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WSMe - RfMiE&fM f A N BB f t iBLlSHtiO 1b7M. SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOP AND TRUTH ? ' ' ' - - ? ' 12.00 A TEAR. DUE IN ADVAM VOL. L LUMBERTON, fioRTH CAROLINA jMOND AY, AUGUST 25, 1919. NUMBER 57 AUGUST 30 WILL BE BIO : CROWDED WITH TOBACCO VAx AT RED SPRINGS Town Will Be Turned Oyer to Visi torsEvery Soldier in .the County Is Wanted There on That Day Mar shals Have Been - AppotntedAt- traetions Are Too Varied to Enum erate. C--y:)C:' Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, Aug. 23. Realizing that nothing can stfcceed without the neip of the good women, the com nuttee in charge of the arrangement lor tha big celebration to be held at lied Springs Saturday, August 80th, has personally invited the ladies oi the various localities of oidr Robeson to see that their respective sections each bring well-filled baskets. They want the people to take a day off. The farmer will be through with his fodder, and cotton won't be quite ready, t The meeting U absolutely non-partisan in every respect. We will have . good speakers, besides Messrs. McLean and Morrison, Capt. Hollinger of Camp Bragg will also speak. Having seen actual service, his speech will be. brim full of in terest to old and young. The town will be turned over to our visitors and they will be in the land of "Do as you please" for the day. Any sport this day will be legitimate. We want old and young, Democrats and Republicans. On this day partisan iines will be abolished. L M. McMillan is chief marshall for the day. The following have been apt ointed as his assistants: Red Springs Dan McLean, W. B. Town send, Rufus McQueen; Antioch -John Brown, David Hodgin; Philadelphus D. P. McArthur; Buie John Mc Leod; Wakulla J. D. McArthur; Maxton H. A. McKinnon; Rowland W. E. Lynch; Barnesville R. R. Pitman; Marietta Paul Oliver; Lumberton J. J. Goodwin, W. K. 3 Sales Warehouses Again Filled More .Than Million Pounds Sold ; On. Lola Market Last Week.. V The three sales warehouses here were all crowded with tobacco again today and prices were about the same as last week. More than 1,000,000 puunas ox me weea wag sold on the local market last week. R0ZIER NEWS ITEMS. Rer. A. H. Porfer Accept Call to An- Uk.;; UitK fiv , J .. othr r;,U.P., M,:iCI,rItHl W,th Systematic Robbery - j.mwMllgt .w monin rersonai Mention. WATCH THE LABEL. AUTO DITCHED; 3 LADIES AND BOY INJURED Mrs. M. Blackwell of St. Pauls See m Won . Severely Injured Her Two Daughters and Small Son Also nuri iar went into Ditch t Sharp Carre on Pembroke Road- Auto Wrecked, Mrs. M. Blackwell and two daugh ters ana one small son, all of the St, rauis section, were hurt about 6 o'clock ..last evening when a Briscoe touring car in which they were rid ing ran into a deep ditch about 8 miles from Lumberton on the Pem broke road. A six-inch gash was cut in Mrs. Blackwell's scalp and the bone was slightly bruised. The two young ladies both suffered cuts on thei foreheads and the boy had one ankle sprained. The auto was driven by Mr. Charles' McNeill, a son of Mrs. Blackwell. and ran into the ditch at the sharpe curve in tne roaa 4 x-z miles from Pem broke. . Persons who saw the ' acci dent say the carwas going at a rapid rate when it went into the ditch. The auto wag badly smashed up. Those who were hurt in the wreck were brought to the Thompson Hos pital, where their wounds were dress ed, and all were able to go home ex cept Mrstf Blackwell, who is still in the hospital Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rozier (Lumberton. R. 2). Auar. 22. i Farmers of this section are through curing tobacco and fodder pulling time is at hand; and soon cotton picking will be the order of the day m-this section, as it is open ing very tast. . ' We are very sorry indeed to lose our pastor. Rev. A. H. Porter, who thas resigned at Rozier and the other churches m his field of work in or der that he may move to Duke, where his work will be more convenient. Mr; Porter will be with us two more months before moving to Duke. The protracted meeting will begin at Ro zier Monday after the second Sunday in Sept.. Rev. Albert Howell will help our pastor in the meeting, Mrs. Fannie Hightower and sis ter, Miss Mary Watson, of Fayette ville, are spending this week with Mrs. M. J. Barker, this vicinity, Mrs. L. C. Davis and children of Raft Swamp section spent a few days recently with relatives in this section. Messrs. Edgar, David and M. J. Raboh and Misses Annie and Gertie McDonald of McColl, S. C and Mr. Chap Roads of Hartsville, S. C, and Miss. Leila Edwards of Lumberton were callers Sunday afternoon at the McDonald home, this vicinity. . Messrs. Carey McDonald and Cas per Sessoms spent Saturday night at Long Branch. Mrs. Arthur Bowles and children of Winston-Salem, who had been visiting relatives in South Carolina for some time, spent a few days this week at the Britt home, this.vi cinity. Mr. Douglas Britt went last week to Atlanta, Ga., where he ex- Justice M. G. MeKen- 7f ARRESTED IN FAYETTEVILLE.; ANGUS W. Me LEAN ADDRESSES7 I a. C. BANKERS ASSOCI ATIflV I I Watch the date ooDoaita tk Of Express Company. j Lumberton Man Talked mi "Rnlr.r.'!wn.th k1 00 PPr. Whca ysar Seven arrests were made by the Part in Develooment of rw n... f"'rtPton expires yonr paper will police in Fayetteville Friday, state. j Trade' V " 'SriiS? 'P0,i" a press dispatch, as the result cf a I" lrM' I- - ound-up by Chief P. IL Merxer and,r,M1r- A w- McLean arrived here BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS . a - representative of the Department ' irom winston-SaJem.i of Justice, following fin investlra-1 ZPen . he .WM on the speakers! Mi aaai v j . . tion of alleged systematic 5t!,f ? before the North Carolina M PhlUins kth PS Mr' tha exnrMa tl Bankers association, and left U1P both of East Lumber- is-believed: '& .tpreturn to Waahington. 6th- X, 2Z&Z some month nt Th m;..k peaaers wno addressed the StaU i., . o uveas states: ' bankers Thursday included Secre- - Those under arrest 'ars. John W.!,0' Treasury Carter Glass. James, day clerk at the local office cflj08 following .bout Lomberton's dis th American Express i company; 0. jj"mhed citizen is taken from a U'Russ, of Abbottsburg, and S. A.! Wington-Salem Ptcial of the 21st to Epos, of Lumberton. both white clerks the. Greensboro Daily News: for the company; Lester, Johnson, ne-1 Altruistic as well as unitarian' few employe, his wife: Nncy, and wve wui piay a urge part m ef- Btirje Her and Jim Harvin, two driv er for the company. j'i'Thousands of dollars worth of roods were recovered, which were found at the homes of .the negro ac complices. The goods alleged to have been taken by James and his accom plices were for the most part in in terstate commerce. The robberies I nave oeen goin? on lor a monin ori forts of American bankers to solve manifold problems of the reconstruc tion period, according to the decla ratios: made here today by Angus W. McLean, of Lumberton and Wash ington, who told the North Carolina Bankers' association that this nation must share its marvelous resources with Europe. "Angus W. McLean, the next speak- sov- The forces of the law" wre put'er received high compliment from M. tl Tiff TJoool., l j Bethune; St Paul-Shaw McEachern; 8topped the 'car wag ced pects to learn the barber trade Lumber Bridge Ernest McGoogan ; Parkton Dr. D. S.- Currie; Shan non George Klarpp; Raeford Law rence Poole, Neill Maxwell; Allen dale Worth Currie, Leighton Mc Coogan ; Dujidarrach David Cope, Herbert Singleton. We want every Civil war veteran in what was once Robeson before it was ' dismembered present, also every Spanish-American and World Wide soldier together with their .wives, daughters and sweethearts and friends. We are going to prepare for your pleasure and entertainment and will be disappointed if you fail to come. There will probably be a game of baseball on (he local dia mond for those that love this sport. And if any of you have never seen "the bird man" perform hia stunts in the nir you'd better not stay away. The attractions are too varied to fiuinifi ale here. Come and se iff yourself. Remember the date, Sat urday, August :iOth, all day. and a man from Wilmineton. who gave his name as Edward Register, drove an auto against Mr. Beasley's 1 1 m car, aemonsning one oi the' rear wheels. SECRETARY OF NATION: AL' NEGRO ASSOCIATION BEATEN IN TEXAS Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thrower and children of S'.. Pauls section spent Sunday with relatives in this section. Messrs. C. I), and W. A. Ricj of long Branch were cailers in this sec tion Sunday p.. m. Miss Bettie Dallis of St. Pauls is spending some time with friends in this section. FAIR-PRICE COMMITTEE TO BE NAMED FOR R0BE30N On H. C. of L, Retailers Must Not Make Over 15 Per Cent on Meat, Sugar and Flours-Profiteers Will Answer to Uncle ham BARNES ADMINISTRATION lU'II.DING AT THOMAS- VILLE ORPHANAGE Widow of Late R. R.- Barnes Makes Handsome Donation to Baptist Orphanage in Memory of Her Husband. Mrs. Frances I. Barnes widow of the late R. R. Barnes of Barnesville , . i - a.. Hf V tJf Rdrnsa John R. Shillady of New York, sec retary the national association for the advancement of colored people, , Getting Down to Business in Vij;ht wfis severely beaten m front ot his hotel in Austin, Texas, Friday and ordered to tak? the first train ouc of town, which he did. Shillady (wno ' a white man) said the asfViaticn did not hitve social equality between whit s and np.srroer? for its object, r.s iTp-rted at Austin. An Austin dis "rto'i ruo" County Judys D::v J. ?i?':le. rf Travis county, as saying that Shillady had been "incitina: ne crres aarninst the whites" nr.d nre-' had been -warned to '.cave .Tudp.e Pickle said the at-, in operation on the case when ah agent of the Federal .Department of Justice recently can. to-Fayette ville and conferred with Chief Mer- ker on the subject. Since then the local officer have been hard at work on the case. "Their work culminated today with the. arrest of the employes. The De partment of Justict agent has been notified of the arrests and will be here tonight or tomorrow. The po lice are expecting to recover more of the stolen good." BED LETTER DAY AT WHITE POND M. W. Floyd. sie officiated. License has been issued tar tk marriage of Curtis L. Burroughs and Lenora Coward; Bobt. L, Pulley and Polly Smith; Marshall Floyd and jt?wJ?n'' Letr M, Phillips Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Parker sprat yesterday and last night at Wadcs boro, where they went to attend tha meeting being conducted there by Evangelist B. F. McLendon. Large crowds are attending the meeting at Wadesboro. -MF- E. C. Bissetl of R.1, Orrum, sol(T50 melons at Fairmont Saturday for $40.65. Some of the melons sold for $1.50 each and they weighed around 50 pounds to the melon. Mr. Bissell said that was the most mon ey he ever received for one InmA f melons. Rev. R. J. Woodell, who moved to Georgia from Robeson 42 years ago, returned recently from Atlan ta and will spend some time m the county. lie says he knows very few people the older ones have nasned Reunion of Page Family, Preaching and Woodmen Picnic on Same Day People Prosperous and Happy. Saturday was a red-letter day for the people of the White Pond section of Robeson. The doings of the day consisted of a reunion of the well known Page family of that section which was attended by, a number of tha Pages "and their .relatives, be sides others, a Woodman picnic and preaching services at, the Baptist church there Several hundred peo ple attended the picnic, which was held in the afternoon.1 y TIip occasion was very fitting, as the farmers had just , finished har- mV introducer, .Col. John F. Bruton. of Wilmington, who declared the Lumberton man had aided material ly in accomplishing great things in war financing. The war finance cor poration had quickened the bankers into greater life and achieved the best things by reason of what it re fused to do., Colpnel Bruton was im pelled tb express tfi conviction that 'Wnt tAJ.,. MA 1 . 1 I f wuuic luuo bic i rumi viasi uy very , , serious conditions and "know not r' V- what the morrow will bring forth."! 0Ut o hls collection. Grave responsibilities demand earn-! Corporal Jerome Williams of the est, calm effort. j S. army recruiting office, Fay- "Proclaiming a hesitancy as to pro- t'tteville, arrived today and will spend posing remedies for troubled condi tions, Mr.-McLean reminded his hear ers that he is with the government and any opinion he might venture must be considered his personal opin ions, not those of the war finance corporation or of the administration He proceeded to discuss "The Bank ers Part" in the Development of Our Overseas Trade." HOUSE VOTES TO EXTEND PROVISIONS FOOD CONTROL ACT " I vio'Hy L Austin'. 'JS1 livii'f; iicia icomi-u .. county and County Food Admlnis-; traiov H. E. Stacy will appoint fair-price committee of eight in Eobeson duiint? the next few days. Mr. Stacy received instructions as how to proceed with the work from Administrator rage to- ;rcK on bnuiady was .ade dv i ,on-, d d , a ?cale showing what stable Charies Hamby, Ben Piercej t Vetailera may make on their ami himself and that none of them,''. rr,, .i ;a oa fnllnws! sales. would shirk responsibility in the j Meat sur and flour, 15 per cent; matter. Officials of the association,,. jjtnff, nnt v 2S Derlty of food crops coming on to carry represented by Shillady wired Gov.; . .ftf. h etc not overj them through another year. It is the week here for the purpose of re cruiting men for the army. Corpor al Williams is also prepared to fur nish information to discharged men who wish to secure service bottons. Miss Elizabeth Belk of Hender son and Miss Christine Gower of Sel ma, both former teachers in the Lum berton graded school, spent a few hours, hers Friday. They were just passing through in an auto with Mr. M. C. Winston and Mrs. R. A. Win ton, both .of Selma, where Miss Belk was visiting. George McNeill and Will Rosier, the last-named colored, were arrest ed by Chief of Police D. M. Barker and Night Policeman J. B. Boyle Sat urday night on the charge of oeing drunk. They were looked up in jail . i i j i - - i - IIo1!? of "'"', rLleaBea yesieraay morning. Re corder es. sn. irut continued prayer for judgment upon payment of cost this morning. Miss Josephine Brece returned yesterday from Baltimore and other Northern markets, where she purch ased fall ntid winter stork nt mil- Peace and;. ,.,,,. ;mris'nni.r.t I linerv! Little Mis Anna Courtney prosperity reigns ara uouiuies. i proposais tn make the act a.'ply to; -Sharpe. who spent a week in Wsn The section around White ' "c'nd ; .prof iteeri?itf in housr? and room rent' insrton with her grandmother, Mrs. is noted for growing good, tobacco . adopte( v the house in committee of ; Anna P. Courtney, and aunt, Mrs: M. and the farmers generally received . . whoje were stricken out in the J. Boucher, returned with her. final vote. ' Laumnburg Exchange:, Mr. Lu- PJfforts were made both by Repub-jcius A. McLean, a prominent ousi licans and Democrats to have thejpess man of Maxton, and Miss Mar- Clothing, Feed and Fertilizers Among Things Included Profiteers Liable To Fine and Imprisonment. Without amendment and practical- vesting their tobacco apd foaaer anu , wJtn n0 oppM:t;ori tv seemed to greatly enjoy garnering tO,r Fridav voted to Amend the The natisn-wide fight on the high! talk about the many subjects that food conro, Mt tf, extem, it. I of liviPfr has reached Robeson ' ,llJlllltu, anc..v, i provisions to include ci jokes eating ice cream and dnnKing. f,, of f()f)d fee(1 r,r ftlZPTt lemonade. The people that PPulaie , f Uel oil and implement u- 1 in ih this section, once known as 'Black-; r,.f)(iuctjon of necessiti". &nd to pen ankle," are living at home and, fa(i,:.fl nrnfu0ri. hv a ST, 000 fini or . 1. T-V .1 . " " I ' one .nan expressed it, reace , tw0 years imprisonment t retailers may maKe on men - -, . X,. . - n, . Wo-h nrices for their weed and are wen iixeu- imauciauy, anu- Hobby of Texas form ew York Fri day night inquiring "What efforts are being made at once to punish tne offenders," and asserting that every effort would be made, to 'secure re PASTIME TO CHANGE HANDS. H. H. Anderson Will Dispose of Mov ing Picture Show and Other Property Here Family Move. theatre. which has been owned for some time by IT. H. . j' will chanire hands In s f"r;:va: Mr. J. L. Williamson, lo cal manager, remains in- charge. An ai i... thorized his-brother-in Zlur h. V. Grady of Whtieville. Hisnose of the moving picture show and his other restsra, roaidence on North Onesi- ut .trSt and he and his .family will locate elsewhere, where has not been siawu. - Box Supper at Mt." Moriah. Correspondence of The Robesonian. We had a box supper Friday night at Mt. Moriah church. Mandy Jones u- box to Grady Chavis for $30. itutiA boxes bought $86 The proceeds o to the church. A very Enjoyable time w spent m h sault." .Tl.umberton has given the trustees tribution for- this outrageous a of Thomasville Bap 1st orpnanage $7,500 with which to erect a building at the orphanage in memory of her deceased husband. The building is 10 y known as the Barnes Administra tion building. It will be erected at once in a very prominent place on the grounds at Thomasville. Messrs. Stephen Mclntyre and K. M. Barnes spent last Monday at the orphanage iroine over the details of the matter with Dr. M. Ij. iwesier, me onoo-or of the Orphanage. It was the first visit Mr. Barnes had made to the orphanage and he was greatly -pleased with he orphanage and the rreat work it is doing". It was ever wofr than he had expected. Mr. Mintvrfl has been one of the trus f..c nf the omhanaee for a number ICttl v--- f years. , . LONG BRANCH LOCALS. Corresplmdence of The Robesonian. Long Branch, Aug. 23. Farmers are pulling fodder and selling tobac co .Glad to see such fine weather for harvesting crops and glad to see the boys still coming home from camps. On? of our soldiers returned home Friday. Glad to have him back with U3. ' Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth filled his reg ular appointment here Sunday and preached Jn excellent sermon. We are glad to .have Brother Hedgpeth with us every time he can. We have prayer meeting atx our: church every Sunday night. ' Every body is invited. ,to. come and be withj us- Messrs. Braxton, Wesley and Ros sie Cox left Lumberton Saturday for Wilmington; where they spent tome time on a pleasure trip. I. F. BRITT, JR. Prof. J. R. Poole, county superin tendent of public instruction, will go tomorow to Wrightsville' Beach to at tend a' meetine of the South-Eastern Vdfvision of county supeHhtsndents. f rOI. rOOie IS Vlce-IJrcaiucii v .; division. The meeting opens tomor row and closes. Thursday. Mr. J. Pope Stephens wil leave this evenine for Brooklyn, N. Y., where he will spend six weeks at the Mergenthaler linotyp school. F. F. Wetmore, of Lumberton, who was here attending the -engineers' convention, at Wrightsville Bearh, re-, turned to his home yesterday after noon. Wilmington Star, Aug. 24. '. i ! I... - ' See the beautiful ; India " Paper Edition of "Webster's New Interna tional Dictionary," on exhibition rn window of the Farmers' Savings Bank, through' courtesy of Col. Tpwn- send. J. T. Norsworthy, salesman. 33 1-3 ner cent. There is a vast difference in the workings of the food administration now and when the State and county food administrators were working under the direction of U. S. Food Administrator Herbert Hoover. Per sons found guilty of profiteering will have to deal with the Federal gov ernment and there will be ho making donations to the Red Cross and get ting away with it, according to Mr. Stacy. The work is being done un der the direction of he S. Depart ment of Justice and the investiga tions will be made by agents from this department. The fair-price committee for the county. is to be made up of one re tail grocer, one retailer of dry goods, one representative of the producers, one representative of labor, one of housewives, two of tne purcnasmg public, and one wholesale grocer. County Health Officer to Be Elected Tomorrow. The county board of health will meet tomorrow with Dr. B. E., Wash burn,, State director of county health work, for the purpose of electing a successor to Dr. W. A. McPhaul, whose resignation , as county health officer will go into effect September 1. As has been stated in The Robe sonian, Dr. McPhauT resigned nis work here to accept a position as di rector of rural sanitation in the en tire State of Alabama. - Teacherage Fot Faculty of SL Pauls Schools. V The trustees of the St. Pauls grad ed school have purchased a home for the faculty of the school. The home will be conducted under the super vision "of . Prof. T. S. league, princi pal of the school, and all the teach ers will live , in the home. In this way the teachers will get board much cheaper than if they boarded in pri vate homes or at a public boarding house. . School will open at St. Pauls on Sept. 15. . . , well with them. THOMPSON'S VOTE IN ROAD BOND ELECTION It was stated in Thursday's Robe sonian .that Thompson township vot ed a $20,000 road bond issue on Wed nesday of last week, but the official vote could not De oDiainea oeiorc xc Robesonian went to press. The vote was: for issue, 59; against issue, 25. Mr. G. E. Bond was elected town ship supervisor and Messrs. Arthur Davis and D. A. McCormick and Dr. G. M. Pate were elected as an ad visory board. P Tiendment proposals to cover neces sities othpr hrn rVie included in the amendment as reported by the garet M. Jerigan, also of Maxton, were quietly married here at the Methodist parsonage on.. Thursday. agriculture committee. Inclusion of; August 14, Rev. E. H. Davis offi kerosene and gasoline was proposed , ejatjng. A few intimate friends were by 'Representative Strong, Republi-1 present and witnessed the ceremony, can, Kansas, who said the prices of Mr w A. McMillan, son of Mr. wese pruuui: ..u ...c.-u , Pa,8ley McMillan, of Red Springs, R Indian. Run Over By Truck and Kill ed At Rowland. West Chavis, Indian, about 60 years old, died Saturday night at his home at Rowland as s result of be ing run down by an auto truck on the streets of Rowland Saturday at 'noon. The truck was loaded with ,tobacco and driven by Connie Full more, colored. Fullmore was arregt and - i in iail here. According to (information received here, several of Chavis'. ribs were , broken wne tne truck struck him, and lntrnal injuries caused his death. PERSONALS cent in the last two years, but his amendment was rejected by a close vote while that of Representative Newton, Minnesota, to include raw cotton was eliminate don a point of order by Representative Blanton, -Democrat, Texas. Attempts to bring farmers ami farm organizations within the juris diction of the amendment also were hlocked. Recommendations of Attorney-Gen eral Palmer to include retailers doing a business of less than $100,000 under ' ... . Al J. A.VA the profiteering section so mat me Department of Justice might "go af iter the.fittle opes" were included in the measure as passed. There Will be a Sunday school pfenic at Back Swamp church Fridny 'of this week. - ; - - 1 Mrand Mrs. Pearl Burch returned yesterday to their home at Abbotts burg after spending a few days with relatives and friends near town. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McDonald and son. Mr. Carev McDonald, and Mr. W. S. Rozier of R. 2, from, St. Pauls, were Lumberton visitors Saturday. Mr. Haynes Powell of R. 2, Lum berton, is iu town today. Miss Vista Taylor returned toJay to her home in Wilmington after soendine a week here visiting at the ome of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Barfield, West Fourth street. 1 ' Mr. ArchJMcLean of R. 2, Lumber ton, was among the callers at The Robesonian office Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.-W. H. Lamb of R. '4, Lumberton, were visitors in town Friday. , . , - ' Ttk STRAIGHTEN OUT CAMP BRAGG TANGLE A Washington Dispatch of the 22 states that Representatives KoDinson and Godwin would go with a sub rnmmittee of the House cf Congress military affairs committee .o Fay etteville to straighten out tne camp Bragg tangle. The dispatch states that it has, been plain to observers at Washington that Republican Con gressman were trying to injure the South in their blow at tamp Bragg. The camD contract was closed and the lind in question bought or con demned. The House refused the money to carry out the contract. . It is believed that when the Congress men get the facts they will reverse themselves. Representative Robinson reminded the House a month ago that it was breaking a contract made by the government for the purchase t certain lands at Camp Bragg. Government Sale of Blankets Discon - tinued. , . '4"'-- Postmaster D. Dv French was ad vised today that the government sale of cotton? and woolen, blankets has beeA discontinued. ' ' - j 4, who arrived home on the 15th inst. from France, where lie spent 19 months with the 15th F. A. of the 2nd division, was a Lumberton visi tor Saturday. He was . accompanied home Saturday afternoon by Misses Margaret Brown and Ruby McMillan, who had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. 0. O. Dukes, rfincte Friday. They were also accompanied home by Mrs. Dukes, who will spend some time vis iting at the home of her father. Mr. J. G. Smith of R. 5, Lum berton, who was a visitor town Sat urday, recently received from his son, Mr. DeWitt Smith, a letter dated July 31st saying that they , had just received good news, that the 1st di vision, of which he is a member, with the army of occupation in Ger many, would probably entrain for the States August 15th. He hoped to be in the States by September 1st, but was not sure. He wrote tsat he was well and getting on fine but very anxious to get back home once more. He belongs to the regular ar my but is expecting a furlough when he lands in the States. Mr. C. W. McArthur, who lives on R. 2 from Rowland, was a Lum berton visitor Saturday. He had tough luck with tobaccco. He had the finest crop to be found, but all of it got ripe at Once, he could not cur it fast enough, and he lost sJl his profit. The other day Mr. McArthur had. some more bad luck when soma one wrecked his fine twin-six speed ster. But Mr. McArthur takes things philosophically and goodnaturedly: he does not let things worry him. Be sides, he's got another car, has cot ton from last year's crop, a good cot ton crop in the fields, and a new baby at his house; so it is a good old world, 'splte'n. ...... DR. WILLIAM W. PARSER . - EYE SPECIALIST Office: National Bank of Lumbertom Building. . . . . -,.i