OMAN
THE DATE ON THE
LABEL IS THE
DATE YOUR TAPER
WILL BE STOPPED.
WATCH LABEL 01V
TOUR PAPER AND
DONT LET SUB
SCRIPTION EXPIRE,
ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH-
$2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE
LUMBEETON. NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1919.
VOLUME L.
NUMBER 91
THE
ROBES
TOWNSHIP ROAD BONDS
VALID SAYS SUPREME COURT
Validity of Township Road Bonds of
Robeson Established By Decision of
Supreme Court.
County Attorney E. J. Britt was
advised by wire Saturday that the
pourt naa susuwucu
lower court in us "
sale of road bonds in undifrom the air since Lieut. Fillmore ar
f..j 7ni5n9 was legal ana , ,. .. ,i iot
AfnaAiuii -g Mr- -
valid. . .h
These townships voted bonds in the
sum of -$100,000 eacnaM T
t -. j. I ' tv i nint i f a t i ,i i iil 1
Asheville. After the sale tne Ma
lone company refused to pay for the
bonds on the ground that their at
torneys had advised thani that the
election was not legal, giving as a
reason that proper notice was not
given of the elections in which the
bonds were voted. The iounty com
missioners brought suit against C.
N. Malone & Co. and the case was
heard in Robeson Superior court at
the last term. Judge Thos. H. Calvert
held that the elections were legal and
valid. Attorneys for the purchas
ers of the bonds appealed to the Su
preme court and, as stated above, the
Supreme court upheld the lower court.
The same question had been rais
ed in regard to the bonds voted by 16
other townships in the county, but
this settles the question of all bonds
voted, making them valid.
The cpmmissioners were represent
ed by County Attorney E. J. Britt and
Mr. H. E. Stacy of the law firm of
McLean, Varser, McLean & Stacy,
while the defendants were represent
ed by Messrs. C. N. Malone and G. A.
Thomisson, attorneys of Asheville.
AERIAL SHOW OVER LUM
BERTON CHRISTMAS DAY
Lieut. Fillmore Will Make Exhibition
Flights and Will Do Many Daring
and Thrilling Stun ta Fund to Pay
For Exhibition Subscribed by Lum
berton Business Men.
Plans are being perfected for an
aerial show over Lumberton Christ
mas Day at 2 p. m. Lieut. W. H.
Fillmore, who has been doing stunts
over Lumberton in his large Curtiss
'plane almost every day for a week,
will put on the show. Among the
many uaiuig xcnmica ui cvn
will be looping the loop, falling leaf,
aerial jazz, engine spirals, tail spin,
spinning nose dive, vertical side slip
and Immelman turns.
No doubt many people will come
to Lumberton on Christmas Day to wit
ness the performances of Lieut. Fill
more and his 'plane. It is seldom
one has the chance of seeing these
stunts except in the larger cities.
Lumberton businass men are sub-
scribing to a fund to pay for
exhibition.
SGT. CASHWELL HOME ON FUR
LOUGH FROM CAMP TAYLOR.
He Sp?mt 2 Yeiars Overseas With
the First Soldiers to Go Over
and Last to Return.
Sirt. F. L. Cashwell arrived Fr'day
nitrhtr from Camp Taylor, Ky., on a
30-davs' furlough, fcgt. Cashwell is
a nn of Rev an,l Mrs. R. N. Cashwell
i nrkihawf-nn i 1 1 cnonr mATa rnan
2 years overseas and was gassed once i
and slightly wounded by shell splinters
while at the front. He was attached,
to the 1st division and was among
the first American soldiers to go
overseas and among the last to return
to the States. He expects to be dis
charged from the army next April.
A GREAT INVESTMENT.
Send Christmas Gifts for Inmates o
County Home to Miss Lizzie Cald
well by Wednesday.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
. Jesus told the rich young ruler to
sell what he had and give to the poor
and he should have treasures in
ht.nvpn fMnrk 10:21).
Heaven pays the best dividends of j
anything I know of, so, my friends, i
don't forget the poor inmates at tnei"e went 10 Duy muies tor Messrs
county home. Send what you want to
trive them to the home of Mis Liz:e
Caldwell not later than Wednesday,
the 24th. She will be glad to take it
to them. L. C.
yap, aicock, rirsi 10 riy
' Atlantic, is Dead.
Rouen, France, dispatch, Dec. 19:
Capt Sir John Aicock, the first avia
tor to make a non-stop airplane flight
across the Atlantic, died here this
afternoon as a result of injuries he
received when his plane crashed yes
terday near Cottevrard,- Department
of Seine-Inferieure, Normandy.
Aicock, who was flying in a water
plane, was following: the Seine at the
time of the accident, intending to
alight on the river opposite the
Grand palace -for an aviation exhibi
tion. - V .
A a mr a . V1 A
The old : Lumberton hotel build
- Ing, .Chestnut ind Third treti,"-'
being torn down. The building was
owned by Mr. W. W. Carlyl- and wap
recently gold to Dr. J. D. Regan.
HAVE YOU BEEN UP?
Quite a Number of Local People Have
Viewed Lumberton From the
Heights Yesterday Was a Record
Day Robesonian Newspapers Drop
p?d From Plane. ' , '
"TTave vou been up yet?" Have
vou had that question put to you dur
J . . - i a jr 1 1, .. .
More than
me tne last iew uajs ;
twenty people have seen Lumberton
I rived nere wun rus vuilio ii"uc
Tuesday and many more say they
jiu y
will "ro up" this week
Li wit. Fill
-
more will be here all this week andjjn
his sole business is taking folks toip
ride. '
. ThoJse who have tanen a trip
throuirh the ' air, besides those men
tioned in Thursday's Robesonia.i, are
Messrs. G. Badger Mel.eo-J, J. 1!-;coc but could not deliver the ed
Walters, J. W. Long, Noan Suggs, dregg on aCc0unt of a sore throat.
E. M. Johnson, Lonnie Edwards, A.jTh PXl,rt.jSes were rost delightful,
B. Fisher, O. L. Duncan, Alex Mc
Duffie, J. B. Bruton, H. C. Reisels,
Dr. W. W. Parker and Henry Holden,
the last named colored all of Lum
berton; Mr. and Mrs. Macy Peele, ad
dress not learned; Messrs. R. C. and
J. H. Miller and another gentleman
from Rowland.
Owing to the rain on Friday no
flights were made. Yesterday was
a record day for flights, nine people
taking a trip during the day. As
was stated in Thursday's Robesonian,
the land'ng field is on the right fid.i
of the Carthage road near the Jen
nings cotton mill.
Saturday afternoon Lieut. Fillmore
dropped a number of Robesonian
newspapers from his 'plane while fly
ing over town and these will no
doubt be kept as souvenirs by the
finders. The papers were wrapped
and, marked, "Dropped from airplane
for finder."
A large crowd gathered about the
landing field yesterday to see the
'plane start and stop and many who
bad not seen a 'plane bftfore have
watched Lieut. Fillmore loop the loop :
and do other daring stunts over Lum- The out-of-town teachers left Fri-Deitor-
day and, Saturday for their respec-
ALL LIFE TERMERS GET COM
MUTATION TO 30 YEARS.
Governor Bickett Issues Blanket Or
der for All in State Prison "This
World is Not the Place for Eternal
Punishment", He Says.
Governor Bickett Friday issued a
blanket order commuting to 30 years
each the sentences of all life-termers !
in the State prison. Thirty-five Saturday, ending a prolonged dis
prisoned, including 2 women, arejeussion of the measure and making
thus given hope of freedom. In-! the holiday recess of Congress pos-
cluded in the batch of commutations
are 7 men convicted of rape, one man
of accessory before the fact to the
crime of arson. 6 for burelary and 21
tbe-Hfbr murder. Twenty-three of the
prisoners commuted are negroes and
12 of them are white
Only one man serving from Robe
Son county was included f,n
the list Dave Monroe, colored, r.on-'
victed' of rape in 1914. Columbus!
county furnishes ode, Lem Hayes,
colored, convicted of murder in lHl'l.
"This world is no place for eternal
iJumMi.nei.L uovernor cscKeu
a vAp.aiiiins ins acuon. v,ien youj
itnve a man tus me you nave noinnen f n-nlaco Mc
i''Rt to take away his hope.-'
uimci liik in ibui 1 1 u. uicx i k-
0,Hrs serving 30-year sentences mayivev's hands were badly burned in
be .credited with a fourth of the ; trying to extinguish the flames I:
time fr Sood behaviour.
CARGO OF 249 ANARCHISTS bE
PORTED ON ARMY TRANSPORT.
New York dispatch, Dec. 21: The
United States army transport Bu
ford "Ark of the Soviet" sailed be
fore dawn today with a cargo of an
archists, communists and radicals
banned from America for conspiring
against the government. The ship's
destination was hidden in sealed or
ders, but the 249 passenjirs it car
ried expect to be landed at some far
northern port, giving access to so
viet Russia.
Mr. Frank A. McLeod returned
last night from St. Louis, Mo., where
C. M. Fuller & Son's sales scabies.
Mrs. Kate T. Brown and daugh
ters, Misses Loula and Kate and
sons, Messrs. John and Fred, have
moved from the place they sold re
cently near Red Springs to the farm
on the eastern edge of town recent
ly purchased from Mr. J. A. Wooten.
Miss Lou Smith of Antioch is a
guest at the home of Mrs Brown.
Maxton Scottish Chief: Mr. E
E. Chandler has ordered an ice plant
of 8 tons capacity and will have it
installed near the Liberty roller flonr
mill early in the new year.
Mr, E. E. Page is undergoing
treatment, at the Thompson' hospita
for nervous indigestion. He and Mrs.
Page have moved back to Lumberton
from Fayettev'lle, R. 8, where they
made' their home for some time, hav
ing purchased recently, as has beef
mentioned in The Robesonian, the J. T.
Barker place. '
Messrs. W. H. McNeill and Kernes
r Holmes, of R. 1, Pembroke, were
Lumberton visitors Saturday.
AYCOCK SCHOOL IMPROVE
MENT DAY OBSERVED
Exercises by Pupils of Graded School,
Readings by Mrs. Baker and Miss
Proctor and Address by Dr. Bea
man Campaign for Books . For
School Library Exhibit of Sav
ing. "Aycock School Improvement Day"!
was fittingly observed by the lum
berton graded and high schools Fri-,
day. The exercises opened at 10 a.j
m. and consisted of songs by the pti-j
mary and grammar grads readings
by Mrs. H. M. Baker and Miss ui-,
Proctor and a short aaaress pyi
Rev. Dr. R. C. Bfaman, pastor oi
Chestnut Street Methodist church. !
Mr. L. R. Varser had previously!
accepted an invitation to ma.ke an
address on the life ot Chas. a. Ay
howevor, rnd very appropriate tc the
occasion.
Friday marked the beginning of 3
drive for additional books for the
school library. Around two dozen
books were contributed Friday by pa
trons of the school and $4 in money,
to be used in purchasing books. The
drive will be continued until the li
brary has been supplied with books.
The contributions of the pupils
towards the Aycock Memorial
amounted to around $10, and ether
contributions are expected.
A feature of the day was' an ex
hibit of sewing done by the 25 mem
bers of the domestic economy class.
Numerous home-made garments were
on exhibition that showed skill on the
part of the makers. Miss Eilene
Lewis is teacher of this department.
Fixtures for the cooking branch of
this department have arrived and
the class will study cooking as well
as sewing at the spring term.
At the close of the exercises about
noon school was dismissed for the
holidays and will open for the spring
term Monday, January 5th
live nomes
CUMMINS RAILROAD EILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Senate Passes Bill Paving Way for
Return of Railroads to Private
Ownership.
The Cummins bills, paving the way
for return of the railroads to pri-
vate operation, passed the Senate
sible. It went through without change
in the anti-strike and other import
ant provisions around which the
Senate measure was drawn, and was
sent to a conference for adjustment
during the recess with the Esch bill,
passed by the House November 17.
JMnai enactment of the permanent I
railroad reorganization legislation is'
hoped for
by leaders early next
month
.Mrs. Troy Ivey Seriously Burned.
j Mrs. Troy Ivey of East Lumber
ton was seriously burned Saturd
ay
a p.
V;hen her clothing caught ' from
Iey was
L.ct;njirijf oeiore tne
fire bathing a
hi ii n.iAn u i . - r
is thought Mrs. Ivey will recover.
Mr. Jordan Phillips.
Mr. Jordan Phillips, aged about 74
years, died Thursday night at his
home about 3 miles east of LumbertonJ
Deceased had been ill for several
months. He is survived by his widow.
Interment was made in the Davis
cemetery Friday at 4 p. m.
Mr. Mack Fisher, forerly of Lum
berton, arrived yesterday from Bax
ley, Ga., where he has lived for the
nast two years, and will spend the
holidays here with his grandmother,
Mrs. L. R. Breeee, and at Pembroke
with his uncle Mr. A. M. Breece. He
will g0 to Pembroke this evening and
return to Lumberton Christmas Day.
Mack was for several years .me of
the best carrier boys The Robeson
ian ever had and is always a welcome
visitor at The Robesonian office.
Mr. J. S. Currie of R. 7, Lumber
ton, is among the visitors invtown
today.
Miss Ethel Powers of R. 1, Lnmber
ton, is among the shoppers in town
today. .
Miss Sue Hunter of Cameron ar
rived yesterday and will be the guest
f Miss March Raybon for several
days.
Messrs. J. L. Barchett and J. F.
pittman of R. 3. Fairmont, are Lum
berton visitors today.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Ev McNeill of R.
t, Lumberton, are among the shop
pers in town today. ,
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Bond and son,
Master' Allen, of Rowland, boarded
he train here yesterday for Wil
mington, where they will spend
Tiristmas w'th Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
lond, son and daughter-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs Bond. .
LUMBERTON RED CROSS J CHRISTMAS AT CHURCHES.
CHAPTER REORGANIZED
" Orphanage Tree at Chentnut Street
Mr. J. P. Russdl Elected Chairman, Methodit Xhjj, Evening and East
Roll Call Will be Put on After j Lumberton Tuesday Evening.
Christmas Work of Red Cross in! A gtatcd jn Thursday's Robeson
Peace Times. i jan there will be an orphanage
At a meeting held in the high Christmas tree at Chestnut Street
school audptonium FTiday cVenifig Methodist church this evening at 7:30
immediately following the entertain- an(J or)(1 at KaBt Lumberton Metho
ment by the school children the.dist churcn Tuesday evening at 7:30.
Lumberton Red Cross chapter was A)j the pr,.sent9 will be sent to tne
reorganized with Mr. J. P. Russell, Methodist orphanage at Raleigh,
chairman, Mrs. R. E. Lewis, vice yhpr will bo no services at Cheit
chairman, and Mr. il. M. McAllister,' rt s,r(,(.t Meth.v.ist Christmas .y.
tre.-isurer. 1 ! rovullir niW-w rk prayrrmcct-
The meeting was held at '.he request ' -xnx v.iH ,,, Christ mas Ev. Th
Of Mr. II. E. Sisson, assistant field ptor, Dr. P.eaman, preached a
director of North Carolina, represent- Christmas sermon last evening, his
invr Southern headquarters at Atlanta, text being, "They presented Him
who, as stated in Thursday's Robeson- pjft9 . f)f gold, frankincense and
ian.'came to Lumberton last week in myrrh." There was delightful Christ
the interest of the Red Cross roll call., pias music by the choir yesterday
It is expected that the roll call cam-,
morning, when the service was cut
paign will be put on soon after the ,.ut short on account of the uncom
holidays. 'fortable condition of the church, and
Rev. Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of, again last evening, when Miss Lula
the First Baptist church, wh0 was! Normcnt rendered a solo. j
requested to ask those who wore in-;
terested to remain for the meeting,1 Protibyterian Tuesday Evening,
was elected temporary chairman. Mr. j There will be a Christmas tree and
Sissons explained something of the ; Christmas exercises at the Prc-sby-j
work and purposes of the Red Cross i tprian cnurch tomorrow (Tuesday) j
during peace times and told briefly j" evening. The regular mid-week j
of" the war work of this organization.) prayermeeting will be held Wednes-i
As long as people -are killed and; Aov PVPT,int, and there will be no ?er-
there is suffering, . he said, the Red'viceg at tni3 church on Christmas
Cress will have work to do. The;
i u: r j I.. 1 1 1
membership fee is only $1, half of
which is retained for use of the local
chapter.
St. Pauls reports a membership of
350, Maxton, 356, and Rowland
promises a membership of 400, Mr.
Sisson said, so that Lumberton, which
should have the largest membership
in the county, must go to work in
earnest.
Lumberton had during the war an
active organization which did splen
did work, but not much interest has
been manifested in recent months.
It was left for the officers elected
to complete the organization and
make plans for the roll call.
MARRIED AFTpR DIFFICULTIES
Groom Got Stuck in Mud and Was
! RrMa wn f,.- p,na,0 nA
. 0. . . ... . ,.r .
Au Got Stuck in Mud and Went
.,., ,..
BacTt Another Way, So Groom Miss-
ed Her When Ha Followed All's
' Well That Ends WelL
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. 6, De,;. 20. There
was a quiet home wedding in Orrum
monuayiainw.e..umeui jui...
Spivey when ner daughr, M.ss
jmina urace, ueiame nip ur.ae ui
Th? groom got stuck in mud art?
arrived late to find the bride and
her brother, ,Clyde, and sister-in-law,
Mrs. Marcus Spivey, gone to town
after the necessary papers and they,
4. i ..... j (ru
:'tZ.
matter, but they dsc'Jcd to return an
other way to shun m.id and they
i misled each other.
Ju?t think of the anxiety that fol
io ed.
! Mrs. Mr E. Pae and a car load of
eHildi'n of White Pond left, and
j t i..., . . A . j
.
leave when the anxious groom arriv-
-i aA un-u u u i
ed and both hearts soon beat as one.
The ceremony was performed bv'
the bride's uncle. Rev. N J. Page. !
TUo. : (. i i
ine groom is an automobile m?-han-'
if nnrl tha Kri4o n
nnenann on1 enn lacan hnl .rq.fil 4-
popular young ladies.
...... ..v- i . v. UllC Ui Vl I LI'll n
"AUNT SOPHIA."
LUMBERTON BASKET
BALL TEAM OUTCLASSED
BY WILMINGTON
Reported for The Robesonian.
The Lumberton basketball team lost
to the Wilmington team here Friday
evening by a score of 53 to nothing.,
The game was played in the Big Ean-!
ner tobacco warehouse on account of j
the rain and was played Friday night;
instead of Friday afternoon, a3 had
been planned.
This is Lumherton's first year in
basketball ar.d the local team wa3 no
match for the Wilmington goal tos
sers. The Lumberton feam expects
to go to Wilmington for a game at
an early date.
The Wilmington team was accom
panied to Lumberton by Prof. P. W.
Picklesimer, teacher of phy lies in the
Wilmington schools.
Regulations Restricting Deliveries of
Coal Suspended.
Regulations limiting deliveries of
coal by retail yards to one ton per
household have been suspended, the
Regional Coal Committee at Atlanta
announced Friday night.
Continued increase in coal produc
tion has resulted in such an improv
ed situation, the committee stated,
that now there is no limit upon de
liveries o household consumers.
-Mr. H. L, .Newbold, '(formerly
cashier of the National Back of Lum
berton,' has been made vice president
oi the Bank of Commerce of High
Point, to which place he will go Jan
uary 1st from Raleigh, where he has
been assistant cashier of the Mer
chants' National, The High Point
position is a promotion.
i
vay
Cos Del Tabernacle Christmas Night.
j The congregation of tho Gjpel Tab
ernacle will have Christina? exercises
and a Christmas tree Christmas
night, beginning at 7:30.
East Lumberton BaptUt Christmas'
Night.
There will be a Chriatmaa tree at
East Lumberton Bapti.it church
Christmas night.
Victory Pageant at First Baptist
Christmas Night.
A victory pageant will b pre
sented at the First Baptist church
Christmas night, beginning
at 7:30. The pageant will be pre
sented by young ladies of the Bap
tist congregation and promises to be
highly entertaining. There wid not
be any services at this cnurch on
. ' , A . .,1 m;i
Christmas day and the usual mid-
w6ek prayer-meeting will not be held
this week.
First Baptist.
Rev. Dr. Chas. H. Durham, pastor
of the First Baptist church, preached
a Christmas sermon last evening,
H, gubject ReC0;rnitbn of
Q.f or Gold Frunkinconse
. l tl i. ., A
music appropriate to the occasion.
Dr. E. R. Hardin, couny health
officer, and Mrs. Hardin will leave
tomorrow for Augusta, Ga., where
they will spend ten days with Dr.
mc
Hardin's mother, Mrs. A. S. Hardin
Dr. Hardin's office will be open each
day while he is away except Christ
mas. Madam Rumor has it that there
will be a few marriages in Lumber-
lun Mr t v P
,,T" , i 5
left Saturday for
ton during the holidays.
emmon3 and fam'ly
1 r .. a . ' : 1 1 i
1
thy will make their home. Mr.
n .u i
P emmons will engage in the real es-
. . , . -,i n
ate business in Ashevjlle. He recent
sol(l hls farm Jr Lumberton. Mr.
Plemmons and family made many
- , , . .
friends during their 7 years stay in
j Robeson who regret their decis'on to
return to the mountains. Mr. Plem
mons conducted a dairy while here.
Vernie May Bullard and Luther
Barton, Indians, were married in the
office of Register of Deeds M. W.
Floyd Saturday about 11 of the clock.
Justice H. M. McAllister officiated.
Messrs. 'Charlie Smith of Hen
derson and Sam Watkins of Oxford
proprietors of the Farmers tobacco
sales warehouse in Lumberton, spent
the week-end here. Messrs. smith
and Watkins will operate the Farm-
ers warehouse again next season
Mr. W. C. Hardin and family
moved last week from R. 2, Fairmont,
to Mr. W. H. Prevatte's farm, near
Center church.
Mr. Benjamin Sealey and famijy
moved last week from R. 1, Barnes-
ville, to Mr. A. E. Spivey's farm on
R. 3, from Lumberton.
Mr. John Collins had his right
arm broken Thursday night when a
Ford "kicked" him.
Mrs. Swain Britt, who underwent
an operation at the Thompson hospi
tal 2 weeks ago, was able to return
to her home on R. 1 from Orrum Sat
urday. Lieut. M. Lee Correll of Camp
Taylor, Lou'svDle, Ky, spent the
week-end here with friends. Lieut.
Correll formerly lived here and lias
many friends in and around Lum
berton. Miss Vivian Townsend, organist
at Chestnut Street Methodist church,
was the recipient yesterday of $25
in gold from the board, of stewards
of the church as a token of apprecia
tion for her faithful . services. The
gift was presented at the ' mom'ng
service by the pastor, Rev. Dr. R. C.
Beaman, who complimented Miss
Townsend highly upon her devotion
and efficiency.
NEXT CALL WEDNESDAY.
The nert issue of The Robesonian
will be published Wednesday after
noon, instead of the regular timef
which falls on Christmas Day. Ad
vertisers will please take notice and
get in their copy on time. The pres
ent intention is to skip an isue next
Monday, though if conditions make it
necessary to get out two issues next
week a paper will be published Tues
day or Wednesday.
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEW
Mr. W. H. M. Brown of Bhie
will speak at Wirt- Pond church Hun
day, December 28 .n, at 11 a. m.
Dr. J. A. Martin had his tonsils
removed Thursday afternoon. The
operation was performed by Dr. R.
S. Beam.
The four banks of Lumberton
will b' closed two days for Chnst
mas Thursday and Friday, Decem
ber 2r and till.
Mr. Dock Campbell of R. 4, Lum
berton, recently killed two fine pork
ers, one weighing 676 pounds and the
other 4M pounds, dressed.
The four cotton mills of Lum
berton will close down Wednesday at
noon for Christmas pr.d will reauraa
operation on Monday of next week.
If you do not pay yorr 1919
State and county taxes before Janu
ary 1st, it means that you will have
to pay 1 per cent extra. January 1
is drawing near.
Mr. Maston Britt and family re
cently moved from Columbus county
to a farm which Mr. Britt bought on
R. 2 from Lumberton. He sold his
farm in Columbus.
Biblican Recorder: Fairmont
was asked to raise about $20,000 in
the 75 Million campaign. More than
$26, 000 has been subscribed. The W.
M. S. raised something over $UjMO
Mr. Leslie Biggs arrived hoaw
yesterday, having been given an hon
orable dscharge from the U. S. amy.
Mr. Biggs had been in Cuba fer
some time before receiving his dia-
chtrge.
Dillon Herald: Mr. Sam BlackweU,
for many years connected with the
Palmetto Hardware Company, has sold
, his interest in the business and will
leave the first of the year for Maxton.
I N. C.f where he will open a hardware
store.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Jetter D. Hardin and
Bessie Owens; Jerry R. Townsend and
Belle Lewis; Thos. G. Balfour and
Essie Shaw; Bascom B. Smith and
Chat Bass; Obie Ivey and Lillie
Barnes; Avery M. Powers and Fan
nie G. Britt.
Mr. W. C. Prevatt and sons,
Messrs. Luther and Alfred, of R. 6,
Lumberton, were among the visitors
in town Saturday. Mrs. W. C. Pre
vatt has been suffering from a bad
ly swollen right arm for several
days, from what cause is not defi
nitely known.
j Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son
j are having their department store fit-
ted with latest and most-improved
electric lights. When the lights have
been put in this will be one of the
best-lighted buildings in eastern
North Carolina. The lights are be
irg installed by the Robeson Electric
Co.
j Mr. and Mrs. C. A. D. Eakes re
turned Thursday night from Aberdeen,
where Mr. Eakes wa3 engaged in
managing a tobacco sales warehouse
during the season which closed last
week. Mr. and Mrs. Eakes will go in
a short time to Maysville, Ky., where
Mr. Eakes will manage a tobacco-
j sales warehouse. He expects to return
to Lumberton in time to look after
growing a tobacco crop, however.
Henry Norris, colored, had a close
call late Friday afternoon when he
was run down by a Ford truck while
riding a bicycle on Elm street. Both
I Norris and his bicycle were carried
some twenty feet by the truck before
it was stopped and Norris' right leg
was badly bruised. It was not learn
ed who was driving the trur-k. The
j ace'dent happened where Fourth
j street intersects Elm. The bicycle
j was slightly damaged.
I Mr. A. H. Pittman of East Lum
j berton arrfved home Friday rrfght
i from Petersburg, Va., where he went
to be with his brother, Mr. C. R.
Pittman of Flint, Mich., who was en
route home for the holidays but suf
fered a severe attack of appendicitis
when reaching Petfrsbur and au
operation became necessary. Hi
mother, Mrs. S. E. Pittman, and
brother, Mr. J. W. Pittman, left Fri
day night for Petersburg to be with
him.
The Robeson Electric Company, of
whirh Messrs. Ira B. Townsend and
B. M Graham are proprietors, has
purclased the stock and fixtures of
tha Lumberton Electric Co. The
Robe.on Electric ompany will use
th-3 same building formerly occupied
by the Lumberton Electricc company
on Chestnut strat ani will cry
full line of electoral supplies. . Mr.
Jar Wilson, m jxpnenced electri
cian, has been employed by the Robe
son Electric Co. ..
DR. WILLIAM W. PARSER
EYE SPECIALIST
Office: National Bank of Lumbertost
Building.