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1 JtlJfcL AM. t 1 r ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOL. XLVIII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 12 1917. NUMBER 43 SUPERIOR COURT GRAND JURY'S REPORT Two Road Sences Jim Alford Be ing Tried on Charge of Breaking Into Store at Purvis Court Prob. afy Will Last Through Tomorrow A number of cases has been dis posed of in Superior court, a week's term of which for the trial of crimin- "t -r i . al cases Degan lvionaay at noon,; Judge W. M. Bond of Edenton pre siding. The trial of Jim Alford, col ored, on the charge of breaking into Mr. C. T. Pate's store at Purvis be gan this morning and is going on as the paper goes to press. Court prob ably will last through tomorrow. A number of cases has been continued and other-cases have been disposed of as follows: Archie McNeill, nuisance; plead guilty; $12.50 fine and costs. Archie McNeill, resisting officer; plead guilty; $12.50 fine and costs. E. P. Drennon, State's witness in case against John McNeill, called and failed and fined $80. 28 of the 38 True Bills Were for Fail ure to List Taxs Provision - for Distress Road Repairs Recommend to Road Board Other Recommendations DEMONSTRATION WORK IN ROBESON FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER AH-Day Demonstrations Keen Iner est Program for Next Week Demonstration Work in County Correspondence of The Robesonian. The grand jury completed its work!r Lumberton, July 12 Two parties Lewis left Wednesday morning for Sunday School Class Camping at Lake n,accamaw New Wholesale Busi ness personai Mention Correspondence of The Robesonian. ' T7I ' - rdirmnot, July 11 Miss Lorena RED SPRINGS NEWS ITEMS ! BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Death and Funeral of Mrs. WU1 Rob-; Mr. J. V. Williamson will go erts Mr. Dixon Will Build Brick Sunday to Charleston, S. C, where Bungalow Weighing Party Friday he has accepted a position in the Night Personal j Navy yards. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Mr. R. W. Shelbv went back on this morning and made tho follow? have been out giving demonstrations Whiteville. wTiot-o ;n J Red Springs. Julv 11 M?. anH the job as salesman in Mr. H. Dun. report to Judge Bond: j in canning this week. All-day dem- few days with her brother Mr Dave!' Mrs' Martin McKinnon has been nie's store yesterday after being off We passed on fortv bills of indict-5 onstrations have been given at twelve Lewis. - ' ' j Spending a while at Jackson Springs, for two months on account of illness. mens, iindmg 38 true Dills and 2 not f . . "il """s na mrs. uoidstem of Charlotte ' "imams nas returnee Mr. w. v. ruaice, wno lives in true. (28 of the true bills were for feenest lnterest has been manifested; are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dun- frm a business trip to Virginia. i Wjshart township, sent to The Rob- - w ' , in 4-hAf.A vi nvl a..... 4-1 II A J n W "T T 1 f -w i A . . mi. aim ivirs. j. j. uoocwm oi i,uni- esonian omce yesterday zy small berton spent S unlay in town. j ears of corn- all in one bunch, which Mrs. W. F. Williams has return-! he gathered from one stalk, ed from a visit to her daughter Mrs.j Mr. G. E. Rancke went this a. a. Mcxseiii, jr., m Lumberton. morning to the .TemuW htoh o ,;i failure list tavo im tnese meetings wnerever thev have , me. We visited the county jail by com-! held; vA variety of fruits. Mrs. Harry Weinstein and children mittee and found the same in good fPl vegebles ha-s been cann?d a returned home after visiting in order and condition, prisoners seemed f ea,ameetin.2- .. ... I Ahoskie, Norfolk and Atlantic ,City. well satisfied, both with their treat- L ThA continuation of the program . . Mrs. Gary Mitchel, who had been I TWAnf rt( h -fvrv fViQf ora M-f V ceivmg, We recommend: First: -That the heating plant of the jail be inspected and necessary re pairs be made before cold weather. Second: That the jail roof be re- , paired to prevent further damaere to tne Duuaing, canning sampaien for next visitinsr friends? Mnliiic Poi- th week follows: land Tabor, returned hnm mo Monday, July 16 Harmony; evening. Heights. ' Mr. and Mrs? . A. T. MonQior itT Tuesday, July 17 Centenary. iN. S. Stubbs and Miss Mary Stubbsi iTcuiicsuay, amy 10 muswe. auu , fmi weanesaay in r avetteville. Ike Leach, carrying concealed wea pon; plead guilty; prayer for judg ment continued on payment of cost. Plead guilty also of charge of as sault with deadly weapon and pray er for judgment continued oh pay ment of cost, defendant to give $150 bond to appear at next term and show that he has paid $75 to Tobe Oliver, prosecuting witness. Cai Cummings, assault and resist ing officer; plead guilty; prayer for iudenment continued on payment of costs; defendant to give $100 bond to appear at next 2 terms of court and show that he has not committed an assault on any one or resisted an officer. W. E. Burns, plead guilty of tres pass: judgment suspended on pay ment of cost, bond of $100 to appear it November term and show that the cost is paid. E. H. Barton, larceny and receiv ing stolen goods; plead guilty; pray er for judgment continued on pay ment of cost. ' ' - Odiim Barton, larceny: plea' guil ty; prayer for judgment .continued on payment of cost. ; H." J. Taylor vs. Ida Rhodes- Tay lor; defendant found guilty of adul fcerv. 1 Condary Harden, -assault with dead-1 ly weapon; plead guilty; prayer for) indoTnent continued on payment : of cost; $200 real esta?e mortgage bond; to appear at eacn criminal ienn ux court and show that he has kept peace toward. hiwif e -and has not .mis treated her , F. L. Smith et al, unlawful fish ing, nol pros with Meave. Roll MitciieiL bureriarv: piea oi We visited the county home by corn- Mr. and Mrs. Lucian McLeod" of i ,T TTr, Z?2Z T'-Z t-i . i ... . - f itr.i ner iiuui tuwu, iui lilts Charlotte are visiting Mr. McLeod's first time in several dava and fnmwf Raymond, Thursday, July 19 White Pond. Friday, July 20 Marietta. Saturday, J"uly 21 Center. The above mentioned places do not 'm-SSPnS include only the iediate sections, r Miss Elizabeth Solars nf ollo S. C, is visiting Miss Mary Stahf ield! r Miss Dot Regan of Dillon is visit ing her sister Mrs. Bracy. t The "Willing Workers" Sundav scnool ' class of Trinitv Methodist! father, Mr. W. J. McLeod. Thev ex. pect to move here in the near future. Our town was shocked Sunday af ternoon, to hear 0f the death of Mrs. win KODens, wnicn occurred at a' hospital in Baltimore. The funeral was held Tuesday morning at 11 o' clock from the Presbyterian church, conducted by the pastor, Dr. J. J. Hill, assisted by Mr. Parker and Mr. Mon- home in satisfactory condition. Mr. "Flowers, the keeperj seems to be dis charging his duties as best. he can with the means at his hands. ;t We inspected the court house, coun ty offices and grounds, by commit tee, and find the court-house and grounds kept m good condition, of fices kept in good order and county officers courteous and efficient m the discharge of their duties. I We visited the chain gangs by com mittees and find as follows: Cham gang No. 1: Twelve pris oners:" they seem to be well treated, have plenty to eat and we hear no complaint We find eight mues kept in good condition. We visited : chain gang No. 2 by committee, and - found 14 prisoners. All seem to be wll ' cared for as to treatment and fopd. est meeting. NENA RHYNE, Home Demonstration Agent. TEP NEARER NEW BRIDGE church loft Tnoed a mArni.,. Ti,!.roe. Very appropriate music was sun? Waccamaw, where thev -will ramn fnr b.Y choir, especially the solo . l - . . f wAmm.-M 1. L. n rrA- FT 1. ' a weeK. lhe lollowme' are memhors! Misses Catherine Gailcway, Cathe rine Floyd, Rosie Floyd, Theresa Pearson, Rose Jones, Mary Stanfield, Jeddie Mae Bristow and, Emily Cole. wtners Desides the class that went Twn Board ai?4 Road Commissioners were Misses Lillie Kyle, Bertha Jen ' Reached . Agreement Regarding! kinds, Elizabeth Sellars and Annie Bridge-Town Board WU1 Pay $15066 . McDariiel. Thfey were chape It looks now like it will not b6! roned by Rev. and Mrs. B. E. Stan, many moons before a hew bridge will t field. be put in on the road just west of the j The Dixie theatre, owned by Mr. iron bridge across Lumber river, at E. G. Floyd, has been rebuilt and Mr. the foot of Fifth street, where . the Floyd is now running a wholesale bridge was washed out last August, business. when the water was so high m the riv-; - Misses Kate Ratley and Bessie! er. The board of town commissioners iones left Thursday morning for agreed to pay $150 on the new bridge; Chadbourn, where they will spend ana tne county roaa Doara met yes-i some time Crossing the Bar," which was suns by Mrs. Hiram Grantham. Mrs. Roberts is' survived bv he husband and the following children Ernest, K,uth, Austin, Toon, James and Mary, also one brother Mr. John T. McNeill of John Station. 'Mrs. T. A. McNeill, Jr., and chil. dren of Lumberton and Miss Celeste Williams of Culpepper, Va., are vis iting Mrs. W. F. Williams. Dr. J. J. Hill has returned from Benson, where he assisted the pas tor in a meeting. Rev. A. S. Parker, pastor of St I Pauls, visited his father and mother, Kev. and Mrs. A. J. Parker, Sunday and preached in the Methodist, church, i his refreshment stand there com pletely cleaned out. This is the third time the place has been robbed. Rev. G. H. Biggs, pastor of the Lumberton circuit, and Rev. Dr. W. B. North,, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist of Lumberton, returned Tuesday from Mt. Gilead, where they attended the district conference of r. Rockme.haa district oi tne M. E. church. Mr. C. A. Parnell of the Buia section brought some of the finest home-grown onions to Lumberton Tuesday that this- reporter has seen this season. He made The Robeson. ian's local reporter a present of one that would make a big .family a big terday and agreed to furnish the bal- airce of money needed to put in 'a neW bridge. A committee from the wjm lAnj3 ...ill w. Anl -. -i-l. 4-1. a A-y-r- We particttlarlv. recommend that all Tnrj 1, A keepersbe requested to Tliermme what kind of a bridge will tlar attention to sanitation of bed; put in. . - , - - clothing. . I After the bridge was washed way ,c Cwmulcu w.j last summer z, on tne ixowiana roaa, oe cieanseu at once. 4 We recommend that the county physician visit the camps; twice a 10 PER CENT QUARTERLY . Miss Blanch Redmond will leave tomorrow for Norfolk, Va, where she is" attending St Vincent's hospital training school, after spending a 2. weeks' vacation here at the home of her father, Mr. John. Redmond. Her brothers Messrs. J. H. and P. J. Red mond of Charlotte, spent Tuesday here. month. j , . , , r,,- ,! Special to The Robesonian. We recommend that sand be hauled, t r inUr i9Miao rn Har. National Cotton Mll Has Added New Machinery and ' is in Prosperous ConditiomMBank Directors' Meet ings . tt - i.? xl J. . m r a temporary britol1AVr.me?m&01 inft Rectors oi; looked safe, was fn tional -J and has been in use since that fime. L declared .flXISS dividend . ever declared by this mill. The stockholders met after the di rectors held their meeting and elect- Miss Maggie Graham is visitinz her brother Mr. Dan Grantham. Mr. Dixon and family, who recent ly moved here from Rowland, have bought the Rivermore property 09 Twenty-eight white teachers took the elementary and grammar grades; examination and two. took the exam ination for the renewal of high school certificates here Tuesday. Yesterday u colored teachers tooK the regular which never Personal Items Froni Lowe spending some time with her broth- w iV ivr,. AUiiU - w and will build a beautiful brick bung alow. The Ep worth -league of the Meth odist church will have a "Weighing party" at the hotel Friday night. A literary and musical program will be rendered. Refreshments consisting of cream and cake will be served. 4-1 ri r m a '4 I o rr K T emrOtvin leesville road, at once. , STlSSlSe1 H" M' McAllister; vice-president, W. make ome; provisions . m each town. ,M Cns.. q Davis spent" Testis ship for distress road, repairs.. We1 , -n Lumberton on business. iurtner recommena tnat an, jduuuc, Mv ot,j r v n, Vo M SMYRNA NEWS NOTES board of "directors was re-elected and Messrs. J. D. Proctor and T. L. John- burglary in second degree accepted .roads heretofore uiit by the chain turned home from Wingate, where! waa by solicitor; 3 years on roads. En-ipngs be given prompt attention as th t . la. , port of the seereto.lu sW rr.j 1 e httiio1 tft draerermsr as to save further dam- rm u ed that quite a bit of new machinery Terea .resiueiiuc ox oaxu mvucuou v. - . 1, " .j j uvea. xncv v x- - 3J j Anril 9R last ages w uie saw iuub. Harrison Sinclair, charged withf A. C. SINCLAIR, Foreman. rape on Winnie Stacks; plea of guil4y . , , of assault upon a woman accepted by, Russians Are Pushing Forward To- the solicitor: 12 months on roads. I wara Liemoerg : i. ' I JFiS iLFi?siTS? tomo ow. with anew Overla d buildine yesterdav mornine. The ree- uiltv: praver for ludgment contmu- German hntf an the, vicinity of Hah!, A upon payment of cost. the Russians are - pushing forward Asberry Oxendine, burning barn; not guilty. Rich. Harden and A. S. Bracy, fail Tire to : list taxes; plead guilty; judg ment suspended on payment of cost. Troy Harden, .failure to list, nol pros. 25,000 BUSHELS WfHEAT IN ROBESON veto accuuiuiiuieu u j u ix.j :n j r a" Air, T tc ttj; uwu auueu uo tuc mm uuriiig tue S1"' . '""" last few months and also showed that Mr and UA W. Tvner and thl" 5r0Uii A Cat That Must be , Fire-Proof- Meeting Begins August G Crops " Are-Looking Fhie-personal-' - Correspondence of. The Robesonian. jan teachers are taking tlie exami nation. . J. B. Bowen returned Mon day from Greensboro, where he at-" tended a meeting of the branch man. agers of the second officers training camps', of which board he is a mem ber. The managers met with Mr. R W. . Glenn, division secretary and Maj. Alex. Grieg, examining: officer for. this .district. Miss Nannie Thompson is home .from" thet Charlotte sanatori&m where . she was operated on for "appendici tis five weeks ago. Miss Thompson has a brother who is a physician in, Charlotte. Messrs. Lawrence Park- Smyrna (Lumberton, R. 4), July 10 Rev. J. M. Fleming -filled his regular appointment here Saturday: er and -Earle Thompson went up to and bunday. bunday he. preached a; charlotte Saturday and returned with daughter, Miss DeLesline, went yes terday to Charlotte. They will re. The regular monthly meeting of the directors of the National Bank from Halicz toward Lemberg, the cap ital of Galicia, and irom Stanislau, south of Halicz; wesward toward the line of the Dnister. After the capture of. Halicz, on the' front from Halicz to Zolotvih about 30 miles from the south, General Korniloff forced the Austro-Germahs to continue their retreat. In their ad vance from Halicz the Russians forc ed the fleeing -enemy across the Lom nica and occupied , two towns on the western bank of the river. The next natural barrier is the river Stoka, Mr.W. G. Prevatt spent yesterday 7ZZX " y The quarterly meeting,, of the di- in- Lumberton. - Gen. and Mrs. F. A. Bond of Hunt ers' lodge, near Lowe, will leave to day for; their summer home near Wil- fine sermon. Wfe think he gets bet ter and better. We think we have as good a preacher as there is any where and if he keeps doing better i Miss Thompson Monday. A news item that comes to The Robesonian by a circuitous route but ii iic accuc wuit uclucj. j : J , tA Ull.. j. i a.1 like he has been so far, sometime he lflTt I v a T Pff kI will be at the very best. Among JP2?'I' &r2?t Z1 JSA wUl returX LumSnwUh ISs mington. . Mrs. M. ' A. Odum near St. Paul. spent Sunday It is Estimated That Robeson County Has Producd Ten Times as Much Whet This Year as Last Mr. W. K. Culbreth of R. 6 from Lnmbftrton. who has been covering about six miles west of the Lomnica a good part, of the county for thej past several' years with a wheat i Fayetteville Has Not Given up Hope thresher and. is doing -the same thing A , h roessage at 1:30 this af this vear. thinks that Robeson coun-t . .il - v nu tyl2.SaS 'er to The Ro&soniaTel that as much wheat this year " Fayetteville still has a chance at made last year. He thinks that , the No defmite production .will reach 25,000 bushels g i had ben learned at that this year. Kecentiy i hour. Fayetteville was awarded camp from his home to Pembroke, thence to Union chapel, then back to Mr. E. Tyner's, near Lowe, and got 1, 000 bushels, and 200 or 250 bushels more . were raised in that territory that he did nt thresh. In that same territory last year, he threshed only two weeks ago but the other day Maj Gen. Wood put the whole thing up in the air again by recommending. Char lotte on account of water supply and sewerage, and Charlotte, Fayetteville and Wilmington-have delegations in Washington fighting for the camp Women Arrested on Charge 6f Run nng Disorderly House Mary Lamb and another woman who did not give her name but claims to be from Virginia were ar rested this morning on the charge of running a bawdy house and are in jai! awaiting trial. The arrest was made by Chief of Police McLeod," Rural Policeman Eli Phillips and Deputy Sheriff A. H. Prevatt. They first went to the home of U. M. Ed wards1, Eighth street, where the wo rectors of the Planters Bank & Trust Co. was held in the directors room in the bank building Tuesday. Reg ular routine -business was transacted. he board of directors jf the First National Bank met in the bank building yesterday . afternoon. The regular 5 per cent semi-annual divi dend was declared. Lumberton, M. N. Allen of Cedar Grove. Mrs. Lester RoWan of Lumberton bride, this evening. Mr. Prevatt left Lumberton this morning accompanied by Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth, who will per- Blood for Braying Greensboro News. Must men, the best and bravest, The was at a tobacco barn curing to ' die .that congressmen may utter a liuiuucuw.u .: xv ir rtr -rwr 1 SXf mFJ SflASiLSSS S Carlyle and Ira Bullard, in an auto rilP I m? nbpfn ! driven by Mr. Bullard. Mr. Prevatt visiting at the home of Mr. u. t.. Cox. . ,j j . . - Mr. Rufus Lamb, son of Mr. and yars old and hls 13 Mrs: ,R. M. Lamb, who has been sick; 10 D f9' with typhoid fever, is able to be up' - Mr. J. R. Walters of Surrency, again. I a- was a Lumberton visitor Tues- The cat came back. This writer, day-. Mr, Walters is a native Rob has heard it said that a cat is hard-! esonian, having left this county 26 f i-A kill tiian anvthino- ls?o and well' years ago. He visited Robeson sev- believes it now, for Saturday p. m. sea of words, to which none listen, and which none regard? Every hour of unnecessary delay in fully organizing the powers of this country for the prosecution of war en years ago . and since that time he notes that many changes and im. 179 onri orovements have been made. Mr. cat came and ran into the furnace w;a!ters Is a brother of Mr. W. C. and around the flues, inside the TuesJ Walters, formerly of this ; county ,who men wers reported to be. but failed: means a loss of some possible effic to find them there and found them at' iency in the prosecution of the war. the home of a person named Lamb, Every such delay tends to prolong at the old Pope place, 3 miles from the struggle. Every sacrifice of ef- town on the National highway. It ficiency and promptness in organiza- is expected that the women will be.tion must be paid ior. And tnejour tried before Recorder Britt this af-! den of the paying will be done by ternoon. 125 basW Some Robeson fanners 'yStS U- teJS are demonstrating right along tnat;i a;. AniAaA rar-iAfo WUCUb Call UC iaucu i . LUMBERTON MAR- n KET OPENS FRIDAY had won, but Fayetteville has given up hope. not Town Bonds in Sum of $51,000 Sold was connected with the famous Dun bar kidnapping case m Louisiana three years ago. Mr. Walters says But Sunday night she was; crops are good in his .section this in the house, with her eyes j year, while m some sections of Geor gia mey are noi promising at aiu Several Thousand Pounds Tobacco A1 ready on the Floors of the ware houses Hre Ready for Opening Sale Fairmont Markets Opens To day , . The Lumberton tobacco market will Anon tnmnrrnw Fridav). Several thousand pounds of tobacco are al ready on the floors of the two large warehouses ready for the opening sale and indications are that Dig saies will take place tomorrow. The . m an agers of the two warehouses have been out among. the tobacco growers for the last several weeks, assuring them that Lumberton would have a market second tn none this season, and no doubt much tobacco will be snld Viore. The Fairmont market opens today. THE DEATH RECORD Men for National Army May Not be Drafted Until Nt Wek Washington Dispatch, July 11. the men in the uniform of the United States. What fatuous asses, intoxicated on Again I the weak beverage of the exhuberance Bonds in the sum of $51,000 were of their own verbosity, moutning sold by the town yesterday to the' moral platitudes, regardless of cost Harris Forbes Co. of New York. The or consequence! bonds sold at par, accrued interest of i Some of the best blood of America 5 1-2 ner rent, and a nrpminm of must be Shed, no doubt, that the $525. They are to be paid up in 27 i world may be made safe for democ-i years Don't forget our meeting starts on Monday after the first Sunday in August, the 6th day of August. Ev erybody is invited to come. Mr. Lester Rowan of Lumberton w J w fu.iv mm "I J T " - . . ; . ... . . These bonds were sold once racy and as doubtless, it will be worth! was in this section naay nignt. and out at the smoke stack. Well, nobody could think it was so, and the writer had no witnesses: he was alone, found iust. burnt out almost, and the writ er was jrlad to see her back so some one else could see that she was burnt FARMERS AND CON well.- Think she is fire proof. There; SUMERS SUFFER WHILE may be some that won't believe itj CONGRESS DALLIES yet, but it is true, just as true as thereis , a world L But she broke the Deiay m pacing Food Legislation JJS11.! tltL Sf. May be Most Sious to Both Far- xio i 61U I& mers and Consumers a. m. henre for the nnrnnoo nf noir?Tio- for the nreciOUS Olice. The traeedv OI Pnctnvnement nntil next week of i lierht and -water Imnrnvewonts. but tragedies is Ihat some must be shed the drawing of numbers of men who! on account of some technical point as the price of congressional garrul- Mr. J. I,. Barefoot of HowellSville Died at Noon Today Funeral Sat- urriav at Ten Mile Mr. J. L. Barefoot died at 12 o'clock tndav of th Thompson hospital, where he had been under treatment for typhoid fever for 3 weeks. He is survived by his wife and 2 children. Deceased was a Wloodman and 'Was Teonatrnr vital statistics f Or'-his township., The funeral will take place at Ten Mile Saturday at 10 a. m. will be called for examination for the National army seemed probable to day when it became evident that States are not completing organiza tions of their district exemption boards as rapidly . as War Depart ment officials had hoped, uniy zi States have reported their organiza tions complete, although in most oth- ers only a lew districts are missing. The drawing will not be made until the lists for the country are com plete. 1 . Fewer Ships Sunk The sinking of 14 British mer chantmen of more than 1,600 tons is reported in the weekly summary of shinnincr losses issued at London yes terday. Three merchantmen of less than 1600 tons and 7 iisnmg vessels also were sunk. This record shows the increasing effectiveness of meas ures aeainst submarines which are being carried out by Brit ish and American warships. With one - exception the num ber pf merchantmen sunk is the low est of anv week since the British in due to the constitutional amendments ousness, of toad politics. the company which bought them re- ' pudiated the nurchase. The noint in Rev. Dr. L. L. Nash Passes question was cleared up by a recent decision of the Supreme court and it is thought the sale made yesterday is valid and will hold. Pleased Wth Canning Campaign Correspondence of' The Robesonian. Mrs. Jane S. IMdKimmon. State home demonstration agent of Raleigh spent' Tuesday very pleasantly with County Farm Demonstrator , L. E. Blanchard, and the home demonstra tion agent, Miss Neva Rhyne. In the afternoon she spoke to the wo men and the canning club girls of Philadelphus. Mrs. McKimmon was highly pleased with the canning cam paign which is being carried on .in Robeson county. Crops are looking fine now. Cot ton is getting kind o grassy on ac count of so much rain. Mr. S. A. Williamson had the mis fortune of losing four cows which got soda to eat. "Rev. T)r. T,. L. Nash, evangelist of Mr. Lonnie Williamson of Lumber- the North Carolina Methodist confer.; ton spent Sunday with home folks. ence, died at his home at Hamlet Mr .and Mrs. Ularence Lamb oi L.um Tuesday night. He had been ill since jberton attended preaching here Sun last Friday. He had returned from day. district conference at Mount Gilead Monarchial Coup Complete Failure Washington Dispatch, July 11. Entry of the repuDlication troops into Peking was announced in a dis patch to the Chinese legation today indicating that the monarchial coup and had, a congestive chill, which caused hfs death. He was 71 years old and had been in the active Meth odist ministry in the State 44 years. He was also the author of several religious books. Outlook on Food Control Legislation - Remains Uncertain Washington Dispatch. July 11. Considerable progress toward a compromise on food control legisla tion was made today in the Senate but several important features still are to be worked out and the whole outlook remains uncertain. Gen. and Mrs. Bond Off for Summer Home Awaiting CallQto Join Avia. tion Corps Gen. F. A. Bond of Hunters' lodge, near Lowe, was a Lumberton visitor yesterday and said that he and Mrs. Bond and their grandson Mr. Frank Washington Dispatch, July 10. A report on the foodsituation pre pared for President Wilson by Her bert C. Hoover, holding that both the farmer and the consuming public ara suffering while food speculators make unearned profits from the delay in enactment of food Control legisla tion, was given out tonight at the White House. Unless strong and efficient govern ment action is immediately taken, the food administrator reported, the far. mers will face a slump in wheat' prices and consumers will be caught in a situation even more serious than that which already is resulting in "actual under-nourishment" in the great consuming centers. The spec ulator, it is declared, is taking a large part of the prices now paid by consumers. "We are practically helpless to safeguard either the farmer or the consumer," concludes Mr. Hoover, un- Bond Maunin. who has made his! til the pending legislation is passed." home with them since last March, ex- The report, in the form of a letter Miss Bessie Feldman of Ahoskie and little Miss Rebecca Feldman ar- rived Monday evening and are guests augurated .in March the system of d'. etat had come to a complete fail- at the home of their uncle and aunt giving out weekly reports. ure. - Mr. ana mrs. a. weinawsin. pected to leave this morning for Wil mington across country in their auto, for their summer cottage at Fort Fisher sea beach. Mr. Maupin re signed the position of assistant dis trict manager of the Overland Auto Co.. with headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, to enter Uncle Sam's service in the aviation corps. He has stood the rigid examination required, has been accepted, and has been notified to hold himself in readness to go at any time to Columbus, O. . Tr - - $ I to the Preident, was issued through the public information committee with the statement that publicity was giv en it "in order that the country may know how serious and far-reaching the consequences may be both to the farmers of the country and to the consumers, of the present delays in passing the pending food legislation." Mr. E. C. Watson of Howellsville township is a Lumberton visitor, to. day. " ' ' r -. i i the corner ov Dr. Frank McMillan' teachers' examination. Today 32 In J
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