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VOL XLVH 5 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA) THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916. NUMBER 11
CARRANZA TROOPS JOIN VILLA
Grave Apprchens-on In Washington
as to Outcome of" American Ex
' pedition Into Mexico 2,000 Car-
and Join Bandit Chief, to Fight
America :. : -
"Washington Dispatch, March 22.
; Grave apprehension regarding the
outcome of the American expedition
into Mexico in pursuit , of Villa was
viHpnt for the first time in Wash
ington tonight after receipt by the
War Department oi a mspsicn. ironi
General Fonston saying a report had
reached him that 2,0u0 Carranza
'troops- at Chihuahua under; General
Herrera had revolted and - aligned
themselves with the bandit chief .
X General Funston did not disclose
h timro nf his information. So
far as could be learned, no confirra-J
ation had reached the State Depart
jnent or the Mexican Embassy, but
developments were awaitewith tense
anxiety. ' ' - . ' ,"
If Herrera and hi troops have
joined Villa, some . officials' -, believe
ether Carranza commanders , and
' troops may quickly tolkm the-- ex
ample. In such an event the Unit
ed; States and rthe de-facto Govern
ment of Mexico would" find themselves-
confronted w.tih a "'situation
" t.aiiMia ffca iter rtn6ihilitit-4 hard-
ly could be 'estiniatecL- ,
The "troops under Herrera are de
scribed here .as probaly the Chest
equipped in northern Mexico. Louis
Herrera at cne t;me was one of
Villa's most active: aides, as was his
ing the doubtful,, intentions of the
Arrieta brothers, leading a force in
Durango, also have tended jta in
crease disquiet here.
- Rebellion In Carranza's army
.would make it necessary to rush ev.
tsry available American soldier to
reinforce the advancing columns. For
this purpbse not -more than about
'16,000 .men could be useL- without
calline'out the National Guard. There
- are now on the border of Mexico in
, the neighborhood of 25,000 soldiers
and in, the whole of the -continental
United States the other mobile forces
number only a little more than
.. 000. ... : -V ; " .: -,J' t
Reborts from the border tonight
were the subject of a long conference
during the evening oe'.ween - Presi
dent Wilson and Scretary Baktr.
Afterwards Mr. Baker declined to-
talk.
-1916 MODEL" STILL CAPTURED
Still Made of , Wash-Pot, Piece of
Pipe and Gourd--Near St, Paul
As a result of a raid made by
Sheriff R E. Lewis, Deputy A. H.
Prevatt and Rural Policeman TL.. H.
Townsend yesterday one "i9J6 mod
el" whiskey-making plant was cap
tured. The 'still was made of a wash
pot, with a piece of galvanized piper
for the worm and a .home-grown
courd for the funnel. This - uo-to-
Hate nlant was located in an old out i
house in .which no one lives, about
-5 miles west cf Str Pauls. There
was no one with the still when cap-
tured. The plant was brought to
Lumbertn and placed in the1 cellar at
the court house. Sheriff Lewis savs
he docs not thinkHhe still had been
operated since1 it wss placed in the
house. ; -
. Love-Redf earn Trial Now On
Trial of the case of Prof. J. F. I
Love, principal (of the Lumberton;
graded school, against Chief of Po
lice H. H. Redf earn was begun this
morning at 11:15 o'clock and when lecture was illustrated with stereop
court adjourned for dinner at 1:30 ticon views showing Bishop Lambeth,
oYK.ck only a small.'' number : A r :hc '
vitresres in the case hid o
.a ex.
ar.i'iied There is much intvV i'i
the case, the court room this morn-
ing being almost filled with specta-
tors. , The history of the case up to
the beginning of this "trial has been
nublished in The Robesonian. A jury,
of six men was empanelled for the league, "here o nits work. The lec
vase, which is be'ng tried before Kt j ture was very-much enjoyed and was
colder E. M. Britt." instructive. -'."-'- ..- ''
rir . W.'C. Bivins editor of The Quarterly Meeting of Lumber River
Ansonian, Mr. F. W. Dunlap, Mr. Baptist Sunday Schools for Color
Bryon Redf earn, .and Mr. L. D: ed
Robinson, the last-named one cf ther The ouarterly meeting of ' the
attorneys for' the defendant, are Lumber R'ver Baptist Sunday schools,
among the out-of-town people here ! colored, will be- held at-St. John's
from IVadesbcro, former tome of .
Mr. Boone Will Go to China as Farm
Demonstrator
Mr. W. C. Boone arrived Tuesday,
night from Franklmton and is- vis
iting at the home- of his father, Mr.
J. W. Boone, on the Carthage road
4 miles from Lumberton. He resign
ed recently as farm demonstrator of
Lenoir county to accept a similar po.
Fit;.cn in Ch'na with the . Brit?h
American Tobacco Co. He will teach
the Ctiese Inrmefrs to - grow a
"brighter tobacco . The Chinese are
the oldest tobac erowers in - th
world and they rnnk third nowin
production. Mr. .Boone left K;n-
fton about 8 weeks n?o and went to
Jchn A. Boone. He will leave on
Anril 15 for San Francisco and w:ll
?ail from there on An-'! 22d for Shar-p-hai.
He poes to Cna under a 4--ycar
contract,
Mss Cornelia Steele returned yes
terday from Greensboro whore she
spent several davs visjting her sis
ter Miss Louise Steele, who i a stu
dent at the State?Normal College.
AGED WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN
,w , z-.jr-
Mrs, Alf Prevatt Killed by Shifting j
Engine in East Lumberton Step-
ned in Front of Enirine Bodv Hor-i
ribly Mangled Remains Interred-
Tuesday ' : i
.A horrible accident occurred Mon-i
day "afternoon about 4:15 o'clock!
when Mrs. Alf Prevatt was run over!
aau insuuiuy- juueu oy a virgmi
& Carolina Southern shifting engine
near' the Dresden cotton mill.'-- ?
MFevatV who-wasO; years
Aii
"J V j , " r Iw V T
ttmA nan kn tn th, T.mnhcrrAii.nir.
,;n Mf.,m;'
liojie when the fatal accident occur-l
cA cv am ir;ni w. wioi
Uadingfrom town to the cotton, mill
crosses the Vailroad, just opposite
the Dresden cotton -mdl. Parties
nrn an nr
who saw the train when it
the woman say that she stepped to ,
.uu ,.,. tJ
let on automoble pass and then step.
edcn the railroad track right:';, in
froht ot th moving .train. Those
wurtf-t the scene of the 'aecidert
the whittle was blown for the" cli
ice'tnd that the. bell was ringing at
the t me the train struck its victtm,
Mi'jt. Frt vatt was wearing a liirge
bonnet, which covered ; her ears, and ,
it is said that she was somewhat
deaf.. , , .;graues, .z.ou, u. u.r DKipper. 4
'The. engineer was looking back at
the conductor for a sign 3 1 -and nev-
tiy.saw th? woman. He ran his tram
on to the stat:on before he knew the
woman had been killed. : The ' en
pine -"was coming-in from the plant
Jfithx.JKgsdalelLi"hejCorpora-
uon. " .
,. .The left foot o the woman Ijwns
V-1 off. Also the top of .her head.
The right "arm yas almost severed
t v the shoulder and many of the
Jbores , in h;r body were broken.
Immediately , after officers of the
rairoad company liad ?been notified
of the woman's death they ordered
th undertaking establishment of
Messrs. Stephens & Barnes to take
cnrire oi ine remajns. - Alter r-meji
jt& been prepared for buriakthe re
mains were carried to the home of
deceased's grnnddauehtr,. Miss Lula
Brvant. Second snd P'ne streets. The
railroad comnnny paid all the burial
expenses and reouested the under
"iirii to use nothing but the best of
material i in cuttine the remains
'. Th, funeral wti conducted from
th Brvan home Tuesday afternoon
rTt '(clock bv Rev. N. L. Seabolt,
Tv-itfr of the Lfmberton ircuu, as
nisted bv Rev. W. D. Combs, pas
fnr r,f t.h Gosnel Tabernacle. Inter-
mPTit was made in the Gunn ceme
terv. about two miles west of town.
Deceased was a member of Chest
nut Street Methodist church and has
many friends who were, horrified to
hear of r.er saa iate.
CHURCH NOTES
First Services in
New Catholic
- Church. Sunday
Services will-be held in the new
Catholic church) east Fifth street,
Sunday morning at 8:30 o'clock for
the first time. The services will be
conducted by Rev. . Father . Geo. Wat-
kins of Witminetn. ' The church will
be dedicated in the near future.
Lecture on African Missions'
A crowd which filed the Sunday
school room at Chestnut . Street
Methodist church heard Mr. I. W.
Medlin, f'eld secretary of the Ep.
worth League of the North Carolina
Conference, deliver a lecture on Afri
can missions Monday evening. . The
pioneer - missionary in Africa, other
missionaries and natves, and some-
thing of what has been . done , Mr .
Medl'n said that Epworth Leagues
of the Southern Methodist Church
have for the past two years contri-
buted $16,000 lyear for (Afifcsn
missions. He complimented - the
Bapt:6t church here Sunday. Amone
those on the program to make ad
dresses are Messrs. E. D. Caldwell
and R. Mclntvre. two leadincr white
j Sunday school workers of Lumber-
ton;
ton; It will oe an au-oay occasion.
Ext-rcis on Home JVIissions at Tol.
arsville Sunday
Ciivr'?Dondice of The Robescnian. '
. rloUir8vill. March P2 The girl
p r-rirary of Tolarnr'He church will
pive a program Sunday afternoon,
the 26. at 3 o'clock on home mis
sions. The public is invled.-
Residence of Mr. H. M. John at Lum
her Bridee Burned
The res:dence of Mr. H. M. John
at Lumber Bridge, with practically
Ml its contents, was destroyedby
The f ir started in a room ... next to
the kitchen. The loss was several
thousand dolHr. The property was
'nsured for $1,800,
Rev. V. R. Gaston, castor of tne
Presbyterian church at Ant'och, Hoke
county. Mr. A. D. McPhul of An
tioch. T-ditcr R. B. Branch and Mr
Frd Brown of Red Sorings wei
Lumberton visitrs Tuesday.
PRIZES FOR COUN-
. . ty commencement!
Prizes Offered fcr Contests and Ex-
hikU t rmmi, rummnHmnt1:
April 7
;
' . . ' . ,
. . . . - ,
.w.B .,.-. ..t
7 is increasing every day,
all over'the county correspondents if the graded school building on next fcr the past few days with pneumon
of The Robesonian are writing that Sunday afternoon March 26, at -3 ia, we are rlad to report is much! r,
the people
e ire preparing to come and
are expecting a bi. , V:.; , ::;
i - rnzes wiu . be ottered lor ' con-
. . . -
will . Affonxt n
tests and exhibits aa follows, each
8cnoo to burnish , only one contest-;
ont - .' " ' ' '
i : For the 8CKi
; ; ... j
ui iur jwrBuej Mwm u etteviiie as speaker for the occas
consideration marching : and order, ion. Each choir will sing two se.
50' Stacy.
ucr the oest mi
industrial exhibit,
$5,ou, Houi- n.- L uoawin: t .';
For the best exhibit tor one-teach-,
er school, $2.50, W. K. Bethune.
For tfle best exhibit for two-teach-
- nnUl .l CA U C T I ,,r .: J.
er school, 2.50, K E . Lswis f r
lor tne best exhibit lor ' three.
teacher schbol, $5.00, The Robesonian.
'For the best exhibit nigh schools,
wmte uougn ;
esi'- w11 ' ciememary
Best speller in ths high, schools,
?2.50, M. W.. Floyd. ; ; r
- ov wuji wv- wti tjt nviuu, 'wv, fcjfc.. louw, we uiu iiiaiijr i William iJuy. Aiartin ivicuau, 'iUiKe
"WHY ROBESON . COUNTS other towns are expected to be rep- Brown, D. P. Buie. 3. B. Hum
SHOULD HAVE GOOD ROADS",-resented. : - s : J phrey, J. L. McNeill, Charlie Mc-
$2.50, Ira B Mullis. ; '( Misses ; Annie Williamson and Neill, W. H. M. Brown, A. C. Mc
Best specimenjcpenmanshipv Mar (JCBaxlejw.
(gold medal), Holmes Jewelry C6. widol department, will debate with Messrs; -ir.I . Brown and Paisley
Athletic Contests v the Lumber Bridge high school girls McM!lan are spending this even-
- 100-yard race; ..$2.0,; McAllister, on frext Thursday evening. Our ing in Fayetteville. gcing up to see
Hdw. Co., Inc. ; - j girls are to defend the negative side Mr. Sandy McNeill who has been
1-4 mile race, $2.00, McLean, Var- of the all-important question "Should s'ck for some time. -ser
& McLean. I we greatly enlarge the navy." So you I Politics is sprinein? uo aeain 'n
1-2 - mile race, r$2.00, Johnson &
Johnson. -';'. .
1 mile relav race. $5.00. Mclntvre.
Lawrence & Proctor.
Running high jump, $2.00, Free-
man Printing Co., Inc. : -
Running broad jump, $2.00, J. D.
McMillan & Son.
WHITE POND NEWS NOTES
Mr. Frank Gough Will Address Sun-
day School Rally Sunday Tobacco
Plants. Scarce Epidemic of Chick
en lox About Over Personal
Correspondence of The Robesonian."
White Pond (Fairmont,. R. F. D.),
March ; 21 There will - be r a -Sunday
school rally at White Pond next Suhs
day afternoon, the exercises begin-
ning at 2 o'clock. Mr. Frank Gough
of Lumbertohwiirmake an address,"
and the Sunbeam band will render a,
shdrt programme. Mr. Gough wa3(
to make a Sunday school , address
address
here about a year ago, but the
roads were so bad his car mired up,
on the : wayl We hope for better
luck th'a time. - , i
Glad to sav our folks are all well
of rticken' nor ' It BtoDDed a Pood
many of the cnnuren jrom scnooi
fcr a few days, but most of them are and returned Sunday afternoon, ac
back. . ( cmpanied by Mr. W. R. Ivey.
The cutlook for the tobacco crop Miss Ruby Stubbs. one of the
in this section is not very, bright,
JNo one ,it seems, has any plants. I
Mrs, Blanche Huggins and Mrs.
Melinda Miller visited Mrs. N. J.
Page Sunday. Miss Lillian rage. Mr. Jmps Stubbs of Clio, a. C.
visited friends at Fa'rmont Satur. sppnt Sunday with his narents. Mr.
day. Miss Fann Watson spent short pnd Mrs. A. M. Stubbs. and re.
time with home folks Sunday. Mr.) turned home Sunday even:ng, .'""
and Mrs. V. L. Byrd visited friends( Mr. L. Li McGouh?n and two
in' the Balt:more section Sunday. ,'rmall.- dacht?r and MT. P. R.
Miss Docia Watson was a Lumber-, Twrv and Mr. Charles Terry of SC.
tc-n visitor Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul, were visitors to our town Sun-
E. rage of lumberton; were
Aov-ry t. tbfir farm near
White'
pond Ias week.
Mr. Tucker Britt went to Lumber-
ton Saturday to record an important -will,
of which he was apoointed ad-
ministrator, but he f cund that the, "
will had been destroyed, so we nave,
been told that he decided to buy his.
license instead
capu Kusseu win peaK in n uming-
. n rl r - 1 ? rJl i
ton v
for the meeting of the locat union,-
1 riday evening, March
m., will be "In Union
Strength". Short talks
uv-iivc liiiucanvia vi .
x ho is one of the- "livest" wires !n.
flristan Endeavor that the State
nossesses. Talks will be made on
"Unity of Purpose". "Unity of En.'
deavor," "Unity of Thought" and
Unity cf .Fellowship". After these
talks the elecnon Ut officers will:
take place and the adoption of .the
constitution and by laws. The pub
lic is invited to attend'.
Crowd Gathered to See Wedding
Which Did Not Come Off As Ex
, pected -
A Whiteville d'spatch in today's
Wilmington Star states that yester
day afternoon Wifliam Jones of Lum
berton and Miss Mamie Pittman of
Fa'rmont presented . themselves at
thr office ofthe TegisteT of "deeds in
Whiteville snd Mr. Jones applied for
marriage license. A ,crowd gathered
in expectat'on of seeing a wedding
and some kind souls took it upon
themselves to send for a justice of
the peace, who arrived in due time,
but the couple passed out of the
room and left the crowd with the
parting remark from the- prospective
eroom. "Good day, come to
some time". .
see us
SINGING CONVENTION SUNDAY,
. '
Lar'v' Crowd of People Expected at
' nv.-ulion at Parkton Sunday Af -
terncon Girls Will Debate Park-
i ' ton Defeats St Paul Personal J
Correspondence of The Robesonian, .'f
Parkton. March 21 Following is a
I ner programme of the singing con-;
ventico to be. held in the auditorium
'dock: Devotional exercises by Rev,
t.J.
Ti felver the welcome address, and will
h hive charge -of the -programme; re-
iL ZT . . r. ...
sponse by Mr. F. Culbreth
i wo choirs that will do the
The
two choirs that will do the sineiniri
c0,r'
iwb fti-nnu-MTij.
lections in rotation until a dozen or
more songs ,wll have been heard.!
i with some special selections, such as'where he had been vlaitinir. .
solos, duets and male quartets. Thei
two cho rs and the audience will op
eh the services by all singing "Blest!
I iL. fTllA T? J . , wti '
4 Be the Tie That Binds". The pro
gramms promises to be-the most irt-
teresting and attractive one render-
'ed here since the last school com-
mencemenv ana no doubt-will draw,
jargest crowa oi peopie, as 11
f wju re inrougniy aavertisea. ay.
etteville, Hope Hills, Raeford. Red
rbprings.vLumbertch, Maxton," Lum -
sfe there is something doing all the
i time.
I There was a nractice came of base
,ball on the local diamond Friday af-
ternoon by St: Paul and the local
team. . The weather was cold and;
bitter, but" the beys seemed to want
10 piay ana you never witnessed n t today in Lumberton.
finer game. The score was St. Paulj Talk of Uhe 'county commenc
X, Parkton 4. Only one accident oc- ment up this way is still increasine
eurred, and that was when C. John.' and many are planning to go April
son, batter icr raricion, sprainea nis
ankle, and hence pad to play the re-j
mamder of the game running on one
cylmder; but he succeeded well. .The
J game was marked by, many features.
R.; B; Hudson, our clever :a-ent,
made a .real grandstand - play when j
C.i Down, for the visitors, batted the,
highest fly we have ever seen. " One)
of the visitors made a fine catch in.
deep centerrone o fthdse lfn6 drives .
The batteries, for the locals were Mc-,
Millan and Johnson: batteries for
St Pauls were Cobb and Johnson.
St Pauls were Cobb and Johnson.
Each team played well nd a cleaner,
dia-!
cf.
game never was plaved on our
mqnd Umpire, Jenkins. . Time
game. 1:45.
Mr. A:"L. . Ivev and wife and,
small Ron ' Mnrahall. nf ' Mavton.
spfnt Sunday with Mr. W. K. I vey,
teachers at Glennwood, spent the,
-ck-end w'th her parents. Mr. and,
Mrs. A. M. Stubbs and returned,
to her schcol' Sunday evening. Also
dav afternoon
Bom. on the nineteenth to Mr. 1
and Mrs. T. W . inmoson. a nne.O
boy.
AT THE MOVIES
Pastime
The Pastime -theatre offers today Carey, and Earl Johnson, Frank Mc
a dramatic innovation in "One Hun-: Neill and Willie Humphrey. The
dred Years Ago", in two reels, fea-
K t i a I
turing Kupert Julian; universal An-
imated weekly, Jtcnoes cr tne wu.
comedy. Tomorrow will be present-
i rame-uo will ue iv, una w uc luiit
Paramount Travel picture will also'
, i, c.tTi ;iHron
s done everv Fridav. Five cents
0f a Arn.m tin ns for the little
fdks. lO cents for adult3. Saturday
Helen Holmes wm be seen in the
9th hapter the "Girl and the Gams."
On Tuesday of next week, "The Is.
land of Regenration". One of the
greatest V. L. S . E . productions,
will be offered. This will be recog
nized as one of the greatest feature
pictures yet offred in Lumberton.
"The Strange Case o Mary Page",
a thrilling serial of 14 chapters, will
begin at the Pastime April 13th.
Arcade
: Delightful orchestra music is reV
dered each night at the r-cade thea
tre. Mrr RudolpTvCarlyle assists the
Worths in rendition of the musical
numbers. "The Closing Net" is the
big feature there tomorrow;. Today
a well-balanced five-reel program n
shown. Ch'ldren free at matinee.
Fire which swept through Paris,
Texas, for 6 hours Tuesday night de.
Stroyed 30 blocks. The property loss
was estimated at $2,000,000 to $3
iwu.ooo.
Z4, at 3 p. ed "The Frame-Up", a 5-reel Broad-' here attended a oance last rriaay .
There -w way feature in which will be seen' night given at the home of Mr. Willi 7.:"lm up..
will be mode. Georee . Faucett ia the lead. "The Wellington near Saint Paul. f0meo., u?ebiea a ticicei w an
:n u t j v . ..n: m;.g long THonJaill enont Km 9V viiiv.ca u naj i ymiieu biius
BL IE AND PHILADELPHUS NEWS
; - - -'': - t
New Telephone Line Completed to
; Red Springs Many Are Planning
to Attend County Commencement'
Entertainment Next Wednesday'
- Nlght-PoliticaPersonal
Correspondence of The Robesonian. ,
fiuie; March 21 Mr. Geo. A. Ray.
who has been confined to his room
improved. Miss Fry,-a
trained nurse
:Jf?m with,the pound.
Miss Kitty Jones of ? Lumberton1
cptent the week-end with relative In
. ". - ... -
l... PhiladelnhuB rommunit.
ir Jmw r t ,;nK,,
' SJ?nday with his brother Mr
i. f. Kay.
Ray.
Mr. 'and Mrs. L. H. Holt spent
Sunday in- Lumberton. .
Mr. "Mack MrArthur rpliirnifi
home todav from Halifax
Mr. I. T. Brown, who has been
! confined to his bed for the past few
days, is very much improved.
. . r
I Mr. R. J. Brown spent Saturday
evening in I.nmh.rtnn rn KnainAa
Miss R. D. Buie was a Lumberton
visitor todav. ?
The new telephone line, which we
nave spoken of several times in The
( Kobesonian, is now completed -ta
Red Serines, and is beinir used. Th
;ones havini? phones on it are Messrs.'
many places and no. doubt many will
throw their hats in the ring
There is, we understand, to b an
entertainment at Philadelohus Wed
nesday nieht week. Everybody come.
Messrs. Carl B., and J. S, Brown
and J. A. Townsend are spending
7th
Mr. W; M. Pate is a Lumberton
visitor today. '
MOUNT TABOR HAPPENINGS
Students J Practicing for the "Big
Day' ' County , Commencement,
April 7 Social and Personal
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Mount Tabor (Red Spf ings, R 7T .
D.), March 21 Everybody has been
busy and news has been scarce,
M r.and Mrs. Ira Prevatt and lit.
tie daughter, Allie Maxine, of Ren
nert spent Sunday at the home of
Mr: Aust'n Smith.-
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Baxley and son Mr...vysie.y K;rby of Pembroke
d-Miss Kate Johnsc-n of the SaddleTas a Lumberton visitor yesterday.
and
, Trp virinitv visitpd near Buie Sun-I
day afternoon
Mr. W. J. Humphrey was a Lum
berton caller Saturday.
Miss Estelle Heustess and little
brothers Master Douglass and Gor.
don left for their home near McColl,
S. C, Sunday after spending sev-
eral days at the home' cf Mr. andj
Mrs. F. A. Humphrey. They werj
accompanied by Miss Belle McMil-
Ian of the Philadelphus section, who r.ut street. While skating at a rap
goes to spend a few days with them. Jd 8peed the roller came off of one
Several from , around here expect Skate and threw the boy against the
to attend the picnic and. xoncert at, sidswalk. He struck on his head
Rennert this week
Mr. and Mrs. Tom McNeill enter
tained a few cf their friends at their
home on last Thursday night from1
mi il. inose wno were lonunaie'
$?Uh-HithnretTeMfSLe'wh is between Hamlet and
MacNeill Estelle Heustess Lessie jIarion g c w b d, bra- rf
MacDonald and Mary Humphrey and ( about the head; arma and back ye3.
Messrs. Arthur McNeill, Pope Hum- tet(,ay afternoon on the Raleig &
phrey, Martin and Roman Powell, -charIeston about 10 mile. xnm
guests departed at a late hour, after
. l-.-J J- I
numerous games were piayeu, UC J
cianng tney nau spent me ,uoat,
HeaSOIl .
Some of the youne folks around
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tolar and
little daughter Emmaline spent Sun-
day with home ioiks.
The students at Mount Tabor are;
practicing for the "big dayt in Lum-
l erton April 7th.
Mr. J. G. Humphrey spent Sat.
uvday in Red Springs.
Augupta, . Ga., dispath, March 23:
Fire which has caused damage esti
mated at from $5,000,000 to $8,000,
000 in the heart of Augnusta's bus
iness district and the adjoining residence-,
distrct was still burning
briskly this momingn the rc! enec
section under the influence of high
winds. Fremen were unable to say
whe the flames could be controlled
but-expressed the hope that owing
to the smaller buildings now in its
path the fire would respond to ef
forts to quench it.
County Commencement
IN LUMBERTON
APRIL 711
Come to Lumberton
APRIL 7TH.
County Commencemeit
BRIEFS ITEMS OF LOCAL NEW
AA1ir stnn (a ' llj. - V.
loc,i market todij for 11 3-8 eenta
i - r
u' "Mr' JJ10 uiU f1 mfl
ve v ba,ck f Lumberton
.iron st. raw, wnere
they lived
'three months.
' Yesterday was one of the wind
iest days this section has experienced
m. longtime.. The wind earned
with t a tremendous amount of dust
fr3. R. '?.!. II. ftLenivMi an.l
I . mnmini," rww,. .
Mrs. Hartlev will consult a' snecial
Lt. "
Mr. W. II. Haney of East Lum
berton left yesterday ntcming for
Fayettviile, where he will enter a
hospital and undergo an operation
for. appendicitis.
Hiamiany friends hereabouts and
elsewhere will be sorry to learn that
Mr. -W,- S. Wishart has been ad
vised by his physician that he has
Chronie appendicitis and may have
to undergo an operation.
- Mr. A. Weinstein and daughter,
Mss Miriam, returned this-morning
from . New York, where they spent
several days. While thene Mr. Wein
stein bought spring and summer
t,ood for his department store.
T " Yesterday being the windiest day
io far of the windy month, aome
folks selected it as the best time to
?ut c-ut old papers and other light
rash that would be sure to blow
away and decorate the yards of
ne:ghbors.
A 20-molths-old child pf Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Boone, who live
about 5 miles from town on the Car
thage road, underwent a serious op.,
ration Tuesday. The operation was
performed by Drs. W. L. Grantham
and R. S. Beam.
Miss Sadie Ray Pope returned
yesterday from a hospital in Fay
etteville, where she recently under
went an operation for appendicitis'.
Miss Pope's mother, Mr. H. T.
Pope, went to Fayetteville yester-
Ldaiu-morning and accompanied her
hime.
ine "Honeymoon uins ' gave
pleasing performances at the Pas
time theatre Monday and Tuesday
nights. Two shows were given each
nigni in aauiuon to me usual picture
3crvice. - Large crowds attended the
. fhow an.d seemed.well pleased with
t:.e offerings.
In
paying his subscription for a
year in advance Mr. Kirby said he
wants The Robesonian to come out
three t'mes a week, instead of twice,
and that he is willing to pay more
for it in order to make its visits
mere frequent.. '
Master Enni3, 13-yeai-uld bon
cf Prof, and Mrs. R. E. Sentel'e,
vva& painfully kurtMonday afrnoon
from a fall while skatW an S.ht-t.
and was .knocked unconscious. He
remained delirious for several hours.
He has almost recevored , from the
ace'dent. however
berton when the door of the express
car was blown in by the wind, which
was blowing a gale. Mr. Monroe
wa3 attended by Dr. W A.
Mc-
phaul of Lumberton Seaboard Dhvs-
J n,., oKla rrn nn IT.m.
rr" w 6" w
daX and some 'hose mmes -were
thu? presented to the public are said
to have gotten hopping mad about
it. Whoever was responsible for the
t'eket could have gotten a fight on
h's hands without any trouble bj$
owning up. , Whoever may be can
didates, it seems certain that the
men whose names were presented on
these s.'ips are not after town office.
" A number of citizens of the town
have recently asked this reporer to
say something through The Robe
sonian about folks letting their chick
ens run at large. "I have , set out
cabbage plants twice and still have
none", wis the pitiful tale of one
man. It does really look hard
to buy fertilizer and prepare your
gardenr and buy your plants and then:
let K-our neighbors chickens eat
them up. In fact you cannot be a
toed ne:ghbor and let your chickens
run at large.
. . My glasses were fitted by Dr
Parker, the only specialist ia
Lumberton licensed by State Board
Examination for this important
work.. HIS TERVICE SATIS
FIES .
mat were Bcanerea aooui town iues-