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VOL. XLVIII
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1917.
NUMBER 61
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30 ADDITIONAL MEN CALLED
30 MEN ACCEPTED FROM 3d CALL I
Additional Men Certified by Local
Exemption Board to District Board
--Claims of Some Have Not Been
Passed Upon
The exemption board of Robeson
district 1 has passed upon nearly all
the 100 men, liability numbers 461
to oou, wn0 reported on the 30th ult
Exemption Board of Robeson Distrkt
1 Calls 50 More Men! to Report for
Examination in Lumberton Septem-
. 1465 More Than, Quota Al
ready Certified But More Men Are
Called for Good Measure
The local board of Robeson iiirT ZiZh.
trict 1 is mailing notices toaay to in last Monday's Robesonian were
50 additional registrants lor military , names oi tnose wno did
service to report in Lumberton. Fri- ciaims lor exemp-
nwo 1UUUU tiV UB
physically deficient and were dis
icharged 0n that ground, and the 14
wuv xaueu 10 aDDenr. Kf vw are
BETTER 'PHONE SERVICE OFF FOR TRAINING CAMP
Town Fathers Instruct Town Attor
ney to Make Protest to
Southern Bell
TO BEAUTIFY TOWN COMMONS
day of this wee fo rexamination.
The liability numbers of thee men
4 from 561 to 610, inclusive. -
Wrd alreadv has certifiAdi '7
" 7i:r M ?1C" names oi tnose ot this one
rJr9.:Jy1 nun.dr,ed Passed Pm, whether
additional men tcday, making a to
tal of 245 men. The quota for this
district is 180, so that 65 men more
than the quota have been certified
for service, but included in this num
ber are some" who have gone to the
officers' trailing camp for which
men the district will not be given
credit until later among the num
ac
cepted or rejected, claim for exemp
tion, etc.:
Jim Bellamy, colored, Long, S. C,
accepted; failed to appear.
Harry A. Green, Lumberton, R.' 5,
accepted; failed to appear, (already
enlisted).
Laurence Davis, Lumberton, R. 4,
discharged; dependents.
James R. Chason, St. Paul, ncceot-
SCHOOMEN HERE 12th AND 13th' BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
ber are some who failed to appear, j ed; no claim for exemption
and some may be exempted on in
dustrial grounds toy the district
board, so in order to give full meas
ure and avoid delay .these 50 addition
al men are called. The names fol
low, first opposite' "each name being
liability number and second serial
r.umber:
561 1550 Joseph Therman Bullock,
Fairmont.
562 567 Johnnie Collins, Orrum.
563 1218 Claud Woodell, Lumberton
r2.,
564 421 John H. Lee, Lumberton r4.
565 1700 Cohen Johnson, Fairmont.
566 940 William Henry Newton,
Lumberton.
567 1232 Clifton Crump Blake, Lum
berton.
568 1254 Thomas John Collins, Lum
berton. 569 169 Wade Lewis, St. Paul r2.
570 436 Larence Freeman, Orrum
rl.
571 1477 Owen Addison, Lumberton.
572 396 Zora J. Wilson, Lumberton
r4.
573 1633 Arthur Hedgepeth, Fair
mont. 574 989 Thomas McNair, Lumber
ton rl box 14.
575 1702 Hosey Jacobs1, Fairmont.
576 1304 James Cade, Lumberton r3.
5771107 William Monroe
Lumberton r5.
Robeson's First 5 Per cent Left for
"Columbia Yesterday Left in Fine
Spirits TThey Have Already En
;tered Upon Their Duties
The 9 men selected from Robeson
army exemntion. district. Nv 1 tn
Strp Bordering River Between Colombia, S. C, left Lumberton yes
Third and Fifth To Examine Ti" terday morning at 7:12 over the Sea
ties to Pronertv on, Town rnmmiil board. Quite a number of local noo-
A. V. G. Wishart Succeeds J. B.i Pje aconipanied the young men to
uowen on isoard Sanitarv Rovn. tne siaupn. -
lations Must be Observed Rntl Those ; wh0 left were: Henry Bul
lara, urrum; Haynes Britt, Lumber
ton; James Walter Meares, Lumber
ton; Lawrence McKay . Parker, Lum
berton; Horrie Thomas Kinlaw, Lum
berton, R. 7; Forney ,H. Blackwell,
Lumberton, R. 7; Joseph H. Barnng
ton, Lumberton; Joseph Gordon Gran
tham, Lumberton; Enoch M. McCon
nell, Lumberton.
Mr. L. McK. Parker was made
captain of the party and Mr. J. H.
Barringtpn was made lieutenant caD-
tain. They were accompanied to
Columbia by Dr. W. A. McPhaul,
county health officer.
Southeast District Association of
County Superintendents Will Meet lodge No. 114, A. F. & A. M., t0mor-
liumimu Teuniesay ana row eveninc af 7;4fl. rwo-rp wnrt
in
Thursday of This Wek 20 Coun
ties Incluaed in Association
As has been stated in The Robe-
soman, the Southeast District asso
i m . .
Mr. Ed J. Glover went todav to
Wilmington and will drive two new
Dodg.3 eutomobiles, for which he ia
local agent, back tomorrow.
dis-dis-dis-
Sim Page, colored, Fairmont: ac
cepted.
Rowland Sealey, Barnesville, dis
charged; dependents-
Smith Barnes, colored, Lumberton,
R. 3, discharged; dependents.
Davis B. Stone, Lumberton, R. 2,
accepted; tailed to appear.
Jim Kellyhan, Barnesville,
charged; dependents.
Jesse H. Hayes, Rowland,
charged; dependents.
Neill A. West, Lumberton,
charged; dependents.
Parker Nye, Orrum, discharged,
dependents.
Sam P. Tyner, Lumberton, R. 5,
accepted; no claim for exemption.
Willie Blackman, colored, Lumber
ton, accepted; no claim.
Benj. F. McLean, Lumberton, R. 5,
ton, discharged; dependents.
Willie James Pittman, colored,
Lumberton, accepted; no claim.
Calvin T Rogers, Barnesville, dis
charged; dependents.
Richard S. Barnes, Orrum, accept
ed; no claim.
Raymond Hunt, Indian, Lumberton,
R. 1, accepted; no claim.
Manly Quion Lee, Lumberton, dis
charged; dependents.
Frank Nichols, colored, Fairmont,
Ward,' accepted, no claim..
A Joseph Dawson, Lumberton,
Dogs Must be Kept at Home Ota
er ro"n Matters of Invest -At
a meeting cf the board of town
commissioners Thursday evening the
resignation of Mr. J. B. Bowen as
a member of the board was accepted
and Mr. A. V. G. Wishart was elect
ed to fill out the unexpired term.
The town clerk and treasurer was in
structed to write Mr. Bowen a let
ter thanking him for his services as
a member of the board. Mr. Bowen
was electedby the board when Mr.
S K. Nash, a nembfr who was elect
ed at the last town election, offered
ciakoniof county superintendents will Fire started in the picker room
hold its annual meeting in Lumber-1 at the National cotton mill about 8:45
ton Wednesday and Thursday of this; Thursday evening, but was exting
week. Twenty eastern counties are uished before any damage was done.
included in the association and the
meeting will bring to Lumberton 25
or 30 school men. Supt. Joyner and
other prominent men of the State
Board of Education are expected.
An entire floor at .the Lorraine hotel
has been reserved for the teacher.
PI
tertainment of the school men by the' lofd ,mulef, nd ho"es for the
town, including a visit Thursday af-l551? stables of Messrs. W. F. French
Mr. Frank Gough left Saturday
night for Baltimore, Md., to spend
a few days with Mrs- Gough, who is
taking treatment under a specialist
in Baltimore.
Mr. W. F. French left Saturday
evening for the West to buy a ar
his resignation to enter the first U.LKiLys ? e n tm . pnta .when
S. army officers' training camp. Mr.j the ieftand ,the n teaIs shcd
Bowen Offered his resignation because TO lf bvdUnd' n7 w
of the fact that he had enteredathe SSjj ckson Columbia,
second officers' training camn
Town Attorney W. Lennon was in
structed to examine the titles to all
property located on town common
andAseport t the board all cases where
individuals are holding property own
ed' by the town. He was also in
structed to secure the services of
a surveyor to locate the property
which belongs to the town and is
yesterday about noon and have al
ready entered upon their duties.
When the roll was called Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock every man who
had been summoned to report an
swered to his name and all were at
the station long before train time
yesterday morning. ' ,
The names of those to leave yes
terday from district No. 2 are:' Thom
as Hector Purcell, Maxton; Joseph
ternoon to the county farm-life school
at fnjuaaelphus. Lumberton feels1
(highly honored to entertain rthis
body of school workers and nothing
will be left undone to make their
stay here pleasant and profitable.
.Following is the program for the
convention.
Program
Wednesday, 2:30 P. M. Agricultur
al education: How can the rural
school really do it?
Sanitation: How can the rural
school promote it? New medical in
spection law,
& Co., of which he Is manager.
Mr. Robert Caldwell left Sat
urday evening for Wake Forest col
lege to resume his studies. Mr.
Robert Mclntyre left last evening
for Wake Forest, where he will be
a student during the present session.
Mr. P. L. " Whittington, who had
been cashier at the office of the
Virginia & Carolina Southern Ry.
Co.'s office here for several months,
has resigned and accepted a position
with the Seaboard at Portsmouth,
Va.
Mrs. Mathew Blackwell, who
Wednesday, 8:30 P. M. The State lirocoKm 9 ,,-in fn, v:n
Vila m I n rr :i t " . a -i -r-.
a 1 tt w t u.i. I j uuunt'n, jrarKion: Ansus1 u. Byrne,
haw S VM b5dB' Sprin5 William Thomas Cul
?TbP rfv!t ?tw 01in H- Stanley,
on the river between Third and Fifth t Parkton. Tnoni ' r.odHll. Mavto
oT.rppt q Tifi k-nnwn 00 return of-rr- '
O " - -w w . .v T VII f 14 VV1U
mon" at nis own expense was pre
senteii by Mayor J. D. Proctor. It
is the intention of Mr. Linkhaw to
Willie H. Jackson, Rennert; H. Lay
toji Stephens, Red Springs; John Cal
vin Graham, Red Springs. . -
tTM i- -i 1. j r
SArare tho cervix IjhiHotw.' V-"cc eie ieiLvt: yesteruay irom
nrj, nX,A a mAc JiZX" Kftd Springs for Columbia.
foned above made ioTSark tTbe"! tge orders are changed, 40
used 1 by thl rfublfc and tiie board ' Per cent f the fir uota from Rob"
Conductors:
a. Institutes
b. Certificates
c. Teachers' associations and read
ing circles.
Thursday, 9:30 A. M. Schools for
adult illiterates.
Other new legislation.
Thursday, 2:30 P. M. The rural li
brary and community reading room.
Organizing rural communities
Thursday, 8 P. M. The curriculum
and the text books: What are the
ed a large rattlesnake in her yard
Thursday, afternoon. The snake wa3
after Mrs. Blackwell's chickens, and
she killed him with a hoe- The snake
had seven rattles.
Mrs. L. E. Ellis of Tolarsville
passed through town Friday evening
en route home from the James Walk
er Memorial hospital, Wilmington,
where she underwent an operation
three weeks ago. Her condition ia
somewhat improved.
Miss Ruth Britt left yesterday
578 1270 Joseph Clyde Cook, Lum-i cepted; failed to appear,
ac-
BICYCE RIDER'S CLOSE CALL
Chief of Police Alf H. McLeod was
instructed to enforce the town or
dinance which savs it shall be un
lawful for any person to obstruct . Iryin Brunk Ran Wheel Into Auto
any of the streets or sidewalks of! and Wias Knocked Unconscious
the town with any vehicle (except
problems connected with them and for -Princeton, this State, where she
what can be done about them?
Supervision, school and "county:
What to supervise and how to do it.
General discussion.
berton
579 862 John David Hammonds,
Lumberton rl. ,
580 1638 Mem Griffin, Fairmont.
581 1406 Jaspeh Albertus Herring,
Lumberton.
582 157 Will Ford, Marietta.
583 1824. Chester Ezekiel Tedder,
Fairmont.
Waiter Grady Davis, St. Pauls,
accepted; no claim.
Joe Lingoich, Lumbei-ton, R. 5, dis
charged; dependent wife.
Ambrose- Fullmore, colored, Lum
berton, accepted; failed to appear.
Walter Wst, Allenton, discharg
ed; dependents.
Nuton Sampson, Indian, Lumber-
Mei Charged With Disorderly Con
duct , .
Four men, two named Childers and
two Edwards, were arrested here yes-
Fast R!ding of Wheels in Town a terday afternoon about 4 o'clock on
Dangerous Practice ! the charge of disorderly conduct on
Irvin Brunk, a 16-years-old white the public highway. The men said
They
baby carriages or invalid chairs),
tenches, nnen n-ates. etc.
It was ordered that the sanitarv boy, who lives in East Lumberton . they were from Rockingham
tax on barber shops be reduced from bad a close call yesterday afternoon j were driving an auto and the two
S7.50 tn $3.50. t about 2:30 o'clock when "he ran a Childers were very much intoxicat-
instructed to renew a school note f0r, tomobile on Elm street. The boy was ! "monkey" rum and grape juice in the and-, Baltimore, where -she spent two
$830. i going down- the east side of Elm
will spend a week visiting relatives
before going to Leggett, Edgecombe
county, where she will teach in the
high school during the next session,
which will open next Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Felts, Jr.,
went Saturday to Charlotte and
spent the week-end visiting at the
home of Mr. Felt's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Felts, Sr. Mr. and Mrs.
Felts will return home tonight, mak
ing the trip in a new Dort touring
car.
Miss Amelia Linkhauer, propri
etress of the Style shop, returned
home Thursday night from New York
The sanitary officer was1 instruct- J street and Dr. Johnson drove his au-
584 1109 George Beniamin Wright,; ton; accepted.
Lumberton r5. I Clem Council, colored, accepted;
58o 15o William A. Harden, Lum- no claim.
ed to nntifv all nersons whose home i to on Elm from East Third. The
or place of business es nH kept in ! bicycle struck the side of the auto I ance before Recorder E. M. Britt here
auto. The officers took charge of i weeKs ouymg iau ana winter miuin-
that.ThetwoChildersmeniwererequir-c-ry for her store. bhe was accom.
ed to give $100 bond each for appear- pamed on her trip byher nephew,
bprton r2.
586284 Luther Bryant, Barnesville
'rfd.
Meade H. Mitchell, Fairmont; ac
cepted; no claim.
Douglass Scott, Lumbe&oH dis-
587 133 Albert , B. Paul, Lumberton : charged; dependent wife
rl.
588 807 John McBryde, Lumberton
rl.
589 867 Arthur Norman Edwards,
Lumberton rl.
590 930 Nash Allen, Lumberton r7.
591 185 Joseph E. Rogers, Marietta.
5921398 Lester Caldwell Hall,
Lumberton.
593265 Frank T. Byrd, Marietta.
594 285 Luther Bass, Barnesville rl.
595 1720 Alexander Meares, Fair
mont. 596 1785 Duncan Crawford Ratlev.
Fairmont. !
597 1313 Furman Freeman, Lum
berton. 598 1602 Isaac James Floyd, Fair
mont. 599 1968 Henry Chester Pitman,
Boardman.
fJOO 1119 Lee Allen, Lumberton.
601 1864 Ransom Worley, Fairmont.
602 1963 John Woozley Ridgen,
Lumberton r5.
603 1917 Are. nven.-KnA
- . vv,.-jiwCj A fll law
6041051 James Weldon Pitman,
Lumberton r5.
C05 560 Thomas B. Ayers, Proctor-
ville.
606303 Claud Everette Floyd,
Barnesville rfd.
v I563 Joseph Bullard, Orrum.
608 211 Jasper M. Grantham, Ma
rietta. 609 1435 Alonzo Mims Hartley,
Lumberton.
610 1784 Wesley Elchi Ratley, Fairmont.
dis-
accordance with the sanitary regu
lations of the town that unless the
proper arrangements are made with
and Brunk and another small boy,
who was on the bicycle with him,
were thrown to the street. Brunk
next Saturday. They made the bond
Master Frank Gough, Jr.
Miss Lela Floyd of
Fairmont
and went their way. The two Ed- passed through town last evening en
wards men ,were Cfeleased without route to Biscoe, this State, where she
Carson G. Hall, Lumberton,
charged; dependent mother.
Odie P. Walters, Lumberton, ac
cepted; no claim.
Bernice M. Odum, Buie, R. 1, dis
charged; dependents.
Rowland Byrd, Orrum, discharged;
dependent wife.
Ira L. McGill, Lumberton, accept
ed; no claim.
Keffier Britt, Lumbertofii, dis
charged; dependents.
Richard Mayes, Orrum, discharged;
dependent wife.
Fletcher Dickens, Fairmont, dis
charged; dependents.
Duncan S. Davis, Fairmont, accented.
Neill A. McLellon, Fairmont, dis
charged; dependents.
Durham R. Mitchell, Fairmont,
discharged; dependents-
Andrew Herring, Lumberton, dis
charged; dependents.
Robert Cromartie, colored, Lum
berton, R. 4, accepted; failed to ap
pear. James Powell, colored, Lumberton,
discharged; dependents.
Braxton C. Freeman, Lumberton,
R. 4, discharged; dependents
was able to go home late yesterday
afternoon. The other boy was some
what shaken up. Those who saw the
accident say Dr. Johnson was not to
blame in the least. -
Boys owning bicycles come in from
road and cursed him and his wifelpanied to Lumberton by Mr. Furmai
to a finish.
Floyd and Misses Sarah, Mary and
Roberta Floyd, all of Fairmont.
for 2nd Camp Very! Timothy Hunt, Indian, who live3
near Back Swamp, brought 7 nice.
in 30 days suit will be brought was knocked unconscious. He was j bond. It is said that the men stop- will teach in the high school during
against such persons. He was also taKen to the Thompson hospital and ;peu at a iarmer s nouse on tne ureeKj in? coming ierm. one was a"1
instructed to report to the board all
persons who have not made the wa
ter connection in sections where the
town has recently installed water
works. A fine of $50 was ordered impos
ed upon any owner of a bull dog
who lets the dog run at large in the
town and the policemen were in
structed to kill any and all bull dogs
found running at large m the town.
The town attorney was instructed
to make a protest to the Southern
Bell Telephone Co. about the inade
quate service given the town by said
company and that said company be
asked to give the town better ser
vice and a system to take the place
of the old "coffee mill" system, which
the town has been using all these
years- He was also instructed to
communicate with the attorneys of
the Southern Bell Telephone Co. with
reference to the agreement to move
poles off the streets of the town.
Requemes
Rigid
Mr. R. C. Birmingham, who tried tmut tn town Fri da v. Timothv said
miles in the country and soeed them ,for the second officers' training he caught the fish Friday morning,
on the paved streets in town. This j camp, returned home Thursday night, j The seven fish brought Timothy $5.80
is dangerous business .and should be having failed of being accepted at.jn cash. The largest weighed 9 172
stopped. This reporter has seen a the final physical examination on pounds and the smallest weighed 4 1J2
account of varicose veins. It is gen-; pounds. Timothy was so proud or
erally conceded, Mr. BirrAingham ! his catch that he wanted the paper
says, that requirements for the sec-1 to tell about it.
ond camp are much more rigid than
thev were far the first. Some men
half-dozen boys from 10 miles in the
country riding bicycles in a row on
the principal streets of the town at
a rapid rate recently.
Recorder's Court
Mrs. U. M. .Edwards was given a
Superior Court
Aweek's term of court for the trial
of civil cases opened this morning at
10 o'clock with Judge W. M. Bond of
Edenton presiding.
The following out-of-town attor
neys are attending court today:
Messrs. G. B. Patterson, S. B. Mc
Lean, B. F. McLean, j. P. Wiggins,
Maxton; W. E. Lynch, Rowland; Jno
S. Butler, St. Paul.
One case was disposed of up to
noon. This was M. jb. liriiim vs
Prof. R. E .Sentelle, superintend
ent of the Lumberton graded school,
hearing before Recorder E. M. Britt! Mollie Griff m, divorce granted.
Saturday on the charge of assault. Ground for granting divorce was
upon Mr. K. M. Biggs with a brickj 10 years- separation. Several judg-
and also for forcible trespass upon, mema were sg"eu-
the nronertv of Mr. Biggs. The evi
Andrew Taylor, colored, McDonald, i dence was that Mr. Biggs bought
Home Demonstration
AVhole-Time
Acent
Miss Lula M. Cassidy of Hillsboro
oecn emmnved as ;whole-time
has
'lPmon?H-oKr ni l
... ncin ox ivuuesuii aiiu
'11 -nter upon her work October 1st.
Miss Nena Rhyne, teacher of domes-
lJC Science ut tht ni-n,r farm-lifs
school at philadelphus, has been doing
f iiicient work along this line during
tne summer svio v,a
jarm-life school. Miss Cassidy was
ior 4 years rural school supervisor
ihome demonstration agent of
jampson county and for 2years in Or
ane. She is highly recommended
and has the reputation of being one
the best equipped women in the
JYrk in the State. As stated some
time m in Theafgeslor-ealthDintell
time ago in The Robes0nian, the
Vpaa ? commissioners appropriated
WW for this work, the county board
f education $200, and the national
iies $goo, making an allowance for
-y ana expenses of $1,400. Miss
r'ri'y will have to have an auto-
mobile and travel about ever the
accepted: no claim.
Mathew McLean, colored, Mc
Donald, discharged; dependents.
Henry Addison, colored, Lumber
ton, accepted f failed to appear.
Jno. R. Arnett, East Lumberton,
discharged.
Jas. B. Strickland, Lumberton, ac
cepted; no claim.
Kinchen Barnes, Lumberton, R. 4,
discharged; dependents.
Julius E. Bryan, colored, Lumber-
ton, accepted; failed to appear.
Augustus Mitchell, colored, Elrod,
R. 1, discharged; dependents.
Dock Oliver, colored, Farimont, ac
cepted; no claim.
Ellis E. Phillips, Lumberton, dis
charged; dependents.
Lonnie Leach, colored, Lumberton,
accepted; no claim.
Ed Faulk, colored, Fairmont; ac-
ppnfced. -
John K. Bray, Fairmont, discharg
nc? Hfinendents.
Furman M. Powell, Lumberton, R.
5, accepted; failed to appear.
Joseph Swinton, colored, Lumber
ton, accepted; failed to appear.
The following men who were call
t( nf the same time have made ap
nlirnt.in-n fnr xemntinh, but the ap
plications have not yet been passed
upon by the board:
JnVm Bardin. Marietta
Berry Jernigan, St. Pauls; wife and
child.
nronertv from Mr. and Mrs
Edwards and Mrs. Edwards wanted
to hold on to the property after she
hd sold it. She was found guilty
of forcible trespass and judgment
was suspended upon payment of cost.
Ready ot Cotton Grading Work
Mr. T. M. Trogdon, government
cotton grader for Robeson and sur
rounding counties, who has his of
fice here, has received his supplies
for gmners and will send them outi
today and tomorrow. lhe ginners
can begin mailing m samples of cot
ton at once.
Joined Feld Artillery
Mr. Ashley E. Bullock ot Fairmont
joined the field artillery branch of
thp U. S. army at the local recruiting
office last week. He lett Friday lor
Greensboro.
Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son
will have their millinery opening
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
next week, September 20, 21 and 22.
Another Case of Sinister German
iDipmacy Revealed
Copies1 of three brief dispatches
made publicly the State Department
who have had as much as 20 year's j and family returned Thursday night
army experience lautu iu mcci me
physical requirements. Mr. Don Mc
Laughlin of Wagram, who went with
the men from Lumberton, also fail
ed to pass, although he served in the
Spanish-American war and was a
member of the national guard, hav
ing had 16 years experience in army
life. Mr. Birmingham talks interest
ingly of his observations during the
12 days he spent at the camp. An
interview was secured from him for
today's Robesonian but must be held
over for Thursday's paper on ac
from Mr. Sentelle's farm near
Waynesville, where they spent the
summer. Twj of Mr. and Mrs. Sen
telle's daughters, Misses Helen and
Evelyn, will leave tomorrow for
Greensboro, where they will enter
the' State Normal college- Prof. Sen
telle is busy getting things lined up
for the school here on the 17th inst.
Howard, 12-years-old son of Mr.
and Mrs- W. I. Linkhaw, broke his
right leg above the knee and his
ricrht arm lust above the wrist
ZS S n? 8fCS X Thursday afternoon when he fell
count of a rush of other matter for, . : t, QT1 n v.- nor.
the paper today.
Real Estate Sale . -
A real estate sale will take place
on the 15th inst. near Fairmont, on
the old State road between Lum-
today revealed another case of sin-1 berton and Fairmont to Georgetown,
ister German diplomacy, this time ai
rieted against Argentina, and in
volving the Swedish foreign office,
in an apparent grave breach of neu
trality and diplomatic propriety.
ed parents.
Dock Johnson, colored. Rowland,
R. 2; wife and child.
Ervin Mosby Johnson. Lumberton.
Wm. Henry Cain, St. Pauls.
Neill Arch McLean, Lumberton R. 5.
Edd Williams, colored, Lumberton.
Chris. C. Nelson, Lumberton; wile.
They were messages to Berlin from
Count Luxburg, the German charge
at Buenos Aires, forwarded by the
Swedish legation there as its own
communications. Besides Jjdvising
that no concessidns be ganted Ar
gentina in the "submarine controversy
they suggested that the "South Amer
ican country's ships be sunk without
leaving any trace" and gave infor
mation as to the" sailing and posi
tions of certain yessels.
Mr. L. E. Blanchard, county
farm demonstrator, left Friday for
his home at Hertford to visit his
parents. He will return to Lumber
ton Wlednosdav and will be in the
county a week before leaving on the
19th for the army training camp at
Columbia, S. C.
Messrs. Jno. B. Meares and Don
MfcGill and Misses- Euphemia and
Nellie Tyson and Agnes Wetmore
spent yesterday at Lake Waccamaw.
They made the trip in an auto. While
freturriiner yesterday afternoon the
auto broke down and the party did
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S. C. The farm containing 300 acres
of Messrs. C. B. and G. M. Oliver of
Fairmont has been cut up into small
farms which will be offered to the
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cated in a splendid neighborhood and! and children spent some time -visit-n0
doubt the sale will attract a large mg at the home of Mrs. Johnsons
nmxrA T4- Ttrll h onnHiiofo w ti,o parenxs, ivir. anu iurs. r. jr. ivSci..
from a tree in the yard of his par
ents, Third and Water streets. Young
Linkhaw fell about 20 feet and breath
was knocked out of him for a while
He was rushed to the Thompson hos
pital, where his broken limbs were
replaced. Howard was climbing the
tree after some pigeons, it is said.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Johnson and
two children, T. L. Jr. and Christine,
returned home Thursday evening
from Hickory, where Mrs. Johnson
Atlantic Coast Realty Co. of Green
ville, N. C, and Petersburg, Va.,
vhich company conducted a success
ful sale of the Dr. Rozier property,
between St. Paul and Lumberton,
some months aRO, and has conducted
other successful sales in the county.
Mr. J. W. Pugh, advertising manager,
and Mi. T. J. Suggs, contract man
for the company, have been in the
county several days making arrange
ments for the sale. They were Lum
berton visitors Thursday,
IXWmWa Gaston-Baxley, Lumberton, R. 7; ag- Shell Oxendine, Indian, Fairmont.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Walter L. Bishop and
Nora Britt, daughter of Mr. Oliver
Britt of East Lumberton.
The board of county commission
ers will meet tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 for the purpose of appointing a
cotton weigher for Lumberton. As
has been stated in The Robesonian,
Mr. John W. Smith, who was elect
ed to this1 position, resigned on ac-
not get back home until this morning, count of failing health.
Mr. Johnson went to Asheville about
a week ago and drove his automo
bile, which was at Asheville, back
by way of Hickory. They were ac
companied by Mrs. W. M. Jones of
Charlotte, a sister" of Mrs. Johnson,
who spent Friday and Saturday here
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson, Elm street.
Mr. H. C. Blackwell of Howells
ville township wasp a Lumberton vis
itor Saturday. Mr. Blactcweii recent
ly returned from Blue Bridge, where
he took a course in the U. S. army
Y. M. C: A. school. Mr. Blackwell
wis appointed business secretary c
the Y. M. C. A. branch at Camp
Jackson, Columbia, S. C, where
many of the Robeson county men are
being sent. The Y. M. C. A. will
have a staff of 42 men at Camp
Jackson and Mr. Blackwell will hold
one of the most responsible positions
on the staff. He expects to be call
ed to service within the next few
days.
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