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VOL XL VII ' LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, ThURSDAY, JULY 20, 1916. NUMBER 45
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TOWN TIED BY OLD CHARTER
Ttt -A VfrCoAeA Amount - lO
tn
Which it is Restricted for Light
XtllSSi
K?2iTn!l
v: 3 i " . .j urnniwpH im.
Bonds for Recent and Proposed im-.
provemenU Refuse lO inat At-
ountrff0rt.W,i11 ?fSt J '
:ure i"miwij 0 .
Iature Mee
In Thursday's Robesonian it was!
ctatod that the town has sold bonds'
in ha cum nf $30,000. these bondsiind something like normal COn-i
.having been issued several momns
arm fni- tho nnmnss of financing the
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improvement Deing mauc m ntui,
-.-A rator nlanfs tn W f. Slavton
& Co.. of Toledo. 0. It was also i
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buy additional bonds in the sum of
$15,000 for the purpose of extend
ing the water and sewer lines in
town. Mr. Bruce" Craven of Trinity,
this State, who is agent for W. L.
Clayton & Co., made the contract and
agreed that if for any legal reason
his company refused to buy the bonds
they would loan the town $45,000
until March 1. 1917. and take the
town's not for sp.curitv. Since that,
stated that this company agreea 10,15,000,000, principally 10 rauroaas,
time the above-named company has of clearing up debris as a prelimin--notified
Mr. W. Lenhon, town nt-iavy to the resumption of operations,
torney, that after investigating the Train service, however, is still badly
matter they nave round tnat.tne. 01a
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town charter has in it a restriction
which says that the town shall not
issue bonds for light and water ex
tensions to a sum over $50,000. More
than that amount of bonds has al
ready been issued and sold for light
and water extensions. They also re
fuse to loan the town the $45,000 un
til. March 1, l'J17.
Mayor A. E. White says he ex
pects to try to borrow the money,
temporarily, until after the next ses
sion o fthe Legislature, which, will
.the bonds can be sold. . '.
TIa f Am Vtoo LaH cavornl ViMa nil
nil be cnangea so
the $30,000 bonds, but none of themj
has been closed on account of the.
fact stated above.
RLADEN WILL HAVE
FARM-LIFE SCHOOL'
Delegation From Bladenboro Visiting
Robeson's Farm-Life School To-
day Bladenboro Township Has,
Life School and $20,000 for Roads
A delegation of twelve men from '
Jy this morning en route to Phila
oelphus to take a look at Robeson's
farm-life school. Bladenboro town-
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snip, J5iaaen county, recently votea ,
bonds in the sum ol $iJb,000 lor tne;
erection of a farm-life school in Bla-
den. The school will he establish-
ed near Bladenboro. The delegation1
was composed of Messrs. T. J. Free-!
man, F. D. McLean, J. F. Freeman,
S. N. Ferguson, F. P. Callahan, J',
G. Freeman, W. S. White, Emory
Thompson, Sherwood Callahan, D.
A. Butler, R. C. Bndger and Geo
T rrv,.. f-n .rioifjnnr
Robeson's school was that they
micht get some idea of how it was!
located and maintained before they,
started to work on the new Bladen;
intitu1ion. !
Bladenboro. township .also'- voted'
. . 1 il. ton rnn
bonds recently in tne sum m w,tw .
n hnilrl rnnrl in that townshio. i
-- m. f
$30,000 FOR LUMBEK-I U ,
Houte Commite on Public Build-!
inra Ifnrommends Th.it Amount tor
Prtetftf f irp Ruilrlinrr for Lumberton'
In a bill submitted Monday the!
House of Congress committee on,
public buildings and grounds recom
mended $30,000 for a postottice duiio
ino- for Lumberton. It was recom
mended that other North Carolina
towns be allowed appropriations for
public buildings or sites as follows:
Rockingham, $5,000; Wadesboro,
'$5,000; Wilson, $7,500;. For enlarge
ment or repairing: Edenton, $45,-
O00; Lenoir, $30,000; Mount Airy,
355,000; with the provision that the
Umit of cost heretofore fixed for a
ite shall not exceed $5,000 of this
.imount; Mount Olive, $3,000; Mor--anton,
$35,000; Albem?rl for site,
$6,000; Clinton for site, $5,000; Dunn
for site, ?7,ouu; ouisDursr ior uc
se.ouo: lvianon ior sue
ford for site, $7,000; Williamston for
site, T'5,000.
Electric Signs
The National Bank of Lumberton,
the First National Bank and the Pas-;
: time theatre all have bought attrac
tive electric signs. They have all ar
rived and the one purchased for the
? theatre has been put up and was used
for the first time Tuesday night.
'Each sign is a different design.
While hanging the one bought b'y
ti Virst. National Bank Tuesday a
part of it fell and was broken. The
broken piece was returned to the
factory for repair and it will be some
time before it can be replaced. The
one bought bv the National Bank of
Lumberton will bj put up this week
and will probably be lighted up for
the first time Saturday night. The
signs were sold by the Federal Sign
System and will make most attractive
advertisements. Perhaps others will
cim at an earlv date and an
effort will be made, it is understood,
to get the citizens of theAown to
buy one advertising the town.
Mr. IL M. McAllister has been
unable to get any word from his wife
and two children, who are spending
some time at Montreat. since the
floods in that section Sunday. He
has written and also tried to get in
communication with them by wire,
but has been unable to do so. The
j,Mi;atinn nf niai!. teleohone and
telegraph communication is the cause,
DEATH LIST GROWS LARGER
l int nf DrnnnpH in Ashpvillp Rptrinn' .
Grows to 28-Several Weeks Will
be Required to Restore Normal
Train 'Service-Danger Passed, 'in'
Train Service Danger Passed " in
l am rvice uanger rassea in,
'biL?c.l -!! tw io j
i itoo uummai;, .
Seventeen deaths reported Tues-t
day brought the southeastern flood.
toll to 32. but all rivers are falling)
ditions obtain in many or the sec-!
tinna overrun with the hitrh waters!
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irom ine. eastern mountains ouhuoj.
Tpn iunnn9 Ktill are missinc. and!
the property damage is estimated at;
r " - . ii . 1 !(..
crops and industrial plants. j
Eight additional deaths in fth.e,Bat Cave and Chimney Rock section!
Bat Cave section of North Carolina j
have been reported, the list of those
drowned in the Asheville region now
numbering 28.
Marked improvement is shown in
conditions in North Carolina. The
French Broad river in the Asheville
region is falling rapidly and manu
factunnc Dlants have begun the worn
demoralized
mi " i.
The Catawba river is receding al
most as fast as it rose two days ago.
when the great wall of water rushed
down from the water sheds arryinri
bridges, factories and homes beiore n.
Railroad and other utilities companies
are using large construction gangs
repairing damage in tne caiawoa vai
Iey. Several weeks will be required,
it is said, to restore normal train
service on some of the railroads and
hundreds of thousands of cotton spin
rllpa mav hp 4dle for a month. No
world irom nicKory or ienuir, 1
the headwaters of the Catawba, since
RiinlflV.
All fear of serious floodin Soutn
Carolina have been dispelled bv the
rapid fall of the Congaree and Broad
rivers. Industrial and electric plants
in the threatened districts have re
sumed operations. The great loss
will be o crops and livestock in the
Congaree valley.
tv,o Sonhnnrd AfrLmes bridges
sumed operations
over the Wateree river near wmui,
J
fiood waters of the Catawba. Ibis,
cuts the Seaboard s iew-iu.v a
trunk line. The bridge over
the
same stream near unester on me
Hiimlet-Atlanta line went down Mon
dav. Hence the Seaboard now has
no line of its own over which it can
M 1 x 1- .
- - -- ; Morth and
on-ratc """ T"
East to the South and West .being
in the same situation as the Southern
Railway in this respecb- The .boutn-
era na Deen ut-tuun .B
the Saboard track between lhbi
lotie and Columbia, . via Monroe and
iinmlPt. until the Camden bridge fail
ed which will necessitate both these
roads detouring their through trains
i the. AT limit IjOHhl
Line via
Florence, boutnern iyuxn
were operated through Fayettevme
Tuesday.
The rivers of East Tennessee "i
reached their crests and begun ian-
ing slowly. Some damage s oontaay
c..4.i i-'-villn . whprp trie Wat-. i1
m sutn u''"",v' . .
rx reached warehouses and homes
, on lower giounu, -. " , ,
- . , , aL MfAnfact,
grounn, out uic - nai;
loss will be to crops, ..u T
ic - Wp to rron?. several nufiuicu,
thousands
qcres av h i
valley in the extreme
of the State,
P.nnrlitions in V
Virginia are expected
within r. day or tw
SHIPPING CANTALOUPES
7 Carloads Will be Sh.ppd Our of
Lumberton This Week-First ear
Shipments Have Been Made From
Loral Station in Carload Lots
Four car loads of cantaloupes had
teen shinped from Lumberton over
the V. & C. S. road this week un
to 'last night and one car load will
be shipped today and one each day
the balance of the week. j The big
jrest shinment was yesterday, when
;wo car loads were shipped,
00 crates to lwd. a car. which means
.V". ic i,n 9800 crates will
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d from liumoenon w "c7"
'Trices so far are very jr - -
S quite a bit of , money from
4 Hem v
"'This is the first vear that canta
, tinned in car load
farmers wno crt-w
loupes nave i. "...ri . j.
lots from Lumberton and it is due
to th work among the farmers ot
Mr W. G. Gilchrist, industrial aeent
of 'the V. & C S. Hailroad. It is
estimated that the crop has been cut
off about 40 per cent Dy wet
er.
u-5U Covers Fine Corn
Land of
Globe Swamn Section .
Mr W. F. Willoughby, whb-Mives
do'wn Globe Swamp way, says he
has been told that manv acres of corn
i- the noted corn-raising section of
Globe Swamp are covered with wa
ter which spread out from Lumber
river during the last few days. Mr.
Willoughby says he has about ten
acres of as fine corn as he ever saw
in th swnmp. Besides tnis, ne nns
several acres of younger corn. He
Cr.va V.p has not been to his field,
but others have told him that a boatj
could re roweo m ms coin.
thinks the old corn will makp. but
is doubtful about the late corn. There
are some 75 . acres of corn planted
in the lowlands of that section which
usuallv produces the finest com that
mrows in Robeson county without any
fertilizer.
Mr. Willoughby says it has been
several years since the water cover-
ed the land there before.
DEATH TOLL FROM FLOODS t .
NOW ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 50
.
m5 r?mTV'. f . w .
, Additional bodies found Wednes-
J'..
slakM:":l1 1,1 "w"1
H brought the number of.
to tnm tne recent floods up to!
approximately 50, with six persons'
missing and IX
believed to be dead . The J farmers are busv this week barning f'n tha: meets with the approval of, Seven young men left Lumberton
0 dead includes the ninet their tobacco. Most of the tobacco ose who re dlde he m?"er! morning for Charlotte to ask ad
Ige victims still unac-j is late on account of the dry spell name or.the elegant new hotel mittance int0 Unde Sam,g arm
estimate of 50
Belmont bridge
counted for.
Rpvp nf thp flnnd virtims wprp
drowned at Ronda, car Wilkesboro,
in thp nvrfloi nf thp Yadkin rivr.
rr'i . i i i
iney were in two nouses' caat asnorei
nr. hlnniin nftpr Viauino- hpn waahpri
fifteen miles from the point where!
tney originally stood.
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The other deaths occurred in the ,
southeast of AshevilleJ where the
Broad river raged through a narrow
valley Sunday, carrying everything
before it; near Belmont on the Ca
tawba river; at Asheville and Bilt
more and scattered fatalities else
where. - '
News is coming in slowly from the
Yadkin river valley, as well as from
other parts of Western North Caro
lina known to have suffered from the
high waters, apd it is feared the num
ber of deaths will be materially in
creased when full imports can be
had.
The crest of the flood ha3 been
passed in South Carolina, North Car-
olma, Virginia, lennessee and nest
Virginia, leaving in its wake demor
alized raiiroau uuu wuc tuiuwuuivo
tions, and armies of repair men are
workinc in an effort to restore nor
mal conditions. Many bridges and
miles of roadway must be replac
ed. .
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Crops Somewhat yamagea cnn
dren's Day at Hog Swamp P"-
sonal
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. 4, July 15 Crops of
this community were somewhat dam
aged by the heavy wind and rain of
last Friday. , .
Misses Lela and Lucile Taylor, who
has been visiting for the past three
weeks at the home of their uncle and
aunt Mr. and Mrs. R. H. William
son, expect to leave Thursday for
their home at Ruskin. They will be
accompanied by Mrs. Williamson and
small son, Burnis Leroy.
Mr. Grady Pope and two sisters,
Misses Lee and Ruth, were . visitors
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. .O.
Williamson Sunday afternoon.
Miss Belma Freeman left last bun
day for Tar Heel to visit relatives.
Mr S G. Williamson and two'sons,
Messrs. Leighton and Charles, visit
ed last week at Mulhns, S. L.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac spiyey "
dren 'of Proctoville visited at Mrs.
Snivev's fathers,-Mr. Neill Freeman's
last Sunday
O. W. Williamson
returned home yesterday from Mul
lins, S. C, where they visited rela
tives. , -.iirfAi1
Messrs. Lharies siroiip w .o...
and Clarence la.uin u ,-.--
were visitors at i. -
Ben Israel of Bellamy visited
. .. c-jw
in this vicinity Sunday
vd attended the chil
iuue a. uvn
. vfi , . Sw!,mT Sunday
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f ln s aay at i
ciivn b u - Vine. Al
am nay nv . .. ,. .
Damase br Flood WJK Exceed
000,000 Outside Aid Wdl be cc
essary Not Enougn Food Will be
Raised ,
Wilkesboro Dispatch .
fWilkpO alone will exceed $i,ooo--!
VV I , T1ofnnrtn 1
The damage by iioou ' l""(t, "nnii .
UUU. xiicxy .u ttr to
7 I
enoueh food raisea in l"ci."""vi,
supSly its inhabitants until another
eSpan be raised. Urg ;
bers are bound to suffer. Outside
afd will be necessar., ar once for
those who lost all .they had.
, rireden and Jennings
I .11 iici -
2erion' 7ii "iww nividends.
tolTn ; i,p T.nmberton.i
eastern part eo there was a spienuii Hc;. - , vuiuur wtie uuiuuw - ruimore piuv a kv -vw. . ...... ....... ..
e I :? tneit. wa r .mherton. It's;jot. , v,r nf white neoDle from that hsm. son of Mr. and Mrs. &raham
irginia and west indeed a pleasure to nave mere w section. , , " JI""
- i 1i . 1. Hf HriTT. --.nwk onnnor of ' 3 nmnn. hft tMCltnr in TriWTl VPs-
to be nornnll nt anv time the nome oi ;ur. rmnn. mvi'i io. . i.m.ijr mm a .
!WUnU J , wovinpcrlav nicrht and one at Mr. A.! c-i,;; rantalnnnpa From Fairmont1 er about that particular biddie. Me
" ....-T.o rniTTY HARD HIT ATorrpr's Rntnrdav nicht. - . I tr- it r stnhhs of -Fairmont was I Fays . the vountr chirk is living and
lYlLiniO - 1 "
ThP directors ui ... . i4 . fUinir uv "y"j - - (
Dre-den andJennings cotton mi Is held I Tolasvile. Mr. W. M. Bryant, who;
rterlv meetings in the offices of,., gerved by that route, was in town
the companies here yesterday.
ular quarterly dividends were pa d
and tbe Dresden and Jennings mills
rSi a special dividend making good
the dfvidend omitted at the quarterly
meeung held October, 1914 immed-'at'-Iy
after the outbreak of the Eu-
ciiviaenus ukp - TjIIj, n;A Kv
runted
nuarter V- Oiviuenua vi j
these mills
since they were
estab-
lishod
Lawn Party on Court House Square
This Evening TT
Members of Robeson Chapter, U.
D. C. will give a lawn party on the
court house square this evening from
The Dublic is invit
ed, including the children. Ice cream
cake and cones will be serv-ea. i.c
hour for beginning is placed at in
order to give the children opportun
ity to enjoy it as well as tr.e grown
fo's
Work in The- Robesonian's type
setting department was delayed for
fact that electric power was shut offj
...l:i -nrlr mac Kpmor rinnp in
connection with the change in elec
tric systems here, but bv swift
work after power was available the
trick was turned and the paper goes
to its readers at the usul time.
PLEASANT HOPE NEWS
Tobacco
Lae Fever Scare Causes
Many to be Vacc na
pho.d-Hotel Nan,
Many to be Vaccinated Against Ty-
cs a I'lenty
ccnooi nouses anouia oe rainteu
Sa1wm Kr;.l t tt hii.
Correspondence Tof The" Robesonian.
Pleasant Hope, July 19-Totjacco
at setting time.
Mr. T. B. Jenkins and family vis-
ited Mrs. Jenkins' mother in the Bal-
timnrs Ewtinn QnnHair
ni i i . r.
jyiiss riora anyie 01 nan swamp
rplutivpa in thia cti'nn laat:
week. i
Dr. B.-W. Page vaccinated a Rood.
. .
many people here last Wednesday for'
typhoid fever. Most of our people
vv hnH tha fpvpr Hrarp laMv for;S3nta Fee, Inverness, Loch Loman
we have one family who have suf-, Whte Winf; Saranac. Iona, Avon,
fered terriblv, nearly every one in; Glenwood. Mohawk, Riverside, Lo
the family of eight having had the I rena, Julian, Lexington, Leo, Man
fever. Dr. Page will give the sec-jdant, Nelson, Crescent, Richmond,
ond doses Thursday of this week. ! Dundee, Argyle, Robesonia, Woodrow,
Since our mail man has an auto Lindell, LeRoy, LaGrande, Palmetto,
we forget and he comes by before we j Wyoming, Lumberton Court . Inn,
get our mail ready. Lumberton's Grandest, Lumberton s
Miss Ruth Pope of Pope's Crossing! Progressive, Carolina, South Sunnv
and brother. Grover. of Petersburg, side. White In (in honor of Mayor
Va., visited Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Mc- White, who, this one writes, "is a
Intvre last week. I man who has done much for Lum-
Mr. Foster McKenzie of Fairmont , berton and lias been interested in
made his usual visit to this com- providing a hotel),Sofit, Park's. Belle
munity Sunday. vue. Warwick, Paige, Ford, Wilsory,
We never heard of so many hotel Clifton, Plaza, Lumberton, Varser,
names. We think it will be a "Mc"; Allen, Dennis, Marion. Ford, Wood
hotel yet. Sinre Lumberton will have) row, Bismarck, Maxwell House. Her
only the one hotel, why not let it; mitage, Stratford, Lumbee White,
be merely "Lumberton Hotel" ? Southern, Carolina. Sigma, Wilton,
(Maybe there'll be others Editor), j Easley, Bynum, Yorkton, Finland,
We know the county board of ed- Welcome Cartaker, Everready,
ucation is not going to let Wake coun-i Chestnut Inn, Arcadia, Woodrow Inn.
... - okporl nt it. in an little a thine' Tncleside ("Most of us are Scotch,"
as painting school houses, neither arpl
the-eonle Of , theJflee&riclM
This writer was at MtrHoUy n.
few years ago when tne beaDoara ,.
Railroad bridge was just tompleted j
that collapsed on account of the re-J
cent heavy rains. The river is very;
swift there. On the county road theyi
had no bridge, but teams crossed on
toll boats. Pedestrians crossed on
this railroad bridge and didn't seem
to mind it.
BELLAMY BRIEFS
Cotton and Corn Damaged
nH Personal Items"
Social
Correspondence of The Robesonian
I
19 Corn and cotton;
Wrp dsmaced to some extent by thej
the heavy ram and wind last rrioay.
Mr. B. C. Todd left yesterday for.
Myrtle Beach, where he will spend j
some time visiting . icw""-
Misses Rosa and Bertie Sessoms i of,day from Mrs. McGuirea letter in
E. . Lumberton visited flir. ana
rrnnK wiiKin ouuupr... ,
; Miss Jerusha Todd is visiunK
tives at Eliza betntown.
Mr. Frank Mercer spent a short
wbi 1 e at Blad enbor o Monday,- w -
Mr. Lumb Cranio of Lumberton vis
ited ielatives in this vicinity Sunday.
Miss Lottie Pitman of East Lum
berton spent the latter part of last
wepk visitinsr at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. McLean.
A nnmher from around here attend-'
j .oa ?. at Rpiilai, last week.
." -"V':-. ?" :j nr.i
MesFt-s. B. H. and K. - lcxm, t enav charged with retailing rray-; MW,a. i 4
were Lumberton visitors Saturday. . udSSt was continued upon! ZleT.Tin his
Messrs. John Mears . and Herman vmPnJt of cost. Fulmore was re-! offered a f,0 ,000-fu. loss in his
Cramp of Lvmherton were callers in; ujKd to give bond In the sum of llL
III
1 m I ... - . ... . ;j. T" - . . . l. 1. I" I
Mr Aivnip oriinc'ii Bint i,nn r.r in anv wav iiii.iuciiai-'t. , .'iia. n.
Ufe of Auto Knocks Out Service On aftPrnoon. Mr. Sfubbs is one of the of his four hgs in walking. The
Free Mail Delivery Route leading melon and cantaloupe grow- two extras stick out behmd, hut don t
The auto is a quick mode of travel; ers of" 'that section. He ; says -more i foem to bother him in the least,
when roads are good and free from than 500 crate -of -cantaloupes havej Yr sterdav-closed the career of
too much water, but they are not!j.iready been shipped from Fairmont. the nixie cafe, which has been od
,i, nnA at fnrAincr Pponle served! TtTpinna are heeinnine to ripen and, rpatpd herp for manv vears. The
ty tne gtar route from Lumberton to
r., u 1 - V. oirrhf
lar Xieei WOUlU weiCDUic nic
of a mail carrier in a buggy or in,
anv old thing that would bring to;
them the mail. When tne carrier
made the trip in a buggy there was,
nf tViP aprvire. but:
nu jiivcuuun"ii t" . -
.. .. tv, ,r,riv" mill and'
swamp all tnis wees anu
now that the trip is made m an au-j inueched- a big -trioaaing saie tn iCLean buildme. tormeriy occupied
to the carrier has found it impossi-j morring. The store has been throng-iv the cafe, will be used for nost
ble to make the trip across the! (lj with shoppers today." , I office after September 1. The Olym-
this morning' and was lamenting .the) n. J., New York City and other
fact that the auto, to which he has,p0ints North, where they will spend
no obiection ordinarily, is now knock- some time. .
ing him and others out of mail ser-
vice.. He had not gotten any Rob-
esonian or other mail at all over the
route this week, and, what is worse,!
there seems no prospect of gettingi
mail the balance of the week. With
a horse ana oujckv uic ,
made all right; wnereiore mr. orv -
an and others are hoping tne trusiv
horse and buggv will be substituted
for service on that route when the
swamp is up.
Preliminarv Negotiations for Peace
ful Settlement of Border Difficul
ties
, Washington Dispatch. July 1.
t--i;i ...f nhAnc hofnwn
Acting Secretary Polk and Eliseo Ar -
j Movi.nn Amhnstiador Desig -
nate, for peaceful settlement of bor- Melvin Home, Fer.tenced to. death
der 'difficulties, proeressed fo wplljfor the murder of his brother-in-law
today that a formal announcement! iirningtonftM' two weeks from
"very soon " as to te cours to be: Fridtfyr-in o,Jer that the lunacy com
followed was. officially predicted. ! mission way examme the prisoner
London, July 18 Without hearing.
tVio nttnmpvs for tne crown. tnB
rmirt dismissed Sir Rogr Casement
appeal from the verdict f the lower,
or for which Viscount Reading, the;
lord chief justice, sentenced him to
death.
NAME;' GALORE FOR HOTEL
If You Doi't Find a .Same to Your
Liking for Lunbton's X'w Hotel
Among Those Suggested, Think
I p t me 1 fcurf cji
since in? i;ooesonian announced a
few issues back that the Lumberlon
Hotel Co. would give
$5 for a sugges-j
that is nearing completion, numerous-
suggestions have been printed in this
"ere nr raw suggestions
I liV V w VVIIIC III DldVG virc TV o
'rlnapri fnr Mnnrtav'a nanr
J ". .
LunOCE (Composed Of first two let-
ters in each word of Lumberton,!
"U1" i, ' J"-' A,
fJ K I ovAlinn 1 awKm V f I .miH
bt Wmo, Wanchulla, Alemphis Uar-
Clair, Oakfand, Orlando,
this one writes, "and love anythin-
the .?Jdcountry. Jt
f remember' fight, r&rr Warte-Sco''
nad a place by tnai name, corns in
his poems loves to call us to the
Mngleside. See 'Cotter's Saturday
Night'. I think that to them, and to
me, too, it means 'home'), Courtlawn.
Chestnut, Vance. Atlantic, Whiteway,
Jefferson. Rockcleft, Civic, Getsem.
Classic, Safety. Pisga. Lady Wilson,
McDiarmid, Colmbland, Evoline, Sun
shine, Vance. Roval. Manceburg, O
one, Central, Burkshire(sic), St.
ohn, Devine.
THE DEATH RECORD
tr V.. J. McGuire. Formerlv of Lnm-
barton. Passed Away at Greens-
horo
In renlv to a letter addressed to
Mr. E. J. McGuire at Greensboro
Mf J C. Mavwpll received vester -
wnich she stated that Mr. McUuire
mea on tne xnn mcr i -
reia-Mowe(j an operation. Mr. ivicuuire is
operation. Mr. McGuire is
well remembered here, ftavmg naa, game kind They are bearing fairly
charge of the local light and water; we thjs a but tfce wet weather
plant: for quite a while some years ;is causin? the fruit to rot fast.
r'0' Mr. J. W. H. Fuchs of Wilming
GerFulmore; colored, who lives!
about four miles south of Fairmont,
mnnth for a vear showing that
.. . wart uauic j i -
k t),,nUi. 1.' AT Itntt va
U ' t,n,i .ilt in anv wav w th'wass hatched at the home of .Mr. and
"c ,,v,r J l j
tnp viitors in town Tuesday
wni be ready for shipment soon,
rr.t- 1 . .oino lllira -lit. t.nP CrOD
tne Heavy i.-.v, ". Z r
considerably, but quite a bit or, mon -
ey wni be realized Dy iarmers "tjpame street. The name oi tr.e care
that section ior trues mis
-The Lumberton Bargain House;
j i " . . ,
iYieysrs. iwuci i v,u. -..,
vv Prnptnr left Lumberton this
" - . 7 , c t .
morning at 4 o'clock on Mr. Proctor s
little auto Mafgie" for -Atlantic City.
The Planters uanK
las bought a number of mde-posts,
which it will put up on au ro
lading into Lumberton. P
all have the following rawin
them "(M miles to the P'a"ters
nans .i,u7.
i safety first.
The late Albert C. Kornegay of
Rockv Mount, though not a Mason,
in his will left practically his entire
fortune, estimated at S30.000 to $o0,
0C0. to the Oxford orphanage.
' rr 1 ntAH frv-
(iov. craig luf uv
weeks' respite each to John bavage.
Wilmington negro who was sched -
1 , A tn Hi in tnp pptne cirair im
; the State prison at Raleigh lue?-
! rlnv for murd?r and robben', and
ar.n report as to nis panuy.
!
Hon. A. I.. MeCnskill. Repub
lican candidate for Congress,
will speak in Lumberton at
the court house Thursday night
July 27, at 8:15 p. m. ad
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
license has been issued for the
marriage of II. P. Smith and Kmm
; sugjri.
The v.ater
in Lumber river fa
receding here, having ilrv r.itm
several inches.
Mrs. Carrie Bright and her moth
er, Mrs. Malinda Smith, left thin
morning from the East Lumberton
cotton mill village for Baden, where
they will make their home.
Regular convocation Lumberton
chapter No. 77, Royal Arch Masons,
Friday evening, July 21st, 8 o'clock,
when the Royal Arch degree will be
conferred. Members are requested to
be present.
Rev. J. W. Cobb passed through
town Monday afternoon en route to
his" home at Lumber Bridge. Mr.
Cobb conducted a series of meetings
at Zion's Tabernacle, Howellsville
township, last week. '
Mr. Jno. C. Fuller left. Lumberton
Saturday morning for Hendersonville
where his family had been for some
time, but was unable to reach Hen
dersonville until Tuesday afternoon.
He was stopped at Chester, S. C,
on account of damage to railroads In
that section.
A live-wire business man of Lum
berton is riding about over the
country in an auto that carries the
license number "1816". His friends
were quick to notice this and the
fact that this man is strictly up to
date and a hustler does not keep
them from guying him about being
one hundred years behind the times.
one hundred yea
Mr. J G
citizen of Xu
cC,prmickt a former
iimbirtbn' and" welf
known in Robeson, was elected first
vice president of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce, the other day.
Mr. McCormick went to Wilmington
to live some seven or eight years
asro and takes a lively interest in
all that makes for the advancement
of the town.
While putting in some fire-fighting
equipment at the Lumberton cot
ton mill Monday afternoon Mr. A
L. Butts suffered a badly mashed
left foot. A large piece of socket
pine fell on his foot. Dr. T. C.
Johnson dressed the wound. Mr. Butts
was employed by the General Fire
Extinguisher Company of Charlotte.
He left yesterday for Charlotte.
A beautiful Alberta peach which
i i t d.u. r
measures 11 l-z mcrtes around wa
VMterdav bv Mr. O. C. Falks of Al-
. f ord8viue township. This peach was
from a tree raised from a seed and
. Mr Falks h . three
. M Fks hag three trees of the
ton, proprietor of the Lumberton Bar-
gain "ouse, spent a whilehere Tues-
"1' w'i,T
A biddie with four natural legs
,. x- -. ; tr nt..,;il
Graham in Howellsville
crowing all right. He only uses two
j ftocj.. and futures were moved from
.l.- 1J : U U.I aon Knllrll'nn-
i "e uiu nmiiu i' in- 'lyuy."
j Em 8treet, to the Caldwell building,
has been changed to the OJympia.
'Tko wmnaarpmpnt. will he the same
a, it haa Deen for 80me time. The
. .
; pia win open ior uusmras iavuiuaj
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. MWhite, who
live on route 1 from Lumberton, at
Barker's ch-irch, were among the vis
itos in town yesterday. They gave
a good report of a 10-days' revival
meeting which closed at Barker's
Tuesday night, conducted . bv R
Crumnler of Clinton.' Rev.
Kev.
L.
j0yner, pastor of St. Paul circuit,
of which circuit Barker's is a part,
.n he mountaina of the western
fc g t t to t re
lief, from a throat trouble, ana .nr
rrumpler conducted the meeting for .
him. .
Mr. J. W. Currie has won a free
trio to Atlantic City by writing $100 -ftOO
of insurance during the past six
months for the Jefferson Standard
life Insurance Co. of Greensboro.
, n, . .;o j wft,4
'" o . j V
. start on the tnp Saturday of this
but he cannot go on account
of the condition of the health of
his mother, who lives neir Red
Springs. Mr. Currie won the free
trip offered by tris company lat
vear also. When a man wins a trip
rn conditions like that writing insur
ance you ' know right off that he is
hound to be a hustler.
My glasses were fitted by Dr
Parker, the only specialist in
Lumberton licensed by State Board
Examination for this important
work.. HIS SERVICE A1
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