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y nrar THE DATE ON THE LABEL . IS . JOE DATE YOUR PAPER H ILL BE; STOPPED. Rl: WATCH , LABEL OK YOUR PArER AND DONT LET SUB SCRIPTION EXP IK ESTABLISHED 187. . SINGLE ..COPY JTVE .CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD "AND TRUTH- 13.00 A YEAE. DUE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME LI. ..LUMBERTON. NORTH CAEOUNATHUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 161920.Vj NUMBER 56 10BSM BOLLVEEVE Specimens Found in Cotton Fields - Near Lumberton ATe Not BoU ' Weevils But Nut Weevils. OFTEN. FOUND IN COTTON 5 BUT DO NO HARM ' State Entomojogiet Sherman Advises Mr. A. H. McLeod That Insects a Found on Hig Place Are Positively y Not' the Boll WeevilT-Often Mis Uken for Boll Weevils In Monday's Robesonian it was stated that Mr. Franklin Sherman, Chief in Entomology, of the Division f Entomology, Stat Department of A ! 1 ........ V J ftta . K: TTM-f LAXXicuitiue. uau nuiiom RealW. Co. that the insect submitted - vti - . . v- - ;l iron Kobeson county as a sou we?vu jwas not . the boU wevil butane nut -weevil, which does no damage-to cot. - ton, so far as i8 known. Mr. A: H. McLeod of Lumberton on whose farm ' v two - miles north ?. of JUunberon vthe Urst of the specimens that have en pronounced jioll weevils werefound, received Tuesday a letter written on . tlie: ISth(Moiiday), frort Mri SBer man, in which J4r. Sherman goes in. 1 to the matter at some length and jnakea the positive-statement that the specimen sent tp big department by Mr. McLeod was not the boll weevil. It will be noted that Mr. Sherman states thai these mut weevils "are a frequen cause of mistaken declara tions by persons who have 'lived in . Georgia' or 'who have known the weevil for years'." Perhaps t a doz- n or more people who have 'lived in - Georgia11 or who 'have known the weevil for years' came to The Robe. soman office ,last week witn inter " . i a ff?r.STlrS this office "under suspicion" of being wic vugs . boll weevils, and they alt-with one ac r. cord pronounced them boll weevils. Which, shows how easy it-is, to fool those who "have known thft boll weel - vil for years" when it comes to' dis tinguishing the real boll weevil from V the forty-seven varieties that, rejoice ) in the nam.e of weevil but are not tnA variety Known as mm. Mr. Sherman's letter to Mr. Mc ' ' Leod follows: . Raleigh, N. C. Sept. IS," 1920. Mr. A. H.' McLeon, 1 ; ' Lumberton, N. C. Dear sir: Thanks for your letter of 11th with specimen. It is NOT BOLL WEEVIL. It is one of the ..nut-weevils, evidently,' one which in- fests acorns.' They are quite fre ; quently found on cotton- but do no harm there and they are a frequent cause, of - mistaken declarations by persons who havA "lived iq Georgia" or' "who have known . the weevil for years," that they re "IT" and they aren't it. We have been receiving such reports and specimens for fuily 15 years. .Yet to this hour no true boll weevi! has been sent to us by,wuuw. .yy any citizen of the State, nor any , cot?n f 'unt7 Wl11 rau,se thl? ef? - other citizen except the official ' State and gdvernment inspectors who ' ' . . P .. .. - ... I lotorminpfl if. imor unrean lasL I f allt At that time evidences of wee- yil were found at Marietta and Bsmesville in extreme southern tip wi our tuuiiiv, uui uui..aiirinwv, , T..K on.1 f1,a.Ha oe vot i no reason to believe that it has spread I ?iV(,n in an aiJ lsewhere in this pa- j much if any this season Its mainPer- " spread for tre year should begin withm, a month from now and if IF jt makes the usual ' Average spread it will probably reach Lum. berton this fall. When, that time comes We expect to have 3 or 4 men in the field to determine its line of advance, and will expect, to "scout" in Robeson and many other counties. - It's highly commendable for all ciozens ,io pe wancniui, tana, nigiuy commendable for each person to wish to b the first to realFy find it in a ; new!; locality. ' We who are hv the bug' profession are glad to "see an . interest in insect problems. But it is very unfortunate not at, all com., jnendable, -to- make -premature ; an nouncement of finding it, when one isnt sure. This office exists for'the specific purpose of giving; accurate information on insect matters, and it will be far better to get our confirm. ation . before announcing presence of boll weevil. ; --- -- 1 .;' All of which is said in the-best of good nature, and only , in the interest of accuracy, and to set your mind at ease for the present. -1,U , . Very truly yours, FRANKLIN SHERMAN, '-. Chief in Entomology. r IMPORTANT MEETING AT TOWN HALL THIS EVENTNG To Reorganize Chamber of Commerce and Put it on Efficient Basis for Upbuilding of the Community. ,i v A meeting .will be held at the town hall this evening at 8 for the purpose of putting the chamber - of commerce on an efficient, active TOEia.xor the upbuilding- of-. Lumberton" 'and ' the county. Mr.;Furmn Btgg has en circulating a petition which, has been signed by a large .number pf business men. . All wno. tre. interested - in launching" a program that wilt mean giving new stimulus to th-' iife'-of the entire community should . attend this meeting- , v . "I'.-. t -: - r- - HEALTH CAMPAIGN BEGINS. Large., Meetings . Held i in Lajhberton ' Tuesday Afternoon and Evening Unforgetable Story Told ef the Ravaged of the Venereal Diseases 'and the Way to Stamp Them Out . --Campaign Win Reach. All Sec. - iions' of the County. The weeks' campaign in Robeson county against -venereal diseases be gan here Tuesday "with 'four largely attended meetings, two for whitA' peo ple and two for colored. ;The meeting for white ladies was "held in the Pastime theatre at 3:30 p. m., som 800 ladies - attending. Addresses were made hy Drs. Charles V. Herdliska and W. H. Gillette, both of the U. .S. Public Health . Service, the former in charge of the cam paign; pr, E. -R. Hardin, county health officer; and short talk by Miss Flax Andrews, county home demon stration agent, who gave up an ap. pointment elsewhere for- this 1 meet ing. Some 200 . colored women at tended the meeting held at the same hour at the colored school, address, es being made by Dr. - Hughes . and I)r. JD. QuickC both colored,, the former the lecturer for the meetings for ..colored, the latter local physi- dan and rs. Herdliska , and Hardin. - Tha ianT. Iinliaa wi Wkod wtth men for the evening meeting, Stand, ing room was at premium on the main floor. Dr. Herdliska explained the scope of-the work, for which the U. S. Government has appropriated S1,000,000. ' Dr. Gillette told of the millions of dollars thA government is spending to keep people well, of the success, of campaigns' 'against other - diseases J and the . importance of the present campaign. Among th striking- state, ments he made illustrating the ray. ages of venereal diseases was that 6 per cent of the men drafted into mil itary service during the World War vara fAnnrt a hA . lTiftTiAritjitAfl in gold to the grammar grades ot aaa cause during the war 187.000 men were incapacitated and had to be taken from the front to hospitals, equipped "at a cost of millions, and, doctors that were needed at the front had to be taken away to attend these men. Moving pictures which tell with unforgettable force the ravages of thes -diseases were shown. Dr. Gil lette's lecture running through the exhibition and explaining every de tail. It is a wonderful exhibition thaf must be seen to be appreciated and no' person in the county should miss seeing it. Short talks endorsing this cam paign were made by Dr. , Hardin, Prof. J. R. Poole, county superin tendent of schools; Dr. R. C. Bea man, pastor 'of Chestnut , Street Methodist church; Mr. E. J. Bri(t, county attorney; Mayor A. E. White and Mr. C. B. Townsend. member of thp, board of county commissioners. Mr. Britt made the striking state ment that h wa convinced that the 5759 appropriated by the .county for ilv cairnakrn will mefn more to the i f" .uuei, wwwu uy u.r . Mu;h interest . was shown by the , Morsel peenje at. their meetings and mnnu nnr,inTiQ warp flalfAn ..... . . Educational literature is distribut ed free at all meetings. Meetings wer held at Red Springs ftf-.-br ?fternpon anJ ver.in?. The , - . , , , - ... CO.Il;)lVI-V llHlBIBrj , iOl'. IUV CUUBkY.-lH POPULATION OF ROBESON COUNTY IS 54,674 i 11 1-A T . TT . T berton 1011, Fairmont, 1,000, North Lumberton 367, Red Springs 1,018, Rowland 767 Other' . Towns In County.-, The population of Robeson county is 54,674, th" Census Bureau announr. ed ' yesterday,, an increase of 2,729, or 5 per cent. ; : East Lumberton s population is given an 1,011, North Lumberton 367, making witn tne population ox Xum- b7rtcroner nre viim k t i -mmi i i 11 mm iiiiini iiin nr . m i e. placet hi Robeson, soma of which vnj --. -- j t,- 1 atfolW V ' 8 ven : YW ftn W Donalds, .120; Marietta,' 85; Maxton I,397j.'Orrum, 86 Parkton, 382J Pejn. broke, 329; . Proctorville, 204 1 Red Springs 1,018 s, Rennert, 292; Row land, 767J St. Pauls, 1,147. r ; ? r.r: $&50 A BALE FOR GINNING ' IN PEMBEOBX TOWNSHIP Indignation Meeting Last Night . Re. ' suited in1 Agreement In One Town ship on Reduction of $1 From Pre., 4-Taiimg race.. ff-s'r"."'-'Vi 'U'. At an indignation meeting held at Gleenwood school house last night the price for ginning cotton in Penv broke township was fixed at $6.60 a bale; as high as N550 pounds to the bale,by agreement Jietween grow ers and ginners. The pric last year was f 6, and, the price 'has been, in-J creased generally through th,, county to 17.60 the ball this falL Mrs. James Britt of Little Rcjk,vS. ,-ia a guest' at the home of Mr. and c;, Mrs. E. D. McNeill, r LOCAL SCHOOLS OPEN WITH 2 GRADES OVERFLOW Schools Have One More Teacher Than -' Last v Year, and Another Will Hare . to be; Engaged Total Enrollment 573 air Compared With 489 Last . Year--Coramercial Course Will Be Started Sept. 27th. Lamberton's graded ' and high schools opened Tuesday with an over, flow of as much as two grades- not. withstanding the fact that provision already had been made for one grade more' than last year and there are' some 25 fewer outride pupils than last; year. The .total enrollment is 573 high school ,143, grammar grades, 430. School opened last year on Sept. 9 with 489 pupils. Mise Eulalia McGill is taking care -tem porarily of 40 pupils from the 6th and 7th 'grades until Supt. Cale can get -andther teacher; r c. . A commercial course will be added Sept. thf ' under Miss . Effie Ellen Butler who has had charge of. com mercial . work -. a( the ' Appalachian training srhool at Boone. A x small tuition will' ha charged and it will be open to students from the town, as weir aa to Ugh- school pupils, f i . Quite a humbet of - parent, were present at tha cpening exercises. Af. ter the singin-of America," Dr; B, C . Beaxnaft read ; a Scripture lesson and led in prayer. 'In his announcements Supt. W. H. Cal stressed the need, of another building He said that soon the main building will take care only of the primary grades. He announced the following prizes for the year: $25 to the high school pupil making the highest average for. the year, by Lumbee Research Club; $10 in gold to the high school pupil for the best. naner on the part North Carolina play.ed in the War Between the States, noi less .uian iw yuyus w vuiuitjws- tnnnil pupil writing the best life of Stone wail utt.uii, uu less tuau w w vvm- pete-, both by Robeson Chapter, U. D. C.; Alf. H. McLeod medal to pupil making highest average in Latin. Other prizes will be announced later. .Prof. J. R. Poole, county superin tendent of schools, Mr. K. M. Barnes", a member of the school board, and Dr. R. C. Beaman were called. upon and responded with encouraging re marks. Supt. Cale introduced Prof. J. W. R. Norton of Laurel Hill, principal of the high school, who outlined something of what he hoped might be accomplished.' For several years the school has been 'without a prnu cipal, and the addition of Prof. Nor ton and other teachers mentioned irt Monday's paper makes th faculty stronger thanat has been for some years. - Supt. , Cale announced that pupils are not wanted on the grounds be fore 8:45 a. m., and must.be present notv later than 9. SUPERIOR COURT. . ' Compromise Judgement Agreed Upon in Cae of John W. Wara versus R. F. Martin Railroad Suit for Fire Damage Being . Tried Today. John W. Ward of Rowland vs. his former bookkeeper R. F. Martin, a 'suit in Which misappropriation of .1 . i M ... 1 4-V lOTtlS "O X-JiO BIHUUIIVOI SCVCiai t.ivu sand dollars was charged, ended m a compromise yesterday after oy-j'at morhine. Two days were taken up ; in testimony and it was expected that j all of yesterday, would be taken up in argument by counsel, but a compro- j which Martin is to pay $500 and plainf tiff and defendant ar to pay one half the costs each and each is to pay his own witnesses. Attorney General J-S. Manning. Mr. H. F. Seawell of Carthage, and McNeill & Hackett and Johnson & Johnson of Lumberton rep. resented the defendant and McLean, Varser, McLean & Stacy and Mcln- tyre, Lawrence A Proctor represent ed - the plaintiff. No other cases . Evening. . . . . HirSB .TTl 'TT t i is expevvey uni cuut. wm mov through tomorrow. .Judge O. H.J 5i Bern is presiding.- - j AUTOMOBILE PASSED OVER. BABY GIRL'S BODY rGaragec .A 2y$r.old daughter of. Mc. and Mrs. H. P. Inman of Back Swamp died y"teraay :..MW ol run wtpr-oj. u aaw wnen r, xnmu 2-Tea;pId Danghter of Mr. H. v3n?, f lg Inmanof Back Swamp Killed When -4 vVm7n1 :POLGEEr Father Waa "Backing Auto Onfof j', Director, Community .Service. . . -f - t A - - i sh V- i . . ft- r 1 i t; . -1 near, pti T. C Johnson was sum-j moned at onc and was brine-in fir her to the Thompson hospital -when she died lh hp arms at the iron bridge on.Fifth street.1 Repairs wjere oeing made '.to tb bridge and traffic had been stopped. - Dr. N. A." Trompaon teell JMT Johnson at the bridge",and bhe! ch0d died Awhile being carried 'ffroto, one ear to tha other." The' ear passed, over the child's body. waa basking Tu car out of his ga-1 Mrs. - Henry Abbott,- Sunday after rael . Ha did not know the child was noon at 5 o'clock. Rev. Dr. C. H. Dux TRAWICK BOUND TO. COURT. Man Who Shot Mr. Spell Gire. 15,000 Bond for Appearance in lighet Court Also Anneabi From Record. Court Also Appeals From Record. era Road Sentences for Profanity and Carrying Concealed Weapon- Judge Bntt Goes After Speeders. ' Clarence Trawick of Blenheim S. C, was bound over to Superior court under $5,000 bond for shooting Mr. A. P. Spell of Red Springs on the Lumberton-Red Springs road on Au gust V 29 last when the case came up before Recorder E. M. Britt Monday. For profanity and carrying aV con'-, cealed weapon, Judge Britt's sen tences werp 30 days and two years on the . roads, respectively. .Herbert Culbreth, who was driving" the : car when the collision occurred, was giv. en 30 'days on the roads for feckless driving. . Both appealed tf. the;, high. : Au large , crowd - gathered 1 for rtha VVu V - VS K B VS WIIUi , t trial, ; incioaing a , numoer oi- charac ter witnesses for Trawick from his home eommunitw, who testified that he had borne a' good reputation up to this affair. - - Recorder Britt Was In right"' tune Monday and slapped fines, and road sentences, on reckless santo'drivfra to a' far ou well." Several speeders wer.e inade to ,-xeaIiz' that it will not do , to. monkey with. the. speed .laws where Recorder Britt,. is concerned. He has lost all' patience with that class .of offenders. Judge-Britt left town Tuesday and it has not been possibly to get a list of the numbf r of cases disposed"' of in his court Monday. s ONS SEEKS MONEY r FOB TOBACCO CHOP . ; , ; j :, Urges' Treasury to Ftnancev Crop in Eastern Carolina Charg'of Buy. .faig Combination Being Investigated by Department of Justice Compe tition Has Ceased. Senator Summons issued a state ment Monday to the effect- that he had begum a movement that h,, felt sure would 'result in the relief of tho criti cal financial situation of the tobacco growers and business' men in East ern North Carolina.' Il had been ap pealed, to to exert his influence with the Secretary of the Treasury to have that department duplicate its action of 2 years ago when Secretary Me Adob pourjwi. money into Southern banks to' save , the cotton :rop from a disastrous drop in prices. This , time it is tobacco that as in , danger of be. inglsacrificedVv Near the end of the season in this immediate belt, composed of the coun ties of Robeson.' Bladen and Cumber land, when the markets opened laBt week in eastern North Carolina,, there iwas a Bi'ump in prices of 50 per cent from last year's prices. The fanners are angry over';the decline in prices and have held meetings at which res olutions wero adopted urging grow, ers to hold th.eir tobacco off the mar kets and not to part with it at sac rifice prices.' ' At Greenville, in the heart of a large tobacco-producing section, the warehouses were closed wfien angry growers threatened to start a riot if sales werp not stopped. Some farmers , hauled their tobacco back home, refusing to sell. Indigna tion meetings were held at Greenville, Farmville, Wilson and Smithfield. While auctioneers were selling tobac co in trp ' warehouses farmers storm ed them and forced them to stop. Two , thirds of the tobacco offered fof.sale Fayetteville or the opening day hack home. Some tobacco men say the decline jn prices on the markets last week was dUe m a measure to the sorry It is charged that the decline , in prices was brought about by manipu lation among the buyers,, that where as fair prices were paid at tlss begin ning of the last -season, competition ceased and prices went down. ' The Department of Justice is investigat ing charges of a -buying corporation to keep down the prices. ,' Community Service Pictures - This .T , u0 m au over 9 years-. .- Programme How to Swim- with Hands and Feet (1 reel): Steps to Somewhere,'"or" Do" Children Count (two reels); Th Yellow Umbrella, or Do Children Count (two reels);. The Ladder of Fame (one reel comedy); BaDock-Abbott, i - h Hiss Lena Abbott of Lomberton ' m t '.Ttl-t - - r-t..'milll til IMM WISA ana CRUin . married at tha . f th- . parents. Mr. 'ahd . ... . - ham offidafing. .Shortly after the ceremony the; couple: left for Lake View, S. C, wher they. -will make their home-- i s .5'-,: . MessrsTE. C, Watsoa and.N. A.- Townsend of "R. L Lumberton, were amonr the .visitors tn town Wednes- day., Mr.' L. R. Edeu of Eewlaad was a Lumberton visitor. Tuesday. PARKT0N NEWS ITEMS. j School Open Moaday tf Nut Week -Mi Nellie Stabto and Mr. An. ! . fi Tk-i. r" Friends-First Bate of Cotton Gin - rrmtf auik to oaft rBYTE wmHMSON; "- Parkton, Sept. 14 Parkton school wfll open Monday, the 20th. Follow. wju go next Week to Greensboro, tog is the faculty: Prof E. T. Hmes, where sha will enter the N. C. coU principal, of McLeansville; Miss El lege for women." sie Benthall,, high school, of Wood-1 Miss Emma Seale. of the Tea land: Miss Esdale Currie, 6th andlMil. section has accepted a position 7th (grades, Parkton; Miss Hazel in the Singer Sewing Machine offiee. Ledbetter, 4th and 5th grades, Chap, she began work Monday eLHill; Mrs. J. J. Cobb, 3rd grade,- A call meeting of the Eastern Parkton; Miss Elizabeth Noe, 1st, Star will b. held at the Masonic hall grade, Beauford; Mijs Annie Wil-( this evening at 8 o'clock; All mera liamson, piano and violin,- Parkton. bers are requestet to attend. Second grade and one more, high! -Mr. Vernon McNeill -left this school teacher to i supplied. y , morning for Chapel HU1. where he , Another surprise marriage -took wjy enter the Sute university. This piaKjs m our vown oiuruy rveimi NelHe, Stubbs w.ere married at the M. E. parsonage, Rev. W. L. Maness tifficistirig; The happy couple ilcft immediately .for Qio,, S.. C, where they visited near 4 relatives. They are roommg at -present at the hone of Mr. ana ars. u. w, narsn, wnere they. are receiving', many congratula tions. The: groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. ' Jenrigan of our town and a thoroughgoing and energetic young man- and has many friends, whil his bride is th youngest daugh ' ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stubbs of our town, beautiful and accomplished, and" is admired by all her acquaint. ances. Miss Lottie Farmer of Wilson is visiting her 'friend "Misrf Louise Gar- IIS. m ... ' . Mrs. John A. McRae of Charlotte Visited her sister Mrs. A. J. Garris this week. Dr. D. S. Currie, P. H. Fisher and Maj. J. B. Malloy are spending a few-days in Wilmington. 4fr'T. W. Thompson left Sunday fo 4 few days in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Justin McNeill and two children, Helen Marie and Justin, Jr., of Lumberton, spent Sunday eve ning with homef oiks in town. Lancaster & Jones cotton gin was the first to gin any of the 1920 crop. Mr. M. R. Tolar has repainted his nice residence. - . - ReV. F. H. Taylor, pastor of the M. E. church at, Duke, preached a most ablft sermon at the M. E. church here Sunday night to a large con gregation. ' On the honor roll: Born to Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Fisher, on the 9th, a fine girl; and to Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Joye, a fine one on the 12th. Farmers would do th wise thing if every, one would take his cotton seed home from the gin and put them in hie crib" either for his price ' or use them for fertilizer another sea son ; also keep his cotton off the market yet a while; and, the present price fliey have to pay to have their cotton ginned they should combine together and put up a farmers' gin. Our town wjll be blessed on next Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by the government and at night by com munity by Mr. Folger. Don't forget the date and hour, N. C. COTTON DAY MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20 Governor Urges Farmers to, Meet and Perfect Plans For Financibg and Holding Cotton Crop for Fair Prices 'He Recommends Pledges For Reduction of Acreage and Sub. stituting Grain Crops. Cotton growers in eaery county in the State where cotton is grown are called to meet at their respective county seats, at 11 a. m., next Mon day to perfect plans and organiza tion for holding the present cotton crop until fair and, just prices. are of fered for it, and to- more fully utilize the present cotton warehouses and build more of them. The call for meetings comes through a proclamation issued, Tuesday by Gov. Bickett at the instancA of the Cotton Growers' association. Simi- lar .proclamations will be issued by the Governors of .all other cotton-'to growing States and next Monday will probably gee more cotton growers in meeting throughout th South than have ver been gathered before. v The ' Governor .recommends discus, sion of the .following subjects: "L Plans , for, holding the cotton of the county until, fair - and just prices can be obtained, together with plans for co-operative marketing. 2 Plans for fully utilizing exist. ing warehouses and warehouse facilL tie f f :he county, ia I for erecting; additwt ai varehouses .with special emphasia in this connection on practi. cabL plans for financing Hhe- eropt ?T?.' Plans Jf or immediately mere- j in the acreage fa fall son small pl- reduction n jot-1 " acreage, pledges, to. this effect to it A-V- be taken." . . . ' CartwrightRogers. . Mr.- Solomon K. Cartwright and Mrs.. Lela Rogers, both of the Mari etta section, wer. married here yes terday morning: at 11:30 at th home of Justice M. -G. MeKenzie', Elm street, who. officiated. - i -' -. Messrs. Pink Floyd and Cliff Mor. ganr . ef Marietta, wer ' Lumberton visitors yesterday, "' : - ' I BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL tfRA Born veaterda. to ' lie u W MeKal WaaWrS? ? ! ' n Washington, a Mis. a- pound - ooy. 1 Mr, fcjwood .j Ss Xcwnsend Motor iTsa-P iivniflafvw'a Monday .mm Rlanrh. Pintt a 1- . JB Mr Mcwu's second year. The Woman's club will give a reception tomorrow afternoon at 6 o'clock at tha horn of, Mra.. T. L. Johnson in honor of tha-' teachers. . License has been issued for the marriagV of -Zelma Snow Hardin and Ralph, E,YWalters; ; Mary L. Wilkes and, John Wesley Sinclair; Lata Reg- ' ers, and Solomon K. Cartwright. ' Mr. J. H. Felts, manager of the local Ford service station, aeeompan. ied by Messrs. Eddie Glover and Earl Crump, left last avwnmr for Char, loft to bring back S Ford coupes. Mr. Henry Taylor and children, Master William and little Miss Louise, of R. 5, Lumberton, were among the visitors In town Tuesday. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Monday; - Mr. .0. P. Townsend of & 6, Lumberton, who was a visitor in town -Monday, is enthusiastic about being cured of rheumatism by a "faith healer" he visited in South Carolina last week. Tha "healer" Uvea at Casket youll say that is soma su gestive name for a place harboring a "healer" and Mr.. Townsend saya ; many people are flocking to him. Mrs. Leslie Carlyl, has returned -i from a 3-months trip abroad. With a party of tourists she visited France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, 'England and Scotland, taking in all the princi pal cities lithe countries visited, the battlefields, the restored provinces of France, Alsace and Lorraine, and re-. . turn ing via Montreal,., the Thousand Islands, Toronto, and down the Hud.v son. ,, v ' w j . Mr. Frank Cough is able to be out again after, being eonfined for two weeks with chills and fever. He ventured out one day last week but had to duck back in on account of badly swollen tonsils. This condition interfered with his sneech . and a rumor quickly spread Ihat Mr; Gough had suffered a strok. of paralysis. and a crowd assembled that over ran the yard at his home on Chestnut street. Misses Ovaline. Turner' of Fair Bluff. Gladis Floyd, Nellie Hamilton and Geo Morgan- all of Maritsci, passed through town yesterday en route to Maxton, to enter Carolina colleges. Miss Turner was accom panied to Lumberton by her mother, Mrs. J. H. Turner, and brother, Mr. Harold Turner, who were guests at the home of Mrs. Turner's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. ; Sharpe. ROBESON COUNTY FAIR. i Indications Are That Fair This Year Will B Beat Ever Held in RobeAoa. Interest is growing in the sixth annual. Robeson county fv will be held at the new fair grounds here October 12 to 15. Indications are that the fair this year will be" the very best ever held - in Robeson. With ample exhibition bujldings, three in number, r and adequate grounds fenced in, there is no reason why Robeson should not have a fair equal to any county in the State. Already several have 'requested space for booths and other exhibits and Secretary Thompson says it is necessary that he know before the orpnins. of fair whn .tnivti i. so . he cannot guarantee booth space up th, last momentU-lf rou ar think- ing of havinr a v booth, drop Mr. Thompson a card; and tell htm what you want and your ece wiU'be held in reserve. Last year several came in at tiv last fnoment, and all tha spacs had been takn up and coul.l cot be accommodated, and he does not. want this to occur this time, y X' tMr. J. D. Lea of -Graham writes that hft .will be here and do what he can for the "best chickens." Mr. Lee Is - well known here : as- he judged the poultry at tiV last torn J fairs. It 'is not a Lumberton fair, but' a county fair, and. all th people of tha couny should be interested in making it a success. If you have not secured mm4nm Mm v - The Robesonian office- or from Mr. W. O. Thompson, secretary of th Roleson Fair Association, Lnmbirton. HontJonea. Lit Hunt and Janie Jones, Indians, who live near -Maxton were married in the register of deeds' office Tues day afternoon ,at 3 0, Justice M. G. McKenxie officiating. . ' v . DR. WILLIAM W. PARimt . BTB. SPECIALIST. ..... t Office: National Hank of LamheaMT, ... i- ' . 4 .
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