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DUE IN ADVA. ' VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1915. NUMBER 72 JUO A YEAR. CROOKED STREET OR STRAIGHT? That- ia -the- Question Before This j People Town Board Rescinds For-j ier Order to Open Up Water Street From Tenth to Fifteenth But Street Had Already been Opened by Mr. C. M. Barker, Un der Order of the Board -Street as Opened Makes a Curve and Town Board Says it Should be Straight Mr. Barker Will Go Ahead With Sale of Land Along Street as Laid Olf by Him . . After much discussion Thursday night and discussion and inspection Friday morning, at a meeting Fri day night, at which there was fur ther discussion, the town fathers re- .. i i L-i : a scinueu tneir n JVlr. C. M. Barker authority to ex tend at his own expense Water street lrom Tenth to Fifteenth.;. And there by hangs a tale. - JMr. J. M. Barker, acting under n former order of the ' town board, opened lip Water street from Tenth to Fifteenth through some property ivhich the Lumbee Sales Co., of which J.e is manager, is advertising to be sold at public auction Wednesday of this week. Mr. liarker agreed to ao this work at his own expense, as mentioned in The Robesonian at the time, and the board tow mm to go ahead. Later the board agreed, up on being convinced by Mr. Barker that the work was costing mucn more than he had contemplated, to bear part of the expense, this amount ing to some $93. All went merrily for a while, but there came a time when some people living in that part of town, noticed that the street as laid "off by Mr. Barker was deviating considerably from the straight way, was making such a curve, in fact, that it was heading for Elm street, "instead of running parallel with that street; wherefore they employed Mr. H. E. Stacy to look after their in terests, praying the board to make straight the street or not open it at all; for, they contended, if it were officially recognized by the town in its present crooked eondi "T ionitwouid doir grave injustice" them in that it would decrease the value of their property. On the other hand, Mr. Barker contended that to make the street .straight would render practically valueless, except for farming pur noses, part of the land his company i-5 developing and will offer to the nub'ic in lots at public auction on the 27th. For to run the street straight would make some of his lots so much deeper than anybody cares to purchase for a town lot 1 hat he could not hope to get for .e nrperty anything like its worth. ' lis' Wduld" a! scr affect" i ri -the-same -,vay Prof. D. P. Allen.l colored, part of whose holdings, including where old Wihitui academy, which S-.as been torn down recently, stood, is to be included in the sale Wednes. -lav. Mr. Barker ajrreed that it would be all right, so far as he is CHAUTAUQUA THIS WEEK : Advance sales of tickets for the Chautauqua which will be in Lumber ton Thursday, Fri. ,uay and Saturday of this week are exceeding expectations of " the local managers . It looks like everybody hereabouts is going to attend these high-cla3J entertainments this week, have a good time and help- boost the town. Reserve your seats ear- , ly for the entire six entertain ments and avoid the -rush. Tickets may be reserved a auy" time after 9 o'clock to-. . morrow mornintr at the Pone der giving to! drug store. , Read elsewhere in this paper about the attrac tions that will be off ered. aeh day and do not faiL to secure your tickets. ; . WAR NEWS SUMMARY PARKTON PARAGRAPHS TEN MILE TOPICS BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Teutons and Bulgarians Continue to, Miss Sadie Johnson Becomes Bride Much SmairCrain Mas Been" Soi . Make Progress Against SerbiaI cf Mr. Alvah F. Hughes A Fret-' Farmers' Union and W. O. Fresh Advances by Germans in i ty Church Wedding Orphans Con-! Meetings Church Notes -Person Northwest Russia German Armor-! cert and Chautauqua Another al Northwest Russia German Armor-! cert and Chautauqua Another rd Cruiser Souk by British Subna-r. coding Personal. rne. Correspondence of The Robesonian. A continuation cf the progress of . ? " 0cfc' 25 This seems to the Teutons and Bulgarians against i be a busy season, not only with the Serbia; fresh advances by the Ger-i 'tlung .class,-tne merchant, the. tot maus in northwest Russia and the! .ton .? . the collector and profes- tinldng of a German armored cruiser! "Ul auyenisers are by :t UntiFh submarine in the BaltK Correspondence of The Robesonian. K v Mile,- (I.umb. rcon, R. 4, u,t. Sown t Ther will K n m W!L i . . IJICClHIlf OI JSC. . Aiban's Lodge No. 1H A F . ai., tomorrow evening at 7-30 'c' .o ee work. ' rlJh ? BI?ckwell, who live. 22 The -farmers of this nrtAnn r f" lout9 .7. frm Lumberton. beira lmni iriin.K .w-j I 'icning this morning th guni rFrr,ai. inKaThereK has P'K K"' hon, ?re tne outstanding features m .he world war, as reported, in the ofr fkial communications. Uskup, a junction point of great strategic value on the SalontlaNmh COMBINATION TO FIX PRICE OF COTTON Federal Trade Commission Will In- vestigate Charges Against .Cotton Buyers in North and South Caro. lina and Georgia. Washington Dispatch, Oct. 23. Special agents for the Federal Trade Commission began today an in vestigation of charges that cotton buyers in North and South Caro lina and Georgia have combined to keep down prices to producers. The complaints alleged that large pur chasers of cotton in the States nam ed have combined to divide territory In such a way as to allow them prac tically to fix the price to the grow er. Commissioner W.J. Harris, who received the complaints, recommend ed a thorough investigation which wps ordered by the commission. Members of the commission said that if the allegations of the com. ulaints were substantiated, the com bination would constitute a restraint TitfM and : the. 'cororalsslon"1""' would be authorized to proceed under the mti-trust law. That would mean in stitution of the first suit of the kind brought through the commission since its creation. ' : ' Preying ' Club Robbed of a Number rf Suits of Clothes. ': Robbers entered the building oc cupied bv the Lumbertn Pressing Club, Fourth street, Friday night and escaped with between ten and lit: teen suits belonging to different par. ties about town. Entrance was af fected by breaking a glass in the top of a window in "the- f ron t of the building and after the glass had been broken the prize stick that held the window down was removed and the window raised. No arrests have yet been made. A man, whose name has not benn learned came to the Cotton Cciiriivnl nf t.ViA Rt.nre of Messrs. R concerned, to make the street straight' Dt Caldwell & Son Saturday and nrovided a street could te openea up fromElm to Water somewhere between Tenth and Fifteenth; but the town oard considered that that would in volve so much expense that it was practically out of the question. As the matter now stands, a crook ? d street has been opened under an order passed by the town commis sioners, and then when the commis sioners found just how crooked, the .street was they back-pedaled and the street will not be accepted, ine iin al order of the board, it is under stood, nuts it ud to the town to re imburse Mr. Barker for the amount expended in opening, the street, some $200 or maybe $300. But Mr. Bark er thinks that a great injustice has heen done him and his associates and that the actual cost of laying out the street is a small part of the dam ages the tow nis due him if this final order of the board now stands. It is quite a tangle and the town eems to be in for a lawsuit. Senti ment is divided. Some citizens, May or White among them, agree with Mr. Rnrker that to rescind now the order under which the street was ex tended is doing him and his associ ates, also Allen, a grave injustice for which the town mny have to pay. Others, while regretting that it wih operate to the financial loss of any contend that the inter- " ' - . . . . i tl l sts of the town at large should '-i -friends wish for him a speedy recov considered solely, regardless of howj e it may affect the investments cf ;i ' - ffw individuals, and that the intei'-' i6! ? II t'B Hmand that the: Notices of Nw A-rtisements. shouLi b rCS straight or not; ?Koi tV ndicy of insurance . crewd up at all. j todny-LoFavctt- Mutual L,fn Ins. Everybody agrees that provision Co. . , v,v.i i,vp heeii- ni-de lene ago t: T ross Roads farm for snle. trpti up cross streets irom m yrnd Tenth; but that is not the fault cf the present board and it is an other story. Ana vvnne senuiuem. w wanted to see one of the two-dol lar suits he had been informed they wern selling. He sai dthat he met a voung white man between town and the Lumoerton cotton mm wun a bufftrv load of nice suits and the voung man tried to sell him one for saying that he bougnt tnem at the Cotton Carnival for $2 each and was goincr tc try to make a profit on them. Mr. W. N.. Smith, proprietor of the club says he will pay anyone $25 for information leading to the conviction of the guilty parties. Among the Sick. Mr. W. K. Culbreth, who lives on rcute 6 from Lumberton, manager of the Robeson Roller Mills nt Pem broke, went Wednesday of last week to Baltimore, Md., to consult spec ialists about some stomach trouble and Mrs. Culbreth received word Fri day that he would undergo an opera tion today at Johns Honkins hospit Mr. Culbreth is well known and has manv friends throughout the county who will be interested in lenrinc of his condition and hone that the ' operation will be entirely successful. '... Mr. N.' H. Jones, Jr., who has been ill for some time, left this mcrn- 'r, for Wilmwsrton, where h? will rfril a. weeV takintj treatment un. dfr Dr. Woods. Mr. Jones' miny and , baloniki-Mitrovitza railror 1 lines and Kumanovo and Veles hps been taken bv th Germans, while in I the north the Austro-German along the entire front are advancing against the Serbs, who continue to make the invasion costly by their vigorous ro- sistance, Another crossing of the Danube r as been made - by the Germans at Orsova, in northeastern Serb'a, near the Iron Gates of the Danube, where the river leaves , Austrian soil. The Bulgarians to the south of this re erion have crossed the Timok river between Kniazevac and Zajecar, and a battle is in progress for the posses sion of thp former place. The French in the vicinity of. the Greek border have captured the Vil lage of Rabrovo. nine miles south of btrumitsa. The understanding at Saloniki, ac cording to a news agency dispatch from Athens, is that the bombard ment of the Bulgarian coast on the Aegean Sea is in connection with the Allies' plan to make a landing at Porto Lagos to the west of Dedeag hatch. That heavy fighting is almost con tinuous along the Dvinsk front i 3 at tested by both German and Russian official communications. By a vio lent concentrated artillery fire, the Grrmans prepared for the storming of lhfl-.townofIlioukst-The4nfantry attacks lasted throughout an entire day, at the clos of which the Ger mans occumed the town. The losses on both side were heavy, as the bat tle was carried into the streets with the bayonet. Austria and Italy are fighting with the utmost determination along the Austrian:Italian frontier. The Ital ian War 'Office reports that "a new and brilliant success" has marked the Ttalifn offensive in the Ledro Vallev. Tn the Carso district, th deadly ef fects of the Austrian artillery are admitted bv the Italian official state ment, which says notwithstanding this the Italian infantrv advanced impetu ously and captured ground on the a great deal of small grain sown this vear. Th farmor last week into the Widen fH- a"du Walnut, belonging to Mr. . wt mumer, airs. i. L. Fooe. Thuv on their job for different attractions. are preparing to have some spring The Oxford Orphanage Sineine? Class! pastures. - uihuii nick cam! uy :l 1 , . ' ---. vpv. i iiev n. m. Thev: had wiwui ha i na" ocen boarding at .h t. great Chautauqua is advertisinir for There was great'-' interest taken in - r- aml Mrs. M. F. Caldwell the latter part of the week aud will, the mect; n g. It meets every soco ndi Mr. Frank B rvant jeinrr, u hold for three or four days, including: and fourth Saturday afternoon. Ev. week ffm the Hawaiian Iil'intV Sunday. " No doubt the latter will j cry body is invited. . Nhere he had hem a member ir I he W. O. W. holds its me-ting '' feam a army for about two years every Wednesday evening after the! Bryant- bought himself o.it of third Sunday F.verv bodv had V,.t.! the- service on nrf,nt u :n tcr come out and join them for theyi0vh'3 mother, Mrs. Mollie Iirvant !eAh2vi" fu now.r -Clarice Scawell and An'n. ,ura c time oi night they come miykea were united in marriatrV from the moot ine If thaw A' '; t.,.;..4 ,k . . "" 1 lAK U . . . , " " u . vjuiw , y Kinicr VI t'efiCIS M. draw scores of Dcople to our town and the entertainment will be worth your while. Thursday evening at eight o'clock the Presbyterian church was the scene of a beautiful marriatre. Miss Sadie Mohnson and Mr. Alvah F. Hughes were the contracting parties. Rev. C. G. Vardell, D. D., president of Flora McDonald Colletre. nerformed tne ceremony m a most impressive manner. The church was beautifully decorated with vines overhanging the arch, the windows, a low fence en circling the rostrum. Ferns, palms and white chrysanthemums were used in profusion. Just before the ap. pointed hour Miss May Janet Mc Neill with her graceful and artistic touch played Nevins' Love Song and Miss Sadie McLeod of Rowland sweet ly sang "Because God Made Thee Mine" and "A Perfect Day," after which Miss McNeill pealed forth Mendelssohn's march and the bridal party entered. Mr. II. W. Douh and Mr. C. S. McArthur advanced up opposite aisles, taking positions on either side of the temtoraxy. plat form. Next came Mr. L. P. Johnson ana mr. lracy tilue, taking same po sitions Garris officers and tela dhers fast Sunday for the coming year. There are several around here nlan- ning to go to the association at Lum ber Kndge. The B. Y. P. U. Is doing great work now. They have their meeting Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. The Sunbeams are doing great work. Since they sent in their yearly re port they have raised 20 odd dollars. They are working to raise $30 the first quarter. They meet every sec ond and third Sunday afternoon. We invite you all to, come out and help us do great work. The Sunbeams w'll render a "Mission Program" the fifth Sunday evening beginning at :,iu. ,veryoody Come ind bring your pocKet-Dook full of monfv. Then little Misses Louise "P-on't study hard times". and Virginia McCormick. Mrs. Joe Ree-an. who nndprwpnt sweetly dressed in crepe de chine, ad- an operation at Cumberland hospital vanced.: up opposite aisles arraying' a few days ago,- is. getting alon finp. rinDons tnat encircled the plattormj we nope she will soon be able to upon which the bride and groom stood, come home. Miss 'Amellia Powers an auto- . A ,,,uf"t the cotton mills neartnwn Riding with Capt. Glover in his large motor boat on Lumber river ia t0 M a PPlar Pastime. Many are taking advantage of the beautiful moonlight nights to go for a glorious ride on the beautiful river under ideal conditions. It is a rare pleasure. .n1T;fIr & Mrs- C.' V, Brown and small son. Master Charles, Miss Eliz abeth Dexter and Mr. H. E. Cart land, the latte vof Greensboro, left Saturday afternoon for Goldsboro in Mr. Cartland's auto to spend the week-end. They are expected to re turn this afternoon. Messrs. E. M. and O. M. Britt " and Misj.es Annie Ruth and Bettie Lntt returned Thursday night from vershaw, S. C, where Wednesday they attended the marriage of their brother Mr. W. S. Britt, an account ::-t which is publishedclseherem todays caber. Thu m-a k . .i.x.v. Hie 'in o i if r W .o T T)..n 1. e r, 1 . l i . 1 i , ... , raua. ucua . uunucii ui n,owianu ana ; me weeK-ena witn ner par- Miss Flora Brll Currie of Maxton! cnts. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Powers. next came, taking positions. on the! Misses Margaret and Bettie Britt rostrum behind the evererreen fence Following came Misses Annie Wil-M-'mson and Flora Parham. . These went to Kershaw, S. C, last Tues. day to attend the marriage of their brcther. Miss Lillie Townsend has ladies were dainty and sweet in crepe' been home for the past two weeks qe cnine. sarin oodioos, - wearing maids veils-, carrying yellow chrysan themums. Next came Mrs. D. S. '"rie, dame of honor, sister of the br de, handsomely gowned in duchess sat;n carrying white chrysanthemums, Maxton, maid of honor beautiful in white satin, carrying white chrvsan- left wing east of Peteano, and in the -themums. Then came the little flow. center of the front. In the western zone, the eicrhth at tnek bv Germans in five days in the Givenchy wood, north of Arras, was "nt down, according to Paris with heavv loses to the attacking forces. Otherwisp there has been little fight excent bv the artillerv in the en tire reeion from the Belgian coast to the Vosees. . No details are Hveh in the official statement from Petroerad renortin? that, a German armoured cruiser of the Prin7 Adalbert class has ben ac counted for nar T.ibeau by a British submarine. Vessels cf this class car rv n complement of between 500 and 600. Gprmanv's official explanation of e pxecution io Blqfinm of the Pnt ish nurse, Edith Cavell, is that Miss r,v"'l bonded a conspiracy which had "succeeded for nine months in ren-rle-pnr vnlable services to the enemy. M the disadvantage of our army." fcowepLJg;..Mi3aFiQra Carrie - ofaborojast Thursday to see Mr, Bark- A Green Rose Ever see a green rose? If a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, would a rose just any old col or be as pretty? Fancy a green rose that looks sorter like a chrysanthe mum and smells like a rose. That r2re thing was brought to The Rob esonian office Saturday by Mr. Ed- who trot the rose from the heme of ! JPPy couple left on a southbound Mr. W. 7, Cause, who lives hear i tr3.in f(,r a Southern tour. The bride's Whiteville; Columbus .county. The1 Roimr-away costume : was green broad bush frm which the rose was pulled, doth suit with hat and gloves to was 64 years old on the 8th day of j match. ' . .. FhnVarv Inst, having hPfn men to . Among th out of town visitors cr girls Sarah Currie. Sarah Cobb, harah McCormick and Esther Lan caster sweetly dressed in white silfi ; kilted skirts, carrying white baskets tilled with. fragrant rosej. Following came the bride, who was extremely pretty in her wedding gown of crepe de chine, ori Jal veil caught with a wreath of orange blos soms, carrying a shower bouquet of lillips nf t.ViA vallov and maidonhair fafn arvA 4-a rrrt- im An t posite aisle with his best 'man Mf. P. H. Fisher. The bride was given away by her brother Capt. W. R. Johnson of Florence, S. C. As she entered the march changed to Loh engrin's, which was used as a reces sional. Traumerei was softly played during the ceremony. The bride is an attractive young woman of winning disposition and valued traits of character. The groom has made his home here for a num ber of years and holds the responsi ble position of bookkeeper with the extensive firm of the Parkton Mer cantile Co. and has many friends who unite in congratulations and good wishes. The many and lovely gifts attest the popularity . of this young couple. After the ceremony an informal reception was tendered them at the ht.mp of the bride's mother, Mrs. Sallie Johnson, after which the on the account of her health. She is expecting to return to her work next week. Messrs. W. P. Barker and N. A, and J. D. Townsend and son Master Leroy made a flying trip in sir, lewnsend's car to Rose er's sn and daughter-in-law. Sschool will begin at Ten Mile the first Monday, with Mr. Earl Town- send principal and Miss Bertha Bark cr, assistant. THE DEATH RECORD diiridpd as to what the town commis sioners should do now, or, rather as 10 whether cr nofthey should have passed such an order as they pass ed Friday night, practically every body, members of the board mclud ..a nntv tKaf a mistake was made in turning over in the first place to a private individual the matter of laying off a street. Even members of the board admit that when the board gave permission to a private in. dividual to open a street it should have laid off the street and told Mr. Barker to run the street thus and so or not at all; but that was not done and that is where the trouble began. Mr. Barker says he is going to null off his land sale Wednesday of this -week; and whether the action of the town board Friday night is really final Or whether it will have to back out of that position and rec ognize the street as laid off my Mr Barker does not yet appear. as Country boy wants position c! rl-. "The universal car." the Ford Rcbeson A'.'to Co. Tl. D. Caldwell & Son's famous rotton carnival onened auspiciously Saturday pp will continue. China sale at Cartee's tomorrow it 11! a. m. P.esidenco for rent, i'rtgia.n at Pastime Goes after More Mules. - . Mr. C. M. Fuller left Friday for St. Louis, Mo., to buy another car Mr. Cause on his 17th birthday. Fi'st Lumberton School Has Large Enrollment. ' . Correspondence of The Robesonian. The East Luir.berton school has the largest enrollment this year that it ha-; -ver had one hundred and sixty on the roll and more entering erery vtek. There are now four teacnirs i i thp school, instead of three Ji'ss Eupbemia Tyson being the fourth. Al present the auditorium is used as extra class room, but as soon as pos sible a new rcom will be added to the school house. Another Fijht on Mexican Border Brownsville, Tex., Dispatch, 24th Soldiers of the tourth Mrs. "Coot" Britt Mrs. "Coot" Britt died almost sud denly at her home m the eastern part of town yesterday morning at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Britt seemed to be in good health Saturday and was down street late Saturday afternoon. Af ter night she was taken sick and con tinued to grow worse until the end came. Deceased was 28 years old and is survived by her husband and two- children. The funeral was con ducted at the grave by Rev. D. C. Barnes yesterdiy afternoon, inter. ment being made in the family bury ing grounds near Orrum. Mrs. S. L. Adams of Rowland Mrs. S. L. Adams, aged about 45 years, died at her home at Rowland Friday afternoon after suffering for a short time with typhoid fever. De ceased is survived by her husband and seven children, The funeral was conducted from the Presbyterian church at Rowland, of which deceas ed was a member, Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Mr. Mills, pastor of the church, and interment was made in the Rowland cemetery. A larere concourse of sorrowing friends attended the funeral and burial and the grave was completely covered with flowers prepared by friends of deceased. Mrs. Adams was a sister of Mrs. Jno. S. McNeill of Lumber- ton. Mr and Mrs McNeil! attended the funeral. ccai freight train was painfully hurt icre Thursday afternoon while start ing cars. While no one saw the ac cicipnt, it is supposed that he was cat-ght by a door on the car Win ch .sed against him when the .joor caught the edge of the platform at tho ftation. lie was unconscious for several hours. He was taken to a hospital at Hamlet for treatment af ter local doctors had rendered med ical aid. , Mr,, Wm. G .- Reynolds, who for more than three years had been sup erintendent of the Lumberton, Dres den and Jennings cotton mills, severed his connection with the mills Satur day and left with his family for hi old home in Moore county. Mr. Rey nolds htfd not decided when he went fway just where he would locate. While here, Mr. Reynolds and family made many friends who were sorry to sea them go. Mr. Reynold's sucjcv sor at the mills has not been secured. Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son's Cotton Carnival had a tremendously successful opening Saturday. Crowds thronged the various departments of the store before "King Cotton," in fhp person of Mr. Al Williams, ap propriately arrayed for the part, as cended his throne in the store, and all during the day thereafter. Be fore the hour for the opening '.'King Coton rode about town in pomp and style in an attractive float on top of a bale of cotton, his proper throne, with Btalks of coton on the side, her alding the gre.at sale that began at 10 o'clock Saturday morning and will continue until Christmas. Sheriff Lewis' First Week on Tax- Coilecting Rounds. Sheriff R. E. Lewis spent last week out on his rounds collecting taxes. He says that collections are not far from 50 per cent better than they wer on his first round last ycr. He also adds that he find. wry faces have changed to faces beaming with smiles. for the occasion were Mess. E. A Daniel, Neill McQueen, J. A, Lang and C. W. McDonald, "who motored ''Infant Survives Mother Only a Week from I.udowica, Ga., a distance of 425 miles, making the trip in two days with only one blowout, which caused only 30 minutes delay. Rev. J. L. Jenkins will preach at the Baptist church here the fifth Sun day at 11 o'clock a. m. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Edwards left Sunday morning for Rocky Mount, having received a telegram stating the serious illness of their, grand-.'on little Dan McDonald. Mr. Charlie Murphy of Virginia, who has beon on a few days yjsit to relatives here, returned home Sunday. "Mr. E. V. Johnson' left Monday for Georgia where he went to attend the TTnitpd marniaire of Ibis brother" Mr. Leo States Infantry and Mexican bandits j Johnson, who was married Wedne.v pnfrao-pd i a skirmish tnnitrbt short-i day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock to Miss load of horses and mules for his sales ly after 8 o'clock at the scene of j Ora Lee McVeigh of WTaynesville. Ga. stables. Mr. Fuller received a car load of horses and mules about two weeks ago, but business is so near like it was two vears ago that the y only lasted a short time. This is one of the very best evidences of the return of better times. thfi train robberv and murders last l The gTOom is a successful railrond Monday. One American soldier Pri-j onerator located at Florence, S. C vtte Herman E. Moore, was wounded j where they will make their home. in tne tight, according to reports John Sprunt Hill of Jurham,who was elected president of the State Fair last week, has declined to serve on account of business. Another pres ident will be chosen in January.. received at Fort Brown. COTTON AND COTTON SEED Middling cotton "is selling on the local market today for 11 1-2 cents the pound; strict middling 11 3-4. Cot ton seed are selling for 55 1-2 cents thA busheL . Seats for the Chautauqua course Thursday, Friday and Saturday of his week at the local opera house may be reserved any time after 9 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Pope drug store. You can reserve seats for the entire six attractions. Better reserve them early so as ,to get your choice. A three-weeks-old infant of Mr. F M. Watts, who lives nenr the Na tional cotoh mill, died Friday. It will be remembered that the child's mother died suddenly just one week before its death. Old-Fashioned Corn Shucking Tomor row Night. On account of rain the big old-time corn shucking that was to have been pulled off at the Inman place, near Fairmont, last Thursday night was postponed till tomorrow (Tuesday) night. AH the attractions that were to have been put on Thursday night will be on tomorrow night, with many additions. Senator G. B. McLeod, who owns the corn to be shucked morP than two thousand bushels invites everybody to be there and to sing, eat, drink, shuck corn and be happy. Every time one shucks a red ear he will be treated to an extra drink. You will have to be there to learn what sort of a drink that will be. A prize of $1 will be eiven the "out-rastlingest" man. At 12 o'clock balloons of red. white and blue will be sent. up. This will no doubt be an occasion that will take one's memory back to those good old day when corn shuckings were not so far between as they are now. STATE NEWS City and county officials of Greens boro ar.d Guilford have brought an action to close the Jefferson hotel at Greensbcro and asking that it be sold under the Guilford county mor als act, , which provides that any house used for immoral purposes may hp sold. Mrs. P W. Brown, who has been running the place as a ho le!, has been convicted of having an immoral place and has appealed to the Superior Court. The North Carolina Agricultural Society Thursday night at Raleigh e'ected John Sprunt Hill of Durham president for the ensuing year, Capt. .'J. Parish of Durham refusing to .c;ept another term. Col. Jos. E. I'oue and Mr. C. B, Denson were re-elected secretary and treasurer, re snectively Gratifying reports on the financial and general success of this : v.r's fair were received and a pro rrpivp policy was outlined for the ccming year. DR. W. W. PARKER Specialist in Fitting Glasses and Relieving Eye Discomforts Phone, Office 128, Residence 189 Lumberton, N. C
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