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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOL. IXL LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. MAY 6, 1918. NUMBER 25 ROBESON MADE FINE RECORD McLEAN GIVEN OVATION. County Oversubscribed Its Minimum Allotment in Third Liberty Loan by $1:16,100 Four Billions or More Subscribed in the Nation. Welcomed Home By His Townsmen Appointment on War Finance Board Confirmed By Senate Honor Came Entirely Unsought. The appointment by President Wil son of Hon. A. W. McLean of Lum- MEMBER OF U. S. WAR FJMANCE CORPORATION ST. PAULS NEWS PACKAGE. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS -i l . 1 . A. m 1 -w. 4- rr of WT O c? V. jnJtS of returns from the third j berton as one of the four directors of Liberty loan campaign which closed the gigantic United States War Fi Saturday night showed $3,316,628,250,! nance corporation was confirmed Sat-i but the treasury believes the actua ' urday by the Senate without opposi-j total which may run to $4,000,000,000 j tion and Mr. MoLean left for Wash-, will not be deiiniteiy Known unu i ington last nignt, naving oeen auviseu , Mav 13, four days after individual banks are required to report to Fed eral Reserve banks by a telegram from Senator Simmons late Saturday that Secretary McAdoo wanted to organize the War Finance Analysis of reports showed that! board today. Only one other member probably 17,000,000 persons bought! of the board, Mr. W. if, Lr. Harding, bonds in this campaign, seven million was confirmed Saturday, confirmation more than in the second loan and of the other two members, one from 12,500,000 more than in the first. New York and the other from Chi Robeson county made a fine re- ord. cago, Being held up pending investi The amount apportioned to this coun- gation of their busines connections, tv as a minimum was $298,400. Sub- according to a Washington dispatcn. ..'....intmns nf fhp clnsp ftf t.hp ramnsifm When Mr. McLean arrived home Saturday night mke the handsome I Saturday morning over the Virginia .-t-1 f $4:u ri00. an ov'ersnnscrin-1 & Carolina Southern at 9:30 o clock tion of $136,100. ! from New York, where he had been Exceedingly gratifying is the large' ever since it was announced in Wash increase in the number and amounts ington that President Wilson had ap of subscriptions received from the j pointed him one of the directors of rural districts. The total number of the War Finance corporation, he subscribers in the county is approxi-1 found a large crowd of his townsmen matelv 2.200. while the total in the at the station to welcome him and to second loan was only about 800. give some expression, of their appie- A statement form Mr. A. W. Mc- ciation of the high honor that had Lean, chairman of the county Liberty loan committee, and the list of those who have subscribed since the last re- come to him and through him to the town. This spontaneous demonstration of II iK'l II IeL LW Wt ' ' ML jK:-. lB tesPi' ".H Rl IH wwrnTty' y'&. ' w5 H II Wn'J: -mm HE 1' ' II - I 1 1 fe. JS 1 mm -.". 1 . Proud of the Boys at the Front Commencement A Variety News Items. of May Correspondence of The Robesonian. This is tax-listing month. Proctorville school will close 10th with a concert at nifht Horn, to Mr. and Mrs. Rowland tea, yesterday morning, a boy. - Mr. A. C. McLeod of Buie was a Lumberton visitor Saturday Mr. Mc- n St. Pauls, May 3. School is near- Leod says around 3.000 soldiers pass big its "finis," so vacation will soon Bu:e each day going north. be here, together with all its pleas- License has been issued tor the urcs. Baccalaureate sermon Sunday v,y. ot An'S" West and Lizzie a. m.. the 5th. Wiggins; Make Pivvatt and Lillie Mrs. Maggie McEachern is spend-; ,ree'- Frank M. Harper and Beu injr a few weeks in town, and glad la" king. are we to have her. She is so good Dr. A. H. Kerr returned Friday and kind, she makes friends wher- from Camp Sevier, where hp vidti. ever she goes. . his brother, who is in training and rr.- "jn rru' C".' " ''V "Wl 10 go to r ranee at lucauii) cvfiiuij;. jncv iitivv; recent early date. fa ly returned from an extended wedding tour. Miss Mary McLean returned last ! evening irom the nresbvterial at Aberdeen. She went as a delegate from the ladies' missionary society here. We hope she can tell us some thing interesting. Sorry to report Miss Addie Caude Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. Fuller re turned Friday from Greensboro where they spent some tinip. They made tne return trip in a new AMen automobile. The board of countv commis sioners, the county board of educa- uvu aim uit roan commissioner !ir sick with German measles. Lots of holding their regular rnonthlv moot 11 1 i . i e 11 1 1 i I I 1 . . . Mlierl- tne utile ioiks arounti nave wnoopin ; iuf nere lonay. cough, and my how they whoop! First! Mr and Mrs R D C 1 It if one and then the other taking these Friday for Baltiroore, Mdwbere the! detested German measles. We have will spend some time Mr CaldunM port, must be held over for the next! pride and good will was so unexpected issue of The Robesonian. The list! to Mr. McLean, and so palpaoly sin cere, that it is small wonaer xnai ne was visibly touched by it. Mavor Jas. D. Proctor, Messrs. S. Mclntyre, A. E. White, L. R. Varser, is too large to put in type for today's paper. Women of Robeson Subscribe $76,450. Mrs. L. T. Townsend, chairman of the woman's county Liberty loan com mittee, reports that the women of Robeson subscribed for bonds in the sum of $76,450, which is an exceed ingly fine record. Mr. L. H. Caldwell and his em ployes bought and sold $21,150 worth of bonds. His clerks alone took $15, 750. Mr. Caldwell offered two War Savings stamps to the lady and man clerk in his store selling the most bonds. Miss Mattie Amnions won the stamps offered the ladies, selling $4,600 of bonds, and Mr. B. G. Floyd won the stamps offered to the men, selling $3,300 worth. SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS. A dispatch this morning stated that the British had made considerable gains between the Somme and Ancre rivers, the Germans not offering much resistance. There is increased tension on the Italian front where the Allied forces K. M. Barnes, H. E. Stacy and J. Aj i i 11 j-l J : 4- 4- U V " bnarpe Doaraea me nam ai ui -above town and when they descended nnon Mr. McLean you could have knocked him down with a feather. He looked the least like a man wlo ex pected a public demonstration you pvpr Raw: He did not seem con scious that anything to warrant sny such doings had happened. He looked ia-P hp was not euiltv. And when it was broken to him that a crowd wus waiting tor mm ax tne -suhjuh expecteding a speech, he looked like Vio manfpH fn run awav. When the train backed up to tne union station Mr. McLean was es corted to the rear platform. The crowd greeted his appearance with a hearty cheer and Mayor Proctor im mediately launched upon the neatest little speech you ever heard. So en tirely apropos was it that thecrowd wanted to hug tne mayor, luu. "Lumberton," he said, "has been on the man of Robeson county and North Carolina for 141 years (to a day al most, yesterday being the municipal birthday), but it remained for our distinguished citizen to put it on the nf trip United States. Every body knows, now, where Lumberton Hon. A. W. McLean of Lumberton is a man of many activities and large interests. He is a large farmer, senior member of one of the best-known law firms in the State, president of th$ National Bank of Lumberton, pres ident of the Virginia & Carolina Southern railroad, financial agent and di rector of 3 cotton mills, Democratic national committeeman for North Carolina, and he has just been appointed a member of the United States War Finance corporation, the biggest thing of the kind ever created. Mr. McLean's appointment is a signal honor, as there are only four members . .i i mi j i mi ii "'ii . i of the board, selected irom the entire country mat ne win amy 1111 tne nlacp. no one who knows him doubts. Js. lived all his life in Robeson county. He Mr. Hally McK. Johnson came home condition of his health .1- ..-! i- fi'iiM D Mail ntlt Ann l-i i I I a week ago from Raleigh, where he'd been working for Y. M. C. A. Spent Lddie 3 1-2 vears nlH m and Mrs. J. E. Stephens of Evergreen", RED SPRINGS NEWS. Recitals- at College May Day Exer cises Tomorrow Memorial Ser vices May 10. have been holding positions since las4" November after the great Italian re treat from Isonzo, and it is expected that the long-threatened blow at this front may be launched within a few svoe 0f the pride with which (lays. A critical economic . F' V f ellowtownsmen xicai situation, nowever, is orr mny conceded to be developing in Austria Huncarv. The crisis in V ienna is marked by dismissal of the Austrian i Vv,o o-rpntpt honor that had come If J. W ai! & " T paruanient uy nie xm-jeiui & uiuo and the declaration that forcible measures would be taken to make a resumption of its sessions impossible. Emperor Charles of Austria, ac companied by his chief of staff and high German and Austrian officials, is reported on his way to the Italian L, w ' viMnm board front, and the great movement of MnT.QaT, e11rpd the crowd that troops in Tyrol and Trentino would j weicome was an unexpected and seem to indicate that vast bodies of annreciated honor. "Lumberton is not given to public demonstrations, had watched Mr. McLean's career, "the newspa- npr5 nave Deeii ihubl - tary, he s "V v-. " . -t 1 to North uaronna since uuocnwo Daniels had been- appointee oeci ei y of the Navy It is more than that, the mayor declared, "it is the great est honor that has ever come to the Qfoi-o TVipre are a dozen Cabinet members, but only four directors Oi Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, May 5. Miss Christa bell Moorehouse of Lumberton will give an organ recital in the college auditorium Friday afternoon, May 10th, at 4:30. Mrs. J. J. Goodwin of Lumberton is visiting her parents ,Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Pearsall. Rev. and Mrs. A. .1. Parker will leave Tuesday for Durham to attend the marriage" on Wednesday of their son Mr. L. B Parker to Miss Eliza beth Browning of West Durham. On Monday night, May 6th ,at 8.15, Miss Beatrice Hall will give her grad uating recital in piano. She will be assisted by Miss Ruth Vardoll, violin. Tuesday afternoon. May 7tn, at a week at home, and lelt Wednesday n-AnmA-L 1 H,7T'T". verreen, a. m. for Raleigh, where he intended i "mblM county, died in the Thomn- arranging his things to join Uncle; fo "3 a3 afteon Sam's brigade. He hopes to join the s operation for appendi- navy- Lots of our brave boys are en-1 ' listing and while it pains us to see' The Woman's club will.meet Wed thpm tro. vpt wp tho nrond to think : nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in u e was born and raised and has they are taking their stand "where directors' room at the National Bank is still in early middle age. i duty calls." Success to them and c Lumberton. Officers are to bo Mav God bless them one and all! Thej r" anu a Iul' attendance is de ladies of the Red Cross have a prayer Sire(i- meeting at Red Cross room for the Mr. Redmond of Grecnlle S C brave lads. These ladies are busily j spending a few days here visiting knitting these days. j bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rpd- Mr. A. R. McEachern has goneimond. Mr. Redmond was recently north on a business trip. He hoped to discharged from the army on account visit two of his boys while away. j of physical disability. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay spent Satur-I Mr. Joe Neal Regan of R 1 day night and Sunday at Mr. Lind-lfrom Lumberton was a Lumberton tay & nuine. xna muuici mw. visitor Saturday. Mr. Rgan re veV ilKu j ui l eently lost a fine milch cow'as a rc- Everybodv seems to like our new ,ult of the CQW eatjn tHiysrcuMi, ui. ui sotia tie valued the cow at loc; CONGRESS ASKED FOR FIFTEEN BILLION DOLLARS FOR ARMY 233,000 Men Trom 45 States Called to Join the Colors This Month 8,114 ;Of These From North Carolina. -M 1. 1 ll. Simultaneously witn tne announce- - t i n from 4o! ii; J r entertained at their home on Mon,v - gj-ff ovoninff in hnnnv nf tnp 11)17 and !H1 , , . ' v"u ,,t-1 1 MS o.rd,Hnc class of the hieh school OKCn when she fell at school some ii ui i 1 f mm m - Misses Blanche ando Ethel Harris -Tml2u2. W&u laughter ht arm v ,m" i ' time ago. bhe was hrmn-nt tn here. iwas a very pieasanv ;;Thompson hospita and""- able to M4. VWip Howard entertained . reiurn nome turday. ment Fridav that 233,000 men States had been called to join the colors in May, Secretary Baker indi cated the scope 3f the Government's plans for increasing its fighting strength, by stating that Congress &3&, been asked to appropriate ap Frroximately $15,000,000,000 for the army for the next fiscal year. That amount is exclusive of funds in the fortifications bill which not only cov c s coast defenses but as,a rule pro vides the bulk of heavy field ordnance. The call for a quarter of a million " tne. rmirkk' it si'nms.i First Baptist church men during May goes to all States ex-j but time ,v?is for no nian." An election is being held today cept California, Oregon and Nevada Several from here took in the to confirm the nominations made in wmcn witn tne istric ui wu- Devereux plays at r . H. U. Che zytn.i me town primary last Tuesday. The already have supplied so large a part j plavs "are always loked fcr- primary managers forgot about the entertained recently" m honor of Mr. Eugene How ard, who was home on a furlougn Miss-Mrttiis Meet. a ramoiLh morning to her home at Fayetteville Mv' VAr MfDnnalH was also hom-i re-! after spending the week-end" here cently on a few days' furlough'. These visiting at the homeof Rev. and Mrs. short visits are always pleasant to! Lhas. i .d t-eaves. She came over to the dear folks hack home. They al-J l.tenf'the dedication services of the of their quota that it was decided not to include them this time. The move ment in most States will begin May men are being taken fronts to be hurled at positions. trom otnf-r the Italian 5:30, the May Day exercises will be, 95 am will be completed in five days held on the college campus. The May j Bv tnjs order the War Department Queen will be Miss Glayds Toon, the abandons its plan of assembling men FOR MILITARY DUTY. Registrants Called to Report in Lum berton May 10th. I ill l fci 1 v til l-' - - - , n he said, "and I had not dreamed of such a 'thing. I would rather - have the confidence and good will of tne citizens of my town " he declared, "than to have the plaudits of the na tion " The nomination, he warned, had not been confirmed, ana tne stration might be premature, but tne crowd plairtly locked its confidence. He said the papers had been com- The following registrants of Robe- f ntai-y, JJ Jn the son district No. 1 have been called by a Cil"P1 which had complain the local board to report in Lr- New York Sg vrtnc iaa ton Mav 10 for militarv dutv: ed that the Die men n ti, ! nan 'iPH' JOI1I1 " maid of honor, Miss Hannah Town send. The Y. W. C. A. will sell re freshments. At 8:15 in the auditor ium there will be moving pictures. On May 10th memorial services will be held in the Presbyterian church, after which the members of the U. D. C. will go to the cemetery and dec orate the graves of the Confederate dead. Recorder's Court. Cleve Ivey was before Recorder E. M. Britt Saturday on three charges---assault upon Jacob Stone with deadly weapon, using profane language on tV.P nnhlie hisrhwav. and trespass. He was found guilty of the two first named offenses and judgment was snsnended unon payment of the cost. Jacob Stone was found guilty of as- in even monthly increments of ap proximately 100,000. Under the orig inal program it was intended to call out not to exceed 860,000 men during 1918 The call for 150,000 in April and 233,000 this month will bring out mi two months halt ot tne numoer origin ally contemplated for the year. Of ficials made it clear that it is now the purpose to mobilize all the men for whom equipment and training facilities can be provided. In preparation for this tremendous increase in the army the House mili tary committee was told that every existing cantonment in the country will be enlarged and "every national guard camp utilized to its tun capaci ty. It is regarded as proDaoie uia- cantonments must ue uum.., ward to with great pleasure. I election and failed to open the polls "The Kaiser" at Lumberton moviej till atter 9 a. m. The polls are sup theatre was also seen by lots of posed to op$n at sunrise, folks from our little town. We asked I Mr. John T Bj.. ha equipped one little fellow who attended if he a room on the secomj fj00r 0f his felt like "getting his gun," and he re-; store for a ladies' rest room. The marked, he "surely did." room has been equipped with chairs Presbytery convened at lumDer.on and tables and a toilet. Ladies com- . 1 1 1 i 4- r Ibc 1 1 ntVipr wppk and lots of "our folks were right there and report a very ! enjoyable time. We regret very much to learn xnat mg to town from the country can spread dinner on a table in the roGm. Mr. L. W. Redick and son, Mas ter George, and Mr. L. W. Stokes, of . . a - . . , t, T t 4. v,ot1o;ti will irn ai ui to' wccl "e nu at oiner pomis war If not " vj in Robeson visiting relatives. P Mr. private He too it pern s f eel Reddick says the rains have not beei hlL ZJl?" llVrieat ?o heavy down his way as they have suuggic iui tr. " , i ' ir. Kobcson went, 10 1 -Ihe free French class which Rev. 1 u :n i 111 l TYnoxr cn-u- it was "some speech." ana 1. wraawwun win teacn win meei JiUVJ '-T ' Sovprnl from St. Pauls Fayetteville to hear Bryan's speech.! mi. : i. i-.-vw- c- nonpli " Srf. ' xL a r --. a 1 1 ev well worth hearing. , j inis evening ai o:..u in ine law omces Miss Mary McNeill is visiting ner w luesaeis. uci.taii, vaiser oc iic- mother, Mrs. Evans. Lean. All who hope to serve at the Xv bAnki Rrisann is verv ill at ' front in any capacity will be welcome - ah i 1 t 1 : :i ii are aKtu lu ornig pencil ana this writing. but in the interests of speed and j . teie2.ram todav informs us that ' notebook or paper. economv of effort and material, pres-1 M oi,aw McEachern is expected' John N. Bowen of R. 1 from Joseph Dawson, Lumberton; L. M'White, Lumberton, R. 4; Andrew; a man tr pm j Hunt. Fairmont: Pink Chavis, Fair- i in N:rthj0oi na. BUI vuu inch from The Sun. niont; uoiaen uxename, lvicuoi.ciiu, : r - . v,nnTrt is so ex Harvey Oxendine, Fairmont; James P. teeTnd pornt, said Mr. Mc Newman, Winston-Salem; Richard f.. nsive a"u y misgiv Townsend, McDonalds; George Lock; Dean, J111J shudder to think lear, Lumberton; Alvah Brown Floyd, mgs It made h m shudde ft WnU-mn-ni-- (lr.m-vr A lion T .TrmhATtOT?. 1 Ol uv...v. ; Mil niunv, UwtAl M - 7 k. a i i , I t- sault upon ivey anu juugmeia 1 wi be placed upon expanding j h Qn furloURh. Raynham and Rosa Lee Rogers of Ucrouna nas m- Mi inrv Janet McNeill is up at K. l trom Rowland, Indians, were Wagram this week v'siting relatives. married in the office of Register of t!0 pnn-impncemerit exe.'cises at Deeds M. W. Flovd here Saturday at construction -p,.,,!, r'nnnpl commence tonir,'ht. il n. m. Justice F. Graver Britt of- he general ! , ' Tr,COriiinp Evans and Dinah ficiatc-d. Onlv a few neoule vitnoss- Stcno langua i overiooxeu " was not louna guu.y ui mat uiai&c,,L-j ,i,fo;ic. nf the new Cf from a little unknown towni u d Runt Indian was found and detail 5 of he ew ? v. Povnin But vou cant! - r 'oot3 Qrir! a,5o t nnon 1 are being woikeci oai u - .,.,r inrhTst.rv essential to James A. Hunt, Raynham. , I1V-. fhp war. every bank, ev- till 1 V 1" ' i Philadelphus Commencement Tfiis ' f ? Jis Character in the Week. Correspondence of The Robesonian. T L rt -4-XA'W oftfin countries at war, dut, i " "; Vippn eriven. tie try nass s'r" if:u sa if J. W: Bullock with a hammer. Prayer Stan month will for judgment was continued upon , d generally at the canton- payment .of cost and the defend th f m tne was requireu lu j;ivt wuu m Jtw 1 nn -Prv Vine o'nnn Jim Locklear, Indian, was found , sent guilty of selling "intoxicants am - snfi of the camps prayer for judgment was contained converted into replace upon payment of the cost. He was , and the new men will vpnii m . y vc juiiu 111 same States have previously bw thev will una ClCllL. in . - , , the divisions origin Belle Floyd are the teachers. HONOR FLAG RAISED. j ii.. : tii. i :j i ! eu me inai i iavre. uoin uriue anu groom are school teachers. The following Lumberton busi 1 ness nouses began closing at 6 o'clock ! p. m. Mav 1: McAllister Hardware Philadelphus, May 4. Commence- " w -ve Wm opportunity tojrendcr ment hi-f-an Snnrl.iv. Mav 5. The bac-j in thp war he would dr- cv - i 7 v Tiit SO Hit sex v ix-w iii"-- . i calauiate sermon will be preached by i f v. would not give up his ev. J. J. Murray of St. Pauls. rlnei- ' -m Lumbe , - , , J 1 nnnnrr oni'P WIT.n ! of $200 and report to the recorder , r 4-u Tnrlv nf Pach month for their quaiiiicatioiib. v iio 5v. . - i.v4. . . , it is rpp'aroen as lmeiv nm id he told Secretary iv '. -a r and, show that he nas nut; April and May drafts will be used -for the fact that It i 1 cT.i-Hnnna linnnrs Atill -u -'ifJ' ,. , s they wpiHw Liberty Loan Co., White & Gough, A. J-. Holmes, ally created at Honor Flag of Thira Libertj oan , Caldwell, Lumberton Bargain Floats From Flagstaff of ew Town Hall. Re declamation and recitation contests wiH be Tuesday evening. The gram nar grade exercises will be given Wednesday evening. On Thursday af ternoon there will be exercises by ti e seventh grade. Thursday evening the senior play "The Twig of Thorns," will be given, and on Friday morning there will be the graduation exercises, n address by Mr. A. W. McLean, and awarding of prizes. Memorial Day May 10 Dinner For Veterans. The usual Memorial Day service be held in the court house here Friday of this week, May 10. Effort is being made to secure a speaker for the oc casion and the Robeson chapter U. D. C. will serve dinner to the Con federate veterans. i J?-v ni-.T f r home in Lumnerion iui House. Oden & Powell, J. A. Branch, I Stephens & Barnes, The Wishart Co., j Robeson Grocery Co., Blacker Broth- f . - . L I ers. come oi tne ousmess men want- j ed to close at 6, while others wanted When he fire alarm sounded at 5 to remain open till 7. m iST S;oi- at home t. m. Thursday and tne lire uuck -.Mr. j. rs. augg oi n. nston pass- ! ; nnnel from fted its siren and rushed its noisy ed through town Saturday evening IS , - -.l-..-! kin !-. When Mr. McLean reacucu fice he found a perfect deluge of tele grams and letters from prominent men in many different States con m:l.A" on his appointment fnd wetsinFth.gracationat his selection for this important office. It is well known to Mr. McLean's intimate friends that he never sought this position or any other. It ha, been known only to a rf h 1.1,-4- iio Vins been ottered otner Government positions of Jngh honor MHrivprl finrlpv. 12 vears old. was ' wmie raesHiu i ravo to i f hp new town hail, Ldm and en route home from Dillon and Ma accidentally shot and killed at Golds- l Since" the number of i Second streets, it was not on account, rion counties, South Carolina, where V.". &Z :hP nther side is rapidly of a fire but to call people togeuiei ; ne bought enougn tonacco plants to set divisions on the othei siae is j 01 , - . t t TUmbeB- HI Mr Sno-o-s intends tn nlan. -4--niiiir itir-vpasin-r tne now w to ceioM - r.- .-.. i.i " , r r ctliu oicauiij . . replacement troops must mcieabe clCClUeilLilll.V ouui; au i-ii-v,-. " " boro Friday by an 8-year-old son of Jesse Tyndal. The boy pointed a rifle, supposed to be unloaded, at the gill- the end of the war. In a news item from Washington in yesterday's Charlotte Observer it was stated that Mr. McLean might be made chairman of the board, that he is considered worthy of this addition al Vinnnr. That would mean really vice chairman, for Secretary McAdoo is named chairman in the act creating the board, but the vice chairman will TresnoSity but has de- virtually have to perform the duties Xm PHe "only accepted this! 0f chairman as Mr. McAdoo's mar Son which was entirely unsought, fold responsibilities make it lmpossi because' it will enable him to be ofjble to give attention to the details service in the war. It is not a peimu nent. position. As explained else TIT T;.,-r i :. icciip T.ne vv xl a iuquv. board will wind up its business and nf t.hp work of this board Mr. McLean does not contemplate giving up his " residence in Lumber- r 1 , l J1 nviVll-IO r-Vl.lAT A new dratt oi tue Kill nrnvidme for the needs of 3,0UU,UUU men unucx - - i u;h;-t, rinilnr nroerram, will be kind. laid before the House military com mittee when it reassembles Monday. Secretary Baker, General March, chief of staff, and other officers, appeared at the committee's executive sAsion, discussing the estimates to. carry out the immediately war work. The apportionment among tne States of the men called today include: NorthCarolina, 8,114 to Camp Jack son, S. C. ,. T , South Carolina, i.yuu, uui. v,ori enhscribed its allotment to, around 200 acres. He says as a re- the third Liberty loan to help put j suJt 0f the plant shortage in his sec-o-t a world-conflagration and sound fion of the State not more than 65 the death knell ot autocracy, or 10 per cent oi a normal toDa.-uo enemy, with slavery, ox man-; crop will be planted tnis year. bonds to the crowd. When folks found that it was not a fire that called them to the street manv of them were shy about ap- Mr Junius J. Goodwin, secretary to the county Liberty loan committee, of which Hon. A. W. McLean is chair- Vi, trnr-Vr and mtrodUC- ed to the crowd Mr. H. E. Stacy, who preaching to see what the excitement Presented to the town on behalf of 1 was. But while the flag-raising was B IjUiei etllctn., cAtcii " ' ment, and did rot draw tne crowa tnai the importance of tie event warrant- will Wind UP 1L uusureoo cii-1 lAll ui "'""'S - .,. , -"---Una to exist within 6 months aft his law firm and business concerns, worth, South Carolina is resiaence m luiuu-j " X , , i" ooq romn Wads ring his connection with son, South Carolina; 288 Camp Wads the committee a beautiful honor flag of the th'rd Liberty loan. At tne ap- :. i-ma Vo -flaor wni raised to thefla-tatf above the new town hall,1 ed, the fla , itself will be an ever-pres-w, Tt -an-. !-.. - tViPiont r-ir.iiT.ripr that Lumoe? ton is no where it gnw-si.-iujr 'i ,:- ;"" 1 .v,of it ic in Una t i ii v r r t r- u i- i c y i k m i .nu i r . j j v i t -k. w . . - w mayor xiw.i.v'- . -. cease cented the flag on behalf of the town war with its dollars as well as witn a and wound up by offering Liberty' goodly number of its brave sons.
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