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THE WEATHER FAIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ! LOCAL THUNDERSHOWERS !N THE EXTREME WEST. THE ROBESONIAN EIGHT PACES TODAY ; VOL. LVn. NO. 54. LUMBERTON, N. 0., MONDAY, AUGUST 16,1926. COCWTXT, OOD AMD THPTH. MTAHLMHtD MHOt #TV< OtWR Carolina College Will Not Open Thi* Fall " _ Trustees Decide That Unnsuai Cir cumstances Make !t Inadtisabie to Attempt to Operate for the Present —WiH Present Situation to Meth odist Conference. MOPE TO OPEN ON MUCH BETTER FOOTfNG fN FALL OF 1927. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Maxton, Aug. 16.—Carolina, Metho dist junior coilege here for giris, will not open this fai!, owing to an unu sual chain of circumstances, the trustees deciding at a meeting here last Thursday that it would be better not to operate the coHege at all than to operate it in an unsatisfactory manner. The trustees further decided to present the situation to the North Carolina Methodist conference at its next session and immediately there after to make plans for a bigger and better school in the fall of 1927. it is the belief oi the trustees that between now and the fall of 1927 ar rangements can be made whereby the college will open with renewed life and on a higher and broader plane. In a statement issued by the board! of trustees following the meeting Thursday the following facts leading to this deosion, are set forth: On July 8 Prof. E. J. Green, who had been president for four years and had been re-elected at the annual meettnjg in May, resigned, effective August 1, to accept a posttion else where, no arrangements for faculty and opening have been made. After considering a number of applications, the board elected Dr. J. Allen Hun ter, who was highly recommended. Dr. Hunter accepted the position and at a meeting of the board on July 30 further plans were made looking to a successful opening thss fall. On July 31 Dr. Hunter telegraphed from Durham his resignation. The execu tive committee immediately tried to employ a capable tnan, but found that at such a late date men equipped to fill the position already were employ ed for the year and that it was prac tically impossible at that late date to secure a capable man who wpuld as sume the task of mpplayipg^p and getting a proper organization to ruh the coHege in so short a time. BROTHER OF REV. N. B. JOHNSON IS KILLED Automobile in Which Mr. Bernice Johnson of Wake County Was Hid ing Struck by Another, Killing Him and Wounding Three Others. Rev. N. B. Johnson, of Fairmont, pastor of the Robeson circuit, was notified Friday of the death of his brother, Mr. Bernice Johnson, of Wake county, who was killed shortly before midnight the night before when the ndtomobile in which he was riding struck by another. Three other per sons were wounded at the same time. An Associated Press dispatch from Raleigh gives the following: Raleigh, Aug. 13—(AP)—Bernice Johnson, middle aged Wake county! farmer, was killed and three persons} were seriously injured shortly before j midnight last night when the automo! bile in Ahich they were riding was! struck by another car several miles i from here. Those Injured were Vivian John son, daughter of the dead man,broken collar bone, Wm. Lawson, internal ! injuries, and Violet Johnson, another daughter of the dead man, whose in- j juries were said to be teas serious than the others. MR. DUNCAN MCMILLAN PASSES THIS MORNING. Mr. Duncan McMillan, aged 73, died at his home in the Phiiadeiphus community this morning from dropsy. Funerai services wiii be conducted from the home tomorrow morning at ten o'ciock by Rev. J. M. Fieming. Interment witi be made in the famiiy burying ground. MR. R. 1). TAYLOR. Mr. R. D. Tayior, aged 64, passed away at his home on route 6 Satur day night at 11 o'ciock, death being the result of tumor of the brain. Funeral services were conducted at the home yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. R. N. Cashwell, assist ed by Rev. E. A. Pau), and interment was made in the PhiHips cemetery close by. Pallbearers were Messrs. W. M. Phillips, M. H. Baxiey, S. B. West, Roy Dean, Frank Owens and Lesiie Smith. * * ****** ** * MEETING FOOTBALL * * CANDIDATES* * - * * A conditioning meeting of foot- * * bai) candidates of the Lumber- * * ton high schooi wiii be heid in the * * high schooi gymnasium Thursday * * afternoon at 4:30. In the absence * * of Coach S. A. Bowden, who has * * not yet arrived, Mr. W. S. Whit- * * aker, principal of the high schooi, * * wii! meet with the candidates. * * Mr. Whitaker says that the meet- * * ing wiii iast for one hour oniy. ,.* * * * * * * *' * * * E New Prohibition Head? It i# rumored that Brig. Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, present dry chief will resign on his return from abroad. If he does. Roy H. Haynes, who is strongty backed by the Anti-Saloon League, is potnted out as the most likely successor to the post. Tobacco Price* Ri*e On Robezon Market* Friday's Averages at Lumberton and Fairmont 10 to 11 Per Cent Higher* Than on Any Previous Day—Sale# Stiil Light. Tobacco on the Lumberton and Fair mont warehouse floors rose in price from 10 to 11 per cent Friday, accord ing to a report of the sales at the two places. Sales on that day were approx imately a cent and three quarters high er than they were on any day since the opening of the markets on last Tuesday. Sales are still light, how ever, owing to the fact that iittle of the weed has yet been prepared for market. Lumbei ton's sales totaled 70,650. pounds on Friday, the price received! for the whoie being $13,063.77. The average here on that day was $18.48 per hundred. On Thursday Lumberton sold 92,790 pounds for an average of $16.22. On Friday Fairmont sold 178,010 for an average of $18.79 per hundred, and on Thursday that market soid 1^216 pounds for. average of $16.83. There appeared to be a big advance in the price of the lower grades Fri day, these being in greater demand than on any other day this season. New; Postmaster Takes Up Dude* of Office Lumberton Postoffice Officially Turn ed Over to Mr. W. H. Kiniaw—Ap pointment Came As Surprise to Him. STAMP-COUNTING A JOB The Lumberton postoifice was offi cially turned over to Mr. Wade Hampton Kiniaw at the close of busi ness Friday night, and the office op ened Saturday morning with Mr. Kin law in full charge. As stated in Thurs day's Robesonian, Mr. Kiniaw, as act ing postmaster, succeeds Mr. I. L. Mc Gill, who was appointed in 1922. The office force will remain the same that it was when Mr. McGill was in charge. An interesting feature of the wind up oi the Postmaster McGill's busi ness was counting and verifying stamps and stamped envelopes amounting to a large amount. Post master McGill, Mr. Kiniaw and Gen eral Clerk-J. A. Bethea Were at the task from three o'clock Friday after noon until eight that night. The appointment came as a surprise to Mr. Kiniaw. He knew nothing of it until about eleven o'clock Thursday morning, when he was delivered at his office a special delivery letter from Washington teiting him of his ap pointment and giving him instructions about his bond. He was to assume the duties of the office immediately, the official notice said, and so he had to busy himself at once with . prepara tions to becoming Lumberton*s new postmaster. Play at Liberty High School August 20. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Maxton, Aug. 14.—The young peo ple of Midway community will present a play entitled "The Wren" on the night of August 20th, 8:30 o'clock, in Liberty high schooi auditorium. Ad mission 35 and 25 cents. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Meares and daughter, little Miss Mary Louise, re turned yesterday from Wiimington, after spending a week in Wiimington and Wrightsviiie Beach. Cotton Market Middling cotton is quoted on the local market today at 16 1-4 cents the pound. Three New Nash Sedans and Two Open Nash Cars for sale or exchange by - C. M. FULLER & SON Lumbertan, N. C. Seaboard Train* 31 and 34 Win Be Taken Off Corporation Commission Grants Peti tion and Trains Will be Discontinu ed After August 29. Seaboard passenger trains Nos. 31' and 34, running between Wilmington! and Hamlet, will be discontinued af ter August 29, the Stdte Corporation Commission having issued an order permitting the Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. to take these trains off on its evidence that they have never paid the cost of operating. No. 31 leaves Lumberton at 10.40 i a. m. for Hamiet and No. 34 leaves Lumberton at 2.33 p. m. for Wilming ton. These trains were put on several years ago in response to insistent de mand of the public. The railway com pany petitioned to be allowed to dis continue them a year ago, but the pe tition at that t-me was denied. When these trains are taken off there will be only two trains daily each way between Charlotte and Wil-t mington, these trains passing Lum-; berton at 6.01 a. m. and 5.66 p. m. fori Charlotte and 9.47 a. m. and 10.17 for! Wilmington. An Associated Press Dispatch from Raleigh gives the followhtg. An order allowing the Seaboard Air Line railway to remove two trains be tween Raleigh and Hamlet, and two between Wilmington and Hamlet, was issued today (August 13) by the State Corporation Commission. The road will be permitted to discontinue the ser vice after August 29. Hearing on the application of the Seaboard for permission to remove the trains between Wilmington and Ham let was held at Wilmington on Au gust 5 and the application was op posed by the Wilmington chamber of commerce. "A substantial downward trend in! the total number of passengers hand led and the total revenue received for passenger train service on this portion of the Seaboard Air Line since 1922", i was responsible for the granting of the application," an order issued by R. O. Self, clerk of the commission, said. ROWLAND MEWS Corresnondepce of Thg Robesonian. Rowlandj Aug. 15.—Mrs. A. L. Bu^ lock and son, Archie, have returned from a visit to relatives in Charlotte. Mrs. A. E. Watson and little daugh ter, Mary Lane, spent last week in Raleigh with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gra ham and family. Thomas Graham re turned with them. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lytch and daugh ters, Kathryn and Jean, and Miss Bes sie Pleasants returned Friday from) Asheville, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Rainey. Miss Sarah Thomas of Ridgeway S. C., is visiting Miss Bessie Brake. Misses Thelma and Pansy Cooper of Camden, S. C., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson. Mr. W. C. Breeden of Bennettsville was a Rowland visitor Thursday. Mr. L. Z. Hedgepeth spent last week in Baltimore. Miss Mary Douglas Bullock is vis iting relatives in Bennetts ville. Dr. and Mrs. J.. McN. Smith spent last in Asheville and other points in Western North Carolina. ^ i Mrs. Ernest Bracey and children of Rocky Mount ate visiting at the home < of Mrs. Bracey's parents* Mr. and Mrs. P. F. McGirt. , - Mr. Robert Hedgepeth spent la^t week with relatives at Fairmont. t Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Ward and little son, E. B. Jr., returned Friday from Wrightsville Beach. Mrs. W. L. Buck and son Robert, and Charles McCallum spent last week with relatives at Kenansville. Mrs. C. B. Cox is visiting relatives at Montreat. Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson, Misses Thelma and Pansy Cooper and Messrs. Merwyn Lennon and Clarence Braceyi spent Saturday in Charlotte. Miss Vera Miller returned Friday from a visit to relatives in Charlotte! and Savannah. Mr. J. H. McArn of Charlotte spent a few days of last week with rela tives. Mr. Don Barcey of Atlantic City is; visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.! W. C. Bracey. Mr. Robert Hamer of Maxton visit ed relatives last week. Mr. Walter Bullock spent Saturday ih Aberdeen. Miss Eva Bullock, who is attending summer school at N. C. C. W., Greens boro, spent last week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bulloch. Miss Rosa Lytch Stacey of Lumber ton visited relatives last week. BAGGY KNEES MAY BE STYLISH IN BAGDAD Bat in America they indicate lack of attention to one of the fundamentals of success—good appearance. Those immacaiate friends you envy are no more fortunate than you—they, too, perspire, hat they have discovered the secret of having their garments re freshed often by the LUMBHRTON DRY CLEANING CO. Eddie L. McNeiii, Mgr. Phone 94 Our modern methods positiveiy re move stiffness from trouser knees. **********] * BOOSTER FOR LUMBERTON * * TOBACCO MARKET * * Dunn Business Men end Farmer * * Wei! Pleased With Saies <m ' * This Market. * * Specia! to The Robesonian. * * Dunn, Aug. 16.—J. L. Thomp- * * son, we!!-known Dunn business * * ntan and farmer, sold the first * * curing from his tobacco crop on * * the LumDerton market Tuesday * * (opening saies day) for 40 cents * * the pound. He was we!! pteased * * with the sa!e and wi!! iikeiy set! * * his entire crop on the LumOerton * * market. The tobacco was grown * * on one of Mr. Thompson's farms * * in Harnett county, and was cu!- * * tivated and cured by a coiored * * tenant who formerly worked to- * * bacco in Robeson county. Mr. * * Thompson p!ans to build addi- * * tiona! barns and plant a iarger *! * acreage in the "weed" next year. * * He iB a booster for the Lumber- * * ton market, there being no mar- * * ket in this immediate section. * ***** ***** ST. PAUL NEWS Mr. Angus Patterson, Confederate Yeteran, Passes*-Personal and Other Items. (By Be&sie G. Johnson.) Str Paul, Aug. M.—Friends over the county were grieved to iearn ofj the death of Mr. Angus Patterson, aj former resident whose death took place Tuesday in the Confederate Soidiers Home in Raieigh, where he had been an inmate for some time. He was related to Mesdames D. B. Lan caster and Flora Bennett and Mr^ Lacy McNair of our town and spent a portion of his time in the iatter's home of whom he was a second cou sin. Deceased's body was taken to Rennert Wednesday morning and in terment took place in the McNair Grave yard near by. Quite a number of reiatives and friends gathered there to pay a iast tribute of respect to this old veteran, who was some thing iike 83 years of age. His wife preceded him to the grave shortly after marriage, and his nearest living relatives were cousins. Mrs. L. Ross has had as guests dur ing the past several 'Bays her sister, Mrs. J. M. Sauls, and $ttle son, Jack, who reside at Woodman. Cleo Hamilton players were the center of attraction in town the past week, their entertainments being giv en at night in a tent near McGoogan Bros, store. Misses Jalia and Ellen McNeill, who have been connected with the St. Pauls Review and the St. Pauls Lunch room, left the past week for a much-needed vacation which they are enjoying among their people near Dunn. The local paper is in charge of Mr. J. B. Benton of Benson, a for mer editor, while the lunch room is being run by Mr. S. L. Parker in con nection with the hotel, of which he recently assumed management. Mrs. L. J. Moore and children, who spent some time among relatives at Clinton, returned home the previous Sunday in company with her father, L. J. Alderman, and his daughter, Miss Sudie Merle Alderman, who will be her guests for a while. Mrs. Leon Perry of Charlotte has hepp visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrp. W. iL^ Howard, she being re membered locally as Miss MaMs How ard bi our town. Mr. ^albert Fisher of Hope Mills, who held a position during recent months with the Review office has gone to Florida, where he has accepted work, having accompanied his uncle upon his return from a visit among relatives over the county. Concert by Orphan Home Class Wed nesday Evening. The I. 0. O. F. concert class from the orphan home ityColdsboro will give a concer^ at theNsigh school au ditorium Wednesday evening at 8.30. Songs, readings, quartettes, drills and orchestral numbers will be the chief features of the evening. The concert class should be well patronized by the people of this com munity as these orphan children are out in behalf of themselves and es pecially in behalf of the more depend ent little ones left at the home. CAPTURE 50 GALLONS BEER. Robeson officers captured 50 gal lons of beer Thursday afternoon in bushes behind the house of Robert Thomas, colored, who lives on the old Willis McAllister farm, three miles from Lumberton. Thomas was not found by officers at that time, apd they returned to the scene again Fri day afternoon, but their trip was in vain again. Looking for Hoid-up Man. Since 11 o'clock .this morning offi cers have been looking for a man who, it ip alleged, held up and shot at an other man on the R. and C. trestle near town this morning. * BIG BANNER AVERAGES $25.11 TODAY FOR ENTIRE SALE. Let J. D. Perkins. L. P. Woody and R. E. Lewis gel! your tobacco. FAiRMONI LETTER j Musics) Comedy to be Given Under Auspices of Goo Fioyd Chapter Movements of the Peopie. (By Mrs. H. G. inman) Fairmont, Aug. H.—"go's Your Grandma," a musicai comedy in three! acts, wi!i he given Friday, August! 27th, in the high schooi auditorium! under the auspices of the Gus Fioyd! Chapter of the U. D. C. Mr. Victor; Hayes, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.) Hayes, who has had thorough train-' ing and adapts himseif so easiiy to dramatics, and who has directed piays for the past two years, wiii have! charge of this piay. However this sea-' son ite is going out for himseif instead of the company, who formeriy em ployed him. He bids fair of make a name for himseif, for he directed two piays here before which were very successfui—"So's Your Grandpa". Miss Engiish Wade stopped in the city a short time Thursday afternoon enroute from Rowland, where she spent a week, to her home in Barnes viiie. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Fioyd ac companied her home Thursday night, j Mr. Creighton Britt of Boardmanj spent Friday in town attending to; business. Mr. "Red" Jennings, who resigned Me position with the Lumberton Drug company has accepted a position in Fairmont. * Messrs. E. J. Barker, Homer Ward, and Waiter Buiiock of Rowiand and Robert Hamer of Maxton spent Tues day in Fairmont visiting the tobacco market, which opened that day. Miss Theima Pridgen of Fayette viiie spent iast week with Miss Grace Fisher and guest, Miss Reeves. The three spent severai days at Wrights viiie Beach. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Alien, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Aiien and chiidren, Ettie Brown, Esther, Eiiiott and Albert, at tended Sunday at the home of Mrs. Minnie Beasiey in Fork a famiiy re union. The Messrs. Aiien are brother and nephew of Mrs. Beasiey. Mesdames Aaron and Berne Moody and their chiidren of near Diiion spent two days in the home of Mesdames Moody's brother-in-iaw and sister, Mr and Mrs. Aiien Pittman. Mrs. P. C. Heniy has been very sick for the past week. MiAs Saiiy May Reeves of Gastonia is spending severai weeks with Miss Grace Fisher. Mrs. Bianche Sawyer and iittie granddaughter, Bianche Mitcheii, of Weidon, are spending two weeks wit't their daughter and aunt, Mrs. W. T. Siedge. Master Ferebee Siedge, who had been with his grandmother for severai days, came home with her. Mrs. Alfred Coie and baby of Rae ford, spent iast week with their par-1 ents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Jenkins, on Cottage street. i Miss Wiiiie Deli Parham of Mar ietta spent the past week with her aunt Mrs. F. F. Purvis. Mr. and Mrs. Gay Buiiock of Rai eigh spent severai days with their par-! ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Buiiock, in the Baltimore section. Mrs. B. W. Pittman ieft Thursday morning for Fayetteviiie to enter thej Pittman hospital for speciai treatment by Dr. Chester. She wiii be away a week. ) Mr. J. C. Henderson of Rowiand: spent Friday in town. Master C. F. Heniy Jr. of Cherawi came over Thursday to visit f datives. i His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Heniy Sr., wiii arrive Sunday to spend a week. Mr. Heniy is the son of Mrs ! P. C. Heniy. Mr. and Mrs. Heniy have! many relatives in Robeson county. i Misses Aimera Henderson and Mar garet McGirt of Rowiand spent Tues day with Miss Jessie Mitcheii. Miss Henderson came back Friday to be with Miss Mitcheii for the day. Mr. Lawrence Buiiock of Taby spent Sunday with his uncie and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Aiien Buiiock. Mr. Jim Inman of Boardman was a business visitor in the city Friday. Mrs. Ben S. Oiiver and iittie daugh ter, Jane, of Aberdeen, are spending a week with their, parents and grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kyie, on Iona street. Mesdames E. G. Fioyd and O. A. Reeves were Lumberton shoppers Thursday afternoon. S. B. Cuibreth company is the latest dry goods addition to our city. They opened their doors to the pubiic iast week. They haie from our sister city, St. Paui. Mrs. W. C. Thomas and daughters, Misses Barbara Ann and Ruth, of Siier City, spent severai di&s with Prof, and Mrs. T. S. Teague. Mrs. Thomas is a sister-in-iaw of Mrs. Teague. Mr. W. H. Batten of Lumberton R. 7 was a visitor in town today. NEED A NEW SUIT? SEE JOHN D. PURVIS, Tht Tailor, i HAND TAILORED CLOTHES !ZM0 AND UP. ! fhere'll Be a --! Hot Time ! New York Is m*nh*Uhn Its forces for one gala roMpdon when Gertrude "Trudy" Ed# Ha caman home from her record breekh^ swim of the EngMah cheeme!. She sail# for home Aug. 11—!emdee e record, (the drat women) ef hours across the channel—e mark which bids to stand for many years- , Maxton CommiMioncrs Reduce Tax Rate 10 Ct*. Rate Cut FromVlltO to 11.3$-rMiss Louise McLeod is Winning Swim ming Honors. MORMAX CLUB ENJOYS FISH FRY AND NAMES COMMITTEES! — Correspondence of The Kobesonian. Maxton, August 16.—Maxton feeis that it has a Miss Ederie. Louise Mc Leod is winning the prizes wherever they are offered in swimming con tests. Last week she entered the con test at the Riverton water carnival and won first prize for fancy diving. The next day she entered the carnivai at Lake Rim and again won the prtze for fancy diving and severai other first prizes. The board of commissioners of Maxton did the unusuai recentiy and reduced the tax rate in the town from 11.40 to 11.30. Heretofore it seems that in the town, county and state the tax rates have been being increased instead of deceased. The citizens of the town appreciate this, and feel that it is the result of efficient govern ment. Mormax Ciub Meets. The Mormax ciub heid its meeting at Seiiers landing, about four miles east of Maxton, on Lumber river, iast Thursday night. A chicken fry had been arranged by the entertainment committee, and the 24 members pres ent did away with 19 well-cooked chickens. The chickens were fried by Roger Reese, famous in these parts as a camp cook. This was the first meeting of the club held since the re cent election of officers. The present officers are: E. T. Carrowon, presi dent; H. A.. Barnes, vice-president; Morrison Peterson, secretary-treasur er The following committees were an nounced: commerce and industry, F. C. Frostick, chairman, J. Lacy Mc Lean and D. McB. Austin; govern ment and politics, J. E. Carpenter, chairman, McKay McKinnon and H. A. McKinnon; civic beauty, Ernest Wil liams, chairman, J. B. McCallum, Jr., hrfd J. C. JOaniei; education-entertain ment, W.H, Hasty, chairman, J. P. Wiggins and C- L. Green; athletics and recreation, C. A. Hasty, chair man, Joe Baldwin and A. J. McKin non, Jr.; publicity, H. L. Burdette, chairman, C. M. Carrowon, and C. B. Thompson; agriculture, Zed Griffith, chairman, Owen Evans and Murdiek McLean. Improvements have been made at Seiiers' landing and a number of fam ilies are camping there. It is one of the prettiest spots on Lumber river, with big oak and pine trees and high banks, and being located within one half a mile of the hard surface high way. With little improvement it should become one of the most popu lar swimming places in this section. No charges is being made for swim ming there this year. It is said that by next season the place will be in readiness to accommodate the public, as more improvements are to be made between now and then which will make Sellers' iandit^; one of the most attractive beaches on the Lumbee. Mr. J. G. McCormick of Wilming ton was a business visitor in Maxton Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. H. C. McNair, white he did not win the championship, was elected president of the Southern Checker as sociation, at the tournament in Char lotte last week. Mr. George C. Ray mond of Augusta, Ga., won the championship.at this tournament, and is now champion of the South. Tennis Tournament. The tennis tournament is creating considerable interest, though on ac count of the business of some of the contestants and absence from town of others, it has not moved as fast as ex SEE US for Watch. Ciock. Jeweiry repairing and Engraving. MOORES G!FT SHOP . W 3rd St. Xat. Bk. B!dg. Phone 454 HEMS OF LOCAL NEWS —Thw Lumberton grade<) and high schoois wiii open for the faii term on September 9. —Reguiar communication St A! hana i.rnigc No. iti, A. F. and A. M. Tuesday evening, August i7 at 8 o' ciock. Degree work. — Mis* Minnie Lennon of Lumber ton watt among the notaries pubiic commissioned by Governor McLean iast week. —Mr. Herman Jennings of White viiie, has resigned hia position with the Lumberton Drug Co. and has ac cepted a position in Fairmont. Master James Henderson, Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Henderson of Row iand, is doing nicety foMowing an op eration for appendicitis Friday at the Raker sanatorium. —Mr. Oscar israei has returned from New York City, where he pur chased faii shoes and faii goods for the Guarantee Shoe store and the L and W. store. —The Gospei Tabernacte Mission ary society wiii meet with Mrs. John F!oyd Thursday afternoon at 3. Those iiving at a distance are reques ted to meet at the church at 2:30 and they wiii be taken to the home of Mrs. Fioyd. —Misses Laura and Dovie Prevatte gave a swimming party Friday at White Lake, honoring their coaains, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Prevatte and fam i!y, Miss Capipota, Mr. Emest and Httie Miaa Marie of Jacksonville, Fla, and Miaa Wiiiie Brown of Quitman, Ga., who have been viaiting them. —Prof. J. R. Pooie, county superin tendent of schooia, and son, Mr. James Pooie, and Dr. E. R. Hardin, county heaith officer, spent Friday at Lake Waccamaw fishing and taught fifty fish despite the handicap of a !ate start and other hindrances. They got property sunburned and had a fine time. —An Eiberta peach weighing ^15 ounces and measuring 12 1-2 inches around was brought to The Robeson ian office Saturday by Mr. J. N. Cox. It was taken from a basket of Sand hiiis peaches soht on the Lumberton market. This is truiy a great peach year, the greatest in 11 years, accord ing to government estimates. —The editor is indebted to Mr. W.' P. Baker of Lumberton for one of the best watermelons and some of the finest grapes he has seen this season. The watermelons was of the variety named "Liberty" by President Wood row Wilson some years ago whan a particularly fine melon was sent to , him. The grapes are of the Niagara, Concord and Delaware varieties, with which Mr. Baker's vines are loaded. —Mr. and Mrs U. L. Cox of Bax ley, Ga., and Mr. Mack Fisher of Lakeland, Fla., have been visiting rel atives in Robeson county since Friday of last week, making headquarters at the home of Jfrs. Baxley's and Mr. Fisher's unclear. A. M. Breece, at Pembroke. Mrs. Baxley and Mr. Fish er formerly lived in Lumberton. They will leave for their homes Wednesday. They made the trip in the automobile of Mr. Fisher, who was a Robesonian carrier boy less than 15 years ago and is now a prosperous business man of Lakeland. —.—— East Lumberton And Dunn Divide 2 Garnet Dunn Receives Big HM of 3 to 1 Score at Home, But East Lumberton Gets Revenge Here by Defeating Dunn 7 to 3. East Lumberton and Dunn divided two games of basebai! Friday and Saturday, Dunn taking the game at ^ home on Friday by the score of 3 to 1 and East Lumberton getting the ! big end of a 7 to 6 score here Satur day afternoon. In the first game Waiter Edwards of East Lumberton was opposed by } Firpo Wilson, ex-leaguer. Edwards allowed but five hits, and, if It had not been for errors by hia team mates, he would have shut Dunn out. "Sug" Mayes was the pitcher for East Lumberton here 'Saturday. In that game Harding for East Lumber I ton drove out two home runs. George Bryan stole home with the winning ^ run in the seventh inning. Mr. J. R. Kinlaw of Lumberton R. 7 was a visitor in town Saturday. peeted. Arthur McKinnon beat Char lie Carrowon 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Gus Haaty beat Jack Peacock 6-1,6-1. Joe Burke forfeited to Henry McKinnon. John McCallum beat Halbert McKinnon 6-1, 6-0. Henry McKinnon beat Arthur Mc Kinnon 5-7, 6-0, 6-3. Lacy McLean de feated John McCallum 6-2, 6-4. This leaves Gus Hasty, Henry McKinnon and Lacy McLean undefeated. The finals between these will be played next week, and then the tournament for doubles championship will begin, . ) the winner in singles being allowed ! to choose his partner for doubles, and this team will be challenged by other teams until the winner is determined. LETS GO TO THE BEST PRESS ING CLUB, FOLKS. Why! Becsuse you sme!) no yssoEne i there. Hows That. They Dost Use !t. FAULTLESS DRY GLEAHO!G John D. Parris, Mgr. iPt*a.3y .. .
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