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imfi THE ROBESONIAN i VOL. LVL—NO. 101. LUMBEBTON, N. C , MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1926. countit, god and truth. wtablimkd w*. thick nva cents TWO NEGROES ON TRIAL FOR KILLING ROWLAND OFFICER HAVE SUM CHANCE “Slim” Lumpkin and Booker T. Williams will tfrUbabiy Be Found Guilty of First Degree Murder For Killing Chief-of Police Boyd Rogers During Christmas Holidays. TRIAL BEGAN FRIDAY AND MAY GO THROUGH TUESDAY * • _ * Williams Makes Complete Denial of Shdoting—Lumpkin Admits He Fir ed But Claims He Didn’t Shopt In Direction of Officer—Asked Wil liams If He Was Going to Let The Man Kill Him—Large Crowd At tending Trial. WILLIAMS gAYS HE HEARD TALK ABOUT A LYNCHING Robert Lumpkin and Bookew T. Williams, negroes, on trial here charged with first degree nnurder growing out of the killing'December 26 last of Chref-of-Police Boyd Rog ers of Rowland, have little chance to escape the electric chair. At least this is the opinion of those who have fol lowed the case closely and heard the testimonies of the two defendants. Defendants On Stand. Lumpkin, better known throughout the trial, which began Friday morn ing, as *‘Slim”, took the stand Sat urday in his own behalf, Booker T. consuming most of the morning ses sion today with his story of the shooting. The trial will probably last through tomorrow. Special Venire A special venire of 10U men was summoned for the selection of a jury, and at the time court adjourned Fri day noon a jury for the trial of the negroes had been impaneled. Hun dreds of people from Rowland and vicinity have attended each session, and according- to Booker Ts testimony this morning feeling had run high • there against the negroes. lie stated that he had heard someone say at the time he was arrested something about a rope. The defense had gone to consider able trouble to get Ada Hamilton, liegi-efss, to testify, having an instanta subpoena issbod for her Saturday. Her ' tscstimony, instead of helping the defendants, had a tendency to be more helpful to the prosecution. It had been the contention of Lumpkin' that he had given the girl a ?1 bill to give Arch Bethea, but the girl denied having received it.* Hooker T. Denies All. Booker T s testimony began at 11;J0 this morning and was on direct ex-! animation nearly an hour, when at-j torney for the prosecution began one of the most gruelling cross-examina tions ever heard in the court room. The defendant’s lawyer had asked him if he realized what it would mean | if he were convicted of the charge against him, mentioning the death; penalty. The negro said he didn’t1 (now what it meant. He denied hav-! ing had anything to do with the1 shooting. Hi’s attorney asked, “iiid you kill Mr. Rogers.” Such silence hud not prevailed in the eoui't roonT throughout, the term of cou^t. “Now; sir”, replied the witness. Unable to Explain. It was the contention of the de fendant that he had been gone from the scene of the shooting nearly an hour before he heard anything about someone being killed. He swore that he left there as soon as the first shooting began, and that he did not see “Slim” shoot at anyone. He de nied all evidence regarding his firing into the hack of Mr. Roger’s head at the request of "Slim”. “Slim’-* had stated on the stand that he asked Booker if he was going to stand there and let the man kill him. The defend ant denied hiding the pistols under a hog pen and told on direct evidence i that he had given his pistol to an other negro, but admitted the pistols shown in the court room were the ones he had seen Rufus Ford, anoth er negro, have. The prosecuting at torney asked him ho\b he could ex plain Rufus having the pistol. This he could flot explain, he said. Bastardly Crime. Bumpkin is 2G years old and Wil-] liams 22. They were, .employed by a construction compaip building the highway between Lumberton and Rowland at the time of the shooting,1 which was one of the most dastardly' crimes committed in the county in years. Officer Rogers had gone to a . ' negro section of the town to quell a disturbance that had been reported to him. Upon reaching the scene, ac-1 cording to evidence at the coroner’s inquest^ Lumpkin opened fire on the officer, who fired back. The officer was mortally wounded and Lumpkin was injured to such an extent that for dayfe h» was considered in a dy-j \ “COME” tfk Moore’s Gift Shop I Weak 3rd. St., Phone 454. ‘ ltntitaal Bank Building. \ 1 **»»*•»*****» * A DECADE AGO. * *' _._ . . * * John Wesley, 4-year-old son * * of Mr. Walker Evans of Pem- * * broke, instantly killed as a re- * * suit of a fall from a wagon ii^* * which he. was riding. * * Aaron Kelly, negro, shot and * * killed by Mattnew Baker, negro, * * near Rowland. * * Moonlight school organized in * * East Lumberton. * * Many lives lost in floods in Cal- * * ifornia. * * State Prison Warden T. P. Sale *, * dies suddenly in office at Raleigh *j * 15 minutes after pulling switch * * for first double electrocution in * * history of state. * s Cotton, 11 1-4 cents the pound; * *' seed 60 cents the bushel. * <* r ' <t i * TEN YEARS BEFORE THAT * V _ 4 * Miss Lina Gough wins highest *! * number of votes for being pret- * * tiest girl in Lumberton. Contest * * conducted by Glass Blowers club. * * Sunday mail distribution ser- *1 * vice inaugurated at local postof- *: * ficu. *! * Miss Amelia Linkhauer exhib- * \ 19 its piece of coat belonging to Gen- * \ * era! Robert E. Lee. *| * Father of Mr. A. W. McLean *| * seriously ill at home near Max- *| * ton. * j * Cotton, 11 1-4 cents the pound; *| * eggs 12 1-2 cents the dozen. * «***♦*♦****»» ing condition by physicians attending him at the county home, where he was brought after being arrested the night of the shooting. Pick up, “Add Rowland Murder”_ Mrs. Rogers on Stand The first witness fop the State was i Mrs. Boyd Rogers, widow of the slain officer. As soon as she took the stand an Attorney for the private prosecution displayed clothing worn by the officer on the night of the killing. This wa.s too much for the widow and she burst into tears, but was quickly composed and answered the questions of Solicitor T. A. Me-1 Neill. There was no cross-examina tion. Shot Seven Ximes. Mrs. Rogers went back to her seat I beside her father and held her little 4-year-old child, who took her moth er’s handkerchief and wiped tears from her mother’s eyes as Dr. N. H. Andrews of Rowland told on the stand! of the condition of Mr. Rogers when he arrived on the scene. According to the testimony of the physician, the officer had be?n the victim of at least! five pistol shots and two from a shot gun. Three of the pistol balls enter ed the back of the officer’s head and[ neck, and one gunshot wound was on his forehead. Archie Bethea, colored, of Hamer, I who proved a good character, told of; taking the defendants in his car from Rowland to the home of Lumpkin’s mother-in-law. Lumpkin told him that he had some liquor there! hut the wit ness swore he did not diink any. Wil-j liams was in the car but did not sayi anything. When the defendants were | let out of the car about a half-mile from Rowland the witness said Lump kin said, “Mr. Rogers has searched! me 05 times and never found a gun on me, but he’ll find one this time.” Lumpkin had gotten a shotgun and a pistol from the house and Williams had gotten a pistol from another) house. “Going to Raise Hell. Woodie Meares, colored, who tes-| tified at the coroner’s inquest, told j of the defendants coming into a hardware store in Rowland and “Slim”| telling him, “Woodie, you hpve been1 a good old darkey, but I’m going to raise hell tonight.” Evidence that thej defendants bought gun shell and cartridges at the store was corrobor-' ated by Mr. D. A. Cox, proprietor of the store. They wanted the largest j size shot they could get. lioy Tells of Shooting The first witness to tell of the; actual shooting was James McCal-i lum, 14-year-old colored boy, who was in a store near where the shooting j took place. Ho sakl that Lumpkin j sent him up town for shells and af-1 ter heating a gun fire a few times i heard “Slim” tell somebody, “Shoot him, shoot him B. T., shoot him.” He! also testified that he saw the two defendants a short while afterwards behind a barn near his home. After; he heard “Slim” tell B. T. to shoot j him several more shots were fired,1 he said. This testimony was practically cor-; roborated by Esau Monroe and James I Foxworth, both colored, who swore! they saw and heard the shooting. Monroe testified that he heard ‘Slim’j tell Booker T. to shoot him, and af-: ter a few shots had been fired down ! at the officer, say “Look out, you got i Trade us your old car for a Nash six closed model. Cash or time payment. C. M. FULLER & SON Lumberton, N. C. • ■ ,. v • ^ Lumber Bridge News Death and Funeral of Little Folly Chason—Mrs. N. S. Tolar’s New Home Completed—Personal Men tion. By Mrs. C. J. Ammons. Lumber Bridgft* Feb. 1.—Mrs. W. C. Heitman of Greensboro spent last week here with her mother, Mrs. J. W. Hall. Mr. A. J. Breeden and Mr. Erie Popshal left Thursday afternoon for Fliroda. They made the trip in Mr. Pophal’ truck . Mrs. J. W. Hall and daughter, Mrs. Heitman, spent Thursday in Lumber ton. Baby Chason’s Death and Funeral Not only the family but the entire community was made sad last Wed nesday by the death of little Polly Hague Chason, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chason, who live just out of town. Polly was just twelve months old, and was taken sick on Monday before her death Wednes day. She was a sweet baby and ev erybody loved her. The parents have the whole community’s sympathy. The funeral was conducted from the home Thursday p. m. at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. Fred Collins, and interment made in the town's cemetery. The floral offering was of rare beauty and covered the entire grave. Messrs. C. M. Usher, Frank Tolar and C. J. Ammons were Lumberton visitors Friday. The beautiful new home of Mrs. N. S. Tolar has been completed and she has moved into it. I Miss Mammie Monroe, who is teaching in Johnston county, spent Sunday here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Monroe, who live just out of town. Miss Lula Graham has been spend ing some time visiting her brother Mr. Layton Graham, of Dunn. Mrs. Lucy Sikes went to Clio, S. C., Friday p. m. to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Doggett. Mr. Thornton Cobb of Wake Forest college is spending a few days here with life parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cobb. , j Mr. J. F. Pittman and Robert Mon roe spent several days in Lumberton last week attending court. •. __ ' me one that time”, meaning that; Booker T.. while firing into the back, of the officer’s head, had also shot; 4‘Slim”. On cross-examination the defense j tried to show that the officer was on too of “Slim” at the time of the shooting, but this wa« not vgrv ef fective. It-was in evidence that the; officer was on his knees, and the d»-; fense tried to prove that he was hit-1 ing “Slim” over the head. One of the State’s witnesses swore that th° 1 officer was lying on the ground and ■ “Slim” lying a few feet away. Bessie Lee. negress. swore that ( Booker T. came to a house yvhere she and wanted to lie down, stating i that he had killed a man. This was a few minutes after the shooting oc curred avout a auarter of a miie a wav. John F. Page, negro bov te't'fied that Rooker T. had asked him where was the hog p«n. and went, with him where Booker T. hid two niwtols. The koy =aid he took Rural Policeman J tT. Carrier f/> the hog nen and found , the pistols for the officer. The boy also eorroborated Bessie I.ee. WjR Richenberger, negro, swore that “Slim” came to where he we cViortlv after the ‘hooting and asked him to hide his nist.nl, which he said he did as he went for “Slim’s” wife, at +v,e reouest of “Slim”. The State rested w’t> evidence ofj the arrest given hv Offie°r t arper ; who related the. incidents leading on ! to the arrest and corroborated sever al of the other witnesses. Attornevs for thn defense held a, ion" conferenee before marhin" +h°; decis’on to m.t the defendants on t*w j stand Robert Lumpkin t“SRm”'1 was fke first. to take the stand ?”i "mo his story of the shotting as fol lows: Slim T.tim.nkin s > '*rv. Jle admitted buv?n«r shells f'om tb° j bardwar^ store and admittrw! riding 1111 a car to his mother-in-law’s home and petting irun and nisto's. He said it, w-» Cb'-istmas time and be im’ want-1 ed to ‘ hoot 'some, as evervhod” else w«s shooting. but Mer admitted he did not see ?avon» else scooting eun» , e- r>istols. He claimed be bad •'""ti ; shoot’"" uo into some trees, and when i the officer came uo h'1 w-1* stand!n" i n«sr th" i-arbe- shoo. leaning a""’nstl the building. Net. pndair the officer. | be claimed, he raised bis rm sh-tj into the tree on-ain. At this the I officer firedr striking him in the a-m wb;eh ceu‘-efl bis eun to drop and fire as it was drooping. The officer continued t11 ndvane > eo him and continued to fire, nod theu clinched and fpll in front of the j barber shon, fi" had been stater!, but “Slim” claimed he did not tell BonVo-' T to shoot him. but merelv askert: him if he was go in" to stan-1 there I and let the officer kill him. The d°* j fense fell sho-t in trvimr to nrove by j the witness that Rufus Ford nc«TO. j haf] ^nothing to do with the shooing. • The witness stated that Rufus had bis i shot (run when the shoot in a: ,was over! and gave it to him to pull up from the ] ground. Cotton Market Middling’ cotton is quoted on the local market today at 18 3-4 cents the pound. Another Week of $8 Hand-Tailored Suits. JOHN I). PURVIS, Tailor. Lumberton, N. C. » INDIANS NOT GUILTY OF MURDER CHARGE •• * *<s - • . ; • J Four Indians Go tree After Jury De liberates Many Hours—Cleveland Mnibert, Victim of Lawrence Chavis’ Knife, Was Snapping Pis tol at Chavis. RIDING ABOUT*AT NIGHT Lawrence Chavis, A. Stewart, Mar vin Jaeobs and Nun Oxendine, Indians, wvr<? cleared of the charge of murder in Superior court here friday after noon when a jury returned a verdicti of not guilty as to all the defendants J ’ The Jndians were charged with the ] ■killing of Cleveland riaraoert, Indian, who died in the county home herei Chr.stmas day, a few weeks after he was stabbed by Chavis. The trial) began Wednesday and reached the! jury iate Thursday afternoon. Fail-' ing to arrive at a verdict at 11 o’-j clock Thursday night, Judge B. F. Daniels gave reefess until Friday: morning. As soon as court was .open ed Judge Dan.eis gave the jury fur-i ther instructions and the verdict was reached Friday afternoon at 4:20. Chavis admitted on the stand that: he stabbed Lambert, and a physician1 testified that Heath was the result of! the stab. Chavis claimed that Lam-i fcert was pointing a pistol at him and! pulling the trigger when he stabbed1 him in the back of the neck. The pis-j tol failed to fire, but another witness' testified that he heard, the pistol! snapping and Chavis telling Lambert! not to do that. The assault took place near Jona-, kin branch in the Raynham-Rowland section late at night, and it was in j evidence that the four men and a woman of bad character were “just: riding about.” The case attracted much attention and several attorneys appeared on both sides. APPROPRIATION OF MONEY FOR SCHOOL BUILDING FUND j third Five Million Fund Divided! Among 197 Projects in 77 Counties. Applications for loans from the third $5,000,000 special building fund, which was set aside by the last session of the General Assembly for the erection of school- houses throughout the State, were made from 77 cotmties and the different projects totaled 248, according to the canvass made by the State Board of Education Friday, states the News and Observer, The figures are for 1025 ■ and the total amount of all the applications reached the sum of $6, 415,018.46. Of the 218 projects, the State Board of Education approved a total of 197 affecting the building of 1,-' 627 school class rooms in these 77 counties. The estimated cost per class room is $3,100. Tbe sum total of the amount ap proved for new projects totaled $4, 652,000, while the applications ap- i proved for old projects amounted toj $348,000, or a total amount of $5, 000,000. This carries the total loans' to counties by the State to $15 000, 000! The estimated average cost of the j pi-ojects is $25,000. A total of 15 per: cent wili ^be reserved in the State treasury until each project is com-: pleted. The interest is payable in ad-1 vance. * j Among the projects approved are' the following1 Bladen: Hickory Grove, $14,000;: Tar Heel, $9,000; Abbottsburg, $17,-' 000. Columbus: Cerro Gordo, $40,000; Acme-Delco, $40,000; Whiteville, $15,000; Tabor, $15,000; Ilallsboro,, $20,000. Cumberland: Godwin, $35,000;: South River, $8,000; Wade, $10,000; i Eastover, $10,000. j TOBACCO CO-OPS WILL HOLD MEETING AT ST. PAULS. Correspondence of The Robesonian. All tobacco growers and business! men are urged to be present at the I town hall of St. Paul Thursday night, Feb. 4th, 7:30 o’clock. Mr. M. O. I Wilson, who is secretary of the as*®- i ciation, will be present at this meet-1 ing. I am sure that what he will have to say will be of much interest j to all. THOMAS WOODS, Local Field Manager. -_i Local Credit Corporation Chartered.! Charter has been granted the Robe son Agricultural Credit Corporation, Lumberton, with authorized, capital of $100,000 and $1,100 subscribed b> Frank Gough, R. S. Beam, John S. McNeill, all of Lumberton; and C. E.j Grantham and A. R. Bullock, of Fair mont and several others. Taking toll of life and poverty, a powerful gale swept trans-Atlantic shipping lanes ^Monday night. The Levciathan, greatest structure built by man to defy the might of an angry sea, was barely able to make progress against the storm. AUTO ELECTRICIAN V EXPERT MECHANIC All Automobile Electrical and General Repair Work done promptly. OLIVER BROS. 236 Elm St„ Lumberton (former Studebaker place) McDonald Makes Large Bequest to Orphanage Barium Springs Orphanage Chief Beneficiary of Will of Wealthy Kobeson farmer—Estate Estimated High as Half Million. Barium Springs orphanage is to become the chief beneficiary of the will of William J. McDonald, wealthy farmer and real estate holder of Kooeson and Cumoerland counties, who died last Sunday. A Fayetteville dispatch states: Ihc will, probated here, leaves the orphanage half tne proceeds from tne sale of Mr. McDonald's personal property and provides that all Ins real estate shall go to that institu tion in fee simple after the death of his wife, Mra. Alice Hall McDonald and three cousins, Mrs. Eula Mae McMillan, of Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Maggie Bel Lee, of Baltimore and William M. Davis, of Fayetteville, to whom is left the income from the real estate during their lives. One third of the income is left Mrs. McDonald, and the remaining two thirds equally divided among the other three, with provision that on the death of one of them the other two shall share equally the two-thirds of the income, which shall be paid to the surviving one in case of the death of the other two, and to Bar ium Springs orphanage should alt of them die dhring the life time of Mrs. McDonald. Should Mrs. McDonald die before the last of the other legatees her share of the income is to Oe paid to tne orphanage. On the death of all of the beneficiaries a fee simple t.tle is to pass to the orphans home. Mr. Davis is made executor of the estate. In case of his death before the estate is settled, the superintendent of the .Barium Springs orphanage is to be come the executor. The will was dated January 5, of this year. The estate is variously estimated, some estimates being as high as $50u,000. It consists principally of Fayetteville real estate and farming lands .in Robeson and Cumberland counties. Mrs. Nettie Hall, wife of E. L. Hall, of this city is bequeathed $500 and John II. Da vis and Frank R. Davis, of Fayette ville $100 each. .The will also pro vides that a monument of dark Ver mont granite, not to exceed $5,000 in cost, is to be erected in Mr. McDon ald’s lot in Cross Creek cemetary, and stipulates that it be erected by E. L. Remsburg. An eleven months old child is not mentioned in the will. Death and Funeral of Mrs. H. Lupo. Correspondence of The Robesonian, Fairmont, R. 1, Jan. 28.—Mrs. H. Lypo died at her home near White Pond church of pneumonia January 7, suffering only few days, this being the 4th attack of pneumonia. The funeral was conducted by her pas tor, Rev. P. T. Britt, at White Pond church Saturday p. m. at 2 o’clock and the remains Jaid to rest in the church cemetery. Deceased had been in ill health for a long time but al ways cheerful. She is survived by her husband, 3 sons and 2 daughters. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Horne, who also survive. She has 1 brother, Mr. F. R. Horne, 2 sisters, Mrs. M. E. Page of Fairmont, Mrs. R. B. Campbell of Fairbluff, 1 half sister, Mrs. Frank Jones of Lum berton. Her death was a shock to many of her friends and - relatives who knew and loved her. There is a vacant place in her home that can never be filled. She was one who always give her children good advice, faithful and true to her church and Sunday school. She will be sorely missed in her church and community. She was an active member, always ready* to speak and act for her Lord and church. She was ready to go to her rewarej as she bade her children goodby. She at last prayed for the Lord not to let her children go astray but to save them and she then went to her reward to wait for the resur rection. Suit of State Against Southern and A. & Y. Dismissed. Judge E. Y. Webb, in Federal dis trict court in Charlotte Thursday, states The Observer, signed a decree dismissing the suit in equity brought by the state of North Carolina against the Southern Railway company and J. W. Fry and A. E. Smith, Receivers of the Atlantic and Yadkin Railway company, to prohibit the Southern from bidding for or purchasing at the forthcoming receivers’ sale the At lantic and Yadkin railroad extending from Sanford, N. C., two Mt. Airy, N. C., via Greensboro. The suit has been pending for several ihonths. TEN YEAR FARM LOANS IN SUMS FROM $1,000 TO $100,000 LOWEST COST TO BORROWER PREPAYMENT PRIVILEGES OiN ANY INTEREST DATE APPLY TO LEE AND LEE, ATTYS, LUMBEKTON, N. C. Where One Library U Better Than Two Speaker# at Kiwanis Lunch Give t Reasons Why I.umbcrton Should Concentrate on Good Public Lib rary Located in High School Build ing—Chamber of Commerce Also Discussed. Public library in connection with the high school, and chamber of . commerce, were subjects discussed ex , temporancou.sly nt the Kiwanis lunch at the Lorraine Tuesday by former Justice L. *K. Varser, Kev. T. McM. Grant and Dr. R. S. Beam. The i speakers had no Warning; no program had been announced. Secretary W. B. Crumpton passed out four envelopes to ns many members, and when each “victim’’ opened his envelope he learned for the first time the subject to which he was expected to speak. Senator T. L. Johnson was the fourth man, but time was up before he was reached and he will get his chance Tuesday. Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Beam didn’t even have as much warning as the others, for he was | the first man called. Here’s what he found in his envelope: “Granted that Lumberton should have a chamber of commerce. What advantage would it be to you in your business for us to have a real, live chamber?” Dr. Beam got away with it with credit. He drew a lesson from the phenomenal rise to fame and wealth of such plugs as Red Grange and Jack Dempsey, by the power of publicity, and argued that his business and every other bus iness in the town would be benefitted : by a live chamber of commerce be s cause it would give the town the ad vertising it needs in order to attract more industries and people. Library at High School. “The advantages for a community to have a public library are admitted. ■ Would you believe that thin library 'should be in connection'with the high | school ? Discuss this from a cost j standpoint.” Addressing himself to this, Judge Varser proved that in the matter of a divided library the whole : is greater than the sum of its parts. If two men accumulate a joint lib rary through years of partnership, and then divide it, eactf taking a half, neither of the halves is worth half I as much as the fvHofc as‘a working unit. A library, properly selected, costing $1,000, is worth more than twice as much as a library costing i $500. A working unit can’t be made, ; either, by haphazard donations. By having one library, instead of two, ; the value increases in greater pro portion than the cost) the dost of maintenance is decreased, and the money donated will serve all in the community. If you get a good libra ry started people will get the habit i of using it and will supply the books. The primary purpose is to benefit 1 the children, and it is just as im portant to haVe a library available to the school as it is to have any of the newer departments of school | work. Reaching the Greatest Number “Discuss the library from the standpoint of reaching the greatest number of people successfully. That is, if it were located in the high school.” Mr. Grant did that. He showed how the cumulative effect of ’ suggestion would spread the bene fits of a library more, effectively from the school than from any other i center. Teachers and students men tion books they have read or that it is desirable to read, and that creates a desire in others to read the same books, and they will read if they are available. Mr. Grant illustrated by his own experience, how he had felt compelled to read certain books sim ply because others kept talking about them. When the teacher mentions a book it ought to be where the chil dren can get it. If books are talked about they will be read, if available. Then books that will point the child to right ideals should be selected. There is no other kind of books so valuable for this as biographies and autobiographies. He mentioned Helen Keller’s autobiography as an outstand ing example. Mr, Grant deplored the vitiating and destroying influence of many of the books and magazines one sees displayed on news stands, and commended the list of books pub lished in Monday’s Robesonian as helpful. Mr. Crumpton said that during his recent stay in Charlotte he learned by inquiry at the public library there 1 that t'O per cent of the books taken j out are called for by young people, 12 to 21 years old, using this to il lustrate the importance of having a library where it is most convenient 1 for the young people. —The condition of Mrs. S. D. San derson, who is at the State sanator ium, Sanatorium, undergoing special treatment, is very much improved. WE ARE PLEASED" with the work our new Dry Cleaning plant is turning out. YOU WILL BE PLEASED with your clothes if you send them to us. ’» WE PRESS W HILE YOU W AIT LLMBEKTON DRY CLEANING CO. Phone 94 ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS —Kiwsnis lunch Tuesday at Lor raine at 1 p. m. —Rf>heson chapter U.D.C. will meet Thursday afternoon in the domestic science room of the new high school building at 3:30. * —Messrs. J. C. Lentz and Lonnie Carroll of St. Paul are among the notaries public commissioned by Gov ernor McLean last week. —The Stacy Bible class, Chestnut Street Methodist church, will hold its regular meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 7:30 at the home of Sirs. Hal Brown, North Pine street. All members are urged to be present. —Governor Bell dnd wife, Fannie, Indians, of Bunnlevel, Harnett coun ty, who are Lumberton visitors to day, report two big snows since Christmas in Harnett, the last one 6 inches deep in their yard. —A feature of the music at Chest nut Street Methodist church at the morning service yesterday was a splendid solo by Mrs. W. V. Johnson. A special collection was taken for missions. The board of stewards of this church will meet in the ladies’ parlor this evening at 7:30. The Wo man’s Missionary society will meet at the church Wednesday st 3 p. m. —Miss Leah Thompson and Rev. W. M. Currie of ' Jacksonville, N. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Barret Wyant of Marlboro-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., were guests Saturday of ex-Judge and Mrs. L. R. Varser at their residence, 200 K. 5th street. Mrs. Wyant (nee Miss * Louise Thompson) and Mt. Wyant have just returned from their bridal trip to Florida and other Southern points and will continue by motor to their home in New York. * —Mr. W. J. Ritter, superintendent of farms for Governor A. W. McLean, was the lucky winner at Mr. L. H. Caldwell’s store Friday, which was Oliver dav in the hardware depart ment. Mr. Ritter was awarded * plow. During the day four factory representatives demonstrated the different uses of Oliver imnlements and otherwise assisted the large number of farmers who called. Im plements suitable to local needs were on display and demonstrated. Education Needs Moral Character Ja*"e l»n>'h Wl Ther*» 'Is No Institution f Jke C!»»"•*» tian Homo. Excepth' Church—Not Sermon Hot Great Message Rnned on Bible—Tribute to Former Mem* hers of Bar. Judge F. A. Daniel* of Goldsboro, who presided over Robeson Suner ior court for the trial of criminal ca«“* last week, did rot outline the different crimes to members of the gr»"d jurv Monday *n his charge, neither did he preach a sermon, as be stated many young news reoorters had written when he made the charge elsewhere, but he delivered one of the greatest messages or preae’-t day o”ils basing his thought* on the Bi ble. that ha* ever been heard in the C6,,*'t House here. Chinlifications of juror* could be ri-ked as a subject for the message, although everv citizen of the countv -hmild have the same qualification*. Judge Dan'ols said^ he felt a lHtle sadness in his heaia as he came beet’ to Robeson after many y»ars to find that some members of the bar had nassed away. He naid high tribute to the livee of the late O, B. tetter son and S. McIntyre, serving with Mr. Patterson in the Legislature in 1899. and recalled the time in the Senate during the same year when he met • Mr. McIntyre. “I know of no other institution, ex cept the church of God, that can take the place of a Christian home”, said Judge Daniels, and he pointed out the importance of education, and the im portance of Christian religion being taught in all institutions of learning. “Moral character is the most impor tant thing in education”, he said. BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS The Watson house, one of the boys’ main dormitories at the Baptist or phanage at Thomasville, was destroy ed by fire Thursday afternoon. Beds of the upstairs, where 28 or 30 boys slept, and the boys’ best clothing# were burned. Loss estimated at $7,000, with $2,500 insurance- The building will be rebuilt at once. The First Baptist congregation of Asheville has let contract for erect ion of a new church building to cost over $500,000. Lawrence Tritt was found guilt* by a Transylvania county jury at Brevard Saturday night of second de gree murder for killing William Nor ris at his home in Brevary on Decern ber 27 and was sentenced to 30 year: in State prison. The wife of the de ceased, tried jointly with Tritt, wa: acquitted. It was a case of the cter nal triangle. Announcement was made Monda that President Coolidge has modified the court martial sentence of Colone1 Wm. Mitchell, approving the 5-year suspension but ruling that Mitchell should receive all of his allowance and half pay during that period, this amounting to $397.67 per month. * EARLY SEED RYE ABRUZZI, the fast growing rye. Nice seed. $2. bushel. Delivered anywhere in 5 bu. lota, FLOYD BROS. MARKET Fairmont, N. C. 1 ■
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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