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THE RO ESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. VOL, XLIX COUNTRY, D AND TRUTH LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLllj THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1918. $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANGS NUMBER 4 PATRIOTIC RALLY summary f war news. i parkton paragraph i . i GLENNWOOD GLEANINGS. At Court House Saturday Morn-, ing Teachers Meeting, Brass j Band, War Savings and Thrift Stamp Speeches. The meeting of the white teachers! German Invasion of Russia Continues ; First Experience With a Ford Plait- Epide Hostilities With the Masses Recommencement of Unpopular American Built Airplanes on Way to France. I The German invasion of Russia con ing Potatoes Bold Store Robtxary Recital at Lumber Bridge 1 morrow Evening Church Note- ' Personal. 'fi- 1 mic of Roseola Washington and Thrift Program at School To morrow Afternoon Personal Mention. PROHIBITION RALLY AT RED SPRINGS 22ND At Methodist Church Tomorrow Eve ning Movements of the People. will be made the occasion of a patri- unues unimpeded. -H A i I 1 ., nt- A nnarPTlt I V fnore is f r Vo nr. rocca otic rauy. n " .. " i eustomarv fnr individual fn nut n house there will M jonwar; tion m the eastward march of thejexcuses for procrastination we offer Savings and Thrift Stamps, and a enemy until the Russian Bolsheviki ours f0r the lapse 0f a couple ktf brass band will furnish music. I government entirely slakes the thirst weeks. Not ,1poH nV cW i-n v, V wr vinV 7.d Thrift" stamn e euions lor a peace "wmcn cor-j day coaches, neither have we been &S?JZjFu, JZ) 5ur interests," as. ex-j an airplane, but have been gradua swicwra t pressed Dy me uerman ioreign minis- school ia the county. ter. Southern Esthonia has been entered by troops from German warships in i tV'P Cllllf nt T?1ctq rY fr-nm Mnnn Tcplnn.l . TO GIVE WAR FACTS; or Oesel islands, lying off the shore, ana a Dase estaonsned irom wnicn Cm , I .vviiutjac vi X lie IVUUtrSUllIcin. Correspondence of the RobesonianU j Glennwood (Pembroke R n Fob rv . - ' ' Parkton, Feb. 19. As it is always ' iIr- and Mrs. Francis White, who WOUNDED SOLDIER Captain David Fallon, British Sol dier, Will Speak in Lumberton at Court House Monday at 7 :30 P. M Will Reach Many Towns in State. Captain David Fallon, recently from the trenches in .France and Belgium, will tell the people of North Carolina in the next two weeks the story of the world war as seen by one who has been through it, suffered in it, and re turned a cripple for life. Captain Fallon is an Australian soldier who seived three years with the Britisn forces on the battlefields from Galli noli neninsula to the Somme front. Having been wounded fifteen times, the fifteenth wound incapacitating him so as to cause his dismissal with the honor of the Military Cross, he has been "invalided home" war-scarred and wounded. Instead of return ing to his Australian home at Sidney, he came to America and is lecturing on the war for the purpose of inform ing Americans as to its true condi tions and prospects, as well as to what is expected of them in the line of duty for both civilians and soldiers. While in North Carolina, Captain Fallon will speak in the interest of War-Savings stamps. His itinerary, which is now being arranged at State headouarters. Winston-Salem, will reach nearly every town in the State. He will speak several times daily and will relate his actual experiences with the Hun. He tells how he threw him self in a shell hole in "No Man's Land" which was filled with muck and water, in which he had' to' keep himself submerged three nights ad three days, only raising his head oc casionally to breathe. a orpft?on mpv be carried on against Reval, an important port on the Gulf of Finland; northeast east of Dvinsk the penetration 8f the enemy along the railroad lines leading to Petrograd and Smolensk at last accounts had reached more than twelve miles and thence southward to southern Villhy- nia the invasion was in progress over wide areas with the Germans taking prisoners and guns, rolling stock and other booty in large quantities. The line over which the Germans are oper ating from southern Esthonia to Lutsk is more than 500 miles in length. Scant heed has been taken by the military authorities of Germany of the frantic announcement of a desire on the part of the Bolshevik government for a peace on Germany s terms. Not alone in Germany but also in Austria-Hungary the recommencement of hostilities is unpopular with the masses who, tired of the war, had hoped that with the debacle in Russia a general peace was nearer. Promi nent newspapers in both Germany and in Austria-Hungary evince disap pointment over the new phase of the situation and sevefal of the most in forming acquaintance with a Jo' Henry car. As our first experie: we bounced into the saddle Satun evening for the first time, and wi ten minutes accented a iob lav telephone poles for Mr. J. D. McRain ey, but as Mr. McRainey chanced fo nass nur wsiv W t-p time we 1H fJt first pole we lost our job, as we failed to meet specification, as he did not want the wires broken. My advice to all is to remove the lights from their cars before taking such a job. How ever, we have become more intimate with our line of business and all's well, and we wonder why we failed to get acquainted years aero. borne business going on up our way were married in Jacksonville, Fla., February 10th, arrived Sunday hiorn- mg and are visiting relatives in this community. Mrs. White is pleasantly remembered here as Mrs. Vallie Whipple, having visited Mrs. John T. Culbreth last winter. Mr anA Mra White will make their home in Lake ity, h. C, where Mr. White is en gaged in business. Mr. Lawrence Buie of Harmony spent Sunday in this community Mice T1 -nl,n WV; roiii-no Rowland Monday afternoon to resume her studies in the Rowland graded school. Mr. Sandy McNeill has returned from a short visit in Bladen county. Miss Louise Hughes, who had been the guest of Miss Maggie McNeill for the past week, left Sunday after noon for her home near Maxton. Miss Stella McNeill spent Sunday BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS in the way of carving Irish cobblers, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Nine farmers nut of every ten are planting more or less potatoes, and never was work more rushing and la bor higher and scarcer. Mr. Chas. Terry commenced grind ing corn at his new mill last Satur day and it is said is making the best of meal. Mr. J. C. Webb had the misfortune of losing his fine milk cow, worth $iuu, bunday morning. Mr. A. J. Garris has a very sick horse, one of his finest horses. Mr. Graham Powers of St. Pauls is with the Parkton Mercantile Co's stores. We gladly welcome Mr. andi Mrs. rowers to our town. The Parkton Mercantile Co's store was broken into and robbed on Thurs McNeill Miss Harriet McNeilll has returned from an extended visit to her brother Mr. Charlie McNeill, in Georgia Misses Ivey Lewis, Flora Carlyle, Messrs. Koy .Lewis and Rowland Car lyle, Motored to Columbia. S. C. Sat urday and spent the week-end with j Mr. Zeb Carlyle, who is in training at ump Jackson. Several of the pupils have been ab sent from school for the past few days, due to roseola. , An open meeting of the Glennwood Literary society will be held Friday afternoon. A George Washington and Thrift program will be given. fluential journals desire to know who j day night. Entrance was made by was responsible for it. The newspa-1 breaking the plate glass of the front pers in the dual monarchy are unan- imous against their country making further war against Russia. Nevertheless, for the present at least, all seems dark so far as Russia being able to loose herself from the grip of the invader is concerned. Mean time she is still in the throes of civil war, and added to that has another wide-spread anti-Semitic movement to contend with. Swedish advices are to the effect that there has been a return of the old time practice of carrying out massacres against the Jews. Bloody pogroms are declared to have ALONG ROUTE 7. captain ramm wiu F i w,;fQ i t nV.lir T?aV,lrrtff iourt house in Lumberton at r.30 p. Tiraspol and other towns m. next Monday, February 25tn. He I 0n the battle fronts no ,g engage should be and no doubt will be greeted I ments have been fought- although in by a packed house. CHAUTAUQUA NEXT YEAR It Will Be in a Tent Next Time Chautauqua Which Closed Evening Was Inferior to Palestine the British 6perating against ' the Turks again have pushed forward ! their lines on a front of 15 miles east ui tieiuif.icm diiu 5cluicu iuui,ii ucoii- ed positions. The advance was to a depth of two miles. On the front in France, Belgium and Italy only bom- Last ! b-ardments and minor infantry opera door and the rear door was then open ed and the goods loaded on an au tomobile truck and $400 worth or more goods carried away. It is a great pity that the guilty parties cannot be apprehended and punished severely, but no trace of the guilty party has been reported as yet. RftV. J. K TTnll nastnr o-f -Vio Proa. byterian church, is on the sick lTtf since bunoay. Mr. Gaston Stanley has accepted a position in Wilmington with the A. C. L. Ry. office. He will be greatly missed from our midst. Mr. W. J. Council of Red Springs was in town today. The following from Flora Macdon ald college spent Saturday night, Sunday and Monday in town: Misses Ruby Council, Esdale Currie, Marie McMillan. f Miss Fuddie Williamso?i of Fay- etteville, R. F. D. 3, spent Monday mgnt and luesday with relatives ml town. Pastmaster Collins Cobb arid wife Thrift Stamp Campaign Friday To Be Big Day in School Epworth League Flourishing Social and Personal- CorrespondeiKfeT-of The Robestmian-. Lumberton, R. 7, Feb. 20. Owing to the beautiful weather of last week, farmers through this section remind us -that corn planting is near. We still note a few cases of rose ola among the school children. We are waging ( a Thrift Stamp campaign in our school this week. Just watch the results. Friday is North Carolina day in the public schools, also a legal holi day, it beine; Washington's birthday. i Miss Cassidy will be with us on that i day and we hope to make the day worth while. Miss Blanche Thomas spent the tions are in progress. and daughter, Sarah, attended the i "Vs "Yf Z 1 Jl i Former; British airmen are continuing their i funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Sarah ! W;I1U V8aua8 ' ajrymc cum Chautauquas But Some of the At-1 positions behind the battle lines. Nav-1 ing place at the Mcintosh graveyard Several of yo? set enjoyed i . - -. -i t - vi w it r n u r t pi a i i r i ivi i i-im'. ip a airmen ae-arn have toil bed SUbma- ahnve Wao-ranv The f nffenrira " n tractions Were Worth Whik rine bases, airplane cmps, docks an'! ! were said to be most beautiful and Guarantors Had Small Deficiency The 3-day Radcliffe to Make Good j other military works of the Germans profuse. Chautauqua along the North Sea coast Secretary of Wrr Br.ker in an im portant announcement says the first American built battleplanes are nov which closed at the Pastime theatre on their way to France, nearly five last evening was not up to the highjmonths ahead oi the original sched- mark set by former Uhautauquas Qie. held here, but some of the attractions were really worth while and were more than worth the price of a sea son ticket. Capp's orchestra and Dr. Wm. Ra der, the attractions Monday afternoon and evening, were all right. The or chestra gave two worth-while enter tainments, and Dr. Rader's two lec The d;3ratching of the high-power ed aircraft, according to Mr. Baker, marks t e final overcoming of the many difficulties met with in building up the intricate industry of airplane manufacture n the United States. British Shipping Losses. Fifteen British merchantmen were sunk by mines, or submarines last Taylor Sunday, it being her 14th Rev. J. L. Jenkins completer! a se ries of sermons last Sunday on the general subject "An Adequate Church .r ri : tit u mi Ttaet' TK1icsWwere, tot, "The K? Sunday with N' C- Kind of Persons We Ought to Be text birthday. Mr. John Herring, who had his ton sils removed at a hospital in Fayette ville sometime ago, has recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Graham of Raeford Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, Feb. 20. There will be a prohibition rally at Trinitv Meth odist church Friday night of more thjin usual interest. The sneaker is Rev. R. L. Davis, secretary of the Anti-Saloon league, to whose efforts the State owes much for beinu; a dry State. As soon as the campaign is ended in North Carolina, which clos es with next Sunday, Mr. Davis goes to Alabama as one of the State speak ers in a campaign that is being con dueled in that State. A little later he will be one of the speakers in the Minnesota campaign, which will Un liu;av nikiit h laree United States flag, which is now displayed in the window of the Carolina Bank and -Trust Co., will be awarded to the grade in our graded school which dis tributes the largest number of cou pons and succeeds in brineriner the largest number of folks out to hear Mr. Davis. If you receive a coupon do not lose it, but take it with you to church and present it in person at the door; only in this way will it count in favor of the grade in school which has requested your presence. This is no time for slackers. The liquor traffic is destroying more gain today than all others put together. Somehow it should be stopped, and tne only way to do it is to come to gether in meetings like this j nd let our representatives at Washington know what our desires are. The meeting will be under the gen eral supervision of Rev. A..J. Parker, acyng for the league. Mrs. Irvin Grantham of Lumberton has returned to her home after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Grantham. Mr. R. W. Massie of Lynchburg, Va., spent the week-end with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Massie, Jr. Messrs Jesse and Angus Byrne of Camp Jackson spent the week-end at home. Mr. "Denk" Davis is at home for a few days from Camp Wadsworth, Au gusta, Ga. Mrs. A. J. Parker has returned from a visit to her son and daughter-in-law, Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Parker, at St. Pauls. "Mr JrEr: Calhihan in-Highsmith's hospital suffering from a very bad knee, hurt while moving a house about two weeks ago. His friends will be glad to know he is getting along nicely, following an operation Mon day. Mr. McConnell of Graham is hold ing the "week of prayer" at Flora Macdonald college this week and preaching to the girls morning and night. Mrs. R. W. Massie, Jr., and Miss Sallie Pearsall are ' spending today with Mrs. J. J. Godwin in Lumberton. Judge T. A. McNeill, Mr. T. A. Mc Neill, Jr.. and little Cora McNeill of j Lumhertojn spent Monday, with Mr.j Mr. and Mrs. George Bullock and TLif ;i u ,1 ;r 7.i, of next veek. iniuii) wave uiuvcu iiilu iuis. uduuj a house next to the Methodist church. Mrs. N. A. Brown and family who had been living in the house, for about a year, have moved into the house formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Denny Friday, a legal holiday, the local banks will be closed Washington's birthday. Special meeting L 6. O. F. No. 24" tonight at S o'clock. First depree work. All members urged to be pres ent. Superior court for the trial of civil cases will Convene Monday Judge Geo. W. Connor of Wilson will preside. Miss Josephine Breece lfk day night for Baltimore and New York to buy spring goods for her aul- nnery store. The condition of Mrs. Frank Gough, who has been sick for many months, has not been favorable far several days. Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Grantham have rented rooms from Mr. F. L. Nash, Sixth street, and have begiam light housekeeping. , -- -i-'Cii, junior mem ber of the firm of R. D. Caldwell & Son, will leave tonight for the North ern markets to buy spring goods for the Caldwell store. Mr. Joe Barrington, one of Robe son's selectmen at Camp Jackson, is spending a few days furlough with relatives near Maxton. He is a Luai berton visitor today. Mrs. W. S. Britt has returned home from the Fennell infirmary, Rock Hill, S. C, where she had been a patient since December 20. Her condition is very much improved. Mr. F. A. Wishart, county super intendent of roads, left Tuesday even ing for Chapel Hill to attend a good roads meeting. The meetintr onen- ed Tuesday and will close tomorrow. Mrs. Sue I. Blake, and daughter, Miss Lillian, and nephew, Mr. Earla Crump, left Tuesday for Hopewell, Va., where they will make their home. Mr. Paul and Miss Annie Blake, son and daughter of Mrs. Blake, haw been at Hopewell for some time. Mrs. Lillie Langdon, who has of the millinery department of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son's de partment store, left Tuesday night for New York and Baltimore to buy spring milinery for the Caldwell charge of the milinery department of store. Mr. A. P. Page, who enlisted in the signal corps of the U. S. army last December,rrived last night from Camp Hancock, Ga., where he has been stationed. He will leave for camp Sunday. Mr. Page was recently traibsferred to jie Ti.lrd regiment and expects to ieve for France in a short time. He is a son of - Mr. E. E. Page of Lumberton. M'ss Lulu M Cassidy, county home demonstration agent, and Dr. A. H. Kerr, county farm demonstrator, went yesterday to Centenary school house, where Miss Cassidy organized a community club. Dr. Kerr made a very interesting talk on gardening and Miss Cassidy talked on War Sav ings nnd Thrift stamps. Miss Crssi dy wi ' go this afternoon to ; ir-nont to organize a home demonstration club. Messrs. Bullock Brothers will re sume their Jitney service between d Fairmont Monday The service was dis continued some two weeks ago on ac count of the condition of the roads. They will make two round trips each day. The first car will leave the Lor raine hotel at 8:30 a. m. and return ing will leave Fairmont at 10:10 a. mi s i m. i m. ine second car win leave cne 1st Chron. 12:32; third an dlast, "The Church in Armor. The Call of the 1st Chr0n. 12:32; third and last, "The ham. The Epworth league here is pro gressing nicely. Every young boy and girl in the community should join IU ttliU lit&L, X11C' -j ., i l 1 ri i a mi. icn us anu aueuu ickuwuv. HE 1st lW We hkve KrK WVX V WkJ A AX CfrJLA 111 VCl J- X. A. -V-U W has been made for these sermons to be printed in pamphlet form. the house guest of her sister, Mrs. E. T. Taylor. Messrs. Harvey King and Donowm Mm n t uT j o i i xvxcaaio. xxcixvcy xvxiiti aim i r. T. G. Balfour of So.otswnod ! . , ,t. . mi. tiirp "Wo TTr Amprira and "The roQt anwiii-io- in tbo wppklv state-! -FQ T.W T?o T? tp t? 9 ,o -Broadweil, and misses oiancne inm t..wi.v W y-f VVI w w . , xUl 111 UW I I I KTL JJilUC, JLV JL a J . U W C0 Ti t-v t ouu r t? uH. m iw secuiiu iai lrr oiK 3 Lorraine hotel at 4 p. m. and return- visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Peauj ing win kave atd6:;,0 p. m 5 "Some Porto Rico yams for you, Indian Red Cross at Reedy Branch I ?ron jder a Democratic adminis- w .rv '-inn omwm rritci fnoc Knf hard n Correspondence of The Robesonian. Mcdonald, Feb. 20. Saturday, the 16th was the Red Cross meeting day at Reedv Branch. There were five tration- keep," said Mr. J. Odum, who lives near Lowe, as he came into The Robs sonian office Tuesday and gave the editor some of the finest potatoes that ever grew under any administra- Call of Democracy," were well worth ment of the British admiralty. This i m town this afternoon and reports an the price of the whole course. Prof. Was a slight decrease over the sink- Louis Williams' chemical (afternoon) , ings of the previous week. and electrical (evening) entertain ments were delightful and instruc tive. They were worth while, full of practical instruction about subjects that to most people are as a sealed book. Dr. A. W. Hutchins, platform manager, made friends while here and his two lectures were enjoyed. Some stray crumbs might have been picked MAKE INCOME RETURNS. Income Tax Man Will Be in Lumber ton to Assist You February 25 to 28. When Denutv Collector N. A. Wat- out of the drearv talk of the so-called i son left Lumberton on February 2nd domestic science expert, from whom the ladies expected much, also from the lectures of the Red Cross nurse, but they were disappointing; and the entertainments yesterday afternoon ami evening decidedly did not measure np to sav the least. But the excellence of a few of tha attractions made up for deficien cies and the Chautauqua was worth while. The 25 guarantors had to ttalro un a deficiencv of $63.25. No doubt there would have been no de ficiency at all if the Radcliffe com he asked The Robesonian to state that he would return to Lumberton Febru ary 25th and be here until the 28th to assist all who care to consult him about figuring income tax. Married persons whose incomes are $2,000 or more a year, and single persons whose incomes are $1,000 or more, must make returns. The time for making re turns has been extended to April 1st, but this is the last appointment ift Robeson of a man from the office of the internal revenue collector to give as sistance in making this unaccustomed r;,ny had not absolutely laid down on j return, so those who are liable for this tax will not want to miss the oppor tunity of consulting Deputy Watson in t l . -F-w CoKrnorv 9 PI tn 2S Miss Byrd Blankenship, Red Cross instructor in surgical dressings from Atlanta, Ga., arrived Tuesday mgM and gave her first instructions to a class of 20 yesterday afternoon it 3 o'clock. She will give a lesson each afternoon at 3 o'clock except Sunday fnr seven davs. Members of the class v;b:it it was expected to do in the way 01 helping to advertise. lwo Vv'eeka ago today e en the guarantors did not know when the Chautauqua would be given, and advertising the Cnnutauriua should have begun before that time. A few guarantors have pledged the necessary $425 to have a Chautauqua here next year in a tent, and it is the Purpose to manage it differently. Mr. J'-- U. Caldwell agreed to stand for 12 Of the 25 names required as guaran tors. Mn ilnnhr nth ova sio-n fntpr if the Radcliffe conmanV can be gotte-.vtert." The class meets in the Red to do what it failed so si:r.allv to do! Cross rooms in the cotton mill oitico tHis time do a reasonable share tow-1 building, Elm and Second slreetsMrs. Jo giving due nublicity to he coming , L T- Townsend is superintendent of i the Ciiauiauaua. the surgical dressings committee. interesting recital to be given at the auditorium Friday, February 22nd, at 7:30, benefit of the Red Cross. We think it is getting time to hear of something of the kind in our town. Messrs. H. B. Culbreth and L. B. Johnson left Sunday afternoon for a brief visit, first to Raeford and Fay etteville and thence to McCormick. We fear they exceeded the speed lim it. Also Messrs. Alvi Wright, John Currie and Carl Lancaster a trip to Aberdeen and Pinehurst. These trips were made with John Henry F's. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Johnson who spent the winter with their daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hughes, left this afternoon for a brief visit to. Mrs. Johnson s sister, Mrs Humphrey of St. Pauls. Mrs. J. P. McMillan and children, Cathrine and Robert R., who have been on an extended visit to relatives in town, left this morning to visit relatives in the Edonia section before returning to Perry, Fla. The subject for the union prayer meeting for Wednesday night of this week is "business Men's Meeting." Next Wednesday evening will he prayer and praise service '4 ,'Srne ! fine singing will be heard by the large union choir. The public invited. A large Easter service is assured at the M. E. church on the fifth Sunday. w 1 - i 1 TTl T" X J x es, IjUIU Jast and r annie arm at tended the Epworth league meeting at Red Springs Saturday, 9th. They report a fine trip. new members enrolled, which makes ! tion. One of these yams would make us" 46 members. Since Miss Doraj more than a meal for a eood-sized Price and Miss Kate McKinzie werejfamiiy an(j this appreciated gift will The railroad companies operating in and through North Carolina filed are much pleased with the instruc with the Corporation Commission ions which 1 hey say are "eye op -, Tuc ,? .y a petition asking permission ' , ii T. 1 , l i. t , 1 . i j - J? -1 AAA to aooiisn tne present system oi x,uvv mile m'leage books at $20 and the 2,000 mile mileage books at $40 and substitute therefor a straight 1,000 mile mileage book at $22.50- Items From Singletary's Cross Roads. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Singletary Cross Roads (Lumberton R. 5) Feb. 19. We have been having some very favorable weather for the last few days. It seems that the farm ers are very busy in this section pre paring to plant tobacco. Mr. McKay Byrd reported that he has tobacco plants up. Misses Maude and Eva Byrd enter tained a large number of their friends Friday night of last week. It was greatly enjoyed by all. Miss Viola Boone spent the week-end visiting Misses Eva and Maude Byrd. Mrs. Docia Fatton and daughter, Myr tle May, of Ten Mile, are spending this week with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Parnell. Mr. and Mrs. McK. Byrd spent Sun day afternoon at Mr. and Mrs. George Parnell's. Mr. Casper Sessoms of St. Pauls and Mr. Archie Britt, who has been in training camp at Ft. Thomas, Ky., were guests of Misses HiVa and maude Byrd Monday afternoon. The Planters Bank & Trust Co. inaugurates something new for this section this week. Saturday it will begin keeping open from 7 to 8 p. m. Saturdays to receive savings deposits. This is to encourage the saving habit and to accommodate depositors who cannot conveniently get to the bank durine banking hours. It no doubt will prove a popular move. with us 2 weeks ago and got us or ganized, being just started in this great work. Although our ladies are inexperienced in the work at this time, they decided to send a part of their funds to Rowland society to aid them in forwarding the work, on and a part will be kept at Reedy Branch to start our ladies at work, as Miss Price and Miss McKinzie will meet with them and assist them. By order to meet Friday night, the 22nd, thenVe will report. W. G. HUNT, Cor. Sec. Death of Granddaughter of Mr. , and Mrs. Robt Chaffin. Ronorted for The Robesonian. Little Annie Chaffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Jackson of David son College and grandchild of Mr. and Mrs Robt. Chaffin of Lumberton passed away at the Charlotte sanato rium Tuesday the 19th of February. She was in her fifth year, a bright, lovely child. Back Swamp Red Cross Meets Saturday. Correspondence of the Robesonian. Lumberton. R. F. D., Feb. 20. Back Swamp Red Cross society will meet at Back Swamp church Saturday af ternoon, 2:30 o'clock. It is requested for each member to be present and those who will join to come. QUESSIE PREVATTE, Sec. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McCallum be gan housekeeping Tuesday in the residence belonging to Mrs. McCal lum, Third and Water streets. They had been boarding at the Lorraine hotel. be enjoyed right along for some days as the food administration has not decreed potatoless days. Warren West, Freddie Britt, Charles Watts, Clyde Britt and Wash Edwards, all small white boyR who live at the National cotton mill Til lage, were before Assistant Rororder E. M. Johnson Tuesday on the coarge of throwing missiles and brick at res idences at the mill village. Warren West plead guilty, while the other boys were found not guilty. The judgment of the court was that West be wnipped by his parents in the pres ence of an officer and not be allowed on the streets after night for a vear. All members of the executive and publicity committees of the Robe son War Savings and Thrift stamp organization are requested to meet with the teachers of Robeson in the court house here Saturday at 11 a. m. As was stated in Monday's- Rot.e sonian, the white teacners of the county will meet here Saturday and these committees are requested to meet with them in order' that plans may be perfected for organizing War Savings and Thrift stamp societies in all the schools and in each commu nity in the county. Mrs. S. E. Townsend of R. 6 from Lumberton is among the visitors in town today. She has just received a letter from her son Mr. Frank Town send, who is on the U. S. ship Are thusa, "somewhere." He writes: "We had a very good trip coming over and this is better thnn staying out at sea like we had been doing. I don't knov when we will go back to the U. S.f it will be quite a while, 3 or 4 months, but don't worry, I'm having a very good time and getting on all right. We've been here for about 2 weeks." The letter was dated February L