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Come To LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA; MONDAY. APRIL 2, 1917. NUMBER 14 ". THE ROBESONIAM ! ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. " COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH " ' $2.00 A YEy:j IN ADVANCK- VOL. XLV1II COUNTY COMMENCEMENT. Third Annual Will be Held in Lam bert on Friday of This Week CONGRESS CONVENES TODAY LARGE CROWD EXPECTED Meets to Determine Most Important Issues Before Representatives of the People Since Civil War Presi dent Will Address Congress as Soon as House is Organized War Legis lation Considered a Foregone Conclusion CLARK ELECTED SPEAKER; WILSON MAY ADDRESS CON GRESS THIS AFTERNOON A 'phone message to The Robeson ian this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Wilmington Dispatch states that Congress convened at noon today and Champ Clark was re-elected speaker. it is expected that President Wilson LIVESTOCK MEET A SUCCESS ; WINNERS IN VARIOUS CONTESTS LirStv Exposition and Conference Those Who Won in Contests Held in "i "nimngTon i,ast week Was a Great Success It Will be An An nual Event Addresses by Many Prominent Men Including Gov. Bick-ett . Special Feature o f the Day Will Washington Dispatch, April 1. be t,ne 1 araae Brass Bano: miij Congress, called in extraordinary may address both houses of Coneress furnish jiusic -inere win De in- session by President Wilson, will in joint session at 5 o'clock this after- itrcsiu.g wnv.o i meet tomorrow to determine the most noon. The Senate adjourned to that All aboard for Robeson's third an-1 important issues before the legisla- hour in the hope that the organiza- ual county commencement, which "v fT,niauves. ne people oi tion oi tne Mouse might be complet. Lumber ton Saturday Preliminary to County Commencement Contestants from many of the schools in the Lumberton district met here Saturday afternoon for the pre- BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS The live st.ncV position hA ir, 4. Trr-j : liramai7 contests, lhe winners in i f jiiiiiu uun cuuca- th.6 . - the United Statec sinra t.Vim, P.ivil p rlanH f Vio p will take place m Lumberton .Friday T, M71S,- J" 1 TaCaa" j ... 1 T 1 i ? ! J. . 1. oft.sweeK. inmcaxionharetnaitne ion that it it win decide war ST and parentffrZ1 all sections ' G? LOST HERE ;WON AT GOLDSBORO ' i . ciatc tij. wax haii l ijhi h. ish jit i tp r - ' i j . ( t"c vaiiuua -uiilc&l& were; ,aay and Thursday of last week was Reciters' contest Lillian Blackwell a great success and a tremendous im-'of the Tabernacle school, petus was given to stock raising in' Declaimers' contest John B. Mc this section of the State. The exhib-'vf ?e Lurm?frton school, it was fine and the discussions and nf??7 TsPel in contest-Mary speeches were practical and helpful Blfof Lumberton school Gov. RinWt ,o. ix.t " i High school spelling contest - - - i vivv, no vva.- Liir- ill I in I ii I tit i i t - -rtri , of the country. Already preliminary commencements have been held at Fairmont and Rowland. Today one is being held at Red Springs and Wednesday one will be held at St. Paul. The winners m the contests at many's aggressions on the high seas. Wilmington Team Won Debate From One Lumberton Team Here While Other Lumberton Team Defeated Goldsboro Banquet Given Visiting Debaters In the triangular debates between Ten Mile T,. : J ir y i j. iraiucin s luessagtj neatly President Wilson has completed the I message he will deliver to Congress and is ready to address a joint ses-1 tne preummaxiea wlli tume , both houses have been organized, and the LumbertonWilmington and Golds- i,erton rnuay iui u e ma. vMare ready for him. boro high schools Friday evening Attractive prizes will be given thej Either before or directly after he Lumberton's affirmative team lost to dinners in all contests here Unday. addresses Congress the President is Wilmington's negative team here, A snecial feature of the occasion i Qvr.tj i j 4-i, 4.i. here rriday will oe tne paraae oi of both houses regarding the specif- Lumberton high school won over the school children.. The East Lumberton ic legislation desired by the admin- Goldsboro school at Goldsboro. band will furnish music for the oc- Oration. Messrs. Forest McGill and Robert casion. Get readv to come to this The War and Nayy Departments Proctor argued the affirmative side grand occasion. Bring your tamily continued todav their preliminary of the query, "Resolved. That the and enjoy the day. lou will De wei- preparedness measures, and are ready Federal Government should own and ?ome. Come Jon- I with recommendations for further operate the railroads", at home and Marshals i strengthening the army and navy to Miss Evelyn Sentelle and Mr. John Mr. J. B. Bowen, chief marshal for be submitted as soon as Congress de- Blount McLeod represented the neg. the couTity commencement, has issued cides whether the nation is actually ative side of the query at Goldsboro. notices of appointment to all the to g0 to war Germany. Miss Lydie Penton and Mr. Owen marshals who reside in the town and Quick Organization Probable ' Martin of the Wilmington school up community. The matter of appoint- Both houses meet at noon tomor- held the negative side of the query ing marshals for the various school lw -pne Senate, already organiz- here, while Harry Epstein and Man- districts has been left to the com-; Cij wjjj ue readv to transact business del Kadis of the Goldsboro school mittee-rren of each school. It is earn- wnen jravei falls, but in view of upheld the affirmative at Goldsboro, cstly hoped that each school will the fact hat any war resolution, is losing to Lumberton's negative team. ?end as many mounted marshals as expected to carry an appropriation it A large crowd heard the debate possible, as a large number of horse- j3 expected that action will wait for here, which was held in the high men will be necessary to handle the the House. Democrats and Republi- school auditorium. The judges here parade and the large crowd. cans nf hp Housp have cleared the were Messi-s. H. E. Stacy. E. M. John- Snecial Trains and Reduced Rates way for immediate effort to organize son and H. B. Jennings. The judges ; life lhe railroads win give reauceu and the belief was eeneral tonight rendered their decision by ballot sep- Governor Biokpft. speaker the first day. Before a great TLSS from thp StatP J 0ne hdred yard dash-Clarence Si? tfe SLatnX ?pwe of the Ten Mile school; time, " ;i I 12 seconds. Miss Mary Tiddy. who is teaching at Oak Grove, spent the week-end here visiting Miss Eulalia McGill. Lumberton is assuming a patri otic appearance. Flags are appear ing on the fronts of private resi dences and business houses. Miss Christine Gower, music teacher in the Lumberton graded school, left Saturday for her home at Clayton on account of the illness of her mother. The April meeting of the Robe son chapter of the U. D. C. will be held in the directors' room nf Vi Lumberton National Bank Thursday April 5th, at 4 n. m. Messrs. White & Gough have bought the bankrupt stock of groce- is in the great war and nroneilv snJ V T j.., . . , , , that the hour of destiny f or civ iliza-: Mm v, f ries belonging to Mr. M. X. Folger. t on has sfmlr r, vo4. fi, o -awwn Dnw tne iumoerton Thev wfe afi; "Y- Z"ZSr'"F- " r graded school; time, 30 seconds "n 1 1 I 1 m . i 1 douhta 4, tj a -l ronT nunarea ana iorty yard dash tJ be thli '-Carl Greaves of the Lumberton r Ch rf li? Vhe hZUl schol; time, 62 seconds, fpr Worth Carolinians to produce what, stand o fcio tc T.oml tr J They have moved the stock to their department store, Elm street. liriA" V,0 e;A jumpeu o iwianu incnes uistuits 6,euie more P,,; ; ,-rv, v v,. wars than bullets". The world con J ""A"" rB?" J"."f "X'1" flict of today will not be decided by '11 ' Vi uTreavsna fpnen jpps, military genius or the vafoi oi the ' f , f ijj Lumberton scho1' JPed r " "a"VJf ' uulYxesei Running broad jump Brantley X." rr? Cd- uie.PhilliPs of the Lumberton school. mieVhe predicted. 16 " ti, r -j i - i Irenes. xjic uuveuiur saiu me xeuxons mav oi,4. 4- -o t- t v, 1 but the b0i1 -ye.evi1 ,ls al: Lumberton school. Put 30 feet 4 and Jlii way' .an"1lt 1S. coiossai . inche folly for a farmer in the cotton belt Relay race won by the Lumberton 4... J?. 1 1 1 , "CI " f ,Il f e, r "le a;iveni OI team composed of Robert Proctor, i::-L. 1 ,uiua at UI.1?aes.an(? Carl Greaves, Forest McCtll and Biuiianu looasxuiis. aii important Redden Britt. as is the livestock movement, the Gov-: ernor declared that before we can have livestock or anything else live, I BROAD RIDGE BREEZES we have got to have something to Through Planting CornSchool Closes tX,. 4. 6Cuem.e Coming to County Commence ou.c, vcgctauie jjieuiiues aiimuiii ment Anril fi Correspondence of The Robesonian tne 'Rmsil P i A fro fT.nmKoimi P A March 31 Farmers are all done reiterated . . . . , , i ,4.- w o , , r ... ' , x i I vjwvimj. ojirvuo iciraaicu tin vates trom all points in tne county 4.v,p "npmorrata wnnld re-assume aratelv and the decision was two ana wi . - . . , j - - " - n n T-i .if I ---"t"jiL iiimv4C in mo uxuutiuxai xx 111 qrph n. Vio ftpnncinn nun snerial trains 4. i :4-i. oi- ; rma in fsivnr nf tho Vvi lmino-fvn tpnm j i ... . i Jllllul - 1U' V , cuiiLiui vvitu ojjcan.cx viaiiv in uie uress, tnat, li ne were L;Zar msteaa ot nlantino' mm nnd thpv aro nnw nrp wi i.hp nnprated over tne aeaooaru .lioii. n o -PrtTrr Vi mire after tlio A 1 1 the sneakers nroduced strone ar-1 r!,,. 4? -nt 4.1, n i u f"""?, "I,vl "iC "w f1"- vnnrl fmm ATaxton and also over the ezr, 10;,- e-ument m their snepches and werei;, ,j 4.x,i. ' i4. . paring p pwni, cotton. i V M-!Ho l,1"" "ji 1 nr. u m o V3.uc a tui, live yems alter Raleigh & Charleston from Marietta. The exact schedule of the special train over the Seaboard has not been de. termined. The special train from 'Marietta will leave Marietta at 8 a. m. and returning will leave Lumber ton at 6:20 p. m. The Virginia & Carolina Southern will give reduced Tates for the occasion. The following round trip rates will te ffiven on the Virginia & Carolina Southern: McMillan's 75 cents, St. Paul 00 cents, Smith 50 cents. Ro sier 45 cents. XV. Vt I rnn m o a 1 flnnr m Iiott 4ti4- XTvf 1i Carolina should be hanged without jury trial. The man who makes plen ty of home supplies, he declared, Therp is little doubt that a war roundly applauded. Mr. K resolution will hQ nassed bv lars-e derson presided I while Mr. majorities in both houses. There are Wishart, secretary of the local so little groups of pacifists opposed to ciety, called the speakers to the floor, war except to resist invasion, who The first speaker on the affirmative will vote and probablv talk against was Mr. Forest McGill and the first any warlike move. There are other on the negative was Miss Lydie Pen groups who have their own ideas ton. Each speaker was allowed a about what the United States Should snort rejoinoer. , , I cotton do in the nresenf situation but none: ' lhe stage was beau tituliy decorated 4.t,J,.,? wAw-..v. x v v Li. J 1 I VJL UJ.lt7 UU'iVUOCO UJ. L 1 1 is strong enough to prevent action or for the occasion with potted plants'. crop lien law tne Governor said, to seriously impeae its progress. Broad Ridge school was out vester day. The parents and children met at the school at p. m. beveral songs and recitations were rendered by the children. After the exercise, a speech by Mr. H. F. Bissell was enjoyed for T "1 man wno aoes not maKe nis nome j Messrs. J. supplies cannot tan to maKe too much phens. Mr. D. A. Reean bought last the stock of groceries belonging to messrs. cuiiocK isros. in the Carlyle building, Fourth street, and will con duct a grocery store in th sam building. License has been issued for the marriage of Alex. Calhoun and Hel en Arnett; Boyd Walters and Fo2tie bmith; Harrison C. Barefoot and Irene Kinlaw; Jas. I. Simmons and Liessie scott. Randolph.3-vear-old son of Mrnd Mrs. J. Z. Stone of the Mt. Eliam section, fell Fridav and broke his right leg just above the ankle. The cniid nad climbed upon a pile of lum ber and fell and some of the lumber fell on him. Mr. Woodberrv Lennon delivered the literary address at the closing ex ercises oi the Abbottsburg high school Friday. Besides Mr. Lennon's .ad dress, which took place at 11:30 a. m, there were exercises by the school and also by the Junior order. The weather for the past three days and today has been the kind to make early-planted cotton seed pop up. Mr. A. T. McLean, who planted about 100 acres in cotton ten days or two weeks ago, Saturday found some seed sprouting nicely. Mr. Grover Page, who has been traveling this territory for the Gulf cannot maKe too much cotton, but the a fpw minutes, then following were i w. vuu. not make his home Messrs. J. W. Branrn and C. O. Ste- 11ana ,maKin Jmberton " - f- i ii riovnifiii'j tt Qyc tat c m-mtm M-r The children were sorry to'w ian ux v.. "i. uJ ana unitea states imgs were arapea waa t f the farmer t produce .""""" "T here there about the stage. At the,,,,-, . i;qc. v ,-u v . .r - l 1. . r 4.1, 4-. ,1 A u 11 hqtb 4 tho crao rnm ra coon 1 In the House there probably will be lare likeness of President Wilson no persistent opposition unless it above two v g flags. comes from members who favor more immediately after the debate Miss iar-reacnmg action tnan tne rresi- penton and Mr. Martin were enter leave the dear old school house and the good teachers. - We are preparing to meet the coun- rn Lumberton be has been notified that he will transferred to Florida about April 15. His new headquarters will be Jack sonville. Mr. Page has manv friends here who will be sorry to see him Ills nw-n CTmiVKps TivrmoVi T-icnri-nrr i a i n rm.. i i ' ' . w..-f, rr T I April d. ine teacners are coml"s o-o to his new fipld merchant refuse to furnish those whoiback to practice the children with thejRO T " ,7' 3Iembers of Graded and High School Faculty Re-elected n r.t 4-Via Knarr! ff rns- pps" nf tho Lumberton graded and: dent recommends. The Senate has tained at a banquet given them by hiiih school Thursdav night Supt. R. its new cloture rule to limit debate the senior class of the high scnool at E. Sentelle. who has been superin- j if a small group there undertakes to thp Lorraine hotel. The banquet ; tendpnt f.f the school since it was oi'-1 delay action. lasted from 1.0 to 11:30 o'clock and . vranivrri ome ten vears ago, was re-' Aside from the "war resolution and was much ern-oyed by all present.- rlct-.l for the next school year at the appropriations which probaoiy Misg An-n a member of the the samp salarv 1,500 the year 1 will accompany it, tnere is not much faculty of the Wilmington high school, re-elected as fol-! legislation now un uie uuuks accompanied Miss Fenton and Mr. and teachers were lows, some with salary increases: First grade Miss Elizabeth Dexter, i?."5 the month. Miss Lillian Nance, 5."0; second Miss Penny Rowland, S55; third Miss Winifred Rowland, S55; fourth Miss Elizabeth Breece, ?50; fifth Miss Lillian Barker, $50; sixth Mis Elizabeth Snead, $55; seventh Mr. Bert Cagle, $55; eighth (hiirh school) Miss Mae Seabolt,$5l; leaders believe is necessary to enact Martin to Lumberton. Miss Allen before next winter. lhe appropria- and Miss Penton ST)ent tne at tion measures which failed at the the nome cf Mr aT1d Mrs. R. C. Law last session, particularly the army ren,ce sixth street, Mrs. Lawrence bill, the amendment to the shipping having known the ladies before, act giving the government broad The Wilmington visitors said they powers over merchant shipping, some were highly pleased with the man- cnanges m tne reaerai reserve ati ner in which thev were and legislation to curb spying are hilp here. among the things which probably will , jMiss Sentelle and Mr. McLeod were would not raise their own food and i vens and marches Look out old Boyd Walters and Miss Fodie feed stuffs. He repeated the state- J Lumbertonians, we are coming to'Smith ee arri1ed Saturday after, ment that he had dedicated his life holler "Broad Rid-e" for all our'110011 at 4: in the office of M. W. for four years to the upbuilding of ives Two of thT pupils from our Floyd, register of deeds in the pres the rural life in North Carolina and:schooi are expecting diplomas at the'encof -a la.r$re .gathering, Mr. M. G. it should be his 'constant aim to fo- COunty commencement. They are McKenzie, iustice of the peace, of cus the thought of the State uponi Misses Annie Amnions' and Mollie ficiating. Later the same afternoon, this snbiect during the term of his ! jjritt Miss Floyd had lots of ex- at at the same place, Justice administration. ! hibition papers on the walls for her McKenzie performed the ceremony Dr. Bradford Knano. chief of the -eA c. Thw wpt-p .-om hv tor Miss Helen Arnett and Mr. Alex xarmers co-operative demonstration t;he school childre work in the South for the U. S. De-' jounced fine bv partment of Agriculture, made an; Amon them was a map of the world. j automobile which was left standing 4- 1 T 1 T 1 . J-! . . . . .. ... ' T1fJ.ll. 1 i f i I I 1 T . pjiinesL piea ior immeuiare atuya un , Keep on, "Aunt JaecKy , witn your, on riitn street in iront oi tne jras. the part of all to increase and con.lwar storv. I time theatre Friday night and kept it perve tne iooa sunpiv ana ouxnnea oit about one nour. ine auto was IUI OI I J U i L I WJ1IS OI IVUUcauit lit ; ! J. n t luu:.' i un juiciot rnui cwcci uam lie's Oldest Confederate Twins rf the court house, lhe automobile Calhoun. Three small colored boys stole an what he called a "safe fanning pro gram" for 1917 that could be follow- entertained 'fQdwsY the average faTmer' aS fo1" I 'Safe Farming Program' eleventh Mr. R. H Taylor, princi- be deemed essential to prosecution ; accompanied to Goldsboro by Prof. - . . , i ni-v i r wnuTPvpr fniiTSR is i ihi h i in i lieu uli- l lj 'rniT i r.-M-nAinq nm- P MiiPq Effie NeWton and Elizabeth on. Additional revene legislation and berton high school. Mr. McLeod re- Belk are the present efficient teach ers of the ninth and tenth grades, respectively. N.o elections have been made in ihese grades pending agree ment between the teachers and the board as to salaries. At a recent meeting of the board Tn the last issue of Leslie's illus- helonged to a man who does not live trated weekly of "New York is pub-' '' 're and his hom.e was not learned, lished a cut of the Buie twin broth-' The officers made an effort to cap- 1 A home P-arden for everv familv: ers. Messrs. Duncan Alexander and i:re the negroes, but failed. Their on the farm the year round. Daniel Calvin, of Buie, Robeson coun-. r.ames are not known. 2 Enough corn on each farm to ty, the oldest living twins of the Con-j jr g. Rozier and familv will bond issues beyond the authorization turned home Saturday mornine and last the family and livestock a ytar federate armies. Beneath the cut is , riove this week from Lumberton back in existence, to be carried m tne war Miss Sentelle and Prof. Taylor re-.ana some to spare. jpmiLeu me j-imiuwh.k,, uumm.. , T- tneir country nome aooui iu mues resolution, will depend on how active f1irT,P(i home Ratm-dmr nio-bt. 3 Produce small grains to supple- ing gleaned from ?n article in lhe r.orth of town. Dr. Rozier wil' look thp United States becomes in the war.i w:imi,-in.tnn'o nffirmatiire tenm won i ment the corn supply. 'Robesonian and sent to Leslies with after his farming interests. Dr. Jas. Universal Training Bill vv iiminni'Uii s aimmauvc lco.hi wwi . . l " , , rr--- , . - , -d..;- -u over Goldsboro's negative at Wilming-j 4 Produce hay and forage enough a picture of the Messrs. Buie, by Mr. Efforts are certain to be made to ton which means -that out of the, to suomy the stock a year. militaryi three schools only Wilmington's team nut. through a universal uuoiu i r . r :j-4. -turn i ... , Mr L C Varser resigned as chair-1 uuk cv11 1A r.iC"r"" . win go to napei mn iur wie " ' ' a' tr r T) Caldwell was son does not endorse it. lhere will!ond preliminary before the final con nected to succeed him. Mr. Varser's.be much opposition to it, particularly test for the Aycock loving cup. ?eatiSn waV accented reluctantly if the belief gains currency that such During the five years these de Teaignation was acceptea ffiuciaiiwyi . t,w ami only after n naa reiusu i .i " rrj.V- " B ..rii-LVit j7 5 Produce enough meat, eggs and milk to supply the family. 6 When the living has been amp ly provided for. produce cotton as the main money crop not a living crop. 7 Plan to sell or exchange surplus serve in that capacity longer. . i Germany is Gathering to the Colors Every Available Man Copenhagen Dispatch, April 1. Germany, according to information reaching here from Berlin, now is gathering to the colors every avail able, man for a supreme military ef fort to bring the war to a victorious conclusion in this year's campaign i goal which Field Marshal von Hm denburg and his advisers consider by no means impossible of attainment. Without altering formally the law of military service the German au fhnrltipa have in practice extended the period of service beyond the f ortv f ifth year and are retaining with the nivi mA in mnnv instances fcr fighting duty with active units in the front line, landstrum men who have passed this age. Superior Court County Boards Meet The board of county commissioners. 4V knorJ rxf enration and the board -of 'road trustees are holding regular todav. A two Jl 1VJ 1 bill J lUVVVli." t; - w , weeks' term of Superior court for the trial of civil cases also convened this morning at 10 o'clock with Judge Geo. W. Connor of Wilson presiding. Quite a crowd of people are m town toaay. Ttnnd Election Petitions have been presented to Vip vAorfl of countv -commissioners asking that they call an election to vote on the CiarK roaa dohu sue. It is expected that the board will or 'der tne election. the sending of an expeditionary force f aiied only twice in winning both de- foodstuffs and grain to buy the sup- to the European battieiieios. bates and beine represented at Chap-.P"es ior tne xamny mai raimui uc There has been m.uch talk of a bond e Hill in the final preliminary, issue .o nrovide a loan or credit to . pro3uced on the farm, so as to make the cotton a surplus money crop. Other speakers were: P. L. Suther- . -1 n rtl fIt ttf 1 1 A . . T .vv nnll . KranfA nr rrom nuii.ijuu.uuu to ai.- VAHUh'uv i r a . .h i iu r i 000,000,000. Such a proposal would Qn account of the busy season and land of Jacksonville, Fla.. prominent receive strong support, but there the fact that the county commence-1 business man, extensive land owner might be enough opposition to pre- ment will be held in Lumberton this and manager of the Florida tick erad- vent immediate enactment of the nec- waQv i Vmo Kopti .rWirlprl to call offiication committee of the Southern the farmers' meeting that was called for Wednesday of this week. F. GROVER BRITT. essary legislation. Floods of Telegrams Wn-nrliwlc of teleo-rams noured into! the Capitol today bearing on the Sec.-Treas. Robeson County Farmers' question of war legislation. Manyj Union. snoke against war and members in . favor of auick decisive action attri- Saddletree School Finals April 13 Vivitoi tin flood of messages to an ISaddletree school organized anti-war propaganda. i will take place April 13 with exercises Among the measures wmcn win ou Dy tne puyns m me aimiiwu nu introduced an soon as the House concert in the evening. Rev. J. J- meets will be the general staff bill Murray of St. Paul will deliver an military training of address in thp afternoon. Miss Ef- men between 19 and T years oi age iie smitn, principal, ana miss ah- wnicn xveprwseii wnv ivaun ui v-n- me vjamx, aj..io , .. fornia, ranking Republican ion the ton visitors Saturday. Military committee, will submit. i Mr. Kahn sain tooay ne Deiieveu mr. i. vy. joruaii ui uuim, a there was an excellent prospect for ber of the firm of Bell & Jordan, its enactment. Compulsory training . which firm, conducts a jewelry store measures also probably will be intro- here, spent one day last week in Lum- dnced bv Representative uaiowen oi, berton. New York and others. Representa tive Montague of Virginia, will in troduce alternative bills for a $1,000, 000,000 gift, or $500,000,000 gift and $500,000,000 loan to France in recog nition of French support in Revolu tionary days. Working on War Resolution Representative Floor of Virginia, mnVino- Democrat of the House for- oim affairs committee, has been working for several days on a res olution declaring a state of war exists with Germany and is expected to call a meetiner of that committee as soon as the organization steps are taken Settlement and Development organ. ization, which united with the Wil mington Chamber of Commerce in promoting this conference; Repre sentative J. H. Small of the First N. C. district; Mai. W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture; Capt. commencement i T. B. Parker, director of farmers institutes: Dr. E. D. Owen 0 tnP u. S. Department of Agriculture; Edi tor T.. A. Niven of the Southern Farming, Atlanta; Clement C. Uck er. vice president of the Southern Set tlement and Development organiza tion: Dr. B. W. Kile-ore, director oi the North Carolina Experiment Sta tion and Extension Work; L. I. Guion, secretary of the Federal Land Bank, Columbia. S. C; Prof. Lyman Car rier and Dr. Geo. M. Rommel of the XL S. Department of Agriculture, flnl TVed A. Olds, director of the N. C. Hall of History, and a number of others. , It was voted unanimously at the closing session Thursday to make this an annual event. and the President has delivered his. Long Branch School Closes Thursday address. The Senate foreign rela- The Long tsrancn puouc suum vii TJ!Tl.1'Z!LX$r& rcbSSg'ra PWHiP walking out in the eoun- ,r j -ri. lot O J-lN-Tr TVio nnhlic is invited. t O J I' " R. M. Norment of Lumberton "Duncan Alexander Buie and Dan iel Calvin Buie recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversaries, down in North Carolina. Their guests were those who remain of the bridal parties of 50 years ago. The twin brothers were born Nov. 12, 1833 and both were marrried in 1866. Both were in their third year in college when the War between the States broke out and both enlisted. They are the oldest living twins of the Con federate armies. The next oldest nair of Confederate veteran twins live only a few miles from the Buies." He Wanted to Warm Up, You Know Martin West, a 15-year-old colored boy, was before Recorder E. M. Britt Friday on the charge of trespass. The evidence was that Mr. E. B. Paul of the Saddletree section hired West to work for him. The negro boy was given a room in Mr. Paul's residence to sleep in. There was no chimney or heater in the room, so West made him a fire right down on the floor and went to sleep and lett it burn iner. The fire burned a large hole through the floor ana went out ot its own accord. The negro testified tht he made the fire to go to bed by. It look much like a case of su icidal intent. Judgment was sus pended upon payment of cost. Theso be Unusual Sights Citizens coming to town Saturday from, the Raft Swamp section report ed unusual sights on the road be tween their homes and Lumberton, There were three of these sights, so they say. One was Squire John H. McNeill plowing, the second was Mr. Darnel McNeill doing the same stunt and the third was Rural Policeman meet Monday -afternoon. i try. A. Martin will occupy the office m the rear of the McMillan building, Elm street, formerly occupied by Dr. Rozier. Dr. Martin and Dr. T. C. Johnson, who have been practicing under the name of Johnson & Martin, have dissolved partnership. Commenting on the news item in a recent issue of The Robesonian to the effect that a South Carolinian who is more than 90 years old is the father of 22 living men and women, Mr. B. M. Stephens, who lives on R. 5 from Lumberton, says he and Mrs. Stephens have only been married 11 years and have 10 children. Six of these were born within three years and 2 months. Mrs. Stephens gave birth to twins once each year for three successive years. Mr. and Mrs. S. Mclntyre re turned Friday night from New York, where they spent several days. Miss Mildred Mclntyre, who has been tak ing a special course in m.usic in New York, will arrive home tonight. She will be accompanied by Misses Lil lian and Rebecca Stocks of Monroe, who have been taking the same course Miss Mclntyre has been taking. They 4 will spend some time here visiting Miss Mclntyre before going on to their home at Monroe. On page 2 of this issue will be found a news item about Mr. Luther C. Bell, who has been advertising manager for the firm of R. D. Cald well & Son for the past 5 months, leaving Lumberton. Since that was printed it has been learned that Mr. Bell will return to Lumberton tomor row night and will perhaps remain over until Wednesday evening, when he will leave for Atlanta. Mr. Bell believes the artesian water in Lum berton is the best water in the world. . He attributes his gain of some 25 pounds in flesh while here to the good water. v. i
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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