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ESTABLISHED 1878. EEIGLB COPT, FIYE CENTS. ; counthy; con and truth. $2.00 A TEAS. Dtffc IN ADVANC9 ITJlXIlEtTOtf, K.O, IIOIIDAX, SEPTEMBEt 11. 1822 Began Receiving Co-op Cotton Today "...";. ... , . '' - B. J. Sawyer is Local Receiving Agent ' and Cotton Will be Stored in Big : Banner Warehouse $50 a Bale Will ' be Advaneed-fTo Store Cotton for Non-Members., - - ' ' Mr. H.'J Sawyer has been named receiving agent at Lumberton for the Co-operative Cotton Marketing asso ciation' and began receiving cotton this morning. The association has ar ranged to store cotton delivered here in the Big Banner warehouse,' where Mr. Sawyer .ran be if onnd by " those delivering ' cotton , here, Mr. Sawyer will sample the cotton and issue re ceipts for same.. The First National Bank will advance $50 per bale on the receipts. -, . ? - . : ' " Arrangements for receiving .: and storing cotton here for members of the association were completed Sat urday. Mr. Sawyer will .also - store -cotton for farmers who are not mem bers of the co-operative marketing association. It is necessary for mem bers of the association to bring their membership cards . . when delivering cotton, as these, contain - the serial numbers, and banks will not make ad. vancea on receipts that do not contain the serial number.- .v v J"1 Auction Market . ' Will Close Sept. 15 All Bayers Will Remain Until r the Close Co-op Houses Will Remain Open for Some Time. ,,u, . The Lumberton , auction - tobacco market will close for the 1922 selling season on Friday of this week, Sep tember 15. All the buyers are still here and will remain here until the close of the market. ; Prices on the better grades last Week were1 very satisfactory and it is expected that much tobacco will i be sold here this week. ,1: ; '-f--'-' Much tobacco was pooled here last week by members of the . Co-operative Tobacco Marketin . association, and while ' the market will remain open for sime time, members are be ing urged to pool , their ' tobacco' as fast as possible. The ' earlier the to bacco is turned over to the associa tion, the earlier will members ; get their, final .payment for the" crop. $185,000 Town Bonds to be Sold Te- WWrrew.':"w ;'-;'ff ' - :-:'" ; .;. . .Bonds f the town', of Lumberton in the sum of $185,000 for street im provements and $15,000 for sewer and water extension will be sold, tomor row. These are in addition to an issue of $225,000 sold a few months ago $120,000 for sewer and water exten sion, $80,000 for street improvements and $35,000 to take care of the float ing indebtedness of the town. ' :"' Work on New ' Bridge at Boardman Progressing. J , - Mr. W. K. Fields of , Boardman, was in town Monday and stated that the work on - the s new concrete and steel bridge across the Lumber river, at Boardman was now progressing satisfactorily. L ' During the past' several months the work has .been held - back badly by the existence of high waters in the river. For the past two or three weeks the waters have been subsiding and the contractors have been able to carry on the work in much better manner. No date has been set for the completion of the work and the formal opening of the bridge to the traveling public Whiteville News Reporter. ---: - .I 3 Strikers Sentenced to State Prison Asheville, Sept. 9. E. G. Koontz, E. R. Henderson and : Frank Briggs, striking railway employees,' convict ed yesetrday in Superior court of as sault and kidnaping - in i connection with the whipping of Sam - Harris, strike-breaker, August 6, were each sentenced by Judge HenryP. Lane to day to seven years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. ; Appeal was taken to Supreme court and appear ance bond fixed at $8,000 for each defendant ; - '. -. . Flora McDonald Opens Tuesday V Red Springs, Sept. 9. Flora Mac Donald opens here on next Tuesday with two, new record established More old students have, registered for the fall term than ever before and the Senior class will be the largest in the history of Jthe institution. ' ' Recorder's Court. . 1 '.,. ' l- J Alex Wood, - colored, !, was given ' a hearing before Recorder David H. Fuller Friday on the charge of the larceny of 114 pounds of leaf tobac co, valued at $54. Th charge was nol crossed with leave. Lester Mone, colored, was found not guilty ox incest. - - ,. . Red Springs Special Reboot Tax Election Failed to Carry. The election in Red Springs graded school district Saturday to vote on as increase of 15 cents on the $100 valuation and 45 cents on the ' noil for school purposes .failed to carry. Mr. aid Mrs. W. H. Howell of Wil mington ; spent the , week-end here visiting at the homa f Mrs. A. T. Parmeie, wortn jsam y Hi. ; Superior Court 5 ; Closed Saturday ' r : )' ; j in One Week-No Court This Week vuiivuuun i Vian, i ; Superior court for the trial of civil cases adjourned Saturday; afternoon and Judge W. M. Bond, who presided, left soon ' after adjournment for his home at Edenton. This,' was ' supposed to have been a two-weeks' term, but, as was stated in .Thursday's Robeson ian, there will be no court this week; The following jury trials were com. pleted after the report of the pro ceedings published in . Thursday's Robesonian was written: r ..'; i J Mrs. C. A. Oliver vs. T. C. Parhamj judgment for plaintiff. -' ,:- s ; R. Murphy , Ganus vs. Bladenboro Cotton Mill Co.; ' judgment for de fendants. " .. Atlantic Utility Works vs. A. A. Bethune; judgment for plaintiffs. Parkton Mercantile ; Co. vs. J. F. Barlowe; judgment for plaintiffs; CURB MARKET BUSY PLACE- Several Specials Were on Saturday Photograph Taken Marietta : Club Will Put on Special Next Saturday, The curb market on the court house square was a busy place Saturday morning. Many 'people were there and much produce was offered for sale and purchased. Mi& Besides those who have . been sup plying the maket regularly,,, there were the following specials: Purvis community, in charge of Messrs. P. H. and W. E. Adams; Rex Home Demonstration s club; , Back ' Swamp community, in charge of Mrs. Bertha Singletary; Lumber Bridge Poultry association, for the second time. Among the specials next Saturday wm De Baies oy tne Marietta ciud. " A picture of the market was taken Saturday by Mr. Fielder, local photo grapher, and this will be published in The Robesonian in due course. Visitors from Orrum were observ ing the market Saturday and that sec tion also may be represented on next market day. j, V-tV-"- .'."'' i,. FALL TERM OF INDIAN NORMAL WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 2 A. B. Riley Succeeds T. C. Henderson as) Superintendent New . BuikCngi Witt be Ready Before Christmass. ! Mr. A. B. Riley, who was a mem ber of the faculty last faear. " has been elected superintendent of the Indian i Normal school at Pembroke to succeed Mr. T. C. Henderson, whose resignation shortly ; after the close of the spring term has been mentioned in The Robesonian. ' Mr. Riley, returned last week from his home at Brevard and was a Lumber ton visitor Saturday and again this morning.' ' v The fall, term will begin October 2nd in the old building, but it is ex pected that the splendjd new building now being greeted will . be ready snortiy alter that time.'- - The faculty will be composed of following: A. B. Riley, superin-,j0hn tendent and teacher of mathematics; Miss Susie Jordan, English and his tory; - Miss Ruth Sampson, science; miss tmma Ben, - intermediate r de partment; i Miss Bessie Morgan, supervisor primary department: Mr. A. F .Corbin, vocational agriculture: iuia &iuiaTine aianin,' nome eco nomics, Cumberland Will Retain Cotton .. I Grader. v . ' ! - Fayetteville, Sept. 8. After a heat ed ' session durinsr which counter charges followed charges and threats Eued on top of defiance, the Cumber ind county agricultural board hear ing a petition by the cotton buyers association for abolition of the of- lice of public cotton grader in this county here today ruled that the em, ployment of .a grader is obligatory under the special legislative act for Cumberland county, and put the op. eration of the public cotton platform back to the status of September first which will lower the fee of SO cents a bale to which the buyers entered strenuous objection. ' Definite de cision, however, was postponed until October. Mm. H.iriti'nv ia Van Ml Mrs. Harding, wife of the Presi - House for. the past few days. A Washington' dispatch states, that a bulletin issued yesterday afternoon was to the effect that her condition continued "critical" but that there was slight improvement over Satur day. -' Many Schools Opened With Fine At tendance. t : Many, Robeson county graded "and high schools open last week snd the attendance is the best ever,' ac cording to .Supt. J. B,' Poole. v " Mr; H R. West of Allenton pass ed., through', town this morning en rout to Fayetteville, where he is en gaged -in. work. Mr. C C. Sogers, manager of the local Southern Bell " telephone ex change, is spending the day in Ral eigh on. business. . ' .-:.,' . Miss' Claudia . Davis spent Satur day in Fayetteville. .-j, , .,: Makto.h News Letter Presbyterian Church. Presents an Al- TuVrPietwelacald Dam Gives , Mn, ; September OSemi. ft-.iitti 1 '. t h I a w n about the Maxton Presbyterian church 13 shaved by some sort of a clipping ar rangement and it has just undergone such "an operation, "the recent rains have kept , the grass as . green as springtime the building js covered with ivy, and all this, together with the beckoning branches . of the big trees about the v church, combine to make ' an " alluring' picture and "': one which is in itself an Invitation to divine worship. ' 11 '",', New Meat Market A much-needed innovation has come to Maxton in the shape of a new meat market. This was 6pened yes terday by Mr. W. L. Boggan, who has been - in this business for a number of years in Wilmington. . Work Among Mountain People At the meeting of the - women's auxiliary of the Maxton Presbyterian church yesterday Mr. Bob McLeod made a very interesting talk relative to his. work among the mountain peo ple at Guerrant, Ky, He spoke so feelingly about their needs, especial ly in an aducational way, that at the close of his talk the auxiliary voted to donate an encyclopedia to be sent to these people. - ... Kincaid Dam Gives Way Owing to the excessive rains, the dam at Kincaid's pond gave way Mon. day afternoon, causing considerable damage. t is contemplated putting in concrete when the new dam is built and it will therefore be some ' time before it is completed. ' . . LARGE CROWD ATTENDED FUN ERAL of mrs. w. p. McAllister Remains Interred in Meadowbrook Cemetery Floral Offerings ; Nu merous and Beautiful. The funeral of. Mrs. W. P., Mc Allister, whose death on Tuesday evening of last week at Henderson ville. was reported in Thursday's Ibesonan, wi ctnducted rtnm " the McAllister home. East Sixth street, Thursday,: at S p. m.by Dr.' G.- E. Moorehouse, - pastor : of the Lumber ton Presbyterian chuiteh of .which deceased was , member, assisted.; Dr. R .C SMman. pastor of Cheai nut Street , Methodist churcnt' The pall-bearers were Messrs. Jno. D. McM.lUn, E. Bt McMillan ' Ira B. Townsend, ;W; K. Bethune, T. A. Mc Neill and A. V. G. Wishart. Inter ment was made in the family bury ing plot in Meadowbrook cemetery. The floral offerings were unusually numerous and beautiful and showed in a measure the high esteem in which deceased , was held by her numerous friends. A large crowd at tended .the funeral. . Among the many out-of-town peo ple attending the funeral, besides im mediate members of the family, were: Mesdames Tom Gillespie and Claud Chaffin and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas of Bennettsville, S. C; Mr. and I Mrs. J." C. Stewart and Messrs. John Fisher and Daniel Stewart of John's, Mr. i and Mrs. Clifton Rankin of Fayetteville; Mr and Mrs. N. H. G. Balfour and Miss Emma Currie of Lumber Bridge; Mr. and ' Mrs. Jas. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Mc Geaehy, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. McGoo- , gan, Mrs. N. A. McEachern, Dr. and Mrs. K. G. "Koiier,- Messrs. W. D. Jqhnson and A. R. McEachern of St. Pauls. Lockhart - Heads Legion Rocky . Mount Next Meeting, Place. ; Greensboro News. Sept. 10: The orth. Carolina department of the merW Iegi2? 8med t lte way I iur WiuBu, nou y terday afternoon, during which time the lie was passed direct, Brigadier General Sawyer, personal physician to President Harding, was condemn ed in the severest terms, a resolu tion was passed praising the Presi dent, Governor Cameron Morrison, federal and state- judges and others in authority for their enforcement of law and order, and James A. Lock- hart, of Charlotte was elected de partment commander, and adjourned at 6:30 yesterday afternoon to meet next. September in Rocky Mount, Remains of sir. H. H. Howell Interred ' at Back Swamp. The. funeral of Mr. H. H. Howell, who died, last Wednesday at the State hospital, -Raleigh, was con ducted from 'Back Swamp Baptist church, near Lumberton, Friday at 4 p. m.-by Dr. Chas. H, Durham, pas tor of the First 'Baptist church of Lumberton and supply pastor for the Back Swamp t church, of which de ceased was a member; Interment was made in the " church cemetery. ' Mr. Howell was 73 years old and is sur vived by his widow and several chil. dren.-. .' . Fourth Vktim : of : Farris Slaughter. Gastonia, Sept. ,9 Fred Taylor aged 22 years, the fourth victim of William JParriaf shooting affair last Wednesday- afternoon at the Clover mills, died .Saturday morning in a local -hospital at 530 o'clock. DepL Directors ' of County Fair Fireworks Display Will be a New Fea. tare of Robeson County Fair Next Month. All indications are that the eighth annual Robeson county- fair, " to be held in Lumberton October 10 to 13, will be "the biggest and best" ever held here. A new feature this year will be a fireworks display on Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday nights. Officials of the fair association will spend several hundred dollars for these displays and a special repre sentative of the company will have charge of the display. Following are the directors of the various departments: Field, Orchard and garden products O. O. Dukes and J. R. Lawsen.. Cattle and hogs J. A. Carlyle and B. Sam Edwards, s . " "f" Poultry Geo. K. McNeill, , J. K. Carlyle and B. Sam' Edwards. . Baby contest Drs. E. R .. Hardin and J. .A. Martin,' Mrs. A. Nash. Curios and relics Mesdames Daisy W. Jenkins and C. B. Skipper, Miss Leila Edwards, c ' -.-, Pantry supplies and home econo mics Mesdames . Daisy . Jenkins and B. M. Davis Miss Martha Flax An drews. , i ; . - Z' ' . Ladies' handiwork Mesdames J.' A. Sharpe and E. R. Hardin, Misses Janie Carlyle and Leila Edwards. Hundreds of dollars in cash prizes will be paid for exhibits of all kinds. Begin now to prepare something for the "big show". You tan secure a premium list from W. O. Thompson, secretary, Lumberton. FINE LESSON IN A SONG Everybody Had a Good Time in the School Chapel Friday Morning and Learned a Good Lesson at the Same Time. Love your neighbor, Live by labor. - "" Would you prosper? ....,.. That's the way. Up and down, so, just like that, with a lilt and go to it Tine, and they had a good time singing it for a few minutes in the school auditor ium Friday morning. ,' When Snpt, Crumptott .said ho was CT&ing to sing a solo lor-, the school and, then wanted the school to sing it with him, children snickered. You couldn't blame them. It sounded like a snickering proposition, dry so. But when the superintendent, lifted his voice in the verse given above and asked the assembled ' school children to join him, everybody was for it They sang it all together, then by seat-sections, one section singing one line while another section was singing the next line, three sections singing at once and each section on a differ ent line. Everybody had a good time, and learned a good lesson too. . - .The song closed the chapel exercises and followed a short talk by Supt Crumpton in which he stressed the importance of overcoming bad habits. The particular habit he warned against this time was the habit of letting self get the mastery instead of mastering self " and ' considering others. Mr. D. W. Barf ield, who lives on R. 1 from Lumberton, . brought to The Robesonian office Saturday an enormous pear, Le Cbnte variety if that's the way to spell it weighing a pound and a quarter, which was grown on his place. ' - The condition of Mrs. J. B. Boyd of '.'High Point who was very sick last week at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr . and Mrs. Chas. H. Boyd, North Elm, is im proved today. Miss Mabel Boyd, who returned home the week before,- was summoned back here last week on account of her mother's illness, driv ing' through . from Roanoke - Rapids, where she was visiting. She will re main here until Mrs. Boyd is able to return home. Miss Elizabeth Jennings left to day for Danville, Va., where she will enter the Randolph-Macon institute. She was accompanied to Danville by her mother, Mrs. H. B. Jennings. . On account of being unable to get gravel, no concrete has ; been spread in connection with the street and.' sidewalk paving program in Lumberton since Tuesday of ' last week. While several car loads , of gravel are expected daily, it is not known when it will arrive or when work can be resumed. - - - Mr. J. L. Norman of Lakeview, S. C., passed through town- yesterday en route to Baltlmore( to boy fall and winter goods for bis department store. r; -: - special strawberry meeting at Mcdonald September is Correspondence of The Robesonian.' , Farmers who are interested in com. mercial strawberry growing are in vited to attend a special strawberry meeting at- McDonald Friday, Sep tember lota, at 3 p. m. 4 ,Mr. Guy A. CardwelL agriculture agent for-the Atlantic Coast Line raihraj, will speak. - v'-' ' i O. O. DUKES, '. cv - ' '4 County AgtnL Fairmont News Many Ntw Bungalows Young Man! Finds Raising Cheek Expensive j , Evangelist Caldwell Is Stirriag Things Up. , 'f.'" ,5 I By'H. V; Brown I kSrWSltte3 of Local News a nice bungalow on his property on North walnut Street This makes a large number of nice bunga lows to be erected -on this street re rpntlv and that cart of town is be ginning to look" very much like a real city.- t . . - Much remodeling and painting Is being done to the store building own ed by Mr. Perry Riff on Mala street and will when completed be occupied by the New York Bargain store. . Tried to Raise Check A young man by the name of Horn didn't think he arot enough ' for his tobacco at auction one day this week. H was nresented with a check lor $2.14, which he didn't especially fall in love with. He proceeded in making it look like $92.14. As is the usual custom he went to the bank on which the check was drawn and presented same for payment Mrs. Baker, as sistant cashier of the bank, noted that some additions had been made on the check and she asked the young man to wait outside a few minutes and she would cash it for him. She in turn sent for the bookkeeper of the warehouse which issued the eheck. He came and saw the intended fraud and took the guilty party back to the warehouse with him and looked ud his bill, which showed $2.14. A warrant was issued and the young man tried before Recorder Floyd who after a long thought fined him $50 and costs, which was paid by the young man's father. Raise better to bacco temptation won't be so strong. Evangelist Caldwell is Stirring Things Up. Evangelist Edd Caldwell is stirring thinsrs ud in Fairmont. He preaches two forceful sermons dally, one at 10 a. m. and another at 8 p. m. Hfs large ten erected on the vacant lot On the corner of Main and Cottage streets has been crowded and running over every night since the services began last Sunday. It has . been estimated that over 900 people heard tls ser mon on Wednesday night when he preached on tho,fubJe$tSWh was Jesus?" On Thursday morning he preached a very interesting and en tertaining sermon in wnicn ne usea as much as possible, combined with convenience, baseball' language. He did not preach against baseball. He used terms and alang phrases used in baseball language, and emphasized the 'act that bo wanted everybody in Fairmont to make a "home run' for Jesus and his kingdom. "Errors", "strikes", "fouls", etc., were promi nent words used and much comment has been made on the way he handled the situation. The night before he announced he would preach in this manner and asked the people, who numbered about 600 inside the tent just how many had never seen a base. ball game. Out of 600, only. 3 had missed that privilege, and it is said that one of them did not understand the question when he raised his hand. On each night he has had dele gations to meet in a body at the tent The first night was the Baptist Sun day school, then the Methodist and Presbyterian Sunday schools. The American Legion, The Tobacco Board of Trade and other delegations will meet from time to time. A very large and competent choir has been organis ed and is well led by the singer, Mr. Rdllin Covington. His sermons. straightforward, earnest and full of condemnation of evils, are stirring the people as they have never before been stirred. "The yonthful evan gelist", as he is sometime called, will continue his meetings until Sunday, September 17th. The evangelistic party is the youngest in the United States and possibly in the world. The preacher, the oldest of the trio, is only 23, Mr. Covington, his singer, 18, and the keeper of the tent, Leon; Gibson, who cares for the song a books and other small jobs, is only 15. . :. . Mr. and Mrs.' K. Y. Prevatte left here last tveek for Kinston, where they will make their home. A ford touring car leaving the grounds near the tent where the evangelistic ' meetings are held, ran head first into a five foot ditch last Thursday night The car was full of men ' and women but no one was hurt as - the driver was going very slow. . A few men soon gathered and lifted "Sir Henry" out and he pro ceeded. '' Three very valuabl town lots will be sold atf public auction here next Saturday. September 16th at 2 p. m. These lots are located on the corner of Main and Center streets, practi cally the center ox town, and are the same, lots tha twere. owned by the Bank of Fairmont Mr: A, R. Bullock, receiver for the defunct bank, will have charge of the sale and will at the same time offer a number of new Jackson' automobiles for sale to the highest bidder, tha bank having se cured' the cars through' mortgage. Many prospective buyer! are plan ning to attend this sale, some from a distance. -' '' - ' -J Cotton Market V - - - , , Middling cotton is quoted ott tho local market today at 20 1-2 cents th pound. - - - , , 'l '. ' - Mr. J, M. Jones is having a resi dence which ho owns, Cedar and Thir teenth street, re-painted. License has been issued for the marriage of Miss Margaret Rath Pl?it 9i Caswell B. Baxley. , 4 The Woman's club will meet Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Municipal building. All mem- . bers are nrged to be present Miss Theresa Patterson, deputy clerk of the Superior court, is ablo to bo at the clerk's office today, af . ter being ill for several days. : Twenty-four sweet potatoes that made a full bushel were brought to the Lumberton curb market Saturday by Mr. J. J, Shaw, who lives, near f Lumber Bridge. - - Master Knox Thompson left yes terday for Hendersonville to enter the Carolina Military academy. He was accompanied by his father, Mr. Geo. L. Thompson. Messrs. L L. MeGill and Jno. S. Gore attended the American Legion ctutmuqb id irreensDoro rnday and Saturday, as delegates from that Lumberton post The regular monthly metting of the Lumberton Home Demonstration ciuo will be held in the domestic science room at the arraded school building Tuesday at 3:30 p. nv Aua Aiciseiu and John , Henry McPherson, a colored coudIs from Parkton, were married In the court house about 10:30 Saturday night J ustice H. M. McAllister officiated. The East Lumberton public school opened this morning. The fa culty is composed of Misses Pearl Teague. Ruth Walcott and Mattta Townsend and Mrs. Emma Sessoms. Miss Carrie Mao Hedgpeth of Lumberton Friday left Greenvillo. 8. C. where she had been visiting; friends, for Clinton, Miss where she has accepted a position In Hillman college as teacher of piano. Miss wants Carlyle returned Sat urday from New York city, where sho' attended a summer school for teach trs at Columbia university. ' Miss Carlyle left-today lot .EHtabothtoway where she will teach in the high SChOOl. .. " .4.- .;' - , :. a.." -4lr. W. B. Ivey, who lives on Mr. T. L. Johnson's farm in Howells vttle township .carried a load of building materials back with him when he was in town Saturday. Ho is building a residence and pack house. . "The boll weevil has got us" was the greeting of Mr. McKay Byrd of Wishart township to The RobesonIn - man when in town Friday. Mi-. Byrd said the weevils got about 25 per cent of his cotton last year and would get about 60 per cent of it this year. fy .fv-; rA:M Deputy Sheriff Hurt of rjvftm. Fla, left Saturday for that city with Curtis Britt, who is wanted there oa the charge of bigamy. Britt who is young married man, surrendered to the Florida officer and arreed tn m. turn to Florida without requisition papers. Dr. E. R .Hardin, conntv health officer, returned Saturday nisrht ' from Augusta. Ga where ha mnt a few days with his mother, Mrs; A. o. narom, wno nas oeen m for some time. Her condition was somewhat improved when Dr. Hardin left Augusta. Mr. V. H. Taylor of Fairmont passed through town Friday evenhur en route io Atnevuie to attend a-eon- xerence of Sunday school superia-' tendents, which opened vesterdav and will last through tomorrow. Mr. Tay. lor is superintendent of the Baptist bunday school at Fairmont The new road leading from West Seventh street to the Josh Barnes plantation, a distance of about 2 miles, has been completed and onened to traffic. The new road was built by Lumberton township and Is in. m . . jrood condition, according to Mr. Geo. L. Thompson, township road super visor. Mr. C. W. Smith, who lives in the Long Branch section, Friday en riched the table and made glad the heart of the editor by presenting him one of the largest and finest sweet potatoes of the season. Ilr. Smith is 80 years young and looks and acts like he had the weight of no more than fifty years upon his shoulders., Sign boards showing the direction and distance from Lumberton -to Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington and Fayetteville were put , up at various street crossings in towa - Saturday. These signs, which were put up by the State Highway Commission, will prove a convenience to tourists travel ing the various highways leading out of Lumberton. ; . : y. ,-; - Mr.. W. F WHloughby of Wish art township killed , a . rattlesnake) Wednesday of last week that carried 16 rattles and one button. The snake) was killed in a corn field near llr. WiUoughbys home, a shotgun being; brought into the battle. Mr. WHJouga by says the snake measured ever f feet He brought the rattles to towa Thursday.' . - .