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VOL. XLVIII
LUMBERTQN, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 2, 1917.
NUMBER 50
DRAFTED MEN MUST REPORT
FIRST 3 DAYS NEXT WEEK
Notices Mailed to 360 Registrants of
Robeson District 1 to Report in
Lumberton Mn Included in First
Draft Must Report Whether They
iceceve f ormal Notice or Not
M L-- . T
SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS
Torrential Rainfall Almost Halts Al
lied Offensive British and French
Troops Consolidate Positions Won
Russians Score Success
This morning's press summary of j
DOWN BOARDMA NWAY
BUIE AND PHILADELPHIA NEWS! PREMIUM LfST READY
Hot TSn on a h-T? o -m Ara rH A i-
S!?Bt-i-Exciting Experience! Fred Meetings-Fine Corn and
With a Mule High Tobacco Prices' n Ctton--Personal Mention
fP?n?-ljtfe Scho1 Building at UoresPondence of The Robesonian.
BladenbOro ; Uie Jxdy 31 Miss Katy McCal-
Boardman R. F. D., July 31-We .J near Red Springs has been
lio-vcu , neara any one sav toi
xt: ,, - " the War News savs: !W,'t i, ;;, " -spend in vw.,:; tiao ueen.
aiww;cs vfcxo uuuieu yesterday, a ... ,; , ,- w ,jr oay iui me - v. rr- wie aomes ot
from Lumb.rt.t. 360 ,. Jrf.fi&S? gfJSSS ESf -SflfS H'B- Ash,e -d - Katy
. T-.l-... J.- a-- . it - . -. 11 j - .. " l 7 "T Tiiii ou tuk- i.
;nT5 me Galoot, spent the week.
' Mr r S ot Miss R. D. Buie
of Robeson county , district No. 1 to ready hard of negotiation at manv
report in Ltunberton the first three! Pomts---uto a veritable quagmire al-
days of next week for examination
before the exemption board. One
hundred and twenty men are to re
port each of the three days Monday,
most naited dunner Wednesdav tnp
great allied offensive against theGer
mans in Flanders. ; -For
the most part the dav was
spent by the British and French
Tuesday and Wednesday. The names ! troops in consolidating positions won
oi an uie meu w worn notices were j m i uesuay ' s spectacular drive or in
ton would grow.
enough to suit us all.
get
It seems to be hot
Thp Who-at rr-rn-nrav? Mr. D. P. Tni- anJ " , . '
had their wheat threshed recently, - " M Brown will leave for a
Mr. Ed Hester of Bladenboro doing of days trip through the coun-
the work. Mr. A. J, Branch had-the by auto for Raleigh tomorrow
largest yield per acre that we -have' , ev. A. S. Parker, who has been
learned of, which was 18 bushels noi(1ng a meeting. here for the last
i week." anrf
. i ... . - i.i . . . , i w "v vHown tt c ,i r"""j win L Oil Linilc
mailed were DUblisnea m Mn-ndav's- TvntiTir H
. u j r uciuiau vuuuwi I, n iij.chvc UUi UlSCUltS IX WCj , o xixc tuuau Ui. tms WeCK IS an
xwircawiiKiu. v attacKS. maae in endeavors to wrpst. would lust trv. wic preacner. anri of c
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Atom meir antagonists tneir tormerr xwo misses liewis or Whitevilie u as oeen accomplished here bv
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Get a Prpminm i ;.- .a o. t
to Haxe Exhibits at RoHpU, r J -TT Dr- Tho?- F. Costner moved his
ty Fair in NovemberMnnr' !5"lce Tuesday from his residence.
Are Offered I Uiestnut street, to over the Popa
The premium - list for the annual T v .
Kobeson county fair already has License has been issued for the
been printed and any farmer ie- marriage of Daisy Wiggins and Rob
siring to get one can get same by tll J?u ncan Karie Murray and Archia
calling at The Robesonian office, the! M- V-
ni re rreeman Printing Co.! ine sidewalks in the residential
Posting of the notice at the court
house is considered sufficient notice,
and if any registrant .whose number
is included in the first 360 drawn
should by any reason fail to receive
the formal notice from the board he
should report anyway. Any of the
number who fails to report will be!
taken for service and will be barJ
red from making any claim for ex
emption. The exemption board of (district
No. 1, Mr. T. L. Johnson of Lumber
ton chairman, was in session the first
three days of the week, working on
these . notices. It completed that
part of its labors yesterday and got
out all the notices. The exemption
board of district No. 2, Mr. A. R. Mc-
Eachern of St. Pauls chairman, has
positions
At two points near Ypres the Ger
mans , using great masses of men,
were successful in their counter at
tacks against the British but this ad
or at Mr. W. I. Linkhaw's sabs sta
The date of the fair this year will
be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and. Fnday,. November 6, 7, 3 and 9.
The officers of the fair are: presi
dent; Frank Gough, vice-president, V.
D. Baker; secretary-treasurer, W. O.
Thompson; managers, D. D. French,
W. O. Thompson and B. Sam Edwards.
and Yser canal sectors, where resDec
tively the British and French troops
advanced their lines.
Meanwhile the guns of the. bellig
erents are continuing to roar all along
the entire front in reciprocal bom
bardments preparatory to the re
commencement of the infantry battle
when the clouds lift and the "rainfall
cease.
The losses of th Teutons in the
fighting thus far have been extremely
heavy, the ground at various points
and a Miss Smith of Elkton are spend-: ms able sermons. At the close of the
. J ATiiooco , . ni.l liUlUIIJeace an-l IVianV DriZPS Will hA ?Far-atl TUa
and Fannie Kelly. other revival, at the M. E. church at State LSSSJJrfA e. 15!
rue protracted meeting at Galud -pnngs. ! contributed $110. thtnTT.!
cnurcn near madenooro was held last n. a. Ashley and Walter berton S100 ad tt. k J. "r.1
' - V A. VVl4W IT
i'imuissiuners$iuu,Desiaes many other
vantage was offset in the Zillebeke5 week and as oxsual Rev. Fred Collins JcMillan spent Saturday in Favette
J V 1 . A. -i i Jli 1 1 1 J i ,.! tnlla J 1 J5WC.
ueiivereu some vnrv an r ann np mmi '
j r r-
sermons.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock Fields of Clark
ton visited in this vicinity. Sunday.
Master Gordon, Porter, son of .Mr.
J. E. Porter, had a very dansrerous
been in session every day this week being covered with their dead some
at Red Springs and is in session of the killed mere school boys and
there today. In conversation over; seemiilly .unfitted phytoically f off ard
.the 'phone this morning Mr. Mc-j uous trials soldiers in the present war
Eachern advised The Robesonian that; must undergo. In addition the Brit
he thought it hardly possible for hisj ish have taken more than 5,000prison-
board to mail out notices today.
As 5 days must elapse from, the date
of mailing notices before the first
third must report for examination,
registrants of district No. 2 will not
have to report at Red Springs until
later next week. If notices are mail
ers 4,000 of them on the Ypres sal
ient. -
On the southern end of the front,'
nJ? arif srfy to report Miss Vera
tfntt, who has been sick for several
weeks, now confined to her room,
and hope for her speedy recovery.
Messrs. Tmv QnH JnV, ni.. fj
i r- - j u- v vim iiiiivrrr iriii
exoerience recently. He went ' into Mrs. Alexander
the stable to bridle the mule and the etteville, going over to see Mrs J
mule had his head to the back of ; the- Glover, who is there in a hos
stable. As he started around thei tal.
mule began kicking and hemmed him' . Mr. c. C. Baxley, one of our best
in the corner and probably would have" farmers in the Buie section, has some
killed him had his father not rescued, corn and cotton that are hard to beat.
mm,, -tie was hit several times out
is not thought to be seriously injur
ed. . , , , .
Mr. Jesse Bullard was a pleasant
caller in this section Sunday after
noon
Movements
Red Springs News Item
of the Peooi.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
ea -springs, Aug. 1 Miss Rosellc
cash and other useful prizes. Prem
iums win be given for exhibits of all
breeds of chickens, domestic stience
exhibits including pantry supplies,
canned vegetables and fruits. tire-
serves, jelly, sundries, candy, etc.
xancy worK, painting, flowers, all
sorts of farm products, hoers ' ratfip
mules and horses, clothing, millinery,
etc.
The domestic science department
will be under the direction of Mes-
dames A. S. King, chairman, S. A.
Branch, N. A. Brown. L. B. Barnes.
j. i. amgietary, Harvey King, C. B
lhompson, u. T. Pate. F. F. Wet-
more and Misses Carrie Edens . and
Verdun sector, the Germans continue
to carry out offensive operations
Tobacco farmers are still wearing (at Wake Forest after snt-ndine- thp
smiles. We know of one man. sell-iysummer with her aunts Mis. J. C Al
mg a single load tor $o3o. u tnatnau and Mrs. J. H. McKay.
Mt-
TTi.; T- mi f i
McKinnon hZ'?' TA r"v xuie- Iarin Products de-
' n xu , tP Jl "ns panment win De under the super
in the region of the Aisne and the1 wouldn't make one smile we don tv Misses Elizabeth Frye, Carrie
know what it would take.
War, it seems to us, is
'vtV11,- an.d Mafy McEichem will leave ment will
getting. to ay lor New York, where they will, Messrs. E.
'-against General Petain's armies. In: be very serious, when our boys- right spend a month.
aA fVTYl ATTrtTO' Vl v will Tlrt douht be i on. f fy,o.i. v,oi7tt KomKarrimenf i from hom- have to so, probably for
required to report Wednesday, Thurs.f ai0ng the entire Aisne region, how-! ever. We think it as getting to be
day and Friday of next week, 120 ever, the French in a vigorous coun- strenuous. - . '
men reporting each day. In Mon-,ter attack east of Cerny again have! The farm-life school building at
day'a Robesonian was also publish-1 made progress and taken prisoners. ! Bladenboro is neanng completion and
ed a list of all the names, of reg- j On the other hand the Germans' we must say it s a real beauty, awl
istrants who will be required to re- northwest of Verdun in an attack' we hope it will be what we have been
port on the first call in district No. were able to penetrate first line needing. -
2. . . : trench elements in the region be-j Listen for the wedding bells.
No.l yesterday elected Dr. W. A. 80. . Fairmont News Letter Gimpse of i Goodwin have returned to Lumber-
Mrs. A.B.Pearsall. Miss Euni
sail andMissJulia Hall leftTuesday af
ternoon for Junaiuska, the- Methodist
assembly grounds near Waynesville.
Miss Annie Johnson is visiting Miss
Leeh Slaughter in Goldsboro.
Mrs. Edwards vof Goldsboro is vis
iting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. A.
J. Parker.
Mrs. T. J. Goodwin and Miss Vergie
vision of Messrs. W. P. Barker, chair
man, j. In. Keagn, W. K. Culbreth,
J. S. Oliver, L. E. Blanchard and W.
G. Gilchrist. The poultry denart-
be under the charge of
B. Freeman, T. M. Brock.
R. T. Allen and D. J. Watson. The
sections of town are heW r'p?rvf
of grass and weeds, which . makes ,
walking much more comfortable.
Mr. J. M. Terry, clerk at the Mc
Millan drug store, returned Monday
night from his home at Blackville,
S. C, where he went three weeks ago
on account of sickness. Mrs. Terry
is expected to return the last of thia
week. Mr. Jas. Spivey, employed for
some time at the Jennings cotton
mill store in North Lumberton, went
Tuesday to Wilmington to work for
Armour & Co. The big companies
are having to replace lots of men who
have volunteered or who are taken
in the draft.
Rev. W. R. Davis, formerly pas
tor of East Lumberton Baptist church
and some country churches, arrived
Tuesday with his family from, Bur
lington, their present home, and they
will spend some days here visiting
friends. They mad? the trip across
country in their auto.
Mr. E. G. Sipher. field represent
ative for the Woodmen of the World,
arrived home last night from a trio.
He travels over five or six counties
in Eastern North Carolina and he
says he has never seen before such
good crops generally, so much corn,
and the farmers so prosperous.
-Mrs. G. ,B. McLeod and daugh
ter, Miss Irene, left last evening .for
Waynesville, where they will spend
some time. Mrs. McLeod's son, Mr.
G. Badger McLeod, will leave next
Mondav for Waynesville in their uto
- -"ni accompanied bv Messrs.
live stock department' will be under W. P. McAllister and Earl Townsend.
the charge of Messrs A K. Morrison, Rev. Dr l. Grv?.
McPhaul an additional
aminine physician and
reemlar ex-i A1fV.rwn.Vi fVa AiKtrrt-fiarmoTia fnn-t Passing lhrong
DrS. T. C.Uinue to press the Russians in Galicia! Correspondence of The Robesonism
Johnson .and J. A. .Martin special j and, BokoWina, having, the Horoden
examining - yhysicians. to . assJst.;JJnUj2Jltm5.them' along the Horoden-1 lor .r-r
B. W. Page, a member of fheoflrdTfHfrwfti railway uniT wth of t Mw. Jy:rBie1ieapAllet.-t
Fairmont. Aue. 1 Mrs, V. H. Tay
lor is. . visitincr her parents, Mr. aiid
itv makinte tiie physicial exammaL th Dniester river, the Russians
tions. 1 ' southeast of Tarnpool in the vicinity
Those who wish to file claims for j 0f TrembowU have taken the off en-
exemption must do so immediately
after they have successfully, passed
physical examination, and they then
have ten days in which to file affi
davits supporting their claim.
TOBACCO PRICES SOARING
The Weed Continues to Bring High
si vp in an endeavor to prevent the
northern end of their line in Galicia
from being pushed back further to
ward the Russian frontier. The Rus
sians have been successful in captur
ing one enemy vantage point.
On the northeastern frontier ot
Rumania the combined Russo-Ruman-ian
forces are keepine up their ad-
Prices Farmers Handling More- vantasre against th Austrians ' and
Money Than Usual 'Germans.' In their smash at the en-
Tobacco prices continue to soar and. emy line between the Putna and Cas
the smiles of the tobacco growers, m valleys they have penetrated it to
000 pounds of tobacco was sold on the! and captured 98 euns and in the! vis, Tom Hughes, Wiley Taylor and send
Mr. Robert Lancaster of St. Pauls
arrived Tuesday night and will, fill
the vacancy at the Fairmont drug
stor of Mr. John Stubbs of Parkton,
who was called to report at Charlotte.
r - - . i i jl
Mr. Stubbs is a memoer oi tne nat
ional guard. He. left Tuesday night
for Parkton, where he will spend a
1 few days with his parents before go
ing to unariotte.
Miss Margaret Worley of Hender
aonville arrived Saturday night and
will - spend some time here with her
f cCfcll6T
Misses Vera Purvis, Georgie Kyle,
Lillian Baker, Chat Ratley and Ber.
tha Jenkins and Messrs. wiayne fur
ton after spending a few days vis
iting: Mrs. A. B. Pearsall.
Miss Clara de Vane is visiting Mrs.
John de Vane in Fayetteville.
JUiss - Gladys West of Dover, after
spending the weekiend with Miss Bes
sie Jones, left Tuesday for Lumber-
i ton to visit Miss Marie Thompson.
Mr. uouglas McMillan has return
ed from a business trip to Wilmington.
Mrs. Leo O. Miller of Richmond is
visiting Miss Bessie Jones
Robertson, A. G. McDougal and Jno
la. McNeill.
The fair was a grand success last
year and no doubt will be much more
of a success this year, as many more
premiums are offered and the people
of the county generally are becoming
more and more interested in the. fair.
Get a premium list and prepare to
have something on exhibition.
SPELL OF HOT WEATHER
Monday in his auto for his summer
heme at Riderecrest, where he will
spend a month's vacation. Dr.Greaves
family have been at Ridgecrest for
some time. Dr. Greaves was accom
panied by Mr. John T. Biggs. Mr.
Biggs will return home tomorrow or
Saturday.
Mr. X. W. McDairmid of Chase
City, Va., is a ruest at the home of
his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. O. C, Norment, Sixth street
Miss.1" Amanda McDairmid, who lives
with Mr. and Mrs. Norment, is a
daughter of Mr. McDairmid. Mr.' Mc
Dairmid is a son of the late Mr. W.
S. McDairmid. the founder of The
Charlotte to work for a few weeks.
Miss Lila Bryne is visiting friends
in Richmond.'
Mr. Joe Buie has returned from a
visit to Mr. A. T. McCallum at Mon
treal Miss Lou Mitchell Faison of War
saw is visiting Miss Hannah Town-
Lumberton market yesterday and an-, neighborhood of 4500 prisoners.
other big sale was made today, as;
Gov. Bickett would say, the prices are: SENATE ADOPTS PROHI-
playing tango with the stars and the. BITION RESOLUTION
farmers have a rijrht to smile. Wiieni
two-horse loads sell for from $300 to;
S600 it means monev for the tobacco! States Must be Asked to Ratify
growers more money than the av
erase farmer ever handled before. It
Amendment Within 6 Years
Yet to Act on Resolution
-House
is well with the farmer and espec-l Washington Dispatch, Aug. 1.
iallv with the tobacco crrowers: andi A resolution for submission to the
may it continue to be so.
Big sales are being held at Fair
mont this week and prices are high.
John Bracy motored over to Jackson
Springs Sunday, where they spent tne
day.
Mrs. Harry Davis left Saturday for
Martinsville,where she will visit rela
tives. She was accompanied by her
father-in-law, Mr. E. J. Davis. Mr.
Davis is connected with the Robeson
county warehouse here. He return
ed Monday. . '
Misses Marv Belle and Lorotny
States of a nrohibitiot. amendment to! Ricks, who have been visiting rela
the Federal constitution was adopted tives and friends at Beaufort, re
late today by the Senate. The vote j turned home Monday night,
was 65 to 20, eight more than the! Miss Lee McClemey of Chadboum
CANNING CAMPAIGN CONTINUED; necessary two-thrds. spent the week-end with Mrs. L. ritt-
As adopted the resolution contains ! man.
It Has Been Decided to Continue thei a provision that the States must bs
Campaign- Program for Nxt! asked to ratify the amendment with
Week
'Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Canning campaign program for
next week as follows:
Monday, Aug. 6 St. Pauls.
Tuesday, Aug. 7 Roziers.
Wednesday, Aug. 8 Floral college.
Thursday, Aug. 9 Turnout.
Friday, Aug. 10 Rowland.
Saturday, Aug. 11 Proctorville.
These are all-day meetings. Mon
day, Wednesday, Friday meetings are
to be held for the club ems. There
is so much canning done through Au-.
gust and September it has been decid
ed to continue this canning campaign.
NENA RHYNE,
Home Demonstration Agent, Robeson
County.
Last Meeting of Pension Board for
the Yer
The county pension board will
meet Monday of next week m
Lumberton in the office of Clerk of
the Court C. B. Skipper for the pur
pose of considerine applications for
pensions. This will be the last meet
ing of the board for the year.
$651.70 for a Load of Tobacco
Mr. L. H. Britt of Lumberton, R. 4,
broueht.a 2-horse load of tobacco
to Lumberton yesterday and sold it
for ?651.70.
Mr. Geo. M. Whitfield went last
night to Wilmington to spend, a few
davs on business.
Rev. Dr. G. E. Moorehouse, pastor
-of the Presbyterian church, returned
last night from a business trip of ten
days to Louisville, Ky., and Atlanta,
Ga.
Miss Alma Trader of Raleigh is a
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. McLeod. She arrived . this
morning from Atlanta and will w-J
rt-l tt J.,-1 - A.
m six years, rne nouse still must
act" on the resolution.
' Stone's Amendment Rejected
Senator 'Stone's iamenctment pro
viding for compensation by the gov
ernment for damages to property
growing out of the -enforcement of
the , prohibition amendment, was re
jected 50 to 31.
The proposed constitutional amend
ment is the first initiated by Con.
Miss Dorothy Shockett returned' Mrs. Mollie Potter Ceiebrales Her
Wednesday morning from Lumberton, 77 Birthday
Mercury Registered 100 Yesterday
and Tuesday in Lumberton Hot"1
test Spell Since 1914 When Mercury
Went to 106 for 2 Davs
Some hot spell, this. Everybody j Robesonian, and has many mends
and his wife and family have discov-; here who are glad to have him back
ered that for themselves, but mavbe 1 in Lumberton for a spell. He will
Mr. Frank McMillan has ffone , to you don't know just how hot it is leave tomorrow or Saturday for his
1 1 0 . i j 1 t. -n 1 1 . n -,:.
oniciauy, ana mayoe it win De some, nome at unase v-iiy.
comfort to know that officially, as' Mrs. R. R. Carlyle, daughter of,
well as unofficially and unadulter- Mrs e. K. Proctor of Lumberton,
atedly, itis hot. j who went with her husband to Texas
Yesterday and Tuesday the records some months ago on account of the
of Mr. B. M. Davis, local observer, latter's health, has for the past two
show that the thermometer went . to months been regularly employed aa
100. t The hottest day of the summer : coloist and choir director of the First
prior to Tuesday was June 24, when Baptist church of San Antonio, of
the mercury made the same record. which Rev.Dr.F J.Porter, a brother of
That is the highest record mzde since pw. a. H. Porter of Whitevilie, is
tin McKinnon for the past two weeks j July, 1914, when for two days, July pastor. The other night at the church
will leave x.i f uit u;icLuuipc in i : v aim nn- m m. v i v-, me cnoir Uliucr uia. a uucv-
f ew days to enter the training camp, i the hottest ever recorded here since tion gave a sacred concert for the
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Johnson spent! Mr. Davis has been keeping the rec- soldiers, and this was followed by re
Wednesday, in Lumberton. ords. some 19 or 20 years. For a week! Jfesbments. Mrs. Carlyle's ehoir
Miss Mae Brown is in a hospital in; in July 1914 the record shows, over; aiso fcas been giving concerts at Fort
Hamlet. Her friends hope for her; 100. In June, 1914, week beginning Houston, near San Antonio.
speedy recovery. j 23rd, the thermometer registered from ,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Buie and 100 to 103. . I Want New Road in Globe Swamp
children of Florida are visiting Mr. The heat wave is general all over jr. R. M. Phillips and other lead
Buie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. the country. A dispatch "n this mom- ns citizens of the Globe Swamp sec.
Buie. i ings papers states that heat claim-j tion will appear before the county
: .1 1 1 : .-ICC AWAnc ti r.. q4q. I a AT ?-4-
cu iic uvea oi ii- ycicuao in , commissioners at uieir reguiai iiioi,-
New York yetserday, while hundrels' Monday meeting of next week and
of others were prostracted. . 1 make another effort to tret a road
Mr. David Robeson of Council, who
has been visiting his sister Mrs. Mar
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
wprp sVip has been visitinsr friends
Miss May Clark of St. Pauls spent
the week-end with Miss Lois Hayes.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. 3, July 1 Thurs
day, July 26th, was spent in a most
pleasant manner at the home of Mrs.
Local Lumber MiUs Busy on Orders Mollie Potter, it being the celebra
i extended to the Creek road from the
! Globe swamp. Down where Mr. Phil
lips lives the folks are bottled up
of Lumber for Cantonments
Uncle Sam is requiring a tremend.
tion of her 77th birthday. Despite
the extremely warm weather, a large
or- mills ar a sunolvincr a part of it
Mr. W. F. Beerv. representing a New
gress since that providing for popular. York company that has the contract
i A1A..;nr TTnifo. Gf-ooi SoriQ-f nrc fnr KnilfUnor faTtorimpnt No. 2 at
otis amount of lumber these days forj number of the family connections
building cantonments, and local ium-j gathered m due time feeling good
and seemingly happy.
At the noon hour
ol option rf Unitpd States? Senators, for huildinc cantonment No.
approved in 1911. It is the first Camp Long Island, has been making j
time that either branch of congress jLumperton neaaquarters or auu
has approved a constitutional amend-! month, visiting mills in this section
mPi. for. nrohibition. A few vears of thp State and expediting ship-
ago a similar resolution in the House ments. The Kingsdale mill here has
received a majority, but failed of the
required two-thirds.
Prohibtion leaders of tile House
now claim enough votes to insure
submission of an amendment to the
States. When the resolution can be
considered in the House is uncertain,
but its friends will seek early discus
sion.
of
a large picnic
table was spread in the yard neath
the shade of the trees and was filled
with goodies from end to end, every
one declaring it the most beautiful
table they had ever seen, and after
having finished the best they had
ever eaten.
After the dinner was over witn
a contract for 8 carloads of lumber
for this cantonment. The Butters an(j the presents presented, Rev. J.
R. Miller of Fairmont read a cnap
ter and held 'prayer.
Later watermelons and fruits were
served. It was "indeed a great oc
casion. t
Mrs. Potter has 4 children living
Lumber Co. at Boardman has shipped
38 cars and has ten more cars to snip.
The Waccamaw Lumber Co., the Alam
Lumber Co., and other mills in this
section are shipping lumber for this
-ant.onmpTt. The erreat problem is
to get the lumber shipped quickly,andi Mrs. J. W. Hedgepeth, Mrs. E. H
V ... M A pm T ! . 1 '
Personal News Ims From Lowe
Corresoondence of The Robesonian.
Lowe. Aue. 2 Misses Edna and .h it is inconvenient -rettinc out and
Dovie Prevatt spent Wednesday night getting mail. A road about a mile
with their sister and brother-in-law,1 iong aCross the swamp would put
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ttfner. them in easy reach of the Creek
Mrs. N. H. Andrews of Rowland is roa(i and tbey would have the ad
visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs.? vantage of a good road all the way
Jno. Prevatte. 'to Lumberton. As it is now they
Dr. Carl V. Tyner, who have been ave to go three miles out of their
practicing medicine in Bellvue hos- way to get to Lumberton, and though
pital, New York city, is visiting his Boardman is almost in hollering dis
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Tyner. ! tance they have to go a lnff way
Mrs. Stone of Lake Waccamaw is
spending a few days with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Prevatte.
Mrs. H. J. Langston of Richmond,
Va., and Mrs. H. W. Baucom of
Morehead City are visiting their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hi. lyner.
around to get there. They thought
they had that road a year ago, and
the folks went to ,work and cut it
out, but the matter has been held up.
It is to be hoped the people of the
Globe Swamp will at last be given
. rplip-f thev so much need. It
Food Control Bill Reported Out
Conference
Washington Dispatch, Aug. 1.
The administration food control
hill, stripped of the features oppos
ed by President Wilson, was reported
out of conference today, just one
month after the date the President
had hoped to see it enacted into law.
Enactment some time next week
now is predicted. House conferees
will make their report tomorrow and
favorable action probably will be tak
en Friday. Senate approval probably
will follow early next week, although
extended debate is expected in the
Senate, nwincr to elimination of Sen
ate amendments, which would have
provided for a congressional war ex
penditures committee and a three
member food control board.
all other freight must make way for
these shipments. This sort of freight
has precedence over every other class,
and its movement requires an im
mense number of cars. Even after
these cantonments are built it is
hardly probable that the cars used m
hauling this lumber will be released
for movement of the ordinary run of
freight. -
Mrs. C. H. Boyd and son, John
Robert, will so Saturday to Hender.
sonville, where they will spend some
time.
Mr. Neill Baxley. formerly of Lum
K.t-4-.ti -riaifp. rplatlves at St. Pauls
the first of the week and returned Walter Rawlings, 40 years old, a
Tuesdav to his home In WilmingtonJ internment farmer of Mecklenburg
-m. -a r -v.i - Ttr XT I T 1
Messrs. R. M. Phillips and W. H.
Bullock of the Globe Swamp section
were Lumberton visitQrs Tuesday.
Prevatte, J. A. and T. D. Potter, all
of whom live, near her. Her grand
children number 21, and great-grandchildren
12. She has 4 brothers J.
F. and Henry Stubbs of the Center
section, Benton Stubbs of Clio, S. C,
and William Stubbs of Purvis
Mrs. Potter seems to be enjoying
good health and all that day she said
she was feeling unusually good. She
hardly realized her age. How thank
ful we are to God for his blessing our
dear mother with a long life.
We hope to meet her again in the
coming years. ,
ELMER HEDGEPETH
countv. was killed by a S. A. L. pas
senger train Tuesday while' he was
walking on the track.
Mr. W. R. Tvner left Monday for. innvs liv a shame to keep folks bot-
Raleigh to drive back a new Over-j tie( up like that when a mile cut
land car, on account of running short! would put them on a good road.
here. ...
Mrs. J. M. Powell, who underwent j pi to Use Drugs o Escape Draft
an onpration for appendicitis at
Highsmith hospital, Fayetteville has
returned home mucn improved.
Miss Cora Tyner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Tyner, who has been
in New York city in school, has re
turned home.
Miss Flora Carlyle, who has been
visitine relatives around
has returned home.
Mr. Ed Humphrey of the Saddle
tree section came to Lowe Wednes
day ami bought a new Overland car.
Greenville, S. C, Aug. 1 The sec
ond battalion of the Second North
Carolina regiment, the headquarters
company, the supply company and
part of the sanitary detachment, ar
rived at Camp Sevier early this af
ternoon and promptly began unload
insr nrenartorv to sitchinr their tents
on their camp site adjacent to that of
the First South Carolina. The troops
came from Goldsboro.
New York Dispatch, July 31.
Evidence that young men were plot
ting to evade conscription by the use
of a heart stimulant which would
cause their rejection by medical ex
aminers was laid before United States
District Attorney Caffey todav by
Denutv Attorney General Conklinfl..
Fairmont,, representing, the New York adjutant
general. An immediate investigation
was ordered.
Mr. Conkling obtained the informa
tion from a man whose name he with
held, but who told him that a physi
cian of pronounced pro-German sym
pathies had arranged to treat two
young men with the drug previous to
their examination by the draft ex
emption board of their district.
Dr. Carl Osterhaus , of the bureau
of information for medical examin
ers said, it would be an easy matter
to detect the presence of the drug
and that tests woutt be applied in
every case of unusual heart activity.
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