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TUMBERTON, N. C, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1924. THE WEATHER FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW VOL. LV —VOL. NO. 48 —SERIAL NO. i SM PAGES TODAY. K3TARt,MMt, F-R!CH WVR <,y . Hi T. LMnNnSnmi!sH.M.MMEr Us MM at Fast MM Baalt Mr. McAllister Resigns to Assume Active Management of His General Fire and Life Insur ance Agency. FIRST NATIONAL ONE OF LARG EST BANKS IN THIS SECTION Mr. Johnson is Successful Lawyer and Business Man—Dr„H .M. Baker Added to Board of Directors. WILL MOVE INTO HANDSOME NEW BANK BUILDING SEPT. 1ST At a meeting of the board of direc tors of the First National Bank of Lumberton Friday of last week Mr. H. M. McAHister tendered his resig nation as president, and Mr. T. L. Johnson, who has for some years been active vice president, was elected in his stead. The resignation of Mr. Mc Aiiistcr becomes effective August itst, at which time Mr. Johnson wiii as sume the duties of president. It is understood that negotiations for the purchase of th estock of Mt. McAHister were completed some time ago, and that as a consequence Mr. Johnson began the erection of the handsome bank and office building north-west corner of Eim and Fifth, now nearing completion, which wiii be the future home of the bank. It was planned to have the new manage ment assume control September 1st, which is exactly 20 years from the date the First National Bank of Lum berton was organized, but owing to the fact that Mr. McAllister found it necessary to assume immediate management of his insurance busi ness, the change will become effec tive August 1st. Mr. McAllister is and has been for many years the general agent for the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance company, and has also conducted a! large fire insurance, business in con- j ncction with his life insurance agen-1 cy. Mr. 'vaB. Townsend, who had! charge of these agencies for Mr. McAl lister,because of continued ill health } found it necessary to give up this) work, and a few days ago went to a! hospital in Philadelphia for treat-! nient. This made it necessary for Mr. i McAHister to assume the manage ment of these agencies in person. The First National Bank is one of the largest banking institutions in} this ^ction, and at the present time ! is a designated depository for the United States Government, tne State of North Carolina, the county of j Rohoson and the town of Lumberton. Mr. Johnson, the new president of i the bank, for the past 17 years 1 as lived in Lumberton, where he has successfuiiy engaged. in the practice of iaw.! being at this time senior member cf! McLeod. He is also identified with several othe business enterprises in' this section, particularly fanning,' cotto mills and banks. Following are the directors: T .L.; Johnson, R. E. Lew s, R. McA Nixon.} Dr. H. M. Baker, A. P. McAllister,) all of Lumberton, G. T. Pate of Pur- j vis and D. C. Regan of Howell,sville ^ township .Dr. Baker is the well known head of the Baker sanatorium; j Mr. Lewis is sheriff of the county and ! a large and successful farmer; Mr. A. P. McAllister is secreatry and treasurer of the National Cotton Mills; Mr. Pate is a large merchant and farmer, being one of the mem bers of partnership of C. T. Pate and Z. V. Pate, trading as C. T. Pate and company; and Mr. Regan is a well known and successful farmer, living near Regan's church, in Howcllsville township. He formerly represented Robeson county in the Legislature. When seen by a reporter this morn ing Mr. Johnson made the foltowing brief statement: "The First National Bank of Lum berton will continue to be operated under the supervision of the National Government. We covet the continued support and good will of the people of this county and section. During the seventeen years I have lived in Lumberton, I have seen ^ha bank grow from an institution of less than a hundred thousand dollars resourecses to resources of approxi mately a million dollars^ "I think the bank has served the community and county well during the past twenty years, and it shall be our primary purpose to conduct in the future an institution th^t shall be as safe as the government itself, and at the same time to render to one thousands of patrons and friends such service in the granting of loans and accommodations as is consistent with safe, conservative banking. "On September 1st #e expect to move to our commodious modem banking room now nearing comple tion, and this will add materiaily to our abiiity to serve our patrons." Parkton Letter Good Cotton-Growing Weather—A Sure-Enough Railroad Town—S<oi dier Boys Return—Band Concerts— Residence and Other Improve ments—Social and Persona!. By C. D. Williamson Parkton, Juiy 25—We hear no Complaint as to this being good cot ton-growing weather. So many farm ers lay by their crops, especially cot ton, soon as the weather gets real hot. This is one year if cotton is not cultivated late the grass will com pletely hide it from the pickers next fall. The writer was somewhat amus ed at a remark made by a noted farm er who said, "one consolation, we farmers won't be bothered sitting up all 'night at the cotton gins next fall waiting to get our cotton ginned. It will be remembered that last fall the gins ran; all day and all night and then couldn't keep up; but next fall will be quite different up our way. Our town is sure enough a rail road town as the A. C. L; is mewrg things. The large cotton platform located sout hof the depot has been torn down and is being re-built north of t^e depot near the town. A con siderable number of hands is employ ed .The double-tracking south of town caused many changes. We were informed last night that Mr .D. P. Spell, who has been work ing at Clio, S. C., as agent, will come back to Parkton and will operate his same old job he previously worked. If this be true it meets with our ap proval, as we hated to give him up and will gladly welcome him back. Company L., N. C. X. G., returned from camp at Moorehead City Sun day. The hoys were in fine shape and happy. Capt. J. B. Malloy says he was well pleased with his company. Only one serious accident during the 2-weeks' stay. One of the sergeants lost his city mustache, but he has just about recovered from the shock. Last Friday night the Parkton con cert band gave a free concert in our town. Scats were arranged in Main street and the music was enjoyed by our town folks, also many visitors. The town and community insist that the band duplicate at least one night each week. St. Pauls will be entitled to the next concert. A new handsome filling station has been erected in our town, known as Dixie Service Station, located on the west side the railroad, James MeN. Livingston .proprietor. Mr. Living ston is a nephew of Mr. J. A. D. Mc Natt and is from Wagra.n, Scotland county. The teachers that have been enjoy ing vacation at summer schools arc returning. We are sorry to report Mrs. J. S. Jenrigain on the sick list. Since our last writing Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stubbs have enjoyed a real family reunion, one happy week with them. The farthest away of then chiidren probably was their daugh ter, Ruby, who married Mr. J. W. Jones of Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Jones motored through the country. The other chiidren as foiiows: Mr. and Mrs. J .H. Stubbs and chiidren of Beaufort, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Stubbs and chiidren of Ciio, S. C., Mr. and Mrs. Angus McLaurin of Johns Sta tion, Mr. and Mrs. Yancy McCaii of Ciio, Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Jeniigen of Fayetteviiie, Mr. Boyd Stubbs, younger son, who remains with bis parents ,Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Hasty of Parkton, R. 1. AH of these are splen did singers and one of the best songs was enjoyed at the elegant home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stubbs. Mr. M. R. Toiar has just added three or four more rooms to his nice i evidence on main street white Mr. T. W. Thompson has just about com peted the repairs and addition and now can show a beautifu! bungalow. Mrs. L. I-'. Edens, who is at the Highsmith hospital ,underwent a se rious operation yesterday and wc team she is resting very well. Mr. J. F. Williamson, who spent L:s ten-days' vacation with home folks, returned to Richmond Wednes day morning after enjoying the Shims barbecue at Beaver Lake Tuesday evening. Miss I$ntha Gray Smith is expected home tomorrow front summer school in Virginia. Her many friends sympa thize with heir and entire famiiy in the loss of her mother .Rev. V. G. Smith is expected home Monday iropt Highstnith hospital. Miss Viola McDonald is visiting re-! iatives at Norfolk, Va. Miss Ora Everette is visiting her sister at Smithfield. Miss Iris Hali is spending this week ut Rockfish. Mr. Fulton Starling, who has been working at the depot, returned to ht3 home at Godwin Sunday. Miss Selma Ward of Fairmont is visiting Mrs. Jt F. Lewis this week. Misses Catherine and Margaret Me (Continued cn page 5) "REACHES FOR CANNING^*see our ad on page Two, Elrose Fruit Farm. - Worst Etoctrico! Storm tn Years Strittes Robeson Man and Son in ^pspita! Bad!y Burn ed and Shocked—One Tobacco Barn and Contents Destroyed—W. H. Fauik Saves Bam Bat I^ses Some Corn—House Damaged and Woman Injured in West Lumberton. MULES AND TENANTS ESCAPE. — One woman was seriously injured, a man and his son are in the Thomp-' son hospital suffering severe injur-' ies, and several barns throughout the county were struck by iightning Fri-j day as the resuit of one of the worst electrical and rain storms which has ; visited this section in years. Mr. E..B. Simmons and his 11-year oid son, Odeii, are patients at the Thompson hospital, both badiy burn ed and shocked. They were standing under the roof of the tobacco bam on Mr. Simmons' farm near Marietta when iightning struck the barn. R. C. smaii son of Mr. Simnions, Odeii, an oider son, and Mr. Emory Lewis, bro ther-in-iaw of MrS Simmons, were aii under the sheiter, and aii were ren dered unconscious. Mr. Lewis was first to revive, and though aimost heipiess himseif managed to drag Mr. Simmons away from the furnace of the barn, on!y after the fire in the furnace had badiy burned Mr. Sim mons' arm. Odeii was badly burned and severely shocked. The smallest; boy was asiep whn th storm was at its worst, and was either render ed unconscious from the shock, or didn't wake up untii after the shock. He shows no signs of having been in jured. Cant Remember Mr. Simmons stated this morning that he-cannot remember just how it happened, but does remember tna^ when he woke up he was suffering terribiy, ^nd he shows signs of ner vousness and much suffering. His arm is badiy burned and he has slight burns on his body. Mr. W. J. Ritter's son, Master Wii iiam, and 3 employees on the farm and 5 muies miraculously escaped se rious injury, when the gam on one of Mr. A. W. McLean's places near town was struck by iightning. It is also remarkable that the barn did not catch fire, as the top of it; waa full of oats. The iightning struck on one corner, ran down to the ground, jumped from wher eit first struck to another corner, running down another post to the ground. Everyone in the barn was stunned and practicaiiy knocked down, but no injuries were noticed. One of the! muies showed signs of having been stunned. Mr. Tom Lewis, who lives near Barnesviiie, iost a barn fuii of tobac co, when it was ignited by iightning.! Information received here today was } varied and it was not be learned if; anyone was at the barn at the time. After working Jfor about 2 hours, ! Mr. W' .11. Faulk and some heip man-; aged to extinguish the fiames which ! threatened to destroy his big feed barn, after i twas struck by lightning. Mr. Fauik lives between Fairmont! and Marietta, and it is reported that! he had about 200 bushels of com in the! barn, after it was struck by lightning. } barn. Siight damage was done to the barn, but a iarge amount of com was rui: ed by the fire. WOMAN INJURED WHEN LIGHT NINGRUNS IN ON WIRES. Mrs. John Edwards was seriously injured and a chimney and part of the roof of the house occupied by Mr K. H. Alien in West Lumberton was damaged as the result of the severe' electrical and rain storm which visit ed this section of the county Friday; evening. Mrs .Edwards was in the act of pulling out an electric switch on the back porch of the house when the kghtning struck the adjoining house. She was rendered unconscious and medical attention was necessary.! Telephonic communication was not! available, the lightning having dam- j aged the wires, and it was necccssary for 2 boys to come to Lumberton! through the hard downpour of rain. Mr. Allen was sitting within a few feet of the chimney which was struck, and stated that he was not shocked. A lot of soot was knocked off the inside of the chimney. —--— Mr. J. R. Lawson of Orrum was a Lumberton visitor today. Mr. Ernest Barker of Rowland! was among the visitors in town today. —— ********** * SALE OF TOWN PRO- * * PERTY FOR 1923 TAXES. * * _ * * Beginning with issue of Robe- *; * sonian August 4th, 1924, a list of * * all unpaid taxes due the Town of * j ^ Lumberton will be advertised, to *1 * run for thirty days. Property so * ; * advertised will be sold at the * i * Court House door at 12 o'clock, * j * noon, on September 1st. 1924, un- **! * less taxes and cost of advertise- * 1 * ment are paid before date of * : *sa!e *! * J. P. RUSSELL, Clerk & Treas. * Town of Lumberton. * , * * * * * * * * **; State's Witnesses Fait le Appear tnM Case Recorder Ivey Continue* Case and Orders Instants Subpoenas Issted t or 5 Witnesses—Han Hardin and EHIs Hcrrpig Charged With Fc'o nious Assault With Intent To hill. BOTH MEN OUT ON BONO The triai of Dan Hardin and EHis Herring, charged with a felonious as sault with intent to kit! upon Aggie Seilers, a white woman ,wns continued Saturday untii August 14th on account of the absence of 5 state's witneases. Wesley Herring was the only state's witness present when the case was called, and instanta subpoenas were Issued for Aggie, Me!ton, Henry and W. O. Sellers and Joratha Floyd. When the subpoenas are served the witnesses will be placed under 859 bonds each for their appearance in Recorder W. B. Ivey's court August - 14th to give reason why they shai! not be fined $40 and costs for non appear ance. Tie Sellers woman charged the de fendants with beating her and leav ing he^r in the woods- all night in an' unconscious condition. She was re turning to her home from Fairmont with Herring's father when the at tack is alleged to have been commit ted. She was brought to the Hatter sanatorium here after she was found, f and stayed in a state of coma for several days. During this time the de fendants were in jail, not being al lowed bail. They were later released ! on bonds of $1,000 for Hardin and $500 for Herring. All of the principles in the case live i in the Bamesville section. Men's Prayermeeting In Court House Each Morning 8 to 8:30 Including Sunday ! St. Paul News Funerals of Mrs. Margaret Ann Page i and Mrs. Virginia McIntyre —Mov ing Picture Show Opens—Social and Persona!. By Bessie G. Johnson - -4 St. Paul, July 25—Among those from here attending the funeral of Rev. J. M. Page's mother, Mrs. Mar garet Ann Page, which was held near her home, Steadman, Wcdnes- j day at 9 a. m. were Mr. and Mrs. C R. Thagard, Attorney Jno. T. Page, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Melton, Mrs. San ford Britt, Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Page and daughter, Miss Leta. Mr. Page, who was conducting a revival at. Clemont, his daughter assisting in the music, were at deceased's bed -; side when the summons came. She' was 78 years of age, a devout mem ber of the Baptist church, and herj death brings sorrow to many. He- i sides her son, Rev. J. M. Page of out ! town, members of the family include; Mesdames R. E. Godwin of Fayette-! ville, W. H. Ringold of Steadman, L.; B. Grimes of Tar Heel, Messrs. J. B.! Page of Wade, G. G. Page of King's mountain, M. B. Page of Hamlet, Rev.) W. P. Page of Newport News and Miss Maggie Page of Steadman. Mrs. Page s father, Mr. John B. Bryant cf Steadman, who is 73 years of age, is! very iil, suffering with something like vertigo, Mrs. Pago being with hint. .muse nom ^c. i-aut attending me funera! of Mrs. Virginia McIntyre, a former resident of the Rennert vicin ty, who died in Aiabama and was buried at Lumber Bridge on Tuesday afternoon this week, vt-ere Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Thagard, Mrs. E. F. Par ne!i, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. (Ira) Mc Intyre. Deceased was an aunt of Mr. t McIntyre's. Her death was the euimi-! nation of an extended peroid of iii heaith. Mr. W. F. Hester of Chariotte is visiting in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Hester. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Parnell and daughter, Annie Lacnse, accompanied by Mrs. Annie Harris, returned last week from Wrightsvitic Beach, where they spent a few days. Mrs. R. L. Rivers was reported thi; morning as being very iii since iast night. Her son Air. H. L. Rive:-.;, who is connected with the U. S. Ma rine Corp, surprised his pcopie with a visit this morning, having secured a furlough home. Mr. George Moore of Atkinson,! who holds a position in Raleigh, was! a week-end guest in town, being a brother of Mrs. Juiian Butter. Miss Evelyn Alac-Kpit of Lumberton i has been a guest the past few days in the home of Mrs. Mary E. King who is her grandmother. .< Mrs. D. Shaw McKachern an^iittle son, Wittiam Alexander, motored to Raeford Wednesday afternoon dior a visit to her parents Air. and Mrs. Wm. Blue. ^ Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Otive and tit t!c son, David Markham, who were recent guests in the home of Mrs. Olive's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Lancaster left Wednesday, going by Apex for a visit to Olive reiatives cu route to their home, Ait. Gitead. Members of the locai American Lc-' Heasan Feast Soul flow AtKi^nisMeeiAtWaccamaw Pleasant and ProDtable Juint Meet ing of Wi mington and Lumberton ^ Kiwanians—Terminals, Ship". Low er freight Rates, inland Water-j way and Demor ratie Convention ILscufscd by Speakers. ? HOW T DMAKH OP EASTERN N. C. A VERiTAm.E EL DORADO "if the vision t{^ Governor Morrison is carried out and put into operation. Pasadena and the Imperial vaiiey of Caiifornia will he moved to Eastern North Carolina", declared State Sen ator J. A. Brown of Columbus coun ty, member of the State Ship and Water Transportation commission, in a short talk last Wednesday night at a joint luncheon meeting of members of the Wilmington and Lumberton Kiwanis clubs in the Waggaman ho tel pavilion at Lake Waccamaw. Delightful Place. No more delightful place foy an evening of combined profit and plea sure could be selected than this ideal spot, the lunch being served on tm lake side of the pavilion, with the bread expance of the fake stretching away in the distance and a stiff breeze, lacking nothing of being as iefreshing and invigorating as sca breezes except the tang of salt water, fanning the diners and driving away all suggestion of heat. Some 100 peo ple gathered for this altogether pleasant occasion. Eighteen members, of the Lumberton club, with two guests, journeyed to the lak# at the invitation of the Wiimington club for a joint meeting, and they were both delighted and chagrinned to find that 30 Wilmington Kiwanians had brought along as many ladies—delighted that the ladies were there and embarrass ed because they had not Tead be-; tween the lines of the invitation and taken along some ladies to help grace the occasion. Robeson county offi- j ciai3 were invited, but failed to ap ! pear, but there were some Columbus county officials and other guests. Short talks were made by Con- i gressman H. L. Lyon of WhiteviUe, Mr. A. W. McLean, of the Lumberton dub, Democratic nominee for Gover nor, and Mr. Kinchen Council, an of ficial of Columbus. Music was fur-} nished at intervals by an excellent orchestra. Senator Brown, who was introduc-' cd by Kiwanian J. S. Williams of Wilmington, packed much into short time. He was full of the subject upon which he and 8 other members of the State Ship and Water commission spent 18 months of hard study at a cost of $15,000 to the State, but which he and many others believe will be worth many millions of dol lars to the State if the recommenda tions of the commission are adopted and enacted into law. Can Peed 20 Millions Within 500 miles of this section, he said, by water and rail there is a po pulation of 20,000,000 people which could easily be fed by the 28 counties of bastern North Carolina, counties whose principal industry is farming, the richest farming section of the State. He* declared that adpotion of Continued on page 4 LMOX MEETING STARTED AT REM BROKE LAST NIGHT.! Ccmi Crowd Attends First Meeting— t. R. Varacr Principal Speaker. The union meeting at Pembroke began iast night with a very good crowd, Mr. L. R. Varser of Lumber ton was the principal speaker, 'substi-} tUting for Mr. T. L. Johnson, who v/as uncxpectediy caiied away. Meetings wi'I he heid every night this week. Mr. .E. B. Freeman wil] conduct thr mcettng tonight, and Mr. J. P. Russeii tomorrow night. Croup prayermcetings will be heid pm week, in Lumberton as foiiows: Tuesday night, group No. 2 at Jen nings cotton miii. Wednesday night, group No. 4 at Nationa! cotton miii. Thursday night, group No. 1 at Mr. w. P. Barker's home. Group Nos. 2 and J at Air. T. L. Johnson's home, t Crouo No. 4 at Jennings cotton miii.! Croup No. 5 at Air. J. AI. Huggins' iiome. Aii group members arc urged to attend the meetings of their respec tive groups. ^ :;iori Auxbiary were entertained most deiigntfuiiy Tuesday evening at' the- home of Mrs. J. F. Nash, who, with ti e^assistancc of Aliss Mabie Ale-; Donaid, proved a charming hostess, re Hewing the business session, scrap hooks were made for the O'teen -oi diers, after which frozen fruit saiad was served. Seats are being arranged in the Grand Theatre, which has recently been erected on Broad street by Mr. ; John S. Butter and wii! be under the supervision of Mr. Jos. L. Caudei). Saturday, 2(lth, marking the initiai program. On August 4th, "The Cover ed Wagon" wii! be shown. Airs; Dan Alariey of Lumber' Bridge has been spending a few days i with her mother, Airs. D. B. Lancast er, on Ale Lean street. Prior to he: , marriage Airs. Alariey was Miss Lore j na Lancaster. Paper Read 89 LH. Varser featured Lawyer's Meeting Immediate Task* for New Bar Asso ciation Suggested—Written (harge to Brand Jnty am! Repeat of Hins dale Act—Many from l.nmhertod Attended Meeting—Had Road* Made Transfer Necessary. 1.1M1TAHON OF ARGUMENTS. A iarpre number of Lumbcrton lawyers attended the meeting [aat Wednesday night atH'ages lake of the lawyers of Robeson. Hoke, Cumber land and Bladen counties, at wldclt time the Ninth Judicial Bar associa tion was organized with Mr. I,. K. Varser of Lutnherton as its president, mention of which was made in Thursday's Roltcsonian. Recent rains had made the road one mile this side of the lage im passable, and many ears were teft on his side of the hafi place, cars on the dhor side transferring those leaving their cars. A few braved the two to 1-foot. mu;l however and made ib across. Among those was Solicitor T A .McNeill. Mr. C. B. Skipper, clerk of R.-'heron Superior court, and Mr. W. M. Walker, clerk of Cumberland Su perior court, were present at the meeting. A paper on "Functions of a District Bar Association ", trad by Mr. Varser was an outstanding feature of the meeting. In part Mr. Varser said: "The object of a district bar asso ciation must be to cultivate and spread the science of juriapfudbnee, to paomotc reform in the law; to fa ciiitate the administration of justice; to elevate the standard of integrity, honor and courtesy in the profession; to encourage a thorough and libera! education; and to cherish a spirit of brotherhood among the members thereof. Such is the pmjp&se of our state association. We vnay now, for our own local purposes, add that we must carry forward all reform in -the law substantive and adjective, and strengthen and make more effective the administration of justice in and by our judicial system, and by no other method." He suggested the following as im mediate tasks for the association: "The better dispatch of criminal litigation in Superior courts. "Preventative measures against violations of ethics in the profession. "Use of efforts in selecting judicial officers within the district and state. "Repeal of the Hinsdale act snbsli tuted by a statutory motion to set aside verdicts in civil court,, with oth er provisions. "Jury trials as applying to justice's courts, and that only common law is sue be subnutted to a jury, as a means for better dispatch in civil courts. "Limitations of jury arguments. "That all trials be reported steno graphically and a uniform fee be prescribed. varser saMt, "These are merely strggestions for your considerations." Two-minute taiks were made by Mr. ii.H. Stacy of Robeson on "Rais ing the Standard of Legal Edu mtiou"! H. W. Herring of Cumberland on the same subject; Mr. Stringfield of Cum berland on "Rapid dispatch of busi ness in criminal court". Mr. T. A. McNeill, solicitor of district, spoke for 3 minutes on the necessity of ar ranging calendars for criminai terms. Mayor M McD. Robinson of Fay etteviiie spoke several minutes on the "Ethics of the Profession", stat ing in part that the ciient shouid al ways be put first and the fee second. He a!so made a motion that tire as sociation instruct the secretary to send .to Judge N. A. Sinclair, who is in a hospital at Albermarle suff ring from injuries received 2 week? ago in an automobile accident, the rympa thies of the association, and wish him God speed in his recovery. The motion was adopted. The feiiowing were named on a committee to use every effort in get ting the criminal courts calendared; Hector Clark of Bladen, R. H. Dye of Cumberland, G. B. Rowland of Hoke, and J. Dickson McLean of Robeson. Later Mr. T. A .McNeil! was added to the committee and made chairman. A iettcr from Judge E. H. Cranmcr in which he expressed his regret in being unable to be present was read. Judge Thomas If. Calvert of Ra leigh was present and made a very in teresting talk about the courtesy he had received while id the district. Under the head of better dispatch in criminai courts, Mr. Varser sug gested that the judge's charge to the grand jury be written. Dr. E. L. Bowman and Mr. J. Mel. Price of McDonald were Dumbarton visitors today. Cotton Market Middling cotton is quoted on the lo al market today at 28 cents the pound. -* Just around the corner from Town Cotner Chestnut and Second Streets Haii you will see a busy FHling Station—Your car gets good attention there— FULLER'S FILLING STATION Items of Local News —Special communication St. At ban's 1-odge No. lit, A. F. & A. M., Tuesday night. Third degree work. - -d c- W'- . t. t. spent Sunday to Roekir.Kb tr.i vo..,)ng friends, it was <iis firr.t visit 20 years. He says there <n a great change in the town, a new bank and court house. —Mr. tJ. S. Page, proprietor of i'agc'a take .was a Lumborton visitor Friday. He says that a detour bn.; been provided at the Chicken road to the Fayetteville-Wilmington highway, making travet to the take mu.h more convenient. .-everni inches deep. -A targe piate giars has been niaced in the front of the Griffin budding on the east side of Kim street, between Fourth and Fifth, arid interior s^ork is being done, which wit! greatiy improve the looks of the oudding. As soon as com picked the Obympia cafe wi!t move into ebe building from the one it now occupies opposite the pod office. —License has been issued for tie marriage of Miss Ftva Harrington of St. Pau) to Mr. Frank Bynum of Burlington, H. C. —Mr. N .W. Jenkins expects to r - turn today to his home ip Fairmont aftershaving spent 3 weeks here at the Baker sanatorium, where he un derwent special treatment, and a very serious operation. His condition is re ported as very much improved. - Miss Mary Conoley, formerly t nursf* at the Thompson hospital spent last week here visiting at the some of Mrs. N. A. Thompson, Ei.n et<-eet. She went Saturday to Rennert to visit relatives before returning* to Lakeland, Fia., where she is now Superintendent of the Morre'l hospi tai. Miss Conoley is also a member of the Fforida State board of exami ners, having been appointed by the Governor. —Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carter and 3 children of Birmingham, Ata., who are guests of Mr. Carter's ha!f-six ter, Kate Carter Crawford, on R. 3 from Rowiand, and Mr. and Mrs. Crawford were Lumberton visitor;! Saturday. This is Mr. Carter's firt visit to North Caroiina^and he in very much impressed with the state, and especiaiiy with Robeson county. For a !ong time Mr. Carter thought there was on)y one state—Alabama - but now hr- says he is eowvinced that there are 2. GREATLY HNCOCKACRi) OVER PROSPECTS FOR TOEACCO CROP Mr. M. O. Nelson of Neal's New Warehouse at Fairmont Thinks Two-Thirds to Three-FdUrths of Crop Wii! he Made—Some of ft Ex tra Good Color. Mr. M. O. Netson of UanviHc, \a., "he of the owner?, and proprietors of the large new Neat's new tobacco warehouse at Fairmont, is very much encouraged about the tobacco outlook in Robeson county. He came down ten days ago very mu h discourage*# about the prospects, but after travel ing over a great portion of the terri tory taut week he said he was satisfi ed that two-thirds to throg-fourths of*" a r rop would be mafic and that some of it is extra good coior. He is greatly encouraged. . , The warehouse of Mr Nelson and his associates ,known as Neal's New, has a page advertisement in this issue of The Robesonian. Arrangements have been made for double safes at Fairmont this season, which begins August 5. This w:!i prevent conges tion and delay. * SALESMAN ACCIDENTALLY MEETS CCSTOAiEit ON ROAD. Mr. M. N. itaynor of Fayetteviite in jured in Auto Accident—Ford Bad !y Damaged. , Air. M. N. Raynor of Faycttcvidc suffered siight injuries, and hi;! Ford touring car was damaged con.dder ^i'!y Thursday as the resuit of an ac cident which took piate at the inter section of the Orrum-Barnc vide road and the road from Steriings miii to the home of the late E. McQ. Surics. Airs. Raynor was driving toward Barnesviiie and Air. Roger Pittan.o manager of the R. R. Barnes Co., BarnosviHe, whom Air. Raynor war going to see, was driving a CatiiHa: edan. As he turned the big car mro the road from BarnesviMe to Orrunt the Ford ran in the way, and the ac cident went on record as ur.avoid Tdo. Air. Raynor was thrown against the side of his ear and injured. Airs. Raynor escaped with minor injuries. Neither Air. Pittman nor Mr. and Airs. Craven Pittman who were wi.h him received injury. *" Air. Pittman brought Mr. and Airs Raynor and Mr. J. Sam Harper, who was with them at the time of the ac cident. to Lumberton, pincud then on the Fayettevdie bus and sent Mr. Raynor's car to the garage. Messrs. EMie Waiters and Ralph Whaiey spent yesterday at Wrir u -- viiie Beach, making th etrip in Air. Waiter's aeroplane. REWARD For return or information it ad).! r to recovery of one red horse :nu'..' and iight mare mule. Left my p'aoe at Raynham iast night. C. W. BRiTT
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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July 28, 1924, edition 1
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