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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAS. DUE IN ADVANCS VOLUME LI I LUMBEETON, If. C., THTJESDAY,, JANUARY 19, 1922 1 NUMBEE 97 ; Observed Here Seventeen Confederate Veterans En- Ernest Woodell, Indian, Taxed $35 5 joyed Program Rendered at Court j for Unmercifully Whipping 9-Year- House This Morning Songs, Read-j Old Boyi-Negro Boy . Bound to ing, a Toast, and an Address Pre-' Court on Charge of Robbing Box at. ceded Bountiful Dinner Served byff Postoffice 18 Months Road' Sen- Daughters. An appropriate program in memory of . Generals Lee and 'Jackson i and bound over to the Superior court yes-tives, driving his nice new coupe. He. nominated as candidates for director ' years and the country -surrounding' Smith of Chadbourn were in Lam 's, 17 of whom were pre-Jt terday by Recorder David H. Fuller ay he an easijy make the ; trip;of ;the Co-operative Cotton Market-iwill.be greatly improved, in face t berton Tuesday to consult Dr. Parker. their followers sent, was rendered at the court house here todays The meeting was presid ed over by Mr.' M. G." McKenzie, commander of Camp Willis, H. Pope, Confederate veterans. After the pro gram a bountiful dinner, including turkey, was served the veterans by members of Robeson chapter. United Daughters of the Confederacy, in the commissioners room at " the court house. - .. -' The exercises were opened with a song, followed by prayer offered by Rev. Wesley Thompson, chaplain of the camp. Following, this, pupils ot the Lumberton high school ; sand 'Dixie" and "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp." A reading, "Music on the Rappahan nock", by Mrs. J. R. Poole and a toast to Camp Willis H. Pope by Miss Martha Flax Andrews . were heartily applauded by the veterans and others present. The address of the day was de livered by Mr. Edward Knox Proctor of the local bar. The speaker was introduced by Mr. F. Ertel Carlyle, "also of the local bar. Aside from his introductory remarks, . Mr. . Carlyle took occasion to pay tribute' to the men of the sixties "Spirit of the South, Yesterday, Today and Forever", was the sub ject of Mr. Proctor's address. The subject was handled in a masterful manner. The spirit of the Confederate veteran of yesterday was an inspira tion to the soldiers of the recent World War and will continue to in spire the young men of generations to come, the speaker declared. Their spirit and principles will live on for ever. He paid glowing triDute to me heroes who made up the Confederate . army and reviewea tne great lasxs that confronted them when they re-J turned home from thje battlefields. When these returned they louna i want and desolation, while when the soldiers of the recent war returned they found their homes as they had left them. The speaker also told of how the women of the South work ed hand-in-hand with the returned soldiers in the great tasks that lay before them. A rising vote of thanks was extend ed by the camp te Messrs. Carlyle and Proctor, both young attorneys, and both of whom made most ex cellent 'and apropriate addresses. Mr. Robert Mclntyre, young Lum berton attorney, was named as the speaker for the celebration to be held here on May iO. After the address "Abide With Me" was sung and the closing pray er was offered by Rev. Dr: G. E. Moorehouse, pastor of the Lumberton Presbyterian church. As is always the ca8e,' the "bud dies" of the sixties apparently great. ly enjoyed the getting together ier a day King Once Lived . In Lumberton Manner of His Death in France Sub ject of Senate Investigation Wit nesses Testify He Was Killed in Action. Bennie King, the U. S. soldier who it has been charged was hang ed while in France, formerly lived in Lumberton. King's mother now lives in Wilmington, moving from Lumber ton to Wilmington some ten years ago. He was a lad of some ten years at the time the family lived here, it is said. - King was among the number who Tom Watson charged were'hartged or shot in France without trial. Varney F. Wells of Wilmington and : Roy Rickard of China Grove, this State, testified before the investigating committee in Washington Tuesday that they beleived King was killed in action, - being blown up by" a shell. Wells 'declared ' that King waB a brave and hard-fighting soldier. Sold Stolen, Boll.' - . A young white man drove a bull in to town Tuesday morning. He sold the bull to Mr. Carl Bullard f or 20. A short while after the sale a colored man from the Hope Mills - section came in and said the bull had been stolen from him the night; before.. Mr. Bullard turned the bull over to the owner. ; The - man who sold the bull was a stranger here and had left town before the owner arrived. He told Mr. Bullard that his father had recently moved to a farm on' the Fayetteville road, near Lumberton, and that they, had decided to sell the bull. Usual Acreage to Cotton,' Spite'n. Judging from the general conver sation of farmers, about the usual acreage will be planted in cotton this year, notwithstanding the appear ance of the boll weeviL Indications points rtifhti increase. In the to bacco Tocher Fined For : ; .4 tence. for Shooting at OHicr. George -Fullmore, colored, was unaer proooDie cause on me cnarge oi, . - l robbing a locked box at the local post office. His bond was fixed at $250, in default of which he was remanded to jaiL Fullmore,. who is said to be 16 years old, plead guilty of the charge of taking, a registered notice from a box at the postoffice and sign ing for the letter. The letter' was ad dressed to Bertha Sirams, also col ored, and contained $35 in cash. John Henry Britt of he Mt. Elim section was found guilty of simple as sault upon Herbert Davis and was fined $5 and cost. He was found not Sty of a charge of assault upon Davis with an axe, Ernest Woodell, Indian school teacher,: Tuesday , was fined $35 and cost on the charge of unmercifully whipping Lee Straus Jones, a 9-year-old student. He is teacher of the Magnolia Indian school, near Lumber ton. '. Bob McLeod of Howellsville town ship was up Monday on three charges assault upon Spurgeon Martin, driving an auto while under the in fluence of whiskey and cursing and raising a disturbance on the public highway. He -was found guilty of all three charges. Recorder Fuller im posed a fine of $50 and cost on the charge of driving an auto while un der the influence . of whiskey, while judgment "was 'suspended upon pay ment of the cost In the -other two cases. Bob Green, alias Robert Johnson, was sentenced to 18 months on the roads on the charge of assault upon Deputy Sheriff A. H. Prevatt. He gave notice of appeal and his bond was fixed at $500, in default of which 'ne was remanueu io jan. ween was charged with shooting at Deputy Prevatt when he went to arrest him on tne cnarge oi retailing several months ago. He escaped at the time and was later arrested at Bennetts ville, S. C. Daniel A. S.tubbs plead guilty of giving a worthless check in the 'ual of $5. He paid the check and judg ment was suspended upon payment of the cost. - Annual Meeting Mill Stockholders Lumberton, Dresden and Jennings Mills Re-elect Same Officers and Directors Mills Now Running Practically Full Time. The annual meeting of the stock holders and directors of the Lumber- ton, Dresden and Jennings Cotton ) Mills companies was held in the of-.""5 V- VVu " "'"' r fice building, Elm and Second streets,! Spiking of the town, says i .seems yesterday. No change was made in the! ffjf ' officers of the mills, all the old di-' J? 'tt.Il, rectors and officers being re-elected. Officers of the Lumberton and Dresden mills are: H. B. . Jennings, president and treasurer; A. W. Mc Lean, vice-president; F. P. Gray, sec retary and assistant treasurer; A... M. Hartley, cashier. Officers of the Jen-i nings mill are the same except Mr. A. E. White is vice-president of that mill. While the cotton mill business has not been very flourishing during the last year, these mills are now run ning practically full time. Young Men Charged With Attempt ing to Steal Auto Give Bond. Alex. Thames, Babe Blue and West Deal, the three young white men from : Fayetteville who were bound over to Superior court under probable cause on charge of attempting to steal a Ford car here on the ight of the 7th inst- have made bond. Their bond was fixed at $400 each. The last of them made bond yesterday. ' As was stated in The Robesonian at the tLve, the three men were ar rested after -they made several trips to a car left as a trap for them on East Fifth street by the officers. The car was pushed several feet by the men, according to the evidence brought out at the preliminary hear ing.. Dr. J. S. Norman' Becomes Associated, With Thompson Hospital . Dr. J. S. Norman of Boardman will) be associated with , the Thompson hospital after January 20. His work will take in - general medicine, dis eases of children, x-ray and labora tory. Dr. Norman is a graduate of the university of Maryland, Balti more, and served as intern in a Balti more hospital after graduating. He - later served as resident physician of the State hospital in Florida, since which time he has practiced his pro fession at Bladenboro and Boardman. He recently spent some time in the North taking1 post-graduate work in the branches of work he will follow here. - ' .' . - . ? - : - Mr. D. R. Huggins of the Barnes ville section, was in town yesterday. 4 Parjfctpn Letter intrSlrf Truck F.r. ing Death of Mr. Simeon Cobb and! jnr, rranx mens oi itowiano ei- ting Out Peach Orchards Basket-) ball Chief Beard Resigns and Mr. R. F. Furmadge is on Duty. , , By C D. Wiliamson -I Parkton, Jan. 17.-rMr. L. P. John- son spent Sunday at Clio with . rela- vwu. uvur - j . - - If- Y1 n TT A- J 1 Mr. R. B, Hutsonmade a business trip to New York lasr week,. return-J The nominations were made by dele ing Saturday evening. Mr. Hutaon is gates from the various townships somewhat interestedv in truck farm-) elected here Monday for this bur- ing this year on a large scale, and he may cause several more farmers to jom in. Just as, well commence something besides cotton. ? ; Mr: Eugene Blue of Gilatia section spent the week-end with his brothers, Messrs. Jas. and Tracy, of our town. Eugene was taken sick a little more than a year, ago at . college and' was seriously ill for a long .time, having spent several months in a hospital at Fayetteville, and while he looks well, yet he- is still suffering some andl not well enough to return to college and take up his work there. However, we trust he may soon be able to re enter and accomplish his desired aims. . Mr. Collier Cobb and wife, also Mr. R. T. Gaitley and two sisters attend ed the funeral of Mr. Simeon Cobb at Ashpole church, near Rowland, yes terday. Deceased was a cousin of Mr. Collier Cobb and-was 76 years of age. Mr. L. F. Edeha received a .message last night advising him of the death of Mr. Frank Edens of Rowland, an uncle. Mr. Edens left this morning on the early train for Rowland, where he attended the funeral $is. afternoon. Mr. Jno. D. Canady, one of St. Pauls attorneys, was in our tqwn briefly last night. Mr. A. L. Everett and C. P. Chason of R. F. D. 2, Parkton, ere setting some peach trees. Both these orchards are well located, as we have yet to see a better adapted location and soil. Several others in the community will set. trees. The basketball teams went " up to Antioch this afternoon for match games with the high school teams of Antioch. The local boys' team, lost, while the local girls won. They re-1 port a mighty good clean game. Several spectators were in attend QfievAll enjoyed - - themselves, al though the weather was cold. This was the first game the boys' team had lost since the league was or ganized. Mr. W. Ammons, who formerly held a position as foreman with the Blount .Novelty shop, resigned last week and now holds a position with A. J. Garris' sales stables. Chief C. L. Beard has resigned as night police, effective last week. Mr. R. J.. Furmadge is at present on duty. Two me were viewing the front door of a certain store in a certain ine men coma not near quite wen. . 1J L 1 !i. 11 :J t ;.i i. i i i v ' i In the old home town: "Man From Borneo" Here Friday Night ' Fairmont Post of American Legion Will Give Play at School Auditor- J turn Here said to be Fine Play Fullof Wholesome Fun. "The Man from Borneo", a play in three acts, will be put on at the high 1 school . auditorium here tomorrow , fFridav eveninor bv the Fairmont I 'post of the American Legion and un-l der' the auspices t the Lumberton post of the Legion. The play was riven at Fairmont recently and is ! 8aid to be one of the very best ever put on there. An admission fee of 50 and 35 cents Will be charged and the- pro ceeds will go to the two Legion posts and the Lumberton high school. An evening of real entertainment and pleasure is promised all who witness the play. And besides, your presence, It is marvelous stuff, too, and medi will go, to prove your interest in the.cal science is finding wonderful uses young men . who represented their for it. It does not waste away or country and you upon the battefields bf France during the World War. The high school auditorium should , be packed to overflowing when the olay is put on at 8 o'clock. Tickets on sale at the three local drug stores. . . , . Major A. J. McKinnon 111 In-Snartan- burg, S. C. Maxton, Jan.18. News has been received here that the condition of AVJ. McKinnon, prominent business man and planter of this place, who became suddenly ill at Spartanburg, S - C. yesterday, is showine improve- ment. Mr. McKinnon's illness was re- garded as of a serious nature and Mrs. McKinnon left hurriedly for the South Carolina city yesterday. Ad vices to his son here late today were reassuring and indicated improve ment. : . - - Mr. McKinnon went ato Spartan burg: with his-daughter Miss Katie Lee McKinnon,. a few days ago te at tend the Billy Sunday meetings. Pate And Bethune Are The Candidates one will be elected 'Director or Co operative. Cotton Marketing, for Robeson District Ballots Will be . Canvassed January SI and Fanners May Join Between Now and Then. Dr. G. M. Pate ot'Raynham and Mr, Wj K. Bethune of Lumberton were my association ior x&ooeson county, .. it i . . , which comprises a district, yesterday. pose. Nearly all the 41 delegates , elected were present at the meeting yesterday. The names of the two nominees will feel sent to headquarters at Raleigh, frm which place ballot bearing the two names will be mailed direct to every member of the association in the county. Each member will vote tfc the nominee of his, or her, choice. I The ballots are to be canvassed on January 31 and the one receiving the largest number of votes will.be de clared the director ior this district. After voting, members of the asso ciation will mail the ballot to Mr. R. ; H. . Crichton at Lumberton or bring them in to Mr. Crichton on or before January 31. Mr. Crichton was appoint ed at the meeting yesterday to re ceive the ballots and Messrs. W. P. Barker and D B. McNeill of Lum berton were appointed to assist him in panvaSsinc the votes. - Mr. W. K. Bethune, treasurer oi the Robeson branch of the associa tion, called the meeting to order yes terday. Mr. H. M. John of Lumber Bridge was elected permanent chair man and Mr. M. Shepherd of.Orrum permanent secretary of the meeting. Farmers who have not signed a con tract for co-operative marketing will be allowed to join the association be tween now and January 31. Campaign For Co operative Marketing Schedule of Meeting Places Announc- ,ed Members Will be Accepted at Same Price Until January 31. Correspondence of The Robesonian. ".St. Pauls, Jan. 18. The campaign for members for the cooperative mar keting of both tobacco and cotton will be kept up until the 31st of. this month, and during that time farmers may sign either tobacco or cotton con tracts at the same price of $3 for tobacco and $3 for cotton or . both for $5. After the 31st of this month the price will probably be raided to $10 the contract. For giving information and receiv ing new members, meetings will be held as follows: Long Branch, Britt's township, Fri Raft Swamp, Monday night, 23rd, .M p' y g ' ra' Parkton, Tuesday night, 24th, 6:30. Pembroke, Wednesday night,' 25th, 6:30. Smiths (Howellsville "township) Thursday night, 26th, 6:30. , There will, be speakers at all these places and announcement of other places for meetings probably will be made later. Those desiring meetings held in their community should conv municate with me at once. L. A. McGEACHY, Sec'y., County Organization. DR. BAKER PURCHASES RADIUM FOR BAKER SANATORIUM j 50 Milligrams, or one 8-Hundredths of Ounce. Cost $6,000. I rifty milligrams of radium have! been purchased by Dr. H. M. Baker , 'for the Baker sanatorium at a cost of $6,000. This amount is amply suf- ficient to meet the needs of any but i ue largest nospitais in large cities, Dr. Baker says. Do you know how much fifty milli grams is? It is one eight-hundredths of an . ounce. So you see that radium is pretty costly stuff a trifle of J some half a million dollars an ounce. deteriorate with use. After being used for' twenty-five years it loses only about one per cent of its original strength. One eight-hundreths of an ounce of anything else would not be any great shakes, but when it comes to radium, costing $6,000 for that much it is for to admire. Charlotte Observer, Jan. 18: Hold ing a pistol against the ribs of J. IP. Wright and ordering Mrs. Wright and a young lady to keep still and keep their mouths shut, two daring robbers held up and looted the Pied mont JJorthern cash drawers in the rssesnger station, on First street, last night at 7:45 o'clock and escaped1 with more than $150 in cash, with the show will go toward buying-equip-no clue left as "to their identity, ac- ment for the American Legion hall cording to the report of the three people. - Mr. W. B. Stubbs of Purvis was a Lumberton visitor yesterday. Fairmont News An Optimistic Prediction for the End weal market today at 16 cents too of 1922 A Variety of Interesting ! I"""- '- News from One of. Robeson Conn- j brief ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS ty's Best Towns. . , j-'-;.- j y- - By H. V. Brown. The interior of the Lumberton Fairmont, Jan. 18. "December !Barrfo House is being remodeled 31st, 1922, will see Fairmont in bet-,nd repainted. ' ter condition financially that in many: Misses Nell Wilson and Marie me dou wieevii, u the remark of a ia . . 1 deep-thinking business man of 5 this' section a few days go. , rt, J Repairing and Improving t. Redrying Plant. Representatives of the Imperial To bacco Co., Ltd., are repairing and Improving the re-drying .plant here, while the plant will not be enlarged for the coming season it is rumored that plans are being made for a large extension, making the plant three stories and enlarging the entire building, which will' give room for another drying machine and a steam ing department. , ' Basketball and BasebalL , According to reports, the Fairmont graded school will have a very good basketball team. Practice with vigor If" Vi.01 C0"0B ?oas 'J?11 ery afternoon that! m: H w." brought to the Thomp has been held every afternoon that weather permitted and the lads are very hopful of turning out a . win ning team. The baseball team this spring will be one of the best in the history of the school. Several of the men have been members of the team for a number of years. - Kelly, the promising young pitcher, will do most of mound duty. Riff, an infielder of repute, will also be among the play ers, George Galloway Post, A. L. The regular meeting of the George, Galloway post of - the American Le- gion, which was to have been held tomorrow night, January 19tB, was postponed on account of rehearsal of play. Watch for announcement of next meeting. The matter of having all discharge certificates recorded with the register of deeds .of RobesonJyour thickens at home. county win be taken up at' the next meeting and every ex-service man is urged to bring his discharge for that purpose. , t Messrs. Gardner and Suggs of Pine tops passed through Friday en route to Athens, Gas Mr. Gardner has se cured a patent on a one-man wire stretcher whkh has proven a very great success. While here they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pittman. The Robeson Motor company has moved its business from the old wooden building to the new modern brick garage on Main street, near Thompson street. A new modern filling station has been installed in the front of the building. Mrs. Mary Cottingham of Lumber Bridge is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Blue on Pittman street Mr. and Mrs. Prevatte of Rich-1 mond, Va., have been guests of Mrs. Prevatte's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mitchell, on Cottage street, for the past few days. Births Greatly Exceed Deaths. According to the report of the lo cal registrar for' the year 1921 of the North Carolina Board of Health, there were 145 births in the township as compared with 52 deaths, the births exceeding the deaths by 93. In the town of Fairmont alone there were 36 births and 12 deaths, or three times as many births as. deaths. Thu rpcri'afmr ifkfnrod in ivna urnalr four death certificates.. Onlv one nf these had died from disease, the other causes of death were suicide, acci dent, and murder. Mr. Ernest Jones spent a few day's cs week on the tobacco markets of Wilson and Rocky Mount. Mr. T. H. Jones has opened an up- to-date meat and fish market on Leesville street, near the A. C. L. station. vr. a. a. Hayes has moved his oi- f ice from the Pittman Drug Co. building to the Andrews building over Fairmont JJrug m. t)r. Hayes .is spending this week in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Clements of Fayetteville spent last Sunday here with friends and relatives. Mr. Bridgman, who has been con nected with the town as night police- man, resigned last week and? Mr. Johnson is now acting in that caps city. Mr. Johnson was formerly with the Standard Oil Co. here. Mr. T. W. Maxwell of Tolarsville was a visitor here Tuesday.' Miss Virginia Clark of Morganton the guest of her sister Mrs. H. V. j Brown. "Man From Borneo" Pleases Large Crowd. "The Man from Borneo", a 3-act comedy, was given last Friday night in the school auditorium to a large crowd, which proved the quality of the show to be good. The same show was given during the holidays and it is a known fact that it is the best home-talent show that has ever been presented here. The characters in clude members of the local post of the American Legion with the as - - sistance of. Miss Helen West and Mrs. B. E.- Thompson. The proceeds of ThiSiBjame show will be given in the Lumberton high school auditorium Friday night, January 20th, under the auspices of the Lumberton post of 'the American Legion. Any one- de- COTTON MARKET Middling cotton is nuoted on the. wcai eye specialist. i - Richard King, colored, who has been doins; (furniture jepair work. adding an undertaking department. Richard is a licensed embalmer. . . A ' movement is on foot for or ganizing a' stock company here for the purpose of purchasing a commer cial aeroplane. .Mr. J. EHie Walters is behind the movement. Miss Quintalehe Nye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Nye of Or rum, passed through town Tuesday en route to Charlotte, where she entered the Charlotte sanatorium for treat ment. - . u Mr. E. C. Nye of Orrum had his collar bone broken Monday when he son hospital and his condition is re ported as favorable. ; . , . . Correspondence of The . Robeson ian: Pembroke, Jan. 18: Troy Thomas, Indian, visited Sis little boy today at the Thompson hospital, Lumber ton, where he was operated on last Saturday was a week ago. He is im proving fine and is . expected to be able to come home next week. r-Have you" confined your chickens? Well, it's time you had. The Robe- soniah has been asked by a citizen whose garden is being "ruined" by his neighbor's chickens to call atten tion again to the fact that when you . allow your chickens to run at large' you violate town ordinance. Many people are , setting cabbage plants, and if you would be neighborly, keep SENATE VOTES FOR FARMER ON FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD V - V WMNI Passes Measure Providing for. In crease in Board's Membership and Providing That Agrienltnral Inter est Shall be Represented. Washington, Jan. 17 The Tint step to bring about farmer repre sentation on the' Federal v Reserve board was taken by the Senate today on the passage of the Kellogg Smith compromise bill increasing the board's appointive membership from, five to six and providing that the agricultural interests shall have a spokesman among them. By the bill, which constitutes an amendment to the Federal Reserve act, the limited designation of the present law is wiped out and instead of the specific provision for the naming of two bankers to the board, the statute, if agreed to by the House, will direct the President in making appointments to the board to have "due regard to a fair repre sentation of the financial, agricul tural, industrial and commercial in terests and geographical divisions of the country." ' , The measure also provides that hereafter no Federal Reserve bank may enter into a contract for bank ing homes if their cost is to exceed $250,000 unless the consent of Con i"8 19 f1"' g,v?'t The vote by which the bill passed was 63 .to 9. Seven of those who op posed the proposition were Republi ;cans and two Democrats. Fayetteville Observerjan. 16: Yes terday's Washington Post materially strengthened the story in Saturday's Observer concerning Camp Bragg and the belief that the War Department jas well as Congress would finally de cide to make the camp a permanent field artillery range, giving it pre ference over Camp Knox, Kentucky. All state officers, including su preme court justice and superior court judges, must list and pay in come tax on . their salaries, Tax Com missioner Watts ruled Tuesday.. Mr. J. E. Rowland of R. 1, Fair mont, was among the visitors in town yesterday. Mr. J. A. Edmund of R. 4, Lumber ton, is among the visitors in town today. v Mr. and Mrs. J. W. MTVhite of R. 1, Lumberton, were among the visi tors in town yesterday. sirous of seeing a real, clean, enter taining comedy,- will not be disap pointed in spending two- hours and fifty cents Friday .night. The com plications are just great enough to create a barrel of fun and fun worth while. . , Mr. Vfi R. Taylor was duly appoint ed receiver for the Pittman Drug Co Inc., last week and at present the "re is closed and will be until Mr. Taylor can make some definite ar rangements regarding the continu ance of business. Mr. H. H. Benson, of the Fairmont Drug Co., moved last week into the F. Fl- Thompson dwelling recently vacated by Mr. C:W. McCormick, jeweler, who moved Into the F. CL. Smith dwelling on. Mulberry street. .