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4 ' t - - , TJ7T 77? ' ' r J ; ,.-s ' i.-J-. - 4w.v' ,cvvr' ESTABLISHED 1871. SINGLE COPT FITS CENTS. COUNTRT, GOD TRUTH $iM A TEAR. DUB IN ADVANCB VOL. L LUMBEBTON TO HAVE NEW HOSPITAL LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA; ff HURSDAV, JULY 10 1919 NUMBER 44 ALL BUT SIX HAVE APPLIED Dr. H. M. Baker Will Erect Hand some Brick Structure Fourteenth and Chestnut) Streets To Cost Around $40,000. -Dr. Horace Mitchell Baker of Lum berton is planning to erect a. thor oughly modern brick hospital at the corner of Fourteenth and Chestnut White House and Rennert Townships Apply for Road Bond Elections, Leaving Only Six Townships Tet to Fall $1 Line Elections Have; Carried in Thirteen Townships and Three Elections Will Be Held Tues day, Road bond elections were ordered Rennert and White House town -1V r. T i is.-" tZm Kennert ana wmw nouse wwn streets, for which a lot 216xJ o ships by the board oKcounty com has been purchased. The building will be three stories and most up-to-date in every, par ticular. The third floor a sun-par lor, .called in architectural language a salarium. Twenty five beds will be provided for and the different floors wiQ be connected by auto matic electric elevators. - The proposd plans call for a hand some structure modem in style atd architecture and appointment and designed to meet every requirement that the most scientific) treatment rnay call for in internal medclne, dis eases of infants and children, and general surger. The location is splendidly, appoint ed in that the eastern and southern exposures are to be utilized for lares porches, suffcient to accommodate all alblitory patients, as well as ef- iord good air, ease of access, and un obstructed-view. The approxmate cost of the new brick hospital will be $40,000. Dr. Baker is especially prepared to do this special work. He is a grad uate of the Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; The Boston Children's Hospital; The" Boston Floating Hos pital; and with post-graduate work in general surgery at the Lowell Cor poration Hospital, Massachusetts. For one year was chief of the De partment of Surgical Pathology, Ser ology, and Bacteriology in the Med ical Department of the United States army. missioners at their regular monthly meetincr Monday. As was stated Monday's Robesonian, White House will vote on a $30,000 issue, while Rennert will vote on a $20,000 issue The date for the elections will be named by the 'commissioners Monday when they will meet in special ses sion. . . Thirteen 0f the twenty-five town ships in the county have already vot ed bonds for road purposes as follows: Red Springs, $10,000; Maxton, $100,000; Smith, $75,000; Pembroke, $50,000; Orrum, $25,000; Gaddy, $20,- 000; Howellsville, $75,000; Shannon, $10,000; Lumberton, $100,000; Row land, $50,000; Parkton, $20,000; Fair mont, $60,000; St. Pauls, $25,000. Three other townships will vote cn road bonds Tuesday of next week as follows Lumber Bridge, $20,000; Wishart, $50,000; Alfordsville, $15,000. The election recently ordered ip Thompson township to vote on a $60,- 000 issue was recalled and another election was ordered for a $20,000 is sue. The date for the election will be "named by the board next Monday. ' The bond elections have carried by large majorities in practically all the townships where elections have been held, and in some or the townships not a vote was cast against the bond issue. There are only six townships in the county that have not applied for an . , . . .,f . .. . county mat "vc nut uyyucu iut an Dr. Baker expects to have the build- election to vote n road bonds, and ing completed for occupancy &bout January 1st, SUPERIOR COURT. Four Divorces Granted Number Cases Disposed of. of Robeson Superior court for the trial of criminal cases has been in session since Monday with Judge Thos. H. Calvert of Raleigh presid ing. The following cases have been disposed of: Duncan J. McCormick, seduction; defendant plead guilty of an attempt to seduce and judgment was sus pended upon payment of the cost. Nathaniel Garrell vs. M. V. Gar rell; divorce granted. Robert Taylor vs. Lucretia Taylor; divorce granted. Raize Thompson vs. Lucy Thomp son; divorce granted. Dora M. McDanie vs. M. D. Mc Daniel; divorce granted. R. C. King, assault with deadly weapon; taxed $37.50, fine and cost. Claud McCormick, manufacturing liquor; not guilty. Bongue CummTngs, manufactur ing liquor, plead guilty; prayer for judgment continued, defendant to ap pear at the November term of court and show good behavior.- Arthur Locklear, stot i -breaking and larceny; prayer for Judgment con tinued upon payment of the cost, the defendant to appear at each tearm of I court until July 1920 and show good i this school it is expected that these will apply at an arly date. MOBILE SCHOOLS. behavior. James Thompson, assault with deadly weapon, -plead guilty of sim ple assault; fined $50' and cost Sam Smith, assault with deadly -weapon; fined $50 and ost. .. Mattie McKay, . retailing, plead guilty; prayer for judgment contm ' n oed upon payment of the ost. The trial of Roy McPhail,' changed -with abandonment, was jegun yes terday and has not y?t 'been 'toirl- Tobacco Markets Open Tuesday. As will be seen from advertise ments in today's - paper, the tobacco markets will open in Robeson Tues day of next week. Robeson now. has four markets Lumberton, Fairmont Rowland and St. Pauls and judging - from the amount of tobacco planted in Robeson, all the markets should njoy a good year. Prof. J. R. Poole Re-Elected Su perintendent of Public Instruc tion. - Prof. J. R. Poole was re-elected ' county superintendent of public in struction by the county board of '. education at its regular meeting here Monday. Prof. Poole will receive the .same salary-r$2,400 ' the year. Pension Board Meets. ;- The county pension board met In the office f Clerk of the Court CvB. Skipper .here Monday for the pur- , pose of receiving applications for ' pensions. Only two applications were received and both were granted by the board. .. fv t ?'.. t:u The board will meet again the first Monday in August. r Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Johnson and . daughter and son; Miss Belle and Mr. N. Allen, and niece, Miss Ella O. Johnson all of St. Pauls, were Lum berton visitors Tuesday. One of Forty to Be Conducted at First Baptist Church in Lumber ton July 21-25 The Faculty. Theseare Baptist institutions. They are caired Mobile schools because they are movable and because they are mobilizing the Baptist people of North Carolina for action in the great day that is now breakng upon the world. During the third week in this month there are to be forty of these Mobile schools in our State, all run ning at the same time from the moun tains to the ocean. Among these forty Mobile schools the one that is of tpeculiar-v interest to tne readers or mis paper is to ue in session at the First .Baptist church in Lumberton, July 21-25. The faculty and studies of this Mbbile schools are as follows: Dean C H. Durham; Sunday schools C. V. Brooks; Atonement J. R. Miller; B. Y. P. U. H. H Hunnicutt; Stewardship ahd Miss'.ors Jesse Blalock; Bible Frank Haie Preacher Walter M. Gilmore; Host C. H. Durham. Five -days of intensive work will be done in this school. It is expected that at least two members from eve ry Baptist church in this section of the State will be in attendance at Entertainment is on the THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS. W. P. McAllister Elected County Superintendent of Public Welfare Road Bond Elections Called For Rennert and White House Town ships A. P. Caldwell Re-Appointed Cotton Weigher-Grader For Lumberton Bills Paid. At their regular monthly meeting Monday the board of county commis sioners, acting with the county board of health elected Mr. W. P. McAl lister' county superintendent of pub lic welfare at a salary of $2,000 the year. Mr. A. P. Caldwell was re-appoint- ed- public cotton weigher-grader for Lumberton. Elections were ordered in Rennert and White House townships to vote on township road bond issues. The amounts to be voted upon and the dates for the elections will be found elsewhere in today's paper. Messrs. John W. Ward, C. B. Townsend and J. G. Hughes, members of the board, were appointed dele gates to the annual meeting of the state Association of county com missioners. Ten thousand dollars was ordered transferred from the salary fund to the general county fund. The monthly reports of Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health officer, Sher iff R. E. -Lewis ' and the First Na tional Bank, acting treasurer of the county, were approved and ordered filed. The regular pauper list was or dered paid their monthly allowances and the . allowance ox Aytch Floyd was. increased from $4 to $6 the monthRobert Regan from 3 to $5. g A 3 XI fiiizzie reierson ana motner were placed , on the regular pauper list at $10 the month; Edna Oxendine and Annie McKinnon at $5 the month each. Oliver F. Nance, a returned sol dier, was allowed a rebate of $3.05 on poll tax. The following bills were ordered paid: Spurgeon Jones, registrar Howells ville township, $22.94; Edward Smith, poll-holder Howellsville township, 2; J. R. Kmlaw, registrar Howells ville township, $2; J. F. Walters, registrar' Shannon township, $16.96; J D Gibson, poll-h61der Shannon town ship, $2; B. B. Currie, poll-holder Shannon township, $15; E. M. Britt, recorder Lumberton district, salary, $75; John S. Butler, recorder St. Pauls township, salary, $40; J. N. Buie," recorder Red Springs township, salary,' $50; R. M. Williams, record er Maxton district, salary $65; D. W. Bullock, recorder Rowland district, salary, $50; A. E. Floyd, recorder airmont district, salary $50; W, A. Smith, rural police, salary $125; W. W. Smith, rural police salary, $125; J. H.J Caiper, rural police, salary $125 ;' A R- Pitman, rural police, sal ary, $125; Miss Flax Andrews, home demonstration work, $58.33; Pope Drug Company, drugs etc. for coun ty $23.45; I. J. Flowers, kerosene oil for county home, $7.25; I. J. Flowers, keeping county home, $217; K. M. Biggs, supplies for court house, 50 cents; Lumberton Tribune, adv. 4 township road bond elections, $16; A. H. Prevatt, jailor, salary $100; A. H. Prevatt, feeding prisoners etc., $57.50; A. H. Prvatt, turnkeys (salary fund) $11.10; Stephens & Barnes, burial expenses Tim Locklear, (pen sioner) $15; Stephens & Barnes, bur ial expenses Mary McQueen, pauper, $i&; -turnery Hammonds, janitor, sal ary $50; G. B. Kirkman, plumbing in court house $21; Town of Lumber ton, water and light, court house and jail, $31.31; Robesonian Publishing Co., adv. 8 township road bond elec tions, $42; Robesonian Publishing Co. aav. 4 township road bond elections, $21.90;, Worrell Mfg. Co.. one dcz. sprayers for county. $10: Southern Sanitary Co.,. disif octants for county, $15.50; White & Gough, Inc., supplies for -county, $3.54; King Grocery Co., brooms for county. $8.45: McAllister Hdw.' Co., supplies for couty, $2.50; J. M. McCallum, auditor, salary, $216.66; J. M. McCallum. auditor. stamps, phone rent etc., $9; C. M. Bryan, Jr., delivering tax books to list takers, $12.50: State hosnital uoiasooro, indigent pupils, $24.47; H. M. Beasley, coal for rfonntv. $386.07; ;C. B. Skipper, C. S. O, sal ary ior June iyi3, S250; C. B. Skip per, C. S. C, clerk hire June 1919 $100; U. B. Skinner. C. S. fi ntamn. and phone rent, $10.35; R. E. Lewis, snerm, salary ior June 1919, $250; R. E. Lewis, sheriff, clerk hire for June m, fl25; R. E. Lewis, sher iff,1 stamps, phone rent and calls, $38.65; R. E. Lewis, sheriff, convey ing 2 crazy persons to insane asy lum, $35.90; R. E. Lewis, sheriff, county's part 1-2 of auto tags for hire $32.75; M. W. Floyd, Register Deeds, salary for June. 1919,, $250 pM.; W. Floyd, Register Deeds, stamps and phone rent, $18.75; M. W. Floyd, JSff- weeas, cleric hire for June 1919, $125; Wiles Prevatt, burial ex Pfn f.W. J. Burchett (Pensioner) $15; J. H Carper, convening nHann. ers and expenses $16.75; J. H. Carper capturing 3 whiskey stills, at $10, $30;, W. W Smith, capturing 9 whis key siius, at siu, yu; state Associa tion of Co. Commissioners, annual dues, $5? R. H. Barnes, conveyingf W. A. Bullard to insane asylum, $1522; Dr. W. S. Rankin; secretary and treasurer -county- health -work (con tract) $347; S. H. McKinnon, county tax assessor, salary and expenses, Harvard plan bed and breakfast free dinner and supper to be paid for. j This Mobile school work is h new line of work in the churches; it shows how the Christian denomina tions are mobilizing and drilling for the conquest of the world. Our crowns must be turned into Christian arm ies' now, or what has been .'gained in this great war is. lost. , r t LAFAYETTE POLICY- HOLDERS MEET Company Has Over Million Dollars In For.ce Has Purchased Home. Reported . for The Robesonian. The annual meeting of the policy holders of the LaFayette Mutual Life Insurance Company was held at the office of the company here Monday. The reports submitted by the offi cers showed a substantial gain since the last meeting. The company has over a million dollars of business in force and assets of over $100,000. The former directors and officers iwere re-elected for the ensuing year. The Company has purchased the building in which it is now located and the prospects are bright for doubling the company's business this year. Narrowly ' Escaped Drowning. ' William Bitter, a 12-year-old white boy, was rescued just in time to save him front drowning while bathing in Lumber " river near town yesterday afternoon. .. Redder was in bathing with a number of other boys and Ventured but. too far. He was sink ing the third and last time" when he was rescued by Mr. Kite. .i,,.. ; Ths is - the second . near-drowning that has recently occurred near Lum berton, and if parents are not more careful about, their young boys play intr 1n the river uh-protected, some thing more serious is likely to occur. WILSON GIVEN TREMENDOUS OVATION Greeted by Ten Thousand School Children and Passed Through t Three-Mile Lane of Cheering Hu jnanity In Brief Address at Car negie Hall President Declared That The Peace Concluded is a "Just Peace, Which If it Can Be Pre served, Will Safe-Guard the World From Unnecessary Blood-Shed." New York Dispatch, July 8. President Wilson returned to the United States today and in his first speech on American soil since the peace treaty was signed, declared that the peace concluded ac Paris was jWt peace which, if it can be pre served, will safeguard the world from unnecessary bloodshed." j'Thp'tmly reference the President mad . to his political opponents was when, in referring to the negotia tions at Paris, he' said: "I am afraid some people, some persons, do not understand "he vision. They do not see it. They have looked too much upon the ground. They nave tnougnt too ma;n oi ire i:ua- ests that were near them a il thry hiv not listened u the vois of their neighbors. I have never, had a moment's doubt as to where the heart and purpose of this people lay." The President arrived at the Ho boken armypier formerly the dock of- the Hamburg-American line, shortly before 3 o'clock. The army transport George Washington, on which he mailed from crest, was es corted tan the bay by the battleship Pennsylvania and more than a score of desjtreyers and smaller navai craii. On the New jersey shore, the state wnjen I its i nonorea rar, nu wm a political office, were massed iu,uuo mImoI ehtldren who welcomed the chief executive of the nation with the strains of the national anthem. Through the lines of the children, nil dressed in white, the President passed to the ferry which carried him to te hManhattan side 0f the river. H arrived in New York at 4:15 p. m. where he was greeted by the offi cial v reception committee, headed by Governor Smith and Mayor Hylan. Front the ferry terminal to Carnegie Hall, a distance of about three miles, the Presidential party passed through Streets lined with thousands of nen, Women and cmwren wno xnrongeu the sdie walks and filled every avail able window and roof top. From the unoer windows of the bu siness skv-scraDDers ereat showers nt rnnfetti rained UDdn the Presi dent and Mrs. WSfson literally of scraps of paper floating througn uie air carrying this motto: "Everybody's business: To stand by our government. To help the soldier get a job. To help crush bolshe vism." 1 v-The head of the procession was firmed by several companies of kha W-rlad soldiers and marines, follow- ed by some hundreds of sailors clad Sn whitev uniforms., Immediatel preceding the Presidential car was an automobilfe filled witn secret ser vice agents, and the car itself was euarded. by the President's personal bodyguard of four picked men, one of whom rode on eacn running uuaiu thrnuchout the triD. In the car with President Wilson were Mrs. Wilson, Governor Smith and Mayor Hylan. The president re mninprt stand inc. raisine his hat con sistantly in response to the wave of cheering which rolled along tne touic of march. At one point on 23rd street, opposite a large factiry build in, the windows of which were fill ed with girl workers, the President seized an American flag and wavea it vigorously . in acknowledgment of the girls cheering. A couple of ' hundred automobiles carrying cabinet memoer, a con gressional delegation - ard represen-talivi-H of the state and cic gov ernments, besides diplomatic repre sentatives of the allied nations, com pleted tbe procession. Several hours before the Rresidei t's arrived at Carnegie Hall every seat in the building was occupied, and the pDli.9 had considerable difficulty in keeping back the thoua ids whu tried to force a way into the hal. EEPOET OT GRAND JURY. Found Seventeen true Bills Only 4 WATCH THE LABEL. Watch th at mooaita the Prisoners in County Chain Gang! on,bel r paper. Waea yar Recommend R,n.ir . r.. r"M",'",'.,, J PP7 1U. scribers. County Home Janitor Not Looking After Court House Properly Enforce ment of Auto Laws Recommended. To Honorable Thomas Nj, Calvert, Judge Presiding: Your grand jury having completed its work for the term, beg t0 submit th following report: We have passed on 18 bills of in dictments and found 17 true bills, and one not true bill, and one bill con tinued for failure of witnesses being present : We visited the county chain fans by committee and found only four prisoners, all negroes, with one keep er and one guard. The prisoners ap peared to be well cared for and the camp in rood sanitary condition. The eight mules kept at the chain gang are kept at work by hired labor. The gang is now located near Tolars ville in Howellsville township. We visited the county jail by committee and found seven prisonrs, which in cludes one insane person awaiting ad mittance to asylum. Wte found the building in good condition and well kept and no complaint from the. pris oners. We visited the court house and grounds by committee, and found the building in good condition, but is not well cared for by the janitor, and we recommend that the cpunty commis sioners take the matter up imme diately with Sheriff R. E. Lewis, who Is custodian, and have janitor do his full duty or remove him. We found all officers courteous in the discharge of their duty and their offices well kept. We vsited the county home by com mittee and found 11 inmates, all well cared for and satisfied, but we rec ommend that some repairs be made to some of - the buildings in way of fire places, porches and steps. We found one privy in an unsanitary con dition, and recommend that the same be given prompt attention. We found one inmate whom we think is able to work some, and recommend that county commissioners . investigate same. Complaint has been made to us In regard to bad roads and bridges in several parts of the county, and we recommend tnat-. the road commis soners take immediate steps to rem edy this complaint. Complants have been made to us in regard to the enforcement of the automobile laws, and we recommend that the proper officers of the county give the enforcement of this law more attention. Respectfully submitted, P, H. ADAMS, Foreman, This apolies to all sma- BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Mr. Rowland Davis of R 6. Lnm. berton, arrived home Sunday from Germany. Mr. Davis was attached to the 56th Pioneer infantry and saw several months service on the Rhine. Capt. DeWitt Clark and Mr. Lu ther Cromartie returned Tuesday fea their horn at Clarkton after spend ing a few days here visiting friends. Capt. Clark recently returned boa from France. Mr. O. A. Meares and two daugh ters, Misses Leila anl Vena and son. Master Braxton, qf R. 6, Lumberton, went yesterday to Fapetteville to be with Mrs. Meares, who is seriously ill at the Highsmith hospital. The following young ladies have returned to their homes after attend ing a house party at the home of Dr. and Mrs. D. D. King, Second street: Misses Myrtle and Neil Titman of Lowell; Misses Amanda and Alice Clark, Clarkton. ' The early Saturday night clos ing plan recently - adopted by prac tically all Lumberton merchants is proving very, satisfactory both to business men and their customers. As has been stated in The Robeson- ian, the merchants now close their' places of business at 9 o'clock on Sat urday nights. Shop early. M. C. Martin of the National , cotton nhll village was arrested Tuesday night by Deputy Sheriff A. H. Prevatt on the charge of firing: two shots at Messrs John and Ed. r , McLean. The McLean's were riding in an automobile about half way be tween Lumberton and the mill when the shots were- firedv They reported their experience to the officer, who went to the scene and found a number of boys and young men from the mUl village. A pistol containing two empty cartridges was found in Mar tin's pocket. He made bond and was released. SEVENTY-EIGHTH BIRTH DAY CELEBRATED PEACE TREATY RATIFIED BY GERMAN NAT. ASSEMBLY Declare Acceptance and Effectiveness At Once Some Yet Opposed, Reported: Born Monday, to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Maxwell of Warning ton, a feirl. Dr. H; M. Baker has returned from Norfolk. Va.. where he was called on account of the illness and death of his brother-in-law, Mr. Geo. A. Gray. - Twenty-one white, 2 Indians and 10 colored teachers took the exami nation here Tuesday - and yesterday. Mr. J.v V. Faulk of McDonald was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday. Mr. Faulk recently returned from a trip to Florida and Georgia, $Z89.G0; The Armstrong Co., sup plies for county tax assessor, $18.16; Barnes Bros. Drug Co., supplies for county-tax assessor, $6.10; Pound & ! Moore Co-' supplies for county tax assessor y.ie; . Maxton urug u., supplies for county tax assessor, $2; J. E. Morrison, supplies for county tax assessor, $12; The Scottish Chief stationery county tax assessor $4; Carolina Electric Co.,. electric lights etcounty tax assessor office $9; A. H. Fine, clerk to county tax assessor, $125.- J ' A dispatch from Weimar, via Cob- lenz. July 9th states that the reso lution-ratifying the peace treaty was adopted by the German national as sembly today by a vote of 20S to 115. The text of the ratiiication resolu tion as introduced in the national as sembly consisted of two classes, reading as follows: The peace treaty between Ger many and the allied and associated powers signed on June 28, 1919, and the protocol belonging thereto as well as the agreement relative to the oc cupation. 0f the Rhineland, signed the same day are agreed to. "This law comes into force on the day of its promulgation." Most cf the ministers were present at the meeting of the national as sembly and there was a full attend ance of deputies. Dr. Herrman Muel ler, foreign Minister, in introducing i the government bills explained that the hastening of the ratification or der would bring about the lifting of the blockade. We are about to enter upon a 40 years march through a dessert, he said "1 can find no other term for the path of suffering in fulfillment of the treaty prescribed for us " Dr. Peter Spahn leader of the Cath olic Center party, said: "Wi agreed to the treaty under harsh complsion, to save ourselves from anarchy and to preserve the iatneriand irom internal rain. ' Herr Kreizig, socialist; Professor Schueckmg, democrat; Dr. Traub, ra tional party, and Herr Kahl, people's party, all violently protested the in justice ef the treaty, the impossi bility of its fulfillment, and declar ing that twe day of Germany's lib eration would eome. These speeches were greeted with such turbulent applause and hard' clapping that the president of the as sembly, Herr Fehrenbach, called at tention to the fact that handclapping was against the rules, and threat ened to have the galleries cleared. The debate, however, proceeded, with similar speeches by other members and similar applause.. Children, Grand-Children and Great Grandchildren of Mr. W. F. Adaaia, Sr., Gather for Occasion Bounti ful Dinner. Reported for The Robesonian. Purvis, July 7 Nearly forty peo pie were present at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Adams, Jr., on Thurs day, July 3rd. The occasion was the celebration of the seventy-eighth ' birthday of their father, Mr. W. F. Adams, Sr., and a family reunion was planned in honor of the day. The . crowd began gathering about 9 o'clock and by 11 the house and yard were full. The wide piazzas were beauti- : fully decorated with big vases of hy- drangea, and here the grown-uns pt ' and talked over old times, while the yard, with its rustic seats under the huge old oaks, was given over to tne grand-children and great-grand-chil dren. About noon, someone, and it wasn't 0ne of the little folks, suggested that dinner be served. The table had been built in the yard, and the good things ' were spread in true picnic style. All Mr. Adams' children brought big bas kets and boxes, so there was no lack of something good to eat. Mr. Adams sat at the head of the table, while, everybody else stood, ready to wait on him should he call for something out of his reach. Ice cream was served several times during the af ternoon, and the boxes were opened agsin and again. ' Mr. Adams has forty-six living de scendants, but all of them were not ' present at the reunion. One son, Mr. Robert Adams of Alabama and fam- ly, and four grand-chldren were un- v able to come. : " Mr. Adams is a veteran of the Civil war, in which he was wounded twice, and although he has passed his seventy-eighth birthday, he is etill ac tive and strong, and his kindred are already looking forward to another birthday celebration- next year. Mr W H. Graham of Rowland sp ;nt Mcnday and Monday -night in town, r guest at the - home ef - Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Branch. Mr. Graham can e u. Monday to att-j id a i' fet ing of the pension board. . , . Stockholders Meet. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the National Cotton Mill company was heki yfcsterday. The old officers were re-elected as follows: H. M. McAllister, president; W.1 I. Linkhaw, vice-president; A. P. Mc Allister, secretary-treasurer. A 5 per cent, dividend was declared. Mr. A. L. Lawson of Orrum was a visitor in town yesterday. - '. Report Shows Shortage of $45,- 000 m Sheriff Bell's Books. Henderson Dispatch, July 7. An apparent shortage of $45,757.- 83 in the accounts of former Sheriff J. E. C. Bell was reported today to Chairman George A. Rose of the Vance county board of commission ers, by the firm of Scott, Charnly and company, certified public ac countants, for several weeks. A
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