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" 1 """" 1 1 "- ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH SUO A YEAR. DUE IN'ADTANC VOL XL VII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1916. NUMBER 4f GOVENOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION M Mi ifiim nnn im rnn rinnn riTrrrntnoi f tALlHb ruiv aiu run rLuuu aurrmuiiu A proclamation appealing to the, peopte of North Carolina lor am for the many people rendered des titute in some counties in the western part of the State by the recent floods was issued Saurday night from Ral eigh on authority, of Gov. Crai, as follows: .. "To the people pf North Carolina: "A great disaster has befallen a large region of our State; hundreds of people are homeless and helpless. 'At this time I cannot describe the extent of the damage d6ne by the xmprecedentecPfloods of July 15 and ' 16, nor tan I undertake to, portray the present and prospective suffer- ing. By reason of the fact that "Asheville has been cut off from com munication with the outside world 1 could not be as promptly . and ade- " ;t-maA nf rnndittnns as others. But I am now prepared to sav that in the mountain sections along our western streams, large j J 11 -nn;nT ha at ward from. ana small, nuiuann ,T Z j "Wilkes on th6 north to Rutherford j on the soutn tne iiooas naye away not only the homes and the srowing crops but even the lands themselves of hundreds, if not thou sands, of our fellowmen and wom en. They are in distress and many of them utterly destitute and help less. Their all has been swept awav .in a night. ; " ' "Now, therefore, I, Locke Craig, Governor of the State of North Car -WALTER McNAIR NOW IN JAIL Nego Who Shot and Killed Arch Cu'i-ie at St. Paul 4 Weeks Ago Arrested I in Wilmington nd Brought 'to Jail Here Admits . Crime Says Trouble Started : About a Woman v After evading the officers for some four weeks Walter McNair, alias Harris, colored, was arrested at Wilmington- Friday afternoon by Policeman M. P. Newton of St. Paill. McNair is charged with and does not deny, killing anothernegro, Arch Currie, near St. Paul four weeks ago, an account of which was published in The Robesonian at the time. He was brought to Lum- KortAn and nlanorl in inil A reward of $25 had been offered by the board of county commissioners for the ar rest of McNair. McNair told a Rob esonian reporter Saturday that he s!hot Currie with a shot gun afte they had had a row and Currie had whipped him. He said the trouble started about a woman.- He said he was afraid of Currie, who had the name of being a bad negro, and shot to keep him off himself. He said after the shooting'toe went to City Point, Va., and from there to Bal timore, Md. From Baltimore' he went to Wilmington. Mr. Newton learned of McNair's whereabouts from a letter and telegram . sent to his (McNair's) mother from Wil mington. McNair was working at a livery stable when arrested. McNair says he has not rested ten minutes since he killed Currie and that when he goes to sleep Currie appears on the scene to annoy him. The jail was empty when McNair was admitted with the exception of a colored woman, who is not kept confined. BABY ACCIDENTLY SHOT One - Year - 0d, Baby Shot and Mcrtally Wounded by 4-Year-Old Brother Yesterdav Near Raynham Babv Died This Morning Boy Got . Hold of Sholgun Kept About the House and Accidentally Fired I A most horrible accident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Haynes Ivey, near Raynham,' yesterday af ternoon when their baby ghl was shot and mortally wounded by an older brother. The baby, which was about a year old. died this rrforninsr at 2 o'clock. The child that dm the shooting is between four and five "ears old. He got hold of a shotg n' which was kept in the house ' and while playinw with it discharged the gun, the load passing through the. abdomen of the .infant. The shooting occurred about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Dr. N. A. 'Thompson was summoned, but found upon his arrival that nothing culd be done to save the life of the child. He declared it was one of the most horrible sights he had ever seen when he arrived at the home and found the infant 1yinK en a bed with its in- testines "lyinf on the bed beside the child. V - , Fred Lawson Said to be in Jail at Whiteville It has been reported "here that Fred Lawson, who some weeks ago escaped from the chain gang for the second time, has been arrested and is in the Columbus county jail at Whiteville. Lawson was wanted in Columbus on the charge of break ing into a store at Evergreen the nieht before he was arrested next day and carried to the gang the last time. 1 Tb?re are several charges against Lawson in this county. Miss Nettie Townsend and Mr. t r Rnrhpr. hoth of Bladenboro. were married Saturday evening at 8:30 in the office of Register of Deeds M. W. Flovd. The ceremony ucma .... ... - , - nroo inor'nnnpd hv Mavor A. E White and was witnessed by ouite a lot of people. olina, am calling upon our generous people to respond to. the cry of those who have been so terribly stricken. There is every reason to believe that many will for weeks have to be sup plied with the necessitjes of life, in order thair they may v,be sustained until they, can find a- means of liveli VinnrT Tt is hut richt that, our entire people should share this burden but; reasonable that the people in regions I of the State in which no damage j i was done, whose crops were sparea and homes undisturbed, should open their hearts in generous giving. "I understand that a. number of local subscriptions have been started and that at least two relief commit tees have begun work. I take oc casion I rather, to commend them. At the same time, the disaster is so extensive, the work of relief so great, that I feel constrained to appoint a committee of general relief and to authorize it to take subscriptions and to appropriaae funds as needs ap pear. Every dollar shall be ac counted for, and every penny shall go to receive actual need. "Subscriptions may be sent to Ed ward E. Britton, chairman, Raleigh, N. C. . v ' ' "I am sure our people, 6nce they realize the distress of their fellow North Carolinians, will be quick to pour out their money in this noble cause." - STREET PREACHER FINED Charged With Blockading Sidewalk and Street Refused to Move to More Convenient Place When Re quested to Do so by Officer Spec tators Paid Fine and Costs A. T. Andrews was arrested by Chief of Police Alf. H. McLeod while preaching on Elm street, near where it interesects with Fourth, Saturday afternoon. He was charged with blockading the- sidewalk and street and was fined $1 and costs, a to tal 'of $6.95 by Recorder E. M. Britt. A large crowd of people had gath ered about Andrews, making travel on the sidewalk difficult. Chief Mc Leod asked him to move to the court house square, but he continued to rroacVi nnrl rpmarked that a man could worship God according to the dictates of his own mind, cniei jvic Leod went before the recorder and had h warrant issued and arrest ed him. He said he didn't have the money to' pay-the' fine and costs, the spectators at the trial made un the amount and gavei it -to the preacher. A crowd that filled the court room to its capacity heard the trial. Immediately after the trial Andrews preached a short sermon to the spectators. The preacher wore a uniform and cap with the letters "C. V. C." on them. ; ,,-,' I BARFIELD PREvLvTT ESCAPES He Had Served Nearly 3 Years of 15 Year Sentence for Killing Emory McNeill, Jr., in Lumberton in 1913 Escaped From Slate Prison Fri dayReward for Capture Petition for Pardon Chief of Police ,'Alf. H. McLeod received a card Saturday from the State prison at Raleigh stating that Barf ield Prevatt escaped from the prison Friday. Prevatt only lacked two 'days of serving three years of a 15-year sentence for killing Em ory McNeill, Jr., in Lumberton, in the spring of 1913. He was earned to the prison July 23,. 1913. The kill ing, occurred at the foot of Fourth street. A reward of $25 has been offered by the State for Prevatt'eT ar rest and return to the prison. A petition has recently been cir culated asking the Governor to par don Prevatt and several hundred names are on the petition, it is said. No particulars oi now ne escap ed were piven on the card received by GMef McLeod. Delegates to Slate Veterans' Reun ion A number of members of Camp Willis H. Pope, Mr. J. A. McAl lister, commander, Mr. M. G. Mc Kenzie, adjutant, met in the com missioners room at the court house Saturday and appointed the following delegates to the State reunion of Con- federate veterans wnicn wm ue iiu in Wilmington this week, Wednesday J and Thursday: M. GMckenRev Wesley Thompson, A. S. Wishart, A. B. Small, W. C. Smith. All other members of the Camp who will attend are appointed al ternates. V Vnthinir Definite" -Known . About Dutschland Baltimore Dispatch, July 23. - The only thine that can be affirm ed of the submarine merchantman Deutschland tonight is that she is alongside a pier in the Patapsco riv er where she was berthed 14 days ago when she completed her voyage from Germany. It was officially stated tonight that clearance papers as yet have not been filed and .this strengthened the belief that nego tiations for insuring a consignment Ok UI vuiu tVii. - ' ' delay in the submersible s departure A clas of children from the Odd Fellows orphanage located at. Go'ds- I boro will give a concert her? Wed- MANY FACE STARVATION Food Supplies Are Either Exhausted or Short in Wilkes Ashe and Wa tauga Counties Appeal for Out side Aid Getting Relief to Those Who Are in Need is Serious Prob lem Word comes from North Wilkes boro that many people in Wilkes, Ashe and Watauga counties aredes titute and facing starvation as a re sult of the flood. In North Wilkes-! i - i i l I Doro a reuei cumminee nas uccn appointed by Mayor Spainhour and the committee is sending out a for mal appeal for outside aid. A dispatch of the 21st stated that all food supplies were either exhaust ed or short and with' roads and rail roads washed. away the trans portation" problem is serious. Taylorsville is the nearest rail road point td North Wilkesboro where supplies may be sent. It is 21 miles over a mountain road be tween the two places. This road is said to be poor at best and now it is almost impassable. Moravian Fall3 was reported mi the 21st without flour and corn and other points in that section face a similar situation . On the same day the food supply at North Wilkesboro was reported sufficient for only a few days. ' General Superintendent Simpson of the Southern Railway, who walked up the Southern line 65 miles to North Wilkesboro, is reported as saying it would be fully sixty-five days before a. train could be run into that place. Reports of complete loss of croos in Wilkes and adjoining counties con tinue to come in from remote sections and conditions are : revealed even worse than at first reported. Ab solute destitution exists and in many cases starvation is imminent. Offers $1,500 to Aid Flood Sufferers Richmond, Va., Dispatch, July 21.' S. T. Morgan, president of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company, today": sent telegrame to Governor Locke Craig of North Carolina, au thorizing him, if there is - an v real suffering and need for outside con tributions for food sufferers in North Carolina.-to draw on him for$500 per sonally; and $500 for the company. He also sent a telegram to Gov ernor Richard I. Manning of South Carolina, offering $500 on behalf oi the company, in cases of need in that State. - i . Wagon Trains and Pack Horses Car ry Food Rutherfordton Dispatch, July 21. Rutherfordton ha3 sent wagon trains and pack horses over the mountains with food for 350 persons in Chimney Rock and Bat Caye sec tion. Dr.- P. E. Washburn of the State Board of Health, just from that section, reached Shelby todav and reported the food situation se rious. A Rutherfordton mass meet ing , has applied for outside aid to relieve distress in Rutherford coim tv, in which Chimney Rock and Bat Cave ae situated. About 100 tour ists and summer vacationists are mong those penned up in the hills. Though several have automobiles, they are unable to get out, as a 'anch of Broad river has altered its course, running for miles down the Asheville-Chalotte highway. Flood Damage at Marshall $200,000 ..Asheville Dispatch, July 21. Frst definite news of damage at Marshall; Madison county, were brought here tonight by J. C. Ram sey, an attorney of Marshall, who said the total flood damage at that place .would not exceed $200,000. Five large bridges! across the French Broad river in various sections of Madison county were destroyed, ac cording to Ramsey, who said 12 frame dwellings on the river front at Mar shall were washed away and ten oth ers sPV'erely damaged. Seven busi ness houses, he said, were virtually destroyed and 12 were damaged 50 per cent. Stocks in others were dam aged beyond recovery, he added. All the flood sufferers are being taken ere of bv the town authorities, the attorney said. Entire Family Reported Killed by . Landslide Charlotte Dispatch. Julv 21 The entire fam'lv of Bruce Grant in the Chimney Rock region i3 re ported to have been killed last nieht by a landslide down Bald mountain, wrecking Grant's house. Governor AWe to Talk to Raleigh for First Time Since Flood Raleigh Dispatch, July 21. For the first time since the terri ble floods in Western Carolina there was direct telephone communication today between Govenor Craig, at his summer home in Asheville, and his sveoiitivA nffirps here. Esfrlv in the afternoon the Governor talked for some time with his private secretary with reference to affairs in the ex ecutive offices, which have, all agree, been admirably handled by Miss Mav F. Jones as private secretary, while the Governor had been flood-bound in Asheville. He expects to come to Raleigh just as soon as travel can be safely re sumed. Mrs. Geo. E. Pennington and small son, Master George, of Tarboro. who were guests for two days of Mr. G. G. French, went yesterday to Max ton to visit at the home of Mrs. Lacv Williams. Mr. Lawrence Parker went Sat udav to Dbver where he soent the weekend visiting friends. He is ex pected to return this afternoon. DOWN BELLAMY WAY Crops Seem o be Doing Well in Spite of Excessive Rains Motor Boat Passes Bellamy Personal i Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton, R. 5, July 24 The rains continue to come, but crops in this section seem to be doine very, well. - i Mr. H. R. Britt was a Lumberton! Gov. Craig has issued a procla visitor Saturday evening. j mation calling upon the peoole of Mr. Council Pitman was a Lum-; North Carolina to contribute to thej berton visitor one day recently. ! relief of the people of some western' Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Wilkins spent! counties of the State, thousand of! Saturdav evening in Lumberton. whom have been renderd homeless! Mr. Frank Mercer and little son; and destitute by the recent floods. A' Earl visited Lumberton Saturday committee speaking for Wilkes coun-! evening. .Mr. H. F. Fitman went to Lum-j. oerton on business baturday even ing. Mr. Harver Todd who holds a no-j sitlon with The Butters Lumber Co spent Saturday night and . Sunday with home folks. Mr, Frank Meares was at Bellamy Saturday evening. Misses Lela and Vina Meares spent a whle with Mrs. M. B. Parnell Sat urday.' Master Walter Mercer spent Sat urday night with his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mer cer .' Mr. A. L. McLean of Singletary's was at Bellamy Saturday. Quite a curosity happened at Bel lamy Saturday evening when a gas oline boat parsed there. Such a thing had never happened in these diggings before. The boat was from Wilmington and was- west-bound. It stopped at Bellamy, but took -on no passengers. It was . making 25 to 30 miles per hour. Some parties passed through here Saturday morning in an auto- who had been tied un in the storm and flooded territory of last' week and said that the water had stood over cotton and other crops in South Car olina in the Cheraw section till it had rotted it. Mr. J. Q. Flowers of Howells vilL? was in this section Saturday. fir. John I. Smith of Howellsville sed through this community one dar recently, Mr. Joe Sessoms of East Lumberton is spertiine some time in this com- mtmitv visitmer relatives. Mr. Furman Parnell wa3 home from Boardman . Saturday and Sun day . Mr. R. Mercer, Jr., and little daugh ter. Miss Jessie, spent Saturday in Lumberton shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Will Gerald of North Lumberton spent Saturday night at Mr. J. A. Branch's. . Mr. Arren Branch visited his daughter Mrs. Dellineer, and son Mr. Ellis Branch at Bladenboro Sunday. Six Killed and 4IJnjured by Explos ion of Bomb in Big San Francisco Crowd Six persons were killed and 41 or more injured at San Francisco Sat urday when a timed bomb, conceal ed in, a suit case, exploded on San Francisco's main thoroughfare in the midst of a throng viewing a prepar edness parade. A one-storv brick structure aeainst which the suit ease stood was wrecked; and the ex plosion blew a gap through the crowd, blastine men. women and children. It is possible that some bodies were blown out. of existence, the police believe. The suit case con tained cartridges, bullets, gas pipes, scrap iron and glass. The holiday throng, 'cheering a contingent of veterans of the First California Infantry of the Spanish American War became a shambles. The blare of 50 bands and the ro r of drums drowned the cries of the injured, but the sidewalk was strewn with torn bodies. "Two women standing beside me were blown to bits," said a woman who, with her two children, was in jured. , All the newspaper offices in San Francisco Saturday received a com munication written in Roman scrip with an indelible pencil, many of the worcU beine heavily underscored. The communication was signed: "The De termined Exiles From Militaristic flnvpmment. Italv. Germany, United States, Italy, Russia." ' j THE DEATH RECORD Mr. Mattie J. McPhail Passed Away Yesterday Mrs. Mattie J. McPhail, aged 66 years, died yesterday at 1 o'clock p. m. at her home near the county home. Decreased had been sick two weeks with typhoid fever. The fun eral took place this afternoon at 3 o'rlock. services being conducted from the home by Rev. W. R. Davis, pastor of East Lumberton Baptist church, and interment was made in Hnllvwood remeterv. near the home. Deceased is survived bv six children, one son and five daughters. She was a sister of Messrs. J. A. and Sam Branch of Lumberton and had many friends who held her in high es teem. James Whitcdmb Riley is Dead Tames Whitromb Rilev. the Indi ana, poet; died at his home at Indi anapolis Saturdav niet followine a stroke of paralysis Saturday morn ing. The bodv is lvine in state at the Indiana Sate Capitol today. Special Term f Hoke Coun'v Court Gov. Crie Friday orderd a spec ial term of civil court for Hoke coun ty for r.e wek heiniing August 20. . Judge H. W. Whedbee will pre side. M. I. P. Nve of Proctorville wasi among the visitors in town Saturday. RELIEF FUND FOR STORM SUFFERERS i ty declares that in that county alone 10,000 people are helpless and in need as a result of recent floods, their crops ruined, their stock and imnle- ments destroyed, their lands swept away. In Ashe, Watauga, iadk;n, Surry and other counties the need is also great. Immediate help is need ed, lie gives twice who gives quick- ly. . ' . In response to the urgent request of Gov. Craig for contributions, The Sobesonian h$3 started a Relief und. Mayor A. E. White also made a canvass of the town this morning. Any who wish to contri bute may send to The Robesonian of fice and it will be promptly forward ed to the Central Committee. The following contributions are ac knowledged: ' v R. D. Caldwell .......... ..10.00 The Robesonian ............. 5.00 Raised by personal canvass made this momieff bv Mayor A. E. White, in contributions ranging from' 25 cents to $5 $92.50 More Names for Lumberton's '.New Hot! Since the last issue the following additional names have been suggest ed as appropriate for Lumberton's new hotel:. Craig, St Regis, St, Jul ian, Lumberton Center, Traveler's Home, Allie-Mack, Mackabee-Lumbee, Albion, Aiki, Robeson victory, White- way, Cityview, Maxwelton, Avondale, The New, 'Bon Jlest, Von valet, Bel fort, Pontarlier, Lorrain, Louvain, Prague, Roslin, Albion, Lennox, Al exandra, Savoy, Commercial. Lis more, Macroom, Ambleside, Alloway. Majestic, Southern, Carolina, ' Vic tory, Capitol, Colonial, Regal.' Bel videre. Bohemia. San Souci, Ttrrry- more, Chesterfield, Bonafide, Climax,' Chans Cheena Ban iror tne noted Scotch womn otherwise known as English McMillan, kin to many in the Cape Fear section), Faultless, Everybody's, Belmont, Waycrosse, National Highway Inn, Lumberton's Favorite, Hotel Mac, Varsity, Great Southern (because writer believes "the South will be tlhe greatest country in the world before this ho- tel will become extinct.") . The one who suggests "Maxwel ton" writes "I contend this is the logical name and should) be adopted, and to save further trouble please tell the managers of the hotel to send alon gthe V." And he parodies thus: Maxwelton braes are bonnie, Where Annie used to sigh. And for her 'ti3 said a Scotchman , Would lay him down and die; Clansman (for the Clans), Pioneer, Among the Sick The condition of Mrs. W. C. Col lins, who , 'has been very sick for some 'time, is slightly improved to day. Thompson hospital: Miss May Branch, of the Long Branch section underwent an operation for appendi citis yesterday and is getting along nicelv. Mrs. T. O. Britt of North Lumberton underwent an operation Friday and is getting along niceiv, also Mrs. H. H, Anderson of North Chestnut street, who underwent an operation Fr'day. Will Decide Soon on Child Labor Bill Washington Dispatch, July 23 Democrats of the Senate probably will decide within a few days what will be their answer to President Wilson's request fdn action off the child labor bill before adjournment of Congress. Administration leaders would not confirm reports enrrent to night that they had agreed totake up the measure- as soon asae gov ernment s hi opine bill is disposed of. They said the decision would rest with the Democratic caucus which is expected to be called some time this week. . ' Will Black, negro, paid the pen alty in the electric chair at the State . t- i l t j J : nrrsr"i at rtaieign rnuay iur crim inal assault on a small white girl in Green county on March 31. He confessed. His crime also caused te death of his father, whose con duct and language following " the crim of ris son so enraged the com munity that he was takn from the Kinson jail, and lynched. USE KEROSENE AND HEAD OFF THE CROP OF MOS OUITOFS A liberal use of kerosene oil. on all pools of standine water about town will head off a crop of mosquitoes that is going to be tremendous unless thi3 precaution is taken. Already there nre many more mosqui toes than usual owing to the pools of wster that have been standing about over town from he excessive rains of the past few wpeks. Kerosene oil pour ed liberally over these pools ill 'too thp moso"itoes. An if 'twere done 'twere well 'fwp" done quicklv. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Lumbee Tent, K. O. T. M, meets Tuesday night. License has been issued for the marriage of Joseph Baxley and Net tie Townsend. ft Albans Lodge No. 114, A. t. & A. M., will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Degree work. t Heavy rains have been falling here every day since Thursday and Lumber river is slowly rising again after receding for several days. : Postmaster and Mrs.D. D. French returned Saturday morning from Washington, D. C, where last week Mr. trench attended a meeting of Lnited States postmasters. They report a most pleasant trip. Supt 31. G. McKenzie is trying to work up a Sunday school excur sion to Wilmington and Wright3ville Beach for Saturday of this week. If operated it will be for all Sun day schools that care to take ad vantage of it. The Presbyterian Sunday school will go io Jud:.,o.i Springs on a pic nic trip Tuesday of next week. The. trip will be made in automobiles. Mr. M. G. McKenzie is puperintendent of the school and will leave nothing undone towards making the occasion a succesc. Mr. J. P, Townsend, chief of the local fire department, and Messrs. EJ.Glover, L.E.Smitb and A. P. Page, members of the fire company,returned last night from Raleigh, where they attended the State firemen's tourna ment last week. They report" fijreat and grand time. . L yW . Mr. W. S. Floyd of theBWhes ville section passed through town Saturday en route to Richmond, Va to be with his son Mr. Geratha, who is very sick with typhoid fever in a hospital there. It was first reported that Mr. Floyd had pneumonia, but later the doctors decided it was ty phoid . Notwithstanding the fact that rain , greatly interfered with the lawn party given by the local chap ter of the U. D. C. on the court house square Thursday evening, the proceeds more than paid the ex- ' penses. The exact amount cleared has not been determined as there are some minor, expenses that have not yet been paid. , Two transformers at the sub-station of the Yadkin River Power Co. near town, were burned out by ligntning Friday night and the lights in some sections of town were off the greater part of that night. The power was also off for a while Sat urday afternoon. Supt Geo. Mc Neill of the light and water depart ments says the power will be-off for - some three or four hours tomorrow morning while some change is being made.--- Seaboard train No. 19, west bound, was loaded with people goings to Bdin this morning. There wm a number here who wished to join the party, but Mr. E. W, Kinfaw, v.ho gathers the hands for the Amer ican Aluminum Co., which company is putting in a plant at Badin, said he had all that could be handled on that train. He told them, however, that he would be back tomorrow af ter them. Most of the crowd were colored men. Mr. and Mrs. Chap Bodenheimer of Germanton, Stokes county, and Miss Lillie Bodenheimer of Kerners ville arrived Friday and are guests at the home of Mr. Bodenheimers brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bodenheimer, Seventh 'street." They made the trip in Mr. Bodenheimer's auto. Mr. Boden heimer says this is his first trip to Lumberton in some 38 years and was surprised to find such a splendid town as Lumberton now is. Messrs. Ertel Carlyle, Clarence Moore. Guy Townsend and John Proc tor who left Lumberton on Lumber river last Monday morning on a large boat propelled by a motor, se turned by rail Friday afternoon. When they left they expected to go to Georgetown, S. C, but when they reached the point where Lumber an Pee Dee rivers intersect the waters of the Pee Dee looked so furious and deep they decided to abandon the trip. People who live in that section told . them they had better not try to go farther. They say some river steam ers were waiting for the waters to "cede before thev made any move. The boys say their boat passed over a number of bridges on Lumber riv er. Mr. H. M. McAllister received a letter yesterday from Mrs. McAllis ter., who with their two children is spending the summer at Montreat. This was the first word Mr. McAl lister had Jheard from his family since the floods did so much damaeo in that section a week ago. The letter was written a week ago yes terday and had been a week com ing from Montreat to Lumberton, due to the demoralization of miil service caused by the floods. For the first time since the' floods one could talk over the telephone lines from 'here- to Montreat yesterday. Mr. McAllister talked with hi3 wife and she said that while Montreat was cut eff'from the outside world, they were gettine oh o. k. and getting plenty to eat. .My glasses were, fitted by Dr Parker, the only specialist ta I umber ton licensed by State Boari Examination for this important work.. HIS SERVICE SATIS F1ES XL
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