-THE- - BOBBSOMAN
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VOL XLVI
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1915.
NUMBER 82
EXHIBIT THIS WEEK
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
These Arc the Big Days of the Rob
eson Farm Products, Lire Stock
and Poultry Exhibit In Lumberton
Meet Your Friends Here and
Learn Something of What is Be
ing Done in Your Own County
Don't Fail to Hare Something On
Exhibition Free For All
Only three more days, and this
Farm Products, - Live Stock and
Poultry Exhibit will be on. The farm
products and poultry will be on ex
hibition in the Farmers Warehouse
JIhursdaytFj,iday-and-Sat4ardayr-nd
Saturday will be "Live Stock Day".
As has been mentioned in The Rob
esonian, attractive "premiums have
been offered for farm prodcts, poul
try and live stock.
The building has been put in
nhape for all the exhibits. It will not
est one penny to enter anything you
have for exhibition, and it will not
cost anything to see all that is of
fered. This is not a money-making
scheme, but a plan to advertise ' the
county agriculturally.
In addition to the other" exhibits
the State Highway Commission will
have the same good roads exhibit that
was seen at the State Fair. This
alone will be worth coming many
miles to see. Good music will be
furnished all three days and as a
whole there will be plenty of good,
rich entertainment for you during
the entire three days. '
Robeson is a big and "rich county,
agriculturally, and no doubt many
tights in the way of farm products,
poult i y and live stock will be brought
in. . .
Parents arc urged to bring their
children to this exhibit. It will be
educational to them to see what is
teing done in the way of farming and
stock-raising in Robeson.
Farmers from other counties are
invited to. bring, in something for ex
hibition and compete for prizes.
If you are interested in better
farming - and - more- successful farm
ing jou should not let the chance
of visiting the exhibit at least one
clay pass you by. This may noi, be
' as big as some fairs you have visit
ed, but it will be the biggest ocas
ion cf its kind Robeson county has
pulled off in many moons.
The teachers of the county will
hold a meeting here on Saturday and
the corn club boys will also figure in
Satu.-r'.uy's program. They will have
samples of their corn on exhibition
ir)( compete for prizes.
This is at a season of the year
when there is not much work to do
jin the farmland yoiuoweJt to your
self and family to attend this grand
occasion. Come, and ask your neigh
bors to come with you.
Back From Football Game In a
Wreck.
Messrs. R. C. Birmingham, Jno.
x.nd W. F. French. Eli Wishnrt. -T.j
Dixon McLean, Wallnee Normcnt, H.
J, Singleton. Lacy McKnr.i.- S.j
Small, F. Love, Lloyd McMillan,'
Tom Norment and Prestcn
Cash well of Lumberton and Mr. Jack,
' Carter of Maxton returned Frida"
nbcut 1 o'clock p. m. from Richmond.
Va., where Thursday they witnessed
the Cnrolina-Virginia football game.
The Pullmnn en which these gentle
men made the trio was due to arrive
here Friday morning at 9:20, but on
account of the wrecking of the train:
they were delayed several) hours.
The wreck was caused, by a broken
ril and while the whole bunch was
shaken up considerably, there was'
no injury to any one. Two cars of
the train were turned crosswise the
track. The boys report a most in
teresting game and iverv pleasant'
trip. Virginia defeated Carolina 14
to 0. !
Whiskey Still Captured in St. Pauls
Township
A whiskey still of 30 gallons ra-l
pacity was captured about 5 miles
south of St. Paul in St. Pauls town
ship one day last week by Rural Po-
liceman L. H. Townsend and Mr.
Jno. Tew of St. Pauls. The still wasl
a home-made "1915 model" and had
been in operation only a short while,
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before tne omcers arnveti on vac
scene. The still was fully equipped
Tvtion mntured save the worm, which
had been removed. The officers!
brought the still to Lumberton and
placed in the cellar of the court house.
It has been remored that the still was
made in Lumberton, but no one seems
to know iust where the factory is
'ocated. The still .was made of sheet
iron.
C.nacfni land Snlf 30.000 Worth
Real Estate Sold in Last 30 Days.
The I.nmbee Sales Co.. of which
Mr. C. M. Barker of Lumberton is
manager, conducted another success
ful sale of real estate at Pembroke
Friday. Lots in Pembroke sold for
$1,500. an average of about 60 each,
and 120 acres of farm land adioining
the lots sold for $4,500. Mr. Barker
pays he has sold during the past 0
days $f!0,000 worth of real estate in
Lumbertcn and elsewhere in Robeson.
Thanksgivinr in Lumberton Collec.
tions for Orphanages.
Thanksgiving passed off like Sun-,
in T.nmhprton. as usual, excent
that hunters were abroad in jthe laniLi
Services were held at all the churches
and collections were taken for the
various church omhanages, with re
sults as follows: Chestnut Street
Methodist, for Methodist Orphanage
at Raleigh, $106.91; First Baptist,
for Thomasville Orphanage, $177.21,
and the amount probably will be in
creased to $200; Presbyterian, for
Barium Springs Orphanage, $45;
!
SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS FARM . DEMONSTRATION WORK
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Serbs lie kiin j Unly rnnge 01 lheir
Kingdom Violent Fighting in Aus-
tro-italian Theatre Canada Has:
Commandeered 'All Best Grades ofj
Vtneai tor use or ureal Britain
and Her Allies
The Teutonic armies have driven
almost all the Serbs into Montenegro
ind northern Albanian leaving in
tieir control only a portion of the
southwest and southern sections of
their Kingdom, which with the aid of
the British and French they are
Holding against the Bulgarians.
"With the flight of the scanty re
mains of the Serbian army into the
Albania mountains" says the latest
official German communkationJ!our
operations against this army are
brought to a close, our object of ef-
'.-..f-incr nnrtmnniriitirn: with Rnlcnria
and the Turkish Empire having been
accomplished."
Aside irom Serbia, the Austro-
Italian theater is furnishing the most!
violent fighting of anv of the war1
tacked at Osavia, on the Podgora'
Heicht and the Doberdo Plateau
They penetrated the Austrian posi
tions, but according to Vienna, later
were driven out.
Atillery bombardments and sap
ping operations have prevailed every
where on the French line except near
Berry-au-Bac, where a strong German
reconnaissance was dispersed by the
French fire and north of "the Laby
rinth" where . the Germans succeeded
in occupying an exavation caused by
the explosion of a mine. French ae
roplanes have bombarded oerman air
r-raft. hangars at Habsheim. east of i
Muelhausen and French and German
aviators have had tnnuing ngnis in;
whVt ' four fierman machines
were
brought down.
m. .An n i rnA nnri ri ttatit i i i i i r -1 1 -1 1 1 r 1 1 '...ii iiim uru r 1 1 i iu.ivi nc riitinLtrii ill - r-111 ii.ir lniv i i i mh rnurrn fi irinir r na vonr nn i
.u. Tl; nfFnnC;. rnm of a nn in th farmers nt Ve&T instead of in 1914. An Rtjitprl nrnfpaBinn nf faith 91 raooivoH ht'.: lc "la
Hie ibaiiaiio uic ulL nil. uLinaifV " " w v..v v-I r . , , . . I " - . v . v. MJ M rq A I I . rr.voa
raining on the Gorizia sector while; cinating of about 700 hogs. (years old and had wanted to enlist, tized. This is the close of Dr. North's' ent tXrruloi,
in the armv hpfnrA hut hia fnth
On the Russian front, except for a rye and the clovers as cover crops,
small engagement in the Riga district. Just how many acres of these cov
there has been no fighting while on er crops including oats and wheat
the Gallipoli Peninsula only artillery have been sown I am wnable to sav.
oninna ind minino nnerations have rSomeimnroved - machinery- includ
been in mwress of late. i
Canada has commandeered all the been purchased. Three potato houses: been killed today when Villa troop-' of Lumberton people will attend the
best,grades of wheat now in store at. My been built with a total capacity ers, evacuating Nogales,' Sonora,' Confreence the last few days, espec
the head of the Great Lakes and east-1 of 2.000 bushels. During the past across the border from here before; ially next Sunday, when Bishop Kil
ward for the use of Great Britain and fpw weeks I have bad ordered over the advance of Carranza troops under go will preach. Next Monday is the
her Allies. The steD was taken to 300 tons of lime. There have bn1 General Alvaro Obregon, exchanged day when it is expected the appoint
obviate thenecessity of going into thej other orders for lime made over the shots with United States troops across! ments for the ensuing year will be
oDen market and possibly facintr the county. the International boundary line. A' read out, which is alwavs an event of
Oa"ment OI hlgn prices. ll la an-
nounced that a fair price will be paid
for the. wheat commandeered. j
The Rumanian Kmc at the open-,
nrr nf Parliament at Bucharest de-
clared that the situation imposed up-;
n nnmania the dutv of uniting the;
effortsf-the-people for-tbeJefenseLitll-thahas-ben
of their country and. expressed the that it is biit a mere beginning as;
conviction that the Pairliament would compnred with wht might be ac-
continue to supply the needs of the comnlished in the future. The ag.!
Army. ricultural resources of coun are,
nwAmisif! room
An C.YMNASIUM
; 'should be made more efficient and
Candy and Sandwich Sale Tomorrow' run 0n a nmre buinepliVe bcis.
Afternoon and Oyster Supper To-! . L. E. BLANCHARD.
Morrow Hven ing at Old BapU-st,
rhnrrh Rllildinf
aiOniT VUG UVSlcr IIIIC. 'Jiv-'."..
used m equippinjr tne oia
church building for a reading room
m,mnainm to hA used hv the
voung men 01 tne town. me
building will be managed on the or.
der of a Y. M .C. A., and wnile it
will ho under the management of the
n 11 man in fnum
ij;iraucl nana an vuuiik "-h ...
will be welcomed as members of the
organization. In gettinc candy or
T .
nusfori! tomorrow vnu win not oniv
be getting vour monev's worth, but
will be heloing a gooa move, ineet
your friends at the supper.
Lumber Road Engine Splits a Switch
An engine belonging to the Kings-!
dale Lumber Corporation which was
pullin ga number of cars loaded
with logs split a switch near the
1 :n TL..Jn ...n .
and four cars of logs were thrown
Tho Rjiroca clnss of the First Bap-
.... . i 11 1. l t 1 i 1 n i a.
dv and sandwich sale at the o d Ban- J. T. McElveen Gets T-o vP,rS On twice in abdomen and hips, recovery 'iren of Evergreen spent Tuesday t'fg out the t.re. 1 blaze was d1?
tist church building tomorrcw: Roads for Arson-Other Cases. doubtful. Home at Swepsonville, M night with her brother Mr. D. E. covered upsta.rs in . the buildmg m
afternoon from three to five o'clock.1 The following", hnve been dis-' C., second enlistment. Ivey.-Mr. and Mrs. F M Ivey room U3,d by Mr. and Mrs. W. N
Tomorrow 'iiTfiSn 2v!n to posed' of by Recorder E. M. Britt Arthur L. Saupe aged 19 shot spent Sunday with Mrs Ivey's fath- Sm.th a, a kitchen and " thought
ninA o'clock ovsters will be served since Thursdiv: r pht foot. Home, Vernon, Ind. er, Mr. Luther Bullock of Raft nave resulted from a defective
fn abundani t you ISfcl oy 'terfyou ; J T: McEhreen. arson, 2 years on Five Mexicans, 'including a worn. Swamp Mr. and Mrs Haynes Ivey Je.- The damage would not exceed
satisfied -nnhlic roads. The evidence brought an, also were wounded. A Carranza' of Wniteville, who' had been with Mr.) ' . '
off the track and the engine came burned cotton could be round in tne,
very near burning over While no' mins, which made the fact plain that
very ncai buiimi .ui. ,1 vj v0 romnvaA hsfnri
one was injured, engineer vouert,
Small savs he was among the num
ber who were somewhat frightened.
TU. 'nnfvinn nroirrha ton ATld it
took some time to get it nacK oni
the track. On account of lack of
logs the saw mill did not run Fri-
day lor Saturday. The rail was!
broken and quite a number of ties,
broken.
COTTON AND COTTON SEED
Middling cotton is selling on the
, : -t , ctnr
loca market tonay ior n.oio ceni.a
tKo m,l. .rrirt. miHHliniT 11 5-8
cents. Seed, 60 cents the bushel.
Cotton has made quite a little rise;
in price during the last few aays.
The coroner's iury which Saturday
investigated the death of H. C. Sev
ers and C. E. Hall of Charlotte, who
were killed last .Wednesday night'
when a Southern train struck the rear
Pullman- of -the-football-special-in
the yards at Salisbury, in its verdict
charged Clvde Wilson, flagman, with
gross negligence in failinor to dis
play proper signals: A. Tankersly,
engineer, with negligence in disre
garding signals and not bringing
train under control; and Arthur Kel
ly, fireman, with contributory negli
gence in failing to observe and notify
the engineer of the signals.
Kcpori 01 v.ors uone m itoDeson
Since Last February Klcmonstra
tor Blanchard Gives Brief Review
of Work Agricultural Resources
of Robeson Are Unlimited Dem
onstration Work Should be En
larged and Made More Efficient.
To the Editor of The Robesonion:
To all whom it may concern I
take pleasure in submitting the fol
lowing report of demonstration work
since Feb. 4. 1915:
During the 10 months I have been
n Ha HomnTictnlinn nn,V T l,oQ
traveled in its interests 6,350 miles.
In traveling this distance I have
made 666 visits. The farmers reach-
djhjrmgh these visits nunaber -
around 225. In addition to making
these visits I have had 280 interviews
in the interest of farming. During,
this time I have met and talked to
10 duterent groups 01 tarmers.)i ouue senator ueo. a. mcLeoa s,
About 1,000 letters have been sent' farms near Fiarmont, this county. He!
"ut. Durin the past twelve months
there have been used in vaccinating:
directly through demonstration work!
around 200 fields of sov beans srrown
in Robeson county during the year.l
There have been put m about 50 plats
of clover. Over 300 bottles of cul- way -nome wnen his son was shot,
ture for indculation for the legume," Mr. Berry Littles and his family for
crops have been sent out over the roerly lived near Lumberton, mov-
county. The corn demonstration work
has been gratifying. We have enroll
ed in the corn clubs about 100 boys.
There has been a good enrollment' in
other clubs4, At this time I 'am un
able to estimate the increase in yield
of corn from demonstration nlats.
Efforts have been expended m en-
couraging the more general growing,
of winter eover crops. In addition
to pe sona e ion, m..e - ,,.sM.
meetings
were held in diiierent parts or me
county urging the farmers to sow
ing harrows and lime spreaders have,
i neiieve ine f?o'v lisuren uihiwc,
but a portion of the real work. It
is impossible to express in figures alK
the forces that nave neen exn?napa
in strivin? to nut on a larger, broad-
er and a more useful plane this ag-'
Hltum! wrrk of the comity. And
niirauen. iik - iuiu.,i.v -;
eat. There is a growing need for,
e enlargement of the work. If
fh
County Demonstrator.
RECOKl'Klv S UIUKI
UUl at, UlC i iai vi" ;
who came irom ?ouin Mronnn, hhu
rented land from Rev. Wesley Thomp-j
eon who lives near McDonald. When
Mcriveen picKea nis roiioii ne
ed it in the house belonging to Mr.
Thompson in which he slept. The
week before the house was burned Mr.
TU Aw.-ne.nn oanl a man tn lpln lvTc-l
, iiuiii(jo.n mi', " ....... v
Elveen haul the coton to the gin. but.
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he refused to let tne man sent to neioi
Hnn tne cotton see it. ne ciainieu,
there was 5,400 pounds of the cotton.
un aunaay nignt aner cni, ..!
rence the nouse was ournea. me
colored woman who cooked for Mc-
.mm . i j rrL. .
Elveen testified that she could have
nut out the fire it Mcr.iveen naa let
her, but he told her not to bother it
as she might get burned. Those who
went to the fire also testfied that
V. email nf Vorospni" was RO creat
in starting the fire. No trace of thej
- "lilll
tne lire occurreu. 11. was ttuckfcx uwvj
McElveen ptolft the cotton and set;
fre to the b"ilding.-the old Thomp-J
pon nornsi.i. w n...c Ku..w
Jim McMillan, colored, running
-"to into new bngsv belonging to Mr.
Howell, S25 and cost. A. H. Love,
fnU pretense, bound over to Super-
tor Court.
The Small Boy and the Rifle
Is it against the town ordinances
to shoot rifles within the corporate,
i' -i. .1 a. t T :i in V..
umiis-.oi tne iuw.i : u n, . uk
inw should be enforced. There are,
a number of small boys who are
"toting" 22 rif es and shooting them
about town.
n .u
V.-k.in r,UvA with- hv snmp hovstho horror hotmn when a Villa sol-
CMC kj I I ' fc. Ijiuji.il ...v.. ' ' J J ;
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a man to take his eyes along some!
around town manes it uanvjeruus iui
of the streets. One man remarked
recently that it was almost danger-
on s
for him to stay at home. . If
small - boys arer allowed to endanger
their own lives by playing with
'arms' they shoul dbe required to
get out of town to play.
-Ltither Chavis, Indian, who lives
on route 1, 6 miles from Lumberton,
brought to The Robesonian office this
morninnp nn par nf rorn around which
six other small ears had grown, eev-r
en ears in one shuck.
' ROBESON BOY KILLED IN
! FIGHT WITH VILLA SOLDIERS
ir -
Stephen Littles, Who Lived Near Fair
mont, Son of Berry Littles,
on Mexican Border i
North Carolina Boy Fat
ed in Fight Across
' Snipers and American Soldiers Ex
change Fire as Villa Force Evac
, nates Nogales
Nogales, Ariz., Dispatch, Nov. 26.
Stephen Littles of Fairmont. N. C.
one of tne three soldiers wounded in
UKlaV S Dattle With Villa trOODS n
Nogales, Sonora, died tiere tonight!
through the head. .
v ..v Ctte8f Swepsonville, N.1
M14omu.ghebdamen
not expected to live.
' '
Stephen Littles was a son of
Mr. Berry Littles, who lives on one
w3 a nephew of Mr. D. J. Littles;
of Lumberton and according to the'
would not allow him to do so
Berry Littles attended the Carolina
Virginia football game in Richmond!
on inanKsgiving day ana was on nisi
ing to the McLeod's farm near Fair
cont only last year, and the young
man who was killed was known to
many Lumberto neople.
Remains Will Arrive Here Tomorrow
The remains will be sent to Lum
berton and interred at Meadow-Brook
cemetery either tomrrow or Wednes-
"'CieSL " l". " f0-0.."
"ounced because of 1 the fact tit "it
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Nogales, Ariz., Dispatch, Nov. 26.
Three United States soldiers were
wounded, one fatally, while another
is not expected to liver and a score,
of Mexicans are reported to havej
ijumici ucinmi a wuiuan anu a V milt
soldier started the trouble.
Tonight General Obregon was in
Nogales and measures were being
tnkpn to rrstorp nlir nftor Inat
nieht's lootine and riotine. All sud -
All eim.l
wji..- at iOUor were hpino- nVstrnved
"
Nogates, Sonora, the Mexican
town across the border from here
was captured today by General Ob-
rp.0 - c 2a
ers, leit Dy uenerai vuia, exchanged
shots across the boundary with
American' troops.
Mr.
Three American scldiers were" to be a-better crcp year. . , j 'rv' ij 7 -wounded
I Rev. D. P. Brideers resigned at! Within five minutes after the
Stephen Littles, aged 22, of Fair-! Ravnham Baptist church last iec-j alarm had been 'phoned in the fire
mont, N. C. who enlisted February ' ond Sunday. We were real sorry to, department hnd extrnguiKhed a blaze
1, 1914, was shot through the head' criye him up as he had been there, at the Warwick boarding house. First
and died tonight. 1
- "ri " ,
oe, lomiudnuuiK tne AmciRaiii
troops, of ' routing the Villa forces,
was shot, off his horse. He was
brought to the American side of the
line. The firing across the border
began shortly before noon when Vil
la troons. who with? the chieftain, had
evacuated the town early today, were!
1 , V, m r
hotly engaged by the Obregon forces
10 :i 11. r xt 0-
some muep buuui ui iuKca, ou
nui a.
The Mexican town had been looted
and in the shooting which began ear
ly in the day a shower of bullets fell
on the American side. Throngs which
had gathered on the street leading
to Nogales, Sonora, and the Interna
tional boundary were hurried back by
United States soldiers. .
Then a party of snipers opened fire
on the American town. Colonel Sage
troops should return fPJ
uanjfereu American a.l ,-
men stationed near the line , opened
on the sniners and a number of the
xov;ana cn to fall
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A detachment of Villa cavalry then
was seen dashing over the hills south-
wpat nf Mno-nla Sonora. Thev were:
shooting and dodging and seeking cov-
er. 'The American soldiers replied to
their fire, shooting deliberately and.ment of our teacher, Miss Uattie
apparently with sufficient etlect to,
halt the Mexicans. The sniners posted
in the looted town gradually stopped
firing. Tonight Carranza troops
were in control of the town. Gen-
eral Obregon. set a squad to work
HacrrAvini, wliflt hnilftf t.hP Villa
- .w - j - s vv- ,
forces left behind and announced that,
order would be maintained.
by army officers tonight
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u er piiKt'U a (uariei vvim a numau
on the. main street of the Mexican
town. The woman tried to take the
soldier's rifle away from him, but,
eludiner her. he turned and fired into
tr --crowd- of "American 'soldiers' Fta
tioned on the boundary line fifty
yards away. A moment later bul
lets from the weapons of snipers be
gan to fly over the line. The Amer
ican infantrymen replied. They were
ordered, however, to endanger no
Mexican who was not actually firing
at them. The ooDulation of the
American town watched the exchange
from hills to the north of the town,
METHODIST CONFERENCE
North Carolina Methodist Conference
1 n f"c' tr hurch in H liming.,
The annual North Carolina Confer
ence of the Mthndit Phnrrh ,hi,.h
will convene in Wilmington Wednea.
day of. this week, December 1, will
De tne seventh session of the Confer-
n tn. ho kM
It will rep-
wunt a MofhIiot hnct f t-. cr.
000 to 90,000. Bishop John C. Kilgo
will preside. The sessions of the Con-
ference will be held in Grace church,
tor.
Rev. Dr. W. B. North, pastor of
Chestnut Street Methodist church of
Lumberton, is a member of a com-
nittee tnat win meet tomorrow, so
Dr. North will go to Wilmington to-
morrow morning. He will report all
collections paid in full, 19 additions
Of course it is not known yet
whether or not he will be returned
to this charge, as that is a matter
in the hands of the Bishop and his
cabinet.
Rev. N. L. Seabolt, pastor of the
Lumberton circuit, has been on that
charge three years. Rev. A. J.
Groves, pastor of the St. Paul's cir
cuit 1has served th?at circuit our
years and according to the law of the
church will have tp be sent toanother
charge next year. The pastor ofi
this circuit has been making his home
at Barker's but last week's St. Paul's
Messenger stes that hereafter the
home of the pastor of this circuit
will be at St. Paul's. Rev. B. E.
Stanfield,' pastor of the Robeson cir
cuit, Rev. N. L. Eure, pastor of the
Red Springs church, Rev. A. L. Or
mond, pastor of the Maxton church,
and Rev. J. A. Lee, pastor of the
Rowland circuit, have all served less
than four years
It is probable that quite a number
apciiiti iiitcicsi. iaj an jiicmuuiovo.
RAYNHAM NEWS NOTES
Through Gathering Crops Rev. D,
! p- Bridgers Resigns Pastorate
I. Hrtdgers uesigns fastoraie
Sunday School Preparing or En-
tertainmeTit-Chrtstmaa-Eve-Per-
nal ,
Corresponhence of The Robesonian.
Raynham, Nov.. 26-Movements
""' i.ivk.i-koM.c ........
crops and are preparing to move for,
another year hoping for next year,
for the last 7 years.
Ai rs . Harriet aiepnens ann can-
. TT j w , ,
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Stone snent Saturday night with
their parents, returned to their work
Sunday night at Wade.
The Raynham Sunday school 13!
preparing to have an entertainment
at the church Christmas eve nignt
It will consist of songs and recita-
i. - n . u rv,'t
tions. Come one. come all. Don t
fortret the date. Christmas eve night
Miss Louise Carson of McDonald
soent Sunday night with Miss Pearl
Hall. Misses Addie and Thera Wal
ters of Center spent Thanksgiving af
ternoon at the home of Mr. Henry
Britt. Miss Bertha Townsend and
brother of Raft Swamp spent Thanks
giving with Misses Florence and Ru
ble Britt. TnanKsgmnj? passed oirj
auietlv. There was a lot of hunting
going on. I wonder what has become
of "Aunt Becky" and the "Rebel Kid".
Would like to hear from them. Sor
ry to report Mrs. Joel Ivey sick.
Hope to see her out again soon.
School Progressing Nicely at Oak
Grove Personal
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Oak Grove (Buie), Nov. 27 The
school at Oak Grove is progressing
school at Oak Grove is progressing
nicely under the careful manage-
rowen oi oaume iree.
Mrs. Julia Prevatt and small son,
Austin leu tnis morning ior
lotte, where they will perhaps make
their home. Mr. Lacy Tyner and
wife spent Thanksgiving- with Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Bruce. Miss Lib-
r.vi. nri iirt(,(,P uarv(lv nt
bie Baxley and brother Harey or
near St. Pauls spent Saturday night
nd . r -
U. rrineeon. -ir. anu .irs. n.iu
tvi i-uii,,.,
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the heme of Mrs. Davis' father, Mr,
II. C- Bruc. Sorry to report Mrs.
John Tyner is on the sick list. Miss
Lilian Pridgeon is spending the
week on Ten Mile.
Among the Sick
Mr. A. M. Hartley, who last week
underwent an opperation for appendi
citis at the Thompson hospital, is get
ting along nicely. ,
Mr. Rufus Sanderson was taken
yesterday to the Thompson hospital
where he will undergo an operation
which is not thought will be a very
serious ob.
Shot' u roes, day. They are beaut es
One Other; "vur"- rau' HrfU- ne r.in ha k ;.
any wound- " " l,7t. , marr age of Lester
mm . i I In I is 11 n fn t Ir.C . V" - ls.wi Id
ijiiir tiiib -. . - - - , r i0 nrr hrvth r am
M. Jvev a TjareiiL!, re'-uriitu uai:n. iu liicii , .nr.. r . i . vLit wnu uves on
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I BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
The People's garage got in a
cnr-load shipment of Paige autos Fri-
isued for the
Lovett and Car-
rJiam.
Sheriff R. E. Lewi will h .(
o4iuruaToi.Mii wees lor
n ... i., - .4 l' .. . . .... .
tne urp?,, of collecting taxes.
Special meetine St. AlKan'.
Lodg No. 114, A. F. & A. M. to
morrow evening. Work in 3rd de
gree. ,
Barker's school defeated Ten Mil
school in an interesting baseball
game at Barker's Thanksgiving Day
by the score of 25 to 12. .
St. Paul's Messenger: Mrs. R.
D. Caldwell's talk to the ladies at th
Great Marsh church was greatly en
joyed last Sunday evening by a large
crowd.
Mr. L. B. Groves of Greensbom
was in Lumberton Saturday on his
wcy from Barker's, where he visite
parents, Rev. amf
to Montreat.
under treat-
While on his wav to I.nmhortM
Saturday, 11 Barfield, who lives at
Barnesville, ran across a hatf-growm
possum' walking the public road
iust as though he had paid taxes to
help make the roads. lie brought
the young fellpw on to town and let
a Lumberton man have him t tame.
Mr. and Mrs. RalpVSharpe and
little daughter Ruby -Lee left Fri
day morning for Eastover, S. C.
. .1 il
wncre iney win maice tneif home.
They were accompaniied by Mr. Char
lie L. Prince of Columbia, S. C
wno came witn Mr. snarpe to Lum
berton Sunday. They made the trip
in Mr. Sharpe'a car.
Mr. G. M. D. Howard of St.
Pauls was among the visitors m
town Friday. Mr. Howard told The
Robesonian's reporter about killing a
hog one day recently which had two
well-developed milts. This is some
thing very unusual, as hogs only have
one as a rule. The hog was natur
al in every other way.
The Lumberton male quartett.
composed of Messrs. Frank Googh.
E. B. Freeman, C. B. Skipper and
J. P. Stephens, furnished music at
the unveiling of a W. O. W. monu
ment at the grave of the late B.
S. McLean at tha McLean cemetery
at Maxton yesterday afternoon. Mr.
M. N. Folger accompanied the quar
tet, making the trip in his auto.
Friends of Rev. and Mrs. N. L.
y," r," " u'"fluu"s
"'" "K ""J B' T" onr,' oe"ca 8ire.
'V wrui
cn T them consisted cfdr
! 1 eroce
, 4ll'2SeJll
indeed Ho all w'-o remembered them
ac Xlt D39tor of the cLrS
P0!' 1LP N nLfJL S
rrV .l cvtninr anHl 8:w
i.jhiihvi.i cit u.-kh m pm-
route 4, 7 miles from Lumberton.
lost a buggy robe in Lumberton some
days ago and a frierd persuaded him
to advertise for it in The Robeson
"nn's Business Builder column. Mr.
Watts was skeptical about it and said
he didn't believe the ad would do
any good, but said he'd try it. Sat
urday Mr. Watts came into The Rob.
esonian office and in great glee in
formed the editor that the ad did
the work, that it brought the robe
back. And he was mighty glad he
advertised.
Miss Hilda Merkle, oh
of the young ladies who has
been playing the piano at the Pas
time theatre, suffered a nervous at-
tack at. the- Methodist church last
evening shortly after Dr. North be
gan preaching and had to be earned
out of the church. The' incident
caused a slight interrption to the ser
vice but the excitement subsided at
once. Miss Merkle was taken to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wish
art, where she boards, and it is un
derstood that her condition is much
improved today. .
Graded School Building in Sight.
Maxton Scottish Chief.
We iearn today, too late to give
particulars, that the special school
ti;gtrict bonds 'have"been resold to
r.;other parties, the McNair & Co., of
Chicago, having failed to make good
their bid. The plans tor tne new
bnildine. drawn by Architect Sayer,
h?.ve been accepted and it would seem
that this new school building so long
delayed, by defective legislation and
other vexatious things is now almost
in sight so mote it be. There are
now 194 pupils enrolled in the white
M hool which crowd1? it.
Mr. Daniel C. Lytch, a prominent
citizen of Scotland county, died at
Mshopie.Thnr.sd
.I Lin. ..Lj.iijmu -n i' ',' m
DR. W. W. PARKER
Specialist in Fitting Glasses
and Relieving Eye Discomforts
Phone, Office 126,
Residence 189
. Lunberton, N. C