NEW BRICK SCHOOL BUILDING READY Three Cumberland School-. Now Enjoy Commodious Quarter: Falcon, Feb. 2u_ AfWr many de lays. the pupils of the three schoole In Black River township, Cumber land County, known aa McMillan. Oak Ridge and Five Oaks, are at last in their now building whleh is con ceded to be one of the handsomest school buildings in the county. The building ie of concrete brick veneer work, and contains six class rooms, dx smaller rooms for offlrea, etc., an sudlttorium with a seating capacity of five hundred, and two dressing rooms and stage. The enrollment is nearly two hun dred ami the following toswhera are In charge: Rev. J. D. Moatirk, princi pxl; L. W. Starling, sixth and sev enth grades; Mias M. L Moorrftrld of South Boston, Vs., high school de partment; Mias McMillan of Cumber land county, fourth and fifth grader; Mis' Ella Godwin of CuiniwrKnd county, recon-l and third grades; Mis* Clyde Bryant of Harnett, Aral made; Mr*. L. A Culbreth. of Pal con, malic inJ primary. Frof. Mesaick graduated from Fal con Hoi,new School in 1918, Sign at tended Eton College, from which he graduated last year, and it taking graduate work at the University In the tommer school. Mist Ella Godwin has taught at Oak Ridge for nine yean and three of the other teachers also taught in this district last year. The district committee comprises three men vitally Interested in cdocs itoo, Mr. G. D. Godwin, who is slso interested financially in the furniture business In Winston-Salem; L. W. Jcmlgan, well known in and around Dunn, sad W. C. Williams. Much of the work 1s due to the indefatigable efforts of Mr. Godwin, who has labor ed long and faithfully to get the uehools consol dieted and have the building erected. The truck system Is In operation, mites in each direction from the school, coming to Falcon at one end, and Wtde end Eastovor district at the other. In the matter of equipment, the primary department ha* tables and chairs, and the -other rooms have •ingle desks almost exclusively, and it it the purpose of the committee to have single desks entirely where desks are used. An mcetyUna lighting system has been installed .also gas tank to furnish the truck* directly, and next year it it expected beating and water plants will also ho installed. The music department is also supplied with * piano. The county officials who have visit ed the school ere much pleased with the building. H. E. Norris Dies At Horae in Raleigh Retired Solicitor of Seveath District SetnsiU After Long Pieces Raleigh, Feb. *1—Herbert Ed mend Morris, retired solicitor of the seventh district, died In Rex hoeplta this afternoon following an Ulnae which took him from his last De cember court when he left the ofBci which he had filled 18 years. ledge of hU declining health, tha pow erfal frame of the victim waa ax pacted to p«H him through. Ha wm 63 peare oM in November, but h. had the vigor of one 36 poara hi Junior. Mr. Norria waa barn io Wake am attended collage under Braxton Cra van. He waa graduated In 167# witl honor*, and after paining hi* Ur Ikanae he re to rood t* Wak* W tiea. In 18#0 h* married MU* Mar Bmma Burn*, of Carthago, Harbor Bam* Nani* la the Mrrlvor of tha uniea. Ae pro**cutlng attorney toeeeadln Armiataad Jan** 13 year* ago h wat regarded aa a man of ancorumo power. All tha jadgaa who earn* her paid Mm tha tribute of which hi* m eoalaUt freely gave Mm. They knr no ruporlor. On going out from oftc* ha ha mad* recommend*tian* for botte protection of dapoaltem from bon ofleam. Tha**, had hi* health pant voted, might havo boon embodied 1 Isolation at the pnaant aaaatoa. Tha plant #f th* Guilford Lamb, company and tha lumber yard of | C Bain and Ban nt Oteenabaro Mo, day wan* damaged terpraalmato 6216,600 by Bn. * Matt to a palmetto'* promlaa n thiag la a* weHhlaaa a* a lhaoter 16 kat far ynterdap** Aaw. ■ ASHEVILLE LAWYER ENOCHS! UNCONSCIOUS IN A FIST FICH1 AUievihc, Fob.—WoypaiK* weri i'.'i i'il today (or tlic nrrent of J Srioop Style*, prominent attorney ■ and Harvty Heater an official of i baa company cliargud with uaaault The two men ore alleged U> have ex changed blow* on Patton avenue it the heart of the buaiira vcctu r ii). morning. The light terminated wlui ire attorney wiw knocked unconrcl ous from a blow to the Jaw. Ho era; taken to a physiclan'i office BUIESCREEXFIRF DOES MUCH DAMAGE — - i Two Buildinga Destroyed Witl Estimated Loaa of About $18,000.00 Damage estimated at around $18,' 000 resulted from a fire at Buie'i Creek about 4 o'clock Wodnc*da) morning. The fire ptarted of unknowr origin in the rear of a itoro owner by Upchurch and Collier, devtroyin* tl.o building and clock of good*, to : gether with a »tor» budding oecunlct ! •*;* E. E Mark*. Mr. Mark* saved tlx ; Major portion of hla stork of good; Tito building occupied by the Bant , cf Buie’* Creek and tlie Buie's Creel I department rtore were damagei ■omewhat from heat, though neiUiel the bank fixture* or the stock of thi department Horn were damaged Thi damage to these building* waa cov ered by insurance, while Uprburri and Collier earned I6.S90 Ineuranei on their atoek of good*. It I* laid. The Flying Five Wins First Gam* Du** Team Proves Easy Pichiagi For Sanford Qmint, Local* Scor ing Twice Aa Many Point* Masteriug the Dunn quint in both offensive sod defensive, and lceepinj the ball in (he encaay territory tlx greater part *f the tilts, Bonford'i Plying Five won tho game by tlx local boy* showed their old-time pep end it wa* evident, in a fow mir.ule1 that they ou trial ted their opponents On account of the failure of tin referee to arrive from Raleigh it wa: necemsary to work a substitute. * Sanford furnished the referee for thi Ant half and Dunn for the teconc half. During the first half, while .1 £. Brinn, of Sanford, wa* in charge the score was 10 to 5 in favor of San ford. There were four foul goal ma te by Sanford and two by Dann it tho first half. In the second ha! Holliday, of Dunn, ueted as referee and he either does not know anythin) •boot the game, or else can’t so good for he did not see a single foul although both teams committed mop than one each daring his half, am he declared the halt outside at leas two times when it eras not within tw feet of the tine. During this half San ford made 18 points to Dunns’ 8, an: both team* played a snappy game. Some of the goal shooting Frida night was spectacular It had bee reported to Sanford that Dunn ha an offense that waa hard for its op . p*nents to oolve and the fart that thi j Dunn was said to hare won 17 on i. of 18 games lant color to the rsmoi '] If Dunn had this defense, the quin : did not uncover it, tor at no time wa tha local team in danger. L. Wilton waa the particular ata: ' of tho visitor*. making four flel ■jgoaU. Tha Flying Five had no pai > tioular stars, each ona of tha quir > starring in Hla position. Sanford 1 guards worried tha Dunn oppononl because of their ability id break u I most of their attacks and to send lli ball back to the Dunn end af tl » eourt. Then the forwards would rnak ’ ■ r»«l. increasing the score Hamp Byarly mads ona of tha pre r tiast field goals seen hare In eon t thus. During the second half, rui l nlng at full spaed, ha threw tha bi some It or tO feat and deposited I In the basket s Makepeace seised tha ball from o> II of the Dunn players and drtbbli a! down the court pool tho Dunn ha h koteera, completing the spool seal s play by thoeling goal. Holland has not made a goal in t> d lam two garnet, but than Jim gvar r his goal to w*U that Wa opponan k can't moot JImmla can shoot ‘a r whan ha wants to, but bo bHIovot n lotting tha forwards work at that ai of tho eourt Jamas ia not it i selfish whan it canes to work—I v will always bo found willing to p* the other fsllew hit full share. >' ■ Cathell put up hla usual pap r game aad did same Ana goal ahootlr Bdwin la about as good at Haakotb M ba is at football. H Jonoa la anothar wko waa atari h •* tha fob. Ha and Calk all ptay offensive game, and ean alao ! Baptist Preacher Is Complimented See. Mr. Wall tf CoUtbon, latl' •4 Letter Kran n-Pra4. deiat Wilaan UoJdaboro, Feb. ZU.—Woodrow Wikon ha« written te Dr. Zeno Wall, paator of the Kiral Rnpliat church, coirnr.ontlnn on bi> publiahert aermon, ; ‘‘A New Heaven and a New Earth,” and Goorye W. Truett, of Texet, fre ' qunutly eonildrrnd the grrnteat prea cher of hia danonii nation in the ■ -euth, liaa wilt ton in refaience to hta aermon on "Stirring Up thr Eagla’a , Nret." In hia (rimon on e “New Heaven and a New Earth." Dr. Wall contrast j od the former President with the kai »rr, reforring to tile ex-I’realdent a* a Chriitian trying to help hit country i keep pare with a new eiviliialion while the itai-cr rat pulling at a cig arette and glancing turpiciotaaly (bout lit hia lethv Mr. Wilaan da thired that "auch vvidenctb of appre ciation ehoer my beart.” Mr. Tiaett wrote: ”1 read yottr r-: .non on ’Stir ring Up the Euglc’a Not,' with a great deal of profit anil pleasure.'' Member* of Dr. Wnl”y cl utch are very proud of the fact rhn‘ be haa rocc.vcd such ouU: W .#vV,i.;liao and that two tuck people should take time from a biuy life to writs- him about it GOVERNOR HALS . star common Send* Appointment* On Board to Inveatigate Boat Line to Senate i Gcve-ner Canieton Morrison lut 1 night tranamltuU to U>.* senate ho | appointment* foi the Skip and Water i Transportation Commission, which j order the kill originally propov.,1 by Governor Mor, run would have been charged with the expenditure of a ! bond iaau* of 12,000,000 and lb* op j oration of a Itaie owned ahlp lino bat under the emasculated bill'p*** | of the scheme. Action on confirmation | wia deferred by the Senate until to . day. ! The commifuon -> computed of the following: K. M. Miller. Jr., 1 cotton manufoctu-i'v, Charlotte; W. ' A. Hart, business nan and a .item i ber of the Stale Highway Commit I aioo. Tarboro; A. M. Scales, lawyer, Greensboro; George Stephen*, boai re*j man. Asheville; Charles 8. Wat 1 !*ee, buxines* man. Momkexd City: Dr. D, D Carroll. rirofrasor of Com merer the Univerai y of Sorlh Caro ■ i liitu; Senate, Km ’ett H. Bellamy. I lawyer, Wilmington; Senator J A. 1 Brown, basinets moo, Chadyourn; ■ Dr. J. Y. Joyner, fa; mor Sinus Bu 1 porintendent of Toblic lnsl ruction, 1 I ^Grange. lj Of the two Senate members of ' j the commiaaion. Senator Bellamy war • one of the Introducer* and an anient • champion of the original Mil, while Senator Browr. wc.s one of hi* strong r,o*t opponents anj wh* author of the 1 substitute that was finally adhpted I, Although the only present duty ol '.the commission I* to investigate, ap •; pointmenta were made for terms of two, four and tlx ynars under the -■ provisions of the original bill, viVt 1, were unehangeJ in the substitute. • j The first three named were appoint ed for six yrnrt, the next three for r #_____ _, ,l _ I two year*.—Rslelgtt News and Ob * ] fervor. » PERSONAL ENCOUNTER * IS NARROWLY AVERTED p -• e Fayetteville, Feh. IS.--A pentonn * _ encounter of no mean proportion! wae arorteil by court attendant# I counsellors. witnoneo and ipaetaton l*| in tho recorder's court when H. L «. Brothers ami V. C. Ballard, opposlni .* conned engaged !a a sharp tilt tha II resulted ia Mr. Bullard's shaking hi It flat at Mr. Brothora. | Tha latter aelaed a chair sad raise. * It, whan the tv/o antagonists wer •* surrounded and eaparatod. Both o *" tho attorneys are men of power fa >rl build and both have reputations a [ »rrappers. * j Messrs. Brothers and Ballard eael ,! »P« logtsed to the court sad to aael 14 other. m __ a depended on to be at the right place id on tha eeurt daring a game. 11 To an oatnlder it woald seem the •• Benford's waak point is In shoot** re goals. Our hoys surpassed Dana I i overy deportment ooceept this on. >T If tho Dum. quint hod been on g. equals la the other departments « >11 tha gaam, the score would hove has In their fever. Tha Flying Five ha ya (ha knack of breaking op their eltee a before they could shoot a fteld gee ►e —Caroline Banner. MORRIS BELIEVES SOUTH IS PfOPER PLACE FOR NEGRO 1“ Short Addrtii flora Noted Nogro Orator P|m|i For Racial • Says Future OfjNegro Remains In The South ''In No Section of tho Country Do— tho Whit*jMan Show Moro Into root fat tho Nogro ood tho Gen or all Wolf aro of tho Nogro Raco JTKaa in tho Sonlh," tho Spotter Doclar "In i>o eeetion of thfcooht-jr doe* the wliito men '.how item toteiest in the nogio *»d the ggteral welfare of the n*gro rare *h*o^a tie Sooth." declared C. S Morriaj noted nogro p- »ker c' Norfolk, Va^ yho dolhror -d an aiWreaa at K. X. Zion charch in Dunn Tu^gy .evrnkng. The gpcakiT n-aehed thfc cottclueloa. he gilded, after ranking * toar of nil the Southern States g^d etadytng ,1mt haail the condition* uiiticr in these Stale*. "Neither have I found, any section of Up country wbor* pc negro take* mor* interest ia him-1 -elf and hi* rs-c than |«>hc South,". •he tpeaker continaeg. * Wide the speaker not an nounce any specific ahbjoct upon rhich he based hi* addsua. be baaed his talk laregly on Nsw Negro In d>e New Ago." in Rationing h*I said hu address would deal with gv '•rythinp In general and nothing in, particalar. Ths futaia £f tha nsgro.1 raid the speaksr. is largtey In hi* own hand*. It is up to the s^gro to work out his own problem*. ^ He appealed to the ygibiri of hU race to learn how to seal] a*, how to die. It is issck ba prepar ed to die right, he a^^gnd added that H 1* lust asmgUnt to ha wn^tfTTdcp only a* R*Mt great tZTJi •* build upon. Th* speaker told at bow the negro aa a re^e is Inclined , to imitate tbs white man. This eras, branded as a mistake upon the part' of the negro and the speaker urged th# Importance of tha negro trying to Imitate th# greatest men of (ketr own race, instead of th* gTaateat men of the white race. Tha negroes should fo»d proud of themselves and the achievements of their raee. The cardinal thing in the future welfare of the negro race is racial pcac#, continued the »peakcr. Tha negro has nothing to tght with and th# white man has nothing to fignt for, he said. AJ1 over ths Sooth theto arc white men who ai* determined that justice shall be done the negro In order that jastiee to*y be done to themselves. The future of the segro race re mains in the South, said Morris, who added that the great negro leaders of th# future will com# from the South. He took oeeasiaa to denounce the northern press, which never aise ot an opportunity to play up a lynch ing that occurs in th* tooth, but re frains from publishing accounts of the good which the negro receives at the hands of the Southern white man. The Drot* ae a whole, h* said, should rise more publicity to the good thing* which the negro nee Towipllth**. Morris it n young men, bat a force ful and eloquent speaker. who rank* a* on* of the beet negro era tor* in the country. He held hi* audience spell-bound while (peaking here and hi* tddreea should ha** been heard by more af Dunn'* colored popula tion, as well aa sstirte*. MRS. VIRGINIA LASSITER DIES IN HER 77th YEAR IN BROADWA1 Sanford, Feb. 71.—Mr*. Virginia Lassiter, 77, died nt her home it , Broadway Monday morning and wt buried at Shallow Wed church Toe* day aftarnooa, her paMor, Ber. Mr , Carr, af Broadway*eondacting thi I «ervico. She s*u» taken auddenly n ; last Thuraday from which attack ah , never ralllod. Her boakand, W. 0 Lassiter, died SO year* ago. , I The deeeeoed sraj a devout mom J her af the Broadway Preabytariai 1 church aad a must aatfmable lad] , Ten children eurvtre her; E I i La**iter, WlMton-Slo**; Mtt M. A McLeod, Lemon Spring*; C. E Load t tar. Broadway; Mi** Margaret Load I tor , Broadway, Sheriff D. 1 a Luaaatter, Sanford; M. E Load i, tor, A1 poena. Fa; W. B. Lamivr r Broadway; 0. C. Laa*lt»r. Boult fly* f Marie, Mich.; Mr*. Haul Me Kay, aa n B. H. Lent ter wt LilUagton. Alao tw i • brother*, E T. Stmf—h, Wlnatoi k\Salem, and K. A. Btnadwtlt. ArfSu< I. ton, M. J., all of wham were la a atUadancr at tM <W—L Col. P. M. Pearsall Dies At New Bern CWIrau •< State >«ad af DatUm to AMaek af New Bern, Teh. fO.—Colonel P. M. Peanall, chert man af the state board of elections, died at his hems bars •ariy today following a week's 10 nca with pc so mania. Colonel Pearsall eras taken 0) at RrJelgh last Tuesday. He returned to hi.. Hearn hero Tuesday and ynsune nu dcvclopod on Wedneadsy. Colonel Pearsall eras wsl! known in political and Masonic circles throughout the state. He was kora In Sampson county, but spout much of his lilt in Jones county. He tarred, at superintendent of education In Jones county for a number af years and also rep rose® tod that county la the lower branch of the legislature at one tune. He took aa active pan la the campaign of Charles B. Ayeeek for governor and served fear yean ad private secretary to Governor Ay-; cock. He had been chairman of the; state board of elections for about two year*. J He it survived by bis.widow sad* one sen. Funeral services will be held from tks PrsahvtsrUn rknrv»V> kan. »C 4 o'clock tomorrow a ft* moon. j MANY DEFENDANTS BEFORE RECORDER WUt* Mu Sto>t«oc*d to P— ud Whit* Worn to County Jail A number of law-violaton faced Eeeordor B. I.. Godwin yesterday an Charge* of various kind* In foot, the large number of earn* tried the DUB I ter of witaecMo aad epoctaton and the array of eeanoil gave tk* local, coart the appearance of a Superior eoart Barton. J J. W. Barefoot and Barak Basie wer» found guilty of immoral a#n-j duct. Barefoot bdug aintnal to t yuan on tha rondo aad Ink I* •mmmrnmmmmmmmtftmtmmm Both gave notice of appeal and and* bond for their apponruace In tk* higher court at the Kay term. Wart) Bryant aad C. T. Stewart both were found guilty of two charge*—disorderly conduct and an affray—judgment being (impended in each ease open payment of the coot Cornelia Williams. Degrees, waa found not guilty of larceny. H. E. Kdwanti and G. II. Jcmigaa wore taxed with the coot on the charge of being drunk. Bl-ke Guy wm taxed with th* coot on the charge of a bon do Wa wilt and children. John Small, nogro, wm* aBowod to go free upon payment of the coot an the charge of carrying a concealed weapon—th* mnalleat piotol over ex hibited in the local court. Thl* pat* tlrulnr file ana, which Chief of Po lice W. F. Dawaon recently "took off” Small, had more of th* appear ance of a toy piotol than a deadly weapon. It meaawrerl leu than four iwvmi in icniui um • dib obi* M bad to bo “trimmed dowa" in or der to sat U to pnsa through the barrel of tha gun. Mr. B. C. Lucas Died At His Home Wednesday Waa Wail bm Famar Of Tha Dvaa Platelet—Paaaaaaia Caaae af PaaB B. C. Local, ared M put, died Wednaeday at hla home, tea mllei t treat of Dana death moulting fran pr ic mania. Deceaoed la nnhtd b] | hia oecand wife and a lx ehildraa. Th< | faneral waa conducted at the (ftti I yratrrday at idt y. at. by lit I Chariot Jahnaon af Banaon and in I larmant waa mada in tha family earn alary. Mr. Luca a. who oral wall ksm >' throughout thl* aaction, amt aha1 through a (dam window la hie hew aerao ten wreka ago and roterat i much from waanda which ware can I aldarad aortaaa at tha time. Be ape > name tlma in • (ayattrrilla hoapMa ■ after ha waa that and It waa afta • ha returned to hla horn that ha ten - traded pneumonia. It la thought tha i the ilianaee which prwred fatal wi . brought on aa a ruauM af Bt ga . that waundi. .j It wfll be roc ailed that Loraa wi (hot addle in Ida home, the land « • boelc-ehet being fired through a arti L dew and taking effect In Mr. Luca • face, each mid a beet. It haa pen baaa learned who fried the phot tin r meat likely reeultad In Mu death « i Luc Mi and na arraot baa beea nte p In eoanectien with the oheettag. p » f W. H. Dacia, waU-knew* rated* r af Ml OBao died Burutay night, h tearing an (Nnem of eeceral mewthe. ! DANCER GETS SU.OOC FOR DISFIGURED NOSI | Hew York, Fab. 2$.—Florence M Glover, a ballet dancer at the Metro | poiltas Opera hoaac, vac award* i $15,000 today against a Sib « jbaauty apaalaliato who contracteJ U radoce die abe af k.r iwe» to con form with standards art by aathor tie* ob puleWtwda. After .ubedttlnp to IrwOneaU. the plaintiff okatgod, bar naaa waa dlaffirared, lei face vcj corerad with lamps and bar nppei lip paralysed. COTTON POOLS TO CLOSE MARCH 20 of Co Opamhai Orffar Ckb, D*. . lireriaa Fools of members of the North Carolina Cotter Crsnn Co-opcra tire Association win be dosed March SO. it was annoaneed yesterday, fal lowlnf the monthly meeting at the hoaid of directors. AD deliveries of cotton otter Iks' date will he Inflated lr. pools for rem season, It is stated, aa it will be Impracticable to start new poali this season far last year's craps. Under tbs pian of operation for tha association, all members bavin* the. tame grade and staple of cotton •rill receive the tame price. All money received for rales, Jen the expense of making rales, w31 be returned to the gra^sn. Cotton continued Us opwanl^eias yesterday ami reached another new k-'jh record, the highest price since it began to tumble back in the early part of lMO. The eo-eperativci And themeoirer la a good position U take advantage of tbs rising priest, as tka association still bra considerable cotton on band. Arrangements for increased ware house space next ssaaon were dls •nosed bp the directen, and other plans for eaUrgiog tbs raeflitira of tbs Msedntie* wort aha tshon op.— Will Extend Lin— Ftaaa For Estes dies Fa Fa jvttcvi lie, Fab. 20—■The eaten ties ef their Unes to Heps Kills asi the min villages lying between that place and Fayetteville, on era at and to Manchester oa the west, k announced bp oflefcds of the Cop* Fear Railways, be. here. In add! tien to those imports* t extensions which have been authorised bp Um directors and on which work wffl bo gin at pact, C. P. Harris, genera maaagsr. announces that sup rids ser vice will be added immediately, i contract with the Americas Exp res company bp which the Capo Fra Railways Id empowered to handle ex proas shipments to all potato oa theii lines at which there Is no express of See, was signed yesterday bp Mi Harris, and an express ear for thi handling of this service has been or dared. It Is andorwtood that srrai^vmvat to Snanco the oxtoasho addition planned hp the company have si read bees made and that nil i smfsl com plotion is practically assured. The Hi said add largely to the ascfulnos and value of the tractiea Una, wMel .new operates between this dtp am ! Fort Bragg. Hope Mills, which oec sit* of two mill town* Mrio# ■ cow blaad population of 1,800. is Indui Wily tha moot important town 1 Cumberland county aatrida of Fa] attovlll*. Batwaaa FayettanrflU an Bapa Mm* am tha Putt**, Tola: Hart and Victory mill riBagee, a ' thriving cemmanltiee. Manchester .ana af tha aldaai aad moat proape I oaa noauaaaltlaa la tha aaantg. I Mr. Karri* formally chief diapa char of (h« Norfolk Seathar* mi road, hat lafamd now Ufa lata U I Oap* Faar railway* aad tha pump at af *a tmatlaa rnmpisy am a* i mry bright. I — r SEARCH WARRANT NOT mbcxssaky m booze l CASES, BULKS JUDC * ... ■ '■ ■ Atlanta, Fab. IL—Jadg* Sama H. Siblay af (ha United State* «** ■ tor (ha northern district *f Georai f declared la a stataawnt hem to* • that prohMtton oStoars hare a “pc t fartly legal right" to aaamh aa r atom eateosable* aa public Mgbwa t "without saarrh warraat* If th ( harm aatdaaaa that loads thewi to a ntimtV- bollaf that a crime la 1 Ing eenmdtted to their preoewes." Jedge Siblay dlajaaard. (be roec it rail*# af Jadga WoKam K. Barm I- af Om saerthar* diatrirt af Oaaag to ahlslr Xndga Bamtt waa quoted BODY OF MISSING MANBRECOVERED ! Mm£, I Tw Mm. of E. k. - mu of : Tutarjr, Ga., w»* mysteriously dis appeared from Lambertor, Ithscsa ; ttutr. on At, night of April 10, loot y«r w*. found ahowt 200 yard, from a Mb':Ic highway aad throe gaartan of a mil* tram Perkton Monday of j trio weak. The skeleton waa discorer «d by Chalrasrs Edwards, who waa hunting rabbits. Edwarde reported hu ted to Bhtriff B. E. Lewis at Lum heriaa and tfcs sfcektou waa identlf led by the remnant* of elotWag, a watch and a fountain pool A Ford roadlater award aad drives by fttepperd was found la a ditch bn*Ida tha Charlotte - Wilmington highway, one milv soatfc of Lumber •*»- •» tha morning of April II. Hie relative# went advised of hi# sadden disappearance aad two of Me brothers and others of hli kinsmen mm to Lomberton and agent several days ♦-arching ter the body. Lumber river, nearby where thf abandoned cor was foond, was dragged and dynamited, otter streams ware also dragged aad a thorough scour of the aurraondiag woods aad iwamps srai made la a fruit Vs# effort to locate tha body of v the minting man. The only trail found wu hi* band bag, which was located *n a pond af water, some throe mOaa from wham the ear was run Into the (Leek. Detoe tire* were put to week ee »■* CM*, Wet at the rt mates eoald km b* located, no anwtto were made. Bhoppetd wet a man of areaad M yean of ace sad wat to Robooen eoanty hr the piiyat af to 11 art!ay far lightning red* laid several months before. He wet known to have had icvairel hundred daltors ou hto'paia— whta ha dlaappcaiad sad aba had •S.COO worth af aotoa wMh him. Hie wife aad a I poor aid mm totor Sheppard** raauum wata found 21 ™n't* from the place where Me aban doned ear was found, b b aappamd that the unfortunate ataa was non derad for kb mosey, a hale to kb skull indicating that ho had bora shot in the head with a St-calibre pbtoL Lake Britt, J5-yaar-old white awn and a jitney driver and Dock Roller. ' a nacre of about the amt ag«, ware arrested immediately after the fiad Inf of Sheppard’* remain* and placed ‘ in the Rebee on county jail without | bail. According to the iBw of Be beaor. county, there b ttrang evideaca against the two men snooted, Britt havir.g been aeon with Sheppard the day before he disappeared. Relative* of the dead man came to f l.uirUrton Wednesday aad the bones were taken to bio farmer heme at ’ Doc run. Om., whore they watt tutor red almost a year after his death. I Concord Girls Weds Former Diplomat Wk Cowaa Daosabavy BvUs af NaOs Qimi la Ms Soawad WHe Portland. Ha., Feb. 20. _ Kalb Cron former Untied Statee diplomat, who bitterly contested (he divorce proceeding* brought by Ms flat wife. Madeline Muter* Cron, sister of Ed ««' Le* Mantow, the poet. In which ’ riic ni granted an ab relate dhraree 1 and custody of a minor ebOd, baa ' married agate km than tern months 1 elapsing rince h'.s divorce ’ Tie bride la Sadi* Cowan Down- ' > bery, a Southern beauty, aad the > coramoay to porfonaod in St. feme* ' Lutheran church, New Yerk city by tba lev. Dr. Khymaydar. lie bride ' come* from a wealthy Soathorn fmn - Uy aad she is prominent in social life ' in Concord, N. C., where her per pis * tosMe. ' Ore* described her la a teiegrmm to frleads here at a snob* of mm beaaty, bln. ayae and dash Ur, and said dw bad spent saaab than Ueeel ing. They are at present biatymssw 1 tog t* Near Terb aad wtS lea?* aettt week for the bride's beam la fee |J South hind. The present Mrs. Cm, * who bow BMkaa beg hem* hen., hi ‘c unknown to the flat Mre. Orem. r - Oim thteg you ran web sSoH to * leave to the other fellow wpn,. y holding that prohibition adfeem bad el na right to tearth aa automobile wMfc i- oat a warraht, under may etreem I staacea. Judge SMoy aaU hi* om it meat was band entirely « great *. d'rpetcbesj that b* bad not yet te a, eehred a oopy ef Mgs liuND do* to drlea.

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