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I '"«s" I THE ROBESONIAN k i ' ' . . ■ i. - CvoiTlV^-NO 11 * ~ LUMBEitTON, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1924 countbt. pop and rmtmL ^_^ rnrA»ui^^ LARGE CROWDS EXFf CTE8 DURING 2 BIG DOLLAR DAYS \ Bargain Seekers From Adjoining Counties Coining—Highways, In Excellent Condition ^nd Railroad Schedules Convenient—High-Priced Articles Suffer Big Discounts—No Shelf-Worn Goods to he Offered. BIG STOCKS ORDERED BY WIRE. A continuous stream of people flowing into Lumbertoa Wednesday and Thursday is expected by merch ants and other business men who have greatly .reduced their prices for these two days in an effort to give. the people bigger values for their dollar. Not only will people who live within the bounds of Robeson coun ty coifie to LumbeVton on those two days, but from the adjoining counties. It has been reported that some who live quite a distance already have started making automobile parties for a trip to Lumberton those days to see the wonderful bargains offef ed. Every highway leading into Lumberton is in first-class condition and the convenient railroad sched ules on the three roads are rea sons to believe that the town will be full of bargain-seekers on these days. Special Discount*, Special Stocks. Special discounts are offered by some of the merchan's and after you have puhchase^ some of vhe articles reduced in price you will realize what a great benefit you have deriv ed from this event- Practically ev ery merchant in Lumberton is °f~ fering something special and at some of the stores you will find that everything is greatly reduced. Some of the stores have ordered special stocks for these days and they are announcing the fact in their adver tisements in this paper. Hundreds of dollars worth have been ordered Ly wire in order that the bargain seekers may not be disappointed. Bargains are offered not only on articles usually sold for $1 or more but for many smaller articles, and / some of the merchants have offered big discounts on articles which sell from $500 to $1,000 each. These far-sighted business men have realiz ed that in order to .njake this event a success they must use' the price slashing knife with extra force. They know that dollar days are es sentia!, for they believe that at some time during the year the customers should be given an extra bargain and they have all jumped into this move ment with enthusiasm, not for their own seifish motives but to see how much good they can do their custo mers on these two,, days. If you have never attended a cele bration like this it’ will be worth your time and money to come to Lumber ton March 19 h and 20th and see what is going on, whether you in tend buying anything or not. If dollar days are held in Lumberton semi-an nually from now until the end of time, it is doubtful if there will ever be such bargains offered again, so avail yourself of this opportunity now. If you come to Lumberton ex. peeling to find the merchants’ shelves and tables lined up with shelf-worn, moth-eaten and soiled goods to be thrown at the buying public at Itess than cost, you will be soon find that your expectations have been blown to pieces by the surprise made by the offering of the very latest spring goods. COL. GEO. BELLAMY PASSES. Well-Known Citizen, of Wilmington Died Friday Night. Col. Geo. H. Bellamy, one of the best-known men in the State, died at Wilmington Friday night following a fall from the porch of the Orton hotel several days before. Col. Bel lamy for many years was prominent in the political life of the State and was affectionately known as the “Duke of Brunswick”. He was born in Wilmington in 1856. He repre sented Brunswick county in the State Legislature some years ago and later was a member of the State Sn ate. President Wilson appointed him U. S. marshall for the eastern North Carolina district and during the past few years he has been dis trict deputy collector of internal re venue Monthly Meeting of Co-ops in Max - .ton Tomorrow. The regular monthly meeting of the Robeson County Tobacco and Cotton - Growers Co-operative Mar keting associations will fce held in Max on tomorrow. Several speakers are expected to te present at this meeting. The most important subject for discus sion will be relative to the finances of the associa-ioip Send your remittance Wednesday or Thursday for The Robesonian to le sent to your friend. Special Dol lar Day offer, 8 months for $1. LUNIBERT8N POST WILL STAGE CELEBRATION MAY 10 Commander Wishart Will Name Committees Soon—Memorial Mat ter Deferred—Social ’Meeting March 27—Committee to Visit Wil mington. LEGION DOING SPLENDID WORK Reported for The Robesonian At the regular mee ing of Lumber ton post, American Legion, held in the Legion hall last Thursday night, there were several things of impor tance undertaken. The meeting was cabled to order by the commander, Mr. F. E. Wishart and as the adjutant was absent Mr. W. B. Ivey was asked to act as ad jutant protem. A letter was read from the Wilmington post Number 10 stating that the Wilmington post is staging a big minstrel show in Wilmington on March 19th and 20th and requested Lumberton post to send a committee to Wilmington on the above date to see the show, as guests of the Wilmington post, wi :h the view of having the show re produced in Lumberton. The matter was thrown open for discussion, af ter which the legion decided to send a committee to Wilmington to see the show and the following men were appointed: Mr. Young, Mr. Cash well, Mr. Barker and Mr. Wishart, the last-named being the commander. Memorial Deferred. The matter of erecting a suitable memorial to the ex-service men w’ho fe 1 in line of duty in the late war was then taken up and briefly dis cussed by Mr. Goodwin and others, the matter finally being deferred to a later date in order to get some in formation from the State and Na tional officials. The legion discussed the matter of having a social at our next regular meeting on the 27th day of March, and finally by a unanimous vote de cided to have a social and invite the American Legion auxiliary and the Womans club. .Messrs. Fred Town send, F. E. Carlyle, Ed Giover, E. M. Belch and W. B- Ivey were appointed on a special committee to arrange for the social. May 10th Celebration. The legion (hen went on record by a unanimous vote of staging another big 10th of May celebration here on May 10th, 1924, and the commander^ stated (hat he would appoint the sev eral committees to work out the de tails in the near future. Doing Excellent; Work. There was quite a lively discussion of the several subjects taken up and all present seemed to enjoy the meet ing very much. The post now has more than 130 members and is doing excellent work. Ad who fail to at tend these regular meetings are missing a treat, and at the same time are not getting any benefit out of the legion themselves or help ing make the legion a success. I wonder what the absen ees were do ing last Thursday night and if they stop to think what the legion would amount to anyway if all the members would do like they? Think it* over, “buddie”, and let’s start planning *oW to be present at the next regu lar meeting. SHANNON SCHOOL BUILD ING DAMAGED BY FIRE. Floor Damagfed to Extent of $300— Students Passing in Truck Stop and Extinguish Flames—Started From Overheated Furnace. By the use of buckets the brick [school house at Shannon was saved | from complete destruction by fire I last Tuesday night, according to in i formation received at Supt. J. R Toole’s office here. I , It is reported that the fire origi mated in and was confined to the [floor. It is though, that the furn | ace in the basement became over heated, igniting the flooring. School children passing the building in a truck coming from Lumber Bridge discovered the fire and with buckets formed a brigade which saved the building. The damage has been esti mated at $500, which i3 covered by insurance. School for the day had adjourned and everyone had gone home and had it not been for the passing truck the entire building soon would have leen ablaze. Mr. W. L. Haltiwanger, member of the local high school faculty, spent ; the week-end with friends and rela tives in Newberry, S. C. He was accompanied by Mr. R. M. Jordan. -* The Robesonian 8 months for $1. This offer good on Dollar Days on ly .a. ...--. CARS WASHED—POLISHED ! GAS—OIL—TIRES—ACCESSORIES GREASED. “FULLER’S SERVICE STATION Cor. 2nd and Chestnut St. Indians ol Robeson Demand Right To Attend Federal Indian Schools Senator Varser Accompanies Delega tion to Washington—Make Fine Impressions. RECOGNIZED IN BILL. State Senator L. It. Varser of Lumberton and' Early Bullard,Craw ley and Chealey Locklear and W. D. Oxendine, of Pembroke, returned Saturday from Washington, where they appeared Friday before Secre tary of the Interior Work and Com missioner of Indian Affairs Burke on behalf of securing for the Cherokees Indians of Robeson county the right without question to attend Federal Indian schools. The Indians made a fine impression and their mission was entirely successful, a bill which is j being prepared to incorporate this provision! The following is taken from correspondence of H. E. C. | Bryant in State daily papers: Washington, March 14.—Today Frank A. Hampton, secretary to | Senator Simmons; Represcntaiive Lyon and Mr. Varser, of Lumberton, appeared before Secretary of the In terior Work and Commissioner of In dian Affairs Burke, and presented a delegation of Gherokee Indians of Robeson county North Carolina, in a hearing upon a bill affecting the In dians, which has been drafted by the interior department for submission to congress. Mr- Hampton, Representative Lyon and Mr. Varser urged that the bill be amended so as to give the Cherokee Indians of Robeson county, beyond any doubt, all right of admission to the Federal Indian schools of higher learning iij fhe United States. Secretary* Work agreed to accept; an amendment to this effect and di rected that the bill be redrafted so that i; would leave no question of the right of the Robeson'county Indians to be admitted to the Federal Indian schools. After the lonllusion of the ronfer ence, Secretary Work expressed great admiration of the vigorous and fine personal appearance of the In j dians composing the delegation. He stated that they were apparently a fine and sturdy race of excellent cit ! iz'ens. The names of the Indians compos.! ing the delegation were two Messrs. Locklear, Oxendine and Bullard.; They are fine physical specimens and also men of intelligence and educa tion. « Mr. Varser and his delegation of Indians expressed themselves as very j much gratified by the result achieved. BISHOP DARST PREACH ED STRONG SERMON HERE LAST NIGHT. Distinguished Episcopal Bishop Preached at Trinity Church— Went This Morning to Maxton. The Right Reverend Thomas G. Darst, D. D-, bishop of the diocese of East Carolina, preached a splendid :sermon at Trinity Episcopal church1 last evening. He was a guest last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McNeill and was accompanied by Mr. J. Q. Beckwith this morning ! to Maxton for a service there. Bish op Darst was assisted in the service here by Rev. Harvey Cox, rector of i the Episcopal churches of Lumber i 'on, Red Springs, Maxton and Hope I Mills | In introducing the distinguished ; bishop, Mr. Cox referred to the fact that; he is called quite often to speak I in other sections of the country in the | interest of the church’s program, ! having a wide reputation as one of the foremost bishops of the Episcopal church in this country. Before beginning his sermon Eish jop Darst modestly attributed the | fact that he is often called to other dioceses to the fact that the diocese | of East Carolina s ands at the head i of the list of the 68 dioceses of the country in contributions to the mis ■ sionary program cf the church, per j number of, communicants. He preached a strong sermon from ; the text “For. the tree i3 known by its fruits”. j i Curtis D. Wilbur Succeeds Denby. Washington, March 14;—Cur is D. Wilbur, chief justice of the Califor ! nia Supreme court and a graduate of the naval academy, has'been seleet ! ed by-president Coolidge to succeed j Edv/jn Denby, a veteran of both the I navy ^nd the marin ecorps, as head of. the Navy Department. Judge Wilbur announced hig acceptance of the appoin ment last night at San Francisco and Mr. Cooiidge submit t d his nomination to the Senate late today. j Misses Blanche Prevatt and An nie German of Fairmont were Lum | ter ton visitors today. \ Mrs. T. A. Ramseur has returned ; from Fayetteville, where she spent several daya visiting MiSs Nancy Sasser at the home of Mrs. Mollie Ahearn. B.Y.P.U.BALLfATFIRST j BAPTIST WELL ATTENGEO hn .. Nearly All Union* In County Repre sented—St. Paul and Great Marsh Made Good Showing—Musical Features. STATE LEADER MORGAN ABSENT The large attendance, talks on dif ferent phases of B. Y. P- U. work and musical selections featured the big rally of the Robeson Baptist Young People’s Union association held in the First Baptist church here yester day afternoon. Dr. H. M. Baker, president of the Robeson B. Y. P. U. association, and Mr. John Blount McLeod, president of the Lumberton Senior B. Y. P. U.. made interesting talks on the work and welcomed the visitors to Lum berton. My. Stephen McIntyre also made a good1 talk, as did Rev. E. A. Paul and Dr. C. H. Durham. These talks were a great factor in relieving the disappoitment occasioned by the ab sence of State Leader Perry Morgan, who wired at the last minute that it was impossible for him to be present at the meeting. Practically every1 union in the coun ty was represented at this big rally and great interest if the work was shown. Dr. Bak r called the roll of the union* and received a good re sponse. Members of the St. Pau1 and Great Marsh unions stood up at the call of their union and showed : that they were strongly represent d. ' Musical features included a quartet sur.g by Mrs. R. D. Caldwell Jr., Miss Sadie R3y Pope and Messrs S. A Epps and C. B- Skipper, and a vocal solo by Miss Elsie Thompson. KIWANIS LUNCHEON TOMORROW Field Manager Bowles Met With Club Thursday—A. E- White Wins Attendance Prize for Best Solo. The weekly luricheon of the Ki wanis club will be held tomorrow from 1 to 2 p. m. at the Lorraine i hotel. Mr. Joe Bowles, field manager, was present at the luncheon last Thursday and gave further instruc tions to members of this recently organized club. He spent Thursday afteynpoin apd ni^ht d»er®. instructing committee chairmen. Mr. A. E. Whi e won the atten- j dance prize in the solo-singing stunt! in which he and Mayor E- M. John- j son, Dr. M. A. Waddell and Mr. J. Q. j Beckwith engaged when their names i were drawn. Each sang the chorus of “Old Black Joe’’ and Mr. White’s j touching rendition brought down the house. After unwrapping numerous packages he finally arrived at the prize, a small saving bank, given by Mr. M. F. Cobb,cashier of the Na- j tional Bank of Lumberton, who was ; the winner at the former meeting.1 Mr, White will have to give the next; prize. JOHN MCNAIR PATE MEETS TRAGIC FATE IN LAURINBURG John McNair Pate, 27, died at the home of his father, Z. V. Pate, in ; Laurinburg Friday of a pistol wound I which penetrated his heart. Whether' the shot, which was fired between his bed room and the bath room, was accidental or not has not been deter- j mined. He was a young man of, large business interes s and was en-1 gaged to be married to a young wo man of Goldsboro April 30. Marri ages ^of other members of the family connection were scheduled for early dates. The funeral and interment took place in Laurinburg yesterday afternoon. Deceased is survived by his father and mother, two sisters, Mary and Sarah Pate, of Laurinburg; one brother, Edwin Pate, of Laurel Hill; two aunts, Mrs. James A. Jones and Mrs. G. F. Avenger; one uncle, James L. McNair, of Laurinburg, and his grandfather, John F. McNair, of Laurinburg. Bert A. Anderson of Fair Bluff. Bert A. Anderson, 72 years old, died at his home a t Fair Bluff Saturday at 4 p- m., states a dispatch from that place, following a brief illness with paralysis. The funeral, with Masonic honors, took place yes terday afternoon. Surviving are a wife, who was Miss,Sue C. Powell, airestimable lady of Rofeeson county; four sons, B. B. Anderson, of Spartanburg, S. C.; B. P. Anderson, of Lexington, Ky.; H. H Anderson, of Dillon, S.' C., and E. L. Anderson of Spartanburg, S. C.; three daughters, Mrs. J. E. Dick, of Fair Bluff; Mrs. J. B.i Jones, of Fair Bluff, and Mrs. A. P- Powell, of Fair Bluff. , J Mrs. Frank A. Bond of New York arrived Saturday and is a guest in the home of Mrs- George B. McLeod, Fifth street. Miss Julia Thompson,„ student at Winthrop college, Rock Hill, S. C., spending several days here with home | folks. COUNTRY CLUB PLANS ARE DISCUSSED AT MEETING Proposed Club to be Built on Lumber River Near Boardman—Nothing Done Definitely—Several Here to Take Stock. At a meeting he’d in the office of McLean, Varaer, McLean & Stacy a lew nights ago tentative plana were drawn for the formation of a coun try club wi'h members from Lum -erton, Wthiteville, Boardman, Bla Jenboro and Chadbourn. The cost of building a club houjre m Lumber river a quarter-mile from the bridge crossing near Board man was discussed and it is probable that the house will be built. However, no definite amount of stock was aken at the meeting, but several signified that they would take stock as soon as the matter was settled. The idea of the club is to have a suitable place for fishing, boating, swimming, dancing, fish fries and house par ies. The promoters of the club are Dr. M. A. Fittman of Board man and officers of the Butters Lumber Co- of Boardman. St Paul News _ j Missionary Rally at Baptist Church. on 18th—Book C'ub Observes St. Patrick’s Day—Other Social Items' —Personal Mention By Bessie G. Johnson St. Paul, March 14-^-One of the most auspicious and delightful af fairs of the season was the Book club meeting held in the spacious audito rium of the high school building on Tuesday evening this week. A spe cial program on St. Patrick's day was very charmingly carried out, the color scheme green and white being very effectively used. Numerous games and contests proved interest ing features of the occassion. Miss Pearla Evans won the prise' offered for the best written essay on “St. Patrick’s Day”. As the evening drew to a close, Mesdames E. C. Murray and T. L. Northrop, Misses Lena Griffen and Mary Eliza Mc Fayden, who constituted the enter tainment , committee on this especial occassion, seared delicious green and white block cream. Each guest was presented with attractive shamrocks as favors. On last evening Mr- L. I. Grantham entertained a number of his friends at a delicious “turkey dinner” which was given at his home on Armficld stree - Some 15 or more were present and indeed the affair was most en joyable to all. » Mr. T. V. Butler of our town suf fered a few bruises as well as, a gen eral “shake-up” last Monday night when his car turned “topsy-turvey” at the curve of a road near Page’s Lake. The accident was due to |^he condition of the road from the recent sleet and snow. Mr. Butler’g numer ous friends ar eindeed glad the acci dent did not prove serious. Mrs. Sallie Covington and son, Mr. Frank Covington, of Lumber Bridge, were guests Monday afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Smith, who reside on Armfield street- The latter is a daughter of Mrs. Coving ton. Mr. A. P.. McEachern returned yes. terday from Wilmington, where he spent a few days looking after busi ness interests. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Culbreth and Miss Cora Odum motored over to Lumberton on a brief business trip yesterday. Mr- and Mrs. Marcus Smith had a “huge” turkey dinner last Sunday at their home a few miles from town, inviting Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Smith and their attractive little daughter, Mary Alderman, of our town, and Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Fisher and children of Elizabethtown. The day was im mensely enjoyed by all. Friends of Mrs. Maggie Oliver are glad to have her among them again after an absence of a few weeks spent among relatives and friends at Marietta. She arrived first of the week. Mrs. Sbphrona Parpell, of- near town, who was home for a short vis it recently has returned to Raleigh to take up her work at King’s busi ness college, where she has been a student for some time Missionary Rally. On Tuesday, 18th, a missionary ral ly will be held at the Baptist church in St, Paul, beginning at 10 a. m. and continuing through the day. Some prominent speakers are to be present and delegations from various churches of the Robeson, Cumber land and Bladen associations are ex pected. Little Miss Mary Alderman smith spent last week with her grandpa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Smith, near town. Mrs- Abner Nash, who was a re cent guest in the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Nash, has returned to her home town, Lumberton. Friends of Mrs. J. Browne Evans gladly note her improvment follow ing an attack pf diphtheria. Mr. John A. Dorman left Wednes day morning for Rowland, where he I . y | MISS ETHEL PREVATT af Philadelphia# High School, who! scored all of the 24 points made by her team in the championship game here March 7. Barker-Ten Mile won the honors. THOMASVILLE POLICE CHIEF CHARGED WITH MURDER. Body of Dead Woman Found in Hi* Room—Claim* She Shot Herself— 5-Year-Old Girl Watched Beside Dead Woman 36 Hour*. . L, C. Jenkins, chief of police of Thomasville, is in jail at Lexington. charged with the murder of Mrs-: Elizabeth B. Jones of Appalachia, j Va., whose dead body was found Fri- j day morning in a room occupied by J Jenkins at the home of Mr. and Mr*, j J. T. Carter in Tl^omasvi.le. The killing occurred about 1 o’clock j Thursday morning and Jenkins fled, but returned to Thomasville Satur day and gave himself up. He claims that the woman, who visited him as his wife, shot herself, but physicians say that the bullet entered the wo man's back. The most pathetic figure connected j with the tragedy is a 5-year-old girl,! Pearl Jones, who was the only eye- j witness and who remained in the j room alone watching over the life-j less body for nearly 36 hours, with-| out food and without uttering a word | .hat might have attracted passers-by i Into the room of horror. The child at first was thought to be the wo man’s daughter, but It develops that he is the daughter of a dead sister it deceased. Jenkins has a wife and two chil ren in Greenville, S- C., with whom he had not lived for 3 years. Hi** mother also lives in Greenville. ■ Among the Sick. The condition of Mr. E- B. Free-\ man, who suffered a relapse Friday I after having been out Thursday fol- j ’owing an attack of influenza, is very much improved. He is able to be at his office today. The condition of Miss Elizabeth Wishart, who had been confined to i ner room for the past few days on i account of illness, is very much im proved. The condition of Mr. R. F. Gregory who has been very ill at his home on ha Pembroke road, is somewhat im proved today, McLean Opens Headquarters in Raleigh. Campaign headquarters for A. W. McLean, candidate for the Democra-' ic nomination for Governor, were j »pened today in room 201 of the Yar- j borough hotel in Raleigh, where his! nanager, Mr. W. J. Brogden of Dur-! ■am, and C, H. England, former pri vate secretary to Claude Kitchin, will \ e in charge until the primary- Mr. t McLean, Mr. England, who has been ! with Mr. McLean in Lumberton for j some time, and Mr. J. Dickson Me-j ean s?ent Saturday in Raleigh mak- i rig final arrangements. —— ■■ * —Among those from here who | will attend the Scottish Rite reunion! of the Masonic order in Wilmington his week are Messrs. Oscar Israel, F. Ertel Carlyle, R. H. Crichton, Boyce Preva te, Frank Pait, Jack Cox and; D. L. Whiting. The following who are members of the initiation team of the .ocal lodge will also attend: Messrs- J. J. Goodwin, J. B. McLeod, Harold Humphrey and Dr. R. T. Al len. ! —Mr. E- J. Marlow, svho recently was promoted from manager of the McLellan's five and ten-cent store j here to district superintendent, spent a few days here last week with rela ives. Mr. Marlow will have headquarters in Salisbury and will move bis family there in the near future. Mr. Marlow is succeeded here by Mr. Odum, formerly manager of the Washington, N. C., store. will engage in carpenter work. His friends wish him much success in this vocation Mr. Hallie Seawell, traveling sales man for a drug firm in Philadelphia, was a week-end guest in the home of his father,. Mr. E. O. Seawell, and family, which was quite a pleasure to his former acquaintances here, i where he is well1' known. Mrs. Eoxie McMillan has returned home from a visit to her sister Mrs. VV. It. McKenzie, who resides in Sampson county. - , CHESTNUT STREET CHURCH OVER SUBSCRIBES QUOTA Cash and Pledgea for Superannuate Find $879.3# for TW# Year— Quota for S-Year Period n $2,718. Members of Chestnut Street Mth odict church hare contributed $694 .80 in cash and have pledged $284.50 for the fund for worn-out preachers, which is explained in an article pub lished elsewhere in this issue. The pledges are to be paid on or before July 1st. The Southern Methodist church is raising an endowment fund of $10, 000.000 to care for worn-out preach ers. This amount is to be raised over a period of five years. The quota of Chestnut Street church for the 5-year period is $2,718, or $543.80 a year for 5 years, so it will be seen that this church's quota for this year has been* overpaid, pledges running the subscription considerably bvtjr. It is probable that those who have not yet subscribed will run the amount to nearly double the amount asked for thi8 year. Each year’s quota wil. be raised separately, no pledges being asked for beyond this year Rev. T. McM. Grant, the pastor, has stressed this cause in recent ser mons, and last Sunday Messrs. H. E. Stacy and K. M. Barnes made pleas for the cause fog the laymen at the morning service. Items of Local New Dollar Days Wednesday and Thurs day —The condition of Mr*Ira( Barker who is critically ill at his home on Sycamore street, continues unim proved. —Mr. Arch Spivey has opened a box ball alley in the building former ly occupied by The Robesonian on West Fourth street —The condition of Mr. Jack Cox, who has been confined to his room since Thursday on account of a se vere cold, is very much improved. —Mr. F. F. Wetmore left Satur day for Greenville, S. C., where he will spend a month assisting Mr. W. D- Neeves, civil engineer, making a map of ithe city. —An enjoyable social peeing of the Maccabees was held in the "hall Friday night. Mr. J. F. Stokes of Greenville, a state official of the order, was present Refreshments were served. 4 —Members 'of Alfred Rowland ehapter, Children of the Confederacy, gave a delightful surprise party to Mrs. C. W- Smith Saturday at 3 p. m„ celebrating her 78tfa birthday an niversary. —Among those from here going to Red Springs Thursday evening to hear Edgar A. Guest, the poet, at Flora Macdonald college, were Mrs Daisy W. Jenkins, Misses Vio'a Jen king and Martha Flax Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. A. V. G. Wishart. The two most important days this week—Wednesday and Thursday. —Drs. R. S. Beam and J. N. Britt, of Lumberton and M. A. Pittman of Boardman, attended the regular monthly meeting of the Robeson County Medical association in Row land Wednesday. The next mee ting will be held in Lumberton April 9th. Work on three of Lumberton's large buildings, the hotel annex, store building of. Mr. K. M. Biggs’ and the office building of Mr. T. L. Johnson’s is progressing and it will only be a few weeks before appear ances of the locations of these build ings will be greatly changed. —The doltar day advertisements appearing in today's paper are real messages from the merchants of Lumberton to the buying public. Time and thought were put into each message. The advertisers are mak ing an effort out of the orainary to give bargains Wednesday and Thurs day such as they have never thought of offering before. —Miss Lillian Hall of Lumber Bridge and Miss Mary Jo Dickson of ork, S. C., will gjye a senior piano recital at Greensboro college, Greenscoro. on the evening of April -1, it is learned from a program ent ou tby the department of music >f the college. Miss Hall took part m a students' recital at the college Thursday evening of last week. —Mrs. E L. Hamilton and daugh ter, htt u Miss Ruth, returned home aa ^day n^ht after an absence of en days which Mrs. Hamilton spent it Scotland Neck with her mother, who has been ill but whose condition !? ,I".proved- Little Miss Ruth spent the .ime at Tarboro with an aunt and i&w Dr. R. C- Beaman, beloved form er pastor of Chestnut Street Metho dist church of Lumberton, who was overjoyed to see a member of his former flock. Cotton Market Reported by J. H. Uarrinxtos Middling, cottoir is quoted on the osal market today Jt 26 cents the - pound.