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* 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.
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f * CHRISTMAS BOX TO OTEEN *
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! '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. *
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| 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.
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| * 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.
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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.