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J. .. THE ROBESOMAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AtfD TRUTH $2.00 i EAR. DUE IN ADVANCS VOL. XLVIII LUMBERTON, FORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1917. NUMBER 59 RALY IN HONOR j RECORD OF THIRD HUNDRED OF DRAFTED MEN i 35 Did No File Claim for Exemption, 23 Fled Oaims, 28 Physically De ficient and 14 Failed to Report NEW SCHEDULE ON V. & C. S. rarade, Music by Brass Band, and 2 Splendd Addresses MekJnFeast Rally a Grand Success Around 2,500 people gathered here PURSE LOST AND FOUND FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER ' BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Better Service for Traveling Public- , LadyXost Purge and Passer-by J3aw School Open? Today-Movements of Extra Train to Elizabethtown Effective yesterday morning at 2 Of the 100 registrants for military i went into efect on the Virginia & 60, Carolina Southern railroad between Lumberton and Hope Mills and be tween St. Pauls and Elizabethtown. Mr. W. I. Linkhaw left Saturday a Certain Man Pocket It Purse! the People j evening for the west to buy muiea Restored Shy a Ten-Spot But Mon.! Con osuondence of The Ro..onan. for his sales stables. - ey Was, Obtained by Due Process Fairmont, Sept. 1 Mr. Geo. Ricks. Miss Margaret Biggs, daughter of Law 'and son, Claud, and daughter, Mrs. 'of Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Biggs, left Mrs- Jordan Dean, a widow who j James H. McCluer, Misses Blanch and Saturday for Elon college, where she: lives near Center church, dropped her j Mabel Ricks of Pantego, were guest will resume her studies on the 5th purse on the sidewalk Thursday morn-' of Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Ricks last week.; inst. As the trains of which th schedule! iSf and it was not long before J. 11 They made the trip in their car. ! Mr. c B. Redmond, proprietor !w w AvTT,Mfi a , c, L-ocklear, Indian, who lives in How. Miss Mary Bene kicks leit tn,ny of ti,e parlor erocerv. is closmtr out i,,.1." TVxor eauuuatiuu, ""l,f . " .1 -17 J ellsville townshin. came aW and morning fot FayettevfU?, where she.v,:, sfoMf anAm rPtife from bus- f.jMpfl to vorrf nd MA Tint filp With thi new schedule the V & llsu tuto me pocket oi ms jeans , . . . .xx-,yet aeciaea wnat ne wm uo. A fJJtJnJZt IC S maSirenTent will be able to!Mr- T- WTrogdon, local U. S. cot- day morning for Wnghtsville Beach, LMr. J. H. Pittman of Fairmont I ton arrader. saw the ladv droD the where thev will spend some time. nasspd throuo-h town Saturdav even a T.. cronA cnoco list no effort, .s made to indicate the1 the new schedule a train leaves Eliz After the speeches the drafted men 1 different races as that information abethtown at 6:30 a. m., and makes wprl eiven a watermelon feast on could not be ascertained, since the , connection at St. Pauls at 8:33 with ire court house square. There were men did not report. - . K train whlch arnves at Lfumb.er1gn .i i... rt-F tyioI nriQ tor n i xne nraitea rtisscu iiiAumiiiiiuii aim. uiu nuv " j o-cy - men present. ! Caims for Exemption A fuller account of the day's pro-' Raymond Hunt, Lumberton rl. vrmrn will be published in Thursday's Lonnie Leach, Lumberton, colored. Pobesonian. I Jhn Barden, Marietta, colored. Berry Jerrigan, St. Pauls rl. WHERE THEY WILL SERVE John Kelly Bray, Fairmont. I Ej. Kj. iriiiiiips, LiUIIlUeiWll today to attend the rally held in hon. service, liability numbers 461 to or of Robeson county s araitea men.; inclusive, summoned by the army The features of the day were tne dratt exemption board of Robeson dis narade, which took place at 11 a. m.,' trict 1 to report in Lumberton Thurs XhB spienam music icuuwcu tui wic occasion by the niast Xjumoenon Dana, ta two stirrine addresses, one by Mr. L. R. Varser of the local bat and one by Judge W. M. Bond of Edenton. . I. in. the lists whicn to low, , where 1" Ipuw" wd'also saw Locklear pick Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Tapscott, Mr.j en route to GreenvilleT S. C. ta j i l. - thA n rvn t- vrrryy ' rna r rv i rT i? ynr inn ioron Tna Tom anu uanorn m. iii.c lux i. huo : t . . i . -m -a - i - p v - A crowu inat un w A"1.; "V" : , .w.lvi " ;f T r iPf f ; ever e-ivpn and th nponlp P-Pnemllv ! 11 UP and put in his pocket. The' and Mrs. u. J. cambers and Mr. anaivi it his son Mr Roger Pittman, who t the court house listened with m-, trant is white except m the list of . fJf PlaPpg I lady soon cme back looking for thejMr3. James Galloway left Saturday , is1a member of Co! A, N. C. engi. erest to the addresses, and the ral. those who ed to appear, m econtained seeral dol. morning for Southport, where they neers. will spend some time. Njght Policeman J. B. Boyle re- Mr. and Mrs. Luke Blue left Sat- j turned Friday from Scotland coun urday morning for Hope Mills, where ; ty, where he spent a few days' va they will visit Mr. Blue's mother. , cation. While away Mr. Boyle waa Mr. Geo: Grantham left Saturday j relieved by Mr. F. A. Wishart. morning for Chapel Hill, where he; At the home of the officiating will attend school. iustice. M.G. McKenzie, on Elm street anything at all about it. Mr. Trog.j Prof. Geo. Graham of Charlotte; yesterday afternoon at 4:30, Mr. Her. don insisted that he return the mon-1 arrived weanesaay morning, iuiss, bert Atkinson and Miss Zula wai ey to the owner declaring that he saw Elizabeth Boyce of Littleton arriv- ters DOth cf the Fairmont section, eu r riuay mgiii, uiiu miss ucuy nus by also arrived Friday night. School will open September 3 with Prof. Gra- over to the owner. The lady opened j ham as principal, Miss Christine vme this state, was a Lumberton the book -and found that $10 of the Floyd, 7th and sth grades, miss wen vistor Saturday. Mr. Sugg will spend Butler, 5th and bth, JMiss Agnes Asne.' part 0f the week in the county on ley 3rd and 4th, Reby Ausby 2nd and business. This company expects ta Miss Elizabeth Boyce 1st. Miss Ge- i put on a sale at Fairmot at an early, neva Morrison of McColl's S. C, will; date. al Policeman Eli Phillips pursued have charge of the music class- i Mr. A. E. White returned Fri- him K and arrested him. He denied Mrs. J. C. O'Neil and son, Jack, of day from a trip to Washington, D. taking the money. He was given a Chadbourn, spent Friday m 1? airmont. n New York and Baltimore, where lars. -Mr. Trogdon, seeing how anx ious the 'lady was about the pocket book, told her to rest easy and he would; try and recover the lost money for her. Mr. Trogdon approached Locklear and asked him to return the money. He then denied knowing Newly-CommisSioned Army Officers Augustus Mitchell, Elrod rl, colored. of Lumberton Assigned to Various . Andrew Taylor, McDonald, colored. Bmnches of Service Mathew McLean, McDonald, colored. Lumberton men who were at the Braxton C. Freeman, Lumberton r4: first officers' training camp at Fort Andrew Herring Lumberton Oglethorpe and who were recently! James Parnell, Lumberton, colored, commissioned as army officers have ( Durham R. Mitchell, Fairmont, been assigned to the following! Row land Byrd, Orrum. branches: C. B. Skipper, Jr., and J.'. Neill A McLeJlan Fairmont. r ?T,ftrV. n H. Fuller.! Keffier Britt, Lumberton. heavy artillery; E. Knox Proctor ! Fletcher Dickens, Fairmont ffeld artillery-; F. Eli Wishart, ma.' genuce- M. Odum Buies rfd. Pauls till 2 p. m. and arrive in Ljim berton at 2:45. An extra train leaves Lumberton at 6:25 p. m. and arrives at Elizabethtown at 8:30 p. m. As the schedule has been, to come. other points on that branch one had "J1" up auu Pu. m n w.- to leave there in the afternoon, spend . Ifd5fa'f hcn1 Save the pocket tbA mVVit herA nrd return in theibook to Mr. Trogdon, who turned it chine eun batalion or "batalion ofaie x-. "svu death", as Mr. wisn nail tho branch to W VW.. V , . . 1 . I assigneu. 1 a,, . . lomps stridcl and. Lumberton. death", as Mr. Wishart says the hoys . "uks TTwtn uer, 1 v. 4.. v: o. uon Ira L. McGill, Lnmberton. Call me oraiwi vu wuivu m 3 r . .XT W MUoII FoSrmmif were married. Mr. T. J. Sugg, representing the Atlantic Coast Realty Co. of Green- the night here ard return in the morning. This change will give the people on that branch of the road the most convenient schedule they have ever had. People from St. Pauls, or any point between Lumberton and St. Pauls, and on the Elizabethtown branch, will be able to leave home in the morn- i 1 1 j t i- x. . naiiif niuiic v - 11 SfffJ LS or'hearing before Justice M, G, McKen. . Mr. and Mrs, Jim Alford left Teg- he spent some time buying fall and money was gone. By this time Lock. lear had left town for his home. Of ficers were notified about the mat ter and Sheriff R. E. Lewis and' Rur rv,. T?rtWn;ar,. Mr. SkiDner was James d. du:icjuuu, commissioned first lieutenant and all , Walter Wes ; , Alienton a? SfffllK C., except lr. iV s ... , JL0 i Ed Williamsf Proctorville, colored. been informea wnere ne , wm e 8uu Pittm.an, Lumberton, colored. HC mS'iFiJSr The Sam p. Tyner, Lumberton rl. soon be so ro ti5SSfiHav I Neill West, Lumberton r5. assignments were made Saturday. chkgon) gt Pauls rl Messrs. wisnari, au asiivcii - , T snent vesterdav here visiting rela- f -x. r.i' pi,G;oai Fvnn, tives and left this morning foi Co-, . 4 d Fi,ed claims for Ex. lumbia, where they have to report; tin ,,4, this afternoon at 5 o clock. Msmw rinn Tee. Lumberton. mar w ried. Lawrence Davis, Lumberton r4, mar- Local Exemption Board Will Not Cajl Rowf R. gealy, nrnesville rl, for Men September 5 But 5 Per. - , arents. Cent Will be Called 4 Days ier 1 Smith Bai.nes, colored, Lumberton, As tne result 01 a ew uui c-. married ce'ved Saturday night from the VVar j. ellyhan, Barnesville r3, mar Department by the local army exemp-, .d t:on board, no men wiU be called o-it: gl 0'xendme, Indian, Fairmont, from this district on the 5th mst. niarried. as had previously been ordered. How"; jese h. Hayes, Rowland, married, ever, the new ordor calls for 9 men p k NvP! Orrum. married. 0 per cent of the lull quota lloni Beni. F. McLean, Lumberton Fayetteville, and get back home ear. lv in the evening. Or one may leave Lumberton m the morning, spena a few hours in St. Pauls, leave there at 2 p. m. and be back in Lumberton ff e tn .i,outi ea 1 6 . 7 "e " tf 9-ak W1-n h ideal service s:aid io have told that her husband : r" work d take the ?io monev. ifriom the nooketbook. He was required to pay the $10 to Mrs. Deanfand pay the cost in the action Lumberton and St. Pauls the same day. .. , Freight service also lias been turned around, giving much better schedule. A freight leaves Lumberton at :io a. m.. arrives at Hone Mills at 9:45, connecting with morning north bound A. C. L. freights; leaves Hope day for Enfield, where they will visit; winer goods for the department relatives. store of Messrs. White & Gough, of Miss Opal Keeter, who has been.which firm he is senior member, visiting relatives in Halifax, Weldon.i There is a mighty attractive dis- After the trial Locklear's wife is j Richmond, Va., and other points, re-play of canned products of various. VI . .11.111 1 , III 1 1 -171 J 1- X. i 1 1 1. 1 L il .L.m turnea nome c riaay mgut. Kinas on exniDiiion ia mc buuw Miss Lois Hayes left Sunday morn- j window at McMillan's drug store, ing for Marion, S. C, where she will 1 The work was done under the sup visit her aunt Mrs. J. L. Coleman.' ervision of the Robeson county home Mrs. Ausby, who spent the summer demonstration work.Miss NenaRhyne, Bov Knocked Down by Roadster 'at her home at Ralegh, arrived Fri- demonstration agent. Wheel Passed Over Him But ISO uay nigni. au win spcuu ouiug time ;vir. n. xv. xaia&uu, wiiu uau uceu .. , - , , TT FORD PASSED OVER HIM . ..-an 1 HIT 4"! TT Bones Broken I here with her aaugnter lvirs- ueo. n Mister Beverly Biggs, 14-year-old Cole. son pt Mr. and Mrs. John 1. ciggs, ""V'-nT T wasfbadlv hurt Frldav afternoon arrived Thursday and will be the local lineman for the Southern Bell Telephone Co. for some time, ha3 been transferred to Wilmington. Mr. Hinson is succeeded here by Mr. 1?. 9 MEN SEPTEMBER 9 Mills at ll:u a. m., ana Brings ... . , 1 t. .r j nt w mother. Mrs. W. B.Ut r.ilWt. Mr. Gilbert has moved Richmond and Nortc-l Grantham, until Sunday. his family here and i, living in the rivrng. Lumberton at 1:45 p m. Ttaj by a iord jotter driven by Mr J McLean arrived Sanderson residence, Seventh street. will give a much more certain ireignt; w - home Fridav nieht from Jackson! Mr. T. L. Johnson left Saturday cifH-" " I n 1 1-1. - connection at Hope Mills. Fourth street. Young Biggs was rid. Springs, where they spent a week. for Hickory and will return home in YP ART V ATTT.LKVV AND GUAR """ ----- ----- .t . -r-i ..ii . j. . . i. nr nj i !Yi r victnr mqvps pti v euiiesua.v ho nppn in mo wpsiem nan ui mu "TTTT? TifiT T AT? Flilt 1 (IrSAUUU S OUrin street Roni wesu mi. vjuuiii, j ... " . " - , x ,. TER DOLLARS r UU IUBalaa, -n f or HickorVj where they w:ll visit state for six weeks. Mr. Johnsons ! rplatives. automobilp is at Asheville ana he will Fairmont Market as &oia "yer i . " r, , fe , , j. msco. r.ertm nnrl Addie Jones! f A?will0 bof ore returning home Tamil v in his auto. I T 4- 1 Anr.n'n4- TVfC1"C- V T . .. . i thi disUict on Sunday, September r5, married T,ic;t;r T7!ii PViiilins. Lumberton. mar" As the order now stands, 30 per, r-e(j cent will be called out September gim page colored, Fairmont, aged 19. 40 ner cent October 3, and the, 4v,fi10 onrl married. balance of the first quota immedi- -p obt- jj Ellwanger, Fairmont, son i i ii ja ' . - ateiy tnereaiter. 0f widow. I fflU-ir, T. Roe-ers. Barnesville, mar TOBACCO MARKET 1 ried. CLOSES THIS WEEK Q c kelson, Lumberton, married. . , , n " ' . CI, Jno. S. Hill, Marietta, aged father LumberWs 2 Houses Have Sold and mother. Around 2,000,000 Pounds Well Duncan S. Davis, Fairmont, aged Phased With Efforts to Build up, father and mother. Marke1 25 Cent Average j Nuton Sampson, Indian, Lumberton The Lumberton tobacco market aged father and mother, will close Friday of this week. The Qaton Baxley, Lumberton r7, aged season about to close has been the father and mother, biggest ever on the Lumberton mar. Kinchen Barnes, Lumberton r4, aged ket. Lumberton's two houses have father and mother. sold around 2,000,000 pounds of to-! Dock j0hnS0n, colored, Rowland, mar- bacco and the warehousemen are welL ried. pleased with the result of their ef-iRjchard Mayes, Proctorville, married, forts towards building up a market i William K. Cain, St. Pauls, married. here. Ed Faulk, colored, Fairmont, agea . f 1 TITO 1 P. 1 14- cniA lntTtnf A nin-n t-r fvnYlt -F n 1 3ffio! "IFI kylir Mr. Wd was! ? Nieh.U spent last week with MissSnd make the retorn trip with his mers Prosperous Special to The Robesoiiian. - Fairmont, Sept. z ine rairmoni tobacco market had sold up to Wed nesday night of last week 5,286,582 nounds of tobacco this season for l,235,ZUD.s8, average ior tno ss"" to date ?23.3(i the nunarea. Several thousand pounds of tobac co have been sold on the market since Wodtipsflflv and nrices are now the highest of the season. It is expected that quite a bit of tobacco will be sold here this week. ti,;o Kopn q rppord season on j-v xr5 rv.nrVpf in number ofiNfiill Blount Tried to Swim Across LilC l anmuiiu x.xw ... - - - - Wo-i T ... A a r.A onrl n so in nrices' naio i niver vjnee xou uiieu "mh awwu . "it. ... 11 :a.1. 4-1, not accustomed to driving a car and ; Addie Mitchell. Ihe front wheel of the auto passed Mr. i. niancnam, cuuuy untt ana u. rmier a.c .wt--over the Bijrsrs bov ard he was ! demonstr-ator, returned Thursday ed their co-partnership in the prao knocked unconscious. He was taken night from Raleigh, where he spent tice of law, Mr. Fuller having re to his father's store and Dts. W. A. j last week attended the farmers' con- cently been commissioned as second MrPhaul and T C Johnson were vention. jieuienant m uic j. o. ". . LA AJTcUI. -Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Floyd and, Britt will continue to practice an While he suffered several skin bruises, son, P. R. Jr.. of Fairmont, and Mr.j his office will remain at the same out Saturday, up. The bicycle was WM. W. Jr., and Jennings, of Lumber. j -John Oxendine and Annis Lock- ton. suenx yesteiuay jat-iuu, leai, uum. xnuic, nU i... -- " . . . , HJT i " 1 1 it.. t C V T"A1? DROWNED IN LUMBER RIVER Springs. They made the trip m iir. i were marneu in uie unite uj. P. R. Floyd's' auto. ter of Deeds M. W. Floyd here Sat- Tnca "hoc Koon icenPrI for the! nrdoxr morning at 9:15 o'clock. Jus- John 't for the weed. It is well with the far mers throughout this section, which is to say it is well with the people iur T5os.if.es the tobacco crop, which has practically wiped out all marriage of Jesse Taylor and Sidney' tice F. Grover Britt off icated. Job T)v.;inc r-rl. n MpD'nff avd Bes-! i 48 vears young and his brioe d:dn SV"Cypr Cton Prevatt and; know how old she was, but Register at cypress-ir, tne Miame tester ii Atkinson of Deeds Floyd was sure she was at dav Neill Blount, colored, m years old, Fannie Walters; Herbert Atkinson, of Deeds Floyd was and Zula Walters: Ehas Strickland, least 18 was drowned in Lumber river at a ', and Mary Barbes; Luther Willoughby point called "Cypress.in-the-Middle", and Minnip Monroe. A letter received tnis moniiiiK t-vixicxx w a." - -r - - ,i j, t X.X. n t 1 i. ,i n X. 1. I n n 4-1. . T-M-M.-m n rm mil ha iriPhtS owed DV the .larmers, uicj near me tieiiiuiigs t , 0. i c - -cvonlr Crmah from Wp sXdid ?ood crons and in most tween 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday af-. by i State Senator F W to; "i' . r , . rnces lor the entire season nave averaged 25 cents the pound. nnd infirm parents. Failed to Pass Examination Geo. Daniel Baker, Xumberton, col ored. J ... . r 1 i i . 1 X. 1. !1 . it. ! . .. . Il X. - An . J r9 PTQTnC n '1 1 1 . I I I I M 1 I 1 1 1 I . ternoon. Blount went to the river , caiumuie, with some small boys and it is sald, j are some arfrimPPe?Kt was showing them how many times i condition of Mrs. Gough, who is tak hP could swim across the river. Thai treatment under a specialist there, R.chard Oxendine Scalded to Death boys were not in the water, but were if ot very encouraging. Richard rename i 'f fvATO fhp UjitiVq. The i ha? been m Baltimore several days- unen ; nourr P1.uucu a ";t 6 " 7i.Ii Mr J. M. Terrv resiened yes instances fairly good cotton crop. BOILER EXPLODED; MAN KILLED I)oetrtpre From A rm v Arrpstpd Here W. W. Williams and W. S. Canada ; Luther M. Biggs, Lumberton r6 were arrested by Sheriff R. E. Lewis J Wade H. Davis, Lumberton r4. and Deputy A'. H. Prevatt yester-.j. Robert Prevatt, Lumberton. day afternoon as deserters from the i percy A. Meares, Lumberton. lT. S. army. Williams and Canada J Eugene Hood, Lumberton. liplrmr 4- rn AMP. pno-inpprs. ' la-mac T.nmh. TxUmberton r4. oov. 7:n: tvt MpKpiinr. b airmont ro, jcii nic tamp at un'cmiin- -j- ' ; yy jiiiaiii eral days a0. Capt. Geo. W. Gil-! colored. lptt of the company wired Sheriff, Ari McNair, Rowland, colored. Lewis to arrest them, as deserters Kellv Bass, Orrum. , , . from the army. They were locked up . Scott O. McMillan, St. rauis n, coi- near Pembroke, Friday when the boil- up onetime. He did not call for pr exnloded. iuncan vjrrau,i"j hcijj ii, 10 aiu. j. ""j u riinn. was slisrhtlv hurt. It is said that the boiler sprung a leak and those working at the mill decided to try to ma uie wCCiv Two counterfeit men one that would weigh 275 or 300 if he was a. natural man and the other around 75 pounds in the show window of the DuBois bakery are attracting1 much attention. On the breast of the larger man is a card which reads: "I eat DuBois bread," while on the breast of the dwarf is another card, which says: "I don't". Mr. a. vveinstein ieit ii "iou where na for ex- two weeks. Miss who has been visit- Barnwell. Mr. Terry had been with ng relatives and friends in wew ftfMcM llan pharmacy about a year York, will join her father there .and and has made many friends here. accompany him t0 Boston and Fitts- average in honesty and politeness. , -Mrs u . pperg fje Z,.!lr ri.rpnce Odum. who lives on He had worked for Mr. C. B. Red-i re pany y - L, o rrtm.. was a Lum- frierhtened and ran for help. Blount was considered above the RnicJ R. 2 from Lumberton, was a Lum 5 years and was well- ' "i" rV' w visitor Thurfedav afternoon. and that is what caused the explos- known and had many friends bo h T of! MnOd urn says he has recent caught roioreu. xae ui .vibu - - - . , t 'possums m his yard. ine Poa- . ..... -nc a : . ".Ti 0 -U to renair it ' mond for 15 vears and was well- her guest little ivii aihp lUXC SLUUUxlxli nxv. xxxxxx -vy x- - 1 . 1 l-.'x.- J 1 ... . , wm5e. an" COiU1,euA, J:?"t1.:!ilt-lp folks were invited and the par. two 'possums in his yara. ine Por nvriino was scalded to oeav"- Dy nis wue ana omer leianvea wnu j ------ xr . f x,a. e,lTY, wpnt to his front door ana act- He is suVvcd by his wife and seven ; live here. La re Ind were served .3 as theu?h they would have bee VilHrpn. A" eiiorvs xo miu uie uj, - . ii rtcf ni0!K ' nlpased had Mr. UdUm inviteu mem fruitless until about noon in jail and Capt. Gillette was noti tjed of their arrest. Williams told the officers he left the army of his own free will and Canada said he was discharged. Isham McDuffie, Proctorville, color? Stephen J. Smith, Lumberton r6. -Banks C. Rogers, Lumberton. Junius F. McAllister, Lumberton. lt,' Broken in, Runaway William Addison, Lumberton, coioreu. Mr. Alex. Hedgpeth, who lives Lock S. Currie, Lumberton r7. on route 4 from Lumberton i Luther H. Prevatt, Buies rid. had his left leg broken below James Bryant, Fairmont, colored. Vi cx ,1 ... x-- iirVion xiiir TTjimon. Alienton. le was thrown from a buggy when John N. Harden, Lumberton rl, coi the mule he was driving ran away. ored. ' Both bones were broken and one was Braddie Hunt, Fairmont, Indian, -o badly shattered that a piece of it George N. Owen, Lumberton rl, in had to be removed. The runaway oc-l dian. u,fn f urred near Long Branch church and j John K. Arnett, uuw-- William 11. IjOOK., ivcmiwi. - tt.1.. ri Uorrio i i .iimiiHi Lull iu. none x i Edmond DeBerry, Fairmont, colored. Butler McLean, Elrod, colored. Failed to Appear for Examination Jim Bellamy, Long, S. C. Harry Alexander Green, enlisted. David Braxton Stone, Lumberton. wiiiio Rinflcman. Lumberton. 1111V v - 7 . - pmt, Mnshv Johnson, LiUmoertou, sick Joseph Dawson, Lumberton. Ambrose Fulmore, airmoiii, Patriotic Rally at Raeford Tomorrow ; when it was found about 5 feet from; ant occasion. Q t of ' number of' 'possums that have been Mr. H. E. Stacy of the Lumberton where the unfortunate man was seen ,tBtt church returned ! captured already, no doubt this is bar will be the principal speaker a to go under. A white man, whose the . F ir st B aptist g? to be a good year for pos- a patriotic rally given m honor 01 name has not oeen learneu, uxveu, ; - - - - his sum hunting r, in TToItp pountv ana: and found thp boav. i Ti,a T fi,a .raftpd men in Hoke county and;and found the body, the old Confederate veterans of that county at Raeford tomorrow. Mr. St.nf.rr w SOeflK at 11 VSm FARMERS UNION MEETING " . . i i in 1 TT- .XV 1 1 . J L. . n i IMP I-innPS.IlIllJlIx & lUO.X xtiwxw- summer nome. niieu ma puipiu, . . - ff.-r, here yesterday.. Mrs, Greaves and ; was 5 V1. .vo! children will return to. 1S rr" Trnnnd an- it is said the mule became frighten ft at a bicycle. Mr. Hedgpeth was brought to the Thompson hospital, where the wound was dressed. Ludie Costin, a negro woman, is -aid to have shot and killed her 13-hionths-old son -t Rooks, Pende -ounty, 2 weeks ago. It is thoup-V' t'ljit she is mentally unbalanced. She wjis admitted to a hospital in Wil- in Eton Friday and after undergo- iip some treatment there she will Children will retuxn --c. hrourfit around an- ?ade wiirbe oW Countv Meeting Will e about the i mma,e oi 0ther fine watermelon, of which ta rade will he o e o fe &t Ten M.le tember 19 carl Greaves left I m a present. -Mr. Davis had '"'U1. A 4-: 4? V, Tfacn-r, HirricirtT IOr VtHKl! ruicau, vvueic xx vmv. - x".- 1 fmm rL Ulinx tne rt'T-iJ1 IW tnmorrow. S ready pUliea iiue xnciu"- the vine from which he puiiea tner one he presented the reporter and still the vine has two more melon3 ine meions irom iixx. served. Barn Struck by Lighting A barn, 3,000 bundles of fodder, 50 of the Farmers' union will be held at Ten Mile church Wednesday, bep- tember 19. Some matters oi vast im- bushels of corn and some farming , portance to the farmers will be con- rollece. tomorrow. Old "Uncle" Amos Bell, a well known Indian who lives 8 miles from Lumberton on Ten Mile swamp . ... i.. . j l ..Amino- on I nP melons llUIIl i.xao.1. WenVents belonginV to Mr. Mem-I'sidered and every member of the un- brought xc . tne Meaitor noajr , ""Jol'"for "25 cents each, which rir tt. wh"glieS near Long ion in the county is urged to be pres. .."I?" 'iSSttat he has already pullel ff. ' . i t a fvnm i.nrri-'onr ri'hP mpotiTi? will ooen at j.u " ."-- . . i-o examined as to her sanity, "i Carson Graham Hall, Lraberton. found to be insane she will be' sent Robert Cromartie "berton r4. he State hospital, but if founrt) nrary pw' o he Bane she will be sent back to' Julius Eugene , Bryan Lumberton j;rT4 Lum- ent The meeting will open at 10 were burned by lightning Fri.! o'clock s urn -If a member of the oay afteraooiu The iMb was u.. umu, F RllOVER BRITT. County Secretary-Treasurer. Annual Fish Fry and Picnic of Bm inri1'ilp Sundav School x- . .... 1 A large crowd enjoyed tne annua.- $1,000. Miss Belle JLewis, rrliner at vp T.nmherton Bargain House, has returned after spending several weegs at:CsS; unit of the. 'highlfish fryand picnic of tBlnoming- school girls, a branch of the- ocaj National Special Aid society, will not meet tomorrow afternoon, as expected. Dock Oliver, Lumberton. Furman Martin Powell, Lumberton r5. Joseph Swinton, Lumberton. 5 nchesrounTgooeTstaows!? worth of mdons from that one . m W V 4 i --MS fh it waiched. Uncle Amos AiV - v CP is a mighty interesting character and it is well worth while to stop and pass the time o day with him. Mr. WL noyd Shooter, wno nas ' "r W J. Sansburv. of The Rob- esonian's composing room force, went yesterday morning to the home of bis parents near nmmonsvme, o. v., " ' I wAAAitrAri Thin TYinrTllTl V 1 L Shooter has been op the Mexican oor gram w.;;:th-1 his der for several months.. He has re, brought the Tnd that his centlv been transferred to tne repiac-1 xatxicx rhant?ed. ing battalion of the 26th infantry, condition .JXJr dalP Sundav school at Bloomingdale Friday. More than a bushel of nice fich was secured for the occasion and pvprvthine"- else eood to eat wis there. The day was most highly en- which is already nn ce. xur : "fVhe past year and his The neoole living in that Shooter expects to leave, for France health ior xne v j which is already fin France. ' ZT ndhkdkth UCUUiC ixvxixti 1" - . . . , .... x. .i . .1 I x. , Hn ttti 1 1 rpnirn I w xxcx ir . . section have their annual picnic anu-ai "r. " time for the past several weess. joyed. The people living in c,Prtion havp their annual picni get-to-gether meeting each year. has been expected at almost any headquarters Wednesday. 1 tnrior for trial.
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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Sept. 3, 1917, edition 1
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