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THE: "KOBESBMfA N WATCH LABEL ON TOUR PAPER AND DONT LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIRE THE DATE ON TUX LABEL , IS TUX DATE TOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED. ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD .ND TRUTH1 $2Jt A TEAR. DUE IN ADYAHGB VOL. L LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA,; JTHURSD AY, JULY 3, 1919. NUMBER 42 CURRENT FOE COOKING PURPOSES AT FOUR CENTS Low Rate Ordered by Town Board- Streets Must Not be Used for Auto Work Shop Other , Town Matters. At a meeting of the mayor and board town commissioners Tuesday afternoon a rate of 4 cents per k. w. was adopted for current used for cooking purposes. This rate applies only to current consumed by cook stoves and ranges provided with elec trie cooking devices. A new map of Meadowbroolf cem- the police force to enforce the law which prohibits using the streets as work shops for repafring automo biles. . A naw map of Meardowbrook cem etery, prepared by Mr F. F. Wet more, was adopted by the board. Mayor Proctor was advised to close contract with Mr W. H. Kin law for extending a Bewer line across his lot from the Whiteville road to Willow street COUNTY ROAD ENGINEER TO BE ELECTED JULY 14 Salaries of Township Road Super visors Will be Fixed alSame Time Joint Meeting1 Yesterday of Road Commissioners 'and Super visors. A joint meting of the county road commissioners and the township su pervisors was held in the court house Jiere yesterday and State Senator H. E. Stacy explained the work, to be done by the township supervisor. County Auditor J. M. McCallum and Mr. V. E. Townsend, tie latter being clerk to the road board, were asked to work out a system of books bill heads, etc., to keep township bond issue accounts upon. The clerk to the road board was I instrnrtd t nut an advrtismnt in the Raleigh News and Observer to the effect that a road engineer will be elected by the board July 14. Salaries fof township supervisors will be fixed at a special meeting of the road board July 14. RED SPIDER HAS APPEARED IN ROBESON COUNTY It Destroys Cotton What to Do Af ter the Spider Appears. Correspondence of The Robesonian. The red spider has appeared in 2 cotton fields in the county. It starts from pokeweed, jimsonweed, Jerusa lemweed, etc. These should be de stroyed by burning. Things to do after the spider ap pears: Pull, pile 0n the spot, and burn all tetalks which are already feheddtng leaves. Check its spread lengthwise the rnw- h removing a few stalks to.tney are imaiiy eeiueu. each side of the infection. They can not easily cross the gap. Ready-made lime-sulphur solution, as used for winter spraying of fruit trees, can be used at the rate of one gallon to 50 gallons of water. Spray thoroughly, making effort to reach under side of leaves. I For further information, see 0. O.i Dukes, county farm demonstrator, .LumDerton Robeson Medical Society Met at Red Springs Yesterday. A meeting of the Robeson Medical society was held at Red Springs yes terday. The Lumberton physicians who attended the meeting. were: Drs. N. A. Thompson, R. S. Beam, W. A. McPhaul( county health officer) J. A. Martin, John Knox and T. C. John son. Visiting doctors were entertain ed at dinner at hotel Red Springs by the Red" Springs physicians. The next meeting of the society will be held at Maxton the first Wed nesday in September. HOME FROM THE WAR. Mr. J. S. Scott and son, Sgt. Er nest F. Scott of the Raynham sec tion were Lumberton viitos yes terday. Sgt. Scott arrived home: from France Monday morning. He was 'at tached to the 81st Wild Cat divis. ion. Mr. Jno. McCallum of the Rayn ham section accompanied them to town yesterday. Mr. M. B. Smith of R. 3, Lumber ton, arrived home Tuesday from France. Mr. Smith was attached to the 7th division. Mr. J. Walter Hearts arrived home yesterday from Camp Knox, Ky hav ing been given an honorable discharge from the army. :,. . Mr. Fred Hester of St. Pauls ariv,. ed home yesterday from France. - Mr. F. F. Purvis of R. 1, Orrum, is among the visitors in town today. 2 WOMEN TO BE TRIED ON CHARGE OF MURDER Superior Court Next Week 13 Cases on the Docket. A week's term of Superior court for the trial of criminal cases will convene Monday. Judge Thomas H. Calvert of Raleigh will preside. There are forty-three cases already on the docket. Two women Cattie Rowland, colored, and Martha Jane Woods, Indian will be tried on the chaise of murder. Each of the de fendants killed another woman of her race. It is probable that Levy Strick land, who is charged with killing Alex Floyd, also colored, at McDonald last Saturday will be tried at this term. SUMMONS ISSUED FOR 540 FOLKS, CAMP BRAGG CASE Federal Proceedinrs Started for Condemnation of Land for Camp Near Fayetteville. Raleigh News and Observer. Summons has been place-J in the hands of United States Marshal Geo H. Bellamy for service upon 540 property owners of Wake, Cumber land, Hoke Robeson, Harnett, Dur, ham, Pitt, Wayne and Nash coun ties in Federal proceedings started recently for the condemnation of land for Camp Bragg, near Fay etteville. The hugh job of serving the papers will be started at once, but it is ex pected that the work will not be completed in some time as the ad dresses of 61 owners is not known. Two of the defendants are confined in the State hospital, for the insane at Raleigh.; Mow than a dozen offi cers are required to complete aer- v,ce- . ' The condemnation proceedings instituted m the Lmtei States court ai Kaieign recenuy vy trict Attorney Thos. D. Warren and Special Attorney Frank Koberson. Te civil cases follow the usnal pro cedure in acquiring property for ar my camp purposes as outlined in a special act of Congress approved July 2, 1917, as amended Ap'il U, 1918. This act authorizes the Secre tary of War to institute civil pro ceedings "for the acquirement of land needed for location and con struction of military camps. While 452 of the property owners reside in Hoke and Cumberland counties, a large number of them re side in other counties. The summons and petition to be de livered to each property owner are printed in pamphlet form and form quite a document. vj , v t Although the proceedings were in, stituted while the United States was aat war, the cases are expected to de- velop a big fight in the courts before PRESIDENT SIGNS BILLS IN MID-OCEAN Bills Dispatched for Signature Be fore July 1 Technically Prident Was on American Soil. President Wilson signed the rail road) appropriation bill the Indian bill softie minor measures and other document Which needed signature to become law before July 1, in mid. ocean at 8 a. m., Greenwich time Mon day. It was the first time that a chief executive of the United States had affixed his signature to appropria tion bills at sea or indeed away from continental United States. 1 A pouch containing the bills was dispatched on the eastbound trans port Great Northern from t New York on June 24. Monday morning the Great Northern met the George Washington bearing the President homeward. The important papers were set on the President's ship, signed, and a radio message was sent to the White House announc ing that the bills had become law. Technically the President was on American territory when he signed the measures. First Tobacco Brought to Lum berton Market Today. The first load of tobacco for. the season was brought to the Lumber ton market this morning by Messrs. Pittman A Corbett and Messrs. Wat erman it Corbett, of the Orrum sec tion. Th tobacco was brought to the Farmers' warehouse, Messrs. Watkins A Smith,' proprietors. . Messrs.' J. , D.'and Dan MeAr- thur of Wakulla were Lumberton visitors yesterday. Mr. J. D. McArv thur was elected road supervisor of Smith ' township in the recent road bond election. : - .Miasr Caroline Bracy of Rowland haS accepted a position as stenogra pher in the office of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son. PARKTON ITEMS Ready to Enjoy the Fourth Boys Home From the War Personal Mention. BY C. D. WILLIAMSON. Parkton, June 30 People up our way surely are rushing things on the farm, getting ready for the Fourth. Some are going to St. Pauls and some are going to wump cragg. ine people as a' whole will enjoy the 4th better than ever since the war is ov er. . Private Arthur Cain arrived home this morning from France, also An- I gus and W. D. Jernigan arrived Fri day night and Pvt. Harvey Stanley, who was discharged at Camp Jack son. All the above-mentioned boys are looking fine. Sgt. J. C. Vann of Fayetteville arrived Sunday and is shaking hands with his many friends In Parkton tonight. The boys give a thrilling account of the war. Some never slept an hour in a whole week during the war, and had but little to eat, is their report, Sgt. Norman Perry arrived home Sunday morning from France, to the 'delight of his parents and friends There are but few of our boys to arrive yet, glad to say. Rev, W. L. Maness, pastor of the Methodist church, left Friday morn ing for Columbus, Ohio, to enjoy the great Centenary celebration. His church granted him a vacation, also paid his expenses Mr. W. E. Alley and wife and small (laughter, Leah, of Pittsboro, were eallers in our town from Sat urday t evening till Sunday evening.' Mr. Alley formerly lived here and has many friends here. He is now cashier of a new bank at Pittsboro. ' Sgt. Pemberton McCormick arriv-: ed home last Tuesday from overseas. He has been sick for some time but is fast improving, we are glad to say. Rev J. K. Hall and small daugh ter left Saturday for Belmont for a few days' visit to relatives and friends. , Mr. T. W. Thompson and family went down to Lumberton- Friday evening after receiving a message that Mr. Thompson's brother's wife had died. They attended the funer al Saturday morning at 11 o'clock and 'returned home Saturday p. m. We greatly sympathize with Mr. Thomp son in this sad hour. Master Donovan Williamson, who spent a week with his sister Mrs. Justin McNeill, of Lumberton, return ed home Saturday night. Mr. J. B. Regan and family spent Sunday Evening with Mr. A. B. Wil liamson anil family. The union prayer-meeting meets at the Methodist church during the1 month of July. We regret to report Mrs. P. H. Fisher on the sick list. . Mr. Frank Jones of Rockfish vis. ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cobb Sunday. Miss Sallie Farrell left last week for an extended visit to Alabama. We trust she may be fully restored to health ere returing. Not a single fan sold this week in our town, this July 1st. Mr. J. A. Cashwell is at the beach this week attending the Seaside as sembly. BIG NAVY BALLOON BURSTS; MANY PEOPLE INJURED. The big navy dirigible C-8 com manded by Lieut. N. J. Learned witV a crew of six men andtwo passen gers bound from Cape May, N. J., to Washington, erploded with .terrific force just after landing at Camp Hoi abird, near Baltimore, Tuesday to ad just rudder trouble. The big balloon instantly became a mass of flames and 75 persons, mostly women and children of the 200 spectators who. had gathered on the field to see the monster flier, were burned or otherwise injured as a result of the flames and bits of blazing frag ments which were scattered in all directions. According to the commander the explosion was due to rapid expansion caused by heat. The bag contained more gas than was required after dsending from a coldr altitude tern, prature. . Messrs. W. M. Worley and J. A. Galloway of the E. J. Chambers Co well-known tobacco warehouse firm of Fairmont, were Lumberton visit ers Tuesday. They report fine tobac- f eo prospects on the Fairmont mar ket .-:. ;.. --A-:- Mr. N. A. Regan and son, Mas ter Alex., and Mr. C. R. Davis, of Elixabethtown, were Lumberton vis itors yesterday Mr. Regan says they art expecting the largest crowd that ever visited Elixabethtown to . gath er there on July 9, when they will have a' Jbig celebration in honor of 'returned soldiers of Bladen. ; FAIRMONT NEWS .4 New Live Stock Company- Up -to- ' Date Bath H.,--v- ' uh.. I..UII i..j. n .v ::::J rn ;Er.r renonu inu w items, By WILLIAM V. BRANCH... Fairmont, July 2 E. A. Mitchell. A Company will 'open a iive stock K?. i-. r v wii ciivci i. lie new company is composed of Messrs. E. Ar Mitchell, E. Fisher and; P. R. Floyd, three of Fairmont's most ac 'tfre and energetic business, men. They will be ready for business as soon as the large shipment g hors es mules ( wagons, buggies and sun dries arrives.. "3 John D. Purvis, proprietor of the Norfolk Tailoring Co., has opened a bath house equipped wjh modern facilities for hot and cold' shower baths,- p The chamber of commerce gave a banquet in the Jone's building Fri day night. A sumptious Supper was served and the chamber' yss re dressed by Mr. Roger Moore, pres ident of the Wilmington chamber of commerce. Also short addresses were made by Messrs. Blue and Fisher and Dr, West, , ; The greater part " of ' Fairmont's soldiers are home and people aare glad to welcome the Wild Cats home. ' mi. . . - ine new reorying plant is almost complete. This is going to be one of the most up-to-date plants in the en tire tobacco belt. Mr. Rose works aboutvlS or 16 laborers and expects to Complete it in a couple of weeks. Much tobacco is already coming in. despite the opening day being so late. The tobacco crop is somewhat early this yeai but buyers could not be secured earlier than the 15th of July, The Fairmont market will have an . able corps of buyers, represen tatives from every recognized tobac co concern. Very much cottton has been sold ori the local market the past week. The signing of the treaty put pep in the buying. Fairmont has a very live cotton market. Sanitary conditions of the town have greatly improved during the last month. Everything is taking on improvement. The Fairmont baseball team again defeated Chadbourn in a hotlycon tested game of 9 to 0. The game was featured by the skillful playing of Ratley and Bullock for the locals, also the sensational pitching of Cur rie, who only allowed the visiting team ons hit. Fairmont will play St. Pauls at St. Pauls Friday p. m. The Fairmont hogshead factory is working a large number. of boys. Some of a the little fellows - find em ployment that is very suitable for them. Very many vacationists are taking rest at the various resorts including Lake Waccamaw, Jackson Springs and Wrightsville. Vj H. V. Stanley is chief :f police now, succeeding Herman Lewis. Mr. Stanley has been on the Fairmont police force before. Mahu Pearson is carrying 'his arm in a swing as a result of jit being broken by a 4rd kick. '-V Foster Ashley, a farmer,4 had the first load of watermelons "here Sat urday. He readily sold them at 75 cents per melon. C. P. McGirt and Robeson Hdw. are moving their heavy stock into their new warehouse. . Mr. W. A. Pittman of Fayette ville is at work in the People's Bank & &Trust Co. Mr. Pittman will stay through the tobacco season. NEWS NOTES AND PERSONALS FROM ALONG ROUTE FIVE. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton, R. 6 July v 1 Crops are very good in this section, especi ally corn 'and tobacco. Most all the farmers are vet k. curing tobacco this Mr. D. C. Bullock and , family, of Fairmont, spent Sunday at Mr. Ro wland Mercer's. We are sorry" to report, Mrs. Row land Mercer on the siok t list, also Mesdames J. D. Duncan and O. A. Meares, who left Saturday for Fay etteville, where they, will undergo operations at the Highsmith j hospit al this week. : . Miss" Bertie Mercer spent Sunday with Miss Nettie Pridgen. Miss Evelyn Singletary of Proc- torville is spending some time with! Mrs. Harvey Jackson. Mr. E. W. West spent Saturday in Lumberton. : v - Mr. J. D. Duncan has gone to Fay etteville today.'. ' . v Children's Day exercises will be held at Singletary's . Cross , Roads Sunday, July 6, beginning at 1:30 p. m. The public is invited. ' BED SPRINGS NEWS. Summer School Had Socctaeful Horat So- ' lerra Soldier Boys . , , Correspond - - ence of The Kobesonian. brings, juif i-Mi ei. jIarsh of rOeensboro is on a visit to home folks Mrs. F. C. Vaughn of Ardlussa '. ii " " v -"7 "uu m ' , ZT" " Mcivay. Little Miss Louise Daniels of, ... - . Greensboro is the guest of her friend J" C"ri Ma Hrfg arriv little Miss France, Gibson. J? J"'1 'm New York, Maj. Geo. Hall and family have he'e 'h took Ptraduate course gone to Myrtle Beach for the rtst n t of the summer. Myle Beach is a favorite resort for Red Springs folks. The families of Messrs. H. S. Toon and B. W. Townsend are down there also, occu pying their cottages Mrs. D. P. McEashern has return ed from a visit to relatives and friends in Thomasville, Elkin and Greensboro. Mrs. Archibald Johnson and Miss es Lois and Ella Johnson, of Thorn asville, are visiting relatives in town. The summef school closed last Fri day after a very successful term of one month. Next year it is hoped the session will last for 6 weeks, and a larger attendance is expected The Misses Coxe have for theirtdownMRolaTndwy;, guests this week Miss Kate Rogers and Messrs. Henry and Preston, of Bennettsville, S. C. Miss Winnie Coxe came home from Baltimore last Tuesday where she is in training. Accompanying1 her was her friend Miss Esther Stuart of Baltimore, who will remain fir a visit Miss Daniels of th collg facul ty, who was hostess for the summer school, left Saturday for her vaca tion. Mrs. J. C. McPhail spent a few days recently with her mother, Mrs. W. H. McKinnon, wh0 is staying at Ardlussa for the summer. It is pleasant to meet our soldier boys on the streets once more. With in th past wk th following young men have arrived from overseas: Messrs. John Graham, Jim Love, Austin Roberts, Jesse and Angus Byrne Mrs. Croom 0f Wilmington is on a visit to her sister Mrs. Ernest Sikes. His many friends regret to learn of the illness of Dr. B. F. McMillan and hope for him a speedy recovery.' Mrs. Seavy Highsmith and chil dren, of Fayetteville, are vstng Mrs. Highsmith's parnts, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Johnson. Misss Erline, Roberta and Winnie Coxe entertained most delightfully on last Friday morning with a porch pary in honor of their house guest Miss Esther Stuart of Baltimore, Many flower decked tables were set at intervals on the spacious veranda, at which the guests played progres sive puzzles after this delicious sand-' wiches and refrehing tea were ser- ved. ' CONGRESS ADJOURNS UNTIL TUESDAY OP NEXT WEEK More than five Billion Dollars Has Has Been Appropriated for Fed eral Needs During New Year. Congress adjourned at jnidnight Tuesday night until next Tuesday July 8, after enacting all appropri ation bills needed by government agencies for the new fiscal year. Success crowned the efforts of Re publican leaders to complete the nec essary appropriation measures, but only after hours of delay which at times almost threatened to block their plans. The final bill, the army measure, carrying $775,000,000; the sundry civil bill, carrping 15,000,000, and a J deficiency measure of $25,000,0001 all were completed Tuesday night,! and Wednesday were sent to the White House. President Wilson will be unable to approve the bills until he returns, but no embarrassment to government departments owing to delay in making fuids available is anticipated. With enactment of the final bills, including measures passed at the last session of Congress, more than $5,000,000,000 has been appropriat ed for Federal needs during the new year which began July 1st. Congress also has canceled more than- $15,000,- WO of war appropriations recently authorized. . . . The recess gives Congress si rest over July 4, holiday, and when' it returns it is expected that President Wilson, will, submit .the treaty, nego tiated .with Germany. '. Legislation 'for more strict enforcement of war time prohibition also is to be taken immediately on. . reconvening. ' Mr. A. B. Paul of R-1, Lumberton, Is in town today. WATCH THE LABEL. Watch the date eoDosite the on the label on your paper. When year subscription cxpirea year paper will ! h tAnlMtfl Ttia annlSa - tl fc. ! ..u "" " m" BRIEP ITEMS LOCAL NEWS -License has been issued for the maniaee of Walter Harri. va , v. 'u I' . nas accepte a positon as salesman in Mr. John T. Bigg's department store. He began work Tuesday. Mr. B. C. Lawrence, of the local bar, delivered the annual address be fore the North Carolina Superior court clerks at Wrightsville Beach yesterday. Miss Emma Fleming of R. 5, Lumberton, has accepted a position in the music department of Messrs. Stephens tt Barnes store. She began work Monday. Mr. M. D. McCormick of Row land, R. 2, was among the callers at The Robesonian office Monday after, noon. He reports snlendid tnmi Mr. T. L. Bissell of R. 1. Orrum. was the first to bring home-grown cantaloupes to town for sale. Ho brought in a nice load of loupes Tues and sold the load for more than $20. Fire which originated from a stove flue slightly damaged a resi dence occupied by John Hardin and family at the Lumberton cotton mill village about 12:30 yesterday after noon. A mule owned by Nasby Har din, Indian,. and driven by Jarva Hardin, another Indian, was killed Tuesday night when he ran away and fell into a ditch just across the river from town. Mr. Q. T. Williams and two sons, Messrs Furman and Erwin, and Mr. C. Guy Townsend left Monday for the Western part of theVState, making cne trip- in Mf.' Williams' auto. They are xPi ho Saturday, State Senator H. E. Stacy arriv ed home Tuesday morning from Hamlet, where on June 9th at the James hospital he underwent an op eration for appendicitis. He haa practically recovered from the oper- a'on. Mr. W. K. Bethune has had the misfortune of Baving two automobile wheels and 'tires complete stolen 'from the rear of his auto during the last few days; and he is not the only one who has been relieved of a tire re cently., Mr. W. F. Davis and family moved Monday from Nichols, S. O, where they had been living for sev eral months.back to R. 2 from Lum berton. Mr. Davis and son, Master Ralph, were callers at The Robeson- ian oince nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tuton arrived home Monday night from Asheville, where they spent several days. Mr. and Mrs. Tuton were married in Char lotte June 26, as stated in last Thurs day's Robesonian. They are board ing at the Lorraine hotel. Mr. C. B. Skipper, clerk of the Superior court, and Mrs. Skipper went Tuesday to, Wrightsville Beach to attend a meeting of the North Car olina Superior court clerks. Mr. Skipper was, on the program for an address before the meeting today. Mr. M. F. Cobb, cashier of the National Bank of Lumberton, went Tuesday to Rock Hill, S. C, to join Mrs. Cobb and small daughter, Mary, who had been at Rock Hill for some time visiting relatives and friends. Mr: Cobb is expected home Saturday. Messrs. T. L. Johnson and H. L. Pope returned home Monday from New York, where they spent a few days Mr. Pope went from Richmond New York- Mr. Johnson in Richmond. As has been stated in The Robesonian, Mr. Pope recently underwent several operations for some head trouble at the Hygeia hospital, Richmond. St. Alban's lodge No. 114 A. F. & A. M., installed Tuesday night the following officers for the ensuing; year: E. J. Britt, W. M.; W. G. Pit man, S. W.; J. C Stansel, J. W.; E, W. Caldwell, treasurer; R. T. Allen, secretary; V. E. Townsend, S. D.; B. F. McMillan, Jr, J. D.; J. F. Flowers, S. S4 J. C. Bryant, J. S.; G. E. Rancke, .Sr., tyler. The fire alarm was turned in about 2:30 yesterday afternoon or ac count of a blaze on the roof at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Belch, corner Third and, Pine streets. The flames were extinguished. by the use of chemicals before much damage had been done. It is supposed the fire, originated from a spark fro-n a fire in a cook stove..
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