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THE R0BES0NI1N 38TABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH f-S J YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCB VOL, XLIX LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MARCH 7, 1918. 'c NUMBER ft FARM LABORERS FREE TILL! RED SPRINGS NEWS ITEMS. I COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS. THE RECORD OF DEATHS. CROPS ARE LAID BY. Gov- Bickett Thinks No Farmers or' Farm Laborers in ilecond Draft Will Be Sent to Training Camps Before July 15th Defrred Per- 4 centage of First Quota Not Includ ed. Shortage of supply of farm labor ers and uncertainty about when men in the second draft will be sent to nn hfive been eivinj? much con- in" . Large Crowd Attended Recital at Business Transacted At Regular Capt. Thomas McBryde Died Tues day at His Home Near Raeford College Fnneral of Capt. Mc Bryde Personal. Monthly Meeting of the County Board of Education. The county board of education heldj its regular monthly session Monday j Was Prominent Citizen of Robeson Before Hoke County TEN BOLE TOPICS. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Farmers' Institute and Red Cross . Mr. C. M. Fuller spent last week . in St. Louis, Mo., buying mules for Rally Will Be Held March 20 i his sales stables. Young Folks Party Personal. "Correspondence of The Robesonian. . Red Snrino"B Mnre)i A Misa T.ila r 0, ' r . ! in the office of Supt. J. R. Poole. Brown, who has been visiting her . y , J cousin Mrs. Hiram Grantham, for the ! . An appropriation of $105 was cl-; last two months, returned to he? home in Salisbury on Tuesday. Angus and Jesse Byrne and Willie Boahn of Camp Sevier spent the Mr. Homer Stephens of the Mt nm section is very UL He t brought to the Thompson hospr here Tuesday. cern, so that the following, sort by week-ena at home. 7?:. ' tuv,tt vpt(.rflav to local! Misses Eunice Pearsall, Eliza and district exemption boards, will Ae McEachern, Idand Margaret P5ve much encouragement: womack ana Mr. Laurence mermen " am triad to be able to announce I ern came over from Raeford on M0n .. .,i irvrHoHnn nf the i day for the recital at F. M. C. SXJ tw in mv onmion. no farm- Miss Leah Slaughter of Goldsboro ers or farm laborers in the second draft will be sent to training eampa before the 15th of July. I am giv ing out this opinion in order that the farmtrs and farm laborers may pro ceed to cultivate their crops upon the assurance that they will not be disturbed earlier than the 15th of July, bv whicn time ine crops win be Jaid by- , , "This announcement, however, does not include the deferred percentage of the first quota made up of colored men Colored men who were liable to call in the first draft, are now liable to be called at any time." MOSCOW TO BE DECLARED NEW CAPITAL OF RUSSIA Was Fnrmifl1?TmAra.l Vctr- I Mrs P. S. Kornegay left yesterday day. I Ten Mile (Lumberton, R. 1) March' for Greensboro in response to a wire Capt Thomas McBryde. about J -v. R. E. Clark preached an able! lowed district 1, white, Orrum town- years old, died at his home near Rae-lsermon here Sunday to a large con-igjcfc. ship, lor additional teachers salary, ford Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.) gregation. The special music ren District 5, colored, Smith township, He had been sick one week with pneu- dered by the choir was enjoyed very ! much. District No. 2, Indian, Lumberton. CaDt. McBrvde was well-known! yY:, . . m , township, was allowed $12.50 for throughout this section. He was ft LdT fc A23!fcSK teacher's salary, . 'citizen of Robeson up to the time ! 21J? JPt 322 . - 1 District 5, white, White House Blue Springs township was cut off township, was allowed $65 to increase the length of school term. District 2, Orrum township, colored, in the making of Hoke county and was prominent m the political life of Robe son. He served as a member of the Population of petrograd is Hastily Quitting the City Petrograd Will Be Declared a Free Port. Petrograd Dispatch, March 6. Moscow is to be declared the new capital of Russia and the government to nublish a statement to this effect immediately. Petrograd will be declared a free port. IN otwunsuinums McPhail peace, the government is Mr. Kenneth McDonald is visiting Miss Annie Johnson attended the recital of Mrs. Wharton and Miss Johnson in the auditorium Monday night. Following is the pro gram: Star Spangled Banner, "Were my song with wings provided" Renaldo Hahn; There cried a Bird Sinding; Love is Like a Wild Bird Carmen. Bizet Miss Johnson; Papil- lons (Butterflies) Schumann Mrs. Wharton; Thou art my Rest, Hedge Roses, My Abode Schubert Miss Johnson; Seranade for the Dale, Gol liwogg's Cake Walk Debussy Mel odie in G, Etude Caprice Ganz Mrs. Wharton; Cradle Song 1915 Kreis lers; Jo My Laddie, Homer; The Star Rogers Miss John son: Etude C minor Revolution ary, Nocturne G Nujor, Polonaise in A Flat Chopi Mrs. Wharton; "America by Miss Johnson and audience. Quite a crowd attended the funer al of Mr. McBryde at Spring Hill church at Wagram today. Miss Mary Williams spent today in Fayetteville. Mrs. Thomas A. DeVane of Colum bia, SWC., is visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Dixon. Mrs. W. H. McKinnon, who is teach ing at Hope Mills, spent Monday nie-ht with her daughter Mrs. J. C. tj -11 dor -f - 1 iMi . . was anoweu ?ou ui ils spccmi u i noara oi county commissioners in renpir! to school building. I Roheson and represented the countv Ordered that the board advance the trustees of the Maxton graded school $1,000 of the 1918-1919 apportionment, the same to be in cash or form of note by this board, and to be secured by note from the Maxton graded school trustees, and to be drawn in such form as required by law to the board of education. Mr. C. C. West was appointed a committeeman in district 4, white, Wishart township, in place of Mr. J. Ed Tyson, who has moved out of the district. Bill of $6.60 was ordered paid to the I. N. Van Voorhis Co.. for supplies. The following rebates were ordered paid: N. W. Jenkins, error in listing, No. 3, white, Brittfe $2.47; T. C. Parham, error in listing, No. 5, white, White House $2.10; Hector Malloy, error in listing, No. 1, colored, Ked Springs 90 cents. in both the Senate and House ol the Legislature. Deceased served through being her 9th birthday. Messrs Leroy and Murphy Town send and Vester Musselwhite, who are students at Buie's Creek, spent the week-end here with home folks. Wo pro jlwu-rw orlar? tf coo nnr Knt-c come home. Miss Cora Britt, who teaches in Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Finch moved yesterday from a residence belonging1 to Mr. Sam Branch on Third street into the Bond residence, Chestnut street. iy& nAoZt ?ede"" the State school for blind, is spending H" - .-uiHi the week here with her mother, Mrs. una volunteers. He belonged to the cMrT.QT,Q d.:. LUMBERTON SCHOOL LEADS. to transfer all the state institutions to Moscow, Nizni-Novgorod and Ka zan The removal of the ministries of foreign affairs, communications and finance began today. The population of Petrograd is nas tily quitting the city, but there are many transportation difficulties and!J g already the roads leading from Petro- j rt of Hope Mills visited his sister Miss Elizabeth McDonald Monday and Tuesday. Miss Genevieve McMillan has ac cepted the position as mathematics teacher in the high school. Miss Melva Gibson, who is teaching at McCoil, S. C, spent the week-end same regiment that Mr. J. A. McAl lister of Lumberton served in and Mr. McAllister says he was a fine soldier and officer. Capt. McBryde is survived by six children: three daughters Mrs. L. I. Grantham of Lumberton, Mrs. Bert Nesbit of Raeford and Miss Anna Mc Bryde, who lived with her father and three sons Messrs. Ryan and Angus McBryde, who live in Hoke county, and Mr. Malcom McBryde, who is serving with the U. S. marines at Quantico, Va. The funeral was conducted yester day at 11 a. m. from Spring Hill Presbyterian church, near Wagram, of which deceased had been an elder for years, and interment was made jp the church cemetery, crowd attended the funeral ' Deceased had many friends in Robe son as well as elsewhere who will be grieved to learn of his death. Mrs. Grantham went to the home of her father when he first became sick &rA was uu-it.Vi him till t.he prid. She . ...... " -" n i ll. 1 . 1 win remain at tne name xui sevciai days longer. Mr. Grantham joined her Tuesday and returned home last night: Others who attended the fun eral from Lumberton were ex-Judge T .A. McNeill and daughters, Misses Mary and Cammie McNeill, and Mr. W K. Bethune. Pupils of Lumberton Own Over $5,000 In War Savings Stamps Jackson ville is Second Many School Not! Reporting. . Winston-Salem, March 5 The grad ed school of Lumberton and the State high school of Jacksonville are lead ing the schools in the State in the number of Thrift and War Savings stamps bought by the pupils. Supt. R. E. Sentelle of Lumberton's schools reports to State headquarters here Jjj j B Carlyle, Prosperous Farmer Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Powers and Miss Emily Barringtoi enjoyed the day Sunday with relatives near Maxton. Miss Tessie lownsend, who is teaching near Allenton, was here for the week-end A number of our people heard Capt. Fallon's lecture in Lumberton Monday night. Miss Margaret Britt expects to be gin teaching at Smyrna Monday. Miss Blanche Thames and Mr. John Herring of Regan attended church here Sunday. Miss Gladys Powers, who is a stu dent at Carolina college, Maxton, came home Saturday. She will be at home TTT-ifVi Vim Kin4-VioT a -ft iv rlfi v hn-fr.rp A large j he gCes o camp. Mr. and Mrs. Ratley and Mr. and Mrs. Hector McNeill of Fairmont were The hour for opening the Cross work rooms has been changed from 3 to 3:30 p. m., Tuesdays and Fridays. The nfoms remain open till 5:30. use of the good weather which has prevailed for some time. As the average farmer would say, "they are about to catch up." Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White left Monday night for New York, whero they will spend several days while Mr. White is buying goods for the White & Gough department store. Lumberton has been experiencing another gasoline shortage this week Mr. E. L. Holloway trucked 400 gal lons from Maxton Tuesday which somewhat relieved the situation for a spell. Mr. E. W. Caldwell, who has been making his home at Charlotte for some time, came home Tuesday even ing and yesterday was examined by the local army exemption board. He returned to Charlotte this morning- Wallace, 3 1-2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F- A. Wishart. who liv on R. 3 from Lumberton, is very iD with pneumonia. This is the second of Mr. and Mrs. Wishart s children visitors at the home of Mr. B. F. Mc- to have pneumonia during the last TO IMPROVE SANI TARY CONDITIONS spriwd are crowded with ail sorts of ve incles. , Thfe Russian delegates returned frent Br3t-Litovslc today and will report to the executive oi the Soviets as SOOn as possimc. a,w.u u6 , . Wlrao ta Wnvf Srmi latest reports here hostilities nave i.. - hon insTpnderi on all fronts, the Germans having halted on the north ern front along the line comprising Narva, Pskov, Vitebsk, Mohilev and Orsha. CONVENTION DATES FIXED. tary Privy by 1919 To Regu- late Mid-Wifery. County Conventions April 6, State Convention April 10, Precinct Meet ings Mweh 30. The Democratic State executive committee met in the Senate cham ber in Raleigh Tuesday night with Chairman Thos. D. Warren presiding. April 10 was fixed as the date for holding the State convention and Ral eigh was selected as the place; Apm the date for holding the county conventions and March 30 precinct meetings are to be neia. The committee finished its work in 'ess than 30 minutes, including adop tion of the committee report revising the plan of organization, eliminating all county and district nomination bodies which heretofore have done the work of the primary. Every rural home in the county must be provided with a sanitary privy built under the direction of the county health omcer or nis assis-ant by January 1, 1919, according to an ordinance passed by the county health board at their quarterly meeting here Monday. The Doard also passed an ordinance which will regulate the practice of mid-wifery in Robeson. The texts of both these ordinances will be publish ed in The Robesonian at an early date. The board ordered that the quar terly report of Dr. W. A. McPhaul, ponntv health officer, be accepted. Members of the board expressed them selves as being pleased with the re- i port. The hoard is composed oi mr. a. j. of Thrift and War Savings stamps owned by the pupils of his school was $5,336. Every pupil above the first grade bought either a Thrift or a Tar SaviTcr tnmp. But.. (4 W. Rhodes of the Jacksonville high school reports that the War Savings society of his school owns $3,51,07. Col. F. H. Fries, State Director of War Savings, is requesting all su perintendents, principals and teachers to send in reports of all War Sav ings activities in their schools. He particularly desires the number of War Savings societies organized, their names, secretaries, number of mem- bers and numoer oi inmi ami Savings stamps purchased by the so ciety. COUNTY HEALTH WORK. Neill Sunday Mrs. B. F. Townsend, who spent some time at the home of her father, Mr. Jim Pate of Fayetteville, has re turned home. On March 20th there will be held at Ten Mile a farmers' institute and Red Cross rally. Every school in Howellsville township is not only in vited but requested to be present. We hope to organize a branch for How-1 ellsviile of the L,umberton cnapxer oi the American Red Cross. There will be able speeches on agriculture and Red Cross work. Also songs and some and One of the Leading Citizens of ; recitations by the different schools. Kegan ana rowers sciiuoib wui pia. basket ban. Let's come to Ten Mile the 30th Bring Monthly Report of County Health Officer. To rpnnrt. which Dr. W. A. Mc Plianl fnnnh? health officer, filed with the board of county commission for the month of Feb Flovd, Fairmont, chairman, County j ruary showed that he visited 6 school3 sSintendent of Schools J. R. Poole, which hatL l Tims. m;ii!i-.u u Li i ua iciucio, Four Registrants Volunteer Out of Their Order. Four army registrants in Robeson district No. 1 have recently volun teered to go to the training camP out of their order. Mr. Ernest Britt of R. 4 from Lumberton left last evening for Camp Jackson. Mr. W. P. Hum phrey of R. 2 from Lumberton and Mr. Curtis Grantham of Fairmont will leave this evening for CamP Jackson. Mr. C. P. Osborne, former ly manager of the local Ford agency, left Tuesday for San Antonio, Tex. He enlisted in the aviation corps. Part of Dam at Edmund's Mill Washed Out. A part of the dam at Edmund's mill, about 9 miles south of town on the Creek road, was wasnea out iues day night. The dam was a part of the Wilmington-Charlotte highway. Sev eral yards of the road were washed out and the water escaped from the pond The dam broke at the foot of a bridge. Free Medical Examination. Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health officer, will be in his office here Mon day and Tuesday of each week after ADril 1 for the purpose of giving free medical examination to the hundreds who have annlied for the examination and have not vet been examined. To date 850 people have applied for the examination and only about half of this number have been examined. Oth ers wh wish to be exami ned and who Mavor James D. Proctor of Lumbei ton, Dr. T. C. Johnson of Lumberton and Dr. H. H. Hoggins of Red Springs. Tobacco Warehousemen Visit Lumberton. C. J. Smith and G. W. Messrs XCnnt of the firm of Knott & Smith of TTenrferson. which firm has leased the now Farmers tobacco warehouse to be i MPVianl received 1 .850 examination built in Lumberton, spent Tuesday and cards f rom school teachers and that ed 500 pieces of literature, made 9o physical examinations, vaccinated 109 against smallpox, made four visits to the county jail, one visit to the county home, two visits to the chain gang camps, examined 4 children un der the child labor law, two for jack son training school and treated sever al paupers. , , . - .. The report also snowea xna. County, Died at Home Near Lum berton Monday Nights-Funeral Yesterday Other Deaths. Mr. J. E. Carlyle, a prosperous farmer and one of Robeson's leading citizens, died while sitting up in a chair at his home about 4 miles west of Lumberton Monday night at 10.45 o'clock. Death was due to paralysis of the heart. Deceased was 63 years and 4 months old and had been in ill health for several months. However, his condition was thought to be im proved up until about an hour before his death. He is survived by six children: two daughters Mis Flora, who lived with her father, Mrs. J. M. Powell, who lives near the Carlyle nnmo sarin four sons Mr. Alex. Car lyle of Raleigh, Mr. Zeb. V. Car -vie, one of Robeson's selectmen stationed at Camp Jackson, Mr. J. A. ar-vle, who lives near the old home and Mr. Rowland, who lived witn nis All the children wsre at home f .r the funeral, which was conducted from the home yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock by Rev. L. r. uaney, ra-wu of Raft Swamp Haptist eUJ'h, o. which deceased was a deacon and lead ing member. Interment was made near the home. The grave was cov ered with beautiful floral deigns. Mr. Carlyle was one of the oldest ii 4-Vio. cnnnt.v and was buried with Masonic honors. Hundreds ot people representing all sections of the county, attended the funeral. In the death of Mr. Carlyle Robe son loses one of its best citizens. He was prominent in church work, m poli tics and all progressive movements in his section for many years. and n?Ve the day profitable. your lunches. BROAD RIDGE BREEZES. Tobacco Plants A-Plenty and Cab bage Plants Too New Tobacco Barns Honor Roll Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Broad Ridge (Lumberton, R. 4) March 5.-Farmers are busy hauling fertilizer and preparing the land to plant corn Tobacco plants a-plenty on the Ridge and every farmer who has a tobacco bed has some very fine iaKVaori nlants. also. -T Kev. W . A. -wrawni vocornav bere on busines. These gentlemen have been in the tobacco sales warehouse business at Hender son some 20 years and besides being in the warehouse business they handle leaf tobacco on a large scale. They buy several million pounds of tobacco themselves each year. They will spend a good deal of time here between now and June 1, aer which time they expect to spend all their time in Robeson till the opening of the selling season getting acquaint ed with the farmers and getting things lined up for the opening of the T.nmberton will have at least three sales warehouses during the coming season few weeks. Dollie Love, the negress who was caught in the act of stealing chickens from Dr. W. W. Parker's henhouse Saturday night, was given a hearing before Recorder E. M. Britt Monday afternoon. Dollie submitted to the charge of trespass and prayer for judgment was continued upon pay ment of the cost. Supt. R. E. Sentelle of the Lum berton graded and high schools will be on the staff of instruction again this summer, June 11 to July 25, at the State college summer school at Raleigh. Prof. Sentelle formerly was director of the summer school at Chowan college and is one of tne State institute cenductors. Prof K E Sentehe, superin-etident of the Lumberton schools, will spaak on the War Savings and Thrift stamps at Iona sehool house, near McDonald, tomorrow (Friday) night at 8 o'clock. After the address refreshments will be sold and the proceeds will be used for the benefit of the school. Misses Mable Lawrence and Ada McCormick are the teachers at Iona. Mr. L. S. Currie of Badin is a Lumberton visitor today. Mr. Curne reported today for examination for the army. He failed to get the notice sent him by the local board, but saw his name among the list published in The Robesonian and came along for examination. He will go to the home of his father, Mr. G. W. I. Currie, in Howellsville township, this evening and will return to Badin tomorrow night. Rev. J. M. Hester, formerly of St- flnr nnst.nr. jn fcic roomlnr annointment here xincu " , s j i . z '.. Saturday and Sunday ana preacneu j pauis but lor some ume pastor ot both times Mr T.nten Tlritt. elder son of Mr and Mrs. Swain Britt, who has been the Baptist church at Roxboro, has been commissioned as chaplain and first lieutenant in the navy. He re- verv ill of pneumonia, is rapidly im- j sipned his pastorate last Sunday and nvn,T ncr vvp none to see mm wi emer at once u juii ma new i . uiu nig v x-- i - - , m ounaay scnuui sun- Mr and Mrs. Frank Britt of Smyr na section attended preaenmg neie SUMiss'Hattie Stone of Raynham is spending a few days here visiting friends and relatives. Mr Charley Barnes of Long Branch section attended preaching here Sun day. No Local Restrictions on Killing and Selling Hens. County Food Administrator H. E. Stacy says that the ruling of the food administration against killing and selling hens before May 1 applies wixr fn larce nackinz plants and to shipping outside the State, that it ilnoa not annlv locally. Which will be glad news to manyifew f0(msh questions. . i lm J 4- An nnrn. I a nousewuv who " uau. u --" out chickens lately. There is no re striction on selling chickens locally, though of sourse the selling of lay ing kens is discouraged. v,Q ovarmnWi 8 sehool children and found two children who had had de fects remedied. The report showed that two cases of measles were reported, one 'case of typhoid fever, 11 cases of smallpox. Dr. McPhaul visited 9 cases of small pox. Control of the House Regained By Democrats. r.nnt.rol of the House of Represen tatives was regained by the Demo crats Tuesdav when they elected their candidates from four districts in greater New York at special eiecuont, called to choose successors to four members of that party who had re signed their seats in Congress. New York women had their first Ahono tr vote since thev won the Viianvv w w - - m, right at the polls last isovemDer. was significant that they cast 31,b& votes out of a total of 78,192, m the four districts. They voted early, states a New York dispatch, seemed to have made up their minds what they were going to do before they re- ceived their ballots ana mey lia,T nrliMaa1 X ' W . P ll 11 1 Will have the opportunity, as this campaign Mr. M. J. Merntt is spending the will be continued throughout the year, day in Wilmington on business. Paroled by Governor Bickett . Joe Alford, colored, who had served 16 months of a two-year road sfc tence for robbing a tram at Pem broke, has been paroled by Governor Bickett. Mr. Henry M'White of Howells ville. Mr. Henry M'White, aged 1 73 years, died at his home in Howellsville town ship Tuesday night. Deceased had v-A. iii Uoirt for some time and i j , , -nnf. nneicnected. in- torment was made yesterday after M?.n'j. B. Tait of Brunswick, Ga. Miss Alice Tait left last evening f or Brunswick, Ga., in response to a tele nvisine her oi tne aeawi vx her brother, Mr. J. B. Tait of Bruns wick Deceased was in a sanatorium !? a !. .n he died and aeath at Atlanta "" ii. T'oJf rlied was due to apoplexy. Mr. Tait died Tnesdav meht. He was also a brotner of Mrs" J..D. Norment of Lumberton Bank of Robeson Elects Officers. A special to the Wilmington Star adiourned meeting of the board of directors of the Bank of Robeson held at Maxton Tuesday Mr R. L. McLeod was re-elected president- Mr. F. W. Carter was elected vice-prSent; Mr. C. B. Thompson, who has been assiswtn- , aciior to succeed Mr. J. r. jlCLUCU WW' - m Stansel, who did not stand for re- w or. all nroud of the nice warm weather we are being blessed with at P1Tlieltcorn-lub boys are lonesome. We aurelv miss Mr. L. E. Blanchard, our ex-county demonstrator. Mr. Johnnie Prevatt of Hog swamp section attended preaching here Sun- daIeveral new tobacco barns are go ing up on the Ridge; pity but they were grain barns instead. t io m sn lot' read the honor -n 4 ot month of Broad Ridge 1U11 X"- K""" - 1 Tlff school: Primary room in ; Tl;tf Varla Hritt. oauaiac XUBS1C f-vv, ----- TJ V, Britt, Myrtle uuiiaro, r-ua iur;i- T.!mh- advance room J.eiiy CoxTGlen Lamb Labon Britt Ferney Britt, Wesley Branch, Clifton Am mons, Thelma Branch, Carry Maie Best wishes to the grand old Robe son paper. " i Lieut. Hester was a Lumberton visi tor Tuesday. He is well-known here, having been a student of the Lum berton high school before going to Wake Forest college. The executive committee of the county food administration met Tues day in the office of Supt. J. R. Poole at the court house and discussed plans for getting literature of the food ad ministration into every home in the county. Mesdames R. E. Lewis and J. D. McAllister were appointed a committee to get this literature mt the homes of Lumberton. lhousanas of "Save Food" cards and pamphlet were mailed out by the committee yes terday. Personal Items From Pembroke Correspondence of The Robesonian. iVuiUr Mnreh 6. Mrs. Mary Bell Beasley and three children, and Miss Mary Pate of Bladenboro. y sit ed at the home of Mr John Fields c.i.Joir nicrhf. and Sunday. . Mr. J. E. Tyson of Lumberton spent ' v.w- while in town Saturday. Messrs. Jesse Pitman, Spurgeton Williams, L vard Pallarri, and iv-;c Pinmrnie. Addle, and lotub T;-.n f T.umbertnn spent a short while in tovm Sunday afternoon, McNair and R. S. Uond TfS -4fe Bladen-when the entire profits are to to till vacancies on , w ' be eiven t othe Red Cross No Division of Profits With Cross. The concert which it was propoga-t to give in Lumberton last evenii with division of proceeds with the cal Red Cross chapter was called eT because it was learned that it & against the rules of the Red Cross so ciety to accept any offer contemplat ing a division of profits from an. entertainment or enterprise of any kind between the promoters and tfce Red Cross. Recently some speakers at a -tea in i uliii-i near Rowland tro- duced an insurance man who offered as an inducement to any people who might insure with him that 25 per cent of his commissions would be paid to the Red Cross. This brought from Southern headquarters at At lanta to the Rowland chapter a let ter advising that this was absolutely against the law; and enclosed with the letter was a pamphlet in regard to the use of the emblem and the ase of the name or emblem in connection with division of profits. This pam phlet shows the name of tne Red CiuSo my ue usea as an inaucemeBi. rectors.
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