Newspapers / The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.) / Dec. 16, 1920, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ROBESONIAN, -UMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920. TAGE TWO Is now located at the Lumberton Bargain House with complete line of appropriate gifts for the old and the young. Our Holiday Line is be ing sold rapidlyNand it will be to your interest to Shop Early before the stock is all picked over. You will find our prices very reasonable and it will be no trouble to make a selection here for we have such a large assortment. We want all the Children to write Santa Claus a let ter and address him care of the BARGAIN HOUSE. Tell him what you want and sign your name and mail them so we will get them by SATURDAY MORNING DECEMBER 18. m. t -5 2 GIFTS FOR CHILDREN Filled Stockings jIOC 15c to w Dolls 89c to $9.50 Doll Pianos 89c to Doll Trunks $1.98 to JJ j Doll Beds 98c to $1 75 Kitchen Cabinets 98c to JJ Chairs for the Little Tots $2.48 to. . 25 Drums 89c to JCJ Jg Velocipedes $8.00 value Aeroplanes eacn ' 'lops, iiaiis, Marbles and all kinds of Games specially priced. "Alger" Books for Boys and Girls. A big line of pictures Books for the little Tots. Shoe Fliers or Rocking Horses CO QQ $i.48 to y&.jo STATIONERY Here you will find a large assortment of fine Stationery which makes appropriate gifts for any one. Priced from 04 ylO per box, 48c to 9ttO Electric Trains from $8.00 to 25 . " ' Mechanical Trains - j UP We have a large assortment of Handker chiefs priced from 5c each to .... a box $1.98 Neck Ties 89c to . . Ivory Dresser Sets at Bargain Prices. $1.48 CUT GLASS SALAD Dishes and Serving Trays. Specially Priced. Ladies and Childrens Coats, and Ladies Dress es will be old at old time bargain prices. Solid Leather Shoes for Men, Women and Childern priced at live and let live prices. Every pair guaranteed. DRY GOODS SPECIALS Dress Ginghams yard 15 Outing Flannel yard 15 Yard wide Sea Island per yard 15 m Apron Ginghams per yard GROCERY SPECIALS Swift Jewel Lard, 41b. bucket 75 Swift Premium Hams per lb. . . 38 Smoked Ribbed Bacon per lb 28 White Side Meat per lb (JC 24 Cakes Swift Arrow Borax Soap QQ Granulated Sugar per lb. i All kinds of Canned Goods Specially priced. 4 5 PHONE 6 THE CUT RATE CASH DEPARTMENT STORE C LUMBERTON, NrC. ELM STREET i vr - RESULTS OF INQUIRY MAY BE STARTLING Investigation of Affairs of Comber land Railway and Power Company Be g u n Receiver Not Hopef ill Of Saving Much From Crash of Concern. The following from the Raleigh News and Observer of Dec. 9 is of interest to Robesonian readers: Startling developments may grow out of the invstigation of the affairs of the Cumberland Railway Power and Light Co., which begins today ; when Receiver John R. Baggeft of Lillington, reaches Norfolk, whither the general offices of the corporation ! wci'f- moved several months ago when th? stock selling plans of the organi zation were well along toward ma-' tuiity. No examination of the books has as yet been made by Mr. Baggett but local investigation of the company's operations in several sections of the State led him to make' the statement last night that he was not very hope ful of saving a great deal from the wrecked company, which was forced , into the hands of a receiver last week when it failed to meet the interest due on outstanding bonds. The Coumberland Railway Power & Light Company had its bginnlngs in the State in February 1919, when it was formed with H. L. Jones as pres ident to dig up the disused street rail way laid some years ago in Fayett villc, and later covered over with street improvements. At that time it con templated an extension of the exist ing track to Camp Bragg. Its orig inal capital stock was $200,000. Small Power Plants. In May of the present year the au thorized capital was swelled to one rrflllion dollars. The company branch ed out, going into a dozen small towns and villages in North Carolina, taking over the local power plants, and securing franchise for interurban railways. Most of the plants, it is understood, were taken on lease, and rental paid for their use. Two districts were covered by the proposed electric railway lines. The first extended from Lillington, Fu quay Springs, Varina and Holly Springs. The second included Wen dell, Middlesex, Lucama, Kenly, Mic ro, Four Oaks, and Pine Level. Small plants wre taken over in most of these towns and operated by the com pany. In so far as Mr. Baggett can determine, this was the extent of the actual work done by the company ex cept in Fayetteville, where some move was made toward extending the tracks. The offices of the company were moved outside the State, and an exten sive campany of stock, slling and bond selling begun. It is estimated that more than half a million dollars has been invested by farmers and others in the bonds of the company, and along with the bonds, they receiv ed blocks of stock in the corporation. Interest was defaultd in the bonds last week, and Lillington citizens ask ed for the appointment of a receiver. Defaulted Interest On Bonds. In Lillington, the company had (taken ovr a small electric light plant, powered by a gasoline engine and furnishing lights to the municipality and to private citizens. The plant was being operated at a loss of $200 per month by the town, and the city fath , ers were glad to get rifl of it for a rental of $100 per month and its street lights free. Seme minor improve ments were made in the plant by the lessef; company, it is said. I How far the losses of the bond holders in the corporation may be pro tected cannot be known until Mr. Bag gett takes over the -bocks. Rumors have been current for some weeks that the company had considerable money on deposit in Baltimore banks, but checks given on its North Caro lina and Norfolk bank during the past few weeks are said to have been returned unhonored. i The securities of the corporation were sold direct to the purchasers through stock salesmen licensed by the State Insurance Department. The plan of sale varied it is said, in vary ing localities. Some of the contracts agreed to return the purchaser's money or his note, on January 1, in the event he was dissatisfied with the transaction. Another contract in the haands of the receiver, obliged to pay the wife of the purchasr 20 per cent more than the face value of the bonds in the event of the purchaser's death within a certain period. LINNEY WANTS TO BE DIS- TRICT ATTORNEY HIMSELF Parker and Newell Also Aspired But They Come Down at Behest of State Chairman. Raleigh News and Observer. I Word comes down from the moun tains that Frank Linney, eight years chairman of the State Republican ex ecutive committee aid sometime can didate for gubernatorial h .iors on that ticket, has flipped his hat in the ring as aspirant forthe United States District Attorneyship for the western, district. s Comes also hard on the heels of this infoimation tha ttwo other lean and hungry Republicans who have been nursing similar aspirations have fish ed their headgear out of hte ring, and will graciously allow Master Linney an undisputed and unanimous field when he comes up toi the political trough to be fed some time early next March. ! The self sacrificing ones are John J. Parker, recent aspirant for the Gover norship of the State, and the other, Jake Newell, recent candidate for Congress from the Ninth district. Both these gentlemen had made ten tative application for the job,-but are unwilling to stand in the way of the leader of the Republican hosts when he wants something. The Linney announcement is not quite in line with speculations that have been bruited about as to the probable divisions to be made in the (spoils of the recent campaign. Lin .ney was generally supposed to be af I ter the job of collector of internal revenue and same of the lesser breth ren were slated for the lesser jobsuch as it now appears Linny is after. And it would appear that the Lin-ney-Butler combination will direct the distribution of favor in the State for the next four years instead of Mr. j Morehead. The job is not yet his, but the fact that Parker and Newell have subsided the minute he delivered his dictum would indicate that he has the ' situation tolerably well in hand, and . with his ' Sampson county colleague, should be able to run things to the 1 satisfaction of himself and his col- , league. PALMETTO BEACH MAN PRAISING IT Manuel Gonzales ' Declares Tanlac Built Him Up After Suffering From Attack op 'Flu.' "I just needed a general, all round building up, and Tanlac has done that very thing," said Manuel Gonzales, I Palmetto Beach, Tampa, Fla., recently- "About a year and a half ago I had a terrible attack of influenza which left me in a very weak and run down condition. I never felt hungry enough to enjoy a meal, and I had a hacking cough which kept me awake nights so I just couldn't regain my strength. "My nerves got me in such a con dition at times that I couldn't do any thing but pace the floor for hours, and any time just the least excitement would completely upset me. "Well, I tried everything I could hear of in my efforts to get my health back so I could enjoy life but nothing helped me until I got Tanlac. But my appetite improved from the start when I got' Tanlac, and now I am eating just like I used to, never have that cough any more, and my nerves are as quiet and steady as a cloak I sleep like a log nights, have gained several pounds in weight and am feel ing better in every way than I have in years. Since Tanlac has really made life worth living for me .1 am always praising it. Tanlac is sold in Lumberton by Pope Drug Company and Grantham Brother; in Barnesville by W. C. Walters; in Elrod by J. E. Bridges; in oLwe by L. E. Tyner & Son; in McDonalds by D. H. BritUr. Robeson's Grand Old Man. Dr. H. G. Hill, the veteran Presby terian nastor of Maxton. nanned hi 89th birthday recently, and his loyal people as is their custom, made him a birthday present of $1.00 for every year of his life. Dr. Hill is hale and hearty and preaches every Sunday. Charity and Children. Try an .ad. in The Robesonian. HOME Vn SWEET m HOME ; Huxst j .'xjj, vT"7-- HEBE- MERE - 'STOP THAT PIOHT OFF - WHAT'S THE . TPOUBLE ANYWAV ? ' UJL J tu ... 4 THAT KID THERE SAID I WAS HOMELY AS YOU POP? OH . that's WHAT STARTED IT EWt T -L , r 1 njuiMr- WELLL NOTHIN REALLY STARTED 'till i SAio I YfAStfr AS HOMELY AS YOU POP' L
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 16, 1920, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75