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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
VOL, XLVIII
MEN FOR MILITARY J)UTY
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50 Hen Selecetd This Morning by
Robeson Council of Defense
"Will lie Mustered Into Service
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October 16. I
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Members of the Robeson council
tt defense met in the commissioners 1
room in the court house this morning j
at 10:30 and selected 50 Robeson coun- '
ty men for military duty in Robe- j
son under the provisions of the Gov- j ...
ernor's proclamation calling forth 5,-1 '.'
000 of the unorganized militia of the
State for military duty.
The men selected are:
C. V. Brown, Lumberton.
J. S. McNeill, Lumberton.
W. P. McAllister, Lumberton.
T. A. McNeill, Jr., Lumberton.
E. L. Hamilton, Lumberton.
J. A. Sharpe, Lumberton.
Alf H. McLeod, Lumberton.
Wade Lamb, Lumberton, R. F. D.
D. D. McLaurin, Rowland.
A. T. McLean, Lumberton.
C. D. Smith, Rowland.
John Smith, Allenton.
Frank A. Wishart, Lumberton.
L. B. Townsend, Lumberton.
T. S. Greyard, McDonald.
W. O. Bennett, Maxton.
J. P. Wiggins, Maxton.
Dr. J. O. McLelland, Maxton.
S. H. McKinnon, Maxton".
C. W. Henderson, Maxton.
Wm. Currie, Rowland.
Murdock McLean, Maxton.
Marvin V. Floyd , Fairmont.
W. T. Sledge, Fairmont.
J. T. Hamilton, Marietta.
C. K. Morgan, Marietta.
C. W. McArthur, Rowland, R. F. D
C. W. Walters, Barnesville.
Frank Shepard, Orrum, N. C.
-J. B. Humphrey, Red Springs.
W. A. Bullock, Red Springs.
S. E. Lenard, Red Springs.
II. B. Ashley, Jr., Red Springs.
Jesse McCallum, Lumberton.
Fulton Watson, Red Springs.
N. A. Smith, Red Springs.
J. A. McGeachy, St. Pauls.
L. Mclnnis, St. Paul.
J. A. Johnson, St. Paul.
Chas. Cardell, St. Paul.
J. C. Lindsay, St. Paul.
C. H. Howard, St. Paul.
L. H. Townsend, St. Paul.
Dr. D. S. Currie, Parkton.
Maj. J. B. Malloy, Parkton.
P. H. Fisher, Parkton.
A. T. Council, Parkton, R. F. D.
Oscar Currie. Shannon.
Robert Monroe, Lumber Bridge.
E. K. Campbell, Parkton.
The county board of defense is com
posed of H..E. Stacy of Lumberton,
-chairman. Mai. A. J. McKItfnon of
Maxton, A. R. McEachern of St. Paul,'
Dr. J. L. McMillan of Red bprings,
J. B. McCormick of Parkton, A. E.
White of Lumberton and J. S. Oliver
of Marietta.
At the meeting today Maj. A. J. Mc
Kinnon was elected secretary and Mr.
A. W. McLean was elected chairman
of the Robeson county Liberty Loan
committee.
The men selected will be called to
meet in the court house here Tuesday,
October 16, at 10:30 a. m. at which
time they will be mustered into ser
vice by Mr. Stacy, who is mustering
officer by virtue of his office as chair
man of the board.
The men selected will compose the
Twenty-first company, North Caro
lina Reserve militia, with home sta
tion at Lumberton. The Federal gov
ernment will supply the arms with
which the company will be equipped.
Uraguay Severs Relations With
Germany Peru Orders Minis
ter HoW.
Montevideo Dispatch, Oct. 7.
Uruguay has severed diplomatic re
lations with Germany. A presiden
tial decree announced the rupture
following a vote in favor of it by the
Chamber of Deputies, 74 to 23. The
German minister has been sent his
passports. The vote in the chamber
was taken at 2 o'clock this morning.
President Viera in his message to
the parliament declared that the Uru
guayan government had not receiv
ed any direct offense from Germany,
but that it was necessary to espouse
the cause of defenders of justice, de
mocracy and small nationalities.
Lima, Peru, Dispatch, Oct. 7.
The Peruvian government, which
yesterday handed his passports to the
German minister, today ordered the
Peruvian minister to German, A.
von der Heyde, to leave Berlin. The
government also ordered the with
drawal of all Peruvian consuls in Ger
many. U-Eoat Thought to Have Been
Sunk by American Destroyer.
The Navy Department made public
Saturday an account of an action be
tween an American destroyer and a
German submarine, in European wa
ters, in which action all indications)
pointed to the destruction of the sub
marine by the destroyer, but the de
partment avoided any such claim.
German submarine commanders some
times attempt to create the impres
sion on the surface that their craft
have been destroyed in order to term
inate the pursuit.
O. C. Falk of R. 3 from Max
ton is a Lumberton visitor today.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hamilton of
Marietta are among the visitors in
tfwn today.
Mr. K, E. Harrell of R. 2. from St.
Jam was among the callers at The
Kobesonian office this afternoon.
Mr. J. t. Biggs and Misses Ethel
uttman and Ruby Thompson spent
y iimy at tamp jacKson, near uo
lumV.in 3n"? ".Y"
.J: ."i u; visiting ine soiuier
wno nave gone from Lumberton
u (-fcmp Jackson.
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FIRE PREVENTION
AND CLEAN UP DAY.
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In accordance with a statute
passed by the last General As-
sembly the Governor of North
Carolina -has designated Tups.
day, the 9th day of October,
1917, as "FIRE PREVEN-
TION DAY;"nd I hereby cail
upon all citizens of the town to
observe the day both for fire
prevention and a general "clean
up".
Kindly gather up all trash
and inflammable material and
place same at some convenient
place for removal. The town
carts will gather the rubbish
and remove it on the days fol-
lowing, and if placed on the
edge of the sidewalk the work
can bg completed more quick- '
ly than if left in back lots or
places-not easy of access.
Let's do our bit toward 'stop-
ping the useless fire waste and
at the same time render our
:' town cleaner and more health-
: ful.
1 October 5th, 1917.
JAMES D. PROCTOR,
Mayor.
MORE MEN OFF FOR, CAMP
17 White Men of Robeson District
1 Left for Camp Jackson Sat
urday 60 Men Went to Camp
From This District Last Week.
Seventeen more selected white men
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from Robeson district No. 1 left Lum
berton Saturday morning at 7:20 ov-
erthe Seaboard for Camp Jackson,
near Columbia, S. C. Mr. Carl Thomp
son of Fairmont was made captain
of the party and Mr. B. M. Sibley of
Lumberton was made lieutenant cap
tain.
This made a total of 60 men sent
to camp from this district last week,
25 white men and 18 Indians leaving
for camp Thursday, their names be
ing published in The Robesonian.
Those who left Saturday were:
Blester Lovett
William Rembert Parnell
Ambrose C. Williamson
Giles Clifton Taylor
Duckery Calder
Ralza Braxton Kinlaw
Bedford' M. Sibley
Hardy B. Walters '
Furman Speight
Will John Griffin '
James Luther Byrd
James R. Chason
Samuel P. Tyner
Richard S. Barnes
Carl A. Thompson
David Herring Jones
Reddin Gaskins.
KILLED BY ACCI
DENTAL SHOT
Mr. Bill Smith of Cumberland
County Was Killed Instantly in
Robeson Saturday When Gun in
, Hands of Mr. Egbert Jackson
Went Off Accidentally In
quest Held Yesterday.
On their way home from a hunt
Saturday midnight, while crossing a
footlog in Gallberry swamp, near Mc
Millan's, on the Robeson 'side of the
Robeson-Cumberland county line, Mr.
Egbert Jackson fell off the log, his
gun was accidentally' discharged, and
the entire load entered the back of
the head of Mr. Bill Smith, killing
him instantly. Others in the party
were Mr. A. D. McNeill and three
small bovs.
Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health
officer, and Mr. James Johnson of
St. Paul went to the scene of the trag
edv vesterdav and Mr. Johnson, act
ing as coroner, held an inquest. The
verdict of the iurv was that Mr.
Smith came to his death by acciden
t.nl shooting.
Mr. Smith was about 30 years old
and leaves a wife and three children
NEGRO SHOOTING SCRAPE
Wounded Negro in Hospital With
Small Chance to Recover Man
Who Did Shooting Escaped.
Irvin Sampson, colored, is in the
Thompson hospital with slight chance
of recovery as a result of being shot
hv Alex. Bethune. also colored, yes
terday morning. The shooting took
nlace at the loererine: camp of the
Kingsdale Lumber Co. near Rozier. It
is said that bad blood nad existed
between the negroes for some time
Bethune has not been arrested.
A ball from a pistol entered Samp
son's left side and periorated nis in
testines 11 times. 4
Stocking Berkslires.
Messrs. White & Gough of Lum
berton, who own considerable farm
ing lands in the county, recently
bought 25 registered Berkshire hogs
and will begin hog raising on a large
scale. Mr. A. T. McLean bought 5
hogs of the same breed and will al
so go into the hog raising business.
They bought the hogs in Moore coun
ty.
Mad Dog Reported.
It was reported that a mad dog
was seen in Wishart township Fri-
- " 7 tnwnshin Fri
i was su iu 4"ri-"r "7"
day. While several snois wc
at the dog, he escaped, alive.
COUNTRY, GOD
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 8,
REMARKABLE
SESSION CLOSES
Session of Congress Which Ad
journed Saturday Made Record
of Achievement Probably Un
paralleled. ; ' ;
Washington Dispatch, Oct. 6. N ' 1
A record of achievement probably
unparalleled in world-wide legislative
history, was closed with adjourned
today of the session of Congress.
Written into the nation's statutesin
six months are laws in numbers, scope
and unanimity unsurpassed.
Called April 2 by. President Wilson
(within a month after his second. in
auguration) to enroll the JJnited
States among Germany's foes, from
the passage of the war resolution
April 6th until the Presidents sig
nature of the.last law today, Congress
has worked incessantly on legislation
of vital present and future import in
national and world developments. ' It
now secures a 2-months' respite,
returning December 2 for the regular
session ana lacing another stupend
ous programme of war and domestic
action. t
. Marking the session passing .into
history were its war preparation , pro
vision for quick and large, increase
in the nation's fighting forces on
land, sea and in the air; appropria
tions of more than $20,000,000,000:
measures of taxation and credits to
meet the financial drafts, and vesting
wie rresiaeni wnn vast powers.
Looming ahead for disposition at
the December session are further
enormous appropriations for this And
next year, great tax and bond bills
and a mass of other war and domestic
legislation, witn congressional pn-v
manes and elections closely follow
ing. . - -
Among the most important meas
ures enacted were: ',
The A rmv Draft, law. twn way rrert-
its measures, authorizing loans to the
Allies and sale of domestic bonds; the
war tax law, appropriation of $640,
000,000 for airplanes, the espionage i
act, control, of foods, feeds and fuel;
the trading-with-the-enemy act, in
cluding authority for the President to
embargo exports, the sailors' and sol
diers' insurance act and the war bud
get bills. ;
Congress also found time to.. take
important action on two important
domestic matters prohibition' and
woman suffrage. v "
Besides prohibiting further manu
facture or importation of distilled
beverages and authorizing the Presi
dent, in the food control biIi,to stoM
or curtail that of beer and wines'; the
Senate by a vote of 65 to 20 also
passed the Sheppard resolution, pro
posing a national dry amendment to
the Federal constittuion. - It is pend
ing in the House for action at the
December session. '
The House created a special com
mittee on woman suffrage, while the
Senate favorably reported the Susan
B. Anthony amendment proposing an
equal franchise amendment to the con
stitution. The latter will be press
ed: next session.
MR. BENSON DIED FRIDAY
Unfortunate Man Who Was Bit
ten by a Cat Died in Bladen Jail
Where He Was Taken for Safe
Keeping.
Mr. Thomas Benson, the Bladen
county man vho was put off a Sea
board train here Wednesday evening
of last week and who declared he was
suffering with hydrophobia as a re
sult of being bitten by a rabbid cat,
died in the county jail at Elizabeth
town Friday afternoon. The condi
tion of the unfortunate man contin
ued to grow worse after he left Lum
berton Wednesday night, and he was
confined in the county jail.
As was stated m Thursday s Kob-
esonian, Mr. and Mrs. Benson board
ed the Seaboard train at Richardson
Wednesday afternoon with the in
tention of going to Raleigh in order
that Mr. Benson might take the sec
ond Pasteur treatment. Mr. Benson s
actions frierhtened the passengers on
the train and the conductor thought
it best to put him off here. He and
Mrs. Benson reUirned to their home
in Bladen Wednesday night on the.
Seaboard train.
Most of the people here who saw
the unfortunate mah were inclined to
believe that he had studied about be
ing bitten by-the rabbid cat and his
chances of "going mad" so much
that he had come to the conclusion
that he was suffering with hydro
phobia when he was not.
Mr. Benson and three of his chil
dren were bitten by a rabbid cat last
June and all took the Pasteur treat
ment at Raleigh. It is reported that
one of Mr. Benson's children which
was bitten by the cat has not been
acting right for some days.
Colored Men Will be Called to
Service Oct. 17."
Mr. T. L. Johnson, chairman of the
army exemption board in Robeson
district No. 1, advises The Robeson
ian that the colored men selected from
this district will be called Ocotber 17.
He has not learned where they will
be sent. . .
Mr. Johnson, has been advised by
the War Department, not to send any
more white men until the eolored men
nave heen sent to camp. There are
around 75 colored men in this district
who have been certified by rhe dis
trict board.
- 'The Freeman Printing l,o. in-
" foil SofnrHav a new Chandler &
wrnrtm
Price job press.
AND TRUTH
FOOD CONSERVATION
PiedgeGard Campaign October
20 to 28 Food Administration
Wants Co-operation of Every
: Housekeeper Executive Com
mittee Appointed for Robeson.
A. "pledge-card campaign" for the
purpose of securing the co-operation
of every housekeeper in the State, as
nearly as possible, in conserving food
supplies and eliminating all possible
waste - is planned by Henry A. Page,
food administrator of North Carolina.
committees are to be appointed in
every school district in the State for
the purpose, of distributing and se
curing? signatures to cards pledging
co-operation in the great work of the
national administration m helping to
win the ' war by providing abundant
food supplies" to meet the needs of
American troops and the Allies.
' Pursuant to instructions from Mr.
Page,Mr. H. E. Stacy of Lumberton,
chairman of the county food adminis
tration, ' appointed the following ex
ecutive . committee to assist him in
the work and to amooint district
school committees: Prof. J. R. Poole,
.4 ; j j ! 11- .
uuuty . superintendent 01 puDiic in
struction; Mr. L E.Blanchard, coun
ty farm demonstrator; Miss Lula M
Cassiday, county home demonstra
tion agent; Mesdames R. E. Lewis
and V; D. McAllister. Messrs. A. E.
White and J. A. Sharpe. The appoint
ment' of the three first named is pro
vided for in the plan of organization
sent out by the; State administration.
rms committee met Friday after
noon in the office of Supt. Poole and
organized by electing Mr. Stacy
cnairman and Mr. tflanchard secre
tary.
iSupt. Poole, Mrs. Lewis and Mr.
Blanchard were appointed a commit
tee .to appoint a committee of four
in every school district in the coun
4Jf - .. -These will be selected from school
committeemen, tecahers (where schools
are in. session), and each committee
will have at least one lady member
These committees will be expected
to distribute pledge cards, and assist
in the work in every possible way.
Miss Cassiday and Supt. Poole were
appointed to get up. a tentative pro
gram to be observed on "general food
information day," October 20.
Mesdames Lewis and McAllister
were appointed to enlist the aid of the
local ; National Aid society in the
pledge-card campaign in Lumberton.
This pledge-card campaign will be
nation-wide. It is designed to secure
orv other person who dispenses or han
dlesfood. The purpose is to seeure
the intelligent membership in the
food administration of all users of
food. There is a home or kitchin
card which carries the food adminis
tration's requests on one side and the
reasons for them on the other side.
A general food information day is
planned for Saturday, October 20.
Each school district committee will
be asked to be present at their school
house on October 20 from 9 a. m. to
4 p. m. and to deliver the house cards
and secure for the pledge cards the
signatures of all women who visit the
school house on that day. On the fol
lowing day, Sunday, preachers in all
the counties will be asked to an
nounce the essential purposes of the
campaign for the- purpose of securing
wider publicity. Puring the week
following, October 22 to 28, school dis
trict committees will be asked to
make persojal visits to the. houses
of all housewives in their district who
failed to attend the public meeting at
the school houses on' the previous Sat
urday, and so complete the enrollment
of all dispensers of food.
There are no dues or fees. The
whole scheme is designed to secure
the intelligent co-operation of every
one handling food in the United
States- to economize by substitution
in the use of wheat, sugar, meat and
fats so that these may be had in larg
xau so uuix uiese may ue imu m mxg-
"iS8,?. t0 Amencan
Food or the lack of it will de
1 .1 J A 1 1 'Al il
cide the issues of this war and it will
be too late to begin a policy of sav
ing if one waits until one faces im
mediate hunger.
LaFollette Tries to Justify His
. Course.
The session of the Senate Saturday,
the day Congress adjourned, was fea
tured by a thrilling debate on the al
leged disolyalty of Senator LaFollette
of Wisconsin. In a 3-hours' speech
LaFollette- defended his criticisms of
war questions. Without mentioning
UXO X d-UU d villi. COO UCXU1 C bll J.1 vll
kin -y-n---v r r tcrxe ct r r f-r IX I rtrt i
Partisan league of St. Paul, for in-
vestie-ation of which arrangements
were completed Saturday by a Sen
ate sub-committee, or naming any of
his critics, LaFollette read a defense
of his course and declared his inten
tion of following it in future.
Senators Kelloeg of Minnesota and
Fall of New Mexico, Republicans, and
Robinson of Arkansas. Democrat, re
plied with criticism of Mr. LaFollette's
public statements. They denounced
what they termed unpatriotic stand,
Senator Robinson asserting that n ne
held such opinions, he would seek a
place in the German Bundesrath.
Statements accredited to the Wiscon
sin member in his St. Paul speech
were flatly contradicted, especially
that regarding former Secretary of
State Bryan's -knowledge of ammuni
tion being on the Lusitania before she
sailed on her fatal voyage.
There was little to mark the final
session in the House except submis
sion of a committee report mildly cen
surine Representative Heflin of Ala
bama for criticising fellow-members in
connection with Count von
Berns
torff's request for Berlin to furnish
funds to be used to influence Con
gress.
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1917.
RED SPRINGS NEWS ITEMS
A Youthful Globe-Trotter Fac
ulty Recital Wednesday Eve
ningPersonal Mention.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Red Springs, Oct. 6 Mr. Jasper
Lisk of St. Paul has accepted a po
sition with the Red. Springs Drug Co.
Mr, and Mrs. Lisk will live in the
house formerly occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Graham Smith. .
Mr. and Mrs. Colev and fami'iir nf
T .-.V 1
uumuerton nave moved into Mrs. W.
F. Williams' house. Mr. Colev will
have charge of building the cotton
mm.
Mrs. Kennith Dennv and liflo
daughter, Sallie Mae, have returned
from a visit to Mrs. Denny's sister-
m-iaw, ivirs. mil, in High Point.
Mr. Cohen Love has returned from
a . trip to South America. He sailed
irom New lork and stopped at eigh
teen ports in South America, passing
through the straits of Magellan and
the Panama canal on his return to
JNew York. Mr. Love is quite a youth
ful traveler being only nineteen years
uiu. mis is nis second trm to fnrwini
ports, his first beincr throuch tTie
Mediterranean to Egypt.
ims! jiennie uranam has return
ed from a visit of a few days in Fay-
ettevine.
Miss Frances de Vane snent Thurs.
day and Friday in Lumber Bridge at
tending a missionary conference.
Mrs. J. C. McFhail has returned
from Highsmith's 'hospital very much
improved in health.
There will be a faculty recital at
Flora McDonald college Monday, Oct.
8th at 8 p. m. Those taking part will
be Miss Beam, expression, and Miss
Craig, piano. This is the first of a
series of faculty recitals that will be
given during the winter.
Mrs. J. D. Callahan left Saturdav
for Greensboro in response to a tel
egram stating the illnes of her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. John Callahan
Mrs. Callahan has been ill for sev-
wi1 w?L?fr the last feW dayS week after beinS confined to his home
had been better. . for three and one-half months suf-
SUPERIOR COURT
Carlyle Will Case This Week and
Court Probably Will Last the
Full 2 Weeks. .
Indications are that the two-weeks'
term of Superior court for the trial
of . civil cases, which convened Mon
day of last week with Judge W. M.
Bond of Edenton presiding, will last
throughout the week.
Only one jury trial was completed
last week after the report of the
proceedings published in Thursday's
Robesonian was written. This was
the case of Minnie and Shelton Surles
vs. W. A. Hedgpeth, et ux. Judg
ment was rendered in favor of the
plaintiffs.
The hearing in "the case of F. L.
Nash, et al. vs. A. C. L. Ry. Co. was
begun Friday and has not been com
pleted yet. When this case is com
pletedthe case in re will of the late
Miss Athesia Carlyle will be taken
up. Ex-Gov. W. W. Kitchin of Ral
eigh, Messrs. Bland & Bland of Bur-
gaw and Messrs. Britt,& Britt of Lum
berton are representing the caveators
in this case, while the law firms of
Messrs.McLean,Varser & McLean and
Messrs. Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proc
tor are counsel for the propounders.
Plant of Maxton Gin Company
Burned.
Maxton Special, Oct. 6, to Wilming
ton Dispatch.
The plant of the Maxton Gin com
pany burned down this afternoon.
Fire, which was discovered in the gin
house shortly after 1 o'clock, rapidly
grew into the most spectacular blaze
ever seen in Maxton. Catching the in
flammable material the flames shot
through the enveloping smoke high
into the air and threatened 1 to lap up
the adjoining buildings. These, too,
were of the most inflammable char
acter. A large seed house and the
storage tanks of the Standard Oil
company were on one side and those
of the Texas Oil company on the oth
er. Exceptional work by the fire de
partment prevented a disastrous con
flagration, in which the loss of the
gin (five thousand dollars) partial
ly covered by insurance, shrinks into
insignificance.
Robeson Chapter Meets Dele
gates to Convention.
i -da -p tv.q t)fm;
Robeson chapter, United Daughters
f the " Confederacy, held its regular
meeting in the directors' room of ' the
National Bank of Lumberton, October
4th.
In the absence of the president,
Mrs. E. K. Proctor, Mrs. L. T. Town
send presided. The routine of bus
iness was carried out. Certificates
for Mrs. L. B. Townsend and Miss
Dora Thompson were received. Miss
Lois Thompson's application for mem
bership vfas handed in. The report
for the State convention was compil
ed and turned over to Mrs. T. F
Costner, who will represent the chap
ter at Kinston. Mrs. L. T. Townsend
will represent the Eleventh district
of which she is director.
Mrs. Costner and Mrs. Townsend
will leave for Kinston next Tuesday
morning
4,446 Prisoners Captured in Brit
ish Advance.
- In addition to the enormous casu
alties inflicted on the Germans Thurs-
- 1 dav of last week in the British ad
; vance in "Flanders, the British captur-
- ed 4,446 prisoners, among them 114
officers.
.j;2LiLs!SII
$2.00 DUE IN ADVAKCH
NUMBER G
BRIEF ITEMS "OF LOCAL NEWS
-K. O. T. M. meets Tuesday night-
License has-been issued for the
marriage of Eugene R. Johnston and .'.
Mittie Watts.
Lumberton chapter No. 116, O. E.
will meet Thursday evening of this
week at 7:30, in the Masonic hall.
'r?firiaIi.is bein Placed on the-
will be built on the old cemetery lot
Second and Elm streets. f
Mr. S. T. Freeman has moved his
stock of croods from the wi,i
ing, East Fourth street, into the Car
lyle. building, West Fourth street.
nfTiPxr "Sulfr quarterly meeting
of the National Cotton Mill Pj,
held Thursdav'of last n
usual 5 per cent dividend was declar-
r '
The Woman's plnK rill tr
the directors' room in the National
xj.au ox iumDerton building Wednes-
clock n00n f thiS Week at 4 "
Alfred RowIa
hold its regular monthly meet
ing Saturday at 3:30 p. m. in the di
rectors room at the National Bank of
xjumuei won. .
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hartley have -moved
into their handsome new home
Walnut street. They had been boaxd
ing at the home of Mrs. Daisy W.
Jenkins, Sixth street
,,rMr. E', Cs Bisse11 of Bloomington,
111., arrived last week and will spend
a month at the home of his father
Mr. H. F. Bissell on R. 1 from Or
rum. Mr. Bissell says bumper, crops
were grown in his section this year. '
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Per
ry, of East Lumberton, Saturday af
ternoon, two girls. This makes a to
tal of 9 girls at the Perry home and
no boys. This was the second time
Mrs. Perry has given birth to twins.
Mr. J. P. Russell, general mana
ger of the Lumberton Motor Car Col.
Tiro a o Vhls 4- - .
o-wie w icsuiue ms duties last
fering with erysipelas in his right
ieg.
Miss Helen Cannon, who had been
employed for 5 weeks by the exemp
tion board in district No. 1, Robeson,
resigned her position Saturday andv
left Saturday evening for Columbia,
S. C, where she has accepted a posi
tion with the Federal Land bank.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Caldwell and
S. F. Jr. arrived home last week from
Pulaski, Va. Mrs. Caldwell and 'son
spent the summer at Pulaski visiting
at the home of Mrs. Caldwell's fath
er, Dr. J. Wr. Keister. Mr. Caldwell
joined them about two weeks ago.
The remains of Mr. and Mrs. J
W. Skipper and Mrs. Mary A. Camp
bell were removed Saturday from the
old cemetery near the union station
and interred in Meadowbrook ceme
tery. The graves of these were near
the site where the new town Jiall
will be built.
Mr. Ira B. Townsend, town ckrk
and treasurer, mailed Thursday to
the tax-payers of the town cards call
ing attention to the fact that town
taxes are due. Mr. Townsend says;
the response to the cards has been
very gratifying and he hopes the cash
will continue to come in.
Mr. V. B. McMillan returned yes
terday from Mullins, S. C, where he
went Thursday afternoon on account
of the sudden death of his mother,
Mrs. Rebecca McMillan. Mrs. McMil
lan was 71 years old and was in her
usual health when the end came.
Death was due to apoplexy.
An automobile-bicycle accident '
happened corner Elm and Fourth.
streets late Friday afternoon when an
auto driven by Miss Hazel Carlyle
collided with a bicycle which a small
boy named Tilly was riding. Theh
boy was thrown from the bicycle, but
escaped unhurt. The bicycle was torn
up.
-Mr. J. A. Colev and family moved
last week from Lumberton to Red
Springs. Mr. Coley has accented a .
position with the new cotton mill com
pany at Red Springs and will look
alter building the new mill there. Mr.
Coley had worked for several months
in the insurance office of his father-in-law,
Mr. Q. T. Williams, here.
No doubt many ladies will wit
ness the "Silken Romance" at L. H-
Caldwell s department store this, af
ternoon and tomorrow afternoon. The
show begins at 4 o'clock each after
noon and will last an hour and a half.
Miss Lawrence Pfeuffer will give a.
lecture on silk in connection with the
pictures. This will be a real moving:
picture show and scenes from Japan
and other countries will be shown.
The show will be put on in the shoe
department of the Caldwell store icvL
the public is invited.
THE RECORD OF DEATHS
Mr. Asbury Baxley, Howellsvflle.
Ms. Asbury Baxley, aged 78 years,
died at his home in Howellsville town
ship Friday. Deceased had been sick
for several months with cancer and
his death was not unexpected.
Mrs. Mary Baker Jordan.
Reported for The Robesonian.
Mrs. Mary Baker Jordan, an old
inhabitant of Lumberton, died Octo
ber 3rd. She was 62 years old. De
ceased was a member of the Baptist
church and for many years had lived
an humble Christian life. Funeral
was conducted at the Gospel Taber
nacle church by Rev. W. D. Combs.
Interment was in Meadowbrook cem
etery. Diphtheria at Fairmont.
Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health
officer, has been advised that there
are two cases of diphtheria at-Fair-
mont.
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