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COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YF'rA,. iN ADVANCS J VOL. XL VIII LUMBERTON, NORTH. CAROLINA, MONDAY. MAY 14, 1917. NUMBER 26 CHEATER FOOD TAR HEELS ORDERED T NEW ROAD BOARD ORGANIZES Vftuio vmurAiuii 1U IUHI UliljJSl H.UKPE I I. T. Brown Elected Chairman and J. Browne Evans Secretary Claims Ordered Paid at Last Meeting of Old Board - The "old road board held its last meeting Friday afternoon. The fol lowing bills were ordered paid: i. Lawrence, lee m the over Meetings Will be Held AH Over Rob- About 700 Have Been Accepted From eson Durng the Next Ten Days to North Carlina 18 Robeson Coun Impress the People With the Im- ty Men in List portance of Raising More Food Chattanooga, Tenn., Dispatch, May uffs-Meeting in Lumberton and n, to Greensboro DailyNews. East Lumberton This Afternoon and ornn - . , , . , . C;riht i The names of those who have been 1 IHIIB PARKTON SCHOOL FINALS mary department. The patrons and trustees of the school were so much BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Splendid Commencement pleased with the vear's work that all Close of Successful School Year tne numbers of the faculty were re- Parkton Twn and Its Progressive elected- T1is was Prof. Doub's third People . year as principal of the school and Splendid commencement exercises a SCv01 has contimied to advance Thurso t .j V. j , under hls management.lt can be truth S?',.WfJ Mly,id that the Parkton graded : i ' , J b1" , 411 v limbx Ui CUUiaUUll iXllM iL J.CW cef?itv of raising more food stuffs in training of men designed to command' services as member "of board $2oNmm voted bonds and erected in county. Mr. L. E. Blanchard, ex- units ,V, fb fif v.!01? auto U Kn? t LlJl.hVrsday evening, which was. a $12,500 brick school buildine-one ' r t?v,Qc ox I " ..U1. "'e uiulcu, t-., yiw0 -uuuwea Dy a recitatioti contest I rf . 4.i, " lumii ,;n -. nSSS waslass day- There were! Fast-Growing Town of Parkton store. Mr. Williams will have charge PMitive secretary 01 tne KoDeson States were nnhlin hn as member of hnaWI 5fci7Kn-T t M. County Food Conservation commis- There will be 2,500 men assembled at Leod, services as member of board 5ion, and his corps of helpers sent Fort Oglethorpe, these being select-' ?47.50; J. M. Butler, services as mem rut circulars and letters all over the ed from more than 3,600 who are'ber of board, $47.50; J. B. Humphrey, county last week, and Mr. Blanchard seeking admission. ays he nas- received assurances irom Several sections that the people are services as member of board. $20: J. A. McCormick, services as member ot board, $47.50. nterested and will attend the meet- news dispatches appears the names' Immediately after the old board insrs. . . . ' . 01 the lollowmg Robeson countv men: L adjourned the new board, which is Clarence, 8-year.old son of Mr. L. B. Blackburn, is very ill. The doctors have not decided what the trouble is. The condition of Mrs. Frank Gough, whose serious illness haa been mentioned in recent issues of The Robesonian, continues about the same it was Thursday. Messrs. O. J. Williams and E. S. Miller have bought the stock of gro ceries in the Caldwell buildine. Elm was a $12,500 brick school building one ' ard Second streets, from, Mr. F. B. It was stated in Thursdays Kobe. Jesse E Carpenter, -F. C. Everett, C composed of Messrs. I. T. Brown. J. Browne Evans, Graddv H. FlovA. J, A. McCormick and J. I. Townsend, met and organized. Mr. I. T. Brown was elected chairman and' Mr. J. Browne Evans was elected secretary ?onian that several experts in differ- b. Woltz, Maxton; Thomas K. Cobb, ,nt lines would spend this week m jas. f. Love, St. Pauls; J. T. Cash- the county. Mrs. F. S. Eubanks of Well, D. H. Fuller, E. K. Proctor, S. K. Durham, an expert on canning and Nash, A. Moore, H. J. Singleton, C. B. reserving, arrived last night, and Skipper,Tr., F.E.Wishart. Lumberton: Mr. T. B. Parker, head of the i arm- j. A. McKay, M. C. McLeod, W. B. at a salary of $5 the month ers' institute wore, wm rrui. wjgau, Townsend, Red Springs; J. P. Rob head of the guano department of the ertSOn, Rowland; F. F. Thompson, experiment station, State Department Fairmont. of Agriculture, arrived this morning. Jas. F. Love was principal of the District Agent T. D. McLean, of the Lumberton high school last year and U. S. Department of Agriculture, al- was superintendent of" the graded c0 is expected this week. These will school at SL Pauls durinK the term hokl meetings m the county thus iust ended. Mr. E. K. fKnoxl Proc- -veek. I tor is a member of the senior plaaa o memoers of the graduating class. Not onl An tne nnia Punftf tha, business. r;rLe'Tre1liMises, TEdna Wallace, take interest in education, but theyi Just before Coneress passed tha president: Marsh .Tnmcr 1VTo4-4-: v ;. n . : i . . j-. 1,- -ft -i- t.4. 1.1 1 lr -rr Z-T - ""...jv,, iTiauwc uirc musicai; 111 meir town, wnicn is um to me ciicti, uiai uiusc wuu uiixL- fTUTrT1eGne 01a Dub.one of the fastest-growing young ried after war was declared would ana JNannette MrNntt. tvq avov. cna at-. cu.x. . . ,J ... 4. u . x - 1 , , -J v , minora lunua in me oiau oi KODeson ; r nut uc CAciiip-c xruiii army service, opened at 11:15 with prayer offered Practically all the business houses folks were marrying like Christmas tV fifv- J-lj- Jenkins, pastor of the are brick structures, and beautiful '. time. But it's not so any more. No li- r"11 "-V"" cnurcn. jxext on residences can be seen on every hand. te program was a chorus, "Come A number of new homes are now un wnere the Limes' TJlonm" W tVio Hoi. rnncfvnf;nTi o-a -i-v, -d high school, followed by the class the town are erecting a new brick exercises, which were hirfilv entertaining.- After the class house of worship, which will cost around $10,000. When completed the School Board Raises Salary of Prin cipal 1 he board of school trustees met la Everett. Lula Beard. Vinln mtw ihursrday night and agreed to raise aid:. Lila Haves. Jessfe Coatee Ali IrfnLf7 ' , r0- ? ,TaJl0r' DaTis' Vance McNeill, Clyde Council ? to ?if t il1 ch001' froAm and Phillip McNatt. Viola McDonald $765 the vear to $850 the vear. As woo -nyciA :j!:--i. j- , t, 1 - . 1 . , v. 1 i v i"curcu x ceium-aie ior not' has been Staten in The T?rViesrninn -w,;r,o; j . , , . , The anointments for this week are l L" oXr "t:i " Y. i all f.o" w" "X "T"T rf",,'1 a " orPeu1.? .roy rr-t-- ---- ----- 7. at tne ouiic uuivextoiiy anu uau ueen, ic-uccu i, uunng tne school vear. The diDlomas ..t i-m in fho balf-nap-o ad on this? v i j . . r .1 . 1 M1.nnt tv,q0 1 j 4. 1 & . . . ycl1' A"c ; "wiiias rri . 1 iiuiuc iui Bcvrai uays waiting ior tne , ""-cuu ui mc uuam caccjji pape. Other appointments will be can to go. Mr. C. B. Skipper, Jr., Miss Elizabeth Belk and Miss Effie eiven inr Thursday s Robesonian. It is a member of the junior class at Newton, both of whom would have la nopeu wiai .evciyuuuy 111 wue tuuuy ; the state college of agriculture and will co-operate' m this effort to make engineering at Raleigh and came T.obeson county produce enough stuff home Thursday night to spend a few to feed herself this year and not have days at home before leaving for the to buy a dollars worth of stuff for Camp. . or beast from outside. I These men left yesterday for Fort The first meeting will be held in Oglethorpe. - the high school auditorium in Lum-j ' berton this afternoon at 4 o'clock J Mr. F. H. Townsend has made ap This evening at 8 a meeting for all plication to join the Ui S. army avi the mills about town will be held in ation corps. the auditorium at East Lumberton. I The following have enlisted in the . 1 regular army at the local recruiting superior Court office since Thursday: Archie Butler A two weeks' term, of civil court 0f Marlboro county, C, Wm.J. Car- rnnveneH tnia mnrnmnf at 1(1 aV1aV : i? ttii --ir i n ".. . " . i. " . " r. i mine oj. na-ires, iia wiesiev o . been elected had they not declined to teacn next ,year. Their succes censes being sold now-a-days. Mrs. .T. O. Reclcwith left last the Lillies Bloom", by the ' der construction, and the Baptists of : night for Elizabeth City to attend council of the Episcopal church. From Elizabeth City she will go to New bern to attend the three hundredth anniversary of Christ's Episcopal church. She will return home the lat ter part of the week. A 'phone message received yes terday afternoon hy Mr. E. H. Britt of Lumberton says that the condition of Rev. Paul T. Britt of Mt. Eliam, who Saturday underwent an opera tion for appendicitis at the James Walker Memorial hospital, Wilming ton, was very favorable. Rev. S. J. Porter, pastor of the First Baptist church, San Antonio. Texas, boarded the train here last evening for New Orleans, La., where exercises dlDlomas wer nrpspinri-oH HmiHi ; V j . . v X" s w.iiviii.x, Hill KJK, ( LltUll tU Ilit? IUVVI1. the: graduates, also to those who had Other -denominations have splendid finished the grammar grade work, houses of worship. The citizens of 2'uae WI1 imisneo tne grammar , the" town are among the most hos grage work were: Sarah Walker, Lu- pitable to be" found. To be among were presented hy Prof. Doub.. Short talks by Rev. J. L. Jenkins and Prof. Dotm were much enjoyed. x riday night the- boys and girls of them is a treat, Parkton is - situated on the main line of the A. C. L. and is also the terminal point of the Bennettsville branch of the Coast Line. The town has railway facilities that are un surpassed and is destined to become : one of the leading manufacturing cen ters of this section of North Caro- Cnrc hava -n CX ,TAt konn e rA 1U,ec ..... . cu "Vs." -. 'jio0 1Xito a reciters' and oeciaimers' con. oeiK is teacuer ox mstory ano miss , test. Besides the contest a number of splerdid musical selections were rendered. Saturday night a play, "The Dea Newton is teacher of mathematics. lina. The town is backed bv cood farms nnrl o-nnH farmerc TVie ha will attend the Southern Bantist the high school department entered . farmers do not depend up-1 convention. Mr. Porter, who is one on cotton alone, but grow truck ex-; of the leading preachers of the South, tensively. There Jarfe (hundreds of I spent a few days at his old home in acres of Irish potatoes growing round Colum,bus county last weeK, about Parkton, and the prospect for a bumper crop is bright. -CHAPPY JACK. with Judge Geo. W. Connor of Wil son presiding. Among the out-of-town attorneys attending court today are: Messrs. G. B. Patterson, S. B. McLean. J. P. Wiggins and B. F. Mc Lean of Maxton; A. P. Spell of Red Groves of Rowland.Lonnie Deal of Fairmont. Men are leaving Lum berton practically every day for some branch of the army or navy. Recruiting at Lumber Bridge springs, w. A. bmclair of ayetteville , Sergt. J. E. Bethune of the Lumber -no J. Lr. McCormick of Wilmmg- Bridge light infantrv is stationed at ton, Mr. La5cy McNair and" small son, F;nrest, of Rennert, are among the -visitors in town today. Big Timber Deal Messrs. A. T. McLean and J. F. con," was rendered bv members o Parker sold last week to W, R. Tay- the high school. Large crowds at lor & Co. of Philadelphia, Pa., around " tended all the exercises1 and were 15,000,000 feet of timber between St. richly entertained on each occasion. Pauls and- McMillan's Sidine Most The commencement sermon - was of the timber is cypress and is con- preached Sunday. May 6, by Rev. Joel The first legislative step toward sidered one of the finest bodies of S. Snyder, pastor of the First Bap. conservation of the nation's food re cypress in this section of the State. tist church of Fayetteville. sources, and a long 'advance toward The timber belonged to the Beaufort The patrons and pupils of the , an absolutely dry United States, was county xumDer uo., out Messrs. mc-. scnooi pronounced the session just taken tonight by the Senate in ap Members of the French mission were given an enthusiastic "welcome to New York last week. Rene Vivi- Lean and Parker had an option on it. closed one of the very best in every j proving, 38 to 32, an amendment to ine purcnasers win put m an up-to- respect that has eve neen taught at date mill on the Virginia & Caro. 1 Parkton. The faculty was: Prof. H. lina southern railroad at an -early. W. Doub, principal; Miss Anna L, date and cut the timber. Davis, assistant in high school de partment; Miss Stella Lee Ruther Tokens of love for mother could . ford, assistant in hisrh school denart- Lumber Bridge for the 'purpose of l be seen on every hand yesterday ' ment and music; Miss Elise Ellison, Senlato Would Ston TTs of Grain in ani. head of the mission, declared in Manufacture of Liquor During War a speech there that France never was , Washington Dispatch, May 12. " would cease fightmguntiw Alsace ana Lorraine were restored to ner, ana that the Stars and Stripes never would attain their full significance until they floated from the trenches in France. Marshal Joffre, the hero. nf the Marne. who attracts more at- the administration espionage bill J tention than any other member or forbidding during the war the use of the mission, placed a wreath upon the cereals or grain in the manufacture I sarcophagus of General Grant. . of intoxicating liquor. ' Victor Carlstrom, one of the fore- most aviators m America, um vjwcj recruiting men for that comnanv. Any young man who . desires ' to en- , list with this company -should see ' 0.1. Ti1 i. ocaiu. euiuiie ai once. Mr. James Russell, son of Mr, and Mrs.-J. P. Russell of Lumberton, Mother's day. The day was observed sixth and seventh grades; Miss Mary J who has been making his home in B. Epes,.an army aviation student, were killed at Newport JN.ews eu needay when an aimlane crumpled in mid-air and fell 3,500 fet. Both bod- at .xhe churches m'town and nraetfrtii. f!tilbreth. fourth and fifth trades? 1 Atlanta, fin . fnr snma time hoc en- cally everybody in town was wear-" Miss Margie Jackson, second andftered an officers' training camp, in ies were badly maiigledand the ma- mg a rose. 'third grades; Miss Ella Doswell, pri-' Georgia. (chine was smashed. n n Y7 n u Jl rn !(niPF(fl Hie Campaigm for Gireateir Food Pifodluictioiii Is On 9 ' j s Will Be Fed Whetlier We Are or Not Soldier r Must Robeson County People be Dependants for Food on the Balance of the World to the Amount of $3,000,000 Annually As They Have Been? . ' . . . . . . . . . Now is The feAclo- l is Not Too Laite AtttteMife M mm y our LUMBERTON, MONDAY, MAY 14th, 4 P. M. EAST LUMBERTON AUDITORIUM, MONDAY, MAY 14th, 8 P. M. FIRST WEEK Tuesday School Month Hour Fairmont, May 15th, 8 P. M. Antioch, May 15th, 7:30 p. m. Bakers Chapel, May 15th, 10 a. m Smiths, May 15th, 3 p. m. Tabernacle, May 15th, 7:30 p. m. Tolarsville, May 15th, 3 p. m. Ten Mile, Ma 15th, 3 p. m. Regans, May 15th, 10 a. m. Kan Swamp, April low, xu a. m FIRST WEEK ' Wednesday School Month Hour McDonalds, May 16th, 10 a. m. Back Swamp, May 16th, 3 p. m, Oakdale, May 16th, 7:30 p. m. Bethany, May 16th, 10 a. m. Gaddys, May 16th, 10 a. m. White Pond, May 16th, 3 p.m. Roziers, May 16th, 3 p. m. Rowland, May 16th, 8 p. m. FIRST WEEK Thursday School Month Hour Harmony Heights, May 17th, 10 a. m.. Wakulla, May 17th, 10 a. m; Centenary, May 17th, 10 a. m. Oak Grove, May 17th, 3 p. m, s . . Alma, May 17th, 3 p. m. Floral College, May 17th, 3 p. m. Maxton, May 17th, 8 p.m. FIRST WEEK Friday School Month Hoar Mt. Eliam,. May 18th, 3 p. m. . Philadelphus, May 18th, . 10 a. m. Pembroke, May 18th, 10 a. m. Long Branch, Mav 18th, 3 p. m . Broad Ridge, May 18th, 10 a. m. Bloomingdale, Mav 18th, 10 a. m. Red Springs, G. S., May 18th, 8 p.m. FIRST WEEK . Saturday School Month Hour Bethesda, May 19th, 2 p. m. Nye, May 19th 10 a. m. Parkton, May 19th, 3 p. m. Oakton, May 19th, 2 p. m. Saddle Tree, May 19th, 7:30 p. Rennert, May 19th, 10 a. m. ,4 m. MEETINGS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THURSDAY'S ROBESONIAN EolbesoB Coflmty Food CoBservatioB Commissioini, . : L. E. BLANCHARD, Executive Secretary." t -- if I k- I' si II 1 i i At A l
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