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LUMBERTON NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1919.
NUMBER 46
206,000 Pounds Tobacco Sold in
Lumberton Market at Open
ing Sales at Average
Of 16 Cents, v '.
BETTER GRADES
SOLD HIGHER
All Leading Companies Represented
Warehousemen Well Pleased
With Amount of Tobacco Being
Offered Here.
Tw hundred and r six thousand
pounds of leaf tobacco was sold; on
the Lumberton market at the open
ing sales Tuesday at an avengs of
11 cents the pound. The " highest
price paid was 44 cents the . pound
and this was for second curirgr
The better trades of tobacco sold
fully as high as, if not higher ;than,
the same grades sold at tfle open
ing of the selline season la it year.
whilt the common grades sold much
lower. The farmers had, riot expect
ed the common grades to sell so high
as last year, and they were seeming
ly well pleased with the opening sale.
Many farmers sold their first cur
ings for above 30 cents the pouna.
Judrinr from th first sales there
is n0 demand for tobaco taken off
the stalk green, while tne iodbcco
people are anxious for bright to
bacco. All the leading tobacco companies,
as well as many smaller ones, are
represented on the local market, and
many independent buyers are als0 on
the scene.
Another good sale was conducted
yesterday, when more than 100,000
rounds of tobacco were sold at prices
about the same as on the opening need, of the town, which is a rather
day, the highest prices paid being 46 bad state of affairs since the water
cents the pound. v.tax has just recently been advanced.
Local warehousemen are well
pleased with the amount of tobacco
hpinc offered here and indications
are that the Lumberton market willl
1 i f AAA AAA . .J . t 4-n 't
sell at lease o,uuu,viw puuiwa o v
bacco this season. V
Much tobacco was also sold on the
Fairmont and St. Pauls markets on
the opening sales Tuesday." Around
150,000 pounds was sold, on the Fair
mont market at prices ranging as
high as 43c the pound. Yesterday s
sales on the Fairmont marke'; were
around a quarter million pounds, at
prices somewhat higher than on the
opening day. ' :
Mr- and Mrs. w. crown oi
Fairmont were Lumberton visitors
yesterday. M. Brown, who is known
as the tobacco king of Robeson, sold
one barn of firswurinss Tuesday
for $484.72.
' NEW BANK OPENS. '
Farmers Savings iBank Opened For
Business In McLeod Building Yes
terday. '
The Farmers" Savings Bank, Jyhich
was chartered May 27thr laEt.'cpen.
ed for business in the McLeod: build
ing, Elm and Fourth streejtsfe ytn
terday. The bank was fheredwMJi
an authorized capital of $16,000,
practically all of, which been su
cribed. meetihg ?6f the stock
holders the 'following tlrrectors were
elected: C. B. Townsend, J. H. I ew
ers, A. H. Mercer, J- W . Barker, A.
Harrington, J- W. McPhail, W.
F.'prevatt, E, M Britt, D.1 H. Bntt,
SrV J. IS Goodwinl i. U Townsend,
C M. Townsend, w; IP Humpnrey.
'The following officers have been
elected by the directors: .President,
C. B Townsend; , vice-president, J. H.
Powers; cashier, K n. ioyingwn,
CLOSING AGREEMENT.
Names of. Merchante Whd ', Agree to
,Cloa at 10 O'Clock Saturday V
;: ; . Nights. ;; !
We, "the undersigned merchants of
Lumberton hereby, agree to close our
stores On ; Saturday nights at 10
o'clock until Oct. 26, 1919. Then at
9 o'clock until the time is changed
.1 hour fast again. J , i '
I H. Caldwell, K. M. Biggs, R. D.
Caldwell & Son, ByS. F. Caldwell,
, The King Grocery Co., By T- Bul
lock, Mgr., Lumberton Furniture
, Store, John ,fT. r Biggs, Lumberton
Bargain House, A. J. Holmes, Rob
!bins& Squires, M. B. Bobbins, Mgr.,
Spearman- Bros.,1 Amelia Linkhauer,
McLelUn Stores ColJ. A. Branch,
Odea A Powell. J. H. "WishartW. F.
Edwards, Stephens ; A Barnes, t W. M.
Freeman & Son, L: CV Townsend, H.
Punie, White A Gough.- v c . '
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Mr Oliver A. Meares and 2
J.uffhte'rs. Misses'Lelia and Vennie,
nd small-- son. Master Brax
ton,, of R. 5, Lumberton, went
-yesterday. to Fayetteville to ee Mrs.
Meares, who is a patient in sr Fay
.ftvilla hosDiUl. and will return to
day. Mrs. Meares is .very muchtim
Pr Mrs. W" F. Fuller returned to
Vpr home at Wilmington this niorn
fag after spending a few days here
at the home of her parents, Mr-, and
Mrs. G. P. Higley. She came up to
see her .brother, Mr. Leslie Higley,
who has just returned irora overseas
BED SPRINGS NEWS ITEMS
Water Famine These Hot Daya-Reg-
alar August Picnic Will Be Be Cei-
- ebration for Soldier Boys Churrh
NotesPersonal Mention
Corresporidende of . The Pobeionian .
Red Springs, July 16. Miss Nellie
Callahan of Greensboro is spending
her vacation with home folks.
Mrs. J. T. Bostick and oauchter.
Miss Certrude, are in town on a a
vis't to friends.
Mm J. C. McPhail spent 'i pau of
the week at Ardlussa with her -sister,
Mrs. Vaughn.
Mr. Frank McMillan of Lumber
ton was in town Sunday
Rev, J K. Roberts and family df
Orthage are visitor's at the hme fit
Mrs. Archie Buie. "
Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Parcell of
Chester, S. C, are visiting home folks
this week. "
Sunday morning in the absence of
the pastor, Pr)f. Aldnch of Trinity
College, .conducted services at the
Methodist church, preaching a strong
sermon to a fair-sized audience.
Sunday night at the Presbyterian
church Rev Mr. Buchannan, a mis
sionary from Japan, made a very in
teresting talk on the subject of his
work in the foreign field-
The meeting hvthe Baptist church
closed Sunday night after a very suc
cessful and fruitful session. '
Dr. B. F. McMillan left this week
for Baltimore, .where he foes for
treatment. He was accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Annie Lou.
-Mr. and Mrs. Guy Vaughn of
Spartanburg were visitors to our
town this week.
Red Springs is in the throes of a
water famin these hot davs. Noth
ing doing after one o'clock until it's !
pretty nearly time for bed. It seems
that the supply is inadequate for the
Personally, we'd rather reverse the
order of things and have our share
in the afternoon. . .
A movement is on foot to revive
the famous old August picinc, which
should meet with the approval of us
old timers, who can remember with
satisfaction that 3rd Saturday with
the long table near the spring loaded
to the sagging point with the fat of
the land, while underneath gleamed
row on row of 50-pound melons inter
sDersed with bushels of anoles and i
peaches, not to mention the tubs of;
lemonade. Oh boy! This year it
is proposed to merge the regular
picnic into a celebration for all the
soldier boys in the county, a regular
genuine reunion with plenty of the
old time ' fun and new time ethusi-asm-
' Get your crops in line, folks,
and save the fattest friers and be on
hand with on overwhelming "majori
ty. : We want to show our boys what
we think of them and that what' they
want is what they'll-get, if the sen
timent of the people count for any
thing. . $
REflTTAt AT ROWLAND " -
FRIDAY EVENING
' :!iA.''W-;''
Special to The Robesonian. t t . , , S
Rowland, July 16,r-Mrs- I. N.
Clegg will give a recitol jFriday, eve
ning, July 18th; at thS school audi
torium, undefthe -auspices "of ?the
Fairmont , high. schooL-- She yill - be
ably assisted by Miss Allie Bird.'Mc
Kinnon as pianist and a male quar
tette. On the same occasion Belshaz
sar'f dream will be presented in cos
tume by 16 characters.
Mrs. Clegg has rre ability both as
a reader and impersonator, She, has
successfully'',, filled ' "important' en
gagements for ... churches, " literary
clubs, private and parlor entertain
ments and many public occasions.
, Come out next Friday evening at
9 o'clock and enjoy yourself and help
your school.
. H. L. DIXON, Principal-
BUSINESS MEEflNG OF
T. E- L. CLASS
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
The T. E. L. class of the First Bap
tist church will hold its business
meeting at the home of Mrs. John P.
McNeill tomorrow, evening at 8:30
o'clock. This was formerly known
as 'the Woman's' Bible class, taught
by Mr. T. L. Johnson. All ladies of
the - congregation, whether members
of sthe class or not, are cordially in
vited to attend.
4 II MRS- KJ1M. BIGGS.
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r THE RECORD OF DEATHS
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Mrs.' Jinie Hammonds Died Suddenly
f Last Night at Home of Mr- W. W.
Singlet ry Funeral This Alter-
L ;;-d:ai' .
Mrs. Janie Hammonds, aged about
70 years, died suddenly last -night
about 11:30 at the home ot her broth
er, Mr. W. W. Singletary, East Fifth
street, with whom she lived. Deceased
complained of 'not feeling well . a
short time before her death, but her
death came' as a surprise. '
- The funeral will be conducted from
the residence at 4 o'clock this af
ternoon by Rev. Dr. Chas. H. Dur
ham, pastor of the First Baptist
church, and interment will be made
in Hollywood cemetery. V ' .
SALARIES FOR TOWNSHIP
R0ADiSUTERVlS0E5.T
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"V
: V
upervisors
Salaries Will
Begin
I .When They Begin Workof Con
1 struction oY Improvement of Roads.
Reported for The Robesonian.
s At a ; special meeting of Robeson
county road commission held Monday
July. 14th; m the "grand jury room1 at
the court, house, ,the; following sala
ries per month for the several road
supervisors of the' several' townships
(Were set: 5- f., :,
v Lumberton G. L. Thompson, su
pervisor, $166.66 2-3; Fairmont F-C.
Jones, supervisor, 150; Rowland :
T. W. Carmichael, supervisor, $150;
Smiths. J D. McArthur, , supervisor r
$150; Howellsville Robert Taylor,
supervisor, . $137.50; Pembroke W.
G- Kirk, supervisor, $137.50; St. Pauls
D. B. Lancaster, supervisor. $137.-
50; Orrum J. R. Lawson, supervisor,
$137.50; Parkton T. M. Blue, super
visor, $137.50; Gaddys J. W. Burns,
supervisor, $125; Shannon J. T,
Powell, supervisor, $125; Red
Springs W. E- McConnaughey, su
pervisor, $125.
The salaries of the said supervi
sors are fixed for one month, and are
subject to change at the end of any
month. Until otherwise fixed by
cms Doard the salaries are to remain
the same from month to month. '
Salaries to the supervisors are to
begin when they actually begin the
work of construction or improvement
of the public roads in their respective
townships, and are to be paid out of
the funds derived from the sale of
the road bonds of the respective
townships.
The salary of Mr. L. L. McGirt,
supervisor in Maxton township, will
be fixed at a later meeting of the
board.
CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP TO S. C.
Roads Good, Bad and Indifferent
One SC. County Votes Five Million
Dollars for Roads Fine Crops.
Mr. J. A. Sharpe, editor of The
Robesonian, I Mrs. Sharpe and their
two children, little Miss Anna Court
ney and J. A. 2nd, and Miss Josephine
Breece returned Tuesday; morning
from Andeson, S. C-, whee they1 spent
a week at the home of Mr. Sharpe's
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Sharpe. They made the
trip across country, going via Char
lotte, Kings Mountain, Spartanburg,
S. C, and Greenville, S. C, and find
in? the roads impossible and villian-
oms over a good portion of the route
but fine from Spartanburg on. On
the return trip they came via Lau
rens, Newberry and Columbia, S. C,
and found the roads excellent .from
15 mils byond Columbia to Lumber-ton-
Other roads were fair, with the
exception of occasional bad places,
excepting about 25 miles of exceed
ingly rough road between Newberry
and Columbia.
'? Excellent , crops were in evidence
all along both ways, especially from
Cheraw, S. C., to Lumberton, but no
where are better crops to be seen
and in most sections not bo good, as
JJtTZE 11 l2ia
soit that is not a better road than
tnahy stretches of the roads travers
ed jin Mecklenburg and Gaston coun
ties, and between Newberry and Co
lumbia. But they are constructing
roads all along.
. Anderson has more miles of well
paved streets than any town any
where near its size in North or
South Carolina, and that county re
cently voted road bonds in the sum
of $5,000,000 which is just about
the amount that Robeson county
needs , for roads and bridges. '
AQAINST LEAGUE " '
f. ' OF NATIONS
Eastern North Carolina Republicans
Put Themselves on Record Dem
ocrats Denounced.
Goldsboro Special, July 15th, to Ra
leigh News and Observer, .
Marion Butler's resolution con
demning in characteristic Butler lan
guage the league of nations was put
through with considerable applause
at meeting here today of the East
ern North Carolina Republican .Clubs
association in" spite of the earnest
counsel of State Chairman Frank
Linney o take no action on ths mat
ter! and ' an eloquent protest from
Willis .Briggs, former Raleigh post
master. Dr J. E. Person, of Fre
mont, advocated a league, but was
buried in an opposition avalanche"
of oratory. - '
;The meeting . functioned perfectly
through four hours of denunciation
of Democrats and all things Demo
cratic, including the usual resolution
protesting against the confirmation
of Mr. Thos. D. Warren as district
attorney until Col. I. M- Meekins, of
ElizaPeth City, after protesting his
friendship for Mr. Linney and oeny-
I ing any sinister purpose, introduced
party machinery in the .ands of the
next nominee for Governor, ' which
was ccickly buried. - , ' : - '
. - : . . .
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Taylor cf R.
4, Lumberton, are among the visitors
in town today
Mr. B. E, Odum 0f R. 1, Buie, was a
Lumberton visitor Tuesday. -
GOOD SALES AT ,ATRMONT.
Tobacco Market Opens Well Good
i Tpbacco is Expected to Sell as High
f as Ever Dr. Pitt ma j 111 Fire.
BY W. V, BRANCH., 4
'Fairmont, July lG.Yestfrd.tv
marked the opening of the Vairment
Uobacco market. It beinsr-sueh a busvi
day.' the market wa .,t .rnw.l VV
was exDectd. Th ,i,Ml .
as $49 per hundred. The offerings
are mostly primings of a very trashy
grade and yet some of the first curing-brought
$35 per hundred.
The warehousemen and planters are
very optimistic over the prices end
assure the farmers that good tobacc0
wiu sen as wen as or oetter inan
ever- They also Uree the farnur to
handle it with utmost tare and not
pull it from the stalk until It is fuiiy
ripe.
Thevmarket here is tiio best ever
before. Every tobacco company is
represented and the warehousemen
have plenty of help.
The condition of Dr H H. Pitt-
mariV who was, taken Suddenly sick,
is unimproved. He was taken toa
Charlotte hospital. His many
friends wish him a speedy recovery.
Fire came very near destroying the
residence of Mr. Arthur Bray this
morning in the eastern edga of
town. The fire truck was rushed to
the scene and extinguished the flames
before any serious damage was done.
BELLAMY BRIEFS.
Children's Day Exercises Young
f Sexagenarian Handles His First
Tobacco Personal.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Bellamy, July 12. The 4th passed
off very quietly in these parts. A
few. went to other parts to ?pend the
day.' The East Lumbertoi Philathea
class picniced at Antioch. . We think
it would be much nicer if when they
picnic there they wouldn't scatter
boxes and paper over the church yard.
Several from around here attended
the children's day exercises at Sin
gletary's church Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Fred DelHnger retujrned to
her home at Hamlet Tuesday after
spending the past two weeks with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A,
Branch,
Miss Eva Mae Quick is
visiting her grand-parents, Mr- and
Mrs. Quick, at Clio. S. C. Mr.
Floyd Bullock of Fairmont vtsited
in this section recently. Mr. Luther
Britt and Misses Maie and Wilma
Branch of the Long Branch section
spent. Saturday night and Sunday m
this vicinity Mr. G. W. Barfield and
daughter, Miss Ethel, visited Mr. R.
T. Barfield at Whiteville Sunday
Mrs. Lula Pitman and sister, Miss
Maie Duncan, went up to. Fayette
ville Saturday to see Mrs. J. D. Dun
can, who was operated on at High
smith's hospital last week. Mrs
Duncan is getting on nicely and ex
pects to return home soon.
' Curing tobacco is the order of the
day in this section. Those that have
never worked in tobacco before are
learning how. We know of an old
gentleman 67 years young Wednes
day, and handed bis first tobacco
that day.
BAPTIST MOBILE SCHOOLS.
One to Be Held at Bladenboro July 21-
25 Forty to be Held hi State This
Month. " ,
Correspondence of The Robesonian-
St. Pauls, July 15 These are Bap
tist institutions. They are called
Mobile schools because they are mov
able, and because they are mobiliz
ing the Baptist people of North Car
olina for action in the great day now
breaking upon the world.
- During the third week !n this
month there areto be forty of these
Mobile school are as follows:
nlng at the same time, from the
mountains to the ocean.
A man? all these forty Mobile
schools the one of peculiar interest;
to the readers of this paper is to ne
in session at Bladenboro, July 21-25.
The faculty, and. studies of this
Mobile school ore as foil ws:
Dean R. L. Fyrd;' Sunday schools
T' C. Henderson; Atonement W.
G. Hall; B. Y P. U. C. W. McMan
iii ; Stewardship and Miss'.ni-C. E.
Stevens; Bible W. M.'Craigr preach
er Jno. A. Wrayr host R.E. PowelL
Five days of intensive drill work
will be done in this school. It is ex
rtd that at least two members of
each Baptist church in this section of
the State will bo in attendance St this
Mobile school. .Entertainment is on
the Harvard plan; bed and breakfast
free, dinner and supper to ne aia
for- ': " ' - -: i '-
This Mobile school work is a new
lire of wor? in the church.; it shows
how the Christian denominations are
mobilizing and drilling for the con
quest, of the vcik Our jtjw s mut
he made into Christian armies row,
or what has been gained in this
great war is lost.
The children's story hour" will b
held Friday afternoon at 6 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. Alf H. McLeod.
LUMBER BRIDGE AND AL- t
FORDSVILLE VOTE BONDS'
Wishart Township la the First to Dc-
fMl , nMj n-j im . ,.,.'
real Road Bonds Elections Will
Be Held in Thompson, Rennert and
White House August 20th,
k
T w" espn townships-
I UD1.oer B"d?e nd AUordsville-
BriHre
was zu,uvu and the amount voted! nere visiting nens. Air- , Golden
by Alfprdsvllle was $15,000. (formerly lived here and waa grevt-
ine vote cast in the three town -
ships Tuesday was:
Lumber Bridge for issue, 69;
against, issue. 2.
Alfordsville for issue, 35; against
issue, l.
Wis hart for issue, 58; against
issue, 86.
Mr, Robert Monroe was elected
township supervisor in Lumber
Bridge township, Mr. Ambrose Pre
vatt in 'Wishart and" Mr. P. F. Mc-
uirc m AiiordiviHe-
Wishart is the first township in
the county to fail to vote the road
bond issue out of a total of sixteen
townships, all the others in which
elections have been held voting the
bonds, in- most instances by over
whelming majorities and in several
townships not a vote was cast against
the issue.
Elections will be held in the fol
lowing townships on August 20:
Thompson,' 20,000; Rennert, $20,000;
White House, 30,000.
The bonds voted hy the various
townships that had voted bond issues
before Tuesday will be sold August
27th. The amount of bonds to be
sold by each of the. thirteen town
ships follows:
Lumberton, $100,000; Fairmont.
$60,000; Rowland, $50,000; S.t Pauls,
zo,wu; Jfarkton, $20,000; Smith,
$75,000; Shannon, $10,000; Maxton.
$100,000; Pembroke, $50,000; Red
Springs, $10,000; Orrum, $25,000;
Gaddy, 20,000; Howellsville, $40.-
000.
As has been stated in The Robe
sonian, only six townships have yet
to ask for an election and it is ex
pented that these will apply during
the next few months.
MOTION PICTURE SERVICE
FOR 'ROBESON COUNTY
Arrangements to Introduce State;
Motion Picture Service Into 10
Leading Rural Communities Com
munity Center Wirker Also Will
Be Employed-
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
A conference between Mr. W. C.
Crosby of the State motion picture
service and the county officers nam
ed below was held on Monday and
definite arrangements were made to
introduce into ten leading rural com
munities' the State motion picture ser
vice. .These pictures will be given in
each section twice per month, con
sisting of six reels of real intertain
ing and educational pictures. , i '.',
In addition to the picture depart
ment, arrangements are being made
to employ a community- center work
er, who will go with the picture and
organize the , communities into defi
nite organizations through which the
county officers hope to do much con
structive work. This young lady is to
be a well trained community worker
who shall in cooperation with the
demonstration agents put on after
noon meetings with the boys and
girls, consisting of play ground, rec
reation work, physical training and
agricultural club work.
It is hoped that the pictures will
be ready for service by August 15th,
and let us all join in making of this
one of the greatest educational fea
tures of the county work. ,
The directing board of this feature
will be Miss Andrews,- home demon
stration agent; Mr. Dukes, farm dem
onstration agent; Dr. McPhaul,
health officer, and Prof. Poole,' county
superintendent. ' ; '
HOME FROM THE WAR.
" Mr. Gwaltney McDowell, who be
longs to the regular army, passed
through town today en route to Or-j
rum; where, he will spend 15-days
visiting relatives. Mr- McDowell re
cently returned from overseas," where
he spent a year.
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Mr. John B. Pope orrived homo to
day from France. Mr. Pope spent a
year overseas.
Mr. Charlie Powers of R. 1, Lum
berton, arrived home yesterday from
France.
Pvt. Rufus "Hayes of Maxton. R. 1,
who was attached to the 8 1st Wild-
eat division, is home from overseas.
Mr. J. A. Carlyle returned Mon
day from Atlantic City, where he at
tended a ; meeting: of . the Hundred
Thousand' Dolllar club of the South
ern Life & Trust Co., of which he is
local agent. " .
Mr. A. S Tartin of Raleigh is 3
Lumbert n- isitor today.
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on the label on your paper. When ftmr
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Vllle spent Tuesday nri vaterria
' ea Y many mends.
Mr. wuiie Albert Shelby has
been given a reserve furlough from
the U, S. army and has returned to
Lumberton. He begat) work Mon
day in Mr. A. Wein&tein'j de
partment store.
Mr. Rossie B. Brittt Ttrurned
Tuesday evening from Wilmington,
where he spent some time, and has
resumed the position ' which he held
before entering the army at the
Lumberton Bargain House.
Mr. D. B. McQueen and family
nldved yesterday from the Griffith
residence. Fourth street, into a res
idence, corner Second and Cedar
streets, which Mr. McQueen recently
purchased from Mr. M. Blacker.
Mr. A- C. Johnston, editor of
The Lumberton Tribune, was advised
by wire yesterday that his sister.
Miss H. A. Johnston, who has been
with the army nurse corps overseas
for the past year, had landei at New
York.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Blacker and tm
children, Ada and Abner, left Tues
day evening for Rockingham, where
they will visit relatives, after which
they will go to Baltimore, Md., where
they will make their home Mr.
Blacker will engage in the whole
sale business In Baltimore.
Mr., Frank Morrison, who is
spending a few days here at the hom
of his mother, Mrs. Sue Morrison,
will return Saturday to Washington,
D. C.. where he has been in the em
ploy of the Postal Telegraph Co
since a 'short while after his return
from military service overseas.
Mr. M, G. McKenzie recently re
signed as superintendent of the Pres
byterian Sunday school Instead of
releasing him entirely, nowever, the
school, elected him honorarv super
intendent for life. Mr. McKenzie
na been active superintendent of the
school for about 12 years. Messrs.
Jnc. S- McNeill and W. K. Bethune
were elected active superintendents.
Mrs. L C. Townsend arid two
children, John and Woilvarcl, aud
Miss Mary Powers and MUs Emilie
Woodward of Morganton, filer of
Mrs. Townsend, who is spending tome
time here visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Townsend, wantf- today
to Wrightsville Beach. Mr- 'Town
send will go to Wrightsvilfe Beach
Saturday night and they will return
home Sunday evening, ' -
Mr. Louis L. Sasser 0f Din-ham,
who recently returned : homo L , from
military service overseas, ig n the
county .for tv fewdays - repretentiac
the i United War "Work campaign.
Robeson county citizens subscribed!
$14814.02 in this campaign last fall
and $635.40 of these pledges, rang
ing from $15 down, re Aain . Unpaid.
Mr- Sasser hopes to be able to col
lect these pledges during his stay in
the county. " ,!
Mr. E. J. Ward of Ellisville,
Miss,, is spending some time at
Rowland visiting hu brother, Mr.
John W. Ward. Mr. Ward was a
Lumberton visitor Monday. He is a
native Robesonian, but left the coun
ty S3 years ago. He is now engaged
in the drug business at Ellisville. Mr.
Ward is much impressed with the.
advancement along all lines made in
Robeson sini he left and was espe
cially struck with the good crops now
growing throughout the county. Crops
are not so good in his State- -
Mr. W. E. Humphrey and son,
John, of Vidalia, Ga.,arrived here
Tuesday night and will spend about
2 weeks in the county visiting rela
tives. Mr. Humphrey is a brother of
Mr. S- A. Humphrey 0f Orrum, Mes
dames J. J. Humphrey and M. G
Prevatt and Mr. J. L. Humphrey of
Saddletree, and Mrs. A. A. Mussel
white of Raeford. This is Mr.
Humphrey's first .visit to Lumberton
in ' 30 years and he is astonished at
the growth' of the town. He has
fonnd nothing here that he recogniz
es from that earlier day
: Mr. E; J. Davis, senior member
of the -well-known tobacco warehouse
firm of E. J. Davis & Sons of Fair
mont, and one of his three sons, Mr.
J. G. . Davis, who recently returned
from military service overseas, were
Lumberton visitors last night They
were accompanied by ' three of the
buyers on the Fairmont market Mr.
Sie Young of the Export company,
Mr. Straus of Richmond (represent
ing his father, Mr. L. L. Straus), and
Mr. McRackan of the Venable com
pany. These experienced warehouse
men "and buyers are well pleased with
the tobacco crop in this county and
with the prospect for prices.
Mr. James' Wj branch ani two
sons, Mr. Henry and Master Stinceon,
of R. b, Lumberton, were Lumberton
visitors Tuesday. :