rzz ZZZTl CISOICII, HOBDAY, AUGUST 21,1021
PROPESSIOIIALOS
B. J. Britt ' Lather J. Dritt
1 E. J. & L. J. BRITT
' ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Offices 1. 2, and 3, Freeman Duildiag,
Lomberton. North Carolina, . Prac
tice in both' State and Federal Court.
Prompt attention given' all business.
DR. POPE b gbd to
; that gr'iilBZ;-t
he is able to be in his ,o-
fice asaxn." . ; -
Ncvs and Comment
tees.
Onr peaches were , Wilmington- Charlotte-AsheriHe high
Detween cnadboura ana w b tu
bas v little
of inferior ' quality this' season, due
to the heavy rains; but we had good
gardens, and plenty of vegetables.
Grapes and pears will soon be ripe,
which' will terminate the canning pro
cess for the present summer.
Mr, and Mrs. a A. Olmstead hare
just returned from Clio, where they
carried Mrs. McLaurin snd little Gene
to meet the south-bound train for
Most Adjust to New Conditions The
Sand II ill Country Women May
Defeat Blease in S. C. Flowers and
Vines Veterans and a War Inci
dent. : - ' ::
' . By "Aunt Becky." V , j
r Old - Fork : (Maxton, - R. 2), Aug.
1RStinnrAv M till htll'iKt ttt tfco
Fork, and the boll weevil is busy on home, and we are missing them Tery
the job cf destruction.. Since the ueb. .f . , , ,y ' .
middle of Jury ther have shown rapid IrsAAlex Stew2 4 W"M
increase in numbers and activity re-Me, fcr on a visit of some weeks to
suiting in natural depression among hf,r ft Mxi Wm.' rUcS
oof7 farmers J Ml8S : Ehz Ferguson of Laurinburgv
We'are growing little or no tobacco "V1" mon
in this Bection, andVcottpn has been in the FfkMrs. Ed Perkins
the sole money erop. On light lands "-&J&E
corn is very poor, and the general out-
F. ERTEL CARLYLE ;
! ATTORNEY AT LAW
Notary Public Id Office. - ''
Offletc over Frunan Printing C.
Prompt attention,. give U all-fcssL
Dr. Maurico A. Waddel!
' f V&" DENTIST -? '
Offie. Second Floor Cotton Mill Of
e' Building, Em and Second Sts.
U .;Mv LUMBS3T0N, N.:-CL-,; jC'
t DAVID tt: FDIJJivri
' v:- Attorney at -Caw 4 tfe"
Second floor; cotton mill office bulM
ing, offices formerly occupied by
. y ;.tUMBEgTON,.N. C.':
T. A. McNZILU Jr. - . D. HACSXTT, J
i McNeill & HAcT-nr
V Attorneys-At-Law. - ,
Wopdberry Lennox
; ATTORNEY AT LAW; ;
; 1 Lamberton,'NC - -:',.;
Offices over First National Bank.
JUNIUS J. G00DWD17
VATTbioOTT-lJlwJ-)--OfBcea
Over Efird Dept. Store.
John PrbctorAjt"
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office, next to Lumberton Motor Cat
Cow in Building formerly occupied hi
sx-Jadge T.- A, McNeill. ;.:;.JtK.T
A. W. McLean ;.. , Dickson UcLaat
L. B. Varser ' H. E. fitaej
UeLEAtf, VAH3EHi McLEAl
& BTAOT - -Attorneys
At Law.
LUMBERTON, North CaroUn
W. B. IVEY -
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Office on Second Floor Freeman
Building, West Fifth .
. Street - - . 1 .
; Lumberton, N. C. . ' v t v
Jtephen Mclntyre - R. C Lawrane
amea D. Proctor URobt A. Mclntyre
IcINrYBJX LAWBENCE 4
1 , - PS00T0B, . '
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
LUMBERTON, N. C.. -Practice
In State and Federal Courts
Prompt attention given to all business
look! on the; farms discouraging. But
we must try to meet the conditions as
bravely as possible; raise plenty of
food products, cut down grocery, nd
fertilizer bills, and learn to live with
less money, ''f ' y, 'V; iHTf !
". Mr. and Mrs. Robert -Stewart from
near Aberdeen, up in the Sand rjills,
were - recent " visiters in our home.
Robert was one of our neighbor boys,
a young energetic farmer -who' moved
to Moore county; some few years ago,
settled in the peach and tobacco grow
ing region, ana is matting good, -lie
tells me also that they have-no great
excess of rain and have fine crops' of
tobacco, corn and cotton, with ,but
little damage f rom weeriL ; The peach.;
crop wa? immense and so were'vanues
One large grower sold his crop on the
trees at 190,000. I was vp there oil a
visit two summers ago, and saw. many
of the large -orchardsand Vineyards
covering acres and acres of land, and
some days been guests of their uncle,
Mr. C. C. Yorke. Misses Kate, and
Ruth ' Caddell returned, from a visit
to relatives in Klngsburg, S." C f V,
., Ihave been on a fishing excursion
to the old mill, got several bite, the
most material of which were mo
quitoe8:nd. red bugs," 0 -
$22,000,000 IN NEW ROADS
v IN FIRST 8 MONTHS OF YEAR.
way
ville, 7.03 miles hard surface.
Project 880, Pender, Castle Hay
nes and Long creek, 8.98 miles hard
surfsce. - . ; ",:--
Project S17, Brans wickv Bridge
over Town Creek. ,-:;-4- :
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NO LICENSE -TO OPERATE NOW
yi REQUIRED OF GINNERS. ;
Ginner is N Liiger Required te Col
-' lect Tax of 25 Cents Bale on AD
' Cotton Ginned.
"Many inquiries from ginners
throughout the state are coming in
regarding the license to operate this!
year, and it is high time," says J. M.
Workman, warehouse engineer of the j
North Carolina Division of Markets,'
"that the ginners should know that i
a license Is not required?' I
"This law. has been repealed" states
Mr. Workman, ?and at thcsane time"
the law requiring ginners to collect
a tax of 25 cents a bale on all cotton
ginned was repealed, which the farmer
as well as the ginner should know.".
Twenty-five cents doesn't seem much
to the individual but when the whole
vmrmmt't i ana Mil in 1922 Ex iCTOp Is considered it means a .saving
frogram f 1,000 Miles in i9tt &x,i f 9onn nnn . tviA.!
:i n:ja a a - wi-viuiaij Vfavvvvu a.u iiib nut m
Carolina cotton farmers. ' - r.
ceeded by 110 Miles when Bids Are
Opened for 29 New Projects Aa
. gust SO Will be Last Big Letting
of Year Hartf-Surface Mileage
; 56841 Miles Since January. ?
Twenty-nine projects scheduled for
letting August 30, with an aggregate
mileage ot , 186.02 miles will bring
the year's letting -of roads by State
Highway ; Commission to 1,114.25
miles,' or more than a hundred miles
beyond the "1,000 miles in 1922" pro
noted the manner of growth and r !Jtfj5
tivation.'. I was. surprised ; to see
the trees so low, not; much taller than
a ; tall man's head, but laden with
fruit.1 'It is a beautiful country, and
the atmosphere of the hills very invig.
rtmr
new .construction for the year to more
a1 . nn '11;
man 44 niuuun, ,
Three projects included ' on the list
remove ' the last . unbuilt 1 sections of
the Central Highway from , Smith-
neia to paiisoury .. a oi stance o a i v
I hear that somef our neigh!,,
Thomas L. Johnson : L S. M. Johnaoi
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
V LUMBERTON, N. a . '
Practice In State and Federal Conrtt
Notary Public in OCJce. OfBcea ovei
Firat National Bank. .
MONEY TO LEND:
We are prepared to make long time
loans in any amount on improved
Robeson County farm lands at 8 low
cost to borrower. '. ;
Mclntyre, , Lawrence & Proctor,
' Attorneys, j . ,
GOOD MEAT !
That's the kind we ielL See
ns for Beef, all kinds Pork, Ban
sage, Liver; -etc.'-.- i
Higheit market prices p&ii for
good beef cattle. ; .- , ,
A. H. HINDS' I.IARKET
'Phone 63. '
LnmbertonvN. OL
Real Estate Loans
I am fa DoalSoa ta nanlo apa
cations for long ttea loans eai laa.
proved farm1 lands fa v CcSteaon,
Scotland and Hoke ConntlsB In
amoonta of tUtZ9M and abara.
Interest Bata'S lper cent;
A. T. McLEAN,
Luttdverton, Ny C
; Raleigh Real 'help to the farmers
of, the State in the furtherance of
the adoption of. more modern methods
of farming by an extended display of
farm machinery of all types at the
61st State fair on October 16-21 is
the aim of the North Carolina Agri
cultural society. n - .
intend to try the. peach and tobacco
industry next year. We have good
tobacco lands. ;to this lection,", but . no
experience m making, Curing and mar
keting, and no. good market place near
by. '1-:"VV'--':-;.:v;,;;
My daughter,'; Mrsi "M'cLaurin'.and
little i grand daughter,, from , Dillon
county, have been spending some' days
witli us. v.- She reports the Crop situ
ation down there very similar to that
of Robeson, also the summer rainfall.
Politics is, getting warmed up down
there and the woman vote bids fair to
bea heavy one, 64,000 having regis
tered, which, if they cast a full vote,
will mean the defeat of Cole L. Blease,
as it is probable, very fewVwill sun-
port. him.. i . ; -r:, V--.. -r t
: I am seated m my favorite nook on
the front piazza this a. m. in. the midst
of our sweet flowers, which are laden
with lovely, bloom, but erelong I shall
nave, to retire to my winter retreat,
and ; the flowers to the tbscuritv of
the pit ' In the yard ? aie : blooming
tne ; old-fashioned flowers ; from the
dear old home, relics frbm the oast.
and of my.mother's oweV-loving,hand
and heart.V There ate 1 a variety of
Altheas, double and single) white, pur
ple arid pink ( that pretty, clustering
crepe myrtle, and a dainty little yel
low rose, which jBhe cillled the f Rock
rose," and which I ' nave : never seen
elsewhere. It; is perfectly hornless,
and has beautifcl J foijage. . Another
of her favorite .floweVs, transplanted
from Old Queensdale4s the "Bide
bells of Scotland'NwlachriMis bloomed
all summer. On the stump of a large
oak tree is a box fulof the riotous
little poriulaccas, in' varied color, ud-
on which my eye loves to rest.; Ev
ery day after 10, a. m., they never
fail to burst forth in fresh brightness
and beauty, V unless the rain . comes.
Another oak stump is festooned 1n a
djense mass of pretty little vine called
byjhe different names of "Love in a
tahgle," and 44 .The .downfall of life."
' I love vines affia any one visiting our
home will see "The Wandering Jew' All
around, and of all varieties. -Jf t- ?
My turkeys nave justarrived from
their morning jaunts to the fields, and
are raising a noisy clamor for their
daily bread. It matters not how many
peas ; they, eat,, and how many bu gs
and grasshoppers they capture, they
are not content until they get , their
dessert, and I love to , feed theihy.,as
they so- gentle,' and un-af,raid cluster
around my feet, and eat tout of my
hands.; We iad 28T hatched and have
15 survivors, about the usual "luck."
But considering they have been often
out in the flops' and wet fields, we
make 'no complaint - v r .
In, a recent copy of The Robesonian,
I read with leasure an interestinglet.
ter from the pen of our old. friend,
Rev.. A. L. Davis of Alabama. We
were glad to hear from him, and to
know that his noble, useful life is still
8pawcV-U:v..----r :, - l-:'r:'- ? ;
I : had a most interesting interview
with an old .Veteran recently. . These
dear odd heroes of . the 60'g are becom
ing so rare that Jt Is now a privi
lege, as well as a pleasure to meet
one, and to hear thrilling ; incidents
of his war-experience. This oie' re
ferred to had a soldier brother who
was present tat 1 the battle -of "The
Bloody ; Crater' near t Petersburg;
when the Federals undermined a cir
cle of the earth, and attempted to blow
up the Confederates Nf that place.
Several hundred of our boys were kill
ed t and wounded, but the 1 fiendish
scheme failed to succeed up . to-. the
mfsare of. the enemy's; expectations.
, TnOf rain7ls. falling again and the
ducks ; and frogs ; are happy. Never
tired, of water, they keep np a song
and . medley of rejoicing 'when the
clouds begin to weep. " ?
I thank your correspondent who. so
kindly says she enjoys ."Aunt Beck
ey"s ' letters." Suchwords are very
pleasant and encouraging, but I fear
she will find the .present article dull
and uninteresting. . . - , : ;
Local news in the country is. very
scarce: the neighbors seem busy, and
but little visiting is being .done. The
housewives are busy laying up their
stores of canned goods to eat in win
ter, hours, after the example of the
asville-Lexington link', the Hiflsboro-
Mebane link and the bridge over, the
Tadkin river between Lexington and
Salisbury are the more.; important
projects.? f;zf .f-' v f'- . "
. With the award of contracts at the
end of the "month, the commission will
have , achieved . moe that , a .hundred
miles beyond the mark sit in Febru
ary for twelve months, and will have
set up a record that is without par
ellel in' the records of road building
in America. A Since. January 1, con
tracts will have been let for 568.31
miles of hard surface road and 645.94
miles of gravel,- - ;", ,-' ' ,;
Take Advantage of Time.
r ' The August letting will be the final
big letting for the. year,; and there
after- the commission -will focus 'at
tention on construction now tempor
arily held . up on account of strike
conditions. Chairman Page has pdsh.
ed .the Work of getting roads under
contract in anticipation of more wider
spread demand 'for contractors when
other states get their road program
iiiuci uvujr 1 icv sit ing. i ij
. Altogether the road program out,
lined at : the work ' under : Governor
Bickett in 1919 is-now fippr6ximately
naif, done.- Slightly "more than
700 miles of new roads have been'
built, or are under construction, or
under contract In addition to this
mileage the 1 system . includes many
1 J j. ...mi .- . m j ' .
nunureus 01 nuies 01 gpoa roaas ouiu
by. counties before' the State took over
the system. - - . '5-.
-. Somewhat of-the tremendous un
dertaking the 29 ; projects offered for
August ,30 presents may be gathered,
from the fact that .the specifications
can ror the clearing-of, 163 acres ofi lin n. 41
land,' excavation, totaling 149,450 tatm3L c-
cubic . yards of earth :and rock, and
the bridges on, the projects ' will re
quire 2,'328,110 pounds of structural
steel. -Raleigh News and Observer.
Evidence of Retarninr Prosneritv.
As evidence of returning prosperity,
and the accumulation of savings and
the willingness and desire of the pub
lic to invest surplus funds in a safe
and a sane manner, Howard T. Cree,
uirector of 1 the Government savings
organization of the Fifth Federal Re.
serve district, haa informed the local
postmaster that the people of this
district have purchased in the first
six months of this year Treasury sav
ings certificates to ; the , amount of
$4,414,086. This ' is more than five
and one-half times the amount sold
auring the same period last year, and
represents a per capita investment of
48 cents for every man, woman and
cnua m tne aistrtct. ,-. .
Mr. W. C. Walters of Barneaville
was a l.umberton visitor. Tuesday..
Vorth Carolina, ' s " ,
Roboon Coontjr. In'tha Supnlor Court
f Aaa Dunham tb. Charity Dunham.
, Mwenuani aoora Bamed will taka no
nee, mat an action antitM aa a bora has km
commenced In tha 8npertor Court of Bobeaon
County to obtain an absolute diroree opoa
the groonda of advlteVy and also for aepara-
uon xor nva yaara, and toe aaid defendant
will farther take notic. that aha hi rcoiilrad to
appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court
of aid County on the 11th da of September,
1922, at hi office in the court house at Lum
bertont N. C. and answer or' demur to the
complaint in said action' or the plaintiff will
PPfr to the court for the relief demanded
m satd complaint.
Thie Uth day. of Aug. 1922. .
C. B. SKIPPER, ,
" Clerk of the Superior Court
Britt A Britt Attya.
for Plaintiff. - : ' 8-14 Hon.
Third district .projects . included
the (letting fellow " .
Third District.
Project 328, Columbus-Link
in
of
TRUSTEE'S SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of the authority and
power conferred m a certain deed executed
hf ' H. ." McLean -and wife, : Katie C. Mc
Lean to the Virsintt Trust Company, trustee,
wnicn metrument M dated . December Ut,
iivK ana registered - in nook 48. at pegs
48. in the Fttbiie Registry of. Robeson Coun.
ty. N. C. (defaulfr baring been mad In the
payment of the obligations secured there
under the undersigned trustee will on Mon
day, the 28th day of August 1922. at Noon at
the court house door in- the Town ofLumber-
ton,' N. C, offer for sale at public auction,
to .the highest bidder for cash, the following
described , lands.' and prcmlsea. , to-wit
In Lumber 'Bridge Township, , Robeson
County, State of North Carolina, adjoining
the lands of D JU. Godwin. C, B. Chacon, and
others, bounded and described as follows! ,
On West Bide of Lowry road. Beginning
at a pine stump in edge of aaid road, runs
N. TS W. 14.20 chains to a stake with nine
pointers, P. Chaaon'a corner: thence as his
1-2 E. 20.15 chains - to a pine
P. Chason's residence s thence
S. S3 1-2 E. 24.80 chains to stake in the
-edge of the Lowry road; thence as said road.
S. I W. 8.80, to the beginning, containing 40
acres, mora or leas. Being same conveyed by
I. H. Chacon and wife to Katie C. McLean
deed dated November 10th 1912, duly record
ed inBok t-E, page 660, Public Registry of
Robeson County..'
' This the 8th day of July 1922. ' 1
VIRGINIA TRUST COMPANY. ,
Johnson A Johnson, ' Trustee.
Attorneys for . the Trustee. ' 7-S1-4 Mon.
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