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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MARCH 22, 1917.
NUMBER 11
THE ROBESONIAN
CONGRESS CALLED TO MEET APRIL 2nd.
It is Expected to Declare State of War Existing, Vote Large
Sums For National Defense and Clothe President With
Authority to Use Armed Force of the Country.
Washington Dispatch, March 21.
President Wilson today met the
BUIE AND PHILADELPHUS NEWS' PARKTON PARAGRAPHS
Eggs in Abundance The Legislature ' ru.. n., tv
and Senator n0.nh Pa,j a-. Colored Girl Dies of Burns On Far.
Acreage "'jr ruui o Acres in uotton Last
FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER I BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Program of Preliminary Commence-
Bad Condition Cotton
May be Reduced Mr. Callahan's
Condition Thought to be Improved
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
tfuie, March 21 Quite a chance
.ment of Fairmont Di
Held March 2718 shi. tvYi. L ,P.erton pter
Week-The Chicken Xaw-WhTn e d March 27-18 Schools Will LlTt xf-, cf?,? J7 Ro7
NewBaotist: aKe T- Are Of fered- ol "V";" ,"cers 10
Churrh Xarinn. rt: ' Personal Mention
..man Falls From Building Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian
MR. W. F. WILLIAMS PASSES
has come about in weather conditions Correspondence of The Robesonian,
J " A. 1 1 m Am 4
dU " n.ow 100Ks as it we may have rarkton, March 21 Estell Purdie.
constantly increasing: probability of , prominent cui Springs
iviti nprmnnir hv summoning, , - . . llu oprmgs
-war with Germany by summoning
Congress to assemble in extraordinary-
cpssion Monday. April 2 two
weeks earlier than the date he hadi
chosen before the latest assaults up
on American rights on the seas.
When the President addresses Con-
srress he is expected to show how aj
Died Monday Night Remains Tak
en to Culpepper, Va., for Interment
Father of Mrs. T. A. McNeill Jr.
of Lumberton
Mr. W. F. Williams, one of Robe
son's most prominent citizens, died
at his. home at Red Springs at mid-
. f t, fnr-: nieht Moniiav Tllfrhf. aftfr an illmooa
Staif 01 war aciuauy lias cii5i.cu xva . , "
some time because or tne uniawiuii nJr r,M. ceu
j wu ami came to nooeson coun
ty from. Virginia some 25 years aero.
air. Wiimams is survived bv his
wife, four daughters and one son,
besides several grandchildren. The
children are: Mrs. T. A. McNeill. Jr..
of Lumberton, Mrs. John Heath of
Havana, Cuba, Mrs. Louis E. Hall
of Wilmington, Miss Lucy Williams,
wno uvea with her parents, and Mr
James A. Williams of Hoke county
The remains were taken to the
old home at Culpepper, Va., where
we iunerai was conducted and in
terment made yesterday afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McNeill, Jr., left
luesday night for Culpepper to at
tend the funeral and burial.
Deceased was a member of the
Episcopal church and was a splen
did citizen, and he will be sorelj
missed in the Red Springs commun
ity and m the county as a whole.
sifrpressions of German submarines.
Congress is expected formally to
declare a state of war existi vote
a large sum, probably half a million
dollars, for national defense and
clothe the President with authority
to use the armed forces of the Unit
ed States, as it empowered President
McKinley to deal wtih the menace of
Spain in 1898.
Such action would not be a decla
ration of war except in a technical
sense, and whether the United States
and Germany actually go to war in
the fullest acceptation of the term
will deoend on what the imperial
government does before Congress is
assembled or alter it acts.
Much to chanee the President's
present intention or the course of the
government in the crisis may develop
"before April 2. The first American
jirmed ships will be that time have
reached the war zone. The ruthless
destruction of one of them undoubt
crtlv would be an act of war. On the
other hand, sinking of a submarine
by one of the armed merchantmen
probably would be met as an act of
-war by Germany. Even the arming
of American ships with the avowed
purpose - of defending them against
XJ-boats may be declared such an act.
In anv of these events, practically
nothing would remain except for Con.
jrress to acknowledge a state of war
existing from a certain specified date
probably last Sunday, when three
American ships were suns wim loss
of life.
Days of Tense Anxiety
The next ten da$s, until Congress
meets, will be days of tense anxiety ;
of eaer. waitine brli watching.
fraught with possibilities of tremend
ous consequences to the United
States.
President Wilson and his advisors
in the cabinet and in Congress have
no intention that war shall be de
clared bv the United States. By the
'hostile acts of German submarines
thev .believe the imperial German
government is actually making war
cn the United States and that it shall
bo recocrnized as a state of war. To
meet such condition the armed re
sources are to be put in a state of
Teadfnessw Then whether I he na
tion shall enter the war in its full
sense will depend upon how much
further Germany carries her acts of
aggression.
Would be Defensive War
In every sense, war, if it actually
comes, will be a defensive war, free
from ambitions of spoils or territory,
in which the United States, the Pres
ident has publicly declared, shall
want nothing for itself and shall seek
only to preserve the rights of civ
ilization and humanity.
In such a situation the United
States may even become an actua'
-partisan in the hostilities on the Eu
ropean continent without becoming
a political allv of anv of the Entente
powers, simply casting its weight of
men, money and moral influence into
the battle against a common' enemy
THIS IS MIGHTY HARD CIDER
the coming year at its regular meet
ing rnoay nignt, March 23rd.
Sledge and Mrs. F. H. Httm; t?W:iork'Zhere ten
-fr,. r "-jiiik spring ana summer
" o-TL u'l ooas Ior 1113 department store.
Fairmont, March 21 Mrs
Tuesday morning for
.-nJiJ.;..; ! a colred rl that was seriously burn-! whelT tw reboro'
ent Saturday visiting Miss Doshie Mnday morning, died last night nual session of the Woman's Mission- ;i LSrmth and. family have
ociock. The girl had gone toiS;- u,uu OI iNor"i Carolina. Miss Utr fZZT f561""-. inira
breakfast to her brother Joe' Sls.le Flowers, music teacher of the KfcJf 7 formerly lived in the
i muuom graaea school," was called De n me name street,
to her home, Waycross, Ga., Tuesday L TMr' D' V Walker, an experie
spent
Odom at St. Paul. . at 10
The railroad strike wTiipTi h Kon1 carry
called off is one of the many and un-T about eight o'clock. As it was
reasonapie tmncs whvrh Ihna iwm ntxie cold th bov hart n fir m
put into effect that affects and hurts ' th f ield, and the girl stopped to
the country, making labor hard and Warm and her clothing soon caught
uuitaouiiauiB w uie ranroaas, wnicn olie uctummg j.iiuLeiiea, Degan
works a hardship on the people who ' to scream. Her brother ran to her
are aepenaent on them. rescue, put oetore he could reach her
Mr. and Mrs. Willie McMillan, : sts began running, and the flames
Misses Katy Thackard and Leno Mc-i soon set her entire clothing on fire.
meiu spent Tuesday m Lumberton. "nen her brother reached her he
mere is an abundance of eggs in'"irew her to the ground and covered
this Section. Chickens sure must ! the flames with dirt, but bv this timo
be laying:. Probablv es-cs aro ahnnt ; he was badly burned. Dr. D. S.
as cheap foodstuff as one can buy. was summoned and dressed
Messrs. wiiiiam Tidy and Walter wonas. roily runiy, the moth
McMillan spent Friday in "Lumberton. ' er. of the unfortunate girl, lives on
'I'ho Tmclof-liva -nnni-nA ,-.1. t C'.A nf T T? AToHtt'o ov xnm.
irfto effect some mie-htv cood laws. Estelle was about 15 vears old.
Robeson was represented in the way Dr. D. S. Currie, accompanied by
ox naving a senator the best she has mr- - a. uasnweu and two of Air,
ever had. Everybody knows Frank I Cashwell's daughters. Mrs.C. W. Mar.
Gough and he put into effect, if car- tin and Miss Ruth Cashwell, went to
on account of her mother's illness,
iT I I . . l . 1 7 1 Tl C T 1
. --. "" ui Doaraman is
visitme her mother. Affo w t
-I ii J . . AJ.
vrantnam. Alessrs. Joe Worley and
ucttVBsoi retna, va., are spend
a udys in town.
ried out, some of the best laws thati Fayetteville this morning as Mrs,
ever has been put on the statute - J- A. Cashwell, who was taken to
books. Being an ardent worker and t the hospital Friday, was to be operat
a successful business man he could . ed on today. The operation proved
readilv see the trn tipoHs nf tho successful and Mrs. P.asViwAll rallied
country. j this afternoon and the doctors report
ah tnese people who were so anx-:ier condition lavorable, although Mr,
Funeral of Mr. Jas. T. Barker This
Afternoon at 3 End Came Yester
day Morning
Death claimed Mr. James T. Bark;
er, one of Lumberton's most highly
respected citizens, yesterday at 10:30
a. m. While Mr. Barker had been
in bad health for some time, he had
only been confined to his room a
week.. Heart trouble was the im
mediate cause of his death. Deceased
is survived by his wife and five chil
dren. The children are Mesdames A.
J. Tinkham and J. J. Moore of Wil
mington, Mr James -Barker of Wil
mington, Mr. D. M. Barker of Hope
well, Va., and Mr. Johnnie, who lived
-ftith his parents.- - - -
Mr. Barker would have, been 67
years old April 2nd. He had lived
m Lumberton for 28 years.. He was
well-known throughout the county
and had many friends who will be
shocked to learn of his death.
The funeral will be conducted from
the home, East Fifth street, at 3 o'.
clock this afternoon by Rev. Dr. W.
B. North, pastor of Chestnut Street
Methodist church, of which deceased
was a member. Interment will be
made in Meadow-Brook cemetery.
ious for the U. S. to so to war with
Germany are about to get what they
wanted.
Prof, and Mrs. C. L. Cates spent
niday evening m Red Springs.
Cashwell says she is very sick
Prof. Love of St. Paul was a call
er Sunday night.
Mr. J. D. Gillis, one of our mos
I successful farmers, planted 8 acres
Messrs. R. A. Melvin and Z. G. Hall j to cotton last week, not so much to
are spending today in Fayetteville. j get a head of all the other farmers
Mr. James McLeod is the latest! of his section, but more as an experi-
purchaser .in the way of something . ment. He is hopeful and thinks it
baker of Bishopville, S. C, has ac-
septed a position as baker in the Du
Bois bakery.
Mr. Ed J. Glover ha
added a large up-todate machine to
his vulcanizing nlanf nn Wof
T M Mlfc.
n . . - i "io uiv-auiiuij uiant
reparations for the preliminary street, npar rt
commencement of the Fairmont dis- it- w i . . , , t
Wet. which will be held her? nL?N- Jt..?.",?,herfJ Le"
asfsusr ?s,nft wiS tie 3 arc-
nm ucift.c pan m tnis pre- rx.-i t, , . ,
hmmary and a record-breakinsr crowd o While m Raleigh Monday State
is expected. Senator Frank Gough had Mr. M.
One of the features of the day will it AlcKene appointed a justice of
be the parade of the school children peace for a six-year term. The
who will form, line in front of the aPPintment was made by Governor
school building at 11 o'clock Tues- Blckett-
day morning and after marchino- Mr. J. C. Bodenheimer Tins lot
through the main streets of the town, I the contract to Messrs. Burney Bros..
u l"e asi lumberton band, locai contractors, lor the erection of
will assemble at the Robeson tobac- a 5-room bungalo on his lot, Eighth
co warehouse, where they will sing street. Work has already been be-
""icuta . i uun on tne nni rnrnor
To add to the interest of tVi opm! Mr t t? t
ion, a number of tbo murcnontc. I ,a i r.i ' v. .. ..
v,,,,:..,,. i a.x. a. i uccn iu xvaieign ana at otn-
pusiness men of the town are offer- er points in the State working with
rf8t.2-tl!L5Jfi? the State Highway commission, has
"u auiiexic returned to jLumoerton and will again
tvl Is 1?-lsi,to th-e sch001 havin be located here for a while.
the?td"lled hne in the parade. Mr. F. K v.- i...
clirS advised that the witeM
the Fairmont district wffi Jn ?lee, club w.lU ve a.n entertainment
to ride in, it beiner a Ford.
Roads are in bad condition through
this section
The cotton acreage in this sec
tion, we believe, is going to be re-j
uuteu mis year. r e near a good
many farmers talking of. planting
right much small grain and truck.
Mr. Ed Callahan, who was thought
to be seriously injured in an automo
bile wreck which . occurred near Red
will do well
Mr. J. A. McKay of Red Springs
spent Friday in town. We were more
than glad to greet him.
One of our local ministers has
traded his nice car, or exchanged,
for a raw-hide jitney, one of those
self -starters.
Mrs. G. L. Parker and family have
moved from our town and have gone
to f ayetteville. Air. .Parker operat
Springs seme time ago, is thought da blacksmith shop here ,for sever-
to be much improved,
CLEAN-UP
has
The following proclamation
been issued by the mayor:
- I hereby designate and set apart,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
I Friday, March 27th, 28th, April 1st
and 2nd, as clean-up days, and re-
Mother of Mr. Robert Chaff in of . spectiuily. urge all citizens of the
Lumberton j town of Lumberton to co-operate
Mr. Robert Chaffin left Tuesday . with the official i Tl this imTmrtsiTit
; t i j j "
morning xor o onuuru tu atteiiu .work. Rake up ali trash ti
waste paper, etc., and pile on edge
funeral of his mother, Mrs. S. A,
Chaffin. Mrs. Chaffin died early
Tuesday morning after a short ill
ness. She was 83 years old. De
ceased lived in Lumberton a num
ber of years ago, when her husband,
the late Rev. W. S. Chaffin, preach
ed here.
TOWN GIVES ITS NOTES
J. C. Turner of McDonald is Fined on
Charge of Selling the "Throwing
Kind of Cider
J. C. Turner of McDonald was giv
?n a. hearing before Assistant Re
rorder E. M. Johnson Tuesday af
ternoon on the charge of selling
cider. Prayer for judgment was con
tinued for two years upon payment
of cost. The evidence was that
Turner, who conducts a small store at
McDonald, had been selling cider for
several years and recently had sold
some from two barrels that would
"throw" those who drank eiough of
it. Citizens of McDonald had warn
ed Turner to stop selling the cider,
hut he continued to sell it. When
warned by the assistant recorder not
to sell any more cider which would
"throw" the folks who drank it. Turn.
r said he did not want to quit sell
ing cider as that was the way he
made most of his money.
Overdraft of School Fund Amounting
to $6,378.98 Taken Care Of
A joint meeting of the board of
town commissioners and the board
of trustees of the graded and high
school was held Tuesday night for
the purpose of devising plans where-1
by $6,378.98 the amount the school
fund is now overdrawn could be
paid. The town board agreed that
the town should issue notes covering
this amount. Of this amount the
First National Bank holds warrants
for $3,625.00 and the National Bank
of Lumberton $2,753.98. The notes
to be issued by the town will have
to be taken care of with money from
the general fund.
About two years ago the town
made a special levy of 13 cents on
of street, and same will be removed
promptly by the town wagons. An
extra force will be employed for this
purpose if necessary. I also suggest
that all stables and cow lots be giv
en a thorough cleaning. Let's make
a determined effort to make Lum
berton a clean, flyless town.
A. E. WHITE, Mayor,
TEN MILE TOPICS
Ten MUe-Long Branch Controversy
correspondence of The Robesonian
Ten Mile, March 20 Ten Mile will
fail to swim any more in the Long
Branch water for in she fell up to
her chin and has promised not to eevr
go again. Our band is few, but tried
and true. Our boys are frank and
bold; Long Branch trembles when our
name is told. Our fortress lsnot the
green wood, our tent not the cypress
tree, but we know the forest round
us as the seamen know the sea: and
we know our grey matter and our in-
tellectual mine, and everybody knows
that old Long .Branch is still far be
the $100 valuation for school pur-! hind. Woe to the Long Branch boys
poses in addition to the old levy of i that dread us near! On them would
30 cents on the $100 valuation and . a light be a strange and sudden fear
90 cents on the poll, which makes a .Ten Mile rings with laugh and shouts1
total school levy of 43 cents on the
$100 valuation. The town board de
cided not to raise this levy to secure
more money ior maintaining me
school.
BROUGHT BACK AFTER 10YEARS
Negro Who Escaped from Robeson
County Chain Gang 10 Years Ago
Captured and Returned to dang
Arthur Burden, colored, who es
caned from the Robeson county chain
trang more than 10 vears ago after
serving a few months of a 4-year
sentence for house-breaking, was ar
Tested in Wilmington Tuesday. Sher
iff R. E. Lewis was notified at once
W the Wilmington officers and Dep
uty Wm. Freeman went to Wilming
ton yesterday and brought Burden
back to Robeson. He will be sent
1ack to the roads to complete his
sentence and work out the extra cost
in eettinar him back. Burden was con
victed of breaking into a house near
rroctorville m the year 1905.
Preliminary Commencement at Fair
mont March 27
The first preliminary county com
mencement will be held at Fairmont
Tuesday of next week. The regular
final county commencement program
will be carried out. I he li-ast Lum
berton band will furnish music for the
occasion. The schools which will take
part in this commencement are:
Fairmont. Baltimore, Gaddy's, White
Pond,Orrum,Proctorville,Oakton,Bloom
"al'years and will be greatly missed.
Judging from an article in last Fri
day's Fayetteville Observer, written
by some one from our town, somebody
was very much wrought up on the
present chicken law of our town and
criticised the town fathers for hav
ing passed such a law, and they say
that it is a bad law and that they
hope it will soon be up-set says the
poor widow woman will have to buy
fencing, etc. The hit dog is the one
to holler. The statutes of North
Carolina make it a misdemeanor for
chickens to trespass on gardens, etc.,
and while the town fathers have the
right to make amends and reduce the
fine of the intruder, yet they can
not repeal the chicken law. Our town,
as most all towns, is blessed with
widow women, m.oro or less, and we
have this to say: We find them to
be the salt of the earth and were the
first to enclose their chickens, and
we have heard of no kick coming
from them.
. We are still hopeful of. the immed
iate return of the boys from the bor
der. Then the home coming recep
tion and a great time will take place
Mr. G. D. Ammons, one of the
workmen on the new Baptist church
fell from, the building Friday and was
painfully, but not fatally hurt. The
distance he fell was about twelve
feet. He is resting better, and is ex
pected to be out in a few weeks.
The brick work on the above-mentioned
building was completed Fri
day, except chimneys and flues. The
roofing work is now going on and
the luiiding will be finished in a few
weeks.
There is to be a fiddler's conven
tion at Ray's throve school house
Friday night, the 23rd. Airs. w. n.
McKinnon is teacher at this school.
A biar time is expected.
Miss Ruth Cashwell, who has been
teaching in Greensboro, came home
Sunday evening to the delight of her
many friends. Mrs. J. M. Scott of
Rockv Mount is visiting home folks
here. Mr. Clarence Johnson of Wil-
be hplH in fV, p-,m 'A "V " , m xne local opera house April 19.
itorium Monda'y ntgM.rch " g college
o'clock. Eac school is entitled to Sre IJ8"1 attend Concert
one contestant in the declamation and Mrs. Lizzie G. Proctor and Miss
one in the recitation contest. The Anne Ruth Caldwell of Lumberton
elementary and high school spelling auu 111135 1lina ttman oi uacic
tuutesis, m wnicn each school is al- p CAI' lue!,uay morning ior
so entitled to one contestant, and the Greensboro to attend a meeting of
vanuus exniDixs, potn literary andi
industrial, will be held in the Rob-1
eson tobacco warehouse, while the
athletic contests will be held on
Main street. A baseball game be
tween Fairmont and one of the neigh
boring towns is being planned for the
aiternoon.
The program for the preliminary
commencement of the Fairmont dis
trict is as follows:
Monday, Mar. 26, 8 p. m., school
T---i ! . ..
auuiiuxiuin reclamation and recita
tion concontests.
Tuesday, March 2r. 11 a. m. Pa
rade of school children, beginning at
school grounds.
11 o'clock Elementary spelling
contest Robeson tobacco warehouse.
12:30 p. to. High school spelling
contest Kooeson tobacco warehouse,
1 p. m. Recess.
2 p. m. Athletic contest Main
street. (1) 100 yard dash, (2) 220
yard run, (3) 440 yard run, (4) stand
ing high jump, (5) running high
jump, (6) running broad jump, (7)
snot put,. () relay race.
3:30 p. m. Baseball game.
Prizes will be offered as follows
1. For the best exhibit of one-, two
the State Baptist Womans Mission
ary societies.
Mr. F. W Groom and family
have moved to Charleston, S. C,
where Mr. Groom has accepted a po
sition with a railroad company. Mr.
Groom had held a position with the
V. & C. S. Ry. Co. here for some
time, but resigned to accept the po
sition in Charleston.
Mr. O. M. Britt has resigned his
position as superintendent of the log
ging department of the Kingsdale
Lumber corporation. Mr. Britt be
gan work with this corporation 18
years ago as log scaler at $1.50
the day and was drawing a salary of
$1,500 the year when he resigned.
He measured the logs from which the
lumber was sawed to build the first
mill built by this company at Old
Kingsdale. Mr. Britt did the buying1
and estimating of timber. He will
look after his farming interests and
make estimates on timber for indi
viduals. He will make his home in
Lumberton.
"An Adamless Eden," a comic op
era in one act, will be given at the
opera house tomorrow evening (Fri
and three-teacher schools; 2. One for day March 23), by Miss Irene Mc
the best literary exhibit; 3. One for eo? and her s.o1 ?f dramatic art.
the best industrial exhibit. Performance will begin at 8:30. The
Mrs. F. L. Mitchell of Oxford is urogram is dandy and it is regretted
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.i --hat space requirements makes it lm
S. Floyd. Mrs. C. D. Baker and Mrs. possible to give it m the paper today.
D. C. Lassiter were Lumberton vis-;Besides Miss McLeod those on the
itnrcj TnAclatr urogram are: Misses Hilda and Mi-
The Young People's Missionary so-1 X)m Weinstein, Mary Lee . Caldwell,
;0f r.f ti,fl MViftUc iir.Ti -nrjii Margaret Pope, Jeanette Biggs, Elia-
serve sandwiches, coffee, and cream i abeth Wishart, Gwendolyn Barrett,
Tuesday, March 27, at the Robeson
tobacco warehouse for Jthe benefit
of the church.
Miss Catherine McLean of McDon
a'd spent Wednesday in town with
her sister Miss Bessie McLean.
BELLAMY BRIEFS
ns i-P a Tirmt. wpro nn Anrl -wnnrll anfl
flowers are P-athered to rrnwn t.ho son spent Friday in town with rel
boys' cups. With merry song we atives. Mr. A. S. Pope of the Park
mock the mighty Branch who against, ton pharmacy and Miss Martha Not
our boys have no chance. Brave boys wood ot iumoerry, spent ounuay m
tnere are even on Ten Mile rear;
brave boys with hoary hair; their
hearts are all with Ten Mile, with
Ten Mile are their prayers, and love
ly ladies greet our boys with the
kindest welcoming cheer; with smiles
like those of summer and tears not
like those of fear. For them, we
wear our trusty honors and can't
lay them down no more till we have
driven the old Long Branch forever
from our shore.
We thank Mr. Rice for his advice
and wish to tell him that we have
irwdale. Oakdale. Marietta.McDonalds,
Iona. Peasant Hope, Center, Oliver more preachers out this way besides
school, Bethesda, Nye and Barnes-
ville. Fairmont is making great prep,
aration for the occasion and no doubt
a large crowd will gather there.
Mr. J. B. Bowen of Lumberton
has been appointed chief marshal for
the county commenecment whi n win
be held in -Lumberton April 6. Prof.
R, E. Sentelle and Mr. W. K. Bethune
are assistant marshals. These gen
tlemen are expected to appoint other
marshals from various (Sections of
the county.
Preacher Davis. Think he is bark
ing up the wrong tree, like a tiny
lightning bug going struggling
through the world with his light on
the rear end.
We wish to eay that all the argu
ment we put up about or concerning
criminal ' assault was recommended
by our county superintendent J. R.
Poole.
We have told Long Branch that it
is hard to reply when you haven't
anything to repW to, so will they
please pass us some more Rice?
Fayetteville. Mr. Eugene Gamey and
Miss Doswell and Miss Ellison were
Fayetteville visitors punday after
noon. Mr. W. B. Edwards spent Sat
urday night and Sunday in Fayette
ville. Tho following from St. Paul
were in town last night attending
th session of the Masons: a. a
Johnson. L. McGeachy and J. W. Wil
liamson. The latter was to ride the
eoat. Miss Esdale Currie, who has
been teaching at New Home, closed
her school Friday and is at home-
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Odom of Edonia,
spent Saturday in town visiting rel
atives. Mr, F. N. McMillan, Jr.,
snent. Snndav with relatives in town
A number of our people attended
ed preaching at Big Rocgfish church
bunday evening.
G. M. Tucker and J. F. Stephens
submitted to an affray before Record
er E. M. Britt Monday and judg
ment was suspended upon paymen
of cost. -They pulled off a fist fight
on Elm street about 10 o'clocK bat
urday Tight, as mentioned in Mon
4 .Y)AnAflAniiiii
Evelyn Sentelle, Evelyn Whaley, Mait
land and Elsie Thompson, Sarah Car
lyle, Mary Lawrence, Roberta Nash;
Messrs. Abner Nash, Frank Gougb,
Rudolph Thompson, Edgar ' Deese,
Leon Hamilton, Clarence Deese.
Mr. J. D. Melvin's Barn Burned
School at Antioch Will Close in
. April Personal Mention
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Bellamy, March 21 Mr. J. D. Mel
vin had the misfortune of getting his
barn and all its contents destroyed
by fire last Thursday night about
o'clock. He lost all his farming
untensils., Origin of the fire is un
known.
Mrs. E. O. Freeman and children
spent several days last week visiting
relatives at Hog Swamp. Mr. J. G.
Todd of Wilmington visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Todd, Sun
Hay. Miss Artie Britt spent Sat
urday and Sunday visiting at Lum
berton. Air. (i. W. uartieid was a
Bladenboro visitor Saturday. Miss
Belmer Freeman spent several days
last week visiting relatives at Lum
berton. Mr. Dougald Todd spent a
short while at the capital Saturday
night.
School at Antioch will close some
time in April. They are planning to
have a concert at the last. Will an
nounce the date later.
Elizabetfctown White Man Injurted
and Lumberton Negro KiUed in Ex
plosion A Monroe dispatch states that Fred
Dyson of Elizabethtown was badly
injured, though not seriously, at that
place Tuesday when an exlosion at
a rock quarry scattered rock in an
unexpected direction, a rock striking:
him on the right leg, falling to his
foot and crushine the bones in his
toes. Dyson had been living in Wil
mington for several years. He went
to Monroe from Burlington and was
engaged as mechanical engineer with
a paving company eiiKa-geu in lauig
street asphalt in Monroe.
At the same time Charlie McNair,
a negro convict, was killed by a large
rock striking him m tne neaa ana
crushing the skull. He lived two
hours. McNair was from Lumberton
and had served five of a twelve
months sentence on Union county
roads, being convicted for highway
robbery at the Seaboard" station at
Monroe last October.
Dr. C. S. Dietz of St. Paul is
spending the day here. Dr. Dietz
savs he expects to open up a dental
office here if he can secure a loca
tion.
The filter and power plants have
recently been fenced in with 62-inch
fencing wire and the grounds about
the plants are being cleaned up. This
adds much to the appearance o
things about the plants.
Governor Bickett has recommended
to the State Prison Board the ap
pointment of the following officials r
For superintendent of prison, J. R.
Collie of Louisburg; chief clerk, E.
F. McCullock of White Oak; warden,
S. J. Busbee of Raleigh; physicians
to the prison and the department for
the criminal insane, Drs. Carl W.
Bell and C. E. Judd of Raleigh; sup
erintendents of the two prison farms
in Halifax county, Capt. C. N. Chris
tian and Capt. C. J. Rhem; physician
to the State farms, Dr. F. M. Regis
ter of Halifax.