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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY. GOrf AND TRUTH LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1918 $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANC1 NUMBER 47 F- . . VICTORIES FOR ALLIES CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY RED SPIDER DAMAGING COTTON IN ROBESON Over 60-Mile Front Allied Troops Are Fighting With Determination That Brooks No Denial Further Inden tations Made in German Line. FAYETTEVILLE GETS CAMP. Mr. O. M. Britt Reports Many Plants Blasted by Red Spider Dry Weath er Favorable to This Pesl fe lt Will Be Largest Camp of Its SortjfDeath and Funeral ... In the Country and Will Embraced Some 100,000 Acres. P SVPttpvi Id Vl!3 houn colocrt-Qrl oc ll vy. iTi. nriLL. WHA A novo roc cot' ; w. "-iu uLiiici v Laiuu i.y ... . i.u . 1 eral farms ronnrtc i-u j :j War DeDartment. In makinc Thurs- Virtories ioi nie auisu aims m ' . vivo wiai, me ieu symet i 0 n ' : 1 , . - .J i. 1- . 1 1 J- M '-. n 1 .cr.i Over ia IJiayms navoc in some cotton fields Uii tms uennrte announcement, iore-r-"epunaence 01 The Kobesoman France continue to multiply Soissons to Rheims the allied trm Uuted by mS and mT hS?I a pie.entauve h m were saddened " ;,.Um , n Horm naHnr rtaf , Vy "gnraing, and Mr. tfritt : Quoted Assistant Seeretarv of Warki 60-mile front running from ! Wherever this pest gets in its work ; cast in Washington dispatches a few are fighting with a determination that says he hs fund quoted Assistant Secretary of War brooKS no uemai ui wu. cnun-a. .uu ravages. He has notirpd it- Hanrliv luvve" a stating mai it woum oe tne the Germans steadily are giving; work in fi w Howellsville St largest camp of its sort yet estblish mound, though stubborn resistance isjp.ni, a t .mK,L" "1 Ii ; tt. uumuciLUii uiwi sr iris. cu ill Liie i,r M,tJu . .hs r.nar. mis PARKTON PARAGRAPHS. ROZIER NEWS ITEMJ OCAL NEWS Belle Walker Revival Begins To morrow Night Hail Does Some of Mrs. Hattie Welcome Rain Tobacco Light Per sonal Mention. Damage Oit of Flour of News. -A Variety I Parkton, July 19. Our town and may morning by the news that Mrs TIT 1 1 waiter r.ad diea at 4 nVWlr Mf The town auto license numbers for the year 101S-1'J19 have arrived. Mr. Jesse If organ of Benson has accepted a position as salesman in Grantham Brothers drug store. Red Cross jars for receiving con tributions have been placed in all We are having a good shower of have some ehanm. tn ,t Z .; rain this afternoon and it is so re-;lent appeal. r i ...... mm irpsmnrr w.-p r-tnL n-i ro ,., 1.,. i I ho ramiUr On W-frin(a. ...... f Ll r 1 . J Iicial to humanit.v as w l na tho w.ru.i1'1 i-uni Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rozier (Lumberton, R. 2), July 18. toerton meetines Dresden ami .fen- tation. and therefore we wpU tha' "P. iJlon K11,'s WT Welne min fnv ; i j" ZC1Z 1,1 ' ud or last week. The usual quar- ared. nrr ntterpfl On SOllie sectors. I rpi. j ? i . . ucwt, r i iue isa sniaers can.n nn the unrior i jn ;n u 0.1.-. i a a a a Further goodly sized indentations side of leav'e thousands of tVm to -Ti l 1 u . have been made in the German line ; the leaf and tk . 0 smaU that' men WlU be located in the cantonment between Soissons and Cnateau Thierry the hard to 'see with the naked ! and that the area of the camp proba. hv the American and French trooos PVP c ! ui m u -iaaaaa J 1 Ll f ail H-e rains; made bv the1 y?" . bly wl11 embrace 100.000 acres. A- rml 1C in the r 5 dr he orth ! In a Rews, ltem in the Charlotte Ob- bout 75 men have been employed for XZ Varne ard toward the viSy 1 dF week ir was stated ' some tin:e in king the survey. of the Marne and tow aid rne vicinuj that the red snider is Hnir.o- PAsiri-i This i aioai m,tn,.v J. Vo. of Rheims have been blotted out un- erable da m Mk W ! etteville Tkt r year, but plans were sud- changed and the proposed camp larlotte. Since then Fay- been quietly at work, no . v. . u T ; .; 1 : ... : i . i. j i T Poric his been reoantured hv 7 Vc UUSCIV(:l iwaa yuuuuij ueizig given until cue estau- eu3t v "I lvonL fn! aSst 5mil ; qu.?tes Mr" Mlller fuither follows: i iishment of the camp there became as- the r rencn tioups aim ""1U51 As n nrpvont-mn IVTy TVTill f'HPlT M c 1 . . . . " UttI UI IMSr VAAV ' na Hattie Belle Walker. Wn Mv, 9?' St ! 1C nas been so dry that the terlv diviHpn(is . I 11881. anrl rfoo-J ivTJ i7r t:., TX' "ie plants were suttenng. - . . ' . . hmo' 7, liiC t, Uonner tahsuvn seems tn u Jiessrs. Kobert Mclntvm nnH R., der of the day and nijrht with most inompaon lett Friday for Sa- aer we burg county. Mr. Charles E. Miller, a camp last C1X ' renre,ents I fI?'8 f a demonstrator, ; denly ., Utt-" : :C: 1 rQ X , ary weather is tavorable ; went to CI tne point m u V1" ""'I to tins pest and wet weather unf av-1 etteville has ,ermans nau uiiveu men ncai- 1 nrj,h o t it tu ru . ; taneously the village ot Brasles, two miles eastward and the heights to the north of the village fell into their Acting in harmony with the move ment on Chateau-Thierry, American and French troops northwest of the city struck the Germans another hard blow, broke through the German lines and drove through at some points more than three miles. Large numbers of prisoners were taken and the machine As a prevention Mr. Miller recom-i sured. mended that all poke-weed, jinson weed, cockleburs, blackberry vines and Jerusalem oak be destroyed. Clover and beans near the cotton also harbor this insect, he said. "As a means of controlling the spread of the red spider, Mr. Miller said all shedding leaves should be pulled from the cotton stalks, satu rated with kerosene oil and burned. Stalks in the row on both sides of the infected spot should be pulled to pre- SUGAR FAMINE IMMINENT. Asia, tnus beinc ;s7. venrs aM ro ceased united with the M. E. church at the ajre of 11 years at Clio, S. C : was married to Mr. . A. M. Walker February 9, 1899. To this union five children were born, and all survive, four sons and one daughter, as fol lows: John B., Sarah May, Wilmer, A. M. Jr., and Claud. Mrs. Walker was taken suddenly with typhoid fe ver about a week or ten days ago and while the family physician with the aid of a trained nurse rend ere. ) tVi - best of attention, yet all seemed in vain. Deceased was one of the of women, a consecrated Christia true and devoted wife and affectionate mother. After her marriaere she an the farmers in this section nov wnere tney have accept- The weed is bringing a good p ice fd PSit,ons with the Central of but we hear lots 0f the farmers say. : treorla Railway Co. ing that it does not weigh as much as; Town Clerk and Treasurer ra B 11 uia last year. ; iownsend has moved his oih e iitt Mr. w. S. Kozier and sister, Miss cew municipal building, urpie, spent feunday with friends ar:.! and Second streets. Tii relatives in Fajretteville. Mr. and Mrs.'D. F. Britt and famliy and Mrs. Nancy Britt spent Sunday at Dublin, Bladen county, at the ti me of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smith. Mr. o the corner Sim e new hllild-n.r 1 1 . , s urt oeeu completed. License has been issued for the marriaere of J. W. Addington and halhe May Austin: Fijank Barnes and Emma Barnes: John Paul Lwu V . ., H!.l . Mi. 11 ! 'v--"vu owu , triina ot the ainea iroous nwiauv von). Bny,aj tu v,u v, mowed down the Germans who endea-1 sprayed with ready-made lime and vored to stay their progress. To thesuIphur 0ne gallon of thig solution north, along the Ourcq valley thej,should be mixed with 5Q gallons of French are making good progress to-; water ward the important junction town of, Mr Britt this t wag noticed Nanteuil-Notre Dame while the op- in some sections of Robeson some 8 erations south and southeast of Sois-iyears ag0 He understands from men sons are keeping time with those along who have had experience with it that the other parts of the fronts. the red spider doeg not ollow itself The entire southern bank of the , and spread from year to year, as the Marne having been cleared of enemy M weevi, doe but it is exceedingly forces, French, British and Italian destructive where it strikes. troops now are narrassing tnose wuiu North Carolina Will Be Practically Out of Sugar Within 30 Days Un less Maximum Ration is Cut. SUGAR SHORTAGE ACUTE. Utmost Economy Must Be Used By All Consumers. That North Carolina will be prac tically out of sugar within thirty days unless consumers cut their consump tion to much less than the maximum ration of three pounds per person per month, is the startling announcement made Friday by Food Administrator Henry A. Page, following telegraphic correspondence with the Washington office on the sugar situation. In issuing certificates to wholesal- hest1 m Mr,3" .Ernest Kinlaw and and Rachael A. Rhyne oest family 01 Barkers section spent the Mr T v R-.. ' , D , n a week-end with Mrs. Kinlaw's parents, hpZ":J , v La ; Bn" ,of aate Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McDonald. fclSP t th it.. c. ar:n c tr l 1 1 united with the Baptist church, first ;; " " 'i! ?t"tl from Lum- tnrs in tnun 1 umay. ivir. Britt sold his second rm- 1 A y ing of tobacco on the Lumhertnn mar. Maxton and since moving to tis home of his brothir-inlaw and sister, ket for 540 the hundred, neighborhood held hdr membership r)r and Mrg R G Roz5er- ' -Henry Addison, colored, was ar- Baptist church of our town Mr. and Mrs. D. Z. Wooten and Life- nested yesterday by Sheriff R. E. B Titf wasT the only daughter of tte son Samuel, 0f Fayetteville are fw and Rural Policeman A. H. Mr and Mrs. J. T. Iwis e extend: snending this week here at the home ' " the charge of stealing sincere sympathy to the bereaved of Mrs. Wootena brother Mr. W gj goods from Mr. L. H. Caldwell's store, famdy in this sad hour. The funeral i Rozier . He was placed in jail R?ounTCifn? athtreSidTvfn! -J' G. Kozier and little son J Miw Carrie Mae Hedgepeth left .... . v. i . . . .j Kifr-'. i-rf 1 ' cnorir nj. . i r . I-1 . o . . t r r v n ... v - - .. i 1 1 j T 1 ....i.uiu, i.., ... titaui.a; lu . V - . ..y ivt .lew X Ul n., WllCie SMe Will I win take dav. Jnlv A A hv Rev I T. W-lnc 1 , . assisted hv Rev J K nrnf cvmT'T. , . . ! XV" a special course m piano - . - 1 Knra rnnrpmnr i en-n nnn Mr .np aw nmnaniAH Kir ii. ...,., Kir the Presbyterian church W Rev. W, 'oi Kritton oaMed uirouih Sh ?! BH SwSS !Zig?5. hlL'Ll Uecttoo Wednesday thi, neek. ; ry joinin2 her at Hamlet. "" lliauc III LUC IT ill K- I MP 1 ov PnHur onri OAn Mr ers and retailers the sugar division ers were: A. M. Blount, Collier Cobb, during July has been issuing certifi- A. H. Perry, Leon Perry, T. B. Mc- cates up to one hundred percent of the ton cemetery. A very large crowd of, np , "A "JSUTw Kea. hross ork ro?ms sorrowing friends and delatives at-! pa Jf' K h" ' ' ' orrr3 .TV. j . o A r7- ' 1 "" ucauquarteis. w nen me orders wi;a friends m South Carolina. are received the ladies will be advised Mrs. E. E. Herring, who spent some through The Robesonian time here at the home of her parents, . . . T . TJfra onH Mrs T 17 rot- via rafurnan . n. i . nauii UH tenaeo. ine tiorai orterings were numerous and beautiful. The pallbear- Neill. The estimated requirements given by mer-1 from out chants on their statements. All cer tificates have not been issued yet, not withstanding the overtime working of a force of more than thirty clerks in the sugar division, but a partial tal -ulation indicates that certificates have been issued for very nearly double the apportionment of sugar in North Carolina for the monthr of July. This means that no certificates will be is sued for August at all unless add i-1 ie following were present; to her home at Cit Point Va., last 'hlh ISfZJ, of town: Mr. and Mrs. W. rooir Washington, where Mr. McLean s tir west of Rheims and they have be.?n forced to fall back in the Courton wood the Ardre valley and near St. Euphraise notwithstanding their des perate resistance. The number of British operating with the allied forces in this reerion is not known. The first announcement that they were in the,To tke Editor of The Robesonian aCIlUIl was iliauc wam.uuj ?J doubtless they represent a portion of The sugar situation has become ex the great' reserves that everywhere j tremely serious. The following in are being brought up along th battle ; structions have been received from line in an endeavor to make secure the State food administrator: the victories already won and e uarge I 1. "Urge them. j the use of sugar by all consumers With the capture of Cnateau-Thier-i 2. "Urge the canning of fruits ry an dthe fast progress of the French ' without sugar and Americans eastward firom the j 3. '-Police the distribution of su northern sectors, the plieht of the ear risridlv and effectivelv. Oermans in the southwestern part 01 : 4 the Soissons-Rheims salient becomes ; for increasingly hazardous ana it is ot i and preserving in excess of two and county food administrators C. Lewis and family and Mr. Mal- comb McQueen of Hopewell, Va.; C. T. Jernigan of Clio, S. C; Fred Dunn of Marvin; Messrs. Will and John McCormick and sister, Miss Lucy, of Laurinburg; Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Walk er, Wiley Walker, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Cobb and Hector McLean of Maxton; W. M. Bowden and son and daughter, )arid and Lula, of Wakullah. The revival meeting at the Pres- week Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brisson who live r time will be taken up for some time by his duties as one of the directors of tional sugar is available from the j byterian church will commence here markets for this State. ; next Tuesday nieht. Preaching will 3f Dn!o .rlc.;- Rricnn'o ' 1 UULIL'S a3 UHB Ol mother, Mrs. Annie Holder, recently. I ?fnnGo vr War S"00 corP?r" Mr. and Mrs. Joe Campbell of Bin- jfiS?. JrSLft!! & ' nert visited friends in this section re- KKSiJ Y ' cently. ' of Wasmn?ton. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jones of St.! Mr. W. H. Parnell, who lives on Pauls spent Tuesday afternoon withithe Big swamp, 9 miles from Lum- relatives in this vicinity. i berton on R. 5, was in town Friday Several in this section are attend- apd told of finding the other day in ing the protracted meeting at"" SL hog pasture a 6-foot alligator. He Pauls this week. I kllled the alligator but a Georgia gopher which he tound some I weeks Administrator Page instructed coun-1 be done by Dr. J. J. Hill of Redlvi, Oo. c n (w. am he is keenin?. Mr. A the public is cordially in- r e ported a fine rain in his section Thurs- Jackson. Jas. Dial, Indian, ot rt. L irom ! Pvif.r.r as a former, hut. cotton and Lumberton, who was in town this t0'oaor-o are fine morning, vises The XJJ Luck a the chicken that lives worm oanipson, v iiu wtts uicncu x. ! day night. Corn, he savs. is the sor riest he has seen in his 44-vears ex- Kiirne rr. - the utmost economy in I ty food administrators today that no Springs and further sales of 25 pound lots ot ; vited sugar for canning and preserving pur- j The boy scouts left this morning poses would be made without the spe- j numbering some twenty odd, for vic cific authority of county food admin-! tory Lake, near Fayetteville, where istrators. Heretofore the first 25 1 they will spend the day and night. 'rorbid the saie of any sugar pounds have been sold upon certifi- Of course the bovs call it a ''hike" but ny purposes, including canning ' cates not requiring the approval of several wasons to carry their necessa- Claxton, Ga.. last week for evading xcess of two and cnuntv food administrators Emoha-iries were in the nrocession. The hovs the draft from Robeson, was sent to improbable that when stock is finally five pound lots: except upon certifi- j sis will also be placed upon the keep-Expect a good outing. They will Camp Jackson, S. C, instead of to a taken large numbers of prisoners and , cate approved by the county food ad-! ing of accurate records of sales of spend some time bathing and 'fishing camp in Georgia, as has been stated, quantities of guns and war stores will . ministrstor." . ! sugar in whatsoever quantities bv re- and of course will eat a little, and Dial was at Claxton last week and 1-J? 1J 1 I A 1 A 1 . 1 i . . . - oe rouno to nave oeen wkb ; iw- Approved certificates will ho placed tailers. All retailers are required to ainea troops. Aviators continue u, : m rne nanus ot township tood admin- sell sugar onlv to their reguiai cus- will sleep under the pavillion and re- got the local board there to agree to turn home Saturday sometime. They send Sampson to iamp jacKson, wirere to be more than 14 years old, consid ering the fact that preachers and oth er folks "like to eat them. Mr. W. F. Baxley of R. 5 from Lumberton, who was in town Saturday, says he had a hen to die just lie down and die last week and that hen passed her 4th birthday since March. Mr. - - ' " j " - ...... M ' I t.i.Xi j . v- i -JVlSU . w ill J w -- - - v vww t UU1 11 AAV ill V JCl.'UiUU kJVAAA'wWi.iii.', - 4 v- " A i j -1 p Oil L i CIS S i G ' m, Xl iW. 1 lend assistance to the troops of Gen- istrators and these requiring sugar for 1 tcmers and to limit such customers had all kinds of rations, both cooked he wanted to go, Sampson agreeing R i t'h h( ' . ' d i ' ana raw material, irying pans aim vy STI ' nZTZ er and never gave up the task of fur- eral Foch scouting the bacK areas and ; canning purposes in excess of the ! tc not exceeding three pounds per per harassing the retreating uermans i quantities above mentioned may rro-.son per month. Any with their machine guns. rsotaoie : cure the tomnship food ad- H. E. STACY, County Food Administrator. Lumberton, N. C, July 22, 1918. work has been done by American In-1 cate from their dians for Gen. Pershing s men, the , muustrator. aborigines taking a prominent part i characteristic western fashion in scouting in the Marne region. In none of the other theatres ex cept the Soissons-Rheims saber, is Girl Accidentally Kills Sister-ia-there any fighting of great moment in progress. The British in Northern 1 Law at Fayetteville. France and Flanders are continuing ! XT . t ,, their daily patrol encounters and tak- J"Z - L ing prisoners while the guns of both!1""1?" " C jT h. T J- attempts at stew kettles, and blankets and a little , iouna uonnie uxenume, sun ui naa.. . , . f . - . ,vav of p,rg.s un nfrps!flrv snnrnvpii pp-.-titi. , hnarrimop hv either riealers nr enr.-snrn. aacc nnntot phanuo hnt wi rphirn ' VJxenQine OI i elliurun.e. unuci a.icst ... i I i i i 14.:. ers will be severely punished. In addition to requesting all con- til last snrinp-. when her health failed broke, of course. I at Claxton as a deserter out ne wir hen usually hatched two Mr v. R rinnle onah er nf the ed Chairman Jonnson of the local , , , 'x. sumers of sugar to cut their consump-! Bank of' Parkton, is spending this i board here and got Oxendine released,) mothered many chickens while on non ot su?ar to ine lowest dossiuil' i week- wit.n re at.ives in iipnr? a. us ma ancji. the Germans and the British are ko?p ing up their reciprocal bombardment WANTED ON MURDER CHARGE 2 Negroes Arrested at St. Pauls Wanted in Pittsburg, Pa. Ben Rowland and Buck Dunmare, colored, were arrested at St. Pauls Saturday at the request of officials at Pittsburg, Pa. According to the tele gram requesting their arrest, they are wanted on the charge of murder, he arrest was made by Policeman M. P. Jsewton of St. Pauls and Rural Po liceman C. L. Beard. They were brought to jail here to await the ar rival of officials from Pittsburg. U-Boat Sinks 3 Barges Off Cape Cod. ed in the head by the accidental dis charge of a shotgun in the hands of a young sister-inlaw of Mrs. Nason at the Nason home in the Holt-Wil-liamso nmill community, Sunday af ternoon, staate a dispatch from Fay etteville. The .deplorable accident occurred as a party of young people were dispers ing after taking a number of kodak pictures in which members of the party represented Red Cross nurses and other war characters, two of the young people holding guns in the pic ture. One of the guns was borrowed fro m aneighbor and was supposed to be unloaded until the Nason girl playfully pulled the trigger. The dead woman, who was about 50 years old, leaves a husband and one grown son quantity, Mr. Page is requesting thati Mr. W. T. Thompson and small son, all fruits be canned without sugar, j Ray, were Baltimore visitors this The sugar to be added when the fruits week. are consumed and the sugar situation; Miss Maud McKinnon of Charlotte is easier. The drying and canning of ! is on a visit to relatives in town. fruits is advocated in preference to preserving, which requires consider able quantities of sugar. as his arrest was due to an erroi Dial says crops are fine in the sec tions of Georgia he visited. He re turned home Friday. earta. Deserters Taken to Camp Sam Bell, Indian, was arrested Sat urday by Rural Policeman A. H. Pre vatt on the charge of desertion. He was taken to Camp Jeckson yester day. Joe Pittman, Indian, and Ed AI1 enemv anhmnrmo nttfiAlreH a tnw j j.u i . , . w eu (jll tile ciutigc uj. ucsci nun num rL e2f easternmost point of Cape ; the army, were also taken to Camp oa, Mass., yesterday, sank three marges, set a fourth and their tug cm fire and dropped four shells on the mainland Tho oti" . i v, UVViVll IWOl.'.U Ull Jackson yesterday. The three were taken by Rural Policeman J. H. Car per of Rowland. Rural Policeman W. W. Smith of Maxton also carried hour and was unchallenged except for four deserters to Camp Jecksoi-. yes two hydroplanes from the Chatham I terday. station which circled over the U-boat,1 ' SX!f5 .her to submerge, for only aFree Dental Treatment for School Tn. appear and resume nring the crews nf tho tAr i,1imi,..m At nd including three women and five Carolinians in Casualty Lists. Private William A. Elkins of Fay etteville and Sergeant Thomas Duncan Holcomb of Union, S. C, were report ed severely wounded in the army cas ualty list Friday. Private Wm. E. Peloubet, , Jr., of Asheville, engineer corps, was killed recently in France. Killed in action: Corporals Jesse D. Gillespie, Central, S. C; Jean Ken dall, Elkville, N. C. Died of disease: Private Arnold Doe, Jackson, S. C. Died from accident: Private Sam Johnson, Kathwood, S. C. Wounded severely: Corporal Jack Hicks, Canton N. C; Private Charlie Beck, Durham, N. C. Notice of New Advertisements. Rook that should be in every home Call issued for 10,000 " Limited r j. T. Nors worthy. Farmers warehouse, iaKe view, Service" Men. Prize-winning article Bank of Off For Camp 80 Registrants Hancock. Eighty white and Indian registrants from Robeson district No. 1 wil en train Wednesday of this week for Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. The names of those who will go to camp were published in a recent issue of The Robesonian as men to be called between July 22 and 28. They have been notified to report to the local board in Lumberton at 11 a. m. Wed nesday and will be entrained that evening. Mr. W. E. Alley, assistant cashier,! is on duty at the Bank this week. Miss Louise uarns, who has oeen A ,, ro iocll(ia Oohirv Kr tW on an extended trip to Goldsboro, . marsvian general for 10,000 i Pembroke. ... , . Freemont and other places returned JS uaUfied for Jim- Three valuable things free-Plant-home the first of the week and re-i-. , nrv aprviee Thev will en- ers Bank & Trust Go. ports a fine time, but says she was 1 29 aAugust M Have a Rhome of your own-Firat much grieved when she visited where - f, SvTacuse recruitine camp at: National Bank. the hail storm played havoc with the ! fJJYT di-i Georgia cottage, Wrightsville crops up there. She says the crops are iV, 33 States and the Dis. Beach. trict of Columbia. North (jaronnasi allotment is 150; South Carolina's 50. j almost a complete failure in that neghborhood. Just a week ago our own neiehborhood was visited by a large hail storm, streak about a mile, wide and about three miles or more suffered considerably. The worst to suffer were on the McCormick and McArtin farms. Mr. W. L. Stanton and Griffin Bros, also suffered to a great extent. Mr. G. W. Bullard of Charlotte came in on a visit this week and brought with him one of the largest Collier dogs you ever saw, or ever will see, and the dog was rambling and got lost from his owner and was met by Mr. G. W. Wiler on his way over to town Wednesday. George, mis understanding the countenance of the large brown dog, was near some oat stack and he made a dash to climb one of those twelve foot poles, and the second trial succeeded and there he remained for some time scared toj Save your stomach Pope Drug Co. Liberty Warehouse, Lake View, S. Purchasing W. S. S. Slowly. Postmaster D. D. French says that if people living about Lumberton sub scribed to buv many War Savings and Thrift stamps during the month of; Juiv they are purchasing the stamps very slowly. TOBACCO PRICES STILL SOARING Long Children. in escaped amid the shell fire! "J lifeboats. Several were wounded, nut only one seriously. Death Con- Quentin Roosevelt's firmed. -..ft1 aviators have dropped a Jte mto American aviation camps Q"lnJ? the death of Lieutenant viuentm Roosevelt. The teeth of 103 school children in the county were treated last wee1: by Dr. J. D. Turner of Oxford, who be gan last Monday as a part of the health work of the county a campaign of free dental treatment for children. Dr. Turner will be at Marietta today and tomorrow, at St. Pauls Wednes day, Thursday and Friday, and in Lumberton Saturday. The people are taking advantage of this free dental work. Mrs. Andrew Britt, Near Branch, Died Yesterday. Mrs Andrew Britt, aged 25 years, died at her home near Long Branch yesterday morning at 2 o'clock. She had been in ill health for some time. Her husband and several children survive. Jacob W. Laney, a Union county farmer, fired a pistol ball into his right temple at his home near Peach land Wednesday and died that night at a hospital in Charlotte. Melan cholia and ill health were assigned as the cause for the act. death and afraid to run. George now thinks he will volunteer and join the navy, says he thinks he can climb poles satisfactorily. Postmaster Collier Cobb was on the Lumberton tobacco market this week, also Mr. W. R. Ivey, and they agree the prices were satisfactory, and they both have some very fine weed. Mr. J. B. McCormick advises us that both of his sons, John D. and Pemberton. have sailed for other shores, also Mr. Herman Cashwell. The following men of our town went up to Rateigh Sunday and en listed in the navy: Carl Lancaster, Albert Currie, James T. McNatt. Our town will soon be minus many young men. We miss them more and more. Mayor F. N. Fisher, P. H. Fisher and T. W. Thompson were Fayetteville visitors this The price of leaf tobacco continues the highest in the history of tobacco growing in Robeson county. It is ex pected that muc htobacco will be sold on the Lumberton market this week, as the recent rains have put the weed 1 in better order. Program at Pastime theatre. Loraine range L. H. Caldwell. Special prices Lumberton Bargaif House. Small home wanted. Rye flour J. T. Biggs. Pure milk C. B. Tomlinson. Join the crowds at Jennings' Beach. making their trip in the former's new car he purchased in Richmond and drove through the country home. It some friend would ad vis i where I could purchase some biscuits I would mount my "Magnolia" and make a deal, as our town has been bare of! iri a: t i 1 iA Hour loi some nine. uuu i navs tu say plant wheat any more. Mr. L. E. Hughes has been missing Loss of Life on San Diego. The Navy Department announced yesterday that three men are known to be dead, 47 are missing and 12 are unaccounted for as the result of the sinking of the U. S. cruiser San Diego last Friday off the Long Island coast. The men unaccounted for are believed to have been on leave. Unofficial reports placed tha num ber of men on the ship at 1,255. Whether it was sunk by a submarine or a mine has not been definitely de termined. Went to Camp May 28 and Left For "Somewhere" July 19. An idea of how rapidly men ars being moved from camps overseas may be gained from the fact that Sat nrdav Mr. H: E. Stacy received from chickens from his yard for some time! Mr. Grover Page a card, dated Camp and Tuesday morning he heard his j Sevier, S. C. July 19, stating he( was chickens sound like they were in muchj leaving that day for "somewhere." Mr. distress and as he approached his four house with his breech-loader he spied the old black saucy mink and put him out of commission after he had already killed seven fine Orping tons. Our fields are now thoroughly wet, season eood. afternoon, seasoned good. Page was entrained here for camp May 28, so that he had been in camp only seven weeks. DR. WILLIAM W- PARKER Optometrist Glasses Fitted by Superior Methods Expert Knowledge of Eye Diseases LUMBERTON, N. C. r,
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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