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IONIAN THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS T HE DATE YOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED. WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPER AND DONT LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIRE. A TH1 ROBES ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH. 12.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCH VOLUME L. , LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY,. N0V 26, 1919. NUMBER 84 PROVISION WILL BE MADE FOR TEACHERS Graded School Teachers Will be Boarded in Private Homes or They May Rent Rooms at Apartment House. Out-of-town graded and high school teachers who have been puzzled to know where they would find board and room after the Christmas holidays will be given the choice of boarding in private homes or renting rooms at v, .n.rfmpnt hnusA on the corner of Elm and Sixth streets and doing light housekeeping . ...... This settlement of a situation that -Aomo threaten to leave the teach- jccuiu w . ers without places to board and so - tli c. Vinnl maKe it necessary tu uuso mo ov.. was reached at a meeting at the court house last evening. Not many citizens attended the meeting, but among those who were there enough volunteered to take the teachers in their homes at $30 a month to solve the problem. The teachers have ex pressed a preference for renting rooms and doing their own housekeep ing, and if they finally decide on that course there will be rented as many room & they need on the sec ond floor of the house which Messrs. McAllister and Johnson have about finished remodeling into an apart ment house. This solves the problem tempor arily, but the consensus of opinion among those at the meeting last night seemed to be that it would be nect-ssary before the beginning of an other school year to provide a teach erage where all the teachei's who do not live in town may live- This is generally regarded as the only per menent solution of the problem and no doubt it will be submitted to the people at a mass meeting to be held at the call of the chairman of the board of trustees. If the eight teachers who are to be provided for now decide to rent rooms at the apartment house the rooms will be furnished by citizens of the town. Mr. K. M. Barnes, has volunteered to furnish one room and Mr. B. M. Robbins has volunteered to contribute $15 for that purpose, though no call for contributions has yet been made. NEW STREETS TO BE OPENED Johnson Parallel With 15th anl One From Carthage Road Sewer and Water Lines to Be Extended. At a meeting of the mayor and town commissioners Tuesday after noon it was ordered that Jonhson street be opened up from North Wat er street to the western side of Mr. J. H. Floyd's property and running parallel with Fifteenth street. Mr. E. M. Johnson, a member of the board, was appointed as a committee to consult Mrs. Mary E. Barnas with reference to the street running through her property. Messrs. A. E.' White and J. H. Floyd were given permission to open up a new street from the Cavthage road in the north-western part of town to Fifteenth street and to ex tend the water and sewer lines through the property owned by them in that part of town. MEXICAN SITUATION RE GARDED AS SEEIOUS Flare-Up Over Mexican Problem Giv en Serious Consideration by Cab- . " , . , . . . , ! "as nslon V: u - Washington states that like the min-j dispatch last night states that the prs am, operatorSi whose trouble it; new flare-up over the Mexican prob-, t to adjusti President Wil-j lem growing out of the Jenkins case!8m,g Cabinet last night seemed hope-: was given ser,ous consideration yts-, less deadlocked on the question ofj m"K ui me n;-,a dents Cal.iret. There was no jnation as to what this government mignt oo v. ine event rresitnt wr.inet which took up the wage scale! la-i.i mustu lu answer me noie from the State Department demand ing immediate release of Willi i n Q. Jenkins, cWsular agent at Puebla, held on a charge of connivinr with bamjis wlic kidnapped and heU lnm for a $150,000 ransom. No attempt was made to conceal the feeling that the situation was serious and that relations between the United States and Mexico were strained. Recorder Britt Passed Death Sentence But Miss Turkeyhen Escaped. She was sentenced to death and to day was the day set for her execu tion. There wag no possibility of Governor Bickett taking action in the matter and the only hope of even stay ing the -execution until after Thanks giving was an escape from the pris on walls. An effort was made to get away and the effort was crowned with success- Nothing has been seen or heard of her since she left early yesterday morning. Her name was Miss Turkeyhen and Recorder E. M. Britt had' her to make up his turkey dinner for tomorrow. He had poured the food to her and she was in fine condition for the purpose, but now she has dis appeared and it. is up to the recorder to provide other mearis for tnjoying the treahehad anticipated at the noon hour tomorrow. . ' " i - THANKSGIVING IN LUMBERTON Services Will be Held at All Churches and Collections Will be Taken for Orphanages. As stated in Monday's Robesonian, services will be held in all local churches tomorrow and collections will be taken for the various church orphanages. Owing to the fact that the pastor, Rev. Dr. R. C. Beaman, was away at conference, no definite announcement was made in Monday's paper in regard to services at Chestnut Street Methodist. Services will be held at this church at 10 a.m. and the collection will be for the orphanage at Raleigh. Services will be held at the First Baptist at 10, at the Presbyterian at 10:30 and at the Gospel Tabernacle at 11, and collections will be taken for the orphanages mentioned in Monday's paper. The graded school closes this after noon for the balance of the week. It is expected that practically all business will be suspended here to morrow, as usual on Thanksgiving Day. SMALL CHILD BURNED TO DEATH Daughter of Mr- and Mrs. C.' P?Mt Intyre, Who Formerly Lived at Lumber Bridge Remains Interred at Lumber Bridge. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumber Bridge, Nov. 24. Helen Jennette Mclntyre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie P. Mclntyre, was burned so that she died a few hours later. She was with her mother, vis iting Mrs. Hayes in Atlanta, a lis ter of Mrs. Mclntyre, when the acci dent occurred, She was about three and a half years old. Her father lives in Tampa, Fla., and did not reach her before she expired. She was buried at Lumber Bridge Presbyterian church Nov. 22nd, her fatherjs boyhood home. ' A bud plucked from earth to bloom in heaven Mr. and Mrs. Mclntyre have the sympathy of this community in this their great sorrow COAL SHORTAGE BRINGS CRITICAL SITUATION Industries That Can Do So Without Heavy Loss Are Requested to Close Down 4 Days and Business Houses Are Asked to Close at 4 P M. Request that all industries that can do so without heavy loss close down from this evening until Monday morning, that all stores, business houses and offices close daily at 4 p- m. and that house-holders reduce to a minimum the use of fuel and lights in homes was made last night by the regional coal committee at At lanta. A Washington dispatch of last night states that with less than 40 per cent of the normal output of bituminous coal being produced, the nation is facing its most serious period since the strike of soft coal operators was ordered, according to reports received j by the railroad administration. CABINET MAY AGREE ON WAGE SCALE FOR MINERS TODAY. An Associated Press dispatch from wac.e increase in the bituminous mti-.coal jndustry. After a six.hour session,, the Cab- agreement where operators ana min ers, left off last week, adjourned un til today, when another attempt with the aid of Fuel administrator Gar field will be made to agree upon a pay scale that will satisfy the mine workers and owners and the people in all sections of the country who are clamoring for normal production of coal. REPORTS OF STRIKE OF RAIL WAY WORKERS DEC. 1 DENIED A Chicago dispatch of Nov. 25: states that reports that national! leaders of the 4 railway brotnerhoods in session at Cleveland were holding secret sessons as to whether a strike of railway workers in the United States should be called by Dec. 1 were denied last night by officials. Superior Court Next Weak. A two weeks' term of Superior court for the trial of civil cases will ! convene next Monday. Judge Thos. H. Calvert of Raleigh will preside. The Martha P. Falconer infirmary of the State Home and Industrial School for Girls and Women at Sam- arcand was dedicated and the insti tution formally opened Monday with an address by Governor Bickett TRINITY FIRST EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO RAISE QUOTA Lumberton Church Sets Pace for State in Nation-Wide Campaign. OVinitv Fniarnnal church of Lum berton was the first Episcopal church in North Carolina to raise its quota in the nation-wide campaign now being waged by that denomination, accord ing to Archdeacon T. P. Noe of Wil mington. Mr. Noe and Mr. J. M. Lord, lay missionary, both of Wilmington, at tended a conference in the interest of the campaign at the church here Monday evening. After an address on "The Spiritual Significance of the " bv Mr. Lord. Mr. Noe told the congregation that the chprch wnnH he evnected to raise duriner the next three years at least three times as much as it had contributed here tofore. At first it seemed almost impossible, but as an illustration of what can be accomplished by enlist ing the interest of every member of a church, the congregation, consist ing of only 12 members, pledged its quota -$2,160. The date for the nation-wide drive is December 7th, but the church here has already pledged its quota and won the distinction of being the first Church in the State to report its quota Taised. ERNEST BRITT WANTS TO GO ACROSS TO CLAIM BRIDE. Lumberton Veteran of World "War is Anxious to Get Passport to Go Back to London for His Girl. The Raleigh News and Observer of the 23rd inst. published a cut of Ernest Britt, son of Mr. Joe Britt of R. 4 from Lumberton and beneath the picture the following: Back on his native heath and among friesds and relatives, Ernest Britt, a veteran of the world war with one leg missing as result of wounds in battle, is ready t0 take another trip across the big "pond." He wants to return to England where in London a pretty English girl is waiting to be claimed: as his brick'- j Young Britt hails from Lumberton but just now is sojourning in Raleigh as a vocational student in State college. He is specializing in engineer ing. The veteran of the war today shows the effect of battle. His right ( leg is gone and other marks on hisi body tell the tale of his fierce fight-1 ing. He was a member of the 117thj Infantry of the 30th division and re ceived his wounds on the Bellecourt sector on October 8th, 1918. With his intended wife back in Lon don, the young man finds no pleasures in this land. lie is impatiently await ing the time when he can leave the United States for England. Mr. Britt has already applied for passports and will leave immediately! for New York upon receipt of thej nonpra PTa sova Via will lnap rn fimpl in sailing. "North Carolina is all right, Lumberton is a nice, little town and Raleigh is a good place, but I want to get to London as quick as I can." he said after modestly telling of his: plans for the future. WILSON FARMERS HAVE SET EXAMPLE FOR THE STATE Pooled Their Tobacco Patronage and Cleaned Up $20,000 Profit Last Year. A Wi!on .special tj t? P'--rs-boro News says that the Wilson coun-' ty Farmers' union, at their regular monthly meeting the other day, au thorized the executive committee to employ a whole-time organizer and business agent, at a sufficient salary, to permit him to devote his time to the. work of organizing and promoting co-operative farm organizations, be lieving that a remedy for the high cost of living lies largely in the loose methods of doing business without regard to the cost of buying and sell ing farm supplies. I Quoting further from the dispatch "The Wilson union is the pioneer: farm organization, which four years' ago pooled its tobacco patronage, and! has since paid with this patronage $40,000 for a half -interest in one of the ' leading tobacco warehouses here, re-j ceived last year a dividend of 50 per cent, or $20,000 in cool cash, and is looking for a i.. year, which is a!rna7 z::u. J. j "When the other North Carolina' farmer organizations recognize theirj patronage as. an asset and capitalize j it for profit, it is declared, they too, many draw dividends and reap that! which is now lost to others. The Macedonian cry is 'organization for! the individual only, when community interests receive their proper share.' EMBARGO AGAINST SHIPMENT OF COTTON SEED. An embargo against the shipment of cotton seed was ordered Monday by the United State3 railroad admin istration effective at orce. Cotton seed now in transit will be delivered, it Was stated, but no further ship ments will be received. . This action was declared necessary owing to the shortage of coal. . ' LEAGUE FOR PEACE CALLS FOR RATIFICATION The People' .Want Peace Making Peace is No More a Party Question Than Was Making of War Shall a Snail Maiortty Who Oppose a League of Nations Rule? Settlement of differences over the peace treaty to permit its ratifica tion as soon as possible after the Senate reconvenes is urged in a statement issued Sunday by the League to Enforce Peace, at the con clusion of a special meeting of the executive committee. Former President William H. Taft, president of the league, nresided. Among others at the meeting were Edward A. Filene, Henry W. Taft, Herbert S. Houston, Oscar S. Straus and Herbert C. Hoover. The league's statement follows: "The defeat of ratification has been received by the country with sur prise and indignation. The people want peace. Whose name it bears, which party brand it wears, they care not at all- They longed for and ex pected ratification before adjourn ment of the senate. "The making of peace is no more a party question than was the mak ing of war. The Ames;can people, without reara to party, -stood behind the war until the dawn of victory. With like unanimity they now stand behind the treaty. "Shall the small minority who op pose a league of nations .n any form defeat ratification? Shall 15 Sena tors decide where America shall stand in this world crisis? Eighty Senators have shown by their votes that they favor the great principle of the league of nations. The fate of the treaty rests in their hands. They have the votes. They have the power. Theirs is the responsibility. They must get together. "The failure to ratify the peace treaty has encouraged social unrest both at home and abroad. Europe must have supplies or it will face Our farmers, cotton planters, live stock raisers and manufactuiers have large surplus production which they can market only in Europe. The rates of exchange already demonstrate the collapse of any national credits. These credits, resting up.m commence and intci.iitional securities, are the foundation of our continued prosper ity ami are vital to the maintenance of order and life in Europe. "Men and women of America, this is your problem. Your interests, your welfare, the honor and the fu- ture of your country are involved.! Your will is the supreme command! for the men in Washington entrust-1 ed by your votes with guiding the na tion along the paths of peace and vic tory. "The allied nations established dur ing the war a practical union which is being succeeded by the league of nations- To refuse to join this league is to lose numberless benefits and to invite the development of a league that will be hostile to us in feeling and policy. The league of nations gives the promise of a world co-operating for the purposes of peace and protecting itself by concerted action against war and the threat of war. The ideal is American. ' "The men and women who g.dly dedicated their sons and their sub stance to the cause of obtainm Decei through the defeat of ihe German! menace refuse to believe that they' have made an empty sacrifice. They; demand that the Senators harmonize their differences. Refusal to do so,! will defy and betray the people of I this country by whom they were! elected and to whom they must an-i swer. j "The treaty should be ratified at! the earliest possible moment after the Senate reconvenes on December 1. In the name of thousands of American- who have di?d tf, bring: peace ar.d end war, and or inillicns of Americans who have toiled and' sacririccd to that end, we call upon the Senate to forgot prejudice and partisanship and agree upon a reso lution or ratification couched in, terms that will permit the other sig- natories of the treaty to acquiesce in' uie conuiuons oi our ratification." COAL MINERS MAY RETURN TO WORK NEXT MONDAY Washington Cor., Nov. 25, by Da vid Lawrence, to Greensboro - News: Peace between coal minors and op- .o ... !"- P.1--J L-y xnum.Sgiv- '"t ''.?; the nation may hi able to gie thanks that a sup:!y cf fuel will b2 assured. Details w -uf remain tn Ko worked out but the main basis of settlement apptrrs already to be of such a satisfactory character to ootn . 1 . . A. I A A 1 , - s.ats inns me coat miners of America probably will have returned to work m a body on Monday nexc County Farm Demonstrate Vac cinates Ilany Hog?. Mr. O. O. Dukes, county farm dem onstrator, has va.cinuted more than 100 !.oc-3 i.;pst choiera this v tex. Chopra r-. Uen raging in some scc oi .ie county. Hog raisers should watch for symptoms of chole ra at tl.ls season of the year, espe cially among the hogs they are fat tening for killing,-according to Mr. Dukes. , RED SPRINGS NEWS. Fire Destroys Boiler Room at B. W Townsend's Gin High School Pu- pila Determined to Have a Library Social and PersonaL Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, Nov. 24. Mrs. T. A. DeVane is on a visit to Mrs. Gibbs of New Bern. Mr. L. M. Cook has returned from a stay in St. Luke's hospital, Fay etteviile. He is much improved, we are glad to know. Mrs- J. R. Edmundson of Wilson spent a few days recently at the home of her uncle Mr. A. T. McCal lum. Miss Trye of Carthage spent the Week-end with Miss Altie Marsh. On Sunday morning she delighted the congregation of the Methodist chuich with a lovely vocal solo and at night she sang at Christian Endeavor meet ing at the Presbyterian church. On Monday night about twelve o'clock the alarm of fire was sound ed and proved to be the frame build ing around the boiler of Mr. B. W. Townsend's gin. No other damage was done owing to the calm night but the building was completely de stroyed as it was too far from the water main for sufficient pressure and the plant having no fire-fighting facilities of its own. . Mesdames W. H. and W. E. Sikes entertained the college facujty on Tuesday afternoon at the home of the former. Delicious fruit salad and punch were served and those present reported a most enjoyable afternoon. There is a book campaign on this week among the high school chil dren and all the homes are being vis ited by thej;e enthusiastic young folks who are determined to own an up-to-date library. The results are not vet known but it is hoped that the townj responded most generously as a good library is one of the most vital ele ments for good in a community. The concert on Monday evening at' the college of Miss Franceska Law-' son, soprano, was a most delightful one and very well attended. Missi Lawson has a beautiful voice and her1 program, which was composed of three j groups of songs, English, French,; .Russian, Italian and American, was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Mr Charles Vardell accompanied her on' the piano. j The child welfare club met on1 Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Ernest' Sikes. Several invited guests asi well as new members were present j and after an interesting program de lightful sandwiches and coffee were! served. This meeting was rendered! more interesting by the presence ofj Mis8 Watkins of the college faculty. wno gave many helpful suggestions and much encouragement to the club members in their work of making better Americans for the future. The next meeting will be with Mrs. M. E. Cotton on third Thursday in Decem ber. Mrs. R. W. Massie of Lanes, S. C, is on a visit to her sisters Mesdames McKay and McPhail. Mr. and Mrs- J. H. Turner attended the marriage in Wadesboro of Miss Little, which took place Thursday. An 8-pound boy arrived at the home' of Mayor and Mrs. Ernest Graham on last Monday. NEW WAGE AND WORKING AGREEMENT FOR TRACK LABORERS A new wage and working agree-! ment was signed Monday between the, railroad administration and oiFcialsi of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employes and railway shop laborers. While demands of the, union were not fully met, the eight-j hour basic day was established for; track laborers and others of thatj classification and time anH half nav! after that hour was provided. Mosti of the other employes included under the agreement will receive time and a half overtime pay after ten hours. Signing of the new contract by Di rector General Hines ended negotia tions which have been in progress since February. Approximately 400, 000 men are affected, railroad admin istration officials estimated. The contract also provides that it shall be applicable during the period cf Federal control of the roads nnkaa notice of thirty days is given of its; cancellation. SOUTHERN PORTS TO BE GRANTED EQUAL RATES Readjustment of export freight rates affecting thousands of sh'prers and said to be of prime importance to Southern ports and the Mississippi vallpy was announced at the general offices of the Southern railroad at Louisville, Ky., Monday. The new tariffs which in effect will errant the same rates' io Southern ports as those enjoyed by New York from territory North of the Ohio river from the Ohio-Pennsvlvania State line to the Mississippi river, go into effect to bouth Atlantic ports De cember 1st and to Gulf ports Decern ber. 31. ' ' BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS A false fire alarm waj turned in from box No. 71 at "Sovea Unes" ; about 9:45 Monday niht. The condition of Mr. M. G. Me Kenzie, who has been ill for several weeks, is somewhat improved today. The condition of Master Frank Gough, Jr., who last week suffered ah attack of pneumonia, is improving. License has been issued for th marriage of Pink K. Ba.'ker and An nie Watts, both of the Ten Mile sec tion. Mr. H. H. Fielder left last even ing for Baltimore, Md., where he will undergo treatment at the Johns Hop kins hospital. Mrs. I. II. Warwick, who under went an operation at the Thompson hospital on the 10th inst., was able to return to her home at Orrura to day. Rev. R. L. Byrd of St. Pauls and MrT. L- Johnson of Lumberton will speak at Smyrna next Sunday at 11 a. m. in the interest of the 75 mil lion campaign. Dr. R. S- Beam and Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr., left today for Chapel Hill, where tomorrow they will wit ness the Virginia-Carolina football game. They will return home Friday. Prof. W. H. Cale, superintendent of the Lumberton schools, and Mis Martha Dawson, teacher of the 8th grade in the high school, went to day to Raleigh to attend the State Teachers assembly. Mrs. T. W. Worley and 4 chil dren arrived Sunday night from Hen derson to join Mr. Worley here. They' are keeping house on Eighth street. Mr. Worley holds a position with the Lumberton Cotton Mill Co. The district Federation of Club will meet in Lumberton Wednesday, December 3, and will bo entertained at the municipal building. This dis trict includes 6 or 8 towns. Further notice will be given in the next issue of The Robesonian. Mr. Coy Hickman has accepted a position as salesman in the gro cery department of Messrs- R. D. Caldwell & Son's store, lis began work this morning. Mrs. Hickman began work yesterday in McLtHsn's 5 and 10 cent store. Mr. J. M Runsell of LumUton has been nppojtnU:d general saere tary of t!i Employers association of Atlanta, Ca. He will enter upon his new duties December 1. Mr. Rnsst-H has held a like position at CharJes ton, S. C, for some time, but the Atlanta position pays a much higher salary. Rev. Dr. R. C. Beaman, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, re turned Tuesday night from Wilson, where he attended the annual con ference. He spent Monday night in Wilmington with friends. Rev. R. A. Bruton, pastor of the Lumberton cir cuit, returned home Monday night. Methodists and people of the town and community generally, without re gard to denominational lines, are glad these preachers, each of whom has rounded out two years of faith ful and acceptable work here, have been returned to Lumberton. LABOR PARTY FORMED. New National Political Party With Purpose of Organizing all Hands and Brain Workers of the Country. A new national political body, to be known as the labor party of the United States, was created Monday by representatives of organized labor in convention at Chicago. The object of the movement s ex plained in its constitution will Le "to organize all hands and bvain work ers of the country to support tbe principles of a political, social aad in dustrial democracy." The striking points in the party declarations are: "Women are to have equal repre sentation with men in the manage ment of affairs. A national convention will be held next summer for the purpose of nom inating candidates for President and Vice President. The affairs of the organization will be administered by a national committee, which will elect a secretary-treasurer as its executive head. THE RECORD OF DEATHS Mr. Alfred E. Page. The funeral of Mr. Alfred E. Page, who died Siln morninv; at H I wme at Madioi:, FIh., was conducted foam White Pond" church yesterday at 2 p. m. and interment was made in the family burying ground, naar the church. Deceased sold his farm near Chadboum last September and mov ed with his family to Florida. Boon after reaching his new home he con tracted typhoid fever. He is sursved by his wifa and several children. Deceased was about 56 years old and was a native of Robeson. He was a brother of Mr. E. E- Page, formerly of Lumberton, Mrs. F. F. Towosend of Rs 6, Lumberton, and haa Mawer ous other relatives in the county. DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER EYE SPECIALIST Office: National Bank of gufldijij.
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