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I1H1 ROBESONIAN WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPER-AND DON'T LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIRE THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE YOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED. ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE .COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH -' j ," $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCX VOL. L LUMBERTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1919. NUMBER 28 IMPORTANT MEETING Robeson County Must .Take Steps to Get Highway That Government Will - Build Meet At Court House Friday Night. To the Editor of The Robeson- ian: v- . We notice by today's pews dispatches that Cumberland county and Fayetteville have already appointed a delegation to go to the Asheville-Ghar- lotte-Wilmington highway meeting with the end in view of getting this highway through Cumberland county and Fay. etteville by way of Camp Bragg; This highway meeting will be held in Monroe on the S 29th of this month. The Cum- berland delegation will go to this y meeting having Camp Bragg as a, strong drawing card,' this highway being m part a Na tional proposition' the govern ment footing half of the bill. Robeson county is the "direct and natural route this road would take, everything else be ing equal. We can get this road if we go after it. It will be worth millions to this coun ty. Let us meet in the court house tomorrow (Friday) night and see what can be done. t. a. McNeill, jr. T. L. Johnson Frank Gough A- T. McLean J. H.. Floyd R. D. Caldwell T. W. MAXWELL H. M. MCALLISTER ED. B. FREEMAN ROBT. E. LEE L- T. TOWNSEND C. M. FULLER W. P. BARKER J. A. WOOTEN H. E. STACY J- A. SHARPE IF GERMANS REFUSE TO SIGN .. Immediate measuVes tending to the further subjugation of Germany if its delegates refuse to sign the peace treaty were indicated yesterday by the announcement that Marshal Foch had been sent to the Rhine by the council of four to take such action as may become necessary in the event that the treaty is not signed, states a Paris dispatch. The council of four, composed of President Wilson, David Lloyd Georjsi, M. Clemenceau and Signor Orlando, yesterday considered the im mediate reimposing of the blockade against Germany in case that country declines to sign the peace treatv. The. subject was under discussion at two separate meetings of the council. On the other Jhand, it is anticipat ed that the blockade will be entirely lifted immediately if the German dele gates affix their signatures to the treaty. SUPERIOR COURT. Calendar for Week ClearedTuesday , Court Next Week. t The calendar for this week's term of civil court was cleared Tuesday and court took a recess till Monday of next .week. Judge W. P. Stacy went Tues day evening to his home in Wilmirlg ton and will return for next week s session- Practically! all the cases set for this week -were either continued or compromised. ; The only jury trials heard after the report of the proceed ings published in Monday's paper was prepared were: May Brigman vs. Marvin Brigman; divorce granted: Corinna Knight vs. Will Knight; divorce grapted. Alfred Britt vs. John Meares judg ment for the plaintiff.- Recorder's Court High Cost of . Assault. Porter Rockwell, colored, . has an umbrella that has cost him $30.15 since he bought it. Of this amount $20 was fine and $10.15 cost imposed by Recorder E. M. Britt when he was. convicted " of assaulting lbert ' Mc Neill, also colorfdj with hs umbrei.la The assault took place in Lumberton Saturday. George McNeill submitted : to ,the charge of being drunk and disorderly and judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost, 'r George Allen plead guilty of beini; drunk and also to being implicated in an rffray and judgment was suspend ed upon payment of the cost. ? HOME FROM WAR- Private Giles Mercer arrived , home this morning from France. Private Mercer spent 10 months overseas and was attached to the 6th division. N Mr- G. Badger McLeod arrived home yesterday, having been given an hon orable discharge from the army. - He volunteered several months ago and had been doing guard duty at the grand central palace- New York, t'jt some time prior to nis aiscnarge. Private Henry Branch of R 4, Jjumbetton, and Private A. B. Taylor of the Beulah section arrived - home yesterday from France. They rpert few days before the 'armistice was.) SIX IlJOMUio uicistna. viirjiiiu; - juav a pinned. , .. , - ': .,"' EOZIER NEWS ITEMS. Crops Look Promising Special Ex ercises at Rozier May 18 Folks Had, Great Time at. Celebration - Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. , Rozier (Lumberton, R, 2), May 12. Farmers in this section are very busy having their cotton chopped and tobacco hoed this week, and we do not see an idle hand. Crops look very promising and of course ' that encourages the farmers. , Next Saturday and Sunday is our regular preaching time at Rozier Services will ' be held 11 o'clock each morning by our pastor, 'Rev. A. H. Porter of Rennert. There will be a children's day or Sun beam rally at Kozier bunday p. m., May 18th." beginning at 3:30 o'clock old time, vie public is cordially in vited. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Ratley and small son. Raeford. of Hampton. Va. and Mr- R. L. Harcum of Norfolk, Va.. are spending this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Barker. They made the trip in- Mr. Katley s car. Mrs. Sarah Norton and Miss Lille Lewis of South Carolina are spending this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Britt- Lots of people of this vicinity at tended the great celebration at Lum berton Saturday and report a great time. Mr. and Mrs. Scot Brisson. who live near St Pauls,' visited relatives in this vicinity Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Stone of Lum berton and Mrs. Will Stone and two children, Maude and Charlie, of "Mc Donalds section, visited relatives in this vicinity recently. Mrs. E -E. Herring and small son, Carlyle, of Portsmouth, Va.. are spending some time with her parents in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thrower and family, -who live near St Pauls, spent Sunday in this section with relatives. - itSJS' - tfththe A. Cj. r. returned nome a iew aays aeo. Mr. Stedman C. Holder, who had been serving in the U S.. navy :for several months, has returned horn having been given an- honorable" dis charge. Several of the people of this vicini ty attended the school commencement at St. Fauls last week and reported a good time. Mr. C. D. Rice of Long Branch was a visitor in this section Sunday after, noon. Messrs. Carey McDonald and W- S. Rozier spent Sunday alVofrnoon in Bladen county. t An Enjoyable Recital Given by Miss Gaynelle aBrnes. The Greensboro Daily News gave the following report of a recital giv en by Miss Gaynelle Barnes, daugh ter of Mr. K. M. Barnes of Lumber-ton- at Greensboro College for Wom en on the evening of May 5th: "Miss Gaynelle Barnes gave her diploma recital last evening at the training rendition of Beethoven's '"Sonata" was exceedingly -graceful. Miss - Barnes was assisted by Miss Rachel May Tay lor, a pupil Of the school of express, ion; and Miss Dorothy Moore, a stu dent in the voice department. Both of these young ladies did Very credit able work. "The program follows: "Beethoven, Sonata Op. 2, No. 1 (last movement); Miss Barnes; ."Chamberlain, Kim's Last Whipping (reading); Miss Taylor. "Lisxt, Consolation No- 6. i'Grieg, "Norwegian Bridal Proces sion; Miss Barnes. "Dvorak Songs My Mother Taught Me. "Roeers. Star: Miss Moore. "Moskowski-Ulrick, Polonaise; Miss Barnes." . Mr. and Mrs. Barnes" and r their three sons, - Masters Horace.' Wilton and John Rhodes, and Miss Maggie Pittman attended the recital, making the trip across" country in Mr. Barnes' auto. ., -. SUNDAY WILL BE BIG DAY. Parkton Methodists Asked to Remain at Home Sunday Afternoon- Mr. Jenkins Subject Sunday Morning. . . BY G.D. WILLIAMSON. Parkton, May 13 Next Sunday will be the biggest day of all the days with the Methodist church- There will be 'services at 11 a. m. in every M. E. church. The Centenary drive starts at that hour and there will be some thing doing for the next week. It on ly lasts one week. Eevery member of the Methodist church is asked to re main at home in the afternoon as the various team workers will call to see them: It will be one hundred years before another such drive will be made. The work is thoroughly or- fanized and if every member will do $3 or her full duty "over the top" will be reported for the thirty -five million for the next five years, Rev.' J- L: Jenkins, past jr of the Baptist church, requests' us , to state that his subject Sunday morning will be "A snake in, the home." Following are a few of the visitors in Lumberton last Saturday who call ed at The Robesonian office: Mr- J. S. Floyd of R. 2, Fairmont; Mr, W. L. lenkins of ,K. 1, Barnesvine; Mr. Henrv Snivev of the Marietta sec-! tion; Mr. M. McMillan of R 2, Park - ton. - -. I Greensboro -voHqge; to2 JjViomery cus playing iri her,yirt tKft,aeeJnI she "has "received, and her RED SPRINGS NEWS ITEMS. Last College Recital of the Year In -Honor of a June Bride May lib Alumnae Day of Commencement--1 Personal and Other Items. . ! f Correspondence of The Robesonian. r Red Spring4, May 13. Mrs. Jas. A. Williams spent Friday in Lumberton with Mrs. T. A. McNeill. , i Mrs. J. D. McLean, who has been quite sick the past week, is much im proved Mr. G .T.' Bullock and little tonling by the thousands to become a'c- Richard, spent a few days recently in Vance county visiting relatives. ' Mrs. A, M. Smith of Elkin is on a visit to her" parents. ''Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Purcell. Misses Mattie and Ida McLauchlin of Raeford are guests this week of Miss Katie Buie Rev. John McEachern and Mr. Gra ham McEachern came over from Rae ford Sunday and spent some time with relatives- We are glad to hear that the baby of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Jackson, who has been very ill, is much better. Mr- and Mrs. David Bethea and two children of Dillon were visitors recent ly at the home of Mr. J. E. Purcell.' Memorial day was not observed here. As is the custom the U. D- C. decorated the graves of veterans in the afternoon with lovely flowers and tiny Confederate flags. '' A rather small crowd from here tt- tended the celebration last Saturday and there were no floats or decorated who went reported one of the biggest days the county has ever experienced', a fine dinner and a most enjoyable time all around. Miss Lillian Austin of Maxton has been a college visitor for the past few days. Sunday evening in the col lege chapel she made a most interest ing talk tp the students on her work in Korea. 'Miss Austin expects to turn to the mission field this summer and . the best wishes , of he.- many friends will attend her on her longf lournev The last recital of the year took place at Flora Macdonald college when Miss Byah Richardson gave her graduating recital in piano, assisted by Miss Ruth McKinnon, voice. Miss Richardson is always a favorite with her audiences and well upheld her reputation on Monday night. Her faultless and artistic rendition of thelhuman woes. For that reason, their many difficult numbers on her pro gram were intensely enjoyabU;. Miss McKinnon's sweet soprano vo'ca was at its best and her singing added much to the pleasure of th3 evening- Both young musicians received ly flowers and other appropriate gifts from their many friends Mrs. G. R. Dupuy has return from a visit to Washington. She wa3 ac-j companied-home by her cousin, Mrs 'owle. who will be her guest, lor some time. Misses Lindsay and Wink of the college faculty entertained most de. lightfully on Monday afternoon in honor of Miss Sadie McKinnon, whose marriage takes place in June. The guests were requested to bring a lit tle token of their regard for the fu turjjbride and varied and dainty was the miscellaneous ' shower displayed, peiicious refreshments were served and as the guests departed they be stowed another . shower on Miss Mc Kinnon, one of best wishes and hope for a.most happy married life. , To the Alumnae of Flora Macdo'nald College. Monday of commencement, May 19, is Alumnae day with business meeting j at 11:30.. followed by a cafeteria luncheon- At the meeting Dr. Var dell will talk to his old girls and it is to be hoped that' all who expect to attend commencement will try to srriv in time for the meeting. As usual, places in the dormitories and dining' room will bs reswrved for all who ?. .omir.g neti ' If you ca. -c vr: th us Mo-iMV."-'i!cs no: fv .lii3 Pi.''v McTCa at once so the commi will have S 'miy i"n of the numrer t0 prepare for. This is im portant. CAMP POPE ' ELECTS OFFICERS Meeting Held Here May 10th M. G. McKenzie Elected Delegate to Reunion. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Camp Willis H. Pope. Confederate veterans, met in the opera house in Lumberton; Saturday evening May 10th and proceeded to the elec tion of officers for another year, re sulting as follows: . Commander M, G1. McKenzie, 1st Lieut. Rev. F- A. Prevatt; 2nd Lieut. General F.- A.. Bond; 3rd Lieut. Judge T. A. McNeill: 4th Lieut. N. C Graham; Adjt. J. F. Raybon; Chaplain Rev- Wesley Thompson. All former junior officers were re elected. 7 All members present paid their an nual dues. ; ' , M. G. McKenzie was elected to rep resent this camp at the' annual re union of Confederate veterans at Sa vannah; Ga..' in June- 1919. There being no other", business before the house the camp adjourned to meet at call of commander. ' J. F. RAYBON, Adjt. Promoted to Captaincy, Lieut. L. E. Edwards, formerly of R. 1 Lumberton, has recently been (promoted to captain. Capt. Edwards has been stationed in Washington for .several months, being attached to the office of the quartermaster general.; HOME FUND DRIVE OF, SALVATION ARMY Rabeson is Asked to Contribute $3 000 To Home Service Fund Chairman Of County Committees. Correspondence of The- Robesonian. Next week will launch the rrput 'isationai drive of the balvation Army. responses to the army s appeal are pouring into national headquarters in an astonishing manner. People of every class are volunteer- tn j campaign workers. In fact, re gional campaiiTj managers assert that no other, campaign held in this coun try was ever given such amazing 'en dorsemontv This unlooktd for and encouraging response is fie to tne tremendous popularity of the Salvation Army has von in its war work, and the public has at las' learned that the work at home for the past 35 years among our unfortunate classes and masses, stands s an open book of reformation and charity. Measured .by years, the Salvation Army has traveled but a short span in history, but measured by haurs which have been filled with toil, de ferred hope, and frequent glorious triumphs, the army, has gone a long distance, and has become a venerat ed institution. The Salvation Army tloes not want money .for money's sake, were il for the fact that as an accepted medium rf exchange, money commands the things which provide needed relief and aid' ior the poor and lowly. Tney are not, and have never been, impaverishd in that preparedness of soul and m no that shall ever enable then: to minis ter to those about them in a spiritual cenre. The necessity for a campaign, to raise adequate Home Service funds. comes almost in the natnre of a pen- se-mHy for success, and constitutes a sol Jeran obligation and duty which they Rcannot avoid. Wise men are saying today that the astonishing evolution of the Sal ration Army from complete obscuri ty tc an overwhelming popularity and prominence is but one more bit of testimony and evidence ,the truth, the simple truth, is irresistable. The army was conceived in truth, and fos tered and developed in righteousness, and is dedicated to the alleviation of onward march has lean to great heists and their new responsibilities are vast. Robeson county is asked to con tribute $3,000 to this fund, and each love-ijownship is organized to carry on yhe 1 -vark and "obtain contributions, the following constituting the chairman Lf the several committees: Alfordsville township Burns Ward, ; R. F. D. Rowland; Back Swamn Mrs. J. G- Prevatt, R. 3, Lumberton; Britts Forrest Stone- R F. n. J.nm berton; Burnt Swamp I. P. Ray, Buies; Fairmont Hal V. Brown; Gaddy's J O Mc Arthur, R. Rowland; Lumber Bridge Dr. Thomas Stamps; Lumberton C- B. Skipper. Jr.; Row- land W. L. Buck; Maxton J. P. Wiggins and Lacy Williams; Orrum A. - J. Surles; Proctor ville: Parkton Dr. D. S. Currie; Pembroke R. H. Livermore; Raft Swamp J. M. Powell, R. F- D. Buies; Red Springs J. N. Buie; Rer.nert RevA." H. Porter ; -Saddler -ea Rev. J I Humphrey. R. F. D- Lumberton; St -Pauls L A. McGeachy: Shannon Oeo. L Klarpp; Smith E. J. Wal tew,; Wakulla; Sterlings Boyd V. Williams, Barnesville; Thompsons Mrs. . Wheeler Stone, McDonalds; White House W M Oliver, Marietta; Wisharts J. C- Stansel. Allenton; The slogan of the Salvation Army "A man may be down, but he's never out'V should Ting in every body's ears next week, and the rela tively small amount asked of the peo ple of Robeson county could l e had and obtained within two days from the time the campaign begins. JUNIUS J. GOODWIN- ' Chairman Robeson County.. K, M. Barnes, county treasurer; J. A. Sharpe, chairman -publicity e m mittee; H. E. Stacy, chairman speak ers committee ; Stephen Mclntyre, chairman prospects committee. GLENNWOOD SCHOOL FINALS. Exercised Begin Monday Evening and Last Through Tuesday. i ; Correspondence of The Robesoniap. Lumberton. R. 6. May , 14 Glenn- wood school closes Monday, May 19, followed by a short exercise by the school children beginning at 8:30 p. m- Tuesday, the 20th, the children will have a few songs and recitations beginning at 11 a. m. These will be followed by a short address, after which every one will be invited out on the grounds for dinner. Everybo dy come prepared to stay for the closing exercises, which will be a play entitled ".And Home Came Ted" given by the young people of the com munity Tuesday evening at 8:30. No charges come and be witn us. Four Whiskey Stills Destroyed. Four copper whiskey stills were ctr m and destroyed on tha court house yard in the presence of MvC. B. Townsend- a member oi the Doara of county commissioners, Thursday of last week. The stills were known as th Bethel Chavis, Nasby Hardin, and Pink Wood3 stills and one other was captured in the Big Swamp several weeks ago. v;.. . , -: j ..: t.vi Mrs. A. R. Aydlett left last evening for Maxton after spending . a week here 'visiting relatives. From Maxton she v ill go to f.ei home at Charles on. S. C. -... '. .'.' ANTIOCH NEWS ITEMS. Children's Day Exercises Successful! Term ot School Closes Person al Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian Lumberton. R. 5. Mav 13. Rev. L. E. Daily .filled his regular appoint - ment nere Saturday and Sunday. He preached excellent sermons both times and several of the congregation pro nounced it as good or, better than they had ever heard Sunday. There was a children's day here Sunday p. m. Each, one doing his or her part well. The children had been skillfully uamcu uy tne gins wno nave Deen teaching the school here Misses Nor na Wilkerson and Tessie Lee Town send. We wish to thank them very much. We also wish to give them credit of being the best to help in the church and Sunday school work that we have ever had. There was also a thrilling address by Mr. E J. Britt of Lumberton which was enjoy ed very much. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Pitman of St Pauls spent Sunday with Mr. Pit man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pitman. Mr. Dick Phillips and chil dren, Mr. Guy and Miss Madge, and Miss Alma Martin of the Beulah sec tion were in these parts Sunday p. m--Mr. Sam Phillips and son. Islev. "were ' Lumberton visitors Saturday. air. ana xars. tddie McNeill of jjum berton attended the children's day here Sunday. Quite a crowd from here attended the celebration at Lum berton May 1Q. Misses V Mae and Wilma Branch of Long Branch at tended the children's day here Sun day. Also Mr. Sandy Taylor and sis ter, Miss Vina, of the Beulah section. Mr. and Mrs. Windfield Pitman ad daughter. Miss Emma, spent Sunday in these parts, Miss Hattie Powell of St- Pauls is spending a few days with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Davis. People have besrun to fisrht rat- era! green and it seems a very hard Dattie. Mr. Clifton Pitman spent a short while in Lumberton Saturday p. m. on briness. Miss Mae Parish of Maxton visited these parts Sunday. Our school closed one of the most successful terms Friday that we have Known in its history. We will miss Misses Townsend and Wilkerson very much but we hope to have them with us again. Miss Mamie Britt spent Sunday p. m. here Mr. Lonnie Bul lard and children, little Misses Hazel and Huth, and Mr. Ambrose Hayes of the Hog Swamp section attended the children's day here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Prevatt ' and chil-J uini ui vcuai uruvis Bpeni ounaay with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pitman. Mr. and Mrs. Rince Britt and daugh ter, liss Blanche, were Lumberton frisitbrs Saturday, also Mr. and Mra. W- W. Pitman and daughter, Miss rJy'TMr- SUnleyn Si1Lttery uivuiu9uii wits a vaiicx itt me iiumc oi i.ir. Kince untt Sunday p. m. Mr. Pope Pitman spent Saturday in Ltiaihertmi nn hiinp-M Sn i Ennis and children snent thn wppIc-! end with her sister-in-law Mrs. Ed. Israel. Mr, and Mrs. Elias Davis of Raft Swamp spent the week-end in these parts- NAMES OF 2 MORE ROBESON VOLUNTEERS Sgt French Conner of Rowland and Lieut. David M. Ivey of Raynham. To the Editor of The Robesonian. , It is noted from a recent issue of your paper that you are endeavoring to secure the names of all volunteers from Robeson county in the recent world war, and knowing that it is extremely difficult to get all uch names, I am giving you the name of Sergeai t French Conner, of Rowland, N. C., who enlisfd June 7, 1917- and has served continuously to the pres ent dale. - I also desire tJ inform, you of my own wrvice which, howe wr com menced prior tq the entry of the Un;itd States in the present war, hiving enlisted on October 24, 1912. und ttrving continuously to the pres ent date. . It is not known whether or not you desire the names of officers anu en iisted intn except tfose actually entered i he ser-'ice since the dte of "I rrle Sam's" er try into the fracas'. Hoping the above information is of some use to you, I am Very truiy yours, D ViD M. IVEY. 2nd Lieut., 46th Infantry, Acting Personal Adjutant P. S. My home is Raynham, N C. Headquarters 46th U S. Infantry. Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, May 9th. 1919. (Glad to get this information, only sorry it did not reach us prior to publication of names on May 8th. Any information of the kind, wheth er relative to men who entered the service before or after Uncta Sam's entry into the fracas, will be gladly Lreceived at any time. Editor.) Planes May Be On Way Across Atlantic. The American naval seaplanes NC 1 and NC-3 probably will be in flight before sundown today on the first attempt to cross the Atlantic ocean through the air. Official reports to the Navy Department late yesterday from Trepassey Bay, N. F-, the start ing point of the proposed flight, 'n timated that the "hop-off" would be made within 24 hours if favorable weather along the route of the Azor.;s was indicated. WATCH THE LABEL. Watch the date opposite the nam i on the label on your paper. When year I "uoscnpuon expires your paper will , be stopped. This apolies to ail sub ' scribers. j BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Mr. Joseph Prevatt, Sr. had a "mess" of beans from his garden Tuesday. A play. "Valley Farm," will be given at the Bloom ingdale school house Friday night, May 16th, at a o'clock. Ex-State Senator Frank Cr.mgh attended in Raleigh yesterday a meeting- "f the J-ia-.e prisoi tcarl of which he is a member. Mr. A. L. Lawson of Orrum was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday. Mr. Lawson reported crops looking well down his way, especially corn ard tobacco. Correspondence of The Robeson ian: Miss Cammie Lockley and Mr Martin L. Lowry were married Thurs day evening at the home of the bride's parents. Correspondence of The Robeson ian: There will be a fruit supper at Jacob Swamp school house Saturday night, May 17. The proceeds will be ued to purchase fixtures for the school. ' County Audtior J. M. MqCallum returnrjd Tuesday EigHt from Char lotte, where he spent three weeks, un der treatment at the Charlotte sana torium. His condition is very i.mch improved. The condition of Mr. O. B. Dukes of St. George, S. C-, who has been il at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr .and Mra. O .O. Dukes, Caldwell street, for several days, con tinues critical. All the remain 13 in number are being removed from the Rowland cemetery beside theold Presbyterian church on East Fifth street. Meat of them are being re-interred in Mea dowbrook cemetery. 'Plans are being perfected for the annual Robeson county frir u be held in ' Lumberton some time next fall. H-is expected that up-to-date fair grounds : will be prepared near town in time for the 1919 fair- Mrs. R. B. Baxley of Rennert, F. 1, entered the Thompson hospital Monday for treatment and may un dergo an operation. Her father, Mr. .1. W. Lowe, who also lives near Ren aert; is staying here with her,, -Mrs. R. G. Stubbs and daughter, 1-ttle Miss Ruth, arrived Tuesday night from Kansas City, Mo., to join Mr. Stubbs. who has been here for several months. Mr. Stubbs and fam ily n-iil do light house-keeping at the ves'd?nce of Mr. F- M. Barren Chest- nut street The story, hour under the aus- rices of the Twentieth Century Moth- ers' club and directed by Mesdames O .H. Boyd and J .R. Poole will be held tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 5 o clock at the residence of Mrs. Alf. H. McLeod. All children inter ested are invited to be present- : More than 100 Masons, represent ing all the louges in the county, at tended the annual Masonic "banquet here Tuesday evening-, Work in the third degree was exemplified by the local team and refreshments were served In abundance. Those attend ing the banquet reported a great time in general. f Many, favorable comments were heard in regard to the splendid mujic furnished by the East Lumberton bnnd for the celebration here Satur day. The East Lumberton band is one ,f the best in Eastern North Carolina and the fact that Lumberton has such a land saved rhe town several hun dred dollars expense Saturday. The records compiled by Supt. J. R. Poole show that Miss Lois Cald well, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L H. Caldwell of Lumberton and a student of the Lumberton graded school made the highest average of any pupil in the county who passed the seventh grade examination. Her average was 39, while the next highest was 97. Washington special, May 14, te Charlotte Observer: A. W. McLean, director of the War Finance corpor ation, delivered n address today to the officers of the finance division of the War Department at a luncheon at Rauscher's, on the subject: "Some phases of government -finance during the; war." There were more than a kindred of the officers of the division of finance present. Former . Lumberton Man , Killed at Rockingham. Relatives of Mr. Pearl Wade, who lived at Rockingham- were; advised yesterday afternoon that he had been, shot three times 'with a pistol and was. dangerously wounded. A later message stated that he had died soon after reaching a hospital in Hamlet. No particulars of. the shooting have been learned here. Mr. Wade form erly lived here. i .. Mrs- D. C Rogers left Monday for her home at Taylorsville. after, pend ing some time here visiting at the home of her 'son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. C C. Rogers, Second street . . : ' ' ' Mr. Terrel Poole returned Tuesday evening to his . home at Rockingham after spending several days here vis iting at thehome of his son ard daughter-in-law, Prof, and Mrs- J. R. Poole- Elm street. . '
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