Newspapers / The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.) / March 29, 1917, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Come To In. Ltambertom -Apr. 6, ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH GdmmeBceinnieiiit THE ROBESOMAH : ; , ...v "Mi AV ftv- -A ' .w a imk. DUtl IN ADVANCE VOL. XLV11I LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MARCH 29, 1917. NUMBER 13 TOWN PRIMARY APRIL 24 SOLDIERS HOME FROM BORDER COMMENCEMENT AT FAIRMONT Candidates Will be Nominated for,T. u t ., M,vr On. Tnwn Pommissionpr a LuPber Bridge Company Included in Prelim - ' . . : . "I Sia'mnri lmmn XT i. n.u. School Commissioners and Audit i w"m" el"" "s: Department and Finance Board Bond Issue Must Go to Supreme Court Other Town Affairs Traveling in two special trains, the At a meeting of the board of town1. Second regiment of the North Car commissioners Monday night a P1!- j inary at Fairmont Was a Great Success Despite Unfavorable Weath er Large Crowd Enjoyed the Ex ercises and Were Royally Enter tained Winners of Prizes In spite of the heavy rains that PARKTON PARAGRAPHS GADDYSVILLE GRIST BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS n0!0!18!0! Macdonald Increased Acreage to Corn-School -TW k.TZT:..-., , - , Ul , v wpjeciions urged j Closes April 6 Synopsis of Plav manTr A u' 14i,ueu 1 or the to Road Bonds TTnnW 2nH Pmn,,c;J f.. u n:. Tiff""1'-, i.S,:1. ay marnage of Gus S. Edens nnrl T,n; iy viittii universal unwary Baxlev uio to Road Bonds Under 2nd Pronosi. tion "Blind Tiger" Arrested Per sonal Mention Correspondence of The Robesonian. Training Correspondence of Th Pnhotnninn mol n. x'. 1 !. SL. . ..c 1-uiull. . "i, men nome. CJniDDewa stropf- x v i ht I vestprdo- n m j , uccli v-1 ""vuw it. ii, xxxx.i" t a. iv-(juuna DOV 'Poi"l n U4- 4-1 U 1 x? I f. T T T . - . ir0 h'- and llrs. P. J. Is- -Fll Xl. . 1-- ? 1 T) 1 j , . O ma national o-navH nn,lv,. nnmr,oJ uuxxwg iue caiiv moimiisf Hours, x aiKlon. March V7 Kpw W M 91 &UCV4.U, ,jllutJ. ivuimouu j xv. jj i - ' nir;n ' . . " " tuuic cii e wuul Lmumrii n anr nc "" u. r. nnwnn r. v,..: i -f ri ttxx ttt., - , .., -"e muuuy roaas, some l.ouu miner, nastor of ttiP Prpcho' t. xu -r " . tmMm t- iB ms mavy was called to be held on the,- Wilmington, with people gathered-at Fairmont Tues-' church, filled his regular appoint i what lai-er acreaVDlant d thif: ivpainted whirhnnM Streets' last Tuesday in April for the purpose 50 officers and 750 men, passed day for the first preliminary county ment Sunday morning followed by ihan merf 4s fJst ySr and ft cS- PeaSEcT U :ts &P" of nominating candidates for mayor, through Wilmington Tuesday night commencement. While the occasion administration of the Lord's supper, tainly should be as there is the great- -Mr. Oliver William, ,w a one town commissioner, and three' n the last leg of their 2,300 mile J IZJTZ Rular est mand for it thiJ tfiiPr Tuesday his positiofLTLesnaf traded school commissioners, and. journey from El Paso, Teaxs, to their tnt was a SSn Mccess SS ?hat Eh i i f le- M' hurch' has been- Those that have it to sell the dry goods department of SessrT l0r nf hoard nf audit and fin-'v- oo; 4. n.n.u...- ment was a grand success one that pleaching one of his most able ser- are cettine- Reconstrnft.ion fnr R. D. Caldwpll i ct, 88? ance, who will be elected at the gen- included in the regiment are the' attn VT. -V AxiIJl- Bu ceFtainy scarce has not vet derided -w v .m, j e The farmer should try this year as Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Collins - j 1 ; t"i anwmcu 11. VllIV a. 1CW UT LIlp XJ7 ' Vt'To ndra,0SS,A5: & Jf .which wo;d have taken part the pulpit at the Presbyterian VuVch, . . -, ucunfl., i, uumauuiu. xii. iiau il iiul nppn Tnr Tnp ram wprp nrpapmniT i hie mr.i ui ?on J. D. McAllister, T.O.Edens, Eh f, Fayetteville, Capt. R. J. Lamb, has made great preparation for the1 Wishart and Elwood Whaley. were Lieut. D. B. Byrd; G, Raeford, Lieuts. occasion and those present were much iipuniLvv. i.u-&v t- : ".cow, emu j. jj. Yviiiiitinson; n, iin- pieasea witn tne sp endid manner m Mpcrs. M. N. Foleer. J. P. Townsend, ton; T. Kdpntnn- v. Wikni,. t. t i-t, .ii j trj"i.A" and J. S. Thompson were appointed ber Bridge, Capt. Joe Shaw, Lieuts. ' tained by the good people of that1 jutises u'e w Q w. , joouu unie anu uan Linton; m, town ana community. ir,e icimo oi I'icoaia. i uunn; macmne gun company, uolds- rt.. A. S. Kine and K. M. Barnes ' horo; sunnlv pnmnnnv 5iTifl TriemDers 01 we wwu uuaiu, wpuci Parade The parade, in which, around 300 , he never tried before to make every at their home in Charlotte at 12-1 . ny: h of the old earth yield its best. Sunday, an 8-pound bov Mr 1 No idle acres should Hp nllnwpd v. Collins is a RnKoT, x v t 5 Flo Me1f !fk in Jeh?lf lathing should be planted in some- has made good h I the wholeiSS C ot tlora McDonald collese and eiv- thintr. as thprp i n ot CMMif ber bus no ; ei le 1UR1' nfgfT, ,1 r0nff arment m favor' farm products and all indications of t Dr. C. S. Dietz, dentist who ha ttLCL gft wmaining at Red booming prices for all these products. Jeen located at St Paul ior soSJ bprings, as most of the people m Our school will end with commence. Vme. will onen ud an of f ir ftp y are.w.are that ment day in Lumberton. This is the st floor of the National Bank of r.Jynd of N.X. is considering com- most successful school that has ever Lumbertpn building Wednesdav of bmmg Red Springs colleere with Peacf' hPPn tnno-Vit ,pt-p tv, j.. ; next wt tt 5,, :eun!S(?ay of jmstitute at Raleigh. Mr Dixon ii ! moVe Than pfeaed wi fte excellent last days of VaV wWlf in h ej! .right about opposing such a move. ;nanagemen ,that Robt. E. .Miller here. eeK m nis of"ce Tonight we have two representa- Banft TrSl? rf', rf the Planters ITOC! in TTo lV-mnn fPe,Tat a location like Red Springs Gaddysville in the persons of Grady that youn? S?2f -thlS -lssue' sows than they could, m a city; and we Shooter and Miss Bessie Gaddy. They noise very mS Slon ls making a agree with him, m this respect Rev. are both excellent speakers, and no gan bushiest nVie Recess. It be- "V uuu,uas,rrae, laitniuiiy ior aoubt will come away with the tro- 1916, and it fn rst of April Flora Macdonald and is still doing phy. is rrlaSnV l!!??ent ows that it good effectual work and he does not; Thp concert will bp given at Had-1 Tr j ra"iymg progress. w f6."11'!-116..8001 on Wednesday night, land Dppsp' t"?nMr- an Mrs. Row. We could occupy our allotted space in her favor but we don't much think they will move it to Raleigh. Mr. C. H. Graham, R. F. D April 4th. K AU years old Mnr The most important feature is aUw:rlv a birthdav nrt ?Z local talent play entitled "Between hrat, w J aldwe & Son. His Two Lives". This is a strictly rural ffeS? Bi, Franklin toot --j UU1 luwu, ic- laimer aiso. it ieaxures rurai-maae refrpcV,m,I ldfme theatre amJ tirniinff rinmo CitiOtt ti;T,4- TVT 1 i? 4-1. - x. j . j . , 1 ielreSllments Wow i , e dn v.v luve uj. liik tenuerest ana sirongesx.i Mill;,,, ; civeu Dv the n Graham has been in the service elev-: while teaching on,- of the greatest 3Jr pR re' CI!TCrr tt ...x., lessons on home conveniences such as j. . 'i Vho "ves riji.i.ux "x uai xjcpji tuiejiu jupeIulIl iiiubtei raae, one couia ten irom the way bers of the school board whose terms out 0f an guar(j organizations still those children who did march were ovnirp this vear are Messrs. JL. K. in thp Vpdpmi soruiVo tViov will v.p troirari -pv. v, t. j n Varser, C. V. Brown and Oeo. L,. heh at their camus for assignment-:. ! the schools been present to take Thompson. Those who hold over are as conditions require. their places, as had been planned, it Messrs. R. D. Caldwell, J. r. i.s-; Nearly 15,000 men were added to 'would have been worth going miles sell, J. H. Wishart and Q. T. WU- the national guard force available for to see. On account of the mud the liams. Dividing the town into 4 Federal police duty by this order of children marched on the sidewalks wards reduces tnP. numDer 01 com- the War Department Tuesday. With through the business part of town, missioners from 6 to 4, which ex- the men called out during the past starting from the Robeson County plains why only one commissioner is few days this gives the government tobacco warehouse and ending at the to be elected to succeed the three 'upwards of 50,000 guardsmen for em- I starting point, whose terms expire. ! ployment in their home States to j Recitations It was ordered that Town Attorney protect industries and other proper- Immediately after the parade those W. Lennon investigate the town com- ty. ! present gathered in the warehouse mons as to title vested m the town. Most 0f the men affected by to- ard listened to three splendid recita- Messrs. W. P. McAllister and Jas. day's orders are at their home mob- tions. Those who recited were Miss D. Proctor, members of the board, iiization camps preparing to return Lilly Kyle of the Fairmont graded A.vere appointed a committed to maKe to civilian life after long stays on school, Miss Caroline Nve of the Or- nnvestijrations as to the saie the Mexican border. They now will rum high school, and Master Willis Hill Saturday, stopping over in Dur-! will hand vou over a few details and '"f Tris potatoes for &te old boiler m the boiler room which h at their camp8 or armories Fisher of the Fairmont school. All ham Sunda'andPLt5mW home'Tet vou taste: nZrl wTlinP Lue,sa The potato rj"nner has not oeen usai ioi vcia! jax. l0r assignments as conditions require, these recitations were well rendered. 1 Sunday night. Miss It was omerea mat r. o. m all about i,uuu men are retain-, Alter the recitations the crowd was returned home from nnivu.Ai. , ... x. XT tl j? n i i i tolucl " xuuie rv. i irom r ayette-; arama. dramatizme- the farmpv of n ville, spent Saturday night and Sun-"Auld Lang Syne" and the modern his t,, en Redmond. Hp ;s on driver ot the town lire uulk, v ed by the order, but several ot the dismissed one hour for dinner. While dav, where she has iust closed her rharged 25 cents for water used m UTlits already had been designated for n0 dinner was spread, most of the ! school. Mr. J. D. McCall spent to- i' cuwoi ocivac. DeoDie were mviten to rno hnmps nt . na-ir m w.a mo-h irieitiTio. hie. w fo Trh -jr .WUAWJ. x T IJX Vlllf, lilt J.J-J VV iXJ i J.i i t r j. i i washineton automobiles for every au to washed. Charley Beatie was relieved ot taxes on house and lot which he sold last October. . - ;Owing to some technicalities ob jected t0 bv attorneys for the pur chairs of the bond issue for "water, sewer and lights, it seems that it will he necessary to carry the matter to the Supreme court for a decision up on these points; ana in view uj. u.i situation it appears Inecessari"- for the town to renew notes for money "borrowed, which notes were to have been liquidated with tne proceeu from this bond sale. It was ordered, therefore, that the mayor and town clerk and treasurer negotiate renewal of the?p notes. . Mr. W. J. Horrigan has just com oloted for the W. M. Wilkes Co., un der contract with the town, extension of water and sewer lines, and the "hoard passed a resolution setting -fr.Hli that the work was done in a satisfactory manner and that the re lations of "the town board with tne tympany and their manager, Mr. Hor rigan, have been entirely satisfactory. COLORED COMMENCEMENT people were invited to the homes of The troops held under arms include thp hosnitablp neonle of Fairmont. the First squadron, Virginia cavalry, where they were well fed. It was the Second North Carolina infantry the good fortune of this reporter to and companies A and B, North Caro. be entertained in thp hoirp of Mr. lma engineers. 'and Mrs. O. I. Floyd, and he is frank As orieinallv erven out at the War , to snv thnt hn Department the list "of troops'-retain- ally entertained anywhere at any ed in Federal service, contained a time. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd have one number of units which already had of the most beautiful h nmps in fVip been mustered out. Department of- town and their hospitality to visitors iiciais expiaineu tnat repuns oi w: there is unsurpassed. Spelling Contest At 2 o'clock the spelling contest took place. Quite a number of good returning home let you taste: Henry Wilson, one of , Mr" q, x . Potato P'ants cam- , iss Bessie Cashwell the old timers, farms in the old way. .. J"5tos garden of their own m High Point Mon. i He lets his wife kill herself carrying i w tnd, bushes were SPvZi aer water up a hill to do the cooking, the I i When he plowed to-.washing and scrubbing. His son goes ben ' x i3 fou"d that thev i comDletion of thp murtering out for malities had been late in reaching them. Troops discharged from Federal spellers entered both the elementary everal up off te a boarding school and studies enf fP0rtaato fl he gathered to persuade his father out of trying, rp Mesdames C. V. Brown t t more land, but improve what he has 1 f ownsend. B. W. Page, u ' AJ" but to no avail. .Tark. his son. is'son and T. C. .Tohnsn A'x"', A"?er- come them back to our town. Mr. deenlv in love with Girtie Bowers.! WeeK at Whiteville n J:ea-last ,?2a a school teacher. Girtie really Joves j Stote Federation f I '.mir qnr. cna nmmaa T rx . . . . i iif ' .ii.iia t'liinc T i . . - X I.,- XT. XI !.! POSed ilf .InKc i n, .rclQ is a patient at the hospital there. Mr. A. McM. Blount and family have moved back to our town, mov ing from Charlotte. We gladly wel- djSIount says there is no ' i .Jc - '-rr? 4-Ito-t 4-VitViTj-c. V. a -ttt!11 - ilk jv -. j LHtH lie liXXXAXXVO lie WXX1 make Parkton his home. Rev. H. B. Porter reports cabbage plants in his own garden large enough to transplant and that he has already set some. Mr. S. J. Thomasson is on another trip to Mecklenburg county, home to makes er's wife. Rastus Washington Lin coln, the negro hostler for the money, under Silas Watson, and tha negro maid Truletta, in the Wilson home, love each other and pure nesrro love We hear plenty gossip over the j it is. The old man Henry at last his . mother," hen ''i'otbs a RSn C up her mind to be tom-.JS" on, Ra4rt'Rowfe the Third North Carolina and First test was conducted by Mr. W. R. ing petition No. 2, and the majority Mississippi infantry which thus es-jSurles of Proctorville. Little Miss speak very favorably and no doubt caped further Federal duty until an- Thetis Shepherd of the Orrum hieh our townshiD will vote strone-lv in its school won out in the elementary i favor. Thev sav there is no obiec- contest and Miss Johnsie Mitchell of tion to proposition No. 2. We must J. B. HUMPHREY RESIGNS invT Don nnAwn th,e Fairmont school won in the high 'raise money somehow to build roads KUM KUAU HUAiti school contest. A prize of $1.50 was; as we are in a most desperate con- nffprpd TVTt O CI P.alhnnTi V.o Succeeded by I. T. Brown of PhilaJone winning, the elementary contest neipnus iveeptrs oi uwui v.iS ard a prize of $2 was offered by Mr. Ordered to Take Inventory ' H. B. Phillips for the one winning At a meeting oi wie uuaiu ui iui m tne nigh school contest trustees Monday afternoon Mr. J. B. Humphrey, of, the Ked Springs ais of Colored People Here Today for Occasion Big Parade Prof. N. C. Newbold Speaks Splendid Exhibits Perhaps the largest crowd of col orcd people that ever assembled m Robeson county are in Lumberton to day to attend the first county com. t for colored schools. The number in town is estimated at be tween seven and eight thousand. A dition in this respect. -It -is reported that Geo. W. Smith, coloreT who haT yields to Jack and seven years pass'auto Jivery business in r fu Jl , by to find the farm free of debt, ev- several years, had fl;n ery convenience that can be called towards a white wnm , i l for, Henry and wife joyful as birds. him to take her homene nT?ht S Girtie sees all of this and makes up two weeks ago. There 2 t her mind to be a farmer's wife white women in the n,tn X Jack's wife. Abigail Jones, who and Smith's action caused ! tlS T hates every man because she cannot; leave his car, it is said Sm'fh i l marry lets, her hatred turn into love; for parts nnhinWn Are: ,e" A"tir ao "mayo ouniv vn iu iiuu. anu uxaiiio cvxii inc iiiicu man v ' vy tiiiM it i .Nmith'c . . j . , -r,,ix j l j l j j? jm i.xx i .-x j I npf,. i i oiuitub conduct until xuib aim giowi aiia ruwi a.nu xusa n-aius aim x zuietua. aiso. unne in weu-j ciA ne naj left Lumberton VVtUO M11U his people in town. iob. Suspicion of a negro of retail ing Saturday evening found Ander- AtWetic Contests Pprhfins tViQ -mnof iTitorootin -tact trict, resigned as a member of the ( ture of the day was the athletic con board in favor of Mr. I. T. Brown, .tests in which many took part. Th who lives near PhUladelphus. Mr.ipries an(i winners in this contes TTnmnhrpv said his reason for resign-' WSTO. T .' , i . i "u . " wi I oun mciituu aimcu wiu mg was because ne tnougnt r.e couiui Gne hundred yard dash $3 hat,: brass or metal knucks and he was do thp Clark boml lSSUe H he resigneu. ! Brucp Nvp of the Orrnm srhonl- timP ; -RntlpT f Paul Thp r-Psnlt. was Mr. Brown accented the place and n seconds. I the e-uiltv nartv was locked un and was sworn m Monday atternoon. Two hundred and twenty yard dash ! we expect a road sentence followed. It was ordered that the keepers of necktie, offered by Mr. E. V. " We are sorry to report Mrs. ; tlin phm'n trancs take an inventory ot ; ai.ti tixtures, toois, siock. e., a.iivx xi!JNye school; time 2 seconds. on the sick list, lock. The negro couple furnish the, women livP at onp nf th xx ' -.,e TVTv Anons TVTpT.nnrin nf Johns mpr-rimpnf TTpnT-r am) Snrnli pnntril tT ttt t 11 mills. bute the i practicabil Donal, He Betty fron so it goes 15 actors A few i en. You ar come ana rememoer tne date, wea- was with hpi- ku , -ucuy j rucr wnen fie died ATi' TKT T t . was a caller and spent Sunday with j bute the pathos, Jack and Girtie the ed news of thP r)coth 7i.-Strece'v" nracticabilitv of life in the new way. Mr. WifD r."!.""; protner. Chief. C. L. Beard is ever on the Donal, Henry's youngest son, keeps' Ashevillp Mr x 0,.h.v.d at Betty from marryink a city skunk and day morning - after a 6 OD" so it eoes on for about 2 hours, with Dereaspd o ... d sno.rt illness. son McLeod armed with a pair of15 actors and four acts. fou?hertv has .1.. '? ?ffe- Mr. 11 oic. l,- .;,r.',- j.r:, J' dli0 received news nf . - a Jivxv y a uuou iiaut lii ri :-: tit i rial 1 1 tvii uv.i j anu nc yyuo -. icvv icLitatiuxio vv 111 aiou ui civ . h i i p h r n ni t i . . more effective work m tavor ot j off ered by Mr 0. I. Floyd won by! soon found in the presence of Judge en. for. Mr. J . rtf', 0erty. s broth- Clark bond issue it ne resigned. . BruCe Nye of the Orrum school; time j Butler of St. Paul. The result wasl You are extended a cordial wel- occurred Tuesd tTt enlr' Yhlch nd remember the date, Wed-, was with her hrVrtW "?Rn the report with the board when6 it special train was operated over the . meets in regular session Monday, r.Pr.nvd from Maxton and one over the Raleigh & Charleston from Ma rietta and the regular V. & C. S. train brought in several car loads. The special excursion over the Sea hoard did not arrive here until af ter 12 o'clock and the parade, in which around 4,000 school children marched, lid not take place till 1 o'clock this afternoon. At thp time of going to press Prof. "N. C. Newbold, State agent of rural schools, is addressing the schools m the tobacco warehouse, First and Wal iut streets. A splendid industrial exhibit is on rlienlair in thft warehouse. Forty- spvon chnols have an exhibit of work done bv pupils. A fuller account ot tne occasion i will be published in Monday's paper. East Lumberton Mayor's Court Correspondence of The Robesonian. East Lumberton, March 27 Tried before J. N. Herring, mayor of East Lumberton, F. E. Hinson and Shelton Anderson for an affray at the Dres den cotton mill. They submitted by paying $5.00 fine and cost. Messrs. L. E. Blanchard. county farm demonstrator W. F. French and W. I. Linkhaw went yesterday to Wilmington to attend the North Car olina Livestock Exposition and Con ference, which is in session there. Messrs. Linkhaw and French return ;d home last nitrht. Mr. Blachard re mained in Wilmington. Mr. J. A. Sharpe, editor of The Robesonian, and J. A. the 2nd, and Mr. A. T. Mc Lean arc attending iba. exposition to-lay. The board will elect a road super intendent Monday. Contestants From Schools of Lumber ton District Will Meet Here Sat "rday . . , XT- Contestants irom tne scnoois oi me Running high jump $1.25 pair. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Odom and chil- gloves, offered by Messrs. Floyd &jdren of St. Paul, R. 2, were callers, six months intensive military train nesday night, April 4th. 'and is expected 17 f, T "e Sie.( Mr. H. L. Curtis hands us a little i rday or Sunday " Mr i r u pamphlet railing our attention to uni- was 37 years old' .,,ff.Jinrw, yersal military training as i proposed cf paralysis recently. Ke m tne namDenain dui. it cans ior Pittman won by Bruce Nye of the in town Sunday evening. urrum scnooi. He jumped 5 feet ana 4 inches. Nye said he had jumped 5 feet and 6 inches, but as nobody was pushing him he stopped when he won the prize, STATE PRIVILEGE LICENSE Trnvnli'nir Allrlitnr Rav RnundinT Ud ' Those Who Have Not Paid Special Standing high jump necktie and Tax Businesses Liable Traveling State Auditor C. H. Ray is spending some time in the county for the purpose of charging State privilege license to peopie wno are Lumberton district will meet here knife, offered by Mr. A. J. Floyd Saturday at 2:30 o'clock p. m. to con- won by Bruce Nye of the Orrum test ior tne purpose uj. uwiiui.mfi school, ne jumped 4 leet and li whirh school.-? will contest for the inniipc .... - . .w.u i ynviicnc iiutiioe Fr l. .."v . final commencement here Jbriaay oit p Vmcinoca f nnt next week. The following schools . lmlcs 0ffered by Mr. C. P. McGirt are required to pay a State license hplonc to the Lumberton HistrlCt: . wnn w Rnicp Nvo nf fio Orrnm aurl Virttra nnf Vppn rnnrtrpd with the Lumberton graded school, Lumberton! school He juir)ped 19 feet and 3 .license. When Auditor Ray finds a cotton mills, XNationai covum inches. !-" nerson doine- business that requires Relay race box of Morris candy, 'a State license and he fails to have offered by Fairmont drug Co. won the proper license the amount of the by Bruce Nye of the Orrum school, license is charged to Sheriff R. E. Tx ! 1 1 l 1 1 1 t T-l XT w . It 1 i ..11 X iX Fl. ii win De noticed mat oruce iNJe l-iewis ana ne nas to coneci. iu. xnc .Tpnnincs cotton mills. Raft Swamp Oak Grove, Long Branch, Mt. Eliam, Smith's. Tabernacle. Baker's Chapel, Ten Mile. Meadow, Clybourn, Back Swamp. Beulah, Antioch, Smyrna, ing, either in camp or aboard ship. Nobody can be exempted that is physically and mentally fit; rich and poor, high and low, all -must train. Those that are trained will be sub ject to national defense. It is claim ed that this training will give peace thru preparedness and break down caste and many other good things. We sunDort anything that will make a United nation of real Ameri cans, real men. President Wilson never uttered a truer statement than when he said that "snarks are flying everywhere. We know not what a day may bring forth." W. V. B Hill the contest for that prize, School Exhibits The Fairmont, Center, Orrum and Joint Mpetinsr of Civic Association ;.to T.pnorrip Npit Tues- m x tt i i i i , uj anu iiwuocn iico .-"- j x leaaciiiu xiuue scnuuis xiau spieimm day exhibits on display in the warehouse, The Civic association and House-. where a part of the exercises were wives League will hold a joint meet- jheld. All these exhibits were worthy ing in the high school auditorium J 0f special mention. They consisted of Tuesdav afternoon of next week at literary work, domestic science, etc. 4 o'clock. All members of these lea- The Fairmont school won the $2 prize gues are urged to be present. ; of f ered for the best literary exhib- Tunn nil Yvirmc in V, n n 4-"U 1 i' n knnniAr, f kucinocc f rr WViif!! Statp Broad Ridge, Regan, Glennwood, baa-1 contest except one, and he might j lince are required are : theatres, mov- Jl.X TJ.(1.nT Poiloi- r.mVO SnnO T XT..X I X t - 1 1 t ' . . . 1 1 ..1.1. ntnA nieiree, oemaiij, vjtuai. vx,., 1 nave won mat DUt ne aia not enterimg picture nouses, reai e&txi-e mu collecting agencies, coal dealers, dealers in second hand clothing, un dertakers and emblamers, dealers in coffins, buviner and selling horses and mules, bicvele dealers, commis sion merchants, livery stables, hotels, cotton oil mills, billiard or pool tables, hnwlino- nllpv. hottlms' works, auto- ""'.""'6 , 1. . ' -l.-l mobiles for hire, soaa tountains. aeai prs in nistols and cartridges, dealers . . i i i l m brass, iron or metanc KnucKies, dealers in fire works, dealers in cig aretts. lawvers. nhvsicians, dentists, oculists, photographers, architects, veterinary surgeons, civil engineers, peddlers of clocks, "Stoves and ranges, sewing machine agents, teatner ren ovators, peddlers, lightning rod agents, merry-go-round, hobby horses agents selling pianos and organs agents selling automobiles. Mrs. J. C. Lancaster of Rocky Mount is a guest at the home of Mrs. Daisy W. Jenkins, Sixth street. ial invitation to attend this meeting is extended o all ladies who are interested in the welfare of the town. Snoerior Court. A two-weeks' term of buperior court for the trial of civil cases will convene Morday with Judge Geo. W. Connor of Wilson presiding. As has hren mentioned in The Robesonian, Monday will be motion dav and the jurv summoned for the first week need not report till Tuesday. it, also the $2 prize offered for the best industrial exhibit. The Pleas ant Hope school won the $1 prize of fered for the best general exhibit of a 1-teacher school. The Center school won the $1.50 prize offered for the best general exhibit of a two-teacher school and the Orrum high school won the $1.50 offered for the best general , exhibit of a (four-teacher school. All the exhibits brought forth much favorable comment and Continued on page 4 Mr. E. C. Watson, who lives near Smith's bridge, was a Lumberton vis itor yesterday. The local Iodco Rnoi a -u sons elected the following" off S nday niJ?ht and they were installed Monday night: H. P.LG E. Rancke n ' c-stansel; scrii: i-. Anompson; secretary S. K Si- c; H. Phillips; M. 2 V M W Floyd; M l V.-J. Dickson McLean sentmelW. G. Pittman. Afterthe installation of officers Past High S Jo. S. McNeill entertained tie members at a dinner at the Lorraine Pine Grove School Closes April 7 Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton, K. F. U. March 29 Plowing seems to be the order of the dav now. Mr. Willis Lockley left Sunday to spend a few days in Hopewell, Va., visiting friends. The school will close at irine Urove school house April 7. Everybody is invited to come. Miss Eliza Oxen dine and Mr. A. B. Hardin are the teachers. --A fire alarm was turned in this rooming at 9 o'clock on account of a blaze at the store of Mr. Ed Boone in the eastern part of town, near the Dresden cotton mill, lhe fire com pany was soon on the scene and the Vaze was extinguished before much damage was done. The fire started from the explosion of an oil stove on the second floor of the building. Rev. and Mrs. B. W. North spen yestenday at Allenton visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. btancel Auto Wheer Ran 454 6-10 Miles nearest uuesses Mr. E. A. Falk of i.nmkotn the first prize a Goodyear inner tube ur. auiomoDiie and 5 gallons of Po- id,rine auto oil and Mr. Troy M' White of Lumberton won the second. poze one gallon of- Supreme auto uii m tne wheel guessing contest Which Closed at thp stnr. nf ATQe-oc R. D. Caldwell & Son Tuesday nightl -nix dULuinooiie wneei was placed in winuow in tne hardware depart men of the Caldwell store and was arranged so the breeze from an elec tric fan would turn it and the guess ing was as to now many miles the wheel would run in 14 days. The plan was mapped out and perfected by Mr. E. L. Whaley. There was much interest in the contest and sev eral hundred guesses were made. The wheel ran 454 and 6-10 miles during the 14 days. Mr. Falk guessed 458 miles and Mr. M'WTiite's guess was 458 1-2 miles. The judges of the contest Dr. T. C. Johnson and Messrs. E. L. Whaley, L. Rexford Stephens and F. Grover Britt can. vassed the guesses and made their report yesterday,, morning at 10 o' clock, r
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 29, 1917, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75