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VOL XLVII
COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1916.
DEMOCRATIC RALLY
INTEREST GROWING
Gov. Stuart of Virginia. Will be Prin
cipal Speakers-Big Parade Will be
One of Features of Day Promin-
ent Men From All Over State Ex
pected An Occasion That No One
in Robeson and Adjoining Counties
Should Miss
Interest continues to grow in the
Democratic rally which will take place
in Lumberton Saturday of this week.
Indications are that the people are
coming in great numbers from every
section of Robeson and many from
adjoihing counties. The principal
speaker of the occasion will be Gov
ernor Henry Carter Stuart of Vir
ginia. Governor Stuart is known as
the "farmer-governor",having lived on
the farm right up to the time he was
elected Governor. He is a polished
speaker and no doubt will bring a
message worth coming miles to hear.
A big Democratic parade will be
one of the features of the occasion.
Every Democrat, in the county who
lias a mule is urged to ride or drive
the mule in the parade, which will
start from the graded school building
sit 10:15 o'clock Saturday morning.
The speaking will take place at 11:30
a. ,m.
POSTOFFICE MOVED
Change Made to New Quarters With
out Inconvenience to Public
The local postoffice was moved
Thursday and Thursday night. The
office was opened up in the new
quarters in the McLean building, Elm
street, at ""the usual opening hour
Friday morning. The office was mov
ed without any delay in putting up
man. Alan boxes were the
iHK&AlbAUJ RAILROAD RED-LETTER DAY AT ROZIERS
Congress passwi a-H, n. n.n j nion iw . O.
. . c? : :, , ' w.i aim i-icnic Mr. J. a
-fe..". u j imueni siriKe
It
Order Which Was. to r.n ln vr
feet This Morning Canceled I
The threat of a general railroad
strike which had been hanging over
the country for a month was lifted
Saturday night when th Sonata
j ed without amendment the Adamson
Hrnwn and T)r
n. Alexander Preached Good
Democratic Doctrine, While Mr. A.
L. McCaskill Preached Republican
Doctrine McCaskill Fell Through
Rotton Plank in Platform But That
Diddn't Feaze Hin-Big Dinner
Reported for The Robesonian.
last'o i. j a"ienameni tne Adamson Mjau.
things moved and they were moved ! ?"?Li aSlDJll ch had been passed p?"8 ?J3 S "d;letter day for
Thursday night after the natrons ofiJ rnuay. Jiead3 of the . auuie iree townsnip. the
the office had h was a joint picnic given by
mail. The net morning &t kE "hoods .3 hours after the passage the farmers 'Union and the Wood-
h,i Krr, rioQa ; v, " i te bill by the Senate teletrranhed mt;n t the World. The nicnic was
and the ornin.1 m.il ZZl , " than 600 general chairmen in a. success and the good folks of
at the usual time. The postoffice ; fi' P--f f , c.0unt17 .canceling section did themselves proud.
ratnlntpH t,nnn ! c oruer issued a week ago "fHcrs were air. j. a. iirown
the office 'without nutting t"yF e"Scl ,ims. morning (Septem
RAYNHAM NEWS NOTES
u. i tsiriKe oraer i
moving the off, 'wirhmd-. nn1r f ta.ke eff?ct .this morning (Septem- ?! V.?a(,?ourn Dr- H. Q. Alexander
" . " - f -"- rpr A I v T i a - nT i hni. Aftn w : l . e
r " x voiucut t? ii vv- f vioiuLiiw tuc
Q to work t n the bill-yesterday in "hfs farmers' Union, MrJ A. L. McCas-
this order to do , pte car at the Union station in 11 f Fayetteville, Republican can-
While the move will cause a c-ood Vash,ng:t,on' where he stopped on his dl(,ate for Congress,
many peophs : to haw to d! tt2 ' way Shadow Lawn- N- J- to "od" ; Brown was the first sPeaker
m e w fig, the change gis the fc'envillefV K The ,aw wiI1 not be- an, h? made an able appeal to the
force an ad? ane iJZ'Zy , IS ""L,1: ' ' ll JlC'E lP
.The bill that stopped the
ovides that after .la
VS i t . - ' : u. ' .
when evervthine- is arranp-ed it- ?. "Jurs snau De regarded as a 1 tneresi oi ine people during
wr en evtrjwiing is arrangeci as it ;h,s , ,Un;nf.nl..i r this n, minidim. u' r i.i:
j vv . rvvyii ui; avi t S Ol movi hhwii kljrill UJUT IVtpUUll-
ant Postmaster R. O. Edmund savs ' ",v 'UTS wiai a"er. January- l, 117, .'"?"C-Jw"y nau enacted mora laws
will be, the fixtures re-painted, etc.,
(mice or any secona-eiass oriico in
the State. Every part of the building
is well liehted and new lock boxe
will soon be put in. Two desks will
M.mr -nrAmmPnt. moil from various V " f" - "I ln Du"lnr
sections of North Carolina, will be I?r tne use of the public.
here, including ' a special delegation . p -I'Xiov mfptiyp
on 'behalf of the State, perhaps Gov-j . L-MON ..lELTING
rmor Craig and n special " d-cfegatton ! rnt in. . ,. , .
Lumberton will have the bet nosr- 1 suKea in me operation of naa enacted in 20 years.
: nierce (excepting roads Iefjs than 100 Porting ths Republican ticket in the
. mires long unci e.icctnc lines); .that , lJi" 01 getting rcuer Ironi present
t'.ey Khali receive pro rata pay for ' burdens, 'or- benefit in any w.av. The
vh vk in excess of eight hours, an
31i!e Wednesday, September 20
State ()rtrani.'er-f,oti!rer Green to
hf Present All Union Members in
Comity Urged to Attend
One of the most important meet-
Robeson.ins 01 tne-year .ot the Kobeson l)a
i vision of ti e Farmers' Education and
t S r . . ...
srr-oinl araneements have been ; ---o-o perative union ot America will
,-.-..,1n f,if t-Vinoo i"1n dn nrit lirint' ' b
gressionai district, .mere .wm m;,
plenty of entertainment for nil on this!
Vrarul 'occasion. Two brass bands will 1
furnish music for the occasion, which
r.o deuue- win no tne Digest p-ui.ic:u.
gatliering ever known in
ounty.
id
thnt, their rate of compensation shall
not be chang:d prndmg an investi
.eation, for from six to nine months
tj.v-a commbision to be -appointed by
lb." President,- of the effect of the
ei;;,t-)ioiir day upon the .'railroads. .
liailj o.id officials-, have declared
that the action of Congress will co-t
them G0,?00,000 a y?ar in increased
Y:s to tntinmeo. Brotherhood offic
ials say' that jt v. ill not mean aa i 11
irnse of more than $20,000,000 a
year.
dinner to get sandwiches
at reduced prices
lurches or
i;nd meals
As will be:"een from an advertiso
.mont elsewhire in today's paper,
every man, woman and child. -in Rob?
?nn and ad-iointnff. counties is cor-
i held at Ten Mile Wednesday Sep- President Wilson Formally Opens His
mber 1:0. Mr. J. Z. (heen, State Campaign
Lop.;' Urai-ich, N. J., Dispatch, .Sept.'
r.ia-i'v -inv'-ea 10 aitenci tnis-.r
- (.-1 ie t'iy ami ca.mo
. aj.iy "the da j'. ;
along.. -You will
tern
organizer-lecturer of the Union, is
expected to' he : present at. this meet
ing. Mr. Green is a good speaker
and liv3 Union man and all Union
Members in the county are urged to
attend this, meeting. The meeting
will open nt 11 o'clock in the morning.
-U.e party, he declared, durin?
nit- mi:. it-m, cKuumt.'siration naa fn-acl'-d
more laws directly benefitting
fi- farmer than the Republican
party , ad ever even attempted to
!--.. .'....
Dtv, AIc-x.':nd,--r spoke next and his
f pencil vf! in the intere-it of the
Fs.':;ers' Lrni'n. - spereh princi
pa'l.v was on Icuislat-'on "in the' inter
est of the farmers. He declared most
f-tiiriiatienlly -that 11 farmers need
I'-oie and b'tter legisHtion. lie stat
ed that th--- enactment of the Rural
Credits' bill was one step taken in th?
ri'.'ht (lirrc'tion, but more i-i neaded.
He -.stated further that credit wss due
the Deniocratic party for all that h.id
IMcking Cotton Mr. J. H. Britt Will
Build Addition to Residence Koad-i
ui Good Shape and Autoists Drive
Too Fast School Opens Soon
Personal
Correspondence of The Robesonian .
Raynham, Sept. 4 Picking cotton
is the order of the day around here.
me Sunday school at Raynham
Baptist church is nroeressinir nirplv
iuikc BLuniiiance now.
iir. j. ii. uritt is preparing to
uuuu more to nis nouse. Seems as
it he made a lot of money this time
on his tobacco crop for him to be
building, as hard as times are.
The roads are in -very nice shape
now for the cars. Say, it seems as
if there is not any speed limits for
the cars, they go so fast I look for
them to go in the ditch some time.
Tfcey run along here some times at
the rate of 40 miles an hour, and
that is dangerous.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wooddell and
children and Mr. Eddie Pait of Dub
lin spent the week-end with Mrs.
Wooddell's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Joel Ivey. Mrs. W. B. Ivey is vis
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Mears of Ruskin, Bladen county.
-Mr. and Mrs. K; W. Stone of
Wilmington are vNitintr Mr. Stone's I
father,-JNIr. Joel Stone. Mrs. J'oel
Ivy is visiting her dauetter in Dub
lin this week. Miss -.Henrietta Am
nions, and Mrs. Annie. Ston of Iinr
IJran'-h section 'spent part of last week
in this section visiting friends an ! 1
relatives. Miss Lmw? Lriwson sprit I
part of Inst week .' with Miss Dovie !
FJit t a.n'l son!
r't-ht in Haiti- i
Joel Ivey and '
?1.30 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE
NUMBER 58
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Good cotton would bring 15 cento
the pound on the local market todaV,
how Ia?:? Seaboard ain was one
hour late this morning on account of
engine trouble not a strike.
w.7M,iM rear,.Elwards, who under
Tl, K0per.at,101 for appendicitis in
James hospital, -Hamlet, some time
go. returned home Friday.
wilT n C yrian church
will sell sandwiches on the - court
house square on the day of the Dem-
stb?1?rvSatu,day0, thiwk-
License has been issued for the
marriage of W, pink Britt and Hes
v'L waUf.r3;- TGurthrie Rhwles and
Ella Hardin; James SeaJey and Lila
Faynes; Walter Little and Minnie
tonoly.
Mr. Roney High's resignation as
salesman in the McMillan 'Pharmacy
went into effect September 1. Mr.
High has not yet decided what he will
do. No successor to Mr. High ha
been secured,
Miss-Elizabeth Dexter, one of
tne tf-ac.rers in the gradrd school, ar
iv.'d' yesterday from her home at
Iri-zabi tn Cif. Ah has heen men
tvsnc 1 ia The P .ni-!-, will
o;)i-n T:-os(iuy of n:;xt week.
!-- ' TiHmr.n V. 1 J, JRritt
r- i froai Lumbf rton aed Mr
t
Ki - t r 1 T -1 i.
(.flap-1 . vi!.som (.i 11. 7 f
Vr.i- F'
t
1 and
m I-umber-1
)! morn
aiirrt their
-('
l..,,-n
ooiv.
;ia'5 ler HoAia;ui lo vr.i .a:) ior
Democratic -R.tlty
rp'e.cial by Long-Distaiu? Th.ofie to
The Pubesonian.
: Rowland, S'. pt. - 4 ?'. f. Grabam
Mc;v iaiii-i;i, c .. iii ::;.!, of - the Demo
t'vntie ew tfv ft- foini-f'i.'.- e-f- V-o Vi
Ja:d-lownship, hi.'ipp;)'nt--"l t-be fol
lowing niarslials for the hi;- Doino-'-'!:
lie rally which -will -. bo he'd in
LuwtLcrton Saturday, September '3:
J. '. McLeod, chief; Douglas Kdens,
las r
Vi;!av of
ers
The
OF
TOB.VCCO
ter F
President V.'ilson today formally
opened' his campaign for - re-election
with, a' speech act-jit ing' the Demo
cratic nomination ia which be char
acterized the Republican party as "a'
practical and moral failure," defend-'
d his Mexican and Etirope'in policirs,
re cited - t he lecislntivp "ihi,iv(n-nni!j
SEASON !--.f his Adniinistr:.lir!i'. and dpe!HV.1
: ' ' for a "big America".
Week Last Dav of , ' :
at I'ara-Ts Vv'.nrtioiise Last
k (1(10 .r if.est i Season ikiy- Enrl--ind
SUM m J.h 'r A London dispatch states that'- VI
raTrfrrrs-rftnwrV-arei
nun'i'um win cio-e its noors ut-i i-i'dav ni"-ht.
'fi neveT
(or the Republican parly
done .a'nvthintr iii the'in-
Ivpy.-Mrs. Z. V
.'pent la.-t Monday
more si d ion. Me.,
daughter, Mi" Xar
the -.-i(r-r- in FawUeville .Sahn-d'3
-Mi.--.f Bertha Hall s-nnt Sunday wi:'n j
m.We Kiinmi Alma Fvey .' 'M r.
Zanie Hayes left. Monday for school.
nope 'to have him w:f.h. 'is nram n?x.t ' j
summ-r.. ue win je frc'it'.y miss.rt '
ii.vrifTid- her' . J
..Guess a lot of the ch
v ukp r (.re
y d :.
L".'-r;:.v
rm.
' ;'-e to r
( o
. i
AY.- rave
C:-;-," th':
. Greaves,
:.d it free
A timp
v:i! .injure
t
Wii!
1 . . I . . . . 1
ir:;io 10 tipnr n'T 'w-nni ivti:
uii.;, or me l.armer. 1 st.-n on n "count- of pickiW. cotton
Alter Dr. Alexander's sneech din- j- Mr. A. T. Store sne-i't te vv -,),
rer- was .had, and that dinner was on, I w 1 1 h hi nareri.-. '.Mr on,! Tra
I Scott Stone.
V'. !'(!. .... here
Montreat,
v. u ir-,'f ry.
'. and MV'?.
:i children,
r- ' :rr.i d
he :.--.
: I.
irpe?ir.s Raid Eastern Counties of
over eastern oonn-tio.:
1'i.iuy ot lr,i3 week. 1 ins ware- the most formidable attack hv W.
o'jfp has enjoyed the best year in I craft ever made on England. 'Two
is History. i,ast weoK was one on ocrsons were ki led nd 1.1 in!i,,l
Tl SI . I" i I. 1. C 1.1. - lf -
l.iciiirt. 1 i:e very u.x, or uie season. mr
osf hour.t'ful one. irood eats boin?
there in - trrrat abundance.
Immediately after dirrer Tie. Mc
C.;";:.il ent.-'-rtained the fo'ks for rmii.-
;i v;''''die wit'i aa able effort in the
ir.tir?.st. of the Republican pnrlv and
tsoecialiy iv: the interest of his own
c-rudidacy. for .Cungress, One of the
fe'iteros of his entertainment was
v.-irat some of tbe boyt cn!U:d a rotten
j.l-mk in' hi-; plaform. For the oc
casion a s''ie?'tcerVgTaTTt- wa.i eiwt--.
d in front of the church. It was
"Aari n"l."" i
1 ,-
v. h
H. M. McAllister
H. M.. Jr.. and
t- evrr.in'g from
,Mr. M:A!U?ter's
rP'ent th,'. sifmm'--r. Mr. Afe.
islr left Luinaerton -fo' Montreat
t. Wedn"-sdrv. They mad the trip
M; M-Alii'.dtr'a auto. -Mr-!.
,y, v. Willi'imson returned
t c k' frora r)r,:mg .burg, S. C,
'' ;-e. Kncnt two tveeks with her""
a in.
NEWS NOTES'-
'')' COMMENT
Labor Day ProtracN-d '.Met-tiag- and!
i-.io! izirt :.Mi ,. i'-! i.i. f nil- !
Ion Sunday; "
.Correspondence of The Rob -r'sonian-.
.l.'.nnliert.on. R'. .", September' 4tb
Iius is the liL'th anniversarv of
.rtl.e:'', '.I'- . E. T. - Edwins, who has
"r"n ick .f-.r some -time. Mm. EI
e o!:i:i';! war, vv.i mo roved .when
fr -. viiii'urv-on left-.. She was car-
ir : ia Coiumhia, S..
1 U
; ve
'Eli
Stmreeon Hammond. John
ng. McLean, Joe McUnt, McKay! e- w. uransroru, manager ot tne 10 Ualtimore and Return by Auto
Martin, Guy Crawford, Roy Miller,' house, said today that the house had j Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sharpe and
( ramer Mi ler. Tnad. MccormiCK.-- luoaeco 11 couiu wen nancne
Hilton Rracv. Frank Wallace. E. J. I last week. There is still some tobac
Graham, Victor Bond, Frank Gaitley,1 co in the country and all who have
Walter McLeod, Paul Robertson, Ha- not sold are urged to bring it in at
mer MrCormiek.. Wade Pittman. Jno. once, borne of the buyers had in
L. McQueen, Lee Wood McCallum,1 tended going away sooner, but owing
to tre large amount or toDacco com
ing in last week decided to stay on
the market.
Stanton McKinnon, Roy Leitch, Jas
Crawford, Watson Butler, Maston
McCormick, Pate Ward, J. W. Eger
ton. It is expected that Rowland town
ship will be well represented at the
rally. .
WILL OPEN TOMORROW
A SINGULAR INSTANCE
Philadelphia High School and Farm
Li.'! School Opens With Big Edu
rational Rally All the Farmers in
the County Invited
The Philadelphus high and farm
life school will open tomorrow with
a grand educational rally. As was
mentioned in Thursday's Robesonian
Dr. J. Y. Joyner, State superintend
ent of public instruction, and others
from the State Department ot Agri
culture will be there.
The people of the Philadelphus sec
tion want the people of Robeson
county generally to become better
accompanied with the county farm
life school and the work, being done
there. That is why the educationa
rally was planned for -the opening of
the school this year. tne scnooi
is a county institution, and one of
which every citizen of the county
should feel proud. Those in charge
of the school say ' it will open this
year under most favorable circum
stances in its history.
It is inspiring to, visit the school
at any time, and especially will it
be worth-while to attend the open
ing tomorrow. Every farmer in the
county is invited to attend the opening.
Superior Court
Superior court convened this
morning at 10 o'clock for
the trial ot civil cases. Judge
Thos. J. Shaw of Greensboro
is presiding. He exchanged places
this week with Judge F. D. Winston,
who was scheduled to hold court here.
The out-of-town attorneys who are
attending court today are Messrs. J.
P. Wiggins and H. A." McKinnon
of Maxton; J. S. Butler, St. Paul;
A. P. Spell, Red Springs; V. H.
Taylor, Fairmont.
E. Pone, who lives 8 miles from
Lumberton on R. 1, lost a, mule Sat
urday from blind staggers. Just 8
days before he lost a good cow.
Tough luck.
Organ and Church Furniture Allowed
to Rot With Old Church Building
A ear Alma
It is interesting to note that in
the old Lebanon Presbyterian church
near Alma, which church has gone
nown, a good church organ was al
lowed to remain in the church build
ing and rot. It has been many years
since any services weVe held in the
building, which in its day was one
of the best church buildings in this
entire section. The carpet still re
mains on the floor, the old Bible is
still on the stand and the organ was
never claimed by anyone. The build
ing is almost rotten, the doors hav
ing rotted and fallen down.
U. S. Army Recruiting Office Open
ed Here
You don't have to leave Lumberton
now to 10m Uncle Sam's army. Men
tion was made in Thursday's Robe
sonian or the tact that the U. S
recruiting office would be moved
from Wilmington to Lumberton on
September 1. Corporal R. F. Tracv.
wno win be in charge of the office
here, and Private J. Williams, who
will be with him, arrived here Friday
and have, opened up an office in
rooms 1 and 2 on the second floor
of the Lumberton, Dresden and Jen
nings cotton mill offices, Elm street.
Already several have made applica
tion for enlistment since the new of
fice was opened up.
the reason erven for movincr the
office -from Wilmington is the fact
that Lumberton and surrounding ter
ritory lurnished an average of 20
men for- the army each month last
year, while Wilmington only furnish
ed an average of 4.
When a man passes the medical
examination given here he is prac-
lcany sure ot passing the final ex
amination given either at Fort SIo-
cumb, N. Y-j or Columbus. Ohio.
Ths examination given here .covers
everything exceDt the heart and
lungs.
Two flaes will be erected in front
of the offices iust as soon nnihla
one"a large U.S. flag and the other
time Mr. McCaskill reached the cli
two children, Anna Courtney and J. max of his noble effort and he was
Ai i.'nd, and Miss Josephine Breece preacring good sound Republican doc
returned yesterday from a, cross- trine a plank on which he wa3
country trip to Baltimore, Md., in ' standing broke and he fell through
Miss Breece's Chalmers auto. They ' the "platform" to the ground. The
left Lumberton August 18 and went! fall was occasion for much laughing,
to Baltimore via Greensboro, Lynch-j but this didn't feaze Mr. McCaskill,
burg, Natural Bridge, Staunton, upj for he got back upon the good planks
the famous Shenandoah vallev Dike! fnd finished his good speech. Dr.
to Winchester, Va., Charlestown and T. .A. Norment of Lumberton intro-
Harper's Ferry, West Va., Frederick, I duced Mr. McCaskill.
Md. Returning they came by wayi Mr. Scott McCaskill of Kansas, a
of Washington, Fairfax, Warrenton, brother of the Republican nominee
mmlii r,llrL- o.l cfAl 'ilirmf 1 ' OOr I teT .
fnot almvf thp .rv.viml find it vfl' Whatever energy and expense at.
from this stand that all the 'sneakers ! lbcs to those who desired to named
spoke: and it. came to nass about the , Lumberton s hotel, we suppose all are
Culpepper, Richmond and Emporia
Va., Rocky Mount, Wilson, Selma
Smithfield, striking the National
highway at the last-named place
It was a most delightful trip, made
without a serious mishap, and the
Chalmers car proved itself a wonder
ful performer on some of tne rough
est mountain roads to be found any
where
Notice of New Advertisements
Last call on summer goods R. D
Caldwell & Son.
Big Democratic rally in Lumberton
September 9.
New fall shoes K. M. Biggs.
Auction sale of town lots .
Farm lands for sale.
Highest market price paid for cot
ton and seed; 2 mules and 1 horse
for sale cheap K. M. Biggs.
Three 100-acre farms for sale,
2-horse farm for rent E. E. Page
Great continuation sale White &
Gough .
Carload of horses and mules;full line
of vehicles C. M. Fuller and C. M
Fuller & Son.
Town property and farm lands for
sale on favorable, terms Planters
Bank & Trust Co.
"Wirthmor waists" sold exclusive
ly by L. H. Caldwell.
Piogram at Pastime.
Solid car of Chase Bros, and
Chase-Hackley pianos Stephens &
Barnes. '
Seed rye for sale Rory McNaii,
Maxton, R. 5.
The board of county commis don
ers and the county board of educa
tion are holding their regular first
Monday meetings here today.
Mr. G. S. Harrell of R. 1 from
Rennert i? among the visitors in
town today. Mr. Harrell says the
folks up his way will be here for the
Democratic rally Saturday by a larga
majority.
Mrs. A. E. White and daughter,
Miss Vashti, accompanied by Mr. C.
H. Phillips, went Saturday to Rock-
1 n frli o m tfVtora tViAvr i11 en rr A n f
a blue flag with "Men Wanted" on days visiting .friends. They made
2 SB thfe.tnp in MrJ White's Hudson auto.
it
for Congress, being home on a visit,
attended this picnic Saturday witn
his brother, and in private conversa
tion declared that Woodrow Wilson
would sweep the West. , Mr. Scott
McCaskill is a Democrat, and a gen
tleman Saturday asked him how it
was that he happened to a uemo-
crat and his brother "Mot" a Re
publican. Mr. McCaskill's reply was
"You'd better ask my brother how
he happens to be a Republican, for
all the otner members oi tne iamny
are Democrats". Even brothers do
not see things alike sometimes.
Recorder E. M. Britt of Lumber
ton was to have made a. Woodmen
speech at this picnic, but on account
of a number of cases being docketed
for a hearing in his court Saturday
be was unable to be present.
The folks present were estimated
to number about 1,000 and they were
(here from all over, and what's more
they all seemed to have had a good
time. The folks responsible for the
ocasion are to be congratulated. It
was a success.
W. K. B.
willing to take it out in admiration.
It 13. a thing of beauty and we hope
it may be a joy forever.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Pitman and
daughter, Miss Eureka, and sister,
Miss Maggie, Mrs. J. M. Flemin
and daughter, Miss Emma, went to
Fayetteville this morning on busi
ness, making the trip in Mr. Pitman :
auto.
There was a beautiful baptizing at
Mr. W. Q. Warwick's mill Friday
p. m. when the four converts from
the recent series of meetings held
at Cedar Grove were baptized by the
pastor, lhe services at this church
both Saturday and Sunday were up
to the average in every detail. The
meeting at Singletary's X Roads
church, in which Rev. D. L. Hewitt
of Shallotte did the preaching last
wees, ciosea yesieraay, resulting in
the baptism of six converts at the
Mercer mill. Mr. Hewitt is a preach
er of great po,wer and the very large
crowds who were on hand at every
service heard him gladly. The people
came from far and near and the order
might well be considered perfect
throughout the entire week. Our
church was greatly revived. In fact,
it was one of the best meetings it
has been our good fortune to attend
in a loner time
Our meeting of days with the
church at Oakton will begin next
Sundav night with Rev. J. T. Woot-
en of Chadbourn to do the preaching
Let all the people come.
. . . J. M. FLEMING
;'e-oavfon- Star,- ?. :;,t.. 1 Mr.
.". Ibdl.jway. formetly of this
o f-b.aed in tae aaiQimbi!e
: "L Leiiiberton, iV.here shak-
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ban Is Silt! eld-Tr 1 1 ridT"
rag 'aciiuaintrtnces. He drove ov-
The Kingsdale lumber plant will
resume operation tomorrow morning
after being closed down since rriday
on account of the threatened strike
The Robeson Chapter of the U.
D. C. will meet at the home of Mrs.
N. A. McLean next Thursday af
ternoon at 5 o'clock. All members
are cordially invited to be present
Miss Ethel Pitman, saleslady in
the store of Mr. Jno. T. Biggs, who
ha sbeen sick, is somewhat improved
She is being relieved at the store bv
her sister, Miss Ada Pitman of Back
Swamp.
Mr. Joe II. Redmond, -who nad
been a clerk in the Parlor grocery,
of which his brother, Mr. C. B.
Redmond, is proprietor, for a num
ber of years, left Saturday to begin
work as traveling representative in
South Carolina and Georgia for a
Catholic paper published in New York.
tie went from Lumberton to Flor
ence. His father, Mr. Jno. Redmond,
otherwise known as "The Rebel Kid "
is filling his place in the store.
Today is a legal holiday Labor
Day and all the1 banks in town are
closed. Sunday hours are being ob
served at the postoffice and the rural
mail carriers are taking the day off.
The electriu sign bought some
time ago by the First National Bank
was broken while being put up last
Week and had to be sent back to the
factory. This was the second time
the sign has been broken while be
ing put up and sent back to the fac
tory to be 'repaired.
Rev. W. B. North, pastor of
Chestnut Street Methodist church, re
turned Thursday night from a month s
vacation, which he spent at Stem,
Connelley Springs and Nebo. Mrs.
North and two children, Mr. Paul and
Miss Martha Lee, returned home Fri
day iTight from Stem.where they spent
some time. Dr. North filled his regular
appointments here yesterday.
Sold Bale of Cotton and Seed for
Mr. Joel Ivey of the Ravnham sec
tion sold a bale of cotton on the lo
cal market Friday for 15 1-4 cents
the pound. The bale with the seed
brought $101.34. '
stunning at Whit:vi!'e and
other . points on business, reaching
here yesierday afternoon,
One who sitrns hjs letter with
only the initials "J. F. N." writes
The Robesonian that A. Chavis, Irf
clian, of St. Paul, who went to the
Charlotte sanatorium August 9 and
underwent a serious operation Au
gust 12, returned hmoe August 25
and is in fine shope and will be able
to be at his business in a few days v.
A fire alarm was 'phoned in Fri
day afternoon about ,4 o'clock on
acount of a blaze on the roof of a
residence occupied by a colored fam
ily near the plant of the Robeson
Manufacturing Co. The fire company
responded quickly, but a train crew,
which happened to be nearby, with the
aid of laborers at the plant, had ex
tinguished the flames when the com
pany arrived. But little damage was
done.
Messrs. L. McK. Parker and
Earl A. Thompson returned Thurs
day night from a 10-days' trip to
Asheville, Virginia Beach and Ocean
View. They were accompanied by
Dr. S. R. Thompson of Charlotte,
who went with them on their trip.
Dr. Thompson will spend a few days-
here visiting at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. JV A. Thompson,
Elm street, before returning to Char
lotte.
Mr. David II. Fuller, son of
Mr. CM. Fuller, will open up a
law office in the Law building.
f-Charlotte, on the loth inst. Mr,
Fuller is a young man of splendid
habits and no doubt will meet with
success in his new field. He grad
uated from Trinity College in 1914.
graduated from Trinity Law School
in the spring of 1915, and read law
at the Harvard Law School, Cam
bridge, Mass., this year.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Varser and
ittle daughter, Lillie Snead, returned
Thursday night from a month's visit
to Gates county, this State, and Fork
Union, Va., where they visited rela
tives and friends. They were ac
companied, on their return by.. Miss
Elizabeth Snead of Fork Union, a
sister of Mrs. Varser, who is a teach- -er.
in the graded school here. They
msde the trip in Mr. Varser's auto
and report a most pleasant time.
Messrs. Furman Biggs and Rob
ert Caldwell left today for Wake
Forest, where tomorrow thev will
enter Wake Forest College. ' This is
Mr, Biggs second year at Wake
Forest. , . .
.My glasses . were fitted by Dr
Parker, the only specialist la
Lumberton licensed by State Boari
Examination for this lmportan
work. HIS SERVICE ST'.-FIES