COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH
11.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADYAJ
VOL XLVi
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1915.
NUMBER 76
ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
lYOUNGMANMYSTERI-i ;L
V. - OUSLY DISAPPEARS
L
Uoaetth" P.""Snuth" Disappeared Last
Night From Home of His Father
J. W Smith, 2 Miles East of Town
Relatives 'and Friends Mystified
and Uneasyi '
Mr. JosemVF. Smith disappeared
mysteriously from the home of his
father, Mr. J. 'W.Smith, who-lives
2 miles east of town on rural route
No, 6. last night about 6:30 o'clock
and his relatives and friends are un
easy about him. They are at a loss
to exDlain his disappearance. 4
Alter neipmg ma Dromer mr. -orus-ton
Smith hitch up his horse prepar
atory to starting to church, Joseph
... i i . , i . i
entered the front door ol tne nouse,
" walked through and went out the
back doer, saying- nothing to any
body, and none of his family or
-friends has seen or heard of him
since. Mr. Croston Smith told Joseph
to see that the chickens were fast
ened up, and he evidently performed
that duty before disappearing. He
"had on bis everyday clothes and had
in" his pockets not more than $2, it
is thought. He is a young man who
i3 not at all given to being, out at
night, which makes his disappear
ance all the more strange to his peo
ple. He IS 20 years old, 6 feet 4 in
ches tall, and has black hair and
brown eyes.
SUPERIOR COURT
Jiid?e Whedhee Instructs Grand Jury
to Indict Road Trustees Who Have,
Not Filed Proner, Reports Also
tt w WhPdhee of Greenville pre
siding and Solicitor S, B . McLean of
Maxton, representing the State. The
grand jury was duly empaneled and
Mr. E. L. Hamilton was cnosen iore
Mr. Geo. Barnes was chosen
ollowing out-of-town ;
. i
attorneys are attending court today:
xenaing court iwuay
c,s..ii;,vr S T? MrLonn. Messrs. G.
s'wrj0; J!1' r
'iZrn W MrTSS Maxton-
-.McKinnon, B . F McLean, Maxtpn..
Messrs. J. A. McLean, Q.K. Nim-,
uivn, x'jFvvt''..', v ' "
Pauls. . . :
Aside from the usual chare? to
the grand jury, Judge H. W. Whed-
17.tr a- .T S. Kntler. St . "
bee, in his cnarge tnis mornmsr re
li. omin. thp rec
indictaSn against all,
rnH trimtpe who. hd,
fW A.Sr,i.r rVn
A'lra
"IVLS. iur.7. " tv nf
oueswu . uint w, rT-
hooks Md bnne AK"9h
. , . ,. ,., ,Vin hm'tf tvnb
tne various lownaiip
numuer ui m . ----
i ! fj l flnVw number,
-1 W' ilv Sd to list'
?l -Crtiritr Nn Lfht there wH !
lLhin? doina ? after th'e records'
have been gone ovo, by the grand
jury.
Y. M. C. A. COMMITTEES
Old Baptist Churrh to be Put in O' -dor
and Equipped at Once for l.
M. C A. ,
Th,i rnllrvcrinpr committees were ap-
sinted bv the Baraca class cf the
tures and equip gymnasium, Messrs.
E. J. Britt, Earl Thompson. C. Guy
Townsend; to prepare and equip
reading room. L. . R. Varsar, E.
M. Johnson, F. Grover Britt.
AS nas Deen "V
Kobesoman. ine x. m. v.
TrL T-Wffif foflhe present
SfflL a5i 'SlfflSSf
ill Va in chares of ,
Wit -DilV.Hvi. ..... -c -
a board of officers appointed by the
R;;, rlass. -the association will bel
open to all denominations and those;
.hn do not beloner to any church,
Definite details as to how the af
fairs will be handled will be worked
"nTlHee will b"o rieht to
work and it will now be only a short
time before the young men of Lum
berton will have a place where they
can spend their evenings in a prof
itable and pleasant manner,
Ttpwps, Sale Wednesday.
' Maj. A. J. McKinnon of Maxton
has nearly 100 head of stock rendv
m pens for the breeders' sale which
he will conduct at ms piace ne ir
mon Wednesday of this Vweek. ; All
that is needed to guarantee success
is good weather and good attendance.
The object is to distribute breeding
tock by auction sale and incidentally
to have a good time, lnis no ooudi
will be a profitable and pleasant oc
cisicn for all who attend.
Bumper Potato Crop.
While it had been expected that
the potato crop in Robeson was a
bumper one. the farmers, most of
whom have been digging for the last
week, ,say thev never snw so mmy
and they so large. That founds
good . .
The cornerstone of the $fi5.000
building of the Woman's Club of Ral
eight was laid last week.
Raleigh News and Observer, 5th:
With the Governor of North Carolina
as presiding officer and with felic-.
itations from educational institutions
from this an dother States, the State
School for the Blind yesterday cele
brated Sts seventieth annfiversary.
Exercises were held in the auditorium.
Aft1, Ttinoo XVha ITavo Failed to oy ine .Duiganaua nave uwu j, epuiocu.MJiricer a. w . rage s tneory was
Sli r'nnrt a one-week term, records the replse of Teutonic in-, tee was appointed to' draw up res
p?h th oVnlnHt 10 o'clock I vaders near Grahovo with heavy tions in regard to pellagra. These
convened ttas morata atiu o cwck b Vi asserts that allt wolutitfns. which disagree with tha
lor tne trial or wimmw .uU4S attarl V,!iv failed, -Inl
IfiiWc A in t o work-! abl e ' to he out. ' L. Green, of . Waynesville, and Grand Then as on yesterday Mr. John A.
y aZI -S loVv afteV clSnn! Mr. N; . H . Jones, Jr., returned Secretary B . H. Woodell of Rat-1. Park, rMiher of the Raleigh Tunes,
ifw Urf ,nini it in shape ' Friday from Wilmington, where he ne;h, at a public meeting on Thurs-i "rcmptlv nlaced. his plant at the dis
buildmg and putting it .m buPW, . QOT, j t-.... nf Tr:-r iut- J,m ua a nt m I oi. r.f Th Nws snd Observer and
Messrs. bdr-ops, jasper xvowcin, ii.. friends w i 'ti,. t y Aiktvirt. mwtioti ofi't tf-nder - was gratefully -accepted.
1 SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS
Amwican Note to Great BntM ClUJiBm-bexmtbwili
ciocitaae ci mkto Ai ies n.
vil 'I 1 ' Mt' ri
T Zi B. 5 ",ue,,"""
1 Further Teutonic Successes in Ser
, bia New Greek Cabinet Formed.
-The American note to the British
Government on Great Britain's inter-
vxovernmem on ureal m- uun
ference with American trade has jum3 w;ij be offered for exhibits of '. Completely laying waste the print
been made public. It calls the block-j various kinds and no doubt the oc-j inK plants of E. M. Uzzell & Co.
ade of the Entente Allies "ineffective,' casion will be a big affair. Any t thc News and Observer, flames,
illegal and indefensible", and declares! c dJrin t0et a W of the liatj SynTLLa'cI,ckyesterda?
t tt j o - -ui can et same by applying either at morning wrought havoc to the amount
that the -United States cannot with Tbe Robesonian office or at the! of $306,000 property loss on the block
complacence sutler lurtner suDorm-
iiaun 01 ic3 rigiits and interests, j after Wednesday of this week. Get
u insisis tnat tne relations between; a copy and prepare to have some
the United States and Great Britain ' thing on exhibition.
verned -not by a policy or ex -
pecuency but by those established j
ruliS ot international conduct to which1
urtat liruain in the past has held
tuo United States to account when
the huter nation was a belligerent in;
. o'u-uggle for national existence. j
The Teutonic Allies have further
bent back the Serbian line in the
North. They have captured the im.;
portant town of Kralievo, on the rail- L. Northrop, St. Pauls; vice presi-j "ne debris. They were sent to the
way to the east of Cacak; are stand- dent, Dr. R. G. Rozier. Lumberton; hospital where Lloyd, more serious
ng before the town of Krusevac, on ' secretary-treasurer, Dr. W. L.l 'y injured, remains. Peebles, with
tne railway 6i miles nortnwest
iah and have advanced past blatina
in the western Morava valley. The
Bulgarians have forced 'a passage of
tne ximoK river at ivrmvier. in me
South Paris reports that the French
troops in the vicinity of.
Rabrovo have consolidated the
positions they have taken and
that near Krivolak violent attacks I
tne Ilgniing in Trance in me icjcmii
of'"the.'-Somme';and'.Oi8emer8r-.the,...Th-next-meetings of the - society
French have captured German posts will be held in Lumberton the first
near Andrechy and repulsed German.
. . i t : ' mLAM. I. n . . A
attacKS near ceuvraignes, xiicrc uc
- , , .. , :.4r..i
CJ" v... . rvww---.
attack bv the, Russians and the forc-
iK ot the Germans to excavate Ohai,
k f R. the occupation of
(1man nnei?' ;n fuA m(,terv
rear Laour on the left bank of the
Dvina and the capture of German!
.it-cond' line trenches on Lake bven-
tin. Berlin in admitting the occupa-;
:a 01 tnese irencnes say wie xuo-
19 .1 X 1 .1, T 1 . .
sians later were expe led from them.
A new vreeK L-amnet nas oeen.
Foreign.Af,!
. .nuw, m-wmcn au tne memoers 01,
the Zaim!s Ministry reiain portfolios,
It is believed in
- i t'S""1 111 A" uajfp wmm vyuuiu
.. eiMa n
...i,, ; m rUva wh pVi would make
Parliament nd the calling of new,
elections. I
Earl Kitchener, the British War,
Minister, visited Paris and .conferred'
War Gallieni and General Joffre be
fore he departed for the Near East.
Amonsr the Sick
Miss Ida Mae Sessoms returned
Friday from the Preabyterian no;
nitnl-. r.harlctte. where she stient five
weeks under treatment. Her. condi-i
tion' is greatly improved and her;
be pleased to learn that his condi-j
tion is improving.
Mrs. H. B. Jennings returned Fri-; vening. Representatives from Pen
day from Columbia, S. C., where dor, Samnson, Duplin, Robeson, Co-
Elizabeth, her 9-year -.(dd daughter,
has been under treatment at the Co-
,mu; i,cr,;fQi nm..t.imp. She
nMta -nnditmn of JF.Hraheth
ire ly impoveT Mrs. Jennings will
to . fiolumbia Wednesday to be
witn ner uaujni,ei,
- - WWeeruoea . w
Kitchener Goes to Near .East
1
ish Secretary of State for War, and
the leading military figure' in Great
scene of the fighting fa .the. near east,
uritam loaay, is un iiw j iu me,
where it is expected he will delve
deeply into , conditions an adopt
measures by which the Allies hope
to work the situation out of the tangle
in which it appears to be involved at
present London newspaper opinion
generally seems to be that Earl Kitch
ener's chief activities from now on
will be in the field or at least close
to the scene of actual hostilities. In
some quarters there is the nositive
ly expressed opinion that he will not
again return to the War Office, act
intr noslsiblv as chief or as a leading
figure of a general staff for the Al
lied forces.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Britt re
turned yesterdav morning from their
bridal trip and are at home to their
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Britt will
board with Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
Ward, who live in Mr. Britt's resi
dence, Elm street. As has been men
tioned in The Robesonian. Mr. and
Mrs. -5 Britt were married at the
home of the bride in Kershaw, S. C,
on October 20. since which time they
have visited Richmond,; Va., Wash
ignton, D. C, New York, Albany, Ni
agara Falls, Toronto, Canada, and
other Northern cities.
Twelve men and girls lost their
lives Saturday in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
in a fire that destroyed an old build
intr. Search of the ruins is expected
to uncover the bodies of other vic
tims. Forty were injured and taken
to hospitals and many of these are
expected rto die.
PREMIUM LIST READY
Premium List for Exhibit to be Held
. . Distribution Wednesday!
-M bUUiWVI WH tAV JIVMIH M IH Wrw . ..-f.--s- . V...
The premium, list for the Farm
Products, Poultry and Live - . Stock
Exhibit which will be held in Lum-J
berton December 2, 3 and 4 is now
ready for the press. Attractive nrem-
Freeman Printing Company's office!
; .
MEDICAL SOCIETY MEETS.
.
Page's Peftagra Theory Endorsed
Officers Elected,
At a called meeting' of the Robeson
Medical Society held in the court
house here Wednesday of last week
the following officers were elected for"
the ensuinsr vear: nresident. Dp. T.
Grantham, Lumberton, re-elected;
censors. Drs. T. C. Johnson. A. B.
Croom, R. D McMillan. Dr. W.
A. McPhaul was elected a delegate
to tne state Association, Dr. H. H.
Hod crin. alternate. Dr. E. L. Row-
man of McDonalds was admitted into
th society.
The pellagra situation was thor.
nehly discussed and County Health
Goldbertrer theorv. will be nublished
m I nursuav S rCOOesonian.
Wednesday in January.
1 . .
FIRE ALARM AND RUNAWAY
Excitement On Streets Tridav At
ternoon Big HorseAnswers Fire i
Alarm No Damage. f
Fire which started in a pile of,
corn with the shucks on it. which W.
j. Hoooer. colored, hud nlaned in!
his kitchen at his home across the
railroad from the Seaboard station,
caused quite a bit of excitement Fri-
"iy atternoon about 3:30 o clock
The fire, however, had been extin
guisned by a' bucKet brigade betore
fire company arrived on the
.cone and beLe7 any damage had
guished by a bucket brigade before
boon done.
To add to the excitement, "George
one of the town's big horses, decid
rl if. waa liia husmpss. ns usual, ta
J i ' J
iro to me lire unu ne cunie uowii
at full speed. George was hitched; recount of the apportionment of
to the trash wagon and" Mr. Murk funds of the State for the purpose
Watts was in the wagon, but all he of insuring State property. None of
HH -wav to stay in the, wagon and.the los is regarded as entirely ir-
cv?r. when he pulled him into the j
rmetery rear the Seaboard station.;
The run, like the fire, only caused a!
little excitement and resulted in no
material damage.
niatrirt Pmivpntinn of Odd Fellows
at Vineland Thursday of This Week ;
Wilmington Star.
,,1 Fellows which will be held at
Vineland Thursday afternoon and
lumbus, Brunswick and New Hanov
counties will attend the meeting.
The public meeting will be of es.
pecial interest to the people of that
regressive town.
The representatives who are ex
pected to attend from Lumberton
Lodge No. 245 a r e Messrs . P . P .
Green, W. O. Edmund and J. H.
Floyd.
j30x Supper at Shannon Was a Sue-
cess.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Shannon, Nov. 6 The box supper
Veld at the Shannon school house
Friday night, October 29, was a suc
cess in every way. Miss McKinnon's
and Mr. Thomoson's aim to give ev
ery one a good time and make some
money for the school must have been
realized. In fact the proceeds net
od nearly fiftv dollars. The build
iit' was decorated in green and light
ed with Japanese lanterns. The boxes
wpre nil verv pretty and sold well.
Miss Sudie Shook was voted to be
the prettiest girl and therefore, re
ceived the $18.50 cake. Several cor-
ners were decorated for such things
as a candv booth, beauty exhibit,
coing fishing and U. S. postoffice.
Then the Bounds string band pleased
the crowd with their music. We hope
to have other as enjoyable commun
ity gatherings.
Eox and Ovster Supper at Back
Swamp Friday Evening
Tfier will be a box and oyster sup
r at Bark Swamn school house, FrL
d"v evening of this week at 7:30
o'clock. The proceeds will he u"ed
for the benefit of the school. The
miblic is invited.
Fire at Hickory Saturday - night
caused property loss estimated at
S100.000. The plant of the Hickory
Manufacturing Co. was completely
destroyed. How the fire originated
is matter for speculation. An en
tire city block was burned over and
much lumber and finished mill work
destroyed in addition to the mill.
j NEWS 4ND OBSERVER BURNED
r"'." ' ' OUT .
tiuu ot Raleigh Morning Pa.
J Pr ueairoyeaoy ire ror Se
r Second!
lime in Less Than 3 Years Uzztll
Pnntery and Valuable State Rec
ords Also Destroyed.
Raleigh News and Observer. Nov. 7.
01 west Martin street between Sal
sbury and McDowell. With the ruin
of the flames to these two buildings
came additional destruction by fire
anacrumpiing wans to the Wit
Snoe Company, the Crystal theatre,
H. S. Storr Company, Raleigh apart
ments, Baptist Book Store, J. L.
O'Quirin, Wright's hotel and the Shep
herd building. Falling walls injur
ed firemen H. L. Peebles and D.
C. Lloyd, who dropped three stories
through the roof of the Crystal the
atre and then came out unaided from
ms inJunes attended to, came back
to the scene of the fire. The only
other injury of the day was that to
Mr. W. H. Bagley, business man
ager of the News and Observer, who
had his arm badly cut by glass when
ne was rescuing important records
from the burning building.
Insurance played a large part yes
terday in preventing completeloss,
All buildings and stock damage
save that of J . C.0 Qainn- was m
sured to some extent. He allowed
the policy to fun out recently and
neglected to renew. While there is
little way of knowing the exact fig
urea oi. lussea uiiu uisuraiive, can
mates have been made unofficially as
jcllows:
E. M. Uzzell & Co., $170,000. in
eluding damages to building, equip
ment and State property stored
there, partially insured; News and
Observer. 8100,000. partially in
Bured Wake Shoe Co., $8,000, with
$5,500 insurance: Crystal --theatre,
$5,000 with $2,000 insurance; H,
S. Storr Co., $2,000, full insurance;
Raleish nnartments '$1(1,000. fully
insured; Wright's hotel. $500, fully
insured; Shepherd building, 5500,
fully insured; J. L. O'Quinn, $500,
no insurance; Baptist Book Store,
$3,500, partly insured.
In the Uzzell building much of
the loss was incurred by the State in
Supreme Court reports, records,
books, and stock for State printing.
According to statements by State
officials the loss to the State will
i. amount to $60,000 and of this
1T1.. 9 TO Finn la nntraaA Vf :iriaii
um.y j.v '" .
This is the second time that The
News and Observer has been burned
down. The othrr occasion was on
Anril 24, 1913. The fire then start
ed ?t o clock in the ptternoon wnen
reat crowd of ppople were on
the streets returning from the Caro
lina League baseball onener. It
was nine o'clock before the flames;
The paper' appeared without missine
an issue, though in somewhat reduced
form.
Now OffHsHv Named Flora Mac
Donald College.
Raleigh News and Observer, 6th.
Final step- were taken yesterday
in changing the name of the Southern
Presbyterian College and Conserva
tory of Music to the "Flora McDon
ald College" when, following the ac.
t?on of tb Presbvteries of Orange and
Fayetteville in the Synod of North
Carolina, certificates of change of
name was filed with the Secretary of
State. The ? Scottish 'Society of
America of which Governor Locke
rvoirr tinw nresident is in tne
midst of n "nmnaicin to raise an en
dowment for the institution at Red
Springs. '
V STATE NEWS
Wtiiteville News Reporter: A com
rjanv has been organized at Cerro
Gordo for the nurpose of eouipping
an up-to-date Hour mm. mis mm
is to be, in every particular, of the
most modern make. Its capacity will
be twenty-five barrels per day, and
with a slight change in arrangement
can be made to produce fifty barrels
per day.
A 2-weeks' term of Federal Court
will convene in Wilmington tomor
row, Judge H. G. Connor presiding.
Prof. N. W; Walker, supervisor of
the State high schools, snent Wednes.
day of last week In Kobeson counxy.
Prof. J: R. Poole, county superin
fpdnt of schools, accompanied Prof.
-Walker to the Philadelnhus farm
life and hieh schools Vhere Miss
Lillian A. Fertruson of Lumberton
made pictures of the school building,
the baYns and other buildings, about
the farm from which slides will be
used by Prof. Walker .in illustrat
ed lectures which he proooses to
make in different parts of the State.
Three trainmen were killed in a
rear-end collision of freight trains
near Charlottesville, Va., on the night
of the 2d.
Mr. J. B. McCormick of Parkton f
ia a Lumberton visitor today.
COTTON MARKET
i Movt-d Last Week Within Co
J. . ..-.- - - T - t:.""-?t"t
uveiy .narrow Kange
New ohk Dispatch,. 7th.
The rof trtn mark loot utoaV iam-
ed within a coMparat.Vely narrow!
range ii 10 y -.points ana closed
at a net loss of to 65 points. Liqui
dation was the main depressing in
fluence, but toward the close the bulls
claimed the long interest had been
well cleaned out. '
Late in the week trading was some
what restricted because the census
bureau report on ginning was to be
issued Monday. Continued good
weather over the belt, absence of any
special spot demand and the small
export movement were fartnra
against the market, but at no time
after Tuesday was important selling
power developed. On Tuesday prices
fell about $2 a bale, chiefly in sym
pathy with the break in New York.
A supporting influence was firm
ness of interior spot holders and
many traders expected this to in
crease in importance this week. It
was contended that producers were in
a better position than spinners to re
main out of the market Money is
plentiful and holders can get the
funds to carry their cotton for an in.
definite period, while manufacturers
must, before long, make aiTange
merits for their season's spply.
The one great bear argument was
that eventually spot cotton must be
pressed for sale and with the ap
proach of the holiday season many
traders of this persuasion expect to
see offerings increase, with a con
sequent lowering of values. .
COTTON AND COTTON SEED
Middling cotton is selling on the
local market today for 10 5-8 cents
the pound; strict, middling 10 7-8
Seed, 53 cents the bushel.
THE DEATH RECORD
Jane Locklear ,
Jane Locklear. aged 20 years, died
yesterday afternoon at her .. home
about four miles from town on the
Carthage road. She had been suffer
ing for some time with tuberculosis,
Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. irrld
Britt
VWn Rexford,, fhle '10-montjhs-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. David Britt died
at the heme of his parents, near
Long Branch, Saturday afternoon af
ter suffering for some time with co
litis. Notice of New Advertisements
Legal notice of sale of real estate
T. A. McNeill, commissioner.
Legal notice of re-sale of real es
tfte James D. Proctor, commission
er ''.''
Complete line of merchandise of
late J, P, McNeill to be sold at
p:vp-nwav prices.
"Get Acquainted Sale" at Lum.
borton Bargain House.
Sale of valuable lands under order
of court. .
Three-horse farm for rent.
Legal notice of sale of land E. JJ
Britt. commissioner.
Legal notice of sale under mort
r'n W. A. Godfrey, mortgagee,
Lgal notice of sale of corporation
stock W.. A. Godfrey.
Tcral notice of sale of lands
Dickson McLean, commissioner.
Legal notice of sale of land James
D. Proctor, commissioner.
More mules and horses at W. I
Linkhaw's; buggies, wagons and har
ness.
The L. E. Tvner jack.
Breeders' sale near Raemon . No
vember 10.
" Program at Stai theatre.
Program t Pastime theatre.
' Townsend Bros, can suit you with
shoes and hose.
Potatoes Linked Together A Curios
itv.
Mr. J. L. Prevatt brought Satur
day to The Robesonian office from
his farm near Buie two sweet po
tatoes which grew each of them
through a separate link of a piece of
trace chain containing two links, ihe
potatoes were naturally chained fast
tosether and the only way to get
them apart would be to break or cut
them. While something just like it
may have happened in the past, it
is right much of a curosity.
As a result of "snagging" an aur
tomobile as it was backing to make a
turn near the graded school building
Friday morning, David Shooter, small
son of Mrs. Ed Shooter, fell off and
one of the rear wheels passing over his
body. While he was somewhat shak
en up, he is able to be out on the
streets today. The boy seems to be
the only one upon whom any blame
can be attached as neither the driver
nor the others in the car saw the
boy until they heard him cry out.
Dr. T. B. Ayers of Proctorville
is among the visitors in town today.
Dr. Ayers says that Mrs. Joe Bui.
lard and Mrs. E, V. Britt of route
1 from Orrum gave birth to a fine
cirl each this morning. Mr. Britt
was with Dr. Ayers and of course
was wearing a broad smile.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McLean
returned Saturday night from Bal
timore, Md., where about a month
ago Mrs. McLean gave birth to a
fine girl. Mr. McLean went to Bal
timore last week to accompany Mrs.
McLean and children home.
Benjamin Spivey, a fireman, was
killed and 8,000 bales of cotton were
either badly damaged or destroyed in
IVi fir that consumed a eomnress at
Augusta, Ga., on the 3d. The$&s is
estimated at near $500,000.
4rCr,IEF JlEilS OF IJCL -NEW3
-License has been
i marriage of Geo; Lane and Donnia
ureyawj wnDur uritt and Cora Har-
w-H.
Special
meeting
Lumberton
chapter R. A, M. this evening at
gree k' Work in R- A. de
i A pechl reetinr ot St, Allan's
Lodge No. 114, A. F. & A.-.M., will
be held tomorrow evening at 7-30
o clock. , Work in the third d,-.
r-
Mr. A. Weinsteln returned Fri
day night from a business trip to
Baltimore and New York to purchase
goods fof his large department store.
xxrll The7CrvT Association will meet
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the graded school buildino- ah i
nes" of the town ar invtd
tend.
Mrs. R, W. Wallacewho had been
a guest at the home of her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. C.
v.' Brown, since Friday returned to
ftCT home in Wilmington yesterday.
nrMlr,iK' S Mwire of Maxton has
accepted a position in the dry gooda
department of Messrs. White A
vough s department store. He be
gan work Wednesday of last week.
Mr. Wi. C. Prevatt, who lives out
Buie way and who was fa town Sat
urday, ay8 he found a 7-pound po
tato on his place the other day and
t..at he neve.r saw the like of potatoes
before fa all his life.
.Ir: J; A- Brown of Chadboura,
candidate for Congress, ia XWnti
ton visitor today. Mr. Brown looks
'the picture of health, fit for any sort
of race, and seems well pleased with
03 prospects concerning his candi
dacy throughout the sixth district.
turned Friday night from Fairmont,
where they attended the marriage of
Miss Bettila Floyd and Mr. James
Galloway, an account of which wed
ding is given elsewhere in this pa
per. The groom is a nephew of Mrs.
: -Attention is called again to the
fact that dinner will be served at the
court house, in the commissioners
room, every day during court this
week by ladies of Chestnut Street
Methodist church. By getting your
iiinner at the court house you will
get your money's worth and will be
helping a good cause.
; Mr. and Mrs. Emory Prevatt
went to Carthage Friday to see Mrs.
Prevatt's mother. Mrs. Mary Black,
who, with her daughter Miss Mina
Black, returned to Lumberton with
Mrr and Mrs. Prevatt Saturday.
airs. Black's many friends here will
be glad to learn that the condition
of her health has improved.
Mr. B. Tclar of Rennert, who is
attending court today, says they had
a successful box supper at the Ren
3rt school house Thursday evening
of , last week and thereby raised $53
tor the school piano fund. Mr. To
ar is cne of the committeemen of
school and takes great interest
in everjthing pertaining to its suc
cess. St. Pauls Messenger Mr. and
Mrs, John S. Butler returned Mon
day night to St. Pauls after spend
ing several days in Washington and
other Northern points. We are glad
to welcome Mrs. Batler to our town.
They will make their home at Mr.
Butlers residence on Fourth street,
formerly occupied by Rev. J. A.
Snow.
Robt. McNeill, colored, who own
ed one of the houses burned last
Thursday, - says that ; he had no in
surance on the building at the time
of the fire and that his loss amount
ed to between $400 and $500. He
says that he had been carrying in
surance for 10 years but that owing;
to a misunderstanding it had been
allowed to lapse.
Mr. T. P. Monroe, who lives
near Elrod, was in Lumberton Fri
day on his way home from his farm
in Wishart's township, where he had
been sowing wheat and rye. Mr.
Monroe recently purchased from Mr.
G. T.Pate the farm known as the
Moore place in Wishart's and will
move with his famliy to that place
about the firce of next month.
Master Bailey Crofts, 12-year-old
son of Mr. S. F. Crofts, who lives
about five miles from town on the
Carthage road, brought an okra tree
to town Friday. The stalk of okra
only one season old, was about 15
feet high and had tfurnished any
amount of okra for eating purposes
st ring the summer months. It wa3
one of the largest okra stalks ever
een here. -
Fire Chief J. P. Townsend asks
The Robesonian to give the second
and last warning about people who
are not members of the fire depart
ment riding en the truck to and from
fires. He says the next one that
tries this out will be arrested and ,
given the extent of the law for such
i i
ns.ro rt manv npnnip wriii re nub
members of the fire company usual
ly crowd upon the truck that mem-
Koro of th romnanv cannot lino room
rv ride. To "hook on" to the truck
is a violation of the twn ordinance
and Mr. Twnsend is exactly right
in having it enforced.
DR. W. W. PARKER
Specialist in Fitting Glasses
and Relieving Eye Discomforts
Phone, Office 126,
Residence 189
Lambert on, N. C