tils zouzzoiwls, LunmiciT, ncnn cjlcolxzta. touzcday, uat is, iC2x
PAGS ax
::."7---. ..-L-- .LL--M,1 1""lJ TOLAKSV1LL.K IWItS
Rugs, Stoves and Talking Machines!,
SEE US FOR FURNITURE, ,
D. G. BEST & SON,
Lumberton, N. C;
LET ME SAVE YOU 'MONEY
on your Dry Goods, Shoes, Groceries, Farm
ing Implements, Brick, Tobacco Barn Flues,
etc
I. H. WARWICK,
ORRUM, NORTH CAROLINA
FARM LOANS
We have unlimited money to lend on improv
ed Farm Lands in Robeson, Bladen, Hoke,
Scotland and Cumberland Counties on long
time, from $2500.00 to $50,000.00.
McNeill & hacRett, attorneys,
Lumberton, N. C
This bank believes that Service personal attention and care
ful consideration to the depositor by competent men who try
to give each customer the maximum of satisfaction in each
transaction is the main factor in the bank's progress. With
out it our growth becomes dwarfed and checked in its develop
ment Whether the business of a depositor is large, small, ox med
ium in size it counts not at all in the degree of the Service ren
dered. Intelligent and courteous Service to all alike is the
policy of the management here. : J
1 'I'W'1'
Big lot Felt and Straw Hats for Men and Boys.
Also a lot of the Latest Things in Caps.
35 Dozen Sun Hats for Men, Women, Boys
and Girls.
Men's Fine Blue Serge Suits, price
$17.50 to $25.00
Some Real Values in Overalls and Work
Pants.
K. M. BIGGS
LUMBERTON, N. C.
m - t-
i jrs m i airawa ...... i
Series of Meetings School Close?
' Personal.
rnrrennontleniM of The Kobesonian.
St. Paula, R. 1, May 1.2.- We are' Items From Cedar Grove Section
having a series of meetings here this Correspondence of The Robesonian.
week. Our pastor, Rev. J. M. Pajre, 13 : Lumberton, R. 5, May 15. Plowing
assisted by his' brother, Rev. Vf.P.com and chopping cotton seems to be
iage, of Newport News, Va. He sure- Lumberton spent last Friday night
ly is a good preacher and is doing a 'the order of the day around here,
great work at this place which will I Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lane of East
be remembered long after he has' and Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. S. T.
gone. It is a rare treat to. hear a man
like him preach and we sincerely
hope he will come back, to see us again
sometime soon. .There seems to be
right much interest taken in the meet-
Inir and we nrav that there will be
many souls saved in this community
durinsr the meeting.
We are having, some rear
warm
weather fore now and the srrass is
sure hustling. The crops are growing! lamy. Mrs. Meares has been very
right nicely too. We hope this will be sick for some time. Hope she will
a good crop year as the crops through 1on recover. , - -
hero were destroyed bv hail last vear.! Mrs. Mary Rowell of Dillon, S. C
The children from here go to school!" visiting her daughter and son-in-:0f real estate this year, but all per
at St. Pauls by way of trucks. The Iaw- Mr, and Mrs. Ed. West. sonal property will be re-valued, and
school closed there today and I knowj There is preaching at Cedar Grove; jt , i3 therefore necessary that each
the childdren are glad that vacation 1
time has come again iorwnen the
days get hot they get tired and rest -
less. We didn't go oveT to the'exer-
itiena rrivan Vv fVa arrtArkI Jit tK f1rtaa
of school on account of preaching
nere s
Mn Ani fihnn. rptnmpfl t hr
-ivxia. simile kjwuv i&iuiiKu hci . . . .. . ... (mm w m m m w . '
home at Proctorville last week after influenza epidemics, with exer-;C C StYlfth EndoM
spending three weeks here with re- c:3e3 Raleigh , auditorium and:-- MUIUI i-JIUUia
latives. .
Prof; G. E. Linberry and wife, of
Raleiirh came down ' yesterdav and
visited at the homes of Rev. ft. 4. L.
Byrd and Mr. T. W. Maxwell, return-
i uig to Raleigh today.
stroke of paralysis about a month I
air. colon Monroe, wno naa a
ago, is slowly improving. Mrs. Mon
roe is right sick at this writing but
we hope they will both soon be all
right. ' '
Mr. Ellie Humphrey of Savannah,
Ga., is visiting friends and relatives
here this week. He is accompanied
by his small son.
We were very glad to have Rev.
R. A. Hedgpeth and Rev. Paul Britt
with us Wednesday afternoon in our
meeting. They are conducting a re
vival at Tar Heel this week. '
BROAD RIDGE BREEZES
Crops are Looking Promising Some
Damage Done by Hail Two Tobac
co Barnes Struck by Lightning But
Not Badly Damaged Personal.
By Gertrude Britt
Broad Ridge (Orrum R. 1), May
15. Farmers of this section . are
through planting and crops are look
ing very promising.
Miss Nina Wilcox of Smyrna is
spending a few days visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ander
son, y
Miss Pearl Lawson spent the week
end visiting friends near Smyrna.
Mr. Stokes Barnes and mother, Mrs.
Maris Barnes, spent yesterday at
Proctorville with Mrs. Barnes' sister,
who is sick with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carter and
small daughter of St. Pauls spent the
week-end visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Carter, also Messrs.
Make and Luther Carter and sister,
Miss Annie.
Glad to report Master Paul Carter,
who has been suffering with appen
dicitis, improving."
iur. yvry .aiiaerson spent tne Week- j
en vismng relatives near Lumber,
ton
TW orA m AI...1. nr.i... J
iau iuiD. mvau walls arc
smiling: it's a eirl.
Crops in this section were some-L ' .. notice :
what damaged by hail yesterday frcouty. In
about noon. Some of the older people' American Agricultural Chemical Company,
in this COmmunitv sav it Viailorl D. G. Malloy and J. H. Malloy.
(longest they ever knew it to. Two
, Dacco barnes were damacred bv hcrht -
ning during the storm one belonging ' uperkr court of Robeson County for the pur
to Mr. Swain Britt on a farm where I' ot rcoverin iudRtnent airaint you for
Mr Af,.A fa l- . ' the ram of $16,555.17 with interest from
Mr. Alfied Mayes hves, and theM.y l.t, 1922. due by endorsement upon
Other belonging to Mr. 3, R. Lawson ' note of the Farmers Trading Company : and
on the farm where Mr Willie Cox I ytM "r hereb " wir& to be and ap-
lives VVhll tho I,,,
J3i I the barns are not badly
damaged, part of the cover wn trim
oil. as lar as this writer has learned
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
TUB BANK OF McDONALD
At McDoaaM la the Stat of North Care- i
ana, at u cieae of basin Ma. May Sth 1922.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts, ,
Demand Loans
29.788.M
United States Bonds and Liberty
Bond. .... t...
Banking Houses, I ; Furniture
and Fixtures, 11,933.27
AO other Real Estate owned,
Cash in vault and net amounts due
from Banks, Bankers, and
Trust Companies, ....
Checks for elearing,
2,250.t
4,600.0
1,93.27
1.908.54
5,077.04
170.29
Total, 046,368.10
LIABILITIES
Capital Stook paid Is. . 10.000.0t
unaivuiea fronts, less current es
- pen sea and tale paid, ......
Bilk, Payable.
Deposits subject to check
Time Certificates of Deposit, Due
in Less Than 80 Days
Cashier's Checks outstanding. ....
912.54
X.500.00
15.641,71
11.258.04
68.15.
Total
.ii .jia
State of North Carolina-County of Roboon !
May fith. 1922.
I.G.W. COVINGTON, Cashier of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is trUe to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
G. W. COVINGTON, Cashier.
Correct-Attest:
S. McLEAN,
E. U BOWMAN.
J. S. SCOTT,
' z Director.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo, this
13 day of May, 1922.
geo. u ghantham;
Notary Public,
My eoauaisaion expire Sept. 30, 1922. .
NOTICE
My wife Rosa E. Prf vatt and my
daughter Amanda Swannie Preratt
left my home February 71922, and I
hereby forbid any one in North Caro
lina to hire, harbor, feed, shelter,
clothe or in any way give. them-aid
or comfort, as they have full and free
permission to return to my home,
which they left without cause., This
the 5th das of May, 1922.
" ' F, R. PBEVATT. ;
Buie, N. C, B. F. D. 2.
that is all the damage done, ta this
section. ,
isest wisnes 10 me aear oia ivoue-
sonlan and its many readers. ,
.Smith
! Mr. and Mrs.P W. West werVpenaity of Law to list their property
visitors at the home of Mrs. Mary
Phillips Sunday.'
Mr Elliotte Smith of Allen ton was
'a caller at the home of Mr. Bob
Taylor Wednesday nigbt
Miss, Rosa Meares is spending a
'at. 1 a ' V 1
:wnue wun ner grandparents, Mr. ana
Mrs. J. P. Meares, who live near Bel-
cvery first and third Sunday morning
j" k utw. miuuujus viyiwu iu
lcome - . ' mL
Best wianes to The Kobesonian.
I L 1 "
Wake county Sunday honored the
memory oi Jiliza Kiddick and iiucyj
gc voiunieer nurses, victims OI
the -unveiling of memorials on the
co,l!rt house lawn and-at the State
COi,ee a. josepnus uameis
was the principal speaker at the pub
lie exercises. , - . .
The Wilmington Dispatch was sold
by the receivers at a public sale at the
,uurt house in Wilmington ; Monday,
The only bid made was by Robt.
Ruark for S100, but the property was
sold to secure indebtedness of $G3,
028.68, so the phrchase price was $100
in excess of that sum. It is understood
that the purchase was made for
clients who propose to organize a new
corporation and improve the property.
Lillington, May 15. When Mr. Jim
McLeod, who lived near Coats, hitch-
Real Estate Loans
I am In position to handle appli
cations for loaf time loans oa la.
proved farm lands Ja Robeson,
Scotland and Iloko Covntloa la
amounts of $4 000.00 and abort.
A. t. Mclean,
Lamberton, Jf. C.
COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF LAND
IfnUer and by virtue of authority vtMtni in
ttl;e undersigned commiasioincr by a Judgment
of the SuperUjr Court rendered on the 28th.
, (Uy of January. 2022, in the foreclosure pro-
ceedins; entitled "T. R. 'i'otar and Addie To'lar
against Oscar Blackburn and wife Annie
Blackburn, the under km ed ' commissioner,
wQl offer for sale to the highest bidder for
cash at the court-bouse door in Lumberton,
N. C, at or near the hour of 12 o'clock
noon, on Monday the 5th. day of June,' 1922
the following described real estate:
Lot No, 65 as located and designated on. the
official map of a subdivision of East Park,
made by F. F. Wetmore. C. E. for East Caro
lina Realty Company and duly proven by said
Wetmore before . the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Robeson County, a copy of said
map being recorded in Book of Official Maps
No. t at page 72 in the office of the Register
of Peed of Robeson County, to which said
map reference is hereby made for more
particular description nd location of uid
lot
To lt, day of May, 1922.
ROBEHT E. LEE.
Commissioner.
to-'S; .Maio entity
1 h wn thi hv instituted in th
pear oelore u underaigne cleric 01 tne au-
court of Rooeson county at hu office
hi the court house at Lumberton, N. V.. on
the 1st day of June, ' 1922, then andv there
to answer or demur to the complaint filed
in this action and you will further take notice
that if you fail to appear and answer or
demur within twenty days there after the
plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
You will farther take notice that a warrant
of attachment has been issued against roar
property which said warrant ' is returnable
before the undersigned dark at the time and
place named for the return of the summons.
Witness my band this 1st day of May; 1922.
C. B. SKIPPER.
Clerk Superior Court
Mclntyre, Lawrence A Proctor,
Attorneys -for Plaintiff. 6-4-4 Thurs.
SALE OF VALUABLE LANDS
By1 virtue of authority vested in me under
the provision of a certain deed of trust ex ecu t
A hv Farmer Trading Company, a corpora
tion, dated April 1st, 1921. registered in book
of mortgages No. 64 at page 217 (default
having been made ia the payment of the in
debtedness thereby secured) I will, on the 1st
day of June, 1922. at 13 o'clock noon at the
, km. door of Robeson County offer for
sata at' public auction to the hlgneBt bidder
for ah the fcjtowina- ianosj
. ! - First tract : in taunoer dihw. ""(
utlnlntn. the lands of H. M. John, D,
Sinclair, McEachern and others, near Lumber
Image. W. Vi., DCKinnina - r
and other pointers in the North edg of a
branch called "Cow Branch' and runs 85
West 28 chains to a stake on the edge of
a new ditch; thence with said ditch North 71
West 60 chains to where Shaw and John's
line ero.se said ditch : thence with said line
gouta 24 West 39 chains to a stake on Sin
clair, line Sooth 73 East 10.10 chain, to a
stake and pine pointers : thence East 14.60
chain to a stake and rtumps on ths South
id of said branch : thence .North chain
to th beginning, containing eighty six acres,
Second tract: On the southwest sde of the
Atlantic Coast Line Raibread, adjoining lands
of Neill Shaw and others, beginning on the
side of said railway where a ditch , com-jto
aid railway and runs with said olten Norm
MWast 37.50 chains to another ditch : thence
arfth -MM Other dncn Doaio .1 na.
v.i. w .nnthM- ditch t thence with ft South
27 chain to the railroad ditch : thence
whh said railroad North 62 East 10 chains
herinnbur. Containing twenty eight
acres, more
r RmI: June 1st. 1923 at 18 noon.
Plmf. of Sale. Court house door. Lumber-
ton, N. C. V -. ,
- Term of Sale: Cash.
Mslntyr. .iwu.., . - -
' s. - aV ' - Tssiiasfaam
led up his mule and was preparing te
I go for a ride, his mule became fright-
-'cu, juuijjcu mm umgrcu ui reins
in such fashion that' Mr. Matthews'
neck was caught and broken.
Time to List Pro
perly for Taxation
Notice ' is hereby, given thatv all
parties, firms and corporations in' the
' rnnntv nf Ttnhnnn in mmiliwl aiuln
for taxation during the month of May.
A -listtaker has been appointed for
each Township in the county, and the
books will be open- during the month
of May, and each ' party fs required
perty. Notice is further given that
all. parties who- fail, and neglect to
list will be presented to the solicitor
of .the district to ,be , prosecuted ac
cording to law for failing to list.
There .win be no new assessment
property ' owner give this matter
careful attention.
This the 3rd day of May, 1922 '
M. W. FLOD, '
Clerk to Board pf Commissioners.
! 5.4.8t
ed for Solicitor
Whereas, no Hoke County citizen
has ever held the office of either
Judge or Solicitor of the Ninth Judi
cial District; and, s
Whereas, in E. S. Smith the County
now offers for the solicitorship a can
didate who is admittedly well quali-
! fied to hold the position: -
Now, therefore, be It resolved by the
Democrats of Hoke County in Con
vention Assembled : ' v .
First, that it is the sense of this
body that Hoke County is entitled to
some recognition at the hands of the
Democratic Party in the Ninth Judi
cial District; -
, Second, that we heartily endorse E."
S. Smith, of Raeford, N. C, for the
position of Solicitorship of this dis
trict. " '
J. B. THOMAS,
Chm. Dem, Ex. Com.
Political Advertising;
NOTICE OF NEW REGISTRATION AND
ELECTION ON QUESTION OF ISSUING
040.00 OF SERIAL BONDS OF THE
PEMBROKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIS
TRICT AND LEVYING A BUFFI
WENT ANNUAL TAX T6 PAY
THE SAME
By virtue of Chapter 87 of Public Law of
N. C. 1920, Extra Session, and in accordance
with an order of the Board of Commissioner
of rtobeion County adopted Monday, May 1,
1922, notice is hereby given that there has
been called and will be held at the regular
voting precinct in the town of Pembroke and
within the territory hereinafter described on
Saturday Jury 1, 1922, special election on
The question of issuing not exceeding 840,
000 of serial bonds of the Pembroke Public
School District, and levying m sufficient an
nual tax to pay the same", said Pembroke
Public - School District as created by the
Board of Education of Robeson County on
May 1, 1922, consisting of old Pembroke
School District No, 1 (formerly known a
Burnt 8wamp District No. 8) and old Pem
broke School District No. 2 (formerly known
as Back Swamp District No. 3), full descrip
tion of said territory being of record In
Minute Book No. 9, page 08 offke of the
Register of Deed of Robeson County. N. C.
Tb purpose) of said election is to ascertain
the will of the people of said described ter
ritory as to whether or not the school Com
mittee of said Pembroke Public School Dis
trict shall issue and sell 840.000 of bond for
the purpose of erecting, enlarging and equip
ping school buildings and acquiring land
for school buildings and purposes, said bond
to mature as follows: 31000 three years from
date of issue, and f 1500 annually thereafter
for 28 years, all bearing interest at six
per centum per annum, payable semi-annually,
and to levy a special tax sufficient in
amount to pay the interest on said bonds and
the principal thereof as same shall mature
and became payable.
Notice Is. further given that there will be
a new registration for said election, and
that only those who register will be entitled
to vote in said election, and all persons who
register and are otherwise entitled to vote
for members of the General Assembly are en
titled to vote in said election, and to that
end E. M. Paul, has been appointed as Regis.
Urar and A. N. Locklear and W. D. Lewi
h.v. hewn annotated as Judges of Election.
Notice I further given that the poll book
will be open for the purpose of registering
for said election from o'clock a. m. to Sun
set each day from Wednesday May 24. 1922 to
Ratnrdav the 17th day of June,- IVTi isun
day excepted), and that on Saturday, the
27th day of May, 1922, the 3rd day of June,
the 10th day of June and the 17th day of
June, 1922, the aaid Registrar will attend
at tlu vntinar nine aforesaid from nine "-clock
in the forenoon until sunset for the purpose
of registering all who appear for that pur
pose. "- t" .
rtlM fa further given that no on win
be allowed to register for said election after
the poll book clos on Saturday tna itw
day of June. 1923. and that at ssid election
.ha m m Onvor of the Issuing of said
bond and levying of. said special taxes, hall
rote a ballot having written ot printed thereon
the. word Tor Bond Issue", and those who
are opposed to too lasutna; 01 saw poms ana
the levying of said special tax shall vote a
ballot having written or printed thereon the
words "Against- Bond mnt,-
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ROBE
ni. im .ia aw maw.- ivzz.
SON" COUNTY. : " ,
By JOHN W. WARD. Chairman,
u vsr vlj Clark R-Offlclo to aaid Board.
m" PauL Registrar. A. N. Locklear and
W. D.Lewi. Judge of Election. 5-4-SThur.
PERPETUATE th tera4 stories
of tkaM of your lartjd who karo
paased bf tkm rwctioa of aa omdor
bg MEMORIAL. IM u assist m
is th choortog f aa appropriate de.
Luntertcn Marble Works,
-J.ILntTL PimbCov
660 tiyd'My relieves Cold, Con
stipation, Biliousness and Headaches-
A Fine Tonic
GOOD HEAT! -
That'i the kind we celL C. '
nx for XeeL all kiadj Port; Can
safe. Liver, etc. -
Hfehest market prirai pali for
good beef cattle. - .
A. IL 'W0WBBB
'Phone 53. Lumberton, IT. 0.
Important Notice
ELECTION INFOBIATION V
AU voters should sea - that their
names are on the Registration Books.
Registration Books will be open on
April 27th and -close at sunset Satur
day, May 22nd, 1922.
" All Candidates for Office should
file their Notice' of I Candidacy - with
me ori or before May 20th. Those
failing Jto grive such Notice of Candi
dacy and make publication .of same
in some, newspaper of the county can
not enter the race.
Fees of Candidates: -
Candidates for any County, Office
shall pay the Sum of Five Dollars,
to be accompanied by their Notice of
such Candidacy, except candidates for
County Ooirftnissloner, Coroner and
Surveyor, who shall pay the sum of
One Ddllor.
. Township Constables are not re
quired ito pay any fee whatever.
Legislative Candidates are required
to pay the sum of Five Dollars.
See Section 6023. Election Laws of
1919..-. .
Blanks will be furnished upon ao-
plicaition. . -
Expense accounts of ' Candidates
must be filed on or before the 24th
day of May. ' ' '
Primary will be held on June the
3rd. - ... ... ,
FRANK GOUGH.
Chairman County Board of Elections.
tt -,- . Adv.
PRO.FESSIONALCARDS
F. ERTEL CARLYLE
v ATTORNEY AT LAW .
Notary Public in Office.
Offices over Freeman Printing Cox
Prompt attention given to ail bnsl.
Dr. Maurice A. Waddcll
. DENTIST
OfflCj, Second Floor Cotton Mill Of
Um Building. Elm and Second St.
LUMBERTON, N. C.
DAVID H. FTJLLEB
Attorney at Law
Second floor cotton mill office build
ing, offices formerly occupied by
- Dr. Baker. . .
LUMBERTON. No C
t. Am MeNEILL, Jr. P. D. HACKKTT. ft
McNeill & haokstt
Attorneys-At-Law.
Woodberry Lennon
'attorney at law
Lumberton, N. C.
Offices over First National Bank.
MOTS J. GOODYIN
attorney.at-law.
Offices Over, Efird's Dept. Store.
John G. Proctor
ATTORNEY! AT LAW
Office next to Lnmberton Motor Car
Co in Building formerly occapied ky
nrJidge T A. McNeilL
k. W. McLean , Dickson McLean
L. R. Vnner ' -. H. E. Stney
IToT.CATT, VAE33L, UcIXAlf
a.ciaot.;...., . ...
IsUMBSSTON. p Nertli CtnUm
- Y. B. IVEY
? - .. r . t ,
4 Atterney and CVoxnseler at Law.
Office on Second Floor Cotton , MIS
Office Bunding, Cm Street. '
Lumberton. N. C
Stephen Mclntyre R. C Lawrenes
James D. Proctor Robt. A. Mclntyre
McINTYEE, LAWRENCE A
' " :V ' ' PSOCTOB, -"
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
. LUMBERTON, N. C.
Practice in State and Federal Conrts,
Prompt attention given to all business. -
. i, tsrrr and txrtssi j. tsirt.
PraetldBf law voder the fira
B. J. BSXTT & CO
irlth offices in the Pope Bunding,
Lnmberton, N, a Practice in beta
Stata and Federal eovrta.
Prompt Attention Given All Paifoom
rhomas L. Johnson E. M. Johnjoa
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Attorneys and Connsellon at Law
'. lJUMBEaTON.il. C. x ,
Practice in Etata and Federal Comrtt
Ketary. Peblie in 02ee. Oeef ve
First National BaniT-
Attorney for Trustee.
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