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THE WEATHER CLOJJDY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. PROBABLY RAIN. <*****!* THE ROBESON! A N SIX PAGES TODAY. VOL. LVI.—NO. 94. LUMBERTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1926. colntkt, god and truth. established W7t, prick rivk cent* EVANGELISTIC SERVICES AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DRAWING CROWD EVERY EVENING Bev. L. E. Dutton is Preaching Sermons oi Great Power. PUBLIC CORDIALLY INVITED Services lies’in at 7:30 P. M. and Will Continue Through Sunday and May Continue Through Next Week —Inspiring Song Services. Interest is growing daily in the evangelistic services which began Sunday at the First Baptist church and large crowds are attending the services every evening at 7:30. Dr, C. H. Durham, pastor of the church. Rev. L E. Dutton, of the Baptist Home Mission board, who is assist ing him, and members of the church want it understood that the meet ing is for everybody and that the public at large is cordially invited to every service. The meeting will con tinue throughout the week and may be continued next wpek. Mr. Dutliui is at home as a song loader, as well as in the pulpit. The song services are inspiring and Mr. Dutton has been preaching sermons of great power and earnestness which have made a profound im pression on all who have heard him. Tt is regretted that owing to oth er pressing matters it has not been possihle to put in type for this issu° reports which have been written of the sermons last night and Tuesday night. Practical Living. “If vou Hear a voice calling vou to something nobler and better it is al ways the voice of God”, said Mr. Dut ton during his sermon Monday night, which was heard by a large congrega tion. Using the third, fourth, fifth and sixth verses of the third chapter of St. Luke, Mr. Dutton delivered an intensive, practical message on “Prac tical Living,” centering most of his talk on the latter part of the 4th verse through the sixth: “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Eyery t '4alley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of Qod.” .. Voice of God. The voice of God Is calling at frequent intervals, through preach ers, newspapers, calamities, the very atmosphere and in many ways telling of the cpming of the King -* when We are ready, declared the preacher. Voices are continually calling for preparedness of the high ways for the coming of the King. * “When we are ready for the com ing of the King, the devil and all his legions cannot postpone the com ing, but you can”, he declared, and continued, “he is not coming until We are fully prepared and have the highways smooth and straight.” Neglecting Study of Bible. One of the first things the preach er asked his congregation was about the use of the Bible, asking how many had read it and studied at as -it was intended to be studied. “You can’t do your duty as a Christian and neglect the study of this book”, j he said, pointing to the Bible« Some Christians, or people who profess to be Christians, go at reading the Bible like some people who think they are good marksmen, but when they shoot a gun they turn their head, shut their eyes and pull both barrels, he said, emphasizing the importance of intensive study of the word of God./‘You can’t perpare a way for God’s coming by neglecting your prayerful life, your assembling • together for worship, and doing, irood.” Filling Up The Valley In this connection Mr. Dutton de-1 dared that one of the things that is damning men is the duties left un done rather than the harm that is being done. When the duties of manj are done the valleys will begin to be filled lip, he said. l'ride of llirth Another of the great obstacles in the way pf preparing the great highway is pride, the minister said. He acknowledged that \ “blotod wall tell”, but he asked if the pride of birth wasn’t one of the great bar riers to a real Christian life. Many churches, .he said, have their hands j tied on account of the pride of birth; some of the members are pretend ing to enjoy. Christ never, for one] minute,, lost sight of the fact that he occupied a high place on earth, and that he was the son of God, the ruler of the world, but he never thought of pride, asserted Mr. Dut ton; and he continued to hand a strong message toi those who might be holding up the work of the church by their pride of birth, pride of wealth, pride of social standing, pride of race and pride of intellect. Commenting on the pride of intel lect, Mr. Dutton said, “I do wish "“COME” to Moore’s Gift Shop West 3rd. St., Phone 454. Rational Bank Building- j LIKES FLORIDA BUT STILL IS A REAL NORTH CAROLINIAN . Dr. M. A. Waddell Has Yielded to Florida’s Charm But Thinks .North Carolina is Going to Wake Up Bye and Bye. } Manyy Robesonian readers will‘be interested in the following from a letter to the editor from Dr. M. A. Waddell, writing from Bradenton, Fla., Jan. 2d: “I told you when I left Lumberton i that I would be back with you by the first of this year, but I find_ that I am going,to have to ask for an ex tension of time. There is something about this part of thS country that I holds you once you stay here long ! enough to find it. This is truly a beautiful nart of Florida and I am satisfied there isn’t a city in the state more progressive than Bradenton. It is hard for me to tell of the won derful opportunities offered by this | section of the state. But any man who is honest and will work will find that it is not very hard to keep a sub stantial, bank account. There is a great demand for laborers', and a man of any trade or profession can easily find something to do. “I am still a real North Carolinian, and at all^times place in a word of j praise for my state. The .Florida peo ! pie themselves' admit that we have a i wonderful state, and there is no doubt I in my mind hut that North Carolina j will wake up some day and realize j her great possibilities. I fully be I lieve, that with a good advertising scheme that the eyes of the world would be cast on N. C. as they are on Florida today. This is a wonderful day for Florida and they are enjoy ing on era of good times and pros perity never experienced by any oth er state. But you simply have to be here to believe it all. “With best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.” j Mr. Jasper Grimsley and son, Mr. j James, of R. 2 from Fairmont were ; among the visitors in town today. and let scientific problems altout preachers would preach the gospel which they know nothing, alone”. He did not even attempt to di|cuss science, and reminded the congre gation that such, discussion is many times useless and far from the wish es of God. Soime people think that 1 sortie' .crooked business transaction of theirs is alright because they are white, but if a negro did the same thing it wmuld be so wrong that a term on the roads would be asked, | he declared. “Just because your skin is white, do yo.u think you can com mit the same crime and make the crime white?” he asked . Crooked Business. When he reached that part of paving the highway that the crook* ! ed place* had to be made straight, he aimed his talk with arrows to | each one in the hearing of his voice. | “There is too much crookedness i among those who have the label | ‘Christian’ tacked on thein,’’ he said i and “One dro'ok in the church of : God can do as much harm as it will take 25 straight people to keep straight.” Here the preacher asked the business men if their trans actions during the year had been straight and above reproach. He j told of how a church officer he once j knew had failed in meeting his ob | ligations to . his creditors and after ! compromising for a small percen J tage through bankruptcy proceedings | went back into business on a much ! larger scale from the profits he had J reaped from his crooked transaction, and lived in luxury and ease. As a j contrast, he also told of another church officer who struggled along through almost misery to pay off his indebtedness, which had swarnp i ed his business, instead of going in j to bankruptcy and getting out of I paying the entire amount. The lat j ter man finally paid every cent he owed with interest and was one of (most highly respected men in the ( community. “I can’t understand why | some business men are straight in i business and crooked in their poli j tics, said Mr. Dutton, after severely j criticizing the crooked politicun. More Home Love. In closing, Mr. Dutton said that I the highway must be made smooth and that it couldn’t be made clear of the bumps as long as Christians had their little differences, discords" and jealousies. “The way the moth j er and father treat each dther gives the children an idea of the kind of religion they have”, he said, and asked each one present to resolve to be better to their mates and the children to becoihe more attached t<> their parents. Dealing directly with parents, he asked them how they expected their children to respect them when they did not respect their children. “If you want to save Lumberton, I go out and live your profession”, he j said, and closed a wonderfuljy strong I and impressive sermon. ~ FORD COUPE j For Sale Cheap The Robesonian. LUMBERTON'S FIRE RECORD FOR 1925 Fire Department Answered 31 Alarms —Total Damage Placed at $10, 785.50—Property at Stake Valued at $209,475 With livnirance of $93, 500. Lumberton’s fire department an swered 34 fire alarms during the year 1925 and the total damage dur ing the year was $10,785.50, accord j ing to Fire Chief Ed. Glover. The total valuation oi property at stake ha^ been estimated at $209 475, ; on which there is $93,500 insurance. Oil stoves took first place as to causes of fires, while only one was thought to have been of incendiary origin. Five alarms were turned in on account ; of leaking oil stoves, and one for an 1 oil stove explosion. The others causes were as follows: Defective stove flue. 1; sparks from chimney, 5; back-firing of mo tor. 1; hot ashes in wooden trash box, 1; birds’ nest in gutter, 1; birds’ nest between chimney and house. 1; de fective ignition, 3; burning chimneys, 2; leaving iron on board with current on, 1; lighting cigarette near gaso line. 1; burning buildings next door, 2; unknown, 1; rats and: matches, 2; putting Pot ashes in wagon. 1; burn ing grass, 3. County Road Work Several Claims For Damages. Referr ed to Superintendent—Interest o;> Bonds Paid—Two New Supervis ors Appoin.ed. * _ Mr. H. S. McLean of McDonald was appointed road supervisor of Thompson township jMqnday by the Robeson county road board on ac count of the resignation of Mr. T. J. McCormick, who has moved o>ut of the_ township. Other business transacted by the board in regular meeting here follows: The matter of repair work on road near Raynham was referred to the superintendent, as was a claim for alleged damages to lands of Charity Connelly in Lumber Bridge township. The superintendent Was also ordered to investigate a claim for alleged damages to the lands of J. M. Butler in Parkton township and a claim for alleged damages to a mule belonging to C. A. Lowery. The matter of repairs to the dam across Aaron swamp in Thompson township was referred to the super visor p£ the township and the super intendent. Bond interest in the sum of $21, 487.50 was paid the Hanover < Na tional Bank of New York, January 1, according to the report of Secre tary L. R. Stephens. Mr. W. H. Chason was appfuinted supervisor of Lum ber Bridge township, succeeding Mr. Monroe, who has been placed in charge of the county belt-line high way. EDUCATION BOARD TRANSACTS VERY LITTLE BUSINESS HERE _* Meeting Monday Was of Little Im nortance—Several Consolidation Petitions Expected at Next Meet* ipg. Very little business was trans acted by tKe Robeson county board of education in their regular month ly meeting here Monday, practical ly all the matters coming before the board being continued until the next meeting. Several petitions for consolidations are expected at the next meeting, as representatives of different school districts were present and discussed plans for presenting petitions. A small sale of school property was approved, several small rebates were allowed and the report of Miss Eliza beth Frye, county welfare officer, was approved. Mr. Thomas Kinlaw In Extremis. Mr. Thomas Kinlaw, former regis ter of deeds of Robeson county, is in a critical condition at his home in Howellsville township, having suffer ed a severe stroke of paralysis early yesterday morning. At noon today physicians held little, hope for his re covery. He is 69 years old, a highly respected citizen, and a prosperous farmer. Mrs. Leonard Britt and daughters, Misses Alene and Eula May, and son, Julian, of Orrum, were Lumberton visitors yesterday. - Cotton Market Middling cotton is quoted on the looal market today at 18 3-4 cents the pound. Trade us your old car fur a Nash six dosed model. Cash or time payment. C. M. FULLER & SON Lumberton, N. C. SPRING AND HUMMER STYLES WILL BE ON DISPLAY — SOON — JOHN D. PURVIS Hand Tailored Clothier . . .. 1 " ’. I i Fine Country Home Going Up At Cromartie j Mr. J. T. Denny In Erectihr Large Concrete ' Dwelling—New Real-j deuce at Mt. Tabor—Much Mov ing— Personal. ; Correspondence of the Robesonian. | Rennert, R. 1, Jan. 5.— Messrs. W. | C. MsNcili, Robert McNeill and Pat terson Conoley were business ■visi tors to Chinquapin, Duplin county, j last week. Misses Isabelle and Cathryn j Smith returned Monday to E. C. T. j i C. Greenville, after spending the hoi-' ! idays with their parents, Mr. and \ Mrs. W. A. Smith. !. Mrs. Tom McNeill and children I spent Sunday in the homes of her j sisters, Mesdames J. J. Meackum and Hoyel Davis, of Red Springs, i J Miss Gertrude Brown, who is in' training in Baker’s sanatorium, j Lumberton, was expected home the latter part of last week to spend a | few days with her parents, Mr. and ' Mrs. J. A. Brown. Moving is the order of the day up this way among all classes, white,' Indian and colored. Mr. Barnes, Mr.j J. T. Denny’s overseer for last year,! moved to Orrum Saturday; Mr. Carey Jackson moved -to Rockfish 1 last week; Mr. A. D. McKellar, to j Parkton. Mr. J. T. Denny will move from I Red Springs back to his farm at Cromartie, where he is having a 1 large concrete dwelling erected^ which when finished will be one of ( I the most beautiful country'homes in : the State. I Mr. Luther McMillan has recently, 1 completed a dwelling house at Mt. i T^bor church, and will move into it; i soon, we are sorry to lose our old i neighbors, but gladly welcome the; I new. i | Mrs. Janie McNeill was a Red 1 Springs visitor Thursday. Mr. J. P. Conoley was a Red j Springs visitor Saturday. | Im glad that 1925 left us here a j live, but I hope that 1920 will leave! I us in a better fix. <*£**4: 4i #*$$$#* A DECADE AGO. * :« ’ . • * i * How Time Does Fly. * Dr. L. B. McBrayer of State * I * Department of Health delivers * j * addrers on tuberculosis at meet- * * ins: of Robeson Medical society * ! * held here. * Local physicians organize Lum- * * berton Medical society with Dr. * * N. A. Thompson, president; Dr. * * H. T. Pope, vice-president; Dr.- * 1 * R. S. Beam, secretary and treas- * | * urer. \ * Mr. A. J. Floyd of Fairmont * I * suffers $14,000 fire when store * I * and stock go up in flames. In- * * * suranee only $6,500. ) * Farmers in lower part of coun- * : * ty plan to plant 1,000 acres in * * watermelons and cantaloupes.* * * Cotton, 11 3-4 cents the pound; * * seed, GO cents the bushel. * . * i * TEN YEARS BEFORE THAT *j I * ’ _ * : | * Miss Bertha Mitchel and Mr. 4 * John Singletary married at home * ; ! * of bride’s mother in Fairmont. * ‘ * Mr. J. H. Wishart accompan- * , * ies son, Welt, to Atlanta, Ga., for * | * optical treatment. * Mr. Earl Thompson accepts * j * position with firm of Caldwell * * & Carlyle. * Mr. James*? B. Duke sues wife, * i 4 Lillian Duke, for divorce. ■ * Cotton# 11 1-16 cents the pound * * eggs. 20 cents the dozen. {*.***** *******1 #_____ — • ' Auction Sale of Farm Near Red ! Springs January 12. * The Angle Brown home place 4 j miles west of Red Springs, in Hokej j county, will be sold at public aue j tion next Tuesday at 11 a. m. This' is a very valuable piece of property,1 [ as will be seen by the advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue, and the sale will no doubt attract a large crowd. Mr. G. B. MacCallum, a Robe-; ; son county man, is contract manager1 of the National Realty & Auction : Co. of Greensboro, which will con | duct the sale. • - - -. —Mr. S. B. Atkinson and family have moved from R. 2, Fairmont, to. Lunvberton and are living in the W. ’ H. Prevatte residence on South ! Chestnut street. Mr. Atkinson was i ; for years superintendent of the At- \ 1 kinson water grist, mill, famous for j its water-ground meal. . ,-rr-The Griffin building on Elmj street, formerly occupied by the ladies ready-to-wear department of ,Mr, H. Durrie’s store, is being re-, modeled. Mr. Fred Tow*send will open a gents furnishing stor,. in the building as soon as the remodeling is completed. -:-—— TEN YEAR FARM LOANS IN SUMS FROM $1,000 TO $100,000 I LOWEST COST TO BORROWER j PREPAYMENT PRIVILEGES ON ANY INTEREST DATE APPLY TO LEE AND LEE; A TTY S, LLMUEKTON, N- C- .. PARKTON LETTER % . Much Moving—Preparing to Build— New Pastor Preaches at Methodist Church Next Sunday Night. By C. D. Williamson. Parkton, Jan. 4.—The many friends of Dr. and Mr*. D. 8. Currie will he ‘glad to learn that their son Dun Jr., who has been very sick for the past iwcek with pneumonia, is improving;- i Much moving up our way. Mr. J. D. McCall, who had been a resident ; of our town for a number of years,, has moved with his interesting fam- j j ily to Fairmont, while Mr. W. M. ! Merritt, who lived three miles from town, has purchased the residence t vacated by Mr. McCall and has mov i cd with his family. We welcome i these good people to our town. Mr. D. H. McCormick ha placed the first car load of building material ; on his lot near his father’s residence, 1 Mr. J, B. McCormick, on Main street. | No doubt the building will be rushed 1 to completion. j The following left for Chapel Hill! I today. Phillip McNatt, Luther ,Thames, Hiram Edwards and Chas. 1 M. Williamson; and Mbs Mafie Mc i Millan to N. C. C. W., Greensboro; Miss Sarah Cobb and Miss Ruth Mc ! Millan to Meredith. *! Mr. A. B. Williamson was a Lum. I berton visitor this afternoon, wlile t his brother, C. D., spent the major part of the afternoon in a dental ; chair at St. Pauls; and that’s enough ■ said. This scribe never was fond of mush, but unless immediate improve ment. it’s my luck. A large number of our folk1', both young and old, observed watch night i Thursday night, ahd at 12 o’clock church bells sounded and fireworks followed, and a jolly good time—or ot I least it sounded like it. Rev. J. J. Boone, new pastor of the M. E. church will preach at the M. , E. church next Sunday night at 7 ^ o’clock. The public invited. County Business Mr. E. D. McGougan Appointed Fish and Game Warden For Next 12 Months—Many Reports and Bonds Ordered Approved and Filed—Mrs. Kate Edge Added to List of Moth, crs' Aid Fund—One Pauper’s AI lowance Increased. At the regular monthly meeting < f ! Robeson county commissioners held in the court house here Monday, Mr. i E. I). McGougan was appointed fish and game warden for the county for the next 12 months. Monthly reports of Dr. E. R. Har din. county health officers, Planters Bank & Trust Co., treasurer, and Miss Elizabeth Frye, county welfare offi cer, were read and approved. The bond of Mr. G. L. Townsei.d, newly-appointed keeper of the county I home, in the nenal sum of *5.000, j was approved. Sheriff B. t\ McMil lan’s $15,000 additional tax bond was also approved and ordered filed, a» was the renewal bond of County Au ditor A. V. G. Wishart. Mrs. Kate Edge was placed on Lite Regular mother’s aid list at $20 per month. Mrs. Dovie Carter’s mother’s aid allowance of $20 per month was* > decreased to $10 per month. Horace ; Goodson’s pauper allowance Was or* j dered increased from $5 per month to | $7.50 per month. All routine bills were ordered paid , ! and a jury list drawn. The jury list will be found elsewhere ?n this issue. * t H ' EXPECT LARGE ATTENDANCE AT AMERICAN LEGION MEET Indications Point to Hundred Being Present to Learn What It is All About—Election of Officers. Indications are that at least 100 ex service men will attend the ipeeting j of the local post of the Americari leg ion in the legion hall this evening at 8 o’clock to participate in formulat ing plans for the new year, the elec-! tion of officers and to get a fuller un derstanding about the mysterious ! meeting held last Friday night. As was stated in Monday’s Robe* ; sonian, only a very few members at. > tended the meeting Friday night, but the meeting was a red hot one, and just what took place no one will fully explain. Members have been talking : more about the legion since that j meeting than during the entire year 1 of 1925. Some who never attended a meeting during the year have asked about the meeting and signified that they would attend the one tonight, — Mr. Luther West, who was kill ed by a dynamite explosion during ! the holidays, mention of which was made in The Robesonian December 31, was the son of Mr. I,ewis West | of Allenton instead of Mr. Charlie West, as was stated. Mr. Charlie West, whose wife died a few weeks ago, was a Lurtibertun visitor this morning and stated that he had re ceived many letters of sympathy since the account of the accident iw«s pubu.hfeji'ugM noJJiK —Messrs. D. R. Shaw and Max Weinstein left yesterday for New Bern, where they will attend the an nual mid-winter Shrine meeting and i ceremonial of Sudan Temple. Mr. ! Shaw is an officer in the local order. -i-£ AUTO ELECTRICIAN EXPERT MECHANIC All Automobile Electrical and General Repair W'ork done promptly. 1 OLIVER BROS. 236 Elm St.. Lumberton (former . Studebaker place) KIWANIS OFFICIALS : PEP UP LOCAL CLUB Educational Director French and Mr. Elmore^ Caro Una* Dot. rkt Field Man, Give Local Member* Broad er Vision of Opportunities for Service—Chamber jof Commerce and Playgrounds Should be First! Object*. DIVERSIONS Foil BOYS NEEDED .A straight-from-thc-shdulder in-1 spirational talk by Mr. Georg*. French, educational director of Kiwanis International, with head-1 quarters in Chicago, gave Kiwanians who attended the weekly lunch at; the Lorraine yesterday a bigger con- j ception of what Kiwanis is and put; into them a new purpose to make the local club more truly representa tive of the town and of the great; Kiwanis organization of 1,500 clubs1 and 99,000 members. Mr. Etinge Elmore, field repre sentative for the Carolina* district, with headquarters at Rutherfordtqn, also was present and in a brief talk helped to broaden the vision of the local members. Three Immediate Needs. A chamber of commerce, play grounds where children may expend their energy without getting into mischief, and a Unity force are three things t Lumbertdn must have, Mr. French declared, and Kiwanis should give them to the town within the nekt twelve months, and can do so without raising a dollar inside the club. Diversion for Boys. Diversions for young men of thcj town are needed, Mr. French said;! and he rather startled many mem-1 hers when he made the statement! that there now are twenty-five! young boys in Lumberton who ought! to be in a reformatory. Kiwanians,! he said, should help these boys, they! should establish a point of contact; between the boy in the man and the) i man in the boy. In talking later to ! officers of the club he said that whenever a boy in brought up be-! fore the juvenile court at least one i or two Kiwanians should be there! to offer aid, that often a boy might! be turned ovep to the care 'of a Kiwanian for the period of what! would be his sentence, and that by! making that boy his special care he | might he saved to useful manhood.! Most Progressive State. • ! “I want Kiwartis in Lumberton to! i be a fit representative of the most ! whenever a hoy is brought up be ! I have found North Carolina to be”, said Mr. French, whose work car ries him into many States, “and to do that it needs reorganization. It’s chief task is to promote the spirit ual over the material, hut it is no part of its plan or purpose to take the place of the churches. Its busi-i ness is to work with all other or- i ganizations and to unify the forces working for the betterment of the town and its citizens. Lumberton, he said, gives most! unusual and impressive evidences of! its progressiveness (in its paved streets and 'other improvements, in its beautiful homes and splendid business houses; but it needs more organizations if its growth is to con tin up. Mr. French told so many tilings that a Kiwanls club can do and should do that members of the local dub foumf themselves wondering bather dazedly why they had rjot more definite accomplishments to: their credit. The club should be on the job and help underprivileged children, the Boy Scouts and girls organizaitohs, to mention a few, be- f sides organizing a chamber of com-' merce, which should be the first ob jective, and providing playgrounds; it should have six ladies’ nights a year; it should have three meetings a year with farmers of the county.) Every member should be made a worker. And when all is said and done, said Mr .French, you may put all [ you do, if you will, on a purely sel fish basis; for you cannot do any-; thing for the betterment of your town that does not make it a bet ter place for you and for those who come after you. Rev. L. E. Dutton of Cartersville,1 Ga., who is assisting Dr. C. H. Dur ham in evangelistic services at the First Baptist church, was a guest at the lunch and enlivened the first part of the hour with two negro songs,! playing his own piano accompani-1 merit. Mrs. R. A. Hedgpeth played for the opening and closing songs.* LMr, Dutton stated that he knew Mr. •French was not overestimating the value of a chamber of commerce, for such an organization had done, | wonders during the* past year for! 1 his own town, which is smaller than Luniberton. At a brief conference with club of-. Juicers following the lunch, Mr. , French outlined, a plan of procedure* which would help to make the club j ; more effective and would enable it; j to develop potential guidance forj children, which is the prime object for this year. Messrs. Elmore and Flench were! brought to Lumberton Tuesday from Fayetteville by, KiwfyUJ\ , Ueut. Gov ernor Herring of that city. They Items Of Local News - Horn, to Mr. arid Mr*. Troy M’Wbite, last Thursday, a girl. —Born, to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Skipped Jr., Friday, December 18, a daughter, Mias Nancy Skipper. —Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Rancke, Tuesday afternoon, a son, John McMillan ftineke. —The January meeting of the Woman's club, which was postponed from last Monday, will be held next Monday. January 11, at 3:30 p. m., in the domestic science room of the high school building. Attendance of all member?, 4* desired, • —Mr. A. T. McLean returned Tuesday night from a hunting lodge near Morehcad City, where he went Sunday with his brother Governor A. W. McLean and a party of friends on a duck-shooting trip. —Mr. and Mrs. A E. Whitt? re turned last evening from Winston Salem, where they went following a meeting in Raleigh Momlay of the State prison board, of which Mr. White is a member. —Rev, L E. Dutton, who }e as sisting in the series of meetings at the First Baptist church, spoke to the high school students this morning and conducted chapel exercises at the school auditorium this morning at 10:30. He will conduct chapel exer cises at the school tomorrow morning at the same hour. —Mr. and Mr/. 3. F. J-ockey and children, Miss Lena and Masters Lemuel and Stewart, and Mrs. Loek ey’s mother. Mrs. M. E. Callihan, have moved to Lumberton from a farm near St. Paul. They are occu pying the house known ns the Blake hotel, just across the tracks from the Seaboard freight depot —Lumberton Meat Market is the name of the*newest concern to open here. The business jig owned by Messrs. R. L. Lamb and Lloyd Lyt ton, who have opened a very at tractive place fa one of th« Cald well buildings on South Elm street. Mr t ytton was formerlv ~’itb the Sanitary Meat Go., and Mr. Lamb holds a position with the Lumberton Furniture Co. —-Another oathetic thing’ about the. burning to death of an Indian and his small daughter in the firo that destroyed Curtis & McIntyre’s store and stocks of goods in the lower os rt of the county Christmas was learned when Mr. Nash Wil liams. who lives near the scene of the fire and who was a Lumberton visitor yesterday, stated that the un fortunate man had about $250 in his pocket, which would have been a vreat help to the deceased’s family. Mention of the disaster was made in The Rohesonian December 31. —Robert Lumpkin, negro, wITo is under indictment of murder, charged with the killing of Chief-of-Polipe Boyd in Rowland Christmas week, was transferred* yesterday from the county home to a cell ip the jail here. County Officer K. It. Hardin and others who knew of injuries he sustained when a pistol hall from the officer’s pistol pierced one of his lungs, did not think he would live more than a few hours after reach ing the county home, hut officer who made the transfer yesterday stated that Lumpkin walked without as sistance from his cell at the county home to the automobile and from the automobile into the jail. •—Air. l>eorge bmaif of I* atrmont, who was seriously injured in an au tomobile wreck in Fairmont Sunday night, is undergoing special treat ment at the Baker sanatorium here. A serious operation was preformed. Tuesday and his condition today is reported as improved. The operation was performed to relieve pressure on the brain caused from a fracture of the skull, a large area being ex tracted. Details of the accident can not be learned but it is understood that the Ford car he was driving turned over twice on Main street in Fairmont. Mr. R. L. Thompson, who was riding with Mr. Small, was also injured, though not seriously. ************* * BASKETBALL FRIDAY NIGHT * * Hamlet highs will play the * * local basketball team at the high * * school auditorium tomorrow * * (Friday) night at 8:30. A good a * game is expected. * The strong Fort Bragg Bat- * * tery C. team defeated the local * * highs here in a w'ell-played game * * Tuesday night 21-12. *****$i=h*>ie£<s** were somewhat suprised and great ly pleased at the number of Kiwan ians who greeted them at the lunch yesterday,—which was due to the efforts of President W. K. Bethune L’ —and before leaving yesterday af ternoon they expressed entire can- • fidence in the ability of the club to take on new life and put over a worth-while program this year. The next lunch will be held at the Lorraine next Tuesday at 1 p. m. ~WE ARE PLEASED with the work our new Dry Cleaning plant is turning out. YOU WILL BE PLEASED with your clothes if you send them to ‘ us. W E PRESS W HILE YOU WAIT LLMBERTO.N DRY CLEANING CO \ Phone 94 . .
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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Jan. 7, 1926, edition 1
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