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ESTABLISHED 1870, SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY, QOD AND TRUTH VOL. XLVIII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1917. , . . . ' 12 - JOIN THE RED CROSS Xumberton is Only Important Town in North Carolina That Has No Chapter OWE ALL TO OUR' COUNTRY We Owe it to Our Country to Make Supreme Sacrifice for its Welfare Red Cross Stands at Head of Re lief Organizations of the" World Great Drive for New Members SEND IN YOUR NAME AT ONCE ANSWERING QUESTION AIRES LIGHTLESS NIGHTS To the People of Lumberton and Vi cinity: At the request of the American Red Cross headquarters, I have undertak en to aid in organizing a chapter of the Red Cross at Lumberton. Lum- berton is the only important town in the State that has no chapter. The great sacrifices which those who are called to the army have to make should move our hearts to undertake the work of supporting and taking care of our wounded and sick soldiers with willing spirits. We ought to give all that we have, if necessary, as we owe it to our country, and to those -who are being called to make supreme sacrifice for its welfare. Those -who remain at home cannot satisfy their consciences unless they do something for the cause of their country, and specially for the relief of humanity in this great struggle for right aeainst wrong. The Red Cross is the most important and the most promise ful non-political and non-sectarian or sranization in the world for the admin istration of war relief measures such as relieving and nursing, the sick and wounded and taking care of helpless women and children. It stands at the -very head of the list - among vbenevolent and humanitarian organ izations of the world, and is the only organization officially recog nized by the government in the way of charitable activities in connection with the war. There should.be a Red Cross chap ter or auxiliary or branch organiza tion in every town and every country school, district in the United States. Its method of organization will enable . it to concentrate its tremendous forces wherever humanity is in distress and needs specific relief. Wherever eith er by reason of natural causes or by the sinful hand of man people are suf fering, the instrumentalities of the Red Cross will go as the - veritable eodd Samaritan to bind up the wounds of the afflicted, render aid to the in jured, comfort ana. solace the broken hearted. There are bad conditions to "be remedied.' We not ' only " need, to look after the sick and wounded, sol diers of America, "and her -Allies, but we must help to feed the women and children who have been oppressed and injured by the godless Hun and his allies. If you are a good American citizen and believe in the Christian religion, you cannot fail to respond to the cause of the Red Cross organization at this Members of Local Bar and Others Kept Busy the Days Through Assisting Registrants Some Features That Relieve the Monotony. Members of the local bar have been kept so busy every day during the past week in assisting men registered for military service in filling out their questionnaires that they have called in other citizens to assist in the work. The commissioners' room at the court house has been a busy place every day since the work of filling out these questionnaires began Saturday of last week. Men eager for assistance have crowded the room all day, and some registrants have spent half a day or longer there waiting their turn. It takes one not familiar with the ques tionaire about an hour to fill out the questions, but' those who have had practice can fill one out in about half that time. This serious business is not without its humorous features. Some of the registrants have the idea that those who are assisting in filling out their questionnaires have the power to send them tothe army or let them stay at home. The other ' day a negro kept bothering a lawyer who was speeding up on filling out questionnaires, do ing his possible. This negro kept shoving his questionnaire under the lawyer's nose and repeating the re quest, "Fill this out . The lawyer was taking them as they came -and kept getting madder and madder at -this particular negro's importunity. Fin ally he jumped up, rolled out a cuss ward and in a terrible voice roared, "You want me to fill yours out right nowi do you? Visions of being sent forthwith, without a chance to be, heard, to the army, staggered this im patient negro. He wilted at once and humbly assured the irate lawyer that he was in no hurry. "Take your time, boss, take your time," he said. An Indian gave in "Stacy" as thei name of a son. He did' not know Lawyer II . E. Stacy of Lumberton. When Mr. Stacy asked him how he came to name the boy Stacy the man replied, "I heard of a lawyer at Lum berton one time named Stacy and lik ed' the name." And Mr. Stacy, who had pricked up his ears in anticipa tion of a compliment to' his attain ments had to be satisfied with a tri bute to the soft and pleasing sound of his patronymic when rolled upon the tongue.- That Indian rejoiced in it and so gave i to his son. There ar 3 questions regarding one's preference as to artillery crops, infan try; crops, aviation corps, etc. A ne gro wanted enlightenment about the artillery corps. A lawyer told him it meant the big guns. "Don't put me down there, boss", he said. "Put me with the little guns. "When that thing starts I wants a gun myself". Another, seeing that array of dif ferent "corps" instructed the man who was filling out his questionnaire not to put him down among the corpses anywhere but there NEGO- TIATIONS BEGUN White Way Lights; to be Reduced and Electric Signs to be Cut Out Thursday and Sunday Nights , Order to be Carried Out in Lum berton.. " Mr. H. Mi McAllister of Lumberton, county fuel administrator, has receiv ed instructions from the State fuel ad ministrator, Mr. A. W. McAllister of Greensboro, to see that the instruc tions in the notice printed below be carried out in Lumberton, which means that Lumberton will have so called "lightless nights" : : The fuel administrator for -North Carolina has received instructions from Washington, taking effect De cember 15th, which cancels previous order regulating time for illumina tion of advertising signs and for elec tric signs.- The order provides that all siens of every kind, including merchants' sighs, directional signs, theater signs, hotel signs, adyertising signs, display light- 1 ! v. 1 1 1 11 mg on Duiiamgs ana eisewnere, snau be discontinued completely on Thurs day and Sunday nights of each week. On these same nights stores not open for business must not show even in side lights more than are necessary for safety, and municipalities with cluster lights for extra bright' light ing for white-way effect, must reduce on Thursday and Sunday nights to only so much lighting as is necessary for safety.. These nights will be call- Newspapers are requested to urge householders to observe these nights witn as iew ngnts m tne nome as possible. -vC The spirit of the order is that on Thursday and . Sunday nights there should be no more outdoor lighting than is absolutely necessary for safe ty oi street passages ana dangerous spots. - . -i. - The State fuel administrator, i has been charged by the U. S. fuel admin istration with giving full effect to this order, using the full authority granted by the Federal administra tion, if there are individual violations. The chairman of local fuel committees throughout the State of North Caro lina are requested to give publicity to this order7 and to request their re spective local municipal authorities to aid them in the enforcement of the or der, the purpose of which is to con serve the fuel supply and thereby as sist m relieving the fuel situation. Central Powers Played Trump Card , at Outset of Peace Par leysActivity on Fighting Fronts Below Normal. 'time'. Therefore every adult Ameri-I. Another earnestly assured one who can man ana woman snouia jom.me """"" "'j,"1 v-n "-"V"' , organization and share in the human itarian spirit exemplified and bea his or her part in the enormous task which the organization has undertak en in relieving "the world from the suffering inflicted upon it by the "most damnable foe that ever fired a cannon, that ever drove home a bay onet, that ever ravaered a neutral State, that ever sunk a hospital ship, that ever shelled' women ana cniiaren jn lifeboats upon the high seas,' that ever crucified captured enemy soldi ers, that .ever cut the hands off chil dren in captured territory, that ever lived to fasten its demon clutches on the throat of civilization". v .' A great drive' for new members for the Red Cross is being made every where at this Christmas, time. AOur community has been blessed in many ways. Those who have been the recip ient of these many blessings ought to do something for their fellow man as an evidence of their gratitude. You can join now by sending your name to either one of the following commit- that the aviation corps meant service up in the air, that he did not want to go there, that he wanted to keep his feet planted on the ground. GOV BICKETT WILL SPEAK Notice and Questionnaire to Reg- . istrants. . ;." As - stated in, -Thursday 's Robeson ian. the army exemption board of-Rob eson, district 1 mailed from the.l5thj inst. to , the 18th, from the office in Lumberton of the chairman, Mr, T. L. Johnson, notice and questionnaire to registrants up to -order number 500. Since that date notice and question naire has been mailed to each regis trant whose order number is between 501 and 1,032. All whose order num ber is between 501 and 632 were mail ed notice and questionnaire on the 19th i between 633. and 732 on the 20th; between 733 and 832 on the 21st; be tween 833 and 932 on the 22nd; be tween 933 and 1,032 on the 24th. Each notice is dated and each registrant is required by law to execute his ques tionnaire and return it to the exemp tion board within seven days from the date on whichit - was mailed to him. Failure to do' so constitutes a misde meanor punishable by not to exceed one year's imprisonment; and such failure may also deprive one of valu- He Will Deliver Address in Lum- able rights and result in one's immed iate induction - into military service berton at Annual Meeting, of and trial by. court "martial. Those I mi whose order numbers are below the Camp Pope January 19 This highest number given above but who .,, , . Tk i - have failed to get their questionnaire Will oe a nig ud.y. ; should apply to the local board for a Commander J. A. McAllister of copy in order that they may be able r.mn w?nic tt PrTw rVm-forforatp vet- to return it within the time specified. .Ac Vina inct. reviver! a letter from The local board of Robeson district "RifVett flnppnt.incr an invita-1 2, off ice at Red Springs, mailed from tion to deliver an address in Lumber-Hhe 19th to the 24th, inclusive, notice 1 meet- and. questionnaire to registrants, whose - a v,o Mmn - - numbers, are between 116 and 767, as This will be a big day in Lumber- foUows; 19th, 116 to 240; ; 20th 241 to ton. Governor Bickett is without- a 6; 2lst, 357 to. 473;. 22nd, 474 to 575; superior in the State as an orator and in' ' lo 0- is popular witn tne people. , tie win Press Summary.- Peacenegotiations between the Teu tonic allies and the Russians have begun at Brest-LitQvsk. And appar ently the enemy has played a trump card at the outset, for, on-the propo sal of Prince Leopold of Bavaria, the German commander-in-chief on the Russian front, Dr. Von Kuehlmann, the German foreign secretary and an astute politician, has been chosen unanimously as official chairman.: A noteworthy fact in the composi tion of the delegations from the va rious countries allied with the, Austro Germans is that they include men who have; stood high in the councils of their respective countries while the hmen who are to handle Russian's in terests for the most part are unknown inworid politics. htill another outstanding fact in the meagre details of the formation oi;the conference that thus far has come through is that Rumania is not credited with having sent delegates tO'Brest-Litovsk. The possibility is therefore that Rumania has decided toehold aloof., from discussing a sep arate peace, notwithstanding the fact that geographically she will be com pletely insolated from her allies shduld the negotiations result in Rus- sias quitting tne war. On the fighting fronts, even in. Itsdy, the activity of the troops is be low normal. . In France and Belgium the; fighting" that is in progress is merely in the nature of outpost en counters and bombardments while on th northern Italian front the enemy haf lost the initiative which is entire ly jn the hands of General Diaz's men. Mess Louise Holland Killed by Auto at Fayetteville. Fayetteville Observer,-Dec. 22nd. A heartrending trasredv occurred here about 10 o'clock this morning in front of the Kress store on Hav street, 'when Miss Louise Holland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hol land, of this city, was run downand killed by an automboile,' driven by Mr. NrjM. Pearson, of Seventy-First town ship this county. Miss Holland was crossing . the street when Mr. Pear sons car -ran her down. The breast bone" was broken and skull fractured anixieath resulted from 'the fractured skoll about ten minutes after she was taken to Cumberland General hosDital. t&fm said that Mr. Pearson - was not exceeding the speed limit, but the act j& her suddenly stepping before the car when it was right on her at a crowded place in the street rendered the accident tinavoilable. The point where it occurred is a dangerous one on account of congested traffic, and a bad accident has been looked for there for some time. Miss Holland is survived by her pa rents; by two brothers,, R. L. Jr., and John C. Holland and by three sisters, Misses Lydia, Minnie and Ruth Hol land. She was a twin sister of . Mr, R. L. Holland, Jr. She was a communi cant of First Presbyterian church. ' J NEXT CALL DECEMBER 31. j ; Don't, expect a Robesonian Thurs day of this week. According to its usual custom The Robesonian will skip one issue this week in order to give the force wThose faithful work makes it possible for the paper to go to its subscribers regularly twice a week a little' much-needed rest and recreation. That gives only three days, at that, as it will be necessary to get back on the job in full force Friday morning in order to resume the grind for another fifty-two weeks. The paper will appear as usual Mon day of next week. December 31. Some one will be in the office every day, however, except Christmas day. pre pared to wait on any who may call and to write recepits for any who may desire -to move the date up on their laDei. The Robesonian wishes all a Merry unristmas and a Happy Mew Year. $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCED NUMBER 01 BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL WETO- N. C. DAY AT SCHOOL tee on organization: J. A. Sharpe, Mrs. J.:R. Poole, Mrs. R. C. Lawrence, Junius J. Goodwin, Mrs. N- A. Thompson, R. D. Caldwell, Mrs. Junius J. Goodwin, A. E. White. H. M. McAllister, H. B. Jennings, K. M. Barnes, Mrs. James Williamson, W. H. Humphrey, J. D.Proctor, - Mrs. L. T. Townsend, - 'Mrs. John D. McAllister, ' Miss Janie Carlyle., We hope to. enroll 1,000 members in Lumberton and the -surrounding territory which has been assigned to Lumberton, .including the townships around here. A special effort will be made to obtain the co-operation of the people in the country. As soon as we Drocure a- sufficient number for or- gonization, a meeting will . be called, J . ill I M i. A I ana organization wui De yerxecucu mm officers elected.- Remember that the work which the Red Cross will do will .not" interfere in any way with the work being done bv the National Special Aid. y A. W. McLEAN. be heard here by a large crowd, no Dentist Arrested on Charge of Mur- doubt. The celebration will be one fit dering His Wife. Dr. L. J. Johnson, a dentist of Mid tin Va Aaxt jTi1, tli l-fYnvrer1 nrntrvr I Dr. J Af the fusion. Further announce- dlesex, near Raleigh, was arrested at ments will be made later. Equipment Expected Soon for Home Guards Members Must be Beady for Any Demand. First Lieut. C. V. Brown of Lum berton has .received the- following, which is of special 7 interest to mem bers of the reserve militia for Robe son: - . - "To the Officers and Men of the 21st Company of the N. C. N. G. Reserve : "For your information, I had a talk with the. Adjutant General recently. He expects nothing of us in the way of drills until we. get our equipment, which he hopes xo have soon. How ever, it is our duty to hold ourselves in readiness at all times, should we be called (before we get our equip ment) to execute the law, suppress nuts or insurrections, - ana repei in vasions. ' 7 : : . - ' "I want every man to equip himself with a gun of some type and report promptly when ordered. "JOHN B. MALLOY, -V "Captr21st Co., N. C. N. G. Reserve" Parkton, N..C. Interesting Patriotic Program Rendered at Graded School Fri- day Thrift Stamps Explained by Mr. Varser Thrift Clubs Will be Organized in Every Grade. North Carolina day was observed at the Lumberton graded and high school. Friday of last week. A very interesting and helpful program was rendered by the pupils of the various grades. The stage was decorated with ferns and United States flags. The program was as follows:, t . Song Star Spangled Banner. . Tableau by a number of pupils of the varipus grades wearing flags .of the ditlerent countries at war. Song Your Flag and My Flag; by pupils. . - " .Reading What North Carolina is Doing Ennis Sentelle. Song Columbia the Gem of the Ocean. . : Reading What Our State Has Done Robert Allen. Song Old North State. Reading Money Contribution Marvin Barker. Reading CivilOrganization Frank Campbell. Red Cross by third grade. War and Young Men's Christian Association by Alton King. ? Song America. Reading State Council of De fense Oscar Bullardj and Osborne Lee. Reading Fuel and Food Adminis tration Escar 'Bullard. Song Battle Hymn of the Repub lic. 'V,- - ..... -.. . ' After thevpregram Mr. u.R. Varser made a very interesting talk on Thrift stamps. Mr. Varser explained the Thrift stamp issue, how people, of the most limited means and people who do not feel that they are financially able to buy a Liberty bond can do their bit to help win the war by pur chasing Thrift stamps. "You will be rendering a patriotic . duty and your money will be growing, too," he said The program was very interesting and thoroughly enjoyed by all pres ent. A good many patrons of the school were present and Supt. Sen telle expressed his desire for more of the patrqns to visit the , school and see what they are doing. .Flans are being made to organize Thrift clubs in every crrade in school. the teacher of each grade to act as treasurer of the grade and give the pupils the desired information. Lumberton cliapter O. E. S No. 116 will meet Thursday evening m Masonic hall at 7:30. St. Paul Messenger: Mr. W. - Livingston and family, have moyedVta -Cumberland county, tip near Manchester. All Seaboard trains passing Lum berton are running from one to S hours late. All the roads seem to be overrun with passengers. A young white man dropped & pistol from his pocket to the sidewalk on ilm street Saturday afternoon. He picked the gun up "hurriedly, plac- , ed it back in his pocket, and moved on. Mr. F. L. Israel returned last week from Buie's Creek academyv where he was in school during tfia fall, to his home in Wishart township He will teach near his home next spring. -Rev. and ttrs. R. A. Hedgpeth and family will move from Barnesville ta- , Lumberton the first .of next year. They will live in Mr. S. E. Britt's res idence, Cedar and Eighth street. Mr." Britt and family will move back to the Britt farm, at Ten Mile. In Thursday's Robesonian it waar stated that Mr. E. M. Johnson had re turned from Charlotte, where he went to consult a specialist for throat trou ' . ble. Mr. Johnson went to Charlotte . to consult a specialist about a head trouble instead of a throat trouble. Mr. J. C. Barnes of the - Back Swamp section was among the visi tors in town Saturday. Mr. Barnes recently closed a $7,500 real estate deal, having purchased tjie land from.' Mr. D. E. Nance. - The land whielL -' Mr. Barnes bought is near Back Swamp. - Don't forget to take the Christ mas dinner you have prepared for the inmates at the county home to the. : home of Miss Lizzie Caldwell, Eighth and Water streets, this afternoon or tonight. Miss Caldwell is anxiotuh . that a bountiful dinner be donated! -for these unfortunates. Mr. J. L. McNeill of Buie was a. Lumberton visitor Saturday. Mr. Me-' Neill killed Wednesday of last week a 16-months-old pig that weighed 665 pounds gross. Some pig, outweighing? his mother, 2 1-3 years old, which al so was killed the other day and weigh ed 435 pounds and the mother waa. no slouch of a hog at that. -i.-L A- ii vi . VJiivmwiii i uu n - - dusirial agent for the V. & C. S. Ry- ko. last year, anu wno nas Deen iook ing after Mr. A. W. McLean's farm ing interests during this year, has re signed his position and returned to ma. old home at Laurinburg. Mr. Gil christ's many friends will regret that he decided to leave Lumberton.. Rev. C. H. Biggs, former pastor Sf the Lumberton circuit, and family will leave Wednesday for Ellerbe cir cuit, where Mr. Biggs was assigned by. the recent conference. Mr. Biggs and family are visiting relatives at EKl- abethtown, but will return to Lumber-" ton Wednesday morning and spend the day here. They have made many friends while living bere swho regret that they are to leave. Mr. Ellis Miller of Fairmont, R 1, known to fame as the man wha, since a time when the memory of manf. runs not to the contrary has been the first in Robeson every year to pay his. taxes, was a Lumberton visitor Sat urday. He came with his son Mr. Ct E. Miller, who came to "be ed'VMr. Miller said, , "about going tov France". Mr. Miller senior says he. is liable to go to France himself with out being examined. Mr. Warren Pre vatt of the . Raft Swamp section killed a large otter The fall term closed Friday and the spring term will begin Monday, Jan- uarv 7. Out of town tfrVirs ipft Fri day evening and Saturday for their recently. Mr. Prevatt and Mr. Albert:, . . homes to spend the Christmas holi days; as follows: Miss Mabel Jetton, Shelby; Miss Elizabeth Breece Fay etteville; Miss Mae Seabolt, Roper; Miss Elizabeth Dexter, Elizabeth City; Prof. R. H. Taylor, Costalia. Wilson Saturday night on a warrant charging him with the murder of his incr been reoorted' hi that issue:. wife, who died in Richmond 'a few E. I. Pool. J.T. Ulover, jn.a. momp- days ago alter taxing a capsule con- son. w. i. ijimcnaw. jyi. ruuer. taming poison, wnien. it is saia. sne Chas. P.. McAllister, D. D. King, T. A, thought Vas a headache remedy. McNeill, Sr., M. J. Merritt, U. B. Red- Johnson was arrested at a hospital in mond. Miss Josephine Breece, A. F. Wilson, where" he took poison Thurs- -m m- n T . W W St T I 1 J.J J J. J 1 fT 1 Ward. Mrs. iv. L. JNasn, mrs. u-eo x. aay m an axiempt 10 ena ms nie. xne McLeod, Dr. H. T. Jf ope, manly u. ponce say jonnson, wno is za years Lee. Mrs. James L. Williamson, W. C. old, was engaged' to a young woman ' -mr TITt'li- IJ T71 A ' HIT- I J HiTIJJl 1 T 3 1 X J. 1.Z - SPssoms. lieo. ivl. w nitneia, r . n. ivic- at miuuiesex anu iiau &eui secret ms Leod, W. W. Davis, John H. Wishart, marriage of 3 months ago to Miss T C! trnnaivan IVTica T in q flrn crh T)v I A lino ' n i cr Vi t ii 1 Q-rpnr -iilfl ctdnnfT- - . -rr II t 1 T T I Til 1 --- . . John Jvnox, ti. xi. Anaerson, ira o. rapjier ox jwcnmuuu Townsena. Lr. inos. jonnsoii, ur.i , Jas. A. Martin, Stephen Mcintyre, splendia Unristmas ITade Town Miss Augusta xiiaKe , s , . - . c: makine- a total number of persons sub- - U11 01 reopie. - S scribed up to this tim.e Z a"tf . Lumberton "merchants are enjoying leaves 94 members yet to be secured. onlenHif1 r,r;afmns tra(ip Thp Mr. McLean states that he is desir- Vf "XT-""- ous of ha vine the organization meet W to take nlace during the coming week, as it is essential that the chap ter be formed i be fore -the end" of. the present year. ' " : ; The business men of : Lumberton having made such a fine showing in signifying their willingness to become members of the. proposed chapter, it ia urced that the women lose no delay Ul pUVVIIlg Hi lUCU ouv uiaaiug vim.. - Since the last issue of The Robeson ian scribed vnA r i A. Lumberton, 76 of such members hay:, the women success wfll be certain. ; 1 which the public is invited. v, irA,.,. MA.anna hova aiih. organization a complete success. ta members of the American men ol the town are oemna tne -riea i-i u Aon tdH in 1 1 ,ros. ana now wiui tne assiswnce ui has been filled with shoppers for sev erardays. and today the town is run ning over with people from all sec tions of the county and many from the outside. Took Big Gobbler and Left Runt Mr. Gough Says it is the Lim- it. ..... : .v;:.. State Senator Frank Gough rises to a point of personal privilege. He has been treated shamefully, lie says he never kicks without good cause, that he is long-suffering and kind, but that the man who Saturday night went into his chicken yard and stole his big Christmas gobbler and left m its- place a little runt of a turkey that-is hrdly knee-high to a grass hopper committed the unpardonable sin. . He wants his gobbler back and The Robesonian fain would help him, but eyen public mention in The Rob esonian cannot "do the ondoable Much it is feared that never again wil he look that big gobbler in the face Farmers' Unien Meeting Postpbn ed. '' -' ' On account of the condition of the . a . r i j i TTT j ! roads no meeting of the Robeson divis- Oyster Supper at Oakdale Wed- ion of the ; Farmers union was held Z nesday Evening. - Mr. v C. K. Morgan, of the Oakdale section, is e Lumberton visitor today. Mr. : Morgan informed .The, Robeson- V-V 1 1- 1 TTT Jl per at uaKdaie weonesuay evening, lT--i- il. ili; i- : :j J .- Wednesday-of last week? The meet ing was postponed until Wednesday, January 9. A representative of a lead ing fertilizer company will be pres ent at the meeting to be held on that date. All farmers in this ? section, whether members of the union or not. are asked to be here for the meeting, wedding present. Mr. W. J. Prevatt ' is able to be out today after beings confined to his room for three months. .: : Mr. J. S. Hollman, manager of the Lorraine hotels will prepare a unristmas tree this evening , upon which will be presents for employes at the hotel. Walter Leach and Mary Mc Arthur, were married in the office of 'Register of Deeds M. W. Floyd about 11 o' clock -this, morning. Justice J.-- M. Smith officiated. License has been issued for the marriage of Frank Taylor and Alice Oliver; S. B. Hayes and Cathrme Mur ray; J. C. Pittman and Belma Free man; A. B. Floyd and Florence Lewis Miss Belma Freeman of the Bel lamy section and Mr. J. C. Pittman of Maxton were married at the home of Justice J. M. Smith, near Allention yesterday afternoon at 3 o clock. Jus tice Smith officiated. --Mr. Earl Crump, who enlisted in the Lumber Bridge light infantry seV' eral months ago, has been discharged on account of his age. He is 'only about 17 years .old. He has returned home.. Dr. N. . A. . Thompson amputated the right arm of Mr; Frank Jones, who was so badly broken' up at the plant of the Rojbeson Manufacturing CO. several weeks ago, this morning. Mr. Jonesc condition is as; favorable as could be expected. . County Auditor and Mrs.7 J. M. McCallumr returned Saturday night from Jacksonville and Tampa. Fla where they went immediately follow ing their wedding, here on the 12th mst. They are. at the Lorraine hotel In the near future they will begin housekepeing in a house on West Third streets directly across the street from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. I Linkhaw, who presented the house to the bride, who is their daughter, as a Bruce were in a mill pond duck hunt ing and Mr. Prevatt spied the otter lying on a log v yards irom mm. lie fired at" the otter and killed him dead: A good shot. The otter was 4 feet and 7 inches Jong. Mr. Prevatt says when he gets to France, or Germany; he hopes to get -within 80 yards ox Kaiser . Bill with a loaded gun. . j r Mr.' Henry Spivey of Marietta.. - . was a. Lumberton visitor Friday. Mri - bpivey-was. among the veterans "whor got their pension , money, last reefc. -He served four years through the war and is the spriest78-years-young: man you ever saw. He is active and alerts " his hair is black, and his beard is on ly springled with grey. He carries his age so well that, barring accidents-,. it looks like he will have to be knock ed in the head on judgment day. Mr. anw Mrs. D. R. Britt and their1 seven childrenof Dunn, visited rel atives in the county from Saturday till today, when they intended to re turn, home. They came ta Lumberton Saturday and spent Saturday mght here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John: -Britt, Mesdames D. R. ; and. John- Britt being sisters. Yesterday they went to the home of Mr. BrittV half brother Mr. A. L. Stone, on IL. : 4 from Lumberton. They are trav . eling in their auto. - ' - Mr. Earl "A. Thompson is spend-: ing a few days at thtPhome of his. parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thomp son, waiting for daily-epected Histrae -tions to .report at the training camp- at Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. .ThompsL. entered the second officers traimn- ." camp at Fort Oglethorpe last Angvst and stayed . there 2 months, when he? - had to drop out on account of entex-i , ing a hospital. After that he went '. to the university of. Georgia' Ifor st' -3' course of training in thr'rinuli i v1 mpx a. wit's. juii . j.uuiuinuu wus for a commission at Jacksonville. In ordering the address T your paper, changed . don't fail to give .the . old address as well as the . new- This , will save trouble and' ; delay in -gettias your paper at the new address. - - "Mi
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