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- COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH ,
vol. XLvm nnrmr -qq a yeah. DDE tN ADYAWca
NAMES OF MEN SELECTED
18 Registrants Who Made up 5 Per
Cent of Robeson's Quota for Mob
ilization Camp Partial List of
Men Selected for MilUary Service
Nam.es of the 18 men, constituting
5 per cent of the quota of Robeson
county, selected to be sent to the
mobilization camp at Columbia, S. C,
Sunday September 9, are as follows:
District No. 1
Henry Bullard, Orrum.
Havnes Britt, Lumberton rfd 1.
Jas. Walter Meares, Lumberton rfd 4.
Lawrence McKay Parker, Lumberton.
Lawrence mcay rancer, Lumberton.
Horrie Thomas Kinlaw, Lumberton
Forney H. Blackwell, Lumberton rfd
4k w w
Joseph H. Barrington, Lumberton.
Enoch M. McConnell, Lumberton.
Joseph Gordon Grantham, Lumberton.
Dislrict N0. 2
Thomas Hector Purcell, Maxton.
Joseph G. Council, Parkton.
Aneus D. Byrne, Red Springs.
William Thomas Culbreth, Pembroke.
Olin H. Stanley, Parkton.
Thomas Caddell, JMaxton.
Willie H. Jaekson, Rennert.
H. Payton Stephens, Red Springs.
John Calvin Graham, Red Springs.
Alternates for District 1
Gatewood Small, Lumberton rfd 3.
Warren Bryan, Lumberton rfd 7.
These men are ordered to report
at the office of the local board Sat
urday, September 8, at 3 p. m., those
1 1 o H ".""1' vno5e 01
district 2 at Red Springs, for mili-
tary duty and for transportation to
the mobilization camp at Columbia,
and they will be sent to Columbia
SUS ?' i r i x j j
Partial lists of ron selected for.
t J:cWf 1 4- T.1 J." xl. . - . V
military service have been certified ;
district of North Cvolina to both
Robeson local boards. The list for
district 1 follows:
Partial List of Men Selected for Mil.
tary Service Fivm Robeson Dis
lrict 1
Jack Johnson, Fairmont.
Henrf Bullard, Orrum.
Haynes Britt, Lumberton rfd 1.
John Cox, Lumberton rfd 5.
Carson Earl Lewis, Fairmont.
John Archie Bass, Lumberton.
W. Henry Leggett, Fairmont.
James Walter Meares, Lumberton
rfd 4.
Samuel V. Ashley, Fairmont. :
John Allen, Lumberton rd 7. '
Addie A. Thompson, Fairmont.
David Clete Barnes, Barnesville rfdl.
Albert H. Leggett, Fairmont rfd 2.
Jam.es Grimsley, Fairmont- rfd 3. ; -
Clarence Tavlnr. F.of .TnnVhornti' '
Forney H. Blackwell, Lumberton rfd
.
Horrie Thomas Kinlaw, Lumberton
rfd 7.
Gatewood Small, Lumberton.
Fred Belton Johnson, Barnesville rfd
l. .
Joseph H. Barrington, Lumberton.
Enoch M. McConnell, Lumberton.
Ira Malone, Lumberton.
Junius R. Ashley, Bridgewater.
David Jones, Lumberton rfd 2.
l he names of these men have been
published before in The Robesonian! appearance one of the new soldiers
as having been . passed by the local! remarked: "Yes, wp are sending the
board, and they have now been cer- best we have." The men were
tified back to the local board by the! Prqmptly ass:'ignd to barracks and
district board. Messrs. Lawrence j regiments.
McK. Parker and Joseph Gordon' T -
Grantham made special request to I Jurrs for October Civil Court
be included in the first quota, and' At their meeting Monday the coun.
Jt will be noticed that thev are the!ty commissioners drew the following
viy names selected whose names do tu scive a& jurors ior tne .weeKs
not appear in the partial list certiJterm .of Rbeson Superior court for
fied by the district bord.
Partial List of Men Selected for Mil
itary Service From District 2
Oscar D0renan, Red Springs rl
John Alex Handy, Wakulla.
Earnest DusP, Pembroke.
Uifford H. McCoWck, Rowland:
i?;!?,es Street, Lumber Bridge.
rll Conoly Red Springs.
Arthur Cains, St. Pauls r3.
George Campbell, Rowland.
J'rn McNeill, St. Pauls r2.
"Ihe Rush, Rennert.
;orge Evans Spaulding, Buie rl.
t i .? Covington, Lumber Bridge.
ioh" McAllister, Parkton:
Hubbard McKinnon, Rowland.
1ward Anderson, St. Pauls r3.
Jorman McNair, Maxton.
Austin Chambers, Parkton rl.
sfdy McCallum, Purvis.
fcnzo Hunt. Pe-nbroke. '
Rowland McNeill, Rex.
ft?iert,P-, stewart, Pembroke.
Tnfu Pllkf'r' Red Springs. -Lu
her Jacobs, Maxton ?3.
Vjeorrr T Tt i i
dai f men seleeted' from the Bord of Edenton SjSSS Thia'T n0t itS 0W citizens a slacker in the audience when he be
the' j A pSstin- at the office of TODoaed thave ' a two3 1? bw Kmurdered Pon the highi gan he could not have been such when
thai Lboard' constitutes notice to j Peeks' il?m Jd toTJ hi?, W . as' -but becau?e lts employees had Judge Bond had finished his splen
nh Lrh?.se mes are listed there- SavteS 3 tZltJ ?dJ erv ce nto did addre The address was Lt
ti.- , J ' cinDroKe
"x r, " "an tne Duiieun
OF rhn 1 l v i .
thonC "Vs ,wa Doara and hold
dutv s readmess for military
later dtt0 be specified in a
fice. t0 be posted at that.of-
. r.
SaIV Said
th'J WiUiams and W. s! Canada,
cotton n?i?noarrJsted at the National
Lewl1Sunday by Sheriff R. E.
vatt a- Lzrlmv ?henff A. H. Pre-
wpro a5Iiers irom, the arm v.
fcy an anlf -ay' Tuesday evening
tvvo deserSr. 0fflcen . J is said the
J'cer at v i Tiai'eu irom tne of
The 0fLWadesboro Tuesday night.
GnvfeV? iaHnff the men to
A-, N r . headquarters of Co.
P;my fl, T SFS. Jo which com.
ers were on t The two desert-
Panv Wrs BV,."cre,wniie this com-1 Smyrna Section has accepted a posi
e3 apo 8latined here several tion as salesman in Mr. John T. Biggs
Qw . -i TT- -1 i nr. J
FIRST MEN OF Nrcw at Am
IONAL ARMY DON KHAKI
Groups of Recruits Poured Tnt -iA
Cantonments Yesterday ' to 14
Washington Dispatch, Sept. 5.
wS Jirst -5f the atioal army
SSJJJS? uniiom today. In 14 can!
the f h?t P.Ured gr0Ups f recruits
Saft frmy cent ta, of the
VAtbJPt Lee nuar Petersburg,
va., began to assemble the men who
ginia, WpsI Virn l?
of Pnnsylvana: and p0rtl0ns
:w. .lrm Vir-
QSSg
Pa. i ovii,cu tuwara
l,., where tiiey are t0 receive their
EiSirstXS06 KnWn 38 the
-Cam? G?.rdon near Atlanta, re
ceived the first increment of soldiers'
material for the Eighty-second divis
ion from Georgia, Alabama and Ten
nessee. J- Each sqldier upon arrival was
amppea oi ms civilian clothing and
supplied with khaki uniform, army
hat, shoes, leggings, blankets, rifle,
ammunition belt and other a'ccoun.
trements of a soldier.
Training will start tomorrow. The
second quota of forty per cent goes
to Camp September 19.
Reports to Provost Marshal Gen
eral CrnWHpv vnrliafwi l,o4- u
i " u wiai WiC II1UU-
nizaon was proceeding smoothlv
Most groups to&c morning trains, II.
.though th0Se from some Western
States may not reach camp until late
tonight or tomorrow
t ,CamPS Upton at Yaphank, Lon-
Island, and MmHp a' a
were the only cant0nments not ready
to formally open today.
Big Men from North Carolina At
tract Attention
Columbia, S. C, Special, Sept. 5, t0
- W ilmington star.
tMOTfiffiM
5t;di-,wi-x 4.1.-1 .r.r
my reported at Camp Jackson &
night, the, first detachment arrivme
u wwft.. iiit; secoro arrivpu a
nnfA V . . .
w.w uuucn aim oiner arrivals we-
nf t,A n,,t nf io j
dltionalTncrement; V one per CtntVt"SUranCe PlideS' no ure to pay
-Ii. i. .,, s U1 u.e Per cenl taxes fin TirnnprtTr ;a '
each day will report until the 5 per-
cciic quota is completed.
Five hundred South Carolinians re
ported at the Camp today; furnish
ing this State's full 5 per cent. The
firs member of the army to., be ac-
cepieu at r tne camp was David J
S1-!: Jr-' son of the mayor of
vwuraoia, i.ewie A. Griffith, ard
randson of Capt. D. J. Griffith, who
was a captain in the Confederate ar.
my at 19 Years of age, commnding
a, comPany in a regiment of Ker-
snaw s Dngaae
The first North Carolina detach
ment to arrive included men frnm
four counties Wautauga, Surrey,!
were noticeably bier
an uixicer commentea on their Mp
r -4- A T I 1 . m
inai oi civn cases wmcn will De
gin Monday, October 1:
First week S. F. Jenkins, Haynes
Johnson, R. L. Bullock, R. L. Single"
tary, J. C. Britt, J. C. Fuller, A. B.
Chas0n. Chas. Stuart, L. M. Cren
shaw. H. B. Stephens, T. D. Hardin,
W. H. Howard, H. H. Inman, Sam
Olivpr, V. B. McMillan, F. P. Gray,
W. J. Hammond, W. B. Usher, Rich
ard Ivey, D. M. Cashwell, Willis
Hooks, J. J. Bell, A. M. McNair, C.
B. Mitchell.
Second week J. F.' Bennett, J. F.
Shepherd, W. M. Roberts, W. S.
Floyd, J. C. Paul, D. G. Lawson, J.
k. uaadeii, Jesse Sellars, W. J. Law
son, C. B. Redmond, Arch McNeill,
D. F. Britt. L. Fowler. W TT Shnnt.:
t. T M T ,7n m r w ,. x I
n S" Wllw' nS',.Mc
Leod, D. K. Gregory, W. C. Walters,!
Br?onn ' 6 1 S' y M' f-rum ?r Ships and the caoes madel Jud?e W- M. Bond of Edenton hap.
so liaWe for-capture on account of thejpened to be m town on that day and
Sunerinr Court Npt Wir i relations then between Great Britain ! he was called on for a speech. Judge
AeekWerm Tnf ciTil court will ?nd FranCe'- ,ThlJ couny then went Bond spoke ih his usual forceful and
"r Tiir-j "n., XrSc ,llito war mainly trom this .existing , convincing manner and if th ere waa
term. Civil term.
Dr. Page's Resignation Accepted
At a called meeting" of the county
board of health held here Monday the
resignation of Dr. B. W. Page as
county health officer was accepted.
At a recent meeting of the board Dr.
W. A. McPhaul was elected county
health officer for three months. '
They KUled 40 Snakes
Mosstc. T AT. Rnmpv ond W. P..
P0 well killed 40 snakes at the-home
of Mr. Burney in-the northern part
of town yesterday. The snakes were
found in a pile of lumber. The
snakes were of the moccasin variety,
two were old ones and 38 young ones-
-Mt Raymond Rowan of the
store, xxe oegan worK ivionaay.
ROBESON HONORED
MEN OF ARMY
R&edeWK iftt Lumb'ton Was At
tended by Large Crowd Parade
of Robeson's drafted men wa9 5
The first thinsr
rSJr leA n,en- maed. The
rywwn irom the graded school
Seve ab?t V 'clock' ar?hed up
Elm vreM i Elm dwS
dm to Fourth, thence to Chest
nut street and
Vimico rv, j "u W1B court
nouse. The parade was headed by
annUter "ted marshals, fol.
FSnLri7 5as5 Lumrton band,
following the band came the drafted
men, each wearing a red, white and
blue ribbon on the lapel of his coat.
After these followed the members
of the exemption boards of the coun
u .x. Palriotjc selections were played
hy the band as the parade proceeded
through the streets.
Immediately after the parade the
drafted men and all others that could
find room gathered in the court room
at the court house to listen to the
speakers of the day. Prayer was of
fered by Rev. Chas. L. Greaves, pas
tor of the First Baptist chErch
of Lumberton. The first filt
er on the program, Mr. L. R. Varser
j fc"e umDerron par, was introduc-
luKn bar?' yVger? navyrstatio at
dress was calculated io sti?Ts home spending a few
of patriotism. :&JlJ'. and Mrs.
speech 'follows:
Brief Outline of Speech of k R. Var
ser Jil' Yaff.er exPined the purposes
oi the boldiers Business Aid
tee. The following services will be
?.?A? thai committeT.pon
"--LHest oi ine soldier:
JUSieout charge, any .
to the colors until the end of the
war. .
J-0 see tnat aurmir thp nhsor.o
ithe soldier there be no lans in "his
frnTtffnfm mU.J t i V
-..v-6rte, lucuniuuess, ana to maKe'
such legal transfers, of property as
txxe fcoioier or nis lamily may desire,
T j jr vivwr
, r" vantage . snau De;
.0.110,11 uc
ceedmgs m which Kg may be a party,'
vo. d xxy MJllCX 111
. ii A
or m whjch he may have an interest,
To look after and assist in rini
. 11 "''"o
-i or an Derisions whA m
, j,,- " -""j' ijnaj "".v "wiufu. tu uxouaxxu xor tne win- a -j. .
hereafter become, dependent upon alter. Misses Jeddie Mae Bristow ardL. no?lwntt?? mto the bil, the
soldier fQr suDDort
To aid soldiers in securing em
ployment when they return.
To arrange for special training
or education of soldiers partially diS-
Tn
aujeu oy wounds or disease
inn. hr. k,
To perform any other service for
er 1 r4 i amm .n-L. -v r.. i
total sums returned, as well as the
amount left over from any donations,
will be distributed after the war pro
rata to thoe who shall have contri
buted. Conceminc: the twesent strno-o-lp
there is much to be gathered in con-
-! 1 M . 1 .
deration of the previous wars that -
this country has engaged in with
other nations.
Beginning with the Revolution,
this was a struggle Tor our own po
litical freedom.
The war of 1812 was fought main
ly on account of the relations cre
ated with the country bv the "Orders
in Council" made by Great Britain
and France. The iesultiner 'Condi-
.""x: "c,ill-rV """e,
TlJ-fc-n 1H70C! f ho 4- A rvNAVion - 1
ws pracucauy DiocKea Dy tne lm.
plyed bv American ship owners
These English seamen werp taker
. xxxese xjxxkixu seamen were taKen
soon' brought this war to a hannv
termination, and although finally the
treaty settling tne war made no ref-
erence to the impressment of seamen,
A 1 ..... Ii ? i I
durW their Th' 'k0 because the Emperor of
m 15- ab3ence at the front. Prussia is ex-officio Emperor of Ger
fflCer 0f the committee shall (many and by an iniqnitioS systlm
SlvertheI;! oldier' ?alled suffVaJe by which thf ab
wherever they are able to do so af- ity to elect is graded according to
ter the war.wiU be expected to re- wealth, principally, Prussia control
pay any m0ney which shall be ad- the Reichstach. Prussianism is es
ZliSL fVJrViff insCG entially aabelief or dffie tfi
policies, taxes, jnterest, etc., and the j it is best for Germanv that Pn,;,
ire result was obtained and these speaking by the East Lumberton
rights no more violated. (band, which furnished splendid mus"
The Mexican war was a fight foric for the occasion. A number of
the freedom of Texas. Mexico took 'ladies, representing the local chapter
her autocratic hand from all this sid ! of the National Special Aid society,
of the Rio Grande after we had i and school girls rendered a number
been down to see her about it.- of patriotic selections, such as "Amer
The Spanish-American war was an !
intervention on ' behalf of oppressed
'awl .starved Cuba, thereby Cuba
libre was made a reality to Cuba.
The present war is a struggle in
order that Democracy for the world i
shall stand and Prussianasm shall
ue aoonsnea. ah tnat we nave
fought for and obtained in all of the
wars that this country has partici
pated in asrainst other nations will
be lost if Prussianism is not crush
ed. Prussia, a division of Germany,
by her status controls the German
SEPTEMBER
F AIRMONT NEWS LETTER
Interesting Meeting of Rd Cross
Chapter Revival Services at
Church-Silvia Circle
Snd?ncZ of The Kobesonian.
Fairmont, Sept. 5 Miss Lillian
S'lrS Miss Donnie Grey
a?d f McDonald this week. V
AWZ1'?F' iassiter and son and
daughter, Mr. Vernon and Miss Mai.
fewS B- Baker and Miss
Elizabeth Baker .-spent Monday in
Fayetteville. Miss Mary Belle Ricks
JSJ"Sffi"itinK.;Fayettville
a.vvk'.uu - wiui tnem.
The Red Cross chapter of Fairmont
held a very interesting meeting in
Sf0Wn hali Wednesday afteraoon.
a ?U.mber of new members
work sZn 7 hPe t0 be ready for
Tr?Tivalf Ses are beinS held in
Trinity Methodist church this week,
xtev J. A. HornaHflv f
preaching some " very able sermons.
Mr. C. H. Key 0f Elerbee is leading
the smgmg. 6
' Miss Eleanor Small, Miss Lorena
Iewis .popular trimmer, will arrive
Si ?aL.lmeo! Md" Thursday, to
the delight of her many friends.
, .Miss Grace Inman 0f Whiteville is
visiting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Neill Stephens of
Winter- Park, Fla., arrived Tuesday
afternoon and wFl spend a while
fes mother'
; Miss -Rose Jones left Wednesday
morning f0r Greensboro, where she
will resume her studies at G. W. C.
. Mf.'.l.animnitA. TirjT .
L. i" """'"'vc nson, wno is a
S. P. Wilson.
Miss Kate Ratlev left
loipg for Rowland, where she will
aiieuu SLXlOOl.
Messrs. F: A. PlovH. v. t? n, J
tt.. u. xvauev attended thp rnraliz
Ti.11. ."f'..r.
carriers meeting at Lumberton Mon
uay.
Messrs. Everett Floyd and Furman
Lewis left Wednesday morning for
A. and E. college, Raleigh.
Mrs. D. C. Lassiter entertained the
silver circle at her home Tuesday
test added much mlrrimeSt the
!DvM .!.. i. hi V,. , u w .
aciuuuu xi om no o. a count v con
Ti.i ' ' " tciyxiciia anu
Cream and ce
nens anttiw,. t.- t..', .
j were served the guests bv Misses
j.xg. caKer won.
Majintia Lassiter and Catherine Cole.!
Jl,"w A-iwiJuxvx CK.klKX j
1 "".o..-; '- x' iuju xnciue a verv inter.
o.-tdiL- iiu
rs- - a. jf ioyd mde a very inter.
Members the carpet was ;Wid for
and -$8 left, which they decided to
tur rl a,
: , " iuc xiiu louciety, am
Geneva Morrison rendered
the piano during the evening.
Leod, who is connected with the!
jJA-uiaLH ocxxaLor ixfin. is v -
aoutnern. commercial congress with
rule it, and therefore it is best for
the world that Germany rule the
world, hence it was best to brush
aside Belgium's "scrap of paper" be
cause according to this doctrine it
was best that Germany destroy Bel
world that it be destroyed, includ.
gium and therefore best f0r the
inr Belgium
This is the principal thing that
we are sending our soldiers to pre
vent soldiers upon whom not only
40 centuries of Europe look down,
but upon whom the security of the
American government depends.
It was sweet? and befitting for a
Roman soldier to die for his coun
try, hence the .great motto "dulce
J , . , ... .
et uecorum patnai mon". This has
been made sweeter. by the famous
statement of the patriot that he had
try.
lished in a recent issue of The Rob
esonian. -
A number of patriotic selections
was rendered before and after the
ica", "Carolina" and "The Star Span-
gled Banner".
After the exercises in the court
house were over, the drafted men
were invited out on the court house
square, where a watermelon feast
was enjoyed. There were plenty of
melons ana some to spare,
The occasion was one that will
linger in the memory not only of the
drafted men who must go to the
front and figlvt for liberty ard free
dom, out all those who honored the
drafted men by their presence.
6, 1917.
SENATE ADOPTS
REPORT FOR WAR PROFITS TAX
Total Levy of $1,286,000,000 Extends
iw reace rrotits
Washington Dispatch, Sept. 5.
ihe benate's bitter fight over war
today wS"D rr, ."Si
cmmittee's c0mpromiseprovisions for
a tuuu ipvw tvr 's.i wk nnn iff t ,
one third of this year's war and nor -
mal excess nrnfita
This is an increase of $1,060,000,
000 over present - taxes. The hiirh
tax advocates failed t0 secure adop
tion 0f a single amendment.
Z??, on a5Ption of the finance
committee's draft was 72 to 7. The
seven were Bankhead, Borah, Gron
na J0hnson, Calofirnia; LaFollette,
Underwood and Vardaman.
ti,o Chn 5 the war Profits section,
the largest revenue producing pro
vision, was taken technically in com.
mittee 0f the whole and is subject to
final review later. Today's decisive
rout of the high-tax element, how
ever, may prevent any further ef.
forts along this line and Senate lead
ers say it forecasts defeat for the
light beginning tomorrow for heav
ier income taxes.
Wih adoption of finance bom.
mittee s war profits provisions in
SAend by the committee from $562,"
090 000 to $1,060,000,000 after the
f? ta Senators began their fight
the bill totals $2,522,000,000, near
which figure it is expected to remain.
Many Senators, however, predict ul
timate elimination , of consumption
taxes, aggregating $86,000,000; sec-
Ann Cias? ail increases of $12,600,.
000; freight taxes of $77,500,000 and
stamp taxes 0n parcel post nack-
oooooostimated to yield about $8-
In the contest between those ad
vocating and
tl0n ?i war prof its, which has an.
Broached hio-h dvis x.r r-
sslon he largest muster of the
.. ; iV"'ri0 "x ociirtue ais
M-Ther.tax feroun SLhr.:
votefe. This came todav T
oup was twent
amSmenrf SenatTyJohnSo af,GU '
Calit0rnia, to mcrease the maximum
graauatea rate from 60 to 70 per
cent. Supporting it were:
Democrats: Ashnrt
f.Chlain, Flet
rlOlIlS. Hustins?. JnlmcnTi
Broussarl, Chamberlain, Fletcher!
1-1 A I I 1 n IT.. . J T 1 '
Da-
n' .y' CK.ellar. Myers,
knta; Kino- TTKtt 7Ttu n
'"ift1!' Phelai2A Shafroth, Shep,
n, bnep.
and Var-
5"' A iQnp 0 ' Arammell
0u' ,
-ttepuDixcans: Uorah. Bmriv r.rn
na' Johlso California; Jone, Wash-
! XT Kenyon, . LaFollette, 7 1
JNary, Noms and SutTiPrloin
Mc-
Tot-oi 00
10
i . . ,f w - iuuuik
T,i iLS The
I J.f "Sq KxVIS10n 18 es-
ner rent i
sive war nrofitV toZZ k T
riltJJ &
;r nrnfit " ZZXZt I.. rf-
ranging from 12 to 60 per cent. . The!
excess is based unon the. tip i
' 7 "co
excess is based unon th ;
nVinira tK nnn xr "
above $5,000 of corporations, part-
nerships and individual in trade or
business over the average of 1911
1912 and 1913 the nre.wlr
with a minimum exemption of six
ier cent oi actual invested capital!
and a maximum exemption of 10 per
pent ? i -j I
. sviuavcu rates ana tneir es
timated revenue yield follows:
, 12 Per cent on excess profits up
to 15 per cent, $100,080,000.
16 per cent between 16 and 25 ner
cent, $46,080,000.
20 per cent between 25 and 50 per
cent, $109,000,000.
25 per cent between 50 and 75 per
cent, $101,000,000. F
30 per cent between 75 and 100 ner
cent, $88,200,000.
35 per cent between 100 and 150
per cent, $120,050,000.
40 per cent between 150 and 200
per cent, $1UZ,UUU,U00.
45 per cent between 200 and 9sn
per cent, $84,150,000.
50 per cent between ta qaa
per cent, $72!500,000 d 300
tu per cent on profits in excess of
300 per cent, $462,940,000.
-Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Long
of East Lumberton, Friday of last
wees, a ime boy.
" Latest reports say that the con
dition of Mrs. Frank Gough, who is
m a private sanatorium in Baltimore
taking treatment under a specialist,
is unimproved.
Mr. D. H. Britt 0f Madison, Wis.,
was- a Lumberton visitor yesterday.
Mr. Britt is spending some 'time in
the county visiting relatives and
friends. He is a former Robesonian,
having gone to. Madison some three
years ago. He says while he likes
to live in Wisconsin, he has not found
a better people to live among, any
where tharr the people of Robeson
county.
A 'phone message yesterday from
Mr. W. J. Sansbury, of The Robeson
ian's composing room force, advised
that his father died yesterday morn
mg at his h0me near Timmonsville,
?; j Mr' Sansury, as stated in
Monday's Robesonian, went home
Sunday in response to a message
stating that his- father was in a dy
ing condition. Deceased had been in
failing health for more than a year
and his death had been expected for
some weeks. Mr. W. J. Sansbury
will return to Lumberton tomorrow
night or Saturday.
H r 1 s.ecuoiI stnkes out the office, will leave this evening for
Ux nf PnnTnnn r T- additional Charlotte, where he will spend f few
tax of $21)0,000,000. and is a snhst? Hqvs vioit;,,. iof; ttt-i.-, 1 ,
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BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
-r-The outlook for a large crop of
sweet potatoes is very encour
aihg, the farmers say.
Mr. Ed J. Glover has secured
the acrencv fo- th TinA o
Mi. Emberton and 'Lunibimn
township.
Mr. Vardell Grantham of R. 3
om Fairmont nassM
? Fairmont passed through town
r waavwu IVTfU
ruesdav en mufa o nnviri
he entered Davidson college.
irMrH Weinstein of Fairmont
left Sunday night for the Northern
markets to buy fall and winter goods
icr his big department store.
T "MrA Til?man Britt of R. 4 from
Lumberton passed through town
Tuesday en route to Wake Forest to
resume his studies at Wake Forest
college.
--Judging from the number of wa
termelons being brought in for sale,
the late melon crop in this section
must be a bumper one. They are fine
melons, too.
Mrs.W.A. McPhaul Tuesday took
her daughter, Shirley, to the Char
lotte sanatorium, where she under
went an operation f0r enlarged ton
sils and adenoids.
John Walker, colored, was given
a hearing before Assistant Recorder
Hi. M. Johnson recently on the charge
of trespass. Judgment was suSpend.x
ed upon payment of cost.
Misses Ganelle and Myrtle
Barnes,daughters of Mr.and Mrs.ILM.
Barnes, left yesterday for Greens,
boro to resume their studies at the
Greensboro college for w0men.
Sgt. T. J. Rowan of Co- L, known
as the Lumber Bridge light infan
try, spent yesterdav here visiting rel
atives. Mr. Rowan's company is sta
tioned at Charlotte at present. .
Any Robeson COUntv xmn-nrr mon
with sufficient education who would
like to receive a free scholarship to
e A',.& ' colle, Raleigh, would
?Li to see state Senator Frank
Mr. Albert Bovlin. formprKr f
Lumberton, now "somewhere in
France", . was in tlie first regiment
of U. S. soldiers to land on French
soil. Word from Mr. Boylin states
that he is getting on fine.
Mr. J. P. Newman, vice-president
and general manager of the J. P.
Newman Co., has resigned his
tion with that company and will zo
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Un a few davs tn his niri v,tz o-
Winston.Salem. JMj Newman ex-
j1-10 jwxxx iiie- armv m tne near
future. ' -
Sgt. J.B.Bradford, who has charge
ux uie local u. s. army recruitin
Bradford is away Corporal J. Vogt
will be in charge of the recruitffi
onice.
r"VSe OI in.e millinery de
? iVleSs-r- K- D- Caldwell & Son's
f Messrs. K. D. Caldwell & Son's
Mrs, Langdon spent several
several
in sr fall
weeKS m JNew York stud vino- foil
and winter
r "i" bies cming to
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xjuxxxuerion.
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th?'f Grantham, pastor of
'i.1111 X PiscoPal church, returned
h.ome Saturday night from a months'
v m n v ome at Rome,;N.
1 Grantham spent the time
at wngntsville Ueach while Mr.
Grantham was away, and she has
also returned home.
A curiosity passed through town
yesterday en route to Bladen county.
That curiosit" was a sheep. While
only a few years ajio most every farm
er had his flock of sheep, now it is
seldom ones sees a sheep in Robeson
county. "There's a reason," and the
folks say that reason is dogs.
Miss Elizabeth Snead returned
yesterday from a six weeks' visit to
her old home at Fork Union, Va.
She also visited relatives at SmedW,
Va., while away. JMiss Snead has
taueht m the
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several years and will teach the
sixth erado durino- the navf tam
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Yesterday was kicking day for
"rObiles. -Both Messrs. H. ,'T.
town, and Mr. Wilbur Leggett of
Lumbering had their right arms
broken while trying to crank auto
mobiles. Mr. Flowers was cranking
a Ford and Mr. Leggett was crank
ing a Maxwell.
Try Rhodes, colored, wanted
here on the charge of larceny, was
aFrfsted by Rural Policeman Eli
Fhillips at Boardman yesterday and
brought to jail. Rhodes is charged
with stealing brass from the laun
dry plant belonging to Dr. J. D. Re
gan on Second street and selling it
to a junk dealer.
Miss Helen Cannon of Florence,
S. C, has accepted a position with
the army exemption b0ard of Robe
son district No. 1. She began work
Monday. Miss Cannon formerly work
ed as stenographer in the law office
of Messrs. McLean, Varser & Mc
Lean here and has many friends in
town who will be pleased to learn of
her return.
Wilmington Star, Sent. 5th: Edi
tor R. B. Branch of the Red Springs
Citizen, came down to the city yes
terday evening via Fayetteville, ac
companying his daughter, Miss Vera
Branch, who tomorrow enters the
school for trained nurses at th
James Walker memorial hospitaL
She is very popular .in church and So
cial circles of her town and has many
friends who predict for her mueb
success in the profession which she
has chosen. " . . ; -
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