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1 v- "WATCH LABEL ON TOUR PAPER AND, DONT LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIRE THE DATE ON TM LABEL IS THE DATE TOUK PAPE3 WILL BE STOPPED; C8'i ABL1SUE1 1W0. SINGLE COPT FITE CENTS. COUNTST, GOD AND TRUTH t $ZJH A IP-AR. DUE IN ADfAICl VOL..L LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1919. NUMBER 63 . - - ....-.. . - . , .. - - .IJtlJOj COTTON STOEAOE WAEJfc- H0lS MEETINQ SEPT. 17 DonH Fail to Attend This Meeting If You Want a Storage Warehouse in Lumbertoa jT J'r'. .j It . you are interested in- seeing at '' 4eai one of the State cotton stor age warehouses, at provided byle last -Legisiature, established iij. JBob 4son, don't fall to attend a meeting in tfle interest . ofthe move to iC- core one at the court house in Lum Iterton Wednesday of this week 'at It a. m. :. c; ' 1 ' : OtJler ;atterr of Importance "J to farmers and business men, will,-also be considered at tois meeting anda large attendance i$ desired. Jfou are tjcpttuct vol. oe on iand. ' Remember the date, Wednesday, Septeraoer 17, at 11 a. m. . : . COTTON G'EADER HERE. Office For Grading Cotton Will. Bi Opened at Once in Grand Jury Roorn at Court rHouse. , Mr. Pryor'F. Johnson, who will have chiwe of the government cot ion rradinir work in Kobeson, arriv ed today from Raleigh and will open an office at once in the grand jury room in tne court house.' Mj. John son has md eight years experience as a cotton grader. Ltlt' number" of shots fired aonian. Uns js the tmw-year tnaii . ... . Robeson has had a government grad er and plans for grainy- cotton for the grower will be the same this year as heretofore. . JBNBOLLMEIfT AT LOCAL SCHOOLS OVER 500 Additional Teachers Will Be Employ ed Np Outside Pupib Can Be Tak en in First or Eighth Grades. . The attendance at the graded,, And high schools, which opened .f3r the fall term Tuesday of last weak, has passed the , 500 mark, according to Supt.W. .H. Cale. .. . . Miss Cora Gunn haa been transfer red from the sev?nth to the fifth grade and Miss Jante Carlyle is sup plying in the seventh gfade until a teacher can be secured and an adli tional teacher will be secured for the second grade as soon as seats can be provided. Supt. Cale says the school will not be able tP take any outside pupils for the first or eighth grades, both of which are already crowded. DRUNK ON PEPTONE; CUT OFFICER WITH KNIFE t X.. - tiorge Beck, wh6 lives at the Jen nings cotton mill village, was before Assistant Recorder E. M. Johnson this morning on the charge of cut ting Policeman I. ; J. Green of the mill village with v knife Saturday night. He was fined; $25 and the cost and must pfty 5 tha ' charges of the physician who dressed the police man's wounds. ;According to the evidence, Beck was drunk on Pep stone, a patent medicine, and when Policeman Green attempted-to arrest Iiim hp- cut the .officer with a knife A gash near three Inches long -was cut in the back of the officer's head Beck, was later arrested arcT placed In jail, where' he remained ufttil -this tnorningy " BOSTON POLICE NOT TAKEN " , BACK ON FORCE Striking Boston policemen found the doors of- the, police department shut In their faces when they voted to .return to .duty. Saturday. P jlica Commissioner Curtis announced that ' lie would .not re-instate the-men who rliad abandoned their posts, that the f 19 officers' and members of the union ' whom he had suspended had been t finally discharged and that he would proceed at once td build up a new , force. ; ''. MAT HA YE AEROPLANE FLIGHTS DURING COUNTY FAIR ' ,. An effort is being made by the management of the county ; f air to - soenre an aeroplane to fly here dur ing the fair, wich will be held in Xumberton October 14-18. Present ' Indications are that one will be secur - ed from the War Department for at Jeast two days of the fair. INFLlfENZA IN MILD FORM, v . HAS APPEARED AGAIN ' . . ... : - ... ,f. A few mild cases' of influenza have : been reported in and about Lumber ton during the, last., few weeks. Dr. T- C Johnson says he has treated eleven cases during the - last sit weeks, but the cases were all of a very v mild nature. - -- Mr. D. J. Willoughby of Malohe, en, route to St. Pauls to -visit Tela .; f tnres., ' MrWilloughby - is a native VS 7obesonian. havinar moved . to -FlorW Ha, passed through town yesterday iumb oi. rams about ZO. yeari ago. FIGHT AT UNION STATION LAST NIGHT Juliu9 Bobeson, Colored; Hal Hole to His Head and is in Critical Con- ' ition Blow Alleged to Have1 Been " Struck by Lewis DunnWh0 Has pisapptared. 1 Julius f Robeson, eolored,,twho fives neay the Jennings cotton mM villagev has a large hole in the side ox bis head and is in a cTiticah -condition 'as- a 'result of a fight with another ne gro near the union station last nijrHt. According to Robeson, he was struck on the, head -with a piecs of iron in the hands of Lewij, Dunn, also col oiedV hosehome is at : the Kings-. daie. .Iuipber." plant. , Dunnchas not been arrested arid it is said he left town Non the Seaboard train just af t Jr, tfie' fight. X -. Officers knew nothing of the affair until r this "morning,- when Jlob-Json's cap and r cbrnfortf weire fotld neat t.ie union' station." ' Several patches of blood also were in eVidcnci about tie spot . where the cap wag . found this - mottling. Mr.- N. B. Andrews X'ognized - the' capt, and comfort as oiies sold ic Ribton Saturday night ar.d this led the officers, to the home of 'Robeson, where '. he related the story of the fights which it is said onmiAil hfrtre thft Seaboard train due fat 10:04 arrived. Several people In about 11:30 last night and the gen era! belief when the blood and cap were first "found was that a man had been shot v Robeson ; was -taken to the Thomp-; son- hospital today and th& doctors say' his recovery is very doubtful. Jury for October Civil Court. The following jury list was drawn Friday in the presence of Justices M. G. McKenzie and F. Grover Britt to serve at the two-weeks term of Robe n Suoerior court for ihe trial f civil ca?er, -which will convene . Mon Aa fteotmber 29; First Week-George Stone. Ev V. McDaniel. O. E. Seawell: Rowland McRae, L. B. Barnes, Alex Andrews, C. S. McKenzie. D. C-JRegan. A. Legwtt. J. P. rTll, McKay McKin nn. V H. Britt. W J. Wilkerson, F. F. Townsend. Mont Kincaid, E. L. Ivey, A. J. Freeman. Ed Kinlaw, C. E. Tedder, Luther Williams. Second Week Dan Sinclair, Reorge A. Barnes, J. K. Currie, J. D. Odum. Kellv Bass. C F. Mainorv. J. O. Mf Arthur. -K. C. Stubbs, Gilbert I Cox- I. T. Brown. D.W. Meares, R. R. Powi"-s. A. S. Rav. John . W. Branch, E. T. McCormkk, D. .K. At- kinon. Gpston Britt, Asburyv luce, T. B. McNeill, Justin McNeill. . ALLEGED ROWLAND POSTOF- FICE ROBBERS RELEASED Charles F. Hackbarth, William Sal isbury vand John C, Davis, charged with robbery of the postofficce at Rowland and Wagram, were discharg ed by United States Commissioner W. S. Cook . at Fayetteville Friday because of lack of evidence of a con victing nature The, men , had been held there several days having been captured a few days after, the rob beries. ' , Lumberton Boy in New York . and Washington Parades.' . RevAand Mrs. R. N. Cashwell were advised Saturday that-their son Mr. Leslie Cashwell landed in New;York on September 5 from Germany a"hd that he expected ta be home . soon. Mr-Cashwell belongs to the First di vision, regularsf and marched in the. parade of the division headed by Gen eral Pershing in New York Wednes day. The division w$lK parade- in. Washington Wednesday of this week. Motion lectures at Union 'Chapel Sept 18. s . The Community, Service motion pictures will be at Union - Chapel Thursday, Sept. 18th." at 8 o'clock in stead of Sept. 29th as heretofore stated. ' " Mr. JT. Purvis of Fairmont, R. 2, was' Lumbertoir visitor , this morning. '.. ,' ' : , Mr. C. W. Gaddy returned last evening to his home at Albemarle after spending a few days here vis iting ".relatives." ..". Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Nash of Rose mary arrivei yesterday to visit rel atives here, Mr. Nash will return home this evening and Mrs. Nash will spend sortie . time here visiting her mother, Mrs. Geo. B. McLeod. Mr. Joseph E. Johnson of Wil liamshurgpaS C., arrived last week to visit relatives at, Barnes vill.?, his former home, Mr. ..... Johnson left Robeson in the year 1874 and-; he could not, recognize" Lumberton at all yesterday, when he came in to S'e the town he knew before there w" a bride" building here. .He was acccm oanied. to Lumberton by. his brother Mr. Haynes Johnson of the Barnes rille section. . ; - , : ; BEER AND MEAL CAPTURED, BUT STILL WAS NOT L - Officers Make Raid at Home of Asbury.H"ntr E7 ; Uarinlsuri Killed Oxendiae,' Near Pates Still Hadi Been Removed Alleged Blockaderp . ' of Robeson Arrested in South Car olina '''''-"i':.-' Three, hundred -gallons of :- beer, fe bushels of meal, a pair of shoes and an ftxe were captured near the home . of Asbury Oxendine. near Pates, Friday alternoon; and other thing, named above W' found near a furnace from. 'which-a whiskey still had- recently beenTre moved.- The oosse that made the haul was composed Of Sheriff R. 11 Lewis, Deuties A; H. Prevatt and -J. R. McLrod, Rural Policemen A. iL Pitt-' ron and Walter Smith and Chief, of Police D. M. Barker of Lumbcrton. The following- had "bjeen advised that the still .would be in operation when they reached, the scene, but the proprietor 'had left, with the plant before the officers arrived. Sheriff Lewis will be pleasjed to turn the axe and shoes -over to the cwner .if he will apply in person at hir.o lice for -'them.. , , Sheriff R. E. Lewis-has been ad vised of the arrest last week in Marl boro cOuntv. South Carolina, ot ?.f. Il' Lowrey, B. U Lowrey lndU anjRJWV Percy and J. J. Newman Royal, white, all formerly of Pem broke. The men were arrested while at a 60-gallon capacity whiskey a! ill and are in jail at Behnettesville. The officers also found 1-000 gallons of beer,' 500 pounds of sugar and . other things needed in making "the . old familiar" at the .stilL The stilt was located in a swamp in 1 Marlboro county and Uie capture was mada Ey rounty and Federal officers. . ' mi :. me aoove namea men naa Deen. sought . by Robeson officers on the charge of blockading" before 'leaving Robeson, some two months ago. Aj sun w ii it: 1 1 uicy were sufpuseu J,u have been operating", near Pembroke, was. captured by the officers, out the men escaped into South Carolina. ' v FOOD CONTROL ACf IS : PASSED BY SENATE " The House bill- extending the food control act to penalize profiteering, as requested by President Wilson and Attorney General Palmer as a means of reducing the cost of living, was passed by the Senate Friday and sent to conference. In addition to penal ties $5,000 fine and 2 years' im- prisonment-for , profiteering, hoard- ing, destroying or monopolriing oi food and -other necessaries it "mak ing an unjust or unreasonable rate or charge," the bill extends the law to include wearing apparel and con tainers of food, feeds and fertilizers as well as food fuel, fertilizers and agricultural "machinery.15 The life of the , proposed law would terminate upon the ; proclamation of peace. Off ;: to College. v y Mr. Harrell Humphrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Humphrey, and Mr. Gaston Bruton, son of Rev. and. Mrs. R. A. Bruton,, will leave tomorrow for " Trinity ; college, Durham, where Mr. 4Iarrell will resume his studies in the ,, sophomore class interrupted last, year by a severe attack of ir fluenza, Mr. Bruton . entering the freshman class. Mr. Harrell resumes his college work upon the advice i Dr. Jas. ,K. Hall, the physician at the head of Westbrook sanatorium at Richmond, Va., where he was treat ed. After a recent examination Lr. Hall wrote Mr. W. H. Humphrey that Harrell's health had been completely restored aridvthat while it would be advisable-tor him to take" light work this fall in order not to overtax his strength, he -would advise that he be allowed to return to college. New Live Stock Company at Fair mont ; '-.'- -s ," The Stubbs-Bevil Horse &. Mule Co. of Fairmont has been chartered, to sell live stock. Capitalized at $50,000, authorized to begin with 530,00.' H. G. Stubbs and G. M. Scott of Fairmont, C. L. Be vill of Fayette ville, are the incorporators. ' Superior court for the trial of civil cases, which convened " Monday, September r 1, adjourned Thursday afternoon. Judge Thos. T. Calvert, who presided, left Thursday evening for his home in Raleigh. - . " Henry C. McNeill, colored, today was made probationer for Prince Mc Neill,' the. 12-year-old colored boy nlaced in jail last. week by Mr. W. P. McAHster., county wefare. officer, on the charge of using indecent language in th prsence of a small white girl. Juvenile Officer C. B. Skipper dispos . ed of the case in. the above stated marfner. ' " " 1 -r .. . - Mr. W. K. Culbreth of R. 6, Lum- bertdn, is m town today.- Mr E. H. -McKinnon of Rowland is m. iJim nrroTi viiirnr rnniv. i ' " - -- Mr. and Mrs S. K. Nh of Wash-j mgton, D. C, arrived yesterday and will - spend a week here visiting at the home of Mr. Nash's mother, Mrs. j A. Nash, East Fifth street J I BOY KILLED B7 4 1KAIN AT MAXTON Ihi tt,i : V .! "nen r,n oirnca Auiowr. boo ;; Covington of Laurinborg ; Slightly Injured, Hnntpr V.mvfV Mt.war.nA ann r,f . Ellas Essey, a Syrian of Laurinburg, was killed and Mr. Bob Covington of i Laurtnburir stfsrhtlv Jniured Thucrs-t vu- ililay evening when a Coast Line tram) "' th. Jfa. rntourg and LumbertonV toad in North Maxton. . The boy was thrown into a ditch and received injuries from which he died soon after being Uken to the office of Dr. J. O.. Me Clelland in Maxton! Mr. Covhigton, who played baseball here season or so ago, suffered a-gash across his forehead but is understood not to have been seriously injured. The Maxton Scottish, Chief, from ; which report of the tragedy is taken- nays this is the most distressing aecid-r.t that has occurred in Maxten since Mr. J. D. Austin was killed at the Pa er son crossing south of Waxton a few years ago. DON'T FAIL TO ATTEND COTTON a and -:t'iitrr : -y"? Every Town in Cotton Producing Sec lo tions Should Have a Warehouse,. To Cotton Farmers and Business Men: ; Don't fail to attend the cotton warehouse meeting . at the court house Wednesday, September I7th. at 11 a. m. and hear an expert from the. Department of Agriculture explain (the1 State warehouse system. Some of the things providd: ' All cotton stored in a State ware house shall be . insured through the State superintendent, thus reducing the insurance considerably. jr-The warehouse pay is fee of five cents per bale "per month on all cot ton stored. This privilege ffee is mdte than offset by the reduced in surance rate the warehouseis enabled to get. ' "Every t town in each coton-produc in aeetion should have a warehouse operated under the State system if they want it.. Cotton should be placet) in a State warehouse mimed :ptely after it !s ginned, so that there will be no pos sibility of weather damage. After it is placed' in the warehouse the owner can then, or later, sell the receipt instead of the bale, locally or through the State superintendent, or he can get the identical bale and sell-it.' - It is expected, that the receipts of a ' State, warehouse will be fully as negotiable as a. Government bond. . Come to the meeting Wednesday and let's .see what can be done. FRANK GOUGH. Lumberton, N. C. - - ; ' BRIEF ITEMS MAXTON NEWS. Rev. J. A. McLean Aeoepta Call t Morganton Graded) School and Carolina College Open IThis Week. .The .following litems are condensed from last week's Maxton Scottish Chief: Rev. John Allien McLean. ' who served as chaplain in the A. F. F. in France, ' has accepted a call to the Morganton ' Presbyterian church. He preached a week ago yesterday ' by invitation" in a prominent Presbyte rian church in Mobile, Ala., and was extended a call to that church, the membership of which numbers 0;T0. The graded school opens today. Mr. J. H. Workman of Chetryville has been elected' superintendent. The: fall ' term of Carolina college bgins Thursday, Sept. 18. . j Mr. .Charlie Carrowon came home! last- week, having received his dis-j charge from the navy. THE RECORD OF DEATHS Mias Matilda Edens of Rowland Sec tieu. , 'Miss Matilda Edens, aged about TO years,' of the Rowland section, died Saturday at a hospital fat Ribhmond, Van where she 'had been a .patient since Monday of last Week. Deceas ed had been in ill health for several months; - The funeral was conducted from the home yesterday at 4 p. m. and interment was made in the Row land cemetery. Nannie. Bell Sinclair, Colored. Nannie Bell Sinclair, colored, died Saturday at her home 5 miles north east of town. $6,000 .Paid Mexicans for; Release of .-t Prisoners. " " : El Paso, Texas dispatch, Sept. 14: Six thonnarui Hollars in - srold - was raid Mexican late vesterdav for the release of Dr. J. W. Smith, an Amel jican, and E. Monson, believed .to bl a anhfa .w ii e MVva vi UVf CUClly nilV Ci C taa- en from a train near Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, yesterday.' according to telegrams received from ' Chihuahua City tonight. They are expectea to reach that eity tonight I LEAGUE IS HOPE OF WORLDT Battle Becins, Tndav Maioritr i ' Sen. t- Committee Oat of Har- mony With People, Sa Minoriiy Report With submission of the foreign re lation committee minority report. the DeaCC treatV. With Its Covenant1 'or a league of nations, was made! ready Thursday for the ratification battle to be waged about it In the Senate- states a Washington dis- "S'J!SS 2??; .it begin until Monday (today).;" Mean while, however. Republicans, claim ing enough votes to prevent fatifica- a.? - !11 a. . a tion without reservations, were urged iby Chairman Lodge, of the foreign relations committee, to stay on the job until final disposition is made of the treaty, weeks hence, perhaps. With as little formality as that at tending the presentation Wedncsoay of the majority. ' report, Senator Hitchcock, leader of the administra tion forces' submitted the - .minority leport signed by all Democratic mem bers of the committee except Sena) tor Shields, of Tennessee, who ' st ;od out for reservations to the league covenants Without attempting specifically to answer majority charges against cer tain provisions of the convention as brought back from Paris by ' Presi dent Wilson the minority urged speedy adoption without . modifica tion or in precisely the form laid before the Senate two months ago. Rejection or change, the report de clared, meant loss by, this country of all concessions obtained from the en emy by a dictated peace including Germany's acknowledgment of re sponsibility or the war. Denial was made of Chairman Lodge's statement that the peace conference still was in session for consideration of tex tual amendments, the report declar ing that Germany, once having sign ed the treaty, might not- be disposed to sign it again. . . The minority at the outset charged that , the, treaty could have been re ported out long ago by the commit tee which was trying to destroy it by reservations. No reference was made to Republican attacks in the award of Shantung province to Japan or the inequality of the voting power in the league for the United States- as com pared with Great Britain. The re port set forth a defense and explana tion of the league covenant, described as the best hope of the world, "even if UKeieu human instrumentalities it will not be divinely perfect in eve- ry detail." a Denlorim? delav tn - - 9 vv . wio Kar. ument had been subjected, the report asserted that the' industrial world was m ferment, the financial world in oouot and that this was caused "by the majority of a committee kflown to be out of harmony with the ma jority of the Senate and the majority oi we people. LABOR TROUBLE ENDED AT HIGH mOlNT; AGREEMENT SIGNED The labor trouble at High Point. which has tied up industry at that place for the past 6 weeks, and ere a ted an idle army' of approximately 4,000 people, waa ended yesterday af ternoon ' when articles of agreement were signed by a committee repre senting the labor unions and the nvanufacturers.", Settlement) of. in ferences was made on the basis of the "open shop" principle and work is to be resumed Sept. 17. Essential points of the articles of agreement are: Admission on the part of the man- uiaciurers inai union la tor has a ri)ght to work, without d$scrimna tion Admission on the part of union workers that a " non-union employe has every right the manufacturer concedes the union employe. .Adoption of the piecework system. Compulsory arbitration of differ ences between employers and em ployes. "It being herein and hereby dis tinctly undrstood ad agrd that this agreement shall shall not be under stood is any sort orkind of .collective bargaining with either agents, com mittees or representatives of union labor." The settlement of the controversy was due largely to the efforts of Gov. Bickett, who went to High Point Fri day night and since, that time' had been almost continuously in confer ence with one or. the other sides. . A revival clojsed yesterday at Feasant Hfll Baptist churfch, col-ored,-at Fairmont The pastor, Rev. J. D. Harrel. was assisted in the meet- ing by Evangelist Spnrgcon tavis of Baltimore, Md. More than 100 mem bers were added to the church. Many white people attended the meeting. Mrs. John T. Norsworthy and Miss Marv Culo soent the week-end at psMr. Rufus Floyd of Barneville w4s a Lumberton visitor S iturday. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Taylor of S. 7. .Lumberton, were in town Sat- urday. WATCH THE LABEL. ' Watch the data epoosite the on tba label en your paper. When year subscription expire your paper will be stopped. This apolies to all saa- BRIEP ITEMS . LOCAL NEWS T.lrenaA fia Wn i..n tnr marriage of Austin Layton and Fan- fiie Scott. Miss Ganelle Barnes went last week to Lumber Bridge, where she is teaching music in the graded school. Miss Myrtk Barnes- went last week , to Greensboro to resume her studies at the Greensboro college for women. The condition of Miss Vaahtl White, who has been very sick for the past ten days with malaria, is some what improved. ' Rev. I. F. Britt of R. 4, Lumber ton, passed through town Siturday en route to Rockingham, where he will conduct a series of meetings thia week. Miss Fodie Townsend has ac cepted a position in the dry goods department of Mr L. H. Caldwell's department store. She began work trday. Miss Bessie Rudd returned Fri day from Burlington, where rhe spent sovcaysvisifirr4?'3r:: .: Ptgr. w. began teaching in the East Lumber ton public school today. Mr. Frank Gough and son, Mas ter Frank Gough, Jr returned Fri day from Baltimore, where Mr. Gough went to buy goods for the depart ment store of Messrs. White Si Gough. Notice is given elsewhere in this paper that the drainage commission ers of the Back Swamp and Jacob Swamp drainage district will meet on Tuesday Sept. 23, for the purpose of erranging the asesssment roll for the year lp-S0. A very" profitable meeting of the kOth Century Mothers' Club waa held at the home of Mrs. D. W. Bigga Tuesday, Sept. th. Papers were read) ty Mesdames ' Johnson, Boyd, Poole anJ Biggs. In October the club will meet with Mrs. C. H. Bayd. Mr. J. I. Carter of R, 5, Lumber ton, brought to The Robesonian office Saturday an ear of corn that would look well at the county fair. Mr. Carter grew the' corn at. the "high hills" on land that had been deserted lecause it was torisidered so poor". Mr. Roy Davis of Bladenboro passed through town this morning en I route to Bbardman, where he. will be i af the head of the public school dur ing, tne term which opens tomorrow. The other teachers will be Missea Aim Jordan, Marie Smith and Car oline Yates. , Mr. S. F. Caldwell left Friday evening for Pulaski, Va., where he will spned a few days with Mrs. Cald well and their son, S. F. Jr. Mr. Caldwell will go from Pulaski to the Northern markets to buy gooda fosy the department store of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell Son, of whkh firm he is junior member. Mr. E. C Bissell of R. 1, Or rum, expects to leave tomorrow, for Bloomington, 111., where he will en gage in the cafe business. Mr Bis sell was living at Bloomington whea he enlisted in the army more than two years ago. He spent several months overseas with a company ot National guards from Illinois. Mr. Edward Sandlin of the Ed ward Sandlin Realty Co., of Rose " Hill, was a Lumberton visitor Fri day. Mr. SandHn's company conduct ed a most successful auction sale., of real estate near Fairmont Wednes day of last week and will sell the Whaltey farm, near Lumberton, at auction on September 24th. Watch for ad announcing the sale. Mrs. T. C. Barnes, wh under went an operation for appendicitis at the Thompson hospital two weeks f-ago, was able to return to her home in the eastern part of town inursoay evening. Her condition is improving. Maxton Scottish Chief: Mr. J. A. Barker, of Lumberton, was in Max ton on business Tuesday night. Sandy's pulehrftude increases with the passing years. Mr. X. W. McDiarmjd of Chase City, Va visited his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Davis, and brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. O. C Norment, from Thurs day, to yesterday morning, when he left for home. Mr. McDiar:'flid is a son of the late Rev. W. S. McEiar mid, founder of The Robesonian. He Is a district superintendent of he Continental Life Insurance Ok Mr. G. I Davis, who had been fiead clerk at the Lorraine hotel since last February, coming to Lumberton from Greeleyville, S. C, left Satur day for Clinton, where he will be proprietor of the Montague hotel. Mr. C G. Brown, who has been a clerk at the hotel for the 'past 5 months, "coming to Lumberton frcm Charlotte, succeeds Mr. Davis as head clerk. Mr. T. R. Williams of . Hickory, arrived yesterday to .succeed Mr. Brown as clerk. . DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER . EYE ' SPECIALIST Office: National Baak ef Laaaherta BaUdlaf. '.
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