North Carolina Newspapers

- ' . . . . . - ; : ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS VOL. XLVIII COUNTRY, GOD AND .TRUTH VS A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCD 1 1 : ' - ' . Yen ate i . ... i w- . , 3 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THUSRD AY, JULY 19, 1917. NUMBER 45 - i - - i MAY DRAW NUMBERS FRIDAY RED SPRINGS NEWS ITEMS ITEMS FROM GREAT MARSH ! BUIE AND PHILADELPHUS NEWS Mrs. Turnage of Dunn are in t6wn u"c&p" ,e 01 Afte Kpesonian. (correspondence of The Robesonian, . - . - - ? a a. n n n L. 1 l w 1 -w -n i - v OUT BARKER'S WAY f SEE "HAPPY JACK" AT FAIRMONT Natioial Lottery to Determine Order of LiabiUly of Men Registered for Service Ukely WUl be Hed Tomor row Problem for Newspapers Washington Dispatch. Julv 18. Advices today t0 Brigadier-General! t are topping at the hotel. Crowder, the provost marshal gener-l lurnaSe has charge of putting m oi ?ii.!.toH th.t v, nofinnoi i 4-reservoir for the town. 41 a btlC AJLC4 blv Aid 1 lUlLCl V n ttv it . . T fl I LT C! . 1 to determine the order of the liability waai?u Wilmington and M A n, - c , J f?""" F11- A I with their crops. Curing tobacco is week-will find him rM. -i. in aaa nan - j jt ii.- i rvev. ivir. varantnam at hurnhpnon: . ""uuav many caniaiouDes and watr. v, y u . j. ..-4.u . i iv,vuv,vw mcii xcgiSi.cicu lor mm nr,,, r ri.r- V""; tHe home of Mr. K. F,: Ja1it,a i melons o-Q v; i.4 j Z." "r. i v"c UJL "e "xy wim sums ox me, Ten Mile Ffth sSffiTSLS I rt,?f WlU be at Fant this week Correspondence of The RobesoAian. i 1 . dI.one wno woaitt like to pay Mp.L" Gr?& Marsh (St. Pauls, R. 1), Jlyi Buie, July 18 Crons through this! T.w t? i ti -.o tneir subscription or subscribe for the! i'Tjt i?.mb i10.. for the time of year,! have been havln'g a ralnv timrouti The Robesonian-the paper that gives folks. " " - ! corn m J. fr 1 ? an abunda?fe f this way and farmers are not through; you all the county news twice each his1 cf iu,uuu,yuu men registered tor mil TxTfevurDoSeStm-the home of Mr- E- Johnson, tary service would be held next Fn- V;irZJ. flJJP!0! Mr. and Mrs. A. F. firi k to St. Paul oser to his v isher and W , . . ' i " , - TV Milt xiam """" BrMant 4. 4-; .t ;n nuwau nave Deen navine- watermen ; i nnehurat too ,nt;t0,i r j Governor has ac ually reported that ons for some time. They caxry them ufts stock farni. Soe "o7 .elected: chairman, Mrs. R. D. Mc- t0.their st,ore in St. Pauls where they, bred cattle in the State is to be found Millan; vice -chairman, Miss Anna De geLa -g0d p,nc,fo.r thei- , i h,ere' cows in one barn and hogs Vane; secretary and treasurer, Miss M;s s ,Pa'le Rower- returned from almost without number. Pinehurst is Eunice Pearsall. j f aeord Saturday where she spent i good sized summer resort with many Mrs. J. D. Callahan has returned two weeks visiting her sister, Mrs. W. beautiful homes and one of the larg- from a very pleasant trip to Greeds-; -Muaum; . , ,J;es1i hptels in the State, and is owaed i oi. j i i Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Russ of Barker'svnrineinallv- hv t.oo t,,. building, with the members of the1 iTmeM,u!S spent Sundav with Mrs. Bum' sister; Next " SeM!d.HouSnet.mihta;!y cimtfee!l a while at home. . I M- R"5 Rolc'- , , , nesA a w resort, and located on as wuuc&ses. iue enure pruceeuiug, Mr Louig T HaU f TOmington' .ey.. r.. v,iarK iiiiea ms regular wie s. A. l. Some. 10,000 visitors is not expected to take much morel t Sunday in town 5 ,, appointment at the Great Marsh Sat- come to this placa during the winter than one hour. JMrs. Jack Heath and little daughJ uSa and S?niay, and delered ,an we are told. Good roads lead in ev General Crowder was in conference . w;nLl , able sermon both days. i ery direction from Q-nri f fV,oco .lo. today with newspaper correspondents F 'willilm iv ridhVMw Toni! Jt as been decided that .during the. and no doubt has had a ereat deal Hall in Wilmington. I Sh qIt!?-- S1?!. i?f ; S 9 in making Moore county what Mr. Carv Snoddv. a member of the' 5th: Sunday services would be held as ; she is. .tional guards alid : stationed at Win-i i0"0W8L lLh . and, there; Mr Louis Ashley spent a few days ing to receipt them. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS the local exemption boards in State have finished their task. Details of the mechanism to be em ployed in the drawing have not been revealed. It is known definitely, how ver, that present plans are for the lottery to take place in the capitol Mr. Edward Bethune was railed I back to Uncle Sam's service lastj week, rle spent about a month with1 license nas Deen issued for the home folks. ; marriage of Beulah Parnell and Char, Mrs. Martha M'White is spending: ue amith. some time in this vicinity. uur sympathy goes to Mrs. L. Mr. W. M. Smith has disnAs? of the Lumberton Pressing Club, of over arrangements for the drawing. The press is relied upon to carry the information as to when they will be : ii i- it t j . . i- - hfim S C -are visitintr Mrs Parish's 1X1. uuga me weeK. dux xns re sorry to report the recent illness frwifliMjprity-- that there would- be of Mrs. J. W. Glover and hone for lniurmauuu as w wueu iucv wm uc A: i j j . j.: reqmred before exemption boards, and ton.Sale Moa- recently in this community visiting iui maw icaouu cvcijr o -T p ,i, j Uahv" from Blen- r"Jf llvl w p. iu. auu tuuiwr iiome oi air. n. . Asniey. We the papers as to detail. The task of transmitting the long lists of numbers by telegraph is a problem of considerable proportions, -rft Woodleaf . graph companies are making efforts to insure both speed' and absolute ac curacy in transmission. There is more concern over the task of the in. dividtal newspapers after they receive Miccac Mora orifi A or noes ( AYP HTP . " .vrnv a Mi-mj iCIUUl t(J 11C111LU visiting their sister Mrs. John Mer. Jf. "ave tuc ' hmw A' orown sPent riaay The 5th Sunday in July therA wilfc Mr. A. P. Jackson snent RAfnnlnv , " BXr w be a ,hildren's.rally at the Great: in Lumberton. . ' ' a Unth Sn, her daughter Mrs.! arsn church, the exercises beginning , Messrs. J, S. Brown and C. C, Bax- W. H. Williamson. Miss Kate Johnston of Thomas- at 3 p. m. Everybody, old and ley have the finest cotton we have young, is invited to be present. - . seen in this section. c- in t.ftwn hp . wurin xxau, arson.uana-, mr. m. 15. Jtsuie, who a few weeks by .wire the results of the drawing.1 "S Miss Marv McEachern. She dy and Will Parnell of King Kiram ago was thrown from a buggy by a oi uM t" T?;xrovfr, ,,! were in l"is section aunaay p. m. cnorse ana badly hurt we are elad to nir v. nr. r.,u t . -.x-r.4-i- n . t lui. auu nils, uuucu xvuwei gvc ataie la rapiaiy lmprovinET, w 1 "i" if . 1 1 jn large communities tne proDiemox her wav to Riverton to ioin the serial numbers with the, .i,0ir 51mpr home. j Tinting names of the men they represent in each district attached is one of stag gering proportions. Barefoot. Mr. Barefoot was a good which he was proprietor, and left last man ana every Doay that Knew him1 evemng tor Hopewell, Va. loved him. Our sympathy also goes Mr W T. Drmo-Vi or tt ta v fcJSS. CalLeTWjS' Cbr ,at Masters WimZSano?U, l3t larSVIIIP Wlra Anns tmtyi lii). . l r. ... LT C Vv. j -wjr yesieraay ior their summer home at sweet mother and a loving friend to an that knew her. The ladies around here are very busy canning fruit. Mr. and Mrs. French Watts spent Tuesday in Lumberton. Mr. G. B. Powers spent Sunday p. in. at St. Pauls. Mr.-E. J. Britt of Lumberton spent Sunday at Ten Mile. Mr. Cary McDonald of Rozier spent Sunday in this section. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Powers are all smiles: it's- only a girl. Mrs. - Robert Carter spent Tues day in Lumberton. Hurrah for fifth Sunday at Ten Mile. There will be singing that day. Come all, and listen. Best wishes to the readers of The Robesonian. Mr. C. B. Matthews of Buie's Creek spent Sunday at Barkers with friends. Miss Mr. A.C. McLeod has returned from T-i a. " ; ce? xi-e. 4.1. i - j? it.:. . njf . t 3; wic yuuiiif Deume oi- uiis secuoii u lviamie. uovin is spcuumg a - r j ;t. -Mr. l . , wui'a of THAwino-' RapTt ue - wui ouypei oatmua.v A,iL. vineau, wnere ne spent a lew aays Wh! A10 ?S:-w.ii which was enjoyed by all who were attending district conference. pxonu. vjuxiro uuwc oncuuiu uiaoreis x- xctiiH., vvinie ana iwnarne were Messrs. Dixon Cash- Humphrey, Londa Hall. Marvin Ken- Kade Bramble. Bvrd Marsh, neth and Henrv MMeill ' ' ' - J wwa i t-' fr-r O WW jruss r-are ana i. jj. vanaay oi iving Hesaay at Jackson spriners. tti t nf i? mi :1 paper pages, uven to give sujiiciem . Miss Bessie jones has resigned her tSa" -l"1 name and numbers to cover tnosA3 nKe- iti n t the Bank of Red Springs -"".muims u muu u. - i v oii . ffc- nnUrc iwimpdi-1 P0!luou a. Vic YTr A f2t f Listen for thp weddinsr bells, fv, y we v i and accepted a position . wun mr. a. atley means- enormous work. - , 'It McCallum While the provost marshal generals Mr Mr9 Sam Buie of Fiorida office was busy -clearing up the last visitine- relatives here. details for the drawing, the problem "Kt dQf0 waif p will lpav todavj "ettin Wi iur ryn misses, aiarjone ana itatnerme of Xn registrans, other tJian en-j iifi116 '- V AnoUier eo Day- Humphw.spent several days at the . emy alien?, came before the Senate in , .wtai, Coxe isf visiting :the : rfim jmsvAMcN. i i at 4.1- weibiaKuM is.f- i Krjr . Listen for the wedding bells FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER; i Death of Mr. W. T. Fisher of Parktan A revival meeting will commence here next Sunday evening in the M. E. church. Miss Gallas of Fayetteville spent tne week-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Adams. Missies. Marjorie and Katherine SEWING UNIT NEEDS HELP Blowing Rock, where they will spend the summer. Mr. Dougherty will join them later. Mr. J. T. Mclntyre has accepted a position as salesman in Mr. John T. Biggs' department store. He be gan work this morning. Mr. Stephen McDuffie has also accepted a position in the Biggs store. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Pitman and daughter, Miss Eureka, Mrs. Alex Spivey and Miss Emma Fleming, left this morning for Waccamaw Lake, Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach,, traveling in Mr. Pitman's automobile. Mrs. R. E. Lewis' left this morn ing for Hendersonville, where she will spend some time with her sister Mrs. W. P. McAllister, who is thr , for the summer. Mrs. Lewis was ac I companied by Mrs. McAllister's small daughter, Nancy Pope. Mr. Richard M. Norment left last evening for Columbia, S. C, to begin work as reporter on the Colum bia State. Mr. Norment worked on the Columbia Record for two years and will be at home in Columbia. His f amily will join him later. Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Brown of Work is Needed.Very Much and La" ' dies Are Appealed to to Help Do nations Acknowledged Correspondence of The Robesonian. The Sewing unit meets regularly, Fairmont mssed tV.- lac every Monday afternoon at 4:30. Wei hicht pn route hnm. "f rv,o are doing a good bit of work. Wei i0tte, where Mrs. Brown had been have 14 suits of pajamas almost fin- takine treatment at the Tranauil Park a. resolutions introduced by Senator : .uri. WhUoahnrA Correspondence of Th ' Robesoniaa? t?en here in naariy "moons t came in - Fairinoht, July 18-Mrsi O. G CaP rrent,thiB .evening wtecitiw doubt;f Mr.-vA noun ana Mrs. u. u. tsaker iett rues-- " - ""s xaxm- day morning for Greenville and Wash-j Clv ' PEMBROKE POINTS car. S3iT"iuyllfreui PLEASANT HOPE HAPPENINGS zens of countries at war with uer- . "T" many who are now residing "in the pieased With Tobacco Prices Women mgton, where they will visit friends. United States upon the same terms!. WiWng to Do Their "Bit" Play j They made the trip in Mrs. Calhoun's as American citizens are uauie uu- ana ice cream oupper oaiuiua; der the national army bill. Nh Personal The resolution seeks to meet the , pondence of The Robesonian. views of the State Department, how. o:0T,4. tt thWir Thp r.pn- ever, b, excepting: from its artio jdf SS,& mily lzens oi countries wmcn nave uca- - , j . th Tirice! their to-' aay morning tor ueautort, where she -; pawwv t i 10 t tv ties with the United States proh bit- pie "prlce? ITwill visit her cousin Mrs.G. W. Dun-! gPSf ll 18Re7' LIJ' ?eIff ir the enforced militarv emnlov. ta0 is , bnnging J MTn. filled his regular appointment at the t T ,T XX 1 J " 1 X. w tVllUU V11U1LU UU.liUlV 1I1U111. . . . J TTI O" Ho Tiro c onAmnQTiio1 K-r Aflv Mr. Percy Wilson is spending a few, Foundation of New Baptist Church days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.; Has Been Laid Church Services S. P. Wilson. j Personal Miss Mary Belle Ricks left Thurs- c.mrro ri nrv,Q t?ko;o ment of the nation of each party in the territory of the other. THE DEATH RECORD and willingness xo ao xneir uil r - - Tr . mg. rle was accomnani this critio.5 time by comine for the Tuesday and Monday a FayettevUle. pce Qf &eZl7S canning demonstration promptly at .,i . w5. " " "A " ""ri Rev. J. L. Powers, the new pastor v. t;A irr,p wifV, flipir thinirs ville is spending some time here vis-! V: 1 0.IV1 nl.Sf L paT10,: ci fc aiiivi" "'71 " -IT- iliitino- fripndo and rplntivps i ui lLV nupusi. ciiurcii, will oe nere to can and a good dinner, also, which; iting Jriends and relatives j Sunda a m and ni ht w h ey ished, 23 bed shirts, 7 finished, 16 cut to be made. We have a commit tee on bandages and pads that .are working faithfully and turning out beautiful pads and bandages. The sew ing. unit has received the following do nations: ' 1 bolt "of 1 material for bed shirts sanatorium for two weeks. Dr. Brown went to Charlotte Tuesday, evening to return with Mrs. Brown.. Rev. F. E. Dixon and family re turned Monday night for a two weeks' visit to Mrs. Dixon's old home at Dover, Mr. Dixon's old home at Vanceboro, and to Kinston, a com. bined business and pleasure trip. They made the trip in their auto, and in going hey made the trip to Vance- 100 lbs. of cotton batting from Mr. H. B. Jennings. '. . ' 10 lbs. of cotton batting from Mr. J& A. P." McAllister. ' umco, iu o uuuia. Spreads from Mrs. Costner and; Master Edwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith. Mrs. V. D. Baker, and Master John Table for the work room from Mrs. Alien a, son 0i Mr. ana Mrs. j. A. H. M. McAllister. Three sewing machines loaned us Sharpe, underwent operations for tonsils and adenoids at the Thomp- Mr. Martin McKinnon of Red Springs was spread picnic style and every. 'r.A Tnin erybody that can will come to both Pnoced SuHpnlv This Morninsr uit "hnA q vpsI o-nrd time os well asi "fllie ivxebbib. xeii xiau ana juiidu Funeral Friday Mr. Martin McKinnon, one of the heinsr benefitted. Miss Flora Carlyie 01 nait owamp Price, enjoyed the movies at Lumber- services. Tl, ,1 n i.. if j.1 n ton Monday night. I. ,L iTT 1 ."ew aP- J . & 1 ,, , -i . 1 tist church has nepn laid and wp hnnp best known and most popular men of , is .vUit ine MJjgsJfa few! been friet MarSJ-S. ( LT11 WiU Wrk the county, died this morning at 1; Mrs. W. xi. Andrews spent a "w. Tuesdav nio-ht speedily on. o'clock at his home at RedSprings. He day slast week at Fairmont with her: J Mr. A. M. Breece was a Lumber- . """r "1'"u?t. Cli "t, Mr. MpTTpnrip. whn has Miss uiizaheth Sellers returned home mea 01 nearc wouoie, wua vvmcn ' i Tuesday morning. She was acconv, S en ?Xeel? "SLIk. Ashley is expected home1 pani. as far as Marietta by Miss Ii" "..uB " .1. tt o -fow Hair from T OUlSburer. Where i ouumuciu. tian couiu reacn nun. ne as i" iv.. -JO f : usual health yesterday. He was about she is visiting relatives. The funeral will take place Friday at Red Springs at 11 a. m. Deceased -was president and mana ger of the Red Springs Trading Co. Miss Sadie Bagley of Bagley, John Mr. O. M. Thompson left Monday for Richmond, Va., where he will pur. ston county, is visiting her cousin, chase a load of cars. Mrs. W. W. Lewis. .,. There will be a play given tree at Mrs. J. P. Brown, who had been in the Charlotte sanitorium for some. ton visitor yesterday. Mrs. John Heath, who has been! spending several months with heri mother, Mrs. W. F. Williams, Red Springs, stopped in town a short while Monday with Mrs. R. H. Liv ermore, en route to her husband at Niagara Falls. Messrs. Alfred and Eugene Cooke fmm Mrs P F. T,pwis Mrs.R.C. Bir-': son hospital Monday night. Both mingham and Mr. Bruton of the Sin were able to be taken home Tuesday ger Sewing Machine Co. ,eveS,m and are ?ettm &onZ ce One electric fan from Mr. L. H. ly- The operations were performed by Caldwell. Mr. Maxwell installed this' Dr. R. S. Beam. fan at cost of socket and gave hisi Dr. R. S. Beam left Tuesday time. ' night for New York after a few days Outing from Mrs. R. H. Crichton' leave of absence which he spent in anr Mrs. Grantham. Lumberton, where he practiced as eye, Material for bandages from Mrs." ear and nose specialist until about Merritt. i a month ago, when he received a cpm- Feather bed to be made into pillows mission with the rank of first lieu f rom Mrs. L. T. Townsend. j tenant in the regular army medical Four colored women have offered, corps and has since been in New their services for anything they can; York. He expects to sail for France do. I in a f ew days. After the war Dr. We have a lot of work all , cut if t Beam hopes to return to Lumberton we only had some one to take homeland resume his practice. He per and make. We have 35 members of; formed a number of operations dur- sewing unit but only 17 attend our; mg the few days he was here on. xi. horo ajinrdaTT.-nip-ht. time, came home tonight. We are, ... j -? r.iu XX Springs iraaing k,o. tue 7 ?lad tn renort her verv mncl, imnrov- Iavc clUi"cu nwiuvuiuiuuub uu" and manager of the oil mill there. i 21st, loiiowea Dy an ice awm , x--- . ty wnere tftey spent several days Misses Chat Ratley and Lois Hayes, ct R ;ra AVAA - A A XIA X V VV-W AkJ w igt vl XA C A. WAV T-T a wao t hmthPr nf Messrs. Sandvi ner. Proceeds - to supplement C. " ". . . TT . I -1 1 l:U,r- and Angus MciUnnonoi maxton. ne bcnuyi - i! and Messrs. J. M. and W. T. Andrews ia ciiTirivpri hia wit P. WHO was a; misses nuia waii, T,r j -ii- uvesia raveiievme. . ' ' J ' I : -r P Uttis ThftmnanTi anrt opeut iuunuav m x avcuevme. , - -r, , j if: rvn- Messrs. Burke nttman ana. muue r'"'7 ;r J i v w -r i Mclnnis attended church in Maxton Mis Robeson. He was an the Presbyterian church of Red Springs. . i Mr. W. T. Fisher of Parkton Passed Yesterday Funeral Today Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, July 18 Mr. W. T. Fisher died this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, after being skk for several weeks. He was 72 years old. Jenkins took a trip to view our coun ty seat Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Baltimore section were visitors in this evening of the death of Mr. W. T. "5 th ci:-i t i.i. if- -m-t. bunday night. xisiici vx xrarivtuii. axr, risiier was -T f -mr v j seal ouimaj . - -ii i , - tt . i iui. J . X-i. iuuiuue. who suiitycu a Mr. and Mrs; F. M. Thompsor , of well known ere. Her fister-m-law of paralysis weekT ago, lUimnro epptiftn were visitors in this iwutmes a. o. inompson, r,.c.!'is loft owTij xujf.vr..u6. icommunity Sunday. mu. i n t mi Aiiuuiubuu wiu u-d. xnompson ibxj. . T itfl- Mio. Milda TTnlrnPc ftf f!niiT,. eis7oon for Parkton to wirte?sL Rnwlr? nnlv Robson Town Men-: t,,"u V .. . v.-JHall. as Tiking Part in Red Cross ."S.ISr' Herbert .Culbreth spent Sunday Campaign Onit . i.nn.w fmm Tim .tfOTdMl. wft,home folks at Moss Neck. v,wa a T, Qn thP cities and Z Aw Vi::""rrT Mr. G. M. Chandler attended -church r unerai lnursuay axwcinwn ; ivcpuno .-- mc j. it. pumc a o Jjaiuiiiuic meetinffs and work. They are faith ful workers. No matter how hot the afternoon, these patriotic ladies arei there, do all they can m the worK room and take home all they can do at home and still we have work cut waiting to be maae. .Ladies, this is leave. DOWN BOARDMAN WAY Tobacco Prices Please Farmers Busy Personal Mention for your country and not for the! Correspondence of The Robesonian. chairman this call is to you. All! Boardman, R. F. D., July 17 this work we are doing is needed i can almost point out the We tobacco very much, in fact urgent call comes from headquarters ior tne very ar- growers when we meet them on the road by the broad smile they are o'clock from the Baptist church,! towns in North Carolina taking part (jay. Parkton. Bulletins for Those Registered for tu nA,TaramAnf hna fipnt ouf brief irk. f.harlotte second with $47,000, bulletins for the instruction of those and Wilmington third with ?40,500. who are registered for military ser- The total amount contributed by vice. Mr. T. L. Johnson, chairman of NorthCarolina towns is given asdl4,- pvpmntinn hoard No. 1 of KODeson, 439.49. KOWiana is ine in the Red Cross S100,000,uuu cam The boy scouts left Monday morn paign, compiled by the Red Cross war irig, for Lake Waccamaw, where they council at Washington &nuw will camp a week. Rev. B. UJ. Stana Winston-Salem was tirst witn $ou,- has received a supply and those who ;are registered may obtain one by call ing at his office and inform them selves as to the requirements. Regular Quarterly of Lumberton, Dresden and Jennings Cotton MiHs Regular quarterly meetings of the Lumberton, Dresden and Jennings cot tnn mill wprp held vesterdav. Rou tine business was transacted and each of the three mills, which are under the same management, aeciarea amv it-lend satisfactory ' to the stockhold ers. at Moss Neck Sunday. Mr. Breece Fisher, who has been making his home with his uncle Mr. A. M. Breece for some time, is now with his grandmother Mrs. L. R. Breece in Lumberton. con pnnrtt.v town mentioned, its con tribution being $854. As has been; fun and prices1 were good, i j 3 ? rrvu DnhaATiian Trip rpasnn stateu in xue xwutovxm.., - - - . field chaperoned the boys. Mr. Dod Floyd of Barnesville has! accepted a position with his brother, Mr. E. G. Floyd, who runs a whole- Coal Operators WUl Meet Govern sale store here. J ment's Coal Needs This was another bit? tohaccn day I Coal onerators of four Eastern T.nmberton has not taken part in this campaign is because when the oppor tunities for service of the Red Cross and the National Special Aid societies were presented here the ladies of Lumberton decided to organize a branch of the National Aid, and they have been arid are doing splendid work, ojf Q number of neonle are contn- w; rh wppk to the .work of this society here and the local ladies with their sewing, canning and other units are doing effective worK. Total contributions' to the Red Cross war fund durincr the recent campaign ' week were $118,021,370, according to First Curing at 25 Cents the Pound Mr w. M. Warwick, who lives a ii 4-t, enl1 his first. curinST of tobacco in Lumberton yesterday a Washington dispatch. r or j. xl. and nfl til rail V l , ' he was 1. pfeased: She hundred Mr.. B. A. Anderson of Fair Bluff "ssomewheTe in France". Somebody for Fairmont. The houses were, all! States at a conference in Wlashing-. thought he read, it nv a daily paper ton Tuesday assured government oi- Monday, mr. u-oun riumps &a wic ficials they would meet all the gov- report is not correct, that his brother prnmoTit'B nui nppds and that thevi has been in a hosnital in would furnish amounts allottedto them London since early in May under by an agency the government might name. . The auestion of nrices was not considered, although Secretary Dan iels in a speech appealing to their patriotism declared the operators should come forward m the same spirit as shown by the men who don the uniform and go to France. The prices finally to be determined will be fixed after the Federal Trade commission has completed its investi gation of coal production costs The government coal requirements for the next vear were put at slightly more than five million tons. Much Mr. Henrv Bullock, who lives near of it must be of the so-called smoke battleships tides we are making. Won't you help j wearing. This season prices seem us? It will take a long time ior to please them, the 17 ladies to fill a ox ready to Mrs. E. T. Hester returned to her be sent away. Our soldiers are drill I home Saturday after spending sever ing in heat from 4 a. m. to 11 p. m. al days with relatives. Can't we give two hours of work a Mrs. James ' Jenerette attended week for them? church service at Lennon's Sunday a. We hope next Monday to have a Dig. m. after bemo- confined to her room crowd. for some considerable time on account x her health. Mr. Arthur Shaw has recently pur chased a Ford auto. Mrs. Jeff Jordan of the Whiteville section spent several days with her father and step-mother, Senator and Mrs. A. M. Kelly. Miss Fannie Kelly returned to her home after sPendine: a week at the Bank of Lumberton, had been killed t home of her uncle Dr. W. Rose Davis in Whiteville. Mr. Jesse Bullard of Brazil MRS. C. B. SKIPPER, Chairman, MRS. L. T. TOWNSEND, Vice Chm. Brother of Lumberton Man Has Been in the Thick of the Fight Somebody started a report Tuesday tn the effect that Mr. J. Macaulay Phillips, brother of Mr. Colin H. Phil lips, who is employed at the National TOBACCO BARNS BURNED Barnes filled with High.Priced Weed Go up in Smoke Mr. Roy Townsend of McDonald lost a large barn filled with good to bacco by burning Tuesday night. Jir, Townsend was curing the third crop ping from, 9 acres of tobacco in the barn and the loss was easily $500. Fire destroyed a tobacco barn fill ed with tobacco belonging to Mr. June W. Ashley of Fairmont yester day. The barn was on Mr. Ashley's farm near Fairmont. It was report ed that two other barns were burned m the same community recently. pounds of first curing brought him is a Lumberton visitor today, a guest Boardman, is a Lumberton visitor to. less variety for use by ba was calling on friends Sunday. Miss Belle Lewis spent Sunday at the home of her uncle Mr. John Kelly. Mrs. Jesse Lennon is on the sick treatment for a twisted knee, orjlist. that he was in the hospital up to two Master Gerald Kelly of Fairmont weeks ago but that now he may bei spent the week-end with his broth at home. He received a letter yes- er, Mr. Livey Kelly, terday from a sister in Scotland, the Mr. Atlas Freeman and Miss Liz letter dated two weeks ago, and she! zie Lennon of near Bladenboro at- wrote that they were expecting their, tended church bunday afternoon. brother home any day. Mr. J. M. Phillips is a lieutenant and has seen hard service in France. In one fierce engagement about half his company were killed, every officer being killed except himself, and he was not wounded. It has been reported that all but five of the company were kill ed, but Mr. Colin Phillips says that is incorrect. Lieut. Phillips is known to a number of Robesonian readers. Mr. J. WL Ellis of Bladenboro cot ton mill visited friends Sunday. The rains have ceased for the past few days and the farmers are trying to conquer general green. Mr. J. A. McAllister's place near Lumberton 5 or 6 years ago. After that Mr. Colin Phillips came to Lum berton and Mr. J. M. Phillips went to Georgia and returned to Scotland He and Mr. Colin Phillips farmed on shortly after the war began. glgO 01 his son mr. xi. xx. auuwsuu, uay. . . a riffl.J3jI2siillJwl4J auu iraiispux cs. ( 7 . IN.