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; fj- 1 I ' ’ ^ ^ ' . i--=s=l THE ROBESONIAN l l * VOL. LV.—VOL. NO. 86—SERIAL NO- 36. LUMBERTON, N. C., MONDAY. DECEMBER, 8,1924. ’cootthit. oot> m tbot*. rniAMUMsmo in rmica ntm <mr~- * Thompson Memorial . Hospital Is Assured Charter Has Been Applied For—137 Local People Have Subscribed Ap proximately $50,000 ia Amounts From $50 to $5,000. Thompson Memorial hospital, to re place the Dr. N. A. Thompson hospi tal recently destroyed by fire, is now assured. Stoek subscriptions to the minimum amount of $50,000 are now in sight and application for charter has been made. It is expected that the charter will be received this week in time for another meeting of the committee that has the matter in charge Friday night. Mr. K. M. Barnes is chairman and Mr. J. Dixon McLean is secretary of the committee. They and Dr. T. C. Johnson composed the committee that had in charge the matter of soliciting stock subscriptions. They and those who assisted them found wide-spread interest in building this hospital, which will be fire-proof, 137 people subscribing tor stock from $50 to $5,000. Mr, Mc'Leap drew up applica tion for charter following a meeting of the committee Thursday night, and an organization meeting will be held as soon as the charter is received. BOYS FROft INDUSTRIAL HOME GAVE SPLENDID CONCERT HERE Large Appreciative^ Audience Heard Youtthful Musicians—Every Num ber on Program a Feature—Bugte Call and Echo Win Great Applause —Neat Sum Voluntarily .Contribut ed—Street Concert. A large crowd attended the concert given Wednesday night in the court house here by the drum and cornet corps from the Georgia Industrial school, Macon, Ga., and a neat sum was contributed to the cause. . Every number on the program was [ a feature, and the applause testified the appreciation of the audience. From the first note sounded in the Star Spangled Banner, the opening number, to the last sound of America, which closed the concert, there was almost prefect harmony, and only ex pert musicians could have detected any flaws yi the faint diserds, if there were any. World war veterans in the audience were almost tempted to disrobe and "turn in” for the night when the youthful cornetists rendered perfect ly th ebugle call “taps”. Tne audience was fooled for a few minutes on ac count of the perfect echo which re sounded after every pause in the call, but soon realized that one of the boys had slipped from his aggrega tion, and was on the court house lawn forcing an imitation echo back through his cornet into the building, which was the quietest it l ad been since the primary in June. It was easy to picture a great cantonement at the hour of 10 at night when the thou sands of lights were turned out, or the burial of a comrade who had fal len in the line of duty, and his coun try was paying him ita last honors and respect. This won tremendous ap plause and when the young lad re entered the circle of players he was given a great .chee^. A street epneert was givei},(ITi.^f^ay■ /horning. FIRE DFigii^rrON GIN AND AT FAIRMOft? Damage Estimated at $20,000 Partial ly Covered by Insurance—Origin Undetermined. Mre of undetermined origin com p’etely destroyed a cotton gin ard seed house in Fairmont early Satur day mining, causing a loss of ap proximately $20,000. The property belonged to Mr. H. G. Stubbs, and it is understood that the loss is partially covered by insurance. The fire was discovered about 1 o’clock and the flames had gained such head way that it was impossible to save either of the 2 buildings. Fortunate ly no other buildings were close enough to be in danger. Prayermeetings. Prayermeetings to be held Thurs day nigl t under the auspices of the Men’s Christian league have been an nounced as follows: * No. 1 at the home of Mr. T. L. Johnson. No. 2 at East Lumberton. No. 3 at the home of Mr. It. E. Lew is. No. 4 at Jcnningscotton mill. No. 5 at the home of Mr, E. W. Kinlaw on 17th street. —Mr. Max Weinstein returned Sat urday from New York and other Nor thern markets, where he spent sev eral days buying goods for Mr. A. Weinstein's department stoi’c. PROMPT SERVICE FULLER’S SERVICE STATION Corner 2nd. & Chestnut Sts. Liberty School House Near Maxton Destroyed By Fire Scat of Turmoil and Dissention Among Patrons is Wiped Out by Fire of Incendiary Origin—New Brick Modernly Equipped Building Costing $28,000— $15,000 Insurance., SUGGESTED THAT DISTRICT BE < CONSOLIDATED WITH MAXTON By H. C. MacNair. Maxton, Dec. 7.—Liberty school j house 6 miles south of .Maxton, was burned this morning at 4 o’clock. It was a new brick building, mod ernly equipped, originally costing around $28,000. It was entirely de stroyed as there was no fire protec tion and when discovered the fire had: gained such headway that it was be yond control. This consolidated school district, re-: cently chartered, nas been the seat of j unceasing turmoil and dissention j among the patrons, first a bitter'con-; t’ention between two church commun ities, then as to the particular one of two sites in the same community that i was built in. Finally it was located and built; theq there arose still anoth er issue that fihally found its way in to the courts. It appears,-' that the building was finished aiiil. tiiitcl -'fib without complying Witt the^l^ that requires that before a buildiiig shall be finally paid for it shall be inspected and approved by' the State Board of j l Education. When after pressure the j boar<J did inspect the building it was j ; condemned and the local board was forbidden to permit school therein; ! until certain modifications and im- j j provements were made. These were | partially ^completed when the county I board ordered that the lower portion be used. Then n group of plaintiffs i enjoined the local and county board from using the building. This order was dissolved by Judge Calvert last Monday and the school opened again in the lower part of the building, but attendance is reported as small, such was the feeling of dissatisfaction. | There wm no fire in the building Fri ! day or Saturday, and it is the general ■ !y accepted opinion that the origin was | incendiaTy. About 2 weeks ago an i ! attempt was made to burn the build- i ing. Early one morning a hole was found in the floor of one of the class rooms some distance from the stove, where papers had been dumped and fire set to. The only damage at that time was a badly charred floor, and a few planks burning through, the fire going out of its own Accord. There is a suit now pending against i the contractor for $4,000 damages and one against the present local school board for $1,600, all for damages aris ing from faulty construction and for | non-compliance with the law and i negligence of duty. ' j Several Maxton citizens have sug gested that Liberty school district be consolidated with Mnxton consolidat ed district, wherein patrons from both would derive a benefit, Supt. Green of ; the Maxton school is enthusiastic for | the move. The new Maxton building would prove ample for the accommodation ; of both groups of children. It was ascertained from local insur , ance agency here that there was $15, 000 insurance on the building, so the loss is heavy. There is no clue to the guilty par i ties to the burning. School Continues in Church Building. Mr. N. J. McRimmon, chairman of j j the trustees of the school, was a Lum i berton visitor today and stated that j school was opened this mp^iyng, in, the church near the burned building, and that it is the purnose of the com imittenien ,to eonpinpe thSiSPhpql, up,t$.j another building (ip*n,7b0 bwi&i; T-hes| F committee is already (inspecting.pther I i school buildings in the county to decide on a plan for the new building. The new building will be erected in the same place, according to Mr. McRim mon, as the matter of location has j ! already been fixed. — (County Superintendent J. R. Poole stated this morning that the board of education had at least $22,000 insur ance on the building and that he thought an additional $1,00,0 had been secured. He also stated that there was no law regarding the inspection of buildings before a final settlement was made. —The county board of education is holding its regular meeting in the j court house here today. Mr. Alex McGirt, who lives near | Rowland, is a Lumbcrton visitor to day. j* s * * * * * * * * f * CHRISTMAS BOX TO OTEEN * 1 * ' * ! 'Correspondence of The Robesonian * * The American Legion auxiliary * i * will send a Christmas box to the * i ‘ * 27 ihen in ward N-5 at the gov- * j * ernment hospital at Oteen. Citi- *! ; * zens of the town wishing to bring * | * cheer to these unfortunate men * * who so bravely defended them in * 1 * time of war, are asked to contri- * j * bute to this box. Please send gifts * ! * not later than December 15 to * * any of the following ladies: Mes- * * dames A. V. G, Wishart and Fred,* * H. Townsend and Mis3 Eulalia * * McGill. * ***'»•***. *• Dinner In Honor Of Ex-Sheriff Lewis Retiring Sheriff Honor Guest at Tur key Dinner Given at Goat Club by Solicitor T. A. McNeill—Remark able Tributes Paid to Fidelity and l oyalty of Lewis and His Service to the County. MOST DELIGHTFUL OCCASION. Retiring Sheriff R. E. Lewis was honor guest at a turkey dinner giv en at the Goat club last Monday eve ning by Solicitor T. A. McNeill. Other guests included rural police men and other officers who served with Sheriff Lewis during his 12 years in f office, and a few other friends. It was a bitter cold night, but blaz ing logs in the large fireplace made 1 all <ft.eer and comfort within, and it was a most delightful occasion of fel lowship. In informal talks around the fire after the repast, remarkable tri butes were paid by every one of the j guests to Sheriff Lewis’ outstanding! service to the county .luring his term pf office, to his fidelity to duty a.ul tp his unswerving loyalty to friendsj through good and through evil report, without regard to the effect upon his j political fortunes. Mt*: McNeill stated; that he was prompted to give bis j supper in honor of Mr. Lewis not as an official himself but as a private i citizen, as marking the passing from public life of practically the last one of the “red-shirt” boys. He quoted high tribute paid by his father, the late Judge McNeill, to the debt owed j by the county - to Mr.- Lewis—for his j service to the county in the days of; ’98 and before and since. Mr. McNeill! said that he would have been glad to j have been able to invite the entire county, for thousands of citizens would be glad to assemble in Sheriff Lewis’ honor. He also paid high tribute to Sheriff Lewis’ courage in openly j siding with the anti-divisionists when efforts had been made to divide the county, even when he himself was a candidate for office. Sherif Lewis expressed his pro found appreciation for this occasion and for the words of commendation. He said that it had been a pleasure to serve with the officers who had been under him and that while his duties had been hard, they had been plea sant, and he had enjoyed serving the county. He had no apologies to offer, he said, as he had done what he con sidered right; and that he expected al ways to stand against division of the county which his great grandfather, Col. John Regan, who was appointed by the Continental Congress, carved out of Bladen in 1787. Those present and responding to toasts were: Rural Policeman J. H. Carper and R. C. Miller of Rowland,! J. R. McRainey of Parkton, D. C. Rat ley of Fairmont, Tom Bowen of Red Springs; E. P. Bryant, special deputy, of Alfordsville; A, R. Pittman of Fairmnt, former rural policeman; La-; cy McNair of Rennert, special depu-i ty; Neill Smith of Fairmont, special deputy; A. H. Prevatte, jailer; Jim McLeod, office clerk; W. B. Ivey, re tiring recorder; Ertel Carlyle, soli citor of recorder’s court; Henry Guth rie of Rockingham, of the State de partment of revenue; A. V. G. Wis-* hart,, county auditor^ Ira Bullard and S J. Ar,.£)harpe. 1 ; 1 'i ,: ' Some of the lxiy's called'this the j fjpi^l-toters ball’*' dlUTmest1 certain ly it jras an occasion to delight the heart of any Jiggs whatevei. — FAIRMONT MAN BUYS LARGE TRACT REAL ESTATE IN TEXAS. Dr. Brown Says Advantages There Are Wonderful—Will Return to Texas in January—No Hard Times or Busted Banks. Dr. J. P. Brown of Fairmont was a Lumberton visitor Thursday and was very much enthused over the great advantages, he says there are in the lower Rio Grande valley in Southern Texas, where he spent sev eral days recently. He purchased a large tract of land, and paid $1417. 75 for citrus trees to be planted on the land. Dr. Brown went with a party which started from Rowland, filling a Pull man by the time it reached Atlanta, and stated that he would make a second trip to the Lone Star state on January 3rd; In talking of the advan tages there, he said that there were no hard times, busted banks, past due fertilizer bills or fires. He has written an interesting letter to The Iiobeson ian which will be published soon. King and Harrell Pay Death Penalty. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 5.—Mortimer N. King, of Canton, N. C., and Frank Harrell of Union County, S. C. were electrocuted at the State Penitentiary here shortly after 6 o’clock this morn ing for the murder of Major Samuel H. McLeary, just off the Raleigh-Co lurnbia 1 ighway on July 2 last. Both had previously confessed to having formed the plot to rob a pas sing tourist, which resulted in the death of the major after he had given thdhi a ride in his automobile A. W. McLean Highly Honored In New York And Washington Governor-elect G nest of Honor at Dinner m New York Given by St. Andrew Society and Made Honor ary Member of New York Caledon ian Club—Gneat of Honor at Din ner at Guatatnalan Legation in Washington. GIVEN EXQUISITE GOLD BADGE BY CALEDONIAN CLUB Governof-elect Angus Wilton Mc Lean returned home Saturday night from a week’s visit to New York city and Washington, in both of which ci ties he wa3 highly honored. He went to. New York at the Invitation of the St. Andrew society, the oldest Scot tish society in America, founded in 1756, being honor guest of the soci ety at a dinner at the Waldorf-Asto ria hotel. There were about 1,000 guests at the dinner, among them prominent men. fi»»m all over the the country. Mr. McLean responded to the toast “The Land ,We Live In”, giving a brief account of the two Scottish settlements in North Caroli na, the Highland hootch settlement in the Cape Fear section and the Scotch-Insh settlement -in the Pied mont. Mr. McLean also was entertained by the Caledonian club bf New York and was made an honorary member of that body, being presented with jA beautiful solid gold medal, on the back of which is inscribed his name. On its face, in exquisitely delicate workship, is shown a lion rampant within a circle of* Scotch heather suspended from a bar on which is the name of the club and Scotch thistles. Honorary membership in this club is a signal honor which is bestowed on ly upon men who have attained un usual distinction. The following is taken from Wash ington correspondence, Dec. 5lh, of the Raleigh News and Observer: “Highly honored while on a visit to New York, Angus Wilton McLean, governor-elect of North Carolina, was agaip honored in Washington tonight when he was the guest at a dinner given by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Guatemala, Serior Don Francisco San chez Latour and Mrs. Lhtour, a bril liant company being in attendance at the event given at the Guatemalan Legation, present being a number of notables of the diplomatic service and of Washington, friends whom Mr. Mc Lean had made while he was Assist ant Secretary of the Treasury. Senor and Mrs. Latour had as their guests to meet Mr. McLean, Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland, of New York; the Minister from Czecho-Sla vakia, Commander and Mrs. Joems, Admiral and Mrs. Latimer, Judjfe and Mrs. Milton Elliott, D. R. Crissinger, Governor of the Federal Reserve Board; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, Charles P. Light, Mrs. Geogino, wife of the Military Attache of the Guata mala Legation; Dr. and Mrs. McPher son Crichton, Mrs. Brereton, and Mrs. McGrann. “Many personal friends of Mr. Mc Lean called on him while he was in Washington, and he was assured that there would be a large delegation of friends from this city who would be ip Raldigh for his inauguration as Go'yeftior on January 14,! the date set for tl’is event.” - > Men’s Prayermeeting In Court House Each Morning 8 :30 to 9 Including Sunday Fiddlers’ Convention at Parkton 19th. An old fiddlers’ convention will be held in the Parkton school auditorium Friday evening, Dec. 19th, at 7;i0 o’clock. Twenty dollars in cash prizes arc offered to be distributed as follows: best all-round fiddler—$10 in gold; second best—$5 in silver; best banjo or guitar picker—$5 in silver. A full evening of entertainment is promised to lovers of good old-fash ioned music. Hot coffee and cake will be served to all musicians, Admission of 35 and 50 cents will be charged. Private Audit Shows Sheriff’s Iijoks in Fine Shape. Books in the sheriff’s office have been found to be in first-class shape by certiied accountants personally em ployed by Sheriff B. F. McMillan, Geo. H. Adams & Co. of Charlotte, who completed Friday the work begun last Monday night. Only a negligible difference was found between that audit^and the audit of County Auditor A. V. G. Wishart, which is a high compliment to the thoroughness of Auditor Wishart’s work. Cotton Market Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 23 cents the pound. Parkton Letter Handsome New Brick Depot About Completed—Fiddlers’ Convention ! 19th—Residence Burned—Preparing for Christmas Carols and Pageant— Personal and Other Items. By C. D. Williamson. Parkton, Dec. 5—The new brick de pot is just about completed, and it is : one cf the prettiest depots this side ..of the Blue Ridge or the Mason and Dixon line, of which we feel proud. The Union prayer-meeting held at the Baptist church here Wednesday night was conducted by the following laymen of Fayetteville: Dr. J. W. Mc Neill, lender, Mr. Kerr and Mr. W. B. Webb. The talks by these brethren were interesting and inspiring, qnd much appreciated. Rev. J. H. Powers, paster of the Baptist church, was the only minister present, I)r. V. G. Smith being sick, but we are glad to report his condition much better and he is out agnin. Ye old-time fiddlers’ convention-for Parkton will convene in the school au ditrium on Dec. 19. All fiddlers of this section, dancers and banjo pickers are urged to get ready for one of the biggest conventions. A real record breaker is expected. Pgpf. Parrott advises the writer»that, he will give gway $20 in prizes. Ten dollars for the best all-round fiddler, etc. Another exciting fire occurred in cur town last right about six o’clock, when the dwelling owned by Mr. G. D. Ammons on Second street and oc cupied by Mr. Geo. Hall, burned. It seems as there was no one home when (he f re was discovered. William Phillips, first to discover the fire, and be rushed to the burning building and a few others. Only saved a very few belongings. Origin un known, and no insurance. I Mr. T. M. Blue was a Lumbcrton visitor yesterday. Christmas Carole. Extensive preparations are being made for the Christmas Carols, to be given Christmas Eve. Fifty or more voices are in training, with the desire to increase the number to one hun ; dred. Mrs. D. S. Currie has charge of this under the direction of The Na tional bureau. On Christmas Eve night, there is also to be at the Presbyterian church a pageant, “From Day Spring On High”, after which a reception is to be given in honor oi all the young people from our town and communit.., who are home for the holidays. Our town can boast of more young people away in college and other vocations of life, than most any other town its size. : : Dr. D. S. Currie made a flying ir.p to Charlotte this week to visit his pa tient ex-Sheriff J. W. Hall of Lumber Bridge, who was in the sanatorium. Mr. Hall’s condition being unchanged, returned to his home, wth Dr. Currie. Mr. W. M. Currie and small son William Jr. of Rowland visited rela tives in town Tuesday. Miss Emmae Currie of Lumber Bridge was a caller in our town Mon day p. *». President Pledges Continued Aid to Farmer. Promise of continued governmental aid to ^gricuUure, an appeal to the nation’s farmers to take full advan tage 'o i such assistant*, and tfie ad vice to business to cooperate with those on the farm were contained irf • two addresses made by President Coo lidge during a 13-hour«> visit to Chicn go Thursday. The presidential party I made the trip from Washington and I return on a regular passenger train, instead of on a special, as former Pre sidents have traveled. __ f , Superior Court. The regular term of Robeson Su perior court for the trial of civil cases which convened hKC last Mon day adjourned Thursday afternoon. No jury trials were held after the re port published in Thursday’s Robe sonian. The case of Richard Hard in, Indian, vs. the Globe Insurance ; Co. was non-suited. --— Tom Graham, Colored, Dies Suddenly. Tom Graham, colored, about 40 1 years old, was found dead at his home a short distance west of the Fifth ! street river bridge Saturday morning at 7 o’clock. He had gone to the kit chen and fell while about some work in the room. Oyster Supper At Zion's Tabernacle. Correspondence of The Robesonian. There will be an oyster supper giv en at Zion’s Tabernacle school house Friday night of this week, Dec. l‘2th, Various stunts will be given by the .school that will be interesting. The proceeds will be used for the benefit of the school. The public is j cordially invited. -— " | Bos Supper.f There will he a box suppefir at Cedar | Grove school house Friday night at 7 o’clock. The proceeds will go toward paying for the piaDO in The church. Everybody invited. | Tie teachers are Misses Evelyn Ro i gers and Eureka Pittman. Recorder’s Court Monday Morning Session Attended by Large Crowd—W. W. Bollard Charged With Transporting Whis key and Carrying Concealed Wea pons. Recorder P. S. Kornegay’s court this morning had the appearance of a regular term of Superior court for the trial of criminal cases. At least a hundred people were in the court room during the session, whieh lasted into the afternoon. The case against W. W. Bullard, whom officers have charged with transporting whiskey and carrying concealed weapons, attracted much at tention and possibly will be tried this afternoon. Several minor cases took up most of the mo'ning session. The case against three soldiers from Fort Bragg, who were arrested Saturday afternoon on charges of transporting whiskey had to be continued until to morrow morning on account of the crowded docket. The soldiers were arrested by local officers after they had wrecked the Ford touring car in which they were riding, on Elm street, near Four teenth. Private -Paul Bryant was the dri/or ef the car. Officers found a large army pistol on Wm and a small quantity of whiskey in the car*,, He was also charged with driving while under the influence of whiskey. Sam Hammond, Indian, plead guilty Saturday to carrying a concealed weapon and was given the choice of a $50 fine and costs or 00 days on the ro"<ls. The road sentence is to take effect tomorrow if the fine is not paid by that time. “DANGER" WAS ITS NAME AND * HARMLESS WAS ITS NATURE. Fine Work of Local Actors Rescued From Entire Bromidity an Enter tainment of Small Merit—Woman’s Club Realized $79. "Danger” was the name and harm less was the nature of the burlesque entertainment given at the high school auditorium Thursday evening under the auspices of the Woman’s club and under the direction of Mrs. J. J. Garland of Atlanta, Ga. Candor compels the statement that the entertainment was something of a disappointment to the large crowd that assembled. But that was in no wise the fault of the lodal actors. In fact, the local actors by sheer ability and determination to put it over, spite’n, rescued from entire bromidity a play that otherwise would have fall en flat. There were many "bright particular stars” among the local ac tors, but there is no doubt but that Supt. W. B. Crumpton of the local schools was the “dark particular star.” Total receipts amounted to $208. Of this amount, Mrs. Garland got half, plus expenses, leaving the Wom an’s club $79 net. WIFE OF REV. 8. E. MERCER DIES AT HOME IN DURHAM. Durham, Dec. 5.—Mrs. S. E. Mer cer, wife of Presiding Elder S. E. Mercer, of the Weldon district, North Carolina conference, M. E. church. South, died at her home here this afternoon at 4 o’clock. The funeral service will be held Saturday after noon at 3 o’clock. Mr. Mercer while presiding elder of the Weldon district bad maintained his residence in Dur ham where he formerly lived. Mrs. Mercer' had been an invalid for many yeark. ' ■ )tm$ -tr.oji Qflt lo , ■>!ft <i u is a nati4fe of:Robeson erturity;1 HoWcllrfvHW t*rwnwMp,y#ki*e he has close relatives. He 'hhs: many friends throughout the county who will sympathize with him in his loss. Two New Kura! Policemen. Rural Policemen R. C. Miller of the Lumberton district and D. C. Ratley of the Fairmont district have resign ed and Sheriff B. F. McMillan has ap pointed to succeed them Messrs. Mel ton Ivey and Marie Page. All the other rural policemen hold over until the ; .January meeting of the county com missioners. —A preacher, physician, plumber, undertaker, moving picture theatre manager and an ice dealer,, ail of Lumberton, left here early this morn ing for several days 'hunting trip in | Currituck county. The gentlemen are Rev. T. McM. Grant, Dr. T. C. John son, Messrs. J. L. Stephens. J. W. Griffin, M. A. Geddie ard G. 1> Kirkman. Mr. C. W. Dever of Bladenboro i spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Roberts of Lumberton. — I********* HELD OVER ♦ _ | * Ow;ng to the sickness of one i * of The Robesonian’s linotype * operators, several articles that j * otherwise would have appeared I * in this issue must be held over. ! * Among them are reports of a * well-attended county teachers I * meeting here Saturday and an j * address by A. E. Bing, secretary * treasurer of the N. C. Cotton * Growers Co-operative association. * * * » *'» * * * Items of Local Newi j —Only 14 more shopping days un | til Christmas. J —Local schools will suspend De cember 19th for Christmas holidays and the spring term will begin Janu ary 1st. —-Mr. D. H, McPhail and family moved Saturday from it. 2, Lumbcr | ton, to the Elrod section, where they , will make their home. —Mr. E. Clyde Wade, superinten dent of streets, has moved from Al lenton to the Moore dwelling on Nineteenth street. —Mr. G. W. West has moved into his new store building on Chippewa street. The bui'ditig is of brick and adds greatly to that section of town. —A large number from here went to Hamlet Friday night, to Bennetts villc Saturday night and to Fort Bragg last night to see “The Flashes of the Great White Way". —Miss Lucy Crate's season here as trimmer for Miss Josephine Breece i will be over on the 16th ipst. and she will leave soon there-after for her home at South Hill, Va. —A bird and oyster supper was enjoyed by a large crowd of members and invited guests at the Goat chib Friday evening. A little after-supper . fdrt;was had by mild initiation of a few members who escaped the last ; strenuous initiation. —Mrs. jonn Jones had as her guests yesterday Dr. E. G. Wimber ly of Bethel Church, Charleston, 8. C., his wife and Mrs. R. L. Wells and | Mrs. Jones’ step-son, Mr. J. W. Jones, also of Charleston, who had been at tending the Methodist conference in Dillon. Mrs. Jones also attended the session of conference yesterday, —Representative Collier Cobb of Parkton was «. Lumberton visitor Saturday. Mr. Cobb says he and his fellow-representative, Mr. D, p. Mc Kinnon, and Senator T. 1* Johnson I would tike to see discussion through | the columns of The Robesonian by the i people of the county of the legislation j they want at the coming session of ! the Legislature. —AH of the steel beams have been placed in the new Planters Bank building on the corner of East Fourth j and Chestnut streets. Many have been attracted daily by the display of nerve of the work-men who almost did acro batic stunts on the top beams, which will support the 5th story of the building. —The young men’s Christian league of Lumberton meets at the new high school building Monday and Thurs day mornings from 8:80 to 8:50 for a short prayermeeting service. AH boys and ^oung men of the town are requested to attend. The older men hold their prayermeeting in the court I house every morning from 8:80 to 9 | o'clock. —Local theatre fans ate Interested in the announcement that Vieira's Hawaiians will play an engagement ; at the Pastine theatre here Wednes day and Thursday, matinee and night. I This theatrical troupe has played ; Lumberton several times and their | concerts of music and song are al ways of h’K-h order. ; —Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the ; First Baptist church, Messrs, S. Mc Intyre, T. L. Johnson and R. L. Ste ! phens and Rev. I. P. Hedgepeth ex pect to leave tomorrow morning for Raleigh to attend the Baptist State [convention, which will bjc in session there Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Tabernacle Baptist fchurch . —While hunting Friday in Colum bus county, Messrs. W. G. Allen and Wi H. Hamilton, northern sportsmen, wW are gup^A at the ■ shot and Killed a bob-tailed wild-cat, which the dogs had chased up a pine | tree about 12 feet from the ground, i The cat was brought to Lumberton 1 Saturday morning. It weighed 19 pounds. They reported good luck in , finding quail and wild turkeys. , —A meeting of the Parent-Teacher association will be held in the new 1 high school auditorium Friday night of this week at 8, and for the enter tainment of nil who may attend the ' primary grades* will give that “Tom Thumb Circus” which captivated a crowd at morning exercises some month or so ago. No admission will j be charged. It is an entertainment extraordinary and no one should miss it who can attend. —Dr. T. C. Britt, formerly of Lum berton but now an official in the Wil mington City Health department, was a Lumberton visitor yjpterday and re ceived congratulations from friends on the arrival of 'a daughter, Bettie ^ Lou, who was boirn to him and Mrs. Britt a few days ago. Dr. Britt was accompanied to Lumberton by his father-in-law, Mr. Landeth, of Brook lyn. N. Y., his sister Miss Bedie Britt and his half-brother Master Knox Britt. I —Wrecks on the highways or streets are becoming so common that when an automobile strikes another no special attention is paid to it, and both drivers keep going. Saturday a car was going east on West' Fifth street, and as it passed the Battery Service station a car backing out was struck by it. A front fender on the car going east was badly bent, but the driver kept going, after casually , glancing around to see if the wheels had been knocked out from under the other car, which was not damaged, the bumper being struck.
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