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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUB IN ADVANCB VOL. XL VIII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 19V V- GOV. BICKETT SATURDAY He Will Deliver Address on World War at Annual Meeting of Camp Pope 6LOSE PLACES OF BUSINESS Only Address on Present War Governor Will Deliver in Rob eson He Wants Representa tive Crowd From All Over County Large Crowd Expected. The coming of Governor T. W.Bick PARKTON PARAGRAPHS A Runaway Marriage MuchMov ing Union Prayer Meeting Getting Ready for Community Fair Damage From Cold and MILLS HOLD ANNUAL NUMBER 96 Lumberton, Dresden and Jennings Cotton Mills Re-elect Officers and Declare Usual Dividends. BROAD RIDGE BREEZES ' SCHOOL BEGINSSPRINGTERM I Raise Food Stuffs or All Perish : Attendance Perhaps Better Than Together School Has Opened, Before Holidays SomeChanges Corn Club Boys Out to Break Record. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Annual meetings of the stockhold- MW1U1 OU1UC VlUlWU 111 I 1C1US v " ""..wxa ux uumuci Lull, n , . rm r, , Dresden and Jennings Cotton mill -i'" ivuufnmii. companies were held in their offices.! Broad Ridge (Lumberton, R. 4). TTM- i r. i. . . . ' I - - , LCI jiiim ana secona streets, vestert mv. J:m. ! h !'rmpr nf this uvf mn avn i i r , ... i c n s 1 1 .v ii ' " r T i , . . . . "- ciosea i me nonaavs and the work ' l- " Miwng me ouicni tu All the old officers were re-elected, j getting down to thinking this cold is progressing in a very s atiafactorv Th Robesonian office Tuesday. Mr as follows: I weather, as thev can't wnrW min-h ''.. 7. K y ' 1 !",uur- v,.. i . . u: , . - " ,. , , . . I ! r I -iti I I ' W I I 1 111 I Willie I 111 I III Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, Jan. 15 Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Jenkins arrived Thursday evening from their Southern bridal tour and in Faculty. Buch the graded and high schools opened Tuesday for the spring term. The attendance is as good as or bet ter than it v;:s before the schnnla All local banks will be closed Sat urday Lee-Jacksoa day. Mrs. M. G. MrKenzie contini very sick at her home, Kim street. Mrs. J. C. Maxwell returned Tuesday night from Raleigh, whm she underwent an operation at the Rex hospital. Her condition is very much improved. 1 ( IT f n I 11 M n mm -nr. ii. i.. nroa.iwen oi k. i T-om I nmnorrnri mill m&o.si a4 t 1 t . . .,..... : 1 1 i .1. icomcuL, iv. u. juo v.uih win ucgin us soon as ine I:al1nral1 r. vrc iA . ni- IT If. ; ,,.J.l .til VPOOrt 1 o-r-nnrl anrl oninuolJo 1 Ir """-" icoiuctn,, t.. y . to- weoHKl will permit. and are now at home wBh mS u5 ?eas.urer and enal manager, Fertilizer or no fertilizer, the far ESkff? wWo K r,!? llY,SflH-.B- Jennings; secretary and assist- mer must do his best to grow food- 'IZZ. ft ant treasurer, r . r. Uray. I stuits or we On Sunday afternoon, Japuary 6, The teachers Mr. Don Hasty, a retired soldier of Hoke county, made a social visit to our town, and committed highway rob bery by taking from the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stubbs their daugh ter, Miss Lillie. The J. H. F. left town in high gear, driven by one Mr ett to Lumberton Saturday of this Pierce of Cumberland county, and in week will no doubt draw a large crowd fey minutes landed in the town of starve tocrether. Parm- Dresden Mill president, R. D.Cald- j ers, don't get the money craze and well; vice president, A. W. McLean; ! plant money crops, as they have been treasurer and geneial manager, H. B. called cotton and tobacco and not Jennings; secretary and assistant treasurer, F. P. Gray. Jennings mill president and treas urer, H. B. Jennings; vice president, A. E. White; secretary and assistant treasurer, F. P. Gray. Mr. A. W. McLean was elected fin- I ancial agent for all the mills and Mr. wtxft win nu u"u """ " "ev- I t t , ,, , i ttiiuai aucnu iui uii ine onus anu ivir. of people from all sections of the Raeford, where the young couple C jj. Boyd was elected general sup- county. AS nas oeen staueu in ine ; , v , Robesonian, the Governor will speak on the war the only war address he will make in Robeson at 11 a. m. He will speak at the court house. Saturday Lee-Jackson day is the date for the annual meeting of Camp "Willis H. Pope, Confederate veterans, and it was at the invitation of the camp that Gov. Bickett agreed to come to Lumberton. Mayor Jas. D. Proctor and Messrs. R. D. Caldwell and A. W. McLean have been appointed a committee on arrangement for the occasion. The Governor is expected to arrive on the Seaboard at 9:46 Friday evening and will be entertained while here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mc Intyre, Walnut street. Members of the camp are request ed to meet at the court house at 10 o'clock Saturday morrnng. The Rob eson chapter U. D. C. will serve din ner to the veterans. The East Lumberton band will fur nish music for the occasion. Mayor Proctor requests all places of business in town to close Saturday from 10:30 a. m. until the close of the address. FACTORIES MUST CLOSE 5 DAYS TO SAVE FUEL'l Order Effective Tomorrow Bus iness Houses Generally to Ob serve Monday as Holiday for Next 10 Weeks Sweeping Or der as Desperate Remedy for Fuel Crisis. America's prises with manufacturing enter few exceptions in all States east of the Mississippi river, were ordered by tne government last night to suspend operations for five lays beginning Friday morning as a drastic measure for relieving the fuel famine to a 'phone message received from the bride by her parents. This make:, only five members of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stubbs' family that have mar ried within the last seven months two sons and three daughters. Let us hear from some other town if they can beat this. Private J. H. Stubbs with his bride enjoyed a brief furlough with home folks and left for Camp Sevier, Green ville, S. C, Sunday evening, Mrs. Stubbs stopping off at Johns to Visit her sister-in-law Mrs. Ang. McLau- nn. Mrs. McLaurin was also a visi to to home folks and returned Sun day evening. Rev. W. L. Maness, pastor of the M. E. church, has purchased a car and has succeeded in operating it to and from his appointments. We regret to learn that Mr. Neill McNeill, one of our town's most be loved veterans and citizens, who has been in feeble health for several months, was taken to the Highsmith hospital Saturday afternoon for treat ment, accompanied by his daughter Miss Mary Jennett and Mr. J. D. Gil lis. We have been advised by Dr. D. S. Currie, who visitedr him this after noon, that his condition is no better. We trust that he may soon find re- f and recover and retnrn heme. Mr. H. B. Culbreth left today for Fort Caswell to visit his brother A. M. Culbreth, who is sick and a mem ber of the coast artillery. Messrs.. Mack McArthur and Dug McMillan of Red Springs were welcome visitors to our town this afternoon, alsoMessrs. John McArthur and Stewart McGoo gan of St. Pauls are in town briefly tonight. We have never seen more moving ! than this season. Mr. S. B. Gaitley and family have moved to the Pate Bros.' farm near town; Mr. I. C. Hall and family have moved to the J. A. McNatt farm west of town; Mr. Hen erintendent of all three mills The usual dividend was declared by each mill. CAN'T BE LOCATED in the elementary wav ln bm condition. grades are the same as before Christ-j - Messrs. White ft Cough recently mas. There have been some changes! purchased a $1!.(MK) stock of morchan in the high school teachers. Prof. R. dfae at Roanoke Rapids, this State. H.Taylor, principal of the high school,' Messrs. Frank Gough and John F. is teaching the eleventh grade, the (French left last night for Roanoke same as during the fall term; Miss 'Rapids to pack and ship the goods to Mae Seaboit is teacher in the tenth ' the White ft Gouirh store here. rr; n u i lri.lir T t t . roll ( 1 .... 1 ' , . - - ' ...i tiA S.CSSJ U 1 111, W1B. , . . r 1 t " ivF nuu x iuuu!Ai v.ij. wisnart is leach in the ninth grow food crops. Corn at 2 a bush- bu j manager of the Thompson, general Farmers, let's rot t.rv t.n o roh ' i ' ,V.T. ' , Vf ' " " ' "ngwn, spent I uesuay night here ' - - ..w.., VIl ,n,vu) , who rexvi im .viiss .lie tw.. Ii..-.t.. ..f i,;.. l chiffs ciu-h an (.rn : l' a. L ' ... . - "vtm ui 1,1 WVUIC i . , , . . ' , ....... . . wvl. mils Liuiii timv,' ctcli.t' l I ..... , tv.., u.m - j uvwcotuc succeeainir :vir. j. tan in ye of Urrum plant a big garden this spring. vrho reaiimed to inlf i'n th.. ,,v We are nroud of our own will.i Pmf TuW ,..ff...,i t,;o to come back e of the term u-iless he is drafted into the army before the close of the school year. " c c.i- uiuuu ui uui own win. i rrof. Tavlor offered We want to be doing what we fancy , tion, but later agreed "mighty things", but the greatest of; and teach until the clos List of Registrants Whose Ques tionnaires Have Been Returned Information Desired. all roints is to do small thiners. when called to them, with a right spirit. Lots were disappointed at church Sunday. We were expecting to hear' an able sermon from our old pastor i Rev. Dock Barnes of Lumberton. Mr. David Collins has moved from West Ridge to the East. I hope the j pikes will bite for Mr. Collins next summer. If so, good luck is his for CONFESSED TURNING IN tor To the Editor of The Robesonian: Questionnaires addressed to the following-named persons have been returned to us by the postmaster af ter having made diligent effort to de liver same. Unless we are able to locate them it will be necesstiry to report them to the Adjutant General as deserters. Anyone having information as to fog for a warm spring Liir lULuiiun ui any 01 niese parlies will confer a great favor by inform ing us 01 same Two Boys Turned in Alarms Were Paid to Do So by a Third 1918, but guess he doesn't fish, he is a fine farmer, our school before long, and is nrcyressintr niecdv. We are expecting a box supper at Have Been Stopped. our scholo before long. c, , , , ... . . f9nMK tt.JLi . Stephen Epps plead guilty before 1 j Recorder L. M. Bntt yesterday of the charge of paying David Earl Shooter, a 14-year-old boy, $1 on tobacco beds and preparing for 1918. Some are moving out, while others ' are coming m. Snows have ceased and we are look- Walter McNeill. Marietta : Lonnie Lawrence Williams, Lumberton ; Arthur Bethea, Rayn ham ; James McDoup;ald, Rennert ; Archie S. Stone, Fairmont ; Hezekiah Johnson, Barnes ville : Lester McNeill, Pembroke ; James Stackhouse, Fairmont; Archie Pittman, Fair mont ; Neill Blount, Lumberton ; Colon Caesar Boone, Lumberton ; James Franklin Morrison, Lumberton ; Preston Prevatt, Buie, R. 1 ; Da vid Collins, McDonald ; Walter Neill Sampson, Lumberton ; . James Smith, Fairmont ; Rufie Jacobs, Hillsboro; Lessie Thomas Hunt, Hr. mer ; Mark Carter, Lumberton, R. 7 ; Quincy Wilson, Barnesville ; Willie Floyd, Baltimore, Md. ; Boyd V. Williams, Barnesville; Jessie Jone.;, Re-m-art, R. 1; Fentress SinjTletary, St. Pauls, 11. 1 ; Robart Bruce McNeill, Nor folk, Va. ; Frank Pittman, Marietta ; Sidney lvey, Marietta; Monie Blount, Hampstead, fa.; rred Ulark, L,umberton ; ilenry McNeill, Barnesville; James Robert Herring, Fair mont ; Archie McCormick, Elrod ; Alex Ste phens. Fairmont ;Arthur Morbray.Kingstree.S.C. IJavid W. F'owler, Lumberton ; Walter Floyd, Lumberton ; Neill A. McLaughlin, Rennert, R. 1 : Henry Parker, Fairmont ; George Key. Orrum : Golden Smith, Robert Britt, John A. Leggett, Clarence Kelly, James Jones all Lumberton ; Hector Clifton Blackwell, Lum berton, R. 7 ; David Thomas, Thomas McL. I Edwards, Charlie Faulk, James Welton Flow i ers, Alexander Clark, William H. Cook, ! Charlie L. Anderson. Joseph Nance Williams, Killing hogs seem the order of the uay at present. The corn club boys are expecting a better crop of corn for 1918. They are starting with a determination to make a bigger record than last year. We hope for everyone a grand suc cess. Preaching every 1st Sunday at 11 a. m. and Saturday before at 2 p. m. Sunday school at 10:30 a. m.; prayer meeting every Sunday at 3 p. m. Everybody is cordially invited to these services. Bear this in mind. Welcome. W. J. S. r-in-law and and Mrs. L. T. Townsend. Second street. Mr. Thompson went from here to McDonald to look after his farming interests near that place. Mrs. C. M. Britt of R. 4 from Lumberton returned this morning from Baltimore. Md., where three weeks ago she underwent an opera tion at Johns Hopkins hospital. Her condition is very much improved. Mr. FALSE FIRE ALARMS B"J1 1a?d son' Mr- Du,,lt'V Bri", went j to Baltimore to accompany Mrs. Britt ! home. Mr. A. E. White, chairman of the local Red Cross chapter, requests that the members of the executive commit tee of the chapter meet in the commis- Eoy This Nuisance Seems to doners room at the court house this i x r? o n mi . evening at i :.u. i ncrc are important matters to be considered and each member of the committee is urged to be present. Mr. L. C. Townsend left last night for New York to buy a stock of gents furnishings for the new store which of paying Ernest Tilly, 1 116 S??8.,? open about February 1 oy, 75 cents on anoth- in the holding, rAm and Fourth streets, Tormeny occupied oy Messrs. Townsend Bros. Mr. Townsend will carry a line of clothing and gents furnishing. I Christmas night to turn in the fire alarm and also a 12-year-old bo er occasion to turn in the alarm. Shooter and Tilly each plead guilty of turning in a false alarm on the occasion that Epps paid him to turn in the alarm. James Pope, who was indicted in connection with turning in the alarms, was found not guilty. Prayer for judgment was contin ued in each case upon payment of the cost in the action. However, each of Mrs. Beaman and Miss Kathryne Beaman, wife and daughter of Rev. i Dr. R. C. Beaman. pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, are expected to arrive from Henderson tomorrow night. They have been delayed in need id rep iirs were i.cir.g ma le a; tne parsona ge. THE RECORD OF DEATHS xr C Jntioe whn mowed to aiit tm-,m ' Brown laylcr, xtandall Jones, Eddie Britt six or seven years ago from Rocking ham and was a charter members of the Parkton pharmacy and held the position, of manager until a few day, At the same time as a further means ago, sold Ins stock and has severed of relief it was directed that indus-hls connection with the firm and will try and business generally including leave tomorrow tor Gastcnia, where all normal activities that require heat- he will make his home. Mr. and Mrs. ed buildings, observe as a holiday ev- Jones have made many friends while ery Monday for the next ten weeks. "ere who will regret their departure, This will close down on Mondays not but will extend best wishes for their rmlv faonrtM Vmt wlnnn? sfnrps success m their new home. (except for the sale of drugs and! Sheriff Lewis spent the day in our j nlnuu nf omiicnmnTit rom"H7 ! town receiving 1917 taxes of which j all office buildings. While the order he received much, lie says not much does not mention shipyards, it is left for a deputy m our township, known thev will be permitted to con- I A union prayer meeting has been tinue operation as usual, although mu- David Thomas all Lumberton ; Erne.;t Hunt. Fairmont; William Campbell, Marietta; Da vid Collins. McDonald; Bill Stoney, Orrum. T. L, JOHNSON, Chairman, Local Board No. 1, Robeson Co., N.C, Lumberton, N. C. Jan. 10, 1018. FARM DEMONSTRA TION AGENT AND NITRATE OF SODA Mt. Miles S. Baxley, Near St. Pauls. Mr. Miles S. Baxley, a well-known Confederate veteran, who lived near St. Pauls, died Monday night. De ceased was in his eightieth vear. The the three boys who plead suilty of 'joining Dr. Beaman here while some the offi nse must appei r before the recorder twice each month with a cer tificate from his school teacher show ing that he has attended school reg ularly, and the recorder instructed the officers to arrest and place in jail any of the three who were caught on the streets after dark unless with their parents. Epps is 17 year3 old. False fire alarms were frequent up until the time these boys were ar rested about two weeks ago, but no false alarms have been turned in funeral was conducted from Great since that time. Had the boys been Marsh Baptist church, of which de-! a few years older, no doubt thev ceased was a charter member, Tues day at 11 a. m. by Rev. W. S. John Interment was made in the I wauld roads. have been sentenced to the son. Gknnwood fllmnliifi Social and Personal Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Glennwood, Jan. 16 Miss Vonnie Smith delightfully entertained sever al of her friends on Monday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith. Among those present were Misses Beulah Smith, Margaret McNeill, Alice Smith, Myra Buie, Nettie, Smith, Inez Lewis, Ty ner; Messrs. Raymond Powell. Jack, burying ground near the church. Mr. Baxley is survived by his second wife and a number of children. Mr. Claud S. Godwin. Mr. Claud S. Godwin, a native of Lumberton. died on January 7th at his High nitions plants will be closed the governments move came en tirely without warning in an order issued by Fuel Administrator Garfield with the approval of President Vvil son prescribing stringent restrictions governing the distribution and use of coal. It was decided upon hurriedly by the President and government heads as a desperate remedy for the fuel crisis and the transportation tan gle in the Eastern States. Even mu nitions plants are not excepted from the closing-down order. Local Cotton Mills Close Tomorrow for 5 Days. Complying with the order of the government, the Lumberton, Dresden, Jennings and National cotton mills of Lumberton will close down for 5 days, beginning tomorrow, and will be closed down every Monday for the next 10 weeks. EXTEND DRAFT TO ALL COMING OF AGE Draft Age Limit Not to be Raised Propose to Furlough Men for Necessary Work at Kome. The government has decided on draft registration of all young men as fast as they become 21 years old as the means of keeping filled the ranks of the war army. It has decided against raising the draft age limit above 31 years. An administration bill was intro duced in the Senate Tuesday at the request of the War Department to reg ister for draft all men who have reached 21 since June 5, 1917, when the draft law became effective. It is estimated that this will add about 700,000 men to the draft available each year. Another bill introduced Tuesday would permit furloughing of national army troops for harvest work or other civilion duty; another bill would provide a distinctive .badge or button for exempted men. ! AopAaA rn Vi-tr nactrvra nf trip tViVPP churches ot our town, to hold one month each at the same church, the first to be held at the Baptist church Wednesday night at 7:30. The church going people are looking forward to these mid-week meetings with much interest. Unity is their watchword. One of its features should be a large union choir. If not, why not? Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Edens, will re side in our town this year and will occupy the Gillis residence, now oc cupied by Mr.Chas. Bodenheimer, who is fast completing a handsome bung- alo. Mr. Edens is a prosperous far mer, his farm four miles west of town, and at present is spending some time with relatvies in Rowland. Mr. Geo. McLean reports twin calves, exactly alike in every respect, thoroughbred Jerseys. Says he is getting ready for the community fair next fall. We hear much of canned fruit be ing: frozen, also potatoes, and col- lards and cabbage most all killed, and fodder stacks scattered for miles. Mr. A. J. Garris says he has lost a large quantity by being blown to pieces and then the rain damaged it. Miss Roundtree and Miss MayBeard, who have been on a visit to Camp Sevier for several days, are expected home today. Each has a brother there in service. Miss Mary Elmore, who has been head of the Parkton 'phone exchange Miss Mc Agents Have Had No Definite In struction About How to Pro ceed About Soda Looking for Agent for Robeson. Mr. F. Grover Britt, secretary treasurer of the Robeson Farmers union, has just received a letter from Mr. R. W. Freeman of Wilson, dis trict farm demonstration agent, in reply to an inquiry in regard to fur nishing a demonstration agent for Robeson and also about the nitrate of soda to be furnished the farmers at cost by the government. In regard to the soda, Mr. Freeman says he hardly knows what to say. He says, however, that he is under the impression that the soda will be sold through the demonstration agents, but adds that up to this time the agents have had no definite instruc tion about how to proceed. Mr. Freeman says he hopes to have some more definite information at an early date and promised to furnish Mr. Britt with any information he is able to get. In regard to furnishing Robeson with a farm demonstration agent, Mr Freeman writes htat he has been un able to get a suitable man to fill the place. He adds that he has two or three men in sight, however, and hopes to send a man to Robeson in a short time. Mr. Rritt. has written Dr. R. W Kilgore, of the State Department of Agriculture, in regard to the soda question and will publish his reply Gretna, Va., spent Tuesday and yes terday in Robeson. Mr. Woriey has been connected with the Fairmont was a son of Cant. Condary Godwin, , , . -. . , , i ,i n c i j. ' and at one time operated a ware- an officer of the Confederate army, , . r i , 1 i i nit d 1.4 m. J house in Lumberton. and was a nephew of Mrs. Root. Chai- w. . a rW;QT1 vo porter about the prcspect for high i-rices expected lor wext y , Tobacco rGp Prevatt, Sandv and Dougal McNeill. i Rov Lewis. J. M. Hall, Talrnage Smith Mr. W. M. W oriey. who is conduct-1 anH Martin Powdi. ing a tobacco sales warenouse at Miss Stella McNeill s.ient Sunday home in Philadelphia, Pa., of pneu monia. He was 55 years old and his wife and one son survive. Deceased Nannie McQueen of for a month, has resigned Rainey and brother are "hellos" at in The Robesonian present and tne service is good. It is pitiful to see much cotton re maining in the fields up our way, as high is the price. One or two warm weeks and the ginners would "wind the ball". Must Display Auto License Tag. License tax numbers must be dis played on the outside of autos. Chief of Police McLedo gives warning that beginning Monday of next week he is going to "pull" all auto owners whose machines are caught at large without numbers so displayed. It will not suffice to have the number-plate in side the car. COTTON GINNED IN ROBESON J? " 1 T IT iin ana iviiss Lumberton. Mr. Geo. Thomas of East Lumberton. Mr. Geo. Thomas, aged about 58 years, died at his home m Last Lum berton yesterday afternoon. He had been sick for some time prices lor tins year s tooacco crop, Mr. Woriey said they were good. He added that prices have advanced 10 cents on the pound since the selling season closed here. Prices on the Gretna market have averaged frtim 33 to 35 cents the pound, according to Mr. Woriey. . i- i her parents Mr. and Mrs. Will McNeill. Mr. Zeb Carlyle of Camp J?"d :-on is visiting relatives an 1 f i t: .Is in this community. Miss Blanch White returned to Rowland Monday morning to resume her stud ies in the graded school. Miss Annie Culbreth of Purvis spent Sunday night with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. 5 Culbreth. Miss Beulah Smith, who has been making her home in Lum berton for the past few months, is vis iting at the home of Mr. Frank Smith.. to Boys in Camp Would Like Have Combread. Mr. E. G. Johnson of the St Pauls section was among the visitors in town yesterday. Mr. Johnson says he has a son at Camp Jackson, who like thousands of other young men A Careless Bid Gets a Mule and He Didn't Want No Mule. "I'll make it $3". That was the bid of Mr. J. W. Kilcran, a traveling salesman who lives in Atlanta, Ga., Saturday when he walked near where some "plug" mules were being sold at auction on the street here. To Mr. Kilcran's surprise nobody better- 1 1 1 1 1 jl 1 4.1 1 3 eQms T l" r'V: t; T I the army training camps, would off on him Although a traveling K ,d tQ gome orn5read man nas out inue us iui a mux n . M Johnson suggests that 2? &y ii JrvJr- S1 while the government, is urging food 1UI Li:c Hi U1C. II uai vvao lit v. vw with his mule? was the question that bothered him. After walking up and down the street for a spell trying to dispose of his mule, he found a pur chaser. He sold the mule for $4 making $1 on the deal and was glad indeed to sell him at that. Appointments at St. Pauls andRed conservation and wheatless days, which he thinks is a fine plan, that the government conid save a lot of flour by feeding the soldiers while in training on cornbread at least one day in the week. Mr. Johnson says his son has been complaining because he cannot get any corn bread. This suggestion might be worth while. Spgs. in "Keep Well Campaign.! Woman 113 Years Old. Messrs. D. R. and Ras Rhodes of the Bloomingdale section were among the visitors in town Tuesday. Mr. D. R. Rhodes says a woman, Mrs. Nancy Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health officer, and Dr. A. J. Ellington, of the State Board of Health, who is as sisting Dr. McPhaul in the "keep well" campaign in Robeson, will be at 1 Barnes living with him will be 113 46,055 Bales to January 1 as Com pared With 30,250 Bales toSame Date Last Year. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Barnesville, Jan. 16 There were 46,055 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Robeson coun ty from the crop of 1917, prior to Jan uary 1st, as compared with 30,250 bales ginned to January 1st, iyi7 St. Pauls Monday and Tuesday of next week for the purpose of giving free physical examinations to those desiring to take it. They will be at Red Springs Wednesday for the same purpose. 2 Years on Roads for Bigamy. E. C. MeShaw, who was arrested in Lumberton last Saturday and taken to Wilmington for trial on the charge of having too many wives, as men tioned in Monday's Robesonian, plead smiltv to the charee in New Hanover rcmrt Tnesrfav and was sentenced to Prof. J. R. Poole, county super serve 2 years on the county roads.) intendent of public instruction, and He married Lucile Jordan while mar-1 Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health years old January 26, this year. As the result of a fall, Mrs. Barnes is unable to get about, but until she suf fered from the fall some two years ago, she could get about without help. I Mr. Rhodes came to town tor the purpose of buying an automobile. He stated that he is using a buggy he bought 15 years ago and that buggy is in good condition and looks better than many that have been used only a few months. Judging from that, an automobile will last Mr. Rhodes quite a while. Robeson Woman's Committee of National Defense Organized. The Robeson county woman's com mittee of the Council of National De fense was organized at a meeting held in Lumberton Tuesday with the fol lowing officers: Mrs. E. L. Holloway of Lumberton, chairman; Mrs. R. D. McMillan of Red Springs, vice chair man; Miss Janie Carlyle of Lumber ton, secretary; Mrs. L. S. Townsend of McDonald, treasurer; Mrs. L. T. Townsend of Lumberton, chairman of Liberty Loan committee; Miss Lulu Cassidey, county home demonstration agent, chairman of food conservation committee; Mrs. C. D. Smith of Row land, chairman of Red Cross work and home relief committee. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Holloway, temporary chair man by appointment of Mrs. Eugene Reilley of Charlotte, State chairman. Besides those mentioned, other mem bers of the temporary committee were: Mrs. R. B. John of Maxton, Mrs. J. P. Brown of Fairmont, Mrs. D. S. Currie of Parkton. A full report of the meeting, prepared by the secre tary, must be held over for Monday's paper on account of the crowded con dition today. ried to another woman. Both wives were in court to testify that the de- f ffendant was their husband, according J. W. BARNES, Special Agent, to an item in the Wilmington Star. officer, visited a number of schols in ttie Fork section, near Maxton, yes terday, and are visiting other schools near Maxton today. Mr. Stacy Will Address Ten Mils Local January 26. Mr. H. E. Stacy, county food ad ministrator, will speak before the Ten Mile local of the Farmers' union Sat urday, January 26, at 2 p. m. This is the regular meeting date of the union. The public is invited to hear Mr. Stacy's address. A treat is in store for those who hear him. Ladies are especially invited. At a meeting of the local Satur day of lst week Messrs. N. A. Town send, H. M. King and F. Grover Britt were appointed a committee to secore a speaker to address the local at its jnext meeting and the" committee in vited Mr. Stacy, who agreed to speak.
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