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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOL. IXL LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918. NUMBER 52 SUMMARY OF WAE NEWS. Allied Armies Have Obtained Fur ther Successes Over the Germans. fFOCH MARSHAL OF FRANCE ! LIGHTSHIP OFF CAPE HAT- VIOLENTLY DOWN STEEP !o O rTTin!s rtrifTKTV aciwwt TERAS SUNK BY U-BOAT 1 INCLINE ON TO THE FERRY Unusual Honor Conferred 35,000 Prisoners and 750 Cannon Taken and Paris is no Longer in Danger. A Paris dispatch of the 6th states that the council of ministers has ele vated Gen. Ferdinand Foch, command er-in-chief of the allied forces on the western front, to a marshal of France. The ministers also have confered the military medal on General Petain, The allied armies have obtained fur ther successes over the Germans in fighting in the Soissons-Rheims sec tor ind to the north in the Montdidier reo-i'on and still further north in Flan ders, between the Lawe and Clarence nVW of the town of Braisne on the 1 L . , . . i r rL i-i O Mff .nc I r i - , t- r i iMtr v ni.vvrrii wivj ins i i - ,. . , vesie ; . --, u i commanaer-m-cniet ot tne French ar- Rneims, Ameiicau ana ruwi , , . fror the stlttest Kind Ot tlgm-i " aiuiil. riesiueut rumtar.; Submarine Appeared Within Mile of Coast in Trying to Hinder Commerce. am troop;- i r tT the positions gained. The French to the north of Rheims have penetrated the Cterman positions to more than 400 varda in the railroad triangle be irtmina at Rheims and running north- r have crossed the river and held all j presided at the meeting of the council. In presenting the name of General Foch, Premier Clemenceau said: "At the hour when the enemy, by a formidable offensive on a front of 100 kilometers, counted on snatching: the Diamond Shoal lightship, a helpless craft anchored off Cape Hatteras t; warn shipping from the treacherous shoals forming the "Graveyard cf the Atlantic coast" was sunk by a Ger man submarine Tuesday. The crew of 12'men on the lightship escaped in j a small hoat and rowed the 1U or Half Mr. T. L. Johnson's Auto. Unconf ined By Brakes, Romped on to Ferry at 30 Miles Per Mr. Johnson Saved! His Neck and Partially Wrecked Car j By Turning Into Dynamo House Narrow Escape From Death in) Lowlands After Scaling Mountain! Heights. Former Principal of Farm iffit School Will Begin Work as County Dem onstration Agent August 16. Formerly County Agent of Wilson. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS --Lumbee tent. Maccabees, meet this evening at 8:30. Degree work. License has been issued for the marriage of Ira H. Fields and Ella Jolly. Mr. Claud H. Britt of R. 1 from T. limhprton Vina -loPAnfoi n -r " - - r -i iine JAimoerton i5nr.rain House of the county farmdife school at) Geo Wfcjte colored, wanted on rhiladelphus, has been employed as I the charge of stealing a horse from Mr. and Mrs. T. L. county farm demonstration agent and will begin work August 16. Mr. R. W. Freeman, district agent, who has j been trying for some time to secure Johnson, Mrs.ia suitable man to succeed Dr. Kerr, miles to shore. News of the sheilini; Ann"-- L. Williamson, her daughter-in- who recently entered military ser- and sinking of the lightship cleared ( W jus. u. wiuamson, anu me; vice, writes Chairman A. J. Floyd ot up the mvsterv of earlier reports to j laiveJe sn.an son jas. jr., returned the county board of commissioners as H A " rril " mi. Ks. inompson or rairmont, was arrested at Chadbourn yesterday The executive committee of the Lumberton Red Cross chapter will meet in the commissioners room at the court house Friday eveniner at 8:30. westward to Laon. in auuiuuu au uc aecision and imposing a German peace rositions previously gained by the al-Upon us, General Foch and his admir lied troops throughout the entire, aole trops vanquished him. T?lu"in-Soissons salient have been so!-i "Paris is not in danger, Soissons and : . J at ,.t-.-.. r,f idlv he'd notwiinsutiiuiug tuumu-at-i taks and the heavy artillery fire the eneirv has poured down from the heights north of the Vesle upon their arsonists. Near where .3 Vesle enters the Aisne east . Soissons the French have overcome the resistance of the enemy and tak en the village of Ciry-Salsogne. In the Montdidier sector the French south and southeast of the town have -e.,vt,av advanced their lines on this important factor, which represents the junction point of the armies of the German crown prince and of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. It remained for the British, how ever to deliver the hardest blow against the Germans Wednesday. Fol-lowinp- up a previous advance in the I.mimw T.V5 SRC tor northwest of La Chateau Thierry have been reconquer - the Navy Department from coast jmjme ionaay aiternoon. air. jonn-j follows: o-uard tat on, on the North Carolina son, me j.viesuumes w unamhon anu i "Mr. Uukes is a coast tha theavy shelling was heard James left Lumberton two weeks ago, traveling in Mr. Johnson's auto, anil , went to Charlotte, where Mrs. John-1 ; son, who had been visting at the home 1 j of her parents in Hickory, met them. 1 ! Mrs. Annie Williamson and James re- t sea Tuesday afternoon. Subsequently the submarine appear ed within half a mile of the land which projects far out from the main orct nf Vnrt-Vi Carolina. There were v..f0 vf r.n v?11a o-os. roast ! maned in Charlotte while Mr. and Mrs. ed and more than 2Q0 villages have ' ,i Hr.ns nr litrlitTionsps and the Johnson and Mrs. Jas. L. Williamson J1i J an,;4-.. S""1" --o , prisoners and seven hundred cannon have been captured, and the enemy was to begin there this month, but purpose of the submarine commander went j asnevnie, wnere wiey speui,; since he is in the county ana since we thp heach about 10 days, makinj? side trips from have been able tn find another uood , 111 OLlUiUC, 1 " I . . . . . - ' . wT s i ... i- o,-. .aT. j- hue hpon rp-itnere to mountain uomts oi interesc. man to take un the wrK in vvavae high hopes before the attack have been rted no at'tack was made on any &WJ.wua auicu aiumo Vl aWS (Y flnV Other OOieCtS. . ' u - . crushed. have thrown him from the banks of the Marne to the Aisne. Such are the results of the high command's strate gy, superbly executed by incomparable commanders. The confidence placed by the republic and by all the Allies in the conqueror of St. Gond, the Yser and the Somme, has been fully justi fied." The awarding of the "medaille mili taire" to General Petain is a distinc tion rarely given to officers, the deco ration generally being reserved for en. listed men. Marshal Joffre is one of Secretary Daniels said yesterday On the return trip a mishap occur red which partially wrecked Mr. John son s car and he himself escaped death SERVED WHEAT BREAD ON A WHEATLESS DAY Rissee. Field Marsnai naig s men the lew officers who nave received r.nis nushed forward their line 0ver aront ; honor of nearly five miles to a depth oi a thousand yards, between the Lawe and Clarence rivers. The details ot this advance are not yet in. hand, but the maneuver doubtless will go far toward lessening the point of tne nasty salient that has stood as a men ace for months to the British h r. north and south of it. Next in importance is the further gamine of footings by the French anc Americans across the Vesle, where the nriSeii nirainst the Germans toward the Aisne can be resumed when fur ther troops ford the stream, but the gain of ground by the French in the railway triangle north of Rheims aiso must be looked upon as a -move of grat strategic value. From then- po sitions the French now are able to dominate with their guns by railway lina over which the Germans ha3 been bringing stores from the north crhont. the town of Retel Proprietors of Olympia and New York 0 Cafes Allowed to Make Contribu tions of $25 Each to Red Cross in Lieu of Action Against Them For Violating Food Regulations. S. Pappas and Nick Mitchell, pro prietors of the Olympia and New York cafes, respectively, were given a hearing Tuesday before County Food Administrator H. E. Stacy on the charge of selling wheat bread Mnnrfav. a wheatless day. Unon the agreement of each to make a volun- that undoubtedly the purpose 0f the lor serious injury by a hair's breadth. submarine commander in aestroymg the lightship was to hinder commerce as much as nossible. Great volumes of both coastwise and overseas com merce pass Cape Hatteras both tc and from Southern ports and the German orobably believed that with the lightship gone some vessels might be wrecked on the shoals. Sfpns have been taken to replace the lightship by another which always i i5 hpld in reserve xor tnis suahuii. Officials at Washington recalled yes terday that since the first raider ap peared off the Virginia capes last May no warships or other formidable antagonists have neen attacKeu. The raiders now operating, the one off the Virginia-Carolina coast and the other in Canadian waters, appear r. Vnvo hppn pven more cautious than were those which sent down some 20 pis between New York and the Virginia capes in May and June. In the absence of any specific in formation to the contrary, officials as sumed that it was this submarine which sank the American tank steam er C. B. Jennings off the Virginia capes last Sunday Coming from Charlbtte, the emergen cy brakes on his car got out of fix and locked the rear wheels. After vyaiting for some time on the road a machine came along who remedied that but it was discovered later that he left both sets of breaks entirely out of commission. In approaching the ferrv between Wadesboro and . ... Rockingham, coming down the long hill leading to the ferry Mr. Johnson discovered that his breaks were not working properly and as a matter of I it." precaution had the ladies and the hoy to get out before reaching the ferry. He did not know that his brakes would not hold at all. though, so he started down the steep incline to thej ferry. Suddenly he realized that Ins brakes were not working and his car . i i i i was running away. btriKing tne ierry at a speed of about 30 miles an hour, the only alternative to rushing off the ferry into about 15 teet ot water--and Mr. Johnson unable to swim, Leo was to cut the car into the dynamo house of the ferry and probably be hurled through the windshield and nit. and broken UD. Mr. Johnson thought he preterred Arch Grice of the St. Pauls sec tion was taken today to the State hos- . ... I .... ..v. . ' J 1 1 . ' . I I . .Tti 111 man Ot splendid V. Hp yv,i5 rwrnnmn nioA k rut r practical experience, well trained, and b. McNeill of Lumberton has good personality. I feel sure that he will render splendid -service Geo. Monr0e. colored, was be and give universal satfacrqti in j fore Justice M. G. McKenzie Tuesday the work in your county. We had j night on the charge of assault upon previously employed him to do simi-j "r- H. J. Sawyer with an axe. He lav work in Wayne county and he was fined $10 and the cost. The midwives of Robeson will meet in the court house here Tuesday of next week at 2 p. m. The meeting has been called by Dr. W. A. Mc Phaul, county health officer. Mrs. O. H. Bracey, who is in charge of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son's millinery department, left Monday evening for New York, where she will spend about ten days pur chasing goods and studying styles. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Freeman have been advised of the safe arrival over seas of Mr. Collins H. Phillips, form erly of Lumberton. Mr. Phillips was connected with the National Bank of Lumberton before going to the army. Prof. A. H. Flowers, who came home recently from Farmington, where he has been principal of a high school for the past 3 years, will lease Monday for Palmetto, Fla., to take charge as principal of the high school at that place. county we decided to employ him for Ihe work m Robeson. "Mr. Dukes has had previous ex perience as a county agent as he was formerly county agent in Wilson county. I feel that when your people learn to know his work as we do tint you will feel fortunate in having ob tained his services. "We will be glad to have sugges tions from you or any other member of your board in regard to the con duct of the work at any time. I am sure that Mr. Dukes will enjoy the cordial coooeration of your board as your agent in the past has enjoyed COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS. Committee to Report at Next Meeting, Mr- Hezzie N. Ward returned I last evening to Camp Jackson after spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Ward, at Mc- on Proposed Consolidation of Bak er's Chapel and Cedar Grove Dis tricts A Number of Committee men Appointed Other Matters. Donald. Mr. Ward is attached to the personnel office of the 156th depot brigade at Camp Jackson. Mr. L. R. Varser returned Mon- nav PVPnintr frrm RirVimrvnl V The county board of education held , where he underwent an operation on his nose one day last week. He wai Att-arks on other vessels in mar, a dry oeatn so ne cuuse wic ne escaijcu ii.ijui.jr uuu- vicinity are to be expectedutriairal alternative, patrol boats and seaplanes Already are self but what endeavoring to protect snipping um hunt out and destroy the enemy. With a long shore line on which to operate fnr submersing to l III! I1CCU T'"WVi ' and that line running northwestward j r i Cross chaDter and strictly to ob across the Aisne toward Laon, wmcil serve wheatless days hereafter, Mr tn rv enn hribution of $25 to the local; fV. notmla. however, the ad- i . . .Jit . i IUUC iium. r""'" ' , antage in this game oi mae anu undoubtedly has been used since the retrMLt hee-an for the removal of Stacy said he would recommena toj tne otate iuqu ciuiiuuisllciui lies with the enemy. troops, guns and supplies out of ne J action in the matter be taken. threatened zone. David Lloyd-George the British The charge was preferred by Mr. M W Vash. United States food in- nrime minister, addressing tne nonce, snprtnr. Mr. Nash got a meal at the rf r,rTYimors. sDoke optimistically of t irrainp hotel and each of the e&'&a v - ' a 1 1 n : ,1 t t . i the status of the war trom tne a.iu-u!w Monday and was served oorn ctaminnint. hp c raracterizeu me Travis' Friends Indignant Over Treatment Given Him. n t Tvovic frtrmpr chairman of was done to the car was a plenty. It was all "stove" up ana the ferry and river house have not nnit eta cro-princ vet. With the aid of some men who came along in a car about that time about 11 o'clock Sunday night sufficient repairs were made to the car to enable the party to resume the journey and reach Ham let about 1 a. m. Monday. They spent the balance of the night there, the next morning a garage man got ci i-.h rn a battered soring and bent v!p nnrl in the early afternoon the: ' i , 1 4-1,. wnete iiic its T-PP-iilar menthlv session Monday in the office of County Superintendent J. R. Poole. Mr. C. T. Pate made a report in regard to the committee in district No. 3, white race, Alfordsville town oiiin and unon his recommendation J. q'. McLaurin. Chas. Raye and R. C . -Rriflp-prs were aooointed for this dis aay trict. School committeemen were ap pointed as follows: Mr. T. J. Noblm, in district No. 6, white race, Sterlings froimeViiTi in nlace ol Mr. J. r. 1VLU- ray accompanied to Richmond by Dr. J. A. Martin, who returned with him. Mr. Varser has been confined at home since returning but is not confined to bed. Miss Edith Courtney left Mon evening for Baltimore, Md. She expected to leave there yesterday for Atlantic City, where she will spend! a few days with friends who are there from Washington, and then will go whose term expired; W. M. .J.jto New York where she will spend XJ,,r,4- in Hiot-npt. N n. 1. lhQian lace. av"v. wwiv. "."J"-- ixuiiv, v- - rnH n-irchne no- cn White House township; Mr. present offensive on the Aisne-Marne tno rnnst. brilliant in tne an- tWpn in it. hv the American troops. More than 150 submarines had been destroyed since the war began and tne r.ubmarine menace had failed, he. add ed. PLANNING CRUSHING BLOW. z. .. ri :he North Carolina Uorporaraon party reached Lumberton, where th( mission, wnose aacsi, u - t nosniiai ior peuiM ...T 4- U..A nrrl r.rvn harl T mft (in a SeriOUS tiiais0 . : . iwoTir T-nsnrR. Both Paonas and Mitchell said in Monday's Robesonu.n, arrived m who has ever been down front as the most brilliant in tne an- th served wheat bread because rye Raleigh Tuesday witn mrs, ii.v, the almost perpendicular slope to that nals of the war and praised the part bread th had ordered from Winning- their ; son :.Pen co.miaeno uj- "6r , . t .-u t.n failpd to come and the local bak ery was closed. They also stated that they served corn bread every day and seemed to be under tne impression his case is heard in wasmngiuu 14th inst. When Senator Overman, who had just returned to his home at 4rw, AoViovillfi react about that that made it all right to serve Salisbury itS Travis who wt hrpad with corn bread on the treatment given Travis, wno wheat bread with corn preaa on tne "I' f allowed wheatless days. Mr. Nash, also stated tnrown mw rr ; . SSTSr wXd., ot the last court to commumcjte w.th or at o - onrl staro m 1 1 ; tipvs ior nuuia, " She will re- - i i t i. turn i v KnnrArvihai orl un rck mirn Britt. in district Mo. Z, wnite, duuh 1 MV'. " Swamp in place of Mr. J. C. Baxley. Miss Josephine Breece again next sea- who resigned; Mr. L. C. Davis, in dis-son in her millinery store. trict No. 1, white, Raft Swamp, in I nirp of Mr. W. c. lownsena, wno re- Annroximaieiv io muiion men r- j. Tir w W rinv in district moot r ?nn.in- aw i . i i 1 TO., ... rntnalQii tn tflVp Foch Preparing to Haul United f 0?d W it Allies Against ; serving wheat bread, but no charge was preferred then because me piu- sairi he. naa laryer wuwua Of America and Germans Next Spring. Backed by a reservoir of five million American troops, Field Marchal Foch, supreme commander of the American and allied armies, is preparing to hurl the entire united military strength ot France, Great Britain and the United States against the Germans on the than he expected and his supply ot bread ran out. . Both Mr. Stacy and Mr. Nash im pressed upon Pappas and Mitchell the fact that wheatless and meatless days must be strictly observed and both the cafe men promised to observe went to Washington at once to see w pmiIiT be done. In a statement in regard to the matter Senator Over man said, "I do Relieve there is a case on record in the United States in which a man has been locked up tor 16 hours without being permitted to communicate with his wife or friends. He declared that he did not want to :ia nni trniltv of wrong doing ETalTli could not see anything in the charges against Mr. Travis. ferry can well believe tnat a thrown out of gear and coming down that decline without oras wuuiu gain terrific momentum by the tim it reached the ferry and can well be lieve that Mr. Johnson did the best thing that could have been done and that he was fortunate in escaping without serious injury to himself and onmniic rJnmaofp. to his car. But wasn't it the dickens and all o n run awav down a hill in the lowlands, comparatively speaking, F. Guv. in district No. 9, white, dumber enuge hip, to fill unexpired term of Mr A. W. Johnson, who resigned; JVr. J W. Gaddy, in district No. 1, white, Gaddy township; Mr. E. D. Beard, m district No. 2, white, St. Pauls town ship. Would be Registered Under New Manpower Bill. With an urgent recommendation from Provost Marshal General Crowd er that it be enacted without delay and rtAnr-oA that- $21 be allowed No. 2 1 a sueeestion that September 5 next white St Pauls township, for partj might be fixed as registration day for payment on a ten-foot addition to the i approximately 13,000,000 men through ov.i hniMiiMr nmvided natrons com- out the country, the administration's nlete the addition. manpower bill requiring the registra- niot-riot. No. 1. Indian. Maxton town- v,j -oa allnwpil $200 from the coun- tv huildine- fund, for school building, ciates against tne uui ZiTIh-Vipni Mr Stacy recommenueu tne Ac, xir-nlc western front in order to bring the j ttlement of the matter indicated J High Temperatures Records BrOK- wai iv a vitiunuua - kOP!,nso ne mn not uencvc cu- i !t-i i.: in. 1 Qvt enrmo- i a.w - .,. n j. . . snortest possioie uu. of the men meant wiiiuny iu viu- wui see TLiT & I late the food regulations. in nrntrrpss nn the Aisne-Vesle line, in full swing with Foch's armies striking with all their power. . This was the impression gained yesterday by members of the Senate military committee wno nearu wen. March, chief of staff, explain in ex ecutive session the war department s reasons for asking extension of dratt age limits to include all men between 18 and 45 years of age. They learned also that the definite decision to en large the American military program to an army of five million men was iW SO and is in ac cordance with an agreement reached in Paris shortly before that time 64 WHITE REGISTRANTS TO CAMP WEEK OF AUG. 26. en. DID YOU THINK IT WAS HOT? High temperatarerecordstiat have marked the limits ox ing Chairman T. L. Johnson of the local board of Robeson district No. 1 re ceivprl nh.iiT- 1 n. m. today a tele gram instructing him to call 64 white registrants to be sent to camp during the week beginning August 26. Tris will take about all the Class 1 regis trants remaining in the district. If the Festive Mercury ia Not a Liar It Has Not Been as Hot This Week As it Was a Day Last June. !Tu- hinir it. has been the hottest weather the past few days and nights that you ever felt. Nay, it is certain that you know it. You will maintain it up and down and if a mere man told you this is by no means the hottest weather this im SedSte section has been Wessed with al this jummer you woum But when the festive mercury in a little glass bulb mares uencvc , 4l.OT rvinn Mr. B. M. Davis, locai w W the toF of his "glass to go oyer tne wp , June anu -y -? - all the Period of official obser- vation in the norcneasii h- -tt:i.j C4ntic! morp broken lues- Tne UI111.CU uun.vo " . i aay. Washington and Baltimore, by thermometers, expe- rienced a temperature of 106 degrees and put its owner's neck m grave dan-, vided patrons contribute one acre , 1 l nf4sv coronolv and 1 - . . r, 4.1- U,,;i.4inr ger 01 Deing on safelv bearing heights and down? CALL FOR BALANCE OF CLASS 1 COLORED REGISTRANTS f Koino- hroken after serenely and , , ariA pnTT,nlpte the building aflv bearing its load up mountain . caoita funds of the children of Mr. J. R. Burns and Mr. D. V. Rog ers were ordered transferred to Pleas ant Hill school. Messrs. J. R. Poole and T L. John- onnninroH a committee tO in- Still VIC15 MPfv . - J . vestigate tne mawr yf" tion for military service of all men between the ages of 18 and 45 years was introduced Monday in the Sen ate and House. Unless immediate steps are taken to provide additional men, General Crowder said the weekly registration of men as they attained 21 years of age will be necessary to fill the draft quotas after September 1, when only 100,000 of the 1918 registrants will be available. riencea a ibiuf'"" vu the a point not even approached by the mprcurv since 1001, - T then. In Detroit, Mich.; ttarrisuu.g, Pa ? and Toledo, Ohio, with tempera tures of 104 new records were estab lished as did Scranton, Pa., ahd Clev eland which each officially registered Greensboro reported 102 1-2; Lynch t 10K at. nierhtfall; Danville, Va., 107; Charlotte, 99. Mr. Zach Prevatt, who lives near Fairmont, a well-known citizen who tnok an artivp nart. in stirrine events in Robeson during the last quarter of the last century, was a Lumberton visitor Tuesdav. He reDorts his fam ily as well as usual and in spite of his 73 years he himself looks well and active. home in June v ia tlie tried any day tnis wee.. j oo Sord3; LsSunday 92; Monday 93 Tuesday (going up), 98 yesterday Tnno 4 ast. 1UJ., uJ ' 97; Turn off Great Improvement in Crops. ' , u m-anf imnrovement mere nas uccu &i.- y--. .v. in Robeson county crops during i" 4. .uaa wop.ks. The cotton crop is laoi, us " . , .r,. orn especially promising -crop has improved considerably. One farmer was heard to remark that he would make four times as much c .rn as it looked a few weeks ago Ke ne would make. ' Negro Died From Heat Prostra tion. t; rioAArr n1fred. aeed around 45 year dSd Ust 'nigh at his home m c..,tti tmjmshiti as a result ol DUCK. O"-"' V . i. ot0r: av. eing overcome uj 59 Called for and There Are Not That Many Left in Class 1 in Robeson District No. 1. r.irmar, T. L. Johnson of the local exemption board received a wire yes terday instructing K military service o coiorw Sr w to Strained for camp between the 23rd and 26th inst. me ka.v - will learned later. Mr Jolmson 5,avs there are not quite tha- many cSL 1 colored registrants remain ing in this division. American Machine Gunners Wipe Out Entire German Battalion American machine gunners, Protect ing a location on the Vesle, west of Fismes, wiped out an eritrrebaon of German infantrymen and machine rr..AIja Thp. Germans, at gunners iucij- 7 . s the time, were getting to Position to attack a group of American bridge , -l j 1, ,nra annroachmer vne Duuaers WIIV vr- -rr location. -X 1-T Grove districts, and report same at jurors For September Court- . yv 4-Via Hnnrn. i tne new meeting of the county com- Ihe coumy "7thP various missioners Monday the following to ioiiow u H L rAT,w names were drawn f llSt;taSial Sx districts- and where to serve as jurors for a 2-weeks' term Sere sny ctetTsto the bound, of civil court, beginning Monday, Sep- ary lines the mauer - - . N , McRimm0n, Al- th? was allowed fordsvffle township; L. B. Townsend. 4-v.f lrn of $601 account of over-pail Lumberton; M. A. McQueen, jaaxxon, the sum of $oui accoum, 01 -t Thnmnonn- W. I. McCor- SS 4i?M transferred, to other stneto. SSuiwbS R. H. Britt. Lumberton; loan of ?2,0W. waa annointed Millan. Parkton: W. B. Barker, St. Mr. yeo. n. r.to-s x0ic. a AT Pitman. Fairmont; J. of rKli graded school dfa- PeTatt Fairmont; Bert Seller Sterl of the I'niiaueipnus 1 Atkinson. Rennert. trict to till tne unexpuj "-v. wUW. ' P. Kay, Red Paisley Mcrmiian, wn v -"f crrf " u n- P. H. Fisher. Park- tOUOWing -r--s - -n;-D T.,imhprton: L. M. Krto-rvl rf trustees OI tne rmiauw mn, rv. vj. vumus, " " , . . SEi ? aded school: W. A. Smith. Cook, Red Springs; M. A. Watson, A C ScSod,TS . Brown and Mis, White House; Willis White, St. Pauls; A. Kj. JtVcuu I nr D.aifOTf T.iimherton: M. r. YW ,T I 1. JI111113U11 ci " I A. E. Buie Messrs. T Sterlings; McCormick, July 7, 100. -a"Z out vour coat. The X a readingefor today has not been I taken, but it seems cooler rem working for the Beau after 'reading that recprd. 1 CoS Sbe? Co. Million Men to Be in Camps of The Country. Secretory Baker issued a statement at j ir, Wh hf said it was the purpose of the War Department to keep at last 0ne minion meu ing in camps in the United States so long as the war shall last. He placed the number of men now training m the United States at 1,500,000. Por were anpointed a committee tc Parkton; Joe Miller, a ompson, z. v.. investigate the matter of selling : t Canady, Parkton; Vrlts- j' T St of the school site in district No Pauls; Jimmie Britt, Britts, J . r, part of the scnooi , J. a. Sharpe, 1 fw rssr vw 1, Indian race, as a location for a church. Lumberton; rTanit jluU6i, c -c- - Mkpnzie. Shannon: Red H. P. Mr John W. Long 0f Davidsoi inman, Back Swamp; W. g , J1H as suoerintenden Wisharts; Frank Gough, Lumberton. j 4.T xT4-;nTal cotton mill. He en 4.1 nnnn his duties here Monday Mr Long was formerly superintend 4- nf th Dresden cotton mill and ha; many friends here who will be plercei f t his return w uumoeiwu. DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER Optometrist Glasses Fitted by Superior Methods Expert Knowledge of Eye Diseases LUMBERTON, N. C.