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VOLUME L. LUMBERTjON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. NOVEMBER, 24, 1919. NUMBER 83
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HELP SAVE LUM
BERTON'S SCHOOLS
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Attend Mass Meeting at Court House
Tuesday Evening at 8 O'Clock-
A mass meeting of citizens of the
town will be held at the court house
tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 8
o'clock to consider matters pertain
. ing to the public schools. The schools
will lose a number of their acners
and will have to be discontinued unless
some action is taken at once.
APPOINTMENTS FOR
ROCKINGHAM DISTRICT
Dr. Beaman Returns to Chestnut
Street Church and Mr. Bruton to
Lumberton Circuit.
Special to The Robesonian.
Wilson, Nov. 24. The Methodist
conference adjourned at noon today
with the reading of the appoint
ments. Dr. Beaman and Mr. Bruton
were returned to Chestnut Street
Methodist church of Lumberton and
Lumberton circuit, respectively- The
following changes wer made on the
Rockingham district:
Mt. Gilead, W. H. Benton; Row
land circuit, W. C. Merritt; Aber
deen, C. B. Culbreth, Biscoe, A. S.
Parker; Caledonia, G. M. Danfiel;
Maxton, J. A. Harnady; St. Pauls,
G. W. Starling; Rockingham, A- L.
Ormond; Elizabeth ct. H. L. Brown;
Ellerbee, J. C. D. Stroud; Hamlet,
J. H. Buffalo; Laurel Hill, M. B.
Johnson; Laurinburg, W. A. Cade;
Montgomery ct., N. L. Seabolt; Mt.
Gilead ct. A. J. Groves; Raeford B. P.
Robinson; Red Spring. A. J- Parker;
Robeson ct., W. F. Tfayvick;n St.
John and Gibson, J. B- Underwood;
Troy, J. T. 8ro; Vcss, L. JI. JoT
ner; president Carol in college. R- B.
John; Roberd'?ll, E. L. Hill; presiding
elder, H- M. North.
Merchants and Food Administrator
Pae Fail to Agree.
Raleigh News and Observer, 22nd: i
The merchants of North Carolina1
through their special committee, and j
Food Administrator Henry A. Page I
yesterday failed to ag-ee upon a rnar-j
gin of profits to be out into rffect in
this State. The efforts of Mr. Page
and the merchants to get together on
a fair margin of profits were ended
after the merchants had presented .
a proposition with aview of securing
fair prices of uniform application
throughout the United States.
Recorder's Court.
Walter Inman submitted to the
charge of being drunk before Re
corder E. M. Britt this morning and
judgment was suspended upon pay
ment of the cost
Other cases, including that of Wade
Bell, colored, charged . with driving
an auto while drunk and ? uniting the
car over a white boy on Elm street
a week ago Saturday, were continued
until Saturday of this week.
Program for Rural Recreation Ser
vice. Shannon (colored) Monday night,
Nov. 24.
Orrum Tuesday night, Nov. 25.
Rex Wednesday night, Nov. 26.
Back Swamp Thursday night Nov.
27.
Parkton Friday night, No. 28.
Saddletree Saturday night Nov- 29.
Mrs. Oliver A. Meares of R. 5,
Lumberton, who underwent a very j
serious operation at the Cumberland
General hospital, Fayetteville, c,ome i
weeks ago, was able to return to her !
home Saturday. Mr. Meares went;
Up to Fayetteville Saturday morning;
and she returned with them. He and
his small son, Braxton, are Lumber-j
ton visitors today. i
The handsome new residence of
Mr. Ira Bullard, with its beautiful
furnishings and modern improve
' ments, is a great addition to North
Lumberton. Mr. Bullard and family
moved into their home the latter part
of last week.
Special communication St. Al
ban's lodge No. 114, A. F. & A- M.,
tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. Work
in second degree.
. Bridges on the Whiteville road
across Jacob swamp, Wishart town
ship, are badly broken up and can
be crossed with difficulty, Mr. W. B.
Baxley of R. 5 from LumbertDn, who
was in town thig morning, reports to
The Robesonian.
The public cotton weigher-grader
of Lumbertcn will not be at the cot
ton yards Thursday Thanksgiving
day. There .vill be no market that
day.. . . -
' Richmond. Va.. dj'annfoli Mn !?
Governor Westmoreland Davis left
tonight for St. Charles, Lee county,
Virginia, where he will take person
al charge' of th 500 militiamen sent
from various State points this morn
ing., It is understood Govamor Da
' vis will make'' a personal appeal on
behalf of the State to the miners to
return to work. V
SPLENDID MEETING OF
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Nearly All the 119 White Teachers
of the County Attended Meeting
Here Saturday 7 Groups for Read
ing Circle Work Trained Teach
ers Are Demanded.
Practically all the 199 white school
teachers in Robeson attended the
first meeting or the school year of
the Robeson Teachers' Association
here Saturday. The ' meeting was
held in the high school auditorium.
Rev- Dr. Chas. H. Durham, pastor
of the First Baptist church of Lum
berton, opened the meeting at 11 a.
m. with Scripture reading and prayer.
This was followed by a beautiful solo
by Miss Lillian Proctor, with Miss
Agnes McLean at the piano.
Miss Susie Fulghum, a member of
the State board of examiners, talked
on, "Teacher Training," and after her
address the teachers were organized
into seven groups to take up reading
circle work. The groups are made
up of townships as follows:
No. 1 Lumberton, Wishart, Back
Swamp, Raft Swamp, Saddletree;
leader, Prof. W. H. Cale, superintend
ent of the Lumberton schools.
No. 2 St. Pauls, Howellsville,
Parkton, Rennert; leader, Prof. T. S.
Teague, principal of the . St. Pauls
graded school.
No. 6 Red Springs, Shannon
Burnt Swamp, Lumber Bridge; lead
er, Prof. J- O. Overcash, principal of
the Philadelphus high school.
No. 4 Maxton, Smith, Pembroke;
leader, Prof. J. H. Workman, super
intendent of the Maxton schools.
No. 5 Rowland, Alfordsville,
Thompson, Gaddy; leader, Prof. E. S.
Bennett, principal of the Rowland
graded school.
No. 6 Orrum, Britt; leader, Prof.
R. L. Pittman, principal of the Or
rum high school.
No. 7 Fairmont, White House,
Sterlings; leader, Prof- Thos. G.
Bryce, principal of the Fairmont
graded school.
The first.. book De studied by the
teachers of the various groups is,
"The' Work of the Teacher," by Davis.
Meetings for study will be held as of
ten as the various leaders and their
classes, may decide.
In her remarks Miss Fulghum told
of the importance of the teacher be
ing trained and declared that the
time has arrived when the people de
mand that those vh0 teach the chil
dren shall be trained.
While the organization of the
greups was being porfeeted, Mrs. W.
R. Hollowell, of the State Insurance
Commission, made a short talk on the
North Carolina Safety league. Mrs.
Hollowell told of the necessity of
teaching the child the preservation
of body first and property next. A
number of teachers intimated their
ihtientions of organjiflSiig "sajf&ty
leagues" in their respective schools.
Prof. E. T. Hines, principal of the
Parkton graded school, told of the
importance of having good libraries
in the school. He declared that there
is no better way of improving a
school or community than to improve
the libraries. Prof. Hines' remarks
were timely and well received
Miss Fulghum explained the plans
for teachers to have their certifi
cates renewed.
As a whole the meeting was one
of the best ever held by the asso
ciation. Out of the nearly 200 white teach
ers in Robeson, not, more than twen
ty are males. This goes to prove
that it is up to the women to train
the boys and girls to be the men and
women of tomorrow. Here it might
be added thaf the teachers of Roba
son (less the few males) are as good
looking as could be found anywhere.
They are good to look upon.
It was not decided when the next
meeting of th association ' will be
held.
Box Sspper at Ten Mile
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
A box supper will be given at Ten
Mile school house on Friday, Novem
ber 28. Proceeds will go for bene
fit of school. Everybody is cordially
invited.
Home From the Army.
Mr. Joseph B. Blake arrived home
Thursday from Camp Gordon, Ga.,
having been given an honorable dis
charge from the army.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. D. Eakes of
Aberdeen spent the weetc-end here
visiting at the home of Mrs. Eakes'
mother, Mrs. I. L. Pope, Second and
Walnut streets.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Felts Jr.f ex
pect to go Wednesday to Charlotte
to visit at the home of Mr Felts' pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H- Felts, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Bracey left
last evening for Baltimore, Md.,
where they will spend several days.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W.- Biggs and 2
children, Chalmers and Ellen, and
Mjss Berta McNeill spent yesterdav
at Rowland visiting at the home of
Mrs. Biggs and Miss McNeill's pa
rents, ex-Sheriff and Mrs E..C. Mc
Neill. Mrs. McNeill accompanied
them home and will spend several
days at the home of Mr. and Mrs.-
Biggs, Elm street
THANKSGIVING IN
LUMBERTON
Schools Close Friday and Saturday
Service hi All Churches and Col
lections Will Be Taken for Or
phanages. The graded school will suspend
work Wednesday afternoon for
Thanksgiving and will begin work
again Monday of next week, taking
two days off.
Services will be held at the various
churches and collections for orphan
ages will be taken, as follows:
First Baptists-Sermon by the
pastor, Dr. C. H- Durham, at 10
a. m., collection for Thomasville or
phanage. Presbvterian Sermon by the pas
tor, Dr. G. E. Moorehouse, at 10:30 a.
m., collection for Barium Springs
orphanage.
Gospel Tabernacle Services at 11
a. m., collection for the Compton or
phanage at Asheville.
GOVERNMENT AGAIN IN
CONTROL OF FOOD SUPPLY
Authority of Food Administrafor
Transferred to Attorney General
Palmer Will Try to Avert Sugar
Famine and Put Down Cost of
Living.
President Wilso Friday placed the
government again in control of the
nation's food supply by transferring
the authority of food administrator
to attorney general Palmer.
Revival of the wartime functions
of administrator Hoover resulted di
rectly from government efforts to
o Nomina in Clicrnr. but the DOW-
avcii ioi o j - i
ers delegated to the head of the De-j
partment of Justice will oe usea aiso
to help put down the ever-mounting
cost of living. For the present the
Attorney General will not. put into
operation all of the machinery per
mitted under the executive order
signed by the President but should
conditions arise to make it necessary
the full pressure of all the broad
power vested in him will be exerted
to meet them, states a press dispatch.
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.
1!V!trn-e from the White House
Thursday that President Wilson would
not rescind the "dry" act until peace
formally had been declared. This was
expeclr 1 to set at rest the rumors that
the dry ban would be lifted by the
President irrespective of early rat
ification of the treaty of Versailles.
Wallace Baynes, a negro, was taken
out of his house and shot to death in
Morgan county, Ga., last Wednesday
night after h had. killed Kay Ozburn,
railroad agent at Madison, Ga., who
was aiding an officer in arresting the
negro. .
A preliminary meeting to arrange
for a world conference of all Christian
churches will be held next year in
September,- at Geneva, Switzerland,
the North American councils to pro
pagate a union of all Christian com
munions decided in a meeting in New
York on Nov. 20th.
John M. Morehead, of Charlotte,
was unanimously appointed by the
Republicans of the ninth distric at
Newton Thursday as a candidate to
succeed E. Yates Webb, who recently
resigned his seat in Congress to accept
the appointment as United States
district judge of the western North
Carolina district.
An order of mistrial in the case
against Charles L. Lacey, charged
with the murder of Capt. Robie E.
Corkum was entered in Federal court
at Wilmington Friday when the jury(
after more than 26 hours considera-
tion, reported that they were hope
lessly deadlocked and unable to arrive
at a verdict. The prisoner was remand
ed to jail for another trial at the
spring term of Federal court to be.
held in Wilmington next May.
Wilmington Star, 22nd: In the face
of evidence piled on to evidence
against them, three of the Bozemans,
alleged Brunswick county moon
shiners, on trial in the federal court
here, threw themselves on the mercy
of the court yesterday morning and
accepted sentences of four years each
in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta.
The aged father of the three sons
was allowed to go home. Tasker,
Spencer and Babe Bczeman will be
taken to Atlanta today.
Atlanta, Ga., dispatch, Nov. 23:
Through a hoax perpetrated by an
unknown person here tonight an ad
dress by Vice-President Marshall be
fore an audience of several thousand
persons at the auditorium armory
was broken up by the falsp announce
ment that President Wilson was dead.
Margaret Alice Davis, small daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Davis, of
Fayetteville, died Tuesday of burns
suffered Sunday night when her
clothes caught fire from the flames
in' a fireplace in her home.
Major Gordon Smith, assistant ad
jutant general, Tuesday announced
the location of another coast artil
lery company in Salisbury, the com
missions for a number of new offi
cers for. the national guard, and the
splitting of an infantry company be
tween Edentoh and Plymouth. 7
Mr. H. F. Hardin of Barnes ville was
a Lumberton visitor Saturday.
SETTLEMENT OF COAL
STRIKE EXPECTED TODAY
Garfield Expected to Gear Way To
day for Speedy Settlement of Coal
Strike Coal Scarcity Has Reach-
ed Famine Stage- i
The intervention of Fuei Adminis
trator Garfield today in the lagging
negotiations of the bituminous ipe
rators and miners of th central com
petitive field was expected last night,
j according to a Washington mspaicn,
j to bring to a climax long-drawn-out
conflict and clear the way for speedy
j settlement of the strike situation
; which has put the country on the
! verge of a coal famine. The dis
I patch states that both sidf 9 recog
! niz,, that a settlement could not be
i long delayed.
Reports received by operators from
middle western states showed that
the coal scarcity had already reached
the famine stnee and that tho cold
weather had brought suffering and,
hardship.
New Roller Mill at 'Maxton.
Among the charters issued by the
Secretary of State Friday was one
for the Liberty Milling company,
Maxton, roller mill and flour busi
ness; authorized capital $50,000 and
$15,000 subscribed by J. P, Wiggins,
E. E. Chandler and John D. Blue.
Nat ion-Wide Campaign Conference.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
The Rev. W. R. Noe of Wilming
ton will hold a nation-wide campaign
conference at Trinity Episcopal
church, Monday night, November
24th, at 7:30 p. m. All are cordially
invited to be present.
PERSONALS.
Mr. S. A. Powers of R. 1, Lumber
ton, was in town Saturday.
Miss Helen Oliver of Marietta
was one of the many teachers who
attended the meeting of the Robe
son Teachers Association aere Satur
day. Mr. C. W. Sessoms of R. 7, Lum
berton, was among the visitors in!
town Friday. j
Mi. Geo. Douglas and grandson,'
Bonnie Douglas, of Red Spring':, H.
4, were Lumberton visitors Saturday-'
Mr. F M. Amnions of K. 4, Lum-'
burton, was among the ca.'.lvs at The
Rob-.-'i -Mar. office Saturday. !
Mr. C. B. Williamson of R. i, I urn
berton, was among the visitors in j
town Saturday. J
Mrs. J- M. Terry is expected home!
tonight from Barnwell, S .C, where!
she spent two. weeks visiting her;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Blanton.
She will be accompanied by her sis
ter, Mrs. J. B. Black of Barnwell, who
will spend some time here visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Terry,
Third street, v
Mrs. J- T. Hamilton of the Mari
etta section spent the week-end here
visiting at the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mr.?. F.
Grover Britt, Seneca street.
Mr. C. W. Smith of R. 4, Lumber
ton, was among the visitors in town
Friday.
Mr. R F. Martjn of Rowland was
among the visitors in town Friday.!
Mr. A. B. Smith of R. 3, Lumber-!
ton, was among the callers at The
Robesonian office Friday, i
Mr. H. M. Duncan of R. (?, Lum
berton, was among the callers at The
Robesonian office Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Evans, Mr.
P. W- Evans and Miss Lula Louper
of the Oakdale section were rmong
the shoppers in town Friday.
Mr. Edward Sandling of Wilming
ton was among the business visitors
in town Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Townsenl and;
daughter, little Miss Eunice, of R. 6,j
mmoerton, were among the visitors
in town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones of Lat
timore arrived Saturday night and
will spend a week here visiting rel
atives. Little Miss Agnes Welch of Gas
tonia arrived Saturday night and
will spend several days here visiting
relatives.
Mr. Will Crichton of Charlotte
spent yesterday here.
Mr. G. F. Humphrey of the St.
Pauls section is a Lumberton visitor
today.
Mr. Jetter J. Branch of the Bellamy
section is a Lumberton visitor today.
Rev. D- B. Humphrey of Saddle
tree is a Lumberton visitor today.
Mr. W. C. Prevatt and grandson,
Master Abner Prevatt, who live 6
miles from Lumberton the Red
Springs road, were Lumberton visi
tors Saturday.
Mr. A. P. Spell of Red Springs was
in Lumberton Friday on legal busi
ness. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Hedgpeth of
Orrum were among the choppers m
town Friday
Miss Monnie Collins spent the
week-end at Maxton with friends.
Mr- Ben G. Floyd went Saturday
night to Maiden to join Mrs. Floyd
and their small daughter, IJelen
Taylor, who have been visiting there
at the home' of Mrs. Floyd's parents,
Mr, and Mrs. M. P: Taylor, for
several weeks. Mr. Floyd and fam
ily are expected to return home to
morrow. - .
THE RECORD OF DEATHS
Mrs- Miles Mercer of HoweHpvtlle.
Mrs. Miles Mercer, aged 83 years,'
died Friday night at her home in
Howellsville township. Deceased is
survived by her husband and several
children, among them Rev. S. E. Mer
cer, a well-known Methodist minister.'
Interment was made in the Regan
cemetery yesterday at 22 p. m. Mrs.
Mercer was a member of Regan
Methodist church. She lived a beau-j
tiful Christian life and will be miss-j
ed in her community. :
A month-old son of Mr- and Mrs.
Ralph Moore of R. 4, Lumberton, died
Saturday. Interment was made in
Meadowbrook cemetery yesterday at
11 a. m. ,
Miss Hattie Britt.
Miss Hattie Britt, a?ei I'bout 35
years, died Friday niat at her aome
at Orrum. Interment was made in
the family burying ground, near Mt.
F!:n-, yesterday. Deceased had been
ill for several months.
Father of Mrs. T- F. Costner of Lum
berton. Mr. Samuel Gatewood, father of
Mrs. T. F. Costner of Lumberton,
died Friday at Wadesboro after an
extended illness. Deceased was more
than 80 years old and served through
oat the Civil war. Mrs. Costner was
with her father when he lied. Dr.
Costner went to Wadesboro Satur
day to attend th funeral.
"Dial's Half and Hair has been
decided on as the name for the oats
from which Jim Dial, a well-known
and prosperous' Indian farmer of R. 1
from Lumberton, made a yield of 60
bushel to the acr- this year and for a
name for which he advertised in The
Robesonian. Many suggestions for
a name were sente in, but the above,
suggested by W. B. Lowrey, was se
lected, Dial, who was in town this
morning, informed The Robesonian.
, Mrs. H. C. Freeman has been ill
at her home, Fifth street, for sev
eral days.
The condition of Mr. M. G. Mc
Kenzie, who has been seriously jll for
several weeks, is not as favorable
today as it had been for the last few
days.
Prof.' J. RTPoole, county super
intendent .of public Instruction, will
go tonight to Raleigh to attend the
State Teachers assembly. Prof.
Poole is on the program for an ad
dress tomorrow evening- His sub
ject is, "Should the Law be Changed
so as to allow Counties to Isuue More
Bonds?" Quite a number of Robe
son teachers are expected to attend
the assembly.
License has been issue 1 for the
marriage of Forney Prevatt and Mis
souri Parnell; Norman Bullock and
Evelyn Prevatt.
A paper by Mr. A. W. McLean of
Lumberton and Washington on Walter
Hines Page, late ambassador to Great
Britain, under the title "A North Car
olinian at thp Court of St. Jame,s Dur
ing the World War" was read lfore
the North Carolina Literary and His
torical society in Raleigh Thursday
night by Judge J. Crawford Biggs,
Mr. McLean being in Washington
and unable to attend the meeting.
This and an address by Dr. James
Sprung of Wilmington were the fea
tures of the opening session of the
annual session of the society.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Stone, Thursday night, an 3-pound
daughter.
25 Persons Perished in Burning
Building.
Twenty-five persons, mostly wom
en and girls, perished in a burning
building at Viile Platte, La., Sa'u?
day night, stKes a dispatch from that
place, when 300 people attending a
dance became . panic-stricken and
stampeded town a narrow -stairway
and were crushed to death or burned.
Fifteen are known to have been dan
gerously injured. Ten were -burned
to ceath, their features bein; un
recognizable. While people were
fighting like wild beasts at the one
narrow exit, mothers hurled their
babies over the heads of tbe strug
gling mass of men, women and chil
dren to the outstretched arms of men
below.
Mr. S. R. Hendrix of the Ten Mile
section was a Lumberton visitor Sat
urday. Miss Minnie Lee Rowland of Max
ton spent the-, week-end here visiting
relatives.
Mr. John Edwards of Marietta was
a Lumberton visitor Friday.
Mr. H. C. Bruce of R. 1, Buie, was
a Lumberton visitor Saturday.
Mr. W. B. MTVhite of R. 1, Lum
berton, was in town Saturday.
Misses Mittie Lawson-'and Rettie
Stone of the Orrum section were
among the shoppers in town JSatur
day. r
Mr. B. M. Sibley spent' the week
end, at Albemarle visiting relatives
and friends. .
Mr. R. L. Thomas spent the week
end at Columbia, S. C, visiting rel
atives. Mr. Geo. Phillips of R. 3, Lumber
ton, was among the callers at The
Robesonian off ica Saturday-
NEXT CALL WEDNESDAY.
The next issue of The Robesoniaa
will be published Wednesday after
noon in order to give the composing
room force opportunity to enjoy
Thanksgiving day. The day is al
ways observed in Lumberton, all bus
iness being t-acically suspended,
and The Robesonian usually gets out
the day before. Another paper will
be published Friday of this week if
anything important enough to jnattfy
it breaks loose. If not, then the next
call after Wednesday wOl b, Monday
of next week.
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEW
Ther will be a box supper at
Saddletree school house Thursday
night of this week.
Miss Nettie Hedgpeth of Orrum
has accepted a position as saleslady
in the Lumberton Bargain House.
All members of Cypress camp
No. 125, W O. W. are invited to
attend an oyster stew in tbe ball
Thursday evening.
Mr. W. H. M. Brown of Buie ex
pects to give an account of his con
version at White Pond Baptist church
on the 5th Sunday. 1
Red Springs Scotch Scion: Soma
acresTh this" section produced two
bales of cotton this year. That is
some money, $400 per acre.
Red Springs Scotch Scion: Mr.
Fred Brown, of Antioch, fell from the
barn loft while he was feeding the
stock Sunday evening, and was bad
ly hurt-
There will be a box supper a ML
Elim school house, near Orrum, Fri
day night of this week. The proceeds
will go to the benefit of t achaoL
Mrs. J. G. Stephens is teacher.
Mr. B. Tolar of Rennert is a
Lumberton visitortoday. Mr. Tolar
says he has the finest corn an J po
tatoes crops he has ever raivji and
is almost through gathering cotUn
and corn.
Miss Nina Bebber resigned Sat
urday the position she had held for
several months in the local office of
the Southern Boll Telephone Co., and
today began teaching in the public
school at Smyrna.
Mr. D. Bassvof R 1, Marietbrwas
a Lumberton, vifitor Friday ,Mr. Bass
says his section is blessed with an
unusual number of hogs this year
and thaf the farmers have plenty of
corn to make them ready for kitting.
Good news.
Mr. Fred Brown of AntloCh, "Hoke
county, was taken to the Thompson
hospital Saturday as a result of in
juries received a week ago yester
day when he fell out of a barn loft
at his home. No bones were broken,
but Mr. Brown was severely shaken
up.
Charity and Children: A pleas
ing and touching incident at the Robe
son association was the tribute paid
to Mrs. R. R. Barnes, who with her
son will erect the Administration
building in memory of her husband.
The association paused in its busi
ness to do her honor.
At the Methodist conference at
Wilson last week, among those ap
pointed on committees were th fol
lowing: orphanage, Maj. A. J.' Mc
Kinnon of Maxton; district confer
ence records, J. C. Lentz, St. Pauls;
memoirs, P.ev. H. M. North, presiding
elder of the Rockingham district.
-r-Danie Crawford and Willie Wil
liams, a colored couple,, were mar
ried in Messrs. White & Gough's de
partment store Saturday at 11 a. m.
Justice A. E. White officiated. In
his ceremony Justice White cautioned
Danie of how scarce and hard to get
husbands are and she promised to
"be good to Willie."
Miss Geoxgia Mack Anfley, who
has been teaching one divigioi of the
first grade at the graded schoo, re
signed Friday and left this morninjf
for her home at Cordova, S -C. No
place has yet been found for the
teachers to room and board after
Christmas and Lumberton is i:i dan
ger of having to c!ose its public
schools because n0 place can be found
for the teachers to live.
Mr. J. L. Humphrey of Saddle
tree, R. 2 from Lumberton, brought
to The Robesonian office this morn
ing four of the finest Dixie yam3
that . ever grew anywhere, the four
weighing over 20 pounds- Mr. Tlnm
phrey says he has the finest sweet
potato crop hA has ever raised and
that it is that way generally in his
community. Five potatoes like those
Mr. Humphrey brought in inaire half
a bushel.
Don't' fail to read the advertise
ment in this issue telling about the
Redpath .Lyceum course. Six of the
best entertainments that have ever
come to Lumberton are included in .,
the course. Mr: Richard Norment'of
Lumberton saw the Kryl orchestral
sextet and the Great Lakes quartet
at Greenwood, S. C, last summer and
says they are as fine as he ever saw
The price of a season ticket for all
these attractions is no mor,, than
the price f single admission to many
entertainments that ar no better than
one of these.
DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER.
EYE SPECIALIST
Office: National Bank of LoaibeTtesi
Bonding.
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