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' i TABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH - ' ' - . . , re EAR. DUE IN ADVANCB VOL. XLVIII -J - LUMBERTON NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 26, 1917. " NUMBER 2L i vMFRlCAN SHIP SINKS -X GERMAN SUBMARINE LUMBERTON WAS TAKEN BY STORM I PARKTON PARAGRAPHS GADDYSVILLE GRIST r.n.ners on the Mongolia Fired Gu, ;f the War for United ! J-Gun Which Sunk the Submarine Named Roosevelt London Dispatch, April 25. Captain Rice, of the American -tpamship Mongolia, whlchr has ar- ved at a jsritisn porc ,iuia me as i Candidates Nominated for lUavnr and Plowino- win, ru m -m , First. Prophets . of Sena Grotto of Wilming- ' "Other Town Officers-Death of an; the Harness-Plowing Ud Tobacco' Red Sorines is Prenarin to Fnt.rJ States ion D-ew Kignt in, and Took t.hi xnrani capt. j- l,. Shaw's Death o Plant rnrnToniri. tf. k;i ri,,r...i;,:. r ii-i r-. V eu in ! Town and th Town W fU,d and Funeral Home Guards Meet Drought rV;i "1 32' ""st: XZ? V f !LV ttU" r"bn' 4 p. fri uviit. ' r " D,1...J. ox , r i '-'I'-B.ciia ivduiiK' ooaccu -u iuav xsi is m uay . ns a Halt-Day of, ?"lu.ruy Aiiernoons r armers in sisms of New .Life in fti p a i - l ast and Furious Fi.nP,.wi Good Snints Personal TiimW, wn f I" vwibj.uuubub! ui ine aoDesnuan. . --- m iruiii.Ln - i wi.iiw l nil m m r rafti wion i '.nfi HandV-dateS" Did iKtnnts AH' rnrrPonnTirlDnf.o f 'PU TU r ih. ti " t.v-wv. iJlc ivuucoumou "ui i-e nace It was todaugh. ZZ?A Press today that the Mon-1 th meridian hour of 12:30 the.town hall. A. C. McCormick act-j Motor car "5, Prophets of .Sepa ed as chairman. The following. :we Old Glory Prftttlyl Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, April. 24 On last Friday! :Gaddysville (Fairmont, R. 1), Apr. held in1 eopie are patriotic, it's a fact. rnierht the town nrimarv was hpid . .. . J , nr-i.-.- a" tne.town hall. A. C. McCormick act- Ator cars come and go entwined in polia na( -war for tl -i German submarine. for the United SSesand sunk! ?79 Wilmington invaT-j nominated: f oV m, F. n! Fishj ! you that Evander lor tne uiuveu tidies dim suhk. e(j Lumberton - nrriwinn. o c em;,.;. tw n e : T'iino Or, Sat.-rlo,. I ANNUAL MEETING SCOTTISH I BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEW i SOCIETY OF AMERICA AW8 Justice M. G. McKenzie perform-. s marriage ceremony Tuesday at m; for Mareraret A. Otmv-Ktio. Enoch Chavis, Indians. -Red Springs, Apfil 25 The annu- bus county, who was operated on for Arr,onff-nfutht ?,cottls society of appendicitis at the Thompson hos Amenca will be held at Red Springs pital Monday night, is gett.n? on on Tuesday, May first. (very well. e The hosnitahlft Hm-Ia fnwn i e nia. i ...... mncr to'pnSaT; L" saV;1 .tactically all stores in town. ahea mn.nTone w sihtAi dead tra' .tiU the shades of evening fell G- Hughes, E. V. Johnson, : T M. United States flag i A. it artPrTinnT, f fh a ! .arrmg a season shortly after their iue, 1. C. Hall; school trustees PIOW nanaies fuu vii wv. - . - arrival rifivotpri tn nr, rn pkv, t tj t:i T MM MSL HI LCI IMHII1 III 1.11 . - ... ) ' r ' - i . - I lUiliri IA 1111(1 111 H Tl W1 TT"1 QQT T n A The captain gave the order' n af escort the vlsftorT to ; ..Tf' J R ?se11 left Tuesday it weinotei am to the auditorium of Flora aiterilun ior .uanimore, Ma., to at-nlow-, Macdonald college, where the society, end. the funeral of his sister, Miss i win. meet at u. a. m. The dinner , j if ifcUMe Daiumore, wnose the committee, in rKnrcro nf Mavnv R w i death occurred suddenlv Monav bone-! Townsend and Mrs. D. P. McEachern ' ni?ht' deceased was 62 years old. get-is arranging tor the luncheon which; Mrs. W. J. DuBois left yesterday than j will be served to the members of the' morning for Lenoir City, Tenn.. to atiena me iunerai ot her sistr-in- program for the .dav includes! law. Mrs .B. M. Morrison, who died vovasre. e I nil crumH nTrpad with the intpn-: Ii , , v" . "wtci agaiiist h''""" wen auLeiiueu aiiu every-; r - ""v t"io iwamj, ui P ?f Smmine the submarin? I he stunts of the afternoon-it was thffig moved off briefly and harmon-' hear of a good many farmers tion ot lamming tne suomanne. i iust ,m9m nna, f imicur q ine- it ut to r,ic ,. re : J.f"rC?I. tKvS Va he Public' and for the "kandy-dates" , nope office seekers. . x i , It .really seems as if some of 't- fcrAnVidV Te , fir 11 Tas one comfortable quarter of. Our community is in sympathy . drunkards are celebrating the -hm ? bioaosiae. iae gunners iir- ,., ff v- e j,..n i to,vv, m- j mi ' .l u.' 1 Hw aftov w,, 1 4.v.. j rto r.oi-ianTo cnnnrplTr anrl . . i.i ouuuici uj. actually De- vvim mi. ami. mis. inos. lviooretn ine, " UIJ ic,- ao mey are n1-; VJ ? monntai nwatPr lms the oa and of misgivings as to death of their baby Thomas Jr., near tmff on to0 m.uch more often throwing UP 8 rawuuiaiw u , watex. wh t hould haT)T1PT1 fll PTYl -iirlion' t.Wd VPfirR nf otri wVln riar loot eVer, Preharinp' for t.Vla rrpaf llrni .ClMifn. 6(1 Stryie visiting prophets aiWd rre at! of "cotto Tis up The'' m me i"'" ....... i nignt to the local tAv0 and. witVi tVio' the Parkton ppmptprv Pr rfnv at a-sn.tney leu us that s-eneral green is " ip (Tiii nfrs uau iiaiiicu me tuna r,i,i; i.i. 4. j. , ,i 1 1 t . . rni 4? 1 - l.ij r T iu . tt u j jfuu"' oiiu.1 uui, uu wiem as mevi P- ac uiieiai services were neia :i0BflV S::r mi?ht hst, with none to hinder or at the grave byRev. W, M. Miller, wun.11 , rnase airaia Theodore Koosevea; so xeaay urea on the job. address by Dr. Peter Robertson' suddenly about 10 o'clock Tuesday the first gun of the war after 1.'; rt nV,," T-k TU1 1. . I .'1.1 J Ther are more chickens this vPar! ""T eti0!0"'. w" "iluu eceasea was aout 41 years v, " j ' """j i , i , - - ? i iivc ui otuudiiu anu ex-presiuent oil pastor of the Presbvterian church. tnan ever before, and some of our, th TalpHnnian Bnr.iot,r nf nin,inno ! a ... Honestly, did you ever exnecfr to' assisted bv Rev. H. B. Pocter. Das-! farmers tell us they are eating up their, will arrivP in P0H c-TL:.r:tlal.01;e tow ater see Chief of Police Alf. H. McLeod,! tor of the Methodist church. tobacco Did -you eve. ; hear ;of Wurday of this wTillTccupy the labrYtof w -a - J. w . . t ilt"" W III SJ I f 1 1 1VI I'PM "ninniTi" phiitt a 1 J .1 -x . - i j ml V- WHU U LllU b L1I dignified and. perfectly Respectable Our town and community were fj"11 tobacco or "dippin" snuff ? pulpit of the Presbyterian, church on JA?" mayor of f iTMRiTBTftV ' "tlzen and Ruardian of the law as greatly shocked on Saturday morning! r. narvey Willoughby of N. C. Sunday morning an3 preach at Flora .MAX UK ur L.U3icn.KlUii , ha is. and Tmint Attnmmr v. t parlv wnpn tVi nawo cnrvmrl oKr-narl . 2nd regiment was here last week nn MaJnnolJ J v : j " " J wvvi..xv u. j . " ujliu uv-vv. - . , , . .. . I M.uuuaiu cuiickc 111 tile eveiiuiK. T? n-nA v.: : j .ji 4-V,4- r4- T t CI j J ! a TUrmno-h snpndmff crvma tima TiTltVi 1 mi. i . .i ., 2 me presiaent oi tne iNorth uaro- BM,rd. Also Nominated Nominees rcipal streets of Lum.berton in baby one of this scribe's most intimate Will be Elected is 3lonaay in iYiayi rarriao-pa? Or 1,; in one "1C m: Skipper, clerk of the Superior court,! sion. of school with him in our youth, e historv of the town luesday Mr. nTlj F.aT.i Thnnc . -,Qn ko.,; qt-.-i aiwo -nri tmo loi James D. Proctor was nominated for .young man, lying flat on their backs and at last sacrificing his life forbear future, Messrs. J. N. Williams and R. M Shooter were - elected deacons of Pleasant Grove church and will be from caDital and Dr. Edgar M. Magruder, Charlottes- laboratory of hygiene shows that the water remains pure. A doctor to whom the analysis was shown said j that it seems to be the purest-, water in town. Mr. W. C. Prevatt of the Raft' Swamp section brought to town to day a load of home-grown cabbage. TT 1 J ,i . - n . villp Va fMnfta?;: f t, a..;o,J fe ho1u tnem at iu cents the head rio r . :i .- . ;i.j Mr. frevat says he has 700 heads ire history of the town Tuesday Mr.t and Earl Thompson, a well-behaved' ard always found him true, and loyal, ordained at Rowland som,e time m the and is expected to be present. s! for ' -ch .aJ C6nts. the piece james i. 1U"I7 i V0UnS man flat on their backs and at. last sacrificing his life for, luiure. , The afternoon will be devoted to' "cv mayor over Mr. A. Jr. .aidweil. on the sidewalk with n in-1 his countrv. Our town was 1 are-el vi Ahe tobacco warehouses at Fair- business and after th arMmimmpnt! Mr. and Mrs. W. P. McAllister nUf 4-1. . i: -r.t.nr..l- i. c. 1 i TYlOnt Will Rnnn ha talrincr nn rloml 4.1, . ij; it. .nj :m flTld smnll H ;i n rVi to-i- Ma.. TrtT, 1r- Clan". RED SPRINGS NEWS NOTES Messrs. A. S. King and t,. M. John- pies in their moutns sucking present at his funeral Sunday even- "J011 wnl soon be taking on new son were nominated for town commis-j muk out'n bottles, a red-pantalooned ing and we can say it was the larg-! shape. Mr. Price informs us that Munt-is, .ucsio. v. . ana rea-turoanea caveman the while est attenaea funeral we ever attend-: cn iei j.or me emaige- L. Thompson and L. E. Whaley were, preying them with devil-forks in' ed. People from nearly all parts of ment of the Peoples warehouse; al- nommated for graded school trustees, their honorable tummies and telling, the county and the floral offering so we are told that the old house will without-pposition, and -Messrs. Frank them to "suck up" ? Or a grown man were imm.ense and beautiful.1 Our, be remodeled. Gouih, H. M. McAllister and W. S. name not learned carefully and sympathy goes to the heart-stricken1 There are evident signs of life in Britt were nominated for members gravely propelling a peanut down the family. ' ) the coming town of Fairmont. It is of the board of audit and finance principal street 01 the town with a iMrs. H. C. Jones, who spent a week! already one of the biggest tobacco Without CDPOSition. ' prnwhar. as tn rm or l-i tTiat ruoro ' tiio visit.inc rplativps-in Tf.ncki no nam anrl i markets in the new belt. Our people WTiile there are more than 400 qual-, most important and serious business other points, returned home this1 appreciate this. Long ago they had; ified voters in town, only 333 voters, in i;fe snridnV a rpH-strpaVprf ,ati..v' mornine-. Mr. P. H. Fisher returned to ship or-haul the weed to distant were cast. Three of these were put( 0f candv the while? Or men fishing home from Charlotte Saturday ni&ht. markets. Now thev enjoy the great' Till. July 4 in the wrong box and only 330 votes, with Dole, line and hook in buckets Mrs. Fisher and P. H. Jr., and their, advantage of havin- the excellent sale Correspondence of J 1 I - " ... ! . ' ... 4"il4-; .J 1 C 4- ; t-. t r, . . . . .1 1 were coumeu. ot water and dinnmsr water from car remamca over ior an extenaea managcu u men ui kicu tiea oprmgs, April un account of tho lnral TT S arm- rcmM, The vote for mayor was: Proctor buckets with thimbles? j visit. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Gillis and influence as Davis, Chambers, Kyle, of the suspension of The Citizen, The station, was married to Mi Minnie hj, -cuueii iui. i s indium jn r.nat, ana more, aiappenea. son, jonn, ana mr. a. j. mcormiCK, "f'f0 y-"itio-. and son. Currie. visited Laurinbure 'rairmont is aestmea to Decome one the young ladies of the college will1 and smaH daughter, Nancy Pope, left give the usual May Day lawn party.' Tuesday afternoon for Hendersonville. In the evening there will be mov-l Mr- McAllister will return to Lum-inp- nicturps in the auditorium nf berton in about two weeks, but Mrs. Mary Pickford in "The Pride of the' McAllister and child will spend the summer at nenaersonville. v The bankrupt stock of Messrs. Townsend Bros, was sold at public auction at noon todav bv Mr. W. O. The Citizen Suspends Suggestions , Thompson, trustee. The stock was for Town Ticket A Peripatetic bought by Messrs. WThite & Gough of rre&Dytery ino More Foolishness luip berton for ?3,735. There was a The Robesonian. number of bidders on the stock. Corporal Roy F. Tracy, formerly was 28 votes. happened, son, John, and Mr. A. C. McCormick , Keeves ana others. Robesonian is our only source for lo- Lanier of Rockv Point npar Wil Whpn t.h tirotiliPts rpallv o-nt rlnwn and son. Currie. visited T.aiirtnhnrc i 'f airmont is destined to become one i cal news.' ! 4-i, ify!, n i ., . . - . i . c r--i - j j-- . - - t . . . ... . . . . , ,. t.t . . ... ... ' uuugwui uu me iiui nisi.. in the commissioners- race tne vote to their knitting the stunts the today. Mrs. Gillis was a delegate J;o m me m.ost prominent towns oi iori,nj "ine town election is the coming Tracy is now located in Raleigh He was: King 269: Johnson 239; Wish-j "kandy-dates? performfe-di'v at the! the Presbytery for women,; making. Carolina. To be sure they have no event of . interest, and on account ofimarfp manv friprvU ,v,nQ i Tiw. in I J 41. o4. ' 4-; 4 4.1. : -d t t i newsnanw hut that's a mitrhtw rrnnci 4.1,- -r,i ;Ji,.-;4.: i4.: I . . J. . . . tuiiimaiiu ui me piupnets were SO me nip in tiieii car. xvev. l. jj.i v..-,, " '"bj f"" . mc gciiciai liiuiapusiiiuii ui uui titi- tOn WHO WlSh him mUCh SUCCeSS and art 119. The. vote-on candidates for school , TOany and "so varied that, it came to. Jenkins and Miss Ellison attended sign they read and admire lhe Kob- Zens to meet together for exchange joy. rusiefs -woa. j pass mat tne puuuc soon ceasea to vine vuu,uieiicemeiix at rauis iu-i , , il""i i ui iucas i nave ui.'tjeri,aii.eu iu sug-, -rp T A ATartin relurniwi TViae day nighf. from Richmond, Va., where trustees R7 Thomnson 265.- - '"- hp4nmrii at nwoitssni tiioi Von.' rxivM. Mi- Tl A Mrinnaii ji-in loo' naDer offico. as thev are thev are not The vote on the canaidates ior tne, ne(j. it was a time of mirth and tomorrow night for PortsmoaUC ':Ya.,1 perishing tor a paper there, as they audit and finance board was: H. M. , laughter. The fun was fast and fu-i where he has accepted a position with get The Robesohian -in-a few-hours: McAllister 255; Gouerh 251; Britt 249. The managers of the prlmarv werei T. O. Edens, E. L. Whaley, Eli Wish art and A. K. Morrison. Nomination :s equivalent to elec- nous. And when the -prophets,! the is. A. Li. railroad wearying of making Iixe a burden to ihe home guara company after it comes from the press has' Well, what has gone with the meas- gest the following ticket: 'For mayor A. B. Pearsall. For. commissioners T. C. McPhail, he went Sunday, accompanying Mr. TnnnnarTTs C' Pa of R. 7 from Lumberton, ?no WaYSfulWic T Lr! ho enterecTa hospital there for an loon, Walten BullocK, T. H. Turner. jf;, - rv AToir, "kandy-dates", raided the sidewalks ' changed the time of meeting" fromles? The last we heard of it was. Last week we had the PresbvteryL" 0tfTY, f ? .r1- .? ar"n j J J ij: e4.J :V4- o.Aj... aKnnt a mnntli acrn aftoi- it nod swpnt P.,i..:il. rk- I sPent SOme time With his Wlfe and anu siuiea aiiu muiiapeu lauies, mar-i oatuinay iniiit xo oatuiuay aruer-j " ""- iu v -r- ui. l ajcucvme a "ui rucsw. vn al- ! haliv who arp visitincr T-plntiVoo in ried and single all but old maids,! noon at 5 o'clock. The captain urgesJ Kentucky ard was away on the Pa- count of a weddinar that week in the o;' are vlslun relatives in I 11 1 J. 1 1 1 J J 1 ' mtlrt nrn OT Uwa. KT.tAvi nknwik -U . A a-mim M c am i ' finn TVia plprt.rin tn rnTlfirm the frZA 4- trr, - -P: oil -mA-mVkac f Ko nn Vol on1 foVA1 cififf coast. . ! PrpcVivtoriQTi rTinrph tlio nnATiinor Ar ' nomineps will be held the first Mon-: chands and stoop J nart. in no drill. - Why do the people of Robeson take; vices were held in the colles-p audi- . i-pnpee tent, anights 01 Macca. aay in .viay THE ROLL OF HONOR einpiuvers aiiu iiusuanus aim sweet-i wan m uie mm. " "j -" . y -" - - i-co ui, n mt; i i, vu 4.- 4.- i- Ai hearts, it seemed quite the right and- The following- seems to be on the the war so seriously? Why, don't torium, then transferred to. the Meth-. ehl a patriotic meeting m the proper thing'to do. I honor roll: a fine 9-lb. boy to Mr.1 you know that if a German, Austrian! 0dist church and afterwards to the hal1 m the McNeill bunding Tuesday For, for the nonce the town was and Mrs. Chas. Pate, Wednesday, and, and Jap flee combined were to sail Presbyterian church, and the closing evening, lhe Spirit of patriotism theirs thP nronhets' and thev Fridav a 9-lb. bov to Mr. and Mrs.! up Lumber river headed for Lumber-: sevices back to' the auditorium. It prevailed throughout the meeting. Two Young Men of Robeson Have, niiffht. do whatsoever thev listed while M. R. Tolar. - ! ton to invade and destroy tnat me-1 has been called the "peripatetic Pres-; ?cne wfre aaTe oy Messrs. j jji. Enlisted in the NaVy Army En-, Lumberton, severally and collectively,! Rev. H. B. Porter and Mr. A. MJ tropohs those dogs of war stationed bytery". On the last night of the fivenzie, n. x. riux, xt. m. canaer listments I held its sides with laughter. Stubbs, delegate, will leave tomorrow, on the court yard could ward off any j meeting Dr. Vardell gave quite an son, Jim Karnes ana ex-btate ben-. Since April 1st two young men of, Orderly, to begin at the beginning for Pittsboro, to attend the Fayette-1; attack? You Lumberton folks . bet. I elaborate reception to the delegates' ator ueo. xj. lucxieoa. Robeson county have enlisted in the an(i tell all that hannened would fill! ville district conference. iter get yourselves a supply of powder .and the town people, winding up with Many ladies attended the corset music uy me coiiee ureiiestia. ucinuiu5i,iaLiuii x, me aiuie ui aixi. Cotton in this section is rapidly John T. Biggs -Monday, Tuesday and coming up and no more foolishness yesterday. The demonstration was is expected till the 4th of July. under the direction of Miss Sadie SNYDER.! McLary, representing the Madame Grace Corset Co. Refreshments were BUIE AND PHILADELPHUS NEWS served in afternoons. Mr. Biggs says j the sales far surpassed his expec- Farmers Taking Advantage of Pretty, tr.ticns. Weather Philadelphus Finals Be- , A large crowd attended the open- ftol rn:vy Archibald D. McLean of Lum-' a book. - I - The nice rain Sunday evening has . ready, )orton, a son m tne iate oi. ix. a. waien prophets were engaged m causea tne vegetable worm about us W. V. B. OUT BARKER'S WAY lorrplcment of the navy has been ran like mad up Fourth street from mer time alreadv, and we hear some Settinr Tobacco 1 lants Litton is increased -to 87,000 men, an increase. Elm when some prophets made a dive; of the boys finding their way to the, Coming Up Baseball Team Organ- 'i about :J0.UU0. The JNavy Depart-; a -some ladies in her direction. No ; creek for a bath. Too soon for this izeu i-ieiuy io iam uuui-m ment has allotted this district, North indeedy, she did not propose to risk chicken, but by this time next week' sonal Carolina, 400 of these men. It is standing still when the men were we will be enjoying nice headed cab-! Corresppndence of The Robesonian. urtccfi that they be recruited by May, kidnaping ladies th. Un to the 24th inst., accord-! fiod. She blushed and baee from our own garden. Lumberton,' R. 1, April 25 Set- cm Sunday - I in? of J. P. Newman & Co's. new 5. Mr. L. F. Edens, R. 2, lost a fine' ting out tobacco plants is the ouder. Correspondence of The Robesonian. f 10 and 25 cent store in the McLeod nsr to a letter to the editor from the. "Kandy-dates" were "fresh meat", horse Saturday. , of the day. Cotton m is coming up. hJuie, April 24 Jftiladeiphus men, 0ji!dir Tuerdav evemng from f:30 recruiting officer of the navy recruit- and so labeled Those who had on! insr station at Raleigh, only 71 have 'their regular clothes were made to j Speaking 'Engagements been accepted since April 1. Gov.! wear their coats wroher side out;: Bond Issue on verv fas- in this section Road Messrs. Edward 'Bethune and iies- l lie Martin of Goldsboro spent tne P.ickett has issued an eloquent appeal for the navy, which already has' been mentioned in The Robesonian some were dressed from head toS foot in striped suits of specia, de- the Clark road bond bill at Tabernac- i 1 i i l i t n ;n j sign; some wore tneir snirts over. ie scnooi nouse, nowensvnie town No more effective service can be. their coats. No "kandy-date's" moth- rewlered your country at this time er would have recognized him. than to aid in the enlisting of m.eni lf was a high old time and Lum- ship, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Saturday ' Mr. Bethune will speak at Parktn at noon.- From Parkton he u in Liie emianiiK ui iu.cn if was a lillf11 UlU Lime anu uum- x mwi - ; . .. n 1 i oi ' r .i r. i 1.1 0 fill the complement of . berton enjoyed having the prophets, Parkton at noon. From Parkton he Inman of St. Pauls spent Saturday j 3Sity,Sf 1 States navy. The right! very much in possession of the town, will speak. He will speak at Ren- with relatives m this vicinity . I advantage of the pretty weather we required t th.i United States navv. Tho rieht verv much in nossession sort of men are needed now. These (Nobody thought of business while, nert on the same afternoon at 2:30 r.ien must be trained, which requires) the fun was on. Business be hang monlhs of drilling. They must be. ed! It was no time for grave mat- t?.uirr,t the ways ol the sea, for the,ters. United States has no merchant ma- . Ei school girls played the Rowland girls, to 0:30. No goods were sold Tuesday. Friday on the" flatter's diamond, the; evening but the store was opened score Demg to xo in iavor oi wie tor business yesterday morning, ihe new store with its splendid arrange- Tvr xkt it Pfifiinno ur?n cMi rn week-end with home rolks. Mr. ana : Phidadelhus team. 1,11. iv. usuiuuc nmw. - . , -- ----- - D Mrs. xi. x-. rowers ana uaugmei, oca-: irroi. kj. lj. aies anu ivuss mui mont is most attractive m appear sie, spent Tuesday at St. Pauls. j Rhyne of Philadelphus high school ance. jn the rear of the building Mr. Rev. J. L. Powers attended the school i faculty spent Saturday in Red, j. p. Newman, manager of the store, commencement at Rock Fish last , Springs, attesting to. school mat-1 has equipped an up-to-date rest room week. Misses Jennie land Beatrice, ters. - . I for ladies. In the room is a lounge. and mirror, racks, etc "Ti -i.. ; t e r tt e-4n The bovs organized a baseball i have been havint? for the past week! :zj. i J. iici i uu uie ooiug aireiiiuuu t . , . , i , i . . i i auueiiiiteiiueiik ui me uuinuciiuu o'clock and at Ked springs at 4:au.j ieam at ien mue rauuua, '"s"-. , graded and high school, a live Mr. H. E. Stacy will speak on thl?rry Jordan was elected captain. Mrs. L. B. Brice of Fairmont spent; gchool teacher but he is an ordained sam,e subject at St. Paul Saturday a afternoon .at 3 o clock, well as Vna flnfi9 nf tho naval nro legion. All this takes -time, a vital far tor in the present crisis. Mr. Herman Goepfert joined Un cle Sam's army at the local recruit mtr station Tuesday and left yester day for Cincinnati, 'Ohio. French War Commission- Welcomed to NVashington Washington Dispatch, April 25. i ne r rench war commission to the United States, headed by Rene Vivi ani, minister of justice and vice prem and Marshal J'oseph Joffre hero f the Marne and popular idol of the Eiffhtv.eierht . prophets, rin from which to draw, and they, sprinkling of ladies,. wives and sweet-1 : ma?t h0 taught military discipline as hearts of the prophets, came in on America is :Now Allies' Banker tKo enA o TTQ in ' hflf lU Snifl TO W3.S niTl PTOTl IJlSTjaLCn. ADHl ZO. have" been what the count revealed.) The .United States stepped today! roe returned to her home at Ti . i- u..i i: : ;-v. nn . n;t-0;t F-im- nf Saturdav after snendmer two xsut antnmeuc is an awiui uu m mi-u uicat. o j.vimci iji j. . - m , v . .. ;, this instance; for from the way they, banker for the Allies with a $200,-1 with relatives in i this vicmity.-MisJ cut up there m.ust have been thousJ 000,000 to Great Britain herself and, Leatha Stone of Lumberton spent ands of the wonderfully arrayed the. promise oi otner speeay nnanciai ue - T - Messrs. Fink JdarKer ana oneiton, several aavs in tms community yiait-. -r, ci :;,i a, ein a Malone returned home last week from, mg Miss Maggie i Brown. .... t . . hool work-has been irm!ip S Jn ! supplying 5 churchesfor the past Palaskie, Fla., where they had been for several mojnths working jin a sash faictory. Little Miss Hazel-Mon roe returned to her home at Tar Heel weks rffber-in-1aw. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben ! M'White. Messrs. S. E. and O. M. Britf of Lumberton spent Tuesday ment sermon will be preached next Sunday at 11 a. m. by Rev. Dr. G. Jb. Moorehouse of Lumberton. x Mr. I. T. Brown and Miss Laura Jones SDent Monday in Lumberton. and; Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Smith spent three months. When Rev. W. R. Da vis ' resigned as pastor of the East Lumberton field Mr. Sentelle began to "supply for Eas Lumberton, Anti och, Proctorville, Center and Raft Swamp churches, which compose the prophets who escaped from the Sepa' relief to Italy, France and Russia cave and descended upon tms gooa 4. British Continue .to Advance LUWU. " r ; . ., . 4. rr Thirtyeight "kandy-dates", some JrTess dispatches state mat many, t , ' r-0v of them from Wilmington, some from' thousands of German dead strew the Barker's Sunday school received Rowland and Boardman, and a num-; battlefields over which the British! its -literature for children's day last ber or loca men, were put uuuugu .u .-tsr: "iX Ann RVv. vm,r letter in The ineir pdceb wiure uie pu" . B.T A VL-riUzh troons Robesonian Tuesday was enjoyed. XJ(&le 1" aXU-XUVVU f- wr . : ' J.T- and the "kandy-dates" marched and, have made further gains. neople of France, was welcomed to drilled through the principal streets Washington today with heartfelt en "'uniasm c it, fn,n TVio drillino- was fine V. Brown and' J. P. Newman, who and caused much favorable comment.! prior to yesterday were the only lo- Mrs i,rank Gough critically 111 Mrs. Frank flmio-n linn been rrit 'tally ill at her home, Chestnut street 'iinee about 11 o'clock last night, when ne suffprpd a ctwilro of narnlvsis. no ha? not been able to SDeak since at time. While Mrs. Gough had wtn unwell for several days, she was about her. usual work yesterday. .CV- John S. McNeill' has pur wasfid from Dr. -W. L. Grantham a "eKKif-nnr. , -71 i . 1 :11 w..a . mini Bireet aiiu wm mur "m the Townsend house, Caldwell . into the Grantham house to borrow or Saturday. The prophets were led by Monarchical grotto members and. who were a-days . Its T Bovd and headed by the Wil- responrole for bilging .this festi- school bonds Write oftener. Also Rev. W. Wl Wil lis' piece was real interesting. Wtell. the neople vin Robeson county have something to talk now- a-days. It's road bonds, war bonds, Friday in Fayetteville. Mr. and Mrs. . , . D. P. Buie were Lumberton visitors yesterday. . Q T. TJnvd and headed bv the Wil- respon hn trip ooms. which val of mirth to Lumherton latter made music all over town. The The grotto, be it known, bears the East Lumberton .band also furnished: same relation to Master Masons as snmo music th shrme bears to the Royal Arch. As hinted at above, at night the The special train left for the re nronhets retired to the local cave i turn trip at 11 last night, with the "kandy-dates" and nulled; The local "kandy-dates" were after them: and what dark Messrs, Q. T. Williams, E. J. Britt, v. -- ii ha 1. With best wishes to The Robeson ian and all -it's readers. deeds then were done to the fresh meat" must be "left to th readers imagination. . A Dutch supper was given the in the Andrews building on Elm street, this being prepared un- R. McA. Nixon. Jas. D. froctor, Li. T?xford Stephens, E. A. Thompson M. W. Floyd, . F. H. Townsend, J. D McLean. C. H. Phillips, S. K. Nash Jno. S. McNeill, C. B. . Skipper. Alfi tt ir T 1 T. T ' rn4-Vr.w. T M 11. lVlCLieOU, U. 4. uiauuiaiuj i. nx.i tottS : supervision ot Prophets C. Williamson,' Jno. T. Biggs. The last issuer of the "Buy-at-Home" page was scheduled to appear today but with the consent of all the advertisers who are cg-operating in this important campaign the page is held over for Monday. See the next issue of . The Robeson ian for the las insertion of this page. - esonian, a new pastor has been call ed to this field and is expected to ar rive within a few weeks. Lumberton Has a Well-Equipped Rest Room In mentioning in a recent issue the need of a public rest room in Lumberton, attention should have "been called tb the excellent rest room Miss Amelia Linkhauer has fitted up in fhp rear of her milllnerv store on . t j. n - j; Ham street, xn mentioning me uis- tressing incident that was the cause! of the article beinc Vrltten the idea in mind was that the town at large furnishes no public rest room. Miss Linkhauer has a room well fixed, i with runninsr water and other conven- iiannoa ond i is onpn for the ponven- H nn.Oj ci. iJ ,A - " t - ience of ladies from the country or elsewhere at all times.- That helps to fill a Serious need for the town and for her public spirit Miss Linkhauer I is to be commended. But of course Tio fvam sir a whole should furnish Has "Laid By" Oat Crop. Mr. Jesse Scott of R. 1 fronvElrod was" among the visitors in town yes terday. Mr! Scott said he "laid by" one of his crops Tuesday. That was his oat crop. Mr. Scott says he is the only man he knows who culti vates oats. He planted his in rows like corn and plowed them twice. He says his crop is verv promising. He will sow cotton between the rows of oats, which are 5 feet-apart. REGISTER FOR BOND ELECTION Registratioh books for the road bond election to be held May 8 close Saturday of this week, April 28. Be ure to register if vou do not want to (X nuvic onuuiu w4v i o T - a large rest room; and especially t lose your vote, xou nave uutu should arrangements be made to take . May 5 to register for the elec car of ladies and children on public , tion 0n May 7, when road com- occasions like county commencement. missioners will be elected. .- r 1. . tl .- 4 I p. n .1. 5. ! f i i if-
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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April 26, 1917, edition 1
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