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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS VOL. IXL COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH S2.00 A YEAR. DI E IN ADVANC1 Ommmmlmmm LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY .JUNE 27. 191 AMERICANS FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER. CARRY 0N;ReCOrd"Breaking Tobacco Season Ex- CLOSES THIS EVENING1 GADDYSVI1 They Show Germans a Thing or! Two Again Capture a Position' and Inflict Heavy Losses on' Enemy West Bank of Piave Clear of Austrian. 1A11 mornings press summary! pected Rounding Up Deserters Revival at First Baptist Church; Closes With Services This Eve-, ning Baptising Will Be Held! Sunday Evening 21 Have Ap plied for Baptism. The protracted meeting which has! and Slackers Volunteers Person-! al and Social. i I Correspondence of The Robesonian. I Fairmont, June 26. The farmers of are busy puttinar in to-! this section bacco and will be ready for the open-1 been in oroeress at the First Bantist ing sales the first of July. Tobacco j church since the 17th inst. will close sales here have always been heavy ! with the service this evening. Up to iQnrlfVic.rt : ti i i i i-1. 1 J? i 1 i I While the Italians have been busi- r"" ZJ5r 1 a . a ST i. a r a u CS iniS mS Iv encased in cleaning up the Piave ! record-breaker. The prospects for a 21 had applied for baptism. The bap LLfr? S tLlVL. ireco.rd-breaking cotton crop are very! tising will take place Sunday evening. spoils of war and making straggling l80! c Is s prosperous. The pastor Rev Dr. Chas.. L. Greaves, spoils ot war ana maKing straggling Austrians prisoners, tne Americans stationed in the Belleau wood, north west of Chateau Thierry, have been devoting their time to showing the Germans again the fighting timber of vHch they arc made. In the demonstration the Americans gained control of the wood in its en tirety, advanced their position ma teria ily northwest of the. wood and made rr'soners of 264 of the enemy, in rddition to inflicting heavy losses' in men and killed or wounded. T1 ie r t'.aeh was launched Tuesday niiit with the purpose of driving out the few remaining nests of Germans in the wood nests from which ene my i arties constantly were harrass i i r the Americans. It followed a hur- itU r.e oi artillery tire, the intensity OJ which shunned even those of the Ccr.-. era who previously had gone throu;h the terrific drum fires of the British and French. The hammering j- f ,, . .,rs was fopt Up for thirteen hours before the infantry set out to rccomplish its task ana the havoc wrought by the American shells, many of them of high explosives was evident from the number of enemy dead strewing the ground and the Miss Eva McDonald, who had been i will preach Sunday morniner visitmg friends and relatives here,' Rev. Dr. Geo. W. McDaniel, nastor left this week for Wilmington, where J of the First Baptist church of " Rich she will visit friends before returning! mond, Va., who has been doing the to her home in Mt. Olive. preaching, during his short soj mrn Rural Policeman W. C. Britt has! here has gotten a sti on g hold on Lum- returnea irom Camp Jackson, where j berton people. He v ia speak at a pa he carried a orisoner to ramn Thp authorities are rounding up the de i.ercers and slackers in this comniu i Licy and uiose not willing to obey ; and do their bit are beinsr dealt with. Sergeant B. C. Baker, stationed at bevier, has returned aftei Camp I spending a pleasant furlough at home with friends and relatives. Private Sebastin Pittman also returned to ! camp af cor a sSiort furlough, i Mr. Sam Dunie has returned home ; after an extended trip to ot. Lou s, ! Chicago. New York and Baiua.j.e. ; Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Brou n nave re turned after spending some time in Western North Carolina, visiting friends and relatives in Morgan'um ana Waynesville. ivir. and LVu-s. H. L. Blue, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. VocdwarJ, Miss Bonnie Baker and Mr. A. Katley spent last Weanc-sdav at Iake Waccamaw. Segt. C. A. Thompson of Camp Sevier is at hoiiio vs..n-3,.J menus and relatives, tie W triotic rally at the court hous'.1 tomoi;- row evening, as stated elsewhere m this issue, and Savaiday wi1! go to vrightsviile Beach, where he is ton the program for three addresses "at the Baptist seaside assembly Report-; of some of Dr. M 'Daniel's sermons w.'U be found elsewhere' in ibis issu1. Reports oi other sernwns on to the f-1 .se of tli3 meeting will be n-lvcu in t:ox; Monday's limbs'-on, an. Bountiful Crops Very Little Growl ing and Grumbling About Flour And Sugar Rules Gaddy Respond ing Gloriously to War Savings Campaign Other News Items and Comment. Correspondence of The Robe Ionian. Gaddysville, (Fairmont, R. 1), Jane are in the midst of the most prosperous crops we have ever seen, considering the unfavorable weather they have had. Even tobacco is prun ing and a few of the planters have already begun the harvesting. Already we hear the cry of scar city of labor, and the farmers say even if they can get plenty of hands thev cannot pay the high prices thev now command. Wheat is all harvested and the cror was exceedingly great. Wheat is a very easy crop grown and for the past few years it has been grown or the experimental scale with tne great est success. Planters who have sail try to grow it PATRIOTIC RALLY e Fri- I NUMBER 40 BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Will Be Held at Court day at 8:30 I Hou-M. it snould larger s: ie tnan nereco- state of general demolition that pre-' companierl by Mrs. Thompson, w:.o vailed The has been with him while j . ft 1-4.11 - -i - t .upture oi ceiieau wooa is oi ; r.i rvotr.v-;iio eonsiaeraDie strategic importance, 1 owine: to the fact that from it Germans had been able to rake the al lied positions on all sides of it with their artillery. Its eastern and north ern edges also command the rail roads behind the German lines run ning to Shateau Thierry. C.-Iilj FOE iCQ.OCO T.I-2IC Crowdcr Calb for 11 zK illation Cc tweca Ja'.y Z2 and Zj cf 2Z3,8 White DrcTt Hcjlstrants. 4i adapted to on a much tore, thereby as well as r anu v,oc.:ets. 'we have heard the leant growl. a and grumbling over tae flour and su -ar laws we ever expected to. Folks helping feed tne jplenish their own A Patriotic rally in the interest of War Savings wiil be held at the Court house Friday evening at 8-"0 Rev. Dr. Geo. W. fiDa tor of the First Baptist church of Richmond, Va., who is assisting m a series of meetings at the First Baptist church, will deliver an ad dress. Dr. McDaniel is a irifted speaker and is deenlv interested in the war. He has a 17-year-old son who enlisted recentlv in the marine corps. The county War Savings com mittee, of which Mr. L. R. Varser is chairman, wants a patriotic rally held in every township in the coun ty Friday evening. That is the day on which the r.eople of Rbeson ..y-ircted to roun'l Up rile:? :s to purchase Wa Snvintrs stsmpa t the amount of $1063580. Rsbes a raar.oS afford to lUmppoort the r.ate, the Nation, and the hoys aver taere by lailinc to sn :riue o 1:. sked. W-l.-J U lUlJli Lo c XttlliUCl StOp the War Dai three million men August 1. Provost Marshal Gfl Crovvder Tuesday night called m n carrying out pian to nave Rn feral the Uoverner? of a!i Strtes av. t growl ahyv. ay mc-;at things vou ( townfolk3 th; eat cornbread a small village w hen the law v as mucn as tbev use i h:' v '," ': ." ' v. ICS t m rA fl-. v to cor; pel scorn corn bread to We were sojourninT i nt into cf LI: lion tea P: oia, eiieci. and we feel safe tu the tewn fed as much as a souls per day and not a peck ot say trii thousa: die.- th' A 1 1 at n.s nome 1 will take pla c wheat ruling u i llination between Juiv zz and a. fimco w7? ocs-mj-ofar 220.000 white drazt resristrants. . ! iiinviiv vj.VwV- 1 1 vr iiu v.; fvvvw i ? - vuv ino nn riT Tna ,orimi nmrl ified for general military servi va ill nhnfitPxl ire: Messrs. Marcus Krvan McHiin.eL inis can is expected virtually. haust the number of men now i 1 available for active military and when added to school re tor the.jaoh-i 25 of jmal- u-Siass totaealis used per week until th come around Another plentiful item we add to our letter that's good for inner man: huck H--s. Ifeve? was such a sight known and ihe way people are can- , iL - - it . i !i i rie iciur tins srets in orint une cnii- Wltil kid Ciirtor. r-L'Gut 55 vrr.r:' :. fi.: in.T at 1 o'cloil y.n. in- taaera Friday morning. De- i sisk rr sonic time at. uta no. trouble. He is survived Lumberton, 2 nis and icm; car', in army in r ranee: Leon, in nospitaj department on a transport: in Indi- Lumberton chapter No. llfi, O. E. S., will meet this evening at S:.i0. Concert by class froiv Odd Fel lows orphanage at Goldboro Friday evening at 8:30. License has beet: Issued for the marriage of W. R. Taylor and Lilliar Baker, both of Fairmont. The condirou of Mrs. W. P. Bar. ker whose illness has been mentioned in recent issues of The Robesonian, continues critical. Lumbee Tent No. 18, Maccabees, has changed the tme of meeting from 8:30 on Tuesday evening of each week to 8:30 on Thursday evening. At the meetine of th rnuntv board of education Monday one com mitteeman will be appointed for each school district in the county. Mr. K. S. Monroe left last eve ning for Charleston, S. C, upon re ;ipt of a message advising him that his wife, who is visiting hex parents there, was ill. Ufr S Melntrre atpnded -virvfc. ing cf the board of trustees of th ihomasvtfle Baptist orphanage, of ivj ich he is a meniLcrs, at Thomas .,ie Tucudu". Mr. F. L. Parnell of Raft Swamp township brought to town yesterday i load cf peaches which he sold readi ly at $1.50 the bushel. They were early Eibertas, a most delicious peach. Dr. and Mrs, H. T. Pope left this morning for Wrightsville Beach to attend the Baptist Seaside assembly which opens tonieht. Mrs. Por- will i JlRVf charge of the woman's mi8skv I Iin;hn wor3 flt Ihe umUv. j - - - - - - - . Mrs. G. B. McLeod left Tuesday evening for Baltimore, ML. where she will spend a few days. She will visit her son Mr. G. Badger McLeod, who is in the U. S. army stationed at New ark, N. J., before returning home. Fire of unknown orierin des roved ;eai inompson, rnariese and Wur man Lewis, Everett Floyd and ono Cherokee Indian. Lennie Hunt. All these volunteered for tae navv and I of 23,436 men, brings the ail Ihierrji. snmp raw traarv rafaixroA Vini- oi'l i so fnr announced for .Tlllv to All the positions still held by the: m. Pran Potior . .. " r.iQlTn MmnUtA it. nrfurmm -4oa Ausuians cm me owe rc, Turner have left to reDort for duimainder of the present tuting the bapo bile bridge head, nave: at Camp Jackson. Miss Lillian Bak-I partment will have to depend on the now been taken;,by the Italians and er has r8turned from Goldsboro,! 400,000 Class 1 registrants expected the entire western bank of the Piave1 where she spent a few days visiting, from the June 5 enrollment and the is clear of the enemy. . friends and relatives Mr. Edgar : 250,000 or 300.000 to be obtained Nearly 400 prisioners were taken in Thompson nas returned to Bellevue I through the reclassification now in the enterprise. Aside from this fight- tamtal Vow Vnrt ni-v t ri i o : wnorpss. mg inere nas ueen nue acu ii m me his course (medical) after which he southern section of the Italian thea-;will be in he service 0f the U. S. tre. Seemingly the chase of the ene- medical corps. Mr. Fulton Flovd is my on the eastern bank of the Piave home on furioush from Camp Sevier, has ended at last for the time being, i Miss Hilda Weinstein of Lumbert tc In the mountains heavy bombardments i js vigitino- Mr and Mrs H Wein are in progress in various sectors stein here! Mrs .Leslie Clements and and intense aerial operations are go-; Mrs. Weil of Favetteville are the ing on along tne entire iront. ine house guests of Miss Crissie Flovd. rome war omce assens tnai mi artillery lost bv the Italians to ..- . ..... , .i t Austrians in tne initial stage oi ine friends and relatives. hghting has been recaptured. j A very enjoyable picnic was held On the battle front in France andj Monday at Ivey's Bluff. Among those Flanders, the aperations continue of j enjoying the outdoor life were: Mr. a minor character. The British, both:and Mrs p R pioyd and son,' P. r! m i landers and Picardy have carried Jr Mr and Mrs. Clement, Mrs. Weil,! Camp Greenleaf, Georgia ouc successiuny aitacKs agaiiiai- Miss Dina Belle t loyd, Kecorder A M. A. Geddie of ginaio, m an army cam; . -C Ti' . . - ci i 1 i I aim. uj. i .tcitaiiu urove ounuav scnooi will have rendered their nice little ' Father of Mr Sunbeam program. The Sunbeams! ' are trained under the efficient leader-' Lumberton. - ship of the Misses Miller of Rowland,! and the program for Sunday afternoon ' II- ' Geddie, father of Mr. M. will be a rare treat. A- G"ddie of Lumberton, died at his Mr. D. R. Mclntvre of Dillon. who!-"ome at Stedman, Cumberland co-n- king for Mr. H. L. Curtis I lY' Mn(Jay night. In commenting on had been clerking for at least a year, has recently gone in as a junior memoer ot tne enter prise. We are glad Mr. Mclntyre is permanently settled in our midst. Alsc he has taken out his naturalization pa pers and become a full-fledged Tar in this call JNew lork leads tne list with 22.241 men and Iowa is second i Heel. with 17.849 and Wisconsin third with The recent capture of the alleged 13.200. ! deserters and yaller dawer clobbers Donnie, Jr., one-vear-old son of Mr ought to be mighty nice lesson to and Mrs. Donnie Watts of North Ml i i 1 i M . 1 . Germans and taken further prisoners; E Fioyd) Fulton Floyd and Mrs. J. L ana macnine guns. biKewise me Watson French northwest of Montdider have! raided an enemy position, inflicted losses and taken prisioners. The . Southern States quotas and camp assignments follow: Virginia. 3.500: Canvo Lee. Virginia: North Carolina, 3.000, Camp Hancock, I does not pay to monkey with Uncle , Meadowbrook cemetery this morning. Georgia: South Carolina. 1,800, Camp: Sam. Jackson, South Carolina; Georgia,! Gaddy township is gloriously rolling : James A. Locklear Dies of Ty- 3,Uisb: Uamp LrOrdOn. Ueorgia; lVllSa-1 " uuc tup in cue vvai siamp tarn- issippi, 1,000, Camp Greenleaf, Geor- paign. Thousands of dollars were gia: Tennessee, 3.653. Camp Gordon, subscribed yesterday at the White Georgia; Louisiana, 2,100, Camp Han- j Pond church and Piney Grove Indian cock. Georgia; Alabama, 2,900, Camp! church, also the negro Baptist church, Hancock, Georgia: Florida, 1,00U,I wnere your townsmen Messrs. pennon ano ivicijeoo addressed a most pa triotic crowd at each place. Mr. Len non is a very forceful speaker and 4 sons -IT. E of Wlstnn-Sa-I r16 'arn r,iui the corn and oUier m ijiues Kozier, colored, who lives three milei northeast of town, Monday afternoon. The loss is esti mated at SI. 000. with no insurance. Mr. A. H. Hinds Tuesday bought 8 Tine cows from a farmer who lives near Red Springs. The cows are beauties and Mr. Hinds will butcher and sell them for beef. The eight cows weighed between seven and eight thousand pounds. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Braey return ed home Monday evening from Wrightsville Beach, where they had since treir marriaee June 15. They are boarding at the present at tne home of Mrs. Daisy W. Jenkins, Sixth and Wralnut streets. Lieut. J. P. Cashwell of Camp Jackson arrived yesterday and will spend a few days here -siting at the home of his parents, Rev. and Mrs. R. N. Cashwell. Lieut. Cashwell re- the death of Mr. Geddie the Favette ville Observer says, "Mr. Geddie was, been a goou man ana citizen, and will De greatly missed in his community." Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Don nie Watts. IT IS A PERFECT MARVEL. Additional Men Register Ques tionnaires to Registrants. In Robeson division No. 2 the fol-l lowing men who have become 21! years old since June 5 last year have i 1 1 1 1 tJ I registered witn tne local uoaiu aiu, j:cf;r Vo i wp-p entrained bv f?""? t?Jj JTOL . 1T1 the local board at Lumberton Tuesday Qnri t q iiovHpr Rrvnn Mr-' r Camp Jackson, b. . C.. Oil W U I IC X ' , - i. ' REGISTRANTS OFF TO CAMP. J It ig Glorious to Have a Share in the Great Thing Uncle Sam is Doing Additional Men cf Robeson District No. 1 Entrained For Camp Jackson Tuesday. Lieut. Russell Enthusiastic. In a letter written May 31st by Lieut. J. M. Russell to his parents, 0f this section of the county he expresses great admiration for the; folks who are prone to be the opposite Lumberton, died yesterday of ston- cently took a month's course in small- 01 nice in their talk and doings. It ach trouble. Interment was mad; in arm firinc at Cann Pi u Ohio Mr. Ben Edwards, who lives in the eastern part of town, brought to The Robesonian office yesterday a hen egg with a capital "S" on the" end of it. Of course the hen that laid that egg meant to advise the people generally to save and buy War Sav ings stamps. Mr. N. F. Kinlaw of Howellsville township was a Lumberton visitor yesterday. Mr. Kinlaw informed The Robesonian that Mr. D. J. Kinlaw of his section killed a large alligator Tuesday. The 'gator was in Mr. Kin law's field trying to cross a wire fence when found. Dr. E. K. McLean has accepted a position with county board of health. Dr. McLean is a native of Scotland and came to Robeson some eight years ago. He is a student at the university of Texas, Galveston. Dr. phoid. James A. Locklear, Indian, died of typhoid fever at the Thompson hospi tal Monday night. Deceased was 49 years old and lived about 6 miles west of Lumberton. He was prominent in church work among the Indians. intertained a large crowd, which brought the results. Old Gaddys township is no poor place and we are pi'oud of her great showing. War Savings Meeting at Saddle tree Church Saturday Night. Mr. G. S. Harrell of Rennert, R. 1, In an interview with Mr. Lennon ! was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday and he told your correspondent he was j made arrangements for Messrs. L. R. greatly gratiiied with the results ot j V arser and ti. h.. btacy to address a the campaign and that he was proud War Savings meeting at Saddletree church Saturday evening, June 29, at The following registrants of Robe- care taken by the Unitedv States Gov ernment in transporting tne soiaiei across the Atlantic. He says that this war is simply too great a thing to be rlosrvTnpri The nearer one sets to I 1 n-M4'UtYcs4 o 7-1 A wQnfc "n o P h at his share in the fieht. The lieu- 1-V f 1.1 T7", A-M-fr " V- -V- "I . ' . . . . - 1 nnn i , rv.f hv. ra : 11 ul, cll nt Cormick of Rowland, David Bruton 01 j clarenCe Locklear, Fairmont, j the scene of the conflict the more he wn, pwfl wmw, .iu farming. Claude E. Floyd, Barnes McKay, colored, Rowland. This-f . mt. p-att Lmn brmgs the number of registrants m, farming; John C. Manning,1 tenant describes what Uncle Sam has division No. 2, under tne new -law, ,to, Lumbe'rton, laborer; Ruf us Hayes, El-' done as a perfect marvel and says 146, these registrants named aboe( farming; Frank Lo-vVry, Lumber-j that it is glorious to have a share w being numbered 143 to 146 Question-j ' 2, fkrmine; Riley Locklear,! it even though it is small. He said mures were mailed on the 2o inst. T,1TLwt -r 9. farmine: Benjamin he was in perfect health. The danger iLvm ine local uoaiu ui uiviaiun r;.. rnrfnn 2 to registrants whose order numbers! farming;' in crossing overseas has been reduced Nash Locklear. Lumberton, R. 1,; Davton Hardun. i -m 1 1. "1 1 1 1 " L. ...... "V f " 1 C " "uiween 1 a iu u. Mum iC6;f-, Harlev want is required by law to execme v - R 2; armiR: James E and return his questionnaire Wlthm fLum berton, R I, farming ' ys from its date. 1 r' T,prov Turner. Fairmont, farm- but Now, Mr. Editor, if you'll forgive j 8:30. Mr. Harrell said that the sit- McLean will do sanitarv work in the this long letter win teacn you a uation regarding larm wore in nis towns of the county maxim: "When its dry, its dry, and when it rains, it rains." Carried Back to Camp By His Father. Edmund W. Britt, who left the ar my without leave several days ago, was carried back to Camp Jackson yesterday by his father, Mr. C. M. Britt of R. 4 from Lumberton. Ed mund left the army after he had ar- , , f,eoc rived at an Atlantic nort and says he! Recorder S Court Cases. i-s- Britt: Lieut. S. K. Nash is Now ?.n Air Fmhter on the West Front. ing r.pnr(rp Pv.nt-.s Burnev. nalis- ooro, farming; unarxes caymonu Evers. Lumberton, mill worker; Wil liam ND. Godwin, Lumberton, farmer; Dock K. Carter. Lumberton, public worker; John Claude Boone. Lumber ton, farming; James Lowry, Rayn bam, R. 2. farming. Changes in Trains and Schedules On V. & C. S. Shepard K. Nash, son of Mrs. A. Nash of Lumberton, is now a first lieutenant and is engaged in active airplane fighting on the west front. This interesting information was con tained in a letter received from him yesterday by his brother Mr. F. L. Nash. The letter was ciater June 1st. As nu)Ni nf TKn Pnkocir.ian know. I .iAnf Voch iocf cnmmov vAQiornpfi ' TCffective Sunday at z a. t uoii ia.-)L .umiiiv-i 1 - - j-, - . - of; C. S. trains Nos. V and the atlonal Bank of Lumberton, en tered the first officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, selected the avia tion branch, was in training a while in France last fall, then was in trair ing in Italy, and again was transfer red to France. Several Cases of Typhoid in the County. There have been 5 cases of typhoid fever in the family of James Lock lear, Indian, who lived out Buie way and whose death is mentioned else where in this paper. Two sons of the deceased are down with typhoid now, and a daughter and a daughter-in-law are getting better. County Health Officer W. A. McPhaul also reports 2 cases of typhoid at Rowland a. m. V. & 10 between Lumberton and St. Pauls will be dis continued. However, there will be a tri-weeklv schedule and a train will leave Lumberton at 8 a. m. on Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays. On Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays a train will leave St. Pauls for Lum berton at 3:30 p. m. . After Sunday, June 30, a mixed train will leave St. Pauls each day ex cept Sunday at 10:35 a. m. This train will carry the morningmail to Dublin, Tar Heel and Elizabethtown. As was stated in Monday's Robeson ian, a change will go into effect in the schedule of two other trains on this road Sunday at 2 a. m. Train No. 65 will arrive here from Hope Mills at 7 o. m. instead of 6:15 p. m. and train No. 78 will leave Lumber- ton for Hope Mills at 9:15 p. m. in stead of 8:40 p. m. y-i -i T'ovir nuiri 1 u 111, m.v . iuv . . . rL-S. iZl'n XS: ;?M rw is not! was to have sailed for r ranee the day 1 The following cases have been iZT7,XZr loV orwitehful-l after he left. His father put him on!osed of by Recorder E. M. S earP He saw no submarines, he ram twice and started him backFannie Bell Mary Godwin and John A C i';Vn HWmno-h the 1 to the army, out ne wouia return though while passing tLVnurfefe j home in a few days. Britt was called danger zone every bit of sea surtace Rq was Kept unaer minute uuscuuu -ik" .oV, .Hchoc nr An anything Uncle Sam wanted him to do' during the war, but he did not want to go to J? ranee. ' enness; judgment suspended upon pavment of cost. Will Wiggins. color Charged With Failure to Register : ed; trespass; prayer for judgment ei mt o,T; j continued upon payment of cost. John For Military Service. I Henrv McKinnon, colored, larceny cf Willie McLean and Lloyd M'White J collar buttons from L. H. Caldwell's both of Howellsville township, and store The defendant was hired out Adam Tielris. of the Pembroke sec-i to j. a. w opten ,ior uaya township made it inadvisable to hold' Mr. J. P. Wiggins of Maxton, the meeting earlier. He has great chairman of the Robeson War Sav hopes of Saddletree doing its part in ings publicity committee, spent yes the War Savings drive. He knows it terday traveling through the county will if every one will do as well as ln the interest of the War Saviners old "Aunt" WThoda Carlyle, a washer- drive. He reported the drive moving woman of his neighborhood, and her along very satisfactorily in the various son, who have pledged to purchase section?, of the county. $50 worth of stamps. Mr. Harrell Mrs. J. C. Carlyle, Mrs. Josephine was accompanied to town Tuesday by McDonald and the latter's son, Mr. his small son Master Luther. Carev McDonald, all of Rozier, were I Lumbeiton visitors yesterday. Mrs. McDonald has just purchased a part all sides. The weather was deal and their ship had a splendid voyage. Baptist Seaside Assembly Begins Tonight. Wilmington Star, June 26. The fourth annual session of the Baptist seaside assembly will con vene in the Harbor Island auditorium tomorrow night and will continue ui session for eight days, closing July 4. All plans for the most interesting and successful assembly yet held here have been worked out, and the sev eral hundred Baptists from all over the State who are expected to be present are assured of the fullest eight days they have ever spent. North Carolinians in Casualty List David S. Graham, son of Prof. Alexander Graham, superintendent of the Charlotte graded schools and a well-known educator, was killed in action on the French battle front June 6th. He was of the 47th company, 5th regiment, marine corps. In the cas ualty list reported Monday: Severely wounded, Ed. Helms, Waxhaw, Fnion county; William A. Thompson, Dur ham. Reported Tuesday: killed in ac tion Edward L. Sledge, Asheboro; David M. Wright, Lincolnton. Peppers all colored failure to con- nect homes with sewerage line as re quired by the town; prayer for judg ment continued upon payment of cist, defendants to comply with the ordi nance. Plem Powell, colored, drunk- of the old Carlyle place. Mrs. Carlyle says the ladies on the farms are work ing in the fields in addition to doing their house work. Mr. S. E. Davis, Red Springs read, R. 6 from Lumberton, brought to Lumberton yesterday the first load of watermelons of the season and sold the largest ones at Si each. They were fine melons. No finer melon ever grew than the one Mr. Davis present ed to the editoand it was duly ap preciated and enjoyed. , A woman who apparently was "tanked up" created some excite ment at the union station Tuesday evening. She accompanied one of the registrants wno entrained for '..amp 4..- i n i fnl.0 TT S Cnm-! Froctor btepnens, coiorea, running T , j v, missioner E. M. Johnson recently on over Dudley Pope, also colored wxth , had & grgat time for a speU before the charge of failure to register June 5. McLean and Fields registered af ter they were arrested. All were bound over to the Federal court. Mailing Questionnaires to Regis trants. Questionnaires are being mailed out from the local army exemption office to the 169 registrants in this district who registered June 5. The question naires must be filled out and returned within seven days after they are mail ed to the registrants. Wilmington Star, 25th: Hon. and Mrs. A. Wr. McLean, of Lumberton, arrived in the city last night and were guests at the Wilmington. They will go to the beach this morning to attend the State bar meeting. auto; fined $25 and cost; defendam the trafn kft LemQn extract a said gave notice of appeal Charged With Trying to Evade Draft. Dallie Sampson, Indian, was arrest- to have been the cause of it all. Mr. O. L. Joyner, of Greenville, president cf the O. L. Joyner Co., which company will operate the Big Banner warehouse, one of the large new brick sales warehouses here, spent ed last night by Sheriff R. E. Lewis Monday and Tuesday in Lumberton. on the charge of trying to evade the j Mr. Joyner and Mr. K. J . Gobb, also draft. Sampson is charged with go ing to Georgia in order to evade the draft. He was arrested at the home of Jasper Sampson. He is in jail. Final Settlement of Carlyle Will Case. Final settlement has been' made in the will case of the late Athesia Carlyle. The caveators received $21,000, the case having been stttled by compromise judgment. of the Joyner firm, will spend most of the time here during the selling season. Mr. C. A. D. Eakes will have charge of the warehouse. This com pany operated a small warehouse here last season and made many friends among the farmers. This company has a half-page ad in today's paper. DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER Optometrist Glasses Fitted by Superior Methods expert ttnowieage or fcye Diseases 4 LUMBERTON, N. C.
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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