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EIGHT PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOMEWHAT COLDER TONIGHT. __ VOL. LVI—NO. 95. LUMBERTON, N. 0., MONDAY, JANUARY, 10, 1927. COUNTRY. COB AMD TROTH. taTABMSBRD M7A TRTCB HYR CRNTR important Mating Wiii Be iieid in tnmherton January )2 DR. E. C. BROOKS WHi SPEAK ON FARM PROBLEMS Farmer*, Time Mer chant*, Banker* and Other Bu*ine** Men Urged to Attend. TO LAUNCH PROGRAM OF BETTER FARMING Dr. E. C. Brooks, president of North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, wiH deliver the prin cipal address at the mass meetings of citizens of Robeson county at the court house in Lumberton Wednesday of this week, January 12, at 2 p. m. It is hoped and expected that a large gathering of people from all sectipns of Robeson, particularly far mers, time merchants, bankers and other business men, will attend this meeting, at which it is the purpose to launch a program which will bring about better farming and business conditions in Robeson. As-stated in last Thursday's issue of the Robesonian, this Meeting has been called to enlist the co-operation of ail interests in Robeson in a pro gram looking to the production of more food and feed crops and thus paving the way for economic independ ence and greater prosperity. There is no better qualified man in North Carolina than Dr. Brooks to bring a heipful message to the peo ple of Robeson at this time than Dr Brooks, and it is hoped that there wiii be a great outpouring of the peo ple of the county gf the meeting Wed nesday. BOOKS OF ROBESON TO BEAMED County Commissioner)* This Morning Employed Firm of Ernst & Ernst to Make Genera) Audit of AH Books of County for Purpose of Putting Affairs of County on Better Busi ness Basis. The county commissioners meeting in special session this morning employed the firm of Ernst & Ernst of Winston-Salem to make a general audit of all the hooks of the county for the pur pose of putting the affairs of the county on a better business basis. While the audit will be handled by the Winston-Salem branch of the firm of certified public ac countants, representatives front other branches will assist. It will be under the supervision of Mr T. D. Meriwether, manager of the Richmond office, and Mr. .1. I). Maver, manager of the Winston Salem office. Work was started this morning on the hooka of the road board. The audit is not made because it is anticipated that there is any thing wrong with the affairs of the county but it is done in ac cordance with the ideas of Gov ernor A. W. McLean and Dr. E C Brooks, who advocate better systems. A similar audit has just been completed in Forsyth county. CHILD DIES IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING BURNS Daughter of Mr. T. J. West of HwweltsviHe Dies from Burns Re ceived When Oothing Set on Fire. Elisabeth, 6-year-old daughter of Mr T. J. West of Howcllsville town ship, died in the Thompson Memorial hospital yesterday afternoon at 1 o' clock -from burns sjie received when her clothing was set on fire by anoth er child Saturday. The child was playing with other . children in front of the fire, and one of them struck a match which ignited her clothing, fatally burning her. She was brought to the hospital here but never rallied. Gertrude Perry West Getebration Postponed. The celebration that was announced to be held at Rositidaie, Raiden coun ty, on January 1H in honor of Gertrude Perry West, has been postponed, the date to be announced inter. Mr. A. C. Davis of route 5 from I,un])bcrton was a visitor in town to day. GASOLINE 25c Fuller'* Service Station Lumber ton. N. C. Senator McLeod's Automobile Is Burned Ran Into Ditch Hoar Union Chape! and Caught on Fire—Senator Mc Leod Eschped Without Injuries. The Chevroiet coupe of Senator G. B McLeod of Lumberton was burned near Union chapei, in the Buie sec tion, as he was returning from Ral eigh Friday afternoon. Senator McLeod was rounding a sharp curve about 2 =30 Friday after ! noon when his car left the road and plunged into a ditch, standing almost straight up on the radiator. Senator McLeod had some difficulty in get ting out, having to bnce himself and kick open a door, but, strange to say, he was none the worse physically for his experience. Assistance soon gathered and when arrangements had been made to puli the car out backwards a man got in the car to start the motor and help in backing out, but as soon as he touched the starter there was an ex plosion that blew the top off and the man in the car got out faster than he ever got out of a car before. For tunately he escaped unhurt. The bunch of men about the car scattered as if by magic when the explosion oc curred, some <*f them exhibiting re markable speed. There was nothing to do except !et the flames do their work. The car was fully insured. 3 IN JAIL FOR DISTURBANCE AT PEMBROKE YESTERDAY Julian Pope Oxendine, Alabama Lowrey and Alexander Warrick of Pembroke were arrested by county of ficers yesterday afternoon for raising a disturbance at Pembroke. Olgie Oxendine claimes that the three of them were drinking and that they ran her away from home with a gun. She had powder burns on her face. ' They will be tried before Recorder P. S. Kornegay Wednesday—Lowrey for carrying a concealed weapon and ; being drunk, Warwick for being drunk and raising a disturbance, and Oxen dine for being drunk. Oxendine is also indicted on anoth- j er warrant charging him with assault i with a deadly weapon with intent to j kill upon Charlie Lowrey. j 75 PEOPLE. MOST OF THEM CHILDREN, KILLED IN THEATRE STAMPEDE SUNDAY Montreal, Jan. 9—(AP)—More than 75 lives was the toll exacted today by a fire panic in the Laurier Palace movie theatre in the East End Most of the victims were children who had made up the bulk of the Sunday matinee audience. Few were injured by the comparatively trivial fire^ but,; caught in fear-stricken jams about the , exits, many were suffocated. Uo i tightly wedged were the bodies that rescuing squads of firemen were un able to gain entrance. Postmastership Not Yet Settled. ! The question of who will be the next postmaster at Lumberton has not yet been settled, and it will not likely be known who that person will be un- j til Congress makes a thorough inves- j tigation of the charges against Mt-.j W. H. Kinlaw, present acting post-! inaster, who was recommended by the Repubiican State chairman for the ! Lumberton position. [ Mr. T. L Johnson this morning ask ! cd The Robesonian to state that he had taken no part in the controversy between the aspirants for the office but that some time ago he certified to the postoffice department to the high character of Mr. Kinlaw. Mr. Johnson stated that he had no reason to change his attitude toward Mr. Kiniaw. COMMUNITY GATHERING AT MCDONALD TUESDAY A community gathering wiH be at the MoDonald school house Tuesday night at 7:30. A program consisting of music, games, speHing bee and other forms of amusement will be given. Admission will be 10 cents. Kiwanis Guest Night Thursday Night. Thursday evening of this week at 7:15, at the Lorraine hotel, will be guest night of the Lumbcrton Ki wanis club, this taking the place of the regular weekly meeting Tuesday evening. Mr. and MrS. H. B. Willson and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. M. Bowie of Washington, D- C., Mrs. Willson's mother, Mrs. J. H. Borland, and wives of the Kiwanians arc ex pected to attend, and there will be a special program of music by Mr. and Mrs. Bowie and local musicians. Ki .* anis ladies' night, when District Lieutenant Governor F. H. Jeter of Raiuigh will be present, will be held Friday night of hext week. January 21st, this taking the place of the reg ; ular meeting next week. New Cardinal Fan e/ ]/\.uTQCAC-rEH St. Louis has some staunch base ball fans—but none that will root with the vim of Miss Ariine Ed wards of Chicago during the 1927 season. Her engagement to Bob O'Farrell, new Cardinal manager, is -nr', "n - r* r.c arced Lumberton's New Fire Truck h Here American LaFrant* Truck With Pump, Chemicals, Ladders and Oth er Equipment Unloaded This Morn ing and !s Ready for U4c. BEST FIRE FfGHTWG EQUfPMENT TOWN EVER HAI) The American LeFwmc#. type 75, fire tru:k purchased by the town of Lumberton just before Thanksgiving at a cost of $12,500 arrived in Lum-1 berton Satuniay over the V. & C. S. i railway, two daya before it was ex- i pected here, was unloaded this morn ing and is now ready for use. The truck with its equipment wii! give Lumberton the hast fire-fighting equipment in its histpgy The truck is of triple combination and is caiicd a pumper, chemical and hose motor car. The pump will carry a minimum of 750 gallons of water per minute. The truck is equipped with one 40-gallon and two 3-gallon chemical tanks, 24 feet of extension ladder, 12 feet of roof ladder, nozzles, axes, pipe poles, lanterns, 12 coats and a crow bar. The body of the truck has a capacity' of 1200 feet of hose. The small Huick truck owned by the town of Lumberton will be sold as soon as a purchaser is found Bank of Rowland Pays Dividend. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rowland, Jan. 10—The annual meet ing of the stockholders of the Bank of Rowland was held Tu&day of last week, considering the agricultural conditions, the results from the opera tion of this bank have been very grat ifying. A six per cent dividend was paid. _ Case tnslituted To Re-Fossess Tam) On Whit!) County Rome ts Situated Meaning—Presidency Said Gov. A! Smith of New York at his fourth inauguration last week———" "Now f have no I idea what the future lias in store i, for me. * * * * No man would stand before this intelligent gathering and say that he was not j receptive to the greatest position the world has to offer to an? one. * * * *' Many Expressions Ahout Legisiation At County-Wide Mass Meeting Here Motions Passed That Gasoline Tax Be Increased 1 Cent Per Gallon for Maintenance of County Roads and That Road System Be Handled As County Unit, Also That Representa tives Support Bill Requiring Lights. For Vehicles. TAXES AND MANY OTHER THINGS COME IN FOR SHARE IN DISCUSSION People from practically every sec tion of Robeson county gathered here in the court house Saturday momma; to discuss with the senator and repre sentatives from the county legislation for the present session of the State legislature. White the meeting got off to rather a slow start, it soon warm ed up. the crowd increased, and it be came a real mass meeting cf the ' t <?ra of Robeson county who are inter ested in legislation for thc;r county. Taxes came in for the biggest share of discussion, but the eight-months school term, bond issues, and county roads proved to be of vita) interest <o the auditnee, and the men there talk cd about them freely. The biggest piece of work done, however, was the passage of two resolutions affecting State legislation. One was to urge the introduction of a hilt in the iegts iature asking that 1 cent per g dion he added to the State gasoline tax for tiie- purpose of maintaining county reads and that the road system in the county be handled as a county unit, and the other was to urge the Rote son senator and Tcnresentativcs to support a law requiring m.tor vehi cles to carry lights at night. When the meeting was calitd to or der, Mr. K. M. Barnes was made chairman and a representative of The Robesoaian, secretary. Senator Mc Leod explained the purpose of the meeting, and Mr. Barnes railed upon the audience for expressions of their feeiings about legislation. Mr. D. It. Shaw of Lumbertun spoke briefly against the policy of attowing coun ties, cities and towns to issue bonds without a vote of the people. Mr. L. T. Townsend opposed the ^-months' school term and urged that part f the State tax for gasoline be diverted to the county for the upkeep of the county's roads. Mr. W. 1*. Barker advocated more business and less pol itics, less taxes, a better road system for the rural sections and getting away from the credit business. Government by the People. Dr. Thos. F. Costner of Lumberton made one of the rousing speeches of the meeting. He stated the meeting, which had not grown much by that time, was representative of the inter est the people of the county took in matters of public interest. He as serted that he was born and reared a Democrat and that he believed in what the principle of democracy meant—government hy the people. Unfortunately, the physician declar ed, laws have been passed taking the power out of the hands of the people and putting it in the hands of a few. Too often, he said, the men in power lose sight of the smail nmn and the part he plays in government. The State has gone forward hut at the ex ! pense of the small man. The big men have prospered wonderfully. He thought the 6-months' school term Fire At McDonald — Does Big Damage Barn. Cotton, Farming Implements and Automobile Belonging to Mr. W. S. Alexander Destroyed by Fire of Unknown Origin Fire of unknown origin destroyed a barn on the estate of the late Rev. Wesley Thompson at McDonald and 30 bales of cotton, several farming implements and an automobile Friday afternoon. The cotton was the prop erty of Mr. W. S. Alexander of Mc Donald. enough, if the time were properly utilized, and he opposed the idea of abandoning country schools and bringing ti.e children to town. He wias in favor of taking the power out of the hands of the State superinten dent of public instruction and putting it in the hands of the people, letting them say where their children should 'go to school. The small man is the cue who makes the country, he dc c'ared, and he is the one who ought to I he thought of in making the laws. County Road System. Mr. K. M. Barnes stated th ;t in or der to he prosperous, we must h ts band our resources, and ho thought it wise to divert a smali part of the State gasoline tax for the upkeep of , !thc county highways. He was the 'first to advance the idea that the I county road system should be taken over and handled as a unit. bome tr.ing must he done to make rural life more attractive Mr. Barnes showed, and nothing coutd be done thit would do it better than to give an outlet to the peopie of the rurai communittes. Mr. A. R. Bullock of Fairmont, Mr. L. T. Townsend of Lumbcrton ar.d oth ers endorsed the. county road system. Former Senator T. L. Johnson d'd net want the State system of taxa tion interferred with and explained that diverting 1 cent of the present tax on gasoline would cause a gener al mix-up in the State taxation sys tem. He wanted the county commis sioners given the power to 'pond the money wi.ers it was needed. The ois cussion led to the passage of a mo tion to have 1 cent added to the tax , ion gasoline, to be'used for the county highway. , Sales Tax Advocated. Mr. L. T. To.vnsend adv**ca*.ed :< ' sales tax on a!', luxuries, and Senator i ?dcLeod tc.'-l h'm that it was his in tention to introduce such a hili with : the purpose of reducing taxes o" j land. The motion to require vehicles to carry lights <at night was made by Mr. T. L. Johnson, who fought for such a measure at the iast session of the legislature. It came as a re sult of an inquiry by Senator McLeod, who w ished to knew the wishes of the people about the matter. The matter of gasoline filling st 'tions remaining open on Sunday was {brought up, and Solicitor T. A. Mc Neill informed the audience that the present law in the State imposed a 'fine of $1 for each offense of aueb {nature. It was the consensus that a ilaw should be enacted with more teeth. Some Recommendations. A letter was read from Rev. J. M. Fleming of Lumbcrton urging the members of the legislature not to in crease taxes and not to pass the law requiring an eight-months' school term. Another letter was read from * Mr. V. D. Balter of Lumbcrton asking 2 Negroes Arrested For Rex Robbery Dave and Kinston McIntyre, color ed, were placed under arrest by Sher-; iff &R:Mil!an and his deputies Thurs- j day afternoon and carried to St. Pauis to be tried before Recorder John D. Canady for the larceny of g ods from the store of Mr. D. L. Ausiey of! Rex Wednesday night. The store was entered Wednesday i night and some $75 or $100 worth of meat,' lard, flour, cigarettes and trousers taken. < None of the goods were recovered in the hands of the negroes, but a good ease of circumstantial evidence ' was worked up. BASKETBALL GAMES TOMORROW AND FRIDAY NIGHTS _ Whiteville Girls and Boys Here Tues day Evening and Hamlet Boys and Fayetteville Girls Friday Night. The Whiteville girls and boys will meet the basketball teams of Lum- ; berton high school here Tuesday night, and the Hamlet boys and Fayettevilie i girls will come here for an engage ment Friday evening. Both games will be played in the high school auditor- j ium at M o'clock. JESSE BROOKS SHOT IN LEO BY H!S NEPHEW TODAY. John Brooks Comes to Lumhcrton And Asks Sheriff to Put Him in Jai)— Says Jesse Shotigmd KiHed His Hog. j John Brooks, Indian, came to Lum herton about 2 p. m. today and asked Sheriff McMiiian to put him in jaii for shooting i)is unde Jesse Brooks in the leg about noon today at his < home in the Harper's Ferry section. He said that Jesse shot and kiiied his (John's) hog. John said he used a shotgun, that Jesse waiked away af ter the shooting, and that he came to town at once to give himseif up. John was accompanied by his wife, who says that after shooting the hog Jesse threatened to shoot her if she touched it First Snow of the Season Approximated an inch of snow feii here iast night, and some of it stiii remains on housetops this afternoon in spite of a drizzie of rain which started this morning. The snow was the first of the season. that canning factories in the county and stock in co-operated canning fac tories be exempted from taxation. A letter from Dr. E. H. Hardin, county health officer, advocated provision in the State for an expert chemist to make autopsies and pathologied and chemica) examination of certain body organs in case of suspected criminal intent. Dr. Hardin cxpiained that such examinations have heretofore been made by an expert from State j college and that the cost, $120, has been tao heavy. See us for gifts of ali kinds "Always something new." MOORE'S GIFT SHOP. Phone 454 ( hestnut St. In front of Lorraine Hotel. Car! and Rowland Gregory and Mary Gregory Armstrong Sue County Commissioner* and Mrs. Mollie Norment for Partition of Land Originally Belonging to Their Grandmother—Claim Land Sold by Their Grandfather After His Marriage to Another Woman. HEMS OF LOCAL NEWS) —Mr. W. H. Brioey of Rowland has born commissioned a notary public by Governor McLean. —Mr. J. B. Poweil and family have moved from Lumla:rton R. d to R. 3 from Maxton. Mr. PoweR was a Lumbertcn visitor Friday, bureau. —Rev. A. P Stephens, pastor of the Baptist church at Red Springs and several other churches in the county, is getting along nicely after an op eration for appendicitis at the Baker sanatorium. —The American Legion auxilfhry will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. H. M. Baker, with group No. 3 as hostess. AH mem bers and those eligible for member ship are urged to attend. —Mr. W. T. Phifer of Clarkton, who suffered a stroke of paralysis at Al lenton on December 30 and drove his car to Lumberton, was able to return to his home from the Baker sanator ium Saturday. —An athletic association was or ganized in the Lumberton high school Friday with Jennings Croome presi dent and Miss Kathleen Durham sec retary and treasurer. —Reported for The Kobesonian: Mr. Emory Prevatt has rented his farm in Moore county to Mr. W. F. Phillips, one of Surry county's tobacco farmers. Mr. Prevatte will be at his home on Pine street, Lumberton, after the fif teenth of February. —A special convocation of Royai Arch Masons, chapter 77, wili meet in the Masonic halt in Lumberton Tues day evening at 7:30 State Grand Sec retary L B. Griggs of Elizabeth City wiH be present, and a large attend ance is desired. —The the HHing station near the old county home neiohgmg to Mr. Oliver F. Kancc was entered Thursday night by unknown parties and goods were stolen to the amount of between $10 and $15, consisting mostty of cigars, cigarettes and can dy- , —Master Ciark King, son of Dr. and Mrs. D. D. King, who underwent an operation for tonsils at Thompson Memorial hospital last week and who has been confined to his bed for three months with inflammatory rheuma tism, is getting aiong nicely it was erroneousiy stated in Thursday's Rob esonian that Master Ciark had been confined with infantiie paralysis. —Messrs. Henry Alien, L. R. iiedg peth and Vernon Townsend of Lum berton were among the freshmen who were pledged to the Phi Kappa Beta social fraternity at Wake Forest col tegc, according to an announcement just made by the Wade Forest news —60,000 stamps were sum oy tne Lumberton post office during the month of December. More than half this number were soid for postcards. Totai receipts at the postoffice for the quarter ending December 31 this year were $7,424.48, as compared with $7,230 00 last year. —Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sharpe return ed Friday evening from Chapei Hill, where they attended a 3-days' news paper institute under the auspices of the North Carolina Press association. Southern Newspaper Publishers asso ciation and the University of North Carolina. —Rev. T. McM. Grant, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, Mrs. Grant and their daughter, little Miss Ruby, returned Thursday from a ten-days' visit among relatives. Mrs. Grant and Miss Ruby spent most of the time at the home of the former's parents at Kinston, and Mr. Grant visited his twin daughters by a form er marriage at the home of their grandparents at Sunbury. The young ladies both have had measles but have recovered nicely. Cotton Market Middling cotton is selling on the local market today at 11 3-4 cents the pound. GOOD WORKMANSHIP DEMANDS GOOD TOOLS Garments sent to us are really giv en four cleanings because our modern Glover equipment continually changes the naptha 8 times an hour. Clothes are removed from a body of solvent just as sparkling in its purity as that into which they were placed You would not entrust a $50 bill to any but the safest bank. Give your suit or dress the same protection and entrust it to us. LUMBERTON DRY CLEANiNG CO. Eddie L. McNeiH, Manager. 4th Street Phone 94 COUNTY ATTORNEY WILL FILE ANSWER TOMORROW An action to repossess the land on which the new county home is situat ed and also to fret possession of iands now the property of Mrs. Mollie Nor ment of Lumberton has been com menced in Robeson Superior court by Car! and Rowiand Gregory and Mary Gregory Armstrong upon the conten tion that these tands formerty belong ed to their grandmother, Rose Mc Neill Gregory, wife of R. B. Gregory, and that it was sold by their grand- *< father after his wife's death and his marriage to Susan F. Ke!!y. Tie suit is for the partition of a 600-acrc tnet of !and belonging to the grandmother of the plaintiffs, and they arc suing'for one fourth inter est. The plaintiffs arc the children of Matthew Gregory, who was one of the five children of Rose M Neill Gregory. One of the children of Rose McNeill Gregory died without issue, and so Matthew Gregory was entitled to one-fourth interest in the estate, ti,e)h claim. Matthew Gregory en listed in the Civil war and suffered a skull wound, requiring him to wear a , silver plate in his head the remainder of his life. They allege that his mind was affected by the wound and that he was not capable of transacting business and thus they cannot be barred by statutory limitations. Mat thew Gregory died in 1920. The land in question was deeded by R. B. Gregory and wife, Susan Kelly Gregory, to Dr. S. B. Rozier of St. Pauls. Mrs. Mollle Norment and Miss Dora Rozier acquired it under the will of Dr. Rozier. In 1920 Robe son county bought 144 acres of the property from Miss Dora Rozier for $24,000, and it is this land on which the present county home is situated. Mrs. Norment still holds that part of the 600-acre tract which was willed to her. A11 the property is said to be worth from $150 to $200 per acre un der present condition^. County Attorney Bivid I!. Fuller stated this morning that he was pre paring an answer to the complaint filed by the plaintiffs and that he would file it tomorrow. He is umLr the impression that the case can be barred under the statutory limita tions. Johnson & Johnson have been retained hy Mrs. Norment, and they said this morning that they had not yet investigated the case enough to make a statement. The plaintiffs are represented by Mr. F. D. Hackett and ^he firm of Britt and Britt. MR. HECTOR McRAK PASSES AFTER EXTENDED ILLNESS End Came at Thompson Memorial Hospital. Where He Had Been Pa tient for Several Weeks, Following Stroke of Paralysis—Funeral and Interment at Carolina Church To day. Mr. Hector McRae, aged 71. passed asvay at the Thompson Memorial hos pital yesterday afternoon at 5 o' clock after an illness extending over sevtral weeks. Air. MyRae, who was unmarried, iived on his farm out from Maxton un til he suffered a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago. He was brought here to the hospital and remained in declining health until his death. He was a staunch Presbyterian and was well known in the upper part of the county. The body was taken today to Caro iina church, near Clio, S C., where funcral and interment were held at 12 o'clock, Mr. A. K. Morrison and severe) people from Dillon, S. C., ac companying the body to its last rest ing place. No immediate relatives survive. STOKE ROBBED AT MtDOKAUD ' A general mercantile store belong ing to Mr. Furman Price of McDon : aid was entered Thursday night and ^ ! approximately if7.1 or a $100 worth of ! shirts, handkerchiefs, socks, shoes and cigarettes taken. Sheriff McMillan and his deputies were called to McDonald Friday after ' noon and searched the house of one colored man but found no clues. HE GOOD TO YOURSELF AND YOLK BUSINESS DURING 1927 MY ADVERTISING !X EVERY ISSUE OF THE KOBESOXfAN. } 1927 Wilt bo a (.OOD YEAR FOR BUSINESS TO EVERY MERCHANT WHO BEGINS ADVERTISfNG WITH THE FIRST ISSUE IN JANUARY AND KEEPS IT UP ' THROUGH THE YEAR.
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