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VOL XL VIII
LUMBERTON NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1917.
NUMBER 4
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WAITING IS STILL THE ORDER j WITH THE LEGISLATORS i WORK OP THE LEGISLATURE g PARKTON PARAGRAPHS ! MARIETTA NEWS MATTERS
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
-T VT...r Mahs in Hill ' I f T I .1 iH - V I I .
-i0 a uuiau iisia mi uuuKns rs.esouuon 10 convert State l?ol.onn wsn p,o-00 c0t rui ,JTnfo,c,; t - .
Losing Returns - Release of? Prison Into Institution of Charity rSi.7w xv"?"ZWZ V" A?Dac-! "epuon u.ven by the G. W. Club, -Mr. Sam
AIL! to. Fruit-Lien! Gets Forable RepoSra he eastern part of
r . . . r vj. a v- ivuucouumu f i v ill.
!
Session Constitutional Convention! on New Rantist rhnrMi
to be Submitted to Vote of People;; Correspondence of The Robesonian.
-Bill for More Judges Defeated BPkWf OA T we"Vt( mtn Wednesday. j meet this evening at 8 o'clock.
rp, t 1 . , ' imresung xure. 1-. neniey nas oeen called gree work.
Marietta, Feb. 24 Mr. Oliver Page! The local lodge I. O. O. F. will
De-
Edwards, who lives in
town, is critical-
Mavl
Germany and Holland Right Awayi Work HardshiDS on Farmers nth.i
"Washington Dispatch, Feb. 25. j er Bills No Extra Session j
Pending the return of Secretary , Correspordence of The Robesonian.
Lansing from his three-day stay at- Raleio-h. VeK 9i Tt
White Sulohur Snrings West Vir- . . , xo i xcveuue ox uie oiate iui II ... 0 uuuuaJ mgnt. ey-.. x-urvi5, wno is 111. mnrrino-o nf vur t 1 -,-v r?
SS? lie generaSriccepted belief, ? "f" th-e the next two P"ed final read-WJ? flks tok J V and; Messrs. D. W. Oliver, John Watson sSthH M CtemIJ&lo
C 'is that no new move will be1 tiary toJhe State farm in Halifax; ini? in the V to PSafnT.,nv iii1.. ?hePnnpal speech was and O. .C, Conoly were Lumberton' Uuftjian and Penelope
made bv th government in th Ger-f counpy aieooma, and convert the rTL 7" " 1 .5 D? "r. s, uum. on the visitors. Wednesday
TU- i. i. . x- iV', ' " . , t - "cmcjf was uccu i;
1CVCI1UD Ulll IK l. 1 Lie Llit3r VXUtiam WS ATl-iri-lrArf Qt ihA U.AnK : 4- fl.M 1 J 1.x n r -r-.
Kaleien. Feb. 24 it -now InnVa lite Koc,;a . m.i. tenan r-mrli c. t. . -i, & '
License has been issued for the
is regarded as the inevitable break
-with Austria-Hungary.
Official information about the re-
man crisis. In diplomatic quarters, u ' i,;r ri 1
the opinion is almost universal that; JSJr ""hm r Wlt5
the secretary is devoting what has or; -fetors -Oats MqCom and
leen officially described as a short! "J?8
4.- Ln.rt-ant tt-v e1 a committee of investigation. Sen-
vacation io important, wuir.. ouinc. . MpP
think he is framing a document to be, d the biff "lTrC "ifi ' n , u3e coupons and trading stamps, this
used by .President Wilson i t connec- JbS! apTdyin,: also to merchants who use
. ,?1JS?; day. This afternoon the Governor! cacoti th ro
speaking in its favor tb a joint meet
ing of the House and Senate.
TU 1 J : 11 1 nnr a
1. .1 k j.... r x 11c ouiii invuiveu win ue a0SO,uuu.
1?a3 Tf Amer can prisoners ofj tHs the estimate b architect who
tne larrowame sua is iing. ",has bf-en working on t.ho nknts rf,
yJJT.JdT, days. It may be necessary"
to sell some bonds, but it will all be
saved in about 4 years and the prop
erty now idle will be put to use.
The first to be cared for will be the
insane. I had hoped to nut the or-
mg confirmation phans (now uncared for) there, but
A.dlspatch gjjj: Trny inspection of the insane in-
ready for enrollment for ratification
except for concurrence by the House
in some minor .amendments'.' An
amendment of special interest would
fix a privilege tax on concerns that
It would exact a tax of $5
in towns of 2,500 inhabitants and an
additional $5 for every additional
1,000 inhabitants.
In the House Saturday there wa3
subject of the use of tobacco, in
rhich he thoroughly explained the
inanv iniuripa rf the ViYiman Vwv,t
,txi3 talk was nlam and sim-nle en tho ; to-i- Mio-ittia ,ncif.j v uwin
youngest person in the house could of Mrs. J. M. Conoly one dav last
Mr. J. J. Oliver went to Lumberton
on business Thursday.
Mrs. M. F. McArthur and daueh'
these 72 seamen were taken into Ger
many. Their release was announc
ed in press dispatches several day3
ago, but inquiries to the Spanish am
bassador at Berlin have failed to
bring confirmation.
A . dispatch from
tne .awe department stittuion, I decided, with others, the -"V,, B except oexw
.American sailors, Edward Ellis and, care of them first; The state may th?. hours oft6Ja:1.m-and 6. m"
favorable report for the Grier billroperly of these dangers that
Understand the various injuries to the week.
tuy, so oiten causing tuberculosis,
hardening of the arteries, and many
other dangerous diseases. He said
Jhat he would admit that some per
sons lived to an old age that had
used tobacco all their lives, but it
was a miracle. It really seems that
11 me numan tamily were informed
Ashley.
'Miss Amelia Linkhauer will ooen
her millinery store in the McNeill
building, Elm 3treet, Thursday of
this week.
-Robeson chapter of the U. D. C.
to regulate the hours of work for
women and minors in mercantile and
other establishments, including laun
dries and hotels and cafes. It is a
bill that it is understood the Mer
chants' Association of the State has
lined up against. It would, among
tother things, prohibit women - and
p-irls from working except between
-J?na-n -t- v " -7- tI- "V,?Xr phanage is going to . come. It may
the British sailing ship Centurion, ot s b t Jt ig comi y
sunk by. a submarine February 1 ) The biU requiri most attention
after being warned. The crew took,now i3 that dt and town
to the boats and was rescued after , ernn,ftnt nmflr t1ft Lw .OTlstitntioT-
iy nOUTS at sea. A3 me aniu wao
-warned and no lives were lost, no
. - 1 1 3. J.T
great importance is axtacnea to inej whkh to mind meang much trou.
cer-
will meet with Mrs. N. A. McLean
Mr. T. C. Parham went to Dillon on Thursday afternoon, March 1st,
It is expected that 3 sessions dailv
will be held of both houses this week
in order to get through early next
week. The constitutional limit of the
Legislature expires next Saturday
al amendment. Personally, I was and! V? ?,n? an sessions alter .-tnat
were lost, am still opposed to the whole thing,! pay lor tne leg-
attached to the ! w, rt miT, monT,, tI islators. It is not now thought that
incident. 1 tie and dissatisfaction.
lesnite tne nenei nere mat me
ri o f 4- r Vkil 1 rn11 Vvr lien tn c
severance of diplomatic relations be- to 0ur town and community. Still
tween Germany and Holland has been Wg ghall do all possible U make it
brought a step nearer by recent; as good for u3 as possibie. The com
v?holesale destruction of Dutch ship-, mittee holdg meeting3 every after.
-Ding, it is considered virtuall" cer-1 noon whicn win continue throughout
tain that for the present at least, the eek
The Netherlands government will go
-no further than to make a vigorous
protest, possibly warning the Berlin
government and informing it that it
-will be held responsible for the mon
ota loss involved. Holland is rep
resented as feeling that the recent
the week.
The lien law bill will be consid
ered by the House committee Mon
day night at 8 o'clock. I think the
measure visionary and . a ntistakey
rSuggestive of nitch trouble. The
c,vnr.a 'there will be any extra session
4Y4.. UUUgll UlbXUUUVCU Jk Ulll
urday to allow free transportation
for clergymen.
The House Friday night passed the
Gner ouster law for the State anti
Saloon league forces. There is a law
to check officials in the perform
ance of their duties. - "
The House defeated the Senate bill
to: place the age of consent at 16a
years,
The Senate Friday night passed thev
1- ?11 J ! 1 M i
TT 1- ?11 J ! 1 m
Farmers' Union, bv its renresenta- nout,e 0111 ior nomination ot mem
. - . hnic! at " AAwntw KaovHb rv-f- rlv tt1 a-
resented as feeling mat tne recem. ti Dr Alexander is doinff nard oers 01 counxy ooaras 01 eaucation
lr5sps -wTiile heincr tremendous, can- mJr 4 ,,. ; ' c t by both parties in county primaries
-not compare with the damage that; 3ee n0 protection in it for the far-' appointment by the Legislature
would be wrougnt snoum retauoiw mers. Did it furnish protec-! ""tBlr" lue "i
Be severea or nosuiiues wmmcuvcu.
FILIBUSTER BREAKS DOWN
mi r j . i tti t . i i j-
tinT ?f tW npd i .1 wmild nd-1 Ane senate passea rnaay ana orr tne county
t hill Tf u' fnca-harHor -red enrolled for ratification the Our friend Mr,
times on our farmers and tenants ".-'"wocw'"MU" 5 it iW-
4v ui a.;. .noco. vidmg for the question of the callmg
uui uniy Auer ''"ritive. I think the bill will pass. II ..vV.--.2y'y."b"!?''"1 mp:
That ;:KevCTire- Duiur oi.. f-&s. alP people vingcrop. 8ecurity5,J"V..f - -f.e
urgcu iw Twic -t may be reqtnTetf to settle in mil tms
"Washington Dispatch, Feb. 24. . fall unieSs the are able to secure
Washington Dispatch, Feb. 24. unpaid sums by chattle mortgage or
One of the most spectacular fill-. mortgage deed. It will go into effect
misters tne capital nas seen January 1st. 1918.
tainly no intelligent person would use
the filthy weed,
This scribe feels like he
must mention his
of the 22nd. Reaching Red Springs
just in time to get in compan- with
our good friends Messrs. N. G. and
N. A. Smith, rural letter carriers of
that place, and Mr. M. J. r,nviTicrfjn
I who is always interested in hi3 line of
insurance, etc., and very entertaining,
and Mr. Angus Wilkerson as driver,
we soon found ourselves cosy in his
brand new John Henry; and the way
we speeded in the direction of Lum
berton! The road was wet and slick
and we could not make schedule time
going, but we made the trip on time,
and had a srood time, also nioved
three hours in the good old Lumber
ton, spending a just a few minutes
with near relatives, which was a lit
tle surprise to them. Then we all
five mounted John Henry for Red
Spring's bv the wav of Pembroke.
finding one of the straightest and
best roads in the county, actually
making five mile3 in 7 minutes. We
actually rode so fast that you just
couldn't tell much about the coun
try. We passed some . noteworthy
places. The first to mention was
Hunter's lodge, where our old Vete
ran Gen. Bond, lives. From what we
ould see, it is a mighty pretty place,
one . oi the prettiest we have seen in
on business this week
Miss Sallie Connolley has been vis
iting Mrs. E. C. Floyd of Barnesville
this week.
The old Olivet church building was
sold at public auction Monday.
Mr. J. S. Oliver, one of Robeson's
members to the Legislature, spent
Sunday with home folks.
Mi. L. M. Oliver went to Wilming
ton Saturday.
. A social event of much interest this
week was the reception given by the
kj. W. club lhursday evening, Feb.
22. at the home of Mrs. W. M. Oli
ver, the occasion being the second an
niversary of the organization of the
club. The guests were met at the
doer by the hostess and ushered into
the living room, which had been made
doubly attractive by having bowls of
jonquils placed here and there about
the room. When the guests had all
arrived, ' places were found at tables
crranged for progressive cherry, the
score being kept on cards appropriate
to the day. Mr. W. T. Jenrette made
the highest number of progressions
at 3:30 o'clock.
Mr. J. A. Boone of Aberdeen was
a Lumberton visitor Saturday. Mr.
Boone's 16-days-old baby died on the
16th inst of pneumonia.
The condition of Mr. Oliver
Nance, who was badly hurt when
thrown from a bicycle some . three
weeks ago, is somewhat improved
tcday.
Borrower "Wade. Kellev (cashier
of a bank) says if you will endorse
this note he will let me have the mon
ey." Wade "You tell Kelley if he
will endorse the note I'll let you have
th money".
Mr. C. P. McAllister returned
Friday night, from Richmond, Vau,
where he spent two weeks with his
father,; Mr. J. A. McAllister, who i3
in a hospital there for treatment. He
reports the condition of Mr. McAllis
ter improving.
Do catfish actually holler? Judg
ing from a remark made yesterday
by a man who lives near a mill pond
they do. ne remarked that he never
and was awarded the prize, a picture heard so many catfish hollering at
There are many impbrtant bilfe
(effecting the entire State) before
the assembly for attention next week
Trent th Senate in session until mid
night tonight .and was broken down
only when the Republican leaders di
recting it secured a pledge from the
Democrats that the administration
revenue bill would not be urged to
voti until Wednesday. The Demo
crats facing what they declared was fusej t0 caii an extra session, which
a Kepubiican attempt to Dreas uow.i means an adjournment next Satur-
Covington seemed
to be very much excited as we speed
ed, but we managed to keep , him ..in
the car, while he often plead and
called to An?. "Aner. nleaso stori and
funeral, election,' delegates to iheprti4tme out." But less than one.liour
poRefr-onventfti to be chosen attheTwe-had:cdve-red a littleness, than 25
of the father of our country. Mrs
Jenrette then led the way to the din
ing room. In the center of the round
table had been placed a lace mat on
which rested a large cut-glass vase
filled with white carnations, the club
flower, these being a ffift from the
husbands and gentleman friends of
the club members. The hostess as
sisted by Misses Mabel Cherry and
Sallie Connolley served refreshments,
consisting of chicken salad with ac
cessories, followed by. a sweet course.
Favors were small boxe3 of mints.
The boxes were tied with red rib
bon and decorated with red hatchets.
THE FINAL SUMMONS
sime time. The vote was 43 to 4,
about the only speech against ft be-
lrg by Senator Little of Anson, who
miles - and landed home safely.
We were shown while in Red
Springs the fine pointer of Mr. Ja3.
Mrs. W. L. Riddle Passed Away Saturday
.''Mrs.;W.-L. Riddle aged 41 years,
died at e homer Cedar-street, Sat
one time as -; he heard in the pond
Saturday night. When asked what
for a noise they made, he replied,
something a little on the order of a
frog.
Mr. W. C. West, who is erect-
I ing a public school building at Shan
non, passea through Lumberton Sat
urday on his way to his home on R.
2 from Chadbourn. The school build
ing i3 30 x 72 feet and will have 5
rooms. The outside work has been
completed and Mr. West will begin
work on the inside when he returns
to Shannon Wednesday.
A movement is on foot to or
ganize a circle of the King's Daugh
ters in Lumberton. . A meeting prob
'tably will, be held Friday for that
purpose. . This i3 :. a non-denominational
'organization which has for its
C-. ' lL'.t- 1 1 1
purpose- social u pint wont , ana every
considered such a procedure an un-j Townsend, the dog that spent 11 days
"ssary expense. ! and nights m a mill pond a mile from
The House Friday defeated .the bull town, an account of which will have
- . .. 1 r x . i 1. . - .
.,.0-.. of -1 CTUo -woman- who" wania . o ee z -service
UXUAV I1JV111IUK . V Jk . V l.iyv.tt. , , 1 . ... -. , , . . . .
had been sick for a week with pneu- " ne.r community win una wis circie
I do not see how they can all receive
attention. They may be "rushed
the administration programme
and
force an extra session of Congress j
after March 4 had threatened keep j
the Senate in continuous session over;
"Sunday if that was found necessary j
to secure passage of the revenue
measure. . 1
During the afternoon and evening.
the debate went far afield from rev-
from the Senate to create four new been told in other papers. The dog
-mdicial districts am " ludgships and, was mighty poor, but was mending
through as in the first few days of ihf,ve ,tw fr&ze always available for.at a rapid rate. Mr. Townsend was
1,0 ctocl-T, Tfc n.- w -! ejnprgency service. mighty proud to find his dog alive.
. - i rm. o l .1 ii , -n j -r- -m m it f i .
aiip senate passeu tne dui irum xvev. r. x. mourns 01 Clinton, spent
thv Honse to create a board: of pt- yesterday and night in our town.
. . The House passed Thursday a bill i Mr. John McArthur wa3 a rare
to regulate the servings of time on j visitor to our town last night for a
ro2ds for abandonment and failure4few minutes, his first visit since
day night.
I think all will be glad to go home.
FRANK GOUGH.
MONEY FOR FOOD PROBE
to provide for families, an amend
ment providing that support may be
riven without living with the wife
House of Congress Votes to Appro- where incompatibility is shown
- . . .. , . - A Kill ThQT vwrvirina-i Thnr
nriat X4UU.uou tor investigation or v .r,
Wi rrV. Cnat nf FnArl
LCLiaS Dispatch, Feb. 24.
The House tonight adopted, as an
Democrats and Republicans led into
a dramatic discussion of the inter
national situation of President Wil
son's policy in the submarine crisis.
In heated discussions, Saturday
Republicans were openly charged by
Democrats with seeking to defeat the
excess profits tax of the revenue
Dill at the behest of munitions mak-ers.
that 10 per
cent of the earnings of State con
victs ' shall be turned over to those
dependent tmon them passed the
House Thursdav. It annlies onlv to
amendment to the sundry civil ap-1 convicts makinc cood nrison records.
propriation bill, an appropriation or The Senate passed the bill from
Sept 12th. Come again, Johnnie.
Measles is still raging in our town,
also some whooping cough.
Work on the new Baptist church is
progressing nicely when the weather
will permit.
monia. Deceased is survived by ner
hu3band, who works in Wilmnigton
but had been with her since Monday,
and 6 children. The funeral was con
ducted from the home Saturday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Dr. W.
B. North, pastor of Chestnut Street
Methodist church. The remains were
taken to Goldsboro, where interment
was made yesterday. Mrs. Riddle
had been living in Lumberton for sev
eral years and had many friends who
were sorry to learn, of. her death.
A DOG'S DEVOTION
$400,000 for an investigation by the
Federal Trade Commission of the
high cost of food. The vote was 83
to 51
the House to create a board of ex
aminers for the profession of chir
opractors, a measure that had been
fought through both houses with
The investigation wa3 ordered by nhvsicians and. osteonaths onnosing it.
President Wilson, who directed thatj The House committee on liquor
particular attention be given to traffic Thursday night voted to report
7 Dutch Ships Torpedoed in English
. .Channel
The Hague Dispatch, Feb. 24.
rA-f Avmofmn WQC PQlTCAfl YlCTa DV
the announcement of the torpedoing j into every detail of food production
charges of combinations to control
food prices. The Department of Ag
rculture was asked to assist. The
TraHa Commission has outlined an in
vestigation to last six months and go,
submarines of. and distribution,
seven Dutch cargo vessels, two of! If the appropriation
which, the Noorderdijk and the Za
andijk, grain laden and bound for a
"home port, belonged to the Holland
American line.
Two others, the Eemland and the
Oaactprlnnd. were en route for the
TTnHorl states for crain. while the
Jacatra also was grain laden. The
Bandoeng wa3 coming from the Dutch
is approv-
unfavorably the bill to create the of
fice of State, commissioner for en
forcement of the nrohibition law.
Some legislators claim that the Fed
eral government now has done all that
needs to be done beyond enforcement
of the laws
ed by the Senate, the commission willj Food Rioters Stormed Hotel in Ef-
start immediately on tne inquiry, tait- fGrt to See Governor
ino- mv first the packing industry
The agriculture department has pur
sued a food investigation for months,
but lack of inquisitatorial powers has
handicapped it. The Department of
Justice's investigation has been con
frrA snlelv to law violations. The
XJailUUr!! W do L w 1111 11 kl ax win - - "... i , i
East Indies with a cargo of piece, Trade Commission has power to take
goods. All the vessels left (prob
ably Falmouth) February 22. it hav
ing been given to understand by the
German authorities that that date
would be "relatively safe", the so
called safe period for neutral ships
sailing from British ports which orig
inally expired February 8, having
been extended at the request of the
Dutch government.
The ships sunk aggregated more
than 40,000 tons.
Superior Court '''.
A two weeks' term of Superior
court for the trial of civil cases con
vened this morning at 10:30 with
Judge Geo. W. Connor of Wilson pre
siding. THe following out-of-town
-attorneys are attending court today:
Messrs. G. B. ' Patterson, a. d. Mc
Lean, J. P. Wiggins E. L. Wooten,
Maxton, and F. T. Bennett of Fay-ettevillc.
up all phases
The interstate commerce commis
sion today received reports from its
Story of a Dog That Remained Be
side His Dog Friend Even After
the Friend Had Died 'Faithful Dog
Was Almost Starved When Found
Perhaps never was true devotion
more beautifully shown than in a dog
story which comes from Red Springs.
The story follows:
Messrs. Jas. Collins and Jim Town
Fend, both of Red Spring3, had a bird
dog each and the two dogs hunted to
gether and were together when they
were not hunting. On the 11th inst.
the two dogs disappeared and the
owners could not account for it. Elev
en days passed and nothing was heard
from the dogs. On the 21st inst. Dr.
H. H. Hodgin of Red Spring3 was out
hunting and found the two dogs about
one mile from Red Springs. The dog
Mrs. Ora A. Purvis, Near Center
Church
Mrs. Ora A. Purvis, aged 54 years,
died at her home, near Center church
Saturday morning )at '5:30 o'clock.
Deceased suffered a stroke of paraly
sis about a year ago and had been in
bad health since that time. She is
survived by 3 children two daugh
ters, Mrs. T. B. Ayers of Proctor
ville and Mrs. S. D. Strain f route 2
from Fairmont, and one son, Mr. H.
E. Purvis, who lived at the old home.
The funeral was conducted at the cem
etery at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
bv Rev. R. A. Hedgpeth and inter
ment was made in the family bury
ing ground, near the home. A large
crowd of sorrowing friends and rela
2.Z 44 lA,r XV 4..mawa1
Mrs! PurTs was married to Mr. E. Present Has Cabled Customary Spec-
a splendid medium through which ta
work.
The McLeod building, Elm street,
formerly occupied by the postoffice,
is being remodeled. The floor is be
ing lowered and plate glass show win
dows put in. The J. P. Newman Co.,
which conducts a 5, 10 and 25 cents
store on Elm street between Second
and Third, will move into the build
ing between the 1st and 15th of
March. This company will start a
removal sale Friday of this week.
Miss Eva Mace has resigned the
position she has held for some time
as stenographer for the law firm of
Messrs. McLean, Varser & McLean.
She will be succeeded by Miss Helen
Cannon of Florence, S. C. Miss Can
non, is expected to arrive tonight.
Miss Mace will leave tomorrow fot
Washington, D. C, to attend the in
auguration. -Miss Mace !had been
with the Lumberton firm for two and
a half years and ha3 made numerous
friends here who will be sorry that
she has decided to leave Lumberton.
She will spend some time in Wash
ington before returning to her home
at Marion, S. C. .
PLANS FOR INAUGURATION
New York Disnatch' Feb. 24.
A crowd of approximated .()'), be.cr ng to Mr. Collins nao oecome
nersons. mostlv women who v" " -rid in some vines and could not
tpnded a mass meetiner in Madison, get loose and had died. The other
sauare to protest against the high
cost, of food, stormed the Waldorf-
Astoria hotel late totfcy. shouting
dog was lvinc right by his friend
the dead dog and trom all appear
ances had not left him from the time
t.oir wore atarvino- and demanding : he was first caught fast in the vines
A- 1 TTTT.?J TTT"U I A,T TnTi-nci A AftV W Q Cf Crt WeflV
to isee Governor Whitman. When
informed tht Governor was not there
bnt at another hotel, they refused to
invest. 0-ators in Chicago. tJutialO, believe it ' and started a demonstra
Detroit, Pittsburg, Cleveland and: tion which necessitated the calling out
other large railroad centers saying
that the treignt congestion was ue
ing rapidly relieved. The commis
sion issued a statement 'expressing
its confidence in the Car Service
Commission of the American Railway
Association, saying the organization
was doing much "excellent work in
the interest of the general public".
of nolice reserves to disperse them
Several persons were iniured in the
disorder that followed. Four arrests
were made.
Three policomen who tried to turn
the marchers awav from the Wal
dorf-Astoria were swept aside. Al
though reinforced soon afterward by
a " number of porters and other em
ployes of the hotel thev were un
able to auiet the crowd. Traffic was
blocked in all directions. One wo-
cried
C. Purvis 31 years ago. Mr. Purvi3
died 20 years ago. She had been
for many years a member of Center
Baptist church and. was known as one
of the most refined Christian laiies
in the county. .
Funeral of Mr. Ralph Clark at Clark
ton The funeral of Mr. Ralph Clark,
who died at Silver Springs, N. M.,
on the 17th inst.. mention of which
was made in Thursday's Robesonian,
took place at his home at Clarkton
yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
from hunger and thirst that he could j St. Alban'3 lodge No. 114, A. F. &
scarcely walk when Mr. Hodgin found j A. M., of Lumberton, conducted the
man
As has been mentioned in The
Robesonian, the white teachers of the
county will meet in Lumberton oatui
day of this week. This will be the
last meeting of the school year, and
all the teachers are expected to at-
tend. .. i;;ifj
Mrs. Tern pie Prevatt Unimproved-
Old Jack Passes
of The Robesonian
- . , --7,', , 1 ., . TIT-
Smyrna (Lumberton, r. ), reu. "we want to see tne governor: we
23 Mrs. Tempie Prevatt, who hadj wart bread! Our babies are starv-
the misfortune of getting one of her jinf?!
loo-s VivnVen some time (ago, is un- Several hundreds of those who par-
I ticinated in the demonstration a.
Old Jack, a dog about 13 year' he Waldorf-Astoria assembled in
old died last Sunday night. Mr. front of the St. Regis, about a mile
Dave Cox decided that it was pneu- further up Fifth avenue. The Gov
monia and old age killed jack. Inter-! em or received the committee in one
ment was made in the bulldog bury, l o fthe parlors of the hotel and told
ing ground. The pallbearers were ; them that he would supnort Mayor
Mr Dave Cox and Dr. D. L. Cox. Old Mitchel and the other city authori
Jack had been a faithful dog and had , ties in every way possible in reliev
treed many a squirrel and 'possum, ing the present situation.
him. No doubt had the discovery not
been made when it was, or very soon
afterwards, the other dog would have
died by the side of his dog friend.
Shot Man Instead of Duck
Mr." Robert Carter, who lives near
Barker's,; took a shot at another man,
whose name has not been learned,
about dark Saturday evening. Two
or three shot took effect. It was
nnintentionallv on the part of Mr.
Carter, however. He and the other
man were both in boats in a mill pond
hunting ducks. . Mr. Carter shot a
duck and he fell. It was getting
dark and he heard something on the
water like it was trying to get away
and made sure it was his duck, so
he "let loose" a load of shot right
towards the noise, whereupon the oth
er man whom he had shot began to
veil. Mr. Garter was very much
frightened at the noise made by the
supnosed duck and . later learned that
he had shot a' man and that it was
his boat making the riffle on the
water instead of the duck, lhe man
was not dangerously hurt.
funeral. The following Masons, mem
bers of the local lodge, took part in
the funeral exercises: Messrs. Yu. J.
Britt, Q. T. Williams, J. L. William,
son, A. W. Prevatt, G. E. Rancke,
Jr., H. C. Rogers. C. H.. Phillips, S.
K. Nash, W. P. Barker, J. A. Bark
er. J. H. Floyd. R. McA. Nixon, A.
Wein3tein, S. Weinstein, M. Blacker,
J. Blacker and Drs. N. A. Thomp
son, J. D. Regan and W. O. Edmund.
Vance Prevatt of Saddletree Section
Vance, 13-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mc. G. Prevatt of the Saddle
tree section, died yesterday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock of pneumonia.
The funeral took place this afternoon
at 3:30 and was conducted b- Rev.
I. P. Hedgpeth.
Mr. Prevatt, father of the boy, is
very sick with grippe.
Clybornville local of the Farmers'
union will meet in the court house
Friday afternoon of this week at 4
o'clock. All members who have paid
their 1917 dues and all who have not
are urged to be present.
ial Session of New Senate for
March 5 Will Take Oath of Office
at White House1 March 4 and Pub-
lie Ceremony May be Merely for
Delivering Inaugural Address
Washington Dispatch, Feb. 23.
DetaiU of the inaugural plans
which have been indefinite because
March 5th falls on Sunrtay, began
clearing up today with the official
announcement that President Wilson
had called the customery special ses
sion of the new Senate March 5. A
plan to abadon it had been consid
ered. The ' session will include the
usual ceremonies of inaugurating the
vice . president.
It seems to have been decided that
President Wilson 4will take an oath of
office privately in the White House
March 4. but it has not been announc
ed whether he will take it again at
the public ceremony March 5.
It is being suggested that the Pres
ident make the public ceremony mere
ly the occasion for delivering hi3 in
augural address. It is certain that
Vice President Marshall will take his
oath in the formal way at the spec-
1 ial Senate session March 5, but it has
not been determined whether he will
take it before.
The State Department ruled today
that if the President decided not to
take the oath until Monday there
would be no interim pericd in which
the country would be without a Pres
ident, and published an opinion by
Chief Justice Marshall in 1821 to
cover a similar rituation which con
fronted President Monroe.
Mrs. Lizzie G. Prcttor . returned
Friday morning from New Orleans,
where she attended Mardi Gras.
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