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.CHURCH NEWS NOTES
Office 107 West Fourth Street.
Telephone No. 20. .
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1916
LOCAL RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Seaboard Air Line.
Train No. 13 westbound Ivs 6:19 pm
Train No. 20 eastbound lvs 9:45 pm
Train No. 19 west-bound lvs 7:15 am
Train No. 14 eastbound lvs 10:15 am
VA. & CAROLINA SOUTHERN
From Hope Mills
No. 79 ...... arrives 9:10 am
Train No. 64 leaves 10:25 am
Train No. 65 arrives 6:20 pm
Train No. 78 ... leaves 8:40 pm
. Raleigh & Charleston
Train No. 1 . leaves 10:20 am
Train No, 2 ....... anives 6:15 pm
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FOR SALE ONE CHATTANOOGA
No. 12 cane mill and 9 foot evap
orator. Also 100 gallons syrup.
Apply to Riley Chavis, Lumber
ton, N. C, route No. 2.
: t .North Robeson Sunday School As-
f sociation Meels at Ten Mile July
OA -
lhe second meeting of the North
. Robeson Sunday School Association
( will be held with the school -at Ten
I June Sunday, July 30.
iv:w a. m. .Praise and Seng Service
R. A. Martin.
10:20 a. m. Meeting called to order
oen. bupt. Spurgeon Jones.
10:25 a. m. Address of Welcome
Rev. J. L. Powers.
Response T. W. Maxwell.
10:35 a. m. Address "Our Purpose
in LifeU-J. V. Blackwell.
10:55 a. m. Roll call of schools, and
reading of minutes H. T. Kin
law. 11:15 a. m. Address "Training Chil
dren," E. J. Wilkins.
11:30 a. m. Admission of new schools.
General discussion for . good of
Sunday School.
Collection for Thomasville Orphan
age. . ,-. -r DINNER
1:30 p. m. Children's hour.
Duet Mary and Annie Kinlaw.
Duet Elizabeth and Lula Kinlaw.
1:45 p. m. Naming place for next
meeting and remarks for good
of Association.
! 2:10 p. m. Singing contest.
The program will be. supplemented
with quartets, duets, solos and mus
1 ical specialties from all schools. .
J. It. KINLAW,
R. A. MARTIN,
D. W. PARNELL.
Program Committ?e
1 PERSONAL
WANTED TO BUY SEVERAL hun-
dred yards second-hand bog Vire for
iencmg. Apply to W. B. Kozier,
ou raui, in . j.
. . N. C.
STRAYED OR STOLEN BLUE
Beagle hound, bench legged, wart
on leit tmgn. Keasonable reward
for return. S. W. Phillips, Lum-
oerton.
peavine hay. n. J. Wessel, Lum
terton, N. C.
GET YOUR TURNIP SEEDS FOR
tall planting at L. II. Caldwell's
everything store".
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT
..Irish potatoes for a fall crop. We
have ttie seed. L. H. Caldwell's
"everything store".
FRESH FISH SHAD SEASON IS
over but we still have fresh fish
every day. When in need of gro
ceries of all kinds, vegetables and
.country produce, 'Phone 215, Britt
Grocery Co., West Third St.
Missionary Rally at Saddle Tree 4th
Jsunday
Correspondence of The Robesonian
The Ladies Missionary Society of
saddle Tree church will hold a ral
ly the 4th Sunday in this month at
3:30 n. m. The public is invited to
attend. .
First Baptist
Rev. C. L. Greaves will return
from Rowland, where he has been con
ducting a meeting, and -will occupy
his pulpit nere bunday morning and
nignt as usual.
Services at Trinity Episcopal Tomor-
row Evenintr
Rev. T. P. Npe of Wilmington will
conduct services at Trinity Episco
pal church Friday evening at 8:15
o clock.
ESTIMATE OF FLOpD DAMAGE
GET YOUR SEED PEAS, SOJA
beans, velvet beans ano? other seeds
from L. H. Caldwell's Everything
Store; - - --, -
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER IS
borrowing money on his farm for a
long period of time at low rate of
interest and becoming independent.
Call on or write A. T. McLean,
Lumberton, N. C.
MR. LANDOWNER! WHAT RATE
of interest are you paying on your
farm loan ? Possibly I can save
you some money and also give you
better terms. A. T. McLean,
Lumberton, N. C.
Damage in States -of North and
South Carolina, Virginia and Ten
nessee Placed at $15.000.000 Two
Thirds of Loss in North Carolina
Thirty-two persons dead ad at
least 10 others missing, and property
damaee estimated at at least $15,
000,000 was the known toll yester
day morning of the floods which
raged in four Southern States Sun
dav and Monday. . These estimates
may be changed, .in news items else
where in this issue of The Robeson
ian, but tne following summary pub
lished in daily papers Tuesd?v morn
ing will give a fair idea of the pro
erty damage: N ,
North Carolina:
Asheville Twenty-five industrial
.jn.iir I r, A', nn4-4-Rn
plains irauueu, uiiiuiuiiK "street
and lumber mills, machine shops and' .
Mr. L. Brissom of Allenton was a
Lumberton visitor Tuesday.
Mr. Fred Prevatt of Orrum was a
Lumberton visitor yesterday.
Mr. F. F. Purvis of the Oakton
section was in town yesterday.
Mr. T. W. Maxwell of Tolarsville is
among the visitors in town today.
vr. j. k. raiK ot aiaxton was
among the visitors in town yesterday
Misses Lessie and Saliie Odum of
Lowe are among the shoppers in town
today.
Mr. Jetter Pittman of Fairmont,
R. 1, was among the visitors in town
yesterday.
Mr. J. D. McLean, a leading mer
chant of Fairmont, was a Lumberton
visitor yesterday.
Mr. Mack Fisher has returned home
from a .visit of several weeks to rel
atives in Georgia.
Mr. J. S. Oliver of the Marietta
section was among the visitors in
town this morning.
Mr. II. F. Bissell of route 1 from
Orrum was amone the visitors in
town Monday afternoon.
Messrs. V. If;' Taylor and N. W.
Jenkins of Fairmont were among the
visitors . in town Tuesday.
Dr. F. H. Pittman and Mr. R: M.
Mitchell of Fairmont were among the
vi:itcr in town yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Stone of R. 4
from Lumberton were among the
shoppers in town yesterday.
Mrs. G. G. French and children
have returned home from a visit of
several weeks in Gr3hboro.
IN SOCIAL CIRCLES
Embroidery Club
Reported for The Robesonian.
Mrs. A. FrWard entertained the
embroidery club. Wednesday after
noon. After an hour of sewing, a
very enjoyable game of rook was
played. Mrs. R. E. Lewis made top
score and received a lovely hand-embroidered
guest towel. Delicious re
freshments were served in two
courses, Mrs. James Proctor assist
ing the hostess. Club members pres
ent were: Mesdames R. E. Lewis,
James Proctor, A. T. McLean, R.
H. Crichton, Charles Brown, John
Knox, A. II. MtLeod; visitors, Mrs.'
D. W. Biggs. ;
MT. ELIAM SOCIAL ITEM
Misses Katie and Sarah Stone En
tertained Last Evening ?.n Hono:
of the Misses Lloyd of Darlington. I
S. C. !
Correspondence of The Robesonian. ;
Mt. Eliam, (Orrum, R. 1), July 20
The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Z.l
Stone was the scene of much merri-j
ment last evening from 8:30 to 11
o'clock when their, dauehters, Misses
Katie and Sarah, entertained a large i
number of friends in honor of Misses j
Nannie and Henry Lloyd 'of Darling-1
ton, S. C. A number of jnterestinej
games wa3 plaved and refreshments1
were served. Those present from I
Lumberton were Messrs. H. T. Hux,
W. J. Sansbury. T. Williams. H. N. i
Ward and Rossie B. Britt. Quite a
number of young people from Ormm
and Proctorville were present and as
a whole it was a most enjoyable oc
casion. The Misses Lloyd are spend-
some time in this section visit-
Mr. Paul North left yesterday for w,ia; J frionH
.,511 . te. ,vu v -
Jacksonville this State, where he
will spend some time on business.
Rev. R. A. McQueen of Dunn was
a guest Tuesday nieht of Mr. A. W.
jwcean, returning nome yesteraay
Miss Viola Odum of Rockingham is
v.idting at the home of her cousin
Mrs. Dan F. Mclseill, Second street,
Mr. Robert Chaff In left yesterday
on a business trip to Marlboro coun-
VAST DAMAGE TO MILLS
It Will Reach Several Millions of
Dollars Southern Power Co. Cuts
Off More Than 1,000,009 Spindles
at One Time '
Charlotte Observer. Julv 18.
Not a cotton mill within the flood
ed district of the Catawba. Broad or
Planters Bank & Tru t Co.
LUMBERTON N. C.
Authorized Capital $250,000.00
Thi Bank Stand Ready to Furnish Cuttomers Every
Facility and BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE Con
sistent with Safe and Sound Banking.
Commercial Accounts
Savings Accounts
Trust Accounts
We Cordially Invite You to Call at Oar Banking Rooms
R. R. BARNES, '
Vrice Iresident
W . h. FLETCHER,
Vice President
C. B. TOWNSEND, President.
K. Ail BARNES,
Treasurer.
O. C. SPAULDIXG,
Trust Officer.
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coo uiu munuv I ... . . . .. i . J
tv, S. C He will return the last of "vers is in operauon ay
XUesaay. Wliilo t Tntnwha vallev suf-
Mr. A. B. Mercer left Monday af- f.Li ., Vonvipst. the Hamaire to
ternoon for his home at Alma, Ga., the plants on the Broad and Yadkin
after spending 3 weeks m Robeson -5ora , o-rpat. swellinfr the to-
cqunty visiting relatives. . t0 the point where it reached the
.'Misses Inez Thomas of Laurinburg, greatest aggregate ever known i'n
Ruby Covington of Rockingham and the history of the textile trade in
Ida 'Blake returned Monday from the Southeast.
Wrightsville, where they spent a few Some slight conception of the ef
clays with friends. feet of the flood waters on the tex-
Misa ' T.nla Mnrmpnt. rptnmed Mon- tile situation in this territory may
day night from Wilmington, where be gleaned from the statement that
he spent some time visiting rela- tne ftoutnern rower company n-
tives and friends. , nulled service on all secondary power
Mr. Geo. T. Graham of Proctorville contracts yestreday for im mills, not
is among the visitors in town today. iv m tne . s .n '"u
Mr. Dave Hardin of the Blooming- throught the general terr Uory as
: r,.-,v, ;e;f well. This cut off a total more
VIOLIN .tlVU WM.m. T.u..w. j
tcday,
Mr. F. M. Fitts of Rocky Mount
arrived this morning and will spend
a short time here visiting at the
home of his son-in-law and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Brown. Elm
i than 1,000,000 spindles at one time.
BIG ANNUAL PICNIC
FOR THE TRADE
4 CARLOADS SCREEN WINDOWS AND DOORS
Now in Stock. AH Grades and Sizes.
1 CARLOAD DIVERSE CULTIVATORS
MASON & IDEAL (big rnouth) FRUIT JARS
z25000JtGARDNHOSE,-lCEREANFREEZERS
Prices Right, Send Us Your Orders,
N. JACOBI HARDWARE CO.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
IF ITS BEEF REMEMBER A. H.
Hinds handles , it in a sanitary
manner. 'Photiff N 53 for pork
loins, fresh poJk sausage, liver
and sliced ham.
WHEN YOU NEED AUTO SER
vice call Bullock Brothers. Phone
Nos. 55 and 231. Service day or
night.. J ,
IF YOU HAVE IMPROVED FARM
lands you are entitled to a low rate
of interest on your loan. See or
write' me if interested . A. T. Mc
Lean, Lumberton, N. C.
PLANT CHUFAS FOR CHEAP Hog
feed. Seed for sale at L. H.
Caldwell's "Everything Store".
4-
WANTED LIGHTWOOD OF stove
wood length at once, on subscrip-
ton. Send t Robesonian office.
Nolice of New Advertisements
Cane mill, evaporator and syrup
ioi sale Riley Chavis, Lumberton,
R. 2.
Second-hand hog wire for fencing
wanted W. S. Rozier, St. Paul.
Fair Bluff tobacco market will
have oneninfir sale Aueust 1.
Great 3-day sale begins at White
& Cough's July 'Zl.
Political sneakine.
How Sam White became independ
ent First National Bank.
Shall railroad waees be determin
ed by industrial warfare or Federal
inquiry? .
Report of condition of the National
Bank of Lumberton.
Pro cram at Pastime.
Constantly broadening service the
National Bank of Lumberton.
Thompson Hospital Notes
Mr. W. M. Oliver, Marietta, is a
patient at the hospital this week
Little Mary Burton Norment was
operated on for tonsils and adenoids
at the mospital yesterday, return
ins home last nieht. Mrs. T. O
Britt, North Lumberton, was admit
ted to the hospital yesterday and will
undergo an operation Iriday. Mr
Fred P. Gray, who had been sick at
the hospital for a few days, was able
to return home yesterday.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
L.adlrn! Ask your UruvHat for a
( li.-hr-U-r' lMamon J Hrmid
I'lll. It. nd Uold Iii-t..llicV
bo, snled ith Due RiIIhjB.
Take n (her. KuvofToup
Krucclnt. Avk f. II'H'I? US-TEH'S
ll.ilM IIKA.NU -ILt fur H
years known s Ptst. Safest, Always Kelltble
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
coal and feed yards. Sixty residences
in the lower part of the city wash
ed away and 400 persons homeless
with 1,200 out of employment. Pow
er and gas plants out of commission
Llkin Small , hotel, . farmers' ware
house, three stores, three machine
shops and two livery stables carried
away,
Monbo Monbo cotton mills de
molished.
East Monbo Cotton mills dam
aged and $50,000 worth of cotton
destroyed.
Alexander county Alspaugh Cot
ton Mills washed away. Liledoun
Cotton Mills damaged.
Buncombe, Henderson and Madison
counties Many mills damaged and
hundreds of persons out of emplo--
ment.
Iredell county Brick plant de
stroyed and Long Island Cotton Mill
nearby destroyed. , " '
Catawba county Cotton ware
house with 1,500 bales of cotton car
ried away. In this county as well
as in Iredell and Alexander, great
damage was done to crops and small
mills.
Biltmore Many persons driven
from their homes , and mills and
crops in surrounding territory dam
aged.
Marshall Fifty-three homes de
stroyed.
Jonesville Many homes flooded.-
Henderson ville Two dams wash
ed out, damage to mills and crops in
Henderson county,
Lexington Several lumber mills
in surrounding county carried way,
stock killed and crops destroyed
Cleveland j county Dravo Power
Dam near Shelby destroyed; crops
in county damaged.
Five highway bridges, three in
Mecklenburg, one near gtatesville
and another near Moresville are
known to have been washed awa",
while at least six railway bridges
were destroyed.
The Southern Railway lost a
bridge near Mount HoMy, another
near Rock Hill, another near States
ville and another near Belmont.. The
Seaboard Air Line bridge above Bel
mont is gone as is the Piedmont &
Northern electric line bridge nearby.
South Carolina:
Crops badly damaged throughout
Piedmont section and several rail
way bridges, including the Southern
bridge at Alston, washed away.
Portman Southern . Power Com
pany's plant shut down cutting off
power to Greenville and many cot
ton mills.
Gjaorgetown Warehouses and
stores on water front and two lum-
Miss Katheryhe Shute of Monroe
will arrive this evening from Wil
mington and will be a guest for a
few days at the home pf Mr, and
Mrs. Jno. S. McNeill, 111 Caldwell
street.
I Mr. and '. Mrs. Terrell Poole of
Will be Held at Lakview Park,
Near Red Sprinis, Aiienst 5
To the Editor of-The Robesonian:
TTia Hnkp countv Farmer' Union
will mept with the Chapel Hill Local
TTnion for the big annual nicnic on
Saturday. August 5th. at Lakeview
Pp"k, near Red Springs. ,
Dr. Temnleton, vice president oi
the State Farmers' Unic. "d our
own classic orator. Rev. II. M. Dix
Kockinjrham arrived this morning and nn. will be the sneakers.
will spend some time here visiting xe extend to each Local Union,
at the home of their son and daugh- 8nd everybody else in Robeson, an
ter-in-law, Prof, and Mrs. J. R. Poole, urp-ent invitation, trustine that you
Elm street. will all come. Don't f orcret the date,
Mr. L. W. Baxley was a Lumberton nor the "well-filled" basket
visitor for a short while yesterday C. E. ZEDAKER,
on his way to his home at Bolton Chairman Com. Arrangements,
from a short visit to the home of Red Springs,
his father, Mr. W. W- Baxley, on July 18, 1916.
R. 1 from St. Paul. . J . .
Messrs. Julian Price, Guy and Earl Guardsmen Fired Upon by Mieans
Townsend and H. N. Ward of Mc- El Paso Texas, D.spatch July 18
Donald were Lumberton visitors yes- ;A party of mounted Mexicans ex
terday afternoon. They came over changed fire with L company of the
to witness the ball game between N.mth Mssachusetts Infantry near
Lumberton and Laurinburg. here. According to report tre guaras-
, i" 1..U in. me were dome outpost duty when
i Fi nJ.. IrMav Pearl of the 'Mexicans rode up on th..oppo-
LSrSgEaeda ef T SZj&
MO NET T O LOAN
On Improved Farm Lands Desirably Located.
EASY TERMS. WRITE OR CALL ON US.
THE MUTUAL LOAN & TRUST GO.
H. M. MCALLISTER, President THOS. L. JOHNSON, Sec-Trea.
the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Mcln
tyre, Walnut and Sixth streets
ber mills damaged. Seaboard
Line track washed out for short dis
tance.
Virginia:
Radford Several buildings de
stroyed and crops in nearly all coun
t?cs damaged. ,
Four Norfolk & Western bridges
hpliVved thev had ki'led one Mexican
The shootini? occurred m a isolat
ed district about three iles down the
Air river from EI Paso. The Massachu
setts company was doin? patrol dut"
in this section, one-third of the 6j) 1
men being on patrol. , t
liiSJ'1,! VCa. si
At the Pastime
On account of dtemoralized rail
road connections5" the Pastime thea
tre is having its share of trouble in
securino' nictures on time.-but todav
on Galax branch one on Little Creek offers the 17th chapter of "The Iron
pvtension. Penner hridce near Rad-ICIaw" and the closine chapter of
a ,a KriJM nonr Ponr. "The Strange Case of Mary Page".
isbur? washed away. Damage in the J1"8 a Pjojam of unusual
f earisDure msinct aione esumateu
at a million dollars
Washout 250 feet long on Vir
binian Railway near Eggleston.
The small town oi x arrows is re-
ported completely suomergea.
lennessee:
Newport partly inundated and
many families forced from
homes.
Butler. Va., and Southern Railway
iridffe washed away.
Thousands of acres or corn and
peanuts inundated between Chatta-
interest. "The Iron Claw" should
have been shown last night but was
flood-bound and could not get here
until this morning,
Babvcan
have some
m CREAM OF AIL ICE CREAMS.
It's perfectly safe and wholesome rea3y ore of
the few sweets that are digestible and body-building.
The ideal summer dessert so cooling, so pure, so
easy to serve. Get a quart today from the nearby
VELVET KIND" dealer.
TakeHomcAQuart
"The Velvet Kind" Ice Cream
Sold By
Pope Drug Company
Hay Judge of Court of Claims
President Wilson has . appointed
Representative James Hav of Virgin-
theirl3 iu?e the Court of Oaims to
succeed judge oeorge w. Atkinson,
retired. Mr. Hay has represented
his district in Congress for 20 years
and is one of the leaders of the
House, being1 chairman of the com
nooga and Paducah, Ky., on Tennes- n?1." on military affairs. The judge
crop damage
ship to wheih he is appointed is a
life office and after ten years' ser-
see river and much
The Tennessee river ' is reported ."n " f"
still rising and other damasre is ex
Dected to result from overflows at
several points,
IF YOU
are troubled with dandruff, itching
All railroads in eastern Tennessee scalP an(l y"r hair coming out, we
a?.K you to try
Her Left Side Hurt
Mrs. Laura Beall, Plattsburg, Miss.,
writes: "Last April I sot in bad
health; my left side hurt all the time-
I had symptoms of Bneht's disease.
I took Foley Kidney Pills and feel
all right now." They quickly relieve
backache, rheumatism, aches and
pains. Bladder troubles, too. are
corrected by this remedy. Sold ev
erywhere. . 1
suffered heavily from washed
bridges and culverts.
out
If You Want Quick Relief
Men and women who feel their
health failing because of weak, ov
erworked or disordered kidneys will
be pleased to know that Foley Kid
ney. Pills are prompt in action and
give quick results in the relief of
rheumatism, sore muscles, aching
nt,s, backache, pains in side, and
sieep disturbing bladder troubles.
Sold everywhere.
KAIR TOXIC
SUFFERING AND SURGERY
can be avoided by using
1
TRAOC MARK
PILE REMEDY
Relieve yourself of this ailment
at home. Easy to use and thorough
ly dependable. Sold only by us 50c
ar.a ai.uo.
POPE DRUG CO.
Lumberton. Ii. C
cn our guarantee that it mVi
y:. j relief snd satisfaction or mon-;
ey lefunded. Soi.l only by us. 50c
id S1.00.
POPE DRUG CO.
Lumberton, N. C.
A Welcome Gift
to Any House Wife
Electric Fan,
Electric Iron,
Coffee Percolator.
Wire Your House. Esti
matesjGladly Furiished.
L. SMITH
Shop 104 4th St. TelephoM 51
fj A S T I M
f THEATR
j Coolest place in town
. offers the 17th chapter of the
'IRON CLAW"
and the closing "chapter of
"The Strange
Case of
MARY PAGE"
TODAY
PRICES :-i 5 and 10ct.