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r R0BESOMAN- N fcsUbluhed 1870 County, God and Truth Single Copy FTre Cent VL XUV NO. 96 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JANUARY 19. 1914 WHOLE N0.2933 A XI VETERANS MEET TODAY. M,.Wn of Camo Willis H. Pope Ob serve Lee and Jackson Day by Holding Annual Meeting Dinner Served by Daughters. of Camn Willis H. Pop No. 1707, was held in the court house this morning. The meeting was call Ml to order at 11 a. m. There were 46 present. There were addresses b Ml JTi XVonten of Maxton and M J.A. McAllister of Lumberton, also several other short talk by mem bers of the camp. Umiin M C, MrKeniie. J. Thompsoimnd J. W. Watts were; ap . pointed a committee to memorialize tjie members who had died since the !at. meetin? of the camo. -. Messrs. L. Shaw. M. G. McKen- :zie J. T. MTVhite, N. C. Graham '0. W. Smith, W. B. Sutton, F.. A YlnrA Mat hew flrocnrv and W. H . Bullock were appointed a, committee t look alter any memDer wno neeae ' help in any way. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Gommanaei J, A. McAllister; first lieutenant, Gen V A Rond- sprnnd lieutenant. F. A Prpvat.t! third lieutenant. Ex-Judee T. A. McNeill; fourth lieutenant, L. Shaw; adjutant, M. G. McKenzie. ine ext meeting will be held May 10. A bountiful dinner was served t.hoK nresent in the commissioners room atthe court house by the Robe- Fon chapter, u. u. J., oi Lumoerwn Marriage at Court House Justice Whaley's First Ceremony. Saturday about the noon hour Miss Lillian Foston of Williamsburg, to. G., and Mr. C. B. Crane of Elizabeth City went into Kegisier oi ueeas i. Hie-lev's office, bought license ana hidw murriul hofnr lpnvina' thf office There was quite a bunch present who fearnea mat somexnmg serious wai yihoiit. ia hnnnpn. Mr. El wood Wha tpv. J P.. nerformed the ceremony and notwithstanding the fact that it was his first experience in the good . . ... .r . i i wort, ne aid tne stunt tnougn ne had followed the business for several years. He left off just one little thing, but nevertheless they are man and wife just the same, and why should they worry? The bride and groom met at Proctprville Saturday mnrnintr. The (rirl'H father accomoa- "' "--o . nied her and assisted in getting the license by swearing that she was his daughter. They receivea a nana shake and congratulations from many of those present. School Hearings Contiaued. At an ndioumed meetinc of coun ty board of education Friday a new hearing was ordered in the case of Bergwyn McLean vs. committeemen in district No. 4, Wishart's. The hear in will Vu trivpn the first Mondav in February. The case of J. A. Evans, whose children nave Deen exempteu rwm Ai strict. Vn 1. Indian. Raft vut -""-.- - - - , r Swamp, was continued also to the first Monday in Februnry, the children of Evans to attend school in saia district till hearing. The case of Joseph May nnr whnu children have been exempt d from district No. 2, Indian, Burnt Swnmo. was ordered continued till r Mr. J. Ed Tyson was appointed committeeman in district No. 4, Wish art's, to succeed Mr. W. C. West, who has moved out ci district. In Jail for Shooting Man Whom He Paid Out of Jail. C. V. Barefoot was placed in jail here Friday afternoon by Mr. William Freeman, policeman at Lumber Bridge. He is charged with shooting Tom McKinnon at Lumber Bridge the aomn duv. The netrro was also brought along, and received medical attention from County Physician B. W. Page. Dr. Page says he doesn't think the wound very serious. A 22 ealibre rifle was used, the load taking effect in McKinnon's back. The negro haA hn in iail in Favetteville. and Barefoot had recently hired him out, and the' negro tnea to es cape. The negro is in the Thompson hospital. i Quarterly Conferences. Rev. A. McCullen, presiding elder of the Rockingham district, held the first quarterly conference for the year for Chestnut Street Methodist church at the church this morning at 10:30 'clock. Reports made by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Wra. B. North, showed all the work of the church to be in a Healthy condition and moving forward. Mr. McCullen preached at Chestnut Street church yesterday morning and at East Lumberton last night. He holds quarterly conference at East . Lumberton for the Lumberton circuit. . Rev. N. L. Seabolt, pastor, this after noon. ' rmpoftant Real Estate DeaL An important real estate deal was made last week when Messrs. Geo. L. Thompson and Ira Bullard of Lumberton purchased from Dr. N. A. ' Thompson of Lumberton the part of the Strong . Wishart place, about 60 icrea which J)r.Tbompsqn purchased a year or so ago. This farm is lo cated three miles south-west of Lum berton, oil the Fairmont road. Messrs. Thompson and Bullard wil sell this cenirable farm at public auction on Thursday; January 29, aa wil be seen from an advertisement elsewhere in this paper. 1, Doan's Regulets are recommended many who say they operate easily, without griping andJWithout bad af i ter effects. 2e at all druc stores. EDUCATIONAL RALLY. Corner Stone of Philadelphia High School Will be Laid Friday by Ma sons Occasion Will be Made Mem orable by Educational Rally. All Day Picnic and Speeches by Distin guished Speakers. It was stated in Thursday's Robe sonian (and the same item is publish ed elsewhere in today's paper again by special request) that the Mason ic order will lay the corner stone of Philadelphia high school Friday of this week. It has since been de cided to make this the occasion for an ceducational rally with marching of school children and all the rest of it that it takes to make a grand rally, including a speech by State Super intendent of Public Instruction Joy ner. The Red Springs school will take part in the rally and County Superin tendent Poole has gone to Lumber Bridge today to ask that school to take part. It will be an all day affair, picnic dinner on the grounds and all. The Masonic lodge of Lumberton has been asked to take part in the corner-stone laying. As has been stated, Hon. Francjs D. Winston of Windsoii, United States district attorney, is also expected to speak. Philadelphus voted a bond issue last year not to exceed $15,000 for a school building and a handsome brick structure will be erected. FINGERS BLOWN OFF. Six-Year Old Boy Loses Three Fin gers and a Thumb Blown Off by Dynamite Cap, it is Thought. A 6-year old son of Mr. and Mrs'. F. H. Wishart, who live about two miles east of Lumberton, in some un known way lost three fingers and a thumb on his right hand Friday af ternoon. The boy was playing in the yard, near the house, when his mother heard a noise like the discharge of a gun, and the boy went into the house and told his mother somebody had shot him, but he didn't know any thing about who did it. He was brought to Thompson's hospital, where the hand was dressed. It is thought the boy got hold of a dynamite cap and in some way set it off. Glass Refused Seat in Senate. Washington Dispatch, 17th., In deciding today that Blair Lee, Democrat of Maryland, should be seated as United States Senator to succeed Senator Jackson, Republican, and that Mr. Frank f. Glass of Alabama, , is not to be seated to succeed the late Senator Johnston, the Senate committee on elections deter mined that the seventeenth amndment now is in full effect; and that no sup plemental legislation by State Legis latures is necessary and that the Gov ernor of a State has no authority to call an election where machinery for such an election exists. ' The Senate will pass upon the committee's report Monday. Mr. Glass who was appointed by Governor Oneal to fill the unexpired tcim ox toenaior Jonnson, wno died after adoption of theamendment. It was tne second appointmenet made by the Governor. Representative, fienry D. Clayton, who was hrst nam ed resigned before the committee had determined upon his credentials. Co-operation Among Farmers is Aim of a Bill. Washington Dispatch, 17th. "Co-operation among farmers in stead of competition, that the farm er may receive the the whole of the consumer's dollar for his product in stead of 3b to 45 per cent, as now is the case" is the aim of a bill intro duced today by Senator Borah to create an ''agricultural capital" or clearing house to be run by farmers under Government charter or subsidy. Ihe bill would furnish machinery for scientific marketing and standardiza tion of farm products irrespective of Government control. It created quite stir in the Senate, Senator Borah explained later that he had not writ ten the measure, but had introduced it at the request of E. Ii. Rettig, a farmer of Opportunity, Wash. Bill to Amend Sherman Law. Washington Dispatch, 16th. Keprehentative Stanley of Ken tucky, after a conference with Presi dent Wilson, introduced late today an amendment to the Snerman law. which would make illegal mono polization or restraint of trade "in any degree," striking at the "rule of reason" laid down by the Supreme Court in the Standard Oil case. The amendments also would invest the Circuit courts of the United States with jurisdiction to restrain and prevent violations of the act, ir respective of the Attorney General. It was drawn to meet the wish oi the President, expressed in his last messasre to Coneress. to reduce the debatable area surrounding the Sher man act. BeUL-Tearing DowiL Old JLandmark. . Contractor Sam Branch began this morning tearing down the old Wa verly hotel building. As was men tioned in The Robesonian some time ago, the Bank of Lumberton will build a modern and up-to-date home on the lot. Mr. H. H. Anderson moved his fur niture Saturday to rooms upstairs over the Dixie cafe. Mr. Anderson has 12 nicely furnished 'rooms over the cafe, wherp traveling men can dream sweet dreams. APPROPRIATION WILL BE MADE Godwin is Sure Necessary Additional Appropriation for Cape Fear Will be Made. Washington Dispatch, 16th. Representative Godwin said today that there is no reason for the people of Fayetteville to be alarmed because of the delay in the work on upper Cape Fear river. He said that he bad already conferred with Congressman Sparkman, chairman of the House rivers and harbors committee, and that the Chairman assured him that Godwin's bill asking for the necessary additional appropriation to complete the work would be carried in the river and" harbor approriation bill. ' Mr. Godwin has no doubt but that the measure will be passed with the ap propriation andj that little delay will be had as a consequence. The aditional $300,000 for lower Cape Fear will also be forthcoming, in the opinion of Mr. Godwin. He says he considers this project one of the greatest interest in North Caro lina, and that it will do more than anything else to solve the freight rate problem. Mr. Godwin thinks the delay in the work on upper Cape Fear is due more to the under estimate of the engineers than to the fact that quicksand had been encountered. The engineers, it is said, did not figure that they would go as deep as it now deveelops to find a foundation. This they believe is the cause for the extra amount of money. Corporation Commission Has Matter of Union Depot for Lumberton Un der Consideration. - A hearing was held Thursday af ternoon before the Corporation Com mission at Raleigh in regard to re quiring the railroads that enter Lum berton to maintain a union depot, the only matter about which there is a diiierence Demg tne amount oi the rental the Virginia & Carolina Southern shall pay the Seaboard. The railroads interested beaboard, Ka leigh & Charleston and Virginia & Carolina Southern are to file with the Commission statements of the number of passengers handled during the months of September, uctoDer and November last and the Commis sion will make its findings on that ba sis when it comes to apportioning the expense among the railroad. Among those atteneding the hear ing were Messrs. H. E. Stacey, town attorney; M. Beverly, local agent, W A. Gore of Hamlet, division supenn tetident. and S. Mcjntyre, of the firm of Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proc tor, local attorneys, for the Seaboard; C. Lane of Marion, b. C, superinten dent of the Raleigh & Charleston; J P. Russell, general superintendent, and L. R. Varser, of the firm of Mc Lean, Varser & McLean, for the Vir ginia & Carolina Southern. Entertainment and Box Supper at Ten Mile. The school at Ten Mile had Friday evening some entertainment by a few of the pupils, a speech by Mr. Thimas L. Johnson of Lumberton and a box supper. Quite a crowd was present and it was a pleasant oceav ion. The pupils taking part in the entertainment did well. Mr. Johrson, as he always does on occasions of the kind, made a good speech. A number of boxes was sold at auction and in a voting contest for the prettiest girl, Miss lessie Lynk won the prize, picture. As a result of the occasion $40 was raised for the benefit of the school. Miss Tessie Lynk of Dunn and Miss Cora Britt of Ten Mile are the teachers of this school. Mr. W. K. Bethune of Lumberton was auc tioneer. Negro Found Dead On Railroad Track At Shannon, A negro by the name of John Smith was found dead on the railroad track at Shannon Friday morning by the agent at that place. The deed man was seen at Red Springs Thursday afternoon just before the train for Shannon passed. and was not seen after that until found dead. Cor oner G. E. Rancke and Dr. B. W. Page, county physician, went to Shan non Friday morning and held an in quest. Their decision was that death was due to a fall from a moving train. The negro's skull was crushed and his neck broken. Agreement Reached on Laurinburg Post Office. Washington Cor., 17th, Charlotte Ob server. Representative Page and Senator Simmons have reached an agreement on the Laurinburg postoffice contest. G. H. Russell will be appointed post master and A. H. James his rival for that position, will be given a place in the Census Bureau. This settles a controversy that has lasted over several months. Mr. Page endorsed Mr. Russell, but Mr. Sim mons would not permitthe nomina tion. H. E. C. BRYANT. $716,000 More for Work On Cape Fear. Washington Special, totte Observer. 16th, to Char- Representative Godwin got the prom ise of an additional $416,000 to com plete the locks and dams in the upper Cape Fear River from the chairman of the House rivers and harbors com mittee today. He also will get $300, 000 for work in the lower Cape Fear To Prevent Blood Poisoning ppty at oace the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HVAT INC Olf ..r I iical dressing that relieve pela and beala al iue same-tame. Not a liniment. 25c sOz. II THE FINAL SUMMONS. Mr. W. a McGill Passes Funeral This Afternoon at Elizabethtown. Mr. W. B. McGill died yesterday afternoon at 3.20 at his home on Firsi street after an illness of several months. Deceased was 6.1 years old and is survived by his wife and two sons, Messrs. Willie and Harry, both of Lumberton. The remains were taken this morning to Elizabethtown, where the interment w ill be made in the family burying grounds this af ternoon at 3 o'clock. The funeral ser vices will be conducted at the grave by Rev. Mr. Biggs, pastor of the MAthodist ' church at 'Elizabethtown. Quite a number went from here to Elizabethtown this morning to attend the funeral. Death of Mr. L. G. Hursey of Dublin. Mr. L. G. Hursey died on the 10th inst. at his home at Dublin. The re mains were interested on the 11th, Rev. Mr. Hilburn conducting the fu neral services. Deceased was a bro ther of Mr. J. A. Hursey of Dillon, S. C. Death of Mrs. D. J. Humphrey. Mrs. D. J. Humphrey of Charlotte died in the Presbyterian hospital at that place yesterday morning. The remains were brought to Lumberton this morning over the Seaboard, and taken out to Barkers, where the in terment will be made this afternoon. Mrs. Humphrey was 40 years old and a daughter of the late John M'White of Robeson county. She is survived by her husband and eight children. Cumberland County Woman Dies in China. Was a Missionary. Fayetteville Dispatch, 17th. A cablegram from Hsuchoufu, Chi na, announces the death of Mrs. Cath arine Williams McFadyen, a mission ary of the Southern Presbyterian church, and wife ovDr. A. A. McFad yen, a missionary physician at that place, last night, of pneumonia. Mrs, McFadyen, who was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, of Linden,- this county, became a mission ary 8 years ago. . She and Dr. Mc Fadyen were married at Hong Kong shortly after her arrival in the mis sionary field, after having been en gaged when both lived in Cumberland county. She leaves three children. Mrs. McFadyen, was prominently con nected in this vicinity. She has one brother, Joseph Williams. WITHIN THE STATE. Brief Items of News From AH Over North Carolina A -Record f the Happenings of a Fear Days. Col. H. C. Cowles, 62 years old, died at his home in Statesville Thursday, following a stroke of paralysis. He had been clerk of the Federal Court for forty years. Whitehead Klutz, son of former Congressman Theo F. Kluttz of Sal isbury, was Saturday elected secre tary tothe International Boundary Commission at a salary of $4,000 a year. He will begin work within the next few days. Fire Saturday morning destroyed the two principal buildings ot Uak Ridge Institute at Oak Ridge, Guilford county, and the Meth odist Protestant church, entailing a loss of $35,000. Class rooms will be fitted up in the dormitories and the work of the school continued unin terrupted. Raleigh dispatch, 16th: Three men, Walter Saunders, Charlie Crawford and Glusgow, losttheir lives in the main shaft of the Coggon mine near Eldorado, in Montgomery county, yesterday evening. The men were riding the skip and when within about 100 feet of the surface, this turned over precipitating the men 200 feet to the bottom of the 300 foot shaft. Charles and Samuel Lawson, aged 20 and 17 years, were placed under arrest at Mount Airy Satur day following a coroner's inquiry into the death of their father, William Lawson, a farmer, whose body was discovered in a shallow grave" in a field near his home. Lawson disap peared just before Christmas The body showed that he was shot through the heart. It is said that the boys have confessed, alleging that they acted in defense of their mother. Meeting of Executive Committee. The executive committee of the Robeson Division of the Farmers Un ion will meet in the court house Wed nesday at 10 o'clock. It is expected that a number who are not on the committee will be present as there is some very important business to transact Hearintrs on the rival claims of Eastern cities desiring to be chosen bv the Federal reserve organization board as locations for regional banks were concluded at Washington Fri day. The- organization, Secretary McAdoo, and Secretary Houston left Saturday for the West to conduct hearings. They will be joined later by John Skelton Williams, whose nomination as Comptroller of the Currency went to the Senate Saturday with the approval of the banking and currency committee. The Comptroller is ex -officio the third member of the organization committee. Manv Ills come from imoure blood. Can't have pure blood -with falty di gestion, lazy liver and sluggish bow els. Burdock Blood bitters is regu lated for strengthening stomach, bow els and liver and purifying the blood, CUTTING SCRAPE AT BELLAMY. B. M. Brigman Badly Carved Up About the Face by W.'H. Speight. In an affray at Bellamy Saturday afternoon B. M. Brigman was very badly cut up by W. H. Speight. Both Brigman and Speight were working for Mr. Rowland Mercer, and they had a dispute about some crossties Saturday morning. Mr. Mercer says that Brigman was in hia store when Speight went in and after a few rough remarks began cutting Speight with his pocketknife, and if he hadn't pull ed him off Brigman he doesn't know when he would have stopped. Brigman was in town this morning and was bound up all over the head. He was cut across the left jaw, his lip split open, cut across the back of the neck, stabbed once in the back of the head and received several other small cuts about the face. Speight was not hurt at all. Brigman swore out a warrant for Speight this morning, but up to this writing he has not been arrest ed. Arm ( hewed in Cotton Gin. Mr. Martin Hayes of Page's Mijl, S. C, was the victim of a bad acci dent Saturday when his arm was bad ly injured in a cotton gin. He was brought yesterday tAgthe Thompson hospital for treatment. He. is badly hurt and may lose his arm, which was badly sawed from fingers to armpit. He is resting very well to day. License has been issued for the marriage of Geo. W. Dawlos and An me Jane hvans; C 15. Crane an Lillian Postoh. Mr. a!ter Prevatt has :kvi pt a position as salesman in th dry goods iton? of Mr. 11. Dunhie. !5c beran work Saturday. Mr. W. K. Bethune left Saturday evening for Washington to enter upon his duties as clerk to the House of Congress committee on reform in the civil service. A letter received by Mr. Frank Gough this morning, which was writ ten last night, says that the condi tion of Mr. Tom Tolar, who is in a hospital at Richmond, continues to improve. Mr. J. P. McNeill returned Fri day from Raleigh, where he attended Wednesday and Thursday the Grand Lodge of Masons annual convention. Mr. McNeil reports a very interesting meeting. The 8plittest split skirt ever seen in Lumberton was seen at the sta tion this morning when a woman wearing one split to the knee changed cars, from Seaboard to Kaleigh A Charleston. Rubber rubbered. Mr. Geo. M. Whitfield went Sat urday night to Columbia, S. C, to see his daughter, Mrs. R. M. Nor ment, who has been sick in a hospital there for some time. Mrs. Norment is to undergo an operation totiay Her condition is not considered ser ious. Mr. Whitfield is expected home tonight. Mr. Ira B. Mullis, formerly of Lumberton, now of Wmgate, arrived here Saturday and will spend a few davs in town. Mr. Mullis, who is a civ il engineer, left Lumberton a year or so aeo to take charge of road work in Yancey county, but gave the work up on account of the bond issue not pan ning out. Mr. Gilbert C. White of Char lotte, engineer in charge of the pav ing work in Lumberton, arrived this morning, and it is expected that a contract will be let this afternoon for pavinz Fourth and Fifth streets from Water to Chestnut and Chestnut from Sixth to the Seaboard railroad, also all the crossings between Elm and Chestnut. In the report in Thursday's pa per of the meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Lumberton Mr. n. u. Caldwell's name was inadvertently omitted from the list of officers re elected. Mr. Caldwel is first vice president of the bank and was re elected, Mr. A. E. White being sec ond vice president and Mr. C. B. Townsend active vice president. Little Hoyle Doughterty, who un derwent an operation atthe Thomp son hospital some time ago, was able to return home Saturday. Mrs. An drew Ivey of Raynham, who had been undergoing treatment at the hospi tal. was also able to leave batur dav. Miss Mamie Jenkins of Fair mont, who has been in the hospital for-treatment will return home thi? week. Messrs. J. L. Stephens and T. C. Barnes have rented the new store building which Mr. Q. T. Williams i building on Chestnut street for the wholesale grocery business and un dertaking business which they will open up aa soon as the store is com pleted. They at first engaged the store at present occupied by Mr. John Wishart, but have decided to oc cupy Mr. Williams' new building. A passenger bound for Wilming ton waked up when the train got to Lumberton last night and got off, thinking he had .reach ed his destination; and he did ; hot discover his mistake until the train had left. He finished his journey this morning. But no wonder he thought this was the end of the train's journey, for every train that passes Lumberton seems to mighty nigh empty itself and load up again. Itching, torturiag skin eruptions disfigure, annoy, drive -one wild. Doan's Ointment is praised for its good work. e at all drug stores. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Middling cotton today, 11V4 cents. Mr, U C. Williamson left thin morning for some point in South Car olina, and will bring back a wif Vvtr Vallas, proprietor of the Dixie cafe, erected Saturday in front of the cafe on Elm street, a large electric sign, which is very at tractive to the eye of a hungry man. Red Springs Citizen, 16th: Mr. D. P . McEachern was stricken sud denly ill last Saturday morning on the street. He is still confined to fat home, but we are glad to learn is steadily improving. Rowland Sun, 15th: The many friends of Mr. Graham McKinnon wiM be glad to know that he has recorereaj from his recent operation and is now at home, having returned from Char leston Monday. . The Pastime theatre will give a four-reel how this evening, present ing a Pathe hand-colored feature pic ture in three reels entitled "Nobil ity. ' The fourth reel will feature Mr. John Bunny. Prices will be as usoavl. Supt. Pittman of the light mmi water plant is putting in cluster lights instead of arc lights on the streets. The oluster lights give a much better light than the arc light, and this i another step forward for the town. Drs. John Knox and W. L. Gran tham moved their offices Friday fri the old Wavcrly hotel building to the second floor of the Weinstein build ing, Fourth snd, Elm streets. Tht practice togtther and both use the same offices. v Mr. rnd Mrs. E. McQ. Surles of Bloomingdale were among the visi tors in town Friday. Mr. Surler. sajs things are in fine shape in his country, the farmers are in good shap finan cially, plenty to eat, and everybody getting ready to farm again. Charlotte Observer, 17th: Mr. H. M. McAllister, cashier of the Fit National Bank of Lumberton, who dm in the city yesterday stated that Charlotte was the logical place for the establishment of a regional bank and should have the institution. Perhaps sweet potatoes are the scarcest in Robeson county that they ever were atthis season of the year, owing to the fact that they water-sobbed, and rotted. Somebody says that when potatoes sob if they are loft in the field the sob will leave the potata and go back to the ground. Fairmont Messenger: Work con tinues to progress on the light plant. The big boiler, engines and other ma chinery is being placed. Mr. Petty, the efficient manager and his activw force of helpers are rushing the plant to completion. It is expected that the current will be turned on about the first week in February. Scottish Chief: Mr. W. K. Be thune will leave next week to take position as clerk to the Civil Service committee of the House. "Happy Jack" takes Bethune's place on The Robesonian. He will have to get to looking pleasant before he ever equals the genial smile that never comes off Brother Bethune's face. In one of the show windows at Messrs. White & Cough's department store Saturday was a rooster, a ful grown rooster, which had four full grown legs, on which were four full grown spurs. The rooster belongs to Mr. Arch Spivey. In the same wi dow was a clown, an acrobat, some smaller clowns and several musicians. Some show that was. Rowland Sun: Mr. E. P. Bond, formerly of this place, but now of Lake City, S. C, and Miss Carrio Mar tin, of Mullins, were married on Wed nesday, Dec. 31st. at the bride's home at Mullins. Mr. and Mrs. Bond spent the next day in Rowland at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrt. K. b. Bond. Many fnends extend hearty congratulations. Red Springs Citizen: The Red Springs Chapter of the Daugh ters of the Confederacy will celebrate Lee and Jackson Day Mon day, January 19th, with appropriate exercises at the college auditorium at 11 a. m. Address by. Mr. Stacy. The public are cordially invited to attend. The extrcises will be followed with a dinner for the veterans. Red Springs Citizen: Miss EUa Wyatt McKinnon has had ho or conferred upon her, in that ske has been appointed State Sponsor for the North Carolina veterans at the , annual Southern re-union,, which - is to be held in Jacksonville, Fla., the latter part of May. Miss Allic Pear- sall has also been selected as maid of honor for the same occasion. -Maxton Scottish Chief. 16th: Mrs. Una McLean and daughter, Miss Sal lie, went down to Lumberton Tuesday to celebrate the first anniversary of the birth of her grandson, A Wutoa McLean, Jr., who was bora in Balti more on January 13, 1913, and is therefore in President Wilson's dase upon whom "thirteen" has no hoodoa fleet. Now, there is Robeson's mas cot let all outside gubernatorial caa didates take" note and skiddoo. -Mr7 W. H.- MarvirE a safe expert . from New Bern, was in town Satur- - aay. llis business is cleaning, oil ing and changing safe combinations He overhauled the boxes in the post- office, also a safe belonging to Ex- Shenff G. B. McLeod, which had not been opened in several years, the combination having been lost. He opened it in-two mjnutes. M Mar vin says he is the last living mem ber of the famous Marvin family, t-f-ior.eer safe maker of .Krr.m-x.. - .. .
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