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EVERYBODY'S COMING TO RODESON COUNTY FAIR, OCT. 18-21 --TWO FREE ACTS .-n E3I ESTABLISHED 1878. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANC3 3 VOLUME LIZ V LUMBERT6W, NC KONDAY, OCTOBEB 17, 1921 1 NUI.I2E2 71 .. I ....... v-. . . County Fair Op qns ; . Tuccday At Noon Agricultural Expert Will" Open Fair ; With Address on Boll Weevil; ..With '( '' Moving Picture IMustrations of? " Methods of -Fighting Indications Ings to Overflowing. :c f . ... - SPECIAL DAYS AND MANY AT. TRACTIONS BESIDES EXHIBITS Everything is practically in1 readW . ness for the; opening of the seventh annual Robeson ' county fair tomor row." The fair will be formally open ed at noon with an address by-Mr. R. B. Hood of, the U.' S. Department of Agricultue. Mr,?, Hood's address will deaV- largely, with the boll" weevil and the best-known method of fighting it The address will be illustrated by moving pictures and no doubt it . will be of unusual interest to farmers and business meTLryfytyyyyyfyy:.yy - Indications are that the three large exhibition buildings will be filled "to overflowing with exhibits of all kinds that go to make up a county , fair. Manager W. 0. Thompson states that he has received an? unusual number or requests for space in all departments.-and while all exhibits will be taken care of, it is expected that all paefn thHhrelFrfldiiigwilr;bc:rr." ' het it - vaHroutt ' J- "Numerous Attractions , Besides the ' exhibits there will be plenty of attractions outside the build ings. ! The largest .midway attraction that has ever played Lumberton has been ' secured and , is already- here. There will he numerous free attrac tion each day and night during the four days theHEair is , on. In - fact, there will be something of interest taking place from the time the gates open tomorrow, until they close Fri day at midnight. Twa aeroplanes will furnish the air attractions each day. ::;:v' Baby Day Thursday . . little folks will be entered for tompe tition for prizes.- Many ypungsters have "been entered already and indi cation point td an unusual number of entries. This is a feature of the fair looked forward to each year and many teterested mothers wttt.be here, for the baby show. v ' uUam' DawgM Day Friday . t r. i .it: i a. j . i.uA r nuay, xne last uay vx... u will be."Houn' Dawg" day.: A' prize of $5 has been offered for the best pair of hounds brought to the fair and many dogs will be entered. ' A fox race Is . expected to take- place after the dogs have been judged,, . . Record Attendance Expected. . . A record attendance ia expected at the fair this year. The folk8 are coming from far and near and they, will be well entertained while here. Don't fail to be among the- number to attend the seventh annual Robeson county fair.- Free Boll Weevil Pictures at Pwtime Boll -weevil pictures sent here by the Government will be shown at the Pastime theatre each afternoon! at 4 o'clock., Persons desiring to see the picture can secure free tickets by ap plying to Mr. ,W.;0. Tompson,: secre tary of th:iMr.TMsVik two-reel picture and-Will be of especial inter est to farmer g and business 'men. It deals with the boil weevil and the best-known methods" of fighting him. There is no" building at the - fair grounds fitted for showing- the pic tures and Manager Thompson made the arrangements to show it at the up-town theatre., ' yi::''ri . r Raft Swamp Man Appointed Prohi bition Agent. Sl?,vj'?iv -e.: v Mr. Rowland Davisof Raft Swamp township has been appointed Federal prohibition agent, the r appointment having been made by David IL Bleair, head of the U. S. Internal Revenue Department Mr. Davis went today . to Salisbury to confer .with R A Kohloss, Federal - prohibition '-agent for North Carolina.- He has not learn ed to what district he will be assign, ed." Mr. Davis has been active in the interest of the Republican party-for a number of years. The position calls for good salary, expenses and a. bonus. ' v " ' Still Captured In Back Swamp Town . .ship.' A 45-gallon whiskey stilt was" cap tured in the woods in Back Swamp township Thursday4 ' While the", still .was filled with beer, J it apparently 'had not been operated for some time, according to the offkersw;-The plant wa9 made' of two galvanized tubs and other crude accessories. It was cap tured -by Deputy A- H. Prevattand Rural Policeman A- R.' Pittman. No body was found about the still. - ' Lumbee Research Club Offers Prize The'Lumbee Research "club has of fered; a prize consisting -of $20 in gold to the student in the Lumberton high school making the highest aver age in English.- vr ; :.; . - ' The club hopes to .stimulate greater effort in this branch of study, ;r f ' " .Mrs. M. H. Nobles and daughter, little Miss Mildred, . returned ihom Thursday night after visiting rela tives and friends near Robersonville and Greenville foj "evera-day5t Railroad Strike: Ordered Ocfc-30 Union Heads Order Strike of All RaiL road ' Employes About - 2 Million " Men? InvoIved-Woul J- Tie 1 Up All i Transportation Systems of Country Trains Will Run; Strike or No Strike; " - Mpre than a half' million American railroad, .men - Saturday were ordered to initiate a strike October '30, states an Associated Press dispatch ' of - the fl5th 'from -Chicago, while -other "un ions, whose membership brings the total to about 2 million, announced unofficially that they -were preparing to' follow suit and make the walk-out general on the same dates. .-Under the program,: which divides the' roads, into 4 groups; the tie-up wouId be complete by November 2, according to union predictions. , , ' The hour was fixed for 6 a.' m.. October 80, except for one Texas line, whose trainmen were authorized to go out October 22. . - The -railroads listed in the' first group on which the strike is to become effective touched 22 of the 44 states with a trackage of 73,000 miles out of the total United States trackage Qf approximately" 200,000. .,. The New -England states comprise the group that: ig virtually untouched! "Jiig ive" brotherhoods, oldest and most powerful of the railway unions, and : they specifically included mail trains in tne walkout. ' Their pro visions instructed strikers ; to keep away from, railroad property with a warning that "violence of any nature will not be tolerated by the organization."- -;p:'v -.The strike was announced following an overwhelming vote, said.to be up wards of 90 per cent, favoring a. strike, because of 4 12 per cent "wage reduc tion authorized by the United States Railroad Labor Board of July 1 and after it was declared by the Associa tion of Railway Executives, in session here yesterday, that a further reduc. tion would be sought by the railroads. W . O Lee. nresidenf of the Brother hood ' of Railroad Trainmen, declared yesterday that 'nothing but a miracle can prevent the strike. ., - " i ?. Writing from Washmgton last night, to the Charlotte Observer, H, E. C. Bryant quotes Senator Cummins, who has been conferring with -t President Harding on the railroad situation, as declaring, ""The roads will run, strike or no strike." He was commenting on the great, hardships that - general cessation of;ae movement, of trains would inflict upon -the .'people, and said that the government would, take over tne roads and. operate them it necessary..,cf v ;"'-i!Vv--v HALF HOLIDAY THURSDAY P. hi. School Children Will be Given Oppor- tnnity to Visit , Fair -Session T Plan Wotking Well Tearing Down ' Playground Eauipment. i j Pupils of the local graded and high , schools will be given a ? haifholiday Thursday afternoon on account of the county: fair. , Supt. . W. H. Cale asks the cooperation of parents in keeping the children in school other days dur ing the week. "Light lessons will be assigned for Friday so that, nothing may stand in the way of the children enjoying the fair Thursday afternoon. Supt. Cale says the 2-session plan. which was put in operation a week ago today, seems to be working, well and that he hopes and believes it is going to prove satisfactory to an.T ? considerable trouble i8 being ex perienced in : putting up the play, ground equipment on . the school grounds. It is absolutely necessary to allow the concrete time to harden be fore using . the equipment after it is erected, but after school hours some boys'- have been ? tearing ; down the equipment. ' Supt Cale : says"' it will not be possible to use the equipment until some means - are found to stop this, sort of vandalism.- ' ; Where, Boll WeevQi Have Played : Havoc. v ''.'. ' '.; ' v: - Mr Lacy McNair bf tne Itennert section .was ? a Lumberton visitor Thursday, afternoon, ., Mr. McNair re cently apenf a few days in Berkeley county, South : Carolina,? visiting his brother Mr. J). E. McNair. , The . holl weevil, got practically all the cotton in that section ' this yearl according' to Mr. McNair." He says he went into an 8-acre cotton field and only found three open bolls of "cot tonr the three being on one stalk.'- The cotton stalks in thi8 field were higher than a- man's head, Mr McNair . said. Many of the gins "are1: standing idle.-r This - is the third year., the .weevils, have, been in that section. S .; -v' Remain of E. O. Bransford Interred in Richmond. ' ' ' - It is understood ' that the - remains gf Mr. E O, (Billy Bransford, an account of whose death was published in Thursday's , Robesonian; were in terred . at . Richmond, Va Mr. : E. R. Mclntyre of Lumberton was given this information while in'MulIins, S, C, last - week; Itwaa reported here that interment was made at Mullins, Deceased had a brother living In Rich. mondV - . - i - . -. . . . - . 'V. 'i. 1 ; - . - FUNERAL OF E. E. PAGE Large Crowd Attended Service at Home and Accompanied. Remains to Cemetery at. White Pond Church4- Many Floral Offerings. v:. a v The funeral of Mr. Ellis Elmore Page, .whose deat.h oa.TJwrsday..mornl. u-iir;,am' iorwju ui jl nursuay a jtvp mt soniarCwa",. nQaroattac home. East Fifth street; i Friday, at 10:30 a. m. The service was conducted by Rev. W. D. Combs, paStor of the Gospel Tabernacle, of which deceased was a member, assisted by Rev. I, Pi Hedgpeth, a Baptist minister of Lum' berton and a close friend of the ' dej ceased." ' Appropriate., music , wa rendered by r the t Lumberton mal4 quartet composed of Messrs.. E. B. Freeman, Frank Gough, C B. Skip per and -J. Pope Stephens. : The pall bearers were Messrs.. R E. Lewis, M, W. Floyd, K. M. Biggs,' J. Ed. Tyson R. T.. Sanderson, D. M. Barker C Mi Barker, M. B. Bobbins, E. S. McNeill, H. E. Stacy, Robt. E. Lee and Dr. Wi O, Edmund. , r A , i The funeral was - attended by . a large crowd and the floral offerings were many and exceedingly, beautiful Both Messrs. Combs and - Hedgpeth paid glowing tribute to the deceased and the service was impressive. ThiJ remains were carried to the iamily" cemetery at ' White Pond church; 8 miles south of Fairmont, where inter ment .was made. ' A . large crowd ac companied the remains to their last resting place. . ' NewTelephone Sys v tem In Use Now Force, of Hands Today Correcting 'Troubles Incident to Change New System Up-to-Date in . Every Respect. - . .-.- ' The Southern Bell telephone system in Lumberton was cut over to the common battery Saturday night at 11.48. Lines connecting some 'phones were" mixed, somewhat J;. interf erring with the service. . A large fdrce of bands is busy correcting these troubles and it is expected tbatall phones will be put in- working order today, according to Mr. C. C. Rogers," mana--u 1,1.-1 ..a.... . . - - Mr. J. D. Ball, traffic superpisor of . the -Southern 'Be ' with-Thad- Quarters at Charlotte. ha been here I since Saturday assisting in making the : change., : Mr. Ball says he . ex pects all defects to be straightened out.; within a week, after which the service will be as good as In any of the larger cities of the State. The new service brings long-sought relief from the old "sausage grinder" sys. tem."1 Instead of turning a ' crank to get central one now only hag to pick up the receiver. - - . The office and switchboard are lo cated in the building recently pur- Chased by O 4.1 - n.11 1. I from Mr. 3. A. ' Branch,? Chestnut streetYThe- old officeand switch U1C OUUIUUU JWU PeUIHB'AA . . i . . . board were located on the second floor of the White Gough building, Elm street. The. pew. switchboard, Western Electric, is of the latest model, ll calls, being indicated by light bulbs. The new 'system is com plete In epery detail and when minor defects in installation have been cor rected Lumberton will have-an up-to-date 'phone system. The office and ' switch-board -are located on the second floor, the first floor being used as 4 storeage room. A rest room is provided' on the second floor for .operators. The building is well-suited ' for such ' an . office and the arrangement is all that could be desired. Lctors-here operators the new system, and, sys tem, mna, as stated-above, it is expected that good service will be given, in a- few days. 'Miss - Mary' Entwistle iof Rocking ham; who ' has been a guest at the home of Dr and Mrs. , R. S. Beam since Wednesday of last week, will leave Wednesday for, Raleigh. Miss Octa via Scales, also of Rockingham, who has been a guest at the home of Dr. "and Mrs. Beam since yesterday morning, will leave for her home this evening. . , . --. , Mr. Lather Cromartie of Clarkton spent yesterday in Lumberton. .-. Third District ! : Road Contracts Let Contract for 3.35 Miles Hard Surface Road Lumberton . to ' Beyond Me- Nf41FBridmirroc.DtJMft: . -JSight l'rojects - f or- f 568,eO Toi "'; Contract , for . construction of 35 miles of hard-surface road from Lum berton to. the junction of .the Max ton and Red Springs, road's, just be yond McNeill's bridge, was awarded to C. W. Lacy of Wilmington for 1106,000 Friday by 'State'; Highway Commissioner Page.- Contract for a new bridge aeross Lumber river" at McNeill's crossing, "was let' to the Roanoke Iron & Bridge Co.' for $18, 200. This is on the Wilmington-Charlotte-Asheville,; highway. The Robeson county road board submitted a bid on this contract.",';-' ! 1 Contracts for a Robeson-Columbus project on the same highway, near Boardman, including- bridge over Lumber river and 7 emaUer bridges, 1.58 miles: wa let to L.'Ai Chitwood, Columbia, for $7500. r Thirteen miles of gravel road be: tween Lumberton and Clarkton; in Bladen county, was let to J. F. Hulli- gan for $46,000, bridges to Powell & Powell for $31,800. ' rr.-, It .is, understood that construction work will begin on these projects in about 2 weeks. -'.v Five other construction projects were, involved in contracts let at the same time, bids , having been sub mitted in Wilmington last Monday, as stated In The Robesonian. The following is taken from Friday's RaL eigh News and Observer, the contracts having .been let in Raleigh after the 110 bids submitted had been canvassed since last Monday: . - s - The Munbottlingw of the Port of Wil mington, long almost inaccessible for motor traffic -from the rest : of the State will be the material result of contracts let yesterday by State High way Commissioner J rank- Page on bids opened in. Wilmington last . Mon day. Eight construction projects are involved, and an expenditure of '568,- 000.' v 4 :: Bridging six miles - of swamp be 1 tween Wilmington and Clinton, ' in P;nder county, removing the last link . .13 ??.lles .f Favelroad between the Wilmington-Charlotte-Asheville highway are the principal projects included in the batch of jobs let. Both provide for the elimination of pieces of road that have been the terror t motorists for years' 'W ; ;f,.4' -.yt-, One hundred and ten : contractors offered bids in the eight projects ad vertised ' for the third district, and in the opinion of Commissioner Page, had an important bearing on - the extremely low figures at which the work .was let. Th totals fall about tv. utvv v tata imao . v w cM.xaao vw vu JiVli 1!Lf,t called tot in the contracts Winnowing out the low bidders from among the 110 who of fered to build the roads and bridges let: yesterday required the work, of half a ' dozen accountants since Monday. Mr. Page brought all the bids to Raleigh- with hjun Monday, and the work of tabula tion was completed yesterday. Many of the contractors came on to Raleigh to watch the progress of their bids.' '.Two "Bridges among the projects form important links on the Wilmington-Raleigh road. One of them is over the Little river between Cumberland and JIarnett counties, - on the , : La Fayette highway, and the other over Black river between Sampson and Roanoke Iron and Bridge Co. 'for mn- . ... j . n . . Z 'A rt,.-i- r. tKMA . Other nroiects were as follows:' Columbus Between Whiteville and Lake Waccamaw, 11J25 . miles gravel road, to J. A. Kreis, Knoxvilie, for $45,000. Bridges to Cornell - and Young for $5400. '-' -v "Pender. Burgaw-Jacksonville road, 15.5 miles gravel road, pending. Bids approximate $65,000. - - r Pender. Road and rlri8gesOTer swamp on Clinton road. Road to Ker shaw Construction Coi, at $3000; bridges to Cornell and Young for $55, 600. : .- ST. PAULS NEWS BATCH 2?i q Soon-Social d Ptr,;cents the pound. It .old this morning , By Bess G. Johnson. -SL Pauls, Oct. 14 The lovely fall weather makes us want to quote, with Helen Hunt' Jackson,-' " "(1 dim and lria and Alnnta T., ------ s And flowers of June together, ' 10a cannot rtvai lor one hour October's bright blue weather." The regular monthly meeting of the Homo Demonstration lub met ft the club room yesterday at 3 v. m. Miss Flax Andrews, - demonstrator, was present ana tne meeting proved very interesting. . . . - The woman's club gives a reception tonight in honor of the high school faculty here. This will be given at the manse, the hospitable home - of Dr and Mrs. E. C. Murray.. Every one Is looking forward - to a very pleasant, evening. -' ; . ;; s Miss Nonie Johnson left for Green ville on the morning of th 7th Miss" Johnson will bo principal of the Joy nr school out from Greenville; This is a 3iteacher school; one of the rural model schools of Pitt county, run in connection with East Carolina Teach er. Training , school. : where . Miss crrZ iS2ZZL -ADrincioai of a school ' near Vancebbro, school opening the 17th. Mr. Murray went a few days ahead of time so as to attend a teachers Institute which met in that county, before - school began. We wish him much succes. in his new work. A brother. Rev. Edwin C. Jr., left on Tuesday before for Mexico, as a missionary, as was mentioned some time ago. Our best wishes follow him, also, in his noble work. I Mrs. Joseph Evans is looking for Mrs. Maggie Ollivef almost any time VI ASM Mrs. Olliver spent tne summer in Canada From her letters, she has had a most' enjoyable visit mong friends and relatives. ' The ladies ' missionary . society of the Methodist church entertained .the teachers Tuesday p. m. at the church. Delicious sandwiches and .teas were served and an enjoyable time in gen eral was indulged, in. 'j'y-y ': Miss Russell of the- high school faculty here spent the week-end with home folks in Lumberton.. - . : MrJ Jess Odom has been very t ill with pneumonia . but was somewhat better last account. - , - Mrs. Dunk McGoogan, Armfield street, has suffered an attack of diph theria but is about okey at present The quarantine is either off or was to come -off -this week. y. ) . .."'- It looks wonderful to see Mr. Grady McCormick walking our, streets again, after being crushed up so badly sever al months ago- He had to go back for another operation in a few days. As he ha, stood several perhaps he will come through all right yet. Tie wonderful : what these hospitals can do, any way, sometimes. -: Mrs. Laura Rfch, who recently spent a few days in the a Northrop home here, has returned to her home in' Laurinburg. Miss Mary Lavinia Johnson after, a months' vacation returned to" Lam- berton Saturday, the first.' She spent the following Thursday and Friday here, the -next week. " The Redpath Chautauqua will - be here in a few weeks. , This usually draws a crowd. " ; Mrs. N. A. McEachern went over to Charlotte on Thursday, the 6th, and had her tonsils and adenoids removed...- y-y r,y--.';. vy y , "y-.-y-, Mrs. John Rowland Dean recently visited her grand-father, Mr.. Archie Odonv here. Mr. Odom is pretty fee ble, it' seems --' - Mrs. Sam Davia is home after spending a while with her daughter Mrs. Montague of Winston-Salem. Lawyer John S. Butler is home again after an attack of sciatic rheu matism. Mrs J. L. Hester of. Columbus county underwent ? an operation for appendicitis at the. Baker sanatorium this morning. -Her condition ... ia re; ported as favorable. . .; ' Mr. Edward Knoi Proctor under went a serious operation at thjt Baker sanatorium last night .10 pug ap pendicitis. ' His condition this after noon is considered as favorable ju could be expected. An account of Mra Proctor's 'marriage Saturday evening to 'Miss Gladys -' Brown ' of Chadbourn ia published elsewhere in this paper. ; Mr. -Proctor had been sick for several 1 days and had to snend Dart of Saturday in' bed. He andMrsProctor ameto-LombeTton Saturday night and were guests at the home of his aunt Mrs, Geo. B. McLeod, Mrr Proctor's condition making it necessary to postpone an intended trip to the western part of the State. .. ' . .... - ;"":'.': Register When Yoa Come to the Fair. AH visitors to the Robeson county fair thig week are requested to re gister at The Robesonian's booth, in a book that will be provided for that ptrrpsIJn'tailtowrite -down your name and address, as a record is wanted of all visitors. . Dont omit the names of the smaller members of the family who may. be with you. . . . COTTON MARKET 1 1 or 11 1 -v wnm fftittvifA i. . M during the day. . .. BRIEF, ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS Regular meeting StL Alban'a lodge No. 114, A. F. k. A. M, Tuesday at 7:30 p, m. Work In first degree. Luther Campbell was found guilty of being drunk on the utrttt by Re corder David H. Fuller Saturday. He wa finedr$10 and cost. - i ; : Sheriff R. E, Lewis began hft tax collecting round .Saturday, going' to St. Pauls on that day. He found col lections fairly good there. , ; - Mr. Clarence Moore Was slightly hurt Thursday night when a Ford car which be wa. driving turned turtle on the Fayetteville road a mile joot of town. i ;'': -' :- 1 : ; -Exi Crawford and WiUUm Floyd, colored, of Fairmont, were married at the court house Saturday at 1:30 p. mv the ceremony being performed br JustiCTM. G. McKenzie. Major J. B. Malloy of Parkton was a Lumberton visitor Friday. Major Malloy srot'an identifiraHnn cara irom commander M. G. Mc Kenzie of Camp Pope in order to be prepared to attend the Confederate .rriin.jik.juaiiaaawMK.-noay' (1enlr'tfr?uneral of Mr. J. W. Howard ot that places Mr. Howard, who was an old'f riend of Mr Linkhaw'a. died Friday and was buried yesterday."' -Miss Edith McLeod, daughter of Mr. and- Mrs. A. C. McLeod of Buie, underwent an perafion for appendi citis at the Baker sanatorium yester day, afternoon. Her condition Is re poxtdAaa favorable, is Mr, iPalton Stephens of the Or jfum sectjea drove a Ford car igainst a siqe oorut tne Uimberton, Dresden and Jennings cotton mill office build- J?' ,scond street. Friday afternoon, iTJ1 u,,din' WM da mor than iae.ora. trr-ltf.' S, H. Hamilton, manager of the local Western Union telegraph office, began a two weeks' vacation on uie liin msi. - tie lert Saturday for a visit to Hope "Mills, Fayette ville and Kenly. He is being relieved byjMr. -.pM. Denayer. . - - . t Mixtoh SeotHHh Cht' Ufa Li A J.McKinnon returned Wednesday night i.-m tvicnmonu, va., wneTe no spent a couple of weeks under treatment at tb Tucker sanator'cni. ' His friends will be, pleased to learn that he ccme . home with , Improved health. Mr. McKinnon was accompanied to Rich-' mond by his daughter, Miss Katie Lee. li'H'r . "The ; filtered water situation is becoming serious for Lumberton, ac cording to Mr, J. L. McNeill, superin-; ' tendent of .the light and water plants. " Water la being used much faster than it is 'going' into the filter plant and citizens areurged to use wato as conservatively as possibley' XTnlasil the water in Lumber river rises soon, the town will have to use unfiltered water, according to Mr. McNeill. . Mr. Aj S. Wiahart, who lives on; the Fairmont road P, 4 miles, from town, brought to The Robesonian of f ice Saturday an unusual head of wheat, , It was of r the ;Egjrptian : vanety and Mr. W ishart got Xk$t seed . from Florida This particulartrd was heavily loaded, and he says th the others were thi same way. This is the first Mr. Wishart has under-. taken to raise but says that he thinks he will try it again next year. He planted only a few hills this year. ,. Prof H. W. Bullard, principal of high : school, was .among the visitors -in town Saturday.: Mr. Bullard re ported an enrollment of 250 pupils in " the schooL He has a class of 35 boys in the vocational department. . This : is the first year of vocational work: in this well-known educational insti tution and Mr. Bullard ia well pleased - witn ine .inieresc ana wore , a nam of ten boys from the school will go ' to 'Raleigh , this week to enter the farmcrop and livestock, "judging con tests to be conducted at the A 4 E. tMeriy-y -y.vt:y ?jy ;v' t - Children are having the time of theif lives with the part of the new a a 9 a A - - , cqaipmenc . on t ue j kuuui , , (iouuui ; which already. ' ia in nse During ' school heura of course teachers are on the - grounds- to look L after . the children, but after school hours there is no one o supervise m piy. Parents who allow their 'children to . enjoy this playground equipment after ' school hours and on Saturdays should' ; bear in mind that in the rush, to use these new appliances some of the smaller children may get hurt when there are" no 'oldef people there to look after them. , - . 1 '. . . Mr C V. Baker, who has been wit! ili.vA .K.m. a liw.f An twin M, : . I .1 . . . i 1 aiier some construction - won, inu has -moved ' to .Whiteville - recently, will have charge os local " engineer for the State Highway Commission of , the hard-surface road work-out from : Lumberton, contract for which was, " awarded Friday;' as stated in. a news item elsewhere in this paperj Mr y Baker, will move to Lumberton with his wife in about two weekg and will ItVe acre wnue-tms wora is onaex mv, - Ra ami Mrt. T Betts. main tenance engineer for this road district, : with headquarters in Wilmington, ; wen Lumberton visitors Fridayt
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