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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCB VOL, XLVIII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. AUGUST 6, 1917. NUMBER 5i i . , Distinguished Military Figure Chats WUh a Lumberton- Crowd at Sta tion Drafted) Men May Not Go to France iu spring un Way to Wilmington Major.General Leonard Wood, U. S. A., commanding the Southeastern department, passed through Lumbar ton on a special car attached to the 10:05 Seaboard train this morning en route to Wilmington. General AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN Autos Must be Parked on North Side of Streets Instead of South Side as Herctf oreDog Owners Must Pro. duce License Receipts Salaries Taxes Must be Paid in Without De ay Mayor Jas. D. Proctor and the town commissioners held their refmlaT CAPITAL OFFENSE - : TO RESIST DRAFT LAW Registered Men, Who Resist Selective Drait Face Military Court Martial and Possibility of Execution for Desertion Washington Dispatch, Aug. 4. ROZIER NEWS ITEMS BOAD RIDGE BREEZES and Big Prices for Tobacco Social Personal items Correspondence of The F.obesonian. Rozier (Lumberton, R. 2), Aug. 4 The weather continues to be very A GOOD TIME TO PAY UP Tobacco is selling high and now "Wood came out on the platform of hi9 car and while the train was stopped chatted with the large crowd that had gatntjred at the station to see him. While talking about the war and things pertaining to war, Gener al Wood said that it was not ' prob.; changed provides that within able that those dratted into the army Registered men who rpsist tVp Sp- monthlv mpptino- in fha j lective Draft law face militarv court! -would k e , knu uail i ll. rwo-4-;1 J .. v . n wcltoulc day evening, all members of the board SShJa f desf.rtlon. an( the possi- section, for the crom being pcesent excent. Mr F r ?.llltv .of execution for desertion in Ior ine croPs Johnson. - The ordinance relative to parking Farmers Tickled Ov.r ;ri, p,. for Tobacco Some Snake Stor ! be a 0i time for tobacco grow Two Marriags A Reqest to "Aunt! ers to Pav tneir Robesonian subscrip. Beckv" , . I tion, if already takincr the nanpr. smrf Correspondence of The Robesoniar. i11 be a good time for those not Broad Ridge (Lumberton, R. 4).' taking it to subscribe. "Happy Jack. Ann- A Tow, . j i . of TVio T?rK are1 wwtwiuau a dwckii, is on tne i w v. WAVU time of war. The whole military and Civil nnmpr gf fha TTdn-l ! -LUOSt Of t.ho farmero nfa. nl,v,nl eiative to narkmpi , r""r . -uc.iai kuywu- , . . auu automobiles wa ehanpd to rpadM Senv ana. the civil power of the , curing tobacco. The weed is hot. an d d a a i..- . Auk. 4 Farmers around hr - j kwu xBxx-esninff xain j . . ., . . .. tt.i. j i ; . . i . . , ubuut uone curing tooacco ana how! u wiu De aengntea to re a welcome visitor m this tickkd they are with the high prices! cei& neeamg vnen you meet some ot then you! can teu tnat tney'ye received nigh' BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS price a bv the piP-ht-mrh trrin tv, .,rai "viJ Jr.W3 are ram. would be called to the training camps before late in October, and that they -would not see service in. France be. fore next spring. He said, however, that the national guard will probably go to the front about mid-winter. General Wood asked what the peo ple in this section thought about the war. One man remarked, "We think we are going to whip 'em,;" another said "We are 'raring' to go". Gen. Wood replied to the last answer by saying, "You will get enough of it." Wilmington has planned a grand reception for "Gen. Wood and he will speak at the Harbor Island auditor, ium, tonight. He will visit Fayette, villa tomorrow. EXAMINING DRAFfED MEN wi ox streets instead ox i "south" side. Heretofore the ordin ance has provided that 'autos should be parked south side of side streets between Sixth and the Seaboard rail way, wnereas tne ordinance as this limit they shall be parked on the north side of streets. Autos must not be parked on Elm street at all. They may be parked on Che'stnut street, on the west side. They must be . parked at an agle "of about 45 1 degrees to the sidewalk with the prices by the eight-inch grin thy are wearing, while you can find others i that are smiling behind their ears. rodder pulling is on the way and there are several that, dread it . It happened the other day that some men were in the tobacco patch crouDine- tobacco and n "hTorl- cnalro" Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoro,a, of??5.unaay and reported a very pleasant; cam? along. Well, they dian't want i iic "ecu la Dnn?iner a bic nriw nnH mncf nf j r- x- w "iwoc VI tile iarmers are wearing a si-iilp on fcount of the high prices it is bring- ana we can't blame them. eral Crowder, provost marshal' gener.j ,A, lare crowd from Rozier attend al, in response to reports from N0rthia the quarterly meeting at Ten Mile States, cities or counties will be em ployed to bring them back to book. This was- announced in a formal statement tonight by Brigadier Gen anti-draft, distnrhnnpoo A vof tfceivime WW W. WHUVVMI JVV VUV power of the Federal government has not been invoked by the Governors of the three States nor by the agents of the Department of Justice. The License has been issued for tho marrAagre of James Palaton and Qua, sie, West; Oscar Davis and Mary Dix. Mr. Forest Hamilton of Mariet ta was a Lumberton visitor Saturday. Mr. Hamilton purchased a new Grant automobile from thp ! to kill the poor thing so they tried to! Co. . " No. Mr. and Mr W C. nnv.-n-. 1:4. i run him awav hv ViimVinr V,,- nnH,l t i . . tie dauP-htPr f a.; ""xT3 dirt. This ml tho TJU,u""wn cnapter XM o.. 114, O. snent nnp rcnfi 4. i, I mad.so hp wnnld inmn tftwao fV,a, 1 ppl.. ?j eet .1Tt .. Masonic hall j; i,r -jr iwwwiinj ci I, mc 1IUII1B , J r v.",..w vuwxu XUUrSOaV. AUffUSt 9th nt 8 r v. T- oi Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lowe. Miss and every hill of tobacco he passed 1 IS dpsirod thof oil l- onKr official nntifo t-;-, in Woeh. Dannie Britt lft Fridntr w two,, he srot a chew. Thpv wouldn't, o-pti Q memuw!' De pres- ington of the disturbancp was a tel egram trom the Governor of North instructed to place an order for as phalt surfacing compound for repair, ing streets. Mr. F.- A. Wishart, sanitary offi cer and street superintendent, was instructed to take a census of the dogs in town, and their owners; and to call upon owners to produce li cense receipts for their dogs. He must give public notice that on the 11th of this month indictments will issue against owners who may not have paid tax on their dogs. 33 Men Had Been Examined Ud to1 The last Legislature placed the du. Noon Today No Man to be Ex-jty of collecting license and privilege empted on, Account of Weight ! taxes upon the town clerk and treas. THJ . , --- ... """, ' .1 , ,. uiduen countv. wnerp shP wi anonH ium away uu mev miei his pvps I i "Four rJrt nj. 1, 1 1 1 ,i 1 4"Vt A 1 QnJ Vt n nAiil 3 i-1 nVht frnnt whppl no-nint thQ pnyh c6iain iroxn me governor oi iNortn "xi t "ic uoiiie 01 ner Drotn-. "11Vi "c -uulu" scc mcin. ngnx iron, wneei against tne euro. r"QTrti;T, .,4. n . . A erun-law nnd oiator. Mr. tvt. ! Now dd vnn Pvpr hpnr f ? cnoto ine town cierK and treasurer wasi 4. ' . v.. . f,. . . . ' Fdo-ar- t? q;h tt- j ht n'tWr'WKon..n? wn v.. c0. men ui two tuwiisiiius in inat oLate im, auu iurs. ri.i -w...v bvruuww . ooure H W I... a . . ; I J T- i ' - 1 J 1 jt Ml vyuum ox nait swamp spent Sunday peopie were uown Dy tiie mm pond, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. after that, plowing, zrA they came jonn Lowe. Mr. Will Olphin of Fav 1 across r more snakes, so they stop Nw Ruling in Regard to Married Men urer, tnss wotk neretoiore navmg been performed by the chief of po- Thirtvjfive men had bepn examined! lice. The board fixed the salary for by the local army exemption board , this work at $25 the month, m addi might refuse in a body to comply with tne summons, ior examination. . No official word came from. Okla homa, where the most serious situ ation prevails. It was believed the Governor is confident that order can be restored without military . aid. There will be no hesitation, however, in employing Federal troops if they are needed. . NEAR SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT tip to noon today. The decision of the board as to whether those exam ined up to noon passed the physical examination or not will be announc tion to his salary as clerk and treas urer. The salary of Supt. McNeill of the light and water plant was raised to $90 the month from $75. The ed this afternoon and the others to be salary of Mr. F.-A. Wishart, sani. xam'ned will be notified immediate-1 tary officer and street superintend ly after they have been examined' ent, was raised to $75 the month from whether or not they pass. i $70. A wire message received from the; It was ordered that Mr. Jno. L. War Department this morning ad. i McNeil be paid $1 a night for the vised the board not to exempt any i time he served as truck driver while man on account of weight and not! Mr. Ed Glover was in the hospital to exempt a man married or . with .L when he underwent recently an ope othed deoerdents unless his income ration for appendicitis, amounted to more than the army ' Mayor Proctor and Town Clerk and pays. This is a new ruling ana tne; .treasurer xownsenu weie msnuucu was sompwhnt handicanned tn renew notes aue August as xuu 1 I 1 1 1 ....i I. L'nMmnwo' 1- 1 "1-1 I - r t etteville is spending a few days vis mng friends m this vicinity. Mr. Archie F, Britt spent one day recent ly visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Wi. Olphin of Fayetteville. Messrs. C. W. Brisson and W. T. Hursey of Dublin, Bladen county, spent the week-end here visiting friends. Mr. W. S. Rozier spent one aay recently visiting his brother-in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. T). 7 Wooten of Favetteville. at. thp finno'few years ago, about the four South Fear hotel. Miss Lillie Rice of Longlern girls and the Yankees going to Branch spent a part of last week a! an ol man's- house and breaking his gi:est of Miss Sallie McDonald. Mr.! dishes and throwing his Bible into a jD. F. Britt spent one day recently in!mudhole. Won't you please write it tFavettevillp nn hnsinpss. Mr W TT i again, and send it to the beloved TT. TTpiiw oil .Jsetnune of Lumberton and his aunt i jvooe&oman : n into a ;iit.'ht;Mrs. Salhe McRae of Washington, D Big Car Went Into Ditch With 4 Peo pieTwo Painfully Injured A near serious automobile accident happened Wednesday of last week when a iarge Studebaker car in which were Mr. Raymond Reynolds of Lum berton, Dr. Frank Wilson and Messrs. Arthur Wilson and f.f I'lharlpstnn. S C, seven miles north of l umberton. The 'P spent one day this week on bus- auto -tuj&ed- over and MnIUjaife'da mess m this section. Miss Jennie and Dr. " Wilson were ' pinned --tinder J w?athers of Lillington, Harnet coun. neath it until the other members of ty,: is Visiting at the home of her th?' party went some distance and (brother-in-law and sister, Dr. and secured a mule to pull the auto offjrS-'B. G. Rozier. them. A bone in Mr. Revnolds' left Quite a. large crowd from here at arm and two ribs in his right side! tended the quarterly, meeting both were broken. Dr. Wilson's nose was'! days, which was held the fifth Sat. broken and he was cut about the :nirday and Sunday with the Clyborn face when he passed through the! ville church. They reported a very wind shield nf the auto. The other Peasant time two npcnnant.s nf thp par wprp snmp"; Messrs. D. S Messrs. Jno. B. Smith and R. W. bhelby left this morning for Char lotte, where they will consult a spec ialist. Both have been sick for some time. Miss Mattie Lee Johnson of Uarkton has accepted a position a3 saleslady in the department store of Mr. A Weinstein.. She began work Thursday. . r ' Sibly bookkeeper for Mr. K. M. Biggs, was- called to his home m Albemarle Wpdnpsd death of a sister. He will be away this week taking his vacation. Hardy R. Jones and Bertha Ham monds (Indians) were married Sat urday afternoon at 4:3o in the office of M. W. Floyd, register of deeds, Justice Isaac A. Smith officiating. Mr. Oscar Eavis znd Miss Mary Dix of St. Paul were married Sat urday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the office of M. W. Fiord, register of SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS Veeds' Justice A. E. White officiat- mg. Infantry fighting, although not on Among those from. Lumberton an extremely heavy scale, began ho spent the week-end at Wrights. again in Flanders on Sunday and in ;.:j'ie Beach were: Mr. and Mrs. J. A. two engagements the Anglo-French Wooten, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Moore, were victorious. Mr. and Mrs-. Guion L30, Mr. and The weather moderating, Crownj-1"8- i- R- Spivey, Miss Mary Moore, ped their mues and killed these. What a time they have with snakes! Mr. Henry Ammons and Miss Vera Bissell were married fast Sunday. It was a run-away atfair. Mr. Homer Surles and Miss Vonnie Cox were married last week. "Aunt Becky", your letters are en. joyed every time. We wish you would write the same . war news that you I 11 I 1 m mm wrote to tne tfooeson Advance a Prince Rupprecht, after an all-night bombardment, sent his troops against the British positions at Hollebeke, on Messrs. C. H. Bovd. H. T. Huv. H. J. Sawyer, F. Grover Britt and Joe b. inompson. Carlyle ar.d K. E. prer omines cana1' between Ypres; Mr. W. C. Boone, who lives 4 1J2. aim vvarneton ana, cnargmg iorwarai miles from Lumberton' on route 2. hoard . . . . 1 1 1 -1-1 this moraine and that is why those riows: one wun ramerb ".M fishing trip and had started to St.l examined before noon were not ad-j Rockingham for $1200, three with, steering gear of the ViseQ. at C""e as tu wneuicp ur nui,r auiuuni uuun -vm. v thev passed thp examination. for $2,500 ard tw0 for $5,000. 120 men will be examined today, ! Chief of Poli'ce McLeod was m. 120 tomorrow and 120 Wednesday, i structed to proceed with collection of I fovoc -in flip hnrtVts in his hands with- REGISTRANTS OF DISTRICT 2 what bruised up. The party had i Terrell spent one day tins weeli at;"" uulu .om,cs v.auai uic uCl. orougni to ine eaitor Saturday a few been to the Rozier mill pond 0n a! lumberton on business. !TV?irr AT" tne I"'ost oeautum and delicious ivir. ana mrs. uan i,owe gave an:"- J; ... , u"v oiuucm peacues. rrora iour small , pvean, Thnrcdaxr nhti momentary as tne tsritisn tnrew out to 'reused to work. ld-the-autS au Stonewall peaches. trees Mr. Boone gathered 25 bushels 01 these peaches. His folks put up out delay and to see that all privilege and license taxes for the year be- Notices Will be Mailed Tonight and! ginning June 1, 1917, be paid intoj Men Will be Examined at Red! the 0mce ot tne cierK ana treasurer. Springs Fridav and Saturday of; ; This Week and Monday of Next, Snake Day at Mt. Eham WooW Yesterdav was snake day at Mt. Mr. A. R. McCrachern, chairman of Eliam. Mr. Lester Lovett, who lives exemption goard ofRobeson district at Mt. Eliam, says he-killed a.rat. Ko.2, advises The Robesonian that no-; tlesnake under his residence yester tices will be mailed tonight to men day. The snake had 4 rattles and included in the first draft in that dis.i one button. Mr. John Stephens, also trict to report at Red Springs for of the Mt. Eliam section, is a Lum, examination Friday and Saturday of,berton visitor today and says he kill this week . and Monday of next week.! ed a large chicken snake m his home One third of the men summoned will) yesterday. The snake measured some be examined each day. Mr. McEach- 12 feet in length, MrV'Stephens says, em was not certain as to exactly how! This was the third snake Mr. Stephens many men will be summoned for ex. j has killed rieht m his residence this amination, but he does not think that) summer. The very idea of a family it will be necessary to summon asj of snakes moving into your home to many as 360, tne number wnose, uve wiw you; crashed info a ditch about 5 feet deep The auto was not badly damaged. The wounded passengers made the trip on to St. Pauls and had their wounds dressed. NEGRO NURSE MISTREATS INFANT weeks' vacation here at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Barker, expects to leave today for Columbia, where she holds a posi tion as stenographer. Miss Odum completed a business course at Bow- Wliite Man flapped Nepro Girl Who en's business college ac Columbia a Gave Him Imnudent Talk When He lew weeKS aero of young f olksr "I- - - fawacK: ana took some prisoners, uth-j 75 cans from these trees and he sold Miss Pattie Odum of Columbia, S. er uerman-auacKs m ims area aiso: lots of them at $1.50 the bushel. C, who has been spending a two-; W"C.L" i Mr. J. L. McNeill of the Buip see- ciu. ; n tion, who was a Lumberton visitor Asked Her to Take Her White sCharge Out of the Sun There was considerable excitement on the streets yesterday afternoon when a white man slapped a colored i The Canadians consolidated the A large crowd of young folks at-i Sltln which lS within a ii.i -.i i m ! XT z-t rll AT TrlP ffn TP f fiT I , tended tne JoarKer ana ren mne pic nic yesterday and reported a grand time. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Odum and lit- rliQric OTa el -vitt 1 tr rrri n Y r f Iavtwows : 7 out of Lens, agVn h J .mad do at his ed slightly. In an advance in the Oite t? ar,Week du M?ulin the Canadians have pushed Sf,0 J Danian ?-Ic" forward their line on a front of 1,-Vth ?t !K? a f&d ben nnn t o dOT,th nf ono Wod ! Wlth ! the day before. Mr. McNeill r iu. uu e witucuetu mo aoer ior some thnn;nditime until convinced that it was mad, yards of the center of Lens on damsal when she sassed him after tie daughter, Clara Jane, passed as names were . . published in last Monday's Robesonian, to secure the quota for that district, 176. Among LocaI ScJdier Boys Mr. J. E. Bethune of the Ten Mile section, who was discharged from Co. L. Lumber Bridge light infantry on June 1 having served his enlist ment, was called back to service Sat- Mr. A. H. Bissell, who lives on K. 1 from Orrum, is a Lumberton visi tor today. Mr. Bissell says he killed the largest rattlesnake yesterdav that he ever saw. The snake measured 8 inches around his body and was 5 feet long. He had 7 rattles. The snake was found near the Bissell home. urday and went to Charlotte Satur- First Opn Boll of Cotton dav nio-ht Mr Rptimno was a sar- Mr. Daniel B. McNeill brought to geant in his company when discharg ed. He is a son of Mr. A. A. Bethune and a brother of Mr. W. K. Bethune of Lumberton. . Mr. Haynes Britt, who has been keeping books in the store at the Lumberton cotton mill, resigned his position Friday and joined the avia tion corps at the local recruiting of fice. He left Saturday morning for Fort. Sam Houston, Tex. ThQ Rfthpsnnian office Thursday eve ning an open boll of cotton, which he plucked Thursday from his farm he had asked her to remove a white child which she was supposed to be caring for out of the sun. The child was left in a carriage where the sun was shinning on it, and when it be gan, to fret it is said the negro Slap ped the child. The . white man nat urally did not like the way the ne gro jvas treating the child and asked her to move it out of the sun and that made the negro angry and she talked to the white man in an un nleasant manner. The white man then gave her a few blows ard she made a noise that brought a large crowd together. . Fine Crops of Corn and Cotton Mr. J. L. McNeill, who lives near Buie, was a Lumberton visitor Sat urday. He is enthusiastic about the crop prospects. He saysi he has some of the finest corn he has ever seen. about 2 1.2 miles west ot town. jncoineB mighty nigh working harder thp first onen boll ot cotton, -- JT Govemor Opposes Home Guard Governor Bickett Saturday declar ed himself opposed to the scheme to raise home guards while the country la so deeply concerned about rai?ing foreign guard. "Never have we been 'n io fine n state -f o.ganizati.)n," he said, "and should we have any ntcd for a guard we have 10 no tvoops who can be reached in 30 min utes and put to work immediately on ty call n toe." just walking over and looking at them than he worked to cultivate. Unless something extraordinary hap pens he expects to make as good a cotton crop as he ever made. He has a good stand which is rather xm. usual this year in Robeson, for many farmers have not more than two- brought in this season. Mr. MclNeiii says his cotton is opening right along and he expects to begin pick ing in two weeks. The following is taken from the Wilmington Star of the 4th: "lu,. c. TT Oiinm. who farms near McDonald, N. C, and for several, thirdg of a standand his cott0n is years has marketed, the first bale ot,looki f. recent hot weather cotton for tjie season m Kooeson j proved just th thing to bring it county, has sent the Star what isJut believed to be the first boll of open; cotton in the tate. Mr. Odom took NeWg itemg from Lowe Protracted it from a 20-acj-e field which he has Meeting at Raft Swamp on the first day ot August, wmVM Correspondence of The Robesonian. is remarkably early for the staple m Lowe Aug. 6 A protracted meet through this section Thursday en route to Great Marsh section, where they will visit friends and relatives. Mr. Herbert Smith of Dublin, Bla den,: spent a few days last week vis iting friends in this vicinity. Mr. J. C. Carlyle and daughter. Miss Ethel, spent Sunday at- Ten Mile. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thrower and family, who live near St. Pauls, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. White. Mr. W. T. Adams of St. Pauls spent Sunday p. m. visiting friends in this section. Messrs. p. L. White and Alex Holder went last Monday to Fayetteville and carried wheat to the wheat mill. It looks like some body is -.ruing to have some biscuit to eat. Mr. Stedman Holder of Favetteville is sperding the week visiting at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Holder. Messrs. P. J. Holder and Odum of Bennetts, ville, S. C, passed through this sec. tion onp dav recently. Mr. J. C darlvle and' daughter, Mhs E'Jh'il, were Lumberton visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. White -are all sjniles! a fine erirl. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Willis are smiling some: a big girl BICKETT DENOUNCES TRAITORS "JJ! and then reluctantly killed it, wpstern frnnt nf thp linp me board of countv commission. Southeast of Arras German raids' ers tne, board of education, the coun against the British lines on Sunday ty road board and the county pen met with failure. On the Casemates1 S10n board are all holding regular plateau the Germans made two at-- meetings today. The army exemp. tacks which were repulsed. South of; J10n bo&rd for, this district began the Juvincourt the German crown prince ,? examining those drafted in threw strong forces against the thls district this morning ard a large French lines early Sunday. The' crowd of people from all sections of French were driven from a small ele ment. but later ejected the Germans and held their line intact. )' In an offensive operation near Baian, east of Czernowitz, the Rus sians have taken more than 500 pris oners ard captured three machine guns. Here the operations are vir tually on Russian soil as is the fight ing just to the north afound Chotin. The retreat has halted measnreably. In Bukowina, between the Preth and the Byrtritza, however, the Russians still are fleeing before -the Austro. Germans, who have taken several more towns. the county are in town today. Mrs. W. J. Horrigan and three children left Saturday for Beaufort, where they will make their home for some time. They were met in Wil mington by Mr. Horrigan. Mr. Hor rigan had charge of the water and sewer extension work here several months ago and Mrs. Horrigan and children have made their home at the Lorraine hotel since that time. Mr. Paul Harrison, 17-year-old son of Mr. Lon Harrison, lost his suit case, containing clothes, shoes, etc., at the union station Friday morning. He came home Thursday, night from Boardman, where he works, and was going back Friday morning. He left his suit case at the station and went back un town ! for a few minutes, and when he got Recorder's Court J. B. McCutcheon and a' man nam ed Catterer of Columbia; S. C, and another man named Dawson of Char lotte, were given-a hearing before Re-j hack t0 the station his suit case was corder hi. M. untt last weetc on tne, one cnarge oi cursing on me puuuc xugii wav. McCutcheon and Dawson were in F0od Control Bill Still Held Up Congress Washington Dispatch, Aug. 5. Final enactment of the administra. tion food control bill is the 'principal task ahead of Congress this week. When this loner contested measure is out of the way the Senate will begin debate on the 2,006,000,000 war tax bill with the leaders hoping for a va cation recess in September. $602 for Load- of Tobacco Messrs1. D. B. Lewis and Lon Bass of the Barnesville section sold Friday one curincr of tobacco which weighed 1,400 Dounds. which broucrht $43 the hundred and totaled $602 for the load. They sold it at the Robeson county warehouse at Fairmont. Many North Carolina. Mr. Odom tmnKs ne will have a bale ready tor mareei in a few weeks now." France Stronger Today Than at Any Time SJnce War Began WooVilnfrtnti Disnatch. Aue. 4. France is stronger today m fight ing men and war materials than at any time during tne war, ueopiuc three years- of terrific combat of which the greatest share among the Allies has fallen to the French ar mies. . . This is the cheering message to thp American ueoole criven tonight by Andre Tardieu, high commissioner of France in the United States, in a for mal rnmmunication to Secretary Ba ker setting forth a detailed statement of what the devotion of the French neonle has made possible. Ifr contains I um, -t r A- 4-1 W1 fV11MC Stunning llguies as vu xncii, guiio and money they have contributed to ing began at Raft Swamp Baptist church Saturday and will last through thn wepk. The pastor, Rev. L. E. Dailv. doiner the nreachine and ser vices will be held twice daily, at H a. m. and 8 p. m. Miss Laura Prevatt of Wiadesboro is a guest at the home of her brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tyner. Mr. W. R. Tyner is a Lumberton visitor today. Prof. B. Y. Tyner left this morning for Char lotte. He will drive a new Overland hack from Charlotte for Messrs. L. E. Tyner & Son, agents for the Overland. A man came to Lumberton Fri day from. Goldsboro and carried back with him his granddaughter, who was employed as a waitress at the Lorraine hotel. It is understood that this was his second trip here on the m i 1 same mission, two weeks aero ne Governor ;Says Any Who Oppose Com pliance With Selective Draft Shall be PUloried in the peopVsContempt Besides Suffering the Full Penal ties of the Law Raleigh Dispatch, Aug. 4. Governor Bickett in a special state ment this evening aemanded most scathingly any person who would in any way hinder or discourage com pliance with the selective draft for the army the United States is rais ing for the war withGermany. He had received a letter from the sheriff and the solicitor in Chatham county in dicating that there was a movement to raise funds among the men draft ed with which to test the constitu tionality of the draft act and that foarpd sprious results unless something was done to nip the move ment in its inciniency. Thp OnvpTnnr rails for the names of all who in any way, by word or deed, iflipede the operation of the se lective draft, denouncing all such tra itors and pledging that the strong arm of the law shall be applied most drastically in every case. The names of all such, he declares, shall be pil loried in the people's contempt in ad- accruitted. Catterer was found guil ty and was fined $50 and the cost. As was stated in The Robesonian at the time, it happened several weeks ago, the three men above named and a lady traveling in an auto caught vry with Mr. and Mrs. Guion Lee on the Creek road and some one cursed them and the other parties in the auto with Mr. and Mrs-. 3e. Both parties came on to Lumberton and JtTm deferiants were arrested and made bond for appearance later. . WH1 Levy on Anything in, Sight Af ter' Tomorrow Chief of Police McLeod has1 been charered bv the town fathers to see that the 1917 taxes are paid at once, and he says that after tomorrow, he will levy on anything in sight. Chd Dies of Colitis Elois, 2-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. I. P. Britt of the Marietta section, died at the Thompson hospit al early yesterday morning. The child died of colitis. tobacco growers will make from, $200 the war. It breathes. a spirit of con. came for her and took her home and dition to having tne tuiiest punisn. to $500 the acre on tobacco this year. fidence and high courage. , she ran away and came back. ment sentences- applied. Mr. J. C. Standi of Allenton en tertained the members of his Sunday school class at his home Thursday of last week. Mr. Stancil is a teacher in Chestnut Street Methodist Sunday school here and his class' is compos ed of Knox Andrews, George and WHIliam Beverly, . Randolph Bullard, James- and Mabel Reeran. The chil. will select some other resort at which dren report a most pleasant day. to spend a month. Mr. C. M. Fuller and three daughters, Mrs. R. H. Crichton and Misses Anna Neal and Epsie Fuller, and Mr. F. A. McLeod left last week in an auto for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga to visit Mr. David H. Fuller, a son of Mr. Fuller, who is at the officers' training camp there. From Fort Orglethorpe they will go to Natural Bridge, Va., and thence to Washing ton, D. C. They will return by way of Richmond, Va. They will be away about two weeks. Ellen, 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Biggs, fell out of a chair Saturday and broke her right arm at the elbow. Drs. T. C. John son and Jno. Knox set the bones and Mr. and Mrs. Biggs carried the child to Fayetteville, where an X-Ray ex amination showed the arm to be properly set. No X-ray examination could bp made here at once as- Dr. N. A. Thompson, who has at his hos pital the only machine of the kind in town, was out of town. Messrs. L. R. Vaxser an J. Dixon McLean returned last night from a short trip , to Vade Me cum and Pied mont Springs, Stokes county. They left Friday and made the trip in Mr. Varser's auto. Mr. Varser expected to remain at Piedmont and Mrs. Var ser and their small daughter, Lillie' Snead, expected to join him there this week, going by rail, but he found tne place so inaccessible for a car that, he decided to return and they 3 3 ? , W Si. I il f 11 IF i nil 9h t- : iff ill: V s;
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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