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THE WEATHER UNSETTLED SLIGHTLY WARMER THE ROBESONIAN S!X PAGES TODAY. VOL. LV.—VOL. NO. 46 —SERIAL NO. 34. LUMBERTON, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 21, 1924. COUNTRY. GOO AND TRUTH. K3TANMSHEB !*?*. TRMK HV* 8!HttsPs!ts!JMrt)!2,500 And Regains His Freedom Sentenced To 4 Years in Penitentiary —Decides To Pay Damages And Haif of Costs After Supreme Court Affirms Lower Court's Decision— Fnund Guilty of Aiding and Abet ting in Assaait With Deadiy Wea pon With Intent To Kill. Dockery Brooks, Indian, who was convicted at the October special ter mof Robeson Superior court for aiding and abetting Fred Lockiear in an assault with deadiy weapon on Hubbard Lowrey ,chief of poiice of Pembroke and deputy sheriff, and sentenced to 4 years in the state penitentiary, was given his liberty Saturday by an executive order re ceived by Sheriff R. E. Lewis. The order signed . by Governor Morrison was sent after Brooks had agreed to pay Lowrey the sum of $2,250 damages and half the costs in the case. When Judge B. F. Long sentenced him ^ie gave him the priviiege fhen of paying the amount, but on account of either unwilling ness or not having the money he ap pealed to the Supreme court, which affirmed the lower court and had a capias issued. He was arrested and placed in jail here on July 9th. He is 59 years old and in very poor jicalth. This with the reoommenda tion of Solicitor T. A .McNeill and Mr. L. R. Varser, private prosecutor in the case, were the main factors in getting his liberty. American Killed By Mob in Persia Vice Consul Imbrie Kitted by Fanati cai Mob While Taking Photograps of Sacred Fountain—Persian Gov ernment Ex preuses Regret. Washington, July 19.—Instructions were received by the Persian legation from its government tonight to ex press to the Washington government its deep regret over the killing of Vice Consul Robert Imbsye by a na-} tive mob at Teheran and to state! that the Persian government "will do all in its power to fulfill its du ties in this case.'' The Persian government, it was added, is seeking "the guilty persons in the case and will take all possible steps to secure their punishment." At the same time, the cable dis patch to the legation was said to in dicate that the attack on Imbrie and his companion, Melin Seymour, was provoked by "their own careless ness in going to a sacred place and persisting in taking pictures." The police and soldiers which went to their assistance, it was added, were attacked by the mob, three police men being wounded and a soldier dying a few hours later of injuries received. The instructions were received at the legation while American govern ment officials were awaiting further, advices from Joseph S. Kornfield, its j minister at Teheran, concerning thei case. A thorough investigation was ; being made, it was stated, but as j yet there was no disposition <<n the! part of the Washington government! to attempt to fix responsibility for the murder either on ^he Persian! government or Teheran authorities, j Teheran, Persia, July 19. (Associa ted Press.)—Vice Consut Robert Rubric, of the United States who died yesterday after he had been beaten by a fanatica! mob as he and an American named Meiin Seymour were photographing a sacred foun tain, was. buried today, li e ent'ro , dipiomatic corps attending the fun eral. The tragedy yesterday was the cuimination of recent anti-foreign and particuiariy anti-British activity' which had been evidenced in the na- i live press and eisewherc and and which the government appears un able to check owing to the !a k of laws controlling such activities of the press. The fountain where Irnbric was beaten and where Seymour, describ ed as a driller, suffered serious in juries at ti e hands of the crowd is supposed by ^ie natives of the c'ty to have been the scene a few days ago of a miracle and ever since huge crowds have been making pilgrim ages to it. SHAW EDWARDS TO SERVE 27 MONTHS ON STATE FARM. Accepted Privilege Offered l!y Court When Examination Showed That He Had Tuberculosis. Shaw Edwards, accompanied by Rural Policeman J. T. McRainey, left this morning for Raleigh, where he will be transferred to the State farm to serve a sentence of 27 < months imposed by Recorder W. B. Ivey when the defendant was found guiity of larceny, transporting and driving a car while under the influ ence of whiskey. He was first sentenced to the coun ty roads, but an examination reveaied the fact that he had tuberculosi., and sentence was changed, giving hint the priviiege of going to the State j farm, which he accepted. / Robeson County Is Staging A Come-Back Farmers Are Making a Winning Fight After the Torrential Rains for 60 Days. A RESOURCEFUL PEOPLE. By IL C. MacNair Maxton, July 1&—There is gener ally a comeback to Robeson county. It is a most resourceful people who till its productive soil. The torrential rains almost contin ual for sixty days or more seem to be over. AH of this week our farm ers have made a winning fight. Much grass has been killed Lots of the crops have been reclaimed, in damaged condition, but reclaimed. It's too late now for corn, canta-! loupes and watermelons, but cotton; revives rapidly and if the boil weevil stays off and ideal seasons from now on, it will work wonders. We are resourceful. One neigh bor's potatoes got mightily in the grass. He ran a furrow in the mid dle of the row ,put new fertilizer, made a new „bed ,puiied up his plants, and set out in his fresh bed. and presto! he was out of the grass, so far as his potatoes were concern ed. Another farmer with a corn field that had had no plow in it since the middle of May, one day this week did in like manner; made a new bed in the middle, planting corn anew, abandoning the old corn. Yes, we are resourceful in Robe son county. Wheeler Casts Lot With LaFollette Democratic Senator Consents to Re come Candidate for Vice President— Hectares Progressive Forces Must Look for Leadership Outside Two Major Parties. Washington, Juiy, 19.—With a: declaration that the "uncontrolled ; liberal and progressive forces must, look elsewhere for leadership than! to the Republican or Democratic j parties, Senator Wheeler, Democrat,! of Montana, cast his lot today with Rober M. LaFollette, independent candidate for President. Yielding to the appeal of Senator LaFollette and a group of his sup porters who had offered to endorse him, Mr. Wheeler announced that he would accept the vice presidential nomination on the LaFollette ticket. De did so after having declared sev eral days ago, that, while he proba bly would support LaFollette, he was unwilling to become his running mate. Senator Wheeler's decision was announced in a letter to William H. Johnston, chairman of the confer ence for progressive political action, which endorsed Mr. LaFollette's can didacy at its recent Cleveland con vention, and head of the group meet ing here to map out campaign plans. It brought from Senator LaFol lette the statement that Mr. Wheel er's acceptance was gratifying to him as it will be to millions of pro-) gressive voters throughout the coun- j try. "Burton K. Wheeler, is a man of courage, integrity, abiiity and pa triotism", said LaFollette. "He has never faltered or turned back. In the struggle against privilege he. has even been i:i the front rank of the people's army. In him progressives 'ind a leadership in which they re pose complte confidence." Senator Wheeier, in his letter to Mr. Johnston, reiterated by infer, ence his announced intention of sup porting the Democratic state ticket in Montana and Senator Thomas J. M alsh, his Democratic colleague, who is a candidate for re-election. "In accepting his call',' said he "I do not abandon my faith in the democracy of fhomas Jefferson .1 am a Democrat, hut not a Wail street Democrat. I shall give my support and whatever influence I may pos ses to those candidates for office who have proved their fidelity to the interest of the people wherever they may be found, but I shall oppose ev ery man on whatever ticket he may appear who bcat$ the brand of the dollar sign." declaring that "between Davis and Coolidge there is only a choice for conservatives to make", Senator Wheeler asserted that he found him self unable to support "either the "Republican candidates who frankly admit their reactionary stand-pat policies or the Democratic candidate who n)ay claim that he is a progres sive but whose training and constant association bciic any such preten sion". T regret exceedingly", said Mr. Wheeler, 'that the Democratic party in the recent nationa! convention in New York so compietely lost sight of the fundamental principles of de mocracy and ignored the great eco nomic issues of the present hour. It j has wantonly abandoned an oppor-! tunity for great public service that never before was so clearly within! its reach and so certain to lead to success." Mr. H. Phillips of Orrum was a Lumberton visitor Friday. ; White Woman Ant) Man Charge)] With Blocking Still P ound in Operation at Home of Matha Bundy—She and Barney Lamb Jailed. TO BE TRIED TOMORROW. Matha Bundy and Barney Lamb, both white, arc in jaii here charged with manufacturing, and possessing whiskey, as the result of a raid made Saturday by Sheriff K. E. Lewis and Rural Policeman Cramer Miller. The raid was made on a house about 3 miles south of Lumbcrton occupied by the woman, and a semi copper type whiskey still was found in operation. About 2 gallons of the finished product were found, and a few gallons o fbeer. The beer was found in the edge of the woomy near the house. Both will be tried tomorrow morn ing before Recorder W. B. Ivey. Record Rainfull Visits Wilmington 5 1-2 Inches in 6 Hours Does Con siderate Damage. Wilmington, Juiy 20.—The heavi est rainfaii ever recorded in the his tory of the Wiimington bureau, feti here today, bursting culverts, inun dating streets and flooding base ments and lowlands. A total of five and a haif inches fell during the six. hours of the downpour, accfuding to weather bureau officials. The pro perty damage to streets, highways and buildings, it is estimated, wdi run into thousands of doltars. An eariy morning drizzie changed into a torrential downpour at 8 o'ciock, and continued almost with out cessation untii early this after noon. Streets in the lower sections of the city were 'impassable, and ice wagons were utilized to rmove ma rooned worshippers from at least one fashionabie church. On Market street, in the heart of the residential district, hundreds of youngsters in bathing costumes dis ported themseives in the water which stood three feet above the level of the sidewaiks. Pembroke Park, a public play ground, was completely inundated, only th etops of park benches ap pearing above the water. The basements of Trinity Metho dist church and the Presbyterian church of the Covenant were flooded and furniture therein damaged, al though a greater portion was re moved by members <?f the congrega tion when the waters grew menac- i ing. Concrete sidewaiks on Pr'acess street near Fourteenth, were washed away, and the Wrightsviiie turn pike, between Wilmington and Wrightsviiie Beach, was blocked by washouts along the way. More than a hundred residents re ported damage to their property by reason of flooded basements and porches. Dr. Beaman Goes to Hospital for Treatment. Mr. K. M. Barnes and son, Mr. Hor ace Barnes, and Messrs. D. D. French, F. P. Gray and J. A. Sharpe spent a few hours in Tarboro yester day with Dr. R. C. Beaman, former pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church of Luniberton, now pastor of St. Janie's church in Tarboro, and Mrs. Beaman. They found Dr. Bea man's condition much more encour aging than they had thought. He ieft Tarboro at noon today for Wil mington to enter Dr. Buiiock's hos pital, where in about ten days he wiii undergo an operation technical ly known as prostatectomy. It is a very delicate and serious operation, but Dr. Beaman has an excellent chance of being restored to health. The Messrs. Barnes, French, Gray and Sharpe made the trip in Mr. , Barnes' Cadillac sedan. V * * * * * * + *i). * COTTON SCRIP IS * * GOOD IN FIFTH. * * - * Richmond, Va., July IS.— *, * Member banks in the fifth fed- * ; * oral reserve district will con- * j * tinuc to accept collateral in the * ; * form of cotton warehouse re- * * ceipts from other than United * ; * States licensed warehouses, *: * where the responsibility of the * ; * private warehouse, is assured, *; * Governor George J. Seay, of the * * federal reserve bank of Rich- * j * mond, said today when inform- * ! * ed of the innounccment that * } * the St. Louis Reserve hank will * , * discontinue the practice. Cover- * j * nor Seay said that his bank had * . * received no instructions to carry * i * ou't the poiicy adopted by* *; * the St. Louis bank. *; * The fifth federal reserve dis- * * trict includes Virginia, North * * and South Caroiina and Mary- *' * laud. < j * * * * * * * * * * j -x-! Just around the corner from Town Halt you will see a busy Filling ! Station—Your car gets good attention there— FULLER'S FILLING STATION Comer Chestnut and Second Streets^ ' 1 Special PrifMfij Ordered for fairiMn! August 9th V. W .Keith and J. V.ilhur Jones Ke quest Speci.'.t Vote—To Decide Nominees For Recorder and Hoed Supervisor—Townsh p Vote Had Hcen Thnown Out. NO CONTEST FOB SCi'KKViSOM A -special primary for the nomin- j ation of a recorder of i%irniont ()i - trict and road supervisor of Fair mont township has been ordered held Saturday, August Pth. accord ing to Mr. Frank Gaueh. chairman of the county Democratic election hoard. The order was made foiloving re quests from Mr. V. W. Keith, candi fjatc for recorder, and Mr. J. Wiibur Jones, candidate for road supervisor, after the election board had examin ed witnesses and found that irregui arities were prevalent in the yoting at the second primary, and ordered the" township vote void. In the second primary Keith !ed Thompson by 42 votes in Fairmont township, and Mr. Thompson filed notice of protest, the judges of elect ion also refusing to sign the returns. There was no contest as to road supervisor but the election board could not throw out ti e vote of one without the other, both being local tickets. The vote for road supervis or resulted in Jones losing to Mr. C. B. Johnson by a small majority. Men's Prayermeetmg In Court House Each Morning 8 to 8:30 Including Sunday Fairmont Letter Meath and Fnnera! of Mrs. Robert !nman—Twelve Towns and Three States Represented at Mitchell Thompson Iteuntm. By Mrs. H. G. Inman Fairmont, Juiy 18—Tuesday morning at 4 o'clock death claimed the wife of Mr. Robert Inman, two miles south of town. Mrs. Inman had been in bad health for several years, ' having been confined to her bed most of the past year. Her condition be came critical just a week ago and the end was expected any time. She was a consecrated Christian, having join ed Pieasant Grove Baptist church in her eariy teens and iater moving her membership to the Baptist church in Fairmont. Maggie Davis Inman was the daughter of Archie and Sall'e Davjs. deceased, of the Iona community, where she iived a!I of her life tn.^ii she married .Robert Inman January 27, 1896. Of this union ten children— } five giris and five boys—were born: Misses Salkc, Fonie, Maggie, Ber-i nice, and Martha, Messrs. Oscar. I Fred, Ben, Dan and Graham, Graham being only five years old. She is sur vived by two brothers, Messrs Frank of Fairmont and Arthur of Iona see- i tion, and one ha]f brother, Air. Tom mie Davis, a!so of the Iona section.' The funerat was conducted at the' home by her pastor, Rev. J. E. La-' nier, Wednesday at 10'JO, interment^ being made in the Inman cemetery. The beautiful flora! designs attest ed in a smalt way the esteem in which she was held. Aunt Mag was a woman of unusual patience, kind-! ness and goodness and it was alwr.ys an inspiration to hear her talk of tke future, and of the wonderful bless-' ings sure to come. wttn tne ncart-Proken husband we deeply sympathize ,and fo the child ren we understand and know what they have lest and what they are suf fering and can sympathize more ful ly with them, and the community has lost one of its Lest friends. AH of. the family were at the bedside when death came except Sallie, who was attending summer school at Green ville, and Oscar, who lives in Wash ington, D. C. He and Mrs. Inman came Wednesday morning. Friends and relatives of the Mit cheiis and Thompsons came together yesterday at the Chambers-Keevcs! warehouse and inaugurated what is hoped to he an annua! reunion. High Point, Hickory, Ashevile, Fayette ville, St. Paul. Lumberton and How land, N. C. Hennettsville, I.atta and Dillon, S .C., Dallas, Texas, and De lano, Calif, were represented. Every body seemed to have a good time in a July-istical manner, even the pic ture man was there taking "-hots'.! Dinner was served at one o'clock, thanks being returned by Rev. J. H. Lanier, after which "Biest Be The Tie That Binds" was sung and Inert' everybody tried to do justice to the bountiful supply of eats. S508Heward for Capture of Harrell. Columbia, S. C., July 19—Five hundred dollars reward for the cep tcre of Frank Harrell, alleged ac complice of Mortimer N. King in the slaying of Major Samuel H. Mc Lcary, near Chcraw, S. C., July tl, was offered tonight by Governor Thomas G. McLeod, of South Caro lina, after a conference with stae and government agents. Mr. Zt G. Hayes spent the week end in Wilmington. ? Big Affair Held !n Fairmont—More yhnn 200 BeiativcH and Friends in Attendance—Friends and imved thus ( chdmata White (kdored At tache! of i)'d Famtiy !!eip Knjoy Occasion. MARY YOUNG MiTGiiELFS. Gift residents < f P'airmont an t tower Robeson county cannot remem ber a more largeiy attt nded nor a more successfui family reunion than the one ht-)d there Thursday in the i'eopic's Tobacco warehouse. For the first time in 21 years 5 of the six iiving brothers and the 2 iiv ing daughters of the iate iiugh G. Mitehct! gathered in Fairmont, which is onty 3 miics from the piace of the oid Miteheti homestead, and where once was a scene of pure Southern home iife and extensive farming operations. Southern Robeson can boast of no better peopie than the MjtcheHs, and the other states which harbor some of them shouid feci proud of the inheritance of real genuine citizenship. The . immediate members of the family iiving are, in order of birth: A. G. Mitcheii, pian ter of Fairmont; Nazareth R. Hit chcli of Delano, Caiifornia, who has made good in the baking'and truck ing business; W. L. Mitcheii of Hick ory, who is a banker and farmer and untii reeentiy connected with a it-rge whoiesaie feed concern; J. T. Mitch eii of Daiias, Texas, insurance anti reai estate deaier; John H. Mitcheii of Bcnnettsviiie ,S .C., who couid not be present at the reunion on account oi important nustnesn, a traveim^ salesman; Mrs. Lixzie Stafford of Latta, S. C., and Mrs. E. B. Hayea, Fairmont. At least 200 relatives by blood and marriage attended the affair. The presence of "Uncle" Alex Fullmore and wife, "Aunt Nancy", and a few other colored people of the ante bellum days added must to the re union. Whiie talking to "Uncle Alex" who has been for the past few years a partiai paralytic, it was learned that he had spent many years on the old Mitchell place, and played a great part in the life of the surviv ing members of the famiiy. A few minutes before one oclock everybody gathered around the long picnic dinner table, which was com pletely fiiled with the very best things to eat. Rev. John Lanier, pas tor of the First Baptist, church of Fairmont, spoke the invocation, prior to which "Biest Be The Tie That Binds" was sung by the entire crowd. Following the invocation, a photo graph was taken of the table and crowd. Harmony and Pleasure The entire affair was one of per fect harpmny and evident super picasure. Loved ones who had been out of hearing and seeing distance for many years found it hard to break away from a conversation with one member of the family in order to spend a few minutes with some other one. Several times a large number was seen crowded about one or tr.e other of them. It seemed as if the whoie town of Fairmont held its arms wide open with beckoning rail to everyone to come and "njoy the occasion. This was possibly more evident on account of the fact that Mr. H. G. Mitchell is serving his sec ond term as mayor of the progres sive little city ,and everybody is either related to the Mitchells, or they are their warm friends. Many Children. A feature of the day was the pre sente of so many little ones of the present generation, and fine heahhy youngesters, too. They were there trom a few weeks o!d to sc/erai years. Air. A. N. Mitchell, another of Fairmont's progressive citiuen^ whose father, the iate Q. B. M itched! was. a member of the celebrating tamiiy, couiti not he present on ac count of a business and pleasure trip in New York and Canada. He was ac companied on the trip by his son, Master Joseph. Other members of the "Choir Invi sible' 'are Airs. Arra Pittman, moth er of Dr. I.upton Pittman, noted physician anti surgeon of Fayette ville: Mrs. Helen Brown, first wife of Mr. W. C .Brown, prominent planter of Southern Robeson. Among those from out-of-town attending were Air. and Mrs. L. F. Mit.hc!) of Wilmington, Mr. I. 1.. Thompson anti daughter, Miss Maitland, of Dumbarton. Cotton Market Middiing cotton is quoted on the iocai market today at 27 cents the pound. —Rev. Walter Patten, pastor of the Methodist church at Chapei Hii), pleached at Chestnut Street Metho dist church at the university. He went renting the need for a new Metho dist church at university. He went from here to Laurinburg to present' the san^e cause with steropticon views in the Methodist church of that place, last night. ^ St. Paul News t Sunday Schoo) (Has sof Mrtys En ! joys Pirnic at Lake V<*w—Bitth day Parties—Among the Sick— Persona!. By Bessie G. Johnson 3t. Pautjutytg—Adra. G^,T. Firh t*r returnni home yesterday frmn Mfcksvitte, where she spent some time with her daughter, Mrs. t. Jeff ' <u,ted. Mr. Ft.^her. his aoa, Air. Haywood, and the three daughters, Misses (Hyde, Tommie ami Kth-). motored over to MocksyiHe to accom pany her upon her return and to ree the tittde daughter, Eteanor Fisher, who was born to Mr. and Mi . (au deit on Jun edO. Both mother and daughter are getting on m< dy and iiope to visit St. Pnut some tir.a next uumth. She wt!i be rennnthereti by toeat friends as Msia Margaret Fisn er of our town. On Wednesday night this week a daughter arrived in th (.homo ot Mr. and Mrs. Kdd McGormitk. whi<h makes for them 4 daughters and 1 son dongratuiations. Alcsdames Sartford Britt and J M. G. Denmark motored over to Pa<k! a yesterday afternoon for a visit in the home of Mrs. Britt s sister-in !nw, Airs. J. Q. Parnett. whore cht!d has been id with bronchia! pneumon ia. Mrs. Nei)] McKay and daughter, Alisa Janie, whose home is Wagram, spent yesterday afternoon in the home of Mrs. L. 1. Grantham, Arm -aid street, white enroute to Ktixa bethtown, where they were to be guests in the home of Mrs. Gran tham's sister, Mrs. W. H. Megan,-ai so a rotative of theirs. Littte Miss Mabte Esther Johnson cidest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Johnson has been it! the past few days. Messrs. A .E. Howard and San ford Britt took their Sunday school c!nss, composed of boys ranginlg from the age of 13 to 15, for a motor ride over to Lake View Tuesday this week, where they enjoyed a dehght fui picnic. Mrs. Cordon Jones is spending sev eral days among relatives at Wal lace. j Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Page and family motored to Rowland yester day afternoon, where they visited in the home of Mrs. Page's sister, Mrs. F. F. Jordon . Master Baxter Johnson celebrated his sixth birthday anniversary by inviting a number of h!s friends to enjoy the occassion with him on the afternoon of the eleventh. Mrs. W. H .Regan and little daugh ter, Betsy Jane, of Elizabethtown, in company with Misses Sarah and Ca melle Lamar from August, Ca., were recent visitors in the home of the former's sister, Mrs. L. L Grantham. St. Paui friends will be interested in knowing the Misses Lamar will be members of the local school faculty Continued on page three Record of Deaths MRS. KOX1E MCMILLAN Axed Woman Died at Her Home in St. Paul Yesterday—Funeral Jl.is Afternoon at Mt. Tabor. My Phone to The Robesonian. St. Paul, July 21—Mrs. Roxie Mc Miftan, aged about 77 years, died yex- ; terday at 1 la. m .at her home it: St .Paul of the infirmities of old age. She had been in declining health for some time but had been sick in bed' only a week. the funeral wiil take place tins af ternoon at 4 o'clock at Mt. Tabor Ptesbyterian tnurch and thu re n a ns wiil be interred beside tnusc o* her late husband. Surviving are on esister, Mrs. W. R. McKenzie of Sampson county, and one brother, Air. Wayne Curtae of St. Paui, with whom she n.ade her home. There are no chiidren. Deceased was a consecrated mem ber of the Presbyterian chureh of St. Paul. She was a good woman and wiil be sorely missed in her ehurch, home and community. She was before her marriage to Air. Hector AIcAliiian of the Philadelphus section, Miss Roxie Currie. She iived at J'hiladei phus during her husband's lifetime h.nd had moved back to St. Paul, her bid home, since the death of rM. Mc Miilau. AIR. XE1LL HUMPHREY. Air. Neiil Humphrey of St. Pau! died yesterday morning in the Baker sanatorium here after weeks of ser ious illness. Particulars coo'd not be learned other than that the inter ment wili lie made in St. Paul tomor row morning. Air. and Airs. C. B. Aliller of Bal timore. who have been guests for the past few days at the homet'f Air. H. Dunie, expect to leave tomorrow fer Fairmont, where they w:i! spend a few days with Airs. Aliiler's bro ther, Air. W'iiliam Shockett. l--!*l*c*c*-l*-l*-l!—1**1—1*1*1** 1**1—1**11* NOW READY! HOME CONVENtENCE HANDBOOK WRiTTEN BY M)SS MARTHA FLAX ANDREWS. <s Now ON s.ALg AT FREEMAN pRtNTtNG COMPANY. LUMBERTON. N. C. PRjCE Husband fixes filings And Wife Nadiu Returns Heme Sinclair Charge! With' 't'p.'g With (ihar'ette Man t ourr! ?' Home of Sister Here— Mtw !" Case States lhat She Wa* !H Treated—K.try^hing' i.ooitd Hrigh! When They "('turned. MOMt:AK !N ( HAKtWH JA!!.. Sheriff H.H. f.ew'.' received Fri day a warrant for thr; orn-d of Mrs. F.W. Sinclair of Charlotte, chafgr d with eloping with S. T. .-, Morgan, a 5(byear-oid carpenter of . Charlotte. On account of gome irre gularity in ti e papers the art'e.tt was not made, but the defendant'^ husband canto in and made every thing right not the papers, hot with his wife, and they departed Fri day ni^ht for Charlotte, where, ac cording to a f'hariotte paper, Morgan is in jail in default of bond. Mrs. Sinclair came to t.umbcj'ton' alone the first c.f iaat week and was staying with her sister, Mrs. Jim Stone, at the t.umberton cotton mill village. According ter court house officials, t looked ag if the couple were happily rc-upited and that they were leaving for home to spend a "thousand years "more of happy married life. When Morgan was arrest-'d he re fused to talk about the affair but later told Charlotte police that he had helped Mrs. Sinclair leave be cause she was being badly treated by her husband. He was a roomer in the Sinclair home and stated that the unkindness hud existed daring the few months he had roomed there. Items of Local News —Born, to Mr .an! Mrs. Ernest Burns of Maxton .last week, a daughter, Efneatinc. —Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White are away on an automobile trip to Ha high, High t'oint, Winyton-Salcm and perhaps other points. They spent Friday in High Point .where Mr. White, who is president of the Lor rain Hotel Co., inspected furaitarg with a view t opurchnsing for the new addition to the hotel. —Meadnmes T. L. Johnson and E, W. Dunham returned Saturday night from Charlotte, where they went Thursday with Mr. Johnson, the iat ter returning Saturday morning. < Mrs. Dunham went to High Point Friday to inspect furniture With a view to its purchase for the addition to the Lorraine hotel. / —Mr. and Mrs. Ira B. Townsend will leave tonight for Philadelphia, Pa., where Mr. Townsend wilt spend some time at the Methodist Episco pal hospital for treatment. Mr. Town send's condition is 'Very much better than it was some time ago and it i hoped that rest and treatment at this hospital wi!i restore him to com plete heaith. —Mr. anti Mrs. X. G. Woodlief and iittle daughter, Martha Nette, k-ft this morning for* their home in Sel ma after visiting here at the home of Mrs. Woodlief's father, Mr. K. M. Barnes. Airs. Woodiicf and daugh ter had been here for * some time while Mr. Woodlief came Thursday to accompany them home. They are making the trip by auto, —The Dumbarton Barber Shop moved Friday into the building on ;.'J the north-west corner of H*m and Fourth street*. Mr. O ar Israel is having a new modern front, erected on the budding formerly occupied by the Star barber Wop. Ho wiil open an up-to-date shoe store in the building during th enext few weeks. JOHN WATTS IS tN.iAILtHAUG Eit WITH SERiOLS GRIME. A MaHcioun Indictment, Many Think —Defendant Blind And Denitu (harge. J<.hn Watjs, white, of -St. Paut was fudged in jati her ethis morning ('hatred with cmninatiy a.s&au!.ting his i i-ycar-fdJ daughter. The war rant was sworn out by his wife. The defendant declares he is innsemit, and many think that the charge is fri.oious and n.a!idoUK. The defen dant is band, and is said that he makes a living by making mat tresses. Prayer,l reting* This Week. T'.* .Mt-n's Christian !eap*uc w:!t hrid p-aycr-meetfng^' at trm foMow in? places this week: . Tansday night—ptaup No, 3 wiM !x- at the Baptist church at Jennings mi'!. Thursday nigh:—group No. 1 at the home of the biind Johnson broth - 'a.(1:'pew-a*:;'ce';v'!Ou;) X... J atth. ht'met fMr.T.L. Johns, ;] .# * h'm street: group No. 3 at the home of Air. E. L. H^uiiton <.a t hestnnf street; group No. 1 at tm- Joining.. cotto:t mi!!; group No. a wiii meet with Mr. F. M. Barn.s, 15th and Tutu stunds. These prayermeeting-.' ar< for every one, but the league mentbe-rs* arc ex-< pectcci to be pr<*cnt. Business men's prayer sheeting at the court house every npnniiig at 8 to 8:30.
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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July 21, 1924, edition 1
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