SIX
TODAY
VOL. LVII—NO. 42.
LUMBERTON, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 5, 1926.
COt MTMT. wn AM!) TR!!TH. MTAH.WHKO t*7t. PR!C!t HVR CKNTR
Miss Nelle Robertson
May Lose Eye As Result
Of Automobile Accident
Ford Operated by inexperienced Driv
er, Member of Prominent Rowland
Famity. Plunges into Tree, Resum
ing in Serious fnjury to Left Eye.
Miss Nelle Robertson, daughter of
Mr. Giies Robertson, prominent far
mer of Rowland, is in Raker sanator
ium suffering from a painful injury
to her ieft eye and a bruised nose as
the resuit of an automobiie accident
at her home in Rowland yesterday af
ternoon.
Miss Robertson, accompanied by^ her
brother. Mr. Gilbert Robertson, had
ventured out on her second trip as
driver of her father's Ford and was
leturning home when the accident oc
curred. In making a right-angle turn
into the yard at her home, Miss Rob
ertson turned too short, and the car
went into an oak tree. The Ford was
wrecked in the collision, and Miss
Robertson received, either from the
broken windshield or from her own
glasses, an injury to her left eye
which is considered serious. Dr. W.
H. Evans of Rowland was summoned,
and he hurried her off to the Raker
sanatorium, where last night Dr. R.
R. Bean performed an operation.
Miss Robertson will remain a pa
tient at the sanatorium for two or
three weeks, and it is not known yet
whether the eye can be saved. The
eyeball is cut all the way across.
Mr. F. P. Rezze is
New Manager Lorraine
Mighty-itecommcnded Witmington Alan
Succeeds Mr. H. W. Dunham. Re
signed—Was Alanager Orton Motei.
Witmingtnn.
Air. ]'. !'. Rcxxe of Wilmington has
boon named by tbo directors as man
ager of the Lorraine hote), succce<i
ing Mr. H. W. Dutitiam, who resigned
to go to Laurinburg, where he has
teased the f'hetwynd. Mr. Rczzc ar
rived Saturday to take up his new
duties.
The new manager conics to Lum
bcrton very highly recommended, is
spoken of as the highest type man,
and is very popular with the travet
ing pubtie.. Since lt)2t he tias been with
the Orton hotet, Wilmington, first as
assistant manager and for the past
two years as. manager. .Previous to
lt'2t he was emptoyed hy the Wit
mington tmtet, Witmington amt On
Oceanie hotet, WrightsviMo Beach. Ho
has had practical experience in id!
hotf't work from ttie stewards itep'U't
mo)d\m up, and is consitioreti wot!
<iualified On the position he is ac
cepting.
Mm Rexxe is uitmarried, an<l his
mother, iu«ther and sister, with whom
he lived, witt remain in Vfitmington.
Air. Reexesaysthatheiswcll-im
picsseft with i.umherton. 'tin busi
ness section, he states, is one of the
best be has seeti in any town the sixe
cf Lumbetton.
Summer School at Indian
Normal Opens July 12
Both State and County ( curses Will
Me Offered—Teachers Requested tc
Attend.
Special toTheRohesonian.
Penitirokc, July 4. The Indian
Norma) summer sehen) wfii open July
]^th for a six-weeks' session. Both
state and (dunty courses wiii he of
fered and aii teachers who are work
ing for a raise in certificate nr a re
nown! arc requested to attend.
The instructors will Ire: Mr. S. B
Smithey. superintendent of the In
dianNormaliMr. A. B. Riley, Mr. M.
A. ACutig, Miss Vera Mi!!saps and
Airs. H. A. BiddeM.
Tim new instructors <-om<- highly
recommended. Miss MiHsaps, of
Statesville. is a graduate of Greens
boro CoHeno for Women and has an
M. A. degree from the university of
North Carolina. She has a!so been a
student at Cotumbia university. Mr
W. A. YoungofRnteighisanoxtM'r
ient-od teacher and contes highly rce
ommen<]c<!.
New ['rincipa! of High School ami
latnily Arrive.
1'rof. W.S. Whitaker, new princi
pal of the Lumherton high school
Mrs. Whitaker and their tl-year-old
daughtet. Miss Marion, have been
guests since Thursday, when they
arrived from Atexandria. Va.. at the
home of former Justice and Mrs. L.
R. Varser, Hast Filth street, broth
er-in-law and sister of Mrs. Whita-i
ker. They will move this week into;
the residence on [last Fifth street
next to the oid Presbyterian ehureh
buiiding. owtied by Miss Josephine
Breeec and recently repairetiand re
painted.
Prof. Whitaker, as was state! in
TltcRobesonianatthctimc of hh
election by the schoot board in Ab'V,
is an A. B. graduatf! of Wofford tol
lege, Spartanburg. S. and recently
took his M. A. degree at George
Washington university in Washing
ton. B. G.. where he has been teach
ing in a high school. He comes to
the local high schoot with several
years experience in schoot work.
—Botn to Air. and Airs. E. J. Glov
er at the Baker sanatorufm Thursday
afternoon a son, Edward James.
Last Bodies Removed
From Old Cemetery
Nothing Now Remains in Way of Con
verting Old Cemetery Into a Bcau
tifu) !'ark Except Funds to Do the
Work.
Nothing now remains in the way of
converting into a beautifu! park the
grove between E)m and Chestnut and
First and Second streets, adjacent to
the city haii. except the necessary ap
propriation by the town fathers and
having the grounds iaid off and beau
tified, the iast of the bodies in the
o)d cemetery having been taken up
and re-interred in Meadowbrook ceme
tery.
Mr. J. L. Stephens of the town
board and* a force of laborers toiled
all night long Wednesday night and
hy (1 o'clock Thursday morning had
taken up the last of the 30 bodies that
remained in the old cemetery, long
kince abandoned, and had transferred
them to Meodowbfook, where, after a
rest of three hours, they re-interred
them.
The bodies were removed at the ex
pense of the town under an act of the
last legislature, ait who had relatives
interred in the oid cemetery having
given their consent. The work was
done at night to avoid hindrance by
a crowd of spectators, but even so a
considerahfe crowd of the curious
gathered and watched, some of them
as late as 2 a. m.. when the iahorers
were left to finish the job aionc with
M i. Stephens.
Since the bodies have been removed
the grounds have been ieveied off and
the grove already presents an im
proved appearance. It is the purpose
now to empioy a landscape gardener
and have this grove converted into a
park that wili he a credit to the town.
A landscape gardener'some time ago
made an estimate of $100 for iayitig
off waiks and planting shrubbery, but
Mr. Stephens thinks that at least
$1,000 should be appropriated by the
town for this work, in order to pro
vide a fountain, concrete waiks, a
grandstand, and plenty of shrubbery.
1'he local post of the American legion
has done considerable work oh this
grove and has placed seats, but more
seats are needed, and it will he nec
essary for the town to make an ap
propriation in order for the work be
gun by members of the legion to be
prope 11 y com pieted.
S. C. Belt Markets
WiM Open August 10
Tobacco markets of the so-called
South (Carolina belt, including Robe
son Hladcn, and other counlies in this
immediate section, as well as border
South Carolina counties, will open
August 1C. according to announcement
made last week which is a week later
than the opening date last year.
t ltd) Hoys and (!ir)s Co to Raleigh.
Ten hoys and ten girls, members of
the hoys' and girls' dubs in the coun
ty, accompanied by County Agent O.
(). Cukes, left this morning by bus
for Raleigh to attend a week's short
course at State coHege. Wednesday
night the deiegation from Robeson
wilt present a play, "The Queen of
Foods." Mrs. R. H. Lawrence, county
home demonstration agent who was
to teave yesterday for Raleigh to lec
ture during the week on "Art and
Cratts." was detained on account of
the illness of her brother, Mr. Frank
Andrews, who recently underwent an
operation at the Thompson Memorial
hospital for appendicitis, and will
leave tomorrow.
I.umherlon Woman Arrested at Wit
son.
Wilson, July 2.—Mrs. F. M. Barnes,
of l.umherton, whom Wilson author
ities have been trying to loeate for
several months past, was hound over
to Superior eourt Wednesday on the
charge of reckless driving and as
sault with a deadly weapon. It is al
leged that defendant in Black Creek
township last October ran into a pony
driven by the young son of George
Howard, killing the ppny and damag
ing the wagon and injuring the child.
Ml HA!. POI.ICEMAN STRAIN
GETS STUB, ARB l,l'(! H
Rural Policeman S. 0. Strain cap
tured a demijohn of liquor and a still
in the house of Bennie Chavis. Indian,
of the Burnt Swamp section! Satur
day. Chavis escaped but came to Lum
berton late Saturday afternoon and
gave himself up to Sheriff B. F. Mc
Millan who released him under a $100
bond.
-Mr. Mnlcontb S. C'cConihe, re
ceiver of the First Rational Bank of
l.nmbcrton, and his .Assistant, Mr.
Otis Coppedge, will he out of town for
the [text ten days, [hiring their ab
sence any one having urgent business
with the receiver may see his attor
ney. Mr. T. L. Johnson. The receiver
maintains his office at present in the
library of Johnson, Johnson and Mc
Leod, second story of the Johnson
building. Mr. McConihe, who for some
time has had charge of a National
Bank in Columbia, S. C.< in con
junction with his duties as receiver of
the First National Bank of Luntber
fht'^^ejnt A.he vyeek-ejrd in the city as
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. John
son, North Elm street.
Phitadelphus Letter
Ladies Auxiliary (use Program on
ibc'xil—Christian {Endeavor ^!eet
ing—Sofia) and Persona).
Correspondence of The Robesunian.
Philadelphus, July 4—The Ladies
auxiliary met at the church Monday
p. m. The program was based on
"Braxil, a Mission Field." Tatks were
made as follows: General View of
I Latin America—Annie Belle Bu.e;
! Braxi), !t's "Resources, Foods_ Needs,
and How Braxi) differs—Amanda
Brown; Braxi) and its People—Mari
bcl McMillan; Agricuttura) Missions
—Mrs. Nea) Mclnnis; Braxi) as a
Mission Fietd—Fodie Buie; Why Mis
sions in Braxi)—WiHie Mae McCa)
)um; so)o, "We've a Story to TeH to
the Nations"—Amanda Brown.
Mr. Clyde McMillan is leader for C.
E. next Sunday night. The topic is
"My Country." Misses Maribel Mc
Mitlan and Fodie Buie are leaders for
Junior C. E. The meetings will be
held every Sunday p. nr at 7 o'clock.
The executive committee of C. E.
met at the church Sunday )x m. S v
cral things pretaining to f. E. were
discussed, and wc hope to have these
meetings monthly. We want new in
terest to be taken in our C. E. and
we urge every one to he present
promptiy at S o'ciock every Sunday p.
m.
Miss Margaret Brown spent the
week-end in Lumber Bridge with Mrs.
Lacy John.
Mr. Martin McNeil) spent Sun
day in this community with his fath
er. Mr. UhariieMcNeii).
Miss Mary f.i^own returned Tues
day to Jackson Springs, where she
witt remain for some time.
Mr. W. L. McNeill of AVagram spent
a short white Monday in ttiis com
munity.
Mrs. J. G. McKay is spending a
few days in Fayetteville.
Miss Mary C. Brown and Mr. l.T.
Brown were visitors in the home of
Mrs. A. G. McGoogan, Rennert, Sun
day. Mrs. McGoogan is improving af
ter a recent operation.
Alr.T'. S. Stcode Jr of Greenville,
S.C., is a visitor hi this community.
Mrs. Stecdeand her sisters, Misses
Maribel and Ruby McMillan, expect
to return with him Monday.
We arc giad to rc-port the condition
of Mrs. Ella f'clligrnn, who is in
Highsmiths hospital in Fayetteville,
improving.
Miss Julia C. Rate of f harlotte is*
spending the week-end in this com
munity with relatives.
Among the Lumberton visitors front
our community in the past wor k were
Messrs.J.B. Humphrey, D.l'. and.1.
R.-Buie and 1. T. Browm Misses Annie
Belle Buie and Amanda Brown.
A Christian Endeavor social was
hc!<i at the home of Mr. and Mrs. X.
!i. McAtlhur Friday night- July find.
Miss Willie Mae Mctailum, chairman
of the social committee, and Mosdanies
Raul Stocde and H. B. Ashley Jr. act
ed as hostesses.. The living room and
lmll wore decorated with flowers anti
American flags, and a big flag was
draped over the front door. As the
guests arrived, a badge with one of
the words, "Smjlle", , ."Laugh" or
"Grin," was pinned on, and they were
requested to do this all the evening.
Progressive conservation was the
first game, and the topics given were
words beginning with the tetters in
Christian Endeavor. We then took
part in a potato race. Several other
interesting games followed. Then little
Miss Carolyn Dukes, daughter of Mr.
ant) Mrs. O. 0. Dukes of Lumberton,
gave several readings which were en
joyed by ail.
Brick Re cream and wafers were
served. Tiny American flags were
given as favors.
Rev. AW. Mclnnis made a few re
marks and with the singing of "Amer
ica" and "Blest be the Tie That
Binds"- and the Mispah benediction,
our social was over.
Still Captured
In Unusual Place
Gasriine-Brunt Outfit and 3 Barrels
Bt*er Found on Scaffold in (<addy's
^lillRond—Tenth Still in 3!onth.
Continuing their Avar on bootleg
gers ant! lit]uor-manufaeturing out
fits in Robeson. county officers Fri
day captured a still ntatb^ of a gaso
line druttt and five bat^is of beer itt
Caddy's A!il) pond. 7 miles south ot
Maxton. The outfit and the beer
were on a scaffold in the midst of the
pond. and. while having no operators
about, showed signs of people having
been there since the recent rains..
Ti is was the tenth still captured
in the county during the past mouth.
Those in the raid were Rural Po
licemen B.F. Bullard, Waiter Snm'n
and Meiton Ivey.
Miss Maitland Thompson arrived
home this morning front Washington.
D. where duritigthe past school
term she taught dntmatics in tire Anne
Tillery Renshaw School of Speech.
Miss Thompson will spend the stmr
mct'monthshcreatthehonn'ofhcr
patents, Mr. and Mrs. ,1. A. Thompson,
North Elm street.
"COME"
to Moore's Gift Shop
West 3rd. St.. Rhone 431.
Mationa! Bank Building
Progress Of Highway
Paving !n Robeson
( «nrre)e and Asphatt of Rowland
Road Wiit he Competed t)y Juty )5—
i'ourinn Concrete Mite from Town
on St. t'auts ttoad—Two ( utvert^
Put in on Route 70—Work on
Moardman Road.
Mutoneand, a hatf mitts of con
crete and two mites of asphatt remain
to be [mured on the Rowland road,
and it witi be comptctcd except for
the shoulders. The work of pouring
the concrete aftd asphalt is expected
to.be finished by Juty 15 according to
Mr. C. V. linker of Lumberton. resi
dent engineer. This road was hard
surfaced from Kowiand to Mr. Jake
Thompson's, and the forces then came
to the fitting station where tt teaves
route 20, three mites west of Lttm
berton, and are connecting the tink
between there and Mr. Thompson's.
Paving the St. Pauts road began
four mites above the Powersvitte road
and was compteted to this road some
time ago. Some 2 weeks ago work be
gan on the Lumberton end of the road
and the work is now m progress at
the i'itt beyond Meadowbrook ceme
tery a mite from town. Asphatt and
concrete arc atso being poured be
tween St. Pauts and Fayettcvitte. Att
the grading and the buiiding of the
structures on this project were done
before the contract for the hard-sur
facing was tet.
Two cutvcrts on either side of the
Seabord Air Line railway, route 7(1.
the Fairmont road, have been finished,
and grading this project witt begin
this week.
Grading on the Lumbcrton cn<t of
the Boardman road has been com
pteted except, for a short stretch be
tween town and the otd county home.
This should be finished next week.
The whole project shouid be com
pleted by the first of August, accord
ing to Mr. Baker. The tast span<4on
the bride across Lumber river 'has
been poured, ant), after the ftoor and
hand rait are put on, the bridge witi
be opened to travel'. Piles are now
being driven on the canat bridge.
LGMBERTON PEOPLE IX AG
GtDEXT NEAH KE1) SPRINGS
Airs. G. B. Aycock Severe)) tnjured
Mhen Gar in Which She and Hus
band Were Biding Ptunges Into
Sand Hote.
Mrs. G. B. Aycock of Lumbcrton
was severety wounded about the head,
side and limbs Thursday when the
Dodge sedan in which she , and her
husband were riding ptunged into a
sand hote a mite north of Red Springs
on the Raeford road.
Prom a description of the wreck, it
seems that Mr. Aycock, the driver,
was intending to make a-turn into an
other road but was unabte to do so
and went into a cement culvert
knocking the car approximately lb
feet before it stopped. The steering
gear, springs and axtc were bent a
great (teat if) the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Aycoek were taken to
Red Springs, where Dr. C. T. John
son administered medical aid. Mr.
Aycock's injuries were onty of a min
r nature, and he was soon discharg
ed from the care of a physician, but
those of his wife were more serious.
EAST H MHHRTOX
DEFEATS ST. PALLS
The Hast Lumberton basebatt team
defeated St. Pauts on the East Lum
berton diamond this morning by a
score ot 3 to 2. Walter Edwards
pitched briliiantiy for the winning
team, attowing but two hits and one
man to reach third base in the eight
innings he was in the box. At the be
ginning of the ninth Edwards was
relieved by Mayes on account of the
excessive heat.
East Lumberton and Chadbourn are
meeting this afternoon at four
oA-tock.
Congress (iocs Home for 5 Month*
Vacation.
Washington, July 4.—(AP)—Con
gress has gone home for a five months
vacation, but it has ioi't several com
mittees behind to carry on investiga
tions which many members expect to
furnish some summertime sensations.
The senate campaign funds com
mittee is to resume its inquiry into
the Pennsylvania primary next Tues
day and iater wiii go into fllinois and
probably severai other western states
for investigations of primary contests.
—A water spigot suspended by two
strings a foot above any container
and having no apparent connection by
pipe or otherwise with any instru
ment has been attracting crowds to
the show window of the Carolina
Willys Light Co. all day today. The
spigot pours a continuous stream of
watef' coming from an unknown
rourw, into'a container below, and
the container is drained by another
spigot. The enigma is an advertise
ment for Hum water systems of
wiiieh there are approximately iOd tn
Robeson and Scotland counties.
Mr. f). L. Stuart of Maxton was a
I.Uidberton visitor today.
.-———_*-.-.
LETS CO TO THE BEST PRESS
!\C CLCB. POLKS.
Why! Because you smell no gasoiine
there. Hows That. Thev Bon't f se !t.
FAULTLESS DRY CLEAXtKG
John D. Purvis, Mgr.
PhoM 3#
ST. PAUL NEWS
\!r.Wi!!K)!iw Knocked !)o*nhy !.i'<
Wire at Cotton Mi!! and His hare
Cut on a Machine—Persona! Men
tion.
By Bessie C. Johnson.
St. Paul, Juiy 2.—Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Butler and chitdron return'd
Thursday from WrightsviHe Bear.,
where they enjoye<) severa! days d<
iightfu! outing, the former att- rdinn
the annua! meeting of the North
Caroiina State Bar association the re.
Atesdamesjas. A. .tottnsotrarut r
L. Northrop mid Miss Alice Shaw
spent Wednesday atternoon among
rdatives ami friends at !,umbet
Bridge. Upon their arrival there
they found that A!rs. Fannie Maw.
widow of th( into Neill Shaw of that
town, whom ttiey wont especially to
see, had heert taken to Gumla-rland
(ieneral hospital in Fayetteville for
treatment, following her recent in
disposition, \.vi.ich willbeofiritori'St
to her numerous friends over the
county who wish for her a very
speedy recovery.
A neat-serious areident took p)ac
Wednesday afternoon at the St. Pauls
eottun mill when one of the employes
Mr. Will EHis, a meehanie, was
shocked Iron) contact, with a live
wire, which knocked turn down in an
unconscious state, his head striking
a winder, which causer! ids fare to
be badlycut. Medical aid was ren
dered locally mu) when aide to bo
moved he was taken to a Lumberton
hospital, where it was hoped he
would shortly recover.
Mr. Howard Joh^on, superinten
dent of the Lincolnton schools (he past
few years, returned last Tuesday fol
lowing a few days visit among rela
tives and friends in and around town.
Quite a number ol local residents
attended the delightful picnic given I
by the modern Woodmen camps of!
St. Paul and Fayetteville. '
Misses Tommie and Ethel Fisher
took Miss Alice SI.aw over to Lum
herton, for a brief while Friday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wiggins and
family are planning to move to Ra
leigh this wee!:, much tr the regret,
of their numerous friends here, where
they have made their home during
the past several years. Air. Wiggins,]
who is connected with a chain of nirte
drug stores, some months ago opeti-d
a very up-to-date one in that city a
short distance from the Sir Waiter
Raleigh hotel, the one here remain
ing in charge of Mr. Frank Caudetl.
Friends of Miss Lula Roxier were
glad to have her back in the tele
phone office the [last week, following
several days' illness. Her father,
Alt*. A. L. Roxier, has bee.) itt declin
ing health of tatehut it is ht^redl.r,
too, will soon be improved.
Dr. Thos. C. Johnson of l umber
ton was a St. Paul visitor Wednes
day morning.
Mrs. K, J. Price of Wingate, .for
merly M^s Annie Kinlaw, came over
ti e previous week for a visit to her
mother, Mrs. Melissa Kinlaw, who
was returning from a visit toiler
daughter there.
Rev. Geo. Johnson and his brother
Attomey Mack Johnson of Enfield,
were in town the past week for a
short visit to their sisters Misses Elia
and Adolpha Johnson, in the western,
part of town.
Mesdanics R. L. Pitts and Sudic
Kaskitts of Spring Hope! have been
here on a visit to relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. G.T. Fisher.and 2
daughters, Misses Tommie and Ethel,
were White Lake visitors Wednes
day ol last week.
XEGMO WOMAN FOLxf) DEAD
fS BED SUNDAY MORNING
( ook at Home of Mr. J. Q. Beckwith
Hied f)uring Xight in House on
Premises—Sfo Evidence of !'ou)
Piay.
Dr. John Knox and Coroner D. W.
Diggs. summoned yesterday morning
to investigate the death of Addie Mc
XeiH, coiored cook of Mr. J. Q. Beck
with, found that the woman died
suddeniy from natura) causes, and a
coroner's inquest was not considered
necessary.
The McNei]] woman [ived in a
i ouse on the premises of Mr. Beck
with. and, when she did not appear
Sunday miming to cook breakfast,
Mrs. Beckwith went to the house to
summon her and found her dead in
bed. The door of the house was op
en, and Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith feared
foui pday,their fears resuiting in the
investigation by Coroner Biggs and
Dr. Knox.
Members of Bum Boat Crow Faij to
Cite Bond.
Wiimington Juty d.—(AP)—Mem
bers ot the crew of the captive rum
boat Lima were hound over to the
tai) tern) of federa) district court to
day by United States Commissioner
Louis Goodman at a preiiminary hear
ing before the commissioner in the
federai courtroom. Their bonds were
continued at %[ 0,000 each and aii woe
ohiiged to return to jail.
The government introduced a hai!'
dozen witnesses, three of them offi
cers of the coast guard cutter Man
ning and the remainder Morehcad C.ty
citizens. The former testified concern
ing the seizure of the rum iaden
steamer and the jatter toid of her re
cent visit to Morchead City where
supplies woe taken on.
\OT!CE
Dining Room Open 7:30-8:30. 12:30
2:30, 0-8:30- Boom and Board.
Phone 388J
MBS. M. B. iYEY
2i6 Fourth Street
North Carolina !s
A "Growing Concern"
State's Wealth Product on for 192a
Oecr Hillion OoHars—diovernor
I'leased With "(red'd Balance"—
Other "large \mnhers" Talked.
\\IOOIS IU.MS or !VtKHKST
< !!y\! [,. Shijiman.)
Baleigh, duiyb. I" the opinion of
Oovernor Ale) an. who knows what
h" ts talking about, \orth Carolina is
a "growing concern." I'hefiovernorl
tells a New York hanking puhlicati m
that this state'* wraith production
for I'.'"*) was one billion doliars and
mote. Ibis stupendous .sum includes
the value of textile, tobacco, furni
ture and tniicHancom manufactures.
foro t and mineral products, crops
and live :toek. 0) nddit.iont'pro
iliit]"n!tgutes it is pointed out. that
approximat'd^' $l'db,t)UU,<)t'0 worth of
now hmidings were erected in the
.state during the last twelve month
pe.ind. the value of manufactured
produrt iaionrisjilaredat. $!)f<d,()()0.
The Budget Bu)eau advanced to
the center'd* the stage (iuringthe
week itndfxtdhitcd a "credit hatance '
of HieState. as of.turn-30th, showing
asuipius [f$i.]20.308 f(trtiefiscai
year r ndittg at tniiinight on Wednes
day. (oivernnr McLean, who is high
)y elate;) over the showing made, ex
)dains that tiiis balance is accottnted
for try the h nr/.ontal five per cent cut
in appropriations amounting to
$370,430 f<rr the fiscai year ami that
the rc mainder of $7*r5,050, "arose
froiu the tmexpended haiance of ap
{<rop)iationn,provi<iedfor interest on
short time ttorrowiuKsatiddeid ser
vice, ant) front savings nindehy the
various departments, institutions and
other services of the State govern
tnctit, by rrduring tiifir actual ex
p(!idttut<s under the approptiations
alloted."
tt ispdntcd nut by the Governor
titat. the last (ictteralAssemttly esti
mated t hat, the total receipts would he
$12,423,088, whereas the actual col
lections have been $12,051,074, or
$525,386 above the estimate. The
iegisiative appropriations antounted
to $)2,08.3,078, which exceeds col
lections bv only $32,604, a remarkably
fine showing for the brief period
(love) nor AleLean has <!ireete<i the
itffairs of the State. But His Kxcel
lency suggests that the time unit of
the State's tinances is the Biennium
a)id.)une 30, 1037 wiii show condi
tions about wheih he )<)ay "pat him
self on the track," or admit, that h)H
tncthnds of financing haw not
brought ex{K-eted results. However,
thoGovcrtmt-i'cchitcrsonablysafein
predicting ( vet) mow favorairiecon
riiti.nsat the cm) of the new fiscal
year beginning July!. 1026.
The State l)cpartm<))t of Revenue
also talks in "large numbers." It
has collected considerably more ti an
chvftt million 'loBars the past year
nt)flt!'.<t it "red a thing to cry about,"
('. pcriaily who!) it. is remembered that
reports a war ago shower) thccol
le<'tinti<dn[)!y$f!,o.p;,m(}, wdh a def
icit in the general fund. Thisrecord
lu'cakmgo licction of taxes is made
porsittlo, itissaid, by increases in
tax rate.: and the genera! prosperity
of the State which has increaseri the
tax jaying [rower. Income ami in
RUt.-nce tax s have greatly augment
ed'the recei[<ts the past year. The
Highway tmianec is also active, shelv
ing an increase of$2,25i,302 from
gasoiine a:rd autonrohiie iicense taxes
over the iast fiscai year, total coi
i< ctirms f'rr this year being approx
imateiy $24,880,822. Of the total
amourtteoiiecteri, according to Com
missioner itoughton, gasoiine and au
tomobii) iicense taws <ontributed
$)2 38!,848.88; income, inheritance,
iicense, franchise, marriage, bus and
insurance taxes, contributes! $H,
207,0733(7, ;tnd taxes (ierived from
feescoiiected by the Hxccutive and
State 'ieprutments reached the mii
iion mark and more.
Recovers i the Tri-State Tobacco
Browers' Co-operative Marketing
Assottirttion announce that stocks of
the Association wit] not tie thrown on
tti" market indiscriminately, h<ut is
to he handied according to modern
business methods. During the week
feriera! Judge Mcekins signed art or
der reieasing members of the organ
ization Com the requirements to de
iiver their crops to the associations
this year, It is said that receiver
ships wii)ticaske() fora nundtor of
subsidiaries of the parent organiza
tion of tite "co-ops" which have been
operating in K)rth Caroiina. South
Caroiina anti Virginitt.
At the June meeting the Salary
and Wage Comndssion authorized 26d
raises to State emptoyees, the tota!
iocrease per year being gtd.iid, an t
aiiowcdtheempioynientofsixaddi
tionai peonie wttose aggregate sai
aries wiii be around $id.2o0. The de
partments favored were the State
Board of Health, State Highway
C mmission Puhiic Instruction. Agri
cuitnre, Revenue, Conservation and
Development. Historical f.'ommissiot.
1-rtimr and Printing, Adjustant Cen
era). State Treasurer. Attorney Gen
oa! and Child Welfare Commission, a
[umber of these,boosts inpayheitig
vo!untariiyai!owed.
Hetman Hanks, convicted of t<e:ug
a mcmh<r of noth that attempted to
Sturm the Asheville iaii a few months
ago, arrived at Cm State Prison in
his own car on F riday and voluntariiy
(Continued on paged.)
At to I.AIXDRY
AVashing I"o at the Time \ow
Everything new and modern.
Sear It Work.
H I RERS i ll.I.IAH STATION
Lumberton, C
!TEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Mr R. t,. Rowan, newty-appomt
ed manager o) Hfird's [tep.rrtment
store at t a))rinburg, wasaf.umrrer
ton visitor Thursday afternoon.
[,i''6n.M!sh;tV' hetriissued for the
matriagee,fttnper!['crryandBonn)e
Mac fitniaw, Francis V.ayiand Pioyd
and Meddie f.ottiso Thompson.
— Regutar <omtnnniration of St.
Ati<art's t^sige N«. ) ] i A. F & A. M.
Tuesday evening at H o'ctock. work it)
the sffond <]<gree. A good attendance
is re<)uested.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Best have
just returned from ft visit. to f himney
Rock atui the ntountains of western
North taroiina. Mr. Best says that,
the best crops he saw m aii of th"
tiOd miies he travetted were right
here in Robeson county.
— Mr. tra Buiiard left yesterday in
company with Mr. J [' Perkins of
Rox)<oro. who was in the totmero
warehouse business )ri t.umherton fast,
season and some other waret.ou semen,
for Tennessee, where they wi[[ spend
severai days.
-vir. amf.ytrs. A. '.Blunt of St.
Pauls accompanie<) Mrs. Blunt's fath
er, Mr. J.P. Blackwell of Lutnberton
R. 7. home Saturday, after he had
spent the week wtth them Mr. Btack
we)! has keen sick, hut )us condition
ik much improved.
—Tommie Chavis, son of A. K.
t havis of Rennert was brought to
the County home Thursday night. He
is thought to have ]ost his mind- after
being sick for a good white. He is
under the care of [)r. E. ft. Hardin,
county heafih officer.
— Mr. qnd Mrs. L. Pulliam of
Greensboro are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. ft. W. Biggs, Mrs.
Pulliam, who is a sister of Mrs.
Biggs, wit) he remembered here as
Miss Berta M.\<i)!, who formeriy
was employed in the Nationa) Bank
of f.umherton.
—Messrs. E. M. and W. S. Britt
have movetf from their ofd offices in
the McLeod budding to their n"w of
fices in the building purchased by
them from the McAiHster Hardware
Co. Mr. Charles R. Bntt has accept
ed a position with the firm of Britt
& Britt and wid he engaged in the
practice of faw with the firm.
—Contrary to some reports circu
ited here tast week, the county com
missioners, hoard of education and
county road board are holding their
regutar monthly meetings here today.
An urtofficiaf report Friday was that
these boards wouid postpone their
meetings untif Tuesday on account of
the fact that ait the stores in Lum
borton were taking a hotiday today.
- Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Ramsauer ar
rived home Saturday front West Pafm
Beach, F)a., where Mr. Ramsauer had
been sick for K weeks with bfood
poisonirtg from having a tooth ex
tracted. Mrs. Ramsaoor went to Ffor
ida 7 weeks ago to he with him. Mr.
Ramsauer has not yet fudy recovered
but he has rested better since return
ing home and hopes to bo able to re
turn to work soon.
— East Lumberton baxebaH team
defeated St. Pauls here Saturday by
the score of fit to I. TheSt. Paufs
hoys never had a chance with the
curves of Walter Edwards, the loca!
high school left-hander, fie didn:t
allow but two to reach second base
and two hits in the six innings he
pitched. He was refieved by Mayes
the first of the seventh and Mayes
continued the whitewash untif the
nintff, when he !et up and gave St.
Pauls its only score of the game.
-—tneannuai pit-ntc of chestnut
Street M<thu')ist, Sunday schooi wiH
he hetd Thursfiay afternoon. Juty 8,
at fatke Waccamaw. Ati who wiii go
on the picnic are asked to meet at
! :30 p. m. Thursday at the church,
and cars wii) have there promptly at
2. Aii who wil] furnish automobiles
areaskcdtonotify Mr.W. W. Davis,
chairman of the auto committee or
Mr. O. it. Kirkman. Mrs. R. E. Lew
is is chairman of the (tinner com
mittee.
— Mr. Henry Crooke of Rocking
ham tame to Lumberton today to as
sume the duties of manager of the
industrial department of tie newiy
cnnsotidated Lumberton district of
the LaFayette Life insurance Co.
Air. Crookc has made an enviabie re
cord as manager of the Rockingham
district, and friends of his here,
where he was in the insurance busi
ness for some time before going to
Rockingham, wi!i be g!ad to team of
! his promotion to the managership of
the new territory formed by the con
soiidation tast week of the Lumber
ton. Rockingham ant! Fayettevitie
districts. Air. Crooke's famiiy witt
join him i.ere, and they wit! make
their home on Fast Seventh street.
—Rev. T. AicAL Crant, pastor of
Chestnut Stieet Aiethodist church.
Misses Fvfdyn AL\'oi!l ami A1 ary
Eiixabeth A'iams atid Air. Horace
Lames returned Saturday from Louis
burg, where, at Louisbt.rg coitege,
they attended from Tuesday through
Friday night the sumiuer asserubty of
the Fpwortti Leagues "f the North
Caroitna conference, of which Air.
Crant is president. In speaking of the
meeting at the morning service yes
jterday. Atr. Crant said that it was a
ispier.did bo(ty of young peopte, [tone
finer than those from Lumberton.
Alissqs Adams and ALNeitt being stu
dents and Air. Barnes being librarian.
NEED A NEW S11T7 SEE
JOHN 1). FI RMS, ThcTaiior,
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