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COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH Sl-50 A YEAR. DUE IN AD YAK CI LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1915. VOL XLVI NUMBER 86 ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. 'Si. SUM51ARY OF THE WAR NEWS United States Demands Prompt Ac Jtion From Vienna Greece's Atti tude Remains Unknown News From the Various Fronts. The United States has demanded from Austria-Hungary a disavowal of the sinking by one of that Gov ernment's submarine boats of the Italian steamer Ancona, the punish ment of the commander of the sub. marine and an . indemnity for the American . citizens killed or injured . . British and French forces in south eastern Serbia are withdrawing sue. cessfully in the face of fierce Bul garian attacks and have repulsed several of the attacks in rear-guard actions according to Paris. Berlin, however, says the Entente forces have suffered a decisive defeat and are retreating toward and over the Greek frontier. The British official com munication admits casualties aggre gating 1,500 and the loss of eight field guns in the retreat before over whelming numbers of Bulgarians. Greece's attitude toward Entente troops if they are compelled to re enter Greek territory is unknown. A dispatch from Saloniki, however, says the Greek Premier has informed the Entente Ministers that Greece is dis posed to mak every concession not incompatible with her sovereignty and the neutrality of the country. Meanwhile, fresh contingents of Brit, ish troops have been landed at Sal oniki. In th northwest, along the Al banian frontier, and in Montenegro the Teutonic Allies continue to har- rass the Serbians and Montenegrins in Montenegro and "the aptureof 00 prisoners and 40 Serb guns are reported in the Austrian official com munication. At the other battle fronts the greater part of the fight ing is being done by the 'artillery, with an occasional air raid. Liirht and Water Improvements De layed There has been a hitch in the sale of light and water bonds of the town "f Lumberton in the sum of $25,000 $15,000 for changing over the town light plant to the A. C. system to takft current from the Yadkin River Power Co. and $10,000 for a filter plant those who proposed to pur. chase the bonds claiming that it will take a special act of the Legislature to allow the town to increase its in debtedness to the extent proposed. The town officials are working on the problem and it is expected that temporary arrangements may be made whereby the proposed improvements may be made in the near future. Meanwhile, through no fault of the town officials, the work of changing over to the alternating current sys tem and installing a water filter will iem unci insumiiif wauci unci be delaved much loneer than was .A hen the bonds were voted. I Sunerior Court. Only two jury trials were complet ed after the 'report o fthe court pro ceedings published Thursday were written before court adjourned for the week Friday afternoon. These were Locke McMillan vs. V. & C. S. Ry. Co., judgment for plaintiff; Luke Galbreth vs. .Tno. Galbreth, indwrnent for plaintiff. Court opened up this morning about; - . . . :it 10 o ciock ana tne case in re win oi the late Miss Athesia Carlyle is be in tried. There is something like $30,000 involved in this case and the trial will last all dav if not longer. Judtre II . W. Whedbee. the judge presiding, spent the week-end at his home n Greenville. 4,196 Pounds Seed Cotton On 1 1-4 Acre 30 Bales On 32 1-4 Acres The farmers say this has not been a good vear for growing cotton, but nevertheless Mr. L. H. Caldwell of Lumberton. one of the leading mer chants and bietrest farmers in the county, made 4,196 pounds of seed cot. ton on 1 1-4 -acres. This turned out 1400 pounds of lint cofton. Not on ly did one acre of Mr. Caldwell's land turn out a good yield of coton. On 23 1-4 acres he made 50 bales. The seed used were the Mexican Bif? Bolls Mr. Caldwell hnd some of the seed on exhibition at the Farm Products, Live Stock and Poultry Ex hibit recently held in Lumberton. Cutting Down Fertilizer Bill. Mr. F. A. Faulk of route 1 from Fairmont, ywho was amone the call ers at The Robesonian office Thurs. day of last week, told about cuttine his fertilizer down from 9 1-2 tons in 1914 to 2 1-2 this year and says he niade iust as pood a crop as ever. He says he didn't use any fertilizer cf any kind under his corn and made a bumper crop. He declares he is tired of working for the fertilizer people and will buy tut very little commercial fertilizer next year. However, he will use more home made fertilizer next year. MH Christmas Packages Early Postmaster D. D. French asks The Robesonian to urge patrons of the postoffice to mail Christmas pack aees as early as possible in order that thev may be sure to reach their destination in due time. The rush js already on at the postoffic. and the earlier you get your packages ready and the more securely you fas ten them the better it will be. Bear this in mind and don't wait till the last moment and then expect the same service that can be given now. COTTON AND COTTON SEED Middling cotton is selling on the local market today for 11 1-2 cents the pounds; strict middling 11 3-4. Seed, 65 cents the bushel. WILL REPLACE BUILDINGS Colored School Taught by Rev. J. H. Hayswood Will be Provided With Buildings on Larger and Better Scale to Replace Those Recently Burned. R6besonian readers are familiar with the loss sustained recently by the colored school taught by Rev. J. H. : Hayswood and will be glad to learn that the buildings will be- re placed on a larger and better scale. The following letter explaffts itself: - Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 8, 1915. "Mr." J. P. Russell, Lumberton Chamber of Commerce, Lumberton, N. C. "Dear Sirs "I am requested by the Board of! Missions for Freedmen of tne tresby terian Church in the U. S. A., of which I am the Corresponding Secre tary and Treasurer, to express to you and to the other members of the Lumberton Chamber of Commerce the great pleasure it gave us to receive a copy of the action adopted by your honorable body, on the occasion of the burning of the buildings connected with the school under our care in your town, of which Rev. J. H. Hays wood was the principal. We were especially gratified to learn that the school has been so conducted as to win and earn the con fidence o fthe best people of Lumber ton in the honesty, integrity and ef ficiency of those paving the school fn charge, and we greatly appreciate the sympathy "expressed for Rev. J. H. Hayswood and his family, in connection with the ereat loss with whixh , they have been so suddenly .and ttompietcl7che)iii:-I' thank the good white friends of your community for the freewill contribu tion they have already made toward the re-establishment of our school. This has had much to do with our de. cision to continue our work in your community, and at no distant date to replace the burned buildings on a larerer and better scale.- "Thanking you again for the copy of the action of the Lumberton Cham ber - ofiCommeree.Iremain, Yours eratefullv and sincerely. "E. P. COWAN". Grantham Bros. Purchase McDonald Drug Store " Grantham Brothers, who operate drug stores at Dunn, St. Pauls and Red Springs, have bought from Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr.,' the stock and fixtures of the McDonald Drug Co. As has been mentioned in The Robe sonian. the McDonald Drug Co. went into the hands of receivers some three weeks, ago and Mr. McNeill bought Che stock and fixtures at a receiver's sale. - Work will be begun at once re- medeling the building, occupied by this company. Elm and Fourth li. i ex-13. A new plate glass front, rehire cn.ru corner,, v. hi nc r.iu In i-nd the floor will he lowered Mr. P. R. Hsmlet. a register:! phar macist who has been in charge of; the McDonald Drug Co. for some time and who was made receiver, will work for the new company. Mr. T 11 1 1 l - 1. i.. i. i,rantnam. wno nas -ween hi, St. Pauls, will have charge of the store here. Christmas Sale Will be Conducted by Ladies of Methodist Church The hdies of Chestnut Street Meth-j odist church will open Christmas! sale of all kinds of fancy articles,! i : : o.on .l.v TVim-cow I Dec. 16th, in the room recently oc cnoied by the Dixie cafe, under the Thompson hotel. Everybody is cor dially invited to come and purchase yonr Christmas presens. The ladies will serve in connection with the Christmas sale of fancy ar ticles, sandwiches and hot tea and chocolate. Thev will also have for sale all kinds of delicious home-madei candies. Every one who has any thing to donate to the Christmas sale will please bring or send to the res 'dence of Mrs. I. B. Townsend on Wednesday, Dec. 15th. Nero Dies From Accidental Gunshot Wound Ren Frank McKay, colored, of the Piney Grove section, near Maxton, who was accidentally shot by Peter McQueen, colored, while they were huntine, as mentioned by "Aunt ReVky" in her news letter in Thurs day's Robesonian, died Thursday morning, it is learnd from the Max ton Scottish Chief. Dr. A. B. Croom held inmiest as special coroner and the jury's verdict was that the shoot ing vas accidental. Amonir th Sick. Mrs. Jasper C. Griffin of Fairmont, left Saturday afternoon accompanied bv Dr. J. P. Brown of that place, for Baltimore to undergo an operation at Johns Hopkins hospital. " They ex pected to reach Baltimore yesterday morning and that the operation would be performed as socn as possible af ter reaching the hospital. Dr. Brown advises The Robesonian that the op eration is a very serious one. Box Supper at7 Oak Ridge School House There will be a box supper' at Oak Ridge Fchool house, district No. 4 Wishart's townshio, Wednesday night of next week. The public is invited Miss Henrietta Duncan is the teach er. . Ovster Supper at Long Branch Dec. "18 The W. O. W. oyster supper" which was to have been triven at Long Branch Saturday nitrht of last week has been postponed to Saturday evening of this week, beginning at 7 o'clock. " FARMERS' UNION MEETING Last Meeting WiH be Held in Lumberton Dec. 15 The Robeson1 Division of the Farm ers' Union will hold the last meet ing for the year in the court house here Wednesday of this week. At thi3 meetinsr officers will be elected; for the ensuing year and other mat-j day afternoon in the graded school ters of importance will be considered.) building. Quitsa a Slumber of the Ail members of the Union, whether; ladies were present and a very in delegates or rot, are urged to attend: terestirg hour was most profitably this, the most important meeting of i' spent the year. The meeting will open at j Several committees were appoint-10:30- a. m. The Union has been.; ed and numerous plans and projects worth much to the aerrieultural elassi discussed for future work. The as- in Robeson and there is room fori i J . l . 1 : V - J . iplishedi I d Ncth-; mucn more froou io lkj hccojji by proper co-operation. in to Do With Alleged Frsme-Up.j, . In Thursday's Robesonian mention! was made of a strange trial before j Recorder E. ' M. Britt Monday night of last week when one L. J. Lowrey j of Pageland, S. C, blew into Lum- berton and submitted to cursing ana abusing Prof. J. F. Love on the streets some time ago. Ij was stated in that article that Lowrey submit ted through, his attorney, Mr. T. L. Johnson. Since a groat many people seem to think this trial was merely a frame-up. as Prof. Love says Chief of Police H. H. Redfearn was the man who assaulted him, it is prop er to state that Mr. Johnson says he never saw or heard of Lowrey until perhaps five minutes before the trial, .when' Lowrey Tame-to his office and employed him and that if there was a frameup some one else was responsi ble for it, that he never counseled it or knew of it. It never occurred to X" "''"!''v T&tyjjitbe, Iews item was prtnleef tha't! iffiybne would supi pose for a moment that Mr. Johnson was acting in the matter except m good faith, and The Robesonian does not believe now that any one so be lieves. But to make the matter en tirely clear this statement is made. If the trial was a frameup it was just as much a frameup on Mr. John son as it was on the public. Church Bazaar at Marietta Dec 17 niiu lo. j Correspondence of The Robesonian. 1 snd 18 Marietta. Dec. 13 On Friday and Saturday of this week, Dec. IT and 18. the Ladies Aid society and Star Philathea class pf Olivet Methodist church will have a bazaar. They will occupy the store on the corner next to B. L Temple & Co. All who ex pect to contribute something to the bazaar are urped to have their ar ticles in not later than Thursday af ternoon. Oysters will be served Fri day and Saturday. On Saturday night there will be an oyster supper, and a doll dressed as a bride will be sold at" auction. 7. She will be seen in the window during the bazaar. Everybody is cordially invited to vis it our store and buy your Christmas presents from us. Godwin Interested In Rural Credits, Also System for Warehousing Cot ton. . . Washington Cor. Charlotte Observer. ef fhA sixth j:4.:4. ,j.. en;,! Vt. 4a fr-rontUr in. i.j c.cfoe. aHnntpH for warehousing cotton and for rural, rumors firstwere given credence credits at this session of Congress,, in many quarters because of the ar two measures he considers of indis.i rest last nieht t the , guncotton fac pensahle value to rural sections. Rur- torv of a man wonlactoryfioff'aJs ill credits would be the salvation of . "id., bad attempted to put ; a charge the South, he said. He thinks it in-j of nitroglycerin ,m one. of the beat consistent that there 'should be no er houses and had been under sur warehousing system for cotton while, veilance for several days. rovisions have Deen maae ior u many other crops. Mr. Godwin feels that his district is in splendid shape, that the people nre rejoicing m the beneiits oi a Democratic Administration and liv 'nir in prosperity. Business condi tions are sound .and progress is evi dent throughout the section. Notice of New Advertisements n i.. ii.:.. r wiiHo a, rm,o-n i The Ford has a record of efficient performance which speaks for itself -Robeson Auto Co. : ; . I xr-i.: ,i ctnpW- rNuuire ui annual incvwiif, holder" of V. & C. S. Rv. Co., also r mtai;ntr nf hnnrd of directors of , inttni., same company. Whitfield & French will move in trv now nnnrters in a few davs. xt4-: nr flnnliratinn f nr nnrdon r june McKay - Program at Pastime. ! Will save you monev on all your Christmas goods Lumberton Bargain i' "HK'"-"""" t House. rioii von want money for next Christmas on an easy plan First Na tional Bank. Plumbing H. C. Rogers. T?rinT vonr hides and furs to L II. Caldwell's. j Christmas presents for men Townsend Bros. L. II . Caldwell beeins a great hoi iday festival .sale Dec. 16. ! TVio rrrnAaJ sfinfvi will close Fri day of this week for the Christmas bolidavs and will reopen or the spring term Tuesday, January 4. ; CHRISTMAS TTOTinVY RATES NORTH, SOUTH. EAST and WEST VIA SEABOARD AIR T TNE R MEW Y "The Progressive Railway of the South" Tickets on sale Dember l"th to 25th. inrl.!?ive, 1915. Fnal Return : ;m;t i,niii inth ioia For rates and Pullman i-servatiqns call on your re-rpct ao-ent. II. E. PLF4S4NTS. TP W;lmineton. N; JAMES KERR. Jr. TP A. - - Chirion?. N. JOHN T. WF3T. DP C. C. Raleigh, N. C. ClflC ASSOCIATION MEETS cn Appointed and Plans for, Work Discussed All Ladies of Town Invited to Attend Meetings. Reported for The Robesonian. The Civic Association held its reg- ular monthly meetine last Wednes sociation has improved and progress-' J : i , - 'i ji , . t ed.considerabiv during the past year! and ail the 'ladies of the town are cordial iv invited to attend and help hi the work. The meetings are held the first Wednesday after the first Sunday in each month at the graded school building. MRS. JOHN KNOX, Sec. : CHRISTMAS SAVINGS I (lAH T ' j "I a 1 T X- . t Yl 1. 4o,un; uistriDuieu iy national ianK of Lumberton Saturday to Members of Christmas Savings Club. Five thousand dollars was the amount of money turned loose in Lumberton Friday night by the Na. tional Bank of Lumberton. This was the amount paid out by the bank to members of the Christmas savings club. There were many wearing emiles hereabouts Saturday because of the fact that they" had received a check for money they had saved by a little each week since last Christ mas. By joining a savings club and sav ing a small amount each week one will -v-.i, i,,. v -"V-i- I receive a nice checlustelQrevCist i viic null mas. Aimosi ue present. i ma i bank will open another club Monday, nh Mrtnrinv. December 20. The First National Bank has also started a Christmas saving department. Mushroom City of Hopewell, Va i Completely Destroyed by Fire Hopewell, Va., - Dispatch, Dec. 9. : This mushroom town of 25,000 people, grown up since last summer with the great new guncotton plapt of Jthe Dupont Powder Company, was i . i i . t - - ' cofnplctely destroyed by a fire which started in a restaurant and did prop erty damage estimated at from one to! three million dollars. The De pont works outside of the settlement wrs undamaged, but was once se riously threatened. Villages A and B pear Hopewell, built to house the families of married employes of the factory, also escaped. Scenes of wild disorder accompan ied the fire and citizens lynched a lie"- for looting. There was no loss of life otherwise and only a few mi mor' injuries . were reported. Martial lawwas proclaimed to night with the arrival of six militia companies, rushed from Richmond bv order of Governor Stuart. The thousands of homeless men, women and children had been sent to Peters burg and Richmond, but many men remained to guard what little prop erty they had been able to save. The fire was said to have been caused by the overturning of an oil stove, thouen there were rumors These that it had been incendiary. ."?tate Ask Payment of Claims of War of 1812 Washington Cor., 9th, Charlotte Ob server. After 100 vears an effort will be made before Coneress to secure for North Carolina payment of certain hvtptibp9 inrnrred bv the State in fit- tine out and furnishing troops for the War of 1812. Congressman kod f-rf N . Pao will introduce a bm to- morrow calling for an audit of the claim. The nmonnt due is ; suppose l tob from $150,000 to 6 00,000 , troops were called .or that t moTipv was advanced by tnc ' .1 , Str.ts for eauinninfi; them, and at virions times, thev have presented , . T1-J 1 Anf nnH claims ro xne renprai duvciiiiiichi ui-j vnePMr-H navmpiit. It is understood Nrrth Carolina's claim never has been Tirrrf nf-pd. South Carolina was the . . . ' , . . J . !r?t Nme wnicn receiveu iwm"". . n-?m b"tr met 15 venrs aeo. Maryland's claim was paid 50 years asm. Interest will not be alloved. France Violates American Rights W-x-HnTton D'snatch, 11th. The State Dnartment announced j today the stoprinir and searching of j tvr vocpit? of th rorK ana TV.rfr Um Line bv the French cniis- " -poenrtes would he made subject The DoTtment received of adviops today from San Juan Tho nnte will contend that removal f oiyens of nv nation from an A TworicnTi veo:!el on tne high seas l vithnnt le?ral iutif;cation . It will ncoori ) w.-n'! done a var aeo in o .w,et to Frnp in fhe case of ,. i n;k,;ri. the men re. Tvrovod were rot Pmbodiod "in the! oi-mnd fn"rs ftf enmv" in the tht. term in established in- AT- otiH Afro C H. Townaena ni,t TiTicB viv'n. rernrneii . ' . , 1 TVrc,uP riiht fr"m Chariot" where cptit oev""'l davs. nio in rv.rft0 ATq. Tow"oTid was tkn i'l witi) i severe 'old a"d ws t-'kon i-., Ppch--f or:?ri ionit1. where r?"'ir.pd till started home. TIo- cnrrllHnn ?a o-retlv imnroved, to the delieht of her many friends. LUMBER BRIDGE LOCALS Bazaar and Oyster Supper Dec 17 Personal and Other Items Correspondence of The Robesonian. I Luinoer Bridge, Dec. 11 The chil dren s missionary society of the Pres. byterian church gave an oyster sup per and bazaar Friday night, which was a great success, proceeds amount ing to $46.13. The O. E. S. ladies will give a bazaar and oyster supper Friday night, Dee. 17, in Masonic Lodge. Everybody is cordially invited to come afid bring your friends. Listen out for wedding bells Wed- hesday. Cupid seerns to dartinj arrows around right swiftly m Lum t)er. Lndgo Mr. D. Z. MeGougan . has pur darting chased a nice new car. Miss Lonnie Bennett is visting her grandmother in Dillon, Mrs. Bryant, who, we are sorry to report, is on the sick Hat. Don't forget the bazaar Friday night, Dec. 17. Everybody come. 11,161,000 BALES COTTON Government's Final Estimate Small Crop Worth About $78,000,000 More Than Last Year's Great Crop Washington Dispatch, Dec. 10. The 1915 cotton crop amounts to 5,338,588,000 pounds exclusive of linters, and is equivalent to 11,161,000 500-pound bales, the Department of lAgricultureannouncedtoday inits final estimate of the season. That is 2,300,000,000 pounds lesa than last year's crop. The value of the lint this year, however, is ap- . i . i o rrr aaa . proximately o.uuu.uuu inure i iJ-J-r CottoTji than . . - i j tT.. r iJW - w- 'r- mber - 1 at 11.3 cents a pound, while last year on that date they were getting 6.8 a pound. At the higher price this year the crop is worth $603,260, 000, while last year's lint was worth $525,324,000. The estimated production, exclu sive of linters, by states, with com. parisons follows: States 1915 1914 1909-1913 v Average Virginia 16,000 25,222 50,538 Nor. Car. 708,000 930,631 808,154 S. Car. 1,160,000 1,533,810 1,294,422 Geor. 1,900,000 2,718,037 2,086,598 Florida 50,000 81,255 61,561 Alabama 1,050,000 1,751,375 1,354,579 Miss. 940,000 1,245,535 1,181,320 Louisiana 360,000 449,458 340,715 Texas 3,175,000.4,592,112 3,730,765 Arkansas 785,000 1,016,170 869,778 Tenn. 295,000 383,517 Missouri 52,000 81,752 Oklahoma 630,000 1,262,176 California 34,000 49,835 All others 6,000 14,045 336,866 64,876 870,349 14,713 Wnnts - Mr. Caldwell To -Tell, How He Did It In a recent issue of The Robeson ian a news item appeared saying that Mr. L. H.Caldwell of Lumber ton made 112 bushels of fine Irish potatoes on one acre . after an oat crou. lnis lnieresvinjf swjry,wao cop ied by papers throughout the land and recently Mr. Caldwell received a letter from Mr. L. A.Niven, editor of Southern Farming, published in Atlanta, Ga, in which he says: "1 was very much interested in reading recently about the good yield of Irish potatoes you made the past season". Mr. Niven is so much in terested in this report that he offers to pay Mr. Caldwell for an article for his paper, telling all about his methods of growing them. New Railroad for Swain County The State chartered last week the Alaska Valley Railroad Company, having its home office in Bryson City. The corporation has for its special purpose the construction and opera tion of a railroad to extend from Bryson City, on the Murphy branch of the Southern, to the Falls, on Alaska Creek, a distance of 12 miles. The road will be entirely in Swain county. The capital is $150,000 au. thorized, and $12,000 subscribed, with the understanding that the paid-in capital will be brought up to $60,000 soon after the work begins. The stock is in shares of $10 each. Plenty to Live On "I have not got much money, but I'm clad to sav I have got plenty of wheat to make my flour and com to feed mv stock and family for twelve months and plenty of meat, vege tables, etc., to last me a year , was the way a farmer put it up to this reporter Saturday. That is the life and who has more right to be happy than that man? A social meeting of the local rsttin of tho Woodmen of the World was held Thursday evening. A biy nvstpr snnner was eiven by Stac Senator Geo. B. McLeod, who was al so orator of the evening, several oth- pr Tnpmber3 and visitors making short talks. About 65 were present and the evening was one of enjoyment Lumberton graded school boys 40 or 50 strontr marched down Elm street Friday night cheering for the i graded school, Supt. R. L. bentelle and I'rincipal J . L,. L,ove. ine dovs took this method of dispelling in no uncertain terms any mistaken idea that anv one misht have gotten from recent unpleasant- eventsthatthey ar not loval to their school and teacners. ine uujs arc sianuiii 1 iL . . : : 4 Vv Vine?- nAA - wnere ine niajunij ui iuc ut iw rle in Lumberton are standing souarely with the graded school fac ulty.' A party of Wilmington people went to Washington Thursday to get the War Department to establish an army training camp at Southport BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS License has been issued for the marriage of Zibbie Ivey and Etta Walters. Mr. Abner Nash has accepted a position as salesman in the Holmes Jewelry Co's. store. Mr. R. L. Gregory of the Raft Swamp section has accepted a posi tion as salesman in the grocery de -artment of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son's department store. Chief of Police II. H. Redfearn left yesterday morning for Charlotte to enter a hospital for treatment. Mr. A. E. Spivey is serving as police man while Mr. Redfearn is away. t Route Agent Warren of the Southern Express Co., with head quarters at Monroe, spnt a few h.urs here today, leaving on the R. & C. freight for a trip down that line. Miss Mary Steffy, a trimmer in the millinery department of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son's department store during the last season, expects to leave Wednesday for her home in Baltimore, Md. Assistant General Manager Set don and other Seaboard officials spent a short time here this afternoon. They" came in on a special from Marion, S. C, and after spending some time here left for Wilmington. Only ten working days till Christ mas. In the advertisement of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Sorrin this Issue the "13 days till Christmas" should read "10 days". The error was doe to an oversight The time draweth night. tv:T. ;nver, jaw more- collards in the country, was the remark or a farmer who was a, caller at The Rob esonian office one day recently. Col lardsrgo a long way towards feed- ing a family through the winter ' months. My, ain't the liquor good? Mr. U. M. Edwards, who has been In the bicycle business in Lumberton for a number of years, has sold his stock and fixtures to the Lumberton Cycle Co. This company of which Mr. D. C. Bullard is manager, has moved "into the building on West -Fourth street formerly occupied by Mr. Edwards. . "I have traveled over the eotm try quite a bit, and I have yet to find a more beautiful town than Lumberton", was the remark of a visitor recently. It's a fact that Lum berton is hard to beat Give Lumber ton an up-to-date hotel building and Robeson good roads and then it would be the best town in the best. county in the State. -Mr. and Mrs. II . C. Rogers ar rived Saturday from Greensboro and will make their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers formerly" lived here and have many friends who wlil be Heased because of their return. Mr. Rogers will engage in the plumbing business. They will board at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Phil lips, First street. Mr. W. L. Thompson of the long Branch section was among the visi tors in town Saturday. Mr. Thomp son had just returned from a through-the-country trip to the coast, where he and a party of friends spent a week. He says they had a most pleasant trip and killed quite a bit of game while away. They also brought back a quantity of fish. Mr. John E. Finney, district salesman for the Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation, spent Thursday in Lumberton and closed a contract mak ing the Lumberton Motor Car Co. general distributors of the Maxwell car for this section. ThisV company has heretofore only been local agent for the Maxwell car. Mr. Finney also contracted with The Robesonian to do some advertising for the Max well people In the list of nremiums awarded at the county exhibit held in Lum. berton December 2. 3 and 4, publish ed in Thursday's Robesonian, Mr. W. G. Nance of Lumberton should hay been put down as winning the first prize. $1, offered by the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Lumberton, for the best R. I. Red cockerel, in ad dition to the 50c packasre of diarrhoea remedy offered by the Pratt Food Co. Mr. L. W. Reddick of Dariirg- Un. S. C, and Mr. Leonard Britt of Mtr Eliam spent Saturday in town, guet3 of their nephew Mr. F. Grow er Britt. Mr. Reddick and family came to Mt. Eliam through the coun try in an auto last week and will spend some time there visiting rela tives. Mr. Reddick savs that while his section has beat Robeson on a. hay crop there are more potatoes in Robeson than any place he has been. Mesdames J. D. McCormac and A. C. McGoogan of Rennert were in Lumberton Thursday soliciting subscriptions for the Presbyterian church at Rennert, which church is in course of construction. They were much encouraged by the liberal re sponse of the Lumberton people whom they approached. They hope to be able to cover the church soon. They are preparing to have a Christ mas tree at the Rennert school house on the evening of the 23d, and lat er on, perhaps in January, they will have an entertainment to raise money for the church. DR. W. W. PARKER Specialist in Fitting Glassea and Relieving Eye Discomforts Phone, Office 126, Residence 189 Lumberton, N. C
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