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31
Sermcn'to Grd&v
; ; , uatcs Last Night
'Moral Courage" Subject of Splendid
- Discourse at Presbyterian Church
by Rev, B A; White-Class Exer-
: rises This Evening Literary Ad-
dress Tuesday " Evening by W. U.
f Swift 49 ' tth-Grade k Certificates
, Delivered.. , " ' , , , " ' ' ,
PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL FINALS J
. This evening at 8 o'clock clas exer
cises of the graduating class of the
Lumberton high school will be given
.in the school uditoriuiiu;;;?;p;
Tuesday evening at 8, school audi
torium,' the- literary address will be
delivered by Mr. w. . owns w
" Greensboro and diplomas will be pre-
sented to members of the graduating
clas. ' Mr. Swift has the reputation
of being an excellent speaker and all
who can do so are urged to hear this
Address WW . 'it,,,. v.wi.Vnv'"s - .
Yi :;- Baccalaureate Sermon. ,
The need of eourage to meeV the
problems, of life was the theme of
the baccalaureate' -sermon ; preached
by, Rev. R. A. White, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Moores
,ville, to the graduating class to the
Presbyterian church lat evening. The
large auditorium was filled to over
flowing and many found seats in the
balcony. The sermon was a master
niece delivered as a , heart-to-heart
"Moral Courage,"
was vhe subject
of the discourse: and the text
"Have I not commanded thee? Be
strong' ana oi gooa courage, u
afraid, neither be thou dismayed: fqr
the Lord thy God is with thee whither
soever thou goesf--J (jshua 1:9. The
scripture lesson was 'read by Dr. R.
C. Beaman, pastor of Chestnut. Street
Methodist church, who read the entire
chapter from, which the text was se
. letted. . '. : :i ":'"'. . '-.
A report of the sermon ,will be
given in Thursday's Robesonian.tf
The graduating class entered uva
body, the young ladies gowned ' in
white, and occupied reserved seats at
the front in the middle tier;
Special music was furnished by a
choir composed of -members of " the
choirt of th: FirstTBaptist, Chestnut
Street Methodist and Presbyterian
.churches. 44 J"i ?- -nh-Grade
Certificfttea to 49 Papils.
. 3ertlficates ; were delivered Friday
morning to . the ; 47 pupils; and since
then to 2 others, who C finished
the .seventh-grade ' work ? in the Lnm-
.b?rton high school this year and pro
motions from tthe; Various grades in
the grammar school -were read by
the teachers.' The certificates ; were
delivered by Prof. J. R. Poole, county
superintendent ; of schools. Prof.
Poole : urged the importance of each
of the 49 pupils entering high school
next school year.' Those finishing the
seventh-grade work were;
. Mildred Weihstein, Iris Lee Hamil
ton, Tessie Prevatt, Mary Lawrence,
Lillian Carlyle, Elouise Bennett,
James Nance." James Poole, Truman
Parmele. DuVal Lennon, William
Pope, Clarence ; Deese, Frank Ed-V
wards, ; Albert Webster, . Gilbert '
Floyd, Ted Phillips, Eugene liray,
Fred Britt, Hilbreth Britt, Wood-
ward Townsend, Hoyle . Dougherty,
Raymond Huggins, William Walcott,
Rowland McNeill, Eugenia McLean,
Ruth .Smith, Ruth ; Neil ' Bul
lock, Sophia 7 Redmond,
Biggs, Henry Allen,
Franklin!
liouise
Kirkman. Marion Huggins, Ed Lewis,
Louten R. Hedgpeth, Rosier Clewis,;fore the graduating class was preacb-
tniumni Aiiwri m Acyuuiuo, sen?
French, William Cale, Margaret Red-I
mond, Knox Edwards Margaret wet-i
more, buiub weDsier, ninion jucieoa,
iWattef Edwards, Christine Caldwell,
Edgar t Deese, Mattie Jenkins-i and
JuliusBoone. "I n
Misses Annie Louise .Huff and Ada)
Edwards Uught th , .seventh f grade
during the term. y. ' - V
f Rfesctia Comascnied ?1
oupt.' T.,n. aie ioo occasion to
commend The KODesoman zorxne wil
lingness of the paper to give publicity
to matters pertaining to the school
and told of the importance of both
. faculty and pupils : co-operating , with
the paper, by furnishing- Information'
that will be of Interest to the public.
Supt. Cale declared, that the 'people
could be reached through The Robe-!
aonian. ' '.r -v- -''.; '-
Those makug the highest average
for the entire year were Mildred
Weinstein, James . Nance; Truman
Parmele, Christine Caldwell, Eugenia
McLean, Louise Kirkman, -Henry Al
len, William Ritter and Berry French,
i Fifth Grade" Neatest Room :
The fifth grade, Mis--Eulalia "Mc
Gill, teacher, won the distinction of
having kept the neatest room, in the
grammar school the greatest num
ber of days during the term, the
fonrth" grade, Miss Prevatt teacher,
being a close seconoV No prize is of
fered f or this but the - rooms T are
judged each vweek and the'lfriendly
rivalry has proven, an incentive to
keeping .neat rooms. ..... ' . , .v.
' In the fifth grade Mary Julia Jones
wa neither absent nor tardy , during
.the year.: while Evelyn 'Bruton, Bon
nie little, Richard Norment Mar
garet Carlyle James Ward Phillips,
Fannie Dunie. - Aline ' Stone,t Hazel
. Smifh, Annie Ruthv Sanderson were
not tardy" during the year,' -
V. B. jCniniptcn, Jr. ;
-New Superintend?
erit Local Schools
Head of Selma Schools Will .Succeed
v.Mr. W. II. Cale, ResignedNew
- School Head Has Had Successf at
.Career aa School Man Since 1903. ..
Mr. W. B. Crumpton, Jr., who has
been superintendent of the- Selma
graded schools forthe pat 3 years,
will succeed Mr. W. 'H. Cale,' whose
resignation was announced' in Thurs
day's Kobesonian, as superintendent
of the Lumberton graded and ' high
school. Mr.- Crumpton was elected to
fill this position ' by the local chool
' board last week, has accepted, and
! :-'. . A.
win resign ms present position at a
meeting of the Selma f school board
tomorrow. . .,,. '-", .
Mr. Crumpton received the degree
of bachelor of arts from the A. and
M. college of Mississippi in 1904 and
has been ' actively engaged in chool
work since 1908. In 1920 the school
building at Selma waa destroyed by
fire and through his efforts they have
just completed one of the most mo
dern school buildings in the State at
a cost of about $220,000. He is presi
dent of , the Johnston County Teach
er ; association, members of the de
partment of superintendents of the
National Educational association,' dis
trict chairman of the Eastern District
High School Athletic association for
girls, a Baptist, a - Mason and a
Knight of Pythias.:
rUmmL-m..m, 1V:11
lnaUtaiiqUa YU1
Begin June 3rd
Advance Man Here to Aait In Getting
Things in Readiness for Big 5-Day
Event Splendid Program.
Mr. Gordon Johnson, 7 -day-advance
man , for the Redpath Chautauqua,
which will begin a 5-day engagement
here Saturday of this week, arrived
Thursday night and is assisting the
local guarantors m getting things in
readiness for this big . event. - The
Woman' Club has in ' charge sale of
tickets, season- tickets' for . the -12
high-class i attractions- - being .' only
92.50.-: Guarantors are requested . to
see Mr. David Fuller r Mrs AJf.
H , McLeod, . the latter president of :
tne Woman's ciud, and purchase their
tickets at once, and asist in disposing
of tickets in any way they can.
; It is said that the program this
year is even ; better than it was last
year, Many ef the attractions are on
the larger 7-day' circuit. One of these
is "Friendly Enemies", 'which was
seen recently in Charlotte by some
Lumberton people, .who were delight
ed with it. It i said to bo even better
than ; theside-splittlng comedy of last
year's Chautauqua. And there ' are
eleven other attractions,-each one of
theThighest .class, . -, , i
- yi..-g.nl1t;,i iiii ni - -.m.tMJ t
JOSEPH US H AN IELS SPEARS AT
CAROLINA COLLEGE TUESDAY
Former Secretary of Navy Will De
liver Commencement 'Address at 11
A. M. Annual Concert This Even
'ing. :-vv. ,? - -'SV-:';W";v.:: 'V
Hon. Josenhus Daniels, former See-
retary of the Navy, will deliver the
commencement address at Carolina
college at Maxton tomorrow, May
30th, at 11 a. m. Following the ad
dress, certificates and- dinlomaa nrfll
be awarded. - .
, ; The annual concert will be sriven
this cveninir at 8:S0. The sermon b.
ea yesieraay morning ay itev. vu a.
Stanbury. of Wilmington who also
preached the sermon before the Y
w. U. A. of the college last evening;
, : - ' , ' t
Sprior Court. eni&tt&it&tZ
Superior eourt for the trial fit eivil
cases adjourned Thursday after being
iu session four daysv Judee Geo. W.
MConnor, who presided, left Friday! for
hia home at Wilson. Only- two jury
i trials were heard after the report of
the proceedings published in Thurs
day's, Bobea.oniair was written These
weref m:5 - s. .
Arthur Shigletary vs. T.. O. Evand;
judgment' for the defendant.' v '
Bank of Rowland vs. D. W. CoxJ
te aU judgment for the: defendant '
A number of judgment! was signed
during. the term,
, ,
1 21
Days . on Roads for Stealing 1 1 1
Knife. y- -, , ,1V
: James - Anthony, colored, was sen
tenced to 21 days on .the public roads
Saturday by Recorder D. H.. Fuller
on the charge of larceny of a pocket
knife. Anthony -was ' l convicted - of
taking a pocket knife' from the Mc
Allister hardware store Friaay. The
knifejwas valued at S 1. ' ,
First 1922 Cotton Squares.- -r . y,
Messrs. H. R. West of AUeaton
and C F. Ashley of R. 2 Fairmont
brought, 1922 cotton squares to The
Robesonian office Saturday. , They
say they have plenty of "squares
' in tneir cotton,
l' I
Mr.' C. E." Ivey of R. 7, Lumberton,
was in , town Saturday.
Mr. N. B. McPhail of R. 2. Lum
berton, was in town Saturday. -
; Mrs. D. B. " Johnson of Atkinson
arrived Thursday and will spend some
time" here visiting relatives. . -
Erricct Jones 7itlv
. draws From Race
Leaves Field to Other Two Candidates
for Sheriff to Avoid Second r.Psri-J
mary and In Interest of Party-;
Also Recent Fire Losa Makes At
tention to Private Business" Neees-'
sary.
Mr. jurnest Jones oi rairmont, one nons or the eastern part or tne stato irree 01 ooexor or divinity was con
of the three candidates for sheriff by officials of the Eastern Carolina ferred upon Rev. C. H. Durham,
of Robeson, has notified tha chairman .
of the ' board of elections of his
withdrawal from' the contest. ' Mr.1
ffones stated that' at the time he de -
cided to offer for Sheriff 'no' other,
candidate' had catered against Sheriff
jjewis, ana ne was unaer tne unpre -
sion that the race, would be confined
to two candidates. Since that '"time,
another man baa entered and It now t nay buying counties. la this connee
appears certain that: a "second . pri-, tion he also made plain the advant
mary will be necessary if the three
men tontinue. Believing that such a
long-drawn-out contest would -be in-
jurious to the best interest of the
Democratic-party and would tend to he showed Clearly where it was afl
disrupt' harmony, and on account of , right one year tor perhaps two and
the expense, both to the county and then it was a slip back so far that
to the candidates, of a second pri- t took several good years to catch
mary, he stated that he had decided up again, and he asserted that East
to'withdraw, ?ty-i:;-:-1.!.rJ : jern North Carolina would "always re
y In addition torthese factsit is main in the same rut, if money crops
well known that Mr.: Jones has re-
cently sustained a heavy loss tby a!
destructive' fire in the town of Fair
mont and he feels it neces'ary to im
mediately turn his attention ' to -rebuilding
the stores which were dam
aged. - - - "' '-.
Mr. Jones has numerous friends
in all sections of the county who were ;
standing loyally by him and who Willi To Reorganize Chamber of Commerce
regret that circumstances have arisen f A meeting , has been .' called for
- t . 1 1 X. t .! J... . PI! 1 ' . m
making it desirable that he withdraw
from the 'contest ;'r:jy-:
FLORA MACDONALD FINALS
Josephus Daniels Will Deliver.; Cam-
meneement . Address ; Wedneeday
: Other Feature" of Program.
By Phone to The Robesonian.r v
Red Springs, May .29. Former
Secretary of the - Navy ? Josephus
Daniels will deliver - the ' commence
ment address at : Flora . - Macdasald
college . here Wednesday it 11 am.
Commencement exercises wilt begin
at-;10 av lBwil?K'''-r'';'''-':';':-
The' annual concert will be jrfvia
this veniag mt S..,Tueaday norrang
the annual, meetmsr oi the .trustees
will be ' held, and ' the alumnae will
hold a business meeting and luncheon
at the hotel at 1 p. m. The household
arts exhibit will be on Tuesday from
4 to 6 p. m., and at 8 p. m. the senior
play, "The Pool of "Answers", will
be presented in the Woodland theatre.
The " ' baccalaureate sermon was
preached yesterday by Rev. R. Mur
phy Williams of tGreensbord,' who al
so preached the sermon to the Y. W.
C. A. at the Prebyterian church last
evening; .'. v - -
Odd Fellows Elect Officers,
The. following offieers were elected
by Lumberton lodge No. 245, I. O. O,
F., Thursday evening: W.' J. Ritter,
noble grand; M. W. Floyd, vice-grand;
J. C. Bryant, secretary: J, Robt. Pre
vatt - financial f secretary: Ben G.
Floyd, treasurer: J. W. Sellers, war
den; C. C. Rogers, conductor; Dr. D.
D. King, chaplain: I. L. McGilunside
guardian: ; .M. A. Odum, ' outside
guardian ; ' F. D. ' Hackett, Jr., right
Sup." N." G.; ,w; A - Shepherd, left
Snn. N: G.i H D. Caldwull. Jr.. ri?ht
Sup. V.'. G.; Wallace Norment, left
Sup.; V. G.; 'Herman Crump, right
scene Sup.j C. E. , Cherry, left scene
Sup.; F. D. Hackett Jr 'W. B, Ivey,
O.vC. Deese, trustees; W. B. Ivey,
Jno. G.; Proctor, Robt D. Caldwell,
Jr., publicity committee; ;
Case of .Typhoid at Red Springs
..Clinics. 4 '
A case ef Typhoid fever has been
reported to.the county health depart
ment from Red Springs. . Typhoid
clinics, are, being held at Red Springs
and all that .hare not taken the vac
cine are urged to do so. Dr. Hardin
wl be there tomorrow afternoon to
vaccinate for typhoid. Clinics will be
bejd at Orrum Thursday of this week
at iraBh. at Barnesville at 2 p.
m. and at the National cotton mail
nere, at p. m. the same day. ;'
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Wear a Poppy Memorial Day :
Wear a poppy on Tuesday. May 30
-Memorial-day. The local post of
the American legion has received 1,
500 poppiea and they are on sale at
McMillan's drug,- . store. The , pro
ceeds : from the sale of the poppies
will' go .to" the' disabled veterans of
the- world War now . in hospitals in
tnis sute. -',.. -x :.v ):yj! ---
-Little Misses Eugenia and Alice
McLean, daughters of Mrs. N. A. Mc
Lean, -left Saturday evening for
Columbus, Ohio; where they will spend
three,' weeks visitine -at the home of
Mrrf. and Mrs. Paul IL -North. They
were joined in Washington by Miss
TM; l - ii . . r .
CiixMioeia Jennings, wno accompanied
her. f athe. Mr." H. B. Jennlhes, to
Washington Thursday night Mr. Jen.
nings went to Washington toattend
a meeting of the. American Cotton
J Manufacturers association and return'
ed home-yesterday. .
Mr. J. L. Jenkins of Fah-mont R-
2, was a- Lumberton risitor thi morn
ing. l,.-v- . . '- ;
Fairmont Nsiva 1
,Chamber of Commerce Reorganisation!
i. II . If mm . " ti .a M. v ' F -
Meeting . i uesaav -, mrni egro
Found Dead in Woods Personal
and Other Items.
By II. V, Brown
Fairmont, May 29. One.
of
the
meetings being held in different sec-1
Chamber of Commerce wa held hero'or of the First Baptist church of
last Thursday night in the American
Legion hall. Mr. Wilkinsrepreaent-
ing the E. C. C. of C. explained to;
the few business men Present that it;
was the object to help rid this part
,t me siaie oi dou weevus ana ro!" ovaie convention, ana nas served
get every county to be corn and hay the First church here as pastor about
'selling counties instead of corn and: 13 years. He first became pastor, of
ages derived from "living at home
raising everything ; that was needed ;
for food for both people. and stock,
In his explanation of money1 crops,
we depended on entirely, time mer
chants furnishing the food for fami
lies and stock. The local chamber of
commerce being "almost dead'V we
are not assured that Mr. Wilkins re
ceived his quota hereV which was for
ten members and one tenth of one per
cent of the locafl banks' , capital
stock.
xuesoay mgm at wnicn time tne lo
cal chamber of commerce will be re
organized, or . rather an attempt will
be made. For the past several months
the chamber has been sleeDinar and
several business men are now realiz-
ing what it could mean to the town
and community. This meeting will be
held in the hall of the George Gallo
way post ox the American Legion, and
will be called to order at exactly
8:30 p. m. Tuesday, May 80th. At this
time it will be discussed thoroughly
regarding the . , Eastern . Carolina
Chamber' of Commerce. , : -
The Robeson Drug Co., Inc. will
epen-:for" business within the next
few - davir accordino ta Ur. v.. J
Pittman, who -will manage the new
business. The soda -fountain has not
yet arrived but other business will
be cared for, including prescription
work, patent medicines, etc In this
new company the following are stock
holders: Drs. A. H. Hayes and H. L.
Price, Messrs. C A. Thompson and
E. J. Pittman. Mr. Pittman will have
charge of the business and also will
take care of the prescription end, he
being a graduate pharmacist It is
understood that Drs. Hayes and Price
will have offices over the drug store
and will in the very near future in
stall i an X-ray machine and x, full
equipment. .;- ;v ' si w. J u
MK andMrs; E. J. Chambers at
tended this week the Shriner's con
vention held in High Point Mrs.
Chambers attended the commence
ment exercises of Greensboro College
for Women also. Miss Katharine Gal.
loway, a sister of Mrs. Chambers,
was among mose graduating.
Miss Gertrude Rooney of New York
city is the guest of -Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Jones on Walnut street
- Surprise Parties J
Two surprise nartles were heA hern
this, week, the. first being given by
Ina, in honor of their mother, Mrs.
Mr. John Bracey and sister, Miss
LaUh Bracey, who ! arrived at 1 her
64th milestone to life Thursday. , The
gxresis Degan to arrive at 8 o'clock
Thursday nierht and eamnt nr.
prise was evident. The i old people
thoroughly enjoyed the 'occasion : and
maoe one think of the times when
ttey were "younguns", Those enjoy
fag the affair were: Mr. and Mrs. A.
a. jioyd. Mr. and Mwi. A. J. Vk.
Mr. ind Mrs. E. W. Flovd. tltr inA
Mrs.-A, F. Floyd, Mr. ;and Mrs. W.
C. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Thomp-
u, axr. ana rs. f. b. Thompson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Reran. TUv mnA
Mrs. W. F. Tra wick, Mesdames C. B.
Thompson, E. Fisher, Belle - Baker,
Fannie Fisher,-Gussie Ashley, Clara
Traynham,- W. A. Griffin and FV C.
Jones. Special musie wis Hvn mi
violin -and guitar. Refreshments con-
suwug v a uwi course and aa Ice
course were served, befar Mia
departed at a late hour with memories
mat wiu last for a long time.
The .other party. wMrh wm
thorough success also, both' fwm
surprise and pleasant view, was held
Friday afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. P. B. Thompson, when, the
Ladies Aid society of th iffaftiAitt.
church surprised Mrs. Sallie Thomp
son (not a -birthdsv narfvl TI.A..
, . r,"afX wvov
surprising met at the home of Mrand
Mrs. ,V. W,, Keith and went to' the
Thompson home in a body, making
the surprise . complete. The corres
pondent has not learned just yet what
Km.d o'.forprise party this was. But
it is evident that it was' a surprise.
Miss Bessie Feldman of-Ahoskie,
Mrs. Lillian. Josselson and the hit
ter's sons are guests thia week of
Mr. and Mrs. H. Weinstein on Red
Cross street' "'y.-y. y.-r'.- -.
Mayor E. IL Johnson of Lumberton
was a hnailtMa viaitnT Imm fiafnr.
Valce Forest Honors
Degree of Doctor of Ditinitv Confer-
U red on C. II. Darham. Pastor First
Ifhnlr Hart1! aw '
. f ... r m ! w SMI vsa JS. M 1UI
, College. .
At the commencement exercises at
Wake Forest college Friday the de-
Lumberton. Only three other honor.
ary degrees were conferred. Dn Dur-
ham was a member of the class of
1893 at Wake Forest, formerlv wan
president of the North Carolina Bap-
the church here in 1900. served It un
til 1914, went to . Brown Memorial
church in Winston-Salem, where he
was pastor for about four years and
a nau, ana in -vis accepted -a call to
return to the Lumberton church. Dr.
Durham attended commencement and
returned borne Friday night
The following is taken ' from: cor
respondence of the Raleiirh Neva and
Observer:- V ...v,', - : T ,
"The colleire year waa hrouvht tA
arioseunder circumnta
favorable for its future. A bequest of
IU20.000 from the late Jabez A.
Bostwick, $200,000 from the General
Education Board of N Vnrir .u.
and the larger share of the sum of
ss4u,uuu, allotted to the college dur
ing the five-year period of the S75.-
vw,vw campaign or . tne denomina
tion, are all expected to Iweanu
available within the next year and
add greatly to the material resources
oi tne college. .
- Action oi tne board nf tmitui
along several lines also went far to
remove any hint of internal dissen
sion in the ranks of the college and
its supporters. The board gave un
qualified endorsement to the religious
views of President Poteat, which
have been under fire from members
of the denomination; abolished the
rule forbidding fraternities which has
been frequent cause of dissension and
disciplinary difficulties at the college
in the past; and adopted a, new sys
tem of student government which' (a
expected to put an end to hating at
m couege. '
LUMBERTON GIRL AT ST. MARY'S
Miss Evelina Beekwf th. Graduate ef
r Well-Knewu School at Raleigh,
y Figares PronJnently In . Stodenf
i i ear Book.': v -: v,
r Miss Evelina Gilbert Beckwith, who
waa- a member of the graduating
class of St Mary's, Raleigh, return-j
ed ' home Wednesday night with her
mother, Mrs. J. Q, Beckwith, who at
tended commencement Mr. Beckwith
also attended part of the commence
ment exercises. '
"The Muse' for 1922, year book of
the students of St. Mary's school, con
tains a number of complimentary re
ferences to Miss Beckwith. From this
interesting- and attractive book it is
learned ; that Miss Beckwith was
chairman of the council of the church
School Service league and a member
of the altar guild. In the "Behold the
Seniors" department the following
summary is given: "Evelina Gilbert
Beckwith, Lumberton, N. C. (1920-21-
22). Mu, E. A. P president E. A. P.
'zz, vice president E. A. P. '21, com
mencement marshal 2L chairman
Junior Auxiliary council 22f presi
dent St. Anne's "22, Sect Treas.
St Anne's "21, Muse Club 21. Choral
Club 20-21-22, : Pan-Archon Council
-ZZ, Attar Uuud. A
nrifsvr fvAwtefi
kl -1 J a. ' . m
uuuijr jJianueue vu warn. 10 comiOIT
and command.'" And the following is
quoted irom the "inside Information"
department: f Evelina is indeed one
of the most popular of the seniors,!
and one of the most looked-up-to
girls of the class by the other girls.
Accomplishing a . prodigious amount
of work, walking away with the hon
ors of Spanish C, keeping the E. A.
P.'s on the map, using her hmgs for
the Mus; nd having time besides to
write numerous letters, to Chapel Hill
that's the stuff that earns for
Evelina the admiration of .all her
friends and puta , Lumberton on the
St Mary's map." ' - ' -
Farmers
See Movie of
"Hew to
Polaoa Boll Weevils. yd
wune a ' num Der of farmers saw
the picture, "How to - poison boll
' 3 weevils", at the Pastime theatre Sat-
urday. The picture waa secured from
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
by the National Bank of Lumberton
and the bank arranged to how it free
to farmers. Mr. O. O, Dukes, county
farm demonstrator, explained the dif
ferent phases as they were shown.
Tne picture portrays the best-known
methods of poisoning the weevil by the
use of calcium arsenate and is of
timely interest to cotton-growers.
day- ;-'Vy"--"' - -'. - ft
i ' Negro Found Dead in. Woods.
;. Albert . Dillon, colored, was found
dead in the woods several miles from
here last Thursday by Mr. D. C
Lassiter, foreman of the B. C. I Ca
woods force. The man' was an - em
ployee of the lumber -company and
it ' has : not ' been learned hut what
caused death.-fv ' ' ?
V : 1 ?JV
pound.
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BRIEF ITEMS AND LOCAL NEWS
And this is the coot spell to
May. ,
Robeson chapter, U. D. C. will
meet with Mrs. L. T. Townsend Thurs
day afternoon of . this week at 6
o'clock. - '
Special communication of St Al-
ban lodge No. 114, A. F. it A. Mn
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Work in
third degree. . - -
AH contributors to the Lumber-
ton baseball club are requested te
meet hr the American Legion hall
this evening at 8 o'clock. . v '
-Circle No. 1, of the woman's
auxiliary of the Presbyterian church
will meet 'at the church Wednesday
af ternooa of this week, at 4 0. ; .
Mr. D. W. Biggs returned Thurs
day night from,Ahevill,-where he
attended the annual meeting of the
Stats Funeral Directors association.
Larabee tent No." 18. Maccabees.
will elect officers at the regular re
view Friday evening of this week. All
Maccabees are urged to be present
Mr. I J. Prevatt was able to
leave the Baker sanatorium Saturday
after ' being confined for four weeks
suffering with blood poison resulting
from pulling a tooth.
. r-Mrs. Bertis Floyd of Fair Bluff
was operated on at the Thompson
hospiul last Tuesday, Her condition
is not so favorable today.
Mr. B. F. Amette of Lake View,
S. C was In town Saturday to see
Dr. R. S. Beam, who is treating bis
eyes. He was accompanied to Lum
berton by Mr. G. N. Huggins of that
place. ji':J; .;,v
A . heard ef Jersey cows belong
ing to Mr. Justin McNeill, who con
ducts a dairy near Lumberton, was
the first to be given the tuberculin
test in the county and all were found
to be free from tuberculosis. -
An ' important real estate ' deal
was consumated .Thursday when Mr.
A. E. White purchased from Dr. W.
U. dmund s 1-4 acre lot on the
south side of East Fourth street be
tween Chestnut and Walnut The con
sideration waa $7,500.
The mayor andv town, eanunie
sioners recently purchased a G. U. C
6-ton truck, subject to the ' approval
of the board of audit, and finance. The
truck was purchased through Ur. W.
O; Thompson, local agent, for $3,200,
and. will be used to street, work and
heavy hauling. 1 vy v.H r' l ;' y
Mr. Stephen Mclntyre, Jr. ar
rived home Saturday from the Geor
gia Military academy, College Park,
Ga where he waa garduated last
week. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Me In
tyre, Sr went to College Park to at
tend the commencement and returned
Saturday with their son.
Miss Grace Whiting left today
for her home at MeColl, S. C, after
spending several days here vMting
at the home of her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Whiting,
Eighth street. Miss Whiting had an
operation performed on her tonsils
at the Thompson hospital while here.
Talk about something "cute", tha
cutest and cunninget things you ever
saw to that line are tiny pairs of
pants which the Lumberton Bargain
house has laid in a stock of to pre
sent a pair to every man-child born
in Robeson county. Any normal boy
baby would be wild to get into a pair
of those on sight '
Mrs. Claire S. Thomas returned
Friday to her home at Raleigh after
spending a week here visiting at the
home of her sister and brother-to-law,
llMr.
and Airs, sandy McLeod. She
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ceompanled home by Mrs: Mc-
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They jnade the trip across country
m airs. McLeod's car. v
V Eighty-five, young men attended
the Baraca class of the Firt Baptist
Sunday school yesterday morning.
The class met in the high school
auditorium the two least Sunday's but
to the future will meet in the church
auditorium. .State Senator I R.
Varser is teacher of the class, which
is waging a campaign for new mem
bers and a better attendance of old
members, y;'" . y:"- "v"
" SUte Senator L. R. Varser and
Mr. T. L Johnson both made short
talks at : the -First Baptist Sunday
school yesterday urging that the
patrons ef the graded and high school
hear Mr. W. H. Swift of Greensboro
who will deliver the literary address
to the high school auditorium tomorr
row (Tuesday) evening at 8 o'clock.
The speakers pointed out that to the
past the citizens of Lumberton have
not turned out to a creditable manner
on sucs occasions.
At a special meetinsr of the may
or and town - commissioners Friday
evening- it was decided to deposit
$200,000 bond money and premiums
on same in equal amounts in the three
local banks. These bonds were sold
for the purpose of financing street
paving and sewer and water exten
sion now under way in the town. The
banks, are 'required to make bond te
cover the deposits and pay 3 per
cent interest on average daily balances.--"
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Miss Annie Laura Phillips has ar
rived home from Elon College, where
waa a student dnrinr th naat vaar.
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