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COUNTRYr-GOD-AND-TRUTH
l.5 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVAMCS
VOL XLVI.
'-. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1915.
NUMBER 43
SUPERIOR COURT
Adjourned Yesterday After Three
Mubv Davs Much Work Accotn
plished A "Convicting" Term
Young White Man Gets 15 Years
lor Burglary Negro Gets .15 Years
for Killing Wife Many Cases.
The term bf Robeson Superior
' Court which convened Monday fc-r the
trial of criminal cases adjourned yes
Isrday afternoon after putting - in
three busy days. Judge H, W.
Whedbee of Greenville, who presided,
left last night for his home. This
was Judge Whedbee's first court
- here i in several years, and while it
was expected that the-yterm would
last throughout the week, it being .a
week's term, the moving spirit of the
judge - caused a usual week's work to
be completed in three days. The fol
lowing cases were disposed of:
Jno. Wess McCallum, colored,
charged with killing his wife, Mariah
McCallum, February 7th, this year;
gumy; 10 years in bmw P v.
Furnev Williams, tne voune wniur
, , . -. vv,;ii:t..,
man who broke into Mr. Eh. Phillips
residence in Lumberton some three
months aero and stole some money
from the pockets of . Mr. Phillips'
sons, while they were asleep, a full
account of which appeared in ine
Robesonian at the time; guilty, io
ye8r?Jn lhe State prison.
vm" ldUe"'-H 7 ' .,. ir 5 n
child's birth; guilty; 7 years in State
nrf . T" ii. J
jrison.-,.- j rriuoi v.4&-'? ' " '-: : ..' , '?
- tm tmmmKmilverFr aaoT ex'ceSf 'thSt nTfewans
davs on roads.
Junius Locklear. Indian,
concealed weapons; gum,,
. ' n f J
on roaas. .' -
i I I
.:S:"Sra:.n h Z
cuuiiiericn. uui, Bu..kJr ,
toads. .
Jesse icholson,- colored, larceny,
puiltv: 4 .months on roads
N. S. Kinlaw. retailine; guilty: 6
months on roads.
Bob McCormick. ,coloredr carrying
, , ... n M 4.U
concealed weapons; guilty; 6 months
tin ruaus.
- ClauA Reynolds, colored, larceny,
iruiltv: 12 months on roads
Jess Goins. colored, laeceny; guil
ty; 12 months on roads.
Jno.- Goin3, larceny; . gfiltyj 12
months on roads.
Jno. Arch McCallum, colored, lar
cenv; guilty; 12 months on roads.
Fess Bethea, colored, larceny;
guilty; 12 months on roads.
Shep Faulk, colored, larceny; 12
months on roads. It will bs remem
bered that Faulk was chareed with
breaking into a safe in the office of
Dr. W. A. McPhaul several months
ago, and was given a hearing before
Recorder E. M. Britt, who -gave him
a sentence of 6 months on the road,
but he appealed to the Superior
Co-rt with the above re3iit.
Jno. Burnett, colored; -' assault with
intent to rape; guilty; 5 years on
roads. . ,
Alex Jacobs, assault with deadly
wrpnon: not ruilty. ' '
Dennie McMillan, errryin! conceal
ed weapons; guilty; $15 and cost.
d Monroe, failure to support
chPd; net gi:ilty
G;o. McCalluifi, trespass;-$50 to
pa" cost. .
' Her.7.ie Lovett, cruelty to animals:
not suilty. .
Dm F. McNeill, resisting officer;
guilty; $200 and cost.
Dan F. McN?ill, nuisance. McNeill.
voltmt?rilv made oath before open
court that he would not drink any
intoxicating liquors as beverage in
two years and was placed under $1,
nnn hon.i for pood behavior.
Joe Stone, hindering officer, P-!ing
and cost. . ,
Tho cases aoinst Uan ftiCiNeiu ana . tl-e different cotton mills in this vi
Joe Stone wers the result of a dis- cinity, endeavored to ascertain if the
'turbance otr Elm street in Lumber-1 child-laboF....laws... were being . strictly
ton some months ago, when ivicinpu;. , complied with. We have been fully
under the influence of liquor, defied satisfied Iron the investigation that
law an order and resisted Chief of, we have made that these laws are
Police Redfearn when the latter ?rnot teirg violated to the knowledge
se?teH him, and Stone hindered Chiafi0f the managers and superintendents
Redfearn in maKing tne arrest. roi"l0t
were given road sentences when tnea ;
t before Recorder,, m. criw uui mtj
annealod to the hichtr court.
II. L. and Homer Stephens, false
pretense; not guilty. they seem to be in first class condi-
Messrs. W. Lennon, E. M. John- tion
son and E. L. Wcoten. of the coun- -pw0 principal Roads in Bad Condition
ty bar, were appointed a committer ! "phe attention of this grand jury
to prepare resolutions on the death nas een specifically called to the
of Mont T. Bobbitt and present to Dad condition of two of the principal
bar at next term of court. ' rqads of the county, namely, the St.
This seems to have been a "con.- Pa"ui3 road and Red Springs road,
victing" term mightv few whoever?- The part of the St. Pauls road which
tried escaped conviction. is especially referred to is that por-
tion beginning at the 8-mile post
Negro Murders 3 WhMe Men and Is from Lumberton and extending to the
Killed by-Posse. -r J "Big MafshT-From the"" information
Maccn, Ga., Dinatch, 14th. 'which has reached us and from per-
A posse of citizens and officers to- oonal observation of. some of the
day shot and instantly killed Peter members of this grand-jury, we are
Jackson, a negro farm hand, who was j satisfied that this portion of the
accused of killing -three ' white-' men iroa(j mentioned needs immediate at
.i -ct night and this morning near;tenti0n and we especially call the at
Cochran, tGa. The negro had bar-'tentjon of the road supervisors of the
ricated himself in his home and ! township in which this road is situ
fied the posse, who, according to re-jate t0 their duty along this line.
rorts received here, .blew up the( -jhe portion ' of-therroad leading
lio"( with ilvnamite. (from Lumberton to Red Springs and
The men killed bv the negro wer9Vto which we desire to call especial at
W. S. Hogg, aged 40, nieht marshal: I tention as being in a very bad con-
Jjynn Sancers, 4U, iarm supervisor ana,
Oscar Lawron, 23, "farm hand.
ivfeat Packers
Appeal to State De-
partment.
Wshineton Dispatch. 14th
"AmoncTp mat .porker' anpea
.fa the State department loaay to
demand th 31 Great Britain stop in
tf -rf 2ring " with cargoes . crns'iTJiftd to
, T.ntrpl ports ond settle for S14.000.'
000 "worth of theif products now held
in -prize courts. Thev. charge the
Pritish government with .. destuction
of commerce in food products , be
tween the United States .and 'other,,
neutral nations. -
GRAND JURY'S REPORT
j Iju reascd Allowance - for - Feeding
i rwoners at Ja:J Recommended. AI
so Changes of Clothing No Vio
lators of Child Labor Law Found
Schools and Sanitary Conditions
in Mill Villages Good Attentan
tailed to Bad Condition of St.
Pauls and Red Springs Roads
Recommendations.
For once the grand iurv was be
hind the court in getting through its
laoors, court adjourning yesterday
afternoon in advance of the report of
the grand jury. But the jury did a
gco,i deal of work, as the following
report, signed by the foreman, Mr.
D. J. McGoogan, and submitted yes
terday afternoon to his honor Judge
II. W. Whedbee, indicates: .
"We -passed on sixteen bills and
have found thirteen true bills and
three not true bills.
Jail and Prisoners
"We have visited the county; jail
iB a body and,we find twentv-four
. ... . ... w.,.
I prisoners in Jan ai ima ume wmie
nrisn' , rpnnrt. tht. thv
nave a sufficiency of food, m our
'opinion the quality of the food which
, . . . ,
,owed fc the co .g 8uficient
nn. . .AHlH ,ai-ii,, ,annmmA
I that this allowance be increases from
iLwenty eents Per day t twenty-five
er davo eaeh nrisoner We
ilr.f or whitewash. We also fouhd
that while the prisoners have suf
ficienf. bathing facilities, in a good
lnany case3 the clothing is not suf
fieient to keen them in a sanitarv
;condition It nas come to our knowl.
edge that some of the prisoners have
1
no change ot clothing and we re-
l....t,.lK, A 4.U4. U -
: s--j.:h.-j .-n .;tl.
' VL 01l v lo aUIIllLtCU LU jail WlkllUUb
a chan?e of clothing that the same
be 3uppiied to . him at the . expense
of the county. !
County Offices
. "We have also carefully inspected
the court' hofise and county ottices
We foon,j ail the offices well kept
and in a very sitisfactory condition
We four fj tho court house building
very wen kept with the exception of
the tile flooring in the lower part
of the bv lldmg, which has. not been
kept as clean as it should be, and
we su;i'?:0BC that the sheriff require
the janitor to thoroughly cleanse the
floor and keep tne same in a better
condition.
Chain Gang
"We have visited the two sections
of the chain-' gnnsr. of the county and
also the county home, and found con
ditions at botn pla:e3 very good, Ex
cept as ioljows:
"In tcnviet camp Jno. 1 it came
to the attention of our committee
that on? of the prisoners was afflict
ed with tuberculosis and was being
kept- in the same cage with the oth
er prisoners. We would urgently
recommen.i that the county physician
be requested to .look" into the health
conditious of the camp and make any
changes and recommendations as he
deems necessary
"The f oo,i conditions at the con
vict camps were favorable and all the
convicts - reported that they had
plenty to" ett and were very well
treated by the guard.
No Vic'ar.ons of Child Labor Law
"We "rave, to the best of our abil
ity from inquiry and also from call
before ovr body certain parties
connected with the management of
these corporations.
re l.ave also made inquiry as to
;scnooi -ronilitions ;and also sanitury
conditions at the differsnt cotton mill
villages and we beg to report that
dition is situate in KafW Swamp ana
Burnt Swamp townships between th
8-mile post from Lumberton and
Philadelphus church. This road has
been hadtv neglected an in a num-t
j her of. places is being rapidly wash
'n'' i?d away and cut up.
"Wlhile the road conditions in Rob
eson county are not what they should
be, we deem it our- duty-. to maVe es
recial mention of the work needed in
the two cases -referred to for the rea
son that there has been a yast amount
cf . money expended n these two roads
by the county and we consider it a
great; waste of money for it to have
t6 be re-built." . l- .
J ROBESON REAL ESTATE VALUES
County Board of Equalization Ap -
proves Work of County Tu : As -
scssor and Listtakers Total Value
Land $atll6,8a7, an Increase of
$115,809 Over Valuation Made 4
Years Ago Average Value $9.92
an Increase of 16 Cents Total In
crease in Value Town Lots and
Other Land $210,168 Valuations
Now More Nearly on Equal Basis
Than Ever Before.
Meeting Monday as the county
board of equalization, the county
commissioners accepted anH approv -
ed the valuation of real estate made
by County Tax Assessor Geo. L.
Thompson Tand the list-takers for the
various townships. Only one change
Was' 6rdered an that upon the rec-
ommendation of Mr. Thompson and
list-taker for the township, Mr. M.
Shepherd. That was for Orrum town-
Ehip, where an increase of 10 W
cent Was ordered. A decrease was
asked for for Wisharfs township, but
wa3 not granted. Very few com
plaints were made.
County Auditor J. M. McCallum,'
who is in position to know more
about it than any other man in the
county, says that valuations are now
more nearly on equal basis than ev
er before, an that the credit is large
ly due to" Assessor Thompsons who
has worked to that end faithfully
ever since the work of listing began.
ly $72,435, but some glaring inequal
ities that heretofore existed were
remedied to a large extent. In in
stances where valuable property was
"n the . books at less than one-fifth
its value in some instances $t
even as low as one-tenth the valu
ation was increased, and in otheP in
stances, where property of small
value was listed at nearly its full
value, the valuation was reduced.
Never before has the valuation been
on so nearly an equal basis.
The total valuation of land in the
county is placed at $5,116,857, as
against a valuation for the past 4
vears of $5,001,048, an increase of
$115,809.
Town lot3 are valued this year at
$2,308,679, as compared with $2,
214,310 for the past 4 years, an in
crease of $94,369.
The increase of $94,369 in town
lots and $115,809 in other real estate
s,ives a total increase for the coun
ty of $210,168
The average value of land per-arre'!
for the county is $9.92, as compared
with the former average of $9.76, an
increase in average value of 16 cents
per acre.
The highest average valuation is
'n Rowland township, $13.94. Row
land township was also highest ac
cording to the valuation 4 years ago,
$15.61. Howellsville has the lowest
average, $6.37, its average accord
ing to the valuation foi?r years 9go,
also the lowest then, having " been
$6.30. . -
In the lollowing paragraphs are
given the total number of acres, to--tal
valuation and average valuation
for 1915 and for past 4 years. These
figures will be changed slightly as
land which it has been impossible to
get up to now is placed on the books,
but it is not expected that there will
be any great changes.
Valuation of lown Lots
Burn Swamp 1915, $4,115; 1914,
$3,260.
Fairmont 1915, $190,475; 1914,
$185,190.
Lumber Bridge 1915, $24,360;
1914, $22,335.
Lumberton 1915, $820,085; 1914,
$747,650.
Maxton 1915, $424,615; 1914,
$134,690. .
Orrum 1915, $29,405; 1914, $33,
05. Parkton 1915, $75,075; 1914, $67,-
720. -
Pembroke 1915, $40,956; 1914,
$38,497
Red Springs 1915, .$274,045; 1914,
$266,298. -
Rennert 1915, 7,735; 1914, $8,-
52C.
Rowland 1915, $257,470; 1914,
$262,285.
St. Pauls 1915, $117,353;
1914,!
$101,995.
Shannon 1915, $4,985; 1914, $3,
815.
Thompsons 1915, $25,380; 1914,
$26,280.
White House 1915, .$11,625; 1914,
$12,070. "
Alf ords ville 1 915: No. a cres, 4Q,-
010; valuation, $373,920; average val
ue per acre, $y.3o. 1914: IS o. acres,
38,434; valuation, $dob,537; average
per acre, $9.27.
Britt's 1915 : No. acres,
22,827; valuation, $203,905; av
erage value per acre, $8.93.
1914: No. acres; 20,193; valuation,
$179,210; average per acre, $8.87.-
Back Swamp 1915: No. acres. 22.-P1R
514; valuation, $22710; average per'. l,?rmers ljr'n rally, v.hich will be
acre, $10.10. . 1914: No. acres. .21.-
877; valuation, $224,830; average per' 'eeK -w"f much interest. .Mr,
acre, $10 27 jMcCall ,ays a big crowd is expected,
Burnt Swamp 1915: No. acres, :
iRnsi- . vnliHon. . S1 55.IW,8? nvoroo-e '
per acre, $8.62. 1914: No. acres, 15,- Green a"d S. II Hobbs and
9S3; valuation, $126,098; .vera-c per Congressman H. L. Godwin, all well
' ,-qn . ' c v informed men and entertaining, as
' . ' . XT as instructive, speakers.
Fairmont-191o: No. acres,,21,2.4; Evervbodv j); pf, i0 rrv basket,
vr-luation $240 .00; average Pnl ith something gotKl'to eat.
ace. n zj. in: :o. arres, zi. tl. " lL.
723; o0"' $239'755! ve?e Ve
acre. Sll.o.
Gaddy 1915: No. acres, 11,672; val
uation, $120,2(o; average per acre
10.30. 1914: No. acres, 11,212; val
uation. $122, 215; average per acre,
7 -(Continued on page 4)
VACCINATING HUNDREDS
C?,n?t He",th Officer Page Finds
i ft4 Lj '-.5
Aga-jisi lypnoia About 900 vac(
cinated First Three Days This
-: Week Lumberton People Neglect
ing Opportunity Appointments.
Dr. B. W. Page, county health of
I'ictr, is mucn gratified at the in
terest people all over the county, are
taking in anti-typhoid vaccination.
Up to last night he nad vaccinated
! "u"Ufc..!r" "e"fu
i TZ?aJa "".i V
1 J"edf Jl00 1 J""
jPmt1 "J ex,cept a
h vLHb1err.n for that
l"&wLd LI1"?, yP
I PU.lie4 age T'
' m "
L W 0thtT
i o?iwn m n- in' " If
J " "I" dra ntag e opportunity
JI " vaccination,
fif' h'f fc?u"ute? for
!lUIe e lact ' ". douot
many people here have had their tarn
ily physician vaccinate them, but no
doubt there are many who should be
vaccinated who have not yet taken
advantage of this means of safety
aginst attacks of typhoid.
Monday of this week, at Fairmont,
the'J. W. Bum's place, WJiite Ppnd,
Oakdale and Marietta, Dr. Page vac
cinated 426 people; Tuesday, at El
rod, Purvis, Mr. Moriah and Maxton,
34;,: yesterday,, at St. PauIstShn.-.
making a total ot 893 for the three
days, and besides these he vaccinat
ed enough people in his office to
bring the number to 900.
- Appointments Next Week
Dr. Page will visit the following
places next week: Thursday Fair
mont 9 a. in., J. W.- Burns' place 11
a. m., White Pond 2:30 p. m., Oak
dale 4 p. m., Marietta 5 p. m.; Fri
day Raynham 9 a. m., Elrod 10 a.
m., Purvis 11 a. m;, Mt. Moriah 12
m., Maxton 3 p. m., Pembroke 6 p.
m.; Saturday, Lumberton all day.
LOWE LOCAL ITEMS
Children's Day Exercises at Raft
Swamp Sunday Afternoon Crops
Very Good Soon be Through "Lay
ing By" Curing Tobacco Mr. ,; J.
A. Carlyle's Poultry Farm Per
sonal Mention. . " , '
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lowe, July 14 Rev. R. N. Cash-
Iwell of Lumberton preached at Kaft
11 of Lumberton preached at Raft
SwamDt Baptist church last Sundav
afternoon at 4 o'clock
Mrs. Henry J. Langston left last
Friday for her home at Wingate, N.
C"., after spending some time with
her. father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
L. E. Tyner Mr. Burner Conoley
of Jacksonville, Fla., who has been
spending some time with his uncle
and aunt, Mr- and Mrs. Frank , L.
Smith, returned to his homeWednes
day. Mr. Carl V. Tyner ' returned
home last Tuesday from New York
City, where he had been studying
medicine for the past year Rev. A
II. Porter of Whiteville spent last
Friay night at the home of Mr. W
R. Tyner.
Children's day exercises will be at
Raft Swamp Baptist church next
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mr,
Woodberry Lennon of Lumberton is
xpected to make a talk after the
sxercises by the children.
Mis3 Cora Tyner is visiting friends
and relatives at Wingate. Miss Em
ma Johnson of Red Springs is visit
ing in the home of her uncle Mr. W.
C. Townsend.
Crops in thi3 section are generally
very good. The farmers will soon
be through "laying by" and be ready
i'or the Sunday school picnics - we
are hearing so much about.
mi
looacco curing nas opened up in
this section. Mr. Stephen Davis has
cured a barn.
Mr. W. R. Tyner and .daughter De
Lesline spent Tuesday m Lumber
ton on business
If you want to see something pret
ty, visit Mr. J. A. Carlyle's poultry
tarm, dotted white with fry-size
chickens.
Mr. M. D. Powers soent Sundav
evening at the home of Mr. Lum
Crump of Lumberton.
FARM ERS UNION RALLY" 1TTII
Looking Forward to Rally at Phila
delphus Saturday With Keen In
terest Large. Crowd Expected
Pknic Dinner Good Speakers
Visit Farm-Life School and Model
Rural Community.
Mr. F. Grover Britt of The Robe
sonian's staff, who is secretary-treasurer
of the Robeson Division of the
Farmers' Union, has just received a
letter from Mr. Marlin McCall, sec--t9.ry-treasurer
of the Philadelphus'
Local, in which he savs the folks up
wy are lockine forward- Xo thH
at r'hiladeiphus Saturday of
na ? ao.UDt .l.ne W1". there ine
"PeaKers IQr the occasion are .Messrs
refresh rrents for the benefit "of the
church at Philadelnhus.
- As has been mentioned in The
Pobesonian before, it will be well
".'orth any farmer's time" to visit
"obepon's -farm-life school and one
of the best rural communities in the
South Philadelphus.
DOWN MAR1EET WAY
; A Party of Young
hJ .MU" ?onne
Folk Entertained!. ' '
Connelley at Carolina
Beach G. W. Club Meets With
Mr. Jenrette Personal.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Marietta, July 13 Miss Sal-
lie Connelly royally enter
tained the G . Wl. Club and ew
others friends at her delightful sum
mer home at Carolina Beach recent
ly. The party left Marietta Satur
day, July 3d, and returned Tuesday
nigrvt. Miss Cortnolley and .her
brother Mr. Cromwell pur forth great
effort to make the stay by the sea
one of pleasure and were indeed suc
cessful in their effort, for every
minute was thoroughly enjoyed by
every one present and the entire trip
was one. of pleasure. "Those present
c?n never forget the kind hospitality
of Miss Connolley and brother. The
following -composed the party: Mr.
and Mrs. O. L. Henley and cousin,
Miss Mary Harrington of Mullins;
Mr. Hoyt Harrington and sister, Miss
Anna Bell; Mr. Cary Henley and' sis
ter, Miss Ada Mae; Mrs. Wells and
children, Mr. and T. C. Parham'and
family, Mr. Albert Hayes, Alias Min
nie Hill. Mr. Goodyear, Mr. and Mrs.
F. F. Purvis of Orrum..
On the day of ourreturn Capt.
Harper very kindly gave the party
a tree trip on the steamer Wilraing-
viewing as We passed the quarantine
station and the magnificent home of
Mr. Sprunt. The hospitality of Capt.
Harper and the trip on the water
was greatly enjoyed by all.
The G. W. Club met at the home
of Mrs. T. Jenrette Friday after
noon. On arrival the guest.s were
ushered into the parlor, which was
fragrant with roses. After the bus
incss session and discussion of cur
rent events, the afternoon" was spent
oiaying rook. The hostess, assisted
by her sister, Miss Helen Oliver, grace
parted declaring Mrs. Jnrette an
intervals 'throughout the afternoon
and at a late hour the guests de
parted declaring Mrs. Jennerette an
ideal hostess,
Mr. C. B. Oliver, who had been at
work in Oklahoma, has returned
home. Mr. and Mrs. . B. A. Edens,
Misses bailie Graham and Daisy
Ward of Uowland and Mr. W. H
uranam, jr.,. or macon, ua.f were
rscent guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Oliver. Miss Mary
Harrington of Mullins has been the
delightful guest of Mrs. Leon Hen
ley for several days. Mr. and Mrs.
B. O. Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. N. A.
Town?end i.nd Mrs. Wade of Dunn
spent last Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mr3. S. M. Oliver. Miss Ra
chel Oliver, who last week visited in
Lumberton and .Rowland, has now
gone to Chapel Hill, where she will
spend some time. Miss Rosa Floyd
of Fairmont is a guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Oliver. Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Hayes left last Wed
nesday fop Raleigh where Mrs,
Hayes has entered a hospital to un
dergo an operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. W. II. He"nley and children are
spending some time with her father
in Lynhaven, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. P.
C. Henley and daughter, Miss Eva are
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
F. F. Purvis of Orrum.
BASEBALL INTEREST GROWS
Vork Progressing On New Ball Park
Game on Local Grounds Be
tween Hamlet and Lumberton This
Afternoon Other Games.
Interest in baseball continues to
c;row in Lumberton. Work is pro-
-ing on the new park in, the
northern part of town.
I" a game Monday with Raeford
at, Raeford, the heme team lost by a
-"ore of 11 to 1. This defeat -.wa
due to the f act-that only-a part of
t'ne- regular team played. Tuesday
afternoon the Raeford team came ov
'o play the home . team on the
local diamond, but when one. and a
half innings had been played the
Tame had to be called off on account
"f rain. Raeford had been to the
bat twice and Lumberton once and
he score was 1 to 1. Yesterday the
local- team defeated-the-Hamlet team
at Hamlet by the score of 11 to 1.
There will be a game between the
Hamlet and Lumberton teams on the
local diamond this afternoon. The
game will be called at 4 O'clock.
Mr. P. P. Green, a local tinner.
as moved into the Prevatt'' house,
Odar street, and has also moved his
office from the Gough building,
Fourth street, to his residence.
Mr Jno. Purvis and two sons.
Masters LeRoy and Clarence, of route
2 from Fairmont, are among the vis
itors in town todav Mr. Purvl3 savs
crops are fine in his section, and the
folks are curing the "weed".
- Mr W. H Humphrey and twelve
embers of the local tent of the
KnisrhiT of Ezla left vesterday for
point in Howellsville townsoip
on the Ten Mile swamp, where they
will camp for the balance of the
wcek. -
Mr. D. E. Nance left last even
itlqnra. Ga.. where he will
' "V? treatment under a specialist.
Ho erneets to be away several week.'
Td will after leaving Atlanta go to
nHoije. Ga., where he .will visit
relatives. , . .
For nny nnin, bvrn'. scald or bruise,
iDply Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil the
household remv. Two sizes 2oc
and 5'c a- flH drug stores.
j WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST
us.?.ed bT the U. S. Weather Bureau.
Washington, D. C., for the Week
weginninsr Wednesday, July 14.
For South Atlantic and East Golf
States: The week will be one of gen
erally fair and warm weather except
that scattered thundershowers are
probable.
REGISTER NOW
Now s the time to register for th
school bond election which will b
he!d July 28. Mr. J. B. Bowen is
registrar. He may be found in the
office of th county superintendent
of public instruction at the court
house. -New registration is requir
ed and one cannot vote for or against'
this proposed bond issue without
registering. Only 58 people had reg
istered up to noon today. Now is the
time to register, before you forget
:t. . .
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS .
Mr.'B. B. Tew of route 4 from
ed. Springs is among the visitors
n' town todav. Mr. Tew says crops
ire good UP nis way, especially corn.
'srCWM-'iikiUttn town
ve3terday. Mr. Ivey reports fine
rn and tobacco crops in his see
ion. ! , .
Messrs. White & Gough bought
'.at week a $24,000 stock of bank- i
rupt merchandise in Oxforrj. r The
3tofk i3 new, the owner of the bank
rupt stock pnly having been" in bus
iness about a year. . s
Mr. W. F. Adams, who lives out
EIr6d way, was On the jury this
":4-. .Vr. Adams says they have
lad tro much rain out his way and
rnpt 're not cliing so well. He wa
'elich--,! v 'h the way JuSge .Wfced
:ee itpatjh:d the business of .the
court.
Mr.-Angus Paterson, a Confede
rate veteran who is making his abode
t the Soldier's Home, Raleigh, ar
rived last week and is spending some
time about town visiting relatives
ind friends. Mr. Patferson savs he
likes the "home" fine an receives
ood 'treatment.-and plenty to eat. '
Mr. J. C. Worley has sold his in
terest in the Lumberton . Steam
Laundry to his partner, Mr. W. T.
Rolbins, who will continue to ope
rate the laundry. Mr. Worley will
be associated Nwith the Lumberton
Pressing Club, which will install a
new line of up-to-date machinery.
Mr. Jeff D. Taylor, who lives
on route 5 from Lumberton, is a
trucker who knows how. He has
something that's good to eat for sale
" 3)1 seasons of the year. He' re
membered yesterday The JRobeson
ian's local reporter with a nice
"mess" of squashes, which were very
much appreciated.
"Anna, Karenina," one of the
Fox feature pictures, shown at the
Star theatre Monday, was superb.
and that singer at the Star is a de
light. The Texas Quartet has been
captivating audiences at the Pastime
tnu week. Both the Star and the
Pastime are putting on excellent at
tractions, givine Lumberton hicrh-
class movie shows.
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Brown of
Fairmont will leave tomorrow for
Waynesville, where Mrs. Brown will
spend the balance of the summer
Dr. Brown will divide his time , be--
tween Fairmont and Waynesville.
The Robesonian hope3 to receive a
number of Mrs. Brown's delightful
letters about Waynesville and the
chautauqua at Junaluska.
Dr. Wm. Laurie Hill of Char
lotte-spent Monday in Lumberton
Dr. Hill is representing- The Progres
sive Farmer. Incidentally while here
he sold 7 copies of his book "The
Master of the Red Buck and
Bay Doe" and favored the editor of
The Robesonian with a copy which
he hopes to have the pleasure of read
ing and reviewing in the near future.
The Lumberton Male Quartet,
composed of "Messrs. Frank Gough.
C. B.- Skipper, E. B. Freeman and
J. Pope Stephens, went last Sunday
to Benson, Johnson county, where
they furnished music for a Sunday
school rally. This quartet is -well
known and is ever receiving calls
from far an- near to sing on special
occasion. The members of the. quar
tet say they ; were royally entertain
ed by the people of Benson.
' In a 'phone conversation this "
morning Dr. J. P. Brown talked en
thusiastically about prospects at
Fairmont. A crowd of buyers have -'
arrived and the prospects for a good
tobacco season are fine. A new drug
store, a new garage and a new bar
' ( yhep have opened in Fairmont
recently. The tobeco market opens
Jt Fairmont a week, from taday
July 22J as advertised elsewhere in
'his paper.
Mr. Neil! McNeill of Parkton was
ir:ong the visitors .in town yester
ATr. V.? Neil! is .npjirinrr hi
"'h ';frthday,. but notwithstanding
i .at and the fact that he served
t'-.rvjs-hout the War Between the
. re ii prono'.ir.c;d -by . .-tho?e
v.-'-.j kr.cw him be?t ss th.; vounges:
Robeson. Mr. McNeill is as
sp:y as, a cat and luves a game of
L-rTt-ba'.l perhaps belter than any
msn ihi-ourhout all these coasts.
cfte gravels a long way to wit-
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