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THE WEATHER Ganeraiiy fair tonight and Friday. Probabiy iota! thnndtr ahowers Fri day. E!GHT PAGES TODAY VOL. LVII—NO. 43. LUMBERTOW, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1926 COUMTET. GOO AMO TEUTH. EETAELMHKO MM. EEtCE WVE CEWTE Recorder Kornegay Keeps His Promise Sends Man to Roads for Drivin- Car While Under Influence of Liquor Same Man Bound Over for Robbery —Henry Stephens Appeats from Road Sentence for Aiding and Abetting in Liquor Manufacture Other Cases. Recorder P. S. Kornegay, who warned the public through the col umns of The Robesonian and atso in his court that he was going to send every man to the roads who was con victed in his court after July 1 of driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor, had his first occa sion to make good i.is promise this week, and Bud Singietary received a four-months road sentence as a re sult. Singietary was bound over to Superior court on a charge of rob bery and is now in jaii in default of a $500 bond. Henry Stephens, captured by coun ty otficers on Saturday night, June 20, alter evading them for nearly a year, was convicted by a jury yester uay atternoon of aiding and abetting in the manufacture of liquor and was sentenced to 6 mouths on the roads. An appeal to Superior court was tak en, and bond was fixed at $500, which Stephens made. A warrant for Stephens was sworn out on September 10 oi iast year, a day after Deputy W. C. Britt and Rural Policemen B. F. Bullard and Melton Ivey had found a liquor still in a. pond 50 yards behind John Me-: shaw s house and approximately 100 yards from the house in which Henry I Stephens was then living. After cap turing the still and a barred of beer the officers went back to John Me shaw's house, where under a tobacco barn they had seen Henry and Homer Stephens and John Meshaw. Ail were gone, but Homer Stephens son re turned. That night the officers went back to Mcshaw's house and saw him and Henry Stephens at the supper table. A dog barked, and Stephens; went out through the back door to woods, making good his escape. Me shaw was arrested, tried and sen tenced to six months on the roads. ' He has just completed his time there.' Meshaw testified yesterday that Hen-; ry Stephens ciaimed the still that was) captured. The iast of several cases against J.) D. Wilkins, whom it is aiieged Stan Parqell assaulted with a deadly weap on some time ago, was tried yester day, and Wilkins was found not guil ty of carrying a concealed weapon.) The warrant for Wilkins was drawn; by Parnell's wife. j J. T. Bradshaw was taxed with the costs for simple assault?. Big Criminal Term Court Begins Monday Docket Contains 107 Cases. 5 of Which Are for Murder—Judge Midyette Will Preside. A two-weeks' term of Robeson su perior court for the triai of criminal cases begins here Monday morning with Judge E. Gariand Midyette pre siding. The docket is one of the big gest ever seen here, there being 107 Cases, 5 of which are murder cases. Murder cases on the docket are E. i Frank Fisher for the murder of Ad McQueen; Eddie Franklin, charged) with the murder of Mary Franklin;) Witl Worrix and Foster Locklear., charged with the murder of Frank) Chavis; Will Locklear and Anderson' Locklear, charged with the murder of Joe Pittman; and Mack Tyler and Warren West, charged with the mur der of Allen Oxendine. MRS. EFFIE EDWARDS CELEBRATES 74TH BIRTHDAY Large Family Reunion and Picnic Din ner. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Mrs. Effie Edwards celebrated her 74th birthday on July 5th with a family reunion and picnic dinner. Mrs. Edwards has 12 living chil dren, 55 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Most of them being present, made quite a crowd. There were games for the children in the a. m., then best of all came the good dinner with everything good to cat. After dinner the young folks al[ went to Jennings' Beach for. a swim. The day passed all too swiftly for those present. Every one had a good time. There were a good many visi tors to enjo^ the picnic with the family. Mrs. Edwards received many beau tiful and useful presents. Visitors From Oklahoma Reported for The Robesonian: Mr. artd Mrs. E. T. Tayior of Oklahoma City are visiting friends and relatives for the first time since they went to Oklahoma about 20 years ago. They were accompanied by their four younger children—two sons and two daughters. Their many friends are delighted to see them, for they were* very popular young people .and we all hated to see them go away. BAGGY KNEES MAY BE STYLISH IN BAGDAD But in America they indicate iack of attention to one of the fundamental of success—good appearance. Those immaculate friends you envy are no more fortunate than you—they, too, perspire, but they have discovered the secret of having their garments re freshed often by the LUMBERTON DRY CLEANING CO. Eddie L. McNeill, Mgr. Phone 94 Our modern methods positively re move stiffness from trouser knees. John D. RockefeHtr History retain* Rockefeller hi* place ** _ America's big business, which ha* had so much to do with the pros perity and growth of ear nation. Keen students claim that his vision has been just a* great in educa tional and medical charitiew—*n& i that time too will prove these out.! . This is a most recent ph<#Q of th#) world's "Oil Kirur." , ' ^ , He was born duty 8, 1839, and is 8T years oid today. * JACK CARTER JR. ' * FALLS AND BREAKS NECK * * t * Four and Iiatf Year Oid Son of * * Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Carter of * * Maxton instantty Kilied When * He Fed from 1'orch This Morn- * * ing—Funerai Frtday 11 A. M. * * Jack Carter, Jr., son of Mr. * * and Mrs. J. W. Farter of Maxton * * and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. * * A. Inompson of Lumberton, was * * instantiy killed about ten o'clock * ** tt.is morning when he iell from a * * porch at the home of his parents * * and broke his. neck. According * * to information brought here, the * * child was playing on the porch * * with his littie sister when tne ac- * * cident occurred. ** * The funeral will be held Friday * * at 11 a. m. \ * * Special Program at Philadelphu* Sun. Eve Antioch Christian Endeavor Will Pre sent Program at 8—ATt. Lather Me NeiM Injured in Auto Accident— Circies 2 and 3 Meet Monday P. M. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Phiiadeiphus, July 7—We are look ing forward to C. E. next Sunday night when the Antioch C. E. will pre sent a program for us. The meeting will be promptly at 8 o'clock. We hope we will have a good attendance. Mrs. Ella Pelligrim returned home Tuesday from Highsmith's hospital, Fayetteville, where she had been for treatment. Mr. Luther McNeill is at home re covering from several bad bruises and cuts received in an automobile ac cident Saturday. The car came very near falling down a deep embank ment, and this threw Mr. McNeill from the car. We hope for him a speedy recovery. Circles 2 and 3 will meet with Mrs. D. P. Buie Monday p. m. at 4 o'clock. Miss Annie Beiie Buie is ieader, and the topic is "Stewardship." Please ev ery member be present at this meet ing. Bright Prospects for Opening of Car olina College. Prof. Ernest J. Green, president of Carolina college, Maxton, and Mr. Emerson Thompson of Maxton, who has been traveling for Carolina this summer, were Lumberton visitors Tuesday and were very much elated over the bright prospects for the op ening of the coliege next fall. It seems assured already that the col lege will open the fall session with its fall capacity of 100 students. —Four automobiles tarrying If Jones county farmers passed through Lumberton yesterday afternoon on a tour through the eastern and pied mont sections of the State. They had intended making visits to the farm of Mr. S. G. Williamson, route 4. and the Green Valley dairy, East Lumber ton, but the lateness of the hou-- wi on they reached here necessitated their going < n from here to Sanford after a short stop. The tour was conducted by District Agent E. W. Gaither of Wilmington, and County Agent J. T. Monr e of Jones county. —Many people were attracted to the Lorraine hotel last night by what they believed a fire, but it was dis covered that it was only smoke and fire coming from a kitchen chimney which had become stopped up and was being burnt out by the use of kerosene and paper. Mrs. ED. McMillan and son. Jimmie, and daughter, Margaret, are spending this week at Wrightsviiie Beach. Cotton Market Middiing cotton is quoted on the io cai market today at 16 1-2 cents the pound. —.. - NEEP A NEW SUIT? SEE JOHN D. PURVIS, The Tailor. HAND TAILORED CLOTHES S23.5Q AND UP. Lumber Bridge News Monthly Meeting of Baptist W. A! S Next Mnoday at 4 P AL—Hope Mills Wins Ball Game—Persona). By Mrs. C. J. Ammons. Lumber Bridge, Ju!y 7.—Mr. J. L. McLean of Raleigh, brother tf Mr. C. S. McLean of our town, spent a day and night here iast week. Little Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. pfcLean, accompanied him back to Raieigh, where she will spent! sev eral days visiting. Mr. Dan Monroe of C^adbourn spent a few days here this week vis-< iting re!atives. Misses Eveiyn Odom and *7'leo Troutpian spent the past week-end in jtown with relatives and friends. Mrs. A. J. Breeden spent several ! days recently, in St. Pauls visiting her Sister Mrs. Ruffin Powers. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Lcggette of Proctorville were week-end visitors here in the home of Mrs. Leggette's mother, Mrs. Sallie Covington. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Monroe and famtly went Sunday to Rocky Mounts where tney spent a few aays with their daughter Mrs. P. P. Hail. Mr. Rrehard Cox was a week-end visitor in town. Air. and Airs. W. C. Heitman ot Greensboro are visiting Airs. Heit man s mother, Mrs. J. W. Haii. Air. Heitman is on his vacation now and they wnl spend part ot their time in our town. Miss Grace Breeden was a recent visitor in Fayetteville with relatives and friends. Born, to Air. and Mrs. A. L. Usher, Saturday night, a fine 7-pound girl. Rev. and Mrs. Fred Collins and children spent Monday near Lumber ton With Mr. Coliins' sister, Airs. Baldwin. Mrs. Witherspoon and children of Sumter, S. C., arrived here Aionday night for a visit in the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Airs. J. S. Hodges. The regular monthly meeting of the W. M. S. of the Baptist church will be held in the church Monday p. m. at 4 o'clock. The Fannie h. S. Heck Group will have charge of the program. Air. George L. Hocutt of Wingate spent the week-end in town in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Odom. Baby Wiggins of Pembroke, little son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Wiggins, is spending a few days in town with his grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Odom. Miss Amanda Cobb !eit Tuesday morning for Connely Springs to spend a while. j Mrs. John Cobb and children spent the 4th in Rocky Mount and Wake Forest visiting her sister and son, Mr. Thornton Cobb. Mr. Dan Adams of Re&sville spent the week-end in town. Mrs. Adams ; returned home with him Monday, i She had spent several weeks here wAh her parents, Air. and Mrs. M. L. Alarley. Mrs. Adams and her mother spent several days at Jackson Springs. Lumber Bridge and Hope Mills played ball on the local ground Aion day. The score was 7 to 10 in favor of Hope Mills. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Al. AIc Googan, last Thursday, a girl. BASEBALL JULY 10 ; Fort Bragg and Alansfield Mills Will Play in East Lumberton Saturday— Good Game Expected. (By W. A. Duncan) Alansfield Mills baseball club will I clash here Saturday, July 10th, with jFort Bragg's 2nd field artillery! Fort Bragg comes here classed up with Wilmington. Erwin, Siier City, Fay etteville. East Lumberton also has made a name for itself by taking 8 games out of 9. Starts with Walter Edwards, local high schooi ace, in fine shape and leading hitter. Edwards will do the mound work Saturday with Mayes in reserve. We hope to have a crowd which will beat Monday's attendance. We will try to use the same line-up which beat St. Pauls here Monday morning 3 to 2. Everybody come and help East Lumberton with your moral support. ! ATKINSON AND HENCHEY PLEAD GUILTY Ben Henchey and A. E. Atkinson, arrested by Sheriff McMiilan and Deputy J. H. Barrington iast Thurs day and placed in iail, Henchey charg ed with being drunk and Atkinson with being drunk and possessing li quor, plead guilty before Justice of Peace D. B. McNeill. Henchey was fined $25 and costs and Atkinson $25 and costs on the first charge and the costs on the second. _. —Mr. R. G. Sessoms of St. Pauls has accepted a position with Bailey's j Barber shop. { * * * *' *-* * * * * * Auto Drivers * All who have not secured driv- * * er's license by July 20 will be * * stopped from driving. * * By order of the town board. * * J. P. RUSSELL, * Town clerk and treasurer. * * **.*****,<, "COME" to Moore's Gift Shop West 3rd. St.. Phone 454. National Bank Building. Saddletree Hi'* Want To Come to Lumberton -- * t Petition Continued Til! August Meet ing of Board — Petitions from Wisharts and Howeiisvilie Continued Until Next Monday— Budget and Report of County Sup erintendent Approved—Other Mat-, ters. e Petitions from Wisharts and How eilsvil'e townships asking for an elec-! tion to ascertain the wiH of the peo ple in voting a speciai tax of not over 50 cents on the $100 vaiuation for 'their townships were continued by the county board of education Monday un ti! next Monday, Juiy 12. Peopie of the Saddletree section ap- i peared before the hoard to ask that the high school students from Saddle-< tree be transported to the Luml<er ton High school instead of to the Phi'adelphus High schoo!, and the matter was continued to ti e first: Monday in August. An appropriation of $225 as part payment in building two rooms on the present buiiding in Saddietree, dis trict No. 2, was aiiowetT The budget for 1926 and 1927 and the statistical annual report of the county superintendent of education; were approved. Moat Plow* Ran FuH Time up Parkton Way j Most Farmers Ceiebrated Fourth in Fieids—New Schoo! Principai and Wife en Visit—Rurai Carriers Convention Best Ever—Masonic Officers Instated—Persona). BOYS ON ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT (By C. D. Wjlhamson) Parkton, July 6.—Prof. W. E. Whis nant of Woodland, N. C., the newly eieeted principal of the Parkton school, and Airs. Whisnant arrived in town Friday and spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Collier Cobh. The new professor and wife has already made a profound impres sion on ali who have formed their ac quaintance, and here's hoping they may laid a warm welcome m the homes of all our people and that the right one has been elected, and plans for a new school term may immed iately be perfected. Prof. Whisnant and wife expect to keep house, but we are not able to say just at pres ent which house. The fourth went off very quietly in our town; not much doing, the farm ers all busy, and most of them say their plows ran on full time. Several of our people were out-of-town visi tors, a large number at White Lake, and today suffer from the heat of the hot sun. Some went up to Lake Rim, and report a great time. The writer in company with his brother, A. B., and our two small sons, Lewis and Donovan, motored up io Sanford to attend the 23rd annual Rural letter Carriers convention, and it can easily and truthfully be said the 1926 was! the best of ail conventions. Sanford's ! hospitality could not be beaten, or ex celled. It seems to the writer a shame that some rural carriers have failed to report their dues paid up-to-date. Boys, if you care not to attend, for your sake and for the cause you rep resent, pay your dues, and not be; registered as a slacker. Dan Currie has returned home from; Sumter, S. C., when he spent a week with his uncle Capt. W. R. Johnson. Alilitary Boys In Camp. Co. L. N. C. N. G. left Saturday night on their annual encampment at Morehead City where they will spend a couple of weeks in training. The company registered 55 and 3 officers.! Capt. W. A. China, and J. D. McCor- ) mick, First Lieut., and Neiil McMil lan 2nd Lieut. The company were greeted as they departed Saturday) night by a very large crowd of warm; friends, sweet hearts, and some of the ! boys say it upsets our summer school! and fear they may be rushed in their! studies later on. Masonic Officers Instated. i On iast Thursday night the follow-) ing officers were installed in Parkton; Masonic Lodge No. 541, A. F. & A.) Al., by Dr. D. S. Currie, pastmaster;' A. McAl. Biount, W. M.; N. M. Mc Rainey, S. W.; I. C. Hall, J. W.; R. J. Furmage, treasurer; N. H. Perry, Sec.; W. A. China, S. D.; D. T. Mc Milian, J. D.; D. A. Sykes and P. H. Fisher, stewards; Lacy Brown, Tyier; Rev. J. H. Powers, chaplain. Air. W. B. Blount of Charlotte was a week-end guest of his brother Air. A. McM. Biount of Parkton, Misses Sadie and Bessie Wilson of Crossnore, N. C., will accompany him back as far as Charlotte. They have been spending some time with their unde, j Airs. Virgic Warren of Dunn, N. C., cousin of Sadie and Bessie Wilson, spent Sunday with them at Parkton. Aliss Isabel Blount left for Charlotte to spend a week with her uncle, Mr. W. B. Biount. Rev. D. R. Jobes, pastor of the! Presbyterian church, preached here at the Presbyterian church Sunday night, preaching a most able and in teresting sermon to a fair-sized con gregation. Miss Utha Gray Smith, now of West Virginia, was a welcome visitor to our town briefly Saturday and! Sunday. She left Monday for Newi York university, also Miss Georgia) Williamson left last week for New) York university. Mrs. Fred Ramsour and children of Lincolnton are on a visit to relatives in^town. Hr. and Mrs. Ciy Council of South ern Pines spent the week-end with ; ioted ones. J From A Mother's Viewpoint A* r Warranted pride shines these days in the eyes who but yester-year was 3 young Virginia mother with hope her two staiwart boys, Harry and Dick She Isas just returned home from the East where she witnessed .he nation bestow great honors— on Dick—the younger son, who is Lieut--Commander R. E. Byrd, the first to Hy over the North Poie—carrying the Stars and Stripes ahead of ail nations. Brother Harry heiped in the weicome home, ieaving his desk as Governor of Virginia tong enough to join in. Can you ima^ne this mother's pride as ?he saw her two boys riding down Broadway white thousands eh tired t e hero of the North? ......... — Home Demonstration Work Discontinued County Commissioners Decide Mon day to Stop After August 1 Appro-; prtation for Office That Has Reen^ Under Fire in County—Other Bus iness. The county commissioners meeting in regutar session here Monday order-. ed that the appropriation tor the! county home demonstration agent in' Robeson county be discontinued after ! August 1, and the resignation of Mrs. Martha Fiax Andrews Lawrence, present home demonstration agent, was accepted to be effective when the otnce is discontinued. The office has been uhder fire in Robeson county for some time anuj particuiariy so in the iast potiticai' campaign, it having to sutfer the! ciitictsms that come to appointive or-! flees, ft has been in existence for) something hue Id years, and during that time Mrs. Lawrence has been tne efficient home demonstration agent} aimost ali of the time, f be esteem m whicn sne is heid in the county was! exemplified a few months ago when the Robeson county council of farm! women presented her with a loving cup. i t.e cost of tne demonstration work has been $1C7.03 per month or $;f,du7.3(j per year. With approximate ly 15,dd0 tax payers in tne county, tne cost to each was 13 2-5c. Monthly reports of the Planters Bank and Trust Co., county treasurer; i Miss Elizabeth Frye, county welfare officer; Dr. E. R. Hardin, county health officer; and Rufus Howell, chain gang keeper, were filed. Mr. R. M. Knight was appointed ! cotton grader and weigher for Max ton township and was required to lile ; a bond in the sum of $50d. Nancy Moore was placed on the pauper list at $3 per month. Mr. W. H. Bamez Dicz Here Thiz Afternoon Victim of Double Pneumonia at 12.10 —Confederate Veteran and One of Oldest Citizens of Lumberton—Fun era) Sunday Afternoon. Mr. Wiliiam H. Barnes, aged 88 died at his home on Water street this afternoon at 12:10 from double pneu monia. Mr. Barnes had been unable to work for the past twelve years, but was not confined to his bed unti) two weeks ago. He was raised r^ear Or rum, in the lower part of Robeson. His first wife was Miss Eliza Mc Phatter, with whom he !ived for 50 years. To this union two daughters were born, one of them, Mrs. J. F. Roberts, of East Lumberton, surviving. Ten years ago he was married the second time to Miss Julia Barnes, who survives. He was a Conederate veter an, having served through the Civil War. He has been a Lumberton resi dent for the past 40 years and was a good citizen. At the time of his death he was one of the oldest citizens of Lumberton. Funerai services will be held at the home Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock by Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church- of which de ceased was a member, and interment will be made in Hollywood cemetery. MRS. TAB1ATHA MALLERY — 91-Year-Old Woman Paasetyat Home ^ of Her Son Here. Mrs Tabiatha Mallery, aged 01, died at the home of her son here, Mr. Dan E. Mallery, Tuesday night from the infirmities of old age. Her body will be sent tomorrow morning to Freemont, Mich., where interment will be made in the Freemont ceme tery. Air. A. W. Croom spent last week end with relatives in New Bern. AUTO LAUNDRY Washing Two at the Time Now Everything new and modern. See It Work. FULLER'S FILLING STATION Lumberton. N. C fa******** * CHAMBER OF COMMERCE * DINNER MEETING AT * LORRAINE THIS EVE. " * —— *! * Important Meeting to Discuss * * Robeson Branch of East Caro- * * iina Chamber of Commerce. *) " Approximately one hundred * * representative citizens from a!i * * sections of the county are ex- * * pected to attend at the Lorraine * * hotei this evening at 7:30 a din- * * ner meeting to discuss the organ- * j * ization of a Robeson county * * branch of the Eastern Caroiina * * Chamber of Commerce with a * * full-time secretary in charge. * * Mr. J. C. Lentz, cashier of the * * Bank of St. Paui, of S. Pauis, * * will preside. Mr. M. F. Cobb, * * cashier of the Nationai Bank of ' * Lumberton, is iocai director. Mr. *! * N. Q, Bartiett, secretary of the *! * East Caroiina Chamber, wii! be *! * present and address the meeting. *i * The webkiy luncheon of the Lum- * i * berton Kiwanis club was postpon- * * ed from Tuesday evening and all * * members are expected to attend * * this evening. * ****'****** EAST LUMBERTON DEFEATS CHADBOURN Playing Good Ball and Deserves Good Patronage. The East Lumberton baseball team defeated Chadbourn here Monday af ternoon by the score of 8 to 6. "Shug" Mayes and Charlie Covington were the opposing pitchers, and both were hit hard. Walter Edwards, Fred Hornbuckle and Mayes led the East Lumberton team in hitting, Edwards getting a triple and two doubles and Mayes and Hornbuckle two hits each. East Lumberton is now playing good ball and deserves good patron age. The team is made up of high school boys and boys employed in the mil]. They expect to meet Wilming ton and the Fayetteville Highlanders in the near future. The team from East Lumberton has defeated every team that it has met this season with the exception of Laurinburg, which has been beaten two out of three games. —Clerk of the court C. B. Skipper is attending the State meeting of clerks of the superior court held at Wrightsville Beach this week. In its report of yesterday's proceedings to day's Wilmington Star states: "C. B. Skipper of Lumberton discussed drain age and condemnation proceedings in an able and intelligent manner." Kidnapped Evangelist a.. J First picture of Mrs. Altnee Sempte McPherson, the noteti Evangelist. taken in a Los Angetes hospital after her kidnapping. Mr;-. McPherson was found wandering in a dazed condition near Dougias, Arizona.. LETS GO TO THE BEST PRESS ING CLUB, FOLKS. Why! Because you sme!) no gasoline there. Hows That. They Don't Use it. FAULTLESS DRY CLEANING John D. Purvis, Mgr. Phone 3P HEMS OF LOCAL NEWS —Misses Louise Kirkman and Sadie Ray Edwards returned ]ast night from Caiifornia. where they went on a Reeves tour given by the participating merchants of Lumberton. They report a spier,did trip. —Messrs. S. Poweii, A. S Pittman, and John Meares, rura! carriers on routes 1, 2 and 4, respectiveiy, at tended the State convention oi rurai carriers heid at Sanford Monday ami Tuesday. —Miss Grace Huggins, formeriy empioyed in The Rohesonian office, now has a position with the Southern Discourt Corpn. of Asheviiie, with office in the Jackson budding in that city. Sie writes that she is "enjoy ing the Land of the Sky' very much." — Mr. E. T Tayior of flkiahoma City. Okia., is visiting reiatives in Lumberton and vicinty after an ab sence from here of twenty years. Mr. Tayior says that wonderfui changes have taken piace in the county since he went away. —Miss Kitty Kiine Benton, stenog rapher and bookkeeper for Tee Robe sonian, ieft Tuesday for Cherry Grove beach, S. C„ where she witi attend a house party given there this week by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beaumont of Charteston, S. C., and Mrs. Joe Wheei er of Florence, S. C. —Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Gaiioway re turned recentty trom lampa, F!a., anu are visiting at the home n Mrs. uatioway s patents, Mr. and Mrs. &. G. Wititamson, R. 4 :rom Lumnerton. Mrs. Wmtamaon s heattn nas been poor iatety and Mr. and Mrs. GaUo way wni not return to Hortda. —Mrs. M. A. Waddeii, who has been spendmg part ot the time at the home ot Ur. wadded s tather in Fatr timit smee returnmg severai weeks ago trom Flortda, wdi ieave Sunday mght tor Boone, where she wtii at tetid summer sct.ooi at the AppatacM an trammg scnooL Mrs. ^VMtueii wiR ne seventh-grade teacner in tne Lum berton graded schooi next term. —Mr. and Mrs. J. S. i^ngfeiiow, Mrs. b. Poweii and Jane Page t'oweit ^ett Sunday by motor for an extended trtp north. Mr. and Mrs. Gongteuow wm vtstt rctattves in Bait.more and Greensboro, Mr., and Mrs. Poweii and Jane Page Poweii reiatives tn New They aiso expect to visit Fhiiadeiphia and Atlantic City during the two months they are away. —Mr. A. M. Rice, an aiomnua of Wingate Jr. coiiege and of Wake For est coiiege, son of Mr. Asbury Rice of route 4- Lumberton, has opened a iaw office in Fairmont. Mr. Rice was one among the number of young men from Robeson who took the Supreme court examination in January, but he was not oid enough to obtain his iicense untii May 27. Dixie Jones and Jene Myers, who gave their home as Baitimore, Md., were arrested at the Lorraine hote! !ast night about 11:30 by Chief-of Poiice D. M. Barker and Poiiceman V. R. McQiii on a charge of disorder iy conduct. They were to appear this morning before Recorder P. S. Kome ! gay but forfeited bond and have not been seen here since the arrest. —Rev. J. T. Tyner of Whiteviiie R. 1, who was born and reared in Robe son but strayed off into Coiumbus, was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday on his way to the home of his son-in-!aw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bruce, Saddietree township, where he wiii spend two weeks with the young er children whiie Mr. and Mrs. Bruce vmrt their daughter Mrs. Samuei Baden, in Greensboro. Mr. Tyner is an occasionai interesting contributor to The Robesonian's coiumns and has in this issue an account of a famity ! reunion at his home. —Charity and Chiidren: Mr. James D. Proctor, for years a member of Mr. (S.) McIntyre's iaw fi^m in Lumberton, a capabie and able !aw !yer and a devoted friend to the Thomasviiie orphanage, as was his father before him, was eiected a mem ber of the board and the attorney for the orphanage, succeeding Mr. McIn tyre. The was a wise and important : action. Mr. Proctor is thoroughiy famtiiar with the institution and is a ieader in the great church that [ through the years has been so gener t ous in its contributions to the insti tution. Mr. W. U. Tayior, manager of the McLeiian five and ten cent store here , for the past three years, expects to leave the first of the week for Hick ! ory- where he has been transferred to a iarger store. No successor to Mr. Tayior has yet been named, but he wiii be reiieved for the time being by Mr. W. B. Aibro of Wiison, superin tendent of the McLeiian stores of this district. Mr. Tayior states that he re grets very much to ieave Lumberton because of the good feiiowship that prevails here and the many good friends he has in the town. His famiiy wiii join him in Hickory in the near future. * -. Reduced Prices at ! Jennings Beach AH Bather IVc. t thiidrtn Under Six Years Free.
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