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I IlJIld i .Art ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH VOL. XLVIH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADYAI7CX7 SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS Ban on News From British Front in Belgium and Northern France , Italians Start Another Big Offensive. The veil of secrecy which has hung ! PQ j ef emPon 1 over the operations along the British Z fceiyed a wirem.es- frontm Belgium and northern France since the latter part of the week still remains impenetrable, so far as the news offerings of the British war of fice arc concerned. Since Friday nothing except brief statements have reached the outside' world from Field Marshal Haig's headquarters. Saturday night's re port chronicles the repulse of three German attacks in the Ypres sector, with losses to the attackers, including a number of prisoners and several machine guns. The -Germans, the British statement says, after heavily bombarding their objectives, employ ed a thick smoke barrage to cloak their advance and also used flame throwing apparatus. The artillery activity continues between the Ypres Comines canal and Zonnebeke and in the Nieuport sector. v Bombing "Severe Says Berlin. The Berlin official communication of Sunday characterizes the artillery duel along the Belgian coast and southward to the Ypres-Comines can al as "severe". Berlin also indicates that the Brtish troops are keeping. the enemy on the alert by stabs at vari ouspoints from reconnoitering par ties those little forays that always make the Germans anxious as to com ing events. Italians Take 1,409 Prisoners. Meanwhile, with the French and Germans still engaged in the usual artillery battles along the southern front in France, the Italians have started another big offensive against the Austrians on the Isonzo front where for a fortnight virtual quiet ude had prevailed. On the Bainsizza plateau height positions have been stormed and taken by Gen. Cadorna's forces and 1,409 prisoners captured. By their new successes the Italians have brought their line almost to the bridgehead of the Chiappovano river near Podlaca and Madonl, which also gives them possession of nearly all of the southeastern portion of the plateau. Austrians Counter Attack. The Austrians, realizing the strate igic value of the Italian gain, have de livered extremely heavy counter at tacks, but to no purpose. Likewise fruitless have been attempts to dis lodge the Italians from the sothern slopes of Monte San Gabriele. Daily the Italians continue their atrial bombardment of Austrian po- sitions. The great fortress of Pola again has received a visit and enemy denote at Birie. near Nabresina, north east of Triest on the Gulf of Trieste have been Soombed. " Turks Main Position Captured A stronger hold has been obtained hv the British on Bagdad through the capture from the. Turks of the main Ottoman position in the region of Re man ie. The Ottoman general Ahmed Bey, his staff and several thousand men were taken prisoner and a large nuantitv of euns and ammunition was captured. STOLE AND WRECKED CAR LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, MEN TO CAMP THIS WEEK A1hvWn;te VaK Certified Away ard Wil1 Go Riht The army exemption board in Rob- 1917. NUMBER 7 SECOND LIBERTY LOAN. Mr. A. E. White's Hudson Was Stolen Last Night and Wrecked at Kiver Bridge Near Town Blood on Run ning Board and Woman's Shoe Found Near By. The person who stole Mr. A. L. White's Hudson automobile last night had a close call when he drove the auto against the iron railing at the bridge across Lumber river on the Creek road . about 1 mile south of town. When the wreck occurred the auto was headed towards town, as the car struck the railing at the south end of the bridge. One of the front wheels of the auto was broken into pieces and the car had to be aban doned by the joy riders. There was some blood on the run ning board of the auto and it was re ported that a woman's shoe was found near the scene of the wreck. A colored 'man who lives near the id he heard the cries of wo men at the bridge about 11 o'clock last night, but was afraid to venture nut There' is a curve in the road just beyond the bridge and had the car missed the railing no doubt it would hn' n nncpd into the river, lvir sage Fndav nie-ht !v;n n white men and Indian men-in the dis trict who have been examined and not exempted be sent to camp on Oc tober 3. Mr. T. L JnW ! of the board, says it is not likely that men ue sent on that date, as all the men have already been sent who have been certified by the district board. The men will be call ed just as soon as they have been cer d by the district board, however. The Indians will not be called on the same day that the whites are call- ea, dui probablv the Hnv after The telegram stated that the board would be advised at an early date as to when to send to camp the colored men who have been drafted. Since the above was put in type the names given in the list below have been certified to the local board by wire from the district board. All the white men and Indians in this list will be sent to Camp Jackson this week -25 Thursday, 25 Friday, and the balance Saturday. The colored men will be sent later. , List of Names Certified by District Board. Ambrose C. Williamson,. Lumberton. Coon Miller, Elrod. Frank Locklear, Indian, Lumberton. Ollie Warwick, Lumberton. Leroy Bullock, Fairmont. Luther Locklear, Fairmont. Daniel McPhatter, Barnesville. Graham Chavis, colored, Rennert. Larkin Walters, Orrum. . Luther Wm. Carter, Lumberton. Rud Hunt, Indian. Fairmont. Robert Moore, colored, McDonald. Dempsey C. Bass, Marietta. Thomas Hardin, Fairmont. Cephus Worley, colored, Fairmont. Charles Henry Jones, colored, Lum berton. Benjamin F. Williams, Lumberton. tJurney L. Kobeson, colored, Fairmont. Forney Prevatt, Lumberton. drover C. Chavis, Indian, Rennert. Hazley Barfield, Barnesville. H. Moody, colored, Orrum. Arthur Meares, colored, Lumberton. Giles Clifton Taylor, Lumberton. Mango G. Brutton, colored, Lumber ton. Daniel V. B. McKenzie, Fairmont. Hezzie C. Revels, Lumberton. James Bell, colored, Lumberton Duckery Calder, Elrod. Ralza Braxton Kinlaw, Lumberton. Bedford M. Sibley, Lumberton. Will R. Chavis, Indian, Lumberton. Hardy B. Walters, Fairmont. - Clarence G. Townsend, Lumberton. Furman Speight, AHentcra. -U Archie Dial, Indian, Lumberton. Will John Griffin, Barnesville; - James Luther Byrd, Fairmont. Joseph G. Grantham, Fairmont. James R. Chason, St. Pauls. Sim Page, colored, Fairmont. Samuel P. Tyner, Lumberton. Willie Blackman, colored, Lumberton Willie James Pitman, colored, Lum berton. Richard S. Barnes, Orrum. Raymond Hunt, Indian, Lumberton. Frank Nichols, colored, Fairmont. Walter Grady Davis, St. Pauls.. Nuton Sampson, Indian, Lumberton. Clem Council, colored, Lumberton. Meade H. Mitchell, Fairmont. Odie P. Walters, Lumberton. Ira L. McGill, Lumberton. Andrew Taylor, colored, McDonald. James D. Strickland, Lumberton. Dock Oliver, colored, Fairmont. Lonnie Leach, colored, Lumberton. Ed Faulk, colored, Fairmont. Zeb Vance Carlyle, Buie. Carl A. Thompson, Fairmont. Lonnie Caulk, Fairmont. Arch Hunt, Indian, McDonald. Abner N. Martin, St. Pauls. Dock Hill, colored, Fairmont. Neatus Inman, Lumberton. William H. Powell, Lumberton. Fulton O. Floyd, Fairmont. Joe Gaddy, colored, Fairmont. Daniel C. Miller. Lumberton. Wm. Cromartie, colored, Lumberton Montgomery ttvans, marietta. Albert Harper, colored, Lumberton Melton Ivey, Orrum. 3 Billion or More to be Offered the Public October 1 Bonds Draw 4 Per centDenominations Will be $50 and Multiples of 50. Secretary McAdoo Thursday night announced the details of the second Liberty Loan, whichwill be offered to the public October-. The chief features are: . Amount: $3,000,000,000,: or more.' the excess not to exceed one-half of the amount of over-subscription. Terms of bonds: Maturity, 25 ycrsr redeemable at the option of the Sec retary of the Treasury in ten years.: denominations of bonds: $50 and' multiples of $50. interest rate: Four per cent, pay- ; THINGS SEEN AND HEARD (By The Robesonlan's local reporter while on and ojff his beat). S?n,ned T tables and Fruits Weve got enough vegetables and iruit canned at our house to last us two years," remarked a Robeson far mer to the reporter recently. How do you like the remark? Doesn't it sound good? There are hundreds of farmers m the county who are in the same fix. Some of them have canned vegetables on a small scale before this year but none cf them has taken so miUtT interest in canning before un til this year. The reporter happens to know of many families that have canned vegetables this year that nev- HAVE A COMMUNITY BOOTH I pt cenr. Tin 7- j -i i. able semi-annually on he 15 ! " rS?X lore' ine ney ap ana May 15. - lerms of payment: Two per cent upon application, 18 per cent Nov. 15; 40 per cent Dec. 14 and 40 per cent Jan. 12, 1918. lhe privilege of converting bonds of this issue into bonds of any sue- ceeding issue bearing a higher inter-? propnated by the county commission ers for the canning campaign was money well spent. i .j Hog Meat and Prosperity I don't think there is much pros perity where there is no hog meat". That s what a farmer told the report er the other day. He was speaking A. A It M - . .- ' dreJn? 4J,fe?!?ES 5 P. the money the farmers are hand riluu wax -is cAieuueu, ana l line anH hie ron.oi.l- l n. A j. j i i -o v. vjuala was UI UUJillL LU through an arrangement under which .bonds will beprinted with only four coupons instead of fifty (to be ex- changed at the end of two years for the bonds containing the full number of coupons). Deliveries will be prompt. In this manner the issue of interim certifi cates will be avoided. Secretary McAdoo's statement ex plains how, under the war credits bill which authorized the bond issue," the bonds are to be exempted from taxa tion except estate or inheritance tax and income surtaxes. And Secretary McAdoo concludes his statement as follows: "The campaign for the sale of I these bonds will open Monday, Oct. 1, and will close Monday, October 27. I confidently hope that when the cam paign is over it will be found that the total number of subscribers is at least ten millions and the total subscription in excess of five billion dollars. Such a response, would be notice to our enemies that the Amer ican people as a whole intend to sup port with all their power their gov ernment in the vigorous prosecution of this war and the. achievement cf an early and lasting peace." mind by .the fact that many of the farmers who are making money from tobacco and cotton will have to spend that money for corn and meat. He has it sized up about right, too.. Liberty Loan Apportioned Among 12 Reserve Banks. Treasury officials at Washington announced Saturday night the appor tionment of the second Liberty bond issue, offered today, among the va rious Federal Reserve districts of the country. Virtually two-thirds of the loan is exoected to be raised bv the New York, Boston, Cleveland .. and Chicago districts, Wltnr une-iiaa - tup? portioned to the three first-named dis tricts. In making the apportionment of ficials used two bases of subscrip tions, the minimum of $3,000,000,000 and an- unexpected amount ot 000.000.000. Apparently, m ottering the second issue, officials hope to real ize a $5,000,000,000 amount. Appor tionments indicate only what each dis trict is expected to do, and may be entirely unset, as in the case ot the first Liberty loan by the actual sub scriptions. The apportionment lor the Kicn- mond district, of which North Caro lina is a part, is 4 per cent., a min imum of $120,000,000. Mule Pulls a Ford . ' It's not often it has to be done, but it happens occasionally that a 4rd auto has to be pulled by a mule. The reporter saw a mule come into town one day recently pulling one of the tnings. Good Place for Rest Room "Why don't the town fathers hnilrl ! a ladies rest room in connection with the new town hall?" was the question asked the reporter by a Lumberton lady Friday. The reporter was un able to answer the question and re ferred the lady to the mayor of the town. The lady thinks (and the re porter thinks the same thing) that it would be very nice indeed if a pub lie rest room could be built in connec tion with the town hall. The lady de clared that a public rest room, was a thing which the town ought by all means to have, and said that if the town would build the room the ladies of the town would furnish it. The location of the new town hall ' would be an ideal one for a rest room. Is the suggestion worth considering? Every Community in Robeson is Urg ed to Have a Booth at the County Fair Correspondence of The Robesonian It is very important that any sec tion (and we want them all) in the county wishing to have a community booth at the coming fair in Lumber ton, reserve the space at an early date. There is no display that interests more people and shows to the pub- i; jusl wnac can De done by the lad ies of different localities than the community booth. In them you can see well displayed fruits of all kinds, canned and dried, fancy work, ancient ai wcies mat were the results of many hours tedious labor done by our fore fathers and mothers, representing your own sections and managed by your own people. Let several ladies get together and see what can be done in your section. it win not be much trouble and a source of -pride to see other people admiring what you have and can ao. The fair will be erlad to cive all in formation and space to those inter ested. All you will have to do is write W. O. Thomnson. that your section wishes the space reserved and it will have his atten tion. The time is drawing near, there is no time to lose. We don't wish anv x 1 f, . . section leit out; want them all repre- avuu&u.. xi o juui j. ciii ctiiu yuu can make it just what you want to. Help us and we will help vou. The premiums for the booths are $15 for the best one, $10 for the sec ond, $5 for the third best. It is worth more than the premium you will get as an advertisement ior your section. AGAIN FIRST TO PAY TAXES For 22nd Time Mr. Ellis Miller Came Across With Tax Money First Walked From His Home 18 Miles Away and Walked Back This is the twenty-second BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEW3 K. O. T. M. meets tomorrow evening, 8 o'clock. Several neoDle who live in arvl about Lumberton report that frost was inevidence early this morning. Mr. W. F. Parnell of R. 6 from Lumberton brought to The Robeson- . ian office Saturday 11 ears of com under one shuck. License has been issued for the ' marriage .of Melton A. Bass and Jen nie May Neely; Ottis Kittrell and Cathrine Kinlaw. Mr. Willie Watson left this morn ing for Toccoa, Ga.. where he will ' enter the Toccoa Falls institute. He is studying for the ministry. Miss Lula Mae Johnson went Saturday to Ereka. Cumberland coun-- ty, where she will teach during the next school term, which opened to- -day. Prof. C. A. Waldrop. nrincinal of the Baltimore high school, near Fair mont, was a Lumberton visitor Sat- : urday. School opens at Baltimore today. Mr. William Shocket of Fairmont passed through town last evenine etr route to Baltimore, where he will enter the Johns Hopkins school of medicine. The board of county commission ers, the county board of education and the county road board are all hold ing regular first-Monday meetings here today. Mr. C. M. Fuller returned Thurs day from St. Louis, Mo., where he went to buy mules for his sales sta bles. He had a car load of mules to arrive Saturday. Mr. N. P. Andrews is having the inside of his store building, FJn street, remodeled and will open up a general merchandise business in the store at an early date. Mr. Rufus Kinlaw of R. 7 from Lumberton has accepted a position in the office Of Mr. T. W. Trogdon, government cotton grader. He be- thatMr.' Ellis' Miller 'rfGaddy to'wn- ' work Wednesday of last weet Cotton Gins Running at Night It is not an unusual thing for cot ton mills to be "operated at night, but not until recently had the reporter heard of cotton gins being operated at night. It is said that one of the gins LaiLtown Jia ,xn. running hath day ' Taking on New Life. Already the towns in the tobacco growing sections of the county are tanner on new spirit. New stores and other places of business (garag es being among them) are being built. ship was the first man in Robeson to pay his State and county taxes. Mr. Miller, who is 70 years young, walked all the way from his home to Lumberton, 18 long miles, and back home, making 36 miles, Friday to pay nis taxes, wmie tne tax books were not turned over to the sheriff until today, Mr. Miller left his money with Sheriff Lewis. Mr. Miller did not walk that 36 miles because he did not have a way to ride. He has plen ty of stock and if he does not own an auto it's not because he is not able. He is hale and hearty and doesn't mind a short walk like that at all. ccp; graralsony,w led to town Huch Ratlev. colored. Fairmont. Berry Hunt, Indian, McDonald. Will Benj. liriinn, lumoenon. Cleaton Kinlaw, Lumberton. Franklin D. Quicker, colored, Lumber- ton. Reddin Gaskins, Fairmont. Leffie Thompson, colored, Boardman. Lumberton road also was badly wash ed. Sent Home From Camp Jackson. Mr. Jack Johnson, who lives on - K. 1 from Fairmont and who was among the selected men who left Lumbertton ten days ago for Camp Jackson, re turned Friday night to Lumberton, having been discharged because he failed to pass the physical examina tion at the camp. He said that a Mr. Floyd and Mr. David G. Barnes, botn of Barnesville, returned with him, dis charged for the same reason. Mr. Johnson says he liked the camp and would have been glad to stay for the training. Bridges Washed Away and Roads Damaged. People living in the southern part of tViA pountv reoort that considerable Jasper Thompson, colored, Lumber- damage was done to the roads by the ton. rains Saturday, several Driages nave Freeman K. Broadwell, St. Pauls. been washed away. The dam across firover Walters. Barnesville. AsVmnlp. swamn at White House is Ippie Graham, colored, Proctorville. reported as being broken and a part John (J. Biggs, Lumoerton. Df it gone. The dam across White says he is sure the car was Christopher C. Barnett, colored, Field swamp near Fairmont on the nmninn- at least 40 miles per hour Lumberton when it struck the railing. The automobile was locked up m a car house near Mr. White's resi dence and a staple was pulled in or der to get it out. Superior Court. A two-weeks' term of Superior court for the trial of civil cases con vened this morning at 10:30 with Judse W. M. Bond of Edenton presid ing. The following cases were dis posed of up to noon: Evan Williams vs. Dresden Cotton Mill Co.; judgment for plaintiff. Java Rice vs. Emma Rice; divorce granted. The out-of-town attorneys attend ing court today are Messrs. G. B. Pat terson and B. F. McLean of Maxton and V. H. Taylor of Fairmont. Mr. W. M. Walker, clerk of the court in Cumberland county, is also attending court today. Trade Week Reduced Rate From Elizabethtown. On account of "Trade week" m Lumberton the Virginia & Carolina Southern will give a round trip rate from Elizabethtown to Lumberton all through this week of $1.50. The reg ular fare is $2.10. There will not be any reduced rates from any other point except Elizabethtown. The tram loaves Elizabethtown at 6:30 a. m and arrives here at fit 10 a. m. Re turning the train for Elizabethtown J wives Lumberton at 6:25 p. m. Visiting Schools Prospects ' Bright - Prof. J. R. Poole, county super intendent of schools, visited the schools at Fairmont, Orrum, St. Paul, Parkton, Red Springs and Philadel phus last week. Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health officer accompanied him to Orrum and Fairmont. Prof. Poole says the attendance at all the schools visited is better than it was at the opening last year. He says prospects are bright for a good year along ed ucational lines in the county. S. C. Farmers Demand 35 Cents for Cotton A dispatch from Columbia states that 100 representative farmers from every section of South Carolina met at the State warehouse in that city Thursday and adopted resolutions calling on all the cotton growers of the State to hold their staple for a flat nrice of 35 cents a pound. The meeting was held under the auspices of the South Carolina Farmers' uni on. Tommie Lucas, Maxton. Haves Locklear,Buie. Luther Barton.Maxton. Willie Brooks, Pembroke. Angus Locklear, Maxton. Monday, Sept. 24 White Men. Jack Pittman, Maxton. Nathan Allen Johnson, ist. Faui. MP1M FOR TRAINING CAMP FROM ROBESOJN UlSTKiur z jonn Clifford Giles, (Jlanton, Aia. Charles E. Monroe, St. aui. Following is a list of the men call- Wade Hampton Lovett ft Paul. ed for military service and forwarded jonn u. itue, VTw, r K: t rvvo s r. hv Willinm H. Huckabee, Maxton. ill- i-Cii v a -e T5vc .Annfv AvfViip Mavnard McLean. Maxton. xt o of TfoA Srvrinirs; Rov L. Armfield, Maxton. Friday, September 21st White Men. Henry Prevatt, Bme. lnAian(t EdwaJd Brigman, . St. Pauls. , Tuesday, rj1 Bon Sedberry .White, St. Paul. Oscar Dorman, Ked bprmgs. Clifford H. McCormic, Rowland. Arthur Cain, St. Paul. Herbert Lindsay, St. Paul. Purdie Cox, St. Paul. Benj. F. Freeman, Rennert. John E. Hall, Lumber Bridge. Walter H. Beasley, Maxton. Edward Abderson, St. Paul. Jsisner P. Stewart. Pembroke. John L. Locklear, Red Springs. William E. Lloyd, Pembroke. Jay J. Hunt, Rowland. , W. H. Oxendine, Pates. Elrod R. Cummings, Buie. John W. Oxendine, Pates. Rodney Bullard,, Pembroke. Luther Ward Moore, Maxton. Henderson Oxendine, rates. Frnest. Deese. Pembroke Allison Cummings, Pembroke Lock Maynor, Raeford. Giles Oxendine, Pembroke.. Alonzo Hunt, Pembroke. Luther Jacobs, Maxton. George Lloyd, Pembroke. rWill Thomas, Maxton. Duckery Hunt, Rowland, j William Freeman. Maxton. Alexander Smith, St. Paul. James Ernest Bell, Pembroke. Jesse C. DeeserRaynham. Abner Locklear, Pates. Albert Locklear, Pembroke. Ed Locklear, Pembroke. Troy Maynor, St. Paul. Heavy Rains. Dunne the 24 hours ending Sat urday at 5 t. m. a rainfall of 4.26 in ches fell here, according to Mr. B. M. Davis, who has charge of the local government weather station. Friday the fall was 1.40 inches. This was the heaviest rain that has visited this section during the same length of time in several years. While the streets were washed in many places, no serious damage was reported. N. C. Negroes Will go to Camp Oct 3 to 6 It has been announced that negroes from North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida will be sent to Camp Jackson at Columbia, S. C, October 3 to 6. Sixtv-eisrht men from North Car olina reached Camp Jackson Friday, making the Tar Heel quota in camp 4,497. Robeson Man Named as Medical Ar mv Officer Among North Carolinians named Thursday at Washington officers in the reserve corps of the medical" de- nartment of the. army is one Kobe son county man, Nathan H. Andrews of Rowland.- Forfeited Bonds. Dock and Norman Hardin, Indians who were summoned to appear be fore Recorder E. M. Britt Friday on the charge of retailing, failed to show up for trial. They had made bond m the sum of $200 each and the bonds were forfeited. F.vaminatinn for Teachers An examination for teachers of al three races in Robeson will be giv en in Lumberton beginning Tuesday October 9. All who expect to take the examination will have to report on the first day of the examination Personal and Other Items from Ifted Springs Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, Sept. 29 Mrs. Adams of Jacksonville, Fla., who visited Mrs. J. L. McMillan for several days has returned to her home. Miss Jessie Singleton, who is in training at the University hospital in Baltimore, is on a visit to her home folks. Rev. and Mrs. M. E. Cotton of El lerbee visited in town last week. Mr. Cotton assisted Rev. Mr. Parker in a meeting at Centenary. Mrs. J. H. McKay has returned rom a visit to her sister Mrs. J. C. McPhail, who is in Highsmith hospit al in Fayetteville. Misses Erma Taylor, Macy JVlc- Eachern and Carrie McNeill motored o Fayetteville Thursday and spent he afternoon shopping. Miss Anna McQueen of Rowland spent Friday in town visiting Mrs. Phil Bragg. Miss McQueen has been a missionary to Korea for the last five years and is at home on a fur- ough. Miss Annie Johnson spent Thurs day in Fayetteville with her sister Mrs. Seavy Highsmith. Miss Louise Dixon, who is teaching in Laurinburg, spent the week-end at home. The Canteen has been moved to Mrs. H. M. Dixon's where it will be nearer the college. Last Wednesday $18 were taken m. The room is open on Wednesday and Saturday after noons.. Tea, sandwiches, salad and cakes are the things served. Mrs. Will Thrower of-Laurinburg spent Wednesday in town with friends National Aid Needs Two More Ma chines Correspondence of The Robesonian, The National Aid needs two more sewing machines. Any one who has a machine that is not in use. we would very much appreciate the use of it for awhile. We also need some packing wood en boxes and merchants can greatly assist us by holding for us or send ing down to our National Aid rooms in the Dresden cotton mill office any such boxes that they can spare. Storm Takes Toll of at Least 14 Lives. A New Orleans dispatch of Sept. 29 states that at least 14 persons lost their lives in the hurricane which swept the east Gulf coast Friday and property damage inland apparently was greater than at first supposed. Exempted by District Board Mr. Wilbur R. Brittof R. 2 from Fairmont has been exempted from army duty by the district exemption board. His exemption was recom mended by the local exemption board on the ground that he is married. Mr. Chapel Wilson of R. 7 from Lumberton passed through town Fri day en route to Rennert, where he will be principal of the Rennert grad ed school during the coming term. - Mr. P. W. Evans of Lakeview, S. . C, was a Lumberton visitor Satur day. Mr. Evans has the Page mill pond leased. He says a trout that weighed 8 1-2 pounds after be ing dressed was recently caught in the pond. Mr. C. K. Morgan of the Oakdale section, near Marietta, was a Lum- , berton visitor Saturday. Mr. Mor gan . informed The Robesonian. that - Mrs. R. J. Han willteacl . - . Miss Mildred Williams, teacher of English in the high school, had to leave school Thursday and has been suffering since at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q. T. Williams, from nervous breakdown. She will be taken to Charlotte tomorrow to consult a specialist. Two mules belonging to and driv en by Jim Strickland ran away Thursday afternoon . and ran into a deep ditch on the Rowland road be- tween the river and tne pianx oi me Robeson Manufacturing Co. The wag on was slightly damaged and the mules and driver had a close call. Miss Lula M. Cassiday, Robeson's new home demonstration agent, ar rived yesterday to enter upon ner new duties. As stated in previous issues of The Robesonian, Miss cas siday will travel overthe county in an auto. The Robesonian hopes to . give more in regard to her woric ut an issue soon. Mr. W. H. Powell of the Saddle tree section presented The Robeson ian s local reporter with a "mess ox nice Porto Rica yams Friday. One of the potatoes measured ao mcnes in length, which was the longest ev er seen by the reporter. The potatoes were highly appreciated. Mr. Pow ell says the potato crop is very good up his way. Children Give Play for National Aid. Seven children small young ladies on their own initiative and without help from grown-ups, got up an en tertainment Friday evening at tne home of Mrs. N. A. McLean, North Elm, for the National Aid and realiz ed for the society $1.20. Those who took part were: Elizabeth Jennings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Jen nings; Kathenne tsoyd, aaugnter oi Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Boyd; Margaret Finlayson, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Chaffin; May Johnson and Frances Poole, daughters of Prof, and Mrs. J. R. Poole, and Eugenia and . Alice McLean, daughters of Mrs. N. A. McLean. The program was as follows: Dance by all, led by Elizabeth Jennings; song by Eugenia and Alice McLean and Elizabeth Jennings; fairy play by all; "The Star Spangled Banner sung by all; Victor records. Admission of 5 cents for adults and 3 cents for children was charged. Those so fortunate as to have the opportunity of attending the enter tainment were delighted. Floods Have Rendered Million Chinese Peonle Homeless, is Estimated Adispatch of September 25 from Peking states that the city of Tien Tsin is threatened with destruction by flood and that it is estimated that as a result one million Chinese are homeless. Travis Fails to Land on I. C. C. President Wilson Saturday sent to the Senate the following appoint ments to fill vacancies on the Inter state Commerce commission: Robt. W. Woolley of Virginia, Clyde B. At ehison of Oregon, Geo. W. Anderson of Boston. Woolley will be in charge of the section which includes North. Carolina and practically all those States which have commercial rela tions with this State. It had been confidently expected that Chairman E. L. Travis of the North Carolina Commerce commission would be appointed to fill one of. these vacancies. - - - A I I '! rl
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