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WATCH TOUB LASIX AND SEND Hi i:: newal cr.cr.3 TOUB SUDCCniPTlON EXPUir3. ; ALL, SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE DISCONTINU- ' ED WHEN TIIET EXPIRE WATCH YOUB LABEL LuiiBiniToir.'if. c, iioitday. hovelibe3 20, 1222. COCNTKT, GOD AND TRUTH. VOL. LIIL-illO. 81 ESTABusaiD ma. hhck itvb cents. ,:.' H.- A TIA, PCT II ADVANCE - -1, m rlil - - Beaman Returns ioj Luinbsrton Churcli Lumberton Circuit. Maxton, St. Pauls, Red Sorbin and Rowland Get New ' Pastors Appointments for Rock-J ingnant ana ayeiievme uihtom. Sneciaito The Robesonian; Raleigh. . Not. v 20. Appointment , announced (1 at y closings session of Methodist conference, this afternoon include E. C. Seaman," Lnmberton, P. Burnley,; Maxton. V T. ' Poole, St. Pauls, L. S.' MasseyRed Springs.,: Appointments for Rockingham and Fayetteville districts mclnde: v -v- ; : RAddnffhaiii District - I Presiging elder -J.-H.ShoreJ Aber, deen Euclid McWhorterj ' Hamlet W7c. Martin f Laurel HOI W. J. DuBois, J. C. Johnson supernurner- ary ; Laurinburg W. R. Royal.' V Lumberton. Chestnut Street B, C, Beaman; - .Luniberton circuit r. a. McCall; t ; Maxton J. R.' Burnley; ' Montgomery, ct N. L. Seabolt; Mf. Gilead J .A, Martin ;Mt Gilead -et A. J. v Groves, Eaeford ct.i J, H. TVicxoll. W TT Tnvmsanri riTWrnnm. erary; Red Springs ct. L. S. Mas sey ; Bcokingham J.: B. Bundy ; Robe, son ct. W. F Trawick; Rowland P. D. Woodall, R. W. Townsend super, numerary; St. John and Gibson A. J. Parker; St. Pauls ctL T. Poole.' Fayetteville District v Bladen ct G. H. Biggs; Dunn G. T. ' Adams; Elizabeth ct H. E. Lance; Fayetteville, Hay St. H. A. Humble, R. B. John supernumerary; Person and Calvary EC. Maness; Fayette ville ct. W. Im- Maness; Jonesboro ct B E. Stanfield; Parkton ct. R. F. Munns; Siler City ct. 0. I. Hin aon. . INCORRIGIBLE NEGRO BOY 14-Year-6ld Lewis Little Has Enter ed -. Several Home Lately and Stolen Valuables. 'PI T fflrt wAwn fvstw wni ' InAVa A Alt AltbUCf 'UCAV fV MV awva to be about 14 years old." was ' ar rested late Thursday afternoon after he had entered the residence of Mr V"; X. Linkha-w Third , and Water streets, and carried away a coat and some cash. . The' family was away from home when the negro entered It The- coat, which belonged to Mr. Linkhaw's son, Master Howard, and the" ttoneyJt, were tecovered-when the boy. was apprehended. Little was--bound rout to Fletcher Purdie, colored, Tuesday afternoon juvenile, court- He '.recently entered two other homes here and took money and others valuables, which were- re covered. He left the Purdie home, near 'Lumberton, Thursday, came to town and "pulled"' the same, sort of robbery, for which he was before the juvenile .court only two days before. He was taken today to the colored orphan home at Oxford. v Lumberton People Home from Con. . ference. ' ' .. "Mr. K. M. Barnes, who had been attending the- Methodist conference in Raleigh. aince it opened last .Wednes day as delegate from Chestnut Street Methodist church ' of Lumberton, and Messrs. a. j& .aucy, u. is; Kancke, Jr, F. P. Gray and J. A. Sharpe, who went to Raleigh Saturday night to hear Bishop Denny's sermon- yester day, returned Jast evening : in ; Mr. Barnes Automobile. .Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White and Master Horace Barnes went .to Raleigh ... Saturday ..- in Mr. White's carl' They will return i this evening and: probably will be accom panied home oy Dr. R. C. Beaman, pastor of Chestnut . Street church. Rev. W. J. DuBois, .who" was received Into the conference as, this session, al. so is expected home this: evening. Mr. Barnes was : A. guest while attending the conference at the home of Chief Justicev WAlter ClArk. - Dr Beaman - preached yesterday at.' Trinity Mem. . orial church,, Durham, his: old : con ' gregation ,; taking ; advantage of his nearness to pres him into service. . T FAIRMONT ttlCADV FfiR SRRVTfflC Interesting Program 1 Rendered Ready for .: Service m Colored Special to The Robesonian. , Fairmont. Nov. 46A ' very Inter esting' program waa rendered at the colored 'graded school- last night con. fisting' of music and an illustrated lecture on typhoid' fever under the Auspices df - the Colored Civic Lea gue bf -FAirmontr' L.. L. King, presi dent of the league, stated to the pack. ed house that a branch office will be established -here and will do exten sive health and industrial work. Its office) will be located at the school, of which King is principal. . ; v,. The colored teachers of ' Robeson with this -league if they wish for-the - colored children ' an4 itheir parents to have the benefits of -its ' service. The management would be glad to ' give illustrated lectures on typhoid Clever or on tuberculosis in the vari- flovf schools or sections of the county. ii i Mr. li W Sinmi-r r: .7.-l.lim. : ; Mr. Steele Monroe of R. 3, Maxton is a ' LtUmoerton visitor today. Big Hog Meeting jn Liimbcrton Nov; 47 Under Aaspicea of County Board of AgricoIUre at Coart uoase at n A. M-SUte Swine SpedaUst Shay Will Speak.. , - . , c 6. 0; Dukes, County Agent; Monday, November 27th, at H o'clock. I and teachers nave responded heartily This meeting is under -the auspices .to 'the work 'of the campaign! ; of the county board of agriculture, : St. Paula; grided schools, Prof. T. and wil represent the board's regular jS. Teajrue; 'Red 'Springs graded December meeting, Mr. W. W Shay.'achoola, Prof.tC'A. Hoyle; Sand Hill State swine specialist, will speak. Mr. 'school, Mias Margaret Chisholm; Shav is recosnized as one of the best' Wakulla school. Miss Willie Cornelius, (authorities' on bogs in .-the . United; States. It wilL be . wail, wortn. your time to make a special effort to At tend thia netine. t z ' 4 Am counting on- each one who is now interested or may become inter ested far. hog-raising :to help h, make thia the biesrest meetinir' of the seA-1 son, as it is now time that we begin to I ' Tuesday, 7 November 21st Centen lay more stress on this Jine 6lfarm- Ary -: - . , w r -.-r ing; I .call upon each one to help get notice of this meeting to bis neighbor, Another Carload; : Pigs for Red Springs Thia Carload Owned by Messrs. T. A. and W. W. iGibson Should Reach 200 Pounds by March. Red Springs township gets another carload of pigs for 'March shipment. This is an individual carload owned by Messrs. T. A. 'and W. W. Gibson. Mr .0. 0. Dukes, county farm dem onstration agent, assisted in weigh ing and placing these pigs on balance ration Tuesday, November 14th. They average 93.53. pounds, and should reach about 200 pounds by March.. X The other carload from Red Springs, mention of which 'was made in an issue of " the paper last week, is on a cooperative basis ' and owned by Messrs. J. A. McCallum, Paul " Mc Neill, Harvey McMillan, Marvin V L. McNeill, W. J. Daughtry and H. p. Ashley. Jr., the last named chairman fft the county, board of agriculture. WOMAN HYPNOTIZED MERCHANT ' " THIRTEEN DOLLARS WORTH :-3""1: ;--.. '' ' ; " 1 " Leastwise Mr. J.'M. Sessoms , Said c Hypnotism Had ' Happened to Him . When a Gypsy Fortane-Teller Rifjed His Cash Drawer Got Money Back h: and'; Fortune-Teller Was I Told to Vamose. :-- ; r- -'" It was Thursday Afternoon that Mr. J. M. Sessoms, Chippewa7 street mer. chant, appealed to 'the local police department to aid him in recovering $13 which a Gypsy fortune-teller had relieved him ofv According , ,to - Mr, Sessoms' report to the officers, the woman entered the store and hypno tized him while she rifled his. cash drawer of the thirteen' perfectly good dollars. The officers' succeeded in lo cating the woman and recovered the money for Mr. Sessoms. The woman was ordered "by the officers : to move on to other' bartS,Which she di'div'ft FAIRMONT FtfRMS FARENT :. v TEACHER ASSOCIATION Mrs. W. W. Lewie Elected President N at Enthusiastic ( Meeting Science ' Department Added to School. At an enthusiastic meeting of about one hundred and fifty citizens at Fair, mont Thursday night a Parent-Teach, er association, was organized and Mrs, W. W. Lewis. A member of the coun. ty board of education, Was elected president.'. . '-V.'"" ' Prof. Bowman, principal of the Fairmont graded and high school, presented the advantages of such an association in an interesting talk. There is keen interest among Fair, mont; citizens in everything pertain ing to school, work. Work is now. in progress on a new - school building Which will cost $85,000 and will be one of the handsomest in the county. A sciehcAi denartment ' eauiDned. with jAeo4 yUratory, -recently has "been added to the :AChoolvJ,;5t :jt-ih PARENT.TEACHERS MEETING AT FAIRMONT TUESDAY NIGHT, If eetiflg Called for Purpose of "Com pleting Organization. r -M' 4 By H. Y. Brown V,"J:i, Fairmont, Nov. 20. A : Parent. Teacher association for Fairmont, will, be organized Tuesday'' night' in Vthe Jones hall. This movement was start. ed last week - with i a - meeting in Vthe IFirst Baptist; church . and .. another in the school building, both meetings being well, attended, but on account of misunderstandings-and disagree ments on the part of a few the or ganization was not completed and, this meeting Tuesday night has been call ed for the purpose of completing the organization, o that work can begin at once. The purpose of the associa tion 'include work of beautifying the grounds of the new school plot and other : very important civic actions. This meeting will be called to order at 8 o'clock Tuesday night, Novem ber .,21st r' t v-'.-"' V ' . : Mis? Jane Goude, 'entertainer, will give the second number of the lyceum course at the school auditor ium on the evening of November 30. Red Cross RollCallNews Schools and Teachers ' Responding . Heartily to the. Work Where the ; Red Cross FilnvWill be Shown. By L, B. Stephens, Coanty Chairman me sixtn annual roll, call tor tne Red Cross w&rk in Robeson county IS Miss Lena Mae McEachin; v Floral jacnool, tTrol. Koot - -. roctor; bow- land hign school, Froi. JH. u .veasey; Maxton- graded schools. - f Arrangements for showing .the ape. cial Red Crost film have' been-made for 'the following . places . on . dates mentioned: . weanesaay, -ovemner zzna nex. Thurday, :? November 23rd -FairJ mont ' - 4 ' - I ,. Friday, - November 24th Rowland. ; Saturday, V November 25th Pem broke. ' Wednesday, November 29hPur vis. - w Friday, December 1st Parkton. . : Saturday, December 2nd Barker Ten Mile. ' Tuesday. - December 5th Red Springs. . Wednesday, December 6th Taber. Aacle. Thursday, December 7th Orrum. Friday, December 8th Barnesville.' ' Saturday, December 9th East Lumberton. - . . ' : Special music and short. Red Cross talks will be made Newberry Resigiiiy Seat Iii Senate ; . . .... l Michigan Senator's Resignation Brings Long and Bitter Fight to an End. Washington. Nov. 18. Senator Tru man H. Newberry, of .Michigan, whosd rleht to a place in v the - Senate - has been a subject of longhand bitter con. trpversy has submitted his resigna tion, with a request .that- it become effective imniediateljv ,,, . A '-h-, In a letter to Governor Groesbeck, made public tonight,; 'Mi. Nfewberryt said he had been Impelled to xeure voluntarily Aecansevpfahe his Republican . colleague, ' - Senator Townsend In the election November 7. The turn of events, he said, would make it "futile" 'for , him to attempt tq continue his public service, since he continually would be "hampered by partisan political persechtion." - Reviewing the outstanding features of the controversy which grew out of his election four years ago over Hen ry Ford, his Democratic opponent, he declared his right to a seat in the Senate had been "fully confirmed." He added that if, in the future, there, seemed -t be opportunities for public service, he would not hesitate to offer himself to his state"and country. ' " i The resignation- bringg-to "An jielwl al light wnicn already -nas jnaae politi cal history and which ; it appeared would be resumed early in the session of Congress Which begins tomorrow. Convicted in Michigan of a conspiracy to violate election laws, Senator New berry appealed to the Supreme court, which . declared unconstitutional the statute nnder which he was accused. The Senate itself, after a long in vestigation, finally , confirmed his ti tle to a seat by a margin of five votes. In the campaign just closed, the case was an issue in many states,. , --Beginning next Saturday morn ing,!, the time of opening the' curb market will be changed from 9 o'clock to 10 ef clock. The change has . been made, in - order, to make it more con venient for those coming from a dis tance to the market -BED "CROSS- DAYS'-1' ' -'- " ' IN 'LUMBERTON Today and Tomorrow are . Special l' DayAv-ttk AAswerthe Call Here ; Red Cress Picture-, atw School '.' Auditorium This Evening; . '.' ':X''-''7f 't V ,AP;- i ": I 26th and 21st, have been . designat ed as the Red Cross Boll Call days In v- Lumberton. - Miss '- Margaret NAsh And competent corps of as sistants will give all An oppor tunity to answer the roll call on these two days. f " ' Special Red Cross picture will be shown at the graded school audi torium tonight at 7:30. Children 10 cents, adults ' 25c. This is a four-reel war picture, showing the actual war scenes in France, Italy and Allied countries. - Especially loaned to. Robeson county -by the State Board of Education Com munity Service Bureau, and will be exhibited in the county 'for the next three .weeks, at different schools and towns in the -county. ' Picture was made nnder the so pervision of the U. S. Govern ment, and. sent to various States for use..' - 1 T Parkton Letter The Late Z. T. McMillan Big Cele bration at Laying of Corner Stone Cbf i Consolidated School District Building at Gray's Creek Basket. ball Fox Race.-. ' ; : . c. jym -Williamson Parkton. Nov- 15 Th funersl of Z. T ' MfMHlan wV,n morning At his home, was conducted Monday near his home at 2 p. m by Rev? Dr. Murray 'of St Pauls assist ed by Rev. W. L. Maness of Fayette ville and Rev. R. F. Munns of Park- ton, while Rev. C R. Sorrell. pastor of the Baptist church. Assisted in the choir, which was made up of members from, St, PauIs And Parkton. The music was sweet and anuroDriate. The Masons conducted the service At the - fill. M . . a m m 9 . grave, xne norai oiienngs were oeao. tifuU 4he most and prettiest we ever remember witnessing. The pallbearsri were I. J. Lancaster, Capt. J. B. Mai. loy, J. G. Hughes, Robt 1 Monroe. Lock McGeachy and J. B. McCormick It was one of the largest-Attended funerals we ever saw. It Was said that more than 100 automobiles were need, besides A goodly number of other, ve hicles. Deceased, was an elder in the Presbyterian church. He was a true and loyal member of his church, a devoted husband, an affectionate fa ther, and was loved by all, and count ed bis friends by bis acquaintances. His health began to fail him about a year ago,' but with an unusual con stitution he never gave up until a few months asro. He never suffered for attention in any way, He spent A lew weeks In the Highsmith hospital but received only temporary relief. Trained nurses were - employed and with the skill of the family physician and his devoted loved ones, all render, ing untiring assistance, also his nu merous friends calling frequently was A 'source of pleasure to him. Yet the faster called him up higher. His son has. Vance, who is a student in .a msiness college in Richmond, Vs.; eached his beside on Friday morning, deceased -,is , survived by his 'widow and ten children 6 sons andV 4 daughters. He was a man of .few enemies also a friend of the colored race as weir as the white. A large tiumber of colored . was the last to view the remains at the grave, rcaliz. ing they, too, had lost a friend in deed. He will be sorely missed in his church And school And community, al so in business. He was a partner in tne .McMillan Supply Co. : Rev R F. Munns is attending the Methodist Conference in Raleigh. McNeill and smAll son! Justift Jr., came up for a brief visit AUonttnued on page five.) A called meeting of the Woman's club will be held Wednesday after noon at 3:30 in the municipal build. ing to. discuss' plans for a Christmas box for the soldiers at.Oteen hospi tal and a Thanksgiving box for in mates of the county home. Mr. A. L. Lawson' of Orrum was a lumberton visitor Friday.. MANY PROMINENT CITIZENS .' -V ; TY -TnPIf? - TO- Rift ! LY BOOST Northern Maaufacturers to be Invited to Investigate Lnmberton as A Logical Manufacturing Center With Manifold Advantages Paper Will be ValuAble Souvenir EdiUon. '-' The Bobesonian's big special edition The Robeson County De velopment Edition will be well meated with special stqrfes by local people who are especially fitted to handle anch . subjects.. The , fol lowing prominent citizens are invited to contribute stories of 500 to 1,000 words on the. topics assigned below: ' Investing Our Money in Lumberton M. F. Cobb. Lomberton's Improvement Program Mayor, E M, Johnson. Good Boads of the County L. B. Varser ; Bobeson 'County's Agricultural Wealth T. L. Johnson. Abundant Baw MAterials Nearby State Geological Dept Efficiency of Lbmbe'rton's Schools W. B. Crumpton. ; . JT- M:; Whitfield., Home Demonstration Work fax Robeson---Miss Martha FIax An- ' f , ,dxisWs5 .. -"' '-VfX: -,'V TjVt T" -'.w . 1 . .- .. ' Lamberton.Home .life Mrs. ChAs, H. Durham. ' r Lomberton's Industrial Activities H." M. McAUiAter. " -Future Rich,' Posstbillties in Manufacturing--H. B. Jennings. ' - Historical Sketch of Robeson County Jas. D. Proctor. v ' The Story of Maxtbn-F. GroVer Britt h. t v, Eeview of 8t- Wal--J. a Lentz. , ,: , ,r - s; if - .. FalrwohttHistorkAlly H. V. Brown. ',' Bed Springe's Progressive Community Br;H. Bice, ' BdwlAnd A" Live' "Center X. U Bollock. ' . V , Splendid Shipping Facilities of Lnmberton A. P., MHchelL ' Better Live Stock Has' Sound SUrtJno. W WArd. Robeson County's Solid -Banks K.M. Barnes. ' , ' Farm Demonstration Work and ' "Diversified Farming O. O. Dukes.''-' -' ' "'".'.: . Poultry .Prolific in Profits Mrs. B. M. Ballard. The Bar of Robeson County R. C Lawrence, Famous Men of This District Stephen Melntyre. The American Legion David H.. Fuller. Our Old Home Town Woodberry Lennon. The Story ot Cotton By George Claiborne SimmA, The South Rapidly Taking Lead in National Business A. -McLean. . , Some' Newspaper History J. A. Sharpe. , Bobeson County's Educational Progress J. B. Poole, Progress of Parkton C D. Williamson. . Pembroke Reviewed B. H. Livermore. . . " . Health Work" in Bobeson Dr. E. B. Hardin. ' Welfare Work' in " Bobeson-f Miss Elizabeth Frye. Rowland Items Much Interest in Athletics An Even r Break With Lumberton Lessons fan Basketry Eagagemeat.. ef . Miss Lolita Lytch and Mr. David Town send Other Social and Personal Items. , . ' '.-j -: t BBiatMHBSBW ' f " Correspondence of The Robesonlan. Rowlapd, Nov. 18. Much interest is being shown in athletics at the lo cal high school and every day our young; people are enjoying outdoor exercise. Although several of the best basketball players were in the gradu ating class last May. good material has shown up and we expect a good line-up for both the girls' and boys' teams. Rowland la very fortunate in having at the head - bf its athletics, Mr. Frank Sinclair, principal ef the high. schooL He is anxious to give the lovers of basketball a fair chance to see some good games 'this season, Friday afternoon , we witnessed two good games here with the Lumberton teams.. Our girls won over the Lum berton girls but our. boys lost to theirs. . ' Heme Demonstration Work The Home .Demonstration c3ub held a very Interesting meeting last Friday . afternoon with Mrs. L. Z. Hedgpeth as hostess. Miss Andrews gave lessons " in basketry 5 and the hours from 2 till 5 were pleasantly spent in makinsr baskets of various kinds. The meeting was well attended.-' '.: , Rowland notes with pride that Mr. D. P. McKinnon, youngest candidate in the county election, polled the largest Democratic vote in the coun ty. We know that Mr. McKinnon will show his appreciation of this as he discharges his duties as a representa tive of the county in the coming Gen. eral Assembly. On Friday evening of last week the Senior Epworth League members held their monthly business and social meeting at the - Methodist church here. ' One of the largest parties of the autumn was that given by Mrs. T. J. Graham Saturday afternoon. Rook was played at nine tables. ..After several games were , played refresh ments were served. V: Messrs. O. D. Smith, David Town send, W, E. . Lynch And E. L. Yeasy went to Richmond . last Saturday where they attended the V. M; I-Caro- JinA zootbAll game. . - . Missel Elizabeth Brady and Gen ette Neely spent last week-end with friend a m Columbia. ; ' Mrs. Lizzie Tatum left last week for Baltimore, where she is under going treatment Dr. J. McN. Smith who accompanied her has returned to Rowland., . . . , Messrs. L. D. Edens and Phil Lein wand have been in New York this week on business. Mr. J. A. McCoy of Columbia is here on business. Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Merrftt left Tuesday for: Raleigh, where they are attending the North Carolina Metho- ( Continued on page four.) TO WRITE ON ROBESON COUN- rjBlVrl - Tfi NATION A f.:-.v: ' DISTRICT.' ' ' ' . 1-, W. Cotton Market 1 Reported by 'J." H; Barriogton ' Middling cotton is anoted An tht in cal market today at $4 1,2 cents the pouna. - - ;;.-. v :l Items of Lodal News Mr. A. B. Small In at his home. East Third street . Mr. A. E. White nurchsMl fmm Mr. L P. Sealer Fridar a 7 residence in the eastern part of town. ur, w. w. rarker, local eye specialist, is in Chicago taking, ad- -vanced studies in onhthalmalrtw ' Ha expects to return about Christmas. Mr, A. s. spfvey left the Bsker sanatorium . Satnrda v af tt nnAar. going treatment for, two weeks. His conanion u very tnucn improve The condition of Mr. A. P. CmlA. welL who has bn iHaiiiI ti a. several days, is . reported as unim- provea. ut is at tne naltet, sanator- Mr, E. R. Mclntrr! undarmmt " --A-w" w. j wm-mww eeaAVAAUAVAviel Saturday At the Thompson hospital. His condition is reported as -favorable ' today. .r. The GosDel Tabraalii nn1a school decided yesterday to have a. Christmas tree this year. A collec tion of about $60 was taken for the purpose. , A coat of elav is bIni- iAA tn the sand-beds on East First street. which adds much to the eonvenienea of travelers. Chief of Police D. M. Barker is supervising thetwork. The condition of Mr. C. L. Thsg. srsrd of Parkton townNhin. whn nf. xerea a stroke ox paralysis while serv. ing on tne jury here on Friday, No vember 10, remains unchanged. ; He is at tne Baker sanatorium. Prof. IL J. Baker of Storrc. Cnnn.. , arrived Saturday to visit his brother, ur. m. Baker. Prof Baker is direc. tor of asrricultural extension wnrk mt ' the Connecticut State college, v .rMr- m. A. ueddie has purchased tne Dlaninff mill outfit formerlv niwr ated by the Kingsdale Lumber Co., -near Lumberton. The machinery has oeen f msiauea at Mr. ueddiers new planing mill plant, in the north-easU em part of town. ' . v Mr. Everett Davis, who lia nn Rennert way and who was a Lumber ton visitor Friday, says he had A mess of home-grown s sqnashes on Novem ber. 12th and that he also gave a mesa" to -a hele-hbov. Mn k;1mI Humnhrev. He IAT tliet it anvknn can b. t that lej.theuxcouuahwo. , Exercises by pupils of the -Long Branch public school on the evening of Friday, December 1, wUl be fol lowed bv a box annner. Th nrrvnndi will be used in beautifying the school grounds. Kev. 1. JS. Wishart is prin cipal of the school. Mrs. L E. Wish art and Miss Lillian Blackwell ar assistants. Anita Ast concert vinlMat as sisted by Prof. Max Ast, pianist and vocal talent, will appear in the grad ed scnool auditorium at Rowland ' Thursday evening, November 23rd at 8 o'clock. There will also be music bV A Strinar OnrttL wirtd fnatrnmanf ! etc. This comnanv rnmiu nnAar Wa management of Mr; W. F. Blount of Fayetteville-'who is a well knowBi and Kpmar musician. Popular prices will charged. - S:t:.--pii- Mr. J. D. Carnentcr. wh Vtnm h !-.. rit t. n a. . . . ; vucwa vmuey , XV. C irom KOWUnd, on Mr. Jno. W Ward's farm, brought to The Robesonlan off ice Saturday the largest sweet potato yet It was of the Porto Rico yam variety and weighed 13 3-4 pounds dry, it weighing . 15 pounds when first date. AfMrriinv tn Mr, Carpenter, theirs was a bumper crop wis year, tne same row that pro. aucea the 13 8-4 pounder producing 30 bushels and a rood ninr f thn crop weighing 5, ft and 7 pounds.1 - t-A new Ford car driven by a- Mr. Jennings of Fsirmont was turned over and badly damaged when struck by another Ford cat driven by a Mr. Hin- son 01 Columbus county on Elm street in front ' of the court house About "4 seioek yesterday. Afternoon. Mr: 'Jen. nings was driving .into Elm from East Fifth and Mr. Hinson was driv ing south on; Elm. rtOne occupant of the Fairmont ear: was pinned under neath it but escaped without injury, as-did the other occupants ' FORD CAR KNOCKED DOWN AND RAN OYER FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY - . t . ' . "... John Lewis .Escseed Serieas lajary When Bon Down by Ford Car Sat , arday . for Second Time in 1 Six ; Heaths. . ; - .. : . s John, 4-year-old son of Mr. : and Mrs. G. H. Lewis, waA run down by a Ford Automobile in front of theLewis home, on the Carthage road in the Northern part of town, late . Satur day afternoon While it is thought the wheels of the car passed over tthe child's body, he - escaped serious injury. He was taken to the Thompson hospital soon ' after the accident, but was' able to return home this morning. The car was driven by a man who lives in Columbus county, 'the child run ning in front of it The driver, whose name has not been learned, stopped his car and rendered all assistance possible in earing for the child. This was the second time this same child has been run down by a Ford car in six months time. He was struck by a car on Elm street a few months ago and escaped with minor injury