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- , - . : N ' - ... . . , - 5iT?j;1t:'G4'; THE DATE ON THE LAEEL';XSr'TUE DATE YOUR TAPER WILL I BE STOPPED. WATCH LABEL 03 TOUR PAPER, AND DONT LET SUB SCRIPTION EIPIR2L ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIYB CENTS. v. ; COUNTRY, COD AND TRUTH " 12.1 A TEAR. DUE IN ADYANCB 3 VOLUME IX LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA,: AY, FEBRUARY 26, 1920. NUMBER 5 l M' . MY". N ; I. -Ji- ' M m ii a. u; Jt 43' LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL Influeiua Situation Jlasi .Iaipwred I 8tffIeiB':to:.''llaU'lt.rt3afe to Start Vp, Schools Aaln Next Week l -llJonditlons Throofhout ionnty - 'Somewhat ' IraprpTed.- -'"4 Lumberton' gTaded f-and. Wj - schools, which, have been, closed for 3 weeks" on account-oi w iuueu -' , Dr.'E.- R. Hafdin, county health of Jiee, and local physicians think that . he aituation ha. cleared: up suffid ,ntly to make it safe to open the .' "schools again- No-new cases of hvre been'reported in Lumberton in several days. - Dr. Hardin thinks that onditiona throughout the county alsd have somewhat. iBroyeoVi T l ;: 3IEW COUNTIES ADVOCATES MEETTOQ AT RED SPRINGS i tm "vrj.AA TtiAt rnndidAtefl for o-- rrrn hffiM Will Be, . State and County Offices wm .Nomiiiated. ttfMt fily the chances of. . other candidates Springs This Afternoon, Special to The i" Robesomin. - g,ut, Red Springs, Feb.-26. There will be beld here this afternoon a meet ing J1 representatives , of St. Pauls, Shannon, ParktonV i Lumbef Bridge, -Red Springs, Smiths v and Maxton townships- and it; is expecteoX that candidates wiU.be nominated at this meeting for State and county offices and that Tlan of campaign will b mapped out to ,ferm two new eoun ties out of Robeson. - It is predicted that Hon; G. B. Patterson of Maxtori - . .... m : .. Senate and that Mr J. rS- Butler off St Pauls lis . will be nominated lor the House. "WHISKEY STILL AND THREE MEN CAPTURED Albertus Hardin, a Divider of the Word and, His 2 Brothers Caught in the Act of MaUng the Juice in SaddletoreeStilt Was a ? JanwUp Copper: ' Plant.ti;: A' copper Cwbiskey-making ; plant, - 15-gallonscapacityVcomplete, three . and tnree jnen ev-jtAipeniw , DoclcvajKltaarence HardinV..brothersi were capiiurcu , cui w uivih by Robeson of ficers, The posse that made -the capture was composed of Sheriff R. E. .Lewis, Deputies A. H Prevatt. and J. A. McLeod, Rural Policeman A. R. Pittman nd Police.- man Vance McGUlf . ir ''r ; :X The still was located in a bay near the home of the "Rev." Albertus Har- din in - Saddletree township'- k? The three Hardin brothers - were operat 1 ! . ni ing the still last night when the offi cers located it. -The officers'-watch- ed the process for a while .before they made their presence known to the men who were busy manufacturing' - "the old familiar .The three Hardins were brought to Lumberton and plac ed in jail. . i. -:""v.;',- ;,: The Hardins have been iiujthe toils several times for blockading this u""8 u.. Kivuiiu, kviuHcra . muiaikcj- wo jroar, xur, VOOper Says. making- plant captured about theirlHe lays - great stress upon the im. homes, while a . third Worm and Cap portance "of keeping tobacco well suc were captured some months, ago. : cored. This he regards as even more , fPL .illl j a . ,1 i C M L . . . 1 ... . ue ami capiurea uiis morning was plants ever captured in Robeson coun ty. - SUPERIOR COURT SUSPENDS ON ACCOUNT OF INFLUENZA Judgev Allen Will Return to Lumber . ton Some Time Next Week to Sign ' 'Judgments. - v - As 'was forecast in Monday's Robe - toniani Superior court for the trial of . count of influenza conditions in the civil cases jwas elosed Tuesday on' ac county. jJudge O. H." Allen left Tueg- : day evening for his home at Kinston. . He , will .Tfiturn to Lumberton some - tiny next week for the purpose of - signing some Judgments, but the jury a -drawn : to serve at lhenext week's term will not have , tor report, as nol r iwi.wwrwui'HM nearu. .. f. ltoeorderVCcHrtJ 'i' -'r ': s Only three trials have been aired befonr Recorder E. M. Britt this ,. .week. . These were: . Sharp . Ivey. blockading - the . side - walks; judgment suspended upon pay. meat of the cost, r The defendant gave notice of appeal to the Superior court ' v.y-: ' v, Andrew Bullard. kllnwina- Wla )inr to run at large? -judgment continued jpon payment of the cost, the de fendant to pay a-jieighbor for pota toes eaten by the hogs. . , not "guilty. m' fr: t Charles R. Crane Appointed Minister to China i ' j t . ' - Oharles-R- Crane, of Chicago, bus- s iness man, millionaire and world traveler, who was appointed minister -: to 3hina by President: Taft in 1909 v and recalled while on the way to . Peking for "talking too much has oeen selected by President Wilson lor the same post, to succeed Dr. Paul Refnsch. JVARSER NOT A CANDIDATE. Lumbertoa Lawyer Seta at Best Ha mors as to Hia Attitude Toward Race) ,Por jConfres--AqthorUe8 'Robesonlan to SUte That He Will No Be In Race This Time. - vUpoii being Interviewed this morn ing by The ' Robeaonian, Mr. L R. Varser stated that Jie found it, Im eractieahl to arrange bis personal the Sixth district at this time, and that ' consequently he i would not be .in.:this race. r- -''' ., i . - l,kIn - everu. discussion of candidates tfnd probable candidates for CongTess in th Sixth for many moons PMWvestigation as to the cost of the prp in: fact, since the - last election the name ? of Mr. L. R. ' Varser has fig ured prominently. : He has been the unknown quantity, the efforts of "all who might enter the race might fin ally mean only; Varser, and it wor ried candidates v and .wouli.be can didates a heap. It was and is freely aamin&a on an siaeg; mat u, varser entered the race he would make a j tron that mmediate. would : take a slump. He has made cold chills run - up and dowhT- the spines of candidates, all and sundry and for th relief afforded by (is pos itive statement that he i will not be far the , race thia-trip t there- wflT be muchv thanks under the bat Of mvnrv man who has 'Said up arid down, that no iwa.a-gomg to tangress, th- dear pee-ple willing.1' Varse would have commanded ajatrong ; and formidable i following unroHgoouf uie aistnctf He makes no promises j as, to the future. '.He is Y "I1CUK1J ... u ; Wilis i,ak "i t.r" yKZJTZJ:j ii been r removed for this once, it cvuira xignj, Biter ine election to make .uneasy the pillow of whomto. t n4ou Homer; LvLyon, V' or some Kicftmond not y4 known toth;e!d..f,a'i TOBACCO WILL RHINO " ?00D PRICE THIS YEAR So Mr. Cooper, One of the Proprie tors of the Star Warehouse, Thmks i.a w vf??- $tu JWUlBe Enlarged ji. The 1 Star tobaeco ??wareh0use of liumberton is to be considerably en larged.:, Mr. S- W. Cooper of Oxford, a member" of the firm 1 of fnnei NobliQ & Eakes, proprietors of the -Star, spent yesterday in Lumberton and contract was made with the own. ers of the warehouse for the necesoarv l . m - a worx to oe none before the next sea son" opens.:,;-V:??:r- ;4.. Mr Cooper sava that nricea nn. doubtedly wfll be higherif of tobacco this , year han they ieIajltzyeaT and that farmers Whd rae, oo graae oi. me weed will reap a' good profit. -. Last year- the farmers who knew how, and took the; necessary pains, got' fine prices. 'It ; was only those who had no experience and fail- ed to get a-good grade that got lis "ivrmin , man -. cultivation beyond Mr. Cooper expects th cnmhi. .V.. son to be -one of the best tobacco seasons farmers" 0f .this section have ever experienced end he expects thos who raise good crops this year to reap Sk? .rewal. ' He thinks .farmers weed ncouraared to, plant the -. . " -. ' : (T : "-..,. .. . . . . LUMBERTON POST OP T x . A L. ELECTS OFFICERS The' Post Has a Membership .of Morel .Than 50 nd Others Are, Expected to Join. T , . r The following officers 'were elect ed by the Lumberton Post of the American Legion at a well-attended meeting of the post . Monday evening : Q, Furman Williamspost-command-er Dr, R. S. Beam and - Clarence Moore vice-commanders; Ira' L. Mc Gill, adjutant and finance officer; A. P. Tage, insurance officer; John Gore, chapjlaintt; The ; meeting was held in the municipal building. ; . ' The poet has a membership of, more than fiftjTand many others are expected to "join. The next meeting will 1e held in the municipal building n the evening of March 15. Service men uebiriiig to join snouia see MX. McGill at the postoffice- v t Quarterly Meetipgal Postponed' The quarterly meeting of the East Robeson.. Sunday : School inntitute. which was. to have been held next Sunday at - Raft Swamp, and of the Mt Elim Sunday School, institute, which was to have "been beld Sunday at Blbomingdale, both have been post poned 'on- account- of influenza.- ' '" ' ..-'";: Postmaster Examination at Lumber ' ton to Fill Clarkton Office. - A ' CivQ . Service examination will be held at; LumbertonMarch 17 for the position of postmaster at Clark- ton. . This oxiice has an annual com pensation of $1,500. '' PROPOSED EXTENSION OP WATER AND SEWER, UNE3 Committee Appbinted 'to Invetigate ' Installing Line Beyond V. A C, & Railroad and Exteasfon f Street , Paving 1919 Taxes to fie Paid bv Distress Landing 'for , Airplanes VSaniJary Regulations. r , . . Mayor- James D. Proctor and 'Dr. N A. Thomnson were appointed ." a eommittfltt to confer with an engineer, relative to installing water andgew-y E little while and eveYy town er lines beyond the 4V. & C. S. rJ-,nd hamlet will have its landing field road in the eastern part of town at! aiui Hunk no mora about it than hav- a meeting of the mayor ana ooara ox commissioners - Tuesday v .. auernoon- This i committee-will also make th- posed, extension ox paving-, oti some of the . principal streets of the town. An order; , was passed ; instructing the town clerk and treasurer to pro ceed to: collect all unpail 1919 taxes by distress, as ' prescribed by an act of the Legislature. The act provides thab all ' town taxes shall , be paid., to the town clerk and treasurer on , or before December, 1 of each year-- IK r Mr.- S. K.: Nagh went befora the board in the' interest of establishing a ; municipal, Or commercial landing here for aeroplanes. Mt. RTH. Crigh- ton and Dr. N. A. Thompson, mem bers of the board, were appointed, a cdramitte,, to ascertain whether or not a suitable binding fiehj could bo.se. cured.1 - '' A donation of $100, to be paii quar terly, was made . to the Colored Civic League; ifrith , headquarters at Lau rinborg.: This money is to be expend ed In work among the colored people It w& ordered by the board 'that! any oitizen may install the ."can" type of privy. In lieu of the "pit'! type, by. remodeling, same so as "to; Qoqsorm .swic.iiy io speciiicauons xoc w vn nrtvi. frrnii.fw hw fitJmtv. supirtniendent of health. Any tftA sen desiring it the advantage of .this substitute shall within ; 30 , days give notice -of such intention to thetcoan-: ty - superintendent of ' health and le-j posit with -the city cierir and trea urer -a ; sum ' sufficient to. Jtfray the actual cost oi the necessary can, : PNEUMONIA VACCINE. I Very -Effective in Preventing pneu I monia--Thoae.Who Want the Treat- ment Should Report V Saturday .ct TJhe Editpr of The Rbbesoniant , I have on hand a envill amount .of pneumonia vaccine - made iby the" ir. my laboratory at Washington. -This vaccin is very effective fa preventing pneumonia. It is given' in three in jections, one -week iu part,- just as typhoid vaccine, and ha about the same reaction. The length of immu nity is said to be abopt the same as that of typhoid vaccine. .. It, will- be necessary; to have at least 6 or 12 peppTaaV one time- to begin l this treatment on account of thtir size of the tubes. 'Everyone that desires "to take' this treatment is requested to report at this office Saturday afternoon- or . the following Monday. ' v DR. E; R, HARDIN, . ' County Health' Officer. Morehfad . Machine . Ran Rough-Shod Over j the Newell Faction. I; . Charlotte Cor Feb. ! 24, Raleigh ews and Observer! Thueerv ia the tameBt word Jake Newell, three times a . Republican for Congress, can find to describe methods 'used: by the J. Motley Morehead: machine in the county convention here Saturday to squelch all opposition. . , ' , . With-thlrtyieight of the. sixty.gix votes pledged to their . support the Newell forces had visions of electing J . Cliff Newell as eotmt dmlrm . Af ter s the smoke had cleared they f ound,; J-: D. -Albright. Jdorehead limi.. 'AbV.Morehead tenant for eigh years- county chair man entrenched again; In that posi The Newell forces' did not surren der without a' fight nor have they! given up hopes. They wuXtake thei squabble to tte Republican State con- vention ; in . GreenahAm - . They mustered twenty-nine rotes to TLa li , lor ine. Moonhead faction and tiie latter lacked just that much eT?CrV unnjma endorsement 5L4 0eT Frank TLInney MoreheaoTs hbme county is thtf only itfl l0,,?01 Hi delegation pledged to-follow the master's voice. . 1 ' STEPHENff-BULLOCK. " - tion Becomes I Wife of : Mr. H. B. Stephens "of Rex. -f'- MpL daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.-, L. BuIWb t ,- aJ?mont . section, and Mr Hibert iQ r" " J. were. rried in the oruee pi . Register -of JBeeds M. W r,Jr,'5rttt officiated and quite Wttwed torwftness the "wnus, wniie the groom- Is a Stephens left soon after.their mar for their home, near Rex- . a Lfcr?1-01 6' Marietti was M? T '..ve-terday. ' Mr. TvsL- Johnson is spendinglhe day m Raleigi on legal business. HOW. ABOUT LOCAL AIR : PLANE LANDING FIELD Mr. Nash Says Now is the Time To Provide One Before They Become ; Common as Hitching Post 8, K. ' Is Vice-President of Southern Aero ? "plane Co. - ' : r"': ': ' flow a6ut an aeroplane' landing field for Lumberton! ' ; Sounds a Uttle bit of au rignu Teat Not im oUre to hitch horses, but tne town that provides one thus early in the game attracts attention ana geis wide advertising. Look at Winston Salem, the second town in the South to provide this coming necessity., It hast gotten lots of advertising" out of its yprogressiveness along this ? line. Now if Lumberton jumps in and pro. vides the third field in the South, that will b okey. . ": s K So thinks Mr. S. KvWash, at whose instance the town fathers if)e ap pointed a committee to consider this thing, as ia duly set forth elsewhere in this paper. , r. , " '?r. ?.:. . Mr- Nash was In the airplane ser vice during the world waif and he sees such' a bright future in airplanes in civil life that he . has become vice Swident of the Southern ' Aeroplane " incorporated under, the laws ' of West Virginia. All the officers and xefutivs committee are former A. men. Mr. Nash has resigned the! position he 'has held; for; some time with the. War Finance1 bureau in Washington and, will devote, his time to promoting the objects, of his com pany. For one thing, they .will open an aviation cbool ., in Louisville,' Ky. ; Jfr. Kash expects' to have ' . "plane at tfie' Robeson '.county, fair, next fall- I He. contemplates piittine.on a: regit' &9in r pmivt. serviced bo twein 'Charlotte . and' - Wilminrton. There JunL. unlimited possibilities . for airplanes Jniivil , life, he believes, t-- V. J ." I ..I.M.. ' ...A. uur.ius .biui w asfociaieB mre t mn to oompais - what is - possible. -This eosntiy is 5 to. 10 years behind Eu- j repe- rin . use of " airplanes now, but T?m, joijts are waiungT uPi ' .'. . f , Mr. nd Mrs. Nash, as has been stated, are visiting ? home a folks ; in Lumberton, arriving here from Washi ingtov a few days ago. f Mr. Nash is going to Charlotte and Wilming. ton', this week to urge those towns to praride UrntHng' fields. - RAILROAD REOR(3ANiZATlbN BILL PASSED BY SENATE Bill Under- Whlek Carriers of the Country wWilI Attempt to Adjust Themselves ! to-Conditions Arising With End of Governnlent Control. By a vote of nearly three to one. the Senate Monday night passed and sent to. the -President the modified railroad-' reorganization biH ' v. under ! V C l ; ..Iam A49 4-Via Mn.lnf! will attempt to adjust themselves- to conditions -. arising with the end of, government control. - Thirty-two Republicans joined with fifteen Democrats In voting for-adoption of the conference report, while threA Republicans andfourteen Dem ocrats comprised the seventeen vot ing against it. There was never anyj doubt as to what the Senate would do, states a Washington dispatch, in view of the wide margin by which th Cummins bill, more drastic than the compromise measure, ' was passed. The bill will go immediately to Pres ident Wilson .and the general opin ion around the Capitol was- that he would sign it. . 1 During the five hours of debate, led by Chairman Cummins, of the inter-! Kfnt rnmmnc nmmiftjo. SnatAraf lieu-iexpressed varying opinions as to how the public' and ; the railroads would fare under the bill, whian. was warm ly defended and just ag warmly at tacked. -Bat 'm th v intense " interest which characterized proceedings Sat urday in the oHuse was lacking, fre quent quorum4 calls being necessary to get members in the chamber. Discussion related . largely to - the labor rate making provisions. Sena tor Cummins, with great feeling, de nounced widespread claims that in fix faig freight-" and passenger '' charges, calculated to give the roads a return of 5 1-2 per cent: means taking huge sums of money from, the public treas ury. The bill, he declared, would not take one dollar in that way. Such report, he said; were a part of the propaganda put forth fat ' an effort to defeat all legislation on the eve of return of the roads to their own ers on March first. - r - During final debate, on the - lilL Senator Simmonsr Democrat,- North uarouna, declared .the labor unions were opposing it f or-purely -selfish reasons. ".. . . . -;. . "I am convhiced that the opposi tion of the labor onions is not based on any defects 1n this legislation said Senator Simmons. They are opposed to it because they want government ownership, of railroads. - They believe that under' government - ownership they could secure more wages.. They, believe they could control Congress, and would be able to do what tiiey did when ''they 'came here and forced us to pass the Adamson law.". - Senator Simmons was paired in favor of the bill while Senator.Over man voted against it. : ' ' -. V-,.; v y PARKTON NEWS LETTER. Death of Mrs. J. D. McCalJ Aa At- tack of "Flu." ' BY d D. WILLIAMSON. 1 1 m . . ... .'j. I'araton, rto. am-omce oar recent spell we have - been unwilling to at-j tempt to -write, as there is nothing; of interest to write of. Most every-. bodv aiek or last rettinr no. nA the, few well ones are most scared to deativ Asked how did the flu serve juu, a in uo c cuniesa n . wu . auiie; - T - -a a - ti t.l mild, only the first two days my feetj seemed to be kept on cold storage www, w. wuvi paper cnangea pissse remember te licensed cook they would have frosenftfye the old address as well as the) forever, . We will never toremt Vtnrf neighbors and friends , and kindred. zor tney were determined we should not : suffer. Soups and fruits, fresh meats, oner whole ham. sausaee and pudding and such like. Also the Boy ocvuia wouia constanuy oifer their services and : ayo preachers would call and lend a helping hand, for all of which Wte wish to extend thanks. Af ter all, it'is not so bad. The death angel visited the home of Mr. J. D.-McCall Sunday after noon and claimed his wife. Mrs Mc CaEI ;was sick only six days with pneu monia, following influenza, The. funertal wm Ud . v. grave on .Monday eening at 3 o'clock nuagi a urge concourse of sorrow ing loved ones and friends. Services wer. conducted" by her; pastor, Rev. L. Jenkins. The floral .offerings weite most beautlfulV. The whole town - and community are In deep eympathy with the bereaved family. Thewpallbearers were Collier Cobb J Lancaster, i, f. Johnson, A F. DEATH OF LITTLE MARGARET TOLAR correspondene. of The RobesvntrC 7Rennert,ffVK-24-Last J?vmday . m. at 3:10 o'clock the death anrel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. AJ h- xoiar and took away thier darling iuue giri, asargaret, wno was 4 years and 5 months ojd. She had only been sick 8 days - with influenza, which was followed by pntumonia. Little Marearet waa a brio-lit. hunnv and loving little girl and -was dearly loved bv all whn mvr 1im flh. laid ,to rest by kind and loving hands ionaay p. bi. at 4 o'clock In the fam ily burying ground. Rev. J,, I Jen kins of Parkton conducted the fun eral service. "Mr. Jenkins was form er pastor of . the Renhert Baptist church. ' . ;:.-'.".:....; Mti Jos. Walters, Near Barnesville-l 7th Member t of ' Family to Die Within 13 Months. . Mr- Joseph Walters, aged 80 years, died Monday afternoon at his home near Barneeville, -death resulting from the infirmities f oM n. ceased is survived by several chil dren. The funeral waa ' enminrtAA from Bethesda Metbvff. Tuesday afternoop at 3 o'clock and ,intermelit' wasniade inr the church cemetery. . . 1 j- Mr Walters was the seventh mem ber of the Walters family to-die withfe thet . last 13 months four brothers, one sister and two sisters a",, ,w Tin d-d during that time. . liveu m ripe oid age, however. , ' . Miss Ann Brown of Antioch. -Miss - AnnBrownof Antioch died of paralysis yesterday a,t Red Springs at the hom,. of her sister-in-law Mrs. Jno. G. 4Brown. She was 65 or 70 years od. The funeral will take ;rA Pngs this afternoon at 3:304and the remains will be in terred in Alloway cemetery. Mes dames K. T. 1 Brown " and K M Barnes, and Mr. Fred Brown will at tend the funeral from Lumberton WarfieM Will Become President t seaboard ' : " ; . Effective March 1, when the rail roads go back to mivate ownership, according to word received by Sea board officials at Tampa, Fla'w. J. Harahan president and general man- fw010 ?fboard will irK8 connection with that f'liryr ncceeded by S Da 2.Wa chairman of the board, who will also be president. Thfak Inflnenza Wffl Never Be So . Serious Again. - The opinion that America wfll nev er experience another Influenza epi mic " Mrfous as the Ust was ex- gathered in Chicago Monday for the MeSes. C0nW, iW' Items From SL Pauls Route 4. Correspondence, of The Robeaonian. St- Pauls, R. 4, Feb- 24-Mr Charlie Hyatt is still on sick list. ' Mrs. Is ham Belch Is improving, HDd Neill Cashwell d? ' Jo Walter, U1- r , LittTe Miss Pearl Martin has "flu". , Mr. D. H. McPhail of R- 2. Lum berton, was among the visitors in town yesterday. .. " : Mr- B. Tyner of Buie was , Lum berton visitor this morning,- ; A number of ''subscriptions) j to The Robeaonian expires this month. Take a , look at your . label and if your subscription expires this month end hi re newal at ones hi order not to miss a copy of the paper. AH subscriptions are discontinued when they expire. The price is 2 the year in North Caro lina and $2.25 outside the State. , " PLEASE OBSERVE, ' ? Ia ordering the address of new and also sign name to letter aa it appears on your IabeL This wd enable' the subscription manager to change the address without delay. BRJEP ITEMS LOCAL HEW y ' .-, '::'" - i Mrs. J. Wi Gaddy of R. i. Fair-, mont, is seriously, ill at the Thompson, hospital, following two operations- rMr. G- Badger McLeod is able to be out after being confined to bis room for two weeks with influenzae. ; Messrs. J. C and Alex Sessooa are erecting a metal building 14x20 feet on the White lot. East Fourth street, in which Mr. J. C. Sessoma will conduct a, grocery business. Mrs. J. B. Smith and son, Ifr. Casper Smith of Wilson, who has been visiting his mother for several days', went yesterday to Wilmington, where Mrs. Smith consulted a spe cialist. '"; " : -...J . Miss. Coir (V Collins of Christ fields Md who will be head trimmer, hi Miss Josephine Breece's millinery store again this season, arrived th, morning after spending somtime kt New" York and Baltimore stodyinc Styles.'; ' ' V .Ills Mary Mills of the millinery department of Messrs. R., D. Cald well rki Son's ' department" store, re turned Monday from New Yorav where h speni ten days studyiasr the new. styles and buying spring LmiUmery.-i - - jur, U. M,' jHCAUiiicr yesterday from BaltimoreMd where several weeks ago he underwent an operstiop at ' the Union Protestant infirftiary.il After the, operation Mr. McAllisUr puff ersd an .attack of,, pneumonia!; following, influenza- Ilia condition is much improved. Mr. T- L. Johnson returned Tues day morning from Richmond, ' Yaw where he spent several-days with his brother, Mr. E, M. Johnson, who Sat. urday undjerwentr' a serfous' opera tion for some head trouble at St. Elizabeth' hospital. Mr. Johnsonls condition, is as favorable as could be expected, according to latest reports. - Mr. Sobt. E Lee- ia erectin mm 8-room two-story residence on Ser- entn street . and is placing material for the erection of two other resi dences on the same street- ' One of the other buildings to he-erected will be an 8-room, while the other will be a 5-roonu bungalow. Mr. Iiee has already rented the three bnfldU ings. . v . , If .you notice that the street lights in any part of town are out of order, or any other trouble with thA light nd water systems, ad ise) the supevintendent of the light and water plant. His 'phone number i 139. This request is, made at the) suggestion of Mr- J. 6, McNeill, so. perlntendent of the light and water plsjltS."-" " Mr. J. B. Nordan has resigned as assistant freight agent of the V. & C. S. By. Co. here. His resign, tion will go into effect tomorrow. Mr. Nordan will o to Fayetterflle, where? he has accepted a position as book keeper for Stein Brothers. Mr- Nor dan's family left today for Fayetto ville. It has not been learned who will succeed Mr. Nordan here W. Bert Ivey Enters Race for SeU-' eitor Recorder' CourtT. ' Mr. ; W. Bert Ivey of Lamberton has decided to become a candidate for solicitor Af th w w UHMJW&HVIt W corders court district against Mr. W; uennon, present incumbent. - PIRTI ; A subject much discussed t since the war -will be pastor C. H. Durham's subject Sun-' 4 day aight. Do people really receive messages from the dead through mediums? If . a medium has this power, is it , fjyen by God or the devil? What is true Spiritualism? '"discussing this subject, Mr. Durham will endeavor to an- -swer these questions, and eve ryone is invited to hear thi. ser motu ' - , "TEE DEITT OF CHRISTJ wfll be the subject Sunday morning. This win be the' second . In- a : series of ' sermons on The Life of Christ A cordial welcome will be gven. to aU -who wfll attend these services. .DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER Vmce: nauonal Bank f Bofldiaf. i ' i v. - :
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