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'LUMBERTON, N; a, MONDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1921
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NOUMBEB J"
Considerable Hail
! Fell Last Night
Six Inches of Hail Repotted in Ren
nert Section and 2 Inches at St.
, Paula Tobacco Plant f Beds May
- be Damaged. : , " Y
' . " Considerable hail H ell in "Various
i. iparts of, Robeson last night about
:30 o'clock, two to six' inches, being
" reported, and in sortie places hail was
oh the ground this morning. No hail
fell in Lumberton, but a light rain
fell here about the same hour.
The hail seems to have, been heavi
est in the Rennert section. Mr. W.
B. Smith, who lives in .that section
, and is a Lumberton visitor today,
says the storm touched about two
miles from his home. The hail came,
in a streak about one and a half
miles wide and piled up till it was
about 6 inches deep. This morning
when Mrl Smith passed on his way
to town it was then 3 or 4 , inches
"deep. Mr. Smith, who is now 37
years old, says that he has never
seen anything like it before. Many
people went to view the scene last
night, Mr. Smith says:
Mr. Lacy McNair of Rennert, who
is also a Lumberton visitor today,
reports x that the hail covered the
ground several inches arid some of it
-still remained on - the ground this
trical storm.
This side of Philadelphus a heavy
hail storm covered astrip about 300
yards wide, according to Mr. J. L.
McNeill, who is. a Lumberton visitor
today, the ground being covered with
hail this morning
At St. Pauls there was about two
inches of hail, according to Mr.'
Thomas OPrevatt of Cumberland coun
ty, who came to Lumberton this
morning after spending last night at
St., Pauls with his nephew Mr. Aroh
Odum. . !
SPLENDID PLAY BY PUPILS
- OF PRIMARY GRADES
"The Coming of . Liberty" - Presented
by Graded School Children Friday
Armenian Relief Day. . ! v
A play, "The Coming of Liberty,"
was presented in a "most. , fdeasufg
manner by pupw of :-the v primary
grades of the Lumberton . graded
schools Friday morniivg.-. The play
was presented in the Hugh school audi
torium, many patrons of the school
being present. ,
The play portrayed the signing of
the Declaration of Independence and
each member of the caste played his
or her part in a prals worthy man
ner. Though dimple in design, the
costumes worn by th children were
most attractive, Colonial days being
called to the memory of those pre-
sent. - . -
Some members of the caste were
. dressed as farmers, some as house
keepers, mechanics, soldiers, sailors,
' and Red Cross nurses. . The play was
altogether delightful .and the tnannr
in which the children 'acted their parts
showed unusual talent and good train
ing on the part of the teachers.
Th ply was supplemented with
several vocal musical selections and
the high school orchestra rendered
". splendid musk. The auditorium was
tastefully decorated with United
States flags. . -
Friday was set aside as Armenian
Relief Day in the school. Silver offer
ing were taken at the door and the
children of the various grades made
contributions to .this worthy cause,'
Jail Delivery J
At laurinburg
Tour Negroes, One Charged With
Wife Murder, Escaped Last Night
Blaze in Dental Parlors Causes
1?vUaiManr
f By w a . Wishart.
"Laurinburg. Feb. 28. Laurinburg
had a jail delivery last night, all the
prisoners f our .. negroes making
their escape. One of them was
charged with wife murder, the others
being charged with .minor offenses.
Some excitement was caused here
early last night by a small fire in
the dental parlors of Dr. C. W. Re
gan, caused by the explosion of a
lamp. The blase ? was soon" extin
guished with little damage, caused
mostly by water, . t . .7
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Superior Court
Superior court for the trial of civil
'cases convened today at tO a ni. with
Judge F. A. Daniels- 'of XJoldsbor
cresidine. While this 1 lupbos'ed
to be a two weeks' termft Is expected'
that the calendar will be" cleared tV
. , PTM 1 . .M Air ? -
weanesaav or inursuiy or in weea.
The calendar was tb)isMd t1nr" last
Thursday's Robesoalatrf
Examination to Fill Offke1 of Post
master at Shannon, - . ' ,
The United . States Civfl I Service
commission has announced an exam
ination to be held at - Fayetteville
' March 26 as a result of which it is
expected to make certification to fill
a contemplated vacancy , in the posi
tion .of fourth-class postmaster ' at
Shannon. The compensation of- the
postmaster at this office was $501 for
the last fiscal year..
, morning. It is feared that tobacco
The nail was accompained by an elec
McLean Resigns
Treasury Post
In Accepting Resignation President
expresses Appreciation ' for - Mc- '
' Lean's Services Urged to Remain!
: on War Finance Board and May do j
So He Expects to Return' to Lam. (
berton bat not Before May
orf
' Mr. A. W. McLean has tendered tol-
t PrpRlHpnt Wilann hia foofirnnfinil as '
'assistant Secretary of the Treasury,1
eiiective at midnight on March ard.
tMr. McLean accepted 'the appoint
ment only until the end of Mr. Wil
son's administration. Before he left
Washington for Lumberton Friday
night Mr. McLean was told' by Mr.
Joseph Tumulty, President -Wilson's
private secretary, that when he pre
sented the resienation the President
'said McLean had been a loyal friend
to him and to his administration and '
would express his appreciation.
Mr. McLean has not decided how
long he ' will continue as managing
director of Jthe War Finance corpora
tion. His appointment was for four
years and it is a non-partisan board.
Mr. McLean will remain on that
board for some weeks longer, at any
rate. He is being urged to continue
on the board, as in the event he
should jregigiCthe . 5outtLprdbably
would ha-vci, retresenUiu,iililc5
iv is. nopeu vnttt me ooara . yei may
render material assistance jn helping
out the cotton and tobacco situation,
though no appjitttion has been made
so far .for assistance in the export
of these products.
I Mr. McLen left for Washington
last night after spending two days,
here. He does not expect to move
back to Lumberton . with his. family
until May or June in any 'event, as
his son is in school there. He does
expect however, he says, to move
back to Lumberton, though he has
had a number of offers. When asked
abouFa rumor that' had reached here
that he would remain in Washington
and practice law with Mr Tumulty,
Mr. McLean said Mr. Tumulty pro
posed a law partenership but that he
had said nothing about it and did not
know how the report got out. He
said he had not been able to figure
out where it would pay him to give
up his ' business interests here and
start over again. Asked about the
report circulated here' recently ' that
he had offered his' residence here
for sale, Mr. McLean laughed and
said he had not thought of such a
thing and could hot imagine how such
a report got out.
POSTMASTERS WILL. BE NAMED
BY HARDING UNDER OLD PLAN
It Is Said Be Will Return to Patron
ago System Hundreds of Tar Heel
Nominations Will be Wiped Off
Slate.. Y.-:..
Washmgton;FebriHMawhtly
reliable information' fm St Augus
tine that Presidentelect "Harding in
tends soon after he takes- office to
abolish civil service examinations in
appointing postmasters means that
the patronage struggle--- in North
Carolina ana all other states will
become more desperate than ever;
-Applied locally, such action by
President Harding will negative off
hand nearly 100 .nominations by
President ; Wilson Of postmasters in
North Carolina. ,. , . . , ,
Washington heard today that
President-elect Harding believes in
the merit system of appointment but
does not believe this system calls
for a system of percentage figures
by, the civil service commission. He
is reported as being unwilling that j
Democrats, simply because they have!
passed an examination, shall hold on
indefinitely to postmastership during
a Republican administration. This is
merely a reflex of statements made
by ..Mr. Harding during the campaign!
wherein he affirmed his ' belief in
government by parties. 1
In North Carolina, for instance,
there are hundreds of postmasters
holding on under civil service ex-1
aminations. Posibly because the
Democrats in the state outnumber
the Republicans it is also true that
most of the nominations sent in by
President Wilson in the past few
months were of 'Democrats.
When . President Wilson came into
office, only fourth class offices were
under the civil service. Eventually he
broadened this by executive order to
include third, sec6nd and even first
class offices and there has : always
been , friction over -distributing such
choice plums- through - a percentage
table.-'; ; ' " " - ; .
- , - It Is Net Law.
. -The executive order of Mr. Wilson
b only an executive order.. It. is not
law and may be rescinded as soon as
Mr. Harding, takes- officer. Post
mastrshipa then would go back on the
patronage basis; anoer.sach . regulations-
as Mr, Ilardinr and. his? aost-
maater general 'may decide are, aeces
sary. to observe fo - dejgreeitlie-merit
TJiA?lccal 'emsequence4'rof this are
. apparent. - such La policy will set
. aside 'automatically civil service ex
aminations that have: been held and
kill .at one bloW several thousands
postoffice nominations pending in the
senate. The senate all along this
session has refused to confirm such
Wilson nominations, but now the in
dications are the slate will be wiped
entirely dean by the new President
and new system of appointments sub
stituted. This adds to the "plums"
in North Carolina and should also re
sult in a mad scramble for patronage
EIGHT YEARS
Ravages of war are far-reaching.' Those two pictures of the retirteg preside! tell tastr
ntory. On the left Is a picture, pf President Wilson at th first meettag offals cabhMt. eight years ago Oa
the right, the last cabinet meeting la tns Wilson ad mmlstratk. -wkaa this Blstav wsa takam. vak.
General Assembly
Bill for Relief of State Institutions.
Senator McCoin's bill providing for
an issue of $5,740,000 for the "per
manent .enlargement and improve
men'of the State's educational and
charitable institutions" was offered
Saturday:-night. The bill provides
that $2,872,500 shall be issued in 1921
and 4922, and shall bear interest not
exceeding 5 per cent and shall be in
denominations of $500 and $1,000.
They must not be sold under par and
run 40 years. They shall be exempt
from all state, county or municipal
taxation,
Road Bill Passes Senate.'
- The Senate Saturday passes the
$50,000,000 road bill and sent it back
to the House , for concurrence . yi
amendments.
,- Censorship Bill . .
The jooving piiie -ttensowhrp.bin
was, reported favorably Saturday by
the -Senate committee and unfavor
ably by the House committee. ,
. Municipal Finance Act.
The municipal finance act passed
its finals in the House Friday. It
differs but little from the provisions
of the act of the special session, ex
cept that it raised , the authorized
municipal tax" rate from 50 cents to
$1 on the- $100 property, valuation,
and the ratia of allowea debt from
5 per cent' of the total valuation of
pr0ety69 per cent
1 'ill Kied for ; Good.
The Senate tick bill came into the
House Friday nd was killed with
the . rule which provides that the
House .may not consider for a sec
ond time any measure upon which
it previously has acted. It had kill
ed the tick bill before the Senate ac
ted upon it. . ' s,
A bill introduced by Senator Varser
requires the State Auditor . to audit
and examine the books of all county
officers in all counties not having a
wholetime county auditor. Sdnator
Kinsland introduced a bill requiring
all cities, towns and road commiss
ions not under thecontrol of county
commissioners to have ' thear books
audited by certified public account
ants in April of each year amd re
quires publication of the result of the
audit. The bill applies only to in
stances where the annual expen
ditures exceed ' the , interest on in.
debtedness by more than $5,000. "
A bill offered by Senator Varser
to prevent . the commissioners of
Robeson, Northampton and Randolph
counties from prescribing rules' and
regulations in regard to sanitary
privies passed the Senate Thursday.
Troy Thomas Says He Did Not know
Goods Were Stolen. "
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
I wish you woula correct the mis
take in the case of mine in The Robe
sonian 'of this week' -where I was
bound over, to court, : - I wish' to saV
was bound over .to court but . the
paper stated that I bought, goods and
was knowing thy. was . stolen' goods.
That is not true' and I never stated
no such evidence to ma nne I twmvHt
thenr and did " hot-know they was
stolen goods at aa-and-tho way 'the
rper sUted thls week at 1 did-but
did not - Plea( orreet that ttia-
uuio fn 'your nexT!paperj-
-vr. n ai. -.TROY THOMAS.
Pembroke, rf.Teb. 26V 1214 :
- i--jVt '. : : .... . d ir 4.! . i-
Mr. H. C. Bridjer.' CsadiUoa is Not
- isaprsviag. . v - . . .. ,r.: : "
A dispatch' jpfuthe,270H from-Bhr
denboro states: The, many friends of
ti. . urtdger regret very much that
he is not doing soi well at his home
here. Two weeks ago he was stricken
with paralysis and for a week he
seemed improving but for the past
week he has not rested so well and
the physicians have no encouraging
news for hia family and friends. .
as the news is dissimenated among
the Republican faithful. Theodor
Tiller of Greensboro News.
OF "PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE, AND A WAR
.....:.T.Tr- ! .. . -TTiia g
Recorder's Crfurt
Doct Hardin Gets 30 Days on Roads
Changed With Insulting White
Xlirl He'g One4 of formr GdY
ernor Bickett's Pardon Benefki-
ther Cases.
Hardin, Indian, was sentenced
s on the roads by Reoordr
Fuller this morning on the
charge of disorderly conduct; on the
public highway. Hardin was , also
found j guilty of being drunk in the
town of Lumberton. He was fined
$5 and cost in this case. . He. was also
charged with being drnuk on the pub
lic highway, but was found not
guilty the evidence not -being suffi
cient to convict. He gave notice of
appeal in each case and Ms bond was
fixed at; $250, in default of which he
was remanded to jail: .
fiatdhCmade an. inputting remark
to- two white girls on the. Carthage
road, yesterday afternoon, according
to the evidence, lor which he was
given the road sentence. He was
given a pardon front a road sentence
a few months ago by former Gov
ernor Bickett, having been convictd
of manufacturing whiskey.-
Arthur Lamb plead guilty of be-
Kng drunk In the town of Lumberton
and was fined $5 and cost He was
arrested Saturday night, and placed
m jail. ' : ' ' ' . ;
Furm&n MclntyTe was found guilty
of operating an auto while under ths
influence, of intoxicants. Prayer for
judgment r was continued upon pay
ment of to $25 fine. He was also found
guilty of exceeding the speed limit
Judgment was suspended upon pay
ment of thecost in this case.
Y ' - ' c : ; Y
MRS. VARNER FOUND GUILTY.
.;
Jury Returns Verdict After 42 Hours
T-ki:i. n
vcuuyiiwmi inra. . Timer, rrvs-
trated by Verdict, Declares She is
Innocent.
MrsFlorence C. Varner. wife of H.
B. varner, prominent publisher and
business man of Lexington, is guilty
of illicit relations with K. Baxter Mc
Rary, wealthy mulatto, formerly of
Lexington, now of Cincinnati, O. This
was the crux of the verdict returned
yesterday morning at 10:10 o'clock by
the jury in the United States district
court, after 42 hours of deliberation.
It closed the first chapter of one of
the most sensational litigations ever
waged in the courts of justice in the
Old North State. The trial commenc
ed Tuesday, morning, February 15,
and was fought furiously by both
sides until 3:45 p. m. Thursday, Feb
ruary 24, when the case was given to
the jury fdr decision. Not in the -history
of North Carolina, perhaps, has
a trial created quite so much interest,
not OIUy in thit bQt in practically all
Southern, states. Mrs. Varner was su
ing her husband for a reasonable sub
sistence, laying claim to the Varner
building in Lexington, valued at $50,-
000. In her complaint ' she alleged
that he had wilfully and maliciously
abandoned hery ,' .-. u
.Upon learning of the verdkt , Mr.
Varner, with tears in his eyes, saidrl
. I. am glad it is over. It is a matter
of , grief to-me, ' but J want to see
Justice-done and 1 intend to prosecute
the v mulatto to "the end.1 appveciate-
,the! fact that I have got . fair-trial
her. I was never ! in doubt about-the
verdict" I . f '.u'iVT '
t Mia; Varner was notiHed ' of - the
verdict by;onerof her attorneys short
ly after it was announced. Shseoi
lspsed.' declaring "I'm innocent"
Mrs;. Varner has-- been ; a patient at
Glen wood - sanatorium ' for several
weeks. Attendants there declare "that
it will be three or four days before
she is able to decide upon her future
course. Greensboro Daily News,
Feb. 27. " ...
Mr. L.-P. Nye of R. 2, Fairmont,
was among the visitors in town
Thursday.
Mr. Jetter J. Branch of the Bellamy
section was a Lumberton visitor
Thursday.
arielO
Oocl
to 30 iday
David H.
CITIZENS PROTEST AGAINST
PROPOSED LEGISLATION
Say Board of Audit and Fin
ance Should Not be Abolished and
- Citizens Should be Allowed to Vote
on Proposed Bond Issues.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
We notice in your last issue refer
ence to increased bonded effdebted
ness for the town of Lumberton. and
we have noticed also the abolition of
the board of audit and finance of the
town.
Permit us to say as citizens and
tax-payers of the town' and county,
that while we are always favorable
to progressive measures . when the
time for such is propitious, it has
occurred to us that this legislation
taken together is not progressive,
either for this or any other time.. It
is , our understanding that , in -1907.
at which time and subsequently most
of the "present bonded endebtedness
of the town has been contracted, the
Legislature provided this board of au
dit and finance, whose main duties
were the supervision of the spending
of the town's money in all sums in ex
cess of $500, and whose duty it is
and was to see that sinking fund
money was provided for the ultimate
retiremen. of these bonds. In, t other
words, this beard is the "safety-valve"
of the town treasury. It ought
not to.be abolished, but strengthened,
if anything. Especially so, if it is
contemplated that we shall have other
large bonded endebtedness. We must
not break faith with the people who
loaned us money under a law that
provided a' special board' to see that
their i investments were protected,
an d that the town commissioners
would not make extravagant expendi
tures of the town's funds.
v Another thing we wish to empha
size is that the present members of
the Legislature from this county
Jrere elected largely upon the assump
ion that high taxes would be reduc
ed by them if such a thing were in
their power, and speaking as some of
those who so understood their atti
tude on the tax question, we would
like to have the privilege of voting
on any further bond issues, . rather
than have the Legislature, speaking
through only six of the town's citi
zens, composing its mayor and board
of commissioners, fix this bond issue
on us. '
If abolished, it is not too late for
the Legislature tcv give us another
board of audit and finance, wttn am
ple authority to supervise the expen
ditures of the town's funds to such
extent as is necessary and proper,
and it should be a body independent
of any controlling power on the part
of the mayor and commissioners.
Very truly, -C.
M. Barker, B. F. McMillan, Jr.,
G. Badger MeLeod, R. E. Lewis, C.
M. Fuller, O. C. Deese, Rowland
Deese, J. M. Jones, D. R. Shaw, E.
M. Britt, T. A. McNeill, Jr., L. T.
Townsend, Jno. D. McMillan, John
Knox, J. A. Martjn, A. P. Caldwell,
J. H. Floyd, Junius J. Goodwin, K.
M, Barnes, Ev L. 'Hamilton, M. A.
Geddie, Jno. C. Fuller, H. U Pope,
W. G. Pitman, E. A. Thompson, W. K.
Bethune, E. L. Holloway, "
- " ;
faay,, People , . Killed in - Railroad
Wreek- YRYY"1";
Porter, Ind Feb. ' ZTV Between so
and 40 persons were, reported killed
mnA an ..unknown number injured to-
when a westbosad NeW Ydrk
r'- . - . . . . i ::...:.
Ceatral train crasnea mwra- oeraiiea
eastbound Michigan" antral- rraur
here, in which railroad officials said
may he. one of the most disastrous
wreck? in history. ' ;
. Michizan Central officials placed
the number of dead at more than 30,
while unofficial reports made tne
death list as high as 50.
The- towerman of the Michigan
Central was arrested 'immediately
after the wreck, officials saying they
believed that he had left a Switch
closed, causing a derailment of the
eastbound train.
Mr. J. W. Barnes of Barnesville
was among the visitors in town Fri
day. -
COTTON MARKET.
j Middling cotton is quoted on the lo
, cal market today at 9 1-2 cents;
strict middling 10 1-2 cents.
! BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS?"""
i Mr. E. C Graham had his rijht
arm oroKen inursaay ty a "kicking '
rord.
I iHiitnen wcxuuian ana cnuns
. McLebd, colored, of Shannon, were
j married here Saturday afternoon at
j 4 o'clock at the home of Justice M. G.
I McKenzie, who .officiated.
, A fresh coat of pain has been
I added to the tower on the court
j house. The roof of the court house
is a!so being repaired, this being re
i commended by a recent grand Jury.
j Mrs. C. H. Durham and daughter,
j little' Miss Kathleen Durham, left
i Friday evening for Cooieemee, Davie
i county, to be with Mrs. Durhirc's
j mother, Mrs. Ida Tatum, who is ill.
j It has been rumored that the
syegfrmen who robbed the Fairmont
( postoffice last summer have been ar
rested in Atlanta, ua. The Robeson
ian has been unable to confirm the
report, however.
Mrs., C. P. Grantham of Fair
mont passed through town Saturday
en route to Asheville to be with her
husband, who is ill in the Biltmore
I hoipital there, Sho was accompained
4Kt &&.JbKS5L?zZ..
mama ee
marriiirt of Walter Ivev and V.C,mZ. .
beth Hayes; W. Almond Graham and
Virginia D. Humphrey; Sandy Pat
terson and Effie M,White; Marvin
Townsend and Douglas Hollings
worth. Mr. C. J. Helgren of the Globe
Swamp section was a Lumberton visi
tor Saturday. He was accompained
home by his sister, Miss Emma Hel
gren, was had been a patient at the
Baker sanatorium for three and a
half weeks.
Miss Josephine Breece returned
yesterday morning from New York
and Baltimore, where she .spent some
time buying spring goods for her '
millinery store. Miss, Cora Collins of
Christfield, Aid., accompained Miss
Breece to New York and Baltimore,
returning with her yesterday. Miss
Collins will be with Miss Breece again
this ,season. Miss Breece will have
her opening on Tuesday and Wed
nesday, March 8 and 8.
Mr, and Mis. Furman K. Biggs 7
returned Thursday night, from their
bridal trip. They visited Washing
ton, D. C, and several other points of
interest They will live with. Mr.
Biggs' parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. M.
Biggs, until Mr. Biggs can erect a
residence. He has already purchased
material for his new home. Mrs.
Biggs was Miss Katie Britt daughter
of Mrs. Florence Britt of R. 1, Lum
berton, and the marriage took place
Wednesday evening, February 16.
Edward Brigham, basso profun
do, dramatic reader and pianist, gave
a song and dramatic recital in the
high school - auditorium Saturday
evening. The recital was advertised
for Friday evening, but so few peo
ple turned out that a second. attempt
was made at getting an audience. The "
audience was small but appreciative ''
and Mr. Brigham's work was really
good. He came under the auspices
of the Boys' Athletic and Literary
society and the cause and the merit
of the recital deserved a larger an- "
dience. . ..
Mayor A. E. White returned
Saturday night from Raleigh, where
he spent most , of last week, making
two trips. He was not there, he says,
as many seem to think, in connection
with the various local bond issue bills
before the Legislature, but in con
nection with the fight of the power
companies to be allowed to increase .
their rates. Mr. White was repre
sentine the interests of the Lumber-
Hon, Dresden and Jennings cotton
mills. The proposed increase would
mean an additional expense of sever
al thousand dollars to these mills and
also to the town. The matter comas
up for final hearing tomorrow.
THE RECORD OF DEATHS.
Mr. Jim Wiggins of Columbus Coun
Ty. Mr. Jim Wiggins, an aged Colum
bus county citizen, died Saturday af
ternoon at his home, death resulting
from heart trouble. Dc eased is sur
vived by his wife and several children.
Miss Odell Smith of East Lumberton.
Miss Odell Smith, aged 17 years,
died yesterday at her home in East ,
Lumberton, following- an extended
illnessi Interment -was made in the
family burying ground, near Allen
ton, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Washington Feb. 25--iPatfick Md' w
Lane, of Scrahton. Democratic repre- .
sentative ff om 'the , Tenth Pennsyl- "
vania district, was unseated by thev!-- ' '
House lats toniielit on charres of vie--'
UUag' the-eorrtpt practices act and v..v
bedsuse- of' election iundf Inuaedi-
ately after taking 4this action y the
House adopted a -report, by -t the, tan :
mittee on ehetions dechiringJohn - '
R. Farr, Republican, also of Scranton.- - -'
duly elected and entitled to McLane'a ,
seat - The vote to put McLane out - , :
was 161 to 121.
Washington, Feb. 25 The influ
ence of President-elect Harding today
was thrown behind the big navy pro
gram of the Senate Naval affairs
committee majority and against the
stand of the House for decreased ap
propriations for the naval establish
ment -
Mr. D. P. Buie and two children
Miss Fodie and Master McPherson,
if R. 2, Red Springs, were among
the visitors in town Saturday.
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