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LUUBISlIOir, tt. CyKONDAY, AUGUST 4 1922.
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Fall School Term
, Begins Wednesday
Ditnu.' Am Invited in Attend Onen
ing at .10 A. M. September 6th
Children Who WUi ne oeiore
Christmas Will be Admitted.: ..
As has been- stated in The Robe
thA full form nf the Lumber-
ton shaded ; and high i- schools ..' will
open Wednesday of this wee. Ane
school will be opened at 10 a. m. and
all nntrrnnn are invited to be Dresent
at the opening. A complete roster of
the faculty has been puousnea in ine
Robesonian. Several members of the
faculty have already arrived and
others are . expected to arrive ; ,this
evening.. ; ; ''Xf --Xi i& ili&ftfet
Supt. W. B. Crurapton asks The
Robesonian to state that any child
who will attain the age of 6 years
between now and next Christmas will
be admitted for the fall ' term. No
child who will not attain the age of
6 years before Christmas will be ad
mitted. - . 's.
Paving Work isXio
ing Forward Now
Pouring . concrete ' was begun on
North Elm street Friday noon
and up to Saturday night the work
had been completed, from Sixth . . to
Ninth streets. Elm will be paved
from Sixth to Nineteenth. When the
paving work on Elm has' been .com
pleted the next paving will be done
on North Chestnut, between Sixth
and Fourteenth. It requires from 10
to 14 days for concrete to dry after
it has been spread before the - as
phalt can be added. The following day
after the asphalt has been applied
the streets will be opened to traffic.'
LUMBERTON WILL BE RECEIVE
ING POINT FOR CO-OP COTTON
There Will be Several Receiving
Points in Robeson September 10
is Date to Begin Receiving. ' ; ?
There is, no doubt that Lumberton
will be one of several receiving points
in Robeson county for icotto'n sold
throught the Co-operative 4 Cotton
Marketing association. September 10
has ; been named ;,.a the, date . jwhen.
the co-operatives will oe neaay to
receive cotton. Some farmers who
wish to deliver their cotton here have
been led to believe that Lumberton
would not be named as a receiving
point.
Mr. A. W. McLean and Family Re
turn to Their Home Here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McLean and
two children, A. W. Jr., and Hector,
and Mrs. Geo. G. French and two
children, little Miss Margaret Bruce
and Master Berry Godwin French, ar.
rived home Friday night from Blow
ing Rock. Mrs. McLean and children
spent the summer at Blowing Rock,
while Mrs. French and children spent
two weeks there. They made the trip
home in Mrs. French's car. Mr. and
Mrs. McLean will make Lumberton
their home in the future, having lived
in Washington, D. C, for 5 years
while Mr. McLean served as a mem
ber of the War Finance board. Little
Miss Margaret French McLean, who
spent some time in Raleigh visiting
Governor Morrison's daughter, Miss
Angelia Morrison, arrived home yes
terday with her father and Mr. W. J.
Ritter, who went to Raleigh Saturday
through the country. Mr. McLean left
last night for Washington. '.
Recorder's Court.
Harley Hagins, Indian, was before
Recorder David H. Fuller . Saturday
on the charge of operating an auto
mobile while in a drunken condition
and driving a car at night .without
lights, running it against a mule and
buggy belonging to Percy Jacobs,
tearing up the buggy, injuring - the
mule and throwing Jacobs' wife out
of the buggy, resulting in painful
injury to her. He was fined $50 and
cost on the charge of operating the
car while drunk and $10 and cost on
the other charge. Being unable to pay
the fine and cost, Hagins was re-'
manded to jail.
Two-Weeks' Term of Court Convened
This Morning.
A two weeks'? "term of Superior
court for the trial of civil cases con
vened today at 11 a. m. with Judge
W. M. Bond of Edenton presiding.
Among the out-of-town attorneys at
tending court today: are r Messrs. J.
E Carpenter and H. A; McKinnon of
Maxton, W. E. Lynch; of Rowland, V.
H Taylor of Fairmont and Jno. S.
Butler of St Pauls. : Vf-.ff r,.-
Misi Josephine . Breecewill begin
v. .tiAwin r of fall and winter mil
linery Tuesday of next' week, "Sep
tember 12th. Miss Mildred Bankard of
Baltimore, juu., uiucu ;ua "
:n with Miss Breeee this season
aa trimmer. Miss Breeee was accom
panied to New xorx ana rnuaaeipnia
by Miss Bankard.. v. . . ,
Recorder 'Joe Bule and Mr! ,W.- M.
Bbbert of Red Springs ar Lnmoet
ton visitors today. v
Mr.T. P. Monroe of B. 5, Lumber
ton, is among the visitors In town
today.. - - . -
NevBriageVillBeJ
Opened Sept. 19
Traffic Will be Turned On to New
v Bridge 3 Miles . West of : Lumber-
ton Two Weeks From ; Tomorrow
Handsome and Substantial Struc
ture of Steel and'. Concrete Supt
Fraley Says It is Best Bridge in
i state. .-. '?-'i:"'r, '
fi The . new bridge across ' Lumber
river 3 miles west of Lumberton will
be opened for traffic two weeks from
tomorrow, September; 19, .. according
toJSupt. Fraley. The work of pouring
the concrete approaches to the bridge
was completed Tuesday of last week,
the concrete requiring three weeks to
harden sufficiently for traffic. The
asphalt surface of the bridge was
completed Thursday, all other work
having been completed. previously,
and all scaffolding has . been torn
away.-r;,'-v ".'v'--:1' V'-:, - "
This bridge Is a handsome structure,
built entirely of steel and concrete,
the floor 4 being, steel and concrete
with ashphalt surface. It was ; con
structed by the ' Roanoke (Va.) Iron
& Bridge Works, Mr. T. J. Fraley
being the superintendent in ' charge.
Work was begun last Thanksgiving
day -will have elapsed from the ' day
work was begun to the date of turn
ing traffic over the bridge. Supt Fra
ley says that 3 or 4 months time was
lost on account of high water. The
contract price was around $20,000.
Supt Fraley says this is the best
bridge in North Carolina. Certainly
it is. handsome in appearance ana
looks substantial. It seems to be a
much more substantial bridge than
the one across ' Lumber . river at the
foot of : West Fifth street, and this
bridge in town bears three 'or four
times as much traffic as the bridge
just completed.
RED SPRINGS MAN IS HONOR
ED WITH FINE PROMOTION
Major George H. Hall Has Been Ap
; pointed Brigadier-General of Con
federate Veterans,
. The many friends of Major George
H. Hall of-Red Springs, a native of
Fayetteville, and very -popular here,
will be glad to learn he has been
appointed bngadier . General com
manding' the Third Brigade, v North
Carolina Division of the United Con
federate Veterans.
General Hall announces the fol
lowing as his staff:
E. W. r'Nolley, Fayetteville, lieu
tenant colonel and , adjutant general.
A. M. Baldwin, Wilmington, ma
jor and quartermaster.
A. F. Powell, Whiteville, major
and inspector general.
Dougald Stewart Laurinburg, ma
jor and judge advocate.
W N. Page, New Bern, major and
chief of ordnance.
D. ; McCormick, Red Springs, ma
jor and chief of. artillery. v
W. C. Gupton, Rocky Mount, ma
jor and commissary general. ' r
Daniel McLeod, Red Springs, cap
tain and aide de camp.
Artemus. McKay, Maxton, captain
and aid. -' '
General Hall was a faithful Con
federate soldier, entering the army
when quite young, and he has been
active and zealous in the discharge of
his duties as a veteran. His promo
tion was' very fitting, and The Ob
server ' extends congratulations.
Fayetteville Observer.
AUCTION SALES LAST WEEK '
QUARTER MILUON POUNDS
Prices Somewhat v Higher Deliveries ,
at vw-wp TTreiuuse wrjit imu
v Heretofore. T?i jii I
Sales on the Lumberton auction,
tobacco market last week totaled ap-
proximately a quarter-million pounds)
and prices rar.ed somewhat, higher,
man auring tne previous.weeK.Jijasi'fou.,
week was also a record week for the
local co-operative 1 warehouses, ' the
number of pounds pooled being much
larger than during any previous; week
since the opening of the market '
Negro Charged With" Stealing "Sun
. day Pants" and Another Pair. -
John Price, negro, was arrested
Saturday afternoon on the charge of
the larceny of two pairs of pants
belnno'ins'.tft Mr A If rod Pink Pace. I
The pants were brand new, one pair kl.
being,' Mr. Page's .Sunday pants".
The pants were left on the stairsteps
leading to the second floor of the La.
Fayette Mutual Life - Insurance of
fice, where Mr. Page is employed, by
Mr. Chas. P. McAllister, local tailor.
Mr. Pago spied the box in which : the
pants were packed under . Price's -arm
as he was walking : the streets. He
began to question Price about the box
and it was not long before John drop
ped the box, pants and all, and ran
through a back lot Mr. Page was un
equal to the task of .catching ' John,
but he -was later arrested by. Police
man Vance'.McGlll.'
First Bale Grown, by Mr. H. C
Lovett s V 4-- ;f,;.;..s-.
The first bale of 1922 cotton mark
eted her Thursday, mention of which
was made in Thursday's Robesonian,
was grown by Mr; H.C -Lovett on
Uw plantation; of: Mr. W. P. Britt on
E. 4 from Lumberton. . ;
To Organize Farm
ers for Hog Raking
Plans for Raising .Hogs for Market
and Shipping Co-operatively Out
lined at Meeting Here Today 20
Townships Represented. - - ? s;
Plans for growing: hogs for Market
and ; shipping co-operatively c in car
load lots were outlined at a meeting
of the' Robeson county board of agri
culture here today. This board is com
posed of one member from each town
ship in the county and 20 of. the 25
townships v were represented at the
meeting' today. Mr,, H. B. Ashley Jr.
of"R;" 2, Bed Springs,' was ; elected
chairman and Mr. O. O. Pukes, coun
ty farm demonstrator, secretary, of
the meeting. Practically all the mem
bers present expressed themselves as
favoring the hog-raising venture and
pledged . their support in organizing
the farmers in their respective town
ships. .
Several Robeson . farmers have al
ready begun raising; hogs for market
and it is expected that at least 10 car
loads will be shipped from this coun
ty, next March .The board wiir meet
here in the municipal building again
on the first Monday in October at 10
a. m.
. FRIENDS SAVED HIS LIFE
Mr. I. B. Butler of Rowland Section
' Attributes Rescue from Death to
Generous Acf of Friends in Giving
Blood to Replenish His Scant
Supply. ..-; ,
' Mr. I. R. Butler, who ' lives "near
Rowland, was a Lumberton visitor
Saturday, and he was looking re
markably well for a man who was on
the brink the middle of July. On July
15 Mr. Butler went to the Charlotte
sanatorium pretty near minus ' any
red corpuscles, but since that date
he has received 6 tranfusions of blood
and he seems now in a fair way to
get back to normaL In his time "of
extreme need Mr. Butler was rich in
friends.' Four men of Rowland offer
ed to give him blood. These were Mr.
Charlie Cox, who gave twice, Messrs.
BudBracey, John . Norton and Tom
Cox." A Charlotte physician, Dr. Ber
ryhiil, furnished blood for one trans
fusion, i Physicians told Mr. Butler
that his supply of red corpuscles went
as low as per cent, whereas no case
of recovery previously had been .re
corded 'where the supply was lower
than 15 per cent Mr. Butler , thinks
he was extremely, fortunate. in hav
ing friends who gave .of their blood
to save, his life, and he Is profoundly
grateful. Another man at the sana
torium suffering from the same ma
lady has plenty of money but has
not been able to buy blood. Another
case where it is better to have friends
than to have money and no friends.
White Man Kills Negro in Wiiming
ton. .'A'copy of yesterday's morning Star
precipitated a tragedy at the First
Presbyterian church manse, Fourth
and Orange streets, shortly before 5
o'clock" yesterday afternoon.
Isaac Carroll, negro janitor of the
church property,-died in the James
Walker, hospital five minutes after
he .was. struck over the head with a
two by two scantling in the hands of
W. L. Atkinson, white foreman of a
gang of workmen . repairing the
manse. -
Atkinson surrendered to the police
,at the city hall last night at 9:30, and
was turned over to Deputy Sheriff
Tyndall, who placed him in jail.
' Witnesses to the killing state that
Carroll.' who was tongue-tied, was
. ' V m i f A: e
t irsnninff in rna nnnrwsr iPRmnir irnm
th6 porch of the manse, reading a
0 The Star, when Atkinson
passed-'
."That's where my paper has been
njno. AtHnn 1 t have
r Sn.arked r
f Carroll" mumbled an unintelligible
Atkinson then commanded Carroll
to put the paper down, whereupon
there came from the negro another
mumble, ' unintelligible to the listen
ers.' y '
The white manj it Is said, com
manded Carroll to put down the paper
three times, 'and the negro still re
fusing, Atkinson, it is alleged, struck
him over the head with a two-by-two
scantling about five feet long,, crush-
in ir hi ukuIL Wilminonn Stir. SeDt.
Coal Control and ' Distribution - Bill
Passed by House.
4 Washington, :- Aug. 31. The ad.
ministration bill for control and dis
tribution of coal during the mining
and , transportation r emergency was
passed today by the House, 214 to 61
and . sent ta the senate - with assur
ance; of - early consideration. Only
one change- was made in the measure
as ; originally .framed, an amendment
by Representative Sanders. Republi
can, Indiana; -providing that the life
of the law should end January 1,
11924, or a few weeks after the first
regular session of - the. next - Con
gress, being passed 122 U 77.
Mr. C G.- Floyd -of 'Barnesville U a
Lumberton visitor today. ' '
; Sheriff Ev Lewis returned yes
terday from Hendersonvillev where he
spent -several days with-his. family,
who. are spending the summer there.
Parlrton School f W
: Wffl Opra Sept:i2
Preparations for Opening Going For
(ward Adittioos to Chorcheo as
f Result- of Revival s. Meeting Only
: Half a Crop of Cotton Personal
'. and Other Items, i ;, .fT--' y
By C D. Williamson i-' f
. Parkton, Sept. 1 We are requested
to say that the Parkton graded school
will open , September 12, Prof. H. W,
Carter spent the week-end here lay
ing plans for the opening. As custo
mary the parents are requested to be
present on the above date. .
Results of the revival meeting that
closed last week: Twenty five addi
tions to the Baptist, church, and on
last Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock
service three ; joined the ; Methodist
church. We have not been advised as
how many will join the Presbyterian
church. ' - , ' " .
This week : Rev. C. R. Sorrell is
holding revival meeting at Green
Springs church 'With Rev. Mr: Car
penter as preacher. Much interest Is
being manifested.- f :
I Miss Pauline Sikes returned ' Sat
urday from the ,u Pittman hospital,
where she was operated on several
weeks ago for appendicitis.
; Ere another' week several of our
young folks will leave for college, aL
so a' number of the young ladies will
leave for their . schools. Miss Marie
McMillan leaves us today for Troy,
where she taught last session." . We
shall miss her much. Vance McNeill
and Luther Thames, left last week
for Chapel Hill, where they will enter
school.
1 The C. E. society is having a splen
did social at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
D. S. Currie. They report a great
fine.
. A large - number of young '. people
have attended the baseball games at
Maxton and Laurinburg this Vweek
and report some good games but the
one at Maxton Wednesday they claim
was a disappointment, but that' is
baseball. The writer enjoyed a splen
did game at Laurinburg Tuesday. We
never witnessed a better game. Max
ton were the winners, score 2 to 3.
i Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Peacock are the
proud parents of a fine girl of the
29th inst :,;.w
, t n rr.n i it..
fjjine service at Falcon, Wednesday
evening. The music by the orchestra
and choirs was a real treat, with
good preaching, good order, and a
fine section and location.
We are glad to report the year
old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mc,
Millan is much improved. The baby,
has been real sick for some time.
The cotton gins of our town were
heard most all day. Cotton is coming
in right along now, and our advice is
get it out the field soon as possible,
if not on market. The present price
is not bad.
The cotton crop is around half crop
and no more, up our way, -and every,
where we have been.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Canady and
children and Miss Viola McDonald
were Lumberton business ,'ishoppers
Thursday p. m.
We are sorry to report Mr. Mur
phy McMillan quite sick at present.
Maxton Wins Inter
state Pennant
Largest Crowd of Season Witnessed
Closing Battle of Championship
Contest at Maxton - Friday Second
Year Maxton Has Won.
Maxton, Sept L Before the larg
est crowd of the season and with in
terest at almost fever heat, Maxton
beat Laurinburg 3 to 1 and won the
pennant in the Interstate league after
two months of strenuous baseball.
Bryson, after pitching five innings
of yesterday's nerve-racking game,
went in again today and was air-tight
in the pinches. Gibson started pitch
ing for Laurinburg but Maxton scor
ed on account of his wildness in the
second and he . s replaced by Shore.
Laurinburg scored one in the third and
it looked dangerous at several other
times but no more scores were made.
Maxton bunched four hits and a
sacrifice off Shore in the fifth and
clinched the game. Maxton ' again
pulled two fast doubles, one by Rog
ers alone who went up in the air after
a - high one and came back down on
the bag catching the runner off. Tom
NeaL for Laurinburg, jumped high
and robbed Rogers of what looked
like a hit
People from all over this part of
the state witnessed the game. There
had ' been considerable objection to
the umpiring of yesterday's game as
the people of Maxton felt that Max
ton should have won and new um
pires were obtained today -who gave
satisfaction to both, sides. This is the
second year Maxton has won the In
terstate pennant.
Scorn. : ' R H E
Laurinburg ..... ... . . ... ..16 2
Maxton ...... .. . ........3 7 2
Batteries: Gibson and Shore; Mat
tbx and Hayworth; Bryson and Bon
ner. Umpires, Banks and 1 McGirt
i Mr. and Mrs. J. 0.iMeArthur and
son Master J; 0.-Jr -and Miss An
nie Smith of B.-2 ' Rowland, v were
among tha shopperr in town Satur
day. .- r ..-
liSepihg Order
Restraining Strikers
Chicago, Sept 1 (Associated Press).
Taking one of the 'most 'drastic
jsteps ever attempted. In.. a strike
siUiation; the United SUtes govern-t
ment today obtained n temporary
federal order v restraining striking
railroad shopmen, their officers and
".r;VrVwru IK!
FUNERAL OF MR. M. G. McKENZIE mee wih Mrs. G. G. French Thurs
.ATTFiwnwn rv t iftw ranvn afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
Services at Presbyterian
Chnrch
Her Remain Interred Id Max.
ten Beaatifal Floral Offerings.
The funeral of Mr. M. G. McKen
zie, an account of whose death Tues
day night was published in Thurs
day's Robesonian, was conducted from
the Lumberton Presbyterian church
Thursday at 2 p. m. by Dr. G. E.
Moorehouse, pastor of the church,
assisted by Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor
of - the First ; Baptist church. Dr.
Moorehouse paid a beautiful tribute
to the life of the deceased, who was
a ruling elder of the Presbyterian
church. The pall-bearers were: ac
tiveMessrs,' A. T. McLean, . J. Q.
Beckwith, B. F. McMillan, Jrv W. K.
Bethune, A. V. G. Wishart and Dr.
T. C. Johnson; honorary Messrs. A.
W. McLean, H. M McAllister, Jno.
S. McNeill, J. P. Russell, Geo. M.
Whitfield, C. B. Redmond, E. C. Mc
Neill, L. H. Caldwell, M. W. Floyd,
Jno. C. Fuller, F. Eli Wishart, J. F.
Rabon, VL H. Graham, Rev. F. A.
Prevatt Drs. John. Knox and J. A.
Martin. Several appropriate musical
selections were rendered at the church
and the cemetery.
Immediately after the services at
the church here the remains were
taken to , Maxton, where Interment
was made in Eastside cemetery The
funeral was attended by a large
crowd and beautiful floral offerings
were banked high upon the grave.
Among those from a distance attend
ing the funeral were Mr. and Mrs.
W. O Brewer, son-in-law and daugh
ter of the deceased, of Romeo, Fla.,
Mr. -and Mrs. W." B. McKenzie, son
and daughter-in-law, ' of Wimauma,
Fla.; Mr. and Mrs, J. S. McKenzie,
son and daughter-in-law, of Wilming
ton; Misses Ida and Josie Lee Mc
Kenzie, nieces, of Newport News, Va.;
Sheriff J. W. Hall and Mr. D. Scott
Poole of Raeford; ex-sheriff E. C.
McNeill of Rowland; Mr. and Mrs.
D. D. McKenzie of Wadeville and Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Batton of Mt. Gilead.
Mr. J .S. McKenzie and daughter,
Miss Katie May, the latter having
been here about 10 days, returned
Thursday night to their home in Wil.
mington. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mc
Kenzie left last night for their home
in Wimauma Misses Ida May and
Josie Lee McKenzie went Saturday to
Charlotte and will go thence to their
home in Norfolk. They were accom
panied to Charlotte by Mr. W. O.
Brewer, who returned to Lumberton
Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer
will remain here several days.
COTTON CROP OF 10,575,000
BALES GOVERNMENT FORECAST
Washington, pSept. 1. This year's
cotton crop, was forecast today at
10,575,000 bales by the Department
of Agriculture, basing its estimate on
the condition of the crop on August
25, which was 57.0 per cent of a nor
mal, indicating a yield of 145.2 pounds
per acre. There was a decline of 13.8
points in the condition during Au
gust The condition of the crop on Au
gust 25th and the forecast of pro
duction by states included:
North Carolina condition 65 per
cent; forecast 750,000 bales.
Virginia condition 68 per cent;
forecast 23,000 bales.
South Carolina condition 46 per
cent; forecast 687,000 bales.
HARD COAL OPERATORS AGREE
TO RESUME PRODUCTION COAL
Philadelphia, Sept. 2. The anthra.
cite operators tonight in resolutions
adopted by the policies committee, ac.
cepted the proposals made by Sena
tors Pepper and Reed, of Pennsyl
vania, to resume the production of
coal. In the resolutions the operators
agree to extend the wage contract in
force March 81, 1922, to Aubust 31,
1923. The proposal had previously been
accepted ' in principle by the leaders
of the mine workers.
The board of county commission,
en, the county board ef education
and tha county, road board are hold
ing ; regular monthly . meetings here
today. ; " -. - v-
Rural Policeman W. W. Smith of
Maxton, the king still-capturer in Rob
eson, captured 3 dandy copper stills
last week. The stills ; were located
near Maxton, according ; to Officer
Smith, who is a Lumberton visitor to
day. He arrested - four - men two
whites and two colored in connection
with, the stills. - - ;;;
" Mr. W. H. Parnell of R I, Lumber
ton, was in town Friday. - .
- Mr. . Ambrose Davis of the ,Buie
section was Lnmberton. yiiitos Sat
urday. ,
Cotton Market
Reported by J. H. Barriagtoa '
f New-crop cotton is quoted on the
local market - tsv m t A
the pound: ofd-croo fmlMi:n
21 cents. ' ,
- -' ' ' - -
f. ' "i mr
ICemS Ol ljOCUl NfiVJl '
at Hendersonville for seVal
Robeson chapter. V. D. ci will
Miss Maltland Thompson left
rweraay for Boston, Mass - where
she will enter the Currio school of
expression. " .-.
t A sever rain and electric storm
broke over Lumberton about 12:30
Sunday morning. No damage was re.
ported, however.
; Regular meeting of St Alben's
Lodge No. 114, A. F. and A.
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Work
in third degree.
Miss Eulalia McGill left today
for Whiteville, where he will be a
member of the faculty of the White
ville high school.
Miss Sarah Carlyle will teavo
Wednesday for Greensboro College
for women, Greensboro, where she
will be a student again this term.
Mr. R. Lee Britt of R. 4, Lam
berton, left yesterday for Bole's
Creek to resume bis studies at Bole's
Creek 'academy, this being his third
year 'there." -1 -
Mrs. Lather Ward of Chadboarn
spent the week-end here with her
son ' Leamon, who underwent an
operation Friday at Thompson hos
pital. . ,
Mrs'iC A. Thompson left this
morning, for Greensboro to attend
meeting of the State Nurses' associa
tion. The meeting will open tomorrow
and last through Thursday. -
Messrs. Bahnson N. Barnes of
R. 3," Lumberton, and Dempsey and
Tiffney Barnes of Proctorville passed
through town today en route to Wake
Forest to enter Wake Forest college.
Several pistol shots were fired
in the eastern part of town about
1:30 yesterday morning. It is said tha
shots were fired by Charlie Bennett
He f has net ; been apprehended, hew
ever. y;v -.r;' . ?,"'.
Mr. J. H. Felts, Jr., manager of
the local Ford agency, sold during1
the month of August 33 Ford cars.
This was one of the biggest months
in the history of the local concern,
according to Mr. Felts.
Mr. Woodie Eubanks left today
for Raleigh to resume his studies at
the A. & E. college, after working
for three months with Mr. O. O.
Dukes, county farm demonstrator.
Mr. Eubanks is a native Robesonian.
The regular monthly meeting of
the mayor and town commissioners
will be held in the municipal building
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Per
sons having anything to bring before
the board should be present at this
meeting.' "
Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Beam and their
small son, R. S. Jr., began house
keeping today in the residence which
they formerly occupied, Walnut and
Seventh streets. They had made their
home for several months with Mrs.
Beam's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
White.
Mr. J. E. Floyd, State sanitary
inspector, who has been working in
the Western part of the State, is a
Lumberton visitor today. Mr. Floyd
came home to attend the funeral of
his father, Mr. A. M. . Floyd, who
died suddenly Thursday night at his
home at Orrum.
The Odd Fellows picnic for color
ed people held at Hilly Branch,
Back Swamp township, Saturday was
a great success, according to H. P.
Powell, who says that the order was
excellent and everybody had a good .
time. Some 200 or 300 people were
there. The speakers were R. B.
Bethea, Prof. A. W. Bethea of Dil
lon, S. C, and H. P. PowelL
A severe wind and rain storm
about 11:30 Saturday night did con
siderable damage about Shannon, ac
cording to Mr. C. C. Carter of the
Shannon section, who is a Lumberton
visitor today. Some barns on Mr.
Kestler Cobb farm were unroofed and
some stalls on the farm were blown
down by the wind. The wind also
damaged cotton, it is said. The wind
only covered a small area, however.
Rev. Dr. Ernest Tiffany, who had
been a guest for a week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Carlyle, West
Fifth street left this . morning for
his home at College Point N. Y. Dr.
Tiffany conducted services at - the
Gospel - Tabernacle yesterday - and ;
Sunday a week ago. Dr. Tiffany says
he has traveled over much .-of this
country and has never seen a town
that has" the appearance of Lumber
ton under twice its size.
, Six ' men wearing : the , Ku Klux
robes marched into Big Branch Bap
tist church, at Orrum, Saturday night
and handed Rev. A. P. Stephens, who
conducted revival there last week,
a note to which was pinned 325 ta .
currency, and inarched quietly out,
The money was for the preacher and
the." note- commended hint -for ' his. -preaching
against bootleggers, it is
said. The appearance of the white
robed men came as surprise to the
preacher &d hie audience. ,