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THE R0BE80NIAN Wc<t F)fth Str**' lawhWM Nc. 2S. THURSDAY, SEPT. 9, 1926. BATTERfES: Cniwaai Farm Light, Auto and Radio Batteries for Sep^embLr (ietivery. Soiid carRad in transit. Geac* aa ai.owaucc for o!d batteries. Write for catalog and prices. CAROLiNA WILLY 8 tJGH! COMFANV, Laurinburg and Lumberton, N. 0. ——' --—^-^ Far Bale—One Ford Track, One Ford Touring car. R. M. BIGGS. Far Saie—Mowers, Rakes and Wagons. K. M. B!GG8. WANTED—New Cottdn. Bring your tickets to our otitce for prtcea. K. M. BIGGS. Wanted Basheis Com. K. M. BiGGS. Far Saie—A g^od three horse farm, with spiendidouimmgsonit, ^\pp<ytoA. H. GRAHAM, R. A, St. Ahu.s. For Saie—One Coie Hot Biast Heater, in good oiHce. a no. 8. MacNcid.__ Bay your coal NOW and be rtaoy when ihe WANTED—Two ar thresTam^R farms, if you larger one or sail it oumgnL please see me promptiy. Jno. S. Mac^eAfi, Ffanter^ Buitu mg, L.u#nbeAton, N. G._ FOR SALE—SEVERAL FARMS iN H M BERiOlN, AiuWEGA^8Vn-.A,L. VviSHAKtS ANtr r*EiUiiAtOhr, iOWiv&iiAFS. 3 nUGbA^b ANti LGAb AA^ bA. k VA CANT L^iS. itjRMS R. M. BiGGb. GUiVtrwLAtnjN, N. G. Far Saie—Seiected young Jerseys, several miicH ouws Arne s^w ^nd pigs. JAS. U. BOONE, R. k, A^umberton.j^f WILL HAVE A CAR LOAD OF FR^RH MILCH COWS AT NATIONAL ppJtEON MILL FRIt)A^, SEPTEMBER 1C! PREVATTE BROTHERS. Want Position—By a y*ung !ady booiikeeper. Finished high schoo^ akyo bookkeeping course and ha* had X ye&rs banking exper ience. Address *'Buriness^', cto. The Kohe sonian. See ua for Furniture—-iron bods, stove* and ranges. B. G. BEST and SUN. New Stock—Beds—MattresSes—Stove* and ranges. See us before you buy. D. G. BEST and SON. FOR SALE Store huild!ng, *4 x 4S. Main street. Orrum. i. H. Wkaa^'ck. FOR SALE—1 fioor show case, !0 feet iong. * See S. D. Sanderson, Fourth street, Lum berton, N. C. Fresh st^ck a!i varieties Turnip Seed. Seed irish potatoes for fad ctop. i^red^ ^oy Beans hnd Peas for making hay. L. n Caldwell, Grocery DepaAdieht, Lumberton. N. C. Money to iupp ,an^ improved farm, residents. s^prOpet^y. ^Any amtmn. iPHKEY, Jr., attorney, phone 4ii. H. Money th tend on improved Robeson county rea! e&atc. Vaiser, l^a\vr4if^e, Proctor & MclntyH Prompt t^ans of H000 to $100.U(H) at ^ per cent interest for 3. 7 or 10 years made on improved^ farm lands on Robeson. Hoke and Scotland Counties. Junius J. Goodwir attorney for Chickamauga Trust Company, Lumberton, N. C. See L. H. Caidweli for Buck, Lime. Cement. Plaster Paris, Wail Plaster. Shectrock the new Fireproof Plasterboard. AM grades shingles, all kind* roofing. Builders Hard ware etc. Cartoad Buyer* Lowest Prices. "The Best Service", is our motto. Everything clean und sanitary. When hungry give us a call. Olympia Cafe, Elm street. Lumber ton. The 150 farmers who made a tour of their home county now have a bet ter idea of the different kinds of farming being conducted succpssfuiiy in Alatjhnte county, says Kerr Scott, county agent. jl Val<?ntbia Cortege j New York's )ast tribute to the famous movie shiek, Rudoiph Vat entino. as the casket w as taken from the Actor's Chape! foHowing the funera). Eo!!owng a brother's arriva! from Europe, a Awya! tmin wi!! carry Rudy's.. aUBha back to HoHywood for iatsraMatt i PERSONALS Messrs. Fred and Pitt Chason, Co lon and Robert Monroe, of Lumber Bridge, were Lymberton visitors Fri day. Mr. Charlie Pate of Biadenboro was a Lumberton visitor Friday. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Lovette and children, Edwardk and Lenhrew, of Camden, S. C.. are visiting at ti e home of Mr. Lovette's father, Mr. L. W. Lovette, Lumberton R. 4. Mrs. O. L. Clark and daughters, Mrs. Thomas Wood and Miss Louise, of Clarkton, were Lumberton visitors Tuesday. Miss Margurite Barnes ieft Tues day morning for Peace institute, Ral eigh, where she will be a student this year. ^ Mrs. D. C. Lewis and daughter, Miss Margaret, of Rocky Mount, are visit ing at the home of their sister and aunt, Mrs. F. M. Barnes. Miss Evelina Beckwith will leave tomorrow morning for Clinton, where she will be a member of the faculty of the Clinton graded school. Mr. I. T. Brown and daughter, Miss Amanda, and Miss Mary C. Brown of Red Springs, werg Lumberton visitors Tuesday. Mrs. J. D. McAllister left Tuesday morning for Hampton, Va., where she will spend four weeks visiting her father and sister and other relatives and friends. Mr. Everett Taylor of Maiden is visiting his sister, Mrs. Ben G. Floyd. Mr. A. R. Bullock of Fairmont was a Lumberton visitor this morning. Messrs. J. L. Pievatfe-^RdiJ. fphus com McMillan of the Philadelphus com munity wer^ Lumberton visitors Wed nesday. ° ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Hackct Jr. and daughter, littlg turned heme last; We three weeks at Norfoik, Virginia Beach and Hertford. Bek jPftqfj$pe^d re ding Mr. anu Mrs. w. u. tsrewer 01 Romeo, Fla., are visiting at the home of Mrs. Brewer's brother and sister in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lacy McKenzie, Fourth street. Mr. J. A. Pittman and son, Master June, and Mr. V. H. Britt of Lumber ton, route 4, were in town this morn ing. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. White and chil dren, Masters Donaid, Wiiiiam and Wallace and little Miss Lorena, of High Point, were Lumberton visitors today, on their way home from Wil mington and Wrightsviile Beach, where they have been since Monday. REPORT OF SALES a? made by Fairmont, N. C. at dose of busies'{""Wednesday, September 8, 1926. Since our last report for five days we have sold 578,606 pounds of tobac co for $168,886,21:- and average for everything of $29.18. Quite a lot of Scraps and Dark Tips have shown up, all of this has been included in above report. Sales continue heavy, the market selling around 2 million pounds each week. We have not had a single "block" sale, the four large ware houses have taken care of all the to bacco each day, putting on whenever necessary " Double Headers" in the bouse having the last sale, and our large Re-drying Plant and Leaf Stor age Houses have taken care of their purchases, and prices have been good throughout from 9 o'clock in the morning until the last basket was sold. In fact the farmers say this has been their best weeK'" ' The report ot the i^umDertotp iwap ket ns published In y'6dr paper On FH day, August 28th, !trkW"Hiik ^port 274.972 lbs. at the average of,$34,M, when the actual sales give^ by one of the Companies who buy tobafcco on the Lumberton market was $25.82. These official report of sales ape made up by the various warehouses at close of business of each day's sales, and are sworn to when furnished tl.e (Government, and any one desiring to know the facts can get this informa tion from any Company buying to bacco on any market. And the same day and date as above mentioned the' Fairmont Market sold 489,860 pounds at an average of $30.20, leading the Lumberton Market on that day $4.38 on the general average. Mr. R. W. McFarland Supervisor of Sales on this market says all of his report of sales for the Fairmont Market are Official and true and chal lenges any statement to the contrary. The Warehouse Books of Fairmont are open to the public to investigate, so that any statement of facts given at any time, as to any date, to the press or any one else may be investi gated to back up .this statement. We repeat, that Fairmont is your best market and if you have tobacco to sell it pays to sell it on the Fair mont market. Our First Sales Days of next week are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Our Second Sales Days, which arc just as good, are Tuesday and Thurs day. If you hav^tobacco to sell bring us your next load, whether it be on First or Second sales. Yours lor Service and the High Dollar. K. J. MV!S & SONS FAIRMONT, N. C. A cow never loafs while out in the sun. She stays on the move grazing continuously which is another argu ment for clearing part of the wood land for pasture and leaving the re mainder to grow trees. (SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ROBESON IAN. $2.00 A YEAR. hi Social Circles Shower for Bride-elect. Parkton, Sept. 7.—Of the many sociai courtesies extended in honor of Miss Nellie Thompson, whose mar riage to Mr. Paul Farrell of Oxford, N. C., takes place in September, none has proven more enjoyable than the linen shower given on Thursday af ternoon by Mrs. James F. Blue. Mrs. Blue's lovely new bungalow was un usually lovely in its color scheme of yellow and white, which was effec tively carried out it) the decorations of ferns and cut flowers. ^ As the guests arrived they were re ceived on the terrace by Mrs. Doug las Smith and Mrs. Carey Lancaster and directed to the punch bowl, where Miss Myra Blue served delicious yel low punch. Mrs. Ridenhour, Mrs. N. A. McMillan and Mrs. Blue received the guests in the living room. Every one was asked to write an appropriate poem beginning each line with tl.e first letter of the name of each of the contracting parties. Next a contest was held, Mrs. Douglas Smith being the winner in this. She was presented a lovely box of hand made handkerchiefs. The guest of honor received a pair of lovely chif fon hose. After the contests little Miss Merle Etta Lancaster, dressed in an airy fairy costume of white with white parasol announced ''there was a shower coming up," and just be hind her tripped little Miss Sarah Belle Smith dressed in fairy costume of yellow and yellow parasol with a shower of lovely gifts suspended from it, which she presented to the bride with this toast: "Here's to the bride-to-be, Smiling^injght at)d fair, , Here's to those who would like to Wondering when andenwhecer"*/ <t. ,t Very cooling and a&rOfoA in cotay were th6 refreshments of yello^'atiii' h'hite block cream with yellow and white cuke: Dh'the plates *were yel low Baskets, "filled „witH paints and smap enpida. On the bride's plate was'a miniature bride. inust; ;tn,cmn!!g Lne bnower were: Miss Sarah Currie, Mrs. J. C. Lancas ter, Mrs. D. G. Ridenhour, Mrs. Nei! A. McMillan, Mrs. R. B. Hutson, Mrs. Walter Gainey, Miss Myra Blue, Miss Katie Blue, Mrs. L. M. Powell, Mrs. Pearl Fisher, Mrs. Dan Proctor, Mrs. Dan McMillan, Mrs. Sandy McMillan, Miss Esdale Currie, Miss Mary Spell, Miss Nellie Thomasson, Mrs. Sam Thomasson, Mrs. Douglas Smith, Mrs. R. M. O'Berry, Miss Georgia Williamson, Mrs. Simon GaRley, Miss Martha McLeod, and Miss Margie Campbell of Raeford. ROGERS WILLIS Mar lage of Miss Myrtle Elisabeth !!!is and Mr. Victor Rogers a Sur )se to Their* Friends. . gted fpr The Robespnian. A'' marriage of much interest and ^kii^ise to their many friends was that of. Miss Myrtle Elizabeth' Willis "r.'AUctor Rogers here at the , of Rev. A. E. Paul at 3 o'clock. !ay afternoon. Mr. Paul quietly irmed the ceremony in the pres of a few. very , intimate friends, beautiful ring ceremony was *s. Rogers is pie eldest and very ctive daughter of Mr. S. A. Wil lis of near town. Mr. Rogers is a promising young man of Lumberton, having held a position with the Cen tral service station for some time. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Rogers left for a few days trip to Myrtle Beach, after which they will be at home at Lumberton. MISg ELIZABETH HUGGINS BRIDE OF THURMAN FLOWERS Red Springs, Sept. 6.—Miss Eliza beth Huggins became the bride Sun day of Thurman Flowers, of Heming way, S. C. The ceremony was per formed at the home of Miss Huggin s uncle, A. C. Huggins, the bride's pas tor,E, L. MMjmati,. officiating, 'ThtAvedding was a quiet affair, only imn^dlath iuthnhpjp'ii^t'he family antj a very few close friends being pres^ ent.f - " ' ' " "* : ^ ! THe bride the dastghber of ib Bt Huggins, of Red SpHA%s'.'!gi% was a mepiber of the freshman class at Flora Macdonald college last year. The groom is a prominent merchant of Hemingway. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Flowers left for a trip through western North Carolina. They will be at home in Hemingway after September 12. Record Of Deaths EVE REDMOND. The remains of Eve Redmond, 6 year-oid adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Redmond of Cayce, S. C., near Coiumbia, were interred in the Norment cemetery, East Fifth street, Wednesday at 6 p. m. Services were conducted by Rev. Father Leo of Hamiet. The chiid died of pneumonia in a hospita) in Coiumbia Tuesday evening. Mr. P. J. Redmond is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Redmond of Lumberton. Mr. and Mrs. Redmond returned home iast night. Farmer Shocked by Lightning. Cerro Gordo, Sept. 8.—Vance Wii iiamson, young farmer who resides on Fair Biuff-Boardman road, five miies north of this place, iast night was badiy shocked and had Lis hearing impaired when a iightning boit dur ing a heavy eiectricai storm struck !ow to the earth not far from his home. Pigs confined in a pasture nearby were addied from the iight ning boit and are today acting strangeiy. A dog was aiso shocked seriousiy and was iikewise addied ac cording to reports from the territory iate this evening. Mr. Wiiiiamson is recovering from the injury and today expressed his beiief that his dog and probabiy hogs aiso wouid be aii right in a few days. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ROBESON LAN. $2.00 A YEAR The Big Thing b To Think Big Thought* ) "Live in the Reaim of Bin Thought* i* Message of Rev. T. M. Grant in j Sermon to Young Student*. ! "!f you want to keep your youth from being despised you must !ive in the reaim of big thoughts" Rev. T. McM. Grant toid young peopie who heard him Sunday morning at Chest nut Street Methodist tfhurch in a spe ; cial sermon to high schooi students and giris and boys about to go away to coiiegc. "Let no man despise your youth." Paul's advice to Timothy, whom he wanted to rise to the heights, was Mr.! Grant's text. "Life is one continuous stream", he said, "and not separate units. We are concerned about the appeal of the chiid today as neve)* before. Our schoois are not teaching as they used to teach. We reaiize that young peo pie have a iife to live today and don't have to wait unti! tomorrow. Now is the big time. "Biessed is the man who knows how to think king thoughts, for oniy in that way can you iive a king iife. if j you want to iive on the mountain-top { you must be clothed in big thoughts.! Littie thinking and prejudices make iives that are contracted and warped. "The big thing is to know how to ! think big thoughts. Men and women who have iived big thoughts are the ones who have left their impression on society. If you want to keep your ; nature from being dwarfed you must have at the center of your bjng big,! tdean thoughts. Don't wait for some- j body to beckon ybu on, but iive up to the high idbals of your home. p'boni^aify wth big folks, ahd jaiwve hit' haw i&f'your friend the ()ne ['tyiym'lii thb only Friend, the Comrade' in white. If you waik with Him you wii] have a iife worth while." To Organize County Poultry Association Meeting Wiii be Heid in Lumherton September 15—Association Neces sary to Market Poaitry Profitabiy. Miss Flora Lee Cari, home demon stration agent, and Mr. 0. 0. Dukes, t county agent, announce that a meet ing wiii be he!d at the court house, } Lumberton, Wednesday, September '15th, at 3 o'ciock, for the prupose of i organizing a county pouitry associa tion. Ai) those interested in pouitry I are asked to attend tMs meeting. This appiies to those having a few birds as wcii as those having iarge fiocks. During the past months it has been cieariy demonstrated ^ that the best way to market pouitry is in car iots. This can onty bg dona through coop eration. A weiDorgardzed pouitry as sociation wjii give this premising in dustry a big boost. Pouitry marketed cooperately dur the past sixteen months brought $15, 000 to Robeson county. CHURCH NOTES Preaching at Ashury and Purvis Next Sunday. Rowland, Sept. 8.—The pastor t as : returned from his vacation and wiii preach at Asbury next Sunday 11 a. m. and at Purvis 4 p. m. His subject wiii be "Drifting." Alt the members of both churches as well as the peo ple generally are urged to be pres ent. Aiiiancc Christian and Misstonary Gospe! Tahernacie. C. W.' Wallace, paster. Sunday school 9:30 a.m. Preaching 11 a. m., subject Ti.e New Creation." Evening service 8. Wednesday prayer 8 p. m* ri< Saturday 'p. <TU. Chitdtea*Av ice 3 ' -yt/j Kevivai CoM'eRw^d^pce ot^.-The Robeaonian. - revival begins at Regan's Th Methodist chaQ:h Sundkip! afternoon. There will be a prayer and praise ser vice at 3:30 p. m. and preaching in the evening of the same day at 7:30. During the ensuing week there wiii be services each day at 4:30 and at 7:30 o'clock. The pastor will do the preaching, and requests the hearty cooperation of the entife people. Let us look to a glorious refreshing from the presence of the Lord. J. A. DAILEY, Pastor. Presbyterian, Dr. G. E. Moorehousc, Minister. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Sabbath school every Sabbath morning at 9:30. W. K. Rethune, superintendent. Morning worship at 11 o'clock. Sermon theme: "Family Religion." Evening worship at 3 ! o'clock. Sermon theme: "A woman who became famous because of u : Journey." Mid-week service Wed ; nesday at 8 p. m. Subject: "Living Episties." 2 Cor. III. , All Presbyterians are expected loy ally to support the various services of , this church. A11 strangers and visi tors in town and those who have no regular church affiliation are cordi ally invited to share with us all the : privileges of this hoiise of prayer. The family is the oldest institution on earth. From it as a centre socie ty is being continually reconstructed. A certain judge has said that eighty i per cent of criminals are under the age of 25. ; The sermon on Sabbath morning may have a message for you. Law Abiding. A farmer walked into the general ; store and said to the recently be , reaved widow: "I'll take that tub of i clemargarine and all the flour and bacon." "My goodness, why do you want all I those things?" ___._ "Well, I'm executor of your hus I band's will and lawyer Stiles told me to carry out all the provisions." MANY THANKS To our friends for the iihera) patronage that they are giving oft. The present manage ment of this hank is now in its fifteenth year. Fourteen years ago the predecessor of this hank had tota! resources of iess than 8?5,0()().00. but setting for our motto— SAFETY, SECURITY and SERVICE v we have received recognition hy the hanking puhiic. So that now our resources are more thaw $800.MM.tM). We cannot adequateiy express our thanks and appreciation to our friends, through the med ium of words, hut sha!) undertake to show our appreciation by continuing to foMow the poiicy sug gested hy our motto of— SAFETY, SECURITY and SERVICE !f you are not atready a member of our iarge hanking famiiy, we most cordiaiiy invite you to join us and. MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK. The P!antcra Bani( apd Trust Company THE ORIGINAL FARMERS BANK SEVENTEEN OUT OF THE TWENTY AGRICULTURE SCHOOLS GROWING CAPONS. (ByJ.M. Osteen, District Super visor Agr'I Educa.) Seventeen of the twenty vocational agricuiturai schoois in our district are growing capons this year. The boys in these schoois are not worrying ov er the cheap 1%'ce of fryers at this season of the Year. In fact some of the boys are buying young cockerais on the outside in order to grow more capons. They are not seiiing their Young cockerais for 20 to 25 cents per pound when they wii! be ahie to get $2.50 to $1 each later on. These 17 schoois have on hand at present in their project work 3040 head and wiii have more before the caponiztng season cioses. The boys in the Troy agricuiturai department are leading in the num ber from any on^ schooi with 1150 head at present, their goal for the season being 1620. This is due to the fact that these boys grew and shipped 883 head iast season which soid for $2333.65. 10,000 to 12,000 pounds of these birds are already spoken for or en gaged for the coming season, and any surplus wiii be used to iocate new markets not yet suppiied. Schools in our district producing capons at present for the coming sea son are Troy, Vass, Ellerbe, Rock ingham, Norwood, Stanfieid, Oakboro, Candor, Mt. Giiead, Indian Normal, Orrum, Phiiadeiphus, Green Creek, Forest City, Lattimore, Eiienboro, and New London. CHEMIST FIGURES ON POSSIBILITY OF ELIMINATNG SLEEP Philadelphia, Sept. 6.-—(A.P.)— Sleep as a necessity for humans may be done away with entirely through the development of chemistry, Irenee Dupont, of the E. 1. Dumont de Nemours and company, declared to day at the opening session of the gold jubilee convention of the American Chemical society. Pointing out that some adults sleep a greater number of hours than others, Mr. Dupont said it seemed likely this was due to some human systems requiring a longer time to work out poisons that ASK YOUR DEALER *t* t FOR A JACOB! AXE WANO*BD MKdCAMU Better Axe. Are Not Made. Satisf*Ktn Guaranteed or You Get a New Axe. N. JACOBI HARDWARE C% Wilmington, N. C. r. - -___ i' " < ^ . GRANTHAMS , ^ Insurance & Real Estate Agency "Dependable Service." Phone 26 FAIRMONT, N. C. Jones Bldg. ! AM Back from New York with a Hat to Fit Every Head and Every Purse -BREKE j^!!SS ' <- i -'. **<' Lumberton, N. C. accumutp.tf. „ "Woui^.it not seem iikeiy," he said,! "that the' reactions may be hastened' by some agents ovi even that the anti dote itself maybe prepared and ad minister^ t^rehy either decreasing the amount, of . sleep required or even doing away ti e necessity of siecp entirely?" Such a discovery, he said, wouid add more than per cent to both our ; hours of production and of pteasure, and greatiy wouid decrease the cost of housing and of factory production.; - :?t* Mtsses Kati^ Mae and Roberta Me* Kenzie of WHminyton are spending a fbw days with- their (grandmother, Mr* M- G. McKenzie. Miss Katie Mae wii! ii ieave tomorrow for Ffora Macdonaid " cotiege, Red Spring, where "he *M1 be a student this year. Miss Ida Mae McKenzie of Chariottg is aiso spend ing seven) days with her grand mother, Mrs. M. G. McKenzie, E!m . street. Mr. J. W. Meshaw of R. 4 from I.umberton was a Lumberton visitor < Monday afternoon. Mi' What The Bank s ..<- , 4 t'" 8 34 ^ If a customer were asked to specify the requirements of his ideal bank, he would probably specify: ; ^ Complete and modem facilities for the conduct of tlv ^usmess; Unfailing courtesy and a sincere desire to serve; ^ Skill, soundness, conservatism, and freedom from any business of a speculative nature on the part of the bank's management; Officers and directors who realize the sacredness of the trust imposed upon them by the stockholders and customers of the bank. Sufficient capital and resources to meet the legitimate require ments of its regular customers at a!I times, in hard times; and in good times; The ability to take care of the expanding business of a growing community. Dependable connections with the money centers and the great Federal Reserve Bank. It is the constant endeavor of this institution to maintain the highest ideals of genuine banking service to our customers and to the entire community. It will pay you to bank with THE OLD RELIABLE. Nationa! Bank of Lumberton LUMBERTON, N. C. A. W. McLEAN, President A. E. WHITE, Vice President M. F. CURR, uasmer W A. ROACH. Asst. Cashier
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