WATCH YOCR LABEL AND SEND IN RE NEWAL BEFORE TOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES. WATLH YO0R LABEL ALL SUBSCRIPTION* ABE DISCONTINU. ED WHEN THEY EXPIRE VOL. LIV—NO. 14. SERTON, N C, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1923 COUNTRY. OOD AND TRUTH. ESTABLISHED MW MUCH WVB CHET* MM A YEAH. DUE W ADVANCE Work on New Weave MM Will Begin in a Few Days Material is Being Assembled jm Lot Between Lnmberton and Dr^den Milia—Charlotte Man Has Contmet f.r BalMing—MM Will Make Sa teen. Brick is now being placed onthe site between the Lnmberton and Dres den yam mills and lumber ^ bemg assembled for construction of the 600-loom, weave-mill, of the Mans field Mills Co., Inc., which will absorb the Lnmberton and Dresden mills. Contract for the construction was awarded a few days ago to E. H. Clement of Charlotte, and .work on the new building will begin within the next 15 days. Sateen will be a product turned out by the new mill, something unusual for this part of the country. Sateen is used generally for coat and cloak lining and has a very good demand. Not only will this additional enter prise boost Lumberton along textile lines, but will give a boom to the business life. , The main offices of the Mansfield Mills Co. will be in the cotton mill office building now used by the Lum berton, Dresden and Jennings Mills Companies. Cawthon is Ku Klux Defender HandMlls Announcing Lecture Mis leading Unless Speaker Has Chang - ed—Defended Man Before Legisla tive Committees. The Rev. K. W. Cawthon who is hand-biiied to lecture in Lumberton tomorrow night is the Baptist preach er who appeared before the Senate committee on secret order legislation at the recent session of the Legisla ture in defense of the Ku Klux Kl&n. He said that he came before the com mittee on his own initiative. He is considered an ardent defender of the klan. It would seem, then, that the hand bills reading "Tbe Menace of the Ku Klux Klan, Principles and Methods Exposed',' are misleading, unless Mr. Cawthon has seen the light, for it is fair to assume that a man with Mr. Cawthon'e previous attitude toward the klan would dismiss the "menace" of the klan much as a certain histor ian dismissed his subject in a chapter headed "Snakes in Ireland", by say ing that there is no menace, and that principles and methods of the klan as exposed by him would be more in the nature of worship and praise. No doubt those who go to hear Mr. Cawthon may expect to hear quite a different lecture from what the hand-bills would lead one to ex pect. . COUNTY ROAD SUPERINTENDS TO BE ELECTED NEXT MONDAY Position Now Carries Salary of $2, 000 and Requires Entire Time. Next Monday, which is the first Monday of the month, is the day set for the appointment of a road super intendent for Robeson county. The recent Legislature passed an act which give this position a straight salary of $2000 per year with no ex pense allowance. It also provides that the holder of this position will give his entire time to the position. It is understood that several appli cations will be made for the posi tion and which will be presented to the board offroad commissioners at their meeting next Monday. Commissioners Will Consider Employ ing Veterinary Surgeon Monday. Chairman John W. Ward says that at the regular monthly meeting of the county commissioners to be held Monday the matter of employing a veterinary surgeon for the purpose of vaccinating hogs and otherwise de creasing contagious diseases among cattle will be brought before the board. Any one interested in this movement, for or against, is request ed to meet with the board during the afternoon session, as the matter will not he handled until after the noon recess. Contract Let for Indian Public Schooi Building. Contract for the erection of the In dian public school building at Pem broke was awarded Monday to the Casque and Courtney Construction Co. of Florence, S. C., which bid $16 600. Dr. Durham Will Speak at Smith School Finals Friday. Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, will deliver the address at the closing exercises at Smith's school Friday at 11 a. m. As stated in Monday's Robesonian, there will be exercises at this school to night Prof. E. L. Parker is princi pal. Mrs. Don Britt of Smyrna is the guest of Mrs. L. B. Rowan at her home on East Fifth street. Mesdames D. C. Ratley and F. F. Purvis and Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Rat ley and daughter, Mrs. McNeill, of Fairmont, were Lumberton visitors yesterday. Mr. S. McIntyre Will Erect New Office Building Contract Has Been Let for TwoStory Building Corner Chestnut end Fifth. Mr. S. McIntyre has let the contract to Mr. Carmichael of Charlotte for the erection of a two-story store and office building at the comer of and Fifth streets. The hoHding will front on Chestnut 37 &nd wiH extend back 80 feet. The second floor will be used by Messrs. McIntyre, Lawrence & Proctor for their law offices end the first fioor probabiy wiil be used for a store. Wails wiii be constructed so as to per mit addition of a third story. It is understood that material will be as sembled and work will begin in,the near future. Clearing away for this buiiding will remove one of the an cient landmarks of Lumberton, the old building which formerly was used as a residence and which In recent years has been used as a shoe shop and a tin shop. Mr. W. F. Edwards has moved his shoe shop from this build ing to the Seleebe building on Elm street, and it is understood that Mr. Webster will move his tin shop in the near future. r Recorder's Court Four Cases Involving Alleged Viola tion of Prohibition Laws. The following cases have been dis posed of in Recorder W. B. Ivey's conrt during the week: Sampson Locklear, Indian, trans porting whiskeyt guilty; $50 and costs. Sampson Locklear, receiving more than one quart of whiskey in 15 days; guilty; prayer for judgment conti nued for 2 years upon payment of costs and provided defendant does not violate any of the liquor laws. Sampson Locklear, posession of whiskey; guilty; judgment suspended upon payment of costs. Arthur Brown, white, charged with violating liquor laws, transporting, and having in posession, was more than a quart in fifteen days was found not guilty. Brown was arrested on the above charges several days ago but the case was then nol prossed with leave. Major Watson, colored, affray; guilty; 30 days on the roads. Daisy McKinnon, colored, affray; guilty; 30 days in county jail. Lizzie Reads, colored, statutory va grancy; guilty; six months in jail. Jack Duckery, colore3, drunk and disorderly on the streets of Lumber ton, guilty; 4 months He was Stlso charged with possession of whiskey, found guiity and sentenced to 3 months on the roads. Claud McCormick, manufacturing whiskey, possession of whiskey and transporting; 12 months on the roads for first two charges and payment of costs in transporting charge. Defend ant gave notice of appeal and made bond in the sum of $500 for his ap pearance at July term of Superior court. Isley Hihnt, Indian, possession of whiskey; not guilty; manufacturing whiskey; not guilty. Mary Jacobs, Indian, possession of whiskey; not guilty; manufacturing whiskey; not guilty. Elijah Lyde, drunk and disorderly; $5 fine and costs. R. C. Townsend had a warrant sworn out for Robert Sanderson, In dian, charging violation of the stock law. Sanderson was found not guilty, the court finding that it was h fri volous and malicious indictment and Townsend was taxed with the costs. He was also fined $20 for not ap pearing after having been supo enaed as a witness. FIVE GALLONS CORN "LIKKER" POURED INTO GUTTER Five gallons of com "iikkcr" was ordered poured into the gutter Mon day morning by Recorder Ivey, it be ing the same "evidence" which par tially caused the conviction of Claud McCormick, who was sent to the rqpds for 12 months, and appealed. As soon as the officers finished pouring the "joy fluid" into the gut ter, someone threw a lighted match into it, possibly to test it as to it's quality. It immediately caught fire and burned, giving off an offensive odor and a flame which resembled the flame from burning wood alcohol. Lamnerton Junior Team Defeats Elizabethtown. Reported for The Robesonian. On Tuesday afternoon, March 20th, the Lumberton junior baseball team played an interesting game with the high school team at Elizabethtown, the score being 16 to 2 in favor of Lumberton. There was snap through out Lumberton has played good Mil from the start and so far has hot lost; a game. Batteries for Elizabethtown, Fisher and Sutton, for Lumberton, Bryant, Bethae and Beckwith. Rev. Dr. R. C. Beaman, Messrs. K. M. Barnes, E. W. Dunham and Ed. Rancke Jr., and Mr. Barnes' sons, Masters Horace, Wilton and John Rhodes, were visitors in Dillon, S C., yesterday afternoon. Mr. Ippie Ivey of Orrum R. 1 was a Lumberton visitor yesterday. End of Need For Mission Work in China in Sight Bishop Hey in inspiring Address at Cheatnat Street Church BrWgaEn couragipg News From Far, Best— Christina Clnrch is M+**h* *&? *ggl jwnvHwy wvw Church Win he Seif Snpporting (n Chins i*M Yeats. ; ^ "There has never before , behn time when the Christian ehoreh was moving forward as it is today as China", declared Bishop S. J. Ray of the. Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in an address at Chestnat Street church Tuesday evening. "Every doHar of Centenary money sent to the foreign field is welt used", he said. "Eighty per cent, of this money is being invested in permanent buildings—churches, colleges, hospi tals—and the work is rapidly becom ing self-supporting. Some of the work already is self Supporting." "1 do not believe that it will be necessary to send missionaries to! China mojre than 30 years longer,"] declared Bishop Hay, who has been located in Shanghai, China, and who] was called home to tell something of what has been accomplished with the millions that have been poured Into the foreign field. It is often asked, he said, what will be done when Centen ary money is exhausted. The above is his reply. "I believe," he said, "that if every missionary were called home tomorrow the work would go on, but the withdrawal would be premature and disastrous in many ways." Bishop Hay's address was inspiring and delightful and the congregation, which did not quite fii ithe main audi torium of the church, was given .a rare treat. Despite the handicap pf a recent attack of influenza and fa tiresome ail-day trip across North Carolina on a slow train, Bishop Rav delivered a gredt address, thrilling his audience at times with bursts of eloquence It is a pity the church was not packed. Bishop Hay has been speaking in this campaign since early in February in important^ points in several Southern States. He was a guest while here at the home of B%r. and Mrs. A. E. White and went yes terday to Raieigh, speaking in Hay Street church there last night. Further report of his address will be given ih' Monday's Bobesonian. k Maxton News Letter Car Full of Peop!e Do a WildWest Cowboy Town Shooting-Up Stunt— Spiendid Musical Entertainment at Methodist Church—Persona!. By Grace D. McCurdy. Maxton, March 26.—Great excite ment prevailed in town in the middie of the night Thursday when a car fuli of people rushed madiy through town and out into the coun try, shooting as they went. No one seems yet to have discovered what their intention was, or whether there was any other intention but to scare quiet peacefui bodies and make them imagine they were living in the Wiid West in the days when cow boys went on periodical sprees and "shot up" the nearest towns. Mr. and Mrs. J P. Wiggins left for Charlotte Thursday to snend the week-end. Mrs. J. O. McClelland ac companying them. Mrs. Lacy Williams is looking for ward to the visit of Mr. Mcllwaine, the former oastor of the Presbyterian church of Maxton, who with his fam ily will be in Maxton a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Henry McKinnon, with their little son, left Saturday to spend the week-end in Goldsboro, accompanied by Mr. Hervey Evans. Election of officers for the Pres byterian Sunday school was held re cently, and Mr. McKay McKinnon will again be superintendent A splendid musical entertainment was given Sunday evening at the Methodist church. SPLENMO CONFERENCE FOR ORGANIZED CLASSES AT FmST BAPTIST CHURCH TUESDAY Secretaries 8trick!and and Middleton H'ghly Pleased With Attendance and Interest. Reported for The Robesonian. There were about two hundred peo ple from nineteen churches of the Robeson association who attended the conference for organized classes at me First Baptist church Tuesday. Hie conference was conducted by Mr. Harry Strickland, secretary of the or ganized eiass department of the Sun day School Board of Nashville, Tenn., ahd Mr. E, L. Middleton, secretary pf the Sunday school department of me State Mission Board at Raleigh. These gentlemen were highly pleased with the attendance and interest of the Sunday school workers of the Robeson, stating that it was one of the best conferences they had held. There were two sessions, one in the forenoon and one in the afternoon. Lunch was served during the noon re cess by the ladies of the First Bap tist church. The chief feature of this helpful conference was the inspira tional addresses by Mr. Strickland. : Raisers Pteased With Checks Re ceived For Hogs Two Car Loads Shipped from Robe son Last Weeh Brought t —Number of Powuda Was M,23d— Robeson Can Become a Leader !n Production of Soiae. Two checks totalling $2^67.11 were .received for the two c*ra of hogs shipped fro mBute end Red Springs bust week to Richmond, Va^ the sale being made to Ringan 4t Co^ Ltd. The tote! number of pounds wee 29,930. One !ot of the hogs wes eat in price 25 points on eccount of oversize, these particular hogs being farrowed iest July. With this exception the hogs soid for 9 cents per pound in Richmond, the cost of the hogs being between $5.75 end $6 per hundred. This cost includes the fermer's ow ncom at market price, but does not include the freight charges, which amounted j to 56 cents per hundred pounds, in cluding all fees, feedings and insur The individual car which contained j 14,845 pounds, raised by Messrs. T A. and W. W. Gibson of Red Springs, brought $1,336.05, and the co-op car, which contained 14,985 pounds,! brought $1,331.06. The small differ ence that will be noted in the re ceipts and pounds of the two is caus ed by the lot of hogs that were over size.-^. - '' - The raisers ere perfectly pleased with their sale and are going into the hog raising business with renewed vigor and will more than double their production, Mr. 0. O. Dukes, county farm demonstrator, had charge of the sale of the hogs and went with them to Richmond, where he used every effort in securing for the raisers the top price. He had made a careful survey of the cost of producing the hogs and states that it is now an Assured fact that Robesonjcounty can become a leader in the production of swine. Accompanying him to Rich mond were Mr J. M. Watts, of the state swine division and W. W. Gib son of Red Springs. Another shipment of hogs will be made in August from Buie, which will be at least two cars, if not more. Those owning lots of hogs in the co-operative car were Messrs. H. B. Ashley Jr., J. A, McCallum, Harvey McMillan, A. M. McGirt, A. D. Brown, O. O. Dukes and J. McP. Bracey. Hogs weighing between, 150 and 200 pounds demand the top price, and not the larger ones. IVEY'S BLUFF ITEMS The Early Farmers—Fight With Bo!! Weevil is On—No Poison for his'n —Splendid Program at Mt. EHm— Good Choir from Zion's Tabernacle, Correspondence of The Robesonian. Orrum, March 28.—Most of the farmers in this section are throngh planting corn, and while it's early we "believe it's for the best. "The early bird gathers the worm," why not the early farmer gather the corn? We saw several acres coming up on Mr. Heck Stephens' farm. Cotton planting has already begun. "The fight is on", Farmer vs. Boll Weevil. If we should have an ideal crop year, 1923 will tell who will boss the situation, farmer or weevil. I hear a few say they are expecting to use poison on a small scale, such as arsenic and Hill's mix ture. They are friends of mine and can do as they please, but I am like the negro who saw Hie alligator in the pond where his friend wanted him to go bathing, "You can go" he said, "just a friend of mine, but I'll stay right here". I don't intend to take any chances with poison. The writer had the pleasure of be ing at Mt. Elim church last Sunday which was the regular appointment day for service. Our pastor, Rev. P. T. Britt, omitted his sermon until 7:30 that night, on account of a special program which was rendered by the children of the community in behalf of foreign missions. We wish to congratulate Miss Sarah Stone on the excellent way she trained the children and conducted the exercise in such a short time. A very nice col lection was realized from the gather ing. We do not know just how it came about but to our surprise and pleasure we found a new choir in stalled where our regular choir be longs. There were very few faces we knew, we guessed they were invited by our good superintendent, Mr. E. B Stone. On inquiring we learned that the majority were Kinlaws from Zion's Tabernacle. They sang many selections and ifs many days since Pve heard a choir render such good music. I take pleasure in thanking them everyone and wish they could visit us often. No wonder our young men followed their pastor in the af ternoon to his regular appointment many faces among that choir that at Zion's Tabernacle, for we saw were pleasant to look at. Map of Robeson County, size 3x4 feet; accurately compiled by Wood berry Lennon. Shows every road, school house, church, stream, swamp, railroad and all places in the County, properly indexed. Price $1.25. Agents wanted. See or write BEN G. FLOYD, Prof. Poole's oMc* at the Court House, Lumberton, N. C. St. Paul News Legion Minstrt! at Grey's Creek Fri day Evening—Mr*. M. R. Renter Suffers Stroke of Paraiysis—^Mar riage of Mian Saiiie Johnson and Mr. Wei!! Odom—Sekoo! WH! Sna pend a Day for Easter SPLEWDiD MEETfWG OF FEDERATED CLUBS By Btsait 0. St. PaaL March 27.—Within the past weeks the American Legion min strel has been given at Barker's and Fairmont and we! he taken to Grey's Creek on Friday evening of this week M yon enjoy a dandy good show don't fail to be on hand Friday evening, the 30th. at 8 o'ciock, when a hundred iaughs await you. Mr. A. E. Howard spent Sunday in Chariotte with his sister, Miss Pesrie, and reports her doing niceiy. Friends of Mrs. M. R. Hester, wiii ieam with deep regret Of her iiiness, having suffered a slight stroke of paralysis Sunday night. Several of the Hester relatives have arrived. Several from here are attending the Ham-Ramsay revival in Fayetteville. Among those who went over last Wednesday evening we note Misses Ethei Hester, Fiossie Caudeii and Mr. Otha Parker. Miss Saiiie Mack Johnson of near St. Paul and Mr. Neiil Odom of Rae ford were married at Raeford on the 18th. After a short bridai trip which they spent at Lexingto'n, Vs., with a brother, Mr. Alexander Odom, they are at home to their many friends at Raeford. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caudeii, who were married here on the 20th, ar rived in town iast Friday afternoon and are housekeeping at Mrs. Flora Bennett s residence on Main street. Misses Virginia Withers and Julia McNeil! spent the week-end among relatives and friends at Liiiington, returning to St. Paul Sunday after Boon. MiM Fithprg jsa member of the school faculty whue Miss Mc Neil! is empioyed in the Review of fice as printer and office manager. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Marlpy of Lumber Bridge were recent visitors among relatives here. Mrs. Mariey is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Lan caster. Mrs. Knight of near Quitman, Ga. who has been on an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs. J. M. O. Den mark, since the early fall months, re turned to her home last Saturday. Her husband died some time ago, and it is very prabable she wiii return to St. Paul and make her home with Mrs, Denmark.. The majority of the school faculty are going home for the Easter holi days, therefore the local schools will be suspended until Tuesday a. m. Miss Laura Scarborough is plan ning to spend Easter with Miss Helen Oliver at Marietta. A large delegation from the towns in the twelfth district was present at the annual meeting of the N. C. Fed erated clubs which was held in the Methodist church here on Thursday of last week. Several splendid talk" were made which were fuii of intense interest and enjoyment. Two of Fay etteville's most accomplished musi cians, Misses Anita Ast and Frances Green, were present and their beauti fui selections were also very much en joyed. At the noon hour a delightful luncheon was served the visiting de legates by the ladies at the Presby terian manse, which is just across the street from where the meeting was held. Ebom & Son, whose stock of dry goods was burned some months ago, are ready for business again. We hope no such iii iuek wiii attend them this time. Mr. J R. Gurganus and famiiy are moving this week to Chesterfield, S. C., where they formerly resided. Mr. W. F. McDonald "wiii have charge of the market which Mr. Gurganus was proprietor of while here. MR. R. X. BULLARD PAINFULLY i INJURED IN A FALL Hurled to Floor of Freight Car When Car Waa Struck by Train Mr. R. X. Bullard, warehousemen for Mr. L. H. Caidweii, suffered pain ful injury yesterday morning about 8 o'clock when he was knocked from a gang piank to the warehouse plat form on the Seaboard sidetrack. According to eye witnesses, Mr. BuHard was standing on the piank that was used to roii trucks on from the car, when the freight train, which was shifting cars, hit the car from which they were unloading flour. The sudden compact hurled Mr. BuHard to the floor of the platform. He was taken to the Thompson hospital, where x-ray pictures were taken. The physicians state that they do not find any bones broken and that Mr. Bud lard wiU be able to leave the hospital in a few days. Several painful bruises and the shock constitute the injuries. Mr N. H. Biddell of Pembroke was a Lumberton visitor yesterday. Town Taxes—1922 Three per cent was added to unpaid taxes on March 1st. An additional one per cent will be added on April 1st. making 4 per cent. J. P. RUSSELL, Clerk and Treasurer. Cotton Market Reported hy J. H. Barrington Middiing cotton is quoted on the !* *at market today at $27.75 per ho* ired pounds. !tem$ of Local New* —Mr. F. Ertel Carlyle will deliver the commencement address at Whit* HtM Indian school, near Maxton, be awww aftamoon at 1:M. —M^ Josh Brisaon of Tor Hoof