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VOL. IXL
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 4, 1918.
NUMBER 16
READY AND WAITING
It Is Expected That Soon Again
Battle on Large Scale
l Will Begin.
COUNTY BUYS ROAD
TRUCK AND DRAG
CHURCH NEWS NOTES
THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS
SOCIETY GOES
INTO VAUDEVILLE' '
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
NO MARKED CHANGE
SINCE FIRST OF WEEK
Roads in 30 Days State High
way Roads to Be Worked First.
M . . im t r i .... I Trinity Rev. H. A. Grantham, Priest- j
Machinery May Be at Work on County j 3 rh
111 v,nuv.
Lowe Sunday (Sunday after Easter)
Holy Communion and sermon 11 a. j
m Church school 4 p. m. ' Evening:
i . . , . rr 1 XT' -...!
j prayer ana sermon :.iu. ine rjctsuei i
! anthem will be repeated in the morn- j
, , , ing. No service this (Thursday) j
The county road board placed an or- j everun..
der Tuesday for a 3 1-2 ton Federal j
road truck and a 3-wav draff. The i Chestnut Street Methodist Dr. R. C.
i . to qaa f nntit ! Beaman, Pastor Services 8:30 p
v, --j m j-r i n v i i u v vu vu y j v w w 7
Mr. Wearn Shelby left Tuesday
for Hopewell, Va., where he has ac
Claims Paid and Other Business ;
. I
Transacted at Regular Meeting of
County Commissioners.
Mich., and the freight and war tax
will run the cost something over $4,-1
000. !
Representatives of a number of
A great counter assault by the Al
lied forces is momentarily expected to
begin on the battle front in iFTance.
wi,u thu battle of Picardv brought to
VV mi w.- - , - ,
tandtill for the time oiny, nuirucK manuiacturers appeal wi uc
nltiai momentum of the German . fore the board at its regular meeting
lUlllC, J - , I t t m 1 1 T
OI lviessrs. J. l. lownsenu aim o .
Browne Evans, members of the board;
Special School Tax Election Ordered!
or Maxton District Mav 30 I.nml Talent piv at .wr B r
I - h a. ' u. h a f-I It'll ".I 1 1 1 1 V II IflTI
Tomorrow Evening for Benefit Miss Sadie Ray Pope has accept
ed a position in the National Hank of
Ked Cross. Luniberton. She began work Monday.
Mrs. R. E. Lewis went yesterday
morninir to Charlotte to MM hpr
The county commissioners were! "Society Goes Into Vaudeville" will eyes treated. She will return tonight,
in regular session Monday for the be the attraction at the local opera yt n m n -a....'. ,- .
transaction of routine business. The I house tomorrow evening. The attrac- -.Mr- fB M Davis .suffered a dM
following claims were ordered paid: tion win be put on bv local talent Mid S of alysis in his right sid
Court House and Court R. M. Wil-j will he under the direction of Mrs Monday. His condition is slowly im-
McLeod Nash. F""s-
unrh lonirnp at 7-0 n m Mid-week ' v " a. .-amission : cents, reserved seaisi .miss ivaue oione nas acceptea
nraver service at S 30' p'm It will land district salary, $50; A. E. Floyd,) 10 cents extra The proceeds will position in Messrs. White & Cough's
be noted that the 'time 'for evening l1'1' Jarmont district, salary, n to the local Red Cross chapter, department store. She began work
1, Z ; ;,,t,.d of x as stated W M. Britt, recorder Lumberton The show will begin at 8:30 (new Tuesday.
- - 1 V. ' w a,."- 7 " ,r,tvw.i 1 , OTTCt 1 U W UMflAW ... v . a . 1 1
it's T?ohPsnnian Tir Bea- ""W-M, &mcii, uoim o. uu , ; time an(1 the CUrtain win
m.
o i i l 4- n.on n DqoVi
OUUUaV sc: uui ill ;7.ou x. ui. x cm . , , . . . .
intr at 11 a m and 8-30 n m ED- ' -UOAW" uiounvi,, , lrcne MCL,
ing at 11 a. m. ana e.au p. m. sr. el. n w Rniwi- ,wnr.ipr Row . .....
Wa'hingt ae puzzled by the fact
t!t up to last night a great counter
:iSSault had not aevewpcu
in Monday's Robesonian. Dr. Bea
man announced the cnanere at prayti
Mr. Frank Wishart.
it I A T
meetinc last evenine. 8 o'clock by the; 7W' .,J
board; time mskintr thf sprvice too earlv. ! .18 lr.1 c?
road superinten-. fi unnminr-ps that the sanie ! shenf f
recorder St. fauls district, salary
N. Buie, recorder Red Springs
district ,salary, $50; R. E. Lewis,
time) and the curtain will rise
promptly at that time. The entertain
salary, $31G.G6; stamps $:J2!
r i r : I f II I " I i e I I I , . l L I 1 i v . s... " . ... .
j '..Vo,i rit.-i. ,i ait, tt T? Ofopv attnmpv , , , , iu ci;-' one-half car tare, trin with Mate au
Thprp was a suonen anu u " "" r 7 , r' 1 hour will De ODservea at Lne rusi : - t
i f Ttritish shinnine: for the hoard, was annointea to ae-:ni: f
crease in iots&c r--ri 11 ...u:u;.- ,i;,i f tt ""l""1.
t - ailrk . . l H T lilt-". tl Llllli-
the past week. Only 6 merchantmen
S i 600 tons or over and 7 under that
tonnage were sunk in the week ending
Mlhe morning press summary gives
SS?Se fighting activity along
the entire front of the new Somme of
f ensWe remains slight there still pre
vails the feeling that soon again bat-
ties on a large scaie w" V" .
with the Allied troops, after the l
IX of several days,, strongly ar
rayed in battle formation and eager
to test their strength against that
From the Somme to the pise .river,
i.-4. mrt.iAn of the battle line
a,P? JtaMini Amiens, Affly
ST BreteU, the big guns. of the op
ana.B"" i nnniri in duels of
PsmK3IUcfJ;: "S3 it anoarently
f, not treasonable to assume wmj
li... a at anv moment may take
sumntion of a oatue . on
among the greatest tne worm
eVlincr?he beginning of the present
week there has been no eq
chamre in the alignment of the op
2 sides from Arras southward
FfSfaunv. The fighting has lacked
the sanguinary character oi
liLs davs owing in part, no doubt,
T?he eSenely bad weather condi
tions Neither the. Germans nor the
Allies have been idle, nowev, -
da W there has been going on a rein-
vi?rS.t. ,,tv ol Lens artillery
of jnajsrs
SS&?. e.pt for .P."
connoitering porpo5ef. ith
sector has been heavily attacked witn
''la the Kalian theatre there is no in
dk?tion when the big battle between
Ttolians and the Tutonic allies - 11
SSaVbSta there is incr.aa.ng ac
"tlC ftrvariouffronts the air
Along tne variuu . their
behind the lines, searching out .troop
iTaenf
Sn German Sllro LSSWSS
Ham, Chauny anu "w;Kr"Xas
the region of Roye in the Arras
cide the matter, which it did at a
meeting Tuesday.
It is hoped that the truck and drag
will be in operation on the roads of
the county in about 30 days. Some
members of the board saw one of
these trucks and drags in operation on
the roads of Cumberland county re
cently and were most favorably im
pressed with the work. Mr. Evans
and Mr. Wishart also went to Atlan
ta, Ga., recently to investigate the
matter, which had been under con
sideration for some time by the board.
This truck is also equipped with a
hvdraulic durtiD. As hieh as 82 miles
of road have been dragged in Cum-
First Baptist Dr. Charles L. Greaves,
Pastor Services 8:30 p. m.
. .The subject of next Sunday morn
ing's sermon will be "The Word of
the Cross." The evening subject will
be "Your Life at its Best." The eve
ning service will begin at 8:30 (not
8 as announced in last Robesonian).
During spring and summer an effort
will be made to include tne entire
Sundav evening service within an
hour Wednesday evening meetings
will last 45 minutes. It will be a
creat helD to the pastor if the mem
bers of the concrreeation will make it
n irtit 4-rv Kd An rimn at nil services.
berland county with a similar ouUthug makjng it possible to always be
in a dav. the Robeson board was acKf rira
ditor $7, expenses conveying Joe
Ross from Baltimore, Md., $47.27;
Ben Blount, janitor, $35; C. B. Skip
per, clerk Superior court, salary,
License has been issued for the
. : ii.. i a i i n
a. l i .1.1.. i ;ii i uiue oi imiiMi lA'ti'u iinu rru
ment promises to be highly entertain- Cashwell and Iola
mg. I u :i. . t ... i c: : u i i - :
pJjQJJT Jlit.rwD, LlUtllCI OllllLll f OUIIR
A. L B. Young Company Youth Ila'es-
The Alfred Rowland chapter of
t T- . A 1 1 A . A. - . 1.4-
and iJeautv in uk laiesi sm mis.
Elizabeth Wishart ...Robert Proctor.
Viola Jenkins Adrian Britt
Marie Thompson J. Pope Stephens
$308.33, stamps, $4.60; M. W. Floyd, i & die Rav Pope RQht. Mclntvre
vised by a Cumberland county road
commissioner.
This truck and drag will be put to
work on the State highway system,
which comprises in Bobeson the Fay-
ettevllle, tJoardman, rairmoni, iYAiY'"
ton and Red Springs roads to the
county line, 105 miles of road. In
work on these roads the State High
way commission and the county have
been splitting the cost equally. With
gin on time.
Presbyterian Dr. G. E. Moorehonse,
Pastor. '
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Sabbath school every Sabbath morn
ing at 9:30. Classes for all ages,
men, women and children. Come.
Morning worship at 11 o'clock. Ser
mon theme: "Joinintr the Church."
Reception of members and Commun-
1 1 ; All w.iOTV.fc on
: -t 4-VvJo. oormon All mpmhprs are
the truck and drag furnished by thei . . . t attend. Eveninc: worship
a... Ci.ln XTicvVt-nraV rnrYllYllS- I r . , , CI J.1 I'U.eo
register of deeds, salary, .Slb.oo,
stamps, $19.50; J. M. McCallum, coun
ty auditor, salary, $187. bU, stamps
and 'phone calls, $4.30; Edwards &
Broughton, record books for court
house, $38.66; A. P. Spell, solicitor
for Red Springs recorder's court, $6.
Total $1,653.48.
Jail and Prisoners Six rural po
licemen, $75 each $450; W. W.
Smith, reward offered for Joe Ross,
$50; W. A Smith, conveying prison
ers, $7.79; A. H. Prevatt, jailer, sal
ary, $50, feeding prisoners, $62.o5J
turn keys (salary fund), $8.40; N. G.
Sraithr conveying prisoners, $3; L. W.
Andrews., conraevtine pJistlaersi $5.
Total $636.84. m
Miscellaneous A. J. Floyd, Dr. T.
C. Johnson, James D. Proctor, J. R.
Pnnl members . ol county neaiui
board, services on board for one day,
$4 each $16; J. D. McLean Co., bur
ial of Sallie Floyd, pauper, $15; Ms
Lalu M. Cassidey, home demonstra
A agent, salary, $33.35; ox. A. . H.
TErr. rountv larm aemonsi-ii-iuii
the U. D. C. will hold its monthly
meeting on Saturday in the directors'
rooms of the National Bank of Lum
berton at 4:30.
Members of the publicity comro.it
te of the local Red Cross chapter may
obtain some valuable literature that
will be of assistance to them by
calling at The Robesonian office.
Mr. Rufus M. Sanderson returned
Monday night from Camp Jackson,
having been given temporary dis
charge from the army on account of
physical disability. He is subject to
call, however, at any time.
Sgt. Percy H. Wilson of battery
D., 113 field artillery, passed througfe
town this morning en route to Fair
mont to visit his parents. Mr. and
Miriam Weinstein, Charles P. McAllis
ter.
Myrtle Pope Abner Nash
Georgie Whitfield Ed. Rancke
Carrie Mae Hedgepeth J. Robert Pre
vatt.
B. Sarah Carlyle in Bits of Humor
from Here and There.
C. Hawaiian septette with their
gems from the South Sea Isle.
Lula Normen Margaret Nash
Vista Thomnson ....Carolyne Webb
Elsie Thompson Drina Hedgepeth
Evalina Beckwith.
D. Carlyle and Holloway in "A
Pair nf T.nnatics."
She Hazel anyieMrs. S. P. Wilson. Sjrt. Wilson re
gion will nav for all the work
Under the present law the county
gets 70 per cent of the State auto
tax, which amounts to more than
$3,000. This money must be used on
the State highways before July 1 or
it ceases to be available lor tne coun
ty. The county's share of this money
eoes into the purchase of the truck
onrf Athct thus eliminating any uncer
tainty about using the entire amount
within the time limit.
NEGROES OFF TO
CAMP GRANT
Ho Frank Holloway
E. Irene McLeod Nash with her
talk and talk songs.
F. Maitland LeGrande Thompson
Interpertine dancer
cently returned from Texas, where he
spent 3 months.
Messrs. E. L. and D .F. Holloway
returned Tuesday night from New
York. They drove two Chevrolet a-
Hill
Mid-week service Wednesday at 8
p. m. Subject: "How to satisiy
doubt. " Luke VII. .
All services of this church will be
held accounding to the new time.
Session meets every Sabbath morn
ing after Sabbath school in the pas
tor's study at the church to receive
new members.
We are planning to dedicate ou.
new church at an early date.
-1 , i l urn. nicy uiuve twu vyiicviuirt
G. Society in "Are You Patriotic? tmMtm from New York, leavia
CHORUS
F.lizaheth Wishart, Viola Jenkins,
Marie Thompson, Sadie Ray Pope, Mi
New York Saturday night. The dis
tance from New York to Lumberton
44 Colored Soldiers in the Making
Were Entrained Here Monday
For, Training Camp.
COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS.
Petition for Special Tax Election Ap
proved $5,000 Borrowed to Pay
Teachers' Salaries Diplomas to Be
Issued to 7th-Grade Pupils.
The Teeular monthly meeting of the
Forty-four colored registrants .off county board of education was held
Rnheson division No. 1 were entram- M dav in the ottice oi oupt, o.
ed by the local board at "iberton
agent, salary, $85; W. S. Rankin for
"EL,, hoaitn wnrk. $290.42: State
hosDital. Goldsboro, indigent pupils,
$47.53; 3. C. Maxwell, work for coun.
ti, $2; Freeman Printing Co., supplies
for county, $60.75; H. M. Beasley,
coal for county, $o.;
Drug Co., drugs for county. "-1J
State laboratory oi nygiene, uwiu
a;m, Shaw $9-. Grantham Brothers,
drugs for county, $6.65; town of Lum
beiton, light and water, $38.2 r, 1. J.
Flowers, keeping county nome,
kSTJ r R ttnwen. stenoeraphic
work in farm demonstrator s office,
$40; Mrs. Eddie McNeill, stenographic
work for county, $10; McAllister Hdw
Co., supplies for county, $3.78; wmte
& Gough, supplies for county, $o.54,
J S. Thompson, work for county
game warden, $3.50; Frank Wishart
annntv rame warden, Jd.ou,
Charles Bruce, work for game warden,
$2.50. Total aiw.
mi.. m,l0T rvanner list was or-
a-lie isguiw 2 r ii .
dered paid and the monthly allow
ancTof Daniel McRae was increased
n, ?adie Kay rope, v th th came i, 715 miles
riam Weinstein, Myrtle rope, ueorgie ,i ;
Whitfield. Carrie Mae Hedgepetn,
Lula Norment, Margaret Nash, Vista
Thompson, Drina Hedgepeth, Eva Una
Thompson, Drina Hedgepeth, Eualina
Beckwith, Maitland Thompson, Sarah
Carlyle, Hazel Carlyle, Robert Proc
tor, Adrain Britt, Pope Stephens, Rob
erc Mcliitvre, Chas. P. McAllister,
un,. MoeVi VA Rancke. Robert Pre
vatt, Frank 'Holloway, Roberta Nash.
- ' a A "V 1 Talll rta
England Anna j-xeai x unca.
France Agnes McLean.
Italy Kathryne Beaman.
. -a m T.-- -nil
Belgium Margie nusseu.
United States Evelyn Whaley
Red Cross Nurse Epsie Fuller.
Sammie '' v
Confederate Soldier M. G. McKen-
at
in
front
WHITE HIEH TO
" CAMP JACKSON
Twelve Registrants of Robeson Di-
. . - OnMa
No. 1 Lett ror
vision
Jackson Tuesday.
Twelve white registrants of Robe
JTmLZI No. 1 were entrained n
Lumberton Tuesday ior Camy
rdeScaptainMoV thirty which was
composed of the following.
Joseph rage, """5V'
Frank Jacobs, Raynham.
.?d Henry Redmond, Greenville S C
Arthur C. Brisson, Lumoerxoii,
Colin Houston Phillips, Lumberton.
McKay Hickman Lumberton.
Neill L. Hall, McDonald
John McLean, Lumrton, o.
Walter Grady Floyd, Fairmont,
wflliam Anson Todd, Lumberton, R.
2' James Weldon Fisher, Lumberton.
Kelly Britt, Lumberton.
Lenroot Elected to U. S. Senate in
Wisconsin.
Representative Iryin L Lenroot
Republican, was eiectea u
Senator to succeed the late rau
Hosting, having gteg n
vies, Democrat, in iuesuy ,
in Wisconsin, according nconglete
returns, by a majority estimated ax
more than 10,000 Victor L. Berger,
Socialist, ran third.
Raft Swamp Democratic Primary.
rAi m 11 Tva elected town-
Ttie iouowing -- . .
ship Democratic execute m-.ee
township primary last Saturday. W
. rr, 1 .kn .man' ( Tpn. r . A
, . l4-
t tw pn,DOH These were ai&u
S? tnr. rnrriT, Grant. 111. They
left here under the command of Lieu
tenant Lawrence E. McGann, white,
from Camp Grant. The list follows
Fred Little, Blounts Creek; Simon
Peter Dunham, Lumberton; Harvey
Me Arthur. Fairmont; Douglas Pow-
ell, Lumberton; Dud Rogers, Lum
berton; Smith Worley, Lumberton;
' MnTTP Fairmont; Barnie
Walters, Fairmont; Giles Arnett,
Fairmont; Casey Bryan, Lumberton;
ilex Hursey, Lumberton; Franklin
BuUock Fairmont; Ed. Currie, Lum
berton, R f 2 Erneit Smith, Fairmont;
Hezekiah Richardson, Barnesville, K.
HezeKian xvic . Lumberton;
ZlJL SXT Vermont: Grover
7li inmWriTi. R. 2: James Erv-
vtoric, miam McQueen,
Lake View, sV-C.; L. Colonel .Jonjj
' t 9. rijivid Jones; Lum-
berton R 2; Joseph French, L,um
berton, g. , Pittman,
KKn;k Nichols .Fair-ont;
i i. T. umber ton, k. i,
m-r n nu I I . i I iiiiiai Wa v -
. t v. T.nmherton: James
"nn,eTX"' n i. Prentice Mc-
Neill Lumberton; Lairy Hill, fair-
f-.0rt!vif&,tumgSn
""'""r ' r " i .Tames Edear
Jerry McLaurin
Green. Lumberton;
Lumberton; Ross Brown bumu,
Asa Brown, Lumberton; Shep Faulk,
Marietta.
fall"fromwagon fatal.
John Johnson, Colored, Fell or Jump
ed From Wagon When Mule Took
. . . -a a.. Temule Bone
Friffht ai
Crushed.
, , onlored. died Tues-
I W Tl .III nUllt
JUHIl w
Monday
Pooie. .
It was ordered that a meeting ol
the board of trustees of the 'county
farm life school be held at Philadel-
phus Friday, April 5th.
A petition was presented signed by
over one-fourth of the free-holders
living within the maxton gu
school district, asking that an elec-
tion be caiiea w astciK
the people in voting a unuorm ri,c
of taxation of not over 50 cents on
the $100 worth ol property anu
on the poll. The board, after finding
that the petition met the requirements
of the law, ordered same apyiuvcu.
It was ordered tnat tne uuiu
300 diplomas to be issued at the close
of the schools to puipls completing
the seventh grades.-
The chairman was auwionieu
execute a note lor yy aays -Ti"c,i"";
rc AAA o th. national dsiin UA
Ol a,VW v w.. . ,
Lumberton for the purpose of paying
i L.i.) nnlnriao
rru UiTTincr rpnaiCS Were uiuwc"
iA. Ttfi WpsIov Thimnson. No. 6,
nnenn" white. $8: J. H. Oxendine,
Swamn. Indian. 92c;
nn o' i . white Shan-
nose jjumwa vv.., - . . . - j
non township, $15; Geo. Sttland,
No. 2, Alfordsvxue, coiorea, t,.--
errors in listing. . . - ... .
Editor Meares Accepts Govern
ment Job.
Washington special to Newsand
from $3 to $6 the months; the al
lowance of Aytcn wya xru m g - ,
jss fn& Elizabeth
Oxendine from $1 to $3.
Hannah Douglas was placed on the
reeular pauper list at tne
re?. . . Jlvo,, that a special schoo
tax1 saKir-i ! jf-
school district tne sutn uay
scnooi . whether or not a
13J.O, w i' rn f, the
pecial schopi tax ox u ki
;100 valuation and $1.50 on the poll
zie.
H. At
Weinstein.
the piano Miss Hilda
MARCH ALLOTMENT FILLED,
t;. Townseno, F"3TV, Prevatt
Bond, Joseph Town send, lrvin Prevatt
ed as delegates to the county conven- t
tion.
at 8 o'clock as the result
v w , a.w rr
Jwu. Treceived Tuesaay
ux mjiaa. he was tnrown
rwaTCrth Chestnut
stteet by a runawayinu.
Johnson s iext p -"- the ground,
crushed when he strucK x ; b
He was taken to . rt
Pital immediately a
'I' tin mil P UCCBUW -3? -r 1
w - --- - who saw jonn-
automobile and some w he
son when he left tne w b
became ingntene" -- a
fit; YY t J --
an
while other say
ki s 'i wieares ox vitai.rvi--
editor of "the Bladen Journal, has beer
trt a inn in tne orana
partment and has come to Washing
f j. a.i, hio duties He win
draw a Salary of $1,200 Mr. Meares
IVZ oAitnr nf the Bladen Journal
i 4. itqot-c jinrJ edited a credit
aUUUl live . . v.c
ahle weeklv. He will continue his
newsnaper writing in Washmgtor,
representing North Carolina after
noon newspapers.
County Democratic Conventoin
- v
Saturday.
The county Democratic convention
will he held here Saturday of this
i. - 11 o yy, A new enuntv exeCU-
tive committee will be elected and
delegates to the State convention will
be elected.
Death of Mr. Hector Brown.
News has been received here of the
dath last night at Maxton ot mr
Hector Brown of the Ked aprings ac
tion Mr. Brown had been xn u.
health for some tin.e and was retain
ing home from a hospital
?AV w,irj t r V.verett was ap
be leyieu. - Mr-Kin-
nointed registrar and S. H. Mcn.in
poinweu icKao kmm-oi were aD-
non and a. a. uv -
nointed judges of the election.
Pa .Jlu- aYat were allowed
a numuei n. .
m mrtth1v Tenort OI Ur. . gi
McPhaul, county health officer, was
a j
orfiTed that JeTry M Pcwoll
be exempt from paying poll tax ar,d
"UTl. oTdeTad admit
ted to the county home.
J. Ed. Tyson, county survey was
authorized to make more distinct
autnorizea w mCnument on
marKs on TZ- , -...to
the crraded scnoui Kiuuu.o
tint no ott the court house square a
steUardeasure for testing survey-
a t
tr s cnams. . , MMa1 t xt.
The bond.ol "i the
roTnpr in the sum oi Ti,v
National Securities Co. as surety was
approved.
Wishart Township Democratic
Primary.
Correspondence of The Bobewn.
Allenton, April 2.-At the town
ship Democratic wmaiy held at Ai
lenton Saturday afternoon the foUow
ing were elected township executive
committee:
Ethel Melvin. colored, is in jail
charged with stabbing Beatrice Poper
also colored, in the side with a knife
last evening. The two women lhre
about two miles east of town and
Sheriff R. E. Lewis and Rural Police
man brought Ethel to jail last night.
On account of the entertainment
which will be given at the opera house
tomorrow evening lor the benelit ot
the Red Cross, the vegulai monthly
meeting of the executive committee of
the local Red Cross chapter has been
postponed to Friday evening of next
week.
Condary Harden, Indian, who
lives about 7 miles from Lumberton
on the Fayetteville road, near Mar
nolia school house, had the misfor
tune of getting his house burned Wed
nesday of last week. Practically all
the contents were consumed by the
fire, which caught from the stover
flue. He had no insurance.
Mr. L. B. Weinstein, formerly of
Fairmont, who returned recently wttfa
Mrs Weinstein from Arkansas,
where they went the first of the year,
has opened up a store at Chadbourit.
Mrs. Weinstein who has been at the
home of Mr. Weinstein's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. Weinstein, here for sev
eral days, will go tomorrow to Chad
bourn. Mr. W. R. Miller and three daugh
ters, Misses Alphia, Glayds, and fol
lie, and son, Mr. Dougald, of R. 1
from Fairmont, were Lumberton visit
ors Tuesday. Mr. Dougaia miner wm
Report of Surgical Dressings Depart
ment of Local Red Cross Chap
ter for March.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
This department was asked by head-
quarters to --WnM
ets and &,uuu snot, t-
Great interest was wnreu
the allotment was made. All these
have been packed and shipped to
headquarters. supervisor of among the registrants called to re.
IlISST kuthorfzed by.'port to the local board here Tuesday
Mrs A Nash; chairman of the work
JoomsV appointed Miss Lillian Proe
ms' secretary of the surgical dress-
iniS ?e6&"ved from ad
ters states that the April allotment
Snot be given until next week. As
soon as receivea ...ui-
Sd by tS "Sint at heT table
- Supervisor.
LILLIAN PROCTOR,
Secretary.
Varser and the Eace for Congress.
.a Tiafa .Vl
wHK?..to .ret L. R. Var-
sar a omin Lumberton lawyer
to make the race for Congress
michtv
Godwin this year. -
but we believe he has too much judg
ment to misread the signs.
Mr W C. uetnea na& av
nmii M. Smith
J . J. StanSei, CIlaa aaa-- . ,
j I I W HS I, . J
fl&mT Delegates-J
Smith, L. C. West,
M.
Superior Court.
has been completed
but Mr. Miller was not among those
selecte dto go to camp so he was free
to return home and help make a cropv
Mr E J. Prevatt, of the 39th
U. S. infantry, stationed at Camp
Greene, Charlotte, arrived here last
night and will spend a 10-days far
lough visiting relatives and friends.
This is Mr. Prevatfs first trip hoeae
since he enlisted in tne army m Au
gust, 1914- He says he has never
seen the day since he enlisted that
he was not satisfied, and expects to
continue in the service of his country
as long as he lives.
Mr. S. Weinstein has a roll ef
five $100 bills of Russian money, is
sued in 1910, while the recently-deposed
Czar war monarch of all Rus
sia. Mr. Weinstein bought this de
mirrencv of a former regime
recently in New York at $10 the hun
dred, but since then the ya.ue has
risen to $12.50 the hundred. Maybe
Mr Weinstein would give you one
of the bills if you will read what is
inscribed tnereon.
Mrs. H. T. Pope of Lumberton
was re-elected vice-president of the
Wilmington division of the Baptist
Woman's Missionary Union at the
convention in Asheville last week.
Mrs. R. D. Caldwell was elected one
of the delegates to represent the union
at the Baptist convention at Little
Rock in May. Mesdames H. T. Pope
and Alf. H. McLeod and Miss Annie
Ruth Caldwell attended the conven
tion at Asheville last week and re-
fl a" wio'w in Monday's pa
ceeaings, P"""""".-. the case
per as written u - McLean,
S al Judgment was rendered in
favor of lff5W. , TtlSSeCaSe g
out of a disputed land title.
Judge W. A. Devm of Oxford is
presiding.
Two and a half million pounds of
flour have been wturaea "
by the consumers of foty to Ar
kansas counties in response to the r oa
administration appeal against hoaid-ing.
a position in Mr. J. H. Wishart's Gro
?e?v store. He began work Wed-
nesday. . n T
Mr C. J. Smith and son, Mr. C. J.
Smith Jr , of Henderson, were Lum
femitn, ,roctg.rr,av. Mr. Smith
naSBTtte'ftm of Knott
I Smith who will operate a tobacco
warehouse in Lumberton the coming
season.
- rM -i? Morlces of Kennans-
IVKV. ITi. J. P .. TXT J I aa cv ' ----
ville was a L-umDerton viaiwi " turned nome oaiurua.v.
He is spenaing The minds of the laying nena
i in iv one toot - . . i .
. At yxyy"I- m .lie uiu- nncrtQV ne is - -
court since hk."". rTf tino- relatives and.
MSC ''V -----
in
" . 7 .TOQVC
friends It has been some .
since he had visited LumbeTton and
he notes many changes made during
his absence.
A o-raduate recital will be given
at Flora Macdonald college and con
servatory of music Monday evening
Laov at 8-15. bv Miss Vergie
Alice Goodwin, soprano, a sister of
J. froodwin of Lumberton.
Miss Godwiii will be assisted by JVl:ss
'i ncy Lee Anderson, junior n (hw
and Miss Mary Lou William, accompanist.
seem to be running to capital letters
The other day The Robesonian told
about a hen that layed an egg upon
which was a capital S. Tuesday Mr.
.T T) Tavlor. who lives on R. 5 from
Lumberton, brought to The Robeson
ian office an egg that has on it the
prettiest capital C you ever saw.
Some one explained that the other
hen was urging the buying of War
Savings Stamps. This one, on the
verge of opening of the campaiga
for the Third Liberty loan, no doubt
is urging Robeson county to "Ceme.
through.' The hens are patriotic.