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VOL XL VII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JULY 31. 1916. NUMBER 48
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DAMAGE FROM FLOODS IN
ROBESON AROUND $3,000,000
LUMBER RIVER SMASHES
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS
NEW HIGH-WATER MARK MADE
"Water Now Subsiding-Previous High
Water Mark Exceeded by 4 1-2
Inches Lowlands West of Lumber
ton Inundated for Several Miles
Corn and Cotton Under Water
Many Badges on Small Streams
Over County Washed Away Rail
road Tracks Covered With Water
But Trains Are Passing Over Now
BRIDGE PREPARED AND
READY FOR TRAFFIC
The bridge just across Lumber tty.
er from the double iron bridge at the
foot of Fifth street, which went down
Saturday -as aresult of high water,
has been repaired to the extent that
it is safe for wagons, automobiles
and buggies to cross- This opens up
highway traffic between Lumberton
and Fairmont, Maxton, Pembroke,
Red Spngs and all other points
west A force of hands under Mr.
F. ;A. Wishart, who has charge of
street work about town, has been at
work on this bridge and the dam
since early this morning
It is impossible of course to get
accurate estimates yet, but County
Farm Demonstrator Blanchard thinks
that damage to crops in Robeson from
excessive rains of the past few weeks
will reach around $3,000,000. Prob
ably no county in the western part
of the State has saffered greater
damage to crops by recent floods than
has Robeson. .
After breaking all previous high
water records by four and one-half
inches the water in Lumber river is
slowly receding. The water reached
its highest record. . early yesterday
morning, since which time it has
- been gradually going down. For
the 24 hours ending at v o ciock mis
tVio wntor subsided 8 inches.
The damage done by the high waters
cannot De determined . noaus mat
nit Rfthcsnn innnntv thousands of
dollars are gone and travel out of
. . .... .
Lumberton across tr.e river nas oeen
suspended since early Saturday morn
ing. Railway traffic has been great
ly handicapped, all Seaboard trains
running several hours late. Freight
trains havev been tied up here and
at Pembroke sine" Saturday. Hun
dreds of people who live in the low
lands about the river have been driv
en from their homes, the water hav
ing risen many feet above the floors
of many of the residences, which are
mostly inhabited by colored people.
Great Damage Done
Not until the water has subsided
can the damage to the roads leading
into Lumberton and crossing the riv
er be estimated. All the roads have
been badly washed, water having
run over them like a mill race for
miles out. Water has been running
across the dam on the Creek road
south of the Kingsdale Lumber Co.'s
plant for several days and it is said
that practically all the new work
done recently by the chain gang there,
that being on the Wilmington-Charlotte
highway, has "been washed out.
.Water in the road leading out from
"Third street has been as deep as a
man's head. The dam abutting the
mible iron bridge at the foot of
Fifth street has perhaps been dama-
va worst or an. a smau Dnuge
west of the main bridge has fallen
in, all the concrete foundation having
crumbled and washed away. This
cost the county $1,400. Quite a bit
- of th dam has gone with the hurl
ing waters. The dam about the riv-
, er at McNeill's bridge has been badly
-wash-Kl as have many others in dif
ferent sections. Jt is reported here
that the new road across the river
swamp near Boardman has been wash
ed out. Bridges across the streams in
all parts of the county are reported
gone and travel in any manner is a
difficult problem.
The only damage reported to rail
roads is that done the Seaboard. be
tween the trestle across the river near
the union station and the place where
the road crosses the river some two
miles west of town. -The water has
covered the track for something like
500 yards and the roadbed is badly
washed. The damage cannot be es
timated until- after the water has
gone down. A hundred men have
hpen at work tryine to keep the road
so trains could pass over. AH pas
senger trains have passed over af
ter being detained for several hours
except train No. 13, west-bound, duo
Tiere at 6:19 p. m. on Saturday af
ternoon and train No. 20, east-bound,
due here. at 9:45 p. m.. Saturday
night... These trains made the trip
around by Smithboro, S. C, coming in
jrnd going out from here over the
R & C. track. Train No. 20, due
"here at 9:45. arrived here at 1:45
' Sundav morning and went on through
to Wilmington. u
Corn and Cotton Under Water
Hundreds of acres of corn
and cotton . in the lowlands
about the river here have been
covered with water since Friday. In
many places wneretne cotton was
knee high it is practically covered
and in many places the ears of corn
are under water. Crops covered in
his wnv will he nraetieallv a total
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lrvaa. It is imnossihiA to estimate the
! loss to crops generally in Robeson
irom tne excessive rains, wnicn naa
! been falling almost daily for several
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weeKS. All Krowmfi cropo are uauijr
damaged, cotton and tobacco perhaps'
being the worst hurt.
Colored Folk Driven From Homes.
While many people have been driv
en from their homes by the water,
no suffering for want of food has
been reported. The majority' of
those whose homes are surrounded
by water art colored people and the
white people about town are feeding
some of them. In one school house
across the river several families of
colored people have "bunched". How
ever, the water has surrounded the
school building and they can only
get in and out by wading and the
use of boats. ,
' One man who had been swimming
about St. John's Baptist church, col
ored, across the river from town
said the water aboutthe -church was
deeper than his head. The water
went as high as the knob on some
store doors in that section, which is
thickly settled by colored people.
Water has been up in the engine
room at the Kingsdale lumber plant
since Saturday and the mill has been
closed down since Friday.
Pannla nothor in Watch the Sizht
Thousands of people gathered about
the river yesterday to watch the
hurling waters as they made their
way angrily down stream. It was
a sight like inhabitants along Lum
ber river had never seen before. The
previous high-water mark was reach
ed in August,-1908, - but the water
yesterday morning was 4 1-2 inches
above that mark.
Rural Mail Carriers Make Trips Un
der Difficulties
Rural mail carriers havehad great
difficulty in making their trios, but
them has missed coins' out i
and in most cases they have made
their entire trip in some way. Mr.
WRTownsend, carrier on route
No. 6, says nemade apartof his
route Saturday in a boat, walked a
part of the way, drove a horse some
distance and used an automobile the
balance of the way. Mr. R. E.
Thompson, carrier on route 4, went
out on the R. & C. train Saturday
fn Pnnu's Prnss and hired a team
to make his route, walking into town
from Pope's Crossing, a distance of i
some -three miles. ;The carriers are
all going out in some way todav.
They are to be commended for the
manner in which they are serving
their patrons, considering the diffi
culties they encounter.
No doubt as much water has
crowded down Lumber river during
the past week as devastated some
counties in western part of the State
recently, but a flat country affords
ample space for spreading out and
thus the danger of washing things
awav is minimized.
McNeill Bridge Crossing Safe
Mr. S. E. Davis told a Robesonian
reporter that he crossed the river
at f .Weill' hridrr with a mule and
r buggy about 10 o'clock this morning.
He came up to tne Dridge on me
old road. He says the bridge is
hnMinr nil nVht. hut that the dam
bpyond the bridee is badly washed.
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He tninKs, nowever, mav vmssmg
there will be safe bv tomorrow.
The water had fallen just twelve
inches from the high water mark
rached yesterday morning at 3 o'clock
this afternoon.
TOW N BORROWS $20,000
$15,000 Will be Used to Extend Sew
er and Drainage Lines and $5,000
for Completing Change in Light and
Water Plants
At a called meeting of the mayor
and board of town commissioners Sat
urday afternoon it was decided to
borrow the sum of $20,000 from Mr.
H. M. McAllister. Fifteen thousand
dollars of this amount will be used
in extending sewer and drainage lines
acout town and $5,000 will be used
in completing the change in the light
and water plants. For this amount
the town will issue two $10,000 notes
in favor of Mr. McAllister, the notes
to draw 6 per cent interest per an
num, the notes pending the collec
tion of the 1916 taxes.
At a recent meeting of the board
it was decided to extend the sewer
and drainage on certain streets in
town just as soon as the work could
be financed.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McLean left
this morning for Green Brier White
Sulpher Springs, Virginia, where they
will spend, some time. Mr. and Mrs,
McLean intended going yesterdav,
but were' delayed on account of rail
way conditions caused by the floods.
FORTIFY WITH QUININE
It is the Main Dependence Now to
Ward Off Malaria Vast Crop of
Mosquitoes trom Wet Spell Quin
ine Should be Used Freely, Says
County Physician Page
The long wet spell has brought a
vast crop of mosquitoes and Dr. B.
W. Page, county , health .officer,
strongly advises every one to take-the
precaution of using quinine freely
to ward off malaria. He savs that
ten grains of quinine a week for, an
adult, and 3 or f 4 grains for young
children will keep off malaria as ef
fectively as anti-typhoid vaccination
will keep off typhoid fever. It is
best to take this amount in one day,
if it can be done without inconven
ience; but if that amount is one day
causes inconvenience, it will be ef
fective if taken in small doses for
several days, just so ten grains, for
tn adult are taken every week. This
should be kept up for five or six
weeks, until the danger of infection
from mosquitoes is over.
It is vain to depend upon screens.
Screens cannot keep all these pests
out. Even where houses are thor
ougly screened quinine should be
used. . -
In the lowlands west of Lumber
ton, now covered, with water, the crop
of mosquitoes is vast and the danger
in that section among the colored
population is extremely great. Un
less quinine is freely used there will
be numerous cases of malaria, which
has almost been stamped out here in
recent years. Dr. Page -thinks v. it
would be advisable for the town au
thorities to help in a campaign to
ward off the malaria which is sure to
follow, unless remedial measures are
used for some weeks. t t-
TRIED TO CUT LOOSE BRIDGE
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Some Misguided Wretch Attempted
to Set Wooden Bridge at Foot of
Third Street Adrift Had Sawed
One Sill and All Sleepers on East
. $de of Bridge In Two When Dis
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Only the timely arrived of Night
Policeman "J. B. Boyle yesterday
morning about 2:30 o'clock saved the
going down of the old wooden bridge
which crosses Lumber river at the
foot f Third street some mis
guided wretch had sawed one of the
sills and all the sleepers under the
bridge on the east side in two ex
cept one, and had sawed the second
sill about half in two. A new cross
cut saw and a new axe were found at
the place where the distardly job
was being done. Mr. Boyle said he
was down -at -the Seaboard station
and heard somebody making a noise
down at the bridge, but never thought
of what was taking place for some
time. However, he decided to make
some investigation and walked down
that way. Before he reached the foot
of the bridge the man fled and Mr.
Boyle saw him leaving in a hurry.
No one seems to know why anybody
would have been so much interested
in-the bridge-goingaway, but some
investigation may be made that will
rlear un things.. Had the bridge gone
down the streafn it might have caus
ed the Seaboard trestle and the iron
bridee below the Kingsdale mill to
go down too.
Damage of $3,000,000 in Wilkes
Little Famine" if Relief is Not
Swiff
Washington Dispatch, July 28
The recent flood in Wilkes coun- j
tv. North Carolina, cut tne mnaui-
tants off from the outside world elev
en days and caused a damage of
$3,000,000, J. W. Church, of Summit,
N. C, wrote Representative Church
nf- Palifnrnia. nere todav. Mr.
Chhrch who lives 20 miles from the j
home of Representative Doughton of
North Carolina, said tne now was
the "first calamity to visit the Deo
rie Of Western North Carolina, and
that "small creeks became rivers
and swept away dwellings and
stores "
A little famine will be experienced
among the people, if relief is not
forwarded soon, he wrote.
Representative Doughton. who re
turned from the flooded districts of
his State today, told his colleagues
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situation is deplorable.
Annual Barker's-Ten Mile Picnic Sat-
Mr. J. I. Townsend of the Ten Mile
section is among the visitors in town
Mi- Townsend savs the an-
nual Barkers'-Ten Mile picnic will bejboro an(j Southern Pinse, a distance
held at Ten Mile Saturday of this.of 240 mileSf in
week. These picnics are always at-the roa(js were f
tended by large crowds. It is expect- j
ed the picnic Saturday will be up
to the usual standard. The farm- j
ers of that section meet in annual
picnic each year about this time and
kif; k "ttinir together' for a
day of pleasure.
Mr. W. T. Sanderson has accept
ed a nosition as salesman in the store
of Mr. John T. Biees. He began work
this morning. . - j
Thpre are unsanitary conditions
on West Fourth street and at the foot
j of Fourth street that might be in-;
I vestigated with profit to the town.
Mayor and Mrs. A. E. White and
IHaue-hter. Miss Vashti, Mrs. Ira;
Townsend and Mr. D. D. French x -
nort. to lpave Wednpdav in Mr.i
White's auto for Winston- Salem. ! small-daughter. Miss Lillie Snead. will! left Mr. Lawrence at Raleigh to eo.
where they will visit relatives. If .leave tomorrow in their auto for a to the home of her mother at Waynes-.
condition of roads admit they ex-j cross-country trin to Gates county,. ville knowing nothing of there-,
pect to visit the western part of the where they will visit among Mr. Var-t cent floods that had so badly dis
State before returning home. ser's peopl e, and thence they will j organized railroad travel in Jthat sec-1
The condition of Mr. H. M. Beasley. go to Norfolk, Richmond and other ( tion. and she had to go via Atlanta j
who has been seriously ill with ty- places in Virennia, visiting relatives, before reaching Waynesville. It took
phoid fever at Sumter, S. C, for sev-1 and friends. ' They expect to be away) rhout three days for her to make the
eral weeks, is reported improving. during the entire month of August, trip. . t
REPUB. CANDIDATE SPEAKS
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A. . McCaskill Says a Piece at
Court House Considerable Crowd
Hard Him Attack Wilson Admin
istration and Record of Conrgess
man Godwin, Whose Seat He Wants
Republican 'Presidential Elector
Taylor Here
Quite a crowd heard Mr. A. L. Mc
Caskill of Favetteville. Rennhliran
candidate for Congress from the Sixth uggest for we believe the supply is
district, speak in the court house here about exhausted. But for mercy sake
Thursday evening. This was the first ive lt on those Scotch names
political speaking to take place here ' that have been suggested in The Rob
since the Democratic primary July' aon'n- Your correspondent feels
1, and the folks seemed hungry to Je '? not bragging when he says that
hear more campaign thunder. Quite' ne 8 Scotch descent, if we have
a number of Republicans from the not ot the Mac fixed to our name,
country were here for the speaking. fme of our ancestors coming direct
and a good many local Democrats rom Scotland. Those Gaelic names
were present. , r always appeal to us. Some are very
The meeting was called to order appropriate for a public building like
by Mr. J. M. Sessoms and Mr. W. j n hotel. The Scots have done a great
H. Kinlaw, Republican candidate for F31". in making Robeson county what
solicitor of the Lumberton district ? i They always, or the major
recorder's court, was made chairman 'ty t"em, lived - on the banks of
Mr. C. Ed Taylor of Southport, Re- Lumler river. They are the foremost
'blican Presidential elector from rren n the South today. They have
this district, was present and wasj dne a great part in making Lumber
called upon for an address. Mr.' ton famous. So, gentlemen, give it
Taylor declared that he did not the Gaelic twang!
come to mke a speech, but rather to Rains continue to come. Older
talk with Mr. McCaskill. He made! beads tell us that they have never
a few remarks and promised to come
to Lumberton and make a political
speech before the election in Novem
ber. -Mr.
McCaskill was introduced in a
fitting manner by Mr. T. F. Barnes,
one of the Republican candidates for
the House of Representatives from
Robeson. Mr. McCaskill attacked the
Wilson administrtion, criticising Pres
ident Widson's Mexican policy. He
also, intimated that Wilson had not
protected the rights of American cit
izens on the high seas as he should.
Speaking of the passage of the Rur
al Credits bill, which many think one
of the best laws ever enacted bv anv
party for the agricultural classes, he!
said the law was a good one, but
tjiat it was not by any means as per
xcci as it snouia De.
The speaker took occasion to at
tack the record of his opponent, Con
gressman H. ,L. jGodwin. 'Jle de
classed that Mr. Godwin had not made
the' record he should have made since
he has been representing the Sixth
district in Congress. Naturally he
declared Mr. Godwin was by far the
weakest of all the Democratic candi
dates who entered the primary . for
the nomination, in which Mr. Godwin
won out. He criticised his onoonent
for sending out so many letters un
der frank.
.,The speaker attacked the manajre-
"meafof the- State Treasury. The
methods, he declared, are-far from
perfect. Hedeclared that his party
would send out statements showing
the defect in the management and
handling of the State funds.
Mr McCaskill declared that he
saw victory just ahead for the Re
publican party and said an active
campaign would be waged from now
until the election.
He said he had challenged Mr.
Gddwtnrbuthad-not-yet4iadZanyr-L
ply. Mr. McCaskill has already made
several speeches in this county.
Among the places where he has mad?
SDeeches are Raft Swamp, Orrum and
Fairmont.
F lone fho nolitical situation will
reach fever heat and the Democratic;
candidates in Robeson and other Dem
ocrats who are not candidates will
launch out unon the fields of politi
ral oratory and there will be "some-
tning doinv
Home From
Flooded District - in
Wilkes!
Mr.- W. M. Oliver of Marietta ar
rived here vest.ftrdav afternoon from
North Wilkesboro. Mr. Oliver spent
some time in the flooded district of
Wilkes and reports distressing con
ditions. Mr. Oliver left North Wilkes
boro Tuesday night on the first train
to leave there af Jer the flood. He
said the railroad company had had
2,000 men working in that section
since the roads were so badly damag
ed by the floods. Mr. Oliver says,
however, conditions would be just as
appalling along Lumber river if the
water moved with the same rapidity
that i Hops in Hie VKtpm narfc of
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ter here as was there,
From Charlotte via Salisbury, High
Point, Ashboro and Southern Pines
Mr. T. A. Ramsaur of the Robeson
Auto Co. made the trip from Char
lotte to Lumberton Friday in a Ford
car via Salisbury, High Point, Ash-
10 hours. He says
fine all the wav un-
tl e struck McNeill's bridge across
umber river three miles west of
town. There he got stuck and had
to pulled out by a farmer with a
mule.
Negro Drowned in Great Marsh
Mr. Knurireon Jones of the Ten ,
Mue section is among tne visitors j
in town today. Mr. j ones says me
roads in his section are in fairlv
good phape. ' Mr. Jones said a 16-
vear-old neero. wa3 drowned while
swimming with some other neeroes
in. Great Marsh swamp Saturday,
.
The U. D. C. will meet with Mrs.
Alf. H. McLeod Thursday p. m. at
5 o'clock
Mr.
Mr. and urs. l. k. arser anu!
GADDYSYILLE GRI3T
Let ' be Scotch Name for Hotel
Crtps Damaged by Rains Blind
Tiger Poon Protracted MCetint
Sunday School Convention at
Iona Politics
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Gaddysville (Fairmont, R. 1), July
2i3 It's names galore for Lumberton'a
new hotel. We have no name tn
seen more rainfall. Crops are dam
aged to an unestimated extent. But
we ought to lift up our hearts in
thanks to our allwise Father that we
are favored with plenty to eat, and
rave been spared during the recent
floods in Western N. C.
Before the rains set in cotton was
off over half and tobacco was as near
nothing as it could be; now it's worse.
Blind tiger seems to be plentiful in
these woods, owing to the low posi
tion seme will get in. We recently
heard a negro ex-blind tiger tell the
way the vile evil stuff was made.
He said that he ordered one quart
and added one quart of water to it
and then caught all the flies in a
ny trap ana added tnem w tne mix
lure and . let it go through the sec
ond fermentation, then strained it
together with some lye and red pep
per and sold it. When he was ask
ed why the flies were added he re
plied, "To give it strength!" Now
this is a negro's story who has serv
ed a sentence on the roads for re
tailing.
One or two , families have the
whooping cough.
The protracted meeting is in prog'
ress this week at White Pond. Much
interest is beinir manifested.
The Pleasant Grove Sunday school
continues t to grow. Early in the
surinflr the averaee attendance wa9
about 35 with four classes: now we
have about 65 or 70 on roll as reg
ular goers, -and -six or. seven classes,
also a teachers' normal class with a
goodly number as members.
All Sunday school workers and
hundreds of others are looking for
ward to the Sunday school conven
tion which will be at Iona the first
Friday in August. This occasion has
always been a great success. Good
speakers, a singing contest and a
jrood time in general are a few of the
splendid features. ..
During these rainy days maybe the
political workers are having a need
ed vacation, out we , nave seen no
fight yet till the Republicans and the
FSull Moose with these come against
theDemocrats.But the hotter the fight
the bettei we enjoy it, though we nave
not had the sacred privilege of vot
ing yet But just so the Republicans
don't win it's all well. We hope our
partv (Democratic) will get so hot
it will melt the Republican (Just Ice)
party.
Some of the bottoms look like mill
ponds and the ditches look almost like
lha Panama canal. 1
SEE "HAPPY J4CK" AND GET
RIGHT
"Happv Jack" of The Robesonian's
-staff, will go to Fairmont tomorrow,
"where he will remain for some time
for the purpose of collecting back
subscriptions and soliciting new sub
scribers to The Robesonian. If you
-owe anything on your subscription
he will be very much pleased to give
you a receipt for it; and if you are
not already taking the paper that
eives you all the county news and
other news a3 well The Robesonian
--iust hand him $1.50 for a year's
subscription. You owe it to your
self and your family to take your
county paper.
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Messrs. White & Gough Purchase;
Large Bankrupt Stock
Messrs. f White & Gough havei
bought the large bankrupt stock of)
the Covington Co. at Hamlet and will!
move it to their store here just a3
fast as possible. The stock consists
of dry eoods. notion and shoe3. T)ie'
stock, air. vniie says, was
1 the best kept and most up-to-qate
he ever saw. Wnen the goods nave
teen brought here they will be plac
A on sal at a bareain. Wratch
Thursday's Robesonian for a large ad i
te'lmg aDout mis great sjie,
Mr. W. K. Bethune returned Sat-j
urday night from a business trip to
Washington, D. C, and New York.,
Mr. Bethune says rain is plentiful a3 ;
far North as he went. He left Newj
York Thursday night and when he,
left it was raining in torrent.
Mr. II. C. Lawrence returned!
tl'mlnisirltiT from n trin to New York.
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Mrs. Lawrence, wno accuiupaincu mui.
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. IL E. fitar
at their home, Eighth and Water '
streets, i hursday morning, a 13-
f "'unii girl.
Jailer A. H. Prevatt says' that
while there are but fp rwnnu ;
rjail at this time the rats are tak
i ing possession. .
i Mr. E. A. Falk nas' opened
f garage m the Anderson building.
; Chestaut and First streets, formerly
I occupied by Geo. Smith, colored. '
I -7Mr; W. D. Barfiekfwho lives on
I.. about 9 miles from Lumberton,
iaV!H- T Thursday -and disposed
.readily of 5 bushels .,, of Elberta
peaches at $2 the bushel.
iiT"afir ?. T Tay!oV who. lives in
. llowellsville township, was a Lum
i berton visitor Friday. Mr. Taylor
says crops are cut off at least one
: tuir.t in his section a a result of so
; much rain.
Red Springs Cituon: It is ru
mored that Mr. Archie Buie and fam
ily are to move from, 0 Florida and
again make Red Springs their home.
Their many friends will gladly wel
come their return.
Mr. G. F. Humphrey of St. Paul -R.
1, brought the editor and local
editor each a fine watermelon Fri
day. He was accompanied to town
by Master Daniel Hedgpeth, son of
M". Carrie Hedgpeth.'
Mr. L. K. Rogers of Rowland,
R. 3, was among the callers at The
Robesonian of ice Friday. Mr. Rop
ers says cotton in his section has
been badly damaged by. heavy rains.
He reports corn crops 'very good.
Messrs. S. B. Culbreth and A.
R. Atkinson, both of St. Paul, have
opened a meat market. in the Cald
well building, Elm street. The firm
name is Atkinson & Culbreth. They
opened up for business; Saturday.
Mr. J. W. H. Fuchs, proprietor
of the Lumberton Bargain (House,
spent Saturday night here, return
ing to his home in Wilmington yes
terday Mr. Fuchs said he had never
seen a section flooded, like Lumberton
was at the time he was here.
Mr. W. S. Floyd if. Ilowellaville
passed through town Friday en route
home from Richmond, Va.f where he
went to be with his son Mr. Geratha,
who ha3 been very sick with typhoid
pneumonia. When Mr,. Floyd left
Richmond , the condition of nl3 son
was improving. 'y'j '
Red Springs Citizen:-The mem
bers of Trinity Methodist church are
to have a picnic on, Thursday, Au
gust 10th, on the college campus. The
main intent of the picnic is to have
a get-too'ether meeting of the mem
bers and all are urged, to come out
and enjoy the day.
As has been mentioned in The
Robesonian, a class of ' children from
the Odd Fellows orphanage, Golds
boro, will give a concert in the opera
house here Wednesday evening of
this week. No doubt a large crowd
will attend the concert. Tickets are
on sale at Pope drug store.
Mr-I-IL-Fields. who lives just
south of the S. A. L. railroad, says"
the water about his house is deeper
than his head in some places. He
can only get in and out by the use
of a boat. He says he caught a large
catfish on a hook bated with a piece
of fat meat in his yard Friday night.
Messrs. Frank Gough, John
French and Geo. E. Thompson went
today to Hamlet to box up and ship
the stock of goods bought in that
town last week: by-Messrs., White &
Gough. to Lumberton. Mention of
the nurchase by Messrs. White &
Gough is made elsewhere in today's
paper. , '
Mr. Samuel T. Meares, editor of
the Bladen Journal.- spent a while
in Lumberton Saturday on hi3 way
from Clarkton to St. Paul and Fav
etteville to spend the week-end. Mr.
Meares wa3 marooned in the moun
tains during the recent floods in
Western North Carolina and has
written entertainingly of his exper
iences. ?
Messrs. J. H. Floyd and I. V. .
Hooper who have been doing business
under the firm name of Lumberton
Marble A Granite Co- have dissolved
oartnership, Mr. Floyd purchasing the
interest of Mr. Hooper, who will be
in the employ of Mr. Floyd, who will
continue the business under the name
of the Lumberton Marble & Granite
Works.
' in the list of donations for the
flood victims of the Western part of
ho State published" in Thursday s
Robesonian L. B. Horn was given
cr?d;t for a $1 contribution that
srould have been credited to the Lm
i,rff Bargain House, of which Mr.
M. J. Merritt is manager. The name
w3 written on the list L. B- House
and when hte list was copied "House
wa3 misread for "Horn".
Just about the time the politi
cal speakinr, an account of which is
published elsewhere in today's paper,
was over Thursday night somebody
turn in a false fire alram from
box No. 71. This box- is located at
Seven Pines, in the north-eastern
"part of town. The fire truck and
a number of the local firemen went
to the - scene, but found no fire. A
co'ored woman who, lived near by'
said she saw two men at the box
and iust as quick as they had turned
in the alarm thev ? jumped into an
automobile and left , in a hurry.
.My glasses were fitted by Dr
Parker, the only specialist im
Lumberton licensed by State Board '
Examination for this Imports
work.. HIS SERVICE, SATJS
FIES . . -'t, : '