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THE WEATHER - * FA!R TODAY AND TUESDAY THE ROBESONIAN EIGHT PAGES TODAY. VOL. LVI.—NO. 3. LUMBERTON, N. C.. MONDAY, MARCH 9,1925. COUMTAY.OOD AMD T*OTH. MW. MUCH WV< ESCAPE!) CONVKT AGA!N!NTO!LSOF LAW FOR ROBBERY , t. ' ' ' Andrew Hamer Admits Escaping From State Prison 2 Months Ago —W. R. Tyner's Store at Lowe Mobbed—Baiky Ford Caused Ham er and Fioyd Braswe!! to Faii in Attempt to Get ^way With Mer chandise Valued at $200. SOLICITOR F. E CARLYLE RECONGNIZES ONE DEFENDANT Andrew Hamer, negro, escaped convict from the state prison in Ra leigh, was tried before Recorder P. S. Kornegay Saturday morning on a charge of storebreaking and abound over to Superior court. It was in evidence that Hamer and Fioyd Braswcil, aiso colored, hired a Ford car from another negro who iives in Red/Springs Thursday night, and after robbing Mr W. R. Tyner's store at Lowe of merchan dise valued at about $200, started b&ck to Red Springs. When near that town tie Ford refused to run and the robbery were forced to remove their loot to the near-by woods, where they were found by officers Friday. After hiding the goods the ne groes went to Red Springs, ieaving the car in the road. Hamer went to Fayetteviiic to get some money, so he stated, to have the car fixed. It was white he was on the ^rain near Shannon that officers arrested him The officers had boarded the train at Shannon, bciieving that Hamer was on it on his way for thp stoien goods. Soiicitor F. Ertei Cariyie asked if he had not been seen in the court !)ouse here before. The negro said that he was sentenced by Judge N. A- Sinclair, during 1923 from Robe son Superior court to an indeter minate period of not less than 5 years and not more than 10. When asked about his escape he readiiy ad mitted that he escaped about 2 tnonths ago. Both negroes are being held in the county jaii without privilege of bond. Wiiiie Moore, owner of the Ford car, but who claims he knows noth ing of the robbery, is aiso being heid ip jaii on a charge of aiding and abetting in storebreaking. MR. WAYNE McNEH.L ELECTED PKINCH'AL OF !'H!LADELPHUS Has Been Teacher There Past T^o Seasons—Basketball Teams Con tinue String of Victories. By W H. Mf Brown. Buies, Mar 7.—in a game of basketball yesterday p. m. at Phila deiphus, with the Wagram and Marsh* vi'le teams, the Philadclphus hoys and giris won the game- So far they have won out with the Robeson county schoois, and are stiii gaining victories with other schools. At a meeting of the Phiiadeiphus schoo] committee Friday Mr Wayne McNoiii of Wagram, who for the past two seasons has been teaching In the schoo), was ejected principa) for the next term. Mr. McNeiii is a brother to Mr. John Charics McNeil), the well-known poet, who died a few years ago CAM STOLEN THOM !N FRONT OF TOWN HALL J- UNDEi: NOSE OF POLICE Assistant Fire Chief Paui Hritt is short of a CheAroiqt touring ear. and iocai poiice are at a ioss to know who was so boifi to steai the ear Saturday night froth in front of the town hai), whieh is headquarters for police and firemen. According to night poiicemen. the cat* was stoien about 4 o'ciock Sun day morning. The key had been ieft in the ear, and the thief had no troubh- in making- a quick get-a-way Both town anti county officers spent most of yesterday in trying'to find a cine, but so far nothing has been learnt d Honorable Mention In Slate-Wide Latin Contest. Second I onorahic mention was won for Lumherton high school by Miss Eugenia McLean, whose paper was third test, in the first annua) State wide Latin contest, the winners of which were announced at Chape! Hi)) Saturday night. Tie contest was he!d under the auspices of the Uni versity Extension division and Latin dt partment in co-operation with the participating schools- The Centra! high school of ('! atiotte, represented by Walter Spearman, won first prize. First honorabie mention was won for Moxboro high schooi hv Eilcn Brad shcr, whose paper was second best. Mr. M. L. Trovatt of R 1 from Buie was among the visitors in town Saturday' Misses Kc'ha Jenkins ad Magenta I.assitu- of Fairmont were among the visitors in town Saturday. SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES are now on Display, TERMS Cash or 4 Months to Pay. . JOHN D. PURVIS, Tailor, ) 5th St. Front of Courthouse. Indian Child Diez Oi Buma At Buie Said to Have Uaed Kerosene in Start* ing Fire—A Miss Ha!i of Biaden Aiso Seriously Burned By W. H. M. Brown Buies, Mar 7—A smail daughter of Wesiey Sanderson, Indian, was so badiy burned Wednesday morn ing, while attempting to make a fire, that she died during the afternoon of Wednesday. Her clothes were ig nited from the flames- It was re ported she used kerosene in kindling. The chiid was eight or ten years oid. In attempting to put out the flames her father is reported as hav ing been burned very badly on his hands. News is also received here that a Miss Hall of Bladen county, a rela tive of Mr and Mrs. Z- G. Hali, who live here, was burned very badly one day this week. The extent of her injuries is reported as being serious. Miss Halt visited here last fall. REV. WILLIAM BLACK CLOSES MEETING AT FAIRMONT CHURCH Many Professed Reiigion and A Large Sum Contributed to Synod Home Work. * * Rev William Black, who conduct ed a meeting in the Presbyterian church at Fairmont last week, pass ed through here this morning en route to his home in Charlotte. He was accompanied by his singer, Mr. Burr The meeting closed last night and according to Mr. Biack 60 professions of religion were made during the meeting. Of this number, 35 were Baptists, 10 Presbyterians and 6 Methodists- $162.63 was contributed during the meeting for the Synod Home work, with which Mr. Black is directly connected $62 was given Mr. Burr, singer, and $30 to Miss Breeze, pianist. THIEVES SATURDAY NIGHT WERE VERY ACTIVE HERE Office of Seaboard Passenger Stat ion and Store on Chestnut Street Robbed. Robbers Saturday night broke into the Seaboard passenger station of fice and, according to Mr. Ear! Tu ton, 2 tickets for Rockingham were taken Entrance was made by break ing a window in the office. The store of Mr. J D. Barfieid on Chestnut street was also entered Saturday night and $1.20 in money taken A Chevrolet car was also stoien Saturday night, mention of &hich is made eisewhere in this issue. A good many-robberies have tak en piace in Lumberto recently and police are working overtime in an ef fort to catch the thieves. COTTON CO-OI' GROWING Evidence of Steadily<irowing Con fidence of Farmers in Cotton Growers Association. Raleigh, March 7—Almost 400 North Carolina farmers have signed contracts and joined North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative asso ciation since February, according to a statement issued by T W. Cham bliss, editor of The Cotton Growers, March 3rd. "The exact number," said the state ment, "is 391, and 108 of these con* tracts came to the office during the past three days, and these contracts are evidence of the steadily-growing confidence of cotton-growing farm ers in the Cotton Growers associa tion. From every section of the State come ietters from members com mending the management of the asso ciation and teiiing of the growing dispositton among cotton farmers to join the association and deliver their cotton to the association the com ing season. This state has now over 37,000 members in, the Cotton Growers as sociation and there have been very few who have voiced complaints dur ing the past year concerning the co operative method of selling cotton PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOB "KICK IN" MARCH 20TH Fayetteville l'layers Will Bring Show Here. Local legionnaires and members of the Cross Creek Players company of Fayetteville are getting things whipped into line for presenting "Kick In"^ in the school auditorium here on the night of March 20. Lum berton within the next few days wili be ablaze with billboards and j window posters advertising the pro duction W1NGATE RECEIVES RATING AS STANDARD JUNIOR COLLEGE Wingate, March 7—Wingate has j received rating by State department of education as Standard Junior col I lege. Students and faculty have pledg cd ! 10,000 as nucleus of endowment fund, this amount to be doubled and trebled from other sources. Mr D. B. Humphrey of R. 1 from Lumherton was among the visitors in town Saturday- # SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE AND W!NA$1PR!ZE ^ i-. Advertisers Offering 18 Prizes For Correct Solutions to Cross Word I'uzzle Appearing on Pages 2 and 7 Today—Advertisements Contain Words That Help—Correct Answer and Names of Winners to be An nonneed March 19. MAIL SOLUTIONS AT ONCE TO CROSS-WORD PUZZLE EDITOR On pages 2 and 7 of this issue you will find a cross-word puzzle. Can you soive it? Read the advertise ments on both pages- Some, possibly not ali words necessary will be found in the advertisements. Some of the advertisements have several words that fit in the spaces Mail your solution to the Cross-Word Editor of The Robesonian at onc^The first 18 received, which are correct or near est to correct, will be winners of 18 prizes. Neatness will count a great deal, and in case more than 18 cor rect solutions are sent in those showing most care will be awarded the prizes. The prizes are of $1 value each- In some instances $1 bills are given. The advertisers are giving the prizes through The Robesonian. In the is sue of March 19 announcement of the winners will be made "on the same pages, and the correct answer to the puzzle will appear. This is not an easy puzzle, but if you will take time to search the advertisements you will find enough words to fiM in, so that the rest of the puzzle will not be' so difficult. The contest is open to everybody, and one may send in as many solutions as desired. The more you send, the more chances you have at winning a prize- Only one prize will be awarded to the same person. The puzzle is printed on both pages, so more than one can work on it at the time- Now get right down to it. Let us have your answer by return mail. If you live in an adjoining county or town go right to work on the puz zle and mail as soon as possible. The postmark date on your letter will give you an equal chance with other contestants. Record of Deaths MRS.J. S CRENSHAW Prominent St. Pauis Woman Suc cumbs to Paralysis—Funera! and Interment Yesterday. (By Bessie G Johnson) By 'phone to The Robesonian: St. Paui, March 9—Funeral ser vices of Mrs. J. S. Crenshaw, who died at her home here Saturday af ternoon at 3 o'clock, were conducted yesterday afternoon by Dr- E- C. Murray, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Deceased had been in iii health for a long time, suffering a stroke of paralysis several months ago while visiting relatives in Charlotte. Mrs. Crenshaw raised a family of 11 children, all of whom are mar ried. She i ssurvived by her husband, who resides here; stx daughters, Mrs H N. Westmoreland and Mrs. J. W. Houston, of Charlotte; Mrs Vance Skipper, of Lumberton; Mrs. Tom Willis, of St. Pauls; Mrs. Mary Parnell, of Rocky Mount, and Mrs. Clarence Dunn, of Fayetteville; and five sons, O- A Crenshaw, of Char lotte; Henry C. and J. P. Crenshaw, of St. Pauls, and Sam and Lloyd Crenshaw, of Rex She is also sur vived by three sisters, Mrs. A. M. Sammonds, Mrs. R. M Ross and Mrs. J. M Ross, and by-two brothers, C- C. Brown and J. A Brown, all of Cl arlotte- There are three half-broth ers, W. H. and L. F Brown, of Char lotte, and W. 0 Brown, of Knox ville, Tenn , and two half-sisters, Mrs. R. M. Forbis, of Spartanburg, S- C., and Miss Lena Brown, of Knox ville, Tenn Mrs. Crenshaw was a member of the Sharon Presbyterian church from early childhood and was an active member of the Presbyterian church of St. Paul. MRS W. M PATE !)!ES SUDDENLY AT DUNBAR End Came While She Was Serving Breakfast—Apparently Mad Been in Her Usual Health—Funeral at Philadelphus. By W. H. M Brown.. , Buie, March 7—The death of Mrs WwM. Pate, which occured at her I home in Dunbar, S- C., Wednesday morning, was news received here with sorrow. Mrs. Pate apparently was in her usual health when the end came while she was serving breakfast. Mr. ! W. H Adams, who lives here, just returned from the Pate home, where I he had been to relieve Mr- Pate as operator while he was away attend ing the funeral of a sister, whose death occured in Florida last week. Mr. Adams reports that Mrs. Pate ; was then in her usual health Fun eral services were conducted at Phil adelphus cl urch Thursday evening Friends will deeply sympathise with Mr Pate in his bereavement. SENATE WOULD OVE BUS TAX TO SCHOOLS Senator SeaweH of I ee Led Warm j Fight to Provide ,^i:j"tml Honey for Equalization Fttud. GOVERNDK'l FIRST RHH1 1 ! The Genera! Assembly is expected to adjourn some time tonight. Pay for members ceased Saturday night. The fight in the Senate to provide additionai money for the equaliza tion fund reached its ciimax Thurs day night in passage of a bit! to ap ply revenues to be derived from the newly-imposed automobile bus tax to the fund used by the department of education to maintain a 6-months j school standard throughout the State. <t Immediately after passing this bill to increase the revenues of the equalization fund, the Senate adopt ed on the fina) reading the $12,000, 000 revenue bill, which brought a bout the fight Wednesday night The revenue bill suppiies funds to meet only the items of the appropri ations bill, and the appropriations bill authorizes only $1,135,500 for the equalization fund. The educa tional finance investigation commis sion bad recommended that $2,600, 000 was absolutely necessary. Senator Seawell, of Lee, was the leading figure in the movement for more sciooi funds He contended , that with the $1,550,000 to be sup plied by the appropriations and rev ! enue biils many of the counties would not be able to maintain the ! statue requirements of six months school terms. The state has pledged a larger sum, he argued, and this legislature I should not fail to supply it in order : to accede to the advice of Governor McLean for economy and a balanced budget. The senate worked fitfulty Thurs day with its chief interest centered in the question of additional reven ues for the school fund white it transacted other business As Sena tor Seaweit expressed it, the feeling was tense. Before passing the reven ; ue bit! on its second reading Wednes i day night, the Senate rejected sev* eral proposals by which extra rev , enue might be raised for the schoots. This resulted in a comprose move ment with differing parties trying to reach some agreement Finatty, Senator Seawett sent for ward a bit! bearing his name and those of Senator Wittiams, of Pas quotank, cifairman of the senate finance committee, and Senator Bur gwyn, of Northamton, eo-agitator with Senator Seawett for more jschoot funds. That bitt was the one passed on at! three readings in the ; Senate Thursday night, shifting the revenues to be derived from the bus tax from the road fund to the gen era! fund, from which it is to be ap , ptied to the cquatization fund. The equalization fund is allocated among the counties of the state on a basis of giving aid where aid is most needed- It is designed to raise the standards of schoots in the "pau I per" counties. Senator Howard, of Edgecombe, reports the Associated Press, was the i leader of the opposition to the bit! to increase the revenues of the equalization fund. He argued that the appropriation for the fund had not been "cut" but that the amount of $l,5a0,000 named in the appro priations bitt was quarter of a mit iion dollars in excess of the corre j sponding period of the tast genera! ! assembty. He also declared that much { of the money spent for the common (continued on page S) -. XEW TAX OK GASOLIKE EFFECTIVE IK STATE The added one cent per gallon tax on gasoline became effecting through out the state Thursday. J*he tax ! raises the levy on gasoline from three to four cents a gallon It was added by the General Assembly for the pur pose of funding the additional $20, ; 000,000 bond issue for good roads approved by the body and was to be . come effective immediately upon ratification. The act was ratified ; February 21 and the automobile ) license department announced Thurs day that machinery for its cnforce ! ment had been completed c* ^^**^^*^^*^*****^***"^*********** ^ Commodity Controi is Aim Are you for or against commodity control of farm products? If your answer is yes and if you believe that the agricultural interests should control their own business, any one of the banks listed below will be glad to present you with A COTTON co-op contract for your signature. R. 'McA. NIXON AT 1ST NATIONAL—LUMBERTON W. L. BUCK AT MERCHANTS & FARMERS—ROWLAND Z. GRIFFITHS AT THE PEOPLES—MAXTON J. LACY McLEAN AT BANK OF ROBESON—MAXTON E. M PAUL AT BANK OF PEMBROKE—PEMBROKE J. C. LENTZ AT BANK OF ST. PAUL—ST PAUL J. H. McKOY AT CAROLINA BANK & TRUST CO —RED SPRINGS. NORTH CAROLINA COTTON GROWERS ASSOMAIiON Frank McNeill—Representative. i ST. PAUL WANTS HIGHWAY 2! THRU BUSINESS SECTMN Committee Earned at Mass Mwting i to Map Koute and Draft Keaotu t](,na—M. T A. Meets—Death of Mrs. Archie McKay OTHER ST. PAULS NEWS. By Bessie C Johnson. St. Pauts, Mar. 7.^-The regular monthty meeting of the Parent Teachers association was he!d on Tuesday afternoon in the graded ! st hoot auditorium, a very interesting meeting toeing heid. Friends of Mrs. Maggie L. Mc Kat hern, of Fayt tteviiie, were giad to have her in their midst for severat days' visit, divided among relatives in the homes of the McCormicks, tiyar town, and Broad street, in the home of a broti er-in !aw, Mr. A. R McEachern, returning to Fayetteviite Tuesday , accompanied by her nephew Mr. Duncan McKachern, who return ed home that night Attorney John D. Canady went to ihe i ome of his peopie near Hope ' Miiis Sunday to accompany Mrs. Canady and chiidren upon their re turn from a week-end visit Misses Theresa BroadweH and An nie Kiniaw were FayetteviBe visi tors Monday, going over with reia tives of Miss Kiniaw, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. McJ-ean, who were guests in the home of Mrs- Melissa Kiniaw Miss Martha Stagings, among tie boarding students of the iocai high schooi, resumed her studies this week, foiiowing her recent attack of mumps. Mrs. E. C' Murray, who spent the past two weeks among relatives in Aiamanee county, where she visited her daughter, Miss Florence Murray, member of the school facutty there, spending several days at Graham with another daughter, Mrs- Cooper, following the meeting of the Paral I lei convention which she attended ! while in Greensboro, returned home ! Monday night. Mr. C. J. Caddell, who several i weeks previous accepted work near Monk's Corner, spent last week-end with his family here, leaving Tues jday for his post of duty While here ; Mr. Caddell aceomnanied Mrs. Cad idell and daughter, Miss Ruth, to Lumberton Monday, where they vis ited in the home of Mrs. Caddell's sister, Avhp^ resides a few miles be yond Lumberton. Mr W E. McMillan was among ; the St. Paul visitors Wednesday af ] ternoon. Mr. Slias D. Johnson, who has I supervision of the school at Lincoln ton, returned home Monday follow ing a brief visit to his father, Mr William S Johnson, in the western part of town, who suffers with heart j trouble again, being very much "un der the weather". Another son. Mr. Howard Johnson, of the Zebulon high j school faculty, was here latter part of the week. Friends of Miss Cornelia Steele, who has been a patient for several ! days in Pittman hospital, Fayette I ville, will he glad to know she is j getting on nicely It seedis good to again hear the j familiar sound of the "old train" on I the V- and C. S. railroad, which has 'been put back on this week, while the new trolley car recently pur {chased has been making the usual iyounds to Elizabethtown for the lit* )tle motor car, which just now is in j the repair shop. Mr. Joe Sugar has recently pur (continnued on page 4) — ' MOLL WEEVIL MEETING !N RED SPRINGS TUESDAY Discussions by authorities on the holi weevil situation wit) he made Tuesday morning at 10:30 in the ' theatre budding in Red Springs, ac cording to County Agent O. O Dukes. ! A]! farmers and business men invited. Indian Alan and Girl Die At Buie. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Buie, March 7—Daniel Wbhster Locklear, Indian, died near here this week A daughter of Emerson Bullard. Indian, died at his home Friday morning, of pneumonia. RED SPRMGS NEWS H D. Hub Detng Great Work—Dr Hammond Eiected Vice President of Coiiege—Sarg's Maritmettea Piease—Pfrnona) and Other Items !NTK!M LAMS HASKETBAf.L . Corrtspcmience of The Robesonian. Red Springs. March 7—Mr. W T. Johnson of Red Springs has been recentiy circled second vice-president and a member of the board of the as sociation of dewberry growers of the two Caroiinas. The majority of of ficers are from this eastern part of North Carolina Messrs. Tom and Witi Gibson were in Buie iast week for a day, as was Mr. B. A. Garner. Miss Amanda Brown spent Satur day and Sund^ of iast week in Phiiadeiphus Misses Brown and Jessie Morri son were in Phiiadeiphus iast Sun day. Last Tutsday the Home Demon stration club met with Mrs. W- N. Gihson This ciub is doing a great enti.usiastic work. After a brief entertaining programme of songs and a reading, a demonstration of quick cooking with compressed steam was given. !n 30 minutes a 2-year oid hen came out as tender as a hroiier, to the amazement and de light of (hose present. Miss Fiax An drews did the demonstrating At a meeting of the Fiora Mac donatd coiiege board of trustees iast week, Dr. Hammond, D D., Bible professor of the coiiege, was elected vice-president of the institution. The announcement was enthusiasticaiiy received, it was ti e usua] meeting ketd in February by the trustees to elect the new fatuity, etc. Those at tending were: Fayetteviiie presby tery—A. B Pearsaii and W. J. John son, Red Springs; E. H Wiiiiamson, Fayetteviiie; A. R. McEachern, St Pauls; A. L Buiiock, Rowiand: Rev. A^K. McQueen, Dunn; John W. Mc I^oughlin, Raeford; McKc^* McKin non, Maxton; Orange presbytery— Rev M. E Hansei, Mebane (who !ead chape) services severa) times); R. G. Vaughn, Greensboro; S. Strudwick, Greensboro; T Sawey White and others On Monday )ast, the annua) Sopho more-Freshman was he)d in the col iege pariors. The presidents Jose* phine Shaw and Junia White, receiv ed. Charming tabteaux and other en tertaining features were presented. Facdlty members attending were: Mrs. C. G. Varde)), Mias Johnson and Miss Connor. An ice course was served to about i 50 students. Mrs. Roscoe McMillan and )itt)e son, E))ison, were in Wiimington tdst week for a few days Last Sunday Rev Mr. Mclnnis and Rev. Mr. Biack of Phiiadelphus and Red Springs Presbyterian church es, respectively exchanged pulpits. Miss Elizabeth Sykes, who is vis iting her sister Mrs R. L Pittman, is improving after a brief ?)!ness. Margaret Hodgin spent Sunday with her mother at Antioch. Before ieaving for Baltimore Mrs. Ernest Graham, Miss Nealie Garnett and Miss Mamie McNeil went to Fayetteville Tuesday They were ac companied by Mr. Ernest Graham Mrs. David Hall and Mrs. Glyman were also Red Springs visitors in (continnued on page 4) GA. GOVERNOR WITHDRAWS REQUISITION FOR BORGLUM Association Acceeds to Request of Governor Rut Says !t WiR Have Nothing More to !)o With Scuip tor. Requisition papers for Gutzon Borgium, former Stone Mountain Memoriai shuiptor, were withdrawn } Saturday by Gov. Waiker of Geor gia and the habeas corpus hearing ' scheduied to be heid Saturday night in Greensboro before Judge Schencke was dropped fn a statement issued in Atianta Saturday the Stone Moun tain Memoriai association severeiy criticised Borgium and said that un der no circumstances wouid he be re ;e:npioyed but that other scuiptors wouid be engaged to do the work, for which the money couid be secur ed Borgium issued a statement in which he said he wouid remain in j Greensboro to wage a fight to have ! noiie prossed aii indictments pend ing against him in Georgia. Governor tic!.can wired Governor Waiker con gratuiating him on the wisdom and , patriotism of his action in withdraw ing requisition papers and added his ; bciief that "an organization can be j perfected so that the Stone moun ! tain monument to the Confederacy I might be perfected according to the patriotic dream of its promoters." Mrs. I'. (* Britt of Boiton was a mong the visitors in town today Mr Ernest G. Jones of Fairmont was a Lumherton visitor this morn ing. Cotton Market Middiing cotton is quoted on the !ocai market todays at 25 1-2 cents the pound WE WANT YOG FOR A CUSTOMER } FULLERS SERVftE STATiON Lor. -nd & Chestnut St. STORES ROBBED AT PROCTORVniE Mr. H Barnes' and W. R. Buries & f<n'a Btores Entered Last Night— T ievts f t Away With About !210 V'tr'h of Hoods—Negro Methoriist Church Hums—Second Robbery in Month. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE Hoods vaiued at about %250 were stoien iast night from Mr. M. Barnes* store arxi W R. Suries & Crr's store at ProctorviHe, according to Mr. John H. Atkinson, who was among the visitors in town today. The negro Methodist church at ProctorviHe was destroyed hy fire a bout 2 o'ciock this morning, hut Mr Atkinson did not know the amount of ioss. The robbers entered both of the stores by taking out a pane of giass from rear windows No money was missed and the goods taken eon°ist ed of severa) pairs of shoes, Hash* Hghts, cigarettes, tobacco and eioth ing of different kinds. This is the second robbery in ProctorviHe dur ing the past month. No arrests have been made in either ease. ttema of Loca! Neww —The Aiathean Bible ciasa wi!! meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 in ti e First Baptist church. —The Woo ciub wit) ho!d a regutar meeting Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Miss E)sie Thompson as hostess. —Many Lumberton peopie attend ed the revival meeting at the Pres byterian church in Fairmont last week. Rev WiHiam Biack, evange iist, ciosed the meeting iast night. —C. R Tayior of Lumberton, W. A. Thompson of Fairmont and A. F Toiar of Lumber Bridge were among the notaries public commissioned by Governor McLean Friday. —Mr. T. M. Burney's Sunday schoo) ciass of boys between the ages of tO and 12 enjoyed a shad aupper Satur day afternoon at White Oak ianding, on Cape Fear river, near Elizabeth town. Mr. Burney and his scho'ars were accompanied by Rev. T. McM Grant and Mr. F. P. Gray. —Prayermeetings to be heid Thurs day night under the auspices of the Men's Christian ieague have been an nounced as foiiowa: No. 1 at the home of Mr. Car! Bullard; No. 2 and No. 3 at the home of Mr Todd in East Lumberton; No 4 at Jen nings cotton mii!; No. 5 at the home of Mr. J. M Huggins. —Mrs S. McIntyre was given a beautifu) si!ver vase fiiied with pink carnations by the members of the Missionary society of the First Bap tist church at a meeting he!d last Wednesday. This was a token of ap preciation presented by Mrs. E K. Proctor for the exceiient work she had rendered the society as treas urer for the past 25 years. She was re-eiected again for this year —A Ford car belonging to Mr. E. W Dunham was badiy damaged Fri day night when it turned over on Carthage road Mr. Woodward Town send, who Was driving the car at the time of the accident, was unin jured. A Ford coupe, beionging to Mr. Adrian Britt, parked in front of Mr. Britt's home, was s!ight!y dam aged when the other car struck it Lumber Bridge News Senior Oaas Minstrei a Success— Aiusicai Program and "Hope Cheat" Neat Friday Night—Persona) 't -. Lumber Bridge, March 7—The ; "negro" ministre! given by the sen ior ciass of the iocai high schoo] Fri day" night was quite a success. A targe crowd attended and thorough ly injoyed every minute Mrs. Aiite^ McGougan and Miss Latitia Johnson spent Thursday in Lumberton attending the mission ratiy meeting at the First Baptist church, which was conducted by Or E. C Maridry, mission secretary of ' the Baptist State convention, assist ed by Or. W' L. Poteat, pr< ident of Wake Forest coiiege. The musicai program and the j "hope chest" that was to have been given some time ago but postponed ion account of "fiu" and sickness, wi!{ be given in the schoot auditorium Friday night, March 13th, at 8 o' clock Tickets are sti!) on saie at Martey's and Ammons' store. Every body get a ticket and come. Miss Vivian McXeii! of Lumberton spent iast week-end" here visiting Mrs Dougiass Smith. Air. Grady Alariey spent Friday in Fayetteviiie Alisses Seima Watt and irene Rice, members of the iocai schooi facuity, spent Saturday in Fayette viiie. Aiiss Aihcrta Butier spent the week-end in Biadenboro visiting her peopie. ) Prof. L ii. Fogieman was a Lum iberton visitor Saturday. ! W,e stiii have a few cases of the "fiu" here and have had some pneu monia. DR. WILLIAM W. PARKER OPTOMETRIST Better eye-sight for those who appreciate better service. Office—over 1st Natiohai Bank.
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