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EVERYBODY WELCOMES YOU TO L UMBHRTON THURSDAY MAY 10TH. PARADE, SPEAKING, BASE BALL IMTHE RORESf )NT ANIWI TTM ttv vn 9.Pi LUMBERTOH, N. C, W^NESDAY, BUY 9, 1923 coujrrar. god awd mem wtaw^md m$. r*rc* ftv* c*** 1 VOL. UV.-W. ^ „ f . — *» A w AovZSr , Program May 10, Parade Starts 10:30 A. M.—SpeaWng * at 11:30—Contests at Noon—Din ner, Concert, Ball Game—Where to Assemble. The program for May 10th has just been iasmed by the committee M the local post of the American Bo m eSt asHsc*? Legion posts of the county, and * as follows: Parade starts 10:30 a m. ; Speaking at court house at lltM Athletic and literary contests at Lumberton high school at 12 o clo«k. Dinner* will be served to Civil War veterans and those taking active part in the parade at old Presbyterian . church immediately after speaking, j Band concert at court house 2 p. m. j to 2:30 p. m. „ , Ball game at 3 o’clock at fair grounds—State college and univer sity. The following places have been se- > lected for those who take active part in the prade to assemble: j Schools—high school. . Civil War veterans are requeawsu to assemble at city hall not later than 9:30 and will be taken in oars to their place in parade. Military company will assemble on Walnut street north of 8th. ^ American Legion men will assem ble on 8th street from Chestnut to Walnut at 10 a. m. * Floats on Walnut street from Bap tist church to Thompson hospital. American Legion band on Chestnut at Methodist church. - East Luipberton band on 7th street west of Baptist church. Marshals will meet in court house at 9 a. m. ; Parade will march up Walnut to 14th, then west to Chestnut, then south to 2nd, then west to Elm, then north to 10th, then east to Chestnut, then south to court house. t Marshals . 'X Lumberton—F• EH Wisharti chief# D. H. Fuller, A. V G. Wishart, Fred Townsend, Claud Boone. A Fairmont—Furman Floyd, H. a* Thompson, H. H. Benson, Jim Floyd, R. L. Thompson. &t. Paul—Dr J. F. Nash, Neill Mc Eachern. W. A. Inman, L. A. King, W. F. Hester. *' Maxton—Henry McKinnon, J. E. Carpenter, W. H. Hasty, Dan Martin, Fkirley Morris. ■ ■ , _ Red Springs—B. M. McMillan, W. P. McCoy, L. W. Currie, F. C. Jones, Jas. A. Graham. '. The marshals are instructed to as semble in the office of County Audi tor A. V G. Wishart Thursday morn ing at 9 o’clock, where they will re ceive badges and instructions. Speakers for High School Finals **• Rev. W. A. Stanbury, pastor of Grace 'Street Methodist church of Wilmington, will preach the com mencement sermon for the Lumber ton high school in Chestnut Street Methodist church Sunday morning, May 27. Hon. Geo. V. Cowper ‘of Kinston will deliver the address before the graduating class on the morning of the 28th in the high school auditor ium. M The high school is fortunate in be ing able to secure Messrs. Stanbury and Cowper for the sermon and the ' address.; Other features of the com mencement will be announced later. Vote in Town Election. The result of the town election held in the court house Monday was as follows: For mayor, E. M. Johnson, 77 votes; commissioner—ward .io» 1, S. McIntyre, 76 votes, ward No. 8, Jk L. Stephens, 75 votes; school trustees —K. M. Barnes, G. L. Thompson and L. E. Whaley, 77‘votes each; board -of audit and finance—Frank Gough, H. M. McAllister and Jno. D. Mc Millan, 77 votes each. Superior Court Next Week. A 2-weeks’ term of Robeson Su perior court for the trial of civil cases will convene Monday of next week, May 14. Judge W. A. Devin of Oxford will preside. The calendar contains 120 cases. • • * • * * * *• * MERCHANTS CLOSE FOR AF- * * TERNOON SERVICES AT * * FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH * * The following merchants and * * business men have agreed to close * * their places of business every af- * * ternoon for the next week from * * 3j30 to 4:30, except tomorrow, * * when no afternoon service will'be * * held, and Saturday to give * * their employees an oppor- * * ttinity to attend the evan- * * gelistic services at the First Bap- * -* tist church: * * L. H. Caldwell, K. M. Biggs, * '* A. J. Holmes, W. I. Linkhaw, J. * * T. Biggs, Efird’s Dep’t, store, * * Lumberton Furniture store, King * * -Grocery, W. M. Freeman & Son, * * Sampson Cox, R D. Caldwell & * * Son, Stephens & Barnes, Miss * * Amelia Linkhauer, H. M. Beasley, * * Frank Gough, W. O. Thompson, * * D. G. Best & Son, M. B. Robbins, * * S. D. Sanderson. * *•• • • • • • • • MAYOR E. M. JOHNSON V . - : # ■ Mayor Johnson, who has just cc mpleted a term of one year, was re elected Monday for a term of two years, the firs^i time in the history of the town that a mayor has been elected for a tenfc of more than one year, ihe last Legislature having changed the length ’of* the term to 2 years. --- Much Interest In Evangelistic Ser vices at 1st Baptist Large Crowds Are Attending Servi ces—Dr. Jester is Preaching Ser mons of Great Power—Many Busi ness Houses Close for Afternoon Hour—Strong Sermon on Repent ance Last Night. Evangelistic services which began at the First Baptist chtrreh Monday night are drawing large crowds and much interest is being manifested. Dr. J. R. Jester, pastor of the First Bap tist church of Winston-Salem, who is assisting the pastor, Dr. C. H. Durham, is preaching sermons of great power. Many business houses are closing for the afternoon hour. Services are held at 3:30 and 8 p. m. daily, but n<> afternoon service will be held tomorrow on accobnt of May 10th celebration. 1 Repentance Taking as his text Acts 17:30, “And \the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent", Dr. Jest er preached a powerful and soul-stir ring sermon last evening. While this was only the third ser vice of the series the house was full and much interest was manifested. The children are especially invited to attend and fill the place reserved for them at Idle front and sing, for, as Dr. Jester termed it, this is “their meeting", too. “Repentance” wps Dr. Jester’s sub ject last evening. He held the undivid ed attention of his hearers. He said in part: Repentance is the first step to eternal life. The devil has blinded the minds of men and women as to the true meaning of repentance. Fear is not repentance. Years ago when San Francisco was visited by the terrible earthquake, the wicked came out from their places of vice and crime and fell down on their knees and to God cried for mercy, but only through fear, not repentance, and now that it is all over, they have forgotten their fear and gone back to the old life. Feeling is not repentance. Remorse is not repentance. After betraying Jesus, Judai was seized with remorse and not repentance, for had he re pented God would have forgiven him. “Saying prayers is not repentance; moral reformation is not repentance. “Sepentance is change of mir.d and action, or, as a little girl said ‘being sorry enough for your me«ness to to quit it.' A break with sin and all evil comes when repentance comes. When a soul repents it sees God on the cross and bleeding for us. God commands ‘all men everywhere to repent’. His. goodness leads to re pentance; He commands that we be born again, be born into the kingdom. A praying father and mother, or bap tism, will not save a soul without repentance. ‘Seek the Lord while Hej may be found'. He will save you if you • will repent of your sins.” The preacher told of the editor of a paper in Georgia, who wanted to be paved but had just one thing hold ing him back, something that he thought he could never give up. It was wheif Georgia was not entirely' “dry'1 and he was carrying advertise ments in his paper for the liquor con cerns. These advertisements meant, big money to him and his paper and he felt that he could not sacrifice that muoh, but when he got to the place that he was willing to sacrifice the business by cancelling the con tracts, he repented of his sins and ' ' "■ V,■~f ’ i Reward for Men ; Who Beat Women County Commissioners Offer Reward of $509/for Arrest and Collection of 18 M«n Who Flogged Women at PirectorviRe. * •• ? v - . i - .?t ■ r. t. At their meeting Monday, the coun ty commuubners passed an Order reading as follows: "Where** it has been .reported to the board, of commissioners of %>be son couifty that on the night of^lpril 14, 1925$ a, band of masked men, -con sisting nf- oighteen, entered the dwell ing houjie of Mrs. H. F. Purvis in the town* of Proctorville, Robeson county, and took therefrom the •said Mrs. H/ F. Purvis and Mrs. Frank Watson and carried them out of the town and cruelly whipped them; and “Whereas, the said crime is against the peace and dignity of the state, and has shocked the piiblic conscience of the good citizens of Robeson coun ty; now* tBterefore, be it resolved by the board' bf commissioners of Robe son county: “Thatjja reward of $500.00 is here by offetpd for the aSrrest and convic tion of the said eighteen men who entered, said dwelling house in the night time, or the proportionate part of said amount for each person who entered said house and'Committed the said reported crime.” v ■ . '.?y ■■■■ ■ ■■ i. ■ II ■ II • '•?» W; REX SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL VOTE ON BOND ISSUE JUNE 9 ' ft ■ * *•#.<- . $10,000 Bond Issue Proposed for New Building—Monthly Meeting of County Commissioners. A special bond and tax election was ordered for the Rex graded school district June 9th by the county com missioners at their regular monthly meeting Monday. An issue of $10,000 for a new school building is to be vot ed on. Mr. D. L. Ausley was appoint ed registrar/Messrs. J. S. Johnson and N. D. Shaw, judges of election. F. H. Blackwell was relieved of paying poll tax on account of physi cal disability. The Tegular pauper list was allow ed and, the following were added to the fist: Miles Parnell, $15 pe rmonth, Mag Oxendine and S. W. Graham, $4 each, D. Brewer and family, $10, Huth Grainger $% Louisa Good son atgl/Brown Locklear were ordered dropped i from the list, the regular monthly allowance of Dovie Carter and children was reduced from $15 to $10, ahd' the allowance of Annie Jane Lockleir was increased from $2 to $4. . 'V a The, Usual monthly statements wers filed by the sheriff, Bank of Maxton (as county treasurer), and county health aUd welfare officers. All)‘dwsmbers of the board were presems-fJohn W. Ward, chairman* C B. Townsend, Rory McNair, J. W Hughes, W. J. Council. Mr. t R Phillips of R. 2, Rowland, was a Lnmberton visitor Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Cain and baby daughter, Dorothy, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bullard and Mr. Thurman Cain spent Sunday at Roseboro, visiting relatives ana friends. They were ac companied home by Miss Ruth Mc Daniel, who will be here for sevfral ■ days# •• fr —rr ■■ ?T tH-Ji * V. was saVed and made a strong Christ ian- ; Dr: Jester closed his message by urging those present that were still out 4? Christ to repent of their sins befogs It is too late and be saved. “Ku Klux Ran Him Ended His Life Dr. James G. Rogers of Lake View Sent Pistol Ball Through Hi* Head Monday Might at Horn* of His Prw* ther Mew Marietta—Worried Over Hooded Klanamen. - home of his brother, Mr. Ot^M* Reg* era, who lives near Marietta," curing a 38-calibre pistol which sent I: bdV let through his head. WW*A2 Dr. Lester of Lake View was atflik monsed and stated; that death caafe* very quickly after the shot was fired. The county coroner and sheriff Wette notified, but din inquest was not deetft* od necessary- ■',>„/ Dr. Rogers had been visiting at the hotne Of his brother for several day! and retired to hla room about 10 o’clock Monday night. Shortly after reaching Jhis room a'shot was heard by Mr. Rogers and His family, and upon investigation found that the physician had barred the door of the room and without notice or without leaving any note explaining the ac tion had placed the revolver just above his right ear and fired the dbadly shot. V1- - '.V Worried Over Ku Klux According to Mr/ D. M. Rogers, bro ther of the deceased, the doctor ^had been worrying considerable abotft the Ku Klux Klrfn, mentioning' it quite often and jjfletissing it in *a disagree able mqtiher several times. On Sun day night Mr. Rogers sat up with him until l^te, daring which time the topic of conversation was the hooded klansmen. Whether or not the physi cian had been Warned or threatened by the klan Mr. Rogers di dnot say. When asked if he knew just what rea son his brother had for committing the adt, Mr. Rogers said, “The Ku Klux ran him crazy”. Mr. Rogers stated that his brother had not dissipated at all for the past several months and* was living in ac cordance with imftructions which were given him by specialists some ' time ago. He had at times been some what despondent over his ill health but had not mentioned this misfor tune in any great degree in some time. | Deceased Was 44 years of age and had been practicing medicine about 15 years. He was well known through out this .section of the country, being a promoter of horse racing and own ing several fast horses. Among those surving are his wife, who is a sister of Mrs. M. P. Cald well of Lumber ton, and five children, with whom he had not lived for sev eral yeats. Others surviving are his mother, Mrs. Catharine Rogers of Fair Bluff, 6 sisters, and one brother, Mr. D. M. Rogers of Marietta. —.... Marketing Associ ation Meets May 15 Coanty Meeting Will be Held Next Tuesday—Local Speakers Will Dis ease Practical Subjects. !'"* The next regular county meting of the Tobacco and Cotton Cooperative Marketing association will.be held at the court house in Lumberton Tues day, May 15th, St 11 o’clock a. m. Following is the program, made up of local talent, each speaker having madp a success along the line that he Will discuss: Permanent Pastures—C. C. Carter, Shannon. Beef Cattle—E. H. McKinnon, Row land. The Dairy Cow—E. L. Hamilton, Lumberton. ' : f ;! Hogs—W. W. Gibson, Jr., Bed Springs. Poultry—D. Ernest Roberts, Bed Springs. Non-members as well as members are invited. . .w. u. . ■ 4 ***.# •- *' ••-•••* u-v ■ ---.... „A* ... . . . I Buie’s Creek Academy Commence ment. The 37th annual commencement of Buie’s Creek academy begins on the night of May 12 and will close on May 17. Rev. J. W. Lynch D. D. of Durham *f!l preach on the 13th; on the 16th there will be declaimers’ contest, Senior class and other exer cises. The last day's program includes literary address by E. W. Sikes, Ph. D., president of Coker college, alumni address by Bev. Kyle M Tates, Th. D., Southern Baptist Theological seminary, and reunion of classes of 1913 and 1918. • Second Case of Smallpox in Rowland Section. - The second case of smallpox in the county has been ‘reported to Dr. E. R.k Hardin, county health officer, this ease being found on route 2 from Rowland. The first one reported last Monday was a man in the town of Rowland. IpRIVE IN You are entitled to good service -We Give It. Fuller’s Gasoline Depot Corner 2nd and Chestnut Streets God’s Recipe (or A Revival Revivals Come Only in Answer to Prayer Dr. Jester Tells Congrega tion ia First german—God s Peo ple Mwh Go on Their Knees to Victory. ■' ^ i i i^wt^eSmoT’i n^ihe*evtngelist te services in, progress at the First Bap tist, church. Revivals, he said, are not wagged up, are prayed down; they - must come in answer to prayer and in no other Way. A large congregation attended this initial service and Dr. Jester preached a sermon that searched the hearts of bis hearers and placed upon them the burden of the success or failure of the series of meetings. He es pecially urged attendance upon the day services at 3:30, which would be the best, he said, “if- there is any best to them.’', Dr. Jester said he would let the text preach itself, and sentence by sentence, with simple directness and earnestness, he laid upon the hearts the people “God’s rCcipe for a revival’’. He said in part: ’“If my people’—God has people," he said, "everywhere; he has people in this community, in this church— Tf my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves’. You must go on your knees to victory. There is a spirit of false pride, pride of position, pride of possessions, which puts people far from God. And there is spiritual pride, which does not bow the knee to God, which shuts God out. There is no way for any person, whether in poverty or in wealth, to find God except on his (Continued on page five) Record of Deaths MRS. FLORENCE BRITT Member of Prominent Family of Ten Mile Section Died Last Evening at Home of Son-in-Law and Daughter Here—Funeral This Morning at Ten Mile Church. Mrs. Florence Britt, aged 51, wife fo the late Isley Britt, died yesterday at 6 p. m. at the home of her son-in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fur man Biggs, Sixth street, after a long illness caused from cancer. Her father, the late Charles Town send, was a very -prominent citizen of the Ten Mile section, with a large family connection. His death occured only a few months ago. As the illness became worse a few months ago Mrs. Britt was given radium treatment at a local hospital and later made her home with her daughter and son-in-law until the ?n4 came. A great loss will be felt throughout the county and especially in the immediate vicinity of her home near Ten Mile Baptist church, of which she was a valuable member. Dr. Cha». H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, conducted the funeral services at Ten Mile Baptist Church' this morning at 11 o’clock, 22 years after he conducted the funeral of deceased’s husband, who was acci dentally killed. Interment was made in the cemetery near the church, where * very large crowd gathered to pay their last respects to a lost friend. Surviving are three daughters— Mrs. Cora Lipsky of Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Fonnie McNeill of Lumberton R. F. D. and Mrs. Furman Biggs of Lumberton—and three sons—Jesse, Charlie and Samuel Britt, all of the Ten Mile section. MR. JAMES LEGGETT Good Citizen and Prominent Member of Betbeeda Church Snceomba to Pneumonia. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Fairmont, May 9.—Mr. James Leg gette of R. 2 died at his home Friady May 4th, 4 p. m. Ha contracted pneumonia several days ago and it was felt from the first that he conld not lire. It has east a deep sadness over the community for he was a good husband, father and neighbor and will be greatly missed. Mr. Leggette leaves besides a host of friends a wife and ten children— 5 boys and 5 girls—to mourn his death. Rev. W. F. Trawick of Trinity Methodist church, Fairmont, preached the funeral at Bethesda church, of which he was a very influential member and where he was buried Saturday at' 5 p. m. The many beautiful floral designs attested the esteem in which he was held by his friends and neighbors. Messrs. Marvin and Mim Floyd, J A. Galloway and Frank Bardin were pall bearers, ;. £ Mr A. H. Perry and son, Mr. Leon Perry, of -Parkton, were Lumberton visitors this morning. Mr. J. R. Bullock of Proctorville was a Lumberton visitor Monday af jternoon. Cotton Market Reported by J.’ H. Barrington Middling cotton is quoted on tkn iocnl market today at 24 cents thn pound. Items of Local News «f /nne add one per cent will be a£ ded each month thereafter, according to Sheriff R. E. LtwS * -- PnviM on Water afreet from to Fifth has bsen completed •nd it is understood that traffic wffl be turned on this street tomorrow is order to sere so much congestion ah the corner of Third and Shu *—Little Mary Grace Whiting; daughter of >!f. sad Mrs. D. L. Whit ing, who had been ill with pneumonia at the Thompson hospital, baa suffi ciently recovered to return to her home on Eighth street. —If rumors that have been heard are true, many people will be anxious to see the Red Cross float in the big parade tomorrow. Work on this float has been going on for several daya and it will no doubt be a prize-winner. —Everybody is busy today putting out flags and decorating in general for the big celebration tomorrow. The streets have already been decor ated to some extent and the decorat ing committee is still on the job. —The Business and Professional Woman's dub will not have regular weekly “gym” exercises this week on account of the 10th of May celebra tion and the revival meeting. All mem bers are urged to be present Thurs day night of next week. —Mr. StmceoB Powell is assemb ling: matreial on his lot on the corner of Walnut and 13t£ street for the erection of a bungalow. Mr. N. P. Andrews is also preparing to erect a brick bungalow on his property on' the corner of 7th and Chestnut. —On account of the revival meet ing at the First Baptist church and the 10th of May celebration, the re* gular meeting of the I. O. O. F. lodge will not be held tomorrow (Thursday) night. All members are urged to at tend the meeting: Thursday night of next week. Workln 1st degree will be pot on. —A base ball game between the Old Timers and the local high school teams will be played bn the high school grounds Friday afternoon. This will be the second game of the season between the Old Timers and (the scholars, the first resulting in a victory for the Old Timers and caus ing much fun. —Dr. R. C. Beaman, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist chuseh, Martin county, where Sunday morn ing he will preach the commencement sermon for the high school of that place. Snnday night Dr, Beaman will preach at Plymouth, Washington county. He will visit his son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs. John Suter, at New Bern, before returning home about the middle of next we&ZT As stated in church notes elsewhere in J- A, Honuidy of Maxton will HU Dr. Beaman's pulpit Sunday. —Last week's Charity and Children carried a handsome picture, the "counterfeit presentment” of 'Squire S. S. Small of LumbertJon, the text underneath telling how at a recent feed of the Lumberton Baptist Bara cas 'Squire Small surpassed all and sundry, including some invited Metho dists, in showing by his works appre ciation of the good things then and there set forth. But Shucks! ’Squire Small says h« ain’t such an “satin’” man at that; the boys just made that np; but he ought to figure that it is worth it to get his picture in that great paper which the late J. P. Cald well used to call “The Youth’s CuMfl of North Conn,. I DECLAMATION AND READ* ING CONTESTS TONIGHT Girls at School Auditorium sad Boys at Coart Hosse, Both at 8—Hearty Response From Schools of County. To the Editor of The Robesonian: The response from the various schools of the county for the de clamation and reading contests has been so hearty that it will be im possible for both contests to be held in the high school auditorium at the same time on Wednesday night It has been decided, there fore, that the contest to be engag ed in by the boys will be held in the court house at 8 o’clock and the contest for the girls will be held in the high school auditorium at the same time. I am sure nothing can make these contests as interesting as to have a large attendance of the people at each place. Come and let us make this first event a success. W. B. CRUMPTON, Supt. City Schools. GRADUATING PRESENTS: REMINGTON PORTABLE TYPEWRITER A BIBLE A BOOK or riCTlON GOLD OR SILVER EVERS HARP PENCIL MONOGRAM STATIONERY PICTURE FREEMAN PRINTING COMPANY LUMBERTON. N. C.
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