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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLVIII THESE HAVE 1 BOUGHT LIBERTY BONDS COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA," MONDAY. MAY 28, 1917. $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCB NUMBER 30 Mills and V. & C. S. Railroad Lumberton Brought to $27,600 Get! Correspondence of The Robesonian. on This Honor Roll ' Kd sPrins, May 27 Mrs. W. H. RED SPRINGS NEWS ITEMS HIGH smnm min? ainiwuiuaa AWFUL TOLL' FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER New Bungalow Going- ITn Ttnv F.lnmient ani Pi,-;:- i!i .m.. -rZ . ! Record 'iCSta ?fS. of Tho Robesonian. - r 1 .niPniTA I llonnf AU oft 1 T-i . I ! -i-;r" "i"' Fairmont, May 26 Miss Elizaheth BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. C Bodemheimer, Thursday night, a 9- i-vuiiu gin. U UVliva f I T Mfl AUl 3. VI. II.' - xi.- i. . McKinnon W rarnw, v" t.." .! It has been a Ion fl,ft e; iv,.; c' " . . "vx,v, uy miss jEdizaoeth At a meeting ,r .oi Y . more eloouent d C" ,,4 Xi.X"t" iou TSOns. were kUK rrye of Red Springs, is spending the: , TMr- irvm Jenkins has been Very "v .'. " . --"""oauu or more injured and week-end with Mr. and Mr p w : sick since Saturdav at Ma Vmmo - , urn A. m AW. i i . Vt oyd. , aioweu street. miss Kose Jones, who was a stu- License has been . iUG a i-w j t i in Atlanta nft va. 1aaaj more eloauent address wns g"-it was decided that each these McKay. MSifc,S?! tornadoes .Pwg1?r, . li should buy Liberty oonds to mg mills the amount of $5,000, and Mr. A. tv McLean, who is urging officers and employes of the Virginia & Car olina Southern railroad. to buy Lib erty bonds, decided this morning that the road should purchase $3,000 Buy a Liberty bond and get on this honor roll. , . m Subscriptions reported to xne Robesonian up to 2 p. m. today amount to $27,600, as follows: Iumberton Cotton Mills $5,000.00 Dresden Cotton Mills Jennings Cotton Mills Ya. & Carolina Southern R. R. Co. Q. T. Williams - . . . D. R. Shaw . . Junius J. Goodwin . .jno. T. Biggs . . . y.. W. Floyd . C. B. Skipper L. R. Stephens J. M. McCallum D. D. French . . Previously reported - - x.. x caxaou. Miss Bessie Jones PnfPT4-a?ol 17: day morning in honor of her. guest Miss Mary Johnson of Mooresville. Progressive rook was played and re freshments , of tea -and sandwijcbes were served. . Those present were: Misses Helen Dean of Jacksonville, Fla., Mamie Lovin. Genevieve Mc Millan, Glennie Graham, Gladys Toon Eunice Parsall, Bessie Sikes, Annie women marriage of Jethro E. Brigman and j wiara iviay w aiters. COl-1 j . . mir. ana ivirs. Lu f. Ushpr unit - . . a I W v IK X& AxllllUIfl L 1U III! W- X . T . X. t T. I V I I T I II w w u Ufl n n-im n. mg it one feels more han ever likei Reports indicate that a larsre amount! "Messrs. Rowland p;frm; a h J Mrs. C. B. Sessoms and small danhl 5mV3?.Jr "i.. SL1"? Pents, needed to pro-l gie Floyd, who have been working! Joyce, left yesterday f0r Badin. vu.e uie oumper crop desired this tor the past year in Akron. Ohio re-! wnere tney wiu make their home. American rights and Democracy. lhe exercises Friday opened at year, was min. nlrhAnirh t4, 11:30 a. m. with prayer offered by nodic wind struck only here and w x. II North, tiastor of i there in its frno-Viffni ni xt,v tv.- .Puu. uucci, irxcuiuuist cnurcn. rurai regions. (Jrop dam a After this the audience sang the Star,tr- be not heavv in trains. bpangled Banner. The heaviest toll of lif tot- Mr. Gardner was introduced by . en at Mattoon, Ills., a city of 10,000 turned home Saturdav mornine- The Ladies Aid society of the Bap- usi cnurcn was deiightluily enter rural regions. Crop damage is said ' tained at the home of Miss Christine Uloyd lhursday afternoon. Preced- injpt the social was a business meet- 500000 i tJT.ofn' Wyatt MclKiniKon, 'Carslie tat,e benator Frank Gough. Mr. j population in the broom corn country Mrs. W. T. Sledge. A very interest-1 be observed . at the local postoffice. 500000 'McNeill, Sadie Covington and Annie erctner as president of the State: of central Illinois; where 54 are known! ing paper was read on "The Life of t he ,R- F- D- carriers will also take - Lou McMillan, 7 T T TTl 1 . nnft nn Ulia' ruimore is at j w .v Senate, and Mr. Gousrh said that, the home i sPlenaia manner in which he presid Prof. J. R. Poole, county superin tendent of public instruction, is able to be at his office today after-being; confined to his room, for several days-. Wednesdav. Mair SO. is" TJatinnal ing presided over by the president,! Memorial day and Sunday hours will --w vv uvuiv 1 i ,i . . . , w J 9flPfi() " lu aiter sjjeiiumg xne winter Witn - "' iuue catn iiiemuet .)lVl rm i .her daughter Mrs. James Edm.undson ?f ine senate admire ard love him DiKOO , 100.00 in Wilson. Br. and Mrs. J. J. Hill have re- j.00.00! turne from a visit in -Mississippi, Mr. Gough added that one member 100.00 8,500.00 Total $27,600.00 BRAZIL MUST TAKE DEFENSE MEASURES manner in which Mr. Gardner nre- - v ... "--i- i j j t . , x Mrs. Sevey Highsmith and infant' lded- In presenting the speaker Mr. uruugn reierred to mm as Lieutenant President Braz Says Sinking of Ships bv U-Boats Makes it Necessary Neutrality to be Abandoned Rio de Janeiro Dispatch, May 26. The committee on foreign relations in the Brazilian congress today draft ed a measure recommending the can .. . - . . m . 1 r- 100 00 . , y r1BO aueuueu ine general assem. ioo.oo i y? c 1 irm."Snam lAAftA Mrs. Sevev Hiehsmith and xuu.uu j u tt.It.i '-r.i. -. : uougmci, xtnei oonnson, are visit ing Mrs. Highsmith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Johnson. Mrs. F. L. Pearsall of Wilming ton is in town for a few days. Miss Florence Dixon of Raeford is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Fran ces de Vane. ' The Boy Scouts with their leader Mr. S. E. Leonard, camped in Mr. Leonard's yard during commence ment. Their cold drink stand at tracted much attention, besides bring ing in quite a nice little sum for the boys to be dead and 500 injured with a! Mrs. Matthew T. Yates," by Mrs. J. y .$zvvv,vvv I k. Miner. - Following the business Charleston, . Ills., ten miles east of i session, delicious ice cream and cake Matton, was also partly wrecked Sat-! were served by Misses Christine and ot the Senate who 'only voted in fa- and 150 injured. The property loss' Mr. H. G. Stubbs returned Satur- vor ot two bills during the session there is a million dollars. day morning from New York, where uvl'"ll'u . Al""l icaacu w.tu tncj ,me next most serious loss was at ne nad been on business. Andale, Kansas', where 26 were kill-j Mr. A. L. Jones spent a few days ed and a score injured on Friday.) this week in Wilmington on business. Dublin, Ky., suffered three dead and Miss Jettie Mae Bristow, who was xi injured today. a student at Carolina College, Max cellation of the decree ot April zo, f washiTurtori. n c. n aA of North Carolina. I 1917, which declared 1 the ConfedeiaW" veteran, reunion which! vounS women P4on Govenor and Governor-to.be. which brought ready applause. Mr. Gardner said in betrinnine- his address that he was happy to be in Robeson, the richest agricultural county in North Carolina. The speak er declared that he was proud to be a son of North Carolina. Gettiner down to his subject the speaker said in part: No Better Material for Men and Wo men . "There is no better material in the 1 J 1 A 1 . worm out oi wnich to make men the day off. Miss Margaret Biggs, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Biggs, came home Thursday evening from Elon college, where she was a student dur ing the session which' closed last week. -J ... During the thunder storm since noon lightning struck a dead tree in rear of the sunken garden at the nome oi Mr. K. D. Caldwell and the South Dversbursr. Tenn.. was re-1 ton. returned Wednesdav. sie was: tree was burning as The Robesonian ported t0 have lost two killed and 15 1 accompanied home by Miss Louise! went to press. injured in a tornado that swept Dyer. Shavander of Pantego. Sadie Rav 4 vear-old dantrit. -""""j """"j- -li-oi uijiucimc, n.ik.., . xivabt, oua ixcsua iieuc'i ot jvi r. and Mrs. Richard I.ee vhn nine norsnno nre-re ronnrfcin b-illort o-n4 1 nofh 'oro TTgirmnnf ri if ay.c Tliii.n 1 . . . - a dozen hurt. nine persons were reported killed and: petn were Jb airm.ont visitors Thurs- live near Lone- Branch rhurrh fell off the bed upon which she was sleep ling Tuesday of last 'week and broke Quite a crowd will leave next week' and women than the boys and girls? 1 day. Reports from Indiana show at least; Miss Donnie Greyard and the Miss seven persons killed at Hebron, Kouts es Wilson of McDonald spent a while' her rieht shoulder auu uiuer Diaces. ana me ueam list' m r airmunt inursoav. may reach twentv. More than two1 Mr. Gordon Grantham, who has Mr. H. F. Purvis of R. 1 from hundred were injured in the Indiana been working at Red Springs, spent territory swept by the 'storm, p .smaller towns m Illinois lost a doz a few days this week with his moth er, Mrs. W. B. Grantham. He left $n dead on Saturday, with two score! for Lumberton Saturday morning of Brazil in the war between Germany and the United States. President Braz under the bill would be author ized to take necessary steps for the carrying out of this law and to put note that the bijured, while in the southern point where he has accepted a position with will meet there June 4-7th. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Leonard Saturday for a visit to Selma, ai ter which they will go to New York, hichiyun women predominate m the. ot Illinois wind storms today killed j .vuuucukcuicui iieie as its tne case .a iiaix- uuzen anu injuieu a scvre. left : throughout the State. The time was; carrying out or xms ,iaw -nu to P4Ji where Mr. Leonard will take a course into practice the acts which result t Coiumbia uiversity. ' when woman was considered a sort; County Funds Turned Over to De oi slave, but times have changed soK pository that the women not only equal men, Sheriff R,,E. Lewis, who has been from the cessation of neutrality. The Brazilian foreign minister to day presented to congress a message p.ail. the fc siiicu u.v xxCo... v"- ........... eVf and M a. J. Farker have MJsjs Mary !Shewood McDonald of Albermarle visited Mrs. J. C. Mc- but are superior in many respects. Orrum was the first to bring ripe juicy, red peaches to town for sale, so far as The Robesonian has learn, ed. Mr. Purvis brought in a load Thursday of last week and sold them at $2 the bushel. Miss Mary D. Conoley, a regis tered nurse, who holds a position in Great Agricultural Counties Must do. xf county treasurer was discontinued 1 heir Fart - ilast December, turned over Saturday "In .North Carolina 80 per cent of , to the National Bank of Lumberton, the people are dependent upon ag- depository of the county funds, the acting as treasurer since the office from Whiteville, where she visited White & Gough. Miss Lorena Lewis returned Sat urdav onorninir from Whiteville. where she spent some time with her. the Riverside hospital, New York, brother Mr. Dave Lewis. arrived last week and will spend a Miss India Rouse returned home, three-weeks' vacation here visitino- it is stated that the sinking of Bra- returned from a verv nleasant trin 1 "culture. It is true that the victory! sum of $19,635.68 the amount of cash zilian merchantmen by German sub-it( Raleigh Durham, an LouisburJ! marines obliges the government to, n,, r a v mi D.i,..r take measures of defense against the "Teuton U-boats, The utilization, but not confiscation, of German vessels, interned in Brazilian seaports, is sug gested. ANTI-TYPHOID CAMPAIGN i iney maae me trip m jyir. marker s car. " . .Mr. and Mrs: Kenneth Denny have recently moved here from Rooks. They "are living in the house form erly occupied by Mr. Flowers. We gladly welcome Mr. and Mrs. Denny into our midst.. Mrs. J. T. Denny has gone to in this great war depends largely ion hand of the various county funds upon the agricultural interests the, as follows: General county furd $2,-, destiny of victory for civilization antL 720.89: -road fund account $4,897.55: ; liberty, Then it is . agricttlturaJi-eurt chouse bond fund $338.79; pen- states like JNortn uaroima that mustiSion; lund $3,833.73: iunom? Donas play the greatest part in winning the. $2,007.39; district ledger schools $8,-! Misses Madge and Bess Lewis. Mrs. Louis Weinstein of Chad bourn is spending a while with Mx. and Mrs. Sam Dunie. Misses Cattie and Blanch Bullock of Baltimore were Fairmont visitors! Saturday; . Misses Amick and Catherne Jonft-s, who had. been visiting at Chadoourn have returned- home. v; - Mr. P. B. Thompson who attend. victory. 003.60; salary fund $5,773.16, less, ed the Weaverville college commence- "Labor is the father of peace and i amount the general school fund was prosperity. National prosperity is, overdrawn $7,939.52. only the result- of personal labor. . The National Bank of Lumberton I , 1 TT Tl l 1 ment wnere ms son naioert grau uated, has returned home County Health Officer Has Begun Winston-Salem to attend Salem com-j This being true, it is up to the ' great j will perform the duties heretofore Campaign Against iypnoia anu t her daughter Marv beintr agricultural counties like Kobeson to,periormed by the county treasurer, T- To Un f on ii.v,i.v.i..v-..v, "v. """&""V-J- & J xt. X Tx i XT- X 1 t one of th, graduates. uo Ult;ir vai- is tue country uoy. Free Vaccination WiU be Given Dr. B. W. Page, county health of ficer, will fill the following appoint Mr nViarlea Hall a member of 1 w"0 climbs to tne top oi every dus- rarKion man Among missing in war the national guards, is at home on j mess and profession boys who labor j Zone " ' . I . -ll X-1. ' 1 -J I fXXn...A n-.A l.nKAXAL nln.v OCT uuawa, jixiicxun, jufiaptiLcii, may o. G. H." Marsh of Parkton, N. C, is among the wounded and missing men tioned in today's Canadian casualty friends. Miss Conoley formerly liv ed here and has many friends in Lumberton. -Rev. R. A. Sentelle of Waynes ville spent part of last week here visiting at the home of his son,. Prof. R. E. Sentelle, Sixth street. Mr. Sen telle has been superintendent of the public schools in Haywood county for more than 30 years. He returned home Saturday." ' The fire whistle was blown con- sideiably at the plant of the Kingsdale Lumber corporation about 9:30 Fri- Miss Eva Thompson, who had been; day night on account of a blaze in ments for the purpose of giving free, fnT.imio.h . twith their hands. anti-typhoid vaccination to all who, Migs Eienene McLeod, whfo ' has' "One of Germany's greatest as will meet him:: Wednesday, May WjDeen teaching at Wendell is home' sets is tne fact that the people pay Parkton 11 a. m.. Lumber Bridge, much attention to agriculture. Since 2 p. m., Rennert 4 p. m. Mrs. R. L pittman and little daugh- 1871 the people of Germany have been list ur. rage Degan last wee ma ters. Margaret and Elizabeth Blue,1 iugnt nat tney snouiu Decome a at the Thompsjmhospital, Lumber- ton, for treatment, has . returned home. Mrs. Cleary of Washington is spending a while with her sister MiTJ. O. G. Calhoun. BROAD RIDGE BREEZES nual campaign to render all who will,of Fayetteville visited Mrs. Marga-j self-supporting people, and they have Rachel McNamara, Mary Lee Cald take the vaccination smmune against t gikes, during commencement. prepared to feed themselves. j well, 'Marjorie Steele, Sarah Branch, tvphoid fever and he will gradually: Mis yy-yatt McKinnon is spending! Hope of the World I Evelyn Sentelle, Helen Sentelle, Pearl work into it more in a week or so. k ith M Eunice Pearsall1 "If tne world is ever regenerated, Edwards; Messrs. Harrel Humphrey, He has an appointment this after-. bef eons to visit her sister Mrs.'" must be by lite in the country and j Carl Greaves, Abner JNash, Eugene noon at Pembroke and tomorrow af ternoon he will be at the home of Mr. 2. W. Jenkins, near Center churoh, where a suspicious case o ftyphoid developed recently. TWO TOBACCO WAREHOUSES v.nn ot w hemitifnl home. "And- toil on the farms. This world war lussa", out from Hope Mills. will cause more respect for labor Miss Rosella McKinnon of Wake Man cannot be thoroughly educated Forest is visiting little Miss Ella Mc- unless he is taught to d0 something Phail at her home on Main street. with s ndsT 0lie we.ak Pmt m Miss Genevieve McMillan is spend-! pur educational system is the neg- mg tne summer at nome aiter mu Vrr" ,1 y ... - j itiiiiijf a. a y auwcooiui cms compeiea ior oenu teacher of Latin and French in the high school at Farmville. Miss Cornelia McMillan is build ing a beautiful bungalow on the site of her former home, which was burn ed about a year ago. Arranem Warehouse for Lumberton Arrangements were completed Sat urday for a second tobacco ware house tobe operated in Lumberton this season. While nothing has been given out as to the location of the new warehouse, or as to who will manage it, it is safe to say that Lum-j berton will have two warenuus ready for the opening of the season. Dr. Russell S. Beam Has Received Army Commission Dr Russell S .Beam, local eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, received this morning from the War Depart ment at Washington a certificate to the effect that he had been commis sioned as first lieutenant in the med-ir-al section of the officers reserve rnmc. f tVio TT S. armv. Dr. Beam will accept the commission, which ne applied for some time ago. He ex pects to be called at any moment. No doubt Dr. Beam is the first Rob eson county man to be commis iioned since war wa3 declared. 1 1 hCriAi. .TAii -wi- Superior court for the trial ot civil cases closed Friday morning and Judge Ge. W. Connor, who pre vAnA lff -f-. V.ia iome at Wilson immediately after court adjourned.) lhe only jury trial compieveu uux "ng the week vas 'that of the Park ton Mercantile Co. et . al vs. Jose phine Johnson. Judgment was ren dered in favor of the plaintiffs'. as' do something with their hands, It is said that woman was creat ed out of the most crooked part of man. This may be true, but still there has never been a time when a woman's influence was not felt. Young ladies of the graduating class CAMPAIGN CLOSES During 2-Weeks' Food Conservation Campaign 66 Meetings Were At tending by 4,500 to 5.000 People County Farm Demonstrator L. E. Blanchard closed his two weeks' food M'White, Prof. Taylor mentioned Ithe fact that Miss Helen Sentelle, who is a daughter of Supt. and Mrs. R. E. Sen telle, had not missed a day during the 4 years she had been in the high sch oo department, and that Mr. Carl Greaves, son of Rev. and Mrs. Chas. L. Greaves, had not missed a day during the three years he had been in the high school department. Medals Awarded Miss Pearl Edwards was awarded a eold medal offered by Mr. L. R. the dust house. The fire was ex tinguished before any damage had been done. The fire is supposed to have originated from a spark from the smokestack. - The firm alarm was sent in Fri day morning at 10:30 on account of a fire at the home of Mr. J. C. Max well. Second and Cedar streets. The Farm Work How Do You Make a! fire was burning on the roof near a Goose Eat Grass?- The Broad; tove flue when cTigcovered. fThe Ridge Branches . j f ire company responded quickly and Correspondence of The Robesonian. extinguished the fire before much Broad Ridge, May 26 The pretty. damage had been done, sunshine has been favorable for the! Mrs. W. L. Grantham and little, farmer this week. Everybody is daughter, Wilma, returned yesterday about through chopping cotton: but from Reidsyille, where they spent two are entering into life at the most : Varser for the best essajr written on sio-nificant time in the history of the. North Carolina history. Miss Mar garet Biggs was -presented a gold world. Fires of Patriotism Must be Rekindled The same red blood that flowed medal for being the best all-round student in- the elementary grades. This included deportment, attend- through the veins of xrar forefathers ance, etc. Miss Evelina Beckwith . .i. e -i . t i 3-t j? is Ilowmg tnrougn tne veins vi. ; was awaraea a iiKe meuai iur proy- hceing tobacco is the order of the day. We are glad to report Mr. Charlie Lamb improving but sorry still to re port Miss Maris Lawson on the sick list. Somebody nlease give me a rem edy to make a goose eat grass. 1 Whortleberries are getting ripe and the tin-buckets will soon be jing ling. Prayermeeting every Sunday afternoon-. The public is invited. There's no news to write in these parts, unless we write about the Broad Ridge branches The Broad Ridge branches are not so few, they visit every one of you; the branches gathered in a row, but they couldn't make an cfverflow. There's neither water, milk nor cream months visitine at the home of Mrs. Grantham's mother, Mrs. Mary Shel--ton. Dr. Grantham and Mr. and Mrs; D. R. Shaw and daughter, little Miss Elizabeth, met Mrs. Grantham at Hamlet with an auto. The Civil Service examLnatiot for rural carrier at Maxton and sub- o Ann onf tq qtviC in "R fVhpcnn Of7Tn ty which was held here Saturday was well attended. Eighteen competitors were examined. All the men exam ined seemed to possess a high degree of intelligence, which means that some valuable man will be added to the service. On a card dated Quincy, Fla May 24, Mr. R. C. Birmingham writes: "We got here last night. Had a delightful trip. Averaged 26 miles to gallon of gas. Roads magniticent I " - - a I . . . i . 1 . TTT'11 T 1 1 1 i.1 I I A A l II 1 -t-i sf-9 riwH -a L. -v Wnrofr All -HAII-m rt I'M VU 1 I AllfTIl M XT I 3 "J II t 1 I1U TTl 'Jill ' - -m 1 - V - conservation camoaitm Saturday. Americans xoaay. nowever, mc iuw mS to ue tne ucot an-iuunu pum i m uuV j.ui. . ivfix.UJr -..v. jj tn way." Mr. and Mrs. riirmmg- DviZ - tte twrweek?66 meethiis of patriotism need, to be rekindled. the high school department These stream. They nevei - make fivers. nor nd hildren left Lumberton V w?S held and thlse meetings were We need the pariotism that was dis- medals were offered by Chief of Po-J they never - make as, but ey al-. wgek Q yesterday m0rning travel- . . . , . . a a -ii c ' ninTori Kit thn srrrcncp men wnn wnt'iii lice J it m . mpi,eoa. wno oiTers nite: wavs run wncicvci tnev uicmc. xu. xu; tttqii antn 'i how n. (X L LCI V. Ki V " . It, : 1 T. ix 1 1 X ,,,-' 000 people. A meeting was held in, tne manic ana ubiiaiua ooais practically every community m tne uown j j 7" There has nev- countv and no doubt the result will be seen when harvest time comes. Those who aided Mr. Blanchard in the ramnaifrn were: Mai. W. H: Gra ham, State Commissioner of Agricul much interested as the men. if Veterans Have Applied for Ex penses to Reunion Fnrtv-nJne T?nVeson county vete rans have made application for the ''fl nnnvnnrinlinn mfiflfl hv the COUn- ty commissioners for all who wish tfi nt-.Trl V,- Qtinnol -reunion in Wash- ington. D. C.. in June. Others are,the needs of the Allies by oxpected to apply and it is expected more than 50 will go fcom this coun ty to the reunion. selves were drowned tr been a time when it meant so much to be - an American as now. Tne American flae- stands for liber- nam. state vjomnussiuuci ui ii8",' ., . , - u n m . TrTor, -str-iPt. Hem- tv and, is the idol of the world. If; Chorus rmstratin'n kent: Mr. T. B. Parker! you cannot say something good about Salutatory . of the State Department of .Agricul-, it, keep your outo coseo. ; time before entering this conflict. Time and time again Germany would tiead upon our rights and then woum all can think at the very last what makes these branches run. so fast. medals each school year, Class Exercises A crowd that filled the large aud itorium to overflowing witnessed the flnsc DYowisPi! TTVirln-tr eveninc. The exercises began at 8:30 o'clock. The! Unit for High School Girls in Naon- GIRLS CAN HELP ture; Prof. C. C. Logan of the A. & E. college, Raleigh; Mr. A. J . Mc ifirmoTt of Maxton: Mr. W. P. Bark er, president of the Robeson divis- ion & the Farmers' Union; Prof. W. make contracts with our government r mSk resident of the A. & to the effect thatJie would . respect p. pniipp-e Prof Dan T. Gray-of the them, but- those contracts meant I & E colleg The time arrived M'ebaneVand Mrs. I. S. Eubanks oft when there was nothing to do ex. Durham an expert in canning and'eept. enter the war or surrender na Preservlng ' Uional honor-' There is enough of the P Of the number who attended the! ocean for all. the nations. God made meetings around 2.000 were ladies it and gave it to us all, not to Ger- ' , i x ,n,,n Imn-n niicl- us mnnw nlone. ara tney seemeu to nave wt". jk j al Special Aid Meet Wednesday Correspondence of The Robesonian. In the National Special Aid there is a unit for the high school girls. It Harrell Humphrey) is cutting, sewing and folding very n r T i i , - ii ii" iviargaret rope, ,sr,impie earments ior tne soioiera. Every girl can help m this work and all who will offer their services will please meet at the home of Miss An na Neal Fuller, chairman o fthe girls' work, at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. The dues per year will be 25 cents. Aftet all, the suffering and troubles; '"' - - - - y 1 . TTT The expenses of this campaign ; oi mis war may ue were paid out of an appropriation of $500 made by the county commission ers to arouse the people of the county to the necessity ot neipmg w meet proerram was as follows by High School Girls Helen Sentelle Class Poem . . Pearl Edwards Class History Trophy-bearer Class Prophecy . Viola Boone Last Will and Testament Abner Nash Valedictory . Mary Lee Caldwell All on the program acquitted them selves in a most creditable manner. The girl graduates were presented beautiful boquets. As a whole the exercises were much enjoyed. Mr. Bert Cagle, a member of the faculty, presented diplomas to those who finished- the seventh grade and are ready to enter the high school, Friday morning. Those who finish- Sheriff Lewis is already receiv 'ng from Robeson citizens who are out of the county the information need- pn ior registering them according the army draft bilL. more foodstuffs. raising Robeson's game and fish laws i, a heen nublished in pamphlet form tiV.en desiring one can get " ... . V-i x rt ' same by writing to ouniy oamc, ed the seventh grade were Misses Mary Biggs, Rosa Caldwell, Ada Blacker, Anna Lawrence, Annie Bullard, Vennie Martin. Bessie Clew- Rosahe Tolar, Annie Grace Wu- memVipr that. Chris had to suffer death for the freedom, of mankind The idea of this age is the uplift of humanity" . After the address a musical selec tion, "Valse," was rendered by Misses Carrie Shooter and Drina Hedgpeth. Dinlomas tn 14 Graduates . Prof. R. H. Tavlor. principal ofilen. Brantley Phillips, Ennis the hitrh school, delivered diplomas. telle and Theodore Pope. - to the 14 members of the graduating supt. K. U. sentene read an tne liams.LulaWilliams,ClydeRcyiei,Paul- ineFlowers,JaAieK.Wishart,Lena Dun ie. Ruth Edmund. Ethelyn M'White, Elizabeth Shelbv: Messrs. Robert Al- Sen- Prof. R. H. Taylor, principal of the high school, left yesterday for his home at Castalia. Other members pect to return home in about two weeks. The shrieking cries of birds in the back yard at the, home of Mr. J. P. Townsend, Water street, Saturday morning attracted attention of the family. Upon investigation Mr. Townsend found that a number of owls were annoying the birds. He secured his gun and killed 6 of the owls before they could escape. The owls were young and it is thought they must have been raised some where near by. Lieut. Gov. O. Max Gardner wa3 a guest while here Friday of Mr. T. A- McNeil, Jr., chairman of ithe county Democratic executive commit tee, an old college mate. In the af ternoon Mr. McNeill and state aen- Gardner ator Goueh showed Gov, of the faculty who have gone are: some points ox Mr. Bert Cagle left Saturday for his including a farm of svfhZ? home near Rutherfordton; Mis.s ! acres 3 miles we&t of town recent- Christine Oower and Elizabeth Belk iy reclaimed irom me swamp a.u . left Saturday for Hendersonville, where they will spend some time; Miss Effi'e Newton left today for her home at Hope Mills; Miss May Seabolt will leave tomorrow for her home at Roper. Misses Elizabeth Dev ter and Elizabeth Breece will spend several days- here visiting before go ing to their homes, Rev. W. D. Combs, pastor of the ing developed by Messrs. -White & Gough . of Lumberton. Gov. Gardner was canned a-way with the immensely rich lands thus being developed. - v.rr writi Tier TO UOUnW ViUUie, to tuo mcuiuua i wic ftx...v.-.i, , iuF. u. x. ,iv.nv ' I . , .. ' same uj " ---r-, -- . . , - T i , rm.! i. . j..x j -enrm . a A,T;-n tk cnYinni Cncr.ni 'i 'a hem a f e. is snenoinor some was ine ncavicat Warden John D. Minister, i,um- ciass. xnus wnc "ur?J "1, "I 3 Zv &rF J vh-t. sow 27 acres of cotton - , i : . a f rant mmn r.n T.ne men scnooi were: misses niuio aisu tne iiuiiur iwis xv ci.u luvum t j --.., ... - - . - ., .... ' SsteS. ri"znimmtSa BoonerEthel. Boone, Margaret Pope, of the school year. ........ fog ielatiyes. ' result of tne nan. . Cotton Damaged by Storm . Mr. N. C. Long of Purvis was a Lumberton visitor Saturday. Mr. Lorn renorted a hail and wind storm i in his section early Wednesday morn ing of last week. Mr. r. a. Adams il 1 :r-X InfnT . Tin VloH trt over as a.
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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