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nPlHTlr? JL XjLJlL ROBESOMAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENT. . COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH A YEAR. DUE IN A07ANCB VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1915. NUMBER 16 : " p ' - - ,. . , ., , . THOUSANDS ATTEND COUNTY COMMENCEMENT CHEAT EVENT FOR ROBESON CODNTY Crowd Which Attended Robeson's First Commencement Conservative ly Estimated at 8,000 to 10.000 Nearly 3,000 School Children in Pa rade Best of Order Prevailed and Everybody Enjoyed the Day Al most Every Section of County Rep resented The Parade an Inspiring Sight Athletic Contest8 Will be Annual Event. Friday of last week was a day that will be long: remembered by many ICobeson county school children and older folk as well. It was the day of the first Robeson county school t't "'incncfc'iiieiii'. The people began to arrive early in ihe morning on trains, automo biles, carts, buggies, wagons and ev ery other way except by way of airship, and by 11:30 o'clock a. m. the streets '. were crowded!. The crowd was estimated at from eight to ten thousand, the number of schools represented being around fifty. The parade had, it was estimated, nearly 3000 school children in it, besides a large number of school committee men, mounted marshals, floats, and about 100 Robeson county corn club boys. The program was carried out perfectly and in a creditable man ner. Nature smiled upon the occas ion and brought-Jdeal weather, the l.'.rge "crotch wefe ml good spirits and one and all seemed to enjoy the day, forgetting "hard times" for one day. The spelling contest; the address of W. L. Poteat, president of Wake Forest College; the athletic) con tests: the music, furnished by the Parkton and Bladenboro bands all were all that could have been wish ed for and furnished good entertain ment for all the people in fact the i v brought a rare treat in the way of entertainment for people of all sizes and ages. The Parade The parade, which started from the Lumberton graded school buildng was more than a mile long, in which marched nearly 3000 Robeson county school children 2380 by count :was more than a credit to thi3 great oc casion. First came the Parkton con cert band; playing in a manner which "put the spirit in the meet ing", followed by the marshals up on firey steeds. Next followed the school committeemen. Next in the parade were two beautiful floats, one an automobile artistically deco rated for the occasion by the gradu ating class of the Lumberton grad ed school, and one a wagon, no less attractive to the eye, arranged by the pupils of the tenth grade of this school. These floats were very taste fullyarranged and reflected credit upon the classes that prepared them for the occasion. After these fol lowed the schools as follows: Lum berton graded school, Philadelphus high school also the farm-life stu dents of this school Symrna, Bark ers, White Pond. Regan's. Tolars. ville. Ten Mile, Pleasant Hope, Ma rietta, Fairmont, Iona, McDonald, Ravnham Center, Orrum, Raft Swamp, Student's Hope, Sand Hill, Jennings' Cotton Mills, Saddle Tree, St. Pauls, Buck Horn, Oakton, Back Swamp, Pembroke, Purvis, Alma, An tioch, Hill Side. Maxton, Long Branch, Rowland, Red Springs. There were other schools in (the parade, but they failed to have banners so it was impossible to get their names, just behind the school children came the Bladenboro concert band, which much more filled the air with the spirit of the occasion. Last, but not by any means least, came the mem bers of the Boys' Corn Club, about 100 strong, shelling corn and throw ing the grains about the streets. The boys were yelling for their club and added much to the merriment of the occasion. There were many features about the parade that deserve special at tention. One was the manner 5jn which the children played their parts. Their marching was perfect and in order, which showed that the teach ers of the Robeson county schools are working faithfully and training the boys and girls for a better day. Among others, the Fairmont grad ed school pupils attracted admiring comment on the manner in which they were dressed, The Philadelphus school pupils attracted attention by their orderly marching. But if all features that deserve special men tion were mentioned several pages would be filled. This grand parade alone was worth coming all the way from Tiperary to see. A parade more than a mile in length with thousands of bright boys and girls the boys and girls that will be the men and women of tomorrow was enough to make one sit up and take notice. One of the oldest citizens '.of Rqbeson county, who traveled many miles to witness the doing of the boys and girls, re marked that during all his days he had never seen anything to equal it. It filled the hearts of fathers and mothers and made them resolve to strive for a better-educated citizen ship, and will prove a great w0rth to the advancement of education in the "State of Robeson". From the graded school building, the children and those with them marched down Seventh street to Chestnut, Chestnut to Second, across to Elm, Up Elm to Eleventh, Eleventh to Chestnut, down Chestnut to court house, where the parade ended. Sev sidewalks, store doers and windDws CpUflfll CYUIDITC on Elm street to watch the parade. OLIIUUL LAMlDllj And there was something so impres- . onri l inn nrrp sive abput the parade it seemed like ND jrCLLlNlJ DLLD a religious ceremony, one might say, so impressive that the crowd re. S!ndg1bour:vhafitntantOmeanufo 230 DIP10MAS WERE AWARDED cheer. Rather it was a great si- J lent cheer as the crowd passed by. j Exhibits at County Commencement A report of the spelling contests, i Were of Hiirh Order Philadelnhus i i ti i i i 1 i -1 j -. . . ' . ' speecn Dy ur. roieai, scnooi exnions, etc., at the court house, where the parade ended, is given in this issue under separate heads. This story j passes now to the athletic contests j in the afternoon. I Athletic Contests Perhaps no part of the entire ! program was more enjoyed by I, the DR. POTEATS ADDRESS BACK SWAMP NOTES BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS ''Tiff ?ffTh,CUV; ,Jf- th of Mis, Eva Prevatt-Srhool lights a Large Kobftson lounty ,., , . , , , , Commencement Crowd Countrv ' IOH" An Epidemic of (olds. Life and City Life Contracted Correspondence of The Robcsonian Parents and Teachers Urged to Back Swamp ( Lumberton, R. F. !,ar Educate thi dren for the I arm and;n.,? April 10 This community was Not for the City An Address ,i . t , . , Sparkling With Wit and Humor I u'rfy- f''1 the le?th an" and V itn Wholesome Advice. ! ? da'me'1 '.,ne f Us fbfr,htvefst V? One of the principal features of ! grlM's? Lva Vevatt, on March 28 i f one naa ween in ior some lime out High School Wins Prize for Best 1 Exhibit Farm-Life School Exhibit i the county commencement here Fri- Attracts Attention Other Excel- day was the address of Dr. lent Exhibits, Including One From l'oteat, president of Wake Carolina College, which Could Not ' college, in W 1 it was not thought that death was Forest near- ne Wls eighteen years -Spring, a very welcome guest, runs to hue arrived at last. - L. R Var.-er of the Lumberton addressed a Baraca Philathea meeting in the Baptist church at Whitcville yesterday. The regular monthly meeting of the Civic Association will be held ; Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock in ! trie library room" at the graded school building. o clocK at the cojrt house. A large crowd o' people heard and enjoy ed his. address. Mr. T. L. Jjhnson of Lumberton introduced Dr. I'oteaf in a very im- - ive way. He said that lie wish- Compete for Prize Two Spelling Bees Diplomas Awarded 230 Stu dents. Tu'n Snpllinrr lippc nnrt nroconn. boys and girls than were the athlet,-i ti0n 0f diplomas engaged the atten- ic cumehis, vymcn iook up me o g-j tion of the large cr0wd that attend- gesi part or tne aitrnoon. ice ed the county commencement Friday ed to congratulate lh people on the winners of the prizes, amount and immediately after the parade, men- Access ihvy had met with in their gvers of prize, etc., were as fol- j tioned elsewhere in this issue. These '"' t t,,anty commencement. He lOVVS: PYprnicps ivaro Viol, in tKo nrmvi ' WlSlKHl to t't i ! 1 i ' 'A t i 1: t P ihpm (in lVli house. ; educational facilities they had. There The snellinn-hees uerp nHn,.f0rl lw ' is not a cuunty in North Carolina Rev. C. L. Greaves, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton, with Mr. S. Mclntyre of Lumberton acting as referee. The exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. Dr Wm. H. North ton. after which the soellintr Cnn- i has ,ever Passed for he upbuilding tests beean. One contest was onen t the country was the compulsory tor th "i-'-ii - j l. r i u r. vr i i iv. .: the iftfrnnnn lit ''! "(1 H"'i na1 irienus nere. rtev. vicT.presi- lent and trenernl managpr of Cirtee' peth conducted the funeral exercises. ; chain of stores, spent part of last The Sunbeam Band sane at the grave week here looking over the Lumber 'Shall We (lather at the River." and ' lon llnK. Mr. I. icv McKizie left today One-hundred yard dash; prize $2.50 by Pope Drug Co.; won by Glenn McArthur of the St. Pauls graded school. Time, 11 1-5 seconds. Four-hundred-and-forty-yard dash; $2.50 by Farmers & Merchants Bank, won by McRae Purvis of the Elrod school. Time, 57 3-5 seconds. Two-hundred-and-twenty-yard dash; $2.50 by E. W. Caldwell, won by John Mclntyre of the Philadelphus farm life school. Time, 57 1-5 seconds. Running broad jump; $2.50 by T. L. Johnson, won by Bruce Nye of the Orrum high school. Jump,-16 feet 5 inches. Running high jump; $2.50 by W. K. Bethune; won by Beverly Mclntyre of the" Philadelphus school. Jump, 4 feet 9 inches. Standing broad jump; $2.50 by First National Bank of Lumberton; won by Glenn McArthur of the St. Pauls schools. Jump, 8 feet 9 inches. Relay race; $2.50 by Grantham Drug Co.; won by the St. Pauls school. Time, 3 minutes 3 3-5 sec onds. Potato race (girls); $2.50 by J. D. McMillan & Son; won by Emma Small 0f Center. Time, 31 1-2 sec onds Potato race (boys); $2.50 by Na tional Bank of Lumberton; won by Dan McCormick of Iona school. Time 40 seconds. This was a race that few people un derstood, but it was very simple when explained. A certain number of boxes were placed at one end of a certain distance and the same num ber at the other end of the line, In the boxes at one end were three potatoes and the boy, or girl, that first brought the three potatoes, one at a time, and placed them in the box at the other end of the line won the prize. Only small children en tered this contest, but a great num ber of them took part and the races afforded much merriment among the little folks and were greatly enjoyed by a large crowd. A large number of boys entered the contests as a whole and some mighty fine jumping and fast run ning was done. Not only did the participants seem to enjoy the fun, but hundreds of spectators witness ed the contests, which offered rich entertainment. Ball Game. At 3:30 a live ball game between Lumberton and Parkton was played and was enjoyed by a large crowd, it was a hotly-contested game and all the boys did fine ' playing. The score was b to 6 in tavor oi the Lumberton team. The features of the game were the pitching of Plum ber and the catching of Nye of the Lumberton team. The judges of the athletic contests were David H. Fuller, L. B. Olive and C. G. Garrett It is worthy of mention that so many children, and grown-ups, too, could gather themselves together and spend a day without a single mishap or accident of any kind. The order throughout the day was of the best, with but little or no liquor in ev idence. Either the two-quart-per- month-law or the fact that the peo ple of Robeson are sober, industri ous and children-respecting enougb not to "tank up" on such an occas ion had a deal to do with making the day the grand success it was. Quite a number were heard to re mark that they hadn't seen a man during the day under the influence of liquor. mat has maae any more progress along educational lines in the last ten years than Robeson has, declar. i Mr. Johnson. He said he was glad that the day no longer exists i, pastor of Chestnut I w.hen.a ,ma" can keep the child out ist church of Lumber- 'f scho1- One of the best laws that e grammar graaes ot tne schools of Robeson county and one tor the high school departments. The law firms of McLean, Varser & Mc Lean and Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor offered a prize of $5 to the winner in the contest in the gram mar grades. Miss YKkte "Curr? '-ii the Shannon school was the winner of this prize. Twenty-eight students entered this contest and all of them spelled well. There was a prize of $5 offered by the Rowland Drug Co., of Row land for the best speller in the high school departments. Miss Bertha McLean of the Alfordsville school was school law passed in 1913. Robeson now has 63 special tax districts of which she should be proud. In speaking of Dr. Poteat he said that he was one of the best platform speakers in North Carolina and was sure that he Jiad something that Dr. Poteat's address was very sim ple in words; he clothed great thoughts in understandable lan guage. His address was one of the best ever given here His subject was "City Life Vs. Country Life" how the city is dependent on the country, not only for its different products but for its men and wom en. He pointed out very clearly how the winner of this prize Only 16 very eriy now entPrprf th. hnt h0; iLii the city is dependent on the country Robeson has some time ago wak ed to the need of making an educa tion possible for every boy and girl "ithin her boundaries, but no doubt the first county commencement will wake her much wider awake along this important line. Robeson county's first commence ment brought great numbers of her sons and daughters, both young and old, together for a day and now they are better prepared to go about life's duties in the right way. It has been many moons since a day parsed that meant more to the "State of Robeson" than did Friday of last week. It will tell a grei. tale in both the near and far-r'! tant future. Many deserve honor for the "uc cess of Robeson's first county com mencement. Prof. J. R. Poole coun ty superintendent of schools, his as sistant, Mr. J. B. Bowen, and the teachers of the county come first, then the parents who provided for their children to be present and take oart in the exercises. They wHl all be well' paid. The day has come and gone and many will wait anxiously the tme when the net Robeson county conimeneement will be held. . Will it be an annual event? Why sure it couldn't be entered the contest, but their spell ing proved that they knew how to spell all right. Miss Cora Bell Ford of Oak Dale, who was one of the contesetants in the high school department, was given a prize of $2.50 by Mr. S. Mclntyre because Mr. Greaves mispronounced a word. A good many were standing around the spellers land it was very hard to hear the words as they were given out. Mr. Greaves mispro nounced the word "divisable" and Miss Ford thought it "was an other word that he gave out and misspelled it. If she had not sat down she would have stood a chance for the prize. Miss Johnnie Cashwell of Alma was given a prize of $2.50 for telling the truth. There was a great deal of racket in the court house and it was impossible to hear well. Mr. Greaves gave her a word and she spelled it but he did not understand how she spelled and asked her to spell it again. The first time she misspelled the word but when she took the second chance on it she spelled it correct. Mr. Mclntyre ask ed her if that was the way she spell ed the first time and she said "No" at once. Mr. Mclntyre said that he had $2.50 to give the young lady that told the truth. Each school was allowed one rep resentative in each contest, but a ecod many of them were not repre sented. Some of them came prepar ed to enter the contest and could not get in the court house on account of the crowd. After the spelling bees were over the Bladenboro concert band played i selection, after which the crowd djourned for dinner. , School Exhibits The exhibits of the different schools of the county were a very interesting sight to the visitors. The following schools had exhibits: St. Pauls graded school Philadelphus high school, Fairmont high school, Mt.Moriah, Purvis, Alfordsville, Lum berton graded school, Elrod, Mari etta, Rowland, Iona, B'ack Swamp, Baker's Chapel and East Lumberton. Philadelphus Wins Exhibit Prize. Messrs. White & Gough offered a prize of $10 for the school having the best exhibit. The judges, com oosed of Mesdames H. T. Pope, B W. Page and Alf. H. McLeod, had a hard task to decide which school did havethe Ibest exhibit. After much consideration they decided in favor of Philadelphus, with Purvis, Fairmont and Lumberton close behind. and without the country the city would perish. But on the other hand, he urged the boys and girls to stay on the farm and parents and teachers to educate them for the farm and not for city life, as a good many of them have done. His address was in part: "I want to congratulate the fcood people of Robeson county for the in terest they have taken in this their first county commencement. The ex hibits here deserve praise also. The commencement shows that the people are wide awake. It is a revelation of the county to the people and shpws what the various schools are doing. From this day forward the people will feel 3 inches taller education ally than they have ever felt before; and they have good cause to feel so. "It is a pleasing sight to see the crowd of children from the country here today. The future of Robeson county depends on these children and we cannot be too careful about how we care for them. They have gath ered here from the " country, where the air is clear and free and they can lead an independent life. I re member that some time ago a man told me that God made country and man made the city. I am not sav ing that this is true, for I believe that God made both, but it is quot ed in the Bible where Cain left the Lord and country and built himself a city. "The city is dependent on the country peple for nearly everything. If New York city were isolated it would perish to death in 8 days. That goes to prove that without the country the cities could not live. If the cities were separated from the country and dependent on city people for their inhabitants, it would on ly be a question of time before there would be no city. The country stocks the city with "pure-bred boys and girls." "The land in North Carolina is some of the best land there is in the world. It is not like the red clav land in Virginia (you need not tell the Virginians I sai dthis) but it is very fertile. A traveling man was passing through Virginia 'one 'day and passed by a farmer who was leaning over a worm-eaten fence and asked the farmer a question and the farmer answered it but in such a low voice that his questioner could not understand it. After asking him several times to repeat the answer and failing to hear what he said, he asked the farmer to raise his voice The farmers replied that the land was so poor that the I- ulelis class sang, after having arranged the flowers on the grave "Asleep in .Jes'is." The flowers bore testimony to the esteem in which she was held. The United Farm W'om- n's Club, the Sunbeam Band and the Fidel is class, of each of which she v as a member, contributed flowers. She was an active member of Back Swamp church for sometime. The school closed here Wednesday afternoon with some exercises by the children. Mrs Will IjwU whs tnh er and all seem very well pleased at ! bo."crh,t in. the her work. i.Rfl1' keeping he will re-enter Pharmacy. Mr. to complete his for Raleigh whero I 'aire's School of M'iKenzif e'pec"s wf rk tiy .1 ijne 10. .fudghg from the talk and smiles the farmers are wearing they are taking, on new life and energy, but are still holding to the idea of rais ing more foodstuffs and less cotton. Mr. J. M,, Sessoms of East Lumberton has a clock Vhat he year 1839 and it in the time o' dav enr- There 'has een an epidemic of i r?ct'y. It is of the Seth Thomas, old colds in the community, but now thati T"c' the spring days have come perhaps it will disappear. Mr. Haynes Prevatt of Odum vis ited relatives here this week MUCH CLEAN-UP WORK Clean-Up W-M a Success Wagons Will Stay On Job That the Good Work May be Continued. Last week was not only clean-up week in name, but in actiorv. No less than 160 wagon loads of rubbish were moved last week and still there are many loads which have been put on the. streets in some sections of town that will be moved as rapidly as possible till every load has been moved. Clean-up week will be con tinued, says Mayor White, just as long as the citizens take enough in terest to Pile the trash and rubbish out where the street wagons can find it. If you have not thoroughly cleaned yo"r premises you should do the stunt at once and by so doing show your neighbors that you be long to the rowd that want a clean er, healthier and better town in which to live. Midling cotton has kept climb ing in price till at last some was sold on the local market today for 9 cents per pound. Miss Harriet Humphrey, one of the salesladies at Messrs. White & Gough's department store, who was confined to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. U. Humphrey, at St. Pauls last week with grip, was able to resume her duties this morn ing. It was stated in Thursday's Rob- esonian that Mr. Raymond Reynolds, who had been employed by the Star theatre here as ticket collector, had been transferred to Wilson, where he would hold a position of the same nature. This information came to The Robesonian straight but the one who gave it was in error. Mr. Rey nolds is no longer with the Star. At a meeting of the board of stewards of Chestnut Street Meth odist church Thursday evening it was decided to have a church conference on the second Wednesday evening every other month. The first con ference under this plan will be held Wednesday evening of this week at the church at 8 o'clock, the regular hour for the mid-week prayer ser vice. Miss Mattie T. Ham, who pass. ed the examination before the Su preme Court a few weeks ago and is one of the few women lawyers in North Carolina, wa3 among the vis itors in town Friday. Miss Ham is thinking of locating in Charlotte, where she lived several years before obtaining her law license. She is staying for the present with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Garris, at Parkton. Mr. Garris and two of his children, Miss Louise and Master Haywood, were in town Friday with Miss Ham Mr. J. C. Baxley, who lives on route 1 from Buie, was among the visitors in town Friday. Mr. Bax ley says about the most interesting thing he knows about having hap pened in his neighborhood recently was a collection. This was a reg-i could not raise !u'ar collection at Raft Swamp Sun- a voice on it The land in Kobeson '"m i '"! county is not' thaf Poor; on the oth- '"d amounted to about $30, maybe a vines grow i 1 1Lue ver ou, iur Hussions, nume all the bios-. na Iorei?n. ah in tne aay s worn. inat was tine iel The Philadelphus Exhibit The exhibit 'of the Philadelphus i er hand tho wateVm schoool was fine enough to win aipo fast that they anoetite was tempted by a table of i "The average man's worth socially Rev. S. E. Mercer, president of ( the sfed at cn.ts VeruJun "dibles on exhibition by the girls of j and all from the age of 16 to 45 years Carolina College, Maxton, and sons, I epc f,,se11 at 'at low. e eiehth, ninth and tenth grades; js $700 per year, making a total of Masters Linwood and Almon, werej" V V " 1C ' .ro have been taking domestic i $10,000. Man is a verv valuable ! intone the visitors in town Fndav otherwise rnnsiderino' the crhrifl siin- ral thousarld people thronged the cess of. the first one. Philadel-,' piece of stuff. Man is the only one ' Carolina College had an exhibit at :o!onfn nnd domestic art "n'-l IS fortunate in havtntr the ser- that rnn run n fnrm A monkev ran ic5 of a teacher for this depart- not run a farm, so who is going to -if it. Prcf. Kirby, the teacher ' of i r!o it? Life in the co-jntrv is much culture had a sand table mapped j happier than city life. 'Take the o t as a farm to illustrate i 50-acre j rran in a city. He wurks all day -"'ation crop. This was one of the; like a Trogan and when niirnt comes best exhibits. He had the farm mapped off as to what he would plant and what he would rotate with as follows: 1 acre soy beans, 1 acre peanuts, followed by rye and vetch, 3 acres sweet potatoes followed by rye and vetch, 5 acres of oats fol lowed by cowpeas, rye and vetch; 5 acres wheat followed by rye and vetch. The regular-crops: 15 acres corn, 15 acres cotton. His bush crop: 1 acre orchard, 1' acre garden truck, (Contiued on page 4 . County Farm Demonstrator L. E. Blanchard returned Friday morn ing from Washington, D. C., where he went to attend a wedding in Gov ernment circles. He reports a pleas ant trip. Mr. E. R. Mclnre has accept ed a position as salesman in the Pope drug store, succeeding Mr. O. S. Adkins, who recently resigned to enter business for himself at his home town, Lillington. Miss Lizzie Caldwell returned Friday from Wilmington, where she had been under treatment for some time. Her many friends are delight ed to see her and to learn that she is greatly improved. The basket ball team of th grad ed school has gone to Maxton to day for a game with the team of the Maxton school. The girls were accompanied by Miss Elizabeth, Belk of the faculltv of the school and Mrs. N. A. Thompson. Prof. J. L. Woodward, principal of the Lumber Bridge high school, and son, Master Leonard, were among the Lumberton visitors Friday. Prof Woodwards school will close May 25. The commencement will begin May 23d with a sermon by Rev. II. E Gurney of Monroe. Canoeing down the Lumbee on a pleasant spring day is great sport, but for nature or something unex pected to turn the boat over and spill the occupants right out into the water with their new spring clothes on is no pleasant April fool. That is just what happened to two young Lumberton sports yesterday. Mr. A. J. Floyd, chairman of J;he board of county commissioners. who was in town Friday with rus small daughter, Miss Nellie, says he has never known the ground to be in finer shape for planting than it has been this spring and that he does not believe the snow of a week ago hurt any early-planted com at all- Louis, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Isham Kinlaw of Howellsville iwnship, Tabernacle school district, was the biggest boy for his age among the large crowd here Friday; and it would take many crowds to furnish a boy to beat Louis. He -vt'ghs 120 pounds 15 pounds for ach one of his eight years. Some weight for a boy of eight. Master Walter Lee Jenkins, son of Mrs. Daisy W. Jenkins, while play ing yesterday afternoon fell on a sharp plank and split his right knee open. Dr R. S. Beam took him U the Thompson hospital and dressed the wound. iThe accident was so painful that he was put to sleep and while asleep Dr. Beam removed his adenoids, which had been bothering him for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Alf. H. McLeod and Mesdames L. R. Varser and T. A. McNeill, Jr., left this morning in Mr McLeod's auto for a cross-country trip to Raleigh, where they will attend tomorrow afternoon and eve ning the festival concerts given by the Woman's Club of Raleigh, in cluding the New York Svmphony Orchestra, Walter Damroscfi, mana ger They will return Wednesday. Mr. R. D. Capps of route 5 from Lumberton was among the visitors in town Saturday. Mr. Capps re cently inserted a small ad in The Robesonian's penny column adver tising cane seed. Mr. Capps says he has already sold 700 pounds of d and Think Capps InhintpH 3 acres in care, the seepd ribbon cane variety, last vear and fine, but it cnnlrl not romnet for I he lost as much as 250 gallons by he is not content to sit down and read awhile and then retire, but he must go to the theare and the mov ing picture shows and spend all that he has made that day; while on the ther hand the farmer works on his farm all day and when nieht comes he goes home and eats his supper and talks over the plans for the mor row, with his family, reads his pa pers and retires about 8:30 and rises in the morning with the chickens, " (Continued on page 4) he prizes. Paintings, specimens of 'e'dlework and a product of the culinary art as taught in the domes tic science department of that ex cellent institution attracted much ad miring attention. The last-mentioned exhibit, a large cake, was the last word in cake-making. It could not be beaten. The editor of The Rob esonian and his family are beholden to Mr. Mercer and the young ladies of the domestic science department cf the college for the most delicious cake they ever had the pleasure of eating, for Mr. Mercer left the cake with the editor after the exhibition was over. made 406 gallons of svrup. ' He said not working his cane when ripe News has been received here tr the "effect that Mr. Lee Stone of Lumberton, who some time ago went to Augusta, Ga., to pitch ball for the Augusta team this year, broke his ankle the other day in sliding. He has many friends here who will be sorry to hear of his mishap. Mr. Stone h's made a fine record in the ball field, having pitched for the Au gusta br-inch of the South Atlantic League last season. It was while practicing that Mr. Stont was hurt, as the league didn't, open till Satur day. The accident occurred Thor? day. -''':.
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