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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, MAY 12, 1919.
NUMBER 27
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THEY WERE ALL HERE
Crowd Estimated at r 35,000
Thronged : Lumberton s
Streets' Saturday.
IT WAS A , GREAT DAY.
Address by Lieut. Got. Gardner Was
a Gem So Also Were the Brief
Addresses of Welcome and Intro
duction Airplane Came to Grief
After First Flight.
Thirty-five thousand people, ac
eordine to the most careful and pains
taking estimates, gathered in Lum-
berton Saturday to honor Kod son s
&oldiers of three wars. Never be
fore in the history of this great coun
ty have so many of her people as.
sembled in one place with one accord,
and Robeson s celebration in nonor
of her hero sons was a great and
proud occasion, great enough in every
way to satisfy the heart most jeal
ous of the county's glory. It was a
perfect day and the only untoward
circumstances was the smashing of
tlw airplane in landing, making ton
afternoon flight impossible
Immediately following che pantile,
as many of the vast throng .s could
get within hearing distance gsther
el in front of the soakers' stand- at
the north entrance of the court
house, and at 12:30 Hon. G .B. Pat
terson of Maxton, master of ceremon
ies. launched the formal exercises of
the day and in most happy words and
Manner presented each' one on the
program. After a soul-stirring pray
er by Rev. Dr. R. C. Bearaan, pastor
of Chestnut Street Methodist church,
s-vceches were delivered in thefol-'
lowing order:
Addresses of welcome: on the pi't
of Lumberton by Mayor Ja.3. D. Proc-
toi, on the part of the county by Sen
ator H- E. Stacy, on the part of the
Red Cross by Hon. A. W- McLean,
member of the War rinarce board:
introduction of speaker of the day by
Mr. T. L. Johnson, chairman of Kobe
son selective service board No 1, also
chairman of the celebration commit
tee; address by Lieut. Gov O. Max
Gardner.
There is .neither time nor space in'
which to do justice, to the various
speeches. EacU " speaker was.brbf
and spoke with , propriety, elegance
arid force, eiotWnsf 'his ' thought in
rhetoric that made the hearts of his
hearers burn . within, then'. Senator
Stacy urged the soldiers just home
from the world war to apply the same
efficiency and devotion to the problems
of the home county they ha I appMed
in deeating the enemy. Mr. McLean
closed with an appeal for the -victory
Loan. .
Mr. Gardner's address of 25 minutes
was chaste and eloquent. Ho told of
the unequalled courage and devotion
end sacrifices of the American peo
ple in the world war and declared that
it agaiifhas been dqmwuitratvd" that
mere is no Deiter niaieruu vn tarui
out of which to make a soldier than
Robeson county ' boys,- K-ys who - In
tho world war showei that they are
worthy sons of, the worthy. . fathers
who won deathless fame and glory in
the War Between the States.: North
Carolina, he Said, gave 79,863 men in
the world ward for every boy who
entered any branch of the service
contributed $5,148.01. They furnish-,
ed the first army of construction the
vorld ever riaw. He de;'ared that
the world owes a debt of gratitude to
a Robeson county man, ' Hon. A; W.
McLean, for hi work for he league
of nations. His apostrophe to ihe
boys who "went west" in the war, and
particularly to the Robeson - nnty
boys who gave their lives on the :1
tar of the world's hope, was a poem
in prose.
From the beginning of this formal
nroeram to its close was only 45
miutes. Before dismissing the crowd
nnd inviting all soldiers to partake
of the dinner that had. been prepared
for them at tables on the south side
of the court house, Mr- Patterson
made an r.ppeal for the Victory Loan.
Before he. left ..Maxton that morning
an Indian, Sim Bollard, had come to
his office and subscribed for $5,000 of
Victory bonds, and Mr. Patterson call
ed for somebody to match dullard.
This Mr. A. W- McLean promptly did,
though he had already taken $"0,000
worth of these bonds. ; '
An aeroplane from Camp Bragg,
manned by J 4eut. A. Wine and
Lieut. H. B. Cox- arrived just before
the speaking began and after ending
about for a few minutes landed in the
field that had been prepared just
west of town. It landed, however, in
a plowed field to one side of where
landing was intended- and came to
grief, wrecking, the plane so serious
ly that no more nights could -4 giv
en, as had been intended, tu te great
disappointment of the crowd. nieuL
Wine s lower lip was cut and he was
badly shaken up, but not seriously
hurt. His wound was dressed oy,i;apt.
R. S. Beam of Lumberton, eye, ear
. sid nose specialist. Lt. Cox escaped
w'-hout injury. Guards hrkd to be
Danced at the plane to keep the cu
rious crowd -that thronged about it
". ' from doig, further injury, and a
wrecking crew had to be cent from
Camp Bragg to take dovn the plane
. and take it back to camp o a a truck,
the work, not being completed until
todav. .' , . . ' -
A curious thin? about the estimates
made of the crowd is tha: tho3f wj.o
made the most careful estimate and
who are most accustomed to seeing
ROBESON OVERSUBSCRIBED
VICTORY LOAN ALLOTMENT
Incomplete ' Returns Show County
Safely .Over Lumberton Exceeded
Its Allotment by $42 000 Loan
Oversubscribed. ,
While .final returns , from all the
Lthe : districts in Robescta have not
been received, enough has already
been reported to put Robeson safely
"over the top" in the Victory Liberty
Loan. The county was allotted $534,
600 and it .is thought the final - re
turns will show that the county sub
scribed at least $550,000.
.- Lumberton's allotmet was $230,000
and the total subscriptions reached
$272,000 an oversubscription of $42,
000. Of this amount $145,000 was
subscribed through the National Bank
of Lnmberton; $82,000. through the
First National Bank and $45,000
through the Planters Bank & Trust
CO.
The entire Loan of $4,500,000,000
was oversubscribed in the nation.
ROBESON GAVE FIRST
SOLDIER KILLED
Private G. H. Marsh of Parkton First
American Killed in World War.
It is said that Private G. H. Marsh,
a Robeson soldier, son of Mr Dan
Marsh of Parkton was the first
American killed ' in tha world war.
He ran away from the U- S. army
and enlisted in the Canadian army
and went to trance soon after the
war started and was killed before the
United States entered the war.
Private Geo. E. Galloway of Fair
mont is believed to have been the
first North Carolinian killed after
the United States entered the war.
FIRST N. C. SOLDIER KILLED
Beautiful Tablet in Memory of Pri
vate George E. Galloway of
Fairmont.
A beautiful tablet prepared by the
Fairmont chamber of commerce and
bearing the following inscription was
placed near the speakers' stand at
the court house Saturday:
."In Memoriam Private George E.
Galloway, Fairmont, N. C-, the first
North Carolina soldier killed on . the
battlefield of France."
At the top of the tablet was a gold
star.:,'-"
It was a beautiful and most touch
ing and fitting expression, of Fair
mont's love and pride.
large crowds plf.ee the highest esti
mate upon it. It is usually tie r '.her
way. Maybe that is because inexpe
rienced peoplejvere so astonished at
the size of the crowd that they were
unwilling to believe, the evidence of
their own eyes. They had made jp
their minds before the day that not
more., tha lS-pOOk peopleisy, would
come'.' and'they?$rf,fc!!itid
that figure, or" rWsoHtbfiVe 20,000
Certain it isfc jthough, that the folks
were here - in astoishing -number, - and
it's dollars to doughnuts that no coun
ty in the State-has gathered or-will
gather, so many of its people together
to welcome its soldiers home.
It was a great crowd and a great
day.
NOTES.
While the efforts to, secure a mili
tary band for the occasion failed, the
East Lumberton band furnished
splendid music; "having, given rroch
time to practice' for the iiay "during
the last few, weeks.
'fit. wathe largest- crwd I have
ever spoken, to," said Lieut. Governor
Gardner Saturday evening. Some
crowd, to be sure- for he has address
ed some of the largest gatherings
ever assembled in the State. "
Many were the veterans of the Civil
war, as well as those of tne worL
war. who were heard to express trem
selves as being more than pleased
with the welcome accorded them. They
were of' one accord in declaring, "WeJ
naa a great ume. vme vrfmieaerace
veteran who had moved out of the
county, but attended the celebration
Saturday, declared that he was -going
to move back to Robeson right away.
Considering the size of the crowd,
the order was' unusually good. Very
few arrests were made and these were
made late, in the afternoon after the
crowd was dispersing1
. A bountiful dinner was served to
all soldiers at tables , on the south
side of the court house- and after all
soldiers had been satisfied the crowd
was invited to partake until nothing
was left; and of course it did not
take the crowd long to clean ' up a
feast sufficient to feed the boosts of
Israel and the . horsemen thereof-
The town was beautifully dressed
up for the occasion, professional dec
orators having been employed by the
committee for the public decorations
and also' employed fey many business
houses. No Jess .creditable were the
decorations gotten up by some busi
ness houses "on their own." The wel
come signs painted on the store win
dows were artistically done. There
was nothing left to be desired in the
completeness of the decorations.
Deputy Sheriff J. A. Kitchin . and
Rural Policeman Frank Wishart say
that guarding the wrecked aero
plane was the-toughest job they ever
undertook and Mr. Kitchin's experi
ence as an officer extends over 33
years. Lots of people, they say. acted
like they were going to take the ma-1
chine off piece by piece, whether, or:
no. But -the officers stood to their
guns and kept belligerent ones away.!11 auto ran across one of his feet,
THE PARADE WAS v .
. ; , AN INSPIRING SIGHT
Soldiers of Three Wars, Foats, Bed
Cress and Other War v Weaken
Made Up a Parade That Was a
' Magnificent Spectacle and Brought
AppaIuse From Admiring Thou
sanoV Confederate Veterans Led
i In Autos. ,
A feature of the. day was the grand
military parade, made up of Confed
erate veterans, Spanish American
war veterans, veterans of the world
war. Red Cross and Liberty. ' Loan
workers and a number of beautiful
floats, besides a number of automo
biles 'decorated with red white and
blue, and United States flag's. r
The parade was the first thing on
the program and the lino of march
was as follows: Ud Elm from Sev
enth street to Tenth; Tenth to Chest
nut; Chestnut to Second; Second to
Elm; Elm to Sixth; Sixth to Chestnut
and to seats in front of speakers'
stand at north 'entrance to the court
house.
First in the parade came Chief
Marshall W. K Bethune and Chief of
Police E. L. Hanna mounted, followed
by Col. G. H- Hall and Gen. F. A.
Bond," Confederate veterans, mounted
on firey steeds. Following came the
Confederate veterans 64 in number
riding, in handsomely decorated au
tomobiles, and they were cheered ty
the throngs along the line of parade,
to which they replied with yells and
waving hands. . . - - . -.
Alfred Rowland Chapter Float, i
Next came an artistically decorated
float bearing the Alfred Rowland
chapter, Children of the Confederacy.
The children were singing "Dixie."
I The float was followed by ,the
Spanish-American war .veterans and
then came a float driven by Mr Ra'm
WWMly, dressed up hv Uncle Sam
style. Riding on the float were five
?oung ladies Miss Vista Thompson,
presenting the Goddess of Liberty:
M?ss Maitland Thompson, represent
ing France; Miss Elsie , Thompson.,
representing Great Britain; Miss Sa
rah Carlyle, representing Italy,' and
Miss Lula Norment- representing Bel
gium. The navy was -rr-presented on
the float by Masters J. A- Sharpe 2nd
and Donald McNeill, dressed in navy
uniforms and seated beside a toy can
non. The U- S. Army was represent
ed by Masters Archie McLean and
H. M." McAllister, Jr. They were at
tired in soldiers' uniforms and each
had "a rifle "inhis hands.
" Red Cross Float.
No part of the ' parade claimed
more attention than did a float pre
pared by the Lumberton Red Oross
chapter designed after the painting
"The "Greatest Mother on' Earth"--by I
Forineer. Mrs. A. Nash represented
the Red Cross Mother, while Mr. Ru
fua M. Sanderson, a returned soldier,
played the role of a wounded soldier
lying, at the, feet of the , Red Cross
mother... . ,
Elegant Float From Maxton.
A float from Maxton, representing
the Goddess of Liberty, was most at
tractivrand brought . forth many com-
pjunentary. remarks- Miss Katie Me
Kinnon, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. A
J. McKinnon of Alaxton represented
Liberty and Maxton is to be compli
inentiedif orvpreparing so appropriate
a float for the occasion. ' -3 .
Next in their order -came' Red Cross
and Liberty Loan workers, the United
Daughters . of the Confederacy the
East Lumberton band, followed last
by the veterans of the world war. '
The'soldiers were led by Maj. J. B.
Malloy and Lieut- C. B. Skipper, Jr.,
mounted on horses, and (Japt. K ..
Beam, followed first by the white
and ". -Indian soldiers and sev
eral sailors and last by
the colored" soldiers. While all the
soldiers who attended the celebration
did not march in the parade, several
hundred took part, many members of
the 30th division, which broke the
noted Hindenburg line, being ic. the
parade. " The soldiers .were . freely
cheered by the crowds as they passed
down the line of marsh.
Decorated Autos From Stl Pauls.
In the parade were also a number
of -attractively decorated automobiles
prepared by thet St. Paul -Red Cros?
chapter, snd this added much to the
appearance of the parada.
WOrfEN SOLD 11C00
OF VICTORY .LOAN BONDS
Mrs. Dee Belch Sold Largest Amount
Ever Sold by a Woman in the Coun
' ty Mrs. S. H. Hamilton Won Ger-
man Helmet. ' : r ,
Correspondence of The' Robesonian.
; The Woman's' Liberty Loan com
mittee of Robeson county ' raised
111600. ' v w
Mrs. Dee Belch of Lumberton sold
$40,000, the largest amount ever sold
by a woman in the county. ,
Mrs. S- H. Hamilton of Lumberton
won the German helmet offered by the
Government for the largest amount
sold on May 10th in Robeson county.
MRS. L. T. TOWNSEND
. ; - County Chairman.
W. L. L. Com.
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Falsa Rumor About Woman. Be
ing Killed Man Hurt
A report was current on the streets
Saturday and seems to , have been
spread generally throughout the coun
ty that a lady was run down and kill
ed here Saturday by. an. automobile
The report: was erroneous- according
to all information. The Robesonian
as been hl 'tn nhtnin - I
The only auto accident 'on the
""et was suffered by Mr. H. A
u wwte o IK 1. Lumberton. when
GERMAN ENVOYS ' .-
WERE ARROGANT
They Boldly . Assumed Attitude of
Conquerors Conference Without
I Pomp and Glitter.
The following is taken from a Ver
sailles dispatch of May 7:
- The scene at today's session of the
Peace Congress- when the terms of!
me ireacy were presented to thl
German delegates, was an imnressiivsi
rone, and tne function was not witny
out its tense moments. Indeed, the fn3
tire half-hour which it took Count
von Brockdorff-Rantzau to deUer'
his reply to Premier Clemenceau was
a period o f tenseness for President
Wilson. Premier Clemenceau and!
Premier Lloyd George, and in fact,!
for virtually every one oresent.
The speech was translated sentence
by sentence ty the German -interpreters,
who did not fail to bring out
with full emphasis every sharp phrase
in it, and the three Allied statesmen
put their heads together in evident
anger at more than one of the Ger
man spokesman's cutting utterances,;
as ii tney were deliberating upon the
advisability of .an immediate answer.
.The program was unaltered, how
ever, and when the German plenipo
tentiary had finished Premier Clem
enceau arose and put the customary
phrase: "Has any one further ob
servations to make?" and, when there
was no response- continued. "I then
declare the session closed."
The scene within the hall during
the ceremony had none of the pomp
and glitter of earlier peace conference
no display . of court and military
umiorms such as marked the con
gresses of Berlin and Vienna, no the
atrical ceremonial. It seemed to gain
in inipressiveness, however, by these
.very circumstances.
. : At the head of the table the.strik-
rnj faces of Premiers Clemenceau
an Lloyd George and President Wil
sor .. attracted every eye- Marshal
Fo h, sitting with the French dele
gation at the head of one of the side
tables, was another conspicuous . fig.
ura. The. bearded faces of the Ser
bian statesman, M. Pachitch, and. the
Oreek Premier, M- Venizelos, as well
as the familiar head of Ignace Jan
Paderewski, the Polish Premier, also
stood out from the mass of delegates.
The impassive faces of the Japanese
representatives, the Oriental linea
ments of the Chinese, the brown coun
tenances of Arabs from Hedjas and
the presence, even- of th two dele
gates from Liberia ad Haiti gave evi
deticthat this was, really a world
tontrress.
Huns Acted Like Victor.
The Germans- who entered the
chamber with, all the confirenee of
victors- Dore themselves without a
trace of nervousness and acted as if
I hoy were taking part in the delib
enl-ons on e .uai terms thnr
adversaries
Clemenceau Opens Conference
, Premier Clemenceau ia President
of the Congress, then arose and de
clared the session opened. He started
immediately upon his opening speech,
pausing to permit this to be translat
ed into English and Uerman by
French, .interpreters. The translation
into the German was decidedly faulty
and Jnalting. ' The Premier then ad
dressed . tne uermans again to ex
plain' the conditions of the negotia
tions, telling them that there would
be no oral discussion permitted and
that- they must submit their observa
tions n writing within 15 days- The
Premier then read the heading's of the
treaty and made his suggestion that
the Uermans within a few days might
be ready to commence the discussion
of certain sections of the treaty.
When the Premier concluded with
the . customary phrase, "has anyone
observations to make?" Count von
Brockdorff-Rantzau raised his hand,
but . he was not recognized until the
Premier's- remarks had been trans
lated, v
. During the translation, Paul Dutas
ta, , the general secretary of the as
semblage proceeded almost unnoticed
across the open space in the center of
the rectangle and deposited a copy
of -the peace treaty before the head
of the German delegation.
"Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau has
the floor, said Premier Clemenceau
as. soon - as the translation had
been finished.
GERMANS SPOKE SITTING.
The head o fthe German delegation
did not rise like Premier Clemenceau,
reading his speech sitting, but it was
remarked by some that his apparent
discourtesy to his adversaries may
hava been dictated by his physical
condition, '
After:-the first sentence .of the
count's speech had been delivered in
German an interpreter began the
French, translation. The words did
not. reach the head of the table distinctly-
and Premier Clemenceau call
ed for. a louder-, utterance. He was
equally, dissatisfied with the second
attempt - of the . interpreter and two
of the German officials finally left
their places with the German dele
gation and moved across to the head
of the table to deliver .the German
plenipotentiary's bold and frequently
offensive message sentence by sen
tence, right into the faces of Premier
Clemenceau, Lloyd George -and Presi
dent Wilson. -
-Count Brockdorff-Ratzau's gutteral
German repeatedly rang out ui strong
emphasis on particularly t vigorous
phrases or words of his-speech, as',
fof. instance, when he declared that
the admission by Germany, of sole
guilt for the war would be "a lie"
and when he forbade the Allies to
speak of "cruelty and murder in view
of the sufferings and deaths of Ger
man civilians under the blockade and
IN MEMORY OF FHE
v HONORED DEAD
Memorial Tablet Unveiled and Beauti
ful 'Services Held in Honor of the
Immortal Dead Additional Names
Bring the Number Who Gave Their
Lives to 76.
sThe crowning event of the day was
the. runveiling of the memorial tab
le m1 the court, house and memorial
fsrviees in memory of the honored!
from Kobeson who gave their
all In the service for humanity and
"to make the world a fit place to live
in." These exercises took place at
4 p. m. and were attended by relatives
of the deceased soldiers, besides-
many others. The services was most
touching and impressive and in a
small way did honor to the heroes
who made the supreme sacrifice in
the world war.
The order of the program was as
follows :
Song by the audience "America."
Invocation by Rev. 'E. C- Murray,
nastor of the Presbyterian church at
St. Pauls.
The' Lumberton male quartette.
composed of Messrs. Frank Gough,
C. B. Skipper, Ed. B. Freeman and J.
Pope Stephens, sang "Tenting on The
.Old Camp Ground.
Mrs. L. T- Townsend, whose un
tiring efforts made it possible for the
tablet to be erected, was then pre-,
sented in a graceful manner by Mr.
G. B. Patterson of Maxton and Mrs.
Townsend removed the veil a large
U. S. "flag from the tablet and read
the names of the deceased soldiers. j
(The names appearing on the tablet
were published in the last issue, of
Tre Robesonian.)
Mrs. Townsend had been advised
of the death of the following addi
tional- Robeson soldiers and sailors:
C. C. Smith-. v
Arthur C. Brisson.
Elberth Johnson.
Frank McCullom.
. These will be added on the tablet
at an early date.
Before mnveiling the - tablet Mrs.
Townsend told of the pleasure she had
found in the work of memoralizing
the deceased soldiers by securing
their name- and having them inscribed
upon the tablet and declared that
the." names appearing thereon stand
ior love iove ior me nag ana coun
try.
Dr. R: C. Beaman. pastor of Chest
nut Street Methodist church, Lum
erton. delivered a short address in
which he declared the names of Robe
son's heroes who gave their lives
to break the hold of Prussiaism from
the 'throat of the world and to estab
lish freedom for mankind were the
richest assets of the county, and that
a great wealth of glory lies in them.
The speaker paid glowing tribute
to the young inen who made the su
preme sacrifice and to the mothers' Ala., was among KODeson s -scawer-who
gave their best in that they gave! rd'abroad" here Saturday. He is vi
their sons for the cause of freedom-! i ting relatives at Fairmont for a week
Tt manner in which the American; This is his first visit' back to the home
soldiers bade farewell to loved ones county since he left here 14 years
and home and turned their faces to ago. ,-'
wards the blood-eoakid trenches of, Messrs. S. M.'Watkms and C. J.
France has (riven Old Glory a dis
wrt v ' At j J '
tinctfon which she never had before
said the speaker. .
Rev. Dr.. H. G. Hill of .Maxton. who
was slated for in address,' was not
nresent and the exercises were closed
with a song "Rest Soldiers, Rest"
by the Lumberton quartet.
Another Whiskey-Makinc: Plant
Found A "Community" Out
fit. ,
A lard-tub whiskey making plant
was . found in the residence of D.
Southerland, colored, in A'iordsville
township Friday. The stPi was locat
ed by Sheriff R .E. Ijewis, Deputy
Sheriff A .H Prevatt and Rural Po
liceman W .W. Smith. A small
amount of whiskey and around 40
gallons of beer vere also found about
the boutheriar.d home. Southerland
was arrested' and made bond for his
appearance ' before Recorder R. M.
Williams of Maxton Friday of next
tk.
Quantit': of beer were found at a
number of other homes of colored
people Irving in the same commu
nity and the officers think the still
captured was a "community' outfit
Superior Court 3 Divorces
Granted This Morning.
- A 2-weeks' term of Superior court
for the trial of civil cases convened
thi morning at 10:30 with Judge
W' P. Stacy of Wilmmeto presiding.
Three divorce cases were heard be
foe court adjourned for dinner and
divorce was granted in each case. The
parties to the suits were: .
Eli Hagins vs. Martillie Hagins.
Glaspy Blackwell vs. Mary Black
well. Henry Sanderson vs. Ruth Lma
Sanderson.
Sanitary Drinking-Cup Ordinance
r Effective May 29.
The sanitary' ordinance relative to
the use of sanitary drinking cups and
containers, passe J by the county
board of health hut Monday and pub
lished in Thursday's Robesonian is
effective on and after May 20, instead
of June 20. as first stated.
after the- armistice. -
The interpreter who gave the Eng
lish version made the most of his
opportunity, both -in voice and selec
tion of. words and the bold and un
repentant declarations of the German
peace delegates as thus brought out
gave rise to a murmur of indignation
in the chamber.' '
WATCH THE LABEL.
Watch the date opposite tk rum
on the label on your paper. When yoar
subscription expires your paper will
be stopped. This spelies to all sub
scribers. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS
Dr. T. A. Norment has moved his
irom nis residence seventh
ireer, vj me YYisnarc ouiiding, Chest
nut street.
Two hundred and six registered for
the Lumberton township road bond
election to be held May 20. The. reg
istration books closed Saturday night.
The East Lumberton . school will
S resent a play, "Men, Maids and
latchmakers,'r at the high school
building at Orrum tomorrow evening
at 8:30.
Ex-State Senator Geo. B Mc
Leod. who is now making his hame
at Ioia. Kansas, arrived here Saturday
ad will spend some time in town on
business,
The U D. C. will meet Thursday
afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Munici
pal building. This is an important
meeting and all members are urged
V be present-
Mr.- M. S. Humphrey and family
moved last week from Wingate to
Mr. Humphrey s farm on R. 1 from
Rennert, They will move back to,
Wingate next fall.
The public school at ClybornvUle
will close with a concert Thursday'
evening of this week. The exercises
will begin at 8:30 Washington time.
Miss Hattie Powell is teacher.
Register of Deeds M. W. Floyd
has issued license' for the marriage of
Howard R. Church, and Juddie Lcvett;
Alva F. Cribb and Addie JPittman;
Matthew Blackwell and Dicey P. Wal
ters. St. Pauls Messenger: Our town
election Tuesday resulted in electing
Mr- J. C. Lentz, mayor; Messrs V. R.
McEachern, A. E. Howard' W. D.
Johnson and .. L. I. Grantham, com.
missioncrs. '
The condition of Mr. O.' B. Dukes
of St. George. S. C, who i s been
sickaiv tht home of hir ' son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and jilrs. O. O.
Dukes, Caldwell street, for several
days, is unimproved.
Sgt. R. Luther Cox, who has been
stationed at Camp Bragg- Fayette-ville-
for some time, spent the week
end here visiting relatives and 'fri--Jo
Sgt Cox expects to be mustered out
of the service in a few weeks.
Mr. C. D. Williamson. The Robe
sonian's excellent Parkton correspon
dent, was a Lumberton visitor Sat
urday. He reported the greatest fid
dlers' convention ever held in the
eounty at Parkton Friday night. "
Mr. Albert Floyd of Birmingham,
Smith. Jr., both of Henderson, were,
among the visitors in town Saturlay.
Mr. Smith is a son of Mr. C. J. Smith
of the firm of Knott A Smithy -who -cod
uc ted the Farmers' tobacco w tre- '
house in Lumberton last year- Messrs
Watkins and Smith Jr will be connect- '
ed with this' warehouse this year.
Dr. H. M. Baker, formerly of
Boston, Mass., arrived here Friday to
join Mrs. Baker, who has been at th
home o her father, Mr. R. D- C Id well.
Elm street, for some time. Dr. Ba
ker, who is a specialist in pedotrdphy,
expects to open an office for the prac
tice of his profession on the second
floor o fthe Lumberton, Dresden and
Jennings cotton mill office building,
Elm street, in a short time.
Mr Jind Mrs. W. A. Meares of
Dillon, S .C, and Mr. E. T. Meares
and small daughter. Ruby, of Marion,
S C.' returned this morning to their
respective homes after a visit to the
home of the fattier of the Messrs.
Meares', Mr- J. F. Meares, at Allen
ton. They attended the celebration
here Saturday and Mr. E. T. Meares
says it was 'way ahead of the cele
bration at Marion on the day before.
It would be astonishing indeed if
no mistakes had been made in the
large list of names of soldiers pub
lished in Thursday's Robesonian. Two
called, to the attention of the paper
were the names of Privates Halbert
Thompson ad Leon P. Andrews of
Fairmont, placed by mistake in the
students army training corps. Both
were volunteers and saw service over-;
seas with the famous 30th division.
Mr. Andrews volunteered in Wilming
ton in June, 1917, and Mr. Thompson
in Asheville in July of the same year
Mr. Thompson was a . member of the
115th machine gun battalion.
TO ALL ROBESON COUNTY
MASONS.
You are most coridally invit
ed to atted a meeting f St. Al
bans Lodge A. F. A A. M-,
. Lumberton, Tuesday, May 13th,
8:30 p. m., at which time the
local team will exemplify the
third degree, after which re
freshments will be 'served.
JOHN S. MacNEILL, W. M.
THE RECORD OF DEATHS.
Willie McLean Died a Few Days Af
ter His Return from Camp.,
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Red Springs, May 10. Mr. Willie
McLean, a soldier, returned from tha
camp home last Friday was a week
ago and died on Sunday at two o'clock
p. m. at his mother's home- - ' :
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