W.P. McAllister Elected Illegally, Says Judge Allen; Case Appealed, Feb. 11, 1920

From The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., February 11, 1920

Welfare Head Held Illegally Elected

Lumberton, Feb. 1—W.P. McAllister, who has been serving as county welfare officer in Robeson, was declared illegally elected, the office declared vacant by Judge O.H. Allen, when the case started against Mr. McAllister by J.N. Buie of Red Springs, was argued before him on an agreed statement of facts. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court.