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TITO ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. -. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH IU0 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE vol xlvi r : lumberton, north carouna, Thursday, December 30, 1915. number 91 NEW SCHOOL BUILDING CHRISTMAS IN LUMBERTON CARSON STRICKLAND PARDON'Di FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER LONG BRANCH LOCALS BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Contracts Have Been Awarded It Wll be 2-Story Brick Building With 5 Class Rooms, Office and .Auditorium of Seating Capacity of iOO It Will Hare All Modern Equipment--Old Building Will be Remodeled " The contract .has been let4 to Messr3. Harris & Poe of Durham for the erection of Lumberton's new school building. The contract for the heating and plumbing has" been -let to Hunt Brothers & Pettit of Greens- Loro. . ' - . ' , vva mini KniiHinir will be erected un the graded school lot just back of - the . present ; building. The plans for the building were drawn by Ar. chitect' J. M. Kennedy of Raleigh. The structure will be a two-story krick building. The first floor will contain two class rooms 22x32 feet, an auditorium with a seating capac ity of 900, a large sfca'ge,. reading room, office for superintendent; 'and toilets. The second floor will have three class rooms 22x32 feet, each class room to have a cloak room in Connection. The tJbuSlding will be steam heated and modern in every respect. The State Department of Education examined the plans and approved them. The contract calls for the remodeling of the old school building. Three additional class rooms will be arranged in the place of the auditorium upstairs ' in the eld building and the heating system will be rearranged. . The cost of erecting the new build ing, including seating, etc., and re jmftMimt, .ld , building will be -SO.bWthe WWnt' XzZ. JUhave, been -voted for. Work of placing mate rial on the grounds has already be gun and the building will be com pleted in plenty time for the open ing of school next fall. . MURDER CHRISTMAS EVE Mary Bethea, Colored, Shot and Kill ed at Her Own Christmas Party Osborn Ford, Colored, Charged With Crime, Escapes Two Negro r.Men in Jail Charged With Conner tion With Crime , Mary Btethea, colored, was snot' and killed at her home on the plan tation of Mr. E. G. Morgan, near rViricmna Kvf The Shoot1 ing took place about 8 o'clock and the coroners jury renuercu -a u.j diet to the effect that Mary camei to her death from a gunshot wound in the back, the gun being in the hands of Osborn Ford, also colored, j Ford made his escape. Two negroes v.. noma nf Wellington and uad-l ly are in jail charged with being con nected with the killing. Coroner G. -E.-RanckerDrBT-WPage, county health officer, and Sheriff R. Lewis went to the scene of the mur der Christmas Day and held an in quest. The two negroes in jail re fused to tell anything about the mur der at the inquest, but since they were placed in jail they talk .freely. m. Amn nrVin rem a ltilled W8S ?iv- Ing a Christmas party on the night, she was murdered and quite a num-. v necro men were in aueuu. ance, it is said. PAID OFF OLD SCORE Jus Thompson, Colored, Shot by Des- Derate Negro Near Fair Bluff Christ-; mas Day Death Resulted Tues dayMurderer Jailed at White- 1 vill The remains of Gus Thompson,' colored, who was shot and fatally, wounded near Fair Bluff by another negro, Mayo Granger, Christmas. Day, were brought- here Tuesday.! Interment was made at Sandy Grove; yesterday. The shooting took place, Christmas Day, but death did not result till Tuesday. The man who did the shooting was arrested and placed in iail at Whiteville.- The; negro who fired th efatal shot is said, to be of a desperate character and had threatened the lives of several; others in the community where he lived. Reports say that he had had i- in for Thompson for some time rnd on Christmas Day went, to hunt Thompson and when he found himj e shot him at close range. j - Three Injured in Auto Wreck at Elizahethtown , ,, Mr. Dock Campbell and son, Mr. Luther of Lumberton and Mr. Oscar Smith of Bladen county, are all at the Thompson ho?r:tal suffering from in juries received in an auto accident which occurred at Elizahethtown on the night of the 23rd inst. , Mr. Dock Campbell suffered a broken left arm and a badly crushed right shoulder; Air Luther Campbell's skull was fractured; Mr. Smith had a leg brok en. A Mr. Butler of Bladen county was also on the car, but escaped with slight bruises. The auto, which be longed to Mr. Dock Campbell, turned completely over, it is said, on a street at Elizahethtown, then reversed it self and ran some distance before stopping. The car was not damag ed more than the windshield brok en. A soft sandy place in the street : ..;, n harp rail spd the wreck. While it is not thought that any of the occupants of tne auio were ia tally wounded, they had a close call and the Messrs. Campbell and Mr. Smith were seriously hurt. Last Call for Taxes . Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the sheriff. Tlia IitIi cltpr iff nf Robeson. R. E. Lewis, is advertising in this issue of The Robesonian the times and places k onrl where he Imnlores citizens who have not yet paid their taxes for the year 1915 to meet him and settle up. This is .tne lasi- can as fore cost and penalty is applied. Trees and Gifts for Children at Pres. byterian, Methodist and Gospel Tabernacle Churches Sermon and Missionary Entertainment at FlrU Baptist Christmas services of some kind were held at all the churches in Lumberton. At the Presbyterian a Christmas tree with presents for all the young members of the school was prepared. Saturday night a large crowd gathered there to see Santa Claus remove the presents and deliv er them to the children, who were made most happy. Mr. M. G. Mc Kenzie, superintendent of the Sunday school, was presented with a nice present.'"" Mr. J. P. - Russell's class also remembered him with a nice gift. There was a Christmas tree at the Methodist church and on Thursday evening the young members of the Sunday school wue all. presented with packages ' of hruit. nuts, candy, etc. Quite a number was present and the Christmas spirit was abroad. Mr. C. V. Brown acted as Santa Claus. At the First Baptist church the pastor, Rev. Chas. X. Greaves, preached a beautiful sermon at 11 o'clock a. m. on Christmas day, At night of the same day the Sunbeam band gave a delightful missionary entertainment. The Sunday school at the Gospel Tabernacle prepared a big Christmas tr?e and on Christmas night all the children were presented with nice presents of various kinds. Christmas in Lumberton otherwise was quiet and- -uneventful save for a fe wincirtents chronicled elsewhere iij, this paper. AMONG TRANSGRESSORS Furman Freeman and Three Bul lards Mix it Up Coca-Cola - and Whiskey Bottles Figure in Street Fight on Christmas Day Other Cases Before Recorder Britt Quite a crowd witnessed the trial of Furman Freeman 'and Andrew, Elmore and Howard Bullard before Recorder E M Britt Tuesday at ternoon. Freeman was charged with as-sault with deadly weapon upon Howard Bullard, the weapon being a coca-cola bottle. The Bullards B?prf fhartred with an assault unon Freeman. The evidence brought outj was that Freeman proceeded to givej Andrew Bullard a "licking" on Sec-t ond. street Christmas morning and later in the day Howard uuiiara, a son of Andrew, asked Freeman "why he hit the old man", whereupon Free man dealt him a staggering blow on the head with a bottle filled with coca-cola. . This happened on Elm street near Seaboard station. Then it was that the three Bullards pro ceeded to chase Freeman up the street, Elmore throwing a full quart of alcohol, which belonged to an other man, at Freeman, breaking the bottle and spilling the "stuph" on the street. Freeman went into the Dixie cafe, winning first iprize in the race. Freeman told Peter Val las, the Greek proprietor of the cafe, that the Germans were after him. Wlien the Messrs. Bullard got to the door "Pete" told them to stop, that no "Germans" could cross Greek territory. This ended the fight. Freeman was fined $25 and the cost in all the cases and required to make a justified bond in the sum of $400 for good behavior towards all man kind, especially the Bullard's ; and rpnort to the recorder the first Mon day in each month, showing, that he had not dealt in any way with li rv.rr, up till the first Monday in Decpmbpr, 1916. The charge as to Vo TCiillTrla wrns Hismisspd. The Jfollowing other cases have b?en d'sposed of by Recorder Britt rince the last issue of The Robeson, ian : . Perry Campbell, assault, $5 and cost: Marcus Allen, whipping wife, not guilty. Luther Hunt, Indian, carrying con cealed weapons, judgment suspended upon payment of cost. "Rev." Judge McNeill, colored, larceny of pair pants from the store of Mr. A. Weinstein, 6 months on roads. Ella Mitchell, colored, slashing Rowland Reeves, also colored, with a "razah", six months in jail, the keeper to work her in wavoi clean ing on jail and cooking for prison Flla cama here from Dunn and is said to be a bad woman. M A MF.nrbpm. colored, dis posing of mortgaged property, Judg ment held up till Monaay. .T.rr King, colored, assa'M judg ment suspended upon payment of COPT. Son Loses an Arm and Father Breaks . - Leg - ,. While handling a gun on Christmas Day, Wayman Smith, 15 years old, accidentally shot his left arm so badly that it had to be amputated just above ! the elbow. 'Dr. N. A. Thompson, proprietor of the Thomp son hospital, went to the Smith home, near Tar Heel, and brought young Smith to the hospital, where the arm was amputated. Smith is a son of Mr. Oscar Smith, who is also in tha Thompson hospital with a broken leg, the result of an auto wreck, an ac count of which is published in a sep arate news item in today's paper. A nice dinner was contributed by Lumberton people for the inmates at the county home on Christmas day. Miss Lizzie .Caldwell looked after the dinner and saw that it was rightly distributor!: To her --much credit is due for the dinner being contribut ed and given these unfortunates. Robeson County Man Gets Christmas Present From Governor Served 4 Years of 6-Year Sentence Sap posed to Have Killed Brother-in-Law, Jack Morris, in Crowd of Drinking1 Men Carson Strickland of Robeson county was among the number of convicts pardoned Wy Governor Craig just before Christmas. Stricktam had served 4 years of a 6-year sen ttnee on the county chain gang. He was tried on the charge of killing his brother-in-law, Jack Morris, and many think he would have come clear at the trial had he not submilled to the charge of manslaughter. Thers were a number in the crowd - when Morris was killed and all were drunk, it is said. While Strickland submit ted to manslaughter in the court, he has ever declared his innocenea of the killing. Strickland has. made a good prisoner and his pardon m it, the approval' of rnany throughout the county. The pardon was secured through Messrs. Mclntyre, Lawrenc? & Proctor of Lumberton. j Goernor Craie had the following to say in regard to the pardon of i Strickland: "The defendant will be released upon condition that he be a good cit izen and obey the law. This pardon is recommended by Judge Peebles, who tried the case. By a large num ber of representative citizens. The judge states: 'It did not appear that there was any malice between the1 dead man and Strickland and it ap peared that all of the parties were drinking and four shots were fired from guns in the nvghtrym,d-kjeJ was" killed. The" dead 'r-5'marTwas brother-in-law of Strickland. After hearine evidence :e that did not appear; at the trial, Judge Peebles states further: 'I think I gave him too long a sentence and I cordially recommend his pardon, conditioned on good be havior The judge's conclusion is, in my opinion, sustained by the facts.! The defendant has been in prison nearly four years." Neill Brown, Colored, Had Served 4; Years of 9-Year Sentence for Lar ceny Neill Brown, colored, of - Robeson was also among the number pardon ed. Brown had served 4 years of a 9-year sentence on the county chain gangf or larceny. Hi3 pardon was hlso secured through iMessrs. Mc Intvre, Lawrence & Proctor. Governor Craig gave the following reasons for his pardon: "Pardon is recommended by John W. Ward, from whom the goods were stolen, by the mayor of Rowland and commissioners, recorder, prose cuting attorneys and about all the prpminentcitizensof the: town.-It is recommended by Judge Whedbee, who trie dthe case. Judge Whedbee states: 'After . having had my rec ollection refreshed fcvith fthe festit mony, I do now enjoin the recommen dation for conditional pardon,, con ditioned upon behavior for the said Neill Brown, for the reason that per haps the sentence formally imposed was a little too heavy and the fur ther reason that I am now of the opinion that he has been sufficient ly punished for his crime.' He has been in prison since September, 1912." . THE FINAL SUMMONS Mrs J. B. Richardson of Dillon, S. Passed Away Here at Home C of Son-in-1-w and Daughter I Mr3. J. B. Richardson, aged 60, vears. died Tuesday night at 9:20; at the home of her son-inlaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hood, Seventh street. Deceased lived at Dillon. S. C. but came to Lumber- ton to visit at tne nome oi iir. ana, Mrs. Hood in October and the nexti day after she arrived was taken ill and was never able to leave her room. She is survived by her hus band and her only child, Mrs. Hood. The funeral was conducted from the Hood home, ; 603 .Seventh street, at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning by Rev. Chas. L. Greaves, pastor of the First Baptist church. Quite a number attended the funeral and ac companied the remains to Marion, S. C., where interment was made. The pallbearers were Messrs. Robt. E. Lee, C. B. Skipper, Frank Gough, J. F. Flowers, Alex Butler and Thomas Sanderson. .Deceased was a member of the Methodist church at Dillon. Some Dandy Porkers Mr. N. A. Townsend of the Ten Mile section was a Lumberton visi tor Friday. Mr. Townsend told this reporter about Mr. J. I. Townsend of the same section killing a hog less than 3 years old one day recent ly which tipped the scales at 518 pounds after it had been dressed. Mr. Townsend himself killed 13 hogs that netted him 3,600 pounds of nork. He will kill this year not less than 7,000 pounds of pork. Mr. S. E. Britt of the Ten Mile section is having a modern 10-room residence erected on his lot, corner Eiehth and Cedar streets. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Johnson, who were married at Buie's Creek on the 21st inst., arrived here last night and will board for the present at the home of Mr. Johnson s brother, Mr. T. L. Johnson. Elm street. Mr. Johnson will at once begin the erec tio nof a nice home on his lot. North Elm street Mr. and Mrs. Johnson visited Washington, D. C.j and oth er Northern points after their mar riage, an account of which was pub lished in the last issue of The Robe sonian, before returning to Lumber- ton, i . , fclVl Everybody On Good Behavior Dur ing Holidays Graded School Re fiuraes January 3 Lumber Bus, ness Looking- Up A Surprise Mar. riage Paper May be Revived Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Fairmont, Dec. 29 In Fairmont Christmas cheer is still here and will last until New Year. The good people of our town can again rejoice and be thankful for the very excellent behavior of our people through all the Christmas hol idays. Not a single arrest for drunk enness or any other trime was brought before fRecorder Floyd Christmas, Mr E T . Lewis, who had been conducting an up-to-date grocery business in the A. N. Mitch ell store, has sold out and will go buck to I&rnesvflle, bis former home. . 4. School will "resume at the graded school building for the New Yearj ext Monday at 9 a. m. Several of ' the faculty are away but all will be back on time. j lhrough the holidays in Fairmont it . looked sure enough like "Peace on Earth and Good Will toward Men," for there was no drunkenness, nor fireworks, and it was some funny to see such grown-ups as Bill Kyle and Earn Jones realy enjoying their automatic cap-pistcns. Mrs. Pattie Herring and son, Jim. mie, whose home is in Macon, Ga., spent Christmas with her sister here, Mrs. G. W. Thompson. Mr. Lemuel X... Atkinsgn who has been v$iith jtbei tB biflCdr forrlhe' past three' Veafstfas-rK5' cd lus position and has accepted a lucrative job in Norfolk, Va. The Beaufort County Lumber Co. announces that it will start up in full force next Monday, moving six hundred thousand feet of timber per week. This is one-third more than it has cut since the war caused prices to tumble. Our very popular friends Mr. Phil Jones, so nof Col. A. L. Jones, and Miss Rosa Bullock, daughter of our vtowfisffianMrr'Ar- C. Bullock, slipped a march on their friends here and were married iChr'istmias night at Lumberton going from there to Wilmington on their honeymoon; and we wish 'em much joy. We understand that our town pa per, the Fairmont Messenger, will soon come to light again and will probably be run under a new name with entirely new managers and we voluntarily suggest the new name to be "Safety First". BUIE NEWS BATCH Christmas -Accident Old-Time Negro Passes Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Buie, Dec. 28 Once more Christ mas has come and gone and we are very glad indeed to report no acci dents of any nature happening in this community. Among the teachers and students that are home from the different schools for the holidays; are Misses Laura Jones, JanieJ Humphrey, Maity Jones and Messrs., Paul McNeil and Wallace Prior. Mr. Charlie McNeill has just re- cently purchased a nice horse and, bug?y. ! Albert McNeill, a very old and nigniy respecieu negru, mcu , home last Thursday ai tne age oi 82. He was especially loved by the white people, being one of the old time slaves. , Mr. J. A. Townsend, 'our pop ular mail carrier, -will move to town this week. Messrs. R. J. Brown and Earl B. Rrown are Maxton visitors this eve- rung. Mr. Walter McMillan spent yes terday in Fayetteville Mr ' T. F. McKav left for Texas Friday to be at the bedside of his brother, Judge W. D. McKay. Farmers Union Rally Day Jan. 1 Big Time Expected at Mt. Eliam Mr. H. F. Bissell of route 1 from Orrum was among the visitors in town yesterday. Mr. Bissell is coun ty lecturer for the Farmers' Union. He says a big time is expected at Mr. Eliam school house Saturday afternoon of this week. Both Mr. Bissell and Mr. H. F; Purvis, for mer county farm demonstrator, will make addresses, and perhaps others will speak. All the farmers in the surrounding rountry are urged Ito be present whether they intend to join the Union or not. The meeting will open at 2 o'clock. This is Farmers' Union rally day through out the State. Auto Fire Truck Crashes Into Pave ment False Alarm Because it was Christmas, or for some other reason, somebody turned in a false fire alarm Christmas morning. As a result the auto truck was badly shaken up and a spring broken when it ran into the sidewalk in front of the Thompson hotel on Kim street. Mr. Bert Edmund, a member of the fire department, who was on the truck was thrown through a elass window in the building, knocking a large pane out and cut ting his head badly. The wheels on the truck slid, the street being slick. which was the cause of the collision. Had the truck rone a few feet fur ther and crashed into the building no doubt serious trouble would have been the result. The alarm regis tered from the box at the cOmer of Elm and Second streets. Another holiday for banks. Lo cal banks will be closed Saturday, New Year's Day. CbrLtma Service and Entertain, mertt Christmas Sermons in Roj tsonian Enjovil-Mi. N. C. Long Marries Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian Long Branch (Lumberton, R. 4), Dee. 27 Christmas passed off quiet ly around Long Branch. We haven't heard very much fire works; no drunkenness, as that is sometnir.g unusual. Hasten the time when peo pie can only get one, quart a month instead oi twice a monia: There was service at the church on Christmas day. Mr. E. J. Brit; of Lumberton conducted. Our luperin tendent, Mr. J. S. Ston, brought each of the card and primary claims fruit and candy for their regular at tendance. On Sunday ..night there was an entertainment gotten up by the Sunbeams and young ladies. Everybody Feemed to enjoy it im mensely. The collection . goas frori the Sunbeam band to the Chineso kindergarten work in China as a Christmas offering. Here's th; pro gram that was carried out: Opening addressCarrie Mae Britt. Song by band When Santa Claus Comes. Play by eleven boys A Home for the Christ. Recitation The Christmas Story. Play Santa's Children. Recitation Christmas telephone. Song by eight children Merry Christmas, Play Sending a Christmas Box . Recitation My Christmas Stocking. Play The Christmas Kambow. Play by young.ladies An Afternoon 'Feffe qurttte-rGood,. Night. - , Christmas carols and music were used between the scenes and through out evening. Miss Ruth Pope returned today to Buie's Creek, where she is a student, also Mr. L. J. Britt will return right away to Wake Forest College. We enjoyed so much the Chrst. mas sermons by the pastors of the Xiumberton churches which were pub lished in Thursday's Robesonian. Mrs. J. C. Lewis of Clinton spent Christmas here with ' relatives and friends. She returns today accom panied by little Miss Gladys Britt. Our teacher, Mr. N. C. Long left Wednesday for-his home near Char lotte, where he was to be married Thursday. " ' Personal Mr. Pink Lovett of route 4 from Lumberton was in town yesterday. Mr. J. P. Murray of Barnesville was a Lumberton visitor this morn ing. Mr. M. W,. Floyd and family spent Saturday and Sunday at Fair montvisitingrelatives . : - Miss Lillian Nance, who is teach ing near Raleigh, is spending the holidays here visiting relatives. Mr. Lawrence Parker returned Monday from Laurinburg, where he spent Christmas with relatives. M. J. P. Newman, manager of Newman's 5, 10 and 25 cent store, left last night for Baltimore, Md., on business Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith of Union, S. C, are guests at the home 0f jir. and Mrs. J. A. Bethea, Ce- dar street. . Mrs. Agnes E. Edmund left this morning for Tampa, Fla., where she wjh gpent the next two months vis- ning relatives Mrs. J. Q. Beckwith and children went yesterday to Norfolk, Va.," to visit relatives. They are expected home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Pope return ed Tuesday night from Goldsboro, where they spent Christmas at the home of Mrs. Pope's parents. Mr. A. J. Holmes, manager of the Holmes Jewelry Company, spent Sat urday and Sunday at Dunn visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and, Mrs. G. B. Wishart and two children of Roseboro arrived Friday and will spend some time here visiting relatives. Dr. Fred Nash . passed through Lumbertbn'Tuesday on his way to his home at St. Paul's from Char lotte, where he spent Christmas with relatives. " . . Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Branch of Norwood are guests at the home of Dr. Branch's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Branch. They will return home next Monday. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Petty were guests at the home of Mrs. Petty s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thomp son, from Sunday night till Tuesday, when they left for thei rhome at Henderson. , ' Mr. C. V. Brown returned Mon day from Rocky Mount, where he spent Christmas with Mrs. Brown nnd thei rson with relatives. ,Mrs. Brown and Master Charles will re turn home next Monday. Mr. S. R. Thompson was a guest at the home of his parents, Mr. and fr J. A. Thompson, from Friday niwht. till Tuesdav nieht when he returned to Charlotte, where he is engaged in the practice oi his pro Mr. Fred Brown of Antio'ch, Hoke ponntv. snent a while in Lumberton last eVening on his way to Wilming ton. He will return th;s evening. Mr. .1. A .Sharpe returned yes terday from Baltimore, Md., where hp and Mrs. Sharpe and their two children spent Christmas with Mrs Shame's mother and sisters. Mrs Sharpe and little Miss Courtney and Master J . A. 2d will return nome Sunday morning. Week of nrayer will be observed at Chestnut Street Methodist church next week, services ievery evening conducted by the various organiza tions of the church. Mr. W. T. tfckhaw received yesterday 26 mules from the West ern markets. They are beauties. Over 350 quarts of liquor wer on hand at the express office Mon day morning, and plenty of it is still thers. Lumberton is to have a ur enough big minstrel show on Frb ruary 10th, at least one is contract ed for that date. - ur. E. L. Holloway, Iocil deal er in Iaige, Haynes and Saxj.i cais. kit ;ast evening for New York to" attend the big auto show there fron JWiiiiy 1 to 8. ' Messrs. Whitfield & French, Inc.. wholesale grocers, are moving fron the Caldwell building, Elm street, in to - the new Anderson building, Sec ond street. fMr. A. W. McLean attmled t Ue.i SpTins yesterday a meeting ot the tcard of trustees of Flri yv lona; College, of which boird h t3 a member. Mr. Alford Stephens of Evergrepa pissed through town Monday tn "oute to Buie's Creek, where he is a student. Mr. Stephens is studying for the ministry. Mr. Wm. Gregory returned Monday from Leurinharg, where he spent two months. It was reported here that Mr. Gregory, who is an old veteran, had married. This Mr. Gregory says is a mistake, that ha is as sintrle as he ran iinnri h! will not promise to remain that way. ... . - Messrs. IT. M MAllita v .M-. - Bkggs r .and -lLp'!?rjft trying ex Derience Tuesdav IninF wfh "-!?V" mud on a road in Howellsvil'e torn shiip. Mr. McAllister's auto got stuck in mud up to the axles and ber-ie-measures had to be taken to gft it out. The party arrived home about for -f the clock yesterday msrn :ng. Mr. J. C. Hooper of Cornelia, Ga., spent the holidays here visiting' his son, Mr. I. V. Hooper. Mr. Hoooer'Savs be was mnat. tuvnrahlrr impressed with Rooeson and will come again. lie left last evening for his home. Mr. P. P. Green, local tinner, who recently had an operation per formed at a Fayetteville hospital for some head trouble, has been suf fering with his head again for the last few days and will undergo an other operation. The following officers were elected by the Baraca class at the First Baptist Sunday school last Sunday morning: president, Lewis Shelby; vice-president, J. F. Flow ers; secretary-treasurer, C. Gny " Townsend; teacher, L. R. Varscr; reporter, F. Grover Britt. At a meeting Sunday of the Fidelis class of the First Baptist church, the following officers were elected for 1916: Miss Fodie Town send, president; Miss Emma Higley, vice president; Miss Marie Linkhaw. second vice president; Miss Lina Gough, secretary; Miss Margaret Pitman, treasurer; Miss Louise Townsend, recorder. Mr. J. A. Greene,-Jr., will leave t'-.fs ..ening for Birmingham, Ala., v'nn he has secured a position in the Birmingham News, one of tba best newspapers in the South. Mr. Greene wasxfor some time in the ad vertising department of the Raleigh News and Observer but has been at . the home of his parents here for some weeks. . The progressive firm of White & Gough bought two farms last week. One from Mr. S. F. Croft about 5 miles from town on the Cai thage road, containing 100 acre3, thi other wa3 the Watson land, 175 acres, in Britt's township. They will clear rbout 100 acres of this land at once. It is in the drainage district. This, firm also sold a 25-acre farm recent ly to D. P. Allen, colored. The farm is located about two miles from town on the Meadow road. In a recent issue of The Robe sqnian the name of E. J. Britt wa given as a member of the board of governors of the Baraca gymnasium and reading room of Lumberton, when it should have been E. J. Pope. At a meeting of this board, which is composed of Messrs. X. R. Varser, E. J. Pope, F. Grover Britt, WooJ berry Lennon, II . E. Hood and J. F. Flowers, held in Mr. Varser's of fice Monday evening, Mr. Pope was elected secretary-treasurer and plans made for pushing the work of put ting in the fixtures to completion. The artistic Christmas window dis play of Nunally's candies which at tracted so much attention at the Pope drug store last week won for the Pope Drug Co. the fourth of ten prizes offered by the Nunnally com pany for the best window displays in stores that handle its candies all over the United States. The prize amounted to $5. This is quite a dis tinction, the prize having been won in competition with so large a field, but it cannot cause surprise to any who saw the beautiful display, the work of Mr. Regan Mclntyre. This display Teally tied for third place 'it the third prize was awarded to -the store that .sent in a photograph of its display first. DR. W. W. PARKER Specialist In Fitting Glasses and Relieving Eye Discomforts Phone, Office 126, Residence 189 Lambert ori, N. C j2S
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