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GHH THE ROBESONIAN ^1 VOL. LV.—NO. 16. LUMBERTON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1924. cocht*t. god and rmirra. rr*BUnBi) i«» ntcimtrt * .....- ... —.....—--- —..— ■ 11 ...—----- - - - -:-— Kiwanis Has Ambitious Program For LuiMn Chamber of Commerce,. More Indus tries, Playgrounds, Library, Post office, City Beautiful, Opera House and More Homes Given as Greatest Needs of Town, TO STRIVE FOR THESE THINGS A chamber of commerce, more in dustries, play-grounds, library, United States postoffice, city beau tiful, opera, house and more homes, in the orde^named, were given as the greatest needs of Lumberton and | what should be the major effort ofj the Kiwanis club in returns from : questionnaires given out two weeks; ago by Mr. W. B. Crumpton, chair-: man of the program committee. Prof. Crumpton at the weekly luncheon at the Lorraine hotel Tues day handed to each member a sheet on which was graphically presented the consensus of opinion represent ed by the replies. “From the replies”, tho paper handed to each member states, “it will le seen that the fol lowing condition will prevail. “Lumberton plus active Chamber of Commerce will equal more indus tries, play-grounds, library, U. S- j postoffice, city clean and sanitary, ■ opera house and more homes. “W.ithin the fabric of Kiwanis ser-' vice is woven the following: The' r fostering of a fuller realization of the j responsibilities of patriotic citizen- ’ ship." “One of the replies stated, ‘We should have more of the stuff Ki wanis is supposed to give’. Another j stated, ‘A better spirit of co-opera tion whereby wp will know each other better and accomplish things for the common good.’ Another says, ‘We need a tobacco re-drying plant, which will tend to hold the tobacco market up in Lumberton.’ “Think it over and let us get be hind something and accomplish it during this first year. Remember, ‘he that helps his neighbor helps himself.’” Members were asked to think over this program and devise plans for carrying it out. Sixty or more members were pre sent at the luncheon and the follow ing visitors were introdi^ccd: Messrs. Geo- Calhoun of Fairmont, Henry: McKinnon of Max ton and Lumberton H. E. Phillips ‘of Boardman. Miss Lula Norment added to the pleasure of the occasion by singing two solos, Miss Elsie Thompson playing piano accompaniment. Ttye young ladies were tendered a rising vote of thanks, the same also being tendered Mr. Ira Buliard for secur-1 ing the shad which the diners dis cussed with so much relish. Mr. Robert Caldwell, of the hard-! hearted program committee, had Messrs. K. M. Barnes, A- Weinstein, W. M. Burney, J. A. Sharpe attempt . the difficult stunt of punting an elu sive balloon from one end of the din ing-room to the other with a short stick. Mr. Burney, being perhaps better versed in the way of a balloon j with a man and a stick, got there, first and won the prize, a nursing j bottle, which he found after going through many packages, and he was directed to demonstrate its use. I Which the same he did in most ap proved fashion, except, that he did not lie flat on his back and kick his heels in the air while doing it. But he did suck that bottle just like the I days of his infancy were fresh in his mind Superior Court Adjourned Yesterday— Many Non Suits and Compromises—Two Di vorces and 1 Contested Trial. The term of Robeson Superior court which convened here Monday morning for the trial of civil casds, with Judge E. H- Cranmer of South port presiding, adjourned yesterday ' morning after 2 divorces had been granted and one jury trial had been completed. Several non-suits and compromises were entered and many cases were i continued. A verdict was awarded i the defendant in the only jury trial. E. C. McCallum et al vs. Henry Me- i Callum, in which the plaintiffs were , trying to set aside a deed given to i Henry McCallum. • l Divorces were awarded as follows ; Addie Cromartie vs. William Cro- < martie; Delia West vs. Arthur West.]! GOV. MORRISON AN1) MRS. WATTS M/RRIED IN DURHAM Durham, April 2. (Associated ' Press)—Governor Morrison, of North Carolina, and Mrs. Sara Ecker ' Watts, widow of George W\ Watts,; j Durham millionnaire financier, were married here this afternoon at 4 i j o’clock at the Watts " mansion on South Duke street. ] CARS WASHED—POLISHED 1 GAS—OIL—TIRES—ACCESSORIES GREASED. "FULLERS SERVICE STATION Cor. 2nd and Chestnut St. Artillery Detachment Is Expected To Arrive Today Fort Bragg Soldiers Will Give Dem onstrations Here Friday and Sat urday—To Be Located On South Elm Street—Unit Consists of 33 Horses 28 Men and Full Equip ment. WILL BE A MODEL CAMP. A detachment of the second field .artillery from Fort Bragg is expect edto arive here this afternoon o r tomorrow morning and will be sta tioned on the vacant lot opposite the town hall on Suth Elm street- ,The unit left Fort Bragg yesterday, ac cording to a letter from Recruiting Officer W. S. Bryant. Arrangements for the site and place to store the three big army truck loads of hay, which arrived here Tuesday, have been made by Mr. Eli Wishart, commander of the local American Legion post. In his letter Mr. Bryant stated that General A. J. Bowley, commanding officer of Fort Bragg, will appreciate the co operation of the people of Lumfcerton in making it possible to* stage demon strations showing how this branch of the army conducts itself on the bat tlefield. The detachment consists of 35 horses and 28,men, several guns and regular field camping equipment. The camp will be a model one and the military activities will be of great interest and educational value In closing his letter, Mr. Bryant stat ed that the men in the unit are well disciplined and a credit to the stand ing army of the United States. Fairmont Letter Work Begun on Cement Sidewalks and New Brick Store Building— ‘•You Never Can Tell” Play Friday Night. ' Correspondence of The Robesonian. Fairmont, Apr. 2—Contract was let last week for the construction of nearly a mile of cement sidewalk be ginning at the corner of Mrs..A. A. Shaw’s lot andgoing West on Cot tagp street to Main street and start ing at the comer of the Baptist church lot West on church street to the corner of Mr. J. F. Johnson’s lot. Several cross streets will be paved at this time- Wtork was begun Mon day. Work was started Mondav mornin^ on the brick building on Messrs. F. F. and A. E. Thompson’s lots. It will be a two-store one-story structure. Th ework will be rushed to comple-; tion as quickly as possible. Play Friday Night. Of course “You Never Can Tell”, tut if you don’t go to the school au ditorium Friday night at 8 o’clock and see and hear the fun, don’t dame anybody but just “self.” We haven’t had any lyceum attractions this winter, so we’ve had to depend on our own local talent for enter tainment and we haven't been disap pointed at any of the performances. Our boys and girls, some few out of! high school, know how to carry i their parts to perfection. But “You f Never Can Tell” is just a little above th eaverage; in fact, it3 a humdinger, I a regular thriller from the time you j meet little Latrella, Phil’s young Ward, until—until—well, until. Miss ' Caryl Brigham won’t let me finish, you know she wrote the play and is n Fairmont directing it. The Parent Ieacher association is sponsoring :he play, so Miss Brigham and the association invite you to come Fri lay night and find out for yourself. By «attending the play we get an svening’s entertainment and help the issociation help the community. Re served seats on sale at Grantham Irug store. Buy early and avoid the rush. The stage settings and decora .ions will be furnished free of charge by the up-to-date furniture store of Stephens & Barnes. rax Bill Will Pass and Bonus Bill May. Washington, April 1.—Assurance that the tax reduction bill would )e passed this session and prediction hat the soldier bonus bill would be enacted into law before Congress idjourns was made today by Chair nan Smoot, of the senate finance :ommittee, as leaders of both parties ind President Coolidge centered at ention on the legislative program.1 senator Smoot told the senate the I ;ax bill probably would be ready for i report to the floor by Saturday. —R. D. Caldwell & Son received i letter this week frorn^Hart Schaff-, ler and Marx,, the wpil known cloth-1 ng manufacture^gj/commenting very nghly upon an advertisement of heir clothes 'which appeared in The j iobesonlan March 20. The letter was i boost for R, M- Norihent, advertis ng manager of the local firm, who •repared the copy, and for The Robe onian’s mechanical force, who set it P Mr. C. C. Byrd o f the Barnesville section was a Lumberton visitor fuesday. Helpful Meeting of Parent-Teacher Assn. I'.- ; •- 0 j - . j Interesting Talks on Important Sub jects—Need of Playgrounds" and Nurse Presented—Mrs. Cooper Discusses Juvenile Court. / Reported for The Robesonian There was a most helpful meeting of the Parent-Teacher association on Tuesday, April 1, at the municipal building. Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth con ducted the devotional exercises. Mrs. Justin McNeill, chairman of the membership committee, made an excellent report. Mjs3 Aileen Gram ling discussed federating with the National association. Mr. T. L Johnson lectured on the “Fundamen tals "of American Citizenship”. He (jiscussed this fully under the heads of integrity, industry and religion. Miss Gramling pi-incipal of the high school, talked on “What Should Be Done in Schools for Citizenship”. In discussing “Some Needs of the School”, Prof. Crumpton stressed the need of playgrounds and a nurse for the town and school. Mrs. Coop er, from Raleigh, executive secretary of League of Women voters, gave in teresting information on “The Juve nile Court”. Mice Stacy Will Address Graduating Class done 3 Justice W. P. Stacy of the State Supreme, court will deliver the ad dress before the graduating class of the Lumber-ton high school June 9. Supt. W. B. Crumpton received a let ter this morning advising that Judge Stacy, who is a brother of Mr. H. E Stacy of Lumberton, has accepted the invitation to deliver the address. Clean-Up Week April if to 11 Set as Additional Clean Up Week for Lumberton. To the Citizens of the Town of Lum fcerton: Clean-up week set by Fire Insur ance Commissioner Wade has passed, but a great many of the back lots have not been cleaned up? We have, therefore, designated April 8th to 11th, both inclusive, as additional clean-up week. We especially call at tention to the plan adopted for clean ing up the various wards. The trash wagons a'nd truck will remove all trash front ward no. 1 Tuesday April 8th; ward no. 2, Wednesday, the 9th; ward no- 3, Thursday, the 10th; and ward no. 4, Friday, the 11th. Find out the ward you are in and get your trash ready for Ithase dates. j Do -net-psir*’ .nrsh —paved streets. ■ Operators of garages and owners; of vacant lots are requested to re move old junk, such as worn-out cars, etc., from about these places.i A committee will inspect your pre- j mises after this clean-up-week, and i we ar esure that you want your pre- j raises to look clean. E. M. Johnson, Mayor. April 3rd, 1924 — DR. W. O. EDMUND’S STOKE AND ITS CONTENTS BURNED Store and Plant of Chemical Com pany 2 Miles East of Town De stroyed by -Fire This Morning. Dr. W. O. Edmund’s store and plant for the manufacture of veterinary remedies two miles east of Lumber ton on the Whiteville road were de stroyed by fire this morning at 9:15 o’clock. Only two showcases were saved. Dr. Edmund says the building cost $2,700 and he had in it about $1,700 worth of medical supplies and about $1,000 worth of merchandise, with very little insurance. The fire started on the second j floor, which was not occupied, but its origin is not known. There was no j one at the store at the time, and it i had not been open since early this morning- Fire Chief E«f. Glover went to the fire with one truck, but the r fire had gained too great headway to be checked. Chicago, April 1.-— More than 100 deputy sheriffs and policemen to night patrolled the streets of Cicero, a city within Chicago, after an elec tion day in which precinct workers were shot, clubbed and kidnaped in the City’s first partisan contest in six years. —The regular town meeting Tues day night was adjourned until tomor row night at 7:30 at which time the business scheduled for Tuesday night will be transacted. D, Adrian Mathews, 33, married, of Audubon, freight conductor on the A. C. L. lines in Wilmington, was struck and killed by an automobile \ Tuesday night on the Wrightsville i turnpike. Three hours later what is, believed to be the death car wTas lo-1 cated and ' H. A. Boyd was j placed under arrest oh the charge of murder- A partly filled bottle of gin was found in the car. Plunges of Candidates and Rumors Disturb The Waters Small Makes Splash—Dame Rumor Has It That Jas. Spivey Lon Town send and A. R. Pittman May Seek j Sheriff’s. Job—J-. B. .McLeod May Run for Solicitor Recorder’s Court —W. G. Pittman Reported As As pirant for County Commissioner Office. THREE NOW FOR RECORDER. Political waters are greatly dis turbed by the official announcement appearing in today’s Robesonian | that Mr. Spurgeon S. Small is a can | didate for recorder of Lumberton dis trict! Mr- W*. B. Ivey, present record er, and Mr. C. B. Hocutt are the other contestants in the race. “Spurg”, as he is commonly. called, isproprietor of the Star Barber shop and has a large number of friends throughout Robeson county. He is a i native of that community between | Lumberton and Fairmont known as “Small’3 Crossroads”, and since coming to Lumberton several years ago has become very popular. His picture has been sent throughout ; North Carolina, appearing in an is* sue of Charity & Childron several months ago under the caption “Cham pion”. This title Mr. Small won when he was twice awarded the championship for eating at social functions of his Sunday school class. Throughout the county rumors have been floating for several days that Mr- Jas. Spivey of Lumberton; uhd Mr. Lon Townsend of St. Paul i will enter the race for sheriff against ! the present candidate, Mr. B. Frank McMillan, who was defeated by a slight margin two years ago. It is> also rumored that Mr. John Blount" ; McLeod a young lawyer of Lumber ' ton, will oppose Mr. F. Ertel Carlvle i I for solicitor of recorder’s court of j this district. Streit gossip this morn-j j ing also had it that Mr. Gerald W.' Pittman would be a candidate for j county commissioner. None of these rumors can be confirmed. Mr. Spivey u&es not affirm nor does he deni the rumor about him. Mr. McLeod states that he is undecided. Just before going to press another rumor leaked into The Robesonian office to the effect that Rural Police man A. R. Pittman might be a can didate for Sheriff of Robeson county. When asked about it, Mr. Pittman stated that he was considering the matter and that he would give some! definite information during the next few days., TAR HEEL TOPICS Mr, W. J- Monroe Becomes Post-: master—Funeral, of. Mr. Fratak Burney—Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. j Tar Heel, April 1^-Plowing lind preparing for planting is the order of the day in this section. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cain of Tolars ville spent last Sunday afternoon: with Mr. and Mrs- H. C. Brisson. Mrs. D. W. McDuffie spent the week-end with friends and relatives in St. Pauls. Mr. W. W. Robeson went to Lum berton one day last week. Mr- and Mrs. J. D. Monroe and daughter, Miss Hazel, and son, Mas ter Earl, visited Mrs. Monroe’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Powers, of the Ten Mile section, Sunday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Brady and fami ly visited in this vicinity last Sunday Mr. W. T. Hall of Lumberton spent last Sunday in our community. Miss Lela Mae Cain of Tolarsville visited her sister Mrs. H. C. Brisson here recently. Mr. W. J- Monroo has been ap pointed postmaster. He takes charge of the office today. Mr. and Mr3. Roland Hall of Dub lin spent a short while here Sunday. A large crowd attended the fun eral of Mr. Frank Burney Sunday p. m. Mr- S. Y. Pharr went to Raleigh a few days ago on business. Mrs. Y. V. Tolar and family of Parkton spent the week-end here with relatives. Mr. Jesse Monroe visited in the Ten Mile section Sunday. We enjoy reading Aunt Becky's letters very much. Hope she will write often Best wishes to The Robesonian. * Former Auditor Wood Dies. Col. W. P. Wood of Ashe boro, who was elected State auditor in 1910 and served for 10 years, died Tues day night in a High Point hospital, "‘tre he had been a patient since Jar.r,ary. He was for many years Asheboro’s most prominent citizen. He was born in 1843 and entered the Confederate* army when he was 17 years old Cotton Market Bcnortcd by J. H. .B*rrinr*'w Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 25 cents the: pound. i Program For Meeting Of Sunday School CEjtb Meeting to be Held at Gospel Taber nacle Sunday Afternoon—Atten dance at all Churches Increaaed. MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN. The program for the next meeting of the Lumberton Sunday School club which is to be held at the Gospel Ta bernacle Sunday afternoon, is print ed below. Much interest and enthu siasm has been taken in the club since its organization several weeks ago and the attendance at all the churches has been materially in creased. The meeting in March, held at Chesenut Street Methodist church, was well attended. A splendid pro gram was rendered and a number of oUt-of-town visitors was present. Ladies are especially invited to at tend this meeting. Program. Hymn 241—“Work for the Night is Coming”. Hymn 229—“He Leadeth Me”. Hymn 88—“0, Beulah Land”. Scripture Selection—-Dr- C. H. Durham. Prayer—Rev. T. McM. Grant. “Battle Hymn of the Republic”. “Best Methods Used to Increase Sunday School Attendance” —Mr. Louis Stovall. Quartette. “Value of Sunday School to Men" —Mr- H. E Stacy. Little Girls’ Trio—“My Heart Be-j longs to Jesus”—Isabel Edwards, | Helen Floyd, Ruby Edwards. Hymn 239—“In The Cross of Christ I Glory”. Benediction. TO SUCCEED DAUGHERTY. Washington, April 2.—President I Coolidge filled his second cabinet va cancy today by selecting Harlanj Fiske Stone, retiring dean of Colum- J bia university school of law, as at- j torney-general. St. Paul News Funeral of Mr. C. C. Me Lei lan—A Variety of Personal Items. By Bessie G. Johnson St. Paul, April 1—Instead of; meeting on Friday as usual, the missionary basket meeting will be; held on Thursday afternoon at 3:30; this week at the home of Mrs, Ralph j Powers, Broad street. Preceding this; the mission study class will be held| it 3 o’clock Friends of Rev. Daniel Patt Me-; Geaehy D. D., of Decatur, Ga., j were glad to greet him a brief while yesterday afternoon, en route to j Fayetteville, where he will assist in i revival which began last night. Hi j brother Mr. L. A. McGeachy, who met him in Lumberton in the after I noon, accompanied him to Fayette ville. Mr. McGeachy hopes to visit it- Paul between intervals while i ;here and will possibly spend a few lays among us at the close of the meeting. Mr. L. L. McGoogan and sister, Mrs. Sallie Hartman, and their bro ther Mr. George McGoogan and son, Wilbur, motored over to Dunn last Sunday to attend the funeral of a -elative, Mr. C. C. McLelland of that lommunity, who wa3 buried at Black’s Chapel near there in the af ;emoon. Deceased, who was 77 years age, had been in ill health for 5everal years, having been critical y ill the past few weeks, therefore! ns death, which came Friday morn ng, was not unexpected- He is sur-: cived by 3 daughters and 2 sons— Mesdames C. J. Jones of Cumber and county, N. E. Denson of Rocky Mount and E. L. McNeill of Vass; Messrs. C. C. McLellan Jr. and Rhodes McLellan, who reside at the )ld homestead- Mr. McLellan was a nost highly respected citizen of his :ommunity and a devout member of ;he Presbyterian church at Godwin, during his illness a brother, Mr. Jno. McLellan of Phoenix, Arizona, who had been away sonjething like 43 rears, returned to North Carolina for a visit to the old home near L-'unn, arriving about 2 weeks prior to :o his brother’s death. Deceased was t cousin of Mrs. D. A. McGoogan of >ur town, who was also with him luring the extremis. She returned lome Sunday afternoon following he funeral. Visitors Sunday afternoon in the ionic of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sugar on Broad street were Mr. and Mrs. Fur nan Biggs and little son from Lum serton and Mr. and Mrs, Sam Ep stein and children of Raeford, whj notored over for a short while. Mrs. Biggs was formerly Miss Kate Britt, i resident of St. Paul several years igo. Miss Elva Harrington of the school faculty at Bailey was a de ightful week-end guest in the home if her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C- C. Harrington. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McGeaehy Continued on page 3 Democratic Precinct Nleet i igs To 6e Held Saturday _t. Chairman Johnson Want* Large and Enthusiastic Convention Here April 12th—Committee* Elected at Precinct Meeting* to Elect Chair man and Secretary The Democratic voter* of the pre cinct* of Robeson county will gather j at their respective voting place* Sat urday for the purpose of electing committees and delegate* to the > county convention, according to Mr. T. L. Johnson, county chairman. In an article by Mr. Johnson ap-1 pearing in Monday’s Robesonian, he stated that he was very anxious to! have a large and enthusia*tic county convention here April 12th, with j just as many citizens in attendance as possible. He also stated that after! the adjournment of the precinct j meeting, the committee elected in the; meeting, should at once „ appoint aj chairman and a secretary, and notify I him. Parkton Letter Not *o Many Fools an Formerly—i When to Plant Cotton, Corn and Gardens—Electric Lights by Sat urday Night—Baseball and Basket ball—Buck Horn Commencement April 25. By C. D. Williamson. Farkton, Apr 1—All Fools day just about to a close. Not much dem-i onstration reported, only a few pri-j vate or individual cases and only a i few of the shallow school children! even attempted to leave the school premises during school hours. We} observe a number of the Lumber: Bridge school pupils that hiked over; our way and continued their journey j as far as Midway, and some of their tumber were glad to ride back on j the train. This scribe claims he got out stout today. Times are chang ing, anyway; not so many fools in the country as there were ten years ago; and I think it commendable. When to Plant. Today some of the farmers on route 2 from our postoffice planted cotton. I have been asked by so many farmers my advice as to when to plant corn and cotton for this season. I would advise, first, to see the date of Easter, and you will see it recrod ed for April 20th. Plant your field corn when you see the dogwood in full bloom; and plant cotton on or about good Friday, and no sooner if you don’t want to plant the second: . • t me. If some of you demonstrators - have something fetter, let us hear I' from you So far as gardens are con-; corned, you had better get in high gear if you have not already plant- i( sd. Bad Auto Wreck. That was some wreck Sunday ev-j sning when a couple young men j from a neighboring town were speed-} ing at near 50 miles schedule and as j hey reached the Council Curve on f State highway route 21, one miler‘ above Midway, the Oakland left the! •'■ad and landed headlong in the bay. f One of the most exciting wreaks! the writer most ever witnessed. We only viewed it a few minutes after the accident. Hundreds of tourists paused to take a peep at that once beautiful car, and it remains yet a I miracle that it was not damaged to a greater extent, and more of a miracle that its occupants were not killed, j1 rpey escaped with only a few minor: - bruises. The amusing thing to the writer was, t wo aged men viewing the car j ieep down in the mud remarked. I * ‘You say the driver must have been l spilt?” “No, no, I say if he had been ’ sober he might have been killed.”. (The Old Home Town). Electric Lights Our town promises beautiful elec- * trie lights ere Saturday night. We * will tell you about it later. ;* Mr. John Gillis .made a speedy trip ' to Raleigh and return today. 1 Baseball. ( The third nine baseball went over r to Lumber Bridge Monday afternoon c iml p:ayed the like-aged nine. The 1 fame was of much interest from be- 1 ginning to the finish. The bovs were * lear evenly matched and while 1 Parkton lads led off, yet their oppo nents finally evened up and the ?ame ran 50-50 for a few innings.. Finally Lumber Bridge won; score i to 0. Johnson of Rex umpired the jame most satisfactorily and no dis putes, no unpleasant words, and a ?ood old time prevailed throughout. Batteries for the locals, Pittman and Sikes; for the visitors, McCall and Williamson- Time of gam,e 2 hours. Mrs. D. W. Marsh and other mem bers of the family motored up to Raleigh Sunday and visited near rel ‘.'. ve< and report a good day, wiidc Vfr. E. B. Hutson and wife motored :o Gastonia and report a fine trip. Time too short and space too scarce for other mention. We are ?lad to report the sick of our town ill better. The musical on last Tuesday night it the auditorium by Mrs. Williams »n4 others of Fayetteville was much mjoyed by a small house- The music. Hoit-Lawrence Marriage Takes Town By Surprise Minn Anna Lawrence and Mr. Porter Preston Holt Married In Bennetts ville Monday—Ormplete Surprise —Firat Application For License Refused. Miss Anna Norwood Lawrence of Uomberton and Mr. Porter Preston Holt of Spencer were married Mon day afternoon in the Marlboro coun ty court house, Bennettsville, S. C., at 4:45 by Probate Judge McLaurin After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Holt in company with Misses Janie K. Wishart and Mary Biggs of Lum berton, who attended the ceremony, returned, to Hamlet, going from there to Spencer, where the bridegroom holds a position with the Southern Railway Co. News of the marriage, which was received here about 5:30, was a com plete surprise to even closest friends and relatives of the bride. According to reports received here, the couple did not let their intentions be known ^ until after they had reached Rocking ham on a joy ride. License was re fused at Rockingham on account of the Register of deeds doubt of Mrs. Holt’s age. It was only a matter of a few miles and a few minutes, so they proceeded to Bennettsville. Mrs. Holt Is the oldest daughter of Mr- and Mrs. R. C. Lawrence and is very popular here and elsewhere throughout the state. She attended school at Flora Macdonald, Faasifem, Queens and Coker college. The bride groom is a young man of a promi nent family. Items of Local Ne —Bom, to Mr. and Mrs* John Felts, yesterday afternoon, a boy. —Regular meeting of Maccabees in the hall tomorrow night. Degree work. —Mr. Hugh Gray of Wadesboro begah work yesterday as clerk at the Lorraine hotel. —License has been issued for the marriage of Miss Emma Kinlaw and Mr. R. B. Kinlaw. —There will be a lhad supper at the Goat club this evening at 7 o’clock All members are urged to attend. —Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watts have moved to Laurinburg, where Mr. Watts is manager of the Scotland theatre. —Dr. G. Blair Jennings will attend Saturday in Sanford a meeting of ne North Carolina Chiropractor as sociation and will deliver a lecture on ‘How to Care for Acute Disease”* —Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. Fuller have pone to Mayo Bros, hospital in Ro hester, Minn., where they will spend teveral weeks. They left Saturday light. —Mr. Ray Bond of Greensboro is spending a few days in Lumberton in business. Mr. Bond has the con tract for roofing the new high school buildip'. He expects the work to be ompleted today. —Mr. G. A. Crofton and family are noving today from the Rosier resi lence on East Fifth street to the Barker residence, same street, which was recently vacated by Mr. N. P. Andrews. Mr. J- A. Jinette and fami y expect to mov» tomorrow into the louse vacated by Mr. Crofton. —Mr. U. S. Page, proprietor of ’age’s lake, 7 miles east of St. Paul, vas a Lumberton visitor yesterday, dr. Page says he has made great mprovements at this resort and is ireparing every comfort and con venience for Sunday school picnick ers and others of tha beat class* He i3 ;oing to drain off his lake to make dder beaches and will have a fish 'ry at an early date. —O. J* Peterson writes from Clin on that “Capt. Fitzhugh Whitfield, he active and vigorous chairman of he Sampson county Democratic exe utive committee is exerting him elf considerably to arouse an in erest among the Democrats of the ounty. He is writing many party len with regard to the township and ounty conventions and has secured he promise of Mr. A. W. MeLean to * present on April 12th, the day of he county. convention, and address he assembled patriots. ■ as of a n.gh order, the singing the >est yet. Buck Horn played a game of bas ;etha1l with Grey’s Creek Tuesday ifternoon on Buck Horn’s court. This ras the most interesting game of he season. The score was 10 and 9 in ivor hues Horn. Those playing well from Buck lorn were Essie McMillan and Ed ia Brigman, forward; Ruby Brown md Clemence McArthur, guards; tuth McArthur, center. Buck Horn dayed her- last game for the season. Buck Horn is beginning to pre are for commencement April 23. The xercises is going tor be worth your ime. Everybody is invited. The tea hers at Buek Horn this year are Irs. Mamie Glisson of Atkinson, •rincipal; Miss Emma Crump of St ’aul and Miss Gladys Willis of iingham, S. C. This year is B. H. nost successful year.
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