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" ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRGND TRUTH " . ' AttUAn $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOL XLVIII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1917. NUMBER 3 'BONE-DRY" MEASURE PASSED WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE ! BUIE AND PHILADELPHUS NEWS Importation of Liquor Into Dry Ter-j State-Wide Good ritcry J'ronibited by Measure Pass-! ed by the Congress Eight South-' era States Affected They WilL Become "Bone Dry" When Presi-j ..dent Approves the Measure ! "Washington Dispatch, Feb. 21. j Absolute prohibition legislation' took its longest forward stride in the nations History today fwhen the WITH AUNT BECKY Roads Bond Bill Roads ads Are in Awful Condition Tele-l$ojne Incidents of War TimM whm Becomes Law Crop Lien Bill Pass-! phone Service Personal Mention t Yankee Soldiers Visited the Old ed by Senate Bill to Limit Terms Correspondence of The Robesonian. i Home Oats and Other Things D--of Elective Officers Killed Mort-' Buie'F- 21 Messrs. J. A. Stan-M stroyed by the Cold-Health Much " iVlori- ton and C. C. Baxley were business ?' Improved gage exemption Lill Passed by visitors at Red Springs yesterday.- i Correspor.dence of The Robesonian. House Name of A. and M. Chang-; , The general talk of the community; 1 Old Fork (Maxton, R. 1), Feb. 16 ed Gasoline and Auto-License Tax these days is about bad roads. Roads 1 1 Being under promise to some of Bills j through here are in a terrible bad i Jour little readers t.O write enmr. in The House of the Legislature last : condition. The road from Buie to Incidents of "war times", I must not House, after two hours of uproarious nio-ht. Tori v, u;n 4-i. c.- i k-,- ;. ua a; aewie, '" uy a. w x major- ate directing the Corporation Com-1 on uy a nw.js.uie wmcn wouiu mission to install a modern svstem raise an iron-ciaa carrier against im- oi accounting for the State depart portatioa of liquor into prohibition! nients. The bill originally included States. It is expected to receive the system for counties, also, but that in a weeK, aaains: immediately to tne "bone dry" territory- about one-third of continental United States Mr. John L. McNeill was a Lum- berton visitor today. - Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Adams have returned from their bridal trio to Florida. The House voted to change the Messrs. J. G. McKay and W. M. name of the A. and M. college to the , ate f Red Springs were Buie visi- North Carolina State college of ag- The provision is regarded as the riculture and engineering, :most iar-reaching that could be en .acted by the Federal government, and as sweeping as would be possible un der any method short of a national prohibition amendment oil entirely liquor amounting now to millions of dollars! annually, into the large number, of States which have forbidden manu facture or sale, but have permitted 'importation for personal use. The Senate passed the Allen bill for indeterminate sentences also the Hot.se bill providing for absolute di- vorsp hr either narfrr nfto-r in iro-re' is badlv damacrpfj. if nnt i larcrer j J V J J J CX O : J . V O V- xv nuuiu sepnianon. parr oi it Kiiiea. importations.1 The bill bv Grant of New Hanov- Mr. H. B. Ashlev. Jr.. is a business tors today Roads in Red Springs township seem to be in much better condi tion than they are in Burnt Swamp. Hie small gram crop through here er to establish a standard for eraso- visitor in town this afternoon. 1 1 M . TTT l 1 , -m . line ,proviae lor its inspection and! e notice ireouentiy mention in for better safeguarding easoline vend ing machines, passed the House yes- The Robesonian of the telephone ser vice in Lumberton, being of the kind tcrciay. it is expected to material-; you nave to rin?T- " seems to us Iv mise the standard n-P o-ncnlino in ' that if Red Snrino'M. a miipb ?maller Congress by this act makes abso-ithis State, addino- two nr mnrs milpi town, which has a svstem different lute the State-wide prohibition legis- D9r p-allon. Tt wnnlH nrhihit tho na!from the above that vnn don't, havs to lation of Virginia, North and South' 0f the usual vending machine unless'1 ring, Lumberton sure deserves the Carolina, Georgia, Alabama indi the appliance for adiusting the euae-e' same kind. And right here we want Mississippi. Thus these 30m the;i3 duly tested and sealed after be-! to commend the excellent service giv- disanDOint them, thprelw V,nt their confidence in "Aunt Becky". I love all of my little nieces and neph ews and it will afford me genuine enjoyment- to contribute to their pleasure. The only difficulty in ac ceding to their request arise3 from my uncertainty as to what they might like best, but I will start: nut V.ir 1 tailing them some of the things the aiift.eeS aia. at our nome and other places near bv. There was no one at home on thaJ'i udy, except lather, mother and rav little sister. Our only brother, aged 17 was in the war; my eldest sister and I had gone awav off in tho. nin. ey woods with an uncle and cousin, carrying with us all of our mules and norses, except two pretty colts. Day and a sorrel. Lou, the bay colt, was a beautv about two and my father had given her to me! ueiause sne naa aistemper when uny little thing and 1 made gruel and fed her every dav till she o-nt well. Nellie, the little sorrel, was Fctiy, 100. ner mother was blind bone dry" States of Arkansas and; ing set to accurate measure so that: en to its patrons by the employes of i and was left in the stable as father "Tennessee, which already had enact-! it cannot be tampered with. the telephone company at Red Snrings. It is unexcelled anvwhere ed statutes forbidding the importa-: Mortgage Exemption Bill Passed tion pi liquor. Into only 3 States of The House vesterdav nassed the The excellent service is civen bv the Soutii Florida, Louisiana and.Beasley bill for exempting notes and Messrs. Douglas Covington, 'Lester Texas may liquor in any quantity j mortgages to the amount of $3,000 B. Malloy andMiss Annie Belle Gib be imported legally for personal use. when given for the purchase of a son. alter June next, inese 6 atates.farm home. It is Gov. Bickett's soec- Mr. K. J. iJrown and Profs. C. L TOLARSVILLE TOPICS BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWf? BZefeDfeL.JWrk -Sheriff R. E. Lewis will be at ditinn S7nT LI aa St. Paul Saturday for the purpose ji. vjcsing 1 i tri of collecting 1916 taxes not yet paid. Superior court for the trial of civil cases will convene Monday for continues in this section. There is w r -weeKs. T,m Wlta Jua eo not. mnc. fnvmino. W. Connor of Wilson presiding. sonal Correspondence of The Robesonian. loiarsville, Feb. 20 Bad weather not much farming going on now on; account 01 the rainy weather, but some, are hauling fertilizer. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Felts. Jr.. left Tuesday night for Charlotte in re thought the Yankees would not want 5 Klinrl lnvr.n 1 4. T- 1 . uuuu jiuiae, uui ssne was Dig ana fat, and one of them put his old lame mule in the stable and took old Nel lie out, placed his saddle and bridle on her, mounted, and went gallop- on across tne deep .Bull branch, alone in the South have retained local ! ial bill to aid tenants to land own-' Cates and O. C. Dukes were Red, He made her go plunging into the We are glad to know ther hasn't soonso to a message statins tnn Mr been any measles in our community i Felts' brother-in-law, Mr. M. C. Long-, yet. who lives m Charlotte, was very ill. The roads in our community arej "It's' an ill wind that blows no fetiC ndltlonow; i body good," is an old saying that's Sorry to report Mr. William Par-! about true. Even the high cost of neMnimpTed' & Ty 14- i shoes is a bussing at least to the Mrs. J. F. Lewis of Parkton is vis-; shoe repair men. Local shoe repair lting her step-mother, Mrs. Annie, ers say that their business has doub Honeycutt, this week. . ied since the price of shoes has soar- Our school is progressing nicely! ed so high tagbort one more month of school j 1; Wat Wilson and Lonie Many of the folks from here at- ltll?AVZ a SSth.,Bri tended the box supper at Centerville! Peed3 M" ' ?Ioyd ld Friday night & enjoyed it vyj i?0?SJ2SS! ttffi Miss Frances Carter, who is teach- matrimonfl business is picking up. ing school near here, spent the 10th , Mr- A- D- Evans of St. Paul, R. and 11th with home folks at Maxton. h was a Lumberton visitor this morn Mr. Harry Fisher of Tar Heel vis- X"S- In Paym his subscription Mr. ited relatives here Sunday afternoon.! Evans remarked heartily that he Mr. T. W. Maxwell and Mr. E. W.j C0U14 not alon without The Rob- Britt went to Lumberton Friday. I esonian. That's the way a host of Mrs. L. E. Ellis visited relatives' Bobeson couy toveryero.flflflfl.Glshrdl and friends at Proctorville last week.! Robeson county people feel about The Mr. Bob Wright and children of . Robesonian. Tobermory attended preaching here A bread man, the likeness of second Sunday. George Washington and a bread Rev. R. E. Clark was with us for! hatchet lying by him, in the window the first time last second Sunday.! of the DuBois bakery, is attracting We all enjoyed Mr. Clark's sermons : much attention. A card placed near the line. He leaves a gocd name here. What has become of Glennwood? option, ership Mr. Lrough introduced a ! Springs visitors yesterday. I water, and she fell down and threw bill yes-: Messrs. J. A. Stanton and J. S. "lm over her head, giving him a very 'TO PROTECT AMERICAN RIGHTS terday to repeal the 1915 law as to .Brown are Lumberton visitors today. cold bath. The little negro boys were President Will Ask Congress Merely . plies to Robeson collection of taxes so far as it ap- for Authority to Protect American Rights Call for Extra Session of Congress to be Avoided Break With Austria-Hungary Expected 'Washington Dispatch, Feb. 21. The generally accepted idea that President Wilson will address Con gress again on the German crisis before the end of the next week vir The Senate yesterday passed the! watching, and when they told me about it afterwara I just laughed and was glad of it. They were seat ed at the breakfast table, fatherf muuier ana sister, that morning, man, made of dough and baked, reads: "My name is not George Washington. but JohnDough. I was born in Minne sota and "raised" in the DuBois bak- j ery. Box Supper is the 24th Instead of Mr. Fred Brown of Antioch. Hoke the 23rd Plowed up Public Road county, after Monday of next week, win oe a citizen ot .Lumberton. Mr. BROAD RIDGE BREEZES Personal Mention I Correspondence of The Robesonian Brown has been a visitor in Lum- Story of Three Trees Mr. R. P. Stone of Mt. Eliam was bill providing for the apportionment I a Lumberton visitor yesterday Mr. of tnp mitn lirpnsp tn-x- fnnd tr t.hp.' Stone told a tre storv to a Rohe- counties through the State Highway j sonian reporter. He said that while when they heard the iron latch on the commission, 70 per cent to be paid ; rambling through the woods one dayiate click. ar.d into the yard the direct to the counties in which the li- recently he found a maple tree. Noth-j Yankees flocked, riding up to the cense originated and the remaining ing strange about that, but the cu-; very steps of the piazza, and one 30 per cent to bear the expense of , riosity was that one of the branches who was drunk tried to ride into the rnllertinn in the denartment of State' of that tree had eTown down to the! house. My mother asked him not tuallv was confirmed today in offic-iand create a fund for the State com-: ground and had taken root and that to do that, and he said, "Whv. mad- 1 i rrL . . i , i k 1 1 i 1 j . 1 1 3 i on -li T - 4-l T i -1 1 1 1 ! t-,., lai ouarcers. mere was nu an-, mission to am weaKer counties, mr. same Drancn nan nut out nmDS ana "u x am at nome x taKe this: come rriaav mem looKine- ior vour'..; 4.1. tt- . .. - jiouncementand it was said that the, Gough of Robeson opposed the bill.! made a tree. This is not all the! horse into my parlor." I doubt if he j girl to have a box and get disap-! Lumberton todav A number of un President still was considering his. He wanted his county to be left alone story either, for a sprout from the I had any parlor, or home, either; he pointed, but wait and get up a lot of i iftn rnprnhprs mpt him hpr Mr -next step, out umciais pumteu uui witn its roaa improvement proDiems root o-t tree io. c naa grown up ana "'"j avc uccu some oiu ioreigner. money ana come &aturaay nient ana Wpathprlv cave thp farmprs oM hnv. AfTA. In n-Mn nw4 ll.4 Ilw U!mU Tl-... n nl. '. . ... ing provision- Broad Ridge (Lumberton, R. 4L! berton for the nast few davs. a onipst. Feb. 22 Farmers were eetting busy! at the home of his brother-in-law and again but such rains Monday and, sister, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Barnes. Tuesday. j Mr. Brown next week will enter upon The box supper at Broad Ridge is: work here which will be mentioned the 24th instead of the 23rd, like we; later. put it before The date was chang-j Mr a t. Weatherlv of Greens ed on account of the debate at Long,boro, a member of the fertilizer crancn. inow, aont some OI you Doys; comrnittee of the North Carolina di- come rnaay nient looKine ior vour :.:.. nt 4.v, i?, of Congress mak-iand lie would nleds-ft as fine nroeress made tree No. 3. All three of the who was hired to come over here and run that box hie-h. There is somethintri j fi-n j i. l -j.vi ,uu ..vwv-Afevjt West 1 trees are growing in a row. Now ifbflpo to whip us, because, the Yan- 'which might arise after1 adjournment i State-Wide ' Good Roads Bonds "Bill you don't believe this" storv Mr. Stone and explained that the President! Becomes Law - j says he will take any doubting Thbm- "would go to the capitol not to ask! The Senate passed on final reading; as to the tree and let him take a look. for a declaratio nof war, but' merely i Tuesday and enrolled for ratification! for authority to protect American the Clark bill providing for sem.i-j Less Than One Ship in A Hundred rights. i annual issues of $400,000 of 4-per- i Sunk One of the President's reasons for! cent bonds by the State to cover 5-, Washington dispatch, Feb. 20. desiring action by Congress now in-j percent county bonds for road im-ri- The British embassy issued a state stead of risking the necessity for approvement by any counties that may' ment tonight announcing that Ger- special session was said to oe a oe- elect to avail themselves of co-op-; many s "widely advertised campaign lief that a call for an extra session in a emergency might result in dan gerous excitement. Various problems resulting irom SfcefciaH-- noteb'-'-it bv them selves. une ot them went flying to the back of the house to see if anybody was running off to escape them, but my old father was no coward. He had been in the war, too, and was not afraid of them. Then they got among the poultry, after the chickens and guineas, and hunting eggs, which they had our black mammy to cook for their breakfast. The eruineas They could "the break in diplomatic relations withjDiii that promises to bring "Germany are being cleared up, but itj fight is one that would allov oratinn hv t.h State, the r.ountv bonds of ruthless murder on the hitrh Rea.Vi and interest to liauidate the State resulted in the loss of less than one flew all up in the trees. hnnds within 41 vears. : shin in everv hundred nlvinc in or not catch them, but shot them down A provision of the city government put of British ports between Febru- j ana carriea tnem away, strung across on a ary 1 and 14. I ine saaaies. une oi them wanted to allow a town y : take oft my pretty colt, but the ne- was emphasized at the State Depart-; to order an election to extend its Federal authorities will do the nu'srro boys told them, she had never anent today that the one big issue fac-i limits by the people of the town vot- spection work. j been , ridden and would throw them, ing the American government is the ing with the pepole of the section the' Mr. Oliver offered a bill Tuesday: se he decided to leave her. They told continuance of Germany's submar're town desires to take in. Opponents to amend the Robeson law as to main-, hrm a big yarn. She was perfectly campaign. j of the section charge that it would tennnce of roads and bridges. ! gentle and they ,had been riding her It was Tevealed that on Monday a enable any town to take in territory; The bill to limit the terms of Stae' themselves. viVnmv.s demand for the release of withnnt. rpo-ard to the wishes of the officers to two terms and countv of-i They took meat from the smoke- the American prisoners on the prize! oeople in that territory. i ficers to three terms, in line with house and a lot of clothing and bed ship Yarrowdale was forwarded to. The House committee on liquor the recommendation of Governor . tiotnmg irom tne nouse. iney went Berlin, and it is fully expected that traffic has reported favorably the bill. Pickett for "rotation in office", was j to black mammy's house and scoot the demand will be complied with. f or an ouster law to aid in the en- j disposed of in short order Monday, ed up the loft, where they found a eiSe tO OO DeSldeS Sell DOXeS. mere nn nhnrmel tnio ir0!r tV,a iieual ar,rl are- as a wnole in the State lot of fumto be had. Come, every! is,growing stronger. Mr. W. C. Strother, representing one of you. Sorry to report Mrs. Charlie Lamb! f? reP"ira very sick; also Miss Polly Ballard.', r?' Auctlon of .WVlson Arriiio WaltPrs naS nlowpd the sPent Tuesday and yesterday in town public road leadinjg to the Broad Ridge church and trying to make people travel in the edge of the ditch where there s no room. We wish on business. Mr. Strother closed a deal while here to sell some Robe son county real estate at auction at an early date. Mr. Strother was On the face of reports on the at. titude of Germany and Austria-Hungary, most officials think the time rapidly is approaching when diplo matic relations with the latter coun try will be broken and steps taken to protect American merchantmen desiring to pass through the dan gerous area. TOWN BONDS SOLD Bonds in Sum of $51,000 Sold by Lum berton Yesterday at Premium of ,.$313 Bonds in the sum of $51,000 were forcement of prohibition laws m a motion by Lonsr of Halifax, to table! trunk ot clothing belonging to my amendment being that five instead of being carried without discussion, and, aunt; took her silk dresses, made sad one reputable citizen must file then motions to reconsider and then j die blankets out of some of them and charges against a delinquent officer, to table that motion being put through j tore the rest into strips and tied them in the court process of ouster for fail-1 to apply the "clincher" so that it can-i to their horses manes and tails, ure to discharge official duty in law, not be resurrected at this session. They asked father where his gun enforcement. I Amons- bills passing final reading! was. He refused to tell them, but The committee will take final ac-' in the House Monday were: require! one of the negro boys said he knew tion on the bill to create the office publication of statements by drain-1 where it was, as he had helped "Mars of commissioner prohibition tonight. i a ee commissioners; authorize com-j Duncan" to hide it and thev went This involves a special stamp tax of missioners of Green, Jones, Onslow,! with him and got it from the barn 10 cents on every quart of liquor Carteret, Perquimans, Johnston, Beau-1 loft where it was hidden underneath tVi Rtnto to maintain the fnrt. Waanino.nn. TJrnnswiclc. New some fodder. XIX W rmv.v - . ' " - . T ' ' . , commissioner and deputies of prohi- . Hanover, Richmond, Moore and Scot- bition enforcement. j land counties to pay expenses of Con- Thp agricultural committee has re-, federate veterans to reunions. :sold bv Lumberton yesterday for the! ported favorably the "open formula"' It seems that the example of Rob- purpose of paying ior change in oiu ior xertiixzexa aim iui uw,uu tuujiij 4 naymv, a pa. delinauencies in the minimum ingre-'ers to pay expenses of Confederate . I L i tt x TTT light and water plants and sewerage and water extension already made la tOWIl. X lie uuiius ncic oviv. v. r : t 1 A t r-f TnoAn dients. Senate Passes Crop Lien Bill Ohio. Their bid was a premium of. The Senate received a special mes- $315 for 5 per cent bonds. This com pany is to furnish bond blanks. Sev enteen different (bids were receiv-. d on the bonds. Twentv-thousand dollars of the sage from Governor Bickett Tues- About 10 o'clock they rode away across Bull branch to the home of a kind neighbor, Mr. John A. Sanders, who had. bought a farm near our home and had brought his negroes and horses up here from near Wil 1r.ir4.on eep tne Yankees from ""ttine- them. But the negroes all off and gone back to Wil veterans to the reunion at Wp tvn nne snrsnd nil nver tn Stat.p.. in tneimineton. and he was all alone. He Rorrafa t nrowont tno no A-f narrrtwjwas a spunky, hierhstruner old South dav urging the immediate passage of : tired wagons on North Carolina high-; ern gentleman and fussed at the . J . .6 j.j! 4.T.- 1: i.., i YanVpos and thpw treated him verv the bill to moaiiy tne crop ntsu iaw,wavs. i r V, , j i r , - - hv limitine- profits of time rner- In the House Monday the bill to: badly; smashed his fine, handsome nt. to 10 ner cent over the cash' prohibit Sunday eolf was tabled. A'turniture, took all ot his provisions somebody would look after such far- fjj lBJg2 1 mers as that and have the road fixed. ! V A AfUUnl We have a man up here they call! Atl antic Coast Realty "long-legs" but sometimes a mis. Co-;. which company he was repre take is made and he is called "peg- at that time, leg I Mr. T. S. Golden, who has repre- The. order of the rainy days is eat- sented the Metropolitan Life Insur ing, and of the fair days hauling ! ance company here for the last two lightwood. j and a half years, has been promot- Mr. June Ivey of the Proctorville: ed to superintendent of the Pulaski, section was a Broad Ridge visitor Va- district and will leave for his Saturday evening. new field about March 1st. Mr. Gol- Mr. Joseph Bri'tt of Lumberton is! den has made many friends -since com icitino. Mr ana Mrs. Jno V Ttritt mg to Lumberton, who will be pleas- ' "". " - . . - i J 4. 1 4f VI 4.- U..4, Mt If the man that lost his quart had u l waiu w jjiuuiuuuu, uui wm kept his dollar in his pocket ne wouldn't have lost it. A. W. be sorry that he is going to leave Lumberton. The town commissioners met yes- tprdav and ordpred that a lot belontr- Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Caldwell left; jnff to Mr. W. H. Kinlaw in the east Tusday night for Baltimore,Md.,where . ern part of town be condemned as it thev will spend several days. Mr, Caldwell will buy spring and summer is necessary to run a line of sewer age through it. The line is to be goods for his large department store, 12 inches is diameter and must be put while away. at such a depth as not to interfere 1 with the cultivation of the soil. The another chapter some time, if you Mine must run approximately north enjoy this. and south, or as near so as will be Not much news in the Fork, and; to the advantage of the town, farm work is progressing slowly on! ,w4 J..-X. j 1 ' 1. kj x u J uiiuu fi, wix "t0 HW4V4 -i.i t 1 - - 14. J J above bonds had been advertised for price and allowing a charge of 10 number of leading members, includ- ana tnrew "gS sale nnr a before but the sale was not I per cent commission m lieu of 6 per ing Gner of Iredell, were support- ana golden ciasp iamiiy jsiDie out SadJ ' on S rf MiSt rfiS interwt where money is sup- the bill, ad it looked like Sun- mto a mud hole, and stamped it to de...a?nl t, w tp nres-Llied. The bill was passed by the, day golf was doomed, so far as the, pieces with their boots. Then they K the safe of Senate without amendment. House was concerned, but Represent- Fulled oil his snoes and took tnem aKing tne saie u "dlB , "1"'uu'' , - :;rtT,! 4.j. . a 4- tn awav and made him trot in front Senator IjOUK" pue " uiiiuom"" auve xic-KUb 111 an amciiumcui. w - -j . -- , , , ., . to the bill, insisting that his people ; exempt Moore county for the sake ofOf their bayonets about a mile to the are satisfied with the working of the, the Pinehurst tourists and that dis-jhome of another neighbor, Maj. J. ent Legislature, m the bonds possible, Mule Fell Dead in Road Col. Zach R. Prevatt of the Center section wa3 a Lumberton visitor yes terday. Mr. Prevatt told a Robe sonian rpnnrter about seeine a fine young mule fall dead in the road while on his way to town. The mule "belonged to Mrs. Neill Stubbs, who lives near Center. Mrs. &tuoDs anu her son had started to Lumberton driving the. mule and the mule fell dead been M ban ago, tt ui; 4-v.a Kiiil.U tOt- n-ii. n-A ,4u,. tViP ' H. McQueen. At one place they would make the condition of the ten-1 legislation, when the very place tound a barrel 01 nome-maae soap crop lien law. ant farmer much harder, besides where there was more Sunday plav-nn the smoke nouse ana emptiea it putting out of business 'the small, ing than anv other was exempted, so mto tne omy wen uc w, " time merchant. Gner moved to table and the meas- In the committee hearing on the nre was buried with an overwhelm bill Monday Senator Gough and form- ing vote. Maxton led the opposition. 1 Tax on Cleveland county does; regu- not forgive them right away; but maAiUii rcu ftf 1 ,, , . . , . I 4-ho 4. lor. Kuan o Innw Tiimo 51 ern. awl Tho Senate passed vruescfay xne late compensation oi counsel assign- xtt. ia which the family got water to drink and to give to the horses and cows. Now this was all very mean and bad, and the Southern people could account of the rains and colds. Some; activity in the hauling of fertilizers! is getting perceptible. I hear most of our neighbors la menting the complete destruction of the oat crop, which is a severe loss, in view of the shortage of the corn crop. Some of our farmers contem plate seeding down again, while oth ers have little confidence in the suc cess of spring sowing. We also lost our collards, turnips and flowers, and the problem now is, "What to have for dinner". But when we think of the fpitiful little starving ;ones across the seas, to utter one word of complaint would be impudent; and we know tnat we are not going to suffer for at least the necessities of life. I sincerely thank the many kind correspondents for their solicitude in regard to my health, which is much improved. Mv greatest trial now is the enforced comfinement to the house; but today is beautiful and I hope the time will soon come when 1 can escape irom my long impris onment and enjoy the pleasures and healthfulness of the outer -world. I have passed the days in reading, writing and knitting old-fashioned lace on two knittiner needles, such as I used in war times to knit socks for our eallant soldier boys "AUNT BECKY." TOWN WATER PURE jirromnanviner a "report icwm- -enc xo tne f!nmmissioner of La- farm. OiatC UI1BUI1 Ul Ul.ca.1,"-.; " , , Ll1 J They were not an so rutmess anu wicked as these of wnom i write There were many good, and gentle- )L Ilie 1' cuciai 'IlK me xvav uiix xux c uueitiuc "i- - - ,, . . j-u, , , ..... 1? I .n-nl.-r mAtl Q TV! VT1 O t h PTM Tl Ct fl fill fit Quite labor inspection law m this state, tax and passed a substitute proviaim- "V W TrTtA . . Q Twnn T?nra1,bor and Printing M. L. Shipman, as The House soent two hours deba A mee!",0' snas RS the operation of the Federal child ing the Ray bill for a Statewide dog Letter Carriers' association wasneia to we opeiatu Q4ia . A r.cA cc4-,-,4- nMinff in the court ; here .tjto JKp"rfTwi. IE ta-SrSa;'5Si:bt they happened not to get into a number of the carriers ot the coun- ana uigmK y & x: -4? nnD our neicrhborhood. attpnHpH th meetine. A report of Shipman has prepareu mm fp- UA 1U . 1 .r.xi xtT w.n T navp told vou a eood deal the meeting has been promised for proved v the was ' "1C about 'war times, and will write youSale. Read it on the last page. Analysis of Water Delivered Through Pipes From Filter Plant Shows That it is Purer Than Average Well Wlater The following anlysis was given a sample of the filtered water now us ed by the town by Dr. C. A. Shore, of the State laboratory of hygiene: Sediment, none; color platinum-cobalt standard, none; turbidity silica standard, none; odor, cold, none; al kalinity (in terms of calcium carbon ate) 2.5; chlorine 4; colon bacilli in 1 c.c. 0; colon bacilli in 10 c.c. 0; total number of macteria at 20 C. per c.c. 2; total number of bacteria at 38 C. per c. c. 2; total number of acid producing bacteria 0. The water from which this analysis was made was not taken from the plant but from the line after it had gone through the water pipes. Dr. B. W. Page, county health of ficer, says this water as analyzed would be excellent for drinking wa ter. He says it has a better analy sis than the average well water about town. Water from about 100 wells in town has been anailzed. Still Holding 3 Crops of Cotton Mr. Giles Davis, who lives on R. 6 from. Lumberton, was in town Tues day. Mr. Davis says he is still hold ing the cotton he made in 1914, 1915 and 1916. In order to be able to hold his cotton Mr. Davis raises plen- I ty of foodstuff for home use on the HOME ECONOMICS IS THE VITAL QUESTION WITH EVERY FAM ILY. RICH OR POOR 1 . .. mi .i. T" IV Ji J.UUU ine advantages 01 inrut uay oaie; . cmTie tn is the opportunity to save. " In this issue R. D. Caldwell & Son have a large advertisement tell- Mr. I. P. Graham, cashier of the ing about their Three Day ,Thnft Bank ot xp-ocioryme, is among uxe OUSineSS Visitors m tUWU i-mxajr. Ill I; lW,o.,e. onar lies 5 J lit 1--J
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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Feb. 22, 1917, edition 1
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