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COUNTRY, 00D AND TRUTH
VOL. XLIX
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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1918.
CURFEW LAW
Persons Under 17 Years Old Must
Not Remain Abroad in
Lumberton at Night.
! CHANCE FOR VOLUNTEERS . ALL FOREIGN TRADS OF B
NUMBER 3
Registrants Of Robeson District 1
U. S. PUT UNDER LICENSE
GLENNWOOD GLEANINGS.
PHILADELPHUS SCHOOL. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS
Who Would Rather Go to Camp ' To Release Ships to Transport Troops
Now Than to Wait Will Be Accept-
Death of Little Frances Elise Mercer Valentine Program Play
Social and Personal.
and Supplies to Europe.
A NEW DOG ORDINANCE
ed Out of Their Order.
Registrants of Robeson division No.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Given at A (,oor nas cut in tne wmM
between the office and laboratory of
Maxtqn and Players Hospitably En- pr. W . A. McPhaul, county health of
ficer, on the second floor at the court
tertained Play in Red Springs house.
Thursday Evening Personal.
All foreign trade of the United I r.Unn..,AAj du i t 1 Tnu I - , . . .
1 who wmilrt rt.W o-n f nmn 1 . . . . . r ---y-. vuu uiu, rv. l , r eu. correspondence ol Ihe Kobesonian.
fuQri 'T4. IZZuT JL rrr"ir."V: ; otaxes exports ana imports was puti 16. On Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock!
than to wait their turn according to
. i , . ... .
For 40 Days No Dogs Must Run at
Large in Town The Ever-Present
Subject of Taxes.
i their order numbers will be accented
as volunteers to make up the quota
of this district for the first call.
The quota of this division for the
under license FiJiday by President
Miss Byrd Blankenship, Red Ci
instructor in surgical dressings, fi
Atlanta, will arrive Tuesday nrrVt
ana win nave her iirst class
Wilson as part of a general program
of the American and allied govern
ments for releasing ships to trans-
call ! port trooDS and suoolies to Eurone.
sent to camn were accented leavinci The less essential exnorts and im-i while. The funeral services were con
81 of the first call yet to be sent. Some I ports will be reduced to a minimum ducted at the home by the pastor. Rev.
men in class No. 1 whose order tram- and materials regarded as necessary I Mr. Bruton of Lumberton. The inter-
wiil be transported by the shortest j nient took place at the (Julbreth family
hauls : possible. The, Allies are work- i cemetery. Much heart -felt sympathy
horc q ro fa Amxm He- m-,A ...I...
At a meeting of the board of town might not be called untU next fall
commissioners Friday evening the fol- would rather go now than later. These
lowing curfew ordinance was passed,
rfame to go into effect February 22:
That it shall be unlawful for any
person under 17 years old to be or
remain upon any of the streets or in
any of the public places of Lumberton
jifter 9 n. m. from May 1 to October
1 and 8 p. m. at other times, uniess
accompanied by parent, guardian or
other person having legal custody of
such minor, or in the performance
of an errand or duty of such person,
or whose employment makes it nec
essary to be out after the hours, nam
ed. It shall be unlawful for any per
son having legal charge of a minor
to permit him to be out after the
hmirs named unless there is a reason-
hlp necessitv therefor or unless ac-
nmranied bv the person having legal
fimtndv of the minor. Officers of the
town are authorized to arrest without
warrant any person violating the pro
visions of this act, t -conduct such
person to her or his parent or guar
dian and to instruct such paver.t or
juardian that a second violation of
the law will subject the offender to a
reprimand by the judge of the record
er's court; for the second violation
the officer shall require the minor ana
the parent or guardian to appear be
fore the recorder in his private office
for a reprimand; for subsequent of
fenses a fine of $10 will be imposed.
No person who violates this ordinance
is to be confined in jail but upon ar
rest shall be conducted to her or his
home. Any parent or guardian who
shall allow minors in their charge to
be or remain upon or in the streets
or public places after the hours named
shall be subject to a fifte of ?10.
Messrs. A. E. White and K.- M.
Biggs appeared before the board and
asked that the Lorraine hotel be al
lowed a special rate for lights and
current. The matter was referred to
Mr. E. M. Johnson, a member of the
board, and Town Clerk and Treasurer
Ira B. Townseftd, who will make some
.investigations and report to the board.
To Open Streets.
At the request of Mr. A. E. White
it was ordered that Ninth street be
opened between Walnut and Pine
streets.
Mr. W. M. Burney went before the
board and asked that Fifteenth street
be opened up between Walnut and Elm
The board ordered that the street -be
opened. Mr. Burny also asked that
water and sewer extension be extend
ed on Walnut from Fourteenth to
Fifteenth street
will be accepted now if they volunteer
to make up the men lacking for the
first quota.
Chairman T. L. Johnson of the ex
emption board of this division says
that of course men will not be forced
to go out of their order but that some
men have been to him and indicated
a desire to go now rather than later.
and that if there are others who want
to do the same thing they will be sent
to camp at once. If there are not
enough volunteers to make up the first
quota the deficiency will have to be
made up from men of class 1
their regular order.
J www uv -I v rlM 111 T JO- . u' "HI IIOTC IICI 11191 IIU5S TT 1
the death angle visited the home of P (,Red Spnngs' R; 2) i day at 3 p. m. in the Red Cross
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Mercer andreo- . -cnapei exercises r riaay , rooms.
claimed Frances Elise their 16-1 morning were given by the Tenth and Frances, 5 years old, and Mry
months-old daughter. Elise had been Eleventh grades; an appropriate val- j 8 months old daughters of Mr
u-i J,,'BUI,,W1,,, 1W. V'"y snonj eiiu ie piuRMu a rameo out. Mrs. J. C. Bodenheimer, fcava
ine oasKetDau team is reorganizing , been sick with pneumonia for several
i.u. suugiii piacuce ior some maicn days. Their condition is slightly i
ing in close co-operation with the
United States and the trade routes of
the world in many instances will be
shifted to bring the most economical
operation of tonnage.
The Allies already have cut their
foreign trade sharply, but will make
is extended to the bereaved parents
by their many innds
Miss Annie Culbreth, who spent last
week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. K. Culbreth, is spending a short
while in Purvis.
Knox and Poe Lewis, sons of Mr.
further reductions as a part of the'and Mrs. Will Lewis, have returned
We are unfortunate in loosing an
other of our boarding boys, Mr. Bun
dy McNeill. He has gone home to
take the place of an older brother
who has been called to the war.
proved.
There will be a box supper at
Cedar Grove school house, about 4
! miles east of Lumberton, Friday night
oi this week, ihe proceeds will aa
A olav. "The Dust of the Earth."! used for the benefit of the school
was given by our school in Maxton ; church.
in
MAY HOLD INSTITUTE.
Institute for Teachers of Robeson,
Hoke, Cumberland and Scot
land May Be Held at
Red Springs.
A meeting of the superintendents of
public instruction in Robeson, Hoke,
Cumberland and Scotland counties is
being held at Red Springs today for
the purpose of discussing the advisa
bility of holding a month's institute
for the teachers of the above-named
counties at Red Springs during the
coming summer. It is expected that
if the institute is held at Red Springs
next summer it will be made an an
nual meeting place for the summer
institutes for the teachers of the four
counties.
Representatives of the State depart
ment of et'ajcatio" are, in at&endanea
at uie meeiBE - ,. , UJ.
Anti-Gas Training pf Americans
Excellent.
A dispatch from the American army
in France states that the Germans
opposed to the Americans early on the
15th made an unsuccessful bombard
ment with gas shells. German air
planes in large numbers also were
driven off by the American machines
and anti-aircraft batteries.
Gas shells fell in considerable num
ber from the German guns within the
American sector early that morning,
! making necessary the wearing oi
masks in all parts oi the trencnes lor
more than three hours. One Ameri-
general plan. American representa
tives sitting in London will work with
allied, representatives in eliminating
and re-arranging ocean commerce.
Licensing of American exports and
imports will be handled by the war
trade board which has created' a spe
cial contraband committee with final
powers in deciding the country's for
eign trade policies,
Ihe shipping board has formed a
special division under Dean E. F.
Gay, of Harvard university, to pre
pare statistical data on shipping i'nd
commerce. To bring about a proper
co-ordination between the shipping
board and the war trade board it is
likely a controller of ships and car
goes will be named to see that ships
are used in the most economical manner.
American ships taken out of the
non-hazardous trades and put into
trans-Atlantic service will be replaced
where it can be done by neutral ton
nage for which the government now is
negotiating.
Control of exports and imports and
of bunker coal by the United States
and the Allies give them control of
neutral tonnage and officials predict
that virtually all the ocean-going
ships owned by the neutrals will be
in American and allied service before
many months.
VERNON CASTLE KILLED.
to school after an absence of several
weeks, due to measles.
Miss Louise Hughes of Maxton R.
F. D., is the guest of Miss Maggie
McNeill.
Mr. and Mrs. Make McNeill have
moved to Bladen county, Mrs. Mc
Neill's former home, where Mr. Mc
Neill will engage in farming. Their
departure is regretted by their many
friends.
Miss Blanche White, student at
Rowland high school, spent the week
end at home.
Mr. Bundy McNeill, who attends
school at Philadelphus, is spending
this week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Will McNeill.
Mr. Sandy Smith has returned home
from a short stay at. Laurel Hill.
Mr. Edwin Whi was a Lumberton
visitor Friday afternoon.
The Rev. Mr. Bruton and family of
Lumberton spent the week-end at the
home of Mr. R. M. White.
Several of the young people of the
community enjoyed a musical at the
home of Mr. Daniel Buie on Friday
night. Those present were Misses
Margaret McNeill, Sallie and Viola
White, Louise Hughes, Glennie Gra
ham, Myra and Lillie Buie; Messrs.
Sandy, Arch and Dugald McNeill, Wal
ter Bullock, Albert and Edwin White,
Bundy McNeill, Worth Culbreth, Row
land Carlyle, J. M. Hall, Dan and John
Buie. v ,
last Friday evening, February 8. The
proceeds amounted to $81.50. Half of
this was given to the Maxton Red
Cross, the other half to the Philadel
phus Red Cross. Those who took
part in the play came home with
splendid reports of Maxton's hospital
ity. The women of Maxton served
to the troope delicious supper in their
There will be a Washington birth
day entertainment at Oakdale schoal
house, near Marietta, Friday night
of this week. The entertainment wiH
begin at 7:30. No charges for admia
sion. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hall are.
the teachers at Oakdale.
French Stokes, colored, was ar
Red Cross rooms. Every courtesy was ' rested at Maxton and brought to jail
shown the Philadelphus visitors by the
chool, the ladies of the Red Cross,
and by all of Maxton. The people of
Philadelphus do, indeed, appreciate
the gracious hospitality of the Max
tor, people.
The play committee has arranged to
give this same play in the auditorium
of the Red Springs school house
Thursday, February 21st, in behalf of
the Red Cross.
Our principal, Miss Reaves, spent
last week-end with Aunt Becky near
Maxton.
Mrs. J. P. Ashby visited in Red
Springs Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. O. O. Dukes, our farm life
here yesterday. It is thought that
Stokes is wanjted in McCormick coua
ty, South Carolina, on the charge af
murder. The South Carolina officers
have been advised of the arrest.
Speaking of "meatless days," Mr.
J. I. Carter, who lives on R. 5 from
Lumberton, says he has observed three
meatless weeks and is still alive. Mr.
Carter's physician advised him that
he would get along better without
meat.
Mrs. H. L. Pope was called to
Burlington Friday on account of the
death of her grandmother. She wu
accompanied to Burlington by her sis-
principal, is working on his plants' ter. Mrs. A. E. Taolin of Hisrh Point.
for the early vegetable garden. who had been a guest for several
days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pope
PRIVATE GATEWOOD SMALL, here.
Mr. S. H. Hamilton, manager of
the local Western Union telegrapk
Widely-Knpwn Dancer and Aviator
Percentage of Casualties Among
Young Aviators Low.
Robeson County Soldier Has Camp
Record at Jackson A Camp Char
acter and a Favorite "Shortest in
The Army.
Tkn -fwllwuriiicr frnm flip Pnlutnhin
atS.Vl'.t'-J.atota, of the Uth inst. will be of in
office, and Mrs. Hamilton, his assist
ant, are taking a two weeks vacation.
Mr. Hamilton is being relieved by Mr.
W. H. Hobgood of Greensboro, while
Miss Sarah Branch is relieving Mra
Hamilton. Mr. S. R. Fenegan was able to re
sume his duties as salesman in the
clothing deportment of Mr. L. H.
terest to man Robesonian readers: i Cldv"eHs depi.rtnt store last weefc,
lniS mallei WJi IB , , Krc Von fho ani.craa
f erred to the superintendent of the I yV m
'iight and water plant for an estimate
of cost.
It was ordered that sewer lir.es on
Elm between Fifteenth and Seven
teenth streets be lowered to the prop
er grade.
An order was passed allowing the
Virginia & Carolina Southern Ry.
Co. to extend a sidetrack along town
common in the southern part of town
to Cedar street, near where the new
tobacco warehouse will be built.
Taxes.
The town clerk and treasurer was
instructed to furnish Chief of Police
A If. H. McLeod and Street Foreman
J. S. Thompson with a list 'of those
Who have not paid their 1916-17 taxes,
fclse the names of such as may Ve
necessary who have not paid their
L'17-18 taxes, for collection. He was
In spite of the frequent fatal acci
dents at the aviation training camps
during the latest of which was the
death of Captain Vernon Castle,
Widely known American dancer, at
Ft. Worth Friday, the War Depart
ment considers the percentage small
fvnciworinir frJiA lsrirp rmmhp.r of stu-
thev ' er offered by Rev. D. F. Lowrey
are doing. j Prof. R. E. Sentelle, superintendent
The acting chief signal officer r ri- oi me lumoerton scnoois, expiaineu
Practically All Indian Teachers of
y - - I
County Attended Meeting Here
Saturday Instructive Program
Carried Out.
A meeting of the Indian teachers of
the county was held in the court house
here Saturday. Practically all the In
dian teachers were present and a most
instructive program was carried out.
The meeting was opened with pray-
training of the men, the dispatch
states, that not a single case of gas
rioisonine' was reported. The dura
tion of the shelling was two hours, but
traces of the poisonous fumes remain
ed for another hour after the bom
bardment had ceased.
The American artillery rapidly are
attaining a high degree of efficiency.
Friday they continually fired shells
that exploded so closer to the enemy
airplanes that ttie aviators were com
pelled to dodge and duck and scurry
back to a safer area, pursued across
the sky by a trail of shrapnel putts.
War Savings Campaign in Lum
berton Graded School.
Correspordence of The Robesonian.
The fifth grade, Miss Lillie Barker,
also instructed Lo mail notices to all reports total sale of War Savings
who have not paid their 1917-1S taxes
to the effect that within ten days al
ter dace of said notice the taxes will
;;e collected by distrers.
Cancelled bond interest notes to the
amount of $1,850 were ordered burn
ed. Mary Love, colored, was allowed a
rebate of $3 sanitary tax.
Mephens & Barnes were paid MU
stnrrms un to 3 o'clock Friday, Feb
ruary 15, 'in the sum of $727.70. This
puts this grade ahead and shows a
great deal of practical enthusiasm in
tho cATvmaie'n. It is desired, and a
reouest is made, that each grade or
ganize itself and sell these stamps
and report its total sales every Friday
afternoon as of 3 o'clock. Several of
tkfl crades are doine fine work, and
partial expense of -burying Ila Cole-. the enthusiasm shown by every work
man, a colored cauDer.
The clerk and treasurer was in
structed to arrange bank accounts
with three banks in town commensu
rate with the obligation of the town to
each bank.
yo Dogs Must Run at Large For 40
Days.
At a snecial meetiner of the mayor
and town commissioners Saturday af
ternoon an ordinance was passed mak
ing it unlawful for any dog to run
at large in the town for a period of
40 days from February 16, and all
persons owning dogs in Lumberton
are enioined to keen their dogs con
fined. The ordinance makes it lawful
for, and the duty of, every member of
the town police force to kill any dog
found running at large during this
40-day period, whether the dog be mad
or not; "provided, that such officer
may, in his discretion, use reasonable
effort to locate the owner of such dog,
if the dog be not mad, and give the
owner an opportunity to take charge
of such doe and confine it; provided
further, that this provision shall not
apply for longer than five days from
and after public notice of this ordi
er in these grades is of th first qual
ity. Let every, grade come forth with
work of this character and at no time
will they have any cause to be asham
ed of the part taken by them in help
ing the Government in this crisis.
L. R. VARSER, Chairman,
W. LENNON, Scretary.
Mr. P. J. West and family moved
last Tuesday from the Eli Phillips
place on R. 1 from Lumberton to a
farm owned by Mr. R. E. Lee on R.
lMrom Elrod.
dav nierht issued this statement:
"Distressing though recent fatali
ties in the aviation section of the sig
nal corps have been the percentage
of casualties among our young avia
tors is very low considering the in
crease in the number of men flying
each day. v The aviators at the signal
corps .training schools are averaging
about 1,700 hours of flying per day,
which makes a distance of about 102,
000 miles flown each day. This is
equal to four trips around the earth.
"Considering this amount of flying
the percentage of fatal accidents is
remarkably low."
Castle, who learned to fly at the At
lantic coast aeronautical station,
Newport News," enlisted in the British
royal flying corps lfore America
entered the war. He was the hero
of many thrilling experiences in the
air and was credited with having
Drought down two enemy fliers during
the more than 150 trips he made over
the German lines. He was wounded
once and while stationed at Ottawa,
Canada, as an instructor, he escaped
serious injury when the machine fell,
killing a student who was with him.
Castle's death resulted from a fall of
only .fifty feet when- he tried to dive
under another machine to avoid a col
lision. A student passenger suffered
only a brackened eye.
660 IN CLASS1.
the War Savings and Thrift stamps
in a most pleasing manner.
Mr. H. E. Stacy, county food admin
istrator, made an address before the
meetiing in which he urged the con
servation of food.
Miss Lulu M. Cassidy, county home
demonstration agent, urged the lm
portance of club work that pig, corn
and poultry clubs be organized by the
Indian teachers
Supt. J R. Poole presided at the
meeting and urged the teachers to
carry out the plans suggested by the
speakers.
The teachers seemed very much in
treated in what was said and no doubt
the results of the meeting will be
telling.
Camp Jackson claims the distinc
tion of having the 'shortest' soldier
in the entire American army in the
person of Private Gatewood Small of
three hundred and twenty-first field
hospital. As 'Shorty' Small is but
one-half inch over the required height
of five feet it is highly probable that
he is the shortest in stature of any
of Uncle Sam's warriors. Only since
the declaration of war has it been the
policy of the War Department to ac
cept for the army men of that height,
the minimum height up to that time
having been five feet, four inches.
" 'Shortv' Small hails from Lumber-
ton, N. C, and has been at Camp
Jackson since September 5. Despite
his lack of inches he is a splendid
specimen of manhood, tipping the
scales at 150 pounds. Withal he is
very much of a camp 'character' and
is a favorite with all the boys of the
camp who know him."
Private Gatewood Small it is
spelled without the final "s" in Robe
son is a son of the late E. M. Small
of Britt township, a brother of Mr.
Spurgeon Small of Lumberton and a
nenhew of Laotain A. IS. bmall, a
MAIL-CARRIERS MEET
FEBRUARY 22ND
after being sick for several weeks
with pneumonia. He spent two weeks
at Dillon, S. C, visiting relatives be
fore returning to work.
Mr. JL E. Vincent, manager of
the local Ford automobile agency,
moved his family Thursday from
Charlotte to Lumberton. Mr. Vin
cent has been here for about twa
weeks, "coming from Charlotte. Mr.
Vincent and family are living in the
Floyd residence, Third street
Mr. Jasper P. Hickman Sold his
one-horse farm in Wishart township,
near Cedar Grove church, last week
to Mr C. M. Fuller of Lumberton and
has moved with his family to a farm
he purchased in Bladen county, about
3 miles from Bladenboro and about
the same distance from Richardson,
from Mr. Coy Smith. Mr. Hickman
and Messrs. Coy and Waitus were
Lumberton visitors Saturday.
Mr. J. D. Kyle, a well-known to
bacco warehouse man of Fairmont,
passed through town Friday en route
to Augusta, Ky., where he is managing
a tobacco sales warehouse. Mr. Kyle
says tobacco prices are high and add-
r.nnfpdM-ate cantain in the War Be-led that tobacco would bring a high
price mis year wi ui iiu wax. iiuw-
ever, Mr. Kyle is urging the farmers
to grow plenty of foodstuffs. Mr.
Kvle is a member of the warehouse
tween the States and now a citizen
of Lumberton. Private Small was a
farmer living in Britt township, near
Center church, 8 or y miles from Lum
wIipti hp pnt.ered the camp firm of E. J. Chambers & Co., of Fair-
last fall. He wanted to go with the j mont and expects to return to Fair
first men sent under selective draft, j mont in April.
but his order' number put him lower Capt. Geo. W. Giliett of Co. A,
down the list. He came to town to j c. Engineers, which company was
go with the first and stayed here and i stationed here for several weeks last
fined $10."
Mr. W. P. McAllister voted against
this ordinance and wanted his reason
for so doing recorded in the minutes.
He stated that he was heartily in fa
vor of the movement and believed
that the children should be protected
from the dogs, but that officers do not
enforce ordinances now on the town
books with reference to dogs and that
in his opinion this ordinance would
not be enforced.
The ordinance was passtd as a di
rect result of the mad-dog scare re
Work of Classing Registrants in
Robeson District 1 Practically Com
pleted Percentage in Class 1
Slightly Higher Thtin State Aver
age. The work of classing the 2,054 army
registrants in Robeson district No. 1
practically has been completed. Six
hundred and sixty have been placed
in class 1, which makes the percent
age placed in class 1 slightly higher
than that of the entire State to date.
It is not known when the next con
tingent of men will be sent to camp
from this district.
At Court House in Lumberton Mat
ters 6f Importance to be
Discussed.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
The Rural Letters Carriers' associa
tion of Robeson county will meet in
the court house at Lumberton on Fri
day the 22nd at 10:30 a. m. and
we hone that every carrier and sub-
carrier in the county will make it a
point to be present.
Officers for the coming year win
be elected at this meeting and other
matters of interest to us all as car
riers will be discussed by members
of the association, as, How Can We,
As Carriers, Render the Best Service
to the Government Towards neipmg
to Bring the War to an End?
J. M. O. DENMARK,
Sec-Treas.
was allowed to go with -the second
bunch that went from Robeson.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
It Will Be Celebrated By School at
Cedar Grove Personal.
Epidemic of German Measles.
! ported in Thursday's Robesonian, wfeenJ
nance ana tnen only in aiscreuun ui a raoia cog on, ci cuiuicu uuy uu
. ) . ... . II J 1 x
may have onteii otner uoga aouut
town. The motion was made by vMr.
A. S. King and seconded by Mr. E. M.
said officer or officers.
"Any person allowing his or her
doe to run at lartre in the town of
Lumberton shall, upon conviction, be Johnson
Meet For Drill Thursday Evening.
Lieut. C. V. Brown, officer in charge
nf t.hp Lumberton detachment of the
Robseon reserve militia, has called a
meeting of the detachment at the court
house here Thursday night of this
week at 8 o'clock for drill. This will
be the beginning of a weekly ana
practice, which was ordered by Capt.
J. B. Malloy of the county militia. All
members are expected to be present.
tn Hp aii eoidemic of Th meetiner of militia which was
roseola, or German measles over the called for this afternoon at 2 o'clock
county, and on account of the many was called off Saturday by Capt. Mai-
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. 5, Feb. 18 We are
sorry to lose Mr. J. P. Hickman and
family, -who movedlast week to Blad
en cmititv.
Washington's birthday will be cele
brated by the school at Cedar Grove
next Friday, beginning at 2 o'clock p.
m. Prof. R. E. Sentelle will be pres
ent to address the occasion, and every
body is invited to attend as a rare
treat is in store.
J. M. FLEMING.
innuiries received by Dr. W. A. Mc
Phau!, county health officer, he states
that it is not required by law to quar
antine the disease, but children who
have it should not go to school while
other children in the family can go
rr frt cp'hnnl (
loy, who could not attend.
Messrs. W. F. French and Ira
Bullard left last evening for the West
to buy mules for their sales stables.
Lumberton livestock dealers are sen
ing muies by the hundred.
Another Suspect Arrested.
Mullins Smith, colored, was arrest
ed Saturday near Mullins, S. C, and
hroueht to iail here yesterday as a
suspect in connection with the attack
made by a negro upon a young white
woman at Maxton Tuesday night of
last week. This was the second ar
rest made in connection with the as
sault. It has not beefl learned when
the two negroes "will be given a pre
liminary hearing
Teachers WilLMeet in Lumberton
Saturday.
A meeting of the white teachers of
the county will be held in the court
house here Saturday of this weeK. ah
summer and which is now at Camp
Sevier, Greenville, S. C, passed
through Lumberton Friday. Capt.
Giliett started to Jacksonville, this
State, to visit his mother and Mrs.
Giliett, but was called back to camp
from Wilmington before he reached
Jacksonville. Capt. Giliett ?aid that a
number of the men with his company
when it was stationed here have al
ready gone to France, having been
transferred to another company.
Chief of Police Alf H. McLeod ar
rested a 6-year-old boy one day last
week. The boy, Ray Brown, was at
school and the chief went to school
and took the boy before Recorder E.
M.' Britt on the charge of breaking
window lights out of a house belong-
me to Mr. G. Badger McLeod. Me
was found guilty and taxed with the
cost. The little prisoner carried nia
school book and lunch to trial with
him and did not show any signs that
he thought he was in the toils at au.
He was very much unconcerned about
how the trial went, apparently.
P. N. Cresfield, colored, returned
Friday night from Raleigh, where ha
carried Sidney Shaw, the colored bojr
who was bitten by a rabid dog here
Thursday morning in order that ha
might take the Pasteur treatment.
When Cresfield left Raleigh it had
not been determined definitely that
the dog was rabid because of the fact
that the dog's brains were shot out.
However, he was told that all indica
tions were that the dog wa; rabid and
the boy remained in Raleigh to take
the treatment. He said that 10 dogs
heads were received by the laboratory
of hygiene Thursday and up to 10
oVlock Friday morning 6 heads had
been received. All the dogs whose
heads were sent in had bitten some-
the teachers are expected to attend body.