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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA; 'MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1 0, 1919.
NUMBER 79
PLANE TO OVERTHROW-
GOVERNMENT REVEALED
Nation-Wide Raida of Federal Author
itks Bring to Light 'Gigantic Hot
Union of Russian Workers Plan
ned to ;. Overthrow i Government
Thioogh a General Strike. ' v - '
Plans of the Union of Russian
"Workers to bring about an overthrow'
oi toe American Kovemiuowi micjkii
a general strike is revealed in docu
ments seized in the nation-wide raids
of Federal authorities Friday and
Saturday nights and made public last
night by Assistant Attorney general
Varvan, states a wasnington a:s
patch, which continues:
. "With the government overthrown
and every thmg wiped from theearti
as a reminder of the right to private
ownership of property," Jie Russian
Workers, according to theirmanifes-
to, looked forward to 'the magnificent
beautiful form of man without a god,
without a master and free cf au
thority.'i ;
The documents and publications ob
tained in the raids, officials said to
day, are of the most inflammatory
nature and make no effort to con
ceal the union's program of destruc
tion and death - to achieve its ends
Much of, the' material vrnade,,,,public
tonight is of such' a nattfre ' as" to
cause any newspaper reprinting it
ordinarily , to be barred from - the
mails.' ' '.
Included among the documents seiz
ed, all of which Are printed in Rus
sian, "Novomirsky Manifesto of An
archists Communists." This publi
cation, the most recent put out by
the union was said by Mr. Garvan to
be the most dangerous piece of prop
aganda ever disseminated by any rad
ical organization' in the U. S.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Singletary Gets Off With Payment of
Fine and Costs Levy Strickland
Given 6 Years on Roads and Char
ley Peppers 6 Months Other Cas
es After remaining out on the case
of Charley Peppers, . colored, charged
with second degree murder, the jury
failed to render a verdict and a mis
trial was ordered. Later Teppers
submitted to manslaughter and was
sentenced by Judge Calvert to 6
months on the roads. ' Peppers was
charged with shooting and kiHing Na
than Townsendj also colored, in Back
Swamp township several weeks ago.
Levy Strickland colored, charged
with killing Alex. Floyd, also color
ed, was found guilty of second de
gree murder and sentenced to years
on the public roads. The killing took
place near McDonald Hast; July.
George : Singletary ; charged , with
assault with deadly weapon upon his
-wife and baby and Charley Edwards,
plead guilty of assault upon Edwards
and judgment was suspended upon
paymnt of tha;i cost : and Cdwards'
hospital bill, amounting to $161. As
to the charge of Assault upon bis
wife and child, Edwards entered a
plea of nolo contendere and judgment
was suspended upon payment of the
coat. Singletary was charged with
shooting Mrs. Singletary and their
two-year-old child and Edwards while
riding on an automobile with them
several weeks ago at! night while en
route to 'Lumberton. "Singletary es
caped, and was arrested ten days ago
at Savannah,' Ga. '
Other cases disposed of during the
"term, were: " "T ' '
Drucilla , Demmery, manufacturing
!io""r: fined $100 and the cost.
. Horsley Locklear, manifacturing
liquor; fined $100 and the cost
Henry Brown, manufacturing' Ifi
quor, fined $50 and the cost.
Sam.Alford, manufacturing liquor,
fined $400 and the cost..
The judgment in the cases against
Daniel Locklear, Indian,' charged with
assault, was changed from a road sen
tence to $250 fine and the cost. Hugh
Locklear,' Indian, . also charged with
assault, was sentenced to 6 months
in jail to be hired out by the county
commissioners.
H. A. Morgan vs. Malinda Morgan
divorce granted. , '" '
' Mary " Thompson, , larceny; 12
months in jail to be hired out to Mr.
W. K. Brock for $160. Mary;was
found guilty of stealing cotton.'
Lee Melvin, reckless driving; -judgment
suspended upon payment of the
cos. Melvin drove a Ford car against
a small daughter of ,Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Johnston in the eastern part
of town while the child was playing
.on tha sidewalk several weeks ago.i
Hoy Holmes, violating auto ordi-l
nances; found guilty; matter of pun
ishment held .until next term of court
7ke Sutton, larceny of cotton; not
guilty. V i'-'.'-. . ' ' ;
Court adjourned late Saturday af
ternoon after a week's term.
Mr. C. D. Williamson, The Robeson
5ans valued Parkton correspondent,
spent the week-end here at the hnrae
of his -son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Justin McNeill, returning
borne last evening. V ! i t
NOTICE.
- The McNeill stable lot, Lumberton,
will be sold at auction to the highest
lidder Tsesday,. November 18 at 12
o'clock.
j ROBESON COUNTY FAIR AS
SOCIATION REORGANIZED
- '1 Win B Incorporated With Author
ized Capital of $50,000 and Will Pur
chase Grounds ana Erect Buildings
, -Officers Elected Purpose is ' to
Hare One of Best County Fairs in
Stole.
The : Robeson-County Fair associa-
tion was re-organized Friday evening
with the following officers: president,
Frank Gough; vice-president, Dr. K.
T. Allen; secretary-treasurer, W. O.
Thompson; directors Frank Gough,
R. T. Allen, W. O. Thompson, L. B.
Barnes, D. D. French, J. A. Carlyle,
JN. Regan, "R. O. Edmund, B. Sara
Edwards.
i The association will be incorpor
ated vwith an authorized c.ipital of
150,000 and will purchase grcandsj
and eret;t adequate buildings near!
Lumberton before the next fair sea-j
son. More than S5,uuu stock ha al
ready been subscribed and many oth
ers are anxious to take stock. in the
association. . r
While the Robeson fair this year
was one of the best county fairs held
in the State, with the new grounds
atid buildings, it ra expected that tha
far next year will be "bigger and
"t-ticr" jn every respect.
Ex-State Senator Frank Gough
was elected chairman of the '-meeting
Friday evening and F. Grover Brit,
was elected secretary. The meeting
was well-attendad end .judging from
the interest manifested, nothing will
be left undone in making the Robe
son county fair the equal of any fair
in the State.
RECORDER'S COURT.
One of P Negroes Who Stuck For
Higher Wages Stopped. t Former,
Employer's Aute and Demanded
Pay He Cooled Off in Jail and
Paid Costs.
In an effort to force his former 'em
ployer to pay him, Ernest Yates, col-
m .'. . .... A. m ! .
orea, juma upon an su am perh the la crowd of shop.
Mr. E. E - Porter and I stopped it on f . visited Lumberton 'any
Elm street about 4:30 Saturday at- m m was here Saturday.
v n ?m I Tw The itfeets were thronged with peo-
Chlef of Police D. M. Barker and p j . K accidnts
placed, in . jail and this morning wasicAUJied
given a hearing before Recorder E, Marv " Williams Indian of the
M. Britt, who suXndedt judgment 1,;.,JgjBS
upon payment of the cost. , . t- . JL, nn v. . nH WM
According to the evidence, Yates
and five other negroswho had beenfb h Baker of Fairmont.
employed by .Mr. Porter V 0"The woman was watching another
memot-r oi nie linn ui f.uiwt w "jru,, j tn nQ
mnrtnr. nf - rVmrlntt; whn rpC" wnen sne was nit ana inose wno
. - j i
putting in concrete bridges ,n Lsm-
berton township truckne jayjast,
weeK ior mgner pay. . iiey aenu.nu-,
ed a settlement and Mr. Porter had
told them he would. pay them Christ
mas. Judgpng from the. twc-UoTta of
Yates when ho ; stopped the; car, he
intended to force a settlement then
and there. The other negroes were
near by fet the time
Queen Floyd, was found guilty of
being drunk and judgment was sus
pended upon payment ' the cost.
NATION-WIDE RAID
ON ANARCHISTS
Agents of Department of, Justice Ar
rested More Than 200 Radicals in
New York Alone.
A nation-wide raid on anarchists
began at New York5 Friday night.
Agents of the Department of Justice,
led by W.J. FlyniU arrested more tnan
200 .radicals assembled in the head
quarters of the Russian- soviet , re,
nublic. and after they had been ex
amined 50 were held for deportation
as undesirable aliens. Eight women
were taken in the raid, 2 of whom
were held for deportation.
The raids, taking place on the eve
of the widely-advertised celebration
of the second anniversary of the es
tablishment of the soviet government
in Russia were said to have nipped
in the bud a country-wide plot openly
to defy government authority." This
has. been advocated it was said, for
several weeks' by combined radical
elements of the I. W. W;, anarchists
and Russian agitators. U
. Alleged radicals were arrested by
police on the. same night in other
cities, among them the following: 6
in Waterbury. Corm.; 27 in Ansonia,
Conn.; 50 in Detroit, Mich.; 6 in Jack
son, Miss.; 30 in Philadelphia.
Mr. M. G. McKenzie Condition
- Silghtly Improved.. .
The condition of Mr. M. G. Mc
Kenzie, who has been critically ill
for several days, is reported as be
ing slightly qmpfoved today Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. McKenzie, son and
daughter of Mr. McKenxie, of Wi
ntauma, Fla.; Mrs.; W. O. Brewer, a
daughter, of Romeo, Jfia.; ana jur.v
G. S. , McKenzie, of Newport News,
Va, a son, are with their father. Mr.
J. S. McKeniie returned today to
nisnome in wumingion .srwr
ing several aays wiwi nia iainer. -
Box Supper at Center School House
. : Nov. 14, ':. .
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
There, will be a box supper given att
uencer scnooi nouse rrniay iugub,
vember 14th, for the purpose of rati
Tv
ing funds for the SChooL tverybody
cordially invited. -
! STRIKE ORDER MUST
BE CANCELLED
Court Says Strike Approaches Rebel
, lion Cancellation of Strike Order
Must Be Drawn Up Today. .
Cancellation of the strike order
which since midnight October 31 has
Vot W 000 union bituminous min-
erfout of the coal pita of the coontry,
. ' 1 a Lu T J a . n a .J
was ordered by Judge A. B. Ander
son, in the Federal district court at
Indianapolis. Saturday.
. Violation of the wartime Federal
food and fuel control act, as alleged
by the ; Attorney Gteneralrs depart
ment, was affirmed by the court who
said that the strike was not only 'it
legal but that under the circumstances
it Approached rebellion
Unless the union leaders choose to
defy tha court and there was i.o in
dication ' tonight of any such inten
tion they can move only towards
ending the big walkout. The court's
order was so worded that failure to
cancel the strike call, or any affirma
tive word or action tending to "aid
and abet the continuation of the
strike would make them violators of
the injunction and in. contempt of
court. "i
Union leaders' are under" orders' to
meet in Indianapolis today, draw -up
a -cancellation of the strike, order,
submit it for Judge Anderson's ap
proval by ID a m. Tuesday, and have
notice of it on the way to all local
and district unions by 6 p. m., that
day. Telegrams summoning district
presidents of the union and members
of the . executive board and the cen
tral field scale committee to meet in
Indianapolis Monday, were, dispatch
ed a few hours after Judge Anderson's
sweeping mandate had been issued.
LARGE CROWD OF SHOPPERS
ON STREETS SATURDAY
. -
Largest Crowd That Has Vfeited
LainDerton rThis Fall Thronged
fitrAa S.tnra.v Twa Slirh Antn
' A S V- L . . .
jvcciaents ana a nunaway.
f.,. ..... 6. m. . j;
saw the-accident say Mr. caker was
n bu lary did noWattach
tQ Mr
. nUiAaA . ().,
of -Seoottd fand Chestmjt street late
Saturday' (afternoon. The cars were
not ' badly ' damaged,, It was . not learn
ed t who;- -was 4 driving the cars. An
other car was driven against a wag'
on belonging to Mr, Ed. Taylor of
ITowellsville township and the wag
on tongue was 'broken, It is said the
car was driven by a boy, but his name
could not., be., learned.. ; ' ,
As a climax to the disturbances of
the, day, two mules hitched to wagon
ran away in the north-eastern part of
town. The wagon, loaded with cot
ton seed and a bale of cotton, was
damaged, but the driven i and the
mules escaped unhurt.
IRATE WOMAN TOLD
ERRING HUSBAND A PLENTY
Hubby Ran Away With Another
Woman. But Was Overtaken by Wife
With Offiosr-Deputy Prevatt
Heard Some 14 Miles of Lecture.
Wluft . she told him was a plenty,
according to Deputy Sheriff A. - H.
Prevatt. The wife of Mack Camp
bell, colored, sought the aid of Offi
cer Prevatt early yesterday; morning
in apprehending Mack, who she said
had departed on the 7:35 Seabcard
train with another woman. Mr. Pre
vatt accompanied the woman to Pem
broke and there they located Mack
and the - other woman waiting for
breakfast, which they had ordered at
a hotel. Mack's wife would not al
low . him to waits for the breakfast,
but insisted that ho return with her
on short order. Mack was seated in
the rear, of the car, but his wife re
fused to ride in the back seat with
her hubby. The lecture which the
wife gave Mack was then begun and
it had not been I finished when they
reached Lumberton. When Mr. Pre-;
vatt reached the jail and. asked the
woman what to do with her husband,
she asked that he be turned over to
her, stating that aha would manage
him. Mr. Prevatt has paid to hear
lectures not as entertaining: as the
one he heard yesterday, he says.
... Nft fi-Beirtn f Lvnchinr.
Eed Springa Scotch. Scion. .
Reports concerning shooting of one
egT0 and capture of another on
Bpenu-.Friday night near Red Springs seem
to vary. The report here was and is
that the negro placed in .guard house
was released by his friends. There has
been no report here nor even suspi
cion, so far as we have. learned, that
t the negro was lynched. . '
Mr. J. M. Powell and son, Master
Carlyle, of R. 6, Lumberton, were
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iuuis u.B.w. iu ""f
TREATY ADVOCATES HOPE
TO FORCE COMPROMISE '
.
rwo iceservationa to Treaty Adopted;
By Republican Majority Demo- j
crate Will Vote Against Ratffica-
tion With Rsrratkms
A ! reservation purporting to safe
guard the nation's ..right to withT
draw .from membership in the league
of nations was adopted by the Senate
Saturday with every Republican Sen
ator i and 6 Democj-ats-r-Reed, ' Mis
souri; Gore, Oklahoma; Smith, Geor
gia; Walsh, Massachusetts; Chamber
Jain, Oregon: ry Shields, Tennessee
(.voting for it or paired in its support.
The first affirmative step toward
qualification of the peace treaty was
taken Friday by Senate after adminis
tration leaders ,iwth backing of Pres
ident Wilson, had reaffirmed their in
tention of voting against ratification
if the reservations drawn by the Sen
ate; majority are adopted. This vote
approved the committee's preamble to
the reservation group requiring that
to make the treaty binding at least
3 of the 4 great powers must accept
the ' Senate qualifications. The plan
to vote against the treaty and- thus
deadlock the ratification fight was de
clared to have President Wilson's sup
port.
THE RECORD OF DEATHS
Mr. Daniel Walters. Near Barnesville.
Mr. Daniel Walters, aged 73 years,
died at lus home near Barnesville
late Thursday afternoon. Death re
sulted .from heart trouble and deceas
ed was sick only a few hours. The
funeral was conducted from the home
Friday at 3 p. m. by Rev. I. P. Hedg
peth of Lumberton and interment was
made 'in the family burying ground.
A. wife and eight children survive. ,
ileceased served in the Civil .war
and had been a member of the Bap-
' tist church at Barnesville for many
yef rs- He was a good citizen and
wl" m u,n " "8 tummumi,y.
v.u. Rniwic
Nelda, 4-months-oId daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bullock
of the Fairmont section, died here At
the home of Mr. -and Mrs. L. F. Bui
lock Thursday night f colitis-pneu
monia. The child's mother died only
a few weeks ago and Mr.- and Mrs.
L. F. Bullock took it after its moth
er's death. The father died also a
few months ago. Interment was made
near the Bullock home Friday at 3
p. m
Mr? Ira. Leon on of Columbus County.
Mr. G. B. Cromartie was advised by
wire this morning of the death, at
Chadbourn yesterday of Mr. Ira Len
non, a well-known citizen of Column
bus county. .Deceased had been ill
for some time' and his death was not
unexpected, c Deceased is survived by
Several children, among them Dr. C H.
Lennon "of Rowland, i
Mrs." Manley Davis of. Bladenboro
Mrs.-Manley Davis of Bladenboro
died in . the Thompson hospital here
Saturday. The remains were sent to
Bladenboro for interment. .
t
Ida 'Quicker, Colored.
Ida Qufckr, colored, aged 28 years,
died Saturday at her home near Lum
berton of tuberculosis. '
Programme for Community Recrea
tion, Service.
Tuesday night, November 11th, Or
rum. ; ' '
Wednesday night, November 12th,
Rex. ---W.Y-
Thursday night, -November 13th,j
Back bwamp. ,
Friday night, November 14th, Park
ton.
Messrs. J. Bv Humphrey and A. M.
McGir' of ; the Philadelphus section
are among the visitors in town to
day. i,
Mr. Furman K. Biggs, a student at
King's business college, Raleigh and
Mr. E. G. Warlick of Raleigh jspent
the week-end here at the home of Mr.
Biggs' parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. M.
Biggs. ;
Miss Alice Kelly spent the week
end at Sanford visiting relatives, and
friends. " - ' . y
Miss ' Ganele Barnes, teacher of
music in ' the Lumber Bridge high
school, spent the week-end here with
home folks. iCL" , . " ' ( f
Misses Valerie Howard and Amelia
Powers; teachers in the public school
at Saddletree, were among the shop
pers in town,. Saturday
Mr. and Mrs.. MVF. Cobb and .small
daughter,-' Mary, went Saturday to
Rock Hill, S C, where they will spend
a ween visiting relatives.
Messrs. L V. Britt and N. Ai Town
send of R. 1, Lumberton, were in town
Saturday. ' -v
- Mrs. - Earl Tuton spent the week
end at ; Charlotte visiting relatives.
At the Sampson . county fair . : at
Clintoni. Friday . handsome gold
watch was presented Corporal Isaac
M. Newton, a youth of that county
who Is officially credited with the
second biggest 'individual feat of the
world war.- He bluffed 78 German
officers and men into surrendering to
him in the 'American offjtitsive of
m f Amen,
Sentember lat ear.
' ;: 'T :
RED. SPRINGS NEWS.
Hallowe'en Very Much Observed U.f
d. C. Elect Officers Chautauqua
Tbi. Week-Personal Mention.
Correspondence of The Robespnian.
Red Springs, Nov. 1. Hallowe'en '
was observed in our town to quite!
an extent. On Thursday evening the;
senior Christian- Endeavor society!
held a seauce with witches, black
eats, etc., at the, home of Miss Bess
Sikes. On Friday evening the juni
ors followed suit at the home of Mary
Watkins Bullock. The street' was
alive with ghosts till late hour, very
live ghosts indeed. There was a witch
present who revealed direful futures
for those bold enough to approach!
her and every, dark corner held a
grinning jack'oiantem. It is a safe
bet that the little folk had a mighty
good time. ! '
On this, same charmed evening the
high ' school also celebrated a( the
graded school building. The usual
Hallowe'en stunts were gone through
with and much merriment ensued.
Delightful refreshments were served
and all report one of the most enjoy
able affairs of the year.
Neither was Flora Macdonal-i be
hind in the good times for on Satur
day evening the gymnasium present
ed charmingly ghostly scene. The
big room was decorated, to represent
woods and fields with goblins and
elves flitting about among the trees
and shocks of corn. The poor fresh
ies had a hard time of it, for they
were led around dark corners tn be
met face to face by grinning "jacVo'-j
lanterns, witches and spitting black
cats snatched at them from a'l sides',
and on top of all this they were call
ed upon to perform unheard of stunts
for the amusement of said goblins,!
elves and witches. The eventng
wound up with much eating of ap
ples,, doughnuts and peanuts while
Miss Sale of the expression depart
ment told hair-raising ghost tales.
The monthly meeting off the U. D.
C. took place with Mrs. W. H. Sikes
on Wednesday afternoon. Officers for
the next year were elected as fol
lows. President, Mrs. Mary Dicker
son; lsf. vice-president,1 Miss Cornelia
McMillan, 2nd vice-president Mrs. J.
A. Love; treasurer, Mrs. M. E. Wat
son; recording secretary, Mrs. Du-
puy; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
R. S. Lovin; historian, Miss Katie Mc
I. Bule; registrar, Mrs. D. P. "Mc-
Eachern; leader, of children's chapter,
Miss Bess Sikes. Following the
business meeting, delicious fruit
salad, sandwiches and tea were serv
ed. Moving pictures sjt the college
Mpnday night, "Tom Sawyer and Huck
Finn," drew a pig crowd, many little!
people, being present to enjoy the
pranks of this wholesome pair.
The town is looking forward to the
Chautauqua which begins next week.
The program is kn attractive one and
a large - attendance is expected.
Master John Callahan. Jr.,, is cele
brating hs vsixth anniversary today
and a large; number ox his little
friends are with him making., the
welkin ring with their merrimant.
. Mr., and Mrs. Raymond Corbett,
Mesdames McPhail and John McKay
attended the Clinton fair on Wednes
day.
HONOR ROLL FOR SHANNON
SCHOOL FOR OCTOBER
Correspondence of The Robesonian:
.. Shannon, N6v. 7 Following, is the
honor roll for the Shannon school for
Otfober: , First grade Agnes Cha
vis, Leslie MacLaren, Burleene .Shook,
vis, Leslie xuacjLiaren, Duneenc pnooK, i , , . .
Vera Quick; Second grade - Katietadvic nd h" y fo"ow,edJ1t- (
OnieV Wanrfu ShnnV Unwell Shook.! . """""eSSrs. j. Oxe, K. C. Btrm-
Katie Ray, Lena Ray, Bascome Far
mer; Third grade Ruth Shook, Gor
don Heustiss ; Fourth grade Rebecca
Shook, Teddy Farmer, Ethel Ray;
fifth grade Archie Farmer; , sixth
grade-Albert Currie, Edith Shook,!
n i l i? ;
Douglass Heustiss, Maggie Farmer;
seventh grade Elise Smith, Mary
Farmer; eighth grade Mary Currie,
Eugene Smith, ivey. McKenzie,' Dan
Klarpp. -
R. M. SHANNON, Principal.
FLORA, McPHAIL, Assistant.
Henderson Oxendine Released.
J Henderson Oxendine, Indian, who
was arrested ' at Pates Thursday af
ternoon when a whiskey still was
found in his kitchen, has been releas
ed under a 9500 bond.
: Wilmington Star, Nov. 8: After
eluding Slate - and federal officers
Jrho desired him on ' various charges
or the past 15 years, N. T. Bozeman,
a notorious -bad man of Brunswick
county, was captured late yesterday
afternoon by a squad of deputy Unit
ed States marshals and collectors or
ganized in New Bern early in the
week by United States Marshal
George H.. Bellamy, and sent here to
assist 'Deputy Marshal A. B. West,
who has been in. pursuit of the fugi
thre for. five months past.
- The Observer Saturday stated that
United States Judge E. Y. Webb,
just named to the bench by president
Wilson, will make his official head
quarters in Charlotte. '; V
Mr. I. M. Cheek of Raleigh spent J
ye'sterday in Lumberton.
MARKET REPORT.
Middling cotton is sellng on the
! ,ocaI mrt today for 37 ccnu ths
IIS1?--
The market KrMav mnA SimlM
ranged the same from 37 to ZA 1-2
cents,
"
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NET7&
' Local banka will be closed to
m orrow-" A rm i stice Day".
Mr. H. M. McAllister is Ma to as
out today after being confined to his
room for several days.
The McNeill livery stable om
West fourth street have been torn
down and the lot will be sold at auc
tion November 18. The stables wcr
built 24 years ago.
It has been rumored that ths
Lorraine hotel would be enlarged
soon but The Robesonian has hot beea
able to learn anything definite of the
plans from the directors of the bbtel
company.
License has been issued for tho
marriage of Archie Warwick and
Mamia Wilkins; Elbert C. Nye and
Emma C. Miller; Frank Register and
Dora Norton; A. P. Cartrett and Su
san A. Duncan..
Two children of Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Johnson of R. 2, St. Pauls, un
derwent operations for enlarged ade
noids and tonsils Thursday. The op
erations were performed by Dr. R. S.
Beam of Lumberton.
Mr. E. S. Walters of the "Kan
sas" section, near Barnesville, was
somewhat carved up in a fight Thurs
day night Bud Sellers was arrested
on tha chargs of ratting Walters.
He was later released under a 1200
bond. ''.' ;
i-Mra. Wright J. Prevatt returned
last night from Charlotte, where abe
spent a few day with her husband,
who is undergoing treatment t ,a
hospital; there. ; Mr. Prevatt' con
dition was somewhat iniprovjd yes
terday.4 An interesting meeting of the
Community Workers' association f
the eastern district was held here
Saturday with Miss Flax Andrews,
county home demonstration agent. A
report of the meeting will be pub
lished in the next issue.
Mr, W. J. Prevat, Jr., of Lum
berton, who is a student at he Geor
yia Military academy, Atlanta, has
been elected captain of the football
team of the school. A cut of Mr.
Prevatt appeared m tha sporting1 sec
tions of the Atlanta papers yesterday.
Mr. Oliver A. Means and daugh
ters,. Misses Leila and Venie, and
son, Braxtont of R. 5, Lumberton,
spent . Friday, in ' Fayetteville with
Mrs ' Meares, who underwent a veiy
serious operation at ths Cumberland
General hospital ; Monday. Mrs.
Meares' condition is reported as fa
vorable., ;';.. ,
'' Mr. Van Edwards of East Lorn- '
berton submitted to the charge of
failure to comply with the compulsory
school law, before Recbrder E.
Britt Saturday.' Judgment was sas-
pended upon, payment of the cost
$1220. The indictment was brought
by Mr. W P. McAllister, county wel
fare officer. ,
-Representative ' J. S. Oliver of
Marietta was a Lumberton visitor
Friday. In renewing his subscrip
tion to'The Robesonian Mr. Oliver
said he has always followed the ad"
vice he heard Bishop Duncan give
30 years ago. In urging people to
subscribe for their church paper tha
bishop said that every man should
take his church paper, his county pa
per and a State daily, and Mr. Oliver
says he was iriuch impressed' with tho
ingham, R. M. Norment, J. F. Mc-
UU1, and J. Robt. Prevatt attended
the-Sampson county fair at Clinton
Thursday. They went to Clinton to
see Lieut, B. W. Maynard, the fly-
5 Pr8n' a nrst-cousm of
Mr. Coxe. Mr. Coxe was the first
man to reach Lieut. Maynard when
his plane was slightlv wrecked ia
landing. Had it not . been for the
mishap to the plane, Mr. Coxe would
have taken a flight with Lieut May
nard. Teachers Association Meets Nov. 22.
The first meeting of tho school
year of the Robeson Teachers asso
ciation will be held in ' Lumberton
Saturday, November 22nd. Miss Su
sie Fulghum of the State board of
examiners wil) be presen and explain
the reading, circle work. All white
teachers in the county are epxeted to
attend.
Messrs. H. C Adeor and Albert
Taylor of Bladenboro were Lumber
ton visitors today.
Mr. Lattie Parnell of the Barnes
ville section was a caller at The
Robesonian office this morning -
Mr.; E. L. C. Hall of R, 6, Lum
berton, was among the callers at The
Robesonian office this morning. '
Mrs. Nannie W. Crump an I two
sons, . Daniel and Gilchrist, returned
yesterday from BennettsviHe, S. C,
where they spent a . few days visit
ing relatives. .
DR. WILLIAM. W. PARKER f
EYE SPECIALIST , ?
Office: "National Bank of Luabertoa:
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