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THE ROBESONI A X ESTABLISHED 1870, SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 VOL. IXL LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 11, 1918. HIGHEST PRICES KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE. RULE! All Previous Records Broken in Prices Paid for Tobacco at Op ening of Markets Here and at Fairmont. Mr. Nathan P. Bullard Run Over and Killed by Auto Driven by Mr. Joe AtkSnson Deceased Was Leading Mule in Road Atkinson Held for Grand Jury Under $1,00$ Bond. GLENNWOOD GLEANINGS. Crops Suffering For Rain A Summer School is Expected to Begin Soon Personal and Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. . 9 m.,1 1 YEAR ADVANCB NUMBER 44 OAK GROVE LEAFLETS. OUT BARKER'S WAY. UNDER DIFFICULTIES. in are Nearly Through "Laying By'-Un-j Sunday Sshool Association Meets- cie oam is Taking Good Care of Next i His Boys Personal. r Correspondence of avuv WUMMaa i Buie, R. 1, July 8. Farmers around Small- AVERAGE AROUND 28 CENTS September Crops Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton. July 8. The North Robeson Sunday School association Plenty of Buyers on Markets and Eager for the Weed Farm ers Pleased With Prices. Pembroke, R. 1, July 8. The Fourth AT mm. i .- 1 T . -1 1 "."" - , t . i .'. - a norrible accident occurred about !UA JUI Pssea on very quietly in tnismere are almost through lav-re- hv i:rr jrn on tne ?nt z:i n r-.y needed- at Ten 5th SUnd Lvaui muuuiiy uiLernoon wnen Mr. Wa- nave ueeu uul vcj-. than P. Bullard was run Hnwr hv an ! tew nights in the last month but What a blanket (a thick one, too) didn't feel very comfortable although it has been quite different for the last few days. Well, tis raining some this after Owng to critical illness during the ; past few days in the famly of The Robesonan's linotype operator the pa per is issued today under great dffi- cultes and much news matter that ! otherwse wiuld have appeared in ti : day's paper has to be omtted. The opening of the Lumberton to bacco market Tuesday eclipsed all an ticipations of the warehousemen both in number of pounds sold and prices paid. On the opening sale 100,104 pounds of tobacco were sold at prices ranging up to $40 the hundred. The average was right around 28 fpnt the Dound. Most all the tobac automobile and killed. The automo j bile a Ford was driven by Mr. Joe Atkinson of the Oakton section. Mr. Bullard was leading a mule in the road and the mule became fright ened and pulled him in front of the automobile. The fender struck the unfortunate man on the head and the rear wheel passed over his body. Those who saw the accident sav the auto was running at fast speed when it struck Mr. Bullard. Deceased was brought to the Thompson hospital by Mr. Atkinson and died about 6 o'clock. The back of his head was lacerated and his left elbow and knee were bruised. It is thought the lick on the head caus ed death. Mr. Bullard cents tne pouuu. iuuo " u"1- i - ----- co sold Tuesday was primings and to- ck r he was struck in this section. Crops seem to be suf - It will be atSL pTulSuy F LOCAL fenng very badly for the lack of rain. I September wJllSSl Wa!,ter RZier and SL B-i Rev- J- S- Powers returned to Chat-! -License has been lsSued for It. c were uers in tins section bat-; ham countv Fridav aftr .ir. marriage of Dr. Walter L. MrRa anA urday evening. Mrs. Noah Baxley and I few days with home folks. son and; Miss. A(die Townsend and Mr. Wat- Miss Bessie Pool. Mr. h-Aecn men sav the prices paid were around $10 the hundred higher than ever paid in this section of the State before. The tobacco was about evenly di vided between the warehouses and the farmers were highly pleased with the sale. At the opening of the Fairmont market on the same day 113,000 pounds were sold at about the same average. Mr. E. J. Davis, a leading warehouseman of Fairmont, who was town yesterday, says the prices ueceased was about 67 vears nlil and is survived by his wife and sever al children. He lived about 2 miles will put everybody in better spirits Mr. Roy Lewis and sister. Miss Inez, spent last Sunday at Rennert. Mr. J. M. Hall of Red Springs pass ed through this section Saturday af ternoon. It is expected that a 2 months' sum mer school will begin at Glennwood sometime shorlty. This is to finish up the spring term. Mr. Claud Biggs and son, Mr. Eldon, were among the visitors in Lumberton Saturday. Some young folks from various sec tions came over and enjoyed a picnic the 4th of July at the Moss Neck accepted a position in the postoffice. Miss Lillian Hutchinson has ac cepted a position in the drygoods de partment oi Messrs. K. D. Caldwell & Son's store. east of Lumberton and was buildine i rond a house for Mr. L. H. Caldwell near Mr. Clarence Biggs, who had been where he was run down by the auto, stationed at Camp Jackson since last The funeral was conducted from the i September, has returned home on ac count of his health Mr. Jim Bullard of Raynham spent grave Tuesday at 2 n. m. bv Rev. I. P. Hedgepeth and interment was made in the family burying ground, near a few hours in this section Thursdav Orrum. afternoon. A coroner's inquest was held Tues-j "Farmer's wife," I certainly would day afternoon and the following ver- j enjoy reading another piece from diet was rendered by the jury : "We j you. find that N. P. Bullard came to hisi Mr. N. C. Stubbs was "a Lumberton terday and that he expected better j death from being struck by a, car j visitor Saturday afternoon. unvcii uy uue auuusuii, anu saia joej ah tumor ior mat glorious aay n.bts.iusuu was to a certain aegree ; wnen tnose nuns will throw up careless and negligent in not stop- j their hands and surrender. Our brave AT V . f n:ii i , if i i . i1 in . ! w f " will iaT j - . . C-SVt Ulrtk X1 t" A. T 1 . I I "VVIM1 1C 1. U i LOUM u noon and 1 hope there will come a daughter and her grand child from j Sundav in t ri. t SP last tor Camp Jackcon, S. C , wher he hai iui yrups are sunenng ter- Jbaurinburo1 wpre vi-sirnro of v,Q u at t , .Jr" ribly, especially the com. PerhSps it of Mr T 5 fl-"l J ll Malone of Camp Jackson is . j uv-t a. i ma evening. i . c icn uay a lunougn, luT. Miss Lillian Pridgeon is spending! Mlone is in the Dase hospital. nnQ f ; ...ul i . Mrs. R. A. Rozier nnH '-iU. Mr W H P 7 i 1 re"' Iklaster Johnson d Miss Blanch;, I Son' from my cousin Mr. Bennie Tyner, sister, Mrs. Avery Jackson,' at Coun- sold Tuesdav on HtTnmif A1,entn who is with the expeditionary forces dlion. I Kt his fi s? SriS V'StoSTaTai somewhere in France. He says he is tJU tCJST anLd ifle cent, the poundV d" 3 toMnSt" "teZr' SPCnt AhUrSday ln ane Malloy. 3-vears-old daught- th trainino- fnmr ; ty?tersviie- ; i? very 111 at a hospital in Wilmington in. training camps. Miss CharH r.,oU,m i Both Mr .nH M-j -o " 2Sr We all went to the nmrtovv r.o0- . ... , V u'fr".s ouu- 1 . aie in W II- ing at Bethany the 5th Sunday and and Mrs Kin of owrs' enjoyed ourselves to the utmost. and rhl L? g of Wilmington My sister-in-law and myself visited 11 u KW m haslT bed cancerin0! ?s are very small in this section) school certified Mr. Joe Russ wara Lumberton visi-1 x ifc ontns-old daught- mington. Twenty-four white, 24 Indians and Jb colored teachers stood the exami nation here Tuesday and yesterday. xnicc iuok. tne examination Ior high nose. ri- r j.-j.: 'J"c "us will i. TC0 ,u;::r,XiLor Saturday, also Muton and G. B. ... ... xx win . j .Powers. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the verses she sent in were copied we shall be glad to publish the beau tiful lines. Editor). on that market were even better yes- nrices today The Lumberton market has plenty of buyers thirteen in number rep resenting all the leading tobacco com panies. Several of the district super visors were here for the opening Tuesday. The buyers are: A. R, Tarry, Export Tobacco Co; H. L. Byrd, American Tobacco Co; L. D. Mills, Edmundson Tobacco Co; P. E. Wall Vpnphlp Tohacco Co: J. H. Man- grum, Imperial Tobacco Co; W. C.Mury Mr. Pink Barker and familv. Dear soldier boys, why don't you1 THOMPSON HOSPITAL NOTES write to tne dear T 1 we an miss you old Robesonian ? ! mg' letters so much. er of Mr. S. J. Starnes. Tho RK. soman's linotype operator, and Mrs. Starnes, has been critically ill for the past few days and has not been ex pected to live since early this morn- Reported for The Robesonian. Master John Coble McNeill, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McNeill, who was operated on a few days ago for gan Mr 1 V WQltoo i : i The fourth ff , fci- ZZZLZL 7 resignea 7- ' wcij- mw vusiuva witn tne L,umberton Mo- i in this section. With best wishes to the soldiers j and navy boys Ding the Car before striking him WJ and fortnnsito Knue will nnma rviarh recommend that he be held for a ing home with glad hearts and a smile I Penoi?s appendix, was able to return grand jury. on every face. Then we'll join to- The inquest was conducted by cor- j gether and sing the beautiful words oner G. E. Rancke, and Messrs. T. of "The Star Spangled Banner." A. Norment, Robt. Williams, R. O.I Miss Lessie Culbreth will leave Mr. Samuel Page, Marietta, who was operated on several days ago, is improving very slowly, but doing as Edmund, Walter Shooter. Lee Cald-! Sundav for Hamer. S. C. where she! we.11. as 5.?uld beexpected. wen ana rope Stephens composed the will spend some time with relatives Cwaltnev. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.; Mr. Valandingham, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; R. L. Kumbraugh, Wat son Tobacco Co.; T. S. McDearmon, T.lcDearman-Garrett Tobacco Co.; J. B. Ruffin. J. M. Edmundson Tobacco C?.; A. S. DeVallining, W. H. Perry, C. P. Hamlin, R. L. Knott all inde pendent buyers. The buyers all seem anxious for the tobacco. Thousands of pounds of tobacco were brought in yesterday and again today and prices remain high. On the Fairmont market you find the following buyers: S. W. Veneble, Jr., president of the Veneble tobac co Co. of Durham, also representing Dibrel Bros, and several othei-s; Mr. Carlton, representing the Monk To others: Mr. Atkinson was released under a $1.- 000 bond. RENNERT NEWS NOTES. Union Meeting Rev. ! Preaches Farewell sonal. Mr. Murray Sermon Per- before returning to her home at St. Pauls. BRIEF ITEMS WAR NEWS. The entire population on the Mur man coast (on the Kola penisular bor dering on the White Sea and the Bal tic) has broken with Russia and join- Mrs. Charlie Jones, R. F. D- 2, un derwent a very serious operation about ten days ago and is g;tting along very well indeed. Mr. H. Townsend, Lowe, who had been at the hospital three weeks suf fering with a broken leg, was able to return home Sunday. Mr. William Townsend, St. Pauls, who has been at the hospital suffer patch to Copenhagen. A supply of I n W1th &n infection of the leg, is t, c fv,Q tt44- o4-c improving rapidly. has arrived at Murmansk, -the-dispatckl-118- llhs Lawson, Orrum who, berton uiiuci vvciiv cxii yj a mvh laov yr ttn. i tor Car Co. and has volunteered as one of the 4 men called from this dis trict tO CO f.O riorvicrvr, tj - I I hP VprSPS ( innoH from ..nn-oi. Tr fol : 1 i . . ' , a niiuuiai mecnanical course paper and sent m by our Barker's for the U. S. armv correspondent with request to pub- nsn were published m The Robesoni an some time ago. Editor.) PERSONAL. Mr. F. L. Israel of R. 5 from Lum berton was in town Tuesday. Mr. "Bud" Stephens of R. 1 from Orrum was in town Tuesday. Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr. is spending the day in Raleigh on business. Mr. C. L. Johnson of St. Pauls, R. 2, was a Lumberton visitor yesterday. Mr. J. T. McLendon of R. 2 from Lumberton was among the visitors in town Tuesday. Tk Tfc 1 fm . 1 m m- m mm iir. i;avia amitn oi it. b trim Lrum- Mrs. G. P. Conoley of Earle, Ark., arrived Sunday to spend a while with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. McNeill, at Rennert. Mr. Conoley having been called to the colors on July 6 was unable to accompany her further than Memphis, Tenn. Mr. M. G. McKenzie has return ed home from a 2-week's trip to Vir ginia. He spent some time at New port News at the home of his son Mr. G. S. McKenzie, who has a position in a transport office. He also visited Petersburg, Norfolk and Ocean View and had a delightful trip Mr. R. T. Scott of Wishart town ship brought to town yesterday some adds. Rennert, July, 10. The union meet ing vas held here Friday and Satur day of last week. A large, crowd ! jyu fQ fVlo u0 i tit i vnvicii uov.u Ail v n v uuvviv vii t"v yvwii mj Ul4-i U Mivr h niTrn inirQlna hm occicronno T r The large fleet of tanks which the was in attendance r some very inspiring sermons were appendicitis and complications, is get-l ting along nicely ! town Tuesdav was among the visitors in j large tomatoes. One of them veigh- nreached. The 4th passed off very .here. Everyone seemed to that work tr.ese clays is more impor ton bacco Co. and several Price, Mr. Muyrell, Col Covington, tent thsfn pleasure J each representing several companies ; Rey A Porter a, lorn weDSter, representing n.. .j. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; R. W. Watson of the Imperial, Henry Woods of the Export. Don Gwyr.n of the American, R. P. Sartin of Liggett & Myers, also representing Jno. E. Hughesi, J. P. Taylor Tobacco Co.. and others. Fourth gave invaluable assistance to the attacking infantry. The tanks saved casualties among the infantry by mopping ana strong points in aavance nnmrnna inst.aTipp ivVsnlp manliinp m . gun crews with their rapid firers were 1 .j j and W. x. Coving- j literally ground into the earth by the n0lds and which swept over the enemy quietly realize 1 ed ! Pounds a?iri 1 onnrt Mm -tf na- -r-v r -i I .v.w u messrs. oen seaiey ana a. in. Le and their grandchildren. Masters Little Cary Kinlaw, R. F. D. 7, whot l-XZ" """'ir nvVa " miKe Center, ac- was operated on for turner of the eye, ' mTow. Eak of Greenville spent! "CO" l t0Wn yeSte reqmruig the removal of his left eye, yesterday here visitin his bro.l y . .f several days ago, was able to return if. ran tti-o I A, town ordinance makes it a " .rX.- r Tf; ! home Friday of last week. ! MrCD, m;J oense to leave an auto I v. I UlLlrlC U 111 ' m mr ana dacK P T R .Tr ! .wi.uwfuoui irumiugwu Darked or Rim sf.rppf- Kofomon Vro Alvin and Jessie Page, all L. 1 ! and 'xth, for mere than 20 minutes, fca, were operated on for aae-! Mrs. 1. t! Glover went yesterday tc I r-S- tha: loiisus recennv. DRYING SAVES FOOD. for Put Money in the Bank and For got About It. Mr. Oscar Britt of Badin was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday. Mr. Britt was recently advised that there was some money for him in the National Bank of Lumberton. He placed the money in the bank during the year 1911 and had forgotten about it. When he was advised by the bank that he had $28.24 to his credit in the bank he was agreeably surprised. Mr. Britt will move next week from Badin to his farm at Boardman. He will open a meat market there. Wilmington last wesn. rtC i;i-D cfMm TniiOI. pisses Katie B. Webster Maye An Traditions of u. S. Army w)v i rvun anu metssis. r Lixun. vuving-i Valor Sustained tin and Ernest McGoogan motored A11 the traditions of the United to Lake Waccamaw for tne 4. h. ; gtates arm for valor were brilliantly Mr. Kesler Tolar leit Saturday to ; sustained on the( Fourth in the suc- ioin tne colors. v rc . nnn .nnipv ann en inven on.. i ? ci t i mi i j I " wt V "ii mans soubn oi tne river oofflme wnen mer montns. mis may oe aone in savinsr food for use later in the winter I is bv drvinsr. or dehydrating: surplus cessful attack made against the Ger-1 fruits and vegetables during the sum- Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Graham, Missmen took their stand beside their I specially constructed apparatus, by Katie B. Webster and Mr Rowland , British cousins and fought shoulder I drying in the sun, or through cominu Davis spent Sunday at Newton Grove,; to shoulder. I tv frfc in building a laree drver guests ot Miss . Mary lou mgiam, The Americans fought like fiends,"! suitable for handling all of the mater she returning witn tnem to spena a declared one British staff officer.' iai sent in by the various cooperating while. . "tViav Hirl nil nf that. Thev were ! ivUnolo s- , 1 J? 1 1 ' " " iiiumuuum uite a numuer oi uui pjyic j magnificent and folks at home may Pamlico, S. C, where she will spend ; oh Thir',1 r r-oCnV- STXT , ', . . , ,. 1 ana inird practically all vesterda two weeks visiting relatives. ;,fM.rftf,r H. n- o9 ' 1 tit- iiT j t , ,j. -n arcernoon. now come: Misses Olhe and Pearl Colfon will . arrive here tomorrow night to spend , 7Tlne annual meeting of the stock several days visiting their aunt, Mrs. holders and directors of the National One of the most economical ways of j M. Beverly. , ""n -uin o. was new in the office Mrs. A. P. Dickens ani children "l neie yruy- ob Biscoe are visiting Mrs. Dickens! M- Bfcster was re-elected preai-brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and dfn and Mr. A. P. McAllister was re Mrs. T. W. Bullosk. I elected secretary-treasurer. The reg- Miss" Helen Bruton of Columbia, S. ular quarterly dividend was declared. C, is the guest at the home of her Mr. A. E. Fleming of R. 2 from brither-in-law and sister, Mn. and Conway, S. C, who was recently call Mrs. F. P. Gray. She arrived Tues-! ed to the colors and went to Camp been attending the McClendon meet mgs at Red Springs be proud of the part their boys took m this unique fourth of July celebra Rev. Mr. Murray preached his lastition in the shell torn valley of the Superior Court. From a special venire of 60 men a jury was selected this morning to try Joe Ross, colored, on the charge of killing another negro near Wakulla some 6 years ago. Judge C. C. Lyon of Elizabeth tiwn is presiding at the term if Robe, son Superior ciurt which began Mon day. The grand jury, of which, Mr. l D. McCall was chairman and Mr. E- B. Paul officer, made its report yesterday. Disposition has been made of a number of cases. sermon Sunday p. m., much to the re gret of his many friends here. Al though we dread to give him up we feel that he can serve his country bet ter by going. Our good wishes go with him. Remember the Wednesday night prayer services. They are very help ful indeed. Sleep-Walker Strolled Through Second-Story Window. Ellis E. Jr., 9-year-old son of Mr. E- E. Page of the Tar Heel section, broke his right arm just above the yrist Monday night when he walked in sleep through a window on the sec ond floor of the Page home. He says ne thought he was passing through a screen door when he went through the window. 18 Colored Registrants Will be Sent to Camp Dix. Eighteen colored registrants will e sent from Robeson district No. 1 w Camp Dix, N. J., Wednesday of next week. Miss Gertrude Morris and Mr. W. L. Parham Were Married Last Evening Miss Gertrude Morris and Mr- W. L. Parham were married last eye nine at 8 o'clock at the home of Miss -I - - n.U. 11 C;nkf tfraat Pou Dr. Chas. I. Greaves, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiated. Only a few friends and relatives of the contracting parties witnessed the marriage. Both bride and groom are very popular and have many friends. The groom is assistant bookkeeper in the office of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son and the bride has held a position as saleslady in the Caldwell store for some time. They left on the night Seaboard train for WnghtsvMle Beach, where they will spend some time, after which they will be at home to their friends here. winding Somme. They were fighting over ground which had already been stained with the blood of thousands of brave soldiers, but no better troops ever charged across the rolling fields than the poineers from the American army." An Example Worthy of Emula tion. Charlotte Observer. Robeson county has set an exam ple worthy of emulation by other counties and towns which fell short of their quotas in the recent War Savinyi? stamp campaign. That coun ty will simply continue the drive un til its auota is reached. In the case of the War Savings and Thrift stamps, every day and week in the year is "niien season." and they can be hmiirht at anv time. There is no other plan of saving money in smail amounts lihat combines the benefits of thrift and saving with lending a substantial aid to the government in financing the war. It is simply sav ins' vour monev in small amounts and loaning it to the government at good interest. 2 Indians t0 Camp Greenleaf. ,nQeorgLe and Williford Locklear, In oiana of the Saddletree section, left yesterday f0r Camp Greenleaf, Ga., tOT en called into the army by in local exemption board. Kinston Boy Dies of Wounds in France. In the army casualty list reported by Gen. Pershing Tuesday, private Jos. D. Rountree of Kinston was men tioned as having died of wounds. Mr. W. C. Brown of Fairmont is lucky in the fact that this year he niontoH 7K SMTOA of tobacco Judging from the prices for which it is selling, he will make some "good money. Dr. Edward A. Rumely, vice presi dent and treasurer of the Mail & Ex press Co., publisher of the New York Evening Mail, was arrested in New Yorkj, Monday night chrgfed Vith perjury in a report to A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian. Tho Attorney General charged that the German government paid to Rumely in several transactions connected with the purchase of the Mail $1,361,000 and that in making a report to the alien nroDefty custodian Rumely fail ed to disclose his relation with Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador, and Dr. Heinrich F. Albert, commer cial attache of the German Embassy Drvine offers a solution of the high price of containers and lack of stor age space. It also allows the fr 't or vegetables to retain their original nutriment and payability when brought back to the original state lat er in the winter. Complete informa tion on this subject may be had by dropping a card to the Division of Horticulture, Agricultural Extension Service, Raleigh, N. C Fayetteyille May Get Small Arms Cantonment. Representative Godwin has been assured that Fayetteville will land one of the biggest Government pro jects yet established in North Caro lina. The War Department is sur veying a lot of land there with a view of establishing a school of arms. For ty or fifty engineers began work there the other day and it is under stood that from 30,000 to 40,000 acres of land will be bought for approxi mately $4000,000.The Washington cor respondent of the Charlotte Observer wrftps his naner that if the camp is es tablished it will provide for about 12,000 men. Secretary Baker on several occasions has told Senators Overman and Simmons and others that if any more camps were con structed in the South Fayetteville should have one. Colored Teachers Institute. The Robeson county colored teach er's Institute will be held at our school, beginning July 22, and con tinue for two weeks. All teachers Hooirino- ncrnmmndation at the school can secure the same for $7.00 for the two weeks. W. H. KNUCKLES, Principal of the Thompson Institute 7-ll-2t. day. Mrs. M. Beverly and small sons, Masters Edward, Jack and Ernest, returned Monday night from Wades boro, where they spent several days visiting relatives. Mrs. E. J. Britt returned last week Jackson for training, has been hon orably discharged on account of physi cal unfitness and is visiting in the home of his uncle and aunt, Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Fleming, near Lumberton. Mr- E. J. Davis, one of the best- known tobacco warehousemen of Fair- from Clinton, where she spent some,mont was a Lumbertin visitor yester time visiting relatives, bhe was ac-j day. He was accompanied by his companied by Miss Maude Britt, who will spend some time here visiting relatives. Mrs. J. W. Morris and small son, Jack, have returned to their home at Wadesboro after spending some time here visiting relatives. They were accompanied by Mrs. Morris' sister, Miss Mattie Ammons, who will spend some at Wadesboro. THE RECORD OF DEATHS. Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Prevatt of Smyrna Section. Reported for The Robesonian. . . . W. Mr. Hihert Leerirett of R. 3 from Lumberton was in town Monday after noon. Tillman. 22-months-okl child of Mr and Mrs. J. W. Prevatt of the Smyrna section, died Monday night. The child had been sick of colitis, but was thought to be improving when pneu monia set in, and death ionowea. ine funeral was conducted from the resi dence Tuesdav evening at 6 o'clock hv. Rev. J. M. Fleming, pastor oi Smyrna church, and interment was made in the new family cemetery not far from the home. son. Mr. t . r. Davis, who is super visor of sales for the Fenner Tobac co Co. of Rocky Mount in this dis trict, and Mr. J. M. Edmunds, a tobac co buyer of Danville, Va. Mr. C. A. Gregory, district super visor of the Export Leaf Tabacco Co , will make Lumberton headquarters during the tobacco-selling season. He will visit the Lumberton, Fairmont, Clarkton and Lake View, S. C., mar kets. Mr. Gregory made Lumberton headquarters during the last selling season and made many friends here who welcome him back. Tillman's Successor. Gov. Manning has appointed Chris tie Benet, a large lawyer of Colum bia, to serve the next six months of the late Senator Tillman of South Carolina. Under South Carolina law an aoDointment to the Senate is limit ed to six months and a Senator will have to be elected to fill out the re maining two months. Mr. Benet, ,who is 38 years old, had planned to seek a place in the judge advocate general's department of the army overseas. Reduction in Prospective Wheat Harvest Corn Harvest Promis es to Be Large. A reduction of 40,000,000 bushels in the prospective wheat harvest was shown Tuesday in the Department of Agriculture's July forecast, which is 891,000,000 bushels, compared with 931,000,000 bushels forecast in June. Deterioration during June reduced the prospective winter wheat crop by 30, 000,000 bushels and the spring wheat crop by 10,000,000. Wheat remaining on farms July 1 is estimated at 8,283, 000 bushels. The corn harvest promises to be the largest on record, with a total of 3, 160,000 bushels as forecast for the first time this season by the Govern ment. The acreage is almost five per cent smaller than planted last year, the total being 113,835,000 acres. DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER Optometrist Glasses Fitted by Superior Methods Expert Knowledge of Eye Diseases LUMBERTON, N. C. t 1 i
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