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VOL. L LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1919. NUMBER 76
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ROBESON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Session at First Baptist Church
TO ERECT BUILDING
AT ORPHANAGE
mnnn m.AneA For That Pvir
mL R. Varser Re-elected
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Moderator.
BY J. M. FLEMING.
The 37th session of the tobeson
Baptl.st Assotfition me .
Flrit Baptist church of Lumberton
1.. ,a m Wednesday. Devotional
exercises were conducted by Rev. J
Vr rtpratnr. Mr. L. R. Varser
e t nhprtin -Ailed the association
to order, and Rev.lr. C. H. D'irham,
pastor of the churcn, presenwai
order of business a8 outlined by the
QntivP committee, and was adopt-
j Dr oliirht changes. There
W i L 1 1 flume n--e , ,
mnioritv of the churches
present, the association proceeded to
elect Mr. L. R. Varser moderator and
Dr R. T. Allen cleric ar. i treasure i
to succeed themselves, respectively.
Rev. Dr. C. H. Durham made a
short address which he disclaimed as
an address of welcome, but in behalf
of the Church and town gave assur
ance that it was a great pleasure to
entertain the association just at this
time, and made everybody welcome.
Report on Biblical Recorder.
Rev. R. A. Hedgpeth read the re
port on the Biblical Recorder as pre
pared by Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth, which
has a circulation in North Carolina
of 37,000. Rev. J. S. Farmer, repre
senting the Recorder, was present and
addressed the association on the im
portance and value of the paper. He
apoke of a very unusual thing that
has happened in the Flat River asso
ciation recently, and which the Re
corder likes to report. A certain lay
man has gone back three years ago
and has gotten his church to add 100
per cent to the pastor's salary. That
layman wanted himself and church to
enjoy a good conscience. All the en
couraging news is solicited and wel
comed. '
Orphanage Report.
Rev. C. V. Brooks, pastor of the
church at Red Springs, made the re
port on the Thoniasville Orphanage.
Mr. Archie Johnson, editor of Charity
and Children was present and occupied
the time in making an excellent ad
dress. There are 22 children in the
orphanage from Robeson. There are
531 children in all under the watch
care of North Carolina's great insti
tution. It costs the Baptists of North
Carolina $14.02 per capita to maintain
them. This includes all the expenses
f the institution. Mr. Johnson is in
favor of the League of Nations and
the Treaty of Peace, but regards the
Baptist 75 million campaign of infi
nitely greater importance, looking to
wards the coming peace. He said the
crying need is more houses in which
to care for a thousand other children
who are equally worthy, but who are
destitute. He said it would be mighty
fine if there was a dormitory at
Thomasville or the Kennedy home
with great and shining letters of gold
over the front door, "The Robeson
Association." He said the last
Thanksgiving offering of $40,000 out
did any other offering of the kind
ever made since the world began,
llobeson Association Pledges $10,000.
Mayor James D. Proctor of Lumber
ton amended the motion to erect a
building to be named "The Robeson
Association Building". Mr. T. L.
Johnson of Lumberton suggested that
the sum of $10,000 be raised at once,
and pledges were taken for that
amount.
Rev. W. H. Dodd of Burlington and
Rev. John A. Wray of Monroe, were
among the many visitors from abroad.
Dinner Served on Church Grounds.
. Dinner was served on the grounds
in abundance and many were heard
to say it was decidedly,the prettiest
and best they had ever, seen. Bu it is
just like the good people of Lumber
ton to do things in a surprising way.
Everybody was made to feel perfect
ly at home. '
Afternoon Session.
Reports on the B. Y. P. U., Sunday
schools, woman's work, and ministe
rial relief all had a good place and
were duly considered. Each me of
these agencies occupies an important
field all its own. But it may be said
with propriety that none of them is
more deserving than that of the aeed
minister. He spent his day in trying
to build up the Kingdom of Christ
upon earth without the consideration
of money. Many of them are still
living and in great need of what we
owe them,- The records of the past
year show that the members of the
Robeson association paid six cents per
capita to nelp these poor old. servants
of God.
The spirit of the meeting was fine
Your name
on our
. Books
THE NATIONAL BANK OF
LUMBEETON.
Wanted
Attended
by Large Crowds.
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j.u ciuui fUB uutiij
f ttm -n sv w v.ay v
Entomologist Who Hunted Down Cot-
ton Pest in Columbus and New nan -
over Will Investigate in Robeson.
4.,l.;0f f fh Stat nunartmetlt'
WIMU''" - .
nf Agriculture statins- that he WOUld
Mio tn i iimhprtnn tiTnirht or tomor -
row for the purpose of scouti-ig for,
un ;i ou. nn,,n.!ot maKin8 e"s UIVC
Mr Eckerrls the man who hunted
JVIT. tiCKert IS lilt? mail WIIU "u l:u
down Z co tor enemv in Columbus
2f Z:::! ZT
r .T. V i. ii.
letter ne states tnat owing to me latt!
that the weevil has been found in an
adjoining coun
tv if i imnnrtnnt that'"""
7 ' u P: o"L ! was taken from his barn and later re -
a searcn oe maae ior mm in iwiuemi...;
t i r 1. Tt .. ,
AS was statea in a recent, is-ue ui
ftl pKai., cr.ma PnVioann farm-'
The Robesoman. some Kobeson larm -
ers fear that the weevil
n aixt Mr.;
working in their late cotto
Dukes will take Mr. Eckcrt
o the
rvio.nf 0,ti,in nnnunii in thrip
plaint of something unusual in their
IMPORTANT REAL
ESTATE DEAL
Southern Bell Telephone Co. Purchases
Lot On Chestnut Street From Mr.
K. M. Barnes Telephone Company!
Will Erect Offida Building, is Un-
derstood.
. : i Oefot. Aaa
"11 -e
consummated Tuesday when
tne.
Southern Bell Telephone Co. purchas
cor.twn. it vou nave noticed pnvtii'nir, , ,
, ll j loence, . oecona ana aeneca sireeis, secf on nf the treatv oneninot a. tie
unusual working vour cotton adv.se '-u.j ....jJ seui 01 ine lce8lvwiHal"
Mr ni-- t nnH !vpt!. was Pu.sneu '1U"U":.U. which in vieWot unsettlea YaTw.?
tinA v,m hP mH. while Mr Kekert'"1 w,here -U was lett by Mr. bma ditions over th country i8 ex
. : : . j irom wnere it was leit oy Mr. amaii;
13 111 lUC LUUHl
ed from Mr. K. M. Barnes. adminis-!tup
trator of the estate of the late R. R. fche buiIdi b breakin? out a win. .ter plants by tne town corn
Barnes, a lot on Chestnut street be- .. r.,n ... ., ...J missioners at a special meetintr U the
tween Third and Fourth stfp'.'t. The
lot fronts -IS feet on Chestnut and
runs hack 10S f ThP consideration
was $"),r,00. While nothing officially
ha been riven out by the Southern'
Bell pepole. it is understood tha the(
comranv will erect an office buildin?
on the lot in the near future. ;
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and the cause seems to be deeply im-,
becineti in tne souis iu u.e ,
hosts in this part of His moral vine
yard.
Both morning and afternoon ses
sinns were larsrelv attended. Rev. 1
Joel I. Allien of Dillon, S. C, sail he
thought it was the State Convention
meeting in Lumberton when he saw
the great crowd seated in the spa
cious auditorium
Eveninjr Session.
The evening session met at 7 o'clock
instead of 8, as the program commit
tee forgot to note the fact that the
new time would have gone, and that
the time now for all was the Lord's
time. Devotional exercises were con
ducted by Rev. J. A. Way, pastor of
the church at Monroe, before a large
audience.
Rev. J. S. Snyder, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Fayetteville.j
Cleiiverea a teiiing auuieas on c
World Call for Advance." He quoted
a text in the 42nd Psalm: "For deep
calleth unto deep." He said we might
not understand all that in contained
in this text, but one thing is certain;
that is, the Kingdom of God i.4 com-!
ing and thi8 75 million campaign
proposes to bring it in more rapidly
and fully. He showed how that the
deeps of civilization have called un
to the deeps of need so thar empires
have already fallen, and Kingdoms
have crumbled and decayed; the tide
of civilization is still rising; educa
tion is recognized; that when the
United States constitution was adopt
ed there was not a college for women
in the world; that the deep of reli
gion is calling unto the deep of mani
fest interest, and soon the day will
dawn. That the deep of need calk
to the deep of supply. This supply is
found in our own country, which is
the most distinctive Chriat'En land in
al the world, and that part which is
dearer to us is the South land; that
from this time on we shall not be a
small as we have been in the pest.
Rev. Walter N. Johnson, correspond
ing secretary of missions, delivered
a wonderful speech on the "Great
Campaign as a Response to the Call.",
He said: "Democracy comes, out of
the Bible. We have the twi-ligh in
the Old Testament. And the full day
light in the New Testament." H
proved these statements true. His
speech was worthy of print BUt 'me
and space forbids more than c Isrc
mentionTof it. He summed it nil up
in one statement, that the whole
world is dependent upon the mission
ary's message of the cross, that Tvn
not only must e' lorn affair, in oiiku
to get .to heaven, but they must
born again or they cannot live i.i-ij
in the world.
The last session is being held this
afternoon. ' '
' AUTO THIEVES BUSY
Six Garages Broken Into In One
I Night
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POST OFFICE SAFE AT
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ST. PAULS BLOWN OPEK
Hope Mills Also
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Chapter of Robberies and AltempU.
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i a than aiv houses where aUtOmO -
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! le are e? wereDroKen
I iViara in'o rrVlr fipfivit.ipa ill the W ft V
" II "
left the streets. Those who lvej
tj L,. ttoi- o-araima wpr
rePorted that their garage
r- Jno. T.
1 "iggs. K. L. Kornegay, Jno. u. i.uc -
M;,, n p Waitpr. t p Rulloclr
lan D P Walters L. F. Bullock
turne, wjth the frQnt axJe bent Most
I tVn naira in Vlo nthpr nl QP.'c hrnkpn
1 3 : . nasu n iinai action naa DrouRni up
. wer orotected bv Ya e locks.L;. ui ,u;k .LJI
bome.of the garages were eiit.;red fy
s . vi-.io vv-
luicu uy tuning omyico.
u 1,1 ' i "cu'e "'""'v
left . ffont of Mf Robt Small's res-1
and abandoned. Mr. Small had re -
moved the units and the car would i
not crank. It is thought the robbers I
pushed the car away from the housej
fearing that if they cranked it there ;
it might attract attention.
Mr. S. R. Snivpv was relipved of A
rim nH npw t:rp takpn off his ear
the same night.
Tuesday night
about 11 of the
clock Night Policeman J. B. Boyle
Bv.uuuuy
store. When he went to the front;
. t u ... ,
er the store, the intruder left f rom i
vntrnrif.0 . orio infn
store
at St, VjillU and Hope
MiB Enred-Car Stolen at St.
jaul8
JudffinK from reports reaching
Lumberton, robbers were also busv in
otner places Tuesday night. The
post0ffice at St. Pauls was broken in-
to and the safe blown open. Money,
bonds and stamps amounting to
around $1,100 were taken, it is said.
The store of John Bateman at. St. Pm1
was broken into the same night.
Quite a supply of groceries was
missed from the store
Robbers also escaped with a 7 ras- 1 jn
senger Oldsmobile belonging to Mr. Com"unity Fair For Co,red at Pa"
J. M. Butler of St. Pauls Tuesday! ther Ford Nov- 7
night. The car was taken from Mr. I The colored people will put on a
Butler's garage, near his home. community fair at Panther Ford, near
The postoffice at Hope Mills waslBuie, Friday, November 7. This will
also broken into Tuesday night. The.
safe was bIown open amJ the'eracks-'
men got away with $500 or $600 in
money and stamps.
ROBESON CRIMINAL COURT
NEXT WEEK
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Six Murder Cases Set For Trial at;
Term ot Court Which Will Con- i
von. MnnJxr '
-,, - o, " .
a eeK s term 01 superior court
for the trial of criminal cases will
convene Mondav of next week- .TtiHo-o!
Thos. H. Calvert of Raleigh will pre-j
side. Quite a number of cases ap-l
pear on the docket, among them six!
murder cases. Those who will facejwno have had personal experience
trial on the charge of murder are: with the boll weevil in Alabama ray
John Oxendine, Comie Fulmore, Levy, that partridges and other birds that
Strickland, Charley Peppers, Martha i use on the ground are the . best pro
Wood and Cattie Rowland, the two1 tection against this cotton pest. He
last named being women. j
j
Charged Writh Selling Witchhazel for:
Booze. I
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John Leach, colored, who conducts,
a barber shop on East Fourth street,!
will face Recorder E. M. Br.tt tomor-'
row on the charge of selling hair
tonic (witchhazel) for drinking pur-
rT DA"ordin t0 Chlt of Police
D. M Barker, who arrested Leach, he
was dealing out the tonic at 50 cents
t' B-uwa ana two purcnasers 01 tne
"drink" were later arrested on the!
charge of being drunk. These will
Alan ho hQil aH tnfA i
...w wun """"''"
t " me sum ui uv
iur ins appearance m court to answer
the unusual charge.
TO ELECT OFFICERS FOR
FAIR ASSO. NEXT YEAR
A meeting will be held at the court
house tomorrow. (Friday) evening at
7:30 for the purpose of electine offi
cers for the fair association for next!
year and considering plans for the
purchase of grounds and erecting fair
buildings near, Lumberton. If you
are interested in a "bigger and bet
ter" fair for Robeson, don't fail to at
tend the meeting.
Th condition of Mr. M. F. Cobb,
who had been confined to his room
with a severe case of grippe since
last Friday, is improving. Mr. Cobb
was able to be out a while today.
LAST OF AMENDMENTS
TO TEEATY DEFEATED
The 46 Amendments to Ppace Treaty
' Hat Pasned Into History.
! The !'J amendments attached to the
, ndttAo frautv htr tho frim relation
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day aLate9 a Washington dispatch,
when the last survivor of the group,
1 a proposal by Senator Moses, Republi-
can. New Hampshire, to revise voting;
strenxn in tne league oi nauvus
. . at,,
, oeunio men uui
1 . u : i.u- i.. 1
iCALuai cnanges m inc ucaijr u.wu...
in by individual Senators. One of
. 1 A j i ci l CUA.n 1
tnem. presentc-u uy oeimtoi o.ir.n.o.,,)
Republican. II
inois, and proposing
to -rite into the treaty preamble j
.,
reference to the Diety. was tabled by
. vote of 57 to 27. The other, sponsored
hv Senator Johnson. RcDUbfican.
! i-i i t
Cahforn.a as a new sofut.on for vot-
; mg inequality in tne league, was
i kil,.d outriht bv a 0f 41 to 35.
ii u . m- i - L. I La.
likely t0 prevent further progress for
several aays. i omorrow quoting
i further from a d'snatch of Uct. H'J. a
determined group of senators wn
1allTU.h riorL f ' pliminilt, ,h Uhor
con-
pected
bv the lonHers to last at least a week.
The battle is expected to be more
spjrited because it is regarded as
holdin? out whatever hope remains
0f writing any amendment into the
treaty.
J. l. McNeill new supt.
LIGHT AND WATER PLANTS
Succeeds Mr. Weathers Salary $150
me hkhiui i. rirt j ruin iiris
to Be Employed. j
Mr. John L. McN 'ill was elected!
superintendent of the town's light
board yesterday afteriio-ni. Mr. Mc-j
' Neill's" salary Will be $l.ri0 thej
month, the same salary paid Mr. J. L.
'Weather.-;, who recently rt signed as1
1 supfirintendent of the local plants j
I to a'&. -.i pt a like position at Fayette-
ville.
The matter of employi ig two driv
ers for the fire trucks was left with
Mr. Ira B. Townsend, town clerk und
treasurer. Mr. Townsend also was
instructed to purchase a gasoline tank
for storing gasoline to be used :n op
erating the fire trucks and other ma
chinery belonging to the town.
be the first community fair held by
the colored people of the county and
it is expected much interest will be
taken in the occasion.
Hallowe'en Party at Baltimore School
House.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
There will be a Hallowe'en party
at Baltimore school house Friday
night, Oct. 31. The public is cor-
..dially invited. Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Croft are the teachers.
Rev. R. Walter rowicend of.
Raynham, who was a Lumbert jn v.si-j
tr yesterday, says he has heard men:
's inclined to think that if a ston was.
put altogether to the slaughter of partj
ridges it would help more than any-
thin else- I
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stubbs and I
daughter, Miss Nellie Stubbs, of i
Parkton, and Mr. Stubbs' brother, Mr.
j. C. Cox and his daughter, Missi
Edith Cox passed through Lumber-1
t0n Tuesday on their way to spend
the day with Mr and Mrs N CJ
stubbs, near Lowe, brother and sis-
ter-in-law of Mr. Stubbs. Mr. and!
Miss Cox are on their way from their
summer home at Saratoga Springs,
N. Y., to their winter home at St
. ..- . .
Augustine, na., and are spending a'
few days at Parkton
The condition of John Clayton,
4 1-2-year-old. son of Mr. and Mrs. L.
C. Townsend, who two weeks a go un-
derwent an operation at the Charlotte!
sanatorium, is improving and he is1
expected home soon. Mrs. Townsend!
is in Charlotte with her child.
THE RECORD OF DEATHS
Mr. Tom Page of Columbus County.
M. Tom Page, aged about 58
years, of Columbus county, died yes
tttfday morning at the Ilierhsnvith
hospital, Fayetteville. Decease! had"
been ill for some time with heart
trouble and his death was not unex
pected. He is survived by his wife
and several children.
Mr. W. R. Surles of PrOctorvi'le
was a - Lumberton visitor yesterday
SENATE PASSES PfiOHIBI-
TION ENFORCEMENT ACT
President Announces War-Time Law
Will Be Annulled When Senate Rat
ifies Peace Treaty Enforcement
Act ia Drastic.
The United States Senate Tuesday
passed the prohibition enforcement
act over the President's veto, a9 the
House had done the day before, and
made immediately effective machinery
for preventing sale of beverages con
taining more than one-half of one per
cent, alcohol.
Before Congress finally clinched
enactment of the enforcement law de
spite presidential objection to link
ing wartime and constitutional prohi
bition acts, there came from the
White House the announcement that
the warime law, which was put into
eff"ct after the cessation of hostilities,
would be annulled the moment the
Senate formally ratified the German
peace treaty.
With this action by the Senate the
Department of Justice is ready to
deal with any offenders against the
drastic provisions of the new act,
states a Washington dispatch. At best
heretofore, prosecutions were more
or less haphazard and necessarily so,
it was said, because of the loosely
drawn language of the act, but the
new law (fives ample means of break
ing up the traffic.
So drastic is the enforcement act,
that a man, for instance, may be fin
ed or put in jail for displaying a pic
ture of a brewery or a keg, but his
right to store liquor in his own home
for his own use stood up against all
attacks in the committte and both
houses of Congress. Warnings have
gone out to dealers selling 2 3-4 per
cent, beer without apparent risk here
tofore that the new law fixed one-half
of one per cent, as the legal limit of
alcoholic content.
COAL STRIKE OUTSIDE
PALE OF LAW
Government Will Establish "Illegali
ty" or Strike of Coal Miners With
out Impairing G-neral KUht to
Strike.
The government will establish the
"illegality" of the strike of 'o l min
ers "without in anyway i.npriring,
the general righj to strike as the!
"general right to strike is not in issue;
in any sense whatever in the present;
situation," it was declared in a state-j
ment issued last night after a confer
ence in the office of Attorney General
Palmr at which he discussed the situ
ation with Secretary Wilson, Dirt-c tor
General Hines, Secretary Tumulty
and Assistant Attorneys Gencsal
Ames and Garvan.
The statement which, it was said,
fully represents the attitude of the
government, dclared that the impend
ing coal strike "was ordered in a
manner, for a purpose and with a
necessary effect, which taken togeth
er, put it outside the pale of the law."
Th government will act in the
strike under the provisions of the
Lever food control act, enacted as a
war measure Dut still in force.
STRIKE CANNOT BE AVERTED
SAY MINE WORKERS' OFFICIALS
That a "strike of bituminous min
ers cannot be avoided" was '.he cut-!
standing conclusion of a statement is-!
sued yesterday by the conference of!
United Mine Workers officials at In
dianapolis, Ind. Blame for the situa
tion was laid at the fee of the op
erators because "they had refused to
negotiat a wage agrement notwith
standing the fact tne mine workers'
representativs had urged and te
seeched them to do so."
Recorder's Court.
Ollie Johnson, colored, was fined
$30 and costs by Recorder E. M. Britt I
Monday when found guilty of reck-
less driving.
K. M. Biggs was found guilty of
violating the automobile ordinances
and judgment was suspended upon
payment of the cost. Mr. Biggs was
found guilty of driving an automobile
on. the wrong side of a street.
Mr. Hardy Musselwhite of Lum
berton was relieved of a practically
new Ford automobile yesterday. Mr.
Mosselwhite drove the car to Fayette
ville and left it on a street near the
fair grounds. When he returned to
get his car it was gone. He has been
unable to locate it.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Leon P. Andrews and
Ruth Pope.
Mr D. W. Biggs, proprietor of
the Lumberton furniture store, has
installed the Victor system for hand
ling phonograph records.
S. L. Locklear, Indian, sold a bale
of cotton on the local market today
that graded strict good middling, the
highest grade ever given a bale on
the Lumberton market.
The Condition of Mr. M. G. Mc
Kenzie, who has been seriously .ill at
.his home, North Elm street, for sev
eral days, is reported as slightly im
proved today.
Mr. J. F. Meares of R. 5,. Lumber
ton, was among the callers at The
Robesonian office this morning.
MARKET REPORT.
Middling cotton sold on tiie local
market today for 36 cents the pound;
strict middling 36 1-2 cents, while
better grades sold as high as 37 1-9
cents The market yesterday rang
ed from 36 1-4 to 37 1-4 cents Toes
day it ranged from 34 1-2 to 37.20.
Below are quoted prices being paid
on the local market for several items
of country produce. The Rotesoniaa
hopes to make this report of nervje
to its farmer readers and will ad4
to the list of articles quoted as it is
able to do so.
Eggs 55c.
Ham 40c.
Sides 35c.
Shoulders 32c.
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEW&
Mr. C. M. Fuller returned this
morning from the Western markets,
where he spent 10 days buying slock
for his sales ataoles.
The Wake Forest collie lee
club and orchestra will ;rive a concert
in the graded school Jitorim.i on
the evening of November It.
Mr. R. G. Davis of Barnesville
has accepted a position as salesman
in the grocery department of Mr. L.
H. Caldwell's department store.
Mr. I. H. Warwick of Orrum pass
ed through town Tuesday evening en
route to Charlotte to be with Mrs.
Warwick, who is a patient at the
Charlotte sanatorium.
Capt. David II. Fuller arrived
home Tuesday from Oteen, a govern
ment hospital, near Asheville, on a
30-days furlough. Capt. Fuller ex
pects to be discharged soon after he
returns to Oteen.
Mr. S. H. Hamilton, manag-.r of
the local office of the Western Union
Telegraph Co., returned to work
Tuesday after taking a two weeks'
vacation. Mr. Hamilton was relieved
by Miss Bessie Black of Franklin,
Ky.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Prevatt ar
rived last week and will spend some
time here visiting relatives. Mi. Pre
vatt was recently given a rM;re fur
lough from military duty. He served
4 years in the regular army and four
years in the marine c-orpn.
Rev. Di. G. E. Moorehouse, pas
tor of the Lumberton Presbyterian
church, and Mr. Jno. S. McNeill went
Tuesday to Raleigh to attend the Sy
nod of North Carolina, which opened
Tuesday night and closes this after
noon.
Miss Erma Whitfield daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Whitfield, has
accepted a position in the office of
Register of Deeds M. W. Floyd. Miss
Whitfiei 1 recently returned home
from Ashboro, where she had held a
position for some time.
Mr. M. F. Hedgpeth of the Proe
torville section bought Monday eve
ning the grocery business formerly
conducted in the White building, East
Fourth street, by Mr. Bud Fisher. Mr.
Hedgpeth will continue to operate a
grocery store at the same stand.
Capt. A. B. Small Monday pur
chased from Mr. Neill Freeman of R.
1, Orrum, a 5-room residence on East
Third street. The consideration wu
$3,000. Capt. and Mrs. Small wil
move into the residence as soon ts the
fanily now occupying it can get out.
Ground is being broken for the
new hospital which Dr. H. M. Baker
will erect, Fourteenth and Chestnut
streets. As has been stated in The
Robesonian, the hospital will be mod
ern in every respect and will have a
capacity of accommodating forty pa
tients. Mr. Frank Gough went last eve
ning to Raleigh, where today he is
attending a meeting of the State
prison board, of which he is a mem
ber. The meeting was called for the
purpose of considering the matter of
selling the State farm in Halifax
county.
Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Baker expect
to leave Saturday night for Philadel
phia, where Dr. Baker will attend a
joint meeting of the New York, Bos
ton and Philadelphia societies for the
study of the diseases of infants and
children. Dr. Baker is a member of
the Boston society. They expect to
return home Wednesday of next week
If you doubt the fact that it pays
to advertise in The Robesonian, ask
Mr. Everett Davis of R. 6, Lumber
ton. Mr. Davis recently ran a want
ad in The Robesonian stating that he
wished to rent a farm next year. As
a result Mr. Davis has rented just
the sort of a farm he wanted and
says he would need a family of at
least 57 children to work all the farms
he has been offered.
A box of hen eggs of many
shapes and sizes was brought to The
Robesonian office yesterday ty P P
Locklear, Indian, 0f Raft Swamp
township. One of the eggs resembled
a gourd with neck attachsd, while
othrs were, in the shape of clubs.
fome were small in size, while others
were uniform both in size and shape.
AH the eggs were dropned by the
SItockaimily'f Chickens' Wording-
DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER
EYE SPECIALIST
Office: National Bank of Lumbertoa
7 Bunding.
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