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T 1 A Eatablithed 1870 County, God and Truth: Single Copy Five Cent VL XLIV NO 94 LUMBERTON, NpRTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JANUARY 12 1 9 14 WHOLE N02931 CHEMICAL AND HOSE MOTOR CAR. Modern Fire Fighting Equipment Or dered for Lumberton Town Com missioners Also Considering Instal lation "of Up-te-Date Fire Alarm System This Will Give Lumberton First-Class Equipment." . ; The mayor and commissioners in a called meeting held in the town hall Friday afternoon placed an order for a combination chemical and hose motor r for the fire departmentWith the ear is also a combination chemical and hose wagon to be used as an aid to the car.. The outfit costs $5,500 and . -the terms, are one", two and three years. Arrangements have been made to take care of the purchase out of the town's sinking fund. It is estimated that the amount saved in fire insur ance premiums in the town in ' five years will pay for this modern fire lighting equipment The car and wa gon will have to be built and it will probably be about three months be fore the delivery can be made. The town authorities tpday are con sidering the installation of the Game well fire alarm system and it is very probable that the system will be in stalled. At nresent the town has B very poor alarm system, the system installed two or tnree years ago nav intr nrnveH vprv unsatisfactory. Fire Chief J. P. Townsend, who has been very active and enthusiastic witn regard to the purchase, of the motor that new alarm svstem will be installed, says that Lumberton will be second to no town wnen mese things have been installed. Mayor whita ia clnd that th order has been placed for this up-to-date fire-fighting machinery and says ne ieeis tnai long-needed steps in the town's pro gress have been taken. . UNION DEPOT HEARING. - Corporation Commission Will Hold a Hearing in Lumberton Thursday In Regard to Union Depot. , The State Corporation Commission will sit in Lumberton Thursday of this week for the purpose of hearing ftro-iimAnts in rpe-ard to reauirine the railroads that enter Lumberton to maintain a union depot here Ihe hearing will begin at 10 o'clock a. ro. Mr. H. E. Stacy, town attorney, has" received notice' to- this effect : from Mr. A.J. Maxwell, clerk to the Commission. Mr. Stacy has had this matter up with the Commission for sometime and it is good news that it has been advanced thus far. Every citizen of the town is interested and it is thought that there will be no dif ficulty in convincing the Commission that the need for a Union depot is very real. The hearing will be open to the pubic. Members of the Commission are ex pected to arrive Wednesday night. Regular Session of Congress Re-opens Trust Bill Will Claim Atten tion. Washington Dispatch, 11th. Congress tomorrow will , start on the second stage of the regular ses sion with the calendars of both houses c rowded with varied and far-reaching legislation, cfreshed by the first com plete relaxation sir.ce President Wil son convened the special tariff curency session last April, Senators and Rep resentatives returned to Washington today keenly interested in the prospec tive devclopmnts of th next. few months. Trust regulation, through further (Corrective and prohibitory legislation will hold much of the attention ol both houses from-the time work be jnrs tomorrow; but other subjects will share the legislative arena. . The first of th etrust bils to bear any official status is expected to appear during the present week, with the endorse ment of the Dmocratic membership of the House Judiciary Committee; and their scope and terms probably will reflect closely the views of President Wilson and Attorney General McRe;--nolds. New Haven Road Agrees to Plans. Washington Dispatch, 10th. u TVio Mow York. New Haven & Hart- Vford Railroad and the Department of Vt Justice tonight announced a prelimi nary agreement Resigned to erf ect a reorganization of the New Haven and to prevent a suit for its dissolution under the Sherman law. In compliance with Department de- t- mands, the New Haven will, dispose of its holdings to the Boston & Maine Railroad, cancel its joint agreement .-ontrolling the Boston & Albany give up its trolley lines and several of it steamship lines. The question of its retention of the so-called Sound lines of steamships will be left to the Inter-State Commerce Commission. There will be a box supper and vot ing contest at Saddle Tree school house Friday night of this week to raise moneyjto help pay for the school " - building., A cake will be voted to the prettiest girl and a pumpkin to the ug liest man. :. Supt J. R.: Poole will . speak. r . The "Mischief Quartette' and Its Work. Each year the month of. January numbers its list of victims from influ enza, la grippe, bronchitis and pneu monia, he prompt. use of Foley's Honey and Tar. Compound will check the onset of a cold and stop a cough, preventing the development of more serious conditions. Keep it on hand. For sale by all dealers. TO STAMP OUT MALARIA. Tow Commissioners Take Steps to Improve Sanitary Conditions Free Treatment for Malaria for, Those Who Need It Contract to Be jClos ed lor Street Paving and Filtering Plant Salary of : Supt. Pitt man Raised No More Public Sales in Front of Court House Air Rifles Under Ban Chickens Most Be Kept ' CP. ;.. ' -;,- " At the regular monthly . meeting Thursday njght - of the Mayor and town commissioners steps were taken looking to stamping out malaria in the eastern part of town where con ditions exist whicn give rise to practi cally all the malaria from which the town suffers. It was ordered that a competent engineer be employed to survey the premises in East .Lumber ton with a view to relieving the insan itary, conditions in that part of town, The expense is to be borne jointly by the town and all individuals directly concerned. The town physician, Dr. John Knox was instructed to make a canvass of East Lumberton, ascertain the prevalence, of malaria fever, and to supply medicine free ofocjiarge to all who need the treatment. The coun ty physician Dr. B. W. Page, is reques- tea to co-operate with )t. nKox in this work. Mayor White and Town Clerk and Treasurer Page wore instructed to take up at once the matter of closing contract for street paving and filter ing plant. The salary of Supt. W. G. Pittman, of the light and water plant was rais ed from $75 per month to $90. K. B. Lamb was allowed a rebate on $400 and A. E. Graves on $50 and poll, error in- listing. An ordinance was passed prohibit ing public sales being held on the streets in front of the court house. There must be no more shooting of air rifles- or any other sort of ri fles on the streets by the boys. Boys who do it will get into trouble. An old ordinance against this danger ous practice was revived and brushed up at this meeting and Chief Redfern was instructed to see that it is en forced. Boys who get careless with their rifles hereafter will get into trouble with tho authorities. Another ordi: ance that was brought to life was the one making it an in dictable offense for people to allow, their- chickens to run at Jarge. Those who keep chickens and have been in the habit of letting these chickens be a nuisance to their neighbors, take notice. Here after such blessed disregard for your neighbor sis going to' get you into trouble, for Chief of Police Redfern says he is going to enforce the ordi nance, as he is instructed to do so, and that the only way he knows how to do it is to kill any chickens reported to him as being away from home. Porter Gets Verdict of $14,000 Against Seaboard. Elizabethtown Special, 10th, to Wilm ington Star. After deliberating practically a day and night, the jury in the case of Lee Poster vs. the Seaboard Air Line Rail way Company returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, giving him $14, 000 for personal injuries sustained in a wreck near Lumberton, While a pas senger on one of the trains of the company. Attorneys lor tne ranroao had ottered $12,UUU as a compromise, which Porter's attorneys declined to accept. Attorneys for the defense gave notice of apeal to tne supreme court. Mr. Porter is a citizen of Blar den county. Mr. R. C. Lawrence, cf the firm of Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor, local attorneys for the Seaboard, appeared with ex-Judge Neal of Laurinburg for the railroad. Mr." Forter was not a passenger as stated in the dispatch quoted above, nor was he injured in a wreck. He was in the employ of the road and was injured in. the yards here while coupling cars. The acci dent happened in December, 1912, and Porter was treated at the Ihojnpson hospital, the proprietor of which, Dr. N. Ai Thompson, was" one of the wit nesses at the trial. Dr. Thompson and Mr. Lawrence returned home, Sat- urday. . . Wilmington Wants Congress to In crease Cape Fear Appropriation. Wilmington Special, 9th, to Charlotte Observer. At a meetiner. of the chamber of commerce yesterday afternoon strong resolutions were adopted asking that the North Carolina Senators and Re presentatives use their influence to in crease the amount of money recom mended by the Board of Enginers for the Improvement and Mainterfance of a 26 foot channel in the lower Cape Fear river from $113,000 to $300,000 in order that there' may be a sufficient funds to complete the project Congress was also requested by the chamber to make an appropriation f or making a preliminary survey of the lower Cape Fear," with a view to beginning -work on a project for in creasing the depth of the channel to a depth of 35 feet as-sooiras the pres ent project i completed. Constipation Poisons You. . If you ire constipated, your entire system is poisoned by the waste ' mat ter kept in the body serious results cften follow.. Use Dr. King's New life Pills and you will soon get rid of constipation, headache and other troubles, 25c at, Druggists or by mail. H. E. Bucklen & Co. Phils and St Louis. v ' . " FARMERS INSTITUTES. Where and When They Will Be Held in Robeson Women's Institutes Al so Will Be Held at the Same Times and Places. Farmers' institutes, under the au spices of the State Department of Ag riculture in co-operation, with the farmers' institute committee of Robe son county, will be held at the follow ing times and places in Robeson: Antioch, Monday, January 19. Lumber- BridgeTuescayr ' January 20. St Paul, Friday, January 23. ,. Fairmont, JTiursday, February 12. ' LumbertoiT, Friday, February 13. Morning sessions will be open at 10 o'clock and afternoon sessions at 1:30 o'clock. Discussions on farm operations, crops, live stock, marketingatc. Woman's Institutes At the same times and places wo man's institutes will be held. Women are invited to come to the institute and join in the discussion of subjects pertaining to household economics, home conveniences, health in the home, the education of children and other topics of interest to mothers and home-makers. A year's subscription to a woman's magazine will be given tothe woman over 20 years of age, living on the farm, who bakes and exhibits the highest scoring loaf of bread. A year's subscription to' a magazine will also be given to the girl under 20 years of age, who lives on the farm, exhibiting the highest scoring loaf of bread. Only one of the above prizes to a familyj A premium will also be given to the girl from the farm bak ing and exhibiting the best pone of corn bread. For full particulars concerning these premiums, the rules and regula tions governing them, write to the Di rector of Farmers' Institutes. Raldcrh, N: C. The plan is to bring lunch and come prepared to spend the day. A question box will be opened and the questions answered in a round-ta-blo discussion in the afternoon. Have note book and pencil handy. First Step Toward "White Way." The enterprising firm of White & Gough received last week a five-light :tand, which, they will erect in front of their store on Elm street. This is the first step towards the white way, and, Mayor White says he is goig to ao all he can to get the other proper ty owners on Elm street to install these lights. When this is done all the wires and poles on Elm street from the Seaboard station ,to Sixth street will be moved. .This woull greatly improve the looks of this streec, and mak things look city-like, tieir's hoping the "white way" wi!l oo-m take the p.ace of the vnsightly 'ires and poles on Elm street. Woman Steps From Aeroplane 850 Feet in Air. Los Angeles Dispatch, .10th. One of two women passengers car ried today by Glenn Martin, the' avia tor, stepped from his machine when it was 850 feet in the air. She reach ed the ground safely and demonstrat ed to Martin's 'satisfaction the practi cability of a new aerial life preserv er. (. Spectators saw the girl. Miss Pipy Broadwick fall 75 feet like a stfot. Then a 'parachute attachment on her shoulders unfolded and she de scended gradually and with no appar ent effort at balance. Inquiring1 About a Hotel Postmaster D. D. French received the other day a letter from a man in Baltimore who wants to come to Lumberton and run a hotel. This man writes that he is an experienced hotel man and wants to furnish a hotel of about 25 or 30 rooms and take charge of it. Mr. French of course had to wri te this enquirer that there is no building available,- such as he wants fcut that this is an excellent most excellent opening for a hotel in casehe wants to dig down into his jeans for the price of the building and all. Wants $60,000,000 for Veterans. Washington Cor., 10th, to Wilmington Star. Senator Overman will introduce a bill Monday providing that the $60, 000,000 tax imposed on cotton belong ing to Southern farmers during the period from 1866 to 1868, inclusive be returned to the States and that it be used as a pension for Confederate soldiers. It is said that because of the inability of the original owners or their heirs to establish their claims, it is thought .best to give the money to the old soldiers, in order that there may be no hitch in the passage of the bill should it receive favorable consideration in committee. .Croup is a terrible disease, it at tacks children so suddenly they are very apt to choke unless given the proper remedy at once. There is nothing better in the world than Dr. King's New Discovery. Lewis Cham berlain of Manchester Ohio, writes, about bis children: "Sometimes in severe attacks we were afraid they would die, but . since we proved what a certain remedy Dr. King's New Discovery is, we have no fear. We rely on it for croup, coughs and colds." So can you. 0e and $1.00 A bottle should be in every home. At all druetrists. IL E. Bucklen & Co. Phihu, St Louis. REBEL FORCES TRIUMPHANT. Mexican Federal Army Evacuates Ojinags Most Important Rebel Victory of Present Revolution. Presido, Texas, Dispatch, 10th. The Mexican Federal Army with it nine Generals evacuated Ojinaga. Mexico, at 10 o'clock tonight. The triumphant rebel forces under General Francisco Villa immediately occupied the village. General Salvador Mercado, who was Huerta's chief military commander, crossed the river and surrendered to Major McNamee of the United States Army.- It was impossible for Maior McN'a- mee to learn what hqd become of the Federal,' whether Ihe bulk of them had taken refuge ,on this - side, or whether they scattered to points in Mexico. The country about Oiinas'a i is mostly desert, the defeat of the federal army followed onlv a few hours fighting In which the rebels be ginning at sundown started to close in on the beseiged garrison with can non and rule hre. . Generals Castro, and Mercado, of the Federal regulars, saw that the a sault was to be nothing less than a massacre. The federals had left only 50 rounds of ammunition for each man. Generals Castro and Mercado, there lore gave the order to evacuate. All the Federal soldiers and their officers who could -scramble to the American side did so. The others ran in all directions. General Pascual Orozco, commander of Federal volun teers, threatened with summary exe cution by Villa, was the first to posg. It was believed he had escaped into the mountains in Texas. . About nine o'clock, when the fight ing had been in progress about five hours, seven wagon? loaded with docu ments belonging to the Huerta Gov ernment came over and were captured by the United States border patrol, Major McNamee imediately ordered all cavalrymen to meet an emergen cy. Women, children and wounded soldiers had been crossing in num bers, but the apparent advance of the rebels gave reason to believe a great er rush across the border was immi nent. For five hours the sharp flashes of the rebel fire had been drawing closer to the Federal entrenchments. . The whole scene was bathed in moonlight partly obscured by dust and powder smoke. ' Among the Federals were nine Gen erals, Castro, Mercado, Orozco, Man uel Landa, Ynez Salazar Antonio Ro jas, Bias Orpina, Alavis and Roque Gomez. Defeat of the Federal Army at this point marks the most importanebf el - victory of the present revolution. It leaves the rebels virtually in posses sion o fall the North of Mexico. Distress of Refugees from Ojinaga In tense. Presidio, Tex., Dispatch, 11th. Twenty-eight hundred Mexican Fed eral soldiers, six generals, 200,000 rounds of - ammunition, two cannons,! four large field pieces and 1500 civil ian refugees were in the custody of the United States Army border patrol today as a result of the Federal evac uation of Ojinaga, Mexico, and the oc cupation of the Mexican village by Gen. Francisco Villa's rebel forces. The distress of the refugees is intense. They have scant food and no shelter. Men, women, and children, dogs, chick ens and cattle are paced together in a space covering several acres.. About them are scattered all the goods and baggage brought in flight from Ojin aga. , Urgent requests for the immediate removal of soldiers and refugees to some other places were sent by Ma jor McNamee to the ar Department, through General Bliss. MEETING OF VETERANS. Confederate Veterans of Camp Willis H. Pone Will Meet in Lumberton Lee's Birthday Dinner Will Be i Furnished by Daughters of Confeder acy. . Headquarter? Camp Willis H. Pope. January 10th, 191 4." COMRADES: A meeting of the camp will be held on Lee's . irthday, Monday, January 19th and all the members of the Camp are urged to attend. - Robeson Chap ter, U. D. C, will furnish dinner for the occasion. The camp will meet at 11 o'clock a. m. in the court house. By order of J A M'ALLISTER, Commander. M. G. M'KENZIE, Adjutant T Presided Gives First Public Recep tion. Pass Christian, Miss., Dispatch, 10th. Nearly 2,000. people residents of this section paid their respects to President Wilson here late today at a public reception given especially for them at the presidential cottage. The guests were welcomed by the Presi dent and, Mrs. Wilson, who stood on the ;y bright ently greetir. veranda in the warm ne. Mr. , Wilson- appar- he f-!At immensely, who alf fiands with him wii it was t the pres The Pi hcidentally ition under appreciative ' e residents tulously ob Jusion . and ition of their t tbe reccp l.fs departure ..either today ,3 balmy as a of the mt. of this sec served his. rest and if courtesy - th. tion on thef to Washingi yQ idft"l an't spring day. . WITHIN THE STATE. Minor Matters of News Gathered From All Over North Carolina. The woods is full of candidates for Congress in the third district Seven besides the present Representative, Dr. Faison, have thrown their hats into the ring to date. Attorney General Bickett has in stituted against the Southern Express Company a suit for $22,000 balance taxes according to contention of the State tax commission for 1909-1912, inclusive, and the first four months of the present ear. It is 3 per cent taxes on gross revenues.' B. G. Creedle of New Bern, the sev enth to get in the race for Congress in the third district, in announcing his candidacy stated that if sent to Congress he will eaehyear give $3,000 ol his saary tr.the Confederate vet erans of the district Mr. Creedle is himself a Confederate veteran. In Washington dispatches it was stated Saturday that it is understood that President Wilson has authorized Secretary Bryan to issue a commis sion to ex-Governor Glenn as a mem ber o the International 'Boundary Commission. The job pays $7,500 a year, and there is practically no work attached to it State Treasurer Lacy has brought suit against the Auto Sales Company, of Charlotte, to compel the Company to issue a duplicate for a check for $500 license tax. The check was de posited by the State Treasurer and then disappeared before collection was perfected. He offered to indemni fy the Auto Sales Company against loss if the original check ever tumsd up. In the case against Geo. W. Bea man, an aged white man who shot and killed his wife near Wilmington No vember 16, ifi New Hanover Court Thursday a verdict of second degree murder was agreed on and the court imposed a sentence f 21, years in the State prison. There-were extenuating circumstances. The woman served 10 years in the South Carolina peniten tiary for conspiring with another man to kill her first husband, who , was shot to death. Wilmington Star, 11th: In a thor ough and comprehensive forecast, based on reports from correspondents and prominent growers all over theJ trucking Den, me Carolina r run unu Truckers' Journal, Mr. Z. W. White head editor, in its issue of January 10th out yesterday afternoon predicts an increased acreage for the coming year not only in strawberries, but in geaches, dewberries, plums, canta lupes,' watermelons, grapes, etc., throughout the Eastern Carolina trucking section. After serving more than H years of a 30-year sentence in the peniten tiary for second-degree murder, Jaa. W. Pritchett, 70 years old, of Wayne county, gets a pardon from Governor Craig, who received a touching plea from the prisoner's aged mother, who is about 100 years old. The trial judge, wrote the Governor that indi cations now are that the prisoner, who - killed his wife when he was drunk, was driven to desperation and drink by an unfaithful wife and was in a deplorable condition at the time he committed the murder. ' There will be special meeting of St. Alban's Lodge No. 114, A. F. and A.M., tomorrow evening for de gree work. Miss Nannie Jenkins, who for tvome time had been undergoing treat ment at the Thompson hospital, was abl to return to her home at Fair mont Friday. Fairmont Messenger: The rubbish is being cleared away preparatory to rebuilding the Thompson building, which was destroyed by fire. The damages done to other buildings will also be repaired. A small son of Mr. and Mrs. A H. MoLcOd was run over by a pony and buggy, in which tr..-3 young .adiet- were riding in front of Messrs. White & Gough's store Saturday af ternon. The boy was looking in he opposite direction and walked in front of the pony. He was not seriously hurt, but had a close call. The school at Ten Mile will have on Friday evening an entertainment by the school and a box and oyser supper. Mr. Thomas L. Johnson of Lumberton will be the speaker for the occasion. There is a good school at Ten Mile and it is expected that this will be a pleasant occasion for a large crowd. The public is invited. The exercises wil start at 7:30 o'clock. If citizens of Lumberton will think to give their street address when ordering things from out of town express packages will be delivered, Agent Thomas says, much more quick ly, for the driver of the delivery wa gon does not know where everybody iives. Lumberton is getting to be so much of a city that citizens will have to act accordingly in these little mat ters. Free mail delivery is comin:; along soon and folks had just as well gtt the habit of giving their street address to their correspondents, too. Clarence McNeill, about 14 years old, and Earl Townsend, about 16, graded school pupils, while returning from some sort of society meeting at the school building Friday night got into a wrangle which' resulted in Clar ence cutting a gash-in Earl's right thigh which required six stitches at the hands of Dr. N. A. Thompson. Clarence says the olderxand stronger boy got him around the neck and the only way he could get loose was to cut himself loose. Nobody was seriously hurt The, case has not come up for trial yet . , BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.' Middling cotton today, 11 l-4c, Mrs. S. K. Fisher of Lumberton and Mr. Tom Hardin of Sterlings will be taken to the State HospHa' at Raleigh, tomorrow. ' There will be a box supper Friday night of this week, beginning at 8 o'clock, at Ten Mile school house for the benefit of the school. The pub&c is invited. , I" Thursday's paper the Dixie Mutual Life Insurance Co. was refer red to as of Durham. The Robesoniaoi is asked to state that the home office of this company is Asbeville, and not Durham. Mr. H, B. McPhaul left this morning for Jacksonville, N. C, where he has accepted a position m pharmacist for the Ward-Lay Drug Company. Lumberton Tent K. O. T. II . will install the officers for tht current term at the regular review tonight. There will also be some review work and a full attendance is desired. In the large show windows ef Messes. White & Gough's department store Saturday was a bunch of -clowns, who showed all day, making it merry for the thousands who attended the "Clean .Sweep Sale" which has been going on In this store for several days i -Mr. Rossie Britt of Bloominsrdale killed a "large wild turkey Saturday morning. It was a crobler and weigh ed 12 1-2 pounds; ai d it was a migh ty good turkey, according to the tur key judgment of this reporter, who hapened to arrive on the scene just at me rignt time. , The Farmers & Merchant Bank has moved into its handsome . new building, Chestnut and Fourth streets, and the McDonald Drug Company be gan moving this morning from the Waverly hotel building to the building formerly occupied by the bank, Elm and Fourth streets. Rowland Sun, 8th: Mrs. Graham McKinndn went a few days ago to Charleston to see Mr. McKinnon, who is at Baker's Sanatorium for treatment The many friends of Mr. McKinnon will be glad to learn that he is getting along nicely and is ex pected home in a few days. New and up-to-date files have been installed in the office of Prof. J. R. Poole county superintendent of public instruction, in which a complete record is kept of each school and teacher In the county: and the file are so complete that this information may be obtained at a moment Mr. tv. G. Barnes, who for the past two, years had held a position as stenographer in the law office of Messrs. McLean, Varser . & McLean, and who resigned recently, mention of which was made in Tharsday's Robsonian, left last evening for Ra leigh, where on the 15th insx, he will begin work with the Corporation Comr mission. Messrs. U. S. Page and E. C. Packard, members of the U. S. Navy, arrived Saturday from Vera Cruz, Mexico, and will spend , a ten days furlough at the home of Mr. Page's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Page. Mr. Packard's home is in Boston, Mass. They have been on the U. S. B. S. Louisiana, which has been playing around Mexican borders. They say things didn't look very "warish" down there when they, left. The ;Pedneau Garage & Machine Company has just installed a large radial drill and a combination lathe 16 to 24 inch. The company has also installed a compressed air outfit for inflating automobile tires and equip ment has been received for the instal lation or a foundry. This company is now practically ready to take care of all kinds of machine work. The com pany will have a half-page advertise ment in Thursday's Robesonian. Prof. J. R. Poole, county super intendent of public instruction, attend ed Saturday the Indian teachers meet ing at Pembroke in the .morning and the colored teachers taceting at Max ton in the afternoon. Prof. Poole says that the attendance at both meet ings was good, and much interest was manifest by the teachers. A number of the schools are organizing a Wo man's Betterment Association in order to raise money to jbeautify the school grounds. - Mr. 'J. R. Todd, who has been with the Fidelity Insurance & Realty Company of Lumberton since its or ganization about four months ago, has resigned to accept a similar position with an insurance company in his home town of Lenoir. Mr. Todd left yesterday for Lenoir. During his short stay in Lumberton he made many friends that will regret to learn of his decision to return to his home town. Mr. A. T. McLean, president of the Fidelity Insurance & Realty Com pany, will give his personal attention to the insurance department until a successor to Mr. Todd is elected. "Victory," a . five-reel picture shown at the Pastime theatre Thurs day evening, showing what Uncle Sam's Navy could if. called upon, in which very frequenty could be seen Secretary of the Navy Joscphus Dan iels, was attended by the largest crowd that ever attended a picture show here, many beinjf turned away for lack of room. All were well phas ed with the show, and Manager W. S. Wisaart will have it repeated just as soon as possible in order that all who failed to see it Thursday night may have an opportunity of doing so. Among the number who saw thv'show Thursday was a lady 63 years of age, and this 'was her first show. -A f 0 -