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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH S2M YER. DUE IX DVANCT VOL. IXL LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 16, 1918. NUMBER 28 FRENCH OFFICER TO SPEAK HERE Lieut. Lidrkerke of Camp Jackson Will Tell of His Experiences In the Great War in France AT COTJBT HOUSE SATURDAY EVENING AT 8:30. HEAR LIEUT. LIDRKEEKE. I especially urge every member of the Lumberton Red Cross chap ter to hear Lieut. Lidrkerke at the court house Saturday evening, 18th, at 8:30.. He is a French of ficer who has seen service in the great war and is now helping to train soldiers at Camp Jackson. Let every member of the Red Cross honor him by their presence and bring as many with you as you can. A. E. WHITE, Chairman Lumberton Red Cross Chapter. STAHL BOUND TO COURT. STILL CAPTURED. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Witnesses Testified at Trial Before : I. U. S. Commissioner That He Had ; Made Seditious Remarks Said British Had a Whipping Coming to Them and Hoped Germany Would J. mlkins and Jetter J. Branch Claim They Were Hauling the Still "Unbeknownst" for Bethel Chavis, Who Escaped. Sheriff R. E. Lewis and Rural Po- Put it to Them-Alao Criticised , SaST iSLTSZC-SG u. FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER. Tobacco Prospects Fair Among the Transgressors Union Meeting Be gins 26th Personal. Lieut. Lidrkerke, a French officer who has been in the thick 01 the great war in France and is now help ing to train men for service at Camp Jackson, will speak at the court house in Lumberton Saturday evening, May 18th, at 8:30. it is hoDed that as large a crowd as greeted Capt. David Fallon, the j British officer, when he spoke at the court house some time ago, will greet this French officer atm-aay evening. ; Correspondence of The Robesonian. When Capt. Fallon spoke the court room was crowded, standing room was ! Fairmont, May 15. The prospects at a premium, and every one was , at this time for a good tobacco crop delighted to hear him . , I in this section seem to be fair. And Lieut. Lidrkerke will no doubt be jf the prices for tobacco are even as given a reception quite as enthusias- high as they were last vear, the farm tic as Capt. Fallon received. He is ers as Well as others should feel good, of that France to which this country j A SOmewhat unusual thing for Fair owes its birth of freedom and whose mont is the large quantities of tobac deeds in this war have placed her in co piants being gathered during the the sight of future ages a model of ; last few weeks and shipped to other "high, unbending, adamantine cour-1 secti0ns. age" and a proverb of national sacri- j We are glad to see on our streets fice and devotion, He is ot that army j the pleasant faces of Messrs. E. J. vv-hich challenged the admiration ol Davis and son Harry Davis, who ar the world by its matchless heroism . rjve(j today. These are two of when it saved civilization at the the courteous gentlemen interested Marne in 1914 and has held that ad- j m the tobacco sales here and will be miration by an unbroken record that,. wrth us for several days, like the record of the ragged he-j jn the recorder's court during the roes who followed Lee, has "advanced; jast few weeks appeared the follow the world in honor." He no doubt j jng: Murphy Jacobs, for violating will have a story to tell even more the automobile law, was found guilty, thrilling than Capt. Fallon's story. and having engaged the court's at Lieut. Lidrkerke will tell of the : tention repeatedly on the same charge, work of the Red Cross and of life in together with other charges, drew at tne xrencnes ana ouier puaaes ui cue this time a au-days road sentence, S. Has Served Term is S. C. Penitentiary. F. J. Stahl, who was arrested here Monday afternoon by Deputy Marshal Tomlinson of Fayetteville on the charge of making seditious remarks. was bound over to the Federal court . ( m i 1 m . awu'-jEoi me clock this morning. The stilt was loaded UDon an automo bile driven by I. J. Wilkins of Bel lamy. Jetter J. Branch of the Bel lamy section, and Bethel Chvais, In dian were also on the car. Chavis jumped out of the car and made his es cape. The officers, in comDanv with Herbert Lowry, Indian, were making yesterday morning by United States ! their way to Bear Swamp Indian Commissioner E. M. Johnson. His bond was fixed at $2,000, which he failed to make. Stahl was aken la3t evening to Lauringburg and placed in jail to await the next term of Feder al court there. The witnesses examined yesterday church,, about 3 miles from Pern broke, having been advised that there was a still in the loft of that church. When within a few hun dred yards cf the church they met Wilkins, Branch and Chavis in the road with the automobile. Wilkins were Mr. D. Arch Shaw of Pembroke j stopped the car and Chavis jumped and Messrs. A. S. Stars, C. B. Hocutt and F. M. Barnes of Lumberton. Mr. Shaw was the first witness ex amined. He testified that he heard Stahl say while talking with a num ber of Indians in the McCormick store at Pembroke some two weeks ago that the British "had a whipping coming to them and he hoped to vrod the Germans would put it to them." While it was not counted as testi mony against the defendant, Mr. Shaw said that it was reported that Stahl had been usirg seditious lan guage among the Indians about Pem- out and ran into the woods The still, which was fully equipp ed, was wrapped up in bed quilts, and wilkins and Branch claim they did! not know what was in the car and that Chavis had hired them to move him from the Pembroke section to a saw mill in Wishart township. The officers brought the still, the automobile and Wilkins and Branch to Lumberton and Recorder E. M. Britt advised Sheriff Lewis to hold the automobile until Wilkins and Branch have been given a hearing. A 38 Smith & Wesson revolver Y. M. C. A. WAR WORKERS NEEDED Mr. S. Mclntyre is attending the Southern Baptist convention at Hot Springs, Ark., this week. License has been issued for the marriage of Norman E. Drum and An nie Esther Humphrey. Mr. John Redmond, who lives on East Fifth street, has some of the fin est onions seen here. Nothing has been shipped in to beat those grown by Mr. Redmond. Mr. Kinchen Britt of R. 1 from I Lumberton passed through town yes terday en route to Charleston, s. U., to take up his duties in the U. S. navy. He enlisted some two weeks ago in Wilmington. The 43 jars of canned fruit and vegetables donated to the Lumberton Red Cross chapter by Mr. R. C. Town send of the Red Springs section was sold at auction Monday. The goods were bid off bv Mr. F. A. Wishart and Chief of Police Alf H. McLeod and brought $10.G0. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Clark of Clarkton passed through Lumberton Monday evening en route to Durant, nt-ln Mr Plnrk- wps !Tincr na n men is urgent and showed that the j dele-ate from Wilmington Presbytery - .y- A- offers the neatest op- to the general assembly of the South- ponunity to a man to get into the ern Presbyterian church, which con- game, sec we war irom tne mtiae, venes in Durant todav. and to help win tne war that can , T tth . 4,000 Men Needad at Once For Im portant Work Great Opportunity For Men Above Draft Age to Help Win the War. Mr. Ernest Neal Orr, of Charlotte, recruiting secretary for North Caro lina for Y. M. C. A. war work, spent Monday night and Tuesday ir. Lum berton and Tuesday afternoon in the commissioners room at the court house addressed a fair-sized gather ing of men and explained the need for men for this service both at oun tonments in this country and over seas. Those present at the meeting, with a few others about over the county, will constitute a committee to nominate men who are eligible and available for this sezvice. Mr. J. M. McCallum was elected chair man of the committee, Mr. J. J. ijood win, secretary. A special drive is being made for 4.U00 men for Y. M. C. A. war work r. Orr explained that the need for I Qkla. Mr. Clark broke. Mr. Shaw said that after he i which nobody has claimed was found heard Stahl's statements m the Mc- in the tar Cormick store he reminded him of great war. but being of the draft age, was sent on to the camp. Walt, barker, tor being drunk and disorderly on the streets, was sentenced to 30 days on the roads, he also being a frequent obiect of the court's attention on similar charges. Quincy Oxendine, County Liberty Loan Honor Flag Will Be Raised. In connection with the speaking it the court house Saturday evening tne for assaultin his wife, was convicted, 122 :vo" b lhe co?nty and praver for judgment continued on third Liberty loan campaign will be, Jf : i K vhnAe raised with appropriate ceremonies. ; JJjJ. David Williamsori! for forgery. . Superior court, and STILL A WAITING GAME, j 0n failure to make bond, went to jail ! to remain till the next term of crim- the law against such utterances and that Stahl left the store Mr. Shaw also stated that the Indians laughed when Stahl made the remarks about ihe British. Mr. Stars testified that he was in the McCormick store and heard Stahl abusing the British and also heard him say that they had a whipping coming: to them. Mr. Hocutt testified that since the United States declared war against Germany he and Stahl were discuss ing the war and Stahl criticised the United States for furnishing sup plies to England and France and said that Germany had as much right on the high seas as any other nation. He said that he would not swear to it; hnt he was under the imnressicn Miat Bishops' Veto Granting Laity Rights to Women Bishops Elected. come to any one ;hort of being a soldier. Gen. Pershing has turned over to the Y. M. C. A. ail the army canteens in France. It is doing a business of $5,000,000 a month and needs erood business men. men cans. ble of running a store or a chain of n'an s stores, gooa bookkeepers, expert ac countants, expert "automobile men, teachers, athletic instructors, etc. A few preachers will be accepted, but the chief need is for laymen. A man must be over draft age, between 31 and 50. and must be a man of Chris tian integrity. No one under draft age is accepted, except that a man 25 or ever who has some visible phy sical defect that disqualifies him for military service is sometimes accept children will leave tomorrow for Asheville, where they will spend the summer. Mrs. L. T. Townsend has been appointed temporary chairman of the countv committee of the Wo- Council of National Defense to serve while Mrs. Holloway is away. Rev. J. R. Miller of Fairmont passed through town Monday even ing en route to Hot Springs, Ark., to attend the Southern Baptist conven tion. The Baptist churches at Back Swamp, Raynham, Barnesville, Balti more and Pleasant Hope pay the ex penses of Mr. Miller to the conven tion. Mr. Chapel Wilson of R. 7 from Lumberton was sent to Raleigh this At Tuesday's session of the general conferende of the Methodist Episco- l a ii ,1 11 pa! Lauren, ai auanui, tue "A ed. Single men are paid $900 to morning bv the local army exemption bishops announced its veto of the ac- $1 20Q th married mon 11 Mll WT v.-Wp he will take a snecial tion of me conference m granting to $2 100 and in th cage f married course in the mechanical department. t 6 7 .rrr TL rwI" raen wno So overseas arrangement is One hundred and sixty men were the ritual from "holy Catholic Church madp tn rm:h mmitM- nf tho LfM in fuie ctp tu;. niirTUWP nVin-mU " Thia an. I . . l ' "-.- . - - v , r , , , v I salary to their-wives, the ground that both, Th , Mr nrr ara mmMt inal court. Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Brown left this morning for Waynesville, where they are expected to spend part of the summer before returning to their homo here. j Mr. and Mrs. A. C, Thompson re- i turned Mondav from Norfolk, Va.. A disnatch this morning states that where they spent some time visiting t'noro ic nriViino- Hvrc- fin fllV Ot the ' their SOn Stahl said that he did not blame Ger manv for sinking the ships belonging to the United States. When he re- bukecl Stahl for his statements, Siani M fh Wshon to make his selec id that was the way he felt about it. tions from the names presented, was to "Christ's holy Church." tion was on ii -i mi i measures were illegal, ine annual conferences now will vote on the measures ind if carried by two-thirds of the cferences the measures will become law. A memorial which recommended that at each annual conference the ministers elect twice as many rr.en as needed for the office of presiding much impressed with the need of men for this work. It is a vitally import ant work that the Y. M. C. A. is do ing in connection with the war, and men are badly needed. Mr. Orr hopes to get at least 10 men from Robeson countv. and one of this number was sent from this district. Miss Flowers Coxe and brother, Mr. Osbourne Coxe, of the Broad Ridge section, and Miss Lillian Stone, who lives,- near McDonalds, passed through town yesterday er route to Favetteville to visit Miss tone's mother, Mrs. Anna Stone, who has Germans Have Not Renewed Their Offensive in Flanders or Picardy French Gain Ground. Mr. carnes tesuitea tnat iie ovv i Jofajs tpr J M. McCallum. J. J. Goodwin. D French, J. A. Sharne, W. F. French. R. H. Crichton, W. J. DuBois, D. R. Shaw, E. M. Johnson, Rev R. C. Bea mari. Rev. G. E. Moorehouse all of hattlp Wt. tW .it i the ouietesfe: Mr. MarK Mcuamei s noaie wu - ..w. , -- -i- - : n0i. iris;rir-, CuLiUIi i.:uiu vcm j.i-.&v- ..." ' where he has been taking a busin day since the big drive began. Oi.:n i.i ,i - ,1 rif-. ennrs? ,f v,Q r.oonc vor,Ci,.io- flioir nf.i Messrs. E. I-isher and . fensive in Flanders or Picardy. No- lor spent Tuesday afternoon m .i i i herton on business. wnen nave uubumj ywiawvin , . - , i.i ithor irio nr, tWp Kflttlp fronts or . The union revival meeting for that matter, in any of the numer ous theatres of the war, risen in im portance above patrol engagements. North of Kemmel, where the Oer Stahl at Buie some time iast tall and Resolutions favoring uniform di said that while talking to him and a VQrce laws n each gtate vere adopted. Mr. Melvin that Stahl said the Unit-1 T1,e south Carolina delegation dis pH States milled itself into the war by ! i.j X- , , t-l LCU. T , i ATT-.,, 1 a 1 1 shipping goods to England ana, Th following have been elected ! V, t1"; a- D"oe 01 Kowiana; France and that Stahl left the im-h-cu Rev jn0. M. Moore of Nash- ionn J- inrower, J . . bnoday. ii. ville Rev W. F. McMurrav of Louis-; urantnam, and Wm. Jones, all ot Red ville Rev. U. V. W. Darlington of Springs. Other members of the com tu;ii w Vo pou nv P K ! mittee are: Revs. C. L. Greaves and pression by his remarks that he was as strong "for the Kaiser as he was for President of the United hM here in the tobacco warehous in which all the churches in town, Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist, will take part, will begin aunaav ii ite. states ana wouia as soon ugm. xur wie parker o tiie Louisiana ronterence, - ?f , "Jf , - ess Kaiser as he would for the Presi-j a member cf the faculty of Emory j E- Sentelle, A. E. White, E. J. Bnjt, Tay- Stahl plead not guilty. When asked j North Georgia conference, and Rev. auis; t. Blue, tairmont; J . P., Lum-ibv Special Agent JJorsey rnmips oiiw N Ainsworth of the South Ueor-1 'ss. J-w. i.. ! Wilmington why he made the re-1 ia conference. These 6 new bish- Stamps Lumber Bridge: C A. Ve to be I marks in the presence of Mr. Barnes,. hP nrnined Fridav. Rev.; Arthur, McDonalds; L. M. Oliver, Ma- w , '. . ';t i it,. oah Rftv. Luther B. Bridgers mans on luesaay gamea a louimg u n r nnnAnnt fhe Hill 44, one of the bloodiest sectors I of Gainsville, Ga., will conduct the on the western front, the lost vantage j meeting points have been retrieved through : TT . -T tt t r a cciti the persistent counter-attacks of the j OVERMAN BILL PASSED. French who succeeded in driving the; enemy from the shell holes along the ; slopes to which he had been tena- Emn0wers President to Reorganize tiousiy noiaing. roi aione weie mc, Germans forced to recede but the French advanced their line and alsoj took prisoners. j Likewise, south of Hailles, in the .Amiens region, tne rrencn .nave wk en another bite into the German line and successfully warded off a Ger man counter-attack launched in an fcndeavor to capture the lest ground. he said that he had looked at the T -vr yvev 0f the Western situation in a amerent ngrn. muvc ; caroijna conference was re-eieciea talking with Mr. Barnes, that he had j editor 0f the Nashville Christian Ad never said anything against the Gov-1 ate. pt6V- i Chappell of the i : t.: ernment of the United States since Tennessee conference, editor of Sun-B" UJ """ war was declared against Germany; day school literature; Rev. W .W. Pin- that may be made. Mr. Orr will come that he had urged the citizens of the JJJ 5of Nashvilie, secretary of the to the county and arrange terms, etc . ,r,t- in nn-nW with the reauire- , with any who may be reported to mm I Government Departments and Agencies. The Germans in these m'-.neuvers su fered heavy casualties and lost men made prisoners. Throughout Wednesday the British were left severely aione by the Ger J lan infartry. Although the enemy is keeping nos The long fight in Congress oyer the Overman bill, empowering tfcje President to reorganize Governmen departments and agencies ended lues day with passage of the measure unamended by the House. ti. t0 was 295 to 2. Representa tives Sterling of Illinois and Gille;t of Massachusetts, both Republicars, casting the only negative votes Just what changes unuei cue v n.fantry in the trenches he continues j contemplated never has been mdicat to use his artillery vigorously against! , When the President asked Sen salients held by British and French all j t' Overman to introduce the bill he plong the fiont. especially against L-i- coiri Vip needed authority to Heig's forces south of Albert and : coorainate the activities of various against the French north of Kemmel. fcrincnes of the governmen1: in the .ip The French north of Motdidier and ; terest of the war. ?long the curve in the battle front be- "jere has been a general under tween Montdiddier and Moyon also Ending however, that among other have been under an intensive fire j rmgs various functions now perfefrm fi om the German euns. ! 1a u-r ,a Hotinrtments will be trans- General Pershing probably soon will , f errea to the war trade board, the be commanding French and British I ,ar industries board and other war troops as the process of brigading j ageacje& Reorganization of the wwi units witn tneir aiues uu Quartermaster s aepartmem anu ui the western front goes forward. A s;o.nai corps of the army are steps I ,v,v, cvp snirl to have been contem- plated under the law, out wnicn taken without waiting for Congress ments'of the food administrator and to buv bonds. He said that he had not bought any Liberty bonds because he did not have money. He stated that he had heard folks say that he was one-half or two-thirds crazy ana he believed they were right. When asked about the Pembroke conversa tion he answered that he said that that nearer Germany came to whipping England the less trouble the United States would have with England after xhe war is over. He said that he had vis ited England and that the British had a hostile feeling towaras tne United States. He said he was born in Virginia and that his father's great grandfather came from Ger many. He also said he had spent some time in Germany. Mr. H. E. Stacy, who appeared for the govern The fnllmvino- nttervlprl th nnn-for. i been in a Fayetteville hospital for tbm ence Tuesday and are members of the Past two weeks. Her condition is ur r.cminatinf pnmmittpp fnv PnWnri improved. . - - mm t e n ; ur. ana ivirs. -j. r. crown oi rairmont leit yesteraay ior waynes ville, where they will make their home Dr. Brown is one of the best-known physicians cf the county and is one of the "fathers" of Fairmont, having played a large part in building that good town. There is a scarcity of physicians at Waynesville and Dr. Brown sees an opportunity there for real service that is in keeping with the action of the recent State con vention of physicians looking to the distribution of physicians to meet the demands made by the war. Mrs. Brown has long been prominent in church work at Fairmont and in the country, and both of them will be missed, while the best wishes of hosts of friends will follow them to their new home. They have been spending their summers at Waynesville for a number of years and are not strang ers there. Their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Brown, re main at Fairmont. Knrth i netta ihis committee will meet again at 4 p. m. Tuesday of next week in the commissioners' room at the court by this committee as eligible and available. i This is an attractive branch of ser vice that offers the best possible op portunity for men above draft agf to render a real man's sendee in win ning: the war. Any who are interest- Twpntv-f our States and the District ed may apply to any member of the of Columbia were called upon Tues-1 committee named above or may write 24 States Called Upon to Furnish 51,600 More Men For Military- Service. day by Provost Marshal (jenerai Cxowder to furnish for the national army 51,600 more men qualified for general military service. Movement of drafted men to tie camps under this call is to extend over two periods, from May 20 to 24 and from May 29 to June 2. These dates were fixed because, during the five Jays beginning May 25. approximately 223,000 men callea ior recently wm direct to E. N. Orr, 415 Realty build ing, Charlotte. FLORA MACDONALD FINALS. i-,p mnvitiff to the camus TiiPsHnv nicbt's call marks further ment. asked Stahl if he had not been development of the Government s plan sleeping and eating with the Indians i for hastening men to France and re- and he said he had. When asked if placing them as rapiaiy b u- he had been in trouble before h3 saia I Women of Southern Baptist Churches Granted Full and Equal Rights. Women of the Southern Baptist lurches yesterday were granted full p equal rights with men in the con- Jtion of the churches by an over- virning vote at the 63rd annual ion of the Southern Baptist con- to act. Floyd Faulk in Trouble Again. Flovd Faulk, colored, formerly of Lumberton, was arrested Tuesday at Weldon on the charge of stealing a T7,.l avitntvinkilp nt. Dillon. S. C, bat- X VI V i a ULw.i.v .. ' , , arresieu uy that he served two and a half years of a 7-years' term in the South Caro lina State prison on the charge of rape and that Governor Blea;e pa roled him. Stahl makes wire iewelry and says he has been living at Lumberton off and on for the past 14-years. R. F. D. 2 From Buie Discontinued Effective yesterday, rural route No. 2 from Buie was discontinued. Carrier on R. 1 from Buie will take a part of the discontinued route while car rier on R. 6 from Lumberton will take a part ot both routes 1 ana s from Buie. The carrier on R. 3 from Lumberton will take over 4 miles of the route heretofore served by the carrier - on route 6. Commencement Exercises From May 19th to 22nd. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, May 14. Flora Mac- donald college commencement exercis es will take place from the 19th to the 22nd. beginning on Sunday morn- op vp training centers. In all zb.-wiw with the baccalaureate sermon 11 hp iourneving from I hv Rev. Alexander Sorunt, D. D., pas- their homes to military camps be- j tor cf the Scotch Presbyterian church tween May 20 and June 2. Including i Gf Charleston, S. C. Monday evening nnmrniK -nils fnr tecnmcai anu sue- tne senior ciass wiu uiay v-umus daily qualified men, the total number summoned during May is something like 366,600, nearly half of the 800,000 expected to be called this year. Death of Infant Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sam Edwards. Christine, 18-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sam Edwards of East Lumberton, died yesterday ,v.T,5r,r, of iit;a The funeral was mim.i6 x v . - Lw, Tnesdav will be alumnae day, and on that day the board of trustees wnl General Burleson meet, there will be tne annual exniDit oi tne aepanmems xmc auu uust hold arts, with the concert in the eve ning. On Wednesday morning, May 22nd, the literary address will be de livered by Dr. Edward Kidder Gra ham, president of the university of North Carolina, and Bibles and diplo mas will be presented to the sixteen members of the class of 1918, as fol lows! Misses Margaret uuie, a. ., U., Ked Aerial Mail Service in U S. Be gan Yesterday. Aerial mail service in the United States became an accomplished fact yesterday. Piloted by army avia tors .airplanes carried consignments of mail from New York to Philadel phia and Washington and from Phil adelphia to Psew iorK. With the exception ot bunday, daily trips from each end of the New York-Washington air mail route arc planned by the Postoffice Department. Each machine will fly one-half the lap of the journey, the mail being transferred to different plane3 at Philadelphia. Three hours and twenty minutes af ter a machine piloted by Lieut. Tor rey H. Webb left the Belmont flying field near New York yesterday -..he mail it carried was landed in Wash ington and within 33 minutes Boy Scouts had completed delivery of the 735 parcels consigned to Washing ton, including 19 pieces for the White House, one for Vice-President Mar shal and a number to rostmaster- ! conducted from the Edwards nome,Red Springs; Mary Conoly, A. B., Re this afternoon at 3 o'clock by Kev. s . Vereie Goodwin, B. M I " t ' ,, -n T tit Raleigh; Eleanor uurney, r. . iuun roe; Beatrice Hall, B. M., Mooresville; Mary Lilly Johnson, B. L., Garland; Washington dispatch, May 15: Pres ident Wilson has summoned Chartes mi rl-if Hp was oi.; t.qtio n-f rtillnn county and naa on oi tne ftoutliern capiist con- " - - . Fmilk' Tr tr.io-V.r-c tn pM- wi-li Attnrnev Gen- on -it Tint ;nvinr Ark Bv this the automobile when arrested. auiK S3. Hughes to act witn Attorney uen on at liot bprings, Ark. Vf whh - Dillon to Lum- eral Gregory m the investigation of n, which consisted of an amend- drove the auto ixon .... . . . , W-rins- made in connection berton ,unu luiv j"1""" . colored woman of Lumberton, on the car with him. He had been working at Newport News. Va., and it is sup posed that he was making bis way back to that noint. Faulk was cai ried back to Dillon yesterday. to the convention constitution in now are entitled not only to &ent their churches m the con- is but also to hold any odice m nvention, which is tie hignes fiitive organization ition. in tin criminal charges made in connection with aircraft production. Mr. Hughes acceptance of the task was announc d today at the White House and he will come to Washington in a few days to go over plans with the attorney general. m l rw Che T. (leaves, nasior ui ." First Baptist church, and interment was made in Meadowbrook ceme tery. Mr. D. J. McLean Withdraws From Race- Mr. D. J. McLean has withdrawn .f.w. fho vqpp for countv commis- verna sioner. district 3. He has discontinued , Glady 1ms announcement card, wnich bad been running in The Robeson ian since April 25th. Margaret MacLeod, . L,., vass; lou isp Manning B. L.. and certificate in pvi-psinr. Eishonville. S. C; Jennie McCutchen. B. L., Eishopville, ft. C. Sarah Pollard. H. A., FarmvUle Mary Porter, B. L., Jonesville. S. C. Stanton, ti- L r. Lr.c. b. j. Tocr. A. B., Red Springs; ""piker. B. L., Graham: Mary Weather sroon. ii. L.. sanxora: neiei: West.. A."B.; Belmont, N. C. Superior Court Six Divorces Granted. Six appeals for divorce has been granted in Robeson Superior court this week. These were: John Bul lock vs. Bessie Bullock; Lora Mae Hedgepeth vs. Luther Hedgepetn; Queenie Flovd vs. Arthur rloya; &a rah J. Holmes vs. Richard Holmes; Minnie Shaw vs. Dan bhaw; .iia Starling vs Thomas Starling. Other cases disposed of by jury trial are: E. E. Page vs. V. & C. S. Ry. Co. Judgment was rendered in favor of the railroad company. Page was sueing for damages because he .liesed connection at St. Pauls some .nonths ago. O. C. Faulk vs. G. B. Patterson. Judgment for defendant. A" number of judgments have been Signed. Judge W presiding. A. Devin of Oxford is 5
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