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ROB JONIA WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPER AND DON'T LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIRE THE DATE ON THK LABEL IS THK DATE YOUR PAPE2 WILL BE STOPPED. tirfTA BUSHED WO. SlNGLfi COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH $2.08 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCS VOL. L LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1919. NUMBER 38 8 MORE TOWNSHIPS VOTE ROAD BONDS . ! ri 1 - i r rr K n ' uonos carruea (in ever, 'f Voting Yesterday Thirteen Robe- son County Townships Have Voted, a Total of $620,000 Road Bonds! During Past Month Four More! Townships Will Vote on Bonds July 15 An Unbroken Record ef - Victory for Bonds. Eight more Robeson townships Maxton,. Shannon, Red Springs, Smiths, Orrum, Pembroke, Gaddy and Howellsville voted bond issues aggregating a total of $366,000 yes terday for road purposes. While only a few votes were east against the bond issue in several of the town ships voting yesterday, Shannon was the only one to cast a solid vote in favor of the bond issue. The amount of the issue voted in six townships and the official vote follows: Ptmbroke $75,000; fir fesefs 79, against 8. W. G. Kirk was elected road suptrvisor over D. A. Shaw, 71 to 16. Howellsville $75,000-vote: for is: sue, 126; against 100. R. T. Taylor was elected township supervisor. Orrum $25,000 vote: for bond is sue, 140; against 25. J. R. Lawson was elected Jlownshlp- supervisor. Shannon $10,000 vote: for bond issue, 22; against, none. J. T. Pow ell was elected township supervisor. Smith $75,000 vote: for bond is sue, 124; against, 32. J. D. Mc Ar thur was elected township supervisor. Maxton $100,000 vote: lor issue McGirt was 141: aarainst 9. L. L. elected township supervisor and R. L. McLeod, D. M Stewart and W O. Bennett were elected as an advisory committee. While the official vote in Red Springs and Gaddy townships has not been learned, The Robesonian was in formed today that the election in Red Springs carried by more than 100 votes and those acquainted with the spirit in Gaddy say they are sure that the issue carried in that town ship. Red Springs voted a $10,000 issue, while Gaddy voted upon a t?20,000 issue. This makes a total of thirteen townships that have voted bonds for building roads, the total amount of bonds by these townships being $620,000. WORK BEGUN ON THREE TOBACCO PRIZE HOUSES They Will be Erected Beside V. & o fn 1 V... CI.. ur. houses-Great Help to Local Mar- ket. Work has been begun on three to bacco prize houses to be used in con fection w!tv the three tobacco sales warehouses here. Each of the houses will be 40 by 100 feet and will be erected beside the Virginia & Caro- "1 n ll M Mm.a.. A 4n nlrn MA A the sales warehouses. The prize houses have been leased to the lead- a. ine tooacco companies oi wie coun-, try. The stock for erecting the build ings was subscribed by Messrs. K. M. Biggs, L. H. Caldwell and K. V. Caldwell & Son. The prize houses will prove a great help to the local market in the way of relieving any congestion that might result from large sales. TOBACCO WARE- HOUSEMEN PREPARING i FOR SELLING SEASON Market Will Open in Lumberton Early in July Indication. Dotint to Livest Market Lumberton Has Ever Had. Managers of the three large tobac rn .sales warehouses jin Lumberton are busy preparing for the selling, .um. which will open early in Ju ly. The exact date has not yet been fixed. The Star warehouse has been leas ed by Messrs. S. W. Cooper of, Fay etteville, T, J. Noblin, of Barnes ville and C. A. D. Eakes of Lumber An The Biz Banner warehouse will be conducted by Mr. O. L. Joyaer of Greenvllje, thfc State, and W. H. Fleming of Oxford, while, as has been stated in The Robesonian, the Farmers' warehouse will be operat ed by Mr. Sam Watkins of Oxford and Mr. Charles Smith, Jr, of Hen. Person. All the above-named gentlemen re experienced warehousemen and nil indications, are that Lumberton will have the livest tobacco market this yesr ever. 'il. Mrs. .Rs&L V'ch and Mist f.tti Lee Pittnun attended . last Mtek at AsImvUU i rv of the Brntw. Pintle Lmon i .7 want deleratea from the B. V F. U. of tl"-t First Baptist church, "WILD CATS" ARE ARRIVING I 3?la Infantry Du at Boston Todav I Members of 322nd Arrived New port News Yesterday. j The Robesonian was advised yes-! terdav by the War Department that! .... the 321st infantry, 81st division, was gue to iand Et Boston today. This regiment sailed on the Manchuria, A dispatch from Newport News, Va., states that more "Wild Cats", men from North Carolina. South Car olina and Tennessee, members of the 322nd infantry, arrived there yester day morning on the transport Mat sonia, which sailed from St NaZaire June 8. GERMAN NEWSPAPERS TAKE DARK VIEW Or OUTCOME If Further Invasion Becomes Neces sary Troops Will March Into Ger many in Battle Formation Noth ing Official From Germany About peace treaty. At Weimar the docu Following is the summary given by the Associated Press this morn ing: Nothing official has yet .become known as to what action the German government will take regarding the peace treaty.- JSS:. ment is being carefully studied by the national assembly's peace com. missions. Unofficial reports are that there is great dissatisfaction on the part of the German cabinet members and high German officials over what are considered the extremely hard terms. It is said a large majority of the cab inet members are opposed to signing the treaty, but are fearful of a reign of Bolshevism and consequent chaos in 019 country should they decline. German newspapers take a dark view of the outcome whether Ger many signs or not. The newspapers which oppose signing let their pessi mism run to the extent of expecting a resumption of hostilities by the Allies' Monday if the armistice is permitted automatically to end. While there is nowhere any indi cation that if circumstances compel the allied troops to advance further into Germany there necessarily will be fighting, the American, British and French troops will be prepared for any eventuality. If a further in vasion becomes necessary the troops will march into Germany in battle formation. With President Wilson-in Belgium and David Lloyd-George, the British premier, visiting the battlefields around Verdun, the council of for eign ministers and the supreme eco nomic council were the only section of the, peace conference in Paris at work Wednesday. The Polish-Ukrainian situation and details as to the occupation ,of Danzig by the Poles were discussed by the foreign minis ters while the economic council's de liberations concerned resumption of trade relations with Germany and financing of food supplies for Aus tria. Released Spartacan and Commun ist prisoners have been repulsed in j " attempt to force their way into the , castle at We.mar where members lof the Herman srovernmenfc have their headauarters. The attackers' intention is believ ed to have been to seize President Ebert, Premier Scheidemann and Minister of Defense Noske. An attempt by French sailors, who carried a red flag, to release from the prison at Brest a number of ther oor.na.'cs who recently mucinied in the Black Sea, also failed. The sit. uation r Brest is reported - as se rious. "- -- ' " . i ALONG WITH THE RESTj Certain defeat for efforts to have Congress exempt beer and wine from operation of' the war-time prohibi tion law was seen in an overwhelm- i"g vote of 55 t'. 11 m the Senate yesterday against an exemption pro posal. By that margin the Senate tabled a-motion by Senator Phelan, Demo crat, of California, to r.dd a rider to the agricultural appropriation bill for application for the war-time pro hibition law to distilled spirits alone, rhe sentiment o? the Senats thus ex pressed in the first test vote of this Congress was taken generally to sound the death knell for measures designed to permit use of beer and wines under this wartime legisla tion. MAINE MEMORIAL TABLET SECURED FOB LUMBERTON Mayor James D. Proctor has se cured . for the town "of Lumberton through Representative H. L. God win a meorial tablet made from met al recovered from the old battle- .V! .!. The tablets are distrib- nip limine. aiic uiuieva miv uiow - uted by Secretary of the Navy Dan leas. in taoiet win oe sent out from .Washington SHALL THIS GOODLY LftND BLOSSOM AS ROSE? Constructive Program of N. C. Land-j owners Association Contemplates; Developing and Advertising Thiaj Section Program Outlined at Meeting Held Here Committeej Appointed. I Will Robeson county farmers and other business men affiliate them selves with the North Carolina Land owners association? This is a ques tion that must be settled within the next few weeks. The purpose and aims of the association were clearly presented to a number of farmers and business men who attended a meet ing in the court house here Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock and a commit teewas appointed to determine what Robeson will do about joining the movement. Ex-State Senator Gough presided at the meeting Tuesday and in some preliminary remarks before intro ducing the speakers of the occasion, he declared that this is an age of advancement and that the county that fails to advance will be run over. Mr. Clement S. Ucker of Balti- . i. M ikn mr.ro Mil., vice-Dresiaent ui Southern Settlement & Development organisation, was the first to spea, and his address was an eye-opener. He told of the vast amount of idle acres of land south of the Mason and Dixon line acres that could easily be made to produce the necessities of life. The speaker Baid in part: "We have reached an age when none" can live to themselves alone. Whit, you do in Robeson county af fect the whole world. There are 200,DO0IW)0 acres of idle and unused land south of the Mason and Dixon line. One hundred million acres of this could be reclaimed and put into i nrhllA U that is nec- unmsuiBw "") .. essary to put the other humiredmil- lion ijito use US drainage, there only remains 40,000 acres of public domain lands, the territory alone the South Atlantic and Coast al plan has from 75 to 80 m-leSj of acres susceptible to immediate cultivation. , "When the timber manufacturers of the North-West had cut the tim ber of that section they came South j and bought the timbered lands, con sidering the lands only as a bi-nro-duct. It is figured that in ek.v.ii years the yellow pine will be gone. At the end of that time there will be 100,000,000 acres of cut-over lands in the' South. These idle acres should ; be devoted to the production of live stock., The Southern people are not. nonnle. Cattle cannot be raised successfully in the boutn until the tick has been eradicated. You cannot raise sheep and cur dogs. They will not mix. Cotton should be made. a side crop in the South." told of the importance of organization and declared tat, without organization this section would drag along as it has done here-, tofore Mr. Ucker also told of the importance of honest advertising and related instances where propa ganda had played so great a part in developing certain sections of Itnis country and Canada. He also touch ed upon the importance of drainage, good roads and better schools After Mr. Ucker had finished his address, Mr. W. A. McGirt of Wil mington, vice president and general manager of the North Carolina land owners association, told of the pro gram and plans of the association. When first he began to consider the plans, the speaker said, he doubted the proposition could be put through. However, after further considering it. he had decided it could be done, hut it wouia uikc m t" we can get the majority of the but it would taKe time nu . i NTorth' Carolina thhiking ltCUIIl V - - ' .... about tne pru08 "'"" " . te put through. God has a hand in ( it. We need a system whereby we can; develop ourselves. Eastern North j Carolina is one familr- The mer-j chants, . bankers and manufacturers! should get behind the movement m, order to benefit the rPle of the rural districts. AH commercial pro-1 grass Is founded upon agriculture. "I have an abiding faith in the peo ple of this section," the speaker de clared. - Mr. McGirt said he expected to go to the next Legislature and get some ;.v irialation. The speaker also told of the importance of g. road9 and expressed confidence that they were on the way. Hr. HcG.rt had ?ut the proposi tion uniarelv no to the business men of Wilmington and te grjater part of them had become r emDer oi me association, subscribing from $3,000 irwn fnr thrM.vear members! ip. "Several of those present at the meeting expressed themsehrts as be ing in sympathy with the movement and the following were appointed as a committee to talk to the folks stout - B cvibbuikv w wi i - jit and determine what Robeson wim -ao: u. u. iixes na rr-. thune. Lumberton; A. W. Pate, Pur BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR . ' ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR Robeson County Fair Will Be Held in Lumberton in Octooer--Ohl Offi cers Rp-elected Purpose is to in- T -iet Held m Robe.on. Begin to prepare for the annual Robeson county fair to be held in Lumberton October 14, 15, 16 and 17, The fair association watt re-organized Tuesday evening with the fol lowing officers: Presidnt Frank Gough, Lumber tot.; vice-presidents J. A. Carlyle, Lumberton; J. N. Regan, Lumberton, R. 1; L. B. Barnes, Lumberton, R. 6; secretary-treasurer W. O. Thomp son, Lumberton all re-eiected; di rectors D. D. French, O. O.' Dukes, Miss Martha Flax Andrews, B. Sam Edwards, F. Grover Britt, A. E. Spi vey, Lumberton; Mesdames John Anderson and S. F. Thompson, St. Pauls; Hal V. Brown, Fairmont; Geo. K. McNeill, Rowland; Rory McNair, Maxton; D. H. Britt, Jr., McDonald; G. E. Morgan, Marietta; W. G. Nance, Proctorville; J. Frank Shep- herd, Orrum; T. W. Thompson Park- ton; R. H. Livermore, Pembroke; Lacy Buie, Red Springs: Lacy John, Lumber Bridge; Lacy McNair, Ren r.rt; J. C. Stancel, Allenton; Roger Pittnian, Barnesville; Lindsay Nor ment, Purvis; E. Wheeler Stone, Raynham. The officers will meet at some fu ture date and appoint managers of the ..various departments and con sidet other plans for making the 1919 fair) the biggest and best yet held in Kjbeson. RETURN TO BUN TIME ' ON 26TH OCTOBER Doom of Daylight Saving Pronounced By Congress. Doom of the daylight saving in augurated as a war measure was pro nounced yesterday by Congress, both Senate and House adopting by over whelming votes measures to elimi- nat operation of the law when the! period of summer time ends next Oc tober. Tlie House, tnllowin three hour? of debate, on a vote 233 to lte, passed a bill to repeal the law on the' transport ania aua, irom name., other things last Sunday in next October, but re-, He was attached to the 306th engi-, Register of Deeds M. W. Floyd jecttJ an amendment to make the neers 8,st dlvii"n- j has issued grain threshing license to repeal effective at once. ten Robeson farmers. A law passed The Senate by a vote of 56 to o, Mr. E. H. Britt has been advised i by the last Legislature requires all alttr brief discussion, added a rider that his s -n Mr. Haynes Britt, wh operate grain threshers to se to the agricultural appropriation "jill recently lar;Ul in the States f rom cure license from the register of providing for repeal of the daylight France. Mr. Britt was attached to deeds. The license is issued free of measure on the same date fixed by the House bill. Action of congress meins continu ation of the present clock time this summer and esrly fall with return to sun' time October 26, ending two years' operation of tlva daylight sav ing plan. MENACE OF BOMB OUTRAGES STILL HANGS OVER COUNTRY Washington, June 18. The menace of bomb outrages still hangs over the country, in the belief of officials of the Department of Justice. William Flynn, chief of the depart ment's bureau of investigation, said yesterday that he believed there vcre "more bombs to come, but said it was impossible to say when the next attempt to create a reign of terror by explosions might be made. Supplementing Mr. Flynn 's state ment the department last night made public testimony of attorney general Palmer before the House of Congress appropriations committee asking for a special fund of $500,000 to carry, on the hunt for radicals. The Attorney General told the com mittee as the testimony revealed that government officials had been advis ed of a day set for another attempt by radicals "to destroy the govern ment at one fell swoop." Mr. T. W. Bullock, who lives on West Eighth street, had ripe toma toes from his garden yesterday. The following young people from Lumberton expect to spend tomorrow at Lake Waccamaw: Misses Marga ret Pope, Janie, Hazel and Sarah Carlyle; Messrs. J. Robt. Prevatt, Robt Caldwell, Jr Robert Mclntyre, Rudolph Thompson and Adrain Britt. The party will be chaperoned by Mrs. Jas. . L. Williamson and will make- the. trip in automobiles. vis: J. L. Thrower and J. N. Buie, Red Springs; -J. C. Stancel, AUen- tin. . After the committer has made the pr;)Ier investigaron, Mr. McGirt will return to Robnon to assist in getting ' the - people of the county in line,: provided- the proper, encourage jnent 'is 'offered . . Mewrs. Ucker anl McGirt will vis- 'X mactiv.'ly all the e unties in East ern Nr. th Carolus d'.ri. the next tew weeks and lay ' ptrs of the 11: lit cn'becrt th p . ile HOME FROM THE WAR. Lieut. E. Knox Proctor arrived home last night from Germany. Lieut. Proctor, who i. a son of Mrs. Lizzie G. Proctor f Lumberton, j 81st Wildcat division, but was 'transferred to the army of occupa-: tion in Germany after the armistice! was signed and spent about six! months in Germany. He has been given honorable discharge from mil itary duty. Sgt. B. M. Sibley arrived home Monday night from France. He has resumed his former work as book keeper for Mr. K. M. Biggs. Sgt Sibley was attached to the 81st, or "Wild Cat", division and spent more than 9 months overseas. Pvt. Fred H. Townsend arrived here Monday night from Manquin, Va., where he had been visiting at he spent two weeks visiting rela the home of his father, Mr. J. L.j tives. He reports splendid crops in Townsend since he landed from ov-: Bladen. erseas 3 weeks ago. Mr. Townsend The ihildren's story hour will be was employed in the offices of tl held at the re8ide.1ce of Mr8 Alf. jj Lumberton. Dresden and JeVinings' , c cotton mills before entering the ser-, vice.He was a member of the 29th division headquarters company, 111th u j ii h. field artillery, and spent 11 months in France He will soend a few davs: in r ranee. He will spend a lew days here visiting relatives before decid-, ing which of several business offers' .,, ... . he will accept. It was reported here some time ago that Mr. Townsend' had lost both his feet, but he is navigating on as good a pair of pins! as any man has any use for. Friends of Mr. F. M. McConnell were advised yesterday that he land ed at Hoboken, N. J., June 11 from France. ' .Mr. McConnell was attach ed to the 81st division. Mr. E. J. Prevatt of the U. S. ar my is spending a 15-days' furlough here visiting home folks. Mr. Pre vatt belongs to the regular army andj is stationed at Camp Mills, N. Y.ltor. Bnd Emhaln-Pr Kinfinn He spent more than a year overseas, beinf attached to the 4th d,v,8,on' regulars. Corporal Clayton Hall landed at! Charleston, S. C, Sunday on the j t n if A t.- the 81st "Wild Cat" division Relatives of Mr. C. Guy Town- send were advised this mornine that i he landed yesterday at Newport News! maimers examination. Mr. Smith re from France. He was attached to j cently accepted a position in the un the 81st division.' dertaking department of the Lumber- berton Furniture Store, of which Mr. Cotton Blossoms. i' 1'" ST v j M. M. S. Webb of forehead Mr. E. Clyde Wade, who farms on City spent several days here isit one of Mr. A. W. McLean's farms: ing at the home of her brother-in-i.ear town, was the first to bring a law and sister, Rev. and Mrs. I. 1919 cotton blossom to The Robe- Iledgpeth, and Jeft yesterdny, for sonian office. Mr. Wade brought in Salemburg to attend the closing ex one Tuesday morning, June 17th. j trrises of Piireland hiirh schooL Mr. R. C. Collins, who lives 5. where her daughter. Miss Carelrri mile3 from Lumberton on the Eliza beth road brought in thj second blossom yesterday morning. Mr. Collins says he saw a blossom in one of his fields last Saturday. Capt. A. B. Small brought a cotton blossom to The Robesonian office yes terday from the farm of Mr. J. W. Lowe of R. 2, Lumberton. Mr. Lowe w v . iL . -wri! has had cotton blossoms for sever-! al days, according to Mr. Small.0 Mr. Joseph Britt. Jr.. of Britt township, sent a cotton blossom toj Robesonian to state that all automo The Robesonian office yesterday. Mr.l bije owners must have the 1919.1920 Britt says he had cotton blossoms icen8e numbers displayed on cars af on the 16th inst. t n:i InJI.n 1 I? Tlim. . , equipped with dimmers. The officers berton was a Lumberton visitor yes- . , . , , , ... terday and reported that he had rot-!" !o enforce the law which pro ton blossoms Sunday, June 15. hlb,ts children under 16 years old Mr. H. B. Ashley, Jr., of the Phil- driving automobiles. adelphus section brought a cotton blossom to The Kobesonian omce to-' day. The blossom was secured from a farm belonging to Mr. Ashley and! worked by Ephriam Sinclair, colored, j . SMALL ADVERTISEMENT BROT BACK ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. The $100 lost by an Indian sol dier, Riley Locklear, in Lumberton on May 10 and advertised in The Rob esonian of May 12, has been found and returned to the soldier. This proves both the. honesty of the per son who - found the money and the value of advertising in The Robeson ian. It was found, by a daughter of Richard Chavis, Indian, in Messrs. R. D. Caldwell A Son's department store. , Mayor James D. Proctor return-; ed this morning from Chapel Hill, white he a.refdea a mee'ing ef the trtitees of th- Star university of. 'trvh board he is a tumber. . WATCH THE LABEL. Watch the date opposite the name on the label on your paper. When your Rubacription expiree your paper will be stopped. This applies to all su- gcribers BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Mr. H. H. Anderson is placing material for the erection of a brick building 20 by 90 feet on his lot on East Second street. Messrs. C. Howell Jones nd J. E. Walters have opened an arto var nishing and repainting business m the Prevatt building. Wain t street. Mrs J. Q. Beck with went Tuesday to Norfolk, Va., in response to n i es ssge advising her of the illness of her sister Miss E. G. Dunbar, of that place. Mr. J. F. Raybon returned Tuea- day night from Bladen county, where Al, cnildren jntcmted are invitcd to be present. T . . , . , , iL License has been issued for the . , . . marna f Thomas J. Davis and fiett. Wifiiamg; Graham McL. ... . . 0 ... . , . . fl L T i .f" and Sadie I. McKinnon. The condition of Mrs. Mollie R. Normant, who underwent an opera- uon w Cumberland General hoe- pital, Fayetteville, Sunday, is ported ss very favorable. Meters. F. Ertel Carlyle Jno. O. Proctor "hopped off" yester day at 10:25 a. m. on a canoe for Georgetown, S. C. They will be away several days and will fish along the trip down Lumber river. Mr. J. L. Stephens and ton, Mas ter J. L. Jr., went Tuesday to Wrigntsville Bench, where Mr. Steph- I ens senior is attending a meeting of the North Carolina Funeral Direc Mention was made in Monday's ivonesoman o robber entering 2 stores in Lumberton Sunday night. Monday night robbers entered the drug store of Mr. Erre?t Harkr at Rowland an'! too!: som- watches and . . . . i cost. Mr. A. J. Smith returned Tum- aa' irom wrigniavuje ceacn, There J w . h went Monday to take the em- 1 -.w a ... Vebb, is a student. Frances, 11- year- old daughter of Mrs. Claire Thomas of Lumbtr ton won a prize offered recently by the Raleigh . Times for the bc3t let ter telling what features o! the pa per the one submitting the letter liked most. Little Miss Thomas is spending some time in Raleigh vis iting at the home of Mrs. W. C. Eatman. -Sheriff R. E. Lewis asks The ter July 1 and that all cars must be 1 Mr. L. P. Stack of Hamlet is i;iiuiiik a iew uays nere wnn airs, Srack at the home of the latter parents, Mr. and Mm. S. M. Inte. undergofcg treatment for a dislo- catea Jen shoulder. Mr. stack re- the J"" tohi "houlder at. h' Jl Tll' ing in a creek. He arrived Monday night Mrs. Stack has been here for some time. Another near-serious auto acci dent occurred at the south-end of the bridge which spans Lumber river about a mile south of town on the Creek road Tuesday night about S o'clock. Mr. J. J. Bailes of Fort Mill. S. C was driving the car a Hud-; son six when it struck the railing at the bridge. Mrs. Bailes suffered a sprained arm and a gash cut in her. face and. Mrs. Bob Bryant of WD-i minrton. who was also in the auto. was slightly hurt Other occupants of the auto escaped unhurt The au tomobile was somewhat damaged.
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