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-- L ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTII JUO A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOL XLVI LUMBERTON, NORTH. CAROLINA; MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1916. NUMBER v S6 ADDRESS ON GOOD ROADS State Highway Engineer Fallis Will - Talk on Good Roads . at Ceurt 1 House at 7:30 This Evening La dies and Children Invited to Hear This Address A Subject of Vast Importance to Robeson Mr. W. S. Fallis, State Highway Engineer, will deliver an address on good roads at the court house tftia evening at 7:30 o'clock. It is expect d that the address will be illustrat ed with stereopticon -views and it will be of interest to ladies and chil dren, as well as to men. Good roads is a subject that every citizen of liobefcon ought to be interested in. and Mr. Fallis should be given. large audience .this evening. it was expected that Mr. Fallis T r, a?;ve this morning ;md Mr. Jn B. Mullis. Mavor A. K. W'-nt.. ' -cj Prcf. J. R. Poolo wer- nnnitJ ed a committee to meet him and take! sr.n today over some Robeson countv i -loads, but Mr. Mullis received a wire this morning to the effect that Mr. I Jius would not be able to get here until this evening V. & C. S. trai, so he will not have opportunity to fto over the roads but will 'arrive in nmpie time for the address. LEE-JACKSON DAY WEDNESDAY Annual Meeting of Camp Pope Will nT '1 Lumberton January 19 rr- A ' McLean Will Deliver Address Daughtersof Confederacy As has been 'mentioned in The Kobesoman the annual meetign of Camp a Willis H pope, Confederate Veterans, will be held at the cjJ-t liouse Wednesday of this week Ja? uary 19th, at 10:30 o'clockT X . at v-hich meeting officers will be clect WW1 I .nBuln year and other a?ted Importance will be trans- inim0med!.aieIy Hlowin th" meet t' a".addresl WlU be delivered for the veterans by Mr. A. W. Mc Lean of Lumberton. The" pubnc is ial,yninvited t0 hear tWs ac! ress; Of course Mr. McLean neoL SrV an7lCti? to 2WlS -W-ers and all who can do so will want e addres,s Daughters of the Confederacy, members of nnh I Chapter, wiil serve diW i It fwm. W.Wie court' (iic tiuuae jor tne old soldiers fnU., their usual custom! This is in V TITIqI fraof 4-Vi 1. 1 l i mis is an an. i . . no oja soldier wants present. P be ab,e tc ;,c RED SPRINGS GRADED SCHOOL BONDS SOLD $7,500 inBonds for Completion of n1 Springs Graded Building' ty board of education held in t,,vU" berton Fridav T?P,l "Z nJ?Jnl: school 'hiiiMin ua TJ . It. ia(1 '7,500 were sold to ' S'dnev & Co. of.Toledd O a mrl!! 'nuui f4 t ' - "t vai 'jn; .m. ,v". rom January 1, 1910 ' ine."e are ; nor ennt 'w.voo. i i which were voted by the Red Springs graded School district on Novemebr 9 l3st, 87 votes being cast for and or'. ly.i't rgamst. n is expected that the money will be available in 30 vici s UI1U,1 VI Tnf Q'tlrt nn,l of completing the handsome new graded school'buildin" at Ped nrinrr- will bo rushed to completion ns nnn ' as possible. , . I ' Three Chorus Girls Quit- . 'pvcr Again for Theirs Three of the chorus mVls uu I ing to the me ciiuniH gins neiOT1"-! Harrv Stewart Musical i mpany. wh?ch .helH I thJ i Comedy Co boards at the opera house here Wed nesday and Thursday nights of last week, retired after fimshine up tneir : j. ,, niiK u(j nip ir. work hpr TVin o-ir-io .i;,-4 manager owed them more than S40 ach. However, thev. agreed rpal-l izing that business was bad, to com promise on any terms that would put them back in New York. Through the intercession of attorneys whom the girls employed the owner of the nhow agreed for the managers of the opera house to deduct enough from the proceeds of the show here to buy the girls a ticket each to New Yck. After the girls receiv ed their tickets they had not a pen. ny. it is said, to buy a lunch on the . . . . . ' trip home. The managers of the show would not even pay the trans fer charges on their trunks from the theatre to the station. While the Hrls made no appeal for help some citizens of the town "chipped in" and made up a nice little purse and presented it to the girls. This act filled the three with joy. They left for New York Friday -night, declar ing this was their first and last ex perience on the road. Tour Men Killed in Explosion in Sub marine Now York Dispatch. 15th. Four men were killed and 10 others injured, five of them dangerously, in "n explosion which occurred this af ternoon on the submarine E-2, while the craft Was undergoing repairs in dry dock at the' New York' Navy Yard. One of the men killed was an mlisted electrician and the other three civilian workers. At least three of the 10 now in the hospitals are " not expected to live. COTTON AND COTTON SEED Middling cotton is selling on the lo cal market today for 11 7-8 cents the -nound. strict middling 12 1-8; seel, noia i-riday at Special Mooting f plans Jor "ray-Up weeK" retsruary nnsni'-- v- , , rd.m. f,V,ai . ,e'nff of. ,, "a -iw, -.hrtttM Jjimes savs-the tram. he and h Ol IIUUI At a special mptino. nf Vi,. deem it advisable to do so. pal left out on was here when 60 cents the bushel. $25 IN PRIZES FOR GOOD ROADS' This Amount Appropriated by Cham ber of Commerce Other Pikes Will be Secured and It Is the Pur post to Offer a Prize for Pupils of Every White School in -County To Stir Up County-Wide Intvr est in Good Roads Mr. R. D. Cald well Heads. Chamber of Commerce , Plans Discussed for Arousing In terest m Better County Home- Annual Meeting - Commerce of Chamber of i a :i: .t inF : i u aiuijiiauwu ox to ior prizes, for Rooeson countv schoal children?0 fn cga7,n i,.,.,. . j i tain good rads, this amount to be dis-j tr;buied by a committee which will 1 secure other -prizes and work out! nlnna fnr .,rn..iae k t,i v,.m .1 iiscussion of wavs toarons. in securing :-ulr,0.n C0Unty:on a freio-ht trnin Wo n: berton. after n !pn,nhv Hiscnion d v..'"!' 1 JVCVWllItT W.LI1"L . i . - - r -.- - i . ' :: - instUutnf!mdRnoT arabout 2 Tffisady"nightr Wetve - other county disSraee t0 tl cnt county h u.f.t. j...vi.:i:,.. r 1 t: iwnjau; me iu y laauiiny UJ. iuuat.il-, i ing a movement Week" in accordance national "Pay-Up. Week" February 21-2G; and election of officers for the ensuing year these were the out lining features of the rather slimly attended meeting of the Chamber of Commerce at the court house Thurs day evening. . JLfcit the slimness of the attendance did not discourage those present and the- meeting was one of the most en couraging that has been held in some 'timeV ., ,' Mr. J. P . Russell, who Had " sefv e ' das president since the Chamber of Commerce was organized two be county as the Dres-' - r into.t"e caboose of the tram! ire ieacme oi tne evnnmg was nmo nnM.iafncKKr i.!we "me m on and took the years ago and served ably with en-l arrested there about 7 o'clock Wed tire satisfaction to evervhodv but! nesay evening. I was then taken to himself flatly declined to accept the office again, not because he' is not willing to do all in his power to further whatever the organization may undertake . but ,- because he feels that some one! else .might fill the office better. Mr. Russell was unanimously elected over his protest, but when it became ap parent that he would not accept, the election had to and Mr. R. D. Caldwell was drafted for the place and forced to; accept1 him. Mr. Caldwell has had exper- n i75i tion a f "mr nature and Purpose. and no better man for the office could be found in any town. Other officers' .."i :r. """x were eiecieu as lunows; vite piesi-. dents, H. M. McAllister and M. W. ! secretary-treasurer, J. A. Sharpe, re - iitoa K Barnes. C. V. Brown, J. P. Russell,1 o r t nwrDtiM v M 'RieTcrs Mr , Russell beine tne only new member! or the boara. Messrs. R. II . Cnchton, A. E. White and K. M. Biggs were ap-! ' A. 1.11 tVtl I pomtea a .coramuiee vo , "vB "Klu Mr. Ira B. Mullis, Mayor A. E. White and Prof. J. R. Poole were .1 committee to meet Mr. i w! S. Fallis. State Highway Engl-. 'ncer, who will deliver an address on a -..Aa k f itAiieo tbi IIj evenin?. wnen ne arrives twiay ami UIKC ill mover sonic juoofvi cuum.v ro.uls before the hour for the lecture this evening. -- . .. i Mr. Mullis stated that the State Highway : Commission had approved v, r.,v.m;tfiH tn that IMcM'o vviill-Il l.v H'Hi cinMirt.v,v. w v...... hoiy for offering prizes for the chil- driven of every white school in Rob- escn countv for the best essays on how to get and maintain good roads T ..1 Tlin PVi.amKnr nf Pfim- more? vorofi to aoprcpriate .n-o vi uc , ' .I' . dor i Urt as 'lisefl ior tnis purpuse, me ifii-a .ucim to stimulate interest all over the L oinuuii-.v v. , - , . county in -good roads, and Mr. Mul- Hs, Supt. R. E. . Sentele, e iL. T .., vIvjtf jy rrVM)Hn1 Shnn and Prof . J. R. Poole, coun-) ty superintendent of schools, were . . , :n. . fof tya pnnnintpd a committee to perfect tne rda" outlined by Mr. Mullis and put! it :n motion. It is the purpose to . . p : . - .a Otter a numDer CI pneza mm i- ..mi hoed thit n prize for each white school in the countv may be secured,) m ' mat tiimucii on will compete for prizes for articles iL.l .ItlM.nn oil nval tho rnnntv on good roads. . r. The disgraceful condition of the county home was discussed and Prof.; Sentelle was requested to obtain as j soon as possible photographs of a number 'of the best county nomes in. the State so that the people of Kob- eson may be shown by actual compar isons how far their home for the un fortunate falls below homes provid- .I'l 1 1 . - " - . ,! A tVior counties that are not; uj ....... . - . - . . . " .- ......... . - - - - , room ii u Ulc inui " - more able to provide a proper home: i?y nf Roland has requested that; the purpose of perfecting the organ f or their poor. . (each teacher who expects to attend t jzation There are a number in town As stated at the outset, while this : write nim a car(j in or(er t,at the, who have maie it known that they meeting of the Chamber of Com-jlatljes may now many to pre-j des:red to join the Union, and there merce was attended by only a few, rar(l for i are many farmers near town who men, matters of great -importance The following program has been woui(j j0inT If J'u would hke to rere discussed and no doubt plans, arrantrC(i for this meeting: UQin this organization, meet Mr. CuV- were set in motion that will mp; The Problem of Retaining Boys and Dreth Fridav night. Treat thmgs for Kobeson county ciiiu, Lumberton . Among the Sick At the Thompson hospital Miss' ... . appendicitis last Tuesda yand is get-, ting along nicely. Little Mary Julia Jones, who was operated on for ap.! pendicitis with absess last Thursday, is getting aioiiK as cn pvnpct.pd. Mrs. Laura Barnes or Barnesville, mother of Mr.T.C.Barnes of Lumberton, who had been under going treatment at the hospital for several days," wa sable to return home last week. Mr. T. R. Tolar has been patient at the hospital for a few days suffering with a lame foot. , " ' ' T nrptt-a Sr.lVfV was operated On 10r:.f:on,Pl HiacnQcinn NEGROES CONFESS ROBBERIES Frank James and Ben Hicks Makej Immigrtaion Question Settled in De . Free Confession of Robbing Store: bate Educational Address by Mr. and Freight Train Caboose in Lum-1 Ertle Carlyle of Lumberton Mon berton James is An Escaped Con-j ey Raised for Library '''lutJ.KEvE County-, Correspondence of The Robesonian. Hicks J?rom Fayetteville On Friday night, Jan. 14th, at Frank James and Ben Hicks, col-' 7:30 o'clock Prof. Earl Townsend call ored, are in jail and have admitted! e targe crowd which had gath robbing the store of Messrs. R. D. red at tne school to hear one of Caldwell & Son, and 'also the caboose' e Dest debates that has been given i '. . l . a. i i . i . I V. ; : . r of a freight trajn while the train was j on the side track here on Tuesday nie-nt oi last week. A full ncmnnfi ... , r . the. robberies was published in inursoay s KODesonian. When m mi i - - . . . "viewed by a Robesonian reporter; rank, James had the following to "V robbery: . ( I met Hicks at Hamlet a few d's S and we left Hamlet and sroods were missing, We left the ca- boose, which Was at the t.im. stnnH- for a "Pav XJd!"1 on the west sicle of Lumber riv-j ce with' plans for! er We went through the colored; Week" Fehrnarv! settlement across the river and came ' . .. , ' . - 1Y1 (T f V T h vfr- aT T. 1 . across the river over the old wood- en bridge at the foot of the street, on which the store robbed is located.! I did not see the store opened, but watched while the store was being robbed. A number of pistols, a coat and a sweater were taken from the store. Hicks gave me two of the pistols. We then went straight back to the station and boarded a west bound freight, train and, ! beat our tvtay uuck to xemoroKe. hicks lexc me there and, went to Fayetteville. I stayed around Pembroke and was Maxton, where I remained till brought back here. When arrested I told the officers about' Hicks navine a num ber of pistols and told them also that he said his home was in Fayette- vine." , . ' .... wnue Micks was not interviewed, Jailer A ; H . Prevatt says - the Jie. trroes both told exactly the same story, and neither has been allow-r ed to sneak to the other since they i were arrested. , Officers at Fayetteville were notl-J fied to watch out for Hicks and he; was arrested there and brought toj.which our forefathers enjoyed and lumberton Thursday night. - that we now have 172 illiterate in Mr. A.. B. McDonald, &j special , Seaboard officer, spent Friday here '.and says James robbed a freight car i C.An S C. vsi1 " n.ont.l, " ...., -. ., .. ......... a?o an d was arrested and placed in ' iail. However, he escaped from the! f lail. Mr. McDonald recognized ' M-Ljames as soon as he saw him. James! says he is the same negro. He also spvs he is an escaped convict ironv the chain gang of Northampton coun- weeks ago after serving a few days r i . , . I over R months of a 9-months sen-; He says! V'7 r:V rw q the. we thev came in on arrived, eo tney- did their work in hurry. . . Three of the 0 piHols missing Iron: tre store 'were found on the negroes,: .Times hnymtr two and Hicks one. Thp mimhpTs on "the pistols corres-: ...jj .:a Vv aa cf1. kuhm.-u i-.i-j uh , ..... , vji. i ' " . Another Suspect Arrested Trial To. morrow i Since the above was put in type 7.,,v, Woir nr.nA iiic Unan nt.' wtimr J m uii. ..iv!...., 111. - ... rested by-a Seaboard officer at Old Hundred on the charere of benig con- nected wth the robberies. When arrested Ve had one new nigiols on Vila voonn Hi tirlll l,a Kr.1mlif tr, person . ! i x - The negroes now in iail sav Wall hal a part in i,ui nere tomorrow. the robberies. The negroes will be -' ..... given a preliminary hearing before Recorder E. M. Britt tomorrow, j Voll Vino itstf wiqWa nnu flnfnotiAn : WILL MEET AT ROWLAND JAN.22 Robeson Hitrh School Teachers'- As- sociation ill Meet in School Uuild- mg bi ivuniana I eopie i nun- . : . . Tl l i i i - . r ti land Will Serve Dinner Program Correspondence of The Robesonian. mere win oe a meeung oi we. tPrKoann rnnnttr w; 1 rrl Ml 1. . . .1 ers' Association in the hieh school i building of Rowland at 1:00 p. m. Saturday, Jan. 22.- Both the high Pch00i teachers who enrolled at the first meeting of the association and those wll0 were unaDe to be pres ent then, are urged to attend this meeting. The people of Rowland will serve linnor tn tVinco wVin nttpTid lii.st be- ......... -" ...... " " " Vio mP0lmir Prof R F Mose. riirls in the jIlKn School. WJiyi Do They Leave School? What; V1;1 lie I I.I in ivr iii.ni ... School? Prof. R. E. Sentelle. Short Responses-L. B. Gunter, Jas. Tl' Ti v ITt TVim in- ....... Hutchin, A. F.-Pugh. -A-prriotical -Method - of Teaching Spelling Prof . C. B. Waltz. short responses J. F. Love, Miss Myrtle Nicholson. (,enerai oiscussion. Things Our High School Association Can Accomplish Prof. R.F.Mose ley. EFFTE NEWTON, Sec. of H. S. Association. Born, to Recorder and Mrs.'E. M. Britt. Friday morning, an 8 1-2 pound girl. BIG TIME AT TEN MILE in this., section of the county in sev eral years. The auerv was. 4,Re- soiveo, mat immigration to thp ... c r-. - - ..... , ,. United States should be prohibited." rpL 1 - I . . , 1 . t - . i uoys.nanciea me ouesuon in a masterly, way,-and. one of the .judges j it -was the best debute he had , ever r.eard for beginners , ' Tie judges who were Messrs. F. Ertel .Carlyle,. . R. Louis Shelby and J ; . i l . till ' Ertel t,ariyie, wno was lntro Mr. Townsend in a verv duced 'y appropriate manner, who said a! speaker who was worthy of introduc-! tion did not need it, and one who! deeded it was not worthy of it; and; nc sam -lr. Carlyle was worthy of it so he did not need it. Mr. Carlyle assured the audience that his heart was filled with the greatest, deepest and most sincere admiration, as he saw so many bright beaming and intelligent young faces before him. The speaker told the audience that he intended to make an educational speech and in doing so he felt 'that he - was speaking on a subject which each and every one under the sound of his voice was in terested inv He went on to show that education is necessary to each person if he wishes to succeed In life, for he has to compete with the ducated mind. He declared that I the adoption of the compulsory edu cation system is the outstanding fea ture of the 20th century. He also drew our attention to the noble wo manhood of Robeson cunty of which he declared thereis no nobler to be found within the bounds of the uni verse. The speaker also declared, mat tne opportunities wnicn present, themselves to the boys and girls of, todav are iar erreater than the ones Robe-son county; and with the lact , m mind that the boy of today is the ; man of tomorrow, it is essential that r,r W frrwnrd to mark v.v-xj, .t -. rr. of his high calling, -and to do this it reauires an education Mr. . Carlyle declared that a boy 0f this and future generations who grows up without an education willh ocmmit a crime that would ne a pun- ishment not only to himself but to Tn closing the speaker stated that - the hard and earnest working man from time to time has made our ex istenee possible, b'lt nan alone has is'nnt nrromnlished this, but when .wo look into the home and fee' the ear- nest mother as she attempts to tra n her boy for citizenship. we feel con- ctrained to say earnestly, sincerely, ana above all sacredly, that 1 tno namJ that rocks the cradle rules tne M.,i.1H". x- Z Mu tha Wps! impxi, ifinic mi .- v',.;r"" i which xh '" : . wick, principal ot tne iegan who auctioneered for about 1 hour, jr.d . sold the boxes for a very eoodj price. , Then he presented a larpre, .4i.t rf -nnflv for the uerliest man,. ru.n . - - . , and a nice hex of chocolate canciv which was sold for the prettiestgin, Miss Bertha Barker .and Miss 1 o.y Malone .were in the race, whicn was A.r oTcitinff hilt in the CTI'l M'ia ATnlone was the winner. Mr. V. Kirl Townsend. principal of the sehcoi, was in t.h race against Mr. I ' J ra .... ... -.... -- , Towsd for the stick oi Prof. Townsend won by a bi candy g ma- iAmtn In all, the sum of $30 was realiz.rt from the boxes and candy whicn win i n.iin on un-to-date libra- ry. JK UCI1 LU Vjuip I' . , Tv.hnlA tr.e natrons of the ten Mi1 school are verv mpch pleased with the proeress tbeir children are rofik'ne in their work under the verv -M!.;t monnirpmPTlt of Prof. r.mTii. .......... ----- , p , Townsend and Miss Bertna earner, both of Lumbfrton : JOHN T. WARWICK. Clvhornvill" Local of Farmers' Union Will be Reorganized Effort will be made Friday night of this week to re-organize t..yuui,, ville Local of the Farmers' Union. Mr W. C. Culbreth, county organ izer, will be in the commissioners room at. tne court iiuu;-?c K j Convict Captured v,.a rticr a vounir white man who escaped from chain gang No. 2 about three months ago after serving 3 months of a 9 months sentence, was arrested at Bladenboro Saturday. Butler was -convicted .of carving an other man up with a knife. He is now in jail here. Mr. J. M. Mclver of Rex was a Lumberton visitor Saturday. Mr. Vincent Revels, who lives on route .2 from Lumberton was amont the visitors in town this morning. Four special tax (elections .fwere carried in favor of the schools in Buncombe county-last week. OUT ROZIER WAY Moonlight School Two Nights a Week Farmers Buny Box Supper Jan uary 21 Literary Society Organ ized Social and Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rozier, Jan. 14 Farmers of this vicinity are preparing for arvother crop. We don't hear tell of very many farmers around here that are go ng to plant tobacco. There will be a box supper "at Ro zier school house Friday night, "Jan uary 21. This school is near Ro ger's Siding. Miss Lessie Martin is teacher." All young ladies are re. guested to bTing boxes . . M i:Is Lottie Kozicr pa ve an enter- tainmcnt at her home last Thursday! riiht. A large crowd of young folks vrcre present and enjoyed the occa sion Miss Sallie McDonald gave an en- ttertawiment Satunlay-ntghtHn-honorf -. , jct,.i. CU- of her buest Miss Corbie Britt of J-ong Lranch. A crowd of younz bovs from this vicinity left Monday, January 3, for uaiumore, Aid., but they did not get fartr.en than Fayetteville. They have returned borne. We have not learn ed why they did not go on to Bal timore. Messrs. Marshall and Edgar amith nave returned to Rozier after spending several weeks in Jackson ville, Fla., visiting. Mr. Purdie Britt and sister, Miss Cornie of Long Branch spent the week-end here at the home of Mr. end Mrs: J. II. McDonald. Mrs. v S. B, Rozier, Jr., and son, Master Norwood, spent' Wednesday p. m. at St. Paul's. , : Miss Lillie Rozier, who has been in a hospital at Montrose has re turned home, to the delight of her many friends, much improved. The school at Roziers organized a literary society a few days ago, Mr. Brcdus Baxley, president; Mr. Sted. man Holder, vice president, Miss Fannie Britt, secretary-treasurer, Misses Sallie Holder and Peart Car lyle, program committee. Our teacher has organized a moon light school. It meets every Tues day and Thursday night. We hope the fathers and mothers that have no education will take an interest in it. II O WELLS VI LLE HAPPENINGS Farmers Are Busy School Progress ing Nicely Social and Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian, Howellsville (Lumberton, R. 7),! n. 15 The farmers around here Jan. are very busy preparing for the 1916 trop Rev. J. L. Powers preached a very able sermon at Tabernacle Sun day. . The school is still progressing nice ly under the management of Prof . H. E. Mills, Misses Laura Jone3 and Janie Humphrey. Mr. Teel Ward of Elizabethtown passed "through this section Tuesday en route to Laurinburg on business. Mr. Dockery Kinlaw was a pleas ant caller at thehome of Mr. Koy UvtA Snndav n. m Mrs. Rowland Prevatt and dauh- tr-r Tittle M!ss Ruth, of Lumberton; spent Tuesday at the home of her (rf.n were jumping from the stack narents Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Kmlaw.i nr i,ambert fell. He is getting Misses Harriet and Maimie Kin-j non(, nicely and is able to get about law entertained Saturday evening on a crutch. fm v-v,U-tn LVn3,Linof0Perw? i The Charlotte Observer carried M-sb- Katherine K-nlaw of CenWr. , , fc othr d The guests were about forty in num-jcffect thafc the char,ott9 ajJon & ' -XT ii- v i :a erTiAinrr the', Auto Co. had just completed an au M.ss ll'e K.nlaw s spending thej tj truck f( he town q Lumber. week-end at Tar Jeer with her sis LumherXon has bpen confU8ed t6M? 'shMton'Se"' and sister " this item with some other town, -ir. aneiton An auto fira truck has been used in Miss Lame or icu and Messrs.-' F.. Bundy. Sam Dock rry and iiiacK ivimaw, n-.i cn. i.... in? and.kodakirt? Tuesday p. m. and, reported a grand time. ,1 Mr. and Mrs. V. IT. Taylor and Mr. Neal Smith of Fairmont were visitors in this section one day last week. They made the trip in Mr. Smith's car. ' -Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Kinlaw en tertained Wednesday evening at their beautiful - home.- The guests .wfre met at the door by Miss Lillian Blackwell and ushered into the par lor by Miss Harriet Kinlaw, where many numerous games w;ere played. Then all found their way into the din ing room where Misses Laura Jones Katherine Kinlaw served punch. The room was beautifully decorated with potted plants and at a late hour thev bade their hostess good night, j.-i :- t-ht tViPv had spent one i t-' l 1 , ....... f knnf. of the most enjoyable occasions of the season. A petition is being circulated in Durbamcounty by members of the Au"Jt criminal court grand -jury and" well-known leaders of the Dur hsm countv Farmers' Union calling for ejection of the county board of education by the people. Failure of the Durham county board of edu cation to make changes in the school ?yst?m as recotim.ended by the grand fury is reason assigned in the peti. tio r.for the movement, which it is to m:,e State-wide. . W . R . 'Hope well," one time police officer of Brid'eton, just across the Neuse river from Newbern, is await ing trial in the Craven county pail on the charge cf having poisoned bis wife last June. In October lot lowing his wife's death in June Hope well married Mrs. Hannah Pugh. whose husband, Mai. F. Pugh, died the previous March, and there are rumors that rugn also aiea an un natural death. were visitors m this .community mi- urdnv nt tfnl S-mday . : . j C. Baxlev. who lives on Mis-es Lettie, Emilv and KatheJ route 1 from Buie, killed Friday a '.. ' t ,wn T?lnr.kwe 1 there-and-a-half years old hog that BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Mr. W. i . French returned yes terday from Fayetteville, where he had oeen in a hospital for several days. He has entirely recovered. License has been issued for the marriage of Jasper Peel and Masie Pate; Thurman Bullard and Flora Muggins; Graddy Lamb and Ida Pre vatt. The , local lodge of Odd 'Fellows will hold a special called meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock for installation of officers. All members are urged to be present. Mr. Dock Campbell, who lives Sl'Jfft tl whl h w , , 18 m0,ntn. S tl 1?? pork .after boin gdresaed. Iloaw -"Where did so many new auto- . ., ' -mfiP-Scorne .rrpm7was, a quesUon many asked Saturday when thev smw" tha many new ones of various kinds the People's Garage had lined up near the garage. It was a real auto show. Mr. P. P. Green, local tinner, whr haa been suffering with such severe pains in his head for the past two weeks thit he has been unabl to work, was able to return to work this morning. -Miss Maude M. Watson superin tendent of nurses at the Thompson hospital has recently returned from Philadelphia where she tepent tea weeks taking post-graduate work in one of the leading hospitals of that city. -Mr. . M.. A. Geddie purchased :wee'tbe -tatest; Improved air blast automatic electric-drawn gin nery, daily capacity 40 to 60 bales. This will be installed at Mr. Geddie wood and coal yard in June, in ampla time for next season. Mr. Frank Cough went yester day Jo Beulah Baptist church, in th Globe Swamp section, and made a Sunday school address. He says th church building was filled with peo ple. He also observed that the peo ple of that section are making noted improvements along all lines. , Mr. Frank Bryant, who returned home from the U. S. Army some weeks ago on account of the illness of his mother, has re-enlisted and will leave tonight for Fort Hamil ton, N. Y. Mr. Bryant was sta tioned for some, time at Honolula. He says he loves army life. State Senator Geo. B. McLeod returned Saturday afternoon from his Vi- -V arolina. he and "e Stone spent several day rarm in bouth Carolina, where he and hunting. Mr. McLeod had 100 part. ridges anda rabbit. . He said that Mr. "Stone Trilled the"100 birds in on" day. Mr. Stone did not return. Mr. Worth Jones came home Saturday from Charleston, where he is employed in the navy yard on ac count of the illness of his small sis ter, Mary Julia, who underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Thompson hospital Thursday jiight, as mentioned elsewhere In thU paper. While playing with some other children Friday Master Lambert, 7-vear-old son of Mr: nm! Mrs V. X. llolloway, fell from a haystack and weiched when dressed 480 pounds without the liver. Some claim that the liver ought to be counted m and that that would make this hog weigh fully 500 pounds. Mr. Baxley was a Lumberton visitor Saturday. Mr. V. D. Baker of Lumber ton, who has been representing the Oliver Typewriter Co. in Eastern North and South Carolina for the past two year3, has resigned his po sition with that company and, begin ning on the 15th inst., has accepted the position of general sales manager for North Carolina for the new Rex, the "all-purpose" typewriter. It is -!r. Baker's purpose to make Lum berton distributing point for the State for this typewriter. Mr. D. L. Jackson, who lad been engaged for the past several months in getting up data for a di rectory for Lumberton, completed his work last week and left Friday for hi3 home at.Florence, S. C. This directory will, it is expected.' be ready fcr distribution in four or five weeks, jt will give a complete and accurate census of the town and while the exact figures have hot been given out it is understood that this direc tory will show that Luraberton's pop ulation is almost if not fully, 5,000 people. J The North Carol'na delegation in Congress will call on President Wil son this afternoon to urge the ap pointment of Judge Allen to the Su preme Courts . . -,, ,-, DR. W. W. PARKER LUMBERTON, N. C. Superior service for the re lief of eye troubles and the many disorders arising there from. To see well see as u i this town for some time.
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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