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VOLXJMELII LUMBERTON, N. C. JULY 11TH 1921. NUMBER 43
40 MEN NOW ON
CHAIN GANG
7 or 8 Times a s Many as Were on the
Gang 2 Years Ago Number Like
ly Will be Increased During rre
sent Term of Court--New Ones
"Initiated." ?,
There are now forty men serving
sentences on the county chain gang,
compared with five or six men two
years ago.
Indications point to that number
being largely increased during the
two weeks' term of criminal court
which convened this morning. There
are 23 prisoners in jail awaiting trial
and, as stated in Thursday's Robe
sonian, more than 100 cases appear on
the calendar. Many of these are ap
peals from road sentences imposed
by the recorders of the county for
violating the prohibition laws.
When a prisoner enters the Robeson
county jail he is "initiated." One ne
gro was initiated Friday night and-the
"jail birds" made it hot for him. His
cries were heard for some distance,
it is said. Just how many degrees
they administer, this reporter has
not been advised.
3 Stills, 2 Alleged
x Blockaders, Caught
2 Stills Found in Shoe Heel Section
Officers Found Still in Smiths
J tilt After It Had Been Set Up and
Arrested Walter and Boyd Quick.
Robeson officers captured three whiskey
stills Friday and arrested two men Wal
tei and Boyd Qfliick. Two of the stills
were located in Shoe Heel section, near
Maxton. These were lard-tub outfits. One
barrel of beer was destroyed with these
stills. The owners were absent when the
officers arrived on the scene.
The third still was a 75 gallon outfit and
was found in Smiths township. The still
had just been set up when the officers
reached it and the Qulbks were tracked
from the still to their home. A sack of
meal found at the still had Walter Quick s
name on it. A 100-pound sack of sugar
was also found at the still.
Rev- J. L. Jenkins
State Evangelist
Rev. J. L Jenkins, who has been pastor
of the Baptist church at Parkton, his first
charge, for the past 8 years and a half,
has been appointed Slate evangelist by the
Slate Mission Board. He has resigned his
pastorate, affective the first Sunday in
August, and will begin his new work
August 15th. He and Mrs. Jenkins will
make their home at Riverton. R. F. D. 4
from Maxton.
Mr. Jenkins' field will be in Piedmont
and Eastern North Carolina. He will be
assisted by an evangelistic singer. Mr.
Jenkins also will assist Dr. Maddry, sec
retary to the Baptist State Mission Board.
Mr. Jenkins will begin ajParkton next
Sunday a series of meetings in which he
has invited Rev. E". A. Paul of Lumber
ton to assist him.
TYPHOID VACCI-
NATIONDATES
Following are the appointments of Dr.
E. R. Hardin, county health officer vacci
nating against typhoid fever:
July 12 Tabernacle, 10:30 a. m.; Re
gan, 1, p. m.; Tolarsville, 3 p. m.
July 16 Raynham, 2 p. m.; Lumberton,
4 p. m.; Jennings Mill, Lumberton, 6 p. m.
Dr. Hardin is at Red Springs today.
Other dates will be given in Thursday's
Robesonian.
RIOTING IN . BELFAST
15 Persons Killed and Nearjy . 100
Wounded in Rioting Which Began
Saturday Night.
Fifteen persons had been killed and
nearly 100 wounded up to 10 o'clock
last night in consequence of the riot
ing which began Saturday night and
continued throughout Sunday, states
a dispatch of the 10th from Belfast.
The military had to be summoned
to restore order.
According to police accounts, the
firing at patrols by republicans pre
cipitated the outbreak. After that
the shooting was almost continuous in
the Falls district. As day break came
on the tide of battle extended down
the Falls road until it reached Town
shend street, which became the centre
of sharp rioting, with the unionists
for thexfirst time' entering the fray.
The Carrick hill and Millfield areas,
nationalist strongholds, next became
affected. The firing here was in.
tense, alternating, with the screams
of the crowds as they fled from the
danger zone. .
Many Are Taking Typhoid Vaccina
tion. Many Robesoniarrs are taking typhoid
vaccination. Dr.' E. R. Hardin, county
health officer, vaccinated more than 500
against typhoid last week. Typhoid is
more prevalent in the county this year
than last. Typhoid has been reported re.
cently in Howellsville township, at Lum
ber Bridge, St. Pauls, Elrod, Buckhorn
(near Parkton) and at the Jennings cot
ton mill, Lumberton.
.Much Clothing 'Has Been Collected.
Much closing has been collected in va
rious parts of the county to be sent to the
destitute people of Europe. - Mr. .L H.
Caldwell, county director of : the drive,
says he has already received a large sup
ply, of clothing and it continues to come
in. . ; .
England and Ireland
Declare; Truce
It AVill Take Effect at Noon Today-
Shedding of Blood in' Ireland. Slay
be at an End Movement " Has
, Turned on General Smuts as Pivot.
A trace hag been declared between
England and Ireland to take effect at
noon today. An Associated Press dis-
patch of July 8 fro mLondon stated
that preparations were under way to
end the hostilities between the crown
forces and those actively engaged, in
the Irish cause. "Quoting, further
from this dispatch:
Developments leading to the truce
were divided between London and
Dublin. Eamonn De Valera, Irish
republican leader, and his nationalist
asociates, renewed therr conference
with the southern unionists. . Earl
Midleton, a unionist who recently con
ferred with the British prime minis
ter, read a letter from Mr. Lloyd
George to the effect that hostilities
must cease if negotiations looking to
peace were to succeed.
Gen. Sir Nevil MacReady, British
military commander in Ireland, ap
peared at the De Valera conference.
and, it was not many hours later that
the announcement was made at the
prime minister's official residence in
London, that in accordance with the
premier's offer and Mr. De Valera's
reply, arrangements are being made
for an immediate cessation of hostili
ties. .
The king of England has been a
leading figure in the developments up
to the present, while General Smuts,
the South African premier, has acted
as the pivot on which the movement
has turned. There is hope in London,
and in Dublin, too, that peace must
come out of the forces which are now
engaged in seeking a settlement.
fn a letter to Earl Middleton, one of
the southern unionists who attended
today's conference with Irish repub
licans, Premier Lloyd George said:
, The government fully realizes it
would be impossible to conduct nego
tiations with any hope of achieving
satisfactory results if there is blood
shed and violence in Ireland. It would
disturb the atmosphere and make the
attainment of peace difficult.
As soon as we hear Mr. De Valera
is prepared to enter into conference
with the British government and to
give instructions to those under his
control to cease all acts of violence,
we should give instructions to the
troops and police to suspend active
operations ugainst those who are en
gaged in this unfortunate conflict."
Eamonn D. Valera, the Irish repub
lican leader, has written to the prime
minister, Mr. Lloyd George, accepting
the latter's invitation to participate
in a conference in London.
COX NOT QUILTY
OF BLOCKADING
Still and Beer Found at Britts Town
ship Man's Home Not Used or Made
by Him Blind Tiger Gets Road
Sentence.
Sampson Cox was found not guilty
of manufacturing malt liquors by
Recorder David H. Fuller Friday. As i
was stated in The
he Robesonian at the I
time, a 50-gallon copper still, com
plete, was found in the kitchen loft
at Cox's home some three weeks ago.
About 40 gallons of beer also were
found Cox's meat house. Cox claimed
that the still 'was one which his de- !"'""V Vn v-
ceased father owned, and that he had TX r a8SMtn0nnrtn0k, Memphis,
not used it Tenn., to finance .100,000 bales of long
Sheriff R. E. Lewis was advised by"le ?tto" to warehoused by the
letter where he could find the still ?cf'"JfP?9 associa
and when the search was made the I io"hf8 Pled ? OOfl 'bales of
still was found. Cox lives inBritts
township.
Tom Faulk, negro, was found guil
ty of retailing Saturday and senten
ced.to 30 days on the roads. He gave
notice of appeal to the Superior court
and made bond, in the sum of $100.
Robeson County Shrine f Club
Or
ganized.
The Robeson county Shrine club
was organized Thursday evening at
St. Pauls. About 50 ShnneM from all
parts of the county were present at
the organization meeting, which was
addressed by ex-Cengressman G. B.
Patterson of Maxton and Mr. Jno. H.
Anderson of Fayetteville. Dr. J. F.
Nash of St. Pauls was elected tem
norarv chairman and Mr. J. C. Lentz.
also of St. Pauls, was elected tem-;0
porary secretary. ' z
The club will meet occasionally, the
meetings to be held in different towns
in the county. After the business
meeting Thursday evening those pre
sent repaired to Odum's mill pond, i
where barbecue was served. A num
ber of Shriners from Lumberton at
tended the meeting.
A Dunn dispatch states that Ed
Collins was perhaps fatally injured
early Thursday morning when he
walked in his sleep through a second-
story window of his boarding house on
the outskirts of that town. He landed
on his head and it is thought his
spinal column was fractured. '
Major Horace C. Cooper, cashier of
the Citizen's National Bank of Simth
field, was named by the Corporation
Commission Friday as State bank
examiner to succeed J, H. Hightower,
who resigned July I to become presi
dent of the City Bank of Raleigh.;
major woper w a sou wi unu, uvi.
W. B. Cooper of Wilmington.
Dublin Farmers Plan
Crop Strawberries
At a Meeting Held Friday the Grow,
ing and Marketing of Strawberries
Was Discussed Railroad Will Co
operate With Farmers. .
Farmers living in the Dublin sec-
tion of Bladen county are planning
to grow strawberries in abundance,
A meeting in the interest of the
movement was held at Dublin Friday
j afternoon. A number of farmers at
j tended ' the meeting, wh'ch was ad
dressed by Mr. J. Q. Beckwith, as
i sistant to the general manager of the
Virginia Carolina Southern rail
road, Mr. R. K. Craven, farm demon
stration agent of Bladen. Mr. O. O
Dukes, farm demonstration agent of
Kobeson, Mr. L. H. Nelson, assistant
Mate horticulturist, and Mr. G. A
Cardwell, agricultural and industrial
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road.
Mr. Beckwith was master of cere
monies and was the first to sDeak
He told of the shipping possibilities
and promised the cooperation of the
railroad in handling the berries
Mr. craven urged the importance
of diversification and warned of the
approach of the boll weevil, which he
declared would necessitate getting out
ox an tne all-cotton habit
Mr. Dvkes also urged the impor
tance oi diversification and getting
away irom tne one money crop plan
Deing followed by the farmers at
this time.
Mr. Nelson, who is a strawberry
expert, told now to prepare the land,
plant, cultivate and- harvest a berry
crop.
Mr. Caldwell's address dealt largely
with the marketing of strawberries.
He predicted that the strawberrv was
fast coming back. The acreage was
largely 'increased last year in the
strawberry growing sections of east
ern North Carolina and indications
point to a much larger acreage for
next year, tne speaker declared. Mr.
Cardwell thinks the sweet potato croD
a profite one, provided the farmers
could keep themv He told of plans
for keeping them. He does not favor
a general increase in the potato acre
age, but the establishing of potato
curing nouses to save; the potatoes
already being grown. Mr. Cardwell
i ii -
iao urgea ine importance oi crop
aiversmcation.
This was the second meeting re
cently held at Dublin in the interest
of strawberry-growing, and judging
from the sentiment of the farmers of
that section, it is evident that a num
ber of acres will be planted in berries
next fall.
Mr. W. J. Ritter, agricultural agent
ofVthft Virginia & Carolina Southern
rallroais behind the movement and
WilLwsSi8t the farmers in any way
possible.
Those attending the meeting from
Lumberton besides Messrs. Beckwith,
Ritter and Dukes, were Messrs. D.
B. McNeill, H. M. Beasley, W. W
Davis and F. Grover Britt.
MONEY
LOANED TO
FARMERS
COTTON
w . . . .
r"?? wwion i0 Aavance
Five Million to Marketing Associa.
tion.
Washington, July 7. The War Fi-
V VT1" nnores inflJl
" 5g5 ?n advance oi v
a total average yield of 600.000 bales
in the Mississippi delta, and it in
cludes more than eleven hundred
growers of long staple cotton in that
delta.
Its co-operation is along the lines
of the California fruit growers asso
ciation, representatives of the asso
ciation having exclusive control of the
marketing. So far as known this is
the. first example of a practical or
ganization of any group of cotton
growers of the South in the co-operative
marketing plan, and ' it is held
that if the plan can be extended to
the cotton and tobacco industry gen
erally it, will have a most favorable
influence, upon futare production.
The wheat growers of the West are
already at work on the same kind
a P'an. E,
E. Britton in Raleigh !
News and Observer.'
Forest Experimental Station Will be
Opened Soon at Asheville.
Washington, July 8. The establish
ment at Asheville, N. C, of the first
forest experimental station in the
eastern states, was officially announc
ed today by the department of agri
culture. The department promises
that the new station will be in full
operation within a few days.
Steady depletion of the southern
Appalachian timber supply is respon
sible for the" location of such a sta
tion in the eastern states. Asheville
was selected as the location largely
through the efforts of Senator Lee
S. Overman, who has been trying for
several years to obtain an initial ap
propriation for- such a venture and
finally succeeded in the supply bill
which went into effect July 1 Theo
dore Tuler In Greensboro News. -
Mr Edmund Davia'Of K. 6, Lumberton,
u among the jitors in town Saturday.
Democrats Fighting
New Tariff Bill
"Conspiracy to Benefit a Few Favor
ites at the Expense of All Human
ity" Say House Democrats in De- Takes Definite Steps Looking to Con-j
flouncing Administration. Tariff Bill ference of Powers in Washington j
Plan to Plunder People of United! Also Suggests DiscuUoa of Pad-
States and Oppress People of Every f ie and Far East Problems.
Country for Benefit of a Few Men. President Harding has taken definite'
steps looking to a conference in Washing- j
Democratic members of the Ways:,on he principal allied and associated .
anrl ;n ,t ! powers to diacuM limitation of armament. !.
report 'filed Thursday in the House c,f
Representatives, denounce the ad -
t .. . .,
min.strat.on tariff bill as a "conspir -
acy to benefit a few favorites at the
expense of all humanity."
"Like every conspiracy, it has been
hatched in secrecy," the .report says,
adding)
W tmtA r sWmn inHrmnr
that this measure is a plan to plunder
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the people of our own country and to
oppress the people of every country
for the benefit of a few men who have
succeeded in usurping for all practical
purposes the taxing power of this
government, using it primarily to en
rich themselves, and secondarily, to
finance the political party which
tolerates and encourages the usurpa
tion." The tariff bill J as 'drawn by Repub
lican members of the Ways and
Means committee, took top place on
the House calendar Thursday, states
a Washington dispatch, not to be dis
placed by other legislation until voted
on July 21.
Democratic members held a confer
ence, at which it was said with naif
a dozen exceptions, it was -agreed
that the party should stand as a unit
against, the bill. Some of the mem
bers, it. was added, declined to be
bound by instructions, but leaders
predicted the final vote would . show
but few breaks in the Democratic
ranks.
Opposed to Democracy
A resolution was adopted at the
conference declaring that the meas
ure violated all principles and tradi
tions of the Democratic party and re
affirming the party's stand against
a high protective tariff.
Democratic Report
The (Democratic report declares the
tariff ? was not an issue in the last
campaign and that this is not the
time to write a tariff law. They
assert that the problems which "con
fronts our people, cripple our indus.
try, stifle our commerce and perplex
an amiable Administration have noth
ing to do with the tariff."
Criticising the Republican majority
of the committee for withholding the
bill from them and from the House
membership generally and for per
mitting only a week for its study, the
Democratic members declare there 4ias
been insufficient time to draft a sub
stitute.. They do not undertake any
detailed discussion of the individual
schedules in the bill, confining their
27-page typewritten report to a gen
eral indictment of the whole measure
and the manner of its preparation.
Effect of the Bill.
Emphasis is laid upon two things
the probable effect of the bill on
American commerce and the world
industrial situation generally, and up
on the substitution of the system of
American - valuation as a basis for
levying tariff duties.
Pointing to the rapidly decreasing
American foreign trade the report
says "we need no tariff to cut off thi
imports and the exports of the United
States. Calling attention tnat the
foreign trade of the I'rtitel States
fell down $1 188,225,41) last July to
$527,378,825 in May, 1921, the report
says:
Certainly the natural process is
preferable to the infected knife of
interested surgeons which by select
ing the industries to protect and those
to destroy can reap the harvest their
campaign contributions seeded last
fall. Verily, the oil men are entitled
to their reward, and the lumbermen,
and the woolmen, and all the others
who cast their bread on. the waters
of a Republican tide."
Valuation Of Imports
Dealing with the plan for American
valuation of imports the report
says: .
"First among the subtle infamies
that mask their way through- this
bill is the proposal to change the base
for ad valorem duties from the actual
pnce paid lor them wnen purchased
by the importer to a speculative, in
definite, uncertain, nebulous opinion
reached by an appraiser hidden in the
recesses of a custom house, consult:
ing, if he is industrious 'and cannot
be bewildered as to what is the alleg
ed wholesale prices of comparable and
competitive products of the United
States, or in default thereof, the al
leged value in the United States, of
the identical imported article whether
sold or not, excluding or including all
or any cost, charges, expenses, in
cluding duties and also profits and
commissions; in short, permitting the
appraiser to place any value he may
see fit on the goods and making it
imposible for the importer to know
what duty he will hve to pay until
he has actually imported and passed
them through the Custom House.
"In the face of the uncertainty
which ' this bill . necessarily compels
as to duties, it will be impossible for
any importer to continue in business,
and the result of this provision will
be the destruction of the import trade
Harding Makes
Mota F. n;..
move for UlSarma-
mcnt Meeting
.
H? h" ls? ' fted to the interested
'HlH18 he same ,,me '
discussion of racinc and far eastern prob-
! ems with , view , r(.achi , compmo
understanding with respect to principles
Atlt noViriM in th. fr ,.t
This announcement states a Washington
j dispatch of of the 10th. was made last
night bv theState Department "by direction
J h President." The statement said:
i.-ri p..,:.i
i 1 ne president, in view ot the tar-reach- i
ing importance of the question of limita- The Woman's Club will meet Wednes
tion of armaments, has approached with day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock with Mrs.
informal but definite inquiry the group of N. A. McLean.
powers heretofore known as the principal j Mrs. Hal. V. Brown of Fairmont un
allied and associated powers, that is: derwent an operation for appendicitis at
Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, to j the Baker sanatorium this morning,
ascertain whetheV it would be agreeable to j License has been issued for the mar
them to take part in a conference on this riage ot F red Hornbuckle and Leoma
subject to be held in Washington at a Britt; Lane Morgan and Lizzie Deaa.
time to be mutually aereed upon. If the Mr. T. L Bissell of R. 1. Orrum
jroposal is found to be acceptable, formal
invitations tor such a conference will be
issued.
"It is manifest that the question of lim
itation of armaments has a close relation
to Pacific and far eastern problems, and
the President has suaeested that the oow
ers especially interested in these problems
should undertake in connection with this
conference, the consideration of all mat
ters bearing upon their solution, with
a view to reaching a common understand
ing with respect to principles and policy
in the far east. This been communicated
to the powers concerned and China has
also been invited to take part in the dis
cussion relating to far eastern problems.
Mr. Pink Campbell of R. 3 from
Lumberton was among the visitors in
town th,s morn,n'
Mr. J. B. Humphrey of Saddletree
was a Lumberton visitor this morn
ing. of the United States."
Another Weak Spot.
Another effect of the Arnerican val
uation system, the report contends,
is the same duty will be imposed upon
"the intelligent high cost production
of Canada that we are to impose up
on the cooUe labor of India, China
and Japan."
Asserting that it is proposed by
this bill "to declare a savage commer
cial war upon the whole human fam
ily," the Democratic minority says it
is doubtful if "in the history of our
affairs a measure so irredeemably and
universally vicious has ever been sub
mitted to the law-making power of a
civilized society."
"Its adoption," the report goes on
to say, "will be established by the
United States of an economic boycott
against the civilized world. The coun
tries that fouitht with us in the late
war will be victims of its savagery
who fought against us while at theheld week's revival at the Baptist church
our people; who would indeed be it, j
chief victims were it not that nations
reduced to extremity of distress
through the most destructive war ever
waged will suffer still more severely
from its operations, because all ef
forts to restore their industrial life
to normal conditions will be grievously j
imnpded. ll not WhOllV IrUStratea. DV '
I Ar, ABM.f;.na An f.Sfla mUlfU
it imposes.
Bill Prepared "Outside."
Charging that the bill was prepared
outside of the Ways and Means com
mittee the minority report says the
manner of its making up "cannot be
defended."
"Its last-minute changes whispered
to a favored few," the report con
tinues, are in keeping with the in-
trigue and secrecy which inspired its
covert subtleties, its concealed in-j Baker sanatorium, was conducted from
direction; framed its newly-invented j the Robeson home, East Second atreet, at
schedules, cast its complex and com-i5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The fu
nouhd rates, ani fixed ia unascertain-1 neral service was conducted by Hev. Dr.
able, and uicaiculi.tle dut es with the
trickery which has transformed .ched
ules," hidden joker, transplanted
items, changed ita nomenclature and
made it impojible to compare it vlth
any of its prdeiso:
i j- it it t
. -UiinuiK lias maue uiiiiiuii, u
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it in deadly parallel with previous
law. This conspiracy has required
since last December, or six months,
to hatch its monstrosity. I
Wanted Treasury's Advice ,
The Democrats say in their report
that they vainly sought to have the j
committee refer the bill to the Treas-
ury Department with a view to ob
taining information as to the probable
amount' of revenue to be derived as
well as the economic effect upon the
country.
They also say that they sought to
obtain action through the committee
from which he rates and classifica
tions in the mill might be compared
with the Underwood and Payne-Al-drich
laws. "It seems," the report
says, "that the majority prefer tot
give information to the House touch
ing the provisions of this bill and this
is a very natural position for them
to take, since if the membership of
the House, or the country, really know
the meaning and effect, of its classifi
cation, rates and general provisions,
they would repudiate it in the most
pronounced fashion.''
TROUBLE NOTICE.
. Owing to trouble in the electric
! wirinVf linot3?f machh "
hag not been -possible to set the
usual amount of type today,
hence some correspondence and
other news matter that would
have appeared in today's paper
must be held over for the next is
sue. It is hoped and expected
that repairs will be made in time
not to interfere with Thursday's
paper.
COTTON MARKET
,
!
Middling cotton is quoted on the
lotaI market today at
10 cents the
pound.
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS
i brought a load of 140 fine cantaloupes to
town Saturday. He sold .thorn readily at
a good price. i
Called communication of St. AJbanV
lodge No. 114, A. F. 4 -A. Ml Will be
held tomorrow '(Tuesday) evening at 8:15
for work in the 3rd degree.
Mr. Jeff T. Davis, who lives near
Lumberton, brought a tobacco curio
sity to town Friday two large twin
leaves connected at the stem.
The condition of Mr. Ambrose Pre
vail of K. 5, Lumberton, who has been v
critically ill at the Thompson hospital for
several days, is reported as slightly im
proved this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C Glover of Talla
hassee, Fla., spent Wednesday and Thurs
day here visiting Mr. Clover's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Glover, Water street. They
made the trip from Tallahassee in Mr.
Glover's auto.
J. B. Bruton, Jr., small son of Mr. '
and Mrs. J. B. Bruton, suffered an
ugly gash in the back of his head
early Saturday morning when he fell
while playing with another boy on the
sidewalk on West Fourth street.
The recent electrical storms and the
atmosphere have anectpd the street lights
and h will take several days to remedy the
trouble. New, lamps will have to be in
stalled in several instances, according to
Mr. John L. McNeill, superintendent of
the light and water plants.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. Fuller and
their 4 children returned Saturday
night from Hendersonville, where
they spent a month. They made the
trip in their car and returned by way
of Black Mountain and Hickory.
Mr. H. K. Ivey, who lives near Rayn
ham. says the boll weevil is playing havoc
with his cotton. He has found as many
as five punctured "squares" on one stalk
and the ground is covered with punctured
"squares", he says. He has found a num
ber of weevils in his cotton field.
Rev. Paul T. Britt of Bolivia, Bruns
wick county, passed through town today
en route home from Hope Mills, where be
number of additions to the
is a native Robesonian.
One Robeson county man, Tilman C
Britt of Orrum, was among the 49 appli
cants who passed the examinations of the
North Carolina Board of Medical Ex
aminers ond will be granted license to
practice medicine and surgery in the State.
The examinations ere held in Raleigh
h-r nn n lime 2fl 4nH mmn nf uir-irmufill
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yesteTday. Eighty-two applicants took the
eamination.
THE RECORD OF DEATHS.
Funeral of Mr. Bell Robeson Tester
day Afternoon His Death Satur
day Came as a Surprise and Shock
to the Community.
The funeral of Mr. H. Bell Robeson.
who died Saturday morning at 7:30 at the
Chas. H. Durham, pastor of the First Bap
tii church, and was attended by a large
crowd, many of whom accompanied the
remains to their last resting place in
Meadowbrook cemetery. Music was ren
dered by the Lumberton male quartet.
comoosea oi messrs. rrana. wuin, v o.
ii r I. r L f D
-. , r j i t.
Skipper, E4 B. Freeman and J. Pope
Stephens. The pall-bearer were Messrs.
t. J. Britt, James U. n-octor, t. A. Me-
E L Hamilton, W. G Pitman and
,r R jownsend. The floral offetinga
were m09t b,utif 1 and completely cov-
ercd tne gVave.
Deceased was about 8 years old and is
survived by his widow and one daughter,
Miss Hazel Robeson. While he had not
enjoyed good health for several months,
his condition was not considered serious un
til Thursday. He was on the streets Wednes
day of last week. The immediate cause
of his death was. acute nethritis and com
plications. He was known for his cheerful
disposition which resulted in a large ac
quaintance and many friends. Deceased
had been employed by the town as super
intendent ot streets tor several years untu
recently, when the town board cut off sev
eral employees as a result of the financial
stringency.
CoL Dan Hugh McLean of Lillington
Passes.
A Fayetteville special of the 10th to the
Wilmington Star states that CoL Dan Hugh
McLean, "one of the ablest and best-"
known men of the Upper Cape Fear coun
try", died at his home ia Liiliagtoo yes
terday momiog.
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