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THE ROBESONIAN i 'I ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN A I) VAN CI - VOL. IXL LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY OCTOBER 21, 1918 NUMBER 73 AMERICAN FORCES ROBESON OVF.RRTTttsm? CONTINUE THEIR PRESSURE Allotment of Fourth Libetry Loan Exceeded by Every District of the County Woman's Committee Rais ed $197,500. To the Public: ' (By the United Press) Washington, Oct. 21. American forces north of Verdun continued Sun day their pressure against pivotal point upon which the German retreat is swinging, it was reported by Gen. Pershing today. President Wilson has recommended for promotion to rank of Lieut, gen eral Robt. L. Bullard and Liggett, major generals commanding first and second American field armies in France. (Gen. Bullard is :he son of a native of Robeson county.) Line Is Quiet Today. With the American First Army (noon) Oct. 21. German prisoners state that Germany had made ar rangements to evacuate France before the peace note was sent to President Wilson. These prisoners remarked that Americans have the worst blood letting sector on the eitire line and that every foot of ground will be dis puted until the German retirement from the sea region is completed. The line is quiet today. - I have not yet received final and exact figures from all the banks but THE RECORD OF DEATHS. Mr. Jesse H. Hayes, Rowland. Mr. Jesse O. Hayes of the Row land section died at the Thompson hospital last night. Deceased had been sick for some time with cancer of the throat. P. M. Page of Gaddysville. Mr. F. M. Paee died Fridav niht the following figures approximate-! a his home in the Gaddysville sec British Troops Advancing. London, Oct. 21. British troops are approaching St. Amand, 8 miles north west of Valenciennes, Field Marshal Haig reports today, contact with the enemy being maintained. British also are nearing the line of the Schelde river, Belgium, north of Tournai. NORTHERN BELGIUM IS BEING CLEARED OF ENEMY P - i ly correct. If there is any error it is on the conservative side: Fairmont district allotment, $45, 100; subscribed, $63,000. Maxton district allotment, $111, 700; subscribed, $136,750. McDonald district allotment, $10, 200; subscribed, $12,100. Parkton district allotment, $22, 300; subscribed, $23,750. Pembroke district allotment, $10, 000; subscribed, $22,500: Proctorville district allotment, $6, 400; subscribed, $16,500. Ked bprings district allotment, $62,000; subscribed, $100,000. Rowland district allotrrient. $64.- 600; subscribed, $90,100. St. Pauls district allotment, $27, 000; subscribed, $70,250. Lumberton district National Bank of Lumberton allotment, $125,800; subscribed, $250,000. First National Bank allotment, $82,800; subscribed, $91,400. Planters Bank & Trust Co. allotment $35,600; subscribed, $70400. Total allotment, $603,500;, subscrib ed $946,450. St. Pauls district leads the list, hav ing raised nearly three times its al lotment, and that without any help from the St. Pauls Cotton Mill. St. Pauls is followed very closely by Proctorville, while Pembroke raised more than twice its allotment. The National Bank of, Lumberton and the Planters Bank & Trust Co. of Lum berton each raised approximately twice its allotment Although of course there are man? exceptions, some deductions can be made: The Indians supported the loan better than any other race, ac cording to their ability; the colored people came next; and the whites come last. Ag a general rule men; land women of small financial ability ',did far more than the substantial and So-called prominent citizens. N When the final results are published, our people will be surprised at the piti fully small amounts" subscribed by prominent and wealthy citizens of this county. If men of wealth as a rule vhad done their part we would have raised far more than we did. The woman's committee, led by its chairman, Mrs. L. T. Townsend, ren dered noble and effective service. The results obtained during the campaign are largely due to her efforts and she should have the credit therefor. Wo tion, below Fairmont, of influenza pneumonia. Mrs. Page, who is a niece of Mr. G. E. Rancke of Lumber ton, is reported critically ill of the PARKTON PARAGRAPHS. j BELGIANS WILD WITH JOY j BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Influenza Conditions Improved Mar vin Odum Gives Life for His Coun tsPersonal and Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, Oct. 18. Today was the ftraly special effort for the fourth Lib esty bond drive for our township, and we auvisea tonienL tnat rwiir township was most to the top, but iiui over, we believe it will leap over the top yet. Sickness is one of the reasons that no more has been done same disease. Six children of this! 9.ur leading citizens are taking onto family are sick with influenza, also mrs. j. w. .Burns and six of her chil dren, in the same neighborhood. Mrs. J. L. Bryant. Mrs J. L. Bryant, aged about 20 years, died at her home, East Fourth street, yesterday at 2 a. m. of influenza-pneumonia. Interment was made in the family burying ground, near Rowland, yesterday afternoon at 5 Strickland Near Mrs. Mary Barnesville- Mrs. Mary Strickland,, aged about 60 years, died Saturday night at her home near Barnesville of influenza pneumonia yesterday. Mrs. N. J. Page of White Pond, Correspondence of The Robesonian. White Pond, Oct. 19. Mrs. N. J. Page died at her home near White Pond church Friday about 3 a. m. of influenza and complications. De ceased was about 47 years old and is survived by her husband and several children. Interment was made in the family burying ground at White Pond church. Mr. Wade H. Smith Mr. Wade H. Smith, aged 39 years, died at the Thompson hospital Friday evening at 7 o'clock of influenza pneumonia. Deceased lived with his father, Mr. J. W. Smith, about two miles east of Lumberton. Interment was made in the family burying ground yesterday afternoon. Mr. D. Berry Watts i Mr. D. Berry Watts died at his home at the National cotton mill vil lage Friday night of influenza- pneumonia. 3 Children of Nona Blount, Colored Victory Crowns Allied Arms on Every Battle Front Germany is Said to Abandon U-Boat Warfare in Reply to President. The Associated Press this morning says that Germany's reply to Presi dent Wilson has been handed to the Swiss minister at Berlin for transmis sion to the United States, according to unofficial advices to Amsterdam from German sources- In the reply Germany expresses willingness to evacuate Belgium but believes such a withdrawal would necessarily take several months. It is added that the German govern ment is prepared provisionally to abandon its U-boat campaign. A Madrid dispatch says Germany has notified officially the Spanish gov ernment that the German admiralty has recalled all submarines to their bases. A London dispatch states that in the ' could not have done what we did with- Nona Blount, colored, who lives a- note Oermnnv nrntoets no-ninst flip 1 out her. Two ladies of her - Lumber-1 cross the river from town , lost two charges of cruelty in the President's ' ton committee Misses Pearl Howard children FudJ and one Saturday of note and says she was forced into ! and Mattie Amnions personally sold j influenza-pneumonia submarine warfare by the Allied over 840,000 worth of bonds. This is blockade. a record J venture to say cannot be The German erovernment. it. is add- ! equalled in North Carolina. Miss 1 .... . ' I XT I J. -X- HI nowara is sisier oi is messisj. Howard who rendered such effective and efficient assistance to the commit tee at St. Pauls. Just as soon as I can hear from the district committees suitable, ac knowledgment of thanks will be made to those due thanks for service dur ing the campaign. Also, just as soon as the data can be received and com piled, full lists will be published giv ing the name of each subscriber and the amount subscribed; and also the names of those who did not subscribe The slackers will be singled out of each list. ' - - - R. C. LAWRENCE, County Chairman. this situation and as a full account will appear later we trust to show over the top. Since our last letter to The Robe sonian several more new cases of in fluenza to report, but we are thank ful that none of the whites have died thus far, and but few colored from the country ox) Neighborhood. We can report all the sick improving. Since our faithful Dr. D. S. Currie was taken sick, we were supplied with a splendid young Dr. Parsons of Charlotte, and he advised us tonight that all were doing very well, and that he thought the outlook was very encouraging. While we feel fortunate that none thus far pf our number have died, yet we regret to report the sad death of a number of our friends at other places a few of which we mention: brother of our townsman, Mr. M. R. Tolar; Mrs. Lela Ivey Bullard of Wil mington; Mr. Clarence Blue of Fay etteville R. F. D. 3. We greatly sym pathize with the sorrowing ones. In our town, like all others of the country, all churches and Sunday schools and day school have sus pended temporarily. Mr. E. V. Johnson left Tuesday for Charlottesville, Va., to enter training in the special branch of mechanical Population of Lille Celebrated Throughout Night Soldiers Smoth ered With Kisses. With the Allied Armies in Belgium, uct. 18. (By the Associated Press.) The speed with which the German armies are retreating from Belgium and northern France makes it appear that they are twice as anxious to get out now as they were to get in four years ago. The country, freed from the Huns, today is wild with joy. In Lille the population celebrated throughout the night, shooting off fireworks and dancing in the streets. while whole streams of old and young Miss Kathryne Beaman went Saturday to Newbern to be with her sister, Mrs. John Sutter, who is ill with influenza. Mr. A. J. Holmes is able to be back at his place of business after being confined to his home several days with influenza-pneumonia. The Atlantic Coast Realty co. conducted Saturday another success ful auction sale of real estate, the Rozier farm, 10 miles from Lumber ton on the Lumberton-St. Pauls road, divided into small farms. The land sold for between $21,000 and $22. 000. " Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Best and son. 1 Dr. Paul Best, of Goldsboro, spent oM.M,y emu r i may nei e v IB 1 VI tig son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs Jno. Fuller, Elm street. Dr. Best re cently enlisted in the U. S. navy and went Friday night to the naval hos pital, Washington, D. C, to enter up on his duties. Mr. R. M. Norment of the staff of the Greenwood, S. C, Index, who had been in the Greenwood hospital three weeks with influenza-pneumonia, came home last night to recuperate. He has an indefinite leave of absence from has paper. Mr. Norment was ac companied hens by Mrs. Norment, who had been in Greenwood with him, since he became sick. From his farm in Columbus county Mr. Geo. W. Lennon of Lum berton gets every fall most delicious grapes, Luola variety. Thursday he was exhibiting a couple of clusters of these grapes, pretty as a picture. Photos of these clusters would look well in the fanciest catalog. He is going to try to save one of these clus ters to exhibit at the county fair, and the other he said he was going to send to a well-known nursery. w round arm in arm singing the Marsel laise. The soldiers and officials oho tographers were smothered with kiss es and babies by the score were held up to be kissed by the British sol diers. ii OMMB Every street in the city, which shows no outward signs of war, was bedecked with the colors of the allies, especially the British union jack, on which was written: "Glory to our lib erators." The citizens explained that they had kept the flags well hidden in wieir nouses especially ior mis oc casion for which they had been wait ing four years and were certain would come sooner or later. Flowers plucked from nearby fields and roses from gardens were thrown into automobiles and pressed upon every man wearing the British uni form. The fighting British troops did not sweep through the city but passed on either side of it in hot pursuit of the Germans, the last of whom clear ed out at 6 o'clock yesterday morning after blowing up the bridge on the other side of the town. This was a useless proceeding because the British troops did not need them. They went outside the city because they had no desire to give the Germans the slight training for Uncle Sam. We all will v,.co . KnmKai it nftr -.:, wj t o nui.' i"uii? as was um: uj. pur they were forced to leave. mi I ed, denies responsibility for the loss ol women and children on torpedoed passenger ships, but to advance peace Germany is prepared provisionally to stop unrestricted submarine warfare. Finally the note disputes thp rierht of foreign powers to meddle with Ger man internal affair and declares Germany should enjpy the same right of self-determination as other nations. The Assofla ted Press gave this morning thefolldWing summary of the war news: , Victory crowns the Allied -arms on every battle front. Northern Belgium is being rapidly cleared of the enemy by British and Belgian troops. Bel gians have occupied Zeebrugge and Heyst, have crossed the GhentBruges canal and on their left have reached the Dutch frontier where 15,000 Ger mans, cut off from their retreat by the advance northward from Eecloo, are reported to have withdrawn into Hol land where they were interned. Ghent, it is predicted from British headquarters, will fall at an early date and the French, by a swift stroke awng an extended line have put their forces within tro miles of Tournai. Jhielt ig in the hands of the French, despite stubborn enemy resistance as well as the high ground round about. British troops IbAve classed the kelle river, have re-conquered Soles Jjjjl and have had hard fighting not only in the section around that town Jut at St. Python to the east. -Here theBritish have captured more than 4000 prisoners. . Since the hecrinninp of onerations m Flanders the Allies have made an advance nf mnr-o thon 5tO iviiloa nver A 36-mile front clearing all of western 'landers as well as the coast of the enemy. E Fighting desperately to hold their ositions to the north and south of aCateau the Germans on a front of W miles have massed nearly half a jnhon men. Their line is vital to the Germans but is just as vital to tne success of the Allied arms which are steadily pushing the enemy back "u oreakmg through at strategic Points. . The British third army is smashing w way forward to the south of Va- encienne8. Success o .far has at jjnded this effort and the turning of line will prove a source of great ganger to vast masses of German "oops holding the territory to the north and south. , 3 American forces operating in junction with the British north of .assiimv Vt o ifA 4a 4l C o m re-oi3(. canal. They occupied Rojet, 25 of Stv Souplet, at the point of the "yonet. Wave after wave of machine nrs ed the Americana who in Women's Committee Raised $197,- 600. The woman's committee of Robeson secured subscriptions amounting to ?197,500; according to reports so far received by Mrs. Townsend, but all reports are not in yet. Mrs. John H. Britt of R- 1, Orrum Mrs. John H. Britt of R. 1, Orrum died Friday of influenza-pneumonia. She had been sick several days withj the dread disease. Wife of Frank Clark, Colored The wife of Frank Clark, colored, who lives in the southern part of town, died Friday of influenza. Mr. Geo. Lawson Died of Pneu monia at Camp Hancock. best business young men, and it is with much reeret we part. He leaves with the best wishes of his many friends. The store sof our town will close at 7 p. m. since the "flu" has been rag- ing- -i , The farmers are greatly h&rnpered for failing to get market for cotton seed, but thev should not wor- pry, as not many years past they H nauiea tneir seea nome. . uotton seed make a splendid fertilizer for' wheat and every farmer should use his cot ton seed to that extent. Mr. A. M- Culbreth formerly of our town but now of Tarver, Ga., sends $2 The Robesonian, says it is like getting a letter from home. vJVe report the following new babies since our last writing: Born, to Rev. and -Mrs. W. L. Maness, on Saturday a week ago, a fine boy; and to Mr. a-nd Mrs. J. F. Lewis, on Tuesday, a 9-pound boy. - Another one of our boys gave his life for his country when Marvin Odum was killed in the trenches in France September 12. He was a true and consistent member of the M. E. church of our town. This is the sec ond golden star in that beautiful ser vice flag that is seen at the M. E. church. G. L. Marsh of our town be ing the first. Marvin was a good boy and was especially liked by all. He was of a splendid disposition and had been in our home a number of times and took supper with us the night he left home for Ohio, and frankly talked BELGIAN COAST AGAIN BELGIAN INFLUENZA IN ROBESON. About 25 Deaths From the "Flu" in Robeson Last Week and Around 1,000 New Cases. As near as can be estimated from renorts received at the office of Coun ty Health Officer W. A. McPhaul, there were about 25 deaths in Robe son from influenza last week and around 1,000 new cases of the dis ease. Dr. McPhaul has . been . confined at his home since Friday with influenza. His condition is thought to De some what improved today. Mr. Rodnev Prescott of Aurora has accepted a position in Mr. John T. Biggs department store. HAVE YOU REGISTER- ED FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION NOV. 5TH? Mr. .'Stephen , Lawson of R. 1, Or rum, was advised Friday of the death of his son Mr. George Lawson, at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. Death resulted from pneumonia. Deceased had been in the army about two months. The remains were sent home for burial at the request of his father. Joe Walters, Barnesville. Mrs. Joe Walters died at her home near Barnesville Friday night. She is said to have been between 68 and 70 years old. Her husband and sev eral, sons and daughters aurvive. Scenes similar to those in Lille were repeated everywhere over the vast stretches & territory wrested from the Germans. All the roads in the rear now contain the familiar carts of re fuges on tWhich are the usual house hold goods and babies But these wagons looked stranger The men' w0" men and children with Xhen are iaug'hlng and smiling as thr- to est bark to thfa ktittM. TKa Ta 4-1. i j thin ia ii..ii were going in the other direction, fleeing in terror from the enemy. Many of these refugees, living in a zone scared by war, will not find their homes at all. Some of them will find only wrecked and fire-scared who will find their homes intact, for the allied armies almost everywhere on the front have been long "in the blue" where there has been no war since the Germans swept through so rapidly four years ago. "FLU" AT ABBOTTSBURG. Not Many Families Escaped Deaths Clarkton Rose Nobly to the Situation. other towns have been delivered. Out of the great sack between the North sea and the Lys river the enemy is fleeing fast in an endeavor to prevent capture or internment in Holland. His hope is that he will be able to reach Antwerp and there reconstitute his line from the Dutch frontier through Antwerp and Namur to some point in the south, probably Sedan or Metz, and stabilize it, for the moment at least, to the Swiss frontier. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Ahhattahtirs-; Ofit. 1R. Our sick of how they would whip the Germans folks are nearly ait Up and gaining and would then return nome'itei is sad indeed to know we will never cerely sympathize with his loved ones Following is a true statement of a porter of the McNatt hotel: "That New Doctor." 'Never slept a wink last night, was making calls all night, and ma and pa never slept any for answering 'phone calls, and I never slept any for Neill kicked me all night." Phillip. ttfrftf 0 many beiricf so sick with in fiueiiza. There fife but few families see him again in this world. We sin-that 6e&pgd f)i. Strickland, who BONDS OVERSUBSCRIBED BY 25 MILLION PEOPLE. tions captured from the Germans. On the front in Russia a severe de feat with the loss of 1,00 men killed has been inflicted on the Bolshevik: th Yekaterinburg district Dy in C7.Acho.Slovak forces. Three armor mA train with eleven locomotives and American activity mm 60 machine guns were captured by th Mease American activity was canned to the consolidation of noei- Alied troops Miss Mary Barnes, Barnesville. Mia Marv Barnes died of influenza at her home near Barnesville Satur day. Mrs. B C. Barefoot of Howells vffle. Mrs. H. C. Barefoot, aged about 22 years, died of childbirth at her home in Howellsville township this morning. Interment will be made at Ten Mile church tomorrow at 11 a. m. Mr. John Edens of Rowland. Mr. John Edens died at his home at Rowland Thursday. Deceased was sick with influenza, but was not consid eprinnsTv ill. He complained of fAKn tr had and lav down. A short time later somebody about the house Aiannwrad that he was dead. It is thought death resulted from heart failure. Deceased was about 35 vaors ld and is survived by two J v - children. Miss Lille Rozier of Rozier 's Sid ing' St. Pauls Messenger Om community was shocked last Friawpwhen it was learned that miss IilHpRozier of Roziers Siding, had passed away, she had been sick for sometime and her death was not un- exSri- Pry; at was a loval member of the St. Pauls Baptist church, and it Oversubscription of 4th Liberty Loan Seems Assured Probably 25 Mil lion or More People Bought Bonds. OversubscriDtion of the fourth" Lib erty loan seemed assured at the close of the 3-weeks campaign baturaay night. How far the total will run above the six billion dollar goal of ficials have not estimated. Probably 25,000,000 or more people bought bonds, according to unofficial reports reaching Washington yesterday, show ing a large proportion of these filed their subscriptions during the last few days of the campaign. It will be a task of many days to actually count the number of pledges and to compile reports from the entire coun try. Mr. Jos. G. Brown of Raleigh, chair man of the State central committee, in a statement issued -Saturday night said that North Carolina had over subscribed her allotment. The State's allotment was $89,900,000, and and; incomplete returns show subscnp tions in excess of $41,000,000. Cotton Market. Middling cotton is' selline on the lo cal market today for 29 1-4 cents the pound; strict middling; 29 1-2 cents. ample of a Christian, as she possess ed those Christ-like qualities in her every day life. She leaves a father and mother, three brothers and six sisters, besides a host of friends to can be truly said, she was a living ex- mourn her loss. was called to help 0f. Gark, left for his home last week. Mrs. George Smith of this place died of pneumonia in Wilmington and was buried here yesterday. &ne leaves a husband and several chil dren. "r Mrs. John Hall died of that dreadful disease influenza last week and seven colored people died at this place. . Mr. Ben Edwards of St. Pauls was brought down one day this week, died of pneumonia. Clarkton did a noble deed when it turned its school building into a hos pital and got two trained nurses to take care of the sick. One of the sadest homes was that of Mrs. Leney Owen. She and two sons died within a week's time, and one son very sick yet and two boys in France. Mr. W. J. McEwen was one of the sickest down qmt way, but is up. We are very dry down this way but it looks like rain today. Had a little frost this week. St. Pauls 100 Per Gent Patriotic. St. Pauls Messenger. St. Pauls has gone way over the top, with subscriptions to the 4th Lib erty loan bonds. It has been said heretofore that we go over the top, by the aid of the cotton mills and oth er corporations, but this time it is raised by individual subscriptions, and not one dollar has been subscribed by any cotton mill or corporation. St. Pauls is proud to assure the boys on the fighting line thai every time the call comes, she proves, her self 100 per cent patriotic. ; 1 n : Robeson Baptist Association Post poned The meeting of the Robeson Bap tist association, which was to have been held October 30 and 31 at Park ton, has been postponed indefinitely, subject to the call of the executive committee. Red Cross WU1 Look After Needy Oases. The local Red Grota chapter has ap pointed committees in various parts of the town to keep watch and report any cases of suffering for want of food or clothing or lack of attention as a result of influenza. Already a few cases where food was needed have been reported and these have been supplied. Anyone knowing of a case of this? kind should report same to Mr. Wood berry Lennon, chairman of the re lief committee, and the needed relief win be given. BROAD RIDGE BREEZES. Jack Frost Arrives "Flu' Spread ing Rapidly Plenty of Beans and. Potatoes. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Broad Ridge (Lumberton, R. 4) Oct. 19. Jack Frost visited this section Wednesday morning but didn't do much damage. js It has been pretty dry in this sec tion for a good while, only last night we had a light shower ' which made everything look refreshed. Influenza is spreading very fast around here, causing Sunday school to stop, also preaching and all public gatherings. Everybody is hard at work picking cotton and peas and harvesting hay. The beans have been bearing for a good while, and we're eating as many as we wanted and picked some be sides. The Porto Ricos are doing fine for us. We've been eating them for a long time and they were good. "Aunt Becky," write opener; your letters are enjoyed. Also Mrs. Brown's are interesting. lira. Mary Ward of Barnesville was in town Friday. DON'T FORGET TO REG1STI It DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER, Optometrist Expert Knowledge of Eye Disease and Fitting Glasses. LUMBERTON, N. C i Germany's Dream of Invasion of England Across North Sea From Calais is Ended Zeebrugge Goes Way of Ostend. The Belgian coast again ii Bel Igian. Germany's dream of an inva on of netand across the North Sear ""-'lis is ended. hP tV Germany's second Zee&fUffr ' -nse on the North great ubfiiarfe v- Ostend. The sea, has gone the way - ?eT nag oi Belgium once ffiOT life io the south Bruges hfl? it. To the south Bruges hfli Mtr x skeletons. But there are many more i evacuated and Turcoing, Roubaix ami 1 Ml tft 1 11 M . . . - m I A.4-'Un-H 1 1 11 1 j-k '-' .4 . . .... .-f- -"irrm "r ftA Tift " iWaiiliiri'iliii iftlt,c'-- -- w-
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