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. .. ; ' .... .. : A - - . . . : tf v watch your label I Y XJ 7j -II : i. I ' TX'fV ! ' '"!)"' M "M - vT Aaki " "E0 . ;J -!.. II vT; -:L l( 114) lVX-yM;. 1 Vl.Xl lra.'fa-. V Plans cx "Co-ops for Handling Cotton s Cotton Will behold Through South era Grower Exchange $50 i Bale Wilt be Advanced to Member - of Association Success Depends Upon Member. Sticking Together, t-; - . J " - 'SICKNESS PREVENTS 'DR.'POE FROM FILLING ENGAGEMENT Owing to illnlssV Dr. 'Clarence Poe, editor of .The "Progressive ""Farmer, who wi.i scheduled to deliver sn ad- dresshere Saturday at 3 p. failed to arrive;" A large .crowd .of farmers, ' bankers and business men, represent ' ing all -parts of the county, came here ' - for the, meeting and were disappoint . ed when, the speaker' did not shew. tip. .Dr. .0. MPate of .Raynham. pne of the five directors of the North-Caro lina Cotton Growers' Co-operative as. sociftion, was present and presided: .at the meeting. !' . r . -; v Dr. Pate told something of the plans of the association in handling the cot- : ton for. members. The nine 4 cotton- growing SUtes have formed anex-Jery change, known . as the Southern Cot .. ton Growers' exchange, and' the cot ton, will be sold through this j or- .. firanixation. In. speaking;' of the re port that the directors flf,;th asso- : ciation receive bi salaries, Dr. Pate stated that the. salary of a director is $120 the yearH added ; that he , thought the $3 membership fee col lected from members of the associa- : tion will pay.' all "i the expenses of marketing the cotton. The association '' will advance $50 for -each bale of cot ton when it is turned over to the re ceiving station. A bale is supposed to weigh at least 45Q. pounds, according to Dr. Pate. ..... : More Money For" Grower ; "'. Mr. A. McEachern of Raeford, also one of the directors of the North Carolina branch of the " association, was also present and made i a short talk.-The success of the association depends upon the sticking together of the members,. MrV McEachern-declared. The- willingness of the members to, co-operate and work together will mean'the-success of the new system -of selling A arm produce he contina- ;ed. He predicted that the new system of selling cotton would be more satis. ; factory to the purchasers ' and mean more money; for the gnawer. . : The meeting here Saturday was ar. , ranged; by the field departments of ' the association, with headquarters at Raleigh, and it is to be regretted that the speaker could not get here.; It is understood, that a; large number of farmers and ; business men were- dis appointed in like manner- at Laurin burg Saturday morning. ' ; ' , Still Captured on; r Gallant Broad R'dge Blockader Faded Away Good Copper Outfit and Some of Its Product. x Officers captured a copper whiskey still of 60-gallons capacity late Thurs-;a day auernoon. xne sun was locatea in the open woods oft the Broad Ridge in Britts township and was in opera tion when the officers ; reached the scene. One man who: was operating the still vamosed and was not appre hended. Owing to the 6pen woods he spied the officers ; before they were near enough to stop him.-A- ' 6mall supply of the -finished product - and 250 gallons of . beer found at the still were destroyed. I The posse capturing the still was. composed of Sheriff R. E. Lewis and Deputies A. H. Prevatt and J. R. McLeod. : - ' ' This was one of the best copper outfits for -, manufacturing whiskey ever captured in the county, accord ing to Sheriff Lewis. , iv ;i. Bomb Hurled at A C L. Pump Station Rocky Mount,- Aug 25. A - -bomb hurled from a speeding automobile at the pumping plant of the Atlantic Coas Linerailroad J on t Tar z river early this morning struck the Cement steps at - the. front entrance to that building, chipped off nortions of the steps and jarred -out a number- . of window panes A special . company guard stationed, at the plant fired at the fleeing machine which "made its escapin the direction of this city, v Fans in Chestnut Street Methodist. Three' large celling fans that were installed in Chestnut Street Methodist church several weeks ago keep the main auditorium . comfortable in ; the hottest weathei Mention of the- in stallation of these fans should have been made some timeago Dut it was . not done, owing to an oversight. Scarlet Fever In Long Branch Section - Three cases of scarlet-fever were reported to Dr. E. R. Hardin, county iealth. officer, from, the Long Branch .section last weefc ' iDr. and. Mrs.T. -C.- jQhnson it ''"turnedyarterday from Ashevilla and blowing. Rock. Dr.' Johnson Jeft Ust Tuesday Jo' join Wrs. Johnson, who ' v.H been in Ashevillt for. two weeks viitin . her .cousin,; r. , Lola lA. ' ' RockweHf They made tha ; trip: .across country. - z I " Mr. W. EL Taylor of B. 6, Lumber? ton. is among tho visitors iA .town . . (today. .,. ', . r'..- :-'r Local Curb Marl Vill Run Specials Saturday" of This . Week Lumber Bridge Poultry Association Will Put on a Special Sale f Robeson ; ; County Eggs and Young Chickens Demonstration Clubs inEaca Sec- -tiott Will Bun Special Each Satur. ,-day -;" OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE ; TIME FOR EVERY FARM I i if I in-. im ; "r-; - Correspondence 'of i The Robesonian. ' Miss Andrews, county hqine "demon stration agent, has arranged with the Lumber Bridge Poultry association for the organization to have on sale at the curb market in Lumberton Sat urday.mornixig September 2nd, a load of fresh, pure, clean Robeson' county eggsl produced Jluring ,the week.They will also have on sale a special " of . young chickens, weighing around two pounds eaclu Don t forget to take ad. vantage of this splendid opportunity to get fresh poultry produits. The Lumber Bridge association is doing splendid work and we want to make efort to keep the -inoney-of very eiiori w www Robeson within the county ad Uvej In Robeson", k ;.-? . various sections of the county- will run- specials each ; Saturday, rthus giving opportunity to have i every section of the county represented at the market and in order that the buy ers may become acquainted with" the possibilities of getting ; things . at home. Everybody from any section is most cordially invited to bring pro ducts of all kinds to put onsale at any day, and the special sales'will not Interfere with the general sales; at an. So.let every producer in, the coun ty line up with the curb market, it Is the opportunity' of a life - time for every farm in Robeson." " . , , Elzie Hill Escapes : Chain Gang Again Put One Over on Guard 'J. W. Davis His . Second Escape Responsible 1 Guard Will be Taxed $50 for Each Escape Hereafter. Elzie Hill has escaped again, from the Robeson county chain gang. , He escaped Thursday while- working un der the guard of Mr' J. W. I Da.visV Under cover of . some bushes near., by the roadside, secreted from the guard, Hill pulled off ' his ' shoes, removed his shackles and fled, it is laid. He was in the gang ? stationed . in White House township. -i-r. ' -.--: ' t . Hill escaped from the gang several months ago, w't '.le serving a term for some ' offense - committed . in .' Hoke county. He "and two other convicts who escaped at the same time were tried at thei Julv :ierm of criminal court on the charge of the larceny of an auto the, .nighty they escaped. Hill was sentenced to 9 months on the roads on the auto larceny charge ana given 3 months for escaping-. He is young white man Mr.' J. I Townsend. countv suDerin. tendent of roads, stated to a Robe sonian reporter Saturday that in the future the guard who allows a con vict to escape will be required to pay $50 for each escape. This should put a stop to the frequent escapes that have been made from the "gang" of late. , Bridge at McNeill's Crossing " May i be Ready in 4 Weeks. - ' . The steel and concrete-: bridge across Lumber' river 3 miles west of Lumberton. has been completed, in eluding painting, wijth the except - of the. Asphalt surface.: Concrete is now being poured on the approaches to the bridge. It is expected that this will be completed this week, if there are' no more delays. It will require three weeks for this to harden properly, so it is expected that traffice will be al lowed across, this bridge in about 4 weeks . '- .-' ;v--v- -, J Eyes Painfully Hurt When Tire Bursts.'' Z-'AAr xs:1 f '; ' Mr. L.V Spivey i suffered painful injury to his eyes late Friday after noon when an auto tire blew out while he was ; filling it ' With air - at the air pump belonging to the Lum berton Motor Car Co, West Fifth street. His eyes were filled with dirt and fabric "from, the old tire, which was badly worn. The. tire : had, only about 30 pounds of . air in it When it blew out and had it contained 60 or 60 pounds it is likely that Mr. Spivey's injury would have been more serious. Check Flasher Pleads Guilty Want ed Elsewhere., . HJ A; Daniels, a middle-aged white man. plead guilty of passing a worth less-check- before, Assistant Recorder L. J. Britt Saturday. Judgment was continued, upon making the check good and paying the cost total, VJ7Z.70-. The check was given to Dr. W. W. Parker- ervcash. Daniels is still m iafl.' beimr held for Wilmington ' ol n- i. i -wntA in Fa vett-l ville and several other towns- on the charge of giving worthless checks,' it is .said. Daniels was arrested in High Point and - brought to Lomberton, having been in jail for several weeks before his hearing . Saturday. Getting Ready Fcr RcLocbn Co. Fair Im prevent r.tJ Being Blade to Add to - CocTenience of r- Exhibitors Fair Will be. Held October 19 to 13 ' Premium List Ready.' . . v v .' The dates of the Robeson county fair $his year are October 10 to. 13, and as this time is drawing near the fair officials are getting busy with im provements at the ;: fail vf grounds.. Several ; laprovementi will tif made this year which will add; to the con veniencej of those bringing exhibits. In the main building wilt be erected a cabinet, with; glass front to take, care of all cakes, candies, pies, etc. t .This will be a grest improvement over, the arrangements heretofore. ;? In the poultry house will be 'found improvements that will add -room for 250. additional chickens, and coops for 50 turkeys. This will fcive. room fo, 750 cjhickeni and $0 turkeys.' 'i'M r ? Last year the .managers of the poul try house had to let-people take.. their poultry .Sack home for lack of space, and they 'don't intend for this to hap. pen again. 1 They are expecting this fall the largest display of poultry ever exhibited fa Robeson countyi if The premlom Ust Is ready for .M.n.J u,,. - lis list can get same by calling at W. ' O. Thompsons' . garage or The Robeson- ian office. -'1 - . - - f Get something ready for the fair and be here with it on October 10 to 13. ,, '- -v ,M : j. Larger 'Advances ; for Tobacco Co-ops I ' v f .. :i v Association ' Has - Made Some - Large saiea at satisfactory Prices Mem bers Urged to Brinar in. Tobacco a Fast as Possible Auction Sales are Expected to be Larger Thip Week. -Approximately a ' quarteT-nrillion pounds of tobacco . were sold on the local auction market last week, daily averages ranging from ,$19 to i $21 the hundred. Around 50,000 pounds of tobacco' were sold today at prices ranging about the same as last week. It is, expected that w sales this week wjll be larger than last week. Larger Advances' for "Co-ops." . Effective today, members., of the Co-operative Marketing association will receive a larger advance on the tobacco When it is pooled. - The new advance schedule ranges from $1.20 the hundred for scrap to $28 the hun dred for the ' best" grades, as 'com pared with $1.05 to $22.75 under the old. The advance is made possible as a -: result, of ; thet association having' made some large : sales . at satisfac tory prices ? recently, f According : v to word sent out from ? cooperative headquarters. The difference on to baccos already pooled will be paid in the final settlement, according to Mr. J - C. Lewis, manager of the local co operative warehousef. Mr. Lewis asks iTher Robesonian to urge members Of the association to bring' their tobacco in as fast as possible, as it is being sold rapidly. Eight sales, aggregating several million, pounds, were sold by the co-operatives last week and those in cnarge or tne sales department aeciare tne ipnces . received highly satisfactory.- were COAL SHORTAGE WILL FORCE FORD MOTOR PLANTS TO CLOSE 105,000 Employes Will be Thrown Out of Work September 16 and Several ' official spokesman f or thestrikers, as : Hundred Thousand Other Workers . aerted he believed the executives who Will be Affected. v -j had lingered for. the parley on indi- Detroit, -;Aug. r 26. (Associated jvidual settlement soon would be en Press.) One hundred and five thous;i abled "to bring home to their-hard-and employes of the Ford Motor com- shelled colleagues ,the railroad situa- pany, throughout the country, will be without jobs after September 16. j s - in oAHitiAti i j i ii.. m sand other workers emnloved in in. amJ .a.t. , i dustaes furnishing materials for the Ford plants will be affected. ; Henry Ford gave these figures to day in announcing that his three big motor plants located in Detroit su burbs ; and " his . assembling plants throughout the country would be clos. ed on: that date, because of the coal shortage.;.-;- , fi-fAA' Industry the country oyer "must throw up its hands in surrender" within a few weeks, if the" rail and coal strikes continue, Henry Ford de. clared todav' in Bnnntinina- th AaA cision of. the ' Ford company to close jts piantshere and in many other c i. i . n i . . .. uw uu ucjjicuiuer ao oecause oi ine fuel situation." Mr. Ford held financial interests responsible for the industrial vtieup, ucviaiuij i-uo. muuej uaruua were manipulating the- labor' unions and that public officials,' state and nation.! al, were impotent in the crisis. The. strikes would end. he continu ed, "when the majority of the peo ple are cold and hungry enough to resort to drastic action.'?,!" 14 9 Af-.-AvMBMaMnM .V.' ', Employe of Highway ' Commiasioa Killed y Highway Trade . A. young man named-Williams, who waa employed by the State Highway oommission, was run down by a high way truck and killed, the Wildcat highway, near 'Freeman, r Columbus county, Saturday. A front wheel of the truck struck toe young . man's head, crushing it. He was-19 years oldvthe day ha was killed. -Deceased lived near; the place where he was killed, o-. :. .;-:aa-A' .--i Teh Rattlers and Tvo Pilots in Logj ;,cdtrifOpcrj& Saake-Killingest Time A-taII Early i Thousands of Members Witness Start in the Morning John Ballard ia the) - : ing Up of New Marketing Ms- Apparently I'eacefol Woods Unlog-r cliinery and Go Home Satisfied of get the Bea'.enest Den cf Snakes; He . Ever Saw ia the a? Years of , the Day bf Its Ufa Some , ' flaughur It iWaWiJ v. Ifj Ten rattlesnakes and two pilot? In f- the gjZ!S, ligbtifood jog; . rattlers in unt cou kiiu puma iu utv wkul M logged" and killed early last Wednes- day -morning In this prohjb Won aaltf8" or Carolina at their open. Volsteaded year of grace in peaceful-j J0. nd thownda.f members tf 'wAAif. m nr fw v fox the Tobacco Growers Co-oberativ E. Barnes'- place t" on : Saddletree this John' Ballard, colored,' depose th and sayeth he, discovered and did. j " : John wasn't . expecting Z any such time; as'' that oariy in theorning or any other bid timet in fact.- All the days of the 67 years: of his lifer he says, he has spent in the woods, but he- never saw such a thing as that be fore; ..rj"'... v"J f 4 WetL John and two others not ex. pecting .any sort - of - helltoi break loose, were sawing, logs in.the afore mentioned I woods. By and - by . they sawed a -snake in two, and then a snake-killing time began. The snakes did' an Alphonso and, Gaston act in side; the log, maybe. Anyway, t they came out decently and in order, John says, and as each "one poted Its head out he, John Ballard, chopped its head off. John didn't know how many snakes were coming. . He was kept middling busy for a spell, and when middling busy for a spell, and when the - battle was over and, spoils were counted it was found that ten rattlers land two pilots had given up a head eacn to John's trusty axe. p r y John says he has beard of rattlers and nilots bavins' a den together, but jbever saw . such , a thing before. And he didn't quite see it then, trom what he says, but mighty nigh $ the tat tiers were in one end of the log and k " aT"ncf z Wu Cf f the pilots were in the other end, rtj'ff feESE!. riTS?,botJl cheCk, far apart. - a part'"?Un.feceL?tf - . , This story' John says' is well sub stantiated and can be proved, so no body needn't throw no Insinuations. Peace Negotiations , Blown Slty High Rail Strike Develops Into Fight to a Finish Shop Crafts Turn Down i Proposition for Separate Settlement ' Jewell Says "Can and Will Fight for Natioh-Wide Settlement." A-p-. , New York, Aug. 25 The rail strike today .developed into a fight to the finish when peace negotiations were blown sky-high. --.sikW; 'A " Heads of the . Big ; Five railroad brotherhoods, acting as mediators be tween: executives and striking shop, men ill the final effort to effect sepa rate settlement with the individual roads after the Association of Rail way Executives as a whole had rejec- ted the running trades' , first peace bowed their heads in silence while overtures, reported to the representa- Kv P- H;: Tuttle pleaded for Divine tives of 77 railroads at the Yale clubs guidance in this effort of the farm this morning that the shop crafts had ers to obtain the just r wards of la- turned down ; a proposition 'made to them yesterday by the carriers. Negotiations then .were sharply broken off and executives, strike lead ers and, brotherhood chiefs packed up their bags and began leaving town to prepare for a test of endurance. Before he denarterf for bin - hpaif. (quarters in Chicago, Bert M. Jewell, tion a its grim reality. j -."We shall be content to let the con- niriAn ' iir aMmriMmi mma a- u a, iL. t.!1AikJ .i.. "1 i railroads cannot operate with unskill ed strikebreakers," declared Mr. Jewell, adding later that "we can and will fight for our terms and ' for - a national wide settlement." . Labor leaders then dispatched tele grams to all parts of the country, call ing upon strikers to renew the strug gle with redoubled vigor. ' - .The latest peace , proposal, center ing as was the case with all the oth ers on the question of seniority, brief, ly waa that roads interested in indi vidual, settlements would nledtre themsels to find emplovment for all "trihew not convicted of acts of yio- i wwiua not curau pension ngnts or other niiTilt'M ul tvnnM . or other privileges and would aeree to y submit to a commission ' of 10 brotherhood leaders and executives all disputes which could not be settled by direct :conf erence.-'5 !: xsw; -The strikers, who have maintained that they had not authorized the Big Five to suggest individual settlements. rejected this proposal with the expla nation that it did not guarantee seni ority to the men who might return on one-third of the .country's roads, and at the same time would destroy the effectiveness of the strike-being car ried on on the. other twothirds-- .' Then, from the mediating brother hoods cam the statement tht thro reluctantly notified all concerned that they considered further peace efforts A ..a a . futile and bad-Wthinr more to sug - . Messrs. ft M. and Lindsay Norment and Miss Annie Bullard- of the Elrod section are Luniberton - visitors to cpomtcH Plcas- ; k Certain Success Cash Advance Cuve: SatwfacUoa Prayer . and Siaging of Doxologr Precede. Open ing ef Co-operative Warehouse at Goldsboro, Aug. 24. Close" to 750u 000 ponnds f.totacco wer delivered to the co-operative ' .'warehouses'.' in Eastern North Carolina at their open. Marketing association who witnessed the starting up of the marketing machinery , of - the giant organization went home satfied of its certain suc cess.". : - - r New System Admired , Admiration of the fairness, ipei and accuracy of the new method of pading,: weighing and paying for to. bacco was expressed by growers on every market visited today by T. C. Watkias, Jr mcnager of warehouses, and C. B. Cheatham,' assistant mana ger of the leaf department, who were at ; Goldsboro, Smithfield, Bailey, Wendell, Zebulon and Fremont. , . Mr. . Cheatham ' assisted personally with the grading at each' of these markets and congratulated the rrad- ers on their . work and the high quali ty or tobaccos which passed through their hands. . , . t . r v..1 Prices Satisfactorv. ' The new schedule of cash advances, with slightly higher leveli than the first schedules issed in South Caro lina, gave entire satisfaction to most of the growers. These schedules. Dott ed conspicuously in each . warehouse, named cash advances front. $1.20 to 2 per hundred pounds. Although pracucany no wrapper grades ; were delivered today, there werejnany cut. ters wnicn brought front $18 to $20 as the first cash advance, for which the Conservative Valnea v The fact that the.-present, pay ments are based on a - conservative cash value was made clear to most of the growers, who will receive sec. ond and third payments when the to bacco is sold in sufficient auantities. These payments,: according to Aaron Stfpiro, attorney for the ' association, will amount to over three times the first cash advance if the successful sales oz the association continue. Great gatherings of farmers and townspeople met at the principal -cooperative centers today, and a holi day spirit was emphasized by the pre. sence of ladies with ampje supplies of barbecued meat, sandwiches and cold drinks. V ' ' Touch of.the Dramatic , Over one thodsand people watched the . co-operative machine start smoothly into action at Rocky Mount. At Smlthfiled, where close to 70,000 pounds were delivered, the growers joined in singing the Doxology and Dor. rrooaoiy no tobacco market h-s ever witnessed so unique an opening as that silent- moment of prayer, fol lowed almost instantly by a gleaming stream of golden weed flashing from wagons to graders, to weighers and to store-rooms and paying: tribute to the growers as it passed. . - - Heavy. Deliveries : ..In spite of warnings to the farm ers not to rush tobacco, good deliveries were made today,- Smithfield handled close to 70.000 pounds for. the arrow- ' ers, Fremont 50,000, Goldsboro 35,000, Koexy Mount, 50,uuu : pounds, s with Kinston, Farmville, Washington, New Bern and many other points not fully l.j a v . m i.r j . .. ., m . '. . growers in their new system and the determined loyalty of the - members were the outstandings feature of the beginning of co-operative marketing in. Eastern North Carolina today. Recorder David H. Fuller return ed yesterday from a 3-weeks' trip covering 2,00ft miles. He : made 'the trip in his Ford coupe and was ac companied the first ten days by: Mr. J. Dickson McLean, who ' returned home several - days ago. Mr. Fuller drove through the valley of Virginia, through Pennsylvania, . New Jersey and to New York city.. He came by way 01 - Hendersonvule, where he spent several days, on his return trip. Mr.- M. G. McKenzie Is seriously ni at his home, North Elm street. He has been ' confined to his room for several months, but , his condition grew worse Friday. Twenty-fire county pension war rants for Confederate 'veterans and widow's of veterans have not yet been called for- Those to whom the pen sions belong can get same by calling at the office of Register of Deeds M. .W. Floyd.: r : . V- --"-r, Dr.. S. R. Thompson end Mr. Ru- dolnh Thomnson of .Charlotte, arrived l yesterday to visit relatives here; They expect to return to Charlotte toJ morrow. i. Mr. L. W. Redkk and son, lXr. L. W. JrM of Hartsvjlle, S. CU spent th week-end in Robelon county visitiag1 relatives. - 1 ,-.,, . Cotton Market Middling cotton is ouoted ' local marks: todav at 22 cents v th pound. ' - . j Itcxris of Local Nevs Last week was a dandr for aav. ' Ing fodder and the farmer - took ad. . vanUge of the fair weather. - Messrs. John Lewis and Joe ' , Thorndyke have opened gars g in the Caldwell building, East : Second "?ft;-" ,'-.' v " Ar - Mr. Robt. Belch, who had been confined to his home . for several months, wss able to be on the streets Saturday. s . The Mason Stock Co. has caneelL' ed the engagement to play at Fair-. mont tnis week and will remain here through another week. , The fall term of Barkers-Ten- mile school will begin October 2nd. Prof D. B. Oliver, prmcinal. was a Lumberton visitor Saturday, The condition of Mr. W TT Carlyle, who is undergoing treatment at the Westbrook hospital, Richmond, Va . is reported as very much im proved. . : ZaA-'-' Rer. J. M. Pare, pastor of the St Pauls Baptist church and field, passed through town today en routa to Councils, when ha will conduct a rtTival meetbg at the Baptist ehurc tms week. Mr. Jno. W. Lofla. sunerintantt. ent of the National cotton mill, says he counted 123 automobiles" passing . the mill village on the hard-surfaced ' Wildcat highway In one hour's time one day; recently. . ' , i Mr. B.' u Lamb and small son, Rudolph, returned Friday from Jack, sonville, Fls where Mr. Lamb went to see his mother, who is ilL Her con dition, was not very much improved when he left Jacksonville. -' ' Rer. Dr. R. C. Beaman left today t for Durham. He will also visit New bern while away He will return in time to fill his appointments next Sunday at Chestnut Street Methodist church, of which he is pastor. - -v.i-jThe Carlyle buUding, West Fifth, street, formerly occupied by the Free- man Printing Co., is being1 remodeled and converted into a : store . building with- plate-glasr front. A concrete floor is also being put In. The build ing has not yet been leased.' : :' Messrs- I. L. and Don McGill and J. S. Gore were appointed delegate from the Lumberton post of the American Legion to the State 'con vention to be held at Greensboro Sep tember 8 and at a meeting of the local post Thursday evening. Whooping cough has been spread ing' among Lumberton ,, children ' of late. Dr. E. R, Hardin, county health, officer, asks The Robesonian to urge parents of children developing a cough to keep them st ho:ne until the nature of the coujh has been de- -termined. s 4 , - Laying of concrete bss for street paving was begun on East Fourth ' street between Chestnut and Walnut Friday. Grading for this work, was be gun on North Elm street today. It will be 10 days after the concrete base has been 'placed before the asphalt can be added. . . - - - ' "Dot. the Miner's Dauehter" wDl be presented in the East Lumberton school auditorium Thursday night of this week by Zion's Tabernacle Sun day school This play was well re- . ceived at Zion's Tabernacle Thursday night of last week. $23 being realized for the ' church. - r AvA' - Mr. Paul Baker has resigned the : position he held for several months - as traveling salesman for the Patten- Mfg., Co. and has accepted a like posi--' tion with tha Chattanooga Medicine Co. He. will travel south-western Vir. j. ginia and experts to leave Friday to begin , his new work. Mr. and Mrs. Chas D. McEwen and two daughters, Misses Eloise and Ruth,-of Richmond, Va arrived at . Or rum Friday to visit at the home of Prof, and Mrs. H. W. Bollard. The Misses McEwen will teach ia the Lumberton schools during the - next term. Miss Eloise McEwen will teach the 7th grade, while Miss Ruth Mc Ewen will teach English They will be guests at the Bullard home until school opens, September. 6. . , Mrs. J, B. Boyd and daughters. Misses Mabel and Evelyn, of High Point, are guests a't the home of Mrs. Boyd's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Boyd, North Elm. -They, made the trip across country, ' arriving Friday, and Master Charles Boyd, who spent some time in High Point, returned home with them. Miss Evelyn Boyd will be a member of the , music faculty of the local ' schools during the coming term; Miss Mabel Boyd will return home Wednesday. Mr. K. U, Williard has resigned' his. position as meat cutter for Mr. " JH. Wishart and left yesterday for Charlotte, where he has purchased a meat market. His family have been iff Charlotte for several weeks. Mr. Williard 'and: family lived here ,for about S years and made many friends whire ;here, .who will regret their decision- to leave Lumberton. Mr. Paul Groom' of UcColL S. X, Is succeed la Mr. Williard at Mr. Wlsharfa market. Mr. a A. Lee ef B. I. FalmsiL was a Lumberton visitor Saturday. . -