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the wither - rpTTTT' Bn RT?Qn\TT \ \T i—™— 1 iUl LvUDi^uUi-N liLN pages today. VOL LV. VOL. HO. 82.—SERIAL NO. 34. LPMBEETON, N, 0„ MONDAY, AP0P8T 11, 1924. oomrm. «op w m ' wnmjmm 'Lwl wmem m»Srr Fred Britt IQHed In Auto IMentSaMay Night White Man Succumbed Yesterday to Injuries Received SI Accident on Hsrd-8urface Road—Alex Lamb end Lacy Britt CharjwJ With Be in# BenixmaiMe—Yieithor Car Had Lights—Others Slightly Injured... WRECKAGE STOPPED TRAFFIC Fred Britt, a W man of the Kationaji cotton mill village, died Vestsrday as the result of injuries he received in an automobile accident which oecured about 2 o’clock yester day morning on the hard-surface road about 6 miles welt of Lumber tori. f Lacy Britt is At large under $5,000 bond, and AlAx Lamb under $1,000 hoftd to AWait hearing on charges of being responsible for the accident. According to Lamb and Bntt, the tar which Fred Britt was riding did hat hats any lights, and they admit ted thst the ear they were in did not hats any. A lantern waa found hanging on the front of the car Fred Britt was riding in, but it was thought not burning at .time of acci dent. The cars were going in oppo site' direcions, and must have been going at terrific speed, as they were both almost demolished. It was „ a direct head-on collision. So great WM the force that something had to give away, and the lighter car man aged to get on top. Traffic was stopped until the wreckage could be cleared, '-v Sheriff R. E. Lewis, Deputies Jim McLeod and A. H. Prevatt and Rural Policeman R. C. Miller were return ing from Alma, where another acci dent which may prove fatal, had oc curred a few hours before, when they found the cars tangled together in the middle of the road, and Fred Britt lying nearby unconscious. One hf‘his legsthad been wrung off, and pjedes of hones were found lying in the road. He was brought to a Lumberton hospital and died a few hours later. Officers are of the opinion that both cars, were full of people, though (he names of all have not been made public. Wo charges of drunkeness have been made, and it is understood that there was ho evidence of drink ing. Hundreds of people visited the scene of the wreek yesterday. Others in the cars-were slightly injured. Admit* Shooting 1 At Man From Ambush Henry Holden is in Jail Charged With ftfchiitg D. W. Callahan Long-Dis tance Target With Shotgun—Says Callahan 8ald Words Which Ought Not to be Said. Henry Holden is in jail here charg ed with shooting at D .W. Callahan Saturday night as Callahan was rid ing in a wogan in the Meadow*. It is reported that Holden does not deny the charge and alleges that Callahan made improper proposals to his wife. Two shots were fired from a shot gun and the shooting was done 4t quite a distance, it seems, for al though a number of imprints were made in the tailboard of the wagon, none of the shots stuck. Another person, name unknown at the time of going to press, was rid ing in the wagon and vacated same just before hostilities began. It is not known whether Callahan remain ed in the wagon after the first shot was fired but he did vacate said ve hicle As entirely too slow for locomo tion. No date for the hearing has been set, but in all probability it will come up tomorrow. PORT TERMINAL BILL OFFERBb IN SENATE .With, bond issues of |T,000,000 for port terminals and $1,500,000 for ships conditioned upon approval by a majority of the qUalifed voters of the State at the general election in November, the waters transportation Bill drawn by Attorney* General Manning at the request of Gevernor Morrison was introduced in the Sen ate Saturday and consideration by the water commerce committee sched uled for Tuesday afternoon, states yesterday’s News and Observer. Senate sponsors of the bill are ex pected to move for «a compromise looking- to enactment of a part of the program without a referendum; Sunday School Picnic. Chestnut Street Methodist Sunday school will hold a picnic Thursday at Lake Waccamew. Each family is ex pected to carry a basket for the big picnic dinner. Automobiles will leave from the church at 9 a. m. AH who are go ing are urged to be On time and not to forget lunch baskets. —Ex-Sheriff E C. McNeill and fam ily will mave to Lumbertqfh some time next week and make their home on Seventh -street. Mr. McNeill now lives at Rowland but is universally known here and bis many friends will heartily welcome him and his family to Lumberton. Serious Accident Near fflma Saturday May Prove Fatal 'SERIOUS ACCIDENT NEAR .. ... Jobe Locklear in Critical (^mdition— Negrto Drives Car Into Buggy, Leaves Injured Without Help and Drives Car to Secluded Spot and Leaves It—No Arrests Made— Locklear’s Wife and Child Also Seriously Injured MULE’S LEG BROKEN TWICE ( Jobe Locklear, Indian, of Maxton, is in the Raker sanatorium here in a 'critical condition ,his wife and small child are at home seriously injured, 'his mule is dead and his buggy is de molished as the result of an accident which occu’red early Saturday night near Alma, when an automobile driv en Jjy a negro ran into them. The car istheproperty of Mr. ’Gene Burns t>f Maxton, and the driv br is at largp, although officers feel sure that he will be arrested during the day. The car was badly damag ed, but the .negro managed to drive it 'away from the scene of the wreck, and atthe first road road leading away from the highway' he turned the car and drove it Jto a secluded spot near Lumber river, and left it. There was someone with him at the time but it is not known who it was. The injured people were left in the road, but soon were discovered by someone passing who went to Maxton for medical aid. So serious were the man’s injuries that Dr. Morris of Maxton brought him to the sanator ium and sent the others home. It was necessary to kill the mule, one of his legs being broken in 2 places. Late reports from the sanatorium are that Locklear’s condition is grave, but he h$s a fighting chance to live. Mr. Gus Womble Dies While Driving Auto He Had Just Visited Home of Major Rogers Near Fairmont and Seemed in Best of Health—Lake View Warehouseman. Having just paid a friendly call at the home of Major Rogers, 8 miles south of Fairmont, seemingly in the best of health. Mr. Gus Womble. aeed about 40, manager^of a tobacco ware house at Lake View, S. C., dropped dead while driving Ms car just abou't half a mile below Major Rogers’ house la£t evening about 7 o’clpck. Mr. Womble was returning from White Lake, where he had left Mrs. Womble. Mr. Womble’s home was at Sanford. “UNCLE” WALTER GETS THE STILLS AND OPERATORS TOO. Rural Policeman Smith Has 5 Stills and Operators for Each to His Cre dit in 3 Weeks—Nominated for Ha’l of Fame. With five stills and operators for each to his credit in three weeks, Wal ter Smith, rural policeman of Maxton is nominated for the hall of fame if there is a place there reserved for prohibition officers. His latest catch was a 14 carat pure-in-heart 30 gal lon copper outfit taken last Wednes rested one Jacobs and tattooed his ini tials with shot in the rear ends of day night near Wakulla. He also ar Russeli Wood and Elmore Locklear as they faded off the landscape. “Uncle” Walter not only gets the stills but he gets the men too, and doesn’t mind opening up with a little fireworks should occasion demand it. TOBACCO SALES ON LUMBERTON MARKET With 350,303 pounds sold for $56, b07.93, the Lumberton tobacco mar ket closed its first week in a highly satisfactory manner. The figures gjvc an average of $15.99 per hun dred and compared very favorably with those of arty other market. Sales were very light this morning but the prices were very satisfact ory. Co-op deliveries still continue to be .good and the news of additional cashadvances on last week’s deliv eries is not displeasing to members Mr. J. N. Regan of R. 3 from Clarkton was a Lrtmberton visitor Saturday. Mrs .Dan Moore of Charleston, S. C., is a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Deese. ********** * NOT NARROW * * ' * * To the Editor o fThe Robesonian: * * I have read with interest your * * nice write-up of our opening. It * * w*s splendidly done andl am * f sure the tobacco men of this towjpi* * appreciate it, Thm m tiii lx hIuTIm '* * that The Robesonian is not nar- * * row in its views, but hands its * * neighboring town a bouquet a* * * well as its own town, and we " * thank you for it. With best * * wishes, _ * * Yours truly, * * r. w. McFarland, « * Sec. Fairmont Board of Trade * * Fairmont, N. C., Aug. 8, 1924. * ******** ** US. Thompson Wilis In Third Primary Held Jit Fairmont Good Majority Oyer V. W. Keith for Recorder of Fairmont District —C. B. Johnson Wins Race For Road Sepervisor—Keith Led in Second Primary Which was Thrown Ont By County Board of Elections. RESULT SEEMS SATISFACTORY As the result of a third primary in Faiirmont township Saturday Mr. A. S. Thompson won over Mr. V. W. Keith for recorder gt Fairmont dis trict, the final vote being: Thompson 263, Keith 202. Mr. C. B. John son also won for road supervisor over J .Wilbur Jones, by a vote of 279 to 158. The second primary held sevral weeks ago, was contested by Mr. Thompson, and the pollholders re fused to Sign the returns. Mr. Keith was leader by a small majority. The case was heard before the county board of elections in the court house hqye, and a new primary was order ed for Fairmont township. The to tal vote for the entire district is now 428 for Thompson and 342 for Keith. There was no contest between the candidates for road supervisor, but on account of the vote of the second primary being thrown out the con testants had to run again. The second primary was thrown out on account of irregularities at the polls, several votes more being cast than were registered. New poll holders were appointed, and accord ing to reports everything was done in an orderly manner and everybody seems satisfied with the result. SOME GOOD RECORDS HUNG UP AT SECOND SHOOT OF GUN CLUB David Jacobi of Wilmington Made Best Score in Any One Entry and R. H .Crichton Made Best Average. The Luraberton Gun club held its second shoot Thursday with a large number on hand and Some good rec ords hung. Mr. David Jacobi of Wil mington made the best^score in any one entry, with a score of 22 out of 25. Dr. T. C. Johnson and Mr. R. H. Crichton tied for second nlace with a score of 21 out of 25. For the whole afternoon Mr. Crichton, who hit 41 out of 50, made the best average. One thus and shells were fired in all and most of the members are eagerly waiting for next Thursday to roll around so. they can prove that they wefe really off last Thursday The clhb was recently organized by Rev. T. M. Grant, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, and meets, every Thursday afternoon at 4 oclock at the old- ball park. Mr. Jagobi, who led the field, possesses one of the most beautiful guns seen in these parts. Other out of-town members and guests were Mr. Marshall French of Wilmington and Mr. C .S. Bounds of Fairmont. —The Alathean Bible class of the First Baptist church will meet with its president, Mrs. W. S. Britt, at her home on North Elm street Wed nesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. A good attendance is desired. —Mr. Harry K. Russell left yester day for Maxton, where he will be joined by Mr. John McCallum, Jr., and from there they will go to Char lotte and points i nSouth Carolina, where they will visit class-mates and college friends. Mr. Russell and Mr. McCallum graduated from Davidson year before, last. —Page ads and 2-page ads are not unusual with The Robesonian, but a 4-page spread like that which R. D. Caldwell & Son carry in this issue is unusual, 'Sven in papers published in much larger cities. —Messrs. Nelson, Neal & Nelson don’t let a disaster like the burning of their new warehouse at Fairmont knock them out. With a spirit that knows no defeat they are letting the people from whom they expect to draw their patronage know through the advertising columns of The Rob esonian what they are doing. They appreciate Mr. Jones taking them in as partners and they realize, as oth er enterprising merchants and ware housemen do, that the way to reach the people is through the paper the people read. -—Mr. John G. Proctor has accep ted a position as clerk to the Senate finance committee and will go today to Raleigh, where he will remain throughout the special session of the Legislature. Mr. A. E. Fleming of Hamlet is a guest in tjie home ;>f his uncle, Rev. J. M. FhuMing. _^Mit-’Snd Mrs. E. -W. Stone of Mc Donald were Lumbermen visitors Sat urday. ******* ** * * MAKE MONEY IN YOUR * * SPARE TIME. j- • * A chance for bright women or * * men, or girls and boys, Ao make * •.money during spare time. , • * Apply at • * THE ROBESONIAN OFFICE • ********** . ■ *— ——- 1 — . Annual Community Picnic Enjoyed By Large Crown J’ » Home of Mr. m*d Mrs. H. H. Stanley Scene of Great Gathering—W. K. Bethtme Fill* the Bill When Speak er Fmto to Arrive—Barbecue Best Ever—Other Good Things. REAL SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY, The annual picnic of the leading planters of the Barker-Ten Mile ac tion of Howellsvitle township was held Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stanley. A large number of the neighboring farmers, their families and many invited guests were present, and though all of the affairs during the, years past have been thoroughly enjoyed, this one seemed to be) the best. Mr. T. L. Johnson was scheduled to make a talk to the crowd, but on ac count of other engagements was not present. Mr. W. K. Bethune was called upon for an address and spoke for nearly 30 minutes on ‘ th® good that is derived from the cooperation of planters, and the success the an nual picnics have been. It is necessary for one to be lucky enough to be invited, and to attend, one of the picnics to understand what real, rural Southern hospitality is. The neighborly spirit of friendship and love that exists between the fam ilies of that community cannot be surpassed anywhere. And it is neces sary for one to eat at the big picnic dinner to know what real food is. Barbecue and brtmswick stew are al ways served at these picnics, and Fri day’s seemed to eclipse any before. Four pigs were barbecued by Mr. Stanley, who knows barbecuing as the county. Those who have tried well as? he does farming, and he is considered one of the best farmers in to make themselves believe’ that there is nothing better than fried chicken were not disappointed, for there was plenty of chicken. Other things on the menu included water melon, fancy cakes and pies, relishes of all kinds, and ice-cold bottled Mrinks a plenty. Among the prominent Emilies re sponsible for these annuai affairs are the Stanleys, Townsends, Jones and Powers, and all the neighbors. Men’s Prayermeeting In Court House Each Morning 8 to 8:30 Including Sunday 10 Bones FoT 25 Fish Aint Exactly Bad 'Wat That Blankety-Blank Small-Tbwn Policeman Certainly Riled Two Graduated Daciples of .Isaac— That Officer Was Just Plumb Jea lous. 1 Twenty-five fish, mostly black bass, lire enough to make anyone mad who didn’t catch them ,much less an offi cious small town policeman. But Johhnie McNeil and George Collins didn’t see it that way one day last week when, upon returning from the Pee Dee in South Carolina, they were so indiscreet as to show the silvery beauties to the envious eyes of the inhabitants of Nichols, S. C., and were promptly accosted by an offi cer, who demanded to see their fish ing license. Now, George and Johnnie weren’t born ysterday and were armed for just such an emergency, but the officer was not to be foiled, and finally his eagle eye alighted upon the tiny little trailer carrying /heir boat, and discovered that It bore no license. After some conversation that wouldn’t bear repetition the boys paid the officer ten berries and left with their fish. Personally .this reporter would be delighted to be seen in company with that many trout for much more than ten dollars, but these two disciples of old Ike Walton don’t feel that way about it- But one can hardly blame them, for George, Exalted Kingfisher of the Invisible Union of Rod and Reel Fisherman, who knows every fish in the Lumbee, Pee Dee and Black rivers by name, doesn’t get as much kick out of landing a 7-pound bass as some folks get from tussling with a hungry little Jack. And as far Johnnie Mac—well, if they don’t bite he practices casting by knocking off flies from near-by bushes without shaking off any leaves. Ten dollars for twenty five fish ^ ain’t what you’d call bad. Raise in Tobacco Prices For Co-ops. Farmers delivering tobacco at the Cooperative Tobacco Growers ware house the’ first week will be given a check on'these deliveries at Co-op headquarters here, according to Mr. Lane, manager of this district, who has received a raise in prices, rang ing from If to $2 per hundred, be ginning today. Membership books on the 1924 crop will be closed on the 20th of this month. Mr. M .D. Pittman of St. Paul was a Lumberton visitor Saturday. Local Tobacco Market Given Biggest Boost In Its History / “ Tobacco Men Gueota at Big Barbecue and Good-Fellowship Meeting at Goat Club—Enthusiasm Created for Bijester and Better Market. RE-DRYING PLANT ASSURED | . __ ' With the Virginia Serenaders on hand to fumih music, with barbecue that was barbecue, and with an ex ceptionally large and hungry crowd, the barbecue given last Thursday night at the Goat club house to tin tobacco men by the Kiwanis and other business men of the town proved to be one of the best ever given here. The food was served on the inside, where long tables loaded with bar becue, brunswick stew and cold drinks awaited the large crowd that had to be dined in several shifts. Mr. Billie Britt did the welcoming stunt and had the judgment to make it short and snappy when talking to a crowd bent over Mr. H, H. Staley’s best barbe cue. After the food had been eaten and cigars passed around, the tobacco men and others gathered around on the outside and Prof. Crumpton took the chair, or, to be more exact, the steps of the club house, and called on various speakers. Among local men doing the honors were ex-Senator Geo. B. McLeod, who was at his best, and Messrs. K .M. Barnes and J. Q. Beckwith. Enthusiasm was created for a larger and better market her* and Mr. C. H. Taylor of the Star ware house took the town to task for not having been in the past more enthu siastic over pushing the . market. Among other things, he declared thftt Lumberton not only ought to be the largest market in this county, but the largest in this section of the State, and said that this would be possible if the people of the town would get behind the market. He and other to bacconists declared, {halt they Ifke Lumberton very much and would like to build homes here if another ware house is erected. Larger Warehouse Needed. Mr. Taylor made a rousing straight from-the-shoulder talk. He said that the town was not so wide Awake last year and year More in regard to its tobacco market, but that now it is awake and there is ho limit to its pos sibilities as a tobacco market. One of the needs, he said, si a larger ware house. Mr. Smith of the Imperial Tobacco Co., which has an agency here for the i first time in the history of this tnar ! ket, heretofore only having had a ; buyer here; Mr. Cheatham of the Export Tobacco Co.; Mr. Stephens of the Co-op warehouse; Mr. Perkins, and Mr. Lance all had complimentary words to say of the Lumberton mar ket and of the courtesies extended them by Lumberton people. Re-drying Plant Next Year Mr. K. M. Barnes brought a rous ing cheer when he said that Lumber ton will have a re-drying plant by the time the next season opens. It was hoped, he said, that this would be possible by the beginning of this sea ; son, but it was asured for next year. He and others expressed the confident opinion that there is no reason why Lumberton should not have the lead , ing tobacco market not only in this i county but in the South Carolina belt. , Mr. Beckwith of the Virginia & Carolina Southern railroad gave as surance that the railroads will see to it that thet tobacco is gotten ont promptly when it is brought to this market. Mr. Taylor urged every man to join and give encouragement to the Lum berthon Tobacco Board of Trade. Mr. Carson Barker the out-boost ingest booster of all the boosters of the Lumberton market, was greeted with cheers when he came forward in response to a call for remarks. Mr. Barker said that local business men had not done their duty in boosting this market in the past, but that they are on the job now. He urged co-ope ration in order to make this market what it ought to be. The guests thanked everyone con nected with the barbecue and many and sundry were the complimentary things said about the hospitality of the town. Prof. Crumpton and Mr. A. V. G. Wishart of the Kiwanis club deserve extra credit for the splendid manner in which they put across this affair. There were .56 men connected with (he local tobacco market present as guests, and about 100 local men swelled the crowd to over 150. < | < —Mr. Carey Hedgpeth, who^Awd worked for The Robesonian since he, was graduated at the Lumberton [high school last spring, fitting hv whereever he was needed, either In 1 office or composing room, doing with his might whatsoever his hand* found to do, left Friday for Greenville, S. j C., to visit his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. U. Cush man, before entering Mars Hill col j lege, near Asheville, on the 18th inst. Governor Sure People Will Approve Ship Terminal Bill ——- j Call* on Ufm'nittre to Adopt Port Commission's Report and Submit to Vote.©! Faith That U Will Carr Every County. GRIST FOR SPECIAL SESSION. The North Carolina General As * -nbly convex! in extra session Thursday to .omiler two mn'.Mrs which Gove^por Morrison consider* ft primary importance. T*ao Governor j recommended that the legislator* adopt and s'jr.mit to a *»nte of the people the recommendation _ of the Mate Ship and Water eonimisriw, providing, as by the Associated press in a RaLi.rh dispatch of Aug. V reporting the oiaming session-. Creation of state port terminals at various points on the eastern coast of North Carolina. Authorizatinr. of a oorid issue for J7,000,000 for port terminals—wa»r houses, docks, etc.—on land donated by the cities. Authorisation of a bond iv<ur f*»r $1,500,000 to m. used, if necessary to erwblish a state-owned ship, I die. Would C-pare Commission. Creation of a commission with the power to carry out the lecarnmcn daiions of the presens commission and with authority to issue and! spend the bond issues as provided by i law. Authorization of th« re-aciiairition by the state of the Capo Fear end Tadkin Valley radio til built by the rtate and sold years ago and divided between the Southern Railway and tl;e Atlantic Copt tine railway. They also nad ‘.be recommendation of the governor for repeal of the measure'submitting to the people a constitutional amendment relating to the sinking *jnA for the state high way Winds which provides that »»• ne of the gasoline and ro-.tor vehicle li cense taxes shall be placed' in the tanking fund and adoption of an amendment providing for use cf these taxes in the sinking fund This amendment wan’d be submitted to the people in November and the governor told the assembly in joint session at noon that the credit of the state was in danger of im.'n»rineiit unless they acted according to his tecommenda non. After the g<m *flor hud delivered hi* address the assembly at jour nod until tomorrow morning at J1 r ‘cluck out of the respect for the memory of the late Locx * Craig, qf Asheville, former governor, who died r^tiiily. Discuss on Freight Rate* Most of the governor s address was devoted to the ship and vattr report and the recomm^’idatio’n of the com mission The governor went at length into the questi »n :*f freight rates sod the benfits he said would accrue from the establishment of water routes and state ports expressing the belief that if this were done the rail roads would ho compelled to lower freight rates the state. He express ed the belief that the porut would di rectly benefit 5.1 countier through use of trucks and that by water routings the other section of the slate would be benefitted. The governor urged creation of a commission with powar to issue $7, 000,000 worth of bonds for port ter minals at eastern coast cities and $1, 500,000 for acquisition of state owned ship lines if necessary. “If you go foward with the recom mendations of the ship and water transportation commission” said the governor “and the railroads do not re Liuce the charges for carrying freight by rail into North Carolina, we will: supplant it, I verily believe, by cheap- j er water transportation or part wa ter and part truck transportation or longer part water and shorter part rail transportation to an extent that will save the people of North Caro lina a larger sum annually than the $12,000,000 which it costs to admini ster our state government exclusive of ouy highway development and oth er permanent improvements. Commission To Handle Bonds “I therefore with great confidence urge that you enact the necessary legislation to give the people speed ily and without delay the great op portunity to transfer all their com merce which can be carried over wat- j er or over water and by truck on the good roads or a longer part of the! way by water and only the shorter part by rail from the present cold and cruel opportunity of transport ing it exclusively at high, discrimi natory and unjust rates by rail.'’ The governor then recommended; the appointment of a commission as recommended by the commission’s re port with the power to issue $7,000, 000 worth M bonds at not exceeding 5 per cent interest, for the purpose of building docks, warehouses, depots and other necessary terminal facili- j ties and making physical connections between such depots or warehouses and railroads running into and out of Just around the corner from Town Coiner Cheetnat and Second Streets Hali you will see a busy FfOiag Station—Your car geta good attention there— FULLER’S FILLING STATION •**•****• * ALL CRIPPLED UP. * The ItobcMnian is in difficulties * * today. The paper’s main lino- * * type operator is laid up sick, * * which made it impo*sibfe«for the * * ostial amount of type to be set * * today. He-ke it has been neces- • * sary to cut out much reading * * m. tter that otherwise would * * have been in the paper today and * * to abbreviate other items. Sorry, * * hut R can’t be helped. It is hop- * * ed that the ueuai stride will be * * resumed before the next paper * * goes to press. • Items of Local News —Born last night, to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lemond, a girl, at tneiwfcome, 314 West Fifth street, Charlotte. Mrs, Lemond before her marriage was Miss Agnes Wetmore, daughter of Mr, F. F. Wetmore of Lomberton. —A building permit has been issued to L .H. Caldwell for a cooperage to be located on Pine street near the V. 6 C. 8. railway. The building is to be 100x40 feet and will cost $1500. —The Men's Christian League of Lumberton will begin a series of meetings at the Oak Grove Baptist church, on the Red Springs road about 7 miles from town, tonight. The meeting to last one week only. —Mr. and Mrs. S. Dunie of Fair mont were Lomberton visitors yes terday. They recently returned from a 0-months’ tour of the United States, visiting practically every state in the union, and spending sev eral weeks on the western coast. —Misses Margaret McLaughlin of Maxton, Allie Hall of Raeford, Ethel and Pearl McNeill and Messrs Hin ton and Arthur McNeill of Red Springs passed through Lumberton Friday on their way to their homes from Lake Waccamaw, where they went Thursday. —Mrs. Sandy McNeill and children, Misses Pearl, Ethel, Margaret, Eliza beth and Lillian and Messrs. Dickson and Arthur, of Red Springs, bad as their guests at a recent house party at Lake Waccamaw Misses Margaret Raeford, Iota and Lola Britt of Buie, Sarah Monie of Raleigh, Mrs. Gar land Prevatt pf Lumberton fend Mr McLaughlin of Maxtor,, Allle Hall of Eugene Mock of Alma.) / —Mr, Louis V. Simpson of Rock fail! S. C,, arrived Friday ahd will ,he in charge of the North State Drpg Co. to succeed Mr. J. M. Hutchinson, who resigned recently to take over the management of*h drug store he has purchased in Chester, S. C. Mr. Simpson is a graduate a* the South Carolina Medical college and comes highly recommended. Mr. Hutchinson probably will leave the first of this week. —Misses Sue Blount 3{>aw, Mary Cobb, Margaret French, Elizabeth Wishart and Courtney Sharpe, mem bers of the Blue Birds club, had a joyous time last week at a traveling house party with beach parties, thea tre parties and beach suppers and dinners and everything that delights ladies at the best-regulated house parties. The young ladies were en tertained in rotation at the homes of Mrs. G. G. French, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sharpe, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Cobb, Mrs. D. P. Shaw and again at Mrs. French's. -£----, such towns; that these facilities shall be placed in such towns as the commission, may select and find adapted to water transportation or commerce." The governor declared that the ship and water transportation com mission did not recommend "the es tablishment of a so-called state port” but instead recommended “putting all towns situated so as to make it pos sible for them to enjoy the benefits of water tranxnnrtatinn ” Think* Proposition WB1 Carry. , The governor then went on to de clare that steps have been taken in most states having water transpor tation for the state to have a hand in the development and handling of port facilities. He then said that the commission had not thought it wise to establish port facilities without taking steps to insure their being used and had recommended that the commission to be appointed be em powered to issue $1,£00,000 worth of bonds for establishment of ship lines. "I urge you gentlemen of the gen eral assembly”, the governor \ said, “to enact in foil and complete form the necessary legislation to put into effect the recommendation of this great commission which looked into and advised us about this matter but I also recommend that you provide that this legislation shall not take effect until after thV^atne has been approved by a majority of tne qualifi ed voters of North Carolina at the general election m November.’’ “I believe that if it is submitted to the people it will carry every county in North Carolina”, he added. "I am not one of those who think the people cannot understand this question. I think the great body of the people -understand it very much better tl^an the expert artd profes sional classes think they do. They know and understand that it means a greater and stronger North ! Caro lina. Their courage is high, their de termination absolutely dependable.”
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