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WATCH YOURLABEL AND SEND IN RE NHWAL JKBPOBE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES WATCH YOUR LABHL. ALL SUBSCRfPTKMta ARE DISCONTmU ED WHEN THEY The regular monthly meeting of the County Co-operative Marketing asso ciation was held in the court house Tuesday morning, with a v<nry good por centage of the membership pre Practically eveTy local in the coun ty was represented and discussions were held which proved interesting and profitable to those attending. Questions which cause doubt m tne minds of the members as to some ot the regulations and laws of the asso ciation are always discussed at these meetings and thrashed out before the entire meeting, with the aid of some officer of the association, who is ai ways in attendance at these meetings. Mr. H. A. McGee, of the tobacco crowing department of the associa tion, gave a timely talk on the grow ing and caring of bright giving instructions which will aid the tobacco-grower in making a much bet ter grade of the "weed*'. Mr. W. E. Lea, of Florence, S. C. was very interesting in his talk rela tive to the success of the association and the belief and confidence he had in the future marketing of tobacco. Mr. Lea is a man of much experience in tobacco, its growth and marketing, having been prior to his connection with the association, a warehouseman under the auction system for many years. The organization of the cotton co operative part of the association was ably discussed by Mr. F. W. Riaher, who is the field representative of the cotton division of the "co-ops." Two Carloads Hogs Shipped Tuesday Shipments in Car Lota Made from Red Springs and Buie—Farm Dem onstrator Dukes Is in Richmond to Market the Swine. Mr. 0. O. Dukes is spending a few days in Richmond, Va., where he went Tuesday with the initial shipment of hogs from Robeson county in car lots, the shipment being made from Buie and Red Springs, a solid car going from each town. Mr. Dukes wiil have charge of the marketing of the swine and will use every effort to get a handsome price for this shipment and establish a market which will prove profitable for future shipments from this coun One of the cars shipped belonged to one person, while the other was a co-operative shipment. Zion Hill Church Quilt to be Sold Night of March 30. The Zion Hill Baptist church quiit * wiil be sold at Smith's school house Friday night of next week, March 30, at 8 p. m. Numbers wiil be soid for 25c and th eone who gets the iucky number wiil get the quiit. The entire . proceeds wiii be used in painting the church. Mr. R. A. McIntyre of Lum berton wiii deliver an address and sell the quilt, which was made by Mrs. Lottie A. Byrd and her daughter, Mrs. Eva Mercer. The name of every one who has contributed is worked into the quilt, and all contributors are in vited to be present. Something over $75 has been realized in this way, and it is hoped that $50 or more wiii be raised at the sale. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILARY AND LEGION: ATTENTION Correspondence of The Robesonian Fall in line with us and be pre sent at the American Legion hall tonight at 8 o'clock—good music, good eats and a general good time. All ex-service men are requested to meet with us tonight and help us enjoy the occasion. We shall be glad to have just as many ex-ser vice men as will do so become members of our post, but do not let this keep you away at this time, as we shall be glad to have you whether you intend becoming a member or not. Every woman of the town and county who is a mother, sister or wife of an ex-service man is requested to mee$^with us on this occasion and become a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. The dues of the American Legion Auxiliary are $1 per year, so you may meet with us at this time and pay your dues or you may send your name end one dollar to Mrs. Sandy McLeod. You are requested to meet with us tonight whether you expect to become a member of this organization or not. W. B. IVEY, Commander. PoHy Tickk Show It Was To Laugh KHHnzty Funny Musical Comedy by Local Talent Enjoyed by Larfc Andience—Woman's Clnb Realised $120. "Mr. and Mrs. PoHy Tickk", kill ingly fanny 3-act musical comedy with ps&taleoned women, beruffled and be petticoated and henpecked men, and darling children whom even each n topsy-turvey world ae there portrayed had not robbed of charm, fomiahed two hours of side-splitting fun at the school auditorium Tuesday evening. It was a local-talent play under the auspices of the Woman's club under the direction of Miss Thelma Richard son of Roanoke, Va., put on after a week's practice, and enjoyed by a large audience. It is beyond question that the mem bers of the male sex, especially those married, would hate to see conditions now as they will exist in 1975, if it is to be in likeness to the play, which showed that the females were rul ing the vote and the governmer ;. The termination of the unbearable conditions to which the men were subjected came when the females try ed to pass an "anti-pants" bill, which was the limit of the faithful husbands' patience. The outstanding feature of the en tire show was the chorus, which was composed of Misses Mary and Jack Lawrence, Edith Barker, Frances Mc Neal, Lelie Straughn, Helen Town send, Margaret Biggs and Nesbit Page. Good voices, pretty faces, and wiching forms won from the audience the admiration they deserved. Quick changing of the numerous costumes was a feature within itself of the chorus. Others in the cast, each deserving special mention, were: Prof. W. B. Crumpton as Mrs. Polly Tickk, who was a scream. To see and hear him sing that hose-darning parody on "The Rosary" was worth the price. His interpretation of the part left nothing to be desired. He was ruled with an iron hand by the stern and unrelent ing Mrs. Polly Tick in the person of Mrs. T. L. Johnson. Christine Johnson, Betty Ross Ramsaur, Wallace Dun ham and John Robert Boyd, children of the Polly Tickks, were cunning as cunning, even if their ma did go off to political meetings and leave them to the care of their hose-darning pa, who was so scared to be left alone that the Mrs. had t6 'phone a friend to let her husband come over and spend the evening. With him came the most surprisingly arrayed bunch of he-bipeds that ever graced a stage, derelicts reduced to a ^pitiful pink sweatered and earringed and night-capped and aproned and beruffled state of servitude, in the matrimonially subdued per sons " of such he-men as E. W. Dunham, R. A. McIntyre, D. L Whiting, W. E. Bell, Robert Caldwell and Bernard Redmond. Miss Eva Oglesby, converted from politics and pants, to love and lingerie by the on !y*T)achelor in the cast, Ertel Carlyle, who also led the insurgent benedicts; Miss Elsie Thompson, "woman who wants to vote"; Miss Lula Norment, 'another who says* she won't"; Miss Evelina Beckwith, girl of 1850, pretty as a picture; Miss Elizabeth Peay, "girl of 1975," a picture in pants; Mrs. A. V. G. Wishart, Dame Fashion; Mayor E. M. Johnson, Father Time; Mesdames J. A. Martin and R. A. Mc Intyre, Misses Aileen Gramling, Nell Sutton, Carolyn White, Bonnie Ses soms; Robt. Caldwell, beruffled dude; Howard Bryant, male flapper. Miss Evelyn Boyd was pianist. Net receipts of the Woman's club amounted to 3120, gross receipts be ing approximately $295. Miss Rich ardson, who represents an Atlanta company, left yesterday for South ern Pines. County Shrine Ciub Elects Officers. The Robeson County Shrine club held its regular meeting here Tues day afternoon, at which time the fol lowing officers for the ensuing year were elected: president, W. A. China of Parkton; vice president, E. J. Chambers of Fairmont; secretary, Ernest P. McMillan of Maxton; treas urer, D. R. Shaw of Lumberton; cor responding secretary, I. L. Caldwell of Lumberton. Messrs. D. R. Shaw apd A. A. Davis were appointed a Committee to get all data on railroad fares, acco modations, etc., for the meeting of the imperial council of North Ameri ca which is to be held in Washington, D. C. June 6-7-8. It is expected that at least one special Pullman will be operated from here to Washington for the occasion. Messrs. J. A. Galloway, J. P. and Yates Floyd, Roy Johnson, Hybert Atkinson and Frank Jones of Fair mont were Lumberton visitors yester day. Dr. E. L. Bowman and little son and Mr. Ernest Smith of McDonald were Lumberton visitors yesterday. Next Check. Will Go to Cotton Coops Some Time in Aprii They Wi!l be DeMvered to Members by Representatives of the Aaooci* tion—To Fat oo MembeeoMp Cam * Raleigh, March 20—Delivery of cot ton by members was practicaHy #om pietod tfMs week, and the North Osro Hna Cbttoa Growers Co-Operative association will now concentrate its efforts on making settlement on the basis of sales made to date. The spring distribution wilt be made sometime in April, and the checks will be delivered to members by representatives of the association instead of being sent through the niaiis, as was done last time, ft was found that distribution of checks by maii was unsatisfactory. Members wiii be notified of the arrangements. As soon as the next distribution is made, the cotton cooperatives wiii put on a membership campaign. This drive is expected to double the mem bership. Already applications for membership are being received from many sections. The Cotton Co-Operatives are re presented this week at the Eastern Carolina exposition at Wiison with one of the most complete exhibits of the advantages of growing improved cotton and of taking care of it after it is grown that has ever been shown in North Carolina. The exhibit was prepared by Fred Haas, expert cotton grader for the association. "It pays to grow good cotton when you get paid for it", is the slogan adopted for the exhibit. , i The co-operatives are co-operating with the State Department of Agri culture in its campaign against jthe boll weevil, and this week is sending out 34,000 copies of an address recent ly delivered in Congress by Eton. Charles L. Abemethy, of New Bern, i nwhich he presented some valuable data prepared by Dr. L. O. Howard, distinguished insect .specialist of the Federal Department of Agriculture. Recorder's Court Drive to Enforce Turlington Act Causes Aimost Daiiy Sessions. The Turlington act and the drive of the local officers to suppress liquor violations caused the local record er's court to be in regular session the first 3 days of this week. Monday an ali-day session was held. Tuesday the session consumed the entire morning. Yesterday court was held between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. The foliowing cases have been dis posed of: Arthur Brown, transporting and posessing whiskey; no! pros with leave. Byas King, colored, forgery; bound over to July term Superior criminal court. Malcomb Humphrey, selling whisk ey; not guilty. Malcomb Humphrey, possession of whiskey; guilty; $10 and costs. Tom Parham, transporting whiskey; not guilty. Ealey McNair, colored, carrying conceaied weapons; guilty; 6 months on roads. He was aiso found guilty of assault with deadly weapon and given an additional six months. ^ Aionzo Collins, Indian, larceny; not guilty. CLEAN UP WEEK WHY ? Because the last %reek of March has been proclaimed as CLEAN-UP WEEK, throughout every city, town and hamiet of North Carolina. WHO? Every citizen, white or colored, old or young, rich or poor, who desires to 'make OUR town a cleaner and better place to live in. WHAT? Your untidy back yard with its weeds, cans and rubbish. Your dirty outbuildings fiiied with paper and trash so liable to fire. Your filled-up drainways that are breeding places for mosqui toes and disease; your chimney and flues, that may be a fire risk to you and your neighbor. WHEN? During the week of Match 25-31. 1923, when your neighbors and all patriotic citizens should be intent on cleaning up their houses and premises. HOW? Let all members of the family do their part in gathering all brush, weeds, bottles, cans, papers, shavings, rubbish and trash, and place it in place for the trash track. THIS APPEAL IS ESPECIAL LY MADE BY THE WOMAN'S CLUB, CHAMBER OF COM MERCE AND THE LOCAL POST OF THE AMERICAN LEGION THAT LUMBERTON MAY BE THE CLEANEST TOWN IN THE STATE. * E. M JOHNSON, Mayor St. Paul News Miss Pear! Howard's Condition Im proved—New Store BniMing Going Up—Miss Atice Stanton Becomes Bride of Mr. Roy Cain—Persona! and Other Items. By G. Johnson St. Pout, March 20th.—Friends of Mr. and Mrs. T Jeff Caudell were glad to have them com* over from Macksville last Thursday, spending the day among relatives. Mrs. Cau deH is pleasantly remembered by St. Paul friends as Miss Margaret Fish er. This being their first visit home since their marriage, they were very warmly greeted by old acquaintances. —Messrs. Jno. S. Butier and M. R. Hester spent a few hours at Eliza bethtown last Friday afternoon.— Mrs. Carl Howard is at Hertford this week^ guest of her daughter, Valeria, who Is Mrs. Oscar Felton.—Mrs. D. Shaw McEachern and son returned home Sunday after spending a few days at Raeford with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blue. A number from here went to Fay etteville Sunday afternoon to attend the great Ham-Ramsay revival ser vices which are in progress there, Sunday marking the beginning of the evangelistic campaign in that section, which will possibly be of several weeks duration. Some of the young folks of our town also went to F. M. C. on last evening to see the picture— or "the girls". Mrs. Mary g. Tumage arrived home this a. m. from a visit to her daugh ter.—Mrs. T. L. Northrop is in Fay etteville today on a shopping expedi tion. Friends of Miss Pearle Howard will be glad to note she is getting on very nicely. Her brother, Mr. Eugene How ard, spent Sunday in Charlotte with her, returning to St. Paul Sunday night. Mr. M. H. Parham's new store, which he is having erected, will be a brick structure 25 by 60 feet and will be a nice addition to our town. It is being built on the lot where the old one formerly stood. Mr. David T. Lambert, who is en gaged in work on the State highway, came over Sunday from Lumberton, spending the day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Nutting, Mrs. Nut ting being q cousin of Mr. Lambert. —Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Guiton gladly welcomed their daughter Miss Macy, home for a short visit Sunday, re turning Sunday night to Pittman hos pital in Fayetteville, where she is in training. The ladies of the Presbyterian church gave- a supper to the men on last Friday evening which was very much enjoyed. The supper was served in the S. S. rooms, and the tables were very lavishly laden with all kinds of good things in the way of "eats." After all was over, Dr. J. F. Nash and Mr. L .L. McGoogan were appointed to thank the ladies for the bountiful supper which all had most thoroughly enjoyed. Despite the in clemency of the weather, quite a num ber were present. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Thagard were Fayetteville shoppers today. Miss Alice Stanton and Mr. Roy Cain were married Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of her par ents. Rev. I. T. Poole performed the ceremony. The bride is an attractive young lady who received her educa tion at a college in Greensboro. The groonfs home is near Tolarsville. For some time now he has held a position with a wholesale house in Fayette ville, where they will make their home. A number of the ladies of the Bap tist missionary society met at the home of Mrs. D. B. Lancaster this afternoon. Each member bringing some little article. About (13.00 was raised from this one afternoon's dis play, which will be added to mission ary basket fund which the ladies began some time ago and which will go to purchase a piano for the new church. Cold Snap Did Considerable Damage to Fruit. Coldest March cold snap in 25 years Monday and Tuesday, tempera ture rising yesterday. Reports from different sections of the county are that the fruit crop will be cut con siderably, but it is difficult to make any accurate estimate. Some think the damage will be slight if the weather is good from now on. The crop of extra early peaches prohably will be cut around 40 per cent. Mr. E. L. Hamilton, manager of the Green Valley dairy farm, says lettuce was damaged very little but that straw berries were considerably damaged. It is thought that tobacco plants that were well protected escaped. It is estimated that the Sandhills peach crop will be cut perhaps two-thirds. The Atlanta Journal says the Geor gia peach crop was cut 10 to 15 per cent. Mrs. C. D. Baker, Miss Kinie Inman and Messrs J. F. Johnson and A. B. Bullock of Fairmont were Lumberton visitors yesterday. Parkton Letter By C. O. WHiiamton Mr. D. T. McMiBan's Right Hand A! most Cat Off in Saw MM!—Auto Wve€k=^Preaching Sunday — Par sonaj. Parkton, March 20.—Mr. Dsnie! T. McMiiian had the misfortune to get hie right hand almost cot off Friday at his sawmill in Cumberland eonnty as the carriage unexpectedly moved in the direction of the saw. He un thoughtedly piaced his right hand on the head Mock and the saw struck it near the joint of the wrist, leaving oniy the ieaders and skin. He was rushed to the Highsmith hospital at Fayetteville and is there yet. ft is now hoped that his hand may be sav ed, but it was a close call. An automobiie wreck occurred Sun day about 11 a. m. at Buckhorn swamp, near the bridge, about a quar ter of a mile north of Midway, on the Lumberton-Fayetteville highway. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Blackburn and two children, Eugene and Aibert, and another woman were bound for Lum berton to visit sick relatives. The car turned over immediately after pass ing another car, wrecking the top, windshield and several other parts of the Ford, breaking Mr. Blackburn's collar bone and hurting one of the boys. Dr. D. S. Currie was soon on the scene and treated the injured ones, who were taken to a hospital in Fayetteville. It was somewhat of a miracle that the entire party escaped serious injury. A tire exploding caus ed the ear to turn over. Mr. T. W. Thompson and sons, Jack, Ray, Henry and Ted, went to McColl, S. C., Sunday to visit relatives and to see the baby Rosa Martha, who Is making her home with her aunt Mrs. Terry of McColl. They found the baby doing fine. R. B. Hutson, J. B. Wright and the writer attended the Ham-Ramsay meeting in Fayetteville Sunday and report the greatest sermon ever. The choir is great too. This meeting will draw large crowds from our town and they will surely get value received. The bankrupt stock of goods of Lancaster A Jones of our town was purchased by Blue & Hutson. Mr. Justin McNeill and family of Lumberton and Mr. J. Worth William son of Fairmont spent Sunday with home folks in town. Sunday was the 5th birthday of Justin Jr., and when asked by his grandma what he want ed for his birthday dinner he replied, "onions and lasses cake/' This was somewhat of a disappointment to his [grandma. Preaching Sunday morning at the Methodist churdh by the pastor, Rev. R. F. Munns. Special male quartet. The public is invited. The foilowing appear on the honor roll: Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bodenheimer, a fine girl; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bunneli, a fine boy; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Thomasson, a 9 pound boy. NEWS FROM ROZIER S Not the Country Folk Who Visit the "Country Club"—Prohibition OB cers Ought to Take a Hand—Per sona!. By Mamie Harreli Rozier, (St. Paul R. 2) March 19.— Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taylor and baby of the Great Marsh section spent Sunday at the home of Mr. M. J. Barker. Mrs. Mary Davis and children of this section recently moved to near 'Marietta. / \ [ Mr. Archie McPhail of the Saddle nert were visitors at the home of i Mrs. Elizabeth C. Harrell Sunday af ternoon. We noticed n^a recent issue of The Robesonian where the "Country Ciub' was mentioned several times. We do not think it much of a man that will help to uphold such a place as this is and it is not the country folks either that visits the "country club", although, a few may go but the majority is from Lumberton and if it wasn't for the Lumberton crowd it would have done been raided. We think the prohibition officers ought to take a hand. Saturday and Sunday will be our regular preaching days at Rozier. Everybody welcome. Meeting of Teachers Postponed On account of the Easter holidays, the meeting of the white teachers of the county has been postponed by Supt. J. R. Pooie, who announces that the meeting will be held on Sat urday, April 7th, instead of March 31st, as at first intended. A Ma. *f EASTER CARDS ter tie at FREEMAN PRtNTtNG COMPANY, LCMBEETON, N, C. New easstr *f BeaaMea Crese sent aa4 wire Get year <ay*!y ter taeUe# Eeet. , . '.nniji:,i tin,nr , Cotton Marked Ripened by J. H. Bontngto^ Middting cotton ia quoted on the to co! market today *t 29 1-2 cento par poond. - ; Items of LocalNewa —Reguiar meeting of Eastern Stay in the Masonic hall this evening at 7:36. Instaiiation of officers. —Bom,to Mr. end Mrs. Haynaa CoIHns, at their home on East Irrnssd street, Sunday night, a giri. —License ha* beehissoed for Mm marriage of Miss Margaret Elisabeth Barnes of Maxton and Mr. W Elmer Marbry of Aibermarie. —Mr. A. P. Speii of Red Springy who was a Lumberton visitor yester day. s*ys the work of grading for hard-surface paving of the m*#* street of Red Springs has begun. —Miss Pear! Humphrey of St. Pau! hasaceepteda position as sales iady in^the ready-to-wear department of Mr. L. H. CaidweM's department store. She began work Monday. —Messrs Roger Pittman, W. C. Waiters and J. H. Johnson of Bar nesviiie were among the out-of-town peopie attending the iocai-taient piay, "Mr. and Mrs. Poiiy Tickk" at'" the school auditorium Tuesday night —Supt. J. R. Pooie is spending pert of today in Pembroke where bids . wiit be received for the construction of the Pembroke Indian pubiic school building. The new building wiii he buiit near the site of the new Indian Norms! institute buiiding. —Mr. R. H. Crichton wii! be operat ed on at Mayo Brothers hospital in Rochester, Minn., tomorrow, aaatH ing to s teiegram received this mom mg by his father-in-law, Mr & M Fulier. What the nature of the opera tion is was not stated, though it wee steted that it is not serious. Mr. end Mrs. Crichton went to Rochester !*** week, the former for examination. —Mr. A. Coiiins of Charlotte wes a Lumberton visitor Tuesday. He re turned home yesterday after spending a few days with home foiks near Fairmont. Dr. W. A. McPhaui, eity health officer of Chariotte, who came with Mr. Coiiins Saturday in the former's automobiie and a iso visited home foiks down Fairmont way, re turned to Chariotte Monday night. —A Rock Hiii dispatch states that a compromise may be reached in the case of Roach vs. Piedmont Teiephone Co., the case having been continued to the Greenviiie term of court. The suit is for $30,006, growing out of the death of T. B. Roach of Gastonia, a brother of Mr. W. A. Roach of Lmn berton, in February of iast year, when he was knocked from a cabie iine by a faiiing poie. —Messrs E. G. Parish and Aiex Theodore purchased Monday the New York cafe on South Eim street near the union station from John Papa and Tony Mondres, who ieft yesterday for Newberry and Coiumbia, S. C., res pectively. The cafe wiii be under the management of Aiex Theodore, who has been for some time connected with the Oiympia cafe, of which Mr. Parish is owner and manager. —Mrs. Ciarence Johnson, State Commissioner of Child Welfare, of Raleigh, passed through town thh* morning en route to St. Paui to at tend the annual meeting of the 12th district of the N. C. Federation of Woman s Ciubs in session there to day. Mrs. Johnson wiii address the meeting. She was accompanied from Lumberton by Mrs. John Knox, who is president of the 12th district and wHI preside at the meeting, and Mrs. A!f H. McLeod, president of the Lumber ton ciub. LUMBERTON DEFEATED FAIR. MONT YESTERDAY M TO Reported for *%Tie Robesonian. A good game of baseball was n!tn ed yesterday between Lumberton an Fairmont, the score being 13 to 3 i favor of Lumberton. Batteries ft Lumberton, Ritter, Bethea and Beci with; Fairmont, Bird and Huggin; Ffst^e of the game was the piayin of Wiiiiam Pope, who got a hit fc a home run. The Lumberton batter piayed better baii than Fairmont, a lowing only 4 hits, while the Fairmon pitcher aiiowed 15. Beckwith and B< thea piayed fine baii and deserv special mention. SUNDAY SERVICES Continuing the aeries of Sunday evening sermons at the First Bap tist Church on the "Antitheses of Character", the pastor wiii dis cuss Solomon and Rehoboam next Sunday evening, illustrating the seekers of wise and unwise coun sei. A part of the Lord's Day shouid be spent in worship. The church is the divinely appointed place. Its open doors are a standing invita tion; ^ Come at 11:00 a. m. and 7:3Q p. m. TODAY AND TOMORROW Special Admission Price 50c-25c
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