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33 r ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN AD7AAC9 VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1915. . NuvbER 38 SCHOOL BOND ELECTION JULY ; -2i - Election to Vote on Bond Issue of $20,000 for New School Building . Present School Building Will be Remodeled. At a joint meeting of the town commissioners and graded school trustee. Friday evening an election was ordered to be held Wednesday, July 28, to decide whether or not the town of Lumberton shall - issue bonds in the 'sum-of $20,000 for the purpose of erecting a new school building. A new registration was or dered for this election. Mr. J. B. Bowen was appointed registrar and Messrs. C. P. McAllister, N. P. An- ; drews and L. B, Townsend were ap pointed judges of the election. In the meantime the present school building will be remodeled so as to make it possible to continue the high school till the new building is completed should the bond issue car ry, which it no doubt will,' as the Voters of the town realize that some thing must be done in order to pro-. Tide for the children of Lumberton . eual to those of other towns and ev" Si rural districts in the county. - At this meeting the town commis-x-v sioners authorized the. town clerk- treasurer to borrow $2,000 to pay in terest on bonds which will be due July 1, . ' V In case the election carries the general tax levy fund will be in- creased -1 4 cents on the $ 100 proper- - ty valuation which, means the rate will be increased from 58 to ' 72 cents. An increase of 42 cents on the poll-levy will be made. , This levy will be. made for maintaining the school after the new building is FARMERS'. UNION RALLY DAY At Philadelphus July 17 Mr. J. Z Green and . Congressman Godwin the Speakers All-Day Affair and Great Occasion Expected Chance to Study Farm, Life School and Model Rural Community.. v Arrangements .are being made for a great time at?Philadelphus, the best rural community in the South, 'Sat urday, July 17. The Farmers' Un ion will have a rally" day on that oc casion. Mr. Grover Britt, of The Robeaonian's staff, who is secretary treasurer of the County Union, is in receipt of a letter from Mr. Martin McCall, secretary of the Philadelphus local,- in which he says the people , of that community are lining up and ..retting things in shape for thin grand occasion. The rally will be an all-day pub lic affair. Mr. J. Z. Green, 'Stat; Organizer-Lecturer of the Union, will make a Union addrsss, jmd Con gressman II. L. Godwin will also be present anj make an agricultural (not ! political) address. Both these -men are good speakers and no doubt will be heard by a large number of farm ers from all over Robeson county. Aside from the entertainment that the day will offer, it will . be worth any man's, woman's or child's time - to visit this -model rural community and see how the live energetic people of that section do things. It is at Philadelphus that the boys and girls are taught agriculture and the things pertaining to country life. There you can see one of the most beautiful country school buildings in the world, surrounded by a farm owned and maintained by the school, . modern barns, a model health community the first to be established in the South and last, but not least, the "community spirit" in all its beauty, the spirit that make3 country life the most pleasant of all lives. There. "brotherly love reigns supreme, over strife and differences. Every Farmers' Union man in Robeson county and every" farmer who is not a Union man, also farm ers from surrounding counties are most cprdially ivited to visit this noted spot on July 17. To stay away . will be your own personal loss. Wild Duck Caught on Fflh Hook. ' Mr. I. V. Britt, who .lives at Mt. Eiiim, says he caught a wild duck ton a fishhook one day recently. Mr. Britt set out hooks, baiting them with grasshoppers, and when vhe re turned he found on the hooks a r.ice "mess" of fish and the duck. The duck swallowed the hook in try ing to swallow the grasshopper and was held fast. : ' Children's. Dayat Raft-Swamp Bap- tist Church. l There will; he children's day ex ercises at Raft Swamp Baptist church next Sunday at 4 o'clock p. m. Mr. Woodberry Lennon of the Lurntitrton bar will make an address. Jhe public is invited. RUSSIAN AGAIN RETREATING Germans Launch Another " Attack Against Warsaw English Pub lic .Nw Convinced War Will be a Long One Allies 'Must Reorgan ize Method8. London Dispatch, 27th. The Russians again are retreat- I ing in Galicia, both north and south of Lemberg, and in Poland the Ger mans have launched another attack agrinst Warsaw in the form of a drive from the north through Prza snysz. . The new blow at the Polish, capi tal has been preceded by a .-furious artillery action. The fact is record ed by the Russians themselves but it is too early to say whether it means a serious offensive, the first clash having developed a bayonet en counter, the result of "which neither ide records, Berlin and Vienna do not make reference to the - conflict to the Gal ician situation, where victories . are claimed in various sectors, from the Bessarabian frontier to Rawa , Rus ka, north of Lembergi , What is more important, the Ger mans claim that the Teutonic . forces have crossed the Dniester northwest of Halicz and have driven the Rus- ians some miles into the hills. Not since the war began has the English public been so convinced that !t ' will be a long one.' Thosewho ';ook thi3 view months 7 ago were called pessimists, but now it is gen erally 'admitted that the Russian ar mies must fight for month to come inder tremendous disadvantages and hat-in the meantime the much her lded big general movement on the vestern front must be indefinitely wstponed, while the Entente pow rs thoroughly reorganize their methods. . "While the campaign for munitions in Great Britain is at its height it nust b? assumed that Germany is straining every fibre to the same end ind calling into play her inventive "drill, so as to increase the deadly mechanisms of war to offset the in evitable and terrible drain on her men. . ' '"'7 . ' . '.. . The present concensus of opinion among the military writers, in Lon don is that 'Germany intends fur ther ,to press her eastern victories with another battering ram stroke toward Warsiw in an endeavor to seize that city and the whole line of the Vistula.' The line of offensive n-w directed from ti.z -Przasnysz region is along uie valleys of the Omulew and Cr zye tributaries of the river Narew which flows across North Poland and ioins the bend of the Vistul.i above Warsaw HUEHTA'S PLANS KNOWN U. S. - Government Has Frustrated 'Attempt to Launch Revolution in Mexico From American Shores. Washington Dispatch, 27th. The United States government has "rustrated for the present an at tempt on the part of General Victo iano Huerta and his associates to launch from lAmfrican territory a lew revolutionary movement in Mex ico. Detention of the former Mexican lictator with General Orozco at El Paso " today followed nearly three months of espionage by government lgents. The Department of Justice had instructed United States Attor ney Camp of the Western district of Texas, to take into custody these men, who seemingly were engaged in violations of American neutral ity laws which forbid the recruiting )f men, purchase of supplies there for and the organizing of a mili tary expedition on the soil of the United Mates to be used m opera lions against a people with which this country is at peace Mr. Camp was ordered to place be "ore a grand jury at El Paso immed iately all the evidence in his posses : ion in order that indictments may l.e returned against any one guilty of an intent to violate American neu trality laws. , . Pension Board Will Meet First Mon- The county , pension board wiN :neet on the first Monday in July in the officeof Clerk ',efthel Court & Br Skipper, who is a member of the -board ex'-officio. ' This - will"- be the - reirular- annual - meeting' and "at that time itheboardilr-pass upon t all anplications for pensions for both ; soldiers and widows. Members of; the board besides ,the clerk of the! court are: W. II. Graham of Row-; land, XH11 McNeill-" of Parkton, J.! A. McAllister of Lumberton." I ANTI-TYPHOID VACCf X ATION Appointments of County Health Of ficer Page This Week for Giving Anti-Typhoid Treatment Interest Mainfested Fdlks Must be On Time. Dr. B. W. Page, county health of ficer, announces th.- following :p pcintsments for this week irf-his an- li-!.viihoid campaign: J. W. Burns' place, below Gaddys ville, near JSauth Carolina line, Thur day 11:30 a. m. Oakdale school house Thursday I P.. m. ! . " Marietta Thursday 4 p. m. Elrod Friday 10 a. m. . Mount Moriah, 5 miles south Maxton, Friday. 11 a. m. Maxton Friday 3 p. m. . Pembroke Friday 6 p. m. Lumberton Saturday till 4 p. of m len.iuue aaturaay &:30 p. m. Regan's church Saturday 6 p. m. JJr. fage vaccinated V8S people last week at the following places: J. W. Burns' place 111, Oakdale 21, Marietta 23, Maxton 50, Lumberton 47, Ten Mile 33. Dr. Page expects folks to meet him on time at his appointments. He .will- try not to go within five miles of any of the places mention ed above during the campaign. Considerable interest is being manifested in the campaign but of course there , are many who should bevacinated who are not taking ad vantage of the opportunity to make themselves safe against an attack of typhoid fever,' . Dr. Page says tie Teamed of one death in the county last week from typhoid,, a colored girl near the J. VV. Burn's place. BASEBALL Ltimbert:n Defeats Red Springs at Red Springs game Teams Play "on Local Ground This Afternoon. The Lumberton baseball team de feated Springs' fast team by a score of 7- to- 2 in a -fast "game on the Red Springs diamond Thursday afternoon. The features of the game were the batting of McNeill of the Lumberton team and the perfect throw from deep center to home plate by Thompson of the Lumberton team. Batteries Red Springs, Branch, Led better, McMillan and Lovin; Lum berton, Plumber and McCormick. Umpires, MeLenn- and McLeod. At tendance 400. . The Red Spring3 and Lumberton teams will play another game on the local diamond 'this afternoon at 4:30. OLD SOLDIERS REUNION Rowland People Are: Making Exten swe Preparations to Entertain County Veterans July 6. ' The Robesonian has received the following in regard to the renion of Robeson veterans which will be held at Rowland Tuesday of next week: ., . Headquarters Camp Willis H. Pope . ' Lumberton, June 28. Comrades: You are reminded the County Re union will be held this year at Row land on Tuesday, July btn. Tne Rowland people are making extensive preparations t entertain the Vete rans and I hope that a large num ber of Camp Pope will attend. j. a. McAllister, Commander Seaboard Excursion .to Portsmouth Norfolk. The Seaboard will operate an ex cursion to Portsmouth-Norfolk, Va., Tuesday, July 6 from Rutherfordton, Charlotte, McBee, Chester and Lum berton and all intermediate points to Cary. Persons going from Lumber ton will leave, at 6:30 p. m. on the above-named date, and returning would 7 leave - Portsmouth 8 :30 p. m. Thursday, July 8. Special cars will be attached for colored people. The fare from Lumberton will be ?4.50. ' Rest Room, for Ladies Who Attend - Woodmen Picnic. Arrangements have been made for a rest-room for ladies to be, prepar ed in the' court hoiise for. the the Woodmen picnic which will be held here July 5. Maids will be present to look after t he Jadieswho attend th! picnic. In case of rain - 'the speaking, will be held in the court rccm. ' . r : - Dr. W, L. Grantham returned Thursday night from Caswell county, where he went the first of the. week with his wife and small daugh ter, Wilma, who .will spend some time in Caswell visiting at the h-me of Mrs. Grantham's parents. WOM EN WANT CR fe A M R Y Woman's Club of Back Swamp Township Endorse. Suggestion for Creamery and Will Give Their i Support Mrs. Warren Prevatt En tertains Woman's Club. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton, R. F. D. 6, June 26 Mrs. Warren Prevatte nleasantlv entertained the W'cpan's Club of Back Swamp Wednesday aft&noon, June 23d. " ' ' The subject for discussion was "canning." Mrs. D. H. Britt lectur ed to us for a few minutes on "Can ning .as ,a Source of Money and Healtlt," bringing out the point that the only way to have a well-balanc ed diet in winter is by canning all.1 than "Joe", the poor fellow who tne surplus vegetables and fruits in the- summer, thereby making both health and economy. Our president, Mrs. W. N. Townsend, explained her methods of canning 'various (Vege tables, and also demonstrated some of her work. Miss Eunice Britt then read an interesting article from a magazine on "Running on That Tire"! A creamery for Robeson county was then discussed and a petition drawn up to be sent to the editor of-Th.e Robesonian stating that we will give our hearty support. Our hostess then served delicious refreshments of ice cream and cake and the usual social hour was par ticipated in. AUGUSTA BRITT, Secy. Woman's Club of Back Swamp Wants Creamery. We, the United, Farm Woman's club of Back Swamp township, do heartily endorse the suggestion made in- a recent issue of The Robesonian in regard t0 the creamery. . We are very anxious for it and will give our undivided suDnort Signed, . ... ' . Mrs. H. B. Prevatte. Mrs. D. II. Britt, Mrs. J. M. Stone, Mrs. Warren Prevatte. " - Mrs. W. N. Townsend ' Mrs. M. Britt.- Miss Aueusta i Britt. Mrs. M. M. Singletary. '. Mrs. J. T. Singletary. -- Miss Eunice Britt.' - Mrs, W. A. Lewis. GEN. HUERTA ARRESTED Charged With Conspiracy tV Incite a Revolution in Mexico Released on Bond. El Paso, Tex., Dispatch, 27th. ' Chr.ra'es of conspiring to incite a revolution against a friendly coun try were filed today against Gener il Vict oriano Huerta, former Presi dent of Mexico, who was placed un der arrest at Newman, N. M., by Federal officials. Similar charges " were . brought against General Pasqual Orozco, who was arrested at the same time. Hu erta was relesed tonight on $15,000 bond, and Orozco on $7,500. Notices of New Advertisements. "t starts it plus O & O Starts What? See page 2." "$1 starts an account With the First National Bank of Lumberton. Two stores and livery stable for rent. Housekeeper wanted. Excursion to Norfolk, Va., July. 6. Exploits of Elaine tomorrow at Pastime theatre. "The Girl I Left Behidn Me," at Star, theatre today, said be "the .big gest thing that ever hit Lumberton. Hay,' grain, cotton seed meal and hulls at K. M. Biggs'. Parasol lost. Reward for return. Your eye needs ' skillfully cared for by Dr. W. Wk Parker. Hoe, hands and plow teamswanted. Notice of school bond election. , Candidate Little Visits Lumberton. : Mr. Joseph W. Little of Wilming ton, candidate for Congress in this, the sixth, congressional district, spent Thursday night in town shaking hands and letting the folks know his hat is in the ring. Mr. Little says he is now an avowed candidate. -He is a young lawyer and business man arid no doubt will help to make" the race a live one. - i Shelby special, 2oth. to. Greensborp boro Daily News i Lightning played a ttrange prank on Gilbert Wylie, a white farmer living inT lower Cleve land. Wylie. was sittirg on his front perch- holding his boy , in - nis; , lap when a bolt of lightning was conr ducted to the porch by an iron pipe from the well. WylieV work shoe was torn to smithereens and his feet ec badly burned that he is confined to his bed. The boy was shocked, but unharmed. 1) LAI UK hSl CO. PLE A S ES Large Crowds Delighted With Splen- did Enterta'jiment Offered by lie- morest Stock Co. at Star Theatre GovmI Pictures Besides Star Growing in Favor. Large crowds were delighted with the entertainment offered by the De mores.t Stock Company at the Star theatre Friday night, Saturday af ternoon,and Saturdays night Fri day evening the company gave that pretty Southern play, "Lena Rivers", in four acts. The play was present ed in a faultless manner -and thrilled the audience. The characters were all there with the goods, but perhaps no member will be longer remember- loved and was - not loved "Joe" made the folks laugh whether they wanted to or not. As one of the audience remarked, "He was a sight". Saturday afternoon the company presented "Plain Folks," a beautiful play in four acts. This play por trays 'the old time Southern farmer with all his modest ways, and brought ready applause from the large crowd that witnessed it. ' Saturday night "The Little Moth er" was played in a way that made all present laugh and some cry. This play is nothing short of a deep love story and many who witnessed it declared that it was equal to, and even more interesting and entertain ing than, many plays which they had paid $L50 to see. Aside from the plays, good mov ing pictures were shown before each show'and as a whole all were well pleased with the entertainment fur nished them at the Star. The Star is growing in favor and making new .friends all the-while and the management is always on the alert bringing things here that will delight its visitors. Mr. A. Davis, Father of Mrs. A. F. Ward, Dies in- Washington. Mr. A. F. Ward received Friday a telegram from Mrsr Ward, who Jeft several xlaysTago for Washington, D. C, to be with her father, . Mr, a Davis, Jr., to the effect that Mv! Davis died Thursday. Mr. Davis is well known here, having had charge of the construction work of the court house building several years ago. Mr. Davis was 65 years of age, and-had only been sick a short time Picnic at Smith's Mill July 3. Mr. H. B. Kinlaw of route 7 from Lumberton was in town Saturday. Mr. Kinlaw says there will be a pic nic at Smith's mill Saturday, July 3. There will also be a baseball game. The public js invited to be present with, 'a basket full of rations. Rev. I.- Neiman who had been in Lumberton for the past ten months as teacher and schocket for the Hebrew congregation, coming to this congregation from Baltimore, jvid., has been called by a larger con gregation at St. Augustine, Fla., and has accepted. He left for his new work yesterday. Mr. J.'L. Humphrey of the Sad die Tree section was among the vis itors in town this morning. Mr, iiumpnrey orougnc m some nice TJ 1 t a , peaches and left some at The Robe sonian office, which were highly ap preciated. Mr. Humphrey says the wedding bells will ring out his way Deiore many days. Mr. W. H. Humphrey and son Master Harold, returned Saturday night- from -Aberdeen,-where "they attended the-annual conference of the Rockingham district, of which district Rev. John Hall is presiding elder. - Mr. Humphrey was a dele gates from Chestnut Street Method ist church. Rev. Dr. W. B. North, pastor- of Chestnut Street church, who went to Aberdeen Thursday preached the closing sermonbf the conference last evening. .Bishop Jno. C. Kilgo attended the confer ence and preached every day. - Mr. B. H. Stephens of Wilming ton, presidentlof the Southern Cir cuit Corporation,- which corporation operates a string , of theatres, the Star theatre of Lumberton being one of the number, was in Lumberton looking after interests of the thea tre hereof rom -Thursday-evening-til) yesterday morning, when he returned to Wilmington. He came with the uomorest to., which giva. cxcciionH performances t the Star Friday ev ening, Saturday matinee and even ing, to see whethtr the patronage tfiven such shows here would justi fy continuing to give them. He was pleased with the patronage,- larje audiences witnessing each perform ance " BRI EF ITEMS- OF LOCA L T NEWS Mr, J. F. Sinclair of Rowland, route 1, was. among the visitors in town Saturday. Mr. Sinclair report good crops in his section. Mr. Rossi B. Britt of Mt Eli am and Mr. Forest Hamilton of Ma rietta spent last night in town ev route homo from WViehtsville Eeach. where they spent the week-end. Seventy-one roundtrip ticket were sold from here to Wilmington yesterday. Most of these were for the Special train which passed Lum berton at 8:12 and returning laft Wilmington at 7 p. m. Fairmont Messenger, 25th: Mr. EL Fisher left Tuesday evening for Bal timore where he will undergo an pr oration at John Hopkins Hospital there. He was accompanied by. his physician, Dr. J. P. Brown. Mr. R. G. McCormick, who lives on rural route No. .1 from Elrod, sends The Robesonian a cotton blos som in a letter dated June 26. and writes" that crops are in very godd condition in that neighborhood. Prof. R. E. Sentelle left Satur day for Chapel Hill, where he will spend a few days before going to Murfreesboro, where, as was men tioned in Thursday's Robesonian, he win conduct a teachers' institute. Dr. R. T. Allen of Lumberton as appointed committee on pub i; hing at the meeting of the North .'srolina Dental Society at Wrights iile Beach last week, , All three of he local dentists Dr. Allen, Dr. D. 3. King and Dr. J. D. Regan at ended this meeting, which was held it the Seashore hotel. Miss Eva Mace, stenographer for the law firm of McLean, Varser &. McLean, left last evening for Nashville, Tenn., where she, with a party from' her home town, Marion, S. C., will join a Radnor Touring Party and go to the Exposition at San Francisco, Calif.- The party will also visit Yellowstone Park and oth er Western points of interest. Speaking of who had the first green peas of the season, Mr. W. - C. Collins, who lives in the northern part of town, says he. made-one crop and on the 24th jrtst. p'anted some dry seed which grew tr ;i year and expects to enjoy another, crop late in the summer from the r.:".,e seed. Mr. Collirjs didn't say he .U3 the first, but he certainly must have been. ; , The following pupils received Sunday school . teachers diplomas from Mr. R. E. Lee, teacher of a class taking the teacriers course at the East Lumberton Baptist Sunday school, yesterday afternoon: Messrs D. A. McPhail, W. R. Davis, C. C. Blake,' IL Allen; Mesdames T. R. Tolar, R, E. Thompson; Misses An na v Blake,- May Tyson,. Ida Mae Ses- 8oms, Emma McPhail. Messrs. A. P. McAllister, W. L Linkhaw and V. B McMillan return ed Saturday from New York, where they spent several days. They made the trip from Wilmington on, a steamship and declared the voyage was' a most delightful one. Mr.. Linkhaw says he was supplied with' a Sunday newspaper published right on the boat, all the "news of course being suplied by wireless. Twenty-eight stood the civil -service examination for rural letter car riers' under , Assistant Postmaster R O. Edmund, local secretary of the Civil Service Board, Saturday. There--is nowone-vacancy- at St. Pauls and it is expected that there will be oth er vacancies in the county at an ear- ' ly date. This is the largest num- :. ber that ever stood' acivjl service examination here at one time. Dr. W. L. Grantham and Dr. R. O. Easle'y have become associated f orthe practice . of medicine, They-v have the same offices formerly oc cupied ' alone byv Dr. Grantham on the ' second floor of the Weinstein building, Elm and Fourth. Dr. Eas- ley, as has been mentioned in The Robesonian," recently located in Lum berton. Dr. Grantham has been en gage in successful practice here for several years. - ; The "Recognition Service" held at the First Baptist church yester-'ay--wa5-large!y"atten JedancTtle-" special programme rendered was very impressive. One hundred of ,the. 125 nc me mix m whiih Imh' jitiiifd tilt! church-during the one year's pastor- ' ate ef Rev. Chas. I,. Greaves were in ' attendance aiii seated together.' 31r. S McIr.tvrs - a'n address welcoming .the . new . memoirs and Mr. 'Greaves prc:uhc-d a most thrill ing feermon " appropriate- to the oc- .. J Starts Hits Starts What? to S3
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