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c All Set for
;y dpciiiris of .Fair
ir Will Ooen Tues
dav mnd Run Through .Friday
Fonr Day And Nights of Pleasure
. as well as rjoiu w
ov ni v-rmTWSnAY AND 'i
. CHILDREN DAY FRIDAY
" ' The eighth annual Robeson county
fair will open nere- Tomorrow at
, and run thrniiffh Fridav. Indi-
. .'tinna nnint to' tha "biggest ' and
.Vnat" air 4rt the MstorV of the Robe
' Conniv Fair Association. While
no program' has been announced by
the management; the gates will open
aUv t 9 a m and -7:30 p. m. and
four days and nights of gaiety and
fun are promised. i - - ? : - t ,
, Fireworks Display
rAside from jthe exhibits, agricuF
tural and,, industrial, , the Matthew J.
Riley shows will make up the midway
attractions. "A. display Oof ; fireworks
.will take place on Wednesday,. Thurs
day and Friday nights,- beginning at
9 o'clock 'and lasting for one hour.
While these displays will cost several
hundred dollars, they will be a part
the free entertainment for fair
visitors,. ."':.-;-..-lioy
and Children's ' Bays
. 'ihursuay will toe "tfaby Day", and
as has been the case . at previous
fairs, $h'e labjr show will be a special
feature. Friday - "ill bo "Children's
Day'' and all school children will be
admitted Iree from 10 a,'', in. to 3 p.
t Thousands of children are expect
to attend the fair on that day.
Reduced Railroad Rates
Reduced rates will be .given (n all
railroads leading into. Lumberton dift
fcg the fair and thousands of people
e expested : to attend daily. Your
friends Will be at the fair. Meet them
there. ' " -. . f
E. McPhaul Order
ed Held Under Bond
Coroner's Jury Finds That ? Skipper
Was " Pushed off of Car Amount
of Bond to be Determined at Hear
ing Tomorrow. " I i .
"We find that Sellers Skipper came
to his death by beinar Igocked of f an
automobile by. Ernest :KwuL We
recommend tW Eimest McPhaul be
held f of further investigation by high,
er court under a very y reasonable
bThis was the, verdict rendered by
the coroner's jury conducted Wednes
day 'and Thursday of last week over
the remains of Sellers Skipper, who
died in the Pittman hospital, Fay
etteville, Tuesday afternoon of last
week. As has been stated.in The Robe
sonian, Skipper, 37-year-old barber of
Red Springs, was found m a road in
, "Black i Bottom!, .a suburb .-'of:. Red
Springs about - 8 o'clock o Sunday
night, October . 1, in an unconscious
condition. He died without regaining
consciousness.
McPhaul, young, white man, who
lives in Hoke county, was arrested
on the day that Skipper died. He has
been in the custody of Robeson coun
ty officers since his arrest and is now
in the county jail here. Several wit
nesses testified -before the Coroners
jury that they sawMcPhaul and Skip
per in s car on Sunday afternoon pre
vious to the finding of Skipper in the
road. The inquest was conducted by
DrVE. Rt Hardin county health of
ficer and coroner.: , , .
A habeas ' corpus hearing before
Judge W. M. Bond tomorrow wiU de
termine the amount of bond required
of McPhaul. . ; ;,- "
BOLT NOMINEE OF MEETING
B E. Britt Will be Independent -Can.
"didate for Road Supervisor f Wish
arts Tom Monroe Nominated at
; Township Meeting
Mr! B E. Britt has entered the
field as a bolting 'candidate for road
supervisor of Wisharts township.
- At ' a nm-partisan township meet
ing held Saturday Mr. Tom Monroe
was nominated for road supervisor,
to be voted on in the November elec
tion. -Mr! Rowland Mercer as the
only ther candidate. ' ' , . ,
Since the meeting, however, friends
of Mr. Britt have offered him support
as an-independent candidate and have
prevailed upon Mm, to enter' the race.
So voters of Wisharts ynll choose on
November 7 between two candidates,
one the nominee of a township meet
ing and the other a free lance.
Cotton Gin Destroyed by Fire.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a
.cotton ginnery at McDonald on Sun-'
day night, October 1. The cotton anc
seed houses, erected, near by, were al
so destroyed, together with one bale
of ginned cotton and several hundred
pounds. Of seed cotton. The gins and
other houses destroyed belonged to
Mr. H. G. Stubbs of-' Fairmont. The
loss totaled several thousand dollars,
partly covered by insurance. :,'
Britts Defeats Road Bond Issue. . -Britts
township Thursday roted
down a $20,000 road bond issue, the
vote being 4 'for the, Issue and 161
against. The total " registration was
1 258, which means that the issue lack
ed 126 votes of being carried.
i jLlLJELd
Rev. L. R. Farmer n
Declared Pastor
Crippled Preacher.Wins in Big Color
;ed Church Row and Ret. Hooper is
- Restrained From Acting Nauf hty
Toward His Brother Divider
Mighty Row Which Shook the Elect
of, Pine Hill Baptist and Reverter
ated AU' Arund Maxton Comes to
' Close ' i .
Rev. L. R. Farmer. D. D.. colored
divider of the Word, is by the find
ing of a, Robeson county , jury ; of
twelve good men and true the duly
elected pastor of Pine Hill Baptist
church, hard by y Maxton -;.town,
and ' Rev. ' D. A. Hooper, erst
While shepherd of the same flock who
repented him for that he received in
to his bosom, as it were, the afore
said Rev. Farmer, is permanently re
strained by order of the court from
molesting Rev. Farmer in the dis
charge? of the duties of and in the
enjoyment of the emoluments apper
taining to the pastorate aforesaid.
Know all men by these presents that
these things are true. ,
Thus endeth. a famous church trial
which 'made a Superior court judge
squirm upon the bench for the space
oi. two and a han" -days; which for
the p3ir.e space ci "uae held the un
divided attention of a cloud of wit
nesses; in which four kjjnl lights
sparred keenly over every incii of the
ground; whish, brought to town, ar
rayed in their now-and-thens, many
cf the elect of Pine Hill Baptist,
which . said elect and all and sundry
oi the colored persuation had the time
of their lives; in the course nf which
much ground was, covered between
Louisiana and the White House at
Washington, an alleged letter from
President Harding and 1 an . " alleged
trial of a -dusky sister for . alleged
participation in or guilty knowledge
of the assassination of President Mc.
K'nley figuring darkly therein; and
out of the maze and tangle of which
an alleged root doctor, fortune-teller
and prophet, alleged to have said that
hs had risen from, the dead after
three, days,' that superhuman trick
having .. been turned by the potency
of a high.Masonic sign, emerged vic
tor i
Sisterin and brudders. to relate all
that was said and preached and sung
and laughed at this trial would make
a book of size. Brief let the story be.
Knuwthen, that it wasr in-: eVldenee
that when this Year of. Grace had
grown but into its second month the
Rev. Farmer, a negro much crippled
as to hi left leg and left arm, relict
of a railroad wreck, who walks with
difficulty on crutches, having his local
habitation in Hoke county, held a
protracted meeting at Pine Hill at the
invitation of Rev. Hooper, the then
pastor. Rev, Farmer preached with
unction and with power, eaptivating
his hearers, and" Rev. Hooper resigned
the pastorate of the church, saying
that - God had caHed Rev. Farmer to
that church and that he, Rev. Hooper,
had all the churches lie could pastor,
in Bladen county AU1 went merry as
a marriage bell for some months,
when, in the budding month of April,
Rev. Hooper seems to have develop
ed a yearning for his former flock.
Then things began to happen.- Rev.
Hooper, so the evidence ran, wrote to
Farmer a brotherly letter in which
he gently revealed to Rev. Farmer his
intention to make something exceed
ingly unpleasant happen to him if he
attempted to darken the door of Pine
Hill again, . which unpleasantness
would go to the extreme of causing
(Continued On Page Fourj -
Sealed Ballot Box
Found in G. Marsh
It Contained 200 Tickets ' Same as
Those Used in Primary Last Jane
Ballots Have Every Appearance
of Having Been Cast by Voters
Would Have Changed Result of Re
corder for St. Pauls.
A se&led ballot box containing 200
county tickets, the same as those used
in the rrimary last June, and said
to have eeh found in the Great
Marsh, near St. Pauls, late Saturday
afternoon, was brought to Lumber
ton Saturday night by Mr. Oscar
Prevatt "and a young man named
Ratley. Messrs. Prevatt and- Ratley
said they fund the box in the marsh.
The box was opened in the office of
Sheriff R. E. Lewis and the ballots
appeared to have been placed in the
box by voters. ' .'
A count of the vote for recorder
tho St Paula district as shown on
the tickets in the box- gave Mr. Jno.
!. Butler 124 and Mr. Marcus bmitn
fi. These tickets ' eave the vote for
Sheriff as follows: R. E. La wis, 113;
B. F. McMillan, 8L Official returns
from St. Pauls gave Lewis 165, Mc
Millan 345. . - V;
Mr Butler, one of the candidates
for recorder of the St. Pauls district
filed complaint with the cunty board
of elections immediately .after" the
primary , and a recount of the . vote,
sworn to ny tne pou-noiaers. gave
r 'Smith a maioritv of 11 votes
ve"r Mr. Butle and he was declared
the nominee. , - ';
When seen by a Robe soman report-
er today, Mr. cucier saia ne naa no
statement to make about the finding
of the ballot box. .
m
LULIBE2T0N, N. HOIIDAY, .OCTOBER 9, 1822.
Portrait of Late
dgcTiffiMcNcffl:
to
if.-
fV. 4V
Splendid "6i'Paratia.r'f;Form'Vi:;Dia.
U tiugHished Citizen Now,. Adorns. Wall
. in Court. Room Presented by Bar
of - County Vat Impressive vCetirt
v;. Session Thursday -Evening Ad-
' dress Delivered by A. W. McLean
and Portrait Accepted by Judge W.
M. Bond.
PORTRATT OF LATE G. B: PAT-
TERSON WILL BE, PRESENTED
A ' representative : "audience . -which
filled the; court. roomi.:attended2; the
nresentation Thursday eveninir to thC
county of-a strikingly; handsome potr
trait of the late- Judge Thomas ,Al-
esander McNeilL''' whose, .long' 'and
honorable ca reer came to a close
August 2nd, 1921. There was about
the occasion: in such - marked degree
the tame sort of rare charm and grace.
and unaffected dignity that; at all
times fitted like a familiar garment
the distinguished gentleman in whose
honor it was held, that one could but
feel that his benignant spirit had de
scended upon those who had gathered
there. , - 1 ;
Hon. A. W. McLean made the ad-
drefs of 'presentation for the Robe
son county bar and the portrait, a
fine oil painting by Mrs. Fahey of
Washington, D. C., was accepted tov
the county by Judge W. M. Bond of
Edenton, presiding at this tern
ot court, Judge Bond in
structed the clerk . of the . court to
set apart a page of the court min
utes for an . appropriate record of the
proceedings of the evening and that
the portrait be hung permanently up
on the walls of the court room Judge
Bond ' also gave eloquent testimony
to the noble character and notable
public service of . the - deceased and
declared that it wasvaltogether fitting
that men should pause in the hurried
life of the present and thus honor a
man whose life was worthy of. emula
tion and place a permanent memorial
of him in the temple of justice as an
inspiration to the present and future
generations. He expressed the appre
ciation of the court for the excep
tionally : well-prepared , address de
livered- by 'Mr.'-McLekn. - y
. Distinguished and Learned ( ''
Mr. McLean's address was indeed
gem. most appropriate, ; complete,
well-rounded and eloquent, portraying
the characteristics of Judge McNeill
as faithfully as the artist ha placed
upon canvass the physical likeness.
"The Cape Fear , section of North
Carolina", said the speaker, "has pro
duced many men who have distin
guished ' themselves inv-one -- ;more
Fines of human endeavor. It has pro
duced strong ministers of the gospel,
able ; lawyers, " distinguished judges,
statesmen, and others who nave
Achieved success in the . f lelas of
science, letters and. the creative arts.
Judge Thomas Alexander McNeill was
one of the most... distinguished and
learned men that this section of the
state has produced. Though modesty,
which was a cardinal trait ; in his
character, caused him to spend his
life in the neighborhood of .his birth
place, his nearly eighty years of use.
ful service to his community and to
the state bear eloquent testimony to
the fact that his life and works are
comparable . with those of Any of his
fellows who may have . sought and
won higher stations in other fields."
Here the sneaker launched into the
genealogy of the deceased, tracing his
descent from a virile ancestry, and
sketched oustanding incidents of his
life his early training in a godly
home, his father, Rev. Hector Mc
Neill, having been a distinguished
Presbyterian minister; his life during
his1 early .years on a farm in what is
now Scotland county, where he devel
oped into a fine specimen of physical
manhood; his patriotic service during
the Civil War: his later career - as
lawyer, legislator, Judge and citizen ;J
his high moral character which maae
his name a synonym for integrity; his
keen interest, which he retained to
the last, in every movement that had
for its object the betterment of condi
tions in his town, county, state and
nation. " '
No Higher Compliment
t"To his unusual physkal charms",
said the speaker, "were "added vigor
of ' intellect, sturdiness of character,
and a Consciousness of civic duty-that
made Judge McNeill worthy to be
truly called a representative citizen
iri every sense thai the words connote.
After all, no higher eompliment can
be paid to any man." -
Mr. McLean was associated with
Judge' McNeill for a number of years
in . the practice of the law, and dur
ing that time, he said, he met many
of Judge McNeill's old comrades of
war days, who made it a rule to call
to see him when they came to town.
He heard them "relate many stories
of his conspicious bravery, "' which
they, said gave him everlasting re
noun among his comrades." J
Fired Last Shot at Fort Fisher
One of these stories was about en
incident that happened , when Fort
Fisher fell.' A combined sea and- land
attack in January, 1865, made it im
possible for the Confederates station.
.-) (Continued On Page Four)
U'W .! Kx! I A M
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THE LATB JUDGE THOMAS ALEI
- ANDER McNEILL- ' v ,
r
: A large oil paintiha of Tudtre Mc
Neill was presented to the county by
the Robeson county bar at a session
of court held Thursday evening, Judge
W; M. Bond presiding. The speech of
nrfsentation was made by Hon. A. W.
McLean. The portrait hangs above the
judge's stand in the court room. V
i "ii i in.
Will of Late Dr.
N. A. Thompson
Beneficiaries Outside Family Include
1 2 Churches, 3 Orphanages, Nurses,
. Colored Employees and a Special
i Friend. .
The will of the late Dr. N. A.
Thompson provides that the Firs
Baptist church of Lumberton, of
which he was a member, the Lumber-
ton Presbyterian church, the Oxford
Masonic orphanage, the Thomasville
Baptist orphanage and the Barium
Springs Presbyterian orphanage be
paid $100 each from his 'estate. Others
oeneficianes of the will besides mem.
bers of the immediate family are:
Each student nurse who had been
aii employee of the deceased continu
ously for one year at the time of
hit death, $35: each student nurse
who had been an employee continu
ously for two years, $50; each gradu
ate nurse who had been an employed
continuously for one year: $40: each
Igtiduate nurse Who had been an em
ployee continuously for to - years,
$60. Mrs. Lucy Holmes, office assist
ant, comes in for the same amunt
as a graduate nurse. "Each . colored
servant who had been an employee
continuously for one year, $25,'-and
those who had . been employes con
tinuously for two years, $50 each.
The will also charges the executors to
see that no colored servant "who has
served,, us", shall want ' in . case - they
become incapiated for work and that
none of them lack for a decent burial
Mr, G, E. Rancke. Jr.,. is bequeath
ed $250 ;;?as v a slight token f the
esteem in which I always held him."
The Planters Bank & Trust Co., of
which deceased' was president at the
time, of. his death, and Mrs. Kate G.
Thompson, wido .of deceased, are
named as executors of the will..
Better Headway
Made iri Paving
Elm Opened to Traffic to Eleventh
and Asphalt May be Spread to 15th
by Tuesday Night Chestnut to be
Paved Next-',.
Much headway has been made in
Lumberton's paving program during
the last week. The paving on Fourth,
between Chestnut and Walnut, was
opened to traffic some 10 days ago
The concrete base has been laid on
North - Elm between Sixth and the
town limits. Nineteenth street. As
phalt has been spread on North Elm
from Sixth 'to Eleventh and this sec
tion' has been opened to traffic. It , is
expected that the asphalt will have
been extended to Fifteenth by Tues
day night. If the .concrete base on
Elm between Fifteenth and Nine
teenth is in good condition this street
will be opened to traffic from Wed
nesday morning until the close of the
fair. '. j
Gravel shipments are arriving
in ore regularly now and it is expected
that the paving work , will progress
more rapidly. ! The laying of concrete
base on Fourteenth, between Elm and
Walnut, was begun today. The next
street to be paved is Chestnut." be
tween Sixth and Fourteenth, this to
be followed by the ' paving of the
Luzabethtown road,, between Elm
and Wralnut." When this paving is
completed the congestion of traffic in
the northern part of town will be re
lieved. Mr. W. H.; Taylor of Wisharts
township was a Lumberton visitor
this morning.
Cotton Gia and Sawmill Burned by
Lightning. . -
A cotton gin and saw mill belong
ing to Mr. C. C. Carter, near Shan
non, were burned - Saturday night
when struck by. lightning,- according
to Mr. J. Warren Currie of Bt, Red
Springs, who is a Lumberton risitr
today. . .... - -
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COUHTfcY. COO AMD TKOTK. t ;
Plapinglterialr
for-NHkfi'School
Building at Fairmont
New Building to" Cost $80,000 Will
Relieve' Present ; Congested Condi-
, tions--Mefhodlsts Preparing to Ba
tions Methodists . - Preparing to
Build Large New Church Death of
Mrs. Jas. T." White DiphtherU
Epidemic Thought to be Over.
. Bv II. V. Brown -
Fairmont, Oct 7. Material is being
placed on the large lot on Iona street,
between Trinity and Pittman, pre
paratory to the erection of th nw
Fairmont high school building. Str
eral car loads of brick have been un
loaded and other materials are ex
pected daily.. The building wilt cost
approximately $80,000 when complet
ed and .furnished. Conditions at the
old building are such that the pupils
are not getting favorable accommoda
tions, some of the classes being
crowded so that the teacher cnnnt
give the students all the necessary
attention. This situation will b en
tirely relieved with the erection of
the new building.
Methodists Will Build .New Church
Several large trees h&va bomnt
down on the lot belonging , to the
Methodist church; and it is under
stood that a . large new Methodist
church will be built on this lot fn the
near future. This will be diagonally
across the street from the school
building' and will necessarily make
Iona street one of the mnnt-imnnrt.
ant in town. Just when the actual
worK win begin has not been learned
yet.
The condition of Mr. E. 'Fiaher
doesn't seem to get much better.
while no considerable chftno-e tnr th
worse has taken place. ' His ' many
friends are anxious for his recovery.
He has been taking special treatment
for the past several months.
Mr; v. McDaniel, who has been
taking special treatment in a .Rich
mond sanatorium, was able to return
home last Thnrsdav'niefht. Hi manv
friends were glad to see him on the
streets again Friday.
Mrs. Jas. T. White Passes
The death of Mrs Jab. T. Whit. Sr
last Tuesday at the' White home here
on North Main street terminated a
long illness. Deceased was an elderly
woman who held the respect of all
,who Jam .her; a.ndahougii.r she , had
not been active in the church and so
cial life of the- town in her last years
she was loved by many And was a
faithful church woman: Informant w
made in the family burying plot of
me rairmonc cemetery.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jones,
at Thomnson's hosoital in Lnmtartnn
last Monday, a' girl, Alice Page.
frevatte BuUock, who have been
operating a barber shop in one of the
Brice buildings on Center street.
moved to the Floyd buildings on Mam
srreet, jir. John v. Purvis, who con
ducts a ' tailoring business, has 1 also
moved into the Floyd building, which
was formerly occupied by S. S Zydan,
who ran a cafe. The building has
been divided in half by a partition.
Many Cases of Diphtheria
' A great number of cases of diph
theria has .been reported in town dur
ing the last ten days. Several grown
people1 have suffered with tho Area A
disease while lots of children have
been sufferers. No new cases have
been reported in the lat few Avm
and it is thought that the epidemic
is at its close.
The N. W. Jenkins Co., which
bought the stock of the defunct Fair.
mont Supply Co., is staging a mam
moth sale which is considered one of
the greatest in the . historv nf thi
section of the county. A special west-
,.1.. A n .u 1 1 ,
dm tyinpaiiy is nanaiing ine
sale and much success is reported by
Mr. Jenkins, manager.
Mrs. Alice Brice spent part of last
week in Charlotte, where she visited
friends and relatives and attended
the Made-In-Carolinas exposition She
was accompanied by her brother," Mr.
Vardell Grantham, who extended his
trip to Statesville. They returned this
week.
McDonald Seeks to Oust Lyon from
Congress.
: Wilmington Star: W. J. McDonald,
of Fayetteville, is seeking Congress
man Homer Lyon's seat in congress
on the Republican ticket, according
to letters received by voters in Wil
mington. Mr. McDonald calls altention of
voters to the majorities of the Re
publican party in both branches of
congress, and says there is a need for
this district to have a representative
ot the dominant party to represent
them in Washington.
He also bases his appeal on the
grounds that it is time the agricul
tural business interests are given
renresentation in fiAnma.. f ....
,.- .7 11UIU LUIS
district
November Tern of Court Will Begin
' 8th.
The November term of Superior
conrt far tha trial n .: i . -
-- ,. uuiuuu vases
will convene on Wednesday, Novem
ber 8, instead of Monday, November
S. This change has been made on ac-
..t..i . M .1 a.! . . .
cuiuu.u mecuon tiay on Tuesday,
November 7. Jurors need , not report
until Wednesday. -.
- i . "
Mr Jos. Clark of Pembroke was a
Lumberton visitor this morning. .
ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS
; . A RE DISCONTINUE .
ED WHEN TIIET
EXPIRE 1
WATCH TOUR LA BIX
a.X A TtAJt, DUK n ADVANCE "
Cotton Market
Reported by j; "rfT Bartingto;
Middlfnir enftn u
eal market today at 21 cents the
Items of Local Newa
Thanks' for th riiitW .'
fore the opening of the county fair.
uncase naa oeen issued tot the
marriage of Mrs. Vivfan ir?nTaw
Harry Daniel Bowers. .
The Jacob and Back i wamp drahv
aare tax books hav hwn
to Sheriff R. E. Lewis for collection.
Born. Wednejwfav nlrht nt lam'
week, At the Baker sanatorium, to
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Stuart of R. 2,
Rowland, . a daughter, weight 11
pounds. . .
A- near fight, following a poli
tical argument on Elm street, in
front of Mr. L. IL Caldwell's depart
ment store, marked the opening of
the 1922 campaign in Lumberton late
Saturday afternoon.
Connecting pipes from the new
reservoir at the local filter plant to
the water, lines are beiny installed
and it is expected that the "cut over
from the old to the new will be made
Wednesday of this week.
Miss Albertine Duncan, hd has
been taking, training at Cumberland
General Hospital in Fayetteville, is
sick with Malarial fever at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Duncanfr in Howellsville township.
The Registration dates for the
November election run from Satur
day of last week through Saturday,
October 28. Mr. Ge. W. Lennon is
registrar in South Lumberton and Mr.
R. A. Mclntyre in North Lumber
ton. ' t , .',;-..- y - : - - .
Mr. Bunyan Floyd, who was
seriously hurt on August 7th. last,
when an A. C. L. train struck his
car at' a rad crossing in Orrum, is
expected to leave the Thompson hos
piUlthis week. Ha has been a patient
at tha hospital since the day of the
accident,!; .:: --r, i ,
--Prof. J. R. Poole, county super
intendent of public instruction, and
Prof. W. B. Crumpton, Jr superin
tendent of the Lumberton schools, at
tended Friday and Saturday in Wil
mington. A district convention of,
county . , , and city school superin
tendents -':t-.''vr--v.-yf,;?;
?-jtt?w seats wiU be Installed to
both the white and colored waiting
rooms At the union station this week.
The seats have, already arrived here
and are made of oak wood. Mr. A. P.
Mitchell, local Seaboard agent, has
been trying for several months to get
the new seats. ' ,
Mr. A. E. White Thursday sold
the building occupied by The Robe
sonian to Mr. Jno. D. McMillan,' the
consideration being $7,500. The : ad
joining building, occupied by the J. D.
Quick drift store, .was sold recently
by Mr. Ira B. Townsend to Mr. S. D.
Sanderson for $4,500. -
Not in the history of farming in-,
this section of the State have the
farmers . had' finer weather during
September than' during September of
this year for harvesting crops. The
hay crop, which it is generally ad
mitted was the largest ever- "saved'
in Robeson county, has practically
been harvested. The major portion of
the cotton crop has also been
"housed."
FIRE AT ST, PAULS SUNDAY. .
Early Mrning Fire Damages Stock
of Ebam & Son $9,000 or $104100
. and Badly Damages Building,
Special to The Robesonian.
St. Pauls, Oct 9. Fire of undeter.
mined origin damaged the dry goods
stock of Ebam & Son here abut 4
o'clock Sunday morning. The damage
to the stock is estimated at between
$9,000 and $10,000, with $5,000 in
surance. The building- owned by Mr.
Jess Odum, was badly damaged. -
Turks Are Expected to Accept Allied
Demands.
Mudania, Oct. 8. Associated Press.)
The allies presented a united front
on
their return to Mudania at 10
o'clock tonight and the feeling of all
three delegations was that Ismet
Pasha would be forced yield.-
The delegation expressed optimism ,
regarding the outcome and there was
little doubt that the Turks Would ae- ;
cept the allied demands leaving the .
question of likitation of the Turkish t i
gendarmerie only as a possibility, of
friction. , :
A New Animal Discovered.
A new animal has been discovered
by Mr. G. B. Wishart, who lives on
R. 3 fjrom Lumberton. While the "liv
ing creature" resembles both a ground ,
mole and a woods rat, he is neither.
Mr.- Wishart thinks this new speci-f
men of the animal kingdom is a cross '
between a mole and a rat He brought -the
curiosity to town Friday, but was
unable to find one who had seen hia '
like before. -
Baseball at Pembroke Wednesday
Correspondence of The Robesonian,
Pembroke, Oct 9. There will be a
ball game played at Pembroke Wed
nesday of this week between Pem
broke and Camp Bragg 5th F.f A.
This will be the last game of the eea.
son. Don't miss it "