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THE ROBESONIAN . i ' - ' ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS A YEAR. DUE IN AD VAN CI VOL XLVII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1916. NUMBER 17 IUUMKI, UUU AAU TRUTH HOTEL HEATING AND ' DRAINAGE LANDS CASE PLUMBING CONTRACTS LETi TO SUPREME COURT FUNERAL OF MRS. SHARPE ' SECOND PR ELI MI N- Remains Interred in Beautiful Cem.i ARY DEBATE TONIGHT OPERETTA TOMORROW NIGHT BRIEFS ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Building Leased to F. A. Crabtreej Judge Daniels Rules That Drainage! For One Year From Date of torn. isirici louu oviu iur in iy I "The Wild Rom" 'Will 'be Presented pletion At a called meeting of the board of directors of the Lumberton Hotel Company yesterday afterntfon the contract for heating the new hotel be Resumed Mention was made some time ago at Opera House Friday by 30 Youn&- Ladies From Maxton For Benefit of School Building Thirty young ladies from Maxton. A n A.A. ft S Tj ery umerou. Seventy.Five Schools Eligible to En- rt1 ,0ral fferin9 Cov'! ter-Robeson Heads the List With ered the Grave J: Four Teams-Many Girl Debaters The funeral of Mrs. Annie Mc-; Final Debato Tomorrow P..!.. in The Robesonian of the suit insti-j David Sharpe, whose death at Gar-; University News Bureau tutea against tne commissioners oi;nett,.b. . , at the home of her son- Ch j - ; Rose", at the local opera house to- " :?afK &2H an? I and Mrs. Lu 'i.1 "ZftS rrow evening beginning at 8:30 Duuoing to De erected on wmobii , . f . R w ta f oi l" " ' V" " j.... ' with the conditions reralatinc ,H '" " ,s n,n trr Kotwwn Fourth ftnd Fifth! t J -li luunuug w lueuuuuou in uJ - : ... .t " " , "ICl License has been issued for the marriage of Stacy Edwards and Ovel ia Conner. . f.AAi: nf cotton is seiime on th street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, was let to Mr. W. C. Under bill of Raleigh. The contract for plumbing was let to Mr. D. H. Crane of Fayetteville, As has been mentioned in The Robesonian, con tract for the erection of the build ilr has already been let. The building was leased tor one year from time pf completion to Mr. F. A. Crabtree, presenC man ager of the Thompson hotel. Mr. Crabtree has had considerable ho stel experience -and since-Making charge of the Thompson hotel has made many friends both locally and among the traveling public. V. & C. S. REBUILDS ENGINE to prevent the sherilf from execut ing a deed to the purchaser of Mr. To wnsend's lands, which were recent ly sold for. drainage tax. The tax ior .tee current year amounted to about $1300, and the land sold for about $11,000. Mr. Townsend con tends that he has right to redeem tne land in the same manner as if it had been sold for State and coun ty taxes, and is seeking an order allowing him to pay the taxes for last year and redeem. The drainage governing the High School Debate, 13 TS T are now olio-iM- w k- decided hit at Maxton, law provides that when land is sold high upon, the grave Robesonian, took place Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from BlacA Swamp Methodist church at Garnett, services being conducted by the pas tor of the church. Rev. J. A. Mc Graw. Interment was made in the ppm(t(rv at. th i-hnrrh hiunth hnn. tif ul towering cedars of Lebanon, i one n the the affirmative team Numerous exquisite floral offerings,! the negative team, which are to many of them from a distance, sent from a number of places "where deceased was known and loved, com pletely covered, and were banked bm .u:ki--i . ucviueu nu i iiaxton. wnere it ntest-for AycSk SmSSlriS JS' & -tJft rCha0,HUlWm SAjSd'SS Itive and the other nerativ. AnH . " .ou are 8 . ?v.er 01 .mus,c- tertained by attending the operetta. t .... . rnces 01 aamission will be 15 cents t , " " llfcf ivi.oi HiiirKPr t a will give an operetta. "The Wild the nounH ' lur 11 'lf cent-' Obeson,,an has not Earned of any damage done in this county by the recent cold spell. f 7 v Mr. C. M. Fuller returned Tues day from the West, where he we stables'. m " f0F hU lrg ass musical entertainment and made New Engine Rebuilt in Shops at Hope Mills Judging from it3 appearance one would think , the Virginia & Carolina Southern passenger train was being pulled by a "new engine. That would be judging about right, too. The engine was rebuilt almost entirely new rght in the V. & C. S. shops at Hope Mills. An old engine used by this company up to the - yeai 1910 as a wood burner,' was during that year converted into a coal burner. The company continued to "use" the" engine then tip until last year, when it was taken off the road because it would not measure up to the requirements of the Inter-State Commerce Commission. Then some new parts were bought and the en gine was taken to the company's shops, where an up-to-date engine was turned out. ine new engine was put into use last week and is giving the same satisfaction of one turned out by any of the engine works. The work was done under, the direction of Mr.,W. L. Hurley4, superintendent of the shops . DOOR WAS STANDING OPEN for urainage assessments and brings more than enough to pay the as. sessment then due, the surplus shall be paid to the treasurer and used for. the payment of future asses- ments. The drainage commission ers, are willing for the land to be redeemed, if they have the power to do so, but are afraid they do not have the power to allow the land to be redeemed. The case was heard by Judge F. A . , Daniels yesterday and he ruled that the land could be redeem ed. Both parties are anxious to know what the rights of the parties are in' sucn cases, and tne drainage commis sioners have appealed the case to the Supreme Court, in order to have this part of the drainage Jaw construed. Messrs. Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor represented the plaintiffs and Messrs. Johnson & Johnson rep resented the drainage commissioners. The drainage commissioners decid ed some time ago that in cases where Mrs. Annie McDavid Shame was born in Greenville county, S. C, on March 12, 1834, and was, therefore, 82 years and 28 days, old at the time of her death. She was the daugh ter of Allen and Theresa Acker Mc David. On October 2, 1860, she was united in marriage to Rev. V. A. Sharpe, who was at that time a mem ber of the South Carolina Metho dist . Conference and later transfer, red ,to the North Carolina Confer ence, of which he was a member un til his death-in December, 1894. Four daughters and1 two sons survive. Mr. J, A. Sharpe, editor of The EQhesonian, ;; attended the funeral of ris mother and returned home last night. farp each nil,,,, f i ti ii ' ui aumission will oe ID cents w'.-J?TS " r, school children, 35 cents and 50 Front Door of Mr. R. T. Sanderson's Store on Fourth Street Found Standing Open Sunday Morning Nothing Missed Mr. R, T. Sanderson, who con. ducts a grocery store on west Fourth street, savs one of his friends call ed him over te telephone early Sun Death of Small Son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. R. Lytton Weldon, 10-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. R. Lytton, died yes terday morning at 5:30 at the home of his narents at. th,A National . nnt. ine ianu Drougnt more man ine total ; ton mill after an illness of 8 days assessments inai we surplus snouia be refunded to the owner, and this has been done in one or two cases. Bl'IE AND PHILADELPHUS NEWS Philadelphus Won Two Prizes Base ball Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Buie, Apr. 12 The Philadelphus hif h school boys will play a game of ball this afternoon with the Rae- ford' high school team. Messrs. J. F. McKay, W. M. Pate; C. C. Baxley, Miss Annie Humphrey and Mrs. W. M,- Pate, were Lumberton visitors Monday. Mrs. Mattie McCrOogan, of Rennert spent Monday and Tuesday with Friday evening at eight o'clock, will be chosen by the process cf elimina tion. From the seventy-five schools which will enter the first preliminary Thursday evening, about sixteen teams will be chosen to enter the' second preliminary Friday morning. At this time and from this number the two teams which are to enter the final debate in Memorial Hall will be chosen ... One interesting phase of the de bate is the fact that very few of the high schooh win out in the triangu. lars two years in succession, a fact which' signifies that all schools en ter the contest upon an equal basis and all have the same chance of win ning the Aycock Cup . For in stance, only ten of the schools which aenv down teams last year will be represented again this year; and only eight of the schools represent ed -here in 1913-14 will be eligible this year. Out of the 325 schools in the contest thi3 year not a single one of them has sent down teams for four successive vears. Eicht schools. however, have been reDresentd t pel Hill three times . Of that ber three Lumberton. Hollv Springs and Stonesville sent teams cents. The proceeds will aro towards furnishing Maxton's handsome new amuui uuiiuniK. ine leading roie will be sung by Miss Emma Louise Jones, musical instructor in the Max ton graded school. Misses Katie Lee McKinrion, Em ma Louise Jones nd Margurite Townsend of Maxton were . here yes terday afternoon making arrange, ments for the occasion, which prom ises to be a rare treat for music lov ers. . MARIETTA SCHOOL FINALS The parents, accompanied bv a num. her pf friends, left this morning with j down for the first three years but lost me xemains ior uasionia, wnere in- out in the triangular contest this year ferment will be made in the family! The other five schools achieving such J ' ... 1 . L,ytton is superintendent of the National mill. GADDYSVILLE GRIST Address Saturday Night and Sunday Real Estate Deal Ponntv Trim. -ii i t , , ... mencement New Negro Town ' wm ena tnree gins eacn; wnne distinction are Pleasant Garden. Wil sen. Graham, Statesville and Stem. Forty-five schools will be repre sented at Chapel Hill by one or more girl debaters. Eighteen of these schools will send down two girls: two Vanceboro and Trentcn . . . i . . v 'ay rrcmintr ndvising n-m xnru tne, Miss Maggie Brown tront ioor ot ris store was standing, w. 1,nii.snn.i that the PkiinHol phus high school came home with open. He savs- ne is sure ne iock-i rd thp door when re left the build-, tWQ of tfce jzes WQn at the com. ing Satrrdv night, and Night Po-, mpnopmpnt liceman T. B. Boyle says it was clos ed a wHIo before day Sunday morn, iner. Nothing was missed from the store, but Mr. Sanderson thinks i mencement Mr. Paisley McMillan spent Tues day evening in the Wakulla section. something must have been taken. He thinks the intruder had a key to fit his lock, therefore he had a. new lock put on the door. Superior Court Closes Caso Continued Superior Court for News Notes and Personals From Bellamy i Correspondence of The Robesonian. Bellamy, Apr. 12 Rev. W. R. Davis filled his regular appointment -Carlyle Will, at Antioch Saturday and Sunday. j Mr. C. C .Taylor of Maxton vis , . , ited his parents, .Mr. and Mrs. J. me iriai vi . n t.,..i- o...ia.. t Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Gaddysville (Fairmont, R. 1), Apr. 12 Mr. E. L. Middleton, corres ponding secretary of the " Sunday the teams reoresenting Faison and Swannanoa will be composed entire- lyf girls. : Robeson county heads the list with four representative among the 75 prrocls coming to Oanel Hill next C.1 I 1 1, ii i-l c , . u I Trf(llV. Seven other counties itUriaL"lght; Pnl 15'fls SurUlam3nce. BnnC0mbe. Gaston, Iredell, ' " '-; Scotland., Wake, and Wilson have i,eXp!Cting,JMr- FnH Goug tVee schoo', each; and still three civil cases closed yesterday after noon without a single case going to the jury this .week. A number of judgments. was signed. Judge F. A. Daniels who, presided, left yes terday afternoon for his home at Goldsboro.. The case in re the will of the late Miss Athesia Carlyle, which is being protested, had been set-for Mondaf, but was postponed until May 15 on account of the illness of Mr. J". T. Bigtrs, a witness in the case. This is the second time this noted case has been continued. The first time mistrnl was orneren ny tne luage. P. Taylor, Sunday. Miss Lottie Pit. I man or n,ast bumoerton spent sev eral days last week visiting at the home of Mr. J. B. McLeaij. Mr. J. G. Todd of Wilmington visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Todd, Sunday. Miss Pearl Freeman spent last week visiting friends and rela tives near Old Kingsdale. Mr. J. H. McLean left for Fayetteville Mon speakers are well versed in Sunday school affairs and we are confident if you miss it you will miss a gold, en opportunity to hear Carolina's most polished speakers. Dinner will be served on the grounds Sunday. We extend to the public a cordial in vitation. Mr. J. W. Ward, a prominent mer chant of Rowland, has purchased the J. W. . Crawford farm here. Mr. J. R. Burnes has purchased a Max well touring car. This is the first car for Gaddysville but not the last. Most everyody went to Lumber ton Friday and enjoyed the day, if it did rain. . . Gaddysville was there about 25 or 30 strong, but by no means was this the full crew at Gad dysville, for we have about 25 or 30 more. A few of our number that were there didn't march, while others cthers Guilford, Duplin and John ston will be represented by two Rcbco. A cirious coincidence oc curs in connection with the counties which will be represented at Chapel Hill bv three c'noo's w:ll a'so be rep resented by five gir debaters. n t this vicinity Sunday. Mrs. J T. Duncan was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday. after ouite a bit of evidence had been W,U1 a numoer around nere wno tnton hAr-nnsP it. dpvoloned that oneiwork for the Butters Lumber Co., of tho nttornevs in the case was a have been idle the pijst two days on witness day p. m. after spending the past could not R0 on account of sickness week with home folks. Mrs. Bettiein their homes. We liked the com-Pitm-m of East Lumberton visited j mencement fine, but it seems as if account of the death of Mr. E. B. Orrum School Commencement Post poned Mr. I. H. Warwick, member of the board of trustees of. the Orrum high fschel, galled The Robesonian over telephone tthis morning and asked that it be announced in to day's paper that the commencement exercises of that school had been postponed from tonight and tomor row until inursaay eveninir ami Fri day of next week. April 20 and 21. The school , will close tomorrow, but the commencement was postponed on account of the fact that some of those taking part might have more ime-tct-prepare., : : Water Tank at Kingsdale Lumber Mill Burned Fire of unknown origin practical ly destroyed the water tank at the plant of the Kingsdale lumber mill Tuesday afternoon. The loss was about $500. partly covered bv in surance.' While the origin of h fire is not known It is supposed that it caught from a spark from a smoke, stack. Wright, general manager. He had been in failing health for some time, and was in a hospital in Phil adrlphia when the end came. Kobeson county was well repre sented at the County Commencement last Friday, There was the largest crowd there this writer ever saw there at one time. "Aunt Becky," come again, your letters are very interesting. ... Out Rozier Way Social and Person al Items Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rozier, April 11 Mr. Eli Ratley of Petersburg, Va., has returned home after spending several days here on business. Mrs. H. H. Hase of Pomona, Fla., and little son Henry and - Mrs . Mary Klarpp of States, boro, Ga., are visiting friends and relatives here. Master Dennis Car lyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Car lyle, is very sick. Miss Clelon Odum, a trained nurse, is with him. Mr. Dennis Ratley left last night for his home at Bennettsville, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Barker are visiting at Mrs. Barker's brother's, Mr.j George Ratley of Red Springs. It is expected that Mr. Ratlev will re- HC y-i'i .i. ... .. . . I . iur. unes KODertson or Kowiandi turn home from Johns Hopkins hos and County Demonstrator L. E. oital. Baltimore. Md.. in a few davs. Blanchard of Lumberton were heiel He underwent a very serious opera. Mr. J. A. Brown the Speaker Dec lamation Contest and Concert The Marietta hign school closed yesterday .with", a splendid' 1 com mencement. The speaker of the oc casion, Mr. J. A. Brown of Chad bourn, was introduced by Mr. Frank Cough Of Lumberton. In his re. marks Mr. Gough stated that yes terday was the seventh time he had performed the introducing mission at a school closing and he declared that the people looked better and more intelligent each year. Mr. Brown made a splendid address. After the address a bountiful dinner was serv ed in the yard near the building. In the afternoon a declamation con test was entered by a number of the pupils of the school . Miss Mabel Adams won the prize a gold med aloffered for the best girl declaim er, while Mr. Forest Hamilton won a like prize offered for the best male declaimer. j A concert eriven bv the school Tuesday evening was largely attended aim greatly enjoyed. Among those who "attended, the commencement from LemtMNrton were Prof. J R. Poole, Mr. Frank Gough and Mrs. F. Grover Britt. Smyrna' News Notes and Personals Correspondence of The Robesonian. Smyrna (Lumberton, R. 4), Apr. 12 Rev. J. M. Fleming filled hi3 reg. ular appointment here both Saturday and Sunday and preached excellent sermons both days. x Messrs. Deck Cox and John Stona' Mrs. T. L. Johnson, who re cently underwent a serious operation in a hospital at Columbia, S. C is expected to return home Sunday Mall,e Thompson has been ZTUy ll &t- home of h son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. ThomPsn. Chestnut street, since Monday - night . Mr. E. A. Carlyle of St. Paul, 1,'t2' wa Bmonl? those to call at The Lobesonian effice Monday and pay hs subscription. He says The Rob esonian is a paper that he just can't get along without. fr; W- F- Livingstone has sold the fixture of the Carolina Press ing Club, of which he was proprie tor, to Mr. W. N. Smith Mr. Livingstone has accepted a position with the Lumberton Tribune. Rey Marvin Hoyle, formerly pas tor of Chestnut Street Methodist' church, spent Tuesday and yester- aay in town on business. MrHayle is now located at Cornelius, Westei Dart th? State. The many friends of Mr. Hoyle were pleased to 3ee him again. The National Bank of Lumberton has recently installed the Rand visi ble signature system. This puts the Bignature of depositors before the cashier at all times and will play a ' big part in protecting depositors against having their names forged to checks. t The following Lumberton people attended the WeTls-Highsmith wed ding at Fayetteville Tuesday night; Miss Christine Gc wer, Mrs R C Lawrence, Messrs.. J. J. Goodwin, si K. Nash and Dr. R. S. Beam. The marriage took place in the First Bap tist churcli. Mr. G. S. McKenzie of Lumber tfn went Tuesday to Fayetteville, where he has accepted a position w'th the Cape Fear News, Fayette ville s new morning paper. Mr. Mc Kenzie has had considerable newspa per experience and no doubt will make good in his new work. At the meeting cf the county board of education held Monday of last week the time was taken up in matters pertaining to the County Commencement. Quite a bit of time was taken in signing the more than 200 diplomas (presented .to pupils from the various schools Friday. I he brick work on Lumberton's of Lumberton spent Saturday night new $20,000 school building has ben with Mr. Dave Cox of this section, completed. While the contract which Mr. Francis M'White of Pembroke was awarded tc Messrs. Harris St attended preaching here Sunday. Poe of Durham, calls for the comple Our school closed the 6th. We re-lion of the buildintr bv Auinut 15 gret to see the teachers leave, but it is thought that the building will we had had some good speakers it would have been better ; we hope to have them back again. Miss Reddin Britt of the Hog bwamp section spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Lamb of this section. Mr. and Mr3. Nash Lamb spent a few hours Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Britt of this section. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams of Gaddysville section spent FridaV night with. Mr. and Mr3. E. McQ. Rcwan of this section. Sorry to report Mrs. Pink Britt of this section unimproved. be completed long before that time. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Glover, who were married here Friday of last week, mention of which was made in Monday's Robesonian, passed through town this morning en route to Marietta, where they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Glover have been in Wilmington since Sat urday. Mr. John C. Fuller left last eve ning for Durham to investigate a proposition for selling automobiles. Messrs. c. m. Thompson Hospital Notes Mr. "John T. Biggs, who under went an operation for appendicitis at the Thompson hospital Monday, is getting along nicely. Mrs. K. M ' Rarnes. who recentlv underwent an operation at the Thompson" hos- Lumberton, also-thehTgh pital, is getting along well. Mrs Wade Wishart, who recently under went a serious operation at the Thompson hospital, is getting along as well as could be expected. Miss Beulah Prevatt of Orrum. who had been under treatment at the Thomp son hospital for some time, was able to return home yesterday. Planting of Cotton Mr. J. S. Brown, who livs near Buip, was among tho visitors in town vestprdav. Mr. Brown savs the farmers up his wav are busv sowingj is about G to 10 inches, but the snow cotton seen. tns iae.i is mar in Much .Snow In Watauga County Snow Storm Lasts Three Days Boone Dispatch, April 11. An unusual snowstorm has been on in this section for nearly three day.-; and nights. The average fall farmers are eoing to. plant too r-Mny acres in cotton this year to realize a high price. is firittPd in some places to several fe?t. The temoerature Monday was down to 25. There are fears that - the fruit will be killed. Tuesday a. m. Mr. Stephens of Lumberton spent short while here Tuesday. Rev. W. S. Ballard fill, ed his regular appointment at Pleas ant Grove (Sunday and as usual preached a very strong sermon. It seems as if the eastern corner of Gaddysville has emerged from God's own open country to a town. The Beaufort County Lumber Co. has there a colony of negroes. Some of our people have christened it "new Africa", but this spot or this end of Gaddysville will to your corres pondent's delight remain God's own open country. Not but what we like town, for we like no other place on earth like town, save the country. We have heard of the hotel for school t and now we have seen these about accomplished and we don't see why Lumberton can't afford a daily pa per. We don't see why as large a city, a prosperous county like Robeson, and not a daily paper wii:. in her founds. ' W. V. B. Two Schools Not Mentioned It is regretted that in the wnt? up of County Commencement, when there were so many things to te' mention was omitted of the fart thai Cedar Grove school, of which Mr." Claud Phillips was principal, and Sand Hill school, of which Rev. J. M. Fleming was principal, "were com bined in the parade and made a splendid show as to marching, or der, etc. tion there a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Will Olphan of Fayetteville spent the week-end here. Mr. D. S. Carlyle has purchased a new Chevolete car from Mr. Frank Hol loway of Lumberton . - Mrs. ,S. R. Rozier delightfully entertained a number of young folk at her beautiful home at Rozier Tuesday night. It was given in honor of Miss Mary' McLean, the teacher at Rozier. Cake and cream were served Mr. D. S. Carlyle and two sis ters, Misses Flora and Maggie, spent Wednesday at Mr. Regan's, near Tolarsville. Mr. Alex Butler and son Mr. Ernest, are spending this week at their home at Fayetteville. Mr. A. S. Pitmanhas purchased a new Ford car. He carries the mail with it. ruuer fit son are Vnn torn n1ofir knn Ji:. i. Strawberry Gros Exchange Or- -"v h d oT, all kin ganized in Bladen i at their , store 0 adjoin?r?? At a meeting of Abbottsburg ar.di rP F.,na i- i. . .LJ K Pi j i j . ,i - fluica uj i at tne cor m: : ZI T. , "cr of estnut and Second streets. be a branch of the Chadboum oran- i&atiuu was iui iiicu . - Lilt: uuic,'- - , , r " ",v the new organization is to stanuurd- :nut about 7:45 last eve A false fire alarm was turned in from box. No. 37. Spvpnth ant DISEASE PREVENTION Seventy-six out of eighty-seven cases of typhoid fever which occurred in a recent outbreak have" been trac ed by the United States Public Health Service to infected milk. Had the first cases been reported to a train ed health officer the outbreak could have been stampec out promptly. "Then will we learn that disease pre. ention is sure and cheap Washington April 11 The Senate late today passed its substitute for the House free suar repeal repolu t'on, extending the present duty cf cne cent a pound on sugar until May, 1320. The vote was 40 to 32. nmg. The fire comnanv and mnnv others responded to the alarm, but found no fire. The man who turn rd in the alarm must have forgotten that at all times there is a reward of $100 for the arrest and convic- i e . . . . Bladen county a leading citizen of j V" mr in a raise Abbottsburg said. 'We think that alarm the town of Lumberton. something might be done to help ourj v marketing conditions. A few years! Notice pf New Advertisements , ... . I r i i t . ago we snipped sixty cars oi straw. unmuerton Bargain House can ize the output of the growers and secure a higher price fcr products. From the report of the meeting in a dispatch to the Raleigh News and Observer: "In a recent letter received from berries from Abbottsburg. Last sea son we only shipped ten or twelve on account of the poor prices receiv ed.' "The growers about Abbottsburg and Bladenboro have about one hun dred acres in strawberries but on account of the low prices received for their crop during the past few years have been compelled to stop shipping them to the large mar kets." I Bluefield, W. Va.,' April 12 Three persons were killed, one perhaps fa. tally injured, and two others Ie3s se riously hurt at the Nemours plant of the Dupont Powder Company, eight miles from here, today, when 4.000 kegs of black powder exploded. The plant was almost completely destroy ed with a loss of about $100 ,000. fro a! town ; Mr. Je?se Scott of route 1 Elrod is among the visitors in today. Rev. B. iE. Stanfield ot Fair mont is a Lumberton visitor 'av. supply your wants for Easter. C. M. Fuller has just received his last shipment of mules for the sea son. Mary C. McCormic has qualified as administratrix of the lat Henry K. McCormic. Dunlop flour and shipstuff Whit field & French. Top dressing talks; Arcadian sul phate of ammonia. Have you tried Columbia double disc records ? Lumberton Music Store. , Put your money in the bank ari grow a fortune First National Bank. J. S. Oliver announces candidacy for House of the Legislature, Program at Pastime. .My glasses were fitted by Dr Parker, the only specialist ir Lumberton licensed by State EoaH Fxair nation for this import an work.. HIS SERVICE SATIS FIES EasiwiSBii,