THE ROBESONTAN, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1114.
PACE FIFE.
Just Received !
Big lot of New Shapes,
Ribbons and Flowers.
Miss Josephine Breece
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Special JNotices
WE PAY $2 PER BUSHEL -CASH
FOR PEAS H. M. Beasley and
. .UTo.f Lumberton, N. v
.FARMERS TAKE NOTICE When
. in town call at the Lumberton
. Bakery and get six (6) loaves, of
'-' the best bread for 25c -to help out
the .wife these busy times, rnone
116 ' --j:.-;.
I OFFER MY SERVICES ? TO THE
- people of Robeson to move their
dead and die srraves. J as .
M'Kellar." :
I HAVE OPENED a livery business
on First street back of Fullers sta
- -bles. Will appreciate your patron
age. Give me a call.. 'Phone "No,
19. H. C. Coley.
WIPING RAGS. SANITARY RAGS
of the best kind for cleaning ma
chinery . Have a larger supply
. than we can use and will sell supplies
at cost. Apply at Robe soman office.
FOR COTTON SEED MEAL, HULLS
and feed see or phone K. M. Biggs.
WANTED A LADY TO LEARN
Gents' Tailoring." Pay while learn
ing. Apply Rudolph Thfl Taildr.
FOR UP-TO-DATE BICYCLES and
first class, repair work see V. P,
Squires, opposite Farmers & Mer
chants Bank, Lumberton, N. C.
LARGE HEATER FOR SALE Suit
able for school room church or
store; in good condition; you may
nave it at your own price. Apply
at The Kobesoman Office.
FOR SALE 1154 Acres Land, 350
cleared. 9 dwellings, Good timber
$16.50 per acre. Some cash, 17
years to pay balance. Address box
A. B., Trenton, N. C.
A NICE ASSORTMENT of Straw
Hats at K. M. Biggs,
THE HOME OF GOOD BREAD.
Genuine old-time pound cake a
specialty. Give us an order for
v your next reception and let us
prove what we claim Lumberton
Bakery, Phone 116
FOR RENT a nice airy room, furnish
ed or unfurnished. For further in
formation apply to N. H. M'White,
Lumberton, N. C.
PRIME OF LIFE WEEK for young
sters of 40 and more at the Royal
Taylor Shop -Unas. F. MacAlas
ter. v
HERE COMES YOUR DADDY NOW
Don!t forget to have him call and
see the special inducements we have
to offer him in Summer Clothes
this Week Chas. P, MacAllister.
YOU WILL LOOK AND feel young.
er in one of those Royal .Tailored
Suits this summer for , 40-year-old
sports. Chas. P. MacAUisteir;
RUSH YOUR CROP WITH TOP
Dresser and Nitrate Soda from K.
M. Biggs.
OFFICE FOR RENT Over Stephens
& Barnes store, fronts on Chestnut
street. Two windows, 2 doors, large
well-ventilated room. Apply Q. T.
Williams.
Children dry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR! A
GREENSBORO
OREENSBORO. N. C.
Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Touch Type
writing, Penmanetip. Write for eatalotf
Royal
Baking
Powder
Hot Biscuit
is the luxury
MADE AT HOME
THEJ10JJES0NIAN,
ORcl 107 West Fourth Street.
Telephone No. 20.
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1914.
PERSONAL J
Among the Sick.
Little Miss Viola' Jenkins, who un
derwent an operation for adenoids at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Daisy
Jenkins,- sixth street, Saturday, is
getting along nicely. Dr. R. S
Beam performed the operation.
Mr. S. F. Jenkins of Barnesville
passed through Lumberton Tuesday
on his way to Baltimore to see his
wife, who was taken to Baltimore, to
the University of Maryland hospital,
last week by Dr. W. W. Early. Dr
Early passed through Lumberton on
his way back to Marietta Tuesday. It
was expected that an operation would
be pertormed on Mrs. Jenkins to
day.
The condition of Mrs. M. W.
Floyd, who has been sick with mala
rial fever at her home on Tenth street
for ten days, is thought to be imDrov-
inc.
: The condition of the infant child of
Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Barnes which
has been very sick for several davs.
i stnougnt to be somewhat improved.
Pembroke School Closes.
Reported for The Robesonian..
The public school of Pembroke
taught by Miss Mamie Lee Avent.
closed Tuesday, the 12th.
At two o clock in the afternoon ex
ercises by the children took place.
Then in the evening at 8 o'clock the
patrons and friends of the school were
delightfully entertained by several
readings, given by Mrs. J. R. Poole
of Lumberton, after which Miss Avent
introduced Mr. J. R. Poole who
talked interestingly for some time
about the school facilities of the
county and the progress it is making
n educational lines. He then intro
duced" the speaker of the occasion,
Mr. H. E. Stacy of Lumberton, who
made a masterly address on the value
of educated citizenship, proving con
clusively inai oniy Dy educating the
masses can our State be industrially
independent.
Ltttle Miss Gladys Prevatt, having
won the only- prize offered . by the
management that for the best spell
erwas presented this by SudE Poole
with appropriate remarks.
Representative Page h&s introduced
a mil to have a Federal Court: ostah.
lishco it Lburinburg. .- ' ..
After doda-inp- the disease for mnro
than 50 years Senator Simmons has
a common case or measles. He is con
fined to his home in Washington.
It is now Mavor McNeill tf Fnv.
etteville, the newly-elected mayor,
James D. McNeill hammer assumed
the duties of the office, and the form
er mayor, John Underwood, now being
an ex.
Dan L. Tolhert. a rienntv sheriff.
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was shot and almost instant! v frilled
near Albemarle Sundav bv John Cox
and A. E. Cole, guards for the State
convict" camp. Joe McKinney, an
other officer was beaten over the head
and badly injured, Cole was arrested
and taken to jail at Albemarle. Cox
escaped. The officers were searching
for whiskey which the guards were
suspected of selling to the convicts. -
For Weakness and Loss of Appetite
The Old Standard general atrengthenlng; tonic,
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drive out
Malaria and builds op the ayateto. A true tonic
and eure A ?' ;--r--,' "ndehlldreii. 50c
Announcement Extraordinary
John Bunyan's Beautiful and immortal gift to the world
PILGRIMS PROGRESS
In Moving Pictures at the -
PASTIME THEATRE
Friday, May 15th,
The greatest religious story ever written, founded
on and showing scenes described in Bunyan's won
derful dream, in four reels. .".
Conceded by press, public and clergy, to be the.
most reverent, profoundly inspiring Biblical Picture
that was ever produced. i
The greatest triumph of the world's foremost film
producer. More interesting to see the motion picture
than to read the book itself.
Show Begins at 2 o'clock
Admission Adults, 20c; Children under 12 years, 10c
Mr. June Ashlev of Fairmont is in
town today. -;:
Mr. J. W. Conoley of Lumber
Bridre -spent Tuesday in town.
Mavor A. E. Whit nrvent Tuesdavi
.. . r
in Wilmington on business.
Mr. C. W. Ray of Buie's is among
1 1 : a. a. - 2 I
uie visiiura in town tuuay.
Mr. - Wesley Hedgpeth of .. Orrum
was a Lumberton visitor yesterday.
Mr. Hezzie Phillips of Mt. Eliam
is among the .visitors -in town to
day. Mr. A. G. Freeman of. Hog Swamp
is among the visitors in town to
day. ,
Mr. H. S. Nye of Orrum was a
Lumberton visitor Wednesday after
noon. Mr. Walker Hodge of Bloomingdale
was among the visitors in town yes
terday. t ,
Mr, Memphrey Britt of Long
Branch was a Lumberton visitor yes
terday. .
Mr. Jake Baxley of Buie, route 1,
was amoner the visitors in town ven.
terday.
Messrs. J. S. Jernigan and John
Lewis of route 2 from Parkton are
among the visitors in town today.
Mr. W. W. Strickland of Antioch,
Hoke county, was a Lumberton visi
tor Monday.
Mr. I. P. Graham of Prnrorvill
was among the business visitors in
town yesterday..
Messrs. E. B. and Thad Stone of
Mt. Eliam were among the visitors
in town yesterday.
Mr. D. W. Bullock of Rowland
former register of deeds, was among
me visitors in town Tuesday.
Mr. N. C. Long left Tuesday for
Charlotte and Davidson, where hn will
spend several days on business.
Messrs. W. K. Culbreth and N. C.
Stubbs of Moss Neck were among the
business visitors in town yesterday.
Mrs.. J. A. P. Conoley of Lumber
Bridge spent Tuesday and Tuesday
night in town a guest of Mrs. R. D.
Caldwell. -
Rev. R. A. Moor a of VA
is spending the day at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Caldwell. North
Elm street.
Mrs J. O. Recltwith
day night from Norfolk, Va., where
she SDent several Hnvn
latiier, but. jonn j. uunbar.
Messrs. Berrv MitchAll. TT a. nA
N. S. Stnhha nnd A T . T..
t B.a Ma WVllCS VA
Fairmont are Lumberton visitors to-
aay.
Messrs. J. R TTnrwV,
McArthur. J. N. nnrl n A p,nA A
Red Springs were Lumberton visitors
yesieraay.
Miss Emma Hi'vloir
J xaU 1UV11"
day meht from Durham Jin1 Palaitvli
where she spent two weeks visiting
ing for Philadelphus, where she wjll
ttttenu ine scnooi closing today and
tomorrow.
Miss Leon To-rott. nf Viro'
O O a
through town Tuesday en route home
irom unanowe, wnere she spent
several weeks.
Miss Frone Kendall. whA hA w
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teaching at Bloomingdale, passed
through town yesterday en route to
ncr nume at vvaoesDoro.
Miss Pearl MrlVTHlian Af
spent Tuesday and yesterday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Mc
Kenzie, North Elm street.
Dt-J w- W. Early of Marietta
passed through town Tuesday en route
home from Baltimore. IA hIi.m w
- nucAC
spent several days on, business.
Miss Anm Duckett and Mrs. G.
C. Poole of Raleigh arrived Monday
m&rht and will snonH
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. M.
Biggs, Seventh street.
Mr. Furman Hi
ing cml engineering under Mr. Ira
B. Mullis at Ullincton. Rtwnt la of
nicht in town
turned to Lillington this morning.
Mr. C. V. Rnram oaohia
Bank of Lumberton, left Tuesday for
l 1
xwtieign, wnere ne is attending the
meeting Of the North rarnlino Pot.1t
w f - ww Inun-
ers Association, which is in session
there thig week.
Miss Mamie Avent, who has just
closed her school at Pembroke, spent
Tuesday and yesterday in town a
guest and the home of ex-Judge
T. A. McNeilL North Elm st.rwt.
She left for her
- -- 4 &.
this morning.
Mrs.. J. A. Sharpe and children,
little Miss Anna Courtney and John
Allen, Jr., and Miss Josephine Breece
will leave tomorrow night for Bal
timore, Md., where Mrs. Sharpe and
children will spend several weeks vis
iting her mother and sisters. Miss
Breece goes on business and will re
turn in a few days.
Charles Henderson of Troy was
nominated Monday for Governor of
Alabama over former Governor B. B.
Comer.
, Washington Hismath Maw 19' Tt
became known today that the Senate
cannot reacn a vote on tne proposed
Panama tolls reneal fYfmntion for at
least 10 days or two weeks.
senator Overman Tuesday secured
the adoption by the Senate appropria
tions committee his provision for
$175,000 for enerial ncrmta and fnr.
eign attaches to build up American
trade in foreign countries. Ten years
ago Senator Overman got $30,000 for
tnis . purpose, we - has battled- on
year after year until the sum is
$175,000. V
. To Cure a Cold la One Day
TakeLAXATIVEBROMO Quinine. Itatepstnt
coagn ana Headacb ana work on tne Cold.
Dm (t gists refund money if it laili to care,'
B. W. OROVS'S lieaataxe on eadi box. 25c.
- J. L-STONE, SR, PASSES ;
Mt. EUam't. ..Eoremost Man ' and
1 Church Worker' Goes to His Reward
Funeral Tuesday Attended by
' Large Crowd.
" Mr. J. I. Stone, Sr, 72 years old,
died at his home, near Mt. Eliam,
Monday at 3:15 p. m. of heart trou
ble. Mr. Stone's health had not twxn
good for some time, but he was at
tending io nis fluties until
Sunday nieht. when he was taken ter.
iouslv ill. and hut littla hnrw ni
entertined for his recovery. The fu
neral services were conducted from
the residence Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock hv Rpv i I. P. HHTTwth nt
Lumberton. Revs. M. A. Stephens"
and "Paul T. Britt and Mr. Frank
Gough also made remarks, paying
hi eh tribute to the deceased, and th
remains were laid to rest in the fam
ily Durying ground near the home.
There were hundreds of people in at
tendance at the funpral. rwxtnlo from
f TWBV A W III
all sections of .Robson county. The
norai onenngs were many and beau-
U1UI.
Deceased was a nrinrlv man a
man who was first in everything that
was ngm ana gooa. As somebody
remarked, "the section in which he
lived has never known manv lilra
him." He was the life of the commu
nity. He was a man who had his
God, his church and his country at
heart. He was for more than half
a century clerk of the Mt. Eliam
church and during the entire time was
never absent from his monthly con
ference but twice. He loved the
church and Sunday school and put his
life into it. He was a deacon of the
church, and was for manv van su
perintendent of the Sunday school and
at me time or nis death was teacher
of the Bible class in the Sunday
School. Ha is dead hut. hia InflnMu
will live in the community in which
ne uvea ana taoorea lor good, lor
years to come. He was a father to
the whole communitv.- TWonaad is
survived by his wife and five children.
Nurses at Thompson Hospital Pass
"Exams" With Credit.
The SDrinfi" examinations for th in.
termediate nurses at the Thompson
hospital were riven last week. Both
oral and written examinations, vara
given in anatomy, physiology, urinaly
sis, Dactenoiogy, cooiung, practical
and surgical nursintr. Misses Kit
ty Blue and E. Ray both made 100
on physiology and anatomy. All the
nurses passed with a great degree of
credit. Miss Winifred Mason, a
Graduate of the Postgraduate hnani-
tal, New York, is superintendent of
uuioca, iiavmg ueen in cnarge since
January 1 this year. The number in
the. school at this time i 12. hut. will
at an early date be increased to 15.
Miss Maude Watts graduated Tuesday
and will leave Sunday for Durham
where she will stand examination in
the Watts hospital for a registered
nurse, and will at an early date take
a special course in the New York
Post-Graduate hospital.
The Thompson hospital was organ
ized in the year 1906 and has had a
Steady growth since that time. Dr.
N. A. Thompson is president and
general manager of the hospital. It
is modern in every respect and is an
institution of which the people of
Lumberton and surrounding country
are proud.
Notices of New Advertisements.
Chief Game Warden Bond calls at
tention to the game law.
Choice furnitura of late deeiim fnf
every part of the house Stephens &
Dames.
Your bank book is vour hades of
good sense and independence Bank
of Lumberton.
Large heater for sale.
Jas. H. McKellar offers services
to move dead and dig srraves.
H. C. Coley has opened a livery
1 1 1 . T-l II ...
uusmess drck oi f uiier s stables.
banitary wiping raes for sale at
cost.
All mine's necessarv for on mm or
comfort R. D. Caldwell & Son.
Un-to-date bieveles and first-Ma oo
repair work V. P. Scmirea.
Home of good bread? six loaves of
tne Dest ior zoc Lumberton Bakery.
Ice-cream narlor. pool dn' nlr atsk-nA
and candy kitchen Saloom aSleeby.
uucauonai iour oi wasnington.
Assorted flavors of "The Velvat
Kind" Of ice creams and eherhato i
Pope Drug Co.
Nice assortment of straw hats K.
M. Biggs.
Cotton seed meal, hulls and faaA-
ton dresser and nitrate snAa K . M '
Biggs.
$2 cash for peas H. M. Beasley &
Bro,
Lady wanted to learn gents' tail
oring.
Wonderful pictures at Pastime the
atre tomorrow afternoon and evening.
The Best Hot Weather Tonic
SHOVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC enrichea the
blood. htli Ms nn t whnl mt.m mnA wwm.
derf ally atreoetheo and fortify yon to witbatand
uie aepreawna; eneci oi uic oox aommer. sue.
SPECIAL RATE TO HOPE MILLS
MONUMENT UNVEILING
On acrnnnt of TTnveilini nf Mmn
ment hvs Woodmen of The WnrlH at
Hope Mills, N. C, Sunday, May 31st,
1914, an extra train will be run be
tween Elizabethtown and St. Paula.
To connection going trip with No.
64 and returning trip with No. 65.
iiciceis win De sold oniy at regular
ticket airencies and cood nnlv Inn
date shown above.
Fares from "TfT
Elizabethtown to Hope Mills and
return i 1 1.7ft
Dublin, N. C. to Hope MUIs and
return .. 1.35
Tar Heel to Hope Mill and return 1.10
juumoenon, xx, u., to nope Aiuis
and return ' 1.10
Str-PaulSi-N C-to HepeMills
and return . . . .55
For any additional information
write, . - .
L. C. PARKER,
flenerol PacGAnvof A front
Virginia & Carolina SouthernRailway
company, Lumberton, jn. u.
The Robesonian does Job Printing;
School Closing Time at Hand
What are you going to give the
boy or girl for a
Graduation Present ?
Consult us we will help you
make a selection.
Boylin's Jewelry Store,
LUMBERTON, N. C
The Great K. P. Distributor
V'.-)!.f'
t i ii i I i r
ECONOMICAL AND EFFI.
CIENT.
LASTS LONGEST
For Sale by
LEADING MERCHANTS
THE TRADE SUPPLIED
BY
N. Jacobi Hardware Co.
SOLE SELLING AGENTS
WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
Star Brand
OXFORDS
and SHOES
for all the family.
flats, Gaps and Dm Goods..
Notions, Heavy and Fancy Groceries.
M. W. FLOYD, - - Lumberton, N. t
Lumberton Ice Co.
Plate Ice
"Ask those who use it"
Prompt Service
'Phone 220
Birmingham & Company
' Incorporated
Wholesale Distributors
We have just closed a contract with the
Fruit Dispatch Co. to furnish us one
solid refrigerator car of extra fancy
Bananas every week. If you want the
very best in bananas give us your order
Our Specials !
Sensation Self-Rising Flour,
Moonbeam Best Patent,
' Tip Top Family Patent,
Boney and Harpers,
Number 1 Timothy Hay,
Sunny South Compound
and Pure Lard,
Green Coffees,
Sugar, Octogon Soap,
Railroad Mills Snuff,
Spiro and LaFolwin Cigars,
All Kinds Fancy Produce,
Fancy Fruits, Paper Bags,
Meal and Grits,
Best Grade Shipstuff,
Number 2 White Oats,
Kiln Dried Corn,
Snowdrift and Scoco,
Fancy Head and
Japanese Rice,
All Kinds Canned Goods,
Gold Dust,
R. J. Reynolds Tobaccos,
Hen and Chicken Feed,
All Kind Cakes,
Crackers and Candies
JUST RECEIVED 136 barrels fancy
sound Albemarle Pippins, Russetts and
Pilot Apples. g
If we are not already favored
with your valuable patrpnage
ive us a trial --a
Birmingham & Company
Lumberton, N. C
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