Newspapers / The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.) / Dec. 24, 1925, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
SStD THE RORESONT a TV E3=n _ __ _. ....... ______________ * VOL. LVI.—NO- 91. LUMBERTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1925. country, god and trutb. established ur*. erick rivs cents FOURTH ANNUAL YULETIDE BANQUET Luraberton Young Men Entertain in Honor of Holidays Home-Comers— Beautiful Christmas Decorations and Special Musical Features—One of Most Successful Social Affairs Ever Attempted Here—An Even ing Filled With Gayety and Laugh ter. fine seven course dinner Honoring members of Lumberton’s younger social set, now home from their respective places of learning WKere they have spent the past three and four months preparing for the mid-wiqiter examinations, a number of younff men of Lun*erton gave their fWjrthafttiual banquet in the beauti futly-dechrated parlors of the Lor raine hotel Tuesday evening. At 8 o’clock couples began to file into the lobby of the hostelry, passing through to the beautiful banquet hall on the second floor. Christmas bells, holly, mistletoe, green ferns, pine 'boughs and artistically-arranged pa per designs constituted the decora tions, which made one forget the snow flurry of a typical Yuletide night in gayety and laughter. Master of Ceremonies. Known throughout North Carolina for his art of mastering every situa tion of importance, ex-Senator George B. McLeod again took com plete control of the reins and drove the young folks from one spasmodic laughter to another, and filled every one’s eyes with tears of almost un controllable joy. Calling from the seat of the master of ceremony, he commanded in the jovial way every member to answer “present or ac counted for, sir’’, and the responses contributed to the general enjoyment. Special Music. An orchestra rendered special mus ic for the occasion, several numbers being especially appropriate to the Christmas season, and helped make the occasion one of the most success ful and enjoyable social affairs ever attempted in Robeson’s capital. A feature of the musical program was a vocal solo by Miss Lula Norment. Miss Maitland LcGrande Thompson, director of drama at the Anno Tillery Renshaw School of Speech, Washing ton, D. C., also contributed to the en joyment by a reading, also appropri ate to the season. Seven Course Dinner. Dinner in seven courses was served the sixty-odd guests. . . • Alumni banquets, fraternity and sorority dinners,, literary society luncheons and even inter-collegiate “feeds” have never surpassed this so cial event of the old home town, where kinsman and kinswoman greeted homcfolks and friends and knew no strangers. Those present were: Miss Iiachael Grady of Whitcville and Mr. F. Ertel Carlyle, Miss Madge Lewis of White ville and Mr. Joe Prevatte, Miss Rach ael McNamara and Mr. T. W. Boyce, Miss Janie K. Wishart and Mr. Wil liam Caldwell, Miss Anna Lawrence and Mr. J. Robert Prevatte, Miss Maitland Thompson and Mr. R. N. Prveatte, Miss Mildred Barnes and Mr. William Carlyle, Miss Mary Biggs end Mr. Vernon Cottingham, Miss Mary Lou Lennon and Mr. Claude McCallum, Miss Margaret Biggs and Mr. Clinton Norment, Miss Ruby Thompson and Mr. Robert Proctor, Miss Anna Freeman and Mr. Sher wood Nye, Miss Isabelle. McLeod and Mr. John Blount McLeod, Miss Mary Lawrence and Mr. Ralph Whaley, Miss Julia Thompson and Dr. S. L. Whitehead, Miss Evelina Beckwith and Mr. Carl Pridgen, Miss Lula Nor ment and Mr. Ervin Williams, Miss Joy Blue and Mr. John Wishart Jr., Miss Virginia Lawrence and Mr. Johnnie Johnson of Wilmington, Miss Mildred Weinstein and Mr. Max Wein stein, Miss Juanita Taylor of Rock ingham and Mr. Regan Floyd, Miss ( Lula Taylor of Rockingham and Mr. George Ben Crofton, Miss Viola Jen kihs and Mr. L. W. Wicker, Miss Lil • lian Bullard and Mr. Charlie Brown, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Humphrey Jr. of Lumberton, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Powell and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee j#Jenkins of Whiteville, Mr. Frank Mc i Neill of Lundbcrton. Auto License Bureau Closes Decem ber 31. In. accordance . with instructions from the State department, the local auto license bureau, which has been conducted here by Mr. II. M. McAllis ter, will close December 31. No plates will Le issued after that date from the office here, but may he obtained from the Raleigh office. Cotton Market Middling cotton was quoted on tile local market yesterday at 17 1-2 cents the pound. AUTO ELECTRICIAN EXPERT MECHANIC All Automobile Electrical and General Repair Work done promptly. OLIVER BROS. 236 Elm St.. Lumberton (former Studebaker place) WE ARE PLEASED with the work our* new Dry Cleanin* plant is turning out. YOU WILL BE PLEASED with your clothes if you send them tc us. | WE PRESS WHILE YOU WAIT LUMBERTON DRY CLEANING CO 1Phone 94 LOCAL ENTERPRISE STEPPING AHEAD Directors of Robewjn Manufacturing Co. Vote For Additional Buildings and Installation of More Machin ery—Up-To-Date Corn Mill to be Installed—Will .Have Daily Gin ning Capacity of 150 Bales. WILL COST~THOUSANDS ! directors of the Robeson Manufac turing Co. in annual meeting here Monday night voted for the erection of additional buildings on their site about 1 mile west of here, the ni | stallation of an up-to-date corn miH ; and the purchase of an additional ; four-gin system to be added to the j double system now in operation. The expansion program means an ' outlay of several thousands of dol ■ lars, and marks one of the greatest : improvements in thc history of the i concern. With the new ginning sys tem the daily capacity will be 150 i bales per day. J. ROBERT WHITE DIES OF INJURIES i« _ * Mr. A. E. White’s Brother Died in Winston-Salem Tuesday of Injuries Received in Automobile Mishap. Winston-Salem, Dec. 22. — John Robert W!hite, aged 61, well known resident of Ogburn Station, who was injured when struck by an automo | bile on the highway near the county ] hospital last Sunday evening, died to day at a local hospital. Mr. White was the son of the late | Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. White. He was born in Forsyth county, but spent a number'of his earlier years in the West, returning to the county about fifteen years ago, making his ! home near Ogburn Station since that time. Mr. White is survived by one brother, Albert E. White, of Lum berton. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White and Dr. Russell S. Beam, who left for Win ston-Salem immediately after learn ing of the accident, and were with Mr. White’s brother when the end came, returned home Wednesday night. Rev. Mr. Clark Dies at Elizabethtown i Clarkton, Dec. 22.—Rev. D. J. i Clark, one of Bladen county’s oldest | and most prominent citizens passed ! away at his home at Elizabethtown this morning af. 5:30 o’clock, death be ing the result of sudden apoplexy. Poultry Car Here Tuesday. Between $1,100 and $1,200 were paid out here Tuesday for poultry 1 weighing between five and six thous i ands pounds. As had been advertis | ed, the co-operative shipment was made through the county and home l agents and splendid response was given the call to market. — A DECADE AGO. ! O * ! * How Time Does Fly. j* Cotton, 11 1-4 cents .the* pound; * ! * seed, 65 cents the bushel. * Robber of a St. Paul store * * carries safe outside of building to * * open it. * : * First real snow of season vis- * * its Lumljcrton and vicinity# * * Dancing school closing here af- * i * ter successful term. * j * Miss Sallie C. Hartley and Mr. j * A. M. Hartley married at home * \ * of bride’s parents on East Fifth * j * street. * j # * * TEN YEARS BEFORE THAT * i V * * i * No issue of The Robesoniau * * from December 22nd until Jan- * i * uary 2. * Mr. Stewart Ramseur, who holds a position with the State highway forces at Brevard, is spending the holidays here with his parents. Mr. Johnnie Johnson of Wilming ton is spending a few days here with ! friends. Mr. P. H. Wilson, instructor of I modern languages at Wake Forest college. Wake Forest, who is spending the holidays with friends and rela tives in Fairmont and Orrum, was a Lumberton visitor yesterday. Mrs. Wilson is also spending the holidays in the county with friends and rela | tives. Mrs. W. C. Woodall of Birming ham, Ala,, and sister, Miss Lois Cald ' well of Ward Belmont school of Nash i ville, Tenn., cartle Monday night to , snend the holidays with their parents, i Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Caldwell. Mr. | Woodall is expected to arrive tomor row night. j itfr. John German and daughter, j Miss Hanie, of Lumberton R. 5 were | visitors in town Tuesday. ! Mr. E. Odum of Buie was a Lum ! berton visitor Wednesday. ,1 MERRY CHRISTMAS ' And A Happy New Year ■| JOHN D. PURVIS | Varser “Pulled” One” On His Associates Even the Chief Justice Was Not Aware of His Decision to Retire—' War Trophies G store at Disposal of Governor—Pardon Mill Ht« Muchj Grist. TR^NSYLVANIaTvOTKS 8 MONTHS SCHOOL TERM (15) M. L. Shipman.) Raleigh, Dec. 23.—Associate Jus-i tice L. R. Varser, of the North Car-' olina Supreme court, “pulled one” on his associates, Governor McLean andj 'the public “over Sunday,” in handing; :his resignation to His Excellency.' • Even the chief justice was not aware of Justice Varser’s decision to re-; ! tire until the resignation had been J accepted and a successor named.! “Quick as lightning,” so to speak, I Governor McLean called to the va cancy W. J. Brogden, prominent mem-; ; ber of the Durham bar and his cam-> i paign manager in the primary con 'test with J. W. Bailey in 1924. The| [ appointment is considered a very happy one and meets with general ' approval in the capital city and ad ministration circles. Justice Varser returns to the practice in Lumberton jatid will be associated with Lawrence and Proctor, members of the late 'firm of McIntyre, Lawrence & Proc tor. i Institutions, municipalities, organ-' i izations and individuals desiring war I 'trophies may have their wishes sat-! isfied by application to Governor Mc-i Lean, who has placed at his disposal a large list of them. The assortment; includes guns weighing up to 11,000 pounds each. State institutions are to be given first choice. A statement given out by Pardon! Commissioner Sink shows that clem-! | ency has been extended to 298 pris- j oners since the pardon commissioner I got into action last April. There have been 1275 applications for pardons j land paroles. 480 were dismissed with-' out action, 341 were considered and ; declined, making a total of 821 cases! j which failed of approval, 130 cases j j are pending. Transylvania county has voted for! a minimum eight month school term! i and the State Superintendent, A. T. Allen, “thanks God and takes cour age.” Transylvania is the seventh | county in the State to take such ac-j tion and Superintendent Allen is con-j jfident that the sentiment indicates | similar action by many counties in ! tho near future. ACTION OF BOARD OF DEACONS | OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Resolution Passed in Regard to Pro posed Union Revival Meeting. Reported for The Robesonian At a meeting of the board of dea-i cons of the First Baptist church, held on the evening of Dec. 22, 1925, at 7:30, the matter of a proposed revival meeting to be held in the early part of February, 1926, by the Rev. Dan Iverson, a Presbyterian preacher from Tarboro, N. C., was presented to the j I boayd with the request that our. | church suspend its Sunday evening | | services and one day service while the | revival meeting was going on. After a careful consideration by the | i board, the following resolution was ! passed, to-wit: “Resolved, that we recommend to the church, that while we give the i meeting to be held by Mr. Iverson our prayers and best wishes, and freely accord to any or all of our members the free privilege to attend any or all of the services, yet it is the opinion j of the board of deacons that it is our duty to (carry on regularly ali the | services of our organized church j work. It is the sense of the board i that we should in, no way antagonize the work, but we do not feel like sus pending our regular services in the early part of the year, and while the interest of the Kingdom is in such | need.” COUNTY HOME WILL HAVJS NEW KEEPER JANUARY 1ST. Mr. W. H. Prevatte Resigns Commis sion Appoint Mr Geo. L. Townsend. j At an adjourned meeting of the I county commissioners held in the J court house Monday Mr. George L. ! Townsend of Raft Swamp was ap | pointed keeper of the county home, I succeeding. Mr. Wi. II. Prevatte, re J signed. Mr. Townsend takes charge I of the institution on January 1, 1926. The commissioners transacted very little other business during the day, this matter having been brought over from the meeting on the first Monday in December. —Town office will close at 4 o'clock i Christmas Eve and will not open j until Saturday morning at the usual i time. / FORD COUPE For Sale Cheap 1 The Robesonian. ! I* Trade us your old car for a Nash six closed model. Cash or time payment. C. M. FULLER & SON Lumberton, N. C. _ t ! 1 STATION S-A-N-TA BROADCASTING By Vb chapin" ^^^SS9s^mSBUf3n!Bi^lSSSSUMSBSU&W^i^^^^^ | W^Elm HpBfiwtjflftHMffl Mig^fMlHB iW&MJBMBBw* ABKi.*! ±T5--I* ^F’*f*:ifT't‘fijH PBMBb1 r&MwSrwmlllmtTtl9AUfflwQ[wRWi"*^**fym^i&T'±'£*' -& ,i’^v-' • /^inOaXEKKm ROWLAND NEWS School Closed Friday for the Holi days—Social and Personal Items. Correspondence of ihe Uobesouian. Rowland, Dec. 21.—Mrs. J. E. Mc Callum and little daughter, Annie Lucia, spent last week in Raleigh visiting relatives. Mri Walter McLeod spent a few j days of last week in Asheville on business. Mrs. G. D. Sellers and Mrs. R. M. Morgan and little son pi Max ton vis ited relatives last week. Mr. and Mrs. Leewdod McCallunr have moved into their handsome new home. Mr. McKay Pleasants of Raleigh ■ spent Sunday with relatives. Mr. W. H. Baker, who has been | working in West Palm Beach, Fla.,i for the past six months, returned home Tuesday. Misses Lucia Mae and Opal Me Callum, who are teaching at Belmont, are spending the holidays with their mother, Mrs. Lucia Mc.Callum. Mr. George Patterson and Dr. N. II. Andrews spent last week-end in • Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Patterson and bahy, who had been visiting relatives, returned with them. Mrs. B. A. Edens was hostess to the Thursday afternoon Rook club. Mr. G. B. Sellers of Maxton spent Wednesday in town. * Mr. Mack Baker of Columbia re- j turned home Sunday to spend the hoi- j idays* Miss Dora Belle McLeod spent last week-end in St. Pauls visiting Miss Clyde Fisher. Mr. Edens Ward, who is attending school at Bingham, has returned home for the holidays. Mr. Graham McKinnon of the uni- j versity of North Carolina arrived j Friday to spend the holidays with j his mother, Mrs. Allie McKinnon. | Mr. James Hines of the university i of North Carolina is spending the | holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hines. Mr. and Mrs. J. If. McAni and Mrs. J. Brown Bullock were Lumberton visitors Friday. The Rowland high school closed Friday, Dec. IS, for the Christmas holidays. All of the teachers left for their respective homes. Mrs. II. P. Alti/iri a no baby have returned to their home, Alton, 111 , after spending several weeks with Mr. Alford’s parents, Mr. arid Mrs. Alexander Alford. Miss Margaret Pittman, who at tends school at the Asheville Nor mal, is spending the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Isla Pittman. Miss Carolyn Shooter, student at Duke university, is spending the hol idays here with friends and relatives. I ' lb TEN YEAR FARM LOANS i IN SUMS FROM $1,000 TO $100,000 LOWEST COST TO BORROWER PREPAYMENT PRIVILEGES ON ANY INTEREST DATE APPLY TO LEE AND LEE, A TTYS. LEMBERTON, N. C. I FAIRMONT LETTER ! Christman Thoughts!—Fairmont Bap tists Want to Raise §1.000 by Jan. 1—Christmas Trees at School and Exercises by Sunbeam Band—Miss! Dorothy Ricks Becomes Bride ofi .Mr. K/l YVpIIs—Kiilpli*i 1 MANY PERSONAL ITEMS. (By Mrs. H. G Inman.) Fairmont, Dec. 23.—The Christmas season is upon us again and old as well as young are thrilled and eager that Santa Claus is able to scatter so much sunshine and happiness that all arc prone to want it to last all J the year instead of a few days. But' Christmas to the grown-up is what toys are to the children—soon torn to pieces’ and forgotten until the ap proach of the next Yuletide season. The world rolls merrily on, and we are thankful that we are permitted to .stay and taste a little bitter with the sweet. It is with the sincerest appreciation that we thank the friends who have made it possible for the "Fairmont Letter" to be gotten up. The writer alone could not do this while the burden falls there—an item here, a bit of news there, is why it is possible, and many thanks to the editor and The Robesonian staff who. have dealth so kindly with us. Wish ing you hll a merry Christmas and a happy, happy, New Y’ear. Want to Raise $1,000 The Southern Baptist convention must raise a million dollars for its foreign mission debt or call home some of the much-needed missionaries who are laboring so faithfully on the! fields. The Baptist in Fairmont wantj to raise by January first a thousand dollars. Now that will mean sacrifice, on the part of all, but on one foreign 1 field of 200,000 natives there is only j one lone missionary. Could we hold j back a few dollars and see that mis sionary returned home? Each room at the school house en joyed a short program and a Christ mas tree Friday afternoon before closing for the holidays. The school Will close for 2 weeks, opening for work January 4th. The exercises at the Baptist church Sunday night by the Sunbeam band were "'£'11 rendered and appreciated by a large congregation. The pro gram which took the place of the Sunday night’s service consisted of songs, recitations and playlets. Did you see the sunrise Monday morning? Those who were fortunate in seeing same were heard to say that it wras the most georgeous in a long time. It seemed that some artist might have dipped his brush iu all the colors of the rainbow and daubed the entire eastern sky. In a short while after the sum came over the pines a rainbow that reached across the sky w'as observed. Stiii nothing but the hand of God could have given us such loveliness. 1 The Fidelis class of the Baptist church met with Mrs. P. P. Jones Monday night. Despite the almost continuous rain all day and a steady mist at the appointed hour, twenty members were present. 'Many inter esting matters of business were at tended to. also Mrs. Giles Floyd, 2nd vice president, reported much organ ! ized personal service done by the , class, after which a most interesting (Continued on page six.) Review Of The Week From State Capital Reduction of State Holidays, Record of Electrocutions, Successful Sale .of State Ronds, Move to Increase Food Acreage and Decrease Cot ton Production, Figures Concern ing Road and liridge Construction and Other Matters Commanded In terest During the Past Week. UJy M. L. Shipman.) Raleigh, Dec. 23.---The action of the Salary and Wnge Commission in reducing State holidays, the verdict iri the Wyatt trial, the record of electrocutions for the past year and the successful sale of more than twenty millions of State bonds were matters of interest in the Capital city hist Week. In addition, Raleigh people heard with regret of the death of Judge Oliver H. Allen of Kinston, who sat on the Superior court bench for a quarter century. The action of the State Fair commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce in recommending removal of the fair to another section of the city was of in terest. The Salary and Wage Commission decided that employes would only have one instead of two weeks’ hol iday. This came after the Attorney General had ruled the commission had no right to eliminate legal holidays from the schedule of holidays for the employes. The ruling was made pub lic' Saturday morning and not suffi cient time has elapsed for the sen timent to be felt hut a safe prediction is that the Salary and Wage Com mission may find itself fighting for existence before the next legislature. The commission had a hard job and has successfully succeeded in making it harder. The verdict of Judge Garland Midyette that Jesse Wyatt must serve not less than eight nor more than IX months In the State prison was given out Friday. Wyatt was convicted of killing Stephen Holt of Smithfiekl when he fired on the law yer- thinking he was a rum runner. Holt was returning from a term of court in Raleigh. Wyatt’s long and honorable record as an officer of the Raleigh police force saved him from heavier punishment and it was felt that the decision of Judge Midyette would constitute sufficient punish ment under the circumstances. It is probable that an appeal will* be tak en to Gov. McLean to stay the be ginning of the sentence from Janu ary 2, the date set by the court, till after Wyatt’s wife gives birth to their eighth child, a couple months hence. New Record for Taking Life. North Carolina set a new record for taking life during the past year. Twelve men died in the electric chair. Prior to this time there had been nine executions in any' one cal endar year. Since the electric chair replaced the gallows fifteen years ago there have been 8b executions by the new method. Sale of State Bonds. I The State during the week sold (Continued on page two.) ~ “COME” to Moore’s Gift Shop West 3rd. St., Phone 454. National Bank Building.; LETS SKIP AN ISSUE, f-adies and gentlemen, with your permission The Itobesoman next week will skip the regular Monday issue und call on yoti again with the reg ular issue next Thursday, la that all right? Thank you. Newspaper work is exacting and calls for strict at tention all the year, often when oth ers are taking holidays. Christmas is the. only time that an issue Is skip ped. The young ladies and men whose faithful work brings the paper to you twice a week all the year, except the one issue omitted Christmas time, want, to take a few days off, and if you will promise not to tell on them it will be done. Thunk you again and here’s wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. MUNICIPAL BONDS MAKE BEST SALE Premium of $512 Paid on $80,000 Hater and .Sewerage Honda—Inter* eat of 5 1-1 Percent—Chicago Firm Successful Bidder—Only «ne Bid Aaked For More Than 5 1*2 Percent. NO TOWN DEFICIT HELPS, Lumbt'rton municipal water and sewerage bonds in the sum $80,000 were sold here Tuesday for a prem ium of $512 and an interest rate of 5 1-4 percent. “Uy far the best bowl sale ever made by the town and bet ter than many county bond sales," said Mayor E. M, Johnson after the sale. Mr. Johnson stated that the bidders were anxious for the bonds and the excellent sale can Ire attributed to the fact that the town has been run on a business-like scale, leaving no deficits at the end of each fiscal year. This helped materially in receiving the high premium and low interest rate, Thu successful bidders were Seipp, Princell & Co. of Chicago. There were fourteen bidders, and only one of thcs0 asked for more than 5 1-2 percent. This bid for the bonds was for 5 8-4 percent and a large premium. The bonds are for the purpose of extending the water and sewer lines of the town. The retirement begins within a few years, the bonds being serials for 30 years. . Items Of Local News —Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. —The Mansfield group of cotton mills and the National cotton hull closed yesterday afternoon for the holidays and will resume operations Monday morning. —Rev. T. McM. Grant, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, is confined to his room at the parsonage on East Seventh street on account of sickness. — Mr. Mulcomh S. McConihe, re ceiver for the defunct First National bank of Lumberton, left last night for Washington, D. C-, where he will spend a few days relative t,o the work of the receivership. —Visitors at the weekly Kiwanis lunch at the Lorraine Tuesday were Mr. Leak Covington ami Mr. McLeod, of Rockingham, and Mr. J. K. Car penter of Maxton, guests of Senator T, L. Johnson. —Julius Thompson and Ellen Cope, land, colored, of Lumberton R, 6, were * married in the court house Wednes day, in the office of the register of deeds, Justice Ben G. Floyd offi ciating. —Fire of undertermined origin com pletely destroyed a 5-room dwelling owned and occupied by Dr. W. O. Edmund about 1 1-2 miles east of town early yesterday morning. A piano and other furniture were sav ed. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Schaub Succeeds Kilgore. 1. 0. Schaub, director of agricul tural extension work at State college since July, 1924, has been appointed acting dean of the school of agricul ture, subject to the approval of the board of trustees, President E. C. Brooks announced Monday. Professor Schaub, who is a grad uate of State college, class of 190&, succeeds Dr. Fi. W. Kilgore, who re signed the deanship of the School of Agriculture last July. ! Colton Seed Test. ! Those wishing to have cotton seed ; tester! for germination should send about a pint, of seed to O. O. Dukes, county agent, at once. Mr. Alex. Alford of Rowland R. 3 ' was a Lumberton visitor Wednesday. Miss Julia Thompson, member of the school faculty in Dillon, S. €., is . spending the holidays here with j friends and relatives. Paving assessments must be paid by January 1st in order to avoid ap pearance in advertisement in The Uobesonian, Jan. 4th. J. P. RUSSELL, Town Clerk and Treis. f *
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 24, 1925, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75