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I JlI Pj eswessMBssBssmsswswsssieissssssss"iiaessssssii ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. ; COUNTRT. GOD AND TRUTH .' $U0 A TEAK. DUE IN ADTATC3 VOL XLVL ' LUMBERTON, NORTH' CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1915. NUMBER CS'. I CONTRACT T.ET FOR LIGHT AND WATER IMPROVEMENTS "Tucker & Laxton' of Charlotte-Get Contract for Rebuilding Lumber, ton's Electric Lighting System and Putting in Filter Plant Latesi Im proved Street Light. . The contract has been awarded IMessis. Tucker & Laxton of Charlotte -for rebuilding-the town's electric lighting system and putting in a fil ter plant. The price to be paid for this work is $21,300,- plna the old-line .material- The contract provides that - said company shall use the New "York. Continental. Jewel Filtration Co.'s equipment in building the fiU i -ter plant, use Morris Machine Works Atmmps JforfilteLanllireJiVestlng house switch boards and transform ers. The contract also provides that the company shall use the General Electric Co.'s street lamps and lamp fixtures, including- the Hollophane re fractor equipment. The contract was conditioned upon . the successful fin ancing of the propositon. - The work is to begin within two weeks after the company has been notified that the bond money is avail able. , The bids were opened at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and while there were twenty-two bids in, that of the above named company was the low est all-round ,bid submitted. As evidence' that progress is being made in the matter of rebuilding the electric light system and typical of the quality of the materials to be aised, the town commissioners have a rranged with the General Electric Company to leave the sample street lighting fixture installed at the cor ner of Elm and 7th streets. " The last ten years have witnessed radical changes in all methods of lighting. The Tungsten incandescent lamp has supplanted the carbon in candescent lamp, and the arc lamps on streets have given place to Tungs ten : lamps, thus permitting an in. crease in the number of lights for , a riven amount of power. V The fixture installed at Elm and 'Seventh streets by a representative ct the General Electric Co., is the lat rst product of that company's re search laboratory. The old clusters contain seven Tungsten lamps, hav Hg a combined candle power of 350. The new fixture contains one nitro gen gas-filled lamp of 250 candle -ower, giving light of U auality close V approximately sunlight This nmp is under a large reflector and surrounded by a double glass globe - nown as a "refractor". Prisms in A Vis "refractor" re-direct the lieht ays in such a manner as to take r way from ' the light which would -aturally fall immediately below the Tixti're arid sand the extra light to wards the middle of the block, where t is needed. - With one of these tights at either end of a 300-foot Nock an even illumination is secured over the space between them. Anv one can demonstrate this by walk ing 75 or 100 paces away from the new light 'and noting how well one can read a watch face and then try the same experiment with the present lights. " ' ' Four Hundred Million Dollars Wi'l be Asked for for National Defense. Washington Dispatch, Oct. 13. Four hundred million dollars for na. tional defense ah increase - of ap proximately $140,000,000 over last vear is the amount President Wil son and his advisers at present es timate should be appropriated by the . next Congress for the army and navy. As the date Friday for completion of th annual estimates draws near,' the President is doing preliminary consideration to the national defense budget, out of which it is hoped to lav down a stronger naval program than the United States has ever au thorized in its history and similarly a larger provision ' for the military establishment than has been custom-j ary in time of peace. j Railroad Magnates on Trial , . ! New York Dispatch, Oct. 13. The long pending trial of the oi rectors and former directors of the New York, New Haven A Hartford railroad, which will test the ability of the government to obtain the con viction of the directors' of an. alleged monopolistic corporation under - the so-called criminal clause of the Sher man anti-trust law, was. begun here - today before Federal Judge Hunt. Three tentative jurors were in . the box when the first day's proceedings ended. ' Boston Americans Are World's Cham. Tnthe last game of the world se ries yesterday at Philadelphia the Boston Red Sox of the American Baseball League won the fifth game of a hard-fought series with the Phillies of the National League, this l. v.o ' fmirtti successive erame &JCI11K JV v " . . . won .by the Boston team and giving tnat leuiii ' "Vliu r- Fifteen to twenty fighting ships of the dreadnaught and battle cruiser type, with a proportionate number of sea-going submarines, coast subma. Tines, scout cruisers, destroyers and auxiliaries enough to make a new fleet is contemplated by, Secretary - Daniels for recommendation as a five year building programme for the Unit ed States navy. . , , In order to secure through taxa- XlOn ie 1UI1U3 IIClCOOOl J ......... to run the government of the city of kt vL- Invino ti rominir vear. inew ivib um.... - i-i - ' "th( assessed valuation of real es tate for the year 1916 has been fix ed by the tax department at $8,149, 859,912, which is an increase of $100, 000,000 over 1915 . .. GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED Germans and Austriana r Encounter ing Stubborn Resistance in Serbia Russian Army Has Not Entered Balkans Greece' Will Not Aid Ser ; bia9 Persons Killed in New Raid by Zeppelins Over London. Press Summary. ' With the Germans and Austrians pressing through Serbia, the world a we its expectantly the great battle that must come when the Teutons and tneir Bulgarian ally-meet the Brit ish and the combined, forces of the Serbs, ibe British and the French. The Germans and Austrians are en countering stubborn resistance from Serb forces left behind to check them, andBerlinadmitsthat lhiaresist ance has retarded the Teutonic for ward movement. The capture . of the Serbian posi tions south of Belgrade and at other points is reported by Berlin, but Nish claims the Teutons are paying " a heavy toll, especially before Lipa, where the battlefield is covered with bodies. " So far as is known the Russian ar my, which the French premier an nounced was to fight fchoulder to shoulder in the Balkans with the French and Britilh has not yet en tered the arena, nor is its point of itck indicated. The situation in both Greece and Rumania remains unchanged, both the countries remaining neutral. Greece has notified Serbia that she is unable to come to the aid of her treat y-a!ly. : - The Russians have gained another victory along the river on the south ern East Galicia front. They have nierced the last line of Austrian de. fences and stormed one of their strongest points on the Austro-Ger-rc&n right flank. Although' this fighting is not far from the northern Rumanian frontier end irdicates that the Russians have up strong forces here, there is nothing to show that it is. in any way connected with the struggle in the Balkans. On thejwestern line the Germans in Artois have made voilent attacks pgainst the Allied positions preceding them with terrific bombardments. At point they pene tnated trenches which point they penetrated trenches which had been shattered by shells, but ev erywhere else were repulsed with heavy losses, according to Paris. Elsewhere alone the French and Bel gian fronts artillery duels have pre dominated. .., In Russia the hardest fighting seems to be in the Dvinsk region where Berlin says the Russian at tack against the German line which 13 endeavoring to capture the city broke down under artillery fire. Eight persons are known to have betn' killed and thirty-four injured in a new raid over London by Zep pelins. No great material damage was done bv the airships, according to the British h6me , off ice. The French government has receiv ed a decisive vote of confidence in the chamber of deputies on its war policy. The vote was 372 to 9. LEVER LAW UNCONSTITUTION- AL. Cotton Futures Act Declared Uncon stitutional Causes Break in Mar ket But Later Market Rallies. New York Dispatch, Oct. 13. The cotton futures act of August 18, 1914, known as the Lever law, was declared unconstitutional today by Federal District Judge iHough, because, as a revenue measure, it originated in the Senate , instead of the House, as the constitution re quires. . The decision was rendered in a test suit brought by Samuel T. Hubbard of the cotton brokerage firm of Hubbard Brothers, and others, to recover $1,000 paid 'under protest to John Z. Lowe, Jr., collector of In ternal revenue, under the provisions of the law. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs. . After reports of the decision reach ed cotton traders there was a sharp break in the market. Until then cot ton had been firm, with January con tracts selling more tnan $1-50 a bale over Monday's closing, but news of the decision carried prices down al most to Monday's levels. ,". Later the opinion was expressed that the decision would not effect ex isting contracts and rallies of from followed. The mar- ket remained unsteady until the close, however, and opinions upon ine fect of thedecision were divergent. The cotton futures act became op erative February 18 and if the high er courts sustain Judge Hough or if the government does not appeal, all of the money collected under the law will have to be refunded. Although the act placed a tax of two cents a pound upon all transac tions in cotton for future delivery, it was openly avowed by its sponsors as being a measure designed to pre vent . speculation in cotton futures. This form of tradine formed a con siderable portion of the business done between cotton brogerage firms in the United States and Liverpool. When it becara operative trading in futures was curtailed. The business done by two or three large New York find New Orleans firms rapidly dwin dled and several prominent cotton brokers prepared to retire. Superior Court Adjourns. The second week of court for the trial of civil cases convened Tues dav afternoon without a single jury trail." There were a 'number of judg ments signed however. Judge H. W Whedhoe left Tnesdav evening for his home at Greenville. There were no other cases ready f or . trial RECORDER'S COURT Barney S tubbs Draws Sentence of C Months On Roads for Assault " TroubU About Hiring Hands- More Liquor Cases From HowlLf 5 ville Other Cases. - The following cases have been dis posed of br Recorder E. M. Britt: Barney Stubbs, assault with dead ly weapon, six months on the roads. Stubbs gave notice of appeal. ' The evidence in this case was that Stubbs had been trying to hire some hands that were working for . Mr. Robert Gaitley and Gaitley went to the home of Stubbs and asked him to stop trying to hire his hands, as nothing but a scoundrel would do such a trickr Some days- af terthat while at Purvis Mr. . Gaitley saw Stubbs cock both barrels of a shot gun and throw the gun into his face. At this stage of the game, which looked verv much like a deadly one. Stubb3 told Mr." Gaitley that he had Insulted his wife and must go, 'and go ou'ck, and beg her pardon. Mr. Gaitley - denied the charge, but told him that if he had offended any wo. tn-r he was mn enough to beg her frdrn. Mr. Gaitley'went to the home of Rtubbs and told Mrs. Stubbs that ?f he had said anything to offend Ver he begged her, pardon.. After Mr. Gaitley had done; this and the two went back to Purvis, Stubbs told Mr. Gaitley that now he and his wife had made up, so the two men would settle it between themselves. Stubbs still held to the big gun. The row finally ceased j.nd while nobody was Wiled, things looked gloomy, ho doubt to the man before that double barrel , gun. Troy Rhodes, colored, carrving con cealed weapons, 90 davs on the roads. Nan Thompson and Ella Richardson, disorderly conduct. The case as td Flla Richardson was nol prosed. Prayer for judgment was continued es to Nannie Thompson, provided she leave the section of town where slie had been residine. Irvin and Jud Dean, manufacturing and sell ing spiritous liquors without license. The charge as to manufacturing-was nol prossedf but they were -found "Hv as to selling. Judgment was Mt open till tomorrow, when Geo. Allen will be given a heariner on the same charge. Allen was sent td the Federal Court recently, but the grand i"-v failpd to find a true bill. This offense is, however, Y . different charge from the one for which he -was sent to the Federal Court. Both rV TVans end Allen hail from How ellsville township. THE DEATH RECORD Mr. D. Alex McPhail Answered Early Morning Summons Yesterdav ' Earnest Church and Sunday J3chool Worker Funeral Yesterday After noon. Mr. D. Alex McPhail, S9 years old, died at the home of his moth er, Mrs. Mattie McPhail. near the county home yesterday morning at 2:30 o'clock, the cause of his death being heart trouble and complica tions. Deceased had been sick for some two weeks but had improved and worked Monday in the store of Mr. J. A; Branch for whom he had worked for a number of years. Mon day night he attended the B. Y. P., U. meeting at the East Lumberton Baptist church and it was after he returned home that he was taken seriously ill. Deceased is survived by his mother, six sisters and a Vrcther. The funeral was conducted from the home vesterday afternoon - 1 o'clock by Rev. W. R. Davis, pastor of East. Lumberton Baptist church, of which deceased was a loy al member, beintr treasurer of the church. Mr. McPhail was an ardent church and Sunday scliool worker and was also a leading member of the B. Y. P. U. His quiet unassuming dis position won for him . manv f j-iends who were prieved to hear of his un timely death. Mrs. Nancy C. Monroe Mrs. Nancy C. Monroe, asred 68 years, died t her horn at Tar Heel yesterday afternoon, after suffering for some time with fever. C1r . Smith. Colored - Clara Smith, colored, aged 16 yars, died, at her home across the river from town yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock of pellagra. Afong the Sick. Mrs. Sallie Nance, who lives.in the eastern part of town, is very sick. , Miss Annie Bell Johnson of nute 2 from Fairmont underwent an op eration fr appendicitis at th" Thomp son hospital this morning. Th con dition of Mrs. R. Poc-'e. who. as mentioned in Monday's Robeonim. underwent fn opcatio at the hospitr nl Fn'dav m'srht of let week for ap nendicitis and complications, con tinues to improve. Miss Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of Mrs. F. J. Thomas, who nnderwnt an operation fo- appendicitis et the hospital Sat urday night, also continues to im prove Dr. R. M. Johpaon of Scotland Kock. -a loadipT rifn and pMlai tbronitt of eastPTi Carolina and v'ce mndetrr of the Roanoke Baptist Association, died yesterday wh'1 the asorintioTi wa in-sess'on at Robcr srvnvillo following an attack of amte iniepctini. Editor Viald John fojj of Ch arty and Children was speik'ne when Dr. Johnson .who had read the report n th Thom- asvvie onhanape .and delivered ta b5f address, th"n" assuming the chair as moderator retired to a side room and died within ten minutes. - U. N. C ALUMNI SMOKER Members of South Robeson Alumni Association of University Enjoy Smoker First President of UnL ' versity Practiced Law in Lumberton Ex-Judge McNeill Was Manager of First .U.N.C. Baseball Team Of ficera - and Committees Banquet Planned for Christmas Holidays. The South Robeson Alumni Asso ciation of . the University of North Carolina was most pleasantly enter tained at a smoker at the home of Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr., Ninth street, Tuesday evening. Qjuite a number of old students of the "University were present and all spent a most pleasant evening. - A number of interesting speeches by alumni made tne occasion much more enjoyable. In his speech Mr. Jas. -DV' Proctor revealed the fact one that but few knew that David Kerr, the first president of the Uni versity, at one time practiced law in Lumberton and lived on the Mc Millan lot opposite the Norment cem tery, Filth street. It was also learn, ed that Ex-Judge T. A. McNeill of Lumberton was. the manager of the first baseball team ever organized at the University. ... , As a whole the occasion was one of rare pleasure for those who were present and the alumni were greatly enthused and no doubt a bigger spir it of loyalty was kindled. The following officers were elect ed for the' ensuing year: president, T. A. McNeill, Sr.;" vice presidents, H. E. Stacy, Prof. Gunter; secretary, Dixon McLean: membership commit tee, T. A. McNeill, Jr., -Robert Pre vatt, N. H. ; Andrews, Henry Pope, Geo. McNeill; 'University Extension H. E. Stacy, J. F. Love, Prof. Mosley. Jas D. Proctor, Jno. Knox; executive committee A. W. Mc Lean, Geo. B. McLeod, Wm. Davis, T, L) Northrop, T. A. McNeill, Sr. It ii interesting to note that three members of the South Robeson Alum ni are now trustees of the University, namely, A. W. McLean, Geo. B. McLeod and Jas. D. Proctor. -"The executive "committee was - in: structed to ; arrange with the local associations at Red Springs and Rowland for a banquet, to be held during the Christmas holidays, the entire plumni of the county to take part. President E. K. Graham of the University will be invited to be present on this, occasion. UP PHILADELPHUS WAY Folks" All 'Busy New Road Plow Purchased for Burnt Swamp Per sonal , ' Correspondence of The Robesonian." Buie, Oct. 13. Our letter will be almrf this wppk. as evervone is busv and news is very scarce; and gener. iiw .npnkinr when the people are at work in the country there is not! much news. Miss Mabel Currie and Miss Town send are spending this morning at Red Springs. Messrs. Paisley Mc Millan, J. B. Humphrey. A. C. Mc Leod and J. L. McNeill spent yes terday in Lumberton Messrs. Charlie Adkinson and John Adkinson spent yesterday at Bladenboro. The road trustees in Burnt Swamp have secured a valuable piece of ma chinery, this being a nice road plow. No doubt this means better roads. Since ? our last letter to the Old Reliable, we have secured a new Ford from the Robeson Auto Co., Lumberton and are now ready again to do livery work at the right prices. Mr. A. Britt spent Tuesday in Lumberton. Elrod Echoes Movements of the People. , Correspondence of The Robesonian. Elrod, Oct. 13 Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McCall spent Wednesday in Lum-bertonr-Mrs. Anna J. McCall spent Saturday night and Sunday with friends near Pembroke. Mr. R. H. Poole was in Rowland Monday. Mr. W. L. Alston was in Rowland Sat urday. Mr. John Williams of near Maxton was in Elrod Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hatton McLean of McDon mA visits Mr. nA Mrs. R. H. Poole Sunday. Mrs. D. H. McCall is via-j iting friends m McDonald. but. a. D. Jones paid a visit to Rowland Tuesday. Mrs. Edith Barnard of Pee Dee is visiting at the home of her father, Mr. John Bridgers. Mr. Walter McRae left last Wednesday for Atlanta, Ga where he will re sume his studies at the Atlanta Den tal College. The circus at Lumberton next Wednesday, October 20, is being talk ed considerably in our neighborhood and very likely a large delegation will attend from this vicinity. Singing Convention of Burnt Swamp Baptist Sunday Schools Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumbertori, R. '1, JOctober 13 The singing convention of the Burnt Swamp Baptist Sunday schools will meet with the Deep Branch school the fourth Sunday in this month. All the schools who com pose this convention are expected to be present and a good time witness ed. G. W. LQCKLEAR, Clerk. Miss Margaret Wilson Will Marry Same-Day as Father and Mrs. Gait. A Chicago dispatch of the 13th states that Frank Elbert Compton, a Chicago publisher, is engaged to mar ry Miss Margaret Wilson, the Presi Hpnt'a olHost and onlv unmarried daughter. The wedding i3 said to be scheduled to take place the same day that Mrs. Norman Gait becomes the bride of President Wilson. PARKTON PARAGRAPHS Busy Time IVlephuuc System Chang es Hands Church Notes A Fox Hunt Social and Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, Oct. 12 Our letter of this week will be brief as there is not much news of importance to mention. The stir and hustle on the streets re minds us of a few years ago. From early morn till 10 at night the gins can be heard and 7 move more of a rush. Our local market for cot ton and seed is second to none and the farmers axe bringing it in. We have three .regular buyers here but only one physician. Last Friday evening Mr. B. A. Me ponaldottoneigher ffCobb ayvertisi" -Johnson-ginnery, had a right bad ac- i-A show rhk L;n -Lk-w- J?"" cident when his' right hand was very iZVZh. l"1"1! ?n F': suddenly and unavoidably caught in '?ne of the cog wheels and very pain fully bruised and for a little more would have been as minus of fingers as Lumber Bridge is of physicians. But we are glad to say he is im. proving nicely. The Parkton Telephone Co. lias Eold their plant to Holmes & McRain ey. Some improvements are being made and splendid service is antici pated. We feel that the right men are behind it and things must move and move right. Rev. J. L. Jenkins, pastor of the Baptist church, preached one of his best sermons on. last Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock to a very large con gregation, holding them spell-bound for about an hour. Mr. Jenkins is a young preacher of much ability and is held in high esteem by all denom inations and is daily growing in fa vor with his people, and he preaches to as few empty pews as any preach', er we know of; and w are persuad ed his services will be productive and fruit-bearmg in days to come. Rev. H. B. Porter filled his pulpit Sunday night, preaching an able sermon. Rev. H. A. Porter of Whiteville spent Sunday night in town and assisted in the services at the M. E. church. Prof. J. B. Evans, editor of the St.Pauls Messenger was a pleasant caller this afternoon. Mr. W. F. Blount and wife of Fayetteville were also callers in town this afternoon. Mr. Blount is still selling musical in struments and has a wide range and does an extensive business in that line, and is one of Fayetteville's most progressive business men. Next week seems to be show week. Spark's large circus is billed for Lum berton on the twentieth and we only wish we eouU be there. This year no doubt will be a successful year for ahows. as there is some money in firrtilntion. . Mr.l S . S. i Stephens and wife of Lumberton were noted among tne many visitors in our town today. A very large social affair, was that given last" Thursday night at the el egant home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stubbs. A large crowd of young peo ple was present and all em'oyed them selves to the fullest Cream and cake were served. Wp are glad to see Mr. A. F. Hughes able to fill his post of duty since a few days of sickness. Brieht and early Mr. J. B. Mc. Ccrmick, with his splendid pack Jf hounds, passed down the road this morning and soon succeeded in jump ing a fox and for more than four hours a finer race you never heard; and just a little before noon returned with the fox. This was the first real race of the season for the above Pave have no authority for this state ment but we predict that our sister town L. B. will soon establish a san atoriumjust a few more doctors needed. : - . . Mr. A. H. Perry was a Fayette ville visitor today. ' News Notes From the National Cot ton Mill . ' . u . Ortespondcnce of The Robesoni&n. West Lumberton, Oct. 13 Messrs. Z. R. and L. L. Lytton left Monday for Gastonia in response to a tele gram stating that their mother suf fered a stroke of paralysis on that Mr. I. E. McAnulty, who has been sick, for several days, is able to be but again. . -- Mrs. Jas. R". Barnes, who has been sicle for some time is improving. The public school opened up here wo weeks ago, with Miss Agnes Johnson as teacher, and the pros pects are that this will be one of the very best sessions in the history of the school. COTTON AND COTTON SEED j Middl'ntr cotton i? sell'ng op the lo cal market todav for 11 7-8 cents the pound: strict middling 12 1-8. Cotton aeed are selling for 57 cents the bushel. . . . Reports received bv The Rnhesonan from other Reed markpts in te coun pi v prices as fellows: Rowlmo cant": Maxton P7 1-2 cent: Fair mont 5 cents: Red Springs 62; Mc Donald 60 cents. Matp Knox Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Andrewa. wo lst wek 'pvelopod a case of diph theria, is able to b no today. Dr. and Mrs. N. A. Thompson. Miss Maude Wataon, superintendent of nurses at the Thompson hospital, and Mr. Ed Ranck left vesterday morning at R o'clock and " drove thronoh in A hours to Raleigh where Dr. H. A. Royster had arranged for Dr. Thompson and Miss Watson a aiirsrical clinic of five patients. Miss Watson giving the anesthetics and Dr. Thompson assisting in operation. Thev all report a fne time, a good road and only 112 miles from Lum berton. They returned last night WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST Issued by the V. Weather Bores. Washington, D. C, for the Week Beginning Wednesday, October IX. ' .1115. ' ' For South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Partly cloudy weather with occasional showers is probable Wed nesday and Thursday, and general! fair weather thereafter. Tempera tures will be near and slightly above the seasonaal average.- BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS fw C ' tl... Aj f t ... . m ctteville Tuesday of next week . On account of increase in bus- . mess the Thompson hotel has leas-, ed the Griffith cottage. Fourth and Wfalnut streets, and has fitted np four bedrooms there. Mr. C. W. Bullock and "daughter Miss Cattie. of rout 1 from Fair aior.t are among the visitors in town today. Miss Bullock is taking the teachers' examination. t Dr. Wv W. Parker went yester day td Wilmington to attend the fall . reunion of Scottish Rite Masons, of which he is a member. He will re un "home this evenh g. The Tar Heel Minstrel Company, Lumberton talent, will give a per- formance in the auditorium at Flora McDonald College, Red Springs, Mon day evening of next week. Thirty-one three men and twenty-eight women are taking the teach, ers examination here today. As has keen mentioned in The Robesonian txfafn'nation for colored teachers will btt held tomorrow and Saturday for Indir.ns. Mr. Stephen Davis of route 1 from Buies was among the visitors in tewn Tuesday. Mr. Davis says he is preparing to plant an acre in wheat this winter. He says that quite a number' of farmers in his section will plant wheat Dr. Lv L. Whiteley o: Monro has located at Lumber Bridge for the practice of medicine. Dr. and Mrs. Whiteley arrived at Lumber Bridge Saturday from New York, where Dr. Whitely had been taking a special course in medicine for the past two years. Mrs. M. A. Stephens and daugh ter. Miss Ethel and Mr. E. M. Kis sam of Evergreen were among the visitors in; town yesterday Mrs. Stephens reports the condition of her husband, Rev. M. A. Stephens, who- has been -very ill for - several months, . unimproved. A meeting of the guarantors of the Radcliffe Chautauqua to be held in Lumberton this month will be held in the commissioners' room in the court house tomorrow evening at 7:30. This is a . most ' important -meeting and it will be to the inter-, est of all the guarantors to be pres ent. , License has been Issued for the marriage of Ambrose Davis and Florence Bruce. In the list of mar riage license published in Monday's paper it was stated that license had been issued for the marriage of I. A. Smith to Elga Wall, when it. should have been Andrew Stankwytch to Elga Wall. ; Not the least of the good things ' that the delightful month of October has to its credit is the delicious Luo la grape. When other grapes are cone the Luola comes and it is a delight The editor is indebted to Mr. George W. Lennon of Lumberton , for a liberal supply of these grapes from his farm in Columbus county..-,. ' - - Mr. M. J. Merritt, representing Mr. J. W. H. Fuchs of Wilmington, is in town' today making investiga tions with the view of Mr. Fuchs bpening up a department store ' in Lumberton. Mr. Fuchs is one of Wilmington's leading dry goods mer chants. It is not yet definitely known that he will open up a branch store here but his comisg is consid ered very probable and he would be welcomed. . . -. While in Washington some time ago Mr. Thos. J. Pence, who Is in ' charge of the publicity work of the National Democratic Committee, got Mr. A. W. McLean of Lumberton to help him select a suitable campaign pin for use now. The "Safety First button, bearing the likeness of Pres ident Wilson, which some people here abouts are wearing is a result Mr. Pence sent Mr. McLean a supply to distribute as soon as the buttons were obtained. , Mr. Colin Phillips of Lumberton has just received a letter from his brother Mr. J. M. Phillips who left here last spring to join the British army, in which he says that he has . just received his commission as sec ond lieutenant of the Black Wasp resr iment in Scotland. Mr. Phillips is expecting to go to the front at any time, and would have been there now had he not been promoted, as regiment to which he formerly belonged has just gone. Mr. Phillips tent several years in Robeson and many friends throughout this sec tum. v DR. W. W. PARKER Specialist in Fitting Glasses and Relieving Eye Discomforts Phone, Office 126, Lumberton. N. C