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THE ROBESON! AN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH S2.0 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANC VOL. IXL LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 4, I9i8. TOBACCO MARKET OPENS JULY 9TH Lumberton Market Easily Can Handle 5,000,000 Pounds This Year Great Preparations for Opening. Managers of Lumberton's four large tobacco warehouses are making great preparation for the opening of the market Tuesday of next week. In dications are that many pounds of the ''weed" will be sold here on the operi ing lay and throughout the selling season. Lumberton has four warehouses two of them large new brick stru:--tures and the market can easily han dle ."..000,000 pounds of tobacco. The Star warehouse will be manag ed by Messrs E. O. (Billie) Bransford and T. J Noblin, who have conducted this house in a most satisfactory man ner for several seasons. The Big Banner warehouse and also the old Banner warehouse will be con ducted by the O. L. Joyner Co., which company conducted a small warehouse here last season. Mr. C. A. D. Eakes will have charge of these two warehouses. The Farmers' warehouse will be managed by Messrs. Knott & Smith, which firm conducts a large sales warehouse at Henderson All the warehousemen have had years of experience in the warehouse business and nothing will be left un done in making the Lumberton market second to none. All the leading tobacco companies will have buyers on the market here and there will also be a number of in dependent buyers on the floors. FEDERAL MONEY FOR ROADS DEATH AND FUNERAL OF MRS. W. P. BARKER County Road Board Accepts Offer of Federal Aid County Gets 2f.'.S00 From Government by Appropriat-j ing Like Amount L. T. Townsend Succeeds F. A. Wishart as Road' Superintendent. NUMBER 42 COUNTY CLAIMS PAID. FAIRMONT MARKET BRIEF ITE.M OF LOCAL NEWS End Came Tuesday After Long ness Funeral Yesterday. 111- AMERICANS STAND FIRM. They Have Smashed Repeated and De termined Counter-Attacks by Ger mans and Have Not Yielded a Foot of Ground. This morning's press summary has the following: American troops standing at Vaux, northwest of Chateau Thierry, have completely smashed repeated and de termined counter-attacks by the Ger mans who sought to oust the Ameri cans from their new positions. That the Germans have tried desperately to reverse the decision in the battle is an indication that the evacuation of Vaux is viewed as important by the enemy commanders. Over the lines held by Gen. Persh ings men there has been bursting a storm of steel from the German can non, high explosive and gas shells be ing intermingled in the projection hurled by the enemy guns. The Amer icans, however, have not yielded a foot of ground and when the enemy has attacked he has been permitted to approach close to the American lines before a storm of bullets has cut through his ranks and broken his attack. As the result of these assaults the Germans have lost very heavily, the ground being covered with their dead and wounded. They have, in addition, lost many prisoners. The battle is still being fiercely waged. At a called meeting held here yes-! terday the county road commissioners' decided to accept the offer of $20.800 ; of Federal Aid road money to be soent ' in the county during the next 5 years. ! In order to secure this amount of cat-: s'de aid the county anpropriat.es a1 like amount. This makes available $59,600 to be spent in the cour.tv dur-j ing the next 5 years under thediree-l tion of the Slate Highway commis sion. It will be spent in bukliiig a model highway under Government su pervision. Ten per cent of the money,) or $2,900, must be appropriated by the county this year to provide for a burvey. A number of others counties in th- State have complied with the condi tions for obtaining this Federal roadj money. The decision as to Robeson' had to be made before the Sell inst. or the county could not have shared I in this appropriation until 1920. At their regular monthly meetin;! Monday the road commissioners; asked ! for the resignation of Mr. F. A. Wish art, who had served some months as road superintendent, and as Mr. Wish are refused to resign the board ed clared the office vacant and elected to fill the position Mr. L. T. Town send of St. Pauls, former rural po liceman. It is claimed by Mr. Wish art that this action of the board was due to his action some weeks ago in indicting the chairman of the board. Mr. I. T. Brown, on the charge of violating the law in plowing into the roads. Mr. Wishart says he was told by a member of the board that he wai dismissed for that reason. It is un derstood that it is also claimed by members of the board that other con siderations not connected with the road indictment had their weight. The Robesonian has received from Mr. Wishart a communication in regai'd to this that it must hold over for the next issue on account of the crowd?! condition of the paper today. County Commissioners Appropriated 81,000 to Farm-Life School Busi ness Transacted at Monthly Meet- j ng. The funeral of Mrs. W. P. Barker, The county commissioners were in wnose deata occurred at the Barker i rpo.nia.. ,,,, ,T , home, North Elm street, Tuesday at ulai moihly session Monday. Tne 12:30 p. m., was conducted from the I lowing claims were ordered paid: First Baptist church yesterday after- j Vourt House and Court E. M. noon at 3:15. Rev. Dr. Chas.:ori recorder Lumberton district, L. Greaves, pastor of the church, con- i f ai,7' Jno- S. Butler, recorder ducted the services. A large crowd S pauls district, salary, $40; J. X. rwT cnWAtrlnn1 finance an1 vnlotivoc 1 gathered to pay the last token of re spect to the deceased. Interment was made in Meadowbrook cemetery. Beautiful floral offerings completely covered the grave. The pallbearers were Messrs. K. L. Pope, Jno. D. Mc- vrcttD juli sin Mr. J. Harvey Tyt.. : of Dunn has accepted :i position in the Luntbertoa barber shop. The lot around the overflow well Miss Lillian Baker Becomes Bride near lhe union station baa been clean- eu up ana put in good condition. of Mr. Wiley R. Taylor-Personals. County Superintendent J. R Poole will hold teachers' examination-? here Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Correspondence of The Robesonian. ne. recorder Red Springs district. salary $50; R. M. Williams, recorder i Maxtor, district, salary. $65; D. W. Bullock, recorder Rowland district, ; salary. $50; A. E. Floyd, recorder Fairmont district, salary". $50; J. M. JfcCallum, county auditor, salary, Mill JIM T. P Vavcov n VV P.So-rc StaiUDS. OllOne Calls. fTC T. L. Johnson and Frank' A. McLeod. J- B. Bruton, repairing flag at Mr. Ertyle Carlyle has gone to the St. Helena naval traininsr station. Fairmont. July 2. Many friends near Norfolk. He enlisted recently and relatives witnessed one of the 'n tne navy. prettiest hone weddings ever seen in i Fairmont win r. Miss Lillian Baker became the bride of Mr. Wiley P. Taylor last Thursday evening at 6:00. Miss Mary Belle Ricks sang "Dream- 'At Hawn" with Mi Dec eased . . , " n . K . . - - . (ft 1 T f . 1 was m her 66th year and IS"1' oKipper, eiei had been in ill health for several;01 superior court, salary, 308.34 months. She is survived bv her bus- j stamps $3.75; M. W Floyd, register ol band and four children two daugh- ffe salary, $316.66, stomps $12; ters, Misses Bertha and Lillie. both of E- Lewis, sheriff, salary, $316.66, Lumberton and two sons, Mr. A. N. ' stamps. $22, capturing two whiskey Barker of Dennison, Texas, and Mr.jF"S 40; Geo. D. Barnard Station J. Abner Barker of Roseboro. All fT Co hooks for court house, $32.37; were with their mother when the end Edwards & Broughton, supplies for came. Three sisters, Mrs. J. A. Bar- county, $93; Freeman Printing Co., ker and Miss Florence Warwick of Pointing for county, $49; Ben Blount, Row land McKellar at the piano. The house was beautifully decorated and the candle effect was very attrac tive. Misses Maglnta Lf.ssier and Katharine Cole were ribbon bearers; Master Linwood Ricks, rinu bearer: Miss B Bs ster of the bride. was maid of honor, and Mr. James O'Berry Ashley, cousin of the groom, Mr. ami Mrs. A. Weinstein cele brated the confirmation of their son Israel Sunday. Rev. Mr. Nemtzow of Wilmington officiated. Dr. E. K. McLean of the county board of health spent Tuesday and yesterday doing health work at Red Springs, Lumber Bridge and Pr.rktwi. Mr. W. J. Fine!: of Greensboro, who will le auctioneer for the Star wa rehouse thi year, arrived yester day. He expects Mrs. Fine!-, to join him here tomorrow. .Miss Jennie A. Paine1, who is a Lumberton and Miss Kate Warwick of Thomasville, also survive. Mrs. Barker was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Warwick of this county and was well-known. She had been a member of the Baptist church for many years and was pos sessed of a beautiful Christian dispo sition, which won for her many warm friends. She was a good woman and will be sorelv missed. OVER MILLION AMERICAN SOLDIERS OVERSEAS Army Has Grown From Handfull to 1,019,115 by July 1. janitor, salary $35. Total $1,752.98. Jail and Prisoners Six rural police men, $75 each $450; C. L. Beard, conveying prisoner, $3; town of St. Pauls, feeding prisoners, $2.80; W. C. Britt, conveying prisoners, $3; A. H. Prevatt, jailer, salary $50; feeding prisoners, $73.50, turnkeys, (salary fund) $11.70. Total $597.50. Miscellaneous Seaboard Air Lino Ry. Co., fnaight on filing cabinet. $1.04; Ihling Brothers-Everard Co., part; payment on uniforms for home guards, $92.63; McCormick Co., bur ial expenses of Dan Ransom, pauper, $15; A. M. Kinlaw, burial expenses of Anderson Kinlaw, pensioner. $15; R. K. Davenport, dues State County Com missioner association, $5; Alex Al ford, registrar for Alfordsville town ship, $14.09; W. F. Bullock and R. W. Fowler, poll-holders, $2 each $1; D. W. Bullock, burial expenses of pau per. $7.75; W. M. Bridgers, burial expenses ot pauper, $15; Grantham was best man. the ceremony was Ked rosa nurse located at Camp T:.y performed by Rev. li. F. Stanfield lor. Louisville. Ky.. arrived this moni of Chadbourn. former pastof of Fair- i'ltf and will be a jrue.st until the 10th mont Methodist church. Immediate- at the home of her parents, Mr. and ly after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. J. A. Raine. Miss Paine was in Taylor left for Norfolk and Ocean school here in 1906-07. View, Va., where they are spending! Mr. J. L. Williamson has resirn their honeymoon. Both the bride and led his position with the Pastime thet groom are very popular and have tre and has volunteered as one of th many wishes for a lor. and happy 4 men called bv the War Department married life. Many useful and pr t- from this district to go to Clemson ty gifts were received. ! College, S. C, to take special me- it nas oeen omeiaiiy announce-! at chanical course for army duty. -1.1 .r 1.1.- n . r. rr 1 I J Mr. L. P. Odum of the meeting of the Pee Dee Tobacco association that the Fairmont tooacco market will open July 9th at 10 a. m. Many buyer.-, and warehousemen have aueau arnveu ai u e v e: urn, is Raft Swamp Church rea.nr.ess for t:ie "long green to be . , ,T . .UUfiVli IU .111 . .M . . . tui mng. the Raft Swamp section had one hand badly cut yesterday afternoon when he drove a Ford auto against an oak tree near The car be Odum and was damaged around $150. Mr. Odum was. T-w n - 7 , - uauiaKvU (IIVUIM fltlVi 191.1. iniu t. I4. ii Stephens ent t0a:: just learning to drive. r ayetteville, acccmanv.rg a patient, Miss Raodos. to the High-smith hos-: .."Mf- Fl?ed B;own- who d,vi pital of that city. les his tjme between Lumberton and Red INCREASE IN ASSETS OF 50 PER CENT. CALL FOR MORE MEN. 80 Registrants of Robeson District 1 Will Be Sent to Camp Between July 22nd and 27th. The exemption board in Robeson' district No. 1 has received a call from the War Department for 80 white j and Indian registrants to go to camp: between July 22 and 27. The exact! date will be determined later. Mr. W. E- Ayers Elected Superin tendent of County-Farm Life School. At a called meeting held here Mon day the board of trustees of the coun ty farm life school, located at Phila- delphus. elected Mr. W. E. Ayers of I r ayetteville, Ark., sunerintendent at a salary of $2,000 the year. Mr. Ayers is connected with the Arkansas State college of agriculture. A 10-year contract lease made by Miss A. E. Buie of 19 acres of land to the school was accepted. This land is under cultivation by the school this year. In addition, the board will purchase 10 acres of land for the school. LaFayette Mutual Had Good Year About 25 Per Cent Increase ini Amount cf Business Written Of ficers Elected. Reported for The Robesonian. The stockholders of the LaFayette Mutual Life Insurance Co. met at thr home office of the company in Lum berton Monday and held their annual meeting. Mr. E. A. Pope of Fayette viUe presided as chairman and Dr. Seavy Highsmith of Fayetteville act ed secretary. The company had the greatest attendance of stockholders of any previous meeting, this being rhe 9th annual meeting. The annual reports by W. J Beattie, president, E. E. Page, treasurer, of the condi tion of the company, were read and approved. These reports show an in crease in assets during the past 12 months of 50 per cent and about 25 per cent increase in the amount of business written. A. J. McKinnon of Maxton O. L. Clark of Clarkton; K. M. Barnes, L. E. Whaley, Dr. Thos. F. Costner, and E. E. Page, all of Lumberton; E. A. Poe, Q. K. Nimocks and Dr. Seavy Highsmith, all of Fay etteville; and W. J. Beattie, Jr., of New York city were elected directors for the ensuing year. The board of directors met in the afternoon and elected the following officers: W. J. Beattie, Jr., president; K. M. Barnes, active vice-president; O. L. Clark, A. J. McKinnon and E. A. Poe vice-presidents; Dr. Seavy High smith and Dr. Thos. F. Costner, medi cal directors; E. E. Page, secretary ?nd treasurer. From all the reports, this has been the most successful year during the existence of the com pany an dthe outlook for next year is even greater. The company has strong agencies all over the State of of North Carolina and is making great strides in a permanent way. HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK. American trooos sent overseas num bered 1,019,115 on July 1. This was made known Tuesday , Bros., drugs for county. S18.25: K. M. mgnt by resident Wilson, wno gave j .Biggs, supplies for county. S10; Dr. A. H. Kerr, county farm dernonsti-a-tion agent, salary, $85; Miss Lulu M. Cassidey, county home demonstration agent, salary, $66.65; Lucy J. Bris son, burial of Reuben Brisson, pen sioner, $15; McAllister Hdw. Co., sun- i plies for county, $18.80; Mrs. J. B to the public a letter from Secretary- Baker discussing a record of achieve ment wheh the President said "must cause universal satisfaction" and which will give additional zest to our campaign for the Fourth of July." The first units noncombatant General Pershing followed 12 davs left American shores May 8, 1917. TTfowen, county stenographer, salary, $50; J. Sam Branch, repair work at later and at the end of the month 1 county home, $4; I. J. Flowers, keen 1,718 men had started for the battle- ing county home, S167; The Worrell fields of France. June saw this num-1 Co., sprayers for jail and court house, ber increased by 12,261, and thereafter I $9 ; Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary-treas-khaki-clad "crusaders" from the west- urer county health work, $290.42. To- ern republic flowed overseas in a tal $903.63. Grand total $3,254.11. t..lu . . . , . ... T5c To,ih; Mao Rrktnw mrhn hnri springs, iniorms i ne Kooesonian triat been visiting friends in Morganton the McClendon meetings now in prob and other points in Western North ress Springs are drawing large Carolina, has returned home and will crowds. He says from 1,500 to 2.000 spend her vacation with her parents. People attend each service. Services Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bristow. hld at ' I'- m and :45 p. m. Lieutenant Claude Bullock. U. S. dail' medical corps, spent a few days here A number of Lumberton business on furlough last week. Lieutenant men are making an auto-tour of some Bullock is very popular here and his , sections of Robeson today boosting many friends wish for him every sue- the Lumberton tobacco market. Other cess in his undertakings. He is at j sections of the county will be visited present stationed at Charleston. S. C.,! tomorrow. These booster trips were acting as medical examiner for avia- determined upon a well-attended meet tion corps. -n- f business men at the court house i Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Pjttman and Monday evening. : Mrs. A. G. Mitchell were anions those; steady stream until upwards of 300. 000 had departed when the great Ger man thrust began last March. President Wilson's determination to meet Germany's supreme efforts with the utmost of Amemca s available The board appropriated $1,000 to the county farm-life school at Phil adelphus. It was ordered that the list-takers for the various townships be pa;d 2 per day for 5 days and o cents the manpower to assist the desperately re-; mile for two trips traveling expense sisting French and British armies is i and 12 cents for each name entrea sharply reflected in the movemeit ofjon the tax lists . troops during the last three months. C. B. Smith was rebated $50 on ped The March sailings of 83,811 were I lers tax, being one-half of the county increased in April to 117.212. MaviB. & C. tax. The Pastime theatre attending the Baptist Seaside con vention at Wrightsville last wee': Mrs. G W. Thompson and daughter, Margaret, left yesterday for Chase City, Va., where they will spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Thompson spent a few days in Parkton this week vis iting friends and relatives. They were accompanied home by Miss Francis Carter. Miss Julia Passmora and mother COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS. Appropriation of $1,000 Made to County Farm-Life School by Coun ty Board of Education Other Bus iness at Regular Monthly Meeting. saw another 244.345 men embark and last month 276,372 were sent sway, making a total for the three months of 637,929. This, Secretary Baker sa-d later, put the troop movement six j ordered filed was rebated $20, a part of the county's part of the B. & C. tax. The monthly report of Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health officer, was months ahead of the original program. SENATOR TILLMAN PASSES. Torpedoed By German U-Boat 234 Persons Missing. Health Work in Robeson Attract ing Attention. The work being done by the Robe son county board of health is attract !ng outside attention Hearing of the work being done in Robeson, Dr. E. F. Long, health officer of Davidsor. county, has advised Dr. W. A. Me Phaul, county health officer, that he wdl spend Monday and Tuesday here for the purpose of getting on to how the work is done in Robeson. David son is planning to take up health work on the same scale as it is con ducted in Robeson. Superior Court Next Week. A week's term of Robeson Superior wwi ior the trial of criminal cases wdl convene Monday. Judge C. C. Lyon of Elizabethtown will preside. A German submarine sank the Brit ish hospital ship Llandovery Castle 116 miles southwest of Fastnet, on June 27, the British Admiralty an nounced Monday. The ship was i ,... a KMini frntn Canada. She uuiucnoiu v - -- carried 258 persons, including 80 Cana- dian army meaicai corps men mu female nurses. Only one boat con taining 24 survivors has reached pert. This adds another to the list of Ger many's awful crimes against civiliza tion. Robeson Soldier Drowned in For eign Waters. Mr. Kelly Johnson of the Barnes ville section was advised Tuesday by the War Department that his son Mi Elbert Pope Johnson, who belonged to the radio branch of the U. S. navy was accidentally drowned June 2o. Mr. Johnson was drowned in foreign waters and the body had not been re covered Tuesday. Veteran and Unique South Carolina Senator Died Yesterday at Nation al Capital Had Served Continuous ly 24 Years. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, who had served 24 years continuously in the United States Senate, died yester day in Washington as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage suffered last Thursday. Both Houses of Congress adjourned yesterday in honor of the deceased and the funeral party, con sisting of committees from both houses, left Washington last night for Trenton, S. C, where the funeral will be held this afternoon. Senator Till man was born in Edgefield county, S. C, in 1847. He was elected Gov ernor of South Carolina in 1890 and again in 1892. During the latter part of his service in the U. S. Sen ate he was chairman of the important naval affairs committee, in which po sition he rendered great service. He was one of the most prominent figures in the Congress. His death promises an upheaval in South Carolina poli tics, in which he had been a leader for more than a generation. He died in the heat of the senatorial primary campaign, and with Mr. Tillman elim nated the man who is considered to be the most likely of the three candi dates to win the nomination is the unspeakable Cole L. Blease. Several Gases of Smallpox Re ported. Several cases of smallpox have been reported to Dr. W. A. McPhaul, coun ty health officer, this week. W. H. Stewart, who lives corner Chipewa and First streets, Lumberton, has a case; 4 children of Hilbert Jacobs of Pembroke township, and Julius Hunt and James Lewis, both of Back Swamp township, also have smallpox. Persons who live in these commu nities and wish to be vaccinated against smallpox can get vaccinated free by seeing the county health officer. It was oi'dered that $5,000 be -rans- ferred from the salary fund to the general county fund. It was ordered that each member of the board who possibly can do o attend the meeting of the State County Commissioners association at Gastonia August 14-16. B. L. Sutton and wife, Ellen Sut ton, were placed on the regular pau per list at $3 the month each, Ann Eliza Maynor at $4 the month, Rach el Leach at $4, Lucy Ann Kinlaw at $4 the month. The regular pauper list was paid. The county board of education met of Carv are guests of Mr. and Mrs.' in regular monthly session Monday O. I. Floyd. in the ofiice of Supt. J. R. Poole. : Mr. A. B. Floyd, head of the A. C j Petitions askiRJ, for a change in L. freight depot here, has receiv.-U ; the lmes of Cedar Grove Baker's his call and will report for duty Sat- Chapel, and Gaddv districts were con urday. tinned until the frst .Monday in Au- Dr. and Mrs W. L. Person spent) for consideration, and Supt. Sunday in and near Fayetteville vis-j pook was instructed to notify the iting friends and relatives. , corTjmjttee 0f each district to he pros- Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown. Mrs. E.!fcnt at this mer.tinfr V. Mc Daniel and Mrs A F. Floyd re- Appointment of school committee turned Sunday from Jackson Springs., men m district No. 3 Alfordsvdh Mrs. A. J. Floyd and daughter, Miss;townsh white was refei.red to Mr Nell, and Miss Janie Grantham went' T pate to Jaskson Springs Sunday, where they! A special' appropriation of $100 was I will spend a few days. They were i rnade t0 the Lumoeiton graded school accompanied by Messrs. James rioju i and W. A. Ratlev Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Jones, Mr. and i Mrs. H. L. Blue, Jr., and Miss Rose i Jones motored to Laurinburg last ; Sunday. in part payment of salary for domes tics science teacher. An appropriation of $1,250 was made for the Barker-Ten Mle dis trict for building purposes, provided the trustees of this district construct ! Mr. J. V. kUbankS, wno nai Deeni ur:rl. KnilHino- rnmnlvintr connected with the Fairmont Drugi with the State requirements. This ROAD BOARD DECIDES TO RE PAIR BIG SWAMP CROSSING Impassable Place on Lumberton-Blad-enboro Road to be Put in Good Re pair at Once Bladen Has Already Built Road to the County Line Will Give Relief to a Large Section. At a special meeting of the county road board yesterday it was decided to put the Big Swamp crossing on the Lumberton-Bladenboro road in good condition at once. The chain gang will be moved to that point and other help will be employed to begin work on this road at once, it is expecteu that work will be begun by Monday of next week. This road has been in such condi tion that it could not be traveled with out great difficulty for several months and a number of Lumberton citizens went before the board and asked that the road be repaired at once. Messrs. H. C. Bridger, Sr., H. C. Bridger, Jr., and S. M. Ferguson and Postmaster A. A. Hilburn of Bladenboro were also before the board yesterday. They told of how anxious Bladen people were to have the road repaired and said the Bladen road authorities had already built the road to the county line. They told of numerous tobacco growers who wanted to sell tobacco on the Lumberton market and declar ed that the present condition of this road made it almost an impossibility. The repairing of this road will mean much to Lumberton and the people of Bladen county. Co. for some time, left today lor Washington, D. C. Americans and French Win Im portant Ground. Americans and French won import ant ground near Chateau-Thierry Mrmrlnv A counter attack made by I the Germans Tuesday was completely ! broken up. The Americans did not I give up a foot of ground which they i had captured. In their repeated as j saults against the new lines held by the Allies the Germans nave saner ed very heavy losses, at least 500 pris oners having been taken by the Amer icans and French. One entire Ger man reedment is officially reported to have been virtually annihilated. A thrilling air battle between 9 Ameri can planes and an equal number of German machines is reported from the j Chateau-Thierry sector. At least 3 German planes were destroyed while j 2 American machines failed to return i from the encounter. FREE DENTAL WORK FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN The county health board has secur ed from the State Board of Health a dentist who will spend two months in Robeson, beginning July 15, for the I urpose of doing free dental work for school children. Dates will be arrang ed for the dentist in the various sec tions of the county. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Butler and daughters. Misses Berta and Grace, and son, James, ol St. Pauls, motored Tuesday to Wrightsvill Beach, to spend a few days. Mrs. T. G. Bullard of Wilmington spent yes terday here visiting at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Pre vatt. Water street. amount is to be charged to the county building fund. An appropriation of $100 was made to district Xo. 2, white, Smiths township, for building pur poses. It was ordered that, bill of $24 be paid Freeman Printing Co. for print ing and stationery; that bill of $65 be approved for teachers' institute; that $25 be allowed for part payment for painting house in district No. 2, white, Lumberton township. Messrs. Jno. W. Smith, Herod Al len and W. D. Arnett were appointed committeemen for district Xo. 5, whi, Wisharts township. The superintendent's annual statis tical and financial reports were pre sented and ordered approved, and to be copied in the minutes. The county farm-life school was ordered re-established at Philadelphus. and an appropriation of $1,000 was made to the school. s School committeemen for 3-year terms beginning July 1 were appoint ed for a number of districts. The names will be published in Monday's Robesonian. American Howitzers Moving to France. American-built 155-milimetre how itzers are now moving to France, sup plementing the equipment of General Pershing's troops heretofore obtained from French ordnance factories. Mrs. D. R. Shaw and daughter, Mi3 Elir beth Shaw, went Tuesday to Wilmington, where they will spend several days visiting relatives and friends. DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER Optometrist Glasses Fitted by Superior MethWs Expert Knowledge of Eye Disc L (J Mob KTUaN , IM. 9