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J2iEROiEs6NIAN. " " aV ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE " - VV ... . . 1 VOL, XLV1II HOMICIDE AT PEMBROKE Alf. S. Thomas, Indian, Shot and Killed hj W. D. Dixon, Former Policeman of Pembroke Coro ner's Inquest Yesterday. Alf- S. Thomas, an Indian merchant oi Pembroke, was shot and killed Sat urday night about 7:30 o'clock by W. D. Dixon, also of Pembroke. Dixon fired five shots at Thomas and all of them took effect. Thomas only lived 43 minutes after he was shot. Sheriff R. E. Lewis was notified LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1917. NUMBER 79- KERENSKY COMING BACK PAY j REVOLUTION COLLAPSING Bolsheviki Uprising in Petrograd 'Robeson Teachers Association Will Ask State Association to Appeal to Legislature Teachers Shown How to Make Required Physi cal Examination. Apparently is Nearing End Italian Line Stiff ened British Continue to Make Progress Against Turks. Press Summary. Apparently the Bolsheviki uprising in Petrograd is nearing its end and Premier Kerensky may soon again be in power. Late advices from Petrograd ore to immediately after the shooting and t J arft-A l , , -r ci.: tt t. j-j. i oeen aeieatea m Moscow ard at he and Deputy Sheriff A H. Prevatt Tsarskoe.Se!o and from the latt burned to Pembroke They arrested town which is 15 miles from Petrod COUNTY FAIR BIG SUCCESS BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Regiments Loyal to Kerensky Marching on Capital. London Dispatch, Nov. 11. The Bolsheviki revoluton in Petro grad is reported to be approaching collapse. Reeiments loval tn Pr. i ier Kerensky are mar chin e on th i capital and fighting is under way in While in session here Friday the'. lty accordinS to reports reach Robeson teachers' association passed ms h?re .toiay from Petrograd. An resolutions mpmnrali'zi-no' Via i organization which has adopted the ers' assembly, which meets in Char- "me of All-Russian committee for thousands of tipotVIp who visit-.Pr ir lotte on November 29, to appeal to ' savinS the country and the revolution ! doubts. Even the managers of the the next Legislature to devise some ! annGUnced the defeat of the Bolsheviki '; fair were agreeably surprised at the Exhibits Were Fine and Crowds Each Day Exceeded Expecta- K. O. T. M. meets Tuesday night. License has been issued for th marriage of Clifford T. McClellan and Sarah Lee Johnson; J no. W. Davis tions Friday the Big Day 'and Linnie Malone. ait. naywooa miin, who lives vm Winners in Baby Contest Gam bling Schemes Hurt the Fair. Robeson's third annual county fair closed Friday night at 10 o'clock. That the fair was a big success none of the Dixon and he did not deny shooting! Thomas, but told the officers that Thomas first fired at him. Dixon had a gash about an inch and a half long in his forehead, which he said was made by the shot from Thomas' pis tol. There was also a hole in Dixon's hat corresponding with the gash in his forehead. He was brought to the Thompson hospital, where the wouud was dressed, and yesterday he was placed in jail to await further devel opments. Dixon's story as told 'to the offi cers was that he met Thomas on the street in front of the Thomas store and after they had exchanged a few words about a dog Thomas shot him and he then shot Thomas. la was in evidence at the coroner's inquest yesterday that Dixon went to Thomas' store and called to Thomas that he wanted to see him a minute; that Thomas was weighing out some thing for a customer and replied "All right, in a minute"; that Thomas, in his shirt sleeves, went to the front of the store, brushing his hands to gether, and followed Dixon outside; that as soon as they got a few steps fror. the store Dixon turned, caught Thomas by his shirt front, and shot him several times; that Dixon then walked slowly away and Thomas, bending over, managed to walk to the side door of his store and fell inside. This testimony was given by several Indians m the store and by sevtral others who were standing out side. Thes3 men also testified that they went to Thomas immediately af ter the shooting and found no pisto? either on his person on anywhere else. A young man who sleeps in the store at night testified that he keeps a pis tol in the store and that when the scooting took place a brother of "i'hcrv.as we it to ti e doov and Jked 'vvhre is Tixcn?" s net -that fror.. the 3: rknes:3 near the r Jroad Dixon .iaid, "Here I am. Want to see me?" and that, fearing he would get the pistol, he went to where it was kept, found it in its usual place with every cham ber loaded, and hid it. Justice N. Mclnr.is was summoned at once and took Thomas' dving state- are retreating a disorderly mob, to ward tne capital. In Petrograd street fishtinsr hss witn tne Cossacks and plans whereby the teachers in the public schools of the Statp rnnv rp. ! ceive more pay for their work. "Prof . R. E. Sentelle, superintendent of the tasen place Gatchina to reinforce the loyalist To stay his progress, however, the rails of the Petrograd-Gatchina rail way have been torn up and large forces of the Bolsheviki are said to have gone out to give battle. . Sailor Governor of Finlad. To add to the troubles of the Ker ensky government a state of war has been proclaimed in Finland and the governor-general dismissed, his place having been taken by a sailor. The Diet has voted to elect a Stste directorate which will have supreme power in the province. Italian Line Stiffened. On the Italian front the Italian line in the north has stiffened under re inforcements it has received from the British and French. Even the Ger man official communication does not mention any further retirement by the Italians, but on the contrary admits that ea3t of Asiago where the Austro Germans made gains last week, the Italians in strong force, attacked the invaders and recaptured lost position. The Italians took about 100 prisoners. Vigorous Fighting on Piave. In the Sugana valley an enemy ad vance guard was captured. Along the middle and southern reaches of the Piave the Italians are holding their line tenaciously, al though they have beeti forced to give up the Vidor bridgehead, northeast oi Treviso after having fought a de laying battle in which they had time to clow up the bridge crossing the stream. Get mans Content With Shelling. T'le Germans Sunday 'made no at tempts to recapture the ground taken from them by the British last week in the region of Passchendale content ing themselves merely with the bom bardment of the newly won line. A heavy rainfall prevented the British from extending their gain. Bombard ments ana minor attacks nave pre- of Petrograd. where former I Nicholas lived much of the time, is e been captured by loyal r which the rphpls rpfir- ed to Petrograd in disorderly mobs. The Maximiiists obtained control c.f Pwctin-iiir ait Uo. 1 7K i r etrograa i nursaa v and issued a r.roc. teachers in the countv attPndP.1 the ' lamaaou saying the new government movement was a matter of only days I number of splendid exhibits and the r "ours- large attendance. ine town ot isarskoe-Selo, 15 miles LiUmberton schois, started the move with a warm speech, in which he de- j 10 Jv rOT-ori -rViof Qr..-Vr, ; t iorces, aite otner loyalists having tne better of j schools receive less pay for the er the BoISiieviki element, while Keren-j vices rendered than any other class sky witn200.000men is on his wavfrom i-a.-ni-T.-ino- fnr v.Q m-iKi;,. meeting Friday, which was the firs!: of the school year. The opening meeting, in which all the teachers participated, was held in the high school auditorium and the departmen tal meetings were held in the recita tion rooms in the same building. The meeting was called to order at 11:10 by Supt. J. . Poole. Be fore the meeting was tk.vvi to order Miss Pearl Evans, music teacher in the St. Paul high school, and Miss lna Auman, music teacher m the Parkton high school, rendered splen did musical selections. Important to Get Children in School Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. W. B. North, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, and Supt. Poole made a snort taiK urging tne mi wouiu propose immediate peace. Ihe Maximiiists were assisted by the Pet rograd garrison, which made possible a comp de'tat without bloodshed. Leon Trotzky, president of the cen tral executive committee of the Pet rograd council of soldiers and work men's delegates, issued a declaration to the effect that the provisional gov ernment was no longer in existence and that some of its members had been arrested. The preliminary par liament was dissolved. PHILADELPHIA NEWS Drum to March By Declamation I Contest Friday Evening. portance of getting the children in Correspondence of The Robesonian. school. Prof Poole stated that last' Philadelphus (Red Springs), Nov. school year there were 7,4d1 white h0-On last Monday morSine the emiaren in xne countv oi scnooi asre school R. 2 from St. Paul, had the m isf or tune to lose in Lumberton Thursday a purse containing between 530 and $33. The Woman's club will meet st 3:30 p. m. Wednesday in the directortr room of the National Bank of Lum berton. The president urges all mem bers to be present. Mr. Bright Morgan of "Dunn has arrived to take charge of Messrs. Bell & Jardon's jewelrv store, succeeding! Mr. J. B. Strickland, who left Satur day for Camp Jackson. Sgt. R. L. Cox, of Co. L, known as the Lumber Bridge lisrht infantry spent last week here visiting rela tives. Ke left yesterday for Camp Sevier, S. C, where his company is stationed. Dr. W. A. MePhaul, county health officer, left Friday evening for Mem phis. Tenn., to attend a meeting of the Southern Medical association. The meeting opens today and will last through Thursday. The president of Robeson" chap ter, U. D. C, requests all who will contribute fruit and vegetables to th Confederate woman's home in Fay etteville to send them this week to Mrs.T. F. Costner. Mrs. Cunningham, representing the State insurance department, will address the National Aid society in its room at the Lumberton cotton mills Friday the Big Dav. vhne large crowds attended the iair eacn oi tne iour days it was on, rriday was the red-letter dav so far as attendance was concerned. It is estimated that more than 5,000 peo ple visited the fair Friday. That was school day, and hundreds of school children and practically all the white teachers in the county visited the fair on that day. Baby Contest. Perhaps one of the most interest ing features of the fair was the baby show. Thursday was baby day and 41 babies were entered in the con test. Especially did the mothers take great interest m the baby show. Drs. W. A. MePhaul and J. A. Martin and Mrs. H. T. Pope were the judges in the contest and standard rules" were used. The winners were announced Saturday afternoon. A 5-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bod enheimer of Lumberton was the win ner of the first prize, $15. The ba-1 office building this afternoon at 4:30 bies were judged on a basis of 100 and the Bodenheimer baby averaged 99 1-2. A 5-months-old d'aughter of Mr. .and Mrs. Haynes Iey of Lum berton, R. F. D., won the second prize S10. Her averaere was 1'J. A 4-months-oid son of Mr. and Mrs. Les- mer.t. in which he said he did not ; dominated on the remainder of the know why Dixon shot him and that he had no pistol or other weapon with which to defend himself. Mr. Proctor, clerk in a store at Pembroke, who proved a-high charac ter, testified that on his way to sup- ! western front, except near Hartmann sweilerkopf in the Vosges mountains where in a violent battle the French completely repulsed the Germans. At one point the Germans succeeded in entering the French observation line, f i, JlU00K xon.;, V;atVlxo"ibut in a hand-to-hand encounter they ium mm i..oaas nau sam ne luixonj i were almost immediately driven out. shoi. son-.eboay e.ses dos: because he : tv.o Herman rvf-fjpial mmmiiTiicsri, knew that man would take it, but that savg that37 French chasseurs were I Dr. V. AMcPhaul, county health of- and of this number 5,717 were enroll ed in school. The average attendance was 4,027. He urged the teachers to make this the best year in the his tory of Robeson schools. Prof. R. H. Taylor, principal of the Lumberton high school, made a force ful address on "How to Keep Good Attendance . Prof. Taylor told of a number of things that are liable to keep children away from school and offered timely suggestions on how to overcome these obstacles. The next speal-ar on ti e program was Mis5-: Lulr A. CassP , cou-ity home 'demonst ition ager who out lined the woik she expects to do in the county and solicited the aid of the teacheTs in this work:- Miss-Cas-sidey also urged the teachers see that all housekeepers in their districts who have not signed the food conservation nledge cards sign them during the follow-up campaign. Miss Cassidey made a most favorable impression upon the teachers and no doubt she will receive the hearty co-operation of the teachers generally. Physical Examination of Children Dr. G. M. Cooper, of the State Board of Health, was present and instructed the teachers on how to give the physical examination in -ac cordance witn the new health law. ay morning teachers and pupils were delighted to receive a drum which was presented I to the school by Mr. D. P. Buie. This drum was presented to improve the marching. The school is showing its appreciation by doing better marching than it has ever done before. At the expiration of Millie Gal braith's term as Philadelphus news correspondent Margaret Brown was elected. At 7:30 on next Friday evening, No vember 16th, in the school udi .oiiu.ii there vrill be a public declamation con test to choose our represtrtativc for tne State deciai aion ct ntet ; to be held in Durham, Nov. 30th. On next Friday evening, the time of this ure- limjcary-contest, the high school and music students will, between the speeches of the contestants, give a number of musical selections. Pa trons and friends of the school are invited to be present. on lood conservation, war prepara tion and fire prevention. Red Springs Citizen: Mr. D. P. McLeod of Tarboro, spent the week end with his Red Springs friends, re turning home Tuesday. It is good -h .-v .-.-- U- " -T- 11 I I Atit r vj ter Taylor oi East Lumberton came , f n wiU return to Rea Springs m for the third and last prize So. ! v,Q; ;..,- fhe Taylor baby graded OS. For a while it looked as though the girls were going to shut the boys out al together. It might be added for the information of the many mothers who felt sure that their baby was the pret tiest, the sweetest and best baby they all thought that in the show, t Depprnhpr to makp it their rermanent home. Maxton Scottish Chief: Prof. H. H. McLean left last Friday for the eastern part of the State, where he was married yesterday to Miss Ruby Gray Stilley of Edward, N. C. They went North on a bridal tour and will that the judges judged the babies by j be at hoir e in Maxton in about two number and did not know themselves weeks. until after they had rendered their j- Red Springs Citizen: The track decision v.hos baby had von out hi 'has v-een laid connecting th? A. C. L. the contest. I with the cotton mill site, and the judges jay that ve.-y few of 'muling cf brick and other material ne wouid not snoot ms lhomas ) doer iAa rcorc vr Viom rinno- ho ecause he knew re (Thomas) would not i fighting stand for it, and that he would kill j Continued Progress Against Turks. I nomas dog and Thomas -,too, that, in Palestine the British forces un. he was going over there and shoot jer General Allenby continue to make user out oi liiomas. .vir. rroc-; nrnesn n warns tho Turks who are tor said he tried to dissuade Dixon from having any trouble about a dog, tut that Dixon walked on with him and left him as they neared Thomas' store, Dixon walking toward the store end he, Proctor, walking on toward home; that soon he heard four or five shots and ran on home. Coroner G. E. Rancke wa3 out of town and Mr. J. P. Townsend held the inquest. The jury was composed , of j Messrs. H. C. Freeman, C. M. Bark er, H. C. Rogers, R. C. Birmingham, I. B. Townsend and W. W. Davis. The verdict of the jury was that "Thomas came to his death from a gunshot wound, the gun being in the hands of W. D. Dixon." Dixon wa3 formerly policeman at Rowland and later at Pembroke, and assisted in arresting Thomas some two years ago when Thomas shot up the town, and bad blood is said to being aided by German and Austrian gunners. During the latter part of last week several additional towns and villages were captured on the GOO square mile battlefield in addition to numerous guns and many prisoners. East of Gaza a large enemy force was defeated after a violent fight and twelve guns, three machine guns and i i j i a nunared prisoners were capiurea. Austrian gunners serving the guns were killed or wounded. President Sets in Motion New Ma chinery for Selective Draft. President Wilson formally put the new machinery for the carrying out of the selective draft bill into opera tion Saturday night with the publica tion of the foreword he has written to the reeulations under which the sec have exictpd -hptwn thP two men ond call will be made. The regular since that time. Thomas served a 12-itions themselves and the question months road sentence as the result of his doings at the time Dixon as sisted in arresting him. Reliable men also say that Thomas had threatened to kill Dixon if he ever attempted to; arrest him again. Dixon had not been an officer at Pembroke for some time. Nine Selected Men Off to Camp Jackson. Nine selected men from Robeson district No. 1 left Lumberton Satur day evening for Camp Jackson. These were: L. E. Blanchard. Furman H. Powell, Walter Grady Davis, Meade H. Mitch el, Odie Walters, Duncan S. Davis, J. B. Strickland, Worth Floyd and Robt. II. Ehvanger. Mr. L. E. Blanchard was made cap tain of the party and Mr. Meade H. Mitchell lieutenant captain. aires which more than 9,000,000 regis trants will be required to fill out, are being forwarded to local boards, but have not yet been made public. War department omciais estimate that the whole process can be com pleted within 60 days. This means that no second call will be made upon the draft forces between now and the middle of next February, as the per iod of classification will not begin un til December 15. i The President describes the new plan of dividing all registered men not already mobilized into five classes, subject to military service by classes, as being intended to produce "a more perfect organization oi our man power." Pirst Gasoline Famine. Lumberton experienced its first gas oline famine Friday. All gasoline dealers in town sold all they had or could iret. as both the Standard Oil Co. and the Gulf Refining Co., both of which have tanks here, were cut. However, a car load of gasoline was received by the- Standard Oil people Saturday. A" few automobiles that Were driven inta town Friday had to be abandoned because of the feet that the drivers could not get enough gas line to run the cars back home. Speaking at Court House This Evening. Prof. Coe. one of the Y. Mf C. A. 'secretaries at Camp Greene, Charlotte, will speak at the court house this eve- nine" at 7:30 on camp Hie. ine meei- ino- is for the DurDOse oi organizing the county for the campaign which has just begun tnrougnout tne na tion to raise $35,000,000 for Y. M. C A. work among the soldiers and sail, ors. Mr. Rose of Fayetteville, chair man of the campaign for this district, Akn is evnected to be present. The wiHip is invited to attend this meet ing, which is in the interest of the men who have gone, or win go, to uus jfcraining camps and the zront. ficer, assisted by Dr. A. J. Ellington, of the State Board of Health, exam ined a boy of school age in the pres ence of the teachers. Dr. Cooper urged upon the teach ers the importance cf the examina tion of school children and declared that the public school teacher has a good part of any good thing to do. In closing his talk Dr. Cooper de clared that the teachers of the county must "Hold Robeson and Save the State" in the matter of inspecting the school children. The meeting Friday was both en tertaining and instructive. The next general meeting will be held some time during the month of January, 1918. Grammar Grades. Reported for The Robesonian. The grammar grades department of the teachers of Robeson held their first-meeting of the year Friday in . . -r , . i ' t i i i :i tne LiumDerton nign scnooi Duiiumg. The meeting was presided over by the president, Miss Effie Smith of St. Pauls. In the absence of Miss Elli son, Miss Josephine Evans of St. Paul acted as secretary. After the min utes of the last meeting were read the following officers were elected: pres ident, Miss Mary Hugh Stewart, Har mony school; vice president, Mrs. J. O. Bobbitt, Fairmont high school; sec retary, Miss Mabel Townsend, Alma public school. Much benefit and pleasure was de rived from the short program which followed the election of officers. A very interesting paper was read by Miss Lela Floy Butler on "How I Make Dodge's Geography Interesting to My Pupils". Then the very vital question of "How to Develop the Child s Reasoning rower was dis cussed in a most efficient and inter esting manner by Miss Mary Hugn Stewart. Last on the program was the never-old subject "story telling" which was thoroughly enjoyed by ail when Miss Maude Barnard told the storv "The Palace of Music". The program committee, compuseu of Miss Elizabeth Breece. Lumberton, chairman: Miss Eifie Smith, bt. Paul, and Mr. Jim Hall, Glendale school, was appointed by the president. 1 he meet ing then adjourned to meet at Phil adelphus high school uecemDer x-itn. Primary Department. Reported for The Robesonian. After the general session of the teachers of the county, held in the T.nmberton hieh school building Fri day the primary teachers, assembled in a departmental meeting. There were about 45 primary teachers present New officers for the year were in- Small Child Has Narrow Escape From Flames. . Hazel, 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Bullock, came near being fatally burned Friday night when her clothes caught on fire while she was playing about a fire around a pot in the yard at the Bullock home in East Lumberton. The child had almost a miraculous escape, as her clothes were practically burned off of her and still she was not burned in the least. Mrs. Bullock covered the flames with a blanket and that saved the child. A small son of Mr. and Mrs. Bui lock was badly, burned a few weeks ago, when he turned a pot of boiling water over on himself. the .ibiei fai'?d to avcrag i above ai d a large p :r , ent of them rang 1 above 95. Dr. JMartin told the re porter that it would be a difficult task .to find a-finer-bunch of babies- anywhere than were in the show. Friday was livestock day and a number of fine hogs and cattle were on exhibition. The names of all prize-winners will be published in The Robesonian as soon a s a complete list can be com piled. The judges say that the majority of the babies entered were boys. The Only Reason for a Kick. The only kick heard about the f i ir j for buildiig purposes has commenc ed. Fror i now on the work will be pushed as rapidiy as possible until the mill is completed. ... Mr.CL-Thaggard and two daugh ters, Misses Ida and Gussie, of R. 2 from Parkton, were among those who visited the fair Thursday. Mr. Thag gard paid The Robesonian a pleasant call and declared that he could never get along without The Robesonian's semi-weekly visits to his home. MaxtonlScottish Chief :The friends of Corporal Dan McQueen are delight ed to meet him at home this week. He came in last Saturday on a fur- art of the falUfh wh? was about the large number of wmf ie.V " L" vYl ,1 ii gambling schemes that were allowed P?1 the, MaxgL h?l fLaJiJ aU aKnnt tlVe wrennre xvere h fir of tnem hVe been made officers. was held. It is true that too muchl As the result of his gun becom of this wasallowed and it is to be mg unbreeched when he tired it at a : will! squirrel Thursday, Mr. n. a. m vvnue Statements From Mayor Proctor and Manager Thompson. Communications kicking about the carnival and the gambling devises in connection with it published elsewhere in this issue were received and put in tiype either Saturday or early this morning and later comm' ications were received from Mayor Proctor and Manager Thompson in regard to the same thing. It is regretted that May or Proctor's and Mr. Thompson's com munications were received too late for publication today, other important matter which could not be held over demanding attention between the time they were received and the time of going to press. They will be publish ed in Thursday's Robesonian. hoped that the fair management guard against this in the future. All together now for a bigger, bet ter fair for 1918. Notes. Mrs. Berthan M. Singletary of Hill- crest farm, R. 3 from Lumberton, won he first prize on cucumber pickles, this being the third year m succes of Philadelphus, president; Miss Eu- lalia McGill, Lumberton, vice presi dent; Miss Lillian Nance, Lumberton, secretary Miss Bernard of Raleigh, a repre sentative of the B. F. Johnson book company, made a very instructive talk on story telling. The great advant age and effect of story telling were clearly demonstraied by the intensely interested audience, while JUiss iser nard made, by her manner of telling the characters in the story of Little Black Sambo seem very near and real. After this, a program committee was appointed, composed of MissDovie Prevatt of Lumberton, chairman, Miss Winifred Rowland of Lumberton, and Miss Clvde Howard of St. Paul There were other numbers on the program, but on account of the teach ers wanting to attend the fair, these were left over for the next meeting, to he held in January. Officers High School Association. Officers were elected for the high school association as follows: S. E. Leonard, president; J. F. Sinclair, vice president; Miss Wena Khyne, secretary-treasurer. T. S. Teague was elected a member of the executive committee. An outline course for county high schools was presented to principals. An outline of the work of the county farm-lite school at mi of R. 1 from Lumberton came very near losing his right eye. A $iece of metal from the shell flew back and stuck in his eyeball. Mr. M'White went to Fayetteville to consult a spec ialist, jjr Lee Locklear. Indian, drove a Ford against a horse driven by Jim the whole list. a lot of prizes. No wonder she got adeiphus was given by the principal, Stalled as follows: Miss Katie Buie Mr. O. O. Dukes. sion that Mrs. Singletary has won Kelly, colored, on the Rowland road first prize for pickles. about a mile west of town late &at- ' urday night. The horse was bauiy Some contend that Philadelphus hurt. Locklear and his load abandon- should not be allowed to contest on ed the auto as soon as the collision an equality with other communities, occurred and left it in the road. The Be that as it may, its booth was cer- auto was still there this morning, tainly a wonder and would have at- A Ford auto driven by Will Gav- tracted attention anywhere. It was in coiored, collided with a two-horse arranged by Miss Katie Buie and Miss waffon driven by Mr. S. J. Gore of R. uxAr iyA1Cf-X . , s i I ir 5 from Lumberton, corner tim ana Mr. O. O. Dukes, principal of the Fourth street, early Saturday morn-farm-hfe school, and Mrs. Dukes; in, The waron toneue was broken. Messrs. H. B. Ashley, Jr., and Lacy rQ-0ioe.c vino- nf the Ford is Raid Buie. The booth has already been to have been the cause. The negro given special mention m The Robeson- oaid Mr Gor6 $2.50 to have a new lan, so no attempt will be made to de- tongue put on his wagon, however. StllUC 11. ClCliLl. I -r, tt -nr-li. HIT - l iur. X. xi. ttiteis Wi iauaoa The display of canned goods by Mrs. a, SQCn. bordering on Lumber river Joe Regan, who lives on R. 1 from " nce nne n a Lumberton, was astonishing. She had VJL. ' Vt. wwc,vVt 72 different varieties of canned stuff, toi today Mr VS, alters ,a,s two selected from 500 cans put up by her-, " f self. Especially noticeable were corn terday- . He says they put on the cob, sliced squash, whole okra, JP a bad fl&ht- Hr' ".fJ apples stuffed with raisins, potatoes the women were dangerously hurt apples cut in squares, English peas M.r- Walters says they were drunk on but one-'would have to go through Mrs. t. A. uraotree receivea a wire message early yesterday morn insr statine that her father, Mr. John Big Fire at New York. T. Whitaker of Atlanta, Ga., had been New York city's water front was killed by a train. Mr. Whitaker was the scene of another disastrous fire killed Saturday night. No particulars yesterday when the factory of the were given. He was 71 years old. Washburn Wire company which was Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree and three chu working on large car orders for the dren and Mr. Crabtree's mother, Mrs. government was destroyed, with an Mary C. Crabtree, left last evening; estimated loss of nearly $2,000,000. for Atlanta to attend the funeral. Mr. The patrolman who discovered the fire Crabtree will return home Wednes- declared he found three separate day. blazes at different places .in the fac- tory. Twenty-five Germans and 200 Steps to Standardize Bread and Low Austrians were included in the force er Its Price, of 1,000 employes in the factory. Washington Dispatch, Nov. 11. Fourteen nationalities are represent- Definite steps taken to standardize ed among the workmen, it is said. bread and lowed its price will be tak- en tomorrow when President Wilson issued a proclamation placing all bak- The item under the head of church eries under government license, Dec. news in Thursday's Robesonian in re- 10, and subjecting them to food ad- gard to an all-dav rallv of auxiliaries ministration rules prescribing ingred- at Rowland November 14 seems to icnts and weights of loaves. Pricea have been misread by- several people, will not be fixed, but with the stand- who took the item to refer to a rally ardization it is expected that natural of Red Cross auxiliaries. It is not a competition and simplication of dw- Red Cross rally but a rally of Pres- tribution will force down prices lor byterian missionary auxiliaries. pound loaves to 7 or 8 cents. i 4 -f
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