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, vixuin, lnMUMi, iuvnYit5iiK zy, 1917. NUMBER 84
VOL. XL VIII
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS jROBESON COUNTY TAXABLES i KEEPING WELL
Germans and BolksheviM Will011 Property of All Kinds List
Confer Sunday for Purpose of i ed in Robeson This Year Pleach-
Negotiating Armistice Entente
Allies Give No Heed to Over-
IS COMMON SENSE!
HOME FROM TRAINING CAMP j THINGS SEEN AND HEARD
-fares Italians
Their Own.
Are Holding
es Value of $18,541,548 In
crease of About $500,000 Over
Last Year Total Tax Levy
$233,764.65.
People Are Now Applying Busi
ness Principles to Keeping Well
and Efficient.
c,.w w v.' County Auditor J.M.McCallum has
,-au.. . OCl ujr me just completed his report of Robeson
G?wf aT?AhiaaeiJJ.rnJere?r: county Pperty listed for taxaYion to
with the Bolksheyiki leaders for the the stateTax Commission . Th et otal of
The arrangement .followed a visit of ; 5443 an increaSe of approximately
representatives of the Bolksheyiki toihalf a miUion doll Iast
the German military authorities on The total tax levy is $233,764.65. The
the Teuton side of the fighting front j total number of polls is 7,829.
m Russia The Germans apparently , The report gives the following de
jrave quick acquiescence to the pro-; tails :
posai 01 ir.e Russians ior an armistice
loo'rine to an ultimate peace, for on
ly a few hours intervened between
the visit of the Russians to the Ger
man line and acceptance by the Ger
mans of the proposition made to them.
While the negotiations are expect
ed to embrace an armistice on all the
fronts of the belligerent countries, it
is certain the Entente Allies will give
no heed to the overtures, either of
the Bolsheviki, who comprise the rad
ical section of the Russians who long
have desired Russia to cease fighting,
or of the Germans who for ; even a
greater period of time have been en
deavoring to put in operation negoti
ations for a peace that would prove
a suitable one for themselves and
their allies.
That the Bolsheviki leaders are dis
trustful of the Germans, although
they have agreed to enter into nego
tiations for an armistice, is apparent
from the fact that Ensign Krylenko,
the Bolsheviki commander-in-chief,
has ordered, pending the conference,
that there shall be no fraternizing on
the part of the Russians with the
Germans and advised vigilance and
caution by the troops.
Meanwhile the great inter-allied
conference has convened in Paris and
doubtless it will be discussed all
phases oi tne tangled situation in.
Russia and some method agreed upon
to bring the disaffection to an end
and permit of the Russian army tak
ing up the gage of battle again or of
putting the Bolsheviki element in the
category f an ally of the central pow
ers. - Battle of Cambrai Continues.
On the fighting front in northern
France, the battle between the British
and Germans for points of vantage
around Cambrai continued throughout
Tuesday night, but on Wednesday
died down to somewhat small propor
tions. The Germans had brought up
large numbers of reinforcements and
the fighting for Bourlon village, the
Hourlon wood and Fontaine Notre
Dame was waged with great bitter
ness, the positions several times
changing hands. East and northeast
of Ypres violent artillery activity is in
progress, especially on the section of
Passchendaele, and it seems probable
that another big battle in this region
is brewing. -To
the south in the region of St.
Quentin, north of the Aisne and in the
vicinity of Verdun there have been
small infantry operations with the ad
vantage resting with the French
troops.
Italians Holding Their Own.
The Italians continue to hold tena
ciously to their northern front be
tween the Brenta and Piave rivers
against the.Austro-German forces who
have been unable in repeated attacks
to gain additional terrain. An arm
istice in order that they might bury
their numerous dead has been request
ed by the Austrians, but owing to
lack of faith in the enemy's intentions
the Italians refused to grant it.
Major General Maurice, chief direc
tor of military operations at the Brit
ish war office," uuon whose official
statements much importance is plac
ed, announces that the crisis in Italy
has passed.
British in Sitrht of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is within sight of the
British forces operating in Palestine,
but Turks in force have been gath
ered about the city and it is not im
probable that a great battle will have
to be fought for its possession. To
meet the emergency the British are
hurriedly bringing additional men,
gun3 and supplies.
Twenty-one British- merchantmen
were sunk by mines or submarines
last week four more in the aggre
gate than were sent to the bottom
the previous week.
Land, 508,627 acres;
value $5,620,040
Manufatturering property
outside towns 5,300
m i i i d. s-
nmoer land, vvz acres;
value
Town lots, 4,148; value.
Total value real estate .
1,729 horses, value $132,110
7,183 mules, value 626,130
6 jacks, value 680
4,612 cattle, value 95,012
27,695 hogs, value 84,105
210 sheep, value ..... . 460
236 goats, value ." 318
65 dogs, value 470
Value farming utensils .... $104,945
Buggies, wagons, etc 132,272
Of ficex furniture '16,875
Tools of mechanics 10,095
Household and kitchen f ur
niture, etc. ... 581,368
Libraries and scientific in
struments .. 15,545
Money on hand 29,845
Solvent credits 627,994
Stock in corporations outside
this State . .. 75Q
Automobiles, bicycles, etc. . . 158,606
Seins, nets and boats 310
Goods, wares and merchandise
and all other property not
itemized 514,403
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
The life extension work which Dr.
W. A. McPhaul, county health officer,
assisted by Dr. A. J. Ellington of the
State Board of Health, is now plan
ning for the people of this county, f or
those between the ages of 20 and 65
years, is health work of the most val
uable kind. It gets results. It nre-
vents and stays off disease at the
most useful and important age in a
t-i 'r-t "il A. i 1
man o iiic, usually ai a time wnen
he does not expect anything in -the
way of disease to be the matter with
him and when he is planning probably
the most important work of his life.
It's just this kind of health work that
looks a man over and if there's any
signs of approaching disease, such as
cancer, Bright's disease, diabetes, or
tuberculosis, he may know it and may
j at once set about to prevent or check
''?'u? it. He will be told what to do and
home j at the station recently and went up TicNeill
Ogle-! to the mirror, which of course was 1
5,200
$2,294,175
Oaptam Bowen Assigned to 54th! (By The Robesonian's local reporter
T4. r a t.t t 1 while on and off his beat)
Infantry-R. A. McLean Corn-, Didxft Kecognize Himself.
missioned Second Lieutenant. I He did not recognize himself. A
Capt. J. B. Bowen arrived
luesday morning from Fort
thorpe, Ga., where he scent three
months in the second officers' train
ing camps: As was stated in Mon
day's Robesonian, Mr, Bowen was
commissioned captain at the close of
the camp. Mr. Bowen will be here
with his family until December 15,
when he will renort for dutv. He has
oeen assigned to the captaincy of the
54th infantry, O. R. C, stationed at
Chicamauga Park, Ga. Capt. Bowen
is looking well and only likes 3 pounds
of being as heavy now as when he
entered the training camp.
Lieut. R. A. McLean arrived home
Tuesday night from Fort Oglethorpe,
where he spent three months in the
second offejers training camp. Mr.
McLean was commissioned second
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWB
The Alfred Rowland chapter, TJ.
D. C., will meet with Mrs. L. T. Town
send Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'clock.
License has been issued for the
nr a ii-ir i -n .
. - . . . I 1 1 n I I I i' f iii if r 1 1 - iirniiv Mnn r.v
mnT Wfl k-i1 lritn tho ti-aitinfr -- I . . - "T
. j , . iui,uui, xyimci u. oimtii auu trtm
placed there for the benefit of the Mr. McF. Floyd and family mov-
ladies, and asked himself to sell him- ed yesterday from R. 1 from Barnes
self a ticket to a certain point down ville into the Wesley Britt residence;
the road. The gentleman mistook the Tenth and Water streets.
rthtfw.aiit. WindT &n1 -Large numbers of people reprel
ft?U-Si 5 LtSf,::aL 1 senting every section of the county
saw the "Birth of a Nation Tiere Mon
day and Tuesday at the Pastime the-
How Many Had He Caught? '
y-Tacl!?smgi,a Tabblt Wlth- Fairmont, writes -The Robesonian to
x tne aid oi a aog wnen a man asK- Uu pfff i,n4, ua i-;n0i
f months-old hogs Tuesday which net
ted mm 1,100 pounds of pork.
Prof. J. R. Poole, county superin
tendent of public instruction, and Miss
He soon discovered that he had made
a slight mistake.
out
ed him how many rabbits he
caught. He replied that when he
caught the one he was after and two
more he would have three.
Total value personal proper
ty $3,132,293
Total value real and per
sonal property $11,057,008
Amount oi income $T,Udi; income
tax, $924.81
Number of white polls 3,94G
Number of Indian polls ...... 1,198
.Number of negro polls 2,685
will be advised how to live in order
to overcome the onset of the disease
or to keep it off altogether.
.People used to object to knowme if I
there was anything wrong with them,
ii tney naa any disease that would be
hard to cure or that would cost an
operation, but now they are so much
more sensible about such, things and
there's a reason. For it is now known
that almost any disease will yield to
treatment if begun m time. Cancer,
for instance, can be entirely removed,
if it is discovered before it begins to
spread; tuberculosis is another cur
able disease, if it is diagnosed early,
and the earlier found, the more eas
ily cured. And so, it is with those
sudden, dreadful diseases that men
fear most, such as Bright's, diabetes,
apoplexy, heart disease and. harden
ing of the arteries. What' would d
man not give to know that he had
prevented one of these fatal diseases
that probably would have taken him
off without a minute s warning ?
Mnt FniVc Are Si-.nrctusmic iuia m. Lassidev, county home dem-
n onstration aeent. are attending the
j , , TT , , I ki carving j. isapciotiiukiu:;, inu3i ci l i i 1 , , ' , .
lieutenant. He will spend two weeks ; peo ole are slightly affected with it. teachers assembly at Charlotte today.
IPrP SlTrPT which ho will ronnrt -frT A f t .r .... I -c- r o . -mm
une oiten nears tne remarK, "i tninlc jiiss iuary oneaa, a sister oi Mrs.
somebody is coming, for my nose has varser and Miss Elizabeth Snead
itched all day". There are many peo- of Lumberton, underwent an opera
pie who think if a rabbit crosses the tion for gallstones at the Cumberland
road in front of them while making General hospital, Fayetteville, Tues-
here, after which he will report for
duty at Little Rock, Ark. Mr. Mc
Lean is a son of the late Col. N. A
McLean.
RECORDER'S COURT
Suit Against Railroad Company
for Failure to Make Connection
Other Cases.
The following cases were disposed
of before Recorder E. M. Britt yes
terday. Abe Goodman, colored, charged with
assault on Ella Blue, also colored,
not guilty.
Dock Smith, colored, failure to sup
port children; guilty; praper for judg
ment continued on payment "of cost,
on condition that he take his children
to Elizabethtown, where he' now re
sides, and care for them properly.
E. E. Page vs. V. & C. S. Railroad
eenroanv. civil action for damayps for
rn - i i j. v - - - . 1 "
prolong uie usea to De consider- failure of defendant to make connec
ed a preposterous thing to consider, tion at Elizabethtown to St. Paul, the
a trip it means bad luck
Drove 15 Miles to Pay His Subscription.
day.
Total number of polls 7,829
Real estate ofltjeal corpora
tions .. . $1,032,960
Personal property of local
corporations 1,475,704
Value railroads, telegraph
and telephone companies,
etc. . . 4,211,560
Bank stock 487,578
Building and loan stock . . 42,407
Corporation excess 234,331
Property listed by whites $9,770,600
Property listed by Indians 535,366
Property listed by negroes 751,042
Total property of all kinds $18,541,548
State .taxes '.. , . I . .' $32,455.34'
General school taxes . ... . . 57,784.21
Special school taxes -. ..... 45,427.49
General county taxes 39,691.47
Road taxes 52,225.62
County pension taxes . . . . 3,708.31
Court house bonds taxes.. 2,472.21
Total tax levy $233,764.65
REPORTED AS DESERTERS
much less to attempt to do, but now
we know that it is possible to prolong
hie from ten, twenty to thirty years.
As a matter of fact, to prolong life
and to keep efficient and useful is the
only sensible thing to do in this day
and time.
" People are just beginning to apply
to their selves to keeping their bodies
in repair and their. health at top notch
the same common .- sense . business
policies that they have been apply
ing to business.
A business man, a manufacturer,
for instance, knows that it is good
business to employ a machinist to
make regular inspection of his ma
chines or engines to prevent break
downs and ' probably a wreck of the
whole plant. The automobile owner
carriers his car to the garage for a
thorough inspection, realizing that he
must look out for the little "knocks
and "leaks" in order to get good ser
vice out of his machine. And yet
what is an automobile or an engine
compared to the human body the
most wonderful, valuable and intri
cate machine God ever made ?
This life extension work or physi
cal examinations which Drs. McPhaul
and Ellington propose making for our
people is just such repair work for
the human body as an expert machin
ist would give to a valuable machine
to increase its value, to prolong its
usefulness and to prevent disaster or
ruin.
Mr. M. F. Caldwell had his right
arm .broken below the elbow Tuesday
morning when a lord which he was
trying to crank backfired. Fords must
cept what I owe The Robesonian, and e ettinS backfired obsteperous these
I drove 15 miles to pay that." So days-
said an old colored man who handed The condition of Mr. Frank Jonesv
the reporter his subscription money who was so badly broken up when
Tuesday. The darkey said that was caught on a shaft at the plant of the
the only-business he had in town, but Robeson Manufacturing Co. on that
wanted to get square witn tne world nigm oi tne ntn, continues as iaTor
and decided to drive in and pay up. I able as could be expected.
If you owe the paper for subscnp- Maxton Scottish Chief: Numer
tion, follow -the example of the old ously signed petitions have been f or
darkey.. However, , if you don't care warded to the department asking that
to come to town just simply for the Mrs. Bessie Nicholson, widow of the
purpose oi paying up, sena a money late postmaster, be appointed to fitt
oraer or cnecK. itatner one win an-1 the vacancv made bv her htlsband,
plaintiff becoming a passenger at
Tobermory on defendant s branch line
from Elizbaethtown to St. Paul. Ihe
trains failed to make connection at
St. Paul on the morning of October
24th, according to printed schedule
time. The train on main line of V.
& C. S. having failed to wait for train
on branch line at St. Paul, the plain
tiff was left at St. Paul. Suit for
damages and loss of time and having
to hire an automobile to come to Lum
berton. Judgment rendered in favor
of the plaintiff for $10 and cost. De
fendant appealed to the Superior
court.
APPEAL FOR AID
BRIEF ITEMS WAR NEWS
A dispatch from Geneva states that
the Austrian and Italian fronties were
closed Monday night,that both French
and Italian frontiers already had been
closed for an indefinite period, thus
owitzerJand s four frontiers now te
ing sealed for the first time since the
outbreak of the war.
The American steamer Actaeon was
torpedoed Sunday, a dispatch from
Corunha, Spain, reports. Twenty-one
survivors have arrived at Port Cam
arinas. The dispatch stated that . 3
boats with the remainder of the crew
were missing.
3 'Whits Men and 10 Negroes of
Robeson District 1 Reported as
Deserters for Failure to Report
for Military Duty Reward of
$50 for Each of Thjem.
A reward of $50 is offered by the
government for the arrest of each of
the following men of Robeson county
exemption district No. 1, who have
been reported by the War Depart
ment as deserters on account of their
failure to report for military duty, as
notified by the local exemption board:
David Oliver, colored, Fairmont.
Roscoe Mitchell, colored, McDonald.
James R. Mc Arthur, colored, Rayn
ham. Archie McCormick, colored Elrod.
George Davis Kelly, white, Fairmont.
Henry Davis, colored, Fairmont.
John Shipman McMillan, colored, Lum
berton James McDougald, colored, Rennert.
Willie Lee J. Smith, colored, Lum
berton. French T. Byrd, colored, Fairmont.
Cohen Johnson, white, Fairmont.
Joseph Dawson, white, Lumberton.
Joseph Swinton, colored, lumberton.
Any citizen has a right to arrest
any of these men.
Trial of Gaston Means.
The trial of Gaston Means, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Maude A.
King at Concord last August, began)
at Concord Monday. Announcement
was made yesterday by the State that
if allowed to introduce in evidence
alleged statements of Mrs. King tbat
it could be shown that several months
before she was killed she and her
money were absolutely under the con
trol of Means and that from May un
til July before her death she was vir
tually a prisoner in a fashionable ho
tel near Chicago. The court held that
only statements made to the manag
er of the hotel in the presence cf
Means could be introduced. W. J.
Rockefeller, the hotel manager, in
his testimony stated that after a con
versation he had with Mrs. King
Means threatened that the whole par
ty would leave the hotel if he ever
talked again with Mrs. King or her
sister Mrs. Mary C. Melvin.
Kings of 3 Nations Will Confer at
Christiania.
Christ iiinia Dispatch, Nov. 23.
King Gustave of Sweden and King
Christian of Denmark have arrived
here with t;:eir respective premiers
and foreign ministers. The morarchs
will remain in Christiania until Satur
day. .The city is gorgerously decorat
ed in honor of the visit of the sovereigns.
Auction Sale of Higley Farm.
The farm of the late T. N. Higley,
which contained 126 acres, located
about one mile north-east of town on
the Elizabethtown road, was sold at
public auction yesterday. Ihe land
was sub-divided into small farms and
sold by the Atlantic Coast Realty Co.
It sold at from $80 to $500 the acre
and was bought by a number of dif
ferent parties. A large crowd at
tended the sale.
to be a Habit
Deserting Seems
With Williams.
Sheriff R. E. Lewis has been ad
vised that W. W. Williams has de
serted the army again. It will be re
membered that Williams wras arrest
ed here once as a deserter and escap
ed from a soldier who was taking him
back to camp and later made his es
cape when officers and citizens of the
town made an effort to capture him
near Bellamy several weeks ago. Wil
liams went to Wilmington some two
weeks ago and surrendered and was
taken back to Camp bevier. Accord
ing to the message received by Sher
iff Lewis, he has left the camp again
without leave.
By Contributing to the Bazaar and
Store of the National Aid You
Will Help the Soldiers.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
The ladies of the National Special
Aid again desire to call attention to
our bazaar, which will be conducted
in the vacant store of Mr. S. Mcln
tyre, on Chestnut street. Doors will
be open to the public 11 a. m. Wed
nesday, Dec. 5. We desire all contri
butions sent to the Mclntyre store on
Monday and Tuesday afternoon from
3 to 5 o'clock. Committee will be
there to receive them. It is said our
own American doctors in France are
forced to use old paper and grass in
dressing wounds. The National Spec
ial Aid in Lumberton is trying to sup
ply that great, need. We are making
all kinds of bandages, surgical dress
ing and supplies of every kind. We
are compelled to have money to carry
on our work and please remember that
when you make a contribution to our
bazaar you are helping that work.
Our merchant friends have been gen
erous and liberal in the past, and we
hope for their continued support. We
ask every woman in town for a con
tribution to one of the different booths
or to our "department store". - It
matters not whether you have been
personally asked or not. This is an
appeal to every woman for a contribu
tion.
We appealed last week through The
Robesonian to our country friends for
a donation to our store. To date not
a single one has responded. We again
ask our country friends for hams, tur
keys, eggs, chickens, butter in fact,
anything we can sell.
Who will be the first to bring us
something and leave at Mr. DuBois
bakery?
swer the purpose.
Lumberton is a Gocd Town to Live In.
After spending a few days in a
much larger town than Lumberton, a
citizen of the town returned. When
he got off the train at the station he
remarked to the reporter, "The most
pleasant thing about a trip is getting
back to Lumberton". The gentleman
referred to has not lived here very
long, but he has learned to love the
town. It s a fact that Lumberton is
j a mighty good town to live in.
Cheer Up.
Cheer up, advises a writer," who
adds that one still has two chances
one chance of being drafted into the
army , and one not to be. Then if Re
is drafted into the army he still has
two chances: one of being sent to the
front and one of not being sent there.
But in case one is sent to the front
he still has two chances: one of being
killed and one of not being killed.
And then if one gets killed he still
has two chalices: one of going to
heaven and the other of going some
where else. Yes, cheer up.
Fairmont News Letter Personal
Mention.
Colored Selected Men Will be
Sen to Camp Jackson.
Mr. T. L. Johnson, chairman of lo
cal exemption board No. 1, has been
Mr. Arch Tyr.cr ox .ttaft Swamp Passes ! notified that colored men from this
Mr. Arch Tyr.er, aged around 60
years, died at his home near Raft
Swamp church, Tuesday afternoon.
Deceased was taken ill Tuesday morn
ing and only lived a few hours.
district will be sent to Camp Jackson,
Columbia, S. C, instead of Camp
Grant, in Illinois, as at first propos
ed. No date has yet been . specif ied
when they are to be sent. .
Licensing Agent for Dealers Who
Handle Explosives.
Embargo on Shipment of Export Steel
Pittsburg, Pa., Dispatch, Nov. 28.
An embargo efftive at once upon
the shipment of all export steel bil
lets, bars, plates, scrap and pig iron
except that intended for use abroad
bv the United States government, and
the suspension of all "fast" freight
lines on the railroads of the eastern
district of the United States was or
dered tonight by the general operat
ing committee of the eastern railroads
at the close of its first day's session
here.
Mr. C. B. Skipper, clerk of the Su
perior court, has been appointed li
censing agent for dealers who handle
explosives of any kind in this county.
All who wish to handle explosives of
any kind in Robeson will first have to
secure license from Mr. Skipper. The
license only costs 25 cents. The law
which says dealers in explosives must
be licensed went into effect Nov. 15.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Fairmont, Nov. 28 Mr. W. L. Kyle
of Warsaw has arrived and will spend
Thanksgiving with his mother, Mrs.
J. D. Kyle.
Messrs. Bruce Baker and Knox Kyle
of Camp Jackson are home and will
i spend the holidays with their parents.
Quite a crowd from here attended
the "Birth of a Nation", in Lumber-
ton Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pierce of Green
ville, Tenn., are visiting their sister,
Mrs. J. D. Kyle. Miss Lorena is spend
ing the week-end with her sister, Mrs.
Regan of St. Pauls.
Miss Alice Regan of Dillon is visit
ing friends and relatives here."
Mr. Warren Ratiey left Friday for
Rockingham, Ga., where he will visit
his sister, Mrs. Hector McNeill.
Miss Kate Ratiey, who is in school
at Rowland, returned home this af
ternoon and will spend the holidays
with her parents. She was accompan
ied home by Miss Beulah Williams.
Mr. Irving Baker of Goldsboro spent
the week-end 'with his mother, Mrs.
Annie A. Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hayes left Wed
nesday for Marion, where they will
spend Thanksgiving.
Miss Lois Hayes, who is leaching at
Kemper, is spending the week end at
home. '
Mr. Roney Thompson, who has been
in Akron, Ohio, for the past year,
returned home Monday night.
Mrs. Carl Thompson left Saturday
for Columbia, where she will visit her
husband, wTho is in training at Camp
Jackson.
Messrs. Jas. Lewis and O'Berry
Lewis spent the week-end with the
boys at Camp Jackson.
death.
The condition of Dr. R. G. Rozier,
of R. 2 from Lumberton, who has
been sick in a hospital in FayetteviUe
for some three weeks, is very much
improved. Mrs. Rozier went yester
day to Fayetteville to be with her
husband. .
Mr. T. Rowland Britt has sold his
interest in the Britt Grocery Co. to
Mr. Alfred Britt, senior partner of
the firm, who will continue the bus
iness. Mr. Rowland Britt has gone
to Hendersonville, where he will make
his home.
Miss Hattie Jackson of the RowT
land section and Mr. Bill Leggett of
R. 3 from Lumberton were married,
in the office of Register of Deeds M.
W. Floyd here yesterday afternoon at
5 o'clock. Justice M. G. McKenzie of
ficiated. Mr. H. H. Anderson, proprietor
of the Pastime theatre, raised the
price of admission to cover the war
tax, but has put the price back down,
to before-the-tax rate. No doubt in
creased patronage will more than
make up the difference.
Don't forget to attend the con
cert at the high school auditorium to"
morrow evening. ihe concert Has
been arranged for the benefit of the
local National Special Aid and prom
ises to be highly entertaining. The
price of admission will be 25 cents.
The directors of the Lumbertoo.
Hotel company -will meet tomorrow
for the purpose of leasing the new
Lorraine hotel. Mr. F. A. Crabtree,
who had the building leased for one
year, will turn the building over to
the directors oa December 1, on which,
date his one-year lease expires.
Mr. Lee Cprrell, who has been
located at Mascot, Tenn., as chemist
for the American Zinc company, is
spending a few days here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. L. Cor
rell. Mr. Correll has received a com
mission as lieutenant in the army and
has been ordered to report at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, November 26.
Laurinburg Exchange. Lieut. Correll
formerly lived in Lumberton and is
well known here.
Bountiful Dinner to County Home.
The most bountiful dinner ever pre
pared by the people of the town for
the inmates at the county home was
carried to the home this morning.
The dinner was cdntributed by people
of everv denomination and was carri
ed to the inmates at the home by j
Messrs. M. G. McKenzie and W. K.
Bethune. Mr. McKenzie, who always
looks after the Thanksgiving dinner
for the inmates, says the dinner pre
pared for today is the most sumptuous
ever.
Planned to Sieze Foodstuffs.
Seattle, Wash., Dispatch, Nov. 28.
Commissioner of Immigration H.M.
White asserted today that literature
seized at the headquarters of the Ital
ian plotters under arrest here indi
cated that the men planned to seize
foodstuffs in various parts of theUnit
ed States. The alleged anarchistic
society laid plans, White said, to make
Boston the center of food riots, and,as
sisted by Industrial Workers of the
World, encourage general uprisings.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Caldwell re
turned Tuesday night from New York
and Baltimore, where they spent sev
eral days. Mr. Caldwell went to New
York and Baltimore for the purpose
nf huvine' s-oods for the larere depart
ment store of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell
& Son and studying business condi
tions generally.
Striking Coast Line Clerks to be Re
instated. Wilmington Star, Nov. 29.
Deferring to the request of Presi
dent Wilson that in view of the na
tional emergency the strike of the
clerks of the Atlantic Coast Line be
settled by immediately reinstating all
who wish to return to their former
places," President J. R. Kenly, of the
Coast Line, last night notified the
President that 'I am directing that
the striking clerks, who wish to re
turn, be re-employed as rapidly as
practicable". President Kenly last
night made public the correspondence
between himself and the President.
While the settlement of the strike
of clerks on the Atlantic Coast Line,
which has been on for the last sever
al weeks, through the mediation of
the President of the United States,
does not grant all the demands of the
striking clerks, as they will get no
pay for the time they have been out,
yet the earlier concessions, made in
response to a request from the De
partment of Labor, giving them the
right to organize and the further
granting of permission to all strik
ing clerks to be reinstated in their
former positions substantially gives
them all they asked for.
Thanksgiving is Being Observed,
in Lumberton.
Thanksgiving day is being general
ly observed in Lumberton, as usuaL
Practically all stores and other bus
iness places are closed and a Sunday
quiet prevails. Services are bein,
held in all the churches. -
The Robesonian goes to press today
about 3 hours ahead of its regular
press time. .