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- HAVE PISTOL DUEL
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Christmas Shooting Affair Be
V tweenTwb Young - Whitej
Men; Much Personal Men
tion of Cerro Gordo Folk
TO HOLD MASS MEETinG
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and
: passed and about" the 'only ill or sad
ftf f ects' renorted was a nistol duel he-
7V farmer of the Sorter Swamp ;com
; Vmunity, and,- .Charlie Eodgers, a
young unmarried man, about . 23.
h , Several , bullets, 4 is said to have took
-V effect in young Eodgers legs and
s ; :: breaking some bones and injuring
HVit'vM necessary
for him to becarried to the nospiiai
T?int.n.fl oiirm'i.aV treatment
One or two bullets is said to have
' took effect in bourne, though his
AHinn fa not resraTded. aa being
quite so serious as Rogers. " The time
i of fiv wnn ,nn Fridav.niflrht
. ; r preceding ; the National Holiday, and
-Rrtrro-rfl Wfl4 TTf P1 . to '. Flor-
- , ence the. next afternoon and it stui
1 the hospital, prj fttJeast, .this; is
Mr. . W. W.r Nance, progressive
is
t 1: ' " farmer prosperous ' Merchant ai
? ' roa it o-nnil " nfciffhhoT Of . OUrS,
- -. ' numbered among . they several farmers
- -in this section tnat r aiways -, .iairsc
: ; xrops ,of corn, poiaxoes, pes
nuts, cotton, tooacco aa owef
onA - vnitP lar'o-a "hprds of cattle and
- Ami a ct well - .TlinW far in the season
rvhe has already butchered -sixteen
.r 'iR iria -tat Kfty.TirJ is not done
killing yet. And if is generally each
:-Vi,i vqIoa lias nice fine fat
. beef to . kill. . "Hard times" cannot
0-do much harm to sucn ioiks .
nd his. During the past few days
purebred swine, ,al it would ,;be;a
,'f;: .;C eralmher to, do likewise.-
, , ' :- BrickJ and v othr necessary, mate
rial is being placed! on the yacant lot
just ovs the.frAfet j from- ne
tlh,;' " : t ; i . ' .. . . i
wvicK. store uvuia
Columbua County Post of An-
- . encan Lesion: to BeN urcan-
. ized Here Next Thursday
l - In " our rvertising columns Ad jt.
V ft v Ttocn. io'. Tccnincr a , calP-f OX
a -mass J meeting of veterans of the
World Wax'tq, be held in. tlrecourt
hmis here, next Thursday mgbt; ; ,f.
- The purpose of the gathering is .to
organize a post, ox me .vv,.
4n n1 ern.fA - cnofllfPTS ""Will De On
hand to address; the boys" and assist
fVia oTOmiiVntinTi Fof S0m6 tlKlJ
work has been; actively forward. pre
liminary to "the organization : of , the
very ; largeone and three or foiir
the i meeting lor -mursuay v juguj
when all. officers will be elected, and
the post regulariv eswoysncu.
All ex-soldiers. are invltedtd at
tend whether, they are memoeraiu
tne legion or wiu -j.
ALL GOOD CLtlZENSWttO CAN
cumrrn ATTEND .THE
uiruviv- ftA S S - MEETING
AtTtHE COURT HOUSE' MONDAY
AT NOON. YOU ARE INVtTED.
1AVE IISAVX ACItEAGE
itESENf
S" CURRIE'S
INSULTING V LETTER
Columbui 'Going Back to a
fScale;! Plants1 ; Are1 Doing
.Extra .Well"iV'1
made by the Chadboiirn Chamber oi
i nwmiavn. Uns oTO!iim in?: lauii w-
sevelt hundred -: and -geventy-f ive
.p.res ctrawhptries '- i are' being
ttfrfrJcpr? in' -rilhmirns market, ter
ritrtw Tuio i an" f trrftase : of more
tnanj;wb-thirds over wnai was uci6
grown there iast year; . . -
A fiiTvml i'nva''made-.bv Mr
Tian TT00 :. Whiteville has
hrono-lit n liirti that Whiteville ter
es
Mir"ng fcxeeption Re
J hiarks Made;!By fan. CurVie
Regard in or PIit;. .
.WllWgton Dispatch;' signed bv
fc?ay; Pmber;22nd,921, has
2:!Sa avtorm of protest from .the
v?"m sol Columbus Vhrintv;'
S il residing along, the-route
- wnmington-Charlotte v high
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HE
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Irifltiqhti-I 1.2inu?r ot VhitevHIe Br.:-accuir.J3
e teemed m iir.:.2rn;Norm Cr.rcliir.. r?w'
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ritory has one hundred anXeventers, -47- i
five, acres in. berries;' 'Quite enongft, A We can well understand why Mr.
to guaarntee :the establishment of ? if Ae nd others interested would
. 4- t5J"9
- .I,vfi---ft
strong little market for the ( first
this territory are' waiting untir
xo plant and tne-present acreage"
is-expected ,4to bft considerably
nrpflrl fV4n .r f-'-' , .e':
' The plants- that were put out this
fall have, made a .strong heatthy
oTnwt.h nrrriW Hhristmas wee Mr.
matt a large handful of blooms and
frarndplantsrilui were:, st put a
way from Lake Waeeamaw : Mr. David .1. Lewi3. i.r.ior. mem
u t .'Coast Line rail-lber. of the law firm cf Levis. Powell
W.refers.
r? ? u tners interesiea womo:
? ft H'' have the state give7 them', a
but wes-cannot -understand
-?y such 'men' shonl wish . to tat
tis highway which' ' ii 5 ; justly ours
away irom us and in their efforts to
qo so refer to our .section, as the
hatiitat of snakesskunksnd. disease
spreading anophories. t .v. .or
fected for th-i purpose ttf Jooking af
ine is to be erefted soon. ; It is also
- -", , ' -nrttnnrl that 'Mr J"M. . Bl' .Kelli-
hani local merchant and ; livestock
- "'--- MooIot. i th nwner of . this buildincf.
V . : Mr . TCpJlihan has o wide, reputation
-'as being an astute, shrewd;, business
I Tl Kill I.C til V bUC iULlUUCiUtf TV WUrMAVA
Lthat that; prevailed during . the Ynle
tide a family, re-union , was. held- in
' the home of Mr? J3 .H Nance, a mile
- cr lso: east of-town. Among., those
present were t ; Mr and , mrs. ju r, m ,
MonP Fair Bluff i Mr. and ? Mrs.
1 . T ... Io nio an d. familv: ''of i Cerro
"of Charlotte ;l Mr -I. , E. 7 Hancet "of
Doioirt-Vi Misa . "Retilah Nance 0I
ClarendOTtr and Miss Mamie Haynes,
of Charlotte,
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iwfr siti" Mrs.' Belton Jones ' is
spendingsome . time,; with, relatives,
Mr;.'andJMrs; C." ErJones. X
--r i Mr: : and, Mrs D S Owenr spent
- Wednesday,.with Mr;;E. H.' Nance:
i - Mr. f : E? Nance returned to, Ral
eigh, where he holds-a. position with
K the. -Dillon .Supply,. Company
Tuesday morning. v." ; -
,v' . ;iffllSS. JMLapei tsentpn, 01 . JBiVergren,
is! visiting 'relatives ' and friends here
during this week.;, 'V1 ' v'N' ' .
.: After spending several r days with
relatives and 'friends Miss ..-3eulah
Nance, anesteemed member. of the
Clarendon :ichool faculty, ;has rei
turned , to that place to resume her
duties' in ithe.Jsclipol...-' ' '
Miss Mamie Haynes, of Charlotte,
is spending. some timer' with friends
here.- c- -" ' ' v .
- 3Mr.E:Wesiey f , Nance ASnisited . Jhis
brother and;sister;Mr..:and ; Mrs .
Joseph BrQwn, in Bolton,- during the
week past, r lf ) ;s ; ,V. . ;
Miscs Pauline -McAllister is " at
home after- spending several days
with Mr.: and ;Mr. HJ. Jone in
. . , f f r. r.harlS : Dorsev: " of r Fair Pax
Gai; .was IxtVWwgOiie.' day last wek4
Ur; . and Mrs,1. Jeme s iliiamson,
qf Dunn, have been spending several
days ; with! relatives here - and in , Bpl- i
ton, ' . - vi,v- i -Tii l
was " the delightful- guest of , one oi
our "fair daughters" last xnursaay
Welcome Mr, Roberson this section
oi' eastern, wonn varomm -.
for it's "large numbers of -the-, -gen-
tIo cpv" .nH fpTilo anil." , . . '
"Mr. Dewey Spivey, of "Laurin
ourg, Bpeiib varis un wHi'r".
in town. ' : ' ' :' . '
"Mr. Earl Brown of Bolton, was
the guest of Mr and Mrs. Harrelson
and others a few. days during the
first of last week,, :
- Mi tvv tj M-n f Oreen . Sea,
S. C. was in town one: xlay recent
ly.1
short timeagd. '. Of ; course,", these ter the interest of this section in
berries wuljneyer reach matt;ity the matter of the state highway, and
t.hraiivli thp old of . . winter . . but
their presence on the plants go far
to show the vgrowthf that the latter
navesroaae xms ian awu iwiiitci.
inent "planters of l. Columbus' county.
rfipd hia hnmp- here- I2.1t niht- at
T o'clbck, following an "'ness -bf
S . . tt?. j At- . a. - j..
seven aays. xns ueata aue o
nremi noisoninff.v Mr. 1 -J.. while
apparently enjoying t! d test r.of
health, was .suddenly lir " 3n Thurs
winTTiiTi of last we 'At times
there Lseemed slight- cr.rcrs ior ;ms
recovery," but at no xir . ' .7 3 he out
of danger,.' and during, 1-3 last two
or tVtpp rtflvs of rhis illn:3 thosefa-
rhiliar:-with - his condition " held no
noon, ccnavitci.tyHl.a ;:cv. i.D. '.'Ji,
Voodall,. rosier, - tv 3 II; ':o i .VTT'' ' " ' ' !
Episcppal church;-Cr-'.l. -f '.7t 'nk; .
oof t rousg meeting:held Dec; HnVor ldrtvery - - - S
3Cfh, by. the citizens : of' Columbus.rSf fJ?- . S 7 T - '
county, an organization . "was . perJ. Mn -Lewis .was sixty-f cur -years
,.-.this week; to -Miss Lucy How-
bid
ago
pll.-j'-danchtef &f.Mrs. Trances Ai
TTrtroii : vp osrvt't.pviiip. slide's his
haifp ,hp'.is survived bv - Tht cnil-
amongst other things -the--f ollow-
me icauiULious were aaopiea. i1-: si 1. i 4t - , tt
. -07. , . , IdrenJf Messrs. -Eichard -i., --one H.,
1 , k r ?Vi. D.and.Cordcn Lc-.r:-,. iviissea
,larkton at the ;19th hour JT Ett. L"..:3all of
... . . . .
vme; of which - r. I ru:: . -3 a n;;
ber .of.the bc: ' cf ct:,.-rd3. ."Th
minister -was 1 by A.ev 1. T. 1
Nowton, paster th Er-tist churct -VH 1 f
and Rev. Andrew J. llov..1, roster " -'X i; E
The burial r-3 in th3 fsailv- ptoV A'
in the'-WhitviiS -cemetery. ha -ac ,f?l,r .
tive pallbearr-j -. - vcre : -' 'llessrs. ;.ik r.
Formy ,TJuvalr A.. P. -Powell, Jr., JJ
and EF.;' Powell - The following . i .
nonorary .paiiDearers: Liessrs
ThonrnsnTi - D y TIT '- ThrrnnAT .
roweu, rc.1 li. . Lowell, J.U. -Maults-
oy, j . u.ocnuiKen, i, A. i5rov 'r
r . in -4
.if?'.
o act as;:
rs.'J.'G 1 ' Vs -i,
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ALL GOOD CITIZENS WHO CAN
COME SHOULD ATTEND THE
HIGHWAY. MA'S S - MEETING
AT THE COURt jtiOUSE MONDAY
AT NOON.iTOU ARE INVITED.
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-. Anotherj thing that disturbs us is
an , 18-yeaf o-ldT girl i who lets ' her
mother grow old - in' -, ignorance,
Galveston, NeVs- ' ' - 'i
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."Whereas
Acme to ClarktDn at the 19th'
Charlotte Highway, ;which-. route is
though Delco, Freeman? r, Bolton,
Lake Waccamaw to; Whiteville,
fi'traipht. alnncr thp Attaritrk wClnnat.
Line railroad, to a circuitous route
1 11 'A ."i --m
wmcn tanes m Acme, Armour; and
East Arcadia
V; (Continued on pagur.).
LivvHpitiIIp Mrs. Yiri-m ; H.
Richardson.' of Kaleigh... . ere . aiso-
SUTYJVe IWU ; SiSLCl S UiiU V - t - "
Mrs Joseph itegan ana -
Lewis, of -Fairmont and Llr. .?.P.
Lewis, t)f wnitevnie, ar.a t..i
grana-cuuurcii, . imic. .
son
herton, , J. B . . Clark. . of Fayette- -
. I 'i T ,Tr j. Si. -11- - - .
and
Wh italf at.
.Among those who v arrived " last kff At
Vii. j' " if.-. - t . 1 1... -ri-'i
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ille.C. VD.. Koonce, of , Chadbourn,-. ;.-.. ""'Lty
. L. Memory and Irvin B Tucker, f ' T
nd Drs T. II. Cxowell; R. ; B.'.k . ,sj'M
Vhitaker'H. B.-i:;bU and-TvCV V ,. fc H
; -i -t -'fe tf? 4i--.r-v-. r? rr r?"-
-IV A'ni' m ' np1- ' i "
TTppV psirp tfi ovnress'his sincere
thanks to the young ladies that were
so tnougntiui and .Kina-neari-cu
;Th paper,
we. are sure,, greatly appreciate your
Trrt4-Viw , .ii.i.. roll -Mav the
hfls-disinher
ited his daughter because she bobb-
e(J her hair.. Cut off wmoui acu
uetron iNews. ,
INTERESTCEWTERiNG
AROUNB
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Colunibu Citizens; Prepaririip; ;jpr lr Big Mass
Meetine'-to Present -Their Claims to; High-
i'i&y, and- to, SliovTheir1 Resentment of
Efforts that ; ArcBeing. Made - to Change
the Route.
"'avH "a J-J i iruni' fair;-;
Jr and David l.:..- HCtv'- ana (Mr. lUcliarcison,. . from - ? , 1
son tne laxxer ueiui; i-j -ieign. -xnrs. uicr.rascn ana ner, ,:. f .
and Rome H Lewis, Jr. N "T children having' been. here since. Fri ' h -s " t.
mmmmmmtmmmmmmmPf0amPmmmm .. . ... i' li . ... . ,i x . . i '. ..'.:''.'! -Tit . : Si I
' '-.-"-:. v";Nll oromer.flarn-ed. crrar' yr v j
V" ' -v' " s 'X? i ' way of .Clarkton. :I.Ir.- v . U' '.- -;U
' ., j. - , i... - .a . .'' ' ' ''j ' . Ir :.' i it 1.1 ; iTWT J '.. .......... - - -fft 1 1
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Hon..W. Gilighw9iwet
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Every member' s'of . the ! Columbus
; x County rBoajrd of. Commissioners, has
..affixed his approval; to Wji?;,a
mousing mass meeting here in wnite
ville next Monday in the' inte'est
J : of the f Wilmington-Charlotte ;high
" way and the route through - .this
. county. . ' .
The , uncalled f or activities - of
. Bladen county in an effort to change
K the routing of a road that was set
tled- upon years ago, and to. wuiw
moral ri-tts. is ru&1"-
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- oic i.o iiv muiai 7. itrT
fi iiiot I iaA intim.nM ,trDi. TraCtlCaiiy
, 4.v." ri.. v,ic- on1 our 'ciir
: zen3l' are "determined to . stand py
f their rights and, ccr.tcct- crjr effort
, i to' change the route cf the foaa.
S' Bladen. had a .rrr z ytneetir;t
i Bladenboro Tuesday., H McGurt
- tha highway, commi i.cr frpin tnio
. district, ,rwas pres'
'. the citizens of that v
' lie will be in White
and will accord C
people" a like oppo..
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v jVHW A s . - - ,
fine imi-rifince oi fcecpis - .vi
road itf Colurnbus'tahnot be over es
timated! . Them i-nAt a ."hook" Or "cor
ner' of the county that will: not . bene
fit by it m one way or another -It
was edven to s nv merits of the
1 . -to- fvtc-gA J ' -..i,r'- .
xz: wouio. De uttie short oi- a xaianucy
to this county jt lose it now tnrougn
indifference trraroi.! ha f ieht that is
being waged -t6 remove it and run i,
through another .county. " .- iv."
The people from-every section of
olnmhu are hio.q4 taVW'af daVToff
next Mcnday: and come (to - Wfcite-
will
t.
touted
Hear
the
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La!
flallsDOi
Mith citizens of Mn
argument m tavor
fronil LumBertoti to lEotMman
ievacCamav;r;DOHonr-pyr.
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Tin-
dville
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tfai
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shown that -we, are in earnest about -wantir.
to -keep the road. s There is,
no . hotter wav W tvrtnncs hira than
by coming' and briring.' your-neih-t
i - !it. .... .i! v. .. ......... r
a'ccordeJ bor with you. t'6 y?hat will be on:
Zv a hearing. of the biggest ratherings cf its 1 :nd
X t ::;ay;-that hz ever been, held, in Col -n-U3-
county bus county. . '4 -
C-to'"tjrc5sntr""' Cpde" and. St4cl'-by Columbus.
dem
cbminissioneyC?tney esm
earnest
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designs 'been seen inWhitevjlle . u o . "L r
those sent by the" friends of "
Lewis -r and faniiiy The flowers' . -
were iboth-jvprof use-' and . exquisite, t-
haying been sent from ; all -parts- of 1 . ;
They formed; but .avmute, testimony ..,v ,
of: the esteem, in - which' the deceased f ;v s ,
was held, A - - ,--; '.
Tn 4-Vtx.aofU . v. ;-r Ann'.. ' nn,u'' .
k. uvaui vi,iui. wvnu,; it iuic 5
ville,- Columbusvcounty- and this, eni ' -
ure secuon oi tne state lose 'one ot -, f
their best1 citizens-"and "friends. -tie
was first of all, a home-roving man
As .a. father? and husband "he was a '
preeminent example -of love' fand r
loyalty, -He ; loved is" church and -
his God", and labored faithfully at all
times in ,tB service of ;His; Master. , 4 '
Hej loved his : community, y, helping 4- - '"v.
always "to protect its 'interests', and v.
resenting1 ay - infringements I opon
its rights, ;but' in a liberal . broad- '
: . Mr. -Lewis was -bofnJir Bladen v
county.'but 'came to:Whiteville when
made it his home in" theory as '
as ' in 'practice. ' "He, was- always iden-:r '
UJ.ICU .11U1 VUC ,ucaii uuiv vuuis.iii(i VJL .n- :
the " town-, and surrounding' country. v , r
Ta'.toiKi (iTifhiiTit.iaTin 'nolitics. h' t r
never-aggressive to :' thei point of of-if
fending those who neia auierent r;
views- from his. Abovg' alLhe vas : ;
tolerant, and j there ran through his ; t
being- a . sympathetic - strain', that J' -
made him love his leliow- Deing and
spurn that, which- tended .-toward an- ",f- -
imneihr SllTtrmpH tit), hfl ' ? Was a
friend of Humanity,. a. Christian and fc
a patriot;. - -'ar ' ' V-
-Mr. Lewis ; was & son oi tne. - late ;
TilA.-J f Hff -' n J 'I'loviaoa ; T .anna . ' f ; .'--i
Bladen-county. He studied law under"." -,' ;
the late Judge Dick, of Greensboro; i, ?
and- was for a .time' in the ' office of v'
the late Col. FrenchIn 'Lambert on. V ' -
He' has' always enjoyed aiar3 jr:.c-
dna Ath to his'effici;r- r r-5 a'1 '.; "
legal student and. practiticr:r and'.
to tiie . great confidence" which , v:zs''
placed in" him. - nis r ueain c - -. ; a ; ; ,?
gloom' over the entire' community ar.4 " ,
his memory will always.be rtvcrJ ',v;
in this Section of, the State cri inf
other sections where he lorried ir.st-, '"--rz
ing'. friendships.. ;-: : -rv'
- It ' is well . to add that lit. . Lewis . .
wasa fnend-oi euuuwua-ena of . -
other constructive luw.an ,
programs. He did much
awakening the people'-of C.
to a-fuller sense of .their c'
ward young minas. Anu y: -pie
loved him., For; many -taught'
a class of. -young r: i
ni-i.uJfc.- Ciinrtav SChOCi I -
his interest in.themrccL
individually, was aiway: : J
est:point. W
leading ? many, w . -.
God. "i. ' ' r ' v v f "
. TMnranhlTl? .falS 'Syr-'
family; GoyernorXar:
paid -Mr.. Lewis ."u
- t koir lost a goo
"state 'Orie of .its; fir
wih.vr-could, go; uo
yolC but imperative
makes it Impossible.,
; "He fought aeoc A
the aith" and he .
reward -
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