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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH M A YE.AR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOL XLVil LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MO.v DAY, JULY 10. 19 IS. " NUMBER 42 GERMAN SUB. CROSSES SEA BRINGS MESSAGE TO WILSON. man Arrives v at Baltimore Af ler Voyaging Safely Across the At lantic Massed Allied Blockading ISquadrons and Eluded Enemy Cruisers Watching for Her on Message From Emperor William I Kla"d at .4 clock for the pur to President Wilson and Cargo oftP0e of vaccinating all who wish to i AHUlU.Ms Bui DAY JULY 13 i SEWER AND WATER II VP . . i . EXTENSIONS PROPOSED County Health Officer Page Will be, Parkto Will Have Bit Ball r.. ..; uarbecue and Picnic cjit-nu i.i.o un sewer at Fairmont and Rowland Tomor row Afternoon Some Cases of Ty phoid in County But Health Con ditions Above Average Dr. B. W. Page, county health officer, will be at Fairmont tomor row afternoon at 2 o'clock and at Dyestuffs, Chemicals and Mail Norfolk, Va., Dispatch, July 9. ' Bearing a sealed message from Emperor William, of Germany, to President Woodrow Wilson, running the gauntlet of innumerable-dangers irom mines, sea-sweepers and enemy -warships and bringing a cargo of dye stuffs, chemicals and mail estimat d at 1,000 tons, the Gennan under ea merchantman, The Deutschland, quietly slipped into Chesapeake Bay tnis morning at 1:45. It was a com pletion of a. 3,000 miles sea voya-e lor the crait, tne longest ana most . hazardous ever - attempted by any submarine. Three hours later, led by the tug ThomasF. Timmins, the ht ' tie vessel with a record of 13 days of mysterious vigil of the Virginia . capes the great submersible began -the last leg of her voyage, up the Chesapeake Bay. She is due to ar rive in the Maryland" city early in the morning. .' Baltimore Dispatch, July 9. The world's first submarine mer chantman, the Gennan underwater liner Deutschland, anchored below Baltimore tonight, after voyaging - safely across the Atlantic-, passing the Allied mocKaaing squaui i u eluding the enemy cruisers watching for, w off the America coast. She owioo mail and a careo of 750 tons of costly chemicals and dyestuffs, and is to carry back nome a siniar amvuui. of nickel and crude rubber, sorely needed by the German army. . Fifteen days out from Bremer hav en to Baltimore, the submarine reach ed safely the Virginia capes at 1:45 o'clock this-morning, passing in on the surface, covered by a heavy pall of darkness, which settled over the entrance of the bay with a setting of a tell-tale half moon. Once inside, the visitor threw caution aside and began shrieking his siren, signaling a pilot, and at the same time at- t.rm-tincr the attention of the tub I Thomas F. Timmis, which had been -waiting in the bay for nearly two weeks to greet the Deutschland and convoy her into port. ake the treatment acrainst tvnhoid fever. The vaccination is free. Dr. Page says the people are taking quite a on oi interest this year and he has already, vaccinated around 400. He says there are something like a half dozen cases of typhoid in the county, but that health conditions generally in the county are above the average for this seascyi of the year. ' SUPERIOR COURT Week's Term of Criminal Court Con venes Judge Winston Holding First Court Under Recent Appoint ment Superior Court . for the trial " of criminal cases convened this morning at 10 o ejock for a week s term with Judge Francis D. Winston of Wind sor presiding. The grand jury was duly impaneled and charged by Judge Winston. Mr. P. H. McArthur was appointed foreman and Mr. E. B. Paul officer of the grand, jury. So licitor S. B. McLean was present to represent the State and the follow ing out-of-town attorneys are in at tendance today: Messrs. G. B. Pat terson, B. Fj McLean, E. h. Woot en and J. E. Carpenter of Maxton N. A. Sinclair of,. - W J. S. Butler of St. Faul. -This is Judge . Winston's first court, having b?en appointed by Governor Locke Craig last week- to fill out the unexpired term of the late Judge R. B. Peebles. Hib charge to the jury was an able one. Ae re port of it will be published in Thurs day's Robesonian. and BLg . Thursday of This Week Larre Crowd Expected, and a Great Timet Threshing Wheat Cotton Cop Short Other lems I Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, July 7 Mr. J". D. Me Rainey is the first farmer to come to your barn door and thresh vourl 455 on sewer and water line t.n' wheat, and now in a few days we! sions just as early as the work can and Water Line Extensions Pr- posea Lines Petition for New Street Fire-Alarm Bell Will Take Place of Whistle meeting of the mayor and commissioners Thursday even- CKCPS BEITZR THAN AVERAGE BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS But little rain fell in this section last week and the fa ly-caught up with their work, which had been retarded on account of wet town In Most Cases, However. They Are Smaller Than Last Yea 4 Har dest According to Crop Estimates cf Department of Agriculture Washington Dispatch, July 7. Crops this year better than the average ior ne live years ins it was decided to spend $14-1 1910 t0 but in most TWO CONVICTS ESCAPE Nine Known Dead and 40 Missing From Gulf Storm Property Dam- age Large - .' .Montgomery Dispatch, Joljr 8rr- Nine persons are Known to nave .Yieen killed and at least 40 are re-i ported missing as a result of Wed nesday's tropical hurricane on the -Gulf Coast and. a series of storms, 'tornadoes and floods that followed in the interior of Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. In addition unconfirm ed reports say . that nearly a score of other persons were killed in isor latod villages near Mobile. Several davs will be required to.. determine the complete correct num-j Wf'iam Nance, Who -Shot np School House, Walked Awav Last Night From Chain Gang Near Marietta Benny Hicks, Negro Trosty,Takes to the Woods ' . ' . Bonnie Hicks, colored, escaped from chain (gang No. 1. located on the Crek road two miles south of town.. Thursday -afternoon. Hicks was a trusty and was driving, a team. Whn he went 'to water the mule' hewas drivin" he-left the team and too to the woodsj ; All efforts to rapture him - have been fruitless so far. Hicks had served about 4 rionhs o fa two-year sentence for breaking into the store of Messrs . R. D. Caldwell & Son. j William Nance escaped from chain "".g No. 2. located near Marietta, lapt hight about 11 o'cloclt. It is F;d that Nance slipped the chain off his legs and walked away unmo lested. Nance had served only a few months of a four-years' term impos ed up him'by Recorder E. M. Britt for shootine up things at a school entertainment at Smith's school house, Howellsville towhship, last An account of trie affair was i.. : t . BDiinK ber or casualties . owing p""- n-ubUshed in The Robesonian at the ca wire .ana nm n-uiuiiiumtmuu" throughout the storm swept lregion . time. Eo83i!odSSSr fflbJffl.i5!Si sMARY OF THE WAR NEWS ing seriously. ' ! German Trenches Captured by French can enjoy our own make of flour. This has been a busy week with the farmers up our way and in a few days they will have their crops out of danger. Cotton crops up in this section are not much good. Sandy land tevill not make , much, also corn on light land is very poor. Our city barber shop will in the future be on Main street, in one of the Parkton Mrc. (Cc.'s stores, front next to the. bank. Mr. Phil Adams of Hope Mills is expected to operate it and he has a reputation of being an experienced barber. The above stand is a popular one and very convenient. Messrs. P. H. Fisher. Will Tolar and John Howard arrived home to day from Camp Glenn where they were examined but failed to , pass, We are indebted to Mr. M. B. Hay wood for the first ripe cantaloupes and they were as fine as we ever ate. The Laurinburg baseball team came over this afternoon for) a game and the game was a good one. 1 The game on Thursday was 9 to 0 and the game Friday p. m. was 5 to 0. Fish er came near pitching a no-hit game :v",n,4i!ternoon. onlv alio win sr two team and a good-looking set of voung men. This was their first vis it to our town. f On next Thursday there will be something doing in our town. Big barbecue picnic, to commence at one o'clock. This will serve as a two fold blessing: first,, to give every body a good social time, and sec ond, to boost the Cape Pear League and . to greatly aid the finances on that day. Our town did not cele brate on the Fourth but will on the thirteenth. It is already predicted that . at least one thousand tickets will be sold on that day for the base ball game. Nothing will be spared to make the day a success. Commit tees have been appointed and tnev are at work. The ladies of the town and eomniunity are interested and will aid in ever v needed way. The farmers sav thev will be UP witlh their work hv then so thev can all come and enioy the day. The Park ton band will be on hand to lend a helping hand. Everybody is invit ed to come. Parkton is easily reach ed as the trains run just right. You can . come from Fayetteville in the morning and spend thek day and , the northbound trains arrive here at 10:30, 7 -and at .11:80. - . , Remember that a ticket to the . . A i-t . ' Ln 1 A nil A game entities you to vie uniuc nicnic. The dinner is free. Every body get your heart right and be on hand on time. Our town has set Tuesday as clean up day. Get this in mind and when the thousand or more visitors visit our town on Thursday, the 13th, thev will not criticize our streets and sidewalks. be financed. Th work is to be done as follows: Tenth and Water streets to Cald well street, thence Caldwell to the C;thage road and out said road 100 feet: First street from rHa to Chestnut; Fifth street from Cedar io willow street; Eighth street from j.eaar to willow; Cedar from Twelfth to Fourteenth, thence to a flush tank near Pine street; Elm and Twelfth streets to Fourteenth, thence on Fourteenth to a flush tank near Pine. . ,T 6 ProPsed water lines are as ionows: caldwell and Ninth streets to the Carthage road and then out said road 1600 feet; First street from Cedar to Chestnut; First street from Chestnut to Chippewa; Fifth street from Cedar to Willow; Eighth street from Cedar to Willow; Cedar ard Twelfth to Fourteenth street, thence down Fourteenth to Elm. It was ordered that Mr. R. ft Lawrence be paid a fee of $200 for Fervices in the case of the Town of Lumberton vs. Southern Bell Tele phone Co. This was the case in which the town had the Southern Bell Co. sued for refusal to remove its poles off Elm street. Mr. Law-i rence was instructed to push the weather. Mr. N. F. RarHon of p frnm Fairmont passed th milch Innrn K; rai 1 mominsr en rout tn rhariAt - I, ,t I t L . , , . . . w w . f r. II , C7 wuii last years narveats,! ;,c w'" enter tne Charlotte sanator were predicted to day by the De-,um to' treatment partment of Agriculture, basing its" Mr. B. A. Simpson formerly of estimates on conditions July 1. Charlotte, lias acptl shioa Compared with conditions as re- as bookkeeper the depan? ported on June 1. the cron hoH trt f mJIJL . P?t improvement. Th fpa-, hecmn mk Tk..j. tuna tT thA ll.inn v. . . , J w.. uc(iui:iii4 report were a mrecasi oi a record breaking to bacco crop and announcement of a heavy quantity of wheat held on farms July 1, the latter being m re than double the amount usually so held. , Growing conditions during June improved the prospects of the wheat and oats crops. The department forecasts the combined crop of win ter and sprinar wheat of S759.000 - 000 bushels, v44,00r- Vshels more than produced last month, and in creased the estimate of the final yield of oats to 1,317.000.000 bush els or 62,000,000 bushels more than forecast in June. A slight increase in the area plant ed to corn this year was reported and a crop of 2,866,000,000 bushels, which, with favorable conditions, might exceed last year's 3.055.000.- 000 bushels record crop, was forecast. The condition of corn was reported as slightly better than last year on J'uly 1, but was about 2 per cent be- case, which has never been settled! !ow the '10 . year .average condition THURSDAY PARKTON'S BIG DAY Barbecue and Picnic Dinner at Park ton July 13 Ball Game Between Parkton and Lumberton Thursday will be a big dav at Parkton, as noted in correspondence from that town elsewhere in this is sue. Lumberton and Parkton . will flay ball on Parkton grounds on that day and there will be a big barbecue dinner. The dinner will be free to every one who purchases a ticket i to the ball game. Killed Alligator 6 Feet Inches Long J . Mr. B. M. Stephens cameinto The1 i 'Robesonian office Saturday and re ,' ported that he killed that morning ' 4n alligator 6 feet and 4 inches long ; wt the "High Hills", two miles down ' f'-e river from Lumberton, where he ' "lives on a farm belonging to Mr. W. P. McAllister of Lumberton.' An alligator of that size would make an interesting companion for bathers. JResidPnce Burned Near Saddle Tree Church A residence belonging to Mr. J. "P. Conoly, near Saddle Tree church, was burned yesterday about 12 -o'clock. Mr. Gurley Bundy and fam ily lived in the house. The fire started from a flue ln the kitchin. A part of the furniture was saved Yaquis Massacre 200 in Attack on a Carranza Camp Nosrales. Ariz., Dispatch, July 8. From 200 to 300 Carranza soldiers and camp followers were massacred bv Broncho Yaquis earl v this week "ir. Lower Sonora. according to arriv als here today. Those of the de facto detachment not killed by gunfire, it -was said, were burned at the stake. "Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sharpe and children Jittle Miss Courtney and "Master J. A. 2nd, and Miss Josephine "Breece will leave tomorrow morning for Durham, where they will attend ' the annual convention of the North tT-'ina Press Association. which will be in session there Wednesday r"d Tfcnfcda. Tev intend to make 'the trip in Miss Breece's automobile. They wfll return Friday or Saturday. Do vu know that better health -makes better -citizens ? . . British Have Made Sady Prog' rens Russians Going From "Suc cess to Success" Press Summary. The French have returned to the offensive south of the Somme ' and have captured German trenches over a distance of about two and a half miles east of Flaucourt, and to a depth ranging from about two-thirds of a mile to a mile and a third. They aUo captured by storm the vil laro of Biaches. The British have been engaged in fierce fighting in, the neighborhood cf Ovillers, where, the statement :rcm the criusn war ornce says, they have again made "steady prog ress in the face of stubborn opposi tion. ' . The German heaw aruns have been bombarding alt along the- British front more 'actively trthan; ever, and the Germans in two- violent - attacks have made ' a desperate j."'. fort to re-take the positions- -captured by the British Saturday near the Tronea wood. Both attacks came under a severe and effective fire from the British guns and, the British assert, completely broke down. London Dispatch, July 9. The Russians oB the eastern front are gom? from success to success and for the time that theatre of war is overshadowing the western front from .the spectacular "view poin. Not only has General Letchielry, in the south, occupied the railroad junction at Dejatyn, west of .Kofomea, thus cutting off General Von Bothmer from his supply base but General Brusilloff, in the norta, is making surprising advances On both sides of the Kovel railway toward the 6tok hod river. Death of a Small Girl A three-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. A Russ, who live near Barker's, died yesterday at 11 o'clock a. m. The funeral was conducted this morning at 10 o'clok and inter ment was made fn the Barker's cem etery. Watermelons and Cantalonpes Plen t'ful in Town Satarday Watermelons and cantaloupes were plentiful in-town Saturday. Priees were high, especially for 'watermel ons. The price on the smallmt rise, the sort the hogs will be -erftnff boob, was 25 cents each. MANY NAMES SUGGESTED How Do You Like These Names? a Many Suggestions Made for Name for LnmberWs New Hotel In Thursday's Robesonian it was ,iaA that. th management of Lum- berton's new hotel . that is fast be ing constructed would give $5 for the best suggestion for a name. Sug gestions have been coming .into The Robesonian otiice every ay then and it looks like there will be no lack of suggestions from which to select a name. '' . Names of those who have submit teo suggestions will not be disclos ed until the judges render their de cision. Some have made several sug eestions. Names suggested by each one are given in one paragraph. Up to the hour of going to press tne Iowing suggestions have been receiv- Gough, Alford, Bronn, Metts, Coulton, Sumnell. : St. Gough. ' . ' Leag Myer. , National . Union. . ' . " Hanover. . White House. Hotel Vashti. Acme. ' Cherokee Inn. ' HoteljLumbee, Hotel Woodrow.r Jerusalem; Limerick, Lowell, New Haven. LaFayette. Washington. The Argvle. Lumbee Hotel (suggested ty sev eral different persona). Caoital. Colonial. Hotel Windsor, Plymouth, Central. Engleside, Hotel Robeson. Godwin. Lumberton Enterprise. One who suggested The Lumbee as a e-ood name writes: "John Charles McNeill ha immortalized the name. and LnmHpftbn is on the bank of the river, fnd he was at One time a resi dent of our town. I can't believe a betW or more apnronriate name can be fond, or one to please the people more." in court. ;A petition was presented the board asking that a new street be opened vxy as follows: beginning at the foot of . Chestnut street and running east w.iuugn xne property or the Kings- dale Lumber Corporation to the Creek road. The petition was refer red to the street committee with in struction to investigate and find prob able cost of opening up the street, also to see what can be done in re gard to securing, the right of way. The town clerk and treasurer was instructed to place an order with the City of Wilmincrton for a second hand fire-alarm bell tower, presid ing the tower is in cood condition. I A bell has already been bought and will be installed as soon as possible. The only difference in the fire alarm system now and after the bell has been put in use will be that the bell -.'will ring when the alarm has been turned in instead of the whitle blow ing. The bell will ring automatical ly and the number of times it rines will designate the location of a fire the same as the number of blasts of the whistle now indicate the location.1 The bell system will be installed be cause of the 'fact that there will not be sufficien steam at the local pow er station to blow the whistle after the power arrangements ! have all been made. for July 1 Potatoes this year are growing oh a slightly smaller acreage than last year but their condition indicates a crop of 369,000,000 bushels, or 10. 000,000 bushels more than was har vested last year. ' ; J. O. CARR IN LEAD Notice of New Advertisements Vudor norch shades Lumberton Furniture Store. Fresh Guernsey milch cow for sale M. H. Richardson, Monroe. Legal notice of mortgagee's sale cf land A. W. McLean, F. X. Quinn, trustees. Registered Guernsey milch cow for saie .with two calves u. ts. Hum phrev, Lumberton, R. 2. Much cow and calf for sale-'-J, C. Baxley, Buie, R. 1. Jersey milch cow or sale; male bird dog puppy for sale Hillcrest Tarm. Lumberton, R. 3. H. Meisels waats to buy junk of all kinds. Trinity College, a Southern college of liberal arts with established na tional reputation. Niftiest thing in canning on the market Whitfield & French. Program at Pastime. Report of condition of Bank of Bla denboro. ' , Report of condition of Bank of Rowland. Report of condition of Merchants & Farmers Bank of Rowland. Residences to rent R. E. Lee. Wilmington Altorney's Chancen for Place Vacated by Judge Winston Seem Bright A. W McLean Says He Would Not Accept District At torneyship Washington Special, July 9, Wilming ton Star. Before the end of the week it is expected that Senator Simmons will have recommended a man for dis trict attorney to succeed Francis D. Winston, who has resigned. J. O. Carr appears to have the inside track at this time and may get the place, thereby demolishing the slate which would have put J. w. uaney in as district attorney; W. T. Dortch col lector and Joe F. Tayloe, marshal. National Committeeman A. W. Mc Lean does not want the place. In conversation with the writer today Mr. McLean declared that he would not take the district attorneyship un der any circumstances and called at tention to the fact that ne was one of the lawyers of Lumberton who had indorsed Mr. Carr. The fact that McLean would not have the' iob was carried in this correspondence Saturday morning, Mr.McLean spent a couple of hours here today. He cftne over from Baltimore and talk ed with Senator Simmons at his Cleveland park residence. Mr. Mc Lean will be in New York asd Bal timore nearly all of this week, where he is engaged in making arrange ments to collect a Wilson campaign: t ,1 4-VtA. AAminw lamnniffn. Mr. A. Weinstein in adding to the looks of the front of his de partment store, Elm street, by add ing another coat of paint. He in al so having the passage way and of fices upstairs in the building re painted. Miss Eva Mace went Saturday to Marion, S. C, where she will spend a week visiting relatives be fore leaving for a Northern trip. Miss Mace will visit many points of interest in Canada and the United States while away. Mr. E. B. Spurlin has been trans ferred from Rockingham to the Lum berton Seaboard telegraph office and will operate trick No. 1, succeeding Mr. A. G. Edwards, who was trans ferred from here to Marston some time ago. Max ton Scottish Chief: Miss Bes sie McLean went up to Asheville Sunday to be with her sister Mrs. R. D. Croom, who is in a sanatorium in that city. A postal from Miss Bessie- received Wednesday morning stat ed that Mrs. Croom was better. Mr. Edwin Breece of the R. L. Bryan Printing Co. -of Columbia, S. C, has been visiting for the past week at the home of his mother, Mrs. L. R. Breece, Walnut and Fourth. Mr. Breece expects to go to the State Sanatorium Wednesday for treatment. , . Mr. W. P. Barf ield, who was born and raised in Robeson but bas lived in Charleston, S. C, since 1871,7 came to Lumberton last week to spent some time and may decide to locate here. He has relatives in the ; county. Mr. Barf ield served through the war in Co. B, 50th N. C. Reg and finds some of his old comrades here. f Red Springs Citizen: Miss Jes sie Singleton is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Singleton. Miss Jessie is a student in the" University hospital at Bal timore. Md. Miss Nettie Flowers, who is taking instructions in the University hospital at Baltimore to become a trained narse, is spend- ing some time at home with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Flowers.., Did you' ever hear of a mouse' getting caught on tanglefoot? Mr. J. M. Huggins. who lives on East Second street, says that one got stack so fast on a sheet which he had out for catching flies Friday night that he' could not get away. The mouse was alive and still trying to get away on the next morning, but to no avail. Mr. Huggins did his duty by that mouse. He caught another one the same way Saturday night. Mr. J. A. Barker Returned last night from New York, where he at tended a convention of field-club del egates of the Southern division of agents of the Mutual Life Insurance Societv of New York. Only those who in i ' . I 1 Aiintmn I IHI o.. na Ofrit. tn Wilminp'trtn No prouuee uusu. .vum.... Ql r: v I Va ,--....-- - n Epidemic of Infantile Paralysis in Big Cities of lhe North An epidemic of infantile paralysis has caused 196 deaths among chil dren in New York from June 1 to last Friday. The Federal PublicHealthSer vice at Washington Friday took a hand to end the epidemic and to orevent its spread elsewhere. Sixj Government experts were ordered to New York to co-operate with the State and city authorities and steps were taken to organize a Federal corps of surgeons and laboratory scientists to work out preventative measures. Cases have been report ed also fromAlbany, N. Y., Cleveland, Philadelphia, Colnmbus, O., Balti more, Pittsburg, Tj;rre Haute and Montreal. Settlement Seems to be in Sight This morning's Star says tht the situation in the street car strike in that city remains unchanged, with no settlement in signt. a weeK auo to morrow the conductors and motor men of the Tidewater Power Co. ouit on strike as a Tesult of the plan of the company to run its cars on some lines with only one man. A "it.izns' committee has been holding hearines for the past three days in an effort to arrive at some settle ment. Friday four companies of the rnaat Artillorv reserve from Char lotte. Salisbury, Greensboro and Cnlddhnrn were ordered to Wilming ton t helo nreerv m-der nd n'O- ect Pa., find en has been offred bv th stridors, however, and the oresene of outside tnvvn i resend. according to a dispatch from Wilmington. RfrrrAar' Poult V Chs. Kshnw was before Recorder E- M. Britt Sanrday on the charee of retqi'mg. Prater for hidrment was enntinned upon ravment of cost, def ndan to Trear Kef ore fb court one rch Fnth and show that he Exams, for Public School Teachers As has been mentioned in The Rob esonian, teachers examinations will be held in the office of Prof. J. R. Poole, county superintendent of pub lic instruction, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; of this week. Examina tions for white teachers will take place Thursday, Friday for colored. Saturday for Indians.. Ex aminations will be held Thursday for white students wishing to enter the A. & M. College, Raleigh. ' All street liehts were turned on Friday night for the first time in the business section since lightning put the local power plant out of com mission on June 30. Street lights in W'hs deH In tsf way with in- residential sections will not be turn oil eating liquor - , - ed On for a week or eo yet. 000 or more during the year, ana less than $200,000, are entitled to membership in this club. Mr. Bark er was elected vice president of the club, which will meet next year at f Atlantic City. Mr. A. W. McLean left Lum berton Thursday afternoon and went to Maxton, where Mrs. McLean and two children have been spending some time visiting Mr. McLean's sisters. Misses Mattie and Sallie. Friday Mr. and Mrs. McLean left for Bal timore, Md., and New York City and other points North. While away Mr. and Mrs. McLean will decide on some place to spend the month of August. Mr. and Mrs. McLean left their chil- nrnnerty of th- THewat-r! dren with Mr. McLeans sisters t went n a snAcia1 trin.' o ! Maxton. Mr. C. V. Powers ot Xbor, ria arrived last Monday and since that time has been visiting his father, Mr. J. H. Powers, at Powersville. This is Mr. Powers' first visit to Robeson county since he left for Florida threo ears ago. He "was most favorably impressed with the improvements that have been made along all lines of industry. He said he hardly knew Lumberton because of its rap id growth since he went away. Mr. Powers expects to leave tomorrow for Yber. Aloner with the card of thanks which will be found elsewhere in to day's pip'r. Mr. R"fus M. Sanderson who has been at the State Sanator- , ium at Montrose for ome time. snd a Mter to M. F. Orover Britt. of The Robsonian's staf. in which he savs he is pettine on fin. He re norts lots f rn'n and savs it is very hot. but add that a continual breere makes it plent fo- those at the sanatorium. Mr Sanderson says he eniovs redin Te Rnbesonian verv ruch and always looks forward , to th day when it i du. , Mr. San derson has msnv friends hee whn T-ATioo h iotid for h wiprriao" o' Rchrd Powers and tu'iv ""well; R. B. Baxley and Sv lomp Lowe. , Mrs. J. L. Williamson has ac cepted a position as stenogran-er in the law offices of Messrs. Johnson & Johnson. Mr. H. M. Beasley, who moved from Lumberton to Sumter, S- C, some few weeks ago, is reported very ill with typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Carlyle and Miss Hazel Carlyle left Saturday for Hendersonville, where they will spend the summer. They made the trip in Mr. Carlyle's auto. J. T. Putney, a young white man, was arrested here Saturday af ternoon on the charge "of abandon ment. He was carried to Raleigh where his wife and child live, last night. Putney had been working here as a lineman for some. tmie. Mr. W. B. Cooper of Wilmington will h r-leased to ear that he is oenies that he has purchased the Southport News, a report to that ef fect having been published last week. Do you know that hookworm en ters through the skin? Do you know that he who build3 up health lays up treasure in the Bank of Nature? petting along so welU .My glasses wee fitted K Dr Parfcer. the only specialist H Lumberton licensed by State Boar4 Examination for this bnporfan work.. HIS SERVICE SATli FIES
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