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VOL. LtV—NO. C6. Crowd MM Am^^ This i.K—Most Pf*** schooht anesti It was siastie town, the o. school --- *-— on the rostrum. Dr . R. C. Baaman. paster not Street Methodist ducted devotional exf marks were made by — M. Barnes and Mr. J. D. Proctor the schoo! board and by Dr, Beam. In his remarks and annmmeemw^ Supt. W. B. Crumpton nrged the im portance of organization of a Pnrents Teachers association and asked _ Mrs. Aif* H. McLeod, president of the Woman's club, to call a meeting for that purpose. '' , , - The opening hour for school is 9 a. m. Thursday of this week wiil be the first-full day. , .< r *"* . 1" . FAIRMONT POLICEMEN DE * PART "ALL OF A SUDDEN .< Messrs. Grady McCormick and Kei iy Baas Succeed Departed Chief and Night Policeman. By W. H. M. Brown. Fairmont, Sept. 17—A. Faircioth, chief of police of Fairmont, accom panied by H. A. Long, night police man, and two Indian women who live near Fairmont, left all of a sudden a few nights ago for parts unknown, driving a new Ford sedan. According to reports the chief was seen leaving Fairmont in a drunken condition, and it was soda learned that the two women and the night policeman had "accompanied him. Mr. H. G. Mitchell, mayor, stated tha$, alt though he had not had the tMSjsto check up on the officer, hs was of the opinion that he was in debt to the town. Unofficial reports place the delinquincy at )100, money collected by the officer for town taxes. It is also reported that Long was seen here a few days ago, and that he brought the ear back to the Webster Motor Co., from which it Was bought by the officer a few months ago, on the partial payment plan. No arrests have been made and it could not be learned if any warrants had been is sued for either of the officers. Mr. Faircioth. had been chief of po lice for the past 6 months, while Mr. j Long had not been acting as night officer but a few weeks. Mr. Fair cioth is succeeded by Mg. Grady Mc Cormit!:, and Mr. Long by Mr. Keiiy Bass. , . ! TEACHERAGE ENLARGED AND ! VERY MUCH IMPROVED Four Bedrooms, Two Botha, Kitchen, Pantry and Screened In Porch Add ed and Dining ^Room Enlarged— Other Improvements Made. When teachers who put up with cramped quarters and inconveniences at the teacherage on Eight street ar rived laat Thursday night and saw what improvements and additions had been made in their living quarters} they shouted for joy and rose up as one woman and called down blessings upon the heads of the school board and Crumpton. And they had reasomHg the joy that was in them. Duriit^the summer an addition was built on that almost doubled the capacity and more than doubled the conveniences. This addition includes four bedrooms—three on the second floor—two bathrooms, a larger kit chen, pantry, screened-in porch, and 11 feet added to the length of the dining room. Besides this ,al! the rooms have been freshly ealsimined and Mesdames AH. H. McLeod and H. T. Pope of the school board have taken pleasure in fixing attractive curtains. The teacherage now has nine bed rooms and three baths and can house 16' teachers more comfortably than it provided for the 13 who crowded its 6 bedrooms last year. Each teacher provides her own wood and formerly they had to make out any old way by sticking their wood under the house. Supt. Crump ton made provision agaaist this in convenience by having a wood-shed built with a stall for each teacher's wood. One teacher, writing enthusias tically home to her mother about the improvements, wrote , that Prof. Crumpton had thought of everything, he had even "had * stall built for each teacher." GROUP MEETING OF DEMONSTRATION AGENTS HERE THURSDAY Demonstrations in Crape Products WBI be Given—Club Members In vited. A special group meeting of home demonstration agents of the eastern district will be held here Thursday of this week at the tea room on Fifth street at 11 a. m. and 2 p. m Demon strations in grape products will be given by Mrs. Morris of Henderson and Mrs. Smith of Goldsboro. AU club members are invited to attend. . „ ! K*t HMe—Wonderful Tribnte of Flew Aloet was made _ . , cemetery beneath aihage mound of flowers, the flora! tributes, many of them large designs Joeing so nu merous that designs were placed on nearby graces of members of the family. At the residence "Lead Kindly Light" and "Abide With Me" were sung, the closing song at the grave being "The , Christian's Good-Night". The choir whs composed of Mesdames R. p. Lewis and J. H. Felts, 'Miss, Vivian Townsend, Miss Elizabeth j Whitfield, Miss Aiken, Messrs. J. H.' Teague, E. W. Dunham and W. W. j Davis from Chestnut Street Metho-1 diet church and Mrs. Robert McIntyre of the First Baptist church. i The pallbearers were Mr. Joe Brid-, ger of Bladenboro, Messrs. J. Dick son McLean, A. V. G. Wishart, Ira Bullard, Howard Morrison and J. S. Cox. A touching incident at the residence was manifestation of love and grief on the part of a number of colored people, about twenty-five of them asking permission to view the re mains apd filing solemly by the cas ket immediately after conclusion of the service at the house. John Fuller French was the youngest son of the late Col. W. F. French of Lumberton and was 38 years old, having been bom Dec. 23, 1885. He had bebn in poor health for two years and had spent most of th§^ time away from Lumberton, the few months Tmving been . spent at Black Mountain, where the end came at 4 a. m. Friday. His only sister, Mrs. Ira B. Townsend of Lumberton, had been with him for the past two months. Messrs. Ira. B. .Townsend, J. Dick son McLean and F. P. Gray went Fri- j day tp Black Mountain to accompany Mrs. Townsend and the remains t6! Lumberton, the funeral party reach ing here Saturday night; News of the j death reached Lumberton toe late for a train and Messrs. Townsend, Mc Lean and Gray ha dto g<h to Salis bury by auto, being accompanied to '.bit place by Dr. R. S. Beam. Deceased was in business in Lu*'i berton since early manhood, for the past several years being at the head of the John F. French Co., wholesale grocers. He was one of the bsst ioved men that ever lived in Lumber ton, literally numbering his friends by his acquaintances and being ador ed by a large nunfber of peoolo who. had been quietly helped ^v him when they were in need. When any one needed help in the community,! somehow John French was the first to find it out and to go to their re-' tief, never saying a word about it. , Besides his sister, deceased is sur vived by one brother, Mr. D. D. French. HANDSOME BUNCH OF CHICK t ENS VISIT SEN. L. R. VARSER 33 of the Feathered Tribe Presented by Patrons of Laurel Institute. ! Senator L. R. Varser desires to thank the patrons of Laurei insti tute, who ao kindiy remembered him a few days ago with an elSgant sup- j piy of young chlckOns, aii in fine Bhape and ready for use. There were thirty-three, and they made quite a handsome collection. He is; informed that the following contri-' buted this number: N. A. Lowery, Raymond Lowery, J. B. Oxendinc C F. Lowery, J. C. Woodei, B. F. Chavis, William Chavis. J. V. Losk iear. ' He desires to express in this way ] hi3 thanks for their kind expressidn of their feelings. Fayetteville, Sept. 14—Charles/ B. McMillan, former mayor of Fayette-j villa, died this morning at the re^t-! den&e of his daughter, Mrs. Waiter. Bmith, iu Beonettsville, S. C. Mr J Mc Millan, who was for years one of the best known citixens of this common- ' ity, went to Bennettsville recently to make his home with Ms daughter. He was eighty years of ^ge. : MT and Mrs. Eugene MWhite and Miss Ethelyn MWhite returned Sa turday Atom Blowing Rock, where they spent several days. They were accompanied by Mrs W L. Daugher ty and son, Master Hoyle, who spent the summer in Blowing Rock. Mrs. J. Ed. Tyson and daughter, Mrs. Earl Tuton went Saturday to Richmond, Va., where they will spend several days visiting relatives. Mr. L. W. Lovett of Lumberton R. 4 was a visitor in town Saturday. Unidentified Thief Wet Near Maxton So Badly Burned Could N<d be to Mr. a few the Lucias turtle and homed to the thief it was impoeeiMe to do __Aar he. w*s a white wr{ —man, hat he way evidently wj large naan, r No one haa been report ed missing from Maxton. or near-by towns. * ' j Mr. Brown, who lives near Maxton, had driven into town and y left his ear parked on the street in front of a store in which he was^ doing his shopping. He never missed the car! until a half hour later when people coming into town over the Raeford j road reported that a man had been burned to dgath under a car which j had turned turtle a mile from town.} Mr. Brown rushed for his car to go with the others to the scene, but found his car gone. He notified the town authorities that his ear had been stolen. Mr. J. A. Stead had in! the meantime 'phoned to Raleigh to find out who was owner of the car bearing the license number on the burned car, in an effort to identify the dead man. It was some time be fore the rumor that Mr. Brown was the unfortunate man could be abated, i HAD COCKED GUN IN POCKET. Marshal M* Brewer of Fayetteville Arrested Here Yesterday fair Car rying Concealed Weapon. Marshal M. Brewer, a white man giving his home as Fayetteville, was arrested yesterday morning after Cplef-of-Police D. M. Barker and Po liceman Ed. Glover had been advised that he was carrying a concealed wea pon. He was lodged in jail In default of bond Brewer resisted arrest until he felt Glover punching a pistol into ins side, ordering him to put up his hsady'Spe pistol which Brewer was carrying in his coat pocket was a Savage auto matic, 32-calibre, and was loaded with 9 bullets. The hammer was found pulled back into firing position, and with the least touch on the trig ger it would have fired. The officers asked him why he had it in readiness for shooting. He told them that he bad placed it in his pocket that way when he put on his clothes yesterday morning. A ticket was found in his poses ion reading from Lumberton -- to Fayetteville and he told officers that he had intended leaving on the V. &! C. S. for Fayetteville, wh€re he held a position as truck.driver on the highway force. FINISH GRADING TODAY ON LUMBERTON MAXTON HIGHWAY Hard-S'trfaCf Read Between Lumber ten end Maxton WiH be Ready In siAe ef a Meath !f There Are No Delays. The Robeson Highway Construction company will complete today its con tract of grading on highway No. 20 between Lumberton and Maxton. which was begun about 12 months ago. The work today will stop where the hard surfacing begins in the town of Mascton. According to Mr. Ira Bullard, who bas the work in charge, the pouring of concrete should be compieted by the middle of next week, and twenty lays afterwards motorists can enjoy a hard-surfaced road from Lumberton into and beyond Maxton. FOR JAPANESE RELIEF. Mrs. Jno. C. Fuller, . $2.50 Chiistian Endeavor Society, Shannon,..^.. $11.05 Miss Laura H. Norment, . 1.00 Fi^elis Class, 1st Baptist - 16.00 Men's Bible Class, 1st Baptist 40.00 Baraca class, 1st Baptist .... 17.5& Previously reported, $92.80 $180.25 Total . ... $273.05 Other contributions in sight to double quota AO contributions will be acknow ledged through The Robesonian. L. R. STEPHENS, Chm. —Mrs. John J. Henderson and lit Me daughter, Cera Emmaline, return ed to their home in Graham yesterday after spending several days In Lam berton as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jas, D. Proctor, North Elm street. Major Henderson, who joined his wife and daughter hete Friday, returned with them. Ensign M. H. Kemodle, U. B. N., arrived Friday and ieft yesterday also for Graham, where he wiH spend a few days with relatives before re turning to. New York where he is sta tioned. Mrs. Henderson and daughter j accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Proctor^ and children a week ago on their re turn from Graham, where they had j spent several days with friends and relatives. Fish Laws Are Not Observed '- ' ' ^ Inspect** Mads That Practical^ Kata* of th* Laws Ceversdag Hah ray Asa Being Observed—Severs! .'Nets and Seine Were Seised Last Week and Some MhKsseats Are Expected. Severn! indictment* are expected to be made when Mr J. H. Stone of Wil mington, Stats aion Board who talked with Mr. Stone during Me tour of inspection on Lumber river last week.' y...' Mr. Stone stated that none of the Osh laws was being enforced in Robe^ eon county, and that he wee come paiied to aiexe severe! nets and aaiM, Others who admitted^ the# had & their possession unlicensed seins and nets were ordered to send them to Wilmington. They flatly refused to part with their equipment, and un hesitatingly toid the inspector that they did not intend to comply with his instructions. Many fishermen in the county are j ignorant of the fish iaws and for that reason it is believed that the in spector wiii be very lenient with the violators, except those who insist on continuing to break the laws. A net with one-and-a-quarter inchV mesh can be used legally in the streams of! Robeson county during certain winter j months. A full statement of the law wiii be published in The Roesonian at an early date, foiiowing Mr. Stone's trip to Robeson this week. Mr. Stone stated that the most vio- j lations he found were in the lower section of the county, near Boardman., LUMBER BRIDGE SCHOOL OPENS WITH LARGEST ATTENDANCE. Best Tear la History of School Ex pec ted—Aii-Day Meeting of Wo man's Club 21st—Personal. By Mrs. C. J. Ammons. Lumber Bridge, Sept. 15—The Lumber Bridge graded and high school opened Mondt# Morning, Sept. ICth, With the largAt attendance ev e- known in the history pf the high stood. There was a large number of pa rons and friends present at the opening. Rev. Mr. Hobbs condudted the devotional exercises, after which Prof. McLeod took charge giving every one who wished a chance* to say something fer the benefit of the school. Several joined in and gave the pupils and teachers a cordial wel come and "send-oft ^ List of teachers is as follows: Prof. F. D. McLeod of Red Springs, super intendent; Mis* Jahie McGougan of Rennert and Miss Marie Griffin of Woodland, high school; Miss Annie McGougan of Quitman, Ga., Oth and 7th grades; Miss Mary Hammond of Rowiand, 3rd 4t.h and 5th grades; Miss Henritta Duncan of Lumberton, R. F. D., 1st and 2nd grades. Miss Lena Mariey of Lumber Bridge has charge of the music department this year. dumber Bridge people are proud of their school and ail are looking for-; ward to this being the best year in the history of the school. Our young folks who have left and those intending to leave in a few days for college are.as follows: Miss Lela Hubbard, Peace, Raleigh; Miss Lillian Hall, G. C. W., Misses Mary Harper Cobb, and Thelma Tolar, N. C. C. W., Greensboro; Miss Mamie' Monroe, Flora Macdonald, Red Springs; Mrr Sam McGougan, A. & E., Raleigh; Mr.! Archie B. Wiliford, Davidson; Mr.} Stamps Sikes, State university, Cha pel Hill; Mr. Charles Cobb, Blue Ridge; Mr. Maura! Johnson, dental j school, Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. Frank Tolar,' Wake Forest. These young people will be greatly missed while away. We hope for them all great success, and! may they return better equipped and lualified to make us useful citizens. Miss Allen of Littleton is guest at the home of her sister Mrs. Douglass Smith this week. She is a member of the Parkton graded school faculty. An all day meeting of the Womans :lub will be held Friday Sept., 21st, in club room. Miss Andrews will give two demonstrations during the day. &ur president, Sirs. L. C. Hubbard, is anxious that each memeber be pres ?nt, also that they bring small lunch and their individual report. Miss Janie McGougan, a member of the high school faculty here, spent the week-end with her father and mo ther at Rennert. Mrs. Adams, mother of Mrs. Dunck Currie, left the past week for her home in Penny, Fla. She and little granddaughter, Laura Weaver, had been guests at the home of Mrs. Cur rie for the past two months. Mrs. Frank L. Nash and little daughter, Roberta K., who spent several days here with friends apd relatives, returned to their home hi Rosemary yesterday accompanied by Mrs. A Nash, mother of Mr. Nash, who arrived Saturday and returned with them. Messrs. D. D. Currie of St. Raul and S. B. McCormic of St Paul B. 4 were I nubrrton visitors Friday. Mr. Wiliie Davis" of R. 4 .Lumber ton, ia in town today. GASOLINE OIL TIRES TUBES ACCESSORIES DRIVE IN YOU DON,T HAVE TO WAIT. JNO. C< FULLER * . St. Pau! New# New thaPaapM. By Bessie G. Johnson. St. Pau!, Sept. 1A—Friends were y!ad to hove Mesdames Laura Rich and Marion McNeiii of Laurinburg spend Saturday and Sunday in their mMst, being guests in the home of the letter's mother, Mrs. T. 3. North rop. _ Miss Goio WHloughbv who resides near St Patd ieases Saturday for Marietta, whose she wiH he a mem hsr of the faculty in the graded Mr. end Mrs. D. E. and baby daughter, MaM* McNeiii, from near Fad Springs, were in town Wed neauay attemoon, ternf ths '" sgh^-Mr^ Maggie i^ettavtEdJhaa bean era! days M dia haBss e^ ltsr caas&t Mrs. Neiii A. McCorndc, Sr., who re sides a few mHes east sf town, end wss present at the marriage Wed nesday afternoon. *** A new dry goods store, under the name of "Morris's," with Mr. M. Kaminsky as proprietor, has opened in the Jess Odum building on Broad street, the building having recently been remodeled during it's vacancy A nephew, Broadus Willoughby bf Dothan, Aia., who has been a guest in the home of Mrs. M. E. Willoughby, near St. Paul, for some time, returned home this week. He is a young minister who has just fin ished. Misses Florabel McCoogan and Murphy Haii, student and teacher at Flora Macdonald and Philadel phus, respectively, who were respon sible for the music in ths marriage Wednesday afternoon, returned that evening to resume their school work. His many friends will giad!y note that Theodore Northrop is again im proving, following a second attack of malaria which he suffered the first of the week.—Owing to the ill ness of our mother, who hdp been confined to her room the past few days with a deep cold, oar genorhl news items will not be quite so iengthiy. She is convalescing again, we giadiy note. Mr, Lee McLean, who went t<? Davidson Monday for the opening of the school came home Wednesday for the marriage of his sister, re turning to his post of dnty immedi ately following the marriage. Mesdames Jas. A. Johnson and W A. McCormick spent Thursday after noon with relatives and friends at Lumber Bridge. Mrs. J. P. Malloy of Quitman, Ga., who has been veTy ili in a hospital, was slightly im proved, according to a message re ceived by Mrs. Neill Shaw, a sister. GOV. WALTON DEFIES KU ELUX. Notified Muskogee Paper That He Will be in That City Today Despite Threat to Whip Him. Muskogee, Okia., Sept. 16.—E. K. Bixby, editor of the Muskagee Daiiy Phoenix Sunday night made public the following teiegram which he re ceived from Governor J. C. Waiton of Oklahoma: < "Editcr Phoenix, Mcr-hoge*. Ok'a. "I understand your yeiiow paper issue of September *5 made statement if 1 went to Okmuigee I would be whipped. You are hereby advised I leave tonight for Okmulgee and will be im that city several hours Monday, unaccompanied or unassisted by any troops. I am sending editor of Okmui gee Democrat copy of this also ad vising him of my proposed visit there, j and asking him to give same publica tion. Please publish this in promi nent piace on front pages of your contemptible periodical. "JACK WALTON, Governor ' In making public the telegram Mr. Bixby declared Ms newspaper had made no statement to the effect that if the goveror went to Okmulgee ha would be wMpped. "Friday whs gov ernor's day at the mid-continent jubi lee held in Okmulgee, he said, "and the governor was to have been an honored guest. He did not appear. The next morning the Phoenix pub lished a news story, emanating from what it considered a reliable source that several members of the Ku Klux Elan had made arrangements to flog him if he arrived." —An ambitions Ford Saturday; morning got tired of standing where ita driver had left it with engine run ning on E!m street and decided to take a eioser iook at the show win ! down of Efird's department store. It crossed the aidewaUt and acted Mke it had notion to bust right through the window and go od in, but the dri ver made a dash for it, jumped in and backed it away and drove it off down the street Mke ho waa plumb vexed at it for displaying such curi osity. —Mr. J. C. Roberts, who relieved Mr J. W. Feathemtone as auctioneer on the Lumberton auction tobacco marke for the past three weeks left Saturday for his home in Danville, Va., where he is proprietor of the Banner warehouse. Mr. Featherstone was expected to arrive, today from Wallace. Let Me Maite Tour FaB Sait—A F! Guaranteed—Prices Prs*enaL'e. JOHN D. PURVIS National Bank BaiMing. krd 8tree Msr Cotton Market Reported byj. K —MiddHngvotton today, iocai market, 27 2-4 cents. !tema of Loca! New# —The Thursday Afternoon Booh ciob wiii meet with Mrs. L. B. Varner Thursday afternoon at the Tea Boom on Fifth street at 4 o'ctoek. —Roguiar communication of St. ^bans lodge No. H4, A. F. and A. Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Week in first degree. —Kr. Fhn* McLeod Thursday from St. Lome, Mo^ he 'pent a week seiectiog a ea_ ** —ft has been reported that Barney F!oyd,eoiored,whoHv*eeatheBHs abethtown road about 2 asBosfroee town, can pick an average of 142 pounds of cotton a day despite Me advaneed age, which he ^ciaims to ho 87 years. —Mr. H. A. Oliver of Marietta paseed through Lumberton yesterday en-route to Durham, where be wiH re sume his studies el Trinity coHege a# a member* of the Senior ciass. Mr. Oiiver is editor-in-chief of the Trini ty coHege pubHcation "The Archive". —Dr Alien Newberry Of Warsaw was a business visitor in Lumberton iast week. He is expected to return to Lumberton today and complete severs! options he secured on a num ber of town iota hnd other rea! estate in Lumberton. —Mrs. A. P. McAiiister and son, Master A. P. Jr., returned Saturday from Chimney Bock and Henderson ville, where they spent several weeks. Mr. McAiiister went Friday night to CharMte, where he met them and returned with them Saturday mom in?. A. W. MeLean was guest of honor and principal speaker at a banquet given ht Laurinburg Friday evening by the Scotland county Chamber of Commerce. Other 1 barton people who attended the quet were Miaa Alice My, Me J. Q. Beckwith, W. W. Davie, A. W. Meehaw and W. L. Ritter. —Rev. J. A .Homady of Maxton, "emergency paetor" of the Rocking ham district, did not preach at Cheat nut Street Methodiat church yeater fa& that the paatar, DnJ^^LBm^ man, waa ceiled home earlier than he expected to return on account of Mm death of Mr. John F. French. Dr. Bea man assisted in a revival meeting at Conway, N C., last week. Mr. Hora dy ig expected to. preach here at an early date when Dr Beaman ia away conducting another meeting. COLORED TRFO ARRESTED AS RESULT OF WRECK ON ELM ST. Ford Broken Front Wheel of Cnr Strnck Fire Juice Found*in the Cnr. A Ford touring ear was badly da maged, a pint of whiakey waa cap tured, and Dave McArthur, Maggie Burney and Annie Erwin, all colored, were arreated yeaterday afternoon aa thg result of a wreck caused by reck less driving on Elm street near the court house. The accident occured at the inter section of Fifth and Elm streets when the Ford, driven by Dave Mc Arthur, struck another car with only slight fotce and then struck the lamp post on the comer next t6 the First National bank. A front , wheel was broken, only a few spokes remaining intact, It is thought by those who saw the wreck that the striking of the ear against the other ear caused the rim of the wheel to become loose and fall off, throwing the ear out of control of the driver. Aa soon aa McArthud] saw what had happened he waa seen in the act of picking up a bottle con taining what proved to be a pint of whiskey. He saw that hWbould not con ceal it without being noticed and plac ed it back down behind the seat. The colored trio are awaiting trial in jail. Monthly Meeting of Coanty Coopera tivee Tneaday. The regular monthly meeting of the coanty members of the cotton end tobacco co-operative associations will be held Tuesday morning at H o'clock in the coart house. As was mentioned in Thursday's Robesonian, Mr R. E. Brackett, of the field service department, will be present to give any information thsr members may desire. This wiH he a regular business meeting end some very important matters wiH he handl ed. Mr J. M. Rneaell expects to leave thie afternoon for his home in At lanta, Ge., after spending several days here vhdtiag relatives and friends. Mrs. Rnssell came with him and will he here for several weeks, a guest of her sister Miss Mary G. McNeill. Mr. S R. West, who lives on R. 5 from Lumberton, was in town Friday. Mr. B.^M Stephens of R. 4, Lum berton was in town Saturday. * * * * * *** * OSCAR BRITT. Representing * * The Raieigh Newa and Observer * 'Circulation Department, 8ub- * - scribe now. Boa 7K, Lumbertaa * s ee ee s e es
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