Remains of Arthur Roland Still Not Located, April 27, 1925

Remains of Negro Drowned Saturday Cannot be Located. . . “Drowning Creek” Refuses to Give up Dead—Dynamite Used in Effort to Bring Up Body—Inability to Swim in Swift Current Given as Cause. . . Comrades Frightened and Fled Instead of Helping

Remains of Arthur Rowland, young negro boy who was accidentally drowned late Saturday afternoon in Lumber river about 1 mile south of Lumberton had not been recovered, according to latest information from the scene of the drowning.

Inability to swim in the swift current is attributed as the cause of the drowning. Several colored boys were in swimming at the time, and it is stated that when Rowland was seen to go down the other boys became frightened and instead of rescuing him left the scene. Rowland was about 17 years old.

Every possible means have been resorted to in an effort to locate the body, several sticks of dynamite being used yesterday afternoon. Large crowds of people have visited the scene.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, April 27, 1925

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