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THE WEATHER FAIR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPER ATURE, < tulttJME EIGHT PAGES TODAY VOL. LVHNO. 25. COUNT*?. 600 ANO T*UT*. ZaTABLMHKD MHC* TYV* C#TNT* CLAYTON HIGH SCHOOL TEAM PLAYS LUMBERTON HERE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Games Between Lumberton and State High Schooi Base bat! Champions One of Features of Basebaii Season for Lumberton. Ciayt.n's SLtte high schooi cham pionship basebaii team wiii come to Lunrberton tomorrow morning for engagements with the Lumberton high schooi team here at tr.e fair grounds on Friday and Saturday af ternoons at 4 o'clock. Lumberton and Ciayton divided games eariier in the season when Lumberton played in Ciayton. At that time the boys from here were royaiiy entertained by the Ciayton peopie, and the r trip was a great pleasure. The Ciayton team wiii arrive in Lumberton tomorrow morning and be entertained in Lumberton homes white it is here. The games Friday and Saturday are considered one of the biggest features of the basebaii sea son for Lumberton, and a large at tendance is expected. Time Extended For Paying Taxes County Commissioners Authorize Tax Collector to Advertise Land for Unpaid Taxes on May 28 for Sate on June 28. The county commissioners Mon day extended the time for adver tising !and on which taxes are not - paid untit May 28, the [and to be sold on June 28. Extension of time was granted under a recent ruling of the at torney general, which allows the county commissioners to extend the time until there witl be time for the tax collector to advertise the land for 30 days, then sell it and be able to settle with the county commissioners on the first Monday in July. The extension will come aS a re lief to many who have not yet been able to settle for 1326 taxes, and it is expected that during the remaining time some of the ap proximately $260,000 in uncollect ed taxes in the county will be in the coffers of the county treas urer. Tax Collector R. E. Lewis says that the extension of time does not apply to persons paying poll tax alone and that these persons niustcotncaeross. Poultry Shipments From Robeson May 11-12 Co-Operative Car \\ ill be at Fairmont May 1! and Lun berton and Pem broke May 12. A co-operative shipment of poultry will be made from Fairmont, Lumber ton and Pembroke next week by the Robeson county Poultry association and the farm and home agents through the North Carolina Division of Markets. The car will be at Fairmont on May ! 1 and at Lumbcrton and Pembroke on May 12. Cash will be paid at the car door, as is customary with these shipments. RECORDER S COURT G. L. Melton was fined $10 anti costs by Recorder P. S. Kornegay Monday for possessing intoxicating liquor and $25 and costs for lacing drunk. .James Emmanual, Indian, who was arrested on a charge of being drunk at the disturbance at B. T. Indian school several days ago, was sent to the roads for 30 days when he failed t < pay a fine of $25 and costs. C. H. Meares was taxed with the costs for assault on George Allen and found not guilty of assault on II. I„. Allen. Hoyle Kinlaw. Charlie Britt and Johnnie Britt, all from Howellsville township, were taxed with the costs on charges of using profane lan guage on the highway, the defendants to attend Sunday school for the next 12 months and show good behavior during that tim&. Palmer Meares was fined $10 and costs for putting out fire without notifying his neighbors. Leo, Meares was found not guilty of the same charge. Building Permits. Building permits have been let to Mr. Q. T. Williams for the erection of a 6-room brick-veneer residence, costing $5,000, on Tenth and Water streets, tie house being a story and a half; to Mr. J. W. Sellers for a 6 room- residence, costing $.!,500, on West Sixteenth street; and t< Auto Service, Inc., for the erection of a 50 x 72 ft. garage and filling station, costing $4,000, on East Second street. Messrs. W. M. Loggctto. l.a.y Barn and Garland Prevatte compose the Auto Service Co. Lorraine Hotel Heal Definitely "Off". Mr. A. E. White, majority stock holder. says that the proposed sale of the Lorraine hotel has been definitely abandoned the parties w) O made ov ertures recently having finally, after setting several dates for closing the deal, failed to handle the proposi tion. Married 68 Years MR. AND MRS. AARON FRANCIS ; JONES, whose pictures appear above, were married on July 10, 1859, and ; have lived together nearly 68 years. They have been living since last Oc tober in Luipberton with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jones, 501 Cedar street. Prior to com ing to Lumberton Mr. and Mrs. Jones hud lived all their lives in Randolph [county, where they were born. They } began house-keeping in Sandy Creek township, Randolph county, on the ! tract or iand where Mr. Jones was born and reared and which he still ; owns. Mr. Aaron Francis Jones was ! 89 years old on Jan. 12 last. He is stili active and enjoys good health. His wife. Mary Corneiia, witl be 84 ! years old on Juiy 11, 1927. She is in good health but has not been able to walk since she was injured in a fail in January 1926. Ail of the seven chil dren born to this couple are dead ex cept Mr. J. M. Jones of Lumberton. They are the grandparents of Messrs. Ernest and Phil Jones of Fairmont, whose father, Mr. A. L. Jones, died j about 6 years ago, and of Miss Mary Julia and Mr. Worth Jones, children ! of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jones of Lum oerton. Isham Lee Gets 36 Months On 8 Charges St. Pauls Man Defies Officers and Creates ({uite Disturbance in St. Pauis Section—Convicted * in Re corder's Court on 8 Counts—V er-! non West Gets 18 Months on Sever ai Charges. Isham Lee of St. Pauls was convict ed in St. Pauls recorder's court yes terday on 8 counts, following a dis turbance l-.e raised in that town Sun dvAy mid Monday, and' was sentenced to the roads of Robeson county for a total of 36 months. Vernon West, who was with him Sunday night, was also conv eted of several charges and sentenced to the roads for a total of 18 months. Both are now in jail in ! Lumberton. Isham Let', who has been a resident I of t! c St. Pauls mid village for the i past 1 months, coming there from Harnett county, defied Fayetteville! officers when they tried to arrest him ! on charges of tarrying a concealed t weapon and operating an automobile while under the influence of whiskey, i'he Fayetteville officers arrested h tn M nday after a chase of 10 miles, i Sheriff B. F. McMillan and Rural Po- i liceman C. A. Cox went to St. Pauls' Monday afternoon anti phoned Fay etteville officers. Lee was tried onj two counts of carrying a concealed weapon, for assault on an of/icer, re sisting an pfficcr, driving an automo bile while under the Influence of whiskey, reckless driving, trans P rting and selling liquor. He was represented by Mr. W. S. Britt of Lumberton and M# H. L. Godwin of Dunn. Vernon West, who shot at the offi cers when they attempted to place h .m and Lee untier arrest, was tr ed on charges almost as serious as those of Lee, receiving a total of IS months. 3 Cases Typhoid Fever Reported. ' Three eases of typhoid fever have been repotted to Dr. E. R, Hardin, t- unty health officer, from the Pan ther's Ford section, near Phiiadel phus. Ail were colored people. Ages of the people reported are 4, 7 and 14 years. —Because of similiarity in the names, it was erroreously stated in the iast issue of The R-besonian that Mrs. D. L. Whiting acted as one of ) the judges in the cotton carnivai at Fayetteville last Friday when it [shouitl l ave been Mrs. A. E. White. i) Daughters Will Entertain Yjetgrans ! i Dinner will he served at the { [j c urt house in Lumberton Tues- ) May 10. to Confederate veterans j ' , and their wives by Robeson chap- j ! I ter, United Daughters of the Con- j j federacy, in accordance with a cus- j ! tom unbroken through the years. ) Camp Willis H. Pope will hold its j ; I annual meeting at the court (rouse ) ! at 11 a. m. FAMMOilT LETTER Town Contributes for Hood Victims —Mrs. E!!en AHen, Mr. J. D. Me CaH and Mr. Nathan Jackson An swer Finat Summons—Socia) and Persona). )'. T. A. WILL MEET MAY 9 / (By Mrs. H. C. tnman.) Fairmoat, May 4.—The iocn! chap ter of the Red Cross has responded n,bly to the cause of the Mississippi* valley fiood sufierers. Individual uo nations and the chapter have sent $150 and the contr.butions are still coming in. 'Die Fidetis ciass of the: baptist church gave $0. this is a wonderful showing for a small town and where there are oniy a smaii number of members. The ci.apter is stitt active in cniy one way. They gtadiy respond to rott ca!i and are al ways wiinng to do then* part in anys#mergency—but when it comes to meeting often they just don't. An annuat meeting is as much as they fte< ts necessary, \vi.en .t comes to the spirit ot ioyaity hairmont is ai way written in capita) tetters on the' iront page. Many are attending from Fairmont ana community tne strawberry fes- * tival whicn is being heid in Ct.aub urn May 4 and 5. Cuadbourn strawber ries are known a.most the world over and the people are beginning to real ize they nave one of tne b ggest m-! dustnes ot the country. The farmers: not only raise strawberries but are; some of the leading diversified far metz in the state; they learned long ago that it did not pay to use the' "single-track ' farming method. lne Ashley Snoe sncp and print shop, owned and operated by Messrs. Berryand Wade Asniey, and the Sing-: er bewmg Machine ottice, conducted by Mr. A. E. Byrne, have moved into larger quarters—from the Dr. Brown bunding to tl.e Thompson budding, three doors north of tnetr otd stand. ' Mrs. Ellen Allen. ** The spirit of Mrs. Ellen Allen; winded its way heavenward Tuesday i morning, April 26, at 1 o clock after' an illness of only one week in bed.) Ebe had been a suffei-er for many! years with mushroom cancer but be gan sulfering intensely tnrce or four! weeks before her death, which oc-) curred at the home of her son-in-law i and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Rhye. in Rockingham, with whom she had made her home for several years, i Ellen Hursey Allen was the aaugh- ^ ter of Robert and Cynthia Hursey and ; was born July 24, 1854, in Mar.on county, where Latta is now located. In January 1891 she moved to Fair-) mont, where she spent about ten! years, since which time she had lived with her children Mrs. Alien was! the mother of 6 children, four of! whom survive: Mr. W. H. Alien of! Fairmont, Mr. B. F. Aden of Rock-! ingham, Mrs. A. M. Rhye of Rock ingham and Mrs. J. T. Beasley of Maxton Rt. 1; 15 grand-children and one great-grand child; two sisters:! (Continued on Page 7.) Buttercup Plant Opens Here Today 812.000 to $15,000 Ice Cream and Ice Plant Mill Serve Lumberton and Surrounding Towns—-Has Capacity^ for 18 Tons Ice and Storage Space for 1,500 Gals. Gream. MK. J. W. ALFORD HAS CONTRACT FOR ICE. A $]2.b<)() to IfJo.OOO Buttercup Ice cream plant opened today on the Eiiz-! ahethtown road, near the Qcddie Ice ! p!ant, with Mr. C. E. Gibson as iocal manager. The piant wiii manufacture ice and store ice cream, which is manufac tured in the Buttercup piant at Ham-! iet, for Lumberton and surrounding towns. It has a capacity of ]H tons of! ice per day and storage capacity for) 1,500 gailons of cre<Mh. Mr. J. W. At-? f< rd, who handiedice for the town) of Fairmont at one time, has the ex clusive sate of the ice, his contract i with the Buttercup Co. catting for 11' tons daity, which is expected to be the! amount teft of the 18 tons which is not used in storage of cream. Potar ice wit! be the trade mark of; the ice, which witt be distributed in Lumberton by 2 trucks and a wagon, at! painted red. Ice witt atso be sotd at the ptatform at att times. tee picks, caps and other souvenirs witt be dis tributed with the first ice books sotd by Mr. Atford. Four trucks distribut ing Buttercup cream witt cover Row land, Fairmont, B]adenbor« and Fay ettevitte. Cream wilt be shipped to severat points from here, among which witt be Lake View. S. C. Mr. L. A. Corning, owner of the t Buttercup Ice Cream Co., Hamiet, has ! been in Lumberton severat days per sonatty attending to detaits of the i piant, erection of which has just been completed on a tot the company has owned for the past two years. Mr. M. L. Cromartio of Ctarkton amb Miss Itachci Armfietd of Etiza bethtown were tumbert;n visitors, Tuesday afternoon. Mr. j. T. Hamitton of Marietta was a Lumberton visitor yesterday. DON'T THROW AWAY YOUR SHOES! They aren't worn out! They onty need hatf sotes, heets or perhaps a patch, but they're stit! good. Bring them in and we'tt make them took tike new. LUMBERTON ELECTRIC SHOE SHOP W. L. Capped, Mgr. County Board Defers Action on Request To Pave Road To Bladen Besieged with Requests !o Hard Sur. face Head. Commissioners Take Matter Under Consideration and Wiii Likely Act Upon Petitions at hiext Meeting. OTHER M AT! EKS HHK!KH HOARD The county commissioners were be sieged with requests to pave route 2li from where it leaves route 20. east of Lumberton, to the Hidden county tine, when they nut in regular session here Monday, and have the matter an. oer consideration. Action will likely be taken at the next regular meeting. in compiianee with requests from interested citizens of Bladen county, the Lumberton Kiwanis club at its mectmg last week pas#d a resolu tion asking the State jfighwuy com mission to pave the road, and Monday Mr. A. K, White, Judge L. K. Varser and Mayor E. M. Johnson. who were appointed a committee to draft the resoiuuon, together with District Jtignway Commissioner . A. McCirt and .District Highway Engineer Mor son. ooth of \\ linungton; Air. O. L. Clark, Clarkton, and Messrs. Joe and Henry Bridger of Hladenboro, the latter three of whom- were very in strumental in getting the Bladen end of route 2ii paved, appeared before the board ^if county commissioners of Robeson county to ask that Robeson connect with the Bladen end of the road. As stated in the last issue of The Robesoman, work on the Bladen end of route 211 is being compietcd, and the Lumberton end or the road can be paced at a smailer cost by virtue of the fact that the construction force is already in a close proximity to the work. Mr. David H. Fuller, county attor ney, was authorized to award the contract for advertising sate cf lands fur taxes to the lowest bidder. it was ordered that .the county ac cept from Reddin Braver a deed for his property, for which the county Is to provide him with a home at the county home. Liiiian M. Debnam. coiored home demonstration agent, was given an increase of salary of $1C.66 per month. ^Miss Elizabeth Frye, county wel fare officer, was given authority to purchase coffins fur-. t.in* county's dead. M. A. Faulk's property in Rowland township was reduced in valuation to (Continued on Page Two) Mrs. NeiH Lamb Dies After Long IMness End ( ame Yesterday Afternoon After Months of Suffering With Cancer of Stomach—Funeral at Home of Mrs. F,. 1'arham This Afternoon at 3 O'clock and interment at Meadow brook. Mrs. Xeil! Lamb of route .1 from Lumberton died at the Thompson Memorial hospital yesterday afternoon at 2 HO from earner of the stomach, from which she had been suffering for several months. She had been a patient at the hospital for the past 11 weeks. Funeral services will be conducted from the home of Mrs. E. Parham,' her sister, on East Fifth street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock, by Rev. I. P. Hedgpcth of Lumberton, assisted by Rev. R. N. Cashweil, pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist church, of which de ceased was a member. Interment will be made in Mcadowbrook cemetery. Mrs. Lamb, who was a daughter of the late Henderson and Eliza Bul lard. was a consecrated woman ^ throughout her life, and her passing removes a woman who was beloved ^ by all who knew her. She is survived by her husband, ) ! sister—Mrs. E. Parham, Lumberton; 2 brothers—Messrs. R. X. and James W. Bullard, Lumberton, the latter] critically ill at the Thompson Memor ial hospital; 2 daughters—Mrs. Rufus Capps, route 5 from Lumberton, and! Mrs. Ira Burchett, who lives near Allepton, several nieces and nephews, grandchildren and great grandchil dren. Mrs. Oliver Nance, bookkeeper for The Robesonian, is a niece of de ceased. Valuable Property Sold at Auction. Tie R. O. Edmund h use and lot on Water street, between Fourth andi Fifth, and a vacant lot on Fourth street formerly owned by Mr. Ed mund were sold at public auction Tuesday and were bid in by Mr. D. D. I'tench at $4,500 for the heuse and, lot and $850 for the vacant lot. At Lumber Bridge on the same day the Mrs. R. O. Edmund farm of about 88 acres, sold in the same way, was bid in byMrs.J. W. Haii at $3,050. Both sales were made hy the Bank of Pern-, broke. Mr. J. A. Floyd and sons, Masters Harris and John Pittman, of Fair mont, were in Lumberton this morn ing. MOTHERS DAY The question is often asked. "What shall 1 give mother?" Home to see us. We wiil help you solve the problem. MOORES GIFT SHOP Phone 454 St. Pauls High School Has 14 Graduates M Get 7th Grade Certificates and 7 Attendance—Succcaafu! Schmd Year —grammar trades Continue 3 Weeks ! ongcr. PERSONAL ANt) OTHER tTEMS (By Bessie G. Johnson) St. 1'auis, May &—A most success-; fui dosing of the St. Pauts high' schoo] has taken piacc. The conctud-' ing exercises, other than those airendy ! mentioned, took place on the evenings ! of Monday and Tuesday of this week,! as follows: High Schoo! Biptoma*. Literary address deiivered on Mon day by Hon. J. R. Baggett of LiMing- ] ton, during which high school diplo mas were ptesented to the following: Martha Stagings, Ophetia Townsend. Hcien Johnson, Frankie Howard, Sar ah Howard, Saiiie Pate, Dorcas Mc Manus, Aiiec McDonald, Wiihur Mc Googan, Utiiee Suries, Benson John son, Ethel Cain, Le# Shaw, and Nell Johnson. Grade Certificates. Those receiving 7th grade certifi cates were- I)an Northrop, Logan Ross, Jr., Marvin -Hester, Wiiliam Sykes, Neiiie Harreii, Ernestine Wii* iis, Eveiyn Mcinnis, Mary Mae Clark, Myrtie Brigman, Grace Parker. Attendance Certificates. Attendance certificates: Hankie Howard, Aiice McDonald, Rosa Ross, Dixie Howard, V. D. Norton, Laura McRainey and Mary Frances Harreii. Tuesday evening the high schoo] piay, ' The Gipsy Rover", was given, which proved a wonderful success, the programs of both appearing in a later edition of The Robcsonian, when time wiii permit. The ioeai schools this season have again been under the efficient man agement of Supt. Earie R. Franklin, who has been in St. Pauls during the past 3 years, and with his splendid corps of teachers, severai of whom have previousiy constituted the facul ty, another successful school term has closed. Graded ochoo) Conunues. The graded school continues !1 weeks ionger on account of the suspension during the measles and whooping cough epidemic, as heretofore men tioned, while the mill school closed the week previous to the high school finals. (juitc a number of folks have been in town during the commencement ex- j crcises during the past several days, j (Continued on page 2). Lumber Bridge School Finals May 6 To H Evening 1'rograms Friday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Sermon Sunday Morning and Address Wed nesday A. M.—W. M. S. Meets May V—J unior-Senior Reception—1'er sonal. RyMrs.C.J. Ammons) Lumber Bridge, May 4—Commence ment exercises, high school auditor ium: Friday May 5. 8:30 p. m., music re citai; Sunday, May 8, 11 a. m., bac caiaurcate sermon—Rev. E. A. Paul, pastor East Lumberton Baptist church; Monday, May 0, 8:15 p. m., exercises, grades 1*7; Tuesday, May 10. 8:15 p. m., senior class exercises; Wednesday, May 11, 11 a. m., com mencement address—Attorney Bayard Clark of Fayettevitie; Wednesday, May 11, 8:15 p. m., "Sunshine," A comedy in three acts, presented by the high school. W. M. S. Meets May 9. The W. M. S. of the Baptist church will hold the regular church meeting Monday afternoon in the church, May 0th, at 3 o'clock. Junior-Senior Reception. Wednesday night, April 27, from 8 to 11 o'clock, the Lumber Bridge Jun ior-Senior reception was^held in the high school building. The hail was transformed into a bower of green ) shrubbery. The color scheme of blue and gold, the senior class colors, was (Continued on page 3 j TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED Same Humber Votes Cast in Election As Were Cast in Primary, and All Town Officers Succeed Themselves. The same number of votes were cast in the general election for town officials Monday as were cast in the primary on Aprii 25, and all the town officers succeeded themseives. A total of 14 ballots were dropped into the ) baltot boxes during the day. By virtue of the election, the fol lowing town officials succeed them selves: E. M. Johnson, mayor; E. L. Whaley, Frank McLeod and Dr. H. M. Baker, school trustees; D. D. French, commissioner from first ward; J. L. Stephens, commissioner from third } ward; Frank Gough. E. L. Hamilton and John T. Biggs, members of the ) board of audit and finance. You need not pay cash for tires and tubes. We are selling on next fall } time with approved security. Large i stock to select from. FULLER'S SERVICE STATION Lumberton, K. €. I } HH(;HS SIX fH YEAR AS MAYOR K. M. JOHXSOX was re-elected mayor of ln.tnbettonw]tioutopp*'si t on Monday and has entered upon his; t< in) term nnd sixth year as mayor, j i having served two 2-year and one 1 year terms. Boardman Road WiH Be Opened May 7 Road Open Now Except for Approx imately 3 Mites—Lumberton Board man Link Loaves Only ) Between Wilmington and Asheville That !s Not Hard-Surfaced. The Lumberton-Board man part of route 20 wit) brs opened to trav el Saturday morning, according to Mr. C. V. Baker, resident en gineer. Only about 3 miles of the 14.3 miles of thcT.umberton-Boardman project are not open. At Orrum traffic is detoured by Mr. Heck Stephens' house. The opening of this link leaves only one piece of road on route 20 that is not surfaced—between } Kutherfordtown ami Ha Cave—and work is now in progress there, j The road between Charlotte and [ Castonia has been paved for a number of years but is being broadened now. More Breaks In Levees Rapidly Completing Work of Devastation New (Mean*, May 4—(AD—The charging Mississippi river tonight tapidty was con)p!eting the devasta tion of Northeastern l,ouisiarm start ed by its tributaries. Sweeping tt rough its banks at two more ptaces today between Vicks burg and Hatches, the river was sending roaring torrents inti Tensas parish, north and south of the town of St. Joseph. These stowty were reaching out to inundate that other towns and to meet the floods racing through cre vasses opened Sunday at Gtasscocke, immediately south tf Natehex, and the one created yesterday at Cabin Tceh; piantation, north of Vicksburg. Comptete inundation. Save for narrow ridges running through Franktin and West Carrot) parishes and Ouachita and Morehouse par .sites, water now overs or so n wiii cover the whote of the five thou sand square mites in the funrtet bounded on the north by Arkansas, on the west and east by the Ouachita , and Mississippi and on the south by j the Red and Otd rivers. White backwaters long since havcj driven a iarge percentage of the pop- i ulatbn of the nine affected parishes to refugee concentration points, many j of the thousands have pinned their { faith on the M ssissippi ievecs and . ciung to their homes. (Hy The Associated Dess) (May 3) Hood waters from five rivers now rotting over nine parishes in North- i east and East Centra! Louisiana. Two towns near the Arkansas tine reftooded by waters from the Arkan sas river with one thousand refugees gathered at Bastrop. Waters from Ouachita begins reaching into Monroe and West Mon roe in the Northern part of Louisiana, j bloods pouring through breaks in tee Mississippi ievee near Vidaiia and the Red river embankment east of Alexandria threaten a number of towns. One hundred and fifty oit and gas weds in Northeastern Louisiana and Arkansas reported etosed down by; ftood. American Red Cross asks the na tion to double the five miitions of dot tars it atready has given for retief of the ftood sufferers. Secretary Hoover makes persona) report to President Cootidge on his inspection of the ftood area. Major Genera! Jadwin, chief of army engineers, announces at Wash ington that New Orleans is saved by artif ciat Caernarvon break untess whottv unforseen circumstances arise. President Ccotidge decides it wiH be impossibte for him to accept the invitation of the governors of the M ssissippi Vattey States to visit the ftood region. . ^ for l/of/ter's Doy / ) We have a h*ve!y coMwtitm of Mother a I*ay ! ( ards and Motto** AI.-o rtxieiveU a new , fhitument of Framed Pictures. FREEMAN PRINTING (OMPARY. f Lumbctton, R. L. SSi?"'. .-jjAiTYilii—j -Messrs. Thos. L. Joi $ on an.'t r r ' i Brown spent Tuesday at, Biadeni^oo, where i .,. Johnson matte the cri mence.nont addre-s of the Bi.uienboro high t-chm^i. —itev. F. L. isrcai of RoSo fit!), who was a Lumberton visitor f j' <h, recentiy has accepted the pastorate of Hose Hii! and Kenansviih- Baptist churches. - Mr. Dewey WiiRams, pron- t , of Wiitiams Lteaners & Dyers, ;% t'-i.: first to report new Iri h potatoes. Mr. Wiiiiams had new potato* .1 f ,t dai.,cr fuesday, May 3rd, from hi , own gai*-* den, at his home about a mih; it ; ,t town out from Seventh street. — Rev. and Mrs. Wifi Wait" ), ft Monday for their home tn Barnsb . ;r, i'a., after a visit of severai day, m the home of Mr. Wadace's brother, Rev. (J. W. Wafiace, pastor < f tb-; Gospci Tabernacte. Whde on a voit here, Mr. Waiiace conducted two ser vices at the Gospci Tabernacie. —-Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Rko ate r-o - ing today from Fairmont, where i . Rtce has been practictng taw t ,- s . erai months, to Southport, Brur ,wi K county. At Southport Air. Rice wifi be associated with Air. J. C. Ruark ,,, the practice of iaw. —Air. and .Mrs. Lacy John and , mdi son, Master Lacy Jr., of Lumber Bridge, were Lumberton ,visitors to day. Air. John reports considerahio ram at St. Pauis yesterday^ water standing atong^the road, and that tho rain extended to within about A md-s of Lumberton. —Rev. Ghas. R. ^fisbet, D. D., par tor^of the Second Presbyterian church of Kansas f ity, Mo., ieft this morning after a visit since iast Friday in tho home of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. M Aitig ter. Dr. Nisbet conducted services at the First Presbyterian church ia.-t night, fie preached Sunday in (Jhar iotte at Caidwei) Memoriai church. — Mr. N. C. Stubbs of Hunters' Lodge, near Lowe, has been crippled for severai days as the resuit of an infected piace on his ieft !eg. it started from a mere pimpie and has given him considerable trouhie hu" he is under the care of a physician and the infection is yielding to treat ment. —Robesonian readers wifi b,. g!a,) ! to learn that tho examination at Johrt; ! Hopkins hospital for which Mrr . H. ; G. Inman, The Robesoniaa's bright and capable Fairmont correspondent, went I to Baltimore, Md., hat week, as men, ! tioned in fast Thursitay's paper, re veafed no troubie of an a farming n<. i tore, and she and Mr. Inman, who ac companied her, have returned home. Flood Reiief Fund. Lumberton is stiff short of th" g af set by the Nationaf Red f, for the Mississippi flood refief fund. Those in charge of relieving the ; -,f fering in the ffotsf areas arc on }/ sending out appeals for hefp. f hou sands of peopte are honrefess and ert* sofefy dependent upon the Red t , , f r hefp. Those who wish to dorado may do so by sending fleets to iho Robesonian, which is serving . treasurer of the fund. AM donatio .s are promptfy sent to State head quarters at Rafeigh. Contributions received sin e t-.c fast issue: A. K. White (2nd contb., making totaf of !lo.) Dr. R. S Beam (2nd, totaf of $20.) C. H. Durham, Mrs. W. W. Davis, Mrs. Mora McD. Norment J. F. Rayb; n Mrs. Stephen Mcfntyre Rev. 1. R. Hedgpeth Don Tucker Mrs. E. D. i'ittmau Miss Nina Fittman Dr. T. A. Norment 1'reviousfy acknowledged $10.00 f0.00 0. 00 A 00 1.00 1.00 5.00 2 00 5 00 f.00 t.oo 1. 'Hi 308.84 Total $ o i REV E. H. McWHoRfEK COMMEXGEMKXT PRH if HER Pastor of 1st Methodist Ghurrh. ,'. <} son, to Deliver Sermon to t.radu ates Wednesday Xighi, Mav 2*. Rev. E. H. McWhorter. paitor of the first Methodist church Wti s.n, has Iwen secured to proa h iho sermon to the graduating class the Lumberton high school ia t , - high schoot auditorium W edti evening, May 25, at S o'clock. Mr. k; - W holder was obtained through t':. efforts cf a committee e mpo ed of Rev. T. M. Grant and Mr. P. R Gray. Cotton Market Middling coton is selling on tii - i < cat market today at 14 1-2 cents the pound. MHPORIANI ANNOUNCEMENT We w i!t detiver articles fresn) our content window Saturday p. m. at 3 o clock. He here if you enu with your numbers, but. if ycu cannot be here, the articles bearing your num ber will he held for vou one week. A. J. HOLMES LUMBERTUX, X. G.
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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May 5, 1927, edition 1
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