THE ROBESONIAN
ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH
VOL. XL VIII
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1918.
$2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADV ANCB
NUMBER
BED CROSS CHAPTER
WILL BE ORGANIZED
FRIDAY EVENING
WANT FARM DEM
ONSTRATION AGENT
PEACE TERMS OF
GOOD YSAH FOE BANKS
U. S. AND ALLIES
Meeting Will be Held at Court
House at 8 Mr. J. W. Bailey
of Raleigh Will Speak Public
is Invited to Attend.
As has been stated in The Robeson
ian, a meeting will be held at the
:ourt house tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock for the purpose of organizing
a chapter of the Red Cross. This
meeting was at first called to be held
Friday evening of last week but had
to be postponed on account of unfav
orable weather.
Mr. J. W. Bailey of Raleigh, col
lector of internal revenue for the east
ern district of North Carolina, will
be the speaker of the evening. Mr.
Bailey is easily one of the foremost
speakers of the State and he is thor
oughly familiar with the aims and
purposes and work of the Red Cross.
A full house should greet Mr. Bailey.
Ladies and children are especially in
vited, as well as men, not only of
Lumberton but of the mill villages,
and every one in the county who can
possibly get here.
Since Mr. A. W. McLean launched
the movement to organize a chapter
of the Red Cross with Lumberton as
headquarters some weeks ago, con
siderable interest has been manifest
ed. Up to date 369 people have hand
ed in their names for membership. It
is hoped that all these will attend the
meeting tomorrow evening and that
many more will attend the meeting
and join at that time.
No more worthy cause than the Red
Cross has engaged the attention of
the people of any locality. Lumberton
is about the only town of its import
ance in the country that has not a
chapter already, and it is desired that
the chapter start with as many mem
bers as possible.
The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock
Friday evening, at the court house.
You are invited to attend tfee meet
ing whether you have decided to join
the Red Cross or not..
The following have handed in their
names for membership since the last
issue of The Robesonian:
Mrs. J. P. Russell, Miss Marie Russell, Miss
Jennie Russell, Miss Margie Russell, Miss Ruth
Thompson, Miss Nellie Olark, Mrs. D. D. Kintr,
Mrs. J. S. Hoiman, Mrs. A. Wein.rtein, Miss
Flora Wishart, Mrs. M. F. Caldwell, Mrs. H.
li. Pjpo, H. E. Stacy, E. R. Mclntyre, Mrs.
H. H. Anderson, Mrs. J. T. Gooden, Miss An
na Thompson, Miss Fodie Townsend, Mrs. W.
A. Finch, Miss Katie Stone, Miss Nora Stone,
Mrs. Richard M. Norment, Dr. T. F. Costner,
Mrs. H. Dunie, Miss Lena Dunie, Miss Theresa
Patterson, Mrs. W. J. DuBois, R. E. Sentelle;
phoned in by Mr. E. L. Hamilton A. S. King,
Miss Anna King, Lumberton ; Miss Joanna
Smith, Miss Mamie Bullard, Rev. L. E. Dailey,
J. R. Norton, E. V. Brown, C. C. West, Wade
A. Adams, East Lumberton
making a total of 369 subscribers up
to date. i
County Union Will Take Matter ; President 1x1 Address to Congress
All Local Eauks in Prosperous
Condition Business Last Year
BUSINESS LOTS SOLD
Up With State Department
Members of Union Apply for;
Nitrate of Soda County Union I
Elects Officers. I
At a meeting of the Robeson divis- i
ion of the Farmers' union in the court
house here yesterday the following of-
ficers were elected for the year: pres
ident, D. H. Britt; vice president, W.
P. Barker; secretary-treasurer, F.
Grover Britt; chaplain, W. K. Cul
breth; door Keeper, E. C. Watson;
conductor, Sandy Patterson; county
business agent, W. P. Barker; execu
tive committee, Dr. G. M. Pate, N. A.
Townsend, Spurgeon Jones, H. H.
Stanley.
Members of the union present yes
terday made application for around
one hundred tons of nitrate of soda
to be furnished by the government.
The secretary-treasurer of the union
was instructed to write the State De
partment of Agriculture in regard to
supplying Robeson with a demonstra
tion agent
FxeeptionallyCood S :vo: ::kho1d-'
and Directors' Meetirijrs.
crs
Plainly States America's Pro
gram of War and Peace Based
i
Upon Righting of Wrongs and! Annual meetings of the stockhold-
Safety of Peace-Loving Peoples jteTucsTalndepSrof
Desiring to Live Their Own " '' ve offi"" showed that last year
i was an exceptionally good one for the
Lives America is Pledged Not ; hanks.
, National Bank of Lumberton.
to Make a Separate Peace. The meeting: of the directors of the
National Bank of Lumberton was held
Washington Dispatch, Jan. 8. m the directors' room at toe
Americas proeram of war and ir.e old board of Direct o
Lota on Fourth Street Sold at Auc
tion Yesterday for Around $651
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS
ident Wilson today through an ad-. and Mr. C. B. Townsend
dress to Congress in joint session. j rector, was added to the board.
For this program based upon the At a meeting of the directors the
righting oi wrongs ana me saieiy oi , xonowing active omcers were re-
McLean;
Caldwell and
The stockholders of the National
Cotton Mill Co. are holding their m
anual meeting today.
Mr. Frank A. McIeod is able t
n V'rtx-nt rftv r ' 00 out to,ay :Tter being confined to
a rront Foot Edmund Lots , his room for the past week.
Brought $6,475 and McLean Mr w B. Prevatt and family
t, oa OA , , ! are B,ovI1S todf fioin R. t from
property ijb,d20 Sale Conduct-1 Lumberton to JordaaviUe, s. C.
Miss Margaret C. Shelby left thio
morning for Petersburg. v u.im
Property Belonging to Edmund i sne wil1 take a business course.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Pittman and
little daughter Mable, of the Center
Around $G5 a front foot was the section, moved to Clio, S. C, this week.
.... . 7 1 Mr. Pittmnn will nvurcon n Utm
bank. riee at wnn some business lots Ob fZTZr r J
was re- wesi rourtn street sold Tor vester- . . .
IIUII
ition as
the Lr
rance L-o.
rday.
a iormer di-1 property nad to be sod for cash1 air- r- r lowers, wno under -
cd by W. E. Eethune Other
Esiate Sold.
peace with definite terms upon wnicn . euciea as iouows: A. VV. flicLvan, K. aay at an auction sale conducted by i i :
th ni.tinno o-rPt anH small f ie-htin:? i D. Caldwell. L. H. CaMwaII If R Jmi. Mr. W. K R(.t.hnno for th Kll I Emberton has accepted a pos
.. rr.i-iri A otvi l Tiincre i p Voh a v v. u- i I Ranlr t .r .u stenographer in the office of
lUKCtllCI ajcaiuob utiinan rw x uwui . .... - t. , i x . li. 1 1 11 iir . i. itx. i uiiu vi ijuju Lt 1 lui 1 CACUlull III UW la . , , ...
arms, was eiven to the world bv Pres-ityre, O. C. Norment. R. R. B.irnes: for Mr. A. T. ftfcTsn Th Pm,,n,l nere- &ne negan work yeste
peace-loving peoples desiring to live! elected president, A.
their own lives, the President com-(vice presidents. R. D.
mitted the United States to fight and! A. E. White; cashier, H. L. Newbold; tending 37 1-2 feet toward Elm from ed Tuesday from the Boone farm
continue to fierht until it is achieved. assistant cashier, C.
Thus he pledged the country to the j bookkeeper and teHer,
allied policy of no separate peace.
We cannot be saparated in interest
The next meeting of the union will i or divided in purpose," he said. "We
be held at Ten Mile the third Wed
nesday in March.
FREE MEDICAL
EXAMINATIONS
Drs. McPhaul and Ellington Will
be at Rowland Tomorrow
These Examinations Have Noth
ing to do With Military Service.
Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health
H. Phillips;
F. L. Nash;
stenographer, Miss No a Leigh Pope.
A semi-annual dividend of 4 per
which no doubt kept the average price 'e'lt an operation for appendicitis at
Deiow wnat it otherwise would have nopKins nooprau, nanimore, oa
been. i the 2Dth uk., returned home last rught.
A vacant lot, Edmund property, 0n-BKIEI,s ashwwitjSnc Cwjai
the south side of Fourth street, ex- Mr. A. L. Smith and family mor-
near
the blacksmith
down to Mr. R
snop. was knocked -lybomville to a farm belonging to
B. .Jennings for $2,-1 Mr. Stinceon Powell of Lumberton oa
r2r. This was divided into two lots,: the Red Springs road, R. F. D. 2 from
one with 20-foot front, the other 17-!Buie'.
BOTH GRADED AND HIGH
SCHOOL OPEN JAN. 15
officer, and Dr. A. J. Ellington, of the
State Board of Health, have been car
rying on their campaign of free med
ical examination for all citizens of
Robeson between the ages of 21 and
60 with great success, despite the un
favorable weather.
They will be at Rowland tomorrow
for the purpose of examining a num
ber who have sent in applications from
that section. They will be in their
offices at the court house here again
Saturday.
Some people have conceived the idea
that these examinations are connected
in some way with military service,
that the camnaien is beine carried on
in order to flndtifr--WlHn--in
service. This is far from the real facts.
This campaign would be carried on if
there were no war. It has nothing
whatever to do with military service.
It is merely giving every man and
woman the blessed opportunity of un
dergoing a free medical examination
and finding out their physical status.
It is an opportunity that every one
snould embrace, ui course it ' you
don't care a hang how bad your health
is and how soon you die, why, the
thing to do is to neglect taking this
examination.
stand together to the end"
The speech, heard by Congress at
an hour's notice and accepted with a
! wave oi approval tnat orougnt to
! gether virtually every element of both
houses, was delivered as a direct re
sponse to the German challenge in the
negotiations with the Russians at
Brest-Litovsk. It f ollowed closely and
approved the address of the British
premier, but was far more specific
in statement of terms, robbing of
force in advance any German peace
drive designed to confuse the Entente
and American governments and their
people while at the same time present
ing the foundation for genuine nego
tiations whenever the Central powers
are ready to talk of a just peace.
Fourteen Concrete Proposals.
Fourteen- concrete proposals laid
down by the President began with the
declaration that the days of private
international understandings are gone
and that covenants of peace must be
reached in the open. Briefly summar
ized the other points were
cent was declared payable to all of j 1-2, and first sold separately at $1,450'
the stockholders of record as of Jan
uary 2th, PJ18, said dividend to be
payable on or before January 15th.
The total resources of the bank are
$323,25-5.08.
Planters Bank & Trust Co.
The stockholders of the Planters
Bank & Trust Cc. met in the bank
Miss Mary Snead, who underwent
i itt.nn j.- , ' ' ! -"'""t u'iuci
nu rwuu, iwpecuveiy, and men som ( an operation for gallstones at tbt
rf wiwr. ih ioi is in ieei aeep.i Cumberland general hoafcital, Fayeit
Mr. Jennings already owned the bal- viUe, seven weeks ago, has returned
ante of the lot to Mr. Sanderson's to the home of her brother-in-law and
st0- . sister, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Varser, here.
onAV? ?ext Pr&Per,Ty sold v'as 5 lots,! Miss Snead's condition is somewhat
20x90 feet, extending 100 feet from J improved.
the corner. Fourth street. These were M r w n w,.ir , u:-i.
nSSf6!, m?rning- RfPorts sold as follow: corner lot, R. H. spent Tuesday here on business. Mr
of che ofuciiiis showing general bus-' Cnchton, $1,750; second lot, R. H. Wheeler dmd a emtmt with Mr
Crichton, $1 500; third, Robesonian. H. M. McAllister, general agent fot.
$1,0.0; fourth, F.P. Gray ,$1,000; fifth, the Jefferson Standard Life Insur-
Arrangements Made for Opening
High School as Well as Elemen
tary Grades Several Lumber-
ton Ladies Volunteered Services
and Will Finds a Way An
nouncement That High School
Would Not be Opened Aroused
the Folks. :
nit i
mess oi tne last year were very sat
isfactory to the stockholders. The re
port of the treasurer showed that the R. H. Criehton. $1,000. These f ive ance Co., and will live in V .vttev Pie
deposits had increased SI per -cent dui -j lots sold for $0,320. Terms of one- doing special work in Cumberland and
iug nit m&t year, xne uepohits ai ire i loui tn easn anu vne r.aiance in deter-1 Hoke counties.
ciose oi tne year amounted to more
than $200,000.
The following board of directors
The Lumberton high school as well
as the elementary grades will open
for the spring term Tuesday of next
week, January 15. Sunt. R. E. Sen
telle authorized The Robesonian to
make that definite statement today.
The announcement inMonday's Rob
esonian that the high school would
not be able to resume next Tuesday
on account of the resignation of three
teachers and the inability of Supt.
Sentelle to secure teachers to take
their places aroused patrons tf the
school and they were determined not
to let the high school be closed. Mes
dames H. T. Pope. Alf. H. McLeod
and Von Glahn Wishart, Misses Janie
Carlvle and Lillian Proctor volunteer
ed their services, and the services of
some of these will be accepted. Prof.
R. H. Taylor, principal, who had ten
dered his resignation, has agreed to
come back for a while and may stay
out the spring term. Miss May Sea
bolt, teacher of Latin and French, will
return, and Supt. Sentelle may take
charge of some classes temporarily.
It was reported about town after
Monday's paper appeared with the
statement that Prof. R. H. Taylor and
Prof. Carl Nye had resigned that
these teachers expected to return.
When this report was called to the at
tention of Supt. Sentelle at The Rob
esonian office this morning he ex
hibited a letter from Mr. Nye, dated
December 21 last, and a letter from
Mr. Taylor, dated January 3, in each
of which the writer offered his res
ignation and gave his reasons for so
doing. That ought to serve to con
tradict this report.
The school board has given Miss
Carrie Mae Hedgpeth the privilege of
teaching music in connection with the
school. It is understood that Miss
Agnes McLean, who was the only mus
ic teacher during the fall term, has
had more applicants than she could
accommodate.
Jurors for January Criminal and
February Civil Court.
At the meeting of the county com
missioners Monday jurors were drawn
to serve at the 2-weeks' term of Rob
eson Superior court which will con
vene Monday, January 28. The first
week will be criminal court and the
second week civil court.
List of jurors drawn for one week's
term of criminal court, beginning Jan
uary 28th:' W. T. Stanton, J. T. Biggs,
E. K. Atkinson, J. R. Lawson, E. G.
Floyd, W. C. Thompson, S. P. Alford,
W. M. Kincaid, E. W. Stanton, T. T.
Walters, W. F. Townsend, N. A. Mc
Cormick, Irvin Barfield, D, A. Pitman,
C. B. Andrews, C. E. Inman, H. C.
Jones. T. M. Parsons, J. H. Townsend,
H. G. Pope, N. S. Martin, T. C. Evans,
W. H. Humphrey, L. C. Myers, J. H.
Pitman, W. W. IVJc Arthur, N. P. Mc
Arthur, C. C. Baxley; J. R. Prevatt,
UJ. A. Coley, J. A. Stone, Robert Inman,
W. E. McConneaughey, W. B. Ham
monds, A. B. Lewis, Herman Britt,
Frank Byrd, Richardson Britt, David
E. Davis, M. F. Caldwell.
Second week List of jurors drawn
for one week's term of civil court be
ginning Monday, February 4th: W. W.
Singletary, P. B. Phillips, J. K. At
kinson, A. F. Ivey, D. H. Sealy, L. T.
Grantham, Leon Edge, P. A. Trout
man, O. J. Williams, W. H. Bullard,
S. D. Strain, J. D. Barfield, J. H. Tur
ner, D. R. Rhodes, H. S. Branch, W.
D. Johnson, Alfred Collins, J. M. But
ler, F. F. Hayes, Leander Evers.
Absolute freedom of the seas in
peace by international action; remov-!
al of economic barriers among nations
associating themselves to maintain
peace; guarantees of the reduction
of armaments to the lowest point con-
iaten"wifch domestic safety; impar
tial adjustment of colonial claims, bas
ed upon the principle that the peoples
concerned have equal rights with the
governments; evacuation of all Rus
sian territory and opportunity for
Russia's political development; evac
uation of Belgium; evacuation of
French territory and righting of the
Alsace-Lorraine wrong; readjustment
of Italy's frontiers along recognizable
lines of nationality; free opportunity
for autonomous development of the
peonies of Austria-Hungary; evacu
ation of Rumania, Serbia and Monte
negro and guarantees for ail the Bal
kan states; sovereignty for Turkey's
portion of the Ottoman empire and au
tonomy for other nationalities; an in
dependent Poland with access to ihe
sea; and general association of na
tions for mutual guarantees of inde
pendence and territorial integrity to
large and small states alike.
Sympathy for Bolsheviki.
A notable feature of the address!
red payments were offered on these
10
Important Sales of Real Estate.
Two important sales of real estate
were advertised in The Robesonian
Monday and are advertised in the pa
per again today. On Saturday of this
week, January 12, a part of the Mar
tin Mnnroe estate, 483 acres, subdi
vided into small farms, will be sold
was the sympathetic attitude of the
President toward the Russian repre
sentatives who dealt with the Ger
mans at the peace conference the
Bolsheviki, often execrated for their
defection for the Entente and for per
mitting themselves to be drawn into
the Teutonic peace trap. The Rus
sians, he said, presenting a perfectly
clear statement of the principles up
on which they would be willing to con
clude peace, were sincere and m ear
nest and when they found that, the ac
tual German terms of settlement
came from the military leaders who
had no thought but to keep what thev
had taken, the negotiations were brok-
en on.
Upon the questions of whether the
Russians and the world are to listen
to the military and imperialistic mi
nority which so far has dominated the
Teutonic policy, or to the liberal lead
ers and parties who speak the spirit
and intentions of the resolutions
adopted by the German Reichstag last
July, the President declared, must de
pend the peace of the world. This
was in line with his previous declara
tion that the word of the present rul
ers of Germany could not be taken
for anything worth while, but he took
care to disclaim any intention to sug
gest a change in iierman institutions
Expressed Nation's Views.
Everywhere in Washington it was
agreed that the President had made a
great address and had given ex ores
sion to the views of the American peo
ple as a whole. The difference of
opinion as to whether it was a peace
or a war speech. Some members of
was elected: R. R. Barnes, Jack Mc
Girt, E. L. Odum, L. E. Tyner, H. E.
Stacy, W. M. Bridgers, W. A. War
wick, T. A. McNeill, Sr., R. O. Pitt
man, D. C. Regan, G. L. Thompson,
D. D. King, J. L. Townsend, D. J. Oli
ver, Seth L. Smith, K. M. Barnes, Dr.
N. A. Thompson, R. C. Lawrence, S.
P. McNair, D. H. Britt, Sr.
At a meeting of the directors, hild
immediately after the stockholders'
meeting, the following officers were
elected: president, Dr. N. A. Thomp
son, succeeding C. B. Townsend, who
$ent in his resignation; vice presi
dents', R. R. Barnes and T. A. Mc
Neill, Sr.; treasurer, K. M. Barnes;
assistant treasurer and secretary, G.
E. Rancke, Jr.; trust officer, Geo. L.
Thompson.
First National Bank.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank
was held in its banking rooms on Tues
day at 11 o'clock.
The ' president's report showed that
the business of the bank had increas
ed about one hundred per cent dur
ing the last twelve months, and that
the year just closed was one of the
most successful in the bank's history, j
Prior to the meeting of the stock
holders, the board of directors met
and the usual semi-annual dividend of
5 per cent was declared. The stock
holders elected the following board of
directors to serve for the ensuing
year: J. A. McAllister, Jno. W. Ward,
C. T. Pate, T. L. Johnson, R. E. Lewis,
R. McA. Nixon, H. M. McAllister.
The president s report also showed
Dr. R. M. Lancaster has recently
opened up an offk at Lumber Bridev
lf fifwint; w aAl for the practice of medicine. Dr. Lan-
Deese sales stahles. wa hrmio-ht hv Faste.r Is .a nat!ve of Lumber Bndga,
si i hilt hurt 1 r-' ,i Iwat nr at Trl
On the north side of Fourth, a va-
Mr. Owen C. Deese for $3,550. It was
first sold as two lots and then sold
as a whole, the sale as a whole bring
ing the higher price.
Other property helonging to the
Edmund estate was sold yesterday
at auction also, as follows; half -acre
vacant lot near Dresden cotton mills.
to Mr. Joe Freeman, for $4G.: 500
but had been located at Dobson for
several years. He and Mr. C. P. Dnaa
of Lumber Bridge were Lumbertoa
visitors Monday afternoon.
Mr. W.S. Britt returned home fast
night from Rock Hill, S. C, where ho
spent some time with Ms. Britt, wh
is sick in the Fenuell infirir.ary at
Rock Hill. Mrs. Britt's condition was
acres in Juniper bay, near Proctor-1 unimproved when he left, bhe wa
ville, to Mr. Alex Phillips, for $500. tak.en slck sonie fur weeks ago, while
Sale ot the Edmund property is to I visiting relatives ai is.ers.iaw, s. .
be confirmed by the bank
Mr". D. A. Bodenheimer, an auction
eer of Greensboro, auctioned the lots
for Mr. Bethune.
that the deposits of the bank had been
around half a million dollars for sev
eral weeks, and that the general con
dition of the bank was the best in its
history.
"White Slavery" Charge Against
Man Arrested at Maxton.
J. H. Bradshaw, who gives Chester,
S. C, as his home, was arrested at
Maxton Monday on the charge of at
tempting to beat his board bill and
the woman whom he registered at a
hotel there Saturday as his wife told
a story which landed him in jail to
answer the charge of "white slavery"
before the Federal court. He is charg
ed with taking Miss Minnie Hargett
of Anson county through South Caro
lina, Georgia and Alabama and back
to North Carolina in violation of the
law. Bradshaw is 37 years old and
the woman 20. He was taken to Wil
mington Tuesday and yesterday in the
Federal court the case was transfer
red to the Laurinburg court for trial
in March. Bradshaw, who, it is said,
has practically confessed his guilt, is
to give $500 bail or remain in jail at
Wilmington.
One of Best Years iris History of
Bank of Fairmont.
Special to The Robesonian.
Fairmont, Jan. 10 The annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Bank of
Fairmont was held yesterday after
noon. The old board of directors was
unanimously re-elected, as follows:
Dr. J. P. Brown, A. S. Thompson, F.
L. Blue, A. J. Floyd, N. W. Jenkins,
R. O. Pitman and J. D. McLean.
In his report to the stockholders the
cashier stated that the last year had
been one of the best in the history of
the bank. A 10 per cent dividend was
paid to the stockholders and a hand
some sum was carried to the surplus
fund. The cashier stated also that
the bank was entering upon the new
year with the brightest prospects in
its history. Deposits at the close of
the year totaled $200,000.
Immediately after stockholders'
meeting the directors met and re
elected the old officers. These are:
president, Dr. J. P. Brown; vice pres
ident, A. S. Thompson; cashier, F. L.
Blue.
People's Bank & Trust Co. Has
Made Fine Record.
Special to The Robesonian.
Fairmont, Jan. 9 The annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the People's
Bank & Trust Co. of Fairmont was
held Tuesday and the following offi
cers were elected: president, D. C.
Fussell; vice president, H. G. Stubbs;
cashier, W. F. Bristow. The follow
ing board of directors was elected:
D. C. Fussell, H. G. Stubbs C. A.
Floyd, W. T. Sledge, A. N. Mitchell.
This bank is only 6 months old, but
has enjoyed a splendid growth. De
posits now total $92,000. The capital
is $10,000.. The report of the cash
ier showed a net profit for the six
months of $672.76.
This land lies along the Maxton, Alma
& Southbound railroad, near MidwayJ both houses of Congress professed to
New High Record for Cotton.
Cotton made a new high record yes
terday when spots reached 33.30 on
the New York exchange. Middling
is selling on the local market today
for 30 5-16 cents the pound.
church, about 8 miles from Maxton
and Rowland. On Monday of next
week, January 14, 220 acres of land
near the farm-life school at Philadel
phus will be sold in small tracts. Both
these sales will be conducted by the
Greensboro Realty & Auction Co. Mr.
G. B. McCallum, who is managing
these and other sales for the company,
was a Lumberton visitor yesterday,
an interested spectator at the auction
sale of lots here.
Among the Robesonians register
ed at the Lorraine hotel this week
vere Messrs J. W. and E. B. Ward of
Rowland, Jno. Pierce of Fairmont, J.
B. Evans of St. Paul, Hector Stephens
of Orrum.
believe that the Germans might find
the terms laid down acceptable as a
basis of negotiations and to hope that
a bona fide' offer might result.
In most quarters, however, there
was no such optimism, and the speech
was looked upon as a great war doc
ument clearing the atmosphere for
the governments and peoples fighting
Germany, heartening the disorganized
Russians and furnishing a light for
the German people themselves when
they want to see it.
The Psychological Moment.
In response to the universal query
as to the reasons which impelled the
Chief Executive to make his appear-
Continued on page 4
Mr. A. J. Holmes Purchases Jew
elry Business and Returns to
Lumberton to Live.
As forecast in Monday's Robeson
ian, Mr. A. j. noimes reiurnea xo
Lumberton Tuesday from Dunn and
has taken charge again of the jewelry
store in which he sold his interest 18
months ago to Messrs. Bell & Jor
danof Dunn. Mr. Holmes formerly
owned half interest in the store and
when he sold out he purchased an in
terest in the jewelry business of
Messrs. Bell & Jordan at Dunn. He
has now purchased the entire business
and will make Lumberton his home.
Mr. Holmes made many friends dur
ing his former residence in Lumber
ton who will be glad to learn that he
has returned to Lumberton to live
and has identified himself with the
business interests of the town.
Miss Ruth James of Clinton has
accepted a position in the Robeson
county health department. She be
gan work this morning.
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS
Bad weather continues to prevail on
most of the major battle fronts, but
nevertheless the heavy artillery duels
are proceeding and at several points
infantry attacks of small proportions
have been carried out.
The British hospital ship with
wounded aboard, was sunk by a sub
marine in the Bristol channel last Fri
day night. The injured were saved,
but there were three casualties among
the crew. The attack was made at 11
o'clock at night, although the ship
was carrying all the lights and mark
ings of a ship of mercy. The tor
pedo passed through the Red Cross
painted on the jide of the steamer.
In addition to their endeavor to
straighten out differences with the
Bolsheviki, the Teutonic allied repre
sentatives are declared to be negotiat
ing with the Ukrainians in an en
deavor to earn their good will.
Two raccoons that weighed 30
pounds each were recently caught
near Bellamy, according to Mr. Arel
m .smith ot that section, who was a
Lumberton visitor Monday. 'Coons of
some size.
Mr. W. K. Culbreth of R. 6 frora
Lumberton was among the visito. Lt
town yesterday. He and Mrs. Cul
breth and his sister, Mrs. Lucy Camp
bell of Blenheim, S. C, returned re
cently from Wakulla, Fla., whera
they spent two weeks at the home of
Mr. J. T. Culbreth, a brother of Mr.
Culberth and Mrs. Campbell.
Miss Ida McKenzie arrived home
Tuesday for Newport News, Va. .where
she had been visiting for some weeks
at the home of her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. McKenzie.
She was called home on account of the
illness of her mother, Mrs. M. G. Mc
Kenzie, who has been sick for sev
eral days at their home on Elm street.
Mr. Jno. S. Hoiman, manager of
the Lorraine hotel.reports 5, full house
Tuesday night. Business has been
good at the hotel since the traveling
men are getting back on the road af- ,
ter the holidays. This reporter has
heard numerous remarks by traveling
men recently commending the man
ner in which Mr. Hoiman is conduct
ing the hotel.
Mr. Spurgeon Jones of R. 1 from
Lumberton was among the callers at
The Robesonian office Monday after
noon. Mr. Jones is one of Robeson's
progressive farmers, who lives at
home. He killed one pig he called it
a pig recently that tipped the scales
at 393 pounds after it had been dress
ed. Mr. Jones has already killed
around 2,000 pounds of pork this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Weinstein and
infant daughter, Pearline, were
guests at the home of Mr. Wein
stein's father, Mr. S. Weinstein, Tues
day and yesterday. They came to
Lumberton Tuesday from Fairmont,
where they had been making their
home, and left last evening for
Dewitt, Ark., where Mrs. Weinsteis's
mother, Mrs. L. Riff, lives and where
Mr. Weinstein will go into business.
Mrs. Neal Jones and small chil
dren, Caroline and Neal Jr., who live
near Hope Mills; Mrs. R. H. raham
and infant son, R. H. Jr., who live
near Fayetteville ; and Mr. Ernest
Breece of Fayetteville, home on a fur
lough from Camp Sevier, Greenville,
S. C., spent the day yesterday at the
home of Miss Josephine Breece, East
Fifth street, who is an aunt of Mes
dames Jones and Graham and Mr.
Breece.
Mr. Wade Wishart of Lumberton
had a perfect right to be mad Monday
when he learned that a package of
fresh country sausage, pudding, etc.,
which a friend had shipped him by
parcel post, had been opened when it
reached the local postoffice and all he
"freshlings" taken except one small
pork ham. The package was insured,
but Mr. Wishart doesn't like the idea
of missing all that good eat in'; and
who could blame him?
It is bad business to allow your
fingers to get near the moHth of
some mules. At least that's what
Will O. Thompson, colored, who lives
on R. 3 from Lumberton, thinks
about it. Thompson lost the
nail from one of his fingers
yesterday by allowing his finger to
get into the mouth of a wild mule.
While talking to the reporter about
the mule and the finger Thompson
said he did not suppose the loss of
the nail would have any effect on the
army exemption board.