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. Y THE ROBES ESTABLISHED 1870. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLV. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 19f4. NUMBER 4. M'LEAN NOT A CANDIDATE Wr. A. W. McLean Says He is in No Sense a Candidate for Chairmanship of State Democratic ExecutiTe Com mitteeWould Serve Only if Con vinced of Special Need Will 'An nounce Definite Conclusion Within Few Days. Mr. A. W. McLean returned home Saturday night from Raleigh, where he had "been for two weeks on legal business in the Federal Court, being one of the leading counsel for the de fens in the famous Newton-McAr-thur trial. Mr. McLean has been prominently, .and . . persistently men tioned recently as the man most likely to su teed Mr. Webb as chairman of the State Democratic" executive com mittee' and many complimentary things have been said about him in this connection. It is recognized all over the State that Mr. McLean would make an ideal man for the place jf he would accept, but Mr. McLean id now acting national committeeman from North Carolina, and, as has been uointed out bv The Robessnian, that is a position of more honor, perhaps, and certainly less ardurous work, than the State chairmanship. When asked yesterday by The Robe sonian man if he had arrived at any definite decision as to the chairman ship. Mr: McLean confirmed the following, from yesterday's News and Observer, as a true statement of his position at the present: "Mr. A. W. McLean of Lumberton. who has been here the past two weeks ' on legal business in the Federal Court, on leavincr the city for his home yes- therday afternoon, was asked if he had determined what he would do in reference to the chairmanship of the Democratic State executive commit tee, a matter in which his name has frequently been in print. In reply he said: ,v - " 'Yes, it is true that I have been urged by many members of the State Democratic committee, as well as by many prominent Democrats, to accept the chairmanship, and naturally I have felt much appreciation of the mention of my name in such a con nection. I have not had time during the two weeks that I have been en gaged in the McArthur trial here to give the matter proper consideration. However, my attitude is the same now that it has been from the begin ning, and that is that I am not a can didate for the position, and moreover. I do not in fact desire the position, nor would I accept it if tendered me unless I can be convinced that there Is some reason why I can be of peculiar service to the party at this time. . " 'I confess I cannot see how such a condition could arise, for there are a number- of Democrats whose names have been favorably mentioned in connection with the place, and any one of whom would make an admir able chairman. There is one thing which I desire to emphasize, and that is I do not wsnt to be placed in the position of shirking my duty to the party, solely because it might involve a personal sacrifice to mysell. i nave alwavs made it a rule to re spond to the call of my party, even thou eh it imposed some Personal Iose in time and money, and hope to con tinoe to live up to this idea. "As soon as I can have a day or two to ascertain if there is any particular reason why I' should be further con sidered in connection with the chair manshio. I will reach a definite con clusion.' " ; CONTRACT FOR FILTER PLANT Awarded Tucker & Laxton of Char lottc Will Cost $6.800 Capacity rf Plant Will be 200,000 Gallons Per Day in Exrp,,8 of the Present Consumption Will Make Kiver Wa ter Safe for Drinking Purposes. At a meeting of the town fathers Thursday afternoon contract for the installing of a filter plant was award ed to Tucker & Laxton of Charlotte. The cost of the plant will be $6,800 The capacity of the plant when com pleted will be 350,000 gallons per day, while the amount consumed by the town now is only about 150,000. This means that the plant will be sufficient for many years. It wHl be located at the present water plant. It is not known just when the work will begin, but it is an assured tact that the time will not be long before Lumberton will have just the kind of filter plant it needs. After the plant is installed the river water, which is now unsani tary. can be used for drinking purpos es with safety. The present administration has tak en several steps for the betterment of the town, but none that will, mean more to the entire citizenship than . the one taken Thursday afternoon. Mr. Nash Becomes Assistant Cashier. At a meeting of the directors of the Bank of Lumberton Saturday night Mr. Shepard K. Nash was elected as sistant cashier to succeed Mr. P. V, poub, whose resignation to accept a position with a bark in Goldsboro has been mentioned in The Robesonian. It was quite a compliment to Mr. Nash that he has been elected to a position of such responsibility. Hp had been bookkeeper and teller in this bank for about two years. . Before Wing with-the bank of Lumberton he wot; fornbout two years book-keeper for Xhe Farmers & Merchants Bank It has been stated in The Robsoniar that Mr. Collin H. Phillins was em Dloved in the bank recently, and he is taking over part of the work hereto fore done by Mr. Nash. " v -Messrs. Thad Stone and Henry Stephens of Mt. Eliam were Lumber ton .visitors Saturday. ORDER FOR UNION STATION Full Text of the Order of the Corpo ration Commission Requiring Rail roads that Enter; Lumberton to Maintain-a Union Station Order Effective on or Before April First was stated in Thursday's Robe sonian that the State ; Corporation Commission had passed an order re quiring the Seaboard Air Line, Vir ginia & Carolina Southern and Ra leigh & Charleston railroads to main tain a union station in Lumberton. A copy of this order was received Satur day by Town Attorney H. E. Stacy and ft reads as follows: Order. CITIZENS OF LUMBETON vs.. Seaboard Air Line Railway, Raleigh & Charleston Railroad , Company, Vir ginia. & Carolina Southern Railroad Company. PELL, Commissioneer. This comes before us on a petition from citizens of Lumberton, N. C, asking that the depot now used by the Seaboard Air Line Railway and Raleigh & Charleston R.R. in Lumber- ton be established as a union depot for i -1 j ii a. ' i it; i Baia city ana tnat uie v trginia ana Carolina Southern Railroad be com pelled to run its tracks and its passen. zer trains into said station. - Evidence was taken and all par ties heard at the office sion in Raleigh, N. C, on the 15th day of January, 1914, and it appear ing that a union station in saidcity is practicaal and that the convenience of the traveling public demand it, it is ORDERED, That the present sta tion of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way in the city of Lumberton be es tablished, as the unioji station for mid city, and that said railway, to gether with the Raleigh ard Charles ton railroad and the Virginia. & Caro lina: Southern railroad use said sta tion jointly as a union passenger sta tion. That the said Virginia & Caro na Southern Railroad extend its tracks to said depot at its own cost, ?nd that it pay the Seaboard Air Line Railway a monthly Cental of ?20 per month for the use of said sta tion. That the expenses of the pro per maintenance of said station shall be borne by the three railroads as fol lows: Fifty-five per cent by the Sea board Air Line Railway; thirty-one percent by the Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad Company and iourteen per cent by the Raleigh & Charleston Railroad Company. ( -That the three railroad companies be required to grade the surround ings of the said depot and supply it with gravel so as to avoid standing water and to make the location sani tary, and to divide the expense of same in the same proportion as is provided for the maintenance of said depot. That this order be "effective on or before-April X, 1914. PHILADELPHUS GETS FARM-LIFE SCHOOL The farm-life school for which the county board of education made an appropriation of $1,500 at its meet ing in February will be established at,Philadelphus high school, four miles from Red Springs in Burnt Swamp township, district No. 1. This was determined at 2 o'clock thi3 afternoon when the county board of education, in regular monthly ses sion, considered the bid of this school, the only bi'd submitted. The fact that zther schools did not submit bids is not due to indifference but to the fact that this school had taken the initia tive in the matter and to the further fact that other townships may secure schools of like nature at any time when they comply with the requirements. Teh bid of the Philadelphus school,' signed by D. P. Bpie, chairman, and Paisley McMillan, chairman, was as follows: )4One new $15,000 brick school build ing, containing nine standard-size class rooms, office, library and a large auditorium; one new 12 room dormi. tory, having carbide lights; one old 8 room dormitory; one ten to 25 acre farm of good arable land as the school may require; one suitable barn on said farm." It is understood that a laboratory will be furnished for the school. The order of the county board that the school be established at Phil adelphus is subject to the approval of the State Board of Education, whiSh will appropriate the same amount that the county .has appropriated $1,500 for the maintenance of the school. Sentence Against Mr. Fred Chason Stricken Out. Some time aero Mr. Fred Chason. of Lumber Bridge, was tried before Re corder Rowland on the charge of dis posing of crops and failing and re fusing to pay the rent and was sen tenced to the roads. - The land was rented from the Cobb estate, and the case was prosecuted by the adminis trators of this estate. Mr. Chason was afterwards able to satisfy the administrators that he had not wilfully refused to pay the rent, and has now paid same in full and has I also paid the costs of the action. In view of this fact and upon the recom mendation of Mr. Thomas L. Johnson and Mr. H. E. Stacy, counsel for the private -prosecution, as well as Soli citor Lennon, the court has stricken out the sentence, and the matter goes off on the payment of the costs. For a mild, easy action of the bow- "eTs, try Doan's Raztlcts. a modern laxative. 25" at all stores. JURY DISAGREES. No Verdict in Newton-MeArthur Case Must be Tried Again, Probably in May. Raleigh News and Observer, Feb. 28. The jury in the Citizens Bank vs. McArthur 'case, after a patient strug gle of twenty-four hours with the evi dence, returned yesterday afternoon about four o'clock and reported its inability to agree. It brought back an interesting sto ry of the wrestle with testimony and argument, Having heard that the jury stood ten to two on one issue and eleven to one on another, the defense had concluded that it-had won a ma. jority victory. The comfort of that faith was brief. Jurors in open court told how they had debated the issues and the plaintiff had the majority from, the start. The first ballot in the case was tak en Thursday evening. It then stood seven to five for the plaintiff bank. The jury retired and yesterday morn ing the second was 8 to 4 for the bank. The third was 10 to 2 for bank. Jurors disagree as to whether there was a vote of 11 to 1 on all issues, but there was a willingness once, they say to stand 11 to l as affecting Adam Mc Arthur's liability. But no agreement of eleven as to Mrs. McArthur's genu ine signature, - It was a surprise to the defense. It had made a big impression upon the public, though the plaintiff had produced evidence of nuch power to establish the genuineness of the dis puted . signatures. The plaintiff brought no paid experts, but it had strong testifiers who had known the McArthur handwriting. It was strong er in that aspect of the case than the defense was. The plaintiff made the stronger con elusion with its evidence. It came back on rebuttal in powerful fashion The defense had ended two days too late. These be "expert" comments, animadversions after the battle. Thev Are what opposing lawyers have said They are the1 conclusions of the gen eral. The arguments to the jury were a standoff. Both-sides were presented in great shape for it was a masterly aggregation of lawyers The disagreement means that th case must be tried here in May, per haps, certainly it must be tried hero again. Both have shown their hano and the testimony is to Te -typewritten and used in future trials. In the na ture of things the dieappoinment is greater with the defense than with the plainti ff.which came so near to receiving agreement upon all issues. The trial began February 16 and ran uninterruptedly through yester day. It is believeed that a future trial can be ' concluded within eight working days if not less. There are thirteen of these cases now subject to jury trial. It is said nearly a quarter of a million dollars will be tied up in these litigations. Something of the time required in their trial may be imagined in the ight of yester day's ending. The issues involved in this action were just two, the simple signing of the disputed $25,000 npte owned by the Citizen's National Bank of Nor folk and alleged to have been signed by Mrs. M. C. McArthur and Adam McArthur. The bank had bought the note in good faith; the testimony went, and had issued notice to the endrsers that they had signed it and would have to pay it. The plaintiff did not hear from the-alleged endorsers for some dajs. The bank took this to mean alacit admission of the genuineness of the signatures. The defense used it to show that something was being done by the McArthur family to pay the note off and save exposure of the principal on the note J. Sprunt New ton. These ramifications made the case of exceptional interest. RECITAL POSTPONED. On Acount of Cold Weather the Reci tal Which Was. to Have Been Given at Opera House Tonight Has Been Postponed to Some Future Date. On acount of the fact that it would be impossible to keep the opera house comfortable on such a night as to night bids fair to be, it has been de cided to postpone the recital which was to have been given there this evening by Misses Julia Culbreth and Elizabeth Donaghy of the faculty of Carolina College,Maxton, and Mrs. H. M. McAllister ot Lumberton. "Misses Culbreth and Donaghy came aown from Maxton this mornin? and this dcision was reached after a con ference with Manager Wishart of the opera house. They are guests today at the home of Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Page, Miss Culbreth being a sister of Mrs. Page. This recital will be given later and the date will be well advertised. Would Make an Admirable Chairman. "I hear from many sources that A. W. McLean of Lumberton is being considered," Mr. Cameron Morrison of Charlotte told a News and Observer reporter in Raleigh the other day in talking about who might succeed Mr. Webb as chairman of the State Dem ocratic executive committee, and add ed: "He would make an admirable chairman of the State committee. He is a man of executive ability, level headed and an active Democrat. I do not not think there would be ary mistake 'in selecting him for the posi tion of chairman." Heavy, impure blood makes a mud dy, pimply complexion, headaches, nausea, indigestion. Thin blood makes vou weak pale and sickly. For pure, blood", sound digestion use -Burdock Blood Bitters. fLDQ at all stores . MONEY IN HEALTH WORK. How Our Health is Profitable to Oth- k ers About Three-fourths of a County's Worth ia in Human Life The Choicest Property Suffers When There is an Epidemic of Ma laria. Robeson County Board of Health Bulletin. Political economists tell us that the lives of a county are worth from three to five times as much as its propetry valuation. In other words from 65 to 80 per cent of a county's worth is in human life. In 1910, 11,23,080 'worth- of property was listed in Robeson county. If one fourth of Robeson's population were to die today the county would suffer a loss equal to its property valua tion. If a fire alarm is heard at midnight the streets are soon filled with half dressed people all ready to help. Pro perty at stake. If an epidemic of malaria or some other disease begins, the choicest property of the town suf fers. Yes, human vitality is wasting and may be destroyed. Something su perior to a house is at stake. - It must be worth while to live these days. At least our life insurance com panies seem to think so. But there is a reason for their interest in our liv ing. They have an axe to grind, i. e., they are anxious to postpone the day of settlement and increase the num ber of premiums paid into their treas ury. , A rather low motive, you say. Welt, so it is, but the point is this: If it pays an insurance company to see to it that their policy-holders live a few years longer, in order to col lect premiums, it is surely a great deal more to our own interest to live ou$ our allotted time. We have more at stake than the insurance com pany. Health work has been taken up by insurance companies only during the last few" years, but it has been found to be such a profitable investment that nearly all the companies arc be ginning to do something along this line. Why are health policies so hard to get in some sections of ourJState ? Ma. laria. Ask the fourteen-year-old school boy if that disease is preventa ble. He will tell you that only two things are needed: A more abundant use of quinine and a more effective fight against the pesky mosquito. HOW BENTON WAS MURDERED. Unarmed, Was Shot to Death in Vil la's Office British Government Probably "Will Docket the Case" for Future Reference. Washington Dispatch, Feb. 28. William S. Benton, the British sub ject slain at Juarez, was unarmed and shot to death in Villa's office, pistol bullets through the stomach ended his life, according to conclusive informa tion which has reached Washington officials. While no statement to this effect was forthcoming today, slacken ing of official interest in the proposed post mortem of Benton's body was evident, the belief being that the ex amination would be useful only that it might serve to supplement the evi dence of timid witnesses who possibly otherwise would withdraw their oral statements. x Benton carried no arms when he approached Villa's office in Juarez, ac cording to information; he spent two hours waiting fo rthe interview that ended in his death, walking back and forth in front of office building; he was, shot through the stomach after he entered the otfice and received oth er wounds afterward, although the first was mortal. General instructions as to the meth od of investigation to be pursued were issued today by the State and War Departments to the their representa tatives at El Paso: It is realized that local conditions must determine the details and only broad lines were drawn in the directions. It was not known exactly today when the commission would start for Chihuahua. Secretary Garrison early in the day authorized General Scott, in command of the post at El Paso, to select two Army surgeons to make a medical ex amination of the body. The examination of Benton's body will be conducted by the United States authorities, the British view beingthat the responsibility rests on the State-Department. The British Ambassabor has taken frequent opportunity to show the sat isfaction his Government feels at the attitude of the State Department, add ing another tribute today to the activ ity which has marked the prosecution of the inquiry. It is believed that when the facts connected with the killing of Benton are developed fully, unless the United States Government feels called - upon to demand reparation, the - British Government simply will docket the case and place it on file to be pre sented to the future Government of Mexico for settlement when the day of reckoning comes. Superior Court Tomorrow. Robeson Superior Court, civil term, will resume tomorrow, weather per mitting. As stated' in Thursday's Robesonian, the 2-weeks' term which convened last Monday struck a snag Thursday snow, if you have . not heard about it and Judge Rountree decided that it would be useless to try to hold court and announced a recess till 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Judge Rountree returned to his home at Wilmington and is expectedto re turn to Lumberton this evening. PARKTON PARAGRAPHS. Old School Building Burned Biggest Fire in History of Town A Sound Sleeper Everybody Snowballing A Church Social Friday Night Personal and Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, Feb. 28 Our town was greatly disturbed last night at half past one o'clock when the alrm of fire was sounded. Mr. and Mrs. A. McM. Blount were the first to discover the fire which was at the old school build ing. They heard the roar of the lire and immediately saw the tremendous light of the fire, as the building is lo cated nearly opposite Mr. Blount's house just across the street. The fire was one of the largest ever witnessed in the history of our town, as the building was a very large one and of the best material; and it didn't fail to burn. The entire building and its contents were consumed within a few minutes time as follows: More than 300 empty Irish potato barrels, a car load of dressed lumber owned owned by Mr. J. J. Cobb, and a quantity of hay belonging to Mr. W. T. Fisher. The btnlding was the property of Mr. Collier Cobb, a valuable building that was made ot the best material. We have been advised that the building only is partly covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown, but is generally thought to have been caused by some unknown tramp. boon after .the fire alarm was sounded the neighbors responded and in a short time a large crowd of citi zens was on the scene; and by the aid of the bucket and ladder department of the Parkton fire company Mr Blount's house was saved from burn ing. Amid all the alarm that was given shrill screams and all the hoi lering you ever heard in all your life, and dozens of guns and pistol signals sounding to arose the neighbors, yet there was one youn g man within 50 yards, or a stone's throw, of the burning building sound asleep and was undisturbed and was totally ignorant of what had happened until after sun rise the following morning. Some people seem to die when they are only sound asleep. Well, how about snow? It snowed the biggest and prettiest snow the writer ever saw in all his life, and we never witnessed so much snowballing. Teachers, pupils, preachers, doctors, merchants, clerks, agents, operators, merry widows and old maids, all snowballing-andchiIdren especially. But rabbit hunting is the order of the day at present. It is strange to say, as fair warning as we all had, yet some wood boxes and coal piles are almost out. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Daniel returned homeyesterday from Mr. Daniel's old home in Georgia. They report a grand time. As they left Savannah they left it wrapped up in a grand sleet. Mr. Daniel is quite a sport and he says he killed more than 125 quail and duck no end of them. Of course he did not kill more than 15 per day. Killed as high as fifteen from one cov ey, and as many as three from one shot. It is a blesesing to our town ship that he has a most confining job, or there would be no game left for the rest of us poor shots. The ladies of the First Baptist church are to give an entertainment at the academy on next Friday night. Of course a good time is in store for all that wilj attend, and as 'they rep resent a good cause everybody should be there. Benefit new Bap tist church. FARMERS' UNION MEETING County Meeting Will Be Held in Lum berton March 18. The county meeting of the Robeson Division of the Farmers' Union will be held in the court house in Lumberton Wednesday, March 18. This will be a very important meeting, one in which all members of the Union should be especially interested, and it is hoped that all who can possiblv do so will attend. Take a day off and come. It will pay you. and pay you well. Remember the date and be "n the scene at 10 o'clock, sharp. F. GROVER BRITT. ' Sec-Treas. Robeson Division. Married at McColl, S. C. ' Mr. J. C. Bryant, section foreman on the Lumberton division of the S. A. L. was married yesterday to Miss Monnie McCrenly of McColl. S. C. The wedding took place in McColl and the bride and. groom arrived here last evening. Mr. Bryant is well known here andJhis many friends will wish him and his bride a joyful future. No R. F. Week. D. Service Two Days Last Because of the deepness of the snow, making it impossible for stock ! tn travel thpi-A ura no mail aarvira on the K. r . V. routes leading from"1" .fcr "LI usea m Lumberton Thursday and Friday of last week. la Days For Shooting Up Parkton. Deputy Sheriff T. B. McNeill placed ! o II l -1 r . - i I M. B. Haywood of Parkton in jail Saturday night to serve a 15-day sen tence imposed on him by the mayor of Parkton . Saturday, when he was tried for shooting a pistol on the streets. Baltimore School Closing Postponed to Wednesday Night of This Week. The closing exercises of Baltimore school near Fairmont, which were to have been held last week, were post poned on account of the weather, to Wednesday night of this week, March 4. Prof. C. A. Waldrop is principal of the school. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. In like a lion. License has been issued for the marriage of C. C. Fennell and Staud Ivey, both of Proctorville They were married at the home of Rev. M. A. Stephens at Orrum, who performed the ceremony that made them one. r nday night. Miss Amelia Linkhawer. who has charge of the millinery . de partment of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell ft Son's department store, will leave this evening for New York. PhiladelDhia and Baltimore, where she will pur- cnase gooas ior this department. "My Old Kentucky Home" a Western drama, will be the attraction at the opera house Thursday night Musical specialties between the acta. Show has brass band which will doubt less draw a large crowd. Seats on .sale at McMillan's tomorrow, prices 50 cents. From the looks of things about the express office Saturday morning t must be good weather for "tanking up." There were at least one hun Jered and fifty suspicious packages chere and the crowd 'round about there was large and seemed to be anx .ous to get tho goods. Mr. F. W. Grdoms, who for some time had held a position in the office jf the V. & C. S. Railroad Company lere, resigned his position Saturday m accept a position as bookkeeper for he Birmingham Company, brokers, for which company he began work this morning. Mr. A. A. Pedneau, manager of the Pedneau Garage & Iron Works, left Thursday night for Birmingham, Ala., where he will take a special course in oxyacetylene welding. Mr. Pedneau will be away for several weeks and on his return his company will install a plant fcr doing this kind of work. It is the easiest kind of thing to make things unpleasant for otners and a mighty good way to do that is to go to the postofiice, get jijjr mail and read it before moving, be cause of the fact that somebody else may want to get theirs and you Tight in their way. One man can block the way to many boxes. Business has been very good with Register of Deeds T. N. Higley since December 1. He has sold 16 mar riage license. He issued 41 during the month of February and all this was done without any advertising. How ever marriage license is the only thing that will go so well without adver tising. Somebody should worry. Mr. L. Pate, who lives on route 2 from Lumberton, was among the visitors in town Saturday. Mr. Pate says he doesn't know why it was, but his section was blessed, or furnished, with more of the beautiful than any other place he has been. No need to worry if the old saying "the heavier the snow the greater the harvest" carries any truth with it. ' The young folks of the town had a great time while the snow was on nnow-balling, and some of the older ones joined in and enjoyed the fun. This is great sport and good exercise, but it is well to confine it to those playing, and not, as is very often the case, carry to the extreme by attack ing strangers and others who don't have time to enjoy life in that way. Prof. C. F. Mitchell, principal of the school at Smith's, Howellsville town ship, received a telegram yesterday to the effect that his brother, who is a student at the State University Co lumbia, S.- C, was very ill,, having both pneumona and measles, and was not expected to live. Mr. Mitchell passed through town last evening en route to Columbia to see his brother. A letter received by The Robe sonian from Mr. George W. Thorn dyke of Fort Riley, Kan. stated that he would be honorably discharged from the U. is. Army on March 1, having served the time for which he enlist ed, ad that he expects to return to Lumberton, his old home. Mr. Thorn dyke has many friends here who will be pleased to learn that he is coming On account of the deepness ot tne snow Thursday the V. & C. S. IrhZZrZT .tn Mll,j: du? j aJriveTm ?-2 n nf i' m7-dldnot tr J f Sl'L" V makln ne I Ar, ? hat daI wieFe.as. usually IK i; i m es ?Vl ci L tf. S. C, at 10:20 a. m. did not leave till 2 p. m., but made the triD and re- ' turned about the usual time. Messrs. R.D. Caldwell & Son have placed an order with James Cunning ham, Son & Co. of Rochester, N. Y., for the handsomest kind of funeral car for their undertaking establish ment. It is a full wood draped, hand- large cities- Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son rightly judge that Lumberton has reached the point where it will take the finest of everything, from the cradle to the grave. The car has b-en shipped and is expected to ajj- -1 j. I rive almost any day. It was indeed a sad time in Reg ister of Deeds T. N. Higley's office Saturday afternoon for a young cou ple from one of. the cotton mills. They went in and called for license which would make it possible for them to be man and wife, but, sad to say, they were too little, and for this reason, including the fact that tne girl was too young, they were turned away with heavy hearts. Quite a crowd of people gathered in the office to see them made happy, but instead saw their pleasant anticipations Over powered with sadness. j jm'l 7
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