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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1919.
NUMBER 24
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GREAT CELEBRATION
Program of County Celebration in
Honor of Robeson'3 Soldiers
to Be Held in Lumberton.
MAY 10TH IS THE DAY.
There Will Be Aeroplane Flights and
Some Robeson County People Will
Be Given' a Chance to Go .Up
Great Military Parade, Dinner for
Soldiers, Addresses, Memorial Ex-
erases.
A feature of the great county cele
bration that will be held in Lumber
ton May 10th iii honor of Robeson
county men who served in the world
war will be aeroplane flights. Col.
Murray, who is in command of Camp
Bragg, assures the committee that at
least one aeroplane, and probably two
will be sent to Lumberton for that
occasion.
At a meeting of the program com
mittee held in Lumberton last Satur
day Hon. G. B. Patterson of Maxton
and Mr- J. A. Sharpe, editor of The
Robesonian, were appointed a com
mittee to "go after" an aeroplane, en
listing for that purpose the coopera
tion of ftonrAr W. McLean, a- mem--ber
of the War Finance board. As a
result of communicating with Mr.
J. W. Underwood, mayor-elect of
Fayetteville, over long-distance
'phone Saturday, his hearty co-operation
was enlisted and Hon. J. G.
Shaw of Fayetteville called Mr
Sharpe over the 'phone Tuesday
morning and assured him that at
least one aeroplane, and probably
two, would be sent to Lumberton. Col.
Murray later confirmed that assur
ance and advised that he would send
an officer to Lumberton in a. day or
so to make all necessary arrange
ments. m ,
Thus ihe efforts of the committee
were crowned with better success
than they dared hope for, for there
probably will be two planes instead
of one. And Col. Murray further ad
vised that two free rides would oe
Riven to Robeson county people
one to the person selling the most
Victory Liberty Loan bonds to others
and to the person buy'ng the most
ds up to May 10th. So if you want
to fly, beat everybody else in the
county selling or. buying bonds.
At just what hour or hours the
flights will be made will be deter
mined later.
As stated in Monday s Roljesonian,
all Red Cross workers and all who
have taken an active part in the va
rious Liberty Loan drives and in oth
er war works, including members of
the two selective service exemption
boards, are invited to join in the pa
rade. A meeting to make final ar
rangements in rterard to that feature
cf the parade will be held here today.
Following Is the program for the
',ay: PROGRAM.
10:30 a. m Military parade.
11-00 a. m. Address of welcome
on behalf of Lumberton Mayor J. D.
proctor.
Address of welcome on behali ot
Robeson county Senator H K Stacy.
Address of welcome on ' behalf ot
tl e Robeson county chapters of Amer
ican Red Cro.n Hon. A. W. McLean
Address by i he orator of ! day
Hon O. Max Gardner.
1:00 p. m- Dinner served to all
SIn'ethe afternoon there will be held
in the court ho' 3 memorii' exercises
in 1 onor of the soldiers who Jest their
Jives ir. the late war ,and th a tablet
erected in their memory will be; un
veiled, the program to be as f 4foS:
2;o0 p. m. Song by the audience-
'America" ,
Invocation Rev. Mr. Murray, of
Music by the band.
St Pauls
" Unveiling the tablet and reading
the names of t' deceased soldiers
Mrs. L. T. Townsend
Music by the Lumoirton quarte .
' Address by Rev. Dr- H. G. Hill
Maxton. -Music
by the L imber .on quartet.
Address by Rev. Dr. R. C. Beajmn.
flio-hts bv aviators from
Camp Bragg. At what hour during
Ihe day these flights will be de
has not been aeimiieiy ueueimuicM.
RESULT FAIRMONT PRIMARY
E. Fisher Nominated for Mayor 4
Aldermen Nominated Also, in
Primary Tuesday.
Snprial to The. Robesonian.
Mav 1. Mr. E. Fisher
.... Tiimir ted for mayor of
mont in Tuesday's primary without
position, while E. V. McDaniel Dr.
JPPP. Brown, W. N. Hubbard and A.
L Jones were nominated for the
board of aldermen. Mr. Fisher re
ceived 97 votes and the vote cast for
the six candidates for alderman was
Jlnura
E- V. McDaniel- 92; W; N. Hubbard,
84; A. i. Jones. 70; Dr. J. P. Brown
(59- N- A. Andrews, 56; O. I. I-loyd,
55.
Worm and Cap of Still Found.
The worm nnd cap of a wh;3kcy
,11 four.a in. an old buildin-r near
the home of Blount Currie colored,
neir St. Fi'UIB, ty uepuiy onerin
II i" eatt an l Rural Policeman F. A.
Wis'hart last night. Judging fr.-.m
the appearam-e oi tne woriyi, " nan
no', been U3ed for someone. ,
Mr. R. P. Davis of R. 3, Lumberton,
wss among the callers at The Robe
sonian office Tuesday.' . -
MAYOR PROCTOR DEFEATS
BETHUNE IN PRIMARY.
Renominated for Third Term Dr. N.
A. Thompson and R. H. Crichton
WiU Succeed W. P. McAllister and
T- A. McNeill, Jr., on Board of Al-
' dermen From Wards 1 and 3 K.
M. Barnes New Member of School
Board Old Board of A. and F.
Nominated Election May 5
Mayor James D. Proctor was re
nominated for mayor over W. K. Be
thune in the town primary Tuesday
and Dr. N- A. Thompson was nominat
ed for commissioner from ward No.
1 over W. P. McAllister, present in
cumbent. R. H. Crichton was nomi
nated commissioner from ward No.
3 without opposition and will succeed
T. A. McNeill, Jr., who did not offer
for re-election- L. E. Whaley, Geo.
L. Thompson and K. M. Barnes were
nominated as members of the board
of graded school trustees without op
position. Messrs. Whaley and
Thompson are members of the
board, while Mr. Barnes will
succeed C. V. Brown, who has moved
away. Frank Gough, H .M. McAllis
ter and W- S. Britt were re-nominated
as members" of the board of audit
and 'finance. The name of L. T.
Townsend . was .placed, on the. ticket as
a candidate for a place on the board
of audit and finance and he did not
know he was in the race until after
the tickets had been printed.
The primary was one of the quietest
ever conducted here. Three hundred
and one votes were cast and the offi
cial vote for each candidate was as
follows:
For mayor James D. Proctor, 169;
W. K. Bethune, 132.
For commissioner- ward No. 1
Dr. N- A. Thompson, 62; W. P. McAllister-
33.
For commissioner, ward No. 3
R. H. Crichton, 63.
For graded school trustees L. E.
Whaley, 235; Geo. L. Thompson, 236;
K. M- Barnes, 232.
For board of audit and finance
Frank Gough, 232; H. M. McAllister,
192; W. S. Britt, 193; L. T. Townsend,
152.
The election to confirm the nomi
nees of the primary will be held next
Monday, May 5. ,
INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
Japanese Question Concerning Kiao
Cau Has Been Settled Only Out
standing Problem is Clams of
Italy.
The Associated Press this morning
gave the following summary:
Official details corieer'ting the lat
est phases of the deliberations of the
council of three of the peace confer
ence in Paris are somewhat obscure.
It is know, however- that the Japan
ese question .coincierning Kiao-Gjhau
has been settled. ' The' terms of the
agreement .according to unofficial ad
vices, involve the surrender by Ger
due course Japan will re-transfer this
many of Kiao-Chau to Japan- but in
stronghold on the Shantung penin
sula to China.
Likewise it is stated also unoffi
cially that there are indications ti.at
the council of tnree has looked with
favor upon the request of the Bel
gians for an immediate advance on
their share of the indemnity which
Germany is to pay in reparation and
given the delegates satisfactory as
surances that- the money will be
forthcoming for the Belgians to be
gin the reconstruction of the country
overrun by the Germans.
Therefore the only , outstanding
problem of great importance before
the council apparently is that due
to the claims of Italy to Fiuine and
the Dalmatian region. Although
both the Italian senate and t-namber
of deputies have given Premier Or
indo's gwcMiiiunt and che Italian
delegates to the peace conference
St: ng votes cf confidence foi tl.eir
strnd in endeavoring to obtain or
iialy a strict fulfillment of 1 er de
mands, ther is so evidenco ca y it of
the prospec; cf an immediate com
promise being offered by rither side
of the controversy. x
Intimations have been received in
Paris that overtures for resumption
of the conferences on the disputed
questions would receive every atten
tion in Rome and would not be un
acceptable but it has been asserted in
Paris that the prevailing sentiment
among the delegates of France, ureat
Britain and the United States is on.
posed' to requesting the Italian dele
gates to return.
It has been added that if the Ital
ians should show a disposition to give
up. their claim to Fiume and accept
Piesident Wilsons suggestions, ihe
President in the interest of harmony,
doubtless could make suggestions
which would permit of a continua
tion of the discussion without sacri
fice' of dignity bv the Italians
President Wilson and other mem
bers of the council are declared to be
unwilling to concede Fiume to the
Italians even if such refusal should
suit- in Italy finding herself unable
to sign the peace treaty. . v
Ajthough reports st:ll persist t;hat
Munich has been completely invest-rd
by government troops the expected
attack on the soviet farces apparent
ly has not begun- .
tee Cream Supper . at Pleasant
Hope. : .
Correspondence of The Robesonian. '
Fairmont, April 29.-r-There will be
an ice cream supper at Pleasant Hope
school ,house Saturday night, May 3.
Phe public is cordially, invited.
ONE GREAT TASK DONE;
ANOTHER REMAINS
Col. Albert Cox Tells, of the Stupes
dous Task Undertaken and Ac
complished by America in Winning
the World. War Thrilling Account
of Reduction of St. Mihiel Salient
, Remains New the Task of Pay
ing for the Victory,
The magnitude of ..the task the
United States undertook when it en
tered the world war and the spirit
and ideals of the American soldiers
who went to France and won the war,
as well as of those who stayed at
home And did their bit, making it
possible to complete the task in less
than two years, was portrayed in a
most eloquent manner by Col. Albert
L. Cox, late of the 113th field artil
lery, at the court house here Mon.
day evening.
Col. Cox was introduced by Mr.
R. C. Lawrence, county chairman of
the Victory Liberty Loan campaign.
Mr. Lawrence declared that Col. Cox
needed no introduction to a 'North
Carolina audience as he came from a
distinguished family of North Caro
lina fighting men. His father. Gener
al W. R. Cox, won fame in the Civil
war and it was General Cox who was
chairman jjf-!;.the.S4atev?:.DentocratJC
executive committee during, the day
of reconstruction following the war
The noted telegram, "As you love
your State-'hold Robeson," was sent
by General Cox. In relating a brief
history of Col. Cox's life, Mr. Law
rence told of how he left his law prac
tice in Raleigh and went to the Mex
ican border and chased Villa for sev
eral months. Alter he returned home
he was appointed to a seat .on the
Superior court bench. He had been
on the bench only six months when
the United States declared war on
Germany and he resigned as judge
and again entered the service of his
country. He was appointed colonel
of the 113th field artillery and went
to Camp Sevier, where he trained his
company of 1,600'men and later went
overseas. Thirty men of his com
pany are now sleeping beneath the
soil of France.
Each Proud of Other's Record.
In beginning his address, Col. Cox
declared that Robeson county had
been a household word in his family
for manyxyears and that he was glad
of an opportunity . to come to the
county." He said in part: "The men
who were given the opportunity to
wear the soldier's uniform .cannot
attempt to express the feeling they
have for the manner in which they
are being received as they return
from overseas, and as you have pride
i.i the mon who wore the uniform, so
tie men who wore the uniform have
pride in you. Just as you watched
the press to see wl at we were doing
over there, we watched for news of
what you were doing over here. With
out the backing ;i the people back
borne ywe.j, could have accomplished
nothing. AXY:
A Stupendous Task.
"Those who did not go to France
cannot realize the magnitude of the
undertaking. We were unprepared
end knew nothing of wur. we learn
ed from our allies what was ahead
Besides getting the men to the front,
all food and equipment had to be sent
3,000 miles, also food and clothing for
the allied soldiers and likewise food
and clothing for the peopla of Eu
rope- Considering the task it seems
almost incredible that the war clos
ed in less than two yean after we
undertook the task-
"We found the ports of France in
adequate and the railroads in France
were already taxed to their capacity.
It was necessary to rebuild Southern
France. We had to build miles and
miles of warehouses and docks. This
money had to be raised at home. Bil
lions of dollars were- spent biHions
that the people raised. It has been
charged that money 1 was
wasted. It is true that money was
wasted, but it was wasted in order
that human lives might be saved
live sof your relatives. Had money not
been spent freely the war would still
be oing on in France and your boys
still being killed.
"When our first soldiers reached
France they were placed with the
British and French. This was done
U fhow the a-.ied nations and sol
die s the spirit for which our coun
try has alwsvj stood and stilt stands.
They carried to the' French and' Brit
ish soldiers the bouyant spirit of am
bition to accomplish something.
"The time allotted for subscribing
the Victory Liberty loan should be
known as three weeks of Thanksgiv
ing thanksgiving thrc blood has
stopped being spilled. There are no
people who should be more thankful
than the people of North Carolina
and Kot-eson county- The idecls of
the soldiers of North Carolina and
Robeson county followed them to the
buttle'roi.ts and they would rather
have remained in Francs than to have
fai.ed in their effort.
Reducing St. Mihiel Salient.
"To the first American army or
ganized in France wasjriven the task
of. reducing the9 St. Mihiel salient
This was a big pocket the Germans
had made in the. allied lines. Before
a big offensive could be begun by the
Allies it was necessary to drive the?
Germans from that pocket. They had j
held it for three and a half years and i
the French had made attempt after!
attempt to reduce the salient, 'rat had,
failed. , They had decided it could not
be ttcomplished. The French had
lost 30,000 men in the attempt.
' "The first . act of the Americans
was to bring up 600,000 soldiers, as
well as , reserves and supplies. All
this had to be dene at night. Be
sides moving the men and-otUer pro-
WILD CATS" COMING
81st Division Slated for Early Return
Home.
Letters received yesterday from
members of the 81st-or "Wild Cat"
division stated that General Persh
ing reviewed vthe division on April
10 and in a speech thanking the divi
sion for the good work done over,
seas stated that the di,9ion had
been slated for early return home and
would sail in June. This will be glad
news to hundreds of Robeson people
s around 75 per cent, of Robesftn
selectmen are attached to this divi
sion. Insane Indian Had Close Call
Zachariah Oxendine, an aged In
dian of the Pembroke section wlto is
insane, was fired upon by a Mr. West
vi the Allenton section Monday night.
Three shot took effect in Oxendine's
legs. Mr. West saw Oxendine sitting;
on his front doorsteps late at night
anu not Knowing who 11. was urueieu ,
him to leave. Oxendine walked a
enort distance away and then started,
back towards the house. Mr. West
secured his shotcun and "onened up'
on the Indian. Mr- West then called
Sheriff Lewis and advised him that
he had killed a nan. . Officers went to
iheseener- but -eould -not -locate -fhe
"dead" man. He was found near Al
lenton Tuesday and the officers were
notified and went and brought him to
the county home.
Tuesday night Oxendine left the
county home and was again located
by" the officers yesterday and placed
in jail-
viejors, more than 1,000,000 rounds
of ammunition hd to Te placed in
readiness. Thj ittiok mustJbe ttitde
before, the first day of September as
that was the day the rainy season
negan. Her; the speaker added that
it began raining as per schedule on
September I and that he supposed it
was still raining, as 'it was raining
when he left- However, the Ameri
can soldiers were undaunted by rain
and vtfni on with the preparation. Kv
erything was put in readiness by
September 11. The artillery was to
charge at ,j a. m. on the morning of
September 12 and the infantry the
American dougnboy was to go over
th. ton at 5 &. m. The order was
changed and at 1 a. m the American i
guns began to thunder and the can
non burst into a roar. 1 he whole sal
ient was raked, all cross roads and
places where German reserve troops
might come into action were swept
by American artillery. At 5:30 to
the second the infantry went for
ward." Here the ti aker added that
the Americans did not .deal in the
. 1 1 1 1 Ml t
minutes, out in seconas- ana tnere
were no delays. In 18 hours the sal
ient had been reduced, more than
5,000 Germans had been killed and
15,000 captured, while the Americans
lost less than 1,000 men
Billion Dollar Barrage.
"In Europe this is known as the
billion dollar barrage; but think what
it meant in saving American li.s.
Dollars can be replaced but lives can
not. The Americans then and there
showed the Allies and the Germans
wjiat was in them. From that time
the morale of the German army be
i,an to crumble. They saw the end
and did not fight with the same spirit.
"Then followed the Argonrio of
fensive, the result of which is well
known. The war was brought to a
successful close many months before
it was thought possible.
' There are 72.0C0 Americans sleep
ing beneath the soil in France
American soldiers who left home and
loved ones with a smile on their faces
and were r til! smiling when they met
death.
"We owe these a debt that we can
never pay. There are others to whom
we owe a debt. These will never be
whole men again. They were maim
ed in body but came out with the
-ame mile with which they went
way- Some lost o.te leg, some one
rm, one eje, or both eyes and both
legs or both arms.
Other Debts to Pay.
"That part of the war is over. The
sacrificing of lives and the maiming
tf men nave ceased, but there are
other debts to pay. Is it too much
to ask that we do our bit towards
oaving claims of dependents of those
who will not return and to buy arti
ficial limbs and glass eyes for the
maimed and to help bring back home
the boys who are anxious to come.
. In closinsr the speaker declared that
the final and crucial stage has been
reached and appealed to the people
of Robeson not to miss the oppor
tunity of putting tho finishing touch
on Ihe job the opportunity to lend
ourselves money to pay our own debts
ci .o.iot.
The East Lumberton band furnish-
meetine was opened with prayer of
fered by Rev. Dr. Chas. II. Durham
pastor of the First Baptist church.
A crowd that practically filled the
court room attended the meeting and
all were highly pleased with the ad
dress by Col- Cox.
Cards were distributed and sub-
scriptions totaling more than $8,000
were turned in at the close Ox tne
exercises.- .
During his speech Col, Cox said
there were no better soldiers on earth
than those in his regiment, and none
betters among them than 5 members
of his regiment from Kobeson. inese
were Lieutenants ri. A. McKinnon
and J. E. Carpenter. Sergeant Ralph
Henderson, and Corporals Jno. Leslie
arid Dan McQueen, all of Maxton. All
these Went overseas except Lieut.
Carpenter, and remained to the end ex
cept Lieut.' McKinnon, who' wasj sent
back to assist in. training troops-. ,
WELCOME HOME CELEBRA- 'BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS
TION AT LUMBER BRIDGE v
Mr. John T. Biggs has purcha-
It Was a Great Occasion. Despite Un-i ed the Blacker Brothers store build
favorable Weather 2-500 People I "2 on Chestnut street
Gathered to Do Honor to Returned! Mr. H. H. Anderson has accepted
Soldiers Address by Cameron I the agency for the Cadilac cutomo
Morrison Great Parade and bile in Robeson and Colu.nbus coun
Bountif ul Dinner- j ties.
v i Miss Nannie Thompson arrived
Despite a downpour of rain Tues-j home Tuesday evening from Tarhoro
day night and yesterday up to noon,, where she taught in the high school
and threatening clouds all day, 2,500' durir.g the last term-
peopie, at a conservative estimate, i
attended the "Welcome Home" cele
bration at Lumber Bridge yesterday
in honor of Co. L, the old Lumber
Bridge light infantry, the third old
est military organization in the Unit
ed States. The town was gaily deco
rated for the occasion, in which four
townships Lumber Bridge, Maxton,
Parkton and Red Springs united to
do honor to members of this company,
tuiu vei,eiii3 ui ve vivu anu opan-;
ish- American wars
Following was the order of thex-
erases: araae Dy soiaiers anu san-
ors:N music by band from Fayette-
vine; invocation by Rev. J. L. Jenkins
of Parkton; Address of welcome by I
Rev. H. M. Dixon of Red Springs,
who addressed ,the boys just before
they went to camp; reading of -letters'
from a soldier bv, Hon. G..B. Patter-
"SOBbr Mixtbh, who was master of, the county (board of health. He be
ceremonies; music; address by Mr-jgan work today. Mr. McQueen was
Cameron Morrison of Charlotte; mu-j recently released from the army,
sic; dinner for all and sundry. Mr. T. J Rowan has accepted a
The letters read by Mr. Patterson! position as salesman in the grocery
were from Lieut. Ed M. Bond, who, department of Messrs. White &
was killed in France, to his father-1 Gough's department store. Mr. Row
Judge Bond of Edenton. They were! an recently returned from France.
read in lieu ot response to tne address (
of welcome and were gems of their
kind- breathing the attitude of the
high-minded soldier. Mr. Morrison's
address also was fine and most appro
priate for such an occasion.
So . bountiful was dinner brought
by folks of the surrounding country
that the entire crowd was fed and Mr.
Patterson, in inviting all to attend i ing will open at 10 a. m. and will be
the great county celebration to bei devoted to 'a general discussion of in
held in Lumberton May 10th, told I fluerza.
them that they'd have enough to feed Mr. E. M. Jol son lefr Monday
the entire county if they simply would evening for Richm i'iJ, Va., to under
bring to Lumberton what they had 0 an operation for some head troa
left over from this feast. j b)c with which he has been afflicted
Two handsomely-decorated floats
went from Maxton. and a number of
decorated autos from Maxton, Red
bonnes and Parkton. and tnere would
have been other floats and autos and
the crowd would - ha Ve been v-m Uh
larger had the weather been favora
ble. It was a great occasion.in spite of
the unfavorable weather, and a large
fart of the crowd remained over un
til late in the afternoon.
REVISED COVENANT OF
LEAGUE ADOPTED
France and Japan Withdrew Amend
ments Thty Had Offered Belgium,
BraziLvGreece and Spain on Coun
cil in Addition to the 5 Great Pow
ers.
The revised covenant of the league
of nations was adopted by the plen
ary session of the peace conference
at Paris Monday afternoon without
division and without amendment.
The covenant had been moved by
President Wilson.
The Japanese and French amend
ments were withdrawn and it is un
derstood that they have been left for
decision by the league of nations it
self. M. Clemenceau announced the
withdrawal of the amendments and
President Wilson's proposal that the
covenant of the league of nations be
adopted was carried.
When the decision was taken Pres
ident Wilson was surrounded by dele
gates and friends who congratulated
him on the constitution of the league
which he had steered past many
quicksands.
The President, in his speech ex-
filaining the revised covenant of the
eague of nations, said that Sir Eric
Drummond, of Great Britain, had
been named as the first secretary-
general of the league.
Regarding the composition of the
executive council, the President said
that Belgium. Brazil, Greece and
Spain would be represented on the
Council in addition to the five Great
Powers until a permanent choice had
been made.
(The revised covenant of the league
of nations will be found else
where in this paper.)
FEDERAL AND STATE
MONET FOR ROBESON RO ADS
Roads Designated as Parts of Nation
al Highway State Highway Com
mission Will Duplicate County Ex
penditure on These Roads Supt.
Page Visits Robeson.
Lieutenant Frank Page, chairman
of the North Carolina Highway com
mission, under whose direction sev
eral millions of State and Federal
money will be expended for road im
provement in the State, spent Mon
day here. Lieut- Page met with three
members of the county road board
Monday afternoon and designated the
roads in Robeson that are to be
known as a part of the national high
way .
These roads are; Fayetteville road
from the Cumberland county line to
Lumberton; Red Springs road from
the Hoke county line to Lumberton;
Maxton road from the Scotland coun
ty line to Lumberton and Creek road
from tthe Columbus county line to
Lumberton a total of 8H mile3.
The plan is to spend $100 on each
mile of the above-named roiuls one-
c&it to De paid.Dy tne county una one
half by the highwaymroiiaLoa -
. o. O. F. meets at 8:30 tonight.
Mr. L. R. Varser will deliver an ad
dress and refreshments will be serv
ed. All members are urged ti be pres
ent. Mr. F. H. Hare left yesterday
for Wilmington, where he will enter
the U. S. navy- Mr. Hare is a son
Rev. and Mrs. Frank Hare of St.
Pauls.
Mr p .r. Biscs. proprietor of
t;ie Lurnoerton Tumuure it)Tt, nas
added an atito-hear.-e to hh under-
lak.nir deoartmenl
1 ho hearse came
jn yesterday-
A neavy rain ieu nere luesaay
afternoon and evening. The rain was
needed for bringing up cotton and
transplanting tobacco plants and was
general throughout this section.
-Mr. M. C. McQueen ,of Red
SnrW. hju accented Caution with
Miss Pearl Humphrey, Mrs. Ciare
Thomas and Mr. W. I. Lir.khaw are
among those from Lumberton who
are attending the celebration in honor
cf returned soldiers in Fayetteville
today
A meeting of the Robeson Medi
al society will be held at Rowland
Wednesday of next week. The meet-
; r gome time. He expocta to be away
three weeks or more.
Mesdames N. A. Thompson and
T. F. Costner are attending in Wil
iou,a district meeting of the U- D. C
They went to Wilson Tuesday and are
attending the meeting as delegates
from the Lumberton chapter.
Dr. W. W. Parker, local optomet
rist, moved his office yesterday from
the McLeod building, Elm' street, Dt
to the National Bank of Lumberton
building. His new office is on tho
first floor and fronts Third street..
Miss Martha Flax Andrews
county home demonstration agent, re
turned last evening from Bladen
county, where she spent three days
lecturing to community club meet
ings. She reports large attendance
at the meetings.
Mr. Vance Skipper has accepted
a position as clerk in the local post
office, succeeding Mr. F. M. Barnes,
who resigned a few weeks ago. He
began work this morning- Mr. Skip
per was formerly carrier on one of
the two town mail routes and is well
known here.
Miss Charlie Frye, Maj, A. J.
McKinnon and son, Lieut. H. A. Mc
Kinnon, and Lieut. J. E. Carpenter,
all of Maxton, were among the out
of town people here Monday evening
to hear Col. Albert Cox speak. Lieu
tenants McKinnon and Carpenter
were members of Col. Cox's regiment,
113th field artillery.
Your dope will now cost you 7
cents that is. the drink you have
S been getting all these years for five
cents and more costly drinks nave
Advanced also, owing to the. fact that
internal revenue tax on soft drinks
went into effect at midnight last
night. The tax applies to drinks, can
dies, patent and pre prietory medicine
and sundry other articles handled by
L drug stores and other stores as well.
HOME FROM THE WAR
Capt. J. Dixon McLean Returns Home
Capt. J. Dixon McLean arrived
home yesterday. As was stated in
The Robesonian at the time. Capt.
McLean was given an honorable dis
charge from military service ten days
ago- Since that time he has been
In New York and Washington. He
will resume his law practice, being
the junior McLean of the law firm
of McLean. Varser, McLean & Stacy.
Capt. McLean went to the army
May 28, 1918, leaving for Camp Jack
son with a large contingent of Robe-
i soldiers. While he was not call
ed rt that time by the army exemp
tion board, he volunteered and went
into he army. After spending a few
ii orths at Camp Jackson he was com
missioned captain and went to Ho
ooken, N. J., where he was attached
to the judge advocate's office of the
War Department, where he remain
ed tntil he was discharged from the
service.
CABLES TO REVERT TO PRIVATE
OWNERS FRIDAY NIGHT.
Control and operation of all Amer
ican cable systems- taken over ly the
government last November, . will re
vert to- their, private owners at mid
night . Friday- . -; ? .
Postmaster General Burleson, whom
President Wilson in his proclamation
of last November directed to take
over the marine cable lines. Tuesday
issued an, order providing for the re-'
turn of the properties in accordance
with- hi3 statement of April 28 that
- 1 he had made i
- 1 to the PtgsKfcntr
uch recommendation