tiie noLLZomiii, lmztzzrcz, 1:02m casoleta, : hoiiday, july 3, 1022.
TWO
Streets of Vanity
Fair Are Crowded
Vast Multitudes of People Hava Gone
Pleasure Md A ThounA Luring
Voices Call on Every Hand, All
Caution 4s Thrown to the Winds,
Old Conserratisms Are Forgotten,
Erery Danger Signal Is Ignored,
NOTHING CAN SAVE NATION
BUT JHE HOME ON ITS KNEES
At the recent session of the Bock
ingham district conference at Vass
Dr. R. C Beaman, pastor of Chestnut
Street Methodist church of LumDer
ton, submitted a report as chairman
of the committe on the"Spiritual Life
of the Church" that . -deserves the
widest possible reading and thought
ful consideration. It presents strik
ingly and eloquently matters that are
giving grave concern to inougnuu,
people of every denomination Edi-
tor.)- ;
Bv R. C Beaman. ,:
That the spiritual life of our peo
ple is Methodism's first and supreme
consideration, is. not a debatable pro
position. Material prosperity is out
a mockery and a lie u tne sow wiuun
us be dead or dying. Methodism can
not live on dogma, on dead .forms,
on ritualism.. It cannot .house itself
in magnificent, temples and live amid
the smoke and incense of its own
altars. It . must live and . move, and
have its being ia God. Its heart must
be-kept 'warm and responsive through
a hallowing and 'enriching fellowship
PWIOMCARDS
? ATTORNEY :AT'. LAW , ja-
-.! NeUry.Publleifl Offloe; i
OfXkea ever Feemaml Priattns Cv
Prompt atteaUoa glvea to a& bat
mm &'& va ' J. , ';l
Dr. Maurice A. Waddel)
Ottttl1 86nd Flopr Cotton Hill, Of
Sia Bollding, Hm and Second 8ts.
r LUMBEBTON, "NC,
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cigarettes
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They arc GOODt
DAVID H. FULLER
Attorney at Law
Second floor cotton mill office build
lag, offices formerly occupied by
Dr. Baker.
UMBEftTON. N. C.
T. Am nUNKEU Jr. . F. D, HaCKITT. li
McNeill ha wtt
Attorneye-At-Law.
Woodberry Lennon
. ATTORNEY AT LAW -Lnmherton,
N, C. "
Offices over First National Bank
JUNIUS X GOODWIN
. .iATTORNIT- ATiLAW.1
Offices Over EfirdV Dept. Store.
JohiQ.Proctort
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Dffke nexi-td'Libmberfon Motfr Cat
Cax, in Building formerly' occupied hi
sx-Jadge T. A. McNcOL ,
A'W. McLean 1 s Dickson McLaat
L. R. Varser - - ' H. E. Stacy
McJJSAN, VARSEEi Mcl.T.AM
4. STAGY.
Attorneys " At ' Law.
LUMBEBTON. - North Carollni
W. B. IVEY
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Office on Second Floor Cotton Mil
Office Building, Elm Street.
Lumberton. N. C
Stephen Mclntyre R. C Lawrenet
ames D. Proctor Robt. A. Mclntyre
UcINTYRE, LAWRENCE ft
PROCTOR,
Attaraeya and Counsellors at Law
-LUMBEBTON, N. C
Praetie in. 8tate and Federal Courts
Prompt attentioB-giYen, to all bnstaass
fl, J. BSTTT ajidLtrniEX J. BKRT
:. AttWaay '
Practicing law vhdet the fim aata
- - ' f " ;
B. J. BRTTT & CO., ,
with offkaa to the Pop Bnfldisg
Lnmberton, N. C PraeUee la bets
Stata and Federal courts. :
Prna.pt Attention Glvea All Basin
Thomas L. Johnson E.M. Johnsot
A JOHNSON ft JOHNSON
Attaraeya and Counsellors at Law ..
- r LUMBERTON, N'. Cr '
Practice in State nd Federal Courti
Notary PubBe tri Office. Offices ava
First National Bank.
OLD NEW8 PAPERS FOR SALE
AT THE ROBESONIAN OFFICE.
HilV-f- ri ''
fc i mwm
PXSPETDATB tha
ofjtkose af yaurloved iwg'wkjive
passed by r the erectloa of aa endnr
lng MEMORIAL. - Let aa aaeist yea
ia'tho choosing ef aa appropriate e.
slga;' i;- y-
Lunberton Marble Works,
J. n. Floyd, PreprUtsr
at Bseoad SL LaaberUa, N. C
with God's dear Son, the source of
all spiritual life and power. We ad
vance only on our knees. Only as we
tarry with our Lord in rapt com
munion on the mount of transfigura
tion is there given us a vision of the
madness and despair of a lost world
raving and frothing at its base, into
whose darkness we can carry the
igfct of a shining face caught .from
the excellent glory. In other words, if
we be not ' as those who are alive
from the dead, .who know. Jesus
Christ as a personal Saviour, and who
walk and talk with him in the joy of
at living and- triumphant faith, then
we cease to: f unction as a great
Churchy and our position as, one: of
the , mightiest : evangelialng forces
ataoagtoationa of the earth is for-
evet.iforfeited;At--v-;- '
U rMethodism ever fails it will fail
ia, the utter i breakdown of her spiri
tual life. i and when - her, r crowo of
glory lies-soiled and -broken at the
feet of -the god of . this world. And. her
crown -was never -aore- endangered
than at this hour. Vast multitudes of
ourr peopled have f gona pleasure-mad ;
a thousand luring voices call on every
hand; the streets ot, Vanity vFair were
never . more ; gaily ' decorated, and
never (more, crowded .with r an ... eager
and careless throng . than . at this
hour.. All caution is thrown to the
winds,- old conservatisms are forgot-
ten, every danger signal is ignored,;
and the laughing, . jesting, jokjng
crowd goes hurrying: on to quaff one
more cup of .pleasure, to drain one
more glass of wine to its bitter dregs,!
and then the . final plunge into the
night with the parting words "A
short life, but a merry one."
Do we overdraw the picture? , are
the lines too dark? We think not.
Prosperity, luxury . and lust have
wrecked the civilizations of the past.
and whelmed even the Church of God
in ruin, atid if .our Methodism goes
down it will be when she says I am
rich, and. increased with goods, and
have need of nothing", and ceases to
pray , and to cultivate the graces f
the Spirit, and glories in these things
to 'her owp ,sham; , " " . 'C .
Mt' is 4 evident from the ' reports , of
the pastors a$ to the spiritual life of
their charges that religion in- the
hpiue is jsadlj W the decline in many
instances, and in some" cases, has al
ready reached the vanishing point
The family altar is gone, the Bible, is
rio'' longer devoutly studied. The home
is, not being buJt on . the eternal
foundations of .truyi - and righteous
ness, and that reverent recognition
of God in family life that is the be
ginning of all true wisdom. As we
see the situation this is now the most
appalling, danger that confronts the
life of today.
If the home goes all eoes. and
nothing can keep it on an even keel,
ana enable it to bear the terrific
strain and stress of these perilous
times but a deepened spiritual life
born of an awful and sobering God
consciousness. The stupendous and
startling problems of this hour on
which the future of the nations de
pend ,can only be solved hi and by
tne home, and that home on its knees.
We may build 'a college at every cross
roads and .an academy r on every hill,
until our, culture exceeds . that . of
Greece, and pile un monev until our
wealth, reaches to the stars; but if
we " forget God; repudiate the old
Book, tear down the altar and cease
to pray, we are. simolv hurrvinar .to
hell, though we travel in a twin-six
upholstered in green, plush, or sail the
heavens in a sky-pullman , reading the
latest Marconigrams on the - way,
Nothing can save our homes, and this
republic, but , the gospel of Jesus
Christ translated into life, and to this
end 'we; urge', our preachers and- lay
itmirs to un up tneir voices 'liJce a
trumpet and call the people back, to
God.
The supreme need - of . the , Rock
ingham district Is a mighty tidal wave
oi spiritual, power sweeping .through
all .our 'borders, and cultimating 4n
stich a revival. of vital godliness and
deepened. spiritual Jif e as, will bring
our people td a fresh' vision of Jesus
Christ 'as.iSaviour -and Xord,-anda
reaecn cation ' pi aa ' their ' ransomed
powers to Ms service. Give us a "heart
cleansing, soul-ouickeninsr. Ut-AM
catfaigi'reyival, ' and ' all our , problems
wjii ina unmeaiaie solution., ., .
Thank-God there are manv af niir
people who still pray; jvho, stfli walk
anil -talk- with "the" , Master alon, the
wj, wno .nave. not Dowed the knee
to Baal.' and whd arive to tb!r ItA
first lace In their, lives, in these days
that are trying the souls of men even
as by Jfire. May this little company
speedily become a great host, and this
year prove to be our year of jubilee.
Mr. C. P. Dunn of Fayettevilk was
a Lumberton visitor Tuesday.
Watch your label. All subscrip
tions are stopped when they expire.
Send m your renewal in time to
avoid missing a copy.
They Are Waling Vp
: "Why," asks the Lumberton' Robe
sonian "do the railroads always pick
on North Carolina?" And in part it
makes this answer!-'
The picking is good, no doubt, but
In. their proposal to increase North
Carolina freight rates 63 per , cent
while leaving rates to the north un
disturbed it looks like they are try
ing to kill the . goose that lays the
golden egg.' ; ir
There is another answer: It is that
the people twenty-five "X years go,
when they. established "a Railroad
Commission, went to . sleep and per
mitted such wrongs as the dismem
berment of the C. F. A Y. V. Railroad,
the ' camouflage : ownership of small
line roads and high freight and pas
senger rates, and other injustices to
the people.
Whenever any public man- sought
to warn tne people against railroad
discrimination against this ; State ' or
against other injustice the pack would
cry out "Don't listen to the demago
gue, he would drive capital from the
State." -
! The threatened 63 per cent freight
rate is causing many to open their
eyes and see that they ; must give
hearty 1 support to the Corporation
Commission in working to , prevent
the 1 impositfon of this t heavy tax.
uaieign news and Observer. . . .
NOTICE A RTRTirTfAH OllD .
Under n4 Iqr trlrtu of tb authority vwted
dcrten4 Sheriff of Robnon Caantr h
etton entitled "Bank of Pmrktoa WAi A.
W,te4ht theanderaieBei? ShjftItobewn
CoontjrN. C.f wUI expowl for eV t Fttb
lie suetion, for ewh, on Hondaf the 18th day
of JuJr. 1922 at 11 o'clock Noon, at the aourt
,m ae rown of, Lumberton, N.
C allthe rSeht. tlUe, hrterert aad eetete of
tt derendaa. A; A, Wright, in and to the
iwiawineT. re enaie, vtgt .
Jfc PjMfJrtoa-Twieklp, i adjolnini the . land
of J, K. .Currie. M. V. Johnton eetate and
other, 'Beginning mt a eUke by. gram pointer
m-xne raa ox tittnnn Hmft and ran eoath
70wert 4 7 jehalna to a .take at the head of
aenuU. ditch in the field s thenee oatb't
ttt Unchain, to a tak in the ouUide line
of Corrie tract:, thente that line north
Tfttaaae a.MahaiBa-to a tate jea Dona'
Hanh t thenea north . wet 4j ehalna tt'i
Uke, with pea. hickory and. doweod point
er; thenee, east i.tl chain to a stake and
cam pointer in the ran of uklr' Marsh.;
thenef up the Wiou eoaraea of the run of
. HO'; HAROLQ. !p I I'jSJlJl if. rV A tt-iy MtV A ' '
I VHTIL X PUT. M WA " ' f .rmSs
'.THIS CQEWS Ofi fSMll $ 'fiwP sMS0SSJ-1'
aid Uanh to the beainnina. conialnlnc MS
acre, and being- the same conveyed to A. A.
Wright by i. aw vnrrta and other, by deed
registered ill Book 5-W? pace 494. office of
the BegMwr of Deeds of' Robeson Coaniy. ,
Except, howerer, from the above described
6 1-1 acres allotted to the said A. A, Wright
for -, his. homestead r eaemptton .described as
fallows t Beginning:' at north eorner of his
land (A., A. Wright) and Tanning as bia Una
in branch to bis sooth east earner ; thenoe wtta
Laneastec's Hna so as to run aronnd a anf-1
Ijeienr amount w eoamin a is acres I nenee,
to 4. it- Carries lines tbenee wtta imrrJes
Una to the beginning rnnnlng aronnd ' and
inelading the dwelling on said. acre f
Th excess of the bomeataad to be sold nn-
der this execution eontammg a mue more
man jj meres. . v -v;-.
This the lTth dsy of June : 192-
;':'r B. B. LEWIS.
Sheriff of Robeson County, North Carolina.
rr - y.y .-'i'V "t-T1 -
iff pr. Maurice v
HaUrOi ;tuc ieparx
after., many . experi
ments has discovered
ilhat Jhe hookworm
can he killed, in the
filowet animals by
1 He will soon be in a
potnuori to announce,
(the method of treat
nMat' that will rid
human beings of the
fc.eaitb-dcstroymg
rparasitex which has
(be ro jHTTjleat in
tU,oaatry. The dts
, cnteryj regarded as
oaa of the, highesl,
hsDOrtancct. SUWU-
I ciaal;ltJthat the
noawonn, w n
"creairthe urosperity
fand Ijroducjivtty ' of
u -f, -
v 7
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tls3. t The Bobesonian is the best advertising medium in Robeson County.
LorrainD llotnl Barber S
hoo
:t .';'.' j . -i-Zi :'p-, i,t lyt-aOtt i3 .tin a(A jie -toim tmJ.
We will he pleased to have your bosiness and will try to suit yoo.
'gerS;Rr
All electrical cqolpseat;
.V:
L pur ugw Ttjtv.M, cornea highly : neommeiide4
lT from, the fimMmtmntoM&' WfZPWtt'J? !Jw
ta'atfll glvtag his WMttt:m1UmtUni,ji
'tables and 'ChfldrieQ arweti' best MrVlcc.
n ':.
mm
For people of Lumberton and vicini-
ly Eveiy Saturday, . office of County
Health Officer Also diphtheria vacci
nation for childrene Free physical ex
amination, and blood test for any citi
zen.
Bring all the family and get vacci
nated, NOW.
' It is better to be safe than sorry.
TOWN OF LU MBERTON
Lumbertona North Carolina
CONDENSED STATEMENT (Receipts and Expenditures)
Year Ended May 31st, 19i22.
BECKXPTS
xxrENDrrvKSfl
Graeral Faad.
Bank Balances (S-l-tl)
tax Collections
Ueenses and Prhrilege Taxes
SanKary
Light and Water
Proceed from Sale of Bonds
sfiseellaneona Collection
9 117.48
f 17.69S.ae
74t.9 '
- .82S.S0
IS.90i.l4 ; '
" m.i- n.MM
SMSt-M ,
Streets
Fire Department
Sanitary Department
Office Sxpense
Salaries ' '
Folic rjapartmant : "
Interest C '
. General Expense -'
Light and Water Department
Notes Parable
Miscellaneous
Bank Balance (5-81-J2.)
f M.7S0.47
S.745.41
- M8-I?--
441.11
.4 911.89
S464.9S
S.049.44
1.669.28
86JH8.99
81,761.86
' 1,498.46 88.448J7
" -V v't 188.69
" 9B,68.96
Graded ScbeeU
Bank Balance (6-1-81)
Tax Collections
State a County Fonds .
Lean from Bank and Others
Tuition W. H. Cala
Sale of Bond (Proceeds)
: 8,818.48
1U6186 1
' 18,867.86-
, 8.866.66
-.' 48944- .
88,828 JO 6W28J6
Salaries - '
. BJxpenae ...
Interest -.
Fael
Kote Payable
.Annex
Teacaeragc . -
Bank Balance (May list, 1922)
19,789.80 . . '
8,286.66 '
, 798.18 ,
' 799.87
6.298.48
980.60 "
2.W M . 67.MaJt
' 867J2
67 MI41
, 8 67,641.61,
Staking Faad
Bank Balance (6-1-21) "
Tax Collection
Street Notes and Interest '
Interest on- Fanding
C.
" " - ljikje
1S644J8 t -
1.SW.16 " , ,
871.28.1488.74,
'7 16.79746
Frank Googh, Chairman, Board of Andit andFinance .
Banir Balance (Mar 11 1922)
18.118.48 i
1,68418'
I 16.7f7J6
Bank Balance (6-141)
Receipts from Sale of Lots
UU.S8
871.66
Wage ... .
Expense'
Material '
Refund on Sale of Lets
Bank Balance (Jiay list. 1922)
1S4.S6'
aft'
. 46.66
8788
8 : W2448
9 -. U48J
9 IMAM,
. . . This is to certify we havje andited the Boots ana Records of the Town of Lumberton, N". for year ending May 31st, 1922, and we ,
further certify the accompanying statements of Receipts and Expn.litures were compiled by us and are comrt. ; :z'-::,-J:Li-
; t " , . x " GEO. B. WILSON & COMPANY. ,
- . " ; By Geo. B- WDson, - ,r- "
June 2th 1922 ' ' " : " " . ' , w- Public Accountants and Auditors. "