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1 WATOI YOUR LABEL AND SEND IN BE- ' NEWAL BEFORE - YOUR SUBSCRIPTION . EXPIRES. ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS T ARE DISCONTINUE ED WHEN THEY EXPIRE WATCT YOUR LABEL. CSTATLLGHHD 1879. single copy five CENTS. ' COUNTRY, GOD AD TRUTH, $2.00 A YEAS. DUE Dl ADVAT CD LurnjmiTON, i(. cv tutosday august sC ic: VOLT LHI : v- )). i-mm-- v i i i t . x ' ' ' " . ........ .'. . . . 1 . . , . ' -J Agraffe EriccTo1 Coriciclcriibly Hfehe . Prices Ranged From ;4 vto'5Q Cents Price Considerably Higher Than on Opening -Ims. . Year Color" . and 9aliV- r First T-Cnrlnga " Better Ic'rAbo-Bojers "Apparently Eager fftr y th Weed "Co-op" Houses - Will Begin: Receiving; SoOn. i TOBACCO MUST "BE GRAbED " AND TlED BEFORE OFFERING Annroxlmately 55.000. pounds of tobacco were sold on the opening auc-J won -sales nere Auesaay. -av,.- price, from' 4 to50 cents toipoundV The average for the-entirft;'sae3';.w43 19 cents thrpdimd.';?tiey;rall - the tobacco offered was graded and tieu, this '.being something new r on "? the markets of the South Carolina belt The maj6r portion the tobacco sold was first curings, though the., color and quality were 'much better .than on the opening a ; year, ago. Prices on the opening were considerably high er than on the opening last year and most of the farmers who. sold tobacco were apparently pleased atthe prices - paid.- Tt"-X-- i Many Bayers On Market v V All the leading tobacco companies hare buyers on the local market and many independent buyers ate also on hand. The buyers as a whole are! seemingly more anxious for the to bacco, this year than last. Many farmj ers and 'business men irom ., otner, parts of the SW were here to watch, the opening 'Bale.;-'"---V-'V -V':':' The sale yesterday was ; about the same as on Tuesday, as to pounds, though the average was 21.80 -"as compared with 19 on the opening sale. As has been stated in The Robe sonian, two local warehouses-Star and Little Banner are being operat ed under the ? old auction system, while two Farmers' and Big Banner will be operated by the Co-operative Marketing associations It is ex pected that the houses to be operated by the co-operatives ; will I begin re ceiving tobacco at an early date. Mr. R. .W Watson of the leaf department of the Co-operative Marketing asso ciation, arrived Jbere Tuesday, ; Mr. Watson,, who has bought; tobacco for the Imperial Tobacco company on the Fairmont and Lumberton. markets" for the last 13 years, will supervise the grading of the -.- tobacco U sold ' .co operatively. .. ::;":''LV, '.:-:.-- Grade and Tie " Warehousemen and company buy ers are insisting that the tobacco be graded and tied before it is offered for sale.'-"'- ' v'' "V.' '. s .'' ThO. number of pounds; offered for sale here today was somewhat larger than on Tuesday or, yesterday, the floors of the two warehouses being covered. . ' ' . On Other Markets - Press dispatches from other mark, ets give the "following reports of opening sales: Whiteville, 100,000 pounds, average $20.75; Fairmont, 60,000 pounds, average price over twice that of last-year's opening sale; Lake City, S. C.,650,6f)0 pounds," aver age $21.33; Mullins, S. C, , 200,000 pounds, average 17 cents. - A Charleston dispatch states that there was - great ? disappointment among sellers at Dillon, S. C, where the break 'was heavy, prices ranging from 3 to 35 cents, much tobacco be ing taken from the floors there and carried away by the owners. . New Home of Freeman Print : ing Co Completed Two-Story Modern Brick Strnctnre on West Fifth Of fices on Second . Floor. - The Freeman Printing Co. is mov ing into its new home, West Fifth street, next to the Carlyle building, which it formerly occupied. The new - Freeman building is a two-story brick structure, modern and up-to-date in every respect. The first floor will be occupied by the - Freeman - Printing Co., while the second floor is equipped for offices. Messrs. E. J. Britt and .. L. J. Britt, local attorneys, will oc- cupy, the three . front .offices, ' having already moved from the offices form erly occupied over the North I State f Drug Co. Mr. C V, Barker.' : resident . engineer for the State Highway Com mission,' has opened an office on the r second floor of the building.' Mr. J. S. Gore,- local representative of, the r Equitable ' Life Insurance Cp-J,also ' has opened an office on the . second '.floor of the new building.-Solicitor W.. B. Iyey,"of the Jocal recorder's ' court, moved his office Aoday from r the Lumberton ' Cotton Mill office ; building to the Freeman building. He , occupies two rooms in ttf rear ; v n 'Wrecking of Freight Cars : Delayed f Train. - . v - - " The wrecking" of four freight cars ' near Wingate delayed Seaboard pass . enger train No 14 from Charlotte to Wilmington, due here at 10:40 a. m., near. 7 hours yesterday. The train reached LumBerton at 5:30 yesterday ' afternoon and returning from-. Wil . mington reached Lumberton at 12:30 his a. m. : 1 . . accd Opening- Sales r Than Labt :Ycar Fairmont ' Average'. ' Tw-an4-Half Times. Better Thaa,v Year Agoi .FAmrs Advised Not to Rush Weed to Bf arket on Account of Strike." . MORE BUYERS- THAN EVER SEEN IN FAIRMONT .BEFORE Bt n. V Brown. ,.: , - Fairmont. Aug.' 3-Atter nearly twelve months silence: th$ ; Warehouse beir rang this morning' at ten o'clock announcing? to the wotld thai Fair mont ; was agaiii c elI"S ' tobacco - at auction, M. has been 'the custom for many years. This wa the opening of the 1922 tobacco season, for Fairmont but -s the ; warehousemen had - advised the" farmers not to rush the . weed on the market on account of the Tail road strike and it is generally believ ed ..that the number of pounds will increase gradually Irom now on un til the latter part of the season. How ever, today's opening : was considered a success, overJ'SSQOO pounds being sold at an average . price that was two and one half times tetter than the price of the opening sale of 1921. On the market this year there are more buyers than have heretofore beenr seen here. Today showed that every large tobacco concern in., the business was represented on : the floor.- From other nearby towns and markets , many . spectators came and saw just now the, weed -was selling and getting a line on the market. Some left very soon after ' the sale started. The co-ops will , begin, re ceiving ; tobacco ; here within the . next iew days and many are i anxiously awaiting the time t? ; see just what effect" it will have on the market, s Wednesday sales were very satis factory from every, side. The number of pounds was -over 45,000, with : an average that' was from 10 to 15 cts. per ; pound higher than the opening day. The larger companies have now received" their final instructions and it is 1 expected that prices will soar from this time on. , " Fairmont News Coachwhip Snake Chased" Out; .. Store New' Filling Station Warehouse New Bungalow ; of and and ..Remodeling of. Old Residence Near- r' ly XJompleted Personal.' By H. V. Brown v - , Fairmont, Aug. 3.. A five foot snake of the coachwhip variety was killed on Main street here Tuesday about noon. On Monday the snake was seen in a ' local - merchants store but escaped before the employ ees of the store could kill him. Tues day he. was feund behind the counter, when he was chased out of the store and killed. - Erecting Filling Station Mr.R. L. Pittman or Orrum is erecting a small filling station on his lot here on Main street. .When this is completed it. will be occupied by Mr. Albert Inman, who , has been con ducting a gas and oil station pn the lot for the past several months. Mr. Pittman is also erecting a warehouse on another lot back of Mr. C. S. Mc Kenzie's store. Mr. McKenzie will use this building for store house in connection with his business. : " Mr. H. Weinstein has moved his stock of goods back into the building which was damaged by fire some months ago, since which time he has aondueted a series of sales on Center street; Mr. Weinstein has been in New York and Baltimore for the past several weeks buying 'goods for his store. He and family are now. spend ing some time" at Carolina V and Wrights ville beaches. v , ; " '. r Miss Teresa Pearson' returned to her home in Vmeland Wednesday af ter having spent several days here the guest of Mr. - and Mrs. . Isham Pittman on Cottage street, X: ' Mr. A. A. Thompson . spent last Sunday at Lake Waccamaw, the suest of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McLean of Maxton, ;.who are spending " the month at the" lake. '-;' :U f Residences ' New and Remodeled. ' Mr.'C, Ar Flovd has practically completed the remodeling, of -his residence pn' Iona . street.' Much at tractiveness ' .has ' been ' added , to" the building and now is one Of the pret tiest bungalows to be found ; any where. Mr. C. S.Bounds : has practi cally completed his new bungalow on North Main street, which is a pretty addition to that part "of town . t 4 Mr. Ben- S. Oliver, -who holds "a position with the Bank of -Nashville, N. C., is "spending a few days , here with' friends and relatives. ": New Cotton.: - "" Open bolls of cotton were found on the farm of the Lumberton cotton mills last Saturday, July 29th, just 4'months from planting time. Mr. E. L. Hamilton, manager bf the Lum berton mill store and dairy farm, al so is manger of this farm. .-; A boll of new cotton, made on the farm of Carlyle & Bullard by Rev. C F. .Worley, colored, Lumberton, R73, was brought to THE ROBE SONIAN of fice ." Monday - afternoon; This cotton was planted April 10 and opened July30. It is said to be the Early King variety. : Rgfita AifcfJ in vV, ; Rcccrclca Com t '- ;",.'" ; Pocket-Kaives Figured ia Fierce Bat- tie in HowellsviUe Trouble Grew Out of Daubing a Barn Other Cases. - . - ' Fights and affrays hare claimed the attention of Recorder David H. Fuller this week. - t . Monday Travis Bass,, Sr t waa up on the charge- of assault upon - hi nis Wilkins' and his.two aon-rJ. 1 D. and Nye .Wilkin were, found guilty of an assault with intent to kill upon Sam ' Smith.; They were bound oyer to' Snrfn.furt-, J.-H". under a $200. bond and Dennis and Nye under $100 'each, which they made. : ine Wilkinsea and Smith hail from How ellsviUe . township, and the v- trouble started about "dobbin?" 4 a ' tobaceo barn. The fight took placet in ; the barn-and Smith, who. is a tenant on Dennis Wilkins' fal-m, . was badly scarred up during, the fight, in "which pocket-knives were said to hv been used. ' .r ;n " ' Ellis .Herring was given a hearing' yesterday, on -three charges assault upon a man named Bass, cursing and raising a disturbance and being1 drunk on the public highway. He was found guilty of all three charges "and given a su-aays' road sentence in each oi the two charges of cursing and rais-' mg a disturbance and Being drunK and disorderly on the public highway, while he was ; fined $50 and ' cost in the assault , case. He gave notice of appeal and made bond in the sum of $300. . v' PEMBROKE NEWS ITEMS' Union Meeting a Great -' Work on Highway ' Has Success Begun Other Items. By Lee Pridgen - , 'Pembroke, . Aug. 2. The union meeting of the Robeson association, held here last Friday and Saturday, was a great success. Many delegates from all parts of ' the ' county was present. Quite a number of Pembroke' peo ple . attended the Sunday, school in stitute at Clybornville . Sunday last. The next session meets' with us v, in October: -r::--: '''.:','y Rev. W. D Pridgen, J. W. iWil liamson, D. W, Stone -and' the- writer attended services at Mt.-Elim last Sundays night. We greatly enjoyed the trip, and the singing by the Mt. Elim folks was simply grand. Mr. C. M. Beach of Wingate high school was a visitor; here .Saturday, attending the union, v J. T. Thaggard and wife spent Sunday with friends near Saddletree. Pembroke win .."be "a "dull v hole" next week for I think , most every body is, going to ' ta-ke their vaca tion at the same time, and the rumors are that next week is theset date. Well, it will do some of them lots of good to get out in the "country" away from the " noisy bustle" of city life, and take a few rides in the old "buck board wagon," -then when they come back they will appreciate our "street cars."-.; v,5r;;''t";' '"' Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Chandler have returned from their bridal tour. They were givena 1 grand and insurpass able reception as they dismounted from the t Seaboard train No. 20. I don't think they will forget it if they live'.75-.years,vf i'-S'v-' . Pembroke is headquarters for the construction force of .the : highway. They have already begun work and ' soon we will be . detouring - via . Red Springs road, in going to Lumberton. j Miss Sadie Biddell is on a vacation, visiting friends and relatives in the upper part of the State. ,; I v The writter had the '"pleasure of i speaking to the Mt. Elim B.-Y. P. U.I Sunday night and it ; is always pleas- ant to speak to boys, and girls when! they listen so attentively."" ' I sit. Aurea uook leit juiy zn ior Anderson, Ala., where he is to be in training for. 30 dayn.".: Our- "cocky" ball team has dis banded on account of the sudden dis appearance -of our star ' first base matt,"Newt." " - .-. : . -; Government Plans for Distribution of -: Coal. I -;-"-.; , :. - Washington, "Aug. 2. Government plans for-' distribution of cflsl during the existing .. emergency were an-' nounced tonighi by Fuel Distributor! Spencer after conferences with - Sec-1 retary Hoove and the central 'com mittee appointed by President Hard ing The ': federal , organization ' in Washington :he' said, will . cover the distribution J of -. available supplies among -,the railways, federal insti tutions and states, while the gover nors of the states will handle local supply. V' . yt j ' - . . . Stepped Into Hole of Boiling Water Correspondence of The Robesonian. East - Lumberton, , Aug. 2- Mr. Levi' Perry, night watchman ::, at the Lumberton cotton mills, had a' serious accident last night shortly after 10 o'clock. Going behind a conditioning room to close ' down a steam valve, the ) lace being rather dark, Mr. Per ry accidently : stepped into "-: a small pit dug during the day for ' the pur pose of repairing a leak underground The hole had seeped full of water and was -boiling hot at the . time. Dr. Martin " attended' him. - AuHitoro ahd Grad ers' of Tobacco Co odsw Malce ; Hfiid- quarters in LumDt n None But Very Best and Most Ex i perieneed Mea Employed by the As V sociatioiv-- Time' ; f or ; Aceeptlag Meatbers Exteaded Through Ifoa- ; day f ,'Nexi -Week y. lv -;". , Lumberton will be headquarters far the traveling auditors and graders of the Tobacco Marketing"1 Cooperative association fof the Nort .Carolina markets . of the South Carolina belt. None but the very best and most ex perienced men have been employed by the association. Mr.' J. C. Lew)s; who will be in charge oi the two ware houses to be operated here by the co operatives, . is one of : tho . leading warehousemen . of . Virginia," . having conducted the warehouse at South Boston, Va., that handled ', more to bacco .than any other house in that eiaxe ior , several, years, xar. lwis savs'lhe is , well nleased rwith the assistants 'assigned him by the asso ciation. Forty out of 400 contracts sent in from the South Carolina belt one day recently were sent in by Mr. Lewis. The time for accepting members in the co-operative association has been extended from Monday of this week through Monday of next week; -Mr. Lewis and other warehouse men advised the tobacco-growers to throw away the trash and burnt to bacco and the appearance of .the to bacco being offered here Indicates that the farmers are doing this. : v Strikers Accept; ; Rail Heads Reject Acceptance of Harding Peace Pro posals Voted by Leaders of Rail way Shopmen Executives Balk at Seniority -., RightsT ; K:' ''' An Associated Press dispatch from Chicago states that full acceptance of the peace - proposals submitted by President Harding was ? voted last night at' Chicago by leaders -of the striking railway shopmen, who however;- gavetheir own , interpretation ' of each of the 3 suggestions. On the other hand, at New. York Tuesday railway executives ejected firmly but courteously . the - Presi dent's program or settlement of the Strike. - . , SADDLETREE TOPICS Revival Meeting Will Begin Sunday Personal Mention. ' ' Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton, R. 2, July 31. We are having a nice;little- rain this after noon which we; are very glad to see after; it. has ben so hot. . ; Prof. C. Beach" - of Wingate spent Sundaynight in this communi ty. .. '-, :v:v.!v '. - Messrs. DeWfy Watson and John Herring were callers in this com munity Sunday p. m." Mr. Arch McDuffie and three chil dren, Henry, Steve and Cora, attend ed the union at Pembroke last week. A -large crowd from here attended the quarterly at Clyborn Sunday. Miss Fannie Humphrey is spending a wnue wnn nome xoiics. fcne nas been working at Greensboro for the past two or three months. . ; Mr. Henry Paul went Saturday, to Sanford. ' ; x Messrs, Robert Allen, Ingram Hedg peth and Marvin Barker of Lumber ton spent a short while in this com munity Sunday, cy.-.v h r Mr. and Mrs; R. ' HumDhrev ' and daughter and Messrs. Bob and Steve Humphrey spent two, or three days last week , at Burgaw visiting Mrs. David Humphrey. Master Tom Hum phrey of : that place returned home with them to spend a few weeks. "-Mr. and MrsJ John Thaggard and three -children" of Pembroke spent Sunday in this communis visiting friends. , - - l As was stated before , in The Robe soniari, the meeting will begin ; at Saddletree the first Sunday night in August, conducted by Rev. Fred CoL lins. Everybody is invited to come." "Little Mies Sarah and Boyd Hum phrey returned home Monday, from Dillon, . S. ' C, , where they - visited re latives. " . -. Miss' Flora ' McPhail ' is v attending summer .school at Boone.. . : v - Wei are glad 'to have , with-us Mr. Hall andfamily" from jFayetteville, who -"occupy .the VMitS. Humphrey houserWe nope for them, a pleasant stay. - ' ' ' cx? lr-?if - Mr..Bob! Humphrey returned to his home at Statesboro, Ga Monday af ter a two-weeks' visit here with re latives and friends. . ' Davidson A campaign to raise $600,000 ; for the endowment' and ex pansion of Davidson' college as one step in the program of Christian edu cation of the Southern Presbyterian church, was announced here the other day by Dr. William J. Martin" presCt dent of . the "college. The. campaign will begin- about September 15 and end January 1, 1923. ; J " Mr J. J.-. Shaw of Rex was among the visitors in town' yesterday.' , Train Barely Tilics :d ;Strildng Car Mrr Rassell Prevatt of Bale nad ; Close - Call Here Toesday Sa w Train Wkea ia 2 Feet of Track A . ... DangeroBS Crossiag, ' Mr. Russell Prevatt of Buie had a close call ' late ; Tuesday afternoon when the Seaboard:, passenger train from J Wilmington T bared r missed striking- htr'Reot tourmgr ear at the Chestnut street r crossing, near the union station. Mr. Prevatt saw the approaching train 'when his car was about 2 feet from the track and turn ed, the car - to the left, striking a freight standing - oh tha sidetrack. The radiator of , the auto was badly damaged. Both Mr. Prevatt and Mr, Marcus Prevatt, who was with him bY the car, escaped injury. A, number of people who were at the station "turned their heads to keep ; from seeing the train hit the car." -: , .-' Several collisions have been -narrowly averted at this crossing of late. The freight depot and freight cars Which are usually standing on the sidetrack there obstructs the view, of trains approaching from the east. : Lumber Bridge Boy Scouts Enjoy Camp Camping Trips, Picnics and Swim ming Parties at White Lake Per sonal Mention. - , . By Leila nubbard -Lumber Bridge, Aug. 1. On Sat urday night Troop 1, Lumber Bridge Boy Scouts, returned after four days camping trip at Marsnburn beach, White lake. The Boy Scout Camp was pitched on a hill overlooking the lake at Marshburn beach,' which is situated on the Love Bide of the lake. The boys enjoyed the swimming and boat ing on that beautiful sheet of water. A certain portion of each day was spent in merit .and test . work ' and the troop, which is still quite young, brought back six new second-class scouts and - a new tenderfoot. Those who passed the second-class test were;- Stanton, - Frank and' Alfred Wylie, Archie B. and Worth Williford and Langdon Hubbard. - - i f 1 ,1" ; r The scouts were in charge of as sistant Scout Master A. S. Wylie and: great credit Is doe him for the splendid way in which he handled the boys. Appreciation is alsa due those men of our town -who so generously aided the boys in getting to White lake, i , Picnics and Swimming Parties , .Mrs. L. L. Shaw entertained at an all -day picnic and swimming party on : Melvin beach, : White lake,- in honor of her house guests Misses Elizabeth and . Sue . Blount Shaw of Lumberton, Quite "a number of our young people attended this ' outing. ' Quite a number of our people spent parts of last week at White lake.-In fact, there was a party from Lum ber Bridge there every day. . - Miss Mary Harper Cobb entertain ed at a swimming party and picnic at Melvin beach, White lake, in honor of : her house-iguest , Miss Argent Quiverly of Greenville. Miss Quiverly has for the past .year :;: been MiSs Cobb's room, mate at North Carolina college for women, Greensboro. Miss Mary Harper Cobb, who has been attending the Summer school at North Carolina college for women, Greensboro, returned home - Wednes day. : ' ' : - .' ; Misses Elizabeth and Sue Blount Shaw of Lumberton have returned-to their home after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. I I Shaw. Mrs. D. C. Currie and daughter, Miss Rebecca, ' have returned after spending several weeks with relatives in Florida. " ; " Rev. and Mrs. A. , W. Shaw and son, Master Worth, of Mebane, are visiting Mr. Shaw's mother, Mrs. Neil Shaw. - On Sunday afternoon Alice Audrey Balfour, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Balfour, was christened, Rev. A. W. Shaw officiating. Little Alice , Audrey wore quite an historic dress at her christening. , The dainty little dress is probably one hundred years old and came from India. All of the immediate Balfour family have been christened in this dress. -. Mrs. W. E. Marley'and children, little "Miss Maurice, Johnson and v W. E. Jr., are visiting Mrs. Marley's mother, Mrs. Johnson, at Atkinson. . Miss Mamie Cobb is spending some time at Conoly Springs.- . H. C MeNair Heme Near Maxtoa Destroyed by lire. 4 ; Maxton, Aug. 1The fine old coun try . home of H. C McNalr, one mile east of here, caught fire this morn-; ing at 6:30 and burned completely down.- The blaze, which originated on the second floor, in one of the bed! rooms, had mademtle headway when discovered, ' but spread rapidly, as their water system suffered a break down yesterday, jit was one - of ' the Eretty old landmarks of this section, aving stood there in a beautiful grove of oaks for 50 years. Most of the furniture and belongings were saved and the loss was partially cov ered by insurance. : , : Mri Odum of the Buie section is a Lumberton visitor today. COTTON 1IAC2CT, Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 21 1-2 cant tha pound. ' - BRIEF ITESIS OF LOCALS ZC2173 Mr. C A. Crump is erecting a 5 room bungalow on East Fifth street. Mr. Jno,- D. -McMillan la erect ing a (-room - bungalow on East . Seventh street . ;t '. s : Mr. M. G. McDowell of Orrttm underwent an operation for pus ap pendicitis at the Baker sanatorium yesterday. His , condition is reported ; as favorable. ;U . . v Mr. Jno. F- French has arrived ; home from Charlotte, where he spent 2 month undergoing treatment . at the Charlotte sanatorium. His condi tion is very much improved. ' t . : Mr. CVA. Crump was able to re turn to his work in the shoe depart ment of Mr. L. H. Caldwell's depart ment store Tuesday after being con fined to bis home with a lame leg for.: 2 "-weeks. :UiMy : Mrs. J. S. Oliver returned yester day to her home in Marietta front Charlotte, where she underwent treat ment in a hospital for 3 weeks. Her condition , is very . much improved. She was met here by her' husband and son, Messrs, J . S. and W. M. Olivier. u. -x'L-U. yyi:- ci Mr. W. I. Linkhaw of Lumber ton and Dr. J. P. Brown of Fairmont returned Tuesday from a trip through Western North Carolina. They visited Ashe ville, Hendersonville, Chimney Rock. Mt : Pisgah and . several other points of interest. They made the trip in Dr. Brown's auto. , - : - - u- Misses Louise and Dorothie - Steele have returned from Greens boro, where they attended the sum mer school, at N. . C ? college 4 ior women. Miss Majorie Steele has re turned from. Raleigh, where she at tended the , summer school at N. C State College. - Mr. J. M. McCaUum left this moraine for Charlotte, where ha will undergo treatment at the Charlotte sanatorium. He was accompanied by his wife, his brother, Mr. O. a. Mc CaUum, and. Dr. McKay -of Red Springs. Mr. MeCallam, former coun. ty auditor, has been in ill health for several months.' . - . Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Butler, who were married at Sanford on July 24th, returned Sunday night from a wed ding trip, to the mountains 01 West ern North Carolina and were guests at the home 01 Mrs. Butler's mother, . when they left for Laurinburg, where they will make their home. . . ' A. Ford roadster driven by Miss Leila Ballard and a bicycle upon which a-negro man was riding col lided on South Chestnut street lata Tuesday afternoon.; The bicycle was demolished and the . negro, whose name was not learned, ' was slightly hurt-The front axle of the car was also bent as a result of the accident ' Guv McKeller. colored. ' who drives a delivery truck for Mr. L. H. Caldwell, was painfully hurt Monday afternoon ' when . the truck I he was cranking moved up and jammed him against another truck on Elm street, in front of the . Caldwell store. Ha was taken to the Thompson hospital and is expected to, be able to get out soon. His hips were badly bruised, Dr. and Mrs. C H. Durham ana daughter, little Miss i Kathleen, left yesterday for a visit to Dr. Durham's relatives at AshevilJe and Hender sonville. They will be ' away two weeks. There will be no preaching services at the First Baptist church, of which Dr. Durham is pastor, the first ' and second Sundays in August his congregation having granted him a vacation. ' : 1-iL:i" ;' In mention in Monday's naper of the return of Mr. and Mrs. s J. "A. Sharpe and children from the meet ing of the N. C. Press association at Cleveland : Springs, Shelby, with s a . side trip to Rutherfordton and Chim ney Rock, the dropping of a line "caus ed inadvertent omission of the name of i Miss J osephine Breece, who ac companied them and returned at the same time. ' Serious Race Clash Averted ia Macon Macon. Ga Aug. L Prompt.clos- ing of the negro business section of Broadway this morning, immediately after news was received of the .cap ture 5 of John (Corkey) Glover, pre vented a serious race clash this af--ternoon, the police say. when Glover's body, riddled with bullets, was dump. ed into the downtown street by s mob that had lynched him. - Scenes resembling those ox Satur day night when Deputy Sheriff . Wal ter C. Byrd was shot to death, it is said, by Glover, as ha was leaving a negro pool room tn the same block. were duplicated. - W. O. W. Meeting at Long Branch Saturday Evening. Correspondence' of The Robesonian. Long' Branch (Lumberton, R. 4), Aug. 2, Pine camp No. .144, W. O. W yffH meet at Long Branch Sat urday evening, August 5, at 8:30. All members are urged to be present, as there is some important business to be considered. ; - ' : W. H. LAMB, . " - CounciJ Comoaader.
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