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1 ITVj ' 11 ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOP AND TRUTH $1.30 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOL XL VII i ' LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1916. NUMBER 47 s i5. ALLIES SCORE SUCCESSES HOG SWAMP NEWS NOTES MT. ELIAM MATTERS GREAT MARSH NEWS ITEMS HOPEWELL HAPPENINGS ! BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS 3 Distinct Successes In One Day English Capture Another Impor tant Village Russians Make Gains in Armenia and Caplure 4,000 Pris oners in Eastern Fighting London Dispatch, July 26. The capture of Pozieres by the British on the western front, the taking of Erzingan in Armenia by the Russians and the capture by the ' Czar's forces tender General Sak harof f of 4,000 prisoners on the Slonevka river in the eastern fight ing are features of today's war news. The British Secretary for War, Da--vid Lloyd-George, in .a published statement tonight, shows' the import ance the Germans attached to the re ; tention of Pozieres by quoting from a German divisional order issued in Contalmaison, on July 11, as fol , lows: "Furthermore, the conversion of villages into strong points is of the greatest importance. Such Villages as Contalmaison, Pozieres and the two Bezantine and Longueval." Secretary Lloyd-Georsre points out that with the capture of Pozieres the last of these villages has fallen into the Allies'- hands. He further points out that today's German claim of the repulse of an attack on Trones wood must be a clerical error, as ' Trones woods has been in British pos session since July 14. The opinion of the militany critics . ln London ia that no position so .' strong as the British now are suc cessfully attacking will, be found be tween Pozieres and Bapaume; other wise, they argue the Germans would liave risked bringing: troops and guns from the Verdun sector to defend Tozierwd and it is inferred from indications in the' offic ial dispatch as that the Brtish are already beginning to es tablish themselves on both side-of the road from Pozieres to Bapaume. South of the Somme the French Tiave recorded another success in the taking of a fortified house with some -prisoners, Southeast of the village of Estrees. Except in the Champagne, -where the artillery on both sides wan engaged in somewhat violent actions, little fighting took place on the re : mainder of the French front. In the Volhynia sectortheV Rus sians are keeping up energetically their pressure on the Teutonic Allies in the Slonevka river region and al- so are attacking the Teutons in North Galicia near Brody. In the Slonevka district Petrograd says the Teutons are suffering heavy casualties and that more than 4,000 men, five guns, six machine guns and quantities of munitions have beten captured - by the RJssians. " ': . -. j Wilson Will Send Note of Protest to Lonaon won .. "Washington Dispatch, July 26. PMsiMonf Wilurm and Stall De- partment officials have 'practically completed preparation of a protest against tne promulgation ui a list of American if irms under the British trading with the enemy act. It was said today that the commum- U w aAt f r T.nnrlnn in CHllun wuuiu uc mi" the near future, probably within the next few days. It will discuss the. principles involved and will not in terfere with the continuance of in formal discussions between repre ia two Governments over the cases of individual iirms in cluded in the blacklist. Cotton and Tobacco Damaged by Rains Corn Good . . Mr. R. R. Barnes of Barnesville is among the visitors in town today. Mr. Barnes, besides conducting one of the biggest mercantile establish ments in the county, Is extensively in--tivrocforl in farminir. owning many large farms in different sections of i the county, wnen asKea aDoui crup conditions in his section, Mr. Barnes said corn crops are generally good, ltil. finHlH Will Ka rnfc somethinfl? like half by the continued heavy rams,! judging irom present pruoycwa. f dUnn. nf t.htk tobacco croo. he says the acreage about Barnesville is near norm-', but in many places the to , bacco has been drowned. Lumber River Approaching High water Mark Lumber river is now within two feet of the high-water mark and is still rising. It is now the highest it has been since 1908. The water rose 5 inches last night. Already S ' many of the houses in the lowlands about town are surrounded by water and the occupants can only get out by using boats and wading in water several inches even feet deep in some places. Heavy rains are said Via rivar mm here 'TO nave iiuieu up -" j ! . both Tuesday and yesetrday and it , is iearea me water wm the high-water record made in Au gust in the year 1908. County Pension Board Meets 1st Mon- Day 111 nf - ., m n -a cirinnor. clerk of the ill 1 J fcju-rf" . . . ci ocLo The RoheSOman superior iuuivi --- , to say that the county pension board will meet in special session the first Monday in Aumst. All who wish to ' apply lor a pension at that time as this will be the last meeting of the board this year. Four New Store Buildings Mr. A. W. McLean has let the con tract for four one-story brick store buildings to be erected on First street between El mand Chestnut. The . total floor space will be 96 x 359 feet. The contract was let to Contractor S. A. Branch and the material is already being placed on the ground. Lumberton continues to grow apace. Plowing Sapped Mr. Lawrence( Freeman Breaks an Arm Pro-j ; tracted Meeting Begins Sunday , Personal , j Correspondence of The Robesonian. j Hog Swamp (Orrum, R. 1), July 25 It is still raining. It looks asj if the farmers are going to have to' quit ploughing for g6od on account of such bad weather. It seems that we are not" going to have anything to harvest when the harvest time comes, but the Lord has always pro-: vided for us and we think He will; yet. ',"''! Mr. Lawrence Freeman ' suffered a bad accident Saturday p. m. with his young colt when he reared up and came down oh his arm with his foot and broke his, arm just above his elbow. The doctor has dressed; it twice but it is improving slowly. ! The little infant son Herbert of Mr. and Mrs. E . O . Freeman was very sick Saturday night and Sun- j duy but is very much improved now. ! Miss Belma Freeman returned! home Monday fromTar Heel, where' she spent a while visiting friends ard relatives. Mr. T. C. Bissell keeps busy haul ing off watermelons and cantaloupes every day: Miss Gertrude Freeman came home Monday from Proctorville, where she has been visiting her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Spivey. As has already been noted, our protracted meeting will begin Sun day afternoon. - DOWN BOARDMAN WAY ' tlv wl Itf iijif in or at T annAn'i-. ' 4 -W1BVKVV1 VIII w Personal Mention Correspondence of The Robesonian . Boardman, R. F. D., July 25 We have had lots of heavy rainfall in this section for the last several days. It makes us feel somewhat distress ed after reading.' of floods in many places. ' c , , Protracted meeting was' held at Lennon's the past week. Rev. Paul Brltt was our pastor's helper. We think he is a very able preacher and did some extra good preaching", hav ing ': eight1 new additions to the church. We hope it will be our firivilege to have him with us again n the near future. The baptizing will take place the fourth Sunday in August. ; ' , Mr. and Mrs. Troy Hester of Board man spent Sunday at Mr. A. M. Kel ly's. Mr. and Mrs. Livey Kelly are spending some time at Fairmont. Mrs. J . D . - Howell - of Clarkton spent the week-end with Mrs. C7 C. Britte. 1 , Mr and Mrs. Welt Carter are all smiles: it's a girl. ' , Mr. Dan Shaw's two-year-old daughter N.aomi is suffering with poison. Mr. C. W. Williams is visiting his daughter at Kelly, Mrs. Ruf us, Por ter'.. 1 ' '' Crops Damaged y Excessive Rains . Protracted Meeting in Septem ber Personal Mention Correspondence of The Robesonian. Mt. Eliam (Lumberton, R. 4), July 24 The continued rains in these parts have damaged crops to some extent, especially cotton; and tobacco is damaged bad in some places. Rev. J. D. Howell of Clarkton fill ed our pastor's, Rev. P. T. Britt's, appointment here Saturday and Sun day. Mr. Howell is a fine preacher and preached two able sermons. Mr. Britt filled his place at Lennon's X Roads. Misses Nannie and Henry Lloyd of Darlington, S. C, have been spend ing some time in this community vis iting friends and relatives. ' Mrs. Sallie Waits and son Hallon of Lumberton are spending a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Britt. - Mr. and Mrs. Orion Martin of Evergreen spent Saturday night and Sunday visiting their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Britt and Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Martin. ' Mr." Fulton Parker, who holds a position near Clio, S. C, is spend ing a few days here visiting home folks. Miss Hancie Sellers of Brunswick county was visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Britt last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Stone went yesterday to Lumberton to see Mrs. Stone's sister Miss May Broch, who underwent an operation at the Thompson hospital Sunday for ap pendicitis. Glad to say she is get ting alone nicely. Also we are glad to hear Mr. A. H. Bissell will soon be able to return home. Mr. Calvin Britt of Darlington, S. C, is visiting his brothers, Messrs. I. V.' and Leonard Britt of this place. Our protracted meeting will begin the third Sunday in September. Rev. E. A. Paul of Davis will do the preaching. Everybody is invited to come. BELLAMY BRIEFS St. Paul Field Call a Pastor Boy Hurt, in Boiler Explosion Mor? Rain Residence Burned Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. . Great Marsh (St Paul, R. 1) July 25 The St. Paul field has called a Mr. Howell of Hamlet to be its pas tor for another year. It being so he could not be here last third Sunday, Mr. Sam Johnson, a young and able minister who feels that the Great' Marsh is his home church, filled the appointment. He delivered us a( great message. ' i Miss Dora Johnson has ben visit ing Miss Flora Jordan of Red Springs, but she is nome again. Miss Myrtie Prevatt is visiting Miss Dora Johnson. , Mrs, Crittie Hall and two children, Lloyd and Gladys,, are visiting rel-? atives at Greensboro. ' ; Misses Darleigh Wooten and Ray-i mond Miller were in this section ( Sunday. Mr. Miller is from Albany,' Ga., and Mr. Wooten is from Fay-1 etteville. ! Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Russ vntl Sunday with Mrs. Russ' home folks. Mrs. Reuben Rozier spent Sundav with Miss Lessie Martin of Tolars villc. ' - . A boiler belonging to Mr. Troy King was blown up one day last week. One Indian boy was injur ed but they seem to think he will recover soon. Mr. and Mrs. Ruffus Odum of Raft Swamp spent the week-end with Mrs. Odura's home folks. We are having some more rain, which will injure the corn very much. Mr. A. C. Rozier received a mes sage from Raeford saying that his youngest daughter, Clyde, (Who is visiting there, is very ill. Agatha is tleaving this morning to see her ana we all hope to .hear soon that she is better. j Mr. J. B. Underwood, a farm er living near here, got his house k..nI EVilatr T'Iia fira araai first discovered in the kitchen. Mr. J. H. Fisher, Jr., and hi3 lit tle sister Mattie went over the river some time ago to see their grand-fttther. London, July 26 Great 'Britain will consent to the admission of food in the areas occupied by the armies of the' Central Powers under the su pervision of a neutral commission ap pointed by President Wilson. This will cause surprise in relief circles vhich have been working hard to procure some form of relief for Po land as the belief had become gen eral that the negotiations between tha Etntorte Powers and Germany had leached an impasse which offer ed no hope of agreement. Washington, July 26 Aroused by an official report from the command er of the battleship Louisiana that a mysterious ship, purporting to be a British. cruiser, had entered the Virginia capes early yesterday morn ing, the Navy Department today o dered the armored cruisfc North Carolina and three destroyers to neu talitv duty off Cape Henry. The Star says that more than 400 Confederate veterans of North Caro lina met in annual reunion m Wil mington yesterday. Gen. J. I. Metts was again elected commander. Gen. vulian S. Carr of Durham was hon ored by being named honorary State commander emeritus for the rest of his life. , Too Much Wratr Forces Rural Car rier to Abandon Anto for Horse Rat Gnaws Lady's Toes Personal Correspondence pf The Robesonian. . Bellamy, July 26 The showers continue to come in abundance. A number from around here went on the excursion to Wilmington Tues day. ' Mr. Council Pitman was a Lumber Ion vistor yesterday Mr. J. B. McLean soent a short while at the capital Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkins vis ited relatives in Howellsville Satur day and Sunday. Mr. Joe Sessoms returned to his home at E. ';LumJberton tyesterday after spending the past several days visioncr relatives here. Our rural carrier, Mr. John Mears, has had to abandon his auto for a horse and buggy on account of so n.uch' water. A certain lady who lives m these niT-t.1 iiiqq nwnlcpned one nicht re cently by a large rat .na.ving b'-rj toes. Guess he must nave Deen nun grv. Hurrah! for Mr. McKenzie's ex cursion. That will be a good op portunity for us all to visit the beach. (Sorry, but the excursion seems to have fallen through Editor). TEN MILE TOPICS Norfolk, July 26 Almost simulta neously with the clearance of the at Baltimore todav the United tSates armoured cruiser North I Caroina and two torpedo-boat de stroyers under orders from Wash ington to "enforce neutrality" steam ed out beyond Cape Henry and took up positions, near the English cruis ers, one of which paid a visit to lower Chesapeake Bay on Monday night. Tonight the three United States ships wer ekeeping near the foreign worship, apparently about 15 m'les from shore. Mr. W. .R. Townsend, mail car rier on route 6 from Lumberton, re ports a heavy rain on his route in the scetion about McNeill's bridge this morning, In last Thursday's Robesonian mention was made of the fact that Messrs. Knox Proctor and Robert Caldwell left that morning in Mr. Proctor's little Ford "Maggie" for New York. Mr. Proctor's mother, Mrs. Lizzie G. Proctor, received a letter this mornier from Mr. Proctor. The letter was written in New York Sunday. The letter stated that they mnHp the trin in three days and stopped over in Richmond and Wash ington. From New York thev will drive the little Ford further up North. ' - V Republican Candidate for Congress Sneaks Tonight Mr. A. L. McCaskill. - Republican candidate for Congress from' this dis trict, is scheduled to speak at the court house here tonight. Miss Leila May Gill and another Miss Gill, both of Laurinburg. are expected tonight at the home of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. W. B. North, Meth odist parsonage, where thev will be gusts for several days. Mici Leila May Gill formerly taught in the grad ed. Bchool here. Washington, July 26 Increased pay for officers and men of the reg ular army and National Guard in active service for the Mexican emer gency, improved camp conditions to safeguard their health and author ization for them to vote in the field at the coming presidenaal election were provided in amendments to the Army appropriation bill agreed to today by the Senate. Baltimore, July 26 The German submarine liner Deutschland today was cleared by her commander, Cap tain Paul Koenig, for "Bremen or any other port in Germany." Any hour now the vessel may start down Chesapeake Bay, prepared to make a dash for- the open sea through the Virginia capes and the guard of Al lied warships off the three-mile limit. Cotton Will be Cut Short by Wet leathe1" Curing Tobacco Sun day School Association Meeta July 30 Annual Picnic August 5 Per sonal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Ten Mile (Lumberton, R. 1), July 26 Rain has been falling some in this section for a week or more. All of the low places look like mill ponds, cotton is being ereaty injur ed by the wet weatlier, and what fruit is on the cotton the big rains we are having is breating it off. From the prospects now, there will not be more than a half crop . of cotton made this year. Farmers that have tobacco are busv-curinc it now and will be for a while. They don't mind the setting up at night with it, for they usually have plenty of young folks with them. The protracted meeting just closed over at the Methodist church last week ,and they had a fine meeting. Rev. R. M. Crumpled did the preach ing and there were people from far and near that went to hear him. The last sermon he preached (Tues day night) was on the Second Com ing of the Lord. The North Robeson Sunday School Association meets at Ten Mile Sun day, July 30. Everybody is invited to attend for we are expecting a great time. This is the second time the association has met. There is a large crowd eoing from around here this week to St. Paul where they are attending the meet ing Vip Prpshvterian church. The annual picnic will be held at I Ten Mile Saturday, August 5th andj everybody is invited to come ana bring baskets full of something good to eat. Tiacoa Mai'mis and Maircie . Bar- rington have been spending a whiloi with their sister airs. sourgon Flowers. Miss Maymie returned to her home near Maxton, while Miss Mag gie will spend a while longer. Miss Lr.nnie Malone returned home from Richmond. Va., where she has been for the past four months tak ing a treatment. Mis3 Cora L. Britt returned to her home w St. Paul. The boys of this community had some fun last Saturday night. They had an "old-time" serenade". Thev serenaded Mr, and 'Jlrs. Prichard Powers. The boys said it liked to have rained them out but they went to seenade them and they stayed until they fulfilled their purpose. FIRST AUCTION SALES AUG. 2 The R'ii !. Ra.n. Revival Meeting Bej;in3 "'Next S'nday Ministers'! InHtjiute Personal Correspondenc; of The Robesonian." , Hopewell (Raynham, R. F. D.), Ju-: !y 25 The rain continues to fall and termers of this section are having a iong rest from their farms. "Gen eral green" is beginning to take &' stand for battle ana if the wet weath er continues very much longer the fight will not begin until the fall of tne year, then in order for the farm-! ors to gain the victory before jack ' fiost reinfr-j tec' them, they will have, ti use the n-i chine guns the mower;-. . ; Dospitf the i.iin, a certain fellow cne over for a peasant ride with: h test p'l 'ast Sunday evening: but lo and behold, by some cause the mule became affrightened and wa.v about to tear up thinsrs, but he was i brought bock under subietion to the ; driver before any serious aceidenti happened. There was no hurt save; the harness was somewhat broken up and the young couple was just the) least nervous. May everything go' smoothly next time. j Sine the wter began jotting down these notes a large shower of rain has come down to join the many rippling streams, and now, I am al most persuaded to say the farmers will have to stay out of their farms. The revival meeting ia to begin at Hopewell next Sunday, Julv 30. Rev. Z. R. Jacobs is pastor of the church. It is expected that Rev. H. E. Cole man of Christia, Va., will be present next week to help in the meeting. , The Ministers" Institute of Burnt Swamp Association Is in session this week at Deep Branch church. This institute is being conducted by Rev. J. F. Davi . Mr. J. R. Lowry and brother of this seciitn wer visitors at Deen Branch today. They are very much impressed with the work Rev. Mr. Davis is r!omg in the Ministers' In Fliuute. Rev. D. F. Lowry filled the pas tor's regular appointment at Hope well last Sunday, the pastor, Rev, Z. R. Jacobs, not being present. Messrs. E. Lowry and F. R. Low ry attended church services at Pem broke Sunday evening. ' , TAR HEEL TOPICS Maxton Contributes Maxton Dispatch, July 26. , Acting on the request of Gover nor Craig, received yesterday morn ing, Mayor Stancil called a mass meeting of the citizens of the com munity and, despite the rainy weath er, ouite a few were present and contributed nearlv $200 to the West ern North Carolina flood sufferers. Barnesville Gives $50 Mr. R. R. Barnes of Barnesville. who is in town tday, says the peoDje rf tit faction have contributed $30 for the flood sufferers in the West ern part of the State. You Can Bring Your Tobacco Any Day Prices Expected to be. High The first auction sales at the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse in Lum berton will take place Wednesday of next week. However, the doors are already open and ouite a lot of to bacco has already been brought in. Manager E. O. (Billy) Bransford says any who wish to bring tobacco in can do so and it will be' looKeo after. These wishing to get some money on same can get liberal ad vances on their tobacco. Mr. Brans ford seems very optimistic and says he exDects to handle his share of this years short crop. He says prices are going to be up a tree. j Praise be! the sun has broken' through the clouds once more. Protracted Meeting Going On Per sonal Mention Correspondence of The Robesonian. Tar Heel, July 25 The protracted meeting at the Baptist church here which began Monday nighty July17, is still going on. Rev. Mr. Davis or Lumberton did the preaching until Friday, when he left to fill his ap pointment. Rev. J. L. : Powers of Ten Mile came Saturday and is doing the preaching. Large 'crowds an? attending when the weather is good. Wo tinno mnrh cood ma V be done. - et r I We were very glad to have our pas- j tor, Kev. K. Lu uyra, wicn us iasi Friday and Saturday. We hope his health may soon be restored. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Young and baby of Wildwood, Fla., are visiting Mrs. Young's mother here. Messrs. Sidney Bledsoe and Ernest Sewell of Elease visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Miss Hattie Brisson of Dublin vis ited hor brothe and sister-in-law last Sunday. Mr. Lamb Munn of Tomahawk .vis ited his mother a few days last week. Misses Belma Freeman and Mamie Kinlaw are spending some time with Miss Alice Campbell., Misses Lottie and Hattie Kinlaw nf T.nmhprtnn visited friends and rel atives here Saturday and Sundav. j Misses Callie King ana tsertna Long of Dublin spent a few days here last week. More Names Sugested for Lumber ton's New Hotel Still sufircestions come in of names for Lumberton's new hotel. Received since the last issue: Bischo, New-J port Lumbee, Center, County Globe, Snatorium, Everready, Favorit". Kent, Restide, Carl ton, Traveler's Delight, -Titanic C. In (just that way it was handed in), Leland, Burton, Rollin, Preston,- Anglo. Overflow, Royal Stone, Hartwell, Persons, Fuller. Maryland, M'White, Clayton. Central View, Midway. Broadway, Car City, Fullerwell, Fuller's Sauare, Guest, Guscromer. Central Fuller. Clear Way, High Mount, Fourth Sauare, Mary, St. Charles. Lawway, White Mc-a-Bee, Lumbee Pride. Blanch Lyt ton, Arki, Monticello, Beth Amspn, Lemenway, Scotland. Highland, Bon -Air, White House. Pear ly. Success, Standard, Ex cel, Beson. Imperial. Anex. Comfort, Sterling, Goodenough, Brick House, Rest, Friedly House, Reliable. Bliss. Clansman (already suggested and nrinted in Monday's Daper). Arden, Lumberton's Safety First, Robeson, Safety-First Inn, Paramount, Lilly white. Whitestar. Starlight. Eureka. Fullerton, The Willis, and. Citizens' Hotel are names suggested J in letters to the editor that are oub-i lished elsewhere in this issue, these j letters explaining why these names i are suggested. j : I Red Springs Contributes $50 or thf! Storm Suffe'ers Special to Th" Robesonian. Red Springs. July 26 Red Swings' has sent the flood sufferers $30. vate individuals to keen grass mdj armaria olrmT ciH ATcnllr a at thairi homes. Some peode about town need n get busy nearly everybodv. in1 fact. i ?aatH2 Mr. Chaffin Blake has accepted a position a? collecting clerk at the First National Bank. He began work today. ( Mr. B. L. Frink, a young den tist of Bladenboro, began work lasfc, week in the office of Dr. J. D. Re perv Mr. Frink is well known In Robeson, having formerly lived at Orrum. Miss Mae Seabolt returned Tues day from Greensboro, where she at tended a summer school for several weeks. Miss Seabolt will teach in the graded school here during the next term. The shelves in the dry goods de partment store of Mr. L. H. Cald well are being extended. Clothing tables are also being added. Other improvements in the way of arrange ment will be made. On account of ill health, Mr. R. II. McMillan has resigned as cash-, f ier of the Bank of McDonald, at Mc Donald, and Mr. C. A. McArthur of St, Paul has been elected in his stead. Mr. McArthur entered upon his duties Monday. y The end of the middle finger on Capt. J. T. Glover's right hand was 71"""' cut off Tuesday morning when his finger was caught in the gear of a crane at the foundry of the Lumber ton Motor Car Co., of which foundry Capt. Glover is manager. ' Quite a number of veterans fronr Lumberton and surrounding territory went to Wilmington Tuesday to at tend the reunion of the State Con federate veterans. Quite a number of others also took advantage of tha low rates and went to Wilmington Tuesday. " Mr. Z. T. McMillan and daugh- ter, little Miss Lucy Florence, of Mc Millan's wre Lumberton visitors yes terday. Mr. McMillan says the rain in bis immediate section has not been near so heavv as it has beep down this way. Crops in his section are, growing and looking welL Those coming to town this morn ing from (beyond McNeill bridgt report that water from Lumber riv er ia running over the road on this side of the bridge. Some expressed uneasiness about the dam at this place holding, while others did not think there is any danger of it giving away. Among the confederate veterans from Lumberton who are attending the State reunion at Wilmington are Messrs. M: G. McKenzie, Joseph Pre vatt, Sr., A. S. Wishart, Wm. Gregory- and A B Small. M r.- Chr W j Smith of R. 4 from Lumberton also boarded the train here Tuesday and is attending the reunion. A class of children from the Odd Fellows Orphanage at Goldsboro will give a concert in the opera house here Wednesday night of next week. The concert will begin at 8 o'clock. It will be given under the auspices of the local Odd Fellows Lodge and no doubt will be attended by a large number of people. The concerts-given by classes from this well-known institution are of a high class and t entertaining. " . Mr. C. W. Sessoms "of Howells ville township brought,, to the di- ' tor of The Robesonian yesterday three of the finest peaches he has seen this season. They were large, fair to look upon, and delicious. Mr. Sessoms says H-hat whila there is much water in the Big Swamp there is not as much as he ' remembers there some 15 or 20 years ago, when Smith's bridge was completely cov ered. He was accompanied to town yesterday by his son Mr. Carl Ses soms. Mr. W. H. M. Brown of Buie, who wa in town Tuesday with his fath er Mr. Jno. S. Brown, says that the hardest rain fell Tuesday between Buie and Red Springs from about 9 a- m. to noon that he ever saw. It was almost a continuous rain, fall ing in torrents, for about 3 hours. Mr. Brown says, however, that crops are looking pretty fair in that sec tion, desoite the rains. The rainfall in the Maxton and Pembroke sec tions Tuesday was also reported as record-breaking. Mr. M. G. McKenzie received a wire message Monday night from Mr. J. T. West, division passenger agent of the S. A. L saying that the equipment could not be furnish ed for the Sundav school excursion which MrV McK-nzie wanted to operate from Lomberton to Wilming ton Saturday of this week. Mr. Mc Kenzie, who is superintendent of the Presbvterian Sunday school here, in tended to work up a Sunday school excursion if the equipment could have been secured. Mr, Ben Carter, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Carter, return ed this week from the Thomasville Baptist orphanage, where he spent several years, his parents having died when he was quite young. Ben fin ished ud his work in the high schoo' at the orphanage lat snrin? and was referred to by Chairty & Chil- r . dren. the orphanage paper, as one : : of the -brigest 'and smartset boys n ' xt--Vat had been there. He worked in he printing office at the orphanage. "it savs he dont. tninK o much oi te printing business. He has a ePTod a position with Messrs. Bul lock Brother. who conduct groc ery store and auto livery business. 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