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I. f ITX-A,.,- 0 1 ROBESONIAN HP JL JL ESTABLISHED 1870.JSINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TttUTH $10 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANC1 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1914. VOL. XLV. NUMBER 90 LEGISLATORS WANT ADVICE Kobeson Members of Legislature Will Meet With Magistrates Saturday All Citizens Who Have Sugges tions to Offer Their Representa tives Urged to Be Present or Send in Their Ideas. Senator Geo. B. McLeod and Rep resentatives M. Shepherd and G. r. Sellers have agree dto meet in Lum. berton turfday 'when the .magis trates of the county hold their meet, ing and they want all citizens of the county who have any sugges tions to offer as to legislation need ed for Robeson cunty to meet here with them. "The meeting will be held at the court house at 11 a. m., at fthe same time the (justices of the peace of the county are to meet, as has been stated in The Robeson- ia The General Assembly will meet Wednesday of next week, January 6th, and the men elected to repre sent Robeson county in that body will welcome any suggestion any cit izen of the county feela like mak ing as to what should be done. For instance, reoeal of the lien law is being agitated. Some 'citi zen? of Robeson county are i nfavor of its repeal; others are not nr fa: its repeal Senator McLeod says he and Messrs. Shepherd and Sellers would like to hear from crt. sition they want their (representa tive's to take on that matter. Then there is the question of segregation which u coming up, and a State wide legalized primary, the road law, etc. The $2 tax in the road law is to bs repealed, but is anything else ' to he done to the law as it stands now? , Se'i-tor McLeod says for one thing he v, r 1 -3 the county attorney made as.-i .ant solicitor, so that he may investigate cases beforehand and summon only necessary witnesses. In this way he believe, enough mon ey would be saved the county to pay the county attorney's salary manv times over. All who have suggestions to otter are requested to put them in writ-inn- and file them with their repre. sentatives. And of course any who receive this notice too late to bring cr send their suggestions in time for the meeting Saturday need not consider that they are thereby de barred from expressi- their opin ions, for thev may write their rep resentatives at any time privately, or The Robesonian will be glad to publish at any time any -suggestions any citizen of the county feels like making through the press. aTwTsER PROGRAM Cotton Acreage Will be Greatly Re. duced in Robeson, Also Amount of Commercial Fertilizer. Judging from the way farmers gen erally talk about the matter, the cotton acreage in Robeson county will be greatly reduced next year, and the amount of commercial fertilizers us ed as well. As a rule the farmers use about twice a, much fertilizer under cotton as they do under corn anyway. The slogan of the Robe rm farmprs seems to be "We'll re duce our cotton acreage and fertil izer bills, raise more cattle and food stuff3 and by so doing live at home.' More Acres in .Small Grain; CoUon Acreage Reduced. Mr. J W Smith of route 5 from Lumberton was in town yesterday. Mr. Smith says the farmers in his section have planted a great many more acres in small grain than us, ual, and he think, the cotton acreage will be greatly reduced "ext year. Food Crops in Place of Cotton. Mr. W. T. Tedder of route 2 from Fairmont was among the visitors in town yesterday. Mr. Tedder says the farmers down about Fairmont and vicinity will plant quite a bit of to bacco next year. He also thinks that food crop, will grow on many acres that have been growing cot. ton heretofore. Wilmington Cargo of Cotton For Germany First to Go Through Dutch Port. The Hague, Via London, Dispatch, 30th. 4 . The American steamer A. A. Ka ven, which arrived at Rotterdam De cember 24th, from Wilmington, N. C , with 6.600 bales of cotton was the first vessel to reach a Dutch ' port since the outbreak of the war, with a cotton consignment for Germany- v 0. , The steamer was held up 24 hours in the English channel by British warships for examination of her Tnrnrs The freight charges for the Rav en's cargo were $10 per bale, which ; five times the normal rate. This increase was due to the great war rrisks attending imports destined for Germany. Tt was stated here today by an American agent that the alarming reports concerning dangers of navi gation in the North Sea might have a tendency to drive the rates still higher. , ' sincp the war started, the Ger man imports of cotton are said to have amounted to 50,000 bales, most nf it, ijoinff by way of Gothenburg Sweden, to which port sixteen ves. kpU now are steaming. They are due to reach Gothenburg inside of two weeks. "Their (cargoes aggre gate about 75,000 bales. To prevent Blood Poisoning Pi'ly at once the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEAXfNG OlL.asur ftical dressing that Telievcs paia and heal a: MT. ELIAM MATTERS. A Quiet Christmas Movements of the People. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Mt. Eliam, (Lumberton, ,R. 4), Dec. 29 Christmas passed off very quietly around here. On account of the bad rain we failed to have our Christmas service Friday at the church, but we had some service Sat urday and took our collection for the aged ministers. On account of the cold and rainy weather there was no preaching here Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tead Ililburn and Mr. Fred ililburn of Fayetteville spent Saturday night (nd Sunday with their sister, Mrs. P. T. Britt. Mr. Grover Britt of Lumberton, one of The Robesonian', boys, spent Saturday on the Mount visiting rel atives. Mr. and Mrs. Orion Martin have moved to Columbus county. They were good neighbors and good church and Sunday school workers and they will be greatly missed. We hate to lose them. Mr". I. V. Britt, who moved off last year, will move back to the same place he ieft in a few days. We are glad to say Rev. P. . T. Britt who has been in Brunswick county for nearly 2 weeks will re turn home tonight. Mr. Austin Phelps, who-JV-"-. position with Preacher Britt last year on his farm, is back on the job again for another year. There i, not much news on the Mount. I will close wishing The' Rob esonian and all its readers a happy and prosperous New Year. BARNSVILLE NEWS NOTES School Opens Phiatheas Entertain Baracas Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Barns ville, Ic. 29.The rchool opened at Barnsville Tuesday morn ing, but on account of the bad w.eath ed few attended. However, a large school is being looked for this spring. Prof. "Max L. Ponder has returned from his home at Mars Hill where he spent the holidays. Miss Donie Britt arrived Monday morning from Lumberton to take up her duties in the school. A reception given by the Barns ville Pih'athea class to 'the young men of the Baraca class was much enjoyed Monday evening. The re ception was given at the home of Mrs. R. A. Hedgpeth, president of the Phiathea class, while the guests were well received by Miss Elleri Powers. Miss Stella Murray is home from school at Maxton. Misse, Andrew and Bertha Barnes, who have been in college at Meredith, are spend ing the holidays at home in Barnes ville Miss Heesba Hedgepeth is spending1 the holidays here with her father and mother, Rev. and Mrs. R A. Hedgepeth. TOLARSVILLE TOPICS Debating Society Organized School Begins Again Jan. 4 Quiet Christ mas Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. olarsville, (St. Pauls, R 1), Dec. 28. Christmas nassed off here. It was so rainy and snowy there was not much stirring done. Some of the young peopi ,.ctu out in spite of the weather Mrs. H. C. Flowers "of this place is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Haynes Johnson of Barnsville Mrs. it 1. Byrd visited her brother Mr Harry Fisher of Tarheel last Saturrl Jay. Miss Cora Britt Jesse Britt oi 'fen Mile, were visi tors in ths section last SatnrHmr Miss LillieLewis is spending a few ubjto viBmi irienas aow, m the Ten HjTM a; iiie section. Mr. Ed Britt and famliv of Rim.. ville expect to move to Tolarsville this week if the weather settles off. Our school teacher, Miss Kate Piatt or iviuums, b. c, went home to spend Christmas last Wednesdav VhAAl will open up against next Monday, Jan. 4. Our school has debating! society. Mis Nellie Hon. eycutt is nresident, Mr. Rov Cain sec retary, and Miss Annie Martin crit tic. It will mcu cveryother Frida" aiternoon Raft Swamp 'News Notes and Per sonals. Correspondence of The Rohesoninn Raft Swamp, (Lumberton, R. 6), Dec. 28. Everybod" had a nice time curing Christmas and enjoyed them selves fine. There were some folks that -went, hollying Christmas Eve and took an enjoyable ride with Mr Odum's bugey, but after a distance or about half a mile the ride chang ed to a very rue-e-ed ride, for the an. imal that was pullin the but""' left rne road and took across Mr. W. C. Townsend'3 field, .ui Odnm found his bugey about the middle of the 'ild. There was no damage done to tne buggv. Mr. and Mrs. H. C, TSulWW n-Kn had been spending a few days at tne home of Mr. and Mrs. H R Bullock of this section, left Satur. dav for their home at, Laurinbur Miss Lessie Odum will leave to day for Buie's Creek, where she will spend the rest of the winter. Airs, Hattie Powell spent Christinas at the home of her father, Mr. WV C. Town- send. . Children Cry; FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORI A. TT AOJlllX KM A J illnO Urk liA "Ul iTUUliO ' J if m - . Items of Interest From the Nation's Capital Congress Reassembles Political Talk Attack On the President The Philippine Incident . . Other Items of Interest. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Washington, Dec. 30. Congress re. assembled Tuesday after one of the shortest holiday recesses in history. It i, not likely that much will be accomplished until after the begin ning: of the new year, but the lead- r. v. . . v Ji. o r I 1 ft n A .r 1 1 f n ' I C i of eve ry working day in order to ! Mills during the holidays were Messrs.: P "li te the strenuous program. The J. l. Canady and M. H. Jones of '"u ? r,.,SVa 1 complete the strenuous progr, immigration bill is the unfinished business before the Senate, but it is very probable it will be sidetracked by the appropriation bills, some of which are now ready for considera. tion in the upper House. Senator Lewis of Illinois is leading the fight against the bill in it, present form and has announced that he will in troduce an amendment at the proper time to eliminate the literary test. If he is successful it will probably result in the defeat of the entire till. As was generally predicted, the prohibition resolution was defeated in the House. Supporters of that measure, however, are well pleased with the showing made. Though they failed to command the necessary two-third votedemanded by the Con stitution the. .vote showed a major ity' of eight in 'favbr of the resolu tion. Representative Hobson an nounced that he would immediately offer another amendment, slightly' different from the one just defeat ed. It will be impossible to bring it up for action in the present ses sion but it gives him an opportunity to continue the fight. They failed to reach the woman suffrage amendment before the hol idays and it is likely its considera tion at an early date will see a re enactment of the lively scenes dur, inr- the discussion of the prohibition amendment. When the appropria tion bills for the army and navy are taken up in the House they will un doubtedly provoke a great deal of discussion. Proposals for substan tial increases in both branches and the sarengtheniiw&fc.of the t-tfational defenses have beeiriexploited)ithrough- out the present session and will giver rise to spirited debate when they reach I the tflodr. The Fovernment ship purchase bill is before the Sen ate and its friends will endeavor to bring it up for action at the first opportunity. Although it is rather early to make prediction, as to candidates in 1916, many seem to think that two members of the present Cabinet will be contestants for seats in the Sen ate. Postmaster General Burleson is regarded as a likely candidate for the (seat tot; benator Culberson of Texas.- New Jersey Democrats are favoring Secretary Garrison to suc ceed senator 'Martine. His record in the present Administration would make him a valuable man in the Senate. The attack against the Pres ident and the effects of his policies, launched by Governor Colquitt of Tex as, has created an unusual amount of interest. Coming as it does from a leading Democratic Governor it is likely to foreshadow the growth of serious opposition, yseverai Demo crats are somewhat displeased be cause of the President's attitude on certain measures and his failure to alway, meet them in "common coun sel but the majority are of the opin ion that the President's position will be greatly strengthened when nor mal business conditions prevail. ine senate committee on the Phil ippines will make an investigation into the reported uprisings in the Islands. Action on the Jones bill, already passed by the House and pending in the Senate, granting a greater degree of liberty and look ing to the ultimate independence of tne islands, will probably be influ enced by these reports and it is the desire of the committee to discover the real facts. Some have advanced the opinion that the revolt was a staged affair by the oponents of greater freedom for the Islands When the new Federal Trade Com mission is organized it will find that the Bureau of Corporations, whose work it will take over, has much val uable data which will be of great service. The Bureau has made an exhaustive study iof the .industrial field and classified the various cor poration, coming under its jurisdic tion. They are now engaged in mak ing a complete summary of their eleven years' work. These reports will list the principle corporations, private and public, and give data as to the process of manufacture, organ ization and financial control. President Wilson celebrated his fifty-eighth birthday on Monday, the 28th. No special observance was held at the White House but he spent the day quietly with his family. Congratulatory messages from all over the country poured into ,he Executive office, throughout the day Washington enjoyed the full dej uuts oi a wnue ennstmas. lae great community Christmas tree, 'il luminated by hundreds of lights, was placed in front of the Capitol and thousands enjoyed the exercises held and the program rendered by' the iuarine cand on. Christmas Eve. H. E. RICKARD Stockholders -Meeting. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the National Bank of Lumberton will be held at it bank nig rooms at 11 o'clock Tuesday, Jan uary iz, VJlo. - C. V. BROWN, Cashier. "Conscience" Money Returned Tax on Vender Machines and Such Death of Mrs. Stephen Thagard Personal Mention. J Correspondence of The Robesonian. Hope Mills. JDec. 28 Christmas passed off very quietly at Hope Mills i there being no accidents and very ! the Back and Jacob Swamps (iram-; nouwiem . uua., ..Uw . little drinking. The whole day was 1 fe district held here yesterday a ; this week. rainy and cold, and most everybody committee was appointed to inves- Mrs. E. J. Waits was handsome spent the day by the fire in their legate the feasibility of issuing bonds ,y poun,jeci by the Sundav school of homes :to P3y the first several bonds as they thc First ai:ptist church Tuesday of Among those who visited Hope,"'.' ufv- "'e we'5L r Wake Forest, Mr. Beauror Driver i from Buies Creek Academy and Bus iness College; Miss Neilie Driver from the State Normal at Greens boro; Mr. Warren Pate from King's Business College at Raleigh; Miss Mable Pate from the Presbyterian Female College and Conservatory of Music at Red Springs; Messrs. Ken nith and Graham McDonald from Davidson College; Harding Butt from State University at Chapel Hill; Miss Elma Stone from King's Busi ness College and Mis Effie Newton who has been teaching in the graded school at Lumberton; Messrs. Geo. Cameron, William Cameron, Leoa Johnson and W. S. Pope, all of Wil mington, were also Hope Mills vis itor this ueek. There was a man who lived on Hickory mountain in Chatham coun ty, this" State, whose name is not given out to the public, who stole $96.00 from the late John Gilchrist several- years ago, and who before his death last summer made -arrangement, to have this amount paid back to the heirs of the late John J. Gil christ. The late Mrs. Sarah Ray, who was John S. Ray's first wife, was one of the heirs, and Mr. Ray's little daughter received $12.00. Mr. u. D. Canady. route 2, Hope Mills, has lost a bird dog, white with the exception of his head, whichr"lf a dark brown, and he will appreciate informal to his whereabouts Finder o the dog Will be liberally rewarded. JL On the ifinst of .Tanuiin'. flOin.TCorresondence of rlhe Kobesonian all vender machines and punch boards in Hope Mille will be taxed $50 per j year each. ! Mrs. Stephen Thagard died in her home near Hope Mills on the 23rd inst., and was buried in the ceme tery at Big Rockfish Presbyterian church, the funeral being conducted by her paster, Rev. K. A. McLeod. Several weeks ago, Mr. J. M. Wal- ro stopped over at Hope Mills to see his son, Mr. W. W. Wallace. Mr, Wallace is the father of nine teen chldren ad has seventy-five grand children. He is seventy years old and is enjoying perfect health. He left Hope Mills for Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. John A. Fowler lost a double case, gold watch somewhere between his residence and the Hope Mills graded school. The finder will be liberally rewarded on return of watch to Mr. Fowler at this place. Honor roll for Cumberland school: 8th grade, Eugine Ballard; 6th grade, Mary Francis Guiton, Hobart Biggs, John Denson; 5th grade, Mary Mc Kinnon, Lenah Culbreth, Tressie Biggs, Niner Kessee, Annie and Ka tie Creel; 4th grade, Joe Biegs; 3rd grade, Iula Culbreth, Lillie Creel; 2nd grade, Willie May Powell; first grade, Irene -Culbreth, Allice McKin. non, M. McKinnon, Annie Nordan, Ruth Buttler, Mary Creel, Lottie Per due, Frank Guiton, Roy Guiton and uilbert Collins. THE FINAL SUMMONS Mrs. E. Sanford Died Last Night at nome or Lir. j. r. Brown at Fair mont. Mrs. E. Sanford. ap-ed 82 vears. diedJast night at 10:15 at Fairmont at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Brown, witn wnom she had made her home for several years. Deceased is sur vived by only one child, Mrs. Brown. l he funeral will be conducted from Trinity Methodist church, Fairmont, tomorrow at 10 a. m. by Rev. B. E. Stanfield, toasto- of deceased, and interment will be made in the Nor- ment cemetery here at 1 o'clock p. m. Mrs. Sanford was one of Fair, mont's most highly respected and most loved ladies, and her death brings sorrow to many hearts. Funds for Poor. Any who desire to contribute funds for the relief of the poor may de posit them with Mr. M. W. Floyd, treasurer of the Associated Charities, with the assurance that they will be used for the desired purpose Mr. W, I. Linkhaw and L. E. Whaley turned over $5 each to. Mr Floyd Tuesday, and other contributions have been made. The Associated Charities has been reorganized re cently a, mentioned in The Robeson ian at the time, and hopes to be of real service to the deserving poor of this community. : i Checks Croup Instanth. You know croup is dangerous And you ought to know too," the sense of security that comes rrom having Fo ley's Honey and Tar Compound in the house. It cuts the thick mucus and clears away the phlegm, stons the strangling cough and gives easy breathing and quiet ol?ep. Every user is a friend. For sale by all druggists. Mr. Oscar Hellsrram of the Globe Swamp section is among the visitor in town today . Taxpayers of Back and Jacob Swamp: rainage District May Ask leg islature for Privilege of Issuing Refunding Bonds to Meet first Bond- That Fall Due Meeting; Held Yesterday : At a meeting 'of land-owners of ! The tne committee: W. P rman; J. U. sellers, u. i"CAU"' ' "' orIL1-' "O'y -ui; rvair. inis conmuuee is to inves. tivaVe the matter thoroughly and make arfV such recommendations as they think best to a meeting oi ann, the banks jn town wiU be doaed the land-owners of the district to , gnd reuIar holiday hours will be ue lieiu HI oil taiiy uow. Mayor A. E. W,hite wa0 elected chairman and presided at the meet ing, which was held, as stated in the last issue of The Robesonian, for the purpose of discussing plans for relief of the taxpayers of this drain--.re district, work on which was on ly recently completed. The first of the bonds, sold some two years ago, fall due next year, and it was sup. posed when they were sold that own ers of lands which will be benefitted by the canals which have been dug would realize benefit from the work .before any bonds fell due. Mr. T. L. Johnson, attorney far the district, was called on at the meeting yesterday 'and advised that the only relief in sight would be to issue refunding bonds to take care of the bonds as they fall due, which would resuire an act of the Legis lature. Mayor White Rtated that the lefur.ding bonds should be issued for 5 vears at least. The ionly taction 'taken was the appointment of the committee nam ed above. R) RIDGE BREEZES Store Burned Roads In Bad Shape Less Guano and More Food Crops. New Residence Personal Broad Ridge, (Orrum, R. 1), Dec. 28.--Christmas passed off quietly in these parts W,e saw but little drink- ing going on.. Most everybody stay- ed at . home on account of so much rain. On Christmas night the store here formerly 'owned by the late J. I. Stone, then being run by Mr. John Bullock, was burned down. The cause ha, not yet been learned. We understand it was covered by insur ance. Miss Mary Surles and Miss Clide Howard, our teachers, left last Thurs day for their resjjedtive homes to spend the holidays. Mr. Vester Britt ot 'McDonald's visited these parts last week. Some of our roads here are get ting in awful bad shape. Guess they will get O. K. when summer comes. Oh, you road law! Lots of our farmes are cutting stalks, etc., and will soon begin plowing. All say more plowing, more hog and hominy and less, guano. Mr. J. R. Lawson is building a new residence on his farm near here, Mrs. E. H. Surles of Lumberton is spending some time hero with her mother, Mrs. Jane Britt. BULLET HOLE THROUGH BODY Body of Pat McEachern of Wakulla Section Found in Ditch No Clue to Murderer. Mr. Pat McEachern, aged about 50 years, a well-todo farmer of the Wa kulla section, wai found dead with a bullet hole through his body in a ditch four feet deep near his home in the afternoon of Christmas Day. Mr. McEachern had been hunted by his family and neighbors for sever, al hours, as he had not been seen by them since Thursday evening about 8 o'clock. There is no clue as to who the murderer was. The following account of the mur. der is given in yesterday's Fayette ville Observer: "Mr. Patrick McEachern of Robe son county was ambushed and shot to death on Christmas eve about 7 o'clock by some unknown person, rob bed and thrown into a ditch where his body remained until about 9 o'clock Christmas morning, when it was dis covered by passers-by. "Mr. McEachern was returning in his buggy from Maxton to hi, home near Harmonv with a good many Christmas and Santa Claus articles, and when near a big branch, not far from his residence he was shot from ambush. All of the goods in his bug gy were stolen and his person robbed of his pocketbook, containing a good sum. "Mr. McEachern was one of the lar gest and most prominent farmers in Robeson, was a good man, a highly esteemed neighbor and citizen, and his death is gTeatly lamented. He was a kind and affectionate husband and father. He leaves a wife and eigh children." STOP THE CHILDS COLDS THEY OFTEN RESULT SERIOUS- LY. Colds, Croup, Whooping Cough are childrens ailments which need immediate- attention. Th? after-effects, are often most serious. Don't take the risk you don't have to. Dr. King's Kevv Discovery checks cold, soothes the' Cough, allays the Inflamma tion, kills the GeTms and allows Na tureto do her healing work. 50c at your Druggist. Buy a bottle to-day. For New Year's night the Pas- time Theatre will offer "The Brute," a famous Player Picture in 4 reels. Messrs. E. B, Freeman and J. A. Boone, Sr., are attending the hvt week. Tomorrow will ha a big day at St. John's Baptist church, colored. This coneretration always celebrate on New Year's Day. Tomorrow bring New Year's Day observed at the postoffice. Mr. Thos. N. Surles of Orrum pass-ad through town Tuesday evening en route to Raleigh, where he goes to apply for enlistment in Uncle Sam's Navy. Mr. C. H. Odum of route 1 from Elrod was among the visitor, in town this morning. Mr Odum was looking for a stray mule, and decid ed the surest way to find him was to place an ad in The Robesonian, which he did. Morrow Brothers Quartet will ba the' attraction at the opera, house this evening-. This ii said to be a high clas,' attraction which is sure to de light anyody who likes good music. Miss Viola Jenkins, daughter of Mrs. D. W. Jenkins, will undergo a throat operation this afternoon. Dr. It. S. Beam will perform the opera tion, which is not thought to be se rious. Sheriff R. E. Lewis is turning the tax books over to the collectors in the '....various towmsWips, -which means that all who have not "come across" will be waited on with the cost added. j- Mr. N, O. Covington, the young man who was hurt by his auto the day before Christmas, mention tof which was made in the last issue of The Robesonian, was. able to leave yesterday for his home atWinston Salem. In the report of the county meeting of the Farrrters Union it was stated that Mr. J. D. Gibson of Red Springs was appointed cotton grad er. The name should have been Da vid D. Gibson instead. J. in the place of a D, an dit's right. Mr. S. L. Martin, for more than a year a popular salesman in the Mc Donald drug store, left Thursday of last week for Leaksville, where he will spend some time visiting rela tives before entering Page's School of Pharmacy, Raleigh. Perhaps no man ever made more friends in Lum berton than did Mr. Martin, and all were indeed sorry to see hinVlfo. License has been issued, for the marriage of J. D. Kinlaw and Viv ian Smith; Fred Dellinger and Neva Branch; O. !F. Bracy and Pauline Easterling; A. H. White and Emily Stewart; R. L. Reed and Lula Wal ters; John Calder and Sarah Wyat; Donnie M'White and Lillie Kinlaw; B. N. Brimsley and Mattie Merritt. Mr. Jasper Rowan, who wai r?v cently elected by the town father's as driver of the fire truck, began work Saturday of last week, when the resignation of Mr. S. S. Steph ens, who had looked after the truck since it was bought, went into ef. feet. Mr. Stephens will do an au. tomobile livery business here. Mr. W. C. Brown, formerly of Lumberton, now of Fairmont, wag in town Tuesday. Mr. Brown owns near Fairmont a 15-horse farm which he has been renting to tenants for stated rent, but he decided that dur. ing times like these, when merchants are sailing closer to the wind, so to speak, furnishing tenants, he would better move closer to taw and look after things himself. Mr. F. A. Crabtree, an experi enced photographer of Atlanta, Ga., has bought an interest in the Fergu son Studio, and will be associated with Miss Lillian A. Ferguson in the picture business here. When it come, to making high-class pictures, Miss Ferguson is in the front row, and perhaps no town in the State has a more up-to-date picture gal cry than Lumberton. Mr. F. Grover Britt of Lumber ton, secretary-treasurer of the Rob eson,, County Division of the Farm ers' Union, has been appointed by State President H. Q. Alexander a member of the State educational com mittee. The State Union has had an .educational department for sev eral years, which has had a deal to do with the advancement made along educational lines in North Car olina. Among the Sick. At Thompson hespital: Mr. Wal ter Fleming of ti, who has been sick with typhof er for 3 weeks, is petting along1 nicely and it is ex pected he will be able to return home in 10 days or 2 weeks. Mr, Henry AmmorrS, who lives on route 4 from I.umberton, badly injured by a pow der explosion 2 weeks ago, as men tioned in The Robesonian at the t ime, and brought to . the hospital by Dr. T C. Johnson, is g-ettinff don's.- well except his right eye, which in all probability he will lose. Miss Orelia Carrell, who fell and fractured a hip !) weeks ago, is about well, being able to sit up now. 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