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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH
i.OO A YEAR. DL'E IN ADV A NCI
VOL. IXL
LUMBERTtiN, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY DECEMBER 30, 1918
NUMBEH 93
A GREAT MEETING
CYCLONE MACK" IN ACTION
Meeting Jteached Hieh
Mark Yesterday, Thousands of
People Attending 3 Services.
HUNDREDS HAVE PROFESS
ED FAITH; MANY RESTORED
Each Sermon and Service Better
Than the Last Service for Col
ored Folks This Evening Two
Services Daily During Week
Cottage Prayertneetings Meet
ing Win Last Two Weeks Long
er Some nine thousand people attended
the B services at the Banner warehouse
yesterday and the evangelistic cam
paign swung rait its fourth week
with life and fiare zind vigor that bid
fair to make t5se next two weeks
memorable in the history of Lumber
ton Yesterday was the first Sunday
since the campaign began on Decem
ber 8 that the weather has been at all
favorable, and many people attended
from a distance, some coming fo? the
morning service and spending the day.
Evangelist Mdjtndon will preach
to the colored foEks this evening, and
the singing wilH foe a feature of the
se-viee. Whrte people also are in
hed. Two services wCll be held daily this
week, at 3 and 7:30 p m. Beginning
tomorrow, prayernseetings will be held
at various homes all over town from
9:30 to 10 a. SV daily. Where these
services will te feeM tomorrow will be
announced at the service this e vening.
Hundreds have professed faith since j
the meeting began and many church j
members who had grown cold have
been reclaimed. Scores of peoDle j
crowd to the front at every invitation j
given by the preacher. At the con
clusion of the service last Monday
evening Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county
health officer, went upon the platform
and made public profession of his
acceptance of Christ and his deter
mination to live for God. He said that
he had been under deep conviction
since hearing Mr. McLendon's sermon
the night before on sin, and that that
afternoo nhe made the complete sur
render. Mr. W. H. M. Brown of Buie
also embraced the opportunity to make
public profession of his conversion
last October.
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DEATH AND FUNERAL OF
TVERS. R. D. CALDWELL
WITH ROBESON SOLDIERS.
COTTON MARKET.
She Passed Away in Baltimore Christ
mas Day Funeral Here Friday At
tended by Immense Crowd Tributes
To the Rare Christian Character and
Influence of a Most
Woman.
Two LtmtWrtea Men in An Airplane.
Middling cotton is selling on the lo
ca; market today for 28 cents the
pound.
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS
Local banks will be ;los.d Wed
nesday New Year's Day.
Born to Mr and Mrs. B. Sam Ed-
Mayor James D. Proctor received
last week a letter from his brother
Lieut. K. Knox Proctor in which
Estimable Lieut. Proctor stated that he had just
, maae a trip of llo miles on an aero-
nlnin ...;U VI.. i IS XT 1 . ,
i,uw a luuaai in JjUlUUCIli) 1 tain- t.mn 4..L-;.... . 1U. . . i rr i .
ered Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock to to UTfroat nd Wr wW 1 m0rn,ng' a bo-
; Pay the last tribute of respect to Mrs doctor S TtatJoTeS and landea'to C. will meet in the mu-
R D. Caldwell, who passed away at spend a short time with him Lieut. mc:pal bu!dlnP at 3:;i P. m. Thursr-
mJ fn8w T h03?11' Baltimore. Proctor Stated that he thoroughly en-' day"
iShelmn'yfr T Hid thatA "0Ped , "The graded and high school wil,
i lowing fnfluenza ?neumon"1 fo1 j to , be home some time next spring J began the spring term Wednesday of
s The funeral was conducted from the JffifcJ " 'S attaChed t0 the 8Ut thlS Week' January lst
! First Baptist church by Rev. Dr. Cha3. '
iH. Durham, pastor of the church, ps- :ur I- Kriei'arlvlp ha hppn hnnnr '
sisted by Rev I; P. Hedgepeth The alJf 'SSSJffSS US
Sir-m and.f?aliei'y wre fli J and bas returned home. He was sta
! overflowing with sorrowing f riends tioned al nampton Roads Va
; anct: relatives. Dr. Durham mentioned '
i three traits in the life of Mrs. Cald-
well that had impressed him. These Mr. J. .1. Oondwin has been re
jwere: Her love for God, her spirit j leased from the U. S. army and will
i of optimism and her persistence inirpfurn to his work here at an early
,3 1 t i . j n n . Jnt-A A l .. a- i : : i e .
I I I u j if in i i ' i k Fui r r i 1 1- v ifi , r i i i iin.ii ai i ii v - m u m r it. t- m "j r noi a h i . . . .
j . " " &wv. u .'ll. - - - ........ ... ... M ...v-i.ivv vu:iiuaiKli 111 lUIll Uc riOll fPCll I -.J
HedgMieth paid glowing tribute to the ! f"e well-known law firm of McLean, the collection of $620 Miss Cammie
beaufpul Christian life of the deceas-1 Varser. .MrLean and H .E. Stacy. Mr.j McNeill was chairman,
ed and declared that her influence ' Goodwin volunteered and entered the, . ,
woultfctive and bear fruits in the years military service more than three "V" untiful dinner, contribuied hy
to come. Her life had a great deal to 1 Months airo. He was stationed at fmberton people, was taken to tha
do with making Lumberton the good Camp Gordon, Ga. He has been atlnmats of, the county home Christ-
town Jfc is, he said. Hundreds of peo- Red Spring"! for more than a week. ! mas uay M,ss lizzie aldweli.
License has been issued lor the
Mr. '.. A. MacCall returned about! maage of Bert Adams and Nettie
10 dav ao from the officers' train-1 yi i,?r,rell Jennings and Reba
ing can.j) t I'lattsburg, N. Y., and is la.rch?T Floyd; Mellier Hardin and
iHgitinsr .j the home of his father,, Kuo' Hayes.
Mr D. A. MacCall at Elrod He was, -Mr H. L. Pope has purchased
der and beautiful. As a mark of uro- V " Vm"l lesiaence 01 Mr. U. V. Bro
r . O x f. . nas ie
Mr. J. J. Prevatt and familv mov
ed last week from Fairmont o Mr.
Geo. L. Thompson's farm, near Back
Swamp church.
Much complaint is being made
to tne officials about hogs being al
lowed to run at large. This is a vio
lation of the law.
The Red Cross Christmas roll call
pie foTHowed the remains to their last
resting place m Meadowbrook ceme
tery, where interment was made. No
more beautiful array of flowers has
been seen here than that which cov
eredthe grave of Mrs. Caldwell.
iiiywiwceaiuiecuuicii ww Tjimhoi inn vHitnr Thnrsrlav
hoc 1. i MnafawaJ VrL 4- f h taw ... m tI i t .
found respect the congregation stood I m"' XI ZT .T.: ana iu,s mdy will
as the .preacher entered land remained t.oIle j, whfeh. FebrTl.t nme dbUt
standing until the casket was rolled colleRt, h, v,r.t to Pittsburg He is
to its place m front of the chancel ! Qn th. iriaj staff of the' college i -Much complaint is hoard about
TASri?art f ScVnPotUi"Ve? ng i annual and wtll go to Raleigh this tions at the un or. station here.
Dr. rrham read the 103rd Psalm, a ' .eek ahea4j of the opening t the ; Oiten when it is cold there is no fire
In,, fanim Ton 7 4- oa.i'Bf Urf 1 the Waitllll? rOOm flnrl th ctormn
UOOIOV 111 .w " w -Ml
rjjgiis rot Kept in a sanita-y condition.
Pithy Sayings of McLendon.
There's just about as much cor
diality and Christian fellowship among
the preachers of this land as there is
between a bulldog and a tomcat.
One of the most pathetic things in
the world is a man with a strong phy
sique and a withered soul.
Sin is mora insanity and hell is
Among sermons of superlative spir-j God's insane asylum,
itnal power, each meeting the need j A blind tiger is a cross between a
of the hoar, one cannot say that this i polecat and a buzzard,
one or that was best; but in his ser-i It does not take age to make a
mons Saturday evening and yesterday,; devil, it takes sin.
at each of the three services, Evange-i I came here to sit up with you until
list McLendon preached with such I we have a revival,
great power and made so plain somej If you are not asked to do some
things over which multitudes of peo- j thing at this revival, ask for some
pie stumble that the conviction was J thing to do.
forced upon one that the messages You can do a man nine hundred and
were truly inspired Yesterday Mr. ninety-nine favors and if you don't
McLendon preached after a sleepless: do him the 1000th favor he will look
night during which he suffered with a on you as a confirmed enemy,
fever, but there was lacking none of! It requires microscopic inspection
the usual fire and zeal, and last night to tell church members from non
he said he was as fresh as when he . church members. -first
began preaching. A majority of the churches are run
This being the first issue oi ine as opposition societies.
iron Kussellism is one ot t
read by them many times together tt )Ut that publication
during recent months when Mr. C aid- wiU be Vj MacCair8 last
WV 1L ' . L u -I x ui the State college
xii Mini nign uiuunco wit "ut onunende
traits of character of the deceased,,
i Dr. Durham and Mr. Hedgepeth gave I
: Rxnresision to what everv heart in the i A German Gas Shell.
Chief Hanna Captured Whiskey Still i Presence felt. They said what every j Capt ...d Al rs. J T Glover received
unc wuwu nave liivcLi w saj u nicj " ... .uo .-..i.,
year at
Be has been rec-
a commission.
WHISKEY STILL IN TOWN,
In Operation Near Union Station
Still Attached to a Range at Home
of Jim Jenkins, Colored, Who Has
Vamosed.
Mr. J). H. Britt, Jr., of McDonald
wntes The Robesonian to the effect
that Mr. J. V. Faulk of that place
kihed a porker on the 26th inst. that
weighed 843 pounds. Quite a bit of
hog.
Misses Ganelle and Mvrtl R
the"most dam-
thai
Robesonian since last Monday, wi
the consequent accumulation of mat- nable heresies. It preaches
ter to be nandled, it is impossible to : there is no personal devil .
give detailed reports of all sermons.'. You 1 can reach 10 bums in New
A report of the service last Monday j York or Chicago where you can reach
evenine will be found elsewhere in lone high-toned, moral citizen .
this issue and further reports of ser-l The more rigid denominational lines
are drawn the less you see tne spirit
! 1 I A. i , J ' IT! I 1 1 ; M n r . . LJ 4T trm r . 1 t ' - 1 . .
coum nave given utterance to wnat i-ureu wn m; ninuenourg line, ironi xiazici vanyie leit tnis morning
was in their hearts. j t.ieir son Corporal E. J. Glover, 7th for Greensboro, to resume their stud-
The pall bearers were: active rr.. mechanics Reg., air service, ies at Greensboro college for women,
Messrs. S. Mdntyre, L. H. Caldwell, The letter which preceded the 3hell after spending the holidays at their
n T WilHamc C M Ricro's Vva nc a from T-avieme. France. 1 homes here
IJ fwLrlSSwl Gougr.H' T.' Po;.Jonorary:-j The shell wrapped in a Robesonian ; -Mr. Geo. W. Bass and family mov-
"r- .'"r -7 Messrs. 1. n. varser, n. o. jenmngs,; w oeic . r - en i rarscray from the Barhe&vil'"
still was being operated ui tne town i H- M McAllister, F. P. Gray, Jas. D. section into the Freeman rSklnce"
of Lumberton Chief of Police E Ljp R c Lawrence, E. J. Britt,: Ueu, ., Nl Ru,sell of c Mc. Third street Mr B n 'l'
Hanna located a whiskey-making , w , Linkhaw G. L Thompson, D. W. ; Clelb.n. Anniston, Ala., is snendmg a a position as salesman in Messrs R
puuii i.i run ua.iciviuu ill viiv. nivviivii
at the home of Jim Jenkins, colored
near the union station. The chief smell
ed something "cooking" and when he
reached the scene of action Jenkins
was sitting on the front porch at his
home with a shotgun across his lap.
He ordered the officer to halt, but he
did not halt. While he wras locating
the still Jenkins made his escape and
Biggs, L. E. Whaley, K. M. Barnes, ten-days' furlough here with hime D. Caldwell & Son's department store'
!A. P. Caldwell, M. F. Caldwell, Irvin, folks. Lieut. Russell spent some time
w r ranee
State.- to s
der?.
Carlvle. E. B. Freeman, J. T. Biggs
J. A. Eranch, T. L. Johnson, A. E.
White, T. W. Maxwell and Dr. R. T.
Allen.
As an unusual mark of respect for
deceased, the Virginia & Carolina
Southern railroad, of which Mr. Cald- rirppnV;'ii
i well is a director, stopped an trams
News has been received here of
was sent back ro the the marriage on Christmas day of Mr.
Mr
armv.
o riivorrnr ernnnpn a lihiiis.; i i.
has not been conspicuous in Lumber-Lw, aii ctat.inn doors and ceased all'
, . , . 111KIIII.
work ior tive minutes, oeginning at
Arthur Shooter of the U. S
statione i
e. S. C
if fair !
3 o'clock, by order of Mr J Q. Beck-
ton since that time
The still was a home-made
and was attacned to a range. ine, v,o mnpral mssna
- , . i . , Hi VV1L11, uuslewiA) - v v.i. towlAV-
uiant, Wl'.i! inuie w:aii i-v.entv gtmuna lf0,. Wol hnnnoes hniKP? .vpi'P
closed lor the funeral.
There were many out-of-town peo
ple here for the funeral from tne
country and nearby towns, among
them Messrs. A. R. McEachern, J. M.
Butler and J. L. McGoogan of bt
of beer, was taken over by the officials.
It is supposed the plant had been in j
operation for some time.
92 CASES OF "FLU."
I Mr. J
: last eve
: having
i armv.
rung
mons last week and yesterday will be
published in the next issue, in subs-- of God manifested. A mean, narrow' That Number of Cases Reported in Papls
quent issues II JS IlO,. iM LUcit it ,vm se;. ti.l milism is tne cuiae ui t,uc uuun-
possible to give reports ot all sermons . try.
up to the time oi going to press
Robeson Last Week.
I
Senator McLattrin cn McLendon.
Ex-Senatcr John L. McLaurin of
Bennettsville, one of the most promi
nent men of So-ith Carolina, and Edi
tor W. D. Grist of the Yorkville En
quirer, one of the best semi-weekly
newspapers in the country, attended
th service Thursdav afternoon and
i mi
..sc in naming otner soi- Sam R Tw;c nf Tobcwiii tn-
. -- vu.ni3v;iivu ic , i lx
Mr. Lewis formerly lived here ind is
'brother of Sheriff R. E. Lewis It
has not been learned who Mr. Ll-wis
at Camp Sevier, married.
spent part of last Manv fine porkers have been 1Tll-
visiting relatives and ed in Robeson during the last few
weeks. The heaviest yet reported to
The Robesonian belonged to Mr. Artie
Williamson arrived home Walters of R. 2 from Fairmont. This,
from Philadelphia, Pa., one tipped the scales at 547 after be
teleased from the U. S. ing dressed.
j Mr. R. Lewis Shelby, cashier of
the National Bank of Hopewell, Va.,
spent Wednesday and Thursday here
visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs. R.
W. Shelby. Mr. Wearn Shelby, book
keeper in the same bank, also .?peat
the holidays here visiting his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Smith und
were their 2 children, of Saddletree, will
COTTON GINNED IN ROBESON.
54,851 !!'. tinned to December 13.
Correspondence of The Robesonian
Mrs Sarah Dovie Caldwell was
i i t i "x t n i i : . j
unurcn memoersmp is a greased i .me nooeson piiysicmns lepuiieu;, Nnvpmher 1. 1864. and was,
plank the devil uses to slide folks into; 92 new cases of flu to the county j therefore in her 55th year. She was i 54,854 bales of cotton, counting round ; ieave Wednesday for Callahan ' Fla.
hell. I ooara oi neaitn m ween. ruiuy ia daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. as nan r.e.--, ginned in KODeson coun-1 near which place they vviU make theit:
When churches lay down envy and cases were reported from the Me-1 o r Carlvle of Lumberton and spent ty from the crop of 1918, prior to De- home on a farm recentlv nnrrhjKM.fl
. 1 1 ... . . . . . . 1 . ... U ... . i T . M C .-- I n ftt'OTirV-ClV T VAm KnW. . . . . CI . ,4 ' V. .. 1 " ' .... nnn.nn -1 - V. C. OnO . ... . . .
jcaiuusy uiiu sian a. unvc nj;.tnci uiaiu ocu.wn, muj ajj her lite here, one was marrnsu; i-. as i-uuiyaicu v.iin
they will put the devil in a hospital.
ocrits in the church; they look over
99 Godly men and women in the"
church and pick out the hypocrit.
Hvnocrits are going to hell and it is
before the sermon Senator McLaurin i better to spend a few years with a
paid a high tribute to Mr McLendon. j few hypocrits in the church than to
He said that if there is a Christian onj spend eternity in hell with all the
God's earth Baxter McLendon is one ; i hypocrits in the church and out of it.
that he has known McLendon since he! The worst sin, the preacher declared,
was a boy, and that since he was con- is rejecting Jesus,
verted he had never known any nian Men say they are afraid they will
to walk straighter; that no man in! not hold out. Holding out, he said,!(.-
Marlboro county is held in higher es-j is not your business God will take
teem, his folks love and respect him;; care of that.
that he is the best judge of human ua-j You can miss your chance of being
ture he has ever known. Senator Mc- saved, said the preacher, and he told
Laurin said much more to the same lot' the awful condition of the man or
purpose, showing that Mr McLendon. woman who resists God's spirit until
is honored and respected by the peo-! finally God lets them alone "He that
pie among whom he has spent his life; being often reproved hardeneth his
and has their entire confidence Sen-; heart and stiff eneth his neck shall
?tor McLaurin is a near neighbor of; suddenly be destroyed, and that with
McLendon out remedy"
Mr McLendon spent Christmas Evei
at his home in Bennettsville and he I REGAN STORE ROBBED.
eVmwon1 nn Christmas night with some
scratches on his face. He B Robbers Unlocked Store Doer and Safe
without provocation a man approacn-! ,
ed him on the street the night before j and Got Away W ith 8200 or $300
and insulted him in such a gross way; No Clue to Guilty Persons.
that he could not have looked his; The store of Mr j g. Regan, about
wife and children in the face again ten mjies north-east of Lumberton,
without resenting
ed to knock the man
he added, "he will
Make For Not Being ; Between $200 and $300 m cash was
taKKIl IIUIU tile SiliC wiin.il iiau vii
lsnd, seven from' Fairmont, eighteen!
from Pembroke and one from St.
Pauls.
Recorder's Court Cases.
to Mr. Caldwell May 29, 1884. rler oaies gin nee to uecemoer i-s. lvli.
husband, one daughter and three sons, J. W. BARNES,
Mrs. H M. Baker of Detroit, Mich.,! Special Agent
Messrs. S. F. and R. D. Jr., and Mas-
of Lumberton; "fun tne string nard and get
lov Willinm raldwfell.
Winnie Stocks, colored, was before I and one brother, Mr. W. W. Car-; the results of our neighbor's garden.
Assistant Recorder E. M. Johnson ve 0f Lumberton, survive. I The abow inscription was found on a
Saturday on tne cnarge oi stealing a Mrs. Laldweil jomea tne BityyizL, uim ""S"k , . . , M SPih?rt
chicken from Sam Smith. Prayer f or I church when only a girl and the First; mouth of a Lumberton chicken Sat- " ISr S 1 JZI1k? .u!
ino-mpnt. was continued unon navment I -RoHct rVmrrVi of T.nmberton never; urday. I he card was tied to one end I i!' "1 "
. . vr .v , .. " t i : ""i"""" t 1T . ;
by Mr. Smith, who has sold his farm
in Saddletree township to the O. L.
Joyner Co.
Mr. Fred Seibert, utility man and
personal worker. with Evangelist Mc
Lendon, retornecl Saturday night from
a business trip to Chiiago. While
away he visited his mother in the
Unless! of a string nd a grain of corn was
Sunday for 12 years.
UI UUC jiwiuv... u.av. v. i jt IUU1C lUVOl iui.inui.1. w... .... . V" " j r "r i t-i , L 1 T 1
fendant live in Howellsville township, providentially hindered, she was nev-i attached to the other, the chicken, ouimrientu, wno m oeen
After Smith indicted Winnie for r absent from service, and she took! swallowed the corn and the card f ol-; confined to his room at the home of
the chciken she indicted him 1 an active part in ail that tended to loweo ine cnu-Ken nome. 7' "f f '--iu wnu
on the charge of letting his hogs run the spiritual uplift of her church and, Messrs. j. B. McCormick and irt'eKoXlJ ."V t IL .
P,m.. fnr inrlo-mant wasi TanawnA Vicrl f nr BPVPVal I W 14 MWUllan KV, f Pnrl.n 10 De out tOUay IOr the UTS time.
tXi. Ittlgc. i"."" J""& I CU1IIIUUI11UJ . I'cau " -, " "-'""i uuwi iwnimm, WVlon nct-oH if ho Viorl "fir."
4.; , j iooq nnrn novmptit. , .rn.r in tno wnrV nf i n-QM ..-...-. .-i- .it kmiicnri rru.-,r,cAn-,r nen asKea ii ne nad tne nu sure
of the cost. I the Woman's , Missionary society of ! when a Ford car in which they were . nou?h, !?e replied that he had tne
Weldon Lovett of the Long Branch j the Robeson Baptist association and) riding turned turtle about 4 miles j Prian miiuenza tne wnole woj -:s.
section was also given a hearing on!she never tired in her work of bring-! from Lumberton on the Fairmont Among those who came home
the charge of letting his stock run at;jng about the Kingdom of Christ on j road. They' were both brought to the;frrn college to spend the holidays and
Ioto-p Pvavpr f or iudement was con-i oortVi i Thorn ns.n hOsoital and are recverini? ' not mentioned in previous issues of
tmued upon payment ot tne cost. jjer love for bod and numanity ami Neither received any broken bones.
. . I her manner of administering to those; Mr. v. T. Hutchinson has resign-
Marked Trogress in Farming m less fortunate than she endeared her ed hig piti with Messrs. R, D.
Bladen " to all with whom she came m con-j CaldweU & Son. He has accepted a
tact, uiuerueaui uui vl,lJ- , " "ilV position with the W. T. McCoy Co.
witn wmcn sue was dninau, ot Charlotte and will go to Char-
it, and ne proceed-1 was robbed Sunday night, December
's "block off ; and ; 22 The robbers unlocked the store
not do it again. i Aoor an( ais0 a safe in the store.
Excuses Men
Christians.
combination on it. Both the safe end
At the service Christmas night Mr. Aoor to the building were re-locked
McLendon preached on the excuses , by the robbers. But very little mer
men make for not being Christians, chandise was missed.
Thev are foolish, he declared, as fool- After enteriner the buildiner the rob-
ish as the excuses the men made who hers hitched Mr. Regan's horse to his
were invited to the marriage supper huerirv and drove awav. The horse and
and began to make excuses, one that, buggy were found near Lumberton,
he had bought a piece of land and the horse roaming at large, by a col
must needs go and see it; another 0red man late on the night of the
that he had bought a yolk of oxen robbery There is no clue as to the
and must prove them; another that guilty parties,
he had married a wife upon which;
Bladen Journal.
Tt Hops ns p-nnrl tn see such marked T nmlwrtnn nnr! Robeson county at
TiniPTPss in farm in f? in Bladen tioun-1 lanw sustain a loss that will be sore
while. Mr. Hutchinson
nberton about 4 vears ago
and he and his family have made
to vd-i- manv friends here,
consult , v . ,
that produced more than a half bale specialists under whose care Mr Vivian6 Twnsend',
of cotton to tne acre, and on many; well has been for the past 9 or 1 J Kathrvp Beaman and George Whit-
montns wmie tneie . field sang Christmas carols all over
suffered a light attack of influenza ; Christmas mornin from 5 to
from which he soon recovered Mrs., visiting every Jart of town,
Caldwell also contracted the disease , not forui the leepers past
which was followed by pneumonia. It;th earljer hour waked by "con-
was tnougnt tnat "' "!cord of swt sounds" to lealization of
ty during the past ten years. We don t ly felt. She was a model Lonscian iere or .
know any county that has uade more; woman and her influence will live for-! came ,,, j u
nrasress aloncr this line m the sain
length of time Ten years ago there! Mr and Mrs Caldwell went to Bal
were very few farmers in the county i timore about six weeks ago to
farms it took three or four acres to
produce a bale. But now there are
scores of farmers making a bale to
the acre and more. In a very few
years Bladen will be one of the lead
ing agricultural counties in the State.
improving until last luesuay ctxtci-, - , , , , mnmino- hA nr- casion beinsr i
The fine tract of land known as noon, when there came a change lor, . , Wv,.r was earlv mnmino- slpnito the foreign music students of the
T HIT T- 1 , H It 1 j? 1 I i 1 Tfl W 111 Unrn I onrl hlC7 1
i j m. reeie s ivicvjouirnan iarm. oe-, tne worse, mi. o. r. amnui
tween Rex and Rennert, the 348 acres two younger brothers, Masters Robert
passage of Scripture his remarks were! Mr. Alex Sessoms is enjoying
of which had been cut into 8 small and William, left for Baltimore Tues
farms for the purpose of selling at day evening but their mother passed
public auction, as advertised in The away before they could reach her bed
Robesonian, was sold last week by Mr. side. Her husband and son-in-law an
G. H. Russell of Laurinbun? at r.ri- daughter. Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Baker
The Robesonian were: Misses Hazel
Carlye, Ganelle and Myrtle Barnes
from the Greensboro College for wom
en; Miss Dorothy Pnlayson from
Winthrop college, Rock Hill, S. C.
Members of the traveling house
lotte to begin work at an early date, party of 1916 were entertained at a
Mr Hutchinson's familv will remain dinner at the Alpine cafe Tuesday eve
ning. The party was composed of
Misses Hazel Carlvle, Viola Jenkins,
Rachel McXamara, Mary Lee Cald
well and Margaret Pope. The party
was chaperoned by Mrs. Daisy W.
Jenkins.
Miss Carrie Mae Hedgpeth, who
is a student of Eugene Heffley Car
negie hall, New York city, directed a
quartette that was given Christmas
Eve at Earl hall, Columbia university,
also was pianist during the rendition
of several Christmas carols, the oc
casion being a special service given
more sweetly rroken-'Or early risers! city.
given a more fitting introduction to i
the dav.
DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER,
Optometrist
found shock and cast a gloom over,
the communitv where the deceased
vate sale, before the date of the auc- of Detroit, Mich., were with her when spent her life and where she WaS Uni" 1 J r T7 I r n r et tkM
based. fresh headed cabbage from his garden.' tion sale, for $30,500. This is said to the end came. Iversally loved and admired for her tperi ivncwieuge
Hypocrits, he said, hide behind hyp- 1 i.e plants were put out in September, be one of the finest farms in Robeson. News of the death came as a pro j many womanly virtues. and Fitting Glasses.