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THE ROBESONIA N ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH $1"0 A YEAR. DUE IN ADYANCB, VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915. NUMBER 17 SIDELIGHTS FROM ROWLAND Death of Mr. Duncan M. Edens of Clio, S. C New Paper May be Launched Soon Personal Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rowland, April U3 The sad in telligence reached our town yesterday morning that Mr. Duncan M. Edens of Clio, S. C, died suddenly Sunday night. Mr. Edens was well known d he had many friends here. He was a brother of our townsmen Messrs. Allen and Frank Edens, and the father of Mr. B. A. Edens. Mr. Edens was a good citizen and his death it a great loss to his community. Quite a number of relatives and friends are attend ing the burial in Clio today. Mr. R. F. Whitl0ck of Joppa, Mo.: has been in town for several days looking over the field with the idea of starling a paper here about the first of May. He is a young man oi ability, and shuld he decide to pub lish a paper here he will undoubt edly give the people a paper worth while. Mr. Whitlock is a s0n of Rev. C. F. Whitlock,' a former North Carolina minister, who was at one time pastor of Calvary Baptist church of Wilmington. Should he decide to cast his lot with the Row land people he will receive a hearty welcome. Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Lee are spend ing some time with their son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Vernon L Andrews of Mt. Gilead. Mr. Lee will return Friday, but Mrs. Lee will c-tend her visit tw(, or three week?. Miss Nannie Mac' Walker, who is a student at Carolina College at Max. ton, spent the week-end with home folks. , Miss Myrtle Robertson, who is teaching in Dillon county, S. C.; Miss M.irv Robertson, who is teaching in Max'ton, and Mr. Arch K. Robertson, of Raleigh, spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Robertson. Messrs J. S. McRae and "Gus" Hasty, of Maxton, were among the cut of town vistors here yesterday. Messrs. J'. Dickson McLean and J. 1). Proctor of Lumberton are here to day on legal business. Basketball Tmnmorrow on Local Ground Lumberton Defeats Carolina College. The "basketball team of the Lum buton graded school defeated the team of Carolina College on the bitter's grounds at Maxton Mon ,' y afternoon 12 to li. The Lum berton team is composed of the fol lowing: Mis:;es Margaret I'ope and Hazel Carlvle, guards. Miss Maria Thompson, sub; Misses Evelyn Sen :el!e .,11,1 Lula Ma? Johnson, goals, Vi... Kuby Thompson, sub; Miss i i. ui I'revatt, center. The visiting . , . v. ere entertained at the eol AH the girls flayed well. Lumberton got most of the tip-off? .i:,; 1-Aelyn Sentelle did fine shoot- the girls say. Tomorrow, the 16th, at 5 m. the graded school team will play Fayetteville on the grad ed school grounds here. Fayetteville put it all over l.umDerton m a re cent game at Fayetteville but the girls hope to return the compliment tomorrow. It is expected that a large crowd will witness the game. Lumberton has another game sched uled to take place at Raeford Tues day of next week at 4 p. m. Tiurinhurg Plant to Supply Lumber ton With Electric Juice? Today's Charlotte Observer prints the following item of local interest which it credits t0 the Laurinburg News: . "There has been incorporated a company of local capitalists to fur nish electric power for the cotton mill, McNair Phosphate .Company, and Maxton and the mills and town of Lumberton. This plant will be located in Laurinburg." That is news in Lumberton. This town is going to vote s0on on a proposition to sell its light plant to the Yadkin River Power Co. and give that company a franchise and con tract for street lighting, but it has not been noised about here that Laurinburg 'capitalists are prepar lnxato in Laurinburer a plant to furnish Lumberton with electric juice. Pr John Knox Returns Home. Dr and Mrs. John Knox returned Tuesday from Baltimore, Md., where Dr Knox had been under treatment for some time. Before going to Baltimore Dr. Knox was under treat ment at the Thompson hospital here and had been in poor health, his con dition at one time being such as to cause h's friends grave concern, for about six months. The many friends the doctor are delighted to wel come him home and to see that he appears to have recovered almost, if not quite, entirely. Dr. Kn0x prob ably will resume his practice in the near future. Mr R. C. Lawrence Instead of Mr. 1 Mclntyre. In the report of the spelling bees published in Monday's Robesonian it was stated that Mr. S. Mclntyre act ed as referee, also that Mr. Mclntyre gave a prize of $2.50 to Miss Cora Ford for being turned down on a word that was mispronounced by Mr. Greaves in giving it out. This was an error. It was Mr. R. C; Law rence who served as referee, also it was Mr. Lawrence who gave the $2 50 rize. While this was a worthy distinction Mr. Mclntyre says he does not want to rob Mr. Lawrence 0f the honor. WHITE POND NEWS ITEMS Sun"ay School Rally a Success County Commencement Day Long Will be Remembered Children Came 20 Miles on Wagons to At tendSchool Will Close Apr. 21 Personal and Other Item8. Correspondence of The Robesonian. White Pond, (Fairmont, R. F. D.), April 14 The Sunday school rally at White Pond last Sunday was quite a success. First came some very in. t?resting exercises by the Sunbeam Band. The little folks did unusually well and showed careful training. After the children had finished, Rev. R. A. Hedgpeth made a most in teresting Sunday school talk. Among other things, he spoke of the rapid regress our Sunday school is mak ing, and saidj some very complimen tary tilings in reard to our school teachers and their work in the church and Sunday school. Sorry the roads were so bad Mr. Gough couldn't get here. Hope to have him with us later. County commencement day will be long remembered by the White Pond school. Even a twenty-mile ride on farm wagons didn't tire-the children too much to enjoy the whole day, and by no means the least of the fun came on the ride home, as they made the echoes ring with their school yells, laughter and sonPT. Our schol will close Wednesday, April 21st. There will be a concert at night, to which the public i.s cordially invited. The sc!:o! has been most sue cessfsl this year." The attendance has been .splendid and the children have advanced rapidly. " Both patrons and pupils are anxious for our "popular teachers, Misses Docia and Fawn Watson, to come back next year. In ?pite of the hard times, the commit tee have offered to raise their sala ries if they will return. The B. Y. P. U. is doing go0d work now and new members are com ing in steadily. We will be gl? 1 to have all the young people who are interested meet with us on Saturday pihfSr-' Perhaps no part of the church work hero is carried on with more "nthusiasm that the work of the Sunbeam Banu. At first the meet ings were held twice a month, but this wa not often enough to suit the children, so the leader had to censent to meet with them every Sunday .ifternoon. A number of our n.oplc attended ihc Sunday ..ehool quarterly at Hayes town Sunday and report a nice time. Mrs. Ida Jones of Lumberton is spending this week here with her par'ts, Mr. fuel Mrs. A. B. Ilorne. Mi-is Lola 1'ritt spent a few days at Lumlierton with her sister, Mrs. G. F. Iluggins. Misses Docia and Fawn Watson spent Saturday with their mother. Miss Ora Hill is visiting friends at Barnesvillc this week. American Mills May Get Two Car goes of German Dyestuffs Bought Before March 1. Washington Dispatch, 14th. Sta'ie Department officials were prepared tonight to take up with the German g-overnmenPithe last step necessary to supply American tex tile mills with two cargoes of Ger man dyestuffs, bought before March 1. The way was cleared today by the announcement that Great Britain had agreed to permit these cargoes under certain conditibnV? to i come through from Rotterdam. As the position previously taken by the German government has been that it would permit dye shipments in exchange for cotton or copper, some officials believed there would be little difficulty in getting these two cargoes out of Germany to Rot terdam. The State Department will co-operate with the mill's agent in efforts to complete the transaction. A preliminary study of the mes sages today indicated that the car goes were already at Rotterdam. Death of Mrs. Sarah Mclntyre. Mrs. Sarah Mclntyre, about 70 years old, died at her home near Pembroke Sunday afternoon. It is thcught that she had a stroke of paralysis about the middle of the day Sunday. Deceased was the wid ow of the late Alexander Mclntyre, who died about 15 years ago. She is survived by one son, Mr. Alex. Mclntyre, who lived with her; by two sisters Mrs. R. F. Gregory, who lives 4 1-2 miles from Lumber ton on the Maxton road, and Mrs. Frances Gregory of St. Pauls and one brother, Mr. W. W. Kelly, who lives on rural route No. 2 fom Pem broke. The remains were interred Monday aftenoon in the old family burying ground near the home, the McLaughlin cemetery. The funeral was conducted by Rev. J. Frank Gor rell, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Lumberton. Others who attended the funeral from Lum' ton were Mr. Duncan Gregory, a nephew of deceased, and Mr. I .v W. ciggs. Fruit Crop Hurt? Yes? No? Some seem to think the fruit crop has been hurt by the cold, while oth ers think it is safe. It would mean a lot to the country for it to be fe and on the other hand it would mean a lot for it not to be. How ver, next summer when somebody knocks on your door a dozen times a day and asks if you would not like to buy some nice peaches or apples you will then be prepared to say the fruit crop was not hurt by the cold. - DOWN MARIETTA WAY Oak Dale School Commencement i Miss Dora King Entertains Person Close of a Good School County , inf Commencement Great. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Marietta. R. F. I). 1, Apr. 13 The Oak Dale school, with Prof. J. P. Johnsen, principal, Mrs. Johnson in - termediate and Miss Annie May Gra. ham primary teachers, closed last Wednesday, April 7th. The exercises given by the primary department be - gan at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, with a song, "Wave Old Glory." Af - ter this came several drills, marches and songs, the best of which was the Maypole drill given by sixteen small girls. This was said to be the best drill even given at this place. This was a amicuit unu anci snowea ine I'auls Sunday afternoon result of much hard work by the pri-! Miss Katherin Young was the mary teacher and the primary pu-; jruest of honor last evening from 8:30 Ipils. After this came a song, "Good- to 11 o'clock, at an informal rook ! bye" by 14 girls which was very good: partv given by Miss Dora King at At 8 o'clock p. m. the concert open-j her elegant home near St. Pauls. At ed with a song, after which came the the expiration of many exciting jfan drill giver, by sixteen girls of aatnca .Miss Young was ' presented (the intermediate department, which w;th a handsome piece of handpaint was very good. Then came Hje play, (d china for holding the highest y Cfimpdv in threo arts. "Mrs. Me- . . ..n a ,i. ,.,.ii.,; ,..oa , . - - J ------ . V I 1 (. . 'II1LV ...1 I t- t IVJ I I Wd.-t .-IVl'i Cinty's Will." This was a fine plav. ibv the ho -tess." The last and most The actors played their parts well, :ve Ic-ature of the evening, especially "Snowball White" who was ,vhieh was greatly enjoved by all verv black. The house was packed . present was the vocal and instrumen to its utmost capacity and then there UlI mus;c rrndered bv Miss Katherine I were many wno na,j 10 siay on ine; Young. 'outside. We hope by next year to : Among the out-of-town guests who ,have a larger auditorium. attended church at Tolarsville Sun- j The :-ehol term iust closed has been -day were Mi-s Dora King, Miss Ka'h- a very successful one in mary re- ;t,ine Young and Mr. Bill San brlin. I spects. which speaks well for the . . I teachers and students, for a teacher Springs News Letter Move- ;-.has to have, the co-operation of -tH, ;mer,ts of' the Pt-opje. -I student' body to make a successful ' correspondence of The Robesonian. school. The teachers left Friday to; rC(1 Springs, Apr. LV-vMiss Polly 'attend the county commencement at Rrown and friend. Miss Cooper, who Lumberton. thence to .'their homes ; teach near Rowland, spent the week. ii Western North Carolina. We ! end in town at the home of Miss I wish them much success in the fu-1 jrowa's parents. Iture. wherever they may go. j Mioses Eunice' Pearsull, Ress Jones j Those who attended the county and Susie" Mcore spent Friday in ; commencement from this section said ; Lumberton jit was the best thev ever attended., Miss Klizi McEachern of Raeford "The Old Maid" was there and thinks ; ..pent the week-end in town with iit was great although it was the j f, iends. i first of its kind she ever attended.' Mrs. Wirv-Jow Wright of Scranton, jit brought back to memory the days s C.'was the guest of her sister, jof the blue-back speller and the old , Mrs. W. P. Kay for a few days last ;log cabin school-house when thevc wee'- iwcre no county commencements and jfj. ress Jcn-s was the cuest of not half so many opportunities to Ti-s Katie McCallum of iPhiladel ,get an education. j phi" for the week-end. : ! Misse:; Wvatt McKinrion and Al- i DRANK BICHLORIDE SOLUTION ; i'on rear-all have returrk-d from ! ' " Ivaleirh, where they were the guests .Mr. C. B. Mears in Desperate Condi. !0f Miss McKinnnon's cousin. Mrs. lion as Result of Drinking Witch- hazel in Which Bichloride Tablets Had Been Dissolved. j Mr. C. B. Mears is very ill at ibis home on Second street as a re- ; suit of dri iking Sunday witebhazel ; in which two bichloride of mercury; ! i blots bad. been dissolved. Mr. ; Me.ars who Had been workHj? at itbe citv barbershop. entered the ; shop Sunday and drank the stutt inr the Missionary Union at Sanford knowing, it is said, that the tablets, this week are Mrs. W. J. Johnson, hnd been placed in the bottle. The! delegate from the Ladies Missionary bottle from which Mr. Mears drank i Society, and Miss Etta Barker, from three glasses Sunday and carried a ! the Young Ladies Society, pint home, which he probably drank ' .Mrs. D. P. McEachern left Mon later, had two of the poison tablets dav, morning for Raleigh, where she in it, the two containing 14 and : (S-10 erains Mf. (Mears saw Mr. Geo. Collins, proprietor of the shop, nut the poison tablets in the bottle, but it is not thought that he drank the stuff with suicidal intent. He claims that he drank it through mis take. Witchhazel is about 25 per cent alcohol. Mr. Meares is resting better today than he had been since Monday, but the doctors don't claim much hope of his recovery. 350 PRISONERS EXECUTED Carranza Troops Murder Surrendered Villa Soldiers, Also Women Camp Followers. Laredo, Texas, Dispatch, 13th. Information from Carranza offi cers and soldiers in Nuevo Laredo, Mex., indicate that 350 Villa troops who surrendered after yesterday's battle near Huisachite, thirty miles south of the border, were summarily executed by the Carranza forces. It wras also reported that a num ber of Mexican women camp follow ers were executed by the Carranza troops. It was stated tonight on, what is considered authentic author ity that a Carranza general ordered machine guns turned on one party of surrendered Villa soldiers result ing in the death of seventy-six men in one body. Another Crranza of-1 ficer is credited with having killed ! one hundred and twenty prisoners , with a machine gun, while other Car- j ranza commanders were said to have i used revolvers ireeiy. ine wounaea ;t was said were bayonetted on the! field. 1 j commissioners for two years for Carranza officers in Nuevo Laredo i 547.50 a bareain. Saturday the ne says the wholesale executions were ! pro camo to town and wrote an or ordered in retaliation for alleged sim-1 Her to L IT. Caldwell for some ar :iar fcilling of Carranza forces un-j tides and kerned Mr. Lemon's name f'sr Gen. Macl0vio Herrera recently! to the order. Mr. Caldwell suspect :,y Villa troops. ed something and instead of letting the regro have the goods he wrote Junior Epworth League Program, Mr. Lennon and told him that he nday Afternoon, April 18, 4:30 .would be elad to deliver the goods. O'clock. hut wanted to he sure rhat thp or- Song Responsive reading Bible references Rom. VIII 28 Matt. V 33 Piano solo "The Lesson" Prayer Solo Rachel McNamara ; . 01ive Blake Ruth Seabolt Ailine Ramsour 'Mary's Awakening" Carlyle Bethea Recitation . . Francis Poole Who Killed the Plan Annie Lou Inman Piano solo Song Viola Jenkins Junior League yuartet League Benediction. Leader Raymond M'White. Accompanist Myrtle Barnes I P ST. PAI LS WAY I Correspondence of The R0besonian. ; St Pauls. R. F I). 1, Apr. 11 (Miss Dora King returned to her ! home Saturday, after having taught ; a Verv successful school at Shannon j with Miss Katherine Young She ; was accompanied h0me by ' Miss j Young and Mr. bid Sanderlin of : Council, who spent the week-end with her. Miss Young will leave Friday ! for Wilmington, where she expects to spend a few days with friends, Fr0m there she will return to her home at Mars Hill j Messrs. Lovin and Baxley of Red Springs were pleasant callers at St. MeOacbv. for the ppst week. Mi-s Helen Uostick, who had been teachinr near Gibson, has returned home. Dr. West of Cumberland hospital, Faye'teville. spent Tuesday in town. Misses. Mallard and Stuart of the college faculty spent Monday in Fay- etteville shopping, 1 hc.-.e from here who are attend- will be the guest of of Miss Flora Bovce for a few days. While there she will attend the concerts given by the Woman's Club of Raleigh, in cluding Damrosch orchestra. Miss Bernice Dew, who had been teaching at Smithfield, has return ed home. Miss Bettie Edens and Miss Katie McLean, who had been visiting friends at Boardman, returned home Tues day. Mrs Martin McKinnon and Miss Mary McEachern left Tuesday morn ing for Raleigh, where they will at tend the concerts given by Dam. rosch's orchestra. CALLING FOR HELP A Dear Bargain Mr. Gregory Len non Repents Him Now of Trade Made With County Commissioners When He IPred a Convict for $47.50 for 2 Years. Mr. Gregory Lennon of the Bella my section was among the visitors in town yesterday. Mr. Lennon says he has a negro in his possession that he would like to get off his hands It will be remembered that several months ago Alder Spearman, a ne ero boy, was tried in the recorder's eourtyhere and found guiltv of break ing nto a trunk in Mr. A. Weinstein's store, belonging to a German sign nainter and taking the painter's clothes; also for forging Mr. T. L. Johnson's name on a couple of checks The negro was triven a two-years' rr,ad sentence. Mr. Lennon later hired the negro from the, county 'rW was original. Mr. Lennon says Psalm XXIII; the negro has stolen a ni ring be. jlonfring to his daughter since he has Herbert Jackson ; been with him. Mr. Lennon savs Reean Floyd ibP i out $47 o0 and would like to be out the neero. but he don't know just how to go at it. P. S. Mr. Lennon solved the prob lem in a way this morning by bring. !"- the negro to town and lodging him in iail H will be eiven a hear- jincr fAr thet of a rin soon. Miss Cammie McNeill left this morning for Lillington. where she (will spend some time visiting friends. I COTTON NOT ON CONTRABAND ' LIST j Decision of British Government Ef fect of Announcement as L'nder i tod at Washington. London Dispatch, 14th. the uritsh mivernmcnt has de rid.rl no.in ni'inn. k- contraband list Washington Dispatch, 14th. As understoo.1 at th Ito ipartment, the effect of the announce - iment in the House of Commons to- day by the Under-Secretary of for- eign affairs that cotton w0uld be ;held non-contraband will be confined m.,;,i,. t.. "'""iij l-w i it u li jii I ten ()i I J U - rope. it is presumed that no ex ception will be made in favor of cot- Iton cargoes going directly to Ger- ; many. ' "It is anticipated, however, that there will be no further trouble about ! .-hipping cotton to Spanish and Medit erranean ports and Italy and other South European countries possibly also shipments to Sweden and Nor way will move freely although of- ii ,iii.- iim ,uiLe iie;ir as io ine latter countries. Shipments t Hol- Inn, I l,..kl o--- , i... re ason f embargo on trans-ship-, fVTne "f ,h(" lliX"rv P ment to Germany. I Elrod Echoes Movement of the Peo- ! Correspondence of The Robesonian ! Middling cottr.n is selling for 8 Elrod. Apr. i:i-Mis. Nettie Hooks'8' " c'n,t'; Pr P,,urid on the local and a number ,( the school children!'''1 tr"ll'- tittended the commencement in Lum-; ---Lieen.-o has heoii issM"l for the lierton Friday. They reported a fine ; mai riage of Luther McNeill and 'time, Margaret S. Harn-rs. I ( Mr. J. II. Jones was in Lumberton - Rev. Father Get.. Watfun W Friday. j Wilmington will celebrate mass at Mrs. Iladden McLean of , McDon-; the o-era house here at 8 o'clock lalds has returned home after spend-! Sunday morning. jing a week at the home of her par. ; .Re(ruiar meeting of the class of M 1 1 ?,ndMM"'R- " ln? ;InsTuctions of St. Alban's Lodge No. j Mr D. II. Mccall was in Maxton A p & A. M-j t(nijfht at g ..a u nay . o'clock. Work in third degree. Mr. and Mrs. John Adams visited i .,, . their daughter, Mrs. D. II. McCall j 'here will he a regular convo 'Sundav. cation of Lumberton .,hapteT No. i Mrs" 'Nellie Bridgers has returned'77- R- A M- Friday 8 p. m. All it,, her home in Park ton after spend-! members arc requested to be pres ,iiig several days at the horn,; of hertnt- 'father-in-law, Mr. John Bridgers. ! On account of this being the j Mis Nettie Hooks .'pent the week-! closing day of the big piano con . sn visiting friends in Proctorsville I test which has been at Cartee's 5, ! Mr. B. F. Williforl of Rowland! 10 and 25 cent store, the store will ! has moved his family here and open-1 be open till 10 o'clock tonight, ed a boarding house in the Lamm! The crowd of people here Friday ;houM-, something that was badly 0f iast week at county commencement I needed in Elrod. tnj. (iP t hehavod crowd that I Rev. Mr. Porter of Whiteville ;v,v ever heen aaywhere, was the re , preached here Sunday night, and gave 'mj,"rk of a traveling man yesterday. 'm a --00! ermV'V lll Cl'd n0t, avt" -Robbers entered the store of : any appointment for the second Sun. M M(.foan at iellamy Sat- j;lay m May as he expects to be .n u , y , t aw ,vith some. ; Texas at that t.rne a'.tend.ng a con-, 1k'(; m w7,rlh of gomls. En- VmS,- James Poole spent Thur ' day night with friends in Mc Dorics ' , . . zlli : Wilminirton Star, 14th: Mr. F. i Messrs. P,b,unt am Vernon Mc- Grovcr Hritt, business manager of Call were in Lumberton Friday. I the Lumberton Rohosonian, was in Mr I). A McCall and daughter, ' the city on business yesterday. Mr. Miss 'Rubie,' visited Mr. Daniel Mc-; Hritt is a bright young newspaper I Call Sunday j malf who is making good, j Mr. W R. Williams visited friends' Mrs. A W. McLean and small at Bracy Sunday. on, A. W. Jr., returned Monday I Mrs. Frank Adams spent Wednes. j night from St. Petersburg, Fla., where : dav at the homo of her brother. Mr. it.hov sner.t some time Mr. and Mrs. I). II. McCall. German Ambas8ador Criticises Poli cy of U. S. Government. Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador, the other day issued a memorandum criticising the United States Government for its policy in selling arms to belligerents, this meaning, since England controls the seas, that only the Allies purchase arms from this country; also the pol icy in shipping foodstuffs. The note w i T tr i T was given out without first submit ting to the Government and appears an effort to prejudice the American people against the policy of their! trovernment. It is understood that! the Washington Government will re - pfv to the note. "The attitude of the Washington Gcvernment on the exportation of arms has been set forth in various VUements from the State Depart ment since the outbreak of the war. The position assumed is that firms of the United States sell on an equal ity to all belligerents, foodstuffs. arms, ammunition and all classes oi : contraband but do not undertake to ! deliver these products. Responsibil- J ity for delivery or failure to deliver rests with the naval forces of the belligerents. The proposal to for- bid the exportation of arms is view- ed bv the Washington Government I ,-i i a 1 . 1 tr."i J : as likely to embarrass the United States in the future, for i nthe event of war it might find the market for arms barred in other lands because of any action taken by the United States during the present struggle. Notices of New Advertisements. Legal notice of sale E. M. Britt, commissioner. -Program at Star theatre. Stoyewood $2.50 the cord deliv ered. Special enamelw are sale at Car tee's Saturday. White Leghorns for sale at 50c each. ! v Program at Pastime theatre. Piano contest at Cartee's closes tonight at 9 o'clock. Miss Matilda Wagoner, trimmer in the millinery department of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son's de nartment store, was called to her home near Cleveland, Ohio, a few days ago on account of illness in her family. Miss Mary Steffv, an expert trimmer of Baltimore. Md., ar rived Tuesday to assist Miss Amelia Linkhauer, who has charge of this department. CALL AT OFFICE Lumberton subscribers whose Rob esonian ha. been brought to them by ire c:ty carriers need not. expect that .-rrviee any longer unless they make special arrangements According1 to a postoffice ruling that has (men in ef- ;tect for many years, papers are not uenvereu uy p(.-i.ai man carriers in towns in which they are published I uniesn a une-ceni siamp is auixea to i every. ?ape Tthat SOmP have n f ve'' h.Y the ntv ever since ,fr (if l,ver' Putm m. h rton was due simply to a mistaken !fu 0 th! llnr'" thLpi?rt f ;the local postoffice folk. Their at- . ,1 It I tentioii has been called to the mat ter by the Postoffice Department at Washing" ',n and this service was dis continued la-.t week. No papers were delivered by carrier Monday and none will b delivered in the fu ture This is a matter over which Tiie Robesonian has no control. When t wns are granted free mail deliv ery thtr Postoffice Department takes .-in to out on any newspapers oth th: n weekly that may happen to e n'ibli -"bed in the town so favored. 1 -n.a:i'i:.' u-ctti pay as mucn or in BRIEF ITEMS OK LOCAL NEWS I McLean left this morning for BaL I . r f I nrl,iiB tkai' will fintfnf some time. The public school at Long Branch, about 5 miles from town o the Creek road, will close tomorrow (Friday). The school will fcive a concert tomorrow night. The public is invited. The teachers are Mr. N. C. Long and Miss Phema Tyson. - -Mr. D. W. Biggs, proprietor of . j Lumberton Furniture Store, who- ral weeks ago bought at public lauet on the bankrupt stock of the D. B. Rouse Furniture Co. at Fair mont, has discontinued the store at Fairmont and is moving the stock to the Lumberton store. The larcest amount that has i been paid for a bale oi cotton on uie I Lumberton market during this sea- ! son, The Robesonian is reliably in- . formed, was paid one aay inis.wee to W. G. Pope by W. R. Surles for K. B. Cooper & Co., of Wilmington. The amount was $74.75. Mrs. M. Rsnic of Berlin, Gen many, arrived Friday of last week 1 ...;ii L-nonl enmo timo hpre visit- IHI II Will OIVIIU .1 u . ..... . jn? her brothers, Messrs. a. ana a. Weinstein. Mrs. Risnic was sick in a hospital at Berlin when the war broke out. She left Berlin about month ago, leaving her husband on thp battle field. Mrs. Risnic tells a horrible story of the conditions in manv sections of the warring coun- J . . -r 1 trips. Before leaving irurope ne visited Belgium and judging from her report of conditions there the newspaper stories that have painted things so dark for the people of that country h-ave not overstated facts. Mrs. Risnic likes the United States and says she will remain on this blessed continent till the great conflict ceases. Among the Sick. Mr. W. S. Wjshart, who was. con fined to his room for a few days with neuralgia of the head, is able to be out again. The condition of Gladys. 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Britt, who has been ill with nneumona for some time, is better today. Tho condition of Mrs. M. E. Bever ly, nei suffered a partial stroke of paralysis some time ago at the home of her u-hter. Mrs. J. T. Biggs, is much better today. . Messrs. Hezzie Phillip and Ful ton Parker of route 1 from Orrura' are Lumberton visitors today. Ir. X A. Townsend of route 1 from Lumberton is in town today. "Ct
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