J " - V r 1:". ' -
Intake rips icr
Ffltcr Plant to bp
Moved Above Mill
Bonds to be Issue for This Purpose
and for "Additional Paring; West
.Eighth Street to be Broadened
Cemetery Committee Appointed.
-At a meeting of . the mayor and
town commissioners Friday .eventag
an . order was passed providing for
the broadening of West Eighth street
whew it intersects Elm Vr -N. A.
Thompson and Mr. J. L. Stephens,
members of the - board, were named
as a committee to confer with Messrs.
C. B. Townsend and S. F. Caldwell,
who own the property adjacent to
the street to be broadened, relative to
amount to be ' paid lor una xo u
taken 4nby the street ' -v-..
-MessrsVGeo. L. Thompson and D.
W. Biggs And Mrs. All H. McLeod
were named as ' a town f cemetery
board. Mr. J.' 1' Stephens, a member
of the board of town commissioners,
was asked to assist the cemetery
board in its deliberations;;';;
The matter of extending the Intake
pipe for the local filter plant to ' a
point above the Jennings cotton mill
village was considered. The cost; of
this was estimated at $15,000 and it
is proposed r to issue bonds for this
purpose. The matter of issuing bonds
in the sum of $140,000 for additional
street 'and sidewalk paving in town
was also considered and arrange
ments are being made for . issuing
these bonds at an early :data,,:;
$35,000 WISHART TOWNSHIP
ROAD BONDS SOLD AT PREMIUM
The board of county commissioners
Axr uniA S3fi.nno B ner cent roaa
bonds of , Wlshart township to; the
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. of Winston-Salem
at a premium of $439. A
petition signed by a majority of the
land-owners and tax-payers vol the
township had been filed with : the
board asking that the bondabe sold.
Several bids were submittedoiu the
bonds."' - :"y; VV"J?,:':vfi--;;. V
The only other business transacted
at the special meteing of the board
held here today was the drawing of
a jury for the July term t criminal
court a i'
0A4 Prlmir inr Solicitor.
Mr. J. E. Carpenter f Maxton, who
ran second in. the race for solicitor
tk oth Inrfleial district Mr. T.; A.
, ua, av i " ' ' " .
McNeill of. Lumberton leading tnei accompanied to ? Lumberton by - her
ticket will enter VaaecondV primary. J 8i8ter, Miss ' Janie McNeill, who re
It has been stated in The Rqbesonian turned home .Saturday, evening. She
that' a 'second primary would be held
but , there have, been,, rumors, toa the'
effect that Mr. Carpenter would not
enter a second ..contest,: s ana . mwe
rumors he wishes- to aet atTest-He
expresses appreciation for the fine
vote he received 4n the-first primary.
An article sent from Maxton i this
I 'thaiAl
morning by ' Mr.v CSrpenter reached i
this offiee too late for today's paper -
owing to the fact that wora was
layed in this office for. over, an hour
on account oi eiecinc power wcuig
cut off.
Concrete Road Finished to Maxton
RmI Snrinn Fork;'; ' "
The concrete read from Lumberton
mr x tJ C..t.nAlr' tin- f
yond McNeill's bridge, 8.13 T miles,
was completed last week and the Toad
builders went to Maxton to work on
the MaxtonlurtoborigJrbad.'.-1 As
stated in The Robesonian last Mon
day, this road was opened toTwith
in a few hundred yards, of McNeill
hrifW on the 2nd inst vf''.1
Contract for the road from the
Maxton-Red Springs fork to Maxton,
19.08 . miles, , will, be, let the last of
this month, Present' 'indications " are
that the new bridge at' the McNeill
crossing will not be completed 4 dur-
" ing JUiy, as naa oeen expecwa.. '
Second Primary "for Road Supervls
, ors. ,m j. - ftiwz: v
In a notice in this paper unairman
Frank Gough of the county board of
elections orders a second primary: to
h held July 1st in- 8 ? townships to
vote on the following candidates "for
. . road, supervisor.: v. u, 'V ''r-il i6
Rowland township: JB. P., Dove and
J. McBracey; Thompsons: J. V," Faulk
and W. A. Stone;. PembrpkeJ . W, G.
Kirk and Oakley McMillan. ;14 t.
Plays at Parkton and Fairmont
Snecial to The Robesonian. TTrt
St Pauls, June r 10. The Forest
nost of the American Legion of v St
Pauls will give a minstrel. The
Musical Revue," at Parkton Monday
night, June 12th, at 8 o'clock and
at Fairmont Tuesday night June 13th
at 8 o'clock. Both to be given, in the
Tiigh school auditorium. , .-
H. L. Blue, Jr., who is in the coun
ty jail here charged with -embexzl-
inst funds from the ' Bank of Fair
mont, has been ill since "early .'Sat
urday night, having been unconsci
ous much of the time. It is ' under
stood that he has : suffered - like at
tacks before. Sheriff R. E. Lewis has
had the matter, of taking him to a
hnanital ud with County 'Attorney
j;. J. Britt and Mr. C. B. Townsend,
' a member of the board of county com
missioners, .though no definite deel
i ion has yet been reached. - -
Recount Shoya h
Error of One Vote
Smith's Majority for Recorder la St.
- Pauls District Reduced to 11 Tkk-
eta of Rennert Township Not Pro
duced for Re-Count Chairman
"Coach Declines to Hear Protests,
K recount of the vote for recorder
of the St Pauls district cast: in St
Pauls township in the primary, June
3 by the county board of elections
showed an error of One vote in favor
of Jno. S. Butler, one of the candi
dates. This one vote reduced the ma
jority in that - district 6f os Marcus
Smith, Ahe other candidate, from 13
to 11. The vote was recounted Thurs
day. The board was asked to recount
the vote for recorder of the same dis
trict in Rennert township and also the
vote for township road supervisor in
that township, but the tickets were
not produced and therefore could not
be re-counted. t "x
' The protest asking that the vote for
recorder in these . two townships also
asked that a hearing in re the matter
be given before the county board of
elections. Mr. Frank Gough, chairman
of the board, declined to bear the mat
ter on the grounds that such a heart
ing was not in the jurisdiction of the
county board. ' If the; matter is ari
gued it will Jbe before the State board
of elections or in Superior court v
Silent salesman? ice box
E. L. Quick of McDonald Has In
vented a Box That Feeds Ice-Cold
' Bottled Drinks When Coaxed With
a fickle. ; .
Special to The Robesonian.' ; 4
McDonald, June 8. McDonald not
only has the distinction of having the
first wireless station in Robeson
county, but we also venture to say
we believe we have the first "silent
salesman" ice box. It works on the
order of a slot machine, and works
nicely. Mr. E. L. Quick of our city
is the inventive genius. He has been
working : on the machine for some
time at spare momenta, but since he
has finished it he intends to put his
entire time to; the business.
All you have to do is to- M the
machine with coca cola or any other
drink desirable, and ice, and lock the
box. It will do ; the rest. Every time
you insert a nickle and pull the lever.
out comes a drink ice cold, and it
absolutely refuses to manipulate with
out the regular old buffalo coin,
t . - i i ; ' "i .i . , .
Miss Josie .McNeill' of! Laurel
Hill entered the Thompson hospital
here Saturday for treatment She was
WM accompanied . home'u by - -her
nephews,, Masters John Coble and
Donald McNeill, sons of Mr.and Mrs.
n if V 'II
Jno. S. McNeill, who will spend some
time at Laurel Hill visiting relatives.
" -iMr. John F. French is expected to
return home' tomorrow,,; night ; from
i hnriAttp vn(ri n naa seen unaer-
going treatment at ' the i-Charlotte
Banatorium for several weeks.' His
ne-jcon(jition is very much improved.
-j-Miss Cora C. Collins, milliner for
Miss Josephine Breece, left Saturday
nisrht for her home in Crissfield, Md.
A blaze on the roof of the kitchen
at the home of Capt. A. B Small,
East- Third street yesterday at 1Q
,
CneiHiPl.
80 was extinguished by the use of
before much damage was
done
"Owing to an oversight, mention
was omitted in the i account r of t the
Israel-Weinstein wedding in " Thurs
day's Robesonian of numerous tele
grams that were read to the guests
by It Abo Feldman of . Dunn. Con.
gratulatory messages were received
by the young couple from. ; many ;
friends throughout the country. Mr.
W. Israel and daughter, -Mrs. .Lj A.
Kronenburg, . both of Birmingham,
Ala, father and sister of the groom,
who Were' among the guests at the
wedding, left Thursday for Baltimore,
Md. Mrs. Joe Sachs and daughter,
Misses May and Una, of Birmingham,
also, wedding guests,, and Misa. Mil
dred Weinstein,.! went this morning
to Wrightsville Beach, . where they
wjlV spend two . weeks. ": "v rT "
Mrs. R. S. Beam and infant son
will, be brought home tomorrow bight
from .Charlotte, where the former has
been - undergoing treatment for sev
eral weeks.. Airs. Beam's condition has
improved considerably and she Is now
able tow&lk about a little Mrs. A. E.
White, who has been, with her daugh
ter in Charlotte most of the time
came home Thursday : night ; and. re
turned to Charlotte this morning. Dr.
Beam will go to Charlotte tonight to
bring them home. ; -
Mrs. Robert Belch left Saturday
M T -1 i.i If J A. I. .L
her husband, .; who : is in a hospital
there, and whose - condition is un
improved. ' '. . -. " :,v;'y;-.
- t SPECIAL NOTICE y
"" "Special attention is called t8 the
fact that in the 2-page ad of Mr.
Harry Weinstein in this paper it
is stated that he "will not ex-
.change any merchandise during
this sale." Circulars of the same
size advertising this sale stated
that merchandise would be ex
changed for merchandise, which
was an error. .
Loan for Liberty , v
School Approved
Foods f rose Sale of Bonds to be
Divided Between . Pembroke . w Bite
and Indian Districts Other School
Board Proeeedinrs. -
An anolicatlon for a loan of 43.000
from the State special building fund
for the Liberty school district was ap
proved by the county board of. educa
tion at its regular -monthly metting
last Monday.
. The board approved a contract maoe
between the committeemen of district
No. 1. white and No. 1. Indian. Pern
broke township, providing that funds
from the sale of bonds be equally u
vided between the two schools -
An order was passed allowing J.
M. McCallum $250 for calculating
snecial taxes for the years 1921-22.
A rebate of $12 was allowed Mrs.
Wesley Thompson in-district No." 6,
Thompson township, on account of er
ror in listing.
COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS MUST
v WAIT FOR TAX COLLECTIONS
Railroads Win Fight for Stay of
Proceedings la Collection of y Dis-
Dated Ad Valorem Taxes.
Raleigh News and Observer, June
10: Counties and local . taxing units
of North Carolina will have to wait
a while longer for $775,578 m ad va-
orem taxes that have been due them
by the railroads -of the State since
October 1, 1921. while the question
Of whether the State can now collect
S209.081 in franchise taxes will y be
determined by Judge James E. Boyd,
of Greensboro as the result of, a hear
ing held here yesterday before Judge
Edmund -Waddill, Jr.," of the Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge
Henry G. Connor of the Eastern dis
trict of North Carolina, -v- '
The two judges agreed to issue a
restraining , order frbidding collec
tion of the ad valorem taxes pending
decision of the United States r- Su
nreme Court on the railroad's appeal
from the refusal of the three judges
to grant an interlocutory . injunction
against the collection of the taxes,
but divided on the question affecting
the . franchise taxes, Judge Connor
hnlAintr : with ;"tVlA ' Rtntft
and bis
associate with the railroads. Income!
taxes of 1145.000 due the State
involved in senarate suits which
be heard by Judge Connor on, Tues
day. ; 'r'h:'' Xl -y ' '"
"" SUNDAY SCH6OL; PICNIC
Fidelia Class of First Baptist Sunday
School Enjoyed DeUghtful Picnic
at Philadelphus Tosd Friday After-
noonV'' ". '". ' ..' ' ' ' ":
Members of the Fidelis class of the
First Baptist Sunday school enjoyed
delightful picnic at Philadelphus
Friday afternoon. AU gathered at the
church and were carried in cars totne
beautiful fond at-: Philadelphus.
Mr. Reuben Brown, who lives near
by" and : operates a "corn mill there,
added much to the pleasure of those'
present by giving ; demonstration m hy that seeme, to t hfan
grinding meal out of corn, which was.nd aQCOrding to their atory he pro-
new to many. . ' . . I
After a. while spent in sauntering
around the lovely spot drinking from!
the refreshing overflow and .viewing ,
the mill a " sumptuous picnic supper
wis spread. And a spread.it was. Any
thing good to eat that you wantea was
there, from ice cream up and down.
After all had feasted to their entire a large number of Fairmont peo
satisf action, a: large portion was 'pie spent Sunday at and in Lake Wac
taken up, which . was carried to in- camaw. A special low excursion rate
mates of the county home by mem-1 ia effective now, it .being only $1.21
bersof the class. Thirty were present, Tound trip Fairmont to Lake Wacca-
inchiding several visitors, mr. v. o.
Skipper Is - teacher. -
Streetcar Conductor Silled, by .Crowd
of Negroes la Richmond. I
- w . : .. r 44 ' ' TT T
-JKicnmona, vs., june i .
Burleson, 23 years of $ age, and un
married, of ;WilliamsbuTg, Va., a con
ductor in the employ of the" Virginia
Railway and Power Company was fa
tally stabbed by a crowd of negroes
In South Richmond- -this -afternoon,
bleeding to death, on the running board
of an automobile in which he had
aonorht aafetv. i
Burleson's slavers made good their
Mjan' hfnr th arrival of - Dolice
. ' - r " 7j ,
ana. as zar-as me auinonwea
are still af large. The; trouble arose
over, a aruna negro passenger, wuu.
upon, being, approached by the conduc
tor ; ana oraerea 10 aesisi, oecame
abusive and cursed him.
Bishop Kilgo Brought Home Stood
Trip WeU. r r---"
Charlotte Observer, June . 10:
Bishop John C. Kilgo, who has been
ill In a hospital in Memphis, 'arrived
here last night in the private car of
President? Fairfax Harrison, of the
Southern railway, under the care of
Dr. B. F. Turner, fo Memphis, and
two trained nurses. He stood the trip
unusually l. welV arriving in fine
spirits, and according to his physi
cian, having had about the best day
since his illness..
IF YOU HAVE EYE TROUBLES
It may not be glasses you need.
Let us advise you truthfully.
Expert knowledge of the eyes in
their relation to bodily diseases.
DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER.
Fairmont Ncvs
p.rV f v.trmnnt im Ilanda of Re-
Will V . : - I
eeiver Calhoun Highway--wy oj,
t i A.. MIAAU at Road. Drink" ,
iT.wvf. Rlrninr U
Tobacco Vreaga-sjnl. at (
Commerce
Reorganized Ofcher
i Items.' T
Ttw tf V. Rritwa
I'.-i""''.
: Fairmont, June 12 Tomorrow nig!
the Forest post of the American Le
gion, St. Pauls, will present , "musi
cal minstrel revue" in the Fairmont
graded school auditorium. This en
tprtflinmcmt ia claimed to be of the
other places where this post bas P;: r,
i on. The admission w 1 a d
cents and tickets are y on s aale vat
Grantham & Co.; Fpirmont Drug Co.,
Robeson Drug Co.; and O L. Barnea
grocery. The local post of the Amer
ican Legion is assisting the visiting
post and especially -ask everybody to
attend. &y?,-"rt-lrit -:-
Calhoun Highway,!;
:- Sometime ago it was read in ftbe
Morning Star that the Calhoun high
way would have Conway, S. C, aa a
terminus instead of Wilmington or
some North Carolina port, as the local
association here contended. Officials
of the organisation here got m touch
immediatedly, with the acting presi
dent of - the, Calhoun highway, Mr.
Hanna, and he invited delegateg to
the meeting to be held at Myrtle
beach. A meeting was called and del
egates consisting of Messrs. V. W.
Keith and M. H Huston were appoint
ed. These delegates attended meeting
last Thursday, which was a meeting
of the Jackson hiehway; and "which
will have Myrtle beach as its terminal
At this meeting the delegates xrom
here tendered to Mr.. Hanna and the
Calhoun Hiehwar association an in
vitation to hold their annual meeting
here in July, and it is very probable
that this meeting will be held here.
This meeting will be held July 11th
And over 100 delegates are expected to
be ht attendance, and at this meeting
it will be definitely, determined just
where the CaHhoun highway will run,
it already being a settle fact that It
will pass though Dillon, S. C
M&s Eloise Jones of Laurinburg Is
the attractive guest of her cousin
Miss Rose Jones, on' Iona street, t
A gentleman of color was arrested
, Chief Lawson Saturday afternoon
in the camps of the Beaufort County
Lumber Co. on a charge of usinar pro
fane language, being boisterous and
otherwise undesirable near the com
pany atore. He was given a hearing
before Recorder Floyd, who fined him
$20 and coats, f , . i
Man Attacks Wayfarers' With Knife.
According to statements of two
itnen named Davis and one named Cox,
Dewey Leggett, of Ceter, proceeded
to use a knife' on them as they were
entering town Saturday afternoon. It
seems tha$ Leggett had stopped his
car in the middle of the road' 'near
where the recent rain had washed the
road badly, and was in the act of tak
ing a drink of "soonething" when the
,
three men came up and wanted to
They asked Leggett to l.et them
ceeded to go on them with open knife.
waa cut on Bnd one of
Davis men was cut slightly. The
men finally succeeded in getting
the knife away from their assailant
and came to town for an officer. When
Chief Lawson went to the scene Leg-
ett had become very scarce.
maw
Mayor E. M. Johnson' of Lumber.
ton spent Sunday here with his broth
er Mr. J. F. Johnson.
2,000 Acres Signed Up . .
During, the 'last drive for members
the Tobacco 'Co-operative- association
signed approximately 2000 acres of
tobacco in and around here. Some of
the. workers are still here and accord-
mg to 'Director Brown a large num
ber of acres will be signed up before
the weed is cured. "... r . ....;
Chamber of Commerce Re-organised
At a meeting several nights ago
the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce
was ' re-organized and waked up. - For
4.- : v.. k j
iiuvuuu i uaa uau a i w,t , ycscvxiu
a , most, peaceful
sleep. Among the new officers elects
1 Mr. J.,F. Johnson, cashier, of
- ti,. rirst National Bank, who was
elected-; secretary - and treasurer.. Mr
Geo. H. Cole, who has headed the or
ganization since its birth, was re
elected presidents It la to -be - hoped
that the ; organization will at least
go to the rescue of the large slogan
signs and wake them up before it's
too late.
, Mr. H. Weinstein is putting on one
of the biggest fire sales that this sec.
tion-of the state has ever heard of.
His goods, a. few slightly damaged
by water, fire and smoke, are priced
so low that on Wednesday morning
the townspeople are expecting ' a
Urge number of visitors to get some
of the bargains he Is " offering. As
was mentioned before,' Mr.-Weinstein
is - using the two new buildings on
Center street next to the new Robe
son Drug Co. Look at his large two
page advertisement in today's issue.
Dr. A. H. Hayes has moved his
office from he Andrews building to
'the new Robeson Drug Co. building.
He and Dr. Price will have offices
over the new drug store 'and will at
Baseball
GAMES THIS WEEK
Today and Tuesday.
Maxton at Luihberton
RsLaurinburg
McColl at Hantlet
Wednesday, June,
Lumbertonr at Raeford.
Laurinburg at McColL
Hamlet at Maxton. : "
" ' June 15
Lambert on at McColL .
Hamlet at Laurinbarg .
14
Maxton at Raeford
Jane If and 17.
Lumberton.
Maxton at Raeford.'
' - ' 1 ' ' '
-The opening games of the Inter'
State league are scheduled to get un
der way this afternoon in three towns
of the circuit Maxton playing here,
Raeford at Laurinbursr and McColl at
Hamlet The opening series will be of
two games and Maxton will play here
Again tomorrow. One of the largest
baseball crowds in the history of the
local park is expected this afternoon
as weather conditions promise to be
Ideal. ? : ; iJ: :..'fe'v s
Friday and ": Saturday the McCou
team plays here. This is a remark
able team from a remarkable town
and is expected to be one of the best
drawing cards in the league. A
brawnr. freckle-faced farmer lad nam
ed Thompson is expected to be one of
the pitching stars for the McColl
team. Thompson as a high . school
Ditcher has established a record on
paralelled in the annals of baseball
and has become one of t the ; most
sought-after youngsters in America.
Pitching . for the McColl high school
team he faced 689 batsman and al
lowed but one base on balls. In ten
games last season against clubs of
equal strength he fanned 175 men, an
average of 17 1-Z per game. Thomp
son finished high school this year and
expects to enter , some college m the
falL Big league scouts .are camping
on his trail with such persistency be
is compelled to go into retirement im
mediately after he pitches a i game.
McColl, Thompson's home town,
which had a population of 2,143 at the
last census,. claims there are only
three persons over 16 years old liv
ing there, that . arenot members oi
some church. v
Thompson will pitch here either
Friday or Saturday.
' League Teams Winners
The exhibition season closed Sat
urday with all the league teams win
ners over weaker opponents. Maxton
ran away with the- East Lomberton
team, white on Friday Lumberton won
from Chadbourn-Boardman 22 to 0.
The best game of the week here was
an 11-inning tie game with Camp
Bragg Thursday. The soldiers brought
over the best i team they 1 have . yet
had and with several breaks going
their way played the locals to a stand
sun.
The' Woman's club will meet at
the town hall Wednesday afternoon
at 5:30 o'clock. . - ,
an. early date have their offices equip-
oed with X-ray machines. Dr. rnce
will retain his office in North, Fair
mont. hut will use the down town
office for the convenience of his pa
tients who do not live in the northern
section of town.
Amonsr those from : here who wil
attend i the annual championship
checker games to be held in Maxton
on July 4th is Mr. J. Paul Lewis, who
has taken honors from anybody : he
plays in this section. Mr. McNair just
as well begin to get in practice.
Crona Da ma red br Rains.
The damaee done to the crops by
the recent heavy rains will be great
The roads have been repaired witn
th centfoii of the bridze over Old
Field swamp just out of town on the
Lumberton roadVi It will be several
davs yet before traffic is open and
those using this road are detouring
via the old Stage road.
Receiver for Bank of Talrmont
Th Bank of Fairmont4 is now in
th'a hands of receiver. Mr. A. R. Bu
lock,' receiver for the People's Bank
and Trust company, has been , made
temporary receiver and Is awaiting
appointment, as. permanent receiver.
Since the explosion and fire on the
nieht of February ' 28, the stockhold
ers and directors have worked hard
trying' to keep this from happening,
but in vain. At one time, and in fact
several times, it was almost an assur
ed fact that the bank would open, but
each time something went wrong. Mr.
H; L. Blue Jr who - waa - arrested
some time after the, fire on a charge
of misappropriation of several thous
and dollars, is still in 'jail awaiting
trial in July criminal - court Jar.
Blue's bond was' fixed at $15,000 and
as yet has not made it Other news
rrlmff the Lank will be in the
nPT i.ne of the ROBESONIAN. Mr.
Bullock is under the impression that
every depositor will be paid a large
portion of his balance at a very early
date. ' ' '
; IT. D. C Meets Tuesday
The U, D. C of Fairmont will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 30 at the
home of Mrs. E. J. Chambers, Iona
street This is the first regular meet-
AV ..mmIiaw a til A,.
mg aner u ,Z
ganization. Every memDer is urgeu
be present
COTTON MARKET
Middling cotton is a noted on th lo
cal market today at 20 1-2 cents the
pound. The price on the local mark.
et Saturday reached 21 cents.
BBIEF ITEMS OF LOCALS NEWS
Born. Thursday nlzht to Mr. and
Mrs. W. C Kinlaw, a 10 1-2 . pound
son, ' , .
Born.Friday afternoon, to Mr.
and Mrs. Alex. Iledgpeth of B. 6,
Lumberton, a son. , ' .
Much home-grown fruits and ve
getables is being offered for sale on
the local market The fruit - crop
promises to be a bumper one.;.
ur. J .u. Regan has been serious
y ill at his home. Cedar street for
several days. He suffered a stroke of
paralysis several months ago.
f v awuv v aw Mm sassva wis
S. A, Cohen of Chicago, HL, a son.
Mrs. Cohen is the -daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Weinstein of Lumberton.
Mrs. J. C Fuller and two chil
dren, , Mary Louise and Donald, left
this morning f or ;f Goldsboro, Mrs.
Fuller going to be with her mother,
Mrs. M. j. pent, woo is IIL
.Master Johnnie Bvrd of HawaHa
viue townsnip Drought npossumt to
town Friday the mother possum
and 11 young ones. The possoms were
found in a hollow log m the Big
Swamp by young Byrd.
Richard Gregory Allen, son of
Mr. Jos.- Allen, who lives near St
Pauls, is in trouble in Washington,
C' where he has been engaged as
attorney for- the shipping board,, on
the charge of having stolen an auto
mobile. -
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Smith and
Mrs. J. D. Overstreet of Wakulla
were Lumberton . visitors Friday.
Smith Overstreet 10-year-old son of
Mrs. Overstreet underwent an opera
tion Friday afternoon at the Baker
sanatorium for enlarged tonsils.
Friday at 11:30 a. m. dn account at,
' A WW trM V mm
blaze on the roof of a residence
owned by Adeline Hooper, colored,
south of the union station. The fire
was extinguished by the v use of
chemicals before much damage was
done. ...
Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Porter of
Charlotte- passed , through . town
Thursday enroute ' home from - their
oia name m uoiumous counry, wnere
they had been since Monday.'- They
formerally lived at Rennert and are
well and favorably known in Robeson
Dr. B. .A. Branch of Raleigh.
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spent yesterday and last night here
with his family, who have been guests
for several !days at the home of Dr.
Branch's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Branch. Dr. Branch left today for
Wrightsville Beach to attend the an
nual meeting of the State Dental so
ciety, which opens there today. .
Mrs. G. Kataen left last evening
for her home in Baltimore, Mo, alter
spending several days here visiting at
the home of her son-in-law and daugh-
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Elm street Mrs. , Katzen eame . here
to attend the Israel-Weinstem wed
ding, an account of which was pub
lished in Thursday's Robesonian.
Miss Vivian McNeill expects to
leave" Friday for Greensboro, where
she will join a party en route; to the
university of . California, Berkeley,
where they will 'attend a summer
school. Misses Nell Sutton and Eliza
beth Peay, members of the high
school faculty during the last term,
wilt attend the same summer school.
Miss Margie Russell expects to
leave tomorrow night for Birming
ham, :Ala I where she ; will join the
Elliott touring !;party for a tour of
the West She J expectsr; lo attend a
summer school at the university of
California, at Berkeley; while away.
Miss Russell will be away till about
September 1st and will visit her bro
ther and sister-in-law. Mr.- and Mrs.
J. M. Russell, in Atlanta, Ga before
returning vhome. -1 ; -
Messrs. J. S. Williams and G. W.
Bass, two of he lessees of the Star
tobacco sales warehouse of Lumber
ton, arrived Thursday night and will
spend . several days here and in the
surrounding territory. As has been
stated in The Robesonian, the Star
warehouse will be operated under the
old auction system, while the two
other warehouses ? hero The). Big
Banner and the Farmers will be
operated by the co-operative market
ing association. . ' '
Mr. Levi Perry, who lives in East
Lumberton, reported to Sheriff B. E.
Lewis Friday afternoon that he had
located something in Lumber river,
south of the Kmgftdale lumer plant,
that appeared to be parts of a human
body. Sheriff Lewis deputized Mr.
Henry - Edwards to assist. Mr.
Perry m bringing his find
to - land and it proved to
be the maw of a cow. The maw was
examined at the request of Sheriff
Lewis by Dr. John Knox.
v lr. Joseph Ratley, a Confederate
veteran of St Pauls, was in Lumber,
ton Saturday to see Mrs. I T. Town
send in" regard to arrangements for
attending the Confederate veterans
reunion in Richmond June 20, 21 and
22. As stated in last Monday's Robe
sonian, the county commissioners
have appropriated 150 to pay the ex
of twelve veterans of the coun
ty to the reunion, arrangements be-
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send, who U secretary of Camp Pope.