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ESTABLISHED 1870w i 8INGLB COPT FIVE CENTS. ; ; COUNTRY, COD. AND TRUTH. $2.00 A YEAR. DUB IN ADVANC3 LUMBEETON, H.'G MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1922 VOLUME LHI- NITlIBEa 13 Contracts Yill Be , Awarded April 18 Paving and Sewer and. Wajtir Con tracts Subject to Sale' of Bonds Authorized to Extent of $235,000 Extension ProposedBuilding Con- demned. :-J$--'tJ' . Contract will be let on April; ,18 tot additional street and sidewalk paying and .sewer and ' water' extension, in the , town of Lnmberton, the contract being subject to the ale at ionds for financing the worlc TWa was decided at a meeting of the mayor and town commissioners Triday evening. As has been stated in Te Eobesonian, an or der authorizing thei issuance and iale of $120,000 bonds for sewer and water extension, $80,000 for street and side walk paving and $35,000 to take care of the floating indebtedness of the town was passed at a recent meeting of the mayor and commissioners. It is proposed to let contract for an extension of street paving as fol lows: Elm street from Sixth north to the town limit: Chestnut from Sixth to Fourteenth; Fourteenth from Elm to Walnut i Fourth from Chestnut to Walnut. Contract 'will be let for VM.pe'iev ior sidewalk paving' on ; East Second street It lias not been-determined just how far out from Chestnut the sidewalks are to be paved. The con tract to be let for sewer and water extension is largely in the eastern in the eastern and northeastern part of town. ' The board condemned the old Lum berton hotel building on East .Second street as A menace to public - safety and health and the, owners will - be required to remove same from , the lot upon which it now stands. Town Primary Will Be Held April 25 Mayor. 2 Commissioners,. '4 School 1 Trustees and Board - of Audit and Finance to be Nominat edElection Will be Held May 1. A town primary, at which' a may or," two town commissioners, ; three members of the board ef audit and fi nance and four members of the board of gMdedW-trostMs;-'Jw--to nuiniiiaieu, was caiieu aui iucsuay, April 25, at a meeting of the mayor and town commissioners Friday even ing. An election to ! confirm the nominations of the primary was callr ed. for Monday, May 1. Messrs. A. V. G. Wishart, Robt. . Caldwell, L. Q. Townsend, Ira Davis and Troy M 'White were named primary mana gers. Mr. Ed. J. Glover was appointed registrar and Messrs. E. L. Whaley, D. B. McGill 'and Ben G. Floyd were appointed judges of election.., ' Commissioners are to be nominated and elected in wards No. 2 and 4. Mr. M. M. Rozier is present commissioner in ward No. 2,' and Mr. E M. John son is commissioner- in ward No. 4. Commissioners who hold over for an other year are Dr. N.r A. Thompson iw ward No. 1, and Mr. J. L. Stephens in ward No. - 3.' Alt three , members of the board of audit and finance are to be nominated and elected. Present members of this board are Messrs. Frank Gough, W. S. Britt and H. M. McAllister. The four members of the board of graded school trustees whose terms expire .this year 'are Messrs. R. C. Lawrence, chair man, Q. T, Williams and J. H. Wishart and Rev. Dr, R. C. Beaman. Those who hold over for another year are Messrs. K. M. Barnes, Geo, L. Thompson and L. E. Whaley. Town Politics Due to Warm Up. The town political pot is beginning to boil. Mr. E. M. Britt has entered the race for mayor. While Mayor A. E. White has not made any definite announcement as to his intentions, it is understood that he will of f er, f or re-election. Four candidates are al ready in -the race for commissioner from ward No. 2. These are' M. M. Rozier, : present incumbent, - and Messrs. A, P. Caldwell, R. W. Wil liams and F. Grover Britt The list has not teen closed and others may yet "come out", from this ward. As stated elsewhere in today's paper, the town primary will be held on April 25. .."v;C-i.;,';':- Recorder's Court Prosecuting ness Failed to Show Up. ; Wit- Chester and Furley Thompson and' Walter Edwards were before Recorder David" H. Fuller Friday charged with selling whiskey to the prosecuting witness, George, Beck. Beck failed to appear And upon' recommendation of 'Solicitor W. Bv Tvey the recorder found that ' the' prosecution was frivolous and malicious and Beck was taxed with the cost Both Beck and ' the defendants live in West Lumber ton. . -'-- vt---,.-; Dock Campbell was taxed with the cost 'on thecharge of being drunk in the town of Lumbertonl ,r ,; . Miss Annie Louise Huff, seventh irradd teacher In the Lnmberton graded school,' returned -last night from Laurens. S. C-where she was called a week ago on account of the sudden death of her father, Mr. A. M. Huff. Miss Ruth Walcott taught for Miss Huff whue she was away. Revival at Chest- .. nut St. . Methodist . 7 -' I ' u v , ' r Presiding "' Elder '' Shore !. Preached Powerful . Sermon Last Nighf to . Large Congregation Z-rPentecostal Blessing His f Subject Services at 10 A. M. and P. M.-Dafly Bev. A. S. Parker Will Have Charge of Singiot 'vvt&tyt-- . ; At Chestnut Street ;, Methodist church last : evening a congregation whkh practically filled 'the main auditorium was profoundly moved by a powerful sermon by Presiding Elder J. II.' Shore, who preached i on the Pentecostal-' blessing: JThis f was ! the f irst sermon by;; Mj, ' Shore ..in, the series, of meetings which began -with preparatory services Wednesday night by the pastor Rev, Dr. E. . C. Beaman, and. will continue this week, with Mr.' Shore doing 'the preaching. Services will be held at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m. dailyEev. A., S.' Parker , of Bisco will arrivethis afternoon a&d will have charge of the. singing, be ginningwith the service this , even ing. Song service begins at 7:45. . "What yon do as a Christian is as much an act of an apostle as any act .h),-.),. tlenXc nt Arb" kaM M, chnnl in w- irfrtt. Thig is the one. book of the 66 in the Bible that is hot complete and will not be until the last act of the last Christian." His text was Acts. 2: 1-4: " "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one ac cord intone place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the bouse where, they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat up on each of them. And they were 'all filled with the Holy Ghost, and be gan to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." "The world does not read the Book so much", said the preacher, "but it 'fcjSir.f the church. You are writing a gespel of. Christ What does the world think of the life of Christ as you write it?" "United purpose, prayer, obedience, consecration and work are ' the five elements of every Pentecostal church and Christain. No church ever failed A - t.. ! 1 S Si. 1. - J: Mr. Shore ridiculed the idea of mak ing a social club of the church and profesed ... Christians whose ' social standing 'is so insecure that they must first be sure of he social . standing of strang ers before trying to do them good. : "When the church gets ready for ' a I revival," declared the preacher, "God! always sends - the people; when the church gets ready God gets the world, ready.' . a ,: .-..- ' A- large part of the congregation went forward and gave the preacher their hand in response to the invita tion thus" to manifest a desire for fuller Christain life and service. i Greatest Truth That Ever Fell on! Human Ears. For the -Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19:10. ! "Just sixteen words, each of one syllable and each so simple that any child can understand, yet they hold the greatest truth that ever fell oa human eara," declared Dr. Beaman in his sermon yesterday morning. "In these simple words," he said, "Jesus Christ announced the supreme object of his visit to our world. It expresses the saddest and most tragic fact in human history, the lostness of man, and also ' the most gracious and in spiring fact in human history, that Jesus. Christ came into the world to seek and to save that which was lost" , . The first step toward deliverance, said the preacher, is realization of the fact that as a sinner you' are lost now: not in danger of being lost if you keep on, but lost now. Fools re gard this fact lightly,' and fools are. the only people whom God cannot handle. A sinner is lost now as much as he will be in hell, the great dif ference being that he is now on this side the dead line and may be saved. Dr. Beaman's text Friday evening was Psahn 142:4: "I looked on my right hand, and. beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul." "Nothing imperils the life of the church so much," said Dr.; Beaman. "as indifference to saving souls. Jesus leeis our siq as nis. u tne churcn wakes up to a sense of soul values things will eome to pass. There is no greater isolation. '; no more nitiful condition, than . to meet appalling in- ouierenee to your sours welfare.". The 51st the ereat oenitential. Psahn was Tead , by . Dr. Beaman at the service Thursday evening, verses iz ana 13. being the text: Restore unto me the joy of . thy salvation and upnoid me with thy free spirit Then will I teach , trangressors" thy ways: and sinners shall be converted unto thee. v: ' -' - County Boards Appointed :. The State Board of Elections met in Raleigh Saturday and ' selected members of the 100 county boards of election. Frank Gougn and to. m je wn r. Democrats, and J. W. HaD. Re publican, constitute the board selected for RocSson. ,!v!:J' ;r" : -?i r. g , I castcq Acaivco" Senate Ratif ies g v 4-Power Treaty No Reservation' Except the No Al- lianee" Declaration Vote of 67 to ) 27 Gave Margin of Four Over , Ne cessary Two-Thirds 12 Democrats Voted for the Treaty and 4 Repub licans Against." ' Washington, March 24. The four pewer Pacific treaty, the center f controversy over accomplishments of the Washington arms conference, as ratified by the Senate today with no reservation except the "fto alliance" declaration proposed by. the.; foreign relations committee and accepted py President1 Harding. ; ' ! ,7.: .The final vote of 67 to 27 repre senting a margin of four over the necessary twO-tbirds, was . recorded afteifce'-oppoaents-pofatifiartlonr had made, more than 20 unsuccess ful attempts to qualify .Senate ; ac tion by reservations or amendments distasteful to the administration. On the deciding roll call 42 Democrats voted for the treaty and only four Republicans opposed it. . Dying hard the irreconcilable ele ment which had opposed the treaty onxthe ground .that it establishes an alliance between! the United States, Great Britain, Japan and , France, forced 83 roll calls during a four and a half hour session set aside for final action on the resolution of ratifica tibfC'They made' their best showing on a. proposed reservation to invite out side powers into Pacific "conferences" affecting their interests, mustering 36 votes for the proposal to 55 in opposi tion. The committee reservation was ac- cepted in the end by a vote of 90 to 2, two attempts to modify it failing by overwhelming majorities. It de- clares that "the United States under- stands that under the statement in the-preamble or under 'the terms of, this treaty there is no commitment to armed force, no alliance, no obli gation to join in any defense." Although, the debate was prohibited during the day's session under a unanimous consent agreement, ' the treaty opponents : raised a point of order in regard to the declaration ac companying the. treaty, but not a part of it, and laid the basis for continu ing their assault tomorrow when the supplemental treaty defining the scope of the four power pact comes up for consideration. It is the hope of the administration leaders, however, that the supplemental treaty may be rati fied and all that partahis to the four power agreement declared off the Sen ate calendar before tomorrow night. Throughout the day's voting a bloc of , 53 r Republicans , stood solidly against, all reservations and amend ments except the "no alliance" decla ration of the committee. The four Republican irreconcilables, .' Senators Borah, Idaho ; France, Maryland ; Johnson, ' California, and . LaFollette Wisconsin, were, the only members of their side of the chamber, who voted consistently for qualifying proposals, although Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska; supported several, and Sen ator Ladd, Republican, , North Dako ta voted Tor one. . On the Democratic side there was less unanimity of - action. The 23 Democrats who finally voted aeainst ratification voted together on most roll calls in fator of amendments and reservations but a group of 8 or 10 stood with their.party leader, Senator underwood, or 'Alabama, in opposi tion to most of the proposed changes, In the 36 to 55 vote on the ."outside powers" reservations, however. Sena tor Underwood's following reached its minimum strength, only Senators Wil liams of Mississippi and' Myers of Montana, joining him on- the Demo cratic side . in opposition . to the pro posal. .... : - ' . .! -. - The 'long succession -of - roll calls was witnessed 'by. one of the largest t V 4 Madns JtAii Event 4USti 5wMS for tUHcc f Lumber Bridge , News Letter ft : ' :'" Young Ladies Give Splendid Gradu , , ating , Recital-Young People Doing - .Good Church Work First Baseball ; ; Game of Season. -J.'.f.-Correspondence of The Robesonian.. 'Lumber Bridge, . March i. 24-On Wednesday evening Misses Ta'sca' and Julia Tolar, Mamie and Mlggie Mon roe gave a musical recital." ,These young ladies are graduating from the high school music department Their program consisted in solos and en semble numbers. The numbers were well rendered and these pupils re flect credit on their teacher, Miss Lissie Woodard. Born, to Mr. and, Mrs. I H. Bul- lard, Tuesday, the 21st, a son; given by the Senior and Junior Christian Endeavor, ob serving Dixie Endeavor day, was very interesting and instructive. The young people of our community are to be commended for the good work they are doing in the B. Y. P. U. and Christian Endeavor societies. They should have our encouragement for "in the young people of today walk the church of ; tomorrow." We regret to report that there are seVerai sick in our town, among them Mr.; Archie Currie.; - ' ' On Monday night the Apollo Trio gave an entertainment in the high school ' auditorium. A fair-sized audi ence heard it. It did not take as well as the" previous numbers sent us by the 'Lyceum bureau. Tuesday afternoon Red Springs high school baseball team came over and played Lumber Bridge in the opening game of the season. The cold weather prevented the boys from working very fast. The home boys gained a four runs lead in the early stages of the game, but the visitors over-came this lead and the final score was' 8 to 5 in favor of Red Springs. ......... Last night the Raeford high school boys presented the "Dixie Minstrels" at the auditorium to a small audience. The boys pulled it off well and the people seemed to enjoy it." Loving Cup to Bas ketball Champs Boys Team of Local "Hi" Presented Cap Offered by R. D. Caldwell Son County-Wide Field Day Pro posed. The loving cup offered by Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son of Lnmberton to the winner of the basketball cham pionship in the Robeson County Ath letic association was presented this morning, to the boys' team of the Lumberton high school by Mr. "Buck" Norment, manager of the hardware department of the Caldwell store. Mr. Regan Floyd,' captain of the' team, accepted it on behalf of the players. Mr. Norment assured the athletic department of the local school that the business men of Lumberton were willing to co-operate with the schools in the promotion of clean athletics. Short talks were also made by Supt W. H. Cale and Prof. J. W. R. Nor ton, principal of the high school. A county-wide field day was sug gested by Miss Janie Carlyle and plana for such a day, in which all the schools in the county will be invited to take part, are being considered. It is planned to have the field day in Lnmberton about the middle of May gallery crowds that have ever at tended a senate session. Simmons and Overman Vote Arainst Senators Simmons and Overman of North Carolina both voted against ratification .of the treaty. ; rflUrtLMEi first lorn surr Fau Debate Lost to Rowland at Home and . Won at Maxtoo Sidney Lanier Book Club Discuses New Poetry Personal Mention. By II. V, Brown Fairmont, March 25AOn last Tues day afternoon the Sidney Lanier Book Club met with Mrs. George L Granth am and Miss Vera Torrence at the home of the former. The home was attractively decorated , with white hyacinths and shamrocks, giving a pleasing St Patrick's day effect. The subject for this meeting was the "New Poetry". Mrs. C. E. Grantham,' the leader, read a paper on "American Imagists . Miss Vera Torrence dis cussed very ' interestingly "Our Sociological Poets" and Miss Ethel Covington the "American Lyricists." Other important business Was trans acted and at the close the hostesses served stuffed peppers, ' pickles, cheese balls, saltines and ice tea, fol lowed by an ice course. Triangle Debates. Last night the triangle debate was held, Fairmont and Rowland contest ing here for honors and Fairmont and Maxton at Maxton. The young men here, Messrs. Turbey ville and Davis, did not do as well as the others at Maxton, losing to Rowland,, Messrs. Ferry Riff, and Charles Traynham went to Maxton prepared for a big fight and they succeeded in getting the verdict in their favor. Especially do the people here think they were real debaters, because they had as opponents two fair ladles, which is! always considered a handicap. Row land was represented v here by one young man and one of the other sex. A large crowd of fans from here attended the Detroit-Rochester game of baseball in Hamlet Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest) Jones left Friday for Raleigh, where they will spend some time with friends and re latives. Mr. O." A. Reeves of-Greensboro spent a few days here this week, re turning yesterday. Misses Ethel Covington, Vera Tor rence, Kemp and Currie spent today in ayettevuie. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Thompson spent last Friday in Maxton with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Thompson. Among those who have been suf fering with influenza and grippe that are now able to be out are Messrs. E. Boyd Hayes, W. B. Ratley and W. F. Trawick. Quite a larsre number of Methodists from here attended the Quarterly conference held at Bethesda yester- oay. , . Messrs K. C .Blue and Alford Cole of Raeford spent last . Sunday afternoon here. Chargfed With Robbing Shoe Shop and Receiving Stolen Goods. Jack Duckery and Clifton Hamilton. both colored, were arrested about noon today by Chief of Police Barker and placed in jail, the former on the charge of breaking into the Lumber ton electric shoe shop on Chestnut street Friday night and the latter on the charge of receiving stolen goods. Mr. W. F. Edwards left toe shop, of whkh he is proprietor,' Friday , night after 10 o'clock and the next morning he found that the shop had been en tered through a window on the south side and that two pairs of repaired shoes- were missing. A negro named Houston brought in a pair of shoes which he said he got from Duckery, which led to the arrests. Duckery and Hamilton will be given a hearing be fore Recorder Fuller tomorrow. Twin calves were born Saturday to a cow belonging to J. M. Hooper, colored. - Mr. J- Odum of Buie, B.-1, was a Lnmberton visitor this morning. - COTTON MARKET , Middling cotton is quoted on th local market today at 16 5-8 cent tha pound.- -';-( i ;; " t .. v. -. v , 'fa . BRIEF ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS Mr. H. B. Jennings has received and Installed at his home, North Efcn street, a radio receiving station. . , License, has- been issued for the marriage of V. Wade Faulk and Miss Jessie Mae Floyd, beth of the Fair mont section. ; oh ';r ' v A certain school teacher reports that she found a boll weevil ; in her lunch basket when' she opened it vp at noon one day recently. ; r There will be a "pie" s upper at Mt Elhn school house Friday night of this week, March 31. The pro ceeds will go to the school. The pub lic is invited. ! ; Special communication - St At ban's Lodge No. 114, A. F. & A. M Tuesday evening at 7:30. Mr. Wm. R. Smith, past potentate of Sudan Tem ple, will address the meeting. Allan Ritter, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ritter, ' under went an operation for, appendicitis at the Thompson hospital last night. His condition is reported as favor . able. . Mr. and Mrs. 'William Downs, Miss Martha Hudson, Mr. James Hall and Miss Edna Pry or formed a party that motored from Fayetteville te Lumberton to attend the American Legion minstrel Friday., ; Miss Elizabeth Peayy home eco nomics teacher in the local schools. ' returned last night from Greensboro- where last week she attended a con ference of the home economics teach ers of the State. l - 4 r-Mrs. J. A. Branch left this morn ing for Charlotte to attend a State meeting of the Baptist Woman's Mis- . sionary societies. Others are expected , to go from here to Charlotte tomor- i row to attend the meeting. Mr., J, P. Russell, chairman of the Lumberton Red Cross chapter, re ceived Friday from Mrs. M. F. Me Arthur of R J2, Rowland, a check for $20 for the Armenians. The check baa been forwarded through the proper channels.' v'- , 1 1- - '. --Messrs. W." L Lhikhavr and Ira. Bullard spent Friday j in Elizabeth . town on business. This was Mr. Link haw's first visit to the Bladen eapi tol in some 20 or more years, ind of ; course-he noted many changes and improvements. He had heard it said that the town hadn't grown any, but he says this is absolutely wrong. V . Mrs. G., R. Hennigar ' and smalt' ' son, G. R. Jr., expect to leave tomor row for their home at Halifax, N. &, Canada, after, spending three months here at the home of Mrs. Hennigar's parents, Mr. and, Mrs. J. A. Barker: Cedar street; They had intended leav ing two weeks earlier, bat were re tained on account , of the illness of Mrs. Hennigar.;?-:.f::'';.';'''V '' SOME SINGULAR FACTS ABOUT BANK OF FAIRMONT ROBBERY Fire Which So Badly Damaged Papers-. and Books Seems, to Have Been Burning for Seme Time Before Ex plosion From Which It Was at First Supposed to Have Started Soma , Definite Annoancement Slay be Made Soon. Conviction seems to be growing in Fairmont that the Bank , of . Fairmont robbery a month ago was not the ' work of a professional bank robber Some singular circumstances . have . been . revealed as 1 investigation has proceeded. Entrance to the vault was affected without in any way damag ing the combination or lock. It is be lieved that it would have been a phy sical impossibility for the fire to haven done so much damage to books and papers between the time of the ex plosion, which roused the town, and the time the fire was extinguished. It. is thought that the fire had been burning for some time before the ex plosion, instead of resulting from the explosion, as at. first thought En trance was not effected, it, , is . now thought, by breaking the front plate glass window, but the window may have been broken by a strong gust of air through the side window through which a man whose window c6mmand- ed a view of the bank saw a man jump almost immediately after he was awakened by the breaking of the glass.. . . . ... - t ;. Bank examiners are working on the papers in an effort to straighten out the tangle and it is expected that some definite ennotnjeement will be made at an .early date. Just what this announcement will be no one seemed to know when a Robesonian repre sentative visited the bank a few days ago, though Dr. J. P. Brown, one of the largest stockholders, seemed con fident that the bank would reopen for business under safeguards that would protect every depositor. '. Minstrel To Be Given In Fairmont Performers in the minstrel present ed here Friday nivrht will -ut same entertainment in the High School auditorium at Fairmont tonight and tne proceeds of the show will go to the athletic fund of the Lnmberton hitrh schooL Th 'Xm.n-foaii TMm r airmom aiso paracipaung in . share.