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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD ANDTRUTH VANCE S2.ftn A VPAD TATTT-. 1 , . a UKJSU VOL XL VIII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY" 19. 1917. WAITING POLICY CONTINUED IT TS UP TO THE FOLKS ; . - 1 " " NUMBER 2 s Action on U-Boat Crisis Expected; Senator Gough Says the Road Bond, To Prohibit Publication of Names of WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE i SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGING i ROAD BOND ISSUE BILL THE FINAL SUMMONS i BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Not Later Than Next Week Pres cnt Conditions Cannot be Permit ted to Continue Small Number of Boats Sunk by Submarines Attract ing Attention Every Means at Dis posal of the Government is Being Used to Prepare for Any Eventu ality "Washington Dispatch, Feb. 18. The American government contin Issue Law is Absolutely Fair to' Every Section and the Folks nfl Robeson Can Have Good Roads for! Less Money if They Want Good! Roads He Thinks There Will he' Assault Victims-For State Account. ing System Bill to Creat Office of Commissioner of Prohibition and a Formal "Ouster" Law Other Work of the Legislators Certain Features of the Bond Issue - Bill for Robeson of Which the Pen. . pie Are Complaining May be Chang- Mrs. Eugene Hood . . Yesterday Passes Funeral 7 Messrs. D. H. Full . -v y- . auu fc3 rv. Mrs. Eueene Hood AA 1.-. v c" a aance at Maxton eH it fk i" i win w-! . rri." ? Spventh ct 1". r TTZ uiwiy nignt. ... Representatives Those Who Are Deceased was 29 years and 4 months , ?Utr turned this I." J" ..j ,lBU'S. ""1 111 u.""1 nue ami me oenaie oai-; T t- ,., . .. and one hnv M-c wa vj S" i iW1 "is saies stables. ued its waiting policy toward Ger-S fecessary. Only two more weeks ofi The Senate Saturday passed many's ruthless submarine warfare e.pre.3ent session remain before the House bill to prohibit the publi Raleigh urday and a sharp, fight is expected W of The Robesonian: J- ,"J? "JS en i i ueem it most neressar anri inn-: t-j i . . " "com tenal to the- welf a ; and the development Saturday and returned t last night. He thinks that an extra during the closing days over the fish session of the Legislature will . be erie's question. the publication that some road law looking at'of our cPountvi S"161 was conducted frJm the- Aav to Monday night of looking to a bSFirsBaptist church of which de-1 "embers are urged to jouiujig to a oona pMeo wa u , i meetinc tonnrVif Do. T .npal IaiIoa T ft n n l i ed the merht of meetinw fr , -- .v.u x x- each week. attend the Degree work. victims of criminal assault, The Senate passed Thursday night the Brenizer bill to create a commis sion consisting of the Governor and Speaking of the bill that has beeni two others named hv him n ernrajre Ite Dlans to that end. ?u provming lor a voxe 01 tne accountants and devise a system of The visit of the President to the S lzensJot on n a bond lSsue bookkeeping for the State depart- Capitol yesterday to discuss with Sen. t?t 1"iU,' ."ir- Vous" says ine cry ments and institutions ators the advisability of appearing! ,IZa n TtST i r before a joint session to ask author-! fod ,roads and tha der th,e law ity for protecting American sailors' has been passed the people can and ships from submarines , has giv-!, roads f or less taxes than ,en rise to much speculation as to when! have bee Pymg. This law the step will be taken. The belief makes it possible for Robeson couiu erywhere that there will be action v ui vv y Win n rmnri fnaHc amir n'rt tttU rv every wnere inaii xnere win oe acxioni - - j" j A - not later than next week, if nothing Jf loatZr Long of Alamance introduced a bill to pension Superior court judges with half pay on retirement after 10 years o uu:r"VrV. ""r expiration of the constitutional limit: thl n, n e ; wnme issue be nut through the was a memoer, by the pastor, "s rrT .raot 60 days during which members may vics criTssautt. " 1 of the State Legislature: I reaves 3 ?ock!meteen years ago today-Feb- dent Wilson will go before Congress i eive Pay, and nothing has been the situation hefore adinnmment! done .in regard to the constitutional March 1, the statement was authoriz-i aeJ3)f nts &i that so far he had made no defm the Unless SrST afternoon.. The pallbear-! ruary 19, 189g-there were 12 inch ' e present Taw? fiSJSSS g MTessr?' M. N. Folger, L. of snow on the ground in Lumberton. passed both houses, will not carrv in "lu,i' T ,.,ficKenzie' B- c- a ?nzen wnose memory is good U-.ihb t ordT 5rr?w Kgers, I. L. McGill and J. F. Flow-1 reminded "C." Wishart this morJno. i xxxxiw yv oo,y biicxb ers. Interment was msrfo in m,,, he stock and fixtures of Messrs. of service to 14 and lp years service an - election in my 'opinion this road law in the mam is an excellent one, but there are certain features of which the peo ple are now complaining. I under stand that no other mil of tnis char acter can now be put through on ac Amendments to change"" oi me consutuuonai amend-. Southern Bell Telenhnne Cn failed,! utsni3 aaoptea at tne last election, r ard the original bill was voted down. Dnt that amendments which do not The bill was drawn so as to apply '.change the real effect of a bill may to Judge Cooke, who already hasre-i .H added. I, with others, have talk- tired. Senator Turner observed that i PS Wittl our representatives the State is not yet ready to peftsioh happens to precipitate it before, is lls f a cerunea copy oi tne u-ZZa v,a Ln,i0fl i,a4- he! bill may do so by applying at the Udocu u jsam, uii.- niiv m ivuc wiuv . fr i . i , mi i .. . President wishes to avoid calling an ! I; H; ;Ziri? Vi. 4"B n i juuges. , x, . extra session o Congress Mf possi-j1, prllaer f that a" may e ha! offered the House hie anH the reiterated declarations read Under this law, Mr. Gough a bill to create the office of com- says, no district or township cantake" missioner of prohibition. It provides wnat Deiongs to any otner district or that the office of commissioner oS township; it is absolutely fair ers. interment was marie in MoqH - w Kfrvrtlr nam At a M i i m a small way the' high esteem in & V iT,- CCM W1U D? l i soia at public auction tomorrow at 11 o'clock a. m. Mr. J. D. Norment is trustee. The stock consists of gents furnishing goods. Prof. J. R. Poole, county superin tendent of public instruction, and Dr. B. W. Page, countv health officer. which deceased was held by her many friends. She was the wife of the manager of the local exchange of the Mrs. ble and the reiterated declarations of meitfb.ers of the administration that the present conditions, under which most of the American ships in over seas trade have been frightened in to cancelling sailing dates, cannot be; permitted to continue. The small number of vessels sunk by submarines within the past few days Is attracting no little attention. Officials always point out, however, that this does not alter the fact that hro-ugh fear of the consequences, American ships and many ot those oi ithi nationalities are remaining in them our opinion of some Mrs. Mollie West Mollie West, ae-ed S3 died at her home nhnnt s 1.9 mii0 ! visited the schools at Fairmont. Bal Veftilef ; east of town' yesterday morning at! timore and Center Friday. They ieatures Q o'r-lor-lc. rWonco ? c-riA I ! reDort the schools all nrrxrressincr nine- 1 1 - 1 1 J.I J 1 Observer an item that explains Mr. Gough's position on the proposed lien legislation. Indientally, with this article the Raleigh paper printed a pretty goocf counterfeit present- : - l. j i xt loiT o Vamination, allowing somi Observer artist. l!f8ls Z?$r&ZL I Senate Writes Drastic Prohibition nrohibition shall he self-sustaining ociiatux vjuugn sayjs mat uie uni; tnrougn a special stamp tax im providing for a constitutional con-j nosed on liquors shipped into the vention to redraft and rewrite the State nnrlei the "rmnrt. law" h State constitution will pass. ! stamp to be 10 cents per quart. The i bonds were voted upon, each district Elsewhere mthis issue is repro- salary of the commissioner of prohi rtuced from the Raleigh News and bition is to be $3,500 and must come from the revenue derived . from the tamp tax on liquors delivered in the State. Only this revenue can be ap plied. Promoters of the bill estimate that about $10,000 will be raised through this tax. 18th: Mrs. E. interested in this matter would write iu o ciock ana inter-1 vv. axone win leave today for Kich- E solSinfZ vrt be 17 ent wasJmae inthe faraily bury mond' Va- where Mr- Stone's sister, SugSioS were made to them g??d .Mrs4 We? was a dauh- Miss Hattie Stme' is a Patie"t in the tSnator and LpresentaSi lTiite,Sands Floyd of the hospital. Mrs. Stone will accompany that first the people desired to name j Sonft RobSMU van; luiuimaoiuuci a av Uic mile we Provisions in Postoffice Bill Washington , Dispatch, Feb. 16. With its added-drastic prohibition not going to Kirkwall, is expected to somewhat lessen the eitects oi the -virtual blockade of eastern American ports. Every means at the disposal of the government continued to be used to -prepare for any eventuality, and the ac ministration oeiieves no time nas leen wasted. If a decision to arm American merchantmen should be Teached it is understood ihat it could le done, very quickly. - There has been no further develop- ments in xne aiuwuon ofLween prohibit its manufacture and Umted States and Austna-Hungary j us numfyi ng the statutes of A formal "ouster" law being sought by the Anti-Saloon league forces since the death of their "bone dry" bill recently was introduced in the House Thursday night by Gner, lhe iiillis Gardner bill empowering electing it's own commissioner; that the fund should be deposited in the banks ot the various districts, the commissioner in each district desig nating his district depository, or some 6ther suitable method wherebv the money of each diistrict remained in isuch district until expended by the proper authority; that any district Mrs. F. J. Dow Mrs. F. J. Dow, aered 33 vears. died Saturday afternoon at her home at' the National cotton mill. Death re sulted from measles and complica-l tions. Make McNeill. Colored Make McNeill, colored, died sud- her sistef-in-law back to McDonald'3 N. C, where she will visit for some time. Mr. J. F. Morrison of Tampa, Fla., arrived Saturday and will spend some .time visiting home folks. Mr. Morrison says the recent cold did great damage in Florida. He said two farmers whose crops were comr pletely ruined by the cold commit ted suicide. The Doering orchestral quintet, legislative . provisions, . the annual i any township in the State to vote. postoffice appropriation bill carrying $323,000 was passed by the Senate today after a week of vigorous de bate. J It was sent back to the House whicfr will a3k ' for a conference On the amendments. bonds or stock for railroads was pass-; ed by the House Friday. . . - The -Senate bill by Brenizer to regf v . . . 1 T AAXMAKJUCLV UlLLlllUUin 111-" I r I I I ... .... giving a majority lor a bond issue on the streets in the western part coroPsed entirely of ladies, gave a be allowed to proceed to issue it's of town and was an-igd to his homehlonCTJ1? .that was Yery uch enjoyed P001, ,OI..,xne ,Pro.25fai across the river, and died within a! ? a "-sizeo auaience ai xne graa- 500,000 and build it's roads, if the i bonds fails, to be carried in the re- ;roaing districts, which would at least assure some good roads in the coun- I feel that the above suggestions ulate sanitation and bedrooms - and w.ould nt change the purport of the other equipment of hotels has been re-ret erred to committee, ; some Rep The Senate wrote into the bill a( resentatives wanting to exemptt thejr provision jnaking, it a criminal of fense to ship liquor into States which sale, cer- counties. bill in a material wav, but would on ly tend to regulate method of proced ure under the bill as it now stands. 4 and therefore would not conflict with lew minutes. IN REGARD TO QUARANTINE. ed school auditorium Friday evening. This was the last number of the Ly ceum course under the auspices of the Civic association. St. Paul Messenger: The electric Present System is Considered Best That Can be Enforced Without Neg- light plant has been purchased by lecting More Important Health the Ernaldson Manufacturing com Work pany, and the dynamo wa3 moved to '; To the Editor of The Robesonian: ! their plant in town Tuesday. Owing Just a word in regard to the quar-! to tne change tnere were no lights The Brenizer bill for anthon-W' the constitutional amendments. Tnri-e Whil nre dinatches' tuua "ul".i.K "ie aua, vA or more witn tneut ;.:ounu( 4uri.ey.----wiuie . press aispaicneh . , Qto.a normiHino rt- 4.i.i:.v j. t... - - - :lrerim torn tnespan oi, j atioft 0riimitedrquamitieV of toany cuiciai wora oi xne release oi ve . . nKA.,). . 5I" j" : i' mV--.'.-rrr"7Z'-:rrr T . . f"y?!. v..ou.pv...v. cwmmiuw aiwjj-i. uiocijssion in xne r,Tr;F " .. "r mfow juiy one sec won.- xoe county i ai man earners will not make their the- co-operation of cities of 20,000 or more with their counties in the waywarfl As I understand the law, any other. proposition could hardly" stand the teats i the courts, and while i per antine of contagious diseases in the county. It has been and is my desire . to Tuesday night but we are promised good lights hereafter. The- banks in town will be clos- American prisonerson the prize, ves sel Yarrowdale, the receipt of the no tice has not- reach .the -State department. Another provision would b ar irom the mails letters, postar cards, circu lars, newspapers , and other publica tions containing liquor ' advertising in States having laws against such ad Senate Friday. NEWS ITEMS FROM " LOWE building its own rosdSi .where- the taxable property in such : township would justify such -a course, I feel that the district plan is as ' near to Jood Crop Year, According to- Old vertising; violation to be punishable by a. fine not to-exceed $1,00 or im prisonment, not to exceed six months for the first offense or more than one year for. the second offense. Rule Good Sign for Fruit Owing to, so . much cold and rainy "weather the farmers are getting bad ly behind with their farm work. In many places the stalks have not yet been cut and many acres have not been broken. Close observers sav. OLD SOLDIERS? REUNION Farmers Hauling Fertiliser Personal this as can now be had Mention Correspondence of The Robesonian. s: If such cha'nge as above outlined i3 desired the people interested snould tt1to o'nri kt once comlriunicate with our-legisla Dovie Prevatte and brother, Mr. Lont tprs, as the bill cannot even be amend PreVatte, of Lumberton, are visiting ed unless the amendments are sent at the home of their sister, Mrs. W. forward at least; six days prior to d R. Tynei. j journment of the Legislature. Mr. Chas. G. Davis of Lumberton' . 1- A. McJNiiiU JK. have as rigid a quarantine law as is ed Thursday George Washington's -practicable for the whole county (birthday. Sunday hours will be ob witbout discriminating: against, or. in j served at the postoffice and the rur- , however, that as a rule a good crop; Arrangements Made for Accommoda-! has accepted a position with tne firih Lumberton, N year follows a cold, rough January, . tion& of Conf derate Veterann at' of L. E. Tyner & Son and has mov-1 Feb. 1C, 191 . inu fcuiuai,. "CV, ""-i Reunion in Washington Bill Fass- year will not break that good rule, j ed for RobesOR County Commission It has been so cold during the erg to Pay Expenses of Veterans last fev weeks that the fruit trees ; , Mr A w McLean, who recently have not begun to "put out , which is returned from Washington, states a good sign for a bumper fruit crop that Captain Fred Beall, commander this year. For the last few years . oi the Confejerate Veterans associa they have bloomed early and much of . of the District of Columbia, stat- tne iruit was Kineu iatei in uj . a f him that, arrangements were spring. American Commission May Review Returns From Cuba's Election Washington Dispatch, Feb. 16. A sucirestion that an American commission review the returns from . Cuba's presidential election, over which an armed revolution has de veloped, is -under consideration at the State department as one possible so lution of the situation. Al though reports .received here do not indicate that the revolting liberals have made m,uch headway, the United n States govern ment is deeply concerned lest the -movement assume " a more definite form with the voting February 20 in Oriente province where the deciding votes in the presidential contest may be cast. Congress is Looking to Revenue and National Defense Legislation Washington Dispatch, Feb. 18. With the end of the sixty-fourth Congress but two weeks off, adminis tration leaders are concentrating their energies to the enactment of revenue and national aetense legislation. Much long pending general legislation, every one recognizes, must give way to appropriations and measures- that relate to the preparation of the na tion for eventualities which mav grow out of the diplomatic breach with Germany. J. P' Must Oualifv Before March 9 Clerk of the Court C. B. Skipper asks The Robesonian to state that all who were appointed justices, of the peace by the Legislature must qualify hefnre Marrh 9. If vou were appoint ed and fail to qualify before that time you cannot serve. A list of those appointed has been published in The Robesonian. . , - being made for comfortable tents, rots and meals on the camp grounds lying just south of the White House and that these -quarters would. . oe furnished to all Confederate veterans who desire . to take advantage of same, during the reunion, June fourth, 1917. Captain Beall further says that it is exnected of all. Confederate vete rans to attend the reunion in uniform, and that arrangements have been made whefetrV complete uniform, in eluding hat, can be purchased for $11 from a house m Louisville, Ky. Mr. McLean further states that the ed from Lumberton to Lowe. Mr. Alfred Prevatte is confined to! Federal. Reserve Board Can Forestall his rooms with measles. . ' Currency Stringency . . ' From the wav the farmers are haul-i Washington Dispatch, Feb. 16. insr fertilizer there seems to be no! Anticipating that the German crisis war on. - may percipitate temporary business Rev. J. F. Davis of Lumoerton fill-! strains in the United States, the Fed- fd his regular appointment at Oak, eral reserve board, it wa3 learned to Grove Sunday and was a visitor at night, has laid extensive plans to the home of his son; Mr. Chas. G. fortify the country against dangerous Davis. ; . developments. It lias - ordered the Dr. Carl V. Tvner of the Bellvue niline tin of a supplv of Federal rer hospital, New York city, is visiting serve notes to be used to forestall at the home of his parents, Miv and currency stringency lacic or conn- medical society arid the board - of ! usual tiros. Tb town carriers will i caiui, uie uuiiuiukLin aim eiecLiii bodies for health work in the county,! consider our present system the best that can be enforced without: neglect 5mg' some - more important health work. A strict quarantine law that is not enforced is a danger rather than a security. It places the responsibility on an individual rather than the pub lic, and destroys co-operation. Any town has the power to pass any quar-. antine law it desires 1 if it wishes to enforce the same at its own expense. B. W. PAGE, " County Health Officer. RURAL CARRIERS MEET 22ND Mrs. L. E. Tyner. Mrs. T. H. Shumate of Lumberton is visiting at the. home of her brother Mr. Chas. G. Davis. Mrs. W. R. Tyher,' who has been suffering quite a lot with tonsilitis had her, tonsils. removed and is much improved. V , " Mrs. J. C. ,Baxley has been auite sick for a few days. Dr. T. C. John son of: Lumberton called to see her bill authorizing the board ot com-' yesterday ana nope she will be out missioned of Robeson county to payl in a few days. the expenses of those Confederate! Dr. C. V. Tyner, who has been vis dence in financial institutions and general uneasiness on the part of the people of the United -States. Already the board has received in timations that a need for hasty fin- ancinfir mav come at anv moment. In iome cities banks have, been- sub iected to runs, it being said that Ger man sympathizers were withdrawing their funds in an elf ort to embarrass the hanks. Failine- to descriminate in the slightest between member and non-member banks of the Federal re serve svstem. the - (Federal resrve veterans of Robeson county who for iting his parents, attended anniver-1 board has quietly directed that in x t i tt7.i i7i a- i . - l -MaiiA-F Ka nffArnpn. In some in Regular Meeting of Robeson Rural Letter Carriers Association Correspondence of The Robesonian. The regular meeting of the Rob eson County Rural Letter Carriers' association will be held in the court house on Thursday, Febzruary 22nd. We earnestly request that all the carriers in the county will meet with on this date. J. M. O. DENMARK, Secy. us anv reason are unable to pay their! sary at Wake Forest . and returned e,anA VwrtVl hfYll'SeQI hlYlA loaf Tllfrh ' Own expenses, iiaa jjaoocu uwix ivji.u of the Legislature and is now a law. No Jarvis County to be Created This Raleigh Special, 16th, to Wilming ton Star. ".' Contending delegations of a hun dred or more citizens each were here 4-Vi4o oftomnnn hefore the TOint mittee on counties, cities and towns Georsre Washington Window Display fie-htin? for and against the bin toi mow Many Hatchets 7 1. Vllvl J W t -- - v - home last night. 1 stances large sums oi goia ana in Miss Bonnie Phillips, who has been: oc-cr targe quanuuw oi .iut sick with a cold, is much imoroved. been shipped to points, under stress Mr. W. R. Tyner of the firm of. with the resu t that unanciai uneas- L. E. Tyner & Son, county agents for Overland automobiles, left this morn ing for Raleigh, accompanied by Mr. J.. E. Walters of Lumberton, who has purchased an Overland ear. countv out of portions of Johnson, Sampson and Harnett The hearing was a long and stormy one the result being unfavorably report 13 to 7. , ' , t . r. Clifford and E. F. Young, of Dunn, the proposed county seat, head a the Jarvis deleeiation. Charles T?ns. Col. D. H. McLean, J. A. Oates, A Georee Washington window in the "hardware department of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son's store is at tracting much, attention. A real cherry tree and a large portrait of Washington have been placed in the window. Around the tree have been placed a number of hatchets-the exact number must be eruessed at. ana iness was localized. Tabernae Wins in Debate With Ten Mile " In a debate Friday night at Taber nacle school" houlse in Howellsyille township between Tabernacle and Ten Mile, Tabernaele won. The query was, "Resolved, That children between the aees of 6 and. 16 years should be required bv law to attend school 6 months in every year unless physi cally unfit." The, negative was rep resented by Messrs. vester and Worth M'White of the Ten Mile school, while Messrs. C. R. Taylor and J. B. Black well of Tabernacle argued the af firmative. All debaters delivered good speeches. only make , one trip. This trip" '"will be made just after the 10:05 a.,m Seaboard train comes in. -. " The Robesonian has secured the services of Miss va Thompson of Fairmont as 'Fairmont correspondent of the paper. Both The Robesonian and Miss Thompson will appreciate it if the people of Fairmont will inform Miss Thompson of any news they may be in possession of that would be of interest to the reading public. Mrs. W. S. Britt left Saturday afternoon for Kershaw, S. C, in re sponse to a telegram stating that her father, Mr. W. U. Clyburn, was sick. Mrs. J. C. Jenkins and two children, Esther and Mary Ada,of Kershaw.wh had been guests for a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Britt, Elm street, also left for Kershaw Satur day afternoon. Lieutenant Edward B. Dennis, re cruiting off icer.visited the local station on February 11 and accepted the fol lowing applicants for enlistment :Edgar A. Jordan, Walter A. Freeman, Wil liam C. Byrd, William C. Ferguson, Albert W. Mclver, Harold J. Fal streaux, Percival C. Blake, Henry P. Anderson, all for infantry. Corporal Vogt is visiting postmasters at Pem broke, Maxton, Laurinburg, Aberdeen, Rockingham and Hamlet this week. Miss Jean Pratt of Henderson ar rived last night from . Bennettsville, S. C, where she had been yisitingr relatives, and is a guest at the home of Miss Josephine Breece, East Fifth street. Miss Pratt was head trimmer for Mis3 Breece for several' years prior to last season. She was at Covington,, Va Jast season. Mis3 Pratt will accompany Miss Breece tomor row when she leaves for Baltimore and New York to purchase spring; ard summer millinery. Play WiU be Given at Regan School House Friday Evening a iiv "Miss Tonsv Turvev or the Courtship of the Deacon", will be given at Regan school house, Howells ville tnwnahin. Fridav evening of this i i ! i -. Q VT omiccion I weeK, pegmning o. ,A m1T,i left rroi. vi. vj r- Tea will ho rharced. Prof. W. Clark is principal of the school. James H. Pouand others were the j there 13 where the puzzle comes, speakers "against the new county. Three prizes will be given the school ! children who guess the nearest cor- Columbus County Couple Married rect the number of hatchets in the Uere j wirdow. The first prize will be a Just when the clock was striking; nair of roller skates to the one guess 1 this afternoon Justice F. Groveling the nearest correct; second prize Britt was speaking the words thav will be a pocket knife, and third, a made Mrs. Lula Ward and Mr. Ri- pair of dumb bells. The contest will i t ' kv, nf Columbus countw- close Wednesday night. Messrs. .frElr T.ri.j a xtrifa The marriage took wood Whalev and F. Grover Britt will Dlace in the store of Mr. R. T. San-, be the judges of the contest and 5 -p-h ctreet and was witness-! the hatchets will be counted Thurs. . j u. '?4.-. o -nmher of DeoDle. Im- dav morning. The winners of the mediately after the marriage the hap-! nrizes will be announced in Thurs nv rounle left in an auto for thei: day's Robesoman. All school children Want to Create New State From West Virginia , - Charleston. W. Va.. Dispatch, Feb.. 16. ' A resolution was introduced in the West Virginia house of delegates to day to create' a new State from the counties of Ohio, Brooke, . Hancock and Marshall with a view thereby providing sufficient revenue to pay the Viro-inia debt- Ttadement. The fmir rmmties have an area of 589 square miles. The resolution provides that the four counties known as the pan-handle counties, pay the $12,000,- 000 debt judgment oy a dohu ..ssuc in consideration for separate State ship. ' Saved Tobacco Plants Mr. L. H. Britt, who lives on R. 4 from Lumberton, wa3 in town Satur day. Mr. .Britt says he had plentv of fine tobacco plants that were not killed by the recent cold. He had his beds coveted with cloth. He saved his nlants last year and got out an early crop from whU:h he realized more than $300 to the acre. He says he never covers his plant beds with the canvass used by most people, but always buys cloth to cov er them. GERMAN SUBMARINES LURK ING OFF COAST OF CUBA home near Chadbourn. can guess. THRIFT DAY SALE AT ' B. D. CALDWELL & SON NEXT FRI DAY, SATURDAY AND MONDAY v.iTtmf honselceener. man woman and child will be deeply interested and benefitted by Thrift Day Sale. It means a new day dawning m home economics. It means the cutting down' of the high cost of living. Thrift day sale means financial pre paredness for the coming days in this year's calendar. Watch for Thurs day's Thrift Day ad. Box Supper at Bethesda Correspondence of The Robesonian. There will be a box supper at Bethesda Friday night of this week. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. Mr. Clayton Singletary of R. 2 from Lumberton was in town Satur-I day. Misses Pearl and Harriet Humphrey and Pearl Howard spent the week end at St. Paul visiting relatives. Mr. G. B. Allen and his two daugh ters Misses Mary and Plumie,and his sister Miss Louisa Allen, of R. 7 from Lumberton, were among the visitors in town Friday. Ready for Campaign of Frightfulness When War is Declared Galveston Dispatch, Feb. 16. Four German submarines are lurking off the coast of Cuba ready to begin a reign of frightfulness as soon as war is declared, according to the informa tion brought to Galveston today by Captain Nason of the American steam schooner Fort Bragg. Captain Na son says he obtained the information at Guantanamp. . Guantanamo harbor has been clos ed by an anti-submarine net which stretches across the entrance, m Cap tain Nason declared, and permission to enter or leave the harbor must be obtained from the commander of the battleship Montana. Of the 44 United States warships in Guantanamo harbor when the dip lomatic break occurred, only the Mon tana is left, Nason says, the other3 having scattered immediately. Messrs. A. C. and Jno.-A. McLeod of Buie were Lumberton-visitors Fri day. ' i4 A it. .is I i' v f. i . 1
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