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ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH- $1.50 A TEAR. DUE IN ADVANC1 VOL XL VII LUNIBLKIUW, NUKIH UAKUL.1NA, 1 nUKoUAI, rtoKUAKI Z4, lyib. NUMBER 3 McLEOD GETS FEDERAL JOB PARKTON PARAGRAPHS REPUBLICAN LOVE FEAST OUTLINE OF ARMY BILL GLENNWOGD CLEANINGS BRIEF ITEMS 'OF LOCAL NEWS State Senator McLeod. of Lumberton Gets Appointment on Federal Com mission Duties Will Carry Him 'Into All Parts of United States Will Begin Work Monday State Senator Geo." B. McLeod of Lumberton was offered a position Monday as itieia representative oi the Federal Trade Commission. The appointment was made upon the rec ommendation of Senator Simmons and Representative Godwin. ' This commission was established about, a year ago and is headed bj Hon. W; J. Harris of Georgia. Mr. - Tom Robertson of Randolph county, this State, also holds' a responsible position with the Commission. Mr. McLeod's work will call him to all parts of the United States.' His du. ties will be to look into all branches of business about which the govern ment needs information. Mr. Mc Leod will make headquarters In Wash ington and will report for duty Mon day morning. He will spend some time in Washington acquainting him self wth the duties and requirements of the office. - r- While Mr. McLeod hesitated giv ing out the salary the position pays, press reports from Washington fix at between $3,000 and $5,000 per year with a liberal amount for ex- Mr. McLeod returned yesterday . from Washington, wnere ne spent Tuesday. He says he was informed Ktr Soniitnr Simmons that Mr. A. W. McLean of fImejgttbd urged his Mr. McLeod has many friends the State who will be pleased to learn of his appointment to this important position Stores at Proctorville Robbed Thrfto utorps at Proctorville were entered bv robbers last night. These were the stores of Messrs., W. R. Kiirlpa fie P. Branoh and' J. H. Purvis. The front floors of all three buildings were broken open with an axe. The robbers tooK a watcn, some Etftpkintrs and Docket 'knives from the Surles store, some flour ar,A nitrarpttes from the Branch store Nothing was missed from Mr. Purvis' Rlnodhounds from Chadbourn were secured early this morning, but aiier trailing about a half mne the rain stopped the trail. No arrests have been made-. Sheriff R. E. Lewis went to the scene of the rob bery early this morning. County Democratic Executive Com mittee Will Meet in Lumberton March 7 'vnairman T A McNeill asks-The Robesonian to state that the county Democratic executive "committee will oet in Lumberton on Tuesday, Marca 7, at 1 p. ra. at ue court house, livery member cf tne executive com jn.ttee is urged to attend this meet ing and the public is invited. The State executive committee will meet in Raleigh on March 8 and Chair, man Thos. D. Warren has extended an invitation to all Democrats to at tend this meeting, which is expected to be an occasion worth, attending. Six-Town Baseball League Proposed At a well-attended baseball "meet ing last night Messrs. E. L. Hollo way and E. J. Pope were a-nointed a committes to -write Fayetteville, Raeford, Hamlet, Laurinburg and Red Springs in regard to ' organizing a six-town league to be composed of the above named towns. If the league is organized nothing except :!". he nlaved. no ' professionals to be allowed to play with any of .the teams. After the committee hears from the various - towns another meeting will be call ed and officers elected for the local .club. Interest in County Commencement Prof. J. R- Poole, county superin tendent of public instruction, and Dr. B W. Page, county health officer, visited' a number of schools in South Robeson Monday. Prof. Poole says good work is being i done in the schools throughout the county and great interest is being manifested in the county commencement, -which , will be held in Lumberton, Friday, April 7 The teachers are already making arrangements for the occas ion, which promises to be the big. pest educational rally ever held m Robeson. , - "Hoss-Trader" Stole noss It seems that there is a certain "hoss trader" in the county that stole the stock on which he parted to trade. Messrs. Zach and Fowler Pre vatte made a trade with a strange man Monday. Tuesday another man came m claimed the property trad ed the Messrs. Prevatt, claimmgthat it had been stolen. Efforts have been made to get up with, the man with whom they swapped, but as yet hv have not been successful. Bet. trr'be careful with whom you trade. ivTi Dennis Lenron. aged 71 years, died at his home in Eladnboro Sun- theStates. a 16-vear-old volunteer in I l r . - corvort in tne war di" Companv K, 47 iortn iirouna ra iment. He is snrved by his wife, 4 daughters and 4 sons. Charles -A. Mate, changed 'with brutally murdering his wife at their home near Morganton Tuesday night, wns trailed yesterday by bloodhounds with a price of $500 on his head and his capture in the mountains of that ypction was hourly expected. A Wockading outfit was found in Mace's house. Sunday School Addresses by J. A. Brown Oats and Flowers Killed by . Cold Protracted Meeting in April" Singing- Convention Per sonal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton. Feb. 22 Hon. J. A. Brown of Cbadbourn arrived Satur day night and was the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. McCormick and Sunday morning addressed the peo ple of the town and community at the auditorium at 11 o'clock on the all important subject of the Sunday school and at. 8 o'clock atQ night ad dressed a fair-sized congregation at the Presbyterian church, his discourse being a continued Sunday school ad dress, using as a basis organization. His addresses were a rare treat. Mr. Brown is one of North Carolina's most consecrated and earnest Sunday school workers and he is one of-those spell-binders. He is a broad-guage, big-hearted Christian gentleman and his addresses will long be remem bered and no doubt will result in great good. He wa3 introduced Sun day morning by ProfH. W. Doub, principal of the graded school, who also made some fitting remarks on the Sunday school question. The Parkton choir" furnished some splen did music Sunday morning and at :.ii Tk enentrpi- naid a smendid tribute to the choir, remarking that he could not recall a time wnen ne had the pleasure of listening to bet ; mnoio He emnhasized that VU1 i 1 , good live choir was especially essen tial to any Sunday school and wit1.-:-, out it would eventually result in a I dead Sunday school. - t ' , Rev. J. L. J'enkins is in Southport but will return tomorrow. wr. . t . Johnson is out again after being shut in a week with grippe. Mrs. O. L. Johnson is sick with grippe this week and many more with colds.TMrs. W. T. Fisher has been quite sick but is somewhat better, also Mr. W. T. Fisher was quite 6ick last week but is able to be out now. Last week's severe cold weather killed a large portion of $he box flowers of ou? town and played hav ock with the winter oat crop. Messrs.' J. B. and J. D. McCor mick and Miss Mary L. Culbreth motored up to Linden Sunday to visit Mrs . McCormick, who has been sick, but she is somewhat better. - Rev. Wm. Black has advised the of ficials of the Presbyterian church here that he will conduct a meeting of days here commencing about the 7th of April. , Messrs. T. W. Thompson, W. R. Ivey.and A. H.Perry made a fly ing trip to Montrose Suhdy"eveinng in Mr. Thompson's car and report a pleasant trip. Mr. Justin McNeill of Lumberton spent Saturday and Sun day" with relatives in town, returning home Sunday evening. A very large singing convention is planned to take place in our town on or about the 4th Sunday evening in March by two of the strongest choirs in this section of the State. Truly this is a singing age. raTRAL LFTTER CARRIERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING Pelccates to State Convention i Time for Annual Meeting Changed Renorted for The Robesonian. The annual meeting of Robeson pnnntv R. L. C. Association was h-H in the court houp at Lumberton Tuesday, the 22nd. Tbi3 was one of e pSt-nttended and most interest; Ing meetings that we have had !n some time, and we were very glad to add several hew names, to our list of reg ular members. Bro. C. H. Howard of St. Pauls made a very appreciative tald on the duties of a carr;er. Bro. J. S. Hum phrey of Shannon in' a short talk pave us some good suggestions as to the relation of the can-ier to the pat rons. - Bro. J. M. O. Denmark of St. Pauls ably discused some of the insurance features of the associa tion .' It was decided by the association to change the time of enr annual meeting from the 30th of May to the 22nd of February and bv so doing it became necesspry that we elect officers for the coming year at this mting, so the matter of electing officers was taken on and the fol lowing officers elected: President, C. H. Howard, St. Pauls; vice president, J. B. Meares, Lumberton; secretary p.nd treasurer, J. M. O. Denmark, Pt. Pauls; executve committee, E. R. Hiyps. Fa;rmoTit, N. G. Smith, Rpd Snrinrs, W. II. M"rrv, Barnes ville. W. B. Ratley cf Fairmont, A. .T RnrlnQ of Drrnm and TT. M. White of Lumberton. were appointed j 'IslfPPs to the. State convontion to; be he'd at Grepnsborn in July. Let; evervbedv attended the State con ventiori this t'me: it mav not be that rear bv ariv more Foon; and don't "orpt thfdpt of our next meeting, Feb. 22rd. 1917. . J.M.O. DENMARK, Pec.Ten. Fairmont Messenger Will be Revived New Doctor It is understood that the Fairmont Messenger which suspended publica tion some months ago, will be reviv ed this week under new management, but under same name. It is expect ed that the first issue under the new management will be issued tomorrow. Fairmont has a new physician in the person of Dr. Robt. L. Lovill, who recently moved to that , place from Mount Airy. In Interest of Peace No Names of National Leaders Were Mentioned Delegates to State Convention J. R. Kinlaw Will be Candidate for Register of Deeds In order to keep the peace, neither the name of Roosevelt nor Taft was mentioned at the meeting of the Pro gressives and Republicans held ia jLumberton Monday. If either of the two men was mentioned during the convention he was mentioned at a committee -meeting outside the regu- lar meeting. About the only thing done at the convention was to or ganize and appoint delegates to the' State convention .which will be held at Raleigh March 1. The delegates appointed were: J. W. Hall, Rev. C. R. Hester, J, P. Price, L. E. Tyner, J. C. Snoddy, S. L. Parker, W. H. Kinlaw, J. A. Branch, Jim Andrews, Rev. Jno. Prevatt, J. R. Lawsom Mr. J. C. Snoddy of Red Springs was elected chairman and W. H. Kinlaw was elected secretary. Mr. Kinlaw was the only one to make a speech at the , meeting held Mon 'day. Mr. J. R. Kinlaw of Howellsville township took occasion to announce himself a candidate for register of deeds. No date was set for any future meeting. ( Resolutions of sympathy were read in regard to Mr.. .W. K. Culbreth, who -wm urible to attend the meet ing. Kcsolution3 in regard to death of 'At. ' 'I hooter were also read. Nui ilL l'ING FERTILIZERS s'oticealie Absence of Usual Hauling of Fertilizers at This Time of Year Present Prices Give Farm ers Pause The farmers seem to be very slow indeed when it comes to buying fer tilizer. As a rule at this season they are busy hauling it out to their farms. It is not the case this year. Not a man is seen hauling fertilizer. The farmers are waiting and many of them say they are going to con tinue to wait as long as the prices remain as high as they now stand. Thev 'don't like the idea of paving so much more per ton for the "stuph" than they have been paying ana nan the chance of its not being worth as much as usual. Many say what they bought last year was worth very lit tle and the potash seems to do less abundant than it was when the fer tilizer used last year was made. -It is a problem among the agricultur al classes. One thing sure, if they Ann't n anv-nnd dan't.make an aver age crop they will not have the aver-. age bill3 to meet next iau. more is a bright side to almost any question, it- So o -faff nn Honbt that the farm ers generally have been relying topi rial fertilizers andi not "doing enough real farming", aa Mr. A. L. French observes. RECORDER'S COURT Joe Hester Bound to Court On Charge, of Shooting Martha Blackwood! From Ambush , ' Joe Hester, the negro arrested in connection with the shooting of Mar-j tha Blackwood, colored, some inree weeks ago, was given a hearing be fore Recorder E. M. Britt Monday afternoon. He was bound over to Superior Court under a $400 justified bond, which he failed to make, and i3 still in jail. It will be remember ed that bloodhounds were secured im mediately after the shooting and the dogs trailed to the house where Hester was rooming, about 1 mile from town. Other testimony given at thV trial corroborated that of the dogs. One witness testified that he, saw a man going along the way the hounds trailed just after the shoot ing occurred. It was also proved that Hester was seen on Elm street about 15 minutes before the shooting occurred. . . , Failure to List Poll Costs Heap Much Money 4 , Frank Howell, colored, of-Lumber-ton township was before Recorder L. M. Britt this morning charged with failure te list his poll tax for 1915. Judgment was suspended upon pay ment v?f cost and taxes, which amounted to $9.19,besides his attorney fee If he had listed it would only have cost him $2. Recorder Britt says Howell had a close call to the roads and his escape was lucky. THE DEATH RECORD . Mrs. A. Coy Flowers of Raft Swamp Mrs. A. Cov Flowers, agea auoui 46 years, died at her home near Rsft Swamp church Monday after noon. Deceased had been sick for some time and her death was not at all unexpected. She is survived hv her husband ar.d a number of broth ers and sisters. The funeral was con ducted at the crave Tuesday after noon bv Rev. W. R. Davis, pastor of deceased, and interment was made in the family burying ground. Qu te a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relative's attended the lunerai rwcnspd was a leval member uf Back Swamn Baptist church. Doath of an Infant ' An infant of Mr. and Mrs. Murk Grav died at the home of its par ents' near Saddle Tree church Tues day night at 9 o'clock. Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Pope will Ipave tomorrow for their home ati Monroe, Oregon. Mr. Pope has been here for several months. Mrs.'Pope arrived last week. National Preparedness Legislation Takes Iong Step Forward in Con gress House Committee Agrees on Bill it Will Present for Pas- : Rage ' Washington, Dispatch, 21st. National preparedness legislation took a long step forward in Congress today when the House Military Com mittee reached a practical agree ment on the outline of the army bill :t will unanimously present for pas.; sage Chairman Hay was authoriz ed to frame the measure, which is a compromise for the continental army plan advocated by former Sec retary of War Garrison and Presi dent Wilson. - Complete federalization of the National Guard will be substituted for the proposed continentals, and theWhiteHousewas inf ormed,durr ing the day that the committee was a unit in supporting the plan. The measure will grant virtuallv the en tire program mapped out by Secre tary Garrison for the regular army and go even farther than he recom mended in providing for reserve mil itary supplies. A total peace strength of .575,000 men in the standing army and the puard combined will be provided for with reserve systems to more than double the frce in war. The ex pense for the whole Establishment this vear is roughly estimated at 174,000,000. This is exclusive of Panama Canal defenses, proposals for additional military schools in H States carried in" the McKellar - bill favorably reported tody with an appropriation of $3,480,00 and what ever sum may later be decided upon to foster pne fixation of atmospheric nitroeren in the United States and give this country its own supply of ingredients for explosives. The first ySpnr of the Garrison plan would have called for a total expenditure of $ie?.000,000. To complete the committee's compromise-with - the President on the eontinental army the bill will au thorize the increase of the regular fjirmv to a total peace strength o 47.000 bv adding 10 reHment of infantry, four reenment of field nr t:llery. 52 companies of Coast Artil lery, 15 companies of engineer, and forr aero souadrons. This is the ex act reenlar army program mapned out bv former Secretary Garrison be fore the unfavorable reception of Ve cortinenM armv scheme Jed to his resiVnatlofl. ft renrentsVloo a con fpe!nn vr ChaiVan TTav,' who ureed rtrev'opoV raflfTiir)" the - it"-'s tot'' "Ptw zthrt v t itin v present- rem -pin"! "i o -f-Ti strength 2n 1 nddipsr to tVe f;Vldf rt'lV-rv ,t. Under thext?ntative bill, the reg ular army would have an organiza tion capable of be!ng extended to 275.000 men in war t'me and a re serve provision will be included de signed to produce Annually 75,000 reservists, obligated to return to the colors under call. It will provide al vs for don Win t the cadet corps a West Point and creat'on of 30 cadets '-inies to be attached to regu lar regiments to be trained for entry irto an officers' resen'e corns. FAIRMONT SOCIAL ITEMS Valentine and Leap Year Party Correspondence of The Robesonian. Fairmont, Feb. . ' 21 TheFidelis class of the First Baptist church gave a Valentine-Leap-Year party at the homa of Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Pitt man Friday night, Feb. 18. Guests wrere met at the door by Miss Gussie Mitchell and ushered into the par lors where they were resented with tally cards by Miss Elsie Flowers. Punch waal served by Miss Annie Lee McDaniel. The fun began whenltbe young ladies began making dabss with the young men. Each boy ws eiven six hearts, and six lemons. Then the young ladies began propos ing. If a boy accepted a ladv he gave her a heart; if he rejected her she received a lemon. Miss Quincy Mitchell received the booby prize for receiving the most lemons and Miss Holestein the nrize for receiving the most hearts. A delicious salad course was served by Misses Annie Lee Mc Daniel, Grace Fisher, Teda Mitchell. Music was furnished by different young ladies. Those present were Misses Addie Mitchel, Quincy Mitch ell, Holestein, Pauline Jones, Nell Butler, Elsie Flowers, Holloway, Eva Thompson. Mattie Bullock, Gussie Mitchell, Maud Bullock, Toy Bryant of Darlington, S. C, Penelope Ash ley, Rosa Bfdle Jenkins, Quessie Rat ley, Lelia Floyd; Mrs. Phil Jones. The voung men were Messrs. Felton Mitcholl, Wilev Tavlor, Billie Kyle, Furman Floyd, Crawford Ratley,' Cam Blue, James Floyd, H. T. Jones,! Fred Prevatte. Frank Stanlv, Lve? ette Floyd, Phil Jone. The time for departure .came too soon and the after bidding the hos tess goodnight left for their respec-j tive homes, having enjoyed tne most pleasant evening of the season. "ThvmnaTr erin? at t'- menn? at t-e Austrian posuions with the r biz jruns have ciptured thj mountainous rpcrin of Callo (Col lo) in the Sugana V'''ev. 3nd alo have nccunied the t. - of Roncegno and Ronchi. The. Italians now are almost within striking distance of one of the:r chief objectives of the war--the. city of Trent which lies orotected on the north, east and south bv a line of forts, 15 miles west of the captured region. pital in Baltimore for Treatment' Moremehts of the People Correspondence of The Robesonian . Glennwood (Pembroke, R. 1), Feb.! Beasley of Pembroke were visitors in tjiia section last Sunday. Mr. Duncan McNeill and family of Tim monsville, S. C, spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks Mr. and Mrs. F. R. McNeill. Mr. Lewis Webb of near Laurinburg has returned home after visiting his daugnter, Mrs. J. D. McNeill. Toi. Edgar Bundy spent last Sat urday ana Sunday at lumberton and Fayetteville. Mr. T. E, Cope and family of Red Springs will - return horn tomorrow alter spending a few flays with Airs. Cope's parents, Mr, and-Wrsr-Jacob-DuncanMrT-Law Gregory is improving after having a serious attack of cold. Mr. David Cope of Red Springs spent Sunday in tnis section. There was a singing at Mr. R. M. Mussel white's home last Sunday night. A good number was present and did some fine singing. Miss Jessie Duncan, who is going to school .A - i f . 1 i folks. Mrs. C. II. feewis and son, Glenn, spent the week-end with rel atives at Fairmont. Miss Sallie Mus selwhite, who has been sick, is im proving. Mr. Ernie Webb of Row land spent Sunday in this ' section. Mr. W." K. Culbreth, who underwent an operation last fall at Baltimore, Md. will have to go back tomorrow to be treated. The doctors don't think they will have to operate again. Hope he will have a speedy recovery. Mr. Arch McCormick of Pembroke passed through this sec tion Sunday. Miss Lillian Buie has returned home after visiting rela. tives and friends at Buie. Mr. W. A. McNeill has a sick mule. Miss Annie Culbreth who spent a few days with home folks, returned to her work today at Purvis. Messrs. Noah Duncan and T, E. Cope were Lum berton visitors today. Mr. Dan Buie and .Bister, Miss.Liiiian, were Lumberton visitors Saturday. MARIETTA NEWS NOTES Ladies Aid Society. Furnishing Church Social and Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Marietta, Feb. 22 'Messrs. J. S. Oliver and A. W. Harrington at tended the first quarterly conference of Robeson circuit which was held SalurdayinFairmont. Master Frank Jenrette left Satur day for his home near Boardman. He was in school here during the fall and winter ar.d made many f riend3 who regret very much that he could not finish the year's work on account of the continued sickness of hi3 fath er. County Commissioner Floyd of Fairmont wa3 in town Thursday. Mr. Floyd- visits us frequently since the chaingang has been put on the roads here. Mr. U. IN., f nver spent jwe n.aalr-onrl nuith rpl.ltivfiS flt St. Pauls vvrt v.i ...... . . . ai kcu springs, is visiung nomefnu uosioii.ce, BunUav hours heinw The carpet and choir railing arettcnigni in nonor oi ansa xiay, being placed in the new Methodist church. All the church furniture has been bought by the Ladies Aid So. Ciety. iney nave raiseu uvauy thousand dollars and are still at work, Though very weak numerically, they are strong 'n (Jetermination. The society recently held its reorganiza tion and elected the following offi cers for the year: president, Mrs. J. M. Wells, re-elected; vice presi dent, Mrs. S. M. Oliver; secretary, Miss Rachel Oliver, re-elected: treas Mrs. W. M. Oliver. The mis sionary feature has been added to the society and the worn win De car ried on on a broader scale. The G. W. Club held a most de lightful social meeting on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 19th, with Miss Ada Henley. Miss Ada had planned to carrv the club to Page's Mill, but ow:ne to the cold windy afternoon she abandoned, this and carried the club over to her home. Miss Ada was assisted in receiving by her moth er and sister Eva. The afternoon was snent most pleasantly by all. Mrs. W. M. Oliver rendered sever al instrumental selections, which were7nurh enioved Our hostess, as sisted by her sister Eva, served dainty refreshments. GADDYSVILLE GRIST Tobacco Plants and Oats Killed, by Cold Debate Tomorrow Evening IF1" l l"c y.., ...--.... Correspondence of The Robesonian. cf the board a m'"esepndoe Gaddvsville (Fairmont, R. 1), Feb.; nlans for selling e present county 22-During the sudden drop in tern-! nome and buying a mw :te. It .s perature lan week lots of tobaccol expected that the old home, which plants were killed also a. good manyh no credit to a treat county -like . . T Y.ncrn Ka crilH o farm h'MKrrr fall-sown oats. Farmers are sowing ts. Farmers are -sowmfir' plant-beds ever again tive will be upheld by Messrs. W jhUe Messrs. Yates Gaddy and James Shooter will battle for the negative. The public is cordially invited. W. V. B. The entire crew cf about 22 men of the Zeppelin airship which was shot down by the French near Bra-dant-le-Ro:, perished in the flames which enveloped the aircraft as it fell from a height of 6,000 feet. Ber lin admits the loss of this Zeppelin. i I There win De a puon? ofcDaie ... , 4 . ... -. I Gaddysville school house Friday night! P''blc Debate at Mt. Eliam ' Feb. 25, beginning at. 8:00 o'clock.! There .will be a public debate at of Rebellion marked a more import-' n-ght of this week. The drbate wi.I ant pcch in American historv than' be between speakers from ..It. Eiiam v iv-f CA.occwvn " tvp of f rma.! nr.d T.ontr Branch. After the debate aNo, one ,n Lumberton seems ta '?ave feit. tne earthquake shock Moo. i"y venm8r- t ol the Robeson Coon- . cu.m owieiy win De held at rairmont Wednesuay of next week. The condition of Martha Black- wood, the aged coorei woman who was shot lrom ambush some three weeks ago, i3 improving. A meeting w.ll be Jield at the court house tomorrow evening at 6 o clock lor the purpose of organising a citizens co-operative marxet ciuu. The Daughters of the Confede racy will serve dinner at the court nouse Monday, February U8. .Pro ceeds to be used by the Robeson Chapter. Mr. M Beverly was advised by wire this morning that his father ..T'j . v m noma - at Wadesboro. Mr. Beverly will go, to Wadesboro .this evening. A meeting of Qybornville Local of tlie farmers Union will be held in the court house here tomorrow night at 6 o'clock. All members are u ged to be present. ' Waar.ington's birthday was observ ed in Luinoerton OnlV bv the hanirfc 1 . - observed t the postolfice and the rural am:r be.ng off the job "for that day; . . w The ladies of Chestnut Street Methodist church will give a Colon ial tea at the residence of Mayor and Mrs. A. E. White from 8 to 11 o'clock Friday evening of next week, March 3rd. A, silver offering will be taken at the door. ""-Wilmington Star," 22hd: Rev. J." L. Jenkins of Lumber Bridge, one of the best known Baptist ministers in this section of the State, arrived last night and goes today to South port, to make an address at a Mason ic rally there this evening. . Mr; CM. Fuller has just re turned from another trip to St. Louis Mo., - where he purchased more horses and mules for his sales barns. Mr. Fuller has been to St Louis so many times since last fall on similar missions that he has about lost count. . The Lumberton Bargain House, of which Mr. M. J. Merritt is man ager, will have a grand millinery opening from March 7 to 11. A num ber of efficient milliners will be at their store during this time. Read thier two advertisements in this is sue, ' "Dead and, forgotten" seems to be the condition of many who are buried in Robeson eounty-eemeteries.-As a writer in the University News Letter observes "It's little wonder that we fear death if we must be buried in the average country grave yard". ... - -.... Miss Jennie Ray of Waynesville arrived Monday night and is a guest of Mrs. R. C. Lawrence, Sixth street. Before coming to Lumberton Miss Ray spent some time in Ral eight aryj Fayetteville visitin" friends. Mrs, A. E. White will entertain li 1 Mr. P. Mel. McKenzie, who has held a position as salesman in Messrs.. White & Gough's large department uiaivre iur ttvcrai yvarst i3 ueeu put in charge cf wh at. wan formerlv the I - i .1 1 a If - Sliot' department ui oiesars. iuwu- send Brothers store, this department having been bought by Messrs. White & Gough. ' A joint meeting of the board or town commissioners and the board of trustees of the graded school was held.-Tuesday nigh tfor the purpose of going over some of the records with the special accountants who are auditing the town books. It is ex pected that the accountants will be ready to make a final report in a short time. The signal board and railroad telephone have been moved from the S. A. L. freight station to the uni on passenger station. This means that the operators and ticket agents will be at the ticket office from 6:30 o'clock a. m. to 12 o'clock mid night. The telephone and signal board were moved from the passen ger station to the freight depot some 18 months ago. - Mr. J. F. McKay of route 2 from Red Springs, a member of the board of couhty commissioners, is in town today. Mr. McKay and Mr. C- B. Townsend of Lumberton, an- otM fer or t"d, were f -. and a new and up-to-date home built. a quilt made bv the Woman's Mision- ar; Societvof the Mt. FTiim Banti't cU'ch will be sold The pro-ee;l5 r.f the sale will b? used for missons. The public is invited." 1 young woman. ...My classes were fitted by Dr Parker, the only specialist in Lumberton licenfed by State Board! Examination for thl Important work.. HIS SERVICE SATIS FIES A
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