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VOL. LVL—NO. 60. LUMBEltTON, N. 0., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1925. covmiT, son anp rainra utailmMd im nm nvi uim
TOBACCO PRICES
. TAKE BIG SLUMP
ON ALL MARKETS
Monday’s Sales on All Markets Heavy
With Good Prices Prevailing—More
Than Half-Million/ Pounds Sold
Here During Week at Average of
$14.57— Million Pounds Missed by
Wilson Estimator—No Visible Rea
son For Slump in Prices—Farmers
May Be Marketing Too Fast.
EXPECT LUMBERTON MARKET
TO SELL SIX MILLION POUNDS.
For the week ending September 4
the Lumber ton auction tobacco mark
et sold more than a half-million
pounds of the weed for nearly one
hundred thousand dollars, which was
slightly less than the week before.
Monday Sales Lead.
Like it was on practically all South
Carolina belt markets, Monday’s sales
led for the week when 184,832 pounds
were sold for the sum of $33,154.97,
an average price of $17.90 per hun
dred pounds. Wednesday took the
booby prize for the week, only 98,934
pounds being sold for the sum of $13,
730.73, an average of $13.89. The next
day prices went to pieces and the
average was only $11.11 per hundred.
Prices Take Slump
Those who were on the sales here
possible understood why the price
was off some, but the great reduction
is still a partial mystery to everybody,
even the warehousemen. Some of the
warehousemen and buyers claim that
the majority of the tobacco .offered \
Thursday was very sorry and nobody
ha3 claimed that the large reports
sent out from the Eastern Carolina
markets had anything to do with the
decrease in price here. Wilson was re
ported in daily newspapers as selling
1,900,000 pounds the opening day,
but somebody called for figures which
show that the estimator (supervisor of
sales) had missed his guess by just
a million pounds, slightly over 900,000
being offered and sold on the open
ing.
Big Buyers Buy Less.
Prices throughout the week on both
the markets in the county were a
great disappointment to growers,
some stating, however that Monday
and Friday the prices were very good.
Explanations of the slump in price
can be heard most anywhere, but no
body seems to have a very plausible
one, for the prices on the Lumberton
and Fairmont markets have been very j
satisfactory throughout the entire!
season until last week. There is no!
visible reason for the great slump. I
Why some of the larger tobacco com
panies are buying much lighter than j
during the previous week is unex-j
plained, for of course the buyers on
the markets will not tell a newspaper
man, even if the buyer knew himself.
A Bad Practice.
There is reason to believe that
prices will be better this week, and
continue to climb until a more satis
factory average is made on the entire
crop. It is very noticeable that on £he
markets of Robeson county a large
quanity of tobacco is offered on Mon
day of each week, the sales being in
some instances more than double
those on other days. This large quan
ity of tobacco is of very good grade,
containing a large quanity of the kind
of tobacco the larger manufacturing
companies want. Is the farmer taking
more time preparing tobacco for Mon
days’ sales than any other? It seems
this is the case and that while he is
taking this unusuaj care for the sale
on Monday he is badly neglecting the
rest of the tobacco he has to offer
the other days of the week. This is
no doubt one reason for the prices
being not so good as they are on Mon
days. This is a very unfair practice,
if such is the reason, and if it, is dene.
It makes the average for the week
show bad when daily reports are is
sued and it cripples the Robeson coun
ty markets when comparing figures
wth markets where this is not prac-'
ticed.
Selling Too Fast.
n is very prooauie mat tne rarmers
are marketing too fast, without first
having taken sufficient time to pre
pare their tobacco. As the writer sees
it, there is no necessity for the grow
ers of Robeson county to lose thou-,
sands of dollars because they do not
take time to properly grade and tie
their tobacco. One warehouseman has
bfen heard to remark that the mark
ets will be open until at least the 15th
of October, and another warehouse
man states that his place of business
will be open until the first of Nov
ember. With more than half of the
large crop raised in this county
marketed, there is no reason for
flooding the markets with tobacco
just because ample facilities for
handling it have been made at Lum
berton and Fairmont.
Over 3 Millions Sold.
Lumberton has sold during the
season, including the sales last week,
3,376.260 pounds for the handsome
sum of $556,894.55, an average of
$16.49 per hundred pounds. This of
course includes the sales and very
low prices paid here the past week
The average was much hotter until
the slump Tuesday. Basing estimates
on the amount already usold, Lumber
ton should sell at least 6.000,00&
pounds lifts season, which will be
NEGRO WRECKS
“BORROWED” CAR
Horace Gavin Wanted by Police—
Wrecks Borrowed Buick on Return
From Bi^ Birthday Celebration at
Giles Rower’s Home—One Negro in
Hospital and Five Others Out Un
der Bonds of $50 Each.
GAVIN TAKES TO THE UNKNOWN
Police and county officers are look
ing for Horace Gavin, and Prentice
and William Love, Mack Blue and
Charlie Stewart are under $50 bonds
each for appearance before Recorder
P. S. Kornegay and Sam Bullock is in
the Baker sanatorium, all of which is
the result of too much celebration Fri
day night when they attended the
festival held at the home of Giles
Rozier, colored, honoring his 79th
birthday,
BuIiock was injured when a Buick
automobile, ovfned by a Mr. Lerch,
traveling salesman, and driven by
Gavin, ran into a ditch. Gavin had
found the car very convenient Friday
afternoon after finishing his day’s
work at the sales stables of Mr. W.
I. Linkhaw, where Mr. Lerch had
stored it Having access, to the stables
and knowing the big Buick would be
the very thing to carry some of his
friends to the birthday celebration,
Gavin could not resist the temptation.
There was no use asking anyone
about using it, for he was going to
bring it right back and leave it just
as it was. But he didn’t think about
getting a little too much “celegra
tion.” While returning from the party
about midnight the Buick became un
manageable for his liquor-weakened
mind and into the ditch she went,
tearing down a wheel and badly dam
aging another wheel and fender.
m i n
uiiving ui vjravin or tne nara
Inch they were having made the other
boys mad and they began cursing and
using boisterous language near a
home about a mile from Rozier’s
home. A telephone message was re
ceived by the county officers, who
went at once and found everybody at
the car except Gavin, who had left for
parts unknown. The others were
brought to jail and later released on
bond. It is expected a hearing will be
held tomorrow morning.
Lhuis McDowell, colored also under
$50 bond for his appearance before the
recorder as a result of the.birthday
celebration. He was not with the au
tomobile crowd, but found in another
community in a drunken condition.
ROBESON CHAPTER HAS
INTERESTING MEETING
Mrs. J. H. Anderson, State Historian,
Delivers Address and Presents
Chapter a Book.
Mrs. J. H. Anderson of Fayetteville,
State historian, delivered an interest
ing address at the meeting of Robe
son chapter, U. D. C., held in the
high school auditorium here last
Thursday afternoon. She told some
thing of the work of the Daughters
and presented the chapter a book,
“Recollections and Reflections,” by
Col. Greenem, a life-long friend of
General Robert E. Lee.
Historical papers were read by Mes
dames E. K. Proctor and C. B. Skip
per and several musical numbers
were rendered.
Hearing on Petition to Discontinue
Trains.
As has been stated in The Robeson
ian, a hearing: will be held before the
Corporation Commission in Raleigh
Thursday, Sept. 10, at 3 p. m., on the
matter of petition of the S.A.L. rail
road to discontinue trains 31 and 34
between Hamlet and Wilmington. Any
citizen who care to do so may file
protest with the Corporation Commis
sion.
—Car load of milk cows expected
by Prevatt Bros. Saturday, as adver
tised in Thursday’s Robesonian, ar
rived this morning ‘fore day.
Mr. N. D. McCallum of Rowland -R.
1 was a Lumberton visitor this morn
ing.
more than ever before and nearly
three times as much as was sold last
season. The acreage planted in this
immediate section was not increased
materially, but the local market took
a healthy swing at the business, and
as a consequence has become a record
breaking place for marketing tobac
co. The tobacco is weighing much
more than last year, and the grow
ers are realizing handsomely from
this angle.
Daily Sales.
The sales on the Lumberton market
for the past week were as follows:
Monday, 184,832 pounds for $33,154.
97; Tuesday, 126,698 pounds for $19,
566.73; Wednesday, 98,834 pounds for
$13,730.73; Thursday, 122,515 pounds
for $13,622.36; Friday, 118,073 pounds
for $14,750.86.
WE ARE PLEASED
with the work oar new Dry Clearing plant
ie turning nut.
YOU WllX BE PLEA8ED
with your clothes it yen send them to as.
WE PRESS WHILE YOU WAIT
LUMBERTON DRY CLEANING CO,
__ Phone 94
SUPERIOR COURT
Civil Term Convened Here This Morn
ing With Jndge Dunn of Greenville
Presiding.
Robeson Superior court i"ar the trial
of civil cases convened here this morn
ing with Judge Albion H. Dunn of
Greenville Presiding. If this term of
evil procedure is handled with the
same speed the criminal term was
when Judge Dunn was here before,
adjournment may be expected any
time. Civil court here is generally a
term of about 48 hours a jury trial
being unusual.
The following cases have been set
for trial:
Today—All uncontested divorce
cases; W. H. Humphrey vs. R. Ste
phens, Admr.; E. S. Walters vs. Wes
ley Sellers; Dr. W. T. Herndon vs. D.
I W. McDuftie et al.; (jrosland & Tyson
i vs. J. W. Currie; li. A. Walker vs. J.
B. McCallum; Millard McMillan vs.
i H. M. McAllister et al; Dillon Supply
I Co. vs. J. D. McArthur; A. C. Wil
! liamson vs. Jack Edmund; D. H. Mc
Millan vs. Robeson Hignway Const.
I Co.; Mrs. Julia Britt vs. Mrs/. Annie
| Bntt; Tooacco Growers Asso. vs. A.
j K. Walters; Leota Skipper et al vs.
! Stell Graham et al; Mary C. Brown et
j al vs. W. K. Brown et al; Kheiralla
! Brothers vs. J. Brown Bullock and
j wife; I. P. Graham, Receiver, vs. Aus
I tin Barnes and wife; J. L. Dunham
vy. C. H. Taylor; R. M. Sweat vs. C.
H. Taylor; f irst National Bank vs.
D. A. Parks et al; McCaskey Register
Co. V3. Sealey Brothers; Lacy McNair
vs. Norman Locklear; E. H. Barton
et al, vs. Dockery Oxendine et al; J.
W. White vs. Susan C. White, Admx.
Tuesday—Clater Leggett vs. H. B.
Phillips; First National Bank vs. W.
B. Robeson, et al; J. J. Kincaid vs. E.
L. McCormac et al; Ginsberg & Sons
vs. P. Lein wand; Miflinberg Bank vs.
D. R. Connor; Mary E. Baldwin vs.
American Nat. Ins. Co.; Levi*Phillips
vs. Mansfield Mills Inc; Frank Gough
vs. O. L. Joyner et al. (protest.); Wil
liams Co. vs. J. A. McKinnon a Co.;
T. O. Evans vs. L. W. McKinnon et
al; W. T. Rawleigh Co. vs. E. G. Hod
gin et al; R. G. Allen, B. F McMillan,
Sheriff; Herbert C. Britt vs. Haynes
Wilcox (Protest.); Williams Co. vs.
.Western Union Tel. Co.; D. Murdock
Smith vs. Fred Strickland et al (Pro
test.); J. W. Boone, Sr., vs. E. B.
Paul.
weanesoay—wm. wrigiey jr. uo.
vs. H. M. Beasley; E. C. McNeill et
al, vs. N. C. Agr. Credit Corp.; Jno.
C. Henderson vs. N. C. ^gr. Credit
Corp.; J. E. Bridgers et al vs. N. C.
Agr. Credit Corp.; Angus Buie et al,
vs. Malcumb Buie et al.; Melton Low
ry et al vs. Jimmie Lowry et. al.; Rose
McNair vs. J. F. McNair; Dora Hold
en vs. Raleigh & Charleston R. R.
Co.; Luther DeB. Buchanan vs. E. J.
Dean; Lillian Harden vs. W. H. Har
den et al; Barnes Bros. Drug £o. vs.
P. S. Steed.
All other cases on the dockets open
for motions and orders at all times
during the court.
MRS. WILLIE DAVIS INJURED
WHEN AUTO STRIKES WAGON
J. H. Lee of Shelby Makes Bond For
Appearance Before Recorder—Says
Wreck Whs Accident—Auto And j
Wagon Badly Damaged and Mule,
Injured.
J. H. Lee, medicine Salesman, giv
ing his home address as Shelby, is at
large under $250 bond for his appear
ance before Recorder P. S. Kornegay
here this week a£ the result of an ac
cident which occured Saturday after-;
noon on the Elizabethtown highway !
about 3 miles east of here.
According to Mr. Lee, he was driv- j
ing his Ford 4fer toward Lumberton1
and accidentally ' ran into a wagon.!
driven by Mr. Willie Davis. Mrsfj
Davis, who was riding into the wagon j
with her husband, was injured and is
undergoing treatment at the Baker'
sanatorium here, where she was ■
brought immediatedly after the!
wreck. It is understood that Mr. Lee |
secured transportation to bring her to
the sanatorium, and accompanied her,
here. The wagon was badly damaged
and the mule was slightly Injured.:
Mr. Lee’s car was damaged beyond
driving. He will be charged with
speeding, reckless driving, and pos-;
sibly assault with deadly weapon.
BUIE NEWS BATCH
New Truck for Saddletree School—
Much Cotton Coming In.
By W. H. M. Brown.
Buie, Sept.- 5.—Rev. J. L. Humphrey
and G. S. Harrell passed through here
Wednesday with a new school truck.
The fame is to be used for the pur- j
pose of transporting the Saddletree j
school pupils to Philadelphus high
school.
Miss Mary C. Brown of the Phi la. j
delphus community is spending a few
days at Jackson Springs.
The Buie Gin Co. started up their i
new gins here yesterday, and already
there is much cotton coming in.
—Alathcan Bible class will meet1
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock with
Mrs. S. F. Caldwell.
—Oliver Bros, opened on Sept. 1
a garage on Elm street, at First, for
electrical and repair work, and adver- j
i tised in The Robesonian, and are well
pleased with business the first week,
which was much better than expect
ed.
, .1 .1 ■ . ..I—I
If you have nice green peas, write us.
We will buy them oV can on
shares for you. Elrose Farm, Fair
mont, N. C. _ i
MANNING TO GET
LUMBERTON VOTE
Efforts to Change Vole to Stephens
of Warsaw Fall—Delegates Leave
for State Convention in Fayetteville
With Instructions tq Vote For Ra
leigh Man on First- Ballot—Other
Ballots Optional.
W. B. IVEY FOR COMMITTEEMAN.
Delegates from Lumberton Tost No.
42, American Legion, trill cast votes
in the business meeting of the State
convention at Fayetteville tomorrow
afternoon for John Hall Manning of
Raleigh for State commander, a meet
ing called at 9 o’clock this morning in
the hall h<ere being adjourned before
supporters of Henry L. Stephens of
Warsaw for the cammandership could j
change the previous order.
As recently stated in The Robeson
ian, delegates frou the local post have -
been instructed to cast the first ballot j
for Manning, giving the next, in case !
of no ejection on the first, to any '
candidate the delegate desires. Many '
supporters of Stephens have been
hard at work to get the order chang- j
ed, but delegates leaving this morning
stated no change had been made.
Among those leaving this morning
and expecting to leave this afternoon
or early tomorrow are Commander j
Ed. J. Glover, Adjutant A. V. G. i
Wishart, D. H. Fuller, |F. Ertel Car- j
lyle and R. S. Beam (delegates), I.'L. j
McGill, Elwood Whaley, D. M. Barker, \
C. B. Skipper Jr., W. B. Ivey and Eli
Wishart. Many others are expecting:
to attend part of the exercises of the j
convention. Miss Eulalia McGill and !
Mrs. A. V. G. Wishart are expected to I
represent the .Lumberton auxiliary.
Delegates from the Lumberton post
have been instructed to work and vote !
for Mr. W. B. Ivey of Lumberton for
sixth district, committeeman. Mr. Ivey !
is a very enthusiastic legion member j
with a brilliant war record, and served '
as commander of the local post during
its most strenuous time for existence. I
It is likely that he will be elected.
OFFICER BELIEVES WOMAN
WAS OPERATOR OF STILL1
Rural Policeman Captures Still and
Oil Stove in Swamp Near Marietta, j
Rural Policeman Mark Page of|
Fairmont captured a 60-gallon whis
key still last week, and states that he i
is of the opinion the operator of the j
Still was a woman. j .j
The raid was made in Ashpole
sw'amp, near Marietta, and Officer
Page told Sheriff McMillan that he!
saw the operator leaving the still and j
that it was either a woman or a man '
dressed as a woman. At the time of
the Capture the still was running, j
and the oil stove used for making the
fire-water was taken in custody. An !
old stove which had apparently been:
used for many months and recently
discarded for the new one, was de- I
stroyed by the officer.
CO-OPS TO DELIVER COTTON
DIRECT TO RAILROAD PLATFORM
Receiving Manager D. B. McNeill
States That Warehouse Will Not
Be Ready For Storage Until About
the First of October.
Members of the Cotton Growers j
Cooperative Marketing association
are requested to deliver cotton to the '
regular cotton platform on the Vir. j
ginia & Carolina Southern railroad, i
according to Mr. D. B. McNeill, who j
has charge of the receiving here.
The warehouse for the storage of
the cotton will not be ready until
about October 1, on account of the
tobacco season, and those desiring to
make shipment at once can deliver to j
Mr. McNeill at the platform and get1
bill-of-lading. An advance of $70;
per 500 pounds is being given. Two
bales were delivered Saturday.
* ***••••«. I
* IT WAS HOT HERE FRIDAY •
* _ *
* Lumbcrton suffered the hottest * ,
* day of the year and the hottest * •
* ever recorded here in September * .
* Friday when Old Sol made things * j
* scorch, sizzle and fume and *
* threatened to tear the govern- *
* ment thermometer off it3 rack in *
* the little official observatory kept *
* in custody of Mr. B. M. Davis, * '
* local weather recorder. After run. *
* ning its greatest race the mer- *
* cury stopped at 104 degrees Fah- *
* renheit. *
* Saturday the race was over *
* when the mercury stopped at 98 *
* degrees and refused to go any *
* further toward winning more lau- *
* rels. People in stores suffered *
* more Saturday than Friday, so *
* some of them said, for Friday’s *
* unusual temperature had satur; *
* ated the building and sidewalks *
* with heat sufficient, it seemed, to *
* melt any snows that might hit *
* them during the next 12 months. *
* *•* • • • * • •
AUTO ELECTRICIAN
EXPERT MECHANIC
All Automobile Electrical and General
Repair Work done promptly.
OLIVER BROS.
236 Elm St., Lumberton (farmer
Studebaker place)
ORDER YOUR FALL AND WINTER
SUIT TO-DAY.
Young Men’s College Styles
$23.50 and up.
Fit Guaranteed.
JOHN D. PURVIS, THE TAILOR.
ST. PAUL NEWS
Marriage Announcement—Widow and
Widower Marry After Brief Woo*
lag—List of Teachers of Schools
Opening Today—Personal Mention.
By Bessie G. Johnson.
St. Pillk^Sept. B.—The following
annminrrnNb, whihe were recently
issued, will D<r-of interest to friends
of the contracting parties:
"Mr. and Mrs. GedListon Allen
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Ina Burr Allen, to Mr.
James Mac Jones on Saturday, June
the twenty-seventh, Fayetteville,
North Carolina. At Home, 348 Per
son St., Fayetteville, N. C.”
Mr. Jones is a son of Mr. Charlie
W. Jones, Sr., of near St. Pauls and
a young man of amiable disposition
who commands a large circle of
friends, having for some years been
located in Fayetteville, where he
very fortunately won the heart and
hand of this attractive mate. His
numerous friends among us, where he
is well known extend congratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones were in town last
Sunday, guests in the home of the
groom’s father Mr. C. W. Jones Sr.,
west of town. *
On Tuesday morn, ‘neath a horizon
of “lavender and pink”, a quaint *. old
couple clambered into a waiting con
veyance, headed for Lumberton,
Robeson’s notable county seat, where
a ceremony uniquely performed,
“bound two hearts together as one.’'
The happy participants were Mrs.
Chattie (Biggs) White of near St.
Paul and a Mr. Stone of Harnett
county. Following the ceremony, Mr.
and Mrs. Stone returned to the St.
Paul neighborhood, spending the
bridal night at the home of Mr. Jack
son and family, who reside near the
Opie Odum mui, while the succeeding
one found them at the home of the
bride, where they will be futurely
stored. A delightful reception in the
way of “serenade”, relative to tne
oiaen times, was tendered them here by
a bunch ot joy-makers who proven
expert periormers when it "comes to
noise”. The groom, who was a wid
ower with 10 children and Presby
terian by birth, is a youth of some <4
years, wno prior to recent weeks was
noustd among nis children. The win
some bride, daughter of the late
Absolom Biggs of the St. Paul com
munity, is supposedly of aDout o«
years of age, and a widow of the late
Willis White, a well-known citizen ot
the community. Their wooing was
oriel and a case almost of love at, first
signt, fortune having smiled upon
them when two weeks ago they met.
During tneir Detrotnal the morning
previous to marriage, a trip together
was made to town (dt. Paul), where
ail the necessary little purchases were
secured, including a wee sack of "all
day candy suckers,” which enjoyed
as "hand in hand” they crept like
two “happy children".
Following is the list of teachers for
the school term which opens Monday,
the 7tn, a slignt variation having been
effective since the last was first ten
dered by Supt. Earie b. Franklin,
whose 2nd year’s work is beginning
among us:
High school—Miss Beulah Walton,
Latin; Miss Emily Louise Lofton, En
glish; Mrs. George De^ns (formerly
Miss Marjaline Tolar of Renneft),
history and math; Mr. J. C. Williams,
science and French; Miss Pejtrle
Oliver, 7th A. Miss Thelma Pridgen.
7th B. and 8th Math. ,
grammar school—Misses Mable
Stephens and Anna E. Spain, 1st
grade; Miss Mary McGoogan, 2nd;
Miss Louise Steele, 3rd; Miss Annie
McGoogan, 4th; Miss Mary E. Me
Fayden, 6th; Miss Sarah Stone, 6th;
Miss Sarah McDuffie, 2nd and 3rd B;
Miss Winnie Smith, 4th and 6th B.
Mill school Mrs. Julian Butler, lrt.
grade; Miss Grace Fisher, 2nd and
3rd; Mrs. Talmage Graham, 4th'and
6th; Mrs. J. H. Gochenour, music.
The large majority of faculty mem
bers who reside out of town have ar
rived, a number of whom were among
us lftst season. The students are
expected to enter at the opening of
the school according to Mr. Franklin,
and< all first grade pupils must enter
at the beginning, as first grade pupils
cannot enter anytime during school.
Children who will be six within the
appi'ftaching two or three months
should also enlist Monday. Mrs. Will
Graham of Rennert will have charge
of the teacherage this season.
Miss Dorothy Steele, youngest dau
ghter of Mrs. R. E^. Steele of -our
town, arrived several days ago from
Peabody college, Nashville, Tenn.,
where during the past few months ehe
has been taking a special course in
physical education. Following sever
al weeks vacation here she will return
to resume her work. Miss Steele un
derwent a tonsifar operation in Fay
etteville Wednesday thi.y week, re
turning home Thursday afternoon.
She was accompanied to Fayetteville
by her elder sister, Miss Cornelia
Steele, who since tendering her resig
nation some time ago as community
worker fn the mill village has also
been on vacation.
Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Poole and child
are at home again, to the delight of
their numerous friends, the former
during past weeks having attended an
during encampment at Pensacola, Fla.
while Mrs. Poole and daughter visited
relatives in Pensacola and Milton, Fla.
Miss Ola McNeill spent a few days
Four Nash closed models.
One Nash Roadster and
One Nash Touring for sale
or exchange.
C. M. -FULLER & SON
r . Liftiberton, N. C.
EXPECT BEST SCHOOL
YEAR ATPARKTON
Equipment, Pupil* and Teacher* Arc
There—Cotton Time and Bnainea*
i« Picking Up—Soldier Arrested for
Deserting Wife.
By C. D. Williamson.
Park ton, Sept. 6.—Chief R. 8.
Turmadge and Perry Jordan motored
down to Charleston, S, C., Sunday and
returned with Private Robert Shield*
of Ft. Bragg, who was wanted for
deserting his wife. He left Ft. Bragg
August 4. Guess he will remain this
time for some time to come. It doesnt
pay every time to marry a fellow just
because he wears a uniform, although
we arc persuaded the majority of
young girls really fancy boys in uni
form; but it pays to go slow. We have
known of young girls to sacrifice good
positions to marry almost strangers
in uniform and ere long they would
regret it. I challenge any sane person
if this is not the truth.
Miss Janie McPhail of Rowland Is
a welcome visitor to the home of her
aunts, the Misses Gaitleys, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Farmer of
Bailey are visiting at the home of
Mrs. Farmer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. McCormick.
Chas. M. Williamson visited his sis
ter Mrs. Justin McNeills and family,
of Lumbcrton, yesterday.
The music* teacher arrived one day
and returned the next day to her
home in South Carolina. Her excuse
was no suitable mansion fit to reside
in this town. The school has 265 pu
pils at present enrolled and 4 school
trucks daily to convey the out-town
pupils. Eleven teachers and the build
ing and grounds unexcelled in the
State. Why not expect the best school
yet?
Air. A. H. Williamson is fast prert
fng an up-to-date barn on Penn. ave.
The writer in company with Rev.
J. H. Powers attended revival services
last night at Bladen-Union church,
ten miles away, and report a good
meeting. The pastor, Rev. J. M. Flem
ing, was present and on the job.
It wag William Phillips who carried
the first bale cotton to the gin instead
of D. J. Barlow, at the Mercantile gin,
and T. J. Bunnell of Rex was the first
at the J. C. Lancaster gin. Both gins
started Wednesday, the 2nd day of
Sept., and they have been humming
ever since, and most every direction
you can see bales of cotton, some sell
ing, others carrying it home. C. L.
Beard, cotton weigher, is <tn the job
at the large cotton platform.
The road-working is moving along
as usual. They are working west of
town this week and it looked good.
R. B. Huston has made some im
provements to his business house near
the cotton platform and business is
picking up. The cotton pickers are in
towrt this evening and business looks
like old times. Something doing all
the time.
There are two things the writer is
over for this season: he has had his
vacation and has been fishing; but if
the present hot weather remains much
longer I must go swimming.
Mr. B. Johnson of St. Pauls was a
brief caller in our town today.
At a colored singing match on last
Sunday at the chapel, St Pauls, it is
reported that much singing was go
ing and great interest manifested, but
The Heck McNair choir of Parkton is
said to havc gone over the top.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Long and
daughter and granddaughter, Miss
Eunice Long and little Miss Hazel
Wagner, of Hickory, arrived here Fri
day by automobile for a week-end
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Long, Second street, son and
daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Long.
Miss Eunice Long went Saturday to
Lamar, S. C., where she will teach
school. Mr. and Mrs. Long and Miss
Hazel left for Hickory yesterday af
ternoon. ,
first of the week in tne home of her
grandmother, Mrs. D. J. McNeill,
near town.
Mesrrs. Marvin McCormick and
William Harrington of Ayden, who
visited Several days in the home of
the former’s brother, Mr. J. G. Me.
Coripick, left Friday for their respec
tive homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Cary Powers and chil
dren came over from their present
home, Rosemary, for a visit among
relatives here. Mr. Powers :s a son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Powers of our
town, while Mrs. Powers, is a daugh
ter of Mr. R. L. Rivers, also of this
"city.”
Miss Ellen McNeill of near Dunn
arrived Wednesday night to spend
sometime with her sister, Miss Julia
McNeill.
Miss Elizabeth Hartman went to
Lumberton last Tuesday night to see
Miss Marjorie Russell, who was at
one time member ol the school faculty
here.
Mr. J. G. McCormick spent several
days the previous week at Seven
Springs and Ayden, having visited'his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McCor
mick, at the latter place.
Mrs. R. G. Rozier went to Lillington
several days previous where she vis
ited among her people.
Miss Clara Hester, who formerly
held a stenographic position with a
Raleigh firm, has accepted a position
in Charlotte, coming by here for a
short visit to her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. C. R. Hester. _ 1
Items Of Laical News
—Mr. N. P. Andrews, who is under -
jfoinu treatment in ties Charlotte san
atorium, is getting along fine and ex
pects to be home seen.
—T. E. L. das# of First Baptist
church will meet Tuesday evening at
8 o’clock with Mrs. I. A. Branch. AH
members are urged to attend.
—Robeson county hoard of commis
sioners, board of education and road
board are holding regular monthly
meetings in the tear* house here to
day.
—License has lawn issued for the
marriage of Mist Margaret Cioice
Homaday and M». Frank M. Currie;
Mrs. Chattle While and Mr. J. S.
»Stone.
—Mrs. W. B. Crumpton returned to
her home on East Seventh street after
undergoing treatment for a few days
at the Baker sanatorium. Her condi
tion *e somewhat improved.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Linkhaw left
Saturday afternoon (hr St. Louis and
other western cHlee, where Mr. Link
haw will purchase stock for Ms sales
stables here. They expect to be away
about 10 days.
—In publishing in Thursday’s
Robesonian, Federal income tax as
sessments of Rofeaeon county carport.
tlons and individual*, the names of the
following inadvertently were omitted:
First National Bank of Fairmont, as
sessed $141:23 fates Supply Co. of
Pates, $1,040.92.
—Mrs. Hariette Watson and son
and daughter-in-lnw of Bennettsvitle,
S. CM spent the wvek-end here with
Mrs. Wits on's daughters, Mesdamas
Daisy W. Jenkins and Nannie W.
Crump. Saturday the family enjoyed
the day at White Lake.
—Miim L.ucy Crute of Sooth HOI.
Va., arrived thia morning to be wtth
M*sa Josephine Brew in her millnery
store as trimmer again this season.
Miss Crute met Miss Breece in Balti
more on her resent risit to Northern
markets and accompanied her to New
York and Philadelphia.
Mr. W. K. Culbreth, Lumberton
visitor this moraine, says the meet
in* at Moss Neel, services evening at
7:30, conducted by Men's Christian
league of Lumbrnten, is one of the
best he ever attended. Last night
about everybody hi the packed church
testified, Mr. Cuibiath said.
—The young people of the
Christian Endeavor society of the
Presbyterian church are holding serv
ices at 7:30 each Sunday night in the
absence of their pastor, Rev. Dr. G.
E. Moorehouse, who is in a sanator
ium in Charlotte. The service held last
night was very commendable.
—Mrs. Paul Oliver end slater, Miss
Kathleen Sellers, sf Marietta were
Lumberton visitors Pirday. Mrs. Oli
ver will be principal of the Marietta
school this year and Miss Sellers will
teach at Piedmont, 8. C., both schools
opening for the fall term September
14.
—Dr. and Mrs. R. 8. Beam and Dr.
and Mrs. T. C. Johnson returned Fri
day from Rutherfordton, where they
attended Thursday tie funeral of Dr.
Beam's mother, mention of whose
death was mads in Thursday's
Robesonian. An account of the fun
eral is given else whets in thhi issue.
—Short circuit in wires leading
from the storage battery to the start
er on a Ford cauped the fire alarm to
be turned in last night at 10 o’clock '
from box 31 by PaHceman J. B. Boyle.
The department was on the job, but
the flames had been extinguished. Mr.
R. L. Young, traveling salesman and
owner of the car, stated that he had
the alarm turned In because he had
lost a Ford during the past few
months by fire which started the
same way.
—News and Observer, Sept. 5: As
sociate Justice L. R. Varser, hiving
returned to Raleigh for the fall term
of the Supreme coart, will formally
asttume his duties as teacher of the
Berean Class of Urn, First Baptist
church Sunday school Sunday morn
ing. C. J. Curry, president of the
class, has written letters to all mem
bers urging them to be present to
give Mr. Justice Varser a hearty wel
come. Visitors are also invited to be
present.
WHISKEY STILL WITHIN A FEW
YARDS OF SCHOOL HOUSE.
County Officers Swell Beer From
School Ynrd—Three Barrels of Beer
Destroyed. *' 1
In by-gone days R was illegal for
a barroom or saloon to be kept open
within a certain distance of a school
building, but Sheriff B. F. McMillan
and Deputy Melton Ivey found a
whiskey manufacturing plant the oth
er day so closc to a school house in
Saddletree township that the odor of
the beer could be detected for the
school yard.
Scenting the still from.the school
yard, the officers soon found it about
100 yards away across a branch. It
was of the gasoline drum type with
capacity of about 60 gallons. Three
barrels of fresh beer were found and
destroyed.
“COME”
to Moore’s Gift Shop
West 3rd. St., Phene 454.
National Bask Bullying,