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FREE TRIP TO WASHINGTON, ,THE NATION’S CAPITAL. EDUCATIONAL .TOUR LEAVES SEPT. 4. .|' | ■ THE ROBESONIAN t ——j---;———'■ 11 1 - ——i ....... i i. i „ ! — VOL LVI —NO 52. y LUMBERTON, N. 0., MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1925. coumtby, god and nun. e*ta»m*h*d im ntcw nrm cum —— i -ggaagsg —"-1 - DOUBLE SALES WILL BEGIN ON LUMBERTON AUCTION TOBACCO MARKET WEDNESDAY Announcement Made Saturday That All Companies Have Agreed to Send Extra Set of Buyers to Local Market and Start Double-Barrelled Affair! Wednesday Morning. BOOSTERS WORKING OVERTIME FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MARKET News Received Like Striking Oil— j Farmers Already Giving Lumber ton Market Top Place—First Block Sale in History of Market—More Than Half-Million Pounds Sold Last Week. Boosters of Lumberton’s auction tobacco market are working over time since the announcement Satur day that beginning Wednesday the auction sales will be double-bajreled affairs', all the large tobacco com panies having agreed' to send anoth er set «f buyers to the Lumberton market. Since the block sale Thursday, when 30,000 pounds were left on the floor of the Star warehouse unsold, ware housemen and several Lumberton’s leading-business men made a renew ed effort to secure the extra buyers. The announcement that success had been attained was spread over the town like the news of “striking oil” in some small western village. Farmers in large numbers who had never sold tobacco on Lumberton floors until this season are already proclaiming the local market as the best in the belt, and with the double sales system at work, many new cus tomers are expected to be added to the list of the warehousement. By selling nearly a half-million pounds of tobacco at an average which was considered exceptionally good for the quality of weed offered, , the Lumberton auction tobacco mark et last week had another page of history written which places it in the best comparison with other South Carolina belt nMarkets in its history. First 'Block Sale. The opening sales Tuesday, men tion of which was made in Thursday’s Robesonian, were considered by mer chants, farmers and other business men as very successful. Though small, Wednesday’s sales were good, and Thursday saw the first block sale in the history of the market. 183,808 pounds were sold at an aver age price of $13.40. On account of the large amount of tobacco offered on the local market it was necessary to stop the sales on account of ap proaching darkness before the buy ers had reached the Star warehouse, where 30,000 pounds had been placed for the day’s sale. Some of the sor riest types of tobacco were offered Thursday, and the average is con sidered an exceptionally good one. The better grades of tobacco brought handsome prices. Friday’s sales were good, prices taking a higher step when Mr. J. O. Graves, president of the China-Amer ican Tobacco Co. joined the board of trade and started winking and blink ing his bids to the auctioneer. Mr. Graves did not remain on the market longer than Friday, but it is under stood he left buying orders. With him at the sales were three native China men, who were seen making notations on the price and quality of tobacco nffprpil. Board of Trade Active. The Lumberton market is making unusual progress in its purpose to be come one of the leading markets, not only in the state, but including the South Carolina belt. The recently or ganized board of trade is a great factor toward the development of the market, and the big Carlyle ware house, built during the last few months and under well known man agement, is another boost for the market. The Big Banner, Star and Little Banner houses are under the management of warehousemen who are known to the farmers throughout this section, and it is no surprise that the market is going forward rapidly. . MORE.. Tobacco Barn Burns. Fire Thursday night totally de stroyed a tobacco barn full of tobac co belonging to Mr. R. L. Leggett, near Center church on the Fair mont-Lumberton rogd. It is under stood Mr. Leggett did not have in surance on the barn or contents. ********* * Monday’s sale at Star Ware- * * house, Lumberton, averaged * * $18.15.—Adv. * * Monday’s sale at the Little * * Banner Warehouse, Lumberton, * * averaged $22.93. * »»«»•«*•** “COM*;” ,,to Moore’s Gift Shop , Nation^ 'Bank BaUding, t Wes* 3rd. St., Phone'454. > ^ ’ • * ; ' **»•****• * PRICES HIGHER TODAY * * _ * * Around 100,000 pounds of to- * * bacco were sold on floors of the * * auction warehouses of Lumber- * * ton today at an average estima- * * ted at around 20 cents a pound, * * which is an advance of about 6 * * cents over averages last week. *« * All who sold on the market here * P today were well pleased with the * * splendid advance in prices. #♦•*»**•*• Rennert Strong On Fruits and Vegetables Large Shipments Last Month—Larg est Peach Crop—Mr. O. G. Phillips of Latta Takes Own Life—Mr. E. J. Britt Makes Fine Talk at Church. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rennert, Aug. 8.—Mr. 0. G. Phillips of Latta, S. C., was found dead in his home on last Monday morning. Mr. Phillips took his own life by placing a pistol on his left temple and shooting himself. The bullet passed through his head and out al most in the same place on the oppos ite side of his head. Mr. Phillips was employed as a railroad telegrapher and upon his failing to come to work at the usual time, the agent, Mr. M. H. Cox, went to his home and found every door locked. After making a forced entry into the house Mr. Phil lips was found in a dying condition on the floor in his bedroom and a pistol by his side. He only breathed a few times after being found. Mrs. Phillips was visiting with her people at Siler City at the time of her hus band’s death. She immediately came to Latta and the remains carried to Bonlee, N. C., where interment was made Tuesday. Several people had seen Mr. Phillips just prior to the time he was found there and there was nothing unusual in his conduct. As yet his reason for taking his life remains a mystery. Mr. Phillips worked as telegrapher at this place for three or four years, leaving here some seven or eight years ago. During the month of July consid erable fruits and vegetables were shipped from this point. There were I, 921 crates of peaches, 181 crates of cantelopes, 33 crates cucumbers, 92 crates of Huckleberries and 20 crates squashes. This does not by any means include all that were grown about here. Considerable amounts were hauled by trucks to Lumber Bridge, Red Springs, Laurinburg and other points to be shipped in carlots. The largest peach crop ever grown in this section was the one this year. Mr. E. J. Britt of Lumberton spoke at the Baptist church here last Sun day afternoon, it not being possible for Mr. Stephens, the pastor, to be here at that time. Mr. Britt had never been heard here before and it was quite an enjoyable surprise to have him here. There has been much favorable comment upon his talk. Mr. John W. Davis moved from Rennert to Linden, N. C., this week. We understand he has accepted a pos ition upon the highway at that point. INDIAN GIRLS CHARGED WITH SHOOTING MAN MAKE BONDS Released From Jail to Await Trial— Hearing Will be Given as Soon as Injured Man Can Attend Trial. Strawdy and Hester Chavis, Indian sisters, who spent several days in jail here following a shooting affair at their home in Gaddy township a few weeks ago when Foster Miller, Indian, was seriously injured, are at large under $650 bonds each for their appearance in court here as soon as thte injured man is able to attend trial. Miller’s condition is reported im proving. He has been a patient at the Baker sanatorium here since the shooting. He was hit in the chest and face. Strawdy Chavis has admitted that she did the shooting, but claims self-defense. Norman Hunt, Indian, also charged with the shooting, is still in jail in default of bond. _ Mrs. Robt. H. WHles and Ralph G. Gordon, both of Columbia, S. C., are dead in Durham as a result of shots fired by the woman’s hush and Satur day when he found them together in an apartment. The man was killed in stantly and the woman died some hours later. A forecast of 13,566,000 bale^ of | cotton was announced Saturday' by j the department of agriculture, basing | its calculations on conditions exist I ing Aug. 1. This is 22,000 balqs less than forecast from July 16 conditions and is slightly below last year. I John Temple Graves, widely known | Southern writer and orator, died at his home in Washington Saturday af ter long illness. His remains will be interred in Atlanta today. - -i- '■ .. . Drive To FULLER’S SERVICE STATION i h V ■ \ V Corner 2nd & Chestnut Sts. PLANTERS BANK IN NEW HOME Moved Friday From LaFayette Build- i ing to Handsome New Planters Office Building—Using Ground and Part of Mezzanine Floors—One of Most Attractive Banking Houses in Eastern Carolina. LARGE VAULT INSTALLED Planters Bank & Trust company moved Friday into its handsome new home on the corner of Chestnut and East Fourth streets, in one of the most attractive banking houses in Eastern North Carolina. . Using the ground floor and a part of the mezzanine floor, the bank is as completely equipped as' any insti tution of its kind to be found any where. The building is 5 stories high and was built by the Planters Building corporation. The structure itself is beautiful, and is one of which all of North Carolina should be proud. The largest vault ever shipped into this section of the state has been in stalled and ample room for storing all valuables of the bank and its com pany is found within its walls. It re quired a solid railroad car to trans port it to Lumberton, and much dif ficulty was experienced in getting it placed in the building on account of its weight. Since the founding of the bank several years ago the LaFayette Life Insurance building, which is by no means a discredit to any North Caro lina town or city, had been used un til Friday. The upper floors of the new building will be used for offi ces, several of which have already been rented. PARKTON LETTER Union Tabernacle Meeting Closes After Very Successful Campaign— Many From Distant States Attend —McNatt Reunion at Rockfish Beach—Crops Looking Good—Per sonal. tuy c.. u. vviiuamson; Parkton, Aug. 6.—The Union Tab ernacle meeting which lasted three weeks came to a close Sunday night, which was the climax. Large congre gations attended from beginning to the close. People from several dif ferent states were in attendence. Mr. Frank Cogdell of Texas, Mr. and ,.Mrs. \Vj. I. Fisher of Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Chas. Bodie of Tampa, Fla., little Miss Cathryn McMillan of Orlando, Fla., Mrs. G. C. Hughes and children of Georgia, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. McDonald of Norfolk, Va., Mr. Chas. D. McArthur of Fla., and prob ably others from other states dur ing the last week of the meeting. Dr. D. P. McGeachy did all the preaching and no better gospel could be preached by any one. It was soul s tiring and uplifting pure, plain, simple, Bible doctrine, and we recog nize him as one of our own Robeson county boys. St. Pauls, Rex, Lumber Bridge, and Fayetteville will always be remembered as good stand by’s, as they did their part to make the meeting a success. Three hundred dol lars were paid the preacher, and $160 to the choir leader, and $160 for cur rent expenses. We were v^ry. grfeat ful and thankful for the • splendid piano u§ed ftfr the tabernacle meet ing furnished by the McFayden music house of Fayetteville. A rising vote of thanks was extended Sunday morn ing to the company for the use of their piano. Mr. D. P. Spell one of our most efficient operators of the A. C. L. Ry. | Co. was taken sick last Friday week, and was taken to the hospital at Rocky Mount Sunday, where an op eration was performed for appendi citis. We have been advised he stood i the operation all 0. K. and is on the road to recovery. His family went up to Rocky Mount Sunday to see him. Mr. D. W. Marsh who has been quite sick for several days is re ported some better we are glad to The wedding bells is sure to ring i soon. Mrs. Sallie Conoly of Lumber Bridge returned home this afternoon i after spending one week with us, be ing a fond relative o^ our’s, and while she has passed her 83rd mile i post, she is quite young in appear ance and activity. Tomorrow is the day for the Mc Natt reunion Which will be held at Rockfish beach, and a good time an ; ticipated. •The crop of our community are looking fine. Corn is already made, and the cotton and beans look en | couraging. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Johnson and i small son, L. P. Jr. of Clio, S. C., i spent Sunday in town with relatives I and attended preaching. Miss Margarett Cashwell return ed a week ago from Rock Mount ac t companied by her friend, Miss Foun I tain. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Byrd and fam I ily are on their vacation at the beach. *'• '?3Mj Miss Nellie Thompson who \va§ op erated on at Greensboro,a few weeks ago for appendicitis, capie. bp me last week and ia coavalscing satisfactory. ST. PAUL NEWS ftev. Lonnie Sasser Assists in Series of Meetings Near Max ton—Sunday School Class Enjoys Outing at White Lake—Movements of the People—Personal. (By Bessie G. Johnson) St. Paul, August 10.—Misses Aileen, Mae, Jessie and Alma Mc Donald accompanied by Messrs.! Earle Johnson and W. D. McDonald spent Tuesday at Wrightsville Beach, returning by Lake Waccamaw where they visited briefly. Misses Minnie and Dora Rozier of Fayetteville spent a few days first of last week in the home of their brother-in-law ahd sister, Dr. and i Mrs. C. T. Poole. Rev. and Mrs. B. S. Funderburg and family returned last Monday to! their home in Little Rock following a very pleasant visit to their daugh ter, and sister, Mrs. J. D. Canady, where they spent sometime. Guests Wednesday in the home of, Mr. J. W. Guiton and family were, Mrs. Chas. Keffer and Mrs. Daniels of Fayetteville who came over to see the former’s sister-in-law, Mrs. W. j T. Rhodes and little daughter who; were at the home of her parents. j Visitors last Sunday in the home of Mr. E. J. Martin and family were I their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Eugence Holingsworth and small daughter, Jean Murchinson. j Little Miss Annie Atkinson Rozierj visited Wednesday among relatives at Lake Waccamaw. Rev. Lonnie Sasser, pastor of the local Baptist church spent several days last week near Maxton where he assisted in a series of meetings. A/mong the White Lake visitors Wednesday were Mr, and Mrs. Ralph; Powers and family and Misses Geor- j gie Lee Howard and Christine Guiton j besides Mr. A. G. Ray and several I members of his family. Mr. Robt. Sessoms went over to i Lumberton several days previous to assist in Grantham drug store there. Messrs. J. M. Butler and A. R. Me Eachern spent Thursday in Wilming ton on business. Mr. Alex Guiton went to Lumber ton several days ago where he has work with a tobacco warehouse. j Miss Annie Brown of Sanford, our half sistpr’s daughter, came over Fri day afternoon for a visit in our home, having come over from Park ton where she spent Thursday night. Mrs. N. A. McEachern arrived Thursday from Sanford where she spent several days among relatives. Messrs. Francis Northrop and Al bert Guiton were White Lake visi tors Thursday night.Messrs. Duncan McEachern and Dawson Northrop who were over there-'for a little out ing returned also on this date. Mrs. L. T. Britt and children of Wtendell have been here for several days visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Caudell. Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Fisher in com pany with Mr. and Mrs. Townsend enjoyed a 2 days trip to Wrightsville beach last week. MAN CHARGED WITH BURNING BARN BOUND OVER TO COURT Ambrose Chavis Unable to Furnish $2,000 Bond—Probable Cause Found by Recorder P. S. Kome gay—Barn Full of Tobacco Total Loss. Recorder P. S. Kornegay found probable cause in the case Friday charging Ambrose Chavis, Indian, with setting fire to a tobacco barn on the night of August 2 near Rayn i ham, and bound the defendant over to Superior court under $2,000 bond. Chavis is in jail, being unable to furnish bond. The barn he is accused of burning belonged to Mr. J. M. Pate, mention of which was made in last Monday’s Robesonian. The barn was full of tobacco at the time, and the loss was complete, without in surance. It is alleged by the prosecut ing witness that Chavis had made threats against him, and that he was seen near the barn just before the fire was discovered. Officers arrested Chavis early Monday morning. Durham,—Blasting has begun by workmen here on the Duke universi ty campus, under the direction of J. O. Shumate, of the Fuller Construc tion company, in the work of moving some large trees, preparatory to be i ginning the $4,000,000 building pro gram. Workmen and team| have be gun the work of grading and leveling parts of the campus, with big six horse ploughs and five-horse scoops being employed. Washington, Aug. 8.—The Ku Klux 'Klan paraded in white-robed thou sands today through the streets of the national capital and - then in a public meeting that was interrupted by a rainstorm, renewed its vows at I the foot of the Washington monu ! ment. \ Miss Nellie was attending summer | school when taken sick. \ The road working up our way is moving along briefly and satisfac | tory, and in a few days we can rush ! down to Midway on, a perfectly good | highway, as straight as a shingle. Our town and community should get j busy and celebrate. FAIRMONT LETTER New Gin and Seed House—Social and Personal. By Mrs. H. G. Inman. Farimont, Aug. 8.—The Sidney Lanier club will give a lawn party at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Brown next Tuesday evening, August 11th, at 8 o’clock. The public is cor dially invited. There will be a special program and plenty refreshments. Mr. H. G. Stubbs is having a gin and seed house built to replace the one that was burned last December fifth. This gin will be equipped with electric motors and all the latest im provements in ginning cotton, and will be one of the most up-to-date gins in this part of the county. Work is being rushed so as to be completed at the beginning of the ginning sea son. Mrs. Ben S. Oliver and baby daugh ter, Jane Frances, hr rived Friday and will spend several days with their parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kyle. Mrs. E. G. Floyd and little daugh ter, Marylynn, left Friday afternoon for a visit to her father, Mr. W. R. Mplntosh, and other relatives in Kingstree. Martha Eleanor, who has been spending several weeks in Kings tree, will accompany her mother home next week. E. G. Jr., (brother) says he doesn’t want to go to any old Kingstree but had rather stay home ( and eat hot dogs. Mrs. Ervin Baker and baby, of Selma, are spending several days with Mr. Baker’s mother. Mr. “Bits” Snoddy of Red Springs was a Fairmont business visitor Fri day. Mrs. Alfred Cole of Raeford spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Jenkins, Cottage I street. Miss Vera Jenkins of Latta, S C.,! is visiting her cousins Misses Nettie: and Emily Jenkins and Edith and Mildred Mitchell. Mr. Pugh Williams of PembrokeJ spent several days last week with Mr. Leicester Mitchell. Mrs. "Buck” Blue of Raeford spent! last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Floyd, Iona street. MISS LILLIE KYLE VICTIM OF UNUSUAL ACCIDENT _.. j Struck by 200-Pound Man in Fall From Slide in White Lake and: Radiy Injured—Narrow Escape. By Mrs. H. C. Inman. Fairmont, Aug. 8.—Miss Lillie Kyle came very near losing her life Sun day at McDowell’s Beach, White Lake, when a soldier from Fort Bragg fell from thp slide and struck her in such a way as to cause the back bone to be badly bent in two places, j Miss Kyle had started up the slide,' not knowing anyone was on the top. There were two soldiers from Fort j Bragg on the top and they were try ing to push each other off when Miss! Kyle started up. She had just turned, around to Mrs. Brown and children and told them to watch her slide down when the man hit her. He must have struck her with his elbow or knee, for there was only one place which was so badly hurt. He weigh ed over two hundred pounds, so if he had fallen his full weight it would in all probability been more serious. Mr. Jim Barden of Warsaw was helping her up the steps and managed to hold her hand and bring her up out of the water and carried her to the hotel, where medical aid was given by Dr. Robeson of Wallace, who had gone over to White Lake for the day. She was kept at White Lake Sunday night and brought to the Baker sanatorium Monday morn ing, Dr. Robeson and Miss Pearson accompanying her. Dr. Baker says un less unforseen trouble arises she will be able to go home some time next week, and with several weeks of rest she will be able to go to Red Springs to take up her duties as Math teacher in the city high school. DEPUTY SMITH STILL CAPTURING STILLS Also Got. One Operator—Two Laur inburg Boys Snag a Buick. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Maxton, August 8.—A copper still was recently captured on the Baker place, near Maxton, by Deputy Sher iff W. W. Smith, who continues his activities against blockading in this section. Mr. Smith was fortunate enough in this instance to also cap ture the operator of the still. A quantity of beer—300 gallons— as a part of the haul made on this raid. Another still—this a box-still—was also captured during the week with 200 gallons of beer. Thursday night a Buick roadster belonging to Mr. Gus Hasty of this place was stolen. It was located dur ing the day in Fayetteville, where it had been driven by two Laurlnburg boys, Fred Thompson ^and Walter Stokes. ORDER YOUR FALL AND WINTER SUIT TO-DAY. Young Men’s College Styles $23.50 and up. Fit Guaranteed. ! JOHN D. PURVIS, THE TAILOR. LaFayette Life Ins. Co. Get-Together Meeting Insurance Commissioner Wad# Will, be One of Speakers at Meeting Thursday in Rome Office Hero—' Dinner at Lorraine. State Irjturance Obmmissioner Stacey W. Wade will be one of the speakers at a general “get-together" meeting which will be held by the! LaFayette Life Insurance Co. in its J home office building here Thursday of this week. Mr. Wade’s subject will be "The Attitude of a Life Insurance | Agent to His Company and Pros- [ pects.’’ The meeting will begin at 12:30 p. m. and dinner will be served! at the Lorraine to all who attend. It is expected that practically all agents, superintendents and employes will attend, also several friends fromj over the State. After the invocation, address of welcome and Mr. Wade’s address, din ner will be served, and other address es will be delivered as follows: “How and Why an Insurance Agent Should Conduct Himself as a Gen tleman,” by Hon. O, L. Clark ofj Clarkton; “Relationship of the Life! Insurance Company to the Bank,” by! Mr. K. M. Barnes, president of the Planters Bank & Trust Co. of Lum-i berton; “How to Stimulate the Agent) in Getting Business,” by Mr. J. Lee; Hale; “How to Increase the Debit”,| by Mr. H. Crooke; “Proper Methods of Insurance Inspection and Examine- j tion”, by Dr. Thos. F. Costner of' Lumberton; “How to Make Our Agen cy Force More Efficient”, by Mr. D. S. Hoover; general discussion. LUMBER BRIDGE NEWS Revival Meeting at Baptist Church Drawing Large Crowds—Personal and Other Items. (By Mrs. C. J. Ammons) Lumber Bridge, August 7.—Mrs. Layton Graham and children Aven elle and Harriot of Dunn spent sev eral days here this week visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs.. W. E. Graham. Mr. Murph Sikes of Pardee, Va., is visiting his mother here, Mrs. Lucy Sikes. We were delighted to have our father Mr. S. A. Powers of the Bark er-Ten Mile section spend several days in our home last week. The revival meeting that is being held here in the Baptist church is drawing large crowds from different sections of the county. The services are being conducted by Rev. J. L. Jenkins of Florida, who was once a pastor of this church and loved by everybody. His messages are full of the Holy Spirit. The church and com munity are looking forward to a great revival. Misses Leone Williford and Noma Sessoms of Autriville are spending! sometime here visiting in the home; of their aunt, Mrs. W. E. Graham.j Miss Lena Marley will arrive this week from Baltimore Md., where she has attended summer school at Pea body. Mrs. B. B. Currie carried ner class of young girls of the Presoytcrian j Sunday school on a picnic Friday. They spent the afternoon at Lake Rem, enjoying every minute of their outing. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. McGougan and mother Mrs. D. Z. McGougan spent Thursday afternoon in Fayetteville.; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Usher spent Tuesday afternoon near Lumberton visiting Mrs. Usher’s home folks. Mrs. Usher is a Tecent bride of our town. Mrs. Martha Cobb and siste.' Amanda Cobb are spending some time at Connelly Springs. Mr. William Cobb spent last week end at Wrightsville Beach. Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Hall and lit tle son Robert of Rocky Mount ar rived this week and are visiting Mrs. Hall’s father and mother Mr. and Mrs. Robert Monroe. They also will be here for the Monroe family re union which will take place Satur day Aug. 8. Mr. Caleb Swink and Mr. John Poncy of China Grove spent Friday visiting Mr. Charles Cobb. COMMISSIONERS DRINK CIDER AND PAY BILLS.! Guilford County Commissioners Hare Unusual Day With Gallon of Pure Apple Cider to Assist Them. A gallon of cider, road delegations and bills were the chief concerns of the Guilford county commissioners at their session Tuesday, according to the Greensboro Daily News. The cider was of the approved horse variety and hadn’t aged sufficiently to be out of the pale of the law. Those asking for roads, although somewhat impatient, were not more so than usual and the money was available to meet the bills. The board called it a good day. TO LIGHT AND WATER USERS All light and water bills must be paid by closing time on the 15th. Failure to pay will be construed as a request to discontinue the service ear ly on the morning of the 17th. J. P. RUSSELL, i v Town Clerk and Tres. Items Of Local Newt —Born, to Mr. and Mr*. Shop Wig gins of Pembroke, at the Baker san atorium, Saturday, a boy. —The Alathean Bible elas* of the First Baptist church will meet with Mr*. A. F. Ward Wednesday at 4 o' clock. —Mr. Junius J. Goodwin, attorney at-law, has moved his office from the Lorraine hotel building to the new Planters office building. —The regular meeting of the Wo man’s Christian league will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5 o’clock in the Episcopal church. Everybody in vited. —Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Townsend and children and Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Brown and children went this morn ing to Lake Waccamaw, where they have rented a cottage for a week. —Mrs. A. B. McElyea of Old Fork (Maxton R. 2), known and loved by Robesonian readers as MAunt Becky,” is a guest in the home of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Parker, 14th street. Her daughter, Mrs. D. L. Olmstead of Maxton, is in Baker sanatorium. —Messrs. S. F. Caldwell and Tom Packer will leave tonight for the northern markets to buy fall mer chandise for R. D: Caldwell and Son’s department store. They will visjg Bal timore and New York and expect to return the latter part of this week. —Several Lumberton people have gone today to Elizabethtown, where they have been summoned to appear before the Bladen county grand jury in connection with investigation of the failure of the Bank of Councils, which closed its doors about a year ago. —Mr. A. S. Pittman, secretary of the Robeson Rural Letter Carriers’ association, attended in Salisbury Friday and Saturday the annual cow vent on of the State association. Ha returned Saturday night. The con vention goes next year to Sanford and probably will be invited to Lumber ton in 1927. —Mrs. J. W. Edmondson of Jack sonville, Fla., is visiting in the home of Dr. and Mrs. John Knox for a few days. She is on her way to Balti more, Md., to join her husband aad another party in Baltimore, after which they will tour the new England States the rest of the summer. —The condition of Miss Lillie Kyle of Fairmont, who war injured several days ago while bathing in White Lake, is improving according to ad vices from the Baker sanatorium here, where she was brought after the accident, an account of which ap pears elsewhere in thi* issue. —Mr. Frank L. Jernegan of Deleo, Columbus county, manager of the “Bilt Rite Farm”, stopped over in Lumberton today on his way home from Salisbury, where he attended the convention of the Rural Letter Carriers’ association Friday and Sat urady. He says he drove through 13 counties and will have to hand it to Robeson and Columbus farmers for having the best crops he saw on his trip. —Mrs. A. V. G. Wishart and moth er, Mrs. Jackson, and Mr. Carey Hedgpeth left Saturday morning for Greenville, S. C. Mrs. Wishart and mother will visit Mrs. Jackson’s son. Dr. Brocker, who is professor of philosophy at Furman university. Mr. Hedgpeth will be with his sister, Mrs. John Cushman, until the 17th, where he will go to Mara Hill to attend school at the Mars Hill Junior col lege. —A movement is on foot to organize a high school band for Lumberton. At a meeting the othsr night Messrs. J. L. Stephens and E. L. Hamilton and Dr. W. Wl Parker were appoint ed a committee to enroll boys, and several already have been enrolled. Practically new instruments which be longed to the now disbanded East Lumberton band are available at a greatly-reduced price and much in terest is being manifested in the project. s-.’f -■ - , -Personals. 1 S —ImJU l Reported for The Robesonian. Misses Alex* Alford, Mary Doug lass and Ruth Alford Bullock were visiting in Dillon, S. C, Mr. C. A. Alford came for them Wednesday night in auto. Miss Era Bullock returned home Sunday p. n. She left Monday a. m. Mrs. Jl E. Price is visiting Miss Allie Alford. Miss Mary Hill Alford of Dillon, S. C., is visiting Mary Doug, and Ruth Alford Bullock. Miss Catherine Alford is visiting Miss Alexa Alford. Little Billie Currie spent Thursday in the home of Mr. J. F. Bullock. Mr. J. W. Brown of Chadbourn was a Lumberton visitor Thursday af ternoon. a l COTTON MARKET Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 23 cents the pound. WE ARE PLEASED with tha work Mir iww Dry Cleari** plant is tarsias aat. YOU WILL SB PLEASED with yaar r lathes If y«* uai theaa to ■». WE PRESS WHILE YOU WAIT LUMBERTON DRY CLEANING CO. Phone 94
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