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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY GOD AND -TRUTH $1.30 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCM VOL XL VII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1916. NUMBER 2 RECORDER'S COURT , Indians Tried for Shooting Arch Hunt Objection to a Marriage j Brought On More Talk Ham Thief j Gets 6 Months Gun Play j W. R. Griffin and Martin Sanders,; Indians, were before Recorder E. M.j Britt Friday charged with shooting! Arch Hunt, another Indian, at Mc- J Donald some three weeks ago, calling Hunt to his door at 4 a. m. An ac.j count of the shooting was published in The Robesonian at the time it oc curred. Griffin was released. San-1 ders was bound over to Superior j Court under a $400 justified bond,', which he made. Hunt's" condition: was so much improved that he was! able to attend the trial. I Nash -Lamb" -and "Bob" Brittr of j the old Kingsdale section, were be-i fore Recorder Britt Saturday aft- noon charged with assaulting Boaru- man Britt, of the same section, withj a deadly weapon. Judgment was. suspended upon payment of cost. I The evidence was that Lamb married i Britt's" sister, which very much dis-j pleased untt. He proceeded to give Lamb a good "cussing", after which - Lamb and his .half-brother B.qd.. JJritl proceeded to make Boardman "eat it". Boardman was then given a hearing on the charge of cursing on the public -highway. The case was nol prosed. Quite a .number of pea.' plriahU3ifttojii attended, ;the trial. Archie Andrews, te 15-year-old col cied boy wo took five hams from a ' wagon in a back lot here "Thursday, pion of v.r.'ch v.i iv.rlo in I "Ji's day's Roesonian, was bef 01 3 the re loider for a hearing Kul?y. " Har was hired out to Mr. EJ Taylor for 6 months. The boy pieaj guilty of taking the hams. J. A. Raine was given a hearing i Thursday afternoon on the charge of nrjwinir a crun on Mr! J. C. Boden-i lieimer. The recorder first placed a fine of $25 and the sost on the de fendant, but later changed it and let, him off by paying the cost. Mr. i Raine's physician and a number ofj i : i . . . .) 4-Ua wi f ! n c ilia ueiiiuurs uigcu mo icvviuvi v change the sentence. How to Treat Seed for Late Sowing oi Tobacco Bed3 Mr. E. O. '(Billy) Bransford, manager of the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse of Lumberton, says many farmers are asking hm whether or not it is too late to sow tobacco bed.i over wherethe j-ecent cold weather killed the plants. Mr. Bransford says it is a little late, but. if those uetsiring to sow their beds over will soak the seed in milk or milk-warm water from 18 to 24 hours before sow ing them they will come up and be large enough by the first of May, at least. He says, however, where rhe beds have to be sown over special tare in nursing and fertilizing snouid be given the plants. Where planti ,iave not already been killed special care should be exercised in keeping them preserved from future cold. Meeting to Organize Government Rifle Club Will be Held Thursday! Evening , A meeting will be held at tne; court house Thursday evening at 'Si o'clock for the purpose of organ -z-1 ing a Government Rifle Club. The object of the organization is the r-n-j couragement of military rifle and pis tol shooting. All who are interested ; are requested to attend the meeLngj Thursday evening. No special ob-j ligations jfor war service are eri- , tided upon members of such clubs, but all rifle and revolver competitions, held by the club will be governed by the rules and regulations as laid, c'o-Mn by the National Rifle As-jia-i tm America, approved by the Na-( tional Poard for Promotion of Rifle, I'ractic in dthe Secretary of War. j Careless Smokers Agree to Pay $2o Each for Burning Cotton . Messrs. L. C. Evans and N. D. Stanley, who were stand ng n ear th.e cotton Belonging w w " I & Goug'n which was burned oyer Mon-! dav afternoon, mention of which was: made in Monday's Robesonian, agreed, to nay $25 eac hto Messrs. .Whif & Cough. The loss was estimator, f at $100 and the matter was thus i com promised. While there was no ev dor.ee tlt.tbc young mon f:rod ire; cotVon it was sunposed that as they, ere poking they let f,re getto Se i cotton, unintentionally, of course. Teachers' Ascoriation Will Meet in, lumberton March 4 -t;! The Robe.on Tochers' Aftciation( Vdl meet ?n .Lnmnerton Saturday. March 4. Supt. J . R. Poole is j-M-i S"out letters to all i countv nd expects every tencher to SSSfl this meeting. K ?, being nrrargpd. This will h? tne Inst meeting of the assocatior, b- ftT( IV county . coimu"'-'-" April 7. KonuHlcans in Convention ; OuitP number, of Rubhcs froQ Afferent of th. c-nntv Jo hoW'nr tneer ,n the ,rt ".intpd t the State -rnvntioT! nd probably other moves wil be male. Tr! W. D. Pne arrived lat voV f-nm Frnkltntor - Tnd.. n"d Vined ier huband. who has bfen Pre for several V visitin- rx Rev. v Mrs. Pono wiH leave -Thiirdpv of Vs wwlt for OrWon, wre theV will mVo thvr it - T T Shorn nnd D. M -Ball of LurnherLBTid g are among! the visitors in town.toaay ! ROBBERS AT LUMBER BRIDGE Express Office, Two Stores and Postoffice Entered Two Negroes Arrested Robber3 broke into the express of fice, a drug store, the postoffice and the store of the Central Supply Co. at Lumber Bridge Wednesday night of last week. A small amount of whiskey was taken from the express office and some flour and other pro visions were taken from the store of the Central Supply Co. The goods were loaded int an automobile and carried to- Fayetteviile. Tne offi cers traced the car to Fayetteviile and learned that a negro, whose name-hud 4iotbeen-iearuetL..stoleJthe auto irom a private garage that nignt. In the auto some tags from trie bags of flour were found with the name of Central Supply Co. on them. The negro had been arrested on the thr.rge of stealing something in Fay etteviile when the Robeson .officers arrived there. He is in the Cumber land jail. Sheriff R. E. Lewis and Deputy A. H. Prevatt went to the scene of the robbery Thursday and assistdJin rounding- up - the guflty party." - '-. Fayetteviile Observer, 19th. ' Bob Monroe and Dan Jones two negro men,, were arrested. ..near., the coal' chute ..this, miming liy-Sheriff McGeachy, assistant chief of police Chas. Davis and deputy sheriff W. O. Patrick, charged with complicity in the" breaking open of a box car Ha A. C. I. at Lumber Bridge on Wednesday night la,st, and steal-1 ing thereirom a variety oi goous,; among them an overcoat ana otner articles were found in their posses sion when arrested. The thieves are now in jail. THE DEATH RECORD Mrs. H. P. Lovett of Old Kingsdale Section ! Mr. H., P. Lovett, aged about 60 years, who lived near old Kingsdale, on route 4 from Lumberton, died about 12 o'clock Friday night. Mr. Lovett had been in ill health for several months and his death was i:ot unexpected. He is survived by his wife and 9 children. The funeral was conducted yesterday morning by Rev. J. M. Fleming, pastor of Smyr ha Baptist church, of which deceased was a'member. Interment was made TrT""th e f :im il y b u r y in g ' ground - near the home. . Protecting Neutral Commerce. . Washington Dispatch, Feb. 17. Another note from Sweden has been addressed to the State Department through Minister Ekengren appeal ing to the United States for co-operation with the Swedish Govern ment and other neutral Nations to maintain -the preservation of rulesof international law concerning the pro tection of neutral commerce and nav. jo-ation. Action is proposed particu larly against Great Britain, because of the detention of mail by that country and other aggressions against tr.de regarded by Sweden as un warranted. . ; , Secretary Lansing informed tne Minister, it was learned today, that re could not answer the note until the controversy-with 'Germany over tr.e Lusitania case was settled. Among the Sick , ! Mr. "E. J. Britt spent yesterday in Fayetteviile with his sister, Mrs. Fannie Britt, who is in a hospital there. Mrs. Britt's condition is some what improved. J Mr. Adrian Britt is able to be out atter 'being eonf.ned to tfiis room with grippe for some days. ! Chief of Police H. II . Redfearn, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Thompson hospital, was able to be on the streets for the first time Friday. Dr. T. C. Johnson is able to be out again after being confined for several days with grippe at his home on North Elm street. The condition of Mr. A. W. Mc Lean, who has been confined to his room for two weeks with pneumomr, continues to improve. He was able to sit up a while today. The condition of Mrs. M. W . Flovd, who was very sick last week with grippe, is somewhat improved t0Mr R. C. Birmingham went Fri day to Charlotte, where he entered a hospital for the purpose of un dergoing an operation for appendici- t SThe condition of ..Master Johnnie Bnrkc, who has "been sick for eever al weeks, seems to be slightly mprov- ed today. .-'-,' The - common of Mr, M. G. Mc Kpnzip. whose illness has been men t'oned in rec?nt issues of The Robe sonian, continues to improve slowb- 1 P.e Kepuuiiiruii imt.' will be fought on demands for ade-j ouate milltarv prenf redness aTd tar-, iff reform, imposition t eranting, earlv independence to the Philippines! and' insistence on a vigorous stsndj for Amer;cpn rights both in Mexico t tVio P:7rorfni. 'xar.! ann in reiatun i-u according to tne "Kevnuie Ml ... adopted bv the Republican State con vention of New York last week. A. Weinstein Inventory Sale Mr. A. Weinstein will launch a big inventory sale at his department store Thursday of this week. Feb ruary 24. Read his page ad in this .issue; ' " " EXPLAINS HIGH PRICES OF NITRATE OF SODA Response to Inquiry of Mr. J W. Hall of Robeson Raieign Cor., 18th Raleigh News and Observer. Secretary Houston, of the Depart ment of Agriculture, has written Rep. resentative Godwin, as follows: "I have your letter of February 11 enclosing a communication to you fro'm Mr. J.- W. Hall of Lunger "In normal times nearly one half; nf tho nitMto nf Crr1-J imnnrorl inti this country has been 'used in the' manufacture of munitions; only about i 13 per cent has been used for agri- cultural purposes. Uider present; conditions of course, a considerably . larger quantity of nitrate of soda :sj hf'inff .llpd for munitions as it. i ihfi . ! . "1. i e --.' - : - ! 1 mi..' principal source of nitric acid. The' advance in price of the material is probably due in part to its increased; use in the manufacture of munitions: and to the fact that ocean freight rates are higher than formerly." ---r, . . J Th!a PonrAQontntivA fioHwin cnin is a fine argument for the ship pur chase bill advocated by the President. The farmers are hard-pressed for fertilizer. They know not where to turn for it. They grab at every straw. REFORMS RECOMMENDED . . . j Comm'.ttee On Reform in Judicial i Proceedure Makes Report I Pamphlets containing the work of i the committee on the reform of u-' H.fial cnnnmitlee were issued Friaav! dicial committee were issued Frnay and signed by all -the members Chief Justice UlarK. juage w . J rifvinmissioner W. A. Graham. The expected minority report of Major Graham was not made. The commission summarizes its findings into 15 recommendations most im portant of which are: Increase of judicial districts to 32 and reduction of recorders court be tween Superior Courts and justices of the peace courts to 15 with uni form jurisdiction; abolition of the rotation system where public opinion desires it, each judge riding his own district; selection of expert witness es by the judge and' limited in num ber; petitioners" as well as railroad companies to have right of appeal from Corporation Commission rul ings; six peremptory challenges for State and defense in capital - case3, two in lesser criminal cases each; rhes and their leneth by the judge's discretion except in uv tne juiiku a uioticnuii v jvv.-p " capital cabes; coniDimng oi slmllaI i charges against-defendant in one bill;. repeal of the provision forbid ding any. mierence oy jury in cr.in-i.-,i mcdc 'l-ipn dafendant refuses to llUtl V"." " i testify for himself; allow juries toj add witnout capital, punisumeni, i verdicts; allow jury to fix punish ment when it sees fit; supervision of judges by a system allowing desig nation to courts by a judge; sum mons by telephone, and a small deb tors' court. -.:.- Notice of New Advertisements Embroidery sale Wednesday J ""l Newman's . ---. Big closing out sale of entire shoe store of Townsend Bros. White & Gough. , Reward for return of lost sow". Residence for rent. Money to loan Stephen Mclntyre. Tanlac makes-Valentine Day lucky for young girl. Legal notice of sale of town prop ertyE'ickson McLean, commission er. . , Prices for cleaning and pressing Carolina Tailoring Parlor. Program at Pastime. White & Gough begin big anniver sary sale Feb. 24. A. Weinstein begins big inventory sale Feb. 24. Notice of application for pardon. Highest market price for eggs and chickens H. T. Flowers. Shad, nice ones Britt Grocery Co. Colored woman wants position as cook. . , 1 While & Gough Anniversary Messrs. WTiite & Gough will launch v,; "Annivprsnrv Sale" Thursday 8-sn a. m. This is the second special sale ever put on by this progressive, nrm anu doubt groat crowds will attend the opening and continue to visit this large department store during this 0 days sale. The sale will be con ducted by the Whitehouse Special Sales Co.' Mr. W. H. Whitehouse has been here for several days mak ing preparation for the opening. Don't fail to read the two-nage ad vertisement in this issue. It makes profitable reading. Germany's announced intention of UVont warniner armed merchant" ships 'of her enemies was scathingly denounced in the Senate Frid-iy bv Rep'iblicnn Senators, who declared that for the United States to acqu'psee in such a practice would be humiliating. MANY PFOipLE DON'T KNOW A sultrgih liver can cause a pson si nwful lo of misery. Spells of dizziness, he laches, constipation and biliousness are sure signs that vour liver n"eds help; Take Dr. Kine s New Life Pills and see how they helo tone uo the whole system. Fine for vwi LJLitf s dicrestion. iurtties tne Dioon ana ci5ro flexion Only-25e at your Druggist- Purifies the blood and clears the com- L.niei justice viam, ouuge . tram gtanding in the railroad yards Adams, ex-Judge W. P. Bynum,at Salisbury Thursday. They were State Senator L. V. Bassett andj mcmberS f a Dartv of al being trans- WITHIN THE STATE News in Short-Length Form From Ail Over North Carolina j Ex-Gov. Malcolm Patterson ofj Tennesee will speak in Fayetteviile1 Friday night of this week on nation-! al prohibition. Mrs. Susan Bond, 72 years old, a granddaughter of Richard Caswell, t.hp f:rt flftvprnAr nndr tho Const! tution of North Carolina, died'Thurs-, da yat her home at Kinston. J Lieut. Gov". E. E. Daughtridge has opened headquarters in Raleigh and f TOrrf HOW Oil Will Will'O Jin tive campaign to capture the Dem-' ocratic nomination for Governor. Engineer Wells, of Raleigh, who was, injured in the wreck. of the Sea- board Flor.da Limited train at Frank-1 linton last Tuesday, died Thursday j aftcrnAnn in Pnv Kncnila in PllcifTh .... - I after intense suferimr. with the purpose of bringing about a solution of many of the problems 0f marketing truck, truck growers 0f western Cumberland county met at clarkton last week and formed at Clarkton last week and formed i a fn.mtni!ifitra vta ft-ir re n u anslnt inn I Mr. Geo. B. Elliott of Wilming ton has been elected general eounsel of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. to .succeed the late Alexander Hamilton, and Wilmington becomes headquarters of the legal department! of the road. . , ""' ';v':i ':' Tt ia holiovod that the' bodv of Coil-i sul Mey McMjeeiey or Monroe nas; heen washed ashore near Alexandria,! Eevot. The body was so decompos- sul Ney McNjeeley of Monroe has ej that it was difficult to distinguish the features, but articles of clothing uk AantiTiaA have been identified. Eight convicts escaped from a " - - A . ferrtd from Baden to points in the western part of the State. Among them was Lowe Daniels of Rowan county, who was serving a 35-year sentence lor murder. . Joseph McLawhorn, a Pitt county convict guard, was oralned by Dave Evans, a negro convict, Wednesday and died that night. Evans fired at the other guard with McLawharn's gun several times but missed and the other guard missed one shot at the negro when his gun failed. Six oth er convicts followed Evans when he escaped. Two of them were caught Tnursday. - -:. -.,,. - . , pka course in Affricul ture, which has just closed, at thej A. & M. College at Raleigh will he; of benefit to far more than the 27; .jftnaliiv prirniied. These stu-! dents" have organized a "Progressive; .. .. t c U aents nave . urt auucu a m. Association ot farmers ior ure Uin gy ear, the purpose of which is. the State a knowledge of improved farming meth-, od3 as taught in the winter c6urse( at the college. In tiie State Hall of History at Ral- eign Manager F. A. Olds nas just, installed a special case of eld coins uiiu currency that gives a ciear rep resentation of coins and bills for the past o,000 years, there being old Ro r.,..n w.ine. panv English money, American Colonial and the. later mon- ies issued in the early days of North r itotQVirnf1 Hnwn to 1875. viiiuiiiia o oviwivv - - . It is a unique case that is attracting much attention. t . ' ! Speaking to 1,500 depositors of thf suspended Fourth National Bank of Fayetteviile, at a meeting in that town last week to discuss plans for reorganization of the bank, C. T.j McDonald of Raleigh, the - largest m-j dividual shareholder, cnargen tnai there is a discrepancy of $50,000 in the bank books. He disclaimed mak ing any specific charges against any one. He said he believed depositors would be paid in full. Both wings of the Republican party met at Whiteville last week and elect ed delegates to the State convention . The executive committee was vested with power to appoint delegates wj the senatorial, judicial and congres-, sional conventions, the first to be held at Clarkton and the other two to be held at Wnghtsville Beach, perhaps. Irvin B . Tucker, who is expected to be the Republican candi date for Congress in the sixth dis trict, was re-elected chairman. Desiring to see an aviation school t.ii. r- i;o anrf hpHevine the in norm i,aivm - -- " , I eastern section of the State to af ford a most favoraDie piace ir a school, Senator Overman mtroduc ed a bill in the Senate. The fat that the Wright brothers picked j &pot in North Carolina of all other, in the 'United States where tney could make their -.experiments is pointed to as a splendid proof of the Fitness of the State. It is ; believe, that there are plenty of sites offer ing as lavorau.e a.. TVo'r.iif fli-ing as anywhere along the , Ou.f Coast which is favored in the mat ter of aviation, schools. Entertainment and Box Supper at Rennert Feb. 26 . Correspondenoe of The Kobescnian Rennert, Feb. 21-The students of Rennert school will give an ;"t"tain ment next Saturday n.ght, Feb. 20th ... -1. ntoinmpnr tnere win Alter tne e cuam...-. be a box sooner for the benefit of the Rennert Prsbvter'an churen. ,o -ni'11 he rbars'ed for the HUIIHKIK'll n ....... entertainment, and the public is in vited. - ' . Messrs. A. L. Lawson, I. H. War wick and Hezzie Phillips of Orrum are Lumberton visitors today. nr. tot T)via of Elkton is -- - -- . . among the visitors jnjown today. NEWS NOTES AND COMMENT j In Grip of Grippe Hurrah for April 7 Another Bible Puzzle Train ennection at Proctorville Needs Fixing Why Should Not Banks, Guarantee Safety People of Globe Swamp Need That Road Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton, R. 5, Feb. 19 Mr. A. II. West, who has been right sick with grippe at the hom of hi3 1 on and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A.A. West is improving. Ine grippe has had us for the past three weeks, and particularly tried itself for the last several daysl - - - - . . . . . i. i:cA r.u 'tr if .iiilil m ' j l n j V ' 1... . VI. ., I 1 1 k. J A 1 - I , I ,. 11 V. 1. . fril Tf nut fr.r it trit no t -i ; li e iu.nt -wnere letiinifs were auoui a!i that was left and occup.ed ihe incomparable flegree. We are btt ter r.Dy,. bu. Mrs. Fleming and Mra. A. S. Pit.tm.in srr imnrovinir AG i' - . ...1 . ..I slowly it is hardly perceptible. j Hurrah for April 7th! We sin-j cerely hope every white school in the; county will be represented on thatj day. The march will begin at 11 J a. m. sharp, starting from the j graded school building. It is worm many times the cost just to look on these Robeson county school beauties. Mr. Claude E. Phillips, principal of the Cedar Grove public school, taught four days for us at Sand Hill this" week on account of our inenpac- itatea condition, ana :nir-s rmma Flem ng, one of Prof. SenteHe's high school pupils, taucrht in Tiis placf at Cedar (Jrove. With thii- tempor. ary exchange of teachers and the work done at both places everybody is well pleased. Three members were received by -letter into the fellowship of our Smyrna church last Saturday, and three were dismissed to join at Long Branch and Back Swamp respective ly. Thus they come and thus they go. Among the visitors Sunday were Mrs. John Stone of Lumber ton and Mr. Isham Lamb of Center ;iin We arc exceedingly grateful t0; the various correspondents for the; splendid interest they )iave taken; in those B.ble queries. However,! one appeard in The Tribune some time ago that remains unanswered.! It was this: "Suppose one would re-; turn from Egypt and report thai! he had seen the hoofs and horns ofj the seven lean and fat kine of Pha-j roah's dream, how . would wo knowi he had told an untruth ?" ; While they aro fixing train con-j nections for Maxton and Pembroke ; it is our wish that the little city-of . Proctorville will also be remembered j in a simlar manner. ; .We have recently learned of the failure of two banks and m one of ; them especially, tne depositors dcM; right heavily. Now, when one ; bor-. rows money from a bank he is re S red "to give gilt-edge security, ! whfch is Perfectly right; butwhen. one makes a deposit in a bink he gets nothing except the cash.er s re ceipt to show that he did deposit, that certain sum pn that certo.n day... Now if that bank would f a 1 in a, very short while that depos.tor can only brood over his loss like a wound-; cd deer in the forest occasionally, slaking his thirst from some i bab-, bUng brook that quietly wends it way tnrough the dale. It really does seeL that any bank anywhere would perfectly willing to guarantee to! SnKTrafl Stl ! county bankserare in good shape and, that there is no cause whatever to awaken the least alarm. . It is to be devoutly hoped the; SeSPS; SrYn the Globe Swamp section a! road across . the river wfstA'sTo'wSp and its peo- been any more neglected- FEMING CHURCH NOTES , A well-attended and most inter estfg - senn-annua! Robeson County mrac da in Ttorrfay's Robeionian. , .1. ...oo nut nf tOWn Pov T F. uorreu , . ing or evening. . nf (ha rre3- Wrfncsdiy . evening at . ... - AT in1 1 i s. - - -- cordially invited . riLE 'REMEDY , j.r, MAR is a scientifically prepared medicat ed paste in tubes for proper use; al so tablets for internal use in same package. A remedy which yotf can use yourself. Sold on" its merit3. Ask us. Sold only by us, 50c and $1.00. , . POPE DRUG CO. Lumberton, K. C BREF ITEMS OF LOCAL .Ir. J. B. Byrd and family mov ed last week from Laurinburg to the Lumberton cotton mill. Mr. W. II. Kinlaw bought la.st week a house and lot on East Fifth street from Mr. R. W. Shelby. Mesars. Bullock Brothers, who conduct an auto livery, have added another new car to their service. A joint meeting of the board of town commissioners and the board of trustees-cf the graded school will be held tonight at 8 o'clock. Miss Josephine Breece will leave tni? evening for the northern mar- i'Lts o. purchase .?p.ring-an(L3.jinmer goois for her millinery store. It looked like Christmas Eve at the local express office Saturday. Not less than 100 quart packages were there waiting for the owners. Mr. Pink Campbell, who lives about 3-4 of a mile from town on the Fairmont road, killed a hog two years old last week that weighed 525 pounds. Mr. Campbell realized 20O pounds of lard from this one pig. M r. C , A . Parneli of the Raft Swamp section ha8 bought a lot on Fifteenth street and is placing ma terial on the lot to build a . 5-room cottage. .Mr. - Parneli will move his family to Lumberton as soon as the house is completed. Mr. Sam F. Thomdyke, a mem- , ber of Uncle Sam's Nav - rrive! . Saturday for a 10-days' furlough visit to relatives near town. Mr. Thomdyke is a member of the crew of the U. S. B. S. Franklin. He says he likes navy life fine. "Hotel Lumbee" is suggested by Mrs. E. K. Proctor as an appropri ate name for the new up-to-date ho tel which Lumberton people are hop ing and praying will be built at an erly date. That would be a fetch ing name, most appropriate and at tractive. The condition of Martha Black wood, the aged colored woman who was shot from ambush some three weeks ago, is thought to be more fa. vorable today. Joe Hester, the ne gro jailed in connection with the shooting, will be given a hearing to morrow Mr, D. N. Willis of Beaufort has accepted a position as bookkeep er for Messrs. White & Gough. : He began work Saturday. Misses Pearl Humphrey of St. Pauls and Fodie Townsend, Carry- Parham and May Prevatt of Lumberton began work salesladies in the store this morn ing. , .... Mr. J. E. Rowland of the White Pond section, Gaddy township was jm.ong the visitors in town Sat urday. Mr. Rowland said that the people of his section would re-organ-n.f a Farmers' Union Local Frslay ri.Ti,t of this week. All old members a.-.j Tged to be present at the scnool br'-iding. Mr. Rowland F.ay3 there rre a number of old members in his pettion who are anx;ou3 to ?et in lir.e again. Messrs. White & Gough bought Thursday afternoon the shoe depart ment of Messrs. Townsend Brothers store. They are placing the stock on sale, at greatly reduced prices. They will sell the stock from the same building occupied by Messrs. Townsend Bros, for that department. Messrs. Townsend Brothers will con tinue a men's furnishing store ir the tuikling next to Fourth street. They not tnrry any ladies' furnishing" of'-ary V5nd in the fit."i?. The following Lumberton people saw the Bohemian Girl at the Fay etteviile opera house Friday night, making the trip in automobiles and returning the same night: Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Varser, Mr. and Mrs. T A. Ramseur, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sharp?, Mrs. R. C. Lawrence, Misses Eva Mace, Minnie Lennon, Mildred MclntyTe, Lillie Barker, Mol lie Bplle Hollowell, Messrs. E. L. and Frank Hollowav. Junius God win, W. Lennon. Elwood WTialev, Earl Thompson, .T. M. McCallum. C. V. Brown. Colin Phillips. S. K. Nash, J. II . Felts, T. S. Golden. Law rence Parker, Spurgeon Small. According to information made public the other day the foreign de rd for shoes and boots gives pros- . pect o' a. rie in the cost. The pro- f dnion o' Vide in this country is aid to be insufficient to meet the demands thit tire help? rceivfd both from p.broad f.hd from the do mestic markets. It stated that fi. 000.000 mnr pairs nf men's soes exported in 1015 than- in 1914. "Mi?vRo T.pp FubnpVs. 20 rear f,l. wi shot thrn,i"-h tV" heart ft Mv-nti.r.')., Mondnr. from ai aufo f. piepd bor pf rirh fped. J. A . Crnram. a weU-k"own yotmcr of.Vicnn. vn arrcte'T on tha cirp of 'fir'-tn- .v ?ot. "nd Mar-:n .Topc. si tnxKnh dr'ypr. was a1??o nHcd t" cpr rrr-4. Tnpr ctat;dl tnt. Br--worn fnr-od iin st the point, of a pi o o run tVe maci" Vwh sp"4 pd oppTiod f:re as thev passed t."'. vounf woman. Mt pIwm wot fitted h D'' Parker the only specialist in Lumberton licensed by State Board Examination for this important work..- HIS SERVICE SATISFIES
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