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-.minficnrn 1 Q7n OIVIIT p rrrv -ni-cr-r-. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRTtttt VOL. XLVI1I LUMBERTON. NORTH CAROLINA THIIDQnA v i t- i tpt $2.00 A YEiftVv IN ADVANCn 1 NUMBER 58 In Honor of Men Called to? Colors Un der Selective Draft Law PATRIOTIC DAY IN LUMBERTON I - . ' i PATRIOTIC RALLY SEPTEMBERS j 177 MEN CALLED INTO SERVICE J Joseph B. Townsend, Lumberton. oon Miner, Elrod. Carl Pitman. Fairmont. !Lee Troy Bullock, Fairmont. program for Patriotic Rally in Lum" Iwrton Monday of Next Wek All Men of Bolh Robeson Districts Are board of Robeson district 1 has cer Only 3 Less Than Full Quota for Rob eson District 1 Have Been Called Ve bullock, Fairmont. 27 Men Obtained From Second i iohn. Archie Bass Lumberton. Hundred CaPed Another Hundred 1 5.anlc locklear, Lumberton. Being Examined Today Mobiliza tion Regulations Up to date the army exemption Urged to Attend a Ral!y in Their tified for service to the eastern dis Ilonor trict board 177 men for the army. It is the purpose of the North Car-; One hundred and fifty men were ob olina council of defense, through thej tained from the first call for 360 several county councils, to make Mon.' men to report for examina. day, Septemoer 5ra, "ratriotic Day," ; tion ana 27 men were obtainec f.-r the purpose of holding in each? from the second hundred men sum county appropriate exercises in hon-' moned, liability numbers 361 to 460, or of the men who have been called inclusive. Today the 100 men noti to the colors under the selective draft fled to report last week are being ex law, amined. These include liability num Governor Bickett has issued a bers from 461 to 560. It is expected special proclamation for this purpose that 10 or 15 per cent more than the and is also asking all ministers of quota for the district 180 will be the Gospel to preach patriotic ser. obtained from this last 100, this ex mons on Sunday, September 2nd, and tra per cent being necessary to aj a urre their congregations to at-' low for any who may be exempted tend and take part in the exercises by the district board, for those who Abner F. Stone, Raynham. t ye ncHl HU Uic tuuiny aCfib vii cue c lantu ui aic bulking tialULllg day following. ' at Fort Oglethorpe, and for any oth- It is believed that this program er reasons, will meet with the hearty approval; Plans for mobilization have been of the people who will be glad of an , changed by an order sent to local opportunity to do honor to the men boards on the 27th inst. The order who are to represent them at the! states that the congestion of traffic front. I that will be entailed in the early part Following is the proclamation by, or beptember by movement of the national guard into training camps make it inadvisable to attempt to William Stephens, Lumberton. W. Henry Leggett, Fairmont. James Walter Meares, Lumberton. Murphy Jacobs, Fairmont. Luther Locklear, Fairmont. Daniel McPhatter, Fairmont. Winford Walters, Fairmont. Graham Chavis, Rennert. Samuel V. Ashley, Fairmont. Harvev Mc Arthur. Fairmont. obtained Carson Gerald, Lumberton. Plummer Dial (exempted, wife and cniiaj Jiiirod. John Allen, Lumberton. Warren Bryan, Lumberton. Ottie Warwick, Lumberton. Joseph B. Hedgpeth, Lumberton. Elester Lovett, Orrum. Dennis Hammond, Fairmont. Wade Faulk, Fairmont. Douglass Powell, Lumberton. Ambrose C. Williamson. Lumberton. the Governor: A Proclamation by the Governor JosephSamuel Smith, Lumberton r7, wife and child. Eli Edwards, Marietta, wife and chil dren. Bart Britt, Lumberton r5, wife and child. ' Calvin Troy, St. Pauls rl, physically BUIE AND PHILADELPHIA NEWS Cotton Injured by Dry Weather Personal Mention Correspondence of The Robesonian. Buie, Aug. 29 Farmers through here are very busy gathering in their SEND THE ROBESONIAN TO YOUR SOLDIER BOY Let The Robesonian follow your boy as he leaves home for training camp and later for the front. There is nothing you could send him that would be appreciated so much. Don't aeiicient. fodder and are making Tirpnaratinnts! ? , c ?K . atcu 80 mucn- Dan W Britt, Lumberton, wife and SirfStaSSSSE j fiLS14 fPy clnkl I Arrr wMtw for th AaJt have. re.ad He will not get it re?- "North Carolina is about to send move any large percentage of the na- twenty-five thousand men into bat tie. These men are making the su Addie A. Thompson, Fairmont. John Hooper, Lumberton. Dud Rogers, Lumberton. David Clete Barnes, Barnesville. William, Rambert Parnell, Lumberton. Bennie McNair, Lumberton. Lawrence McK. Parker, Lumberton. Albert H. Leggett, Fairmont. LeRoy Bell, Fairmont. Larkin Walters, Orrum. William H. Morgan, Marietta. Luther William Carter, Lumberton. Bud Hunt, Fairmont. Exander Parker, Fairmont. Lawrence Ely Blanchard, Lumberton. Luther H. Huggins, Fairmont. Jerry Faulk, Lumberton. Clarence Page, Barnesville. tional army on September 5. For this reason the War Department has preme sacrifice that forever hereaf-' made the following schedule of move, ter the wisdom of the many shall ments of the national army to the determine the decrees of nations. provost marshal general: tw a-rt to make war on war. Thev, Five per cent of the quota of each ..." .. . , . ni. i i ci a. l f ie . - ' eo to destrov with the sword the oiaie Deginnmg oepiemDer o, iv per .Robert Moore, McDonald. government that maintains that the, cent begmmg beptember 19, 40 per. Clarence Ellis, Lumberton. sword is, and of right ought to be, cent October 3, the remaining 15 per Jesse Brigman, Lumberton. the final arbiter of a nation's rights, i cent as soon thereafter as practic- j Lawrence A. Wilson, Fairmont. "When the government that defies able. j Smith Worley, Lumebrton. war shall perish in war then war will! The object of calling 5 per cent is: james Grimsley, Fairmont, come n0 more upon the earth. I to place m the camps enough men Dempsie C. Bass, Marietta. "It is fit that these guarantors of , to form a skeleton organization to ( Wilbur R. Britt, Faimont. the world's peace should be sustained j assist in receiving and assimilating Furman Alexander Floyd, Fairmont, by the love and prayers of all good; to large contingents. For this rea-j Haynes Kelly Floyd, Fairmont, men. son it is required that local boards Furman McKee, Fairmont. "Now, therefore, I, Thom,as Walter send only -white-men, and so f ar as Zeb Vance Carlyle, Buies. Bickett, Governor of North Carolina, practicable that -tihey send men with Bame Walters, Fairmont, lo request the people of the State: j some military experience, or cooks, j Henry Luther Blue, Fairmont. "First, to assemble on Saturday, the In making this selection order num. , Carl Alex Thompson, Fairmont. fiit day of September, in township bers are not controlling, but great Giles Arnette, Fairmont, and school district meetings, and hold, care must be taken to send men whose . Casey Bryan, Lumberton. Patriotic exercises in honor of the order of call is so late that they clarence Taylor( East Lumberton. men we are sending to the front, , j will not be withm the quota of the Gregory A. Hardin, Orrum. Second, on Sunday, September 2nd,, boards. ... , Alex Hursey, Lumberton. let special religious services be held ln order that it may not be nee- Ed Currie, Lumberton. nil tV.o .VmrMioo in flip StntP. and essary to make any special railway Fa-mest SmitT Fairmont. let all good men pray for the safety ; arrangements and to prevent a con. .Forney H. Blackwell, Lumberton and success of the men who are go- William A. Herring, Barnesville, phys ically aeiicient. Colon Caesar Boone, Lumberton, physically deficient Ed Gray, Fairmont, wife and child. Pink Davis, Lumberton r2, discharged till Nov. 1st, wife. Rembert Lewis, Marietta, wife and child. Hezzie Britt, Lumberton, wife and child. Arthur L. Spearman, Lumberton, physically deficient. Rufus M. Sanderson, physically defic ient. Joseph H. Davis, Fairmont r3, wife and children. Joe Will Howell, Lumberton, physi cally deficient. Colon Hunt, Lumberton r5, wife. Enoch C. Wade, Allenton, wife and children. Henry E. Purvis, Fairmont, physical ly deficient. Nash Lamb, Fairmont, wife and chil dren. Frank Seals, St. Pauls rl, physically deficient. Goldon McQueen Thompson, Lumber ton r6, physically deficient. McDuffie Cummings, Elrod rl, phys ically deficient. Luther Hammonds, Allenton, wife and children. Cleveland H. Edwards, Barnesville rl, wife and children. Charlie D. Brown, Barnesville, wife and children. dry weather for 'the past several days! JliLl' has no doubt decreased the cotton j 'ft crop consideragly. Mr. William K. Brown of Birming ham, Ala., is visiting relatives in this section, as the cost of subscribing for him. Let it be mailed to him regularly from this office. He will get it rear- .d -.1 ll. A 1 1 1 1 1 TVn pu;iuvn u:u a e i.v iai ";, aim ll( wm oe use nfr cV.wV w 1S T t a a letter from home to him. In no S! ' understand' other way can he keep up with home on September 10th n If any one who reads this ?PnCMJM-nMcNeill,i. a knows of a led into ServS dT, 1 IcMlU an Spent Mondayj whose parents or other near rela. Mr and Mr, v t parn(1. lefr! tives are not able to send the paper. Mi and Mrs F. M Barnes left he wiU be doi d d d b: b. Si wfli Z!V,lhertn' Where scribinK for that person. And ff any Mi p n fen' 3 JfTtV r r parent? or wife of a man who ha3 S 'pS- -6 ? k ? I been called int0 ervice are not able PMessrs W7 K and R lwn to Send the PaDer if the-V advise beMrBwgeT Vinit0?S Mn?T , . S -nd SWgJl from Mr. W. T. Davis spent Sunday at! ct, t, tU , . J . T the home of his father near Lum-. 2. j m. for that purpose. There is nothing that could give a man away from home in the service of his country so much pleasure ard real satisfac tion as beirtfr able to read the newa irom home in The Robesonian. Edward Gaylard, Fairmont, wife and children. Palmer Inman, Boardman, wife and children. David Graham, Orrum, wife and chil dren. Richard M. Thompson, Rowland, wife and children. Stedman S. Stephens, Lumberton, physically deficient. John Mincie, Barnesville rl, wife and children. Rufus Curtis Gardner, Lake View, S. C, r2, wife. John Andrew Jones, Lumberton rl, wife, discharged till Nov. 1st. berton Mr. James McLeod went last Tues day to Petersburg, Va., where he spent a few days visiting relatives. Another Good Week on Tobacco Mar" ket I This has been another good week for the Lumberton tobacco market. Sev eral thousand pounds of tobacco is being sold every day and the prices are higher, grades considered, than they have been during the season. Around 150,000 pounds had been sold here this week up to last night. The warehouses will remain open through next week. The warehousemen are urging the farmers to sell their to bacco as fast as possible. Near 2,000,000 pounds of tobacco has been sold on the Lumberton mar ket this season. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS 3,000 Pounds of Fish From McMillan Pond Not less than 3,000 pounds of fine fish were caught in the McMillan pond, two miles northwest of town, yesterday. The water in the pond is low and members of the club which has the pond leased fished it yester day. Fish of all kinds and sizes were ing into battle that lasting peace may come upon the land, "Third, that on Labor Day, Septem ber 3rd, appropriate patriotic exer cises be held in evei-y cquntv seat in V,q Cfnta onrl lof tVio mon wTirt Tinv'P been" drafted into the public service passed i on .by the local board up to hP tho rruests of honor at these ex- i date, liability numbers 1 to 460, in- ercises. Emory J. Townsend, Buies, physical- cotivn ui iij."jr "d"' x" i tiezie luan Kicnarason, uarnesvilie. ' ' . t i -x- cal boards, are., instructed, to send ap-i r.M-n r.cniv P'Q?M - ,-r-wam bj. oimsv, uuniuerwjn, wixe nroximateiv one ner cent of the ouota' Tr, xr xtt n.,:. j. r ana chila. i ; - tJCllIICO JUIUA VJIC, i' ClIX 1I1U111. . Archie French Lewis, Fairmont. Carl Musselwhite, Lumberton. Archo Hunt, McDonald. McKinley Lewis, Lum.berton. Benjamin F. Arnett, Marietta. i William BoT.ftTO .Trll7' T.nmViortrtn i.z win u auLcu . c . John Henry Purvis', Orrum cauerht. It was nothinp" unusual for- JNeui a. cowrie, L.umDerton, wne anaj four men to catch five or six bushels child. j of fish in a few hours. Most every- William B. Jones. fairm.ont, physi- bodv in Lumberton is fenstinsr on cally deficient. fish tbday. on each of 5 successive days begin ning September 5. Following is a list of the persons called into service from the men i elusive. i j i j i j i . "Done at our city of Raseigh this recora oi me mst jiuihibu men gives the twenty-fifth day of August, in! the ground for claiming exemption, the vear of our Lord one thousand, where claims were made, and where nine 'hundred and seventeen, and in'?? ,clai. was made it is so stated, the one-hundred and forty-second, List of Persons Called Into vear of our American Independence.: vCe 5 the United States Not Ex" "T W BICKETT ' emptcd or Discharged ' "Governor." Charles Henry Jones, colored, Lum- TnQ T?v.QCrt nr,nr:i n rl of on o nf berton, no claim. I Ben F. Williams', Lumberton, no claim. prnT,v TnnPJ Fnirmnnt ton is chairman, is making prepara- tJurney l. Kooeson, co-orea, a air. j John i Paul Lumberton Abner Nash Martin, St. Pauls. Thad McPhatter, Barnesville. Sebastian Basin Pittman, Fairmont. Jppie Sealey, Barnesville. Dock Hill, Fairmont. Mahoney Oxendine, Fairmont. Warren E. Sampson (exempt), Luirir berton. Oscar Jacobs, Rowland. : i 4.1, j..1 mnnt. no c aim uuu iur lining uugei vctiice sj wic uay 11 - , in tumberton, A patriot rally , Forney Prevatt, Lumberton, aged will be held and every man who has I n parntl . T j- -r 11 been called into service inKobeson un-. Grover C. Chavis, Indian, Rennert rl, (W V,o coloMIro rlrof. ?c nnr-rlinllv T10 C'.J'm. invited to be present, also all who j Junius R. Ashley, Bridgewater, Want tn rlrt linnnr trv tlipso mpn anrl i Claim. Wortn I'loyd, Fairmont, no ciaim that includes every patriotic woman, mjm and child in the county. Following is the program for the Patriotic rally in Lumberton: Program for Patriotic Rally in Lum. berton Monday, September 3rd County council of defense, exemp tion boards of both districts, andi urafted men meet' 'at graded school building at 10:SO a. m. March to court house headed by East Lum. berton brass band, escorted by mount ed marshals. 11:00 a. m. Patriotic sonirs by Hazley Barfield, Barnesville, aged parents. Hez. Moody, Orrum, wife. Arthur Meares, Lumberton r5, no claim. Giles Clifton Taylor, Lumberton r6, no claim, Nano Garrett Bruton, Lumberton, no claim. Daniel Van Buren McKenzie, Fair mont, no claim. Hezzie C. Revels, Lumberton r2, aged parents. school children, under auspices' of, David Jones, Lumberton r2, no claim. Lumberton chapter of National Spec-1 James Bell, Lumberton, no claim, ial Aid society. j Duckery Calder, Elrod r3, no claim. 11:15 Address by L. R. Varser,' Ralza Braxton Kinlaw, Lumberton r7, cnairman of the Soldiers' Ad conl-i no claim. mittoe of Robeson countv. Patriotic concert by East Lumber- ion nana. Watermelon feast to all drafted claim. Bedford Moncure Sibley, Lumberton, no claim. Will R. Chavis. Lumberton rl. no mfin n court houso snnarp Marshals II. M. McAllister, chief; Vatr;r Johnson, McKay McKinnon, An- McKenzie, W. M. Oliver, Doug J? IcMillan, Jess Stancil, W. D. Jjilchrist, W. K. Bethune, W. F. 'ncn, w. i). Thompson. Will Thompson, McDonald. Walter McNeill, Lumberton. W. Henry Howell, Lumberton. Horrie Thomas Kinlaw, Lumberton Fulton Oliver Floyd, Fairmont. no : Gatewood Small, Lumberton. Fred Belton Johnson, Barnesville. Henry F. Thompson ,Lumberton. Joseph H. Barrington, Lumberton. James Monigo, Fairm.ont., Justin Parker, Lumberton. Franklin Bullock, Fairmont. Grover Worley, Lumberton. James Erving, Fairmont. William E. McQueen, Lake View, S.C. Joe Gaddy, Fairmont. Bruce Crayton Baker, Fairmont. Richard A. Dial, Lumberton. Wash McKay, Elrod. Daniel Clifton Miller, Lumberton. William Cromartie, Lumberton. Montgomery Evans, Marietta. Albert Harper, Lumberton. Meltcn Ivey, Orrum. Jaspei Thompson, Lumberton. Fret-man K. Broadwell, St. Pauls. Giover Walters, Barnesville. Ippie Graham, Proctorville. .lames Clarence Biggs, Lumberton. R,-chard Law Gregory, Lumberton. Alex C. Sessoms, Lumberton, wife and child. Don Harley, Fairmont, -physically de. ficient. Fred Edward Hinson, Lumberton rfd, physically deficient. Hicks Scott, Fairmont, physically de ficient. Arthur F. Jones, McDonald, physically deficient. William E. Fleming, Orrum, wife and child. Marvin Tatum Singletary, Lumberton r2, wife and child. Jesse B. Bowen, Lumberton, wife and child, discharged till Dec. 1st, erone to Fort Osrlethorpe. Gaston Hooper, Lumberton, wife and child. Clyde Devane Love, Lumberton, wife and child. Edward K. Proctor, Lumberton, al- readv in service. Margie F. Ivey, Barnesville, wife and child. William Lester Rowan, Lumberton, wife and child. Mack Stephens, Fairmont r3, wife and child. Alex R. Graham, Lumberton r7, wife and child. Licst of Persons Called by Local j Board Who Faued to Report and Submit to Examination Ben Harrison Wallace, Lumberton. Earnest Willie Robinson, Lumberton. W. Furman Williams, enlisted, al ready in France. Drandy Thompson, Lumberton. Henry G. Key, Lumberton. John Shipman McMillan, Lumberton. James McDougald, Rennert rl. Donnie Sutton, Lumberton, enlisted. Willie Lee J. Smith, Lumberton. Theodore Hunt, Fairmont. Walter McAllister, Lumberton. Hardy B. Walters, Fairmont, no claim ! Enock m. McConnell, Lumberton. Furman Speight, Allenton, no claim Archie Dial, Lumberton, no claim. Will John Griffin, Barnesville rl, widowed mother. James Luther Byrd, Fairmont, wid owed mother and child fom posed of the followine: H. E. Jwcy, chairman, Lumberton, A. E. h-te, Lumberton; J. B. McCormic, J arkton; A. R. McEachern, St. Pauls; ',r- J. L. McMillan, Red Springs; J. Oliver, Marietta; A. J. McKinnon, Maxton. National Special Aid society hn after sonKS by Schol cnil- Mr. Pv. D. Caldwell will see to pro curing watermelons. .... nator Frank Gough will look af tor music by band. , 1' inanno mwiw.:u... t r:.i if. ycan, W. Lennon and. T. A. McNeill, The county council of defense is Joseph Gordan Grantham, Lumberton, no claim. Joseph French, Lumberton r6, no claim. Jack Johnson, Fairmont. Will Harlee, Rowland. Archie Warwick, Lum.berton. Sep Smith, Lumberton. Henry Bull ard, Orrum. Cedras R. McQueen, Lake View, S. C. Haynes Britt, Lumberton. Mai Stephens, Orrum. Marvin Lovett, Fairmont. John Cox, Lumberton. Wesley McLean, Fairmont. Benson Locklear, Lumberton. 'Dock Rozier, Lumberton. Carson Earl Lewis, Fairmont. Thomas T, Bass (exempt) baby, Lum berton. TJnmio Hunt. Fairmont. Sidney R. Hendricks, Lumberton. Ernest F. Scott,, Elrod. Jtilian Moore, Fairmont. George Powers, Lumberton. Fred Little, Blount's Creek. (1"Mr-.E- M. McConnell left Tues ay even 115 CT fnr CanAnr Viavn Vio wil pend a few days visiting his parents, v; and Mrs. S. J. McConnell. Mr. n rl 0nncl1 has been drafted into the my nrd expects to be called to ser ,fc soon. Christopher C. Burnett, Lumberton. Hugh Ratley, Fairmont. Berry Hunt, McDonald. Will" Benj. Griffin, Fairmont. Cleaton Kinlaw, Lumberton. Franklin D. Quicker, Lumberton. Ben Jnnes, Fairmont. . Reddin Gaskins, Fairmont. Leffie Thompson, Boardman. Thomas Hardin, Fairmont. IraJMalone, Lumberton. Cephus Worley, Fairmont. Following is a list of persons ex empted or discharged from the sec ond hundred, and reasons for ex emption or discharge: List of Persons Exempted r Dis charged From the Service of the United Slates James L. Powers, Lumberton rl, minister Mr. F. L. Israel of R. 5 from Lumberton boarded the train here this morning for Buie's Creek, where he will enter Buie's Creek academy. Mr. R. B. McNeill of R. 1 from Lumberton went this morning to Wilmington to enlist in the U. S. navy. He will enlist in the nation al reserve corps. Mr. W. C. West, who lives on route 2 from Chadbourn, brought the editor this morning three of the fin est sweet potatoes of fall crop he has ever seen. The potatoes were planted the last of April and Mr. West says his family has been using potatoes out of the patch all this month. They are of the Dixie yam variety. Rev. Dr. W. B. North, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, returned home Tuesday night from a month's vacation which he spent at Connelly Springs and other points in the western part of the State. Mrs. North, Miss Martha Lee North and Mr. Paul North are expected home this evening from Jackson, where they spent some time visiting friends. Mrs. Geo. B. McLead and daugh ter, Miss Irene, returned home Tues day morning from Waynesville, where they spent several weeks. Mr. G. Badger McLeod came home Tuesday night from Wynesville, making the trip in his auto. Mrs. McLeod and Miss Irene made the trip to Char lotte on the auto and they stopped at several points along the route. They made the trip from Charlotte to Lumberton on the tram. Mr. J. H. Barrington, who had been bookkeeper for Mr. John T, Biggs for the last 5 years, resigned his position Tuesday on account of being drafted for the army. Mr. Bar rington went Tuesday evening to the hom.e of his father, Mr. D. Barring ton, near Maxton, where he will spend Robeson Gets $3,084,84 From State a few days, after which he will re- Auto License Tags "The National Bank of Lumberton, which is depository for the county of Robeson, has received a check from the State Treasurer for $3,084,84, the amount due the county from4 the sale of automobile license tags last year, The East Lumberton school will open September 17. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Folger, Tuesday, a fine boy. Mr. W. S. Wishart returned home Tuesday night from the western part of the State, where he spent a week's vacation. He reports a most pleas ant trip. Monday Labor Day is a na tional holiday and the banks in town will be closed. Sunday hours will be observed at the local postoffice and the rural carriers will take the day. Prof. George , Graham of Char lotte, principal of the Fairmont grad. ed school, passed through town yes terday en route to Fairmont. The Fairmont school will open next Mon day. Mr. Wm. K. Brown of Birming ham, Ala., is spending some time in the county visiting relatives. He is a Lumberton visitor today. Mr. Brown is practicing law in Birming ham. The Robeson Manufacturing com pany has moved its office from the McLeod building, Fourth street, to the plant of the company west of town. It maintained an up-town of fice about a year. Mr. Jno. T. Warwick has accept ed a position as bookkeeper in the of. fire of the Wishart Co., wholesale grocers. Mr. Warwick had been keep ing books at Greenville, S. C, and resigned to accept the position at home. Mr. G. M. Whitfield sold recent ly to Mrs. T. F. Costner the D. W. Millsaps house and lot, Elm street and EJizabethtown road. The proper ty was owned by Mr. Millsaps and Mr. Whitfield made the sale for him. The house is occupied by the Colon. ade club. It's a bear. Mr. Julius F. Ste phens, who lives in Howellsville town ship, says a large bear track was vis ible in the road near his home yester day morning. Messrs. Leonard and Robert Pate also saw the bear track. The bear went into the woods, Mr. Stephens says. Owing to high price of lemons, it is now impossible to get a lemon ade at any of the drug stores in town for less than a dime. A five cent piece would buy a lemonade since they have been making them until re. cently, when the price of lecons has reached new high grround. Mr. L. McK. Parker received yes terday a letter from Mr. E. A. Thomp son, oe of the Lumberton young men who left Saturday for the second of ficer's' training camp at Fort Ogle thorpe, Ga., in which he stated that all the boys were getting on fine. Na two men from Lumberton are in the same company, however. Mrs. J. H. Morrison receiveH yesterday a letter from her son Mr. J. F. Morrison, who recently joined the army, stating that he had arriv ed safely in France. Messrs. T. O. Edens and Furman Williams of Lumberton joined the same company Mr. Morrison joined and it is sup- turn to Lumberton and await his call for service. Miss Carrie Parham is succeeding: Mr. Barrington at Mr. Biggs'' store. A dangerous automobile-bicycle, posed that thev are also in France. collision occurred near Mt. Eliam Mr. I. L. McGill took the mem- Tuesday when an automobile' driven bers of the Fidelis class, of which automobiles who live in the county. This money goes to the county road fund. Privilege and Sanilary Taxes Due Chief of Police Alf H. McLeod asks The Robesonian to say that privelege and sanitary tax for the year ending May31,1918,are now dueandpayable to the town clerk and treasurer. Chief McLeod will make two rounds, how ever, in order to give the folks rl. physically deficient. Alex Jacobs, Indian, McDonald, phys ically deficient. Grady Sessoms, Lumberton r5, wife and aged parents. Luther H. Stephens, colored, Mari ett, physically deficient. Ealy Carlyle, colored, Lumberton rl, wife and child. 1 T T -!! T 1 V: ...... 1 The county gets 80 per cent of the to-, rL t"" 41 w,,-, -a ; fwvm ftn,crs i which Vlr. George Lawson was. na tal amount paid m from owners of " , e JAA VVli VA .A. 11 "'XJ WA T X kj V V A. A A up ond no doubt Mr. Lawson would have been seriously, if not fatally, hurt, had it not been for the fact that he caught hold of the bumper on the Ford and held on. Mr. Britt lost con. trol of the auto and it ran into a ditch. This was Mr. Britt's first ex perience at driving a John Henry. The Robesonian's local reporter missed a treat Monday by being out of the office when Mr. F. L. Davis of the Buie section brought to the office a nice watermelon and carried it away when he learned that the re porter was out. Mr. Davis says he sold 13 melons off the same vine from which that melon was plucked for 2o cents each. He has already a chance to nav thp taxes. If they are I .- -roirl -ittVi o-n Via matroS' tVlP SPfOrd Galloway Inman, colored, Lumberton warrant Wni be issued. Be .. 1 n 1 prepared to make the chief happy when ne calls on you. Men Being Examined for the Army One hundred men are being ex amined by the local army exemption board here today. These are the men that were summoned last Saturday. he is teacher, of the East Lumberton Baptist Sunday school, on a picnic trip to Philadelphus Saturday after noon of last week. Supper was ser ved and the people living about Phil adelphus served the class watermel ons. Members of the class report a most pleasant occasion. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sharpe and ichildren, Anna Courtney and J. A. 2nd, Mrs. Sharpe's mother, Mrs. An na P. Courney of Baltimore, Md.t and Mr. W. K. Bethune returned yester day from a short auto trip to the western part of the State, Miss Jose phine Breece, in whose car the trip was made, leaving the party on the return trip at Spartanburg and going thence to Baltimore and New York to purchase fall and winter stock for her millinery store. Ihe party went clucked 15 well-errown melons from to Hendersonville and Asheville via that one vine and there are a half- the Bat Cave route", spending a night dozeri"more young melons on the vine. at Chimney Rock, and returned .down The melons are of the Rattlesnake va-' Saluda mountain via Saluda : and riety. . i :&fifWOE Spartanburg, S. C. ; is " 5 j - -1
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