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This By Arthur Ernbame THE WAY OF A SH!P. MARK TWAIN WOULD WONDER. DOC AND PERFUME LADiES. AND ONLY ONE STAR. Thcuayofa;hipi'ithc:n.dst i ofthcstah.tsch.'UgcdsiuccSoto tttitt. t':c- 'ttot ifacttl, urott ht- } f'rovcrhs. The hardy Fitoctticiatt, * i tmut's tmt.de. and the Attttruan tturistofti'ctiencraidrant-Yark ! f.\an]'<r..;)uo'tiduotu.cratt!te sitipsof!92/. Thisiswrttt^tontheAquitania. ! one of many floating cittes titat cross the ocean, as free front ro mance as the ntocing pictures j shou tt on Deck A. \\ itoever has i crossed in o)d days rubs his eves, itktRtpYanWtnkic. -. . I Aiong the deck, much wider than Fifth Avenue's sidewaik, and a!- : must as steady, conics a witeezy, i short, fat iady. tcading a sntaii dog tomattdt.withaHitsouncrsquai ities,p!us a disposition to snap at passing tegs. Tttcv turn at t)tt- i notice. "Xo <fogs aiiowed forward of tiiis sign." 1 he dog wears a hcautifu) ,ri)<- ! bon. t!te iady, possibiy a gram)- ' tno'ber. wears briitiant pink sitk stockings, of such high visiiniitv j that an old t urn captain might haveputhcrini,rons. Mttchgoid on her dress and on her checks profttsedy spread tite rCugc that jezahe) wore, in Macinc's dcscrip- } tion. /tpMrft/'tirfr, t/r.r oust, fir;.'- ; /taroftfe ottr ro^i*. That modern seafaring tady ! passes, and here comes another, forty years younecr. forty times j worse. As she passes, in hrigitt red, she scatters a!) the perfumes ! of Araiua. which arc the worst, stickiest perfumes on earth, and } smokes an ostentatious cigarette. The cigarette is used as a wand, waved to emphasize a spccctt that she is making, deepiy appreciated by a young man with Hack, steek, greasy hair, a stomach caving in- j ward, a foreign accent, and no more back head than a Russian woif hound. The yottng woman's t..thcrprob abiy has money. Hundreds spend a week in this Coating hotei, not reaii/.m: that they are on tile occatt mud t!tc' foghorn idows. Titcn -otic --ay "! don't iikt that '- tutti." '!!u morenervott-drosu <: ioji.oru with two more eockt.uis. Modern Atnerican wcaitit ha = changed ships ittto cocktaii nut) breakfast food emporiums. There are tiiirtv kinds of mucous mem brane destrtiyers listed as rock taiis on t!te stttokmg room pro gramme, atidindiguatitifriti^iur; on their own ship wade titrougii a ! list of American breakfast foods that amazes and otttraccs titetn. In old days after dark yentinien ta! young people stood whispering behind the wheel house. t he cid er. ntore serious. booked at the starry shy, nattering about Are turus. Orion and Pleiades and tlte Chambers ed the South. That is "oid stulI" now. There is no wheel house accessible on a modern shtp, and you are tu t sup posed to took at the stars. The onty one of sis decks from which they ean be seen is dark at night. Nobody ti cs it. To walk (here is to interrupt \ourttttts n; s by falling o\er shttllle boards or imitation greens for gotfers. On modern ships otte star is enough. The one to be seen to night is wondrott-iy beatttiftt!, deep and soulfttl. Her picture, in colors, jttt out-ide t!tc dittiti; saloon, sitows her pretty tiny nose, pressed elose t.' titc ttose tip of some gentleman. Hie sigtt sa\s Lola Negri itt "Good and Naugh ty " In the smoking roottt pcois art auctioned ett the ship's daily run. the pools running t 'titott-attds <tf dollars .Tlte chief stocking roottt steward, generously remembe-red by the winner of each pool, gets twice as much as the ship's captaitt. That also is modern Many a boot legger gets fottr times as much as the President of the f nited State-. On this voyage Mr. Xewtuark and Mr. Lehman display strange , knowledge as to how fast a -hi;r will go. Martin Conboy, of New York, looks or, and says it's too complicated and not worth the bother anyhow. News conics through the ether from both s!tor< s. ahdttntif.ettic brother of oid icromc. of Travers and Jerome. yot don't wait ho davs to !fa.rn that V. aM Street ha* ruined you. ^oufnow it titt Same day. Now is the time to select your disease free irish potato seed for next year's planting. . Can You iteat it. IFrm Bladen Journnit , Corn measuring 13 ft. in ! height bt ought into the Blad i en J#u^tai office Monday by Mt. T E. S.,jyaysr.'ns- Mr. Parsons said ! that )te grew the corn down near hi% planing mill here in town. I There were two big ears of corn ) on each stalk. North Lumberton News ^hcrc E*s( Lumber!,t)n Scores Pour fo One—Sunday Schoo) Boys Enjoy a Treat—Miss Dura Price Becomes Bride of Mr. Xcke Lamb. Correspondence of The Robcsonian. N rth Lumberton, Sept. 1.—We thought we had the most progressive dttte mi!! viHagt in this part of the woods and we suit tning so, excepting increase m poputation, for wnicn we wii] have to hand the biue ribbon ov er to East Lumberton, for a few days ago a very prominent man from over East Lumberton way asked the writ er if he was the fchow that had been ooasting North Lumberton so much in the columns of The Robesonian, and as the writer had to humbty acknow) edge that he was gudty he ups and says, "you can't compare yourseives with East Lumberton, for we had four births reported tast night;" and this serthe had to acknowledge that they did ha\?t us beat over here to the tune of four to one. Messrs. J. A. and H. S. Seay ieft ]ate Friday p. m. for LaGrangc, Ga., where they wii] spend a few days vis iting their parents. Mr. J. A. Seay has for several years heid a position as cott !t grader for the Mansfietd group of Mitts whiie his brother Mr. H. S. is sales representative for the Portand Cement Co. The North Lumberton mate quar tet, which was organized a short time ago by Mr. G. L. Canady of Lumber ton and Messrs. Ciayton Singietary, W. J. Garre)] and K. F. Hamon of North Lumberton, fiMed an appoint ment tast Sunday to sing at Sand Hiii church. Rev. Fred Brown's ser mon was enjoyed very much by the quartet as wed as aH present; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. )3ute and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Edwards and daughter, Miss Loula Edwards, spent part of the day fast Sunday at Wrightsvitie Beach. Mr. Santiey Hardee is stit] on the sick iist. He is now a patient at the Thompson Memor.a] hospitat. He underwent an operation Monday for tonsits and we hope he wii! soon be abtc to return home. Mr. K. E. Haman gave his Sunday schoo] ciass of junior boys an ice cream party at his home Saturday p. m. Aknough the weather was unusu aHycoo), it did not interfere with the rapid disappearance of the ice cream. Wc think those boys ready enjoyed tie occasion very much. After the cream was at] gone the boys were asked if they wanted some more and one boy patted himself and exetaimed, "! can t hotd any more." Mrs. Atex McDuffie and son. Jesse,! spent the week-end visiting at the! home of Mr. 1. A. Pau) and other! friends and relatives in the Saddletree! section. Lantb-Pricc. iiAic'c rucn, uaugnter 01 i\ir. and Mrs. W. J. Price, ieft home Sat-} urday afternoon to go to town. Fail ing to return home, her parents be gan an investigation as to the cause of her not returning home and found that she went to Dillon, S. C., and was there married to Mr. Zeke Lamb, s n of Mr. Marion Lamb of the Fair-1 mont section. We wish for them a! lcng and happy life. Wlpch reminds; me that it was predicted in last Thursday's Robesonian that the wed ding bells would soon be ringing over here, so you see the writer knew s mething about what he was talking about. While passing through the mill a few days ago the writer saw 0! such loving, longing, looks pass between two sweet young things that—O well, just listen tor the wedding bells again before many mere days. Pembroke Paragraphs Seven Additions to Baptist Church— iSmith-Brceden Marriage—Cotton Crop Short—Social and Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Pembroke, Aug. 31—The meeting which has been in progress at the Baptist church here for 10 days clos ed Sunday The pastor Rev. Mr. Wis kart, did the preaching, and his preaching was of great earnestness and power. There were seven addi tions to the church, two by letter and five on profession of faith. The church has been greatly revived and strengthened. The candidates were baptized in Lumber river Sunday af ternoon. Mr. J. W Williams of Wilson has been in Pembroke for a day or two i on business. i ADM Lillian Odom of Pembroke, Miss Aris Shankle ot Rueford Mr. L. P. Beck of Badin and Mr. Fritz Hemphill of Asheville motored over jto Wingate Sunday for the opening of Wingate Junior coliege. which took ! place on Tuesday. They returned Tuesday night. ! The B. Y. P U. gave a social last night at the home of Mrs. Warren Cain Numerous games were played, after which icecream and cake were ^ketved in abundance. Everybody re ports a grand time. ] Miss Elizabeth Paul is spending a while in Kinston visiting Miss Louise '1 yndait. w ho w as guest in tire Paul home for scrum! weeks, and was ac j compand. J home by Miss Eiizabeth. Smith-Breedcn. , mss tttta trteeden amt Yit t . i Smith surprised their many frit-mis iSuttday, Aur. ilnd. hyheintruttitedit) matriage. The bride has been in the ntiiiineiy business here fora few I years a))d Mr. Smith holds a positittn with the A. ( . L. Both youn;r people ;tre very popular, and have a host of frientis here and elsewhere who wish 1< r them a lon^ and happy life. They iare makinn; their home with Mrs. C A. Heddell. t Mrs. Norton and son of Kaefttrd spetit Wednesday here with Air. and Mrs. N. Alelnnis. Mr. Pelhatn Renfro is home fr m Alars Hill, where he attended summer school. Air. attd Mrs. GeorpeTadlockand thiidien of Marshville passed tluu Pembroke last week on their way to Wriphtsvillc Beach. Circle No. 1, W. M.S., will meet this afternoon with Mrs- Graham. ! Master Milton Eolgicr s^nt a day i and night fast week in Lumherton with his little friend Master David Wyly. ! Misses Atine and Sara and Mas ters Ocie and Joseph Karl are spend ing this week with their grandmoth er in South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Wiggins and two chitdren, 1 S. and Arthur El wood, visited friends in Lumherton iast Sunday p m. Several young people from our lit tle town will soon be leaving for the various colleges. We always miss the young people, but our best wishes and prayers follow them. People in this section are almost through pulling fodder, and cotton picking will soon' be the order of the day. We do not think it will be such a great task to gather this year's cotton crop as we have been inform ed that the boll weevils have reliev ed the farmers of a large percent of the yield. Misses Agnes Cox and Rose Mc Laurin of Clio are spending a while he!e with their aunt Mrs. Bertha Smith. Miss Ella Zackery of Brevard is visiting friends in town. Fairmont Letter (Continued from page 1) where they visited Mrs. Nye's son, Mr. Elbert Nye. They also visited Philadelphia and several other piaces of interest while away. Mr. Clarence Banks and a friend, of Burnsville, spent 3 days in town last week with friends. Mrs. Sim Campbell and little son, Daniel, of Dillon, spent two .days last week with Mts Campbell's broth er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Averett Mitchell. Mr. Carson Byrne of Raleigh spent a few days last week with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Byrne- Miss Aradele Byrne returned to Raleigh with her brother, where she goes to accept a stenographic position. Mr. Wallace McIntosh of Florence and Misses Daisy and Moultrie Mc Intosh of Kingstree spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. E G. Floyd, Mr. McIntosh being a brother and the Misses McIntosh niece s ol Mrs. Floyd. Miss English Wade of Barnesville spent Monday in town shopping. Misses Willie Dell and Elizabeth Parham of Marietta spent Monday in town with relatives. Mtsses Mary rraynnam, r^ene Floyd and Sallie Inman returned Sat urday from East Carolina Teachers college, where they attended the 12 weeks summer school. Miss Sue Ashley and her cousin Mrs- Cliff Ward of Lumberton, spent last week-end in Laurinburg with an other cousin, Mrs. O. K. Barnes. Mr. A. P. Floyd returned Thursday night from the Charlotte sanatorium, where he spent two weeks undergo ing treatment. Mr Floyd's many friends are glad to know that his ill ness was not serious and that the treatment put him in first-class con dition. Mrs. Belle Ward and spn left Mon day afternoon for Chape! Hill to ac company Miss Katie Andrews, sister of Mrs. Ward, and Miss Ruby Ward, daughter of Mrs. Ward, home from attending summer school, Miss Katie at Duke university, Durham, and Miss Ruby at the university of North Car olina. Mr. and Mrs. S R. Webster and son, Master Sam Jr., spent the week end in Washington, D. C., combining business with pleasure. Misses Josephine and Mildred Sykes of Columbia- S. C., sisters of Mrs F. B. Peele, Mrs. B. C. Lytch and Mr. Mack Peele of Gibson, sister and brother of Rev. F. B. Peele, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sykes of Atlanta, Ga , brother and sister-in-law of Mrs. Peele, were recent guests of Rev. and Mrs. F. B. Peele at the Methodist parsonage. Mrs. William L. Ingram and smalt son, Bill, of Lilesville, spent last week with Mrs. Ingram's father, Mr A. F. Floyd. Mr. Ingram came over Sunday to accompany Mts. Ingram and Bill home Tuesday. Miss Lois Hayes returned Satur day from Marion, where she spent a *_ fjenJtaey, b6. of Ho!Ra. *o* tbe Mow Hampahwe mowim fkte fwn a b^t ttroup of younger ^ntrtea by oottinp * quarter acre in t non. "ec. bt the awnaa) ica 9h=v At Dorhaas. N. HL_ JRedt NeaJ Qm6en MissArdy!h(jrayga'"'))f<!'"to town frotn inr father's truck farm tuar Tutsa. ttkta. andwatkcdofl s-.ittt t)te t<tau'y rrown forFarnt <r's\V<jt.katOk!aitomaA andM. CfMege. week with her aunt Mrs. Bianche Coieman, who accompanied her home for severai days' visit. Mr. Utiey Ashiey of Rocky Mount spent iast week with his sister Mrs WASmNCION FOR LABOR DAY Go on any train Sept. 2. using a rcund trip ticket, good untii mid night Sept. 7. and costing oniy $10.00 * from Lumherton, other points in proportion. BASEBALL: Washington vs. Boston, Scot. 3 and 4. Let us arrange your trip. J. B. NOROAN. Genera) Bass Agt. Lumbertcn. N. C.. Phone 30# W ATLANTIC COAST LINE ! - i Wait for the New Ford Tt AIE'LL soon be able * * to show you the beautiful new Ford car. It's better than you ever hoped it would be--the s m a r t e st, speediest, most economical low price car you ve evt r known H. A. Fage, Jr. J. H. FELTS JR. Mgr. F ord—Service—F ordson Lumberton, N. C. Margaret F!oyd and other relatives, i Mias Ruth Bullard of Lumberton is spending severa! days with Missj Liiy McIntosh. Mrs. J. Q. Bullard of Rocky Mount, who formerly lived in Fairmont, spent a day in town last week. ; Mrs. J. Clifton Knowles and little son, Master James Floyd, of Wal lace are spending the week with their father and grandfather, Mr A. F. Fioyd. Mrs. Eva Stanton and son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Stanton, of Red Springs, came over to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Floyd Mrs. Stanton, who is a ' sister to Mrs. Floyd, stayed over for i severs! days. M -ss Ophelia Floyd spent last week in Asheville, Biowing Rock and other mountain cities. Mr. and Mrs. George Mediin and two < hiidren of Marshvilie are spend ing several days with Mrs. Medlin's parents, Mr and Mrs. A. P. Floyd. F rh* ^y And Above AH Else You can look forward to new standards of smartness—for the Bodies by Fisher are new and em body the iinest American tradi tions of motor ear beauty. + + + And you ean expect a thrilling experience from the minute you start to drive—for the hie, new engine and the longer chassis were designed to meet every American performance demand. * * + Potter, smoothness, science, snap You'll find t hem all in the Oakland All-American Six! And above ;<!' else, you'll tind—reliability. Come and see tins Inatory-maK {n * ear! Aot }ust because it car ries new ton pries. But because, witb ati Its thrUt'it^; qualities, its staunchness and dependability stamp it truly All*Amertean! 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