Word: lumberton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. William Isaac Purvis, 66, who was hanged for murder in 1894, escaped death when his head slipped through the noose, was later pardoned; of heart disease; in Lumberton, Miss. Twenty-six years after his near-execution, when another man confessed to the murder for which Purvis was convicted, Mississippi voted Will Purvis a shamefaced $5,000 "for services rendered to the State...
...State College at Raleigh. Except for salt, pepper, sugar and coffee the menu was entirely North Carolinian: shrimps from Southport, clams from Wilmington, turkeys from Durham, sausages from Kinston, mushrooms from Charlotte, onions from Wilson, corn (pone) meal from Maxton, milk from Pinehurst, walnuts from Madison County, pecans from Lumberton. Lucky Strikes from Reidsville, Chesterfields from Durham. Among the favors were knitted underwear from Winston-Salem, homespun suits from Biltmore, hosiery from Morganton, coughdrops (Vick's) from Greensboro, thread from Gastonia...
...Lumberton, N. C., "Bing" Frank Wishart thus announced his candidacy for sheriff of Robeson County: "I hereby announce myself for sheriff of Robeson County, subject to the Democratic primary in June. My platform will...