North Carolina Newspapers

THE WEATHER FAIR TONIGHT. TUESDAY IN CREASING CLOUDINESS. S!X PAGES TODAY VOL. LVI.—NO. 40. LUMBERTON, N. C., MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1927. COUNTRY. non TRUTH. MTABL!aHKO ]*7t PH!CR R[VR CRW1R Negro Suspect Proves To Be Not Man Wanted Sheriff B. F. McMiiian Gives Negro Freedom After !t !s Found That He !s Nut Man Wanted for Murder of Giadys Kincaid at Morga^ton—Toid Goniticting Taics. A ncgio suspected of being Broadus Ketiy, charged with the murder of Giadys Kincaid at Morganton, was reieased by Sheriff B. F. M#Miiian iatc Sunday afternoon ioiiowing re ceipt from Sheriff Juiios J. Haiiybur ton of Burke county of a picture and other information which snowed that the negro heid in the Robeson jaii was not tiie man wanted in Morgahton. The ncgio was urrested 7 miics from Lumberton on the Fairmont road Saturday foiiowing complaint from that section that the peopie knew nothing about him, that he had no ciothes except what he wore, and that he toid coniiictmg taies. He gave his name to officers as John Green. Hts home was given to different peopie as in Virginia, South Caroitna and Ken tucky. He nad been cutting wood there for a few days. After the ar rest Sheriff McMiiian got in touch with Sheriff Haityburton. who de scribed Keity to him over the tele phone. The man in jaii here fnied the description except m two detaiis, anf so he was heid untii a picture of Kciiy couid reach Lumbcrton. Coast Line Must Continue Service Elrod To Myrtle Beach Petition !o Be Allowed toTakettff [wo Trains Dented After Hearing at Myrtle Beach. PAfKMONT AN!) OTHER TOWNS DELIGHTED OVER VHTORY. A joint session of the Corporation Commission of North Carotina anti the Railroad Commission of South Carolina was held at Myrtie Beach Thursday of iast week, for the pur pose of determining whether trains j Nos. 24 anti 28, running from Myrtie ! Beach in South Caroiina to Eirod, N. C., should be discontinued. A vigorous } protest was lodged by all the towns along the line, which is about 100 miles long. The business men, and particularly those interested in the marketing and shipping of tobacco, aiso contested the petition. Mr. T. L. Johnson was employed by j the town of Fairmont, in addition to ; its regular attorney, Mr. Geo. L. ; Grantham, and these attorneys, to- j gether with Dr. J. P. Brown, the mayor, and a large number of etti- , zens, went to Myrtle Beach cmly Thursday morning. Some 25 lawyers from other towns and numerous busi ness men along the line met prior to the hearing and selected Mr. Johnson to conduct the case for the respond ents. Mr. Douglass McKay of Colum bia. 8. C.. conducted the case for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad conn pany. At the end of a hearing last ing thtoughout the day, the petition was denied and the Coast Line was ordered to continue the operation ot the trains as heretofore. '[he railroad contended that the trains were being operated at a loss, but Mr. Johnson developed on the cross examination of the officials of the Coast Line that while the passen ger trains were operated at a loss, thete had been a considerable increase in freight receipts, and he contended that the petition should be considered in the light of the total revenue, both freight and passenger, in determin ing what service should be rendered (he public by the railroad. He also de veloped that considerable revenue was received from the government by the railroad company for the trans portation of the mails. The commis sions adopted the view set up by the towns. I Fairmont and the other towns along the line arc much elated over the de cision, as the removal of the trains; in (p)estion would have greatly inter fet red with the daily receipts of cur rency so essential during the tobacco season. ! Recorder's Court Drunks Lead Convictions This Morn ^f the 5 convictions in Recorder P S. Kornegay's court thiy morning 5 i were for being drunk, all of the of fenders exce)<t Ellison Grady, color-j ed. who has been off the roads scarce ly less than a week and was sentenc ed hack to them again for 30 days, < getting off with the usual $25 andh costs. They woe LummieBuHic. Will < McrriottitndWillDuvis, colored, and;, Furnie Guyton. Thad McKay, colored, paid the com t costs for violating the fish laws by setting hooks. Walter Smith, in court for givntg , two worthless checks, was repaired to pay the amounts of the checks and j the court costs. . < T. B. McNair pleaded gutlty ot ] speeding and was taxed with the ., costs. Prayer for.judgment was continued for !2 months upon payment of the ) costs by Sloan Powell colored, who , w as in court for assault on his wife, j j If Powell is caught at the home oi l, Rebecca Singletary during that tint", i ltc will serve a ttO-day toad sentence, h -:-x- - - ( Negro (Confesses Crime. ;] ('olombia, S. C., June 26 (AP)—A ; confession that he criminally assault-j] ed and murdered Mrs. Frances Thom-! j asson. 78-year-old woman of Filbert, j! neat York, yesterday afternoon, was ! made today by William McKintry Thomasson, td-year-old negro, who I was brought to the penitentiary fob 1 lowing his arrest in Y ork county early today ! __ OMaf tAe Ay# KMM Seymour Lowman of New York Who has just taken over Gen. An drew's job of national prohibition enforcement. FA!RM0WT LETTER Tobacco Aiarkct Opens August H— Meetings of Eidelis Class and Lad ) ies Aid—Little Miss Anne Jones i Celebrates fourth Birthday—Otb i er items. ) ' .—.—, j Correspondence of The Robesonian. ; Fairntont. June 27—Mr. and Mrs. [Burk Ptttman spent Saturday in Lum berton. Mr. and Airs. Arch Stone spent Sun* day afternoon visiting in Lumberton. ! Airs. A. N. AiitcheH and children 'spent'Thursday in McDonaid with her sister Mrs. F. Davis. Giad to see Aiiss Martha Fioyd out ) after being confined to her room for i several days. } Mesdames A. 1.. and Phil Jones and ! Dud 1'loyd spent Friday in Lutnber i ton visiting. Air. John Page of Marietta was in town Thursday on business. Miss La Rue Fioyd and i.ouse guest, Aiiss Grace Askiu of Timmonsviiic, and Aiisses Marjorie Brice and Chris tine AicDanici spent Tuesday in Luni-[ berton. ! Dr. and Airs. T. !I. Pietnntons, Aiiss Aiaud Buiiock, and Mr. and Airs. A. R. [Bullock were dinner guests Friday of Air. and Airs. E. V. AieDaniei, Mr. AicDaniei celebrating an anniversary. Air. and Airs. F. F. Purvis and sons, Alasters Canon and P. C., spent Thurs day at Wilmington and the beach. Airs. L. T. Bullock of the Baltimore section is in Baker's sanatorium for ; treatment. Aiiss Aiaultrie Elinor Aicintosh of Kingstrec, S. C., arrived Thursday to spend a while with her uncle and aunt, Air. and Airs. K. G. Floyd. Dr. Edgar Thompson of Winston Salem, Air. and Mrs. Ben Thompson of Titasville, Fla., and Airs. William Elis ul Lloyds, Va., are at home with their parents, Air. and Airs. C. ti. Thompson, and will remain at the bedside of their father until he im proves. Airs. F. !,. Blue and children spent several days in Greensboro with Air. ^ F. L. Blue. Airs. A. Ai. Wilson of Hickory is visiting her parents, Air. and Airs. ; Cus Aiitchell. Airs. J. F. Bennctte of Charlotte is visitmg with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Pittman. Alessrs. Brantly Bullock, Eliotte I (Continued on page H.) Revival Meetings At Fairmont Every Eve This Week and Next Services in Churches First three Evenings This Week and in Dues' Warehouse Beginning Thursday Alight. t Revival services wilt he held in Fairmont this week and next every i evening at R. The service tonight will he in the Presbyterian church, Tues day night in the Methodist church and Wednesday night in the First t Baptist church. Beginning Thursday ' night, services will he held in the Davis warehouse every night through ' the balance of this week and next week. Air. J. A. Floyd of Fairmont says that this is a laymen's effort ami that all Christian people are invited and urged to assist. Services will be con- ; lucted hy Air. R. Begbie and Mr. Edgar Fcrdon, Christian laymen of SL Pctorsburgh. Fla. Mr. Begbie has worked with Billie Sunday and all the j other leading evangelists of the United States. Air. Fcrdon is aj prominent architect. Both ate conse crated Christian workers. A compe tent man will be in charge of the mu sic. The following members of thel Bluebird society wilt Leave tomorrow with their chaperon, Airs. Ai. F. Cobb, for Alyrtle Beach, where they will spetid a week: Misses Mary Cobb. Sue I Blount Shaw. Christine Geddie, Sarah Hamilton, Margaret Bruce French, I Courtney Sharpe, Roberta Nash and Elizabeth Proctor. Mr. and Airs. H. M. McAllister wit] also go to Myrtle Beach tomorrow for the day and Mrs. E. R. Alclntyre and sons, Masters. Regan Jr. and Douglass, for a month. FIELD PEAS FOR SALE. $1.75 PER BUSHEL. SEVEN PINES GROCERY. Great Interest Was Shown In Puzzle Adv. Much Competition for $!2 in Mer I chandise Offered hy !he Koheson ! ian for First 7 Correct Sotutions, Approximate^ 125 Capers ,'Deing Turned In. Great interest was manifested in the puzzle in The Rohesonian of Mon day, June 2t). and t!rere was much 'competition for the 7 prizes amount ing to $12 in merchandise offered h^ ^ The Rohesonian to the first seven persons turning in correct soiotions. Approximated 123 papers were j turned in tast week by peoptc from ] at) over North Caroiina and two front j South Caroiina, and the puzxic prov jed beyond a tjouht that advertise ments in this paper are read. Many more peopie soived the puzzle but did not turn i" papers because they fear-j cd they were too iate to receive one of the prizes. One woman wrote from jVinciand that she knew that she was too iate to receive one of tire prizes but that she was sendtng her soiu tion aiong anyway because she nat iuraiiy iiked to soivc puxzies. Participating merchants were John Thomas Biggs' fitting station and grocery, Cain's Meat Market, R. id. ' Caidweii & Sons, Inc., Southern Marbie Works, Hetigpeth's Pharmacy, Lumberton Dry Cieamng Co., Guar antee Shoe Store and the Stephens & i Barnes Furniture store. Beiow is iisted the names of the t persons receiving the seven prizes, j The first one of these brought a soi j ution to the puzzte to The Rpheson* iap office at 4 7^0 Monday afternoon, )just a few minutes after tire first! j Robesottians canre from the press. A } paper which wouid have received ' seventh prize was ruied out because tire dots were trot aii foiiowed as specified in the ruies. This "soiution ; came in one minute ahead of tire win ! ner of the seventh prize add wouid i haste been a winner had the person turning it irt been a iittie more care fui. Prize Winners. ' First prize. $5 in merchandise— Mr. Roirert Decse. I Second prize, $2.30 irt merchandise !—Mr. Paui W. Grooms. I Third prize, $2 in merchandise— Mr. Grady McNeiii. Fourth prize, $!.00 in merchandise j—Miss Bonnie Sessotns. t Fifth prize, 75 cents in merchatr jdise—Mrs. Gordon P. McMiiian. i Sixth prize, 50 cents in merchandise —Mr. L. M. Ward. Seventh prize, 25 cents in mer chandise—Mrs. J. W. Meares. By caiiing at The Rohesonian office* these persons may obtain an order to l any one of the participating rner ! chants, for the amount of merchandise ! they are entitled to. STILL AND OPERATORS CAPTURED AT MARIETTA Alclver Sparkman and Neal Herring Fined $200 and Costs in Fairmont Recorder s Court on (harges Grow ing Out of Capture of Still They Were Operating. Maher Sparkman and Neat Her ring were each fined $200 and costs by Recorder \V. C. Brown at Fairmont Friday on charges growing out of i the capture of a iOlgallon copper liquor stii) and 8 gaiions of the fin ished product in Alligator creek. 200 , yards from route 70. near Marietta, Friday morning by Kura! Policemen: K. C. Cox and Mark Page. The men } were at the stiH, which was in fuii ; b!ast, when the officers made the ^ raid. Chitd Struck By Auto But Not Scr t iously Hurt. Alargaret, sma!! daughter of Harry Griffin, was struck by a Ford touring car operated by Theodore McKiniey, ' colored, white in the act of crossing Third street, near Miss Lizxic Caid- , we!t's ptacc of business, Saturday af ternoon. The chib) was taken to the Thomp son Memorial hospital, where X-ray pictures were taken, revealing no broken bones or serious injuries, af ter which she was able to leave the hospital. AlcKinley was arrested by Chief of Police D. At. Barker hut was later re leased after it was determined that the child's getting hit by the automo bile wus puicly anuccident. AleDONALD BRANCH FLORA MA( DONALD ALUMNAE ASSOC. W!L!, GIVE PROGRAM JULY 1 Correspondence of The Robesonian. McDonald, June 27—An hour of refteshing entortainment and hearty laughter is in store for everyone, young and old. who attends the en tertainment given by the Flora Mac donald branch alumnae association of McDonald at the McDonald school building on the evening of Friday, July 1, H)27, at 8:1a o'clock. Come and bring your family and friends. Admission twenty-five cents for adults and ten cents for children. Cotton Market Middling cotton is selling on the local market today at lp 8-8 cents the pound. Vactions— t, tripe — out- ) inga. We) dean every- f thintflhatt you need to) help you 3 look yourg beat forE "playing B outdoor s." ^ Lumherton t)ry (leaning (Jo. EUDIBL. Mc^H!LL. Mur., Phone M! We Clean Everything t LMPIIHTAXT MEET1KC AT ST. PAULS .ILLY t 'lliose who have tomatoes pi.tnt etlfor the Honda market ami those w, « expert to piant lean*, cucumbers and s<]Uash for this j market are asked to attend a verv ' important meeting at Me bank buiiting St. PautS rnday. <u^. 1st, at Up. m. i Tobacco Markets Open August 9th — AH Markets in South Carolina Met) \\ ill Open on That Date—Lunther ton Market Mas Best Outlook in Several Years. ' i AH tobacco ntarkets in the South Carolina belt, which irtclu<ies the Lumberton and Fairmont matkets, wtli open on August t), it has Ijeet) decided. t he Lumberton market has the )-est outlook it has had in several years, afxl if is believed the market will, break all rceonls this year. Ware housemen and business men are look ing forward to the approaching sea son with a great deal of anticipation. ^ Ti c tobacco crop is regarded as 2b per cent better than it was this time ' last year, and it is estimated that , there is approximately 25 per cent ! more of the weed planted it) this sec- j tion than was the ease a year ago. ; Warehousemen expect to surpass last season's sales of nearly four and a half million pounds. , Five big warehouses wii! handle! the Lumberton crop. The house for rnctly used by the Tobacco (.rower's : Co-operative association on First ' street will bet operated this season by I Mr. John W. Moore of Durham, an j experienced warehouseman, who was ! at Ddlon, S. C , last year. The Star wilt be under the new management of Reynolds, Price & Co. of Madison, who have been operating a warehouse in their home town practically all their iives. Messrs. Ira Bullard and Sam Watkins will again have charge of; the Carlyle and Little Banner, and Messrs. J. D. Perkins, L. P. Woody and R. K. Lewis will be back at the Big Banner. The—latter two lirms are well-known to the farmers of Robeson county by their reputations I as warehousemen. Dawson Resigns As Chairman Of State Democratic Committee John G. Dawson, of Kinston, has an nounced his resignation as chairman of the State Democratic executive committee. "The one reason prompting my res ignation is," Mr. Dawson said, 'that my persona] and professiona] matters need my attention sorety. !t does not seem that I shoufd ionger negtcct -them, as to retain the chairmanship woutd necessarity mean. "At an earty date f shad cat] the committee together to accept my res ignation and ctect my successor. Mr. Dawson has been chairman of the committee for years. Newton Wins Over Highway Gommis sion. Ratcigh, June 27—The town of Newton scored in its second encount er with the State Highway commis sion over the tocation of highway No. )0 between Newton and Statesvidc when the Supreme court SatUTday re versed the !ower court and enjoined the roadbuitders from abandoning the existing route. When the highway commission mapped the existing route and incor porated it as a part of the State system in accordance with the for malities prescribed, that route be came a permanent part of the State system and cannot now be forsaken for another, Associate Justice Brog den declared in writing the court's opinion. DR. GA!NHS Ht.KtTKBHHAB OF WARM FOMHSTCdU.K'.H; Rateigh, June 27—tfr. Francis ['entttetonGaincs, t'.i years ot<t, head of the KnRtish department atFur manr.nivcrsity.Grccnvi])c S.('., Sat urday was eiecte(t president of Wake Forest cottege, North (strotina's [cad in^ Baptist edueationa) institution. The cottege hoard of trustees, meet ing here, acted upon the recommenda tion of a s]}ecia) committee appointed )ast fait to seieet a successor to Dr. Wiiiiam !.ouis Boteat, who resigned from the {^residency June ] after a distinguished tenure of more than 20 years. MRFT!N(; AT BKTHH!. W!),[. GDNTtNt F ANOTBRB WFfiR ! The meeting which has been in piogressatBethctchcnhontheFtix-i abeth road for the past week wi)i con tinue for another week, it was derid ed this morning. Services wttt be con ducted each night at H:20. The mect [ ing is being heid under the auspices I of the First Baptist church. Heavy [tains in Barts of ttoheson. ^ One and ninety-threc-one-hundred ths inches of rain fc!i in Lumberton Saturday. according to the record kept by Mr. B. M. Davis, loca) weather man. [t was the heaviest tain of the year.! i Other sections of Robeson county cspeciatty the uper end of the county, i ! reported heavy rains, white none fetl t it) the tower end of Robeson. Bounty Boards Wit! Meet Juty .7. The county board of education wilt j hotd its next monthty meeting on. I Tuesday, Juty 7, ittstead of on Mott ! day. Juty 4. ' As previousty atinounced in The j Robesonian, the county cotnmission- { et's wi!t meet on the same,'fate. t f 7?onM<7 To Por/s fno Left to right—Commander Rtchard R Byrd, f.tettt George O Novitte, radio enc'neer, and Bert Acosta, piiot—the three Amertean Hyer! who man the "America" on its attempt to Hy New York to Bari; and rctum with onty time enough tn fans to ret'nci PARKTON LETTER Crops of A!) Kinds !)oing Wei)—\< w Residence faring Comptetion—. Persona) and Other Mattrrs. i (My (. )). Wiiiiamsnn) i'arkton. June ti)—The fanners of ;Utis section arc resting some today !forthefirs(.timeinson)etimeasthe : rain yesterday an<) tast night wet the I sot) thptoughiy. W e itave never in a)! I our )ives known farmers work hard ' cr than they have this week, and they needed the rest., Crop* of ah kinds ! seem to he doing very we)), on)y the iicc has used the cotton up hadiy in this section. i Some needed repairs and some ad- j ditions to the Rockfish beach is in I progress this week. Mrs. U. S. Cur ! ric !S m charge and the work is pro gressing, but more funds are needed,! Rock Fish Beach is untike any other summer resort, as there is no charge ^ { attached and the promoters are dc- j } pending mostty on freewii) offering from tne Sunday s hoots ot the com- I < munity. Sunday schoots of far and near find the best picnic beach here ! and it is free for att if they compty ^ with the ruies and regutations. Rev. J. J. Boone, [tastor of the M. ) E. church, is assisttng in a revivat this week at Elizabethtown at the ^ M. H. church. Mrs. M. R. Totar and smatt chil dren returned h^ne today from a visit to hey cousin Mr. J. M. Brown of ^ the Red Springs section. Miss Mary Currie, smait daughter ofDr.andMrs.K.S. Currie, is visit ing her cousin Miss Martha McRay in Citat iotte for a few weeks. Miss Georgia Witiiamson is spend ing some days in Asheviiic. Basehail wiii be the order of the day from now. as the boys are welj i up with their work. The Rounders ' piay Wade here tomorrow, Hope Miiis [ Thursday, and so on. Mrs. Maud McCormick, housekeep er for Mr. T. W. Thompson, went to HamietMomiaytiight anti met Mrs. McCormick's chiidrcn as foitows who have been at the Presbyterian orphan age as Ciinton.S.C.: Hamer, Martha Christian, and KttaMaud. Th<; new residence of Mr. D.!L Mc ( ormick, on Main street, is fast be ing eompiete(i, tnodern itt every re- ^ spect and one of the most compicte j residences in the city. Mr. C.L. Pittman and fantiiy spent Thurs{iay at Wiiite Lake. The writer has no right to com-j piain as green peas and butterbeans, okra and corn, and i feet iike iivtng, suic as you arc born. ihe city barber shop has been re cently moved from the Perry build ing to the office recently vacated by j ifr. Currie in the McMiilanbuiiding on Main street. More Cotton IHossoms. Howland. K. 2. June 22—This is ttty first cotton blossom of lt)27 cotton j crop.—D A. McKellar. Mr. Lory H. Hrittof l.ntnbcrton, H. i, reports several cotton tdossonts open on his farm on.tune 23rd. Air., iiritt was accompanied to town hri-l daybyAlt. C. A. Hritt. June2t, blossontssentinbyA. L. I. ocktcar. t'onhrokc township, and he] wtites that he has a nice crop of cotton. Johndark, Italian, found plenty of blooms Thurstlay in f'dton raised by him on the farmot Mr. W. H. Mtcl-i lock. FairtnontR. I. ami it looked like] {here had been blootns there several! days hcfmt' that. t'orrespondcnccof'I'hoHobcsonian:' Mt. W. ft Hrnnti'lcs found on his fartn near Rowland Wednesday a. m..: Juno 22. a cotton blossom. Several other blossoms wete fouttd 'luring the day by tenants. Ruildingl'ertnil. A buil'ling permit httsltcenissucd to the Lumbcrton Kryf JeaningCo. , for thceret tion of'a l!x2o ht ica buildinyonthclotl'ackofMcXeill's bla<ksmith shop, costing The huildittg will be usc<) for the dry cleaning plant, which will be taken out of its present location to allow ' tnote toon) there. Mr. Tims. .Johttson Jr., mm of Mr <tmi Mts. Jhos. I,. Johnson, left i'tiday tiight f<n ('atnpCheasapeakt;. (llouscestct.Ya., where he wtll spend << weeks. Moore s Gift Sftop the place to buy gifts l^or all occasions. Chestnut St. Rhone Jaf Cotton Co-ops To Get Another Half Million Total Reserve Fund of Association to Be 1'aid Back to Members Soon. Another flistritiution of a half mil liondoHar.i in cash will he made to members of the North ( arolinat'ot ton Growers Cooperative association atanearlydate, arcotdingtoanan nouncemcrit made Friday by General Manager U. S. Blalock. This distribu tion will he a refund to the member ship of the half million dollars re serve fund that has been accumulated by deduction one per cent of the sales [nice of all cotton handl'd annually. The refunding of the reserve fund was ordered by the board of Directors at its regular meeting. June 20, said Mr. Blalock. The reserve fund deducted from the 11)22 crop has already been re turned to the members. The remain der, or four years teserve, is to bo paid back as follows' For the crops of 1223, 1024 and 1025 the reserve will he paid hack to all members beginning September I, 1027, and distribution will be complet ed as speedily thereafter as possible. The reserve fund deducted from the crop of !02d will be paid to the members about Marth!,l92& Mr. Blalock stated that it will he refunded to all members alike re gardless of whether they have signed the new marketing agreement. He added that 6 per cent interest has been paid annually to the members on this reserve. Mr. Blalock said that it has served a very useful purpose as capita) stock forthc association. At the present time it is helping the association to make final settlement with the mem bets earlier than settlement could be made if the association had no re serve. It is being used for carrying thousand bales of cotton which was sold either directly to cotton milts for June, July and August deliveries, or directly to the sales corporation. Mr. Blalock said that an ample re serve is a very desirable proposition for the successful operation of any cooperative association but the man agement feels that the association has become well enough established with the leading hanks of the coun try that it will not be handicapped in financing itself at a favorable rate of- interest for the coming season. He stated that most, of the other state associations arc paying hack their reset ves one year at a time instead of practically all at one time as the North Carolina association is now do I ]t. is withsomedegrecofsatisfac 'tion, Mr. Hialoeksaid that the man-, 'agcment is aide to announce that the reserve fund has been kept wholly in tact; that it has served every useful purposes in carrying on the work of the association, and that it is now toj ! he returned to the members doiiar {for dollar at the close of t.e five-year Iperiod. He also considered it fortun* ate that, in handling a total volume of about seventy-five million dollars I of business through a large number of batiks throughout Xorth Carolina and 'other states, the association has never i tost a dollar <-n account of any bank ' failure. Miss f lora i.eefarl, home dem onstration agent for Robeson conn* ty, who has been in Ashevitle attend ing a meeting of the Xationai Home j Economies association, underwent art opeiation for goitre at a sanatorium Charlotte yesterday an<t is getting along as well as could he expected, tatcorfltng to informatio ttphtained 'over telephone from (iharlotte this morning. She expects to return to ji.uml'erton Wednesday. f)r. W. \\. Marker tetuiped Eti 'day from '.\ahington, it. (..where lie spent a week attenuing the annual meeting of ttielnteinational Associa tion oi Hoards of Examiners tn Op tometry. and owtfieh he was a dele gate from the X*Jrth Carolina board, [he Xo.th Carolina boani.ot' which ' Ur. Mat ker is executive secretary, is considered to bo the most progressive! jand ha ve the highest standards of .an; i.simdar r:onrd m the Ctiited States. Messrs. H. E. Stacy and C. W. Mridg- o Jr. v.i.iieave this afternoon for Jacksotnille, Ela., to attend a meeting of counsel of the Atlantic .(Cast i.ine railroad. OR. Wfi.i.tAM \\. MARKER Optometrist—Eye Specialist REITER SEH\ f( E based on thorough i college and university preparation. Office—Over Most Office — Born, to AL . and Airs J. R Aler ecr'ofLumbe. on, R. F. D.. a son. Airs. 1. Bullock of Fair* "tent. who LoUerv/enta bloocltrans lusiofi at sanatorium, is im proving. Alt. J. W. Holcomb and daughter. Airs. Maty Pierce, of Purvis, were i.umbertori visitors Thursday after noon. Mr. Holcomb is S2 years of age and is active for a man of his age. The Lumberton fire department was caiied out Friday afternoon to the i.imore Filling station, west of Lum hettot), on account of some grass )<urniog near there. the store of Mr. X. P. Andrews, which was greatiy damaged by fire and water seveta) months ago, has been remodled, and Mr. Andrews mov ed his stock of goods in and opened for business Saturday. —'ihe first green peas and cu-um «-rs of the season were reported to Mm Rolx-sonian Saturday by Mr dames M. Branch of Lumberton. Mr Branch says he got ti.em from his garden on Friday. Twin calves were reported born a tew days ago to a cow belonging to Air. W. it .Martin of route 5 from f.i.mhet'ton. The eaives are said to lx; exactly the sante size and exaetty alike. Air. and Airs. Martin and son were in Lumberton Friday. Dr. T. A. Xorment has informed !'he Robesonian that it was Mr. Ben Manehcy of the Rope's crossing sec tion who [nought the bottle of bugs into The Robesonian office last week, mention of which was made in Thurs day's issue of the paper. —Mr. S. Barker of St. Pauls, who for several months has operated a hotel and lunch room there, has leased the Lumberton hotel, which for iScveral years has been operated by Mr. 1. W. Sellers, and will move to Lumberton the first of July to take charge. — Air. S. (1. Williamson of route 4 front Lumberton ieft Friday morning for a few days visit to hia sons and . daughter, Messrs. O. W. and l^onnie and Miss Bertha Williamson, of Wil mington. lie will be accompanied back this aftermoon by Airs. Williamson, who has been visiting there for sev i oral days. —Air. J. S. Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jenrette and son, Mr. Thomas, and Alias Lannie Oliver of Marietta passed through Lumberton Saturday morn ing enroute to Chapel Hill to visit Rev. and Mrs. J. F. AlcDuffle. broth er and sister-in-law of Airs. J. S. Oli ver. They expect to return today. —Mr. Stiles S. Dixon, Fayetteville architect, has been awarded the con : tract to draw the plans and supervise the construction of Lumberton's new opera house. Air. Dixon says the plans are almost complete and that work will begin shortly. —Marvin Jr. and Louise Singletary ate expected home tomorrow night from the Oxford orphanage, Oxford, where they have been for the past two years. They will he met in Ham let by their mother, Airs. Marvin Sin gletary, who has not seen them in the two years they have been away. —An Oakland. Overland and Pon tiac automobile agency has been op ened in the building formerly occu pied by Horace Al. Neal, Inc. distri butors for Dodge cars, on Fourth street. The agency is a branch of the Fetzer Alotor Co. of Rockingham. Air. H. L. Horton of Salisbury is manager. —A Ford sedan, geared to the rail road track, has been attracting con siderable attention at the S. A. L. station the past few days. The rig belongs to Air. J. T. Gooden of Mar ion, S. C., freight conductor on the Raleigh & Charleston railroad, who uses it to make business trips up and down the tine. —Miss Xettie Stroud of Cotdsboro has accepted a position as chief o;wt - i ator in the office of the Southern Hcii Tetephone company here. She succeeds Mrs. (). L. Duncan, whose resignation goes into effect duty !. after which time Mrs. Duncan wit] go to Dunn to five. Miss Stroud be gan work today. —Some pretty tobacco, the first curing of the year, was brought to Lumix-rton Saturday by Hurney Me Xeitt, cotorcd, who tives on Mr. W. J. Witkerson's farm, K. ;{ from f.umfrer ton. McNeiti says that he and his ha!f-brothcr. Thomas Thompson, have )d [-2 acres of very good tobaeco and ti at the tobacco brought here came front a f di barn they took out Satur day. The reguiar monthiy meeting of the Woman's Missionary society of tie.' Fitst baptist church wi)] be hetd at the church Wednesday afternoon at ) o'ctock. < itrie Xo. o, with Mrs. S. S. Stnaii as [eader, wii! have charge of the program. The subject wi]] he ' ! ight on the care of our chi!dren". A!! members arc urged to be present ant] a cordial invitation is given to any o'hcrs who wii] attend. AL V,. b buttock, of Fairmont, h. 1. who was a Lumbcrton visitor Fiiday afternoon, repotted pienty of t'dtot] hiossoms on cotton grown by John (dark, tndian. on his farm. Do stated that his section hat] been Mess ed with idea] seasons and that the crops were the prettiest he had ever seen. Mr buitock was accompanied to i.umberton by Mrs. Bniiock. — At the request of severa], the program which was given at the Fast Lumbcrton schoo] auditorium June id. by the Young Ladies' Aid society of Fast Lumbcrton baptist church, wii) be given again next Friday and Saturday nights at. S o'ctock, at the auditorium, An admission of 25 and do cents wtii he charged. the pro ceeds to hetp pay for the new Baptist hurt h huhiing. A short operetta has -been added to the program since it i was given before. _