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COUNTRY, 609 AND TRUTH
$2M A TEAR. DUE Df ADTANCB
vol; l
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBfiffi; 1919.
iNUMBER 62
Vi IBLISHEO 1871. 8INGLB COPT- FIVE CENTS. v? -.-' -
GRADED AND HIQH SCHOCHPLAN TO STORE COTTON
OPENED WITH 49 PUPILS
All Gradt-s Full and 2 Overflowing
Opening Attended by Number of
Patrons Playgrounds and Library
Needed 1,700 School Chpdren
Witfc fn Radius of 2 Miles.
linberton's graded and high
schools opened Tuesday with 489 pu
pjift 391 in Jba .grammar grades, aa-i
98 in the high school, divided 'as fol
Iowa:" .-'' v ';'V;-,J'i,;: V;
.Grammar grades: 'First grade, 09
pupils; second, 65 j third, 68; fourth,
44; fifth, 60; sixth, 88; seventh, 27.
High school: Eighth' grade, 42;
ninth. 29: tenth, 20; eleventh, 7. '
Tho ebhth cTadi has about! 10
mora TniDils than there is desk room i
jto accommodate, and tho fifth grade;
also has more pupils than there is the Federal and State plans- wUN
room for. (address the meeting and all farm-
There are six teachers for the first' ers and business men of the' county
four grades, giving a teacher and a' are urged to be present.' Mr. Brown
half for each of those grades, while; js familiar with-the Warehouse plans
there is one teacher for each of the! provided by the State warehouse law
other grades.
Twenty-seven pupils enrolled the
first two days for the course in do
mestic economy, equipment f 'r the
first year of this course having just
been installed. There were twelve
applicants' for a business course,
which is not provided.
School begins promptly at 9 a. m.
Supt Cale announced at the opening
that pupiis. are not .wanted at- the
buildinjs.earjier:thah8:45 ani-i and
9 o'clock is early ' , chough, but
one minute after 9 is late. High
school pupils have recess for lunch
l2Lto 12:30; lunch period for gram
mar grades, 12:30 to 1.
Opening Esjercises.
Opening exercises Tuesday morn
iug were attended by . a number of
patrons of the school. Devotional
exercises were conducted by Rev. Dr.
R. C. Beaman, pastor of Chestnut
Street Methodist church. He read
the 19th Psalm and offered a fer
vent prayer.
Rev. Dr. C. H. Durham followed
with a short talk in which he declar
ed that the school is the greatest in
stitution in the community and r.o
sacrifice is too great to give the
.school everything it needs. Money
could be raised, he said, to build an
other cotton mill, but if you start
out to raise more taxes to support
your school you mee$ opposition. Peo
ple who oppose necessary taxes for
schools do not deserve to live in a
civilized community, said Dr. Dur
ham. He congratulated the school
upon the addition, of the department
of domestic economy and expressed
the hope that other departments
would be added.
Messrs. W. K. Bethune and M.
(Barnes the latter a -member of ihe
school board, were called upon by
Supt. Cale and responded with ap-
inim nf i untMAvba
Mr. arnes
nledsed the hearty support of the!
school board arid urged co-operation
on the part of- patrons.
. r . Playgrounds. ,v
Mr. R. D. Caldwell, who served
about a quarter of a century on the
school board,4 most of that time us
chairman, Responded to Supu Cale's
invitation with the suggestion that a
larger playground should be provid
ed. That is a matter he has had up
on his heart and mind for some time
and he urged .tha t "' some - ; action
should be taken at once, before all
suitable -locatfosns haVe been occu
pied. He got a unanimous vote of
approval and pledge sf help from the
children. : ' s.-,;;
Library Also Needed.
Supt. Cale said that n library also
it needed. They have the shelves but
not the boolp. He expressed the
hope that some one would take up
this matter and see that the books
were supplied. "V
1.700 School Children.
Supt. Cale said that l.i 00 children
of school age live within rfulius of
d rl - 1 i i 1 1 m
2 miles of this school building There'
are 650 or 700 eolored children.
Among those on the rostrum nur
ing. the r opening exercises,''- besides
those mentioned, were Mr. Q. T. Wil
liams, a member of the school board;
former Mayor A.. E.. White t Miss
Flax Andrews, county. home demon
stration agent; Mr. W". McAllis
ter, county, welfare officer; and , Mr.
W. R. Tyner of Lowe. , ; f
BIffiinery Openings.':' 'Ci(Ffl
' Many ladies thronged ' the millin-
rjr stores of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell
& .Son- and Miss Josephine Breece
Tuesday and yesterday . to view the
' many . attractive hats displayed ' at
loth stores. These were the "open
ing" days of ; fall vmillinery at both
stores 'and no more attractive, show
in; of ladies' hats have been seen
Kere than were displayed t Tuesday
and , yesterday. ; Many, out-of-town
ladies attended the opening and the
sales at each store were large.
- Miss Eulalia McG.ill will leave
tomorrow morning f or . Belhaven
where she will teach in the graded
School, r. ' .- . -j s. .
Mr. W.- C. Brown and daughter,
Miss Esther Brown, pf Fairmont,. re
turned home Tuesday from Coney. Is
' land. N. YV.where they: spent two
. 'weeks. ... y. , :
IN BONDED WAREHOUSES
State Cotton Storage Warehouse Plan
to Be Explained at Meeting ' jb
v Lumberton Sept. 17 Farmers and
, Business Men Who Are Interested
In Such a Warehouse in Robeson
s Are Urged to Attend This Meet
ing,,
- Would you like to see one or more
of the State cotton storage ware
houses established in Robeson -conn
tyt If so, it will be f to your inter
est to attend a meeting which, will
be held n the court house in Lum
berton Wednesday of nert week at
11 a. to. r
Mr. James T. Brownr who has had
nh
avnorioTipA in nroranizino. pot.
gtorage warehouses, both under
passed by the last" Legislature', as
well as the plaps under which the
Federal warehouse law operated."
Mr.'S. G. Rubinow of Raleigh will
also explain at this meeting the
plans for the campaign to. be waged
the. first half of October by the North
Carolina Cotton association. Other
prominent speakers are expected to
speak on subjects of importance to
farmers, as well as the public peiicr
jally, Don't fail to' be on hand..
GOVERNMENT COTTON
GRADER WILL OPEN
OFFICE HERE
Robeson Farmers Will Again Have
Benefit' of Services of Expert Cot
ton Grader Office Will Ba Opened
In Court House Next Week. t
Robeson county farmers will again
ihave the advantage of having. their
cotton graded by a government grad
er. Mr. P. H. Hart, director of cot
ton marketing and grading in the
Statement yesterday here with Mr.
O. O. - Dukes, county farm demon
strator, and made arrangements for
the i government grader to .open an
office in the court house about the
middle of next week.
It is expected that Mr. P. F. John
son will have charge of the (Trading
work irf Robeson this year and plans
for having cotton graded will be the
same as they have been duv ng the
two last seasons when a government
grader has been located in Lumber
ton. Many of the farmers took advan
tage of the" opportunity of having
their cotton graded y tiie govern
ment grader last season --and they
ar? urged to do the same .'thing again
this year.
NEW EXPRESS AGENT ARRIVES.
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Mr. S. L. Bridgers Sueceeda Mrs.
F J. Thomas,; Who Takes Up.Com
munity . Welfare Work In County.
Mr. S. L. Bridgers arrived Tuesday
to tajte charge as local agent for the
American Ry. Express, succeeding
Mrs F.J. Thomas, who, as has been
stated in The Robesonian, resigned to
take charge "of community welfare
Work ' In the county. Mr. Bridgers
is a native Robesohian, formerly liv
ing near Elrod, but before entering
the army two years ago was em
ployed by the Southern Express com
pany as cashier at Greenville, Pitt
county. He spent two years in che
army, having arrived home only . a
few days ago from Germany.
Mr. Bridgers was marriied Mon
day afternoon in Greenville to Miss
Essie Wicharrt of that town. Mr. and
Mrs. Bridgers are boarding at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Belch,
Third street.
Assault Case Tried Before Recorder
"Buie at Red Springs. ; "
Before Recorder J. V, Buie at Red
Springs yesterday a v Mr. Gaddy,
whose initials have not been learned,
Z. G. Hall and Hoyle Davis were
tried on the charge of assaulting G.
D. Ratiey. Mr. Gaddy was found
giulty v and taxei ' $2$.. and costs.
Mesirs. Hall and Davis were found
not uilty.- Mr. Ratley is deacoir
in the Baptist church at pe springs
and the ajleged assault grew out of
a church -rqw whioh had stirred the
community." Mr-H. VStay .f the
firm of McLean, Vatser, McLean &
Stacy, and. Mr. E. J. Britt, both of
Lumberton, appeared for the i State.
Mr. E.-S. Smith of Raeford appear
ing for the defendants.1
SEND NAMES TO CHAPTER .
:-:0:xrC HISTORIAN AT ONCE
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
; A11 who have-not sent to the chap
ter president names, also time jmd
place of death, of those Sons of the
Confederacy who gave their lives in
the EWorld War",, will please wnd
them to the chapter historian before
Sept. 20th. - The roll call will be read
at tha. State convention in October.
. MRS. A. T. PARMELE, v
Historian Robeson Chapter U. D. K
Lumberton, N. C.
TREATY GOES TO SENATE,
Committee Reports Peace Treaty and
League Covenant With Amend
' ments and Reservations fight
Over Ratification Will Begin Moa-
dy. ' . m ..
" The German ; peace treaty, with
amendments, and its " league of na
tions covenant, , with reservations
was reported to - the Senate yester
day by the foreign relations com
mittee, majority of whose members
opposed ratification in the form
submitted by President -WSIson,
states a Washington dispatch.
Immediately after it was present
ed by Chairman Lodge; two months
to the day from the time the Presi
dent laid it before the Senate, Sen-
ator Hitchcock of Nebraska, rankhi:
Democratic member of the commit
tee, announced that the minority re
port' urging ratification without
amendment or reservation would be
filed Thursday. '
The fight over ratification will' be
gin Monday, Chairman Lodge an
nouncing that the treaty would ' bon
taken up then and kept continuous
ly before the Senate. First will come
the effort to amend the treaty and
then the fight for reservations, - mild
or strong. .
Leaders of the administration forc
es continued - to predict that the
treaty 1 with ' the league covenant
would be ratified in' its original form.
Republican leaders declared, i how
ever, -that-iL. put, to a vote now the
league would be rejected by the Sen
ate. Efforts to reach some agree
ment on the question of reservations
meanwhile are being made.
FARMERS AND BUSINESS
MEN ARE URGED TO
ATTEND MEETING
: .
Plan of Building. Cotton Warehouses
Will Be Explained Cotton Cam
paign Also Will Be Explained
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Farmers and business' men from
all over the county are urged to at
tend the tneetmg at the court house
In Lumberton Wednesday, Sejem-
ber 17. At th's meeting , an expert
tn cotton warehousing from the U. S.
Department of AKTieulture wQL -plain
the plan of building , , cotton
warehouses as set forth in the State
and Federal warehouse bills. To have
these bonded warehouses will allow
us to hold our cotton, protect, it from
the weather and fir? and "make it
possible to borrow a . reasonable
amount of money on the certificates.
Also the cotton campaign to be put
on Jn October Vj? the North. Caro
lina Cotton Association will be fully
explained. . '
O. O. DUKES,
County Farm Demonstration Agent.
Lumberton, N. C.
CREW Of SUMNER CHARGED
WITH MURDER OF CAPTAIN
Wilmington Star, 11th.
Federal warrants wiH be served
this; morning on the seven nembT8
of the crew of the schooner Willia.n
H. Sumner, ' which went ashore off
Topsail Inlet' Sunday night, charg
ing them with the murder of the cap
tain of the ship, Robert E. Cochrane.
Decision' to hold the' negroes was
reached after .two days in instigation
by Assistant District Attorney n. P.
Whitehurstof New, Bern.
The decision to charge the negroe3
with thet murder of their captain adds
another 'chapter to , one of the most
trr.gic and dramatic stories in the
annals of the shipping off the Caro
lina coast, fnding parallel only in the
case of the Harry A. Berwimi, which
was 1 found , several year3 ago off
Southport with a mutinous crew and
the skipper dead. " One of the crew
was hanged and the others sentenced j
to life imprisonment. ' v
HURRICANE DOES MUCH
DAMAGE AT KEY WEST
Not a house in Key West. Fla, es
caned Injury in a hurricane which
swept over that city last night, ac
cciding'to a press dispatch. Three
hundred and twenty . houses were
practically razed. Two church-edifices
were wrecked; .'5 store; build
ings -were .tipped over; plate glass
windows ' in many ' store buildings
wew blown in and stocks of. goods
ruined by water. ; No loss oflife was
reported in th- city proper, but a
steamer with' a crew of 14 men sank
place the property .Joss 'at not less
than $2,000,000 v
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Colored Boy Jailed by County Wel
' fare" Officer;- ; J '
; Prince Richardson, a 12-year-old
colored, boy,, who has , made a habit
of roving about through the country,
was placed , in..: jail Tuesday by Mr.
W ; P.r McAllihterv:: county welfare
efficeri The boy is ' chareed Avith
usin indecent language while in the
presence of a ' white , girl about his
see and with making sn insulting
remark to the white hilj.
SUPERIOR COURT.
It Is Expected Court Will Adjourn
Today Jury Dismissed Yesterday
Afternoon 10 Divorces Granted.
Judge Thoi. H. Calvert ; dismissed
the jury yesterday afternoon and, it
is expected that Superior court for
the trial of civil cases .will adjourn
this afternoon. Ten divorces were
granted during the .term, which be
gan Monday of last week, which was
perhaps the largest number ever
granted at any one term of Robeson
court.
The following jury trials have
been heard this week:
Ameretta Hardm vs. Condary Har
din; judgment for plaintiff.
Mattie Turner vs. Robert Turner;
judgment for defendant.
W. M. Davis vs. Susan Davis: di
vorce granted.
, G. W. Hughes vs. L. T. Cotting
ham: judgment for plaintiff.
- Georgianna Jacobs vs. Hursley Ja
cobs; divorce granted.
State on Relation Lera Howell,
guardian H. H. Howell, vs. L. B.
Townsend, et al.; judgment for plain
tiff. PERSHING LED FAMOUS FIRST
. DIVISION IN PARADE IN N. Y.
Over a five-mije flower strewn
pathway, states a New York dispatch
of the 10th, General Pershing led
his famous first division-down Fifth
avenue today to the wildly enthusi
astic plaudits of over1 two million of
his proud countrymen. It was the
last great review of the world war
for New -York.
The commander of America's arm
ies shared honors with battle-scarred
veterans who won undying fame on
the fields of France.
..Behind General Pershing rode a'
score of major generals and briga
diers .and back of them strode the
conlmander's guard of honor, the
composite legion of doughboys, the
flower of six divisions. Nearly all
pfithe men were wearing wound
chevrons. Next came the 25,000 reg
ulars of the first division fully ac
coutred for war, horse, foot and ar
tillery. SiThey paid the price of victory, for
1,000- of their comrades are sleeping
their eternal sleep in 'France while
9ft AHA AfhaM Kaa v fliA imma! aam.
bat. As - General Pershing 'caflJeT
abreast the - great grandstand at the
Metropolitan museum, the- great
crowd went wild with enthu&itasm.
He sat on his horse and saluted with
hi? gloved hand.
Recorder's Court.
John Collins and Luther Britt were
before Assistant Recorder E. M.
Johnson this morning charged with
an affray. Judgment was suspended
in each case upon payment of the
the cost.
Assa' Brown, colored, was fined $5
and Cost for an assault upon a color
ed boy. Ross Brown, colored, was
fined" -a like amount and the cost
for- usinsf - profane lansruajre at "the
union station. Both nlead guilty of
i.U . t J '
.iii.i.
Robeson Soldier in New York Parade.
Mr. James G. Smith of "R. 5, Lum
berton, has been advised that his
son, -Mr. DeWitt Smith.- who is at
tached to the First dfvision, regulars,
landed in New York from Germany
on September 5th. " Mr, Smith
marched in the parade of the first
civision in -New York yesterday md
the-division will parade in Washing
ton on September 16th. The paradei
yesterday wrft headed "by General
Pershing. v
C. K. Andrews Hurt in Railway Ac
cident.' Special to The Robesonian.
Raleigh, Sept. 9. C. K. Anders,
a flagman -on Seaboard Air Line lo
cal freight between ' Raleigh and
A V.J IV. l-M A
have both knee cap, knocked out of ,
place. : He -was sent to Rex hospital
at once. "Doctors say it will be-aev.
era! .months before -he return ta
wrk. , - Mr. Anders has many
friends at Lumberton.
School. Will Open at Pembroke Mon
dayy.- y;. ' .
Correspondence of The Rob?sonian.
Pembroke, Sept. 10 School is ex-
pecked to open here Monday Miss
Floy Butler is teacher.
The Lumberton opera house
building. North Elm street is being
converted into an apartment house.
The buuding is owned by Messrs. H.
M. .McAllister and T. L. Johnson. Ap
plication has' already been made for
several of the rooms that, will be
provided , fori house-keepers in the
tuildmg. .! '' "
Rev. R. A. Bruton, pastor of the
Lumberton circuit, and family Were
piven a pounding by people living in
Lumberton Tuesday afternoon. Qite
a suppfy of edibles and a nice sum
vi money made up the poun ling.."
Mjy and Mrs. Dan Moorer of Char
leston, S. C, are guests at the horn
of their son-in-law snd davighttr, Mr.
and Mrs. O. CrDeese. ..
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PARKTON PARAGRAPHS
School Opens With Good Enrollment
Large Baptismal Service Board
of Trade and Town Fathers Work
ing in Harmony Interest in New
Cotton Mill Band Reorganbed .
First Bale of Cottin Ginned
Farmers Not Selling Cotton Much.
BY C. D. WILLIAMSON.
Parkton, Sept. 10. Postmaster
Collier Cobb and family left n their
car Monday morning for Seven
Springs for a week's vacation.
Mr. E. B. Daniel went up to Rich
mond Saturday right and returned
with his wife Monday night, 'jfrs.
Daniel has been away several weeks
in the hospital there and we are glad
to state much improved in health.,
A Mr. McGoogan of Hoke county
has accepted a position w'th Lan
caster & Jones.
School opened yesterday morning
with a good enrollment, but we t re
yet unable to give the names of the
several teachers. - We believe that
the school is yet short one teacher.
We hope by next week to report all
their names. A goodly number of
the patrons of the town and commu
nity were present at the opening of
the school. Also the ministers of
the town. Pntxf Hns, pkiincpaL
made a brief speech which was lis
tened to with much interest, impress
ing one that they expected a very
successful term, soliciting the hearty
Co-operation of all the patrons and
pupils. He stated that he never had
many rules; the only one was "Do
right". He-also said that he aid net
know to what extent profanity had
been or was used in the town or on
the school grounds heretofore,' hut
one thing certain he was not poing
to have any of that going on in con
nection with the school, that it was
a useless ad worthless and uncalled
fr habft ad he would certainly make
it hard for that one.
We heartily endorse him in this
respect.
The largest) baptismal' services
ever reported in our town, or prob
ably ever at one time in the coun
ty, was Sunday night at the Baptist
church when Rev J. L. Jenkins ad
ministered the solemn rite by im
mersion to the number of 45; end a
goodly number by letter and .th;r-
,ae
The doors of .the church will
be open at the M. E. church Sunday
night at 8:30 to receive a'l applicants
who have- experienced a change of
heart and expect to live and walk
an upright life. The public is "or-
dially inv'ted. Last Wednesday
night after the close of the union
prayer meeting at the Presbyterian
church Rev. J. K. Hall, pastor- re
ceived 13 or 14 new members. The
above all are the results of the tent
meeting recently closed.
The Parkton boar dof trade, which
was organized a couple of .;eks
ago, met last night in the Perry
building. The town fathers and the
board of trade seems to go hand in
and 'interest is - manifested, und we
hand and at present much enthusiasrt
hope to report something definite
from time to time.
The cotton mill interest .is now be
ing worked and the officers promise
to get busy.
The Parkton concert band has been
organized with IS or 20 members arid
we expect to report good news" from
them later on. Several of the hoys
have come home and more expected
and something will be doing. Al
ready two engagements have bejn
offered the band.
The first bale of cotton' of the
Lancaster & Jones gin Monday.
season up here 'was ginned at the
Both the Lancaster & Jones an. I
Parkton Mercantile Co.'s gins have
been humminsr all the week. Fhe
braVid new Parkton ginnery is not
quite in readiness but will hum in a
few days.
Messrs. H. B. and A. M. TCul'nreth
have put a new roof on their nice
dwelling ononeb. MrJ. C
Lancaster and family will occupy
this house later on as Mr. J. 3. Jer
niean of R. F. D. 2 has purchased
the house now occupied by Mr. Lan
caster, v
' The farmers aie not selling the'r
cotton much. "Say they just can't
afford at present prices.
THE RECORD 07 DEATHS
CapL Tedder. -
Capt. Daniel Miles Tedder, for 30
m
Y years a railway engineer ana iot
m&ny years a citizen of Launnburg,
died Wednesday,. September 3. at tne
home of his daughter Mrs. R. E. L.
Correll, in this city after a short
Illness. Launnburg Exchange, 11th.
Mrs. Correll formerly lived in
Lumberton.
Mr D P. Reeves of Columbus County.
Mr.. D.- P. Reeves, aged 20 years,
died Tuesday at noon at the Thomp
several days. Young Reeves had
son hospital, where he had been for
been making his home at the Lum
berton cotton mill village for some
time, while his original home was
rar ' Whiteville, Columbus . . county.
The remains were carried , to the old
home for interment.- .-'
WATCH THE LABEL,
Watek thm date nnnJt fc
oa the label on vear oaocr. WWa
sabseriDtiea oxnlrca tmnniM f9
bo stopped. This applies to all asm
scribors. ..... - . . -
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS
The East Lumberton school will
open Monday morning, Sept. 15th, at
9 o'clock.
. , Miss Ruby Thompson expects to
go tomorrow to Charlotte to resume
her studies at Queen's college.
Will Faulk, colored,' asks that
The Robesonian advise, the public
that a son was born into his homo
last Sunday.
Mr. W. J. Prevatt, Jr., left last
evening for College Park, Ga., where
he will resume his studies at the
Georgia Military academy.
Mr. S. T. Hancock formerly of
Rockingham, has accepted a position
as salesman in Messrs. White a;
Cough's department store.
Mr. Frank McLean and family
moved Tuesday to St. Pauls, where
Mr. McLean takes charge of a sta
tion for the Standard Oil Co.
Dr. H. T. Pope of Lumbertcs has
quite a reputation as a successful
cancer doctor. Tuesday he lad four
patients from Columbus county, and
frequently has patients from other
States. t :
Among those leaving for the
various colleges recently are: Miss
Sadie Rae Pope, and Mr. Furnvin
Biggs, Easman Business college,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y-5 Miss Margaret
Pope, Meredith college, Raleigh and
Miss Lula Norment, Peace. Raleigh.'
Mis3 Anna Lawrence submitted
to breaking the auto speed limit and
was fined $10 and the cost by Assist
ant Recorder E. M. Johnson Tuesday
afternoon. Chief of Police ,D. M.
Barker says he is not only after
speeders, but. intends to enforce the
age law aswell.
Rev. H.NA. Grantham, formerly
priest-ln-rcharge of Trinity Episcopal
ehurch here, and who is now wtor
of Christ's church, East Haven, Conn,
of Christ's church East Haven- Conn,
is in Lumberton for a few days. He
came here for the purpose of ship
ping his furniture to East Haven.
Mrs. E. R.. Hardin, wife of Dr.
Hardin, whox recently was elected
county health officer and entered up
on the duties of that office September
1st, arrived Tuesday night from
Clinton, their former home. They
are staying for the present at Mrs.
N. A. McLean's, North Elm street.
Miss Hannah Johnston, who re
cently returned from' France, where
she served as a Red Cross nurse,'
spent the week-end here visiting at
the home of her brother, Mr. A. C.
Johnston. Miss Johnston, has served
two years as a Red Cross nurse and
has another year' to .'serve. She is
off on a 30 days' furlough. .
Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers arriv
ed home Monday night from . Char
lotte, where .they spent several days
visiting, relatives arid friends. Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers were married at
Laurinburg on August 31 and Went
from there to Charlotte. They are
hoarding for the present at the home
of Mrs. James Bollard, Pine street.
Geneva Cobb and Jesse ThornhilL
a couple of color, were married in
A.S in M W i .a W mmm ,
tne omce or Jiegisier or Leeag n. w.
Floyd ' Tuesday afternoon. - Justice
H. M. McAllister officiated. Quite a
crowd witnessed the marriage. The
groom saluted the bride in a most
pleasing manner at the request of
Justice McAllister.
' Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bodenheimer
and three children' spent Tuesday and
yesterday he revisited friends. Mr.
Bodenheimer and" family are moving
from Wilmington to Lincolnton
where Mr.. Bodenheimer will ftake
charge of a station for the Standard
Oil Co. Mr. and Mrs. Bodenheimer
formerly lived here and have many
friends in Lumberton.
Dr. anh Mrs W. A. McPhaul and
four children left Tuesday e-enins;
for Montgomery, Ala., where they
will make their home, As has been
stated in . The . Robesonian, Dr., Mc
Phaul recently resigned as county
health officer in Robeson to accept
the position 6f director of rural san
itation in the State of Alabama. Dr.
McPhaul will return to Lumberton
soon to wind up his, business affairs'
here. The many friends of Dr. and
Mrs. McPhaul wish for them much
kucces sin Alabama. x
License has been issued for the
marriage f Archie T. Stone and
Ruth Warwick; David B. Kinlaw and
Fannie Grkre; Dougald M. McNeill
and Stella Baker; Sandy T. Glover
and Mary Allen; Chas. A. Bracey
and Elsie M. Falk; Murry I. Lind
say and Alice Gray; Hampie Cole
man and Dorotha Wright; J. Willie
Home and Belle Tharp; J. Clarence
Atkinson and Mary Wilkerson. Reg
ister of Deeds M. W.-Floyd sold 9
marriage licenses, yesterday after
noon, which goes to prove that Cupid
is very busy in Robeson.
DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER
EYE SPECIALIST
Office: National Bank of Lumbertoa
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