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fHE EOBESONIA1T, LTJUBESTOIT, ROHTZX OACOLEf JL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 192L PJLQE TWO IN SOCIAL CIRCLES TARKTON SHRINE CLUB HOST . AT A DELIGHTFUL BANQUET 'Nesrly a Hundred Nobles With Their Wires! Daughters and Sweethearts Enjoy a Royal Feast in the Armory f Company L. Parkton, Dec. 27. In the armory 4f company "L" of the North Caro- lina infantry on the night of Dec.i 20 at 6:30 o'clock the Parkton Shrine dob was host at the banquet table. ; Nearly hundred nobles, wms, daughters and sweethearts assembled ( at the festive board and enjoyed a feast which excelled in every quality; known in gustatory excellence. The armory was decorated in the season s . brightest colors, the cusine was fault-, less, the service splendid and the : company joyous. Noble Dr. D. S. Currie was toast- master for the occasion and he, wnn those who responded to tne toasts, of the evening, kept the banqueters in wnoiesome gooa numor u.ruuKm,u.. the evenine. Among those who re - eponded were Nobles 3 H. Anderson or Fayettevine; cnier KaDoain i oi du- dan temple, H. S. Ayeritt of Fayette- ille; past high priest of Phoenix chapter No. 2, A. R. McEachern of St. Pauls; L. M. Cook of Red Springs, HyeiwTi K, . . vv "V.for their kind hospitality to the visi ce po.. Ui x t m i Rev. C. R. Sorrell and Prof E. T. Hines of Parkton. A feature of the evening's enjoy ment was the singing of Rev. C. R. Sorrell. He rendered a number of negro spirituals and plantation med leys and was encored again and again. 2L VS.1 r lV! ; Prof E. T. Hines. superintendent of the Parkton school, accompanied by) Mrs. D. S. Currie, sang a group of songs also, which received generous applause. Among the visitors were Nobles W. E. McGoogan and W. G. Marley of Lumber Bridge, Geo. L. Grantham and E. J. Chambers of Fairmont, E. W. Epps and Wallace Appleton of Camp Bragg, E. L. Bowman of Mc Donald, I H. Anderson, H. S. Aver itt, H. C. Blackwell, A. F. Syden vtricker and E L. Remeburg of Fay etteville, L. J. Moore, J. C. Lindsay, W. J. Butler, A. R. McEachern, A. H. Tyson, L. A. Lentz, D. S. McEachern, N: A. McEachern and J. F. Nash of St. Pauls, and L M. Cook of Red Springs. The ladies bearing them company were Mesdames W. E. Mc Googan, Geo. L. Grantham, E. J. Chambers, E. W. Epps, Wallace Ap pleton, E. L. Bowman, L. M. Cook, N. A. McEachern, D. S. McEachern and Misses Emily Ward and Bettie' Down ing. Those representing the Parkton club were Nobles B. A McDonald, W. G. Marley, W. E. McGoogan, Dr. D. S. Currie, J. C. Lancaster, E. B. Daniel, P. H. Fisher, F. N. Fisher, W. A. China, P. B. McCormick and J. D. McCormick, and Mesdames D. S. Currie, W. E. McGoogan, J. C. Lan caster, E. B. Daniel, P. H. Fisher and P. N Fisher. Other guests were Rev. and Mrs. C. R. Sorrell, J. Mf Cox, E. T. Hines and R. J, Furmidge. Among those who deserve special mention in helping to make such a splendid occasion possible are Misses Viola McDonald, Mable Wright, Vir ginia McCormick, Irene Munns, Ora Everett, Margaret Hughes, Sarah Currie, Ssrah McCormick and Mes dames D. S. Currie and L. D. Matheny and Chef R. J. Furmidge. Miss Maggie Monroe Entertains Mem. bers of Senior Class, of Which She is President. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumber Bridge, Dec. 26. On Wed nesday evening Miss Maggie Monroe entertained the senior class of the Lumber Bridge high school at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Monroe. The home was beauti fully decorated with pot plants and Christmas flowers. A feature of the evening's enjoy ment was the music rendered by Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Amnions, Mr. Am nions playing the violin, accompa nied by Mrs. Amnions on the piano. A number of songs were sung by Messrs. Joe Sikes, L. H. Fogleman, Ben Williford and Eric Pophal. Very interesting games were enjoy ed, and then Santa Claus visited the guests with all kinds of fruit. Peanuts with numbers in then were passed around to the girls and also the boys. The girls matched the num bers with boys and each couple ate supper together. Hot chocolate and sandwiches were serwd by Misses Leona Monroe and Grace Bullard. About eleven o'clock the guests left, thanking the hostess, who is also president of the senior class, for the nice time which She gave them, inose present were iroi. Jhapeu Wilson, Elizabeth Sikes. Prof. L. H. Fogleman, Lillian Hall, Archie Wil liford, Grace Bullard, Frank Tolar, Marie Bullard, Estelle Clifton, Char les Cobb, Clara Brooks, Joe Sikes, Flora Graham, Thornton Cobb, Mamie . Monroe, Don Livingston, Tasca Tolar, Lennon Marley, Julia Tolar, Ben Wil liford, Margaret John, Wyvon Tolar, Leona Monroe, Dewey Sparks, Mag. gie Monroe, John Covington, Messrs. "Colin Brooks, - Wilbourn and Lacy - John; Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Ammons and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Pophal. MINTOSH-M'PHAUL. Sanford, Dec. 24. Miss Mary Ellen Mcintosh, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan A. Mcintosh, became the bride of Henry McPhaul, of Red Springs, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of her parents la - the Pocket section. Rev. G. L. Wicker, of Gulf, the bride's pastor, performing the ceremony. . After spending a few days in Raleigh and other places the young couple will make their home in Sed Springs. Mrs, McPhaul, who graduated here two years ago, has been teaching , in Eobeson eounty for some months. the old year held much to be grateful for 'some of the Blessings for Which to b-Thankful Country and Town Fellows Need Each Other's Help Mr. Townsend's Order Approved.:. By W. H. M. Brown. : Rule. Dec. 22. The old year is jpassjng out and the new year is fast I annroachine. and as we look back ion the pagt year we nave much to grateful for: A fairly good crop r very good prices, not a-great gjght of Bjckness, good seasons to j, jn the crops. With these blesging8 our county and many moref we ehould feel thankful in our neftrtg t0 the great and good giver, wft0 begtowe8 allgood gifts; and as we look forward to tjje approaching yeatv not knowing what may be in f,- TOhotriei- famine. ftlr-Vnosa pegtienee or death we should put cur trust more completely in Him who has nromJsed t0 never forsake us, or eave ug comfortesa Jt Jg alwayg a pleasure for the averao.e ctuntrymen to meet up with the town fokg and find tnem courte 0 j ,ows nee(J th(J heJp flf the town foks. and BQ -t .. with the town folk9f they need he,p from the countrymen. and one can hardly t along, without the oth gnd T beHeve that here in Robegon wfi haV(J gome towng un I" tht.ood old North State tors that enter within their gates. T. . . . eoA t . . the right thing, and when they do this they should always be encourag ed, and deserve to be held up in their good understandings. When the Robesonian brought the news that Mr. TovTnsend intended to put a stop . . u t thfi Banct. I dare say, from the best people throughout the county and else where. It is not necessary to curse people to make them work, and it should be stopped. I for one rejoice in the fact that Mr. Townsend in. tends to put a stop to it. Good. Many good wishes to the editor, his force of helpers in The Robesonian office, and to the readers of The Robesonian. May each one have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. King Was Killed by German Shell, It is Believed. Verney F. Wells of Wilmington, sergeant in Co. C, 119th Inf., in which outfit Bennie F. King, report ed hunsr without trial, served, de clared the other day that there is dui iiitie aouDt in. nis mina mat King county, in Superior court in Winston was killed September 29 when he and Salem Friday confessed to a crime 2 comrades were struck by a shell his father had been con- from the Germans. Mrs.' Oscar Ed- wards, mother of King, lives in Wil mmgton and it is said that she be lieved that her son still lived until R. A. Harrison of Wilmington testi fied before the Watson Senate com mittee in Washington the other day that her son had been hanged with out trial because he refused to obey the order of a sergeant to clean up a stockade with a toothpick. She had heard various tales about what had become of him. A Washington dispatch states that the nearly onethird million persons in the postal .service handled during tne cnristmas just passed the lareest volume of Christmas mail in history Dut that the people practiced "mail early for Christmas" and there was not the usual peak load at the last. Governor Cooper of South Carolina on December 23 extended executive clemency to 31 convicts in the State penitentiary and on various county chain gangs. He issued 6 pardons, 4 for restoration of citizenship, and 25 paroles to 10 white men, 19 negro men, 1 negro woman and 2 whose race is undetermined NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATRIX U...I.- ) : . . ... . . totamcnto annezo of the mtate of John Horn, deceased, late of Robeson County. North Caro lina, thl is to notify all persons having clsinis airainst the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at her resi dence, Fairmont, N. C, R. F. D No. 1, on or before the 23th day of November 1922, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. Th:s 13 Hi dty of liov. l!21. . NOLIE HORN, A'lrT))"itratrU cum testamento annexe Britt A Brttt. Attys' ll-2I- Mon. ......UK uuAinivu mm aaminuttratriv .nm COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue of the power and authority conferred by a certain judgment of t':e Clerk of the Superior Court of Robeson County in Special Proceedings wherein P. C. Wake. Sr. and others, are plaintiffs, and Olive Bluke and others, are defendants, the under, signed commissioner will, on Saturday, Janu ary 21st, 192t. at twelve o'clock M., at the court-house door In the town of Lumbertoo, North Carolina, offer for sale, at publie auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described lends, to wit i in tne town of Lumberton. Robeson County, N. C. HnllM mnA 1st in k .-...i. . . j the Carolina Central Railroad, near the depot. Jr"' Y mmm m "s Dougnt of m. Robinson, by deeds dated October 22nd, 1888, recorded in Book t-4. at page 1SS. and Jul ucuiuuuu mu a, unwin ot uatniorx l"th. 1902, recorded in Book -0. at oasre 1M. and by Comfort Robinson conveyed to Emma KoMnson Blake, by will recorded In Book of Wills No. 4. at page 484, office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Robeson County, North Carolina. This the 19th day of December 1921. E. M. JOHNSON. Johnson A Johnson, Commissioner. Attys. 12-22-4 Thurs. TRUSTEE'S SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that eertaln Deed of Trust from Robert L. Bollock to F. K. Biggs, Trustee for K. M. Biggs, recorded in Book 64 at page 19, Register's Office of Robeson, default bar, ing been made in the payment of the indeb tedness thereby secured. I will offer for sale for cash, to the highest bidder at pub lie auction at the court bouse door in Lum berton, N. C. at 12 o'clock noon on Monday January 9th. 1922 the following described tract or parcel of land:' In Orrum Towaship about three miles from Fairmont, lying on both sides of the Wire Grass road bounded and deserlbcd as fol lows 1 Oa the West by J. W. Bullock, on the North by Jane Barnes, on the East by Sam Graham and on the South by Tuck Floyd, con taining 70 acres mors . or leas and being a portion of the Michael "Bullock lands. This being the same tract conveyed to sne by Michael Bullock and is the sane tract that I have resided on for the past 2& years. Dated this December 9th, 1921. F. K. BIGGS, Melntyre, Lawreoae 4 Proctor, Trustee. ! Attorneys for trustee. 12-12-4 Mon. YORTIIAM SAYS HE WAS READY TO QUIT Tennessee Man Get On His Feet Again After Trying Experience. "I am convinced Tanlac rave me a new lease on life, for I certainly feel many years younger since taking it, said E.C. Wortham, 709 Looney Ave., Memphis, Tenn.: "For months I .had been almost down and out ' and was about ready to give np when by good luck I start, ed on Tanlac. , "It certainly ,, was a revelation to me the way this medicine took hold of me and built me up right from the start. -1 have a splendid appetite now and everything I eat agrees with me. It certainly is a big change from the way I ate several months ago. I don't believe anything else ever would have given me relief and I consider Tanlac a wonderful mericine." Tanlac is sold by leading drug gist everywhere. M. E. Church Shows Large Member ship. - Membership in the Methodist Epis copal church increased 90,404 during the year ending December 1, 1921, according to statistics compiled and announced by Dr. Oliver S. Baketel, editor of the Methodist Year Book, New York. This increase was in com municants of the church, not adher ents. The membership of the Methodist Episcopal church is 3,938,655 in the United States and 542,087 in foreign lands. Benevolent enterprises of the church during the year received $619,472,423. There are 40,198 churches and parsonages, 34,506 ministers and local preachers. " The average yearly salary of the Metho. dist preacher in this country is $1, 576. Elizabeth college, a Lutheran woman's institution at Salem, Va., was destroyed by fire Dec. 22nd. While his train was traveling 25 miles an hour, Jerry Driscoll, a lo comotive fireman on Staten Island, jumped from the engine into a creek on Dec. 22nd in an effort to save the life of a school boy who had been struck by the engine and m knocked into 15 feet of water. Driscoll dived 4 times before he fouid the boy, who died later in a hospital. , Cov Crouse. who lives -with his father S W Crouse. in Forsvthe victed and gjven a term of 18 months on the roads. He said that he alone was responsible for a blockade still found on the land of his sister sever- months ago, that his father, who was under sentence, was in no way re sponsible. G The Story of v" : . x," gp-wv warts ,:rfeJ1-- j AMtfllCA'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER IB BUR'ED ARLINGTON R. H. Hamilton, section foreman of the Seaboard who lived 6 miles from Raleigh on the Carey road, was shot and mortally wounded by two negroes 0 Cadillac Announces New Prices The Cadillac Motor Car Company announces the following substantially-reduced prices of new Type 61 Cadillac cars, effective January 1st, 1922: Touring Car - - -Phaeton -Roadster - Two Passenger Coupe -Victoria - - - -Five Passenger Coupe - Sedan Suburban -Limousine -Imperial Limousine - F.O.B. Detroit It is our conviction that th new prices, combined with the definite advance in automobile development of the new Type 61, constitute the Cadillac, in even higher measure than before, the greatest motor car value in the world. , , CADILLAC MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT. MICHIGAN PjyuuM Genfret - i. 1 -i See At B antnam (Oh The I ! t - vr A D I .V i"ii 1 1921 Told 1 A BIG SCRAP OCCURS . Vjmlj VVJ who were walking along the road as he and Miss Irene Guess were driv- ing into Raleigh about 8 o'clock Monday night. Hamilton died in a - $3150 - 3150 - 3100 - 3875 - 3875 - 3925 - 4100 - 4250 - 4550 - 4600 hUtari Ctrporatu. 1 Corner) L L R. SHAW t in Pictures Raleigh hospital about S hours later, Miss Guess knew nothing except that after they passed 2 negrdes '3 - shots; 'were fired, two of them taking effect. t -. t. C
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