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SO N I A N
ESTABLISHED 1870 SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
VOL. IXL
COUNTRY, GOD mND TRUTH
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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY. MAY 27s 1918.
DAY OF PRAYER WILKINS-EEANCH TRIAL-
RED CROSS GOES OVER
SOLD IDE RED CROSS.
Viay 30 Will Be Observed in Lumber-
ton as Day of Prayer and Fasting
Services Will Be Held in All;
Churches. j
Ira J. Wilkins Bound to Court on;
Charge of Aiding and Abetting in 'War Fund Goes Past Hundred
Manufacture and Sale of Liquor
J. J. Branch Released.
Ira J. Wilkins was bound over to
the Superior court Saturday by Re
Million Mark Lumberton
Chapter Will More Than Dou
ble Allotment.
pch-Sokl Rooster Brought Total of
S186.25 William Goat and Another
Rooster Aiso Sold for Red Cross, j
"Harris Dunie," the Plymouth Rock',
rooster donated to the Red Cross by!
STORES WILL BE CLOSED.
Subscriptions to the American Red a livinS in the Tolarsville sec
corder E. M. Britt on the charge of Cross second mercy fund was esti- ?n' sold for $186.25. He was soldi
aiding and abetting in the manufac- mated last nigtn accordina to dis. g times Thursday and Thursday eve-;
ture and sale of soirituous liauora L.- J? J?ora zo a.?ls mng and each time was donate hn,.L-i
' r u m k mi j Jftter J. Branch was found not guilty Sam aSrf VlOO 000 000 1 1 the Red Cross- He M
Lumberton will observe Thursday of of the same charge. Wilkins made! and Cb2 SS "SMS?- u2ht b Mr- H- Dunie for $1.12. Mr.
this week, May 3U, as a day ot solemn oona in tne sum ot ijuu. i strenuous Port, in h TlL,; uni? donated him to the Red C
nrt fastW in accordance with Wilkins and Branch were arrested! wnv 6 j and he w
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"Abraham, the Aitar-Buiider," Sub
ject cl Powerful Sermon By Dr.
Beaman to Graduating Class of
High School.
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
SCHOOL FINALS FRIDAY.
Dr. . A. McPr.au:'.. county
health officer, examined Z0 school cnil
dren Saturday.
The free French class meets Tues
day night in the commissioners' room
in the court house. All who are in
terested are invited.
The local Civil Service board of
examiners held an examination here
Saturday for postmaster at Elkton.
There was only one applicant.
License has been issued for tho
marriage of Hugh J. Tyler and Hattie
Mr.
ti ' : u i l . i . i . t -.1 i . - t . . .
rossi Aoranam, tne Aicar-ouuQ- vvncox: .ehastian Haves and Bessie
as bought bv the following er" as his snhiW r.noi 10 vc Lovett: Zeh Johnson and Rnlah
TUT, , A -T 4- ... i. .11 .1 I I m ' I - I- A.
chairman of ZTIZ " . "owinS 2, 3, 7 and 8 as his text. Rev. Dr. R. C.
Street!
win pe loan, "-;" was found loadad' ,,non an wiX; ?T I0V " Lumber- to the RpH nrosa. v j iT j? u ' Beaman. pastor of Chestnut
services win ue new ui n cuwsnea. s . , . , ,, -1 . ton cnaoter. naa in nanrt this mnrmnc - . .. " " - xr. , J, ....
noted below, and all churches will be " cn tney were riding According ' contributions from Lumberton tf S2 - t U 'lite jOU2:h V' J i f . in,3 sPe!a' serrr
LfMrT? theV VSnSS Bethei alZ&T i5 J? S?2L a-SSI ? MtfieldSsTd, J. V. Stubbs,'$5rj. a! ; berton high SSI atThe PresSyt
' , the woods and made his escane at the: ;,,.; - -i . , r Ssnarpe. So. L. Rov Harrier S4. W. t,pt1. church yesterday mornmir. charted
for services time the above-named defendants were' heard from Con ribution? fl the non S4- C- Birmingham 85. J D. out a sure and safe way to the high
f0,fi - T.Won will h, arrested. i Jf doctor S3. H. G. Webster $5 C M. est and best in life. Giving and bless
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closed on that day. The Robesonian
is under the necessity of getting out
it regular issue on that day but its
j i : ...ill u 1 1
place 01 uusmess vm ciuoeu liuiu
Jl a
Barker Si
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,1 o
m. to noon in order to give its
emploves opportunity to attend ser- fuitiaiii l"iU U1 u;e sun wa
vices 'and its work will be reduced loft 0 Bfar, Swamp Indian
paper.
Chestnut Street Methodist.
Services will be held at 11 a. m. and
3:30 p. m. Thursday, There will be
no sermons but they will be services
of prayer and meditation and Scrip
ture reading. The church will be open
all day for those who want to spend
other time there in prayer and medi-
- i.uici.i jruiiuen.ctu a. xi. rrevatt was wju 0 over 3 noo
the first witness examined by the A iist of contributors will be
fetate. He iPStlTipr that hp nnsspri j rr. . , ,
u "v "i Ii vr llautLl 111 mursaay s KODesonian anc
m ?wv T;f :1VV8 c OI! permanent record will be made for
May loth and that Herbert Lowrey.i tho r-iic,nt0v Ti- 4- l.,
. Indian, told him the still was m the makp a rr.ntrihnrmn tn tv, uiJ
-amp Indian church,: cause or to increase your subscription.;
He phoned Sheriff! ah h,0 ovw t -u ii ;
Lewis to tret a warrant for Chavis. I pnn x i.
who also was charged with stealing postmaster, 3 clerks, 2 town carriers
a gun from another Indian, and to as-1 cnrl 7 p k n n- c
sist him in the raid. Sheriff Lewis one rial's ao'c p'piK
was soon on the scene and he and Mr. I War i. o w n i.. ni I J. M. McCallum $5, A
E. Stacy $3.50, S. R.
f ennegan S3.50, Ira B. Townsend
$3.50. White & Gough S3. This closed
the sale Thursday evening and Satur
day evening the sale was continued
and the following peonle bought the
"bird": G. M. Tucker S5, Alf H. Mc
Leod So. E. M. Britt $5, J H. Flovd
SS, J. H. Flovd S5. Jno. C. Fuller So.
B. Bruton $3.50. G. M. Tucker $3,, count.
I. M. McAllister S5. C. H. Bovri S4. It was
H. Crichton So, Robert Pate
tne occasion
Prevatt, in company with Lowrey,
McEachern $5, J. M. Butler $
S. Kin S5 driving power ot eloquence an;
and
a ' diction
The
Wright.
Miss Lulu M. Cassidey will
speak on the Red Cross at Lons
non Branch Baptist church next Sunday
axternoon at 4 o clock. 1 he public
is invited.
A monument erected jj.t tl e grave
of the late A. W. Maxwell at Mea
dewbrook cemeterv will be unveiled
by the W. O. W. Thursday of this
week at 3:30 p. m.
Messis. W. J. DjBoi. D. D.
French, V. O. Thompson i... . K. E."
Vincent spent Thursday and Friday
at Lake Waccamaw fishinr. They
caught around 100 fish.
Miss Lulu M. Cassidey. county
home demonstration agent, will
leave Mondav of next week for Ral.
had behind it the ! eiarh. where she will snon.l a mnnt).
choi attending a conference of State
morning services at agents.
mg is the universal law of life, he de
clared. He showed how God pours
out blessings with a lavish hand but
that in order to really keep these
blessings one must pour them out on
others, and that no matter what one
may accomplish in-life, at the last it
is onlv the altars one has buiit and tho
altar fires left by the way th
message most fitting for
started for the church. When near the whita r.u "a w ' i u " " 1 M. VV. Floyd S4, Jno. C. Fuller S2.50, omer cnurcnes m town were on.Kxea j The iecture on the P,ift Piav
&" "A uujtovn.au. . Wj a it.x-.:ii ar x r T ir onH tho pnmri'mrntmn til a-f tt-.a arm . . . . . J
any emoioves in other business' r L1' St ""u.ue .r"?r7: Ii i uoerammergau which Kev. H. A
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nouses in town A. Edmund $2.50, W. F. Edwards auditorium of this new church.
...ouses m town. a- , ,T ,T . A iBnmn c;a .
road and stooned. The officers stou- rtir.ltl3 ,, , o ..a "T lard $1. A Wliiteley $1. H. J. New-i his world-wide mission it was
nod anH throw o ffooh li.T(-it rn 1 , . . . .. . hnlrl SI A rrar H Inwove Fill
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church they saw an automobile com
ing. When they were nearing the
auto the lights were cut off and the
1C UlClt ilk HAMJVi t. I'.w . . j i . i 1
I . . OtirA itrn c ritntrati T--v - ctHo rt l-i 1
tation. The regular prayernleeting ; " rriT
will be omtited Wednesday evening, j
men in the car. Wilkins and Branch
Were in the car. The officers told
When God sent Abraham forth on
on a
111 1 All i
cents ! giving and messing oasis ah creat-
First Baptist.
N-xt Thursday, in accordance with ej thy.were looking for Beth
resolutions of Congress and the proc- el Chavis. Wilkins and Branch ad
Lmation of President Wilson, will be f thfem ChftVIS wasf back of
generally observed as a day of pray- Jheir auto. When they went to look
S Hours of prayer .will be observed r h he wa fone. Branch advised
at the First Baptist church 11 a. m. he fcers follw Chavis tel
and 8:30 p m. There will be n0 : mg them he had a gun and would kill
preaching nor lecturing, just prayers, : the- Upon searching the auto dnv
with occasional hymns and appro ' I f b? W113 stllj was. found on
priate Scriptures. We are greatly in ie &r! up J
need of the blessings of God We are I breech-loadmg guns and some
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the auto. Wilkins and Branch de
clared they did not know the still was
on the car, that Chavis loaded the
things on the car in the dark and they
could not tell what he put on. Branch
told tfte officers that he only- went
along with Wilkins at his request for
company. Wilkins told the officers
that Chavis had paid mm $5 to go
with him after his wife and some
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Prnss The Qrri .i-v, i ranK wisnart ou cents, KODert iaio- cu "uus ut ":.oaco w
V5.ls- i-i16 55 and chicken brought , rn w t m a nut others. We e-liblv ouote
ShM Mr A, loon no J V. nrii, Oi., tcma, . X . iriv.niiui.ci
. " mi.. , noon o ci i vi iic wuuiu a. txt -in T7i i a, , trr trr T
bring a pig in and donate that to the &WAW Tf ' S A1' nW 'iiS
Red Cross one day this week.
All the employees in Mr. L. H. Cald
well's department store gave a day's
work to the Red Cross
where we certainly cannot go ahead
and prosper without Him. All our
churches should be crowded with rev
erent, serious throngs next Thursday.
The Baptist church building will be
open all day for any who may wish
to drop in at odd hours for private
meditation and prayer.
Presbyterian.
Correspondence of The Robesonian
100 PER CENT PATRIOTIC.
Proctorville is Another Community
That Responds Liberally to Calls
Of Patriotism.
There Til 1 be a series oi ne ghbor- Rothes and take them to the Bellamy rrient. It will 1
aJLT JS!L 01 -l8 ZL section. Prevatt also said that he this community s
hood prayer meetings this week
Tuesday, in connection with the Pres
ident's proclamation of a day of fast
ing, humiliation and intercession, as
follows: Mrs. A. Nash's home, Fifth
street; Mr. M. G. McKenzie's home,
Elm street; Mr. Russell s home, Wal
found a 38 Smith & Wesson revolver
in the front of Wilkins' auto.
Sheriff Lewis corroborated Mr.
Prevatt's testimony.
Mr. J. P. Townsend testified that
he sold Wilkins some gasoline and
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nut street; Mr. J. S. McNeill's home, 0" unl"T.T
ttiv, Aire, c a ow the arrest. He also testified that
.-.. iwmaiiu o, , , , t -riTili l--i l--
wnen ne asKea wiiKins wnai ne was
doing out so late at night he intimat
ed that he was going to Cumberland
county to get some whiskey.
The defense first put on a number
Elm street; Mrs. S
home, Carthage road.
There will be united prayermeet
ing of all these groups at the church
on Wednesday at 8:30 p. m.
11 o'clock a. m. and 8:30 p. m. for' oi ciiarac wiwiees, ui ox wnum
quiet meditation. The pastor wiii said the cnaracter of Branch was
conduct these services on Thursday, g00?', of them testified
and the church will be open all day for ; tht tliat of Wilkins was not so good
those who wish to offer up their pri-L Wilkins testified that Chavis first
vate devotions to Almighty God. Let tried to hire him to go. to Pembroke
all the people make this a real HOLY ! and, get his wife and some clothes
DAY, and beseech God for a blessing j l" -T l- 3 7TV
t , , ., r I rafnsiafi -hn crn with him and C,ha.VlS
The Proctorville community is an
other that comes across m splendid
style when asked to do somethings in
the way of buying Liberty bonds or
responding to any call of the Govern-
lt will be remembered that
nore than doubled its
allotment in the third Liberty loan
drive and Saturday night more than
doubled the amount allotted this com
munity in the Red Cross drive was
subscribed. The community was al
lotted $100 and Saturday night at a
Red Cross rally $233.23 was contribut
ed and subscribed. Mr. H. E. Stacy
of Lumberton addressed the meeting
Saturday evening.
$2.50, Ira Bullard $1, R. E. Sentelle
$8.25. Prof. Sentelle offered the
rooster back to the Red Cross, but it
ljad been announced that this would
be the last sale and "Harris Dunie"
now belongs to Prof. R. E. Sentelle
and it is safe to say that no rooster
throughout these coasts brought more
to the Red Cross than "Harris Dunie."
A William goat donated to the Red
Cross by Mr. Ira Bullard was sold
Thursday evening for $11.50. The
Billie was first bought by H. G.
Webster for $2.50 and donated to the
Red Cross. R. C. Lawrence then
bought the goat for $3 and donated
Urn to the Red Cross. A. M. Hart
ley; .paid $2.50 for Billie and donated
him back, H. G. Webster paid anoth
er $1.50Lfor him and donated him back
to the Red Cross. Mr. Lawrence then
paid $2 for the goat and presented
him to Rozier Clewis, a small boy
who was very anxious for Billie.
A White Leghorn rooster donated
to the Red Cross by Mr. Frank Gough
sold for $3. He was first bought by
B G. Floyd for $2 and donated to the
Red Cross. R. M. Sanderson then paid
$1 for the rooster.
"Full many a flower is born to
blush unseen
And waste its fragrance on the
desert air"
but it is not true. There is not a sol-
j Grantham was to deliver at the school
! auditorium Thursday evening has
j been postponed to Monday evening of
i next week.
: Mis. S. F. Caldwell and infant son
j S. F. Jr.. returned Thursday night
I from Philadelphia, Pa., where they
spent several weeks and where a very
successiui operation was performed
on Master Simeon Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Redmond
itary flower that blooms for itself returned Saturday night from Mullins,
alone; no flower was ever born to
blush unseen and waste its tragi ance
on the desert air. Every bird that
sings is a part of God's orchestra and
its song mingles with the music of
the spheres. God is continually giv
ing lavishly. He is the great builder,
the great sculptor, the great musician,
the great painter. He paints incom
parable sunsets for the loneliest des
ert wanderer. He is the infinite giv
er, and He was never satisfied until
He gave His Son.
A life based on giving is the only
life worth a thought of a being cre
ated in the image of God.
Life consists not in the abundance
of the things one has. To use wealth
and social position as some people, 0
ii i ; i r j ; Kev
S. C, where thev went in re?nonsp
to a message stating that Mrs. Ltd
mond's sister Mr. A. C Moody was
very ill. Jlhe is very much improved.
St. Albans Lodge No. 114, A. F.
and A. M., has issued invitations to
a reception which will be given this
evening at 9 o'clock in the Masonic
hall in honor of the "order of East
ern Star and the brethren who are
called to the colors."
As has been stated in The Robe
sonian, practically all the business
houses in town will be closed Thursday
of this week oh account of the day
being designated by President Wilson
as a day for fasting and prayer for
Uod s aid in winning the war.
and Mrs. H. A. Grantham
REGISTER AT RED SPRINGS.
Allies Take Heavy Toll of German
Airplanes.
have moved from the home of Mr.
and Mrs. F. L. Nash, East Sixth
street, where they had rooms, to th?
residence of Mr. E. L. Holloway, North
Chestnut, where they will make their
home until October while Mrs. Hol-
on our country, and for the forgive
ness of sins
Trinity Episcopal.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
No services Wednesday on account
of special services at St. Stephen's,!
ea bpnngs. The service held in
response to the Presidential proclama
tion will be held Thursday 8:30 v. m.
The offering at this service will be
went to his home just before night
and again tried to get him to go
with him after his wife and the
"things." He told Chavis that he
would not make the trip for anything
less than $5. Chavis pulled out $5
and handed it to him. After that
Branch came up and he asked him to
eo alone for company. Branch said
he could not go, but decided to go af
Young Men of Robeson Division No.
2 Will Register at Red Springs
June 5th.
use them is treason against God and
humanity. God pity the man who has
nothing but gold. Life does not con
sist in getting, but in giving.
It takes time for God to make a
man. It is no off-hand proposition.
II Auraiiaiu nau laiicu wn u i j j a i -it
to shut up within himself the bless-1 IUVVJ I1U are in nevme.
ings God showered upon him, he would i In reproducing in Thursday's
have lost them, and God would have I Robesonian a news item clipped from
f r -fi nrf annfhar man through a Philadelphia paper telling of the
Thirtv-seven German airplanes have Klac tha world. The secret s promotion of Lieut. F. C. Tarr. as-
been destroyed, 60 others have been j q hig life was that he was q0(i's al- sistant adjutant of Camp Crane, to
forced to land badly damaged within i tar-builder No matter how com-i a captaincy, it was inad'ertently
their own lines and eight captive bal- mandi hig personality, how tran-j stated that Capt. Tarr was a nephew
loons have been destroyed by French; scen(jant his genius, the man who! of Mrs. A. P. Courtney of Baltimore,
wuviuii at bins ac: vac win vc : . , . n iT .i ij i
for the fund for Belgian and French ; ter he told him they would get back
orphans. A special service published
tor the occasion will be used. Church
open all day for private prayer and
meditation.
East Lumberton Baptist.
Services will be held at East Lum
berton Baptist church Thursday at
11 a. m.
by bedtime. They went as directed by
Chavis and when they reached some
point Chavis told him to stop the auto
and he would get his things. Chavis
stepped off and made two or three
trips getting his "things" to the car,
while he and Branch sat in the car and
vaited. After he loaded his things
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Red Springs, May 23. All men be
coming 21 years of age since Jane
5th, lyi7, will be required to register
under the selective service laws of
the United States.
The date set for the registration is
June 5th, 1918, and the place of reg
istration will be at the office of the
local board having jurisdiction over
the district in which one resides.
Men in the following townships will
register at the office of the local board
for Robeson county division No. 2 at
Red Springs:
Red Springs, Alfordsville, Burnt
Swamp, Lumber Bridge, Maxton,
Pembroke, Parkton, Rennert, Row-j
land, Smiths, Shannon, St. Pauls.
Do not forget the date, for failure
aviators since the weatruer Decame
favorable, states a dispatch of the
23rd. In the period between May
15 to May 18 there were 105 aerial
combats. , .
American and Italian squadrillas
have participated in the aerial opera
tions On May 16 the work continued
in broad daylight, the bombing ma-
on the car Chavis told him to drive
i down the road a short distance to to register is punishable by fine and
Mt1 Elim ' where his wife was. Before reach-1 imprisonment or both.
Special praver' services will be ob-! th,at Pint and just before they A .R. McEACHERN,
servarl at Mt Triim v, ThnMu4av met the officers Chavis told him toi Chairman.
M v v V- 11 L V li i. 11 Ul JU t y , , i j-m i 2 c
M 1 ' 4-U.n. nnv nnrl fttOlTlO CPYT rtllT ftT
of this week at 10:30 a. m.
CAPTURED WHISKEY STILL.
stop the car and Chavis got out of W. F. Love, Chief Clerk.
the car. He went into tne woods wnen
the officers stopped.
Branch testified that Wilkins ask
ed him to make the trip and he told
lie asked
Nasby, His Wife and Richard Har-
Viw. -V.of V n rrnlrl -nrkt (rn
und in Home of Nasby Hardin j Wilkins after he insisted that he go
when he would get back. He said
they would get back by bedtime and
din to be Tried Saturday-Womanize agreed to go. He co rroborated
the testimony of Wilkins in regard
Hid the Worm Under Her Skirt. ! to Chavis loading the things on the
j car and said he did not know the
Sheriff R. E. Lewis. Rural Police- still was on the car until the officers
man A. H. Prevatt and Mr. F. A. found it.
Wishart captured parts of a whiskey Mr. W. Lennon, solicitor of the
still, 2 gallons of "monkey rum" andl recorder's court, represented the
Mexico Severs Diplomatic Rela
tions With Cuba.
airplanes which swept all the enemy
machines out of the sky in a large
area. ,
In the period between May lo and
May 18 the allied squadrillas dropped
160 tons of bombs on enemy depots
and other establishments. Of this to
tal 135 tons were dropped by night
flying squadrons. During the night
of May 15, 120 airplanes were m the
air at the same time, bombing a large
number of towns and villages in con
quered territory.
A Berlin dispatch says that d
American airplanes were brought
down on the Lys battlefield on the
22nd.
ARRESTED AS DESERTER.
is not. an altar-bulider is a failure, who is a guest at the home ot her
The Kaiser is no small man He is son-in-law and daughter, Mr. ano Mrs.
a tremendous force, but he must goJ- A. Sharpe. Capt. Tarr is Mrs.
down in infamy because he uses his j Courtney s grandson.
power to damn, and not to bless.
The soul cannot live in fire and j Children Killed By Reckless Auto
feed on slime. nrivor
The nation that repudiates Gods! uriver-
altar must go down. Germany nas; Two colored children, one aged 3
chines being protected by 73 cnaser repuciiated God and must go down,; and the other 12 were run down by an
;1 irVirVi atxrant. all the enemV I . i -Ui y ml 1 ! fnma ai i , i , t wwn n
i dier's uniform. They sped away af-
around 60 gallons of beer Friday
"gnt. ihe goods were found in the
kitchen at the home of Nasby Hardin,
Indian, about 5 miles north of Lum
berton. Nasby Hardin, his wife, and
Richard Hardin were all arrested
and placed under bond for their ap
pearance before Recorder E. M. Britt
Saturday of this week. Nasby made
bond in the sum of $500, his wife
200, and Ricbarn $200 all instinad.
The officers had some difficulty in
securing the worm of the still. When
ney entered the house Nasby's wife
Placed the worm under her skirt and
proceeded to get away. Mr. Wish
art made chase and captured her,
however. Her efforts to conceal the
worm caused her arrest in connection
wuh the affair.
State in the prosecution and Mr. S.
Mclntyre appeared for Wilkins and
Branch.
There was much interest in the
trial and many people from the Bel
lamy section, where Wilkins and
Branch live, attended.
Wade M'White was given a hearing
Saturday on the charge of securing
srnoris under false metense. The case
was dismissed.
Maston Britt, aged around 8 years,
was tried on the charge of stealim,
merchandise from a buggy in a bac
lot in town. He owned to getting the
goods. Recorder Britt is trying to
get some family to take the boy and
look after him. He has been up on
t.Via chartre of stealine before. Tha
Mexico has severed diplomatic rela
tions with Cuba. In this is seen at
Washington an indirect action against
the United States, possibly the fore
runner of interruption of intercourse
between the United States and Mex
ico. The action is explained official
ly as due to the fact that because of
the war in which Cuba is involved
that government has been obliged to
dictate measures that affect the in
terests of the Mexican government.
and out of this . war win come a j auto and kiUed at whiteville Friday
grander civilization, a greater con- j afternoon. Those who saw the car
ception of God. , ... j say the driver drove out of the road
You never know what life means ; in order to run over the children, who
until you find God everywhere; you, were playing by the roadside. There
do not really live until you siano un-, were three white men on the cari it
covered beneath tne stars ana icei
tViat von ara on holv eround.
wuv . 3 uiiuu: Ul. XI1CJI
TWi't lose vour reverence. Une 01 i f lii; .v,a v,;iriT.0r.
the saddest things in modern life is;
that we are hiding the face of Godj Germans Have Not yet Begun
in the smoke of the factory. Only the,
spiritual abides. Rome has oeen aeaa i pected Offensive.
600 years and the stench of its corpse ,
stretched across three continents, but! Still another week has passed and
a sore-eyed man who planted the al- j the Germans have not begun their ex
tar of Christ beside the throne of pected offensive against the adied
the Caesars lives on. forces in Flandeis and Picardy. And,
v, atQrt out. in life with an allur- as yet, there is nowhere any indica-
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cion tnat it is tne eariy intea .ion oi
the enemy again to try to break the
battle front and reach the channel
ports, according to this morning s
fialn before vou. but when yr
come to sum up you'll find that the
only thing that counts is some quit
oitor Yon mav accomDlish much and
Leave Sheriff j yin wealth and honors, but at tie! press summary.
last the only things worth wnne are
Troy Maynor Came Home From Camp
Jackson Without
Wants Assistance in Rounding Up the aitars you've built, the altar fires j Congress Abandons Plans For Ad
Red Cross Rally at Mt. Elim.
At a Red Cross rally at Mt. Elim
yesterday afternoon 17 enrolled as
members of the Red Cross. An auxil
iary will be organized there next Sun
day just before Sunday school. Miss
Lulu M. Cassidey and Prof. R. H.
Taylor addressed the meeting yesterday.
Mr. D. M. Barker, who has held
a position with the DuPont people
for the last three years, arrived last
week from Wilmington, Del., and will
leave tomorrow for Camp Jackson.
does not give him much attention, it
boy's mother is dead and his father is said.
Deserters.
Troy Maynor, Indian, was arrested
last week by Sheriff . R. E. LewiJM on
the charge of deserting the army.
Maynor was found at the home of his
father-in-law, Turner Lowrey, near
Philadelphus. After he was arrested
Maynor told where his uniform could
be tound in an old outhouse some 4
miles away, and it was found there.
Maynor says he came home to see
his wife, who was sick, several weeks
ago without leave of absence and nev
er returned to camp. i
to Camp Jackson at an early date
Sheriff Lewis is anxious that citi
zens ofThe county assist m round
ing up any deserter from the army.
04. twui TWoasPTierer: Dr. W. A.
McPhaul and Mr. Woodberry Lennon
of Lumberton, were , here Friday
ght. Mr. Lennon spoKe
loft hv the wav
Preceding the sermon, Rev. Dr. C.
L Greaves, pastor of the First Bap
tist church, read the Scripture lesson,
John 12: 23-31, and led in prayer. The
pastor of the church, Rev. Dr. G. E.
Moorehouse, had charge of the ser
vice and offered the closing prayer-
As has been stated in The Kobeson
journment in July.
Congress must revise its legislative
program an dabandon plans for ad
journment early in July. Democratic
and Republican leaders faile dto agree
last week on plans proposed by Pres
ident Wilson for a special session af
ter the fall elections, and the work
ian, the literary address and graduat-, of forming a new tex bill 11 pro
ing exercises of the high school will ceed at Qnce unless there is 30me un.
be held at the school auditorium rn-, expected development
iiav oi tnis wee, ruuuci
be given in Thursday's Robesonian.
No Word from Capt. Bowen.
Miss Cora Bullock Instead of Miss
Cattie Bullock.
In the report in The Robesonian of : ;. jL
the 20th inlt. of the special meeting; to his whereabouts.
Relatives of Capt. J. B. Bowen, of
the U. S. army, who mysteriously
disappeared from Charlotte two weeks
a word as
. i 3 i.. 1:-,
Of the county poaru oi. eua; f!oTlA Marriprf
stated that A v"'5v -
Cross and the doctor gave
.1
Robe
i i i,,,. a A on the
t.ion views as uc n----. . T
Here.
held on May 17, it was
the "claim of Miss Cattie Bullock as
taarher of Smyrna school was com-1
promised for the sum of $50 and charg ' Miss Beulah Wright and Mr. Zeb
an to the eeneral fund as teachers' Johnson, both of Floral College, were
Miss Cattie Bullock writes married in the omce oi tne register
i 14-v, ,,.i- i-n Viia eamnaign in KODe-i J,ia-v
. ' Pvnf Taaef-ue is helping ; pnKpnri;aTi that this was an er- of Haeds at the court house Friday
Dr McPhaul in this township, during j ror tjiat it was t;ss Cora Bullock at 11 a. m. The ceremony was pei
his summer vacation. instead of Miss Cattie Bullock. formed by Justice M. G. McKenzie.