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-1 ' 4 A V - ' ... .fs ... ' . -, 'tf-kx4 '' ' fs) r.-.Ti-. .j-w-v- ixivif ; "ie.y..-. -i i tfes date i ON llilB LABEL .IS i THE DATS TOUb'TAPEK WILL BE f STOPPED- WATCn LABEL .Ort TOUR PAPER AND DONT LET ?gfr. scMpno?iTExram ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. - - , t r ' - - COUNTRY, GOD LiND TRUTH- Y'V.',.. $3.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME LL LUMBERTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12. 1920. NUMBER 46 :-',r.':'j.':' 'if WS'J- i :.!.- i ... -. " - , Y ? i W, W h FAIRMONT POST r OFFICE ROBBED YeggmcaRJeV Open Safe and Se cured $,)00 In Insured Mail eral Hundred Pollarii in Stamps. STAETLEB CITIZENS STOOD ' OFT BY BOBBER WITH GUN Robbery Teok; Place Early .Wednesday Morninc-Safe Door Blown, Across RoomAnparenfly- Work of Pro- !the 63, members who signed' the tele fesskmals Robbers. Left Town mi- have united to hopelessly Mr. A. L. Jones Car. i tje np suffrage m North Carolina. - Yeggmen robbed the postpffice at ' n , Fairmont Tuesday night and escaped HOUSE PASSED BILL stamps.- The money had. been sent by insured mail to the Bank of Fair mont, reaching Fairmont on a late train. The money was in the post, office safe. The robbers entered the building by prying the door open and the safe was blown open. Thp, safe door was blown across the room and it is supposed nitro-glycerme was used by the yeggmen. The work looked like that of professionals The explosion caused several people to rush to the streets and when they started towards the postoffic build ing one of the robbers fired a pistol; several times and ordered them toi retreat. It fis thought tlvflt j were at least three men connected ! .u u ..uu. .u;u i.m wim mc muuci,, ,wn between 2 and 3 o'clck Wednesday morning. The robbers drove a new Studeba ker auto belonging to Mr. A. L. Jones about a mile out of town and aban . doned it. It is thought, they had an other car. Mr. Jones' car was taken from h's garage. Sheriff R. E. Lewis and Deputy Sheriff A. H. Prevatt weiii lo rainuuni, yeattsiuay muni ing, but found no clue as to the guil-' ty parties. PRICES SOMEWHAT HIGHER ON LOCAL MARKET i. t: t I. fi.j j nj : mH orcaa a, my .iw uww Tobacco sold up to 555 Mr. W. M.'V Warwick Has Sold 3 Curmgs fori'? Over 5500 Each. incic was ciinLiit i uik uican the Lumberton tobacco market today nnH w wr .nmpwhat v,;r,PT.! There was another' big "break on and prices were somewhat higher, than yesterday, according to the farm-' rc t,a vnAA ; Mr W M Wonvict Af th AllPn J ton section sold a barn of tobacco on the Lumberton market yesterday for $503.20. Mr. Warwick has sold fouri A Number of Cases Aired Before Re curings and all except his first soldi corder Britt This Week. for above $500 each. j The following" cases have been air- The 'Lumberton market has been;ed before Recorder. E .M. Britt this crowded with tobacco this week, the j : r.v sales Tuesday and yesterday total-) jig Thompson, colored ' selling ing around 200,000 each day... .Much of lemon extract ,for drinking purposes;! the tobacco is in "high order" as a , judemfent continued upon payment of result of the continued rains. . THREE TIMES FORMER PROP- ERT7 VALUES IN ROBESON; ' . r- j sentence, according to Kecorqer unn. Tax Valuation of Property in Robeson Donnie Speight, drunk on, etreets; fe $71,38518 Agatas $?.003.fi54 ! fined $5 and cost. ' ' in 1919 An Increase of $49,381,964 Earl Gray, assault upon Mrs. Ed In Taxable . Value of Property in Stephens J nol prossed. ' County Acreage on Tax Books ' Dewey Ellis, selling extract ' for 544,258 as Compared With 528,962 drinking purposes; nol prossed. Acres Last Year. i David H. Jones, exceeding speed Rbeson cunty taxable property , limit with auto; judgment suspended values under the Revaluation act to-vupon payment of cost, tal $71,385,618. Th'g is. a little morej Will Rozier, drunk; judgment sus than 3 times thp valuation last year,, pended upon payment of cost which was $22,003,654. . The valua- . tions include real, personal and cor- CROPS NOT DAMAGED MUCH pdrate property. j BY RAINS YET Th,, number of acres unearthed in; ' Robeson and placed on the tax books; While it has rained every day for for the fiTSt time was 15,296, run- the last ten days or more, it is not ning the county's acreage on the taxi thought' crops have been seriously books from 528,962 last year to damaged yet. accoring to the farm 644,258. Robeson remains the larg- ers. The tobacco " crop has perhaps est county in the State, though some( been the worst injured by the con other counties gained more in acre- tinued rain and if the rams con- mm ... m . i ni.i. i . .... i it .i n age. xne average gain ior ine oia was around 10,000 acres. Dog Days End Tomorrow and Weath er May Change. "When will the weather clear up?" This question has been asked by many I people , since the rainy spell set in. It is ia question that cannot be answered but according to some of', the older people .there should be a change af ter tomorrow the last of the ,1920 dogs days. Mr. R. Jf. Phillips, who Jives in the Globe . Swamp . sec tion, . is Thp Robeaonlan's authority for tomorrow being the last , of 40 dog days Mr. Phillips is a close observ er of things in general and he is in clined to thmk there will be a change .. the weather when the dog days tave passed . into; .history. Mr. ; PhW lips was a Lumberton visitor yester vday... i -:i ..).. . . Dr. Russell S.!s;Beam left last chight for London, where he will at tend eye, ear nose and throat clmics. will sail from New York Saturday anl . will land at Southampton. He will return about November 1st. VMr. kt A. Bethune of Ten Mile was -; a Lnmberton i visitor yesterday. Jlr. E, S. 'KinlaW and son, Mas ' ter Sanfard Rudolph, of Howellsville township,- mere Lnmberton visitors this jnorning. ;: ."'(,-r ' URGE TENNESSEE . t NOT TO RATIPYv, SUF- , " FRAGE AMENDMENT 63 Members of N. C. Legislature Send Telegram Assuring Tennessee Colons That North Carolina Wili Not Rati fy. , $ixty-threa of the 120 members of the House of the North Carolina" Lesr-j islature sent a telegram last night. rto th- Tennessee Legislature, states a. Kaleigh dispatcn assuring, tnat body' that North Carolina, will ; not tjitify th,e- suffrage amendment ..and asking Tennessee not .to fore it upon the people ,of North Carolina. , . ' Ttotal of $3,129,705,051 against a vala- ; v Robeson's two-Representatives, J.I atiqn 1,9420,389' last; year" in S. Oliver and G.B. Sellers, are among By Vote of 83 to 23 House Passes Comm'ttee Bill Stacy Introduces Tick Eradication Measure. The House of the Legislature ye.jfad outlined the pnnc levied for a special purpose, this lim- . . Nation i not to apply to taxes levied. for schools. Senator Stacy of Robeson' intro duced yesterday a bill provid'ng that v-vu,lucs. w u" "v. ,l, "w.""-f ".Ti SvSmaSSi SbST! L,r .11: " iWH mem ineir uwii cusv mi men ,.Q,f, j ntootinr, ct other counties which have thesP meas ures. USING DUSTING MACHINE ON BOLL WEEVIL Cunty Farm Demonstrator Dukes Will! - Study Methods Used in S. jC.-No , Weevils Found in Robeson.Yet. Mr. O. O. Dukes, county farm successiuny. A ausimg macnine is oe- . . " s, rrnlin ia -aid demonstrator. in company witn a ' numner of otner countv aemonstra-1 . .. . . accorain? to ur. riarain. .sur. Hardin ti it ct.. o..i ' tors, will spend next week in South ritorial limits Was highly Phased with the interest introduced 2 bills Tuesday: to author- JJ?W' n,s .m o "'5' ls "Tg on the Carolina Btudymg thg boll weevil Wake , fin a a taken and the success of the clinic, lis. the formation of the Fremont ' Saf mfXS, "7 fa Robe!,on and the methods of fighting it most w nnno "".eLlra: school district: to amend th rharter! whlU Mr- Folger is away. J, V " A n t Deen lorwaraea to the comm as on be effective in destroying many ofjon the RCTeage in Raleigh Waa me wceviis. The boll weevil is scheduled to cover -r. 1 . . .1 i . . , Robeson county this all, Jt none ; have yet been located by Mr. Dukes,, 'Te y , , ' u 2 " ff 'Vf .'' weevl will do much damage in Kobe., - wl 1,113 RECORDER'S COURT. The faift that the , evidence eaeed in selline .extracts W4arger721'233 agai"st $141,406,625 hi Meek- showed that Thompson nadA not en- quantities saved him from V road tinu, it is feared tnac xney win cause cotton to shed the fruit freely. TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE IS " WRESTLING WITH SUFFRAGE The Tennessee Legislature met in special session Monday to consider the Anthony Federal suffrage amend ment. ' "A' jointfatification resolution was intrbducedTuesday in the Sen ate and House. Unprecedented Demand for'. Fruit Jars.- ", ' " 'V- The" demand " for ' fruit jars is ' the greatest ".ever known 1 here.( Local merchants 2 have 'been ordering them by 'express and " then havA not been able to', supply "thp demand.' The fruif crop is the largest in year and the rainy weather is causing ft to ripen, unusually last. , Red Spider and Army Worm Doing Damare. . The red spider' is damaging cotton in some sections of the county, . farm demnostrator. The army worm has also. done considerable damage to the hay crop and the , late corn in some sections has also, been devour ed by the worms.' Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Inman of R. 2, Fairmont, were among the visitors in town Tuesday. - NEARLY TREBLE PROPERTY VAXjUJUS in . v.j ToUl $3,129,705,031 Affairat $L099, 120,389 Last Year FofBjrth, Takes, Lad from ; - jueckienburz now, Than Million AcresPlaced on Tax Books That Wre Never There Before. ROBESON STILL LARGEST COUNTY IN STATE ' North Carolina falls a littLT short of trebline its taxable ororwrtT oe under the revaluatW act-with real, personal and corporate proper-; ty, accruing to -tfte full report sub-l mitted to the Governor hv th 5?tate! Tax Commission yesterday - morning., Copies of , the report were distrib-l uted on the floor' of th House and Senate -shortly after the Governor, had delivered his taxation message to the houses in joint session, and; pernaps no aocument was ever re-' ceived more eagerly. The Governor tho report in his message, but not less interesting to the members of;bui!d'ng, where th operations were the General Assembly were the d2tailjPerformed and each patient was re- th assessed Valuation of the State' Mr. H. M. McAllister is assem figures. . (quired to remain under the care of last year and this and revealed to the bling material for the erection of-a The most surprising feature-of the; tfle nurses until the day after the op-' members of the Legislature "a vast residence upon a lot which he recent- Pri wa.8,. ine "scovery or more; 4-lntr n mill,.. 1 1 1 man a "uiiiuu ucren i mna, equal o a suctcos m every in extent to more than four average 1 ense. This was the first clinic of j counties, that had never before been!the kind conducted in Robeson, while' placed on the tax books. The Gov-' llke clmic8 hav been conducted by; rnor naa reierrea to this "vnt. m- ,-n Vii k,, mi; report was dSu m rJ find out th rnnntipa tha haA , Deen "eniraged." Onslow Grew Some. Onslow county acquired th for the largest increase in acreage.' ll AAA ' witn raora man hu.uuu added tn rta taxable territory. Most of the gains' were registered m smaller figures. nrSk v nrrpa "t" ,r iT""uJl 80me countie, are incomnletl and ,.,. .. f . r, i : - territorj-, but more complete reports' .., -i.. .T , .nt k.,f , tr"'. "KUreg nave loses 24.801 from its last vear total J of 531,678 acres. Some acreage will " iw w ctxcj. ilfvuic acreage will be ,0t the, transfer of lands to th st t p. - the state P"n farm west of Ral- ein t0 approximately 3,000 afcres. Robeson Still Largest 7 i"""' vwuiil V 3UUCIY15U13 Will llKeiV i. , ,, . ; . . biggest of them all, and finds itself waiting upon his pleasure, and had &tuy when the Lumberton team State, and a collection was taken. Re- still larger ths year with 544,258 unanimously elected, Frank D, Hackett WI" UP "gamst the Raeford teim.! ceipts from sale of tickets and collec acresof land as against 628,962 acres principal clerk to succeed R. Otis Th? ame Saturday will be the de-jtion amounted to Aver $200. The last year. New Hanover county loses ' Sdf, resigned, the body came ,very. ?isive of three games, each team hav- children and those who had charge of its dist'netion of being the only coun- nearly to setting a new record for im won one of the two previous them were entertained m homes of ty in the State with less than 100,000 bills introduced on the opening day,jame8- Music be furnished by local Odd Fellows, acres hv ninoincr nn f-rkm and when ariimirnmpnt rsmo nrpaonf. the East Lumberton band. Th game to 114,132 under the revaluation. ! Under thA property valuation. Meek, lenburg, long the most valuable coda.' Senator Brown of Columbus pre ty in the State, surrenders first place sented the first bill, one td repeal the to Forsyth by a margin of some six primary law for primary, flections million dollars. Forsyth has S147.-, throughout the State. Most of the lenburg. Mecklenburg loses' 'first- place in poll taxes to Wake with a margin of a few hundred. None Under Million. ( to 10 cents, tax on all incomes not Not a county in the State now has to exceed 6 per cent, removal of the a valuation of less than a million "and or fall togelher";clauiie from dollars. For some years back Dare the Grandfather amendment, and re-i is the only county that boasted of nomove the requirement of payment of , plutocratic wealth, bnt , now it. h poll tax as a oualification for votinei nearly three millions. Scotland coun-i ty has the largest per capita wealth,! ano ine lowest tax rate. t i. tv. , Sr Ivvelluea couecteo on me viu vaiuauon : IOr , ail Purposes i amounted to $16,036265.53. and the estimated increase of, 10 per fcent . over the olt- revenue nermiaihh tW year will touch $17,639,892.89. The! average tax levy last year in the 100 counties was $1.45 on'the $100 and , mis year, to raise thp same revenue, plus the 10 per cent, the rate of levyi will be an averasr of fifi wnta n.r $100. v According to the report ther- are 376.083 males subject to payment of poll , tax in the. State tWs year as agamst 35529 last year, a gain of zv,D4. rorsytn leads in the number of taxable males, with 10,832 and Wake second with a total of 10.U9. Clay county has the smallest num- Clayten has been in the tbijs seyer ber with 695 men old - enough, and 1 xtimes-'recently for seilfnjp stolen not too old to pay the head tax. - atn having sold cars 'to :, several Raleigh News and Observer. j Robeson people, it developing that U. S. Declares for Political Rights of found and Against ; Dismember, ment of Russia. - j The American government declared Tuesday for. the maintenance of the political' independence and territorial integrity of Poland and against any dismemberment of Russia. - In a note addressed t the Italian ambassador, Secretary Colby, sneak ing with the approval and .consent of President Wilson, said the United States took "no exception", to the ef forts to arrange an armisticp be tween Poland and Russia and would "regard, with satisfaction" a declara. tion by the allied and associated pow ers that the "territorial integrity and true boundaries" of Russia would bs, respected. ' ' Mrs. George B. McLeod and son, Mr. G Badger McLeod. sptent Monday and Tuesday in Charlotte, returning home yesterday morning, ADENOIDS AND TONSILS 1 viainu u&WBUUUtsa, i 57 Children Were Operated on Dur- ing 3-Days' Clinic Conducted Here By Sute Board of Health 355 of 2,700 School Children Examined by County Health Officer in Need of, Operation. j ;NO CHARGE FOR CHILDREN NOT ABLE TO PAY p t Cr" - - Fifty-seven children underwent oo-. iiujcueven crmuren anaerweni op-1 val-ierations for enlarred tonails and ade- noids during the ithree-days' xlmk ' conducted here by the? Stat,. Board of Monday, .Tuesday -and yes-! terday. The clinic under the difec-i won ox ut. rj. k. iiaram. v county health officer, assisted hv.Dm. J. O. Murphy and D. B. Sloan, specialists, ' "d Dr. J. E. Evans, head of the James Walker Memorial hospital, all j Wilmingtoj". Five nurses, sent bere by the State Board of Health, as- by Miss Alice Casey, county v": neann nurse, ana ine onice rce of Dr. Hardin, looked after the, incipal features ofrJ'av,'nl w o wa -:ls contajr.'ng 20 beds, were equipped in the hitrh school Ino 1 1 vt 1 fi ,iti, . . r. a.. . . ouara oi neaiin -m manv counties in the State ' A'lVwWw. bie to pay for the opfio charged $12.50. this amoUA ,inr tn. j. ' xi r .. Ia . . 1IJ ZAL??k .' i V . J . ' weie iuuna m neea of aa operation P enlarged tonsils and adenoids and operated upon we , part of . tms numoer. V1 chUdren operated upon repre- J sented every section of the. countv. ' DELUGE OF BILLS, 17 Offered First 3 Minutes Brown "Would Repeal Primary Law Con- stitHtional Amendment Bill. iiiui'ii o iiiniui.es aiter xne oen- ae had disposed of the formality of i nimrmine ine uovernor," reports tne Raleigh News and Observer of the ly, Senate bills had advanced to sev-' enteen in number, other bUls were local. A :. A constitutional amendment bill carries a provision to limit' the tax: irate for State and county,; purposes in North Carolina. I A bill by Scales would ena'nle each' couniy to erect and maintain cottages Uf ii t . , - amuig scnoui vuuturu. ; STOLEN CADILLAC LOCATED NEAR LUMBERTON ' M.000 Car Sold By W. L. Clayton and: H. Fowler of Fayetteville, for $900, a detective last week loeated a Cadillac auto near Lumberton . which was stolen in Newark. N. J.. Anril 4.! r.us "flaying vne expenses pi tne a diu was otrered in the House Britt, who has been critically ill at clinic. Thosp who wetetniable to by Crisp of Dare providing for in- his home, East Second street for nalm Pf were operated upon free of cost crease in salaries of Stat- officials, several days, is unimprtrretfl ' Mr I , parents, a like operation at The measure would rais,, the present Britt recently suffered a stroke' of al hoSOlfal WOllIH rnst umimtM !low nf fk C t jt.L o.. 1 v. , . . . . " . VKkC "l jbist. .The auto was sold at . auction ra"soaked diamond madp fast play in front of the court house here June, impsossible. I 12 by w- L. Clayton and W. H. Fow-'Ponnes 101 000 011 4 9 4 ler of FayetteviUe. It was purchas-! Lumberton . . 121 112 lOx 9 12 5 ea Dy Mr. Lawrence Freeman of R.! umoenon ior m.. " ine auto;"1' v. . was practically new and , cost oyer. ;H.w. ; tne cars were stolen in the North. Smith-Hard'n.i v Miss Annie Hardin, dashter . of i Mrs. Catherine Hardin of the-Barnes-l Jones. They lve in the ground, dig. ville section. and Mr. BurnSmith oflging their, own dens, and it is. said the -Fairaont section - were - married1 at 5 o'clock, yesterday afternoon in, the office of Register of Deeds M. W. FloycL Justice F. Grover. :Britt f ficiated. Quite a number .witnessed 4 Mrs. . John Caulk. Mrs. John Caulk died Monday night at her home, near Bladeaboro,- death resulting from the infirmities o old age. . Interment was made m . the Ward cemetery at Mt. Elim Tuesday at 4 p. m. Miss Margaret Woodward of Mor gan ton s a guest at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and 'lira T. P TnnmiAnii Wfll-nnf and Sixth streets. GOVERNOR TELLS OF BENE-! lilB Or K VALUATION Inequalities WQ1 Be Adjiwted. GW- cruor Days, sna asi Kerenne Will Be Raised With No Unjust Burden On Any One. j A VAST EMPlftT REVEALED, j . , The NorKh Carolina Lslature d in exSaordTnarysession tontened (Tuesday for the, purpose of paing upon a tax amendment to b sub- upon a tax amendment to h.. nK.i mtted to the neonle . ta nutE twins' to bniM ni-t-. J..-.i, State's new revaluaiion law tive. Governor Bickett .delivered WsJMjl Sixth streets. . message before Joint session, rf th I . .w,. ... ; . . Senate and House, telline of the ben- eiits . that would eome to the State under th rovalnotn n k j equalities that , will be adjusted and f unimproved. the revenue that will be derive from' Mr. and' rMs. Swahi Britt of R. North Carolina's vast resourced with!1 Orrum, are among the shoppers in an unjust burden resting upon no ' t0WI oday. Mr. Britt sold one barn one. (of tobacco yesterdav for sfiOfl A The Governor reviewed the iniqui-' lies oi tne state's tax laws ?iich led to the passaee of th revaluation law, last-year. He pointed to the flagrant discreDancies obliterated under the law. pnmiuJ empire tnat neretofor,, belonged to fXT . 31. t T 1ft, m iiu-iuan a iana. ine uovernor re- f erred to four whole counties of prop- i erty unearthed and put on th !ix' books which ' heretofore have yielded no revenue. 1 r.n..mn -i. .-..j . Iiv hta m dwHh suf-j o de. frairo todav . . . v wccwiv gtrilf'.l" "e uu"i " Areasurer ro o,uuu, ner annum anH t.h anr nt h. a. torney General to S5 000. Other' measures are being drafted to take ires are oeing araneo to taxe i., vf J I i rn. , of the other offfeal and the S,1" .M"ay )'n, 'or Chapel al assistants in the denart.!?,"1 to tte?d 10-dy' meeting of I care clerical assistants in the depart. menta. of the Red Springs school district. BASEBALL A "eai uam". fP1 ofwroay . When Racford Plays Local Team f Here. A real ball game ia expected here Saturday promises to be one of the, very best of thA season. The Rae. ford team is one of the fastest and strongest in the Pee Dee league, while thp present Lumberton team ia in good playing condition. Pnlarinoa Won First Cinn 1 tn A, Burns held the Charlotte Polarines! 8 "ingV nit oi tne naxe xmd, Dat;ll is among me visitors m town J"" " game, i to w. ine locais ha1 several chances to win, slow work on thp bases losing the game for them, Score: - R H E Charlotte a.-,. 000 001 0001 1 2 Lnmberton ; . . , .000 000 0004) , 5 2 Lmdley and Austin; Burns Rose. and i . . .nmhtrtM w SLi. n.- --"-rr Vr. j v " i .w. . v,auut.9imiNa; Reported for Th- Robesonian. Lumberton won a slow game from, the Charlotte Polarines Tuesdav nine to fnr scoring in every inning but i ... . . - . : one. Cole, who relieved Spruill be cause of wildness in the third, held the visitors practically hitless. untUj ffter spending several days here via the final two ' innings, when theyjiting friends. bunched six hits for two runs. A' .,.Aiirea "omas and Austin; bpru- uorgi uepner neeps a Snake to Ifo 'HiV.Fiti,,: u - u j J A Georgia gopher attracted much (attention Uimberon yesterday; The gopher was brought here from (Hum dm . Kv Mr Plnn ioiu Iia returned yesterday from a trip to Georgia. Gophers are numerous in parts of eGorgia. according to . Mr. that each gopher keeps a snake in his den to do his fighting, the gopher being a harmless animal. Mr.. Jones wiQ have the gopher on exhibition, at ! the county fair October. 12-15. . ; ' DURING THE VACATION of Toar Own Pastor Ton are Invited to Worship at . . TRrNITT EPISCOPAL ; CHURCH ' - : Lnmberton. Morning Prayer and Sermon i 11 A. M. Everting Prayer and Sermon. . 8:15 P. M. .: . Every. Sunday AU Visiton are Welcome. BRIEF ITEMS OCAlwwiw About 50 teachers are attending the tmer sehool opened hera Mon- J wiumi rcuncrs, . The condHion of Dt J. D. Regan. who three weeks ago suffered stroke 3 License has been issued for h X J"' ?lA Jm!E' Moore Mr. G. Badmr u . , oneTa'-feerrlce station at the corhor nt r.i . J" 01 . FonrLnh iJ-r ' o"een street, for some time con- Mr. C. M. Britt of R. 4. Lumber- n k . u Trj " i. ..rn 0'bB0 Je ' T "ul more than $600. Mr. Britt Lumberton visitor this morn- ing iy purcnased from Mr. G. E. Rancke, O CI i 1 or., oevenin street, -m. . , nu be an ice-cream sup- . "akdale Saturday night, Aug. , church. Ev.erybody is invited to come . ' .r z. " w,v w u. mio 0Ut and h The condition of Mr. Tim te,d' "fng from higfi. oiuqq pressure. '. N. Folger. director of uncL-wrs oi community serviCp in wortn Carolina. Mr. Richard Km- The concert class from th Odd Fellows, orphanage at Goldsboro nre- , sented a 3-act cpmedy, "A Kentucky t Belle." at thA graded school auditor i ium Monday evening. The play was very much enjoyed by a fair-sized au. J! -k . - t . dience. Before the last act Rev. Dr. C. H. Durham spoke of the work of this institution and th great need for suDnort of ornhan fcnm. in h PERSONALS Mr. J. H. Atkinson of R. 3, Lumber ton, is in town today. Mr. A. M. Best of Fairmont was a Lumberton visitor this morning. , Mr. Worth Walters of B. 1, Fair- today. Mr. Ambrose Britt of R. 1, Barnes ville, was a Lumberton visitor Taos, day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Curley Prevatt of R. 5. T.limKrfnn vra nmrtrtar that visitor in town, vcntriiav. Miss Kate Monro of .Tar Heel nasaed thronHh trtwn veatrrfav p Pa8sea inrougn town yesterday en route to Florida to visit relatives. Mr- Arren Ivey and two small sons. Burney n Raymond, of R. 1, Onrum, WKie ywimits m wwu jrca- terday. Mr. W. H. Stalvey, Jr., returned Tuesday to hs home at Latta, S. C- Miss Laura Stephens of Holly Springs is a guest at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Markham, Elm street, Mrs. A. V. G. Wishart left Tuca- day evening for DeLand. Fla., where she will spend several weeks visiting ko. n.r.nta Mi. an 4 tXrm W V Jackson. . Messrs. T. W. Thompson, H. F. , rir w t h L .r 'vTr jt Tall fSTrkt ?lJL!L JL .? J""' afternoon. vi - on- vaiaivgis, ins neni siae txinr r- Messrs. C F. Ashley and Andrew , Jones of R. 2, Fairmont, and Mr. and Mrs. L. elimge of Muskegon, MkhV who are visiting relatives at ( . Fairmont, were Lumberton visitors last evening. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Varser returned Tuesday' from Smedley, Va where) 1 they spent 10 days visiting relatives. Their little daughter, Miss Lillis . Snead Varser, : accompanied them to J Smedley and will remain there for some time. Mrs. T. H. Gillespie and daughter. -Miss Katherine, left yesterday for Jl thehr home at Fullerton, Ala-, aftex1, spending some time here visiting at ; the home of Dr. and -Mrs.. S. A. 1 Themp'solU " , 5,- '-- ..,.,'. DE. WILLIAM W. PABXES. V : ETE SPECIALIST ajOOee NaUoaal Bank af BvfUlag. V -
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