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THE WEATHER RAIN TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. COLDER TONIGHT. EIGHT PAGES TODAY VOL. LVINO 99. LUMBERTON, N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1927. ! KSTABUBHZD WMC< MVH CHMTW t COUNTZT. HOC AWO TKOTH. Two Co To Hospitals As Result Of Five Auto Wrecks Sunday Miss Myrtie Faircioth of Tabernacie j Section Suffers Interna) Injuries and Miss Ethe) McLean of Maxton Severs) Bruises—Wreck in Town Causes Ford to Fa)) on Loca) Man —Fords Suffer Terrib!y from Co! )isions. Miss Myrtte Faircioth of the Taber- I nac)e section is now in the Baker sana torium and Miss Ethe) McLean of Maxton is a patient at the Thomp son Memorial hospital as a resuit of automobite wrecks in and near Lum berton yesterday. A total of five wrecks have been reported so far, and Fords have suffered terribly thereby, i Miss Faircioth IntemaHy injured. Miss Myrtie Faircioth, daughter of Mr. J. M. Faircioth of the Tabernacle j section, suffered internal injuries, a serious injury to her left leg and a number of bruises last night about 7 o'ciock when the Ford in which were she and her sister, Miss Liliian Fair cloth, and Mr Roger Rice, the latter of the Broad Ridge section, collided with an automobile operated by Mr. Jim Barker of Lumberton. The acci dent occurred at Bee Gee station. The ; car in which the Misses Faircioth and Mr. Rice were riding was overturned, Miss Lillian Faircioth and Mr. Rice escaping with minor injuries, but Miss Myrtle Faireloth's injuries were of such a nature that she was brought to the Baker sanatorium, where she is still a patient. Miss Ethel McLean Suffers Cuts Miss Ethel McLean of Maxton suf fered a number of cuts about the body shortly after dark last night in a col- i lision on the Fairmont road, about three miles from town. Miss McLean, with Mr. J. F. Inman, had been to Marietta to see her sister, Miss Eva McLean, a teacher in the Oak Dale school near there, and was returning to Maxton when the accident occurred. Mr. A C. Williamson of Lumberton, route 4, was turning his Chevrolet coupe around in the road and thought the Ford coupe in which Miss McLean and Mr. Inman were riding was far e,nough behind him to allow him to m<rke the turn. The two cars collided, j and the Ford was turned over, being pretty muchly torn up. Mr. William son's car was slightly bruised on the left fender. Miss McLean was brought here to the Thompson Memorial hos pital, where her condition is now im proved Mr. Inman suffered a bruise on the forehead and torn clothes but ! otherwise came out of the wreck all right. Mr. Williamson and Mr. Inman stated that they were both to biame ! for the accident. Ford Runs Over Buick. A Ford coupe belonging to Mr. Thurman Cain, operated by Mr Ran dolph Lewis and occupied by Mr. Lewis and Messrs. Row land McNeill and John Taylor, all of Lumberton, attempted to shove Mr. C. E. Rancke's Buick sedan off the street last night about ! It) o'clock, with the result that the Ford was overturned, falling on Mr Lewis. This accident occurred on North Chestnut street, in front of the residence of Mr. K. M. Barnes. Mr. Rancke's car was parked on the right of Chestnut street, and the Ford struck it from the rear, bursting the left tire of the Buick and damaging the fender and the rear bumper The Ford turned bottom upwards and had to he iiftod off Mr. lx?wis. Mr. Mc Neill's hand was caught under the overturned car. but he succeeded in extracting it without aid. The radius rods of the Ford were bent double, and it was otherwise battered up. None } of the occupants suffered injuries enough to require medical aid. Car Runs Off Dam A big car carrying a New Jersey license ran off the dam in Ashpole swamp, between Marietta and Fair mont, yesterday afternoon and barely missed overturning, according to a re- ! port brought here. No one was injur ed. Ford and Chrysier Coiiide. A Ford roadster driven by Mr. C. B. Meares, Lumberton barber. coiiided with a Chrysier coupe operated by a man from Biaden county just across ' Jacobs swamp, between Lumberton and Biadenboro, iast night. Mr Meares was coming towards Lumber ton and th(. Chrysier was meeting him at the time of the accident. The cars ran into one another, both men Maim ing that the other was responsibie. One tire of the Chrysier was bursted and a fender torn up A fender was torn off Mr. Meares car, a tire burst ed and the running gear torn up. Robeson officers were caiied to the scene of the wreck about 11 o'ciock iast night, and Town Officer B. F Buiiard and Rurai Poiiceman Meiton !vcy went to the scene, finding no one there. Neither of the men driving the cars was injured. ^ Packard Bus Burns. A Packard 7-passenger bus, driven by F H. Thorpe, owner of the Fior ence-Lumberton-Raeford busline, was burned on the Red Springs road, near Phiiadeiphus, Friday night. The igni tion and body of the car were com piete iosses byf the fire No passengers were on the bus, it is reported. Flappers Scare Him Calvin Jones,. 80 year old plainsman, from Douglas, Ariaona, is visiting Boston. He says—"I've fought many a tribe of redskins in my days, but these present day dappers have got me licked!" FA!R!M LETTER Ladies Aid Has Interesting Lee-Jack ] son l'rogram—"Uncle Gus" Floyd Talks to Children About Lee and is Given a Shower—Honor Roll. (By Mrs. H. G. Inman.) Fairmont, Jan. 24.—-The Ladies Aid society of the Baptist church met with Mrs. Worth McCormick Wednes day afternoon, there being 22 pres ent. After the meeting was railed to order the matter of naming a Ways and Means committee was discussed and Mrs. T. H. Plemmons was named "advisory" chairman of a committee. It was decided to keep the aid basket in circulation and that each member, who would, make something for a, ba zaar to be given some time in De cember. it was also decided to have a bungalow apron sale some time in the spring, probably the first of March. A most interesting Lee-Jack^on program was given, the foliowing reading papers: Mrs. J. F. Johnson, "The Sword of Lee"; Mrs. t). 1. Floyd, "T! e Life of Lee," and Mrs. T. H. P!cmmons,"Lec and Jackson." Following the program the hos tess, assisted by Mrs. Frank Davis, served delicious Water lily salad, sal tines and hot coffee. The February meeting wil: be hekl with Mrs. F. H. Pittman, a: d all prospective members are cordially in vited to attend. Miss Christine Floyds' sixth grade pupils invited her father, Mr. A. E. Floyd, Confederate veteran and friend of Genera) Robert hi. Lee. to talk to them Thursday about Lee. At the close of his talk the pupils sur prised "Uncle *Gus" by giving him a shower of tobaccos, fruit and many other things. Honor Roll. ) The honor roll for the fourth month i of school is as follows: Elementary grades—William Hen ly, Cletis Britt. Gereva Willoughby, E. G. Floyd Jr., Louise Teague, Gra ham Inman, Lois McCormick, Ruby Britt, Oscar Barnes, Pattie Pittman. Shirley Bass, Woodbcrry Chambers, Marie Harrelson, Flora Pittman, Martha Pittman, Maitland W illiams, Marion Floyd. High school—Hollis Pittman, Clara Smith. Mary Williams, Elizabeth Mitchell, Bliss Page, Aline Tedder, Freeman- Prevatte, Edith Pittman, ] Agnes Oliver, Mabel Floyd, Dora Huggins, Mary Jennings, Eliott Chambers, Clyde Stubbs. Mr. Mitchell Cockman left Friday for Sanford, where he has accepted a position in a Pender store. Mr. A. E. Floyd attended a meeting of Camp Willis Pope , Confederate Veterans, in Lumberton Wednesday. The local chapter of the U. D. C. serv ed the veterans a sumptious dinner. Mr. Floyd was chosen as delegate to ! attend the State convention which ! will be held in Raleigh this year. Mr. ! H. G. Byrd, the only other veteran in j town, had planned to attend the t meeting but was not well enough. The Fidelis class of the Baptist i church gave $5 to the Sunday school j toward paying for hymn books to be } used in the Sunday school. Miss Bertha Davis left last week i for her home in Frederick. Md., where [ she will spend a week before going ! j on the . Northern Markets to purchase ] ispring Millinery for Miss Annie* Me-! ' Millan's hat shop. Phi!ade!phus Girls And Boys Are County BasketbaH Champs Girts Defeat Ftora' Cottege 26-12 and Hoys Red Springs 11-9 in Finat Mound of Tournament Hetd at Med! Springs. The Phi)ade)phus girts' and boys' baskethat) teams won the champion : ship of Robeson eounty Friday night when both of the teams defeated op posing fives in the fina! round of the county basketbati tournament held at Red Springs The Phitadetphus girts were victor ious over the Flora) Codege girts 26 to 12, and the boys finatty came out with the big end of a 11 to 9 score with the Red Springs team in a ctose ) ty-fought game. The games were ptayed in the Red Springs high school auditorium, with a number of teams from the schoots of Robeson county taking part. Hy virute of their victories, the girts were awarded a silver loving cup and the boys a silver basketball as trophies. Robeson Negroes Get Another Reprieve - i Execution of Lumpkin and Williams Postponed Ti!! February !9 for Further Investigation. Robert Lumpkin and Booker T. Wil liams, Robeson county negroes whifi were sentenced to electrocution in January, 1926, for the murder of M. B. Rogers, police officer of the town of Rowland on the night of Christ mas Eve, 1925, and who were sche-! duled to die in the State prison in Raleigh Friday, Jan. 21, were again j reprieved until February 19 by Gov ernor A. W McLean. The action was taken in order to allow Pardon Commissioner H. Hoyle Sink to complete investigation of the case. The Governor Thursday issued the following statement: "The above named prisoners were convicted at the January term, 1926, j Superior court of Robeson county, of, murder and sentenced to death by electrocution. "A reprieve was formerly granted these prisoners in order that a more thorough investigation might be made, especially in certain matters brought to my attention that develop ed after the trial. Although diligent effort has been made it has been im possible to locate and communicate with the parties reported to have the above referred to information. I am advised that the principal party has recently been in Hamlet and every effort is now being made to locate the witness. ''yVithout regard to the merit of the application for clemency I deem it right and proper in a case of such great gravity to thoroughly investi ; gate every available fact and circum i stance before finally determining upon : j a course of action. With this in mind ! and solely for this purpose these i prisoners have been reprieved until { Saturday, February 19th " . t Indian Boy Suffers Fractured Skull When Auto Goes Into Ditch James Lockiear Confutes Mother When He Attempts to Assist Her in Driving and Car Lands in Ditch With Serious Consequences to Him —Has 2 Convuisions Before Beach ing Baker Sanatorium—Condition Now Improved. James Lockiear. Indian, 12-year-oid son of Maiiy Lockiear of Howeiis viiie township, confused his mother,} who was about to lose control of the car in which they were riding Friday, } when he attempted to assist her, with the resuit that the automohiie landed in the ditch and he was seriousiy in jured. The boy attempted to put i.is foot on the brakes of the cat* his mother was driving, and in the tonfus* o the automohiie went into the ditch, throw ing young Lockiear against the wind shield and causing a compound frac ture of the skuii. After the accident the boy was hur ried to the Baker sanatorium, suffer ing two convuisions before reaching here. Upon an examination it was found that he had sustained a punc- j ture of the mound of the skuii, with a smaii area of the skuii bone crushed in on the brain surface. An opera tion was performed by Dr. H. M. Ba ker, who removed a considerable area of the bone tissue in order to relieve the fracture. The boy raiiied to the operation spiendidiy and is having a noun at convalescence. RAYMOND HUGGINS TAKES BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY Raymond, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Huggins, took a tablet of bichlor ide of mercury whiie aione at home Saturday night. Immediateiy after taking the tab let, Mr. Huggins caiied his mother, who was visiting at a neighbor's, and j Dr. J. N. Britt was there within 6 I minutes. Dr. Britt gave the young man three raw eggs and took him to the Baker sanatorium, where the poison was pumped out of his stom ach, and he was then given 6 more raw eggs- Y'oung Huggins' condition ' is now improved. The cause of the young man's tak I ing the poison is not known, he him i seif saying that he does not know ; j why he did it. HIGH SCHOOL INVITATION BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT STATE COLLEGE MARCH 1-5 j Raieigh, Jan. 24—(INS)—The sec { ond high school invitation basketbai) tournament, wiii be heid at State Coi iege here March 4-5, according to an announcement by J. F. Miiier, athie tic director. Indications are that high schooi teams from aii parts of the State wiii participate in the tournament. The ! opening games of the tournament wiii be run off at 9 o'ciock Friday morn (ing, March 4 LUMBER BRIDGE HERE TONIGHT The Lumber Bridge htgh schooi basketbail teams, both git is and boys, ydii meet the Lumberton high schooi teams here tonight at 8 o'ciock. Cotton Market ! Middiing cotton is seiiing on the fiocai market today at 12 1-4 cents the [pounds , PARKTON LEHER Death and Funeral of Mr*. J. A. Fur. rie—Building Emprosements—Bas ketball Tourney. (By C. D. Williamson.) Parkton. Jan. 22.—Mrs. J. A. Cur rie of Raeford, who had been on a visit to her brother Mr. A. H. Perry for severat weeks and had been in. feeble heatth for some time, was tak- ^ en sick a couple of weeks ago ant) ! suifered ^ stroke of paraiysis a few} days ago and gradually grew worse and died Tuesday morning. Deceased; was 71 years of age and is survived ! by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Prevatt of Bladenboro and Mrs. W. H. Nunnery of Jonesboro, and one brother, Mr. A.' H. Perry of Parkton. Deceased was a highly-respected and consecrated Christian woman, member of Bethel Presbyterian church ! of near Raeford. The funera) was I held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. conducts) by her pastor, Dr. Watson Fairiy of Raeford. Inter-} ment was made in the Bethe! ceme tery in the presence of a large es sembly of friends and relatives. Rev. J. J. Boone, pastor of the M-! E. church, returned home Wednesday. from Conway, N. C., where he held a ! ten days revivai. He reports a great! meeting. Conway is Mr. Boone's old neighborhood. Messrs. A. McM. Blount and E. B. Daniel attended the Grand Lodge, A.; ,F. & A. M., at Raleigh. They report) a great time. Mr. J. Q. Parnei! has purchased the ) W. M. Marritt house and lot on Main t street. He is making some needed j repairs, which when completed will! add much to its appearance. Messrs, C. A. Boddenhammer and) T. W. Thompson, cotton merchants,! made a business trip to Wilson Fri day. j Mr. A. M. Culbreth of Georgia ) came Friday on a visit to relatives and friends. We are always glad to meet Billy, as we all call him, who is one of our boys of a few years pass ed and is now of one of the success* fu! naval stores of Georgia and a ! reader of the old reliable, The Rob ; csonian, and enjoys it. HaskethaH Tournament. This has been a busy week with the high school athletes. Our boys and girls played Wednesday night at Red Springs, where the county tourna- ! ! ment was held. The boys won easily ! from Rowland Wednesday night) while the girls lost heavily. Our boys] ! played Philadelphus Thursday night,} and while the game was apeciting and hard played the Parkton highs lost. ] due to the fact they played hard Wed- i } nesday night, attended school Th trs-' day as usual, and"Of course they were ! not in the best .of shape to play} ! Thursday night. Nevertheless, there ] ! were some good exhibitions in the } way of basketball, both boys and -girls. The St. Pauls boys' and Red] Springs boys' game was interesting ! and at timert it looked like the St. i Pauls boys would win from Red Springs, but the St. Pauls boys were played down, as they had played two ) or three other games already this j week. Quarterly Meeting Tuesday. The first quarterly meeting for Parkton charge will be held at Park ton M. E. church Tuesday morning. Precahing at It o'clock, dinner on I grounds, and the business session in the afternoon. } Some excitement Thursday morn- ; ing when an oil stove exploded in the { kitchen of Mr. A. H. Purvis' resi dence, and only quick work with several buckets water the house was saved. Dr. D. S. Currie is attending the Atlantic Coast Line surgeons meet in St. Petersburg, Fla., this week. He expects to make a trip over in Cuba from there. His son, Dan, accom panied him. They return home next Tuesday, the 25th. Child Fatally Burned By Wanton Act of Small Boy , _ Hunting of 6-Year-Oid Eiizaheth West Was Resu't of a Boy's Fiend ish Act. The funeral service of Eiizabeth, 6 year old daughter of Mr P. J. West of Howeiisviiie township, who died Jan. 9th from burns received when ! her ciothing was set on fire by an- < other chitd, an account of which was given in The* Robesonian of Jan. 10, ; was conducted at Cedar Grove Bap tist church on Jan. !0 by Rev. K. A. Paut and interment was ntade in the Fiowers cemetery near the church. Surviving are her father;^ three brothers, Masters Frank, Witbtrr and Bowman, and one sister, Miss Lina. This heartrending tragedy was caused, Mr West states, by the : wanton act of a 12-year-oid boy. This boy, Mr. West says, was piaying about his home during his absence with J smaJi chiidren, remarked that he was going in the house to warm him seif, struck a match, set fire to the gir*'s ciothes and ran. Mr. West's wife i died iast summer and there was no one at the home at the time except smaii chiidren. —Mr. B. D. Dowe of Barnesviiie was abie to ieave the Baker sanator ium this mbrning after undergoing severa! days at"< an operation for acute appendicitis. t Buy Groceries from SEVEN PINES GROCERY Prices Reduced. Cash and Carry Local Legion Post Deala With Several Matters Of Business Committee Appointed to Discuss with. Town Commissioner* Development t of 1^-gton Park—Membership Fees for Local Legionalres Reduced. ' Several matters of hu-tiness were j < deait with at an enthusiastic meeting (of Lumberton post Ko. 12 of the , ! American iegion. which was held in) I the American iegion haii, with a good i representation of the members pres ent, on Thursday night After some dtscussion of ways to i . finish the development of the Ameri can iegion park. Commander J. L. j Spivey appointed a committee com- < ! posed of Dr. R. S. Beam, chairman, j I and Messrs. W. B Ivey. Guitar Moore, Frank McNeill and II O, Fioyd to meet with the town commissioners at their next regutar session and dis- j cuss with them pians for the deveiop ment of the park. It is proposed that i } the American iegion supervise the de-} ! veiopment and that with the financiai j assistance of the town fathers the j work be carried to its compietion this year. < The matter of donating a fiag to ^ the Lumberton high schooi was up for j discussion. } Speciai emphasis was piaced on the ! membership drive, and the executive * committee was asked to report at each 'meeting the progress of ai) work un-i der their supervision and especiatiy as it related to the addition of new mem bers. The membership fee for former service men now living within the corporate limits of the town of Lum-) j berton was reduced from $3.5p to j ; $2.75, which compares with the $2.25 ! fee charge to members iiving out of Lumberton. AH former service men who wish to attend the American le gion convention in Paris the coming fall will have to have their dues paid and be in good standing with their posts, and the loca) post is especialty desirous of having its membership as large as possible in order for the men of Robeson county to have an op- { portunity to attend the Paris conven- ^ i tion Wtthtn the next 60 nays the t.um ) berton post hopes to be abte to put ! on at the Pastime theatre here an American legion picture, and several j pictures were discussed at the meet ' ing ThuTsday night, chief among them i being 'The Big Parade." Officers Meet Thursday Night. An important meeting of the offi ! cers of the American legion and the American legion auxiliary will be j held in the American legion hall ! Thursday night at 8 o'clock, at which ! time business matters for the better i ment of both organizations will be discussed. ROBERT MILES BOUND OVER FOR RUNNING ! OVER UONBARY HARDIN Strpng Case of Circumstantial Evi dence—Other Cases. Robert Miles, colored, has been ' : bound over to Superior court by Re-, I corder P. S. Kornegay under a $300 bond on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, a charge which grew I out of Miles' alleged running over : Condary Hardin, Indian, several i weeks ago. There were no eye wit ! nesses to Hardin's accident, although i Hardin, who was pretty seriously in jured, claimed he saw Miles after the latter drove his automobile into his ! buggy A strong case of circumstantial ' evidence was worked up, and the re { corder found probable cause. Miles is now in jail in default of bond, i F. K. Boykin was taxed with the j ) costs for speeding, i Carson Locklear, Indian, was found not guilty of giving a worthless check, i and the prosecutor, Billie Locklear, ^ ' was taxed with the court costs. Tommie Locklear, indicted for giv. ! ing a worthless check, *was required ! to pay the amount of the check and ! the costs in the case. MR. GEO. L. THOMPSON GREATLY IMPROVED; — —— , . ( Recovering Splendidly from lujurtes Sustained When A. C. L. Train Struck His Car. Mr. Geo. L. Thompson of Lumber* 1 ton is recovering splendidly from in- j juries sustained last Thursday morn ing when the Chevrolet coupe in t which he was riding was struck by an j A. C. L. freight train on the Red Springs road, near Pbiladeiphus. Mr. Thompson was greatly shock-1 {ed by the accident, and to take a look at the wrecked car in which he was (ding, one 4.an hardily understand how he escaped at all with his life, , i but X-ray pictures taken at the Thompson Memorial hospital show that bis worst injury was a sepafa ' t tion of the cartilage of the ribs and -; breast bone. His condition has con I tinually grown better, and his com I plete recovery from the accident. seems assured. Mr. Thompson says that boxcars ?} standing on the track cut off the view ! and he did not see the train until his [ [ car was on the track. The crossing i is rough and his car choked down on the tra-k. Mr. Thompson says he ! could lave gotten out of the car in time to save himself, but thought he I had time to start the car and drive off. In his haste, however, the car /failed to start as readily as usual. Latest. photo of Hirohito former Prince Regent who becomes the aow Emperor of Japan, through the recent heath of his father. SI. PAUL NEWS Mrs. Waiter (fihson i)ies Foiiowing i.ong Hiness—Three New Arrivais —Residence Changes Hands—Per sona!. (My Bessie C. Johnson) St. Pauis, Jan 24—Mrs. Waiter Cib- i son died Thursday morning at her I home near St. Pauis, foiiowing an ex tended period of invaiidism. Fuii par. ticuiars of her death haven't been !eame<f, [<niy that the funerai whs heid at Cibson Station Friday after noon, where the body was taken for buriai Deceased is survived by tier husband, who during the past few. years has had supervision of the J. H. Baitanre farm a few miies from ! town, 2 daughters and i son, Mr. < Frank Cibson, aii whom were with : their mother during her fast days. , Born, Friday morning, to Mr and t Mrs. Edwin McDonaid, formeriy of St. Pauis but now of Orianda, Ha., at the home of her parents, Mr and i Mrs. A. H. iiarris of our town, an ii-pound boy. Mrs iiarris is very I pieasantiy remembered here as Miss i Ethci iiarris, white Mr. McDonaid is ! a son of Mr. anti Mrs. A !. McDonaid,' j former St. Pauis residents, who now ! reside at Roscboro. i Another tot is to be intruded in the j honor rod this month Mr. and Mrs. J. J Coiey, recent residents of our town, who occupy the Locke Meinnis house on Broad street, have a iittie son born, aiso Friday. Congratuiations aii. Friends over the county wiii be in terested in teaming of the serious ! iiiness of Mr. W. J. McBryde of San I ford, Fia., according to a message re. j f-eived Friday tnortting by Mrs, C T. Fisher, a sister-in-iaw of his. who rc i sides here. He has t<een in iii heaith jdur^tg the past few years. Miss Tommie Fisher has been ^ub-! , stituting in the graded schooi during the previous two weeks in the ab sence of Miss Mary McGoogan of near (Continued on page 7) Voluntary Petition In Bankruptcy Filed By John S. McNeill Liabilities Given As $22,7! 2.22 andj i—Assets at $21,377-69. A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was fifed before H. H. ford, deputy cefrk, U. S. court, Wilmington, Friday i by John 8. AicNeill of Lumberton through his attorneys, McLean &i Stacy. Totaf li^i'ities, among which was $653!87 for taxes, were iisted as $22, 712 22 and tota) assets at $2!,377 69. Secured debts were $4,000 to Flora Macdonafd coflege, $3,600 to the Chickdmauga Trust Co. and $9,000 to the Robeson Manufacturing Co. Unse ' cured debts were $1,500 to the St., Pauls Cotton Milfs, $800 to the Mer i chants and Manufacturing Co., $425 to J. S. Olivet & Co.. Marietta, and several items of a smaMer nature As isets consisted largely'of $20,000 in . real estate in the county. ! None of those having c'aims against Mr McNeill have yet appeared before j his attorneys to file their claims. ; WILMINGTON HERE FRIDAY NIGHT. The Wilmington high school basket ball team will come to Lumberton Fri day night for an engagement with the local team. The contest will be in the high school gymnasium at 8 p. nf. GOOD WORKMANSHIP DEA1ANDS Gt)OD TOOLS Garments sent to us are really giv en four cleanings because our modern Glover equipment continually changes the naptha 8 times an hour. } Clothes are removed from a body of } solvent just as sparkling in its purity as that into which they were placed, j You would not entrust a $30 hill to anv but the safest bank. Give your suit or dress the same protection and j j entrust it to us. i LUMBERTON DRY CLEANING CO Eddie L. McNeill, Manager. ^4th Street Phone 94 HEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Mr-. H. D. Is-wis ofBarnesviUe has ra liter' rplendtdly from a serious operation she underwent at the Baker sanatorium this morning. —The Gorpel Tabernacle Mission ary society wiit have a quilting Thurs day afternoon at 1:30 With Mrs. John Floyd. —Circle No. ! of the Woman's Aux iiiary of the Presbyterian church wit! meet at the home of Mrs H. B. Jen nings Wednesday afternoon at 3:30. —Mr. X. M. Musselwhite o f the Barker-Ten-Mite section, who under went an operation on his eye several days ago, was able to teave the Baker sanatorium today. The operation was performed by Dr. K S. Beam. —Dr Gordon Boss Hennigar has returned to his home in Halifax, Nova Scotia, after a visit of 3 weeks in the home of Mrs. Hennigar's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J A. Barker. Mrs. Hennigar and son wilt remain here for another month. —Mrs. A. C McGougan of Rennert, who has been taking treatment at the Thompson Memoriat hospitat for sev erat days, remains in about the same condition. It is expected that she will undergo an operation as soon as she becomes stronger. —The local fire department was called out Friday morning on account of smoke caused by a defective stove flue between the millinery establish ment f Miss Josephine Breece and the Lumherton Furniture store. No fire was found. —Mr. Hddie L. McNeill went Fri day to Charlotte to bring back Mrs McNeill, who has been in the Char lotte sanatorium taking treatment for stomach trouble, Mrs. McNeill's condition is now improved. Messrs. T. C. Barnes and L. M Garner of the Stephens & Barnes Furniture Co. returned Thursday from High Point, where they attended the furniture show —The Lumherton Kiwanis club will meet Tuesday evening at ?:lo at the Lorraine bote) A meeting of directors wilt be held at the hote! at 7 p. m, immediately preceeding the luncheon meeting. —Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White will teave Tuesday evening for Lakeland, Ha., where they wit) spend a few day'}3, and thence they wit) go to Texas, where Mr. White ownes some citrus groves. They will be away about 3 weeks, —Mrs W. P. Otiver of Marietta was in Lumherton yesterday after noon to see her sister, Mrs. J. P. McNeitl, who is sti)) a patient at the Thompson Memoria) hospita), suffer ing with heart trouble. -—Mr. Jim Spivey says Indian wo men, and not negroes, stopped him at the scene of Mr. G. L. Thompson's wreck Thursday morning. !t was in advertency stated in Thursday's Robe, sonian that Mr Spivey was stopped by some negro women —Mr. C. W Smith, Confederate veteran, who has been iiving on R. 4 from Lumherton, near Edmund's mi)), with his son Mr. D. G. Smith, has moved to Vinetand to )ive for a few months with another son, Mr. A. G Smith. He wit) return !ater in the spring to Mr. D. G. Smith's. Mr. C W. was a Lumherton visitor today. —Mr. David Bryan, catcher on the Lumherton high school baseball team tast year and member of the Fayette. vitie Highlanders after leaving Lum ber ton, has accepted terms with Ma con. Ga., according to the Sporting News if St. Louis, Mo , of January 20. His brother, Mr. Howard Bryan, class of 1925. who was a)so with the Highianders tast season, has signed to ptav with the Chartotte ctub of the South Attantic teague. — Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Townsend and son, Master L B. Jr., moved Thurs day from Aberdeen to Lumberton They are occupying Mrs. Mottie Nor ment's residence on North Etm street. Mr. Townsend formerty lived in Lum berton and Mrs. Townsend formerty at McDonatd, being a dC.^hter of the late Rev. Westey Thompson, and both have many friends who welcome them back to the eounty after an absence of several years. —Chief-of-Police Forest Hamilton of Fairmont, Rural Policeman R C. Cox and Chiuf-of-Poliee Jones of Rowland passed through town Friday enroute to their respective homes from Raleigh, where they went to wit ness Friday the execution of Robert Lumpkin and Booker T. Wiltiams. Rob eson county negroes who were sen tenced to die for the murder of Chief of-Police M. B. Rogers of Rowland. The execution of the negroes was postponed until February 19 in order that the case might be investigated more thoroughly. COUNTY TEACHERS MEET FEBRUARY 3. The first meeting of the teachers of , the county will be held here on Sat urday. February 5. according to Mr, ' J R. Poole, county superintendent of { schools Di J. H. Highsmith, State inspector ^ of high schoots, is expected to attend Sec us for gifts of all kinds "Alwavs something new * MOORE'S GIFT SHOP. Phone 434 Chestnut St. \ in front of Lorraine Hotel.
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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