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f'- N THE DATE ON THE LABEL ' IS THE DATE TOUR PAPER WILL BE ! STOPPED. ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, COD AND TRUTH- 13.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE, OLTJUEIi tUMBEBTOir, NORTH, CAEOLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920. If UKBZ3 is : : rrr.Tr . -.rw - ;r N ' vA A J I A A sckiption expouM .J LOCAL SCHOOL NOTES. Friday Morning , Talks By Local Young Women and Men Cenuner. dal Course : Bering - Monday This . and Domestic Science Course Open to People Not ' Connected With School Need of Another Lot and Building Becomes More Evident Daily. 17 PER CENT. INCREASE OVER LAST SCHOOL YEAR Miss Martha Flax Andrews and Mr. J. D. Proctor will make short talks at the opening exercises at the graded and high schools tomor. row; morning. SuptiW. H. Cale plans to have, talks every Friday morning by young women and men of the town. . Mrs. Leslie Carlyle, Messrs. S. F. Caldwell and F. K. Biggs arg" scheluled for Talks at an early date. " Miss Janie Carlyle will begin teaching violin and piano soon. She is teaching the fourth grade this week for Miss Dovie Prevatt, who is out on account of the illness of her sister, Mrs. Hall. . A 1 commercial course will be started Monday of next week, as heretofore mentioned in The Robeson ian. Miss Effie Ellen Butler, who has had charge of the commercial course at the Appalachian training school at Boone, will be the teacher. The course will be open to outside people rf the town, as well as to high school students. The course in domestic economy, J Miss Elizabeth Peay, teacher, also is DK DURHAM DEALS WITH SOME. LOCAL '. EVILS . .Pastor of First Baptist Church, Says Christian People Are Negligent of Their Doty SundaySale of Drinks Should Be Stopped He Thinks De grading ' Pictures Are Shown at Movies. ' - . .. , . HgP1" ROBESON WILDCATS ENJOYED -FIRST REUNION AUTOS USED FOR IMMORAL PURPOSES ton Dr. Durham declared that he feared that the Christian people of the town were not as much concerned as they should be about the sort 6f moving pictures that are being shown here. Many of the pictures shown, he thinks, are degrading to the vouner people. The preacher also called at tention to a statement made in thp pen to people oi tne community not the court .house recently by Dr xnnected with the schoof. There Herdliska with reference to prostitu are three sections: Irom :15 to tion to the effect that the automobile 10:45 a. m., from 10:45 a. m. to is being used by the same class of 12:15 p. m., from 12:45 p. m., to 3 'people that formerly occupied the p. m. Arrangements may be made houses of ill fame in the towns and vo enter .either of thp sections. cities. There is an increase of 17 per The sermon Sunday evening was In his sermon Sunday evening Rev. Dr. Chas. BT. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, dealt with a number of conditions that are exist ing in the town of Lumbertonw Among the things mentioned was that of al lowing the drug stores to remain open on Sunday for the purpose of dis pensing soft drinks and other mer chandise. In" allowing this thine to exist, Dr, Durham stated that the mayor and town commissioners are failing to enforce the laws that have been placed upon the statute books of North Carolina. Dr. Durham also said that the Christian people of the Colombia Entertained Members of ..Wildcat Division Royally at First Annual Reunion Charlotte Select- ed as Next Meeting Place. Robeson Wildcats returned from the first annual reunion held at Co lumbia Monday and Tuesday singing the praises of the South Carolina cap ital: for th splendid manner in which they wre entrtained by the people of that city. They were entertained in the homes of the people of Columbia and well entertained' according to the Wildcats Around 5,000 members of the 81st or Wildcat, division gathered for the first reunion, where comrades min gledwith comrades and talked of the 9 .months, they spent in. Franco and of the days when they were first mus tered into the army at Camp Jack son, near Columbia. Among, the outstanding features Of Monday was an address by Gener al Bailey commander of the Wildcats while they saw service at the front andjduring the several months they TOWNSHIP COMMITTEEMEN Committees Appointed to Collect 10 . Cents Per Bale for American Cot ton; Association Membership Does. In Monday's Robesonian it was stated that at the meeting held here Monday at which resolutions were passed, published in Monday's paper, IN SOCIAL CIRCLES ELECTRIC POWER OFF. veugfttrul Reception Given by the Woman's Club in Honor of Teach ers of Graded and Hlrh Schools. Reported for The Robesonian. A delightful social event was the j reception given by the Woman's Club urging all cotton producers to mar- I 7 1 "Z "u,uar ket cotton . .li Qa at the hom o Mrs. Thomas U John fiuosiUlB AUU cent, in attendance over last year, naking it necessary to employ two' additional teachers. It is becoming more and more evident that an ad ditional building is needed and will havp to be provided before next fall. TVio ophnnl trnnt.PAs and othpr riti- ;en8 are convinced that fthe only I meetings well Attended Many Ex wise thinu to do is to make arrange. ments right away to purchase the vacant Carlyle property just across Eighth street irom the present grounds. ' The teachers, with their grades, are as follows: Lower First Miss JEmma Norment; Higher First, Miss Rachel McNamara; Second, Miss Pennie Rowland -ana" Mrs. Josie F. Cobb; Third, Miss Winifred Rowland; some of Third and some of Lower fourth, Miss Louise Townsend; Fourth, Miss Dovie Prevatt; Fifth and Sixth, departmental work, Misses Ruth Davenport, Lilly and Bertha "Barker; overflow v from Sixth and Seventh, Miss Eulalia McGill; Sev enth, Miss Annift Louise Huff, this grade being taught in the mgn school building. town were negligent of their duty as sons of Con when t.hov nllrnr thin Z. i.m ... . . " ""- spent-n trance alter armistice was to go on in the good town of Lumber- signed. The ex-soldiers were welcom ed to the city of Columbia by the ma yor and Governor Cooper of South Carolina. Dinner was served alUthe visiting"4 Wildcats both Monday fluid Tuesday and they were royally After tained by the women of Columbia, who prepared and served the dinners. Tuesday the ex-soldiers were taken to Camp Jackson, flative home of the division, and there the bovs pleasant hours renewiinar old frinH. ships both among people, and places. One of the most imm-essive snonM nf tne reunion was when the Wildcats' with bowed heads' stood and sang nearer, my uoa, to Thee," in mem ory oi members of the division who "went West." . A a business meting of the organ ization Tuesday afternoon Charlotte was chosen as the next irippHmr-nl-. over Raleigh and Asheville, the three ixurtn Carolina cities making bids for the next reunion. The next reun ion will be held next September,the exact date to be determined-at meet ing of the executiv committee, Clar ence E. Carpenter of Kings Mountain was chosen presidnt of the organization. aec:area by many who heard it as timely and one that should result in some changes locally. hold for a fair price, committeemen were appointd for each township fo see farmers and gjnners in regard to collecting io cents per bale for mem bership dues to the American Cotton association. Followin? are the name. of, the committeemen appointed for this purpose : Lumbertc-n H. M. McAllister. W INTEREST CONTINUES IN HEALTH CAMPAIGN pressions of. Annreciattan frnm Members of Various Audiences Dr. Gillette is Urging Importance of Marriage Health Certificates. Meetings of the health campaign are being well attended at every place and those in charge of the Vork are. very much gratified at the inter est manifested. Dr. W. H. Gillette, regional consultant of the ir s PuK. lic Health Service, wh the lectures and explaining the motion pictures, is hearnig many expressions commendatory of the work from both his women and men audiences. Many approach him at the close of the ex hibitions and express regret that such information had noii been given them when ; they were; 'younger. ' Dr.- Gil lette is hammering "hard On' thA rtaol I essity for a law requiring hearth cer- ""Le oeiore marriage, and has P. Barker Back Swamp M. M. Singletary. Wish arts J. C. Stancil. Howell.sville J. I. Townsend. St. Pauls L. H. Townsend, Marcus Smith. Saddletree J. H. Powers. Raft SwamD W. IC'Culhroth. 1. R Tyner. , Thompsons David TownaonH T. s Townsend. Rowland G. L. Robertson. Twwut McCallum. Alfordsville R. E. RriWr w v Ballocki ' uaacrys k. F. Stewart Maxton A. J. McKinno McNair, - ' Pembj-oke Jno. Thaggard, A. S. Lockleag. Smiths Dave McArthur. Wilt "Wai ters. ; Red Sbrine-s W. -T .TnVmonn t Buie. 1 ' ' Burnt Swamp If. B. Ashley. Lumber Bridge Jno. Baird. Shannon J. F. Walters. Kennert Lacy McNair. Parkton Collier Cobb, J. B. Mc Cormick, Britts W. L. Thompson, Okey Stephens. Orrum Carl Nve. n. V. xna Fairmont Archie Griffin, Rowland Bullock. St$U?gsJ- W- Barnes, Thomp son Williams. White. House L. M. Oliver, G. E. Morgan. son on last Friday afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock, complimentary to the lady teachers of the Lumbrton gram mar and high school. The officers of the club assisted the hostess in receiving. The guests were welcomed at the front door by Mrs. Stephen Mclntyre, vice-president, and shown to the drawing room, where Sirs. R II. Crichton, treasurer, pre sented them to the receiving line com posed of Mrs. John Knox, president; Owing to electric power be ing off for several hours this morning The Robesonian has to omit today much news, editorial and advertising that otherwise would have been carried in this issue. The storm last night put the electric light and pow er plants out cf commission and blew , down wires, and it was nearly noon today before my type could be st or a press run. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL III W Mrs. Thomas L. Johnson, hostess, and StaT tS evemnr".? v.f8 the teachers as honor K7r thl" eeniB at Sodock n the- the teachers as honorees Masonic hall. Mrs. James D. Proctor, recording secretary, invited the guests from the - License has been issued for the me aming room, mamage oi Archie F. Lewis and V? thl,socul1 committee, consisting Quessie Powell; Jason Odum and Ber- of Mrs. Thomas F. Costner, Mrs. A tra Leola Sessoms. T. Parmele and Mrs. Junius J. Good- . win, served delicious mmrh onH . Important meetinr of thm r.nm sorted cakes. From here the ruet perton P8t of the American Leirion repaired to the library, where a verv .thl8 evening a t8 o'clock. All mem- delightful musical program was ren- ben re ured 9 be present. J . --- VTMO uerea, oemg arranged by Mrs. J. Q. Beckwith, chairman of the musical department. Those participating were Mrs. J. Q. Beckwith, Mrs. Hugh M. McAllister, Mrs. L. R. Varser, Mrs. J. A. Martin, Mrs. L. P. Stack and Miss Mary D. Atkinson of Elon col- -Large ears of corn ii. d i inches long are the unusual product of a natch of corn Mr. R .dam km wards has raised at his home in Lom-berton. Special neeting of Raft Swamp PLANT'NO MORE TOBAC CO UJJTIL. 1920 CROP IS SOLD at A PROFIT RECORDER'S COURT. Hih school:' Prof. J W R. Nor- ! L. ...va' an.d. . ; i. many cApresHions irom his au- ton, principal, mathematics; Miss:diences in fa7or cf . , ",s " 4ary D. Atkinson, - history and French; Miss Esther Ervin, Latin; Miss Mariaddte Turner, English; Miss Elizabeth Peay, domestic science. Boll Weevil Talk Bobs Up Again. Franklin Sherman,. entomologist of the State Department of Agriculture, h3S brought but is that the cost announced from Raleigh yesterday that a specimen of genuine boll wee vil, said to have been found in the vieinity of Lur.iberton, had been sent to him by Couwry. Farm Demonstrator Dukes. This weevil was brought to Mr. Dukes from a field where was ; found one of the bug specmens about which there was a'scare recently but which proved not to be a boll weevil, and there is going to be doubt about it until the State Entomologist or his agents actually find the boll weevils in the fields where this specimen was found. ." MARRIAGES. Lewis-PowelL Mr. Archie F, Lewis of Fairmont and Miss Quessie Powell of Orrum were married last evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth, Eighth street, who officiat ed. The ceremony was witnessed by only a few intimate friends and rel atives. :' ' The groom is a promising young farmer of the Fairmont section while the bride is - an accomplished and charming young lady. Both are very popular in their communities,. THE RECORD OF DEATHS. Mr. Pink Britt, Near Mt. Elim. Mr. Pink Britt, -aged about 60 years, died Tuesday, afternoon at his home near Mt. Elim. Deceased had been in ill health for several years and. his death was not unexpected. He is sur vived by two children, besides sever al brother and sisters. He was a mem ber of ML Elim Baptist church. The funeral was " conducted - yesterday about noon and interment was made m the Ward cemetery. . , Mr. H. L. .Reaves of sPrbctorville was a Lumberton visitor -Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. S. .McNeill and two sons. Jno. Coble, and Donald. spent Tuesday and yesterday in Wil mington, wt . i . ,. also is urging druggists not to sell patent medicines for the cure of venereal diseases and denounces at every opportunity the medical quacks who "guarantee" cure for these diseases. A startling fact tht rw. F.uowmiiuH yeany m the United States is $G58,500,OOi). Dr. E. R. Hardin, rnuntv haaitW p. , w J .V.U1 111 Ui- ficer is accompanying Dr. Gillette to all meetings and is giving hearty support to the work and rendering valuable assistance. Meetings are held twftie daily, at 3:o0 p. m. iorwompn nH nf c n . - - , . MJ p. HI, for men. Today, meetings will -be held at Marietta: tomorrow,24th, at Oak, Dale; Saturday, 25th, at Fair- t.I1 Mfe 27th' at Smyrna; Tuesday 28th, at Center; Wednes day, 29th, at White Pond.' At Long-Branch Monday afternoon the meeting was attended by 85 wom en and girls and at the night meeting the men and boys crowded the school house to its capacity, 125 or more being present. At Orrum Tuesdav R7 tended the afternoon meeting and 350 mrtf?ded the evening meeting. tiP was very much impressed p A 6 TmtTer!,st shown at- Orrum. Rev., Dr. J. J. Scott and Prof. R. L. Fittman made talks endorsing the worJc. ' . f At Barnesville yesterdav th .f,l noon meeting was attended by 25 wo men, unfavorable weather no doubt keeping many away, and the evening meeting was attended by 110 men. Alee tines m oIha l.u . colored ieop,e at eVchlTce" dV of Health" Z-LS - -?tote Boa Serer Wind and Rain Storm : Ust A severe wind storm, accompanied Several Cases Aired Before Assistant Recorder, IS. M. Johnson.. The following cases have been air ed Del ore Assistant RecnriW V. M- wonnson this week: . ' R. F. Dndlev. orneHv fined ?5 and cost. Dudley was found' guilty of running an auto over and killing a dog belonging to Mr. Row- lana.aiepnens, who lives near Orrum, piepnen. nae entered suit against Dudley for 'the purpose of trying to recover $50 damages for the loss of tne aog; . uudley lives in Columbus county, near Fair Bluff. Bun Floyd, reckless drivmsr: defend. ant agreed to nay damaces don tn j an auto belonging to Mr. L. C. Town- send and paid tne cost. u. d. wnght, abandonment. The warrant was sworn out by Wright's wife and after the trial was begun the two came to an agreement and the case was dropped. Don Powers, reckless driving and exceeding the speed limit with an au to; fined $10 and cost. Hector" McNeill, colored, charged with two assaults upon his wife with a deadtjt veapon; sentenced to 18 months on the roads. CHURCH NOTES. There will be regular services at the Presbyterian church Sunday: ounoay scnool at a:30, sermon at 1L o dock, and evening service at gl o ciock, ur. u. Moorehouse, pas tor. Dr .Moorehouse wDi conduct services at Baker's chapel Sunday af ternoon at 3:30. Raleigh News and Observer, Sept.-23. more than 1,000 tobacco growers, representing practically every large Tfthnnon itruiti'ii nAA . i . . : r BvunLy m ine state, in nieeting here yesterday pledged themselves not to plant any more to bacco until they had sold this year's crop of a profit, organized a perma nent Tobacco Growers association, elected Judge Stephen C. Bragaw, tf Washington, president, and passed strong resolutions calling upon the farmers to organize, and the Federal Reserve banks to explain why the marketing of the crrtn nanced. r " As was the case of the meeting of the cotton ei-owen hAn a . the tobacco farmers yesterday seriously intent upon find ing out whv th demoralized, and if there be ways to bring some sort of order out of the Chaotic state into vhiVh l Ji ' w" -"CJf uv The association formed yesterday is destined to becomo n r,a n xr wuua "ruwers association, now in progress of formation bv tnh. growers everywhere alike concerned over the condition that prevail in the - . , . ...... M.to nc; iirrre ft om Kentucky and Virginia, bringing greetmE-s from imiloi. that have been newlv fn nnrf gaoiiniTiAAtL.i . i . n. r mat tnose states will stand by North Carolina in ever steps they mav take fnworH t,j tS iT THuartete of ynT men camp No. 164, W. O. W.. Saturday from the University of North Caro- evenin of this week at R oVWir aii a concPrt tti' Were h?n 1 eive :nember8 are "Ked to be present, as a concert that evening, under the aus- some matters of importance will be Pices tf the Woman's Club, very kind- considered. Vme will be rgave several delightful, catchy se- r , . t . lections which added very much to Work ha been begun on the new thJ occasion. 3-story brick garage building which The spacious home of Mrs. Johnson MeMr- Bidock . Brothers will erect. D .ir.er more lovely than on this X.T "ru ana vnesmut streets, occasion, fall roses and other bright Jne Kage will be equipped with a fall cut flowers being used in abund- doubIe electric filling station. nce everywhere. More than one hun- j dred guests called during t; ; , -118" M,nan Weinstein left to- tion and c-av th tS'?."." ioritoanoge, Va., where she will hearty welcome to T ouVTitY.: .W"11 folte?e. She was -- uupaniM Dy ner lather, Mf. A. Weinstein, who will go on to New York to- purchase goods for his de partment store. is Mrs. D. C. Quick of McCoIl, S. C, MrRohJf' P'lJn ?d b5oth a Lumberton visitor todav' lUL.r C", returned yes- Mr. M. J. Merritt i, Ai ulirX Y"m 'roni Vs., to day in Wilmington on bus K w5S? et ' Mr. Ira Townsend of Howellaville who entered Randolph-Macon acade! township was a Lumberton visitor "y. They visited Washington and ' Tuesday- otner points of interest while away. , Mr. Jno. A. Brown left Tuesday for j Moore's Springs, where he will spend i ,oubie wdung of colored cou-v some time. P'es tock Place yesterday at 4:30 p. ! Mr. E. M. Paul of Pembroke L th? giter of Deeds among the visitors in town Tuesday ciatin " . - M5Ken2ie afternoon. ' Ifr contracting parties Mr. Philander Edmund. wh nJLTW.'S..W"' K'fiasr was a Lumbn Boik '" ssc Mr Geo. E. Thompson of the Lonjr . T9, E,verett Ward, who had been Branch section is among the visitors Yls,tl"5 relatives and friends in the : 5ft in e yard at the uv.to v jui, u, it. Hnaw. k'onx port considerable damage to cotton. GOV. Cox's Xrwvisl tmin MjL.ii.- SanU Fe was wrecked near Phoenix, Ani- yesterday. Neither a. r, -Z any member of hjs personal party was injured, although all were .b&yHX! an mk ! en- up, Twenty-sevlh of the 43 KtnHa.vl ar ticles going into thf, American family market basket decreased in price be tween July island August 15, the De partment of Labor's Bureau of Labor statistics announced Monday. The retail price of potatoes fell 44 per ,cent. and the price of cabbage went down 41 per cent. The drop in sugar prices is placed at 14 per cent. Most Jcmas of. meat decreased in price. Eggs went up H percent during the period and pork chops Were increased 5 pet ; Awarnmg that, the customs house m New York would be destroyed Tuesdar did -not. materialize. Thou sands of people repaired to the place at the appointed hour but nothine happened The mystery of the explot T J11' street ' Thursday, when 35 Uves were lost and property was damaged to the extent of mil lions,, remains , unsolved. " - : Be-establishment of pre-war prices fe. M.icn' WM announced Tuesday. The price reduction range ttom approximately 14 per cent, on motor trucks to31 per cent, on small tufr"v fow ,iatne time to caU a nSifil U n0, war prices, war Uenry jnnauqeing reduc tion. , ,p , Prices on All Ford Models Reduced en rtrerage OI suz a Car. theAfX?ngtPatCh0fthe21Stffive8 Henry Ford announced today that prices on all models of his automo biles have been reduced on an average Sir? a.i' brinin em practi cally to their prewar prices. The Ford company has 146,00 unfilled or ders. In making the announcement, Ford said lack of materials which are stor ed in many parts of the country was impeding production and that a slash ing of prices was the only way these materials could be foroed on the mar ket and prewar conditions brought about. Despondent over the collapse of the tobacco market and personal difficul ties with a man with whom he had worked his crop over the matter of placing it on the market, 7oe Bran non, a farmer living near Wendell, committed suicide sometime between Friday and Saturday afternoon. Th body was found in the tobacco barn where he had cured the crop over which he was worrying. Restaurant propretors in Green- t ? viDe, S. C, Tuesday announced a gen eral reduction in prices from 5 to 20 cents an dtem. Ham and eggs drop ped from 45 to SO cents. Three of the 5 Socialists in the New York State Assembly were expelled Tuesday night for the - second time this yearLTOe-othet-two resigned their seats. in town today, iuessrs. 1. K. Cirovnrrl nJ t r t 11 m . . J -to . . x-ouijt oi racuonaid were Lumberton visitors Tuesday. Messrs. E. T. Lewis and W. S. f loyd of Barnesville were among the visitors in town Tuesday. Messrs. Homer and Okey Stphens and M. C. Britt of ML Elim were Lumberton visitors Tuesday. Mr. G. S. Harrell and son, Master Luther, of Rennert, R. 1, were Lum berton visitors Monday afternoon. Sir. R. E. Redmond nt T?u; left this morning for Wilmington af ter spending several days here at the home of his namnh nr. --j u John Redmond POPULATION FIGURES FOR 8 NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES Beanfort Show Loss of One Person During Past Ten Years WaUuga Also bhows Decrease. Population figures for eieht North Carolina counties, six showing in creases and two decreases during the past decade, were announced Tues day by the census bureau. Beaufort stands out among the eight in that this county lost iut nn ani in thA decade. ' ' " ' x 0It Population of 30,877 m 1910: this rear the fiimrM i. an 876' Twenty years go its population was 26,404. The other county receiving a loss' r,afW.ata?a' dropped from m iiu to 13,477 hi 1920. Counties which in,..... i JMkson Craven, Martin, Yadkin. roiic ana swain. ven jnmP from 2594 to 29, I4an increase of nearly 4,000. 1U "gures for the remahun counties are: " r . Jackson, 13,396 in 1920 aninat 1298 in MlorMartin, 2SSSS. 17,797 in 1910; Polk, 8.832 aiW wSk0 Toi0 S T2,oi' 0,403 Ter ago; Yadgin, 161, compared with 15,428 in llio! The population of Avery county was announced yesterday by the cen sus bureau as 10,335. No 1910 popi i?nn.fii50rei.r vaUWe. tbVbu feau said, because this county had been created from the counties of Caldwell, Mitchell and Wataugf sin county and adjoinine counf u fnr . eral weeks, left yesterday morning for his home at Hope, New Mexico. He went Tuesday afternoon torthe" 01 ms orotner Mr. William ward, who lives in Bladen county, from where he started his journey home yesterday. y In the report in Monday's Robe sonian of. the concert given last Fri day evening by the Tar Babies quar tet mention was inadvertently omit ted of the fact that litu ibt!.- o.. mount Shaw won rho v.n, 1 1 . - l''". UUA Ui candy offered as a prize to the girt selling the most tickets. The m-esen- , tation speech was made by Mr W K Bethune. Among the out-of.f gathered here yesterdav for th servance of Yom Kipper Day of Atonement were: Mr. and Mrs. Lew is Weinstein and chiWren. Mrs. Harry &8m- 'hildren. Mr. and Mrs. ham Dunie, Fairmont; Mr. and Mrs Moses Fine of Maxton: Messrs. Frank Blacker, Hopkins Brothers, Adler and Irvine of Rockingham. The stores of . Messrs A. Weinstein and H. Dunie were closed yesterday. 7 vilS; H-Jtanley 01 HoweHs SShy, wa a Lumberton visitor Tuesday, gay that he has 25, ic9 cotton hat has theinest weed he ever saw, high enough to wS t0m0bile' cotton which wSt Jf?- fre'.,but owin- to the 'I wet weather it mill . 1-- ?TObSe the acre- There are -many fields of enttnn n - as the rank weed would indicate. T Mr. D. A. Owens f R was in town yesterday: , uai: ; COTTON MARKET. (Reported by P. F. Johnson) Strict middling. 30 cents: middling 23 1-2 cents. V ; Dfi. WILXLAll W. P1H2E3 ? ETB ETECIALIST Oflce: National Bank f uw wsv census. -z. v
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