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r 3 ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY COUNTRY COD AND TRUTH $140 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOL XL VII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1916. NUMBER 24 FIVE CENTS. RAID BY MEXICAN BANDITS little Settlement of Glenn Springs, Tex, Raided and , American Caval- rymen Attacked---1 nree Aroupers and Small Boy Killed Two Amer. ican Citizens Carried Across Pio Grande and Murdered Alpine, Tex., Dispatch, May 7. vida banaits, some seventy in num ber, forded the Rio Granoe Fridaj night, and, sweeping fifteen mites i twitl on American soil, raided the littie settlement of Glenn Springs and attacked a detachment of American m ' ... civairy," consisting of nine men of ticop A, the Fourteenth cavalry. iL'uree troopers and a ten-year-old Doy vote killed, two cavalrymen were . wounded and another is missing. He ; is believed to be a prisoner of the bandits who are now fleeing south ward into Coahuila, Mexico. Two American citizens, . Deemer, and a man named Compton, according to reports received here, were carried across the Rio Grande and reports have it that their throats were cut, A posse of 50 citizens of Marataon ;inixhr a:u in pursuit o. the VMlis tas. ' " . The missing trooper is Private Ros- ico Tyree. The little boy is the son -of Compton. He was deaf and dumb nd bandits are thought to have killed him because he could not answer their questions; The two wounded troopers, Privates J. Birck and Frank DeFree, were brought here this afternoon badly wounded. Birck'3 tody was filled with small pieces of brass tacks fifed, from a shot gun: Defree was burned about the t head and shoulders. . ... '.:..' ' " . "7-r, 1 T$c iftttciadobsr houses nine cavair rymen made : jneir iigni aw wc against the 70 or more Villista ban. dits at Glenn Springs. A. hail of shot poured for more than two hours into the single window of the adobe house, but the cavalrymen kept , up a steady rifle fire in defiant answer. Then the Mexican's leader : ordered fire balls to be thrown on the roof, thatched with candalarla The blazing weed tortured the sol-. -diers below - and burnt tneir neaas and bodies." Smashing the door the troops broke for the open. Two were killed as they fled. One. is missing and it is believed he is dead. An other was' killed as he tried to climb : through a "window.- - .;; -' .,' ... DRY SPELLS AND CROPS Not Much Cotton Up Tobacco Grow ers Have Put Out Plants-Oat and Wheat Crop Cut Short Relief Ex pected Last of This Week ; While most all the farmers in this section have a good stand of corn up, and occasionally one has a good stand of cotton, the majority of them have but little cotton up owing to the con tinued dry weather. Many of the to-; Kam farmers have nut out their plants and watered them by hand and so far most of the plants set are liv. ing and growing. Where crops are up they are looking well and grow ing. However, the oat and wheat .crop has already been cut short by the drouth. Very good rains fell in th Maxton. Red Springs and Pkrkton. sections' Thursday night -of, last week and about Launnburg and, Hamlet gooa seasons alls for generally fair weather till the latter bart of this week, when .general, rams throughout the south are predicted. TWO NEGROES SHOT One Negro May Die as Result of Row? in North Fairmont Saturday Night Cards and Women Two Negroes Arrested . As a result of a general row in North Fairmont Saturday night, one negro, James McNeill, is seriously wounded and a negro boy, Wesley Powell, was shot throueh the should- j er. McNeill was shot three times ine governincn cafc".t yr-,i! -in the back with a 32-calibre pistol and his chances f c recovery are thought to be very slim. The boy U supposed to have been shot acci rfMitaHv. Immediately after" the shooting, which occurred about 11 o'clock, Sheriff R. E. " Lewis and Tipnntv A. H. Prevatt went to the scene and arrested Arch Gardner and James Goodman, both colored, who, it is alleeed. d!d the shooting. The neeroes are in iail here. Cards and . women, so it is said. Robbers Enter Store at Raynham A store at Raynham, owned by Dr. C. T. Pate and Mr. C. M. Townsend .and . Others, was (broken into last night. The entrance was made by breaking a glass over the top of side door in the buildingf ter which the door was opened from the inside. Several suits of clothes, 'underwear and six pairs of shoes were missed. Deputies A. H. Pre. vatt and Wm. Freeman went to the scene early this morning with the bloodhound owned bv the county and a trail was followed by the dog for a half mile and lost. No arrests "have been made. " Records for duration and distance -with six passengers were established "by Pilot E, T, McCauley Thursday flying from Newport News, Va the Curtiss hydroaeroplane, the largest -In the" world. A total distance of 170 miles was covered in 2 hours, 33 minutes. It was the first flight of its' kind ever attempted in Amer ica. Until then th world's record for duration and distance with six ssengers wsb held by a French av iator.. - MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM Dr. E. W. Sikes Will Speak Chorus of Young Girls .. The Veterans of Robeson county will gather , here Wednesday of this week May 10--to ceilebrate Memo rial Day. A special program has been arranged for the occasion and dinner will be served the veterans by the local Daughters of the Con federacy. The meeting will open al 10 o'clock a. m. . The principal feature of the occas ion will be an adress by Dr. E.. W. f Sikes. of the faculty of Wake For- est College.. Dr. Sikes is a noted speaker and should be given a large audience of representative citizens from various Darts of the county. Immediately before and after the address by Dr. Sikes a chorus of young ladies of the graded and high school, led by Miss Mildred Mcln tyr. will song. ,- The old soldiers, who did so much for the South, are : getting few In number and all honor possible should bo bestowed upon the remaining few while they are here. r BREAK WITH GERMANY AYERTEDj German Kepi v Seems to Meet De mands of Wilson to Extent That Breaking of Diplomatic Relations, Will Not be Necessary at Present Should Another Shin - Carrving Americans be Sunk bv German Sub. TT. S. Would Break Diplomatic Re '"" Iations 'at Once ''-'". v'" J Germany's reply t othe American note respecting submarine warfare, delivered , on Thursday to . Ambassa-J ftor- uerard. was muonsnea in morn ing newspapers Saturday: ' In the opinion of conservative editorial ob servers it meets the demands of, the United States and averts, for the. present at least, any break with Germany.- A-conference 'was held at the White House last night by President Wilson ?nd Secretary Lansing and ft is understood that the course to be nursued bv the United States will be known today or tomorrow The Administration, it Is said,may send a brief note-to Germanv, but should another ship carrying Americans be prnk by a German submarine the United States would sever relations without further exchange. After makiner rrmv wry grimaces, 'octurine' the United States and blam 5m Eneland, the German note gets down to the matter at Issue along to ward the close in the following words: "As far as 'lies with the German Onyernment, it wishes to prevent twines from taking such a course 'tHat the submarine question between Germany and the United States should take such a turn as seriously to threaten maintenance of reace be. t ween the two nations). The Ger man Government, moreover, is nre pared to do ii . utmost to confine ore'-ntins of the war for the rest of its Juration to th fiehting forces of h' belli rerents. thereby also in pnrine freedom of th seas, a nrinci nle unon which the German Govern, mpnt Koipve. fnw "s before, that it is In ff(imB(it with the. Government of .Th-,rn Government, guided bv thg jde3 notifie8 the Government 0f tne United States that German naval forces have received the fol- kiwlnir order: fln accordance with the treneral principles of visit and rearch and the destruction of tne mer chant vessels recognized by interna tional law such vessels, both within and without the urea declared a nav al war zone, shall not be sunk with out warning and without saving hu man lives unless the ship attempt to escape or offer resistance . Representative Godwin Declines In vitation to Debate -Ma j. Jos. W. Little of New Han over, candidate for Congress, when Representative Godwin was in Wil mington last week challenged him to a joint debate at the court house in Wilmington Tuesday-evening of this week. In his challenge Mr. Little said that Mr, Godwin had been claim ing every county in the district and that if he refused to meet him in debate he would take it as admission that he would concede New Hanover to .Little. Mr. Godwin, in an in terview published in this ' mborning's Wilmington Star, declines to accept tee invitation. He says that when he left Washington he made out his itinerary and had every moment of his time enlaced ahead till he should return to Harnett county Saturday of this week and leave for Washington next Saturday night, and that if he should remain over In Wilmington to have a debate with Mr. Little it would disarrange his plans and he would disappoint some of his friends. As to the reference to New Hanov er. Mr. Godwin stated that hs was willing to leave that to his friends. The Star says that 7 solid refrig erator carloads of lettuce was ship ned out of the Wilmington territory Friday night.- Prices are good and it is believed that the season will be much more profitable for growers than was at- first thought, despite short croo resulting from dry weath er and late frosts. . Attorney Jas. M. Sullivan of New York, formerly American Minister to Santo Domineo, has been arrested 5n Dublin .on the charge of complicity in the Irish rebellion . Mr. Sulli van's career as Minister to the Do. minican republic was brief and when h wa forced to resign nder rharees of indiscretions he went to Ireland on a vacation,. he said. j AMONG TRANSGRESSORS Ton Hayes Gets 4 Years On Roads for Beating Wife and Carrying Concealed Weapon His Wife Tells a Horrible Tale 4 Tom Hayes, a middle-aged white man who lives about live miles west ' nan dcukuccu xveevruer to. ai. cn oaturaay aiternoon to tarn traa-a . k ...LI!. A j nc jiuuuk tvaus j.vi wmpping his wife and two years to begin at the expiration of the first declamation contest and and address' Two petitions for special school! A -"Mr- T. W. Thompson of Park sentence for carrying concealed wea-.bv Mr. H. E. Starv nt th. l.nmh..'tu elec-tions iir nn, i ton was a Lumhoi-tnn pons. ' Hayes and Jim Gaddy, a black' negro, had been in jail since Monday.; wwmn iwu wwne w Der nejga - uvio ic.iu8 -wvif ui muuww ie - Iations between her and the negro r j i,t I "t uaim. ine woman ww onenu n.. E. ; Lewis and Solicitor R. A. Mc. ucu we wine fwlJ. anu ueciareu that she had had intimate relations with another negro at the solicita - tion and threats of her husband. .'-'At' the time she was . telling the . offi cers the story she declared that she would not tell it in the presence of her husband, and when placed upon the witness stand she said what she.and F. Grover ritt of Lumberton had told the officers was not true She did tell on the stand, however, of how she had had relations with white men and collected money, her husband knowing what was going on The story related by " the woman to the officers was orie of the black est, that tould be imagined and had it not been, as the recorder stated, that, the people of this section are too much civilized, there might have been a lynching. The woman seem ed to have great fear of her husband. A crowd that almost filled the roatToom gathered to hear the trial, but as the woman refused to. talk when, first placed upon the stand the recorder requested that all ex." cept the court officers' leave the room. - . The negro was released. Y It was brought out that Hayes had served a road sentence in South Car- oiina. i TOWN FIGHT AT MAXTON Hatchet Failed to Stay Bur?d--. Those Who Claim They Were Nom inated Bring Suit Against PolL holders It was announced last Monday that the two political f actions at Maxton had buried the hatchet and come to a compromise by nominating Mr. J P. Standi as mayor and Messrs. J S. McRae, Jno. Medlin, J. W. Car ter and Dr. D. W. , Harris as town commissioners. The officers ..were divided up from the two factions. However, the hatchet failed to stay buried and Messrs. J. P. Standi," JY W. Carter. C. H. Witlock and D. W. Harris have started a suit against Messrs. T. M. Parsons, A. M. Mc Nair. J. O. McLelten, W H. Hasty, B.' F. McLean, A. J. Cottineham and Don McQueen, the old officres and poll holders, who refused to seat th plaintiffs, who claim they were duly nominated. The law 'firms of. Messrs. Mckean, varser & mciean, v""" " pr'ior dinner. This reporter was enter !tiIifwPS! in the attractive and hospitable t'ff. , It i? expected that a hearing will take place here next week. CHIEF McLEOD CLEANING UP Four Colored Women of Unsavory Reputation Leave Town Rather Than Serve Jail Sentence Mamie Martin, Nan Hagins, Ella Mitchell and Charity McCall, all winen in black, were before Record er E. M, Britt Friday afternoon charged with, vagrancy. Each of the four women drew a sentence of her own of four months in the county jail, capias to be issued Saturday morning if she was ound in town or at any other time within 12 months if caught in town. They all vamosed. They were arrested Thursady night by Chief of Police Alf. H. Mc. Leod and Deouty A. H. Prevatt and placed in iail, where they remained till the trial was called. The evi dence was' that the women had been conducting a bawdy house in "the bottom". Chief McLeod says, he is poing to do some cleaning uo about "the' bottoir". He is also chaneine t" apoPTu-ice t f things about the rnion station by Veeping the negroes back to some extent." THE FINAL SUMMONS Mr, J. E. Alford of Rowland Passes Corresoondenc of Th Rohsoninn . Rowland, May 6. Wednesday rirht. Mav 3rd, t 10 o'clock, the eirt of Mr. J. E. Alford took its "itM to.be with his Master whom he had so faithfully followed since eprly childhood when he joined Ash nle Presbyterian nd was a regular ptenda"t at all the services until bo"t eieht months previous to his rf-atV when he became confined to Ms home from sickness. Mr. Al ford was one of the oldest citizens of our community, belne in his 79th vfr. He whs cood neiehbor. al wrs radv to lnd a hoin hand to everv th;nar that was for the un-' 'ft or hetterment of v one of v?q neichbor w nv o. elf 'n rieA. Tia wq o memW of Cmp Rowland. U.' C. V at Rowland. The condition of nr. H. Hefner, the younsr man who was seriously rt on the neck by' Jesse Parker at J tre National cotton mill 'st Wednes dv. in considered as favorable as could be expected. An account of tbe affair was nublished in Thurs day's Robesonian. FAIRMONT SCHOOL FINALS Commencement Friday at Close of One of Best Terms Address by H. E. Stacy Three Evening En- tertainments Teachers Re-elected Snlendid commencement MrH Friday marked the close of one of vue very oest scnooiastic years in the tustory of the Fairmont high school, A 1 - - - ... . ?. large crowa Witnessed tne exer. cises, which consisted of music a ton bar. The exercises opened at 10:45 o' - ( ciock a. m. with prayer offered byip, to vote on a special tax of not , ttev. j . jk. Miner. A beautiful chorus was then rendered by the high! ww graues. , ixexi came me ae claimers' contest, in which eight young ladies Misses Kate Ratley,! raniue inman, Bertha Jenkins, Annie Lee McDaniel, Rose Jones, Pearl An. : drews. Cletua Thomnann nnH Mo tie Ed'6?k took nart. TVia rpoita. tions were all good and showed that each contestant had been well train ed for the occasion. The judges of the contest were Prof. J. R. Poole and Mrs. O. I. Floyd of Fairmont Their decision . was that Miss Kate Ratley had won the prize a beau, tiful gold medal. Aittr -this contest was over Mr. H. a. Stacy was introduced oy Pro!.' Ai rugn, principal of the school.! Air. atacy took as his subject' ' Kouesou county and Her Needs",' ana made a bruuant address, show - ing tnat Ue supreme nee.a lot- grater and better county in every notify all parties interested to be respect ". was a better educated citi-j on hand at the next meeting of the aenamp. The-. speaker reviewed the. board, . ' " : . v ...... ... bistdry of the colinty from. 17 yeara'. A joint meeting he bof eVf ago, when there was not a banK inj ucation and the trustees of the Phil tne county, not a special school dis-J uaeipn'us Farm-Life school was or tnct or a -.manufacturing enterprise, dered called for the first Monday in lf.e upeaKer then proved tnat to. June, and the suDerintendent was in. 1I . ! more special school districts than any county in the State. As a reason for this great advancement the speaker declared that it was the result . of the fact 'that the people of Robeson coun ty had aroused themselves to the need of an . educated citizenship, "There is no wealth except in toe human mind", the speaker declared. Every cnild .in North Carolina has a claim both on the State and its par ents for an education, he continued . In closing his address the speaker showed in glowing terms the service' education has. rendered and will I continue to render in developing! great leaders. . There is no better platform speak-er-in Robeson-county than Mr. Stacy . tie has more calls, perhaps, than any man in the State, not holding pub lic onice. to deliver addresses on occasions like this. " One man re. marked after his address Friday, "He is a natural born orator". . The people of Fairmont . were fortunate in securing Mr. Stacy to deliver their commencement address . It was plain, practical and inspiring. Wflile no public dinner was spread, all present were invited to the va rious hospitable homes in Fairmont hTws neVer mTe royally entertained. Besides the splendid exercises Fri day, the school gave three night en tertainments . Wednesday night the primary grades gave a splendid en. tertainment. Thursday night an operetta. "A Day of Flowerdom", was presented in a most pleasing man ner. Friday night a play. ' "The Sweetest Girl in Dixie", was given. Large crowds, attended all these en tertainments and were well entertain ed.:;.. The teachers in the school just closed were: Prof. A. K. Pugh, prin cipal; Miss Christine Floyd, 6th and 7th grades; Miss Nell Butler, 4th and 5th grades; 'Miss Agnes Ashley, 2nd and 3rd grades; Miss May me Hollo, way, firBt grade; Miss Elis Flow ers, musical instructor. As a tok en of their appreciation for the good work done by each of the teachers, the trustees Messrs. E. V. McDan iel, A. S. Thompson and Geo. H. Cole elected each of them for an other term. The good people who make up the citizenship of Fairmont and com. inanity are wide awake to the im portance of education and take pride in supporting their school. Friday afternoon an interesting g. me of baseball was played betRon the Fairmont and Parkton team3 . The score was 13 and 7 in favor of Fairmont. The Fairmont team has not lost a single game this season. Among those who attended the commencement from Lumberton Fri day were Messrs. Frank Gough, H. E . Stacy, J . H . McCallum, F . Grov er Britt, H. J. Sinvteton,-M. W. Floyd and Prof. J. R. Poole. Messrs. T. J. Rowan, H. T. Hux, W. J. Sansbury and W. B. Beasley at. tended the Friday night exercises. MEMORIAL DAY Address by Dr. Sikes Public In vited Correspondence of The Robesonian. Dr. E. W. Sykes of Wake Forest will deliver the memorial address May 10th. The Veterans and wives, also Daughters of the Confederacy are urred to be present. The public i3 cordially invited . Each member of Robeson Chapter is requested to send three ivy wreaths to the court house Memorial Day. i COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS To Petitions For Special School1 -. lax Elections Approved Other ' " , the banka in 'own will b Business Transacted at Meeting fjc,osed Wednesday, Memorial Day. county Board of Education Middling cotton ia sellino- o 'i county board of education was local mark.t o t- rB m regular, session Monday for the vi rouune Business, aid members I tne board Messrs. ! I tD , -: v m tiimirmiin;, i , Lng o'pn.f U' l. 1 , T Johnson, C. T. Pate were present.' wuocl1- ork in third degree j signed y one-fourth tne laodwners1 r in district No. 6, White House town-( more than tfU cents on the 100 worth' of property and 90 cents on .the poll. na one signea oy tne required num- ber of landowners in district No. 1, Shannon township, formerly district o.o,iumoer Bridge township, to vote on a tax of not more than 10 cents on the $100 wortn of property and 30 cents on the poll. At the meet ing of the county commissioners held on the same day these elections were ordered to be held on June 2. Bound aries of. both these districts were given in the proceeds of the meeting of the county commissioners publish. ed in Thursday's Kobesoman. Supt. J. R. Poole was 'appointed as a committee, to investigate the sig natures on two vouchers made, to D. F. Turner and also investigate the length of term taught by this teacher while employed. After such investigations are made' and super- i intendent finds a hearing of the matter necessary, he is instructed to . . structed to. notify the chairman and secretary of the board of trustees of the Farm-Life school of this order. Messrs. Lucius McRae and L. R. Stephens were appointed a commit tee to check books and vouchers of the county treasurer. Salaries of teachers for the last month of Rex school were ordered paid, same to be carried a3 an over draft on the district accounts. A committee composed of Messrs. 1, L. Johnson and J. K. roole was inyesupw uw aiaus- ll?al .Wrt the teacher for dis appointed to investigate the statis- trc No- 1, colored, Wishart s town r r ....... Rebate was granted Mrs. Wesley Thompson, on account of error in list taker, of $6.41 and same charged to district No. 6, Thompson township. Supt. Poole was appointed a com mittee-to investigate the proposition maue Dy jir. u. a. jones, ana re port at the next meeting of the board. His proposition is to furnish a school site and building in exchange for the school building at Red Hill, his building being nearer the center of the district and the same size and grade of material to be used as the present building. No deeds to be exchanged until the building is com pleted and accepted by the board of education. The following bills were ordered paid: Freeman Ptg. Co., $13, for di plomas and stationery; The Robe, soman, $3.75, for printing; J. P. XSewman Co., $14, for merchandise, county commencement. A joint institute for the colored teachers of Robeson county was or dered held in Fayetteville beginning Monday, August 14th. COMMENT OF 3 GREAT PAPERS ON GERMAN NOTE Baltimore Sun Thinks It Averts Im mediate Trouble Three great papers, two in New York, and one in Baltimore, contain the following editorial comment on the German note: New York Herald There are two things that he (President Wilson)! can do. One is to sever diplomatic relations with Germany immediately. The tone of the note in itself would be justification for that. On the other hand, lie can sit down and wait, x x x x The break seems bound to come in the very nature of things. It would perhaps be better to have it come now. New York Sun The tone (of the note) is manifestly intended for Ber lin; the substances for Washington. The Administration may well con centrate its attention upon the es sential fact and that fact i3 that an immeasurable and apparenly immi nent calamity has by Germany's act been averted without obliteration of a single bright band in the spectrum of this Republic's honor. ' Baltimore Sun Knowing the dif ficulties with which the German Gov ernment is contending, we can well afford to overlook what in other cir cumstances would be presumption of impudence!. The note leaves this country in more or less suspense. But it does, apparently, avert im mediate trouble. For this we may be thankful. Mr. James B. Duke and associates have taken hold of things industrial in the Charlotte territory and have pinned their faith to that section . "One cotton mill unit a year" is said to be their plan and purpose, bv "unit" , meaning a cotton mill with village and all that roes to make up a complete plant. They propose to back financially one cotton mill a vear until all that section along the lirA of the interurban ia dotted with mills. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS ' pound; strict middling 12 l.i t. cents. -Special meeting ivl" " - iWge ISO. 114 tftmnini St. Alban's evening; a& Mrv Thompson reported a good Vain in.h'". ection Thursday afternoon - r a"" dUXJ Thursday afternoon na. nint- License has been issucA marriage of Manley Davis and Kate Lewis; Edgar Allen to Mella Fair cloth; Chas. E. Hiatt and Pearl Gib son Council. -Mr. and Mrs. Swain Britt wf loute 1 from Orrum were among ti victors in town Saturday. Mr. Britt mt-at for. sale. "- There will be a meeting of the mayor and town commissioners ?h?ofy mhot thi wk. when the officers will organize and make various appointments. ' A two-weeks' term of Superior Court for the trial of civil caseVwili convene next Monday with Judge F. A Daniels of Goldsboro presiding. The calendar will be published in Thursday's Robesonian. Mr. Geo. A. Barnes was show ing in town Saturday shop-made nails taken out of a house uilt in 1800 . in. the Burnt Islands and torn down recently. These nails . may be bent double ,now.yLthout breaking. fishi.ig poles being sold in town the iantiers and other folks as well are expecting to do some fishing in thj rear future. Perhaps never ha3 thd sale of fishing poles been great er here than it hu been for the 'last v.ek I 7"MlU''J,' M Sessoms received a letter Friday advising him that his brethiT Mi. R. C. R. Ssssonw, ro lives near St. Pauls, lost his home with all the contents one night last week. The family even lost their cloUes. Nothing was said in the kttei about how the fire originated. , It a hotly contested baseball game on the local diamond Friday uicmuun Detween Launnburg and Lumberton, the Laurinburg team won. over the local team by one score. Sixteen innings were played and the score was 5 and 5 at the close of the fifteenth inning. In the sixteenth the Laurinburg team scored, breaking the tie. Mr. P. Mcl. McKenzie return ed Friday from Jackson Springs, where he spent thrco weeks. His health is much improved. Mr. Mc Kenzie has for several years been a popular salesman in the department store of Messrs. White and Gough and has many friends who will be E leased to learn of his return. He egan work Saturday. Messrs. Stephens & Barnes have bought the stock- of the Lumberton Music Store, which was recently open, ed up in the McLeod building by Messrs . G. Badger McLeod and F. L. Nash. The stock, which consisted of graphanolas, records and sheet mus ic, has been moved to the store of Messrs. Stephens & Barnes, Chest nut street, and will be supplement ed. After refusing to be opened for two weeks, a small time-lock safe in the vault at the First National Bank was opened up Friday. There were several thousand dollars in the safe at the time it refused to be opened and of course it was safe till the entrance was made. This did not, however, inconvenience the bank an sufficient funds for the reolar tiansaction of business was other wise available. " ' Last evening just before the 6:19 Seaboard train from Wilmington ar rived -here the "bridge across Lumber river, just west of the union sta tion, was discovered burning by Mr. William Bullard. Mr. Bullarcl tried to put out the fire, but failed and reported the fire at the ticket office. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is suposed that it started from a cigarette thrown carelessly down. Not much damage was done. A citizen of the town Robesonian to have somethK. say about some folks who visit Meadow-Brook cemetery, and strip the flower bushes of flowers, tramp, bng upon the bushes and graves. The gentleny v thinks it is the same crowd doin. s work and says most of it is dy? on'Sundays. It seems that the 'cemetery would be a poor place to pick flowers. The flowers there are intended for the dead. While Mr. M. Beverly, Sea board agent here, has not received any official announcement to that effect, it is understood that the Sea board will put on a special Sunday train about June 25 and continue to operate same through the summer. The train will leave Hamlet early in the morning and go through to Wil mington and returning will leave Wil mington late in the afternoon. The train will be put on In order to give folks who wish to do so the oppor timfty 1 of spendir.g Sundays at Wrightsville Beach. . My glasses were fitted by Dr Parker the only specialist ia Lumberton licensed by State Board Examination for this important work. HIS SERVICE SATIS FIES
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