THE ROBESONIAN
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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY. JANUARY 14, 1918
NUMBER 97
RED CROSS CHAP
TER ORGANIZED
i
Despite Stormy Weather Meeting
at Court House Friday Evening
Was Well Attended Mr. Bail-1
ey Failed to Come.
Despite blustery winds and clouds
that promised the downpour of rain
that came while the meeting was in j
process, a goodly number of people j
gathered at the court house Friday I
evening to organize a Red Cross chap-
or Mr. J. W. Bailey of Raleigh, who
wa sconfidently expected to make the
speech of the evening and on whose
account the meeting had been post
poned for two or three weeks, found
upon reaching Selma Friday that the
Atlantic Coast Line train was so late
that he could not reach here in time,
and there was disappointment on that
account, but Mr. A. W. McLean, who
presided, splendidly made up for the
absence of Mr. Bailey in an earnest
anneal for the Red Cross, and several
others responded to the invitation to
speak by making appropriate remarks.
Officers for the chapter were elect
ed as follows: president, Mr. A. E.
White; vice president, Mrs. K. U.
Caldwell; secretary, Mrs. N.A. Thomp
son; treasurer, Mr. Junius J. Goodwin;
executive committee the above-named
officers, members ex officio, and
Mesdames H. M. McAllister and E. L.
Holloway, Messrs. A. W. McLean, W.
H. Humphrey, Stephen Mclntyre, J.
A. Sharpe.
The executive committee will meet
at an early date and complete the list
of persons to be named as members
of the various committees, except the
executive committee, whicn is com
plete, and transact any other business
that may come before it.
In calling the meeting to order Mr.
A. W. McLean, who launched the
movement for the organization of the
chapter and to whose splendid efforts
the success of the meeting was a tri
bute, stated that he had been author
ized bv the official in charge of South
ern headquarters of the Red Cross at
Atlanta to organize a chapter with
Lumberton as headquarters and tak
ing inMarietta .Barnesville JProctorville,
Orrum, Lowe and their vicinities. He
read the formal authorization in which
he was named as temporary chairman
and Mr. J. J. Goodwin was named as
tptrmnmrv spcrefcarv: and Mr. Mc
lean paid a deserved tribute to Mr I
Goodwin's faithful and tireless work
in securing members and working up
interest.
A wild storm was raging outside
and after these preliminaries and ex
planation of the absence of Mr. Bailey,
Mr. McLean had barely launched into
a brief speech about the Red Cross
when the lights went out and the
house was left in total darkness. The
darkness did not bother Mr. McLean
or the audience, but it put the report
er's pencil out of service. A light was
finally secured, suiiicient to aisimg
HEAR GOVERNOR BICKETT
Men and women from each section of Robeson county are in
vited to come to Lumberton Saturday, Januarv 19th, to hear the
WAR ADDRESS to be delivered by Governor Bickett. It is speci
ally urged that all ministers, teachers, Confederate veterans and
representative citizens from each section be present.
I also request and urge that all places of business in Lumber
ton be closed on that day from 10:30 a. m. until the close of the
address.
Let us see to it that the Governor delivers his message to the
heart and thought of the county and let us show our patriotism by
halting our business affairs while the address is being delivered.
I hope and trust that all our citizens and all thinking people
will avail themselves of the opportunity and will hear and heed
the message of our distinguished executive.
JAMES D. PROCTOR, Mayor.
MO RELIEF FOR 60 DAYS GLENNWOOD GLEANINGS . BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS
Thdfce is Still Large Deficiency of School Reopens With Renewed In-
Cpal and Shortage Will be Felt
Most Seriously This Month and
Kext No Favors Will beShown
in Distribution.
terest Giving Pupils Medical
Examination Social and Personal.
FIERCE WIND STORM
This Section Visited by Worst in
Years Friday Night But Little
Damage Was Done Town in
Darkness for Several Hours.
REPORT ON RED CROSSWORK
Appropriations Total About $75,
i Correspondence of The Robesonian.
I Glennwood (Pembroke. R 1 i .T:m
A Washington dispatch of the 10th 12 On account of the severe weather
stated that A. H. Smith, assistant in the Glennwood school did not reopen
charge of transportation on Eastern U:itl1 Ja?uar.v. 7h- Jh school is
ii.lL u j t T 7 progressing nicely and all of the pu-
lmes, had informed Director-General j,ils, with the teachers, are interested
McAdoo that the railroad situation in their work for the New Year. An-
!had improved under government reg- nie aml Barny Wiggins, Worth Cul
! ulation sufficients r, rontoo . bretJ? an? Edison Lewis are among the
l (T - VJ UU1 Villi 1
i there would be no further famine this
winter. A Washington dispatch of the
11th, however, states that even some
plants making munitions and other
war materials mav have to curtail
fuel consumption H urine tho npvt Km I ixn
""J'i wcii mug uei;j jiven oy 1 Mrs M
pupils who have entered school for the
spring term.
i Mr. Edwin White, who has been
working for the past few months in
I Switzer, W. Va., is spending a while
! at the home of his father, Mr. R. M.
A 10-year-old horse belonging to
Dr. H. T. Pope died Saturday niirht of
colic.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Edward I'. Fisher and
Ethel Byrd.
The Y. W. A. meets Tuesday night
at the First Baptist church. A larg
attendance is desired.
Mr. Williamson Beasley of Apex
has accepted B position as salesman
in the Pope drug store.
Mr. J. G. Btmdy and family mov
ed last week from R. 2 from Red
Springs to near Pope's Crossing.
The condition of Mrs. .. ('. Max
well, who underwent an operation at
the Rex hospital, Raleigh, Wednesday
of last week, is reported as favorable,
i Mrs. Lillie Langdon lift this
morning for Wilmington, where she
lucuiuciauxuiiaavriuwu j 4. . i i , ,
i mm- assuring um ; vj-. anA irk. uiil 1,.Vu;il Imh
From 500,000 to $22,000,000. 2? effort would be made ; received a letter from thTh r son. Ca?
t mouiuuw; L':e ava u ui suooiv ot ...i.: i... 1 a i .1 . 1 1 .... . .
AnDroDriations afrerejratintr annrox- coal whp mnt , L w"' emisteu m me ar- uasaaie ana wmte rona, near Man-
xx x OD Z5 o X x j ' u 11 vvv,u uiiu 1. 1 j :
will undergo an operation at the James
H. McNeill has returned ! Walker Memorial hospital for ade-
noms and tonsils.
Rev. P. T. Britt of Bolivia pass
ed through town Friday en route to
One of the worst wind storms that imately $75,000,000 had been author
has visited this section in years blew ized by the Red Cross war council
pacrtically all night Friday night. since its creation May 10, last, up to
While no serious damage was report- December 28, the council reported
ed in town, a chimney at the home of Thursday night in a statement giving
Mr. C. V. Brown, North Elm street, the condition of its finances. Of this
was Diown on aown to me rooi a A nnr. . . ,
number of trees were blown down, sum $0,000,000 actually had been ex-,
telephone lines were blown down and pended while collections from the hun-
the town was in darkness for several dred million dollar war fund subscrip-
hours. tions have amounted to about $97,-
Durine the first nart of the nierhi. 000,000. Officials estimate that at
the wind was accompanied by a down- least another $6,000,000 will be col
pour of rain and it thundered and lected from war fund subscriptions,
lightened like summer time. and some $3,000,000 of this fund re
As a result of a pipe becoming tained by certain chapters on account
clogged at Mr. A. Weinstein's store, of the 25 per cent which each chapter
water backed into the store and dam- was to receive for local war relief
aged his goods around $200. work will bring the total of the fund
The light first went off at 8:45 as to about $106,000,000 less about $13,-
a result of air dampness which caus- 000,000 additional for war relief fund
ed the machinery at Bluet Falls to of local chapters and an estimated
sweat and burned the bushings out of sum of $1,300,000 to be paid to chap-
the transformers. Mr. Geo. L. Mc- ters out of the fund yet to be collect-
Neill, superintendent of the local light ed, leaving available for expenditures
and water plant, fired up down at the out of the war fund about $88,000,000.
local plant, but found that his machin- The total amount appropriatetd for
ery also had sweated and he did not Red Cross work in France is about
start the motor, fearing that he would ?a ' ,uuu,uuu.
have the same trouble that occurred Ine Ked Cross membership has m-
at the Bluet Falls plant. Mr. McNeill creased from less than 500,000 last
also cut off the water for the purpose May to an estimated total of 22,000,-
of preserving what was in the tank while in the same period the mrm-
to be used in case of a lire. ber of chapters has increased from
After the trouble at Bluett Falls some 555 to about 15,000. In addition
had been remedied the line fell across to these chapters the Red Cross is
the railroad near the Lumberton cot- working through operating commis-
ton mills and this cut off the current sions in France, England, Italy, Ser-
for several hours. The lights came on bia, .Russia and Roumania.
at 1:10 a. m
partiality would be shown any section. . n Svawn
He is
XJVu " 1 " T ,00'"uV'u"Vons sn naKe ! Miss Blanch White, who is in school
-JJf-T., .1 m e.uJ' at Rowland, is expected home Satur
iir. anu lvirs. ,ionn u. mcacUI, nave I1CW 1U!-S ai"
unoergomg. Demands are flooding the i been visiting their grandparents, Mr. coat of paint
fuel administration from municipal-1 and Mrs. F. R. McNeill. i Holman, man
it-ies, out- no locality can De
Slight damage was reported from U. B. C. PREPARING FOR
various sections of the country. The f,, AKm ttpdamo
rionness Tabernacle, colored, m the wvbvb. u v xy x xumui o
Meadows, a few miles north-east of
town, was blown off the blocks and
? new house not quite completed, be- Dinner Will be Served at Court
longing 10 mr. iasnweii uean, near
Center church, was blown down. A House,
number of foHHpr st.ncVs wprp Klnwn
down in the emmtrv nnrl the -fwiriar Correspondence of The Robesonian.
. . " iv,"" mi.. T i 1 i f TT TA -I
oe ivooesun ciiapter oi u. u. j.
join the veterans of Camp Willis
mp township the kitch- f Pe ana ?ne citizens oi tne town
in joining the house of Timothy Hunt. m preparation ior tne nospitabie en
Indian, vas blown off the blocks, mov- tertainment and gracious welcome to
ed about 3 yards, and torn up consid- SJF, distinguished guests, Governor
rablv At the home of Tim fitnVV. Bickett. and Confederate veterans on
ficially recognized by the government,! iand in(jiaa, who lives on Mr Will Lee-Jackson day, Saturday, Jan. 19th.
and sind that inWashington some time j Carlvle's nlace a shelter was blown Tne president urges that the entire
down and a one-horse wagon and a membership of the chapter attend tne
buggy torn up. Timothy Hunt, who exercises, all dinner committees being
reported the damage at his and Strick- the, curt hcJusc ?t 10 o clock that
land's homes. saiH he hnrl heprrl nf the tables may be laid and preparation
several stalls being blown down at a,s far as possible completed before
otner places m the township.
ecta, to fill his appointments.
pastor of these churches.
Mr. Maston Britt of R. 1 from
Abbottsbnrg was a Lumberton visitor
sold his
arch and
It.. i a m m
uays anu witnm tnat time tne sit-; Mrs. Augusta Wiggins and family r Vt5!' ncF f
uation may grow much worse than it j have recently moved into this com- lch(: Slate of, M,'cniuan arrived here,
xw, uing tu ul. udmeiu. , munity and are located near MossNeck . , ' T V V, Vt V"
"Every one must conserve and cur-1 church : tne Lorraine note!. Mr. McGeorge
he use of coal " he declared.l Mr. Thomas Culbreth has resigned i c,afme to on expe-
While war plants and public utilities ; his positi0n with the Breece Co at 1 dltlon-Uf-i
i llVe,i amon industries it Pembroke and has gone to Badin.l The appearance of the writing
is likely that they, too, will feel I the where he has accepted a position i room at the Lorraine hotel has been
BUXch. It is distressing to be obliged i James and Lois McNeill, sons of eatly improved by the addition of
to witness the hardships the people are j Mr. an(i Mrs. John T) McNeill hv new rugs and druggets and a fresh
i .... 1 . M . . a a a 1 n m -r tr
nt to tne noor. mr. jno. t.
anager of the hotel, has al-
Sovoml nf tlio imnnir v, ; so nlaced a sunnlv of fni tm ancf
v j. , , ,. K.im vx nit. uun(; irejiuc ui luc . . rw-m
shown preference and coal will be dis- j community attended a party given at palms in the room,
tributed equitably with no favors! the Cook hotel in Pembroke last Wed- Mr. M. A. Odum passed through
i 1 r , , A o.vxu io nesaay evening. town yesterday en route to Littleton.
iviiss vonnie omitn will entertain a where he has accepted a position as
few of her friends on Monday evening bookkeeper for the Littleton Feed &
at the home of her parents, Mr. and Grocery Co. Mr. Odum had been
Mrs. W. P. Smith. , working at Wagram for some time-
Miss Glennie Graham and Mr. J. M. He was accompanied by Mrs. Odum,
Hall, teachers of the Glennwood ! who stopped at St. Paul to visit rela
school, have been giving the medical I tives.
...... , .. 4. 4.1 : i . j .1 . i
ca-.u imiiuu w tne pupns xor tne past Tf vml tip tht a street. lirht
is not burning when it should be, no
tify Mr. Geo. L. McNeill, superintend
ent of che light and powe, plant, and
he will ha e the matter attended to.
Mr. McNeill says often it is some time
before, he discovers that somethi lg is
wrong with a light in the outssirts
of the town.
As a result of the feed
line from the plant of the
Yadkin River Power Co. to the
Lumberton and Dresden cotton mills
being blown down near the mills dur
ing the storm Friday night, neither of
the mills has been operated since. A
force of hands has been working on
the line since the storm and it is
almost wholly to railroad congestion.
SEVERE PENALTIES
FOR HOARDING FOOD
- 1- 1 1 , ,,,- 4-n ri M Vltflfi AT 1
uisn me speais.ei, uul tai.iS scattered and injured by the rain.
Mr. McLean's speech and the remarks In Back Swamp Township.
01 others was practically out oi me i jn Back Swa
question
Mr. McLean told something of the
great work of the Red Cross, which is
the onlv relief organization that is ox
as-o he had been embarrassed when he
had to admit,in reply to a question, that
Lumberton had no chapter. He told
of how Red Cross nurses are always
to be found as ministering angels
where there is suffering and distress,
and brought home to all the need of
supporting this great organizations
with their means and their labor, ev
en from a selfish standpoint, for
young men who have been familiar
figures on the streets of Lumberton
and elsewhere in the county have gone
or will go "over there" and. it may
come to pass that a Red Cross nurse
shall smooth the dying pillow of even
some of these.
Following the regular plan of or
ganization, Mr. McLean appointed a
committee to nominate officers and
executive committee. The comittee
was composed of Messrs. R. D. Cald
well, W. I. Linkhaw, H. E. Stacy, R.
H. Crichton and J. J. Goodwin. The
report of the committee was adopted
in the selection of the officers and ex
ecutive committee named above.
While this committee was deliberat
ing, Mr. McLean called on several in
the audience for sneeches. Rev. H. A.
Grantham, Mr. T. L. Johnson, Rev. L
P. Hedgpeth. Rev. R. A. Hedgpeth,
.fas D. Proctor, and Rev. Dr.
C. L. Greaves responded in the order
named, each making remarks appro
priate to the occasion.
After the committee returned Mr.
R. D. Caldwell spoke in most compli
mentary terms of the work of the Na
tional Special Aid society, which dis
banded recently to merge into the Red
Cross, and made a motion, which was
unanimously adopted, that the meet
ing go on record as publicly express
ing its appreciation of the work of
these ladies. Upon taking the chair
after his election as president Mr. A.
E. White also paid tribute to the work
of the ladies of the National Aid.
Lumberton Red Cross chapter starts
out with a membership of 386. It is
hnned that, the membership will be in
creased to several times that number.
The dues for subscribing members
are $2, if you want the Red Cross
magazine, but you can join for $1 a
year without the magazine.
GOV. BICKETT WILL SPEAK
IN LUMBERTON SATURDAY
Only Address on the War He Will
Deliver in Robeson Hear the
Governor and Honor the Vete-
the hour for the Governor's address
The ladies contributing dinner will
please send the contributions to the
court house by 10 o'clock Saturday
morning.
Where it is inconvenient to send the
dinner, transportation will be provided.
Merchants Are Warned Not to Sell
Customers Larger Quantities of
Foodstuffs Than Their Reason
able Requirements.
Mr. II. E. Stacy, food administrator
ior Robeson county, says he has been
informed that a large number of peo-
-gbemte trying to-pure base iarge quan-1
titles of flour and other food stuffs ,
larger quantities than their reasonable
requirements. The food-control law
describes hoarding as any quantitiy of
food stuffs above "reasonable require
ments for a reasonable length of
time," and a fine of $5,000 or 2 years'
imprisonment, or both, are punish
ments prescribed for violations, to
gether with confiscation of the goods
hoarded. Naturally the goods confis
cated will not be paid for.
Mr. Stacj' suggests that from 30 to
40 days' supply of staple food com
modities might well be regarded as a
reasonable amount. He asks the co
operation of merchants and asks Thfe
Robesonian to warn them that any
merchant who sells execessive
amounts of food stuffs with knowledge
that they are in excess of the require
ments of the purchaser for a reas
onable length of time is aiding and
abetting the violator of the law and
makes himself liable.
"few r?Q7C 1 1 ic infflvocfinrp f-w
that only a small per cent of the pu
pils are found to have defects.
Miss Ella Duncan has returned to
Red Springs to resume her studies in
the graded school.
NITRATE OF SODA
Cold Wave Broken Coldest in Parts
of Country Since 1899.
The coldest weather experienced in
the United States since 1899 extended
rans. - Saturday night from the Rocky raoun-
, , , tains to the Atlantic coast and from
Indications are that a large crowd the lakes to the gulf according to a
will gather m Lumberton Saturday of Washington dispatch. Zero tempera
this week to hear Gov. T. W. Bickett tures were registered almost as far
speak. As has been stated m The south as Birmingham, Ala., while in
Robesonian, Gov. Bickett accepted an North Dakota the thermometer went
invitation extended him by Camp Wil- to 32 degrees below zero, and it was
lis H. Pope, Confederate veterans, to oniy i2 degrees higher in many parts
speak Saturday, the date for the an- Gf the Middle West. Higher temper
mi. metinS of the camp. atures were reported from all parts
The Governor will speak on the war of the country yesterday and the
the only address he will deliver in weather bureau at Washington an
the county on this absorbing subject nounced last night that the cold wave
anu uie people generally win ue js broken
anxious to hear him. He is easily one
of the best orators in the State and
a treat is in store for those who hear
him.
By coming to Lumberton Saturday
you will not only be taking advantage
of the opportunity of hearing an able
address by the Chief Executive of
the State, but will be paying tribute
to the remaining few heroes of the
sixties.
Mayor Jas. D. Proctor has asked
the business men of the town to close
their places of business from 10:30 a.
m. until after the address.
The thermometer at the local weath
er station, at the home of Mr. B. M.
Davis, yesterday morning was 10 de
grees above the low record for the
winter so far. It registered yester
day morning 14 above zero and this
morning 15 above. On December 29
the record here was 4 above zero and
on January 3 and 4 the thermometer
registered 5 degrees above.
Charged With Bigamy.
Ed C. MeShawa young white man,
vas arrested here Saturday afternoon
on a warrant issued at Wilmington
charging him with bigamy. It is al
leged that MeShaw has two wives, one
living in Wilmington, and another
near Audubon. Wilmington officials
were notified of his arrest, and a dep
Building Operations and Issue of Se
curities May be Regulated.
Regulation of the issue of practi
cally all private securities soon will
be proposed by the government. Leg
islation is being drafted by adminis
tration officials in conference with
members of Congress authorizing the
treasury to license each individual se
curity issue, and to refuse approval
to enterprises regarded as not essen
tial to the conduct of the war.
A preliminary step, now being con
sidered at the White House, is issu
ance of a proclamation calling on Gov
ernors and Legislatures of all States,
and county, city or other local officials
to cease making expenditures for pub
lic improvements not absolutely neces
sary and to refuse building or other
permits, so far as possible, to private
construction not contributing directly
to prosecution of the war.
The result of the government's un
dertaking would be far-reaching. Not
only bonds, stocks and other securities
of big corporations would be affected,
but building operations on a small
scale probably would feel the effect of
the tightening of capital. The gov
ernment would have a tight grip on
the securities market with power to
indicate into which ventures capital
should be placed and from which it
should be withheld until the war's end.
"Farmers Should Make Up Then
Orders Collectively and Determ
ine How Much is Wanted in Ev
ery Locality.
Evervbodv is interested now in ni
trate of soda, especially farmers, and j thought work can be resumed tonight.
The Robesonian is publishing all the! Both the graded and high schools
information it can get on its probable will open for the spring term tomor
distribution. Mr. A. T. McCallum of ; row at 8:45 a. m. As was stated in
Red Springs wrote Maj. Graham, j Thursday's Robes onian, the opening
State Commissioner of Agriculture, was postponed from Tuesday of last
concerning the purchase and distribu- i week for various reasor.s. Sunt. R.
tion of nitrate of soda from Chille ! E. Sentelle says the work will be con
by the Federal Department of Agri-j ducted in the same manner as before
culture for the use of farmers. Mr. ' Christinas and all pupils are asked to
C. R. Hudson, chief of farm demon- j take lunch with them in the morning.
stration work of the State Department r p jj philips recently had a
of Agriculture to whom the letter was jletter from his brother, Lieut. J. M.
referred by Maj. Graham, wrote Mr. phfflips, who is in the British army,
McCallum under date of January j j stating that he had been attached to f
that 'while arrangements have def- the aerial board stationed at London.
fSL?."13116 to, ms,e a PuJchase! Lieut. Phillips had one of his knees
of 100,000 tons, and while part of it hurt while fighting in the trenches
may be on the way here now, yet we i severai months ago and will return to
have no information as to details ! the front when he has finany recov
about handling it As soon as weered from the injury. He formerly
have something definite as to details j Hved in Robeson and is well known
we will write you
"In the meantime," Mr. Hudson
writes, "I would suggest that wherev
er farmers want to buy this salt that!
they come together and make up their
orders collectively, so that at the prop
ertime they can furnish information
as to just how much is wanted in any
locality so that shipments may be
made accordingly. My understanding
is that shipments will not be made
to any individual, except to those buy
ing it in very large quantities."
Wake County Negro failed on Charge i uty sheriff came after him yesterday
of Criminal Assault. j morning, returning with MeShaw to
At Raleigh Friday night a negro Wilmington yesterday.
entered the home oi Mr. w. l- rri ice,
shot Mr. Prince in the head with a Mr. M. J. Merritt, who underwent
nicfrtl and nasnulted Mrs. Prince. Sat-!an operation for appendicitis at the
urday Leroy Smith was arrested, iden-1 Thompson hospital the day after
tified by Mrs. Prince as her assailant,1 Christmas, was able to return home
and placed in jail. yesterday. .M J&SHtt
Fire, Company Called Out This
Morning.
The fire company was called out
this morning at 9:30 as the result of
a blaze at a residence belonging to
Mrs. J. M. Jones in the northern part
of town and occupied by a Mr. Page.
The fire was extinguished before the
fire company reached the scene and
but little damage was done. The fire
started under a brick hearth which
was floored with lumber, there being
only a small amount of dirt between
the bricks and the wood floor.
Fire Chief J. P. Townsend says it
is a dangerous thing to build a chim
ney with a "false hearth", as he terms
one made like the one where the fire
originated.
Residence of Mr. D. H. Britt, Near
Back Swamp Church, Burned.
Fire destroyed the residence of Mr.
D. H. Britt, near Back Swamp church,
yesterday about 9 a. m. Practically
all the furniture was also lost. When
the fire was discovered it had gained
such headway that efforts to extin
guish it were fruitless and it took he
roic work to save the barns and stalls
near by. The fire started in the kitch
en. It has not been learned whether
or not there was any insurance.
here.
Mr. T. L. Johnson, chairman of
the army exemption board in Robeson,
district No. 1, and Dr. W. A. McPhaul,
county health officer and a member
of the exemption board, left last eve
ning for Raleigh to attend a meeting
of the local exemption boards for the
State today. The meeting was called
by Gov. Bickett. Mr. Johnson will go
from Raleigh to Philadelphia, PaM
where he will spend a few days on bus
iness. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Britt, who were
married at Barnesville on the 27th
ult., returned Thursday night from a
bridal trip to Florida. They visited
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tampa,
St. Petersburg and other points in
Florida. They took several automobile
trips through the country in South
Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Britt will board
at the Lorraine hotel till spring, when
they will begin housekeeping in Mr.
Britt's residence, Second and Walnut
streets.
Mr. Ira Wilkins killed two wild
geese in a cornfield near his home at
Bellamy Saturday. The wing of one
of them, and that the smallest, meas
ured two and a half feet. There were
7 geese in the drove. These were the
first geese he ever killed, Mr. Wilkins
said, and he gave one of them to Mr.
T. A. McNeill, Jr., of Lumberton, who
arrived on the scene shortlv after the
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS slaughter. Mr. Wilkins and his small
,7. . t son were Lumberton visitors Saturday
Yielding to German insistence, Rus- ternoon
sia has withdrawn her demand for the T.. . .
transfer of the negotiations with the L Jr. jas. v.. miiiamson reiumeu
Army Officer Murdered 4 Men, Rob
bed Bank and Committed Suicide.
At Camp Funston, Kansas, Friday
night an army captain robbed the
camp bank, murdered 4 men with a
hatchet and seriously wounded a fifth
man. When the sole survivor of the
attack regained consciousness Satur
day and told of the crime, Capt. Lewis
B. Whistler committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head
with an army rifle. One of the men
murdered was C. Fuller Winters, pres
ident of the Federal Reserve bank cf
Kansas City, an intimate friend of
Whistler. With Whistler's body was
found a note, written to a woman,
reading as follows: "I have been think
ing of committing suicide for a long
time but have never had a good rea
son. Yesterday I went out and made
myself a good reason".
Mr. J. P. Wiggins of Maxton is a
Lumberton visitor today.
Mill Declares Quarterly Dividend
of 7 1-2 Per Cent.
The directors of the National Cot
ton Mill Co. held their annual quar
terly meeting in the office of the
company Thursday. A quarterly div- cal market today for 30
idend of 7 1-2 per cent was declared, pound
central powers to Stockholm and is
proceeding with separate peace discus
sions at Brest-Litovsk.
Winter has settled down in earnest
over all the important war fronts and
beyond artillery actions which are be
ing carried out over very limited sec
tions there has been little fighting
either in the west or east.
Cotton 30 Cents Today.
Middling cotton is selling on the lo-
cents the
last night from Sanford, where he
spent some time in charge of a motion
picture theatre owned by Mr. H. H.
Anderson of Lumberton, and today
goes back on the job as chief operator
at the Pastime theatre here, which is
good news to movie patrons, for Mr.
Williamson has no superior in hand
ling the films. The Pastime has in
stalled a new $400 simplex motor
driven machine and great improve
ment in the service may be expected.
A great French war picture will be
put on as a special feature Saturday of
this week.