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WATCH LABEL Oft
TOUK PAPER AND
DON'T LET SUB
SCRIPTION EXPDZm
THE DATE ON - THE
LABEL IS THE
DATE TOUR PAPER
WILL BE STOPPED.
ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH-
$3.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE.
LUMBERTON, NOETH CAEOLINA, MONDAY. AUGUST fc':i920.
VOLUME LL
NUMBER 45
GRASPED WIRE CHARGED '
' WITH 2300 VOLTS
TOBACCO BARNS BURNED.
3 Barns Burned in One Day Mr. M.
Breakinir of. a Hiirhly Charged Wire S. HumphreyLost Fullest , and Best
EROCTORVILLE
A Town That Has Developed Into
GREAT "DIVISION"
i HELD AT MAX'
NIC I BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEW i !.'.. u k ,M
I FlMH IV ' I 'J'1 n-T. liar' i i n i.Tuni i, 1 17
-mm T 1 1 T 1 7 U A U na B-l S I His Ufkll
Kaved Life ac.Mrt. WCJeui om y ""."".o. n. f Rnhpnn'i Rpst and Livest
x wir svi niiTTiTinrpv i kHiuuic Litre v" - "
Faulk and Wife Knocked Down in
Switching on Light
! lost a barn of tobacco Thursday af-' In, a Few Years.
Mr. Jno. L. McNeill, superintendent ternoon by fire. Tne barn was he v
of the town's light and water plant,; first Mr. Humphrey ever bmlt, about FIRST YEAR AS
tk. f,.t thlt' other barn Mr. Humphrey has had A. Section Where wng-aia pie ukw
o n ConQ- nivht whPn,Z2 vests old. and was iuxea iiuier
he came in contact with a wire charg-, and with better tobacco than any
o-jnn at. Th fact tht other barn Mr. Humphrey has had
Mr. McNeill's weigfct broke th wire! this season. He estimates barn and
probably saved his life and that !of ' tobacco easUy, worth $600. He ha
Tom Faulk, colored. Mr. McNeill's some 1100 pounds of good tobacco
rk ut.a n,infniiv hnmoH anH in the barn. Mr. Humphrey, who
Is Grown Light and Power Plant
Is Being Installed Fine Crops.
Besides. - . . ,i Maxton
. , ,Arrx .vf , ! Lumberton, who was in town Satur-
i- spue oi low ntf'T r nother OBe of the mnV who
a-downpour of ram Fn4J, morning, na, ma(J mofe h than he
some J.000 people gather, at Max-, what Aa h . ". rannin(, hi.
ton to at'end the second of five Pic- noihlp
held by people favonng a Mr R Thompsonj carrier on
Robeson. The first was, R p D. 4 from Lumberton, has some'
Pauls two weeks aeo and' . .
.., , .. .. j. , , , , .j , me unesi cioeria peacnea io- De
Earlv Saturdav nieht Faulk's wife Chappy faculty of not worrying oyer " "L "fVL"" i. J.. . u. u-T5 .7 Til anywhere
(BY HAPPY JACK)
Within a few years time Proctor-
o ,, . . it , . . i -7 iiniiimc i . lurry will 9 II
Some ..OCO People Gathered at Second Alban's lodge No. 114, A. F. A A. M. and Maie Jones,
of I .ve 1'icnics Planned t B? Held Tuesday evening, August 10th, at 8,i Mr. M. J. Merritt left today for
By Those ! avonng "?'0np of r work in the first degree. I the Northern markets, where he will
RcbeH011-Par.de Wit-Jloaft. Rep- Messrs. J. D. Canady and L. I. fPend Mme time buying goods for
resenting "Liberty and LaFay-, Grantham of St. Pauls were Lumber, the Lumberton Bargain House. He
ette i. feature of the. Occasion 30 ton visitors Friday, on their way home! will visit several shoo factories while
riRs narovcucu, ana ovwt oiwii irom tne Dig picnic and bajpecue at
he warauparently ifeless fa short was in town Friday, says that's the1 Iew ume VX"' k
timl afte? ihl shock " j first barn he has lost by fire during, vilte has developed into one of Robe.,.nie. to be
xime aner me snocn . i he has been rais-l son's very best and hvest towns a diyisin of
The wire was ha thp store of Tom the entire && years ne nas Deen rais thatflReid at St
T7-..1I. il. . inr inhanm Mr, Humnhrev has the town Wltn a spirit oi proeress jnairneia at at.
Faulk across the river from town, ing tobacco. Mr. Humphrey has the
the store and was knocked down by ting the loss ot a toDacco Darn iuu, tVlQ rhorl. k.m . Hat nH woulu take a Pnze 1,1 uny Pech coun
For size and beau-
eness of flavor they
o ' . i i i n'-iHT i.irii4 tmi r riH n u i it iif ii ti t ,iimi n k ri m i it i k jl
thoi current. Tom then attempted to, of the best tobacco ne naa worry n f ----- ; " V" fo ruiiwn facili- the f th a
switch the lisrhts on and he too was at all. Indeed, it s? the. exception on railroad and its railway iacm tne i.ith, a
sw.tcn tne lights on ana, ne too was wuan nna r,Ai . ties ar all that could be desired.' towns of
KnocKed down, rom pnonea ior mr.i "y "
McNeill, who went to investigate' farmer who loses any time mourning
the trouble. The wire-entering tne c' With 'io-ht na,senirer trains each PiradV With Floats 'Reared
huildinu- was suonosed to carry onlvilars in a tobacco barn fire. Nearly passenger trains eacn Farad. it n iioata Kepref
r every time the loser laughs it away . ,s easy to get in and out in any 1 Liberty and LaFayette
think it dangerous if handled in a1 and pass on to the next thing.
careful manner. Th lin- had become! mursaay was a baa aay ior toDac
n-oe.sed u'lth a wire carrying 230 co barns. Mr. V. H. Britt 6f Orrum,
crossed with a wire carrying 2300, who was in town oauiraay, lost a
land at a later date and trv
union picnic in which the , ., ,
ra-hpr than the rule when one finds a ties are a" tnat coula De desirea. towns ot iviaxton, Kowumo, ea .
ra.nei tnan tne ruie wnen one inius a a ,.. i r.. n ... ..-n for the erec-tion of nut nrm hv
in iact ine railway iacimies is one apnnjis ana at. rauis wiu. jotn, win , - F -' ft
of the greatest assets of the town.jbe held at Red Surings n,-October, j fe,et.a e 'uSt"e?d f the frei8ht
Floats Representing piauorm wm ne
nH I.aFavette usei for shipping cotton, tobacco, efc.,
J 1 " .J ...lit : . i .
direction north south, east or west. The picnic Friday waa carried out " "u IU apparent need in
Growing Long Staple Cotton, in a pleasing manner, with, nothing, sn'PPine facilities.
The town is well laid om, aandyjto mar the pleasure of anyone pres-1 Mr. Real Sanderson has a "vol
business houses many of them brick, ent; A feature of the 'occasion wa8,unter" peach tree that is bearing
structures are numerous and m the parade, headed by th. Parkton some astonishingly large and beauti
vol n W ht thP wire1 barn on that day-tobacco fell across structures-are numerous ana m ine paraae nea ? . wn;e ana oeauti-
I, " V, i I r o . n flnp ami it w vnmi hvp hU lo? eze can oe iouna ciean ana weu. oana. ine band was ioiiowea. Dy .two n ien-ounce eacn irom
.USJ? l 1 ' !!ei,ni befn, $500: and on tt. dav I.k?I stocks rf. mercliandise of all attfactive floats-one- rwret.n that tree, of unknown Variety as
? inyo Tnm Toiiit iinortrwii- barn was burned on th farm of kinds. A large brick pant is operat-j the4 Statue of Liberty, and the other cy as any product of the ansto
n n n. . . e., . hv Mr n M Roauna anii Mr. ronl-ocontino' T nFavottxT.ihrtv nnrl Crats of th fflmilv
ti null him Innw Tom w.-a hnHlv 'Mr. C is. bkipper 1 1-55 miles nortn- " .',:."'" . V i t Z t .""-v-"- .. - '
xo pun mm ioo-. 10m was Daaiy, n ... .... Rpavps is installing a cinnerv for. T,nPnvttt hpinir thp namflMb.r which .f- r r n. ' , .
east oi LumDenon. ine toDacco was . . , . . " V I, i ----- ' SfU'Lf-- i : rrevaii, jr., oi n. 3,
ginning long-stapie couon. naving ai- ineproposea new countu;9.lwouiu dc, Lumberton. brought twin u,rtBl.
st.unnpH hv thp rnrrpnt that nass-
ing through Mr. McNeill's bbdy. Asrown hV Mack Green, colored.
Mr. McNeill fell, still clinching the!
deadly wire, his weight broke it. He, MAY TAX LISTING DE
is able to be oa duty agairy today.
RECORDER'S COURT. -
' 1 - vwi
A Number of Cases Disposed of by
Recorder Britt.
The following cases have recently
been disposed of by Recorder E. M.
Britt:
I ready installed the short-staple gins,
j Th fanners of that section are grow-
FEATED IN c6mMITTEE I.JL l:1!!
.seen anything like it. Have you?
M. Barker kill
ed a dog which was acting strangely
Friday morning. It is thought the
dog was rabid or had been poisoned.
The dog was killed across the river
infTnn nvt r in t" h n f l v rv ert .o ta aAi
Fight Jo Change Jax-Lwting Period fcihg ot the long-staple variety.
Back to May 1 Will Be Carried to Ma of th farmers av been gro.
lanrrSet0r -StaC.y- h ;ing long-staple for several years, but
Fighf. Before Committee-Lim.ta- heretof ore 'have had trouble in get
f Cty Expenses Considered. ; u .fc in d With th ngw .
iiiion xo cnange tne tax-listing r - r(. , tV,of .;,ni k. r.i: ,.n.. ; tu.v. !
period back to May 1 instead of Jan- .u ,u.i : j:.. ...:. t :fu.j u.. from town after hp haH hwn .n
. ,. .. , i u mp mnueis 01 mat iiiiiiieuiake inusiL was lurmsiieu uy a tnvius ui, . v
Artnur urown, exceeamg speed nro- uary i as it now stanas, was votea gection that yariet jn the un ia(Jieg and the music. was fim? itne streets m the eastern part of
it with auto; Judgment suspended down Friday 14 to 11 by the, finance future Those who raised tng. 'ma patriotic ail.s beilig rendered. i town-
upon payment of cost. The town has ; committee -of the legislature, in ses- ,e , t realized rom 80' The college campus is an ideal place -Mrs. C H Durham and Mi,.M
revoked Brown's hcensP and he will sion in Raleigh. Supporters, of the Q; 41 . f i(. . r,,v, n fu Ki T Misses
not he allowed to driv er for hirp Mav 1st date declar. that the -firiit f.erts , the Pound ,and the, for such an occasion All the bust- Margaret and Kathleen Durham are
; ' c ;( l. ,a v, i ini yieia is dui very uttie less peresg nouses m Maxton, were closed expected home tomorrow from Wn.
ton-Salem. Mrs. Durham artd littla
in town. ui ue icviveu 111 uie ucgmxvurr. iw- . u i.ut t i. i t- . i a .u 4. j ' ..v
. T . x i a.. r i otic buau iiiai. ui mic auuib-awiMic, twin ine wwii iui iicu , uu tut Juas&c.
Graham Oxendine, Indian carrying' port of the proceedings m the Ral-jaccordi to tne farmers. v A Barbecue Dinner,
concealed weapon; judgment suspend-, e.gh News and Obse y I The twn has a number of dwell.t At noon hour one of the reat.
WoTcs St with! around the 'oate determmelupon 'for tSJ XI ff!l!f SZ atun, and K M."
ispended I listing taxes, and nothing could be - ' n c 'uu ' 7.1 7" " I i l',-c"u' nuse pany
away.
SUt Senator H. E. Stacy left
last eventDg for Raleigh to be pres
ent at the-special session of the Leg
irlature, which will convene tomor
row. Senator Stacy spent part of
last week in Raleig.
Misses Emma Gray Ledbetter
Octavia Scales and Mary Entwistle,
all of Rockingham, will arrive here
this evening and will be guests of
Miss V'ashti White for a week or ten
day9 at a house party at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White, Eighth
street and Elizabeth road.
Messrs, Cha. C. Baxley of Buie
and T. W, Baxley of Red Spring
were Lumberton visitors thU morn
ing. From the former it u learned
that lightning struck the barn of Mr.
A. C. McLeod at Buie yesterday and
the resulting fire burned up Mr. Me
Leod's oats and th bam. Mont of
the corn was saved by strenuous work
on the part of those who cou'i tret
there in time.
The county commissioners were
to meet in special session today to
take up with Mr. C. N. Malone of
Asheville, who purchased road bonds,
hn thp balance of the bonds would
be taken up, but County Attorney
E. J. Britt received a wire last night
advising that Mi-.' Malone could not
be here today, so the meeting will bo
held at a later date. Chairman J. W.
Ward of Rowland and Mr. J. F. Mc
Kay of Red Springs left home this
morning beore Mr. Britt could get
word to them and they are in town
today. r
When Veteran W. C. Townsend
of Lowe met up with Veteran M. G.'
McKenzie of Lumberton on the street
here Friday it was .worth going far to.
hear them joking each other about
-that memorable wreck on the Seaboard
in 1909 when the veterans were re
turning from the reunion in Wilming
ton. They side-tracked soon on to
woman suffrage, and onp did not have
to do any guessing about where they
ftand on that: both are p'int-blank
"agin" ft, up and down and every
the: whuth way, and be hanged if they
man who votes to
ihocrs had hPPn harhppupd. hesidp T Ttu leerowiiy submerged pui It tnrougn.
w ' TYVriflV lkowiso 4hA
-er-ri-- - YJPVtYt-v ""lueiion, Drougnt twin watermet-
knoVn. Miss Katie L,McKinnon; ons to Th Robesonian office Tfiurs-
represented lioerty ana tn. wan mar- Hav artprnf.nr. Th ktk
tin represented LaFayette. In the about thp am .i ..., -i..
year, around twenty per cent, of thej parade were a numberf marshals . and Mr prevatt 8aid he had never
on horseback. Mr. J. A, Cliftrfn was
1. 1 f 1 I 11.1 .L
cmer marsnai anu riantueu tne pro- , . n ,.
cession in splendid style. There!" , "'e of Police D
were many automobiles in the pa
rade. .;.i.m
Ihe picnic was held on, the campus
Miss Kathleen have been flips ts at
the homp of Mrs. Durham's mother.
7n. (ion0.n k!l. ;J.. ; a i ui j n : j .u i " nuim, niavue, alter ine wnrcn way. ana
V the,rfpno thaf waiiM An nrt o J?. a t Ju v,; u:l.J downpours yesterday, that Jennings: will vote for any
iro-p oi, :v, a k..k -1 xccn wouiu De leetotany submerged put it through.
upon payment of cost. ClewS was! done toward. drafting the meagre un-: Ll, ril6 J . "You'd think, maybe, after
charged with assaulting Isaac Wright 1 ti the question was settled. 1
with a club. date is retained at January 1, thP Tax
drunk at a voting' place during an'present machinery for lisHng. taxes,! nx,. MflS'.u 1 1L!a?'J!!riL"l'i ther?to, but Manager Rancke 3:
election; prayer for judgment contin-l but if it goes back to May l,ait has noa taki in practicdTy 7ll 1 i tta Unread an a f acend ? fo?i - .k' therf th-is Mm. JscIumh. Towend.
ei upon payment oi cost. uwu ior many years, ine worK win th inhabitants hav a snlendid Jiousp fhP invi-atinn Whil Ph r,a 1 lg' wlln lne roaa - k- ror autos -Mrs. Jackson lownsend died tftis
Chas. G. Davis, disposing of mort- have to be doneall 1 over again. . i SHnevW3 VS S "a TlJSS? ZtJ'Tj and that while she's full she's fine. morning at her home in Stillwater,
A class from the I. O. O. F. or-rN. Y.. according to a wire messaore
phanagp at Goldsboro will give a con-' received by Mr. L Xi Townsend. De-
i . i I k w i. i , """""" ii
ucAur'F?f " r"r: . 1 11" IT, " the inhabitants, have a splendid house the invitation. While each on
gaged property; judgment, suspended j "Senator H. E. Stacy, of Robeson, I ?L?!h 5,' , fZu 5" 5" 8lblfi. deVOUr,
upon payment of cost, defendant to! headed the forces determine to rj JJ .nfj Si r. MW npflhv f f J edlbfS; ere PlentV
satisfy" mortagee. I establish May 1 in its ancient position JTff. fff J0.. 'eA.anther hun?ry
il T TJ- 1 U. : 4. I
i . i i i . : x . j i ci i. ti . i i ; i . j I
Although the town i with
c ucgiiuiiug ui wie tax yeax, nu. . , t. o4.i.
judgment suspended upon payment oi, assisted by Senators Beddingffeld and' K, T .;i k, u
ost. Bums, staged a running debate In the 'C ZZ ZnZAfZ TiTZJZ.,
Truss McNeill, colred, larceny; not committee, with Cor nation Com-1 h" fr th Dr,Biary
gu"ty. j missioner Maxwell, Senator , Brown ibfSL??Pi! -r i-t.n
; ; land others taking up' the cudgel. in , Lntid Power Plant Being Install-
nrvoinc ivn wwsii a.n iNir (wh1f nf ha nmopn iiatin n i -j v
Senators Stacy' and Newton anrfi
crowd of like number.
Maxton Entertained Royally.
Maxton did itself proud , in the
manner in which it entertained the
visitors and when it is announced
cert in the high school auditorium
thig evening at 8 o'clock. The con
certs given by the classes sent out
irom that institution are alwavs
ceased had been in ill health for sev
eral months and her death was not
unexpected. . Mrs. Townsend was a
daughetr of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Town-
that another picnic is to be held at ning. cnnra ttB
k r :;r:r WB . -"'." a. coiiins and Chu-
worth while and the class should beleend of Manquin, Va and formerly
nri.:i-. - m al i , . , .
?iiuic many ol me vtusens nave nie nimsen Maxton wav. I j . .i.-i.iA
uciwwhs cuatjr anu iiewiun anu : ;j;; il . , . . ..T i AL i Vnanoiie, were ffuests at
3-Days' CKnic Ctonducted by State j Representatives :Dawson, McCoin and. C ".,ru J" " l.n v. i the roe of Mr. A. L. Jones in Fair-
Board of Health Began Here This Ray were appointed a special com
Morning Graded School Building mittee to report to the
Used As Hospital -75 Children Reg-. mittee today on the question
istered for Operation.
Around 75 anmheants
have been
their homes, a plant is beinsr install-1 ,ternoon and a ball eame . between " " ne ZT" " r 5
finance com ed which wi 8UPP th town as ithe Maxton and St. Paul, teams. Asl Beach Thev left Chaf-Itt t
stSn of lS3 whole- Many of the business houses a whole the day was one of rar,, eh- hv aSfJS SS?? Thur8"
tion ot nmi- irpnHir wirH twI fn- tv,! j u ! y by auto and expected to go on
tation of citv exDenses. Pt is nronos- "IC J' .UCu iu iuy ior tne joymem ana pieasure ior xne many
ed to chanr the nrpnt l.w limit. connection wnen tne plant has been, who gathered for the occasion
--.- j ' ,, hAA ;kti completed.
As a tobacco market Prctorville is
Qarged adenoids and tonsils during the 10 per cent, of their total property
three-days clinic opened here today i valuation, revising it downward.
by the State Bord.of Health. Dr. . ;
E. R. Hardin, county health officer,' FAIRMONT NEWS ITEMS
is co-operating wiui xne worK ana lti
!NEW RATES EFFECTIVE AUG. 26
to tl beach yesterday or today by
rail it the rains continued yesterday
and youH say they did.
in its infancy, this being the first
oiiu vi asiif uiiif ? a.i asiu iui iiiui
lived at McDonald. Her brother, Mr.
Fred H. Townsend of Lumberton, left
Friday for Stillwater and was with,
hrs sister when the end came. Inter
ment will bo made at Stillwater.
DR. WILLIAM W. PA&KXB
EYE SPECIALIST
fMlM NitlMtl Rank ml f-BBlrta
EaUding.
New freight rates and passenger!
year in the game. The market is fares will be made effective' August
selling much tobacco and the farm- 26, railroad officials have announced.
I 11 1 f til , t - v 1 ... .11 ..
was through his efforts that the clinic Dr Brown Anoointed DeWate to L T u saies.mJM10! , ".SS01" es ,
WHa hrouht to Robeson This is the " o T 7. Appomtea ueiegate to Two new sales warehouses, size 6 'mated at $100,000,000 annual, will
first clS o I?. ?nve"t.,"-f34kNew Hons by 190 each, were erected just in time accru,. to the U. S. Treasury as a;
pH in the county and onl children I Bu,U f,"1-" Firat of the Tear-To- for the opening of the selling season, result of the6 advance irt transporta.
?4 J" !v.C0U"Z , L ZJI 10 " bacco-Prices on Up Grade. No better warehouses are to be found t-on rates allowed the raflroad.
Between ui. ui v ouu xu ycaio The fn owinf itpwi nro crlaanp , u o u n f. i l.u w t... -...i. . -
d . ... Klip WUU.ll UCIU X UC V I VCbUllI L 11. IVCT L H QllII III lll'l L' IT 'HNllLa
bought before the higher, fares be-
warehottses thei come effective will not be Valid when
easi- the new schedules go into effect, ft
tobacco; has been announced.
Cole a delegate to the good roads Base is manager of tlu Planters IMPORTANT MEETING 0" JN
are treated, lne came is located m from iaR wk' pflirmfmt p. f " TT j JT ; 7 T,
the eraded school building and is fit- a .LZJJZ22 structures and are well
i
oJ ii n with oil the cnnmmnHtinn(iU. . , ., " . .
Z:"'a hr.r.;tVi i mir F. amerce we road question Farmers and the Planters-can
w uc XV-..- ... - op.v-.. , was discussed and lr. J. F. Brown y handle 3,000.000 Dounds of
of nurses are nere to iook aror. tne wa; .DDOintej hv President fi H - -A
patieiibs.
WANT COUNTY TO MAINTAIN
BRIDGES OVER 20 FEET
meeting in Raleigh August 10, his while Mr. R. F MnrriiT in mannovr DIANS AT NP.W HOP P. AtffilTST 13
expenses to be paid by the chamber; jof the Farmers." Both are experienc-
Sincp the first of the year 53 new . oA nKnrnr waTkAnliman onA ova rnnwanniufatuu of TYia Pnluaniitan
homes have hppn hmlt in fiinnnnt . il l x; mi i . 1.11
c.qI QMsinn Will Re Askml ta ; .r . j , -"'r, immiioiui uicuus .among me A -meeiing ox iiiaians wm oe neia
opcui trcnow. , yet there is need of more homes and tnhnprn ornwm Tii
salary ot Koad su- hnin. hn-o, I Z" "" , ", x"rL .yr;,
i t , -i f i rv ownea largely oy ne jarmers oi August ia, ah maians arft request-
Col. A. L. Jones has returned from) the surrounidng territory. Proctor-jed to be present as there is boemess
a Charlotte hospital, where he spent a yiHe is situated in the heart of thei to attend to that concerns all the In
few Weeks. His health has imoroved! well-known Indian Swmn aAofinn 1 Hiana. Hniu all will hm nrtutif
Change Law Salary
nerintendent Increased.
The county road board will ask the
special session of the Legislature to
pass a bill providing that the county
maintain all' . bridges in the county
more than 20 feet in length. Under
the present law each township main
tains its own bridges. Thia decision
was reached .'at the regular monthly
meeting of the board last Monday.
The salary of W. B. Covington,
very much. ' famed far and witie an th. heat, niw.mn
The tobacco market,' after a very, for growing bright tobacco in Robeson
small decline m pnfcej, has shown a county and as good as any in the1
tt :. X!M ' '
offerings are still of a very poor
quality and this season's ' trashy .to
bacco do not bring ,a very fancy
price
WM. LOWREY, Chafrtnan,
A. CHAVIS, Secretary?
Thp warphnnaompn "Kint- flia '.4:.. 1 ...u 4.L-: .-i.
.. ...neWntendpnt of nuuh. wt .:..7r T; " mlB w'u wuwxg crops
vv, -- ------ ---- uecune in prices was oue 10 recent for more than ? 1,000 the
increased from i 275 to $326 the which calued the crop to ' l the ast few yera.
month, the additional $50 to go to- not bright as it would hvl been. , ft
The buyers thinks ' the crop ' will be' Not only" is the land of that section
good, and that prices soon w8I be well "suited for to bacco-growing, but
South Carolina belt. - The lands are FIRST BALE OF GEORGIA'' COT-
suited for growing the bright tobac
co for which the demand is great
est." Some of the farmers1 in that
wards defraying-Mr. Covington's-e
penses. ,
li
Collins-Grafcam. .
Miss Charity Graham and Mr. J.
Thery Collins, both' of .Lumberton,
were married at St. Pauls Saturday
night. Rev. ; G. W. Starling, pastor
of the St. Pauls Methodist church, of
ficiated. The bride had been employ
pd in the offic. of Dr. R. S. Beam
for several months and the groom is
employed by Mr. H. .A. Page, propria
etor 01 tne local r oru service station.
Mr. and Mrs- Collins visited .rela
tives in Fayettevilie '.yesterday ' and
returned to Lumberton this morning.
Miss Matjie Lea McArthur return
ed today tocher horned Parkton jd
tef spending a few days here visiting
relatives anoV friends, -f- ; t;,;V
Want Other Roads Named as Part of
Sta Highway. '''J1f?T '
The county road board is making
an effort to" have the road leading
back at the former notch. Prices other crops grow ther. in abundance.
were wuch better last week thsti the No finer corni cotton; potato, and an
week before. ' 1 other crops grown in this- section are
! ' . t r it r- -, . . J to be found than in the rural sections
surrounding the town of Proctorville.
.Town Ha One Bank.
The town ha a live bank housed
in a handsome brick building. Mr.
TTT i 1 1 . m .1
from Lumberton to the .Bladen line1 juries is president oi ine
t?oiW,iT,f ST.I fVio riu.Oiifnwn mo A o&TiK and Mr. N.C Blue is cashier.
TON BRINGS $1.30 A POUND
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The first bale of cotton for the 1920-
21 season was sold -at auction in Sa-
acre during ivannah, Ga., Thursday. It' brenght
a record price of $1.30 a pound. The
bale graded strict middling and was
raised by J. R. C. Lindsay of Omega,
Tift county, Ga.
Fairmont and the Elizabethtown road
from Lumberton to the Bldaen line
named as a part of the State high
way in Robeson. If thejr succeed
these roads would be allowed ' State
aid the same as the other S8 miles of
State highways in the county.
Mr. J. M. Plott of R. 1, St. Panis,
mo5,i.itors .JtaJJstjd
Next to the tobacco market, the bank
is perhaps of the greatest material
benefit to the town of any of its in
stituions. The bank was organized
several ' years ago and ' has enjoyed
a continued growth since the date of
its opening. ; , - .
The town- is incorporated. Mr.
W. R. Surles - is mayor and Messrs.
F. F. Purvis, C. W. Graham and J.
K. Atkinson compose the boawLof al
dermen. Mayor Surles ? i.'.-wide-a
wake and i ever on the -'alert for
something that tends to theun-build-ing
of the town and surrounding coun
try. He not 'only has the-oo-opera.
tion of the town aldermen, but of the
entire citizenship, and the spirit of
pull and progress can be seen on eve
ry hand'. O -
Proctorville is a good town, inhabi
ted by good hospital people who have
the welfare of their native town and
county at . heart. . "'vi
lir. I. V. Hooper of . Fayettevilie
is among the visitors in town today,
Robert D. Caldwell
IN MEMORIAM
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the NATIONAL BANK
OF. LUMBERTON, held on July 28th, 1929
the following resolution on the death of their late Vice-President,
Robert D. CaldwelL were unanimousy adopted:
The Board of Directors of this Bank have learned wiui sorrow
and regret of the death of
Robert D. Caldwell
who died at his home in Lumberton on July 16th, 1920. He 5
lived here all his life. He was a stockholder and an officer to wit, i
Vice-President, of the old Bank of Lamberton, now The National I
Bank of Lamberton, from its organization in 1897 until the day of
his death. He waa a true friend of the institution and he gave
freely of his valuable thought and time to its interest and develop
ment. He was a public spirited citizen and was always in the lead ia
serving his town and county.
He was a Christian gentleman and exemplified in his daily life
those priceless principle!.
. In his death, this institution has lost a wise counselor, a faithful
servant and supporter; ? the community a valuable Crristian rfti
zen; and th family has sustained aa irreparable loss.
Yet we humbly bow in submission before Him who makes as mis
takes in any of -His dealings with the children of men.
i. l: 1 -a r.;iw w mfinA mr heartfelt ovmoathy in
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their lossi and be it
RESOLVED: That thia memorial be spread upon the minutes of
this bank, and a copy thereof ie transmitted to the family of our
Ai WV McLEAN, President.
. M. F. COBB, Secretary.
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