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TH E ROB WATCH LABEL ON TOUR PAPER AND DON'T LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIRE THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE YOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED. .BLI3HED 1&70- SINGLE COPY FIVE CENT8. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH 2.00 A If FAR. DUE IN AD VAN CI VOL. L LUM3ERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1919. NUMBER 53 ESONIAN MARK CLOSED TEMPORARY Markets Will Re-Open as Soon as Conditions Will Admit. DON'T BRING TOBACCO TO MARKET NOW Railroads Can Accept Tobacco for Shipment Only Subject to Delay and Buyers Will Not Take the Weed Conditions Expected to Im prove Shortly. The Lumberton tobacco market, as well as all other markeca in the. South Carolina belt, closed tempo:-j tiny FriJay on account cf tn? na-j tionvvide strike of rn;h,. 1 empires.. The markets will open again for the! ?ale of leaf tobacco as soon as condi- tions become more nearly normal. Many strikers have returned to work 'ince President Wilson's .statement to the effect that nothing could be done toward settling difficulties un til the men returned to work, and it is hoped that within a few days the strike will be over. A call for a convention of repre sentatives of striking railway shop men was issued yesterday to be held in Chicago Thursday of this week to determine definitely what action shall be taken. The strike has been declared illegal by the international officers, in defiance of whom the Chicago district council of the Fed erated Railway Shopmen called the strike Aug. 1. Warehousemen here do not think it wise for farmers to bring their tobacco to market until the freight embargo, which was placed on all except perishable food products last -week, is lifted. The warehouses here are already about full. Mr. A. P. Mitchell, local Seaboard agent, received instructions this morning to lift the embargo to the extent of receiving tobacco, subject to delay. The V. & C. S. received tobacco subject to delay up to Satur day. But buyers will not buy while tobacco is received by the railroads subject to delay, hence there' is nothing to do but wait. Sales yill be put on as soon as possible, and The Robesoilsan will keep its readers advised. SMALL BOYS ROB P. 0. Three Small Boys Charged With Robbing Postoffice at East Lum berton Caught in Office By Post master Hamilton and Will Be Giv en Hearing This Afternoon. Mack Haney, Wilbur Cox and Bar ney Tilley, white boys 13 and 14 years old, were caught in the Lum berton Cotton Mills store Thursday evening about dusk by Mr. E. L. Hamilton, who is also postmaster of Eatt Lumberton, the postoffie be ing in the store. The postoflice was robbed last Monday night of $17.37 after 11 o'clock. Mr. Hamilton wait ed in the office Thursday evening af ter closing time and soon the bojs tame from upstairs, where they had concealed themselves, and Mr. Ham ilton 'nhoned ud town and Night Po liceman Boyle went after the -boy a and brougnt tnem to Ja,, where they have been confined since. Papers was sv.-orr. out this morn ing by Postmaster Inspector McNeill of Maxton, charging the bovs with xobbing the postoffice, and they will be given a preliminary hearing thi3 2:30 before United States Commissioner E. M. Johnson, j CONCERT BY CLASS FROM j ODD FELLOWS ORPHANAGEj Correspondence of The Robesonian. j The concert class from tne uaa Fellows' orphanage, Goldsboro, will give a concert in the graded school auditorium at Lumberton next Thurs day night, August 14th, beginning at i, if vnn cannot come out y O ciuv-B' " ... . to hear them, buy tome tukets ai.i.i send the children. The admission will be 25 cents cniiaren ana ou tenia adults. There certainly is not a more worthy cause in this or any other country than that of helping ttle children who have ro parents to bring them up, and training their, to make useful men and women. Lets ali do what we tan fn them, and do it cheerfully, remembering that we are helping those who cannot help themselves. Boad Meeting at Raft Swamp School House Thursday at 4 p. m. At Raft Swamp school house Thursday afternoon of this week at 4 o'clock (new time), a meeting will be v held to discuss the road law. State Senator H. E. Stacy will ex plain the new road law permitting township attend this meeting, at stly desired that every voter in the township attend this meetinl, at -which it is probable that a petition wll be started for a road bond issue Jot Raft" Swamp. PRESIDENT DISCUSSES HIGH COST OF LIVINCj I Wilson Lays Before Congress Sever- al Proposals For Checking Living Cotts High Prices Created in Many Cases "Artificially and De- libera tely" by "Vicious Practices."' 1'resider.t Wilson 'aid several spt cific proposals before Congress Fri-; Robesonian, Dr. W. A. McPhaul, who na tor :i.kin ttn . cost of has been, health officer of Robeson living, .ut at the same time declared for the past two years, has resigned, scr-naner.t result -11 1 n.- be ex-j his resignation to go into effect Sep pected until peace time bases were; tember 1st, or as soon thereafter fully restoied by ratification of the; a3 his sucr-fst..-, who will be named peace treary. i by Dr. B. E. Washburn, State direc- High prices, the President told, tor of the State Board of Health, is Congress, were not justified by short-! nnnninAl . r ace of suddIv. either Dresent or d;os- pective, but were created in many.j cases "artiticiaily and deiiDerateiy i by "vicious practices." Retailers, he said, were responsible in large part for extortionate prices Strikes, the President warned the.tor of rural ganitation for the State labor world, would only make mat ters worse, and those who sought to employ threats or coercion were only preparing their own " destruction. Leaders of organized labor, the Pres ident said, he was sure would pres ently yield to second sober thought. "Illegal" and "criminal" were the words the President used in charac terizing the methods by which some present-day -p;ks have been brought about. Present laws, he said, would be en ergetically employed to the limit to force out food hoards and meet the situation so far as possible but to supplement the existing statutes he specifically urged the following: Licensing of all corporations en gaged in interstate commerce, with specific regulations designed to se cure competitive selling and prevent "unconscionable profits in the meth od of marketing. Exxtension of the food control act to peace times and the application of its provisions against hoarding to fuel, clothing and other necessities of life as "well as food. A penalty in the food control act for profiteering. A law regulating cold storage, i limiting the time during which goods J may be held; prescribing a method: of disposing of them if held beyond U myA ,-iH nH rmiirinr wt.u r-- -1- iiiat mien k-ivutuf f,uuuu j date of storage Laws requiring that goods releas ed from storage for interstate com merce bear the selling prices at which they went into storage and requiring that all goods destined for interstate commerce bear the prices at which they left the hands of the producer. Enactment of the pending bill for the control of security issues. Additional appropriations for gov ernment agencies which can supply the public with full information as to prices at which retailers buy. Early ratification of the peace treaty so that the "free processes of supply and demand" can operate. Immediate steps by executive agen- 4. , :,j Vv.. Cies OI tne government piutmacu ijr , the President included: v ; The limiting and controlling of wheat shipments and credits to facili- tate the purchase of wheat in sucn(jay at Lumber Bridge a way as not to raise but rather toi iowcr tne price of flour at home. . Sale of surplu? stocks of food and! nlnfVimcr in t.Vip hands of the govern-1 ment. The forced withdrawal from stor-L age and sale of surplus stocks in pri-1 vate hands General recommendations includ ed; Increase-jn production. Careful buying by housewives. Fair dealing with the people on the part of producers, middlemen and merchants. . That there be no threats and un due 'insistence upon the interest of a single class. "Correction of many things," in tl.e relation bet,'..", capital and la bor in n-spect to wsgea and cond" tions of labor. In ;oncludi.ife the Pri4l:n: made a plea for deliberate, intelligent ac tion, reminding Congress that an unbalanced world was looking to the United States. "We, and we alone," he said, "now hold the world steady. Upon our steadfastness .and self-possession de pend the affairs of nations every where. It is in this supreme crisis this crisis for all mankind that America must prove her mettle." WOULD PENSION JUDGES. The North Carolina Bar associa tion at its convention in Greensboro last week elected Judge W. P. By nuni of Greensboro president for the ensuing year. The lawyers passed a resolution recommending to the General Assembly the enacjnieiit of suitable legislation to permit judges of the Supreme and Superior icouru to retire with pay at 70 year of age and at the end of 20 years service, these judges to be available for emergencies to hold courts by au thority of the Governor. ' f Tobacco Barn Burned. Mr. W. J. Smith, who lives near Lowe, lost a tobacco barn full of to bacco by fire Friday night. 1 bxAfli BOARD WILL A- i'OlwT HEALTH OfTICER ' Dr. McPhaul Has Accepted Position of Director of Rural Sanitation for Alabama He Has Made An Efli cient Officer Public Health Work Will Continue in Robeson. As stated in the last issue of The t tiro a ifnfoJ nma fima o rrs t n xhe Robesonian that Dr. McPhaul! had received an offer of a nosition ' in the same line of work from an other State. He gives up his work here to accept the position of direc of Alabama. This is a promotion I which gives him a larger field, and;reacmn profiteering which Mr. Pal-1 it is on that account that he accepts' mer recently indicated was under con the position. His headquarters will! sideration. He has frankly admitted be at Montgomery and his office will He in the State Capitol. He will con tinue his work here until the first of September r.d hopes to be located er wno e Rouging me uiwnr.au with his family in his new home in , l0"9""1" will nave to be disciplined direct from Wrightsville Beach,; ' Mt V0rt'Iy where they are spendiny the oummer, Hoanler8 on the other handcan n uoT?1!. a J'be reached through the wartime food u DulMPhaulaS.made an ?ffic,en';Uw. or the Sherman act, and Mr. health officer He is progressive and: pa,mer requested the State food ad wide awake to the possibilities of i minigtrators to transmit to him any public health work. Health work ! evidence 0f hoarding or other viola will continue in Robeson and no tions of the jaw whkh they mignt doubt the State Board of Health will i encourter in their work, with the see 10 li mat a competent man 13 ap-. pointed to succeed Dr. McPhaul. WAR DEPARTMENT READY TO SELL FOOD TO CONSUMERS Sales to Individuals Through Par cels Post Will Be Inaugurated August 18 th. The War Department at Washing- .. .,','; vr.A., ujii inaue muuv. hu-.t a , ui nil 5UU9i9iciivc ow.t hm : able for sak to the public through tne parcels post or mrou.. pal selling agencies. Saes to nicpalities at the new prices will oe- ScerJ Tth? ioW'pIylBub-committee considering army leg- A Jnnnf. lioira f anal r a A tho Ullli. dllU UCJJUl-S llv. quotations made public Friday. Sales; quotations maae puouc rnuay. oi, to inaiviauais tnrougn me i. . . . , ii u ii and before that time all postmasters will have a price quotation list from wmch the consumer may oraer. sev enty-two food staples are summaris ed in the price li$t. PERSONALS ; Mr. S. J. Webb of Statesville is vi8iting friends here. Mr. Preston Cashwell pent Sun- Miss Iva Pearson of Dunn is gUest of Miss Lina Gough. Mr. Giles Davis of Buie was T nmWtnn visitor SaLurdav. Mr. W. C. Towrreend of Lowe was, T.iimherton visitor this morning. ! Mr. Raymond Rowan spent Sun-! Hav with home folks in the Smyrna! section. " . Mrs. A. R. Aydlotte of Charleston, S C, is visiting her sister Mrs. J. H. Wishart, on East Filth street Mr. J. S. Branch and mother, Mrs. Easter Branch, spent Sunday visiting friends and relatives at Tolarsvi.'le. Miss Emily Barrington and Miss Carrie Parham spent yesterday with Miss Laivington's parents near Al ma. Miss Vas-!tl White wwt Su-da evening to Rockingham to join a party of fiiends on a cainpiny trip this week. Miss Ida Blake, who spent a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Shelby, left last evening for Wil mington. Miss Vivian McNeill returned home Saturday from Chapel Hill, where she spent a month attending summer school. Jliss Margaret Shelby of Laurir.- burg, spent the week-end visiting at uuE . tne nome oi ner parents, 'Jir nu Mrs. R. W. Shelby. Mr. Grover Bnlt, of The Kouts'.) - ian's staff,, went Saturday .night to Wilmington and will return this eve ning or tomorrow morning. Mr. J. Q. Parnell,-wife and smal daughter, Mary Lee, are spending the week visiting friends and rela tives in and around Buie. A fool negro, name unknown, en route to Rochelle, Ga., boasted on a train Tuesday that he was from Chi- !cago and that the negroes of Georgia were going to do what Chicago ne groes had done. Result: his lody was found swinging from a small tree near Cochran, Ga., Tuesday; On the complaint of sensible negroes on the train the negro was taken off at Cochran and locked op, but later un-, Messrs. Anderson and Luther lay identified persona took Jiiw out and lor of R. 7, Lumberton, were Lorn lynched him. . Iberton visitors Thursday. '"EXTRA LEGAL" MEANS OP REACHING PROFITEER Atty.-din. Palmer Calls on State Ford Administrators to Appoint a it is Planned to Raised $300,000 to Fair-I'rice Committee in Each( North Carolina Citiznes. j County Will Find Out How Much! Raleigh, August, 9. Some figures Of H. C. of L. is Due to Excessive! on the distinguished war services of Profits by Retailers. ne eo- Cross 'n North Carolina were A. n in, . ij produced when the North Carolina Attorney General Pajmer started' . m ,;,,,. rvl- out vesterdav to ascertain how much1 Memonal Building commission re- ll hilk t Jl T. aHL i quested statistics from the headquar- of the nigh cost of living is due to' 7 ... n- a excessive profits by retailers, states if8 of tne South Dlv,8Ion ,n At a Washington dispatch. i . . . , ...! In a telegram to all State food ad-1. If1!" "J1 the Cross did, ministrators who worked with Ad-! thi State," the commission asked, TiT.ifrntnr Hnnvo, H.,rino. fho ivor i planning to raise $500,000 in North, the Attorney General requested the artnAintmonf ff a foil nriro Pnmmif. i tee in each county to investigate what s beine chareed for reta 1 nec-iena estimates and rf in excess of lvhat the I committee considers just, to publish j a list of fair prices for the guidance) of the public. This is the "extra legal" means of I zroin nit; siurt inai mere was h.j means to prosecute directly a man "V1 e"'"" v- ' nromise that the government's law enforcement machinery Cvouid act promtply PROPOSED MILITARY POLICY $900,000,000 ANNUALLY. March Tells Senate Committee That Would Be Cost of Training Boys and Maintaining Army. The permanent military policy rec ommended by the War Department involving, under revised estimates, a involving, unuci . . ofoj;. nvarf nrmv nf 576.000 sndldOne curing munttu. naing peace army ji uiu,w ouu . , - ... , v x '. r. .ui.ill .nrrv tn trpf done Selling. aS versa. m,niary i ainj . i 'Ufa -;'L'innflnmm(! .,oiir f..,n ! . oftn onn.OOO . annuallv. Gen. ScnMrrf staZ! Sft military lali -iuil. Of the $900,000,000 which the pro- , ,Tu oai(, nQcnnnnn , ,, A ua renn;r for1 cram wuum cust. ucimai "" , the upkeep o the proposed st arm mic tuAcc iiivnfc" v.m..v training for 19-year-old youths would cost $94,066,500 annually. He estimated the per capita cost for this training at $144.75. The chief of staff asserted that tne present time was most appropriate for inauguration of a system of mil- .... itary training inasmucn a '" camps were in readiness over the) country and also the necessary equip- a 1 military irainmg mat aa v.uiioiuws.. !by a committee of the general staff! aUinP months' training was recom-! iond-H ht thi later was reduced! to seven, in tne Deiiei mat a j-um of training should be adopted that would create the least disturbance to' the Doay pontic, tne training i i j v upon his recommendation, he said, was reduced finally to three months. WHY PREACH TO EMPTY PEWS, ASKS DR. REISNER New York, Aug. 9. How can min isters of the gospel content them selves with preaching to empty pews? Pews do not need to be con verted such a question is asked by Dr. Christian F. Reisner, president of the Church Advertising depart ment of the Associated Advertising; Clubs of the World. "I have never seen a church ad vertise without building up a good attendance," he said, today, "and considering that fact in connection with the fact that it does not pay to Dreach to empty pews, one would wonder that more churches art not employing paia aavervu.ij; ri-. In speaking of the church advertis-, conference which will be held m," - ; .5n connection with the world conven- tjon 0f advertising, at New Orleans, , gept 21 to 25, Dr. Reisner predicted an annuai interest, because he said the original objection to the use of advertising by the church that 11 tended to rob the church of its dig nityhad fallen, especially since the Government has employed advertis ing so widely and with such marked success, to help win the .var. "The church must sell itself by ad vertising," Jsajd Ithe nriiysteT. "It must meet the competition of Sunday golf and .' automobnling. If we ac cept the statement made recently to the effect that 50 million people do not jro to church we may then con sider every other person a -pss'ble customer. DISTINGUISHED WAR ! SERVICES OF RED CROSS ! IN NORTH CAROLINA j Carolina for a memorial to all North Carolina citizens who gave tbeir, lives, services and property to the trial ine war mignt oe won. The figures Will go in the cam- paign handbook of the commission., Some of them follow: The Red Cross organization j jn . North Carolina included 126 chapters,) 360 branches and 250 auxiliaries, with a membership increasing from 166 620. in June., 1918, to 1 .H ?6 Jn Jan. isia. ui me io ciibijicio, xlv umt reported the organization of that vastly important department, a Home, Service section. ? In the second Red Cross War Fund drive alone, the North Caro line Red Cross collected $1,135,501.29. Under the head of "chapter pro duction," in the war service, the North Carolina chapters produced the following from October 1917 to July, 1919: Surgical dressings, 1,930,675; hos pital garments, 102,014; refugee gar ments, 44,646; knitting. 99,674; mis cellaneous, 155,471. The Home Service record of the North Carolina Red Cross was par ticularly distinguished. Since Oc tober, 1917, 22,599 families in that 'State have been assisted by the Home Service section in various ways, and $29,309.47 has been given or lent in .money relief to those families. BROAD RIDGE BREEZES. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Broad Ridge, (Orrum, R. 1), Aug. 5.Farmers in this section are about - " . I W Rev. W. A. Coleman filled his reg- ular appointment here Saturday and Sunday and preached three good set- Sunday and pre mons. ! Mr. and Mrs. Frank McLean of Lumberton and Mr. and Mrs. Grady! . . . Tj.wson of Lone Branch attended; " nreachine here Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Britt and three children of Mt. Elim attended preaching here Sunday, also Messrs. Jerome and Henry Stephens and Miss Mary and Mr. Woodie Stephens of Orrum. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Stephens and Mr. and Mrs homer wepnen. - j Mt. Elim attended preacher g here. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stephens of Clln-inv mT Nannie Lloyd of Lumberton! Miss Nannie ..TV, at the P n upr' uncle and aunt' Mr. and', --- - t-j There is prayer meeting at Broad; Ridge church every .Sunday evening.. Everybody is cordmlly invited to at tend. Best wishes to The Robesonian. HOME FROM THE WAR. St. Pauls Messenger: Private William Parnell of the A. E. F., re turned home Thursday. He has been in active service in France, having joined the old Lumber Bridge company, and was on the Mexican border for some time before going to France. William is proud of his war experience. Maxton Scottish Chief: Mr. Wavne Williams, the last of the Maxton boys to return from overseas, arrived h(je Monday evening and re- ooiveA a warm welcome trom ris host of friends. So far as we re member at this writing this brings back home all of Maxton's brave sons who went over to restore free dom to the people of the world. Mr. Jule McKellar, of the S. S. Rhode Is land, arrived with his dicliars yes- prHan ."Tr;,, He has been overseas sever- Decided to Serve With the "Big Guns." To the Editor of The Robesonian. William M. Sykes, age 19, son of Mrs. Ellize Sykes of R. F. D. 1. Lum berton, was recently accepted for en listment in the Coast Artillery corps for three years at the Wilmington army recruiting station. Young Sykes, who was employed by Neal M. Woodcock Co. at Wil mington, decided to serve with the "big guns" and take advantage of the excellent vocational training that can be obtained in the Cost Artillery branch. E. H. GAUERKE, 2nd Lieut. F. A A. R. O. Wilmington, N. C Aug. 9,. 1919. Mr. F. J. Ivey of Orrum Lumberton visitor Friday. was WATCH THE LABEL. Watch the date opposite the naaM on the label on your paper. When year subscription expires your paper will be stopped. This apolies to all sub scribers. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS Mrs. E. D. Stone, who live tn Second street is very sick. Mr. Wihtr Lec Jc.wans has ac cepted a position in the Grantham Brothers' drug store-. Mr. W. W. Rogers of R. 4, Lom bertort, sold 200 pounds of tobacco oa the local . market Thursday at 67c the pound. Mr. Haynes Collins, a returned soldier from overseas, has accepted a position in the Lumberton Barber shop. He began work this morning. - A class frttn the Oui FcUWs Orpnana-?e of Goldsboio w.'il gi?c a concert in the graded school auditor ium here Thursday evening of this week. Did you ever see three canta loupes in one? Mr. W. McK. Glover of the Buie section sent thraa canta loupes joined closely together to town Thursday. Mr. J. T. tin tyre, who has oet.u a salesman in Mr. John T. Biggs Store for some time, has accepted a position in the new furniture store of D. G. Best St Son. Mr. M. G. McKenzie returned Saturday from Jackson Springs, where he spent a week. He says the place was crowded all the time he was there and he is enthusiastic about the crops, especially corn, along the way. Mr. W. D. Prevatt of the St. Pauls section was advised last week that his son, Mr. Man ley Prevatt, had left Germany, whete he was a member of the army of occupation, and would soon return to the States. He was attached to the second army. Mr. W. H. Shooter of Lumber ton has recently been advised that his son, W. B. Shooter, has beea commissioned as lieutenant in the army and attached to the facu.i.v of Staunton military academy of Staun ton, Va., as tactical instructor. Lieut. Shooter has been in the army some four years. Rev. J. I. Stone of Shallotte is a Lumberton visitor today. He stop ped over last night on his way home from Iiaicigh, where lie lUerxItd a conference on the Baptist $75,000,000 campaign, to visit his son, Mr. Wil lie Stone, who lives in Britt town ship, 8 miles front Lumberton. He will leave for Shallotte tonight. Wade H. Kinlaw of the Lumber ton bar has been appointed Chair man of the Roosevelt Memorial Fund campaign for Robeson county. Ho was appointed by United Statcs Judge Jetter C. Pritchard, who is State chairman. Mr. Kinlaw sug gests that all who desire to share in this honor send or hand in their names with their conftdibu)tions so that proper record may be made of the matter. A dispatch from Waynpsvilje from Mrs. J. P. Brown of Fairmont says: W. I. Linkhaw (of Lumber ton) is with us and we are having the time you dream about. Send pa per to Dr. Brown. Will write letter." Last year Mr. Linkhaw went to the mountains with Dr. Brown and Mrs. Brown wrote one of her always-entertaining letters about how the par ty went upon a high mountain and hung over tall cliffs by their eye brows, et cetera, et utera, and Robe sonian readers will look forward to other letters from Mrs. Brown. How did the 'possum get in the biddie coop? That is a question that Messrs. J. Q. Parnell and C. A. Crump have been unable to answer. It was during tne wee sma' hours Friday niht that they wer awaken ed at the home about a mile east of town by a hen and nor b-ocd They rushed to the scene and found that the 'possum had entered a coop that looked to be absolutely 'possum proof and killed all the biddies and had partly picked the moth-r. Of course they found Mr. 'possum guilty of first degree murder and he paid the death penally without del-.y. A New Day Has Dawned For Bladen. If the Clarkton Journal is not mis taken, every township in Bladen county has now voted bonds for good roads, except one. Certainly that is a splendid record for Bladen. It is evidence also ) that a great change has taken place in that coin ty in the last dozen years. Ten years ago nothing short of a miracle could have induced the people of one half the townships to vote bonds for roads. As the Journal says, bad roads have been the greatest draw back to progress. But a new day has dawned in Bladen, rich in unde veloped resources, which with the ad vent of a system of good roads will soon be developed. Charlotte Ob rerver. DR. WILLIAM -W. PARKER EYE SPECIALIST ' ' Office: National Bank of Lombertoa Building.
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