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VOL. XLV1II
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MbNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917.
NUMBER 57
RECORDER'S COURT
100 ADDITIONAL MEN CALLED
More Registrants in, Robeson Dislrct
Mo. 1 Summoned to Kport in Lum
berton Thursday of This Week for
Kxamination for Mitary Service
3ien May Not be Called Into Ser
vice at Once, But in Case They
Are Not They Will be Held in, Re
serve For Next Quota.
Notices were mailed Saturday from
the office of the army exemption
fcoard of Robeson district No. 1 to
100 additional men to Teport in Lum
berton Thursday of this week, Au-Tn.-t
30, to be examined for military
service. This call will take in lia-i of cost; W. H. Kinlaw, E. L. Hollo.
bilitv numbers from 461 to 560, in-way and R. T. Sanderson, failure to
elusive, wniie it is tnougnt mat tne ol-lcc" v.uaei&, juagment suspended
upun paycent oi cost. Sanderson was
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faes Deposed of A Number
Tried for Not Paying Dog Tax
The following cases have recently
been disposed of by Assistant Re
corder E. M. Johnson:
Frank Clark, colored, Celia Sim
mons, colored, Alex. Thompson, col
ored, Cornelia Merritt, colored, Queen
i-iuyu, coiorea, k. b. Rogers all on
the charge of keeping a dog in town
and not paying the required $3 dog
tax. Judgment was suspended in
each case upon payment of cost; El
more Bullard. keenine- hoes in t.nwn.
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; juagment suspended upon payment
PARKTON PARAGRAPHS
An Up-to-Date Lumber Plant Pic!
nics ipworth League Reorganized
Personal
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Parkton, Aug. 25 Monday morn
ing of this week found this scribe in
company with Mr. J. B. McCormick
and WL E. Blount at the wheel en
route to the McCormick-Hughes Lum
ber Co.'s plant, located twelve miles
north of Fayetteville on the Linden
road. An ideal location for a mill
plant. Just about a year ago the
foundation of this mill was laid and
1 nave yet to see a m.ore up-to-date
mill in every respect than this1 one.
It was well planned and we could
not find a single mistake. More la
bor saving than any mill we have
ever seen. There were two lare-e
WHY WE ARE AT WAR
M.
vmrprl nuota. 180 men. for this dis- UP01
tri t will be secured from those al-,ais? Yen a. hearring on the charge
ready examined, the board is requir-! "".P a aJg n which he has not boilers side by side, one ninety horse
e i to have at least 10 per cent more ' 5' and the other one hundred and
ll Ldv for service than the re-1 TTviio J? t.?J; J1(ie power; one for the plan-
... "wvn jjvmgoi, AHUiailO,
junca quota. im is icquiitru m. turmng religious worship, not guil-
.1 . ... .-.vrtisl Ac o t in cnnnl uinrr mon r Cla Pnlm rw A ITT; 1 1 J
order to avoid delay in supplying men; ty; Geo. Fulmore and William John
trt fill the places of any that nueht son, 11-year.old colored bovs. chart
be exempted by the district board ?d with forging an 0rder at Mr. L.jand shavings
for industrial Teasons, to fill the, H .Caldwell's store Judgment sus-,huge furnace
places of those who have gone to the Kf"u WiUl e unaerstanding that
? training camos and anv lAe, Ful.mare be whipped by his
yj,Aiv-w C5 i - v
that might be turned down at the
final examination after they reach
the camp. All the men who are ex.
amined and are not called with the
father in the presence of the " off i
cers, which thing took place. The ev
idence was that the Fulmore boy
wrote an order to Mr. L. H. Caldwell
for 10 cents worth of cheese ard
first quota will be held in reserve1 crackers and signed Ed Smith's name
for the second call for men from this
district.
Following are the names of the
hundred men to whom, calls for ex
amination were mailed Saturday:
4511554 Jim Bellamy, Long, S. C.
4521401 Eugene Hood, Lumberton.
4531303 Harry Alexander Greene,
Lumberton r5. '
464963 Joseph Robert Prevatt,
Lumberton.
455 438 Laurence Davis, Lumber-
ton r4.
to the order. Smith Is a colored boy
wno wortcs lor Mr. Caldwell. There
are a number of other dog cases to
come up later.
Large Crowd Herd Juri W.
Doiaa &peic on the War Here FrL
day Evening Spaker Thrilled His
Hearers as He Tod of Germany's
Dreams to Float Her Flag Over
the Peope of Every Nation on the
Gobe Music Furnished by East
Lumberton Band
A crowd which filled the court
room to its capacity heard Judge W.
.M., Bond of Edenton speak on the
world war, how we became involved
in 'it, and our duty in the great strug
gle into which, without desire or fault
on our part, the United States has
been drawn, at the court house here
Frday evening.
Music for the occasion was furn
ished by the East Lumberton band
mg and the other for the saw. This
plant m addition to saw and plan,
ing has a lathing machine, and thus
uses1 the surplus slabs and the dust
are consumed in those
furnaces. Even the strips are
ground up and conveyed to the fur
naces. The cars are loaded from the
1 mi i
,pianer. ine capacity per day is
thirty to forty thousand feet. The
mill employs from fifty to seventy
five hands. We found our old friend,
Norman Campbell, as foreman and he
is an experienced mill man and in. I
dustrious. The plant is located on
the lands of Mr. J. B. McCormick
and right near the old McCormick
home where a large and note-worthy
family was reared. We were advis
ed that a sufficient supply of timber
was .in sifrht. for Mtrht nr fp-n vAars'
Twenty-One Robeson County Boys run, the senior member of the firm
Took Short Course at A. & E. Col-! owning more than fifteen hundred
lege Last Wek I acres. After the timber is all cut,
County Farm Demonstrator L. E.'fine farms can be cultivated. For.
Blanchard and the 21 Robeson coun- tunately for the said firm the com-
ty boys, who took the four days' missioners have just completed one
course in agriculture: at the A. & E. 1 of the bsf roads in the muntv . and
... , m r i i- i i ..v-,v., 'ui-iKUi ioiiL nccn. iciuiutu Lilt; lwkivp nines i in now up niaiie in
4b S.s James Koy cnason, at. rauia home Saturday evtm?.- Mr. Blanch--' twefttVr minute from Favttvill to
at their solemn treaty to respect the' BRIEF ITEMS OF COCAL NET73
integrity of Belgium, calling it a1
"scrap of paper", invade that happy j TT
and historic little country, converting' XTMr Hartwell Hedgpeth of the
the sites where stood its splendid ' fe sectin is a Lumberton visitor
cities into international cemeteries,: too;ay- ,?.Ir- Hedgpeth bought a new
where today sleep the dead soldiers automobile from the People's Garage
of many nations and many climes, j t'0,
"We have seen them become the -Mr. E. L. Whaley left Saturday
pirate of nations, and by the use of afternoon for Newport Ky 'where
under-sea boats sinking and drown- j he will g0 in training, he havinir en
mg non-combatant men and helpless j listed in the aviation corps of the U
nuuiu ouu Luimicii. nave seeu; o. armv.
AT . 1
tnem maKe aesoiate nappy countries
that have done them no wrong, and
leave to starvation their former citi
zens; they have hammered down ca.
thcdrals and colleges with their can
non, trained their cruns on Red Cross
boats and slaughtered sleeping men,! Miss May Prevatt has accepted
women and children by dropping dy-j a position in the dry goods depart
namite bombs at night, their ven.i ment of Messrs. R.' D. Caldwell &
geance writing cruelty that would son's store. She besran work this
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nave urougnt Diusnes to tne cneeKS; morning.
Messrs. H. M. McAllister and H.
Messrs. Elmer Hedgpeth and C.
T. Bullock of the Center section left
today for Buie's Creek academy,
where they will enter school tomorrow.
VI n-fswt 1, 1 J 1 J?
tXXt: LP. of the Goth, the Vandal and the Hun,
u ? ictuuiia weie lenuereu, all doe wnip 4.v,pv wp TnnrrViincr' iviessrs. II. il. JlCAlllSter and H.
winch brought about a patriotic spir-j arm wluf the SnsakabTel : Anderson went Friday evening to
Thi ,-tJ k . I Turk, and boastinsr. of the culturel Chariotte and returned Saturday- with
T WSZ. introduced by Mr. StlSL
Zi7Z J"l.ua anV "We have seen their representa-
uiuuau, uimy exemppnooara; tives in office in ou eaDiti un(1er
BOYS TAKE SHORT COURSE
a new Chalmers 7 auto, making the
return trip in the auto.
Miss Katip Stnnp nf TVft TTKom
the protection of our flag, entering': has accepted a position in the
into intrigues to incite Mexico and dry goods department of Messrs.
Japan to make war upon us. We White & Gough's department store.
have read of their efforts to incite
to rebellion the negroes of the South.
They drowned our citizens while as
serting their friendship for us. We
protested, but the outrages continued
unabated. They were making war
upon Us months before we declared
that a state of war existed.
"Staggered by their disregard of
size and sex, in their efforts to stage
a frightfulness at which barbarians
would shudder, we wonder if Atilla
rl.
4671059 Percy Alvin Meares, Lumberton.-
4-5S 441 Wade H Davis, Lumberton
14.
SS0 Luther Campbell, Lumber
ton r7.
47 ) 1776 Sim Page, Fairmont.
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course mentioned above: which is up-to-date, and the mill cot-
aiaibon Joyner, H. Townsend, Lum. tages are beautifully located and at
m Robeson district No. 1. In his in
troductory remarks, Mr. Johnson de
clared that no man in the State was
better fitted to deliver a message on
the world war than Judge Bond, and
it was not long after he had beeun
J his masterly address before the aud.
lence as a whole was1 ready to agree
witnmr. jonnson.
The speaker spoke of the princi
ples upon which our government was
constructed, the great figure, which
in the history of nations it has
drawn, and emphasized the fact that
it has never fired a shot save to
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creave, protect ano preserve num,an ty,- t, rtrQ0. n rnA
liberty. He contrasted our system i -4. i; j;n;,f; v; :t
... iT. . . , - . , - .... " . nt; uiooouoiicu 111 mo Clave, n
withj the brutal idea of military des- he knew how they had surpassed him.
potism, the controlling idea of Prus- We are told b some it ig not our
sian t rule. He reviewed the causes war and they pretend not to know
l Ste ?fesnt collet and assert-' what we &re fighting for. Only the
e3 TaLlt was based upon a dream, blind &hould fail to see in this pan.
of wfcrld control and a desire on the ftrnTVI!, nf KlnnH5V.pH otiH danfor a
part;.-of the German government toUtnHirH pffnrt tn finnt tv.p flaw nf old and was a dandy. In hi3 death Mr,
l i. 1 -n -i i. .-v & w- ,,,,.. , j i
and friend.
Mr. L. W. Reddick of R. 2 from
Darlington, S. C, was a Lumberton
visitor Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Red
dick and two children are spending
! some time at Mt. Eliam visiting rel.
She began work last Wednesday.
Miss Agnes McLean, music
teacher in the Lumberton graded
school, returned last week from New
York, where she spent some time tak
ing a special course in music at Co
lumbia university.
Miss Amelia Linkhauer, propri
etress of the Style shop, left Friday
evening for New York, where she
will spend two weeks buying fall
and winter millinery. She was ac
companied by Master Frank Gough,
Jr.
Dan, the horse which Squire John
H. McNeill had driven for 23 years,
died yesterday afternoon from natur
al causes. The horse was 30 years
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nrH rohlrnorl fn Ufn rWtwV. In e. - ; V4- -U 511 - Tl- ; i.. l- 1 i- I rI-o4- Hny -Flm tmnmnhqnr nnnii 4-Via . ....
v-v-nv-v. "(.cRu "'s14" -"e milt. . xv 10 ju&l piedsani; mp. v j-lck uiuiuiuam uvj. Prussian domination over every cap
i.v autcnu uie ieronu weeK oi tne an-, ir good Old KoDeson could only tui'- j peopie oi every nation oj. tne gioue. HqI nf Xhe globe.
nual meeting of the demonstration nish -her Dart of the road from our In vivid colors the speaker portrayed, jn4. -ii; snM,;Prs Kiftnf v,flS
agents of the State and the farmers' little town to the county line. . I the -violations of solemn agreements crimsoned tne snows Qf the Carpath
l convention. j should have mentioned in addition to with other nations, on the part of ians not one died at he forts of
Awnvvving ujyv twn. me aauu uie inui picuit tne mee uuxmiiibtii, vjiuj', Acuvwiii-cvA tne inuigiu-; jieere, not one ieii at tne JViarne, ana
ties which were thrust upon us in nnf nT1p fallen on tV.P fiPlHe nf
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uenyuis our iiini,b m Liie u&e oi me Ra o- , nnr) FraTirP Tvnt ixrhncp Wnn, i -i: f- ti.j J:u r:j
1 . - T - j ... . -T . . . ,, , -, . , 1 . . " ? " - yv. ixuvea. I'll, ncuunu ic funs i tin iv
PiViQvrJ Pn.-l;inf1 ?pal- r, ' , ,3' , ""i native. ucauuim gxuve rau-.i xw.imfi ti0wed to preserve iree government: e0od croDS down his way.
Sarnesville rl. j. P. RogerSf Colonel Morgan, Jno. must rush along down the line. and children of our country. He, E American soldier who dies! - -ayor James D. Proctor ha, been
-23 Smith Barnes, Lumberton. p Morgan. Marietta- .Tn, sPiiv t,,pqw ,rp1 rh; tt Ri,wed that, the TTnitfd States was Itl vylT fVl" v 1" "x.Ja informed that it is being talked by
472--170-
bevton
474 Jin. Kellyhan, Barnesville liam Ferguson, Warren
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1173 David Braxton Stone, Lum-J Leach Robertson, Rowland; Glen deavor of the Presbyterian church obliged to fight or else furl old glory' hnvp t over him th in serin .! some .Cltizens Lte11town th the
Puvoell Tftm MrNaiV Mairtwt- Wil o pw. -i1MCa n an1 Hrnnn and Hie everv- flower ' i: " r town IS paying ?UU tne year XO nave
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He died that American liberty, an error as the tovvn s only paylnff
llllllli 11VC.
Ferguson, ! Ardlussa, an ideal location.
et of American freedom.
I nmhov Rrirlfro' Tim Tnnoi! Cf Panic-.! Tc4- Un4- i- lnocf 1V,T 1? On-n-i The snpnlcpr sniri in nuvt-
-i... v v i. i. i'it,. rj nil U'lll-.l, 1.1. X U u lO . . XJOl. IL.UI IlUb laoli Vll ATX. . kj U II - r ' - - i 111 . . , III I (J 1 1 I I1VP t A . n . , ... i . ,
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47518S1 JeSSe H, Hayes, Kowland.i Jonn rat rune, Douglass crown, Ked day school enjoyed tneir annual pic- it may De wen 10 speaK oi exist,- He died to stay thp iron hand of , Y J 1 "
i apnngs; anerwood in ye, urrum; Kob- nic Thursday evening at Victory, ing conauions. rate nas Drougnt usiprussian despotism. i
j ert Duncan, East Lumberton; Hal . Lake, just two miles west of Fayette, j face to face with a distressing sit- i "Some say, from, what motive we' Dunk McGirt, Indian, was brought
i Williams, Barnesville. j ville. Numbering about fifty men, uation. After our government was do not know, that we have no right to the Robeson county chain an,g
! Both Mr. Blanchard and the boys' women and children about ten cars constructed, and our independence ; to sen(j 0ur soldiers to die in Europe.. this morning by Deputy Sheriff L.
j were highly pleased with the things well loaded left the church at 4 o'-1 had bee won by success in the Rev- Appalling as the threatened destruc- B- Cockman of Hoke county to serve
j seen and learned while at the college, 1 clock and making the trip of 14 miles olution, our nation began its career. tion js jt js astounding that Ameri-.an 18-month road sentence imposed
and no doubt the course will mean and re.tnrn voii. of a.nv arrident. The! "The war of 1812 was fouerht. with oon nitivnc rioc.pnriantc r.t moniupon him for seduction and other
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time was well spent. A goodly num-j England and terminated, -aoout a Vvhose blood on the fields of the Rev. cnarges,. noe cuunty uag
ber of young folks soon after their , quarter century later we had war olution, bought the liberties we en- pn and that is why McGirt wa3
arrival were enioviner the waters of i with Mexico. That ended by estab- ,-ov. should be weakening the arms brought to Robeson county.
the beautiful lake, which will not lishing American sovereignty to the Df their government, in a state of Mayor and Mrs. James D. Proc-
470 1108 Xeill Archie West, Lum
berton id.
1771910 Ari McXair, Rowland.
478 492 Parker Nye, Orrum.
479 1201 Sam Phillips Tyner, Lum
berton rl.
40 1978 Benjamin Fi!ankl,in Mc-i much to the young farmers
Lean, Lumberton r5.
Kellv Bass. Orrum. ! FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER
ton.
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Pa 'l- rl 1 e itaxey iniriain iviovc "( soon De iorgotten. we aouDt ii tne(oaiiK.s oi tne xvio urauue. in ioyi ; actual war, by creating distrust and; tor ana two cnnuren, rizaueui auu
c ,. nvQ,1;r,a T?oirr,-,nr,t ments of the People waters of the above lake were ever , we had the War Between the States.: dissention, and matting utterances Mary Catharine, left this morning
ii4 aneii uxenuine, r anmont.; n , j, m, t i j.-i...v.j A i. x . i. r t. io k 04-1 t do... ; i . j.i j .- tit- t t- .,f nm
v 1 111" wir Rl t T v. icspuiiueiite 01 ftuuesumaii. uisturueu lo such au exieiii. ueiutc. it uuocu uy a. otniciuciiv ui , caicuiatea to aestroy loyany ana pa- i" mi. x iuhui s auiu ii uiouui,
1-511441 Willie blackman, Lumoer- Fairmont, Aug. 25 Mr. and Mrs.! At seven o'clock the ladies called forjery question and denial of the right j triotism and give comfort to the en. Greensboro and Winston-Salem,
i D. C. Lassiter and children and, supper and this put the bathers out of the Southern States to secede i emies of their country. (where they will spend a week. May-
from tne union m ito. rrom tneni if this government has not the or Froctor is taking nis annual va
until our trouble with Spain a iev? j power to put its soldiers anywhere j cation this week. He asked The Rob.
years ago, which ended in liberation ; to prevent its own destruction, we esonian to say that any person de
of thelsle of Cuba,the pearl of the Car- j are indeed a weak nation, and its I siring to transact any business with
the guest of Mrs. P. P. Jones this folks left for the . movies over in ribean sea, from, Spanish cruelty, we J constitution is a rope of sand. The reference to nis office a mayor while
week. I town and all arrived home ere the! had peace until a lew montns ago.: suggeston would seem too childish to he is away should see Mr. n.. iu. jonn
ivir. ana ivirs. n. n. rnniips ana ciock strucK xen, voucmng tney nev-i mc weapuuo ucu m mure u rr.erit consiaeration.
' 1049 Christopher Cornelius Nel.
on, Lumberton.
4mJ 1442 Willie James Pitman, Lum
berton. 457715 William H. McKellar, Fair
mont r3.
43$ 961, Justin Eli Phillips, Lumber,
ton.
489 539 Ed Williams, Proctorville.
490 349 Calvin Techen Rogers,
Barnesville rl.
491 1596 Robert Herman Ellwang
er, Fairmont.
492 562 Richard, Simon Barnes, Or
rum. 49?. 1407 Raymond Hunt, Lumber,
ton rl.
494501 Isham McDuffie, Proctorville.
49o 1025
berton.
196-2025 Stephens Junior, Smith,
Lumberton r6.
4D71915 Frank Nichols, Fairmont.
Misses Elizabeth Baker and Mary of business. A better picnic was nev.
Belle Ricks spent the week-end at 1 er enjoyed. Rev. H. B. Porter re
Wrightsville Beach. j turned thanks and you can imagine
Miss Jessie Inman of Chadbourn is the rest. A maiority of the young
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Calhoun and Mr. er enjoyed a picnic just so well.
Frank Jennings left Friday morning Chaperones, Mesdames A. M. Stubbs
for Blowing Rock, Mt. Mitchell and - and E. B. Daniel
otner points. i ney win maKe tne
trip in Mr. Phillips' car.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Cole and chil
dren returned Fridjay wight from
Raleigh, where they have been vis
iting relatives.
Miss Eupha Jackson of Rowland,
who has been relieving Miss Lillian
Baker, left Saturday afternoon for
were playthings compared with-pres- "I am not without sympathy for
ent day methods of destruction. the fathers and mothers whose sons
"The tframers of this government! must g-o. Ghastly as mav be the re-
Mr. L. E. Hus-hes returned home believed in America for Americans. ; flection. I admit manv will-jro who
Thursdav mornine" from, a business and fancied, that with 3,000 miles ; win never return. I am in position H. Prevatt and Chief of Police Alf
trip to Baltimore, while Mr. C. S.jof ocean 0n one side and 10,000 onj to sympathize. One of my sons is H. McLeod. The Gypsies had been
ston, mayor pro tern.
Three automobile loads the
loads numbering many each of Gyp
sies were arrested Saturday by-Sher
iff R. E. Lewis, Deput Sheriff A.
McArthur is vet to arrive, but we! the other, we would sleen with our
can guess the reason. j dreams undisturbed by European or
Mr. W. T. Thompson is yet in' Asiatic complications. Submarine
Maryland buying melons. He was perfection has dissipated that dist
riot satisfied after buying North
Carolina out.
Mr. Justin McNeill of Lumberton
her home
Miss Tinnnie nrantham left Friday snent. a COUDle nf days this week with
Manly Guion Lee, Lum-jniffht for Boardman, where she will relatives.
visit her sister. The upworth league ot tne m. r,.
Misses Chat and Kate Ratley en. ' church was reorganized Friday with
tertained Friday evening from 8:30'siteen charter members. Something
to 11 o clock in honor of their guest, i doing all the time.
ance and furled those watery curtains
of immunity.
"We stretched our arm across the
Pacific and gathered m the Hawaiian i oniy wait and hope, and 'hope's
in the army and has served on the
Meican border and elsewhere for a
year. Some morning I expect to
hear that he is gone. I have anoth
er who will probably be drawn into
it in the near future. What their
fate is to be I cannot know. I can
traveling through the Country & fsw'
miles north of town and had relieved
several peonle of some cash against
their will, it is said. The Gpysies
were overtaken' about Red Springs
by the officers and brought back to
town. Three men were locked up in
jail for a spell. They submitted to
telling fortunes and doing "other
stunts" without license and were fin-
4981411 Banks Corbett
Lumberton
499-179 John S. Hill, Marietta.
00-875 William Henry Cain, St.
I'auls rl.
1789 Luther Harrison Prevatt,
Uuh: rfd.
-"7i4. Butlci" McLean, Elrod.
I.um'tK-i ton.
j01H6 William Addison, Lumberton.
'05-1097 Kelly Foster Haman, Al-
If.-uton. .
5061024 Jam.es Lamb, Lumberton
rl.
j07 1291 Josenh Dawson. Lumber-
ton.
508-871 Walter Brarly Davis, St.
i'auls rfd.
'M-i:i4l Junius Franklin McAllis-
r l(,r Lumberton.
H J 1550 James Bryant, Fairmont.
-lU-.i Joe Lingoich, E. Lumber
ton. 12-u;orj Ambrose Fulmore, Fair-
'nont.
Roe-ers Miss Sadie Inman of Chadbourn. The j
guests were entertained on the porch. Stepped on Snke
Progressive conversation was nlav-! Mr. Ira B. Townsend, town clerk
aftoT. whiVh th o-nest. were wiven and treasurer. steDDed riffht on ton . men
cards and told to write a dinner me-! of a large snake while walking along any power that was provided with; ever be right,
tit- TA-j.u oi : jttoII n ti rt-if Vi ciria nf nvpspnt Hav eoninment for ronnuest; "Rn-t- !nlit
Isles, and went further over the bos. ! brightest robes will be broidered with
om of the mighty sheet and acquired , the sable fringe of fear'.
the Philippines. "Every man who does not do his Jed $25 ard the cost, a total of $51.60.
"We have fought n0 war with any duty strikes a blow at the heart of They were given till 9 of the clock
foreign power that was not to pre-; the land of his birth. We are now Saturday nierht to eret out of the
ii . i . l n j - it. . t i " '
serve tne ireeaom oi tne seas, ine ; at war. it is too late lor ditterence
great highways of nations and to 1 0f oninion. The utterance of everv
j preserve the rights and liberties ofiman should be:
We have fought no war wittr 'My country, my country, may she
nu. Miss uortny onocKet won in me smewdin ou tne nuim oiuc w , f11" ""j v.v,.x.v...0 -- ; uui, riSui, ui .y -uuuj. , r.TV,Tr,;c;ririo,i TrY1,r rtffirers left
this contest.
Kirrla' Fnnrth street near thfl town,' hall ahout1 and destruction.
in which Miss Lois Hayes and Mr. dark Friday evening. Mr. Townsend; "Based upon the broad fundamen- classes or views.
Jim Flovd won. They presented the says when he stepped on the snake -tal doctrine that man was capable of j say it is a rich
county. They left town in a hurry.
Off to Camp
Messrs. C. B. Skipper, Jr., and E.
K. Proctor, two of Lumberton's new-
Some complainers
man's war. There
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prize to the guest Of honor. Cream , he ielt sometmng Sp irom unuerj Eeu-guvcnimem, auu. uyuu me j-u- nas Deen no war m wnicn umi staie
aid Nabisco were served. Misses i his foot and upon investigation it was j ther theory that every man should; ment was not made. It was being
FntitiiP Thnmnsnn and George Kvle ' revealed that he had been trampling, have equality of opportunity, to en-j said in England when the sons of the
offered music during the evening.
nn the snake. Mr. Townsend killed , joy the blessings ot liberty and nap- wealthy men were falling at the
the snake, but was unable to determ.! piness, our government has never, front, while at the same moment
Robeson's First Bale .. ine just what sort of a snake it was.jiired a cannon tnat oiu not ecno a , workers m munition lactones were
Mr. D. P. Buie of the Philadelphus j The snake was more than two teetj desire to maintain tne ngnts oi men, striking lor higner wages. Away
section sold a bale of 1917 cotton to long, and Mr. Townsend telt aImost; to ireeaom ana lmerty. witn sucn utterances. or better or
the Cherokee Supply Co. at Pates Fn- like not Killing tne snase, aixer ne wiwugu , "'IV1 " ? c . ii" " v
Hnv The hale weie-hed 380 Dounds had been so kind as to allow him Europe and crossing the Asiatic bor. j absolute loss of self respect we could
and graded middling. He received , to trample on his snakeship and then
zb cents the pound tor it. ims is not oite
der, for years1 there has existed a ! not stay out,
tVio first hnle nf 1917 cotton sold in
the -county so far as The Robesonian , German SciemUsts See Victory From;
has learned.
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fjjj! c''m Council, Lumberton.
' J72 Hoke Mercer Powell, Lum-
" ' K;9o Mead
e Harrison Mitchell,
World Food Shortage
Washington Dispatch, Aug. 24.
Two more years oi war will reduce
board the entire world to the same short-
more age of food as now exists m
No More Free B!anks
The local army exemption
free exemption and other application , many, according to scientists of that, have ui
blanks for the use of the country, who have compiled statistics 1 military
sreat government whose whole theory
of national existence has been found
ed upon the so-called divine right of
certain men to rule by reason
of hereditary privilege. That
government is the German Em
pire , and its idea of rule has ever
Ger. ' been that every man's neck should
upon it the heel of Prussian
despotism.
"Instead of calling' it Europe's war
in the language of General Wood,
at Fayetteville, 'We should thank God
that we have the trencb.es of the Al
lies behind which to prepare for the
struggle.
"Let us march shield locked to
shield, every man determined to do all
he can to prevent the destruction of
American liberty, trusting in God for
ouglas Scott. Lumberton.
ContinueJ 0n page 8
nnhlic will be furnished. How
ever, blank, form books have been
furnished the board, and those who
desire to use' blanks can copy them
in the office of the board.
Mr. W. J. McRainey, treasurer of
Hoke county, is a Lumberton visitor
today.
to support their statement. i "Recently we have been forced mtoj success.
Acting on this statement the Ger- j war with that great military ma-j "In closing upon this subject
l ; : zi. -ii nhina a notinn that hue rireamen nn- i
man government i& uiguig ii-a pcupic, v.m"v, . v.-n .....
ly oi war anu conquest, ami mai ims
to contiue the war two years more
declaring that if it is done Germany
can not be defeated because the coun.
tries at war with her will not endure
the hardships which the Germans are
willing to undergo.
builded the greatest fighting machine
the world has ever seen.
"With ghoulish glee, as they spoke
of England's contemptible little army,
we have seen German soldiery laugh
word as to the duty of those who will
not be . sent to face the cannon and
rifles of the battle field. Every per
son should produce what he can. A
starving world appeals to us for
foodr He who feeds a soldier helps
Continued on page 4
this morning for Columbia, S. C,
where they are to report for duty on
Wednesday of this week. Messrs.
David H. Fuller, J. Preston Cashwell
and F. Eli Wishart, other Lumberton
men who were commissioned, will
leave tomorrow morning for Colum
bia, and Mr. J. M. Russell, who has
also been commissioned, will leave
tomorrow afternoon for Camp Gor
don, near Atlanta, Ga. The very
best wishes of all Lumberton citizens
will follow the young officers wher
ever they may be called.
Man Dies as Resu't of Beng Shot
Mr. Luther B. Campbell, who as
told in Thursday's Robesonian, was
shot at his home at Lakeview, S. C
Tuesday night of last week by Runey
Scott, died at the Thompson hospital
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. De
ceased was 26 years old. A pistol ball
passed through young Campbell's up
per abdomen, puncturing his intes.
tines 8 times. The shooting was the
result of trouble which had been,
brewing since last winter. The . re
mains were taken in charge by
Messrs. Stephens & Barnes and sent
J Saturday night to the Campbell home
at Lakeview.
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