V
J ESTABLISHED 187. f SINGLE CO FT FIVE CENTS.
, COUNTRY. COD AND TRUTH,
$2.00 A YEAS. DUE IN ADVANC3
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LUMBERTON, N. Cr MONDAY, NOVEMBER 71921.
NUMBER 77
County Commissioners and Board of
'' Education Will Consider" Matter of
Re-establishing Coonty A Welfare
Office at Joint Meeting This After-
,. noon,
-ft.
Mrs. Clarence A. Johnson of Raleigh,
State Welfare " Commissioner, is in
, Lumberton today for the purpose of
t . . s . J At. n
' going Deiure . juuit uectiiig u me
coimtyboard of. education and: the
,county"oinmiasioners this afternoon
in the interest of re-establishing in
Robeson the Office of county welfare.
It will be recalled that thi8 office
waadiscontiniied in Robeson -at -the
last session of the General Assembly
and -at the same time provision was
made . that it, might be re-established
upon request of the State Superin
tendent of Schools sandr the. State Wel
fare Commissioner, and Joint , action
of the county board of education and
the - county ! commissioners if after
thirty days', notice no objection" is.
raised..,- ':'vV. -t-''
Mrs.-Johnson comes to present the!
matter upon the request of some in
terested : citizens of the county and
,she has the required request of Dr.
E G. Brooks, State Superintendent of
Schools. If favorable action is taken
k- 'tli onnntv PAmmiaaihnera - and
board of education, thirty days notice
will be eiven before a county welfare ,
officer will be engaged.
Government Glean
Up Squad Is Here
Many ex-Service Men Are Calling On
Members of Squad Who Are' Look
ing' After Claims rHere Today and
Tomorrow. ' r
. Many .ex-service men who have
unsettled . claims against the govern
ment are calling upon the U. $. gov
ernment "clean up squad" which ar
rived here yesterday and will be here
through ' tomorrow. - The v squad is
composed of Mr. E. G, Sary, manager,
Miss Sarah, Jennings, repreaenting
the Red Cross, Drs. R. B. Butt and
W, W. Harvey, and Messrs. Frank
Capps, J, C. James and LeRoy Parker,
The. squad is occupying the American
Legion hall, second floor of the muni
cipal building. '
It ' had ; been advertised that the
squad,. would be here through , Wed
nesday, but today, and tomorrow
(Tuesday) are the only days the squad
will be on duty here. 'x
BABY KNOCKED UNDER CAR
BUT NOT SERIOUSLY HURT
Ben G. Floyd, Jr. Ran in Front of
Slowly-Moving Car But Escaped
With Slight Brulses-Driver of Car.
Not at Fault.
Ben G. Jr., 18-months-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben G. Floyd, had a
close 'call about 6 o'clock Friday af
ternoon when he was run down by an
automobile driven by Mr. B. Sam Ed
wards. Fortunately the child escaped'
serious injury only receiving slight
bruises. . The accident happened at
the corner of Water and Tenth streets,
in front of the Floyd home. Mr. Ed
Wards wag driving at a slow rate and
stopped tne car just as it struck the
child, which was knocked under the
car by the fender. Mrs. Floyd and
the child got out. of another car just
as Mr.' Edwards wa. approaching and
the child ran directly in front of the
moving car..
Those who saw the accident say Mr.
Edwards was not driving at a speed
of more than five or six miles per
hour and Mr; Floyd says he attaches
no blame whatever to Mr. Edwards.
GRAMMAR GRADES REOPEN
Only One Case Scarlet Fever. Re.
ported Since Thursday and That
Waa a Kindergarten Pupil. . .
, One case of scarlet fever has been
reported in Lumberton since Thurs
" day, while nq cases of diphtheria have
been reported to Dr; E. R. Hardui,
..county;. health - officer. The case of
scarlet lever "reported waa- a pupil tat
the kindergarten class of the graded
school. Several members of the class
' were exposed to the disease and all
these were .placed under quarantine
for a week by Dr. Hardin.
The grammar grades of the local
schools re-opened this morning, ! The
grades below the fifth had been closed
for two weeks, while the grades above
had been closed for one week.
Farmers Are Planting More Acres of
Pastures and Cover Crops Than
- UanaL " . . - . : , -
Robeson farmers are planting more
acreg of pasture and cover erops this
fall than usual, according to Mr.,0.
O. Dukes, county farm demonstrator.
Mr. Dukes will be glad to assist far
mers in planting these crops when
called upon. ,
Rabid Dog Bit 3 Children in Raynham
. Section. " . ' ' ' , ' ,
A report from Raleigh states that
a dog which bit three children in the
Raynham section recently was rabid.
The dot was killed and the head
sent to Raleigh for examination. One
Indian and two colored children were
bitten by the dog, it is said. :-
Supenbr.Court
Wwk's Term of Criminal Court' Be-
f in This horning Mr.' A. C MHe and Hi Colored Chauffeur, Geo.
Leod Foreman of Grand Jury
jf Superior court for the. trial of
criminal cases convened this morning
4at10:30 with Judge' J.. H. Kerr of
Warrenton presiding.;, :- The -morning
session Was taken up with empannel
ing and charging the grand Jury,. Mr.
A. C. McLeod of Buie was named as
foreman of the grand jury and Mr.
H.. A.'MWhite court officer. This is
a ne week's term of court. Solicitor
S. B. McLean is here looking-after the
State's interests, '-
STATE SELLS BIGG ISSUE
OF. BONDS AT PREMIUM
Five Million Dollars Worth" 40-Year
r Bonds Sold at a Premium of $5,021
Best Bond Deal by . Any Southern
State Since War Says Lacy. ,'; , 1 ',.'
The State of North .Carolina sold
5 million dollars worth of 5 per cent,
40-year bonds Friday at a premiunt
of $5,021 to a syndicate of New York
bankers. State Treasurer Lacy, who
negotiated the sale, is .quoted by the
News and Observer as declaring this
the. 'best bond deal made by any South.
era State since the war.
1?aii anA a I,fa1f millinn dnllnr of
four ana a nau minion aonars oi
jthe amount will go- toward highway
construction, xne remaining nau mu
lion will go- to schools and hospitals.
Money from these bonds will go di
rectly into road work under way, it
is said. "Pull, the throttle wide open
and let the road program go through
with, a whoop is my message to those
in charge of the construction of high-,
ways in ' North Carolina" Governor
Morrison said at the conclusion of the
hieeting of the Governor and Council
of State at which the deal wa3 made.
A Raleigh special to the Wilmington
Star says: Governor Morrison de
clared today that North Carolina's
credit is gilt-edged. The sum of fif
teen millions could have been sold as
esaUy as the five million were , dis
posed - of, he said. A3 a matter of
fact,; in the opinion of the Governor,
thjsre is absolutely no need for any
pessfmism. It has been. proven that
North Carolina asks no quarter of
anybody and U on a basis that is as
sound as Gibraltar."
MORE FARM LOANS APPROVED
Applications . for $1,023,000 Agricul
tural Loan9 Approved State Gets.
Another, Good Loan from War Fi
nance Board. j
The North Carolina Agricultural
Lean agency of the War Finance cor
poration at. a metting in Raleigh Fri
day approved applications for $1,023,
000 in loans. This brings the total
of loans approved, by this agency , to
about 2 and a quarter million dollars.
The applications came from all sec
tions of the State, according to the
News and Observer. ' v
The War Finance, corporation has
reduced its rates on loana for a period
of over 0 months from 6 to 5 1-2
per cent, and on loans for not longer
than 6 month9 from 5 1-2 to 5 per
cent.
, The Raleigh office of the corpora
tion says bankers are agreed that
thi8 is ths finest opportunity .they
have had to secure means to, assist
the farmer. '
Its Washington correspondent
writes the News and Observer that
North Carolina Friday received 430,
000 for agricultural loans and for the
export of tobacco from the War Fi
nance corporation. Of thig sum, $300r
000 was approved as an advance to
a North Carolina exporter of tobec
co, and $130,000 went in amounts of
$100,000 and $30,000 to financial in
stitutions as advances for agricultural
purposes..
Church No te4
, Services Armistice Day -i
Special services, at which prayers
will be offered for the success of the
limitation of armament conference,
will be held at the First Baptist
church Friday at 11:15 a. m. and
at Chestnut Street. Methodist church
at ,3?80 p. m. - s
, Week of Prayer
This week will be observed by the
Woman's Missionary society of Chest
nut Street Methodist church as -a
week of prayer. Services will be held
at the church at 3:30 p. m. today,
Tuesday and Thursday. No service,
will be held Wednesday on account of
the district conference of woman's
missionary -societies at f Raeford.
Mesdames Eliza Fuller, L. ' T. and
Fred Townsend and W. W. Parker
expect to attend the conference in
Raeford. v
Series of Meetings Begin, at Trinity
Episcopal Tomorrow Evening.
Rev. JohnpM. Robeson of. Lynch,
burg, Va.. will conduct a series of
meetings at Trinity Episcopal church
here November - 8 : to -13, inclusive.
Services will be held each evening -at
8 o'clock. i Two service9 will be con
ducted on Sunday, November 1311
a. ra. and 8 p. m, Mr Robeson
.served as chaplain with the 30th. di
vision. The public is invited to at-
I tend all these services.
Train Demolished
Auto; Div Pope
Kempi Had Miraculous Escape From
Death When Train Struck Automo
bile at National Mill Crosing--Both
Were Thrown From Car and 'Are !-Vv raraion, ov.- s-rxne coin gins
. Laid Up With Severe Injuries Car nave just about caught op with the
Was Knocked Several Feet am Bad-r cotton at Jast. only for rainy days the
fjy Wrecked. - c a rv.-iii-ilfirat o the week; ; .f.
Were Thrown From Car and Are
Dr Henrv T. Pod : and , Geortra
&emp, nia coiorea cnauiier, were Dotn.oumisjr wua metr son v. n. biuods
painfully hurt Friday about 11 ;10 a.
m. when a' Ford coupe in which they
were." riding was - struck ,byv; west-
a . . a m a -' . v ....
do una seaDoara passenger train no.
31 at the National cotton mill cross
ing. The car was -completely demol
ished and both occupants had a mira.
culons escape from ; death. Dr. Pope
suffered an ugly gash on -his Tore-
head, two on the back of hig' head,
his right thigh was cut, 'hi. left arm
broken at the elbow, his left shoulder1
hurt, his right .wrist sprained and hit
back Badly bruised. Kemp, who was
driving the car, waa cut about the
face, : hig hip was hurt and he was
L.J1- I .'..jF.ll ..
uauiy uiuiseu vtaerwise., i
LWhen asked about, the accident Dr.
Pope stated that he was answering
a hurry call to the cotton mill vil-j
lage and that neither he nor the driver.
heard or saw the train until the car
wa3 SirUCK ine Car Was going west
.
, . n. . .
iiie nuwianu ruau, aimost parallel i
with the railroad. The train was run
ning around 30 minutes late and Dr.
Pone -stated that he thoueht the train
had already run. The automobile was
knocked several feet intn the air ar.
cording to those who saw it, both Dr. 1
Pope and Kemp being thrown several
ieet. . uotn were rendered . uncon
scious. Dr. Pope regained conscious
ness in afew minutes, however. Kemp
was unconscious for several hours.
Mr. J.. W. Long, superintendent of
the National cotton mill, brought the hs most able lectures at the conclu
injured men to town sdon after the J,on thte P1"- The attention
accident. Dr. Pone was carried to''wWer h"er; ,Some 0ofuthTTprw
his home, East Third street, whflejgV"? ?,tfTt1.henff.J; W'
Kemp was Carried to the Thompson 5"nd.wif5-i'. giftonand fam-
hospital. Drs. T. C. Johnson and John J !&n?rt?T?g'i E. jh nd
Kno,.local Seaboard physicians, and f t SSlSJSf
several other local doctor. rndrirf
medical aid. It will be several days
before either Dr. Pope or Kemp will
be able to get out. though it ia not
thought their injuries are of a seri
ous nature.
The engineer who was operating the
train said he did not see the automo
bile and did not know that it was
struck by the train until advised of
the accident later, '" ' ' "'U
A Hasonic ring that was on one
the accident and has not been found,
though pieces of his eye-glasse- have
been found. . ,
SENATE REJECTS SALES TAX
Democrats Voted Solidly Against Tax
and Were Joined by, IT Republicans
Washington The sales tax was re
jected Thursday night by the Senate.
a 'proposal by Senator Smoot, Repub-'
lican, Utah, for one per cent levy,
with exemption provided in the case
of saleg by. farmers of the products
of their farms, sales by public utili
ties and those by the United States
or - any foreign government or any
state or territory, the army and navy
and hospitals.
The Democrats voted solidly against
the sales tax and were joined by
seventeen Republicans. -,
In the . debate on the defeated
manufacturers' sales tax plan, some
Knnhitiiin Imiistc inHisntttH rhar a
sale tax-might have to be provided-
for in connection with the soldiers'
bonus bill, which they predicted would
be passed at the next session of Con-
-
GOVERNOR ASKS FOR HOUR OFi!.'10"?,1!:,, ?fl5,!
PRAYER ARMISTICE DAY FOR
REDUCTION OF ARMAMENT.
Governor Morrison has issued a
proclamation for the observance of Ar
misticeDay, November 11, in North
Carolina and calling upon the churches
to hold services, spending one hour in
prayer "for the reduction of the arm
aments of nations of the world and for
peace on earth," and for. educational
leaders ta conduct such exercises as
may be convenient and expedient."
Beware of German Salt.
Beware -of German salt. A dispatch
from fc New York states that an en
tire ship cargo of sanded salt, from
Braunschweig, Lemberg, Germany
was recently received by a New York
concern. The salt showed more than
6 per cent sand content, according to
a Government inspector. Some of the
salt has been shipped to Robeson coun
ty, it is said. The use of this salt
would most likely result in the loss
of pork, and hog-raisers should be
cautious in buying salt for preserving
their meat. . -
StiU Captured Near Woodell's Bridge.
'Rural Policeman D. C. Ratley cap
tured a whiskey-making plant near
Woodell's bridge, Back Swamp town
ship. Wednesday, of last .week. The
owner was absent when the officer
located the still. It wa, of 10-gallons
capacity.
Postmaster A. A. Thasrard of Pern -
broke is among the . visitors ia town
J Pfiulrtbri Letter
Father
Next WrdfiMdarA Till Coon,"0 FMlups' Most Serve 7 ' Months
e neonesaay-r-A j. tail wood . u ... . . r. . .
Yam--Persona! and Other Items.
- BY CD. WILLIAMSON, t 1
; Parkton, ' Nov. 3. The cottin gins
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stuhba soent
na iamuy or rayenevtiie, and this;
Week are on a visit to Clio, S. C, and
other, points south. , Mr. Stubbs hadf
tnt misfortune of losing his fine cow
Sunday night. .The cow was all right
Sunday evening when she was fed
and Monday morning' wa discovered
dead. (nance; judgment suspended upon pay- cover several counties, including Robe-
Rev. J. L. Jenkins was a visitor this 'ment of cost son. t . t y
week. We are always glad to shake I - William Floyd, riding bicycle at Four auction land sales In Robe
hla hand. . t 'night without light prayer for judar- -"on hst week were called off for
i Dr. Alex Little and wife and son of
Valdosta, Ga., spent the week-end
Wth home-folks at Lumber Bridge and
boarded the train here Sunday even
ing for home. The doctor is one of
our favorite schoolmates and we were
more than glad to see him. He does
not come often "
f Mr, J. Q. Parnell. was a Lumberton
visitor this afternoon.
The service at . the M. E. church
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auuuV wm mwu nijvcu ujf jwcku uu otoum wens iinva
rh .htiiran .;f. .'ch.nH m.t kiu u.i..t.. ri,-
'' avvu
most creana Die manner ana snoweaiiear was iinea ao ana cost. tiar
they Were well trained by the commit- rington Locklear was found not guilty
tee a. follows: Mrs. K. 1. liutson.of retailing,
'Mifl" Pay and Mrs- EA Gaitley
The
church was beautifully decorated with
001 flowers, also other varieties. The
choir was at its best and rendered the
best of music, assisted by the follow
ing:V T. W. Worley, cornet; Dr. D. S.
Currle. trombone; C. D. Williamson,
cornet.
Rev. W. L. Manes9 delivered one ef
. " "v'"'t
The hunter, are proud of the rains
and have 'caught many o'possums and
coons, also foxes, this week. .
Mr. D. Godwin heard his fowls mak
ing a distressing noise Tuesday night
and upon investigating found a large
old o'possum with one of them and he
soon! killed the invader. Mr. W. M.
Jackson is in the lead catching o'pos.
sunuNj. While Mr E. L. Jackson was
out, Monday hunting squirrels he dis
covered' two large coons up one tree
nd ten?n2ed intkilliu8rnboth- Ba
Mr- Will Riddle of R. 4jtells a most
remarkable experience. The coons had
Deen eating ni8 corn paaiy ana ne set
a steel trap in the middle of corn row
and next morning as he was about to
get off to Fayetteville he went to see
his trap and found it had caught two
coons, and he took both coons and tra,p
with him to Fayetteville.
This i8 a true story, and if anybody
can heat this, let him report
Miss Louise Garris
is teaching
school at Glengarry,
Profj E. C. Hines spent the week-end
at Greensboro visiting relatives.
We are glad to report no epidemic
of any disease in our school at present
and all grades are running on full,
time.
The fourth quarterly meeting of the
Parkton charge will come here next
Wednesday. Preashing at 11 o'clock,
also at night by Rev. J. D. Bunday,
presiding elder.
CORNER STONE OF STATE COL
LEGE MEMORIAL CLOCK TOWER
WILL BE LAID NOVEMBER 10
Raleigh, Nov. 4 The contract for
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lima ucvu m rv ax ucvt lu buc avv w c nuu
Roach company of Greensboro, and
yesterday workmen began the plac
ing of the huge granite blocks pre
paratory to the laying of the corner
stone,.' which will occur November 10.
The , tower will be' erected - by the
alumni of the institution to com
memorate the great . war record of
the college and in especial honor of
the thirty-three former students "who
made , the supreme sacrifice; When
completed it will be 115 feet in
height, with a base, incradng the
steps : on all four sides, sixty-three
feet square. It will be surmounted
with a set of chimes connected with
the college signaling system, thus
carrying out the utilitarian as well as
the artistic idea. -
After the corner stone ia laid con
struction will be continued to a
height of about 18 feet, and there
after the alumni association will build
as funds become available. The com
pleted memorial will cost upwards of
$60,000, about $22,000 of which has
already been subscribed with a large
number of alumni yet to be heard
from,
McCaskill Nominated for Collectoi
Port of Wilmington
A. I' McCaskill of Fayetteville was
nominated Thursday by President
Harding for the position of collector
of the port of Wilmington.
1 MrjrE. P. Powers and son, Mr. J. C.
Powers, of R. 2 from Fairmont, were
Road Sentence For
tic FatherOther Recorder's Court
Cases.:. : f
George Phillips must serve seven
Recorder David H. FaUe? . Hi
: lamer is -a cripple, Having suffered
a stroke, of -paralysis several years
ago.
Other cases recently aired before
jJtecorder fuller are;
Jim Jones, larceny; 30 days on the
roads.
i : Fred Ellis. , violating driving ordi.
ment continued.
Leonard and Hsrrineton Locklear.
John Brooks, Boss Jacobs and Waitus
Wilkins drunk and disorderly on the
public highway. Jacobs and Wilkins
were found not guilty, while Brooks
and the two Locklears were found.
guilty and fined $15.00 each
and cost. Leonard Locklear, Hamng.
ton Locklear and John Brook, were
found guilty of an affray. Leonard
T- 1 e: j n.
- u.ihiikuiu
R. B. Edge wa bound over to the
superior court on the charge of
false pretense under a $500 bond,
which he made.
Nasby Hardin was found not guilty
of two charges, one of having more
wine than the law allows and ope for
selling wine. He was given a jury
trial, six jurors serving on the case.
Note, From Thompson Hospital
Mr. Eugene Lewis, Pembroke R. F.
D., who has been undergoing treat
ment at the hospital for several days
was able to return home last Wed
nesday. Little Hubert Smith, a
student at the Barker-Ten Mile school,
wa8 able to leave the hospital last
Wednesday after X ray and treatment
for fractured leg while playing at
school. Little Ruby Neal Mays, 6v
rum R. F. D., was operated on for
adenoids and tonsils by Dr. Beam last
Wednesday, returning home; Thurs
day. Mrs. John Dean, Fairmont, re
turned home Wednesday after under
going an operation for appendicitis
and complications several days ago,
Mrs. D. E. Pate, Bladenboro, returned
home Thursday after undergoing
treatment for several days. Miss
Bonnie Sessoms, city, was operated on
for appendicitis last Thursday. Her
condition is very favorable. Mrs.
Marvin McGill, city, who underwent
an operation last Friday, is rapidly
improving. Mr. Lashley Wilcox, R.
F. D., 4, was able to return home
last Friday following operation for
appendicitis two weeks ago. Mrs.
Henry Lupo, R. F. D., Fairmont, who
was operated on last Friday for aD-
pendicitis and complications, is get
ting along as well as could be expect
ed. Miss Ethel Jenerette, ColumWs
county was operated on Saturday and
is getting along nicely. Misg Gladys
Brown, Columbus county, was able to
return home Sunday following opera
tion lor appendicitis two weeks ago.
Harding Announces Additional Cot in
Federal Expenses.
Washington The administration
expects to effect an aggegate re
duction in government expeditures
for the fiscal year of 1922 of $439,-
WV,WQ instead of its previous esti
mated reduction of '350,000,000, Presi
dent Harding informed Congress
through a letter to Speaker Gillette
made public Thursday.
On the basis of the latest estimates
received from- the . various depart
ments and establishments, the Prarf-
At hU fv, f., au
a7w sou? vvvcaj, t5JtaiufcUs,v;g t
the next fiscal year now stands at
$3 ,940,000,000,. a reduction of $94,000,
000 from the estimate of $4,034,000.-
000 submitted to Congress- on August
tenth. -
The President's estimate, were sub
mitted in connection with the trans
mission - of supplemental and defi
ciency estimates of appropriations
amounting to nearly $188,000,000,
which he said were; taken into con
sideration in arriving at the expendi
tures total for next year.
Nearly 2 Million for Road Work in
North Carolina.
Washington A Federal aid road
fund of 1,709,333 for North Caro
lina practically became available to
day (Nov. 1) when the House adopt
ed the conference report on the good
roads bill which has been pending
for months, ihe bureau of public
roads of the Department of Agricul
ture informed the Daily News cor
respondent today that North Caro
lina's share of the $75,000,000 fund
appropriated by the bill would be as
above stated.
Of the $1,709,333 allocated to North
Carolina roads, which sum will be
matched by the state", there will be
come immediately available $569,777.
The balance of the Tar Heel allow
ance of nearly" $2,000,000 will become
available January 1, 1922. Theodore
Tiller in Greensboro News.
m" -f rrwMaj
ueorge Fhillips must serve seven "TV
months on the roads for whipping
hJ, father, Billie Phillips, according ;Mr.
to a sentence imposed Saturday byl'-
COTTON MARKET
c;i S Till i&
- '
nnM?i itphu a vn ..i
Local banks will be closed Fri
day, Armistice Dajv&j 'J"'::;.;);',
A small daughter of Rev. and
A. E. Paul is ill with tmenmonf.
Born Saturdav mornins tA Dr.
arid Mrs. Jl A. Martin, at thufp hnm
" u avenue, a ypound ooy.
' Miss Artie Britt of th Bru
section has accepted a , position ... fat
Efird's department store. She began
work -'this morning.- - ' 4 ' , .,
Mr. F, M. Barneg ha aaccepted m
position .as travellnr renresentativa
of the American Tobadco Co. He will
lack of purchasers. For some reason
there waB apparently no demand for
real estate, . v. .;-.?. ,
Mi, J. L. Wilson, a salesman fat
the Spivey company's store. SUtur.
day sold five and one-half pairs of
8no to on customer. There is one
membr of the family with only one
Wake Forest glee club will rive
an entertainment in the high school
auditorium Saturday evening, Novem
ber 19th, under the auspices "of Robe
son chapter, U. D. C.
The meeting of the Lumbee Re
search club has been Dostooned from
! Thursdayof thi. week to Thursday
of next week on account of this week
being observed as a week of prayer.
Richard King, colored, who has
taken 'a special course in furniture
varnishing, enameling and repairing,
has opened a shop here .on West Third
street in what is known as the Mc
Neill building.
The county board of education,
the board , of county commissioners
and the county road board are holding
regular meetings here today. These
meetings, together with court, brought
a large number io town.
Mr. C. M, Pevatt sold last week
his house and lot on Cedar street to
Mr. Archie Odum of St. Pauls, the
consideration being $5,000, Mr. Odum
and wife and two children expect to
move to Lumberton the first of next
year. -.,.- .
Rev.B. F-McLendon, better known
as "Cyclone Mack", passed through
Lumberton Thursday ? afternoon en
route to Tarboro, where ' today he
begins a serief of meetings. Mck"
recently closed a successful" meeting
in Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs-T. J. Stafford and
infant son, Joseph Neal, of West
Nashville, Tenn., are guests of Mrs.
Stafford's father, Dr. N. A. Thomp
son, at the Thompson hospital. Mr.
Stafford will return hotaae this week;
Mrs. Stafford and son will remain,
here for some time. 1
The editor had the good fortune
the other day of sampling some peas
and beans canned at.EIrose farm, nair
Fairmont, Mr. J. A. Floyd proprietor,
and if there was anything lacking of
the original fine flavor it was not
noticeable. Mr. Floyd cans fruit and
vegetables by the wholesale at El
rose. ' . , ; .
Reported for The Robesoniah:
The many friends of Mr. Ira F. Davis
will be glad to know he i8 resting; com
fortably in the new Charlotte sana
torium after a very serious operation
on the kidney. The stone was removed
by Drs. A. J. Crowell and W. C. Ter
ry of Hamlet, brother-in-law of Mr.
Davis, assisted by four other physi
cians of Charlotte. .
The DuBois bakery changed
hands Saturday night, Mr. W. J. Du
Bois, former owner of the bakery,
taking it over. ) The bakery had been
conducted by Mr: G. B. Cromartie
since last March, when he purchased
from Mr. DuBois. It has not been
learned what Mr. Cromartie intends
doing. Mr. DuBois will conduct the
m.' ? ".wn
neretoiore run
in
connection with the bakery.
A morning-glory stem about 4
Inches Jone nuttinir forth a Mnnm
Friday attracted the attention of Mr.
Geo. Lennon. who is a close observer .
or piant we. when you consider what
proportions a morninr rlorv rin at
tains before it puts forth its flower
the wonder grows at a 4-inch stem
doing that Mr. Lennon says .nature
warned his young shoot that it would
not have time before frost' to grow
the usual vine before flowering, so in
us eiiort to reproduce itself it put
forth a flower at once. " -
Lomberton Post Banquet Friday
Evening.
'As has been stated in The Robe
son iart members of the Lumberton
post -of the American Legion and
other ex-service, men of this section
will hold a banquet in the legion hall.
secona iioor or the municipal building,
Friday night of this week. Plans are
being perfected for a "big feed" and
a general good time is expected. All
ex-service men living in and around
Lumberton are invited.
Mr.: J. W. Barnes and four sons,
Howard. Jennings, Hoyt -and Joseph
Murray, and Craven Pittman of Bar
nesville were among the visitors in
town Friday.
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-Bridge is among the visitors in town
today. '
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