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Ijgg THE RQftEftONT A N I3n —■* —— -- -I ■■■■ • ■ I — ■■■■"■" ■ • __ VOL. LVI.—NO. 98. v LUMBERTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1926. counthy, god and tbutk. established 1*7*. nuci rrvs extras EVANGELISTIC SERVICES AT FIRST BAPTIST CLOSE WITH SPLENDID SERVICE LAST NIGHT r=* . . . 17 Days' Successful Meeting Ends With Sermon on Christ's Trans figuration by Mr. Dutton. i * DR. DURHAMLAUDS WORK OF PREACHER AND OTHERS Many Additions Made to Church— Series of Helpful, Instructive and Soul-Stirrcig Messages—Most Ap preciative and Attentive Congre gations, Slays Preacher—Services Attended By Large Crowds. PLEASING THE DEVIL WHEN YOU DRIFT, SAYS PREACHER • Evangelistic services which began at the First Baptist church Sunday morning, January 3rd, closed last evening, when a very large crowd heard Rev. L. E. Dutton, of the Bap tist Mission board, who assisted Dr. Chas. H. Durham, pastor, in the meeting, preach one of the best ser mons of the series. Very Successful That the meeting was very suc cessful, was evidenced last evening by the announcement that thirty-five additions already had been made to the church, and a large number re sponding to the invitation at the close of the last sermon. Not in 25 years has a meeting at the church lasted longer than 10 days, and in terest in this 17-days meeting seem ed to grow instead of wane. Some ihanks. Before the sermon, Dr. Durham took occasion to thank the people who had helped in making the meeting a success, and said that in one way he was very happy, but that there was a little sadness in his heart, because some would be lost that he had hoped would, during the meeting, come to | the Lord’s side. Dr. Durham express ed publicly his thanks to The Robe sonian for reports of 4the services • and generous space in carrying the news of the message to its readers. He said that many who had not had the privilege of hearing Mr. Dutton had sent him word of how they had enjoyed reading reports of the ser mons. Mr. DuUon Pleased Mr. Dutton said he wanted to-get in on this part of the program and expressed his appreciation to Mrs. J. A. Martin and Miss Iva Pearson, or ganist and pianist, who, he said, had fairly “tickled the ivories”, doing a great good for the meeting. Referr ing to Dr. Durham, Mr. Dutton said he never thought he would run across a pastor who saw things exactly as he saw them. Dr. Durham had already told the congregation of how well I pleased he was with the splendid preaching Mr. Dutton had done. Appreciative Crowds. “Never before in all my life have 1 had so many nice things said to me”, said Mr. Dutton. “I don’t think i ever preached to a more apprecia tive crowd of people in my life. And the intelligence of the congregations has been much better than I felt could be. You fairly scared me the* first time 1 preached to you.” No Excitement Mr. uutton preacnea neipiui, in-, structive and soul-stirring sermons, I though he did not even attempt to! eJccite or cause undue fear in any-' one. He preached sermons of. about' 50 minutes each. He generally closed J with a smile of assurance that those i Avho had heard him were reflecting ihj their minds, the truths he' had said.; There were no great demonstrations' or illustrations to inspire fear. Mr. Dtitton not only declared, but acted, his belief that it is harmful “litter ally to throw people, into the church on the crest of a tidal wave of ani mal excitement.” Transfiguration Mr. Dutton read last evening a part of the 0th chapter of Luke, 18th j verse through the 42nd, and as a sub-! joct the preacher told of Christ’s transfiguration. In Answer to Prayer “This wonderful experience in the life of our Lord came in answer to prayer”, he said. “If He couldn’t get along without prayer, isn’t it useless for us to try”? Here Mr. Dutton warn ed members of the church of the danger of cessation’ of prayer, and ..pleaded; with them to continue pray ing as much, if not more, after the meeting closed.,, He referred to the meeting being a mountain-top exper ..ience for some and said,,;“Dop’t let St stand there. If you are not a'.bet ter man or woman, boy ,or girl, a week, a month, a year, five years from now, this meeting has been an absolute failure.” Alive'lip There. Mr. Dutton told of the necessity of t realizing what Jesus came into the’ world to do. This, he said, was the! theme and topic of Moses and Elijah while they were on the mount. The ~ “COME” ~ to Moore’s Gift Shop West 3rd. St.. Phone 454. national Bank Building. part of the Scripture that tells about being alive up there and active in Kingdom work, Mr. Dutton said, as sured him that he Would have some thing to do when he got there and wouldn’t have to sit around all day playing a golden harp. Recognition of Christ, Moses, Elijah, Peter, John and James, and relatives, is going to be easy, declared the speaker. He said it was absurb to think that he couldn’t recognize his loved ones. The people up there are" interested in us down here, he said, "because it/ is written,” paraphrasing, ‘ “Seeing we are compassed about by a large crowd of rooters’ ”. The preacher said he likes the last word of that sentence better, because people on earth are rooting and yelling for the Kingdom; and those up there are expecting something of each of you—father and | mother, wife or husband, brother or i sister, pastor or Sunday school teach, er. Drifting "If you are not on your way up there, you are on your way down. You. are just drifting perhaps, but sooner or later you will fall over the I brink and be lost forever. You can’t please the ^devil more than by just drifting. Shall you break the family |circle?”, said the preacher in con | elusion. Where Reform Should Begin “If you want to reform your church, your town, your county, your State, the nation and the world, begin with yourself”, said Mr. Dutton in a searching and thought-provoking sermon Tuesday evening. He packed many keen, comprehensive, apigram* matic statements into his sermon of about 45 minutes. He announced no text but based his sermon on John 8:1-11, the story of the'woman taken in adultery and brought to Jesus, the woman’s accusers sneaking out one by one, as Jesus wrote- with his fin ger on the ground,, when he told them to let the one who was without sin ] among them cast the first stone j at her. The Ready Accuser “Readiness to'accuse others is no guarantee of personal rectitude” was Mr. Dutton's striking statement of a well-knoucn truth with which every school child is familiar. Every time; a deacons’ meeting was held during his pastorate in Baltimore, said Mr. Dutton, he had a fight with the sen*, ior deacon, a man prominent in busi ness and church circles, who was al ways preferring charges against somebody and wanting to kick some body out of the church; and years af terward this ready-accuser was found dead in one of the lowest dives in Baltimore, and it was learned that he had been living a double life for 20 years. “The drunken, the stingy, the haughty, slanderers, defamers, villj fiers, murderers—these scorn this woman”, said Mr. Dutton, referring to the woman of the lesson. Unsportsmanship “Underhand methods and pitfalls 1 are unsportsmanlike and are unfit to! be used for capturing wild animals. I yet that was the policy of the ene mies of the Master 1900 years ago”, to begin at the begining of the sermon and quote in part, and Mr. Dutton does not think the method has chang ed. Mr. Dutton continued in part: “This was the only occafion on which Jesus seemed embarrassed, and the only time it is recorded that he wrote. The coarseness of the j woman’s accusers made him turn away his face. And you find a coun terpart to such coarseness today. If you raise your voice against : the maudlin and the prurient on the i screen, you’ll find out. It is danger- j ous to leave lying on your library ta- j ble some of the so-called best map- ] sines. They discuss with astounding frankness some questions that are best left undiscussed. Personal Morality. “Jesus never refused law enforce- j ment nnd crime with personal morali- : ty. He refused to assume the role of I iudge. He went deeper than crime. He dealt with sin. from which all crime springs. Get rid of sin, and you'll not be bothered with crime. J Jesus set his face against sin. There , is no suggestion in his attit"do to- j ward this woman that he won't lia -e : appeared for the defense if tins case had been brought to trial. He does not judge and estimate sin as does society. . ... . “Society discriminate!?, it judges sin by its respectability. The petty thief is jailed, while the man who swindles his neighbor is a financier and a good fellow; if a man gambles , with bones he is sent to the roads, j but if he gambles in cotton futures he is a respectable citizen; if you attack a man you are guilty of assault, if ( you lead an army against another na tion vou win applause and honor: if l you tell a falsehood you are a liar, i but if you deal in strategy and in- j trisrue you arc a diplomat. I “Sin is a thing of the heart. This j audience is above, the average, but j how many of you would be willing to | have your 'thoughts and lives laid ; bare—not the things you have done' alone, but your spirit, your desires, > (Continued on page six.) -__-——-- j Tr-’de us your old car for a Nash six closed model. Cash or time payment. C. M. FULLER & SON Lumberton, N. C. * t . I | Governor Declines To Parole Luther Britt McLean Says Murder for Which Rob eson County Man is Serving Sen tence Wa* “One of Most Horrible Ever Committed in North Caro lina.”—Sentenced for Murder of E. R. Shepherd. Governor McLean has declined to parole for the remainder of his term Luther Britt, of Robeson county, serving a five-year term in the State .prison at Raleigh for murder in the second degree. In declining to grant clemency to the man from his home county, the Governor referred to the crime at “one of the most horrible ever* committed in North Carolina.” Britt plead guilty of murder in the second degree in Robeson Superior court in July, 1923, in connection with the killing of E. R. Shepherd, and was sentenced to ten years in the State prison. His sentence was commuted to five years by Governor Morrison on January 5, *925, just a few days before he went out of office. Sensational and Mysterious. The murder of Shepherd a travel ing salesman from Georgia, was one of the most sensational and mysteri ous that ever stirred the people of Robeson. Shepherd’s car, with one light burning, was found one morning in the fall of 1922 near the river bridge east of Lumberton, on highway No. 20, and investigation failed J,o reveal any trace of him for several months. His disappearance was clothed in mystery until in February. 1923, a decomposed body was found in woods near Parkton by a boy on a rabbit hunt. Articles of clothing and other articles were identified by rela tives from Georgia as belonging to Shepherd, and Luther Britt, who was known to have been with him be fore his disappearance, was arrested, with others, and when the case came upfortrial Britt' plead guilty of^mur der in the second degree. Others charged with the crime were acquitt ed at a later trial. There are not lacking those who still believe that Britt was not the chief actor in the dastardly crime, but he was enmeshed in a chain of. evidence that strongly | pointed to his guilt as an accessory. The application tor clemency was declined, said a statement of the Gov ernor, “because of the fact that the ; crime for which the prisoner was convicted was one of the most horri ble ever committed in North Caro-; lina and that the prisoner was un questionably guilty as an accessory after the fact, if not directly guilty of the homicide or as an accessory before the fact.” After a careful re view by the Governor and Pardon Commissioner H. Hoyle Sink the case: appeared to the two officials, they said, as one “wherein the Governor) does not feel justified in /extending j clemency.” Veterans R^Elect Prevatte Commander j Annual Meeting of Confederate Vet-: erans Held in Court House Here Tuesday—Commander of Ameri-i can Legion Assures Co-Operation— Dinner Served by Members of United Daughters of Confederacy. MUSICAL PROGRAM BY GIRLS. ! In annual meeting in the court house here Tuesday, Rev. F. A. Pre vatte was re-elected commander of Wfillis Pope camp, United Confeder-, ate veterans, and Miss Viola Jenkins of Lumberton was elected assistant, secretary of the camp- Mrs. L. T. Townsend of Lumberton was unani- j mously re-elected secretary. Other officers elected were as fol-; lows: Mr. A. S. Wishart, 1st lieuten-. ant; Mr. John Redmond, 2nd lieu tenant; Mr. Alex Brisson, adjutant; I Mr. J. F. Raybon, chaplain. Mr. Ray-! bon was formerly adjutant of the camp- and was elected chaplain to! fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. Wesley Thompson, who had been chaplain for many years. The meeting was featured by the intense interest of every member present, there being 14 of the old soldiers sitting in a senii-circle fac ing their commander and listening to the very interesting program, which consisted of musical numbers arranged by the secretary. Those tak ing part in making the meeting more enjoyable were little Misses Maryi Louise Fuller, Bettie Rose Ramseur and Isabelle Gray. Mr. W. B. Ivey, commander of the local post of the American legion, made a short talk to | the veterans and assured them of full j co*-operatiorf< of the hew veterans at all tithes. Mr. -F.fP.'Gray, an officer! of Sbns of Veterans, also-made a short talk. u " i’ "J ><-' >•?'>; .;>- i< ‘| Two of “the oirf Veterans' Were* ac- j companied t6 the meeting11 by their wives, these fortunate ones being Mr.! William Speight and Mr. W. 11.; Barnes. « After the meeting the soldiers were j treated to a delicious dinner- prepar ed and served by a committee from1 the local chapter of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy. Another Week of $8 Hand-Tailored Suits. JOHN D. PURVIS, Tailor. Lumberton, N. C. j«*******s»*<i + * | * BANK PAYS 2S PERCENT * | * - - ■ * ' * Receiver McConihe is Distribute * j * i«g Around $80,000 to Depos- * 1 * itors of Defunct First Nation* * * a). * • t» _._ * * Receiver Malcolm S. McConihe * !* is paying out around $80,000 to * |* depositors of the defunct First * *■ iNatioriai Bank of Lumberton, * * afiu local business already has 9 * felt the stimulus, though not all * | * the money has b^en called for * * yet. Those holding;certificates of * * deposit will be paid 25 per cent * * if they will call at the office of * * the receiver at the bank. * * Public moneys of the county in * * the bank at the time its doors * * were closed amounted to $100,000, * * so $25,00U of this 25 per cent pay- * * ment goes to the bonding com- * * pany, but betweeu $50,000 and * * $55,000 of the amount being paid * 9 out goes to depositors here and * * elsewhere in the Jaunty. * 4 «#*** * ****** PHYSICIANS ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1926 Dr. H. O. McLellaa President of County Medical Society—Enthusias tic Meeting Held in Maxton Last Evening—Other Meetings Thjs Y'ear Will Be Held in Lumberton. DR. NASH NAMED DELEGATE . ! All the meetings of Robeson Coun-| ty Medical society for the year 1926' will be held in Lumberton, according to an action taken last night at thej regular meeting held in Maxton,* when the physicians of that place en-j tertained the visiting members at a; sumptuous dinner. lhe most important business; transacted was the election of offi cers, as follows: Dr. H. O. MeLellan of Maxton, president; Dr. Roscoe Me-! Millan of Red Springs, 1st vice-pres-; ident; Dr. J. A. Martin of Lumber-' ton, 2nd vice-president; Dr. Morris; of Maxton, secretary. Dr. J. F. Nash' of St. Paul was ejected delegate to the State convention, with Dr. A. B. Holmes, of Fairmont as alternate. .The | program committee for the year con-j sists of Drs. H. M. Baker, E. R.l Hardin and J. A. Martin* of Lumber-! ton. The meeting was largely attended and was one of the most enthusias tic ever held by the society. Many physicians from over the county at-; tended. Drs. R. S. Beam, J. A. Mar-; tin, T. F. Costner, J. N. Britt and E. R. Hardin were the physicians from here attending the meeting. — LUMBERTON SCHOOL CITED AS; TEACHING REAL EDUCATION! Slate Supervisor Quotes Item Con-j cerning Home Economics Work. __ ! “If we doubt that North Carolina! schools are teaching real and practi cal education,” the Raleigh News and! Observer of Jan. 16 quotes Miss Mar-; garet M. Edwards, State supervisor; of home economics, division of voea-! tional education, of the State depart-! ment of public instruction, “it will! only be necessary to take a glance! at the following item concerning the! work in the Lumberton high school! in its homfi economies work.” “This year the class in the Lum-j berton school found two*-families in' need of clothes. One family had sev en children, six girl and one boy, the I ages rrtnging from two to 14 years! of age, and the other family had five! children, four boys and one girl, their! ages ranging from four months to' 16 years of age. nere was a..real live problem that they could use in school. The girls were so interested fn mending the torn and worn clothes and making] new clothes for these children and studying how to select the materials. I plan and construct the clothes that; they forgot it was their regular! school work. “And,” said Miss Edwards, “after] the coats, dresses, blouses and suits' were made they took them to the children, dressed them and took their! pittures. They will soon begin to] study the nutrition and food needs of these children. “Modern education,” concluded the! supervisor, “not only trains the memory of the child, but teaches the; child to think and do the worth while; job that he or she meets every day.” —Postcard received here Jan. 19, from I)r. R. C. Beaman, dated Jan.' 15, Rochester, Minn.,-reads as fol lows: “Have passed through the clinic and am now in the hospital. Do not know what will be done yet. Think it doubtful if operation will be performed. Much love to all my friends.” AUTO ELECTRICIAN EXPERT MECHANIC. All Automobile Electrical and General Repair Work done promptly. QLIVER BROS. 236 Elm St.. Lumberton (former, Studebaker place) RECORDER FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE Negi* Woman Charged With Burn ing House Bound Over to Super ior CouVt—Saj-a She “Ain't A Co in* to JaUT* But She Did—Had1 •750 Insurance on Household Goods —Other Caseo Before Recorder. MANY BAD CHECKS GIVEN “I ain’t a going to jail”-, is what Fodie Melvin, colored- told town of ficers yesterday afternoon after she failed to raise $500 for her appear ance in Superior court here next week on a charge of setting fire to a dwelling house in the eastern part of town in December. But she went to jail. Recorder P. S. Kornegay found probable cause in the case, which was the result of work done by a repre sentative of the State insurance de partment and local officers. Evidence offered showed that the defendant had threatened’ the building, after having been served with a notice that she must vacate on account of a court sale. The defendant could! hardly wait for, her time to tell her side of the affair, and when she did start- erven the solicitor couldn’t stop: her. She repeatedly stated, “I’m no stranger in Lumberton”, and “I had no reason to set fire to the’ house”. When asked about insurance amount ing to $750 she had secured’ on her personal effects, she stated she had tried many times to get" insurance and it was just a few weeks before the fire that she got her policy. Ac-> cording to Mr. Q. T. Williams, agent with whom she had the insurance, no adjustments have been made, on ac count of investigations which were begun immediately after the fire. Other cases disposed of recently in recorder’s court were as follows: _j Tommie Richardson paid the costs j and amounts of three worthless! checks. Wat. Lewis was found guilty of; transporting whiskey and fined $10 and costs. Dewie Stone- charged with seduc-! tion, waived examination and was placed under $1,500 bond for ap pearance in Superior court. J. G. Bynum paid the costs and amount of worthless check. Algie Edwards plead guilty to charge of giving worthless checks' and appealed from fines and costs totalling $88, or 30 days road sen-’ tence in each case. Bond in the sum of $500 was required. Ed. Thompson paid the costs for an assault. John Covington entered a plea of nolo-conte#dere to charges of larceny and agreed to refund the prosecutor, and pay the costs- which was allow ed. COMMANDER IVEY WILL LAY NEW PLANS BEFORE LEGION Meeting Tonight to be Featured by Carefully Worked Out Plans For Great Work. Have you seen the plans Command er W. B. Ivey has to lay before the meeting of the local post of the American legion tonight? If the plans are carried out as suggested by Mr. Ivey, the legionnaires will be proud of their work- the town will be proud of the legioq, and visitors will be impressed with the great work done by the legion. It is a matter that needs the at tention of every ex-service man in the town and surrounding territory, and if the plans are carried out the present town square on which is located the town hall, will be a thing of great beauty, and a credit not only to the town but to the county and State. The number of accidents on the State highways in the past six months, more than doubled the number dur ing the first six months of 1925. There were 1,072 accidents reported from July 1, 1925, to January 1, 1026, and 497 from January 1 to July 1, 1925, according to a report made by the State Highway commission. With members of Congress con-; tinuing to interest themselves in the anthracite situation, the White House made it clear that President Coolidge proposes to maintain his hands-off policy, states a Washington dispatch. Deputy Sheriff Geo. Faulker of Anson county was killed at a liquor still on the Anson-Union line Satur day and Jonah Marsh and Tom Har rell, negroes, later in the day were arrested- charged with the crime, and taken to the .Mecklenburg county jail | at Charlotte to escape a threatening mob that quiekly gathered, bent on summary vengeance. TEN YEAR FARM LOANsT” IN SUMS FROM $1,000 TO $100,000 LOWEST COST TO BORROWER PREPAYMENT PRIVILEGES ON ANY INTEREST DATE APPLY TO LEE AND LEE, ATTYS, LUMBEKTON, N. C. H.B. JENNINGS AGAIN HEADS COTTON MILLS Stockholder* and Director* Re-Elect Officer*—Mr. R. A. McIntyre Add ed to Board o£ Directors of Mans field Mill* and Mr. A. T. McLean to Jennings Mill Board. GOVERNOR MCI KAN ATTENDS MEETING HELD YESTERDAY At the annual meeting* of the stockholders and directors of Mans field and Jennings cotton mills held here yesterday, officers and directors for the ensuing year were re-elected and routine business transacted. Gov ernor McLean attended both meet ing?. The following officers were re elected for the Mansfield mills: H. B. Jennings, president and treasurer; F. P. Gray, assistant treasurer and secretary; A. M. Hartley, cashier; A. W. McLean, vice president. Mr. R. A. McIntyre was added to the board of directors, the following directors being re-elected: Messrs. K. M. Barnes, H. M. Biggs, H. B. Phillips, C. B. Townsend. S. F. Caldwell, Frank Gough and G. L. Thompson. t The executive officers of Jennings mill were ru-elected and are the same as the officers of the Mansfield mill, with the exception of the vice-presi dency, Mr. A. E. White being re-elect ed for this office, The directors of the Jennings mill were re-elected as follows: Governor A. W. McLean, Messrs. A. T. McCallum, J. D, Proc tor, K. M. Biggs, K. M. Barnes, H. B. Phillips, Q. T. Williams, L. H. Caldwell. Mr. A. T. McLean' was added to the board of directors. Trying To Reduce Forest Fire Loss County Warden Barden I’reparing for Fire Season—Wardens Are Re ducing Loss from Forest Fires— Mr. Barden Warns People Against Firing Woods and Appeals for Co operation. Mr. N. F. Barden of Orrum- county foreH fire warden, is getting his township wardens lined up for ac tive work in the most dangerous season for forest March and April. Mr. Barden was in Lumber ton a while Tuesday and talked in terestingly about the work, in whi<ih he is intensely interested.. Last year, Mr. Barden says- the people responded heartily to his ap peals for co-operation, and the for est “fTre loss in the county was much less last year than it was every year before the wardens were on the job. There were about the same number of fires last year as during 1924, but the damage was considerably less because the wardens got to the fires and put them out. Mr. Barden and his assistants want to reduce «the number of fires as well as the acre age this year, and thus save t;hc young growth. Seventy-five per cent, of forest fires are due to carelessness- and Mr. Barden appeals to the people to be careful about fires. The penalty for setting fires to woods 16 $50 to $600. Mr. Barden is anxious to get the co-operation of “monkey-rummers”, if any, in suppressing forest fires. It is sometimes the custom of “monkey rummers” it is understood, to start a stump fire in the woods in order to make a smoke screen that will make smoke from the still fire un noticeable. Mr. Barden says that this practice results in more harm to the blockadcr- for such a smoke is sure to bring to the ‘ Scene some forest warden, whereas smoke from the still would not attract him. Mr. Bar den says it will pay the “monkey rummers” to keep down forest fires, and he hopes to get their co-opera tion. Mr, Barden says he .has good men for township wardens and that he will furnish The Kobesonian a list of them in the near future. Great damage has been done an nually in Robe son county heretofore by forest fires, but the fire wardens are doing a great amount of good in keeping down and suppressing such fires. Their work is worth many thousands of dollars to the county annually. They serve for small pay and deserve the co-operation of all the people. In Extremis. Mr. E. P. Townsend, GSJ years old, is near the point of death at his home near Hhntefs’ lodge, as the result of a stroke of paralysis he suffered yesterday. Physicians entertain lit tle hope for his recovery. Mr. Town send is a well, gad favorably known firmer. i / j Cotton Market -_- j Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at IU 1-1 cents the pound. ' i EARLY SEED RYE ABRUZZI, the fast growing rye. Nice seed. $2. bushel. Delivered anywhere in 5 bu. lots, FLOYD BROS. MARKET Fairmont, N. C. ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS —Mr.' C. H. Phillips of Lumberton wan among the notaries public com missioned by Governor McLean la*t week. —Commissioners of the town of Lumberton will hold a meeting in the town hall tomorrow (Friday) eve ning at 7:30. —Mr. K, White of the National mill village left Monday evening fpr Tarboro in response to a message stating that his sister, Mrs. J. W. West, was desperately ill at her home there. —Sellers cafe is the new name of the cafe formerly owned and oper ated by Mr. I* P. Fisher, Second and Elm street, Mr. J. W. Sellers having purchased the business Monday af ternoon. Mr. A. W. Best has been placed in charge of the business. —Mr. William Sbockett of Fair-, mont and Mr. Jakie Dunie of Lumberton are spending several days in and near Norfolk, Va. on business. They will also visit Balti more while away, returning here early next week. —The condition of Mr, Harris Dunie, who has been undergoing spe cial treatment in a Baltimore sana torium for the past few months, Is very much improved and it is expect ed he will be able to return to Lum berton within the next few weeks. —The condition of Mr. Frank Hc Ixsod, who has been a patient at the Charlotte sanatorium for the past two weeks, remains about the same as stated in Monday’s Robesonian. lb It is thought that an operation will be necessary when his weakened con dition improves sufficiently to war rant it. —Attendance tot the week)/ Ki wanis lunch at the Lorraine Tuesday was njuch larger than it has been lately when nothing special was on _ hand. Mr. R. C. Adams was a visitor, guest of Mr. John S. McNeill. An in teresting program is promised for the luncheon meeting Tuesday of neat week . —Miss Eunice Felts arrived here last night from Durham, where she attended the wedding of her niece. Miss Elizabeth Felts to Mr. George Lyon. Miss Feits will spend several days here as a guest in the home of her brother and siater-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. FeW* before return ing to her home i%j£Jharlotte. —Mr. and Mm.jyjfhimphrey and daughters. Misses MM|ed Baker and Eva Ruth, of Rennert- left today for Pompano, Fla., where they will spend the remainder of the winter with Mr. Humphrey’s brothers, Messrs. S. B. and R. L. Humphrey. This is the fourth season Mn Humphrey and family have spent in Florida. —Mr. M. F. Cobb, cashier of the National Bank of Lumberton, return ed Tuesday from Washington, D. C., where he appeared, with about 100 other bankers from North and South Carolina; before the Federal Reserve board in regard to location of a branch bank for these two States. No decision as to location has been an nounced. —A Tarboro dispatch states that Prof. R. E. Sentellc, formerly super* intcndent of the Lumberton schools, has resigned as superintendent of schools of Edgecombe county, which position he has held for 4 years, and will return to his old home in Hay wood county, near Waynesville, pend, ing decision as to the pratice of law or some other work. —Mr. B. J. Allen, who lives near Lumberton, probably will be opera ted on tomorrow at the Charlotte sanatorium, where he has been a patient for a week or more. His son Mr. Herod Allen spent the last week end with his father in Charlotte and found his condition encouraging. Mr. Herod Allen will return to Charlotte when he is advised definitely when the operation will be performed. —Mrs. W. B. Crumpton is getting along nicely at the Charlotte sanator ium, where she was operated on a week ago today. Supt. Crumpton re turned homo from Charlotte Mon day night and is very much encour aged about her condition. Mr. N. P. Andrews, who underwent a mihof’ op eration at the same place Tuesday of last week, returned home Monday night, sooner than expected, and his condition is very much improved. —Governor A. W. McLean spent yesterday here attending to matters of business and attended the annual meeting of th0 stockholders and di rectors of the Jennings and Mans field cotton mills’ returning to Ral eigh in the afternoon. He and Treas urer Ben Lacy will leave Raleigh to night for New York to sign State bonds in the sum of $15,000,000, which were sold to a syndicate of bankers a month or so ago. 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 In us. WE PHESS WHILE YOU WAIT LUMBERTON DRY CLEANING CO. Phone 94
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