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LUMBERTON, N. C, THURSDJCT, AUGUST 25, 1921.
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Much Tobacco From a Distance Sold
on .Local Market Balk of Crop
Probably Will be Sold by End of
Week Much Tips and Low Grades
Being Offered Warehouses Will
Remain Open for Some Time.
Good tobacco continues to sell at
"fair" prices, while much of the to
bacco being offered now is tips and
Jow. grade and the prices on tms are
low. This has been a very pusy wee
on the local market and much tobac
co from a distance has been sold here.
It is expected that the bulk of the
crop will have been sold by the end
of the week. There is quite a bit- of
tobacco scattered throughout the to
bacco belt, however, and the ware
houses will be open for some time
yet.
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Wreck of Dirigible
Officers and Men of U. S. and British
Navies Met Death in Collapse of
Monster Dirigible ZR-2 Only 5 of
49 Men Making Trial Trip Saved
North Carolinian on the Ship.
An Associated Press dispatch of
Aug. 24- f ,V-c"fj '
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Seventeen officers and men of the
United States navy and 27 officers
and men of the British navy met
death today in the collapse of the
great dirigible ZR-2 over the city of
Hull.
Every one of the Americans on
board the ill-fated craft perished as
far as could be ascertained at mid
night tonight.
Only five men of the 49 who were
making the trial trip in the dirigible
prior to the vessel being turned over
to the United States navy are known
to have been saved,
Starting from Howden Tuesday
morning on. a test flight to Pulham,
the big aircraft had been afloat for
34 hours, at times in bad weather, and
was returning to the Pulham airdrome
at the time of the disaster, which
constitutes the most terrible of its
kind in peace times.
The ZR-2. which Was a sister ship
of the famous Z-34, the first dirigible
to cross the Atlantic, was on her final
test trip prior to being accepted by
the United States navy, and taken
across the Atlantic by an American
crew especially trained for that pur-
pose. She was 695 feet long and was ,
built to carry a crew of 30. Her speed
was estimated at 70 milea an hour.
The American navy was to pay $2,-
000,000 for the craft.
While llyfng at about l,uuu leet
1. 1 1 f)n ct
over Hull separators saw ine
seeminarh buckle amid-ships and
plunge downward over the city and
mto Humber river. Une theory 01 tne
cause 01 the disaster is mar. wnue
the ship's rudders were being tested
the giant craft took a sharp turn,!
which caused her frame-work to budc-.
le and that the explosion of a gaso-,
tonlr .ninnlnrpri tha tr-Hp-prlv fr
the air. The actual cause, however,
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never mav ne Kiiuv.a. a rumor nau
been afloat for scr.-.e days that the
ZR-2 was struc'.u-a'.ly wea, but this
was stoutly denic J by nil in authority.
Tens of thousands .of spectators
saw several men inu outside the
balloon and dn: fvsm the falling
mass, which wa3 enve! )ped in smoke, i
and others jumped into the Humber j
as the crippled cratt came over the
water. As the dirigible :;truck, tne the farmers , of various communities
1 wrtckage : bove the v. attr burniay,i build co-opefative potato houses and
and there wr.r, slight chance for anyjtcld of the plans for erecting such
of the me.i taught inside to escape,
One North Carolinian, Maurice Lay,
of Greensboro, was aboard the huge J
dirigible, ZR-2, when she collapsed
j yesterday, according to the Associated j
Press dispatches. The sole Tar Heel
wag a rigger, and he, like other mem-
Kers of the hand picked crew, nad
sDent a year and five months in train
ing for the voyage the Dig aingioie
was to have made across the Atlantic.
House Parses Senate Relief Bill for
Agricultural Products.
Washington, Aug. 23 With a
number of amendments, the Senate
bill, which would make one billion
dollars available through the War
Finance corporation for stimulating
exnortation of agricultural products,
I was passed today by the House.
State Examination for Teachers
August 30 and 31. I
The State examination for school,
teachers will be held in Lumberton
An trust 30 to -CI. Examination will be
given for all certificates and will be
conducted by Proi. J. K. rooie, county
superintendent of public instruction.
W. O. W. Meeting at Long Branch.
A special meeting of Fine camp'
No. 144. W O. W.. will be held at;
Long Branch Saturday night of this
week. Refreshments .will be served,
and all meiabers are , urged to be,
present.
Mrs. E. L! Norton of Charlotte is
a guest at the home of her , mother,
Mrs. Lizzie - rroetor, sixth street.;
Mr. and Mrs. Norton will begin house -
keeping in their new home in Char -
lotte-at in early date.
New Page In Agri-
culture In Robeson
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"Better Pastures' ,and Anti-Boll
Weevil .Meeting Held Yesterday at
Farm of Mr. J. S. Oliver Farmers
Inspect Pasture Bn Methods of
Farming Under Boll Weevil Condi-
. tioos Explained.
ADVENT OF WEEVIL FORCES
CHANGE OF METHODS
"The arrival of the boll weevil
means a new page in agriculture in
Robeson county", .declared Mr. O. O.
Dukes, county farm demonstrator, in
addressing a large number of farm
ers at a meeting held on the farm of
former Representative J. S. Oliver,
hear Marietta, vesterday afternoon.
The meeting yesterday was - termed
"a better pastures" meeting and was
held at a spring in Mr. Oliver's per
manent pasture.
Mr. Oliver had discovered since it
was decided to hold the meeting that
he has plenty of boll weevils in his
cotton and the meeting was turned
into a discussion of the "weevil, how
to best fight him and the best me
thods of farming under boll weevil
conditions. Naturally the permanent
pasture is one of the methods urged
by Mr. Dukes for overcoming the in
r. Dukes tor overcoming tne in-
resulting frp.njjhe activities of
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Farmers Inspect Pasture,
Before theaddress of Mr.Dukes the
large number of farmers attending
the meeting inspected Mr. Oliver's
pasture. He has twenty acres fenced
in, 12 acres c'eared and 8 acres ' in
the woods. In tb.13 pasture Mr. Oliver
has forty-one fine Poland China hogs
of various ages. Mr. Oliver has grow
ing in the pasture mixed grasses and
Lespedeza, or Japan, clover. With the
advent of the boll weevil he plans
to increase the pasture to 75 acres
and raise hogs and cattle on a much
larger scale
Beat Time to Fight Weevil.
In beginning his address Mr. Dukes
told of the best known methods of
fighting the boll weevil, stating that
the best time to fight him wa3 during
the winter months. The plan for
fighting him during the cold months
is to cut stalks early, break the land
and burn all trash and rubbish about
the farm. He also urged the raising
and protecting of birds, declaring
that the partridge, or quail, is the
worst enemy to the boll weevil. The
importance of enforcing the game law
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was stressed Dy Mr. jjuses aim
others present. The speaker told of
the great numbers of weevils that
may be destroyed during the summer
bv picking up "squares" that have
fallen off the cotton stalks and burn
ing them. Small children can pick
them up and destr6y them.
Urge 75 Per Cent. Reduction of Cot
ton Acreage. ' 7
Mr. Dukes urged a 75 per cent re
duction of the cotton acreage, early
nlantinsr. ranid cultivation and the
use ct all ieriihzer when planted or
a0on thereafter. Late application of
fertilizer will only furnish food for
the breeding A more weevns, he de-
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jo planted al
ter a corn and bean crop and not
Wanted on the same land two years
in succe.-'sion.
Grow Everything Needed
The importance of growing every
thing needed on the farm at home was
stressed bv the sneaker. He also
advocated planting sweet potatoes as
a monev crop and warned of the inl
- portance of preparing houses for cur-
m8r the potatoes . He suggested that
houses. Farmers interested in the
i housing problem can get instructions
'for the erection of such houses and
as0 in curing the potatoes by ap-
plying to Mr. Dukes. By curing the
potatoes there is never any danger
of losing a crop, he said
Permanent Pastures Necessary.
Getting to the subject pf perman
ent pastures, the sneaker declared
that farmers cannotpraise cattle and
hogs successfully without pastures
and added that they cannot fight the
boll weevil successfully without rais
ing cattle and hogs. Mixed grasses
and Lespedeza were recommended as
good pasture crops. Rye was also
recommended as a good winter pas
ture crop.
Must Band Together In Fight
The fact that hogs can be raised
cheaper here than jn the West was
nroven bv the sneaker.
Mr. Dukes
told of plans" for the co-operative
marketing of hogs and cattle. Where
one farmer cannot load a car the
J farmers of a community can put in
so many each and get a car load of
either hogs or .cattle. The importance
of co-operation among' farmers in
fighting the weevil was stressed by
Mr. Dukes, who declared that the
farmers must fight him as a. whole
and net single-handed.
Mr. Dukes' address was listened
to . with interest and close attention
by the more than. fifty farmers pre-
sent. While the farmers seemed to
realize the damage which the weevil
is to do. they were apparently deter
, mined to try the plans outlined by
Mr. Dukes in fighting him.
ihose attending the meeting were
, royally entertained by Mr. Oliver.
' Plenty of lemonade was provided for
all present and all enjoyed the get-
On
Fairmont Market
Tobacco Price Higher Than Last
Week Market Will Sell Around 51
Million Pounds Farmers Will Meet
Boll Weevil With Pastures and Hog
and Cattle New Bank Opened
Tuesday. ' .
Special to The Robesonian.
p;.mnnf itii OA p.irmt.
new bank, the First National Bank 0f
Fairmont, opened for business Tues-
da v. The new bank has a canital
stock of $40000. Mr. A. J. Floyd is
president, "Messrs.. E. V. McDaniei
and Worth Burns, vice-president,
and Mr. J. F. Johnson, cashier.
vThis is another busy week on the
Fairmont tobacco market. Hundreds
of thousands of pounds of the golden
weed are being marketed daily and
prices are higher than last. week. The
market will sell around 6,000,000
pounds this season. Many farmers are
receiving "big money" for their to-1 Green Springs, will consider the. ma t
bacco crop and the season has added I1" on next Sunday as -to whether
new life to business generally. Smiles ! wlU vote t call this able pastor
are rapidly taking the place of "long I to their field of labor or not.
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Farmers of this section are plan
ning ways and means for fighting the
boll weevil, which has found his way
to the cctton fields of south Robeson.
Many 0f the farmers will planUsJJue 3P&
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reUgSgrin nog and cattle raising. fGeorgia Wil han
Indian Normal
Will Open October 3
Agricultural Building Will be Erected
at Once Recent Summer School
More Largely Attended Than Any
Previous Session.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Pembroke, Aug. 24. The summer
school for the Indian teachers of Ro
beson county which was held at the
Normal at Pembroke, closed on Fri
day of last week. This summer school
was conducted by the superintendent
of the Indian Normal school, Prof.
T. C. Henderson, who was assisted by
Misses Lillie B. Stephenson and Bessie
Morgan.
inis summer school was more
largely attended than any previousJ
session, there being about twice as
many in attendance as were enrolled
last year. The student body wa3 com
posed of earnest and. faithful work
ers. This was doubtless the only sum
mer school in the state where -a lar
ger number of men were enrolled than
women.
The regular session of the Normal
school for the ensuing school year will
open on Monday", October 3. The fol
lowing teachers have been employed
for next session: T. CI Henderson,
superintendent and teacher of mathe
matics and pedagogy; A. F. Corbin,
teacher of vocational agriculture;
Miss Susie Jordan, high school teach
er; Miss Lillie B. Stephenson, instruc
tor in the grammar grades; Miss Bes-
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for use by the opening of the school
Linney is Sworn in as District Attor
ney. Charlotte, Aug. 23. Frank A. Lin
ney, who was sworn in this afternoon
as U. S. attorney of the Western dis
trict of North Carolina in his resig
nation to the State Republican com
mittee said:
"I want to state most emphatically
that I made no compromise or sur.
render in anything I did or said before
the committee."
The statement was made with refer
.ce m ine nearing louowing me at-
tack upon Mr. Linney in connection
with his confirmation by the United
States Senate as United States at
torney for the Western North Caro
lina district which caused much com
ment as a result of Mr. Linney's atti
tude toward the question of the negro
in politics.
Fatally Injured in Dive at White Lake
Mount Olive dispatch, Aug. 23:
Bromley Jennett son of W R. Jen-
nette, a prominent furniture dealer
here, while in bathing at White Lake,
jsiaaen county, Sunday about 11
o'clock, made an unfortunate dive,
resulting in the dislocation of his
spinal column just below his neck,
from the effects of which he is hardly
expected to live Jong. . . ' :
Young Lady Kills Rattlesnake.
Miss Clara Britt killed a rattlesnake
with 5 rattles at the home of her
father, Mr. Leonard Britt, at Mt
Elim, Monday afternoon.
to-gether on the Oliver farm.
Mr. Oliver is one of Robeson's very
best farmers and one who lives at
home. He is prepared to meet the boll
weevil and other farmers would do
well to pattern after this wide-a-wake
and progressive agriculturist.
Another meeting of like nature will
be held tomorrow morn ine at 9:30
on the farm of Mr. E. K. Floyd.inear
Barnesville. 1
Parkton Letter
M
rs. ti. jonnson uiea luesaay Al
ter Long Illness Funeral at Bladen-Union
Yesterday Parkton and
Green Springs Will Consider Calling
Pastor Sunday A Busy Time
Personal and Other Items.
By C. D. Williamson.
Parkton, Aug. 23. Rev. C. E. Ham-
fric of Woodburn, Ky.f filled the pul-
pit at the Baptist church here Sun
!day night and preached to a full
day nigni ana preacnea to a
use. The speaker was introduced by
y- -r- . .,
3 a schoolmate of the preacher and
one who loved him, one who would
like to see him become pastor of the
Baptist church of our town, knowing
him as he did.
His text was taken from Nehemiah
2:19. and his theme was Spiritual Rei
construction, and not political. Sorry
that time will not permit of furtner
comment on the sermon, but it was
quite interesting from start to finish.
The two churches. Parkton and
iuias vaiix vxiML man aim ia&wj
returned home the last of the week
from New York anoV other points and
report a most wonderful good time.
Miss Katherine Millsaps of States-
villeis: pending a f e wja,iHtiT
iamsonT
Mr T. W. Thompson, who spent
some time at one of the springs of
Virginia, returned home yesterday
much improved in health.
Mr. A. M. Blunt spent the
week-end visiting relatives in Char
lotte. He returned home Monday
night.
Picnics are not all over yet, as
Buckhorn expects to celebrate next
Saturday with speaking on the cotton
question-by some one unknown to the
writer, But jit will be worth while.
Mrs.C. :L. Johnson died at her
home neajr town this morning of
paralysis. She had been sick for quite
a long time, having suffered a stroke
of paralysis several years ago, and
had been an invalid ever since. Last
Saturday she suffered the second
stroke 'and was unconscious until
death. The funeral will be held Wed
nesday at JO o'clock at Bladen-Union
chljrch and interment will be m the
family cemetery at that place.
Deceased was one of the best wo
men of our community. She was
known to the writer since childhood
and he can testify she was one of
the most consecrated Christians he
has ever known- and bore her long
affliction with patience and Christian
fortitude. She ,was about' 51 or 52
years old. We extend our sympathy
to the husband and entire family.
This is the busiest week of the sea
son with most of us. Fodder-pulling
and building barns is the order.
Some sickness to report in our
town.
We read that baseball is not over
yet, but suffice it to say that no mat-
far n'Vt s T i imhorfnn nl a xr f ri i o wmalr
y(the way we all were treated there-a
week RgQ wiH never be forf,otten
Some one will raise the question as
what happened and we would say
jjumberton ana the many, many
; Bpectatora from North Robeson and
from every where in the county know
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ReV- w L. Maness left Monday
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bably be filled Sunday morning by
Rev. Mr. Thorrie of Stedman, to
which the public is invited.
Congress Takes Recess Until Sep
tember 21.
Washington, Aug. 24. Congress
took a recess tonight until September
21, without a vote by the Senate on a
bill prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of beer to the sick. The Senate
ended its work at 11:35 o'clock and
the House at 11:58.
The Senate is expected to resume
nrnrlr nnnn rannmraninap. ttuf Panro
8entative Mondell, the- Republican
leader, obtained an agreement to have
the House declare three-day recesses
from Septmber 21 to October 3.
President Harding was at the capi
tol late tonight to sign a number of
bills The last to be put before him
was the dye embargo extension, the
last measure to be passed by the
Senate. ;'
Prohibition leaders early in the
night abandoned their efforts to hold
up the recess until it had been passed
failing even to obtain an agreement
fixing a date for a vote on it by the
Senate after Congress reassembles
next month. Senators opposing the
bill because of the provision which
would subject all of a man's property
except his home to search for liquor
without a warrant, held the floor un
til its managers saw no 'hope of
vote and had it laid aside.
Mills Have Resumed Operations
Guardsmen Leave for Home.
A Concord dispatch, of the 23rd
states that all but one of the cotton
mills in Cabarrus county have been
opened for work following the general
strike-called Jurie 1st. All troops
which had been on duty at Concord
for a week were withdrawn Tuesday.
Breaking all records for size. 10'
candidates for law license stood the
examination before the State Su
nrerae Court Monday.
Hotel At Rowland
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Hotel Henry Scored One Point Above
Lorraine, of L.mberton, Next High -
est, by State Inspector Scores of
all Hotels in County.
The Hotel Henry at Rowland was
given tHe. highest score of any hotel
in the eountv bv Mr. J. A. Mrfnrl.
State hotel and cafe inspector, who!
reeent.lv rnmnlptrd an inxnertinn tt .
the hotels and cafes in Robeson: The;
Lorraine hotel of Lumberton made :
the next highest score, being one oointl
below the Henry. j
Following are the scores of all the '
hotels and cafes in the county
Rowland Hotel Henry, 89; Liberty
cafe, 79.2.
Lumberton Lorraine hotel, 88;
Olympia cafe, 82. 1; New York cafe.
82. .1.
Maxton Maple Shade inn, 86.
Red Springs Hotel Tied Springs,
82.5,.
Fairmont Carolina hotel, 81; Com
mercial hotel, 79. .
St. Pauls Hotel St. Pauls, 80.5.
County Commissioners Will be Asked
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to Provide a Book for Keeping ; ment Dealers association of the Caro
Discharge Papers of All ex-Service ; linas. The meeting opened yesterday
Men iiean-up Squad Mr. W.iand lasts through today.
Bert Ivey Elected Delegate to Con
vention.
Reported for The Robesonian!
At a business meeting of the local
post of the American Legion Tuesday
night, Mr. W. Bert Ivey wa8 appoint
ed a delegate to the State convention
which meets at Hendersonville Friday
and Saturday of this week.
It was decided at the meeting to
ask the county commissioners to buy
book to have all ex-service men s
discharge papers recorded in. Mc.
Knox Proctor was appointed to see
the county commissioners and make
this request.
The commander urged that every
member of the post help all eservice
men in every way possible to adver
tise the coming of the Clean-up Squad
which is to be here in November.
Lumberton is the 6nly town in three
counties which thia squad will visit.
This includes Robeson, Bladen, and;
Columbus counties. The purpose of the
coming ui mis squau is 10 near ine 1
claims of all ex-service men to see
if they need medical aid All men who;
present themselves will be examined.!
The local post of the American Le-
gion stands ready in every way pos
sible to aid all ex-service men in hav
ing this examination.
VETERANS' REUNION.
Gen. Metts Reelected Commander
Ku Klux Klan Demonstration Call
ed Off Address by Congressman
Stedman.
Durham, Aug. 23. With more than
twice as many veterans as expected,
1,100 to be exact, m attendance, the
1921 reunion of North Carolina Con-
federate Veterans was ononed in thU
city this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
The initial dav's session was fea -
tured by the re-election of Maj-Gen. of " acres in Colony from Irwin and
James I. Metts, of Wilmington. asPayton. P"t on a rig, and took the
commander-in-chief of the North i Pearson lease northwest of this loca-
Carolina division of the United Con-
federate Veterans. General Metts is
empowered to appoint a staff of offi-
cers.
Of chief interest tonight waa the
announcement that the Ku Klux Klan
of North Carolina has called off its
plans for a big demonstration in this
city tomorrow night. The announce
ment that a demonstration would be
held caused a public protest to be
entered by the Julian S. Carr chapter
of the U. D. C, and had brought
about a bitter controversy. Press dis
patches from Raleigh early yesterday
said the Klansmen intended makingion the job. Paul Irwin had made the
their demonstration ' in Durham a
state-wide affair. -
Congressman Charles Manly Sted
man , delivered the principal address
at tonight's session. It was a stirring
recital of North Carolina in the war
between the states. At the conclus
ion of the address, the veterans arose
at the suggestion of- Gen. Julian S.
Carr and gave "three rousing cheers"
for the only Confederate veteran Con
gressman. Officers Honored by Firemen
Gastonia, Aug. 23. The features
of today's meeting, of the State fire
men were an address by Stacey W.
Wade, State' Insurance 'Commissioner.
this morning at 11 o'clock and the
presentation of handsome silver
pitchers to President Emeritus J. D.
McNeill, of Fayetteville and vice
president A. H. Boyden. of Salisbury.
They were presented in token of ap
preciation of the work done by the
men for 'the past 25 years for the
firemen of the State. There were also
short talks by Insurance Commission
er Memahon, of South Carolina, Com
missioner of Public Safety Fitz
patrick, of Asheville, and Building
Inspector Stelling,. of Durham.
Miss Katie Stone of Mt Elim was
among the shoppers in town Tues
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COTTON MARKET
Middling cotton is quoted on the
,ocal market today at 12 cents tb
ipounn tne nignest level ic-r several
i months.
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JJfliEf AITIVS
License has been issued for the
marriage of Thos,
Louise Sheffield.
J. Ashley and
Mr. S. E. Fields of Boardman ha,
ccepted a position as salesman in Mr.
John T- Biggs' store,
Mr- J- McLendon of R. Z Lam-
" i"on .SL J.C.
ville, where he will enter a Federal
vocational school,
It was a bold act. The number
was stolen off an automobile owned
by one of Robeson's rural policeman
while the car was standing near the
office of the high sheriff.
Mr. Henry Herring of Lake View,
S. . C, who underwent an operation
at the Thompson hospital yesterday
for gangreenous appendix, is getting
along as well a.i could be expected.
The Baker sanatorium will begin
within the next few weeks the ejec
tion of a 9-rtom nurses' home to the
east of the sanatorium on Fourteenth
street jnexj jo t' J.
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Mr. J. H. Floyd, proprietor of the
Lumberton Marble works, left Tues
day evenine for Columbia. S. C. to
attend a meeting of the Retail Monu-
The community motion pictures
will not be shown at McDonald Fri-
i day night and at Ten Mile-Barker's
ouiuruay mgnb. ine picture uuun is
showing "Flashes of Action" for the
American Legion, as will be seen from
an ad elsewhere in today's paper.
D. C. Moore, colored, who lives on
R 3 from Lumberton, brought a freak
watermelon to The Robesonian office
yesterday. The rind was of a gold
color, except a space of green running
the entire length of the melon and
some two inches wide. The melon grew
that color, according to Moore.
A mule belonging to Mr. E. Odum
of Buie was injured yesterday when
it caught one of its fore feet in a hole
in the iron bridge at the
foot of Fifth Btreet and stum
bled and fell. The mule's nose and
the foot that was caught were skin
ned. Mr. Odum says the mule came
near being killed and he thinks the
county will have to pay him damages.
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Robeson County Man Picks "Biggest
Well in New Ca, Field at Colony",
Near Iota, Kansas.
The above caption is spread in big
type clear across the top of the first
i page of the Iola (Kan.) Daily Regis
I ter of August 19. Former Senator
Ge0- B- McLeod of Robeson is the man
referred to. In display type, part of
a 2-column head, is the line, "Biggest
Well in New Gas Field." The story
begins as follows:
"Senator McLeod, of Iola, an opera
tor in the Deer Creek and Elsmore oil
fields, checked over his available cash
and found he had some $5,000. Mil
I Pay ifc a11 on that Colony field,' he
l said, rie took the George Kobbms lease
tlon and slapped in another rig. Now
' he has a Pai of bearcats, noisy ones,
j the gassers that come in with a swish
ard roar. The Bobbins well came in
; ,ast nKht ad the Pearson this after-
noon. He has 17000,000 cubic feet of
gas In the two wells." -
Ga3 is retailing at Colony, the pa
per says, at 80 cents per thousar
There follows a long description of
the boring of a well, with deafening
noise and the spraying of dirt, and
this : "The drillers were plastered with
dirt and sand from the well. They
stuffed cotton in their ears and stayed
location and was superintending tht
drilling for Senator McLeod. And
when the big noise came his face
! was wreathed in smiles. He had picked
ine location or tne biggest producer
to date."
Former Senator McLeod has been
operating for some time in the Kan
sas oil fields. He has many friends
among Robesonian readers who will be
glad to learn of his success.
Jurors for Second Week of September
Court.
A list of the jurors for the first
week of Robeson Superior court for
the trial of civil cases, which will
convene Monday, September 5, was
published in a recent issue of The
Robesonian. The fact that thia is to
be a two-weeks' term was overlooked
when the first list was drawn and
the following list was drawn Tuesday
for the second week:
A. J. Britt, W. N. McLean, James
Jackson. John Sinclair, M. W. Hedge-
peth, D. McP. McArthur, W. F. Bul
lock, Frank Bostic, A. II . Stone, J. S
Oliver, Wright J. Pre vat t, H. M.
Grimsley, J. W. Israel, P. -S. Korne
gay, J. H. Stone, J. A. Galloway. J.
W. Barker, John Barlow, Kelly John
son, Troy Brisson.
Mr. Watts from Orrum was a caller
in this section Sunday a. m.
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