ESTABLISHED 187. SINGLE COT TIYB CENTS.
COUNTRY. CCD AND TRUTH.
12.00 A TEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE
VOLULIELII
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LTJHBEBTON, M. CUOIWAY, SEPTEMBEK 28, 192L
2-Room School ? f
BuUdinrj Planned
' Local School Board Decides to Erect
Temporary Rooms to Take Care oi
overflow. From lirammar oraaes
Kindergarten Begins Boys Want
Football Team Other School Motes,
C vA-2-rootn wooden building tor tern
..' norarv hu unit ft -trMtfrl at oncA Oil
the .vacant; lot, Walnut and i Eighth
t streets, to, take care of the congestion
in the grammar grades. This waB de
' cided at a meeting of the trjisteesvof
the o-rariori and hicrh schools Fridav
The rooms probably will be used to
take dare of the two divisions of the
Seventhr grade. Messrs. K. M. Barnes,
ueo. u Thompson ana Lh . yvnaiey
were appointed a committee to look
after having the building erected.
Miss Frankie Means of Macon, Gal
began this ; morning teaching a pri
vate kindergarten. Miss Means arriv
ed yesterday tana pad several pupus
- this mornine. SH will teach at the
teacherage until oi suitable quar
ters can be secured. .,''
Sunt. Cale expects to secure a per
mament teacher for the overflow from
the Eighth grade. Miss Janie Carlyle
is teaching this division temporarily.
Miss Myrtle Barnes I has been
teachine . the : overflow, from the
Sixth grade temporarily,'' and ' Miss
Ora Pittman began teaching this divi
sion this morning.-Miss Pittman has
been elected teacher at Barnesville and
will have to give up the work she
has undertaken temporarily hero un
less" ghe is released by the Barnesville
school. . .
A series of prizes has been offered
for the room in jthe hjlgh-school (thaf
is kept best for the year. . ,
Some of the high Bchool boys have
been practicing football, and "want to
organize a team.' Supt. Cale, while
heartily in favorof athletics, thinks
football is a game for boys more near
ly grown than the high school stu
dents, and he wants written permis
sion from parents who are willing for
their sons to play; '.-...-
Cotton Dusting
Demonstration
'. "&" 1 . vOr"Wf': '
Demonstration of Machine "to " Dust
Cotton to Kill Boll Weevil Will be
Held Tomorraw7-andWednesday.'
Much interest is being -manifested
in the boll weevil dusting demonstra
tion that 5wiH be given .tomorrow and
Wednesday, at 10 amt1 each day, on
the farm of -Mr. A. W. McLean, near
fhe fair grounds, oh the edge of Lum-
berton. No doubt many farmers will
attend, Mr. 0. O. Dukes, conn tv frm
demonstrator, is urging rll; fanner?
who intend to attempt to. raise any
cotton next year to be site to be
present at one. of these demonstra
tions. ' ' ,: '"' ' " : ' ir ' x
LOANS-FOR THE SOUTH
War Finance Corporation Advances
Four Million Dollars, to Individuals
' to Help in the Exportation of South
ern Farm' Products.' ljtHjyv
. .Washington, Sept. . 23. The War
Finance corporation again demonstra
ted today that it is functioning for
the relief of agriculture. Large ad
vances to Southern exporters, whose
name were not triven in accordance
with the corporation's custom, were
announced by the' corporation to facil.
itate the exportation - of cotton and
tobacco. . .'
Official announcement was- made
that the corporation' had approved the
following ' applications for. loans ,
$2,000,000 to an exporter for the
purpose of assisting in financing the
exportation of cotton. .''';
$1,000,000 to a - Southern bank fori
the purpose of assisting in carrying
cotton in domestic warehouses until
it can be exported in an orderly man
ner. "r'if'V-
$1,000,000 to a southern bank for
' the purpose -of : assisting' in the - ex
portation of tottmt and 1150,000 to an
exporter-for the purpoa.-of assisting
ill CAfV4frV.WM w . u v w T
Tiller in Greensboro News. i- f ; . -r-t
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Two New Departments at Indian Nor
ma! School , ' , : r.-v
Two new departments have - been
added at the Indian Normal school at
Pembroke, which will open ' October
8. These are vocational ' agriculture
and home economics, of which Prof.
'a,- p.. Corbin', and Miss Katherine
Martin will have charge, respectively;
Prof Corbin and'Frof T. U Hender
son, principal of the school, were
Lumberton visitors Saturday..
, - " . : "'" ' i ' ;
Ticked 212 Pounds Cotton With One
Hand te:;Day;- Vjf fy
1 Speaking . of how much cotton a
person cap pick, Mr. R. H. Miller of
the Rowland section, who is a Lum
berton visitor today, says Albert
Hammonds,' Indian, picked 212 pounds
with hfs left hand Friday. Hammond's
right arm is cut off. The .cotton was
picked on Mr. Miller's farm and Mr.
Miller said he weighed the cotton him
self.' ' s ; '':-.' - " ; .'
Mr. Simeon McLean of R. 5, Lumberton,
was a visitor in town this
irinminfiT. .
' Mrs. H. B." Jennings and brother,
Mr Murphy McLean, left Saturday
wninc for Norfolk. Va. They will re
turn? tomorrow.
Mr. Luther Prevattfsi
Residence Burned
Fire Destroyed Residence on Car
thage Road 2 O'clock Friday Morn
ing Mr. Preva'tt -Was Waked by
Falling Timber - am) Had Narrow
' EscapedOnly Few Chairs. Saved.
- The residence of Mr., -Luther iPre
vatt, on the Carthage road near, the
edge of town, was destroyed'bjr fire
Thursday night Mr. Prevatt-, who
was sleeping in the house alone, nar
rowly escaped through a ' window
after part of the ceiling ' had ( fallen.
Only a few chairs and ' a "mattress
(the cnattresa - burned) ;wer ; saved.
The house a " 6-room . pottage
was i- recenuv constructed at r a
coet of i' some. 1,4000. Ooty $100 in
surance ,was carried . on 'bouse and
furniture, not ''enough to: cover -the
furniture, loss, Mr." Prevatt says. The
roof was falling in when .the fire
company ' arrived and the only thing
that could be done was to save" the
residence of - Mr. Johnnie McNeill
next door.. The heat drew the rosin
from the weatherboarding of Mr. Mc
Neill s house on the side next to. the
burning house. The firo was discover-
ed at 2 a. m. ." ii''V
Mr- Prevatt had a rather narrow
escape. He was awakened by aC piece
of.; the burning ceiling, falling across
the .foot of -big bed He became con
fused and rushed into a closet; mis-'
taking that door for one leading out
of the room. Before' he could get; out
of - the.i closejt a , piece of. ceiling fell
across- the door and he vhad some
difficulty in opening the door again.
Mr,, Prevatt finally got out through
a wmd?w with no injuries more seri
ous, than ' slightly burned hands - and
a bumped head. - :V j
Mrs. Prevatt went a week ago yes.
terday to Dillon, S. C. to visit rela
tives and the house had not . been
occupied since last Sunday night, Mr.
Prevatt having been away from town
tlin nn Knai'noea Wn f,r hA Kaati
in the house since last Sunday morn
ng , and how, it originated ' is not
known.
The fire - gained considerable head
way before it was discovered, and the
rojf was about ready to fall in be
fore JMr., Johnnie McNeill turned in
the alarm Mr. McNeill, whose house
was in ' imminent danger, thinks ,he
turned in the alarm before Mr. Pre
vatt got: out rt' the burning house,
but is not sura n that mt Before
that several people fjid been holler
ing, it is said, nt .M t cry "fire"
and some who hsari.thV disturbance
did not realize what the trouble was
until Mrs. McNeill raised the: alarm
of fire. ' ' ;.'
.Mr. Prevatt wsnt to Dil'on Friday
jnd brcieht Mrs. Prevatt back home
Saturday m- rn'nr. They will live for
the present, until other arrangements
can be made, at the home ; of Mr.
Prevatfe brother. Mr. Roland Pre
att, itijst a few doors from the burn
ed residence. ?: r'?-:,::"'
Since the 'first of this story was
out in type it has been learned from
Mr, Prevatt that when he 'first got
up and began groping - for the door
he struck his head bo violently against
the -mantelpiece that be was stunned,
and while in that condition he dived
into the closet, where he was hemmed
in for some time by pieces of the ceil
ing that fell across the door. . .
Source of Mosquitoes Discovered.
. Dr. E. R. Hardin, county health J
officer, has discovered the source of .
thh mnahni-fu.fl that havn tnaife 1 f p
" .
burden- hereabout-. for some time
past They have . been breeding in"
manholes about town. Never has
there been such a pest of mosquitoes.
They have been numerous, bold, well
armed, and industrious.' ' Their; . pre
sence in such unprecedented myriads
has been a puzzle, seeing that no
stagnant water could be discovered.
The late Mr. Bell Robeson when he
was street foreman alwals kept the
water in manholes oiled, and mosqui.
toes were not given' a chance to breed
in them, but those who have been
ookihg after the work in - recent
months had not learned that lesson
so well, and the mosquitoes were tick
led to death at the chance. Dr. Hard
in has had all the manholes oiled, now,
and has instructed that 'they be kept
oiled, so , relief from t the pests, ' may
be expected at' soon as the present
crop dies out. For this 'expected re
lief, much thanks.; " ,r v ,
Federal Court Adjourns After Two
Days Session. '' ' . ,-: : .
jThe fall term "of Ffderal court con
vened at, Laurlnbug Tuesday' morn
ing, and after a" brief session of two
days adjourned Wednesday afternoon. 1
A number of whiskey cases were
heard and the court's judgments were.
largely prison sentences and , fines '
ranging around S100 each. The case
of C A. Burnette- formerly clerk in
the Laurinburg postoffice, charged
with tampering with a c. o d. parcel,
was heard, at this term. He will pay
the costs in the case and replace the
missing property. Laurinburg Ex-
change. ; , . : .. . -
Spare the Birds to Destroy Insects. ,
Mr'. A. J. Prevatt, Who lives on R.
2 from Lumberton, was among the
visitors in town Friday. Mr. Prevatt
is anxious to see some steps taken to
prevent the-slaughter of , birds. He
thinks that if the slaughter of birds
continues at the present rate the in
sects wm destro 1J,$XQP finally.
Veterans Name Re-;
union Delegates
Sponsor, Maid of Honor, C&aperones
and. Delegate, Appointed.to Attend
U.D ; U Beunioa at ChatUnooga--
Speaker for
Janaaryr 19
Also
Selected.
At a called meeting of Camp Wil
lis H.Pope, U. C V Mr, M. O. MH
v j' i.l v.u . " i!
house Friday morning, the. following
were appointed to attend the U C. V.,
convention which will be held at Chat
tanooga October 25, 25- and. 27;: , -',
? Veterans; ' delegates- Revs' P..!"A.
Prevatt and Wesley ? Thompson,
Messrs. Strong Wishart, Isham -Lamb,
Olin A. Bntt; alternates .J. H. Ray
bon, N, C. Graham, Joe Ratley, Jamet
MuaseTwhite, A.' E. Floyd Sons of
Veterans : - delegates -McKay - McKin
non of. lifaxton, David Hall of Red
Springs, Jno. B. Malloy of Parkton,
A. Mcuoogan and i n. Townsend
of St Pauls, 'Arcibald Hedgpeth and
Dr.' .Robt Graham of Rowland, Row;.
land Bullock of Fairmont; Rev. R. A.
Hedgpeth, J. C. Prevatt Alex Mc
Allister,,' John French, Douglas Nor
ment, Jesse Stanset, E. J. Britt, J. Q.
Beckwith and J A, Sharpe of Lum
berton.1' ;:'w-, - .; '':" v :
0Miss Viola McK. Jenkin8 of Lum
berton was appointed sponsor; Miss
Marjorie Rusell of Lumberton, maid
of honor; Miss Cornelia McMillan,
director of district. No. 11, U. D. C,
Red Springs, Mrs. L. T. Townsend of
Lumberton, president Robeson chap
ter! U. D. C, Mrs. J. D. Proctor of
Lumberton, . registrar, of Robeson
chapter, 7 Mesdames ' S. Mclntyre, ' A.
Nash and Irviri Jenkins, of Luciber-
ton, chaperones. ' i
' Mrs. L. T. Townsend was elected
recording secretary, for the camp. Mr.
Ertle Carl vie of Lumberton was elect
ed speaker for January 19th, ; Mr.
!wi-
SPeaKeT.
Knox Proctor of Jjumberton to mtro-
The meeting was full of interest and
enthusiasm and business was trans
acted with dispatch. ..
Only Desolation
And Ruins Remain
Desolation Caused by Explosion at
Oppaa Equals Anything Seen at
'VeTdutt a9 1 Result af War 1,100
Dead and 4,000 Injured. . .'. .
Desolation and ruins alone remain of
what Was once the' flourishing town
of Oppau, states an Associated Press
dispatch of the 22nd from Mannheim,
Germany. The town had 6,500 resi
dents, of. which a majority of thi
men, engaged in the chemical works,
were killed ' or wounded. . Soldier3 in
French, uniforms are clearing away
the ;wreckage, picking up the dead
and injured as- after a big battle. ' .;;
"i. Eleven hundred dead and:4,t)00 in
jured ' is i the- latest estimate ;of the
disaster yesterday, which caused a
greater number of causualties in .the
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen district than
the four years of the war. The deso
lation around Oppau equals' anything
seen' at Verdun or in Flanders over
I a similar area.' Hundreds, of persons
are digging in the ruins for the bodies
of relatives or friends, nearly 1,000
of which have been recovered thus
far.. sn-?"v:;,;i ;i' -y'lfr
. Thirty-six hour8 atter the axpiosum,
irom ine gaping, lunnei - use . noie
where the Badische works formerly
. k J Al ' l.!If : A. I I
BlOOa. , mere re BlUJ. W W nearu
moaning and cries ox the wounded,
while the soldiers search for possible
survivors. Twenty-five hundred of the
injured are reported to have passed
through the hospitals of the sur
rounding cities. - " " -v 1
The vast crater is slowly filling with
water, and it may never be known how
many victims found a grave there.
The 3znd army corps ox the t rencn
anny is in complete charge of the area.
and . every available French medical
officer . had arrived early this morn,
ing to co-operate with the German
physicians and surgeons. The French,
and German Red Cross are cooperat
ing, ad a big German sanitary train
has, brought large quantities of medi
cal ' supplies. . . ,
" The -French high commissioner on
the Rhine,'! M.' Tirard, and his entire
staff took charge of the relief, work.
The members of hl3 staff were-'sent
tir all the surrounding towns to en
list 'the mayors' and people in the re
lief plan, in' which-the labor unions
are uniting. Several of the funds have
already assumed large proportions.
Front Frankenthal, four miles away,
there was a steady exodus of the po-
pulation, ' in : which bandaged , heads
and arms in slings were conspicuous.
The village of Edigheim was badly
wrecked, and it has not yet been pos-
sible to rescue some 01 the vicuma
whp are known to be under the' de
bris." . .
At Oppau whole families were com
pletely wjped out,' about 300 J&odies
having already been placed In the ad-
'joining cemetery awaiting burial. The
.Mannheim hospitals are crowded witn
injured, more than 40 physicians hav-
ing suffered from the explosion in
this : city. ,-'..': ". " r ,, .." .
Mr. Jno. W. Norwood of Atlanta,
Ga.," spent Saturday night and yes
terday here at the home of his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Lawrence. He left last evening
for New York. , . -
1 18-Foot Canal
Saved Blockader!
Officers aad Moonshiner Faced Each
- . Other for a Breathless Moment
A0M ,n ,g.Fwt cn, aw
the Lawbreaker' Faded Oat of the
Landscape 5fr-Ga!iaa Still Was ill
! iT n :v "' ViV " ' "V
h A. 50-eallon Conner still m- full
7. ,1 W a
"""I dw.uv w wnMi vi,uii .w.-w uciu luunuaj, utiowr
and some 000 gallons of beer at J20, 12 t'r-y,':c 9f'---V
was up were captured Friday after
noon by Sheriff R. E. Lewis, Rural
Policemen1 Walter Smith' and A. R.
Pittman, Jailer A.' H.: Prevatt and In
dian Deputy ' Herbert Lowrev. ; ; ; i
2; miles from Pembroke, neat where
the Old Rockingham road crosses the
Coast Line railroad. The officer, saw
the smoke, and thought it 'was 'on
their side of the canal '"They crept
along and presently lost sight of the
smoke, and all at on ce they came in
full view of still and blockader, : in
an open space across the canal. The
blockader was in full view. The offi
cers looked at him and he looked at
the f officers, but alas! . that 18-foot
canal stood between and it was not
a good day for jumping 18 feet. The
man at the .still had the ups on the
officers and he knew it, so, without
losing any time in; saying farewells,
he faded out of the landscape and the
officers could not hinder though they
had made him afraid. The officers
had ; to make a detour to . reach ' the
stilj, whic hwas running blithely
along, all unmindful of the hasty de
parture of its erstwhile solocitous at
tendant About af mile and a Jialf
from? that - place the officers , found a
place where there was a brick fur
nace" up and here they also found
some 600 gallons of beer. ' ;
LARGE AUDIENCE DELIGHTED
? WITH SPLENDID RECITAL
Miss Leola Lucey, Assisted by Violin
ist and ' Pianist, Sings Charmingly
la Concert With Her Voice Recrea-
ted on Edison. ' ; X iy
, A capacity house at.the school audi
torium Friday evening .was delighted
with the splendid recital given by Miss
Leola Lucey, soprano, assisted by Mr.
Adrian J. B. Freiche, violinist; and Mr.
Raymond Barry, pianist, and Edison
phonographs furnished by Mr. J. B.
Bruton, local dealer.
: It was demonstrated beyond the
perad venture of a doubt at this re
cital that the Edison really doe "re
create.". "Singing (here ; hi tho flesh
before the audience with phonograph
records made as she san in th Edi
son laboratories, no one could bay,
except by watching her closely, wheh
Miss Lucey left off and let the phono
graph go on alone, so was perfect
was the reproduction. It was the same
with the violinist and the . pianist
Each performer, singing or playing
with thr phonograph, would pause at
unexpected places and there was no
perceptible difference, as the phono
graph carried on the melody, r'.:'
Appearing on the stage where
stood two phonograph cabinets and a
piano Mr. Barry announced that Miss
Lucey had been detained, and that
he would play one of her records while
waiting for her to appear.,. While this
record was being played on the stage
the same voice wag heard in the rear
of the hall, and Miss Lucey marched '
slowly down the. aisle singing in. such
uuiauu wiiu uer rereateui voice mat
as she approached the stage the voices
blended and no one could say when
she paused. She captiviated the audi
ence at once. Near the close of the re
cital Miss Lucey slipped off the stage
while the house was darkened and no
one knew that she was not still stand
ing beside the phonograph until ; the
Lights were turned on again, for the
perfect ' recreation of her voice con
tinued to. charm the audience. , A
splendid program was rendered and
each -number was greeted with gener.
ous applause. . OtV ,'
8o-4fc,r?a!Iw. WX-AtThat was plain as plain as a dusky
Reduce Its Taxes.
. Greensboro News: Alleging that the
tax assessments on . its property in
North Carolina : is - excessive: and dis
criminatory - and . that under the
statutes - it has no right , of appeal to
the State Board of Equalization or
to any other State- board or court,
the Southern Railway company yesterday-began
action in tho United
States court for the western district
of North Carolina to have its 1921
assessments . set aside. " " - ? -
The action is in the form of a bill
of complaint in equity iagainst Com
missioner of Revenue A. D. Watts,
Anditn T?--t Hii-H-m . Tn ainm,
Benjamin R.- Lacy, Attorney General)
James I Manning, the sherif fts of !
counties and the tax collectors - of
"municipalities and school districts
throueh which the rail war operates,
asking that they - be enjoined from : and Antna . Smith, also of the ; Row.
taking any steps to collect taxes onjl-nd section.' - -
the alleged excessive valuation. No j - rf , r ' '
temporary restraining order is asked ! Mesdames Mollie R. Norment and
It is understood that three iudees. one!
of whom must be a circuit-judge or, Master Robert went Friday to Wil
supreme court justice, will have to (mington. Mrs. McLeod and Master
pass on the question of preliminary 'Robert returned last evening. Mrs.
injunction. .. J Norment will return tomorrow.
Baby Contest Will
Be Feature Of Fair
Five Premiums Are Offfered m This
Contest, Which Will be Held Octo
ber 20 Many Attractive Feature
Already Engaged for Robeson Fair
Oct. 18 to 21.
"A feature , of the Robeson county
" o naa men ior me
past lew years, will be the baby con -
Five ' premium, are offered in this
contest, which will be in charge of
vt. c. n. tiaroin and J. A. Martin
and Mrs. A. Nash. The contest will be
governed strictly in accordance " with
the rules of . the ; Department 1 of
Health,' State of North Carolina. Ba
bies must be entered not later than
Tuesday. October 18, the opening date
of.; the fair. No baby over, one year
old carj be entered. Parents are urged
not to wait until time for the 'fair
to enter their babies but to do it now.
Secretary Thompson has just cl6sed
a contract with an aviator who will be
her every day ; of the , fair and do
numerous stunts in the air. He will
have a large passenger plane and will
take up persons who care to ride
Every day during the fair at 3 o. m.
for 30 minutes the aviator will eive
fancy acrobatic and wing walking
stunts over fair grounds.
The fair officials are receiving some
very complimentary press notices
about Billy Clarke's Broadway shows,
wmcn wiu rurnish the midway at
tractions : for the Robeson fair.
Clarke's shows have just played an
engagement at the West. Virginia
State far in Wheeling, one of the
largest fairs In the country
The dates for the fair - here this
year are October 18, 19, 20, and 21,
and every one of these days is expect
ed to be a big day. ;
AH of the railroads entering lum
berton have announced low round
trip rates for the fair. The Seaboard
will sell tickets at reduced rates from
Hamlet to Lumberton and Council to
Lumberton and intermediate ooints.
The Raleigh and Charleston and the
v. &, L. s. will give rates from every
rpoint on their lines. .
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MAT
INVESTIGATE KU KLUX KLAN
High Officials of Kfan May be Sum
moned lo Washington for Interro
gationNo Need for Vigilence
Organization..
Washington, Sept 22. High offi
cials of the Ku Klux Klan may be
summoned to Washington for inter
rogation by the Department of Jus
tice, Attorney General Daugherty in
dicated today. .r-"''-"-.-'.'.'-- ,.
Director Burns, of the department's
bureau of investigation, Mr. Daugh
erty: announced, has been instructed
to set his agents at work on an in
vestigation of the KJan's organiza
tion in various parts of the country.
In connection with the possible
summoning of Klan leaders to Wash
ington, the Attorney General said the
Department of Justice had the
authority to summon any one and it
was its policy in the course of an in
vestigation to talk the matter over
with the persons involved. ,
The Attorney General said that any
criminal prosecutions would for the
most part be matters of State law un
less there had been some violations
of the Federal statutes through the
use or mails to defraud.
Thprff 4a Tin noarl in tKii unitntfo
Mr. Thtuirhartv M
ganizations. The country does not
need, he added, any self constituted
organizations to define and enforce
the laws for American citizens. It
has, he .contended, a well organized
Department of Justice to enforce the
Federal law and well organized State
authorities to maintain the laws of
the several States. ' . i.
A DUSKY BRIDE IN VEIL OF J
WHITE MARCHED UP STREET
Saturday Afternoon Was a Marrying
Time for Colored Couples Jastica
McKenzle United 3 Couples ia Far-
, ty Miaates. . -; , " . :AA
Sht m hia'n and ' hm was Itmr frt
couple sasshayed up the street Satur
day, afternoon.; She was in glad rai
ment, with a long white veil draped
over her forehead and flowing behind,
he with hat. off and looking a little
sheepish, but happy withal. Which one
of the couples mentioned below this
couple was deponent sayeth not, but
you will observe that it was a marry
ing afternoon for colored couples, all
of the marriages taking place in the
office of the register of deeds and
Justice M, G. McKenzie officiating
three times iandrunning without mis
sing a trick: .. '..
Delia Mclntyre and Elijah McCal
lum of the Rowland section nreaented
themselves at 5 o'clock and were dulyiPined, they would receive the
united.' At 5:20 came-Vera Inman and'.benefit of the lowered normal tax up
Noah Verne, of Fairmont; and at J to $15,000. The surtax rates as fixed
5:40- twenty minute intervals be-by the finance committee would ro-
tween, you observe LUlie McCalluni
Alf. H. McLeod and the latter's son
COTTON MARKET
f
Middling Cotton is t selling on th
local market today at 1 1-4 cents the
! pound. . ' , ' : .
BBMEF'MIWS
nea, sprmgs uiizen:' iwo new
, business houses opening up this week
oowi Dusmesa geicing jivexy m Kea
Springn. ' - -
Miss Annie Bella Edwards has
accepted a position as saleslady in
the store of Robins k Squires. Sha be
gan work Thursday. '
Mr. M. B. Bobbins returned Fri
day morning from the Northern mar
kets, where he went to by goods fof
Robbins A Squires, ef which firm ha'
ts a member He wag away about a
week.
Correspondence of The Robeson
lan: Miss Katie - Male Duncan of
Lumberton, R. 7, has accepted a posi
tion with the Riverside Overall Co. of
Danville, Va., and will leave Tues
day. Mr. A. H. Isley of Charlotte anJ
Mr. Earl Moe of Bennettsville, S.
C, have accepted positions as cotton
buyers on the local Market tot the
Lumberton, Dresden and Jennings cot.
ton mills, t
Mr. S. Mclntyre left last evening
for Thomasville to attend a meeting
of the trustees of the Baptist orphan
age to consider plans for a building
to replace one that "was burned at
the orphanage recently. V
Miss Berta McNeill of Rowland
arrived yesterday morning and will
spend several days here assisting
with the work at the National Bank
of Lumberton, She formerally held a'
position with this bank, ' resigning
some time ago. ,'
Mr. ?. Grover Britt, local editor
of The Robesonlan, has been away on
a vacation since Friday morning. He
visited the exposition in Charlotte
Friday and Saturday and this morning,
went to Orrum to go on a fishing
trip.
Dr. J.'! A.'. Martin returned Sat- v
urday from Winston-Salem, where he
went Thursday to see his father, Mr.
W. D. Martin of Yadkinville, who is
in a hospital suffering from a collar
bone which was broken last Tuesday
in a fall as he was getting out of an :
auiomooiie. irr. Martin maae xne inp
in his auto.' ' . :
'License has been issued for the
marriage of Miss Gladys Lois Powers,
daughter of Mr. J. H. Powers, and
Mr. Roscoe C. Burns, both of HoweHa
ville township; Miss PesrI Grantham
of Marietta and Mr. Marvin Faulk of
Lumberton; Miss Flossie Thompson
and " Mr. Vera Lamb, both of East
Lumberton.
. Two mules belonging to Mr. J. W.
Rice of R, 6, Lumberton, are seriously
ill and judging from the fact that a
mixture of paris green and corn was .
found in the feed trough, it is suppos
ed they ate some of the poison. Mr.
Rice is at a loss to know who placed
the poison where his mules could get
it. Some of the mixture of poison and
corn found in the feed trough was
orougni to .own coaay. .
REDUCTIONS PROPOSED IN TAX
RATE ON SMALLER INCOMES
Amendment Would Make Rate 2 Per
- Cent on Less Than $5,009 aad Of
fers a Gasoline Tax. .
' Reductions in the normal tax rates
on individual incomes of 15,000 or
less and a graduated tax -of from 10
per cent to 20 per cent on the incomes --
of corporations in place of the sug
gested flat rate of 15 per cent, were
proposed in amendments to the : Re
publican tax revision bill offered;
u w . -i t mm j . u w.. . itfsmn . -
? aiau, vt viuMKBiuciW! anu uvrrjf
of Rhode Island, Democrats on the
Tirt-, -' I . j "
finance committee.
To make up the $105,000,000 loss
from the tax on individual incomes,
it was proposed that a tax of 1 .cent
a gallon on gasoline be imposed at the
source, ana utac ine capiiai stock u-x,
m . i t ...-.-.-.
yielding around $60,000,000 annually
be retained. The majority bill provides
for repeal of this tax, effective in
1922. ' ' V ,
Under' the -Gerry amendment, indi
vidual taxpayers whose net income ia
less than $5,000 would pay a normal
rata of 2 per cent instead of 4 per
cent on $4,000, as provided in the ra-.
via-xl hill- tinunn whrva nr ii.
come is between $5,000 and $l.Q0OO
would pay a normal tax oi e per cent
on the excess over $5,000, instead of
8 per cent en all over $4,000, and tax
payers 'whose net income is between
$10,000 and $15,000 would pay a nor
mal tax of 6 per cent on the excess
over '10,000, instead of 8 per. cent
on the excess over $4,000.
Incomes in excess of $15,000 would
pay at the rate of eight per cent on
all over that amount, -but, it was
mam unchanged.
Under -the corporation income tax
amendment offered by Senator Walsh,)
the-rate on the first $100,000 of cor
poration net income would be 10 per
cent; .that on the income between
$100,00 Oand $300,000 would be 15
per cent, and that on the income in
excess of $300,000 would be 20 per
cent t .