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TUB DATS ON- THE LABEL 'IS , THE DATE YOUE TAPER WILL BE STOPPED. WATCH LABEL; Oi fOURV PAPER AND 'DONTTLETCJB. SCRIPTION EXPIBE. V" ' ESTABLISHED 1870. . SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS." COUNTRY. "GOD AND TRUTH. $2.00 A YEAR. DUE LY ADVANCE f .. . . ...- VOLUME IX 1ULD3EUT0N, IT. G, TUULZDAt, JANUARY 20, 1921 BILL TO REVISE -.REVALUATION ACT ' Senator . Varser Introduces ' Measure ' Which ' Proposes v- Sweeping and Drastic Revision Actual Appraise ment Would be Made by Township 7 Boards and Administration - Wonld be Left Entirely to Counties. ""'- Sweeping and drastic revision of the K Revaluation ; act, though . adhering to the principle of "assessment of prc . perty at its true value in money," is provided in a bill Introduced in, the ' Senate yesterday by Senator L, R. Varser, chairman of the committee on .finance. -- The Varseri bill makes the adminis tration-f the revision entirely local, JAaboard-ofommisstoipr county is authorized ' to appoint" a county board of appraisers of from three to five members or may itself assume the functions of such a board The Actual assessments shall be made . by, township -boards of appraisers of three members each,, appointed by the countr board. ' ; ".-.r.:-- , The bill provides that th"e township board? shall hold hearings and shay take into considerations the sale value of. property and ;,its, profit bearing qualities and shall equalize, the assess ment Talue of all property in the township. ' The findings of the tojrn- - ship board are made- reviewable by the county board, but the sole func tion of the State Tax Commission is to furnish forms to the county boards. ... j0 Refund Taxes ' v' Th-v bill provides for a cash refund of all taxes collected upon a valuation in excess of that which shall be de termined under the provisions of fthe bill. Another revision in 1926 to followed by subsequent revisions each four years is called for. in conformity with the principle of the-bill which -calls for "present" values. The bill was referred to the finance commit-' . tee C avi of rw v.nof f frfJ annthoir Wll drawn by the Stal Department pf Agriculture, wnicn proviaes or co- "V"M. ""D ""wu- , tini? the board- and the board would nnU-atinn between State and Federal Britt made a most eloquent address J ng . xaa ana we ooara wouia operation, Deiween ciaie. na reuwij heartilv annlaiiHp1 hv th 1 be required to submit a report at authorities in collecting agricultural' n(. W neartuy applauded qy the- . 1 j f th Leeisiature eiv statistic and requires, that the need-; veterans wnoneard Un. ; . ulrZ3l9 nf M cases unon which ed information "shall be gathered by tax listers. Raleigh News andub server Jan. 20. j MEASURES OF .OCAL INTER Senator Varser Offers Bill for Elec tion to Decide Bond Issue for Lum ures. : .. 1.- Senator Varser of , Robeson intro duced in the Senate of the General Assembly ..Tuesday the following bills of local interest: Toratify and validate certain pro ceedings of the town of St. Pauls, per taining to bond issues authorized some time ago for town improve ments. To amend law in respect to fees charged by the register of deeds of Robeson. This Is a Dill to amend a law passed by the 1919 session of the EST! - 1 -1 heton Schools and to Provide Jor ! mp twice eacn year January 19 ruit, . """Jjm' the corner, the H. C UukeeD of Bridses by County jahd MaylO. He doubts if this re-! nwneo later inan January i' iM store and one of the Rnd Roard-Other Local Meas-i cord has been excelled by the Daugh-! tenaioi uauert statea tnat estimates stores in these diggings. Legislature requiring tne register 01 deeds of Robeson county to furnish all cotton storage warehouse mana gers with a copy of all crop leins and mortgages covering cotton stored, so as to require the payment of fees for furbishing such . records. The fees would go to the county and not to the register of deeds. " . To repeal .legislation for construc tion of certain bridges in Robeson county. This provides for repeal of a law passed at, the special session of 1920 providing that all bridges in the t county more than 20 feet across be I kept up by the county. If the law I is repealed the bridges will be kept up by the county road board. . To authorize thetown of Lumber- fern tov issue bonds and acquire land . , for school purposes. This is the bill : referred 0 in Monday's Robesonion, I providing for a bond issue of. $30,- 000 to purchase an additional school site (tcross the road from the present " site), pay for the teacherage, $7,600, and provide for repairs to ; present . school . buildings. The bill provides r for election to be held on "the ' first Tuesday in .pril, next WISH ARTS NO. 3 VOTES Vv r SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX Public school district .No. 3, Wis hart township, voted " last , Saturday a special school tax of 10 cents on the f $100 valuation and 30 cents on r the poll. The vote was 36 for the tax and 14 against , Little Gir Burned to Death. -An 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and '. Mrs. Jim Allen of R. 5, Lumberton, died Tuesday night of burns received Tuesday ivhen she e mto ne ire in an open fire-place at the ' Allen home. , Sanitary Inspector on His Rounds. The State sanitary inspector is making his rounds and all who have , sanitary privies are requested to have the 40 cents State tax reidy when the inspector calls. ' V . . ' Mr.. R. W. Bullari of Elrod was a Lumberton visitor yesterday. . . LEt JACKSON DAY OBSERVED I1ERE 2't Veterans Gathered Here Yesterday, Held a Business Meeting, 1 Heard - Address by Mr. L.. J. Britt and Songs by School Children and Were Entertained at Dinner by Daughters of . the 1, Confederacy Favor a Pen sions for All Confederate Veterans and Committee Will go to Raleigh ' in That Behalf Camp Alfred Row. land of Rowland Invited to Unite With Camp Pope. . -; . , t;' sv Twenty-five followers of Lee' and Pope. -Confederate ! veterans met'?1 eperty appraisers in each coun - here yesterday to observe LeeJack- son day. The veterans met in busi- - and were addressed at 11 a. m. by Mr. U J. iJntt ol the Jocal bar. , Several appropriate musical selections were well rendered by a number of children from the Lumberton graded school, and as a whole thff meeting was seem ingly much enjoyed,, by the veterans present. Dinner was served the vet erans by local Daughters of . the Con. fedenicyiTf f: 4 A: 'i'-:.v'wj: At: the business meeting of ' the camp an invitation was unanimously extended :to Camp Alfred Rowland, Confederate veterans, of. Rowland to unite with 6amp Willis H. 'Pope. A committee was also appointed to go to Raleigh and memorialize, the, Leg islature to, pension every Confederate Yfteren living in the State and to in- crej i8e 0; the present ' pension, t Tho committee is composed of Messrs. W. H. Graham, A. B, Small and Rev. F. A. Prevatt. Other camps ' in county will be asked to send a committee at the same time the committee from this camp goes to .Raleigh. In his address Mr. Britt paid glow- ingjtribute to the soldiers of the Con federate army- and; to their peerless leaders, Generals ' Lee and ' Jackson. The speaker gave a brief history of the lives of the two generals, whom i hr declared to have been amoivg tjie irameaiaieiy aner ine aaaress tne . !.x-i i A sioners room in the court house, where the local Daughters of the Confeder- acy had prepared a sumptuous spread of good things to eat, including turfe-y. After the veterans had feast - td to their entire satisfaction there was plenty of food in evidence. Com- inander M. G, McKenzie of the camp recalled that for 15 years the local Daughters of the, Confederacy have served dinner to 'members of the ters in any town in the South, 'Or. trim Atfpnrls the meptintra nt tne veterans regularly can always re-; member faces of some that were pre- sent at the last meeting who have paused' on to the final camping ' ground, all the while making the grey line grow thinner. The camp will meet again jun May 10. House Votes Against Increase in Membership. : ! xne tiouse oi uongress votea ae-i cisivcly yesterday against the Siegel reapptrtionment bill to increase its! membership from 435 to 483.' North ' Carolina will gain one additional mem-! ber. Cotton Mills Hold Annual Meetings t of Stockholders The annual meetings of the stock holders of the Lumberton, Dresden and Jennings Cotton Mills companies were held in the ' cotton mill office building: yesterday.- The odd boards of directors were all re-elected.. The old-pfficerapf each 'mill were also elected. (Th officers of the Lumberton and Dresden Cotton Miikcompanies are : H. B. "Jennings,, president and .treas uferr A. W. McLean, vice-president; F. P. Gray, Secretary and assistant treasurer; A.- M. Hartley cashier. The officers of theJennimgs Cotton ML1! -company are: H. Bf Jennings, president and treasurer; A. E.'White, vice-president; F. P.jGray, secretary and assistant treasurer; Ar M. Hartley, cashier. , Two Arrested, Chrged With Jump, ing Board Bill and Bond. "Ernest Tilly, was arrested last night by Chief pf Police' br M. Bar ker on a warrant from Rocky Mount charging Tilly with' jumping a board bill. An officer from -Rocky, Mount crried TiJly to that town today Charley Atkinson was recently ar. rested here. Chrley jumped his bond and "failed to appear at the last term of criminal court to ' answer the charge of fornication and. adultery. He is in jail. ' - ; -; ' r? "- : -Mr. D. B. McKee of Cjarkton was a Lumberton -visitor Tuesday. There Has been some talk to Cvt ef fect that Mr. McKee might move to Lumberton' to live, but he says he has made no definite decision as to that, though he might come if be could purchase the sort of prace he wants. ' , ',' ' '. ' "' 4 . Mr. Haynes , Ivey of Marietta is a Lumberton visitor today. : GenemI Aemtli Bfeasure Offered to Provide for Re ; . vision of Assessments Under Re. valuation ; Art To Retire) 'j Judges - at 70 YeaTg of Age Pardon Board Proposed Give ' All 4 Veterans iPea. - sloaa, f V -"'. i A measure Was. introduced Tuesday, m :: the Senate by Carpenter and in the House byWoltSr ..to appropriate community were made sad early Fri SlOaoOO' : for'twraaoent,i..improre''day' morninir when thfe newa reached meats and $3700, for annual main - ienance pi roe onnopeqw nospiiat at Gastonia. f f, - , In the House Tuesday McSwain of - fered a measure to; provide authority ior pne iormauon 01 a 1 new Doard UL iy, takii lf '. wln a memDer.lxom jeach town-; ,buij, tiuiigeu wilu me uuiy ojl re - ship,' charged with the duty of re - vuingejsssmentsunde rha aaeaaavMAnfa nnfAw 4 Via t a vaiuauon act. , , . , : -ti To Retire Judges Senator Stanley Winborne, of Hert- ford, Tuesday offered a bill for the voluntary retirement of justices of the Supreme " Court and judges of the Superior Court. Conditions .of OTJ-"A-rD- 01 -;wteen years ou eitheVrbench or on both and a minimum age 01 vu years, unaer the bill, judges bo retired would re ceive, three quarters pay for life and would constitute the emergency jud ges of 'the-Superior Court provided for, in the Constitution. When deaiir. t natedby ' the'-Governor- to act in an emergency, a retired judge; would re ceive only his actual expenses in ad dition to the retired pay, . The meas- ure ' retroactive to include all living ex-judges who retired when over 70 years old and after 15 or more years service. . -: -.,v1' -; . . :' Pardon Board Proposed Senator Walker, of Rockingham, offered a bilLjto. submit, an amend ment - to ' the constitution creating a State. Board of . Pardons to. consist of the1 Governor, the Secretary of State and, the' Attorney General. Under the proposed amndment, pardons, reprieves or commutations -could - be granted only by the unanimous de cision of the three officers constitu i.i Cf ' " ' it had acted favorably. ,The mil Dro- vide? . that, - Prosed amendment ! !,haU be sutintted to the voters of the i stateat "e next general ,election j " Give All Veterans Pension f. . 1 E-tor Solomon. GaUert, of Rq - therford, Monday introduced a biH providing that all Confederate veter-J ' an3 aKti a11 widows of veterans, shall be eligible to receive pensions. . The ' P"eEent aw disbars all vetferans own- property valued for taxation at Clark and Col. W, P.Wood, former j s,ta .Audltor '8!10W that passage of the biU would increase the number of pensioners from 10.000 to 15,000. Representatives C. S. McArthur . arm in. w. jenwns ui noueaon nave been appointed a member, respective- ly.. of committee on penal mstitu- tions and committee on roads. . A bill creating a joint legislative comm.-ttee with authority to investi-j gate efficiency of all State officers ;iiuij ii"'uay ; tne-senate committee on ciaims. ine bill was aimed at the office of State architect. Jchn Sprunt Hill of Dur ham is quoted as sayinjr that if the committee war appointed . ,he would offer proof that buildings erected un der the supervision of the State ar chitect are costing from 20 to 50 per cent, more than they should. : Church Notes Preaching at Smith's' Sunday -. There will be preaching service, at Smith's Methodist , church, Howells vilie township next Sunday at 11 a. m. ' 0.uarterl Conference. Rev. J. H. Shore- presiding elder of the Rockingham district,- preached at Chestnut Street Methodist church last evening and immediately follow ing the service held quarterly con ference. The only business outside the district conference which will be ... a W 1 A - 1 A A I ' neia in KocKingnam at a aate to ie announrea later, proDaDiy m wune. Messrs. E. L. Hamilton. A. E. White, K. M. Barnes and D. D, French were elected delegates,1 Messrs. J. -C. Ful ler and F. P. Gray, alternates. Mr. 'i Shore was a guest last night , at the J i . v r 1 I . T r tsii . nome ox ivi r. anu mn. 4. v. x uiier. Mr. E. B. Nye of Boardman was a Lumberton .visitor yesterday. ; Mr. and Mrs... E. T. Prevatt and small daughter, Hiss Mary Lee, ' of R. 6, Lumberton, are among the vis itors in town today. . Mr. L.; A. Turner of R. "Lumber ton, .was among the visitors in town Tuesday. : ; . - . ..; Mr. G. B. Allen iand daughter, Miss Plumie" of R. 7, Lumberton, were in town Tuesday. ", , v Mr. T. L. Stone of R. . 4, Lumber, ton, was among the visitors in town Tuesday'. - ;: ? Mr. II.-F. Townsend of R. 6, Lum berton, was in town vTuesday. Mr. W. D. Williams of R. 1, Fair mont, was a Lumberton visitor yes terday. .. , t I preuareu uy unci jusute waiter f Parkton News Letter Miss Mary Adna Campbell Victim of Pneumonia Neir, Store Building Nearing Completion ? w Pulling oiumps farmers (Jan Live One vTeaf : Without Much Cotton Per. Soral and Other Items. '. ' isBv C. D. Williamson Psrton, Jan. 17 Our town and ' us that Mary Adna, oldest daughter oi MTi and Mrs. JVL H. Campbell, had Jdied at 7 o'clock at their home one J mile from town, on the Nicholson , farm.; Deceased was only sick one week, with pneumonia, and while the yphysiclan did all in his ower, with the ' aw .'of a splendid "nurse, for her 1 recovery, but of no avail 1 recovery, out 01 no avail - P.. J.iL 1 J 1 n - To cut sweet Mary down, ' To twine her in the living breath That forms our Saviour's crown, a .SKY,.,---i-.r.H .'As long as life with reason blends - He name sweet memories claim," While o'er her grave affection binds To tatathe sweet Mary's name, ' . , r : Oh wil her youthful schoolmates hear Her Under parting words, , , .'i? And jnet her in that blessed sphere Where-"dwells bur blessed Lord? - ".'J.r', - . ; , . -. -; Deceased, will be greatly, missed in he home and school and church,, as she was a favorite, loved by every One who knew her;' a most beautiful' girtr of admirable ; presonality. ' -( a member of the Presbyterian church and one of its most consecrated mem bers. She was 15 years old.. The fun eral, was. held from the Presbyterian church here Saturday morning: at 11 dcloeft, conducted by her pftstor,' Rev. j; KHall, assisted by Rev. W. L. MaruaV pastor of the , Methodist church, and Rev. J. L. Jenkins, pas tor trf the Baptist church. Interment warf inade in the Parkton cemetery; A Very large concourse of sorrowing friends and loved ones was. present. The grave was completely . banked with beautiful flowers The bereaved family have our sin cere j sympathy. The following near relatives from out of. town attended the funeral D. J.'Campbell, J. H. Conoly and fam ! Hy of Maxton, M. M. Campbell of iVaiiRm. W. G. McLean of Maxton, A. 'Bi McKenzie and family and Sam j MeKfez!eaid sisters of Dundarrach. , ? (Scottish Chief please copy.) , yiT. j. B." McConnick attpnded the inauguration of Governor Morrison j. ;n Raleigh last week and reports a great time. The Parkton Pharmacy is moving 'int0 its new quarters, on Main street McMillan handsomest a large and up-to-date building. cm.- TliAmtAii ond CamnhaH afnva ig ncar completion and, we have been adviscd that Lancaster and Jones, gCTeral merchants, wni occupy this buiiding when completed. Mi . .Edwin Davis of Tobemory is in town tonight. Wonder if he ever gPtg iost ? j . Miss Pope, one of the high school tOQ(.w0 4 ' -i,- i!0f Kt trusf she may soon be restored. Her mother, from Dunn, reached here last n:i?ht. Rev. J. IT Jenkins preached Sunday morning and evening, to, a large con gregation, preaching two real spell-J binders. It seems he gets better, further on. At the evening services the congregation was favored with a splendid male quartet as follows: Hines, first tenor; Williamson, sec ond tenor; Plott, first bass; Jenkins, second bass. ' Miss . Ruth CashWell of Rocky Mount spent Sunday with' her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cashwell. We see J. B. McCormick and Sons on in the stump-pulling business too. Pemberton says he pulls ' about an acre per day. It is best to pull your stumps before 'setting fruit trees. We see lots of cotton in the fields vet, also some of our farmers are planning to. plant some more cotton, My address is, go slow. The farmer can live-one year without much, cot ton. Mr. Collier Cobb bagged a wild tur key last Thursday fixing to reduce flesh. .. PLAY AT HIGH SCHOOL AUDI TORIUM TOMORROW EVENING Honor o a Cowboy" Will be Presen ted by Post of American L?gion of Fairmont A 3-Act Play Fall of ' Love : and Adventure. Humor and Pathos. :!;..'.;'';.. -: .. Correspondence of The Bobeonimn- - . . The Honor of a Cowboy,' a 3 act of. Blden county, were married here play, is to be given by the George'this morning at 11 o'clock at the Galloway Post of the American ; Le gion of Fairmont, at the high school Auditorium here Friday evening, January 21st at 7:30 o'clock. The! prices of admission are 35 and 50fberton. was among ther visitors in! cents. js, ' ' . .. i This a. clean, wholesome play, of j love ' and adventure, humor and pa thos, and everyone can enjoy it ; The proceeds of the play will , be used in furnishing aiW equiping a club room and, .gymnasium for the Post at Fairmont, v - - ' r 'Come and help the boys, and enjoy the play. ... . . - ' They, can act almost; as well as they fought in France. v FREE TUBERCU LOSIS CLINICS Clinics Will be Held in Lomberton Tomorrow and Janaary 25 Clinics at Red Spring January 22 and Feb ruary 1 and at Fairmont Janaary . 9f mttA tt if rr . i- j ' i. Examination. ; , , The first free tuberculosis clinic toi be conducted In, the county will be, given in me oirto or Ur. E. E. Har dm, county health officer here tomor-" wentftB 'operation, . I ? -rcw. A second clinic will be conduc-J 80 tew PP'e heeded the call to ted hi Dr. Hardin's office h Tnp.l attend a meeting of the Chamber of day, January 25. Clinics will be eon-4 ducted at Red Sprines on Januarv 22 1 and February 1 and at Fairmont Jan-i now fit 1 AT ' " t t-t aim 1 - These are extra clinic- to be held! OWintr ta the lamr nnmho hn fc.o-f applied for examination. Other cli-j" nk-s will be conducted on the. dates to be advertised. APDlicants will h advised Dy letter what day to attend. RECORDER'S COURT Tommie Phillips and Prentice Barker Convicted of Manafactariag Whiskeys-Recorder V,. Feller ' .Changes Road Sentences to Fines and De fendants Appeal 'to Higher Court and Make Bonds Barker Testified That He Merely Went to the Still to Get a Drink Trial Lasted All Day and Case Was Hard Fought Tommie Phillips and Prentice Bar ker were found guilty of manufac turing whiskey by Recorder David H. Fuller Tuesday and each fined $500 and cost. - Recorder Fuller first sen tenced Phillips to four months on the roads and Barker to 60 days on the roads, but later changed the sentence to the above-stated fine.' Both gave notice of appeal to the Superior court and made appeal .bond in tHe sum of $500 each. - As has been stated in The Robe sonian, Phillips and Barker were caught at a still which was in opera tion on Pine Log island, Wishart township, the first Mon., in January. The case was hard foueht. Phil lips was represented by Messrs. H. E. Stacy and L. J. Britt, Barker was reprt-stnted.. by Messrs. S. Mclntyre ; and T. L. Johnson, while Solicitor W.i P. Ivey was assisted in the prosecu-' tion by Mr. W. S. Britt. .The trial) lasted all day Tuesday and was at- tended by a large crowd. ; Evidence in this case wilt be pub- listed in the next issue, being crowd-! ed out of this issue. - ' f TO BROADEN SCOPE OF ACTIV Plans Discussed for Increasing Al- ready Inestimable ValUa of Home Bureau to Women of County. Correspondence of The Robeaonian. McDonaJds, Jan. 18. A very im portant meeting .of the ex ecutive committee of the Robeson County Home Bureau association was held on January 15th at 12 o'-j clock in the office of county home! demonstrator, Miss Flax Andrews, j The members of the committee,, with Prof. J. R. Poole, county sunerin-i tendent of schools and Miss Eliza-! beth Peay, home economics teacher j of Lumberton schools, as their guests were delightfully entertained . at1 luncheon by Miss Andrews, after1 which important business was dis-! cussed and plans were formulated, for broadening the scope of the ac tivities of the Home Bureau and for increasing Its already inestimable! value to the women of the county. 1 - Mrs. F. M. Townsend. Sec. I T. A. McNeill, Jr. . Visits Charlotte . On Business j . T. A. McNeill, Jr., prominent and popular among the younger mem- berc of the Lumberton bar and a! democpitic party leader- was hv Charlotte yesterday on business. Mr. McNeill is a son of Judge T. A. Mc-, Neill, formerly on the North Carolina ! suDerior court bench. j Mr. McNeill said that business con-! ditions in Lumberton and Robeson! county generally are picking p right j along, the outlook is much brighter j and the people "are more optimistic j than a" few weeks ago. Lumberton' and that section have been hit hard by the low price of cotton, as Robe son is a great cotton county, produc-: inp more bales annually than any other county in the state. rCharlotte Observer. Jan. 19. , " Long-Hardee. Mr. William Jas. Long of Colum bus county . and Miss Callie Hardee home of Mr. M. G. McKenzie, th of. ficiting justice. ' ' ::;; - Mr. G. W. J. Curri0 of R. 7, Lum town Tuesday. ' " Mr. M. L. Correll 'left today '.for his home at Laurinburg after spend ing a few days here visiting friends. Mr. C. W. McArthur of R, 2, Row- land, is a Lumberton visitor todaV. Mr. H. G Stubbs of : Fairrnont is among the visitors ?.i town today. , Miss Emily H. Walker, field rep. resenative of , the American Red Cross, arrived last night and will spend some- time in the county. COTTOX MARKET. Middilng cotton is quoted on the .local market today t 13 cents the pound; strict midding ; 14 cents. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL ? NEWS Mr. J. M. McCaHunt spent Tester, day with lis mother, Mrs. A. DM4 Callom, near PhKadelphus, who is ill. r-Mrs. T. A. Todi was able to re turn to her home on East Fifth street , Tuesday from the Thompson hospi tal, wher, two weeks' ago she under- Commerce Monday evening that the meeting was postponed. Another mting will probably be called at I mn ...I. ' t, aljr uMf, -The person to whom a special de- liverv letter il addroannd Hao nn to sign for it when delivered. uu veiny ruviueu unaer a recent ruling of the Postoffice Department. ' -Mn. M. H, Markham has resign ed as casheir t the local of fie, of the American Ry. Express company. She is succeeded by Mr.-J. H. Lovett, who had been employed at the expresf of fice here for some time, , ' t Mrs. K. G-Blshop.Ieft Tmeadar evening for her hom at Wake Forest after spending a few days here visit, ing at the home of son.m4aW and daughetr, Mr., and Mrs. J. S. Coxe. She erne home with Mr. and Mrs. Coxe from the McLendon-Coxe wed ding at Morvea last week. - u '-An' Overland aut driven by Mr. Charles Culbreth of R. . Lumberton, and-a Ford .driven by Dr. E. R. Har din collided where Fourth street in tersects 'Elm" at 2:30 this afternoon. Dr. Hardin's car was somewhat dam aged, but the occupants of both cars escaped unhurt . , Robbers entered the smokehouse of Mr. Luther Baxter, who lives In Wishart township. Saturday nizht and relieved him of two hams and two shoulders about 100 pounds in all. . Mr.' Baxley was a Lumberton visitor Monday afternoon. -Mr. C. M, Fuller went yesterday to Randolph county to attend the funer el of his nncle, Mr. Isham Fuller, wh ded early yesterday morning. Dec-eased was about 84 years old and daath resulted from the , infirmaries of-old age. Mr. Fuller was joined at Raeford by three of his brothers, M tssrS. A,; J4 , H. B. and L K. Ful ler, tvho accomjmined him, making the trin on Mr. C M. Fuller's auto.. THE RECORD CP DEATHS. Infant Girl Found Dead in Bed. ' Annie Magalfne, one-nfjntlh-old daughter of Mr. end MrQ;John White of Britt's township, was found dead in bed yesterday morning. , The in fciat was apparently in good health when her parepts retired Tuesday evening. ' ' An S-months-old son of Mr. and Mis. Douglas Scott of East Lumber ton, died early Tuesday morning of pneumonia. Mr. E. C. Nye of Orrum was Lumberton visitor this morning. DON'T ABOLISH DEMON STRATION WORK. Home Bureau of ' obesonls Strongly , opposed to Abolishing This Impor. tant work To bolish Would b To WithhoU From Our People One of Their Moat Vital and Abso lutely Necessary Lines of Work. Vast Amount of Good Accomplish ed. . I To the Citizens of Robeson County: - Inasmuch as it is understood that a bill to abolish demonstration work in Robeson county, is to be intro duced in the Legislature, and because we have seen the vast amount of good that has been accomplished thru this department, and because we feel that to abolish demonstration work in our county would " be to withhold from our people one of the most vital and absolutely necessary and important line of work. " There fore we take this method of express ing our appreciation of the work that has been done, especially by Miss Flax Andrews as home demon, stration agent, and with the recent organization of the Horn,, Bureau of the various clubs of the county, and its splendid outline of work for the future welfare of our homes, ; and home makers, as a special incentive for continuing in Robeson county.,' Therefore we, as committee re presenting the Home Bureau, do urgently appeal to every one who is looking to the betterment, of our homes and community life, ' to do everything in hi9 or her power to up hold and encourage the maintenance of demonstration work in our coun ty. '.. 4 :- '-' .;'. ' 'v r ' ' ' :.' Robeson, county with - her natural resources should not take a step backward, 'but should do everything possible for her upbuilding and ad vancement. ; Signed: Mrs. S. F. Thompson, St. Pauls, Pres. County Home Bu reau; Mrs. . W. A. McCormick,' Mc Donalds. Chairman Rome Bureau; Miss Corneila- Steele, St Pauls. Crairman Home Bureau. Committee. it .1. v
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