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J . . J... . ' C3TlTLICim 1878. . CINGLB COPT FIVE CUNTS. CpUNTUT; COD AND TKUTTX. -t V ' 'T ---I ... ."TVit , 12.00 A TXAS. DUE IN ADVAJJC3, VOLUISLm 7 lumbestow, w: err TmjESDAY;APmL27, 1922 Jl r ' if:' i ...II, 1 1 j , . - i . - j j 1 1 vv . l'i.tix-iwi u ; i i mm. mm: -mmmmmmm. iikn : y.L y ' I I I II , . I l ' ' I I ' if' ' I..'-1 E. M. Jbhhcori Lum berton's Ncsd; Mayor omlnte4 la , Tuesday' Primary Over E.' Britt by -Vote 444 to 255 JHeadameAIf. H, McLeod and H. T. ' Pope First . Women Enr 1 Nominated for School Board Elec tion May I to Confiriai NominatioaB. 2ND . PRIMARY FRIDAY FOR COMMISSIONER WARD NO. 4 Mrj,I M. Johnson was nominated for mayor of th town of lumberton in Tuesday's primary, over MrE. M. Britt by a vote 444 to 266.. Mr. M.M. Rozler was . nominated , commissioner from ward No. 2 over Mr. R. W. Williams, the votes beinsr 4128 to 48. A second primary will be necessary! to nominate . a commissioner in wara No. 4 Three men entered the race Messrs. h. C. Townsend, S.. Small and D. B, McNeill.''-Mr. Townsend re ceived 71 votes, Mr. Small 70 and Mr. McNeill 11. The second primary will be held tomorrow. Mesdames Alf H. McLeod and H. T. Pope and Messrs. Jas D. Proctor and P. Gray were nominated for graded school trustees. There were five candidates. The' vote cast for the candidates follows Mrs. McLeod 628, Mrs Pope 489, Mrs. W. W. Parker 218, Mr. Proctor 498, Mr. Gray 479. There was no opposition in the contest for the board of audit and finance, Messrs. Frank Gough, H. M. McAllister and Jho. p. McMil lan being - nominated without opposi tion. Mr. Gough received 454 votes, Mr. McAllister 447 and Mr. McMil lan 448. - myi mm '--'ym. The total vote for .mayor -was 699, the largest vote jever polled In a town primary here. Out of this:nnmber.281 votes were cast by ladies. This was tha firat ttvartt nrim.ro in Whu women participated and it was . the quieteBt ever held in Lumberton. There was no evidence bf .drinking about the polls. - The -town election to ' confirm'- the nominations will be held Monday of next week, May I." GREAT EVENT IN 'HISTORY OF LOCAL ODD FELLOWS LODGE Teams from Wilmington' and ; Fay ettevllle Will Confer Degrees Upon More Than 30 New Members Ban quet at Lorraine Hotel. Perhaps , the greatest event in the hisftry ofVthe Lumberton' I. O. 0. F. lodge will be staged this evening. As was stated in Monday's Robesonian, two out-of-town degree teams one from Wilmington and the other from Fayetteville will confer degrees up on more than 30 new members of the local lodge. Local Oddfellows will give a banquet in honor of the new , mem bers and visiting members of the or ganization at the Lorraine' hotel from 7 to 8 o'clock. The banquet will be followed by a meeting in the lodge hall, where refreshments will he serv ed and degree work put on; . GOVERNOR PAROLES JESSE j. LOCKLEAR OF ROBESON Governor- Morrison ' yesterday pa roled Jesse J. .Locklear, of Robeson county, serving an 18 months' sen tenee on the roads following his con viction lor manufacturing iwhiskey says today's" Raleigh News and Ob server. There ; was -evidence' at the time of the trial that Locklear was not the principal furure. Although ' he' declined to give . in formation tnat wouid lead to the ar rest of; the chief , offender when . he was convicted, he has since ' given valuable information to the . sheriff of tht county and as a result, a noto rious blockader; bas been tried; and convicted. The parole of Locklear was recommended by Judge John H 'Kerr, 1. J .L. . .... ' woo tnea ine esse. MARIETTA ' SCHOOL FINALS Senator Varser Will Deliver Address Picnic Dinner, jMovie and , Ball Game.' f - '"-,. . . ... Correspondence of The Robesonian. Marietta, April. 26.-i-The. annual commencement of the Marietta high school will be. held on Thursday, May 4th. In the morning at 11 . o'clock Senator L. R. Varser will make an address, followed by a picnic dinner on tin grounds. s v ' ..; "i Efforts are being made to secure the historical picture TThe' Lost Colony", to be shown in the afternoon. In case this picture !s not .available some other- educational picture will be substituted. The closing ' feature of the day will be a. match ball game between Marietta and Lakeview. The public is cordially invited. .,- .' ' - J- Centenary School Finals. ' ' ' The closing exercises of Centenary public school will take place Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. .There will be a 'concert on .Tuesday evening and an all-day ; picnic , Wednesday. State Senator L. R.-Varser will de liver the - commencement , address Wednesday at .11. a. m. . , Mr. W W. Carlyle is undergoing treatment at the , Hygea hospital, Richmond, for accessory sinos infec tion. He, went, to Richmond Tuesday night' . : , . v Officers Capture :m ;6McnaiidStffl Fiv Big Davit Brothers and D. M. Cot Jailed on Charge of Blockad X ing Arrested "After, Large SUU vBad Been foand Near Da via Home U No- Resistance Was Offered Bat Gnns: Galore Were' FoondSheriff 5 Lewie .Thinks This Breaks Cp One : of Wersi Whiskey Centers in Conn ty. .' V."- - Six men D. C.f A. M., H. J., E. S. and Lonnie Davis and D; M. Cox all of whom live about 4 miles, south of Fairmont, were arrested Tuesday af ter a large copper whiskey still had been captured in ,a hog pasture near the k Davis home.- The five $ Davises are brothers and not one of them would weigh less than 200 pounds. All six of the men "were placed in Jail soon after-their arrest, c: , ' The still was one of the most up-to-date outfits for onaking ; "good whiskey" ever captured in the coun ty. It was only a short distance from the public road and apparently had been operated there for several months.' It was around ". 100 -yards from the Davis home. Some 300 gal lons of mash and amall ' bottle of whiskey were found about the still. The still was not in operation when the. officers arrived on the scene and the men arrested offered no resist ance, r However, the officers found 4 Winchester rifles- seven shotguns and plenty of ammunition for both m the Davis home. Sheriff R. E- Lewis,1 who headed the posse, had been warned that the raid might be a dangerous one' and he had plenty -of ' officers along to handle the situation in the event of resistance. The posse was composed of the following officers, besides Sheriff Lewis: Deputies A. H. Iff?" S axIv Mler. o, ' 1 JncNetll. Rural Policeman A. R. Sttm"r ?VC'.EtleSr W W. Smith, J;j Smxth J- !?; Carper and J. T. McRainey. The officers expected that the still would be in operation when tney arrived. . Sheriff Lewis thinks that the raid Tuesday broke up one of the worst whiskey centers in the county. There has been complaint for , some time thatf liquor was being : made in that vicinity. -The still was u brought to town and locked up in the county jail, together with the six men arrested. Appeal from Road Sentence All six of the men arrested" were sentenced. to 7 months each ort the roads by Recorder David H. Fuller this afternoon. All gave notice of ap peal , and made bond in the sum of f500 each. Solicitor W. B. Iveyvwas assisted in the prosecution by Mr E. so.. Jonnson, while Mr. W. S. Britt appeared as council for the defend ants 59 DEAD AND MISSING IN FLOOD AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS Property. Loss' Estimated at$l,000,000 City;; Surrounded on Three Sides by Sheet of Water. - Fort . Worth. Tex.. April 26. Con- tinued reports of dead and missing in - the flood . that has gripped Fort Worth forV two days, tonight had brought the list to fifty nine. A check is not yet possible, and verification of the unofficial reports is held. , up wnne tne Hooded areas are searched by. rescuers. Three bodies have been recovered. , The list of injured" remained at 29, according 10 -reports irom the hos pitals. The proptry loss is estimated at 11,000,000. New Orleans, April 26. A section of the Mississippi river levee four miles nortn of Ferriday, Louisiana, in Concordia parish, went out at 4 o clock this afternoon and tonight is flooding that parish and eventually will spread into parts of four other parishes. Catahoula is one of the richest farming sections of Louisiana and it is certain that the loss will reach into hundreds of thousands of dollars. , - .;" The break occurred without warn ing and tonight had widened to 200 leek Several important towns are in the immediate path of the flood waters. No loss, of life had been re ported... ' J HAMLET "AND LUMBERTON v - HIGHS PLAY HERB FRIDAY Losing Team Will Drop Ont of State 'Contest.';: -j; The Lumberton high school base ball club has entered the contest for the State championship. The - first game of the contest will be played on the local gVounds tomorrow between the : Lumberton . and Hamlet high school teams. The game will be call ed at ; 4 p. . m. The team losing the game tomorrow will be eliminated from the contest. . ' ' - SHEPARD DISAPPEARANCE SHROUDED IN MYSTERY STILL Nothing has yet developed to clear! the mystery surrounding the disap pearance of E. R. Shepard of Putner. Gd., whose abandoned automobile was found in a ditch beside the W.-C-A. highway, one mile south of Lumber ton, on Tuesday, April 11.' Local of ficers are. continuing the Investiga tion begun, soon after - the car was found. No. trace of the missing man has yet ,been found, however. -. i . - - - . Parkton Letter J, R.' McCormkk Elected Mayor' and Old Town Board Re-elected4-New ' Street ' Opened Burning Wooda. hij . Jirrort to . Destroy Weevil Uase-baQ-Prospects Good ( for Bumper reach CropCannery .-i Needed ' Personal and Other Items; - By C. D.. Willi mson - , Parkton," April 25 The' election for the town of Parkton, held this evening, resulted as follows: for mavor. J."- B. McCormick; for alder men : I). C Proctor, J." , M. Johnson, T. ; W. Thompson, , W. Gw Britt, : A. 1 F. Hughes. ; . - - . vy!:j'--: Tiw atove list is the, re-election ot the .1921, board. There 'being' no' op position, the election ? was quiet. fit , Mr. L. T.i Peacock and family have moved to our ; town from Bingham, S. C, ana will occupy,, the . Blount residence, formerly occupied by" Mr. Angi Jenerigan., Mr.? Peacoclt Js the new A. C. L. R. R. acrent and to a -all welcome him and his to our, -town. Air. K. . Hutson, our former, agent, has retired from R. R: and will :rtve his time to his extensive . farm And trucking.- ."."'.,.; '-. -ymi:?,i-:ty Mrs. X H. Pate,- James Pate, Miss Verlie Stanton and Mrs: Hall, all of Clio, S."C spent the week-end with Mrs. Fate's daughter and son-in-law, Mr .and Mrs. U P. Johnson.: 't. 'Green street has at last been opened to the public, -end it Ir bne of the 'nicest streets in town, and 'was much' needed. ' ' -. .;. ''. -".-tv Bev. R. L. Munn filled his iregulai appointment . Sunday morning. A very large congregation, and sthe speaker was at his best ? and the closest attention was given: " His theme was. "More power. TarrJr in Jerusulum ; until ye are imbued with power." The speaker, emphasized the need of more spiritual power not more business but a real revival of genuine religion., Time and space will not admit of details,' but for 45 min utes not a dull moment passed. ..J The recent cold weather has taxed the . vegetable kingdom up ' our way, but we hear of little damage done. - There will be none, or but few, whortleberries this ; year rounds here or ; in ' this territory, 'as the people have burnt all the woodland ' trying to burn up the boll weevil ; We think this is the limit, as , sensible people ought to know they can't burn up the boll weevil; but time, will only prove This scribe went over' to Fayette ville Friday evening to enjoy the closing hours of the Cumberland county school commencement, which was held at the opera -house." The lartre crowd of nannV marfo it im. possible to get much of the benefit. I never saw Just such a time.' The exercises were good and the schools represented there , were very ! credit ably represented by those who show ed good training. Cumberland county takes care of its children' every, year bjr giving them , one big day and- by offering numerous -prizes which is appreciated. I - am not vino- that other , counties do not care ' for their Children, but we know more pf Cum berland. . 4.' .." ., Mr.' Flovd TtlniTnt l'a iwnnrfiul (-a have been married Saturday morning. xue marriage was in South Carolina, v I; must mention , some - baseball games reported since our last letter. On last Tuesday Raeford high school team came over for. a game and play ed our boys. . The game was. a good one and of much interest. The locals seemed to get on to their pitcher, Mr. Brown, and while it v of a pitcher's battle between McMil lan ior tne locals and Brown ' for Raeford, yet the locals won, the score 9 to 4.. .' - fi On Friday! at Buckhorn the Wade team came down and played Buck horn and - another '1 hard game was put up, Wade team , being we vicior; score 10 to 8. Last but not least, at Midway on Sntnrrfn V ing St Pauls and Buckhorn played a 4.1- i . f - rvaer one-siaea game; score, Buck horn 11, St. Pauls l; The feature of the crame was th n!tAin -a r Canady for Buckhorn in that he fan ned 21 and allowed only six hits, and could have easily prevented the onlv one run. : ? ' Mr. A. M. Stnbha an'ont tlia nraalr. end at Clid,;S. with relatives. '- The follow in !T tmm im nm w... Rowland visitors on Monday: R. T. tler.W. G. Britt, J. Q, Parnell, vuuiw AJOO, ; - - j . .. ; , The present Drosnect 1 for , hnm. per peach crop and a canning factory is much heeded In this section. Why not some one ret busv'anrf tn it that for this season the cannery will gu-iaw fuw uur.gooa irtena Mr. A A. ; Wright, should be the man to br4? J?," t0 P' nd we helleve he wilL This would reduce the cost of livinir in'-thi mtwtirm ir. J. B. McCormick seems to be in 'the lead with young chickens as he; now reports more than 400, and more setting. -" v Mr. R. M. ToW Mr.. R. B. Hut son and Dr. D. S. Currie are the first trwberries. Let others report :VA freight5 car loaded with cotton jumped the , track beside the Virginia Carolina Southern office building here Tuesday afternoon.. The car fell against the building. Very little dam. age resulted, however . . . ''mmwymmmy ' Stfaul3Mlf& Six Additions to Baptist Church Red Springs Team Defeated-i-New Drag Store Miuie Papih Give , Recital Night of May S Earthquake or Explosioa? Personal and Other Items.- .i-m: V. By Bees G. Johasea V ' St. Pauls," Aprfl 25 We are having lovely weather, altho' it 1s bit cool. Easter seems to have brought us cool weather, as it has been somewhat chilly since, for the time of year es pecially. p-.'vrvv?' y.-ryM-.;: ' Mrs. Mggie Olliver' went down to Marietta Saturday, for a few daya visit among the Olliver relatives. Mrs. Olliver will leave Wednesday, for the mountains where S she - spends" the summer. We hope her trip will be "brim full of pleasure." , K ; The series of. meetings which be gan at" the Baptist church on Sun day, the 16th. conducted by Rev. J. M. PflCo ftiA noatnn will AMf3nA - "(SM mv feowt n iu VVUWUW UUv tonight, and probably, longer, if more interest Js shown. Six have already joined and there will possibly be others 'ere its 'finis." Miss Ethel Cobb, who has been at the Catawba sanatorium, near, Roan oke, Va., came home on Thursday p. m. the 20th. Miss Cobb graduated at this, institution last June. She will be here for a month's vacation, will then go to Charlottsville; Y., where site will take np work in a sanatorium. We hope she will like Charlottsville as well as she haa Catawba, i y. On las Friday afternoon .the Red Springs baseball team came - over tn St. Pauls for a game with the boys here, the score being 2 to 3 in favor of St. Pauls. The high school pupils entertained the team here that night with a "chicken fry" over at Odom's mill. A good time was reported. ' The new drug store opened on last Saturday afternoon: Success to 'em! St Pauls is "coming." We hear some one will open up a jewelry store here in the near future, a building already having been rented for this purpose. What, next?.'. ' '' '!;;M.r The Parents and Teacher's associa tion met yesterday afternoon. This will be the last meeting until next August. A prize was offered at the meeting yesterday afternoon for the room which 'had -the most mothers there. The first grade proved to be the lucky one and was awarded the prize; which was a picture to adorn the walls of the room. : Mrs. E. C. Murrav will leavn thi week for a' few days' visit to her daughter, Mrs. Cooper. Mrs. Murray will attend the Federation convention at Greensboro 'ere her return to St Pauls. ! . -' ' Little Miss Mvrtle Peonlex. who han been snendine soma tim with rela tives at Winston-Salem, is back at air. lACKeyt again, where she and her father, who, is a cousin bf Mr. T.l . uocxey, mace their home. f Miss Ollie May Mclnnis, who has been visiting her uncle Mr. Locke Mclnnis. returned to her hnm in T.b- mar, S. C, Monday a. m. Miss Sallie nugnes ana tne little Mclnnis "twins xiugnes ana me mue mcmnis "twins", ynpon, aiessrs. victor Hayes, H. accompanied Miss Mclnnis home and'0- Tucker, Clifford Stubbs, Max will spend, a few days. , - .Weinstein, Floyd and Bryant the last Mr. W. A. Nuttinc nl tnottior Mrs. Shaw, and little Miss Elizabeth spent last Saturday in Fayetteville. Mrs. R. G. Rozier was also in Fay etieviue on jast Saturday. aa kjoiuiiuijf. j jiie hwku oi. me lujfii'- in iiie laio AagR JaVlS school faculty spent ;the week-end '0ver 300 gallons of beer were turn with home people over in Lumberton, 'fd out and a small quantity of whis returning to St Pauls yesterday. f7 wa held for .evidence. Several Mrs. Rozier substituted for her dur- the Davis boys and another white ing her absence Monday. , jman were arrested and carried to The music pupils will give their re-, Lumberton, where they were placed cital on ; the 1st Friday evening jn ,n Jail- One of the prisoners made May, wheihu will be the 5th. Only 2Dond later and was released, more weeks of school, it seems, af-' ter this one leaves us. The commence-1 RAT CAMPAIGN GOES MERRILY ment and vacation and then for the ON.. BOYS ARE WIDE AWAKR Mr. and Mrs. D. S. McEachern and 1 fliiss .tnei uodd motored over to Fayetteville last Friday afternoon to was on her way home from .Sanford, where she had been the past 2 weeks. Mrs. McEachern reported her aunt Miss . Jennie Wicker convalescing nicely. ' " t We notice Mr. Turnage is out again, aiso nr. J. tsrewne fJvans. Mr. Evans u.uwL.s, uuuu. uu uiikkiy i xxieuuB. are since his atfastr tf nnonmnnin amv mi. . DrvwflR cvans. air. r.Yans"r "" rata we can mil and and family enjoyed dinner at -hisiS1186 rom Lumberton before Mav - Al ft . W. . . 1 At. T 1 . . . . k;. Z : "forth h;rV.n. 1 j . , v Miss Josephine Evans returned last Tuesday to Greensboro, instead of En field,' as we mentioned- in our Jast week's letter. Miss Evans will do city welfare work this time. Her numer ous friends hope she will like her work at Greensboro. Mrs. W; R. McKenzie returned this week to her home in Sampson, after a few days' visit to her sister Mrs. Roxanna -McMillan, who resides on Armfield street . , . .;. y Mrs. Margaret A- Johnson and nephew,' Mr. L, A. McGeachy, went over to Lumberton last SnnH noon to see Mrs.' Johnson's daughter, Miss Mary u Johnson, who had been ill the past week.' Found her very much Improved, j-, . ' ;.. ' Miss Aileen Bennett, who .has been teaching in the Massey Hill school in Fayetteville, is home, her school hav ing closed Jast week. The teachers and students who . have been away ' I (Continued from page four) , Fairmont Ntiws Wilmington and Fairmont Highs I Uy f at Fairmont FridayH. L,' Steph ;. ens Renominated for Mayor Other Resalta of Town PrfnarvJJttm id t Alleged Blockader Captared Se- cial and Personal. , r; Bf H,' V Brawa Fairmont Anril 2flth Tt. f?nl meeting of the Sidney Lanier Book Cmh wu ; heiA - Mntv f... at the home of Mrs. a E. Grantham, sne anq jatss Urn Kemp hostesses, Durinff the meting cHnfc mur. w.we "lbJLMr- & AJ Floyd and mra. u. tu west, which were very Interesting and instructive. After .the business of the meeting wna inmnl.f. ed, Mrs, CL H West, after; several appropriate remarks, turned over the gavel to Mrs. O. I. VUvA vtA previously elected president of the uo ior tne next year. It la well known that this, year has been a most successful and instructive year with the members, and the officers elected for the coming year look forward to a greater and larger club. Refresh ments Including - salads, ice tea, sal tines and olives, followed by straw berry shortcake and favors contain ing salted almond. rvmA a pheasant interruption was next when Master Clayton ; Brica, . "express delivervman". called t ' thm muH.. and ' presented several large packages to Miss Viola Boone, bride-elect These packages contained many use ful and beautiful nHfta mi. and Mr. F, F. Thompson will be mar- eu m wane, several invited guests were present at this final meeting. - -According .to reports, :s Fairmont nign scnooi lads wUl battle with Wil mington highs here Friday afternoon. The local lads have had a very suc cessful season and much' interest Is being taken in this game as it will figure larralv nlatliraiir a eik 95olin Championship of High Resalta at Tavh P.im.. ........ The town primary which was held here yesterday showed the following '""wi or mayor: u Stephens, Who has Served for tha namt .- who is reputed to be the youngest mayor in North Carolina He had no opposition. The vot f fn i,t- - " . v. wuct - ?2S5 W ollow HU MitChen, v. aicuaniel, 155; Isham Pittman 137; E. G.Floyd, 85; ,W. A. Griffin 85: W. R Tairin ?o. a t McDaniel, 68; W.. M. Shockett, 33. In me case oi ju. u. Floyd and W. A. Griffin, Mr. Flovd stated lat niht that he had withdrawn in favor of mr. unriin Mr. Floyd served last year on the board. , A party and dance were held last night in the hall over Grantham & Co., given by Mrs. H. Weinstein in honor of her guests Misses Bessie and Ida Feldman of Ahoskie. 1 The hall was beautifully decorated in iiowers and ferns and delightful re freshments were served: Among those who enjoyed the social affair were: Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pittman, Misses Bessie Whitley,- Benlaji High,- Amic and Katharine Jones, Mrs. C. A. xnompson, Messrs. Victor Hayes. H. three named of Lumberton. Whiskey Still Raided 1 An illicit whiskey still was cap tured yesterday by Sheriff Lewia and r-v.o icw nines souin ox hen 7' --'- unies souin ox here Correspondence of The. Robesonian. caugnt tnree rats last night" was the first word of greeting from a youngster on the street today. The m', -,,- wiae awaKe onthe subject of killing rats and it is hoped that every child in the town is going to puS Ahis work M his power until May 10th. Don't let anybody get ahead, let everybody work and just --""v- tin jirtxes are m- for the highest number and on down. Bring in the rat tails. MARTHA FLAX ANDREWS, nome .vemonstration Agent Robeson Soldier Among War Victims Buried Today. Washington, April 26-The War Department announced today that bodies of the following - ex-service men will be buried at Arlington ceme tery tomorrow afternoon. Private TTanrv Ron- x sinv fantry, next of kin, Adolphus Barr, uwubo no. ttea springs; Private ITS L. .SatterfiaM Cr A iov i ivoui ill- fanby, next of kin, Green W. Satter field, Bruce. TT- j Mrs. Stinson Powell underwent an operation at the Baker sanatorium this morning. Her condition is re ported as favorable. . Misses Florence and . Mary E. McNeill of .R.-; 6, Lomberton. are among the visitors in town today.. " i mrm COTTON 11ARXET , m Midling cotton today 1 6-8 centa the pound. . BRIEF ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS -The condition of Mr, M. G. Me Kenale, who has been confined to his room for several days, is reported as somewhat Improved today. Regular meeting of Lumbee tent No. 18, Maccabees, Friday evening at 8 o'clock. All member are urged to be present, as some important mat ters will be considered., - r List-takers from the various townships held a conference ; with County Attorney E. J. Britt here yes terday. Plans for liitin nronrrv fm taxation for the year 1922 were out- iineo oy r, tsmt. , -Prof. J. R. Poole, county superin tendent of Schools. Went VtttmliT tn Goldiboro to attend a meeting of tha sonuieastern mvtsion ox county super intendents. Prof. Poole la Tir.nrii- dent of the organisation. . Mr. J. Clinton Norment returned Monday night from a ten-weeks' trip urougn tne mil. tie visited several points of interest while away. Though, he had fine trip, Clinton admits that he was pleased to get back to his home town Lum berton. -r-Mr; a R. Lowe will address Lumberton citizens at the municipal building ' tomorrow (Friday) evening at 8 o'cldck. The address Is termed "A Business Talk to Business Men". Mr. Lowe will speak here under the auspices of the local Chamber of Com merce. , ' Messrs., H. M. McAllister, K. M. Barnes and M. F. Cobb of Lumber ton, Ralph Boring of Elizabethtown, J. F. Johnson of Fairmont and G. W. Covington of McDonald left Lumber ton this ; afternoon for Pinehurst to attend the meeting of the State Bank er's association, which opened there yesterday. They made the trip in Mr. McAllister's auto. . ' c . w : t: , 'f, . Mrs. H. M. McAllister and two children, H. M. Jr. and Jean, wiB go this evening to Monroe to attend the marriaire of Mis ' Jean Aihmft nt Monroe and Mr. W. O. Huske of Fay- euevuie. me marriage takes place Saturday evening of this week. The bride-to-be has visited Lumberton seyeral times and has many friends here. Mr.' McAllister ; will probably go to Monroe Saturday to attend the wedding.- vy-VV; y'-:).x. t . A young white man who gave his name as Edward C Hundley was ar rested here Tuesday night on the charge of hoboimr Seaboard train Nn 20, which arrives here at 10:04 o. m. He was given a bearing before Assistant Recorder L. J. Britt yes terday, prayer for iudnrnmt lv!n continued upon 'i condition that the de- lenaant leave v town j at once. The young man related hard-luck story and said his home or a in tha Qtato of Michigan? ' : . . -i i-nenas-ot Kev. and Mrj. W. D. Combs will be interested to learn that Mr. Combs has ttecented a call to tha Christian Alliance church at Oneida, N. Y, Sundav. Anril 23n1 . him first day with that church. Friends will also be interested to learn that a son was 1 born to Mr. and Mrs- Combs on Saturday, April 22nd. Mr. and, Mrs. Combs, formerly lived here Mr. Combs beimr cantor nf tha !nul Tabernacle for a number of years, and they have many friends here. rortraits ox Generals Lee and Jackson, also a Knrth rarnlin. la. will be presented to the Lumberton nign school by the Robeson chapter, U. D. C. tomorrow morninv mt O o'clock. The, portraits and flag wUI be presented by Mrs, L. T. Townsend and accepted on behalf of the school by Supt W. H. Cale. Little Miss Sue ; Blount Shaw and Mui nrnii.m Norment Parmele will unveil the portraits and flag. The public is in vited to attend the exercises in con nection with the unveilinir and nre- sentation. w MAYOR WHITE TO CITI ZENS OF LUMBERTON April 26,27 and 28 Set Apart as Clean-Up Days, I have Set apart " Wednesday, Thursday and, Friday, April 26th, 27th and 28th for a special clean ing up of our town. It is desired by the town officials that the citizens cooperate with us to the fullest extent in this work to the end that we may keep Lum berton one of the' cleanest towns in the state. Please rake np all tin- cans, rub bish, waste paper, and all other trash and place same on the edge of the street in boxes or other re ceptacles in order that the trash tracks may take it away without delay. .. . ,- - ; We would also suggest that all weeds be cut and piled out with the other trash so it can be hauled away. . Vacant; lota should be thoroughly cleaned off; by so do ing you will destroy very many bad breeding places for mosquitoes. ' Let both white and colored co operate in the fullest extent in this mattes.. ' -. A. E. WHITE,. ,"l 'v'. Mayor. -? ;..'?v Xm -vv -v;.jm:' .V. N - '-.. ' . . .' -
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