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1 H ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCB f VOL XL VII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1916. NUMBER 54 I? GETTING READY FOR RALLY Interest in Big Democratic Rally to be Held in Lumberton September 9 Already Growing Maxton Dem ocrats Lining Up for Occasion- Other Townships Also Making Plans to Attend hi Great N umbers - Congressman Kitchin Expected to be Here 1 Indications are that the great Democratic rally which will be held in Lumberton Saturday, September 9 will be the greatest political gath ering in the history of the county. Already the folks in every section of the county are planning to attend the rally. Congressman Claud Kitch en has notified the committee ap pointed to secure speakers for the occasion that he will be here if Con gress adjourns. Other prominent speakers will be secured. Meetings were held in many of the townships of the county Saturday and plans made for attending the rally. The following correspondence from , Max ton shows the interest the people of that .section are taking in the oc casion: Special to The Robesonian. Maxton, Aug. 21 At a meeting of the Democratic executive commit- , tee of Maxton township Saturday the Democratic county 'rally to be held in Lumberton on September 9 was discussed and a resolution was adopt ed calling on all Democrats of Max ton township to attend the rally, and also to cooperate in every way to make this occasion one of the great est days for Democracy ever held in Robeson county. As there is to be a great horse back parade, with music and ban ners on rally day, the Maxton town ship committee appointed Dr. L. R. Kirkpatrick as Chief Marshall and the following assistant marshalls: Murdock McLean, Alex White, Smith Purcell, Archie Campbell, Ben Mc Kinnon, F. C. Frostic, J. W. Carter, Jr., Clarence Whitlock, A. J. Mc Kinnon, Jr., Neill Smith, Steele Monroe, Angus Olmstead, S. H. Mc Kinnon, R. D. Hamer, Jr., Will Stewart, C.C. York, Wayne Williams, Colon Henderson, Roy Ivey, Winfred Carter, W.H.Hasty, J.P. Standi, Mur dock McRae.Henry Carter.W.H.Smith, S. B. McLean, Chas. M. Burns, J. H. Drennon, Tom Caddell, T. Leak Smith, Rowland McRae, Lee McFar land, Kenith Chisholm, W. H. McCormick, Pittman Stubbs, Fred McDonald, Grover McDonald, W . M. Wade, Fred Alford, N. J. McRim mon, Joe Smith, Rowe McNeill, Teby Thomas, J. E. Carpenter, A. A. Wilkinson, J. A. Jones, Jr., H. A. . McKinnon, Morrison Peterson, Rich ard Trammell, Luther Watson, J . T wr-T.oKli M P MoT .nn CI D. Willard, Chas. Ray, James Sneed, John F. McLean, 1 Frank 5nclair, J. A. Bracey. Of the foregoing as sistant marshalls there are a few who live in townships adjoining Max ton, but they will be more than wel come to accompany the Maxton con tingents. Messrs. G. B. Patterson, G. B. Sellers, H. C. McNair and J. W. Carter were appointed as a commit tee on attendance. The committee on automobiles and floats consists of Messrs. L. B. Martin, Hugh Barnes and McKay McKinnon. The com mittee to procure a banner for Max ton township Democracy is J. B. Sellers, B. S. Barnes and J. C. Ev erett. As Lumberton will be filled to overflowing on that day, it would no doubt be wise to carry lunch along. A noted speaker will be secured for the occasion and it is expected that a genuine, old time Democratic rally will be pulled off. Don't fail to be there. GERMANY'S FLEET AGAIN IN NORTH SEA Sink Two British Ships Fifteen German Warships Sighted London Dispatch, Aug. 21. The German high seas fleet has gin appeared in the North Sea, and in a clash between German sub marines and British scout ships two British light cruisers have been sent to the bottom. London reports that on of the submarines was destroy ed and that another was rammed and possibly sunk. This is the first appearance in the North Sea of strong German naval forces since the battle of Jut land on May 31. The first news that the Germans had left the shel ter of their mine fields and forti- fied basis was brought to Holland, by trawlers, which reported sight ing a German squadron of 15 war ships, principally of large cruisers. This fleet was accompanied by two seaplanes, and was steering north west, in the region of White Bank. RECORD WEEK FOR TOBACCO Last Week's Sales at Farmers Ware house of Lumberton Largest of Season Prices Good and Farmers Pleased Big Sales Expected This! Week The sales at the Farmers Tobac co Warehouse of - Lumberton last week were the largest of the season. Good sales were made every day ex cent Saturday and quite a bit of the "weed" was broueht in Saturdav. Prices were high and the farmers were fell pleased with the sals made. Messrs. Bransford and Nob lin, - proprietors of the house, leave nothing undone when it comes to looking after the interest of the to bacco growers. It is expected that this will be another record week for sales and prices. . TEXAS STORM DAMAGE Estimated at $2,00000 Thirteen Lives Lost Cotton Crop Badly Damaged Corpus Christi, Tex., Dispatch, Aug. 20. The loss of life from the tropical storm, which struck Corpus Christi and ten adjacent south Texas coun ties on Friday night, was placed at 13 tonight, including nine members of the small freighter Pilot Boy, which foundered off the Aransas Pass jetties. Two Mexican men and one Mexican woman were killed at Kath erine, a settlement on the King ranch, near Alice, Texas, and one Mexican woman was reported killed at San Diego. Both towns are from 50 to 60 miles inland. The total damage in this section of which Corpus Christi bore the heaviest part, was estimated at $2, 000.000. This includes devastation of a large portion of the lower coast's cotton crop, which was ready to be picked. Damage at Corpus Christi was estimated conservatively at $500,000. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE Second Week of Institute Begun This Morning Large Attendance Teachers Given Auto Ride Insti tute Will Close Friday of This Weel; . , The second week of the teachers' institute began this morning. The number of teachers enrolled so far is 114. Quite a number of visitors are attending the morning exercises, which are held in the Sunday school room of the First Baptist church . The institute will close Friday of this week. Prof. J. R. Poole, super intendent of the county schools, says he has never known an institute in Robeson to be so largely attended. Besides the number of teachers at tending this institute, fifty from Robeson are attending the various summer schools for teachers. Prof. J. S. Wray, superintendent of the Gastonia city schools, and Miss Mary Arlington of Rocky Mount are con ducting the institute. The teachers were given an auto mobile ride Thursday evening. They seemed to have enjoyed the ride very much. - MAY ADJOURN SATURDAY Possible That Senate May Adjourn . ctn.ir f Thin Week Not Prob able That Congress Will Adjourn Before September 1 or i Wnshinerton Dispatch, Aug. 20 Adjournment of Congress now nwaita onlv the passage of the Emergency Revenue bill, re-passage A -wxr A nnronnation Dill, WHn amendments to contorm to rresmc..., Wilson's veto, completion of ttje General Deficiency Appropriation otiiI final action on a few iiirasuic - , ilia conference reports, including tne Government Shipping bill. , Senate leaders say they will be ready to adjourn next Saturday if the House could be prevailed upon to accept the amended revenue a fiirVit. This does not seem likelv. however, and because of some . nvtica nwr crpn- niscussion tnai my i Aatinionrv nnnrooriations Con gress probably will not be ready for the adjournment gavei oeiore o tember 1 or 2. Mr. D. H. Britt of the Back Swamp section is among the visi tors in town today. iin and Mrs. M. G. McKenzie will i Tn.k.nn Snrintrs. ..i,. tv.pw will snend several days go tomorrow iv,m Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Freeman spent the week-end at Bladenboro visiting relatives. Mr. E. B. Kinlaw of R. 7 from Lum berton was in town Saturday . Messrs. A. J. Floyd and . . I Jones of Fairmont were LumDerton Mr. Edgar Thompson of Fairmont passed through town yesterday en route to Mars Hill, where he will enter Mars Hill College. Mr. Rudolph Thompson will leave this afternoon forars Hill where hp will resume his studies at Mars TTIll "I 1 1 Mr M J. Barker of Rozier's passed through town yesterday en route to Wilmington, where he will spend a few days. Mr S W. Venable, a tobacco buver on" the Fairmont market tit-minii town Saturday en route to his home at Durham, where! he sppnt tne weeiv-r -----ilv. Mr. Venable has been buying tobacco on the Fairmont marKei ivi several years. - ' Messrs. J. H. Barrlngton, C. H. Phillips and F. H. Townsend snent yesterday at Jackson Springs. They mndrthe'trin in an auto. Mrs D. R. Shaw and daughter, Miss Elizabeth, returned Thursday from Nashville, this State, where they spent some time visiting rela tives. Miss Amanda McDiarmid returned Saturday from Laurinburg. where she had been a guest or Mr. ana Mrs. G. Y. Jones for several days. Mrs. James McQueen of Marion, S. C, is a p-uest of her brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Norment, Sixth street. Mesdames Stephen Mclntyre, Daisy W. Jenkins. Miss Mil.ired Mcintyre, Master Stephen Mclntyre, Jr., Messrs. Stephen Mclntyre and Robert L. Lawrence motored to Jackson Springs Friday, making. the trip in Mr. Law rence's auto. - Mr. Walter Murray, mail carrier from Barnesville, is a Lumberton vis itor today. BACK SWAMP NEWS NOTES Sunday School Rally September 3 Baptizing Personal Mention j Correspondence of The Robesonian. j Aug. 21 On the first Sunday in j September there will be a rally dayj in the Back Swamp Sunday school. The object of it is to get everybody: in the community to Sunday school1 on that day. There will be special i music by the choir and exercises by! the small children. Let us all go to ' Sunday school on this day and make the rally day a success. Mr. and Mrs). Alphonso Howell t of Sumter, S. C, are visiting rela-l tives here this week. We were glad) to see them in our Sunday school j last Sunday. j As a result of the meeting recent-, lv held here by Rev. Mr. Miller and! Rev. C. L. Greaves three additinosj were made to the church. These) were baptized at Pleasant Hope; church Sunday afternoon. A largei crowd attended and Mr. Miller con ducted the service in his usual, im pressive manner, - Misses Dollie Singletary, Ora and Nina Pittman and Augusta Britt are attending the teachers institute now being held in - Lumberton . Miss Quessie Prevatt is recovering nicely from an operation which was performed by Dr. Bowman of Mc Donald last week. Miss Addie Mitchell of Fairmont ia visiting her sister, Mrs. J. T. Singletary. Mr. Neal Prevatte Is very sick at his home we are very sorry to re port. Mr. Kenton Barnes, who recently joined the army, is visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barnes for a few days. FIVE NEGROES LYNCHED Three Men and Two Women Taken From Jail at Newberry, Fla. and Lynched Newberry, Fla., Dispatch, Aug. 19. Five negroes, three men and two women, were taken from the jail at Newberry, Florida, early today and hanged by a mob ana another negro was shot and killed by deputy sher iffsnear Jonesville, Fla., as the re sult of the killing yesterday of Con stable S. G. Wynne and the shooting of Dr. L. G. Harris by Boisey Lnog, a negro. The lynched negroes were accused of aiding Long to escape. Posses consisting of several hun dred men tonight are searching the woods about SNfcwberry, 18 miles from here, for trace of Long. Fur ther trouble is feared. T?lo cava T xry xvna nflntlirpd hv two A. 1U,, J-lvti, " "T' negroes and lodged in jail there He j escapea tne moD. Young Man Hurt in Auto-Bicycle Collision Mr. V. D. Gerald, a young white man, who lives at the National cot ton milVtwas painfully !hurt late yesterday afternoon- when a bicycle which he was riding collided with a Ford automobile driven by Mr; I . V. Hooper, Elm and Second streets. The bicycle was broken up. Mr. Gerald suffered a gasn cut in nis head and also had his left leg bruis-j ed. There was no damage done to i the Ford. Mr. Gerald was taken to j xne n iiuiiijjsuii uuoj"""! uio wounds were dressed and he was soon able to go home. He said the brakes on his bicycle failed to work and he ran into the moving auto. Sunday School Excursion a Success A large crowd went on the Sun day school excursion which was op erated over the Seaboard from Max ton to Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach Saturday. There was 440 tickets sold at the local station and many boarded 'the train 'at lother points along the line. Many boarded the train here without tickets, not having time to get them. It is said that more that 500 people boarded the train here. There were no mis haps of any kind, and those who went on the excursion report a most pleasant day. The train passed Lumberton at 7:45 Saturday morn ing and returning passed here at 11:30 o'clock Saturday night. Mr. M. G. McKenzie, superintendent oi the Presbyterian Sunday school of Lumberton worked up the excursion. Democratic Rally at Raeford Friday " A big Democratic rally wi' take nlace at Raeford, Hoke county, Fri day of this week. A parade in which SOO mules will take part will be one of the features of the occasion. T. W. Bickett, Democratic candidate for Governor, will be the principal speak er. Savs Harnett Will Go Democratic Mr. D. R. Shaw returned Satur day from Dunn and Lillington, Har nett county, where he spent several days. Mr. Shaw says he is satisfied that Harnett, which went Republican two years ago. will go Democratic this year by 500 majority. Dr. R. G. Rosier returned Fri day night from Harnetf county, where he spent a week visitni ergal tives. He says he never saw better crops in Harnett than are there this year. Do vou know that, henlth first is the hip-hest form of safrtv first? Do you know that tuberculosis and poverty go hand in hand? Do vou know that the breast fed bahv has the best chance? Do you know that physical fitness is nreparedness against disease? Do you know that pneumonia is a communicable disease? OLD-TIME POLITICAL MEETING Great Time at Oakdale Friday Even ing Large Crowd and Interesting Speaking s Republicans Few in White Howe Township Will Speak in Every Section of County A large crowd enjoyed an old-time political meetin' at Oakdale, near Ma rietta, Friday evening. The princi pal speakers of the occasion were State Senator Geo. B. McLeod and Maj. A. J. Mtfvinnon. Mr. Mc Leod spoke on National issues and made a most interesting address, while Mr. McKinnon explained the Rufal Credits bill in a most in structive manner. It is said that there is but one Republican in White House township, and wheth er this be true or not Democrats are plentiful in that section of Robeson. One man who was present said that the meeting Friday night was one of the most enthusiastic political meetings he tver attended. He Said the speakers were there with the goods and there was plenty of spirit in the meeting. After the Democratic rally in Lumberton September 9 speeches will be made in every nook and corner of the fcounty. It is charged that a few Republicans are making some statements about over the county that will melt away when the truth is brought out, as it will be between now and the No vember election. 100 HOGS DROWNED Mr. Van Walters of PHncess Ann Lost That Number , During Recent High Waters Robeson's Leading Hog Raiser Mr. Van Walters, the well-known stock raiser, who lives near Princess Ann, told a Robesonian reporter re cently that he lost 100 hogs during the recent floods. Most of the hogs lost were pigs and were swept away by the waters which overflowed Dumber river. Mr. Walters raises more hogs than any man in Robeson county. He says his usual number runs from two to three hundred head. He has several thousand acres of swamp lands fenced and it does not cost him much to grow hogs in his pasture. . BERRY HUNT RE-CAPTURED Escaped From Chain Gang While Serving Term for Larceny and is Charted With Breaking Into Res idences While Evading the Officers Will be rut JfacK on job Berry Hunt, who escaped from chain gang No. 2, where he was serv ing a term for larceny, some weeks ago, was captured by Rural Police man JiH ,Carper near Rowland Sat urday. Hunt wiine carried to chain crane No. 1 and nut back on the iob at once. Berry has been charged ! with robbing some residences since he escaped from the gang. Good Crops in Howellsv?.lle Mr. C. M. Bryant, who lives on star route from Lumberton, says he visited the Zion's Tabernacle section, in Howellsville township Friday and found the best crops there he has seen this year. He says crops in that section look just as promising as he ever saw them. Residential Section Now Lighted Street lights in the residential sections of town, which have been off for several weeks were turned on for the first time since the power was changed Thursday night. The town as a whole is now the best lighted in its history. Eight Killed, More Than 20 Injured in Explosion Montreal, August 20. Eight per sons were killed and more than a score injured in an explosion early today in a munitions plant at Drum monville. The cause of the disaster has not been determined. Political Speaking at Bethesda There will be a political speaking at Bethesda school house, near Barnesville, Friday night of this week. Two prominent speakers will be present to discuss the issues of the day. A great time is expected. Better be there. Mr. W. E. Lewis and daughter, Miss Kate of Bladenboro were among the visitors in town this morning. Mif s Gertrude Morris returned this morning from Peachland, where she spent the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Biggs left this morning in Mr. Biggs' car for Jackson Springs, where they will spend a few days. Mr. J. P. Newman left Thursday for Baltimore, New York and other Northern points where h,e will spend some time. Misses Leila and Katie Ivey of Parkton arrived Thursday and are visiting their sisters, Mrs. A. H. Prevatt and Miss Iola Ivev. Mrs. J. J. Moore of Wilmington arrived yesterday and will spend sev eral days here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Barker. Mrs. Clinton Maxwell m and little daughter, Margaret, returned Friday afternoon from Marison, S. C. where they spent several days with rela tives. Mrs. N. A. Thompson and thre? children, Misses Ruth and Julia and Master N.. A. Jr., returned Saturday from Montreat, where they spent sev eral weeks. Mr. H. M. McAllister returned yesterday from Montreat. where he spent a few days with his familv, M" McAllister's family are spend in? the summer at Montreat. BASEBALL: CAPE FEAR LEAGUE' Dunn and Laurinburg Dropped From League Lumberton Loses Two Gamen Reported for The Robesonian. Dunn and Laurinburg were dropped from the Cape Fear League at a meeting held at Raeford Saturday afternoon by order of President II . A. Page, who held that these clubs had violated the, playing agreement and thereby had forfeited their fran chise. Their penalty checks were or dered forfeited pro rata to the re maining clubs. Mr. Page stated that protests had been filed in several games ' played by Laurinburg and Dunn; that he had given them one week to make answer, and that they had absolutely ignored his letters. He, therefore, took the action men tioned above. Fayetteville and Dunn were the only clubs not represented at the meeting. Lumbrton ended the week with two disastrous games, losing Thursday here to Laurinburg 18. to 10 in a weird contest. Friday the locals went to Dunn and lost 9 to 2. Both these games were played under pro test on account ?f the five man limit and will probably be forfeited to Lumberton. MUCH DONE FOR FARMERS President Outlines Work of Congress and the Administration in the In terest of Agriculture Washington Dispatch, Aug. 20. What Congress and the adminis tration have done for the farmer is outlined at length in a letter from President Wilson to Representative Lever of South Carolina, chairman of the House Committee on Agri culture, made public tonight by the White House. The President formally announces the signing of the Agricultural bill, barking "the practical completion of an important part of the program for the rural life which was mapped out at the beginning of the admin istration," and conveys to Mr. Lever and his associates in both houses his appreciation of their services to the Nation. . Summing ud the record, he men tions increasled appropriations for the support of agriculture; efforts to foster production: the Co-opera tive Agricultural Extension act, creation of the office of markets ana rural organization, the Cotton Fu tures act, the Grain standards act, the Federal Warehouse act, the good roads law and the Federal Reserve and Farm Loan acts. ST. PAUL NEWS PACKAGE Successful Series of Meetings School Wul Soon Open Personal Mention Correspondence of The Robesnoian. St. Paul. Aug. 18 We had a very successful meeting a few weeks ago at the Presbyterian .church. Kev. Mr. Murray was ably assisted by Rev. Mr. Hall of Lillington. Twenty three additions were made to the church. Large crowds attended both day and night. Several from here expect to go to the beach Saturday. Mrs .H. C. Moffitt of Whiteville is visiting friends and relatives here. She was Miss Minnie Shaw before her marriage and is well known here. Miss Francis Wicker! is visiting friends in town. Mrs. Josie Shaw and son Albert are with us again. Miss Mary McNeill has been visit ing her sister, Mrs. EvansrJor some time. Mr. A. R. McEachern returned home this a. m. Mr. McEachern, to gether with Misses Josie Evans and Lillian Alderman, spent a few days in New York with Dr. and Mrs. Spiro. They went on to Niagara Falls where they remained a few days. Dr. and Mrs. Spiro ac companied them. Miss Alice Shaw, Mrs. J. D. Johnson and Mrs. H. C. Moffitt are in Lumber Bridge today visiting at the home of Mr. Neill Shaw. Mr. Shaw has not been well for the last few weeks. Miss Katie Groves Northrop is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Laura Dick in Laurinburg. Rev. Mr. Murray i3 taking a short vacation. Miss Addie Caudell is spending two weeks at home. School will begin shortly, and oh. my vacation will soon be o er, and then will come study, study. - j Will Not Conduct Tour of New York City On account of the epidemic of in fantile paralysis in New York City, Mr W K ' Rothnne has decided not to conduct his educational tour of: that city in September, as advertised in The Robesonian last week. Under the circumstances he does not think it wise to take a party to N.ew York at thi3 time, but says he win taKej a party on an educational tour of thati city, the Nation's greatest metron-l olis. iust as soon as conditions will justify. Among the Sick Correspondence of The Robesonian. In a letter recevied by A. B. Har- rli'n Tnfllnn from Dr. J. F. Ilieh- smith on the 18th, Dr. Highsmith: stated that Wesley Hardin was one-j rated on last Tuesday and was found ; to have chronic apnendicitis and that he was doing nicely. j Messrs. Carl and Claud Britt of Mt. Eliam pressed through town this morning en route home from Wrightsville Beach, where they spent the week-end. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Lumbee Tent, K. O. T. M. meet Tuesday night. t Mr. E. J. Britt is having a res ilience, second ana walnut streets wnicn ne owns, remodeled Mr. F. A. Wishart and family moved Saturday into the Thompson house, Fifth street. People coming in from the Orrom section report an epidemic owhoop ing cough in that section. License has been issued for the marriage, of Von Lovett and Mary Ivey; George Prince and Helen Todd. fudging from the vines the field pea crop in Robeson will be good this year. The hay crop also promises to be good. Miss Pearl Edwards was taken Friday to the James hospital, Ham let, where she underwent an opera tion for appendicitis. She is getting along nicely. Mr. J. W. Smith, who lives on R. 5 from Lumberton, was among; the visitors in town Saturday. Mr. Smith says the cotton crop is im proving in his section. ; There will be a lawn party on the "Oliver Park" at Marietta Friday night of this week. A fuller account of the party fill be published In Thursday's Robesonian. A special meeting of the Lum berton Lodge, I. O. O. F. will be held Friday evening of this week, beginning at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. The last week has been fine for pulling fodder and curing fodder and the farmers made gooa use of the time. In a few days the fodder will all be stripped from the early corn. Messrs. I. V. Britt and Austin Phelps of the ML Eliam section were among the farmers who sold tobacco at the Farmers Warehouse here Friday. They were well pleased with their sales. Mr. Shelhorse, a representative of the Culpepper Light and Ice Co., of Culpepper, Va., was here Friday and bought a number of the old me ters that became useless to the town when the power was changed. Mr. foon Britt of the Hoe Swamp section and Mr. C. T. Bui-" lock of the Center section passed through town this morning en route to DeTway, where they will enter Dell high school. School will open them tomorrow. Mr. W. H. Powell of Saddle Tree is among the visitors in town today. Mr. Powell says the Demo crats of his township met, Saturday' and appointed marshallsj) etc., for the Democratic rally to be held in Lumberton September 9. Mr. and Mrs,- P. H . Lewi and family, consisting 14 children, who live near Marietta, were Lumberton visitors Friday. Many of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis' children had never been to Lumberton before and they seem ed to have enjoyed the day at their county's capital very much. Rev. Paul T. Britt of Mt. Eliam passed through town this morning' en route to Cumberland Mills, Cum berland county, where he will conduct a series of meetings this week. Mr. Britt says he has preached 39 ser mons during the month of AuguftV and will not have a day off until tl v-. last of October. He has been preach- ' ing regularly since July .1 Mr. W. J. Sansbury, of The Rob esonian's composing room force, re turned yesterday from Richmond, Vs., where he spent a few days with his father, Mr. M. N. Sansbury of Timmon8ville, S. C who underwent an operation for stomach trouble at' the Johnston-Willis hospital Satur day. Mr. Sansbury is getting along as well as could be expected. Boys and girls like to know what is going on at home while they are off at school. A mighty good way for them to keep posted as to what is going on in Robeson county is to read The Robesonian. The cost of sending it to them while away ia small and the pleasure they will get from reading their home paper The Robesonian will be great. Let it follow them. - Mr. J. A. Sharpe, editor of The Robesonian, Mrs. Sharpe uand their two children, Anna Courtney and J. A. 2nd, and Miss Josephine Breece left Friday morning in Miss ureece's auto for Baltimore, Md., via Greensr boro, Lynchburg. Va., Natural Bridge, Staunton, Winchester, through! the Shenandoah valley to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., thence to Frederick, ,Md and Baltimore. They will be away about 10 days. Prof. R. E. Sentelle, superin tendent of the Lumber graded school arrived Friday night from Pittsboro, where he just closed a teachers in stiute. This was Prof. Sentelle's third institute this summer. He had conducted institutes at Murphy and Waynesville -before going to Pitts boro. Prof. Sentelle will go some time this week to Waynesville to join his family who are spending the summer there on Prof. Sentelle's farm. He expects to return with hisT family to Lumberton at an iarly date, " Mr. and Mrs. F. Grover Britt re turned this morning from Wrights ville Baeh, where they spent the week-end . i . My glasses were fitted by Dr Parker, the only specialist la Lumberton licensed by State Boart Examination for this rmpartaa work.. HIS SERVICER ST F1E3 lV.
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