THE
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ROBESONIAN
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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
VOL. IXL
COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH
S2.00 A YEAH. DUE IN ADVANC
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY DECEMBER 23, 1918
NUMBER 92
GREAT MEETINGS AND SER- MR. A. W. McLEAN AT HOME.
MONS Or OKEAT POWER.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
WITH ROBESON SOLDIERS
Thousands Are Attending Services at
Banner Warehouse Hundreds Arej
Being Turned From Sin "Signs of j
the Times" Subject This Evening j
Services Christmas Night and Twice
Daily Thereafter
This evening at the banner ware-
Director McLeon Talks Interestingly ! Nasby Hardin in Jail on Charge of Mr. DonMcGill arrived home Fri-
of Activities of War Finance Board' Selling Booze. j?ay nignt irom Portland, Oregon, hav
Since Armisf ipp U'qo ClimnJ xi :
t.o UIJIKU ItU , m
mi m ... . XT 1 TT I! t t ... i
nine may tse Kequired in Wash-! narain, jnaian, vvno lives a
SOLDIERS' LETTERS
ing been released from the U. S. ar-
COTTON MARKET.
The following interesting letter was ! pound.
received a lew days ago by frot. J. K
Middling cotton is selling on the
local market today for 27 1-2 cents the
mgton for Some Months Yet Says i few mije norJth of. Lumberton, was , Mr. Frank Bryant returned home lie schools, from his brother Dr. i
Postal Zone Law Will Be RenealeH I ares;e .Saturday night on the charge Friday from Camp Jackson, S C, Claude Poole, who was located at St.
Mr A w mot ? . Ir'!? ietlhlJ&. ,Sheriff Lewis and Depu-; where he had been since last August Pauls when he enlisted: i Local banks will be closed Wed-
ivir A. W. ivlcLean. director of the ! tv F A WnaViort nmro n,if : ti ; ..u: a a.. i, i . , . o i n, ..,).., tu,,.j u: i.
a; '. r . ""v jyuv, wiac ao lu ue is suujevb to recai out ooes not ; oomewnere in r ranee i - j "- uui sua, ui hub
Tir -n- '.. . ; . " t"
, ui i. mauv.c tui uuibl u . ua.mp nnmp rnp no 1 von nop lunn rf u v., . a 1 1 ..i- 1 ,, . xt i
i T7i j . j 1 1 " ; - . nig jx. iiaiuin anu cuiiaiuci It at all llKclv tTSt lie W11J lNOVculDcr i IJlo
louse Evangelist B. F. McLendon will "day morning and will leave to re-(Saturday night they concealed them- have to return to camp I Dear Jim-
p reach on "The Signs of the Times, or turn to Washington tonight. i selves at that point. They did not! I Well. I euess the neonle in the
tlio Second Lomine of Christ.
13 the regular service for colored peo-1 upon the activities of the War Finance j peared on the scene
takinsr two days off for Christmas.
Mr. J. G. Stephens of Elizabeth-
is relieving: Mr. Gradv Krink
town
pie but a section will oe reserved for
whites and all are invited.
rrl 1 Ac L-nrA 4- A. , - l v .... . , i i m
mis m cuwt ui tne armistice i nave to wait loner beiore an auto an-i r,- j : v . , SttP nn lpH nftf Cnmo i.d1akaM i 4-w.;l- - ;u " e
.on thft not vitio fl Wo i?i i w- u r rr.. i.t ivcv. jiuw.aiu Di igniau nas returnea: , ; . r i w.ai at ow-
tne auto and went to the Hardin home.! s r v.D,r; r u I I wish vou could have hppn un front
"u iir, wvtu icicascu iium tile ... " . . . x-
corporation, Mr. McLean said:
'While the apt. Prpntincr tVio rnr- ! TVlPV annn oonnmniirimJ U.t
. wi-j WW.. .vvuiii.U uwuiupaiiicu uy , arrnv
board station
with rto nn t no niopnt KafAro TVo ! ... . . . . .
tu, wni Ko r, affpr h;c ooration orovide that t,pw Knainaec! I TTarHin onri oiv n,o, ,v.; ui, ' dx m , &t V, - I cutting the trees in town with hatch-
evening until Wednesday evening atmay be undertaken for a period up tojning." One quart was soon dispensed! Mr L E Whalev of T.umhprton rp but for nine hours before 'the Boche
7:30 Christmas night and thereaf-j6 months after peace is declared by, with and Hardin was telling the men'ceived this 'morning a letter from hisienvys came over thev never ceased
her there will be services twice daily proclamation of the President, the! what a hard time he had getting the, cmi Mr v.UrrA wWp,, or, o,n,fn. But the last hour from 10 to 11 o'clock
. ? orwl 7-50 n rv Qnd thrpp cprv5foa directors, havmfir in mind that the act Humor tor them and nro-ino- t.hom not! -i Z. . . V J' ""."'"""i , -A 0,-0,.,rfV,;. v,i ninjrs. Jno. :
cr,.io,r of 11 Q ,v, St onrl 7-:in r. m was essentially a war measure, sns- i to- "fnve h m awav." when thp oflWrs , x " ,f - , f y , nf o o-,,r, ,. oC hruZ tv, 1 Crichton will leave
i . i . . . cv -i i " ." " -" f. .... , , . . . r I -- 7 torts in .wthtipp vir wnnipv i Tnp 1 "j ' " i. m.u iwos. xnc.y , . .
ets. It is said they ar" doing George
Washington stunts on Elm street.
Messrs. A. T. McLean, H. B. Jen-
Jno S. McNeill and R. H.
the day after
Christmas for Florida on a hunting
C Tl. in.. Ti7i.i iL-IWav OT a min was tiirnprl Inoco Than
tv MT.pnrlon will ito to Rpnnpt.t.svillp ; pended making advances to such in-1 rushed unon them. Hardin was brought i i j u:1 ' J-. u were firpH until umw of thp iai-trit: (-,nr
ioniorrow to sDend Christmas with his u?tries as munitions plants, ship-i to jail. He has been in court on thelwr, f.yito v, ci,, Q n ' guns were almost red hot. and it wasitrip
- . J J 1 I . 1 n T i 1 1 1 ... t .v.wi.'wvv w Ci..LU I. U JW , . . ' I . . , -. . t . m .
neiigc ui uisbiiiiUK "iu ociiiiiK iiquui rnnn offinr'o ha mot Hp hoc hpon nf. i Uiai way irom OWllZeriantl tO tne Sea. mis. Lj. t. luinn lliuveu
l i j: , - ' .,
family i ouliaing companies, street railways,
In spite of the downpour of rain, j power companies and others of a sim
three splendid services were held at llar character immediately upon the
the Banner warehouse yesterday. The ; cessation of hostilities. The princi
congregation was small yesterday pal activities now engaging the at-
morning, larger in tne aiternoon, ana , w8 b Kwuug
last night it numbered more than
2,000. Mr. McLendon preached three
great sermons, and at the conclusion
money to preserve breeding cattle in
the drought-stricken sections of the
&outn-west, ana some crop-moving
several times.
OVERSEAS CASUALTIES.
of the sermon last evening there were also large loans to railroads un-
oKlo ovUonnoo r.f thp nrpspnf p ' ue l go wwbbm control. ine laimr
of the Holy Spirit, people crowding
xxrill o ororrpcrotp lororp enmo
"It is difficult to tell just now how
long this business will continue for
the reason that the duration of gov
ernment control of railroads is un
certain." X
Asked as to how much longer his
Names of Robeson Soldiers and Others
In Near-by Counties That Have
Appeared in Casualty Lists.
fered a good price for it, as such sou- s,omt! of our Dys even had to go over
venirs are highly prized, but has re
fused to sell, and will bring it home.
He sent in the letter some German
papers drooped behind the lines by
aviators.
Names of the following Robeson
soldiers and others from some nenr-by
counties have appeared in overseas
casualty lists since last Thursday:
Died of disease: Privates J. W
Harrell, Bennetts ville, S. C; Archie
Gillespie, R. 3, Red Springs.
?SV mL?S m WaSh"jria C. Walters, Lumberton; Dewey
mgton, Mr. McLean said: . T . ' VavpttPvillP- C. M. Ford. Lake-
I innriAt- ootr rt afiniTA I XT rkllr I i ' v ' . . , i .
A vanwui bj uwuiii,, a P. PrhmtM I.: M . McNeill, enemy
, --. r , .t. r ii LIU 'ii i view, S. U. rrivaies jj. m. mcmeiu
should think that all my time will be d 'g . Clarence F- Bowen, R
to the front at the invitation
Witnessing.
The morning sermon was on "Wit
nessing". The preacher made it plain
that every professing Christian must
be a living witness for Jesus in his
daily life if he is true to his profes
sion. He said the world is not read
ing the Bible but is reading profess-
: i , ..; , t ; ., Tln nrn-faoeinop P.hrisi-
25, who do not fall in .d help required there for some months yet
? -2Szzl j u-; and after that I may return home and
men and women to Christ is standing i Sv?!." Dawson N .Sasser, Vineland; Wm.
in the way of saving souls. An aw- y1 . '-"c B w """ Campbell, Laurinburg; Luke n.
l rp.nonldhilitv rests uoon the child I business of the corporation." ' Green. R 1. Cerro Gordo: Noah M
- - r 1 Ma nn n on1 tVIQ TOTV11 V Wl ' ' . .
of God.
The Holy Ghost.
At the afternoon service Mr. Mc
Lendon preached on the Holy Ghost
and fire from heaven. Churches have
beautiful organizations, he said, but
thpv are netting nowhere because
FAVORINKING ENEMY
SURRENDERED WARSHIPS
1, Whiteville; W. D. Alford, Dillon,
S. C: Hermon Hendrix, Fayettevillei
1 1 TTT
last week from Fairmont to the Lon
the top for the last time and bayonet Bullard place at old Kingsdale. Mr.
some more "just for luck." Every' Turner was a Lumberton visitor
commanding officer's watch, though,! Thursday.
was set exactly the same, and at 11 j Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McLean of
o'clock, to the second, all guns were Lumberton were among those who at
silenced. I was standing right at cur tended the "at home" given by Sec
big battery, and they fired their last retary of the Treasury and Mrs. Mc
shot at 10:58. Adoo in Washington last week.
We also had right many casualties, The ffraded and hij?h school sug
and we were busy all of last night pended Friday for the holidays and
operating on both Americans r.nd will be(?in the sprinK Wednes
Germans. Nearly all of the German dav Januarv i instead of Monday,
doctors had been killed, in our division, December 30, as at first determined,
and they left their wounded for us
I bet the front lines were the quiet- Amandv Brown and George Mc
est spots in the world last night. Donald, a couple of color, were mar-
resolved to ad-1 There was scarcely a sound to be ried in the office of Register of Deeds
vocate the sinking of the surrendered I heard on either side. I suppose we!M W. Floyd Saturday afternoon at 3
enemy warships and resist any prop-1 r-wtieed it s mujh, though, on account o'clock Justice M. G. McKenzie of-
ot i;emg accuiii' ::r i f uc. an awful nciatea.
ra-Ket. Axnf so oc-D n "fln
American "Delegates Will Oppose Dis
tributing Them on Basis of
9 Naval Losses.
The Xiserican delegates to the
Mrs. McLean and the family will L". tJZJEZn.
4- f T niviKoTAn fr the fhri'st XUUW., ra,Cn.c,mC
liVPI LCbUlU UUUlUl l-vii JLL unv vniiuv
TTT 1 1 1 1 rtW- -v i - fA
mas hohdays, as originally tem-'pJWpairclotti Raeford :! declaration on aggression or the ac- the rear who have never heard a gun
Ill Wochinrrtnn i privates uiDSon t auuuw, i ::r.JlU;nnnn1T fired and have heen inst as safe or
umicu. uul win icuioiu in ao'""S i tit rn l i nnvinWiTro- LUlMtiua uj uiuuciii. . j
osition to distribute them on the basis
of naval losses, states a Paris dis
patch. This announcement is made
by those in close touch with the Amer
ican representatives who, it is added,
feel that such a position would re
sult in avoiding contention and ma
terially Bupport President WUsons
and two
Our next priox . n no is to iret deaths from influenza-pneumonia were
hon e. I uaf.crstand that ah the din- reported to Dr. W. A. McPhaul, coun-
C"1! "ft: . , act"'' ,ai 1 ty hea th office, last week. There was
front will be sent home first. We
certainly hope that is true. You see
there are thousands of fellows back in
or
Mr MpT.ean said that Cant. J. Dick-1
- . 1 "o : - . - - . . -1 . . . ... j, . i , i . nia waLta:
son McLean will spend a few days ... . AQO naT,e Pftnr first lord of the admiralty, nad pre- ing dux ngniior tne poor aevus Wno
at their Washington vwmmmmbw rFlw" viously acquiesced in the American have Deen tnrougn an tnis nerve- ZT
some increase over the previous week.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Stephen Baxley and Lillie
Soles; Wm. Lee Davis and Eva
Frances Prevatt; Leslie J. Ivey and
Engird; through Sir Eric Geddes, more so-than at home; and it is roth-! Wtts 7 Kinlaw and
1 i.U 4.1 J; 14... UA rQ. nr Knt rio-Vt -Fr.r trip rrr.r rlpinlc uHn N Ola WSIIS, James l . IVHllaW dim
leave with them
home. His leave of absence
is so
, 1 1 4- -fjv.rl
preacners ana m mi -i ,! short, that he nrobablv will not be able
inev are uis.e v ' rr. h.t
. . tt i ni i.
with tne noiy uno P -,to come to Lumberton. Capt. McLean
rreat engines capable ot pulling a, UnnA nf orn
rreat. train of loaded cars but stand-!" VT- JZ&T2r
",vi i i 4.- xt l.
ing .tiU because there is no fire in the Lw Will Be Repealed.
ATr. McLean brings from Washing
ton the news that the postal zone sys-
plan to destroy the captured or sur-
rendered warships and it is aeciarea,
will continue to support the United
States, although it is expected that
some of the lesser naval powers win
Proiect
The committee on rivers and har
bors has approved the recommenda
tion of Major General William M
Til ark. chief of engineers of the army,
for the expenditure of $398,625 on the demand that the prizes be distributed.
Cape Fear river, near fcouthport. met .
nrovision specifies that $303,625 will! Pp Af.p. JUBILEE AND EM AN
Hp item applying to newspapers and peri- be used m cutting a cnannel across. fifPATION CELEBRATION
1 OQlCalS ceriainiy Will reyeaiea as; me ocean uai mi i
revenv.
f irp.hov
Sin is the Curse of the World.
Last evening Mr. McLendon preacn
prl a soul-stirriner sermon on sin. H
4. j ui i ;!. Tt pfliisps OQicais ceiwuniy wn
painted sm black like.it is. "causes
all the sorrow,. ever& heartbreak all.- i pwacted bv C
trouble, digs every grave, ne pamiea , . this matter Mr McLean i made for maintenance, of the channel
with master strokes the awful conse-, id 6 land the present 26 foot channel in the
quences of impurity, of drunkenness,; ..f have always considered the leg- river.
of covetousness, of jealousy, of envy,1 iat;on as unw'ise, but in any event! The improvement of the Cape Fear
and all the sin horde of black-wingel w&g & emergency measure! river from Wilmington to the sea is
bats from hell. It does not take age 'whicn sh0uld now be repealed. The the only new project approved in the
to make a devil, he said: it takes sm. nevvspapers and periodicals are an j rivers and harbors bill for North Car-
sin is morai insanity anu uti is uws ( important part of our system ot gen- j olina.
insane asylum. If you come to the eraj education and publicity and are!
place, he warned, where a gospel ser-, imperativey necessary in a great Charage in R. & C. Schedule.
mon does not reach you goodbye , democratic country like ours, where A change will be made in the sched-
v iMarveious awry oi hcikbpuuh. ! -nMic opinion is the supreme iorce . ll1p nf T?aleio-h & Charleston trains op-
Ccloredf People 'Kweson"' Are Pre
paring an Unusually Interesting
Program for January 1st.
racking service to be sent out first. The case against David Bryan and
I wish you could see what was once Thad Shooter, the two bovs who con
the city of Verdun the place you fessed robbing the McAllister hard
have read so much about for the past ware store, as mentioned in The Robe
four years. Now, it is nothing except sonian recently, has been compromis
a pile of brick and mortar, and com- ed and the boys released. The stolen
pletely undermined with tunnels, and articles were all recovered,
excavations that will hold thousands Mr. F M. Gilbert, for the last
of men. The Boche never did capture 14 months local lineman for the
it but they certainly shot it up Southern Bell Telephone Co., was
Lenougk. l t kuHrL- (transferred last week to. Allendale. S-
I suppose 1 am allowed to tell you c. He is succeeded, nere oy mr.
now that I was in the Argonne forest John Robinette, who came here from
and in the St. Mihiel drive, which I Taylorsville.
know you have been reading lots : Mrs. E f. Townsend and children.
about recently. little Misses Lois and Eunice, of R. 6,
Your Brother,
CLAUDE POOLE.
THE RECORD OF DEATHS.
It was a marvelous story oi tne back 0f all government. I beheve that eratinj, between Lumberton and Ma-
vortoommir t- fw ti' ot . p i i inrixi, i.iiui u - -miwtis wo torn
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
The colored people of Robeson coun
ty are preparing an unusually inter
esting program for the first day of
Ton no yt
A peace jubilee m connection witn r M c Fisher Funeral Yes-
TTrv-ioninsitioTi celebration is to De
held Hon. T L. Johnson of the local
bar 'and Dr. Spurgeon Davis of Wil
son are the speakers
Lumberton, attended the McLendon
meetings Saturday and yesterday.
Trs. Townsend is expecting her son
Frank, who is on the U. S. S. Are
thusa, home for Christmas.
Mrs. B. C. Todd of Bellamy was
a Lumberton visitor Saturday. She
has not heard from her son Private
terday.
Mrs. M. C. Fisher, aged 60 years, - , T A Cn TT 7tVl Trf Ameri
1 l-i 1 A. i- I LfUUt: UU m v . a . 7
. r,n,riPiat.ion of the nublic welfare ' c c 0ffp,tivp Wpdnpsdav. Jan- son are the speakers. ... . died early Saturday morning ran exneditionary forces in France,
bv Evangelist McLendon at ti e ser- ';,.ac mrt iptp.I treatment of ! " T rf' M i wni 1pj,vp Tllim. An discharged colored soldiers mi home ot her son-in-law and aaugnwer, October 30. and naturally feels
vice Thursday evening He told how; great agencies so that they may ! berjm'at 9:40 a. m. instead of 10:20 the county are asked to meet eaiidMKj. fnhP extern nart apprehension as to his safety.
ne was savea irom a nie oi sin itomicirculate freeiy and cneapry among, & m. and returning will arrive here; graded scnooi g It ! ;V V" " na ' j W hPPn in ill
r.rotessional trammer, saioon-Keeper, n of fhe neonle. The press , z.qk ictprl of fi!l5 n. m. on that day and iorm a uw p- y-
booze-artist, gun-man and frequenter j perform a most important public i Train No. 2 will leave Lumberton at
of the haunts of vice. His story, told f unction in connection with all gov- -i 1-30 a. m. instead of 12:30 p. m.
with dramatic power and earnestness, ernment activities, as, for instance change is made in order that
being done, no wonder scores of peo-:the great publicity given to govern-1 train No -j may make connection with
pie flocked to the front at the invita-1 needs in time of war and alsojfhp Atlantic Coast Line train at Proc-
tion and thereby expressed a desire jn peace times.'
to turn irom tr.eir sins anu db saveu.
torville and the Seaboard at Smith-boro.
A GOOD INVESTMENT.
Mr. McLendon declared that he was h , them You are too low down
as much called to preach as was the ' voursijj
apostle Paul. The call came to him J J If VQU are ing to pretend to be
he said, unmistakably at tne age ot. Christians, be Christians.
14, and he tried to stifle it and run I Th ' Personal Devil.
away from it. He roamed the country , dnnht. was left in the minds of w.t.Vi nto the Lord, and that
as a gambler and plunged into every i M i,PJ1T.PT.s that the devil is a very real! WTTTCH he HATH given will He pay
and powerful personality when Mr. him again" Prov. 19-17. How would
McLendon got through with his ser- i like to be treated were I in the
Correspondence of The Robesonian
"He that hath pity upon tne poor
rade. . .. .,
The regular .exercises wv
take
Opceased had been in ill Dr. Raymond Thompson, acting
health for several months and her assistant surgeon, United states t uo-
death was not unexpected. Ihe fun- ic Health Service, with ranK oi urst
eral was conducted at the grave yes- lieutenant, is 'spending a few days
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Combs, pastor of the Gospel ; J. A. Thompson, Elm street; Dr.
Tabernacle, and interment was made j Thompson is stationed at Charlotte,
in the Great Marsh cemetery, near where he made his home before en
St. Pauls. Mr. Combs was assisted by t listing with Uncle Sam.
Rev. W. S.Johnson. . , iof4.or. aa tw 1R to the
HIT TT": U ,,.r- o 1 rtvn I mornhpr ail a f. v . - -
dissipation, but he could not drown
the voice which followed him by night
and by day and told him he was call
ed to preach and was throwing his
life away. It followed him even as
he fled to the swamps after shooting
a man down in the streets of his home
town.
He was converted in a tent meet
ing after a long and hard struggle,
mon on devils Friday evening. He de
clared that the devil is working just
hard to damn you as Jesus is
as
working to save you, and he is the
most powerful being in the world ex
cept God. He hammers away on your
weak spot. If he cannot pull down
into sin a man who is trying to serve
nnnt.v home
Send what you are willing to lend,
to the home of Miss Lizzie Caldwell,
not later than Dec. 24th, 1918, and
the inmates of the home will get it.
Roll Call
Red Cross Christmas
and when he made the complete sur-l,-.,,! h -u f tn ,lfiprrark him into' irive.
j n 4.u: u H u God, he will try lO sidetracK mm into, , r Christmas roll call
xenucx -ii -" ucv.au.c nevv anu nc,fanaticism ffia dramatic representa-1 - " "v"" at midniffht
Canvassers in Lumberton
atVCU Uiuaa vna uviiiMu - -- -
. i J 1 4.
was a new man. no longer the man 1 ii "S 'Jl TA iZJArixe for members ends at mmnign.
.Z. i-iYua.-j . ' - Ition oi uuaas umiayiu, ms uu&u .
place in the court house at 11:30. The
outlook promises the best exercise of
the kind ever held in the county. Ihe
presence of white friends of the race
will be appreciated. W. C. FOr-
wiifsnn anes to Enarland Thursday.
President and Mrs. Wilson will I f Qat MarehBapt church and editor asking that the address of his
to London the day after Christmas jOireat ffn x i be changed from Roper to Iroy,
from Paris. King George will give a
banquet at Buckingham palace De
cember 27 in honor of the President.
The visit of President Wilson as an
"overnight" guest at Buckingham will
be the first time in history that any
President has been thus entertained
at the palace.
Wilson vesterday visited
the Red Cross hospital at Neuilly,
France, where he shook hands mdi
' -jn talked with 1,200 badly
wounded Americans, for the most part
survivors of the Chateau Thierry action.
, . WU UCIIKltlAU 111 0 1 11. I
The telling of that story seems to jjesus
iiave ueen unc luiiuug fiuiiiv ui liic ; a. jninreBSive
meeting. Since then it has swung into the ci t down as being worse than awe to mm . m. ' J- " j" oval
t anything else in its damning,--" fc R. p. Gra"
Mr. A. D. Prevatt of Rowland.
Mr A. D. Prevatt, a well-known
citizen of Rowland, died Friday mora
ine of influenza-pneumonia. Deceas
", i - i
one IS suiviveu uy - , a- ' -r,.A
rieV. IN. la. Ot;clUUi:., ljlil:i ucwwu
pastor of the Lumberton circuit,
writes: "We will leave Roper tomor
row for our new home in Troy. We
are i leased with our new appointment
and glad to get back Lo the Rocking
ham district."
i .ii i i 1 a 1T tT
three children two oaugmeib, jus
B. Sam Edwards and Mrs. H. R
Smith ofLumberton, and one son, Mr
Ellis Fisher, who is in the army.
The new Alnine cafe will be open
ed in the McLeod building, corner Elm
for several years
his wife.
in tiuuas icwajmg aaaa ! 4. i,4. Ponvjisssprs in LiumDerton . J J
little money, and the crucifixion of SheaSyespos gnpt. Joyner Resigns-Succeeded
BUS and the suicide of Judas, was; are " artTllo OVprvhodv who is "Rtt Tiv P. f!. Brooks.
U1CThe preacher putlom the people, everybody, who is
.-SSTtES able to do so. joining, and .it is under-
u -frppr rnnrsp and at. evprv service I
! " Ti. j - j II aii: i most anytmng eise m i u.fll,uul, L. Pnnnt.v
"KSL - effect upon the will and moral sense., nT -'hairman, estimates that
all
Graham
He made a startling recital ot its rav-,- " . j f members in Robeson
tllC IIUUIW'
will reach 5,000.
preacher's invitations.
Tkaa YV nob n,,t nf iUa "h lir'h
"Now Peter and John went up to-j " Misbehavors Rebuked.
rfl-ian- nnfr, fVis hihujn at tnp nrtlir nfl 1 1 1 J..-M?w.m
t. tii. i umiv "-"'F' " " - some negroes misoena veu uuimg i , -T tt- v
jrayer, being the ninth hour" Acts i th- sermon and at the conclusion of .National Banks Set JNew lllgn
3:1. This was the text Irom which ; the service Mr. McLendon rebuked i Record.
r.vangenst jicienaon pieacneu r nuy them snarply and gave all to under-: Resources of the national banKs oi
Bv Dr. E. C. Brooks
Dr J. Y. Joyner has resigned as
State superintendent of public instruc
tion, a position he has held for 1
years, effective Jan. 1, and Gov. Bick--4.4.
u ' orintpd T)r F.. C Brooks of
Trinity college as his successor. Ihe
announcement was made Saturday
from Raleigh and came as a complete
i surprise to the public.
.uternoon. i a-r,r,A fv.,t hp would tolerate no disre
"The weak spot of the church today SJ)et and unseemly conduct at his
is the prayer-meetings," the preach- j servjces
er declared. You can diagnose thej Must Seek With Whole Heart,
spiritual life of the church by look-1, "Zacheus" was the theme of Evan
ing in on a mid-week prayer service. L-oii-t McLendon's sermon Saturday
The churches in many instances are I evenin,. The preacher told of how
merely amusement bureaus. Much anxiously Zacheus sought Jesus
of the churcn music is real poppycock , r-hrUt and declared that every man
and nonsense. It is a shame to dese-wv, fA r.hrist. must seek Him. It
IVCOUUlvvti ,
the country on November 1, the date of
the last call, aggregated $19,821,404 -000,
Comptroller of the Currency Wil
liams announced Sunday. This not
only was a new high record, but was
an increase oj. ti,Mi,i,Y, I
total shown by tne can msi. sui
31.
crate God's house and commercialize
it with worldly things.
No Substitute For Prayer.
It is time for folks to quit claim
ing religion and live it. There is no
substitute for prayer. Where are the
deacons, the Sunday school teachers
and the heads of families when the
prayermeetings are being held? the
preacher asked. We should live clos
er together. How many are trying
to save and rescue the perishing? We
are going to the dogs if the church
does not wake up. Too many church
members are standing no higher than
the world. People are going to hell
all around you and you are not trying
takes every faculty of the mind and
onl to find God.
ririat dipd to save sinners, not
nhrist.ians. Every man, it matters
nn twhnt his nosition in life may
be, has an equal chance of finding
Christ. God welcomes those who are
enrnpd hv society If you were born
.irrnnff vnll pan be born again and born
right. Jesus Christ can take the devil
nut of vou. Neither the preacher nor
tViP rhnreh can save you. Only Jesus
can save you. The world sees the bad
in you, while God sees the good. He
lnmuc how vou stand.
Report of other sermons will be
found elsewhere in mis paper
4 Negroes Lynched for Murdering
White Man.
tp. npo-rops 2 sisters and 2 broth
ers, accused of the murder of Dr. E.
L. Johnson at mooue, aw., f,fL-c""J"
were taken from the jail at Shubuta,
m;c itv;Hhv nicht and lyncneu, -
disnatch. All four
CUIUtHfc a I' - vl i . . I
, i I- a.1 .Jnw n-f o kridirp I
were nangeo wj wits -spanning
the Chickasaha river. The
dispatch states the jailer was called
into the street by a member of the
mob and handcuffed. Dr. Johnson was
shot and killed irom amousn wmic
Une oi xne negiuca
Wilcox Gets Pardon.
Having served half of his 30-year j , t pinehurst Saturday night
sentence, Jim Wilcox, convicted a
the slaver of Nellie Cropsey, his Eliza
beth City sweetheart, in 1902, was
pardoned by Governor Bickett Friday.
The pardon. Governor Bickett ex
plained in a statement of reasons, was
;T,-finpnpd hv oninion in Pasquotank
has heen sufficiently I
Uiai MK jJiicu.i" . , I
punished and by tne nrsi sHt"" Flour Regulations UH
eT was 'Ground 4ryearroTd andd and Foug .tomorrow aer
conducted a barber shop at Row and noon at 5 :30 The caf s will be man
hp is survived ov "k uj
tie is surviveu , Drienced cafe man, who comes to
Lumberton from Margon's cafe, Char-
. .. lotte. The cafe is owned by several
Mr. Lester Rowan Victim of mini- Lumberton people and no doubt will
enza. enjoy a splendid business.
Mr. Lester Rowan, aged about 30 Mr c j Smith Gf Henderson, of
years, died at his home in the north- rm q nott & Smith whrf 0T)er.
eastern part of town Saturday night d & tobacco warehouse here last
of pneumonia following influenza. De- geason was a Lumberton visitor Sat-
rensed is survived by his wife and j ' iit.lv that
one child. Interment was made in gmith was deadj and he was nrov
the family burying ground, near &myr- by hig presence here that Ihe re
na church, this morning at 11 o clock. . f hig death was very much ex-
1 a, aggerated." He expects high prices
Funeral of Walter Hmes Page at f or tobacco next year and says his
Aberdeen Tomorrow. . warehouse will be open till all the to-
Walter Hines Page, former ambas- bacco in this section is sold.
sador to the court of St. James, died Abraham and Henry N. Schwartz-
Wilcox has ever made on the case,
contained in a personal letter to tne
Governor.
France Lost 1,400,000 Soldiers
Killed in War.
Prow, tnohilized 6.900.000 men dur
ing the war, had about 1,400,000 killed,
while 800,000 recovered from wounds,
according to a statement made in the
chamber ot deputies in rana a-uua,
Mr. H. L. Curtis of Hamer, S. C,
He re- uv,c Mr Jos Blacker.
turned from England in October m a with Qne of their '"buddies," Morris
critical condition, was in a hospital in Coen are m Lumberton spending
New York for some weeks, and about their Christmas furlough. Abraham
10 days ago was taken to Pmehurst. SchwartZman and Morris Cohen are
The funeral services will be held from tationed m the same regiment at the
the Page Memorial church at Aber- . . station Charleston, S. C.
deen tomorrow at 11 a. m. Thpv will soend the week in town.
Henry N. Schwartzman is attached
I f thp nnv office of the naval overseas
" I .Z n-la:
r.QT,PPll5,t.ion of all flour milling transportation service w wr?"?
regulations, including fair price sched- Md His stay has been cut short due
ules and the price and quantity re-ito his services being needed at his
strictions on the sale of wheat flour headquarters, due to so many navy
by millers, which officials expect will ; men at his station being relieved from
result in cheaper nour, was i iu-
i -n j I 4-U - -a-va-x4 o A r- in-
announcea rnaay u tne xuuu aumm
M Ulr. korn
ii 1 1 m iiul lit - . ,
said to have confessed and implicated ( .g a Lumberton visitor today,
the others.
istration.
Lumberton is running over w th
Christmas shoppo3 today. Among
the crowd are many 30! l"Jis who have
recently been discharged from the army.
DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER,
Optometrist
Expert Knowledge of Eye Diseases
and Fitting Glasses.