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ONIAN WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPER AND DONT LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIRE THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE YOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED. A ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND , TRUTH : $2.00 A YEAR. DUE LV AD VAN CI VOL, L LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MOfNDAY FEBUARY 24 1919. NUMBER S ROBES LOCAL LEGISLATION Proposed Road Law Amendment Would Provide More runas ai No Bonds Are Issued for Bridg es. . SELLERS WILL INTRODUCE NEW COUNTIES BILL. Advocates of New Counties, .Are Well Organized and Hope to Get Bill Through House Stiff Fight, in Pros pect Changes in Commissioners Districts and Election More Pay For County Pension Board Mem bers. Senator H. E. Stacy introduced Fri day a bUl to amend the Robeson coun ty road law so as to provide that if the county commissioners fail to is sue bonds as provided for in. the bridge act, the road commissioners may call upon the county commissioners to levy a general tax for road'purpesea not exceeding" 40 cents on ' the $100 property valuation and. $150, on the poll. ' . " ' The present road tax is 25 cents, The road commissioners say that it takes nearly all of that to' butt and repair bridges, .-leafing very u for improving roads and keeiin tnem up. ine Dill BUSIivrisuiK wJ commissioners " l'-fesTI. ries as needed for building permanent bridges, which has passed the' House, was framed to take care of bridges so as to leave funds out of the general taxes for road improvement. It de velops, however, that this proposed act would be unconstitutional and it will be canged to allow the county commissioners to call an election to determine whether such bonds shall be issued. In the event of the failure f the commissioners to call such an election, then the road commissioners may call for a tax of 40 cents and $1.20, as stated above. Senator Stacy's bill to authorize the issue of township road bonds, which measure has passed the Senate and now goes to the House- offers a special inducement to townships to issue bonds by providing that any township that issues bonds under this act shall receive its pro rata part of the general road funds. Any town ship that issues bonds will get the feame fimount of money from the general fund as it would get if it did not issue bonds. Representative Sellers introduced Friday a bill "to provide for the nora inotinn nnH election of Robeson coun ty commissioners. This provides for! a slifrht change in two districts as! now constituted, transferring Thomp-; son township from the Maxton dis-j trict to the Rowland district and Al-j fordsville township from the Rowland district to the Maxton district; and! for the election of commissioners in such manner as to prevent the terms, of all from expiring at the same time,! as would be the case under the pres-j ml 1 1 J ! J - . ent law. inis cnange woum provide that at the next election three com missioners should ' be elected for a term of 4 years and 2 for a term of 2 years, and after that all would be elected for terms of 4 years, the terms of 2 and 3 expiring in alternate elec tion years. This restores the practice of election before the act of 1917. Mr. Sellers also introduced Friday a bill to amend the revisal relative to the county pension board. This pro vides for an increase in pay of mem bers of the county pension board from $2 to $4 a day, and that they may meet 3 times a year. Mr. Stacy's bill to amend the road; law as outlined above provides also) for changing the road districts to con-', form to the districts for the election j of county commissioners. J It is understood that Representative' Sellers will introduce one day soon.i perhaps today or tomorrow, a billj providing for two new counties to j Ko tnrmeA out of the nresenr terri-1 tory cf Robeson. Just what the bill provides w not known. A well-organized effort is being madi by ad vocates of the proposed new counties ai'.d it is said that they havo raisH a fund of $2,500 to push the meas ure. Ex-Congressman G. B. Patterson spent practically all last week at Ra leigh, it is understoond, working in the interest of the proposed new coun ties, and Mr. Patterson knows mighty nigh everybody in the Legislature and is a shrewd worker. Advocates of the new counties could not have se lected a better man for their - work. It is understood that advocates of the proposed division hope to get the measure through the House this time and then fight it out at the next elec tion. They have no hope of getting it through the Senate, where Senator Stacy will kill it. "They, say" that new counties advocates have been scouring the territory and that numerously-signed petitions will be car ried up to Raleigh in the effort: to convince the lawmakers that there .is demand from the people for ; the pro posed carving. . , Opponents of the; proposed:. new counties also are getting busy and in a few days the forces no doubt will be lined up for battle royal among the Macks. - - . " . ROBESON" CASUALTIES.' ' . . Wounded " severely:- Pvt. .Paris Derapa- Red' Springs; Pvt. Jennings Gerald, Lumberton. , Wounded, degree- undetermined: Corp. Robt. Pouncey, R. 3, , Red Springs; Pvt. Frank Bracey, Rowland. SALARY INCREASES PROVID ED FOR COUNTY OFFICERS. , L Provisions of Bill to Increase Sala ries of Robeson County Officers. Representative Oliver's bill to change salaries of county officers pro vides, besides the changes noted in The Robesonian of Feb. 10, when men tion was made ef the bill having been introduced: The salary of the jailer (appointed by the sheriff) shall be $100 the month His salary heretofore has been $50 a months and, whatever may be said about other increases provided for in this act, it is hardly probable than any one will contend than this is too much to pay the jailer. The Robeson ian pointed out two years ago that the jailer was perhaps the poorest paid officer in the county. The chairman of the board of coun ty commissioners shall receive $200 the year and other members of the board $150 the year. During the past two years the chap-man has been paid $150 -the year and other members $125. Prior to the Legislature of two years ago the chairman was paid $300 and other members $200. As' stated in The Robesonian of Feb. 10, the bill also provides tfor salary increases! as follows: ' Clerk of the court, salary $3,000, end $1,200 for clerk hire. His salary is been S3.7Q0, out of which he has f.A ifjerk hire and 'phone rent. A lllS - increase of $500, plus 'phone rent, which the present act provides shall be paid for all officers except auditor by the county. Sheriff, salary $3,000 and $1,500 for clerk hire. His salary has been $3,800, out of wich he pays clerk hire and 'phone rent. This represents an in crease of $700, plus 'phone rent. Also his actual expenses in conveying pris oners are to be paid by the county. Register of deeds, salary $3,000, and $1,500 for clerk hire. Heretofore the register of deeds has paid clerk hire ande 'phone rent out of a salary of $3,800,' this epresenting an increase of $70Q the year, plus 'phone rent. Auditor, $2,750 (instead of $2,600. as inadvertently stated, in the first mention), an -increase of $500 over the present salary of $2,250. The act provides that the county commissioners shall pay out of the general Junds of the county for tele phone rent, stationery and stamps for the Office" of -the sheriff, clerk of the court and register of deeds, and for the stationery for the office of the auditor. INCOME TAX MAN IN ROBESON THIS WEEK Get Ready For Income Tax Man He Will Help You With Your Returns At Fairmont Today and Tomor row, Lumberton Wednesday and Thursday, Maxton Friday, Rtd Springs Saturday. Get ready for the income tax man. He will arrive in Lumberton on Feb ruary 26th and will be located at the court house, where he can be consult ed without charge. ( "Bring in your figures, your prob lems, your doubts, and your ques tions," is his invitation, contained in the announcement of his coming visit. Collector of Internal Revenue Bai ley is sending one of his Deputies, Mr. T. S. Memory, solely to help peo ple in this vicinity to determine their individual liability and to comply with the law's requirements as to 1918 incomes. His office hours will be from 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. each day. and he will remain in town until the close of bus iness on February 27th. "This free advisory service," writes Collector Bailey, "is planned for those who are required for the first timt to consider their liability and to make sworn returns. "Many thusands who were not af fected by the prior Federal laws tax ing incomes must this year file re turns. Here are the requirements. "Every unmarried person who' had a net income of $1,000 or over during 1918, and every married person who, together with wife (or husband) and minor children, had a net income of $2,000 in 1918." "The advice and services of the deputy collector are entirely free, and he is authorized .to administer the oath required on returns free- of charge. Persons who are taxable should make payment when filing their returns by attaching check or money-order. "This tax is a war burden; it is a part of the price of victory, the great est victory that the world has known. I believe the people of this district will meet it fully; and I am offering every facility of my office to aid them to determine their individual liability." Mr. Memory's other dates for this week are: .Fairmont Feb. 24 and 25, at recorder's office; Maxton Feb. 28. at Bank of Robeson; Red - Springs March 1st, at Bank: of Red Springs: Superior Court. SuperjieY. court for the trial f civ il cases convened today at 11 a. to. with Judge W. V. Stacy of Wihnihgtn pre siding. This is .Judge Stacy's first court In Robeson. Amon gthe out-of-town attorneys attending court today are: fix-Judge J. S. Manning of Ra leigh, H. F. Sea well ot Carthare. J. B. Gibson of Dillon. S. C. S. B. Mc Lean,; G. B. Patterson, R. E. Carpen ter and H. A..McKinnon of Maxton, ana ii.' S. Kirkpatnck of Raeford. LICENSED INDECENCIES. At First Baptist Dr. Durham Preach ed Last Evening Against the Eiil Influence of Immoral Shows Com munity Has Right to Protect Itself Against Things Which Are Demor alizing. "Has community like ours a right to protect - itself from things which are demoralizing ?" Tljis was the question Rev. Dr. Chas. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, a3iced last evening in beginning his sermon. The subject of Dr. Durham s discourse whs", "Li censed Indecencies," or "The Evil InT fluence of Immoral Shows."- In an swer to his question the preacher de clared that the community has the right the moral tight at least. Con tinuing, Dr. Durham said in part: "I believe it would be hard to prove that we cannot protect ourselves against anything that would demor alize even one of our young mm. Speaking of vaudeville shows and musical comedies. : the precher , said he knows they are demoralizing.. In the musical comedy the devu is the biggest dancer and the demons of hell 46 the -biggest 'singing. I have been in this sort of fight before and I cannot afford to tell all I know about such shows. Any woman who will come before an audience and parade in costumes as pictured on the bill boards and in the windows of some of the stores ih'Jtown is immoral. God Siity the church members who go and ook .at such. The people whj go around with such shows are immoral' therefore the shows are immoral. The boys and girls are lowered by such shows. Speaking of moving picture shows, the preacher said he had seen some pictures that were instructive and helpful. However, many of the pic tures shown1- artf awfully suggestive and vulgar-- They leave an immoral influence. "In .Jny opinion there is something in the picture shows that should be taken.' out," he said. The plan which Dr. Durham out lined for combating immoral shows is to ask the town officials to appoint a board of censors whose duty it would be to cut out the immoral parts of all shows and to take down from bill boards and windows all immodest pictures. Dr. Durham said that he had been charged with trying to keep things out of Lumberton that other towns have. His answer to this, was, "Why should we let Lumberton go to the devil because other towns go?" In some preliminary remarks before beginning his sermon Dr. Durham stated that he recently mailed out 75 letters to citizens of the town, ir respective of denomination, asking those citizens to advise him what in then opinion were some of the great est evils of the town. He had receiv ed an answer from several dozen of the letters sent out and those who-re-phed mentioned from two to foui evils. Among the things mentioned were, immoral shows, inconsistent living on te park of church members, lack of parental control, Sunday dese cration, joy riding, indecent dress, sale of drugs for intoxicants. He will preach on these subjects at Sunday evening services for the next few weeks. Young Man Charged With Check Flashing. Albert Suggs, a young white man, was bound over to the Superior court today by Recorder E. M. Britt on the charge of check-flashing. The bond was fixed at $500, justified, which Suggs has not yet made, and he is in jail. . Suggs was found guilty of passing a worthless check at Messrs. White & Gough's department store and one at the Lumberton Bargain House sev eral weeks ago. He formerly lived at one of the cotton mill villages near town, but was living 'in Columbus county at the time the checks were passed. He was arrested at Whiteville Thursday of last week and brought to jail here Thursday evening. Recorder's Court "Unnice" Criminal Assault Trial of Charge. Leslie arid fVmnril Wilmr nt Tlrifrk township were before Recorder E. M. ami r naay aiternoon on tne cnarge of criminally assaulting Mrs. Hattie Tvler. Council wan found nnf cmUtv while Leslie was found guilty of sim ple assault ana prayer for judgment was continued in the case upon pay ment or the coat. . Hattie admitted on the , stand that her character was not good and the trial was one' of the "dirtiest" ever heard here. A larre crowd -heard th trial.. The woman in the case was or dered by Recorder Britt to leave the community: Rennert Folk Pound Putor Por- Rennert. Fh- 91 (n Lf Tkr. day nignt the good people orf Ren- uut mhuicu ui jwiivr i ' noine ana on . into the dinina? room thev vnt taking possession of the situation for a; while- and ' loaded . our. table with lots of good things to eat, Oh such a pounding they did give us, and how we do appreciate it! , V, It is a pleasure to live among , and serve such good people. ! .- . v i A. H, PORTER. OPPOSED TO DIVISION. 'Don't Like Ides of Having Robeson Divided School Has Started Again j N Personal Mention. I Correnonriane nt The RnSMnisn Rosier, (Lumberton, R. 2), Feb. 21. Oar pastor. Rev. A. H. Porter of Rennert, filled, his regular appoint ment 'at Rosier Saturday and Sunday preaching able sermons both times, whichf were enjoyed by the entire con gregation. ' We saw in a recent issue of The Robesonian where some of the men were, trying to make two more new counties out of Robeson. We hape they.' will not succeed in their effort to da. so, for, we-don't like the idea of having oar dear old Robeson divid ed, in, any such way. Kev G. W, -Starting, pastor of the M. E. church, St. Pauls, was a pleas ant caller in this vicinity Thursday P m Among the visitors from Ten Mile section in this . community recently Were - Messrs. Worth and Spurreon Martinr and Harry, Mark and Robert taster MttTroy Lswson of Orrum was a visitor IrU vicinity Sunday af ternoon. Mk. Rolyaa, a traveling shoe man. gav." very .enjoyable entertainment at Rosier school No. 1 Monday night which.' was enjoyed very much. Mk fope Humphrey of Camp Jack son,, who is spending a furlough -with his parents,. in the Saddletree section, was a visitor in this section one day this week. The school at Rozier has started again aftec being stopped on account of the "flui" Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Harrell and chil dren- little Misses Mary Frances and Nellie and Master Thomas, and little Misses Beatrice and Sarah Ellen Car-' lyle, attended preaching at the M. E. church at St. Pauls Sunday. Everybody is invited to attend pray- ermeeting at. Rozier every Sunday af ternoon at aiau o clock. .. EFFORT TO RAISE PRICE OF COTTON Farmers and Business Men Should At tend Meeting to be Held in Court House February 26th. Correspondence of The Robesonian Meetings will be held throughout North Carolina Wednesday of this week foe the purpose of discussing plans that Win tend to raise the price of cotton, j This is a question which not only concerns farmers, but the pub lie generally, and the farmers and business men of Robeson should at tend the meeting to be held in the court house, in Lumberton Wednesday. The call for the meetings was sent out by the Gdvernor of the State and the public should heed the call. An effort is being made to secure a speak er for the Robeson meeting and if no outside speaker is secured, the cotton question will be discussed by both farmers and business men and it wiil be worth your while to be on hand. The meeting will open at 11 a. m. Romemhor tfia Hfttr anA hnur anA fnmo 1 along to the meeting. F. GROVE R BRITT, Sec.-Treas. Robeson County Farmers' Union. WITH ROBESON SOLDIERS. Lieut. H. C. Blackwell of Lumber ton. R. 7, arrived home Friday from Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., having been given an honorable dis chatge from military service. Corporal Hezzie N. Ward of Mc: Donald arrived home Friday from Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C., hav ing been given an honorable discharge from the army.- Corporal Ward had been stationed at Detroit, Mich., and Chicago. HL.-for some time until re cently when he was sent to Camp Se vier for demobilization. Lieut. Shep. K. Nash arrived in New York "on the 19th inst. from France. A wire message from Lieut. Nash to nis mother. Mrs. A. Nash of Lumberton, stated that he expected to arrived horn Wednesday night of this week. Lieut. Nash belonged to the American, air forces and spent several months in France. Not in Favor of Division. Mr. A. C.McLeod of Buie, who was a Lumberton. visitor this morning, says that 'while his name appeared on the "steering" committee for Burnt Swamp appointed by the new-county meeting at Maxton- he did not attend the meeting and is not in aver. of division of the county. The, proposed division wefeld eut Mr. McLeod aft in to one of the ajnr counties, but ha says he wants fesvatay. in old Robeson and wants the coanty to emam as it Is. There doslnaC seem to beany senti ment out Baas way for a division. Publiticflr of Township Bond c aue BinDelayecL X ; .?; v Electric power was cut off for about 3 hours Saturday, delaying the setting of type so that the bill providxnr for issue of towaaup road bonds, intro duced by Senator Stacy and which passed the-Hoosa Friday, must be held over ;tmr Thursday's paper, in stead or being- published today, as in tended '-J-; :.. - RENNERT NEWS ITEMS. Play by Local Talent Next Friday Evening Farmers Will Agsin Save . .the Day Dr Vann on the Job Per sonal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rennert, Feb. 22. On next Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock the Students of our school will gjve a play which will be opea to the public. The pro gram will consist of piano and vocal numbers, and the play "The Little Clodopper,? in three acts, will last two hours. Admission fee for adults 25c; children "15c. The proceeds of the play to help purchase accessories for the school rooms. Our enterprising .townsmen Messrs. D. F. Webster arid W. L. Everett, have recently had Delco lights in Stalled in their handsome dwelling and store. Miss Lucinda Storm is spending some time with her nephew Rev. A. H. iorter. Mr. and Mrs .Richard Humphrey visited relatives -' in . town Tuesday. Thfy have a f'habif of takiir n mess" of toothsome eatjsage r nd liver pudding to their neighbor j when they visit, which nvites one glad that seme of tke ol&fashi .H rie.ghboriy ways still -xist. Miss. Katie Belle Webster spent Thursday, arfght of this week with Mrs. Mary F. Graham. .Our farmers are hustling, as 'usual but feel cramped onaccunt of ths cotton and fertilizer situation. For tunately for the county and the world, the American farmer is the most re sourceful "man in the world. They made this country in the first place, and they saved It once, and they are going to save it again if they are given a chance. Dr. R.-..T; Vann of Raleigh will lec tfkre at Lumber Bridge Baptist church next Sunday morning, at Red Springs in the afternoon, and at Rennert in the evening in the interest of the mil lion dollar educational fund. He is undoubtedly the right man on the right job. On Thutsday night there Vas a lit tle surprise party in fom of r. "poimd ing at tha home of Rev A; H. Por ter. ' Tar Heels Have $21,000,000 In vested in War Stamps. Nort Carolina, has more than $21,-1 000,000 inwesteck in War Savings and Thrift stamps and a statement by the Treasury Department shows that the citizens of the State made a creditable showing, in the 1918 campaign. The statement reveals that stamps sold in North Carolina for the year amounted to 121,085,388, in the month of December the sales were $3,095, 239.7p. North Carolina's per capita percentage was $8.66 for the year. States which did not equal North Carolina's record for the year include Georgia, $13,753,550.50, per capita $1.78. The entire country invested in sav ings and thrift stamps during the campaign up to and including Decem ber 81, a total of $1,015,067471.80. December sales alone aggregated more than $83,000,000. President's Ship Arrives at Bos ton. Boston Dispatch Feb. 23. President Wilson's ship arrived in Boston harbor early this evning and anchored, with all the presidential party remaining aboard. Tomorrow, some time before noon, the President and those accompanying him from the Fans peace conference, will come ashore for brief ceremonies of wel come and a short speech by the Presi dent in Mechanics hall. The whole party wi'l leave for Washington by special uain at 4:30 o'clock in the af ternoon, arriving Tuesday morning. The President still plans to return to France on the George Washington, sailing from Hoboken about March 5, unless something unforeseen occurs. Two Methodist Church, Consolidated. Papers At a joint meeting in Greensboro Friday night of .the two boards of Methodist publications the North Carolina Christian Advocate, publish ed at Greensboro, the official organ of the Western North Carolina confer ence, and the Raleigh Christian Ad vocate, published at Raleigh, the offi cial organ of the North Carolina con ference, it was decided to consolidate the two publications under the gener al designation of the North Carolina Christian Advocate, which will be pub lished in Greensboro. THE RECORD OF DEATHS. Mr. A. M. Benton of Evergreen. . Mr. A. M. Benton, a well-known citizen of Evergreen, Columbus coun ty, died Friday of Bright' disease. Deceased was 12 years old. li term gat was made Saturday afternoon. ! v Antaey McRaev Colored. Antney McRae, colored,, aged 80 years, died. far. the county jail here iresterday. , Deceased, .who formerly rved in: the Pniladelpfcus section,- be came insane after an attack of influ enza and "an effort was being made to get him into the State hospital at Goldsboro. ' - - i , Mr. J, W. Watts f R. 1, Lumbertn, is amorfg the visitors in town today. Mr. A. H. Carrie of Maxton is a Lum berton visitor today. . ., WATCH THE LABEL. Watch the date opposite the same on the label on your paper. When year subscription expires your psper will be stopped. This apolies to all sub scribers. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS License has been issued for the marriss-e of Med L. Mitfhalf nt beeca Nance. Special meeting St Alban's lodge No. 114'tomorrow TtiMfavi at 7:30. Third degree work. Mr. J. W. Currie of R. 4, Red Prs was a Lumberton' visitor Friday. Mr. Currie says he is opposed to sny division of the "State of Robe son." Miss Josie McNeill, who under " went an operation for appendicitis at the Thompson hospital three weeks ago, returned to her home at Rowland Friday. - .nr??iM Agnes Long and Mr. Robt Phillips, both of East Lamberten, were married Saturday evenintf at 9 o'clock at the home of Justice J, H McNeill, who officiated. c t Mr. Lee 0. Stone of Lumberton has signed up with the Southern base ball league for the coming ball season and expects to leave about March 1 for Little Rock, Ark. A meeting of the Lumberton, Red Cross chapter will be held in the court bouse Friday evening of this week at 7:30. All members of the chapter are 11 rtrsA tn K O -w f.cowi. Members of the Presbyterian church gave their pastor, Rev. Dr. G. E. Moorehouse, and family, a bountiful pounding Thursday evening. Many gathered at the manse and load ed tables with good things. Mr. J. M. Wilson of Hbwellsville, who was a Lumberton visitor Satur day, says that Howellsville would be a new county, nd thank'e, if some one else Irouid bear the expense of a uew cour$ house and jail. A. Frank Herring of the Barnes ville section was arrested last night on the charge of forging a name on a check. 1 The arrest was made by Deputy A. H. Prevatt and Rami Po lice F. A. Wishart Herring is in jail. Miss rCora C. Collins of Christ field. MA arrived veatorrinv frnm New YoslEtwwbejre she studied and purchased latest styles in millinery, and will be with Miss Josephine Breece in her millinery store this sea son. The Woman's Home Demonstra tion club of East Lumberton will meet at the auditorium tomorrow (Tues day) afternoon at 2:30 p. m. A dem onstration will be given by Miss Mar tha Flar Andrews, home demonstra tion agent. Remitting to renew his Robeson ian subscription, Mr. Jno. N. Regan of Hope Mills, R. 2, writes : "Sorry to hear old Robeson is likely to be di vided into so many small counties. Think it would be better for all partis as it now is. Truly hope it will not be divided." A meeting of the Robeson county medical society was called for Friday of last week. Only a very few of the members were present and an other meeting was called for Tues day, March 11. The meeting will open at 11 a. m. and all members are urged to attend. Mr. T. S. Memory, deputy col lector, will be at the court house here Wednesday and Thursday of this week to advise income tax payers of their liabilities. He will be in Fairmont today and tomorrow; in Maxton Fri day, and in Red Springs Saturday. See item elsewhere in this issue. Mr. J. M. Jones and son, Mr. Worth Jones, railroad engineers with headquarters at Charleston, S. C- are spending a few days at ther home here arriving Saturday. This is the first opportunity Mr. Worth Jones has had to come home in two years. He will return to Charleston tomorrow. - Dr. T. A. Norment, who returned last night from Davidson, where he spent a few days, saw Dr. W. A. Mc Phaul, county health officer, as he passed through Charlotte yesterday and found his condition improved. Dr. McPhaul; has been undergoing treat ment at the Charlotte sanatorium for the past few weeks. ' A committee composed of the pastor and three members from eacl of the local churches will meet tompr row .evening in the town hall'wttl. the mayor. and town commissioners for the purpose of asking that offi cial action be taken to protect' the citizens of the town from immoral shows and the posting ot indecent pictures upon billboards. Ex-Senator Frank Gough Return ed Tursday from a visit to the State farm in. Halifax county. He is a member of the Stxte prison board and ae and other directors were taken on an inspection visit to the farm, mak ing . the - trip . from Raleigh. in autos, a distance of 99 miles through the country.' Six thousand three hun dred acres of the 7,80 .acres eoro frised in the State- farm 'are under cultivation. . - Miss' Kathrine Robinson of. Wil mington arrived last evening and will spend several days here visiting Miss Mary-Jones.- ' ' DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER, ' Optometrist . -. Expert Knowledge of Eye Diaeueav and Fitting Glasses. .. t ... --T
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