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TOKvK. ,C.fc M0in?Air. OCTOBER 25, 1020.
ItfeSWINJEY REPORTED DEAD.
(by united press y
Washington, Oct. 25 McSwiney
died at 5:40 a.: m. today.
Lord . Mayo McSwiney ' had .entered
upon the seventy-fourth' day of his
hunger strike fast. He had been un
conscious -for several days, according
'to reports.
Red Cross Roll
Call Nov. 11-25
Mr." Junius 3 Goodwin is Chairman
For Lumberton Chapter Represen
tative From Atlanta Division Visits
Lumberton,
x
Mr. Junius J. Goodwin will
be
chairman for the Lumberton chapter
of the 4th Red Cross roll call hlchlrf. V. enooay oi ttea opnngs,n.epuo-
trill begin on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 'lican candidate for the State Senate,
and last through Nov. 25. Citizens presided and introduced Mr. Tucker, ,
of Robeson county should be more who made the first address.
thn ever interested in this annual L Mr.. Tucker devoted his half -hour 1
roll c&l this vear because the "county !to a discussion of the League of Na-
now has ah efficient public health
nurse and half of every dollar of !
. . , . 1 1 1 . (
membership' fees paid by citizens of
the county come back to the county to
be invested in' this work. Miss "Alice 1
Casey. Robeson's public health nurse, i
went to Raleieh last week to attend a
conference ot Red Cross social and
public welfare workers, representing
the Lumberton chapter.
Miss Emilie Walker, representing
the? Atlanta division of the Red Cross,
soent Friday - and Saturday here in
the interest of the roll call and ap
pointed Mr. Goodwin for the chapter.
Miss Walker spent yesterday at Lum
ber Bridge with her brother-in-law
and sister, Dr. and Mrs. Thos.' Stamps,
and goes today to Raleigh fa attend
a conference tomorrow and Wednes
day of Red Cross workers prepara
tory to the roll call.
COL. COX WILL SPEAK NOV. !S.Tv
Misunderstanding About Hour Caused
Him to Reach Lumberton Too Late
For Address Saturday Afternoon.
A misunderstanding about the hour
he was to speak caused Cot. Albert
L. Cox to reach Lumberton too late
to make an address at 9:30 Saturday
afternoon as , advertised. . Co". Cope. Ar
rived here Saturday evening over the
V. & C. S., thinking that he was to
speak at 8 o'clock instead of 3:30. He
leftat 8:50 for his home at Releigh.
Col Cox will speak in the court
house here Monday evening, Novem
ber 1 at 8 o'clock the night before
the election. He is a forceful speak
er and ho doubt a large crowd vill
greet him when he returnes. La
iee are esp ecially invited.
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKINGS.
Democratic speakers will address
voters of Robeson at the following
places this week:
Wednesday- N$ght Gieunwood
school house, A.' C. Davis; Tabernacle,
L. R. Varser; Smyrna, T. L. Johnson.
Thursday Night Fairmont, A. C.
nutria Antirknh T.'--'l? Vavear
Elim, E. J. and'li jr. Britt; Wakulla!
JU: R. Varser; Mt
H. E. Stacy and A. P. Spell.
Friday Night Regan school house,
H. E. Stacy; Parkton, A. C. Davis;
Old Prospect, T., L,; Johnson; Raft
Swamp, L. R. Varser,.
Saturday Afternoon Buie, 3:30, p.
m., L. R. -Varser.
Orphans' ; Concert Timorrow Evening
The, -singing class of the Oxford
orphanage will give a concert at the
high school auditorium Tuesday even
ing at 8 o'clock.
Another year of high prices and
arfother siege of influenza have served
to make the needs of the orphanages
greater, and the demands upon these
institutions for admission of needy
children Is increasing. The Oxford
T,ana. rujij. .;u
K. 1UC VAiUlU
regard to denorflination or fraternal
relationship of parents, the need of
thhiH hkintr tt.',,,! M
sideTation, and is striving to do its
part in meeting the increasing de
mands. Your presence at the concert
will aid in this work and will help to
courage the . ddMrT ald Wends
who are working in the r behalf.
,
Grant of Land Dated 1774.
Among the interesting papers on
exhibition at the colored fah- last
week was a grant of land by King
nporire the ThWA tn ab.-i ri-isf
dated July 25, 1774. The paper be
:? r avh
longs to Maurice McMillan, colored,
of St Pauls township, where the land
is located, and the old paper, patched
and yellow with age but still legible,
was brought to" the fair by J C. Car-
roll, colored. It sets fort! that . King
ueorge gave a tract of 200 acres in
Sen county-IZS of
North Carolina." to which letters pat -
ent "Witness our trusty and well be-
loved 'Josiah Martin, Esq.? captain
general.- governor and commander in
,.u-.nt n ..m n n.i.
then was a part of Bladen county.
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The. Western North Carolina Meth
odist conference," in session at Salis
bury last week, adopted the recom
mendation of the board of education
that it assume $1,607,300 as the con
ference quota of - the church-wide
campaign fund ; for education.
' iL-4imi 3ftnie Humphrey
and W. H. Adams of the Philadelphus
section rere Lumberton visitors Fri
day. .
fer and :
Tucker Address
Voters Here1 j
Republican Candidate for Governor
and Lieut. Gov. Given Good Audi
ence Tucker Tackles League of
Natior.g and Parker Nibbles at Fed
eral Reserve, the Negro in Politics, I
u "vj. Tut ra.jn..
, the "Machine" That Broke Gardner
and the Revaluation Act. ,
" A crowd that -filled- the court room
heard Messrs. J. J. Parker and I.' B.
Tucker,, Republican candidates foj
Governor '. and lieutenant Governor,
respectively: speak here Friday eve-
ining. "There were a few ladies in
the audience and a number of local
Demtrats attended the meeting.. Mr. ,
tions, which he declared was the out-
standing: issue to be decided at the
XT 1 . 1 . T .L : - -1 . l-i
iiiofemufr election, in mis ievuuu
jthe people will vote to endorse this
League or against it, the speaker said.
The strongest criticism offered
against, the League was his fear that
the dark races would predominate it.
The speaker was afraid that some
American like Cameron Morrison
might have to sit at the peace table
between two negroes. Mr. Tucker
appealed to the women to vote the
Republican ticket, stating that they
are indebted tQ the Republican party
for the privilege "of : voting..
After closing his address Mr. Tuck
er introduced Mr. Parker, whom he
declared to be the best-equipped man
mentally that has offered for Gov
ernor pf North Carolina in 25 years. ,
in beginning his address Mr. Park
ier said he noted that a number of his
Democratic friends were present. He
thanked them for coming out, saying
that though he liked to talk for the
edification of the saints and he also
liked to preach for the conversion of
the sinners. The speaker then as-
sured the Democrats that he would
say nothing mean, hard
er
-
about them.
Ib- speaker appealed to his audi
. i j . j. i ,
ence to layaside pre udice and vote
for the party they believe in, declar
ing that politics is a matter of busi
ness. People should do their duty to
their country without fear or preju
dice. The speaker expressed his regret
that North Carolina did not give the
women the power to vote, saying that
v it i
ne was onginaiiy in lavor oi equal
suffrage and that he did all he could
to get the Legislature to ratify woman
suffrage at the special session. He
thinks that the entry of women into
politics means more progressive -legislation
in North Carolina, and that
(the stronar arm of theaiaw wiU.be
t thrown around theweat and chrtVf
dren f thHttii.
Referring.ltoVtas''Titenioarictopp
nent the speaker'said he was running"
on a slogan of "Peace, Progress and
fftwrlty," and added that" he was
not sure whether he mean the ''peace
progress and prosperity" tit the cotton
farmers. in North Carolina or the Re
valuation act. Mr. Parker .then de
clared that he was not blaming any
body with the low prices of cotton,
hut said the remedy was the thing,
The remedy is to hold cotton, , the
:J"k.P?.?W 'SS
? X" f ov"
and keep it off the market.
The speaker offered criticism of the
Federal' Reserve system and said
neither party . paid any attention to
the South, this resulting from the fac
that both parties knew the South
would vote the Democratic ticket.
Referring to the question of the ne
gro in politics,-: the speaker said the
i 7. . it 1 i -
lime naa ceen wnen mere was an ex-
ZlfVfr hnt tS ' .SSJJ ShS
together, but that was settled when
ithe negro was disfranchised, that ne-
gro participation in the political life
I of the State had been settled.
I Mr. Parker-paid glowing tribute to
i Max Gardner, and declared- that he
bea by the same machine that
aS m T a I i
He advocated a new school system, a
latter-roads system and a fair and
'just taxation system. He appealed to
hs hearers to aid him in beating the
machme A0?? Carolina. Here the
speaker added that a Republican ma-
nroo I'nof oa iinHoairoh a aa f
Democratic machine, ,and referred to
the machine that beat Roosevelt in
;1912.
' V-VV0 . ' we
wvltn the Evaluation act.- The
!J L& "f?
In closing his address, the speaker
"me; the old system was unjust in
A,! .ZEStS
UP" Jhe,a82itura.1 ,cla"8;
tYi law Pa8sed b the fture
"Vf tf t rm2
don t say, he said, that the men
I 1.
'txihn nastied the bill had had motrves.
There were good Democrats and Re
publicans . who . could not see. - The
enpnkpr offered ' fieures in support
his contention that under the revalu
ation act corporations and personal
property owners will pay less taxes
and that the taxes on real estate will
be higher. .
The East Lumberton" band furnish
ed music for the occasion.
j .:V' r . ;
- Henry McMillan, . a leading Vanto
dealer of Wilmington ,y died Thursday
night following a .stroke of paralysis.
'Ware Insidious
Of fers of Trades
tide e Winston Warns McDonald An-
ebon
1UFIcr -Against vnw v w..w.
Trades Crowd Which Filled School
House' Heard Splendid Speech by
Weil-Known Democrat Friday
Nfght Women Needed in Politics
to Help Settle Vexed Questions.
.Judge Francis . D. Winston ef Win-
I .ju a f ni,i. PnHao ;
; ton addressed at .McDonalds Friday
'fcvfenine a crowd of women and men
that completely filled the school room;
manv' sitting on the platform. ' The
weU-known speaker was in fine feath
er and every minute of his speech of
&n hour. .and a half was thoroughly
enjoyed; 'and, the audience had plenty
to- carry Home to .tnnjc aDoui, vuai
truths presented in a new way and
nmue i wuu .
the, aid of homely illustration and apt
story, - ' 1 .
- Judge Winstoh made the confident
prediction that . the Democrats wdl
win art overwhelming victory in Np-
vember In Natiott and State. . The
trend' of the tmes is. with them, he.
said; various, stravrs show the way
the wind is blowing, notable among
the straws being prominent Repub
licans'who have forsaken the party
ef their life-long affiliation and are
advocating the election of Cox and
Roosevelt.
It was not a mere happening, said
the speaker, no accident, that women
were given the vote at this time. They
were given the vote because world af
fairs had reached a point where their
vote is needed to straighten things
out. U men had. behaved themselves
at4 given the world the sort of gov
ernment they should, the women
would not have voted until "year af
ter next," hesald, with a flash of his
capricious humor; and the crowd
laughed. But he welcomed the wom
en to the franchise and expects -them
to purify and uplift, as they have in
every field of endeavor they have
touched. Their help is needed to set
tle vexed problems of a world turn
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lftT, Ja I?" u' J ZZZZn
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,a . cheering, message that he would
take to other sections of the State,
that the women of this outlying sec-
portunity and wfll perform the one
and use the other.
; If Senator Harding, Republican
candidate for the Presidency, had
heard Judge Winston's sarcastic vro'r.
nunciatiem and references to "nor
malcy"1 he would be sorry he ever
resurrected the odious word. That it
ig 8ome flctiorieg the ge ad
mitted butt has BOt ei ln
,m jfa Middthat was about
m iLniMi
gets to Jchowttur the' heart and needs
of the American people;
Nmrmaieyr There -was lash and
rftfwirm he woi m itefl sfrom the
JJt the speaker. 'What aort cf
iWRftdfeT" 'normalcy' of 4-cent .ot
ton, under ' McKhiley ' or of 40-cent
cotton .untLer ."Wilson ? the 'normalcy
of -10-eent tobacco' under'Taft or of
$1 tobacco under Wilson?"
The Republican party, Judge Win
ston said, is the statutory party: that
is, it is the party that believes in
creating everything by law;, in cre-
law- whUe the Democratic party is a
natural growth from the desire of
people to help each-other and, to make
progress along all lines. '' He drew
a nice distinction here whicn invites
thought. Really, he said, there is only
one political party, and that is the
Republican: Democracy is not really
a party but a state of being, a yearn
ing to help. Democracy springs up
wherever people advance from a bar
barous state and unite for the com
mon good, neighbor to help neighbor
and all to advance together. Statu
tory ' Republicanism, he said, makes
men brutal. When Lincoln was shot,
wnen uanieia and McKinley were
snot, the South in its democracy pour-
ed out its heart lavishly in sympathy:
Mint, viic wumcii ui uiis vuiuruu dv- i 1
fa cpifmTihm .bales.
but when Woodrow Wilson stagger- addressing an audience composed of
ed back home from labors in which 1 people whose keen intelligence caught
he had won victories for the cause of .and appreciated every well-turned
cire tmd the people orer crowned sentence, every rapier-like thrust,
heads, and lay wounded, not a word and the frequent sallies that spark
of . sympathy was spoken by Kepubli- led like diamonds all the way through.
cns; but they hounded him, ratheT, The judge never allows any dull mo
and reviled him when he was too si-'k iments when he is the speaker, espe
tO defend himself. I daily when he has an audience whose
. Harding's stale cry about "Amer- quick intelligence leaps to meet his
ic first" Mr. Winston held up to 'own: .
ridicule. He meant, said tha sneak-1 Mr. E. Wheeler Stone presided as
Ler, America "alone," "by itavf."' How
could a race be won when there were
no entries! It was easy to stand
head when there is only one in the
class. But there was no honor in '.t.
Referrinc tn the RannHlinn anaalr.
ing in Lumberton the same night,
Judge Winston said that "this very
night there is a - man in Lumberton
appealing to the people to forget the
rascality and misgovernment of the
Republicans in State affairs, their
thieving, the debts they piled up," and
the tangled condition which it took
Democrats 15 years to straighten out.
And Mr. Snoddy. he said. Republi
can candidate for the Senate from
Robesdn, "is trying to sow -seeds of
dissention and persuade the people to
vote against the highest type of North
Carolina manhood" in the person of
LrRi Varsery tae Demoeratk aominee
-The judges framed1 hie --audience
againstr any-insidious "division" pro
paganda.' He -said that voters might
be asked to male trades, which he said
was more dangeroim than playing
t'lans To Finance
Cotton Crop
teps Taken to Organize $12,000,000
Cotton Export and Crop Financing
vorporauon.
Plans for the organization of a $12,-
! O00-000 cotton export and crop finan-;
cmg corporation were adopted at a
meeting in JVashington, Thursday of
hankers and representatives of cotton
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interests attending the convention of
the American Bankers' association.
' The "meeting approved suggestions
contained in a report of a committee,
headed by Robert F. Maddpx, Atlan
ta banker, to move at once in the di
rection of preliminary steps toward
organizing the corporation. Tentative
arrangements provide for the pay
ment of half of the capital stock or
an initial working fund of S5,000,000
capital and $1,000,000 surplus.
. I Capital subscriptions, the plan sug
gests, will be based on an assessment
of $1 a bale on cotton raised in the
respective States thereby making the
Organization .'one of far reaching in-
ienee throughout all territory which
s had difficulty in financing the
movement of the cotton crop. The de
cision to call for the .initial payment
el only half of the total capita! means
therefore that the subscriptions w II
be prorated among the purchases of
stock on the bavis of .r-0 cents per
otie.
It was made clear by speakers at
the' meeting that the purposes of the
corporation which will be organized
under the Edge act amending the Fed
eral , Reserve act is not to hold -the
cotton crop but to insure the commo
dity he moved "at a time when the
market is stagnant." "-"
Under provisions of the Edge, act,
the corporation is enabled to handle
trade acceptances agreement of the
purchasers to the amount of. ften
ti nes its capital and surplus or, in
the case of the proposed corporation,
thi ability to handle acceptances of
cotton purchasers to the amount of
$60,000,000.
, Although there was no specific men
tion made, there were indications that
formation of the corporation4 would
immediately open the way for the
sale of cotton in Europe where the
ddmand is estimated at three to four
f '' The committee informed - those in
attendance at the meeting , that it
would make "no extravagant promif-
1 1 a ' A A 1. . A I A. A.M
es , dui tnai it nopea inai me es
tablishment of such a corporation
would be "of tremendous benefit" to
the South. The meeting was told
also that the corporation would not
prove a "remedy for all ills, al
though it would make possible the
provisions 'for markets m time of
emergency such as the cotton pro.
ducers ' are .now passing thnough.
Although the corporation may in
the future extend its operations to
other, comodities, those in attendance
urged that it devote its, resources at
first to the handling, of this crop
alone.. The way was left open, how-
wer. for such enlargement and sug
gested extensions can be, made as
needed, speakers declared.
Mr. D. A. McQueen has- resigned
the position he had . held f or several
months in the offices of .the Virginia
Carolina Southern Ry. Co., here.
He has accepted a position with the
Pullman Co. and will make Jackson
ville, Fla., headquarters.. Mr. Mc
Queen, will move his family to Jack
sonville in a few weeks.
with fire. You may be. approached,
he said, with a proposition to swap
a' vote for Varser for a vote for Snod
dy, using promised votes for court
house officers in the trade. Don't
be misled, he warned his audience,
into voting for any but -the1, regular
Democratic candidates. '"'
Judge Winston's speech was gen
erously sprinkled with stories that
convulsed his audience with laughter.
J and hearty applause greeted his every
I telling point, showing that he was
chairman of the meeting. Judge
Winston arrived in Lumberton from
Wilson Friday evening, was taken to
McDonald by Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr.,
chairman of the county Democratic
executive committee, spent the night
in Lumberton . and , went Saturday
morning to Laurinburg. to Jill a
speaking engagement there. '
Referring to the visit of Governors
Coolidge, Dbwden and. - Morrow to
North Carolina the day before, Judge
Winston said that these - men were
amazed at the ' evidences of prosper
ity they saw. on every, hand in their
journey-from. Asheville to -Winston-
Salem, and yiat ' under such circum
stances anybody with three grains of
sense would have advised the people
that since they Were doing so well un
der Democratic-rule to keep on at it,
but they had the. effreotery to admit
the evidences of prosperity and then
te advise the people-.(rto diversify"
I their polities. - The blamed the South
for being true to itself, whkh ia what
it means to be Democratic. -
Colored Fair
Big Success
Exhibits Were Fine, Many Attended
I Otim Was Coed frobebly
I Make It Annual Event. .
The first county fair ever put on by
the colored people of Robeson closed
Friday night. As was
Thursday's Robeson ian, I
stated in
the three eX-
hibition halls were Tilled with credi
.thlf pvhihitu rt no-rifnltny! nr4n-f.
.... . . . ' .
- uuie exoiims m agricultural proaucis,
poultry, livestock, etc.. Thousands of
colored pin. pie and many whites Visit.!
ed the fair during the week and the
order was much better than usual
where crowds are gathered. There
was no evidence of drinking among
the colored people and they are to be
commended for the good order that
prevailed throughout the fair.'
It is expected that the fair will be
come an annual event and while the
first fair eclipsed all expectations of
the promoters, plans will be laid for
making the next fair even "bigger and
better."
Campaign Expendi
tures Announced
Presidential Campaign Up to October
18 Had Cost More Than $3,600,000.
The presidential campaign of 1920,
up to October 18, had cost more than
$3,600,000. Statements sworn with the
clerk of the House of Congress, states
a Washington dispatch, by the treas
urers oi the three principal parties,
show the following expenditures to
that date:
Republican national committee, $2,
741,603.34. Democratic national committee,
$699,971.61.
Socialist national committee, $48,
478.68. Contributions" to the various cam
paign funds aggregated about $3,
325,000, the Republican nation aj com
mittee reporting $2,466,019.54. Dem
ocratic national committee, $677,934.
87, and the socialist party $51,028.24.
The Democratic congressional com
mittee received $13,475.75, and the
similar Republican organization $116,
700. The socialist committee's report
alone showed a surplus of receipts
over expenditures.
The Republican report made a vol
ume of more than 2,500 pages with
each individual contribution listed to
give the full name and address of the
donor. According to the national
committee, more than 34,000 names
were so listed. No effort was made
to group contributions by states or to
assemble them according to the size
of the gifts.
. Both Republican and Democratic
reports showed hundreds of $5,000 do
nations, while larger items were few
and far between. It was stated that
there were but 16 of these larger con
tributions in the Republican lists and
not more than 24 in the Democratic.
PUBLIC HEALTH MEETINGS.
Final Week of the Social Hygiene Ex
hibition Will Wind Up In Lumber
herton Next Saturday.
For the final' and closing day of the
U. S. Government's social hygiene ex
hibition in 'Robeson county at Lum
berton next Saturday, Oct. 30, Dr.
Charles V. Herdliska, U. S. P. H. S..
in charge, has arranged for showings
to both white and colored popula
tion. White meetings will be held in
the high school auditorium, at 2:30
p. m. lor women only; 4:30 p; m. for
men only. At 8 o clock at night on
court house square an open air show
ing of the motion picture drama, "End
of the Road" will be given for the
whole community.
The colored showings will be given
at St. John's colored church, across
the river, at 2:30 p. m. for women
and girls only, and at 8:30 p. m for
men and boys only. Dr. Millard
Knowlton of the State board of health,
will be present, and possibly Dr. V'. S.
Rankin, State health officer.
The showings booked for St. Pauls
cotton mills for Sunday have been
k i r j 4.
by re
October 26,
-ofl -"
The last week of the campaign in
cludes two showings for the Indians
at Prospect on Wednesday, Oct. 27
and at Jimmy Dial's school house on
Friday, Oct. 29, and a showing for
white and colored each at Rennert on
Thursday, October 28th.'
PASS FOR A SLAVIC
Copy of Pass Issued to a Slave to
..Visit Relatives in 1861.
During the days of slavery it was
necessary for a darkey to secure a
pass from his master when he visited
relatives in other counties or States.
A copy of one of the passes was on
exhibition at the colored county fair
last week. The pass reads:
"Sandy, is on his way to visit his
wife at Col. G. B. Smitheron's, near
Melonville, in Orange county, Flori
da, by permission, to return in two
weeks, or thereabouts. The conduct
or, Mr. Bil)s, Mr. Ives or Mr. Ellinger
of the steamer, Bavosa will oblige me
by passing him to and fro.
"J. C HOOPER.
"Near Lake City.
"April 10th, 1861."
W. J. Haynes. a prominent citizen
of .Wayflesville, was' instantly killed
Thursday when a freight train hit an
auto he was driving near Waynesville.
COTTON market: '
Strict middling cotton is sellinr on
the local market today for 21 cents
the pound; middling 20 cents.
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL 1IIW
License has been issued for the
marriage cf Marvin N. McRae and
Alice Lee Deaton; Jno. C. McDaniel
and Mrs. Ellen Herring.
Red Springs Citizen: Although
01111 tl IblLaiir III. WIC tlllLTI VTCUIVIlUt
in Mrs W C Baeeett's coAdinfcn i
bedside
It had been 28 years on October
22 since Dr. T. A. Norment of Lum
berton had a shave. Dr. - Tom
says if Cox is elected President he b
going to clip his whiskers, food and
close. . , I .
Mrs.- P. J. West, who lives on R.
5 from Lumberton, has beeh seriously
ill since Thursday a week ago when
she suffered a stroke of paralysis.
Her condition was not improved Fri
day when Mr. West was in town.
r-A. C. L. train No. 65 will be held
in" Fayetteville until 5:30 p. m. Oct.
26, 27, 28 and 29 on account of the
Cape Fear fair. The V. AC S. pas
senger tram will wait at Hope Mills
lor this connection.
The singing class of the Oxford
orphanage will give a concert at the
high school . auditorium tomorrow
'(Tuesday) evening, beginning at 8
o'clock. AH who attend are assured an
evening of real pleasure and profit
Red Springs Citizen: Mr. W. B.
Webster, one of Red Springs' oldest
and highly esteemed citizens was sud
denly stricken and for a short whUe
critically ill on Main street last Fri
day afternoon. He was given im
mediate attention and later taken to
his home, where he has continued to
improve.
A slight change in the schedule
of the V. & C. S. will go into effect
Tuesday, November 2. Train No. 79
from Hope Mills will arrive here at
9:10 a. nu instead of 8:55 a. m., as at
present. The mixed train from Lum
berton to St. Pauls will leave Lum
berton at 8:15 a. m. instead of 8 a. m.
as at present.
Prof. Chapell Wilson, principal of
the high school at Lumber Bridge,
was a Lumberton visitor Saturday.
Speaking of the ideal weather with
which this 'section had been' Messed
for some weeks, Prof. Wilson said
that he has been teaching seven weeks
this fall and that during that time
there has been only one day that out-of-doors
play was interrupted by rain.
Fire of unknown orisrin practical
ly destroyed a 4-room residence own
ed by Mrs. Geo. B. McLeod on North
Elm street Friday about 4 p. m.
Charley Hunt. Indian, lived in the
house. Most of his furniture was sav
ed. Two large barrels of beer, the
kind used in making "monkey ram,"
were destroyed, according to the fire
men, who found the "remains" in the
building after the fire had been ex-
tinguished.
Miss Vashti White leftVriday for
Charlotte, to attend this evening.-the
Caruso concert. Miss White is a truest
of Mr. and Mrs. J. .B. Ivey. Other
Lumberton people attending the Ca
ruso concert leaving this morning are
Mesdames E. K. Proctor, Geo. B. Mc
Leod, Jas D. Proctor, Leslie Carlyle,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sharps and Misses
Agnes McLean, Josie McNeill and
Una Gough: Mrs. J. M. McCallum
and Master Frank Gough, Jr.
Dr. K. C. Beaman, pastor of
Chestnut Street Methodist church,
preached at Trinity church in Durham
yesterday the funeral of Capt. E. J.
Parish, one of the most prominent
citizens of Durham, who died Friday.
Dr. Beaman was formerly pastor of
the deceased and received a telegram
Friday requesting him to come for
the funeral. He will rturn this eve
ning. Owing to his absence the reg
ular church services were not held at
Chestnut street church here yester
day. Methodists Launch Drive for Big Ed
ucational Fund.
The Western North Carolina Meth
odist conference, in session at alis-
I "ui-? 7 Tpifa )tleJ recom'
mendation of its board of education
W-..-. 1 a. 1- I .
thereby assuming the obligation to
raise 1 1,607,300 for education. It will
go to the following causes: Connec
tional interests, 285,000; Trinity col
lege, $350,000: Greensboro colleo.
$254,800; Trinity Park school, $52,500;
Jefferson school, $105,000; Davenport
couege, $ziu,uuw; Kutherford college.
w,w; weoaington Industrial in
stitute, $70,000: Weaver col lew.
$140,000.
Pledges will not be asked for until
some time next spring, but the sec
ond Sunday in November was set
aside as the day for each church in
tne conference to introduce the mat
ter. Dr. T. F. Marr, pastor of Haw
thorne Lane church of Charlotte, was
selected as educational commissioner
and will devote his entire time to this
work lor the next 2 years.
Crarer-Randolph.
Miss Annie Randolph of Henderson
and Mr. William Craver of Dillon, S.
were married in the office of Reg
ister of Deeds M. W. Floyd Saturday
afternoon at 4 of the clock. Justice
M. G. McKenzie officiated. . This was
the 350th: ouple joined in wedlock by
Justice McKenzie.
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Office i National Bank eX
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