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v m THE ROBESONIAN ESI AUUDOAU iow. oiiiULA tun f lVE PFNTO CENTS. COUNTRY, COgLND TRUTH VOL. XLIX LUMBERTON. NORTH PAROl IN A 4u , .g-wwir a , rLDiuiv I Zo, ly lo. $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE NUMBER 6 THE BIG FIGHT Captain Fallon Thrills Capacity Audience at Court House. BARBAROUS DEEDS OF GERMAN SOLDIERS Story of Perils Passed by Land and Sea and of Unspeakable Atrocities Committed by the Hun Told by Wounded British Officer. PLEDGES FOR PURCHASE OF slacker as the man who shirks the draft. Germany Can and Will Be Beaten. It will not take 40 years to whip Germany, the speaker declared They can and will be beaten. It will take work, however. People mufct give till it hurts. Speaking of those who claim Amer ica as their home and are in sympa thy with Germany, Capt. Fallon said they should go back to that cursed country, as thev are not. wnnteH h pro In closing capt. Fallon declared that the Allies are not going to stop until the flags of Great Britain, France and America are Hying over Berlin. Humor of the Wounded. Although his story is one of 'horror, Capt. Fallon mixes humor with it and he-is a most interesting speaker. He said that if you sympathize with a man who has had his foot shot on, for instance, he is apt to tell you that he was glad to get rid of that foot, cii v , cv , Uiuv crs en Ensit zzzz a, I WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ways bothered him. wwcb aim xrencn itais STORE ROBBERS CAUGHT. J. D. McLEAN PASSES. ! MARIETTA NEWS MATTERS. ' BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Ed t 1 m . Clifton of St. Pauls and Neill Prominent Citizen of Fairmont n;! ui ... Galled meeting I. O. O. F tonieftt . , ,Ji. v.lOTS mammem and Meet-, at 7:30. Iniatory degree work. All v morning at f ayetteville Wk Funeral Tomorrow 10 A. M. War as it is really experienced by the soldiers in the trenches in France and Belgium and the atrocities of the Germans in the devastation of cities, villages and countryside, the murder of innocent children, the outraging of helpless women and numerous other barbarous deeds were graphically de ,;v,0fi !t the court house here Mon- av Pvenine by Capt. David Fallon, a wounded British officer. War-Mad Beasts. Capt Fallon, who was wounded 15 times before giving up the fight, his VmrnpH and scared for life, his and arm shattered by shrapnel, the hand practically useless, described war with the Germans as an encounter with scientific and war mad beasts. He declared that it was th w;n of the rulers in Germany to get every child to believe that the Fatherland is their religion and that the Kaiser is ood. Rank in the Year 1904. fantain Fallon told of how while the free peoples of the world were sleeping and enjoying the lands and freedom given them by their fore father Oermanv was building up the great war machine that has menaced the nations during the last three and a half years. He told oi traveling through Belgium and France during the year 1904, of how the people were enjoyincr peace and freedom, children happy, "the people generally at work and living as they should. But when he entered Germany the winds met him and seemed to say, "Go back, you are entering the land of the damned. He could then see the workings of the great war machine and went back to his home in Australia and told his peo ple that they might as well get ready to fight Germany. The people laughed at him and said he was talsmg 1001- ishness. A Horrible Contrast. The speaker then told of his second trip to France and Belgium and of the change that had come about. He saw women who had been outraged by the German war dogs in their mad rush through Belgium and France, saw children with their hands cut off and some with their tongues cut out. He met women who said they were carrvinir German children and declar ed that when the children were born they would tear them to pieces. He told of a mother superior who met German soldiers at the door of her convent and told them they could not enter. The German soldiers cru cified her at the door of the convent and entered, but the nuns committed suicide and committed their souls to God rather than allow their bodies to be violated by the Huns. Thrilling Experiences. Capt. Fallon told of ins experience with the Turks and of how when his army retired from the Gallipoli cam paign his comrades left notices which read, "Turks, you have given us a damn jjood fight and we appreciate it and hope to return and give you hell." Capt. Fallon went through this cam paign with no more serious trouble than a bavonet thrust through his hand. He then told of going to the French front and of his drastic expe riences in "No Man's Land." He was wounded while on picket duty and had to remain in a mud hole with bullets flying thick over his head for three flays and nights, with but little to eat, He told of one instance when the Ger mans threw two bombs at him. One went over his head, while the other fell by his side and failed to explode. He picked up the bomb and hurled it hack at the Germans and it exploded, sending the Germans back to hell, where they belong," he said. Ked Cross "Angels of Mercy." Capt. Fallon spoke in glowing terms Of the irreat work- rintr Hone hv the ed ( ross nurses in caring for the wounded behind the firintr lines. He referred to them as "angels of mercy." the sneaker declared that the Al lies are fighting for womanhood, free dom and liberty. That the people of his country liked to think of the Amer icana as cousins and said he thanked Boa that they are now united against me ioe. Save, Serve and Sacrifice, (-apt. Fallon appealed to his hear ers to wake up and show to the world that they have the same blood of their forefathers, who fought for the free dom vhich the people of America have enjoyed. He said it took a German k'r'tf to separate the neonle of Ameri ca and those of England and that a German kin - will mite them. He aiSO UrCPrl I Kn nnnnln f r. ctatlH hv i resident Wilson, whom he said the P ''Pie of his countiv think is the K"'rutest "ian in tne world today. The Allies must. save, serve and sac nfice or they will be doomed, damned ind devastated. The man who shirks responsibility is as much of a Telling of fife in the trenches, he spoke of the "cooties" with which the shirts of the soldiers become alive. He told of a soldier whose life was saved by a "cootie." Bitten in the right side, the soldier reaehed his hand under his shirt and bent over to get the pest, when a shell carried his helmet away. If he had been standing upright, if he had not bent over to attend to the "cootie." his head would have been shot off. Pull ing the "cootie" out the soldier held him in his hand and addressed him thus: "You saved my lift. I can't give you the Victoria Cross, but I'll give you a square meal" and he put the cootie" back under his shirt. You do not know what a rodent is until you make the acquaintance of trench rats, according to Captain Fal lon. They are with the soldiers con tinually, whether they are sleeping or waking. You will be waked from sleep by the effort of rats to lunch off of some choice part of your body: rat will yank food out of your mouth as you eat. If you catch the eye of one of these rodents, Capt. Fallon said you can almqst see him wink at you and can imagine him saying, "Your world must be in a hell of a fix for you fellows to come down here and live with us. No doubt the largest crowd that ever gathered in the court house heard Capt. Fallon. Standing room was at a premium and many were turned avay who could not find standing-room in hearing distance of the sneaker, .fracticailv evtery section. of the county was represented and many from outside the county were here. The speaker was introduced by Mr Woodberry Lennon, town attorney and secretary of the Robeson county Tyson of Hope Mills Charged With Robbing Store at St. Pauls Clifton Admits Guilt Trial Tomorrow. "n oi ayetteville and Weill Mayor J. D. McLean of Fairmont lyson oi nope Mills are m jail here died this morning at 9 o'clock at the on tne cnarge of robbing A. K. Mc-, fflghsmith hospital at Favetteville Eachern & Co's store at St. Pauls ; Deceased had been suffering for some I xuonuay nignt. When arrested Clif ton admitted that he was guilty of the charge and said Tyson was with him at the time the store was robbed. This store had been robbed twice before Monday night during the last few weeks and Chief of Police M. P. Newton of St. Pauls was on the watch Monday night. Ha was in the central telephone office when he saw two WDti t xrrl i - ttI o " nn-n cr-r nrtrl break a window out of the front of the store. The robbers loaded 31 au tomobile tires on their auto and left town before they were arrested. Sheriff R. E. Lewis was notified of the robbery and he and Rural Police man A. H. Prevatt rushed to St. auls. A number of citizens of St. Pauls followed the auto driven by :he robbers and overtook it between Hope Mills and Fayetteville. Clifton was in the car and said he had to ston because his gasoline gave out. He then admitted that he was the guilty man and went witn the party to where he had hidden the automobile tire m the woods. He said that Tyson was with him and that he left Tyson at Hope Mills. Sheriff Lewis, in com pany with the sheriff of Cumberland county, .went to the Tyson home and arrested him. Tyson refuses to talk about the robbery. They will be given a preliminary hearing here tomorrow. r i wiii v 1.W.)m1,,.i. , . . 1 1 ine a Frenchman Sn,k .3UItaio oe present Mr J. D. Monrna nf T win if" u War Bad Holes in Roads Per- has accepted a position as salesman ai me McAllister H a r, Kvi.ro r sonal Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian store. time with stomach trouble and hA ! !Y?nin s oyed by a very good .... crowa. oeen m tne hospital since early in Jan uary. The remains will be taken to Fairmont this afternoon and the fun eral will be conducted at 10 o'clock to morrow by Rev. J. R. Miller, pastor of the Baptist church at Fairmont, of W&ich deceased was a member. 1lf- Hff,T , lit was one of the leading figures in the industrial life of Fairmont. He was secretary-treasurer and general man ager of the J. D. McLean Co., one of the largest mercantile establishments at Fairmont. He had many friends throughout Robeson who will be griev ed to learn of his death. In his death Robeson loses a valued citizen. Mrs. Emma Mclntyre resigned Monday her nositinn in th lw..t iTiarietia, reD. zo. ine entertain-j trui outnern Bell telephone o ment given by the Red Cross Saturday! She began work here December L iur. j. jl. Li n more and family moving today from Lumberton OVER $10,000 FOR FLORA MACD0NALD COLLEGE SUPERIOR COURT. No Court Next Week and Jurors Need Not Report. Red Springs Starts Campaign For $100,000 Recital Next Mon day Evening. I War-Savings committee. Save Money and Lend to the Govern ment. Mr. Gilbert T. Stephenson of Win ston-Salem, who is giving the year to the camoaisrn for the sale of War Savings and Thrift stamps in the State, was present and made a strong anneal to the people to buy sts' ps Mr. Stephenson declared that th-j war is only eomg to be won wren ine more than 100,000,000 people in the United States tret behind the 2.000,000 Amer ican soldiers who are going to the front. The sneaker said that the only way nine-tenths of the American peo nle can heln win the war is by sav iner monev and lending it to the .iov ernment. He said that if the war lasts ten years and it is necessary to send 10,000.000 American soldiers to the front there will still be 100,000.000 people left who must serve by saving md lendinc their savings to the Gov ernment. He declared that the one great lesson the American people ropd to learn is to be savers. He said that the people of the South are the poorest Engiish speaking people on earth, not because they do not make, but because they do not save. $7,565 Pledged. After Mr. Stephenson had finished his address pledge cards were distrib uted among the audience and the peo ple were asked to pledge the amounts they were willing to invest in War Ravine's and Thrift stamps during this year. After the cards had been collected it was announced that the pledges amounted to $7,565. A casn iwtinn of $37 22 was taken for wounded comrades of Capt. Fallon Although the term of Superior court for the trial of civil cases which convened Monday was slated for a two-weeks' term, it is expected the term will close tomorrow and there will be no ctmrt next week. Those who were summoned to serve as ju rors next week need not report Mon day. This was the information given iPtie Robesonian this morning Judge Geo. W. Connor, who is pre siding. The following jury trials ha7e been -completed this week: Pearl R. Bullard vs. L. K. Bullard; divorce granted. G. H. Harper vs. Mamie Harper; divorce granted. FrankJones "vs. W. J. Walters; iudement for plaintiff. A. L Stone vs Julia Blackburn and William Blackburn; judgment fc plaintiff. Good Roads Machine Co. vs. Board Road Trustees Carver's Creek town ship. Bladen county; judgment for; plaintiff. In a news letter received this morn ing but which must be held over for the next issue on account of a rush of m;ner matter, The Robesonian's Red bpwngs correspondent reports that a canass made in Red Springs Tuesday resulted in contributions amounting to 110,181 on the endowment fund for Flota Macdonald college, to which one yiS . oltered t0 Slve $50,000 if $100,000 is raised. Further canvass of the town is expected to raise at least $1,000 more. This canvass fol lowed a union service at the Presby terian church Sunday, when Dr. BrinV- man, financial agent of the college. Next Monday evening Miss Kate Campbell Johnson, voice, and Mrs. Lessie Lindsey Wharton, piano, of Greensboro, will give a recital in the college auditorium for the benefit of the endowment fund,. Both, fchese ladies are well known in Red Springs and a rare treat is expected. CROPS WILL BE MOVED. They made $25 above ex penses. A Frenchman spoke at Olivet church Sunday afternoon on the war. He made an interesting talk There was a very large crowd present. The Red Cross will meet on next Friday evening at 7:30 at the school house. AH who can, please attend. Miss Lula Page is home for a few uas Hum 1iVojis, Oil. Mrs. T. C. Parham and Mrs. Janie Oliver spent Monday afternoon in Fairmont. Mr. J. S. Oliver, who has been sick for sometime, is improving a little but is not able to be out yet. We hope he will soon be able to be with us again in Sunday school. We miss him. Mr. Bernard Oliver, who has been sick at Ft. Thomas. Kv.. is improvinc Messrs McDuff and Benjamin Oliver spent one day last week at Loris. S. C Mrs. B. L. Temple has returned from a visit to Mr. Temple's relatives at Hickory. Messrs. W. T. Jenrette and Carl Oliver and Misses Scarborough and Cherry spent Saturday in Lumberton Mr. Charlie Harrington left last Friday for the navy. Mrs. W. P. Oliver spent two days last week at Mr. A. U. Harrington's. Mrs. W. M. Oliver and Mr. Hal Oliver spent one day last week in Liumberton We are .having some fine weather now and every one is busy. We hope that some one will get a little time to fill up some of the bad holes in the Wh fm, a tn ... "iiivcviiic. inr. vinmore win engage in the mercantile business at White ville. There will be an entertainment at the Barnesvilie school hou. Fri day night at 8 o'clock. Mr. W Len non of Lumberton will speak on War Savings and Thrift stamps. .The reerular monthly mtino- -r RpH e?cuuve committee of the local Red Cross society will h hoU ; V! r ""i:ia ioom at the house tomorrow evening at 8 r;ViaS J :se.ve" ne.w member. r f fC &rrt,ruo i-bee tent No. This made a total of 30 court of SPINAL MENINGJTIS AT DILLON Rowland Quarantined Against Visi tors From That Town. J Rowland has been quarantined against visitors from Dillon, S. C, on of a case -of spinal meningi tis at Dillon. It is said that people Hvincr at. Dillon who have been expos ed to the case of meningitis had been 0;tincr Rowland, which led to the 5np Dillon people objected to the quarantine, but Dr. W. A. Mc Phaul, county health officer, advised the authorities at Rowland that they had a right according to tne neaitn regulations in North Carolina to en force the quarantine. Planters Warehouse Co. Elects Officers. At a recent meeting of the stock holders of the Lumberton Planters the following officers were elected: president, L. H. Cald well; vice-president, K. M. Biggs; secretary-treasurer, R. H. Cnchton As has been stated in The Robe sonian, this company will erect a new brick tobacco sales warehouse, First and Cedar streets. The material for the new building, which will be 80x200 feet, is already being assembled. Men Within Draft Age Should Register. Mr. W. S Britt, chairman of the county board of elections, has ap pealed through The Robesonian to army registrants who have become 21 years of age and have never regis tered to do so before they are called into service in order that they may be able to vote in the coming elections regardless of where they are. Mr. Britt says many of the boys are going to the training camps without registering. All who have not registered and are liable to be called into service should see Mr. Britt and register m order not to be deprived of their votes. Smallpox in Robeon. Dr. W. A. McPhaul. county health officer, says there is a number of cases of smallpox in the county, ne nas spent most of this week in trying to stop the spread oi tne disease ami says he has found. that in some sec tions there are cases of chicken pox. It is not a part of the duty ot the county helaht officer to treat cases of smallpox or other diseases; he could not do that and attend to his duties all over the county. There are several cases of smallpox in the camp of the Beaufort County Lumber Co. at Fairmont, one of-the cases being severe. Farmers Need Have No Fear About Transportation For Crops Melons and Truck, Says McAdoo. Patriotic Rally at Philadelphus Quite a large crowd attended "the patriotic rally at Philadelphus school nouse last evening, ine ennaren aciea their parts well and after the program Supt. R. E. Sentelle, of the Lumber ton graded school made a lecture on War-Savings and Thrift stamps in which he urged the people to organize War Savings societies and get the communiities aroused to the fact that we are in this world war, that it is our war and we must help the govern ment by purcliasing War-Savings and Thrift stamps, and by economizing in food and other commodities. Ihe boys at the front have gone into this fight to win the war before returning KJ? Maccabees Tuesday evenine iwia uittue a Torn n-r vn during the last feVm7th7 The S Mr. C. A WnM ... n.in , ","'u,Fi readier oi tne Balt.more school, near Fairmont, and MessJs- Barden Pittman and H O Floyd, also of the Baltimore section! were among the registrants for S yesterday' Wh WCre exami nere fl7A,party from Laurinburg spent haSinrdKy here buying flues VtZ bacco barns. The farmers of Sco ihJOU.ntyhve not plantg tobacco heretofore, but indications SI 83? S2. p ant on a sma11 3 Two mules hitched to a wa ffd&E?m 8lreet witht a driJS aiternoonr The mnU PPed at the union station wagon wheels struck a post, t been learned who the mule to. The feature nirfinn tt t . bit in OBIbTSJ the Pastime Tuesday of next week It S1" teen given here on the 22nd Inst, but the reel was lost in shipment The company guarantee. MarcTsfh.116" fi exhibi rt, ?,heriff Jd8r HaH and Clerk of the Court W. B. McQueen, both of Hocounty, andMr. E. S. Smith, an attorney, of Raeford, were Lumber ton visitors Tuesday. Sheriff HaU is well known in Robeson. He was onS captain of the Lumber Bridge liefat wnheroand iS 3 SPanish-Amerigk te company was called out late Monday afternoon on account ot tmtt Ti ? ournmg near the home of ie bad holes in the ' were stonnAH of v, roads. If we can't get them worked when the warTi- stano.a we certainly would like to have the It has not been learned who th holes filled, at least some of the worse i belonged to iearned wno tn mule ones, some places are so bad you can hardly pass without getting in the ditches. Mr. S. M. Oliver and daughter, Mae, left this morning for Dunn. They will visit Mr. Ben Townsend, whose wife is very sick. XX. VI. ,1 HPS W9 nnf af..l T damage was done. The fire alarm was turned to at 5:30 yesterday af ternoon on account of burning grass near the iron foundry of the Lumber- iwui-or car uo., south of beaboard railroad from town. the home, but without the aid of the pco-l . MF- JJ' Bowden, formerly a UiC U VCI IlCit Cll. OI IO WW MM "O I i . ill Major A. J. McKinnon of Maxton writes The Robesonian that he receiv ed the following telegram yesterday from Senator Simmons: ' The director general of railroads "as written me saying that; farmers need have no fear about being able to secure the rtcessary transportation tor xneir crops oi melons and trucx and that the present congestion should soon be cleared up, after which time there will be plenty of cars available for the products of our farmers." In sending this information to The Robesonian Maj. McKinnon writes: "I thought it would ')e rie for the trucking section to have this informa less. Thev have sent word to the neonle at,home saying, "We are home sick, we want to come home, but we are not coming till the show is over." By purchasing War-Savings and Thrift stamps we thereby ler-d aid to the Government and establish a hab it of saving and thrift, and the Gov ernment pays us 4 per cent interest on all the money we lend; by January 1923, the $4.14 War Savings stamp purchased in March will be worth to. The people seem to oe greatly en thused and no doubt will organize and get busy. Besides Mr. Sentelle, those who at tended the rally from Lumberton were Mrs Spntpllp and their children. Miss Helen and Masters Ennis and Harris,! hours tion at the earliest possible moment and Miss Augusta Blake. j Mr w B Smith who comtart and I would be glad if you would give . - T,...,J TT n a meat market at Eliz'abethtown it all the publicity you can. There has recent visitor to Lumberton. ' f7 win noiu its moiiLuiy "iccuiig Smith cave oof io , . nrvv afternoon at 3 o'clock in the beef is cheap at Elizabeth- in tne storp nf t ho rf Hdw Co. but for the past two years employed in the navy yard at Charles ton, b. C., is spending a few days in Lumberton. He will have to report back for duty at Charleston March 1 and has learned that he has been plac ed in class 3, all employes of naval yards being placed in a deferred class. Mr Jim Stephens, an employee at the Jennings cotton mill, had the base of his skull fractured Tuesday morning when he fell under a drum which he and another man were carry ing Mr. Stephens tripped and fell and the pulley, which weighed around 100 pounds, struck him on the head : ' w mc iiiompson nos- tntal and was unconscious for several been some uncertainty as to the at titude of the railroads, while under Govenrnmet control towards the move ment of non-essential '.rucking crops, and I have been negotiating wtt; Mr. Simmons to get a ruling for our own community, and this is the result." 1 Four to Camp Jackson. Mr. Vera Lamb, Lumberton, R. 4, Mr. Marvin Faulk, Fairmont, Donnie Tocklear. Indian. Lumberton, R. 2, and Bennie Chavis, Lumberton, R. 1, left Lumberton Tuesday morning for Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C, as a part of the quota oi KODeson dbkki 1 for the first draft. The three first volunteered to go out of their order and the last-named was selected. Judge Geo. W. Ward Passes. Judge Geo. W. Ward died Monday at his home in Elizabeth City after illness which had been acute since the latter days of 1917. He went on the Superior court bench in 1904 and re tired in 1911 on account of protracted ill health. He was connected as judge and solicitor with the trial of some of the most noted criminal cases in the history of the State. Miss Byrd Blankenship, Red Cross instructor in surgical dressings, who spent a week here instructing a class -of 20 members, left this morning for Greensboro, where she will instruct a class. Japan Proposes Joint Military Op erations in Siberia. Washington Dispatch, Feb. 27. Japan has directed inquiries to the Entente powers and the United States Government to test their feelings to ward a proposal to institute joint mil itary operations in Siberia to save the vast quantities of war. supplies stored at Vladivostok and along the Siberian railroad. Criticism at home of the failure of Japan to play a larger part in the war is said to have been influ ential in bringing about the negotia tions. Officials here refuse to discuss this subject for publication, but it is said so far as America is concerned the proposition as first broached wss not wholly acceptable, although the ex changes on the subject which are still in progress may result in modifying the Government's attitude. directors' room at the National Bank of Lumberton. Mr. J. A. Raine will leave this evening for Hot Springs, Ark., where he will undergo treatment for a month in the hope of regaining his health, which has not been good for some time. Messrs. Stephens & Barnes have leased the store room belonging to Mr Stephen Mclntyre next door to the' building which they have been oc cupying and will use both buildings in the future Orpie Hunt and Drason Locklear an Indian couole from Pembroke, were married at noon today in the office of Recriftter of Deeds M. W. Floyd. The ceremony was performed by Justice M. G. McKenzie. People living in the northwestern part of town say the dog ordinance which says dogs shall be confined for 40 days from February lb is not be ing obeyed. Dogs are still running town as compared with the prices here and at other places. He sells the best stake for 17 1-2 cents the pound. 'J be reason for the difference is the fact that Bladen has the cattle and Mr. bmith sells home-raised beef instead of shipped beef. The first preliminary triangular debaters' contest will be held in the high school auditorium Friday even ing at 7:30. There will be six speak ers and from the six, four will be se lected to represent the school in the final contest at Chapel Hill The triangle this year is Goldsborb, Wil mington and Lumberton, the same as last year, ihe public is cordially in vited to hear the debate tomorrow evening. Will Faulk the colored soldier who while home on a furlough last week stole Mr. V. B. McMillan's gasoline launch, mention of which was made in Monday's Robesonian, has been arrest ed and placed in jail. He was arrest ed at Fairmont bv Rural Policeman Shipping Losses. During the past week 18 British merchantmen were sunk by- mines or submarines. at large in that part of town, accord-1 W. C. Britt. Government officials Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health officer, will go tomorrow to McMil lan's Siding to vaccinate the children in the school at that place. Messrs. R. J. Sessoms and W. A. Lee of Fairmont, R. 3 were Lumber ton visitors Wednesday. ing to reports. The sixth grade of the Lumber ton graded school was leading in the purchase and sale of War Savings and Thrift stamps Friday of last week when the work by grades was last checked. The total amount of stamps purchased and sold by that grade at that time was $926. Mr. W. P. Dixon, who was i quitted at the last term of Robeson Superior court of the charge of mur dering Alfred Thomas, Indian, at Pem broke last November, and his family, who had made their home here since shortly after Mr. Dixon killed Thomas, left this morning for Elm City, where they will make their home. have been notified of his arrast. Faulk says he was only granted a three days' furlough, but has been away from his camp three weeks. Fire supposed to have been of in cendiary origin burned a barn, a horse, and a calf and a quantity of corn and fodder belonging to Andrew G. Graves, colored, about a mi!e west of t jv n r.eur the plant of the R:be- son Manufacturing Co. Tuesday night at 8:30. The fire alarm was turned in and the truck went to the scene of the fire. Graves, who is a well known and industrious negro, says he was in the barn late feeding and there was no fire about. The loss was about $1,200, no insurance.