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COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH
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VOLXLV1I LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1916. NUMBER64
I aw n k W ah a - . - t m . . . I 1 ' ' - V-I-H-K
VETERANS' REUNION
WIFE FOLLOWS HUSBAND
Annual CountyvReunion of Veteransj
Will be Held m Lumber ton inurs
, day of This Week
Lumberton is looking forward with
pleasure to entertaining the Confed
erate veterans of Robeson at their
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KIFFIX ROCKWELL KILLED
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YlPV. ? L ' r ... . I Krave .North Carolinian
-- yjs juitr ix-uin oi uus- omtii aaxon car causes wreck of' scrviie
band She Had Been Critically III
for Months Funeral Yesterday
Mrs. Caroline Thompson Stephens,
wiuow oi air. k. M. N. Stephens,
annual reunion on Thursday of this! whose death by suicide ws reported
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r T.t iv. utcij T i-n-iuii iv. uvuuij t auwiouav o . IWUCaUIU dll. (lieu nai
"welcome and it is hoped that no one
will miss the occasion who can pos
sibly come. Rev . Dr. H . G . II ill,
the veteran and well-known minister
f Maxton, will deliver the address
; cf the occasion, which is ample as
surance that the address will be i
treat.
Dinner willbe served for the vet
erans by Robeson Chapter, Daugh
ters of the. Confederacy.
AUTO SMASHES INTO BUGGY
S. P. Allen's Buggy Torn Up by
Auto of A. G.x Johnson of Eliza
beth town
While returning to hi3 home about
ix miles from town on the Elizabeth
town road from Lumberton Saturday
night about 9:30 o'clock Mr. S. P.
Allen's buggy was torn up and his
mule slightly hurt by an automobile
running ' into, his buggy. Mr. Allen
was about one mile from town when
the auto struck his buggy. The ma
chine ' was only dimly lighted with
one light and was so near him when
he saw it he did not have time to
get ot of the way. He drove the
mule out of the road, but the buggy
was struck bv the auto. Mr. Allen
says he was driving on the right
side of the road when he met the
auto. Mr. Allen himself was thrown
out of the buggy and slightly hurt
The men in the car proceeded on
without stopping to offer any assist
ance . Mr . Allen came back to town
and with the assistance of Chief of
Police Alf H. McLeod and Police
man J. B. Bovle found the auto in
a back lot. On the side of the auto
were found two cabbage heads which
Mr. Allen had in his buggy. The
number "had been eut - off the auto,
but was found inside the car. The
ar was locked up to await the re
turn of the owner, and about 11
o'clock the party who were in the
auto showed up. The driver of the
car. who gave his name as A. G. '
Johnson of Elizabethtown, at first
"day morning at 9:25 o'clock at the
nome, w amut. and fif th streets af
ter long months of illness. As stat
ed in Thursday's paper, it was long
brooding over the hopeless condition
of his wife's health and over his own
health that unbalanced the mind of
Mr. Stephens and caused him to take
his own life. When that occurred
Wednesday evening of last week it
was considered doubtful if Mrs. Ste
phens would last through the night,
but she lingered until Saturday morn- j
ing, withot ever knowing that heri
husband had preceded her to the spir
it world. Mrs. Stephens had been
an invalid for about ten years and
had been critically ill for more than
6 months . About a month before
her death her physician, Dr. T. C.
Johnson, pronounced her malady pel
lagra, though there were no reuptions
or outward signs of the disease .
The funeral took place yesterday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from thej
conducted by Rev. C. L. Greaves,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
of which deceased was a member.
Sweeter music was never heard at a
funeral here. It was ' under the di
rection of Mrs. L. R. Varser, and
those who sang with her were Mrs.
R. R. Carlyle, Miss Mildred Mcln-
tyre, Messrs. R. R. Carlyle and C.
B. Skipper. "I Shall See Him Face
to Face" and "Peace, Perfect Peace"
were sung during the service at, the
house, and "The Christian's ; Good
night" was sung at the concluding
service at Meadowbrook cemetery,
where interment was mad. There
were many beautiful floral offerings.
JiAitAHtts AT LUMBER BRIDGE' COTTON AND COTTON SEED
I Middl
Lorain; Train-The Auto Was German Airman-Cousin of Mr. t!( t , j ' "T J't Pu.nd
ixrocked Around and IIcadH the' C. Johnson of Lumberton j "vrM;u iwr ine Kooesonian. I ' ""T7;. i"0"
Other Way But Remained Right-! Winston-Salem dispatch SeDt 23 I s A- new, "t the Maccabees was vJIaTj Cents the bashel ""
Side lip and Its Occupants Werei Kif fen Yates Rockwell, formerly of i insttuti at Lumber Bridge Friday ( ay'
Not Hurt to Speak o Conductor i Asheville and Atlanta, who had beenfm? ht &ePtember 22nd, by State u-t
Amnions Was Pulled Out of Mass serving with the French aero corps 1 pren,e Commander H. S. Carp nier, BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
. ..nmojst; aim Mtsp vi.uniop me western battle front, was kill- ii , 3 "-""""i oi.ie wmmnna
Only Scratches and Bruises led this morning in a fie-hf with a! " K L'w,s Shelby and Special Dep-
iifar. yj. . iMormeni ana .
Folger Were in the Auto
What came near being a serious)
j . ... Willi '., p
uerman aeroplane. Announcement of rr.
wreck occurred Friday afternoon
about 5 o'clock when the logging
Ar Bo,rn. to Mr. and Mrs. I. D.
..itcm, yesieraay, a 9-pound boy.
M. Sanderson.
hi Hoafh wa Miifin'j . a ne louowinsr officers weri In. I
gram from Pans received here late f'J pJJ r h4as- 4Dearen; Past License has been issued for tn
today by his mother, Mrs. L. A. 'mm'; ,r l- lch Usher, I marriage of Willoughby Silt Si
Rockwell of this city. i commander; Sir Kt. Arthur Chasonr Dollie Wilson aioer ana
Youno- Rn.Wu..pll haA K,n I Lt. commander: Srr Kt. Rufus Ken-! r. ... - .
lra" 01 ' R. K.; Sir Kt. D. B. Monroe. i A,.D.an fK No. 114, A.
?.ora"0":,sirucLKMr, . 'olger;5j io,: ; " wa. Vrv i-ih; aplain; Sir Kt. Leighion Graham ! "v mu have A PeW
fulu,nue wnere.ine v. fi u. a. i ,.-, -.'"S vIV. "T "rgeant; Sir Kt. Pete Chason. m.iUI Z" 1 uVmy evening at 8 o'clock.
Kauroaa crosses ti
1 Jl i T
ruuu in uie nonn-easiern part oi .r: shaw. first m ,.o..r r-i- I 1 he new f ter nian kik v.
elstemoart Nbrin ir Sir Kt Henry C.en- TJ f, , f
eastern .part oi " shaw. first mactnv ..o.r r-i. the new fi ter nlant
mJk.uii man ueruuianes unassisted, r or tnis ; v.a.- , . "
..no ...n..,K inuic, ro v ; i ence I . iijnn. spronrt mnst of uueranon since tn
to .this wood;i and T l" m,ns. si. Kt m, tj-'T'r was tested Satnfrfv r,A
ami miuiary meaai irom tne nana or ?. . " ""wr,, , . . --- ;" .. " '
Among the out-of-town people here
to attend the ..funeral, besides those
mentioned above, were Mr. D. P.
McNeill and Miss McNeill of St.
Paul, and Messrs. J. P. Stephens of
Wilmington and C. G. Stephens of
the Orrum section, brothers of the
late Mr. Stephens.
The pallbearers were Messrs. B.
M. Sibley. M. W. Floyd, J. L. Ste-
town. The engine
log trucks out
it was the truck upon which the con
ductors cab was built that struck
the auto. The front wheela of tne
automobile, a two oassenger Saxon,
were struck by. the truck and knock
ed around out of the way. The truck
was knocked off the track and three
other trucks were piled upon it be
fore the train could be stopped. The
three Jtrucks were completely demol
ished and the most miracalous thing
about it. all was how Mr. Judd Am
nions, conductor on the train, who
was in the caboose, escaped death.
The caboose in which Mr. Ammons
was riding was completely torn up
nad the other three trucks
piled upon it. Two other trucks
were knocked off the track.
Htary
General .rofrp, who referrrd to him
as "a bold and courageous pil'.o".
Me had befn irequently mentioned for
bravery in the official reports.
Kif f in and his brother, Paul Rock
well, went to Europe in August, 1914,
directly after the war began. Both
volunteered for service in the French
army, raul was wounaea severely
tmel; Sir Kt. Ambrose Deaden.
picket.
This promises to be one of the
foremost tents in this county. There
is a great work and large success for
mis tent in tne iuture.
This tent of the Maccabees will be
known as the "Shaw Tent". This
name was given in honor of the late
during the first winter while serving! Mr. Angus Shaw, one of the found-
in the trenches. He later obtained
his discharge and is now war corres
pondent for American newspapers.
Kiffen Rockwell was born on Sep
tember 20, 1892, at Newport, Tenn
Kis fat'-er was a Baptist minister oi
North Carolina and his mother was
Mies Lula Ayres, a member of a
prominent South Carolina family.
While Mr. Ammons was saught
under the wrecked trucks he escaped! , - , 7, Ils ,
:..:iu -ni.il.. i-u-j The Rockwells are cousins of Mrs
h. ifu t- u nii.o tr. .iT. C. Johnson of Lumberton. They
3 -l- i u.. i-- in. oiuiej
mS" Tlnhn hens, H. L. Pope, M. G. Lee, J
tiromise to come Iback today Mr
Johnson and two other men, who ac
companied him, were allowed to go.
Mr. Johnson catne to the home of
Mr. Allen yesterday afternoon, but
it is . not known whether or not the
matter has been settled.
HARVESTER CO. LOSES CASE
Robeson County Jury Serving in
Cumberland Decides Corporation is
Not Entitled to Recover Money on
Notes Given by Carter Lumberton
Lawyers in Case
Favetteville Dispatch, Sept 24
The Robeson county jury trying
the case of the International Harves
ts company vs. D. W. Carter in the
Superior court here brought in a ver-
diet late yesterday that the plain
tiff was not entitled to recover $2,
U50 on notes given by the defendant
for a gasoline tractor. The defend
ant successfully ; fought the collec
tion of the notes on the contention
that the tractor would not do the work
the company had promised it would
do.
The case was one of tne hardest
fought actions in the legal history
of Cumberland county and the ver
dict came towards the end of the
fourth day of the hearing,
T. Biggs,
Mrs. Caroline Thompson Stephens
was born in the Back Swamp sec
tion of Robeson on August 12s 1860,
and was 66 years old. She was the
daughter of the late Leobard Thomp
son and wife. About 30 years ago
she was united in marriage to R.
M. N. Stephens, of the same section
of the county, the couple having
lived in Lumberton some lb years
arm. He had to be pulled from un
der the -wreckage by other members
of the train crew.
Neither Mr. Folger, who was driv
ing the auto, nor Mr. O. C. Nor
ment, one of Lumberton's oldest cit
izens, who was in the auto with Mr.
Folger, was hurt more than slightiy
scratched, but both had what might
be considered a miracalous escape.
Mr. Folger said he never saw nor
heard the approaching train until he
was within a few feet of the track.
When he saw the train he reversed
his gears to back off the track, but
just as the car was ready to back it
was struck by the train. Mr. Folger
says he was running slow and as the
engine was some distance from the
road and the trucks were lower than
the weeds by the roadside he failed
to cee the train and the noise of hii
auto and that of a cotton gin near
by kept him from hearing the train.
The front of the automobile was bad
ly wrecked, the front axle being bent
and th spokes ' broken out of the
front wheels, but not near so badly
wrecked as was the train.
The passengers on the V. & C. S.
lived in Columbus county for a period
some years ago. Mrs. Johnson was
in conversation over long-distance
'nhntio with Mrs. Rockwell this morn
ing and learned that she had cabled
for the body of her son to be sent
home. She does not know yet wheth
er it will be possible for her wishes
to be carried out in this respect right
away or not. ;
A dispatch from Pans yesterday
states "The aerial fight in which
Rockwell was mortally wounded took
place over the town of Thann, in re
conquered territory in Alsace. A
few hours previous to the engage
ment he had been promoted to the
rank of second lieutenant but died
without knowing of the new honor.
u dircaHv had received the military
medal for shooting down. a German!
ers of Lumber Bridge.
Sir Knight State Supreme Com
mander H. S. Carpenter made an
address to the local tent ih which
he explained fully what it meant to
a man to be a Maccabee .
After the installation of officers
and the appointment of various com
mittees the tent adjourned 'to M n
day night, at which time the officers
will be instructed in their duties an-1
several additional members will be
admitted. Shaw Tent will meet rez-
ularly every Monday night, and vis
iting bir Knights will always find
a hearty welcome.
An Exciting' Runaway
An exciting runaway took place in
town late Saturday afternoon when
a horse belonging to Mr. E. J. Pope
ran at full speed through the business
streets of town and made a trip more
than a mile in the country ana came
back down Elm street at full speed.
The horse was hitched to a buggy and
the buggy struck the light stand in
the street where Fourth intersects
wih Elm and knocked the light globe
off.
The buggy was badly broken up,
but the horse was not hurt. In turn
ing the corner where r if th ttreets
' .r :! I -,AvBAa .artfk V1m- U A VWMta all
Vlrtt TiTnv He had beaten down and was caught before he could get
rTinA 1-iinnfaii Mrc A M Hnrt.lPV.
and one son, Mr. L. Rexford Ste- passenger train due- here at 6:20 j
nhons .turvivev .also an adoDted m . were met at the place of th
nhens. Survive J talso an adopted
daughter, Mrs. D, P. McNeill of
St. Paul; two sisters, Mesdames E.
D. Pittman and Robt. Inamn, both
of Back Swamp, and two brothers,
Messrs. J. A. and G. L. Thompson
of Lumberton.
SKULL CRUSHED
BY FALLING LIMB
Mr. Samuel P McDonald Dies as
Result of Injuries Received When
Struck on Head by Limb of Tree
He Cut Down Funeral Yesterday
Mr. Samuel P. McDonald, aged
about 19 years, died at the Thompson
hospital Saturday morning at b
o'clock as a result of being struck
on the head by a falling limb Thurs-
Twentv day afternoon . Mr. McDonald was
lawyers were retained bv the parties, cutting crossties in. the woods near
to the suit, among tnem Demg some: nuc UUui i.v...
of the most eminent attorneys of the! and it was afterhe tree upon which
"'ta'te I "e was wrking had been cut down
'' Carter was also given back a cash j that the limb, which was caught in
tavment of $100 but the jury refused anoiner iree jusi, over mm, ieii upuii
' J . . , i i I Thin. TUa 1 1' K -fy.il withiiit- - arr
to allow him $ouu aamages asxea
for a an off sett to time alleged to
havr been lost in trying to run his
cotton gin with the tractor.
Lumberton law firms engaged in
.this case were McLean. Varser & Mc
Lean and Mclntvre. Lawrence &
Proctor for the plaintiff and John
son & Johnson for the defendant.
Messrs L. R. Varser and T. L.
.Johnson were among the 9 lawyers
who addressed the jury.
The Robeson jurors, drawn from a
. venire of 36 men from this county,
'were W. K. Culbreth, W. h. Baxley,
Stinson Powell, B. D. Brown, Giles
Prevatt, W. S. Baxley, Roert Mil
ler, Ed Lowe, Sam Edwards, George
Sealy, J. O. Tedder and W. H.
Stuart.
wreck and taken up town in automo
biles. The train was about an hour
and a half late in leaving on the
return trip as it was near 10 o'clock
before the track had been cleared .
The loading machine of the Kingsdale
Lumber Corporation was brought to
the scene of the wreck and the
mrcAcoA tminlfa wprp lifted from off!
. v . i . mi JnM.Af
trie iracK. xiiere was nu uamagc
done to the track. ,
' Many visited the scene of the wreck
and all declared that they could not
figure how Mr. . Ammons escaped
death
It strikes the unitiated as passing
strar.ge kow a small Saxon car could
cause such a wreck. Capt. Kusseii
of the V. & C. S." says it is mighty
easy for logging trucks to be de
railed . A wheel of the caboose ev
idently climbed a little way off the
track on to a wheel ot tne auto, ana
that put 'the caboose off the track
and caused the other trucks to pue
up. ;
w hefore Verdun and. had par
ticipated in a thrilling combat m
iariv all the Franco-Ameri
can flotilla was engaged with a strong j.
German force . tie was
.!.,. v to fragment of shell
! Zirengtged alone with threed-
versanes. tie was
aviation circles as an "ace", a name
given to the most skillful and. dar
ing pilots." . '
up and get away.
enough runaway.
It was a sure-
RECORDER'S COURT
Among the Sick
Mr. Eli Parham, who has been in
failing health for some time, has, been
unconscious since rriday at a p. m.
at his home on Chippewa street. Mr.
Parham suffered a sunstroke 15 years
ago and again 3 years ago. ;
In a 'phone message about noon
today Mr. W. B. Beasley learned
that the conditon of his brother Mr.
H . M . Beasley, who is sick in a hos-
puai ai oumter. o. v., is impruviux
r 1 1 1 j : .
last week from Johns Hopkins bm
King Wife-Extra Wife Failed Mr. Beasley who formerly liver I n ttrnt 7or-,S
- . Lumberton, became sjck with typhoid ( troublc nis condition is greatfy
Roads or
Jm-w-m' Pnlored. was given a1 fever 14 weeks ago tomorrow and
n w rXoi sentence bv Recorder, suffered a severe relapse.
6 months' road sentence Dy iv Thomnium hoimital! Mr.
e letn hist
De worKing perfectly.
Ladies of Chestnut Street Meth
odise church will have a booth in the
iair Duiiding and will n
lunches during the three days of th
coming county fair.
Mr. A. Wein stein returned Fri
day from New' York, where he spent
two weeks buying goods for his largo
department store. The goods are
already arriving. Watch for ad.
Mr. J. A. Thompson has accept
ed a positon as salesman in the gro
cery department of Mesari. R. D.
Caldwell & Son's department store.
He began work this morning.
Among the last to join North
Carolina Kennel No. 1 of the Order
of Yellow Dogs was Mayor A. E.
White. He says he is no longer an
ordinary pup, but a full-fledged Yel
low Dog.
If the person who carried The
Robesonian's last week's Litem
Digest away from the residence of
the late R. M. N. Stephens yester
day will send it to The Robesonian
office it will be appreciated. .
Mr. T. R. Britt returned Fri
day from a short visit to Chinqoe
pin and Kenansville, Duplin comity.
lie went to Kenansville to accompany
Miss Emily Bryan, who went to en-
ter the James Sprunt School for Girls.
The lre company was culled nt
Friday afternoon about 2 o'clock on
ricount of a blaze on the roof of
dwelling cn West Second street oc
cupied by negroes. The fire' was
extinguished before any damage was
cone.
Mrs. W. W. Carlyle and daugh
ter, Miss Janie, Mr. and Mrs. B.
B. Freeman and Rev. and Mrs. W.
D. Combs left this morning for New
York. They will make the trio in
automobiles and will be away about
two weeks.
Miss Dovie Britt, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. Britt of Ten Mile,
passed through town Friday en root -to
Cerro Gordo, where she will teach
this year. School opens there today.
This is Miss Britt's second year as
teacher at Cerro Gordo.
Mr. Enoch McConnell retained
heitw his wife The evidence ( Gaston Callahan of Bladenboro un-
wa3 that Jim beat his wife unmem-
i ' -t nnnOOl QTIO
fullv. He gave nonce l .vv- -----iasy
placed nder a $200 justified
arceal Dona, wmui
him. The limb fell without any
warnine whatever and crushed the
young man's skull in two places and
also cracked his skull several inches.
Mr. Howard McDonald, a brother of
the unfortunate young man, was
near by, and he was taken at once
to theVhnsnital. Dr. R. S. Beam.
assisted by Drs. John Knox and T. Hashanah
C. Johnson, performed an operation
and found that the broken skull was
pressing against the brain. Deceas
ed was unconscious after he received
the fatal blow except about two
minutes a short time after he was
hit.
The funeral was conducted from
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. II.
McDonald, parents of deceased, yes
terday at 10 o'clock a. m. by Rev.
W. D. Combs, pastor of the Gospel
Tabernacle, and interment was made
in the family burying ground near
the home.
Jewish New Year
All Ithe Jews doing business in
town will close their stores Wednes
day evening at- 5 ' o'clock and will
keep them closed till Saturday morn
ing at the usual opening hour on ac
count of the Jewish New 'Year Rosh
Quince
tor Public ' School
North Carolina Soldiers Off to the
Front
The first North Carolina soldier
hovs left Camp Glenn for the Mex- Examinations
ican border in a special train Sat-i -Teachers
urday. The first regiment boys were Supt. J. R. Poole will" hold exam
scheduled to leave the camp today. , -nations for public school teacher ct
! the court house in Lumberton as fol-
Ice Cream Supper at Orrum Sept. 29; lows: On October 12 for white teach
By 'Phone to The Robesonian. i crs. October 13 for colored. October
Orrum, Sept, 25 There will be an, 14 fPr Indian. Examination also will
ONE $5 BILL WORTH $290
ice cream supper in the auditorium
at the Orrum High School Friday
night, Sept. 20. Save up your nick-
b? given on October 12 and 13 for
high school certificates and 5-year
Mate certificates. The subjects wrl
0I5 and dimes and come and bring! bo given as scheduled for high-school
your
friend.
and 5-year State certificates and
cannot.be taken at anv oth?r time. 1
Durham, special. iept. 21. to Knl-jNo teacher will be allowed to take
eigh News, and Observer: The. cele-j any nart of the State examinations
bration of- Trinity College's 25th j who has not madr application to th;
year in Durham will be signalized j State Board of Examiners and who
by a campaign for $35,000 for a new
gymnasium. . Durham county alumni,
in session last night, gave impetus
to the movement by subscribing $1,
has not received from that board ex
plicit directors as to the subjects re
quired. ,Each applicant for the State
certificate will be expected to bnnq-
250 to displace the now inadequate the notice received from the Board
gym . . of Examiners.
How One Five Dollar William
Paid $290.00 Worth of
Debts During National Pay
Up Week
Winfield, Iowa, carried on
an experiment during the first
Natioanl Pay-Up Week" and
demonstrated to the great
surprise of the committee,
which had it in charge, what
one five dollar bill will do
when it is kept moving pay
ing up debts. This five dollar
bill was marked with a slip
of paper stating, "This is .1
Pay-Up Week five dollar bill.
This five dollar bill is to be
used only for payment of ac
counts. Accept it and go at
once and pay some one else.
Sign your name -so we can
see how many dollars, in ac
counts it will pay in one week."
At the end of the week the bill
was found, the names counted
and, to the surprise of the
committee, fifty-eight names
had been signed, showing that
the total deba paid were $290.
This shows what money will
do when it is kept in circula
tion and also demonstrates the
importance of National Pay
Up Week as a time when ac
counts are squared and states
wiped clean for a new start.
wiwcrs th white man who
!.. -fatA weeks asro Jsai-
v'4 arresteu ucic
urday on the charge of having two
wives, was released Saturday by Re
rder Britt. The trial had been
set and the prosecuting witnesses
failed to showup. Wilson was charg
ed with having a wife m Colombo?
countv and one in Robeson. It was
the alleged Columbus". wife who swore
out the warrant. '
Items Fr"om Last Week's Fairmont
Messenger .
The Fairmont graded school open-.
1 1 uJat mnrmritr Wltn an
enrollment of 102. This is an in
crease over the number enrolled last
year and is very gratifying. ,
Mrs. J. P. Brown left Saturday
for Fayetteville, where she will take
osteopathic treatment!
Mr; Hal V. Brown left Saturday
for Annapolis, Md., where he will en
ter St. John's College. He was
accompanied to Baltimore by his
father, Dr. J. P. Brown who was
a business visitor at John Hopkins
"hospital. i
! . . j
i Infantile Paralysis Epidemic Over
!Nw York Dispatch, Sept. 22. f t
The epidemic of infantile paraly
sis in this city was declared tonight
by health department officials to be
at an end and as danger of a re-
I currenee of the plague has passed,
I Ua Aorarrrtnnt whrt have
been detained here all summer, will
start on their vacations, beginning
tomorrow .
derwent an operation for appendi
citis at the hospital this morning
Mr. R. B. Giles of Marion, S. C, is
underfiroine treatment at the hospit
al. Mrs. Perry Davis of R. 4,
Lumberton, underwent an operation
Saturday and is doing nicely. Mr.
V. D. Brown of East Lumberton
underwent an operation Saturday.
Mrs. J. J. Jerman of R. 1, Lum
berton, underwent an operation Sat
urday night.
West Lumberton School Opens Per
sonal Mention
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
West Lumberton, Sept. 25 Mrs
A. L. Broadwell and daughter. Miss
Dora, have gone to Harrison Valley,
Pa. ,to visit their son and brother,
Rev. Kelly Broadwell. Mrs. Emma
Woodell and daughter, Miss Ethel,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Woodell and
children of Valdosta, Ga., Mrs. Geo.
Deaton and Mr. Raymond Deaton of
St. Paul were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Z. R. Lytton yesterday. .
School opened last Monday with 35
pupils and several have entered since.
MissDonnie Greyard of McDonald is
teacher.
Our sympathy goes out to Mr. Rex
ford Stephens in the death of his
father and mother. He is our ef
ficient Sunday school teacher.
Escaped Again, Caught Again
'! Sandy Hunt, Indian, escaped from
! chain gang No. 1, located near Long
Branch, Friday night and was cap
tured Saturdav near Rowland by
Rural Policeman J. II . Carper. Hunt
I is serving a term for larceny. This
jwas the second time he has escaped
arid been caught and carried Back "to
I the gang.
Pennsylvania May Go Democratic
Philadelphia Dispatch, Sept. 21.
. Leaders of the Democratic nation
al campaign now believe Pennsylvan
ia is debatable and that there is a
chance to secure the electoral vote remembered .
m proved and he is able to be back
at work in the store of Mr. J. II.
Wishart.
Mr. P. S. Oliver, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Oliver of Marietta,
who was a student at the A. A M.
College, Raleigh, had to give tro his
studies last week on account of one
of his eyes going bad. Mr. OKver
went to Baltimore to consult an eye
specialist.
Mayor and Mrs. A. E. White
returned Friday morning - from the
North, where Mr. White went to boy
goods for the large department store
of Messrs. White & Goueh, of which
he is senior member. Watch for
'rge ad telling about the goods fn
Thursday's Robesonian. '
A Ford auto belonging te.
George Smith, colored, and driven
bv klleriry McLean, colored, was
ditched mar Meadowbrook cemetery
on the Fayetteville road Saturday,
night. No one was hurt and the ear
was not badly damaged. Some part
of the gear broke, causing the wreck.
Ransom Lee and wife, Lizzie, col
ored, who live near town, and Coraie
Currie and Jas. O. Bore, both color
ed, who live near Buie, were before
U. S. Commissioner W. H. Kin
law last week on the charge of retail
ing. There was not sufficient evi
dence to convict anv of the aecased
and cases were all dismissed,,
Business Slow for Doctor and Under
taker A Lumberton undertaker and a
Lumberton doctor in conversation yea
terday said that business had been
the mullest with them during August
and September of any time they
There have been few -
of th State for President Wilson, er deaths and less sickness in this
acording to Vance C. McCormick, thej section during the last few months
National chairman and A. Mitchell jthan has been known in a long time.
Palmer, National committeeman from J acording to the converation cf the
Pennsylvania. The large number of j undertaker and doctor.
railroad employes and others who L.
favor the eight-hour Jaw passed fby w j Walker, a country mer
Congress are among the reasons Mr kbnt of Wake was foand
Palmer advanced for believing that Ra!ei h Thursdav of burn
the State may swing to the Demo- f lstor? col,ect exce5,rfve in
cratlc colamn- I S1,ranc. Judge Bond imposed sen-
barren ,0 ow.l IVirrnn iirufovfulro
?C',500 appeal bond.
Rt puhliran Speaking at Court House
This Evening
Mr. Jake F. Newell of Charlotte
is expected to speak in the interest
of Republicanism at the court house
tonight. The speaking is billed to the driver,-the other occupants of
wic vol, rnric iiuv uuib.
Miss Lucky Bullock of
Vance county were killed at Hender-i "'"
son Thursday night when the auto
in which they were riding was struck
by a car on the Durham & Northern
Railroad. Mrs. James Bullock, moth
er of the young lady and Roy Rays
begin at. 7:30 o'clock.
My glasses were fitted by D
Parker, the only specialist ts
Lumberton licensed by State Board
Examination for thin lmpartaa
n-k.. HIS SERVICE SVT!
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