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ROBESONIAN I IHLlHj ESTABUSHEI 1879. SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. COUNTBT, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A TEAS. DUE IN ADVANGS UJX2BESTON, N, CL, MONDAY. FBSlU 11922. VOLUME Lin NUMBET Survey Contract Let for Paving Also Sewer and Water Extension It is Proposed to Extend Paring on Certain Streets and Sewer and Water in Eastern Part of Town, Also to Build New Clear-Water Reservoir Bonds to be Issued. Contract for a survey of the pro posed additional street and sidewalk paving and sewer and water exten tion in Lumberton was let by the town commissioners Friday evening to the, Carolina Engineering Co., of Wilmington. It is planned to pave Elm street from Sixth to Nineteenth streets, Chestnut from Sixth ta-Four-teen and pave the sidewalks on East Second street, from Chestnut to Cedar streets. The proposed sewer and water extension, is in the eastern part of town, largely east of the Virginia & Carolina Southern railroad. It is also planned to build a new clear-water reservior at the filter plant, the old one being cracked and liable to cause trouble at any .time. The work of making the survey will be begun at oncSj, When this work is completed and estimates of the cost of doing the paving and making the sewer and water exten sion furnished, the board expects to Issue and sell bonds for financing the work. Chief of Police D. M. Barker and Mr. J. L. Stephens, the latter a mem ber of. tlfe board, were -appointed a committee to determine the advisa . bility of opening Sixth street from riSfceedar-.tc STaPl Streets;-- - Mr. E. M. Johnson acted as mayor pro tern in the absence of Mayor A. E. White, who is out of town. To Promote Poul- try Industry Constitution and By-Laws Adopted by Poultry Association Constitution and by-laws .were adopted for the Lumberton Poultry association at a meeting of the di rectors and. by-laws committee Friday evening. The object of the associa tion as outlined in the by-laws is to promote the podltry industry in all of its branches, to encourage the breeding of pure-bred poultry, to hold one annual poultry show, to cooperate with each member and other poultry associations that are in any way try ing to encourage the production of better poultry and eggs, to help its members buy, sell, acquire poultry products, supplies, etc. As has been stated in The Robe sonian, the association was organized here recently. The membership fee is $2 a year. A public meeting will be held early in March, which will be addressed by a poultry expert. Assisting in Community Service Work. Miss Frances Haire of Community Service, Inc., of New York arrived Friday and will spend two weeks here with Miss Louisa Williams, i ivriiiiiinu' j ivv, nit v v. vwi iy i ii 11 sent here by the Bureau of Public School Extension of Raleigh and she will inspect the work being done by Miss Williams, also aid her in her work of showing community pictures and recreation work. North Carolina is apioneer in this; work, being the ojily. state in the un- ion that has recreation work done in, the rural communities in connection i with community pictures. Iowa shows the pictures but does not have the re-l creation department. - Reward for Married Man Who Ran Away With 15-Year-Old Girl.0 John Woodell, Indian, of Pembroke, was in Lumberton this morning in connection with his search for his 15-year-old daughter, Annie, and Lee Jacobs, a married man about 22 years old. who is said to have enticed the girl away from home Sunday night a week ago. Diligent search has been made during the past week but no trace; of the missing couple has been found. Jacobs has a wife and child at Pembroke. Woodell is offering a reward for the capture of Jacobs. Dog That Bit Mr. Purvis Powers Was Rabid. The dog that bit Mr. Purvis Powers t)f the Barker's section Wednesday of last week, mention of which was made in Thursday's Robesonian, was rabid, according to a report to Dr. E. R. Hardin, county health officer, from Raleigh. Mr. Powers killed the dog, which belonged to Mr. 0. M. Britt, soon after he was bitten and the head was sent to Raleigh for ex amination. Mr. Powers, is taking the Pasteur treatment. Stock and Fixtures of Pittman Drug Co. at Fairmont Sold. The stock and fixtures of the Pitt man Drug Co. of Fairmont, recently adjudged bankrupt, was sold Satur-j day to the Coats Drug Co., of Coats, Tor $5,400. This was a resale, the stock and fixtures bringing only 4, 000 at the previous sale. It is under stood that the purchasers will open a drug store at Fairmont or St. Pauls. C- C. Webb Charged With SeriOUS CrilTie Arrested in Wilmington and Brought to Jail Here Father of Indian i Girl Prefers Charges. I Clyde C. Webb, wanted by local ! authorities on" the charge of having ! ; : , i l i r 12 and under 14 years old, was ar rested in Wilmington Saturday and I is now in jail here. Webb was ar- rested under a capias, a true bill against biro, having been returned by the grand jury. He was arrested on December -12, but escaped from the officers and had evaded them until Saturday. The warrant was sworn out by the father of the girl, who is an Indian, and charges that the girl is an ex pectant mother. Webb is a married man and has several children. He lived 4 miles 'from Lumberton on the Carthage road, his farm adjoining that of the father of the girl in the case. Webb has figured in court here before, having been charged with the larceny ' of automobiles. He formerly lived in Lumberton. Chief' of Police D. M. Barker went to Wilmington Saturday evening and returned with the prisoner last even ing. Give To Save Starving Children Fathers of Starving Armenian Or- County Boys Give Till Tou Feel It. Correspondence of The Robesonian. With three million inhabitants five years ago, Armenia has but one mil lion and a half today, and these are mainly women and children left to starve unless the Christians of Lum berton join the Near East Relief in their efforts to save these deserving people. These children are roaming about over the plains in herds like swine, eating roots, dirt, in fact anything that will allay the pangs of starva tion as they slowly eat themselves to death. At night they huddle together and sleep on the bare ground, and in the morning as they continue their restless, aimless search for life, many are unable to rise and are leu there stark and stiff to join the other thousands that have starved or froze to death. These children are father less 'because every able-bodied Armenian fought the Germans, not a one ever was known to retreat and but few of them ever came back home. Their defense saved the lives of many North Carolinians because, upon the authority of the German general Ludendorf, their defense of the Baku oil fields was so fierce that they were saved for the Allies and thus . brought the war to an end at least six months earlier. Practically all the casualties from North Caro lina were caused by about three days fighting, and what would have been the result if the old 81st had had to fight six months longer! Was your son killed in action? If not, thank the Armenians. These children are almost all motherless because no sooner had the war ended than the Turks put on one of their regular massacre parties and wiped the country clean of all farm implements, cattle and carried all of the younger women away to their harems. For centuries the Armenians have been persecuted by the Turks be cause they wouldn't quit being Christian and join the ranks df Mo hammed. Yet during all this perse cution and massacre not a one has been known to forswear the Christ ian religion. Doesn't such faithful ness on the part of these people de serve your financial support? Don't say that you have heard of this suffering till you are tired or that you have given to this or that till you have done your duty. The Armenians must be kept alive. D6n't get tired; we have given so much, let us do just a little more. A committee will call on you some time during the week and if you don't know the conditions over there or if you think you have done enough, re call what they have done for you, how they have stood by the Christ ian religion', how they would be glad to get even the crumbs that you let carelessly fall from your table. As you sit at your meal think of the wandering hordes of starving human beings, children like your own, and your conscience will say give till you feel some of the pangs of that hunger and can feel with those unfortunate children. EDWARD K. PROCTOR, Chairman, Lumberton Township. Bandit Robs Hostess and Guests at Dinner Party. Deal, N. J., Feb. 19. A dinner party at the home of Mrs. Sarah H. Robertson was interrupted Saturday night by a masked bandit, who was admitted by the hostess, and at the point of a revolver robbed her of a handbag which she told the police contained jewelry valued at $50,000, stripped her four guests of their valu ables and escaped. Reader's Court ' Xr0Dble Between East Lumberton and Long Branch Boys Aired Be- i fore Recorder Fuller A Cloud of Witnesses on Hand. Will Ward, Toney Ward, Barley Benton, Harley Benton, Clarence Tay. ' lor and Major Suggs all .of East ! T nkA.(n. ,., V, T A David H. Fuller Saturday on the charge of cursing on the public high wby and also with waylaying on the public highway and robbing Dewey and Heck Stone of one , shotgnVi, valued at $30. Harley Benton and Major Suggs were found guilty of cursing on the public highway, judg ment being suspended upon payment of cost. The others were found not guilty of this charge. Will Ward and Harley Benton were bound over to the Superior court on the other charge,, their bonds', being fixed at $100 each, which they made. The other defendants were found not guil ty. Dewey and Heck Stone and French Hooks were charged with using pro fane language on the public highway. Heck Stone was found guilty, judg ment being suspended upon payment of the cost. Dewey Stone and Hooks were found not guilty. A large crowd attended the trial, the cosrt room being packed with witnesses and spectators. The trouble took place on Saturday night, Febru ary 11. From the evidence it appear ed that the Stone boys and Hooks, who live near Long Branch church, called upon some girls livine in East between these and some boys living there. When the boys living in the country started home a crowd came out of the woods near the Kingsdale' lumber plant, stopped the mule the Stone boys were driving and took a shotgun which was in .the buggy. Some threats were also made against the out-of-town visitors, according to the evidence. EVANGELISTIC AND UNDE NOMINATIONAL MEETINGS Mr. Luke Rader's Sermons on Book of Romans Begins in School Audi torium This Evening. - Correspondence of The Robesonian. ' Tonight in the high school audi torium at 7:30 Mr. Luke Rader will commence his senres of sermons on "The Book of Romans," continuing every night this week and next week with the exception of Sundays. Mrs. Rader, his talented wife, who! is one of the foremost gospel singers j in America, will sing every evening. I The meetings will be strictly! evangelistic and un-denominational. ! Every meeting the opportunity will be given to accept Jesus Christ a per-: sonal Saviour with the privilege of, joining any church one may choose; j the one objective of the meetings be-1 ing to bring out the teachings of the Bible and let men and women know j their privileges in Christ Jesus. Admission is free. The public is cordially invited. There will be special music at each service. I Fear Tobacco Plans Killed Mercury Goes to 19. Thursday night was the coldest of the winter here. The thermometer registered 19 above zero, while the coldest registered before during the winter was 21 above. It is feared that many obacco plants were killed by the cold. Some farmers report that they think the plants were killed, while others say they don't think theirs were injured. Much depended upon the location of the plant-beds and the cover provided. Farmers . Union President Speaks Here Friday. As has been stated in The Robe sonian, Mr. R. W. H. Stone of Greens boro, president of the North Carolina Farmers' union, will be in Lumberton Friday of this week to give informa tion relative to fertilizers. He is anxious to meet a number of Robeson farmers. Play at Zion's Tabernacle February 25. Correspindence of The Robesonian. There will be a play given at Zions Tabernacle by Mrs. O. T. Lee's class, Saturday night, February 25th, title, "Too Much Married." Admission 10 and 15 cents. Detour Warning on State Road. Lumberton Westbound traffic fol low the Fairmont road to detour sign turn to right for Maxton, Red Springs and Pembroke. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stafford and small son, Joseph Neil, left Friday evening for their home at Nashville, Tenn., after spending sometime here visiting at the home of Mrs. Staf ford's parents, Df. and Mrs. N. A. Thompson. Miss Vernie Martin left today forj her home in Asheville after spending! some time here visiting Mrs. T. L. Johnson. 'Mr. S. Thad Stone and small son of R. 4, Lumberton, are among the visitors in town today. Mr. and Mrs. W. C- Prevatt, who live near Lowe, were Lumberton visi tors this morning. Public Schools and Bible Teaching (In Sermon at First Baptist Dr. Dor-1 Social Items-Epidemic of Colds ham Declares He Does Not Believe w.k.. t-. vl'iu o l I Jesus Christ Would Endorse Teach-- W"thr IntrferM lth B"k- j mg dime in Public Schools Under ball Personal. Present Conditions Origin of Bi- J Correspondence of The Robesonian. ble Explained Declines to Use Lumber Bridge, Feb. 17. Imme School for Sermonettes to Those diately after B. Y. P. U. on Monday J Who Will Not Go to Church to: night, the 13th, group number two i Hear Him. 1 and the ctoud leaders were entertain. "I do not believe that Jesus Christ would endorse, under existing condi . tions, the teaching of the Bible in ruittli BAliAnlti" A nrl n rA l?At TW lti;.n..niwi3 , ucvmicu ., jChas. H. Durham, pastor of the First ; capusi cnurcn, in nis sermon issi evening. Dr. Durham added that tak ing the country over, he did not-think it best to read the Bible in the public schools.. He explained that it might be advisable . in some localities. "Would it be fair to make the Jews listen the reading of the New Testa ment, or Catholics to the reading of the King James version?" the preacher asked. . Some would say "Yes, we are in the majority and well make you listen." "If the Bible were taught in the public schools I might have a Catho lic or a Russellite teaching my chil dren," the preacher continued. The schbols are maintained by taxation and every family has the same rights in the schools. The teachers' views of the Bible might be different from that of the students and their parents. "I hope I'll not live to see the day when the Bible is urhhvihe public "The home is the first place where the Bible should be taught. God Al mighty established the home and He will hold the parents responsible for teaching His word. Teach it in the Sunday school and in the church." The preacher urged the importance of teaching the Bible more diligently m tyie home, the church and the bun day school. "We have been playing about it." Sunday school teachers fail to study and prepare for teaching the Bible like it ought to be taught. "I wish to thank -the teachers and superintendent of the local schools for their invitations to visit the schools, but I'm not going to try to use the schools to make folks listen to my sermonettes who will not come to church and hear me. If I did, some wbufd say I was using my influence there for the First Baptist church. There are Mormans in Robeson coun ty. If members of that faith paid taxes to run the school they would have the same right to go there as I. The Russelites and the Catholics have the same right. God has not called the State schools and colleges to teach His word. He will not hold the schools responsible for ignorance of the Bible. The responsibility lies with the home, the Sunday school and the church." In beginning his sermon, Dr. Dur ham asked, "How did we get the Bi ble?" He answered the question, giv- ing a clear view of howit was in spired and handed down to the pre sent day. The Old Testament was accepted by Jesus Christ. It was used by His disctple3 in their early preaching. The New Testament is a biography of Christ and His teach ings. The history of the origin of the old and new testaments and the man ner of their preservation as outlined would remove the doubts of any that it is the inspired Word of God. THE RECORD OF DEATHS. Mr. Jno. A. Leitch of Rowland Died This Morning Funeral Tomorrow. Mr. John A. Leitch, well-known Rowland citizen, died this morning of heart trouble and complications. De ceased was around 73 years old and is survived by 8 children, among them being Mrs. A. H. Webster of Lum berton. The funeral will be conducted tomorrow at 10 a. m. and interment will be made in the cemetery at Ash pole Presbyterian church, of which church deceased had long been a member. Judge Landis Quits Bench for Base ballWill Help Legion. Federal Judge K. M. Landis an nounced in Chicago .Saturday that he had resigned from the bench , effec tive March 1, to devote his entire time to his position as supreme dic tator of organized baseball. The judge said there are not enough hours in the day for all his activities, that he had been getting up at 5 a.m. and had had to go without lunch for two weeks. 'He said " Sunday he would devote more time to the Aimeri can Legion, which he said is "the greatest insurance policy this coun try has." Committee Meets February 25. Correspondence of The Robesonian. . Pembroke, Feb. 20. The commit tee appointed by the Legislature on school matters arising from the negro question in the Indian public schools in Robeson county will be in session at Union Chapel school house near Buies, on Saturday February 25th, for the purpose of hearing any case or cases desiring to be aired before us, at 12 o'clock noon. R. H. LOWRY, Chm. J. E. WOODELL, Sect'y. Lumber Bridge News Letter ed by Miss Thelma Tolar. As thei guests arrived they were asked to register, tne following registering: t If: r t Ti 1 . W t misses reari rarner, Laissie wooaara, Mamye Monroe, Clara Brooks, Julia .Tolar, liay Sibly and Tasca Tolar: Messrs. Chappel Wilson, Foster Cur- ne, Frank Tolar, A. L. Usher, Hugo Rowe, Sidney Boney and D. A. j Sparks. The lucky ones in the contest were Miss Tasca Tolar and Mr. Hugo Rowe, this couple winning a lovely Valentine as their trophy. Delicious refreshments were served. The de corations of long-leaf pine and japoni cas added much charm to the occa sion. Mrs. J. S. Hodges most charmingly entertained the basketball teams at her home on Valentine night. The reception hall was effectively decor- Jated with potted plants. It was truly a Valentine party and from the for. tune book of the heart the guests' fortunes were read. In this way the king and queen of hearts were select ed and these reigned supreme through out the evening. In an interesting --Pear' fir8t horio, Delicious refreshment first honor. Delicious consisting of chicken salad, wafers, olives, coffee and home-made cahdy were served by Elizabeth Hodges, Rebecca Currie and Leila Hubbard. Messrs. D. G. and J. II. Malloy of Quitman, Ga., spent a few days here this week. The Christian Endeavorers enter tained a number of their friends on Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Margaret John. In spite of in clement weather a goodly number were present and the evening was filled with fun and happiness. An epidemic of bad colds seems to be holding sway over Lumber Bridge and several of our school pupils are ill. The playing of two basketball games with Parkton this week has been rendered impossible by the bad weather, both rain and snow falling on the days on which they were to play. Special Boll Weevil Meeting State Entomologist Sherman Will Ad dress Important Meeting in Lum berton March 3. Correspondence of The Robesonian. The most important boll weevil meeting ever held in Robeson will be held at the cwurt house, Lumberton, Friday, March 3, at 11 a. m. The meeting will be in charge of Prof. Franklin Sherman, State Ento mologist. He will be assisted by other specialists from the Department of Agriculture bvery one interested in growing j cotton this year should hear these j men. I have heard these men and I am sure they will give you something i that will be well worth the time you J give in attending this meeting. The meeting may make the dif ference between success and failure to you. O. O. DUKES, Cgunty Farm Demonstrator. Sweet Potato and Livestock Meeting At Meeting im Lumberton February 24 Plans Will be Formulated for Large Potato Storage Plant. Correspondence of The Robesonian. A special sweet potato and live stock meeting will be held in the town hall, Lumberton, Friday, Feb ruary 24, at 7:30 p. m. Every busi ness man and farmer in and around Lumberton should attend this meet ing. We propose at this meeting to formulate plans for erecting a large sweet-potato storage .plant at Lum berton. The sweet potato is now prov ing a very profitable crop in many sections of the South. The business man should be interested from the standpoint of business building and the farmer from having a ready market for his product. Matters of interest to the live stock grower will also be taken up, emphasis being placed on a coopera tive creamery. . Speakers from the Department of Agriculture will be present. O. O. DUKES, County Farm Demonstrator. Negro Attacks 2 Meredith Students. Two student at Meredith college at Raleigh were attacked by a negro who entered their room at 3 a. m. Saturday. While attempted to as sault one of the girls the other escap ed and called for help, when the negro fled. NOTICE Word has reached The R'bevM- Ian office that subscribers get- ting their mail at Fairmont, Or- rum and Boardman didn't get last week's papers time, if at " all. The papers were mailed an usual and the trouble lies with the people who handle the mail after it leaves the office. Sub- scribers who fail to receive their papers in due time should advice The Robesonian office and the matter will be investigated. COTTON MARKET Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at' 16 1-4 cents the pound. BRIEF ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS License has been issued for the marriage of English Troy Nye and Bessie Britt. All the banks In town will be closed Wednesday of this week George Washington's birthday. Mr. A. Weinstein was able to be at his store Saturday after being con fined to his room for three weeks. Miss Rebecca Stack of Monroe, who is visiting here, sang a solo at the service at the First Baptist church last evening. Miss Josephine Breece returned last night from the Northern markets, where she purchased spring and . o. nuams vi ciroa came to t jwn today to see his son, Thomas, who is at the Baker sanatorium suf fering with pneumonia. His condition is favorable today. Miss Elizabeth Frye, county wel fare officer, will go tomorrow to Greensboro, where she will place an 8-year-old boy in the North Carolina children's home. Mr. J. Ellie Walters left yester day for New York, where he expects to purchase a 3-passenger 6 Delia va land areoplane. He was accompaled by ex-Lieut. Woody of Wilmington. A check for $3.00 has been re ceived from the Singletary's Cross Road Baptist church for the Jewish relief fund. This amount was for warded Saturday by Mr. J. P. RusselL Mr. R. M'White of R. 1, Pem broke, passed through town this af ternoon en route home from a 'visit to the home of his brother, Mr. Dun can M'White, near Barker's, who is ill. The name of the Pope Drug Co. has been changed to the North State Drug Co., Incorporated. The company was incorporated recently. Mr. J. S. Coxe, former manager, will continue in charge. ' Sgt. C. F. Smith, of the U. S. army recruiting service, arrived FrL day and will be here until March 1. Young men desiring to enlist in the army will find Sgt. Smith at the local postoffice. Reported for The Robesonian: Miss Carolyn Shooter left last Fri day morning for Trinity college, Dur ham, to attend Zeta Tau Alpha initia tion. She will be the guest of friends there until Thursday. "Wallace the Magician" gave a corking good sleight-of-hand show in the high school auditorium Friday evening to a fair-sized audience that enjoyed every minute. Twenty-five per cent, of the proceeds go to the 11th grade for the high school maga zine. Miss Flax Andrews, home demon stration agent, left last evening for Greensboro, having been called there by Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon to assist in a series of dairy demonstrations to be given in Greensboro and High Point. She will not return before Friday or Saturday of this week. Mr. J. P. Russell, chairman of the Lumberton Red Cross chapter, has received a contribution of $6 from jMiss Catherine King of R. 1, St. Pauls, for the suffering in Europe. Mr. Russell has also received a second contribution from the Broad Ridge Baptist church, totaling $14. The money has been forwarded through the proper channels. Mr. A. A. Wright of Parkton, owner of the gasoline filling station near McNeill's bridge, at which place Mr. R. Walter Bullock was murdered on the night of January 31, is among the visitors in town to day. Mr. Wright says he has had a dozen applications for, the position which Mr. Bullock held. There is yet no clue as to the murderer of Mr. Bullock. Chapel Hill, Feb. 16. At a meet ing just completed here, of the joint commission of the North Carolina and Western North Carolina Methodist conferences in the Chapel Hill Metho dist church, the program for erecting the new Methodist church for the students of the university and the local church was definitely decided upon, and committees were appointed to carry -the program to completion. Messrs. B. and Kestler Tolar of Rennert were among the visitors in town this morning. Rev. D. C. Barnes of Barnesville was a Lumberton visitor this mom- I