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VOLUME LI
LUU2EET0N. NOBTH CAROLINA; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920.
NUMBER 52
TRAWICK RELEASED
ON $5,000 BOND
Man Who Shot Mr. A. P. Spell Fol
lowing Auto Collision Sunday .Will
Ba Given Preliminary Hearing
Sept IS Mr. Spell is Rapidly Re.
. covering, " ' i ' V."
Clarence Trawick or4 Blenneiro, 9.
Spring
ifcewIBsioo
whoc shot Mr. A,: P. Spell of. Red ' "V""11 lCZJZ first time
Snnda; afternoon fouoww"- ou. wa iw vnr exwoneed
''COilJBian ;UB. ,i;cmw ui f wiyi ""ji, V - . V
. r - - , . j . a i w i .
was
I ; Tiding 7 and. one f h) ( which ,Mrj
BBu -o. vtiUn.Tiwis1 released: last
v night undet a ISooni' Mers,he eaae whch has just itfos! met
tv iw. KCharIe and, Make'- CJoIbTOth1loubt he wW now be frilTof leaLdiBpaten of Aufif 31 tMe9l , . , . eVcry request of the tasaWa m the
:Vx are the'JwndsmelC : : : ' ri x t '' f- lItbMJen.-tp Lumber-j .g after the House convened nw legislation enacted.' Moreover, it
Trawfckhad been in. ailihere 8ine;tmto see .Mrs; McNeilwao m i Pa-lit became evident that the anti-rati- J n.ado several ver important amend
Sunday night, " having", been arrested i j the ThompsohospftaL your . fjctionists, a majority of whom have fD'.ents to the B;hool law which Will
SOOn filter tne snooting, .wiutu wu
the Lunbert6n-Retf Springs roadiMr. McNeffl saw whiskey bottleAand
He stands ehanted with felonous as-
on
sault with intent to killr carrying 'tried to get m wont o"' With clock-hke program, the antis pro
concealed weapons and being drunk McNeill palled out ""MceeW'tD.pit'tlin their plan of
and disorderly on the public -highway. Jp pass. Another man puUed Ithis fel-; attemptinfir to undo what was done
He has retained Mr. R .E. Lee of , ow out of the way. Mr. McNeill was on A t ?1( when ratification was
iimberton as counsel, while Messrs. cussed up and down and across so accomplishd,
McLean, Varser, McLean' & Stacy of lone as he was m hearing. j The first step was the motion tb
t,:uJ9 Mr Snell A1 Mr. McNeill's offense was great: frnm thA iournai of that day
f .nmttei-tnn rpnreRenfe Mr. Spell. A
preliminary, hearing will be given
Trawick before Recorder E- M. Britt
September 13. , ,
Herbert Culbreth, who was driving
the autp in which Trawick was riding
when the collision occurred, will be
piven a hearing at the same tinie on
the charge of reckless driving
Mr. Spell is rapidly recovering. In
stead of eoing straight through, -the
bullet traveled around a rib, whicn
probably saved his life. At the
Thompson hospital it was learned this
moraine that Mr. Spell would be al-
lowed to sit up today and that -ne,
" . - . . 1
wnnlH he able to return home. in a
few days.
Mr. Spell says he did not see a
mstoi ana nw no wnng vn a , -
let was coming. When the bullet
v Ki EZJt
who had been fitting in the car dor-
"y ..? '
m,r if v Tr Z .
and Mp Spell, the subject of damages
tg bler5rU bllUlb
ibegan cursing ennwea aown ,
the car, came close to where the oth- ,
ers, stood, made some remark to the 1
Clicti luai wren; " .v ..v
rnl. 1V.1 tknM mnnM ho Tin num.
ages, and urea.
Mr. Spell says there was plenty of
room for tmore than one auto to pass
where the collision occurred. His car
was hugging the right side of the
road and he fully expected the ap
proaching car to go to the right,
but it came on him head-on with all
Si J T T- ono-inpa I
Ita BpCcu. "m, !day announced the' appointment ol ; rauncauon wui u
were-locked together. jJon j B,air of Wiimington as su-1 record certified to Washington by
aATVO tth-aw ipervisor of the erecti6n of all new Governor Roberts.
TOBACCO SALES HEAVY JubUc school buildings in the state.! Anti-ral if icatiomsts would not state.
y . The new law nassed bv the extra 1 tonight whetner they expect to malte
Rains Have Affected Grades-Market J. Jwflf 1 "he S&t.S.;'M.iort to have the Senate, which
il,.Rem,,n. 0fB, ThFOUg I the State Superintendent of Public! voted to ratify 25 to four, to reverse
X! "nl!rUnv.. J Instruction to approve the plans of . its action.
the Lumberton market this week,
TkD ..J.. ora nft TAsiilt.inir from
j.uuaiiu oaica vv
i " ' "T rt7 r;o.
the
excessive rains, ana tne prices
also lower, according to the farm- .
are also lower, accoramg so me
ers. The market will be open through
y : school buildings - These" services win
- -r e '-.'ho fiimixhed free of charee of 'any
4-Cent Stove Rate Restored. With $4 JJ Tlt new
Minimum. . school building. Mr. Blair will also
At a meeting Monday venmg. the general charee of the inspection
town commissioners rescinded a re. 1 buildings in order to se-
cent order raising the rate for elec- fc tion of a better type of
trkt ranges to 6 1-2. cents and restor- ol"e ere11 ,F
ed the former rate of 4 cents, with a j
minimum chage of $4 a month, which Meeting at Singletary's Next Week
seemed to be satisfactory alj around. ;. pcrsona Mention. '
A number of citizens who have m-;
stalled electric ranees appeared be
fore Hhe board and -submitted facts
and arguments in support of their
contention that the proposed increase
was too high and would discourage
the use of electric ranges. It was
shown that the proposed rate is high
er than the rate charged in other
towns. Monroe, which pays more
for. its current than Lumberton pays,
sells for stoves at 3 1-2 cents.'
Recorder's Court.
.f, The. following cases have been air
ed before Assistant Recorder' E. M.
Joliiiimii iltsa mfki' ..- - "' !
Jn Cnb Thomas, Indian, drunkenness;
- submitted and paid Ihe cost.
F. E. Carlyle, driving auto without
license; dismissed - - '"; ::?''.' ;
William Sellers and Mrs." May
Sweat, fornication and adultery; nol
; , pressed. ' nvt-Z .h-v
"Will Graddy, colored, larceny? not
suilty. ''-. ':-'-i'
-P. N. WWte, reckless driving; fined
925 and coat
IV . 1
Town Baya ITeavter Traeter. t.
An order was placed ''for ii' Holt
Caterpillar' tractor at a meeting of
the mayor and board of.-tow eom
missioKrs Tuesday evening; The trac
tor win ost around KCOOdeliyered.
It will a used for dragging, plowing
"And discing the streets. Ii' ;T
. ; The eld tractor, which was too light
for the work required, wit! be 'sold.
$3,000 for 5-Acre Tobacco Crop.
Mr. A. D; Barnes of R. '3u Lumber-
ton, sold a 3-acre tobaoooirop for
around $3,000. He sold three curings
unpicked for '$70 the hundred. Mr.
Barnes is a Lumberton visitor today.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B, Skipper, Sr.
Tetnrned home today w from -i tjvo
weeks' visit to )Virgiia '
Miss Nellie , Hamilton 1f r the vMa-
rietta section spent yesterdtavlind last
night here visiting av the 6me; af
her brother-in-law ana "3e, ana
Mrs. F. Grover Lritt, Uaeca Street.
BAD DAT FOR AUTOISTS.
Mr. J no. L. McNeill of Bute Was
1 nruL T J 1 1 d.l
vui im imhpuk j uuut.ii
I I)ni?k ?' VetH5d. fa8& -
mcy nou oiyppeu iaeir vr inu
were Drinking ana Kronsning
Pistols.
Sunday was &, bad day for peace-.
11- 1 - J A. 1 A Tl 1 1- I
y a k IT """"'menf and voted 47 to 24 witn zottoc
d-luika. and if he had oatted an eye as -
." ; jr V 7i, 7
' .l -
tnree or morepisiois. .- vrae arjn
he had ventured to drive peaceably
Twxmoahlv
and decently along a public road. ,
THE RECORD OF DEATHS.
Death of Mrs. N. Graham.
Lumberton, R. 6, Sept. 1. We have
been having some fine weather for
the last week.
Pulling fodder seems to be the or
der of the . day in this section.
We are sorry to report the death
of Mrs. Nanson Graham who died at
her home Saturday. Aue. 28. She is
ner home fcaturaay, Aug . one ,
survived, by her husband and three ,
KM IV IV Mi 1 IIV IIHT I I1M 1M! II H I III tjllACC
.' . . kindred.
She will be missed in her home and
not only in her home but in her com
munity and her church. The funeral
conducted at the cemetery by
LoWery. There was a
large crowd" attend ,?he burial.
Evandar Lee Atkinson.
Evander Atkinson, 9-year-old .
eon of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Atkinson
Fairmont action, died at the
Thomps-on, hospital early yesterday
morning following an operation for
appendkti8 interment was made in
, ... hnrvintr ffroun(i .t-R o'docv
--" "
yesterday afternoon,
Nelson HIen Freeman.
Nelson Helen, 1-year-old daughter
of Mr and Mrs. Clyde Freeman of
Bladenboro, died yesterday.
' , .
State Supervisor
T.:1 J: .
of
Public School 1
n-L. o... ' d j tvif; tqi. ;
m omie dwiu i u
li . ..hAn KnilHmo'B' nnrt t ie SU
- new ple rfS.
t"110 y ' v K. . .. i
work of the Department 01 uaucaiion
y tim fa aidi
v.. . . , di..
iu- nA 0pVil Hia
- JSfVtawrtor rrtodern'burg conrityrandto Charles B Plyler,
correspondence of The Robesonian. I
Lumberton, R. 5, Sept. 1. Farm
ers in this
is section are pushing to get
pulling fodder o they can!
throucrh a
attend the meeting at Singletary'B
cross roads next week.
The Jt. 5 items last week was all
a mistake. Just a word to the one
fVio wmte them, when vou write a
,...v " - j " - ..
married lady s
name don't
write ,
Mi" brit "Mrs."
Miss Edna Barnes spent Sunday
with Miss Nettie Pridgeon.
Messrs Hampton Mercft and uua-
..JZ a., T..iftr nA Dwieht'page ad. J ran m
Mr Charlie, Sessoms Sunday p.
Listen for the wedding bells soon.
"ft
a -Marria re-' Announced, jvu
Mr. kndr Mrs. Edwin v j ohnson
Martm- anltitmca thei. marriage of
dhtfcr. .Annie -Odura.; to Mr.
Walter Eu'oHhigswprth,WdVj
nesday, JseptemDer-h o?.rj
a.rttrtA after SeotemberHhe .fif
teenth'; 2 IJaynionayeeviller,.
n'OK-.f.- '"-u-Vi.: t 1 1
MmA m' Tillman. 17 -Tears
old-was
ftktitltle kfQed. aadiher aistet. TheL
raa, r 18 rears - ld probibly-; perma
nently blinded, wnen - wwwoipn iui
dum, llyears old,v cousin, fired a
4nvle.harrel ahoteunoiat them near
ivi.;. Vam. : nflriMi. Va .Monday ';
night, states a Charlottesville, Va.,'riously wounded another negro at tae
dispatch. - -'r" . . Wayne cooaty fair grounds, - .
R. B. Dunn, a traveling salesmanr
hf Kndxville. Tenh4 i in jail, at Roa
noke, Va.. charged with the murder
of JJ. W. uivers, uignt ciern -ui a w-
noke hotel.
Following
a quarrel
Mondav nieht in which he charged
."poor service,' Dunn struck the clerk
in the head with an ink stand, frac
turing . his skull, - and Divers died
Tuesday night.
Mr; H. S. Nye of .Orrum is among
tha .Tisitors in town today. .
'ANTIS EXPUNGE SUFFRAGE
I V Ol FROM RECORDS
'
. Tnnajuc Hauha ElDUnrM From
1 Journal All Record of Ratification
of Suffrage Amendment Action
Not Taken Seriously. k
The Tennessee House of Represen
tatives with a quorum present for the
since auusi. u, a ucauajr
from-its iournalall rfcord
Wi rauxuiiiwu un uwt wuvw.ifsiai.iwu wjr tuc rcvcnt gpcvmi ae-aion
- of.fir to nonc-ncur hi the action of
jOeen'in Awumra uu a umuuaici iui.
more than a week, were in tne - ma -
jority through failure of several. of
members to arrive in time
1 -
all reference to .the proceedings upon
the suffrage ratification resolution.
After this was caried 47 to 37, with
six not votinir. motion was made and
carried that a certified copy of the
resolution, the original of which is in
the hands of the Senate, be spread up
on the journal.
Representative Riddick, floor leader
of the ratificationists, made the point
of order hat he resolution was out
of the hands of the House and now a
nart of the Federal constitution
. proclamation of Secretary of
? Ho wB ovprrulcd bv
w.
State Colby. Hp
wai overruled by
LPeaer aiaw.
r-t t Tf 7 1 1
me uuudc vy .www
adoDted a ' motion to reconsider its
Drevious action upon the resolution.
Motion was then made and carried to
non-concur in the action of the Sen
ate in ratifying the ratification reso-
lution
In the course of the-discussion on
the legality of the action of the House
in reconsidering, Representative Rid
dick read a letter 'from State's Attor
ney General Thompson in which the
latter expressed the opinion-that re
consideration of the resolution was
impossible, since the House had al
ready ratified it and Gpverhor Rob-
erts had certified to Secretly Colby
i this action by both House and Sen-
,ate.
Action of the Mouse 13 not h
seriously here, as tne general opinion
nrevaila that legality or illegality of
' 1. j;jj the.
Pardoned On Condition That He Take
ir: vt4U.
Care of His Mother.
Governor Bickett Tuesday issued
oardons td Jameg Knotts, Mecklen-
01 union cpumjr, v
serving' prison sentences in the State
penitentiary. Knotts was convicted
in 1914 of an assault on two police-
men. The policemen recommended
the pardon of the man as did the
! solicitor. It was shown the governor
I that the mother of the prisoner is
now in djre distress and needs the
.services of her son. The pardon was
granted on condition that the man
return to his mother, take care of her
I e ;n tw, nm vinlattnir STIv of
lawg
plyler'i9 a Tjni0n county man, con
victed 'of murder in the first degree
in T910 and sentenced to death at
first, and later commuted to life im-
first, and later . f6 iP" !
pnsonment by "JJJ?' hat 1
i j k
" ,a"u"1 "" , , '""a
TVTHHMTlHr HUH SerVCU JT tA O otuu .
maue muuc.
$1,000 Sales Fron 1-4-Page Adv.
You wouldn't have thought itl "I
rnn nuBrter.naee ad. in the old re
llbleLj The , ad was prdered inserted
again.,, ' . v
"! Preaching atp Bale Sunday P.-.
Buii. Aug.UWRev. R. A. H6dg;.
peiTof JUumberfon wHl preach at the
Buiewji. iL'. church i$Jinday, Septem
ber 5th,.'84? b. mjThe Public or-,
dialfyfinv4ted..t yU . r: :,
-1': 7!i'!. ! ' - '. '"-v--
. n.MuJ (lnA shore is Monday
nkhtWm. Taylor, negro, acddeotal4lar for doilafrtin the (eontrtip af
- . . . W-t I . J A . Ik-i Ml. il fill!..
ly ahot jtnd seriously wounded .John
Holmes, another negro; Joe Bolt,' ne
gro Jitnoy driver, shot and wia JU .floaau. i inas appomomnen wut
awwt&Aart Tuesdav- afternoons ajd,'rcmd;out the North Carolina quota
sweetheart Tuesdav-.
MAiWhis escape: Tuesday afternoon
ain . unknown negro stabbed and . se-
.M,'Wm BridirerB of the .'Raynr
ham section is ? a - Lumberton visitor
xoAa.y.'
BASEBALL
In Lumberton
" " Friday and Saturday
O'JIONROE . LUMBERTON
-w Floyd will pitch Saturday.' 1
i Probably last gatae of aeaaow."
; SPECIAL SESSION MET
' ALL REQUESTS OF TEACHERS
1 ' - '
' Vw IaU atiAn ti
f ol Teachers and Amendment to the
School Law Will Aid State and
Goemty Administration. C the
School System.
Dr.' E. C. Brooks. State Suoerin.
tenaeni 01 dcnoois, nas given ou; tne
foHowinir sUtement in reeard to W.
uf the" General Assembly:
I The anecial MMKion af th nnrl
m umvcua iy io buii nii, vouiny
1 administration 01
the public 'school
rystem. The fol'oing important.
islation was er. acted.
The salary schedule aacptcd by
tha teachers a, ti.e Greensbo.'i con-
fervne'e,' providing for an increase in
salaries baseH on efficiency and con -
tinued service in the same school was
provided when the state tax of 13
cents was authorized by the finance
committee. There was absolutely no
opposition to it. Moreover, thg coun
ties and the capital tax districts were
given sufficient latitude, either
through
a tax levy or
througn power to borrow money, to
meet the salary schedule. Therefore,
the school term in every district for
lxm-zi may mnintamaa 1 .r t.ie
was maintained, in
same leriKiii :i
1919-20.
"The second important enactment
vas a Ixvr a-jtnorizing tha expenditure
cf about tSdjM of tlw public school
fund to aid counties in which there is
not a single standard high school
Vith this fund it will. be possible to,,
increase the number of standard hieh '
' ... .
ments for a consolidation of districts I
and a levy, of a special tax not to ex- j
ceed 10 cents. Through this provision
it will be possible to give substantial
aid to several counties and strength
en very materially the high school
work.' The expenditure of this" fund
will be -wholly in the rural - districts
of the weak counties where the' tax
able values are too low for the coun.
ties to provide such schools without
a very high tax rate. So high schools
aided out of this fund must provide
for the teachine of vocational sub-
l'uKti arirh 91 orrifiiltjir nnrt Vinme '
schools in the rural districts when i T- "''!bert recently returned from Nash
they have complied with th require- - section and Mis Berta Mercer were vUle Tenn here he attended the
making , mountains, we are up betimes at a
"The 'third important action of the'.little Province town which the black
general assembly was to authorize the man who attends the cars tells us is
vo H.atinn t .omir Hamlet. Breakfast there, and a bet-
better supervision of the erection of
new school buildings. The state ,
honrH o education mav ejcnenJ an
amount not to exceed ?10VU00 fr0m the
i
state loan fund, to be used for pro-
vininp" niana Tor modern sciooi ouiin- . '
to districts.' for Drovidine nrooer in.itoe replenished without thought of
spection of school buildings and for
trivinsr aid to cities, towns and dis
tricts in properly locating new school ! "J"11 OUinf iew 01 c"on.
buildings - -" 4 that tell the story of the prosperity1 of
"The state board of education was'our country cousins which causes us
further authorized to spend not more much comment in the cities,
than $5,000 M. the public school fund ' n?w contour of the country u
in securing a tetter administration of! becoming familiar and soon, tne col
the public school fund in thej several n wo l?0 fop
counties of the state. Through t.lis
provision county superintendents and
eounty bonrds- of education will be
given assistance in administering the
public school fund and in properly ac-
counting for the same.
"These are the most important en-1
.vtmpnts 'hut several minor nmenrif. I
ments to the school law were made I
as follows:
"County boards of education may
pay all or any part of the cost of the
erection of a new school building.
furfhomnr it mnv cnmlpmn as 1
mnch as 10 acres of land for school ,
es and grounds. Tne old law' con- j
fined them to three acres.
. , i .
"The state-wide act has been mere we meet agam oenina tne
changed so that towns, counties or fountain Mr. Wishart, a goodly lad,
districts may issue bonds up to five I n om him we learn of the enthu
per cent of the valuation of the prop-1 siaam that run rife through the town
erty and any district having a school! for the game of baseball and for the
containing as many as five teachers : turdy nine men who carry the stand
may vote bonds under the law, t 1 8rd of Lnmberton: All-else is forgot
: ."The cost of transportation of pu-'jten in the game in which the, Tn-
pils must be provided in the building d0!?' m , J , .
And incidental fund. In case of a dip- . Home. To the house that aoMs
agreement between county boards of. most taat ig dear to ny heart, my
education and county -commissioners
as to the amount' of the county the
county commissioners are required fo
specify in writing what items of the
budget should not; be allowed." ,
i Washington :A dispatch, Aug . SI",
Greensboro News; 9-' During the-aeit
two years the Federal government is
ready to match." North Carolina dot-
nod roada and for tha purpose faera
Lis Mailable here the mar of $279,-4
under the) Federal - good roads' act.
r.i, Aanroaas m iuu uauujr uegau uj-
eration -one their own. 'resources Sept.
1' after having cost, the government
approximately $106,000,000 monthly
for the csix months in which their
earnings were guaranteed by Ithe
transportation act. The carriers will
,be allowed , further aid only though
loans- from the revolving fund which
the act- created. . ; l , . '
PLACE ; YUTJB ORDERS NOW FOl
l - Dodge Bros. Automobile wih. M. F
Cobb. ' " - -,- . ' v
.., :-v:.' y.yi
i- t. .-..'
BELLAMY BRIEFS.
Protracted Meeting Begins at Single
tary'a Sunday Miss Brta Mercer
Becomes Wife of Mr. Woodie Rica
Personal Mention.
CorMBpeadaaa of Tb RolMaonUn. '
Bellamy, sept. . farmers are
through earing tobacco, and are pull
mg fodder.
. Mr. and Mrs. -J. B. Pitman and
daughter, Ruth,- of Laurinburg, spent
the week-end at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. Mercer: Mr. and Mrs. Prank
Branch of Wilmington are - spending
some time in this section visiting
relatives. Miss Aita McNeill of Hope
Mills was the guest of Miss Jetuje
Mercer last weeki-Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Hedgpeth and children from near
Proctorville visited relatives in this
section last Tuesday. Mrs. Carrie Sin
gletary and son. Master Eugene, were
Lumberton visitors Tuesday. Mr. J.
J. Branch and sons, Messrs. Grover
and Bufton, spent the. week-end at
1 Wrightsville Beach. Miss Jessie
i Mercer spent several days lait week
visiting relatives at Hope Mills Mr,
Ro?sie Britt Af Lumberton spent Sun-.
day in this section. Mr. Wright Pit
man and son, Graham, spent the
week-end at WrigBtsville.- Mrs. W.
T. Mercer and children, Misses Aliene
and Ruby, spent several days lat
week at Council visiting Mrs. Hall
and daughters, Misses Elma and
Georg Mr. J.'J. Branch was a
' B; McLean and daughter Mrs. W. S.
!D'W '"l"ur '
Hcuean, spent rnnay m LumMnon.,,. g aiiusted h? D, W. W.
at omgletarys churc.1 next bunday,
Rev- w- R- Tyner is the pastor. We
haven't learned who wrll help him
witn the meeting.
Sorry to report Miss Dovie Branch
on the sick list. -
ITT 1 ' TW. fl 1 L T T. 1
married Sunday. We wish for them
a long and happy life.
ON COMING HOME
As Samuel Pepys Would Record it in
His Diary.
BY J. A. G.
After a hard ride of many days on
the tram cars on which the wife, poor
rvo-f Vi wa a nnaKlik ta flAAAmnono rtm
because of a disposition not to travel
Ul SUmmer,
r, except to and from thej
,ter meaJ victuals we never set our-
BC' ""w" kU' I,u'11 V""'" u
anu Jfrlls na iwu sna generous cup
e4 of an mm Kl anlr T n iri All urHt.k
w,y-"!u ...
-us J
i Woodrow when the .inner man miflrht
the debtors' prison.
Back to the cars and then a short
ride through rolling fields of cotton
uu juutuey wywuis uuir
bags at the squat station that has
weicomea us nome irom run many
w1u jwumey. ;
11118 13 home. And with scarce a
P808 we VaiK nPluJ P tne main
" w county court nouse,
breathing deep the air of home as if
? regain the magic and joy of youth
jtnat once these peaceful scenes in-
Pjred.
! Back then to McMillan's and there
eet inenas oi a yesieraay wno
were wont to gather before the cooL
i"g fountain of the proprietor and
partake of the 'exquisite concoctions
msmeu uiB1n;uj.
nwithai- anA tethor aim A flnli'lrlv' r
my adventures ' told to then - recep
tive' ears.' .'
' To dinner with; them, the like ' of
which I shall not attem tov describe
and then quickly back to the park
where my home town' is to engage the
enemy in their favorite sport,' base
balL After much discussion 'we ' are
asked to referee.
'Hiding 'deep indoor heart our de
sire for our home town's victory, we
agree. And amid much noise we are
returned the victor, although our op-'
nonents eome .from a much larger
town of the province and are exceed.
lng skilled m their , art.
'Home and to bed and with heart
as light as a 'child. "
'This is "home. . i
,r From Peak to Peat ' "
; According' to Washington advices,
the high cost of living has reached
the Deak azain. Old H-C of L. must
be leaping from peak to peak, as it
were. New YoTk Globe.
WANTED TOBACCO' GROWERS
: to deposit, their warehouse checks
, in The National Bank of Lumberton
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BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL ZfEWfc
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Stubbs of R. 3, Lumberton, this
morning, a lO.pound son.
Miss Teresa Redmond has accept,
ed a position in. the office of Mr. A. T.
McLean. She began work Monday.
Th condition of Mr. Frank
Gough, -who Jaw -been m for a few
days, is.somewaat improved today.
Mr. R. S. Whfta, Republican '"Can
didate for- Congress from' this district,'
will apeak at the court hotua tonitht
at 8 o'clock
Misses Anna Laura Phfllios and
Carrie Edmund left Tuesday evening
for Elon, whet? they entered Elon
collego. ; -
--The condition of Mr. H. Dunie.
who has been confined to his room
since Monday with malaria fever, is
reported better today.
Mr. W. J. Prevatt. Jr. left today
for Wake oEwst, where he will en-
for Wake Forest, where he win en
ter Wake Forest college.
Miss Johnie Robinson of Atlanta,
Ga:, arrived yesterday and will be
with Miss Amelia Linkhauer as trim!
"r during the fall and winter sea
son. All the local banks will be closed
next Monday Labor Day. There will
be no R. F. D. service and Sunday
hurs will be observed at the post
ofUce. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Stackhouse of
Mullins, S. C. were in Lumberton
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(Parker.
j Messrs. Murphy Townsend and
' Wesley Watts of the Ten Mile section
passed through town Tuesday en
I route to Mars Hill, where they en
I tered Mars Hill college.
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Mr. Chapel Wilson of R. 7, Luna-
summer school at Vandcrbil! univer
sity. Mr. Wilson has accepted the
princlpalship of the Lumber Bridge
high school. School will open at
Lumber, Bridge Monday.
Corporal Watson H. Mahan, of
the army recruiting service, arrived
here Monday, night and will make
headquarters here for about 2 months.
He may be found around the postof
fice at any time and will be glad to
give information about the army to
!any ne.wil? I8 "terested.
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of the Rowland high school, and Mrs.
Glaze, who will teach the Fourth and
Fifth grades, were Lumberton visir
tors Monday. As will be seen from
a news item published elsewhere in
this paper, the fall term of the Row-
! land school will begin September 8.
Miss Genevieve Rogers has re-
the r-ition .he held for ser-
nQnths a clerk in th office rf
her brother, Mr. C. C. Rogers, mana
ger of the local Southern Bell Tele
phone office. Miss Rogers left today,
for her home at Taylorsville, She
is succeeded by Miss Elizabeth Good
en of Clarkton. ,
Mr. David H. Fuller returned
home Saturday from Hendersonville,
where he spent several weeks. Mr.
Fuller will open an office September
1 on the first floor o fthe Planters
Bank A Trust Company building for
the praetic of law. Mr. Fuller- was
nominated for recorder of the Lum
berton district in the Democratic pri
mary June 5.
Dr. S. R. Thompson of Charlotte
arrived last night and will spend "a
few days here visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thompson, Elm
street. He was accompanied by Mr.
Rudolph Thompson, who has been
studying at the Charlotte sanatorium
for several months. 4 Mr. Thompson
will leave soon for the university of
Vermont to take a course in medi
cine. '
Mr. A. P. Spell, who was shot
Sunday evening because he could not
make his auto climb a tree ana so get
plumb out of the way when some
mean likker came hurtling inside a
couple lords of the -road, haa' been
holding regular receptions at the
Thompson 'hospital. He just has a
sore rib iwhere a bullet gave him a
semi-hug, and will be-out soon; Peo
ple have-been pouring in to see him.
Among the Bed Springs folk here to
see WnTesterday were: . Mrs. Stan
ton and I son, Mr. Pete Stanton; Dr.
J L. ncMiHan, Messrs. a. a. loon.
Jno. F.-McLeaiv W T, uotnngnaw.
Jno. Thrower, Joe -N. Buie, N. A.
Brown k .yx:W: v
The ' Census 'Bwreau announced
Tuesday population figures as foL,
lows: Henderson eounty 187, com
pered with 1682 in MW, M rkm
erease of 1J98 Caawell eounty, 15.
759i against 114,858 (9Q. a gain
at 4QU 'HenderBonvilW 8,"r20;' com
pared .with 2,818. in 1810.- '
W.-C Hamman, recently nominated
for Congress by Democrats of the
7th district, has resigned as United
States district attorney for western
district of North. Carolina.
Two men were killed and-16 per
sons injured, aome of them seriously ,
when an elerator conUining 18 pas
sengers fell ten stories Tuesday dur
;n tha liom rnsh oeriod. in a build
ing at 125 Fourth avenue, New York.
Miss Dorothy Shochet of Fairmont
is spending the day here visiting Miss
Lena Dunie. v .
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