Mrs. A. Weinstein
Died at 1:30 P. M.
Mrs. A." Weinstein died this After
noon at 1:30 o'clock at the Thompson
hospital, where she i underwent an
operation for cancer of the large in
testines a week ago today. Only faint
r hope. of recovery had been entertain-
' ed since the operation .Deceased was
about 44 years old and is survived by
her husband and . six children, Mrs.
S. A. Cohen of Chicago, Mrs. O. M.
.Israel of .Birmingham, Ala Miss
Mildred Weinstein1? of Lumberton,
Messrs. ' Max.- Israel and Robert
Weinstein, all of Lumberton, The fun
eral arrangements have not been an
nounced. , ;':;;'v y?;.' V-rf "
Mrs. Weinstein was well and favor
ably known to a host of friends here
and elsewhere, who will be grieved to
learn of her death.
Great Improve- ;
Besides Extension of " Sewer and
Water Lines and Paving Seaboard
is Making Improvements at Station.
Notable improvements. are now un
der way in Lumberton,- The sewer
and , water lines are ; being extended
to parts of the town which heretofore
have not had these advantages. Street
and sidewalk paving is being extend
ed and besides all this the Seaboard
is making some needed improvements
at the union - station. The track . in
front of the station has-been raised
4 inches and the grounds about the
station are being built tip with gravel
In a few months Lumberton will not
be the same town in many respects."
Of course the torn-up condition of
the streets and sidewalks while the
work is in progress inconveniences
the public, but this is unavoidable. -
Naval Bill Passed by Senate "
Washington, June 19.--The annual
navy appropriation bill, carrying ap
proximately $295,460,000 ; . and - pro
viding for an enlisted personnel of
86,000 men was passed late' today
by the senate and sent, to conference
with the housev '; .';';:V''':.rv
Action . on : the enlisted; personnel,
now about 115,000, is final as the
seaate--f)ccepted -the -house .decision
and .the , question will not come be
fore : the conferees, who .will deal
, principally with senate increases of
about $44,000,000 over the bosue bill.
There was no record ' vote on final
passage and no effort was made to
reduce the enlisted personnel.
: .
Pernanent Receiver for ; Bank of
Fairmont. ' " . - : : , "
Mr. A. R. Bullock was named
Tuesday, by Judge ,w w Lyon -of
Elizabethtown as permanent receiver
for the Bank of Fairmont. Mr,, Bul
lock ' had recently been named tem
porary receiver: of the defunct' bank.
He is also receiver for the Peoples
Bank & Trust Co. of Fairmont, which
failed several months ago. Mr. Bul
lock lives near Fairmont. ; '
Typhoid Vaccination Clinics.
Typhoid vaccination clinics will be!
conducted during the next few days
as follows:
Friday," June 23 St' Pauls cotton
mill, 10 a. m.; St Pauls, 1 p. in.;
Raft Swamp 5 p. m. "-J xrle - 'i'v-
Monday, June 26. Lumberton cot
ton mill, 2 p. m.; Smyrna, 4:30, p. m.
One case of ; typhoid has been re
ported to Dr. E. R. Hardin, county
health officer, from the Raft Swamp
community." :, .4, ;;; v-: r" "
Miss Janle Leach of; ft! axten M ;
. .Fayetteville. Observer,. ? June. 21:
Mrs. W. B. Malloy - has ' received a
telegram announcing the death . of
Miss Janie Leach, her aunt .which
occurred at her home in Maxton yes
terday. Miss Leach, who- was a mem
ber of Center Presbyterian church,
was greatly beloved by a large -circle
of relatives and -friends " in Robeson
county. Mr. and Mrs. Malloy went to
Maxton by automobile ; this morning
to attend the funeral, which was held
at 4 o'clock thisr afternoon.! ffj
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar M. Israel,
who were married here on June '6,
-returned Tuesday morning from their
bridal tour to Atlantic City, N. ' J
New York, Baltimore and other points
of ' interest i They ' returned ci -- earlier
than they had expected oh account of
the illness of Mrs. Israel's 1 mother,
Mrs. A. ; Weinstein. -They wilt remain
here for some time, after which they
will go to Birmingham, tAlaS?S 8i
i Mr. John Prevatt of the . Raft
wamp- section is ill- with typhoid
. fever. ''j'K .Wf&yhu--,
Mrs. F. L. Nash and small daugh
ter, Roberta Kate, of Rosemary, ar
rived Monday and will" spend - some
time here visiting ' at the home of
Mrs. Nash's mother, Mrs.,-Geo.?. B.
McLeod, Chestnut and -Fifth streets.:
Mr. J. M. Russell of Atlanta, Ga.,
arrived this morning and will spend
some time here visiting at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Russell, Walnut street Mrs. Russell
has been here for some time.
. Misses Lena and Freda Dunie will
leave tonight for Washington and
Baltimore, where they will spend some
lime visiting relatives and friends.
Interest is Grow-
v ing in Revival
Dr. Vines' - is ' Preaching Eloquent,
Clear and Powerful Sermons at
First Baptist Church Subject
This Evening "Home, Sweet Home'1
Sunday School Classes Will At
. tend in a Body Friday Evening. .
SERVICES TWICE DAILY t '
' Interest is growing in the revival
services , which , began at the , First
Baptist church' Monday , evening, al
though the rainy , weather has: inter
ferred somewhat with the attendance
at several services, vr. w. m, vines,
pastor of .the First Baptist church
of Norfolk, Va., is doing the Preach
ing. His sermons are eloquent, clear
and powerful. He is making plain the
fact that sin has a penalty and what
soever a man soweth that shall he al
so reap. The subject of Dr.' Vines'
sermon this evening will be "Home,
Sweet Home". Tomorrow (Friday)
evening the various classes ' of the
Sunday school, will attend in a body,
accompanied by the. teachers of the
several classes. Members : of the
Baraca class, of which State Senator
L. R. Varser Is teacher, are' request
ed to meet at the court house square
at 7:45. from which : point the class
will repair to the church. This class
is composed of near 100 young men
services are nem twice aauy ii a.
m. and 8:15 p. m. Several local busi
ness ' houses close for the morning
service. It has not. been announced
when the meeting will close. It will
.1. i. .1 . . , i. v i
run uirougn ounuay ana , prooaoiy
longer. ' .
Report ef sermons will be given -in
the next issue : -, s - ,
GENERAL CARR RE-ELECTED ;
. COMMANDER OF VETERANS
" k. : &
New Orleans Selected as Reunion City
for 1923 A Touching Scene. . --
s. Richmond, Va- June 21. The re
election of General Julian S. Carr, of
Durham. N.:.C:i.:vAaeommand.inluOoc'-':OI. LtUmDerton, Mrs. Sander-
chief and theselection of New Or-I
leans as the reunion city in' April 1923,
featured .the closing, session here to
day of the thirty-second annual: re
union, of T the i. United Confederate
yeteraiM,-.? t-vsi':?.
' tRichmond, June 20. What was de
scribed as the "Christian; leadresbip
of the men in. gray," a defense of
President Jefferson Davis of the Con
federacy against his Southern critics,
a reference to Senator: Henry Cabot
Lodge, of Massachusetts as "being
against everything the South stands
for,! and eulogies , of former. PresU
dent ; Woodrbw Wilson,? burdened the
addresses which featured the opening
session' here today of the 32nd annual
reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans.
k , A . touching scene was enacted in
connection: with the opening of !th
session early today when . Gen. Julian
S. Carr; commandein-chief ' of the
veterans: arose from his chair and
extending his arms with- dramatic
gesture exclaimed to the old veterans
m a low voice: - "
"God bless you all, I love you, I
love you."
silence prevailed for a lew sec
onds, when veterans and women . in
the audience were seen to wipe away
tears. Then a storm of applause fol
lowed. u--AV. :'h-l-(
Turned to a pitch of enthusiasm
and sentiment which perhaps is un
paralelled in the chronicles of such
reunions in the Southland, the veter
ans in. their initial session fierd the
hearts of young and old alike by their
vigorous j loyalty . to. ; a cause .that
seems to' stand like a far beacon in
the, fading twilight of a day which,
for them, gradually: is -closing. - -
U RECORDER'S : COURT '
"Crimeless Wave", Ends Fined for
; Shooting "Into Pack of ? Hounds
Fisherman Found Guilty ; nf - Tres
spass. SJ'li'f :M 'r-, 3 A
" Steve Rising and Fannie Ivey were
found not guilty of immoral conduct
by Recorder David H. Fuller Mpnday.
This 'was the only trial, to come up for
attention Monday and the. second for
mprft than a -week, In fact,' one. would
hav' judged from .the quietness in re
corder's circles .that 'fj, "crimeless
wave!, had struck' this section. ; - The
storm broke the other way yesterday,
however. AI CvWest was found guil
ty of shooting into a 'pack .of fox
hounds that, were racing a fox,, on bis
lands. -i He was fined $5 and : cost
West had his lands posted, according
to.' the evidenced . ' Three of the 'dqgs
were ; hit, 5 but none killed, Charlie
Jenkins, a fisherman, of - color. was
found guilty of trespass fishuig on
the lands of Mr. A. F, Ward. ; Judg
ment was continued upon condition
that Jenkins cease to fish - on Mr.
Ward's lands.-- - Court is in session
again today.
"COOP MEETING IN LUMBER- :
TON TUESDAY, OF NEXT WEEK
A speaker from Kentucky will ad
dress a mass meeting in Lumberton
Tuesday of next week, at 3:30 p. m.,
on cooperative marketing of tobacco.
The cooperative plan of marketing to
bacco has been Wed out in Kentucky
and everybody, is interested in hear
ing first hand of the results.
J . " . St. Pauls News
New Store and Radio Station in
Prospect Mr. A. H. Holder Passes
Johnson-Stell Marriage Person-
al and Other Items. 4 ,f : -;
' . . By Bess G. Johnson1: - t
- St Pauls. June 20. "What is so
rare as a day in Jmifl;?k;Y':$'- I
Miss Lena Sykes and her"- friend
anas iena MciNair irom LAurtnnurg
came over on the 13th and spent the
j we uviui w wa. i
the formers mother. r -
we wio n - Dig one r isai
week, but it, wasn't our intention.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Browne Evans and
family failed to make the trip to Bui-
c out re planning to go some wme
& the near future. Want to make the
trip by motor, possibly camp, out on'ed by Dr. Hayes, who stated that
the way, and , therefore get all the he could not determine how badlv
fun- coming their way."
Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Guiton are de-!
lighted to have their daughter. Miss j
Maisie, with them for a 2-weeks' va-
cation. She has been in training at;
the Pittman-Gainey hospital Fayette -
ville, for some time now. Miss Guiton
looks well and seems highly pleased
with this institution. ' " -
Mr. F. C. ShotwelU from South
rwwa
season. He nas been fn the tobacco
business for 8 years, "so is "some to
baccoist," we suppose. i y
Death of Mr. A. H. Holder
Mr. Alex. Holder, who had been
critically ill for several days, was
called - to his eternal borne Sunday
afternoon, the 18tb, at 3
frniMil .orvi. w v M4itJ
services were
Monday p. m. at 4 by Dr. E. C.
Murray, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, of which he was a member.
Mr. Holder's health had not teen
good since he suffered an attack of
paralysis sometime ago. For several
days he had not been expected' to
live. He resided some 3 miles from
town. Besides other relatives i he
leaves a widow , and the following
children: Messrs.: Patt and Stedman
W""- of Lumberton, Messrs. Jbm
and Gordon and : Mary of St Pauls,
who resiaea wims- inetr i jparenis - ai
their country homej swar town.- -!.Mi8s
Mary Humphrey of our town
had the pleasure of seeing her ancle
Mr. S. Humphrey rot;: ;jnort4si;
Boston arrived in St. Pauls, a few Holland Christian church, Holland
weeks ago and will have charge of I Virginia." . Mr. Bounds is the superin
the , Farmers Cooperative - Tobacco, tendent of the Jackson Brothers Lum
Marketing association warehouse this ber Co. here. They will be at home
QZW!! tJ-fhrM a very pretty one in aU its sim-
Has " been in Robeson for a; visit
among relatives nncL.znenos.tbe Past
few days. Mf. O. C. Teague has re
turned to his home,. Macpn, Ga., af
ter v fipending a few- days -with his
brother, Supt T.. S. Teague, on MainM
street Little Laura . Graham Wil
kerson returned to Laurinburg Fri
day after a pleasant visit to little
Miss Laura Northrop Miss Gola
Willoughby was -i-to -Heave yesterday
r or wake ores t where she will at-
tend summer . school ; during the 6
weeks term beginning today. Approx
imately 350 students were expected,
Iare majority of the number being
Composed of the -Jf air sex." Dr. and
Mrs. E. C. Murray and Masters Hush
Murray and Alexander : McGeachy
have gone to Fayetteville today. Hugh
and Alex, will spend a few days at
the home of, the latter's: aunt, Mrs.
A.' A. McEachern of Dick street. ;
(Continued on page four.)
TO
DISCUSS CURB MARKET
Joint , Meeting , of Lumberton Home
.Demonstration and Woman's Clubs
' Will be Held In Town Hall Next
" Monday Afternoon. 4
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
A joint meeting of the Lumberton
Home Demonstration Club .and the
W6man's Club twill be held in the
town hall, of .Lumberton on Monday,
June zeth, at 330 p. m. Miss An
drews is calling the meeting to dis
cuss the advisability of opening "a
curb market in Lumberton. A short
demonstration will be , given. The
members of both clubs are urged to
be present . ( 1
'-.l-ft mm
Held for Murder Committed in 1914.
Raleigh News and Observer, June 20:
Almost six years after he shot and
killed Cleve Watklns in a poker game
quarrel over LassiterV stable on Wil
mington; street, Will May, aflias C.
S. Drake; was arrested yesterday in
Greensboro. He was identified as the
murderer by a friend of the dead man
who saw him in "the Pomona cotton
mills,' of that iity where he was em
ployed as a weaver. Dectective Tom
Crabtree leaves I this , morning for
Greensboro to" bring him here for
n.-".' 1 'l ! .' '
. Prof. . W. B. ;, Crumpton, Jr., re
centlyi elected superintendent of the
Lumberton ' schools, and family ? ar
rived here today from Selma. They
will leave in a few days for the coast
where they will spend some time, and
expect to return to Lumberton about
July 4. Prof. Crumpton has shipped
his furniture here and will store it
until he can secure a residence. Mr.
and Mrs. Crumpton have two children,
Miss Corrie Ellen, aged 11 years, and
Master Will Ward, aged 7.
Little Miss Katherine Boyd, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Boyd, ex
pects to go next Monday to Monroe,
where she will spend a month visit
ing at the - home of her uncle and
aunt, - Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Laney.-
Fairmont News
""Ir.Otha Perry Injared by. Falling
Tree Two . Weddings and One to
Follow Crops and Roads Badly
Damaged by'. Heavy ,. Rains One
Story Is Good Until 'Another is
Told Legion ; Meeting Friday
- Night. v ,f r?.i 'k yi.
'V By H. V. Brown T
Fairmont, Jane 20. While working
wuu a . augKuiK tre w in ins wpgaii"" own uwr vacir arrival in
near here today Mr, . Otha Perry,
young white man of this place, was
1 seriously injured when a tree which
he was cnttine fell too near him.
one of the limbs of the tree pressing
mm against a near-by tree. lie was
Pushed to town and his wounds dress-
injured he was on account of the most
serious injury being internal. . ; ,
Holland-Bounds Wedding Today.'
Invitations reading as follows have
been received: "Mr, and Mrs. Fethro
Summer Holland , request ; the honor
of your presence at the marriage of
their daughter, Georgia Lockhart, to
Mr. Clafid Samuel Bounds on Thurs
day, June 22, v 1922, at 8 o'dock.
UOIl MUIin m
here after June 25.
Church Notes '
Presiding Elder J. H. . Shore of
Rockingham will preach here next
Sunday night in the Methodist church.
It will be remembered that Rev. Shore
preached the baccaulaureate sermon
! "ere iH way, wnicn was isiaea oi no
little and which will 'always be re
membered. ..,.
The exercises of the Sunbeams will
be held in the First Baptist church
Sunday night These exercises were
to have been held last Sunday night
but on account of the - inclement
weather it was postponed until Sun-
.daT n,8nt Jan
4 ' ' Branch-Sweum. -
A wedding' of much interest 'took
place here Thursday, June 15th, when
Miss Edna Marie Sweum became the
bride of Mr. William V. Branch. The
ceremony was performed at the home
of the bride's " pastor, . Rev. W. E.
Trawick,-who administered the. vows.
Only a few intimate friends and re
latives witnessed the ; affair: which
plicity. Immediately ' after the two
were united in marriage they motor
ed to Dillon, S. C, where they caught
a .northbound train for Portsmouth
and Norfolk, Va., where they ; are
spending their honeymoon. They will
be at home here to their friends af
ter June 23. Mrs. Branch is the at
tractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
H. Sweum, and was for one season
r member of the faculty of Fairmont
graded school. Mr. Branch, is the
popular editor of the ' Fairmont Re
view.' They both have many friends
in this section who showered them
with congratulations and wish them
all' happiness. V' .' ;; ,
Boone-Thompson '.Marriage Soon
A marriage of interest will take
place within a few days when Mr.
ics 1 A ioko VA iu vvX o v niu inv-i
F. F. Thompson will claim Miss
Vioa Boone for, a bride.,: Miss Boone
has for the past few years been a
member of the faculty of the Fair
mont graded school and Mr. Thomp
son has been following the profession
of teaching for several years.- An
evidence of the popularity of the
bride-elect was shown ' last spring
when several social functions were
given in her honor. After thewed-IMan should receive much attention.)
ding Mr.; and Mrs. Thompson will Will be given at the school auditorium,
make their home here during the V'-F"aaT night, 8:30 o'clock, .benefit
cation. Mr. Thompson returned here, Presbyterian church, and should be
Tuesday from near Manteo, where he:&ven a fun house. A very worthy
has been teaching. ' 1 cause, uet your money ready, bring
Great Damage to Crops and Roads I whole famUy and enjoy one of the
DamiM to the erona-and roads ofi0" entertainments of the season.
:Aj:n ..t.. la
on account of the recent heavy rams,
the ' most disastrous of which fell
Monday afternoon and night It is
estimated that tobacco will not be
over 60 per cent . of the ' usual crop.
Many detours are necessary on high
ways. . " .-,V: ; :
Among those from here attending
summer schools are Misses. Rose
Floyd, Selma "Ward and Eobie Floyd,
who left this morning for Chapel Hill
to attend the university . summer
school, i f' '- . .:!
Anotber version
ROBESONIAN it was sUted ithat
Mr. Dewey Leggett of Center section
proceeded to use a' knife on ' some
(Continued on page four.) .
NEW BUILDINGS i' w-.'
'
. " IN LUMBERTON
22 Residences and , 9 Basmess
Houses Erected During Past Yea
5 Houses Now Under Wsy. C
v The report of Mr. Ed J. GloveT,
local building inspector, to the
State Insurance " Department for
the year ending June 1 showed
that 22 residences and 9 business
houses w.ere erected in Lumber-
ton during the year. Five houses
are now under construction, ac-
cording to the report. ' Besides
the new building erected, many
repairs and additions were made
to both business houses and res-
idences during the year.
... ABUUITI , innvn, ,y i z , J waves
In an issue a few days ago t thef the State Departraebt of Agricul-
i Park tori Letter
! - : ;
c Y. P. XJ. Social Church
Nni
sir. a. n. rerry Moves Into Hand'
some New Residence Charch
Play Friday .;. Night Baseball at'
Midway Saturday Personal
, t By " Williamson
Parkton, June 2L Mr. M. Wright
joy a few days at the veterans re-
;unjoaa yesteraay io , en-
union. lit was accompanied by his
Richmond John was taken sick and
they both returned home this after
noon.,, r f-r-! --.'V,..,. ,v-.A-. . . ,
The B. Y. P. U. of the Baptist
church gave a most enjoyable social
Friday night at the Baptist parson
age. An ideal place, and a good time
prevailed. The electric lights produc
ed a most beautiful scene.
. Rev. R. B Uimm n..fn A tV. M
- - kvi v wig JU
b. cnurcn, nas oeen away two or
tbree weeks attending the preachers
summer school at Durham, and he!
stopped over in Raleigh this week to
visit relatives, where his family visit,
ed daring the summer school, and his
daughter Miss Pauline was operated
on last night for appendicitis at the
Rex Memorial hospital. Mr; Manns
advises us today that he will return
home the last of the week and fill his
regular appointment here . Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock, but his family
will remain in Raleigh until his sick
daughter recovers. -
Little Miss Maggie Brinston of
Laurinburg spent last week and part
of this week with her cousin Catherine
Gaitley. - - .
Rev. C R. Sorrel! filled his pulpit
here Sunday morning and at night,
preaching two most excellent sermon.
He announced Sunday night that the
revival would come off ; for that
church the middle of August and that
ev, en uer 01 Salem, Va., would
do the preaching.
mr. A. H. Perry is moving into his
new residence today. He has just
completed one , of the handsomest
bungalows in town, just to his notion,
m ici sucn a residence as the above
somehow anneals to . me.
Capt Chitwood, formerly of Texas,
will occupy the Perry house Just va
cated by A. H. Perry. Capt Chit
wood is with the A. C. L. R, R. We
welcome this good family to our town.
, ;- Mrs, J. C. Pugh and - two small
brothera, Donovan and Wilbur, were
callers in St Paula yesterday. Mrs.
Pugh was a brief satient of rw l. 1
IMoore, dentist Mr. Frank William -
on-oi iiiariotte returned Satan!!
after spending week's vacation with
relatives and friends-Mr. a w.l
anm 01 juoxvuie, Tenn., spent last
week with home folks Miss Louise
Garris left last week to enter sum
mer school at - Wake Forest, Miss
Ruby Council at Greensboro In like
manner.
The school board find it mtf At.
ficult to elect a principal for our
school ., ,..:,:;.,,J.i.;,ui?,;:,,,., : v,,;r, y, . 0
: Mr. R. A. Wright and two daugh
ters, Misses Mable and Louise, and
on, William, spent Sunday at White
Lake, as also did John Gillis and
wyoe Ertle Williamson and Clyde
Council, while Mr. and , Mrs. L. P.
- - a - - m
-?'H180nn5 Hughes and family
1 T'cu .acRSOn pnngs.
The 12-months-old babv hov nf Mr
and Mrs. R. E. Wood, who has been
critically ill with colitis for mora
than a week, is unimproved. Miss
Annie Lee McArthur, trained nurje, numbering more than 1,100. The ses
has ben attending for several days. ions were both inspiring and helpful
We trust the child may be restored to d the speakers brought interesting
health. land impressive messages to the young
The clay entitled Tli amJ people. .
I ' Parkton S Second nin " B. R. i1nk'era of th atat Ttnei that Mr. Jnnem
IE " mef 't first nine of King
Hiram at Midway Saturday at 8:30 p.
m. See the best came of th
Campbell and Campbell will be seen
as batery for Parkton. Something
doing all the time. v
Boll Weevil Dostinc DemanatratiM
"'A number of farmers representing
all ' parts of the county - witnessed -a
boll weevil dusting demonstration on
the farm of Mr. A. W. McLean, near
Lumberton. TuesdaV. The (ipmnnttn.
tion was put on by Mr. W. B. Mabee
ture. Demonstrations of three dusting
mscnines a tbree-row, mule-back and
band were given.' The demonstration
was . given for the purpose ot ;v in
structing farmers how to poison boll
weevils" by dusting- the cotton plants
with calcium arsenate. All the ma
chines used worked perfectly; ac
cording to Mr. O. O. Dukes, county
demonstrator, who; assisted ' Mr. Ma-
oee with the demonstration.
PAY YOUR LICENSE TAX
Five percent will be added to
License Taxes on July 1st.
J. P. RUSSELL,
" Clerk and Treas.
Miss Nina Bebber has returned
from Taylorsville where she spent
several days visiting relatives.
. Dr. W. W. Parker is spending the
day in Maxton on professional busi
ness. - .4'.3 , 3 ..
COTTON MARKET
Middling cotton U quoted on the lo-
cal market todav at 21 3- nmt, thm
poana. ...
I , :
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCALS NEWS
L, . ... 4
The community picture service fa
R&beson has been closed until Sep-
, wnen k ui De resumed.
Policeman J. B. .Bovle If otuhv
purchased a 5-room cottage on East
Second street from Mr. J. W. Bollock.
The residence was recently completed.
Mr. J. C y, Martin and family
moved . Tuesday from Chadbourn to
Rockingham, where Mr. Martin will
operate a pressing elub. .
- Mrs. J C. Fuller and two chil
dren, Mary Louise and Donald, arriv
ed home Tuesday evening from Golds
boro, where they spent week at the
borne of Mrs. Fuller's Barents. Mr.
and Mrs. M. J. Best. The condition of
Mrs. Fuller's mother, who has been
ill, is very much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Mean of
Roanoke, Ala., arrived Sunday and
will spend some time In the county
visiting relatives and friends. Mr.
and Mrs. Meares are natives of this
county. Mr. Meares went from here
to Richmond to attend the annual re
union of the Confederate veterans.
Examination of around 400 chil
dren living in the cotton mill villages
around Lumberton is being conducted
by Miss Elizabeth Frye, county wel
fare officer. This examination comes
under the State child labor law. The
examination is necessary before em
ployment certificates can be furnish
ed the children. : c r
The following officers were elect
ed by St Alban's lodge No. 114,
A. F. & A. M Tuesday V evening:
B. F.; McMillan, Jr worshipful
master; T. W. Bullock, senior warden;
Ben G. Floyd, junior warden; E. J.
IBritt, treasurer: F. K. Biggs, secre-
tary. These officers will be installed
next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
Mr. K. M. Biggs, presindent of
the Robeson Building it Loan associa
tion, and Mr. G. M. Whitfield, sec
reUry of the association, wenttTues
day to Wrightsvllle Beach to attend
the annual meeting of the State Build
ing and Loan association. Mr. Biggs
also attended session of the annual
meeting of the State Retail Merchants
association. They are expected home
this evening. They were accom
panied by vMr.r W"Cv Hammond, Jr.,
of Asheboro, who is visitihg . his
grandfather, Mr. Whitfield.
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News Letter
Delegates Report Best C E. Conven
tion Ever Young People's Rally
Personal Mention.
By Leila Habbard.
Lumber Bridge, June 20, The fol
lowing have returned from Charlotte
where they attended the 24th annual
Christian Endeavor convention: Misses
Maggie Monroe and Estelle Clifton,
senior delegates; Messrs. Roger Hall,
county junior delegate and Langdon
Hubbard, junior delegate; Mrs. J. W.
Hall, junior superintendent, and Miss
Leila Hubbard, assistant junior super
intendent The delegates report the
best State C. E. convention ever held
in Dixie, with registered delecrates
The friends of Mr.. Bert G. Jones
of Wilmington, the beloved 1921-22
President of the "Old. North State"
C E., will be Interested to know
that"- he yfiU, beginning September
1st, take np the work of field secre
tary for Tennessee, Arkansas and
Mississippi. The Christian Endeavor-
has taken np the larger service but it ?
is with regret that they see him leave
the state.
Mr. Patterson of Raef ord spoke on
fthe "Two Ways of Life in the Pres
byterian church Sunday.,
Mrs H. L. Witherspoon and chil
dren, little Miss Margaret, Eleanor
and H. L. Jr of Sumter, S C, are
visiting Mrs. C. R. Rabb. -
Mrs. Albert Capo ' and ' daughter,
Miss Margarite,. and ' sons, - Messrs.
Harvy, Oscar and Frank, ' of South
Jacksonville, Fbu, visited Mr. Capo's
brother, and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Wylie, this week,
Our town regrets to learn that Mr.
E. M. Young, who has been with .us
since January, -is planning to return
to his .home in - Wylan-n-the-Tynef
England, some time in July.- "
Quite a number of our people at
tended the Aoung People's - rally at
Antioch today.
Mr.- and Mrs. ' R. W. Bullard and
Miss .-Pearl, of. Fayetteville, - spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
HalL - - . - - ' '
Mr. Frank Sykes of the U. S. Navy
is visiting his mother, Mrs. Lucy
Sykes.:''"-":;.,.:"- !-
Mrs. Powers of St Pauls is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. C J. Am
nions. . . -
Miss Mary Baggett who for the
past year has been a student at East
Carolina Teachers Training school in
Greenville, is visiting relatives here.
Mr. Ed. Carrie and daughter, Miss
Emmaare attending the Confederate
reunion in Richmond.