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E!CHT PAGES TODAY TIRE WEATHER MOSTLY FAIR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. f LUMBEBTON, N C, THURSDAY, JVNE 9, 1927. ' ' COPMTHT, COD Ayo TM7TH. MTAKhWHKB M7t fR!€Z ffVE CENT) VOL. LVI—NO. 35 Negro and Wife HeM For Higher Court For Running Down Child Fannie Simmons Released Under $1. 000 Bond and Nathaniel Simmons in Jail in Default of $3,000 Bond in Connection with Death of Robert Ellery Britt on Highway 20. WITNESSES AT INQUEST TESTIFY MAN WAS DRINKING Nathaniel Simmons, colored, is in jail in default of a $5,000 bond and his wife, Fannie Simmons, has been released under a bond in the sum of $1,000 in connection with the death of Robert Ellery Britt, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Heaman Britt, of Britt's township Sunday afternoon. A cor oner's jury Tuesday morning found that the Britt child came to his death as the result of being run over by a car recklessly driven by Simmons and his wife and ordered them held for the higher court under bonds in these amounts. Srmmons Drtnktng. Evidence at the inquest showed that Simmons was drinking and that he drove on at a very rapid rate after striking the chiid and fatally wound ing it in front of the home of Mr. David Britt, who iives on route 20, east of Lumberton. Sheriff B. F. Mc Miiian who saw him after he was placed under arrest, said that he ac peared to be under the influence of whiskey and that he smelled whiskey on his breath. Simmons denied drink ing, however, according to the sher iff. Chief D. M. Barker, who with Town Policeman Vance McGill, placed Simmons and his wife under arrest Sunday night at the oil mill, stated that he thought he would be safe in saying that the negro was half drunk. Several witnesses testified seeing the car, a Ford roadster with yellow wheels, going at rapid speed and the occupants looking back as if to see if someone were following them. Simmons Denies Charge. Simmons made no statement at the inquest but denied the crime with which he is charged when questioned by officers Sunday. He at first told the officers that he had not been on route 20 at all on Sunday afternoon, said he had not been out of Lumber ton and could prove it, then later ad mitted being on that road, saying that he got to town about 3:30 from Lake Waccamaw, where he had gone that morning about 10 o'clock. He claimed that he knew nothing about a child being run over. C. J. Bennett told of passing the car about a quarter of a mile beyond the Britt house while he and his wife Were on their way to Lake Wacca maw. The woman was driving at that time he testified, and the automobile was going about as fast as a Ford could travel. He also stated i e saw some children playing right close to the road at the house of Mr. David Britt. Tom Collins testified that he was standing in the yard at Long Branch church when the car came by there and turned off the hard surface to wards old Kingsdale. The woman was driving and the man looked back as if to see if anyone were following them. Haynes Ivey said that he was sit ting out in front of his house about 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon when he saw Simmons coming down the road in has car so fast that he had to slide his whccis 20 steps before he could turn to the right about 30 yards beiow his house. He stated he recognized Simmons as the man driv ing. He noticed that Simmons was constantly looking back as if some one were following him, and his wife was looking out to see if the tires were all right. He lives about 4 miles from where the accident occurred, he testified. Baxter Stephens told about seeing a - man and woman passing him on Sunday afternoon running about 2o miles an hour on roads that are very rough. That night he claimed he came to the jail and saw the same man in there. Hies on Way to Hospital. The Britt child was run over about 3 o'clock. With its parents it was visiting in the home of Mr. David Britt, brother of the father of the boy. The father testified that he saw the car passing the house at a pretty good rate of speed. In just a little he heard one of the other children scream and ran out to the children. . Mr. Howard Linkhaw came along and brought the injured child to the Thompson Memorial hospital, but it died on the way here. The coroner's jury which viewed the body Monday morning and completed the inquest Tuesday morning was composed of Messrs. F. A. Wishart, A. E. Spivey. N. K. Powers, G. A. Bullock, R. R- Prevatt and E. C. Wade. Misses Miriam Hartley of Bates hurg, S. C.. and Mary Frances Hart ley of Atlanta, Ga., are guests this week in the home of Mr. and Mrs A. M. Hartley, Walnut street. Firestone and Mic! elin Tires for saie by JOHN C. FULLER. Terms Sept. 1st or Oct. 1st. Kiwanis Club Begin* Action For Formation Chamber of Commerce Passes Resolution Unanimously Fav oring Such an Organization at En thusiastic Weehiy Meeting at Lor raine Hotei—Time !s Ripe for Town to Have Chamber of Commerce Dominating Feature of Severn! Talks. EXPECT TO PERFECT PLANS AT A MEETING OF KIWANKS CLUB AND BOARD OF TRADE A movement was started at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis ciub at the Lorraine hotel Tuesday eve ning for the immediate organization of a chamber of commerce for the town of Lumberton, and after talks by several members a resolution was unanimously adopted endorsing such an organization. It was the most enthusiastic meet ing the Kiwanis club has had in sev eral months, and it was well attend ed. The matter of the organization of the chamber of commerce featur ed the program, which was in charge of Mr. W. K. Bethune. Rev. T. M. Grant was called on af ter Mr. Bethune introduced the sub ject. He showed that there must be harmony in order to reach any goal, stating that it pays to be right and when one finds that he is right, to work together, is the fundamental thing. Dr. R. S. Beam cited many things as evidences of Lumberton's rapid growth and told of the need of or ganized effort for the accomplishment of things of a public nature. Judge L. R. Varser related how the town has been benefitted during re cent years as the result of the de velopment of the highway system in this section. He stated that with the development of these good roads the town naturally covers a greater area in its scope of business, and there is much competition in the development of towns. Mr. A. E. White, who has servt' Lumberton as mayof for 7 terms and is aiways interested in anything per taining to the town, said that the time to strike is when the iron is red, and he argued that it was now red, and the time was now at hand for strik ing. He recommended that immediate action be taken. Mr. Jas. D. Proctor stated that as a resuit of the development of the highway system Lumberton has been given a fine chance to become a great distributing point and that every ef fort shouid be made to organize the town in an orderiy way for its de velopment. He offered the foliowing resolution, which was unanimously adopted: Resolution. ! —L "Resolved, that the Kiwanig dub of Lumberton favors and endorses the immediate formation of an active chamber of commerce for the town of Lumberton and pledges its full support toward such an organiza tion." It is expected that the town board of trade and the Kiwanis club wilt meet at a banquet within the next few days to compicte plans for the organization of the chamber of com merce. HOWARD PRICE HAV1NU FINE , SUCCESS WITH P!U PROJECT Howard Price, son of Mr. C. C. Price, of the McDonald 4-H club, has a pig for his project* this year. The pig at the present time is 4 months o!d. Howard gave the foiiowing re port on his pig at the reguiar meet ing of the McDonaid 4-H ciub: "The first day of Aprii my pig weighed 76 pounds. Thirty-two days iater he weighed 118, and 17 days from this date his weight was 132 ibs. That is, in the first 32 days the pig gained 42 pounds or 1 5-16 pound per day, the next 17 days the pig gained 34 ibs. or exactiy 2 lbs a day." This is a mighty fine record for Howard and the pig. Another Building Permit. A building permit was issued yes terday to the Stephen McIntyre estate for the erection of a 44 x 30 ft. 2 story brick building on Chestnut street costing $10,000. The structure will be used by the firm of Stephens & Bafnes, furniture dealers, practi cally doubling their capacity. This makes 19 permits issued for business houses since the first of the year. Eighteen permits have been issued for residences during the same period. BOUND OVER TO SUPERIOR COURT ON SERIOUS CHAHUE James Wariax was bound over to Superior court by Recorder P. S. Kornegay Monday under a $2,000 bond on a charge of bigamy. The warrant against Wariax was sworn out by Ed Brooks, who alleges that Wariax ran away with his daugh ter while he had a living wife from whom he had not obtained a divorce. Wariax pleaded guilty to the charge. Mr. W. F. Townsend of St. Pauls, was a l.umberton visitor Wednesday. Mr. James McMillan of Selma is visitrng his brother-in-law a^rd sis ter. Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Dukes. ! Lunpberton Post In Membership Campaign Makes Splendid Record t One of Six Posts in State to Attain Assigned Quota—Pian to Send Large Deiegation to Annua) Con vention and Desire to firing Back a Trophy. According 4o figures sent out by department headquarters, American Legion, Lumberton is one of the six posts in the State that have attain ed their assigned quota in member ship for this year. Commenting on this record, Commander J. L. Spivey says - "Lumberton Post American Le gion was assigned a quota for this year of 135 members, and we atready have a paid-up membership of more than 140. This is a fine record and should make each and every member of our post feei proud, but yet we only have a small percentage of those that are eligible for member ship that have paid their dues and in good standing. ' Ten iarge siiver trophy cups wiii be awarded at the department an nual convention, which wiii be heid in Washington, N. C., on the 15th and 16th of August. It would make us all feel good to have the delegates to the Washington convention bring one of these trophies to Lumberton. Do you men want to see this done? May I answer this yes for you ? Then go after sonic good ex-service man and get his dues and turn them in to the adjutant at once. ' Lumberton Post is planning to send the largest deiegation to Wash ington that it has ever sent to any convention. In fact, we are hoping to be abie to take aii that wiii go. Make your pians and iet's charter one of the big buses and a!) go together. "The time for reinstating your government insurance expires on the 2nd day of July 1927. If you intend reinstating any part of your insur ance, piease do so at once or you wiii lose an opportunity that you will never have again." FINE PROSPECTS FOR TOBACCO SAY FAIR MONT WAREHOUSEMEN Think Prices Wiii He Equal to Those of Last Year—Preparing to Take Care of More of the Weed at That place. Prospects are fine for the coming : tobacco season, according to Messrs. I E. J. Chambers of Fairmont, O. A. j Reeves of Greensboro, J. E. Yarbor I ough of Danviiic, Ya., members of the well-known firm of Chambers, Reeves & Co. of Fairmont, and Mr. M. C. Yarborough, also of Danville, auc tioneer, who were Lumberton visitors yesterday. "The recent rains have greatly im peded the crop in thig section, ac mording to the warehousemen, and it is now growing splendidly. They ex pect prices to be as good as they were last year on the better grades of to j bacco. Fairmont is preparing to take care of a great deal of the weed the com ing season. The Chambers & Reeves warehouse has recently had a brick addition which increases its floor space by a third. The house with the addition of the new part contains 51. 750 square feet under one roof. It is well lighted with 386 sky lights. The warehouse belonging to the Jones estate has also been repaired and enlarged, and arrangements are now being made with the Atlantic Coast Line railroad for a piece of property on which to build a storage house for Dibrell Bros, of Danville, ' Va., one of the largest of the inde ! pendent buyers. A similar house for { the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has ! recently been completed there. ! Mr. Chambers says he and the oth i er members of the Chambers-Reeves ! firm expect to visit their friends ' throughout the county within the next few weeks and that they will be glad to discuss the tobacco situation, ! as they see it, with the farmers. Carrot) Begins Prison Term. Attanta, Ca., June 8—Ear) Carrot), New York theatrical producer, whose I famous "bath-tub" party on Febru ary 22nd last year resuited in a sen tence of a year and a day for per jury, spent his first day as prisoner No. 24,909 in bed. His term officiary { began earty today, at most two months after he teft New York to enter j prison. Attorney Generat Sargent Tuesday otdered Carrott's removat ! from a hospitat in Greenvitte, S. C., where he has been confined since Aprit 13, physicians sent by him to examine the /producer having report ed that "there is nothing the matter with him." Mr. N. Mctnnis of Pembroke was a visitor in town this morning. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Morgan and son, Mr. Joseph, of Marietta, were Lumberton visitors today. NOTICE We have a big setection of gradua Hon gtfts, suitabte for both beys and gir!s. We are giving a speciat price on at! graduation gifts MOORE'S GIFT SHOP, j Phone 454 Chestnut St. Chamberlin'* Flight To Kottbu* Recall* Vi*it To Lumberton Came here December 27. 1923 to Visit Mr. EHie R Watters White on Way to Norfoik—Mr. Waiters Bought Fianes front Him and Hid First Night Hying with Him. HAS A PREFERENCE FOR HELLANCAS, SAYS WALTERS The spectacuiar f)ig!it of Ciarence D. .'Chamheriin and ( hades A. Levine from New York to Kottbus, an hour's disance by piane from Beriin, Ger many, in their Beiianca monoptano Columbia this week has recaiied to severai the visit Chamheriin made to Lumberton on December 27, 1923. It was at Christmas time in 1923 that Mr. Eitie R. Waiters, iocai fiier, went to New York to buy a piane from Chamheriin, who he had known since 1919. it was then that Mr. Wai ters did his first night fiying, accord ing to his own statement, and he did it with Chamheriin. Chamberitn wanted to go to Norfoik, and Mr. Waiters persuaded him to come with him as far as Lumberton. They start ed out from New York on the day after Christmas, after they had wait ed for a white for the sieet and snow to etcar up. It required 7 hours and 40 minutes actuai Hying time to reach Lumberton, they estimated, and Mr. Waiters was anxious for the famous piiot to accompany hfm be cause he had had so much experience in night flying over New Yo)k city, where he used letters under electric iights at the bottom of his piane to advertise gasoline at night. They made one stop oa the trip, that being at Quantico, Va. Night overtook them, and because of the good ianding ground at Ft. Bragg, they stopped there at 9 p. m., spending the night at the fort and coming on to Lum berton next day. Chamheriin spent December 27 in Lumberton, meeting many of Lumberton's. citizens, some of whom recaii his trip here. He went from here to Norfoik on busi ness. Met iirnt m Mr. Walters met the famous pitot in 1919 while in New York. In 1922 he saw him again, buying a plane from him. Again in 1923 he bought a plane from him, it being this one in which they took the trip to North Carolina. ChamlXfUn is partial to the Bellanea, according to the Lum berton flier, and he has a kodak pic ture of a Bellanea, of Chamberiin's that was built in 1907. Mr. Walters i as followed closeiy Chamberlin's life during these years, and he rejoices with him in his new victory. The Robesonian under date of Dec ember 31, 1923. in giving an account of Walters' safe arrival with his plane, had the following to say about Chamberlin = 'Mr. C. D. Chamberlin of the Air craft Cor. accompanied Mr Walters to Lumberton, returning on the night train via Norfolk." Revival Services At First Baptist Church Rev. J. L. Baggott. Song Leader, Ar rives to Assist the i'astor—Ser vices Every Evening at 3. Rev. .1. L. Baggott, song leader, came yesterday and assisted the pas tor in the service last night at the First Baptist church. He was ex pected last Sunday, but the death of his father prevented his coming at that time. He will assist in the ser ies of evangelistic services now be ing conducted at the First Baptist church, until the middle or the last of next week. Services every evening at H o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to everybody. HAST LUMBERTON PLAYS RAEFORD HERE SATURDAY The East Luniberton baseball team will play the Raeford team here Sat urday afternoon at 4 o'clock. FLOOD RELIEF FUND Previously acknowledged ....$857.63 Pastime Theatre .^... ... 5.40 Total .. .$863.03 Cotton Market Middling cotton is quoted on the Lumbcrton market today by K. M Riggs at 15 cents the pound. i TAX INJUNCTION IS CONTINUED The hearing on the tax injunc tion in regard to testraining Mr. i R. E. Lewis, tax collector, and the county commissioners of Robe son county from advertising lands for sale for unpaid taxes, has been continued from June 11 un til June 18, for the reason that Judge N. A. Sinclair^ before whom the injunction was made return able, cannot hear it before ti)at {time. Reynolds, Price & Co. Will Operate Star Tobacco Warehouse Experienced Warehousemen from Madison Have Leased House Oper ated Last Season by Messrs. Wit Ham Young. O. L. Thompson and W.J. Hitter. Messrs. J. M. Hcynoitis ant) M. !t. and t. H. t'ricc of Matiison have teas ed the Star Toba co warehouse that was operated iast season by Messrs. W'diiam Young. C. !,. Thompson an<) W. J. Ritter and wiit come to Lum berton within the next two or three weeks to get ready for the opening of the tobacco market here in August. The firm wi)i it known as Reynotds, Price & Co. Messrs. Reyontds anti Price have been operating tobacco warehouses in their home town at) their tives and are weii experienced in the setting of tobacco. They have been in Robe son county for the past few days iooking over the tobacco prospects the coming season and are weii pleased with the crop. Fine Shipment Of Hogs and Beans Made 70 Hogs. As Fine As Any Sent front State This Year, and 2 Cars Beans Shipped from St. i'auis Tuesday and Another Shipment Beans Be ing Made Today. FAIRMONT SERBS 7 CARLOADS OF BEARS THIS WEEK Tuesday was "hog and bean day" at St. Pauls. Seventy fine hogs, av eraging in weight about 200 pounds each, and 2 carloads of beans were sent from there that day. Another shipment of beans is being made to day. Mr. Hayes, representing the State Swine division, said that the ship ment of hogs made Tuesday was one of the best of the 200 or more carlot shipments he has made this year. The Robeson hogs, he stated, were as smooth and as even as any he has handled. Thirty-one of them belong ed to Mr. R. A. McKachern, 20 to Mr. E. Bundy Kinlaw and 19 to Messrs. W. J. Butler and S. .1. East. The two carloads of beans made a total of 4 carloads shipped from St. Pauls this season. Fairmont shipped t cars of beans Monday and 3 Wednesday and will make another shipment Friday. The 7 cars this week make a total of 20 sent from Fairmont this season. Negro Boy Charged With Robbing U S. Mails Archie Ray McRair Held for Higher Court Under $2,000 Bond—J^arge Amount Missing from Lumherton Posloffice and Some Things Re covered in McNair's Possession. $3,100 !R ROTES FOUND !R A WASTE PAPER BASKET Probable cause was found against Archie Ray McNair, colored, this morning by Recorder P. S. Korncgay on a charge of larceny of U S^mails,., and he was bound over to the next term of Robeson Superior court un der a bond in the sum of $2,000, in default of which.he is in jail. McNairs arrest yesterday tonow cd his setting a stamping outfit to Dr. M. A. Waddett, for whom he worked. for 25 cents. Dr. Waddei) saw the boy stamping the tabie cioth with the machine and asked him what he wouid take for it. After the den tist had bought it, he found a wrap per in his wastepaper basket address ed to County Auditor A. V. C. Wish art. He eaited up Mr. Wishart and found that he had ordered su h a ma chine and had not received it. Tie matter was reported to the postoffice authorities and atso to the potice. A search of the offices of Dr Waddeii and the haitways revealed some siiver spoons sent to Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Nimocks, a tetter to Mr. W. M. Best from his mother, a ietter to the coun ty auditor in regard to an investiga tion at the county home, $5,100 in canceiied notes sent from Wiimington to Buiiard & Lewis and other tetters. The notes were found in a waste bas ket in the t att over McLcttan's store. Large Amount Missing The Lumberton postoffice has been missing a number of things recentty, and the items tisted above by no means tett the whote story. A tetter containing #1,200 in active notes sent to Mr. Ira Buttard has not yet been recovered. Thompson institute has missed approximated $50 in money orders and checks for smatt amounts, and there are yet others. Postoffiee authorities this afternoon woutd ptace no estimate on the amount missing from the office. Ttey are puzxted about how the robberies came about Postmaster W. H. Kintaw says he be tieves McNair is not the onty one of the rogues, but that there is a nest of them here. White in the emptoy of Dr. Wad ded, the boy has admitted taking the iodewing amounts: $2 from Dr. R R. Hardin, $3.10 from Mrs. W. W. Davis. 50g from Mrs. C. 11. Kirkr.'an, $1 05 from the Lumberton Moat mar ket and $1.50 from Mr J. W. Setters Some of these amounts were rifted from tadies' pocketbooks who were having work done by Dr. Wadded. The boy's father ctaims that he is but 11 years of age and that he can neither read nor write. He, too, thinks there are others in the affair ^ with his son. Sealed Bid# Accepted Monday For Work Of Computing Co. Taxes Contract Wit! Be ! ft to Lowest Bid der—bounty Commissioner* Make Appropriation* to f.umherthn. f wrkton and Bed Spring* National tinard* and for ! ire t'revention Werk—Confederate \et* Allowed $30 Pension—\ew fteach. __,_ Wff.f, HBKCf St HOC). LABAf.H . Seab-d bids wii! he accepted Mon- ! day, June ]3, for the work of com puting county taxes, are! the contract! wilt be let to the iowest bidder, a - ' ortlitig to an order passed by the! siunty commissioners meeting in reg uiar monthly sess.on here Monday. !t, was further ordered that a pen alty of MO he charged the successful bidder if ti e books ate not turned in (less corporations) 40 days after the vaiuation has hcen determined and the rate of taxation fixed and $1 ad ditionai penalty be added to euch dai ly amount until they are turned over, ft is the requirement of the success ful bidder that all things be done in re-1 gard to verifying andchecking the tax! scrools as turned in by tie township listtakers and assessors, in comput ing the individual tax receipts, in turning over to the tax coilector the receipts in due form and in other things necessary to be done by law toward making tie books ready for toe tax collector, including the cor-1 poration excess taxes when they are ! furnished by the State. The l.umherton national guard was appropriated $.100, that of I'arkton! $500 and that of Bed Springs $300. Half of these amounts will be pai I at this time and the remainder '! months from now An appropriation of ${,200 was made for fire prevention work in the county. Confederate veterans and their widows in Robeson county wii) be ai !oued a county pension of $30 each. "Take-a Dip" Reach, just east of MeNeiR's bridge, was set aside as a bathing beach for tie white pcopte of the county. It was ordered th&t one acre of [and to the right of State highway 20 be turned over to the c urnty schoo! board for the purpose of erecting a garag*. Th< site wit) he "elected b/ Mr. W. C. Pittman, member of the board of county commissioners, and a commit <-e from the Itoarl of edu cation. The [and wi[) he turned over to the hoard of education as !ong as the [oeation is user) <for a school gar age, and w hen it ceases to be used for ti is purpose, it automaticcatiy re verts to the county commissioners. Mariah Lowry was piaced on the mother's aid )ist at $20 per month. The property of H. F. f.awson in Sterlings township was reduced in vaiuation from $5,524 to $3,000, and a rebate was ordered given him on the dilference. John Porter was exempted from paying pot] tax, it appearing that the ioss of 2 fingers rendered him unfit for manua) !abor. D A. Caihoun was appointed cot ton weigher and grader for the town ot Parkton and was required to fi!e a bond in the sum of $500. Monthiy reports were filed for Dr. E. R. Hardin, county heaith officer; Mtss Hiixabeth Etye. county weifarc officer, Miss Piota (safari, home demonstration agent; the Pianters Jank & Trust Co., county treasurer, and Liiiian M. Dcbnam, coiored home demonstration agent. Appiieations were [cans to Mrs. Katie $b00, W. B. Ivey for Musset white for $400. approved for R. Ttddy for $o00 and Troy LUMUERTON MAN ORADLATES AT WASHINGTON AN!) LEE fsrar! Erwin Weinstein Receives Macheior of Science in Commerce Degree. Lexington, \a., June d—Israel Er* win Weinstein, son of A. Weinstein. 150 Kim street, Lumbcrton, N. C., wii! receive the bacheior of science in commerce degree from Washington and Lee university here at the !77th commencement of the third oidest educationa] institution in the country June <. A ciass of i iO wili be gradu* ated from the university. Mr. Weinstein has compieted two years at Washington and Lee. He is a member of the Phi Kpsiion Pi, na tionai socia) fraternity. MARIETTA MAN IS MITTEN MY SNAKE Mr. \\ P. Fioyd of Marietta was bitten by a reptiie which he thinks was a rattiesnake piiot Saturday night white he was getting some hay in his barn ioft. fhehand which was bitten was quickiy corded, and Air. Fioyd w$s tushed a physician at Lake View, S. who pumped the poison out of his system, and Air. Fioyd is now re covering. Before reaching Lake View, however, Air. Fioyd says that he couid feci the poison from the snake going aii over his body. The snake was not kiiied. —Mrs. Paui North and son. Master Paui Jr., of Coiumbus, Ohio, who have been visiting reiatives here, went today to Raieigh, where they were joined by Mr. North, who at tended Duke university commence ment at Durham, and they wii) visit at the home of Air. and Mrs. L. E. .Bianchard in Raieigh a few days be fore returning to Lumberton. - Mr*. J. B Meares underwent an operation for tinsilitis at the Thomp son tenor.at hospital Tuesday and was note to return home yesterday. Remitter P S Kornegay asks 1 hr- Rohesonian to state that, trials in his court witt begin at 9 o'clock in stead of 10 ix:ginning with the ses sion Alonday morning. < Miss Clara l.ewis of the music department of the Stephens & Barnes Furniture store is recuperating from an operation for appendicitis at the Thompson Memoriai hospital. Miss Helen Tay! r Hoyd, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben G. Hoyd, un derwent a tonaiiar operation at the Thompson Memoriai hospital Tuesday and was ab!e to return home yester day. - Mr. T. Harrington of Mariet ta, who has been scriousiy it) at the Thompson Memoriai h-pitai for some time, was abie to return home yesterday. Mrs. H. G. inman. The Robeson ian's exceitent correspondent from Fairmont, who underwent an opera tion at Baker sanatorium yesterday, is getting along niceiy. —fudge and Mrs. L. ft. Varser and daughter, Miss Lily Snead, ieft Wed nesday for several points in the Val iey of Virginia. Friday evening Mrs. Varser wiil sing at a big benefit con cert. They witi return to Lumberton Monday. Mt. and Mrs. .f. A Sharpe and Prof. J. R. Poole and son, Mr. .fames f'ooie, returned home fast evening from Durham where they attended commencement exercises of Duke uni versity. Wbiie there Prof. Poole made arrangements for Mr. James Poofe to enter Duke next fall. —Mr. C. K. Morgan of Marietta, who was a Lumberton visitor this morning, says that crops are growing mighty fast down Marietta way since the fine rains of the first of the week. Tobacco is growing so fast, he says, that it jerks the heads off'n to bacco worms. —Liiiian Debnam, coiored home demonstration agent, has received a tetter from Daxelle Foster Lowe, dis trict home demonstration agent at Rateigh, asking her to urge at) the eotored girts who are planning to at tend the short course which wt!t he hetd in Greensboro from August 1 through August o, to take with them white aprons, caps, toweis, nor.': books, pencils, sewing bags, scissors and thimbles. —Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Barnes and son, Air. John Rhodes Barnes, and daughter, Mrs. Colin Phillips, teft yesterday afternoon for Raleigh in response to a message advising of the serious illness of Mr. Barnes' daugh ter, Mrs. ht. G. Woodlief of Selma, who underwent an operation Tuesday in Rex hospital. Mrs. Woodlief is crit ically ill and little hope is entertain ed for her recovery. - Mrs. O. O. Dukes, Miss Ruth Barker and Mr. John Brown return ed Monday night from Hast Carolina Teachers' coliege, Greenville, where they attended commencement, includ ing the graduation of Mrs. Dukes' sister, Miss Maty Belle McMillan, of Selma. They were accompanied home by Miss Bettie Barker, who was a student there. - Mrs. Kate M. Partridge of Wash ington, D. €., gave a demonstration on cake-making at Red Stone acade my yesterday. The kitchen of the home of Rev. J. H. Hayswood was us ed for the cooking There were 20 present at the meeting, and much In tcrest was shown. Lillian Debnam, colored tome demonstration agent, will leave Monday for Hampton, Va.. where she will be for about 6 weeks attending summer school, and she urges that the different clubs con tinue their work and interest while she is awav. —Mr. Knox Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Andrews of Lumber ton, was one of the 230 graduates of Duke university, Durham, who re ceived treir dipiomas Wednesday at the conciuding exercises of commence ment. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Andrews' sister, Mrs. E. A. Burnham and daughter. Miss Aifreda. ot Muiiins, S C., attended commence ment, and Mr. Knox Andrews return ed home iast night with them. Mr. George Beveriy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Beveriy of Laurinburg, for meriv of Lumberton, a!so was a mem ber (.f the graduating ciass. Mr. and Mrs. A. Weinstein, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Israe! and daughter iittie Miss Kenettc, and Mr. Max Weinstein, of Lumberton. and Mrs. H. Weinstein of Fairmont retunied home tast night from Lexington, Va., where they attended commencement at Washington and Lee university, ieaving Lumberton Sunday. Mr. L E. Weinstein, son of Mr. A. Weinstein, was a member of the graduating ciass. Me wiii return home Friday or Saturday. Mr. Robert Weinstein an other son of Mr. A. Weinstein, a stu dent there, returned with them, and Miss Miidred Weinstein, a daughter of Mr. A. Weinstein, student at Vir ginia coiiege, Roanoke, Va., returned home this motning. Messrs J. H. Barfieid and NeiU Barker <<t St. Pauis, R. !. were Lum berton visitors this morning. t} R."wn. L i A M W." PARKER*^ Optometrist—Eye SpeciaMst iiF i 'i FR SFR\ i( E based on thorough coiiege and university preparation. Office—Over Post Office