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1 JlIJDj ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE . COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, COD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADYAJTCST VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1915. NUMBER 55 :3s NEW BANK CHARTERED FOR LUMBERTON - Planters' Banking: & Trust Co. Au " thorized to Do General Commercial and Savings Banking: 1 and Trust Business WW be Ready for Bus iness January 1 About 150 Lead. ing Business Men Interested. Lumberton i3 to have a new bank. Ing institution. It will be known as the " Planters' Banking & Trust Co. A charter was granted this institu. tion yesterday. The authorized cap ital stock is $230,000. with $70,000 subscribe by about 150 leading bus. iness men cf Robeson county with some leading business men also of Scotland county N. C. and Mal boro county, S. C These include R. R. Barnes of Barnesville, one of the wealthiest and best-known business men of Robeson; L, Shaw of St. Pauls, J. L. Townsend of McDonald. D. J. Oliver of Marietta. O. C. Spaulding of Maxton. Geo. L. Thdmp son and K. M. Barnes of Lumber ton, the last-named being cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Lumberton; and R. W. Jones, a mem. ber of the fir mof McBee, Jones & Co., bankers, of New York. ( , It is understood - that this new Vtnnlrincv institution will ' be pattern ed after he Wachovia Bank & Trust . -m Tin: - o l on J that if ii VjO. oi vy inaiAii-k3Jici" nu " the intention to begin business by the first of next - January. Also it t a ..mnlAMrAAd io VllUdObWiu vumv . - . J i.L t 2 X. G00 named in tne cnaner ana want is assured that it will begin business with capital stock of $100,000 r or more. PREPARING TO STORE COTTON Preparations Being . Made . to Take Care of Cotton in Lumberton This Fall Farmers Bonded Warehouse and Cotton Storage Warehouse - Vil X.vK Ready a. One i U .-Stnr Catt'.n. Preparations are being made ,trt store cotton in Lumberton thi-J fall and to help farmers hold their cotton off the market. A meeting was hsld at the court house Tuesday evening of stockholders of the Cotton Storage Warehouse Co.r which erected last fall for the purpose of storing cot ton a building on a lot near the to bacco warehouse. Organization was formed by electing he following of ficers: R. H. Crichton. president; A. E. White, vice president; T. L. Johnson, secretary-treasurer. These officers, with Mr. R. D. Caldwell, constitute the governing board. It is the intention of this board to con fer at once with the owners of the Farmers Warehouse and see if ar rangements can again be. made to use. his buildingt. in addiion to the her building, for storing cotton. The directors of the Farmers' Bond, ed Warehouse Co. were called to meet this - morning in the of f ice of tk. monarAi nf theoomrjanv. Mr. L. UIIV 1 ir B. Townsend, but not enough were present to hold the meeting which was postponed unmi aepiinw This company took care of more than 3,000 bale8 of cotton last fall and will take care of cotton again this fall. It is expected that these two companies will co-operate in help ing farmers hold their cotton off the market. v- .- ' -. TUETONIC ALLIES MAKE '' ' PROGRESS IN EAST Germans Make No qaims of Prog ress in Riga Distr'-ct No Battle of Importance on Western Front Romimanians Leaving Gcrmary and Austria. j Press Summary. - Both Berlin and Vienna report steady progress in the investment of Brest-Litovsk the great Russian for tress which was to form the strong, est link in the Muscovites new line of defense. , , . The Germans have made no claims for several days of material prog ress in the Riga district. ePtrograd has contended that so long as the Russians were able to hold their own there, Petrograd was in no-danger and the escape of he main Russian armies could be cut off. Activities on t(he Western front and in the Italian war theater are confined chiefly to artillery engage ments. , T !.! V In spite of French and British claims of important progress on .the Gallipoli Peninsula the Turks admit no serious reverses on the Dardan elles front. "' :. , In the field of diplomacy the day brought forth no striking develop ments. American Ambassador Ger ard Berlin, after callinghipon Foreign Minister von Jagow to re ouest the German official version of the attack upon the steamer Arabic was announced to the foreign office again in the afternoon and remained there a half hour, but he declined to reveal the subjects discussed. Reports from Swiss source state that Roumanians tare leaving Ger many and Austria, which is taken in London to mean that Roumania is preparing to cast its., lot on the side of the Quadruple Entente. Sweden has filed a protest with the . German Foreign Office against the seizure of the steamer Gotland, which was fired -upon before being taken into Cuxhaven. Capt. Edmund Jones of Lenoir is mi formallv in the mm for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General, according to an announce ment appearing in the daily papers yftiTday. Also Thomas H. Calvert, who has been assistant Attorney Gen eral for the past three years, has foimaliy announced his candida?j COTTON SITUATION NOT DESPERATE Placing of Cotton on Contraband List f .Creates Situation Calling for In telligent Leadership Southern Bankers ' Urged to Make Conces. eions to Finance Crop Harding Predicts International , Competi ., tion for American Cotton. -Birmingham. Ala.. Dispatch, Aug.25. W. P. G. Harding, of the Federal Reserve Board, told the Alabama Mer chants' Association here that the placing of cotton on the contraband list by the Allies did not create a desperate situation, but rather one calling for intelligent leadership. He urged Southern bankers to make con. cessions to finance the crop and pre dicted there would be international competition for 'the American - crop.1 despite the fact that it was contra band. Mr. Harding handled, for the Reserve Board, the arrangements for the hundred million dollar, cotton loan fund. He explained to the Aalabama merchants, however, that he was not speaking tonight for . the board but .was giving his personal' vuv "Germany." said Mr. Harding, "is perhaps, have justified proceedings as anxious to have cotton as the Al- of the commander of the submarine. L are- to prevent her. It is not' "Only after all these circumstances inconceivable that there may be ev-jW been cleared up. will it be pos idences before very long of inter., ble to say whether the commander national competition for the posses- of one of our submarines sion of the South's great staple. It y ?d his instructions, in which case j-nrtr W"-r ,-TcoitontneImDeriaL efin 'souS JS5e,r- ! L nnJ portunlties tor snrpmenL anse. rr-- . . , . "No one has ever accused -the Germans of being lacking - m far sightedness. They are already look, ing forward to what will happen when peace is restored and that they will make a supreme effort to recov er their lost trade with other nations onnnnt. he doubted. It is reasonable to believe that. they would look with f complacency upon the absolute con-; d , Enrfan and America, ner-' trni of the cotton mame uy me Slitting them to secure their supplies of cotton at very low prices and defer thei rown purchases until after peace range to buy cotton, as the spinners of other nations buy it. and can they not easily arrange to nave ineir cot- ton stored in this country for their account until they can transport 11 totheir own shores . - President Wilson, in a letter reaa DV mr. narunig, c;vvv. v..... 9.nk ,n.he fuiial 'f; gions. tne boutn parucuiariy, cVg th7n ft'eir own stocks at i'enon a dog7 He was found fS rheTelativesin lion's are being' circulated, but are much higher orices? Is it not rea8-!guilty of the charge and.taxed with XWJm!JS by rnany. . .rfi onH tnirA r.n f.nanpes oi se- v,ovai with faiinrA tn my tnn Mtv . r . . . not nric at rnat. nnce ana live, re rt KaI dva thftt. thev win ar- fU nAf the noao whirh nmmintM s..j- j wwi t.hm nniiticai nota are Sim ?ontth'mS:Ilf ESL "rttelbo-. H? isdharged with forging a ,ng i H " " mnnfv for'P thev themselves pay on money ior . ..t :v v " . j -asd ucrB ACYT ""J"" . "i meeting the cotton JJobUm and ..aid-to have made the slip, out and the cotton producers .should acfR5 a fictitiou. name to it and se-r hat they have a right to exi P" 1 ifrom the banks. BOY CRUSHED UNDER WAGON . . Wagon Loaded With Brick Passed Over Body of Colored Boy and Death Resulted Colored "Oj1. of the Word" Must Serve on Chain Ganc 12 Months, r m il .1' 1 Special to The Robesonian. Fairmont. Aug. 25 Vinson McKay, . . I J 1 l km. m a art badlv crushed when a wagon loaded, with brick passed over his body near a 14-year-oiu: c-uiuica. uujr. McDonald late Monday aiternoon mat he died in a few hours. He was hauling brick from McDonald to a farm near Fairmont when the mules v ...o jviTiff hrirtama incnxenea i and proceeded to run away, throwing him off the wagon under the wheels, which passed over his body with the okwa rpsnlt. CtWTU A - , Twelve months on tne roaas. nine, Twplve montna on Hio ruaun uiuc.uio mob uiituov.. " - Z7 1 xweivc 111U111.U0 " a . v.-,. nf Mr J. I for fornication and alwT . wu , femnnir ft board Diu, wa8 me . sentence imposed upon v. . Henry a colored divider of the Word, by Recorder A. E. Floyd Tuesday af ternoon. Susan Smith, also colored drew a sentence of 6 njpnths in jail at the same time for living with the "Reverend" Henry without license. Henry owned having a wife and two children in other parts and Susan said iwr j r - .. rw T -i she had a sure enough husband in South Cafolina; HenVy has recent.: ,lUvd a number of meltings through out these parts but he will have to "qerve the Lawd" in the gang for twelve months. NEGRO CONFESSES ATTEMPT AT CRIMINAL ASSAULT ON SMALL GIRL Charlotte Special. Aug. 25, to Wil mington Star. ' Wyatt Bryce. a 20-year-old negro, attempted criminal assault this morn ir.g about 10 o'clock on Mary Gordon .v v- .;-r-vparolj daughter ol nr R. Z. Query, a well knownf physician of Steel creek townsaip tcn miles from Charlotte. In a short while an arrrfed posse of citizens, the deputv sheriff and a number of po lice officers from the city were scour, ing a wide radius of country m Steel and Berry Hill townships in uearca of the negro, who was factored about 1 o'clock near the suburbs! he was making his way to Cnarlotte. H 'confessed the crime ani was rushed to. the county jaiU.but n less than an hour was hustled ino ar au tnn.nSHf AnA soirited away to Sates- vllle to prevent lynching, as fcc-iing against tim was at a high pitch. The chairman of the county commis sioners, A. M. McDonald, seeinir the spirit o fthe crowd, took it upon him self to have the man sent away. WJLL GIVE FULL SATISFAC- "'' TION TO UNITED STATES If Commander of Submarine Exceed ed Instructions in Sinking Arabic German Government Will Give Complete Satisfaction to U. S. , Berlin Dispatch, Aug. 25. ; J'' - '? If the commander of a German submarine exceeded his . instructions in sinking the steamer Arabic, the German government will give full satisfaction to the United States, Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg in formed the Associated Press corres pondent, in an interview this evening. The Imperial chancellor made the following statement of ; Germany's position on the sinking of the Arabic: "As long as the circumstances sur rounding the sinking of the Arabic have not been fully cleared up., it is impossible jf or me to .make a def inite statement Thus far we have received no report about it. Now we do not even know whether the sinking of the ship was caused by a mine or by a torpedo fired from a ' German submarine, nor do we know , - , ,, . . , . - , : . - ... wnetner in tnis iawer case me Ars Vi ttavcolf mii nnt Viv her aitirm. rela.; tions existing between both govern, ! ments.' AMONG TRANSGRESSORS Failure to Pay Dog Tax Cost Owner $5.95 Extra Found Guilty of For-' gery Young White Boy Convicted of Serious Charge But the Court Was Merciful Young White Tfowo rS Srr Ch"get Will be Tried of Criminal Assault The following cases nave oeen posed of beiore Assistant necoraer - M. Johnson: i Heck Gavin, colored, yesterday to $5.95. Gavin, had paid $2 of the . tax on the dog but had failed to ' pay the remaining ,1. lhe license lC0St him $8.95 by waiting. j Liovd James was before the re corder Tuesday on the fehwjge of H- wflS found euiltv and was ho J ' tJ - . bound over to the Superior , Court. He was" committed to jail upon failure to give a $300 justified 81D lor " n wrosaen n ! ... . frar dnva aco. He is- 1 a n,raA ha mnnev without an V trouble. cured the money without any trouble. Clarence Odum. a young white boy of the Raft Swamp section, was be- ( fore the recorder this morning charg-. ed with stealing 3 hams from Sir. L E Tyner of the same community.; He wa3 found guilty of the charge and judgment was continued upon payment of the cost, Odum to pay A . 1 . Mr. Tyner for the hams and appear before Mr. Johnson once every i months for 2 years and show that he had been behaving nimseu. 11, he fails to conduct himself uprightly altogether he will be brought before Kecoraer ooimun u , n ence , .will be given him without any other trial. This sentence was giv. 'en him on account of the people of tne ksii owamu wwn. ner and 42 other citizens of the Raft A OtIICl Ulll.Clt0 V vn i Swamp section recommended tnat tne. sentence be a light as .possible as he was a voung man and this was 1.! rnoA ndnm i said to nave "'-K.''-- " " n . wisnans uturc , ago. "Mr. Tyner-had sold 'them to I It is a puzzle how the fire started, Mr' Wishart but had not received as there had not been any fire in pay for them. They were lying on the building since Friday. Mr. a barrel in the rear of the store Humphrey was' near the building and Odum came in with, a ham of when he discovered the fire but was hi, own in a sack and upon seeing, unable to do anything as the build, the other hams he is said to havering was falling in. Mr. Humphrey aian nd nut. them in his said that some on a had been steal- m . ww iMiini l. a Dbui w m-.v-.--" - i sack and carried them to Gilmore & Martin's store, where he sold tnem and it is ProoaDie tnat t "e.vn," ur but never returned to get his money thieves entered it Tuesday night and for them. . . Jot a lot of meal and etc. and then Martin's store where he sold them The case of the State against A aHv 'T jtrtt. la young white man who lives near McDonald, charged with assault with intent to rape ud on Miss Annie Scott, who lives in the same community will be tried before Recorder Johnson tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock'. ANOTHER STILL CAPTURED 65-Gallon Outfit Nabbed Third Sull:tive of Robesonian that the Captured in Howellsville During Past Week. Rheriff R. E. Lewis. Deputy Sher iff Arch Prevatt and United States Deputy Austin Smith captured a 65 gallon all-copper still in Howellsville township yesterday. No one was at the still at the time of the capture and there is no clue as to who the proprietors are. They did not find any of the real "juice" and only a small amount of beer. The still did not look as if it had been used lately and it is thought that it had just been removed to this place and been set up for operation. Sheriff Lewis said that it was one of the finest stills that he ha ever seen. This makes the third still thta has been. m XT 11 !11 J : captured in Howellsville during the, . i 1 . i 1 ir.-J.-l. past weeK. as menuuneu " luiniuaj 3,rjicn vi wieoe t.cm Robesonian, two were captured Thurs- worth seeing and no lover of the sport day of last week.' hereabouts should mis3 them. MARIETTA NEWS MATTERS Miu Lannie Oliver Entertains the G. W. Club Sunday School Conven tionSeries of Meetings Begins at Methodist Church Sunday Night ... Personal Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Marietta ' Aug. 25 Miss Lannie Oliver jdelightf ully entertained the G. W. Club last Friday p. m. from 4-- ro t in honor of he- guest :ir. V". II. Oliver. T'ie hi,ne vva8 as usual very inviting and com fortable. The guests were met by the hoetess and ushered into the liv. ing room, where they were presented to the guest of honor. After the bus iness session and readyig of current events the f.ftemoon was socru ?n social entertainment. Several beau tiful musical selections were skillful ly rendered by the hostess on the piano while Mrs. Oliver sweetly sang. Other guests at this meeting were Misses Lua and Anne Page, who also rendered some ' beautiful musi cal fc Htkn.s. Mis8 Anne pimo i.nd Miss Lula voice. I Delicious cream and cake were served. . . Quite a number0 of guests from here attended the Robeson circuit Sunday school convention which, was held at Bethesda Aug. 15th. This was one of the greatest and best! conventions that has ever been held on the circuit. The next convsntian .?15.e-S -Marietta v Mr. J, S. 01LJgteede--pent--'w--days-at the homelprospectS- for students ..f or his coU ceeaerby .Mr. P." BTffompsoh -oT Fairmont. Mr, W . Mac Oliver is vice president and Mr. W. Cole is secretary. The executive committee, is composed of Mr. Ben F. Wade, Miss Rachel 0iver and Miss Ola Johnson. We hopeto have a very helpful meet ing here in 1916. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Oliver of Raeigh are visiting Mr. Oliver's mother. Mrs, Janie Oliver, Miss Nona Oliver adn sister. Mrs. Fnrmi Mr Arthur from near Row. 1 U 1 daV n regard to the new cot! "...ITl..ton rulef It isery contrasting.in ais-;.wno nas spent ne umme re.-'the atives near ragej J wen, m?.. jovce jones of Wilmington iafc JcS! w for sevS . . of Mm q Uon days been the guest of Mrs. O. Leon Henley. tievs near Rowland. She left3unday v-. -.,.s- m. t n MArtKnr Miss Helen Oliver is visiting reia mill IUUDIII a. . V. v. . . Mr an(j Mrs Ramseur and fam- ilv a Mrs. Sellers and daughters Misses Elizabeth an,i Kathleen, who had been visitinK at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Oliver, have return j x i.i..s v v: ea to tneir nomes at rungs iuuunuiin and Sellers respectively, Mm nraham of Florence . . . . 1 ... , . r i SI)nt iast wtn ner Bister Mrs. . n.UV. I,- nio Mra w p Oliver. Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Graham attended the funeral of their brother-in-law Mr. John P. McNeill. Miss Dovie Frame lert baturday for Raleigh after spending some. time here with her sister Mrs. Lu. ther Hayes. A series of meetings will begin at the Methodist church on next Sunday night. The pastor Kev. is . t.. Stanfield will be assisted by Rev. J. A. Dailey oi tmrnam. GIN. GRIST AND SAW MILL BURNED Gin, Grist and Saw Mill Burned in Saddle Tree, Vim nf nnlmnnm nricin destroved . v. , .. n 1 1 a gin. grist mm ana ow ucioiig-, rtODDinsvuie, ( mw vi"v7-' ing to Mr. M. S. Humphrey, about . charged with the murder of P. L. 10 miles of Lumberton in the Saddle ; Phillips, a welathy farmer near Tre section Tuesday nieht. The losslTonton Graham county, last Mon- ; , , , , . F v i ia ostimatpd tn he about $5 000. Dart-' 1 hv insurance. i j t - j i .v.- - ing meal from the mill for some time, and it is probable that the thief or set lire to tne Duuamg. Good Prices on Lumberton Tobacco Market As Good As Any Market. Prof. M. Shepherd of Orrum, one of Robeson's members of the lower house of the last Legislature, wa9 a Lumberton visitor yesterday. Hav ing a little spare time on his hands Mr. Shepherd visited the Farmers Warehouse when sales were going on A o-!,o . 1, tn a renrosenta- nrices were eood on all grades and especially, good on the good grades. as good or better than he had nti-J ea Demur naia on oiner nutr&eia Which he has visited this week. Farmers are last learning tnac they get as good prices in Lumberton as ran be obtained anywhere for their tobacco. GOOD BASEBALL GAMES ON LOCAL. GROUNDS There will be good baseball games on the local grounds today, tomorrow and Saturday between the itea Sonncs and Lumberton teams, the two best teams in Eastern Carolina, Mr. Glazner for Red Springs and Mr. Pool for Lumberton will Ditch this afternoon and it will be a fast game. 7i t- iL . -ill Via waII UP PHI LA DELPHI' S WAY Much Complaint About Road From . Red Springs to Lumberton Sheriff Lewis Will be in Race Again r armers Busy Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Buie. Aug. 25 We hear much com plaint about the condition of the road leading from Red-Springs to . Lum berton down in the Raft Swamp sec tion. We endorse all The Robeson ian had to say concerning this piece oi road. It certainly ought to be attended to. The many friends of Sheriff R. E. Lewis through this section are glad to know that he will again be a candidate for the office he now ably fills. The farmers through .this section are all busy harvesting' their fodder to soon commence gathering cotton. Mr, and Mrs. - I, -T. Brown and Miss Amanda are expected home to. day from Montreat, where they have been spending the last two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Steed spent a few davs at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ashley. , Mr, J. B, Humphrey spent Sat. urday at Fayetteville. Misses Janie and Annie Humphrey and W. H. Brown spent Sunday at the home of Miss Jeanette Johnson, near Wagram. .'lis fc.tte.it; Steede and tier cm cently . . Miss Ruby Melvin Is spending a while at the home of Mr. Lacy John ne3r Lumber Bridge. GADDYSVILL GRIST Discussing Price for .Gathering Crops Political Pot Simmering Cotton Opening Fast Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Gaddysville (Fairmont. R. 1). Aug. 24 Very much discussion is given some respects. It really looks like armer cannot ve more than j 40 cent8 per hundred and receive from 4 to 7 cents for cotton; and on the Bering and the candidates K to stuff the mail bo are begin. boxes full of, literature, though very few of our people have said who they were in favor of. No doubt but somebody is going to get their pants torn in the "bloody sixth". ' Many are pulling fodder, while others are not through with tobacco yet . Cotton is opening just about as fast as you please an) lots say they will hold it for a fair price. Messrs. W. V. andC. W. Branch spent Monday in Lumberton . Mr. R. M. Shooter, who had been spending some time here, has return, ed to Conway. Misses Jane and Nan Butler spent Wednesday with Mrs. CM. Martin of Center. W. V. B. ALL KILLED BUT ONE All But One of Family Killed As Re suit of Feud Graham County Man Murdered Bloodhounds Pick Sus- pecte-Out ofShertffg,Posse. Asheville Dispatch, Aug. 25. Trailed by bloodhounds for twelve miles through the Smokey Mountain country. Hardy Waggins ana xvierrut Miller of Cherokee county, were cap- 'tured by sheriff s posses toaay ana . lr.diroj in Graham countv iail at I " " I --- . , . . ' da v mominc Th deceased was tha fourth mem - ber of the Phillips family-to-meet a Solent death. hi8 wife and two children having been murdered last May; it is allege by Ed Williaras, who it si'li at large. Wiggins and Miller, the men or rpttej todav. were nicked out of sheriffs posses and attacked by Iwo k'lix.,, attar the animill lad bloodhounds after the animili been carried from Asheville to Top- lOn 8 UlStanCC Ul W Iimca, uu o "" ial train At Topton the dogs pick ed up a trail and followed it until they came upon the posse which was searching the country for Phillip's slayers. Both men denied, their guil, saying that hey had joined the posse to aid in the search f Or the murderers of Phillips. The wiping out of the Phillips fam ily is said to have been the aftermath of a distilling feud. ..... Mr'. '-ML A. Duncan who has been making his home in Rockingham for several months, has moved his family back to the Lumberton cot- ton. mill, where they formerly lived, Do Yon Want Your Eyes Treated Properly? Then if so, nr aLiHtj and expert ser rice b at your commmJ. Glasses fitted for all defects of sight, by one who is Licensed to do' So by State Board Examination. DR. PARKER, Optometrist, LUMBERTON, - - N. C WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST Issued by the U. S. Weather Buresa, -Washington, D. C, for the Week Beginning Wednesday, August 25. 1915 For South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Generally fair weather, with seasonable temperatures. ia indicated, for thevtweek, although occasionally local thundershowers may occur, or- er the southern portion of the dis tricts. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS License has been issued for the marriage of Win, T. Andrews and Annie E. Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Caldwelf, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Caldwell. Miss Annie Ruth and Master Robert Caldwell motored to Raleigh Jester day. They are expected home to night. Mr. Ira Mullis. civil engineer. who spent several days at headquar ters in Lumberton, left Tuesday eve ning for Reidsville. Mr. Mullis is supervising the construction of -a road in Rockingham county. Prof. G. E. Linebemr. (presi dent of Chowan College. Murf'ees." boro, spent Tuesday and yesterday in Lumberton. leaving last evening for Monroe. He is pleased with the Master Burke Martin. 1Z years old, who lives near Board man, sent to 'Happy Jack", of The Robesonian's staff a dandy big potato the other day. It was brought in by Mr. E. L. Phillips, who also lives near Board man. This item was inadvertently omitted from Monday's paper, when it should have appeared. Mr. W. H. Brown, The Robe. Ionian's correspondent up Philadel phus and Buie way, was a Lumberton. visitor this morning. Mn, Brown says that the fall term at Philadel- Chus high and farm-life school will egin September 7. He says also that cotton is opening fast and that nicking will begin in his neighbor hood next week. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Whaley and daughter, Mjss Evelyn, and sons. Mr. El wood and Master Ralph, and Miss Minnie Lennon left Tuesday morning in Mr. Wha ley's auto for Hendersonville, where Mr. and MrsT Whaley's son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Tebeau, Jive. They will spend a week or ten days in the mountains. Mr. Whaley in intended also to visit Atlanta,. Ga.. on business before returning home. Where, oh where, are to b seen the elegant movies that were to ad vertise Lumberton so Aelegantly to the outside world ? It is understood that the entire deal has been called off and that Lumberton must wait some time yet before figuring in the movies. In the meantime. The Rob esonian is advertising Lumberton to the outside world twice a week and the ouside world is going to judge the town largely by the way mer. chants support or fail to support a. newspaper that ig working 52 weeks in the year for the good of the own. IMPORTANT MEETING Executive Committee of County Farmers Union Meets Next Wed nesdayImportant Business, Mr. D. H. Britt of route 6 from Lumberton. president of the Robeson Division of the Farmers' Union, is in town today and asks The Robeson ian to state that a meeting of the executive committee of the Union will be held at the court house in Lumberon Wednesday of next week at 10 o'clock a. m. Important bus iness is to be transacted ana every member of the committee is urged to attend this meeting. Haiti Has Until Tonight to Sign Treaty Giving U. S. Financial Pro tectorate. Washington Dispatch, Aug. 25. Word came from Port au Prince today that 'Charge Davis of the 'American legation, had extended onu til tomorrow night the time for ac tion by the Haitien Parliament on. the proposed treaty to establish for ten years an American financial protectorate over the island repub lic. "' Noon today- had been fixed by the 'Charge as the time by which he would expect approval of the treaty drafts submitted by the United States. The Haitiens protested -vigorously, however, against a limit on debate in parliament and the extension was granted. . Hartford, Ky.. Aug. 25 The long; struggle of the authorities raith law lessness in this portion of western Kentucky culminated in the Ohio county circuit court here today when a group of of a total of more than three . score persons were placed nn trial for allegdd outrages. When court adjourned for the day two men had pleaded guilty, nine others were on trial and 53 were awaiting a hear, ing. " -' . STORY1 OF AN AD An advertiser who put a small ad in the Business Builder column of The Robe sonian not long ago at a cost of GOjcents later advised the paper that -he made $50 from that one small investment Pretty rood return. Eh? What?
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