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COME TO THE ROBESON COUNTY PAIR AT LUMBERTON, NOVEMBER 6-7-8-91-h i riTTirnr r rririYffu ' ve ' COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH : . , .... " ' ' - ; . " $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADYAHGS VOL. XLVUI LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1917. LIBERTY BOND RALLY NUMBER 74 Patriotic Speeches Delivered at -Court "House Last Evening .Subscriptions StillShort ofWha is Expected of Robeson Time Up Saturday Night. , Reports available before going to pres.? show that Robeson county still lacks nearly $127,000 of having sub 's cribed the amount allotted in sub scriptions to the Liberty bond issue. Subscriptions .close Saturday night of this week. A tremendous drive is r.tc- (tssiiTj to bring the county up to its' aiiorrner.t and save it from the hu miliation of failing to do its part in this crisis. Subscriptions have teen reported as follows from the ten e s miVts into which the county has been divided, first figures showing the amount subscribed, second figures showing the amount alloted to each district: St. Paul $19,050 $15,820 Pembroke $3,600 $5,320; Red Springs $24.150 $43,000; Parkton $3,000 511, G20; Maxton $30,000 $93,940; Rowland $45,250 $40,320; Fairmont $19,200 $20,300; Proctorville no re port $4620; McDonalds $2,900 $3, .500 Lumberton $164,450 $200,000. Total subscribed, $311,600; total allot ment, $438,440. Yesterday was observed as a holi day by the banks of Lumberton and men actively connected with the banks spent the day in soliciting suoscrip tions to Liberty bonds. It is'suppos ed that other banks in the county did the same. Last evening at the court house a Liberty bond rally was held. A fair ly ooi crowd attended, though noth ing like as large a crowd as t-hould have len present. In spite of all that r.as been printed and spoiten about the duty of buying bonds, and the personal work that has been done, there is a discouraging lack of appre ciation of the seriousness of the sit uation on the part of many people. At the rally last evening speeches were made by Representative H. L. "Godwin, who was here only between V. & C. S. trains, J. J. Goodwin, b Mclntyre and H. E. Stacy. Each cv of the speakers urged the imperative Change in Machinery of Selective Praft Registrants Divided In. FRENCH MAKE GAINS DRAFT SUBJECTS IN FIVE CLASSES French Under Petain Struck f Mighty and Unexpected Blow Germans Heaviest Losers in Gulf el Ufa. ' " " Frencn iorces of General Petain struck a mighty and unexpected blow against the German line northeast of Soisscns Tuesday morning, says the press summary, and made jome of themost important . gains of terrain since they threw back the army of the German Crown Prince which was. be sieging verdun. The stroke was made over a front of about six miles ,n cm the east of Vauxaillon to Pare-nv- Filain. Under rainv and e-enerallv unfavorable weather conditions, the rrencn pusned torward all along the line, aided by audacious aviators who Hew overthe German positions at an altitude oi about loU feet, usmsr their machine guns, and pentrated th eGer- man line at one point to a depth of two and one-fifth miles. Numbers of important positions fell one by one into tne nands oi General Petam's men and in addition more than-7,500 Germans, an enormous amount of war material and 25 heavy and field guns i were-captured. ihis is declared to have been one of the most - cleverly conceived and most brilliantly executed actions of the war. More than 1,000 prisoners belonging to the famous 5th Prussian guards were taken. The French troops smashed, through the German lines north of the Aisne to a depth of more than 2 miles at one point, inflicted heavy losses on the enemy and cap tured more than 7,500 prisoners and 2o heavy guns and field guns. Germans Heaviest Lesers in Gulf of Riga. The' latest advices concerning the naval activity in the Gulf of Riga be tween the Germans and the Russians show that although the Russians lost the battleship Slava and a large tor pedo boat destroyer, .the Germans were the heavist losers. Two of their dreadnoughts, cruiser ,12torpedo boats, one transpoi't and numerous mine sweepers were put out of action by the Russian fleet. While the exact fate of these vessels has not been as- THE LIBERTY LOAN 7 Attention, people of North Caro lina 1 Open hearts! March! I Ycur President has called on you. W " " ' ----- w -- v.!. j i m 1. sj -s , - -v Mvttngi- iinB appealed to you to Classes m Order of ETlo-ihil.i v-T;:r r:i i - - -i o I .wvij. uua, soon to oe m l.ik i.i-pTii-,.r-s. are turning wistful eyes to you. They bear your names; shall they not -in their equipment bear abroad nnennal- ed evidence of your love? rupen pocket-books! Double time! March! f The winters in France are cold. Are ity for Military Service. A sweeping change has been made in the machinery of the selective draft, based on division of the 9.000.000 re maining registrants into 5 classes in order of their eligibility for military ybu willing for these plucky boys to service. It is . calculated to do swav shiver for inv nf riiio.a with virtually all the complicated ma- vferted into. wool and warmth? Your ciimery oi me nrst drait and to make table knows no lack. Can you stand the operations of the local boards ltt- for our sons . abroad to have less tie more than rubber-stamp proceed- abundance ? Our bovs have to shoot. mgs. Are vou will. no- for fh pm rt firo uifVi The classifications are as follows, obsolete and fehow every man registered, to way for every infantry attack and which class he belones and irf what saves an untold number of Hvpb Sbnll order the different classifications will oUr Tarheel lads have to rush into be called to service: battle without the protective barratre Class One. of thousands of snlendid cutis and 1 bmgle man. without denendent Well-timed shells? Flvinw machinps relatives. reveal enemv plans and cuide everv . Married man (or widower with movement of our arms. Shall thpv children), who habitually fails to sup- not be so gladly and srenerouslv fur- port his family. - nished that they will hover like a -pro- 6. Married man dependent on wife tective cloud over the sons of our for support. homes ? Brave men will drop from 4. Married man (or widower with Wounds and sickness. Shall thev per- children) not usefully engaged, fam- J ish for lack of hospitals equipped ily supported by income independent I wfith every healing art to nurse them oi his labor. . . back to robustness I Crossing: the o. Men not included m any other ocean is dangerous unless convoys en description in this or other classes. compass the transports. Shall at 6. Unskilled laborer. tending convoys not be multiplied un Class Two. til our troop-ships sail through 1. Married man or father of moth- guarded lanes .' erless children, usefully engaged, but To supply this clothing, food, guns, family has sufficient income apart j cannon, hospitals, flying-machines, from his daily labor to afford reas- snips, money, money, money is quick onaDly adequate support during " his ly--: needed. Let us not love. our dol absence. ' - lars more than our boys. Let us out 2. Married man (no children) whose! of; our abundance or out of our sacri wife can suport herself decently and f ice provide an equipment worthy of without hardship. the magnificent manhood and proud 6. Skilled industrial laborer en- annals ot our loved country. Act this , SEE ROBESONIAN REPRE SENTATIVE. "Happy Jack," of The Rob esonian, will be at Rowland Sat urday of this week for the pur pose of "writing receipts for re newals and new su-scribers to The RobesorJan. If you owe' t rPe- ythinar h-will.h pleased lo receipt "you for "the amount and if you would like to subscribe for the only semi weekly raper in the county one that gives you all the coun-, ty news see him. ' BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Quite a number of Lumberton people are attending the Cape Fear fair at Fayetteville today. Miss Wiley Rawlings has accept ed a position in Messrs. Whit U0Ugiip department-store. . .. , License has been issued for thei luoiuogc jx ijunier m. nun ana xvuuy oiudds; a. xi. Mciaurm and Anna Pearl Stubbs. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. M'White have recently moved from Bladenboro to the National cotton mill village, West lumberton. Mr. M'White has accept ed a position at the National mill. Harley Adams and Anna Russ. colored, were married in the office of Register of Deeds M. W. Flovd her Red Cross Auxiliary Doing Good yesterday afternoon at 3:30 of the , , i ciuck.. dusuce ivi. jr. lucivenzie oiiic- Work Tom Thumb Weddino- iated. o i Justice M.G. McKenzie did a rush ing business performing the marriage Correspondence of The Robesonian. ceremony from Saturday noon to Mon- bt. .TaUl, Oct. 23 MlSS Efflt Smith, r;PH fmlr rmlnlPS nil ronnrtprl in M Sixth and Seventh crade tpnrhpr nf Mav's T?o'r. V.a Q-l- TJ ,,1 J J tit I ,A tul 1Bueu scnooi, nas oeen Mr. E. M. Musselwhite. of th rea sirir tat tho nasi- nmni i . i Tr' V :r;4ri "c medical department of the U. S. Tho 9f ti rerls imPro.T.mg- stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia, ar t?uSed Cross auxihary rived this morning and will spend a 1 1 1 1 1 r l -T cn oniin fwr--v r i i.-.-. i . . .... ,w inn -:r:rv "iv: " days visiting homefolks. Mr. Mus- v 7L7rr, -ii v 1 u selwhite has a brother soldier in Eng- Villi rlPSlT TTATM lie ITm iiti 1 1 Vvr U , I CT . ST. PAUL NEWS PACKAGE Friday Night Personal. army, duty that rests upon every person who certained by the Petrograd govern ment it is announced that at least six of the German destroyers were sunk. has or can cet the money to buy a Liberty bond and stressed the awful calamity that will surely follow fail ure to support the government with money in this crisis. Mr. Godwin declared that every -one in this country either is on the .side of America or on the side of Germany; there is no middle ground; you will eirher suport the government by lending it your money or you are a slacker, a deserter, a disgrace and a sharr.e. .Selected men have gone to do their duty, and itis as little as tho sul awn.. d.v. . jders. Secretary taker's weekly re- as oiy as ireedom. view of war. operations, issued Mon- .nr. oooawin,. wno nas uone mum d j ht discloses the belief that Winter is Not Expected to Halt - Great Allied Drive Against Ger ' mans in flanders Troop Move ments in U. S. "e V 1? t A Uot expect winter to halt great allied scribe of their means, stand by the d . Jgainst the Germans in Flan- gaged in necessary industrial enter prise. - 4. .skilled industrial laborer en gaged in necessary agricultural en terprise. Class Three 1. Man with foster children, de pendent on daily labor for support , n- j i i j rv z. ivian wnn agea, lnxirm or inva. hour Grasp pens! Draw checks! March! Joseph G. Brown, Raleigh: Alan T. Bowler, Raleigh; Chas. E. Johnson, Raleigh; Dr. D. H. Hill, Raleigh; H. MT Victor, Charlotte; L. L. Jenkins, Asheville; E. P. Wharton, Greens boro; W. S. Blakeney, Monroe; W. E. Borden, Goldsboro; A. M. Dumay, personal work in soliciting subscrin tior.s, reported what has been sub scribed, and emphasized the certainty that if the people do not lend the gov ern rent the money it needs that they v.ill have to furnish the money through taxes and you don't get in terest on a tax-receipt. Mr. Mclntyre emphasized, the fact that farmers and othersof the South so f;ir have only seen the good results of the war, in high prices for what they have to sell, but that evii results were sure to overtake this land and that sooner or later the people would wake to the awful mistake they made if they do not support the, govern ment. Mr. Mclntyre reviewed some of the horrors of the war and showed how utterly impossible it would have been for the United States to stay out. JMr. Stacy also reviewed the causes pf the war, explained the German phil osophy which exalts brute, force and proclaims the Kaiser a supern&n on an equality with Christ, whose divinity they deny, and declar ed that the cause of Christianity would be set back 200 years by the triumph of German kultur. Each of the speakers was eloquent and forceful and burned into the ' minds and hearts, of the audience the causes of the war, its awful serious ness, and the awful consequences sure to follow if the people fail to support trie government bv lailure to buy i-.id rty bonds to their utmost ability. It is regretted that the crowded con dition of the paper makes it impos sible to srive such a report of the srx-.eches as each deserves. Mayor. Jas. I). Proctor presided. Continued on page 4 did parents or grandparents depend- Washington; W. A. Hunt, Henderson; ent on dailv labor for .support. IJ. Elwood Cox, High Point; B. b. Jer 3. Men with brothers or sisters in- man, Raleigh; E. C. Duncan, Raleigh; competent to support themselves, de- T. (B. Crowder, Raleigh; J.-A. Gray, pendent on daily labor for support- J4,j2Winston-Salem: Geo. :A& Holder- 4. Countv or municipal officer: ness, Tarboro : J. V.- Grainger, Wil 5. Firemen or policemen. 1 mington; J. C. Braswell, Rocky Mount; 6. Necessarv artificers or workmen W. L. Marshall, Wadesboro; J. B in arsenals, armories and navy yards. Blades, New Bern; W. G. Gaither, land. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Glover return ed last night from .Columbia, S. C, where they attended the South Caro lina State fair. Mr. Glover says the poultry exhibit at the Robeson coun ty fair last fall was much better than, was the poultry exhibit at the Colum bia fair. Mrs. T. A. McNeill, Jr., and Mas ter H. A. McAllister, 7 1-2-year-old McAlIis-Tuesday potency of material and men will en able the British and French comman ders to triumph over natural obstacles and continue forcing the enemy back ward without waiting for spring. The review touches for the first time"" upon the American expedition ary forces in France declaring the men, after three months of intensive training are in efficient fighting trim and splendid physical condition. In dwelling upon the importance of the battle of Flanders and its effect uoon the morale of the Germans, the war secretary declares it apparent that the German high command plan ned the recent expedition against the Russians in the Riga sector m order to bolster up morale and meet im pending internal difficulties. By' ex tending her lines m the Ji.ast, ne aaus, Germany has merely added to tne 7. Necessary custom house clerk 8. Persons necessary m transmis sion of mails. 9. Necessary employes in-service of United States. 10. Highly specialized administra tive experts. 11. Technical or mechanical ex- perts in industrial enterprise. 12.- Hierhlv specialized agricultural expert in agricultural bureau of State or nation. 13. Assistant or associate manag er of necessary industrial enterprise. 14. Assistant or assistant manag er of necessary agricultural enter prise. - Class Four. 1. Married man with wife and chil Elizabeth City; J. F. Wiley, Durham, CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR NORTH CAROLINA. MINOR COURT CASES MILLIONS FOR BONDS forn-nt of Liberty Day Subscriptions Swrtp Nearer Goal by Hundreds of Millions. Washington Dispatch, Oct. 24. Number of Cases Disposed of Be fore Recorder Britt One Be fore Justice McKenzie. The following cases have been dis posed of by Recorder E. M. Britt: J. C. Manning, driving auto on streets at night without dimmers; judgment suspended upon payment of cost. Geo. Aultsby, embezzlement; LA1 I t Mi TIT r-i 1-.L dren. (or widower with children de-r guilty, luary opeignc, vagiancy , perdent on daily labor-for support and J not guilty. Clem Council, colored, as- no other reasonably adequate support!-" r ; ' r i . rJisWe ment suspended upon payment of o ,r;na . cost.' The defehdent testified that she avi.cu.iue la in o oi-vi w. ,, , i i l j 1 mi;1. IlctU given nei iiuouixiiu scvciai nvn.- and would have given him one you hear from us we will be a chap ter. On next Friday night, October 26, beginning atSo'clockt the school aud itorium aTomThumb weddine- will ho given by the first grade. It will bea full dress affair with thirty attendants in all, with decorations and ceremony appropriate for the occasion. Admis sion 10 and 15 cents. The proceeds will be for the benefit of the school On the same night, following ihis will be a public debate, e-iven hv four son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M Jf A 1 1 I 1 1 . . 1 J Jl i. A. oi tne nign school students. ter, unaerwent operations Several St. Paul folks took in the morning for enlarged tonsils. Dr. J. State fair at Raleierh. Amone- thpep D. Murphy of Wilmington performed H r t V-k . I xl a.: D.iL - were misses ijOlse SOOne. KubV Mel-1 LIie operations. .doui are geiuug . 1 H JT -w -rm . I 1 7 1 vm and Mrs. j. p. JNash. aiong niceiy We are' glad to report that Mr. There have been many cold feet Frank McDonald, who was serious- at the union passenger station recent ly injured at the Johnson Lumber Co. ly because of the fact that no arrange- Tvr t g ' ls lmProving- ments have yet been made there for Mr. J. A. Coley of Red Springs was I passengers waiting for the trains ta in town today. warm. As several people have been "v heard to remark, it's getting time ta Consumers and Manufacturers to warm up the waiting rooms at the uiame ior sugar Shortage. station lA!L?OT ?nZ. Presenz sugar short- Tn a letter to The Robesonian Mr. jts norcn oi oavannah and past, of I tt n rii n i t 1 TK.1 1 , , , I 11. J. JJlclUH.Weil, XU11I1C11V ui uuiuoci- jriiL&uurg is placed souarelv on con- Un ntai fkot- Vi- 5? La 4-n manufMturera of can- f erred, from the position of business a L:-:. 1 9Wceiil- u tne secretary of the army Y. M. C.. A. at .UlIllIUoT-t'cn-lOn. ........ V pQ.n YaAfi - rl,irKiQ S r rt AHmiicfS?m?nt -aSrla?: hexFood that of camp supply clerk. ' Mr: Biaek Admimstration said that had its re- Un tnnv Q enoi ;n,irao ir, v M r. fS ,JfqUSt for ,the curtailment of A. work Vfore going to Camp Jack the use of suear been heeded nrpspnt . & 6 - - fS)ISWOuld not Jexist and i aSain Mr. T. A. Norment, Jr., returned- : ccuiiumize un- home Monday night from Gastoma, m new supplies are available. where he went two weeks ago on ac- y step ior conser- count 0f his 10-year-old son, Dick, be-: VatlOn Of SUSrar against a fivrhov I : . 1. 1 i : A 1 ' i shortage, the Food Administration jured. As has been stated in The Rob-' "5 i ' r s""" "s"ig leuucugn esonian. the child's right arm had to ? I manufacturers. The De amputated at the shoulder and bia" warning was sent to all the snrar His- 4. i i li x -i ,,4-- . a I riiim, iuub just auuvc uic diiivic Aa ure tributmg agencies of the country no- result of being struck by a train while u J Tneran1 rellner,ies com- crossing the railroad track at Hender mittee of New York and the sugar sonville. where he was in school. Mr. Srw i W fi committe,e of Chicago, Norment says his son is getting along " uruiuic taiic ctnu ueei sugar re- I well. specbiveiy. phnts or citizens in United States 3. Heads of necessary industrial enterprises. ' 4. Heads of necessary agricultur al enterprises. , j Class Five. 1. Officers of States or the United States. ti ,DirnlivUT rw rnrr rwHo inoH mm- length t)f her lines of communications hsterT ' ' and increased confidence in the final 1SIJ c.i.j4- ;,T;?f,r and increased confidence allied victory. In concluding the report Secretary Baker says: "An interesting summary of troop movements in the United - States shows that since the present mobili zation hecan 914.195 persons have 4. Persons in military or naval ser vice. 5. Aliens. 6. Alien enemies. 7. Persons morally unfit. 8. Persons physically, permanent- zation Degan yi4,iyo persons nave , m pti tall v unfit been transported by the railroads fIor Lkersed pos the War Department of whom 256,- J- Licensed P-o-s- 815 were transported in standard or tourist sleepers, the remainder in or dinary day coaches. . This vast move ment has been conducted by the rail roads of the country without a single serious accident and the co-operation between the railroads and tne depart ment has been most cordial and el fective." . Escaped Italian Tells of Terrible Con ditions That Exist in Germany. Washington Dispatch, Oct. 23. An Itaian workman lniemeu m urci dnfo tViP bei?inninsr of the war I has escaped through the Alps to his n country wnn a icyuit U. S. Will Not Purchase Mexican Sil ver Money. . "NTpo-otiatior.s under which this gov ernment had agreed to purchase six million Mexican silver pesos irom tne Mexican government co oe meitea and coined into subsidiary coins were declared off Monday. Mexican repre sentatives were understood to .have snltied their acquiesence on the ar rangement but acting under instruc tiors from Mexico City they present e,i new phases which resulted inthe withdrawal by the United States ox its offer. The necessity for such a pur chase has passed. .It was proposed be- nnnm tho TYinil TU.I flkf U11CC KJJt oil" insrs on the occasion which caused the suit had she been expecting the attack. Dewey Evans, colored, assault upon Pearl McDowell, also colored, with a "razah"; not guilty. Curtis Jones, Indian, retailing; not guilty. Dock Rozier, colored, drunk; judgment sus pended upon payment of costs. W. G. Stephens, reckless driving of au tomobile ; judgment ' suspended upon payment of cost. Willie Mack col ored, larceny; not guilty. Flora Mc Arthur and Cleve Thompson, colored, fornication and adultery; not guilty. Willie Mack and Perl McDowell, col ored, fornication and adultery; judg ment suspended upon payment of cost. The defendents agreed to marry and were married accordingly. Alex. Roller, assault; judgment suspended upon payment of cost; malicious mis chief, not guilty. Furman Freeman was fined $25 and cost on the charge of assault by Jus tice M. G. McKenzie Monday after noon. Freeman was also charged with cursing on the streets. Judgment was suspended upon payment oi cost in that case. The evidence was that Freeman as saulted Tom Locklear, In dian, at his place of business, West Fourth stret, Saturday mgnt r.prman oeoole want peace and expect o4.DVieri n T-OPrVi the minted value, Washington Tl snnt.pi. Oct. Z4. i tvt, Vw,. nffipisl r s- u,lca UIVU . " : - -en ,. A toneni of Ljber y day subscrip-1 'he eivld here' todTy teft he Vwhl "was to i,ave bee, Hons has swept the Liberty loan near- Pf"Petnrv. acCordin2 to which the "WJSV"T hSi bandoied hope of Vic- V - tSa Badly in N-eed of continues another winter.and the civ- ipimfam r it? goal by hundreds of millions ci dollars. How far forward, the huge total had been carried by this, the banner day's activities, no one could tell tonight. Indications, based on meager and scattering returns were thait had reached or passed the $3, O00,)90,000 minimum, but still lacked approximately $2,000,000,000 of the maximum hoped for. Aitinntf tVioco ritpfi for bravery by Vice Ad miml Rims when the American destroyer Cassin encountered aGerman uomarine m the war zone on vv. it v "S lie slldighi The graded school is badly in need hundred soldiers attending a circus at 0f funds to meet current expenses ana Fssen were T killed at one time by Mayor Proctor asks The Robesonian those who are friends oi tne bomos oi aineu xw-. "v":f :.7V,ii. in Prhfration to pay ! sciiUUl ana uciitiv - - Chter Jgr Erna,?Son MaufactrinS their towtaxes "J- I. IK til Ot. cent, discount nfcortpr has been issued for the Er- payment Vl""." . - J! I - naldson for2fJM 0 and waS struck by a torpedo, m Sffi-HffW by waius vy, Uwens ol Charioue. . r V TCf.Farhern. W. D. Johnson, G. rvaieigh dispatch states mat . r"-"A At'w5 for nejrro stofQ 4aZ nnanaA fhere Tues- T. Fisher and others, ior DAY OF PRAYER. s , President Wilson has issued a proc- i A-:- nnnointins- next Sunday, uc- T. Fisher and .others, ior ; ec. r 0f prayer for the suc- lay with a wod attendance and ex- lights and power anu .u American arms in the war. 38,000,000 Men Are Under Arms. At least 38,000,000 men are bearing arms in the war 27,500,000 on the side-of the world Allies and lu,buu, 000 on the side of the Central powers, according to latest War Department compilations from published reports in various countries. These figures do not include naval personel strength, which would raise the total several millions. Against Germany's 7,000,000, Aus tria's 3,000,000, Turkey's 300,000 and Bulgaria's 300,000,-are arrayed the followinp- armed forces: Russia 9.000.000: France 6,000,000; Great Britain 5,000,000; Italy 3,000, 000; Japan 1,400,000; United States more than 1.000.000: China 541,000; Rumania 320,000; Serbia 300,000; RplfHnm 300.000: Greece 300,000; Por tueal 200.000; Montenegro 40,000; Siam 36.000: Cuba 11,000; and Lfbe ria 400. San Marino and Panama also have small forces under arms. -Mr. and Mrs. Angus H. McLean Pwi t TTnvi ns xxrV Vioan British and French Gam All Objec- gUests since -.Thursday of last week lives m ewynensive. at the home dfoMr. and Mrs. A. W. .British and t l'ench forces in Bel- I gium Monday delivered another at- r- .vvi, ;r ur Mn n tack against tne German front north- T.nmherton. As has been stated in east of Ypres and captured all their objectives, consisting of many strone xno Htnr p ATT.pnn -arhn positions. I was horn anA raised in Robeson and The offensive was launched -south-1 east of oelcapelle and northward ai, tmt n . Mr tvt.tti along the southern border of the mother was a daughter of Gov. Mnr- Houtholst forest. The i fighting front phy of Alabama, and her ancestors -covered a distance of about a mile and I a half, with the French operating on : 1 ine nortnern and the British on the Governor Bickett on the U. S. Liberty southern end. Near Poelconelle the nnA British drove on beyond their obiec- ' tives and gained important ground. &t the State fair. In his address at xne rrencn troops tooK the southern the opening of the fair last Tuesday defenses of the Houtholst forest and Governor Bickett had this to say . in addition a .series of. fortified farms, about the thing that made up that xne auatit uegan, as usual, ean$ exhibit: " in the morning, after a heavy bom- " tv i v,o -fiTcf timo ennii an bardment of the German positions and hibit has ever been seen at any fair" dppaienuy me A"ies m.ei witn.oniy in the United States. It is something slight resistance. The gains of ground entirely new under the sun. This ex were quickly made and afterward w i if mora of cfTonorfVi f han there was only a feeble reaction by the lordly head of the herd and more warmth than the fleece of the learned of the flocks. It will carry you far ther and faster than the fleetest de scendant of J5hn R. Gentry and Nan cy Hanks and sustain you longer than, the fattest porker in. all the land. There is in it more of solid cmofort to the inner man than in 'possum and potatoes and more of juicy sweetness than in all the apples for which our; first ancestors threw Paradise away. It is absolutely free from the un certainty that racks nerves and from the taxes that make tne grasshopper a burden ahd mourners go about the streets. It will add to the glory of vouth and to the gradeur of age- In it you can hear a cannon roar to save a little child and see ten. million men leap forward to die that others may truly live. It is preferred stock in the 'Gem of the Ocean,' it is star dust from Old Glory. It is the soul of the Red, White and Blue. It is the happiness of all lands, the safety of all seas, the fadeless glory of all skies. It is a United States Liberty bond. Buy one. and live forever in your own esteem and in the love and. gratitude of. a world you helped to save." , the German artillery. Blockade Stills Captured inHoke. Hoke County Journal. Within the past few months Sher iff Hall and Deputy Sheriff Cockman have captured two real good copper stills and four iron ones. These lat ter' metioned were as large as bar rels. Last Saturday morning when Dr. G. W. Brown, Messrs. Make McKeith an and Max Heins were chasing a fox around the headwaters of Rockfish creek, somebody got to messing with their dogs and broke up the chase. rney round a sua running with a fire under it and all such as that. so they put out the fire, tore down the beerstands, spilled out hundreds of gallons of beer and demolished the plant in general, and brought the still, a good copper one, on to town with them and turned it over to Sheriff Hall since. Three cheers for Brown, McKeithan and rieins. Ennis Johnson of Wilmington, for merly a member of the headquarters company -of the 2nd N. C. regiment, has been sentenced to o years in the Federal prison at Atlanta aiter a tria by court martial at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S: C, for the murder of Private J -H. Potter, also of Wilming ton. The killing occurred in a tent on the Mexican border last March 200,000,000 pounds of sugar cane were contracted for yesterday by the American Sugar Refining Co. and win begin moving northward next ;week to relieve the serious. shortage of the f ollowine some difficulty between the . Eastern States, says a Washingtoa two men, 1 - " - 'dispatch. .r : dibits that were quite creditable. I business. V -V
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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