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More Cdndidtci -For
Local Offices
:
Mr. E. M. Johnson is Newest Candi
date for Mayor Mayor White Says
He Will Not Offer L. C. Townsend
' and D. B. McNeill Out for I Com
missioner from .Ward 4 and "Squire
. Small May Of f er. yjir'i
And they continue - to "come out
Mr. EJM. Johnson has: entered Jthe
race for-mayor, making, two candi
dates already n the field for that
office.' As was ; stated in Monday's
Robesonian, Mr. E. M. Britt. has, en
tered the race for mayor. Messrs. L.
C. Townsend and D:H. McNeill are
candidates for commissioner . from'
ward No. 4 "to succeed Mr.
E. M.7 Johnson, i. present commis.
sioner from that ward. , Mayor A. E.
White says he will not offer for re
election and 'Squire S, S. Small, who
had considered making the race for
mayor, says he decided not' to-offer
for that office, but that there is ,,a
probability of his entering the race
for commissioner ,. from ward No. 4.
No new candidates have entered the
race for commissioner from f ward
No.' 2 sinte those mentioned in Mon
day's Robesonian. Those who have en
tered the race In that ward f are
Messrs. M. M. Rozier, A. P. Caldwell,
R. W. Williams and P. Grover Britt.
Evander Parker Most Pay Ed .Wil
loughby's Hospital Bill Road
Sentences ' for Robbing Shoe Shop
and Receiving Stolen Goods Other
Cases. A ' :'.:' - ;: vi::'-. V '
Quite a number of cases have been
"aired" before Recorder David H.
Fuller this week. '' :
Jack Duckery, : colored, larceny of
two pairs of shoes from Mr, W. H.
Edwards' shoe shop; 4 months on
the roads. Duckery was l. bound , oyer
to Superior court on the ; charge 1 of
breaking into Mr. " Edwards shop.
Clifton Hamilton, colored; , receiving
stolen goods, knowing them to have
been stolgn; SO days on Jhe -roads.
Hamilton was arrested in. connection
with the robbery of the Edwards shoe
John Brigmany killing hound dog
belonging to J. PT; Ivey; not guilty. ,
Spurgeon, Lester and Silas Martin,
assault upon Lee Humphrey, colored
judgment suspended upon payment of
COSt. -v ,. ;
Lee Humphrey, colored, attempt at
robbery. The defendant, plead guilty
of trespass, this being accepted by
the State; judgment suspended upon
payment of cost. - '
Lee Allen, driving auto in town'of
and cost. Allen gave notice of appeal
and made bond in the sum of $200.
M.- S. Hunt, Indian, v trespass, nbl
prossed. ' :. vmS 't vJr
Jake Davis, drunk and disorderly
on the public highway; not guilty. ,
Evander Parker,' three charges
drunk and disorderly on the: public
highway, carrying concealed weapons
and assault with deadly weapon upon
Ed Willoughby. Judgment was sus
pended upon payment, of cost in the
first case, the defendant was fined
$50 for carrying concealed weapons,
while the charge of assault was drop
ped upon condition that the- defend
ant pay the hospital bill of Willough
by. As was stated in The Robesonian
at the time, Willoughby was shot and
dangerously wounded by Parker sev
eral weeks ago.-.
Liberty High School Will be Erected
at Midway. .
The county board of education met
in special session here yesterday for
the purpose of selecting .a site for
the. new high school building in liber
ty district. It. was decided to erect
the building at Midway church. Ma
terial is already being assembled for
the erection of $25,000. building, bonds
haying been voted . and sold lor fi
nancing the work.
Mayor White Appoints Delegates to
Drainage Convention.
Mayor A. E. White has appointed
the following .as delegates from
Lumberton to the, twelth annual
drainage convention -.to be J held at
Goldsboro April 28 and 29: Messrs.
H. M. McAllister, O..Q. Dukes, J. A.
Sharpe, R. ,H. Crichton and, A. ;T.
McLean. '" . ,' ' -';': 'k
The meeting will deal with the re
clamation of swamp and over-flowed
lands. , J .;V. 'A'- .
Work Began on New Road.-
Work has been begun on the, new
road recently Authorized - by i the
county road "board, 'leading (from
east Seventh street. to the Josh Barnes
plantation, a distance of a little more
than one mile. The ' work fa being
done by members of the chain gang
force. V w:v.;i,y-,-j
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVEN
TION BE HELD HERE SATURDAY
Tfii Republican "county convention
will be held here - Saturday- of, .this
week at 12 o'clock. Delegates to the
State convention will be named at 'this
meeting. ?l:'r:-l
Dr. N. A. Thompson will v tell
"Why We have Hospitals' at the
rhanel exercises at the high school
auditorium tomorrow, (Friday) morn
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Old-Time Revival
. Season Last Night
Large Crowd Mightily Moved by Air.
t Shore's Sermon at Chestnut Street
Methodist Last Night-Many Went
Forward Special Service for Qui
j dren at 4 O'clock This Afternoon.
SERIES OF MEETINGS WILL
. 'CLOSE TOMORROW EVENING
The series of meetings that has
been in , progress- at Chestnut ' Street
Methodist church since a week ago
last night , will close with the service
tomorrow evening. Services , will be
held tonight and tomorrow night,
song service beginning at 7:45,' ser
mon at 8, and tomorrow at 10 a. m.
A special : service for children this
afternoon' at 4.
' With palpable earnestness,", with
profound conviction: that tremendous
issues hung upon that hour, nd with
burning zeal for the salvation of dy
ing men, Presiding Elder J. H, Shore
last night at Chestnut Street Metho
dist church .delivered a message that
mightily moyed the congregation,
which overflowed from the main audi
torium and half ,' filled the' Sunday
school room. - The people heard with
an .earnestness -that matched that of
the nreacher. who effaced himself so
eifectualjythat only the Christ heiC HUU
pTesentfetiFheTtf
hearersr When three- invitations were
the congregation pressed forward. It!
was an old-time revival season. Both
saint and sinner felt that it was good;
to be there.
Last night's was the largest con
gregation that has attended any ser
vice since the meeting began. The!
attendance has. increased at every
evening service and the morning at
tendance at 10 o'clock has been
feratifyingly large.
'Kev; A. s.-rarker or Cisco is lead
ing the singing which he makes a
delightful - and . Inspiring feature of
every service, especially at night, a
solo being an appropriate prelude to
the evening sermon.
' .The Way to Heaven
Mrr Shore's subject last night was
"The Way to Heaven; M$ text, John
10:9: . .. v ' ,
"I am the door: by me if any man
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall
go in and out and find pasture."
Mr. Shore makes some startling
statements sometimes. When he
started last night by saying he was
going to talk about something more
important than heaven his congrega
tion severally and collectively cocked
a keptical eye at him; but when he
said that was "the wayto heaven"
the r flickerljf doubt -disappeared. His1
text, he said, contains five essential
elements of salvation; the ,way, the:
sub jecV'the time the nature, and how
to keep saved. ' : ' , !
-; 1 . : ; Morality'
He worked out his sermon along
those lines. He showed the utter folly
and presumption of depending upon
any other way but Christ. The man
who depends upon morality to save
him tells God He made a colossal
blunder when he permitted Jesus to
be sacrificed. Such men are prone to
measure themselves, he said, by some
religious dwarf, some religious hobo'
and weakling. "If you are going to
measure yourself by somebody," he
said, "you ought to have self-respect
enough to pick out a real man or a
real woman. It is a presumptibus in
sult to fling into the face of God that
you know a better way-to be saved
than He provided."
: '. , ': .... Education :"
Some men profess to believe that
education is the way. It isn't said the
preacher. In a college town recently
he said he -saw girls from all over the
State, half dressed, with paint daub
ed all over their faces. He does not
"think there is much difference ' be
tween that and the Hottentot who
. . . . i ..t.?i
(Duts a rinar in ner nose ana mints
shp is dressed ud.
"I can take a 20c picture snow and
put . Shakespeare out of business? ill
any town", declared the preacher.
Sixty-five per . cent of the answers
received from university professors
in a recent questionnaire denied the
virgin birth of Christ. He quoted Sam
Jones, who he said was tne greatest
evanarelist of the last hall-century,
wno , said that he'd rather his "boy
would learn his abe'a in heaven than
read ! Greek ' and Latin in heU. Not
that- he'waB defending ignorance, but
that he waa exposing the folly of .de-
pending upon education for salvation.;
AH Ago ei oiuuuw wwiivuvu ;
This is an age. of shallow convic
tion as to the facta tf ain, salvation
and God. People say you can't expect
emotion now, but they confine the lack
to ; religion they holler just as loud
on .a baseball , ground as ever. M ;
k. Subjects, Time. ' . . .
If anv man." That, is as kmg as
around the world and through it. The
time is now. People talk about' "dying
amice": they fence off a little, purga
tory of their own and think that some
how they will be .given grace on tneir
dying bed to go shouting home to
glory. ."Dying grace is not mentioned
m the BUle, "Get living grace and
you don't need to bother about dying
grtce.-'-.----;-' v :f- ::-tr";-:
Three propositions made at the
close : of i the ' sermon ' reached every
, ' (Continoed on page four.)
Old Polly ;
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-News Letter
t l' Reported for The Robesonian.
Flu. is Still Raging and There is Talk 0beisn county .high school -base-
of Closing Churches and Schoels bail season' opened this week. Yes
y Old Maid's Convention Raised $50 terday Lumberton and Rowland play-
Mr. Archie Currie of Lumber -
Bridge Passes Personal Mention, j
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
St. Pauls, March 28. We have, an
other rainy a. m.,before us it seems,"
but.it cannot stay pretty always, -of
Course. So let's make' the best of it
we can, for "after the rain, comes
the dear old sunshine", you know.
The flu is still raging in our little
town. There is some talk of closing
up the churches . and schools , and dis
pensing -with all- public i gatherings.
We notice this is being done in other
towns where ; this, epidemic i abouads
and is the best and surest way of
course, to prevent . spreading
epidemic. We see some of the sehool
kids' going by on ther way to school
today, however, so perhaps they will
try to carry on the schools a while
longer.
Mr. J. Browne Evans seems to be
having a pretty severe type of flu,
as he is still '.under . the weather.
Messrs.- Jas.. Johnson," Shubert and
Sam Davis are on the improve. Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Johnson, Mrs. Mag
gie Olliver, Mrs: Stewart McGpogan
and V2 kittle totsV have ; all become
victims of influenza during. the past
week, and yesterday a. m. we learned
Mrs. Neil! A. McEachern was ill with
it. We hope all will be well 'ere so
very long and that the flu will soon
take its flight, as quitely as it came.
Mrs. Marion McNeill of Laurin-
burg came cer Friday night and will
spend this week with her home peo
ple in the Northrop home here.
Miss Bess Nash -of Sumter, S. C,
came over for the week-end. Her
mother, who has been a guest in the
home of her son, Dr. J. F. Nash, for
several days, was to return with Miss
Nash. -
Mrs. Paul Montague and baby daugh
ter. Nii$, came over from Winston.
Salem last Thursday and will spend
some time with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Davis, of our town. Mr.
and Mrs. Davis have moved into their
new home since Mrs. Montague's last
visit to St. Paula. , ;
-The proceeds realized from the old
maids convention on last Thursdav
evening amounted to. about $50, which
will be divided equally between the
Woman's club and the U. D. C. This
epidemic of influenza no doubt kept
several from attending. We heard
some had asked for it to be given
over again here, and also that there
was talk of carrying it to some of the
neighboring towns in the near future
Perhaps this will be done when the
flu. subsides a little.
? Dr. and Mrs. Claud T. Poole are
"all smiles". A baby daughter arrived
on tne Z4th.
;Mr. Locke Mclnnis " went over to
Kocxiisn last week to see bin noonl
Upon' his larrival found his mother,
who is an aged lady ill ith influen
za, also his brother and sister-in-law,
Jar. and Mrs. Arthur Mclnnis. So it
seems to be elsewhere a U Sf
Pfols.' A letter recently from a friend
at ,Shannon said 1 they: had several
eases ox the epidemic also In their
Mf. W. AI Nuttinir haa haA rhr-ro
of Mr. Sam Epstein's store the past
few weeks.1;. Mr. Nutting seems to
take ail interest in his work and makes
a hustling young elerk. - - - ;
- . - Death f TTv A
x - . u.u vuiiir
i NeWS .reached hern. Srmftav mnm.
Ing of the death of Mr. Archie Cur
rie or Lumber Bridge, who died in
tie early part of the a. m. aometfm.
Mr.' Currie's health, it seems, has
been bad for some time. He developed
pneumonia3 Saturday1 night, however,
and did not linger but k few hours.
The funeral and burial were at Lum
ber Bridge at 5 o'clock Sunday after-
noon. Several from - here Attended.
Hasn't ; Any, Spring Fever
Lsmfcirton refected Kciriand in First
ed their first game on the Rowland
diamond. It was a close and exciting
game. Both teams were very evenly
balanced and showed good practice.
The game resulted in the finat6core
of 3 to 2 in favor of Lumberton.
Batteries: Rowland, Brake and
Adams: Lumberton, Bryan and Kel
ly v.-
Two Arms Conference Treaties Rati
fied by Senate.;. 4-
Washington, March 29. The , two
arms conference treaties limiting the
nafits "-fs the great powers and restricting-
the - use ; of submarines and
poison ; gas were ratified in a land-
anytsljde of approbation today by the
senate.
To the naval limitation covenant.
declaring a naval buildmor holiday
and fixing a ratio of capital ship
strength for the United States, Great
Britain, Japan, France and Italy, the
senate crave its final assent bv a vote
of ?4 to 1, and then almost without
debate it accepted 71 to nothing the
pact designed to prevent submarine
operations against merchantmen and
to outlaw, chemical warfare altogeth
er. No amendments or reservations
were proposed to either.
Washington. March "29. Miss Ion
Kitchin, daughter of Representative
and Mrs. Claude Kitchin, died here Deen enroneo ano omciais oi tne or
today after a lingering illness. The ganization express hope of obtaining
body will be taken tomorrow morning I tne name of every man, woman and
to Scotland Neck, N. C, where it will child in t"8 neighborhood, to help
be buried from the Kitchin residence
Friday morning.
Among those who were so fortunate
were Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McGeaehv.
Messrs. A. R. McEachern. Neill Mc
Eachern and Locke Mclnnis. Mr. Cur
rie was 82 years of age and a twin
brother, of Mr. Edd Currie of Lum
ber Bridge, who survives.
Mr. Joe Butler and his bride cot
in on Monday the 20th. For the pre
sent they will reside with the groom's
parents, Mr. and Mrs.' J. M. Butler,
on Blue street. A reception will be
given tonight in their honor, the in
vitations reading as follows:
Mesdames Lancaster. Bennett
Thagard and Little reouest thn hnnnr
of your presence at the rwpnKnn
your presence at the retention
given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. W.J.
Butler, at the home of Mrs. D. B.
Lancaster, Tuesday evenine . Mawh
28, eight to ten o'clock."
Mrs. J. M. Wicker of Sanfnrrt tin.
on learning of her daughter, Mrs N.
JMCjacnern, illness following an
attack of influenza, 'phoned this a.
m. she would arrive in St. Pauls this
afternoon. .
We doht believe "he" wnnM At
60 milesto buy a "hat" It must be1
a "mate" he is hunting, instead. Bet-
4 ee? n on tht "Sampsonite."
Mwdames, D. S. McEachern and
Marion McNeill spent a few hours in
numoerton - yesterday afternoon. "
we i hear of several more cases of
flu, Dr.. and Mrs.-L; L' Grantham,
who.Iive on Armfield street, are ilL
Mrs, Cary Powers has also been real
sick since Monday, and we heard Mr.
Te"7' Mrs. W. . Albert Inman
Pwbably others -were influenza
victims. ; We hope for them all a
speedy recovery. s
mrM,Mar McLan nd mother,
Mrs. Willie McLean, who live just
5of, i0Wn went ont near Rennert
Saturday p. m. to coo irM urr .
sister-Miss . Annie , Harrell, who is
A lSfTTItll fll w
to Fayettevill
rtrvr ams went over
of Mr. Tom Watson, who fell dead
on the , streets there Monday. He was
a Mason, , number of the Masons,
including, Mr. G. T. Fisher and othm
fron he" ttended the foneraL
of Calhoun Highway Assn. Active
Minstrel Jokes Rather Risque
Three Brick' Buildings Going Up
Other Items.
By H. V. Brown
Fairmont. March 29. At a meeting
of the Sidney Lanier Book Club held
yesterday at the home of Mrs. Chas.
D. Baker. North Main street, officers
for the ensuing fiscal year were duly
elected, these being Mm. 0. L Floyd,
presiueni, ansa .jfiic nuitj, tw
president; MissLela Floyd, secretary,
and Mrs. , Mavme Pittman, reporter.
The club meetings , have been very
interesting' and educational,' as is evi
denced by the large number of mem
bers and well, attended meetings. At
this meeting yesterdays ' Mesdaes
ChaS. D .Baker nnd W. R. Tayloi-rere
hostesses and at the conclusion of
the meeting served refreshments con
sisting of salads and ice tea, followed
by an ice course. The program fo?
the meeting included papers by Mrs.
W. T. Sledge, the leader, "From
Syria to America", Miss Boone,
"From Denmark to America", Miss
Currie, "from Russia to America."
A very enthusiastic meeting of the
local club of , the .; Calhoun Highway
association was held, here last night
in the Jones building. Though - very
few members were . present the in
terest taken in the meeting made it a
successful one. A committee was ap
pointed to solicit members and with
a goal of 1000. According to reports
tnia morning several members have
n the betterment of the community
and special purposes as outlined by
the Calhoun Highway association.
Influenza Still Razinc
Influenza seems to be still raging
and perhaps higher than for some
time. Several of the townspeople have
been confined to their homes and one
physician has stated that he had ap
proximately 100 cases on hand at
present Baltimore school was threat
ened several times of having to close,
but on account of its early commence
ment it was decided to finish.
Death of Mrs. Caroline Lewis.
Many friends and relatives were
saddened to learn of the death of
Mrs. Caroline Lewis, widow of the
late Pink Lewis. The final summons
came Fridav. March 24th. nA intar.
I ment was made m tha nM Aahnnla
cemetery. The funeral was preached
in the Baptist church here. Rev. Mr.
Miller conducting the services. A
large crowd attended. Deceased was
80 years of age. ; ' ,r.-.-
Minstrel Considered Good. :
The Green's minstrel of Lumberton
played to a packed house Monday
night, and while the jokes were more
or less tainted the show was consider
ed good. "Deen C" Green wax es
pecially good, and Moore acted like
a "regular". The entire cast played
their parte well. It was first adver
tised here that the. American Legion
of Lumberton was putting the play
on under the auspices of the local
post of the Leirion. but duo to fti ma
misunderstanding the poster andad-
renuemenis were changed to Green's
minstrels.
, ; Miss Annie Lee McDaniel of Har
mony spent last weekend with trimA
and relatives here. She was accom
panied by - her friend Miss v Bill
Cornelius, who is" a teseher in the
same school with Miss McDanieL '
Mr. Worth Williamson of Parkton
has accepted a position with Granth.
am & Co. as registered druggist and
assumed his duties last week. Mr. Wil
liamson has been with Grantham
Brothers at St. Pauls for sometime.
- Mr. W. C Walters of Barnesville
was a business visitor .here Tueadav.
Mr. J. P. Price of ProetorvHIe was
business visitor here Tuesday.
' New Buildinr .. ;
' The three brick buildings 'being
I COTTON MARKET '
i. " . . smmama
Middling cotton Is quoted on the
local market today at IS 3-4 cents the
pound.1 - .
BRIEF ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS
Bom, Tuesday morning to Dr.
and Mrs. R. S. Beam, a son. - .
Mr. Ed Bass of B. Z, Lumberton,
is erecting a 7-room residence on a
lot which he owns on North Walnut
street. -
Mrs. W. O. Thompson left Moo
day evening for Apex to be with her
mother, Mrs. H; T. Beasley, who is
seriously ilL
Mr. Marcus Smith of SU Paul
was a Lumberton visitor this morn
ing. Mr. Smith la a candidate for re
:order of the St' Pauls district.
Mr. Joe Freeman, who 1 recently
underwent an operation for appendi
citis at ' the ? Baker sanatorium, was
able to return to his home on East
Fifth street Monday afternoon. .
Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Andrews and
son, Knox Andrews, all hare been
confined to their home with influenza.
All have improved and Mr. Andrews
was able to be at his store yester
day. . .
-Edmund Earl, 2 1-2-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Britt, dislo
cated his right arm at . the elbow
early Tuesday "morning when he fell
out of a chair at 'the Britt home on
tM..aew.aix..and . agam&t :ihi7.xence
in front of i Mr. SA. W, McLean's
home, Chestnut street, Tuesday night
The fence was knocked down. It has
not . been- learned who 'was driving
the' car. - . , .. l- tl U': ' : r-.-
Work was begun yesterday on
tearing down the old McNeill house
on West fifth street, on the lot own
ed by The X Robesonian. The building
' m . W . . w . . w . ww .a
mtnM i,A m nu i
was soia to tnv. 4. :, n.; nayswooau
the COnslnietion of a dormitory at hi
school. ' r 1 "
A Ford 'coupe driven by young
lady from Raeford struck a Chevro
let owned by DrJ T. F. Costner while .
it was standing on Elm street fas
front of the North State Drug Co.
late Monday afternoon, k Both - car
werg .somewhat1 damaged, though the
driver" escaped unhurt. J.,
Mr. G. Badger McLeod returned
Monday night from Rosemary, where
he went Sunday, making the trip by
auto.-. He was accompanied home by
his brother-in-law and, sister, Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Nash, and their F small .
daughter, Roberta Kate. Mr. - Nash,
left Tuesday evening for Rosemary,
while Mrs. Nash and little daughter
wiu spvim . some tune uvrv vuiung
relatives. - , . r -
The town commissioners will be
asked to issue bonds for paving the
sidewalk on the east side of Cedar
street from Second to Eighth streets. '
The required number of ; property
owners have signed a petition to em- ,
power the board to issue the bonds to
take care of the paving. People own
ing property abutting the sidewalk
will have to bear, the cost of the work,"
being allowed ten years to retire the
bonds.' ; ;: '
erected on Center street by Mr. A.
S. Thompson are practically complet
ed. At first it was mentioned .thai
the buildings would be one-story, but
one of them will be two-story, - work
being done to that end Tuesday. The
new building of Mr. Furman Floyd's
on Main , street is practically ready
for, occupancy. The foundation of the
new building to be erected by Mr. Jas.
Pittman has been begun. These build
ings are being erected on the corner
of Main and Iona streets.
' That editorial in Tuesday's Morning
, II, , a! V !.!
Star (Wilmington) didn't state
, whether or not Fairmont, St Pauls,
Bladenboro, Chadbourn and Wallace
were considered the "Big Five" or
the "Commg Big Five", but anyway
Fairmont appreciates this article and
the people in general believe now
that the editor of the Star is a man
that knows a good thing . when he
sees it.
Red Springs high' school, accord
ing to a schedule printed in a recent
issue of the Maxton "Scottish Chief,
was to have played Fairmont hieh
school here Tuesday but failed
to show up. It has been learned that
they (Red Springs) do not care to
participate in the games' of the high
school league, and a new "schedule
will have to be' arranged. The local
lads have formed a very ' good club
and expect to give the other high
schools of the county a tight race for
the championship.
A near-serious accident ocxtrred on
North Main street Tuesday when two
Fords, both belonging to Mr. H. G.
Stubbs, had a head-on collision. One
of the occupants of one car - was
thrown out but uninjured. Just what
caused the accident has not been
learned.
' Mr. Frank McMillan of Lumberton
was a business visitor here Tuesday.
Messrs. W. K. Taylor and E. J.
Pittman were Lumberton visitors
Tuesday.
0
Mr. A. J. Holmes was advised
after his ad appearing in today's
paper was printed that Mr. Paul
A. Stewart, eye specialist, could
not be at the Holmes store Mon-
day of next week, owing to ill
ness in his family.
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