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rpiY t im v - - 101ESONIAN THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE YOUfc rAi'Eit WILL BE STOPPED. WATCH LABEL OX TOUR PAPER AND DON'T LET SUB' SCRIPTION EXPISm COUNTRY, COPLAND TRUTH- ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. $2.00 A TEAR. DUE IN ADVANC1 LUMBERTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY- APRIL it, 1920. VOLUME LL NUMBER 19 SIXTH DISTRICT REPUBLI CANS MET HERE TODAY Convention Well Attended Delegates to National Convention Instructed to Vote for Pritchard for President Selection of Candidate for Con gress and Elector Left to Execu tive! Committed Marion, Butler Speaks. Irvin B. Tucker of Columbus and A. L. McCaskill of Cumberland were elected delegates to the Republican national convention by the sixth dis trict Republican convention which met here today. R. W. Davis of Bruns wick and J. B. Byrd or Harnett were elected alternates. The matter of nom inating an elector and a candidate for Congrss from th Sixth district was rf erred to the executive committee, with instruction to name both. bvufcuuuu tt co tt Ai ..vtv, C Mill US WtlC UCHIUIIBIIGU BI1U UUMUfdlOi the seven counties in the district alll0f giant trees were torn up by the being represented. After the con vention, fermer U. S. Senator Marion Butler addressed th convention. A resolution was passed instruct ing the delegates to the national con vention to vote for Judge J. C. Pritch ard for President and if he failed to get the nomination for President to work for his nomination for Vice President. A fuller report of the conventidh will be published in Monday's Robe sonian. OVERALLS CLUB STARTED HERE i i Many Signatures Secured on Pledge to Den Overalls on Day to Be Fix ed at Mass Meeting. An "overalls club" has been launch ed in , Lumberton. Up to 1 o'clock this afternoon 158 names had been secured on a paper pledging the signers to don overalls on a date to !IT1.1 f v.7is l J 1 -o - who had been approached had de clined to commit themselves without further considering the matter. The paper was being circulated by Messrs. Lubin Prevatt and E. A. Faulk and had on it the names of men engaged in all sorts of occupations. The overalls club, movement, said to have originated in Tampa, Fla., as a protest against the high cost of clothing, has been spreading rapidly during the last few days. 3 CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR. Politics Warming Up in Fairmont . 5 Offer for Aldermen Town Pri mary April 17. Special to The RobesonUn. Fairmont, April 13. Town politics is warming up in Fairmont. Three candidates Messrs. J. D. Kyle, H. V. Brown, and E. Fisher are in the race for mayor. Five candidates have an nounced for aldermen. These ar-e Messrs. E. V. McDaniel, A. L. Jones, A. L. McDaniel, H. Weinstein and E. G. Floyd. Four are to be elected. The town primary will be held April 27. . BODY OF PRIVATE DON SUTTON1 WILL BE BROUGHT HOME' Mr. E. P. Sutton of East Lumber ton received a wire message .Tues day from the War Department ask ing if he wished the body of his son,!. Private Don H.Sutton, returned to the j tional cemetery or gent home. Mr. Sutton wired the department asking i that the body be sent here for burial Private Sutton wa3 killed in France by the accidental discharge of his own gun. A Frenchman was ex amining the gun when it was dis charged, the load striking Private Sut ton, i Winston-Salem Largest City in North Carolina. The 1920 census fitrures for Win ston-Salem, given out yesterday by ths director of census, show the pop ulation of that city now to be 48,395, as against 22,700 in 1910:, increase .in the past ten years 25,695, or 113.2 per cent; in 1900 the population was 13,650; increase in the ten years from 1900 to 1910 was 9,050, or 66.3 per cent f Candidates for Governor to Speak Here. r As has been stated in The Robe sonian, Lieut. Governor O. Max Gard ner, one of the three Democratic can didates for Governor, will speak in the court house here tomorrow eve ing at 8 o'clock. Hon. R. N. Page, another of the candidates for Gover nor, will speak in the court house here Saturday at 11 . m. New Republic Has Battle With Car ranza Soldiers. Troops of the new republic Of So- nora have had their first battle with Carranza soldiers on the Sonora-Srtia ola boundary, according to a dispatch of the 14th from Agua Prieta, Sono ra. Military authorities said the bat tle meant war between the Carranza government and the seceding State. Speaking at Orrum. ' Comepondene of The RobesonUn. Proctorville, April" 14. Karl Jau- sen will speak in the Orrum school auditorium Monday night of next.hj wife on her deathbed that he week at 8 o'clock, and Hon. G. B.iwiu:a return to tneiriormcr no-re Patterson will deliver an address and give their children their right Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. FIERCE CYCLONE IN UNION. Death and Destruction Left in Wake of Cyclone Which Visited Union County Monday Night 3 Persons Kffled, Many Injured, Many Houses Destroyed and Giant Trees Torn Up by Roots. "Death and destruction and suffer ing and wanfcwere strewn in the wake of a cyclone which tore furiously through the northern part of Union county early Monday night, sweep ing almost everything in its path before it" states a Monroe dispatch of the 13th to the . Charlotte Observer. Three persons are known to be dead, with the possibility of other deaths being reported. Eight" others were injured, some of them seriously and score or more are homelsess. Hundreds of thousands of. feet of val uable timber were mangled in the storm's fury. School houses and churches were lifted from their foun dations and swept away, entire or roots The known dead are: Robt. L. Polk, 30 years old, a farmer living near Ebenezer, killed and several members of his family injured when the storm struck their home and tore it Into 'plmters ; two small sons of Luther Williams, a farmer living four miles from Union ville. The storm seems to have started! at a point 6 miles northwest of Mon roe, but that town knew nothing of it until, the next day. tl struck in spots, dipping,down and . ausing death and destruction, rising and sailing: 0ver a section only to dip down again. j Stories are told of escapes that were; miraculous tl is said to have hern, the worst storm that ever visited the county. It is said that the Rocky river section of Stanley county also was hit hard by the storm. A RUNAWAY MARRIAGE. HiM Ada Smith Becomes Wife of Mr. Curley Prevatt Schools CUw-J int. Correspondence of The RobesonUn. , Lumberton, R. 5, April 15. Messrs. Curley Prevatt and David Brown of St. Pauls came down Sunday p. m. andstole the only daughter of Mr. Jaj. G. Smith for Mr. Prevatt. They werft married Sunday p. m. and left soon after for their home at St. Pauls. We were nil very socry. to hear of Miss Ada Smith leaving :ur ct'nmunity. Sand Hill school closed Thursday of Jast week. Smith's school will close Friday, April 22nd. There will be Sunday school at Zion's Hill Sunday at the U3ua: hour. Request Removal or Demotion ef Col. Lyster. Senator F. M. Simmons has been, requested by John Beasley of Monroe, commander of the North Carolina de-( partment of the American Legion, to use his influence t0 secure the re- moval of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Lyster, commander at United States! army general hospital number VJ, at. Oteen, near Ashevule. In his teleerrnm to the Se Commander Beasley declared that thej North Carolina department oi tne( i"1 J?SL existed at Oteen and not the enlisted men who are held for court martial. His messase follows: "Senator F. M. Simmons, Wash- t r n or'h Caroina department n f 'U n A wiAni - r -i T nrrinn rflnno etc t h O t I Mn noo vnnr .. tnwr(ia se-i . th removal o Lieutenant' - 1 T i r nf fVia! VjOionoi oyster liinu tuuimaiiu ui uic government tubercular hospital at Oteen. The war department's inves tigation of conditions there has prac tically substantiated our ' contentions of abuse of patients and the preva lence of unsanitary conditions. We hold him responsible and not the en listed men who are held to face court martial. Your efforts to bring about removal or demotion will be appre ciated by thp thousands of ex-service men in North Carolina." Concert for Benefit of The Belgians. Correspondence of The Robesoaian. All lovers of -good music will be pleased to know that, on April 27th the Belarian violinist. Miss Charlotte Ruegger will give a concert in the high school auditorium. The proceeds will go directly for the benefit of the Belgian?, who suf fered to much during the great war. Miss Ruegger is a violinist of note, a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Brussls, a pupil of Caesar Thom son, and for twelve years one oi :ne teachers of his famed violin school in Brussels. She is thoroughly familiar with th whole range of violin liter ature, she has had the advantage cf association with the great masters, iu all this, witi her ivtf;jf musi cal nature and technical, skill, account for the strong' impression sh has made as a vlayer and teacher. , She was director of the school of music at Meredith collesre frc three years and is now at the head of the Fayetteville conservatory ox music After 14 years, during which time he had been living. somewhere in se curity under an assumed "name, Rich ard Derick Sunday walked into the nil tt Athens. Tenn. and surrender ed for' trial for the murder of Hugh Dugan. . He said that he premised iuw. ' ' '" $954.35 CONTRIBUTED FOR - JEWISH RELIEF Correspondence of The RobesonUn. Lumberton's contribution toward the $35,000,000 campaign for relief .of the suffering Jews in Eastern Europe jsj The county road commission has indeed gratifying. The people have ordered the county road superintend as usual opened their hearts. and giv-'ent, Mr. Covington, to survey and en generously toward the relief of the destitute and nungry. un Denau, oi, those' for whom this money is given, we wish to express to each contribu tor our heartfelt thanks. Contribu tions are acknowledged as follows: . Dr. Beaniah $5. Mrs. AIpbVTC Me-! Leod $25, Miss Hilda Weinstein $5, F. P. Gray $10, S. Weinstein $10, H.fof this highway begins at a point M. McAllister $50, R. "MA; Nixon designated by the county gupertinr $2.50, C. A. McArthor $2, D.- M. Bar-, tendent at Harper's Ferry bridge, ker, $1, Ira B. Townsend $2, Melh-jruns'a direct line to the right of way tyre, Lawrence A Proctor $15, J. MJef 4he Seaboard Air Line railroad and McCallum $2, A. H. Prevatt $2, MJ thence down th right of way of the W. Floyd $2, J. A.lMcLeod $1, Rollj railroad to the town of Pembroke. Pittman $1, T. L. Johnson $10, Q. T. I This order was passed at a meeting Williams iiu, ft.. M. ruggs siu, i. A.joi-inw roaa roara monaay 10 permn McNeill, Jr. $5, H. Dunie $10, R. E.jwbrk on this road, held up by certain Lewis $5, F. Grover Britt 82. ia - v.'. parties at Pembroke, to go on. Davis $1, Jno. D. McMillan $5, M. M. The order concerning roads at Gum Rozier $5, G. L. Thompson $5, L. ti.. Swamp and Wilson's church was re Caldwell $50. N. P. Andrews $1.50,' scinded and the road at Gum Swamp A. Linkhauer (Miss) $2, D. D. French $2, Lumberton Cotton Mill $120,;T. J. fcvans. Supt. Covington was Dresden Cotton Mill $90, Jennings Cotton Mill $90, H. B. Jennings $20, R. D. Caldwell & Son $10, Miss Jose phine Breece $10, D. W. Biggs $2, M. J Merritt $2, Miss L. Johnson $2, A. H. Hinds $1, W. O. Thompson $2.50,'ervisor shall buy any machinery K. M. Barnes $100, T. A. McNeill Sr. (without first getting the approval of $10, J. H. Wishart $2.50, W. M. Best the county superintendent qf roads. $1, D. H. Fuller $2, Jim Stephens $2,1 tJwas further ordered that all super Miss Cash $6, Shiloh Baptist Church visors, shall be required to publish an $1.35, National Cotton Mill $50, A. F.I McAllister $5. A. Weinstein $50, I. J. Moore $5, Mr. Starnes $5, White & Gough $50, McAllister Hdw. Co. $10, J. D. McAllister $5, Ike Ad'.er $2, J.; T. Culbreth (Wakulla Fla.) $3, Na tional Mill school $3, J. C. Fuller $2.50, F. A. McLeod $1, J. T. Biggs $5, A. T. McLean $5, Grantham Bros. $5, L. C. Townsend $2, E. B. Freeman $5 Sandy McLeod $5, W. I. Linkhaw io'rft L.i qkak Check for $954.35 has been mail ed to Mr. E. Sternberger, Greens-, poro, N. C, who is StatP Chairman for the American Jewish Relief Com mittee. A. E. WHITE. J. D. PROCTOR, A. WEINSTEIN, Committee. WOMAN'S CLUBS PLANS FOR BETTER WORK Departments Organized Under Feder al Plan Attendance Unusually Good Yesterday. Reported for The Robesoninn. m.. Wn.vioTi'a nluK m in fno mnni- cipal b-Aildting yesterday afternoon, pending the expected reaction among Mrs. John Knox, the newly-elected j the strikers on receipt of informa president, presiding. The attendance tion showing the directing impulse was unusually good, a considerable of the strike agitation. fMr Palmer number of new members having been iff id he knows the dates fixed for na ., ii4 vnv in ahnrt ad-1 tion-wide strikes in other industries dress explained thft plan for work un-1 CillVllCVi. I'i Ji Vi V m -'" the adoption of the several depart-, . i ments und.er thP Federal plan. Civic epartment, under the leadership Irs. H T. Pope: social service, un-! der the leadership of Miss-Janie Car - i..i. r,jQ ri;roptinn nf Mrs. J. Q. Beckwith. and public health j under the direction of Mrs. W. W. Parker. I Mesdames E. I. Poolf S. Mclntyre. R. E. Levis, H. M. McAllister and J. P. Russell were appointed a com mittee on finance. Mrs. H. T. Pope made a strong ap peal in the interest of her work, speaking earnestly of the possibili ties of the town. Mesdames Poro, Pool, Crichton and Knox were ap pointed a committee to go before the mayor and town commissioners in the interest of the work of the civic de-pa-'rr.cr.t. The club will meet on the second Wednesday of each month in the mu nicipal building. BROAD RIDGE BREEZES. IV t, IIU2H, UllUtl Correi poll dn ee of The RobesonUn. Broad Ridge, (Orrum, R. 1), April 13. Planting corn seems to be the order of the' day in this section. Rev. W. A. Coleman filled his reg ular appointment here last Saturday and Sunday and preached able ser mons. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. McLean of St. Pauls attended preaching here last Sunday. Prayer services were held at the church last Monday. A large crowd attended M on1 Mm tl W T?vHifV and n..tiiu T. TXT T onI George, of Darlington, S. C.! who had, Deen visiting relatives m tais segiim, a i... l ma. Mr. .nd Mrs. Henrv L. Mavo of Louisville. Ky arrived . here last Wednesday and will spend some time visiting relatives in this section. Mr. Mayo left over four years' ago and has been serving in the army. He married a young lady of Indiana about a year ago'. School is expected to close here to morrow. . There is prayermeeting at the church. every Sunday at 3:30 p. m Everybody fg invited to attend. Miss Alma Stephens of Mt. Elim spent the week-end visiting at- the home, of Mr. and Mrs. Swain Britt. Best wsihes from Broad. Ridge. Representative Doughton has art- S " fll ' 99 nouncea inai ne wui do a canaiaaie to succeed, himself .from th. Eighth fSrTr ? f ?I SKd to be Dr, J. L Campbell of Norwood. 1 01 NTY ROAD MATTERS. State Highway Route From Harper's I Ferry Approved Township Suer vigors Must Mak- Itemized Quar- terly Reports Other Matters. ; mark out the route of the State high way irom the Scotland county line to the Columbus county line, the route; determined by him and his assistants to be approved by the board and the lands appropriated as allowed by law for the use of a public highway. It was further ordered that the route wjw ordered built as laid out by Mr. instructed to stake out road so as to tpake necessary intersection at Wil son's church at the dividing line be tween Maxton and Smith's .townships. It was ordered that no township su itemized statement or ail accounts an4 disbursements from, January 1st, last, to April 1st, and hereafter at HiC ' first of each quarter, same to be boated in.Bome conspicuous placA in the township. PLOT BEHIND '"X "OUTLAW STRIKE to . m. ""IL S!tnk e,Pha f P,a.n8 Of ItdssUn Radicals to Capture Ia- dtffleVy and Overthrow Government. Wntl Z. Foster, radical leader of the unsuccessful 'steel strike last fall, is the prime mover behind the "out law" railroad strike, the Department of Justice announced in Washington last night Attorney General Palm er made public evidence of plans pre- frwLby.vFter ar h adhereM9 to fliKttirit the four biir railroad broth-. disrupt the four big railroad broth erhoods and to organize all rajl work ers into thp "one big union." As Jh's phase of the situation bt catie Jcnowrt, President Wilson met his- eiTOe for the first time since last August and it is understood that it wa3 decided to hold in abeyance fct'on of the government toward tiosecution of the strike leaders and tnat tn,3 wno Pro is one, i o ic "riaaimaH o v t ha n i Minora qti ui:e oi muustry, ovennrow i; y , dictatorship like that m chaotic Rus-; S. . Mt,,M j y,0! Reports from all sections o the - .,..,.1.., 1 M the strike had been reachel and that the return movement of the strikers had begun. This was especially true in the middle west, the opening scene of the strike movement. NATIONAL MILL SCHOOL. Good Work Done During Past Month, Correspondence of The Robeson ian Several new pupils were enrolled, .1 i w 1 I during tne montn oi inarcn wnicn brings the enrollment up to 110. Unusually good work was done in the school during the past month. The grammar grades took up two new studies "Current Events" and "The Cause and Prevention of Malaria." The older girls have been much in terested m the latter study and are already making an effort to; have holes driven in all tin cans used at their homes. The grammar grades have also been much interested in the suffering Jewish children and have contributed $3 for their relief. A check for this amount has been sent to Mayor Proc tor. Following is the roll of honor for March: Primary department, Miss Louise Steele, teacher Hazel BiggsJ Bryan Stanley, Lucile Lovett, uua Mav Rdwrnrria fintaa Brown. Ellen Lovett, Viola Fowler, Hannah Barnes, Bertha Ward. Lizzie wmte, jacic BroadwelL Ruby Parnell, Grady Da ; . ... Grammar grades. Miss Emma H , Norment, teacher EthaDow, Annie Stanley. Leo Walters. Lizzie West, Leroy Pitman, Dora Perry, Shermanl Long. , EMMA H. NORMENT, , . . PrincrpaL Vame-8ealev. Miss Annie Belle Sealer of Board- man, Columbus county, and Mr. Aa Hrsw H. Vanae of Bladenbor were married in the office pf Register of Deeds M.. W. Floyd at 5:45 yesterday afternobtf; Justice F. Grover BrHt offkUtedL- Governor Lowden carried DJinois, his home State Tuesday on the face nf ineontnliit nnnfrlrial returns in the Republican presidential prefer- . m.4 VSTSLLJSA ' SSSf I Hiram Johnson third, the latter's I " -ri. 5 v tnA valtir- parktox Paragraphs. Sales of Real Estate New Brick Store Building Going Up Splendid Fxster Service Personal and Other Items. BY C. D. WILLIAMSON. Parkton, April 13. The following pupils from Flora McDonald spent the w-ek nd with home folks Rubv tou-;u. fcsdale Curne, C!hnrine Mc- Millan and Margaret Highe. Vir- tfnia M- Cormick and Bnnr.cr. Smith spent Monday and Tuesday with home folks. Miss Leone Davey of Fayetteville spent the week-end with her fnend Miss Pauline Sikes. Mrs. C. M. Howell of Cedar Creek is on a visit to her sister Mrs. D. A. Sikes. Mr. J. F. Williamson, formerly of Charlotte, arrived Wednesday and now holds a position as pharmacist with the Parkton Drug Co. Mr. A. W. Wright has accepted a position with the same firm. Mr. C. S. McArthur has sold his four-acre cut of land in the town of Parkton to Gainey Bros., consid eration $3,000. T. W. Thompson and E. K. Camp bell have purchased a desirable bus iness lot from H. C. McMillan in the heart of town. Already there is a brick store on way of construction, ana wie new iirm proposes rosmng re to completion Rev. J K. Hal and T. B. McNeill, went up to Greesboro Monday to - amine a suspicious car, as Mr Hall's, was stolen a week ago, and the mes sage from Greensboro Saturday ! seemd to correspond with this one, but Mr. Hall and Mr. McNeill re- lurueu hub axiernuun uui iaueu U3 oe the right car. The Easter service at the M. E. church Sunday night was much en joyed by a large congregation. The children recited splendidly. Miss Pauline Sikes deserves special men tion in training the children. The choir was a feature and the new Easter music will long be remember ed. Miss Brittain's splendid solo was delightful. Mrs. R. B. Hutson per formed at the piano. The pastor, Rev. W. L. Maness, concluded the program with a 30 minutes sermon that was quite interesting. The writer was over in Raeford this afternoon and had the pleasure of at the office t i. j j u: i i ruuie, unu iuuiiu mm uuay, as usual. He also is editor of the Scotch Scion of Red Springs. His son, Lawrence Poole, is clerk of the court and a hustler. Also passed a few words with our good' friend Sheriff Edgar Hall. Court was in session and things moved briefly. Raeford is a town of much business. We also chanced to meet our county chairman T. A. McNeill, Jr., while there, and he assured us that politi cally speaking all things were o. k. in his section. The Parkton military band vftll play at King Hiram school auditor , night April 16th. at 8:30 n'rlnplf An1 nr Knotnrfl annnni anrlt.1 . . ... ... . i tonum f nday night, Apnl Z3rd Something doing all the time. THE RECORD OF DEATHS. D. B M'White of Baxlcy, Ga. 4 Brothers Living in Robeson. Mr. D. B. M'White, 72 years, form erly of Robeson county, died at h'S VkrtYvn- in Pavloir Cla A fit Vl Illflllt 111 JJMA1VJ f IHi, VI l'll of inflammation of the bronxal tubes. Deceased was a native Kobesonian.j having moved to Georgia some 25 or : 30 years ago. J A wife and several cmidren and 3; sisters, all of Georgia, and four; brothers, Messrs. D on4 PnnT M'WVii'to M. J. W R. E and Rory M'White, all of Robeson county, survive. Mr. Joe Stankwytch. Mr. Joe Stankwytch. aged 53 years, died Monday afternoon at the home of Mr. J. H. Perry, First street, with whom he made his home. Deceased had been in ill health for several months and his death was not unex pected. He was never married. Thehendance. Club adjourned to meet funeral was conducted from the Per ry home Tuesday at 3:30 p. m. by Rev. L. E. Dailey, pastor of Antioch Baptist church, of which deceased was a member. Interment was made in the Mercer cemetery, near Allen ton. Anson County Convict Arrested Here. Joe Edwards, an escaped convict from Anson county, was arrested here yesterday by Chief of Police D. M. Barker. Deputy Sheriff Mebbins of Anson arrived last night and return ed to Wadesboro with Edwards to day. Edwards was serving a term on the chain gang in Anson for carving a man with a knife. Hz escaped Sun day night. N. C Ex-Service Men Want Home steads. C. A. Gosney of Raleigh, adjutant and finance office for the American Legion in North Carolina, hag written Congressman Kitchin that the major ity of ex-service men favor the bill which provides an easy way for the ex-soldier to own a home rather than a cash bonus." ' Prominent Woman Speak Here To morrow Eveninsr. . Mrs. J. H. Anderson of Fayetteville, TJ D. C. district leader, will address the local chapter Friday evening in the municipal building at 8 o'clolk. Al! members of the chapter are ex pected to be present and all , other frdies who arint .-rested ar. invited, ir. , v .,, . BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEW I Have you paid your light and water bill 7. There was considerable hereabouts thi morning. frost Born, to Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Davis, Tuesday morning, a gon. A rxgro minstrel nhow brass band ga : concert on the streets at no.wi today. Mr. F. L. Parnell of R. B, Lum berton. has started a grist mill at the National cotton mill. Eleven white, 1 Indian and 27 col ored teachers took the examinatioa Tuesday and yesterday. Alfred Rowland chapter, U. D. C, will meet in th municipal build ing Saturday at 3:30 p. m. Persona dMtrfav f ot aniv cans can get same by applying t Mr. J. P. Russell, town clerk and treasurer, at the municipal building. Mr. O. M. Britt of R. 1, Lumber ton, underwent an operation at the Cumberland General hospital. Fay etteville, Monday. His condition is reported as favorable. Messrs. W. K. Bethune and O. O. Dukes, the last named country farm demonstrator, ar attending hi Mont gomery, Ala., the first annual meet ing of the American Cotton asso ciation. A through -xpress car between Richmond and Lumberton has bees P " over the A. C. L. and V. C. S. The car arrives here every day t 8:55 a. m. and returning leaves at 8:50 p m. This Jiminates trana- ier at nope Mills The following Lumberton people attended the Carolina Automotive ex position in Raleigh this week: Messrs. E. R. and W. L. Mclntyre, Dewey English, F. EH Wishart, J. P. Tows, send, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Thompson and daughter, Miss Elsie Thorn psoa. Rev. Dr. Chas. H. Durham, pas tor of the First Baptist church, whe left last Sunday for New Orleans, La., to attend a meeting of the trus tees of the New Orleans Bible insti tute, is expected home tomorrow and will conduct his regular services Son day. - The estate of the late Daniel Walters.-near Barnesville, containinr j 162 acres, was sold at auction at the court house here Monday. The land was purchased by Troy M'White for $17,750. The land was sold for par tition by Messrs. E. J. Britt and . D. Proctor, commissioners. The fire company was called out yesterday about 1 p. m. on account of a blaze on the roof of Mr. J. M. Sessoms' store -m -the eastern part of town. It is thought the fire orig inated from a stove flue. Very little damage was done before the fire was extinguished by the use of chemicals. Much cleaning up has been done in townNduring this week, according to Mr. H. B. Robeson, superintendent of street work. A truck and twe carts have been busy hauling off trash and rubbish all during the week. The "ed rtreeta hi J work will be continued until all the j J v Laurinburg Exchange: Attorney T L. Johnson cf Lumberton was im j Laurinburg Tuesday on professional outness, his firm or John-son v Jonn ?oh having been employed ,o tne ca?e of Burr Brigman et al charged with the murder of Mollie Bass orie weeks ig-1. and tlich will be Jieavl at the next term cf superior c:ur wn'ca l. nvi "rs Atril 26th Mr. G. E. Rancke, Sr.. wiil eele- brate his 84th birthday on the 21st it and will spend the day at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Lane, at Dillon, s. C. He returned home Snndav from piiion! accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Lane tnd their children. Rabert and Annie, who returned honle the tame day. Back Swamp Community Club. Correspondence of The KobesonUn. Lumberton, R. 3, April 14. Th Back Swamp community club met March 31 with Mrs. U B. Barnes. Dr. Hardin's helpful talk on preventable diseases was enjoyed by a good at- Wednesday p. m., April 21. at 2:8ft. with Mrs. Leafy Barnes Ward. All ladies of thA community are invited. M(.4sts. Sam and Charlie Sessomev Frank Wilkins, Rogco Kinlaw and Jim Roberts, of Howellsville, are Lum berton visitors today. Messrs. B. S. Oliver and Jim Floyd of Fairmont, were in town yester day. LIST PERSONAL PROPERTY. "I will be in Lumberton on April 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd for the purpose of listing personal prop erty in Lumberton Township under the Revaluation Act. Please meet me there. S. H. McKTNNON, County Supervisor. The Sanitary Cans have come. Call for them with in next ten days. If you have not already paid be sure to bring $2.00 for each can yon want J. P. RUSSELL, Clerk and Treasurer. DB, WILLIAM W. PAUSES EYE SPECIALIST Office: National Bank of BuOdiac. llff"- mrrmmm ww e ws m J m
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