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1 A ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOL. XLVIH LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, kON DAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1917. NUMBER 63 V MEN TO CAMP THIS WEEK Registrants of Robeson District 1 -rd 27 of District 2 Will Entrain for Camp Jackson Wednesday 22 and 26 Are the Numbers the Two pistncts na rsaay ui3 trict 1 Wil Send 22 Friday Twenty-eight registrants of Rob eson district 1 have been ordered to ,.nr. it! LAimDerxon at o p. m. to NEW 'PHONES IN TWO YEARS Signed Agreement to That Effect Nw Also 'Phone Poles Will be Moved Off Elm and Chestnut New Phones Next Year if Possible New Urder to Operators A signed agreement to the ' effect that up-to-date 'phones will be put in within 24 months from September 50 MORE MEN EXAMINED PARKTON PARAGRAPHS f ?st 50 Ment Called in Robeson Negto ChUd er't Locked in House District 1, 19 Did , Not File Claims and Burned to Dea Protracted .Eejnpiion, 16 Filed Claims, 9i Meetings Gvadd School Faculty Failed to Pass Physical Examina- -iHandsome New Church and Res" tion and 6 Faed to Report . idence C&tton Gir Busy Person- Fif ty additional registrants of j al ' - RrVc!vri A-vAwmf-n ni 1 . 1 f!frieSDOTif!p'nf nf TVio Pnhpsnniniv itvunuu CAlupuuu U1SU1VI, -L WtJIB "w j called to report before the local! Wkton, Sept. 14 The protracted board in Lumgerton Friday of meeting begins Monday night at. the ief wv Jtn M. E. chrrch at 8 o'clock. Rev. B. MEETING OF SCHOOL MEN (BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS CLOSES ! Arrow. September 18, preparatory I 13 and that all telephone poles will lonvinc ah 7:12 a. m. on the linh be moved off Elm etrpat hotwppn -or camp -abuu a. i-"-. First and Sixth and practically all 0n IJ?; i The public is most cordially invited TT"KTtVrr Xl Chestnut between the same streets j abili Ambers 7re IrSn? W to 6I0J attend the, services which will that is the net result of the recent inclusive, and they were called, as.P i f en,?ays' . . statpd m this nanpr wliPn thpii- nTn! "V'V " .ocuaj"!' fi v x - ...i... License has -been issued for tha Free Moving Picture Show Movies' anWe of Willie F. Lovett and Operated From an AutoOutfit! iaa KmlaW- , , bv Which Counties Can Teach! The Lumberton graded and high Health Rules anid Fire Prevention I school will open for the. f all term to . TPin io Farm-LifA School ! morrow morning at 9 o'clock. The meeting of the South-east Dis trict association of county school superintendents held here Wednesday and Thursday of last week closed! morning at Miss Carolyn Webb of Morehead. City arrived Friday and will enter the high school here tomorrow. Miss Pearl Edwards left Friday ronnrt. in Lumberton at 4 p. m. on v. tOth preparatory to leaving for; the camp at 7:12 a. m. on the 20th. ; protest of the town fathers to the To make up the 40 -per cent of this Southern - Bell "Telephone Co. about utrict's ouota will require 22 addi- inadequate service. District Manae:- tional men, and these will be sent on j er Morgan B. Spier of Charlotte came j r.tV -0 prtS luuaji ,J ,ic me iiamto j.i. opici in cA Lit: witil tne tuvvii xcitii" r1- :12 who will ro Friday. ' ors last serine. The onlv diffprenc F'T-m Robeson district 2 the local, is, now the agreement is in writing ; Ay l ' X- -it .a s has ordered 27 men to leave! Mr. Spier promised the board that ! Physical examination; 6 failed to re nt' Springs for Camp Jackson on: he would make all contracts' ,and ! E?1 T., - . r-t ' n c thV 10th atd 26 men on the 20th.'place 0niers for ail materials at nn" The quota for that district is 176! once and that w'?hone? would be Isj1J Floyd. -Fairmont. lHprnntes aiv ordered to report! put in during- 1918 if possible. He or the 19th and 17 alternates on the; plead the quite evident fact that it 20th. I is uncertain now about how long it Following is a list of the men who' may take to get the necessary raa- wHl ntrain for camp at Lumberton,! terials. He does not remember prom-. Thursday evening with a free mov- j for Newport News, Va., where she ing picture show at the high school j will take a business course at the auditorium, where the meeting was International business college, held. The East Lumberton school Thp nicturos were shown hv Mr. 1 -rCL-n tiA f rrl o r TV. trQ Azores qfa were printed last Monday, in order i ?Tapi Cxiorch returned home from W. C. Crosby, State commander of Misses Cornelia Steele, Katie Stone, to give full measure and avoid any j i; i a XUSSQay' ne e e j community improvement. The pic-; Euphemia Tyson and Eulalia McGilL delay. Tne quota lor this district' ,1 :llures snown were sent out oy vne; Mr R t is shelb left Satur. uaticu eciii8 vvi , atate ana snow me imporiance oi j,r 0,tqt,;t, r-vif -v,, health (W:ii Qnnlr fn pnlistmpnt. in f!r T,. importance ; known as the Lumber Bridge light : y 1 infantry. vTitnpssed . .. j. jli. :. j.? i j 1 ., i Komi nv v-.OTiTior r r I rnl-OnO fii-.r-tv,. . iq ,vi 4- f:in'8nua ereai si-uifirme is anuapaieu.i the mrturs. A clr r claims for exemption: 16 filed claims iThe ?eys for the new churcn are; The picture machine is operated i?? ' 5 i uApocLyu at a t uay a"" wiien m- witn an automooiie, wnicn is stalled everything will be in reaoi-: tioned on the nutside of a buildins? ness. The Baptist congregation is ! where the pictures are shown. With Lieutenants D. H. Fuller Eli be congratulate! on its nice and. the arrane-empnt a moving- picture Wishart and J. P. Cashwell, all of handsome edifice. j shoW could be put on in the middle whom were recently commissioned m We promised in our last letter we i of the Biff swamp or in Shelly's bay the U. S. army, spent yesterday here would furnish the names of the teach-Must as easv as it could bp put on viSiting home folks. They are sta Iq ISO. and whan fhpsp mm worp call- xne 41n.V. .cn, ?araraay, Sanitation in preserving the to camp ui a v i, ""X'v ie 8" a;"ib was "a"g di t . b d t Gldsboro jsotn..-. Kev. uaivm s. iiiackweii, u-.iof a community arA the m-Viup men ana maians naa oeen cer-i at a meetmsr of tne mayor and town . , n will rlr So nvoo fViin o- TViio mppt- I j? ,. i : -P, I- J Wl- rt tViP local boar.'l hv th : hnord ThnvtjHa offprnnn- Ut tne &U men calleCl tO report : r' -'r.- KV'0'1- , j ! j ' vuuijfljixig wiui iuibs ii til vd back to tne local ooara d t. board lnuisdaj, aitern0on. vvia.r t,q uXa m,vnum!' is-bemg thoroughly advertised vention. Ouite a crowd v O. W.. Thursday i evening Ct .-lIll, U LIUtR. JJfglCtJ tol-- 1- A J n i j 1 1 I wtoik. -n. iuii aienuance is aesireu. aac James r joyd, Lee Allen, Lumberton. Wesley E. Ratley, colored, Fairmont. Furman Freeman, Lumberton. Lester C. Hall, Lumberton. James W. Pitman, Lumberton r5. from Robeson district 1, Wednesday: j ising to put in up-to-date 'phones -Bullard Orrum To Camp From District 1 on 19th; some years before the war brok. ?S ers for the graded ard high school They are as follows: Prof. J. S. Ed wards and Miss Elia Ellison, eighth to eleventh; 1st grade, Miss Flossie Jack Johnson, tairmont. John Cox, Lumberton. Ernest Scott, Raynham. John Archie Bass, Lumberton. Carson Earl Lewis, Fairmont. W. Henry Leggett, Fairmont. Samuel V. Ashley, Fairmont. John Allen, Lumberton. Warren E. Bryan, Lumberton. Wade Faulk, Fairmont. Abner F. Stone, McDonalds. Addie A. Thompson, Fairmont. David C. Barnes, Barnesville. Albert H. Leggett, Fairm0nt. Wm. H. Morgan, Marietta. Clarence Page, Barnesville. James Grimsley, Fairmont. Henry L. Blue, Fairmont, Clarence Taylor, Lumberton. James Knox Kyle, Fairmont. Archie French Lewis, Fairmont. John Henry Purvis, Orrum. Seabastain Pitman, Fairmont. latewo0d Small, Lumberton. Fred B. Johnson, iSarnesviUe. Bruce C. Baker, Fairmont. James Clarence Biggs, Lumberton. Richard Law Gregory, Lumberton. To Camp From District 1 on the 2"lh ArcUe Warwick, Lumberton r3. Marvin Lovett, Fairmont. Georgp Powers, Lumberton r2. Carl Pitman, Fairmont. Joseph B. Hedgpeth, Lumberton. Elester Lovett, Orrum. Evander Parker, Fairmont. Luther H. Huggins, Fairmont. Jesse Brigman, Lumberton. Furman Alexander Floyd, Fairmont. Haynes Kelly Floyd, Fairmont. Gregory A. Hardin, Orrum. Carl Mussel white, Lumberton r5. Bf-niamin F. Amett.Marietta. William Bartow Jolly, Lumberton. Thad McPhatter, Barnpsville rl. Ippie Seaey, Barnesville rl. Walter McNeill, Lumberton rl. Justin Parker, Lumberton r6. Junius A. Ashley, Fairmont. Ira Malone, Lumberton. David Jones, Lumberton r2. To Camp FrOm Robesor District '. September 19 Edward Brigman, St. Pauls. Bon Sedberrv White, St. Pauls- J. E. Hall, Lumber Bridge. Oscar Dorman, Red Springs. Clifford H. McCormlc, Rowland. Henry Prevatt, Buie. I'u'rdie Cox, St. Pauls. Herbert Lindsay, St. Pauls. John Clifford Giles, Clanton, Ala- iH'Ti. F. Freeman, Rennert. out and present conditions obtained, but at least 2 men in Lumberton are quite positive that he made such a promise. Mr. Spier also assured Mayor Proctor that service with the pres ent system would be improved as far as possible. He said he would issue an onder to the effect that the Lumberton John McBryde, colored, rl. Arthur N. Edwards, Lumberton rl. Duncan C. Ratley, Fairmont. Clifton C. Blake, Lumberton. Mem Griffin, Fairmont. Joseph C. Cook, Lumberton. William M. Ward, Lumberton r5. James Cade, colored, Lumberton r2, ! Owen Addison, colored, Lumberton, Benson of Evergreen; second and third, -Miss Mary Elizabeth Fuller ton, Orange, Va.; fourth and fifth, Miss Mary Bowneran, Liberty; sixth in a town where electric current is ; tioned at Columbia, S. C. available. A sum for equipping the( Misses Ruth and Mary Rozier picture outfit was appropriated by Norment, daughters of Mrs. Mollie the last Legislature and any county k. Norment, will leave tonight for can get the outfit by appropriating Washington, D. C, to resume their a fund for that purpose. Several' studies at the Washington Central counties have already applied for the high school. Mr. W. K. Bethune will pictures to bp shown in their rural accompany them to Washington. and . seventh, Miss Bertha H. Teeter, districts. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Thompson Manteo, Va.; music, Miss Ina Anman, One ipicture was shownin, which mos-, an(j two children, Victor and Cecil, Asheboroj We have been advised j qujto eggs could be seen hatching, Mr. and Mrs.- J. A. Thompson and that all the above faculty are here land another showiner how the care-;Ml? Ethpl Pit.tman snonf vecterda.v ready for business. The teachers are j less throwing of a cigaret stump by at the home of Miss Pittman's fath- operators, instead of interrupting , 7 j wn Lumberton r4. conversations, should cut m and lis ten, and if the conversation was. go 'cr on to say nothing and let the connection alone. Which ought to help some. KNOCKED OVER AUTO LOAD OF CHILDREN BUT DIDN'T STOP Lawrence Freeman, Orrum rl Johnnie Collins, Orrum. Pcrsons Claiming Exemption 14th at home at the McNatt hotel Thorough co-operation of pupils, pa rents and teachers means success. M5r. Frank Jones of Rockfish came1 a boy burned a large factory, m er, Mr. E. D. Pittman of the Back which fire a number of girls lost Swamp section. Mr. Pittman was 73 their lives- t years old yesterday. Thursday afternoon citizens of the! oei today with his daughter, Miss, town took all of the school superin- -nt. nn a AntHnoPr nn tho loo-tram Sept. Mary, who will enter school here tendents who cared to go to the ' of the Ki ngsdale Lumber Co. and has Monday. Mr. Vance McMillan left, county farm-life school at Philadel- Q r,c?f; o nnff;nB Claud Wo0dell, Lumberton; married. Monday for Aberdeen, where he willjphus. Most of them took the trip the y & c Sm passenger train be- Joseph T. Bullock, Fairmont; mar-e" """V l l - anu ejtpie&s,eu wicmseives a uc"s , tween Lumberton and Elizabethtown. ried. - 1 Miiian lert Monday ior reace msxi-, most tavqrabiy impressed witn tne He wiU move his f amny t0 Elizabeth- Arthur Hedgpeth, Indian, Fairmont;! tute, Kaieign. miss Kuoy pnncii ; school and its surroundings. town bout October 1. j l Ipft Mnnnav for Rpn Snime-s. Flora Ac otnfWI in Thnrsrlav's Robeson- Man Driving Overland Kept Going iw,rad -or p . rfd: Macdonald college, also Miss Marie!ian, all of the 20 counties belonging L?"; w'JzJ??!!& l Aftr Turning Over Ford Loaded " ; " ' i McMillan of Cumberland county en- to the South-east District were -rep-1 " F V,V a i Jn- V, rl. ilhred CMWren-Ford G. . Indian Fairmont;! M?,- Iented by their superintendents Ztl Will Ford, colored, Marietta; married. ' Pmey ; Creek, Alleghany c0unty, The next meeting place will be de- ?isited at ttehZe oi Chester E. Tedder, JFairmont; mar-wntjre sne uas accepwu u xerminea iaier. nVd I as1 -music teacher m a State highi rci WnoM T.nWton rS-l school. Miss Georgie Williamson left RED SPRINGS NEWS NOTES married. . A near-serious automobile collis ion; occurred where Walnut street crosses the Elizabethtown road in the northern part of town yesterday af ternoon about 5 o'clock when a Jarge ,Overland auto struck . aJohn Henry Ford and turned it around and also turned it ovor. The Ford was loaded with small cnlored children. Two or three of them were slightly hurt, but not seriously. The man driving the Overland was going out the Fayette ville road and kept aoisar. The Ford was badly wrecked. The Ford was running on the Elizabethtown road. Another-auto acciderit happened yesterday afternoon when Mr. Perry Campbell ran his Ford into a ditch beyond the river on the Fairmont I road. The auto was slightly dam ! aged. Newton, . Lumberton; Wm. Henry . married. . Joseph E. Rogers, Marietta; widow ed mother. John W. Ridgen, Lumberton r5; married. : Claud E. Floyd, Barnesville; aged parents- Alexarder Meares, colored; Fair mont; widowed mother. Luther Bass, Barnesville; married. Jasper M. Grantham, Marietta; mar ried. William E. Harden, Indian, Lumber ton r5; married. Failed to Pass Physical Examination John D. Hammords, Lumberton rl jthey spent the summer. They stop ped over for a few days where they visited at Mrs. Grantham's mother, Mrs. Mary B. Shelton. Mrs. Grantham's health toiW-for Greensboro State Normal! na9 imPve v V- s college Miss Mary L. Culbreth left Rev. Alex Miller Preaches Farewell : went tne mountains last Saturday for Hamlet to teach j Sermon Personal Mention I Did you ever hear of a family in the high school at that place. ! rnnp nf The Rnhsnian. hees making their home on the j. t a o:i i 1 i-x.; ' woek into the J. G. Hughes' resi-i .a "iir:wh0 lives on K. 4 from Lumberton, dence on Main street, formerly oc V . Jf Z he found a family of beGS cupioi by Mr. L. E. Hughes who to relaes at Aidulussa limb a tree near his home nnw occupies his nice twelve-room a,, waa,e' T ... x, ' ,i day recently. Upon investigation Floods Cause Great Damage in East ern Part of Slate stasW 'rS,! Friday and j Thomas B. Ars, Proctorvme. Friday night is believed to nave oeen the severest in 25 years in eastern North Carolina. Rivers and streams overflowed, at leat 3 nve were lost, and the property and crop damage is estimated at from $50,000 to $150, 000. The rainfall was heavy here Mr. Eli Rritt " T- 1 n L tf HIT! TTT Ll. "'1""' " " ' neu aprmgs, oepi- ipmibs nya ; whft ive on R , family of bees on one j. tt ' i: a: x. now occupies nis nice tweive-room , " T cn,-n v,o w00t 1 uay ieten. upuu invcaugauuu "- dwelling. rS?T LovS sve$ tn.week: I found that the bees had made more The fotton gin of C0bb & Johnson ! d & her mother' Mrs" Kmg' at ,than a peck of honey and comb on opened up last Saturday and ginned St'MsUlAnnie Lee Henderson of Rae- 'f e jimb- Of course . Mr . Britt likes fyve bales before you could fix. The - , hp Tdi noney too well to leae it tnere, so Par W Merc Co. gin is in Mli SKSfJS??e I110 "i11 5? f - , blast and anyone can see the rush j Mfss Mamie McMillan has return-! All the millinery stores in town and push of these busy days. Much! d t Montevallo, Ala., where she' will have their fall openings and cotton has already changed hands. ; Reaches art i showings this week. Miss Amelia Our town is blest with three cotton ; tU:c vt'r, v,o rntnmPH : Linkhauer, proprietress of the Style Thomas McNair, colored, Lumberton 'buyers-Mayor F. N. Fisher T. W.jfrom Columbia) s. C., where she vis- shop, will have her showing tomor r1 Thompson and the Parkton Merc. Co. s it d M Jack Tompkins. ' row and Wednesday . Miss Josephine Our market today was 20c. Miss Marv McLend left last week Breece wil have her opening wea- No idle bread up our way up and for BisCoe, where she will teach this nesday and Ihursday. ine opening Lieut. W. P. McKay is spending a '.begin Wednesday and continue while with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.; tougij the week Messrs R. D. Frank McKay ! caldwell & Son will have their open- - Misses Eunice Pearsall, Wyatt Mc- ing Thursday, Friday and Saturday KinnnTi unrl A lCa Ha are VlRlLintTi VA Ransom Worley, colored, Fairmont A. M. Hartley, Lumberton. Luther Bryant, Barnesville rl. Albert B. Paul, Lumberton rl. Nash Allen, Lumberton r7. John H. Lee, Lumberton r4. Failed to Appear " " . J i-!.! T T T7li 4- Friday night, but no damage has Vonen JA"U T ' T,wf been reported. There were several Jasper Albertus Herring, Lumberton. washouts on the Seaboard between ' Thomas ; John Collins, Lumberton. T..Ljti a w;i;f,vn r,ri no Frank T. Byrd, Fairmont. EfTr Chester Pittman, Boardman mino-ton all day Saturday. The pas due hre at 7:12 a. m. went Roy L. Armfield, Palmyra, Va. (Max-; by Chadbourn and Elrod, thence mam doinsr, Mr. J. P. Coates has accepted a po sition with Cobb & Johnson as sales man. Thursday moring about 8 or 9 o' clock a good tenant house on the J. W. Carter farm, two miles from town, was destroyed by fire, caused by a defective flue, also an 8-months-old was burhfcd to death. The ton) Walter H. Beasley, Maxton. William J. Townsned, St. Pauls William F. Wallace, Rowland. John D. Little, Lumber Bridge. Archio Mavnard McLean. Maxton. Hector J. McLean, Jarrett, Va.,(Lum-j ber Bridge). George I. Klarpp, Shannon. Willie D. Warnpr, Parkton. Grf-gory Pittman, Maxton. lories E. Monroe, St. Pauls. Arthur Cain, S t.Pauls. I d ward Anderson, St. Pauls. Albert Gardner, Parkton. II. Spencer Smith, Wakulla. ack I'ittman, Maxton. athnn A. Johnson, St. Paul. AHernates 1). McCallum, Rowland. Wil!i;irn II. Huckabee, Maxton. v'i-trn A. Groomes, Rowland. Lawrence Kjie, Maxton. Ii. Shaw, R,.x. Jf-o. I. Klarpp, Shannon. lo (amp From District 2 on Sep tomrr 20 Henderson Oxendine, Pates, hrnr-Ht Dees., Pembroke. ladney Bullard, Pembroke. Allison Cummings, Pembroke. Luther Ward Moore, Maxton. James Fryman, Maxton. J-o-k Maynor, Raeford. Jjmes E. Bell, Pembroke. 'lies Oxendine, Pembroke. Alonzo Hunt, Pembroke. Jasper P. Stuart, Pembroke. J-Uthrr .Tarohs Mvoti I ..04V... line to Pembroke. The Wilmington tarin to Fayetfceville detourea tne same way Saturday. An engine and 9 loaded cars' of an A. C. L. freight, plunged through an open trestle washed away Friday npor- Rose Hill. Wilmineton and Wel- A. Saturdav at 3 a. m. H. I Moore, a white oraKeman, anu ai nesrro house was occupied by a negro by Arch Oxendine, Fairmont. i ?ne name oi mcueen uu me xm- Additional Men Passed by Local to except three small Aildren were B ar j m the field picking cotton, and the i: i. i? r.A vnunfc-est- which - was Jburned to m i t iiti ri rw rt i ci i ii ill t- 1 1 iiiw.rii i . v 'o 1 yiivniut AO ci iro ,i T,i Mrs. ton. Junius J- Goodwin in Lumber- Miss Bprta Cox has gone to Smith- field, where she has accepted a place in the graded school. Lieut. Norman McJN.eili oi layette n i n 1 1- ! . Fairmont Ncws Letter Movements of the People Correspondence of The Robesonian. Fairmont, Sept. 15 Miss Opal Keeter left Thursday morning for on by the army exemption board of Robeson district 1 since last report, these having been held up for one reason and another: Jas. L. Powers, Lumberton rl; ex empted; student o f divinity. Colon C. Boone, colored, Lumberton; colored r Vem; nlmcd Dobson, wei'e Oscar Hunt, Indian, Fairmont; killed. VCr'r. Lloyd, Pembroke. M'XSIii P Tl, T V, utefje, y imam. J'11' lhomas: Maxton: JJukcry Hunt, Parkton: ss Locklear, Buie. iommie Lucas, Maxton. William B. Lloyd, Pembroke. I'.:ckf y Oxendine, Pates. Haves Locklear, Buie. Jay J. Hunt, Rowland. -Luther Barton, Maxton. Willie Brooks, Pembroke. Albert Locklear, Pembroke John L. Locklear, Red Springs. August Locklear, Maxton. Ed Locklear, Pembroke. W. H. Oxendine, Pates. Jasper Locklear, Maxton. Luther Locklear, Maxton. John W. Oxendine, Pates. George Locklear, Maxton. Alexander Smith, St. Paul. Pernie Bullard, Maxton. Simeon Henderson, -Maxton. Elias JVlaynor, Maxton. Dave Owen, Maxton. Cleveland Lambert, Rowland. Alternates Floyd Locklear, Maxton. William A. Chavis, St. Pauls. Elrod R. Cummings, ouie. Troy Maynor, bt. Pauls. Frank Locklear, Wakulla- Harlem Lial, remoroKe. Martin L. Sanders, tfuie. Weston Deese, Pates. Porter Barton, Wakulla. Charlie Lee Oxendine, Red Springs Jack G. Sampson, Pembroke. Lonzo Collins, Red Springs. Marvin Lowry, Pembroke. Pern el Bullard, Maxton. Zacheriah Brooks, Pates. Ashley Hunt, Pates. - Conver Sampson, Maxton. . death, was shut up in the building while the two older were on the porch when discovered b)y the neigh bors. The flames had 'gained too much headway before being discov ered to rescue the baby. We are advised that the building was par- discharged, physically deficient, j tta insured ; butnone cm fte prop- rlio- city KJ inc uiuui bunuKc icftiv. vllS i A. j? i. a. tit,. T n charged; wite. , . A. ,1C T.oc MoruiTi T Sinp-lotarv Lumberton r2: Uieiu uclj. !?ys' bringj-ng two C0W9 aH.week' Clarence G Townsend, Lumberton; ! For some time we were getting no accepted; other support. . t "cXt T discharged; wite and children Edd Williams, colored, Proctorville; discharged; wifp and children. Robt. H. Elwanger, Fairmont; accept ed; mother, other support. Edwin Mosley Johnson, Lumberton; discharged; disease of head. . Dock Johnson, colored, Rowland r2; . discharged: wife and 3 children. Gaston Baxley, Lumberton r7; dis charged; wife and aged parents. Berry Jernigan, St. Pauls rl; dis charged; wife and children. John Barden, Marietta; discharged; wife and 3 children. Rowland E. M'White, Lumberton rl; discharged; dependent parents. Johnson of Mmturn, S. U. Mrs. Hughes left immediately Wednesday and returned today. Her mother is still very sick. We trust she may soon recover. ville spent Friday with his cousins j AsheviUe, where she will visit her Mr. ana mrs- jonn mexvay. tt Mrs. McLauchlin and Miss Annie i Mr. and Mrs. Upton and children McEachern of Raeford spent Tues-jof Norfolk are guests of Mrs. J. O. day in town. I Bobbitt. Rev. Alexander Miller, preached his j Miss Bennie Baker left Tuesday for farewell sermon to a large congrega- j Durham, where she will enter a con lion Sunday afternoon. servatory of music. Mr nnd Mrc. Genres Klamn of i Misses Lois Miller, Sarah and Car- Shannon were Red Springs visitors ! ry Floyd left Tuesday morning for Kaieign, wnere xney wiu tae UP their work tt Meredith college. Miss Jetta Mae Bristow left Wed nesday for Carolina college, Maxton. Miss Chat Ratlev spent Saturday in Rowland. She was accompanied home by Miss Kate Ratley, who is a student at Rowland high school. Miss Fannie Thompson left Satur- of Mt. Eliam day morning for Loyds, v a-, wnere FridaV. Mrs- J- L. -McMillan has returned from Bennettsville, where she vis ited her mother, Mrs. Adams. Miss Louise Dixon, who is teach ing in the Laurinburg graded school, is soendiner the week-end with her E. Hughes received a mes-; narpnts. Rev. and Mrs. tt. ivi. uixon -i i i xl. I sage yesterday aavismg ner oi uie "illnpss of her mother, Mrs. D. M. V J. COUNTY MEETING FARMERS' UNION Mr. T. A.JTodd of El izabethtnwn ana mr. niouias irHifi i have accepted positions' as salesmen in the department store oi Messrs. TV Cddwell & Son. A portion of West Fourth street was roped off this morning prepar-i atory to resunacin wim aopian compound. At tle intersection of the street with Water one of the orna mental light post was pulled down a(d broken m pifjees aoout noon when a town mule, nonchalantly dis regarding the silent orders to keep out, walked against one of the ropes. Wednesday, September 19, at Ten -Mile Church ' . ! Correspondence of The Robesonian. Don't forget that a county meeting of the Robpson division of the Farm ers' union will be held at Ten Mile rhnrch Wednesday of this week, Sep tember 19. Some important matters will be considered and it is desired that all union men in the county who nsoihlv ran do so be present. The meeting will open at 10:30 a- m. Re member the date and be on hand. F. GROVER BK1TT, County Secretary-Treasurer, TVTJcc Mora Strmp has accepted a position as saleslady j she will teach in the State high in the store oi Messrs. vnue oirscnuui ui mai yia- r , Gough. She began work this morn- companied by her brother Mr. Edgar ing. - Thompson, who will spend a few Mr. Paul H. North, son of ReT-.-! days in Loyds, before leaving for a Dr. and Mrs. W. B. North, will leave j university of medicine, New York tomorrow for Durham, where he reg- j city. . isterpd for military service, and will! Miss Lizzie Pittman of Larlyje, b. e-o from there Wednesday to camp j C, who has been visiting Miss Chns- Jackson at Columbia, S. C. Miss Hattie tfarnes, wno uves about 2 miles east of town, went to day to the James Walker memorial; Thftse Have Enlisted The following young men have re rentlv enlisted in the U. S. army a the local recruiting office: Gumery Barnes, Fair Bluff; Joe tfuiara: Wiaeram: Paul Harrison, Lumberton - o ' tine Flovd. left Saturday for Con way, where she will teach in the graded school. Mrs. F. J. Barber and Mrs. P. P. hn'orsitai. Wilmie-ton. wherp she will i Jones are visiting friends in J?air undergo an operation for some head 1 Bluff and Chadburn. trouble. one was accompanieu uy nxia. iuajUi - 1 Dr. J. A. Martin. Florence, oi marietta, wcie a""i"- Mr. S. J. Gore of East Lumber-, shoppers Saturday, ton with pandonable pride was ex- - Miss Ruth Andrews of Iowa was in hibiting up town this morning iJU.town aiuraay. - sweet potatoes in a Duncn, puneu nxispa j- y- .. from onp hill. There had Deen zi, sie Asmey tpe"y uic but one was broken off. They were good looking potatoes and he car ried them out of The Robesonian of fice before anvbodv could get a gun and stop him. He says he has about half an acre just like that. Once upon a time, Mr. Gore says, he rais ed 600 bushels oi potatoes on an acre Mies Bessip McLean of McDonald. Mr. Zeb Floyd of the U. S. S. Mont gomery is . visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. F. S. Floyd. ' The millinery opening of Miss Lo rpna Lewis will take place next Thursday and Friday. Miss Annie McMillan's opening will oe weanes- He planted the present crop in April, day and Thursday.
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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Sept. 17, 1917, edition 1
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