THE ROBESONIAN
ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
VOL. XL VIII
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 12, 1917.
NUMBER 17
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COUNTRY. GOD AND truth vpA
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SELECTIVE DRAFT AND I MUNITIONS-LADEN SHIP
VOLUNTEER PLANS " CAPTURED BY U. S. TOR-
PEDO BOAT DESTROYERS
President Insists lTpon Selective Draft j
Plan for Raising Large Army Op.
CL!. VI- T I f nr
Port unity Will be Given for 50" 000 rs Prf 5w w "5 it
Slen to Volunteer for Service Dur-; FTtf hip, Wf ired UPn
w I When it Attempted to Escape and
AT HOME
BUIE NEWS BATCH
ALL ROBESONIANS
SHOULD TRADE HERE
HOME FROM WAR ZONE ! BRIEF ITEMS OE LOCAL NEWS
nfnopi-f0"" Cora.i Robeson County Man. Just Home' -License has been issued for tha
rient-pTrsnn! Tl" ommence - rom r-ns and London -Says Ger- marriage 0f William Dalton and Lula
many Has No Chance to Starve; Evers.
England i nnj;f; Mt.. t t t,i.,
nent- Personal Mention
inc the ar i .."- w. "." V r r , . . A . li,n, ., . . . R r tvtt xiie com
i n:r,fv. i 11 intn rrcacnea i uuwrsuuian io rut on iraae-at- .prn 11 me crowd thct at-i " A """"ii "x aiaxion was, hum u-hnen epn'nns iiiroco -o-o-
UW- Dieg?;, Ca.., DUpatch, A.H. 10. 5N, ..R count,
with Speaker Champ Clark and Ma-! , , J"""'nA .....5?rrSr,"f hooner,; L, .J. "r" I
equipping: her young men
oroen in the higher widks of
jority Leader Kitchin at the Capitol i U11"1U A xican west coast port,; Brines ExDert w" 7,7 rrZ ! inc Vnl
torlnv ins isted on the terms of tbp! wa3 urea upon and captured bv two! A c yrF ml 411(1
idministration olan for raisins a Uted States torpedo boat destroy-j !n r
, : :i -.c -.7.. ; PI'S. If was sarnH tnf-Vf fm I V""'!J",B " "i -Dig Mail or- iiif. VV
1 r
.. i l-i v Ao. il.. x. . .. I tn fMltnHi' cmivnai, T?:... ucl XlUUSo
tive cran. At tne same xime, it wa3! v. j : 'r 'e suuts weiei It unnpowrv fnr ThePocnrion
i i t,o. v, tvto n'J: 4. fired at tho vessel whPn it nttPTor, ; . 11 I? unnecessary lor ineKobesoman
i p i to ecane and tiw, BWi " t0 tell its readers that it favors trad-
virtuaiiy naa aecmea on plans under rVc vas ,ine"! ine at home, first, w nnrl nil tlic
ft SPO in tVlA lact ice n -.? Tli,.
Robesonian that East Lumberton won
e ?il'1Ze offered by Mr. H. E. Stacy
111 . . r miT J?T. n nm n -fiver loef o-nH oil 4-w n rn-y-j n. . t . .
which opportunity would be given for J thousand rounds of e'T 'rn s' pHI V;'Le.w?
nnrimv matelv 500.000 mpn tr vnlnn- iXlie niu macnine "'un munition were:,- i; T.. , . r,r f ' uuuu" tIlia "ue tne
tee for service for the term of the ta,kon a o oar d the de
eu ai a racmc coa;
rr- . l. u n - IT 1 irnrilin that tho A rr,i-r,, ; ri
ir.e net re?u u oi uie new pians , " r " .u"Je Home" has been our sloean. That
.V0....1 ie to make the total .National Bt"u"" iUf . iupposea, Th. RohPnnian's fnrrs in-n.
3 the be-
purpose to
an before,
and fol.nwirr n nnnrso ir.d, T1,a. xiouesoii county people an tne time
war.
'strovers and land- !nff 01ir dollars sticking close to the best appearance.
rJ JJJP j home base ever since it was establish- Miss Vera Britt
tW ' rtpcw.w In season ana out "Trade at A. Britt, who was t
ii is i rin mt inn; crttiirurt- in i i-i i -i
Uuan ui. n it-guiui iorce to ne organ- ....... ..up i m jayg hopn frutripcs; i
fKt imUrwmrlonri,- t.ian a week. Mcrdav thA natrol; ; I , n, , . Iuess 1
.:W f; : V"' " boats sis-hted th hoor,. wi, "ex..we noia. it is our
t.ve Pf. apPiu.,maieij ;mti,C,v, A r : contnue to keep tins slog
ii--. -' u v 'mu buv,
eson counry s-'hooii tti, at,t xt ir " i , uuutu in ivionaay s
Friday showed thej .1 Jfe P"ved today
w "'V1?- Yis his father at Maxton. Dr .! . 7hf Lh h?Avl!Ite4 !he
McLrean was on his way back home! , VIlltn 1S K"mg on at tne oau
from Paris, France. He made the' park" Juf outslde of town, say it i3
trip through the war zone without! not anything to brag on.
any mishap. He came by way of; Mr. H. M. Beasley has just clos
Spain and Cuba. Dr. McLean carried! ed the contract for a $12,000 iob of
a patient to France about the mid-! hauling at High Point. The hauling
die of January and was in Europe! be in connection with street pav
when Germany declared her ruthless , ir-g work. - 4j
submarine warfare. He spent three' Mr. T. A. McNeill of R. 1 from
weeks in London and three and a half ' Rennert was a Lum'oerton visitor
weeKs in rans. Speaking ot tood1 TuefHay. Mr. McNeill was look-
dauo-htor of Mr.
taken T i Vncnitln
at- rayetteville last Thjrsdav to 1
:ovr.
So'
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,v.
n of half a million volunteers
"r.pt to ennst men to accom
his will bo made until Co:i
It is hardly necessary to take up
r-rtn; ? 4-i,- o-u iieit; in an enueavor to impress
i -a-iJ onr rpnrlfivo ivitv fha -toot hnf tlio.fm-r-
v..: r,r..A ture was mevitablp he is renortpri tn , 11 .
."Vi-;; .r;.1.': have attempted to destrov hi., vpSSp1 ! a01,iai ,wmcn oes awa' t0. e mai ! v ,e spent the first of the week
it on of the war onlv The ammunition was taken off by ! ?raer n?ue "iT? meS ii C i AlM tlanrt Sounty' acccmpanied by Fr
.ation ot the .ai onl. ; , 1o, - ' T"": "r know that. It is generally known i Brown,and stopped over on? nio-ht
"iviui ittuutu j-iuiu tut; ucsuovers.
operated on for append; -i4-'-? i? lnu.-h'f m V , , Ilu, ritt,lte' 101 a rouie wmcn oroke out of
improved.-Mr. James McLeod TZnV cLeaYl hls father that there its stall Monday night and made its
Sunday rear Maxton 60(1 spent, was no scarcity of food there. The escape.
. By chance Ve' happened to he nt' thm?3 which ?r liab!e to -The regular Quarterly meeting of
the Hokp countv eommWPmPT,f wlnvv,! !: NH oli on,ale Potatoes ana su. the board of directors of thp Planfc-
was held at Raeford March 30. It that Great RH wn Jt 7s Bank & Trust Co- was held in
was a errand success for this ll , at jrl?at ? buildms ship the bank buiVlhur Tnesdnr. ThP
I" PER I OR COURT
County Commissioners Must Pay Ov
erdraft of Chain Gang Fund Out of
Gtrtral County Funds Court Will
Adjourn Today or Tomorrrow
Thp second week of Superior cour
'or the trial of civil cases has been
in session since Tuesday. Only two
jury trials had been completed up to
noon today, ihesa weie
SUSPECT LODGED IN JAIL
.vr.rsi-i.os crave chase and whpn tVip
aim success tor this sraa :,t 1 i i..-. j i....' i 1
Many prople were there. r " " " TLL m?r: ea"J.ea Ps of the treasurer and trust of.
in ,w r"w "".":?Icer !.how.ev that the institution i3
ed r.X;j "-tu , li 1 1R a ilounshmg condition.
England with her submarine block-; T, ...,r , ., A,
nt .- -r 1 tip prrilitirn nf H ilov T-.11 V.
i.i. m : i-i. . i . n -r 1 , uue in ou years. - .'
The identity of the captain and crew , uwu,7" no"s je nome 01 jjr. and Mrs. Shaw. Dr. Indian who was dangerously shot and
of the schooner has not hepn vpvp.1.: no, local taxes, contributes nothing to i Shaw 13 one of Scotland's foremost r pfmrrok phivtc cut at an Indian row about 6 miles
ed. i"115 maintain local institutions. aoctors and besides owns and ope-! north of Lumberton Saturday after-
vviiin; uie man oraer nouse gets goes; nie? one ot the largest farms in noon, as mention in Mon-
down into the mail order house's! Scotland. From there wp wpnt tn Enjoyed Countv Commencement Fsr!r:rl.iv' T?nhpcnninn i 1,-1.. ;t
I . leans and there it stays, so far as the! Laurinburg and had the pleasure of: Hunt Personal ling. There is now some hone for
his recovery.
Mr. Wesley Kirby, who lives near
Pembroke, came to town this morning
to have his eyes treated by Dr. R.
S. Beam. Mr. Kirby has been both
ered recently with a cataract which
has almost destroyed his sight. He
was brought to town by Dr. W. A.
Cox of Pembroke.
Except for the fact that he has
been suffering with chills and fever
this week, the condition of Mr. Joe
atson, the deaf and dumb man who
had his right leg amputated Sunday
a- a result of being struck by a motor
truck Surday, mention of which was
made in Monday's Robesonian, 13 a3
' - . . .... i local mercnant or citizen ever knows, ammp- thpvp with Tr- unH Mv t.- c rr, t, 1 ..
suspicious Character Who liavp Spv., -n mu tT i ,1 j -n " v - ai,. i11CO, uiitumicute ui Am; rvouesoman.
t .r. ier . "i" Ve oev. Recently -The Robesonian learned Rav. who hspH tn ivQ in nm- rvirit! x, , , ..
1 erai uurerent Aames vv as Arrested tl,"t nr 'nf th i(,-,-crai- oii w ili " " "V"." reniDroKe, April 11 yuite a crowd
af r,;,mnnt a k,, T:i ::hat one ot the laigest mail order but of late years are making their; frn Wp atwri
tt n. I bring to Lumberton at an earW date
Henry Billings, alias Henry Wind-' n hio- Pvhihit rvf ;t o-norls t i
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w. U. tdmund vs. L,. u. flyers. 1 iovv, j. xi. vvmourn ar.a then some, house which does a large coupon bus
Case compromised after evidence had, was arrested at Fairmont Tuesday, iness. It is spending thousands of
been taken. i and is in jail here. The actions of i dollars to advertise, through exhib-
J. A. McKay vs. A. C. L. Ry. Co. j the man, who gave his name different its and catalogs, its products.
Judgment for plaintiff in the sum to at least three persons at Fairmont,! To counteract the influence that
of SCO. McKav was suing for dam-; were suspicions, and he was arrested; such an exhibit mieht have toward
apes to a buggy. ; upon suspicion of being a German' inducing Robeson people to send their! McKay has also bought one
ihe matter as to whether the boam spy 01 01 trying to escape tne autnor- money away irom home am to fore
of county commissioners or the board, ities somewhere. After he was ar- stall as far as possible the advertis
of road commissioners should be re-j rested he refused to talk. He looks ing campaign that this house expects
sponsible for the $9,876.31 the chain1 to be about 30 ytw.rs old and had to put on here, The Robesonian secur
gang fund was overdrawn on the first; with him a hack saw and some other; ed the services of Mr. William Lon
Monday in March was argued before, tools. He is a foreigner, but his na- don, an experienced newspaper man
Judge Connor and he ruled that the; tionality has not been learned. and an expert in handling "Trade-at-board
of county commissioners should This man of many aliases was ar-j Home" advertising, to put on a cam
pay the overdraft out of the general! rested by Chief of Police S. V. Stan-i paign in Lumberton for the next two
county i unas. 1 icy
Friday and re-
abode in Laurinburr- and cpttino- on I j. T .....i..i.
;i " 1 iiieiiu in iiumuerioH
at,. ' t a tt i ij. i i.- ported having spent a very pleasant
Mr. R. A. Melym is adding to his day. "
irtauy wen-equippeo store a new
TV. 11.
coat of paint which adds much to; hunt Saturday afternoon. Tbe chiL
the appearance. a -la ,t, , j:"J:
rJllt' J- Shle' Jn' nevf Buie s eggs and every one present seemed
most up-to-date farmers, has pur., 1 vj j
i. , i-i 1 tic .'.. na.ve nciii ix uuou time.
enased a new Ford car. Mr. Willie t?q t m ;n v.;,
ular appointment at t:ie Presbyterian
church Sunday night".
Mrs. H. M. Brown and little son
N.eal of Red Springs are visiting rel
aitves in town. Mr. G. I. McOupnn
BELLAMY BRIEFS
Liltle Plants Killed by Cold Person
al Mention
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Bellamy, April 11 Supt. R. E.
, aentellp preached at
01 ran-morn- ana nerm k. j. weeks. The campaion will consist ot j c'.. TT
spent a day or two with home folks ' favorable as could be expected.
nr VST13',85- V" lar yeeK' -V13- Messrs. R. L. Cox, T. J. Rowan,
M. Wheeler, Jr., of Florence, S. C, J. F. Falk. J. E. Rpthnnp and rptlio
j returned home Saturday after spend- i Martin, all members of the Lumber
Antioch Satur-j ing a few days with her parents, Mr. Bridge Light Infantry, arrived here
.as been preach-1 and Mrs. E. L. Odum. Mr. Bolton this morning from Goldsboro, where
glad to have Supt. Sentelle with us.! a Lumberton visitor Monday. Prof. Lumber Bridge company returned
His sermons are interesting. and Mrs. H. A. Xeal spent Saturday from the Mexican border 'on the 27th
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Pitman and, afternoon in Maxton. Mrs. N. Mc- ult.
children of St. Paul spent Saturday j Innis and daughter, :.:iss Ollie. spent,
Tt Pvnppfprl tw on:,vt will nd-: Lewis. Denutv Sheriff A. H. Prevfltt o "trorlo .r.u," ,WaJ lu' mw n-uTO pu- r .,u.. . . yuuiu.-fi. "-'"u. uns morning irom uomsboro, where
VnV nf prnnon l nmnmw. I ard Rnra Policeman F.l; .Phillin ' Wol VTn-ptW company is in camp. They will
i Wfnt to Fairma.t flT1(i hrn ,U i w0 a sce ot a pastor. Weare alwaysnear A axton.-Mr. .Uclnnis was return to Goldsboro Saturday. The
- - - V, - 11 sJ i iCtl CHU 1-1 V V O A i.VJtl.llU
TO DISCUSS SCHOOL BOaDS Lumberton Tuesday night. The au-j the trade-at-home idea. Mr. London
; thorities don't know what to do with will call on the merchants of the city
Citizens of Ten.Mile-Barker District the man but are sure he should be during the next few davs and lav the
v;i1 Mt C,.,v . hplr! in mstndiT H1- enmi ia! i"n ! cm ulen 01 u raul bPenL Oaiuruay i mma ai:u uaun-.ei , Jiiss wine. --ut ,
iT.ii .uv ""'J . . .. - .j "vu.vv.rn,, ui""" J.U.1V uauic uicm. ire u- - 1 Rr,v iri citi,-, o- My Pitmnn'c- Tliesf av in KavpttPVl P lODTiino-. Tl,oir Ttlr,.,.- irc nu
A meeting of the citizens of the-learned about him. He laughs at speak for him an open ear. " " "i: Zti "Tw T Pit ri Mrs T? H TivPrmnrP - Mnvtnn' -rir i 7n" . t Sj
Ten Mile-Barker school district will questions and seems to give any old. To make this campaign the more p??' Ft L Odum who ; QtTtLa a i klZSCS vH
be heM at the Ten Mile school house name that comes into his mind. It is interesting a missmS-lSter contest lst -ed visitor toda.-MK E. Odum ho . States fla Bexhfud sght!
- 'iMLf.t rlJi.rS: McLean was a Lumber.) moreith ulcersn hfs leg, is. .?owi Lumberton .w .edoinHi
ing the school house bond election.' some time ago, as he somewhat re
As has been stated in The Robeson- sembles a picture and description of
ian, an election will be held in that an escaped convict published in a re
district on May 7 to determine wheth- cent issue of the Atlanta Journal.
er or not 8,000 bonds shall be voted,
for the purpose of building a new.Gov. Bickett Appoints Food Commis
and up-to-date school building. The! sion
Ten Mile and Barkers school dis- Kaleigh Dispatch, April 11.
" . -""r-ivir. j.- tl. McL,ean was a Lumber.! more.-witn uicers on nis . leg, is mwi Lumberton girls were seen doing bv
weeks and the winner will receive as ton yisitor gaturday.-M-rs. Neva Del-! slowly improving. He is spending a Robesonian reporter recently. Lit
a reward a So gold piece. In some;lin f East Lumberton spent sev- some time with his son Mr. N. A.jtle folks who have that sort of feel-
of the advertisements in each issue of
! The Robesonian there will be missing
letters. These letters, when located
and properly arranged, will form, the
tricts were' consolidated several
months ago. All the voters in the
district are urged to attend the meet
ing Saturday.
Odum at White Oak.
prominent military man connected
with the European war. Thp last of
The first step toward conserving the missinsr letters will not be avail-
effectively the food supplies of North j able until the last issue of the page
Carolina was taken late today when; is published and the prize will go to
m tt' t : i i ' . . -. , t . . .
title, name and country of somejMr and Mrs B Q Tod; sturdayi
eral days last week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Branch. Misses
Mary Jane and Velma Patterson of, Man Murdered and Woman Assaulted
Allenton visited their grandparents,! in nummgiun L,aot gni
Governor T. W. Bickett appointed a
food conservation commission and
House Will Pass War Finance Bill made preliminary plans for a cam
at Once Kitchin Gets in Line I paign which will organize the hun-
It is expected that the House of dred counties ot the btat
Tot! ares? will pass, not later than producing machine
Friday night, the , administration's, der the plan, will be marl
war financial program calling for aithe money crop, but the
$5,000 .OOO.C'f'O bond issue of which, ous action will be directed toward
$3,000,000,000 will be used a? the bas. the mobilization and utilization of ev
is of loans to the Aliies. With theiery available idle acre in the State,
approval of the Ways and Means! The commission, of which Governor
committee Chairman Kitchin, who Bickett will be chairman, is compos
has indicated a willingness to pushed of Major W. A. Graham, Commis-
the measure through the House not-j sioner ot Agriculture; Dr. B. W. Kil
withstanding his opposition to the fore, director of the State Experiment
war, introduced the bill yesterday, btation; W.. C Kiddick, president of
the State Agricultural and Engineer
ing College; Dr. H. Q. Alexander,
the first person sending in the cor-
Mrs. Bettie Pitman and son, John,
of East Lumberton spent Sunday at
ing for Old Glory have been trained
to love their country.
Personals
Miss Maud Rozier, The Robeson
ian's valued Great Marsh correspond-
Neal Walton, a young white man
employed as chauffeur by Mr. Lyman
Delano, was shot and killed near, ent. and her brother Mr. B. W. Rn-
the home of Mr. ar.d Mrs. J. B. Mc-lBellevue cemetery in East Wilming-j ier, of R. 1 from St. Paul, were Lum-
Lean. Mrs. Frank Stogner Visited ton last night and ms companion, berton visitors this morning.
her mother, Mrs. Kate Bryant, Sun-1 Florence Davidson, a maid in the De-j Mrs. Ben G. Suitt of Greenville, S.
rect ansver following the appearance j of Migg LiUi McLean Saturday p.I bushes and criminally assaulted. ac-jsometime at the home of her moth
of the last page advertisement. ' cordine to her story. She says Wal Pr. Mrs. r,Pn. Warwick. First, strppt
m tjt iUo- 4-u; , ... - . - , : - '
- - - ' v 1 i nrYr woQthor nr vinnfinv n (rnT, luii was miut, wiinuui vvciiiiuiii u x , nr. .1 i-trnwn at Hflirmnnr k a
e into a tood merchants not only of Lumberton but;w11 i nilt mntii. nf th n1aT,ts; negro man with a mustache and that' Lumberton visitor todav.
so ettort, un-:of every town m the county will ap- iU' a tt !t nPorn immpdistplv Hrao-trpd bPr it.v. Tw;n;m, -n.i :
le to lertvce, preciate the service we are thus try-! -f - i.511-j n5 fT,5 wrifpr, into thp bushes, later driving her back Unpnt lnt. nio-t Wp vkit;rr t 1,p
moai vigoi-.msr to render m shuttin? ott the man i i 1.1.1 r, in vnmi -utY. tVip tlirpat that h t ; i 1
1
In order to prevent any possible fin
ancial handicap to the military needs
of the country through delay in rais
ing the $1,750,000,000 proposed as the
amount to be obtained by taxation,
the Ways and Means committee de
cided to embody in the bond issue
authorization to the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue as needed $2,000,
000,000 in one-year Treasury notes
to anticipate the tax received which
will result from the war revenue bill.
order business and impressing the
people with the necessity of doing
their trading at home.
DOWN BOARDMAN WAY
a."uci, :J 4. m A HT-vr-.ni t l
president of the State Farmers Uni- " 'a Tt ' L I a itw
snd J Paul t.hpIs. nrpBidpr.t of mg A. T. McLean, who requested that
Lumberton Rifle Club Re-organizes! Death of Mr. Geo. W. Kelly Setting
and Prepares for Practice i Tobacco Plants Personal
The Lumberton Rifle club met Mon-i Correspondence of The Robesonian.
day evening in the commissioners'! Boardman, R. F. D., Apr. 10 The
room at the court house and elected i wir,-i today feels more like Novem
the following officers for the year: ber than April. We trust, however,
that it will not harm the fruit
Brazil Breaks With Germany
Rio Janeiro Dispatch, April 11.
The Brazilian government has
handed the German minister his pass
ports. This action was due to the
recent destruction of the Brazilian
steamer Parana by a German subma
rine. It is expected in diplomatic circles
here that other South American na
tions will soon follow the example of
Brazil in severing relations with Ger
many. The Chilean minister is con
tinuing his conferences with Dr. Lau
ra Muller, the Brazilian foreign minister.
Spain will take charge of German
interests in Brazil.
the State Farmers Convention
"In some of our most populous
counties," said Governor Bickett, ap
pointing the commission, "large farms
are ymg idle for lack ot tenants.
County chain gangs could rent these
and easily produce their own food
and feed. Every acre stubble land
should be planted to peas and late
corn. Every vacant lot in cities and
towns should be drafted into the ser.
vice of the State by making it pro
duce for man and beast."
some one else be elected; vice pres
ident, R. H. Crichton; secretary, Jno.S.
McNeill; treasurer, J. Robt. Prevatt
(the two last-named being re-elect,
ed); executive officer, C. V. Brown.
Six new members were taken in. A
resolution was passed directing that
a fine of 25 cents De imposed upon
each member who fails, without a
valid excuse, to attend rifle practice
when notified by the executive offi
cer. Messrs. R. H. Crichton, W. W.
Davis and F. F. Wetmore were ap
Mr. and Mrs. Rov Hester arid chil
dren, accompanied by Mr. Hester's
mother, Mrs. E. T. Hester of Richard
son, R. F. D., visited relatives and
friends Sundav P. m. Mr. and Mrs.
L. W. Edwards attended the county
commencement in Whiteville Friday,
They report a good time
would kill her if she screamed. She iter, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McNeill, Jr
made her escape by jumping to thp i Elm street. Miss Williams left thi3
running board of a passing auto and morning for Wilmington, where she
the negro fired at the auto as it will spend some time visiting rela
sped away. The negro had not been tives.
found when the Wilmington Star. Among the visitors in Lumberton
printed its story of the affair this for the Easter holidays were Mr. and
morning. ; Mis. J. P. Watson and small son J.
I P. Jr., from Darlington, S. C, Mrs.
IT IS A CRYING SHAME Harriet Watson and son Sam from
I Bennettsville, who came over in their
Tired Mother Laid Children Down on rar and were the guests of Mesdames
Sidewalk to Sleep Because There Daisy Jenkins and Nannie Crump un
Wae no Rpst Room i til TnpsHav. Thpv wptp aroomnsnipd
"I think it a great shame that, home by Mrs. Jenkins, who will spend
1LI
Lumberton has no place for ladies
who come to town to rest and lay
their little children down to rest,"
was the remark of a Lumberton lady
Fr!Jay after seeing Kow one moth-
Our hearts were jnade sad I on the, J the countr;who had brought
h when we learned of the death of , a;,j. ,n fi, -rtl,tv
7th when we
Mr. Geo. W. Kelly. He was operat
ed on in Hamlet for appendicitis a
little more than two weeks before and
was seemingly getting on nicely un
pointed a committee to select a suit-1 til Wednesday, when he began sink
Civilian Training Camps for Officers
to be Established
Washington Dispatch, April 10.
Army building plans of the admin
istration are to be supplemented at
once by the establishment at many
points throughout the country of civ
ilian training camps for officers. The
great need of the war army to be
raised will be properly equipped of
ficers and to aid in meeting the de
mand the War Department has de
cided to adopt the Plattsburg idea
on a nation-wide scale. Civilians de-
Enlisted for Soldiers I slrous of fitting themselves for corn-
Messrs. Ben and Wm. Collins of Ijmssions in the officers reserve corps
East Lumberton joined Uncle Sam's may apply now to departmental com
able place for range, the location of
the present range being unsatisfac
tory. Secretary McNeill is a mem
ber of this committee ex officio.
Messrs. J. B. Bowen, Jno. S. McNeill
and C. V. Brown were appointed a
mg. The end came about iu a. m.
Saturday. He was a carpenter by
trade. He had been a member of the
Presbyterian church at Bladenboro
for many years. He was in his for
tieth year. He is survived by ms
several days visiting relatives
South Carolina.
army at the local recruiting station
Tuesday and left Tuesday afternoon
for Raleigh.
Mr. R. E. Medlin of Rockingham
joined the army at the local recruit
ing station yesterday and left for
"Raleigh. From Raleigh he will be
transferred to Cincinnati, Ohio.
committee to provide for an indoor; wife, otip dausrhter. 5 brothers, 4 sis-
range. The tobacco warehouse is con. ters, and a, host of relatives andj
her three little children to the county
commencement had to lay two
of them down on the hard pavement
to sleep. The woman who had the
three children all of them too small
to look out for themselves sat down
on the curbing on the sidewalk of one
of the principal streets of the town
and held the smallest in her weary
arms, whilp she let the other two; oi Acath list will TpacVi ISO. wbils nth
take a nap on the hard sidewalk. The ' ers probably will be maimed for life.
Lumberton lady who observed the; There was scarcely a fragment of
condition oi tne visiting wuy . tne structurp left intact. Fire added
Munitions Plant Wrecked Women
and Children Killed
Chester, Pa., April 10.
One hundred and 12 persons most
of them women and girls, are known
to have lost their lives and 121 wee
injured by a series of terrific explos
ions today in the shrapnel building:
of the Eddystone Ammunition Cor
poration, at Eddystone, one mile from
this city. Many of the injured were
mortally hurt and it is reared the im-
siderrii suitable frir this purpose.
Messrs. J. B. Bowen and Gerald Pit
man and Dr. W. W. Parker were ap
pointed a committee to get a place
to drill and a drill master with a view
to drilling all who will volunteer for
home guard.
THE FINAL SUMMONS
American Flag at French Front
Paris Dispatch, April 11.
It was decided today that the La
Fayette flying squadron, compos
cd of Americans who have disting
uished themselves at the front, will
change from the French to the
American uniform, and hereaftpr car
ry the American flag at the French
front.
manders for assignment to them.
Argentina and Costa Rica Pledge
Moral Support to U. S.
Washington Dispatch, April 11.
Without formally announcing
abandonment of their neutrality, two
more Latin-American republics, Ar
gentina and Costa Rica, have given
assurances of their moral support
for the United States in the war
against Germany. Argentina, choos
ing a middle course between those of
Brazil and Chile, her sister nations
in the influential A. B. C. trio, has
notified the State Department that
she "recognizes the justice of this
Mr. Jordan Dean, Near Center Church
Mr. Jordan Dean, aged 46 years,
died at his home near Center church
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. De
ceased had been sick only six days
with pneumonia. He is survived by
his wife and four children. The fun
eral will take place at 4 o'clock this
afternoon conducted by Rev. R. L.
Sentelle of Lumberton and interment
will be made in the Lewis cemetery
near the home.
A triangular meting of the Wil
mington. Fayetteville and Lumberton
chanters. R. A. M. will be held in the!
country's stand against German ag- Masonic hall here on the night of Little Miss Lutie Hall received the
gression. April 20. prize.
friends. Interment was made in the
family burying ground Sundav at 2
p. m. An unusually large crowd at
tended. Our assistant mail carrier, Mr.
Charlie Covington, is on duty for a
few days this week.
Some few of our farmers have set
soma tobacco already. Many others
intend setting this week if the weath
er permits.
Easter Egg Hunt at Tolarsville
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Tolarsville, April 12 Miss Liille
L?wis, Sur beam leader here, gave the
Sunbeam band an ess hunt Tuesday,
April 10. There were 20 Sunbeams
present. Every Sunbeam seemed to
enjoy it fine. Several games were
nlaved. each one taking part in it.
Then Miss ' Lillie Lewis, Theresa
Broadwell and Cleva Martin hid the
eggs. There were 63 eggs hidden.
There was one blue egg. The one
that found it was to receive a prize
was almost in a weeping mocd when
she called this reporters attention
to the scene and he took a look. Much
has been said about a rest room tor
visiting ladies in Lumberton and it
seems that something should be done
about providing such a place here.
Age Limit for Enlistment Raised
According to the local U. S. army
recruiting station, the age limit for
enlistment in the regula rarmv has
been raised from 17 to 35 years to
17 to 40 years. A special effort will
be made to enlist both white and col
ored between the ages of 17 and 40
years.
to the horror and most of the bodies
were so badly charred that identifi
cation was impossible.
The cause of the disaster is being
investigated. A high official of fhe
company is quoted in a dispatch of
the 11th as saying that it was the re
sult of a plot.
Lumberton is Dandy Place for a Mu.
nitions Plant
Mr. J. W. H. Fuchs of Wilmington,
proprietor of the Lumberton Bargain
House, spent Tuesday night in Lum
berton on business. Mr. Fuchs thinks
Lumberton would be an ideal location
for a munitions plant. He thinks also
ROAD MFFTIXG that as a number of plants will prob-
A meeting will be held at the fbly be built m the near future and
court house at 8 this evening
ing for the purpose of organ
izing a good roads association
for Lumberton township. Ev
ery voter who wrants good roads
is urged to attend this meet-
thatLumberton has some citizens who
have enough pull with the government
to get a plant here.
LOST ON STREETS OF LUMBER
ton or on Creek road, black Lynx
muff. Return to A. E. White, Lum
berton, and receive reward.
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