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ROBESONIAN r THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE TOUR TAPER WILL BE STOPPED. WATCH LABEL 021 TOUR PAPER AND DONT LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIBJL ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, COD AND TRUTH- $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IS ADVANCE LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA,! MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1920. VOLUME LL NUMBER 16 COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVEN TION WELL ATTENDED. Most Representative Body of Men Gathered Here Saturday From All Parts of Robeson Delegates Elected to State Convention and T. A. McNeill Endorsed for District Delegate to San Francisco J. G. Shaw Speaks. Election of 40 delegates to cast Robeson's 20 votes in the State con vention which meets in Raleigh Thurs dav of this week at noon and en dorsement of T. A. McNeill, Jr., of Lumberton for Sixth district delegate to the national convention at ban Francisco June 28 was the only bus iness transacted by the county Dem ocratic convention held in th court house here Saturday. At a meeting of the county Demo cratic executive committee following the convention Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr., was re-elected chairman, which posi tion he has failed efficiently for sev eral vears It was an entirely harmonious con vention and well attended, the court room being just about full of dele gates from the 25 townships of Robe son. each township being represent ed. It did not resolute at all; and one would not have known, from any ac tion taken by this large delegation of Robeson county Democrats, that any burning question like woman sur frasre was agitating the public mind Mr. J. G. Shaw of Fayetteville, can didate for Congress, was present and responded briefly to an invitation to address the convention Chairman T. A. McNeill called the convention to order about 11:30 a. m. and the meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton. After some discuss ion it was decided to elect 40 dele gates to cast the county's 20 votes in DOLLAR DAY APRIL 7. 'MORRISON FORCES ORGANIZED MARIETTA NEWS ITEMS. Lumberton will have its first "Dollar Day" Wednesday, April 7. A number of local mer chants are co-operating and it will be to the interest of shop pers throughout this section to, watch for bargains on that day. Watch The Robesonian for bargain news. Meeting of Prominent Men From Ev- Ladies Aid Will Have Oyster and , ery Section of Robeson Held Here Salad Supper Friday Night Per , Saturday Vigorous Campaign sonal Mention Launched For Morrison For Gover-I Co"pndne of The Robesonian. nor. PRESBYTERIAL AUXILIARY. Marietta, April 5. We re having ( Correspondence oi Tha Robesonian BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NZTTft Sitt . -Wednesday 0t this week is the v. . ' iiv ie r. day "dollar day." Meets HeTe This Week Aher , ' ,, . . Church Notes. . "r- rneii oi rarlcton has been here for several days taking On Saturday afternoon, after the lots of rain. I The 31st annual meetine of thi ' lrea.tr"'nt under Dr. H. M. Baker. His , flHimirnmpnt nf thp rnnntw onven- Mr. Paul Oliver nt TJAlpich. uritit1 nn.Uun.l ;i;. u. t condition in improving. I RECORDER'S COURT. Dock Hardin 30 Days on Roads For Being Drunk Jail Sentence for Stealing Handkerchiefs. Dock Hardin, Indian, was senten ced to 30 days on th roads by Re corder E. M. Bntt this morning on the charge of being drunk in town. Hardin was under a $500 appeal bond from an 18-months road sentenced re cently imposed upon him by Record er Bntt when convicted of manufac turing whiskey. Geo. Calder was up on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. Pray er for judgment was continued upon payment of cost. Katie Haddon, colored, was given a 4 months jail sentence to be hired out, having been convicted of lar ceny. Katie was charged wth steal ing 14 handkerchiefs from McLellan's 5 and 10 cent store Saturday. tion, a number of prominent men' the Easter holidays with his father, from every section of the county met Air. J. b. Oliver. WHISKEY STILL CAPTURED NEAR TOWN LIMITS It was mount the State convention, instead of elect-: ed upon a brick furnace and had been Crude Affair Made of Paint Can It Had Been in Operation Just Before Officers Reached It A 5-gallons' capacity whiskey still was captured in a bay a few hundred yards north of the town limits Fri day night. The still was a crude af fair, being made of a paint can, with a galvanized worm insr 20 delegates and 20 alternates Each township was allowed to select delegates according to its vote for Governor in 1916. The following were elected: AJfordsvflle Alex Atford; B-fitta J. L. Taylor; Back Swamp J. G. Prevatt: Burnt Swamp W. L. Pre- vatt; Fairmont A. J. Floyd, E- Fish er, J. D. Kyle; Gaddy J. W. Burns; Howellsville O. M. BrJtt; Lumber Bridge D. Z. McGougan; Lumberton J. Dickson McLean, L. R. Varser, T. L. Johnson. K. M. Barnes, D. K. Shaw. O. C- Deese: Maxton G. B. Patterson, A. J. McKinnon, H. C. Mc- Nair; Orrum C. M. Heaves; Farkton C. S McArthur; Pembroke T. u, Henderson: Raft Swamp W. C. Townsend; Rennert Lacy McNair; Rowland R. S. Bond, L. R. Edens, C. A. Cox; Red Springs J. N- Buie, J. F. McKay, Paisley McMillan; Saddletree R. G. Rozier; St. Pauls A. R. McEachern, J. S. Butler, Mar cus Smith; Shannon J. D. Gibson; Smiths D. L. Stewart; Sterlings J. B. Page; Thompson T. S. Grey ard; Wisharts J- C. Stansel; White House J. J. Page. Solicitor S. B. McLean of Maxton was called to the chair as temporary chairman, J. A. Sharpe as temporary secretary, and th temporary organ ization was made permanent. In his "keynote" speech Chairman McLean spoke eloquently of the glorious rec ord made bv the Democratic party in county, State and nation, and -emphasized the importance of care in the selection of delegates to the con vention which wil ladopt the party's platform. After election of delegates Chair man McLean called Mr. A. R. Mc Eachern of St. Pauls to the chair and moved the endorsement of County Chairman T. A. McNeill for district delegate to the national convention at San Francisco. He declared that Mr. McNeill had served the party faithfully and well for a number of years, the party making creditable gains under his administration. The motion was unanimously adopted. Hon. J- G. Shaw, former Congress man and candidate for Congress, re sponding to Chairman McLean's in vitation, spoke briefly but forcibly. He declared that he has no apologies to make for the Democratic party or the administration. Some people makp apologies for President Wilson, but he needs none, said Mr. Shaw, for he is the greatest man on earth. He Tead in a paner the other day, he said, that Mr. Wilson was the eQnal of any of his critics in Congress, but he declared that there is not a Re publican in Congress or in the nation that is the President's equal. The Democrats havp many men of pres idential size, he said, while various Republicans seem to be trying to buy the nomination. operated just a short time before the in the grandjury room in the court house for the purpose of launching a vigorous campaign in Robeson count' for Cameron Morrison, candidate for Governor. Reports made to the meet ing from the various townfebipe throughout the county showed that the Morrison forces are thoroughly organized in Robeson and .that an ac tive campaign is being waged in his behalf and his strength is steadily in creasing. Among thos present at the meet ing Saturday were a number of men .who wore the "red shirt" in the fa mous White Supremacy campaign of 1898, and who fought with Morrison for the Democratic party in Robeson county during' those strenuous days. Dickson McLean of Lumberton has been appointed manager of Morri son's campaign for Robeson county, a central committee of . influential men throughout the county has been nam ed, and this committee has 'taken ac tive charge of the Morrison- campaign in Kobegon TO TAX LUXURIES FOR SOLDIER RELIEF FUNDS Provision May Be Made for Cash Bo nus Bui Approved by House. Com mittee. Soldier relief legislation with prob- abe provision for a cash bonns, funds for which woud be raised by a sales or luxuries tax, was approved Fri day by the House of Congress ways and means committee by a vote of 16 to b. Details of the bill to be reconj- Mr. pnd Mrs. W. H. Oliver of Ra leigh. Mr C. B Oliver of ri?rham, Mr. B. S. Oliver of Fairmont and Miss Lannie Oliver, who teaches at Conway, S. C, spent Easter with their mother, Mrs. M. J. Oliver. Miss Louise Martin and Mi is Mar row who teach at Angier, sp-.jnt the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Oliver. Miss Viola Watson spent Saturday n Lumberton. Messrs. J. S. Oliver. D- J. Oliver. J. J Pi'gt. W. T. Jenretto and W. M. Oliver were Lumberton visitors Saturday Mrs. Mollie Roberts of Raeford is vifiting relatives in the community. Mrs. Lucus is visiting her sister Mrs. Carey Henley. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Oliver, Mr. Paul Oliver and sister, Miss Helen motored over to Dillon Friday p. m. The Ladies Aid society met Tues day p- m. with Mrs. S. M. Oliver. They decided to have an oyster and salad supper at Marietta on Friday night, April 9th. All who have received the little bags for the weighing party will please bring or send them on that night. Cake and chocolate will be served free. Will be glad to have all of you come. byterv of Favetteville. constituted of The county commisaioners. the the women's missionary societies of countv board of education and the all the churches in the Presbytery,! cunty road board are all holding; will meet on Wednesday and Thurs day, April 7-8, at the Presbyterian church in Lumberton. The meetings will begin at 8 o'clock Wednesday night. Several good speakers will b in attendance. The women of the Lumberton auxiliary cordially invite all the women of the missionary so regular monthly meetings here today. Mr. D. B. Lancaster, road super visor of St. Paul township, and Mr. W. T. Covington, road supervisor of Rennert township, are Lumberton visitors today. They are both can didates for re-election. The Lumberton post of the Amer- MARYLAND ERECTS LEGAL WALL AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE, cieties in other churches to share with! ican Legion will meet in the Irinn them all these services. Presbyter!-1 hall in the municipal building at 8 I 1 T T t I . n I v ' 1 1. . L I I ... . unuiK mis evenmg. ah members and other soldiers of the world war are urged to be present. The Wesley Philathe class of Chestnut Street Methodist Sunday school cleared $35.40 at their sales of candy, cake and Easter eggs Sat urday. This goes to the support of an orphan at the Methodist orphan age at Raleigh. Messrs. S. M. Watkins and C J. Smith, Jr., of Oxford and Henderson, respectively, proprietors of the Fann ers tobacco sales warehouse of Lum berton, spent the week-end here Messrs.- Watkins and Smith are very an church, Wednesday at 8 p- m. and all day Thursday. PROGRAM: Wednesday afternoon, April 7, 3:30 o clock Executive Committee meet ing. Wednesday evening, 8 o'clock De votional and greeting, Dr. G. E. Moorehouse; greeting, Mrs. J. R. Poole; Response, Mrs. C. D. Smith. Enrollment; President's Greeting; Appointment of Committees.; Bible study, Miss Angevine; Offering; Bene diction; Social hour. Thursday morning, April 8,- 9:30 dxlock Devotional, Mrs. J. M. Mc Iver; Roll-call; Report of Secretary, l,fnis abcut outtook fcfr hjigh Mrs. C. C- McAlister; Report of prices ror iodscco next season. Treasurer, Miss Sara Williams; Re-! -Miss Vashti White, daughter f Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White of Lumber- ton, who is attending Carder's school for girlg m New York city, is spend- A Novel Step , in American Legal Procedure Which Might Affect Pres idential Election in November. Action of the Maryland Legislatures in directing tne Attorney uenerai to seek before the supreme court an in- port of Secretary of Foreign Mis sions, Miss Mary Patterson. "So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto ing the Easter holidays with Mrs. wisdom." I M. J. Boucher, sister of Mrs J. A. Report of Secretary of Bible Study Sharpe of Lumberton, at her home and Prayer Bands, Miss Delia Mcoou-. in Washington, D. C. gan; Report of Secretary of . Synodi- NOTES. This, convention was the most rep resentative body of men that, has gathered in Lumberton for a politi cal convention in many years. s In size and quality it could not be sur passed anywhere. Mr. McKay McKinnon of Maxton nrivately made the remark that per haps this was the last Robeson county convention he and others from Max ton township would ever attend in Lumberton as delegates. Mr. McKin non is an advocat of new counties 1 and in his mind's .eye he fancied he - could see . himself sitting in a Liberty county convention next trip. He. ad mitted that it made him kind o' sad. tooi, Wtbink.' about lea vine th. old - county nd-pre vided against contin . ; geiiclea:y saying that if he did have ' to comaback to a Robeson conven- mended will be worked :ut by su' officers reached it The fire had nnt fhn,mil.top tn h annmnroH Vntiik gone out, according to the officers, but - Members of the committee hope it! junction restraining the Secretary of nobody was found at the plant- Two obtr.in final action bv the House be-! s,t.te.of "? United States from pro- gallons of beer was found about the still. The still was captured by Chief of Police D. M. Barker, Night Police man Vance McGill and Messrs. Ed. J. Glover and Earl Crump. CYCLONE VISITS RAYNHAM. House Moved 10 Feet by Severe Wind Friday and 3-Foot Trees Twisted Off and Hurled Into Air. A new tenant house on the farm of Mr. Scott Stone, near Raynham, was moved about 10 feet by a cyclone early Friday morning. The house was oc cupied by Oscar Chavis, Indian, and family. Several of Chavis' children were in the house at the time the cy clone struck it, but all escaped un ried son 25 yards by the wind and hurt. Chavis' chicken coop was car a roll of fencing wire was pickeri up and carried around 50 yards. The cyclone played havoc with trees in its wake of about SO-yards wide, according to Mr. Stone, who was a Lumberton visitor Fi-klay. the Senate could be had at thi4 ses-! tablished, was said tonight, states a gion, '.' . Washington dispatch xf April 1st, by the national association opposed to woman sufrage to be a novel step in American legal procedure which might Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Republican leader, after a confer ence vu'xth nthpr Spriitu Rannblipana as to future lAffi.ilaf.ini in Hip Senate. I affect the PresidentlaJ election in said Friday he thought tlus would n-1 November. A. ' ., elude a bill to give a money bonus to 1 Miss Mary G. Kilbreth, president of former service men, with provisions toe association, said Maryland a ac for a' special tax to raise the nece sary funds. The program approved by the House committee declares - against any bond issue. It is understood to have been submitted by Representa tive Longworth, Republican, Ohio, and was discussed at great length in ex ecutive session. ftion meant that for the first tima the validity of a proposed constitutional amendment would be passed on by the HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING Reported for The Robeaonir.n. .. The Home Demonstration club held its regular monthly meeting in the Pine trees three feet through were ' Domestic Science room of the graded. twisted off and hurled into the air I school, Thursday, April 1st by the unusual wind. JEWISH RELIEF WEEK Miss Andrews -gave an interesting and instructive demonstration on the art of pastry-making, illustrating the APRIL 4TH TO lOTHj rolling and folding method, using this ! as a filling for Banberry tarts. Fol- Several liberal subscriptions have, lowing this was a series of mixtures already been received toward the na- frozen without slirring Manhattan tion wide campaign for the relief of j pudding, Charlotte russe and Sicilian homeless, starving Jews in Eastern j sarbet. After the preparation and Europe. With their usual generosi-j explanation in regard to these pro ty, the people of Lumbwton are com- ducts, they were served and enjoyed ing to the rescue of those in need. by all present. Let every one who will, help in this! The next meeting will be held May worthy cause. All contributions will 6th. All ladies are most cordially in be gratefully received by the follow- vited to attend. You have only to ing committee at any time during attend once to know that these meet ings are both instructive and enjoy- cal, Presbyterial and Congregational Home Missions, Mrs. J. . Matthews; Report of Secretary of Orphanage Work. Mrs. J. R. Page; Report of Delegate to Synodical Auxiliary; Re- port of Presbyterial Visitors; Bible Study, Miss Angevine; adjournment. Thursday Afternoon, 2:30 o'clock Hymn; Prayer; Report of Secretary of Christian Education and Ministe rial Relief, Mrs. Loula Muse; Young People's Work, Mrs. D- H. Shaw; Conference on Young People's Work, Miss McElwee; Methods, Mrs. W. B. Ramsay; Bible Study, Miss Anjge vine.; Report of Committees; adjournment Be ye steadfast, unmovaole, al ways abounding in the work. rfjM-?jPtffiBJajM,-AJ Lord." Thursday evening, 8:00 o'clock Mr- Baxter Durham, traveling; State auditor, spent Thursday and Friday here checking up accounts with County Auditor McCallum and Sheriff R. E. Lewis. He says that Robeson's accounts are always well kept and that there ii never any trou ble with reports from this county in the auditor's office at Raleigh, Mr. Durham, who has been in the audi tor's office for ten years, is a candi date to succeed State Auditor Wood, who declines to run again. The concert given Thursday eve ning by the Coker college glee club was enjoyed by an audience that fill ed the high school auditorium, 407 admission tickets having been sold. The 20 young ladies, Mrs. E. W. ain Director, were entertained in va rou. homei ib.ut town aJ at the courts before it was made a Dart of, Devotional, Rev. R. D. Bedinger; Ad-j Lonine. E.-:y number .jn the pro- which at timex assumed the pror-' liin of a v.ac.e storir. The following Lumberton young; y r..Hnn. fnmt.i loo, ir,at,A 1 dress. Mrs. R. D. Bedinger, Lusam- trram brought forth hearty npplauee O MVIl a A.MllUUIWa 1 U TV y 110 kVUU I AM ST , 4.11 I t . , , - - of nfter, in which it is strikingly dif-! r. AIi,C8i! jvu,cru'K' ferent from the prohibition amend- j t10J? o' officers; adjournment. ; in fai,f ,v.n Friday morning. April 9, pnntstri hitt.i-iv in tK ,,,nrm,. o'clock Bibl Study, Miss Angevine; people who are students at the va court- I Report of Secretary of Literature, j nous colleges spent Easter with "If the suffrage amendment were' Mrs. J. T. Johnson; Report of LeeS home folks: Misses Wilma Durham, proclaimed on mere official notices.! MacRae School, Miss Mclver; Meth-, Margaret Pope and Jeanette Biggs, as the State Department recently in-! ods, Mrs. Ramsay; Report of SecTe formed our association it might do,"i tary of Assembly s Home Missions, Miss Kilbreth said, "the entire Pres-I Mrs- J- .Mf.R- Bracy; Report of Sec idential election might be thrown into! tarY .? Ellse H'1 School, Mrs A. the courts on accounts of the doubt-! M. Fairly; minutes; unfinished bus ful legality of ratification in various! prayer; adjournment, referendum States and others where Mv race 18 sufficient for thee. this week. A. E. WHITE, J. D. PROCTOR, A. WEINSTEIN, Lumberton. E. L. HAMILTON, Lumberton Cotton Mill. Children Given to Father. The 6 children of Robt. and Ida Locklear, Indians, were given to Rob ert by Mr- C. B. Skipper, judge of the juvenile court in Robeson, Sat urday. Robert and his wife had sep arated and Ida brought habeas cor pus proceedings in an effort to keep the two youngest of the children. The bad character of the mother was the reason given by Judge Skipper for allowing the father to keep the chil dren, Robert was represented by Mr. S. Mclntyre of Lumberton and Ida was represented by Mr. S. B. McLean of Maxton. Oak Ridge School Closes April 9. Correapondenee of The Robesonian. The Oak Ridge school closes Fri day, April the 9th, with an enter tainment, beginning at 8 p. m. MRS. F. P- HUMPHREY, Teacher. License has been issued for the marriage of Wm. A. Todd and Annie Stogner; Arren T. Cox and Mary M'White. tion he. wanted Maxton moved up from the place at the rear of the hall. Two Indian women innocently stroll ed into the . court room before - the! convention .was called to order and took seats in,. the placA reserved for the WiSharts - townshio delegation. The evidently thought it was eourt, ana they moved oat when they learn ed what was. B.;.r t- able. Women Elected Delegates to State Democratic Convention. Several counties Saturday at coun ty conventions elected women as dele gates to the State Democratic con vention wfyich meets gjn Raloigh Thursday of this week. Guilford elected 25, Durham 15, Wake.5,. Bun combp 4, Sampson 3, Montgomery as many as care to atterrd. Several counties adopted resolutions declaring against woman suffrage and many counties took no action at all on this question. legality is being contested. The resolution authorizes not only EQUAL SUFFRAGE DEFEATED an injunction to prevent proclama-j i DELAWARE LEGISLATURE tion, but also suits to take up the en- tire question of validity from the House Refuses t0 Pass Resolution by power of Congress to submit such an Vote of 22 to 9. amendment to ine rignt oi a legisia-i ture to ratify it without the consent! The ratification resolution to make Meredith college, Raleigh; Miss Myr tle Pope, Converse college. Spartan burg, S. C.; Miss Ruby Thompson, Queen's college. Charhf.te; Messrs Jno. B. McLeod, Robert and Knox Proctor, university of North Carolina. Chapel Hill; Messrs. R. A. Hedgpeth, Jr., Robt. Melntyre and Erwin Wil liams, Wak,, Forest; Gaston Broton, Trinity college, Durham. Severe Wind and Rain Egg Thieves- Correspondence of The Robeson Un. Lumberton, March 30. Sunday night we had a severe thunder storm i .i . . . t n . . I I 1 I i - l . of the people ! ueiaware tne inirty-sixin otaie net-, aim we himo naa a severe wina gconn "While the action of Mississippi and! essarY to .write the woman suffrage i Monday night. Dalawnrp nrnvPc thflt thprp i. no im-; amendment into tne constitution oi me; ine nu .s sun raging. mediate danger for the amendment, Maryland has now erected a ..stone wall of legal defence against feder alized woman suffrage." United States went down to defeat in Some one in Saddletree township has been taking the turkey egjrs of JJ. a. Lowry and J. J. Sampson. Mr. the House of Representatives Thurs day. The vote was 22 to 9, but before, D. B. Lowry missed his turkey eggs the result was announced three mem-j along in February and the turkey MR. PAGE WILL SPEAK IN ROBE-j bers changed from aye to nay to place; eggs of J. J. Sampson were taken SON COUNTY APRIL 16 AND 17i themselves in a parliamentary posi-j Sunday past March 28th. The eggs tion to move for reconsideration, and; that u. d. Lowrey missed were laid Candidate for Governor Wijl Speak j one member who was not down as in Maxton April 16 and in Lum-i voting asked to De recorded in tne berton the 17th. negative. This made the official vote Hon. Robt. N. Page, candidate for; 26 nays to 6 ayes, the Democratic nomination for Gov- Eighteen affirmaive votes were ernor, will speak in Maxton on April j necessary to pass the resolution. U. S. Agent in Sugar Plant Work Here. Mr. M. W. Hensel, agent in sugar plant work of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and North Carolina Extension service, arrived this morn ing and will spend a few days with Mr. O. O. Dukes, county farm dem onstration agent. North Carolina is the only State in the union that can; produce all the sugar plants, accord ing to Mr Hangel. - Cox-Musselwhite-Miss Mary Musselwhite, daughter of Mr. Zack Musselwhite, and Mr. A. T. Cox, both of East Lumberton, were married at 2 p- m. yesterla'y at the home-of Justice John H. McNeill, who performed the ceremony. 16th and in Lumberton April 17th Mr. Page is well known throughout the State as a successful business man and former Representative from the Sevenuh djisQrictt I (is friends claim that North Carolina needs a business man for Governor and that Mr. Page is preeminently qualified for the position. He will be heard with interest on his speaking dates in Robeson. FOR SALE. Mr- J. T. Bullock of Orrum was a Lumberton visitor Saturday. Prof. W. T. Jenrette and Messrs. Sam and L. M. Oliver and D. H. Nance, all of Marietta, were Lumber- ton visitors - this morxun,?. Correspondence of The Robesonian. One Ford car with piston rings, two rear wheels, one front spring; has no fenders, seat or plank; burns lots of gas, hard to crank, carburetor busted half way through, engine missing bits on two. Three years old (four in the spring)," has shock absorbers and everything. Radiator busted sure does leak differentials ' dry yon can hear it squeak. Ten spokes missing, front all bent, tires blowed out aint worth a cent. Got lots of speed will run like the deuce burns either gas or tobacco juice. Tires all off, been run on the rim a darn good Ford for the shape it's in. . E. B. Mr. J. IL Phillips of Allen ton was in town Saturday. Mr. W. JrEverett of" Parktoa. is af S. B. White, of St- Pauls, R. 2. was a- Lumberton visitor Saturday. of Messrs. S. aj WUl BUock and Luwberton -visitor todav. BY 1, tmnberton) were among the;-B-A. eley. of E., 2, Fairmont, were visitors in town Saturday. I", visihw nr wwn oaiur- " day. In a parliamentary sense, accord ing to the rules of the Legislature, states a Dover dispatch, the suffrage question is not dead for the special session, but legislative leaders gen erally conceded that the hope for af firmative action in both houses is a forlorn one. After the vote was announced there was great cheering among the men and women opponents of equal suffrage- Anti-suffrage members were sur rounded by enthusiastic women who showered them with congratulations and red roses, while suffragists, wear ing the yellow daffodil, sadly walk ed from the chamber, some of them in tears. Miss Charlotte Rowe, of New York, one of the national organizers of the opponents of suffrage; Mrs. Henry a. Thompson, and Mrs. Henry P. Scott, president and vice president, respec tively, of the anti-suffrage organiza tion in Delaware, were lifted upon the press table and made speeches. j to Rev. W. G. Hunt's dogs, but that was a mistake, for the person was seen by two morA men and the eggs of J. J- Sampson were taken by the same person. Some one was standing behind a pine tree and saw them when they took th eggs up one by one and put them in a red handker chief and put them in their coat pock et and went on their way. L. C T. NOTICE TO ALL SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ROBESON COUNTY SOCIALIST MEMBERS EXPELLED The five socialist members of the New York State Assembly Louis Waldman and August Classens, .. of New York; Samuel A. DeWit and Samuel Orr. of the Bronx; and Charles Solomon, ef Kinsrs county wer ex pelled from' -the - lower House of' the W . s lasses .1 . i legislators jnursaay oy an over whelming majority. ) Corns pon dene f Tb KooesoniatL. The essays on malaria from every school in the county or the State as a whole, were to be turned in to the local committees on March 9th for examination. This date was post poned to April 10th. The essays have not been sent in, as yet, and they must be in on or before April 9th, so they may be passed on by the examining committee. Mail all es says to J. R. Poole, Supt of schools, Lumberton, N. C. J. R. POOLE. Thirteenth annual session of the Woman's Missionary union of North Carolina, auxiliary to the Baptut State convention, will be hejd in the First Baptist church of Shelby be ginning tomorrow nght and contnu ng through Friday morning session. Mr. Dan Campbell , of B. 2, Max ton, is among the visitors in towa. today. v DR. WILLIAM W. PABXO '": ; BTB SPECIALIST OSca: Natioaal Bank ef ' - BnUiing. -
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