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rsTAEUcnro 1273. zizglz copy five cents. COUNTRY, GOO AND TRUTH. ,12.00 A TZAS. DUE IN ADVANC3 VOLUIISLIII LUIHJE2TON, If. d, KOIfDAY, JULY 24, 1822. I hftl Inltr I COrl ID Economic Freedom Dr. J. Y. Joyner Makes Strong Plea i- Marlrptinir in Aa- Marketing Must be Sutetmed for the uid jxew oysiem i -i q.i.,.c. r?nral-Cirilization? ' MOST QUESTION ; THAT S Co-operative marketing was des cribed as the only road' to economic freedom for the tillers of the .earth by Dr. J. Y Joyner in an address at the court house here ; Saturday after noon. Quite a" number pt farmers and business men heard the eloquent anrl fnwof ni &AArAn: and. while Dr. Joyner spoke for more than an -hour and a half, he was given rapt aiwn tion. Mr. O. O. Dukes, county , farm demonstrator, : presided,, and .the speaker was introduced by Mr.. T. L. -Johnson of the locat bar. Aside from his fitting remarks of introduction, Mr. Johnson spoke words of endorse ment for the cooperative system., of marketing farm products. Shattered Dreams Dr. Joyner, who was for 17 years State superintendent of . public" ' in struction, said in '- beginning his masterful address that when he re signed that position he realized that the State had gone about as far in educational ; emancipation as possible for it to go until the economic emanci pation of the citizens improves. When he left Raleigh he went back to his farm in Lenoir county, there - to realize the dream of his life to spend his latter days amid the old scenes and quietness. In the year .1919 he sold his 100-acre tobacco crop, at an average of 60 cents the' pound, and then it was that he had dreams of becoming a millionaire farmer, though he had never heard of one. The fol lowing year he aold his crop lot an average of 19 cents the ; pound. It was then that , he Teauzea tnai iw was a' dirt . farmer, Just like other farmers. jtf -,":' pajIhoa tlt ft (nte - The speaker pointed out the fact that the producer gets oniy c cenw out of every dollar the consumer pays for tobacco,' the speculators and others receiving 92 cents and. making millions out of the product. Co-operative marketing was described as the remedy for this evil and. a means for the farmer ; making themselves masters of the farming industry. Farmers Must Get More y.-s iTninaa tht f armprn can sret enough for their produce to pay the, taxes to finance the progress being 'made in the State, a revolution that will stop all progress may be expected, the speaker continued. Conditions will not improve, he said, until a hew system of marketing is substituted for the old and senseless system. Under the old system the price of farm produce is fixed by organized buyers and the producer has no voice , whatever in fixing the price of his, products. The system and not the men was denounc ed by the speaker. The price of gaso line is fixed by John D. Rockefeller and his associates, who are organized and have the power, to do so through commodity control. 'The farmer jays a price for what he has to buy fixed by organized sellers andfisells what he has to sell for prices fixed by or ganized buyers. Farmers through co operative selling, can have a voice in fixing the price of their produce.:. . Where the Cards' Are Stacked Dr. Joyner painted , a vivid .picture of the old auction system. He told of the warehouse pet who often get as much as 20 cents the pound more for the same - grades of tobacco than his neighbor gets. Under the - co-operative system each man, it matters not how rich or poor, will receive the same price for the same-grades of tobacco. The importance of grading end standardizing the ' grades before selling was stressed by the speaker. This will give the producers the bene-, fit of the millions heretofore ' cap tured by the speculators. Dr, " Joyner did not. hold the 'warehouse men re sponsible for the unfairness of " the auction system, but declared ' that they had no more voice in fixing the price than the farmers. He -told of one instance last year .where the same pile of tobacco, was sold 11. times. on the same day, on the same floorf each sale under -. a different name. It brought a different price each time it was sold and there was;' 16-cents range in the price. The auction" sys tem was pictured by; the , speaker as a gambling game from start to, finish, the cards being stacked in the hands f organized- buyers; f against ' unor ganized , growenu'-fll you don't' take advantage of the new -system, then don't ever' curse the ----old system again" added the speaker. Farmers have done too much cursing and not enough fixing'in the past. We should meet organization with organization ; price control - with commodity - con- tr Salvation of Rural Civilization The short selling season, which re sults in glutted markets and i dis tressed salesr under the old - auction system was denounced by, the speak er. He "predicted : that- the new co operative system, will do away, wjth the credit ' business and put farmers on a cash basis. It will mean the sal vation of rural civilization, he ' con- Stole the Goods While Officers : -Waited for Him Slick "Thief Gave 'Phone OroeiTTor Oroceriea and Got Awav With Them While Officers Waited to Catch ' Him in the Act Impersonated Mr. t Sandy - MeLeod ".Over ' Thone., and Gave Alarm by' Second -Order But ; Stm He Put It Over.' , - ; ' v .While officers watched 'who" had been warned, and went' there for. the express purpose "of patching 'him, ,a slick thief. Saturday night stole from Mr; Sandy McLeod's kitchin steps some groceries which :the thief him-self,-or an accomplice,, impersonating Mr. MeLeod over the !phone, had or rered from Mr. L. H, Caldwell's gro cery department,, and presumably hied himself home to enjoy his stolen goods ' while Chief of "; Police Marvin Barker and Policeman Ed ' Glover, nonplussed and chagrinned, came back down town, Who put it over thus. on the grocery store and the police doth not. appear at this, writing. - It hap pened on this wise: between 7 ana a oxiocic saturaay night' Mr. Alex. Sessoms i received over the 'phone a message to send a ham and a sack of flour to Mr. Sandy McLeod's , residence, the one giving the order stating that Mr. MeLeod, who had been in the mountains with Mrs. MeLeod, had just gotten home. Not suspecting anything, the order was . illed. . When he reached the house. the deliveryman .was told by Mrs. Edwards.. Mr.' McLeod's house keeper, to take it back, that Mr. Me Leod had not gotten home. . About 9 o'clock Mr. Sessoms received an other 'phone "message. This time the man at. the other end said that "he was Mr. ; Sandy -. MeLeod," that ' Mrs. Edwards, not knowing he had return ed, ordered the groceries sent back, that he wanted the former order rill ed, to add to it ten pounds of sugar and. to deliver the whole -on 'the kitchen steps, as Mrs. Edwards had gone to bei This time Mr Sessoms "smelt", a raf but took the order" is though everything were all right. ' He - then notified Chief of PcAiCe Barker, who, with Policeman Glover, went at onee to .the MeLeod home and -.saw .the groceries duly deposited oh the kitch en steps. ' 'Then they hid themselves and waited.1 -By and by they heard the rattling of a paper bag and slip ped silently, around ' to 1 where they thought they would catch the thief, but lo, the thief had faded out of the landscape, taking' with him all and sundry of the edibles that had been left' on the steps. : It was a slick game and it succeed ed to a t-yty. " ' A negro was arrested later the same night on suspicion." but as no evi dence was found against him he was realeased. : - 4 . .,.., The thief, was bold as well as slick. Betweenthe two 'phone calls some one called at the MeLeod home and asked if the groceries had been de livered, and he was not to be outdone when he found that Mrs Edwards had sent them back. He put in the second call; which was where he came mighty nigh dropping , his candy. Mighty niirh. hut nrt nnif ,ifii u nigh, but not quite for while the of. licers watched, feeling dead sure of their prey, at such a minute as they thought not the thief came and got away with the goods. What makes it all the more- strange is that the thief passeq Close ..ny whew the officers were watfoc mnf j a . Z side of the garage, got a sack and ? Kailroad haTe announced special went back another way to the steps educed Tates for the three-day con- Chief Barker says that is the slick- vention and abice the SUte coUege est thing that was ever put over on"3 to furnian free lodgings and meals hm. Which verdict is no doubt about at im cent fa the coUee dining correct - ', v , . . (hall it is expected that the attendance ; -------- this year will break all-records." W. New Bridge Will be Ready In About w Shay, secretary of the convention, 3 Weeks. It is expected that the new steel and concrete bridge ' across " Lumber TlVer 3 l-niles from Inmhortnn nn the Wildcat , highway, just above Mc- '"". ujjis, wm ue compietea ana ready for traffic in about 3 weeks. Overhead riveting and the floor, which will be of concrete with asphalt sur face,: are all that remains to be done. Work has .. been delayed considerably since, the beginning by. high water. i. v 1111. lit - . Interests, of , Pertilizer Manufacturers - rrotected. We don't know whetW UlterCStS Of th tarnavr hAtro fcoont"""' protected by the refaction of th Fnrrf offer;; but ithe interests of the ferti lizer manufacturers-most certainly have. Greensboro News.." tinued.- - ' ' - ' r -. ' 1 Most ViUI Question -." In hi appeal to farmers to- join the association,, the-speaker declared that it is the most vital question that has ever confronted the farmers of this section. f-Why wait?", he asked. The system has been tried out In Denmark for manyears and also in California. The success of the organization rests only upon the loyalty of the members and the management- The best and i most experienced men have been se cured toV look 5 after -the1 various branches : of the organization," he con. tinued, and named several of them. - After the address a; number of farmers joined the association, though the major portion of those present had already joined, r " : ; . St. Pauls Township : Man Beaten By 8 Masked Men Mr. C. R. MeLeod Was Take, from Severe Whipping -T.N. Sibbett and day t Lake Waccamaw. It was stat John Pittman Are in Jail Charred d sometime ago that this house With Having Hand in the OatrageJP' was being given by Miss Kath .... ., arine Galloway, but the . correspon MRS. McLEOD IN VERY NERVOUS: CONDITION RESULT OF-AFFAIR ' Mr. C. R. MeLeod, who lives in St Pauls township, was' taken from his home last night by 8 masked men and given a severe . whipping. Two men, T. N. Sibbett and John Pittman, who live at the St. Pauls cotton mill village, have been arrested and are in " jail here-, charged with having-- a hand in the affair. The . indictment charges that the men- forcibly kid naped ' Mr. MeLeod,' beating and as saulting him. doing him bodily harm - According to informatiom- reaching Lumberton, the masked men went to the MeLeod home about" 10 ' o'clock last night and called him out.vHe was then overpowered. - blindfolded, and carried . , awaw - in - an auto. He was kept out- until ' midnight and 'during the - time- leather strap was . used . freely ' . Upon his . back. ' He - was . badly bruised up, according to Deputy Sheriff A. H. Prevatt, who, ' with Rural " Policeman A.' R. .Pittman, went to St. Pauls about 4:3ft this morning, when , they were advised of the affair. ' "' Officers are. investigating the" af fair .and it is likely, that other ar rests will be made. Mr. MeLeod says he recognized Sibbett and Pittman. . Mrs. MeLeod is said to be in a very nervous condition as a result of the affair. . - It has not been learned here what the reason w as for whipping Mr. Me Leod. It is said that some colored people living, in that section have met like punishment .at the , hands of masked mobs . during - the . last few months. Governor Will Open ; ; Farm Convention Some Noted Agricnltural . Leaders Also on Program for First - Profitable and. Economical Day Vaca- tion. ' , , Raleigh, July 22. Governor Cam eron - Morrison - will open" the farmers' and farm, women's, conven tion with an address.' at noon . on Tuesday, August 1, according to the completed program whieh is now in press. On the program for .the first day in - addition to Governor . Morri- 8 1 son are some of the most noted lead- -! i K...li. - ji..j: r , rr McClure of the Farmers' . federation which has been so successful in handl ing" the -marketing of farm products in Buncombe county and John R. Hutcheson, Director of the Virginia Agricultural- Extension - Service. - The American Farm 'Bureau f eder- latK"! 13 ?en?mf,-SeuV "I akeTrr f t.SSfitiS gu iZ el s format on about the. Farm Bureau federation is solving marketing and legislative problems in other states.-.'-- j- ;, At the close of the first day's pro gram comes the big community sing after which .there will be a social hour with music and free punch on .the State college" grounds. says that it offers a profitable and economical vacation' for farmers 'and tlteir tamiHes eiifc there will be something on the program of interest to all. . $25 and Cost for Too Much Whiskey ' and an Idle StilL . r : : Lester - Prevatt and 'Juni'e - Lewis, both of Raft Swamp township,, were er Williams of Maxton last Monday, ' the former on the" charge of having too much whiskey 1 gallon the lat. ter on the charge of having a still on Piace' was Pera It will be recalled that some time ago, .at the same time these men were arrested and released for later! trial, Mr. W. C Prevatt, also of Raft swamp,. was arrested because a .still was found In. the loft, at-his home. Mr. Prevattv proved that he ' did not know the still was there and the case against him was dismissed. The still is said to have been hidden at Mr. Prevatt's home by his son Luther, to be sold to another man, but the offi cers found it first - ' ; Horria Biggs, youngv white man who Jives in West Lumberton, was somewhat hurt Thursday night when a Ford car which he was driving on the hard-surfaced Wildcat highway, near the National, cotton milL lef t the road and struck a stump. Besides losing two of-his teeth, which were knocked out, Mr. ; Biggs suffered other bruises and cuts. He was in the car alone and wis driving at fast speed, it is said. The car was badly damaged." Fairmont News j Bridges Washed Away in Aahpole 3L3&2? "r8" - , By H. V. Brown -. Fairmont, July 24, A. house party dent is informed that each Of at- tendants is sharing in the . affair. which will last the entire week ending July 2'Jth. Those leaving here this morning for the - lake were: Misses. Elizabeth and Annie May Robbins of Gastonia, Jean Abell of Smithfield, Lille Kyle, - Annie - Lee McDaniel, Katharine Galloway, Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Price, C. G. CreVenstein Of Greens boro, 'Victor Hayes, Vernon Lassiter, Averett G. Floyd, Jackson Marvel and James P. Floyd, Dr. A. II. nay es. v- ' ' ' Another house, party will be given next week by Miss ' Rose "Jones,, at Lake Waccamaw. -The majority" of those attendihgwill be out-of-town guests. ," .Mr. V. W Keith spent part of last week in Raleigh on legal business. " 'Dams Flooded Bridges Gone4T Traffic on the main highway lead ing south from here was completely tied up Saturday night and. Sunday on account of the Men-water in Ash- pole swamp. The three dams ' south. of here were, flooded and bridges gone. The damage . could not - be estimated today but it is thought it will run very high. - . - Mr. and Mrs: - W R. Taylor and littie daughter Cameron, Mrs. ' Annie Baser and daughter Miss Elizabeth, and Miss Katie Belle Morrison motor ed, Ho Jackson Springs Sunday, where Mrs. Taylor and; daughter and Mrs. Baker and daughter will spend the week. , - '. ; Birthday Party Miss Elsie Mae . Pugh . entertained Thursday, July, 13th, from 8:30 to 11 p. m at her home near North" Main street, in honor of her 16th birthday. The home was beautifully decorated with flowers of the season.- Miss Dorothy Ricks presided at the punch bowl, where delicious punch was serv ed the guests t upon - entering. Musie was furnished by the Victrola for dancmg The hostess .was assisted in serving - delicious - refreshments - "by Misses Selma Ward and Mary Ethel Lewis. There is no doubt left in the minds of those who attended, or those who. did not,' but that" the entire num ber of guests enjoyed the hospitality of the pretty young hostess, who" is so very popular among the younger social set Of course it ia impossible to repeat a birthday party while the same age, but the set have expressed themselves : as wanting the occasion repeated on her seventeenth; Among those present at this social function were: i Misses " Selma Ward, Mary Ethel Lewis, Dorothy Ricks. Reatha Jenkins, Grace Fisher, Emily - Cole, Kose Jones, Grey Pittman of Oklaho. ma, Lillfe Kyle, Katharine Galloway, Catharine Floyd. Maerenta Lassiter. Annie Lee McDaniel, and Christine McDaniel; Messrs. Wayland Floyd, Paul Thompson, Frank Mitchell, Clifford Stubbs. Rabe Lewis. Victor Hayes, ' Vardell Grantham, Bert In gram, Jackson ' Marvel, Vernon Las siter, Heber Olner Tucker. : Wrleht Jones, Albert H. Hayes, Willis Fisher and George Floyd. A large number of beautiful and useful gifts , was c re ceived by Miss Pugh. - Mrs. L. B. Thompson and Mrs. Hall of Maxton spent part of this week here visiting friends- and relatives'. Mrs. A. L. Jones 'is snendin? some time in Lumberton with friends and relatives. t ' , 1 ., . Mrs. D. W. Galloway - left this week for Baker's sanatorium, Lum berton, where she will spend some time taking treatment ; Mrs. B, E. Thompson, who has been ill at her home for the past several days, entered a Lumberton hospital Thursday for treatment. Her condi tion is reported as slightlyi irirproved." Mr. - ana Mrs ; w. H. Moblev and little son Wilson, of Goulds Fla. ar rived here Thursday and are guests of Mrs. Mobley's sister-and brother- m-aw, Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Andrews, on Cottage street. The trip was made in' Mr, Mobley's car.- Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Phillips landed in the states several days ago after spending several weeks m France and Italy. Mrs. Phillips remained at her home in Suffolk, while Mr. Phillips returned here, where he is general manager of "the . Beaufort '" County Lumber company. . . , Misses - Elizabeth Stedman and Ange 'Applewhite of Halifax - are guests ' Of Miss Katharine; Cole North Main street. ' . on Sir cases of typhoid fever were reported to Dr. E. R. Hardin, eounty health officer, last week. - Of this number, one was from Parkton, one from Lumberton, R, 3, one from El rod and three from the same family in Rowland. ' ;-' -t.-- Messrs. P. W4 C. W. and Albert Evans and Miss Latie Hayes, all of the Oakdale . section, near Marietta, were Lumberton visitors ; Saturday. They reported an unusual heavy rain down that way Friday afternoon and evening. As a result the swamps are overflowing with water and bridges are in danger, it is said. ' Strilce Reaches ; r ..State of Scige i "--: "T'f .c-4- . :-. s.- i . - . - , . Each Side Accepts Situation and Set. ties Down to Await Rnaits Pub lic Will Begin to Feel Pressure. , The following is taken from a sum mary given in this morning's Raleigh News and Observer: f Quiet that prevailed in' every sec I tor of the railroad strike over the 1 week, end, from the great Southern av opencer 10 ine aoiung-stocK hospitals of the Atlantic Coast Line tin Wilmington gave no hint-of the possibility of crisis. that "may be , reached in all of them ; before the fourth, week of the strike drags its ( length through,., '. , Pour weeks have laid a heavy trib ute on tne condition 01 the rolling stock, of every railroad in the State, and aunougn some of the shops have been partially manned and repairs are being kept up after a fashion, it appears to be only a question of time before .transportation breaks down, ana tne railroads coma ta a utand. (still. , , , - Morale among the thousands of striking shopmen .throughout the State, on the surface at least, con tinues to.be excellent : They keep going in spirits that are more than the match to the rolling stock that is Degmning to nmp.neavuy. seem ingly it has settled. down- Into" a state of seige, the railroads waiting until the morale of the strikerj breaks down under pressure of non earning, and the strikers awaiting the time of utter paralysis In the railroads.- ;, Scarcely five per cent of the work men have been replaced. The South ern has taken the situation stoically and shut up shop. The A. C. L. has made a desperate effort to man its shops and succeeded but little. The Norfolk Southern is ' idle. The Sea board is making a heroic effort to keep its engines moving until the peach and melon crops are moved, and after that "la done, it will prob ably let down. . - '4 Industry Slows Down New York, July 23 By The As sociated Press,) Signs ' were ' not 1 wanting in the , country's ' markets during, the past week that the coal and railroad strikes ' have begun to impose an appreciable check on . the rates of industrial activity. Oddly enough it is : the shopmen's - strike, 1 which has. been considered relatively unimportant as an Immediate dis turbing factor, that has caused a for. ther important loss in coal production. .dge Connor Free . Strikers. Wilson, July 21. Federal Judge Connor discharged - three of , five strikers who appeared .before him here today to show , cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt of court for violation of the injunc tion issued by him in protection of property and employes of the Atlan tic Coast 'Line Railway at Rocky Mount. The other two defendants were or dered to appear . at - Wilmington July 24, where he is to hear arguments as to making the injunction permanent. The men pleaded ignorance of - the law. . 60 Days on Roads for Stealing Pair of Shoes. John Brown, colored, was sentenc ed to 60 days on the roads Friday by Recorder David H. Fuller on the charge of .the larceny of a pair - of shoes from a convict in the county chain gang. Brown recently complet ed a sentence on the roads and ap parently was anxious to get back on the job. - Ralph Thompson, colored, was tax ed with the cost on - the - charge of assaulting Sandy ' Thompson, also colored, with a deadly ' weapon. Much Produce Offered ' on -. Curb . Market. V -; Much produce was offered for sale on the local curb market Saturday. The .market, which was; opened on Saturday, July 8, continues to grow in - popularity, more produce ' - being offered at. each sale. The - market opens every- Saturday at 9 a. nL and closes at 11 a. m. A mule' ' belonging to - a man named Revels was struck by an auto mobile driven by Mr. W. E. Bell of Lumberton. and killed about 3 miles from'town-TOT the Fayettevilld road Thursdiy night A boy - was leading th inula along the road with a long line and the mule jumped in front of the car. The auto was badly damaged. Mr. A. B. Stubbs of R. 8, Lorn berton, has taken charge of the wood working plant, formerly operated by Mr. Joe Britt, Chippewa street A planing mill is operated in connec tion with the plant and Mr. Stubbs expects to do auto painting as soon as a building can be provided. ; .V . Four cases of scarlet fever were reported to Dr. E. R. Hardincounty health officer, last week. Two of the cases reported are on South Chippe wa street , one on East Eighth street, Lumberton," and one yrr Britts town ship. A number of cases of whooping cough have been reported in Lumber. ton during the last few days. " . COTTON MARKET. , Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 21 1-2 cents the pound. - . ... BRD2F ITEMS OF LOCALS NEWS License has . been issued for the marriage of Miss Sallie Garrell and Jno. K. Grooms. - - Mr. W. C. Boone of R. 2. Lam- berton, had a "mess" of 1922 home grown sweet potatoes oflJuly17. Special communication of St Al bans lodge No. 114, A. F. A A. M, Tuesday nighVJuly 25th, 8 o'clock. Work in third degree. ' ' Register of Deeds M ,W. Floyd uas ueun iu ai nia -nome, Tentn street, since Wednesday of last week. His condition id thought to be slight ly improved today. Mr. H. W. Bullard, teacher of vocational training at . the ; Omrm school, left yesterday, afternoon for Raleigh to attend a State convention of agricultural teachers. The .Baraca class of the First Baptist Sunday school will go on a picnic to White Lake, Bladen county, Ihursday of . this week. It is planned to leave the Baptist church at 9 a. m. and Vf . : Tn.. Hf Tn.U who were married here on July 9, re- turned Saturday, night from Ashe ville, where-they, spent their: honey mooiu They. are boarding .for toe present at the Thompson hotel ' Mr. N., S., McLean of Memphis, Tenn., who left Robeson cSunty 80 years aSrJ, !s Visiting, his father, Mr, N. T. McLean, at Rowland. Mr. Mc Lean, Is one of the oldest railway conductors In. the country. He was a Lum berton visitor Saturday. Messrs. McNeill Hackett, local law firm, have been appointed at torneys for the Virginia A Carolina Joint Land Bank of' Elizabeth City. .v MWn Rile hliff UliVLCDM VI the bank in Robeson and Columbus counties. The purpose of the bank is to make long-term loans on 1 real estate. - . ' ' ' - . . Mr. J. I McNeill of Philadelphos, who was quoted ia a recent issue of The Robesonian as saying that the ' boll weevils seemed to be less active ' then than they were earlier in the season, . sajid when in town Friday ( that the weevil cusses were very much back on the job. The wet weather has been pie for them. Mr. Grover Green, who lives on R. 7 from ' Lumberton. brought to The Robesonian office Saturday the tit S ShttAn KaII tn nrtiinh aaTAl a worm. Mr. .Green brought this from Alma, where he has Wen wdrkttg in more damage in that section than the -boll weevil. Mr. Green says this wilt melon fields, and he says it la doing be the big .week for. shipment of watermelons up Alma way. ; Miss Evelyn Boyd and brotherjtfr. Will Boyd, of High Point, are guests at the hnmt at thsir hrnthi : nrf sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. - C. H. Boyd, North Elm street. They arrhr- aI ' fiaiiVi-leiw Awntrinn 4tiAviwt " at si : . will be here ; only a few days. Miss Boyd will be a member of the music faculty of the graded and high school , during the next term and she came to see Supt, Crumpton in connection , with her work. Mr. A, E. White recently pur chased from Mr. W. J. Britt a grist- upon which the mills are located, at Matthews (White's) bluff, some eight miles south of Lumberton. Mr. White also recently purchased from Mr. Joe Britt 19 acres of farming lands, near the site of the mills. Mr. White al ready owned a 40-acre farm in that section-and has a fine crop on. the farnvJJe is also, raising some dandy - hogs on 'this 'farm. . - - -' .Mr' C W Rff A-f VavnTiam mrttn. was a uimberton visitor Saturday, said that he thought they had twice as much rain out his way Thursday and Friday as had fallen in and near Lumberton. He noticed near town men putting in tobacco, . while out Raynham way he said the fields were too wet to enter. Mr. Britt said that the protracted meeting at Raynham will begin at 8 p. m. on August 6th, the hour not having been given in previous mention of the date in The A memorial service, for the " late R. D. Caldwell was held in connection with Sunday school at the First Bap- ust : church yesterday, morning. Tri bute was paid the late Mr. Caldwell by Messrs. L. R. Varser; J. D. Proc tor, C. B. Skipper and E. J. Britt the last-named beingr KPermtendent of the schooL Dr. Chas. H. Durham, pastor 6f the church, also made 4bme remarks relative to the life of Mr. Caldwell, .who was a . leading Tigure in the life of this church and Sunday school for many rears. Mr. Caldwell. died 2 years ago. . ' jura. u. w. isrnx ana son, Mr.; Burnett Britt, of Raynham, had a narrow escape ' from serious inJtrrr on their way. to Lumberton Saturday morning. About 3 . 1-Z miles - from Lumberton the steering-rod of their . Ford dropped and the car landed front -first in a ditch. Slow speed and the fact that Mr. Britt shut off his power and applied the brakes quickly saved him and his mother from serious in jury, but it did not save from being broken 4 dozen eggs they were bringing to market The : front axle of . the car was bent .