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30NIA1 IfATCH LABEL ON fOUR PAPER AND DON'T LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIRE THE, DATE ON THE LABEL IS THB DATE TOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED. Wi ABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH 12.00 A TEAR. DUE EN ADVANCE VOL. L LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1919. NUMBER 81 THE ROBEfc TWO GRADES; CLOSED ON anrnmiT nv nTPWTHERIA, Work Sanded in 5th and HUT and 2 Divisions, of. First Grades 7 . Teachers Have Been Exposed to j the Disease But They Have Been; Immunized and W'irk A'l Grades' Win Be Resumed Wednesday-Only vne .ase . Seven teachers 01 tne graatu d m high schools were exposed to diph theria at the home of Mrs. Alf. II. McLend on account of the develop-. ment of a case there Friday by Miss Working under cloture for the first Anna Newton, stenographer in thejtime m history, the Senate adopted in law offices of McLean, varser, jhc- Lai Ftacr. As a consequence,1 tfflfk has been suspended in the fth Uin anu Z envisions oi nr. h the when have been' immunized and work will lie rcsu .r.cd in these grades Wednesday. Mo oh- week. er case besides Miss Newton'; has' Republican and Democratic leaders bn lercrted. It was rumorel t'nislworked together to invoke clpture, rooming that one oi Mrs. vicijog s m m x T J) ehtldrui had developed a. ease, but this was an error. The following teachers &re out for l 2 days: Miss Ruth Stanley, 9th; Miss, Evelyn Reade. 10th: Miss Eilene Lewis, domestic science: Miss Delia Wilson, .11th;' Misses Cora" L. Gunn and Ruth Davenport, 5th; Miss Geor gia Antley, 1st. Supt- W,.H. Cale is taking care of Miss Stanley's work in the 9th and Mrs. A. V. G. Wishart is substituting for Miss Reade in the 10th. Miss Newton is at th Thompson hospital and is getting along nicely. The county health and education boards have announced that it will be aafe for th teachers to resume work Wednesday. PERIOD OF COTTON CAM PAIGN EXTENDED TO DEC. 1 Impassible for Counties to Complete Membership Canvass by End of Last Week. Raleigh News and Observer, 15th: Letters coming into campaign head quarters of the American Cotto l As sociation from all sections ot te Stain indicate that it will be impos sible for the cou:iies to complete the m am twict kino rliMira Kit lliii nn.l im' (nm I Vvi T.L1Z .i n ." iays aeve.opments, in tne view ofiamon& its membership women 33 lay wek, and for this reason, and ,n re- Senators looking forward to a com-! delegates The conference is 1iv;ded TSmri ctiiL?mUU!t:c;p!ox ! in S of cojnty chairwen that more tunc al acon on the treaty is reached,; ir M North Presiding elder of the Sble,0,tothc ZS:' hv vfSna- ruHn by.Vicsident U-lL&d&lZJ :nin.i8?ible to complete the job byigha l iuf nreced no- the -nh.r i,.t v.t.j-j. .a SBtm-H.v if hn h. AoM a iwmWPfrid f Camnaign tjti?n. Senators vote down ratification! December 1 COTTON GINNED IN ROBESON 44.15 Bales Ginned to November 1 37.680 Ginned to Same Date Year. There were 44,105 bales of c-.-iton, counting round as half: bales, ginned in Robeson county from the crop of 1919 prior to November 1, a3 com- fJJW to the same date last year. That is, 6,425 j more bales were ginned to November lar this year thanwire ginned to the stone date last yar. This report is ifiven The Robesonian by Mr. John A. McLeod of Buie, spcscuU agent, as certified by the Census Bureau. Mr. Paal Rockwell of Paris a Lumber- ton Visitor. Mr. Paul Rockwell, spent Friday mad Saturday here at the home of Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Jonhnson, Elm street, leaving Saturday night for New Tork, where he will board a ship in few days and return to France, jthere hp expects to make his home. 1I a brother of the late Krffin Backwell, who wa8 killed in an air AattLj at the front in France after a ssful career as an air fighter. saving before his death brought down ! m number of German 'planes. Both the1 --" .....,: Rockwells, who were natives of Co- Iambus county, enlisted in the French ! Foreign Legion and went to the front soon after the world war si m ted Both were wounded in the early part ' Keneral in New York, to' Flavia Bor of the war, but Kiffin recovered and ! Quez a Mexican senator, endorsing the later enlisted in the air service, where I principle of "nationa j.zaion" has he remained until his death several znonths later. Mr. Paul Rockwell ! married in France, He is a cousin of Mrs. Johnson. Bert Sellers Given 6-Months' Road Sentence. Bert Sellers of the Barnesville sec tion was presented with a six raonths' road sentence by Recorder E. M. Britt Saturday when found guilty of assaulting E. S. Walters of the same section with a knife. Walters was dangerously carved up, according to the evidence. Sellers gave notice of appeal and made bond in the sum of $300 for his appear- in superior oourt. . Reports from a number of the' ownahiD cnairraen indicate tht man. ' Hobeson farmers : and business men Viave , already joined the American Cotton association. The drive will be continued until December 1. ' license1 has been issued for the marriage of ' Andrew C Bryant, and "Plumy Pittman; J. Horrell Thompson and Thetis Burchett; John H. , Lee ad Record Burchett. - . ". , , 10 RESERVATIONS TO j PEACE TREATY ADOPTED Senate in Five Hours Puts Over Every It?m But 2 on l'rogram j Cloture Rule Adopted for First j Time. i At last clamping down the lid on! its peace treaty debate states a- Washington dispatch of the 15tH, tne Senate substituted action for discuss- Saturdav with a vigor that quicK ly advanced the ratification fight in to its final stages, winning iuhhc rnm fhia dispatch: f,ve hours, 10 more or tne reservim? written bv the foreign relations com- m,ttee and with only two ccnunit- tee proposals remaining, bcL mo H.mpntsrv star for a decision cf a deadlock on the treaty early this piling up a majority wnicn iar ex ceeded the two-thirds necessary tor adoption In the count of 78 to 16, the two parties contributed n hnn evenly. Th roll call over, however, and cloture a fact, the Republic?!) man agers took complete charge and swept everything beforft them. Reservation after reservation went through just as it came from the committee:! un til the Democrats apparently aban doned hopes of making modifications and resigned themselves to a passive resistance. Majorities ranging from 11 to 29 marked adoption of the 10 reserva tions. They related to domestic ques tions, the Monroe doctrine, mandates, Shantung, international commissions, j expenses of the league of nations, ar maments, the economic boycott and alien property rights. In every case except" one the Re publicans voted Bolidlv for the com. mittee proposals. They were joined ! 19th Splendid Report From Chest on every roll call by from four to nut Street Church, nine Democrats. n all, an even doz-l The Nortn Carolina Methodist Con en senators of the administration; ference will begin its 83rd annual ses party broke away during the day tofion in tne Methodist church a Wil yote for reservations. The sr le de- son Wednesday of this week. Bishop fection from the Republu an ranks u y. W. Darlington will preside, was on the .Sharing reservation, Conference met in Wilson 14 voara Senator McCumber of Nr'h Dakota, ,aff0 with Bishop Wilson presiding. swinging over to the opposition. ; No the least siu'nifi Miit. of the ! I i i .1 '. u. u.Ti.i '.u.; X.V.'Ve , held that should the adminiscra- with reservations, as thoy intend to do, they will have an ppqrtunity later to get action on a compromise. ratitication resolution. ' ".'- To that decision the Republican IAnAi. i- 1. x t they would appeal to the Senata it self to settle the question. A plain majority can overrule the presiding officer, and the Republicans we.-o as- serting tonight that they still would j hold the whip hand to prec.ude second vote on ratification. They told their Democratic colleagues that if they voted against qualified ac ceptance of the treaty, then the treaty would be dead. REDS' UNDERGROUND LINE FROM SOVIET RUSSIA TO U. S. Disclosures of large orders for arms and munitions placed by Mexi co in Europe were followed Friday in Washington by revelations tend ing to show that the reds' "under ground line" from soviet Rusaia to the United States runs via Mexico. It became known that the immigra tion service and the Department of Justice both are concerned at the in flux of Russian radicals and ether .... . . . . aliens oi radical tendencies over tne!""D- ouxiey oi rsuie, wno was a! Mexican border. Furthermore, gcv-1 Lumberton visitor Saturday. The! ernment agents have traced much;J0SS to uiiss Buie is estimated at $5- propaganda over thp Mexican line. j A letter, written October Z by Ramon P. Denegri, Mexican consul-! come into the hands of the govern- ment and already has been called t ment and already has been called to: the attention of the State Depart ment by at least two Senators as show ing Deneyri's association with radi cal socialists in the United States. McLEAN IS MENTIONED FOR TREASURER'S POST Washington Cor., 15th, Charlotte Observer. Among those mentioned to succeed Secretary Glass if he accepts the seat in the Senate tendered by Governor Davis, is A. W. McLean of Lumber ton, now a member of the war finance corporation. Mr. McLean has made an excellent recoTd. here.and tands well with the I uinunaw-nuun Teachers' Meeting Saturday of ThisiTember 21. Proceeds for benefit of Week. The first meeting of the school year of the Robeson teachers association! will.be held in the high school build-i ing in Lumberton Saturday of this One case of scarlet fever waa re week. All white teachers in the county ported from the Jennings cotton mill are-expeted to attend the meeting. WHITE BOY RUN OVEB i BX A JTUL UAit Alvan Martin Severely Bruised and Cut Wade Bell, Said to Have Ber?n Drunk When Accident Occurred, and Geo. Leach Who Submitted Re-j marks About the Arrest, Will Be Tried Tomorrow. A near-serious auto accident oc- . l.irion(- (icpiirred on Elm street in iron i of L. C. Townsend Co.'s store late Saturday afternoon when Alvin Mar tin, a 16-year-old white boy, was run down by a Ford car driven by Wade Bell, colored. Young Martin was rid ing a bicycle and turned into Elm from West Fourth, while Bell turned into Elm from East Fourth. Boch the front and rear wheel of tie rord - , , , , . parsed ovr theboys legs and a guh was cut in Wie DacK ot nis neuu. iiu hones were broken. Dr. T. C. John- t t 1 1 1 XT 'son dressed Martin's wounds. The bicycle was also badly damaged. Bell was drunk at the time he ran over the boy, it is said. He was ar- restea n nee ; Ker anu iwebu uy m jn. iraiuoj morning ne wag ijeieaseo. unaer a $100 bond for his appearance before Recorder E. M. Britt tomorro-v morn ing. Young Martjn is a son of Mr. W. B. Martin who lives about three miles north-east of town, and Bell lives near Tn Mile church. George Leach, colored, proceeded to have something to say after Bell was arrested and declared that he would not be arrested on a like charge. As a result he was arrested by Policeman McGill and locked up in jail. He was later released under a $50 bond and will also face Recorder Britt tomorrow morning. METHODIST CONFERENCE. 83rd Session Will Convene at Wilson For th. first tinip in the historv of the conference the body will have toruerem e ermon weanesaay ai xi Rev. Dr. R. C. Beaman, pastor of Chestnut Street , church, and Rev. R. ja BrutW3tor of Lumberton 'cir Out. wukJeW Jfor conference tomor row and rtli Teport everything paid in full on their charges. Dr. Beaman will present' the best best report ever made from Chestnut Street church. He will report raised for all purposes by this church during the year of 112,320.56. Among the items includ ed in this total are the followinc: Centenarv fund $2 297'?0- ?i,nHav $776,' iSSfin STbZ ing $1,179.64 for the orphanage; pre suming eider, $166; pastor's saary, $2,150, Smith's chapel paying $150 of this amount; conference, $1,221. re pairs on church and parsonage, $170.98; incidentals, $395.12; woman's missionary society, $420.25; for poor, $102.93; for other objects, including amount raised during the McLendon meeting, $4,004.52. Residence Burned at Philadelphus. A residence belonging to Mis8 Anna Eliza Buie and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Mack McArthur at Philadelphus was burned Saturday morning. Mr. McArthur was away from home at the time. A number of his neighbors rushed to the seen,, and saved a part oi nis rurniture, according to Mr. rl T-1 r..... 000 while Mr. McArthur's loss was 'vy. ir is tnougnt the lire started from a defective flue. Louisville Distilleries Sold Whiskey Openly at. $75 a Case. Louisville. Kv..disnatch Nov iAth- Two local distilleries sold hiskey openly in Louisville today at $75 a case, regardless of the war t me prohibition law. Hundreds of orders, filed before July 1, when the war time law went into effect, it was said, were being filled by these distilleries which resumed sales following the granting of an injunction to them yesterday by Federal Judge Evans restraining the government from interferinor with sales of nearly a million gallons of Uf ' I,oor stock wtU8keY Box Sapper at Baltimore School House Nov. 21. Correspondence of The Robesonian.? Fairmont, R, F. D. Nov. 14. There will be a box supper at the Balti more school hoilUA T?"riHo.. nW-Kt Vi. J the school. "The public is cordially invited. Teachers, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Croit. - 1 - fire hwy: ; , . RED SPRINGS NEWS. Civic League Organized by ChauUu- qua Business Deals Big Auction Sale of Lots Dunk Davis Again Honored Building and Loan Or ganized Personal. i V Correspondence of The Robesor.ian. Red Springs, Nov. (14. The Rad- i . i i cliffe Cnautauqua, wnicu nas juw , ,1 closed nere, provea very and was largely attended, the iec-1 tures were all fine and fthe concerts of such varied programs that all wnoj listened found something enjoyable. On Tuesday afternoon Miss - arra - way, after her talk, freld a commu-i onnn.an- YA nvnrilT.(v1 CIVIC league with Mr. J. C. fcndddy as pres nit, c.-e "ir ... i ident. It is hoped that this, in con junction with the Woman's club will prov of great benefit to the town and graded school. The usual "swinging corners" that usually take place towards the end of the year have beijun. The John J. Thrower Co. has bought the brick Btore on th,, opposite corner now oc cupied by J. H. Turner Furniture Co. and will move in very shoitly, as their present quarters have become unsafe. Mr. Turner has bought the rest of the lot of stores below him and will occupy same as soon as a few changes have been made. Mr. W. A. McKay has purchased the house across the street from Mr. Ernest Sikes, occupied now by Mr. Thomas. Mrs. W. A. Bullock has bought the house where Mr. Wade Baggett lives now. A big auction gale of lots took place today. The M. A. Buie land at the edge of town, on the Philadel phus road, and also a block of lots near the freight depot. Land auctions seem to be "all the rage" these days. Our valorous young citizen, Dunk Davis, has again been honored. This week in Washington he was present ed by the British government with a D. C. M. This medal was pinned on by the Prince of Wales, only two other North Carolinians receiving this distinguished honor. ; Little .Mariam KeJly Townsend, who was operated on for enlarged tonsils this week in Fayetteville, is home again. Shp is getting on very nicely but is t ill a little bit the worse for wear. M . IJufus McQueen, who holds a position in Wilmington, was in town a few days last week. ' Mr. Arrowood McLean accompanied him on his re turn and will remain, having accept ed a position in that , good town. Drs. J. Ii and B. P. McMillan at tended the . medical association in Asheville this week and report an interesting session. ; Rev. C. V. Brooks has returned from Raleigh, .where he went to at tend the State Baptist convention. Mr. J. C. Snoddy gpent a few days this week in South Carolina on bus iness. ' Red Springs attendahts'on the Ben nettsville fair last week were Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hamilton and Messrs. A.! C. Huggms and M. J. Covington. Quite a flourishing building and loan association has beep organized in our town. Now we will watch thc houses go up. ' ' Misses Jennie Robinson and Fannie Dunean, after spending 'a few days with Miss Alice Hall, ; Iest':: for Spar tanburg, where they ate Visiting oth- ler Converse school friends. Mr. Lanne McLeod, .who has a po sh ion in Florence, spent a few days with home folks recently. Airs. J. ,C. Powell of Jacksonville, Fla ... paid relatives in; town a short! it on Tuesday. ' I it 11..L1 i ir . . .. . vis Mrs. Hubbard Kerr 6f Clinton is on' a visit to her parents; Mr. and Mrs Cooper. CARTER GLASS NAMED AS SENATOR FROM VIRGINIA j Senator from Virginia to fill the , e.I.. V." " vacancy caused by the death of Sen ator Martin. Mr. Glass haj been at thp lad of the Treasury depart ment ?ince the resignatfoi of W. G. McAdoo. A Washington disratch of the 16th states that Mr. Glass is un decided as to whether or not io ac cept the appointment. Varser at Baptist State Convention. From Raleigh Cor., Greensboro News. Business took charge of the conven tion hour. Gilbert T.' Stephenson, of Winston-Salem presided and L. R. Varser, of the Lumberton bar, was introduced and made such a stirring, dazzlingly bright speech of five min utes that the convention again and again broke its rule and applauded. His only objection to the amount raised was Jhat it isn't enough. "But God's business is not going to end in five years," be said. "Men and wom en will buy -anything on to install ment plan," he said, illustrating Ms faith by one of his earliest clients, who was willing to buy Biltinore "for a dollar down and a dollar a month for his natural life.",' Asked as to how, the country churches are receiving the word, Mr. Varser retorted: ; "Finely; they have gone' over, and the town Churches of my association ars coming along, behind." '" AMMONS-THOMPSON. Miss Henrietta Ammon.i Becomes Wife of .Mr. G. E. Thompson. Reported for The Robesonian. On the evening of Nov. 13 the home of Mi, and Mrs. John Henry Amnions of Lumberton, R. 4, was the scene of a pretty wedding when their daughter Henrietta became the bride of George Everette Thompson. n . i .. ... i!.a .'..,..,.1. .u. k;.in IvMllJJCiy tit J c r mc uimu groom. entered rh; parlor to the Mr. J. Frost wa9 very rr.ach in gtrainjJ of Lohcntfrn wedding evidence Saturday morning and he is march "Hearts and Flowers" was now charged with killing all that ha beautifully rendered by Mrs. 1. P. js capable of killing, IIedsrpeth durir,g the ceramon, which! Mr. Wright J. Prevatt returned was performed by tn brides pastor,1 home Saturday night from Charlotte, Rey j p Hedgpeth, following which! where he spent two weeks un lergo- . n., . i ... . .. .... Mr. anu Mrs. inompson ieit Dy auro, for Fayetteville. They will visit Dunn, atorium. Benson and Thomasville while away.) The regular monthly ve;.; ,' of The room was beautifully decorated ; the T. E. L. class of thp Firs;, Bap in yellow chrysanthemums and au- fist Sunday schebl will be held ;;t the tumn foliage. Tne bride wore a trav-j home of Mrs. Jessie Wishart, Third eling suit of dark brown chiffon broad-cloth with hat, gloves and shoes' to match. The ceremony was witntssed byl relatives and a few intimite friends. I the farmers say. This with the unu The bride and groom are well kno vnsual number of possums reported in here and in Lumberton, where they the country ought to reduce the h. c. number their friends by their ac-i quainncas, r wb wisvr.f,V a.'SP long and happy married life. THE RECORD OF DEATHS Mrs. Sallie McCormick of Rowland. iui . oailio utuuuiKi, oivui. 40 years, died yesterday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Rainey, at Rowland, with whom sh- made her home. De ceased had been in ill health for sev eral months and her death was not uurAircitcu. Willie Albert, 13-mnoths-old son j of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Ivey of Board-: man ,died yesterday afternoon at the Thompson hospital oi pneumonia Woodrow Wilson, 1-year-old son of Mr and Mr.-.-'W. A. West of East Lumberton, died arly Saturday niorninpr of c-.j:itis. 21 1 John Thomas, colored, aged vears. died Thursday atternoon a hi3l heme in the northern part of t(.w n , of tuberculosis. Profrram for Community Recreation : Service. Philadelphus Tuesday, Nov. 18th. Oakdale Wednesday, Nov. 19th. Ten Mile Thursday, Nov. 20th. Centenary, Friday, Nov. 21st. . r v.-- u..u ', xne peuuie ui uuiiiuci tun ouuuiu be proud of the fact that they have one of the most modern and up-to-date hotels in the South." This state ment can be heard quite frequently from the many pleased guests who natronize the Lorraine.- The hotel - j . i t ir p r DnntTai aS Mr0 P MccYlI assist Dunham and Mr O. FMcGill, assist-!.n ant, is doing better business than evef before Mr. Sam Collins of the U. S. regular army is spending a 30 daye' furlough with relatives near Lumber ton. Mr. H. W. Richardson of Ashboro has accepted a position as salesman in -the McMillan drug store. H 1-e-gan work this morning. Guarantors of Redpath Lyceum course will meet at 8 o'clock this even ing in the commissioners' room at the court house. Kryl's orchestral sextette is scheduled for a performance here on December 1st and the Great lkes concert qunitette on December 4th. n : il.i i: lt is very important that a meeting of the guarantors be held at once Rosa Stansel and William Pay ton, a colored eouple from Fairmont, were married in- the office of Register of Deeds M. W. Floyd today at 11:30 m.:.fi a.- n. .uiwas stolen the same nighf the post ilVi,.Trfr?J ful manner -Special communication of St A1K. 1J M. 11 A f P. A IT tZ:.:, '"Zti T' , in 3rd degree. Mr. J. S. Townsend of R. 6, Lum berton, left last night for Roxboro, where he has accepted a position i with the Jackson Motor Car com pany. Mr. Townsend recently re turned home from Kansas City, Mo., where he attended the Rahe auto and tractor school. Mr. Townsend and his brother; Mr. J. R, Townserd, were among the visitors in town Saturday. . Misses Emma Gray Led better and Octavia Scales of Rockingham and Rachel Goodwin, a student at Flora Macdonald college. Red Springs, have been guests since Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White. Misses Ledbetter and Scales will re turn tomorrow to ffaeftr homes at Rockingham and Miss Goodwin will return to Red Springs. Miss Vashti White entertained in honor of her guests Saturday night. Miss Goodwin rendered a beautiful solo at Chestnut Street Methodist charch at the morn ing and evening service yesterday. QUESTIONNAIRES IN BRITTS. Mr. W. G. Pope will fill the rest of questionnaires in Britts town ship. See him at his home. S. H. McKinnon, Supervisor. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEW& The market', report, which has been appearing in this column, will be found on page 6. Mr. J. M. Baynes of Reidsvilla has accepted a position as meat cutter jn Mr. J H. Wfehart s new meat market. Mrs. G. F. Allen of R. 5, Lom- berton, recently underwent an cper- ation at the Highsmifh hospital. Kay- mi- ecteviie. mg treatmen at tne (..hario;t san- and Walnut streets, tomorrow rues- day) evening at 8:00. The sweet potato crop in this secficn this year" was a bumper one. 1. for some, at least. Mr. H. M. Brown of the Bui section will make, an address at Jacob Swamp, Indian Sunday school next Sunday at 10 a-rh. and will speak at West Lumberton , Baptist church at 4 p. m. of the ame day. Misses Hilda, and Miriam Wein stein returned1 lajt week from Balti more. Miss Miriam, was compelled to I discontinue her studies at the Pea- jns(itute onaccount of an oper ation on her throat and nose. In a lettor nirHai-incr his UnliMmt. ian routed to Greenville, S . C, instead of charlotU. Mr., L. R. Bullard, form- erly of Lumberton, states that he has been transferred ,to Greenville, where he is cashier of. the Southern Rail- way freight office. A chicken hawk flew into the kitchen at the home of Mr. D:;i Re gan, Second street, yesterdiy morn ing and Mr. Regan killed it. The hawk was after a bird for his brcik- an open window into the kitchen, which act resulted in his death. The fire company was called out abfut 7:30 Saturday night on aec-mn of a blaze at the home of a colored family at the plait of the Kingsdale Lumber corporation. A bucket bri- gade had extinguished the flames when the fire company reached the scene and no damage was done. E. D. Sampson, a progressive In dian of R. 6, Lumberton, was among the callers at The Robesonian office Saturday. After renewing his Nb scription to his county paper The Robesonian Sampson declared that while ther,. is good reading in other papers, they are all laid away when The Robesonian arrives. The Lumberton, Dresden and Jennings coiwn mm tuinpini I workin th treet8 in the 'hree d gevera villages and will spend thousand dollars in putting the streets in good condition. The work is being supervised by Mr. F. A. Wishart, formerly superintendent of street work in Lumberton. Whil,, there has been an increase in the number of cotton samples sent to Mr. E. I. Pool, local government grader, during the last two weeks, the farmers are not yet taking ad vantage of the government .grading as they should. Mr. Pool is anxious that the farmers have their cotton graded and there is no expense to arm" r" Dy in V -Mr. J. M. oUtie the farmer who has his cotton graded grader. . Butler ofSt. Pauls was a Lumberton visitor Friday after noon. Mr. Butler found his Olds mobile car which was stolen from his garage three weeks ago. The car was found on a woods road about one mile north of Hope Mills. The car offices at St. Pauls and Hope Mills wcic luuunj au man jjuucii waia 1 j :i u ! found near the car. The car was not uamnKcu, biiu it is aujjposeu 1 damaged, and it is supposed the rob- be abandoned it after making the two postoffice robberies. Mr. Ippie Carter, of the United States regular army, arrived yester day and will spend a month's for lough with relatives in and near Lumberton. Mr. Carter has been in the army 5 years and this is his f'-rst trip home since he enliite'l. ile saw quite a bit of service on the Mexican border and was standing near Pri vate Stephen Little, a Robeson county soldier, when Little was shot and kill ed by a Mexican som three years ago. He also spent 19 months over seas during the world war. Everybody had a good time at the graded school auditorium Friday eve ning, for it was a corking good con cert the Wake Forest glee club and orchestra gave. Every number was enjoyed. The farther the young men went into the program the better it got, and the audience clapped its hands sore. It was a large audience, and appreciative. "My , Rosary," a enitar selection bv Mr Mill ma .Vo most exquisite thing, but every sin gle number was a treat. ' The audi ence ws hungry for more at the enL DR. WILLIAM W. PARSJSR EYE SPECIALIST, Office: National Bank of Lumbertoa ' Bonding.
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