^r *tated to the coroner that they knew nothing of the affair. An axe waa found at the head of the bed in which the chiidren were sleeping. The dead body wa* found lying on the bed in a pool of Mood, the feet hanging to the floor, and the gnn standing between her leg*. An in quest was deemed Unnecessary. According to those who knew her, she had been in a bad frame of mind for some time, this being particu larly noticeable yesterday afternoon. The woman appeared to be about 30 years of age. , Tried To Hold Pa tient Until Hospit al Bill Was Paid Rodney Nea! of Fayetteville Was ForeiMy Held in Hamlet Hospital in Effort to Force Payment of Bii! —Released After Writ of Habeas Corpus Had Been Issued—May Bring Suit for False Imprisonment. A writ of habeous corpus was signed by Judge N. A. Sinclair here last week, returnable to him here Friday in an action to have the Hamlet Hospital, of Hamlet, release Rodney Nea! 20 year old son of Mr and Mrs. J. A. Neal of Fayetteville, who was being held under lock and key at the hospital because he was unable to pay a large hospital bill. Judge Sinclair was notified by telephone that the hearing had been jpostponed until Saturday night at 7:80 in Fayetteville by Mr. C. W Broadfoot, an attorney representing the plaintiff Between 7:30 and 8 o'clock Satprday night the judge was informed by Mr. Broadfoot that the boy had been released without having to entire the papers on Dr James, president of the institution. The case grerw out of an accident in which young Neal was seriously injured while working for a con tracting company now erecting the new hotei building in Maxton. As soon as the boy was found to be seriously injured, he was rushed to the Hamlet hospital. A young man employee of the contracting com pany toid Dr. James that the com pany would pay half of the hospi tal bill. It has developed that the (Continued on Page 4) SPACE IN FRONT OF JUDGES STAND MUST BE KEPT CLEAR. None But Lawyers, Litigants, Wit nesses and Representatives of Press Will be Allowed Inside—Spectators Must Not Crowd This Space-Bar Ma*es Recommendations. Upon recommendation of the bar of the county at a meeting called Saturday by Mr. S. McIntyre, chair man, Judge Sinclair ordered officer# to reserve the apace in front of the judge's stand in the court room and within the iron railing for the use of members of the bar, litigants, wit nesses and representatives of the press, and infraction of this order to be sufficient cause for contempt. This order was brought about by reason of the intolerable crowding of this space by spectators, who during the past week often have packed it to such an extent that even members of the bar have found it hard to get a seat. Messrs. T. L. Johnson, E. J. Britt and L. R. Varser were appointed a committee to draw up recommenda tions, and at the instance of this sommittee the meeting of the bar was called and recommended farther that this space be fenced off with a metal railing, that ventilators be placed over the gallery portion of the court room, that electric fans be sus pended from the ceiling, and that a raised platform be placed^ in the space reserved for the bar. —Mr. John Jemigan, a young white man of Maxton, was found guiity in recorder's court this morn ing of driving a car while under the influence of whiskey and for being drunk in the town of Lumberton. He was fined $25 nd costs by Recorder W. B. Ivey for being drunk and judgment was continued in the other charge provided he does not drive an automobile upon the highways in Robeson county for the next $ months. —Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Be thea yesterday morning at the Baker sanatorium, a son, W. C. Jr. Negro Woman Mur* dered at Rowland Jojha Thom** Hat*#*! Saturday Night After Cutting Jugnlar Vet* & Supposed to he Hi* WMe—Them** Wo* Me* *4 Tt.i. by Hattie Md Anther W* man **d Committed Crime as They Walked Ahmg Tree*. Hattie Thomas * negro woman, *** Miisd Satutny night wi ^ yntd* of the Atiantie Cot* *W** *&S*H h_!h**m* hy a in# need by him to cut the jugular ve^ and inflict iarge gashes on her head and bhih: " - ^ According to the evidence before the coroner * jury, Hattie knew that Jehn waa coming to Rowland on train No. 89, and *he with Ethe! Campbeii, another negro woman, went to meet him. On their way from the etation after pending aime time in town at store*, the two began to quarrel. Ethei stated that she drop ped behind them a* they began quar reling and waa joined by a negro man, Frank McCoy, and that both of them heard the woman cry oat, "Oh!" several times. It was then dark. Frank ran toward the coople and saw John Thomas running off down the track. He took from hi* pocket a pistol and fired two shots *t him in an effort to atop him, but did not. The woman waa dead when they got to her. The police were notified and effort was made to capture the mur derer. Coroner D. W. Bigg* was sum moned to Rowland and held an in quest over the remains Saturday night about 10 o'clock. The jury was composed of Messrs. Loyd Rogers, Ed. Bryant, D. J. Watson. D. D. Mc Laurin, J. W. McLean and J. Brown Bullock. Their verdict was that the deceased came to her death as the result of knife wbuads at the hand of John Thomas. It was reported that after arriving in Rowland, Thomas went to a hardware store and pur chased the knife with which he kill ed the womans Great Revival At Parkton In Large Union Tabernacle Large Crowds Are Attewding Serri cea—Sped*! Nights for Nearby Towns This Week—Greatest Pub He Gathering Place in Coanty. Special to The Robesonian. Parkton, July IQ.—Large crowds are attending the revive! meetings being held in the new union gospel tabernacle here. The series of meet ings began Thursday. July 5, and will last several weeks. Services are held twice daily, at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m., and mach interest is being manifested. Evangelist Layman of Washington, D. C., is doing the preaching and Mr. W. J. Ramsay, who was with Evangelist Ham in the great meeting in Fayetteville last year, is leading the choir, which is one of the best he has ever di rected in his experience of many years. There wil! be special nights this week-for several near-by towns and large crowds are expected to sttend from each place oh its special night. Tuesday night is St. Pauls night; Wednesday night, Lumber Bridge and Rex; Thursday night, Fayette ville; Friday night, Hope Mills; Sat urday night, everybody's. Tuesday 10 to 11a. m. will be Parkton and community day. A service for men only will be held next Sunday at 3 p. m. The new union tabernacle will seat 3,000 people aad it is the coolest place to be found on a hot day. It ia the greatest auditorium in the com* Contract Let For Schoo! Building Accepted Bid for New High School BuHding was $MH*t—Work Wit! ho Begun Within Next SO Day*. Contract for the erection of the new Lumberton high school building was let Saturday morning to J. W. Stout & Co. of Sanford, whose bid was $112,000. The plumbing contract was awarded to Mr. G. B. Kifunan, local plumber, at $6,480 The electri cal and heating contracts were de ferred for SO days. Preparations are being made for the tearing down of the old residence now occupied by Mrs. W. G. Rey nolds, whe moves this week to the Mc Lean apartment house. The machin ery to be used in the erection of the building will he shipped within the next few days and work on the build ing will begin within the next thirty days. In the new building there will be 19 rooms, including laboratories, an auditorium and a stage gymnasium. The building will front on Walnut street and will be built between Eight street and Elizabeth road. The architect for the new building is Mr. C. Gadsen Sayre of Raleigh. Mrs. M. J. Merritt has returned from a viait to relatives at Roanoke, Va. Cotton Market Reported byj. H. Barrtegts* Middiing cotton is q noted o iocai market today at 38 3-4 the pound. items of Local News —Mr. W. N. McLean of8t. Pta*, who is a; twMtswtnn vMhr tda^ spys "oar #eopje sap aiBamilesoWw S5 —Mr, & O Da&za, farm Jssneh strat&m agent for Robeson, toft tMa morning for Beeafort, where he wiR attend this week a aseeting af Bm farm demonstration agents of thw Eastam mpd aouthaastem districts. —Mr.wsnd Mrs. R. H. Criebtsm are expected home tomorrow night or Wednesday from Rochester, Mich, where Mr. Crichton has been a pa tient since March i4 and whore he underwent an operation. His condi tion is very much improved. —One of the most deiightfui pieces of music ever enjoyed in LsUn berton churches was a duet sang at the morning service et Cheetamt Street Methodist chnrch yesterday and at the %st Baptist chnrch !aat evening by Mass Lnia Norment and Mr. E. W. Dunham. with vioiin ac companiment by Mrs. Robert A. Me Intyre and Mr. Frank Gough Jr. —Mr. and Mrs Lioyd G. Vaughn and smai! son. Lioyd Eiiott. left yesterday morning for their home in Washington, D. C., after spending a few days here visiting st the homo of Mrs. Vaughn's undo and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Huggins, North Pine street Mrs. Henry K. Darden of Faison, who has aiso been a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Huggins since Thursday night, returned to her home yesterday. —Mr. T. L. Johnson got the top or the thumb of his right hand cat clean off Thursday afternoon when it was caught in the hinge end of a door of his automobile. He tossed the end away and ran into his house and hastily wrapped up the injured mem ber. When he eame out Mrs. Johnson suggested that the end might be sewed hack on, so he picked it up and went to the Baker sanatorium, where Dr. H. M. Baker replaced it. It was a most excruciatingly painful experience, but Mr. Johnson has iost no time from the court room, where he has been engaged in so#a import ant eases. _ „ —Mr. S. P. Young of DanneBon, Fla., was a visitor last weak at the home of his brother-in-law and sla ter, Mb. and Mrs. M. A. Merger, Howellsville township, leaving M day night for his home. Mr. Young had been on a vacation trip to Cana da, Niagara Falls, through Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. He left Dunneiion on June 4th and expected to be away anti! September, but wae caHed. home on account of the illness of one of the men employed in the hardware busineas with which he is connected. Tobacco Market WiH Open Aug ! Warehouse# Here WHt Be Open & Receive Tobacco a* M<d Aftm J.ty 24 bet Auction Saiee WH! No< Start U-ti! let—Lnmberten WH Have Beet Force of Wareheneemet it Has Ever Had. Lumberton, Fairmont and othe markets in this beit wiH open fo anetion aaiea of tobacco August isi There haa been some confoaion in re gard to the opening date owing t the fact that a committee of tobecc men meeting in AaheviHe a weA o so ago recommended Jnly 24 as thj opening date, but that recoman an ml tion waa not adopte&The date ha within thepaat few days definite! been fixed aa August 1st. The Star and Banner warehomm of Lumberton wiH be open to reeeh tobacco on and after Juiy-24. Lumberton wiH have the beat fort of warehousemen and buyers that hs ever been on this market, it is cm fidentiy <Fgprted by those who hat been famMiar with it for years. : good aa any maAet will have. Bad cations are that prices are going 1 be better this season. With evm possible facility for handling tobac< from a financial standpoint, Lambe ton bids fair to rivai any tobac< in th#t Ptnnth. Mr. Charles H. Taylor of DenviB Va^will have charge of the St< warehouse again this season. Ass ciated with him are Mr. J. W. Char hers of Rorboro and Mr. W. Summers of Reideville. Messrs. Ta brand Sommers, who were on ti market last year and are pops! with the farmers, arrived he Thursday night and will be he practically all the time now an the season is over. ^ The Banner warehouse aiso will operated by experienced mmt, Mesa J. H Peridns and W. F. Long of Be boro. Mr. Perkins has been oa t Lumberton market for 5 years and well known and popular. Experienced warehouseman 3 that the better cere end more ath tion given tobacco now tha more 1 growers will get- As crap is Ms intheoMb*R,tharei* strong < mand for good tobacco, and ps* are eonfidenty expected to he
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