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k JONIAI 4KTABM8HED 1870. SINGLE COPT FIYE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH 12.00 A TEAR. DUE IN ADVANCS VOL. IXL LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 1919. NUMBER 10 THE ROBES LOCAL LEGISLATION Measures AgTeed Upon by Robe son's Members of Legislature. TOWNSHIP ROAD BONDS. Rnnd Authorized for Bridges Ob i .vi- vM,.r nf Treasure Act 'county depository ror some time ana jectionable Feature or 1 J" A" f if a cWk drawn against the county win amA County Board o1 - . ui, u lunation Will Fix Salary of Sup fl 111 w " erintendent of Schools Salaries of Other County Officers Will Be In creased State-Wide Bills by Stacy. vjiforiai rtnrresnondence. , -it on Allvur efh town-1 BhK Robeson to issue bonds for theih7last Legislature passed a bill pro-' Sampsor .who lived onMr w. k u, -purpose or building and maintaimngl vfdiRp that the bank named a$ depo8i- Jreth8 plantation W e a rug iLX- .mthorize the county commis- te f th count fundg mMt main-oi ,s"iswa? VIT'Y ll- In L . ;:V",.- K,1a in the SUm 01 sioners mj ibbug . - $500,000, in series as needed, to buna permanent bridges over certain wat ercourses; repeal the section of the present law requiring the bank named as county depository to have an Stfent S Lumberton; allow the county board of education to fix the salary of the superintendent of schools and his as- 81 These are the measures upon which measures ui v, Afi.flP this week by senator resentatives Oliver ana bills should be introduced containing provisions as outlined above. Another matter of importance that is practj. ally certain to be agreed upon later ? Tan h ease in the salary of each county officer. Just how much this increase shi.ll be has not yet been de- t4Th Legislature has not yet struck the furious gait that always charac terizes the .days when the i ,,. tho close. It moves now in leisurely and dignified manner. wwrh is not to say that the honorable Slw Tnot busy. They are the work now that must be done leisurely and carefully and prayerfully in order that the closing rush may not sweep them off their feet. Senator Stacy-to illus trate with Robeson's members wu3 busy yesterday afternoon and last night in committee meetings, and Rep resentatives Oliver and Sellars were busy yesterday afternoon at com mittee meeting and last night they tmt on their now-and-thens and hiea them to the Governor's mansion to attend a reception given by His t.x- iiHAir frt or mo mpmhers oi tne VClItHVj w X.r.r," .1.. . -loivoW strenuous1 House. Wltn uie nuj-cu". ---- , 1 PnUcnn over whicn task the county's lawmakers have sweated copiously every two years back to a time when the memory oi the oldest inhabitant runs noi. w r-nntrarv with this tasii eim..". ..1 . 1 a 1 . 1. ran ' iuwo . , i. houa a crreM BO mr. Ei&lld 'Mohdar -mm of :"ln,'t io0bs like Robeson's solonsiuourt upon entirely new evwence. iur. it a most looks jiko n to! Stacy's bill provides that when, appeal woull ionfuBOt oVrnSnWlia taken the issue must be tried upon UO. inai is, "'cji lOD 01 using up or nuc """wv,B rpnorter ti death ,bi'.rjAoorkTn Voi -fhichi nef. siiuch thanks. So nnich the butter For you must know w ' - .:4-.,; rrtxar tip I .efiTlBiaLUl C stitution two men 8UWV.U... - anooin.ed two members of the Senate appoinea to act with a committee i? . rn Hrlft this important law.' ou2.e 1" TjWn the other! lium v 1 Will vn'r1" - , 1 care oi ""tm.inrtmr. ty-maybe couwy wu....---. But the Legisature can amend a law, and as to the Robeson road law, a bill will be introduced providing that each township may issue bonds to build and maintain roads. Under this amend ment it is hoped that some progressive township, like Lumberton township, for instance, will proceed at once to issue bonds and build roads that shall be such an object-lesson and inspira tion to other townships that they will Township tioaa wiiu VlmXT gkA Bonds For Permanent Bridges. Another bill will authorize the coun ty commissioners to issue bonds to the amount of $500,000 in series as need ed, to build permanent bridges, either " . T nMkA, viva. " IT . t mW riv.r1 ateelxr concrete, across Lmf m-mA th. fniinwinir awamns ana maran-i ?ir r "o"T. I.wV Raft. Call-i KoUr Ton Mil Jackson. Hog. Sad dletree, Buckhornr Little Raft, Park- . v ttT'tl..MAiB ill, 1 A vLZxZZk iVrno T Wilkerson. Wild ton, Richland Long, W lkerson, w ud uat, noian, Juow, n" " 7 Horse, Old Field, Bear, Holy, Burnt i cw Haol Tn Mile in Bntt townshio. Bit? and Little marshes xjcs o, """x. - --, , As bridges over these watercourses need . replacing, the county commis ioner will be authorized, by this law to build permanent . bridges, issuing bonds to pay for same, up to theum of half a million dollars.- And that formidable-sounding suni is $187,000. less thad an engineer of the State SfbSon" On.6 of th.1 biggeVt! now' stand. VersonTrpVopVcannot SceregWatfon. to come up is fto; be so aoVU ,d :t maker it posle f or pass low A.JBni t,. va-:h 1 nvino- iudcAnenti - l... that 'urill tJKP care Ol iw- a Iiiaj; wuua Ku.uniKo c m n""- cal legisation wnicn tne ueiic . - o- sembly is prohibited to deal 1 fo;dc y will introdvlce today or der Section 29, Article , 01 fnn,,lnu. tY. amend court nrac- fall over each other voting uunu that they may have the same sort of dandy roads. It is devoutly to be Highway commission nas b now -in the hands of a committee and permanent bridges can be built lor it seema proDable that it 11 be en over these watercourses acted into law, there being no evidence . There may be,: probably will , be, of opposition- . 1 . . some other amendments .to .tne roau law, but they have not been agreed nnnn vt. Public Funds of County. By a surgical operation and a heal ing plaster the law relating to hand ling the public funds of' the county will be made void of offense. Form erly the bank named as county deposi tory might charge exchange on checks issued against the funds of the coun ty. A bank in another town was county depository for some time and funds was nresented at a bank in an other town in the county exchange hadl to be paid. Folks- ers who got paid and presented them, berton bank, did not checks shaved. not. In an effort ; Tk,.f i nrHertOOK enect in- tain an agent in Lumberton, m oraer, to cash without charging ewnange checks presented there, lhac put eve- ,nt v,rninj-h the abdo- ry bank outside Lumberton out of the Culbreth was shot fcth& h running, for no bank outside Lumber- men ond ampso was 'tIg ton could meet the conditions. Which the breast. Both died in a short time was an egregious mistake and caused bought a how;. and you couldn't blime (.. a cr orai ng w j ;niiMt the trOU But the bfll that will be passed will! out at the coroner s inquest, we -trou make everything lovely. It will repeal j ble started about soni e cottoneej. that provision about the agent in Lum- The Sampsons brought a load Ol eov berton -and win say simply. 'bat the' ton seed I to Lumberton . seed n r. bank that is made the county, del osi-l W. K. Culbreth wanted J1 tory shall hot charge exchange on any He went to the home of the lnaias eiiet:tUL jl uiaiia ui own uj ii ii i i .n-.n M-nrw hit -k a Mnar its publi8fVndsV'tharwtJ-lace 'iflD banks in the cpunty on an equal loot ing, which is of course the proper thing -to do. Salaries. Messrs. Stacy, Oliver and . Sellars have not agreed on the salaries of any of the county officers, but they have agreed to empower the county board of education to fix, the salary of the superintendent of schools and his as sistant. To do this they will amend the law of 1915 wWch put in the fcands of the county's Senator and Representatives the fixing of these salaries.. Other county officers whose salaries are fixed by the Legislature no doubt will get a raise, but what that increase will be has not yet been determined. Mention was made in Monday's RobeBonian of a bill introduced by Senator Stacy for a special tax elec tion in Lumberton school district on the first of next April, to vote on a proposition to levy not exceeding 75, u.aJa au. nronertv and 82.25 on the noil. a ook v, n TV10 indent tax is 30 and 90 cents. The increase is needed in order to provide sufficient tunas to maintain tne schools of the town. State-W.de Bills By Stacy. Senator Stacv has introduced some . State-Wide Bills By Stacy . twjw. lm, -t,,Qt ora Cfota.wirto in , passed both houses and is now a law. It abolishes an act passed two years ago which provided, that when appeal is taken from a referee's court the 1. , . . . .. a.' e : ( loan a m 1 r n r ra rrmi in 1 rm .-m 1 1 1 1 i iiii -r ----- referee. passed the Senate and has been re ported favdrably by the House com mittee would allow equity redemption , on mortgaged personal property to oe : h in ,nPrt nn th", Mre v..,, ...v..-- r- t ee so as to facilitate tna, and tinai , . i mm'- t lowing the clerk of the court to issue summonses returnable before him not :ourt near ana aeierraiue uero. hub 10 , -i where the statutei-propounds, or-more than one hundred these cases where 1 judgment in the Super.or.car loads. Court mav be taken by default or by default and inquiry. The act provides that where an answer is filed raising issue of fact the case shall then be transferred to the civil issues docket of the Superior Court. If no answer is filed or the question, before the clerk of the court is only a question of law, the clerk may-render judg ment, with right of appeal to the Su perior Court as in cases of special proceedings. To Create Juvenile Courts. Senator Stacy introduced Monday an important bill to create juvenile courts in every county in North Carolina. Clerks of the Superior Courts would be empowered to hear cases in which offenses of children were alleged. The measure nrovides machinery for inauguration of a new and humane policy in CTeawneni, oi juveuuc vum- ders. ne of the cardinal ideas of the - , . , , Proposed reiorm oeing aamjiMsawo.. which would prevent youths from be coming hardened criminals. "ovision wouia De maae vn caring f or o these in pri. vate homes. Environment, which j h important -part in the ii. . .l .m i js iBnapinir ox tneir lives, wuuiu oe rttui cally chaneed and. whenever practica ble prison walls would not be. resorted to, as it is realized that impressions obtained in such places frequently confirm . children in a determination to violate the laws of society, Sena-! tor Stacy! bill follows the lines of Public Welfare Commissioner ' R. F. Beasley s .ideas on this subject. It is Robeson's three members of the DOUBLE KILLING NEAR LOWE Mr. John Culbreth and DalUe Samp . son, Indian, Engaged in Pistol Duel Fatal to Both Trouble Started Over Cotton Seed Belonging to Mr. W. K Culbreth Indian 'Was Dangerous Character and Alleged Army De- serter. A double killing occurred on the farm of Mr. W. K. Culbreth, near Lowe, late Tuesday afternoon when- - , . f to, shote be . ti Mr . i nrrvvna wire uaoocu nnn smiic w v " andMr. JoTm' Werfn. ' w JrVur; of Samnson. Mr SB "to d Dliie that te W come toseSle the matter. DU""P jmohn cXeth 'jumped otto n towards Sampson, at wtaA N. A. Thompson and J. A Marti n nur ried to the M-.5f sheriff dead when they .reached hem. bhmg R E. Lewis and Deputy a .n. x flan hurried to the scene, as well as N. A. Thompson. ;ine xo ---: & . n. x. , irt.. Mesrs. vj. John nrevait, Thrower. The verdict Thrower. l" " tA C: Ht-ath tnat each of the men e", atol ah0ts, each firing from pistoi siiwvo. that Kiueu m lBoth the nistol. used were Sm'tji & Wessons, 32 caUbre. ous Mr. Culbreth was a p Hj .g idA hv his widow and lour cmi W; widoV and four chil sVSon was unrnarriea artn, " j ok v(.ars old. He shot anu was aroui.u oilth(.r Indian thch caused me much uneasiness. Of 1 Teserter and was lar .charged on account of Physical disability. Jasper Sampson, ftner, w rr seats, also roads between county seats Samoson, testified that mr. . Jjand other important towns. If more Culbreth shot and "ll,T'Vll. a shot gun. n"" "3 -. tigalion- made by the rtJu3 ..,a tht Sampson was only atrucK ' one bullet. t , .. . This was1 one of the most horrible tragedies that has occurred in Robe son in several years. nfT.l!RnN FARMERS WANT lkvivr.. ' , , 3,160 TONS NITRATE Amount of Government-Sold Ni- trate of Sod. Applied for by Farm- . i n.n inn Car era 01 uouniy -ni c Loads. Robeson farmers appliea for 346O tons of the nitrate of soda to be sold direct to the farmers by the govern v, annnrAinv to renorts received bv County Farm Demonstrator O. O. Dr. Chase CbAinnan University Faculty $215,000 ' Appropria tion Wanted. I - 1 At a meeting in, Raleigh Tuesday, oi the trustees oi tne state univeisi ty. Dr. H. W. Chase, professor of psy chology, was elected chairman of the faculty, succeeding the late Jean M. H. Stacy. Dr. Chase will direct the af-, fairs of the university for the present Gov. Bickett was authorized ?o ap point a committee of 5 to invts' igate in regard o filling the office of pres ident, and it is thought that it may be 2 or more months before the of fice is filled. The trustees agreed that a legisla te appropriation of $215,000 for maintenance will be asked for. Last year the appropriation totalled $165, 000, higher salaries and other increas ed expenditures making the increase necessary. i -License has been issued for the rriare of Jno. R. Barnes and tie Sessoms. Legislature all have important com mittee assignments. In addition to those heretofore mentioned ian The Robesonian, Senator Stacy . has -been placed on the committee to name trustees of the university. - - - ' J. A. S. ."(Representative Oliver introduced yesterday the biU to place the fixing of the . salary of the county supenn-j tendent .of schools and his , assistant; 7? v a 7 T r "If mthe hands of the county boaru Of j education.) education.) ! WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE fSenate Committee Approves Sta'e- Wide Road BiH Constitutional Stockholders of Planters Rank & Trust Convention Proposed Property toj Co. Pleased With Past Tear's Re Be Taxed at its Real Value Tax suits Dividend Declared and hut Amendments Proposed. plus Fund Increased. The Scales-Stevens State-wide road, bill, the main provisions of which are 1 given below, was riven favorabU r. port by the Senate committee last night. Tfc House committee on liquor partment to route the 30th division ia Kaieign lor a big celebration of heir glorious deeds in the war and for these troops to be demobilized at Camp Greene, Charlotte. Governor Bickett sent to both branches of the Legislature yesterday a special message, urging that the State Department pi Agriculture -be removed to the State College of Agri culture and .Engineering and a com mensurate building erected there, and that the woman's work division of the department go,. to the State Normal -allege, Greensboro, his claim being that this would facilitate the combined work and save, $150,000 annually. nates Brown of Columbus goffered taay a pui proviOi.is -r- , tutional convention in 192L. He the State constitution is necessary as believes that so much amending of to render submission of these numer ona questions to the people imprac ticable. Re would hold in 1921 a general election in which the people would decide as to whether a con stitutional conversion should bj held and Would vote for delegates, each county to have the same number of delegates it has in the House of the Legislature. The de egates would meet in Raleigh in May and the first part of the session would not extend over 30 days, during which time the delegates would discufs proposed amendments. Adjournment ' for 60 days then would be taken and amend ments woud be adopted upon recon vening. There seems to be consider ihl Mntiment in favor of the idea. sepreenuiMB ...... - to Representative Love, a mm man oi Labor aufi Printing and put the work of that office on the Auditor, this fol lowing hard upon Commissioner Ship man's letter to members advocating the raising of the minimum age limit ,f children mav be emnloved flnd -ovidinff of ma. r cninery xor eniorcemeni, oi wie cnuu- chinery for enforcement of the child- labor act. The Scales-Stevens bill in the Sen ate to provide for a systetri of State highways would levy a tax of $1 per horse-power upon autos for the pur pose of raising a large fund to be used in constructing roads linking county funda-were needed the remainder would be obtained from the State's general fund, if available; otherwise a State bond issue. The bill is de signed to raise about $2,500,0U' r.n- nually for 10 years to match a sim ilar amount which Congress is ex pected to provide. In the House, Mat thews of Mecklenburg introduced a similar bill, but it would provide a 50-cent tax. per horse-power upon eachi motor vehicle except trucks and motorcycles. There would be a license m m 1 n ...,.U . am a "-fTton or capacity, $25; 1 to 2 tons, M0; 2 to 3 tons, $60; 3 to 4 tons, $100; 4 to 6 tonsr; $150i, on trailers, $10 for the first ton-carrying capacity and $Z0 fn-r ah OflHitionfll tOH. R. A. Doughton of Aliegneny oners, a bill to am? ic wic . V . . j ila nfA nnsi.rm. nn He would amend out. ' Tnat no , ,v, nrnncrtv income shall be taxed w"en property irom wnicn mcumc -- r ed," and substituting wuiw. ....... - , at ta-r on inromes shall in no case exceed six per cent, and shallin no case no applied below an nptaon -m fi-nnn 4nr unmarried, ana Iw ill ?i,vw ... , . I fr murried oersons; provided turtner, attbeGeneral Assembly W tax lieu or au omer - - ty." He would strike out Sec. 1, Art. ' .Minir- "The General Assem bly may levy a capitation tax on every Diy my wy v state over 21 maie umauiw' v . h ia or under 50 years of age, which said tax shan not exceed $2 The fmis sioners of the several counts W exempt from the capita ion tax y soeciaT cases on account of poverty WImLzTzT w Ather caoitation tax or uuirnni. ------ c.f -ny shall .be levied in the State by any snau. .pe miil cor- J?Jyided for in the D lates to the maximum tax 177 iu:- tjt 9JH cents on the $1W prop- i "n -Bt when a county Ber-!"!rrvr i levied for a special ITwith special authority from i . - the Legislature. w ftlao Sin!ur7eltion privileg es, whaletibe voter would have to . reside mthe pre ooTv four months, insteaa oi w. V"?t committed of the . The Wnehave unanimously 7he revaluation of Noitn agreed upon the wj'"?1""" at iu croUna property for Uxation at .imj AQv ttoinn TVio rpvaluation wUI not icax v aiwvx - - . f DEPOSITS INCREASED OVER 75 PER CENT The regular annual m.tin, f ' stockholders of the Planters Bank &, Trust Co. was held on th 9StK ! SltJitHtT8 W'u T much ff'""?1 w,th the refults of opera- i" ;J1 t "t. via a v nc ciiauiii j t.c . ner, H. E. SUcy, W. M. Bridgers.T. A MMill r P O Pittmnn D P.- n. i-.x. . . v...., ... . . Regan, G. L. Thompson, D D King, D. J. Oliver, K.M. Barnes, R. C. C B ' Skipper, N. A. Thompson. . At a meeting ol me u.ia m. mediately following the stockholders'! directors im- mootincr the did officers were re-e lected, as follows: Dr. N. A. Thomp son, president; R. C. Lawrence and t a MoWnlll Sr.. vice residents; K. 'M. Barnes, treasurer; G. C. Rancke Jr. Asst. Treas.; Geo. L. Thompson, trust officer; II. E. Stacy, coansel. The directors declared a aiviaena dePto the surplus "out of -remaining undivided profits, which increases the bank' surplus fund to $12,500. The bank'a "Capital stock is $75,00. ROBESON CASUALTIES. Private Claud E. Phillips Died la France of Pnetmonia. Mr. R. M. Phillips of Wishart town ship has been advised by the War Dep mrtent taht ihs son Private Claud E. Phillips died in France Jan uary 15 of labor pneumonia. Private Phillips was wen Known wirougnuuv his section. He left Lumberton May 28, last, with a large number of Rob eson sodiers, for Camp Jaikson. He was attached to the 81st division and went to France last August. Other overseas casualties reported: Wounded slightly: Evander Park er, R. 3, Fairmont; Private Clarence Locklear, R. 1, Fairmont, Ex-Senator Geo. B. McLeod En A1...L-4. Alun Via Hi! TXTolla Mr. Geo. B. McLeod, former sheriff, ..".olBibMon Makes Good SncvrlnT in making his home at Tulsa, Oka., lor - vn,." rM some time, went to Raleigh Monday night after spending a tew days here. He attended Tuesday' in Raleign a meeting of the trustees of the State university and left ,there Tuesday niirht for Washineton. where today he expects to organize a $200,00 com- pany to develop oil lands he has eas - ed m Kansas ana wkiiiohi. rod has over 700 acres leased. On one 40-acre tract he already has two producing oil wells and he expects to sink 6 or S more wells on the same tract. He is enthusiastic about his well nrosDecta. He has attractive pho tographs showing the two wells that are now producing oil each day ana is confident that he will organize a company today and proceed at once with the boring of other we', Is. Not Guilty of Charge of Slander. The folowin special 01 Jan. to from Albemarle to the Greensboro News will be of interest to many Robe sonian readers, Mr. and Mrs. Kinlaw being natives of Robeson and former residents 01 Lumberton . II Lumucri"". i tUr, twO;", "T. A. -- . ' ' T jwiwy, cuici iv,... mrcK 01 unuiu. ' " V u' ,f ori, Iinpr .loror-ino- Mrs. E. W. Kin-ii;. law, was released by the jury late Saturday night. The case consumed laT-tro nart or iasi weeK, uicic i;o-i 7&i TTxamined in all more than!. ; rihertw inn witnesses. It is estimated tnat cost to the county brought about by this procedure will be nwM aOOv. ixiaii j - unninir to end are outspoken $500. Many wno neara uw ev..v,1 their "opinions that it was a prose-1 Brother of Mr. G. M. Wbitefield Died Today. Mr. Geo. M. Whitfield was advised by a " wire message this afternoon of the death at Monroe today at 11 a. m. of his brother, Mr. W. T. Whitfield. Deceased was about 67 years old ai.d had been iH for some time. Miss Bertie Sessoms, daughter of Mr. J. Sessoms, and Mr. John R. Barnes were married last evening at 7 o'clock at the home of Justice John H. McNeill, who officiated. l. ...it.i.M fnr thin vear. but will be begun at once for listing in May of 1920. In the summer of next year, after the property is. listed, a apecial session of the General Assemoly will be held toJower the tax rate. The machinery for getting the prop erty on the tax books has not yet been worked out. ' The joint committee states that it is actuated by a desire not to increase tne &tates income v much as to secure an honest basis for taxation. ( The tax rates in cities and taxation. . The tax rates in ciUes and taxation, M in ' -fA ;a xoroA TallO as ,Ulc asiatv ma a i a v Middling cotton is quoted on the lo cal market today at 21 1-2 cents the pound. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS k?""Mr' W' Edwards has more his shoe shop from the Mclntye build- ing. Chestnut Zi ip. .."V.e Williams building, Chestnut street Mr Rk r-n:' . i b-r of hi" f8mSIy hve just roveTd from attacks of the fi" r"overed hi TTot ,2 this will th her aunt. Mm. p V .T 1 , a m at- KsUfl. Ljeut. Leonard Twinem rhni:- On on ..em' L"aplain --- mjf irr snort in the Lorraine hotel Lieut TwVn? assistant pastorTf th ! " , -rn" 1 - . -n.n everyoouy has ,-pj M nearl or read. Sam nnfsM. I k. i. improvements re cently have been made in the interi or of the Lumberton Bargain House New cabinets for shoe. and gents' fSr5' J"ile b?en erected "d the interior of the store re-painted. The new arrangements and much to the ' CpEdwarda has been confined to hisvhojpe on First street with influenza since Monday. Mrs Edwards and their three children have had the disease daring the past ten days and Mr. Edwards nursed them through it Mr. Edwards is the fourth employe of The Robesonlan who has been down with the "flu" since the first of the year. Rev. Dr. C .H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, Mrs. Dur ham and Dr. Durham's 3 daughters. Misses Wilma, Margaret and Kathleen, went Tuesday to Raleigh across coun try in their automobile. Miss Wilma mains in Raleigh t resume her stu dies at Meredith. The others are ex pected to return home this evening. -Dr1. W. A. McPhaul, county health officer returned this morning from Rr'.tMgh, where ,;c went Monday night to attend a meeting if whole-time health officers of the State. Dr. Me 1'hnul becam.) ti-.'x in Raleigh Tuesday afternoon, a "fl are-back" from the at tack of "flu" he suffered last fall, and tad to go lac'; to bed as soon as he came nome Percentage of "Flu" Case3. At the meeting in Raleigh Tuesday and yesterday of whole-time county health officers reports made to the State Board of health showed that the percentage of "flu" cases m Robeson during the last three months of last jyear8 the perjod covered by the re- ports, was lower than that 01 any other county in the State tnat is so thicklv Donulated. In some of the western counties, in sections sparwiy settled, the percentages were lower. Only 134 cases were reported in Robe son during those three months as compared with 200 and 300 cases in swr.e of the other counties with large (jpulations. Escaped Chain Gang Convict Cap tured. . ' After an exciting race in the east ern part of town yesterday afternoon George McQueen, colored who recent lv oaoaoed from the chain gang, was caDtured. The first part of the rac v). - . kufnun f!hief of rimce tu. u. 1,. j a. lwl man. '--.'V". ". j rwf , i onw - - . r ;n the race and Mr. m- M.ii.n ioinpd in and captured Mc Queen- He will be sent back to th .? - , rinai raymeui- Loan Bonds Due. The final payment on fourth l.b- 1 ertV LAlau uwuvi -- ' . M, will confer a . jan Donds ,s uue ' " ... wilich in c matter promptly. Influenza Lid Remains On. At a meeting of the mayor and town commissioners at 2:30 this af ternoon it was decied to leave toe "flu" lid on for the present. It was hoped and expected that an order would be passed allowing church ser vices to be held next Sunday, but the town fathers decided not to take any chances. "Flu" Conditions Continue to Im ? influenza situation in Lumber- Uon continues to improve. very w new cases have- deveiopea week and most of those who were sick are now able to get out. - Mr J L. Warws of Columbia, S. C? was a Lumberton visitor Wednes- dayi. ' - - DR. WILLIAM W, PARSES Optometrist . Expert Knowledge of Eye Disease and Fitting , Glasses. - A
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