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THE-weather- fTTrTTj^ T> f \T> pQA\TT A \T '-=r—I swar j_ I I Pj _LVv_/-D-CjO\_/JJ\ I r\ l\ pages today, i VOL LVII—NO 2 LUMBERTON, N. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1926. countrt, god and truth. est a bushed mi. much rvrn cent* Merlon Physician Marketing Is Onl «/ Farmer Is Doomed Unless Some thing Is Done Says Dr. T. F. Costner At Close Of Big Mass |Meeting Of Farmers and Busi ness Men Here. DR. CLARENCE POE TELLS FARMERS OF ADVANTAGES Begs Farmers To Remedy Defects of Association Instead of Getting Hid Of It—Have No Kight To Seek Aid In Auction Svstem When Mistakes Are Made There—Cowardly Mis take Not To Work Out Own Salva tion—Secretary Wilson Says Con tracts Will Not Be Sold. “I have never been a member ot the co-operative marketing associa tion. I thought I had a valid reason for not becoming a member on ac count of my tenants, but I see, and any intelligent, thinking man, can see that the farmer is doomed unless something is done, and co-operative marketing is the only remedy I can see. I am now willing and waiting to sign a contract.” Tint is what Dr. T. F. Costner, Lumberton physician, said Saturday afternoon in a mass meeting of fann ers held in the court house here for the purpose of stimulating interest in the new sign-UD campaign for co-op erative marketing. Dr. Clarence Poe. editor of tie Pro gressive Farmer, was the principal speaker of the occasion, and timely remarks were made by M. O. Wilson, secretary of the tobacco growers as sociation, Miss Elizabeth Kelly, field director of the association, and Mr. L. S. Townsend, president of the Robe son county associations. Signs Voluntarily Dr. Costner's remarks followed the appeals of Dr. Poe and the other speakers to join the association and assist in getting a 65 percent sign-up Dr. Poe having ex plained that unless this amount of acreage was signed the. members would he under no obligations legally to market their tobacco systematical ly, and unless 50 percent sign-up was made the association would he his tory. Volunteers had been called for and Dr. Costner was the first on his fept, taking on himself the responsi bility of getting farmers in the neigh borhood where he owns farms to sign the contract. Others came forward after the meeting and secured several copies of the contract, stating thev were going to work for renewals. At the beginning of the meeting those who had ioined the new association were asked to signify same by raising a hand. Eleven hands out of the possible 150 men present were raised, after a majority Pad signified that they had been members of the first association. Rights of Members. “Co-operative marketing is a ma chine for self government of the fanners for ruling our own affairs in matters that effect our own financial conditions”, said Or. Poe in his ad dress, which lasted forty minutes and which was chock full of common sense reasoning and the pjausibilit.v of systematic marketing. He said in the beginning1 that the farmers had the chance of,two systems of mar keting—-the auction system and the co-operative. system. The auction system, he said, is operated for the lenefit and profit of the men who conduct it, and the eo-onerative mar keting system : ip. onerated for the benefit of members. If there ,is anything wrong with the auction sys tem, anvthing is done in error, two high prices' paid those who operate it. the farmer has to stand off and u>t them have it, hut it something is done wrong in the association, too many high1 salaried man too many mistakes made and things go wrong in general, each member ha~ i right to step in and demand that changes he made to rectify the matter, dec lar ed the speaker. More Democratic Dr. Poe stated that he had heard when a boy that when one had th" stomachache, it was logical to get rid of the ache and not the stomach. It has h<‘en the contention of some members ofdthe old association that because mistakes were made and everything dbl not. run as smoothly as they thong) t it should, the proper thing to do is to get rid of the trouble without trving to get rid of the asso eiat’en. but remedy its defects", said Dr. Poe. “Evils Multiplied" “No mistalcti that v(e ' Coilld make would be as bad <"• as cowardly as Iving down .and raying that we could not wo,-k <>ut dig own "Mirations. If w" go t«»ek to.'be • ■ u'-1ion system its em'ls will be multiplied”, : aid Dr. Poe. “The auction system i- a machine to mat" as much out of th“ farmer as nossiMe. and the co-operative market ing system is one to mote .,s miich for ti e farmer a- uossihle”, he said. Less Dictatorial. I)r Poe warned the formers about " anting too much out of the associa tion. some having expected that Dvv were to "et to heaven on flowery beds of ease jest because the" belonged to the association. }fe called attention t" the great struggles and hardships of the forefathers w' o in 177U fought for independence and even after gain ing freedom from England hail m»nv problems to «nlvn afte- the battles were won. He pictured them as men Says Go-Operative y Hope For farmers __! *******♦#**♦*; * A DECADE AGO * * _ * * How Time Docs Fly. * Cotton, 11 1-2 cents the pound. *j * seed 65 cents the bushel. * Many tobacco plants killed on * * account of freeze. Mercury down * * to 10 above zero. * Mr. Wingate Lawson of near * * Barnesville dies of pneumonia. * * Mr. D. R. Shaw of Wilmington * * accepts position here with Gran- * * tham Brothers drug (store. * Miss Fannie Belle Taylor of * * Fairmont and Mr. Grady Me * Cormick of Rowland married in * * Methodist parsonage here. * Miss Vashti White entertains * * in honor of senior class of local v * high school. * _ * * TEN YEARS BEFORE THAT * * _ * * Cotton, 10 3-8 cents the pound; * * eggs 12 1-2 cents the dozen. * Grand jury recommends bond v 0 issue for new court house. * Moon in total eclipse. * Jim Crow bill passes House of v * Delegates in Virginia. » Mr. R. C. Lawrence returns * 3 from Charlotte sanatorium much * * improved. * Mr. N. A. Townsend of Rayn- * * ham passes law examination. * « * « » * * * * * * * '* of courage who never gave up, and said that these forefathers would be ashamed if the farmers now did not continue their chance for relief end fight like brave men. “Thank God, our forefathers never said ‘we are making so many mistakes and errors we will just let England take chart?' of us’ said the speaker. Dr. Poe said that the auction people had been less dictatorial since the operation of the association was begun, that there had been less discrimination, but warned that all this? and many other evils would flourish with the death of the association. Dignity ana uespeci. “Not only does the co-operative marketing system give a farmer a few more cents for his tobacco, but it gives him a better sense of dignity and»i-espect as a man,” he said. His last statement was to criticize the members who had not tried to learn of the defects of the organization and help remedy them. Going back to the courage of the forefathers'. Dr. Poe said he would not be proud of being an American if King George had handed liberty over on a silver plat ter. Pre-War Prices In closing Dr. Poe told those pres ent that the sign-uu must be a volun tary action on their part, and unless this was done before March with 65 percent, hopes were lost, in face of the fact that the salvation of the farmer is co-operative marketing in its second summer, the most trying time of its life. He called attention to the fact that only 2 crops had held prices above pre-war prices, these, tobacco and cotton, both under co-op erative marketing control. All other crops, he said, have reached the level of price before the war. He said that he honed a subsidiary corporation could be organized to take care of any remants of crops that might accum ulate and profits from this organiza tion be diverted to the association from which it might originate. Person Suit After closing several ciuestions, "'ere asked. The first was about the Person suit, to which Dr. Poe said it was so ridiculous that very brief, comment, was all that was necessary, giving little imoortance to it. When] asked about high salaried officers'. Dr. Poe explained that the man in t^e as sociation doing the s«me work for the association that the nine in the! auction svstem did received $20,000 a year while the man in the auction ' tern was making more than $100, 000 annually. Not Selling Contracts. In his short talk to tho farmers Seerptorv Wilson said. “If I was yie on unlimited "loncv I would n»t sol' contracts It isn’t worth »loin«r it that wav.” Soorotar" W:l.«<.* "’’e matter concise)v to the farmers. - o>l them to t"ke con*t^.- hew th them, studv them and if they found it t < h" reasonable and rhrlt, t* work f-'- it. end if thov found it to be un fair and wron<r to forget, it. •letter Living. ''Tis- Kelly wasn’t mod when she noid. “I sometimes thjn1- some men have tenths tied in their t'eekheees fe toe., them front ’inra,relinir. instead of he<rje>r a head”. tier anneal wo® te the feie-nw-v, tn sjp-.mt for their O'rri hnn of'tf fo” I'oifpy )ivi n«* firii het. ter edueetion hotter homes and bet ter opportunities. Mr. N. .1. McRimmon of Maxton R. 3 was a Lumberton visitor today. TEN YEAR FARM LOANS IN SUMS FROM $1,000 TO $100,000 LOWEST COST TO BORROWER PREPAYMENT PRIVILEGES ON ANY INTEREST DATE APPLY TO LEE AND LEE. ATTYS, LUMBERTON, N. C. Tobacco Co-op Meetings This Week ..... ■ — At Barker-Ten Mile and tong Branch Wednesday Night, Antioch and Ce dar Groce Thursday Night and Haft Swamp Friday Night, Each! Meeting at 7:30. All tobacco growers are urged to attend meetings tins wee,; at tne fol lowing places, cacn mecimg ac 7:oU p. ni.: Garker-Ten-Mile and Long Branch scltooi nouses Wednesday nignt, Feoruary li. Hiutoch anu ceuar Grove school j houses Tnursday night, February 18. Raft Swamp school house Fri day night, February 10. ■Speaking of tnesc meetings, Mr. Thos. woods, ioeal manager says: •'iNew contract anu sign-up will he discussed and there wm be speakers present at each meeting lo explain me new contract. All tobacco grow ers must come to tne meeting most convenient for them to attend if tney want me association to continue. iti is left for them to decide. It is in their power to have an association and it is also in their power not to! sign the contract and thereby let their association die a natural death.; What are they going to do about it? They have only lz more days in which to decide. W'e make or break by March 1st. “Miss Elizabeth Kelly will speak on co-operative marketing and the importance of the new contract at the Raft Swamp meeting and proba bly some of the other meetings. “If we fail in this sign-up we all i know what will be the consequence, also we will know whose fault it will be. Think it over and let's decide be fore it is too late.”. Inspecting Officers Give High Rating Local Unit of National Guard Gets Highest Mark Offered by War De partment—Annual Inspection in Armory Here Friday Night—Major Caldwell Finds Pleasure In Inspect ing Such Outfits. “Very satisfactory”, the highest rating that can be given a National guard outfit, is the stamp placed on the local unit of the National guard by inspecting officers in charge the annual inspection held in the armory here Friday night. Capt. F. Eli Wishart is to be con gratulated on the fine showing made by his outfit, which is not only a com pliment to his command, but to the town and county. Major Kenneth E. Caldwell, state inspector of National guard outfits, stated to the command er that it was a pleasure to inspect such outfits. Major Caldwell was as sisted by Captain W. A. Sweet of the war department, who also paid high compliment to the outfit and its com mander. Including three officers the outfit has u roster of (17 members. The of ficers, other than Capt. Wishart, are, P’iist Lieutenant W. H. Humphrey Jr. and Second Lieutenant J. P. Cash well. The outfit is not yet two years old. New Company Take* Over Red Springs Mills -— - Dora Mills company* Red Springs,* with authorized capital.stock of $600,-i 000 and $150,000 subscribed by H. Grantham, B. W. Townsend, W". J. Johnson, VV. J. Council, J. A. Single-j ton and W. E. Garrett, all of Red i Springs, was granted a charter Friday by the secretary of state at Raleigh. This company is successor to the Red Springs Cotton Mill company, the, property of which was purchased at forced sale in Lumberton on Janu ary 11 by Mr. Hiram Grantham, rep-, resenting himself and the other six directors', who were endorsers of the mill’s notes in the sum of $180,000 and were forced to bid in the proper ty to protect themselves. All other stockholders were given the oppor tunity to go in with the directors on the same basis. The mill has a mod ern plant and is understood to have been operated without loss, though at little profit, during recent months. Charged With Shooting Into Tourists' Camp. 0 County officers were called Satur day night to a filling station about 3 miles west of here where a' shoot ing had been reported. James Hall was arrested and brought to jail,' charged with assault with a deadly weapon, and was released yesterday under $1,000 bond. It is alleged that Hall was drunk and shooting into a camp of tourists near the filling station he owns and operates. He will be tried tomorrow morning. ——— • sS?*.- - a: LOST POINTER dog. Small white dog w ith liver colored head. Strayed i away Saturday night or Sunday morning. Liberal reward for im mediate return to U. B. Willson, Hun ter’s Lodge (N. C. Stubb's farm) R. F. D. No. 6, Lumberton, N. C. 1 Melton Sellers Gets Full Pardon Convicted of Stealing ilog From Van Walters and Sentenced to 2 Years on Roads—Judge D|mn Said It Was Mean Thing—Officers Fail to F'ind Marks 1A1 Hog Like Prosecutor De scribed. ENTIRELY INNOCENT OF CHARGE “1 can’t conceive of a meaner thing than a white man stealing a hog”, said Judge Albion H. Dunn in Super ior court here last November just be fore sentencing Melton Sellers, white man, to two years on the county ehaingang, after a jury had convict-, ed the defendant. Sellers is now a free man, Governor A. Vv. McLean having is sued a full pardon Friday and upon doing so stated, “This pardon is granted because of the statement ot j that after the case was tried and upon thoughtful investigation it is apparent beyond any reasonable doubt that the prisoner is entirely innocent of the charge tor which he was con victed.” After the trial, which was the re-1 suit of the theft of a hog, Van Wal ters, prosecuting witness, testifying that Sellers had stolen his hog, which bore certain ear marks, the hog was brought to Lumberton and shown to the solicitor, sheriff and several members of the jury, some of whom were acquainted with the peculiar ear marks of hogs, and as ai consequence an application for par don was started pending an appeal to Supreme court. W. J. McDonald Will To Be Contested Caveat Filed to Will of Fate Wealthy Itobeson County Farmer in Behalf of Wife and Infant Son,—Latter Not Mentioned in Will. A caveat has been entered to the will of W. J. McDonald, wealthy Rob eson county farmer who died recent-, ly, in the interest of his widow and ll-months-old son, the latter not men tioned in his will. It will be recalled that Mr. McDonald left the bulk of his estate to Barium Springs orphan age. As will be seen from a legal adver tisement published in this issue of The Robesonian, Sandy McNeill, gen-' eral guardian of Alice McDonald and William J. McDonald Jr., widow and son of deceased, has entered a caveat to the probate of the will, has filed the bond required by law, and the case has been transferred to the Su perior couit of Cumberland county for trial at the term beginning March 15 next. McLean & Stacy of Lumber ton and J. G. McCormick ot Wilming ton are attorneys for the guardian. Wide-spread interest will be mani fested in this case. The estate of Mr. McDonald was estimated at the time of his recent death to be worth around half a million dollars, and the fact that his infant son was not provided for in the will caused considerable speculation. Sensational disclosures are expected at the trial. Liberal provisions made in his will by deceas ed for the Presbyterian orphange at Barium Springs caused much admir ing comment. Record Of Deaths MBS. A. MORTIMER BRITT SK. Funeral Services For Well Known Lumberton Womair Held Friday— Large Crowd Attends Services— Interment in Meadowbrook Ceme tery. . Funeral services, attended by a largo crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives, were conducted Friday af ternoon for Mrs. A. Mortimer Britt, Sr., who died Thursday night in the Baker sanatorium here, where she had been undergoing treatment for can cer for several weeks. Dr. Charles H. Durham, pastor.; the First Baptist church conducted/ *' services, assisted by Rev. I. P. Hejg petli, pastor of several Baptist churches in the county. Interment was made in Meadowbrook cemetery. where beautiful designs ot liorai tri butes from a large number of friends and relatives of deceased completely hid the grave. The passing of this good woman is a great loss to the town and commun ity. She was considered one of l.uni. berton’s best women and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Before her marriage to Mr. Britt she was Mis:-, Belle McLauchlin, member of a prominent family of the Western part of the county. Besides her hus band she leaves one son, Mr. A. M. Britt Jr., both of whom were devoted to her and'were faithful and especial ly comforting to her during her last illness. Pallbearers were Messrs. Guy Townsend, Herman Crump, Furman Williams, L. W. Wicker, Robert and William Caldwell. MR. JOHN GRIFFIN. Aged Man Passes At Home of Son Near Raynhani— Funeral And In terment Yesterday. Funeral services over the remains of Mr. John Griffin, 72, who died Saturday at the home of his sou and “COME” to Moore’s Gift Shop West 3rd. St., Phone 454. Uational Bank Building Fayetteville and L. H. S. Play Here Tuesday Eve Sttoml Round of State Seifim On Loral Court Tomorrow Night at 8. L. H. S. WINS FROM STRONG REI) SPRINGS QUINT (By George B. Lay) Thursday night I.umberton Won for the second time this season over the strong Red Springs quint, this time in the first round of the State champ ionship series? when the locals ran up a count of 16-7 in the first half and Red Springs was unable to over come the lead in the last hal| despite fine team work on the visitors’ part. the game ending with the score 25-21 in favor of the locals. It was the third time the two teams have met in basketball this year and the second victory for Lumberton. In each game the margin of victory has been the small figure of four points. Due to the victory here Thursday night and the defeat of South Kiver by Fayetteville at Fayetteville Friday night by a score of 10-13, Lumberton will meet Fayetteville here next Tues day night at 8 o'clock in the second round of the state series. It is be lieved that the locals will be able to win this game also. Wilmington drew a bye last week and will meet the winner of the Atkinson-Bladenboro game; the winner of that will play the winner of the Fayetteville-Lum berton tilt. If the locals win over Wilmington, Lumberton will have won group honors and will be headed for a high stand in the State race. A Thriller The game Thursday night was a thriller with the locals in the lead the whole way but in plenty of dan ger during the last half, particular continued on page five.) Principal Change* Made By Senate In House Tax Bill The principal changes made by the senate in the house tax reduction bill, as given in an A. P. dispatch from Washington, were: Repeal of the inheritance tax. Repeal of the taxes on automobile passenger cars, admissions and dues. Increased reduction in tho syrtux rate applying on incomes between $24,000 and $100,000, involving an ad ditional savings of $23,000,000 on these taxes. Repeal of the capital stock and the one per cent increase in the present 12 1-2 per cent corporation tax. Increased reductions in the stamp and cigar taxes. Both the senate and the house agreed on the following general pro visions which therefore are sure to become law: Repeal of the law allowing publica tion of the amounts of income tax payments. increase in the personal exemptions from the income tax from $1,000 to $1,500 for single persons and from $2,500 to $3,500 for married persons, which will relieve 2 300,000 federal tax payers of all taxes. Reduction of the normal income tax rates from two to one and one half per cent on the first $4,000 of taxable income, from four to three per cent on the next $4,000 and from six to five per cent on the remainder. Reduction in the maximum surtax rate of 40 per rent applying* 9n amounts of; income in exc9sst of $^00. 000 to 20 per cent on the amodnts of income in excess of $100,000 with corresponding reductions on the low er rates or the graduated surtax sche dule which now starts at one per cent at $10,000. A supposed suicide pact resulted in the death at San Diego, Calif., of Thomas M. Peteet, his wife and two daughters, owing to grief and hum iliation over assault made on the young women at Ti Juana, Mexico. A letter left by the father expressed the hope that the government would avenge their wrongs. The girls also •vrote letters accusing a man named “Louie” and “the chief of police” of taking them away from their parents and attacking them. John Gray of Dillon, S. C.„ wa.s taken to Albemarle Friday and plac ed in Stanley county jail on the charge of murdering “Dad" Watkins, whose charred remains were found in the ashes of a burned barn near Al bemarle last October. Mr. Anderson Taylor of Clarkton It. 2 was among the visitors in town Saturday. daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. .VI. B. Griffin, near Raynham, were con ducted yesterday at Ten Mile church by Rev. A. P. Stephens of Red Springs. Deceased had been in ill health for a long time. A large crowd attended the services and the floral offerings were many and beautiful. AUTO ELECTRICIAN EXPERT MECHANIC All Automobile Electrical and Genera) Repair Work done promptly. OLIVER BROS. 236 Elm St.. Lumberton (former Studet^aker place) Senate Passes Tax Reduction Measure Provides Saving of This Year to Federal Tax-Payer*. The senate late Friday night pars ed the tux reduction hill, providing a saving of $456,000,000 this year to federal taxpayers and sent it to con ference for adjustment of diferences with the house, states a Washington Feb. 12 A. P. dispatch, which con tinue. Passage of the hill, which came suddenly and somewhat as a surprise even to senate leaders, is expected to assure benefits of the proposed tax installments March 15. The vote was 58 to ft. Senators onoosinsr the bill were: Frazier, North Dakota; I.aFol!ette, Wisconsin; McMaster ami Norbeok. South Dakota; Norris, Nebraska; and Nve, North Dakota, republicans: Ship.stead, fartner-lbor,Minnesota, and Reed Missouri and Wheeler Montana, de rue-rats. Going far rx-vorui the appoint*-*! hour set for adjournment, tr*» terate' accepted all reductions voted l>y the house and in addition slashed taxes by another $125,000,000. Not more than a won't is expected to he taken by the conference in reaching a compromise after which the senate and house must ratify the agreement before the bill is sent tot the White House for the signature of the President. The vote was preceded by consider able fireworks, the democrats engag ing in a party row over the surtax rates while the administration leader* made a futile attempt to cut down the total amount of reduction by re storing to the hill the taxes on ad missions and dues. Although Senator Reed, democrat,! of Missouri, violently denounced the! democratic members of the finance' committee for making a compromise with the republicans for a 20 per cent maximum surtax rate in return for greater reductions on the lower incomes the minority members stood, by the agreement. Senator Simmons, North Carolina, ranking Democrat on the committee, vigorously defended the action. A last minute effort by Senator, Norris, Republican, Nebraska to in crease the surtax rates on income® over $100,000 from the maximum of 20 per rent provided by the bill to a maximum of 25 per cent, which would apply on incomes of $1.000 000 and over, was defeated 44 to 22. On this vote 15 Democrats stood by the agreement ‘f«e the 20 tier cent maxi mum rate which was kept. The final vote did not come until 11 o’clock after 12 continuous hours of work on the bill, during -which more than a dozen roll calls* were taken on amendment after amendment. Few important changes were made in the measure, however, during the dav. In a parting shot. Senator Norris who has led the opposition in the more than two weeks’ of strenuous debate upon the bill, described the measure ;v “a gift to the million aires.’’ Senator King, Democrat of Utah after the hill was passed, an nounced that while he voted for it he was bitterly opposed to some of its provisions. Au th“ senate finallv aoplied the brakes today on tax reduction, confi dence was expressed at the White House that the revenue hill as finally drafted by Congress would be within the limit permitting the President to sign it. Successfully pleading with the senate to halt its ‘generous tax slash ing,” Chairman Smoot of the finance crtmfhHtee tonight declared the re ductions already voted amounted to ' $?»4u‘^16,000 for this year. Thi." is $104 000,000 more than recommended by the finance, com mittee and the outside limit set by Secretary Mellon as nossible without creating a deficit. The house voted tax reductions totaling $230 000.000. The optimism at the White House was based on the belief that the con ference committee, which must work out differences between the senate and house, would draft a compromise bill within the bounds set by the ad ministration. President Uoolidgc does not think it is safe, however, to order tax re duction which would curtail revenue below the amount declared necessary by the treasury to meet the expenses of government. Brother of Local Man Spiritual Ad viser of Condemned Men. In a recent issue of the Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal a lonjr account of the hanging of Willie Jones and Ger vis Bloodworth, convicted of murder, appears, and is of local interest in that Rev. O. F. Barnes, pastor of Girard Baptist church,'brother of Mr. William Barnes of Lumber ton, was one of th(j spiritual advisers of the younjr men. . . Cotton Market Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 18 3-1 cents the pound. Miss Myrtie Prevatte spent yester. day in Fayetteville, where she visit ed Mrs. M. C. Taylor of Maxton, who is a patient in the Cumberland Gen eral hospital. Miss Kitty Kline Benton spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. M. K. Benton, at Cerro Gordo. TIKE SALE 30x3 1.2 Cord Tires $10.00 Cash * FULLER'S SERVICE STATION Lumber-ton, N. C. Items Of Local News —Tnt*»v i« t.Ho lant >*<*v for Mr ing tight and water bills for month ot January. One dollar penalty will be added to all bills not paid today. —An oyster roast will b<> given bj the men’s Bible class Chestnut c .IHUIAUSI ClMK'l) at toe \jOat club house at 6 p. m. Thursday. All members are invited. —Dr. T. C. Johnson returned Fri day night from Rochester, Minn., where he spent a few weeks taking special courses in major surgery anti specialising in other medical work. —Nell Rose is the name of the lit tie daughter born .Saturday night at the Baker sanatorium to Mr. and Mrs. 'f! F. Parker, who are receiving con gratulations. —At the regular meeting Thurs day evening of the I. 0. O. F. barbe cue supper will be served and a mus ical concert by members of the local high school hand will be given. —Ollie Hamilton's dramatic shows, a vaudeville company, will play at the Pastime theatre here tonight, Tues day and Wednesday nights. The com pany comes highly recommended for clean and pleasing amusement. —Young people of Chestnut Street Methodist chnreh had charge of the music at the morning service yester day. The choir loft was (gJ[J of young er members of the congregation and the music was delightful and inspir ing. —Mrs. A. H. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. W. ft. Atkinson and their daughter and son, Miss Pauline antf Mr. Avery Atkinson, of Fairmont,; were in Lum berton Saturday en route to Bunns level. Harnett county, to sU« Mr. Dick Byrd and Mrs. L. E. Byrd, who have been very sick. —Former Justice L. 1C Varser en tered the Charlotte sanatorium at Charlotte Friday night ^riwatment and Mrs. Varser joined him there Saturday. Judge Varser suffered an acute kidney attack on the train re turning from Gates county ten days ago and stopped over in Sanford a few days at a hospital, returning home last Tuesday. —Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Parker ami Miss Louise and Master Frank Me Leod visited Mr. Frank McLeod, fath er of Miss Louise and Frank and brother <>f Mrs. Parker, at the Char lotte sanatorium in Charlotte yes terday. returning last night. Mr. Mc Leod was overjoyed to see them. His condition is improving nicely and he is expected home the latter part of this week. —Mr. F. P. Gray spent a while with Dr. K. C. Beaman at the Methodist parsonage at Tarboro yesterday and found Dr. Beaman’s condition very little improved since his return last week from the Mayo hospital at Roch ester, Minn. Dr. Beaman sat up pari of the way on the return trip frotr Rochester, but is now confined t< bed for the most part with little like lihood of being able to resume work in the near future. Dr. Beaman for merly was pastor of Chestnut Stree Methodist church here and, has a host of friends among Robesonian reader who are deeply concerned about hi condition. —Hamp Speight, charged with as sauiting Ira Wilkins at,Bellamy abou’ 2 weeks ago, was arrested Saturday by county officers and is in jail her* awaiting trial. Ashe Speight, brother of Hamp, is under $500 bond for ap pearance at trial, charged with be ing an accesory to the assault. TWINE FISH TRAP “FISHED” OUT OF ASH POLE SWAMP State Inspector W. J. Alexander Finds Unlawful Trap Near Marietta— $50 Fine for Setting Such Trap. ’J* _ • A twine fish trap, all set with sinkers, corks, etc., was found Thurs day by Mr. W. J. Alexander of Lum berton, State inspector for the State fisheries department at Morchead City, in Ashpole swamp, near Mar ietta. It was a cold day for such work but when Mr. Alexander got word that such a trap might be found he' did not stand back on the weather. He had to reach the trap by boat. He brought the trap back to Lumberttm with him. Mr. Alexander says it is $50 fin for conviction of setting a trap for fish in Lumber river or any of its tributaries. Will Decide Route of Belt Highway Later. Members of the county road board met Friday morning in Fairmont and went over the two proposed routes o the county belt highway betweei Fairmont and Rowland, but no de eision was rendered, being withheld until the regular meeting of the board h^re the first Monday in March. * MONEY TO LEND ON IMPROVED FARM LANDS' FRANK McNEILL, McLeod Building. LLMBERTON, N. C. SPRING AND SIMMER SUITS $23.50 and up Hand-Tailored To Fit J. D. PURVIS, Tailor
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