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. f , '. r - f 4' " ' 11 7 MlESOMAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADTANCV VOL.IXL ; LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY JANUARY 23, JL0191 ' NUMBER 100 WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE . . Bill to Give Women Right to Vote in Of Cotton. "An act to consolidate the statutes f North Carolina," a bill of 9,000 pages, was introduced yesterday in the State Legislature, in the Senate by Warren, in the House by Daven port, V. . , 7 , ,, :1 It ii the work of the special, code commission appointed by tneFMAma fA Amo miW81?"6? consolidating the North o -Uws to date. The Senate devoted much tome yes-Ln troduced by Burns of Moore to au thorize judges to accept as the ver dict in any e the agreed findings of ten jurors. The Senate passed yesterday the bone-dry bill for Burke that came from the House. Under this bill pos sessors of even a quart of liquor are required to disprove that they , are illicit distillers, and fine and impris onment is provided for the mere pos session of a quart., A special committee to iconsider measures involving1 suffrage for wom en was announced yesterday by Presi dent Gardner of the Senate, consisting of Senators Scales, Cowper of Lenoir, Brown, Delaney and Haymore. Both houses adjourned Monday in honor of Lee's birthday arid the law makers joined Monday night in a Daughters of the Confederacy, celebra tion at which Senator H. E, Stacy of v.uojr m, uvU.Uu . ...v " Robeson 'was to have delivered theldiscussed the matter of a solution for address, but he was called to Chapel Hill on- account of the illness, of his brother, and Lieut. Gov. Gardner serv- ecLas the special speaker in ma sieaa. 'D.'xi.,tt;.. . ' -- - -re late Marvin H. . Stacy, dean of, the State university, and extending: sym pathy to the bereaved family, and particularly his brothers, State Sena tor H. E. Stacy of Robeson nd Judge Stacy of the Superior Court, were adopted by the Senate Tuesday. Senator A. M. Scales of Guilford Tuesday introduced a resolution de signed to give North Carolina jvomen the right to vote in ' primaries, such powers to be given the ladies by leg islative enactment, it being unnec essary to refer the question to pop ular ballot. Women could not vote in general elections under this act but in this State they wuld be able to take a vital part in the selection pf many officers. ? Senator Shaw.pf Scotland offers a prohibition bill applicable only to his county, to prohibit the sale of; intox icating liquors and beverages in Scot land. Mr. Shaw would make excep tion in the case of preachers and church officers, allowing them to buy wine for sacramental purposes. Bill to Regulate Cotton Storage. Raleigh Cor., Jan- 21, Greensboro News. Kpr.nt.nr W. B. CooDer. of New Han over, tomorrow will introduce a bill; to regulate the storage, grading and marketing of cotton, the plan embrac ing establishment of a cotton wre house system for North Carolina. The provisions of this act would be ad ministered by the joint emmittee for, agricultural work through a State warehouse commissioner, who would be selected by that body. Local man agers, examiners, inspectors, expert cotton classers an dother necessary employes would be provided for. Under the Cooper measure ware houses would be rented by the State and efforts would be fasde to encour Sot KSfMBSB SjAYom Lawyer of Wilmtagto- properly baled and legally weighed, Found Dead, would be stored. Receipts carrying 1 Horribly burned from the knees to oottonvwoiild be ' fko tp hidv of Walter P. uai- aosoiutc uu " v 1 issued at the warenouses. ine aciijora, a youn.r nwinej. " "u- purposes to operate storage houses at cost without profit s the State. All urnniH h insured either by ln- tuwil w. -s " 7 - , - a 1 or blanket tlicy.-in case 01 inoa t.h rommiasioner to collect the insurance due and pay same ratably to the owners of the staple. Then, too, the commissioner, upon request of owners of warehouse re ceipts, would be empowered to aid them to secure loans upon the pledge of such receipts; he would also dis pose of such cotton in accordance with agreements reached between him and the owners, charging "reasonable and iust commissions. In-order to make the act effective $10,000 would be ap- a tost kv the State. P Plans largely similar to the Copper warehouse scneme ave uetn bv other States, notably South Caro lina, and are said to be of great value to the farmers. Geo. H. Bellamy New United States Xdarshal. c.onr Simmons Tuesday recom mended to th.e Department of Justice the name of Geo. H. Bellamy, known as the "duke of Brunswick," as mar shal for tbe eastern district of North Carolina to succeed the late W. r. Dortch of Goldsboro. Senator Oyer man concurs in the recommendation rru jAk nova 4.000 a vear. Senator 1 lie jw t"J w . . 1 c:mmnnii and Overman, it said. "in mnrl tn Mr. Bellamy the retention as deputy marshal of W. T. Woodley of Bertie county, who was a candidate lor me marBnaiomt. voonrdAr'a Court Cases. Buster Dillard, colored, aged about 12-vears, was oeiore ASBisvain-i corder E. M. Johnson Tuesday on the charge of larceny. Heplead guilty 7 T i;. Mm merchandise from the store of Mr. N. P. Andrews and was bound out w oueriu . for 12 months. . ' -A a Nathan Bruce was fined S5 and the cost on the charge of assault upon . S. Weinstein. ' '" v ;; ST h. C. Adcox of Raeford was 9 Lumberton visitor yesterday.' PLANNING FOR BIGGER ' , TOBACCO CROP Expected Labor Will Not Be So Scarce This Year. Judging from the number of new tobacco barns that are going jup in -)L .1 1. ! n.uLeuii, uie mjuuccu ciuu kills year -n k ;' j ., . -rt hright tobacco grown In this county Und if prices continue anything like were list year for iew years cotton will be a back number with Robeson farmers -This reporter has talked with sev eral well-informed tobacco men in re gard to prospects for prices for this year's crop and all seem agreed that indications point to high prices for the "weed." With the return of so many sol diers, Robeson, farmers will be better able to successfully handle a tobacco crop this' year than last. WANT ROAD LAW CHANGED. Road Conditions Discussed, at Meet ing Here Legislature Will Be Ask ed to Make Some Changes in Road Law.- -.:. v The county commissioners and a number of citizens from various parts of the county met here Monday and the present road conditions in the county. A committee was appointed to draft resolution to present to the membersQf $hj Legtslatuj--iCjn mana trine the roads of Robeson Judging' ffffm the sentiment of the citizens who. ' attended the meeting, there seems to be a desire among the tax-payers for some changes in Robeson's road law. SATURDAY LAST DAY. A n.l.ti Vnr mtrntA nf RnAn Must Be Filed bv Saturday Niirht, ' Many Robeson farmers are making application for a supply of the nitrate of soda being sold direct to farmers by ithe government, baturuay 01 this week will positively be the last day for filing applications ' ' Terms of Robeson Superior Court Called Off on Account of ' Flu. ' ' ' Both the week's term of Superior Court for the trial of criminal ccases which was to have convened Monday of r"xt week and the week's term for the trial of civil oases set for the week following have been called off on Account of the "flu." This action was taken after the solicitor and members of the county bar had considered the j mat?". Those selected as jurors need not appear. THErIcORD OF DEATHS. Mrs. Eeeder Souan of Fairmont. Mrs. Freeder Souan, aged 33 years, of Fairmont, died, at the, , emergency hospital here Tuesday morninar. of influenza-pneumonia. ;' Deceased is sur vived by her husband and 5 children- Ethel Hardin. Ethel, 2-yaar-oid daughter . of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hardin of R. 1, Lum. berton, died yesterday of influenza. , . ----- Tuesday M6rnir.tr lying on a bench in the "?ar of'ce of Justice J. J. fur long in Wilmington- A bruise was found cn tht- forehead but is not thought Lo reve teen sufficient to have caused dcat.v. TV? coroner jury becan an W 03f.gp.tion of (he c:rcum stances Tuesuy. T , n I Miss Mary Lou Culbrcth of Par- VU1I eivU W H 1 Miss Mary Lou Culbvet'-. a daugh-- ion Iiiea ax namcu i tor of the late Daniel C. 'Ju'.brft! Parkton, died Monday ii. a hosoitfi. at Kamlet. She vc3 ofle of Parkton s most popular young ladies. "Flu- Situation Improved at Buie Sunday School. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Buie, Jan- 22. The "flu" situation in this, community is much improved. Among the worst-off cases was Mrs. Chas. C. Baxley, but I understand she is much better. . Christian and every sinner living near Buie to be at Sun day school at Buie next Sunday at A o'clock. Preaching at 4 o'clock. Pray- t 7;S0. fjverypoay come. Wll. 1ft. JJftUllii- . ROBESON CASUALTIES. Among overseas casualties report ed Died of disease: Archie McLaugh lin, Shannon- Killed in action: Pembroke.- Garfield Lowrey, Woh;rtftn Hiknatch. Jan. 21: De spite tremendous war burdens, nation al banks grew and , prospered last ti.; roiniirrrn. earnincs ana deposits establishing new hig.i rec- John Skelton WUliams, compteoller of the currency. .The report .rnaae puon. tndv nid the success of the finacml munsMment of the war was largely due. to the conservative prmcipl n.!.t.;.i k tha hanks and the ie etal reserve system and the efficient direction 01 tne inayiuut inu BUIE NEWS BATCH. Farmers Busy A Few Cases of "Flu A Visitation for Our Sins Personal Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Buie. Jan. 20. We are having beautiful weather now, and the farm- era seem to be taking advantage" of it, as lots of them are busy hauling fertilizer, cutting stalks, sowing to-1 bacco beds. etc. We notice several WrV V WMWB vwnm A new barns being built in this sec tion. . . W hvf s few cases of "flu" in the community at present bift Jt mii to h in a mild form. We have been verv fortunate so far as wejstart from French ports, but hereto-inot have hatf but few cases in this sec- j tion. with only one death. We be- Kavo it was sent on us for a punish-' nient for our disobedience, for wej read in our Bibles where the people in nlHon t.imps ' were minished when Vioir waripri off from God. and we are dealing with the same God theyitneir return from ranee until they dealt with and we as a people have jean be . paraded at home and receive ! wandered far awav. Why, when time comes for Sunday school and prayer-1 meeting on Sunday, where are the , tAnUT Rome are visitine. some are i Toy-riding, some are laying around j but it is assumed at the War Depart home just as they have gone all the ment, that the various units of each Week, and just a few have assembled put at the house of God. We be lieve when a man or woman is truly converted they willtake pleasure in going to church, and in any thing that Js. for the good of humanity, and when the hour of service arrives they will be in their places at. church un less providentially hinderea. - sonv is. It is true the majority of the people are members of the church, but being a member of the church certainly does not mean that a man or woman is a ennswaa. c church members today who curse, get An lota of other oinful things, yet they are looked on as be TrrJrtv trood folks. "Pure reli- rrroffv (rood folks. rlirC gjon and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and the widows, in their affliction, an4 to keep himself unspotted from the world." ' 1 'Glad to report Mr. W. F. Prevatt who has been right sick with grippe improving. . , Sorry to report Mrs. J. Odum on the sick list, also Mrs. L. E. Tyner. , Miss Hassie Prevatt is spending a few days at Rowland, visiting her brother and sister-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Prevatt. , Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bowen of Lau rel Hill were visiting relatives jn this community a few days ago. . Mrs. F- L. Parnell is able to be nnr. ncrnin after havine a erood case 0f measles ftorrv to report Mr. WL R. Tyner very sick, hope he will soon be better. WITH ROBESON SOLDIERS. Mrs. Alex Sessoms of Lumberton received yesterday a letter from her hrfttharMr. Rowland Davis, who be long , to the American army of oc cupation in Germany. Mrs. Sessoms had not heard from her brother be fore in several weeks. Mr. Willie Albert Shelby left last evening for Petersburg, Va., where he will spend a few days visiting rela tives before returning to his army post at Camp Eustis, Va. He was accompanied to Petersburg by his mother, Mrs. R. W. Shelby, and broth er and sister, little Miss Elizabeth onri Mooter Theodore. As has been stated in The, Robesonian, Mr. Shelby recently returned 10 me ' France, where he saw-16 months ser vice. Soldier Given Up For Dead Sur prises Home Folks. I Oft. M, BUIO Ai.w-KO . . "Mr. R. C. R. Sessoms had not heard from his son Casper, wno was in France 8inCe iast September, until iast mursaay w wwr gai au intk ie be walked up to the home west 01 imirn iif v inim auu u w m via Uf nila " . up as aeaa in r ranee, me icjmvc them that he has returned sound and . m t , fri nr wo ttrirh well. Dean M. H. Stacy of State Uni versity Victim of Influenza. Marvin H. St.cv. dean of the fac ulty of the, university of North Caro lina, who had Deen aewns picsiun of that institution since the death sev eral moths ago of Edward K- Graham, died Tuesaay at his home at Chapel Hill of influenza. Prof. Stacy-was it graduate of the university and took a master 01 arts aegree hi. whuw. He "was 42 years old. He wa3 a Knthpr of State Senator H. E. Stacy of Lumberton- Among the honorary pallbearers at the funeral yesterday were uov. oickbii., oww tiuiiiHwu ent of Schools E. t;. crooKs, hdu Lieut. Gov. Gardner. Laying -Plans for Port Develop- ' ment and Foreign Trade. Wilmington SUr, Jan. 21: Plans for the organization of a million-dol lar corporation embracing every Southern manufacturer doing an ex port business with the Latin-American republics, and. a proposal to ask Consrress to assist in the building of mnnicinallv owned and operated docks, were announced yesterday at a meeting of the South Atlantic Mari time corporation in the rooms of the Wilmington chamber f commerce. Local driectors of . the corporation, which embraces five South Atlantic ports, Wilmington, Charleston, Savan nah, Brunswick and Jacksonville, were also elected. .-.' ' " etimes xn&l ine worm uj giynwm w ..vu, .-...v . , A . xkt. oo't aoo vpt. wnere tnwnicn is comoosea m uwns nviu -. 41. nemy vreiisimw nn ury COMING HOME SOON. 3 Famous National Guard Divisions Have Been Ordered to Prepare , For Embarkation. The homeward flow of American! fighting units which had the oppor - tunity to distinguish themselves in action soon will begin. The War Department announced Tuesday three famous national guard aivisions ine zvtn inew iomj; autn (Old Hickory), and the 37th (Buck- eye) had been ordered to prepare for! Amhnrkntnnn Tnsra nrna nn infnrnui. ' tion as to when the divisions would fore it has required several weeks for units to embark after being as-j signed to early convoy. Divisions navn a distinguished fighting record and others having a distinctive local identity in the United States will be kept together after, the welcome that the people are anx- ious to bestow. No definite plaps as to the three divisions now flesignated for early return have been made here, UlVlBlUil Will UC BCllk I1UUIC UVOO vv' gether so that it will be no hardship upon the men who arrive first to keep tnem organized until the entire divi sions can be paraded. Othev divisions which will be pa raded on their return, are the 26th (New England) and the 42nd (Rain bow). Secretary Baker indicated to- nearlv all States, march in review. both in New York city and in Wash- ington. It is assumed here that the 27th di vision, commanded by the only na tional guard officer who retained the rank of division commander through out the war, Maj. Gen. John F. O'Ryan will be sent toa camp or cantonment covenient to New York. Similarly the 30th division will go to -a Southern camp, where it can be reviewed by the people of North and South Carolina and Tennessee, from which states came its original per sonnel. . . 1 The 27th and the 30th divisions were commanded by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British commander-in-chief, whose official report at the close of the war gave to these American troops, then serving with the British fourth army, credit for breaking the Hindenburg line, in Flanders. BIG COTTON CORPORATION. $12,000,000 Cotton Company Being Formed to Help Farmers Finance Cotton Crop. .4 12,000,000 cotton corporation is nv hv farmers and others inter ested in the cotton industry, according to a statement in Atlanta, ua., oy J. J. Brown, commissioner of agri culture. Brown's statement followed a meeting in Atlanta Monday be fwwn himself. Daniel Sully and farm ers of Georgia and South Carolina. As described by Mr. crown, wie cor poration will serve as a marketing and financing agency a medium between the producer and the spinner of cot ton. It will provide a cotton exchange 4 tha form of the southeastern holt anA will eventually stop short speculative selling n the cotton ex changes, he said. The directors will Ian ep. huv or build warehouses m which farmers may store their cotton for a small charge. If necessary, money will be advanced on the cotton The eomoration will embrace the entire cotton States in its activity, but will be chartered in Georgia, with headquarters probably in Atlanta. imTEF ITEMS STATE NEWS. A new Republican paper, to te known as The Tribune, is soon to be -fohKhH t Asheville. It 13 said that former congressman j. j. nu. is to be the editor. , -"'i" t T T:t Dr W. H. Waketield 01 unanoite, the eve. ear. nose and tnroat sp- -ioiiut who visits this section fre quently, is spending some time in New York, visiting me cumcs i tals, picking up useful information, and at the same time taking a much heeded rest. Thomas Settle, lormer Bepuuiiu aw a PrinorpsR from the Fifth North Carolina district, and one ol the foremost party leaders m . State, died in Asheville Monday mght of pneumonia, following influenza. Deceased was born In Greensboro March 4, 1865. k Thomas D. Warren of New Bern yesterday was nominated district at torney for the eastern North Carolina All public gatherings, including schools and churches, in Cumberland county were ordered suspended Tues day by the cumoeriana c"UI"- hanTfh on account of the flu. Littleton coUege, a school for young women at Littleton,, was completely de stroyed by fire early yesterday. None - 9RA atilBntji was miured. Ine loss will exceed $50,KK), partly cover ed by insurance. Warsaw dispatch, Jan. 16: Ignace Jan Pederewski, haying reached an agreement with Gen- Pilsudski, has succeeded partly in forming a new Polish -cabinet. - Gen. FOndM will be tioreign minister -under M. Pade rewski as premier which will permit Pilsudski to retain much of his power. i r-r . Mr. O. L Joyner of Greenville spent Monday aid Tuesday here on business.-"' ;, - . ..' -- '- , " OUT ROZIER WAY. Planting Tobacco Beds A Few Casett of "Flu" Personal Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rozier (Lumberton, R. 2), Jan. 18.- Farmers of this section are preparing :for another crop. Some are already planting their tobacco beds. f We are having a very refreshing shower of rain today which we are glad to see, even if it is winter time. mere is preacning at nozier loaay and tomorrow. We hear that the flu is taking- an- other rounH. ThnrA are A few niui in this community, though they are as bad as before. We hope the flu will soon cease to be. Mr. C. 1). Rice and sister, Mrs. Lillie Cameron, of the Long Branch section, were week-end guests at the McDonald home, this vicirtityj Mr. Avery Powers of Ten Mile sec- tion was in this section Sunday. Mrs. Louise Surratt of Dublin is truest this week of .Miss Ethel Car- lyie Mr. A. R. Gregory and Miss Mallie Withers spent last week-end with Miss Withers' parents in Harnett county. Messrs. Collier Tolar and Purdie Hall of. Rennert were visitors in this vicinity Sunday. Miss Mary Watson, who has been spending several months here at the home of hjr brother-in-liw and f ister Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Barker, left iOne (fay- recently to visit relatives at Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. W. B Ba-ker of Great nie Lee Inman of St. Pauls- section were pleasant visitors in this vicinity Ewfcuay TO UNITE FACTIONS OF DISTRACTED RUSSIA President Wilson's Proposition to Ask All Russian Factions to a Confer ence Adopted Effort to Unite Rus sian Factions and Bring Them Into Peace Conferece. Paris Dispatch, Jan. 23. Led by President Wilson the su preme council of the great powers to day moved to unite the factions of distracted Russia and bring them in to the peace conference. Thev unanimously adopted a propo sition brought forward Dy President Wilson asking all the Russian fac tions, including the BoiBnevists, to meet the allied and associated gov ernments at Princes 'Islands in the Sea of Marmora, February 15, the contending factions meantime declar ing a truce and suspendig all military operatios. The joint commission of the asso ciated governments will be announced as soon as the Russian government ac cepts the proposal communicated to ... 1 . .T.i 1.. i.U Tk. T... tnem Dy wireiess uniK"" ,c sian commission will proceed to the meeting place, probably on a warship by way of the Black Sea and the Bosphorus. Negro Soldier Charged With Se rious Crime Slayer 01 ueo. mc- Nair Caught Change in Max- ton Officers. Martin fieottifth Chief. Will Floyd, a young negro who wore the U. S. uniform, criminally naantiltjwi a VOUnC colored ITirl at Al ma recently. The girl who got off the night eastbound Seaboard train asked tha wnv to her uncle John Perry's, the scoundrel offered to conduct her there, but instead led ner over tne river, where he accomplished his hell ish designs and brought her back onrl lft hr at .the home of Sonney Smith. She was reponea injurea Bu that she was unable to get out. rloyd pacnH A reward of $50 has bee-i offered by the colored people for hl3 &rrcst John Monroe, alias Calvin Rush, was arrested at Philadelphia this week on a charge of "assault and battery" and has been identified as John Monroe, colored, who killed n.n.m fpMair colored, six years ago, by striking him on the head with an iron pipe. McNair was brought to the Maxton hospital where he died from the injury. Officer W. W. Smith will go for Monroe as soon as requisition papers have been secured. At a rerent meeting of the town board, Mayor J. M. Armstrongs formal resignation was accepted and Commissioner E. L. McOrmac was elected mayor in his place. Mrrfc. fc. Chandler resigned as commissioner and Mr. I. I. McGirt was elected to fill the vacancy. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. The South Carolina Legislature Monday passed a resolution increasing the Governor's salary to $5,000 and that of other elective State officers to $2,500. The measure was signed by Manninor Monday night and will benefit members of the new adminis t.nt;n PoKort A. Cooter!beinjr in augurated Governor Tuesday and oth er officials assuming omce ai. mo Bragg Williams, negro, convicted of a double murder, was token from the jail by a mob at Hillsboro, Texas, Monday and burned to death in the public square. He had been sentenced Monday morning to be hanged Feb- raA7camden, S. C, jesterday, Vowell Hudson, a negro, shot and killed Robt. Latta, a veteran policeman who was attempting to arrest , the negro, awl later was killed by a crowd of citizsns who stormed a house in which-the negro had .barricaded himself. COTTON MARKET. Middling cotton is selling on the local market today for 22 cents the pound. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Mr. James Cash of Apex has ac cepted a position as night clerk at the Lorraine hotel. Mr. Bell Robeson returned last evening from Wilmington, where he went to consult a specialist. Miss Lucile Johnson has resigned the position she held in- the Grantham, drug store and returned to her home at White Oak, Bladen county. Miss Nannie Lloyd, chief clef V jn the office of the LaFayette Mutual jjfe Insurance Co., is able to be back at work after being ill for several weeks. Alex DeVane and Eliza 8iks, a couple of color, were married in the office of Register of Deeds M. W. Floyd yesterday about 9:30 a. m. Justice M. G. McKenzie officiated.' Mr. T. Page of the Marietta sec tion was a Lumberton visitor Monday afternoon. Mr. Page informal -The Robcsdnian that the public qohooj at Marietta cloned that day ort ccunt of influenza. , y Mrs. L. P, Stack was brought to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Mclntyre, here last night from Hamlet. Mrs. Stack has been sick with "flu", but her condition is some what improved. yr J , Mrs. Daisy W. Jenkins returned Lrn-law, Mrs. J. P. WaUon, who mas ill. Mrs. Watson was mucn improvea wheft Mrs. Jenkins left her. "I hauled a rat from way down hi South Carolina to Robeson county said a man recently who moved from some place in South Carlina to this county. He did not know the rat was along, however, until he unloaded. As will be seen from a page ad in today's paper, Messrs White & Gough are discontinuing their whole sale dry goods business and Will con vert the space used for that purpose into, a ladies' and gents' furnishing department. , There were 11 patients at ' the emergency hospital, which was 'op ened last week in the high school building, this "morning. Arrange ments are being made to care for more patients who have already njade application for admittance. ; Mr. J. M. Mclver of. Lumber Bridge, R. 2, was among thi- visitors in town yesterday. Mr. Mclver says the "flu" is not so bad in his section, but the Rex school was closed yes terday in order to avoid the dange" of the disease being spread in t.t vicinity. Mrs. C. H. Boyd and children, Miss Catharine and Masters Charles and John Robert, returned Monday night from a visit to relatives at Gastonia and GafTney, S. C. They left the day after Christmas and while away all of them suffered an attack of influenza. A dispatch from Tarboro states that Rev. R. E. SenteDe has resigned as superintendent of public instruc tion ' in Edgecombe county and has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist church at that place. Mr. Sentelle was superintendent- of the Lumberton schools for several years before going to Tarboro last year. Rev. Willie Taylor, a colored di vider of the Word, charges The Robe sonian to tell a waiting and anxious world that "when the heart gets right tlfe 'flu' will stop." He says he has telephone connection with heaven and that that is the word he gets frorn above. The reverend Willie told The rtobesonian some time before tbe war MnaH that he eot word over the same ijne that Germany began the war but America would end it. And all the wo.-ld knows what happened. Republicans Lay Plans For Big State Conference in ureensDOTo. Raleigh Cor., Jan. 21st, Greensboro News Tentative plans for the organiza tion of a State association of Re publican newspapers were adopted here this afternoon at a meeting of newspaper men and the Republican State executive committee. Plans, for the big State conference in Greens boro late in February were also dis cussed. It is expected that Wt H. Hays, national chairman and organ izer and harmonizer, will be, at ; the opening of the campaign Greens boro. The caucus this afternoon con sidered plans to correct ejection, law abuses with special reference to ir regularities in the primaryiand ab sentee voting under Democratic an arcment The last campaign of Frank E. Linney aBd John M. More head was indorsed and a movement to have Mr. Linney remain at the head of the State organization, was discussed. The State school . system was attacked. Mr. J. C. Snoddy of Bed Springs was among the members of. toe State executive committee who attended the conference in Raleigh ' y Messrs. R- R. and N. S. Barnes of the Bloomingdale section were Lum berton visitors Tuesday. - , Mr. R. E. Britt of R. 4, Lomberton, -was among the visitors in town Tues-. day. . DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER. Optometrist Expert Knowledge of Eye Disease 1 and Fitting Ulassea. j.