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';r i COUNTRY,. GOD AND TRUTH ,t. $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCB VOL. XLVIII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 31, 1917. NUMBER 31 LIBERTY BOND PURCHASERS ;wtv Loan Bonds to Amount of 837,600 Have Been Purchased So Far by Lumberton; Citizens and In stitutionsAny Bank n Town Will Take Your Subscription and Attend to Details for You Directors of the Planters Bank & RED SPRINGS NEWS ITEMS New Police Officer Boy Scouts Have a Band Wedding Invitation New Baptist Church is Competed Local Talent Play Will be Given Soon . social and personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, May 30 Miss Marie Trust Co. decided at a fheeting this Beale of Washington, D. C, is vis morning to purchase Liberty loanj iting Miss Dickson Vardell. Mrs. W. bonds to the. amount of $2,500. ThisjB. Robeson, and children, Lillian and HAIL STORM AT PARKTON ROZIER NEWS NOTES nL- the First rtationai Dans, ana the National Bank of Lumberton will be glad to render any person, any as sistance necessary in purchasing a Liberty bord. This is not only one tn do vour "bit" and help the government, but these bonds -are a - . J. fill. a. tf nl GOOd investment. iue secuiny au' nh,tP. vou eet 3 1-2 per cent inter est on your money, and you can get your money baclc at any DanK on your bond at any time. It is not ting mon ey up where, you cannot get it. A Liberty bond is a good buy and a pa triotic buy. - ' . Since the list published in Mon day's Robesonian the following pur chasers have been reported: Planters Bank & Trust Co. $2,500 H. J. Wessel .... 100 Others Thru First National 5,800 R. C. Lawrence K. M. Biggs . . . L. T. Townsend . B. M. Sibley ' T. A. McNeill, Sr. Others previously report ed thru Nat.Bank of Lunl fcerton . . . Other Items Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, May was visited Monday everling eson's sister-in-law, Mrs. Martin Mc- y - severe, find, rain and hail Kannon. -, - storm The Tin? uvm. TT A. t fcXJ.U. TT 1111 Crops Cut Up to Some Extent But No SoTR M' Rev. J. F. Davis So Serious Damage Done Irish Pota-1 c a md Personal items to Farmers Strictly "In. It" One5 Correspondence of The Robesonian. Man Sold ?,775 Worth One DayU; RozirV (Lumberton R 2 mt 9Q -ManJumped From 27 Years, Old j -RevF. SSfthS his' Slav- ve icai-rerswnai unarpoinuneni at Koziei- Jast second Sat NATIONAL SPECIAL AID I BRIEF . ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Plans on Foot for Good Work! Working Girls Unit to be Organ! z. I Indications are 'that there will a rainoiic renny f und Next oe a wedding in T.umhfrrm Kfnn Meeting June 20 Reported for The Robesonian. Bartram, Jr., are visiting Mrs. Rob- many hours. Mr. J. G. Grantham of Fairmont urdav and Sundav. kT'"X?a "u,.! S".11" "erno?n' la7. ' acceptea a position as salesman 7 Hars-o cons-rpa-ati i, T7 r S " i ".y b in ine nign z uur town w " . mm uu oun-; tonum, there being Dr. John Robeson and family of Savannah will move to Red Springs in the near future and occupy the Bartram Robeson cottage. Mr. R. F. de Vane has returned to his work after being slightly indis posed for several days. Messrs. Tom, Lovin and Rufus McQueen left Mon day night for Norfolk to join the na vy. Mr. Miontague Williams will leave this week for Virginia to spend the summer with his uncle Mr. Louis Wocd, at Brandy Station. Miss Alice Hall will return from Spartanburg, S. C, this Week, where she has been a student at Converse college the past whiten. Mr. Will Muse visited his sister Mrs. J. S Trfaphfrl nhlAi o a .OA ii. xtu.---i n i . 1.1. j L . - unnoDci hath 5 " , mc iNoiLavnai special Aia 111 "ac uepanment store ot Messrs. sermons Dotn times and as usual a: snriov et i tv, -i i ji iwi-:. ri v, c . - . VJ me IUKU OtliUli ttUUl tv Mr. Abner Nash has ncnonH the church here for 3 "yeax and he ralcha a: ZT' as salesman in Mr7 kT uricnton and Mrs. R. C. Lawrence. chairmen of the membership cam paign, reported tnat afcmoHe every i j ? . t t t y win ue greatly missed. His resigna tion came S3 a SnortC tn hfs niamr friends here, who wish him success in nis new neid. near SKSSt T., 5lV- Mr:.STnte.n!! lJ and asd to join the National Aid,! 200 200 100 100 Total $31,000 REFUNDING BONDS Town Will Borrow That Amount to ,.Pay ior improvemenis in n aier and Lighting Systems To Borrow Money to Pav Teachers Salaries Hogs Must Get Out J. B. Bow en Succeeds S. K. Nash on Town Rnard At a meeting of the mayor and hoard of town commissioners Mon day night it was ordered that all or dinances and resolutions passed up to that time with reference to the is suance of $51,000 in bonds to pay ior improvements ' in tKe lighting and water svstems be rescinded. The hoard then ordered that the town 1,000 ( Jones last week. Miss Helen Dean ot Jacksonville, ria., is visitint Mrs. J. A. Love. Mr. D. M. McMillan has opened a Ford garage and sales room next door to Red Springs Drug Co. Mr. "Malcom McQueen has' accept ed a position with the J. J." Thrower Co. Miss Frances de Vane has accepted a position in the Carolina Bank & Trust Co. ' . - On Wednesday a fishing party went to Lake Grantham for the evening. Supper -was furnished by the ladies, delightful fish were cooked. 27,600 $37,600 At the regular meeting of the local tent of the Maccabees next Tues- Art -ww Tiilti ?1 1 1 j Af'TimiKfliA T-n r zz . i ocu tu jmn we national Aia, "guw oixxcers win oe eiectea ana next slLPreaC5 S ozieTil .was found that a general vice other important business will be Mr Tr, tJ f -aud Suriday,V I Airman was needed and Mrs. James' transacted. All members are urged RaT.t-oT.-rw? T u . "as eiecwju io mi tniS 01- fcv uc ptcacnt. TO me j to nee.. The chairmen of the different SjftLLu??-!"11 Pade sPlendid Porto. which "rvwutj jn ncip ivuuesuu an swer the call. The meeting was well attended. We were sorry Mrs. Eu banks of Durham could not be with us, as; we expected to have a lecture on canning. . : Misses Ethel and Pearl Carlyle de Mr. W. K Bethune returned this showed plans were afoot to accoml! "" plish much good alone everv line' ; Vr Y'7Z ra"eci"c"l.a of our work It- ""fcr . ,wioe wno go witn Mr f t Prti . -4. him on' his annual educational tour of Mrs. E. I. Pool feund that it was Washino-trm t,ay. it did not last but a few minutes, it cut up cotton and corn and gardens,' Dut no serious damage. Some wm-j dow panes were broken out by the hsil. The wind was strong blowing down tree? in most everv -direct -.3:1. The telephone wires suffered corisH erably in this section. The hail seems to have been worse in our town than any other section, and it followed the railroad up to Fayetteville. Farmers that planted Irish pota toes :in this section are quite busy this week, as - most of them ae dig ging and selling, tjuite a rushing time, arourli the station. . Ptfices are high. We were advised tonight that one farmer sold $2,775.00 worth yesterday, and the prices are some what better today than yesterday We have men right on the spot ready to .buy your potatoes. Every far mer that did not plant potatoes for market is mourning because he fail ed to plant. Thesame can be said in regard to wheat. Plenty of farmers in this country that did not see fit to plant wheat last fall and now they aretroubled over their mistake. Judere A. A. Wrieht and T. W. ThomDSon made a business trin to! Mae land Eva Martin of Ten Mile. Clinton one day last week, purchas-j Misses Sallie -Mac, Anna, Ella and, treasurer , reported that dues amount ing 9.000 nminds nf home-crown meat. Addife Lee Johnson and Mr. Rovii rt m& t;n a i , I - O -1 . m. . - - . - vi w y umvi -"-Tl JlCtllUlA 111 ine, hams. shmilHers arid RiHea ariH it 1 Jonnson of St. Pauls, and Messrs. Tf. woo AnniAnA , - - - . , i 7 ' I " , . , ', . ' 7 " I " -0 u,viutu V t;auuc A Ulll U 1U1 mui,uicu uoia iu uvyyii iii uls jusz aDout an gone, nome.made moonlight, declaring it one of . the; meat does not stay long in our town, most enjoyable events of the sum- Messrs. Henry Culbreth and John mer . , ' D. McCormick left early this morn- Mrs. R. B. Lindsey has returned ; in? - for Wilmington prospecting for from a visit to her parents, Mr. and I the navy. " ' -. Mrs. J. T. Powell of Shannon. Mr. E. L. Hanna from- Wadesboro, tw ro-istr' on his .nv lis 1 net and Fannie Britt and Mae Martin at has accepted the position of townjyear at 27 and this year he register-1 tended preaching at St.Pauls Sunday, policeman. He takes-the place of our ej at 32. That's going some fast. They, made the trip, in Mr Carlyle's Biggs' department store. work Monday. He began the canning unit and Mrs. J. D. M g frSL? tineid .aJge n.UI?:!cy- Mrs- R- c- Lawrence was ap b5 f .-young folks last Friday night, pointed vice chairman of this unit and other officers were elected as follows: Mrs. A. Nash, vice chairman of Knitting unit; Mrs. T. C. Johnson, vice chairman of Camp Proctor unit; Mrs. Li. 1. lownsend. vice chairman Ruth High Mr. H. H. Stanley of the Ten Mile section was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday. Mr. Stanley reported a good "rain and some hail in his sec tion Monday afternoon. The hail did not damage crops, however. Mr. E. V. McDaniel, a merchant, of Fairmont, was a Lumberton visi tor yesterday. Mr. McDaniel reports crops growing and looking well down his way. He says the prospect for a good tobacco crop is very bright. According--to reports received by home folks of young men who went from Lumberton to the officers' train ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe, life at me training camp is strenuous, ine men drill from 5 a. m. till night and then have to spend a while studying. HT " f T i ... Sir E'Chara a T"i i whT'nn 01 i-iiimoercon. j t.ne mppfin " o .-..-w j ATi.o.i auuub two iniica weak ui luwu. just at their home. Th home was beau tifully decorated for the occasion with U. S.vf lags, magnolias and pink roses. After many, games had been jklayed the guests were invited into the din- tag room, where Misses Mae Martin, 0f sewing unit; Miss Annie auiue lirnt ana ritnei juanyie serv-1 Caldwell, vice chairman nf ed pineapple and cake. The eruests! departed at a late hour declaring aw. Page, vice chairman of First Aid muot uescun evening. Among tnose unit. who attended the entertainment from! Mrs. L. T. Townsend reported that a-distanceviere:Messrs. Joe and, her committee has nartlv canvassed worth Hall of King Hiram,, Misses j the men of the town and that $23.50 .mr," and Mrs. Georee Katlev and V. J. TVinmna urae oWi-d oSot,1 u nr.-n m J : r r ;l r Tt i n , " . " . " v-v-v-vv-" luuninoii! ucvuuu U1C mtltlllia.il Illlil UUI1U. bii V3 family of Red Springs spent the, and their meetings will be held at that, the road to the Wph has hpin week; end guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Barker. Mr. D. S. Carlyle and Misses Flora, Pearl and Ethel Carlyle night, One of the most interesting features- of this organization will be a Patriotic Pennv fund. All the la- ico ux tL, tuna Aitu ctiiy uuicia wiiu so desire will be asked to contribute worked and put in good condition and that autoists need not hesitate to make the trip now. iormer policeman, t. p. unasey. My advice to such, better straiehten auto. Mr. K. U. Jtiarrell attended a nennv a week in older that smmlies. daughter Mrs. Jack Thompkins of j The iittie irl of Re and Mrs H. ' I- Mc Wicker, who holds a position borrow the $51,000 now due by the Columbia, S. C Miss Catherine. Porter that has been 'quite sick' at" Atkinson, Pender county, is spend- town for this work and fssue and sell, Dixon is visiting her sister negotiable coupon bonds in the sumrThomas Davis of Augusta, of $51,000 to pay same. . j The Boy Scouts have gotten up a It was ordered that the mayor and, band that would do credit to a much 1rlr rt treasurer negotiate a note . lartfer place. v"?T . . , ,', U -' to the National Bank of , Lumberton ;Th6nfollowm 'iivitation has:peSri f annroximatelv $800 to nav the sal-, issued: Mr. ; and- Mrs. raisiey mc aries of the graded school teachers. Millan request the honor of your pres Tt nan renorted to the board that, ence at the marriage of their daugh- number of hoes are beine keptj ter Georgia Elizabeth to Mr. Olin 1Y1TS. frtT. coir oval aracAra -nrith Mice fimifli lnGT'a lew davS ' With I11S familv at' onn Mro T A QVi am Mw Cfan1.An trained nurse, is reported much bet-1 Rozjer. -Mr.. . Richard . Kmlaw of . Mclntyre, Mrs. John Knox and Mrs. ter. One of the little twin boys of ( LumbertoA was a .visitor, in this sec- Alt H. McLeod were appointed dis- Jtnct leaders to secure subscriptions Dr. C. S. Dietz will go tomor. row to Conway, S. C, to visit his three sons there. Two of them will ' 1 . 3 1 X 1 etc., may be purchased. Mrs. A, T., ESTE armele, Mrs. W. W. Parker, Mrs.j ,U1" -uuc " tt"""tct Ira Townsend, Mrs. J. V. William- 'ST u"der 21 y?ars old, will 30m tte within the incorporate limits of the town and the sanitary officer was di rected to see that all hogs now be ing kept in town be removed from within the limits. The resignation of Mr. S. K. Nash as a member of the board was ac cepted and Mr. J. B. Bowen was elect ed to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Nash. Mr. Nashfs reason' for Mr. and-MrSi Charlie Butler is very sick and: his . death, is expected anyi moment. --Miss Kuby council is re ported somewhat better - today. " We. tioii ? Sunday. Mr. !Durham; -Rice of Orin Dukes on TKursdaly Evening, June the fourteenth, at eight o'clock, Phitedelphus Presbyterian church, Red Springs, N. C. Miss Lillian Austin of Maxton, who is so pleasantly remembered here and who' has been a missionary in Korea for the last five years, is ex pected home in the next few days. Mr.' A. J. Hbdgin is visiting his resigning from the board was the fact jhome people. that he has enlisted, and is at the. Little Miss Frances Gibson charm- officers' training camp at Fort Or- glethorpe. afo glad to learn she has no fever. Mr. A. M. Stubbs is still in bed, ,Jbut somewhat improved and we 'trust he may soon be out. M)rs. Janie Stanton of near Clio, S. C., returned home this morning af ter visiting - relatives1 in town. Rev. F. D. Collins of Clinton is snendine ingly entertained Tuesday afternoon g with relatives makin the trip in honor of little Miss Rozelle Mc- Mr p:,!,.,.. T r H TTT 1 1 .1 A. I .K , - w . iunnon 01 wane roresi. ueuguuui home of Mr..-and Mrs, J. C. Carlyle, -7-Sorry to report Mr. Miles Baxley on the sick list. Mr, and Mrs. Wil lie Lowe spent Sunday p. m. at Sad dletree. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lowe and family spent the week-end visiting at Back swamp. Mr. J. C. Carlyle attended preaching at the M.E. church l.T ..... . -. . - ... t.-Mn.. n4- 124. 7 1 r S3 itne mgnt m townv miss jNeine au"UflJ a aui. xucsoxa. t. u. Thomasson is on a visit to her uncle Rozier and Carey McDonald spent Mr. C. B. Thomasson of .Lumber-1 the week-end near Lumberton. Miss ton. Mr: and Mrs. F. N. Fisher and I'earl Carlyle lefV yesterday for babe ancL Mrs. I. O. Hall and children! Charlotte, Kings business college, left. Monday for Raleigh. Miss Hall and -children will stop over m Ben- iasainli two weeks visiting at the Masses Maeand rEM her fatherMn J. H. Britt, tin s'pent the week-end guests at, the U. S. navy at an early date. Dr. Dietz expects to return on June 7. Miss Eunice Britt will leave this afternoon for Mansfield, La., . after collectors of the pennies every Sat. uroay morning. The next meeting of this society will be held on the third Wednesday in June, which is the 20th, at 4:30, in the high school auditorium. All wishing to become members are re quested to notify the secretary. MRS. SANDY McLEOD, Secretary. Recorder's Court Tracy and Howard Odum and Nor- where she expects to take a business; man Bullock, all of the Moss Neck! Grovp churches. tuurtc. iTii. anx xtxi.a. o. j. fuua jiecuon, were Deiore iecoruer Hi. ivi on R. 6' from Lumberton. Misq Britt is choir leader at the First Baptist church at Mansfield, which position she has held for nearly a year. She also teaches vocal music. Rev. J. F. Davis and family left Tuesday for Milton, Caswell county, where they will make their home. Mr. Davis- having accepted a call as pas tor of several Baptist churches near Milton, as has been mentioned in The Robesonian. Mr. Davis resigned re cently the pastorate of Pembroke, ; North Lumberton, Rozier and Oak -A man with a trick horse that SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS j refreshments were served, consisting l t d wehave alreadv observed ' sick Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kinlaw Thp battle front from Gonzia southward toward the head of Triest remains the only -theatre where for the moment hard fighting is in prog ress ,where the Italians are hammer ing the Austrian line. On the front in France,where Field Marshal Haig's forces are facine the Germans, the operations by neither side have ris en above minor attacks for several days. Russians and Austrians in the eastern theatre are fighting in more lively fashion than has been the case for months. The weekly report of the British vessels sunk by subma. rines or mines shows that 18 vessels of over 1,600 tons the same num JTa JIt- blue tongue is raging, tT c t " , v"c Ti,. better fruit grows. K?VVA J; Ia.rkeri JZ&I 0f .52. We hear of lots o -r- Ani Vnn1 r of Cf iJonlf miACfc f T). i-J. 4 J 1 J i xvir. aim mia. oaiiuy iuwusbuu. oui-.witn an aiirav. juosmient was sus-It",. r j j n j Whortleberries are coming in at ry to report Miss Lillie L Rozier very ;j pended upon payment of cost. fathered fte corner of -Mr. Irvin Jenkins continues crit- 9u "Jd .JJ4 SrjBJ .11. iii of i,rv,a n.uirof the clock in the evening to see. I imz lUUli-S llft-g x mi ii b picimua No of our peoole go- lurcn, preacneu a veiy-.. 0,T.4-T0,T:na w.o,, able sermon Sunday night, his subject -.r, C a5 Z beinc "The Search for Heaven' ; The beautiful new Baptist church is completed. Services will be held in it in a few Sundays. Great credit is due Rev. Mr. Miller and his effic ient wife for their faithful efforts. Mjiss Eunice Pearsall has returned from a very delightful visit to Greens ville. Mrs. Satterwhaite is visiting her sister Mrs. Fowle in Washington, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McKay snent the week-end with Mrs. F. W. ber as recorded the previous week Vaughan at her home,, Ardlussa. went to the bottom, but that only one Mr. A. T. McCallum left today for vessel of less than 1,600 tons met . Raleigh to attend a meeting of the der trial. Special music at the Baptist church here Sunday. Everybody invited to attend. GADDYSVILLE GRIST crop prospects were never BrigM-i T " " x Miss Vashti White is expected ;fap,w;iTTn.d.;. Tn int JF& OId H'.C. LLoyal,-" .T i TTilWi home tonight from Lynchburg Va., " T McLean na d ana ratnouc general neann ADOve i "1VV """i"4 i ,i,flr. ic hMn 9 ctnHrt at Pan. yjc.:;; r. vt- , inuuie 10 me service iui. nd familv are visitinar Mr. and Mr.'. )'. H. McDonald. Dr. and Mrs. J ically ill at his home on E. G. Rozier and tamily and Mrs. street. The condition of Mrs. Liszie Herring spent Sunday at St. Pauls. We are listening for the wedding . ralysis several weeks ago,N continues Deus to ring soon. way to earn eats for a man and a uougn, wno suiierea a stroKe oi pa-. wa side line onlv. parting when the ,m.an has to go to But .oh, that sadlto si0wly improve. war Missouri Village Wiped Off Map by Tornado and 4 Persons Killed A dispatch of the 30th from St, of the National Committeeman A. W. McLean of Lumberton introduced Hon. Henry Morgenthau, former with disaster, a decrease of 8 over the previous week. The-situation n Russian continues unsettled and serious. ViMa Followers Seize Border Town of Oj'naga A dispatch states t'at at 5 a. m. May 30 some 200 Villa followers dash ed into the little border town of Oji naga, opposite Pres.tl.a. Texas, shout ing Viva Villa", -shooting right and lett as thev rode, and aftrr a battle lasting two hours they were left in possession. 50 of the government force of 75 men in the town escao ing to Presidio, 16 of them having been killed, 6 taken prisoners and 3 wounded. The women and children also fled to Presidio', and the Villa soldiers looted the shops and homes of Oiinasra residents. It was re ported that Villa was with his troops but this has not been confirmed. United States troops are patrolling the border. - Soldier Took Nap on Track and Had Narrow Escape , According to the story told by Conductor Berrv nf the Seahoan-1. the quick application of the emergency ''-'rakOS On act-Km-ml naccannAi Ann State Board of Agriculture, of which board he is a very efficient member. Mesdames R. C. and E. L. Coxe are attending A. and E. commence ment at Raleigh, Mrs. E.- L. Coxe's son, Francis, being a member ot the graduating class. Misses Bill Law son of Arkansas, Marion . Watson of Latta, Bessie Findley of Wilkesbord ard Mr. Wade Kornagey of Chapel Hill are visiting the Coxes. Miss Bessie Covington is getting up a play for the benefit of the Metho dist church. Miss Covington has had much success in getting up plays in the high school, so we are looking for ward to this with great pleasure. Miss Berta Coxe will leave next week to attend the Confederate vet. erans' reunion inWashington. From there she will go to Baltimore to en ter a hospital for treatment. Mrs. Ann McGeachy of . Fayette villa has been visitiner her sister Mr D P. MrTCachern. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Anderson of New Rochelle, New York, have re turned home after spending the win ter in Red Springs. Their daughter Marguerite was a student at riora MacDonald college. They made .the trip through, the country, and Patriotic 'General Health Above the Average Correspondence of The Robesonian. Gaddysville (Fairmont, R. 1), May 28 Right while we write this a much-needed rain is falling and crops1 are looking their best. Really we. have never seen brighter pros pects for great crops in our life. wv,j. Ortrt i.V.V.iftc rocfarHoiT af. wnere sne uas ueexi a & mucin, ab xvaii aUUUL OW AIUICULU IMil 10, jruvwAjr ' 1.-1 r CT1 1 , ternoon, killed 4 persons and injured doliA-Macon allege. The children's chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy) it"E . AZXA will meet m the directors' room of j h ft latter delivered the com the National Bank of Lumberton at- ,tncement address at the State col 4:30 p. m. baturday. . ftf apuiture -and ensrineerimr in introducing- a splen- 30. demolished the town with the ex ception of the school house, and then moved southward to Eye, where a farmer was killed by flying debris. cal running between Mineral Point and Potosi were blown from the track at Fayetteville by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White, in their auto. Mr. J. W. Bryant, town mail car rier, is taking his annual 15ulay va Two coaches of an Iron Mountain lo- cation. Mr. J. E. Gilmore is subbing Crops are cleaner than, ever before, and the conductor and flagman were m 1 11 f TTT -11 1 . ... 1 roDacco is especially ime. yv en, me , billed, farmer fixed his land and planted his crop and is working it mighty right, and it seems as if his diligent el Carl and Arthur Armstrong on, Trial for Killing Uncle forts are going to bring him great Fayetteville Dispatch, May 30. reward. . -' Carl and Arthur Armstrong, young People are applying the fertilizer i men of e-ood family, were placed on to-corn now. This year they are put-, trial m Superior court here today on ting more than, of late years because thev had planted most all of the land before they realized the necessity of a gerat corn crop. Oats and wheat will soon be to harvest. The fall sown oats that survived the mid-winter killing- is1 finest ever. Wheat is just common. A large acreage of potatoes is being set out, but a scar citv of plants prevails. The h. c. 1. is materially reduced among the farm folks who have been cautious to get in large gardens. It seems as if some of the boys are 'getting serious as to. the war sit uation. ' But with it all they are loval and Datriotic esneciallv in the corn fields, and that's a very good place to put patriotism and loyalty for him. Mr. Vance Skipper, the other town carrier, will take his va cation just as soon as Mr. Bryant's is over and Mr. Gilmore also will sub for him. ' Mr. W. P. McAllister received this morniner a letter from Mr. R. C. Lewis, formerly of Lumberton, which was mailed at London, England, May 15. The letter had been opened by T 11 1 .1J a government censor, in tne letter a joint indictment for murder of their. Mr. Lewis stated thathe was work nnr.le. Neill Averett. at Stedman, on March 28. A jury was empaneled and several State witnesses examin ed before adjournment this after noon. One of these was an eye wit ness while others testified as to state ments made by the defendants before and after the shooting, intended by the State to prove first degree mur der. The case will probably be con cluded tomorrow. , ing on the steamship Manchuria and was getting on fine. Mr. L. H. Caldwell has let the contract to Mr. Sam Branch for the erection of a- brick erarag-e building 50 x 140 feet on the west side of i county, won the medal for the best did genthau has rendered the country and the Democratic party. Wilmington Star, 30th: Mr. R. D. Caldwell of Lumberton was in the city yesterday, a guest of the Orton. Mr. Caldwell is the head of the firm of R. D. Caldwell & Son, one of the biggest mercantile concerns in Rob eson county, and is also president of the Lumberton Cotton Mills company and is prominently connected with the banking and industrial life of Lumberton. Incidentally, he is sup erintendent of the First Baptist Sun day school of his town, having been elected for life, after having served in this capacity some twenty years or more. Mr. W. K. Scott of Alamance county, who spent two weeks in Rob eson lately helping in the food con servation campaign and addressed a number of audiences about over the t?1ttv, Mnpllnnald Quartette played ion disnlav. While it's ennobline to at the graduating' exercises of the fight for justice for mankind it is Cumberland general hospital at Fay etteville, Wednesday mgnt. ur. vax dell delivered the principal address. On n st-hnimfl nQecunirar Him W at 10:05 a. m., was all that sav the life of a soldier on guard duty at McNeill's bridge, a few miles JJst of Lumberton,' this morning. N. C. encinpArn wltVi hoa Hmmrtnra' T.nnH of Irish Potatoes Shipped ..A carload oi locai-gruwn po tatoes was shipped from Lumberton yesterday. The -otatoes were bought from different farmers by the Wish art Co., wholesale grocers and com merrhantsf. This company ( experts to ship another car load of potatoes tn ursw "ere, was lying down on the track and it is supposed he was asleep. The pimer, wnose name has -not been learned, did not have time to get his tfun off the track and the train pass, cd oyer it. AB it wasx between the rams' the train did not damage it. A dangerous place to nap. ! f OTTiftWinof tn hfln to avert, a famine Rev. Mr. Powell is expected to fill the pulpit at the Grove on Sunday, June 3rd, at 11 a. m. , Those that have ,been previously reported sick are recovering. It seems if the general health of the community is above the average. His many friends are glad to know that Mr. Coke . Gaddy has returned from Florida, where he bad been for several years, ' r J Amendments Became Effective Jan uary 10 -The State Supreme court yesterday fixed January 10 as the date on which the constitutional amendments wpnt. into pffect. sustaining the city of Durham in its effort to sell its bond issue of $250,000 for' water. This hinged upon whether the acts rushed through the Legislature before January 10 were valid. The decision settles the matter for all time. FayettevH'e Hopeful of Getting Mili tary Camp Business men of Fayettevile are trying to have located there one of the bier military training camps and a telegram yesterday to The Observer advised that the camp and site had received favorable recommendation Third street, in rear of the National Bank of Lumberton building. Tne building when completed will be oc cupied by Mr. H. A. Page, Jr., local agent for the Ford automobile. The children's hour of the Child's Conservation league will be observed Saturday afternoon at 4:30 at the graded school auditorium, and will b in charge of Miss Annie Ruth Caldwell. Miss Caldwell has rare talents in entertaining and those who attend have a rich treat in store. All of the children of the town are invit, ed." ' Mr. W. H. Humphrey and family have moved into their handsome new home, Pine and Twelvth. Mr. lluro phrey moved his old house across the street and remodeled so exteri sively that it is practically new. The houseMr.Humphrey and family vacat ed -on Chestnut street, was purchased senior oration at the commencement Tuesday of the State college of ag riculture and engineering at Raleigh. His subject was "Government Own ership of Railroads". The Raleigh correspondent of the Greensboro Daily News wrote his paper that Scott "won without serious debate among the people and received a beautiful gold medal." The sun was shining bright and all was calm and peaceful there abouts, but still tears fell from four eyes. Two of those eyes were those of a beautiful young girl and the, other two belonged to her sweetheart. The time had arrived when they must part and there was love, true love, which could not be hidden. This all happened at the union station recent ly when a young man took his sweet heart to the station, where she board ed a. tram to sro somewnere. utners frftm Mr. TLumnhrev some time aero 1 who saw the sad sight asked this re- by Mr. K. M. Barnes, who will have' ported what caused it all, but he knew I: ' i';- 4 h il 4 . V '"-1,1 t - ji -ji U H .; 1 I ..- 1 I : t '5! 4t? - i
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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May 31, 1917, edition 1
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