WATCH TOUR ALL SUB9CR! ABEDiacoM ED WHEN 1 Court (loses With Docket Cleared Co-op Case Continued—E. B. F!oyd Recovers Damages from Coast Line for Injuria^—9 Divorces Granted. The civii term of Superior court which convened Monday with Judge N. A. Sinclair of Fayetteville presid ing adjourned yesterday afternoon, the docket having been completed. The most important case, that of the N. C. Tobacco Growers Co-op erative Association vs. W. G. Watts, was continued after the defendant's wife was made a co-deiendant in the action. The association brought suit for alleged violations of con tract and to get a restraining order to keep Mr. Watts from seliing to bacco on the open marKet. Divorces were granted as follows: D. A. Strickland vs. Ada Strick land, James E. Chavis vs. Ida Mae H. Chavis, Jarvie Hardin vs. Elma Cleat Barnes vs. Arrenie Bames, Walter Davis vs. Leola Lorey Davis, Andrew White vs. Bes sie W&te, W. E- Bums vs. 11a May Bums B. J. Johnspn vs. Sallie Johnson, Edith Jackson Braswell vs. Forrest Braswell. ' ^ . . The suits brought by E. B. Floyd, Da Edwards et al. against the At lantic Coast Line R. R. company were compromised, Mr. Floyd re ceiving $700 for personal injury and $200 for damage to car. 11a Edwards and Raymond Edwards received $70 and $25 respectively for personal in juries. The case grew out* of an ac cident which occured at Orrum near ly a- year ago, when the Coast Line passenger train struck a car in which the plaintiffs were riding, practically demolishing the car and severely injurying the occupants. A number of other cases was con tinued and & large number was com promised, only a few cases being tried by jury. < + Judge Sinclair left yesterday af ternoon for his home in Fayetteville, going via. Rowland. S Widows Helped by Mother's Aid Fund County Commissioners Approve Ap plications — Cotton Weighers Gtraders Appointed. At the meeting of the county com missioners Monday applications iot aid through the State mothers' aid fund, recommended by Miss Elizabeth Frye, county welfare of Acer, were approved for the following: Mrs. Lou Ann Belch, St. Paul, $15 per month; Mrs. Lily S. WillifoTd and Mrs. Mag gie McD. Gilmore of St. Paul, Mrs. Jessie B. McDonald of East Lumber ton and Mrs. Ola May Talbot of Fairmont R. 3, $10 each. The mothers' aid fund was provided by the last Legislature to enable deserving widows to keep at home children that they otherwise might have to consign to an orphanage. A. F. Jones and J. B. Peacock were appointed cotton weigher-grader for' the towns of Red Springs and Max-! ton, respectively. Each was required to furnish bond itr the sum of $500. Caroline Locklear and Lucy Hall McDonald were ordered admitted to i the county home. The following were placed on the paupef list: Julia Dean, $10 per month; Daisy Cox, Susi Hunt, Millie Dean, Joe Deal, $5 each; Mary Rogers, $4. Bills were ordered paid. They will be published in the next issue of The j Robesonian. J. Guy Grantham Released Under $10,000 Bond. J. Guy Grantham, white, one of. tlie three men charged with killing Barney Hunt, Indian, at Rose Hill negro church, early Saturday morn ing, was released from jail this morning under a $10,000 bond, which was made by Mr. Stephen Grantham, father of the accused* man. Pompey Bartley and Erastus McQueen, colored, are still in jail in default of bonds of $10,000 each. Hunt was killed by shots fired from a passing automobile in which Grantham and the two colored men were riding. The coroner's jury or dered the three men held for higher court. Stubbs Property to be Sold at Auc tion Fr!day at Fairmont. A 2-story brick building, an 8 room dwelling house and 25 resi dence lots, property of Mr. H. G. Stubbs, will be sold at auction at Fairmont tomorrow, Friday, at 2:30 p. m. This is 'said to be some of the most valuable property in Fairmont. —Mr. A. W. McLean says that the place in Wisconsin where he spent his vacation and from which he re turned a few days ago, as mention ed in Monday's Rbbeaonian, haa the most deHghtful climate he has ever experienced. Frost was not unusual when he was there with a party of friends last month!. It is in vast woods, in a region where lakes abound, and he has never seen such abundance of fish in his life. Re did not say so exactly, but one gathers from his remarks that the only ways to keep fish from biting was to get! behind a tree. Mr. McLean was! greatly benefitted by his outing and j returnedf^in vigorous health. Negro Dies From Severe Beating CHff Hamilton Died Yesterday as Re aait of Beating Given Him Wight of Angust 25—Seven Companions in Gambimg Game Beat Him and Took His Winnings—Three of the Negroes in Jail. Cliff Hamilton, colored, died at the home of his brother, across the river from Lumberton early" yesterday nnomlTtg as the result of a severe beating he received when a quarrel was started during a gambling game on Saturday night, August 25th. The negro came to his death as the result of blows administered by John Henry McKinnon, Robert Mc Kinnon, Rawleigh Woriey, Henry Ja cobs, Henry Sanders, Donnie McNair and Dud Rogers, according to the ver dict rendered by the coroner's jury yesterday afternoon. The jury order ed that the men be heid for higher courts, and Henry Jacobs, Henry Sanders and Dud Rogers all colored, are confined in jail. The others have not yet been arrested. According to the evidence brought out at the inquest, Cliff was winner in a big "skin" game and other mem bers of the gambling game proceed ed to beat him up and take his money away from him. For several days he would not tell anybody what was the matter with him, but lie was unable to get out of bed. He finally told that he had been hurt at one of the tobacco warehouses when a basket of tobacco fell on him. As soon as his condition grgw worse he gave Chief of Police D. M. Barker the names mentioned above, as the men who beat him up. When the officer started to look for the men he could not find and has not yet found the McKinnon negroes. It was in evidence that the negro was in his right mind when he gave the names of those who whipped him. According to Dr. T. C. Johnson, who was called to see him, he had re ceived a severe blow on the back of head, some on his shoulders and on the lower part of his back, A kidney or his bladder was ruptured, or pos sibly both. MR. RO^T. WEINSTEIN AND GUESTS IN AUTO WRECK AT DUNN. Car Tamed Over in Making Sharp Tam—Mr. Weinstein's Left Hand Was Badly Cut and Car Was Da maged Considerably. By Phone to The Robesonian. Dunn, Sept. 6—A Bnick car driven by Mr. Robert Weinstein of Lumber ton was badly wrecked last night when it turned over abont 2 miles from this place on the road to Duke. Mr. Weinstein's left hand was badly cut, requiring 9 stitches, when the car refused to take a sharp turn, left the road, ploughed through a barbed wire fence and went down a slight in cline. Other occupants of the car "ere a "nnsin of Mr. Weinstein, Miss Bessie Feldman of Ahoskie. and Messrs. Shcks, and Bear of Birming ham, Ala. The car top was tom off, the steering-wheei broken, the hood crushed and one of the fendprs -Wish ed. The men in the party ex^t to go to Lumberton today, while Miss Feldman will remain here. Mr. Robert Weinstein, son of Mr. A. Weinstein, arrived horn about noon with his guests Messrs. Sacks, Bear and Britton of Birmingham, who went with him to Dunn a few days ago to visit relatives. They made the trip in the wrecked car, which was not so badly damaged as the report above indicates. Mr. Britton was not in the car at the time. CONFEDERATE VETERANS WILL MEET NE^T IN CHARLOTTE. Successful Reunion at Winston-Salem Closer—Red Springs Man Brigade Commander. Winston-Saiem, Sept. 5 After de ciding, to hold the 17th annual reun ion in Charlotte andelecting officers, the North Carolina Confederate vet erans closed their final business ses sion at 12:15 today. The registration showed over 1,000 Tar Heei soldiers in attendance, besides a number of visitors from Virginia. It was gen erally conceded to have been the very best and one of the most in teresting conventions yet heid. General William A. Smith, of An sonviile, was re-eiected commander in-chief by unanimous vote. Brigade commanders chosen include: first brigade, A. H. Boyden, Salisbury; second, P. J. Alston, Louisburg; third, George H. Hail,- Red Springs; fourth, James W. Goodwin, Asheville. The concluding prayer, which was a beautiful invocation, was offered by Major Giles Buckner Cooke, the last survivor of Gen. Robert E. Lee's staff who is also an Episcopal minister. —When the driver of an automo bile nodded near Harpers ferry Sat urday night the auto tamed turtle in a ditch. Fortunately none of the four occupants—Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Meier Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Meier Jr., all of Wilmington—was hurt badly, though as soon as the car could be righted the party came back to Lumberton to the Baker sanatorium to have sundry scratches and bruises dressed. The auto did not sustain much damage beyond a broken windshield. The Wilmington party were on their way to Hender sonville, and they resumed the jour ney Sunday. Fairmont School WN Open Se§t. 10 New *80,0*0 BoiMing WiH be Used tor r )rst Ttme—Patrons J^gvited to Attend Opening By Mrs. H. G. Inman. Fairmont, Sept. 4—The yairmont high and graded schooi will #wn next Monday, September 10, in the new 880,000 budding which has fust been completed with the exception of sewerage, which will be installed with in the next 30 days. All the parents are invited to attend the opening ex ercises and not only on opening day but visit the school rooms often, es pecially the rooms where your chil dren are. Some parents never know the teachers only on the occasion when the teachers visit the parents. And parents—insist on ybur children being on time the very first morning of school and every morning there after until school closes. We have a splendid corps of teachers, but tea chers cannot do their duty unless parents ao tnetrs. Superintendent and Mrs. J. C. Lin ney of Newland come to us highly reccommended. Mr. Linney is a graduate of Trinity college and has taken post-graduate courses at Vir ginia State Normal institute, univer sity of Georgia and Chapel Hill. Dur ing the past year he was supervising principal of Newland division of the Avery county consolidated schools and principal of Central high school at Newland. Mrs. Linney Will have charge of he second grade. The fol lowing teachers will have charge of the different grades: Miss Rachael McNamara. 1st grade, Lutnberton; Mrs. J. C. Linney, 2nd, Newland; Miss Agnes Ashley, 3rd, Fairmont; Mrs. L. D. Pittman, 4th, Fairmont; Miss Rose Jones, 5th, Fairmont? sixth grade to be supplied later? Miss Bethany Mackey, 7th, Charleston, Tenn. High school—Prof. J. C. Lin hay; Misg Annie Ford, Four Oaks; Miss Helen May, LeGrange;' Miss Ruby Carpenter, Maiden. FUNERAL OF MR. G E. RANCKE SR. ATTENDED BY BIG CROWD Beautiful Tribute Paid to Integrity and Blameless Life of Deceased Many Beautiful Floral Offerings —Many Out- of-Towu People At tended Funeral. The funeral of Mr. G. E. Rancke Sr., whose death at 12:10 p. m. Mon day was mentioned in Monday's Rob esonian, Was conducted Tuesday at 5 p. m. &om the residence of Dr. and Mrs. y. A. Norment, East Seventh street, son-in-law and daughter of deceased, with whom he lived. Ser vices were conducted by Dr. R. C. Beaman, pastor* of Chestnut Street Methodist church, of which Mr. Rancke was for many years a devot ed member. In a tender and beauti-, ful prayer Dr. Beaman spoke of the simple faith, the sterling integrity and blameless life of the deceased. A