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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DT' rANCH VOL. XLVIH PLANNING CANNING CAMPAIGN LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. JUNE 25, 1917. ! l17,rTTTrrTXTi rvntfrn '. . f .uiiii imivjii THIS WEEK RECORDER BRITTS BUSY nAv! to NUMBER 38 SSafSum WlTct Calls' Immediate Need i8 to Bring Regular! Young White Experts-) pWill; UThisS 'i EZ ft? .Beinjf FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER ! BRIEF ITEMS OF, LOCAL NEWS Army This Week President Wilson has issued the' Being Made to Enroll 70.000 Men This Week I Washington Dispatch, June 24. Men Get Road Sentence First Load of Leaf Tobacco Death of Drunk and Clw Vr,. Rrother nf rtr oil r i Cant Set Fish rap on Your Own Mention. Lan1 Correspondence of The Robesonian. i Four months on the roads was the Fairmont, June 23 The first load The condition of Mrs. T. N. Hig ley, who has been sick for some time, is somewhat improved. A 10-pound girl was born to Mr. h- Held Throughout Robeson Coun- U" . A 1 fl CI i n o -j mi in ir --t iLonstration at Buie Tomorrow ! following proclamation: L" Mrs. F. S. Eubanks, an expert in canning, of Durham, arrived last eve Tvimr and will sper.d some time in the' county giviuK ua"uvw" , .,, ? 7 r ."tr1 l"c" ueiween tne than three months that has eiano , "uuae,ox Ketna Jtidmund, colored, yniuuigs , warenouse- ricuw,u?s u issueu ior ma vegetables ad fruits. She will work ages of eighteen and forty years, who cei a&lrJtJh7'ReeoeT E- M- B"tt Saturday me,n E-'J- Chambers & Co., who are ma,rriaee of Berry E. Parnell and. - n ;nn ith Misc Nem. Rhimo have no denenrients onri ,vL 4. Ji, tne war was declared to exist. ' RavmnnH e; . i " y hold no- ;t fnr nnan;n ci Sallie Prevatt A w w.itr, j in twiuv" - .....,..w, - - " c nviu me arrriv .navv and national o-na.vl JZ 'i was given a, nearing :r .r; "ts faic' oa,lu t m." ' " presented an areate strength ?.niLame char and prayer for " nPr Ior, some, ompson.. home demonstration Hui . m in Li u i .'Mills 1 1 M i i xt nnnAff. . I.Irs. tuDanKS spent two wees in " piuswuuon oi tne war, to ot little more than 0f ftfn mon " ruQ was continued upon pay. a".u Piuy oi cnaracier. ivir. mr. j. r. Kusseil, whose illnes3 Kooeson during the month of May and Present themselves for enlistment tl war re-Vution waTadoSS' ment of cost. Musselwhite and Sut- Butler 1S an experienced tobacco was mentioned in Thursday's Rob- visited a number 0f communities and during the week hfein designated dav between 700 Oftn aJ smmn tl J0 had been before Recorder Britt Pwer and has many acres of fine esonian, is still cofnined o his bed organized canning clubs. Any club to the number- of seventy thousand. I enrolled in th& variotS hMm'SSL 3 bre' while this was Spivey's first tobAacco T , , ' with malarial fever at his home on rtr community desiring that Mrs. Eu- "WOOnnw WTT.srM thp fia.W c..: . s l offense. - j - Mr. R. L. Owen, who for several Walnut street. He has been sick two banks pay the club or community a1 . . . 'V Te evidence was that the three y,ears was tobacco auctioneer on the weeks. visit while she is in the county should FOOD CONTROL BILL ' i ped and under traminr Thwni ' l0 men tanked ?P on "monkey, lamtxmar,ket'm1f now connected, Miss Pearl Howard has resigned communicate with Lount, 'arm Uem- NOW BEFORE SENATE be joined at the end of the summer ,S.W! e l he w r LT ZJ" her position, in Mr. K..M. Biggs' de- flnstraior u. . mauuwiu. - Dy nearly a mini As has been stated in The Robeson- Prospects Now Good for BUI to Pass the new national ian, tne county commission appropri. oeiore juiy l . I lions registered regular meeting. - , President Wilson's' request upon' The regular army totalled a little' fc. had with them. The cominp season ask is eonmdered Mr R BarfieM of Lumberton Miss wena Knyne, county nome; congress for food control legislation more than 100,000 men three months thTeT m twJf en this section ! wnship, and Mr. H. F. Townseni demonstration agent, is here today in tome to deal with this year's crop ago; it is nearing the 250,000 mark1 rthl hS?f atened , dynamite TmMrseJlon; B t . ' of Lowe brought a peck of green f:eld in consultation with Mrs Eubanks and prom ses to be realized. . . i today and War Department officials fe tl CL05 baSo auctioneefof1 ShcSina ' i Frida?. TbesI wer, the jir. Diancnaiu aim uus aneuwon vuey vYim tne Daxxie ground turning to oacked by the press of th countrv.i iuZ "T. ":..T . .r" iC-LWOt" Q t,10c j m;n u ' orougnt in ior sale, so far as i a". AODesonian nas oeen lniorjiea. on men eleptH for t- 1-j "ur1Iia" -"e piant ui xne - v . r . -' tt. " panment store, etlective July 1, at arn from th. mil-' nIe ber Co' about the mid- d 13 f m,S waily wcome y his. which time she will begin Work in the iiuy Arum trift mil- hia if tVi ; V i- tt: j i i manv friAT'.'la He mill InnU K j , , " . ' for war dutv Tiiup- j nT I "S"' juay mgnt ana asK- ,1 V " rr";, ary Kooas department oi Mr. L. H. J ' " ed ;t?er to COOK fnrA lilrTi! n-na a sxrong iactor in our market the r9Miuii' a-, i. will arrange a schedule for 50 meet, the Senate, following the overwhelm-! are bending every effort to bring pit W8end ings t0 be held throughout the coun- ing passage of the control bill by the' up t0 300,000 during the present w?ek4f a .Window, hreakinof it out. Ni'o-Vit Tiiese uiccuiiRs puuut ucuwiuuaiwus uiiiiuaiiig as wen as tnose leading the wnen war came, numbers nearly 260,- p0iAm!ln raVi " V,," " 4 J. Davis & Sons ar manae-ers .f nnnintr will be Civen. the opm- odminiat.rnt.inTi -fio-Vif --niif nal;.4-n.r Aftn. tnH instrators SDendinir the entire dav at action ther later" iferK ""1 wen ?nd arrested-the three connected with the well-known Rob-1, Vwv, eson County Tobacco Warehouse Co.. eo. L,ocklear, Indian, was ar- NhrTit of which the clever warehousemen E.! rested and placed onstrators sDendine- the entire dav at action there late ha - u. t;m9fs V,rQ4ioKi r u; ' we? .ana arrested the three men and r . w j va Wl MIIV I ....i-vo VI Uiai IlUIIlUcr nKlcM flmni next week. Retention hv tho Sonofo nearlv 75.000 aetnallir or . "'r , "P. 111 Ja." in jail Saturday night for using profane language on Dr. T. reviver! a teieo-ram 'he streets when he was refused ad- mittance into the Pastime theatre. r1o o-iirino- intr.ioti in or, itovk TJ:- 4v" n":!'1, 1 woaa ..i" n " , " 10iCU Mem Un in iail. It Was J-.ul"?ua luiutiuiug xuiu ui T , , . . r j..T ning in both glass and tin. The Rob-j esoian hopes to be able to give a list, of the appointments in its next issue.! Miss Knyne gave a demonstration , in manutactunne- distilled snirits damaere the nlotter have heen aWe .m . . tu .r?,,; th iaat r mi,rf Bnrj k:ia; at St Paul and .Floral College last generally is deemed probable. Senate to inflict. . 47; week and will give a demonstration sentiment against further manure-' t The marine corps whose slogan of charee of settma fish tfan Tude- ing to Fairmont. i number of selections were splendidly at Buie tomorrow, beginnmg at 9:30 ture i of wihskey, brandy and other "first to fight" has been respected mentwas contfnued unon navmeSt' Mr- W. R. Taylor, the efficient rendered and Mr. R. D. Caldwell of a'' t xj u i c j 8 t.Jspiwnt? widespread, but by the government and in attaching of. cost, which amounted to $14 60 druggist connected with Pittman Lumberton made a short and patriot- Mrs. J. H. Henley of Sanford, field many "dry" Senators oppose extend, a seasoned reiment of sea soldiers The evidence was that Mr Davi Jet Dru Co., left Friday afternoon for ic address which was much enjoyed, asent of home demonstration work in mg the prohibition to beer and wines to Major General Pershing's expedi-' a trap on his own land and that Mr Norfolk where he will spend his vaca-, -Nan Thompson, colored, and an North Carolina Miss Lila Melvm of and a fight on this question is ex- turn force to France has been raised . w Ef ixley, Sme warden for Rati visiting his brother Mr. S. C. other colored woman named Spears. ?hl SS k,J ?i twffi' and.,?Ils3. Pted' . ., , i froTm 17,000 to nearly 30,000 men. I gwamp townshfp, ?ook the trap up Taylor. I were arrested and locked up Saturday C;fa v?h,n SiiS mie r id ge will as- Tomorrow the bill as it passed the The regular bluejacket force of the aTld r?fused to turn it over to Mr.! Rev. Wesley Thompson and daugh-, night by Policeman J. B. Boyle after sist Miss Rhyne and Mrs. Eubanks House will be substituted for the navy, the men behind the big guns , Dsivis, who claimed that he thought ter, Miss Dora Thompson of Mc Don- they had engaged in a fist battle in in this work. Miss Rhyne is mak-1 Chamberlain draft which the Senate and who already are drying their hehad a rijrht to set a trap on his ald were business visitors here Sat- the old cemetery, near the union sta. ing her headquarters now at Red is debating. Compromising amend-, metal against the enemy off the Irish ot&i land. The game warden took urday afternoon. I tion. Quite a crowd gathered to see Springs, but she will be traveling ments resulting from Senators' con- coast urder Vice Admiral Sims, or a S'mess" of fish out of the trap and Mr- W. B. Ratley and daughter,' the fight. No one was "kilt" or s-- auwui uver iue coumy practicauy an ierences may pe added. upon armea treighters, has been rais- o&l them when h took un the tran Miss (Jhat, are spending some time riously wounded. j rlouse changes, Senators agree, ed from less than 60,000 to 120,000.; which act Recorder Britt held was at Jackson Springs. Mr. and Mrs B P- Anderson of j have removed many, features upon Tfe, boys of the country have throng- aa touch unlawful as setting the trap.' Mrs. J. A. Thompson of Lumber- Lexington, Ky., arrived yesterday on j which attack m the upper branch ed to the navy m such numbers that He should have turned the fish loose, ton is visiting friends and relatives a visit to Mr Anderson's brother Mr. .,ndr Millie r, i, r i ndsoeen centered. xeeruiting stations could not be built, Mr. Baxley declared that he would ere. .'H.H.Anderson. This is Mr. An- vS 1 7, Dr1lar cFndIay Stna.tor Gore'. who has been prpm- fast enough to accommodate them. either turn the fish loose or bring ,TMr-and rs. J. L. Watson and derson's first vjsit t0 Lumberton in f t pene J t i Months- ment in opposmg the original billj An entirely new. force of rariway , them to Recorder Britt next time he Mrs. H. L. Blue were Lumberton vis- 6 ars and he sa the m Vo l- 1 r- f )V0rHLo0S &? Stl-d t?mg tt11 but a very few engineers for duty m France to ban-, found any in a trap. j itora Saturday. changes have made such reat im- WaJiineton Dispatch, June 24. I objectionable features were ehmin- dle railway problems behind the, Herbert McNair and Henry Faulk, Mr. Lamie Harrell of Whaleyville, ents that Lumberton does not ew demands on the American Red ; ated by the House. gntln also has been created, both colored, were given a hearing Va., is visiting his brother Mr. W. T.(look like same lace Cross disclosed today by Eliot Wads-' The bill will be kept continuously Recruiting figures . are not available 0n the charge of assault on a col- Harrell. , , T eslie Sellers a vouno- white wcth, acting chairman, shows that before the Senate until disposed of. out it is known that some of the reg-r! ored woman but were found not trail ! Mr- James Boyce, the well-known- TV,. .i 5!S fnn rTT the hundred million dollar fund, $18,- Aside fromi the prohibition features iments are at full strength and ready ty of Charge pharmacist of the Fairmont Drug Co.,! ho had driven the local ex- 000,000 of which remains to be sub-i the principal dispute iexpected jln to go. Probably 12,000 men have joiVf Saturday was the busiest dav Re-Us sperding the week-end with friends. JIP iSTtlSf scribed in the final campaign round-! the Senate are over the UcexSing, mjn. ed iegiments.. Sr& hi xpS ''iwL JtA 4io tomorrow may not last longer iniunxprice-fjixingi and guarantee see-i Forty thousand picked men are un.-ifal'weeks ' ' vrel. th,8ix months. " 4 ' turns ard the provision authorizing der strenuous training at the officers', MfflheW -Rosier colored-' was- eiven Akro, returned home' wednesitoy :"8-1'" "The needs for relief work in near- the President to fix import tariff , Gaining camps, insuring good junior' a heS S S cE7 cSt? While here Mr. Thompson fJ? Yor ler, waf ;Sn ly all the Allied countries is looming rates, in maintaining price guaran-1 off icers lor the national army. Oth-; to animals. Prayer for judgment was : will be connected with E. J. Cham- f 0 tJe uSo n statin earl vtHsm-fra-30 bi?idr- Wadsworth, "that tees. The section giving'the Presi- er thousands are doing their share at' continued upon payment of cost. i berf . & Co- . ? v ; in g early this nu.rn- our $100,000,000 can easily be spent dent and fod administrator, broad the medical corps and engineer corpsi In the case of Rossie Brown col-' Misses Donnie Greyard and Katn-.1 .. . -within six months even though the "blanket" powers also is to be fought, training camps and still others are 0fed. charged with larceny, prayer' arine McLean and Mr. Adams of Mc- Mr. J.F. Lockey, mail earner Red Cross practice every economy Compromises are being sought on the with the naval coast defense .rserve for judgmfnt ' was continued upon 1 Donald were Fairmont visitors Fn- on star route between Lumberton and and give aid only to the most worthy : questions, but administration leaders keeping the Atlantic coast free iiom' payment? coSf continuea Uponday. . 'Tar Heel, says the road through the causes." . ! claim enough vote., to retain the the submarine menace and insurer fL-uJ 1 u Ja a n white hnv l Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Hubbard left Big Swamp is so bad that it is pne- TP U: T.-J r, .,. . , ! TT -i 1, l 1 n . i " - " "1 JM i r ima icasun riea tross Olliciais nouse provisions on ail. the time. RED CROSS NEEDS FUNDS are hoping earnestly that the fund; will be largely over-subscribed in the 1 iinai hours. WARNING TO AUTO DRIVERS ,. a f- iu '"aaZ" " "i ".,wu" l" v , ""J" Vr-Mxrr fnr mnre rl Clio. S. P'tically impossible to cross over it 11! iwau mc cuuicos Miram ui, was Deiore xne recorder on tne cnarge, ; - . j ' j , ' OT, antnmAhile We h will pnra-ft oarrioro 7hih ora -v,l -j? 11. t. 01 where thev will visit friends and rel- with an automobile. tie says n? wui iv" civ, wau.f, wivu-, yj. asisttuil, upon joe otuiic, aiiuuici hove tn irinlre the trin hv wnv of Tn sands of tons of American war sup- white boy. Jvdgment was suspended, ives . J ir&'SSS rtlLSS plies, and food to the JFrench, Belgian,! upon payment of cost rsriTisn ana Italians TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS Special collections in thousands of It is Against the Law for Children -Sunday schools an dchurch services Under 16 to Drive an Auto Speedj The immediate need, administration; today are believed to have raised Limit Must be Observed 'officials believe, is tn hrinc tho reo--: about $2,000,000 although no defin- Recorder E. M. Britt has instruct- j ular armv up to its full strength Dates tor Examinations for Public Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bistow attend ed the funeral of Mr. Bistow's broth er in Raleigh Saturday. BROAD RIDGE BREEZES larsvllle until the road has been re- i pabed. This roaid is in Rotesoa j county. I Maxton Scottish Chief: Mrs. i Frances Howell of Whiteville, who ! spent several days with her step. iic i epons were received tonight. The ea tne onicers to arrest all persons ; witnout aeiay. These are the iirstj School Teachers Change in the . , n i ; jf i. V n AJT- i . I addition of thi sestimate mad the to- under 16 years old who are seen driv- line troops, the men who will be the! LalT teachers Change m. the Kpin General Green Down Pick- daughter, Mrs L. McCormick, went tal fund tabulated at headquarters ing an automobile. It is viola- first Americans t oface the German' f r pKas!Qn mA eIPe an? ."r; 1 d?Z hJtl7 aoout $82,000,000. I tion of the law for a child to drive , hosts. They will be the bone and sin-! ""f Tomorrow is "Perehino. low" Inn nntn hn4- tt-e law ha nnt V con ! ew rf Henernl Perohintr's armw i Examinations' for White teachers mis message to the American peo- given much attention hereabouts, phoid Vacc1nation- tures Msionary Lee, visit her son, Mr. Sandy Barker. Mrs. McCormick accompanied her and spent pie, cabled from France by Major J Chief McLeod says he is going to pull General Pershing, was made public every one unddr that age whom he u xtea cross headquarters tonightii catches in the act of steering an au President Wilanr, haf loci'otn the' will be held in the graded school Correspondence of The Robesonian. j the day. She was accompanied home present week as recruiting week fori building in Lumberton Tuesday, Julyj Broad Ridge (Lumberton, R. 4),; Wednesday evening by her niece, the regulars. Secretary Baker has 10th; for colored teachers in the col-1 June 23 Farmers m this section have Mrs. Ella McDougald of Wilmmg- sougnt the am ot an newspapers1 to. "1CU sittucy oluuui uuumB m , , in "Amerirans) an ch, tv,: .i, :tn We al that hQ is rni-T. t the end that. 7nnon men shall he en-! berton Wednesday, July 11th; for In- of old 'general green .bo iar ne, After two-weeks' freedom a no better wav than h snhsorih. ! null all who hreak th sneed limit ! rolled beforo June 30. No exnlana-1 dian teachers in the court house hasn't given much trouble. I y0Ung fox which belongs to Miss Ha- ing generously to the Red Cross." SLACKERS IN THE TOILS which is 10 miles per hour in the bus-! tion of the need fo rgetting.the men Thursday, July 12th. Examinations: Pita huckleberries seems to Carlyle was captured Friday. The iness part of town and 15 miles the by that time has been given, but it, will begin at 10 a. m. Under the old bethe order of the day m these parts. fox, which was about 0ne month old, has been assumed that it has to do.ew wauuuwns """' T-j vT! WBeu captmcu, uie 'LS , - , with getting forces to Europe I OIV the second Thursday, Friday and more than ever before and the men: two weeks ago and had eaten 6 chick- Recruiting officers throuehout the' Saturday, in July. This law was are just about as interested as the ens three at the home of Miss Car country have been instructed to ad-' changed at the recent session of the women, They pick all they can fmd. ive's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. vise with newspapers' in their sectino! General Assembly j This writer has had two trips thru Carlyle, and three at the home of a to work out ways of stimulating in-! . "Sec. 1.' All teachers and superyis- brush and bramble after the berries .! neighbor whale loose. The fox was terest. The government has found ing officers- must hold certificates.! The first trip If75Utel ZCd ,in, aif0al bm at the J&l1' nCar tha nresc: eao-er tn aid in maHno- the Section 6, chapter 146 of the public tree that was all laden with berries the Carlyle home. Mondkrof nextweXjuTnd inth nation ready for war. With th Pa- lw, of 1917 says in part: 'Af ter July yrt -Mr. Geo Lennon put an ad m office of the Clerk of the Court C. B.' pers of each locality taking up the 1st, 1917, it shall be unlawful for climb the brush heap at lay oe- TnurEdays Robesonian offering field Skiver ;t the court houle, Mr. Skip-' fampaign for recruit as a l5calPmat-i "gj STO ?eaL sale aturday morning Der beine a member of the board ex TJ r, tne lining up oi tne ranKS on x r- " i 'uoia,i Mw Iie saiu ne &U1U " "e 1 1,1 to fc"r" Officio. Othe members of the board schedule time is regarded as assur- ceives any public money from, coun- could pick eJ18' .'24 hours after the ad came, out. Mr. are Mr W H Graham of Rowland ed. ty or State to employ or keep m ser- next trip I found lots of trees just L helore advertising any , are ivir. w . xl. wanam ox ivuwwnu, u. i. nmorinfant r!n Vionrinn rith the hemes, but. believe1 . . J , ftl. n.i i vice auj ouywi . v, -x..- ...,,...6 " tj tning ior saie again in ine n.vuv hour in the residential section. If he nulls all who break the speed limit Four Indians Bound to Court for Fail- and as many break it in future as ure to Register Under Army Draft I have been doing so heretofore, there's Otherg Have Been Reported going to be some "pulling". David Freeman. David Locklear and Eril Chavis, all Indians, were ! Pension Board Meets Next Monday Jfiven a hearing before missioner W. H. Kinlaw temoon on the charge of failing register in accordance with the army 'lraft act June 5. The defendants were required to register and were ound over to the Federal court which will convene at Laurinburg Septem-! Mr. Neill McNeill of Parkton. Mr. L r rt . . a - a- All m T 1 i A 1l Bridge wm convene at Laurinburg Septem- Mr. Weill MclNeill ot i-arwon. mr. ; hrUrrri or assistant sunerin-! me. we had a time getting them uer Zi. Bethel Hraham Tnd, an. was J. A. McAllister Of Lumberton. All Jjrove AUK) Against jj'viaing iu on "f' ""?r T " .i C17j'. ' ! Vv . ;tkA rl 1, Pf.r0 t vVri. TZj "L in ,t, it Ql -Pnr nensn Bridge tenoent tnat uoes not noiu eeiwi .. jr p . ...z ame charge. He was also required should present their application to t( register and wa bound over to! the board at this time. tne federal court. I VV..V.X..W v w 1 .5 , - a j . i-ji- ;j t isara in nnmn nanre wirn tne orovi- one uav last weetv acnuuii huuuiu. xi. aangeruus automooiie acciuent.- " . " t- - i r,. - xrii ;-,,w4 mjoc.inn tf TTifi, street' sions of this act'. Miss Sue Kelly a trained mission- late Friday evenine when Mrs. H. ir v 1 - i t . -ia in I T71 T..w,: J? T 1 -w.xma Akwhm wAira "lA!. J:A Tom; M'-:iawCLaninWt " XemP IVfi a,aVnst thTs which dT-! must file with the secretary of. the hear her, 1 1 i j 1 1 Hi p q varrairi i a c nan r cavorn i if in ivFm. i w i . v i . . A U1 VVVVT111K OUIIV V t t . , f , f 1 1 Mr. H. E. Stacy of Lumberton, who viaes tne aouDie iron onuge acroa. was recommended by Senator Frank the river at the foot of that street.: Favetteville snent "ays here last. week rounding up those who failed to register. There are still others who have been report ed and these will be arrested and tri ed before Commissioner Kinlaw. act. '"",u. " j . . V.i Q o inn ioot nTis must he ti - arv wi he with us tne ytn ana lutn UtVt id. . - J - - , . ... . J. I J 1 - A J. T t -.nM.TAW n AVtH ed. Each applicant ior a certuicaie. oi August. sonian he is going to get a sure enough supply on hand, for that sura brings the calls. He says he could have sold on the strength of that .Ulni 11 j ,, t;m o manvr hnsh- Let everyone come and,; T Soldiers WM be Transferred to Golds- boro The soldiers who belong to Co." A, C. engineers, who have been mak ing Lumberton headnuarters for sev eral weeks, will leave the latter part of this week for Goldsboro. apt. Geo. W. Gillette and the State Board of Examiners an applica tion for the certificate and must fur- imeuucu uy ociuxi-u ciiv w.v. "i .r, 0 .i vemrrl nf his ace- Goue-h as a member of one of Kobe- The automoone was somewnat uai- v"""-v , ";" 7 ; nfX SeSptLn bords. asked tered up and thesiU was knocked tbSard Gov. Bickett to release him from tne,erai ieet. ivuss o"ii waiteib, wu, r "i ormai application Preparing for the Drought hnard on account .of the fact that he was in the car. with Mrs. Putvis, had , Blanks for s tormai appucawon rreparmg o i ... ii iii i i - i t- rroTi"rinT r i.iit-- i mil I . and cum iui Alfi waiwvub v - " v rr Write oftener, Aunt Becky, your letters are enjoyed. Best wishes to The Robesonian. A. W. WMV V . . 1 1 ll 1 1 . ' 1. -- lmAA oIlOrhTIlT hlllT is not over 31 years oi age ami "iL T."TvUv"i rant's, edem,V and nrofessional rec istered under the arait law on June ims ru v n.-s "r; ! " m misheH to anv annli XNeitner oi me occupants wao: " ......... . -i. At a Tecent meeting of the board of school trustees Miss Mabel Jetton of Shelby was elected teacher of mathematics for the next school term and Mfss Mildred Williams, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Q. T. Williams of Lumberton, was elected teacher of K nsx.roOTi vk 'Ri.li-ot wirerl Mr St.aU UO u. .iii iM. nn thnt'thrnwn nut of the car. however. Mrs eround - Purvis was driving to the left and fi ' tried to drive to the right side of the bridge aftef' she had gotten too r.icrhtninltr Struck ChlnUtev During a rain and electric storm close to it vfmntr i j oKMit 1 rtVlrtPk- this morninsr lisrht- ; inr:u Uliuer CUIIllIliXllU ac " , .i 1 ! D.f.,cJ t imrirtttai t i. o f;nin;Ticr stmipW a chimnev at the nome, Keiusca to l-voov.u AJUlIllJtri tUIl B 1IIIC """f, " ' -. " . , i I pant unon reauest. J. R. POOLE, County Supt. hotly of men and they have won many 'lends here. It is with regret that lumberton will give them up. I'n-miums ,for County Fair All who wish to offer a premium J"r Ine rnii-ntif -Foi tn he held in Lumberton this fall are requested to "Ke it known to Mr. W. 0. Thomp son of Lumberton this week. The premium list will be printed at once. Mr. Raleigh Lee of Aurora has accepted a position in the office of the Kingsdale Lumber Co. He be Kan work this morning. of Mr. W. C. Collins, Seventeenth street, and tore a part of the-ehim-ney down. Tne telephone wire which ran into the house was cut in two by the lightning. The Collins family were in the house, but were not injured. Not Guilty of SeUing Liquor to a Sol-A;er W. M. Nance, postmaster at Rich ardson, was before U. S. commission No war news of special import- nn 4-1 nact few Havs. The Sell Coton Crop at 27 1-2, French continue their smashing blows kmc! shipped I into North Caro ms and Cents the Pound agamsi me , JSTlZZ-- 1 " . iT- o. t,,h Mr. Ben Sutton of Lumberton, route the greater part yi tne mi. 1 1 ...wa. v-T-P? sr V.On o ine local expicss vxj-iuc ua3 i. Ail. v:r. I Christmas appearance. There are .Kf" m wic even more quarts of "the old famili-j next term. M..Wl gS arV and more crates of beer there now j ?ated at Meredith college, Raleigh, than could be seen there just before' test spring. . As has been stated m Christmas. There's a reason, and it The Robesonian all the members of is this: after Saturday evening of, the f ac ulty last y oar were -elected MUls and Miss Elizabeth Belk of territory tills wcca ai j ui liiv i v. iv u f.v..j . . . , -. . cannot order spiritous liquors of anyj Mills and Miss Maxton Scottish Chief: Mr. J. S. Jones, caehier of the Bank of Red It's going to be a dry time after July 1LLUI1 Oi UUlllucivuii) vv.v r- j . . v ... 1 i i i. l.1 n mm otiti in Tne t!. U. eottofcrop for 27. 1-2 of e O-m-e"-!!- "ttv pvtreme heaw casualties unaer me, uaramore, wm go wmynu w : . ' ..ii-; i Mr. J. A. Sharpe, editor of The Robesonian, Mrs. Sharpe and the iat . . i. . j f K , oT he fal market f of French artillerymen and in Mr. Sutton says some of his neigh- fantry. Dors euu ;u," - ; ago at 18 cents the pound er charge of selling spirituous L"qu" ?JrZZ the blues 27.15 the pound on to a U. S. soldier, ne was iounu iwnia9: giu - - market W V Kinlaw on to'e dlfte lHrt 18 and 27 U2 Cotton prices maao a j new high went. to. New York' guilty of the charge. already. market. head City to attend the annual con vention of the JNortn uaronna rress association, which will be in session there for three days, beginning to. morrow evening. Mr. John G. Proctor spent Friday hi Fayetteville on business. Snrincs. met with a nainful Vccident Wednesday night. He was on his way to Wrightsville to attend the convention of the North Carolina hankers. When reaching Wilming ton, he was descending .from an up per berth in the Pullman car without the stepladder, not wishing to dis turb tile others who were still sleep ing, when he made a misstep and sprained an ankle. He returned on the next train, which reaches Maxton about 8 a. m., and took the 10 o' clock train for home. ; ?1 1 !
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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June 25, 1917, edition 1
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