WATCH TOUR
ALL SUB9CR!
ABEDiacoM
ED WHEN 1
Court (loses With
Docket Cleared
Co-op Case Continued—E. B. F!oyd
Recovers Damages from Coast
Line for Injuria^—9 Divorces
Granted.
The civii term of Superior court
which convened Monday with Judge
N. A. Sinclair of Fayetteville presid
ing adjourned yesterday afternoon,
the docket having been completed.
The most important case, that of
the N. C. Tobacco Growers Co-op
erative Association vs. W. G. Watts,
was continued after the defendant's
wife was made a co-deiendant in the
action. The association brought
suit for alleged violations of con
tract and to get a restraining order
to keep Mr. Watts from seliing to
bacco on the open marKet.
Divorces were granted as follows:
D. A. Strickland vs. Ada Strick
land, James E. Chavis vs. Ida Mae
H. Chavis, Jarvie Hardin vs. Elma
Cleat Barnes vs. Arrenie
Bames, Walter Davis vs. Leola
Lorey Davis, Andrew White vs. Bes
sie W&te, W. E- Bums vs. 11a May
Bums B. J. Johnspn vs. Sallie
Johnson, Edith Jackson Braswell vs.
Forrest Braswell. ' ^ . .
The suits brought by E. B. Floyd,
Da Edwards et al. against the At
lantic Coast Line R. R. company
were compromised, Mr. Floyd re
ceiving $700 for personal injury and
$200 for damage to car. 11a Edwards
and Raymond Edwards received $70
and $25 respectively for personal in
juries. The case grew out* of an ac
cident which occured at Orrum near
ly a- year ago, when the Coast Line
passenger train struck a car in
which the plaintiffs were riding,
practically demolishing the car and
severely injurying the occupants.
A number of other cases was con
tinued and & large number was com
promised, only a few cases being
tried by jury. < +
Judge Sinclair left yesterday af
ternoon for his home in Fayetteville,
going via. Rowland.
S Widows Helped by
Mother's Aid Fund
County Commissioners Approve Ap
plications — Cotton Weighers
Gtraders Appointed.
At the meeting of the county com
missioners Monday applications iot
aid through the State mothers' aid
fund, recommended by Miss Elizabeth
Frye, county welfare of Acer, were
approved for the following: Mrs. Lou
Ann Belch, St. Paul, $15 per month;
Mrs. Lily S. WillifoTd and Mrs. Mag
gie McD. Gilmore of St. Paul, Mrs.
Jessie B. McDonald of East Lumber
ton and Mrs. Ola May Talbot of
Fairmont R. 3, $10 each. The mothers'
aid fund was provided by the last
Legislature to enable deserving
widows to keep at home children that
they otherwise might have to consign
to an orphanage.
A. F. Jones and J. B. Peacock were
appointed cotton weigher-grader for'
the towns of Red Springs and Max-!
ton, respectively. Each was required
to furnish bond itr the sum of $500.
Caroline Locklear and Lucy Hall
McDonald were ordered admitted to i
the county home. The following were
placed on the paupef list: Julia Dean,
$10 per month; Daisy Cox, Susi Hunt,
Millie Dean, Joe Deal, $5 each; Mary
Rogers, $4.
Bills were ordered paid. They will
be published in the next issue of The j
Robesonian.
J. Guy Grantham Released Under
$10,000 Bond.
J. Guy Grantham, white, one of.
tlie three men charged with killing
Barney Hunt, Indian, at Rose Hill
negro church, early Saturday morn
ing, was released from jail this
morning under a $10,000 bond,
which was made by Mr. Stephen
Grantham, father of the accused*
man. Pompey Bartley and Erastus
McQueen, colored, are still in jail
in default of bonds of $10,000 each.
Hunt was killed by shots fired
from a passing automobile in which
Grantham and the two colored men
were riding. The coroner's jury or
dered the three men held for higher
court.
Stubbs Property to be Sold at Auc
tion Fr!day at Fairmont.
A 2-story brick building, an 8
room dwelling house and 25 resi
dence lots, property of Mr. H. G.
Stubbs, will be sold at auction at
Fairmont tomorrow, Friday, at 2:30
p. m. This is 'said to be some of the
most valuable property in Fairmont.
—Mr. A. W. McLean says that the
place in Wisconsin where he spent
his vacation and from which he re
turned a few days ago, as mention
ed in Monday's Rbbeaonian, haa the
most deHghtful climate he has ever
experienced. Frost was not unusual
when he was there with a party of
friends last month!. It is in vast
woods, in a region where lakes
abound, and he has never seen such
abundance of fish in his life. Re did
not say so exactly, but one gathers
from his remarks that the only ways
to keep fish from biting was to get!
behind a tree. Mr. McLean was!
greatly benefitted by his outing and j
returnedf^in vigorous health.
Negro Dies From
Severe Beating
CHff Hamilton Died Yesterday as Re
aait of Beating Given Him Wight
of Angust 25—Seven Companions
in Gambimg Game Beat Him and
Took His Winnings—Three of the
Negroes in Jail.
Cliff Hamilton, colored, died at the
home of his brother, across the river
from Lumberton early" yesterday
nnomlTtg as the result of a severe
beating he received when a quarrel
was started during a gambling game
on Saturday night, August 25th.
The negro came to his death as
the result of blows administered by
John Henry McKinnon, Robert Mc
Kinnon, Rawleigh Woriey, Henry Ja
cobs, Henry Sanders, Donnie McNair
and Dud Rogers, according to the ver
dict rendered by the coroner's jury
yesterday afternoon. The jury order
ed that the men be heid for higher
courts, and Henry Jacobs, Henry
Sanders and Dud Rogers all colored,
are confined in jail. The others have
not yet been arrested.
According to the evidence brought
out at the inquest, Cliff was winner
in a big "skin" game and other mem
bers of the gambling game proceed
ed to beat him up and take his money
away from him. For several days he
would not tell anybody what was the
matter with him, but lie was unable
to get out of bed. He finally told that
he had been hurt at one of the tobacco
warehouses when a basket of tobacco
fell on him. As soon as his condition
grgw worse he gave Chief of Police
D. M. Barker the names mentioned
above, as the men who beat him up.
When the officer started to look for
the men he could not find and has not
yet found the McKinnon negroes. It
was in evidence that the negro was
in his right mind when he gave the
names of those who whipped him.
According to Dr. T. C. Johnson,
who was called to see him, he had re
ceived a severe blow on the back of
head, some on his shoulders and on
the lower part of his back, A kidney
or his bladder was ruptured, or pos
sibly both.
MR. RO^T. WEINSTEIN
AND GUESTS IN AUTO
WRECK AT DUNN.
Car Tamed Over in Making Sharp
Tam—Mr. Weinstein's Left Hand
Was Badly Cut and Car Was Da
maged Considerably.
By Phone to The Robesonian.
Dunn, Sept. 6—A Bnick car driven
by Mr. Robert Weinstein of Lumber
ton was badly wrecked last night
when it turned over abont 2 miles
from this place on the road to Duke.
Mr. Weinstein's left hand was badly
cut, requiring 9 stitches, when the
car refused to take a sharp turn, left
the road, ploughed through a barbed
wire fence and went down a slight in
cline. Other occupants of the car
"ere a "nnsin of Mr. Weinstein, Miss
Bessie Feldman of Ahoskie. and
Messrs. Shcks, and Bear of Birming
ham, Ala. The car top was tom off,
the steering-wheei broken, the hood
crushed and one of the fendprs -Wish
ed. The men in the party ex^t to
go to Lumberton today, while Miss
Feldman will remain here.
Mr. Robert Weinstein, son of Mr.
A. Weinstein, arrived horn about
noon with his guests Messrs. Sacks,
Bear and Britton of Birmingham, who
went with him to Dunn a few days
ago to visit relatives. They made the
trip in the wrecked car, which was
not so badly damaged as the report
above indicates. Mr. Britton was not
in the car at the time.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS WILL
MEET NE^T IN CHARLOTTE.
Successful Reunion at Winston-Salem
Closer—Red Springs Man Brigade
Commander.
Winston-Saiem, Sept. 5 After de
ciding, to hold the 17th annual reun
ion in Charlotte andelecting officers,
the North Carolina Confederate vet
erans closed their final business ses
sion at 12:15 today. The registration
showed over 1,000 Tar Heei soldiers
in attendance, besides a number of
visitors from Virginia. It was gen
erally conceded to have been the
very best and one of the most in
teresting conventions yet heid.
General William A. Smith, of An
sonviile, was re-eiected commander
in-chief by unanimous vote. Brigade
commanders chosen include: first
brigade, A. H. Boyden, Salisbury;
second, P. J. Alston, Louisburg;
third, George H. Hail,- Red Springs;
fourth, James W. Goodwin, Asheville.
The concluding prayer, which was
a beautiful invocation, was offered by
Major Giles Buckner Cooke, the last
survivor of Gen. Robert E. Lee's staff
who is also an Episcopal minister.
—When the driver of an automo
bile nodded near Harpers ferry Sat
urday night the auto tamed turtle
in a ditch. Fortunately none of the
four occupants—Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Meier Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Meier Jr., all of Wilmington—was
hurt badly, though as soon as the
car could be righted the party came
back to Lumberton to the Baker
sanatorium to have sundry scratches
and bruises dressed. The auto did
not sustain much damage beyond a
broken windshield. The Wilmington
party were on their way to Hender
sonville, and they resumed the jour
ney Sunday.
Fairmont School
WN Open Se§t. 10
New *80,0*0 BoiMing WiH be Used
tor r )rst Ttme—Patrons J^gvited to
Attend Opening
By Mrs. H. G. Inman.
Fairmont, Sept. 4—The yairmont
high and graded schooi will #wn next
Monday, September 10, in the new
880,000 budding which has fust been
completed with the exception of
sewerage, which will be installed with
in the next 30 days. All the parents
are invited to attend the opening ex
ercises and not only on opening day
but visit the school rooms often, es
pecially the rooms where your chil
dren are. Some parents never know
the teachers only on the occasion
when the teachers visit the parents.
And parents—insist on ybur children
being on time the very first morning
of school and every morning there
after until school closes. We have a
splendid corps of teachers, but tea
chers cannot do their duty unless
parents ao tnetrs.
Superintendent and Mrs. J. C. Lin
ney of Newland come to us highly
reccommended. Mr. Linney is a
graduate of Trinity college and has
taken post-graduate courses at Vir
ginia State Normal institute, univer
sity of Georgia and Chapel Hill. Dur
ing the past year he was supervising
principal of Newland division of the
Avery county consolidated schools
and principal of Central high school
at Newland. Mrs. Linney Will have
charge of he second grade. The fol
lowing teachers will have charge of
the different grades: Miss Rachael
McNamara. 1st grade, Lutnberton;
Mrs. J. C. Linney, 2nd, Newland; Miss
Agnes Ashley, 3rd, Fairmont; Mrs.
L. D. Pittman, 4th, Fairmont; Miss
Rose Jones, 5th, Fairmont? sixth
grade to be supplied later? Miss
Bethany Mackey, 7th, Charleston,
Tenn. High school—Prof. J. C. Lin
hay; Misg Annie Ford, Four Oaks;
Miss Helen May, LeGrange;' Miss
Ruby Carpenter, Maiden.
FUNERAL OF MR. G E. RANCKE
SR. ATTENDED BY BIG CROWD
Beautiful Tribute Paid to Integrity
and Blameless Life of Deceased
Many Beautiful Floral Offerings
—Many Out- of-Towu People At
tended Funeral.
The funeral of Mr. G. E. Rancke
Sr., whose death at 12:10 p. m. Mon
day was mentioned in Monday's Rob
esonian, Was conducted Tuesday at 5
p. m. &om the residence of Dr. and
Mrs. y. A. Norment, East Seventh
street, son-in-law and daughter of
deceased, with whom he lived. Ser
vices were conducted by Dr. R. C.
Beaman, pastor* of Chestnut Street
Methodist church, of which Mr.
Rancke was for many years a devot
ed member. In a tender and beauti-,
ful prayer Dr. Beaman spoke of the
simple faith, the sterling integrity
and blameless life of the deceased. A
<ch&ir composed of Mesdames R. E.
Lewis, J. H. Felts, L. T. Townsend
and J. J. Goodwin, Misses Elizabeth
Whitfield and ' Vivian Townsend,
Messrs. W. W. Davis and E. W. Dun
ham sang at the home "Rock of
Ages" and "Linger With Me Blessed
Saviour", and Mrs. Lews sang
"When Our Ships Have Crossed the;
Ocean". At the grave the choir sang j
"Abide With Me" and "Nearer, My
God, to Thee."
The pallbearers were Sheriff R. E.
Lewis, Messrs. K. M. Barnes, W. O.
Thompson, L. W. Wicker, R. M.
Jordan, G. L. Thompson and H. E.
Stacy, and Dr. R. T. Alien.
A large crowd, including many
from out of town, attended the ser
vices at the home and followed the
remains to Meadowbrook cemetery,
where interment was made. Among
the large number of floral offerings
that covered the grave were designs
from the local Masonic lodge, in the
form of the Masonic emblem, frpm
the Baraca class of Chestnut Street
church, of which deceased was a
member, from the Sunday school
class of which Mr. G. E. Rancke Jr.
is teacher, and from the church}
choir, of which Mr. Rancke Jr. is di-;
rector.
Among the out-of-town people
here for the funeral were Mrs. F.
M. Lane, daughter of deceased, and
Mr. Lane, from Dillon, S. C., Mr. *
Henry Rancke, a son, Mrs. Rancke,
and children and Messrs. W. B. and
R. L. Cole, of Rockingham.
Mr. Rancke was a man of blame
less life and was loved by a large
circle of friends. He was a man of
remarkable vitality. Althought he i
passed his 87th birthday last April,
he remained active and vigorous up
to within two hours of his death.
He was a familiar figure daily walk
ing or riding on his bicycle on the
streets and at Jennings' beach, of
which he was proprietor, and it was
at the beach that the fatal heart
attack was suffered Monday morn
ing about 10:30, death coming lees
than two hours later at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. Norment.
Mr. E. H. Willoughby of R. 1 from
Fairmont was a Lumberton visitor
Monday. ... ^ ' i
IdVE STAR TOURING CARS
UNEOADED TODAY.
DELIVERED PRICE $519.75.
C.M. FULLER SON.
Parkton Letter
School Opens Abaat the !5th—Gotton
Begins to Come !n—Fast Ball
Game-—Revira! at Rea.
By C. D. Williamson.
Parkton. Sept. 3—Members of the
chooi faculty for the fail term: Prof.
Glenn E. Parrott, principal, Darling
ton. S. C.: Miss Mary Jackson, Wen
ford, S. C., Math and English, Mias
Arabel Kennedy. Lugoff, S. C., La in
and history; Miss Ruby Williams, 1st
grade, Bamesville; Miss Catherine
Allen, 2nd grade, Littleton; Mrs. J.
J. Cobb, 3rd grade, Parkton; Hiss
Selma Ward, 4th grade, Fairmont;
Miss Mamie Baker, 6th grade, Latta,
S. C ; Miss Rhoda Holder, 7th grade,
Supply. Music teacher to be supplied.
School will open on or about Sept.
15th. Only three of the former tea
chers, ali the rest new members of
the faculty. ,
The first bale of new cotton waa
brought to the local market Friday.
Aug. 31 by Press Council of Shannon
ana was bought by Cobb, Parnell and
Co., local cotton buyers, price 35 cents.
We were advised that twenty bates
were ginned at the local gins of our
town Friday and near that number
changed hands. We boast of having
the best cotton market in the county
and plenty cotton merchants on the
job.
You ask me what per cent of a
crop? I am unabte to answer yet but
near hatf prop, as the bott weevit is
hard at w6rk on the matured boils,
and it looks now that half crop ia as
near as could estimate.
The two gins are running right
along, and it now looks like fall ol
the year, the streets are crowded with
people, and the stores all on a rush;
and this seems good.
W e observe Mr. T. W. Thompson,
one of the local cotton buyers, now
rushing a pretty Bnick. Mr. Spell
says he now walks.
Mr. A. B. Williamson and wife and
daughter, Josie, and son, Lewis, left
Saturday afternoon for Greensboro,
making the trip by Ford, will visit
near,relatives briefly. , ,
The writer had the pleasure of wit
nessing g fast end snappy game ol
baseball on the East LumbertoH
ground Saturday afternoon, East
Lumberton team a$d.Buckhom team;
1 to 0; nine innings. It was a pitcher's
battle all the way with Blizzard for
locals and Person for the visitors.
We ne ^ witnessed a closer game;
nme one .. ana lu mrnuces.
We report ^ fine game at Parkton
Thursday evening with the St. Paui
No, 3 lads, score one to two in favor
of the Parkton lads. '/
Dr. V., G. Smi'h and family, who
had been on their annual vacation and
who spent* their time in Virginia
mostly, arrived hO)me Saturday. Dr.
Smith advises the write? that Rev.
Wm. Black, noted Presby.arlan evan
gelist, will assist him in a ten-days'
campaign at Rex this week and a
great feast is expected. The public is
invited.
INDIAN SUCCUMBS TO WOUND
Andersen Maynor Died at Hospital
Tuesday Night—Shot Night of
Aug. 11 by Haywood Locklear Af
ter Maynor Had Killed Wise Lock
lear at lee Cream Sapper in
Burnt Swamp.
Anderson Maynor, Indian, died
Tuesday at the Thompson hospital
as the result of a pistol shot wound
he received on the night of Atig. 11,
at the home of Kate Jacobs, Indian,
the ahot being fired by Haywood
"Six" Locklear, brother of Wise
Locklear, who was killed by Maynor.
Locklear was released from jail
several days ago on a $5,000 bond,
for his appearance at the November
term of criming court. Ed. Cum
mings, Indian, who was arrested at
the same time, charged with having
a part in the shooting affair, was re
leased on $3,000 bond.
a hig ice cream supper was in pro
gress at the home of Kate Jacobs,
in Burnt Swamp township, when the
shooting occurred. Wise Locklear, who
was killed, is said to have be$n un
armed, ,and was shot after he had
grabbed Ina Woods, an Indian girl,
and asked her if she loved him, and
then cursed her.
Maynor had been expected to die
from the time he entered the hos
pital. A 32-calibre bullet had severed
his spinal cord and the entire lower
part of his body was paralyzed.
GROUND CHARGED WITH
ELECTRICITY; 4 ANIMALS
ELECTROCUTED
Laurinhfurg Sept. 4—At Stewart
viUe gin here, whfch is ran by electri
city, this afternoon two Percheron
horses and two males were electrocu
ted near the cotton stalls. The ground
in an area was charged. Will Armer
was owner of the^orses. When he
drove on the chargeaTuneThey began
to prance and he held them until they
feH dead. A negro boy went to help
quiet the team and could not get off
the tongue. He was shoved off with a
shovel and dragged to safety. The
mule team had no driver. When the
current hit them they ran around,
coming back to a charged place, awd
were killed. There was another team
at the time which ran off to safety.
—Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Campbell, this morning at the
Thompson hospital, a boy, William
Van Glaughn.
St. Pau! News
School* Mill Open Neat Week—Show
or Mill be Given fbr Bride Elect—
Peraopel Mention.
By Bess& C Johnson.
: St. Pawl, Sept. 4—Mr. end Mrs. D
B. Lancaster and son, Arthur, return
ed Wednesday from a pleasant few
days' visit to their son Dr. R. M.
Lancaster and family at Mt. Airy.
} Mra. L. L. McGoogan arrived home
last week from Lake Junaluska,
j where she spent several weeks. Her
many friends here were glad to wel
come her again in their midst.
Mr. Marion Murray, son of Dr. a"d
Mra. E. C. Murray, ia home after
several weeks' absence delightfully
spent at Blowing Rock
Misses Margaret and Kathryn Ay
era, former high school students here,
spent a few days in town among
Merds and acquaintances, returning
Monday to their home, Nichols. S. C
i the Misses Ay#ra were members of
the CTafhiAtinir rhma !*** mvsrl
AW this season entering Winthrop
coiiegwhere they have the good
wishes of their many friends.
Miss Nonie Johnson ieft last night
for Currituck county, where she wiil
be principal of a junior high school
{at Knot s island, which isn't far dis
tant from Munden and Norfoik, Va.
The other three iadies who are to
comprise the faculty were to join her
at different points, all making the
trip together, the four being East
Caroiina Teacher's college girls, for
mer Greenville students.
Miss Murphy Hall has gone o Phi
ladelphia, where she will teach piano,
school beginning this week.
The schools will open here next
week, a number of the old faculty
members returning.
Mrs. W. D. Johnson and 2 little
sons, James and Duncan, returned
yesterday morning from a pleasant
visit of a week's duration among rel
atives at Hamlet.
Miss Annie Louise Fisher left Sun
da ymoming via Lumberton for
Tennessee, where she will have
charge of the 5th grade In a graded
School. She taught in the same coun
ty iast session altho' in a different
community, this season.
Mrs. Mclnnis from Rock Fish has
been visiting in the homes of her
sons, Messrs. Locke and Archie Me
Innis for several days, to the delight
of her oid friends.
Mr. Lee McLean arrived home last
week after an absence nf n
I of weeks.
Miss Lessie Martin, who went to
Gastonia iast week to accompany her
brother Grov^- home from the ortho
pedic hospital at that piace, arrived
home Thursday. Her brother is very
much improved, hie many friends will
gladly note.
Mr. Francis Northrop, who was at
Lake Waccamaw for several weeks,
where he was a member of an orches
tra, arrived home iast Wednesday,
ieaving on the following afternoon
for Anderson. S. C., where he is a
facuity member in a boys high schooi
this season, he having to go a few
days eariy on account of a facuity
meeting.
Miss Rosa L. Johnson, who spent
a few days in our midst iast week,
returned home Wednesday morning
accompanied by Miss Marv Cavim*
Johnson, who spent the femetndg sf
the week with her in f'ayeteviiie, re
turning Saturday afternoon.
Miss Nell Rice leaves Friday for
Tarboro, where she will teach this
season.
Mrs. Joe Butier !eft Sunday for
McCall, S. C., having* been advised of
the iiiness of her father, Mr. J. E.j
Fletcher, who has been taken to a
sanatorium in Charlotte. Mrs. But-i
ler's brother Mr. Galloway Fletcher!
came over to accompany her to Me-!
Cali.
A shower is to be given by the
Woman's auxiliary of the Presby
terian church this afternoon at 4:30
at the home of Mrs. Jas. A. Johnson,
complimentary to Miss Mary McLean,
bride-to-be, who is to be wedded next i
Wednesday to Mr. Angus McCormic,
as was announced last week.
For Relief of
Earthquake Victims
Lumberton Chapter of Red Cross !s
Asked to Contribute $150 at Once
and as Much More as Possible
Within Next Few Weeks.
To the Editor of The Robesonian.
The iocal Red Cross chapter has
received from the Southern head
quarters at Atlanta, Ga., urgent tele-'
grams for assistance in the campaign
for relief of the Japanese sufferers
on account of earthquake and pesti
lence. The State's quota is $25,000,
and Lumberton chapter is expected to
send in $150 at once and as much
more as possible within the next
week. Lumberton is unusually res
ponsive to the calls of assistance in
worthy matters of this kind, and a
prompt response will be appreciated
by those interested in this work.
Contributions will be accepted by
The Robesonian and the chairman of
the local chapter, who will wire
same in to headquarters same date
received.
Lumberton Chapter, American Red
Cross.
L. R. Stephens, Chairman
—The condition of Mrs, W, W,
Carlyle, who has been confined to
her- roo mfor the past few days, is
reported as somewhat improved.
Cotton Market
*<T*Tt^ b, J H. HMThwM*
Middling cotton is quoted on tho
locai market today at 24 cents the
pound.
Items of Local News
—Mrs. Lather Prevatt underwent
an operation at the Baker sanator
mm this momin?. Her condition, is
favorable.
—Miss Eva Parnell of R. 1 from
St. Paul entered the Baker sana
torium for treatment yesterday. Sha
was brought to town by her father,
u w. Parne!!.
—Dr. W. O. Edmund, who lives on
** o <n Lumberton's classy suburb
East Park, says that the Edmund
Chemical Co. win resume operations
tn a few weeks. This company manu
factures various h**Me remedies.
—Mr. 0. L. Clark of Clarkton was a
Lumberton visitor Tuesday. H„ came
to attend a meetmy of the executive
committee of the Lafayette Life in
surance Co., of which he and Messrs.
R E. Lee and K. M.
members.
—Mr. L. P. Fisher retamed yes
terday morning from Chariotte,
where he spent Tuesday with his
mother, Mrs. A. B. Fisher, who is
undergoing treatment at the Char
lotte sanatorium, and whose condi
tton is reported as much improved.
—Mrs. D. D. King ieft yesterday
for Clarkton, where she wiii attend
today the doubie wedding of Miss
Cors Clerk to Mr. Thomas Woods
and Miss Margaret Elizebeth Clark
to Dr. Sanford) Webb Thompson,
which takes piace at the Presbyter
ian church at 3 o'clock p. m.
—Oniy 5 marriage licenses were is
sued by Register of Deeds M. W.
Fioyd during the month of August—
3 (or white, 1 colored and 1 Indian.
Mr. Fioyd says that this is the snsai
leat number of licenses issued in one
month that he cen remember since
he has been Register of Deeds.
-r-Miss Sarah Cariyle has return
ed from Porto Rico, where she spent
two months with a party of school
mates who were students at the uni
versity of Porto Rico. Miss Carlyle
landed in New York ^August 28th
end on her way home visited her
fKthef, Mr W W. Carlyle, in Rich
mond, Va. "
Miss Christa be!! Moorehouae,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. E.
Moorehouse, !eft today for Winthrop
coHege, Rock HiU, 8. C., where she
wi!! resume her duties as a member
of the faculty of that great and
famous institution of teaming. This
is Mi$s Moorehouse's third year as
a member of Winthrop college fa
culty.
—Miss Martha Flax Andrews,
county home demonstration agent,
wi!! leave this afternoon for Hamtet,
where she wi!! join her brother, Rev.
G. R. Andrews of New York City,
and accompany him to Mt. Gi!ead,
where they will attend the cetebra
tion. of their fathers 75th birthday.
Miss Andrews expects to return
Tuesday.
—A hole in Fourth street in front
of the Western Union office needs
something over it or needs to be fill
ed up before somebody's horse or
mu!e steps in it and breaks * ieg. It
has been growing in size for the past
three or four weeks, and now when
an automobile wheel runs into it
there is sufficient noise made to
cause people standing or walking
near-by to iook and see who had a
wreck.
—Former Solicitor S. B. McLean
was a Lumberton visitor Monday.
Prior to his election as solicitor and
during the 8 years he held that of
fice, Mr. McLean lived in Maxton,
but he quit the law for farming and
lives on a farm he purchased some
time ago in Mecklenburg county, 8
miles from Charlotte. Doing prettv
well farming, too, Mr. McLean saydH
expressing himse!f conservatively
!ike President Coolidge's pa ex
pressed himaeif about Calvin.
—Mr. A. J. Holmes, local jeweler,
who returned the other day from Pro
vidence, R. I., where he attended a
jewelers' convention, learned on that
trip that three-fourths of all the jew
elry made in the United States is
manufactured within a radius of 50
miles of Providence. He found Provi
dence a rather quaint and old-fash
ioned city with narrow streets and
tall buildings. They apparently never
heard of a "cafe" or a "cafeteria"
there, but they know how to prepare
and serve good things in their;
"restaurants."
—Mr. John Kinlaw and son, Mr.
Jimmie Kinlaw, of Howellsville town
ship, were Lumberton visitors yester
day. They brought tobacco to town
for the Co-ops and were well pleas
d with the advance received. Mr.
John Kinlaw is a co-op through and
through. He says that last year he
got from the Co-ops more than twice
as much for his tobacco as he got the
year before for 600 pounds more, and
he is not worrying any about what he
will get this year. He thinks the
Co-ops are responsible for the good
prices those on the outside are get
ting, and he finds some on the out
side who freely admit that same.
Let Me Make Your Fall Sait—A Ft
Gaaranteed—Prices Reasonable.
JOHN D. PURVIS
National Bank Building. 3rd Stre*
Tailor