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JONIA WATCH LABEL- ON YOUR CAPER AND DONT t LOT. SUB SCRIPTION EXPIRE . THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE YOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED. ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD TRUTH $240 A YEAR. DUE IN ADYANCS VOL. L LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1919. NUMBER 17 THE ROBEc ' t N DONT FAIL TO VOTE. If You Want Schools in Lumber- ton Don't Fail to Cast a Vote in Before Sundown fToday. Don't fair to vote for schools be- fore sundown today. If you reg- istered and do not vote, your name wSI be counted ' 8 voting against the election just as much as if you cast a vote against' the increased tar. -Vcte without fail, if you want public schools iff Lumberton. . ' .' - There is no eaacn for any tax- payer to be afraid of this propos- ed increase in taxes for s,'cho..ls. It will rot be a burden on any one and it is aba"utely i fcessarv for the election to carry if Lumhertuii is to have graded schuls worth the name next V I .. 4-U,. .f the school tribes that it will be graded schools next year without more money. The only way the money can be secured is by tax- ation. There are no ifs and and3 and per adventures about it: the future of the schools is at r ake- is going tobe decided by the re- suit of the election today. If you have not already voted, don't fail to do so before the sun goes down today. J. C BEARD. ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE Nine Jurymen Selected up to 3 P. M. Today Killed Hezzie Connojr at St. Pauls Last January Other Cases. The selection of 12 jurors to pass upon the fate of J. Q. Beard, who will be tried for his life on the charge of killing Hezzie Connor at St. Pauls last January, was begun when court convened this morning and up to 3 o'clock, the time of going to press, nine had been accepted by the defend ant. The men already selected are: Joe Blacker, B. M. Lewis, W. J. Mercer, J. G. Prvatt, W. H. Hardin all mem bers of the regular jury summon sed for this week's term of court and J. R. Floyd, Joe Blackman, J. R. McRainey and Jas. D. Lewis, select ed from a special venire of 75 men ordered from which to pick a jury for this particular trial. ' The taking of evidence wil begin immediately after the 12 men have been selected. The defendant is represented by Mssrs. Mclntyr, Lawrence & Proc tor of Lumberton and Mr. J. b. but ler of St. Pauls, while the State is represented by Solicitor S. B. Mc Lean and Messrs. McLean. Varser, i McLean & Stacy. Elberta Goodyear, charged with rape, submitted to assault upon a female and the submission was ac cepted by the State. Prayer for judg ment was continued upon payment of the cost. The defendant must appear at the next two terms of criminal court and show good behavior. He was placed under a-$200 bond for his appearance. The defendant was fifteen years old when the alleged crime was com mitted about a year ago and the girl in the case was 13 years old. Ora Holmes was found guilty of larceny. Judge Stacy has not passed sentence in this case. 138 DEATHS FROM FLU. That Number Reported in Robeson County Health Officer Thinks 3-4ths of These Could . Have Been Pre-5 vented. There were 138 deaths in Robeson from influenza, according to reports sent in by those registering vital sta tistics in the various townships. It is probable that a few deaths were not reported. Dr. W. A. McPhaul, cenTSf these dVould have b? I county health offiier, thinks 75 per PT ffnowrvinl MemE how fluenza after the patients thought thev had recovered. He is making this investigation in order to be better prepared to combat the diseaso in case another epidemic appears next fall. According to the statistics of the State Board of Health, the death rate population considered, of any of the in Robeson was among the lowes, 100 counties oi tne otate. Present Indications Are That Graded Schools Tax Election Will Carry. Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon 147 votes had been cast in the Lumber ton special tax election for schools. Very few votes have been cast against the tax, those not voting being count ed against, so it is thought " that enough votes have already been cast in the affirmative to carry the elec tion. As large a majority as possible is wanted and all who are in favor of schools are urged to vote. The number registered is 257; number of votes necessary to carry, 129. j i ii n i ii i ii i' 5 Townships File Petitions for Road Bond Issue Election. Petitions have been presented . to the county commissioners today from Fairmintl Rowland, St. Pauls. Park ton and Lumberton townships for elections for road bond issue -under the new .law. Mr. Earl Townsend. of Lumber of county road commissioners atf the meeting of the board this morning, ton was elected secretary to the board FAIRMONT NEWS Re-Drying Plant Will Cost $30,000 Directors Elected Petitions For Election for $60,000 Road Bonds Debate Between Fairmont and St. Pauls Soldiers Return Personal. BY HAL V. BROWN. Fairmont, April 5. At a meeting ofthe stockholders of the Fairmont Re-drying Planty Inc., last night fol lowing board of directors was elected: F. P.- Davis, O. A. Reeves, A. S. Thompson, F. L. Blue W. N. Hubbard, H. G. Stubbs. A. L. Jones. The char ter for the above-named corporation has been duly received and irk will begin on the building in the next few days. The authorized capital is $100,000, with over $20,000 subscrib ed. It is estimated that the entire cost will be over $30,000. Prior to this meeting the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce met and the Industrial Development committee was instructed to have drawn and circulated today petitions asking the board of county commissioners for an election on issuing bonds is the sum of $60,000 to build roads in Fairmont township. These petitions have to be signed by one-fifth of the regis tered voters of the township and pre sented to the county commissioners in Lumberton Mdnday, April 7. ' A very Jpimr -debate was held here last night between the. Fair mont, and St. Pauls schools. The question, "Resolved that, the 'Gov ernment of the U. S. should adopt some law requiring every able-bod ied citizen to have one year's military training Deiore reacning tne age oi twenty-one. " The judges decided in favor of the St. Pauls schools. The same schools were debating at St. Pauls at the same time and Fairmont school was 'victorious at St. Pauls. Af ter the debate here the visitors were entertained by Misses Bertha and Retha Jenkins at their home 'on Cot- Cornorar Halbert Thomnson. who has seen considerable service on the other . side, arrived here this week, having been discharged from service. Pvt. Herman Lewis, who had also been in foreign service for some time, arrived last night, discharged. Pvt. Layton Stephens, who was connected with the signal corps of the 81st di vision, has returned, having been granted an honorable discharge. Mrs. H. L.- Blue, Jr.. returned Fri day from a visit to friends and rela tives in Lumber Bridge. Mrs. E. J. Pittman is visiting friends and relatives in Pine Tops and Wilson. Messrs. E. G. Floyd & Co. have opened a package and wholesale store on Center street. It is understood that they will handle the same lines of groceries which they carried last year prior to selling out to H. V Brown. Dr. J. P. Brown was a business visitor in Fayetteville this week. Mr. E. JrChambers" spent last week with friends in Wilmington and Southport. Dr.. Graham McLean of McDonalds has opened his office in he Jones building lor the practice oi dental surgery. Dr. McLean is highly rec ommended, having served for several months with the U. S. army medical (corps. SLEEPING SICKNESS. 2 Cases Reported From Rozier Sec tion Negro Woman and Man Slept for Several ays Attacks Followed Flu Both Recovering. Two cases of "sleeping sickness" have been reported in the Rozier sec tion. A colored man and a colored woman slept continuously for several days, according to Dr. R. G. Rozier, who i treating them. While they have not fully recovered, they are &ing and 1 Rozier says e .uffe ittik. o influenza before not live m the same home. . SHIPMENTS OF NITRATE. 23 Additional Parloads Billed to Rob. eson Points Shipments Will Con- tinue Until All Applications Have Been Filled. Mr. W. K. Bethune, chairman of the! committee that is looking after ship ments of nitrate of soda from the government, received notice this morn ing that the following shipments of nitrate of soda ha been made and are expected to be delivered this week: 8 carload3 to Maxton, 7 car loads to Rowland, 4 carloads to Red Springs, 4 carloads to Parkton. Mr. Walter Smallbones, the govern ment agent who has charge of ship ping the nitrate, advises Mr. Bethune that he will continue pushing ship ments until all applications for Robe- ion have been filled. Mr. Bethune has, been trying to get shipments to other places but they have been bill ed at Washington as stated above. Box" Supper at Hill Side April 9th. 1 Correspondence 'of The Robesonian. . Rowland, April'5. The box supper j at Hill Side school was postponed on account of bad weathe till .Wednes day night, April 9th.. Everybody is invited to come. ' , HILL SIDE TEACHER. Mr. J. H. McLean of Bellamy was a Lumberton visitor this morning:. AUTOMOBILE DELIVER! , BEK TICK DAI or night. Two or. RpW. McN.au Thir and Water streets (at old wooden br.dffe). Experienced and "careful 'drivers. FUNERAL OF R. R. CABLYLE. Services at Residence Friday After noon Attended by Large Crowd Remains Interred in Family Bury ing Ground. Carlyle, whose death was mentioned in Thursday's Robesonian, was con - A lie iunemi ivicuoiu uuuuiuu ducted at hi home on Elm street Fri - day afternoon. . Reported for The Robesonian. xvepurvcu lur im xwhjcsvmuui. Lumberton and the community were;ost pleasant trip to New York and; saddened last Thursday morning on hearing of the death of one of its most popular young men, Richard Rudolph Carlyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Carlyle of Lumberton, which occurred at his home in Lumberton at 4 o'clock on Thursday morning, April 3rd. He was born on November 29th, 1888, and passed away at the age of thirty having had tuberculosis about five! years. The funeral service was conducted on Friday afternoon, at four o'clock at hi home on Elm street", by Rev. Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist chufch of Lumberton and Rev. A. B. Crumpler of Clinton. A male quartette composed of Messrs. J. Pope Stephens, Woodberry Lennon, C. B. Skipper and "E. B. Freeman sym- Eathetically sang "Lead Kindly ight," Wonderful Peace" and "Good Night." . The remains were interred in Hollywood cemetery, East Lumberton in the presence of a large gath ering of sorrowing friends and rela tives. The twn has never een a larger nor more beautiful floral of fering than was sent as a token of love and sympathy of the . many friends of his family. The active pall bearers were Messrs. Jas. L. William son, J. R. Preyatt, O. H. Bracey, D. D. French, E. R. Mclntyre and W. Len non, and those serving as honorary pallbearers were Messrs. Jno. D. Mc Millan, Jno. C. Fuller, Wallace Nor ment, John Proctor. Robert Caldwell, D. W. Biggs- S. F. Caldwell, J. Pope Stephens, C. B. Skipper, E. B. Free man, W. W. Parker and Dr. T. C. Johnson Rudolph Carlyle was born and rear, in InmWnn whom ha o OS. ed in Lumberton, where he was es- teemed and cherished by all who knew him. Notwithstanding his long sick-' ness, he always remained - bright and cheerful. His happy and genial dis position wa such as few have the good fortane of possessing, which won for him the universal' love and admir ation of the community. On June 18th, 1913, he was mar ried to Miss Leslie Gilliam Proctor, daughter of Mrs. Lizzie G. Proctor of" Lumberton. She so faithfully and tenderly administered to him during his illness as to cause unumal com ment among their friends. The bereaved are his wife, parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Carlyle, 4 sisters and 2 brothers, who have the heart felt sympathy of the entire commu nity. FUNERAL OF MRS. J H FLOYD Larg'e Crtvd Attended Services at Cr.otnut Street Mt-tltdist Church Thursday Afternoon Remains In terred in Meadowbrook Cemetery. The funeral of Mrs. Ellen Regan Fl-jyd. wife of Mr. J. H. Floyd, whose r.cath lact Wednesd iv night was men tioned in Thursday'1 Robesonian, is conducted from Chestnut Street Methodist church Thurid .7 afternoon at 5 o'clock by the pastor Rev. Dr. Ii C. Beamaii, ani the remains were interred :t Mead ;.brook cemetery. The crowd which gathered for the funeral f.'.cd the ciiu.x, and accom panied the remains to their last rest i. place. "Nearer, My ( Thee," and "Lead Kindly Ligh Ve sung by the choir at the churturn a quar tette composed of Messrs1: Woodberry Lennon, C. B. Skipper, E. B. Free marr and J. Pope Stephens sang "My Father Knows," Beautiful Peace," and "Sleep On, Beloved." at the grave. Numerous an dexquinte floral offer ings attested in a measure the esteim and sympathy of a host of friends. The Dallbearers were G. L. ThomD-. . . Rahcke, Jr., Q. T. Williams and J. A Sharpe Mrs. bllen Kegan loyd was born June 16. 1871, and was in her 48th year. She was a daughter of the lato William and Elizabeth McMillan Re ean of Howel'sville township- her mother being a si8ter of the late Mrs. J. D. McMillan of Lumberton. In early childhood she joined the Meth odist church, of which she remained a devoted and lnval member until i her death, her beautiful Christian! character impressing all with whom! she came in contact. On June 16, 1902, she was united in marriage to Mr. J. H. Floyd of Lumberton, haying taught -school for a number of years prior to that time. She had) been a sufferer from Blight's disease for 3 years or more and for the past 2 month her condition had been se rious. Deceased is survived by her hus band and 4 children Regan, Willie Frank, Robert and Ellen Ruth the son. li.'Xj. Stacy, JJ. u. .trench. i. i.inovv on ioot to organize corporations, oldest 14 and the youngest 7. Thejreal many articles about a league or profound sympathy of the entire com- nations he has read few things the miiTiittr (MM nnf tn tri mntherioas equal of Mr. McLean s statement. Mr. children and bereaved husband.. Three sisters also survive-Mr. J. M. But- ar. nf fit ' Paula Mm. W Af Mnrrov or Barnesville, and Mrs. J. G. Regan! of Dillon, S. C and " 3 brothers! Messrs. Neil A. and W. H. Regan of I 555? ?ni, and brothers were here for the , w . v p. Un OT. t eral except Mr. Arch Kef an, who ar-, rived Friday morning. Among other out-ol-town people who attended tne RED SPRINGS NEWS New Postoffice Building Nearing Com pletion Antioch Commencement Most Successful Occasion Personal! Mention. j wrwpwiaenca oi ine nooesonian. L Springs- April 4. Dr. and Mrs i n , . mi n i . 'tuther McMillan spent Thursday in j Bennettsville. Mr. Artemus McKay from out Max- Knf1$JF!? ?k- Ur. A T TLC.ll i. V, Washington. Miss Cordie Conoly spent some time this week with relatives at An- tloch arfd took in the commencement out there. Mrs. J. G Brown is visiting her brother Mr. J. G. Shaw of Fayette- , u L , !cr and S4011 belonged to the 117th John Hahe Ml8 Manr Janet! Inf., all of the 30th division, which McNeill and Mrs. John McCormick of: Inf., all of the 30th division, whilh Parkton, spent Wednesday in town, broke the Hindenburg ljne. Mr. David McMillan was a Lum-i berton visitor on Thursday. Messrs., Mr. Fulton Floyd Helped Break Hin- Graham Smith and Temple Stanton also were down there the same day. Among visitors to Fayetteville the Sast few days were Mises Florence ones, Ida Morgan, Mamie McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Graham. Mesdames T. C. Rogers, J. A. Wil liams and Miss Minnie Rogers went Thursday to McColl, Clio and other South Carilina towns nearby, where Miss Ropers made talks befire the chools on public health. We regret to learn that Mrs. Mat tie Smith is in a hospital in Hamlet for treatment. Her friends hope for her a speedy recovery. Mr. Ang. Hodgin, who has been do ing "Y" work at Ft. McPherson, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. jhmmie Hodgin. The inew postomce next the Bank t)f Redf Springs is nearing completion and will be a great improvement oyer the .present quarter. So far as we have heard, Antioch leads off this year with commence ment. Large crowds from here at tended and report it a most success ful iccasion. The play Wednesday night was well done and quite eater- A. T ! T . TT A taking.. Hon. Henry A. Page was I dkuoW nt ha Aarr TKim-oa tr an4 malo sceaker of the day Thursday and made , a fine address. Mr. C. H. Pease of Fayetteville is . here this week tuning pianos in the town and vicinity. WARFJNANCE BOARD'S WORKjQEEATLY increased It Is Helping to Finance Sale and Export of .American Products Mr. McLean Thinks Business Will Be Much Better Soon fis League of Nations Address Highly Com mended. Hf . A Wl Ann svnA r f nA f members of the War Finance corpor- ation, spent Saturday and yesterday at his home here, leaving last night for Washington. He finds that he will be considerably delayed in mov- ing his family back to Lumberton on account of new work that has been given the War Finance board, but he hopes to be able to spend more time here in the near future. The work of the War Finance cor poration has been greatly increased lately owing to the fact that it has been callled upon to finance the rail roads under Govmmnt control, caused by the failure of Congress to make the necesary appropriation. Congress just before it adjourned! provided that the War finance cor poration should help finance the sale an dexport of American products, including raw materials such as cot ton, iron and steel and food products, as well as manufactured products. The board was authorized by Con gress to is'ue one billion dollars in bonds inid of the export business. Up to date the War Finance board has made leans and investments. amounting to 3350,000,000, the largest I single loan bcinsr for $50,00Q.00O. Members of the board are having; conferences daily with American bus- iness men and representatives of for- owrr, .,ommnt. ir. flp-f f nmrt I out -the export business. Plans are vi tn .v v -m. tiliibllVO & v. v w n u . i- to send cotton abroad to be sold to a few mih?s nortn of Lumberton, Sat-;the local market last season and lik foreign interests. urday morning a 4 of the clock. Thejed the water here and the town and There is a general feeline. Mr. T onn nwc iv,Qr kniinoM n,;ii' ho mnri ! better in a few months, as soon as the interests of the country are ad-1 inctoH ty a noano haaU ! . , . . 1 bonds, bearing 5 per cent, the issue being taken in 3. . days by arge banks and big business interests over the country. .This was the first issue of bond made by the board. It will be recalled that last. year Mr. Ale Lean made an address before the North Carilma Bar association, of which he was then president, advo cating a league of nations. He re cently received from Prof. Chas. L. Raper, of the department of econom ics of. the State univrsity, a letter in which Mr. Raper says Mr. Mi Lean's address, which he has recent ly re-read, contains many helpful suggestions and that while he has iticuean in max. aauress sircsseu uie importance of making a league of na tions part of the peace agreement,; The War Finance corporation has'"" a iu just sold an isue of $200,000,000 ofiral policeman. ;!kh is the very thing President Json is insisting mut be done. . M. , d",-.., S2!-SlTGibS: oUHchoKun: fuh-'ft? Mr- C- McNeiU o Row; lauu.. . c. E. gadtjt fOCTKic. comfamt, lum- oertoB. f. c. WITH ROBESON SOLDIERS. . e ... , .. P ,A , Robeson .Soldiers of the Famous 30th itcmrn none, bovs Among the North Carolina wno landed at Charleston March 28,scnoers. from the U. S. transport Pocahontas' were the following from Robeson Privates Roy Turner, son of JnoJ O, Turner Lumberton; Abner F. i Stone, son of Joel Stone, Fairmont,' ? 3; Fulton Floyd, son of Mrs. Ida ; county: o i r These men sailed from St. Nazaire, j France, March 16th. They went to',In each week at 8 clock. - Camp Jackson, S. C. for discharge Special meeting of St. Alban's Und most of them have since returned1 lodge 114, A. F. & A. M., Tuesday fiome. ihese names were sent to The Robesonian by the Y. M. C. A. from! Atianta on Marcn z. but the letter i wa Helavpri in thp mnila Pvt Turn denburg Line He Does Not Un derstand How He Escaped Alire Shell Blew His Meal Away. Mr. Fulton Floyd of East Lumber ton arrived home Thursday night from France. Mr. Floyd belonged to Co. M, 118th. infantry, 30th division. He helped break the Hindenburg line and 49 per cent of his company wis) killed. There were 250 iA therein-' - A"e ironia, oi a num.Der.oi bus pany when it went into acYion an,lhTnes hoU8es on Elm street have rf- only 28 escaped .being killed or wound-i ed. Mr. fioya escaped without a scratch, but does not understand how he did it. Mr. Floyd related one instance when he was hungry and had gone into a turnip patch to get a turnip root. Just uas he was pulling up the turnips a shell fell in a few feet of him and blew all the turnips up and he missed his meal. Greeted The Boy. Maxton Scottish Chief. Mr. and Mrs. H, C. MacNair and daughters, Misses Elizabeth and Sue, and son, John Franklin, accompanied Charleston Tuesday night to meet ! - OBneStOn lUeSQay nignt 10 med L... u-.- mr:.. r .t.k-: t the returning boys of Co. L. (Lumber Bridge), of the 119th regiment, 30th division. They were fortunate in pro curing a permit which toik them right down to the landing where they met H. C. (Campbell) McNair, Jr., Captain Jas. A. Clifton, Sergeants Hubert Stead and Keidus Martin, all of Maxton. The troop went on to Camp Jack son Wednesday and wvl som r?ac:i their homes. These boys served a yrar on the Mexican border before jto ing into the great war, where they niada a fine reputation. Maxton i wry happy to have her beys ho.o ' H. L. Ivey of the Marietta sec- tio. arrived home Friday from France. He belonged to the 30th di. vision and saw quite a bit of service1 at the front. Furman Williams and T. O. .Edens Arrive home. Messr. Furman Williams and T. O. Edens arrived home yesterday morning from France. Both Volun teered and entered the army soon af ter the United states declared war against Germany and spent about 20 months' overseas. Mrs. N. H. Musselwhite of Lum berton was advised today by the Sal Vation Army that her son, Mr. Ray mond Musselwhite, had returned from France ond was at Camp Mills, N. Y. Mr. Musselwhite spent 23 months in France. He is in the regular army. 5TH STILL CAPTURED. Nasby and Rich Hardin Jailed on Charge of Blockading Still Found t Nasby's Home ' , ,. " . , . , L Rural ?lc,anAF'TA- YLiaha! a j Deputy Sheriffs A. H. Prevatt and - - . , , . . . , . J- a. iutcnen captureo i a cooper stiu mr rnp nnmo nr Niisnv Harnin. inn an. , 1, V T o . Mc-isu" was lu,"i"eie calci, nie wunui and had been buried in Hardin's erar Bth Nasby and Rich Hardin were arrested and brought to jail. This is the fifth still captured since Vf TIT,. L. n X L. n a Itsinn a n iiti r- - n a mi 1 Wilmington and Charlotte Maji see trashy tobacco sell so high this Have Parades of Soldiers. year as last. The War Department Saturday is-' ' 7 sued orders for the 119th infantry,1 601 Supper at Gaddysville April 11. 30th division, to parade in Wilming-: Correspondence of The Rcesonian. ton this week and for the 120th, same' Fairmont, April 4.1-There will be a division, to parade in Charlotte- per-.box supper at Gaddysville school haps about the 15th inst. The order, house Friday night, April 11th. Every was rescmaea as to wumingion yes- terday following a telegram from the mayor of that city that the time was too short for arrangements to be made, but following a mass meeting last, night efforts are being made to get the War Department to ' reinstate the former order. If that is done the troops may parade in Wilmington to morrow or Wednesday; ARMEN IAN-SYRIAN RELIEF r FUND .The following additional subscrip tions -to the Armeman-syrian relief fund have- been reported . to Senator H. E. Stacy, treasurer: Lumberton, 122.50; Long Branch school, $3.60; Lumberton chapter 116, O. E. S $10; Nye .school, $5.22; Jennings cotton mills school, $10. Total, $512. Pre viously reported, $823.25, making a grand total of $8747, WATCH THE LABEL. Watch the date opposite the nana on iht ubel , JOVT pr When JWU subscription expires your paper will be stopped. This apoliea to all sub- BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Rftr tn . "f0'. &dv a bv 8' boy. . fSf!tS L 9' V F has changed the time of meeting from Monday evening to Thursday evening evening at a o clock for degree work. A full attendance is earnestly desir- 'ea- Mr. L. Pate of R. 7, Lumberton, was among the callers at The Robe sonian office Saturday. Mr. Pate was on the jury and spent the week in town. Mrs. A. S. Pittman of R. 5, Lum berton, returned home Friday from a hospital in Fayetteville, where she spent some time. Her condition is improved. Mrs. J. M. Flowers of the Bames ville section went last week to Fay etteville, where she entered the High smith hospital for treatment. Mr. Flowers was a Lumberton visitor Sat urday. The fronts, of a number of bus- cently been re-painted and a number of new awning are also being put up. wmcn aaas mucn to tne appearance of the street. , The Mc Leila n Stores company will open a 5, 10 and 25 cent store in the McLean building, next door to the postoffice, in a short time. This company operates quite a number of store throughout the South. Mr. R. J. Brown and two sisters. Misses Mary C. and Nannie B. Brown, of the Philadelphus pection. were Lumberton virttors Friday jMr. Brown reported that some of his neighbors had planted cotton seed. Capt. and Mrs. R. C. Sadler of Whiteville were guests of Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Johnson yesterday. Capt. Sadler recently returned from France, having spent everal months in over seas service with the American hea vy tank corps. Mr. Hector Stephens of the Boradman section was a Lumberton visitor v yesterday. He informed The Robesonian that Mr. Will Thomas of Evergreen, Columbus county, finish ed setting his tobacco crop Saturday. A little early. The Dramatic club of Carolina college will present "The Ghost of an Idea" and "The Wrong Box" at the opera house this evening at 8:30. This entertainment has been given in Maxton and Rowland and audience were enthusiastic in both places. Mr. F. C. Jones of Fairmont was among the callers at The Robeonian office Friday. Mr. Jones said Friday was the first day he had been out of the incorporate limits of Fairmont in 4 months. He has been busy super vising the erection of a, new garage building- which he will occuoy when i completed. George is dead. He parsed away Wednesday night of last week. George was 35 years old and spent most of his life in Lumbertfn. He pulled tne soutnern express company's wag- 'on about town for 25 years. His color was white and he was a good horse ail his life. He retired from active service only a few week before his death. Dr. Onslow Regan of Alexander City, Ala., arrived last week and wil! spend some time in Robeson visiting relatives and friends. Dr. Regan is a native Robesonian and left the county 55 years ago. He has been practicing medicine for more than 50 years. He says he did not lose a case of influenza and that it is noth ing more than the old "grippe," and that "grippe" is a nickname for in fluenza. Mr. R. L. Knott, an independent tobacco buyer, arrived last week from .Goldsboro and will spend the summer . " . iwuai-tu " kn m i hn..k k aeciaea to come DacK to Lumberton to live during the summer. He will buy tobacco on, the market here again next season. When ashed what he thought about tobacco prices for this year's ,crop, axr. tvnoti siatea mat ne thought good tobacco would sell for IF a a a a I a I a. 1 a hi eh nriee. but did not exDect to hodv is invited. CORA BULLOCK, 0 Teacher. -d- The Tennessee House of Represen- ! tatives by a vote of 54- to 32, a ma jority of four, Thursday passed a bill giving the women of the State the right to vote for presidential electors and also in all municipal election's in the State. The bill was hard fought. The measure now goes to the Senate, where the suffragists claim they have . sufficient votes pledged to pass it. . Mr.'R.,M. Huron of Red Springs is a Lumberton visitor today. DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER. " Optometrist Expert Knowledge of Eye Disease and FittiDX Glass.
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