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COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH
VOL. XLVIII
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1917.
NUMBER 10
THE ROBESONIAN "
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AMERICAN
SHIPS SUNK
German Submarines Sent Down City
of Memphis, Illinois and Vig
ilancia Off British Coast
MOST OF CREWS SAVED
RAILROAD
STRIKE OFF
Announcement Made Early This
Morning by Official of Conference
. . Committee Result of Conferences
Which Followed Appeal Made by
President Wilson
A New York dispatch of the 19th
states that an official of the confer
ence committee of railroad manag-
N ATI ON A L GUARDSMEN WILL
NOT BE MUSTERED OUT
Virtually State of War Exists Be
tween United States and Germany
President is Contemplating Call ers announced at 12:45 this morning
tor immeaiaie session 01 uongress i "iaL ,me ranroaa striKe was off.
London Dispatch, March 18. This announcement did not come
The sinking of theAmerican steam-' as a surprise after the news in yes
ers City of Memphis, Illinois and , terday's papers that a 48-hours truce
Vigilancia was -announced tcday. j had been declared in New York late
Fourteen men from the Vigilancia' Saturday between the 4 railroad
are missing, as are some of the men j brotherhoods and the railroads .thus
Jfuom the iQity of 1 Memphis. The . averting the great "progressive"
crew of the Illinois was landed safe- strike that was to have begun at 7
y. p. m. csaturaay.
The City of Memphis, in ballast,' President Wilson had appealed to
from Cardiff for New York.was sunk the brotherhoods chiefs and the
by gunfire. The second officer and railroads managers to accommodate
fifteen men of the crew have been) their differences and avert a strike,
landed. A patrol boat has gone in which would be a national calamity
search of the other members of the and would imperil the safety of the
crew. The Illinois, from London for j nation just at this time, and a con
Port Arthur, Texas, in ballast, wasjference wa3 begun Saturday in New
sunk at 8 o'clock this morning. The ; York between a committee of medi
Vigilancia was torpedoed without j fators representing the Council of
warning, Tle submarine did not -j National Defense, appointed with the
appear. The captain, first and sec-1 approval of the President, and the
rd mates, first, second and third brotherhoods chief and railroad man
engineers, and 23 men of the crew . agers.
have been landed at the Scilly Is-1 The early morning dispatch from
JNew York which stated that the
strike was off states further that a
few minutes after the announcement
was made the railroad managers
went from the Grand Central term
inal to the conference hotel and were
joined immediately by the mediators,
Order Suspended for Demobilizing Sec
ond and Third Regiments Char
lotte Offers Mobilization Camp for
First Regiment
Ralegih Dispatch, March 18.
An order from the War Depart
ment ment was received at the adju
tant general's office here today sus
pending the order for the mustering
out of the Second and Third North
Carolina regiments of the National
guard and brigade headquarters and
directing that they be held under
arms after arrival.
The Third regiment is on its wav
to Raleigh, having been sent here
from lexas to muster out. The Sec
ond regiment has riot yet started
from El Paso, but is now in readi
ness to entrain for Goldsboro where
it was to have been mustered out.
Charlotte Tenders Mobilization Camp
. .'for First Infantry
Charlotte Dispatch, March 18.
Acting Adjutant-General George
L. Peterson, at Raleigh, today tele
grphed . Mayor T. L. Kirkptrick. ask
ing if Charlotte Iwould provide a
mobilization camp for the First North
PREPARING FOR DEBATE
x.ot Lumerton's Representatives
lius Year is a Girl Preliminary
Debates on 30th Lost
Lumber-ton's his'h school 1eh, Toy a
are already preparing for the pre-
FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Movements of the People A Glance
at Those Who Come and Go
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Jbairmont, March 17 Mr. Geo. H.
Pennie Rozier, colored, aged 22
years, died at her home about 3 miles
north-east of town Saturday.
Messrs. Jno. C. Fuller and Frank
T1..11 . .1 .-.. , . . .... I i-.w.-.j. V11U. . i- unci uiu iiau&
liminary debates which will be held T' Vl,!? McLeo4 wen Thursday night to Wil-
on the 30th inst. to determine what' son and returned Friday across coun-
schools in the State mav 20 to ChanJ m-.' a xt xt v. T , . , try witn two Reo automobiles for C.
el Hill to contest in "35 fecon L nri LrU ffiN. W "d M. Fuller & Son.
limdnarv. The nn k k" "aZZ, ' tYArs A J- "ya spent inursoay m
is. "RnlvoH tw Jti, r:i;,LDe"? snopping.
- - ' f ..cu uc UUVCllllUClll
snoum own and operate the rail-
Dr. R. S. Beam, local eve. ear.
I il A. 1 . .
Miss Mary Belle Ricks, who is aSf.r "iroai specianst, returnea
of 4. x j:4.u -.11-'- n.i.r,- oaiuraay. irom rmiaaeionia. fa..
mi I ObUUCllU (XL IHKItrt 1I.M 1111 I -J .." KQ Dlffn I . - - ' '
JLne aliirrwat.ive will ho wn. i . .'... " . 1 wner ne snent. two wppks' .ittcm dinar
aonaA t. VL , MlB ior a iew aays visitine ner Jul; ..-IL "
.uuin,U CV L llltme I V VIPKSr. KftnDrT 1 .-. i- - l m r . . ' I 11 U !:. II 1 ..!. I I IV
- . - - v ; nHicnrs. ur. ann rvim i. k: winira i
-L..u rwwi ATiliVJlll, WUlie
ways
lands. The fourth engineer and 13
men are missing.
Washington Dispatch, March 18.
With the announcement of the
"ruthless destruction of three unarm
ed American merchant ships bv sub
marines, it was unofficially admit-) that the brotherhoods men arrived at
ted here tonight that virtually a state 1:20 and immediately went to the
of war exists between the United conference room. No statement had
States and Germany. j been made up to tne hour the dis.
Technically the United States re-' patch was sent as to the basis upon
mains in a position of armed neu- j which the strike was averted.
trality. Whether this shall be chang-'
od before April 16, the date fixed BRITISH CAPTURE BAPAUME
for a special session of Congress, the
lights, water, barracks and railwav
facilities were offered without co-.t
to the State or Federal government.
Whether this is a merely preparatory
step was not made known.
Mustering Out of First S. C. Regi
ment is Halted
Columbia, S. C, Dispatch, March 18.
The mustering out of the Second
South Carolina infantry, recently re
Hf Tlu A. H IT Y 1 -ww I T .TanCA hotr K A Am -f .-mm 4.1, a
fnm f, -M, iir-i- , I -"-icoarB. truest MCl-iean ana J. 11. ""C "wii "sucu iui iuc
team irom th Wilmincrton hitrVi I j t-.-,, ... r I m-,-.r;nr r ti,ii i
qhnnl tw,1H AofA Z. i" sua were union Visitors Thurs- . . "Ul'"'ul .uuciaun ami
M?cf v oenl e nef H1, here- day. ZiHie Stephens; Andrew C. Blount
riiT.-n TuTi V- Mr- and Mrs- O. I. Floyd, Mrs. J. antl JuUa -Blackwell; Tom Con-
Sd. nf will uphold the negative l. Watson and Mrs. Will Thompson nor and Mary Davis.
is thfwqU! ? Gftb0rC Th s spent Friday afternoon in iimSKI A Mrsu- W- S. Britt returned Thurs-
owed ? S? vehaS Mr' a Prevatt of was a d night from Kershaw, S. C, where
iowea a erirl tr sDeak m thASA Aa -ci: j. -j. mi i ci cnont enni. a.
t,i... , r xi. i i . lainuunt visitor xnursaay. .-.n. oiue uuic uh actuum ui
but oe?, schools have been Mr. Eppi Graham of Proctorville the illness and death of her father,
sending out girl debaters all the was in town Thursday irroctorTUle Mr. W. U. Clyburn, whose death oc-
Mi , . , , . . aim mrs. ui. j . rmman visiteu rr; - ,
DOth teams ftf a School WlTl in 4.1 xr 0 i t-.; I TVl I.nmhurtnn rrr-orlorj r,-r,A T,?V
?,eJ 1T, st. Preliminary that school is Mrs. Frank Jones of McDonald is schools will close May 25. Lieut,
allowed to send its sneakers to Chan- tt; j. ..:.!. Aj Governor O M9t ctai-A-r. u
I el mi to enter a second contest, and; Mrs. Nathan Anderson is snndine- secured to make the literary address
i ... . 7 c I 4-,n4- Ai- X(T - I -1
An-1 uic. mr. uaruner is ciass-
ea as one oi tne best public speakers
uaronna infantry. Tomght a campii' .LUS: OI "If scnooi win outj a while with her son Dr. H. T
site was tendered the State and , WIC ,pru umary tnere, naii oi tne drews of Rowland.
team, is allowed to enter the final
contest for the Aycock Memorial cup.
Mesdames D. C. Tssitpr T w m the State.
Anderson and J. O. Bobbitt spent Fri- . V01- J- R- Poole, county super
day in Lumberton shopping. intendent of public instruction, vis-
yuite a number of ladies attended ti?u V c fuu" scnouis at narmony,
Mice AnniA MAMiinn' in:.. IFloral collcce and Wakulla FriHav.
Seaboard Will Operate Special of 10 inR Wednesday and Thursday. He rePorts good attendance at all-
Miss Dora Thompson and mother Y coe,ci""is auu ' kwou wors Deing-
SPECIAL TRAIN MARCH 29
war-making branch, of the govern
ment, President Wilson has not de. j
tided. - j
One step the President is contem
plating is a call for an immediate
session of Congress to hear an address
asking for authority to adopt ag
gressive measures against the sub
marine menace.
Navy to Make Next Move
Already American! ships are be
ing armed to defend themselves. The
next move must be to send warships
with orders to seek out submarines
and clear the trans-Atlantic lanes.
Some of the highest officials of
the government hold that the exec
utive has the power to declare that
a state of war exists and to proceed
with aggressive protective steps
pending the assembling of Congress.
There is no indication, however, that
the President will follow that course
Of the three ships destroyed, two
were unloaded ard homeward bound
and all were American built, Amer
ican owned and officered and man
ned largelv bv American citizens
Meager dispatches indicate that all
were sunk with complete disregard
for the safetv of those on board, and
that many of the crew may have
been lost.
Must Form Definite Policy
Today's developments brought the
government face to face with the
.problem of formulating a definite
policy for the nation in case the
United States actually enters the
war. This possbility was mentioned
by the President in his inaugural ad.
oress March 5.
All of the conditions outlined by
the President in his message an
nouncing the diplomatic break with
Germany as leading to a state of
rrmcd neutrality have now been ful
filled. Th3 ''overt adt" described
by him then has actually come, if in
fact it had not been committed when
the President went before Congress.
Since then he has established a state
ot armed neutrality without the spe
cific authority of Congress.
International lawyers and consti
tutional experts here showed no hes
itancy in saying that President Wil
son has full authority to interpret
as an act of war, and announce that
this country considers that an actual
state of war exists by reason of
Germanv's flagrant assault on Amer
ican shipping. Such action would be
suhiprt to the anoroval of Congress
Despite the unwarned sinking of
hie nassenger liners like the Call
f ornia and the Laconia, the jeopar-
a
First and Perhaps Main Objective in
Long British Advance in That Sec
tor March 17 Memorable Day for
French
After many months at hammering
at the German lines in the Somme
sector, the British armies at last have
captured Bapaume, considered the
first and perhaps the main objective
in the long British advance in that
sector. At the same time the towns
of Le Transloy and " Achiet-Le-Petit
also fell to the British. General
Haig's troops entered Bapaume Sat
urday mommer after severe fight
ing, and found the town in flames,
the Germans having fired it.
French troops north of the Avre
river and between the Avre and the
Oise have thrust their way forward
to a depth of about two and a half
miles along a 13-mile front
Coaches Maxton to Lumberton for
County Commencement Colored. cf McDonald, are visitors in town to- done by both teachers and pupils.
cho' dav. Mr. J. T. Barker has been crit
Jrroi. j. K. Poole, countv superin- icallv ill at his home. East. Fifth
turned from the border and in camp ! pendent of public instruction, has. Robert Jacoha. who is in th Thomn- street, since Wednesday night of
at Styx, S. C, near here, was . stop- j oeen informed by the Seaboard of-i son hospital, Lumberton, is doing last wee1c with heart trouble. Mrs
ped todav on receipt of orders di-' AlcltlIS inat a special tram oi iu fin I a. j. unKnam ot Wilmington, a
recting the Federal mustering off i- coaches will be operated from Max- Mr. 0. L. Barnes of Wananish, who dauShter of Mr- Barker, arrived Sat
Ices to lawavt further linstihictions. t.n to Lumberton on Thursday .March recentlv hono-ht. out. th mmr, etn urday night to be with her father.
Only the sanitary detachments of the 29 on account of the county com-! belonging to Mr. A. L. McDaniel, has Speaking of the high price of
organization had been discharged. mencement for colored schools. The moved his family here. We are glad Insh Potatoes, Saturday Senator
from Federal service when the or-: Tound-trip fare from Maxton will , to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Barnes to Frank Gough placed a half dozen nice
ders were received. No leaves and De 5o cents, from Alma 50 cents,! our town. potatoes in one of the show windows
furloue-hs wera to he e-ranted. it was frm Red Banks 35 cents and fromi Mr J TT Timor hAA Q at White & Gough's store with a sign
- " ' I T 1 1-- nn mL. 1 Jl . ' " ' -" J --t " "vr " f I j; u-n rt 1 nr.n 1-1 1
"mue ou cents' j i . cneau!e sition with the Fairmont barber shop,KeaQm or or xenange
has not heen armno'po'. hnt. tho twin i . I for a Korrl" AnH a KnrH u a nor
... . " . . 1 jias acceotea a position in w limintr-1 . . r - ----- - i
will leave Maxton before the regu- Itectly good car at that,
Mr. Paul "Oliver of Marietta was Mr- C. W. Page of Howellsville
a Fairmont visitor TTriHnir township was a Lumberton visitor
Messrs. Monis Pace and Charlie Friday. His father, Mr. W. C. Page,
nmnthnm of T.nVoiiow wora Pair, is demostration agent for the Real
mont visitors this week. Estate TFadjnS Co- f Benson and
Mr. Julian Price and Miss Mary and hi.s ?ive ,sons have moed to
Bowman snent Fridav afternoon in the Seth Smith place, on route 7 from
Fairmont.
Mesdames W. A. McPhaul and
Jake Thompson of Lumberton were
Fairmont visitors Friday,
said.
MARRTTT.n TN TTASTF ANfi
YOU KNOW THE REST ar east-bound train which arrives at
i Lumberton at 10:05.
Married at 2 A. M. After 6 Hours' m
Acauaintance and Agreed to Sen-1 Movements of the People Up Shan-
arate After 4 Days
Perhaps you have heard of love at
first sight ard now you are going
to hear of a marriage at first sight,
non Way
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Shatmon, March 17 Prof. F. F.
Thompson spent the week-end with
However, the marriage was not of ; fds near Maxton. Miss Mary El-
a long duration so far as living to
gether was concerned. This is the
story as told by the contracting par
ties. Mr. Clarence Smith met Miss
Jessie Brown at her home town,
la Conoly is visiting her brother Mr.
T. J. Conoly of Raeford.
We are sorry to report Miss Wy
att McKinnon, our assistant teacher,
on the sick list. We hope for her a
r.haHhoiim. TiiPsdav niVht. of Inst i speedy recovery.' Miss Eunice Pear-
week and they at once agreed to get SU jf Red Springs taught for her
me iirst pan ut iue weeit aiiu mis.
1. Klarpp the latter part of the
married. The young man with the
young lady and her mother boarded
an auto and went to Whiteville, se
cured the proper credentials and
were married at 2 of the clock Tues
day morning just six hours after
th bride and eroom first met. The
ine uerman war oiiice admits a newly-mamed couple came to Lum
retirement of the German forces herton TiViilniT mornincr nnrl
alonp- a five-mile front between Qt Mrc r..n Vomf'c VinoiT of trouble with her eyes. Miss La
Reauvraie-nes and Lassignv in the 1inn SatnrQir mnrninn. tio v.riHei mont. McCall of McOoll, a. C, is
Oiso region, as well as between Sail- Uv tViat visiting her aunt Mrs. M. A. CurrieJ
lv and St. Pierre Vaast wood, on the fV,Q,r ,o o 1,, nf wiaA i;-p Miss Margaret Spears of Clio, S
G.
week.
Mrs. Arch Cobb and son, Alexan
der, of Maxton, visited Mrs. Cobb's
mother, Mrs. M. A. Currie, Sunday.
Miss Nora Walters, who has been
attending school at Columbia, S. C,
returned home last week on account
of trouble with her eyes.-
Lumberton, to develop the place.
Mr. J. W. Dimeron will be at
the store of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell
& Son Saturday of this week for the
Micsea Anr,;n pDo T .owi t oris I purpose of demonstrating Fry's pat-
Forney DuVal, Kate Hinds and Mary en.t combination subsoil and turning
Lee Dibble of Whiteville spent the
week-end with Miss Lorena Lewis
Miss Donnie Greyard, who is
teaching in Lumberton, passed thru
town Saturday en route to her home
at McDonald.
plow!. -The plow is a two-in-one
product. No doubt imany farmers
will see the demonstration Saturday.
Mr. Floyd Britt, who lives on
R. 4 from Lumberton, was in town
Saturday. Mr. Britt told a Robeson-
Somme front.
Paris Dispatch, March 18.
The seventeenth of March will re-
the bride returned to her home at has returned home after a visit
Chadbourn. In discussing the mat-
!ter the groom remarked that he was
to her sister Mrs. Otis Parish. Miss
Mabel Walters is visiting relatives
near Maxton. Mr. James MacLaren
main among- the most memorable
days of the war, m the opinion of the; guessed that the experience would i as h visiting Mr. J. L. MacLaren
French, who regard the success on tearh him a lesson
the front from the Ancre to the Oise
ii- - i j. ii. u-4.il
SrH! irS"tBed Springs Man Perhaps Fatally
xTxcti. w j.u vxi.x v w
merely a local success, but a verit
able strategic Retreat forced upon
Injured in Auto Accident.
It was learned bv long-distancf?
the Germans, the full consequences of I 'phone at 12:30. this afternoon thatj Precautionary Instructions to State
which probably will not be revealed i W"U1WUI.1 Ui 1Tir- MWin aiianani ..Adjutants General
here this week,
Mrs. D. J. Currie has been right
sick this week but we are glad to
leam she is somewhat improved and
hope she will soon be well again.
for sevral davs. The fact that the ; OI. ea springs, wnq was mjureci
French at certain points went be-! when an auto m j11 ne was nd
Mr. Ernest Jones, the popular buy- P"1 reporter about a man he knew
er for A. Collins of Charlotte, is wno swappea a pecK oi nen eggs ior
spending the week-end with his par- Pec ot insn potatoes ana eavp
ents Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jones. nc. Potato aeaier iu cents to dooi .
Miss Mamie Holloway is spending co potatoes ana eggs are Dnngin
the week-end with relatives in Lau- a handsome price.
rinburg. Messrs. Owen Ward, O. L. Ward
3 . nx T UrA vxV 4-Va Mita caofiAn
Miss Elsie Flowers is spending the ouu Vr F ,
week-end in Lumberton. I passed through town Saturday en
Mr. J. D. Kyle, member of the uie "WI,ne T,am"lc' .T
Marrow-Kyle & Son Tobacco Co., eY t00?. iurf- 1U' V vl.?ViK, .
Augusta, Ky., returned home Satur- ac .section to a nospitai. .r.
aay morning. I . ... v i, t-
Little Miss Vista Thompson is l u" c
spending the week-end with Little Fayettejille. v..
"ifXl a. lb x-is uciibiif truu vx.v4x
under treatment for tuberculosis at
Montrose sanatorium for three months,
'pent last week with home folks.
Mrs. Sentelle's health is rapidly im
- roving and she has gained 18 pounds
during the three months she has been
vnder treatment. She will sperd3
months more at the sanatorium.
Mr. C. H. Gibbon, traveling ex-
r miner of the U. S. Civil Service
Miss Esther Brown.
BROAD RIDGE BREEZES
Farmers Busy School Work How
to Make Hens Lay
Correspondence of The Robesonian,
Broad Ridge (Lumberton, K. 4),
Washington Dispatch, March 16. ; March 17 Farmers around here are
In preparation for any demand up- preparing for another crop. Some
,t.j v Pftim to Nn. ing turnea over weanesdav nagnx -t-v. ..T tvf w,mr nmr nut ,-f ronfmr. niont .m .
V u 11U uxic l jai j. a win ivvj - w - 1 . " , . ,i vu uic tXi 11J V iucjr ;iun vw s i ui 1.1 1 11 1 ai t vvaiiviiijz vwiw. i . ., ,
von inoites that the German treat, of last week, is still m a critical! the Herman rriis. th militia bureau! nirl T.ono- Rranrh nroHuoes noets commission, spent Saturday inLum
. - . - j:j-; 1, tt:t :ai t ' . . ' . ---r i
will not end there.
condition m the Highsmith hospital at of the War Department has sent pre-; like the Mt. Eliam correspondent said erton and gave an examination to
Fayetteville. He was unconscious and
has been in that condition almost
all the time since he was taken to
; the hospital. He is suffering with
Recorder's Court
McKay Byrd and H. L. Summitt
r.oi-A Viafnro Pocnrder F! M. Rritt
Cofurlaw hjrool ixritll nssnnlt. nnon I concussion of the brain
! Mr. Callahan, ged 30. and Mr. Ru
not guilty, while Summitt was found ,fus McQueen were fox-hunting m an step quietiy and without publicity,
i. i i i it. i.,. ! auto last WleHnecHiiiT mo-ht in Hon- i a ;
guilty ana was taxea witn tne coais. i " , " ' j Dut reports irom various pomis umi-
Pnrl "Pittmrin irae nloo triven a ! eSOn COUnty When the machine, gO- ntino. thot it TOfic heintr construed as
w.v. .vvx.... .w ,. 1 V i J 1 ". -v .-.r
hearing Saturday on the charge of,Alls d Laf Ui f"' ;r meaning that mobilization was lmmi-
reennse .Inrto-menf was Rlisnenfled a tuxjicu ovci. mil. Kja.ua
. ,,-.... w .!.. ..u..v ,,, r i
upon payment of cost.
cautionary instructions to all State; by the Broad Ridge. It sounds like
adjutants general outlining, the plan j Longfellow to read his "poems",
to be followed in the event of tha Some one said Mr. Redmond Ivey
calling out of thf. nation. -1 guard for was beating every one on raising
Federal service. wheat but I think Mr. H. F. Bissell
The intention had been to take this : is on the line with Mr. Ivey.
Our Broad Ridge school is pro
j han ieceived a blow on the head
which rendered him unconscious and
Middling cotton today 17 1-4 ' Ws recovery is doubtful. Mr Mc-
cents w.ueen escapea witn an injured snoui-
' ,1 der. The men were found by other
officials are scanning the war news memfcera of the hunting party and
with the closest scrutiny. An ad-;"- """f" w en w ismie-
pance on the west front, or Mesopo- "e JL s d "l "V.1 OJ- iYAIB- VYU1-
t,mia is now studied with the keeni10"1 t fayetteville,
dizincr of Americans on nearly
score of other vessels and the sink.
inr of thref other American ships,
the Housatonic, the Lyman M. Law
sinrl the Alconnuin. since the unre
stricted warfare began, some offic
ials, inspired bv the President's an
noun reil reluctance to believe that
Germany would carry through her
threat have pluntr desperately to the
hope that some slight respect for
. ... . i i-j. '.a:u V
interrnuonai law mignt, aim i
hown.
Pessimistic Forecasts Surpassed
The Herman undersea warfare may
fairlv he stated, however, to have
surpassed even the most pessimistic
fortcasts here. That isrb 'actually
means to serd every vessel to the
bottom l at dares to venture within
lir forbidden zones is now accepted
:m a fact. Neutral, passenger, Bel
gian irjief, appear to be all in the
same rf.lerorv.
With the practical certainty tnatj
gressing right on. The new window
shades have arrived and the school
room looks so much better with them.
MEN WANTED FOR NAVY.
eagerness born of a realization that
it may have a direct effect on Amer
ica's future.
Beginning of End Believed Near 1 Kecruitmg Tent WiM be Erected in
The kaleidoscopic developments ofi Lumberton April 6
the last few weeks history has been i Supt. , J. R. Poole has received a
followed most keenly. The apparent i letter from John J. London, lieuten
nent, caused department officials to i The teachers are working for an ex
announce the instructions with the i hibition day at the end of school,
explanation that they constituted j Mr. and Mrs. Will Cox are all
purely a routine measure of prepar- smiles: it's another girl,
edness, necessary in order to prevent,! We wish "Aunt Becky" would fin
if a call should come, such confusion ish out her war story. It was so
as attended the assembling of guards-, interesting.
men for border service.
Demonstrate Cost of Maintenance of
Drainage Canals
Messrs. H. M. Lynde and G. L.
Smith from the office of public drain
age investigation of the U. S. gov
ernment, Washington, D. C, arrived
last week and bave begun an investi
gation of methods of maintenance
of drainage canals on the Back
canais.
rnimhlincr of Turkish power in Mes- ant, U. S. navy, to the effect that
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onotamia and Persia as snown in tne ne win nave a recruiting tent erect- swan n and Jacob bwamn
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sians, following the fall of Bagdad of the county commencement. Twojth,; Jacob Swamp canal betw;en the
to tha T?ritish. the unexpected sweep- recruiting officers will be here on. Fairmont and Lcvett road, near Lam-
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iriff forwara or ootn onxisn ana vuut aate ior xne purpose oi launcn- DerTon, cieanea out ana tu? wum
French in a wide swath on tne front, mg a campaign to get men tor tne cleaned off, 'also about two mnes
Some one wanted to know a rem
edy to make hens lay. Well, don't,
feed them much. When they can get
plenty for themselves. Now, I've
given a remedy to make hens lay.
Now some of you wise correspond
ents give me a remedy to make a
goose set.
Many good wishes to lhe Robeson.
ian for its long success.
th nro'-rwar revolution in Russia, navy. A large number of interest-
threats of international trouble in ing naval pictures will be on dis-
and China's severance of i play at the tent.
Oermanv
relations, have served to convince
many observers that the beginning
of the end is near.
The German retreat in France is
not yet accepted as more than strat
egic, however. The Russian revolu
tion, too. is admitted to hold possK
bilities of counter revolution which
will creatlv cripple the military ef
ficiency and in some quarters it is
this country will become involved in ( held confidently that Germany still
Hostility, even if only for tne Keep- has strengtn ior anomer gxt.a, uj.
ing open of the sea lanes to Europe,! fensive.
on the Back Swamp canal, near Back
Swamp church. This work will be
continued each vear for the purpose,
(different methods of maintenance be
Jurors Need Not Report Until April j ing tried on the two canals to de-
3rd mermine the most practical ana
Mr. C. B. Skipper, clerk of the: cheapest wav of maintaining the ca
nals dug for drainage purposes.
Superior court, asks- The Robeson
ian to say that while Superior court
will convene for the trial of civil
cases on Monday, April 2, it is not
necessary for the jurors summoned
to come on Monday to report before
Tuesday, April 3. There will not be
Visitors From Boardman
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Messrs. Clegg Fields. Henry Wil
liams. Edgar Simmons. Charlie
White. Hartlev Britt and Palmer
any jury trials oh Monday, as ihis ; West, all from Boardman, were
will ho motion Aaxr T .iimVorton 'PriHaT'-
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in
Lumberton Friday.
Last night the temperature felt
very much like winter was still on
There was some ice this morning
and the safety of the peach crop is
feared for.
It is reported that a number of
small town boys got so rough at the
union station yesterday afternoon
that a policeman was called, lhe
boys vamosed before a policeman ar.
rived, however.
Born, to Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Mar
tin, at their home on East Fifth
street, at 7 a. m. yesterday, an eight
and-a-half-pound boy. Mrs. Martin's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Jones
arrived yesterday morning from their
home in Richmond and Mrs. Martin
will be a guest at the home of hei
son-inlaw and daughter for some
time. Mr. Jones will leave tonigh
for Richmond.
two applicants, both male, for clerks
VCn the (departmental service, air.
Gibbon was assisted in the work by
Local Examiner R. O. Edmund. Mr.
Gibbon says it is the intention of
the department he represents to make
Lumberton a general point for giv
ing examinations for stenographers,
etc. The dates of the examinations
will be published in The Robesonian.
Julius F. Stephens, who lives on
R. 1 from Lumberton, and G. M.
Tucker of Lumberton declared war
upon each other on the streets in
front of the Pastime theatre about
10:15 o'clock Saturday night. There
was no roar of cannons while the
battle was on, but the fists of each
combatant were used qutie freely.
There was some blocd in evidence
when the battle was over, but no
body was "kilt" or dangerously
wounded, lhe cause of tne iignt
has not been learned. No arrest was
made.
Miss Irene McLeod. teacher of
exression in the graded school, and
her class will give a comic . opera,
"An Adamless Eden" in the local op
era house at an early date. The ex
act date will be announced later. An-
admission fee of 10 cents will be
charged to meet the expense of the
opera. No children under 12 years
cid will be admitted unless -witn
their parents. Those who have been
attending the entertainments given
by . Miss McLeod and her class will
be pleased to learn that they are
soon to give another.
LET US MAKE YOUR SPRING
suit. A representative of the well
known tailoring establishment of
Schloss Bros of Baltimore will be
at our store March 21 and 22 with
a full line of samples. Call and
have your measure taken. Popu
lar prices and satisfaction guar
anteed. White & Gough.
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