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THE ROBESONIAN ' - , V' ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR DUE IN ADVANCB VOL.cIXL FRENCH CAPTURE NOYON Latest news from the front is to the effect that the French captured Noyon this morning, besides num erous other villages, and that both British and French are moving forward along all lines. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 29, 1918. ONE DELIVERY DAILY. NUMBER 58 . . NEW MANPOWER BILL PASSED BY SENATE GERMANS IN DIRE PERIL. Enemy Line Continues to Crumble Be fore Allied Attacks 40 Villages Taken by French Fate of Old 'Hindenburg Line" in the Balance. Merchants of Lumberton Agree Among Themselves to Make Only Brings Within Draft Age All Men 18 One Delivery of Merchandise of to 45 Some 13 Million Men Will Any Kind Daily Orders to Beef j Be Registered Under New Law. marKeta Must Be Placed By 9 a. m. The manpower bill bringing within talled upon the public in States east Practically all the merchants of! the army draft a11 men from 18 to 45 Lumberton have signed an agreement! years old' was Passed Tuesday by the to limit deliveries of groceries and all! Senate with a modified work or fight other merchandise to one each day,! Cla?f,c CUT OUT SUNDAY AUTOING.I PARKTON PARAGRAPHS. I BRIEF ITEMS OF local NEWS Public Called Upon to Cease Use of Motor Vehicles on Sundays Must Save Gasoline for War Purposes. The fuel administration Tuesday All W , beginning Snt0rK, oa j . j aii enorts to change the age limits s pteniuer sna, ana the or to direct so of the Mississippi river to cease the using of all classes of automobiles, with a few named exceptions, motor cycles and motor boats on Sundays until further notice as a gasoline con. :ervation measure. Only voluntary I'ompliance with the letter and spirit of the request will prevent the isu- t nce of a mandatory order prohibit- Young Men off to Camp Farmer Agree on 75 Cents the Hundred for! 1HLC f a a mm i oiaioes ; & Barnes store Presbyterians Preparing to Build mo' nin" New Church Personal. Correspondence of Th eRobesonian In a swift advance yesterday cover ing more than 6 miles at certain points the French troops south of the S.iramo recaptured 4U villages. The left bank of the Somme has been reached between Cizancourt and Nese, as well as the west bank of the Canal du Nord between Nesle and Noyon, over the greater part of its course! American troops in the region of Juvigny repulsed numerous German counter attacks and broke up an ene my attempt to cross the vesle south of Bazoches. The Associated Press summary says this morning that the Germans facing the allied forces from Arras to Sois sons everywhere are in dire peril. A dispatch last night stated that de velopments on the western front dur ing the next 48 hours should deter mine the fate of the much-vaunted "Hindenburg line," in the opinion of some military officials at Washington. The first French army, after beat ing the Germans in their battle po sitions before Roye, took the town Tuesday. Monday night and Tues day French troops advanced for an average depth of 2 to 3 miles on a front of 8 miles. Having been still further extended! by attacks launched north of the river i Scarpe, the battle Tuesday was raging a proprietors of the beef markets en- youths under 21 failed, and the meas tered into the same ae-rppmpnt AT ! ure now goes to conference between 1 . . t r In A I I aii ma a -h J CP . i " j 1 . 1 " . , - uraers must b0 placed at beef mar- oenaie wim no tuner- rag the use of gasoline on Sunday, it slVl 9 5 the he work or fight pVoviThn- j Son. aSL lf same day. See advertisement of mar-' ate was recorded unanimously for the eluded in the TSSSSbSSd program i:et men and some merchants in this . ' . I Motor vehicles to which the restric A"S f"ebUie wiii aaa approximately turns do not apply wero announced uis ui ueiiveries. i ) mjn nnn n,Dn t n mis action is taken at the recmest i SZ: Tu ?!WBv,i """" of the War Industries board irTorder i IfZ tH&h f the nV?n ad P!T to release men and materials for See- Ii 0&imon of ff3" Dpart- essary war work This nlan khpin J ,chl.e , ' the army that wlU e,1 adopted the country over bv rS able the A1HeS t0 defeat Germany next merchants anH airo,.,!,, v, j J' hawciuj HiUUStlllUS Ul men ana vehicles have been released for war work. Of course the people of Lumberton will cheerfully accent thp H the merchants and will co-operate with wiem in oraer to make this plan, which Two Soldiers Who Have Seen Service in the Trenches and Who Have Per sonally Experienced the Horrors of Being Gassed Are Helping in the War Savings Drive in Robeson They Recite Experiences. In the conference the differences in the draft of the bill as passed by the house Saturday and enacted by the senate Tuesday are expected to be compromised speedily and the bill in its final form transmitted to Presi dent Wilson for his signature late this is a patriotic effort to heln win thel"c", " enaiure law tms war. work with a !!. .j aTZ . .mib neing maae oy . . . . . v v I i HUU inconvenience as possible. SOLDIERS TALK W. S. S. long a front almost 45 miles loner and I t d rAii n ci4-; -mi a i 1 6 lU U . , , . ; turn . u ucu vi uaiuuiuic. I'm., aui- ti e British, with renewed vigor, were diers who have seen service in the rolling up the boche before them and; trenches in France, who were invalid sweeping constantly eastward i ed home on account of being gassed, Durmg Tuesdays fighting the Brit-' have been nursed back to health and ish captured high ground from which strength at the government hospital .hey can overlook the country occu- at Waynesville and are ready to go pied by the enemy for miles around, back to the front, are assisting in the urns attaining a great aavantage MERCHANTS SELL W. S. S. War Savings drive in Robeson this week. They were heard at the court house Monday night by an audienco that almost filled the court Prevost Marshal General Crowder to carry out the provisions of the meas ure are expected to insure registra tion of all men within the ages of 18 and 21 and 31 and 45 within a week or ten days after the President affixes his signature. The Senate adopted virtually all the principal provision of th bill desired by the administration, including that giving tne resident authority to es tablish orders of call for service of the men affected. President Wilson is expected to .follow the plans of the War Department which, according to testimony before the House and Sen ate militarv comittppa I hv numeral March, chief of staff, and General Crowder, provide for the calling of youths of 18 years after the other classes have been summoned and the education of such boys while training and prior to their being sent overseas. Before adopting, by a vote of 40 to 29, the "work or fight" amendment providing subjection to the draft of men exempted for industrial and oth er reasons who do not continue at work, a proviso was added that in Mr. Alf H. Mclood continues ill at his home. North YAm street. Mr. R. F. Monroe of Raafcw hac I cepted a position in Messrs. SUwhImmb x . ,---. lie began work tl is The Lumberton graded and high schools will open for the fall term Tuesday, September 17. Supt. Cale says that it has be. 11 t;ilWH hv ortmo Parkton, Aug 27. Rev. J. L. Jen-! that school would not kins and wife moved yesterday from tober hut that this report is untrue. Lumber Bridge to our town and are! Tr of Pollce E- L. Banna asks now occupying the Neill McNeill res-1 tm woesoman to state that he has idence, which is one of the prettiest locations in town. Lumber Bridge s loss is Parkton's train. Every oerson in town of pvcrv lennmmntifn wel comes these good people to our town;: ments OI the law and may they remain here beyond Messrs. Croggan, the speed limit. Mr, Jenkins has neen instructed to "null" all who nn- erate automobiles in Lumberton with out dimmers. Many of the so-called dimmers will not answer th,. reouire- ind Hill certified public accountants as: Tractors and motor trucks emnlov ed in actual transportation of freight. Vehicles of physicians, used in per formance of professional duties. Ambulances, fire apparatus, police patrol wagons, undertaker's wagons conveyances used for funerals. Railway equipment using gasoline Kepair outfits employed bv tele phone and public service companies Motor vehicles on errands of necos- sity in rural communities where transportation by steam or electricity is not available The action was taken bv the fuel administration, it was stated, to meet a tnreateneu snortage oi gasoline lor shipment overseas. "The United States fuel administra tion considers it necessary that a lim ited conservation of gasoline be un dertaken, in the States east of the Mississippi river, in view of the in creasing demand for gasoline for war purposes and the paramount obliga tion of meeting promptly and fully all overseas requirements," said a state ment issued jointly by Administrator Garfield and Mark S Requa, director .of the oil division of the fuel adminis tration Parkton and Green Springs churches. f Baltimore. Md., sent out by Has- rostmaster Uollier Cobb and family and Mrs. J. J. Cobb and small daugh ter, Jessie, left this morning for sev en Springs to spend a week or more' began work last Friday and will bo rrl l xi . r (U :t. l . . m iouiuvu. xiiey are maKing me trip"" J"" aoout ten days. 111 m' a wS w": Uf - UJ "Mr- T. W. Trogden of Raleigh. . ." "'J.""8 w wvm i-uuon grauer employed bv the kins A: bells of New York- -.r-., .....i; ing the books of the Lumberton Jen- e-" uimucii kuvmw ii nils. I fpu ROZIER NEWS ITEMS. civil vacation this week Mr. Murphey McMillan and family have just returned from a visit to the beach and report a fine trip. Rev. W. L. Maness, pastor of the M. E. church, left Monday morning for Bynum, where he will hold a re vival meeting. The following young men left this afternoon from our town and commu nity for Red Springs and thence to Camp Jackson for training: Clarence Pate, Roy Brown, John A. Gillis, Vance McMillan and Lester Ferguson. We will greatly miss these boys and sincerely trust they may enjoy the best of health and that their lives may be spared many years. We extend our sympathy to their sweethearts. We were pleased on yesterday to shake the hand of one of our former townsmen who is now a lieutenant, Dr. John Gainey, of the navy, and sta- j tioned at Paris Island, S. C. He has J a week off to enjoy himself with loved ones and mends, and of course will visit his people in Lumberton. John is enjoying the best of health and is Bureau of Markets, U. S. Department oi Agriculture, is spending a few days in town. Mr. Trogden was pub lic cotton grader for Lumberton and Bladen counties last fall, with office in Lumberlon, and graded 4,000 bales for Robeson county farmers and 1000 bales for Bladen farmers. Mr. R. R. Clark, well known over North Carolina as editor of the Statesville Landmark, was a Lumber ton visitor yesterday and last night. xie is wren mr. j. raul Leonard, sec retary of the North Carolina Retail Merchants association, mentioned in another news item in this paper. They have gone to Bladen county today and will be back in Lumberton this evening. room, anc i case 0f strikes, penalties pf the "work Community Saddened by Death of Miles Baxley Successful Protract ed Meeting Bridges Need Repair ing Badly Personal. CASUALTY LISTS Among the casualties reported by the commanding general of the Amer ican expeditionary forces are the following from North and South Car- they have been speaking at other j or fight" rule shall not apply if the : Correspondence or The Robesonian. at Rowland the other at McDonald; Friday evening the speakings will be. at St. Pauls and Maxton. Messrs. L. S. Tomlinson of Wilson and W. M. Scott of Winston-Salem Pmptipnllv all fho morolionf a camp, to the county with these young Lumberton now have War Savings j J,ien, Mo"day, and arf .als assisting stamps on salp and are ure-in their ! m the War Savings drive by person- mm Merchants HarWar SmMga Stomps s m the county every night since. imen submit their disputes to the war This Wmmg otie of them wrl' speak lahor hoarH nH onnm tllpir lahf on gale and Their Customers May Purchase From Them. This limitation, offered by Senator Cummins of Iowa, was incorporated, ! 73 to 0. customers to purchase. Those who have signed pledge cards may pur- chant, regardless of whether they ! many, people seem not to realize that al solicitation with local workers Sergeants Quinsby and Bell have been impressed by the fact that aof- OFF FOB CAMP JACKSON. Young Men Who Entrained For Camp at Lumberton Tuesday. The following young men were en- stated on their card that they would I Americans are actually "gnting over i i. l- t t i.L. in France. Thev also ?tres. the fSt rnctnffixo ona nn nr00 af o mc that with American soldiers cheerfully trained for Camp Jackson,-S. C wherever they are on sale The place i undergoing all sorts ot privations and Tuesday by the local board of Robe of purchase make no difference it! bravely offering their lives in the SOn division No.l: is the amount that is important. fat war it is the least people ar; jesSie Thurman Pittman, farmer, Merchants of Lumberton met at1 home can do to invest every cent they Lumberton, R. 5; Algar Walters, farm the court house last evening with Mr. can save in War Savings stamps and Gr Barnesville; Alex Bunyan Taylor J. Paul Leonard, of Statesville, secre- Liberty bonds to provide for the men farmer, Lumberton; John Bunyan tary of the North Carolina Retail who are fitting for , hem Senear t ; Martin, farmer, St. PauJ.s; Martin Merchants association, and siened uo Qmnsby said that of the : second Lib- Carlyle Powell, farmer, Lumberton, as authorized agents to sell these' erty loan the boys in nis company oiin Baxley, laborer, Lumberton; joe stamps. Mr. Leonard, who is visiting averaged the purchase of two bonds! Oliver Home, laborer, Lumberton; towns in this section for this nurnose ' apiece, besides offering their lives and Alrice Barnes, farmer, Barnesville; lefTthS morntS for Bladenboro suffering every hardship. He and Woodie Eubanks, laborer, Lumberton, birlSS SSFwSL JSLJZ Sergeant Bell gave an interesting ac-: R. 1; Justin Solomon Spivey, farmer, itorf T?Pd Snrmr. vt A will count of their experiences further visit Rowland and Maxton tomorr w. BIGGEST SALES OF SEASON venort of which, on account of an un- i foreseen rush of other matter, must be held over for the next issue. ! Most neoDle are responding liberally ' to the appeals of the workers ana 1 many are increasing their -previous All Warehouses Are Running Over pledges to purchase W. S. stamps. A Wtefc t k t a aii c few who are able to buy have not yet V ith Tobacco Today All Sorts of purchased and show strange mdiffer- v-hics wuh the w S of that kind are laying up trouble for : 5. Grady Holmes, farmer, Lumberton, tVPTnsPlvess. While others are pour- t 7. Alex West laborer, LAimDerton; The Lumberton tobacco market is ; innr rnt Klnod and treasure like water. 11pti Jacobs, farmers. Ravnham, 'I. experiencing the biggest sales of the I for their protection it will be strange N. Onzie Shepherd, farmer, Orrum, R. season. Thp last week has heen one!; fUr am nllowpd to escaDe nub'ic 1 . rrinn T,endel Martin, farmer, St. Lined Street for Hours. Marietta: Lashley Wilcox, farmer, Lumberton, R. 4; Marion Elias Metts, laborer, E. Lumberton; Barnum Hunt, farmer, McDonald; Willie Vance Mc Lamb, laborer, Lumberton, R. 6; Gor don Hunt, farmer, Fairmont; Clayton Calvin Bullard, railroading, Florence, S. C; Marshall Love Tyner, farmer, Buies. R. 1; Oliver Berry Page, farm- jer, Fairmont, R. 1; Ransom Briscoe Britt, tarmer, uarnesvine; rieuuug Elias Brisson, laborer, Lumberton, R. of big sales and high prices. Today an the warehouses are running over with the weed and the little Banrer varehouse had to be used for the first time. Carts; wagons, trucks and j.u tomooilcs loaded with tobacco lined First street for several hours this morning waiting their turn to get into a warehouse. " ' . patriotism. Orrum Sigh School Opens Sep tember 2nd; Philadelphus Opens September 17. Orrum high school, Prof. R. L. Pittman, principal, will open Septem ber 2nd. Philadelphus graded school w;il open September 17 with Miss Minnie Massey of Van Wyck. S. C, in charge aa principal. Miss Massey, Mr. D. P. BUie and daughter, Miss Annie Belle, and Messrs. J. B Humphrey and Jii . McMillan, all of Philadelphus, were iumperton visitors yesterday. Dial Nominated; Blease Defeated. Nat. B. Dial of Laurens has been nominated for the long term in the United States Senate to succeed Ben lamin R. Tillman, defeating both Cole Blouse and James F. Rice in the outh Carolina Democratic primary Tuesday. Veterans Meet in Lumberton Sep tember 7th. Headquarters of Camp Willis H. Pope. To the Members of Camp Willis H. Pope, Confederate Veterans. No. 1707: Ynn are hereby requested to meet in the court house at Lumberton on Saturday, September 7th, at 11 a. m. for the two-fold purpose of selecting a commander in place of the late la mented J. A. McAllister, deceased, anH tn plpct delegates to attend the annual reunion at Tulsa, Okla. on September 24th to 27th. M. G. McKENZIE, Adjt. Safely Oiverseas. of Mr. Warren Bryan have been advised of his safe arrival over- pi,Hvoc nf Lieut. C. T. Poole of H. Lavton Stephens been advised of their safe arrival overseas. censure or worse for their lack of Pauls, R. 1; George McNeill, farmer, . ... t;l ) t 1 t n. Tutliai. ClnAfnyA Prft- vatt, farmer, Lumberton, R. 2; Arcray G. Barnes, farmer, Orrum. R. 1; W. F. Bryan, printer, Lumberton; Lee Ja cobs, farmer, Lumberton R. 3; Willie Musselwhite, farmer, Lumberton, R. 4; Newitt W. Stone, farmer, Lumber ton, R. 1; Jackson P. Townsend; farm er, Lumberton, R. 6; Henry Gordon Branch, farmer, Lumberton. . R. 4; Birt Britt, farmer, Lumberton, R. 4; fiord on Bass, farmer. Marietta, R. J Clarence Dixon West, farmer, Lum berton, R. 5; Herman Overton Hays, farmer, Orrum; Ueorge wesi, jr., me chanic, Allenton: samuei, v. V1 farmer Lumberton, R. 4; Hugh S. Phillips, farmer, Allenton; Eda'e Johnson, farmer, Fairmont, R. ; Thomas Watson Stewart, farmer, Fairmont, R. 1; Luther Barnes, farm er, Fairmont, R. 3; Hingard Britt, fovrncr Fairmont: A. V. G. Wishart, T .nmViprtnTi : Bill Leffgett, farmer, Lumberton; James P. loya. salesman, Fairmont; mereaiin uu. lock, Fairmont- L. Rexford Stephens, bookkeeper, Lumberton. Miss Amelia Linkhauer returned yesterday morning from New Yqrk, where she spent some time purchas niK fall millinery. Two Negroes Left Yesterday For Gamp Greene. Rozier (Lumberton, R. 2), Aug. 26. This community was made very sad on last Thursday, Auggust 22, when the news was spread that Miles Baxley, a lad of about 17 years, had been killed by a loging train near Bolton, where he had gone a lew days before to work with his brother, Mr. Lonnie Baxley, who lives down there. Miles leaves to mourn his loss a father, Mr. W. W. Baxley, and three brothers Messrs. John and Emory, who are in the army at Camp Sevier, Greenville. S. C, and Lonnie of Rolton and three sisters Misses Minnie, Neomah and Pearl who are at home. The corpse was brought home Fridav by Messrs. Lonnie Ba ley and Barber of Bolton and on Sat urday was layed to rest in Great r Marsh cemetery. Rev. A. H. Porter of Rennert conducted the tuneral ser vices at the grave. The family have our depDest sympathy in this sad hour of bereavement. The protracted meeting which was held at Rozier last week was a great success and evprv service was largely attended. Rev. C. F. Whitlock of Neosho, Mo., helped our pastor, Rer A. H. Porter, in the meeting. Mr Whitlock is a great and powerful preacher and we hope to have him again sometime to help in anocner meeting at Rozier. There were seven additions to the church. Messrs. Whitlock and Porter are holding a meeting this week at Mr. Porter's home church. After which Mr. Whit lock will return home. Mrs.J. F. McDonald and Mrs. J. C. Carlyle went Sunday to Fayetteville to see Mrs. McDonald's daughter, Mrs. Allen, who is very sick at Highsmith hospital. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Martin, and son, Master Harley of Ten Mile spent the week-end here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jj C. Carlyle. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johnson and lit tle daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Allen of great Marsh section atiena eA church her Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Watson of Ten Mile sDent Sunday in this section. Mr. Avery Powers spent Sunday at his home at Ten Mile. . . Mr. Jason Odum of St. Pauls visit ed, friends here recently. WpII Qp-oin we are having some real warm weather after last week being so cool. We are needing rain now and hope it will come soon. We would be glad if the road com missioners or whoever looks after the road work would come out this way in some of their big cars. We don't as tall and fat as ever. Mrs. D. S. Currie and children and olina sister, Mrs. A. F. Hughes, are on a Killed in action Private Ervin visit to relative sat Spout Springs. ; Christopher Routel, Culberson. N. C : Mrs. J. E. Clifton and small son; Paul Hogsed. Andrews. N. C- Wil- were business visitors to our town this: liam B. Johnson. R. 3. Kernersvillp afternoon. j N. C: Will Z. Pearson Elkvillp. N. C. - iNot only seven rord cars cnangea : Loman Morgan. Andrews. N. C- Wil- hands up our way last week but some liam Barrett, Kings Mountain. N. C handsome real estate changed nanus. Killed in action Lieut. Paul C It seems that the farmers of our Venable, Durham, N. C,; Sgt. Karl M. community as ; exceed 75c per cotton, especia ing. This should be thoroughly under- V r N. Ci Privates hundred for picMngnnryr; GpfaTdT R. 1, bris, S. C!: lly for the f'rst pick- Eason Tinev. R. 1. Macclesfield. N. C stood, and no dissatisfaction should arise. So, Mr. Farmer, stick togeth er and you can get your cotton picked o. k. The hum of the new novelty shop of Mr. A. McM. Blount sounds good these days. We should have said last week 'that Mr. Lloyd Lancaster is now rushing a real automobile, Hupmobile, which he purshased in Lumberton, ana it carries one to ride. Johnnie Willburn, N. C. Died of wounds Private Carson B. Chason, R. 3, Lumber Bridge, N. C. (previously reported in The Robeson ian.) Wounded severely Lieut. Wm. Coleman, Chappells. S. C; Sergeants Hamilton W. Bowen, Easley, S. C; William H. Springs, R. 2, Mars Hill, N. C; Mechanic Jno. D. Adams, Wil son, N. C; Privates Chas. B. Hamp ton, Winston-Salem, N. C; Daylon Seares, Apex, N. C; Wm. S. Rice, Mr. A. H. Perry, the potato kingi R. 1. Mars Hill. N. C .: Jno. T. Elders. of this section marketed on last week j r. i( Enoree, S. C.j Robt. L. Gilliam, a fine two horse load of sweet pota-1 Newberry. S. C; Jas. B. Henderson. toes, which he sold for $1.50 per bush el. Mr. A. J. (jams seems to be in the bad as to size of potato, as he Lockhart, S. C; Curtis P. Page, Wade, N. C; Ernest Willoughby, Goldsboro, N. C: Raymond M. Dicks. Beech left one at the bank building lost. Creek, S. C; Raymond Barnes, Tay week that weighed five pounds. That 0rsvile, N. C. was some yam for this season of the; Previously reported dead of wounds, vear. now reported wounded, degree unde- Mrs. D. A. Sikes and children left termined: Lieut. Eliot B. Clark, Wei Friday night for a few weeks' vaca-idon, N. C. tion in the mountains. The Presbyterian church was mov-jjig Last Night Near Kingsdale ed up Friday in order to give wayi for a new brick church to erected! 2 Other Fires. where the old one stood. The old; one stands just on the corner ot the! uT - Tu" TTZ lot and will be occupied until the ? house belonging to the Kingsdale L r?i il k,i?i Lumber Co.. near the plant of tha new one 15 Dum' j company and occupied by Mathew Mc- "My Four Years in Germany,"! l1' col?red- 1:3. la?t nihi- the great motion picture shown here Mclntyre lost all his belongings ex last week, will be shown here again! cept a pair of overalls, and he and soon for 3 days-one day for Indians,! his family were very near overcome Q fnr wh5tp nnd one day fori wim smuKe wncn wcj wClti an.c UllV JLV. m- colored. Watch for large adv. later. by the fire. The building was worth ' around $800 and the loss was prac- - . fll wnlj rrn vprv far for thei tically covered by insurance, while Mc thmk they would go very iar, ior tne . jr. . -' oc4.:mnfj t oftn bridges out here are in sucn oaa con- "JU. . .... . 1 iiri h Tin inciirancp dition that it is dangerous to cross over some of them with even a horse and buggy. We are paying taxes to keep these bridges so that people can pass over them in safety and we would be glad if some of this money could be spent on repairing the bridges out here in the place 01 spenomg 11 au on the big highways. Now we hope this business wrill be looked after soon as some of the bridges are already in dangerous condition. We are glad that "Aunt Becky" has improved after being crippled so long by that mean old Billy, and now we hope she will write often to The Robesonian, the best paper published. Mr. Walter P. Britt left today for Buie's Creen, where he expects to en ter school. Page Resigns as Ambassador to Great Britain. Due to continued ill health, Walter WinPR Page. American Ambassador Curmis Stephens 01 Lum. - ZT pZLCw wSm.. The and Governor Pickett of Orrum, both 1 a iQ-ff vpstprdav for Camp Greene, Charlotte, being sent by the local board. V m ... . r a 1 iiT t l a. i T-.J ,.:il lin. after only make one delivery each day, which will be at ten o'clock a. m to all homes in the town east of the river. Deliveries will be made to the mills and homes sst of the river at four o'clock in the afternoon. We respectfully request our customers to place their orders with us by not later than ten o'clock. The fire company was called out about 5:30 Monday afternoon on ac count of a blaze on the roof at the home of a colored man, whose name has not been learned, in the northern part of town. The fire had been prac tically extinguished by a bucket bri gade before the fire company reach ed the scene. The fire company was called out yesterday at noon on account of a blaze at the home of Mr. Bill Bullard in the northern part of town. The fire started on the roof. The fire was extinguished by the use of chem icals before much damage had been done. THE RECORD OF DEATHS. Iguuvivt v - President at the urgent request ot the Ambassador, has decided to accept the resignation. 1 L. H. CALDWELL. Small Son of Mrs. C. R. Traynham of Fairmont. Albert Pierce, 2.years-and-5-months old son of Mrs. C. R. Traynham of Fairmont, died Tuesday at 2:30 p. m after an illness of only a few hours. Dpath resulted from asthma. The remains were taken to South Boston, Va., where interment was made yes terday. DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER Optometrist Glasses Fitted by Superior Methods Expert Knowledge of Eye Disease LUMBERTON, N. C.
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