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VQL. XLV111 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, IHUFSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1917. NUMBER 62
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SCHOOL MENIN SESSION HERE
20 Counties South'East District
Association Represented Other
rucators Present Vsit Farm
I ;fp School Motion Picture En-1
tertin.nieni awung
RUSSIAN SITUATION ACUTE
Reported That Korniloff's March on
Petrograd Has Been- Checked Un
rest in Miascow Washington's
Hopes Not Raised by Reports
Press Summary.
A meeting of the South-east Dis- While optimism seems to nrevoil
trict association of county school sup-; in the provision government in Rus
..rintPTidents is in session here. AU.sia that a successful issue of th
of the 20 counties in the district are county ' revolution started by Gener
represented. The officers of the as- al Korniloff soon will be turned in
sociation are: president, B. T. Mc- favor of Premier Kerensky, the sit
Bryde; vice-president, L. L. Math- nation still remains most acute. All
rv?s; secretary. J. E. Debnam. the dispatches from Petrograd at
NEW TOWN HALL DISCUSSED
RED SPRINGS NEWS NOTES
Following: "are the counties which
tompose the district and the super
intendent of each county: Craven
S. M. Brinson; Carteret L. B. Era
mett; Lenoir Joseph Kensey; Jones
J R. Barker; Green J. E. Deb-
T-i rr A T 1
nam Wayne x. AiKinson; Jonn
ston L. T. Royal; Harnett B. P.
Gentry; Sampson L. L. Mathews;
Duplin M. H. Wooten; Onslow W.
M. Thompson; Pender T. T. Mur
phy; Bladen B. F. Cromartie; Cum
berland B. T. McBryde; Scotland
L. M. Peele; Columbus F. T. Woot
en; Brunswick M.C. Guthrie; New
present are emanating from the nrft-
visional government or supporters of
Kerensky.
Reports from Petrocrmd arp to the
: effect that Korniloff 's march on Pet
rograd has been checked, and that
even his retreat has been cut off by
forces faithful to the provisional
government; also - that there have,
been further defections from the
ranks of Korniloff, and that a great
majority of the commanders at the
front are still adhering . to the gov
ernment, a statement issued by the
Committee Will Report on Matter of
treeing jNew Town Ha'1 at Elm
aM Second Last Warning About
Putting in Water Connections
Other Matters Before Town Board
at Called Meeting
At a called meeting of the board
of town commissioners" Monday night
the matter of erecting a new town
hall on the old cemetery lot, Elm
ar.d Second streets, was discussed
and Messrs. W. P, McAllister and A.
d. ft-mg, members ot the board, and
Ira B. Townsend, town clerk and
treasurer, were appointed a commit
tee, to investigate cost, and advisi
bility of erecting same.
Mr. C. V. Brown, a member of the
board of graded school trustees, ap-
pearea Dei ore tne board and asked
the financial aid of the board in add
ing a sight singing and drawing de-'
partment to the graded school. . No
action was taken by the board and
tne matter was tabled.
Supt. R. E. Sentelle of the -graded
and high school was present and
Rev Alexander Miller Accepts Call
to Jackson Movements of the Peo
ple :.. '
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Red Springs, Sept. 12 Miss Clara
deVane left Wednesday ior Rock
CALDWELL COT
TON WEIGHER-GRADFR!
1 BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Cold snap.
Middling cotton is selling on the
local market today for 19 1-2 cents
the pound.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Edward Barnes and"
A. P. Caldll Appointed tor Lum
berton Market 10 Cents a Bale
P!an Seems to Give SatVaction
At a called meeting of the board
of cnuntv commissioners hold at the
HilU'S. C, where she will teach this i court house Thursday afternoon Mr. Mvrtl Nnrri
year. A. P. Caldwell of Lumberton was! Mrs. F. G. Odum f R 1 frm
appointed cotton weigher-grader forj Buie underwent an operation at the
lAiiuuBHuu. mr. vaiuweu succeeds Thompson hospital this morning.
j.ur. iionn omiui, wno naa neia mis
position since the law was passed by
the Legislature in; 1914 giving any
market in Robeson where the people
asked for it a public bonded weierh-
er-grader. Mr. Smith's services gave
retained
attend the oppniner of the school.
Dr. W: o. Edmund made a com
vice premier said the countrv un
Hanover Washington Catlett; Hoke ' doubtedly was with Kerensky, "who
J- A. MCUae; KODeson o. k. irooie. " - - U1U"" asainstl lofn kn!)rH QKf
The asgoc ation convened in,' the uenerai ivorniion, tne defender of j f " It Tr "t 7f v 7L
high school auditorium yesterday af- "actaar ies - . I t f
temoon at 2:30 and a night session -eanwniie tne spirit of unrest idefl " rfC
seems to nave invaueu moscow, wnere , t " v. 1
martial law has been declared and IftJtJJzct
Miss Bertha Cox has
from Rockingham.
. Mr. and Mrs. Junius J. Goodwin
ard Miss Rachael Goodwin of Lum
berton spent the week-end with Mrs.
Goodwin's parents, Mr and Mrs- A.
B. Pearsall.
' Rev. and Mrs- Alexander Miller
will leave this- week' for Jackson,
where Mr. Miller has accepted a call
to tne Baptist church.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. deVane and
children of Fayetteville spent a while
in town Sunday.
Mr.. Arthur McRae, superintendent
of Hoke county schools, spent Sun
day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lucius McRae.
Mrs. J. Earnest McPhaul of ATI-
Miss Josephine breece will hare
her fall millinery opening Wednesday
and Thursday of next week.
Mr. W.F. French returned yester
day from the West, where he went
to buy mules for ms sales stables
entire satisfaction s0 far as The Miss Gladys Dixon, daughter of
Robesonian has learned, but he had ReV. and Mrs. F .E. Dixon, left last
to give up the work on account of
failing health.
A public weigher-grader is requir
eveninsr for Maxton, where she will
resume her studies at Carolina col-
Mr. J. L. Browu of Boardman is
asked that some member of the board tioch is1 spending a period with her
was held in the lobby at the Lor
raine hotel last evening.
ed to give bond m the Sum Of $500 TnimViPrton visitor tdav. Mr.
ar.d Mr. Caldwell has already made Brown is trying to locate a mule
bond, whidh was accepted, and is. wMrii hrolce loosa at Trmon's X
! ready to enter upon his duties. For jR0ads church recently.
mis service tne weigner-graaer re-j Mr. K. lewis Shelby has resign
Ceives 10 Cents the bale 5 cents ofiM riic .nosition as assistant rashier
which is paid by the buyer .and 5 0f a bank at Ahoskia and returned
cofo Rnncrintendent J. Jovner government forces are maintaininsr
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was unable to attend the meeting, but , order.
wne oi tne orient snots in the sit
uation is the offer of the central com-
several representatives from theState
DDartment of Education are at
tending. These are: L. C. Brogden, 1 mittee of the constitutional demo
State supervisor of elementary cratic party to aid in the reconsti
schools; E. E. Sams, secretary State ' tutional of the cabinet so s to avoid
board of examiners and institute con- j cml war
Miss Flixahpfh TCellv. State'
commander for the elimination of. Last Saturday General Korniloff,
adult illiteracy. commander of the Russian armies,
nr. n M- floonor. of the Rtnte sent Deputy Lvoff t0 Premier Ker
Board of Health, was present yes-jensky with the demand that all pow
terday afternoon and discussed the er be surrendered into Korniloff s
tipw medical inspection law. hands. He said that the demand did
that grass has been nlanted bv Dr.
in. a. ihompson and is growing- on
the side of the street opposite his
residence. The matter was referred
to the street committee.
The town clerk and treasurer was
instructed to give the last warning
to people where the new water ex
Miss Kelly spoke last night on
adult illiteracy question. Other sub
jects discussed yesterday afternoon;
not emanate from Korniloff only but
was supported bv a "group of polit
ical workers," meaning an organiza-
and last night were: "Agricultural i "J011. ?f. Duma members, Moscow in
Education," "Sanitation," and "Insti
tutes".
The superintendents were taken;
cotton - markets in the county haves
the public weigher-grader and the
plan seems to be giving satisfaction
to both cotton growers and cotton
buyers.
Mr. Jno. B. Smith, former weigher-
jn the arrv in the near fu,ur?.
Miss Amanda McDairmid left
Thursday for Tarboro, where she
will teach domestic science and art
in the high school. Miss McDairmid
taught at Tarboro last year.
tension has recently been put in to j ed from a pleasant stay at "Ardulus-
maite connection witn. same
patents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Toon, j cents by the seller. Several other! to Lumberton. He expects to enlist
uiaujs xvitu,y iiixiveu uus
week and will teach in the graded
school here this year.
Dr. Fred Nash nf St. Paul spent
Tuesday in town.
Mr. Hadley Hill left Monday for
Davidson to enter college.
Miss Georgia Pearsall has return
ed to Greenville, where she has been
teaching music for the past two
years.
Miss Mary Denny of Cromartie
spent Tuesday in town with friends.
Mrs. W. H. McKmnon has teturn-
SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS
Amazed at Charges Against Swedish
Government Anti-German Mobs in
Bcunos AiresMilitary Activity
grader, is buying for the Lumberton I Mr. J. F. Rogers of Acron, Ohio,
cotton mills. Other buyers on the' who has been visiting relatives in
local market are: K. M. Biggs for W. Lumberton for some time left yes
B. Cooper of Wilmington; Mr. Jno. ! terday morning for New York, where
i. ciggs ior Alexander aprunt oi,he will take a course in dentistry.
The Lumberton graded and high
school will open Tuesday of next
week at 9 a. m. The teachers will
Wilmington; Mr. A. P. McAllister
for the National cotton mills, of
which he is secretary-treasurer; Mr.
Geo. L. Thompson for J. L. Latham
& Co. of Greensboro.
HOPEWELL HAPPENINGS
dustrial interests and other conserv
atives which had played the role of
opposition at the national conference
sa",-the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Vaughn. !
Miss Linda Huggins of Florence,
S. C, is the eruest of her aunt and
uncle Mr. ard Mrs. A. C. Hucerins. ! Picking Cotton Lively Time at
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pearsall have! HopCwll Sunday Personal Men
returned to thoi Tiome in Wili-ninor-1 tion
Below That of Past Week 4Small" ton after spending a while at hotel Correspondence of The Robesonian.
est JNumber ot Vessels Sunk Red Springs.
Of great interest on the political ,Miss Cornelia Bethea, who is vis
side of the war aside from Russia iting her grandmother, Mrs. J. E.
this afternoon to the county farm life ! - Moscow. Kerensky replied that
vohool at Philadplnhus bv citizens- of . the Provisional government would not
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the town.
A special feature of .the meeting
will take place tonight wher Mr. W.
C Crosby, State commander of coun
consent to such demands and would
'take -every possible step to crush
Korniloff's criminal conspiracy. A
Washington dispatch states that re,;
trr iir,yftvAiflnt:B. will o-ive a motion ! Ports reachine there yesterday indi-
picture enterciinment in the .high ! cng that Preirer Kerensky hjpro
school auditorium. This promises toional government was gain-n
is the action of the Argentine gov
ernment in sending passports to the
German minister . for his connection
with dispatches , sent to Germany
through the Swedish legation. Ar
gentina has requested a disavowal
by Germany of the minister's action,
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anu, it is saia, win witnaraw ner , re
hold a meeting at 4 p. m. Monday
for the purpose of getting things in
line for the opening.
St. Paul Messenger: Beginning;
Sunday night, September 9th., there
will be a protracted meeting held at
the Methodist church. Preaching
every night during the week by Rev.
A. J. Parker of Red bprings.
Purcell, will leave Tuesday for Spar
tanburg, S. C, to enter Converse col- course the changeable weather we
Hopewell (Raynham, R. 1), Sept. Mr. G. E. Racke says he saw a
11 Farmers of this community are letter the other day written in 1801.
through pulling fedder after two or it was from the great-great grand-
three weeks steady pulling. ui .. f ather of Mr. T. A. Ramsauer of
Lumberton, in whose pos 5'. -551011 i-.
was, and was written :n Germany.
Miss Leona Nickell of Baltimore,
be very entertaining and the public
is invited. All the scnool children m
town are especially invited to be pres
ent. The superintendents are stopping
at the Lorraine hotel.
strength in its struggle to prevent
Gen. Korniloff from seizing the gov
ernment failed to raise the hopes of
Russia's friends to any great extent,
20 MORE MEN CERTIFIED
Local Board Reports to District Board
for Military Service 9 White Men,
2 Indians and 9 Colored
Twenty additional men 9 white,
Mr. A. W. McLean Returns Fron,
Meeting of Bar Association
Mr. A. W. McLean returned home pass through the legation at Beunos
Monday from Saratoga Springs, N 1 Aires
minister from Berlin if acquiescence
is not forthcoming.
Meanwhile the British minister at
Stockholm has visited the Swedish
foreign office and expressed amaze
ment over the American State De
partment's charges against the
Swedish government and the fact that
Sweden has not given Great Britain
any explanation of why ceded Ger
man messages were permitted to
lege. I have had has delayed them some.
i Mrs. E. L. Hamilton and daughter, kicking cotton is the order of the
Sara, have returned from Clio. S. C. 1 "children" of this community these ' Md.. arrived this morinsr and will be
where they visited relatives. days, and they seem to be gathering with Miss Amelia Linkhauer, pro-
Mr. and Mrs. Bullock andiiamily j it from the patches iast, lor some prietress of the Style shop, during
turned from Heiiderson Monday and : have already picked out one or two; the coming millinery season. Thi3
are. the guests of Mrs. Bullock's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. McEachem.
bales.
. We do hope that the price of cot
ton will keep advancing so the farm-
PLEASANT HOPE HAPPENINGS j ers of this community wont have to
- j hold their cotton during: the winter,
Revival Closes Sunbeams Meet 4th 'for the farmers would like to get
Y.. where he attended a meeting of
che American Bar association. The
meeting war one of much importance
and grew ;nto a great patriotic rxni
2 Indian and 9 colored have beenjciing. The association pledged its
certjlied by the local board, Kobe-j support to the government during tne
son exemption district 1, to tne ais-iw.r. Mr. McLean says he hjavct
tvict board of the eastern district of
Ncrh Carolina at Goldsboro, as duly
and lecally called for military ser
vice. The liability numbers of these
many notable addresses during the
meeting. He heard v Senator EHhu
Root of New York, special ambassa
Late reports from Beunos Aires
say that the German legation and
German .newspaper ouildngs have
been attacked by mobs carrying out
tan anti-German demonstration.
On the battle front the military
activity generally, is far below that
of past weeks. On the line of
France and Belgium only artillery
duels and comparatively small ope
men are from 466 to 555, inclusive, j from that country, and -many other
cior to Russia, who recently returned i rations by the infantry are being
The names follow
James R. Chason, St. Pauls.
Sim Page, colored, Fairmont.
Samuel P. Tyner, Lumberton r5.
"Willie Blackman, colored, Lumberton.
Willie James Pitman, colored, Lum
berton. Richard S. Barnes, Orrum.
Raymond Hunt, Indian, Lumberton
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Fr?nk Nichols, colored, Fairmont.
Walter Grady Davis, St. Pauls rl.
Nuton Sampson, Indian, Lumberton.
Clem Council, colored, Lumberton.
Meade II. Mitchell, Fairmont.
Oi-lje P. Walters, Lumberton.
Ira L. McGill, Lumberton.
Duncan R. Davis, Fairmont.
Andrew Taylor, colored, McDonald
James B. Strickland, Lumberton.
Dock Oliver, colored, Fairmont.
Tnnie Leach, colored, Lumberton.
Ed Faulk, colored, Fairmont.
carried out. Some further advances
have been made by the French- , in
Champagne near St. Souplet, where
General Petain won three lines of
n-.en of note from Canada a-d various
parts of the United States. He also
heard Del Val. the Frenchman who
defended Edith Cavell. the Enerlish trenches
nurse who was accused and shot as Monte San Gibriele, in the Austro
a spy by the Germans. He told of .Italian theatre, has been the scene
Sunday School Needed Personal
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Pleasant Hope, Sept. 10 The re
vival closed here yesterday with ten
additions to the church, and the bap
tizing was largely attended despite
the threatening cloud that was hov
ering near.
Mr. Fitzhugh Jenkins left today
for Orrum to enter school.
Mr. Guy Pittman, who was se
verely hurt by a mule-kick last week,
is improved.
is Miss- Nickell's second season with
Miss Linkhauer.
Mr.. C. A. D. Eakes, manager
of the Banner tobacco warehouse,
left last evening for his home at
Greenville. Mr. Bakes expects to
rid of their cotton as soon as pos- i return to Lumberton about the first
sible, so as to begin to look around; 0f the year, providing he is not
for preparation for their next crop
We had a lively time at Hopewell
last Sunday. We had two sermons
delivered to us. Our first one was
at 11 by our pastor, Rev. P. Ml Lock-
ey. A very large crowd was pres
called into the army.
Rev. and Mrs. B. E. Standfield
of Fairmont were Lumberton visitors
Morday afternoon. They accompan
panied Rev. J. A. Homiday of Dunn,
who assisted Rev. Mr. Stanfield in
ent to hear him. Our second one was j a series of meetings at Fairmont
at 4 p. m. by Rev. James Maynor of
Clio, S. C, who preached a verv
notable sermon. A large crowd at
tended. After he got through preach
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lewis have ing the Hopewell choir arranged and
returned fromZebulon and Raleigh
conditions in Belgium, having re
cently returned from that country.
He also heard an Italian general who
took part in the battle of the Marne,
and who recently reached this coun
try. Mrs. McLean, who accompanied
Mr. McLean to Saratoga Springs1,
stopped at Maxton and will spend
some time there visiting Relatives
and friends before coming home.
of another vicious attack by the Aus-
trians in an endeavor to dislodge
the Italians from recently, captured
They were accompanied home by Mr.
A. T. Bagley of Leavenworth, Kan.
Mrs. Troy Mitchell of Baltimore
section visited Mr. and Mrs. T. B.
Jenkins last week.
The Sunbeams are requested to
meet 4th Sunday a m. in this month.
Mrs. Fleming and daughter, Em
ma, visited here last week Mr. Flem
ing, who did the preaching for us in
our revival.
Mrs. L. M. Ausley and children of
Pembroke spent the week-end with
last week, to Lumberton.
From today's Wilmington Star:
Mr. E- W. Stone is spending several
days with relatives in Robeson coun
ty. His brother nas been drafted
Senate Committec Approves War
Credits BiH Passed by House
Washington Dispatch, Sept. 12.
Unanimous approval of the huge
war credits bill passed last week by
positions. Their efforts met with no Mrs. W. W. Lewis.
success. I Little Nell Lewis ' is visiting her
In the battle of Riga, according to j grandmother at Whitevule.
the German war office, 8,900 Rus- Miss Delia Jenkins of Fairmont
sians were made prisoner and 32a! spent the past week with relatives
jnms and large quantities of war here..
stores- were captured. The fighting
on this front has now dwindled to
Iskirmfahes Ibetween teconnoitering
detachments.
Great Britain's losses m large
sang several beautiful pieces in hon- j f 0r service in the national army and
or of him and some more friends, will report for duty the latter part
which will be mentioned later. We ' Qf the week to Camp Jackson ae Co-
hope to have Rev. Mr. Maynor with
us again soon
lumbia.
The sewing unit of the local Na-
merchant vessels sunk by mines or
submarines last week were the small
est since Germany began her inten
sive submarine campaign. 1 Only
twelve large vessels were destroyed.
A few of the boys and girls of ! were glad to have them in our com-
this community are attending school
at Fairmont which opened last Mon
day. Clara Lewis will leave this week
to enter the Whiteville graded school.
Many of this community attended tional Special Aid society will meet
the ministers' meeting at White Hill t jn the future in the old club room in
last Saturday. j the Lumberton, Dresden and Jen-
We were glad to have Mr. andjnings cotton mills office building,
Mrs. H. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Elm and Second streets- The
Revels and! Mr. Rilljie land sisterf unit meets each Monday afternoon ,
Miss Cammie Lockley, of Saddletree, I at 4 o'clock and has been meeting
with us atHopewell last Sunday. They i in the high school building hereto-
all made the trip on Mr. rl. Jones
Studebaker. Mr. and Mrs. H. Jones
and Mr. Billie and sister, Miss Cam
mie, were guests at Mr... A. B. Low
ry's home last Sunday p. m.; Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Revels were guests at
Rev. C. C. Lowry's home. We all
fnro
Mr. Frank Gough returned Tues
day from Baltimore, Md., where he
spent a few days with Mrs. Gough,
who is taking treatment under a
specialist there. Mrs. Gough's con
dition was unimproved when Mr.
Gough left. He will leave Saturday
night for Baltimore and return home
with Mrs. Gough the first of next
Argentina Has Handed Passports to
Luxburg
Beunos Aires Dispatch, Sept. 12.
The Argentine government at
We wonder why we can't have a
school in our own community that : car.
will keep the boys and girls at home
till ready for high school anyway.
munity.
Mr. A. B. Lowry bought last week
a 7-oassenerer Overland auto, which i week.
is very appropriate for his family.! Several Lumberton boys and
Rev. D. F. Lowry ibought several , girls have gone this week to various
weeks ago, a 5-passenger Maxwell
BARNES-NORRIS
TrHing-With-Enemy Bill Passed by 1 2" ?oue was vted .odav 5 th.
Senate i Senate finance committee after it
The administration trading-with- had added several minor amend-the-enemy
bill, which passed the'ments- TtTr.f te mesu'e Wl11
House without a dissenting vote last;be Presented to the Senate to he ov
July, was passed by the Senate to-if under the rules unul Friday. It
dav wifV. v,;,i c ;wi!is expected to pass by Saturday.
mg one giving the President power! Issuance of $7,538,945,460 worth of 1 tion passports to be delivered to! Miss Myrtle Norris of Chadbourn
to embargo import- and prohibiting convertible 4 per cent bonds, subject , Count Luxburg, the German minister, and Mr. Edward Barnes of East Lum
publication of wir " mmmlnt in the to income taxes and excess of way . in Beunos Aires. The whereabouts . berton were quietly married last eve
fin,. J , A . comment 11 1 ui e .... nvfro of $2,000,000,000. of rm,r,t T.nvhnw srnl is unknown nine- at 7:30 at the hnme of Mr.
' 1 j j (i 1 1 mniriiafTii li n ipcc a ppnm n a n- : f- .- -r , vuu... r- "
H in a parallelcoiumn by a trans-leach of certificates of indebtedness ; to the Argentine government.
T7- v J onH war Ravines fPrt.lfl fates are ail- TV, a fnroi rrn rtffipn tnrlav SPTlt. a
colleges. Misses Vivian McNeill,
Rosa Wishart, Margaret Pope, Jean-
From the feeliner of the weather i nette Bierers and Mary Lee Caldwell
today, winter is getting close by, for , lef t Tuesday for Meredith college,
it was almost cold enough to frost
last night.
noon today sent to the German lega- Reported for The Robesonian.
Miss Myrtle Norrs Becomes Bride ; 10,60u.000 Germans Have Been En"
of Mr. Edward Barnes sragd in the War
lation in English land war savings certificates are au
,.Other important provisions inter-1 thorized by .the bill. . - -
1'ct commerch between American Of the bonds authorized, $4,000,
and Germnns or th latter' allips 000,000 are for further loans to the
Kive thrfiresidentoad powers to A". $3,000,000,000 to supplant the
rGtmlata 13 1-2 per cent Liberty bonds recent-
S&vrd; authorized lor. such loans and the
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extend espionage powers.
communication to the German for
eign ministry demanding an explan
ation of Count Luxburg's action in
sending the secret code messages to
Berlin through the Swedish legation.
The Associated Press gives ap
proximately the figures representing
the man power of Germpny in the
war at the present time, together
with the casualties as follows:
Fixed formations on the various
fronts, employed on lines of ccramun-
street. Everythng had been arrang- j icat-on and stationed in the interior,
ed for the occasion and a number of
friends of the contracting parties
were present. After the ceremony,
which was performed by Rev. L. E.
! Daily, pastor of East Lumberton
remaining $538,945,460 for conversion Sunbeam Entertainment at Zion Hill i Baptist church, the bride and groom
Superior Court
Superior court for the trial of civil
;ases, which convened Monday morn
ing with Judge W. M. Bord of Eden
Presiding, closed this morning,
while a number of judgments was
signed during the term, but few jury
tr)ais Were heard. ' These were: '
kcott McPhaul vs. Walter Oxen-
Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor vs.
V Croom, et ux.; judgment for
.plaintiffs.
Jim Jenkins vs. Lula Jenkins; di
vorce granted.
Jurors were released yesterday af
tm0on and court was called to or-
-"r Morninir nn v tor tno nur-
, n J - - . V. i
i Jit of signing some judgments'. along.
of miscellaneous outstanding bonds,
including Danish West Indies, Alas
kan Railroad, Panama Canal and na
val construction bases.
Mill Pond Fishing
Manv Lumberton people went to
the Edmund mill pond, near Mt.
Eliam, yesterday on account of the
fishing at the pond. The water was
drawn off and tickets were sold for
fishing. It is said that around 2,000
nennle were at the pond and more
than 400 went into the pond fishing,
paying $1.50 each to go m. WiftiJe a
number of fish was caught there were
so manv people there that it was
not an easy matter to get a'mess ,
evpn if you had plenty oi money
Correspondence of The Robesonian. I left on the tram for Wilmington and
Singletary's Cross Koads,,Sept. lZy wrignisvine oeacn, wnere mey
The Sunbeam society ot Z,ion mil, spenu several uays-
5,500X00.
Divisions undergoing formation
and men in depots, 600,000.
Losses in killed, permanently dis
abled and prisoners; 4,000,000.
Wounded under treatment in hos
pitals, 500,000.
Total, 10,600,000.
Howellsville township, gave an en
joyable exercise Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mary Byrd, 10-year-old daugh
ter i of Mr. and Mrs. McKay Byrd
of Singletary's won the prize, mak
ing a grade of 100. She presided at
the organ during the entertainment,
besides taking part otherwise. Messrs.
W. P. Barker, Andrew Huggins, T.
F. Barnes and Britt of Lumberton
were among the visitors. Mr. Bark
er was one of the judges.
Mr. C. B. Meares left yesterday
for Greensboro, where he will enter
Vinanital fnv treatment. Hp was
rl. wvnM"i M - w - -, .
j ,r. accompanied b" Dr. W. L. Grantham, fee will be cnargea.
Mr. Barnes1 is specially to be con
gratulated upon the good fortune he
has met in securing for his compan
ion in life such a beautiful young wo
man as Miss Norris. Mr. Barnes
bears a . charming personality. He
holds- a very hierh and responsible po
sition with the Lumberton Uottor.
Mills Co.
Their many friends wish them much
joy and happiness through we.
Don't fail to attend the free rno
tion picture entertainment at the
high school auditorium tonight. The
pu Cic is inviieu anu nu . auimsaiuu
STATE NEWS
Because their "demand for increase
in wages of 6 1-2 cents an hour was
not granted, 300 to 500 negro help
ers of the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road at South Rocky Mount walked
out Monday. It is said their organ-
ization is the "Federation of Labor,"
believed to be a new one.
:v -
Error Corrected
The Robesonian's attention has
been called to the fact that in a re
cent issue, among names of men dis
charged because physically deficient,
Jno. N. Hardin, Indian, was put down
as colored. 1 , .
Raleigh; Messrs. John G. Proctor, F.
Ertel Carlyle and Adrian Britt left
Tuesday for the State university at
Chapel Hill; Mr. Harrell Humphrey
left for Trinity college, Durham, and
Mr. Carlyle Bethea left for the A.
& E. college, Raleigh.
New Year in, Jewish Calendar Begins
Next Wefck
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
All Jewish places of business in
Lumberton will be closed Monday
and Tuesday of next week, Septem
ber 1" and 18, and will open Wed
nesday morning at 6:30, on account
of holiday, beginning of a new year
Rosh HashannYih. we will also
have lot of guests to visit us
through the holidays and our ser
vices will be conducted by Shockett
I. Lurae from Pittsburg, Pa.
Death of an Infant
Flora Amanda, 4 1-2-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Rog
ers, died at the home of her parents,
700 Eighth street, last night at 8
o'clock. The child had been sick for
some time with stomach trouble.
Mr. Leonard Britt and two chil
dren, Aline and Albert, and Messrs
B. M. Lawsort and Fulton Parker of
Mt. Eliam passed through town yes
terday morning en route to Darling
ton, S. C, where they will spend sev
eral days visiting relatives. They
made the trip in an auto.