THE ROBESONIAN
ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH
YEAR. DUE IN ADYANCS
VOL. IXL
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. APRIL 29, 1918.
NUMBER 23
ALLIED LINE STILL HOLDS.
4,.hi-re Have the Germans Been
Able to AccompliHh Their Purpose
Hard Fighting Continues.
The Germans started a general at
tack on the Flanders front this morn-
L-.i. ronnrf SIR to results 1JD to
MB nut uu "-i'"- - 1
The'entire allied line in France and
Flanders still stands firmly. Nowhere
have the Germans been able to make
a further dent in it. Hard fighting
has been in progress on the Ypres
TO THOSE VVHO HAVE FAILED
TO DO THEIR PLAIN DUTY.
SOLDIERS IN THE MAKING. FLORA MACDONALD MAY
BE SYNODICAL COLLEGE
Approximately 1,500 persons in
Robeson county have thus far sub
scribed to the third Liberty lean.
Just 2 1-2 per cent of the 60.000
people of the county have done
their duty. In Germany 6 out of
every lu subscribed to their last
and recent loan. Should our people
increase the number of subscribers
by 4,500 and subscribe $50 each it
would add $225,000 to the $300,000
already subscribed. We would
then have voluntarily done what
Eleven Young Men of Robeson District
No. 1 Left For Camp Jackson ' Matter of Making a Bid Left to Dis-
i
Friday. cretion of Trustees of College.
TOWN PRIMARY TOMORROW.
sector around Voormezeele and to the I the Hun has accomplished
.....,, T.ncre Both places have sev
eral times changed hands, but at last
reports Voormezeele had been recap
tured by the British, but the Germans
had obtained another foothold in Lo-
cre.
The following registrants of Robe- MINISTERS SHOULD DISCUSS
son district No. 1 were entrained in MORAL ISSUES OF THE WAR
Lumberton r riday evening lor urcp
Jackson:
Cliner Byrd, Lumberton, R. 5: Ira
Leon McGill, Lumberton; Forest Hunt,
Raynham; Thomas John Collins,
Lumberton; John B. Herring, Lum
berton, R. 7; John Oliver Avant,
Lumberton: valentine Deles lie bar
rel, Lumberton; William Lester Mays.
Lumberton, K. 5; Donnie Andrews,
Fairmont, R. 3; Bill Jernigan, Lum
berton, R. 6; John Hunt, McDonald
No One Opposes Mayor Proctor 7
Candidates for Commissioner and 1
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Fall Session of Presbytery Will Con
vene September 24.
Some Lumberton citizens report
ed that snow fell herealouts Friday.
A traveling man remarked this
to Be Nominated Elect JOB Next morning that the Ixrrn ne betel is a
A Lumberton railroad man made
an engagement the other day for 8
r m "hv I .-, : M i U A r ' i ., i' swift-
morrow, April 30. The following had j time."
Monday.
The town primary will come otf to-
There are 4,500 persons in Robe
son county who have not seen the
light and invested their talents
with the Government that hovers
over and protects them on land
and on the seven seas. Surelv they
will come to themselves before it
is too late. All subscriptions must
be turned over to the banks by the
close of business on Friday of this
week, which means that we have
five more days in which to raise
our $400,000 maximum allotment.
Information has romp to rnp that
"""" ii , , l X UOUll, unan in v-avj , . n. . ,
JYench to pierce the line, but every- i many persons are waiting to see I e. D. Smith, Lumberton; John White,
where nave oeen kuuhu, wh.j " l n KODeson county can get aiong I Bennettsville, S. C: Willie James Mc
toe ot. ininiei uu muvtm ni i hhi tneir suDscriptions. it is i Laurin Lumberton.
neeuiess 10 say mat sucn persons
vnnrmezeele was taken by the Ger
mans Saturday but the British in a
night attack won it back and since
have held i, innicwins 7
ties on the Germans in renewed ef
f..ru tn take the dace.
The Germans have tried at several
noints along the front held by the
1 i . Ik. linn Knf ovorir .
At its last session at the meeting
held in Lumberton last week Fayette
ville presbytery voted to leave to the
discretion of the trustees of the insti-
Mr. Leon McGill was made captain of ; tution the matter of offering Flora
the party. Macdonald college, now owned jointly
Colored Men Entrained For Camp J by Orange and Fayetteville presby-
Grant April 27th. teries, for the synodical college to be
Bennie McNair, Lumberton; Our- established in the State
nie Lewis, Fairmont; Arthur Powell,
Lumberton; Willie Floyd, Lumberton;
Mark Floyd, Lumberton; Ji-uas ts.
Thompson, Shaw University, Raleigh;
,hore recently American troops were
stationed. Whether the Americans
aicain came into combat with the enp
nTv was not vouchsafed by the French
official communication.
By one of those "back to the wall
,.,ia fnr which thev have been fa
mous in this war, the Franco-British
forces have saved the situation in the
Vnrei sector from turning into an rai
JLiiata hie success for the Germans
sfter the loss by the allied forces of
nrorlominatine peak of Kemmei.
Had the enemy been able at once to
his success in the Kemmei
he attemDted to do, the re
u rnkahlv would have been disas
the allied trooos m the
tiuuo w v..-w
Ypres salient. . . ,
The Germans, as the week closed
were virtually no nearer their object
ive the allied base at Amiens, than
they were before their smashing at
tack of Wednesday between the Som-
me and the Avre, while several mo k
of their divisions have been badly
smashed in the fighting against the
British and Franco-American defense.
Reports coming by way of London
are to the effect that in Germany
there is much pertuberation over the
inability of the Teutons to pierce the
allied line and nervousness anu uc
are, in effect, rendering aid and
comfort to the ruthless foe a foe
that would not and does not wait,
but a foe that continues to murder
women and children and tear iown
the precious things of the earth
which civilization has erected in
the past generations. The Gov
ernment is calling upon those who
are waiting and have not thrown
in their lot to heln make the world
a decent place to live in.
A. W. McLEAN,
Chairman Robeson County Liberty
Loan Committee.
This action was agreed upon after
earnest discussion which was prolong
ed to such an extent that it had not
been decided at the time for the clos
ing of theThursday morning session,
which it was thought would be the
closing session of presbytery, and
20 Colored Men Go Tomorrow. I the discussion was resumed at a ses-
Twenty colored men will be sent to son which convened immediately af-
Camp Jackson tomorrow. 1 ter the dedication of Lumberton s new
Five white registrants from this j Presbyterian church, where the ses
district will be called to report for siCns were held, Thursday afternoon,
military duty May 10. i Dr. C. G. Vardell, president of the
i collesre .advocated the adoption of a
AGENTS MUST GET PERMIT, resolution instructing the trustees of;
j the college to go to synod ana maice
! a bid for the location of the proposed
. r svnodieal clletre at Red Springs, of-
No Dogs Aiiowea Loose rr ou Macdonal(f. Orange
presbytery, he argued, had passed
such a resolution, and there was all to
handed in their names as candidates
for the various offices by Saturday
night at midnight, when the lists
closed :
For mayor James D. Proctor.
For commissioner: first ward W.
P. McAllister, A. H. Hinds; second
ward A. V. G. Wishart, B. Sam Ed
wards; third ward T. A. McNeill,
i Jr., R. E. Sentelle; fourth ward E.
M. Johnson. One commissioner is to
be nominated from each ward
For graded school trustees Q. T.
Williams, R. C. Lawrence, J. H. ish
art, Dr. W. A. McPhaul. Four trus
tees are to be elected. Messrs. R. D.
Caldwell and J. P. Russell, present
members of the board, declined to
run. Messrs. Williams and Wishart
are members of the present joard.
For board audit and finance Frank
Gough, H. M. McAllister, W. S. Britt.
These compose the present board.
While the nomination will be equiv
alent to election, the town election
Miss Mary Clanp of Greensboro
has accepted a position as stenog
rapher in the law office of Messrs.
McLean, varser & MsLean.
Mr. C. W. Bauconi. formerly
cashier of the Bank of Wingate, be
gan work this morning as teller in
the National Bank of Lumberton.
Mr. Jas. G. Smith of R. 5 from
Lumberton was among the visiters in
town Saturday. Mr. Smith ha:, s son
Mr. DeWitt Smith, at front in France.
Mr. H. E. Stacy will make an
address on the Liberty loan Tuesday
evening at 8:30 in the East Lumber
ton auditorium. The East Lumber
ton band will furnish music.
The various list-takers will begin
the task of listing the taxable prop
erty in the county Wednesday or this
week. Ail property must be listed by
June L
License has been issued for the
marriage of Jacob Britt and Cath-
will take place Monday, May 6, to rine Edwards; A. A. Atkinson and
confirm the election of those nominat
ed
-Regulations For Driving on
School Grounds.
ROBESON OVER THE TOP.
Minimum Allotment for County Has
Been Subscribed But There is Still
$89,150 to Raise to Go to $400,000
Some Towns Lagging Behind Only
5 More Days.
A TREAT IN STORE
FOR ROBESON COUNTY
CLUB GIRLS
LINKHAW PARK PROTECTED.
Robeson county subscribers to the
third T.ihert.v loan have pushed the
pression over the losses the Germans , t()tal of purchases for the county to
sain and nothing to lose. They could
j offer a plant at Red Springs, he said,
! worth S200.000. with an endowment
I of 875,000, and with almost certain
; prospect of endowment by June of
. $150,000, so that their oner wouiu ue
j around $350,000 and would almost
At a meeting of the board of town i certainlv result in establishing the
commissioners Thursday evening an , synodical college at Red Springs. If
ordinance was passed which says that ; the 0er were nct accepted, he ar
no dog shall run loose in the town of gUed? the status of Flora Macdonald
Lumberton for af period of 60 days j would not be altered in the least,
from April 25, 1918. It will be re- It wjn be recalled that Qusens
memoerea mat tn uiuuw - coiickc ui unanu
A
Esba Walters; T. B. Adams and Min
nie Howell.
Mr. L J. Flowers, keeper of the
county home, says that some of the
graves at the cemetery near the c un
ty home are falling in and the tombs
are falling over.
Recorder D. W. Bullock of Row
land was a Lumberton visitor Satttr-
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Girls' Camp Will Be Held at thei ? pp Wtion jr., has onoo.
County Farm-Life School at
Philadelphia May 20 to. 25.
sit ion in the person of ex-Sheriff E. C.
McNeilL
St. Pauls Messenger: Lawyer T.
A. McNeil of Lumberton spoke here
last Wednesday night on tne Liberty
(By Miss Lulu M. Cassidey, County loan bends. He collected $900 for
Home Demonstration Agent). bonds we enjoyed his talk and we
Thp hoarts of the 400 club girls of; hope the money will help L nele fc.ara.
Robeson county will be made glad by Mr. C. B. Hocutt will move his
t that a camp is o
be held at the Philadelphna farm life
school, the week of May 20th to 2;th.
nnrler the auspices of the countv
huuo cuff prpH.
The operations in the Italian theat
re continue of a minor character, con
sisting of small patrol encounters
and artillery duels of more or less in
tensity on various sectors.
Likewise in Macedonia comparative
quiet prevails, although there has
been considerable shelling of oppos
hv the artilleries and
aerial bombing craft. Near Vetrenik
v,o SorKinns rarried out a successtul
attack against the Bulgarians and an
nihilated the section they held.
Nothing has come through either in
the way of confirmation or denial of
the reports in circulation Saturday
that a counter-revolution had broken
Pd February 16, 1918, which said that tute Raleigh, have been turned over! home demonstrttion work. Miss l.uiu
no does should run loose m town iui to a committee apponiLeu uy yy
?.j ac Jot,c Thi ordinance I a v,o fViov will he mereed into
ailU nav - " -
c vnnriical colleere the location ol
which will be determined by the most
$310,850. This is $10,850 over the
minimum allotment of the county, and
it is desired during the five days
that remain before the end of the
campaign to raise at least $89,150 and
so make good this county's part of the
oversubscription hoped for of at least
$1,500,000,000. , M.
You will notice from the figures
civpn hplow that some of the princi
pal towns of the county have failed,
so far, in making up their allot
ments, while some country districts
Vijivp ov ersubscribed. St. Pauls, Mc
Donalds and Proctorvilie have more
than doubled their allotments and are
entitled to stars in their honor flags;
Fairmont, Rowland and ted springs
Umr tVio rnnntv acent. announces
that the' camp will be open to all
the members of the canning clubs
of the county and also w an k
advantageous bid made for the estab-1 beionging to the pig and pouitrv
lishment of one synodical college forclubs and to the members cf the do
Jfvl in the. State. Dr. Vardell didmestic science classes under her di
rection. She is counting on a tun ai
Q r;nrt of 40 days. This ordinance
expired March 27.
An ordinance was passed wmch
makes it unlawful for any person to
drive "on the western half of the grad
ed and high school grounds with au
tomobile or other vehicles. The or
dinance nrovides that persons wishing
to go on said grounds win a
may do so by approaching from either
o v, -EMrrhth st.pp.ts and entering
tothe rear of "either of. the school
buildings. Any person violating the
provisions of this ordinance will be
To regulate the nuisance of so many j chairman of the board of trustees of
agents soliciting orders for books Flora,Macdonald, argued that .wouid
s . .:1 on nrrtiTinncp. was I a io Vip hands 01 the trUs-
and VariOUS ailltiea, an Iievei w . iha
that any persons : t witn instructions to onw cue
r . K"r' i.Ua TMivnnsP Ot n
nut Flora Macdonald
in''pool" with these other col
leges in the sense that it would mean
the closing of Flora Macdonald snould
it be decided to locate the synodical
college elsewhere, but that the college
should remain as it is if its bid should
not be accepted.
Mr. A. W. McL,ean 01 lumuei iu.
tendance and some good work. Pro
grams and general plans ior the week
are being worked out and will be
published later. Several of the lead
ing teachers of the county have vol
unteered to assist Miss Cassidey m
t n;r.r thp cirls and directing
family from Wilmington to Lumber-
ton tomorrow or Wednesday. iney
will live in the Freeman residence.
Third street. Mr. Hocutt has been
working in Robeson for several
months.
Mrs. J. Q. Sharpe and small sor,
J. Q. Jr., of Columbia, S. C., are
spending some time here visiting at
the heme of Mrs. Sharpe's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Glover, Water
street. Mrs. Sharpe has been slightly
ill since she arrived here.
Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health
officer, has called the midwives of
the county to meet in the court bouse
here tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Thev will be addressed by local phy
sicians. Thev will meet the first
Tuesday in each month for several
out in Petrograd and that Grand Duke , haye oversubscribed and are entitled
Alexis Nikolaievitch had Deen to honor flags
claimed emperor of Russia.
mi m w -rT" T TttT
BOY ACCIDENTALLY. &1U1iXmU.
"'"'""1 ; -v r T..l.-..,
v,Q wnrk Prol. and mrs. v. vj. . - ,, u j uv thp
ir. ohnrp-p of tne farm lite scnooi, anu
a w Kptv. the farm demonstra-
I . ' "in ' vtimrab in hanalin'J the
tor, w'ii i Jen -- -
! -mJ. nn. unmp State sneciaha
! situation, and some State specu
5tS
in?o ZL f or the purpose of SSege without giving them discretion are expected to help with the pro
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Townsend
Instantly Killed by Accidental Dis
chaTgeiof Gun With Which He Was
Hunting.
Mr.
KOlTTVinTin I I -Vfill -U1U kJV
and Mrs. F. F. Townsend, who live in
the Raft Swamp section, accidentally
shot and killed himself late Thursday
afternoon. Young Townsend was
oVxk; VMinfff anA it is sunnosed he
slipped off a slick log and the gun he
vras carrying was discharged. lne
load pierced the boy's heart. A broth
er of the unfortunate boy heard the
report of the gun and saw the boy
fall find rushed to him. Death was
instantaneous. The funeral was con
ducted at the Odum burying grouna
Saturday at 10 a. m. by Rev. L. b.
Dailey, pastor of the Raft Swamp
Baptist church, and interment was
made in the family burying plot.
Applicants for Furloughs Should
Heed This. '
Those who send in applications for
furloughs for soldiers at camp should
be careful to give the correct com-
noTur ol.li-ocs P.Vinirman T. L. oohn-
district No. 1 says he
has receiver! a number of requests for
furloughs without this information,
and nothing can be done about them.
It is nnt. sufficient to state merely
that the soldier is at Camp Jackson,
flT ukormror Via is- thp COlllOanV ad-
dress must be given. Give the ad
dress just as you would give the
address on a letter to the soldier.
Champ Clark Declines Senate Ap
pointment.
RnoaVov rvtomn r.inrlf of the House
of Congress has declined to accept
the Missouri senatorship offered him
by Gov. Gardner. The Governor has
otfered the place to Judge w. yv
Graves of the Missouri Supreme court
Mnriptta district has obtained
subscriptions to the extent of $5,750,
these subscriptions having been turn
ed over to several banKs oi jxooesou
county, and also to the Bank of Pages
Mills, S. C, and Bank of Fair Bluff.
Amount allotted was $5,000, showing
an over-subscription of $750. lne
Barnesville district has obtained sub
scriptions to the extent of $5,50
a,w ollnt.tPrl was $5,000, showing
an oversubscription of $500. Tnesf
subscriptions, too, have oeen iuu
over to the several banks of the
county reporting them.
But what is the matter witn Lum
berton, Maxton, Parkton, Pem
broke? Shall it De saiu
these good towns failed to raise their
allotment .' That win nevei u."
towns do not want to miss winning
vn. 4Ws Some tall stirring has
got to be done this week if they oo
not miss winning flags
A list of subscribers from over
the county was puo isnea in
day's Robesonian. Anowei
be published in the next issue, lo
ip vaA hrnu?h the various
L cliff LCVVAVWU o7
banks of the county up to date are as
follows: . , ,fQj
(First figures give amount u,
second figures amount suo,.
National UanK oi liumu".,
600 $56,500: First National Bank ot
"uu v""! . . jon 7Sfl. Plan-
Lumberton, $4i,uuu
ers
coming iut. 1p
selling or takng oruers iw
or soliciting aid or making a house-to-house
canvass for any purpose
shall first apply to the chief of police
for a permit, whether a license tax
is required or not. -A J to not ex-
ceeding $50 or lmpnsouu ct . -Leeuing
v Ttr-nxriAoA for vio-
more tnan oo uayo , . r ,
more man w - , . , j
lation of this, ordinance which does
not apply, ot course, to
salesmen calling upon hanteor
other business houses. Any person
to whom the chief refuses a permit
mav appeal to tne raayw.
The board extended a vote of
thanks to Mr. W. I. Linkhaw for his
patriotism and public spirit shown
in the "beautility" work which he haj
recently had done on town commons
ii u fV.nncrht. the chances ! ,m
in tne mauei. xx . ioni
for Flora Macdonald winning out wC
not so certain as Dr. Vardell believed;
it would be largely a contest among
real estate men, he said, who would
be able to make more attractive prop
ositions than Red PB " "1
He thought, too, that it would place
tne colleSe in an unfortunate position,
tne chars-e of run-
Zg w'ith thThare and holding with
xCvltLAa fn offer the college if
physicians of the county.
Mr. W. P. McAllister returned
Thursday night from Hende-sonville,
where he speftt some time with Mrs.
McAllister, who is spending some lime
tne nvuiiuo, ---- .
the svnodical couege snuum
rtlTaoA Snrinss. at the same
SSISS?toalW the college
to eo in unless its offer were accepted
i5 he said, had much
more to offer than either Peace or
more to one leave
than o nui mui. ,t T g r e
It was ordered that the V. & C. S.
Rv Co be required to straighten
the sidetrack built along town com
mons in the southern part of town,
toisto be done within months from
the first day of April, 1918.
The Hrls will be expected to carry at that place on account of her health
n-njn nrOVlSlOnS anU IKUUIU), c- xici hihuhwi " KZ Z
eir W" ES?rCTLSted as much when Mr. McAllister left her with her
fr?oSsibk T along the general plans sister Mrs. R. E. Lewis, who accom
S the camn f ir? girls. The girls will panied him to Hendersonv lie and will
-EJ&ri over ooen fores Jernain with Mrs. McAllister ior a
j rnokine over open
UU iui -, "? rj : 4.r,1p
and everything win "u."
camp style. Some of the girls ex
nect to carry tents and cots, but the
StSt tfthwn will, be accommodated
in the school building
while.
Mrs. R. C. Sadler of WhitevOIe
was a guest of her brother-in-law
and sister, Dr. and Mrs. T. C. John
son, a short while last week on ner
m . n OAft COT jtii. KOTlk- OI IVitlvunaiuJ
Jo 00S5l0 OoOrBank of Proctorvilie
lo'Vnnfi son: Bank of Fairmont,
Get Vaccinated.
Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health
officer, says he has plenty of typhoid
vaccine on hand and will be in his oi
iice in T .nmKnrtrm Mnnrlav and Tues-
ciay of each week to vaccinate any who
want to take the treatment.
$17,500-$185O; JBanK ox o ,x
SZ I ,ooo
-$10,050:
??'AXTk .n Tfen. Ppnnles Bank &
Ezra. "32Ssry5SK
Rowland $14 000-$16,650; Bank of
led Springs,' &5
olina Bank & Trust Co. of Red
Springs f$ll,700-$13,700; Bank of
eionnn $30,700: Bank of
Robeson of Maxton, .300-,5UU,
Bank of Parkton,
Bank of Pb5okAin400$2'35
Total subscribed, $3lu,w-
Mr .Tnlins F. Stephens of How-
ellsville township undeivert a serious
operation at the Thompson hospital
Baiu " f.-'oi rpcitel that was to
, v ljj at. Orrum Friday
til Tuesday nignv,
count of the rain.
fc""l 'ZXo Fifth streets
ThV lot wilf be known as "Linkhaw safeguard the interes
nark" An ordinance wo 1? lora inatuuumu. j;or(.Ticp'!
Par,- ix "ifi for anv nerson to VarflP.ll bridged the differences
maKing it uma 'i. y -xn o rpsolution emboay-
SS. TnbfeTVa fine of not HS. con?"'l" Sf
ciiph a resolution was
such a rasoiu Orantre pres-
KrTwnlsked to modify its
resolution in the same manner so as
to leave the matter entirely in the
rliscretion of the trustees.
Ministers Should Teach Moral Issues
re lUn War.
Rev W. E. Hill, pastor of the First
pStTrian . ehnrch of Fay
nl-o -nroshVterV lO uaoo
years old, of the Barnesville section H u ministers to instruct meu
years oiu, o,1Tiprior ccart i U1felu& lf, a mnral issues Of
bouna ovw w v, congregations un .
the war, which was ; done.
and more impressed, he said, with the
Tinwer ministers nave
the. attitode ofpeooje
toward all PUD11C que"" J rte
brief course i
from Charlotte, where she
ci instruction in canning and drying visited her husband's mother. Mrs.
vegetables, in poultry and pig .club , Sadler had just received a letter from
vefeeLa -n: onii hasketrv.1 i i i i T mnf Qollor rnnfirm-
h0e" AS wdUbl used f ordaining
lines and the aftenswjfi
be devoted to recreational features.
The purposes of the camp are:
fr t to Sve the girls some prepara
first, to gjve. lu16. ;n car!-
hpr husband. Lieut. Sadler, confirm
ing a cablegram she received some
two weeks ago advising that he had
arrived safely in England.
The fire alarm was turned in Sat
urday night about 10 o'clock on ac-
tion for their summer wore ra count rf a blaze which started in some
ning and drying; seconu, l" "yj' i baled paper in the basement ai
them for the ""5 aSj Lorraine hotel. It is supposed
1.1,1 tn nromote strong patriotic an orio-inated from a cigart
l i, u' . ST. a Ar.h. to eive tn
club spirit-, " .r-' , whole
Recorder's Cotirt.
Elbert Goodyear,
said to be 15
X .nnortunitv of some w
?iririror'thTgiriscoutS will be
effected.
was Dounu vv. v,
Thursday by Recorder
i f pcrnfl misuse of a girl un-
Bank & Trust Co. of Lumberton, ears of age The bond was
iaiin. . 4- Pmils. . ,J jrrrrn .v,Vi Vip made.
iixed at HZfi
cigar stump thrown into the paper.
The flames were extinguished by the
fire-fighting equipment at the hotel
hpforp the fire company reached the
o? the camp scene, and no damage was done.
ilr. joe In. tvegan aiui siuau
daughter. Emma Wytche, of R. .1,
from St. Pauls, were Lumberton visi
tors Saturday. Miss Emma, who is
iut 12 years old, is keeping house
for her grandfather, Mr. Joseph Re
gan, who also lives on R. 1 from St.
Pauls, while her grandmother is un
dergoing treatment in a hospital in
Richmond. Mrs. negan is cap:
Read About Jake's Work in
France.
n r.lv Townsend has received
!Lrfri?m Mr Furman Williams,
a letter from i4r. ru williams
of Lumberton, who t the front frQm e hospital soon. Mr
in France, dated March 31 In the joe N. Regan reports killing a mad
Ground Davis of the Raft Swamp d aU public questions, and he m Xeii Jake Bell to keep
section was before Reorder i.. felt that special effort s ou up the good work for the Kea
n-4tt afnvdav on the charge of using . . the m0ral issues of -the war up it b certamly doing
profane language onuiepuu
wav He was found guilty. Prayer
for judgment was continued upon
payment of the cost. The. defendant
1 ' 1 J.. U,r,r) -in tip Slim
was requirea to mane
of $200 and appear before the re
corder the first Monday of each montr
for ten months and shew good be
havior.
tt r C, will meet Thursday
111C vj. - -. . - .
at 4:30 in the directors' rooms oj.
National Bank ot L,umoerton.
Red Springs umzen: uuage
showed us parts of a Jhpme-m.ad
whiskey still captured and brought in
by our local officers a few days ago.
The owner, a negro, is known, and
the officers are after him.
t-Vvo 4VkllowinGr Lumberton people
attended the music festival m Char
lotte Friday and Saturday: Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. McNeill, Jr., Mrs. E. K
Proctor and daughter, Miss Lan
Proctor, Mrs. James U. rroctor, iyhs
i tr rrl,i Sfnnp. of R. 4
ivir ana mrs. mau . rivvwi '- - - - - j T
from Lumberton are among the shop-1 H. M. McAllister and Mrs. T. L.
pers in town today. Johnson.
the moral
bl0rreesofeioPn0oPf thanks was adopted,
to be read at the evening
pressing apprec.arion for "ole
neartea anu and
of the Presbyterian congregation and
the people ot Lumiwrwu - &
in entertaining presbytery.
At 6 p. m. Thursday presbytery ad
iourned to meet in adjourned session
journea to mc -hnreh May
in tne rayevievmc . ... -
23 at 12 m. The fall session will con
vene at Kenley, Johnston county, at
8 p. m. on Tuesday, September 24th.
"The Kaiser, the Beast of Ber
u u.- oornH a sp.nsation wherev-
1111, iioa vin- j 11 ;j-
er it has been shown and no doubt it
will draw large crowds at the Fas-
timp thpatre here tomorrow.
1,; ninhiro iit qc Kpino" shown at some
place out West a man got so mad
that he pulled out his shootm arm
rA took a eounle of shots at the
counterfeit presentation of the kaiser
devil. Don't carry your gun to the
Cross,
a great
dog a few days ago.
Mr. Fred Brewer of Antioch,
H6ke county, who is a Lumberton
visitor today, says that as a result of
Mr. A. W. McLean's recent Liberty
loan speech at Antioch that imme
diate vicinity has already purchased
over $5,000 in bonds and expects to
make it at least $8,000. Its quota
was less than $3,000. In the last
ramnaicn. as a result of a speech by
tt, TihM-tv Mr. McLean this same commufmty
Sold By Woman s iiiDerxy raiged $4000 while the entire county
of Hoke only raised $o,uuu.
fnr thev are certainly
WLVReohSan earried a news
J - t- o (rii i iiiul v"v
item ?Tp Rpn colored, who works at
part Jake BeUjCOiorea,
Mr. L. . "nd Mr. Wil-
in the, ea "rfCI Pohesonian of
liams learneu uum
VTTnip Jake's interest.
Uncle
Bonds
Loan Committee.
m n TVinsnn. $50: Mrs. E. L.
Mr- A" fl- Mrs J- H. Morrison,
Hamilton. 0' Mrs. $1Q0
ri-n. iiiicu r iii i iiv
r M.Ta. sioo: ii. .
show.
Mrs. Sue a. STTSndL $500;
,geTt Bruce French, $50; Berry
Margaret Bruce rr , pre
I 1 --. - li T"- lit II. ILW - . a
mo- Mrs S. R. Spivey, $&u;
vatt, 50Myd,$400; Mrs. H. B,.
Mrs. C. n. poyu, Patter-
JenniSf&- Ad aSi'Br tt ?0 Pre
Chairman Lumberton.
A full house at Fairmont Friday
evening enjoyed "Society Goes Into
Vaudeville," given by Mrs. Irene Mc
Leod Nash and her company of Lum
berton stars. Door receipts amounted
to $74, which sum was divided equal
ly for the Fairmont and Lumberton
PprJ Prnss rhanters. It took two jit
neys to transport the Lumberton
crowd, and this expense, $5 a car,
brought the net amount turned over
to the Lumberton chapter to $27. Fair
mont chapter got $37 from door re
ceipts and $12 from programs, rank
ing the handsome total of $49.