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c THE ROBESONIAN- " ,9iADLion.u ioiu. auULiCi lajjtx rlVIS CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH A Yv K. IJUK IJ ADYAIMJE. -- - VOL XLVil -wmo-iviun, nuivin wKULir, ,1 tlUKbLiAi, rtoKUARY 8, 1917. NUMBER 102 BRITISH LINER SUNK ! .WITHOUT WARNING 1 WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE 0nly American Known to Have Been on Board Was Saved ARE YOU PREPARED? Favorable Report on Resolution to N. C. Fire Prevention Hold Constitutional Amendment! Will Visit Lumberton uivorce Bin flinched Doings of tnc Legislators ,! THIS MAY BE "OVERT ACT" Senator Gough introduced a hill I Monday to enlarge White Pond school' Whether This Will Drive U. S. Into district in Robeson county Association j Wednesdav i of Next Week Preventable Fire! Mr. Waste in North Carolina Amounts to $300 the Hour Prepare for In-' spection TMEN POMINENT IN ! NATION TAKE HOPEFUL VIEW OF SITUATION F ROZIER NEWS NOTES BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS McLean Finds Prominent Men Not Disturbed Over Crisis War Officials Would Not Say Last' The House Monday passed the Sen- tion association will visit Lumberton! pet nun ' Tirnrri ... i The North Carolina Fire Preven-! , NOT DISTURB BUSINESS Night Last Lingering Hope That at bil1 to allow lodging house keep-' Wednesday of next week for the par-iH War is Declared Business Would We d(?n'.t hear of any d Germany Would Permit Passenger ers liens on baggage of their guests! Pose of making an inspection. The' Not be Disturbed and Countrv as es beinff hlown down. Ships to cape seems Swept UIltu UiiiS ai paia. i iuuuwuis in regara to tnis visit ana v"ie scarcely Would Know the j r . , L11.ia a "erf-PInin Prevails That: ""tVlV? " worK on ac"! -Mr. J. Ed Tyson and family mov fiwpnt. Away i Ane liouse committee on consti-'lts purpose has been furnished The Washington Dispatch, Feb. 7. j tutional amenlment3 voted Tuesday Robesonian for publication: The stpnHv stream nf ronnrta toll.1 night to report favorably the ioint! Did you ever stoD to think whati ing of the destruction of merchant resolution by Stubbs, of Martin, for! the fire waste is in this country?! .hips by German submarines vyasi uie peopie oi me state to vote at! i"e auuuai loss is aoout $zou,uuu,uuu. brought to a climax tonight by a' tha next general election on the1 Here in our own State, the fire loss cablegram to the State department1 Question of holding a constitutional ! s about $3,000,000 annually over tonight from Consult Frost at Queens- j convention, delegates to be elected on! u per hour. town announcing that the British Das- the same basis as members of the senger liner California had been tor-! Uos ?f. Representatives, perioed without warning, and that an' ..The joint committee on appropria American was among the survivors, Whether this "will prove to the tions heard Tuesday evening Miss Daisy Denson and other Raleigh la nvPrt art to drive the United States Qies a"a r. A. A. McGeachy Ot intn war Tin mp wnnlH nttemnt tn sav! Charlotte on the necessity for pass- tonight. President Wilson, who must' in the Scales bill fo restablishing ; make the decision, had retired when IluI"e auu wstnai scnuoi the news came and officials did not;Ar K"!.s"u wymen .me dui car ries $25,000 appropriation for plant and $10,000 for maintenance. The bill to put husband and wife wake him. Await Complete Reports TVin President nnHmihteHl v will wait for complete reports on the dis.1 on the same footing as to issues of aster before determining whether the'11? ln divorce suits, which was time has come for him to go to Con-! defeated m the House Monday by -gress At least 70 per cent of all this waste is preventable; in other words, it is either due to carelessness or oth er causes that could be prevented. As a comparison, our losses in dol lars and cents are about thirty times per capita more than in Italy. It costs the United States more to sus tain its national ash heap than Ger many spends on her standing armv. Our fire waste approximately equals our tariff duties. N.ow, wh is this so? Why should Americans, one of the shrewdest and most progressive peoples of the world, be handicapped oy sucn a terntic waste of wealth 'arm Work Delayed by Bad Weather License has been issued for the v"w urary .xeivea rrepar- marriage oi De.Witt Mclntyre and ing for Debate Personal , Berniee B. Hamer. Correspondence of The Robesonian. i Miss Lula Bryan went yesterday Rozier (Lumberton, R. 2), Feb. fi the State sanatorium at Sanator- A severe wind and snow 3torm lum for treatment for tuberculosis- swept through this section last night.: The condition of Mr. W. G. Rey We don't hear of any damage, only nolds, who has been very sick at hia aown. nome, seventh street for several section are being days, is slightly improved today, farm work on ac-i nc t t.. j nar Will be Over in Six IVWh. tu"Vl i Daa weatner. ed vesterdav frnm Mr t- I ' or 12 xMonths at Farthest j iib1rKO"f.r,scho(1 has, ceiveJ its; about 2 miles east of town nto the National Committeeman A. W.Mc-1 week? 'ago i McNeiU hUSe' Et Fifth street, lan and Mrs. McLean returned yes-j Mr? J. V. I owe is suffering a o-r- i-' Braca gymnasium will give irfw7?0 fa V1S1 f,several days deal with i, Tye We Tope will its first entertainment tomorrow eve. The pSKmet-n and, B,altimre and son be better P nin' beginning at 8:15. Admission ASfnt m-an fd1- McLean l Mrs. F. L. Hightower and sister ' is to those who have received Sen' ZSniie CThnd Rain6(l f m Miss Marv WaffSS who hnd been C&rds- Ss ii wSZ S Vfnm.ent r1':- visiting their sister, Mrs. M. J. Bar-! -Mr. W. F. Edwards, who ope between the UrHteH U the , ensjs ker, have returned to their home at! ne3 a shoe and harness shop on 2v A? mw eS an,d Ger- FayettevilleMessrs. stedman Hoi.! Chestnut street, has installed one of eEhere ritt spent Sunday: the latest model Landis leather sew. of the Naw nnri iviVs toi ' omiuis. air. Koscoe .Tolar spent : '"K maenmes. ne Navv and Mrs. rinmolc tertained the President ard Mrs. WiV son at dinner Monday evening and x- :4. 4. u . 'one vote, was reconsidered Tuesdav. I and oi the energy which produced it? ?. xi.- 1 ' 4-1,1 passed final readme and. havmc al. ine explanation may be eriven m Wrtll our-eady passed the Senate, was ordered two words: carelessness and indiffer- S3. 1(1 uiuuait, w iicii 10 nau jjaoscvi ,XUZ j ":i V" u;bv a safe roll rail vote. n,nven tn re- vaste in this State, the North Caro mere was one ueaui aim unity ' oM "1" ' tuvT V 1 7a : lina Fire Prevet? the more than wiiuti vuic uy nuitu i, imuj n wxn Z liner The' Passed and then to table that motion.! organized and during the past four In order to assist in reducing the ure a "clincher" for the session, so pital cases," among 200 people on board the liner. The second added no information concern- KAr.A o. n.,aancfnm t that its ratification cannot be inter night, among them being John A.!fered with through subsequent par Lee, of Montgomery. Ala., the onlv j liamentary moves 1 . t r, ool Ray of Macon offered a State-wide and that some were still missing, in- tax of $1 Tuesday and Grant of eluding two women and several chil-1 New Hanover offered a bill to reg dren. The fact that the American."1 the sale of gasoline, escaped lessened in a degree the ex-' Tfe House passed the Senate bill citement created by the news, butv Grav making the penalty for the More than a score; c "L , 1J . This carried also and gave the meas-i3ear has inspected nearly all the principal cities and towns in the State. Lumberton is the next city on the list for inspection and the asso ciation will meet here on Wednesday, the 4th instant. In order to have Lumberton put in goo'l condition as to order and clean Saturday at Rennert with his oar- Mrs. J. A. Thnmnsnn went, ves. ents. Mr. and Mrs. Jud Prevatt of 1 terday to Fairmont to be with her Mr and Mr mT m , T k ijoornvnie spent aunaay at Kozierj sister, Mrs. J. I). Furvis, who suf MS:,iMJcean were amongiVvith relatives. fered a stroke of narlvsia earW ves- , . r the people invited to meet them. Hopeful View of Situation Mr. McLean said that while The circle Sunbeam meetino- will be: terdav mornine. of1 c?Ji witVe hur at. Clybornville Mr. O. C. Norment of Lumberton course he did not attempt to discuss! MrwllTerRo.ier' 'IL, years young today and says he , 1 v. v. 1 ieei8 weu as ne ever ieit in nis a new horse and buggy and Mr. C. J. Ufe. Here's hoping that foe may BlS hS ?ureha3ed o new horse be hale and hearty on many more j-iic nuAicr tuuuis ixus. j ana z i birthdays. A freight car was derailed on foreign affairs with the President, he gathered from Mr. Wilson's gen eral conversation that war may yet ue avertea, ana that Senators and are preparing to have a debate soon.! tr,l.J 1 . -l . I 1 S::::?. " opexui view ot tne Chas. Rozier: neeative. Mr. J-l j. ."; ucuci uruiuinent men with whom he Affim,ot!,. ir,o p.j j, Walter, . ...1 . - .1 The: . . . . , ouerv is "Resolved. That women! r " " v""" J situation . There are manv differ ent opinions and conjectures as to what may be the outcome, but there is only one view of what will happen in the event of an "overt act" on the part of Germany. That of course would mean a declaration of war by the Congress at once. Different Views One prevalent opinion, Mr. McLean Britt and Miss Penrl Oarlyle. ouerv is "Resolved, That should have the right to vote.' This ITT lfMI 1 1. 1 is roW tn ho a vo :ntoroctw A a-' "Pe Muis was neiayea aoout id Mte nnd no dovbt will bc attended mi7cs aCCUnt a the deU bv . large crowd. ! "v-"- Mrs. E. B. Smith of Dublin. Bla- Mr. Henry Lee of R. 4 from den county, arrived last nip-lit f,nd i Lumberton was among the caller3 at will spend a few days at the W, The Robesonian office yesterday, of Wr parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F.i Mr. Lee says the Charlotte-Wilming-Eritt. i ton highway, which passes his home, . 1 i? in bad condition in many places Government Engineers Will do Main-! nmbe rtpn and his home as tenant ! a result of the recent bad weather. LoW erv mercantile buildine-. phnrrh nnn ! brinS England to her knees bv strane-i Mr. S TT ATrrnrv ief Mr. W. C. Boone, who lives on lon.j said, is that Germany is reduced to nnes-r, it behooves each citizen to , re 3iraits, tnat the German peo bestir himself and have a thorough Ple have been led to believe by their cleaning up. At this inspection ev- any e ey could only m aiegiee. More than a score, j , school house will he insnepte fm ""S her with submarines, and that in .r nf Hmi irtit; 1 R- 2 from Lumberton, was in town .if movoliattt frnft have heen Rent tO "A uoia piioun aim,. , . " ----- tV. l J i . . the "bottom in the war zone within ""''rT . -. o,. nv mn S200 and six months :Vf5 r--, ' nf enroled for ratificati M III tr LilC UCIUiau piuviaumwvu v , ruthless warfare on seas went into The Senate Tuesd wi.v i-.vv, .... , , , i4. Tt i e-jlieH "V 'Jun to promoit that if no citizen of the United States r t3 o leave the train at ,,,0, tl,Q itimc it merely way saauons to sen ineir wares. 1 c aiiivug v w , was a fortunate accident and tnat it . It was" ordered 1 as we" a the question of careless-; f10 be done it was necesary f 01 , Washington, D. C, spent Tuesday in porter that he received a letter Tues- on. ness Wl11 be noted. j l i mase aeciaration ot ruthless Lumberton with Mr. F. F. Wetmore.i t,av jr.om n,-uiV . ' u i. av voted down a ' 1 wanare ior this purpose, civil engineer1, linvestigatin .condi-!wrr" "vre.s a? womruf nowc KntJ 4 MEiN HURT IN COLLISION t 111 "luer 10 save tnemseives with their , t ons on Baric and .Taenh swamns q a iiiw v y ws u- ... mmac... . liuine ueooie. In other words, that: mt,ni ,;-u 4- 1 .n;n4-nn j Railway Motor Car Runs Into Freight the declaration of ruthless submarine! ance work. He will send a crew of Poon? is well-known in Robeon, hav- Senator Brenizer has offered a bill j of 20.000! I 1. i o ottov nf innr, hefnre wovidme that anv town o "J"" r"VV V,w inhabitants may Join with its county TX,rru"fc 111 lip establishing a home for wayward; mi.. w"u;i, nroQ cirls and women. It was ! " xt v V nioeo-nw the special order for next Tuesday ilSr be de"-' Great numb-, of petitions have atroved since the Arabia was toroe- heen presented for the Anti-Saloon doed in the Mediterranean months . T.,v,t Car on Side Track Injured Men ! wanare was more for home consump. j men here soon to do maintenance1 tormerly been county farm dem and 5 Others on Car Members of j uon inan anything else am that Ger- work on about 3 miles of Jacob! ont-raior in rwutun. T" f -r -wt . I mint. ttni-II rn tm-pti 11 . . . . t 4- ! nepair trew oi western Union Tel-A "" "vu Laiciunj ivuiu uuy act om-anh Co s FLh"af would "lead -to .-war. .cwith the made a' Three men are in the Thompson United States. The treatment of lay. (hospital badly bruised up and " an- te Housatonic, which was sunk care- other is contmed to his room at the ! miY .witnin tne rules, tne crew De- Thompson hotel as a result of an in Riven every am to escape in sate i ... . I j i i. ir a ovvaiiip vaiiai anu vvuin. 111a v aioi; uc done on some portions of Back Notice of New Advertisements swamp canal. This work will consist Personally Conducted tours to Flor in shrubbing banks, cleaning outida and Cuba Seaboard iAr Line; channel, etc., and it will be done un- j fashion expert from New York in pat- der supervision of government en- tern department rebruary Jonn " 1 1 - 1 4. nn.An4- away the last lingering hope here , will be found on page 3) that Germany alter all would EARLY VEGETABLES DAMAGED, of town, about 6:30 last night. The hands and end the war immediately wit nasencer Carriers tO eSCdl'H HI, J . tit tt ti. ?i.4. her looHoro "laiTinnf thoiT f!ioc" vit 8-horse power railroad motor carity, seems to bear out this view. An-hrineers for the nurnose of ascertain-' T. RiVtrs: double daily auto service running into a flat freieht car on the j other view is that if other neutrals j jnfr the exact cost of doing such work, j between Lumberton and Fairmont S.A.L.side track at the Robeson Man-! should follow the lead of the United j When Mr. Wetmore was in Wash-j Bullock's Garage; dealer wanted in ufacturing Co.'s plant 1 miles west ' States Germany would throw up her: ineton a few weeks aero on his way. Robeson for new series Saxon cars . ' . I 1 J . 1 1 A 1 " 1'J1" - 1 Severe Cold Weather Has Cost Farm j ers of South Millions of Dollars Press Summary. home from a hospital in Baltimore,) Barringer Garage Co., Charlotte, where he was under treatment for. N. C: the way to have money m some time, he called on Mr. McCrory the bank First National Bank; house and had a talk with him about con-: for rent R. R. Carlyle; thorough ditions on the drainage canal here,' bred White Wyandotte eggs for sale and Mr. McCrory's visit and decision j Shelton West, R. 5, Lumberton; to send a crew of men here to do ; load of lightwood wanted Robeson. maintenance work on 'certain Yec- ian; White Leghorn hens and pullets tions of the canal is the result. No' for sale: gift da- for men Febru- fMAi'nrnrnnnA Tnv1- Vine kton s r-r r a "I A T 1 rl 1 Jpr QTI iTTl ill United States which miffht precipuai. ; ment of the suppiy 0f eariy Vege-:ing the telegraph company's lines be-, McLean said, that Germany coul i at-j the canal since it was finished about : an'd foank stock and real estate "hostilities. i tables. In South Carolina alone a' tween Hamlet and Wilmington. The complish the avowed purpose of her. three years ago. bought and sold P. O. Box 38R; -mit nasseneer carriers to escape an effort to avoid driving the Unit States to holtilities. Preparations for War Continue j The message fromConsultFrost cara r.t the clse of another day devoted, injured men are: W. W. Peek, right, her leaders "saving their faces" with anKle iractured; W. b . Covington, meir peopie Dy me piea tnai v.Ter back hurt: L. D. Honevrutt. head many could not fight the whole world. badly bruised; C. T. Bieger, cut over Still another view is that Germnny left eye. There were 9 men on the fourd it necessary to make some such Severe cold weather within the car. and all were badly shaken un. j bold stroke to hold her allies. o energetic preparations for the wn g the-farmers' The motor car belonged to the Germany Cannot Carry Out Avowed regarded as virtually ineitauie :ui . Cnnth miiiinnc nf niiove Western TTninn Teleo-rnni r.n a nrl ..Purpose to o-uardine aeinpt any act of. the lt . a immpHiate nnrtnil-1 was used bv a force of hands rebuild-1 Nowhere did he find the nrecnrsitat . ,, , , ! ... ,i , i . ,. , i ttt :j t,4- view, Mr. ' . . 1 2 conservative estimate places the loss torce has been worikng near here suDmarine wanaie; tnat is, to snux., meats cut to suit you mone -iib; ANSWERS SUDDEN SUMMON b . at a miUion dollars, four thousand and making Lumberton headquarters off England from her supplies and o Cases Infantile Paralysis Quaran- wiH ?rind corn 6 days a week Rob- . 'ceres planted largely in cabbage' for some time. The men worked: thus strangle her in a short while.) fined No Cause for Alarm eson Grocery Co.; notice of trustee's Mr. Travis L. Grimsley of Fairmon. having been laid waste. i risrht up to 6 o'clock last night in: He found the general conviction that) Two colored children, who live just. sae j. D. Norment, trustee. i Florida has reported 75 per cent order to get some line troubles ad-: Germany cannot uo mum muie m south of the Seaboard railroad trom; . o fthe early vegetables in that State justed. Mr. W. W. Peek, foreman of, that way than she already has done. : fown are reported to have infantile , TTn; ey, vne killed and Louisiana crops were dam-i the crew, says he was looking tor, a reeling or security rrevaiis i paralysis. They are chi'.lren oi Amos i ' ajrea anour. Tiitv ner pent. h rmrs local ireient ino. to on tne mam mei i tiie wuibi, uoyucuo, "' y ; Keffeit ana jim ivici ted States Secret Service Men Ordered to Wilmington d the other 4 ' Charlotte Dispatch Feb. 8 TT T l mm r. U i n ? r- 4 Died Suddenly This Mcrnins Fun eral Saturday Mr. Travis L. Grimsl "Fairmont's oldest citizen .1 1.. 4 1A AV.Infl- this mnrnm?. .I 4u i 4.1. r : r 1 41, 4V. 4- 4-Un4- 14- V,nA n.rt- 4 ! in tr Amoi-irnn cTiina nnrl lcillino- Amer-! r i - o 4 V. . The "cause of his death has not beeniflithrr b,nlv aamaw.d or dest.rove.fl. I the side track and the switch leftjieans Germany forces the United vears 0d. Dr. H. T. Pope has been! Henry Thomas, chiex ot the un learned here. Deceased was a mem- About half of the citrus crop in Flor . open with no switch lights burning . States to declare war, Mr. McLean attending them and notified Dr. B.i eastern district ot Lniteo btat se her of the Baptist church at Fan'- ida had been eathered before the cold! nn.d no flagman or brakeman with a! sees no likelihood that the United: w. Fafre county health officer, of, cret service with headquarters m mont and was a Mason. He is sur- weather came. ' I light to be seen caused the acci-' States will get into the war to any; the cases and' Dr. Page has had the this city, with several of nis ouoor- vived bv his wife and sever Jl cj.il-. dent. The motor truck was making ; appreciable extent, except, of course, homes quarantined. dmates, has been oraerea to iwn Interment Will De ma.".'- ocii,- nnominvn -r-nr. . r.,, .T,-, nhnnt IS tvii eo an hnnr nnri hnri the . mat American warsniDS miSillL lm; Tir Pao-a ears he r nesn't think thew HiiiiKiun. 4-. " "V 0.1. -U 4-.,rv,iNr! 11..-.U T l. J lSr,lJ i . "..!, ,1J" , .V ,. .: lo ; tn 4-ho iud?v morning m me oiu , men on board not lumped bfitore tnei.-eni over io neip cuuvuy mauiii ,s any ne collision, no doubt some of them vessels, etc. Business, he thinks, js not H . rage says he aoesn t tninic mere """s""'! V" r- v need for alarm as the disease' latin to the presence of two German "x i- j. . j i. 4i.: I chins interned there. The train would be disturbed only momentarily.! son. His opinion is that the only It is reported that the machinery 1:4? 4 n TV,. f;nnnn,ai nriitinr. nf i i j- 4. 4.: ,i:. ! nf nne nr both of the Ships at Wil is not moving. i j.inai"-4a.i iumu.i ' ; ' aanger oi coniraciing me uiswsc - - tti- . . i " i t, j. n.. 4 v,44 ot1 i & ii , - i.j. 4V. minntnii hn-j heen ria.mae'ei'I. r ranK. me mjurea men were Drougnt xo tne tuuuiy w , awinow Wou!a pe in going ngm inxo me - r , , wn on the freight engine and Dr.! among farseeing business men there, house where a patient is sick with it.j Blalock, who was m the naow n would have been killed, was not moving family Curving ground about 7 miles south, piantg fcy Seyere ColdPlenty t'i rairmuut. j of Time Yet to Raise Plants -.t Mov AHinurn This' Tobacco growers report that all to- U ' ' I hacco plants which had come up be-' t c. : A,.rf wViph has been in lore the cold snap were killed, ihey,- a nrri 1 1 i o 1 a i ;e v.n onviotv nvor whnt mav hannen . 1 . i 4 vo t-rinl are sowms' their hens ap-am. however.i , T ' . , , ! tj.-j u; u.,; ? ob session nnce raouuay , ; , Ti,n,. . ; i ,r i geon, ana ur. jn. a. Thompson renaer-, mueeu, jume uir uuamcoo " . , " I tnat aeciaraxion oi war wuum uc uiv; ia best thine- that could happen to bus- v.;,. 4-u nn inooc At nnir rate nnd in anv evert.! xr';4 a ,if ,;n lnono thei At the Pastime . , , i 4. 4? tyjol this! ers m Robeson had the misfortune to ft , , , i 4 ,i., r ,t.,fio.-i : . , , i . . , j . in: 4. nr-i.- tt :4:m cases that nan oeen jei xu . " 4.:.n n 41 i . , , tne car naa a close can. .uki. .maps a ew udj.ui uimtin-n; Lorraine notei eacn aay ior rairmuuu ine runiuve , a I Hetarhment of secret service men, Lumberton to Fairmont Auto Service j has been temporarily transferred to Bullock's garage has put on regular, Charlotte. auto service between Lumberton and, Gold Rooster AveeV were compromised without trial, lose practically all their plants later; ; ' rrs things would seW.3 downj at 9 a. m. ami 2:30 p. m. Returning plav in 5 parts featuring Florence Only two jury trials han Deen com - o. jj g FEELS HIGH COST I inu te country as a wnoie wouia the auto will leave Jones' garage ai pVted uo to noon today. These were: j who planned to grow tobacco last. , I not know the difference. In this sec- Fairmont at 11 a. m. and 6:30 p -T T P T.nwson vs. V. ti for plaintiff: McRae vs. Burrell Alford, judgment &nu t'e country as a whole would; the auto will leave Jones' garage at LaBadie, is running at the Pastime vi 4 1,. 4V, Alftaranna Tn tliia Sep- t-i 4 4 11 r. onrl fi.Qfl r i t,nnfrn fndav Tne stnrv is one lull i . . . . . ., , . i i.ui iviiuw iiic vni .... i r airillUIll ilb ii a. ill. a i it J . ..w t' -1 lucauc t."" ' - " J . lnman, year naa aoanaon tne iaea. xiany Unce gam Hag Increased price of tion, to bring things down ce home ' . The service was begun yester e fnJ lerel'L6 t" S T', tlFl Stamped Envelopes Owing to High folks, conditions would be just as they day and will prove a great conven- Cost ot raper are now, wren tne exception ma, wic ience to the traveling pudiic, as me; for ' were so late that the crop was very A larie numb-r of iMgmente has, APPROVES WILSON'S SStaTThS VrX tbTSrSSSl BREACH WITH GERMANY tie3 of Walter Oxendine arid Rena, Washington Dispatch, Feb. 7. Oxendine, D. H. McMillan and Lmcey( President Wilson's severance of dip railroad service from Lumberton to Fairmont is not at all satisfactory. McMillan. Owino- tn tho Tiio-Vi cnot nf nanpr PTlPfl of Cotton Would be affec'tO.. and TTnnle Sam has inrrencer! tlie nrire bill for neWS Of events from :h6 OUt- of stamped envelopes. Size No. 13,1 side world one would not realize that; jf Tnves aii day to eet from Lum wth 2 cent stamp, has increased; a state of war existed. I berton to Fairmont by rail a dist- from $21.36 the thousand to $21.74, End of War Almost In Sight j ance 0f only 11 miles through the and size No. 8 has increased from Mr. McLean louna tne general ue- COuntrv. of interest from start to finish and will he enioved bv all who see it. Tomorrow a Vitagraph feature will lomatic relations with Germany was ' $22 to $22.56 the thousand. How can i lief that the war will be over m sixj Ten Cases of Measles in One Family Smith School District Mr. C. W. Sessoms of Howellsville was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday Measles has given Mr. Sessoms auite a seige latelv. During the oast three weeks ten members oi nis iamy "have had the disease, and all have -recovered or are on the road to re covery. The school at Smith's, in Mr. Sessoms' district, was stopped or 2 weeks on account of measles, nt it started up again last week. There are 100 children of school age in the district ard only 10 or 15 of hese had had measles when the ep idemic broke loose. Now practically nil the children in the district have had the disease or have it now. approved formally today bv the Sen-i a man kick on paving less than 1 months, or m twelve months, at ate. By a vote of 78 to 5 the Sen- cent a week more for a semi-weekly pte expressed confidence in the Pres-jnaper when the price of white paoer ident's course, adopting a resolution 1 has eone so high that Unci eSam has submitted by Chairman Stone of the! raised the price of envelopes? Uncle Foreign Relations committee, en-j Same is not supposed to make any dorsing the withdrawal of American ; prof it on the envelopes, either. Ambassador Gerard from Berlin anrti the giving to German Ambassador Big Increases Proposed for Defense Bern3torff his passports, -o farthest. He has not found that be lief prevailing on any former visit to the Capital. Heretofore there have not been wanting men who thought that the war might last two or three years. Now it is different. Men in close touch with national af fairs are confident that the end of the war is almost, if not quite, in sight. Sneakinc of war-bound German l i r . . r - r . I ships in American harbors, Mr. mc- The Housewives leaene will meet in the writine room of the Lorraine hotel on Monday afternoon, Februarv 12. at 4 o'clock. All members are Washington Dispatch, Feb. 6. Bior increases were added to Na- Stock and Fixtures of Townsend Bros. tional defense appropriation measures tn he Sold at Auction in Conp-reas todav and nlans were The liabilitio" of the fir mof Town-1 made to put through auickly other, Lean said- that the idea many peo send Bros., which made a voluntary far-reaching provisions reauested by i pie have that in the event of war assignment las weeV. an account of 'he administration to prepare the with Germany the United States ,V.;.V. ,,too TnKlicVivl in last Thnrs- -nnntrv fnr wnntever mav fnllnw the' would seize these ships is elTOneOUS V 1111.11 vvrao f il.;i' - i 1 -.- ' ' . - ...... . j - . - - ..m. vv. .vi J w.. , " - . , . This the erovernment wouia not u. and would have no right to do. These ships are the property of pri vate German citizens and seizing them would be confiscation of private property. Of course the eovernment could m case of war with uermany day's Robesonian, are eiven ?t around 'ireak with Germany. $12,000 and the aets at about $5.-; . ) 000. Mr. .T. D. Norment. who w?v Firt Regiment Reaches State named as trustee, will sell the stock, Asheville Dispatch, Feb. 7. snd fixtvrec; at public auction on The first regiment. North Carolina Tuesday February 20, at 11 a. m. Yeuns- Man Dies of Pneumonia Fol lowing Measles Mr. Willie Todd, aged about 20 vears, died at the home of Mr. N. E. Home, with whom he boarded, at the Jennings cotton mill village, this morning- at 1 o'clock. Deceased was first taken with measles, ard pneu monia developed. The remains were shinned this morning to Mr. Todd's old home near Conway, S. C, and in terment will be made tomorrow. be shown which will be up to the standard. The music at the Pastime is worth several times the price of admission, 5 and 10 cents. Tomorrow afternoon every school chiM visit ing the Pastime and paying 5 cents admission will be given free chew ing gum. Mr. Jesse Scott of Elrod was a Lum berton visitor Monday. them at. the end of the war. 1.000 Submarines a Dhv It has bee told in news disnatches j merchandise. that Henry Ford, the automobile man ufacturer, has notified the eovern ment that in the event of war he would place his factories at te dis nnal of the government and one- rate them without urnfit. Mr. M' NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will on Tuesdav. the 20th, day of Feb. 1917, at 11 of clock a. m., offer fo rsale at public auction for cash to the highest bid der at the store of Townsend Bros., in the town of Lumberton on the cor ner of 4th ard Elm streets in said town, all and sin ovular, the stock of of every kind. store fixtures, furniture. iron safe, typwriter and all oth er goods, wares and merchandise formerly owned by Townsend Bros, assignors. The trustee reserving th ! right to reiect all bids, and sell said infantry, srrivrd here from El Paso shortly after midnight. The two . m v. till 11 i. a 1 1 ' 1 11. 1 . J Lv -Ts-v- 1 1 J tt I 1 J A. ? Mv Warren sea ev ot Kairmont. Asnevine companies detramen nern . reauisition rnese mierneu snips n i aav ment tnat ms iacmnes cumui ' i 4.- 4- nr,A 9m ronneet. o TnwiV.ertnn visitor Thurs- and the other ten pomnnnies left for np durine the war. but in that event manufacture ono thousand small sub- ureea vo dc present an4 c . c ijwu.w-i . . . . . - i .. .. , , , . o o oiL- 3T v... . j- - i : their home stations. the private owners would be paid for marines a dav ii necessary. 2 8 2tnurs en Tn nnnff t.wii new liiciiiucx v . - J Ve riearrl Mr. Vnrd tell i nronertv at private sale if dopmM President. Wilson at te dinner Mon.to he best interest of the creditors. This the 8th dav ot eo. J. D. NORMENT, Trustee- -v. J 0 w .
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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