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, " :;- " " ' ;vS-: "-.V ; ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN AD VAN CD VOL XLV1I LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1917. NUMBER 102 if., UNITED STATES BREAKS RELATIONS BEARED OF MURDER CHARGE; LEGISLATIVE MATTERS WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS I iSJrJr0, be Elected by County! KH Offered Providing for Rotation . -St. Paul Messenger: Mr. Ira Late NeiU Shaw Go Free Walter; as a Whole Game Law for Rob- T. " uues i0 ren U1VU uurt ; eson senator trough Opposes Pro- WITH (PPRIVI ATSJV i Foster Mllan and Arch Bethune,! to Give Counties 90 Percent of 2 JL 11 VflJLi.lTlri.ll 1 tcth colored, charged with the mur-i Auto License Tax Robeson's Sen- IKaiser Warned That Ruth less Sacrifice of American Lives and Rights Means War. dei' of the late Neill Chaw, who I f T eJ HiSh Rai in Office Would Limit State Of- IcInt're and family moved here last" ucers to 2 terms and County Of- weeK Ilom uunaarracn, ana are at ficers to 3 Terms Bill for Option. home on Bloatl street, al Form of Municipal Government The hoard of murf,- Other Matters Engaging Atten- ers and the county board of educa tion ot Legislators at Raleigh tion are holding regular first-Mon- emergency. aisaspeared from his home in the' .senator rank (rough came home The official hill for T...ir:i. i- ... i C!T-,r,i ,. ,, . I . . K ...x. fcv,u"j ' t i section on xne zom oi last, uai-uiiio)' moxmng, tne senate hav- tional forms of municipal eovern- T P;ii T ay, 4-year-old daughter of juenerai eeimg oj Regret in Ger-1 V"se.-S-Vttfc1,. ltm"St ! 1 5 auJ,urned Y til noon to-. ment under the constitutional ammH. Mr. and Mrs E. r'e k ; iuuixu in wuuus aooui, a nine iay, ana returnpri Inst nio-ht pni , i nr , " ifrom his home on November 14, I eigh. Th f if 1 n . gK i ments was off in the House ' V?.!1" th Past two weeks ras'iree- .Nearly two days of Robeson! week in the Senate. Some imDor-i hcrs manv A dispatch of the 4th from Be emotes the Overseas News agency as Durham . with a complication of diseases. German Ambassador Given Passports an i Gerard Recalled from Berlin Peeling of Regret in Berlin That Note Was Given In terpretation Not Intended J 1 T-l rv,v,0 ; ; Auur&uay dv reeram ot enrinop "Tiio ; r : Superior court were taken ud last tant. mnttors r-n i Forms of ffovernmpnt rmnMo Musl- mi nils nf m;o ru.,vc- ! many is regret that the American' fe?.k beginning Thursday, m the se- among them, the State game law 1 Tay , ,adoPted include commission Gower will give a recital in the high. i resioenx gave co tre lierman note . J J 11 J"' owte-wuie siock law, eaucation bill ' " vliII1Ci'uv- "lauiigenai, ana ouuhuhuiu weunecaay aiter- an :'nterpretation which was not in-!iare, 50 men aml lamination of j workmen's -compensation, auto tax',a -crss between aldermanic and com- noon at 3 o'clock. The public is in tended bv Germany. The German la c!oud of witnesses, and before the and lien law. 'I mission. Changes in time for elec- vited. tions ai-e being worked out also. License has been issued for the Jlur??u Pasiel a. bjn..t0 rKe of Pink Davis and Flora r"'""1 "1C, ?! state Doner, noages; Lloya Rogers and Rnth inbpecior unaer the airection of the Granger: Jas. Green nnrl Mar Mo vx ""uw . i ramnip. measures are not "interded to dam-1 vidi;Pct. had Tal1 bera lken Soli?i-as-e neutrals, hut mro pnn? i-v i t0" - McLean gave up the cas 5.0-p TiPntvaic vn ,,c. k tvaiW c. r. McLean gave un tne case necessity of Idefendin? Germanvl i&!t McMillan. v.io was being jio-qtic- Wf,-u mMor0: -iv, o t'- ana said he would not ask for contrarv tn intprnntinnnl law Opv- a verdict; and Bethune was releas- tnsnv's Pnpms crcfnro V.ncr e" Without trial. J 'II A. ' 1 t-IAV.lWiJ UViMg charged with the whole responsibil- l ity." Naval Authorities Sieze German Aux I ihary Cruisers Saturday night the interned Ger i many auxiliary cruisers at Philadel In legislation nroDoscd in recrnTfl to the last-named item, crop liens, Mr. Gough is very rnuch interest- a Din was introduced bv Mr. "Wilson Suggests All Neutrals Join U. S. in Break President Still -T r e a ' i i t-i- ' j c uAiuui v . i uioci .a a. u x iniavici- Hopeful of Avoiding JJar But Prep-; Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz rarations Are Being Mads for Pos-, F;ti rvipdrirh WPVP SP;rP4 hv nr der of the Navy department and sible Early Hostilities Germany .Accedes to Demand for Release, of 72 Americans i President Wilson has broken off ea Person of Franklin n-nHMi- dmi r.,, notirp tr ATr Ppvsot, tv,A v,Q lne Senate passed a bill ThnrsJ t t t . Much interest frad been reated j oppose the bill., f hrt bm ! 2 Jnwa e PJty for pis-' cn'; VlT KPiSt and Gov. Bickett. leamincr nf i t'":LWLin? so tne nrst olfense means lnh-r0 k;i,u tts A ;V a fine of S.ti or 31 io:i , ;vv-"- ""' s-ireeu ine -I, "-" """" V , , , I 0PP03e tne Dill.. That bill was with- jfcy the case ard a crowd that filled j drawn and Gov. Bickett, learning of jthe court room gathered to hear the j Mr. Gough's opposition to the bill sentfd the defendants and Solicitor S. B. McLean was assisted in the i: i tut t i o v,a,v -vrQ Jwr.; i'ius.-cuuoii ov lviessrs. donnson cz ; i tt j i . :ii Johnron. It is learned from a re trial many of the crowd being from j that had been introduced, sent for t nun io. taiK tne matter over, ana gave lived Messrs. McLean. Varser & him a copy of a bill that it is ex- Mci.ean ana Mr. H. btacy repre- pected will he. introlurprl ,i0 w00t- lt embodies ideas advanced by the Governor in his inaugural address. This bill provides that merchants tion barracks. Having voluntarily l'" mu " A learnea irom a re submitted t ointernment, these ves- le ?ou?ce hat c the en : j? ii.' tt o i Mile section raised $100 to emnlov sdiplomatic relations with Germany ei-nment. subject to such disposition!00- for the negroes. .and warned the kaiser that ruthless -sacrifice of American lives and rights means war. Similar action is awaited for Aus tria when she notifies this govern. merit that she joins in the campaign .of unrestricted submarine warfare. TL T ' J a i t i;e rxesiaenx maae iormal an- ir . j i of ships and crews as the govern-!, f1 nesse3 were examinea ment sees fit to make. i Sul ellde?Cf f damang na- iuie lu unt; ueieiiuaiivs was uiuugm out. Jim King, a notorious negro who has been in the toils a few him self and who has turned out as a de tective, had professed to have the Interned German Ships Damaged by Their Crews There are reports of damage being done by their crews to interned Ger- government authorities are taking i ?.ds on these boys and as a re n,..0nnf t v: 4.:, ' v-4.j 4-v , sun oi nis worK tney loagea in pns Country' and to thTwSrid Saturday Tt ffie iKed GanunboaV Geie a rblSi tt -a joint session of Congress, (set the vessel afire in Honolulu har-j ed J?t1 Jfaspports have been handed to ; bor, where it was interned shortly Count von Bernstorf f . Ambassador j after the war began. Gerard with all his staff and all American consuls have been ordered RECORDER'S COURT out oiuermany. (ierman consuls in the; United States are expecting to with-1 , 0 . , . , , . draw, that the severance of relations I Th Story of the 5-Cent Egg, a Bot mav V,p rnmnlPtn Amori.on riii i tie, a Broken Head and a Broken . w -,t-'- a w i kUAi UllU matic interests have been turned ov er to Spain; German diplomatic in terests in the United States have been taken over by Switzerland. For- Plate-glass Window is Here Set rorth shall not charge more than 10 per cent over cash prices, ,.nd that if more than 10 percent is charged the whole lien shall be invalid: and that if money is secured from, an individ ual or a bank not more than 10 per cent of the amount shall be charged. Mr. Gough is going to fight this bill. He says it opens the way to endless litigation, is an invitation to litigation, and that , .such a lien would not be worth anything. Mr. trough has received manv letters from all over the State endorsing his position on the proposed legislation in Tail. npn. T . . alty for subseouent ofW 'JZaJ ureen came nere Irom WU- uated in severity. ! "'inon- The House committee on educaJ xe damafd the water tank at tion, Henry Page of Moore county. i iA Kinjrsdale lumber plant around chairman, voted Thursday unf avoir-1 ? 00 Vlday afternoon. The loss is able reports on all general bills in-' covered by insurance. The blaze vclvir.g any change in the present! stared from a spark from the smoke policy in the creation of countviS,. The hierh wind made the blaze i-iitiius oi euucation. Rotation in Office Bill Speaker Murphy, after consultation difficult to control. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. MoT ,pan will be dinner guests this ervening of ilouse Friday a rotation-in-office MHl ? S J&L rs' DamTe.,s at their Douglass McLean. James Socratisi voluminous testimony can.be glanc and E. G. Parris, the two last-nam- j ea at oniy nwr-r. ;ni,t;n ;c-. ,u;i. 4.v ed bemsr Greeks, were before Record- United States had in charge in Ger- er Bntt Saturday charged with many have been turned over to va-:an . The ca se against Mc- rious neutrals I Lan was dismissed, while judgment " Two years' of diplomatic negotia-!was susnended upo npayment of the tion, marked with frequent crises, and;cc? as to PaiT:s a71AdT focratls- .e .affnrpri -ifn tv,q i,t, ! evidence was that McLean went to ' - U.V X V--. ' 1 VAX IXCJi? V-L 111U1C UlUll was entitled to the $250 which he ad mitted he expected to get if the trip! resumed in conviction of the ne groes he said were the guilty par ties. The Robesonian had a reporter at the trial and every bit of the tes timony was written, up for the pa-ifiay afternoon on the lien bill and per, nut owing to nem,anas ior spHf-e; tno nronnsod ponstitntionnl amcnH. of much more important news, this ' ment allowing garnishment of wages. voluminous testimonv can . he flano-, . . Auto License lax Senator Gough is opposed to the rotation-in-office bilHSr. ...V"au l"eir 5Loro2 to amend the constitution to prescribe', v r3f I Ur ?,gt0n' Ul' that.no State office shall be held! rlJltJ1 Wlls-n' .other by the same person for more than u,, 'k "Z"Z piununeni raea two terms in succession and n0 of-i WlU fe T t fices filed by election in any coun-i , Mr3- T- - Jonnson went Satur ty shall be held by the same person! day to Whlteville in response to a for more than 3 successive terms I messaKe stating that her father, Mr. It is provided that the proposed' A" powell, was hurt a few days amendment be voted on in 1918 and:afe0 by falling off the porch at his. in regard t0 crop liens. He is strong that if it carries for rotation in of-1 ome.- .Mr- Powell is 75 years old in the belief that the proposed leg- f ice the amendment shall be effec-' but. xt ls .n?t thought that he was islation would not give the relief de-tive from and after Januarv 1. 1919.! seriously injured. sired and would be disastrous to the! Following is the vital clause of thej Rev- Dr- G. E. Moorehouse, pas class tnat must aepena upon giving crop liens to get supplies. There is to be a committee hearing Wednes Mrs. Shaw's Testimony Mrs. Shaw, widow !of the mur bill hill: tor of the Presbyterian church, has "No office of this State for the ad- been confined to his room at the ministration of State affairs shall Presbyterian manse, Chestnut and be held for more than two full terms; Tenth streets, since Friday night in succession by any person, and noi with grippe. He was unable to fill office of any county for the adminis-! either of his appointments at his tration of (county affairs shall be church yesterday. hart lor more than three full terms I Mr. Albert Bovlin resigned Fri 200 American lives on the high' seas e uiympia caie. . wueie uie w, .;.v. f ...i.; i. I Greeks , work, and bought an egg in all the history of the world al- rom r;7inR,r "wv ways has led to war. Every agency !orIne McLean later went. back ithe Olympia cafe, where, the two! become alarmed, and she waited tm- whifh nronops r o-ivp V.ar-1- tr ! ih Succession by any person, provided da u his position as arent at thi In- aJ1S' oi13'; a.?! cv.tmmwZ counties 70 percent of the auto li-that nothing herein contained shall cal Southern Express company's of- v " . "It"' v.i: 1 v: cense tax, this 70 per cent, to be pPPy to any omce in the judicial, fice, which positio nhe has held for morning of his disappearance. She! p op V the dir.ecVon expected him (back to dinner, hut i ft ate . Highway commission. when he failed to come she did noti Tnhe JPnt JFZn SSIV has of the American government "been set in motion to protect country against acts of German sym- tip ' 'he egg for the money paid for it, too m.uch to tay for eggs. Parris refused to take the egg bak and some words were passed and McLean pathizers. These moves are of ne cessity hemg kept secret. A 4- tlnn vsmncl- J? 4.1.- T3r.;J-r.t- rc ;;r,fo1.. u-Z thrc the egg at Parris. McLean his address began work on new laws J1 left the, cafe, the two Grkr framed by the Department of Justice -. " 'to check conspiracies and plots ! til the next morning to give alarm. On the day the remains, were found she went to the place' with her father, Mr. Wm. Malone. When her husband left home he wTore tan shoes', 'straw hat, blue overalls striped shirt, and was eroing to work i in the new ground. She was sure the clothes found with the skeleton against the Unitod States which can-! Tiot now be reached under existing i statutes The que?tion of ican merchant shi marine blockade ard is being the next m Germany "Will Release ! fJuy wre in front of Messrs. R. D CaMwell & Sn's store thy railed 80 percent. The bill Mr. Gongh fa vors and that he thinks will pass provides that - each county shs l--re-ceive 90 per cent f the auto license tavx it pays and that the money shall bepent as the county road authori ties seefit. V Game Law Senator Gough says the best he can ;do on the frame law for Robe son is to make the onen season from educational or legislative or health rbout 3 vearr,. Mr. Bovlin is sue- deportments of the State or a county, ceeded by Mr. A. S. Morrison, Jr ur i.u ituy oiAice wiucn is liuea Dyjct Wadesboro. Mr. Bovlm has not a bottle at thm. The bottle stnicVlMUe section 4 years bSS Sn -he left M Shaw ( November 25 to February 25. The . . i. . i A , ;- resent law is November 1 to March had a Cld watch and a kniie on his' a. r,i,. 1, - i Cv. T, j , 1, so that thjs shortens the season person wnen he left home. She had: i . been married 9 vears; has 2 chU-, - -f oren: has been living an the ten. , . . , , ht-1 a v ! ?chool fund, half to the fam war- License is to h obtained from convoying Amer- a r a e lass willow m -he store irontj TVri the clerk of the court rs through the sub- ' .' . . v nvominaHnt, Election ot has been taken co :,J: W'A'11 , i ""wn" -p,n ti,,t if naH i The law providing. Recorders for the election ino- r-onsirWori nf ' "asn on xnp nacK 01 tne n8an- 1ViC" 2 j i It i,V of recorders has been changed so ing considered as one ot y .pwi t fnr fr. wnriOT,r becn fractured from the rirht side " recoruers nas Deen cnangea so n5?.1? ,hlS R0V5rnm.ent-! wh4 Tt is said 'wm co- around, almost all the wav across. Th- blow that the entire county will elect the TVv;i1 rnlnncx . w " 'it It. f-ctm will aiuuiiu . .. . roinvdors tor oiifVi rliarnpT mot-oaH nuis.in.aii,A... . . I that rvancoil tho trflftnro won fl nave ! - vwvi u-vv. ' : V. J 1 . J 1 appointment and not by election, and appointments to an unexpired term of any office held prior to the time that this section goes 4ntd effect shall not be counted." The Senate took another week-end recess Friday, cutting out Saturday entirely and adjourning to noon Monday. Firemen's Relief Fund The House passed Friday the amendment to the law as to the State firemen's relief fund designed to cut $100 to replace. Prisoners i Witli tha nolino of sovpranpp of re- lations the" United States sent to Ber" Went to Jail Instead of Hymenal Al-;..- -! 1 J J? ... JLl. I J" J. to- I lJl1 'in a apmfira ior me immediate re-' i lease of 72 Americans taken from1 Just 4 hours before he was to i killed -n n.an. The bones had been J exposed to the weather for r.'ome me. Jim King of each recorder being elected only by the voters of his district. Each district is to nominate its candidate, ! as heretofore. From newspapers and from peo -r; ir; A t;f,- tWi riuiu iiewhyapexs aim xruiii peu- Fip? captured bv German raiders in leave for Dillon, S. C, to get mar-j " k Wpema'V on December Dle of the county who have visitedi v the South Atlantic. Germany acced-.ried, Spurgeon Ivey, a young white j fo he saw Foster McMmL il Is learned that c -ed to theoe demands Saturday. i man, who lives at the National cot- if aw . Senator stands right up a Wilson Suggests All eutrals Join ton mill was arrested and placed mj f kmi M ' ghaw th would 1. S. m Breach lail on the charge of forgery. Young , himT the right thing; that Besides breaking off diplomatic re-, Ivey had bargained for an automo-. Bethune shot Mr. Shaw and knocked lations with Germany President Wil-. bile to be at his boarding pdace atj d and h t h (McMillan) son h made a bold stroke to range 4 of the clock Saturday tnornmg k Mj ghaw Qn the head after the moral force of all other neutral; (cold as it was) and take him a;, carried him over on Mr. countries along with that of the ' a girl .to Dillon to be married. About j j isend's place: that Foster I TtiTPn nTh.tis in tnp lnrprpcr ot v o n irt"r hnnav nip-nr. nnfirur r.. i . , , . , . . . . ' - " - r - t j t TV.i,t: showed him wnere ne ana Area weie., q p u-u. tt.uTo ; ;pfl nn peace. ! . Lewis arrested Ivey and brought) d wore the murder ton' arb01' -where it tied up The President lis suggested to hJm to jail. The man who was to JL.l yno n Vill Mr sooV aft:er the. opening of the war, all the other neutrals that they break! take the couple to Dillon was on the ""ft- I'm" svTaw and Arch had!u.ncter circumstances wmcn iea ma- srene accord n? to nromise ard wait- 7 TT" "7j i. a rine men to oeneve me &nip nau uecu i , .1 i.i j i laucii vul. win " . . . ii iiv . eu OUT, ill UIU IU1U lui an hour and a half before he learned that the would-be hus- yet decided what he will do..,r Mr. O. F. Nance, a membet'c The Robesonian's - composing: v roc force, had the left: side ;ofiisCr badly bruised early ' Friday mtz : i v. i-i m uiR wuen ue wa liii own irvm a oir cle and his.-head strucka DostHe. jwas uraKe to work Friday -and Sat urday r 'out is back on the job today. When Carrie McKay, colored, who works for Mrs. F. G. Whitley, at the Lorraine hotel, failed to show up tr Tu? t.:""u ! yesterday morning Mrs. Whitley be- , . , . . . r- ; came suspicious that something was Una fire insurance companies from investigation it was the payment of the tax. The non-. f h suit-belon in? to resident companies .only he , bee". Mrs. Whitley ha ddisappeared Sher taxed forthis fund m the pa,t It;iff R E jj d NiJh Policeman is expected that $2,000 will be add-j j fi B , t t theome of Car. ed to the relief fund by bringing, j . bottom about 10:30 of under the operations of the law the. companies m this State as well as gui b fa ed fmd non-residents. ! ' ., Bills for popular election of coun-, Mr. M. G. McKenzie s right leg ty boards of education were re-in-las sprained and his right arm and troduced in the House Friday by Page; Y'e painfully bruised about 7:30 Fn and McLendon, despite the facts thatj ay night wVer ne was struck by these bills were understood to he -2? automobile dr.yen by Miss Lou under unfavorable majoritv and fa-j Fisher. The accident happened on vorable minority report irom tne -' :wi. risen some questio nabout the status off diplomatic relations with Germany p.s the United States has done, and has instructed all American diplo mats in those 'countries to report immediatelv how the suggestion is received. The opinion in diplomatic nuarters here is that European neu trals, at the verv doorstep of Ger many, threatened by his military power, will hesitate to take such a step. The effect of the suggestion in other countries is being eager1--a waited. American Shio Sunk But Crew Was Warned and Given Opportunity to Mr. McKenzie started to cross the street in front of the auto. He was caught on the ' as earned several feet. McKenzie was painfully of the House. The McLendon bill! -iurc no Dr.nes were oroen aim u provides that there shall be .election condition is somewhat better today, of county boards throughout thej He says he lays no blame on the dnv State and the Page bill provides er. that there be petitions of citizens fori Colonnade club members moved .snfthftlection before the change to the election system applies. The gen eral view of the situation is tnat ast week from the -Bond residence. Chestnut street, to the Millsaps house. Elm street. This club is composed band had been arrested. Ivev was r-A in ponvictins- these men he was ITj-Jt. -Fn 69?;ft vownrrl r1"1 ?";di iifwrvi ii ' .x. 17 tuuw vMWii Escape Npws of the tomfdoincr of the 'Amprican shin Housatonic bv a Ger. Meetins Will be Held February 7 man submarine near the Sicily Is-1 to Organize Federal Farm Loan lands caused a sensation Saturday.) Association ' "but the possibilitv that this would . Correspondence of The Robesonian .f?-r! TTVmia Sinlaif rotnmpd "Pri. he had studied detective work a . r; tp her home at Fayetteville af- nven a hearing, before Recorder E. lle j ip showed his diploma I VrnV'T li the, hme ' M. Britt Saturday. Prayer for judg-iork and e Sf i f,., - I A- McLean, Elm street. nfi foster jvicMiiian , met At' v,o rftmipst of solicitori "Foster McMillan testified as fol-, llMJi HiA l HiJN u n.u the warrant was changed from for-(lows: He had been living in How ffsrv to trpsnnss Tvov is said to he pllsville townshiD all his life, for some sixteen years old. and this fact prob-j time on Mr. A. Powell's place. Work- ii i i m j xl 1 i .... J I Till- TTort naan aoiv Kept mm iroro, eome to me ea rn new graunu m oui. in iaii about o weeKs. ne aauumw roads. MEET AT RED SPRINGS. become a serious factor in the crisis . with Germany apparently was elim inated yesterday bv a dispatch from Red Sm-iners. Feb. 2 To the citv zens of Red Springs and surround ing community: Mr. L. E. Blanchard t j j.. t tvot tiio oliin ariii ro nioaeod tn.mpct with von at .Tnlv 2R to trade with Pedewav wat was '-given warning, the crew took i Red Snrings on Wednesday, Febru-j son. The last time he saw Mr. bhaw for his movements on July 26 from the time he got up. Borrowed a cart from Mr. Sandy Inman and came to Lumberton after fertilizer. He told of meeting Jiin King, of King asking about a white man being mur dered about there and King said, Some damned white folks were try ink to lay it on the poor negroes." He said he had a gun witn mm on For Men's Gift Day at R. D. Cald well & Son to Saturday, Feb. 10th. Owini? to the extreme cold weath er Saturday February 3rd, prevent ing many from taking advantage of our Gift Day proposition, we decid ed to extend the time until Satur day, February 10th, as this is an unusual offer and we urge every man in Robeson county to avail him self of this wonderful opportunity to save money. R. D. CALDWELL & SUJN, inc. adv. ' ! there will be little if any change , of the following young men: Messrs. in the present status, the usual ap-i v. ts. McMillan, i. a. uoiaen, pointment of the great majority of McA. Nixon, I. L. Grantham, O. H. th boards to continue. ! Bracy, Fred Townsend, H. J. Single- The House passed Friday bills pro-J ton, E. M. McConnell and Dr. R. S. hibiting the sale of impure foods; Beam. Dr. T. F. Costner and fam and drugs ard directing the State; ily will move into the house form- Treasurer to pav $15,000, exnenses m-jerly occupied by the club on tne ltn msx. ' nr. costner ami laimiy uiuicu to Lumherton from Wilmington sev eral weeks ago and are now at the Lorraine hotel. of State n"tnp boats, the shin was torpedoed ary 7th, at 2 t. m. to organize a .was on Tuesday before he disappear- and the submarine towed the boats , Federal Farm ioan association XD. P. McEACHERN. Others who were placed on the stand were Rural Policeman L. n to a point off the English coast. V. on press iveauj i nik t.j , ,. , TJ? -T , """..j x tt on,!. O P Adeouatelv Entertainment, at inaian nurmai luwn&enu, mcio. . .;, t In his address to Congress Satur- Evening of February 9 j Davis, J. S. Powers, Neill A. lown- av tho President said that if AmH Cot snondence of The Robesonian. send, A. M'White, J. N. Regan Bare Vay. , r -..4.V1 'o!.. rifi,. TQn,nWVp pa IThp T.itprar- foot.- The Messrs. Davis and Mr. ed he would come to Congress again ' societies of the Indian Normal wiV Neill A. Townsend testified that , e-- --ii .:,r on ontortninmont TTrirlnw even- ihpv heard a gunshot rboin ' S.! ana asK ior auvnoiity io ".t kc t,n,v-iv..n.-.. - . . - .- . opti, r v,i i.- . a mnv. T?Am!,TO q Tt,p nlmission viH on thp mornine of July 26th but anTvesand invests" " A dispatch ' fre" Friends' and ifatrnns of thoueht nothmg of it ancould not from Washington yesterday states the school are cordially invited 1o ell just where it was. Mr Town ;,rom P " -.A-j w.tin Q on,i nrino. tnpir- fripnds. Them ?Pnd later in the dav saw McMillan .unport of the Presided ca mly will be Tsevera intlresting side shows, vnth a gun and he said he was hm.t-lfor the trial of cm curred in mobilization troops. ... Mr. Beasley introduced a joint res olution in the House for a committee i o t-c on1 3 Ppnrpsenta- Ot IWO Ocliaiuia ciiiu M..r- . tives to investigate the prisons of I gomte Cold Snap Coldest in Many the State. The Senate has passed a bill put ting husband and wife on exactly the same footing in suits for divorce. Mr. Goup-h intr6ducea the dih, puu- Years This section has been in the grip of one of the coldest snaps of many years since Friday. The break of day Friday morning found it snow- listed in The Robeson a week ago doud3 S0Qn ged away of a log. Lider he found 6 shot at that place. Mr. Powers found a gun wad among the bones. Mr. Regan said McMillan had a good reputa. tion. . Walter McNair Gets .20 Years in Pen Walter McNair, colored, who was charged with killing Arch Currie, an other negro, near St. Paul several months ago, submitted to murder in the second degree and was sentenc ed to 20 years in the State prison. Civil Court This Week A week's term of Superior court for the trial of civil cases con.vene1 today, to authorize the commission ers of Robeson to pay expense uj Confederate veterans to the reunion at Washington. The House Saturday nassed a bill to authorize the State Highwav com mission to receive from the Federal eovemment. the State's piortion oi th" $85,000,000 road fun'. Th House has set the suffrage ouestion as it is to come ud this ses sion as snecil oder for Feb"i nrv Q This is the bill recently Pub lished in The RohPon?". to allow my town to extend the franchise to its women in elections on municipal issues. and it continued to grow colder un til Fridav nieht. when the thermom eter at the local government weath er station registered 13 above zero It registered the same Saturdaj night. Some thermometers out in tht open about town ran as low as It above zero. The government statior rej-crted 14 above zero last nignt A hard wind blew and some rain hail and snow fell last night, and r is fct'll cold. The weather man prom ioes wrrrier weather tomorrow, how ever. Entertainment and Box Supper There will be an entertainment an Infant Dies of Meles box supper at Oak Grove school, nea An infant so" of Mr. aH Mrs. .i1TnB;e. Friday night, February 9tr Wilki. who live rn Howell svill" ! ,,. Tj0.i.: j.n , tpapher. Ev 30 with Judge townshin. died yesterday morning of A'".a r Wilson presiding, measles. erybody is cordially invited. i
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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