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SUPERIOR COURT.
Criminal Term Closed Last Evening
Not Much Work to Do Rapist Gets
15 Tear in penitentiary Civil
Court Next Week.
The week's term of Superior Court
for the trial of criminal cases which
convened Monday, Judge C. C. Lyon
presiding, came to a close last evening
There was very litle business demand
ing the attention of the court. A civil
term of one week will begin next Mon
day, Judge Lyon presiding.
At a brief session last night Jim
Cotton, who plead guilty of assault
with intent to commit rape, was sen
tenced to 15 years in the State pent
tentiary. Sheriff Lewis left with him
for Raleigh this morning. The victim
of his assault was Jeddie May Bris
tow, and it occurred on the ii5th of
last June.
Julia McLelland, charged with kill
ing her infant child; plead guilty of
manslaughter; 6 months in jail, with
leave to commissioners to hire out.
At the session last night the judg
ment previously entered in the case
against D. B. McNeill, mentioned be
low, was ordered stricken out.
Tom McLaughlin, retailing; mis
trial. D. B. McNeill, failure to work
roads; plead guilty; judgment sus
pended on payment of costs. Dally
Sampson, carrying concealed weapon;
plead guilty; judgment suspended on
Sayment of costs. David Godbolt vs.
lartha Godbolt; divorce granted on
. Scriptural grounds. John Archie
Campbell, crime against nature; plead
guilty of forcible trespass; $2.5 and
cost. Buddie Faison, assault with
'deadly weapon; plead guilty; prayer
for judgment continued on payment
of costs. Durham Dees, assault with
deadly weapon; guilty; 25 fine and
costs and defendant to give $100 bond
to appear for 12 months and show
good behavior. Defendant threw brick
bat (last February) which struck
horse being driven by C. M. Prevatt
of Lumberton, this being due to some
troubleof long standing. Bill, Tom
and Odell Sweat, assault with deadly
weapon; plead guilty; judgment sus
pended on payment of costs. B. Mc
Queen, retailing; plead guilty; judg
ment suspended on payment of costs.
Henry Oxen Jine, assault with deadly
weapon plet. I guilty; prayer for
judgment continued on payment of
of costs, defendants to give a joint
and Candace Oxendine and Eliza Lock.
lear, retailing; plead guilty; prayer
for judgment continued on payment
of costs, defendant to give a oint
bond of $300 to appear for 2 years
and show that tney have not sold any
whiskey. Lewi s Scott and Mattie
Mays, fornication and adultery; not
guilty. Will Douglas, larceny; plead
guilty; judgent uSpenaed. Will Doug
lass and Jim Hays, larceny; plead
guilty; 12 monthj on roads.
Aman Loclear, disposing of mort
gaged property; plead guilty; judg
ment suspended on payment of costs.
John B. Sweat, Manslaughter; plead
guilty; 12 montns n jail, with leave to
commissioners to ;nre out for costs.
Killed a small ch !d of his brother,
supposed to have been accidental.
Grillin Lewis, carrying concealed
weapon; plead g :l y; judgment sus
pende don payment of costs. Frank
Dunn; plead guilty; judgment of re
corder confirmed. Ernest Hardin, nui
sance; plead guilty; -rayer for iudg
ment continued on p .yment of costs,
defendant to g.'ve $i00 bond and ap
pear at November t?rm, 1914, and
show that he has no. drunk any li
quor. Troy Roberts, assault with
deadly weapon; prayer for judgment
continued on piynvmt cf costs during
good behaviour. Hvgh Graham, as
sault with deadly wjEDcn; prayer for
judgment continued on payment of
costs. Jim Cotlon; plead guilty of
assault with intant to commit rape.
Arch Pittman, murde-; not guilty.
Killed Walter Harper la: July. Prov.
ed that deceased shot f.rs-
Many cases have been c mtinued and
nol pros, with leve or otherwise,
has been entered as to risry others.
GOOD ROADS DAYS
Jot Much Work in Robeson Esti
mated that 75,000 Tut m .1 Out in
Entire State Yesterday..
Very little road work was done in
Robeson yesterday as a resJt of the
KJovernor's call for two days of work,
at least so far as has bean reported.
Nobody turned out in Lumberton
township. It is about the ume to
day. This is not due to lack of pa
triotism but to two cans?.-,: under
the county's road law everybody has
to work the roads two days dur ng the
year or pay $2, id there is too much
cotton in the fields to take any c lances
on leaving it during such pretty
weathev.
It is estimated that 75,000 men and
boys turned out for road work
throughout the State yesterday, and
that the work in the western part of
.the State was worth some $20,000.
Governor Craig worked on he roads
near Asheville.
Virtue of Salting Corn Away.
Mr. Dan H. Britt of Back Swamp
was among the visitors in town yes
. terday. Mr. Britt says that to put a
little salt in corn when putting it in
the barn will keep the corn from get
ting dry, make the shucks worth more,
ana also help to keep away wee
vils. Death of Mr. A. A. Thaggard of Pem
broke. Mr. A. A. Thagard died at his hone
Pembroke Monday of heart failure.
Deceased was about 70 years o!d, hav
ing served in the Civil War. The re-
; mains were interred in the family
burying ground near St.. Paul's yes.
, terday.
Subscribe for The Robesonian.
SPECIAL TERM ASKED FOR.
Commissioners Ask for Special Term
of Court to Begin December 1
Iownship Hearing 17th Other Pro
ceedhtgs of Commissioners' Meeting
Held Over.
Owing to the crowded condition of
the; paper today report of the routine
business transacted at the reeula
monthly meeting of the county com
missiopers Monday is held ovei for
;.e.vt Monday's paper.
At this meeting it was decided to
petition Governor O-irg toorder
special 4-veeks term oi civil court
to bugin Decjnibcr 1, ovvir ? to the ac
cumulation of cases on the docket, this
being made necessary by reason of the
tact, heretofore mentioned in The
Robesonian, that the recent session
of the Legislature passed an act re.
pealing by implication the regular
December term of Robeson court and
giving the first week to Hoke coufi-
ty.
A number of men who advocated
and others who oppose the formation
of the proposed township of EIrod ap
pearea Deiore tne tsoara Monaay, out
no decision was made and the matter
was continued for a hearing at
special meeting of the commissioners
to be held on the 17th inst.
GRAND JURY'S REPORT
Only Four Bills For Consideration
A Number of Recommendations
Made.
The grand jury made its report yes
terday afternoon and was discharged.
The report is in substance as fol
lows:
Visited jail in a body and found it
well keDt. Prisoners all seem healthv
and well provided for. Ten prisoners,
one lunatic. Recommended that jail
roof, which seems to leak in two or
more daces, be repaired. Called UDon
auditor for reports 6f justices of the
peace, found 73 justices, 21 of whom
have reported, 52 having failed to
make report. Visited county offices,
found them well kept and officers in
charge obliging and accommodating.
Recommend that clerk s ofhee be fur
nished with files and that a metal
bookcase be furnished for the court
room. Kecommend an additional type.
writer for office of register of deeds
and more shelving for the vault base
ment of the register s office; also a
typewriter each for sheriff's office, au
ditor's office and treasurer's office. Re
commend: employment of janitor to
keep court house in more sanitary
condition (a hard nut: every grand
jury recommends same); for grand
turv room, hat and coat racks, wa
ter cooler and table for some, drinking
glasses; that court house be closed at
night. Visited chain gang by commit
tee, found 69 prisoners, who seem to
be well taken care of. Kecommend
purchase of one more iron cage for se
curing prisoners at night. Health
and sanitary conditions good. Com
mittee found county home well kent;
13 inmates, 9 white, 3 colored, 1 In
dian. Some carpenter woik needed
at home and recommend that it be at
tended to at once. Had for conside
ration 4 bills, found 3 true bills and
1 not true bill.
TAMMANY MEETS DEFEAT.
Mitchell, Fusion Candidate, Elected
Mayor or Mew York Democratic
Governors Sleeted in Three Slates
More Democratic Than Republican
Victories Recorded in Tuesday's
Elections.
'rest Dispatch, 5th.
Democratic Governors were elected
esterdav in each State in which the
office was filled Massachusetts, New
Jersey and Virginia. With tha excep.
tion of New York state, where the
Tammany. Pemocracy was severely re
buked, more Democratic than Repub
lican victories w-re recorded at the
polls.
Maryland elected a Democratic
United States Senator, Blair Lee. Of
the four National representatives
elected throughout the country, three
wen democrats. The exception was
C. D. Paig in the third district, Massa.
I'uvetts.
In Massachusetts there wis a Dem
ocratic landslide. Lieut. Gov David 1.
Vish was chosen Governor by a plu
lality of 53,691, the largest ever given
a Democratic candidate for office. Mr.
Walsh carried with him into office
every democratic candidate on the
State ticket with the possible excep
tion of the Attorney General.
Th Tammany Democracy in New
York was condemned in a manner
which left litle solace to the leaders.
John Purroy Mitchell the fusionist,
was elected mayor of New York, lead
ing Edward E. McCall, the Tammany
candidate, by 121,209 votes. William
Sulzer, deposed Governor of the
State was returned to the Assembly
from New York City. The New York
State Assembly will be safely Re
publican. In New Jersey James I Felder,
Democrat, was elected Governor with
a plurality of about 22,000 over the
Republican candidate and the Demo
crats will control both Houses of the
Legislature.
Monument Unveiling November 9.
The monument unveiling at Antioch,
Hoke county, by the Woodmen of the
World, at the grave of the late sover
eign A. II. McKeazie, who was a
member of Maple Camp 227 at Red
Springs, mentioned in Monday's Robe
sonian, will take place Sunday after
noon, November 9, at 3 o'clock.
At Sumter, S. C, Tuesday Mrs. Geo.
F. Epperson received a painful flesh
wound in a leg when a pistol drop
ped from the pocket of policeman J.
M. Lawrence and was discharged as
it struck the pavement. The officer
was cranking the lady's auto when his
pistol dropped.
BACK SWAMP ITEMS
School Begins With Good Aattendance
Potato and Cotton Crops Short,
Corn Good Singing School Closes
Other Items.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. F. D. 3, No 5 Miss
Gussie Britt visited friends in Row
land Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Sallie Thompson of Lumber
ton began school here Monday with
a very good attendance. Miss Thomp
son is an excellent teachd and il our
talvurs will co-operate vtb he and
we feel sure they will, will give us
a good school.
Everyone seems to be digging pota
toes this week. The crop through this
section is unusually poor this season.
Cotton is pretty well gathered and
most farmers say they will get about
one-half of an average crop. Corn is
fairly good.
Mr. W. F. Prevatt of Buie's has
just closed a very succescful skigini'
school at Back Swamp church. Mr.
I rovatt has sho vn trine he .s a good
ii.; iructor an 1 is clas : has made rap
id progress .tr.J has h.:e.n greatly ben
efitted by his teaching. We trust that
our young people will be more inter
ested in music in the future.
So far as this scribe knows, Mr.
Jennings does not buy cotton on the
streets in Lumberton. We never
knew him in recent years, to make
any effort to buy cotton there at all.
There is a man therethat claims to
grade coton for him or his mills, but
1 did not know that he ever bought
any cotton. Perhaps Mr. Jennings
pays good prices, as he says he does,
for the Robeson county staple, and as
we understand, he buys from the mer
chants, and it is just possible that the
merchants are the ones that get the
benefit of the said prices. However,
we never knew a buyer in Lumberton
to bid against a merchant for cotton
on the streets as they do at some other
markets. At Fairmont the bidding be
tween the buyer and the merchants is
very sharp and this co-operation is
most assuredly appreciated by the
farmers of this section. If I am not
correct in this, will some one who
knows better give the actual facts in
the case.
Miss Quessie Prevatt began teach
ing near Long Branch church Monday.
Miss Elyee lownsend, who has been
quite sick with bronchal pneumonia,
is able to be out again.
Along Route 4 Much Cotton in the
Fields.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, K. b. D. 4, Nov. 4
The farmers of this section are most
done gathering their corn, but there is
a great deal of cotton in the field yet.
Public school began here Monday
with Miss Alma lloyd of Fairmont,
as teacher. Miss Annie Rice is on
the sick list.
Mr. James Britt, who lives near
Smyrna, spent the week end with his
cousin Mr. Charrlie Barnes. Mr. Lu
ther Huggins of Baarnesville is visit
ing relatives and friends at this
place We are sorry to note the death
of Mr. Henry W. Ivey. He had been
in bad health for some time. He
spent his last days with his daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James
Branch. He leaves a host of friends
and relatives to mourn his death.
Our ladies missionary society is pro
gressing nicely. Prayermeeting every
Sunday night at 7 o'clock.
Out Barker's Way Movements
of
the People.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, K. b . u. l, Nov. 4 we
are having some pretty weather which
is very good on the farmers that are
gathering corn and potatoes. Mrs.
Catherine Inman and two children,
Miss Rubie and Master Northrop, of
Barker's are spending a few days
with Mrs. Inman s daughter, Mrs.
Pearl Gillis of Laurinburrg. Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Howell are all smiles:
t's two babies. Mr. and Mrs. Kellie
Regan and son, Master Vernon, of
Satsuma Heights, Florida, spent last
week with relatives at Barker's. They
were accompanied back to Florida by
Mr. Regan's aunt, Miss Laura Meares.
School opened at Barker's Monday.
Mr. Lonnie Powers of len Mile, who
has been going to school at Wake For
est, spent a few days with home folks
on account of being sick with fever.
Orrum Occurrences.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Orrum, Nov. 4 rarmers are mak
ing use of fine weather, gatheing
their crops. The "tater" crop seems
to be short in this community. Miss
Myrtle Ashcroft and Miss
Emily Huntley spent the week end at
their home in Wadesboro. Miss Ina
Edwards spent Saturday and Sunday
visiting friends at Bladenboro.
Messrs Stinson Powell and Ihomas
Surles were visitors in Chadbourn
Friday. Miss Dovie Prevatt spent
the week-end with home folks. at Lum
berton. Miss Esther Faircloth of
Conway arrived in town Monday to
spend a few days with her friend
Mrs. A.J. Surles Messrs. B.L. and W.
Floyd were business visitors
in
Fairmont Saturday.
Dr. N. A. Thompson, proprietor of
the Thompson hospital, who is doing
special post-graduate work In surgery
in New York, expects to return home
about the 20th inst.
H. D. Ely, of Bantam, O., suffered
from horrible ulcer on his foot for four
years. Doctor advised amputation.
But he refused and reluctant
ly tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a
last resort. He then wrote: "I used
your salve and my foot was soon com
pletely cured." Best remedy for
burns, cuts, bruises and eczema. Get
a box today. Only 25c. All druggists
or by mail. II. E. Bucklcn i Co.,
Philadelphia, or St. Loui.
LUMBER BRIDGE NEWS BATCH
A Ghostly Time on Hallowe'en
Personal Mention.
Correspondence of The Robesonian. ,
l imber Bridge, Nov. 5 -Quite a
number of our people have b-ci n;.
tcdii.g the fairs held recent. y both a
Ra'eigh and at Fayettevilu Miss
Bestic Hamer of the schoo' faculty,
left Wednesday toattend the fail.
ing he'd at Bennettsville thH week
Messrs. Arthur Chason and Pram Ba
ker are spending the week f.ici-. also
with tlur autos. They ar-: accom
odating ojr South Carolina ir;er-la b
carrying them to and from the fciir.
If one had not known that last Fri
day tiiht was the time for the ap.
pearar.ee of the hobgoblins, he might
easily have been fnghtenoa out of
iiis vi tt by their appearance here in
many E:u.pes and forms. Black ia's.
with mouthful meows and fearful
shrieks, ghost with their solemn
countenances bespeaking death and
.hades of the otner world were every,
where visible. All of these mat at
the school house for a general frolic
which they indulge in every year at
this season. They wentthrough their
grotesque and weird performances
there untilthe midnight hour, at which
time they scattered to parts unknown.
Mr. Delton Wright of South Caro
lina visited his uncle Mr. Dan Sin
clair Sunday. The following spent
Tuesday in Fayettville: Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Clifton. Miss Marv CI f ton
and Mrs. Lillie McGougan. Friends
were shaking hands with Mr. J. T.
Bynum of Hope Mills here on the
streets Wednesday. Mr. Walter
Fisher and sister of St. Paul's spent
Sunday with Miss Glenn Bennett.
Miss Mary Klarpp of Battleboro spent
the week-end with Mrs. Ed. Clifton.
LONG BRANCH LOCALS
Large School Attendance Cotton
Crop Short and Potatoes Rotting
New Residences Selling Tobacco
Death of .11 W. Ivey
Lumberton, R. F. D. 4, Nov. 5-The
school at Long Branch began Monday
with Miss Alma Floyd the teacher,
There were many scholars to begin
L? Wx!!!S.toJ
ail asaiouiub. occiiio iiac uic luiii-
pulsory law is doing good right in the
beginning Farmers are having a
hard time to get their cotton picked,
: i 4.i,; iui me tuwicu lace 111 oauuie xiee
though it is short crop in this sec- townshiPf and Supt. p00le was Instruc
tion. Several farmers have dug their . :'..!.: ' . t
potatoes and lots of them are rot
ting in the ground, which is going to
cut the crop short next spring for the
city market. Mr. D. G. Lawson is
building a new six room house. Mr.
F. C. Britt is building a new house.
Mr. Stafford of Greensboro was
fWh ko lacl wonV collinfr tW.
co to the farmers. He has been sell
ing tobacco through here for several
years and says his sales were the best
yet. He sold about 1700 pounds in
one day
This community was saddened last
Saturday by the death of one of its
beloved citizens, Mr. Henry W. Ivey.
Mr. Ivey was about to years old and
one whom everybody loved. He always
knew how to entertain the young and
the old. He was a veteran in the war
and therefore could entertain the ;
young by telling some of his exper. '
lences. He was a member ox the Big '.
Branch church. He leaves one sister
and tnree daughteis and nve sons to
mourn the lof, of a good father. The
funeral was preached by his pastor,
Rev. I. P. Heagpeth. Interment was
made Sunday at the Branch grave
yard, near Orrum.
Messrs. F. M. Ammons and Grover
Pope and D. G. Lawson attended the
fair at Fayetteville last week and
report a nice time.
Prosperity seems to be o- t.isi up
ward trend, as tnere nav omix some
big real estate deals made in this
community.
Notices of New Advertisements.
Report of condition of Bank
of
Lumberton.
Report of condition of Farmers &
Merchants Bank.
Andrew Floyd and D. R. McLeod
have qualified as administrators of es
tate of Benjamin Barnes.
"The man behind the "low" Bank
of Lumberton.
Winter things comfortable and
right in vogue White & Gough.
Typewriter supplies V. D. Baker.
Notice to trespassers.
Fine farm for ale. Dr. W. A. Mc.
Phaul.
Notice to town taxpayers.
Special bargains at K. M. Biggs.'
Special bargains offered by Al. W.
Floyd.
Great sale continues for 21 days
longer at A. Weinstein's Department
Store.
Low prices on watches at Boylin's
Jewelry Store.
An evidence of confidence Pope
Drug Co.
Representative of American Bible So
ciety Here.
Rev. W. M. Fitzwater, evangelist
and Salesman for the American Bible
Society, is making Lumberto i Head
quarters and has and has been selling
Bibles on the street this week. This
benevolent society wasoranized as
a union effort among all evangelical
churches for the purpose of placing a
Bible in every home and in thn hand3
of every youth. It is supported by
all churches. It is missionary in
nature sells Bibles at cost and gives
them to those not able to buy. During
the 97 years of the existence of this
society it has furnished nearly 97,000,.
000 copies of the Scriptures. About
3,700,000 copies were printed and dis
tributed last year in all languages, at
home and abroad.
Mrs. Justin McNeill left last night
for PcrVon where she will spend some
lime vi&iting relatives.
COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS
Enforcement of Compulsory Attend
ance Law Postponed to November
17 Special Appropriations Pub.
lie School Building to be Sold -
Changes in Attendance Officers and
Committeemen Petition for New
District and tor Changing Lines of
a DiHirict.
The regular monthly meeting of the
county board of education was held
Monday.
It was ordered that district No. 5,
White House township, be allowed
$12."J.M for painting .school building.
district having contributed lnu
uiuufii, tnut ui.tinci .no. .,, isnu s
township be allowed $87. SO for the
purcna.se of desks, provided the dis
'.net contributes an equal amount;
that district No. 2, colored, Orrum
township, be allowed $.00 for building
purposes, provided district contribute
an equal amount and complete the
building, and that No. 2 siding and
No. 3 ceiling be used in the construe,
tion of same; that Milton Bradley Co.
be paid $7.50 for chart purchased
for district No. 5, Lumberton town
ship. rt. R. Powell was ordered transfer
red from district No. 4, Thompson's to
district No. 3, White House township;
lXleP "om district No. 5, colored,
; Lumber Bridge, to district No. 5, col.
orea. raui s
Supt. Poole was instructed to adver
tise and sell the old public school
building in district No. 2, colored, Or
rum. The resignation of Alva Oxendine,
attendance officer for district No. 1,
Indian, Burnt Swamp, was presented
and accepted, and O. II. Lowrey was
aappointed to nil out the unexpired
term. G. W. Brown was appointed
school committeeman for district No.
4, colored, Lumber Bridge, to fill out
the unexpired term of J. W. Gooden,
deceased. C W. Branch was ap
pointed attendance officer in district
No. 4, Thompson, to fill out the unex-
tl jjLi V ir w dyfr
The res'Knatlon of E N Prevatt as
j!? tuZt
fac?epte2d' trTl T prZti
SapoinYedfilSt tVunSed
appo
term.
A petition was presented asking
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bcu iu luveBbiKait: name anu i cpui t a i
the next meeting of the board A peti.
tion to change the lines of district No.
4, Alfordsville, and district No. I,
Thompson's was presented and the
same was continued till Monday, De
cember 1. Supt. Poole was instructed
" CUII1II1H.1.CC1I1C.1 ill Mil,
d,tr,cif5J""n,f;
So many requests have been made
by the attendance officers and pa
trons, asking that the compulsory at
tendance period jbe extended from
V;f y v jl Xl Af nnn V nut ') 4-A AnIn M y-
'17 T, S 'fW
?ember 17' n account of gather.
board, as stated in Monday's Robe,
sonian. And it was ordered that the
compulsory school law be enforced for
a period of four monthss continuously
after tnis date for all children be
tween the ages of eight and twelve.
Supt. Poole was instructed to notify
the attendance officers of the different
schools in the county of the change.
WAITING WORD FROM HUERTA.
This Appears to be Attitude of Official
'Vashingtoa Still Hope to Solve
Situation by Peaceful Means
Cruiser Chester Ordered to Vera
Cruz.
Washington Dispatch, 5th.
Waiting for word from Provisional
Pres dent Huerta this was the at
titude of official Washington tonight
in the Mexican situation.
Administration officials still refuse
to shed any light on the last commu
nication which conveyed to General
Huerta the desire of the United
States that he eliminate himself from
the tangled situation.
Their attitude was that to discuss
publicity the delicate phases of the
problem, might defeat the ends being
sought.
The feeling in the National Capitol
is none the less one of tense interest,
especially as to what course will be
pursued if General Huerta declines to
abdicate. It was eveident from those
who talked with President Wilson
about the situation today that he was
calmly awaiting developments. He
has told his friends that he would con.
t;nue to solve the situation by peace
ful means and would not be disturbed
by predictions of armed intervention.
The belief is general here that the
solution is being worked out with ex
treme secrecy in diplomatic channels
and that only when some tangible con
clusion has been reached will there
beany official announcement. There
was no collective opinion in official cir-
Lcles as to the probable nature of Hu
erta s reply to tne American represen
tations. So far as could be learned no
intimationn have been received to in
dicate what this "reply will be.
The scout cruiser Chester at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard was ordered
today to prepare to sail for Vera
Cruz immediately.
Protests' Against Justice Intra.State
Rate Act.
Raleigh Times, 5th.
Formal protests were filed with
Governor Craig Tuesday afternoon by
nine of the railroad companies doing
intra.State freight business in North
Carolina against the application of
the Justice intra-State rate act of the
recent session of the Legislature. The
protest asks that the special rate com
mission provided. ' for in the act be
appointed to investigate and adjust
t he rates on a basis fair to the car.
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Cotton today, middling basis,13Vc.
School will begin at Mt. Elian
next Monday with Mr. Thad Stone as
teacher.
License has been issued for tfe
marriage of Kimmon Phillips and Ar.
manda Tew.
St. Paul's Messenger: Work
the new school building will be utart
al this week.
The executive committee of ts
Robenon Farmers' Union was in ses
sion here yesterday.
Mr. J. M. Williamson of route 4
from Lumberton began work today rm
the Lumberton Larlitr shop.
Mr 0. S. Atkins of I.illingUi
has accepted a position as salesman in
the Pope Drug store. He arrived and
began work yesterday.
Wayman Johi.son, colored, was
tried before Recorder Rowland this
morning for havintr too much of "the
old familiar juice" in his possession at
one tim and was fined $10 aad
cost.
-The Indies' Betterment Associa
tion of Glennwood invites the public
to an entertainment to be given at
the school house Monday evening f
next week from 7:30 to 10 o'clock. A
hot supper will be served.
Performances at the Pastime the
atre this afternoon and evening are
for the benefit of the erraded school
library, 9th and 10th grades. The per
formances luesdav were for the ben
efit of the library fund of some other
grades.
A negro bought license one' day
recently to marry his most loved girl
and in some way let it get burned up
before he used it; but "where there m
will therre is a way, and wher
there is love there is a will, so he got
a duplicate and got 'er after all.
Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Prevatt and
daughter Miss Orpha are now living
n Lumberton at No. 812 Pine street.
the Emory Prevatt house. They moved
to town Tuesday from their former
home on route No. 1, about 6 miles
from town on the Fayetteville road.
-Work the roads ? "No, not much,"
says Mr. John Meares, rural mail car
rier on route 5 from Lumberton. Mr.
Meares worked a little yesterday af
ter he had made his route but thinks
he is the only man in Lumberton
township who shovel any dirt yester
day. A concert for the benefit of the
organ fund of the Episcopal church
will be given at the opera house oa
Tuesday evening, the 18th inst. It is
being gotten up by Mrs. J. Q. Beck-
with, with the assistance of Mesdames
H. M. McAllister, L. R. Varser, R. R.
Carlyle and others.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Nance of
Rochelle, Ga., passed through town
this morning en route to Zora, Bla
den county, where they will rpend
some time visiting relatives. Mr.
Nance is a native of Robeson and be
and his wife will visit in Robeson be
fore returning to Georgia.
Mr. G. Y. Jones went to Raleigh
Tuesday to represent the Virginia 4b
Carolina Southern Railroad, of which
he is general agent, in the formal pro
test filed with Governor Craig by nine
railroad companies against the appli
cation of the Justice intra-State rate
act of the recent session of the Leg
is lature.
"Interrupted Wedding Belk,"
"The Bear Trap," Pathe Western, and
"Classmates Froliic," Vitagraph, will
be the interesting pictures at the pas.
time theatre this evening. Tomorrow
evening the 1913 World's series base
ball games, Giants vs. Athletice, wiH
be shown in addition to other inter,
esting pictures.
Mr. Bert Britt of Mt. Eliam was
very painfully hurt yesterday at the
sawmill plant of the Mt. Eliam Man
ufacturing Co. A slab caught oa
the saw and was thrown against Mr.
Britt giving him a vary sere lick
011 the face. It is thought that his
right eye will be lost. He is in Thomp
son's hospital.
Messrs. H. M. and Ben Hoasley
sold Monday their grocery business
at the foot of the old wooden bridge
Water and Second streets, to Messrs.
C. P. and J. D. Powers of Ten Mile,
who will continue to conduct a grocery
business under the firm nam? of Pow
ers Bros. The Messrs. Beasley win
continue their livery business on
Fourth street.
Robenon is a goodly land but that
it is not that goodly land where there
is no marrying n-t giving in mar.
miage the number of mairiaKC li
cense issued bear witness. Deputy
Register M. N. Folger filed away yes
terday a sizable stack weighing about
15 pounds, representing license issued
during less than 2 years. The average
is about 45 per month.
Invitations reading as follows
have been issued: "Mr. and Mrs.
Henry K. McCormick request the hon
or of your presence at the marriage of
their daughter Bess Wyghtman to Mr.
John Hugh McArn, on the afternoon
of Tuesday, the eleventh of Novem
ber, at half after five o'clock, Method
ist church, Rowland, North Carolina."
The groom to be is president of the
McArn Co., of Rowland.
Movement on Foot for Tobacco Ware.
hruse.
There is a movement on foot among
leading business men of Lumberton to
fofm a tobacco warehouse company
and have a tobacco warehouse ready
for the next season. The men behind
the movement say they mean business
and that Lumberton will certainly be
prepared to buy tobacco next year.
Which is mighty good news.
Messrs. -I.Z, Stone and Leonard Britt
of Mt., Eliam are among the visitor
ir town today.
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