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THE WEATHER: FAHt TONtGHT AMD FMDAT. Twelve Paget Today TWO SECTIONS VOL. LVI —NO. 63. LUMBERTO^, N C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1927. cocrmtT. eoc A^o TAtmu. MTAAUHHKD WA FAME UVA CZMTE Tire Thieves Bound Over To Superior Court S. P. Upton and WilHe Davis Wdl Go to Higher Court Under Bonds m Sum of $1,000 Each for Larceny of Tire from Mr. D D. French—Da j vis Convicted on 2 Other Charges. INTERESTING INCIDENT OF THE TIRE THEFT S. P. Upton of Fayetteville and Wiiiie Davis, Fort Bragg soldier, j whose home is 1 mile from White vilie, were bound over to the next criminal term of Robeson Superior court by Recorder P. S. Kornegay Tuesday afternoon on charges of larceny of an automohile tire and rim from Mr. D. D French Sunday night. Bonds in their cases were fix ed at $1,000, which they have not yet been able to furnish. Davis was also convicted of the larceny of a pistoi and transporting, receiving a 4 months' road sentence on the former { charge and a fine of $10 and costs j on the latter. He appealed to Super ior court, and bond in this case was fixed at $250. How It Was Done. Davis, who was used as State's witness in the trial of Upton, told a straight story of the affair and could not be shaken by the efforts bf^he prosecuting lawyer. His testimony was that Upton got him off a park bench in Fayetteville and after rid ing around and getting some liquor,' they came to Lumberton, Upton tell- ! ing him on the way down here that he needed some tires Reaching Lum- ! berton, they rode around town sev- j eral times, finally discovering Mr. D D. French's Dodge sedan parked by j Chestnut Street Methodist church. ! Upton, he said, told him to get out and get the spare tire, and before j he could get it off Mr. French's car, ! Upton drove the Dodge roadster in which they had been riding off and t left hitn. He rolled the tire down to } Eighth street and left it there on the edge of the lawn of Mr. S. F Cald-j well and shortly afterwards was pick- i ed up by Upton, and they together j went back to get the tire. Upton was [ arrested by Town Policeman Vance ! McGill, and he ran after Mr. McGill ' had fired one shot in his direction. Davis said that he had served five ! and a half years in the army and that he was not afraid of any pun ishment that might 1.3 dealt out to! him, that he was telling the truth be cause he believed it was best to do so and that he had not been induced to tell the story as he did. The liquor they had drunk had taken effect on } him, he told the court, and was re- j sponsible for his coming to Lumber- ! ton with Upton. I Anotner verston. -Upton's version of the theft was ] contradictory He testified that he had come to Lumberton to meet a man who worked with him for ths State Highway commission, and while in Lumberton was halted by Davis,! who told him that he and another} man had started to Lumberton in a car and had to leave it in the road because they had a blowout and did i not have a spare tire. Davis got in j the car with him, and they had rid den about 2 blocks when Davis told him to wait a minute, and the latter stepped out of the car and he himself was placed under arrest. He emphat ically denied coming to Lumberton with Davis or telling Davis that he wanted a tire. Upton denied serving a road sentence in Wake county for bootlegging and one in Cumberland county for housebreaking. The de faced number on his car explained was caused by a wreck in August. Policeman McGill had previously tes tified that Upton told him on the night of his arrest that the number was defaced in a wreck in 1925, al though the number was for the year 1927. Davis was also convicted of the larceny of a pistol from a man by the name of Warrix at the East End fill ing station, on route 20, east of Lum berton, on Friday last. It was said that Davis asked Warrix to let him see the pistol and then put it in his i pocket and drove off down the road { with it. Davis was convicted of trans-1 porting on the same night Davis was at rested at Ft. Fragg on information furnished by Lumber-! top officers, who went there and j brought him back here to jail Monday afternoon. Upton, as stated in Mon day's Robesonian, was arrested Sun day night while he sat in his car with the engine running as Davis was picking up the tire he had previous ly thrown down. Local Hoys In Picture. An interesting incident of the hunt for the thieves Sunday night is told about town. Mrs. N. P. Andrews, who saw the men taking the tira off Mr ] French's car, called neighbors and Messrs. Hubert Ramsaur and Cam Mc Lean armed themselves with a pistol } and started out to hunt the thieves, j In the meantime Mr. S. F. Caldwell! had called the police station and in-) formed it that a tire was ,!°ft in the ! edge of his yard. Chief-of-Police D. ; M. Barker, Town Policeman Vance i McGill and Deputy Sheriff W C. Britr ^ went up to Eighth street, on which Mr. Caldwell lives,' and placed them- j selves in hiding along it. While they were watching, Messrs. Ramsaur and McLean came up and started to pick j up the tire. Officers Barker and Mc Gill ran out on them, thinking they were the thieves, and upon finding out who they were took the pistol from them. Neither the officer nor the young men ^cognized the others at first, and a serious tragedy might have occurred if either of them had brought their pistols into play. Messrs. Ramsaur and McLean were placed in hiding behind the officers to await the arrival of the sure-! enough thieves. I ! } i ! i an _ _ hip now requests Mr Ford's apology "to ctear herself,'^ she says, "of charges growing out of the unsuc cessful ntission in 1915 to get the bovs out of the trenches by Xmas." Seven Added To CoHegiate List } Total Number dirts and Boys doing from Lumberton to College Reach- j ! es7L Seven names have been added to the list of girls and boys leaving ! Lumberton for college this fall since j the last issue of The Robesonian, and ; the total number has now reached 71, which is the largest on record for Lumberton. Those in addition to the girls and boys mentioned in Monday's issue of The Robesonian are: Mary Elizabeth Adams—Peace institute. Raleigh; Elizabeth Wishart and Geraldine M'White—N- G. C. W.- Greensboro; Roberta Nash and Sarah Hamilton— Randolph Macon, Lynchburg, Va.; Lillian Carlyle—Sullins, Bristol, Va., j and Stephen McIntyre—Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia, Pa. } LCMHEKTON WiL.L HAVE ANOTHER HAKHM ARE STORE tJMr. (. (<uy Towns?!!!) Moving Stock of Hoods !n)o McNci) Huitding on South E)m. Lumberton is to have another hard- j ware store in the near future. Mr. Cuy Townsend, who has been em-: pioyed in the hatdware store of R. b. Caidweii & Son and has had 12 years experience in the hardware business in Luniherton, has return-j ed from Louisviiie, Ky , where he t purchased a stock of hardware. Mr. Townsend is leasing the -LP. McNeiii t'uiiding on South Him street, j which has just been vacated by Miss Ametia i.inkhauer, at)d is moving hisi goods into it He expects to be ready j to open the store in a week or Id days. His ptace of business wi)] be ; know!! as the Townsend Hardware } Cm Mr. Townsend's store is the fourth hardware store for Lumbcrton' oth-! ers being R D. Caidweii & Son, L. H. Caidweii and Kirkman Wicker. Mi Howard Linkhaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L Linkhaw, has accept ed a position as saiesman in the store. Heath Car Rriver Reieased finder! Bond. Edwin Smith of High Point, a na-1 tive of St Pauis, was released under! a bond in the sum of $1,000 in con-; nection with the automobiie "wreck ! between St. Pauis and Fayetteviiie Sunday night in which 1 negro was instantiy kiiied and 3 others serious-<; iy injured, according to a message from St. Pauis. Stoicn Ford Stripped and Abandoned. A Ford coupe belonging to the Car. j oiina Wiiiys Light Co. was stoieu oft ! the street in front of that piace on j Eim street tast night at 8:30 and car-! ried 5 miles cast of town, stripped and abandoned. It was found on the j Whiteviiie road this morning. Messrs. J. V. and W. S. McLean of j R 5, Lumberton, were in town today, j Mr. and Mrs. J. S- Thompson of! Durham were Lumberton visitors to day. t (JLEAN-Uplv^EK I Next week, beginning Monday, ; wi!t be ciean-up week in Lumber- ; ; ton, and. the ioeat sanitary depart- j ! ment, of which Mr E. C. Wade is ] i the head, is anxious that citizens j , of the town co-operate with the de j partment in the work. { Ttash and rubbish that ate j j cieaned from around houses at i , this time of the year wiii not be } in the way whet; frost comes and ! } ieaves begin to faii, and the cican ! up job iater in the faii wiii not be ; i so great. This time of the year is j) i a spiendid season tor mosquito } breeding, too. and the town wants i ] to rid itseif of these pests. ) Mr. Wade says h^s department ^! wants to do ait in its power to as j sist in cieaning up. He asks that j i peopie put their trash out where j { the trash wagons can get it but : that they do not put it in the gut- ^ i ters or where it wiii reach the gut i tors. If any trash is ieft, he says I the wagons wiii he giad to caii I back for it if the department is so I informed. Thief is Caught With Automobile Mrs. S. F. Caldwell's Buirk (each Unrated in Lynns, Oa., and Thief in .tail There. EXFECT EXTRAOHTION FABERS TORE ISSUED State Autontohde inspector Ceotge B McLeod of Lumherton was inform ed Tuesday morning that the Buick coach of Mrs S. F. Cnldwell of Lutn berton, which was stolen off the street in front of the store of R. D. Caldweli & Son a few nights ago while Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell and oth ers were at work in the store, had beonlocatedinLyons.Ca., and that the thief was in jail Mrs. Caldwell had the ear insured, and she is letting insurance officials handie the situation now. It is ex pected, however, that application will be made for extradiction papers for the thief, whose name has not yet been learned here Center School Wins Pennant And Next Annua! Convention Had Largest Delegation at Sunday School Convention at I'arkton—Mis furtune Hits Mr. D. V. Walker Two Heavy Blows—McKenzie Reunion. FLORAL SCHOOL OI'ENS Enrollment Satisfactory and More Expected—Maxton - Red Springs Hoad Needs Repair—i'ersona! and Other Items From Floral College. (By Aiex M. Walker.) Floral College (Maxton R. 2), Sept. 13—Misfortune hit Mr. D. V. Walker a heavy blow last week. Upon going to his lot to feed his stock Tuesday morning of last week he found tne oi his inules dead that was seemingiy in fine shape the night before, and some low-down unprincipaled thief or thieves stole practically all his gin belts. This loss coming right on tire eve of this year's ginning operations caused Mr. Walker a heavy expense and a lot of worry. He lms no clue as to who committed, this dirty act but we sincerely wish they could be apprehended and dealt with accord ingly. We journeyed to Parkton last Sun day along with the Center Sunday school to attend the North Carolina Sunday School convention. Arriving about 11 by the clock we found quite a go d-sized audience under the large and commodious tabernacle. Now we arc not going to try to give the de tails of this convention as Parkton is the h me town of Mr. C. D. William son, wetl and favorably known to all Robesonian readers, and we also had the pleasure of meeting our peerless editor there, so we feel no uneasiness ; about its n t getting a write-up be-i fitting the occasion; but permit us to say we enjoyed the day, every minute of it. The speakers were al) masters of their subjects and the meeting was altogether instructive, enjoyable and a success from every point of view. ^ tenter School Won Pennant. The Cent re school had the largest delegation present and therefore won (be prize, a beautiful pennant, which (Continued on page 7) HOME COMING WEEK AT (HEROKEE INDIAN NORMAL President of Pembroke institution Re quests That At) Hooks He Return ed to Library During Meek of Sep tember 17-23. HyS.n.Smithey. President Pembroke, Sept. 13—The week of September 17th to 23rd has been de sigtiated as Home Coming week for } at! library hooks belonging to the Cherokee Indian Normal school. Those , who have borrowed books and have not returned them and those who may, for any reason, have library j books in their homes, please see that' these books are turned in at the lib rary some time during the Home Coming week. If you are not sure as to whether you have borrowed a book and failed to return it and cannot find one in yodr home with the name of the school in it. .just make us a present of a good reference book or some piece of standard fiction and bring it along. We need it and will appreciate it. The librarian, Miss Johnson, as sisted by Miss Mary Flournoy, an organize# from the State Library} commission, has been organizing the library and classifying the books- ft is very necessary that ail books be returned to the library in order that we may have the organization com plete when school opens, October 3rd. We bought a great many books last year and we will buy many more this i year, but that does not lessen the ; need for the return of the "wander ers'*. Just as soon as you finish this paragraph, go and got that library book, or the one that you intend to give us and bring it in. — Messrs R. C. Ivey and John M. Taylor of Long Branch, Livingstone; and Leroyce Shephard and Hilberth Britt of Orrum, Ciarance Bullard of! Chadbourn, and Rudolph Rhodes of} Fairmont, R F. 1) , who were ali i graduates of Orrum high school last! year, passed through Lumherton this morning on their way to Raleigh, where they will enter N. C. State col lege. They were accompanied to Ral eigh by Messrs. Joe Britt of Orrum and Will Rhode-; of Fairmont, R. F. Mrs. James S. McNeill spent Wed nesday at Red Springs visiting her brother-in-law. Mr. Graham McIntosh, who is seriously ill —i,amb wiii be for sate on the [curb market Saturday. —An item trom Pembroke fatts in to the wastebaaket because the name of the writer waa not given. —Mr. Sheiiy §ibiey of Aiicmarie has acccepted a position as book-keep er f r the Kooeson Manufacturing : company. —Miss Corine Putman of New Hern t has accepted a position as operator j m the ftaiiey Beauty Shoppe Miss ' j Putman began work yesterday. —Mr. Prank Cough .it., who under- ) went att operation at Thompson Me morial hospitai Monday, is getting a.iong nicety —Mr. J. B. Bruton has moved the Singer Sewing Machine shop, of which he is proprietor, fronf the Me- j Lend to the iteesf^Akiiding on Fourth street. 3^ —her iocai consumption: Stiti^ there are too many weeds atong many' of tie sidewaiks of Lumbcrton. It' wouid be a biessCd thing if these weeds were cut d<Hvn. 'thank you. - Mr. and Mrs. ^J. A. Sharpe and daughter, Miss Courtney, went yes teroay to Wmston-Saicni, where Miss Courtney entered Saiem eotiege. Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe wiii return home to day. —Mr. and Mrs. Erwin i'. Wiiiiams j have moved into thigir newiy-compict ed brick bungaiow oh Tenth and Wa ter streets. Mr. and Mrs. Wiiiiams had been living with Mr. Wiiiiams' father, Mr. Q. f. Wiiiiams, since their marrtage tast ian. -—Miss Stelta Ellis, who underwent! an operation for appendicitis at Thompson Memorial hospitat several ) days ago, was able to return home yesterday. Mr. E. H. Seaiey of Barnesviile came to Lumberton and accompanied her home. —A meeting of the Amcr'ca.i k g on ! wit) be heid this evening at S o'oock i in the iegion hall. A!i members are espeeiaiiy urged to be present, as of ficers wiii be eiected for the ensuing year, and very important businss is to be transacted. Music wii) be furnish ed by the band. —Miss Sue Blount Shaw entered N. C. G. W at Greensboro Monday. She was accompanied to Greensboro ny her mother, Mrs. D. P. Shaw, Mrs ! G. G. French and daughter, Miss! Margaret, who returhed home Tues-i day night, making the trip in Mrs. French's car. —Miss Mat y Etizaheth Adams, j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Adams, !eft yesterday for Peace in-} stitute. Raleigh She was accompanied [ by her father and Miss Rubye Adams j of Rowland, the latter a former stu-j dent at Peace. —Messrs. A. T. ami J. D. McLean, i John Brown and W. J. Ritter are attending at Bentonville today the} celebration of the famous battle of} Bentonville. The fathers of the Messrs McLean and Brown took part in this battle. They were members of the Famous "Star's Battery." —Mr B. Arp Lowrance of Char- ! lotte, field secretary for the North : Carolina Press association, spent a while in Lumberton this morning, go ing from here to Fayetteville Mr. Lowrance will return from Fayette ville late this afternoon, and, ac companied by a representative of The Robesonian, wili make a trip to Blad en county this evening. \ —Mr. J. O McArthur of the Cen tenary section, a former representa-! tive in the lower house of the Gen- } era! Assembly, has been critically ill with bronchial pneumonia in both sides, according to information brought to Lumberton by Rowland , citizens. Last reports from his bed-) side were to the effect that his condi- ^ tion was somewhat improved. —Miss Amelia Linkhauer has mov. ed the Style Shop, of which she is j proprietor, front the McNeill build- j ing on South Elm street to the Proc tor building, by the side of the jew elry store of Mr. A. J. Hojmes, Elm ' street. The building vacated by Miss Linkhauer will he occupied by the, Townsend Hardware Co., as will be seen from another news item in this issue of The Robesonian. —Mr. and Mrs H. W. Bullard of ! Orrum and Mrs. Bertha Singletary of the Back Swamp section spent the ; past week-end in Richmond, Va., re- i turning to their homes Monday. Mr.}' and Mrs. Bullard visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas D. McEwen while away and Mrs. Singletary in the home of her Ulster, Miss Mitcheil.j Mr. Bullard and son, Master Harry, were Lumberton visitors yesterday afternoon. Mr. J. C. Atkinson of Orrum was a.i' Lumberton visitor Wednesday. LETHOMEI'AI'ER ! t <)LLOW THEM i . - . i Many girts and boys are goittg away from homes in Robeson ! ! county to various schoots and cot- ! teges. Some of them atready have ! gone and others witt teave soon. ) : many of them this week. They witt ! want to keep up with the news of ! their home community and county. ! The onty way thev can do that is ! j ! through THE KOBESONIAN. It , witt be tike a tetter from home ) ' twice a week Don't undertake to I} isend them your copy after you!; have read it. That wit) cost you ! more than a separate subscription. ^ } besides the inconvenience. Send in ! ; subscription for your girt or boy i j [away from home and the paper ! I witt go to them regutarty twice a ' !, ! week without further bother on '' your part Subscribe now so that i they may be abte to keep posted ' ! on the home county news as wett ' ! as if they were at home. I . ! ! Great !nterest !n Revival At Gospel Tabernacle Inspiring Sermons by Hr. W W Colby Heard by large Congrega tions—Subject Last Evening Was I "Automobite Tires." ANNOUNCEMENTS Great interest is being manifest ed in the 3-weeks' revivat which is being conducted at the Gospet Taber, nacie hy Hr. W. W. Coiby of West fietd, N. J. Inspiring serntons are being heard each night hy targe congregations Everyone seems highty pteased with the type of messages he is bringing i to Lumberton. and interest in the ! meeting is growing "Automohdes T)rcs" was the sub j jeet of Hr. Cotby at the fine service last evening. He showed that tires ! are usetess without air but that if they are property eared for and air is kept in them they wit! tast for some time. He tikened them to the j Christian, exptaining that a Chris } tian's tife is no good untit it is fitted with the Hoty Spirit. ! Tonight Hr. Cotby's subject witt he "Misptaeed Affections." Friday night his theme witt be "Tears in Heaven"; Sunday morning he witt preach on "How to Be a Powerfu] Christian," and Sunday night his message witt be "Is Jesus Coming Back to Earth?" Orrum School Opens Monday Correspondence of The Robesonian. Orrum, Sept. 14—The Orrum high school will open Monday, September ' lit, with the following teachers In charge: High school—R. L. Pittman, principal; Clifton Ashley, science and I athletics; Miss Annie Horner, English and Latin; Miss Sallie Harrington, home economics; H. Wilson Bullard, agriculture. Music—H T. McDuffie. Grammar and primary grades— ! Mrs. W. W. Lewis, Mrs. Burke Pitt-, man, Miss Nesbit Page. Miss Erah Thompson. Miss Lillian Russ, Miss ! Neta Hedgpeth, Mrs. Oakey Step hens, Mrs. O. L. Shepherd All the members of the faculty ex cept 4 taught at Orrum last year. The new teachers are Mr. Ashley, who comes from Fairmont; Mr. Mc Duffie, whose home is St. Pauls, and ! Mesdames Stephens and Shepherd of Orrum. The opening this year is 3 weeks later than usual in order to allow the children to remain on the farm longer The school offers four years in agriculture, two years in home econ-, omics and a complete high school! course in piano and vocal music. Re cently, considerable science equipment has been provided, and more than 500 books added to the library. Mr. Ash ley will have charge of athletics, anti a most successful year in athletics is predicted. made glad the heart of our efficient and faithful superintendent and all! AM Lumberton Eating Places Given Good Rating All of Lumberton's eating places were given a good and satisfactory rating by the State and county boards of health in their inspection report last week. The report takes into con sideration equipment and sanitary conditions, and when the inspectors give a hotel or cafe a clean bill of health there is no occasion for the most fastidious to stick up a nose. The Lorraine hotel, Olympia, Star and Sanitary cafes were the ones giv en particular mention, and they all, stand well. GROUP MEETING OP W. M. U. ! AT X!ONS TABERNACLE The Lumberton group of the Wo man's Missionary union of the Robe-i son Baptist association will meet at; Zion's Tabernacle church Sunday,! September 18th at 3:30 p. m. The following churches are members of{ the group and each one is expected ; to send representatives: Lumberton First, East. North and West Lum-! berton, Antioch, Singletary's Cross ^ Roads. Zion's Hill, Zion's Tabernacle, Beulah, Cedar Grove. Clybon, Beth any and Bethel. Mrs. W. N Town send is leader. Death and Destruction from Storm and Tidal Wave. Nogales, Ariz , Sept. 13—A storm of intense severity which whipped up ! a tidal wave believed to have extend- i ed over a thousand miles along the Pacific ocean, has spread death and i destruction over the wes^ coast of I Mexico. First news of the disaster oc. ; curring last Wednesday, reached this -- Mr. W. D. Lewis of Pembroke, R.! 1, was a visitor in town yesterday Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Clarkson and Miss Anna Clarkson of. Maxton were Lumberton visitors Wednesday. Cotton Market Middling cotton is quoted on the local mraket today at 20 3-4 cents the pound. DRIVE TO ONE OF FULLERS SERVICE STATIONS } You get prompt and courteous ser-^ vice at either one of the three places. I Sa!es On Lumberton Tobacco Market Reach 7,159,563 Pounds /n Sixfy-5!* Yenrs <3^1 S Creamer went to work 06 years ago as eashboy for a New York store at one dollar * week. He is still with that store a* floor walker—but as clerk he watted on Mrs Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. U S Grant Mrs Grover L!eve!and and Mrs. Roosevelt, mother of T R. Fairmont Sales Pass 13 Million Sales Up Until Last Nigh^ll 798.588 Pounds—Market Average* More Than Half Million Mounds Daily— Hxpeets to Sell 16 Million. The Fairmont tobacco market has sold far past the 13th mitlion pound mark, sales for the season up until last night being 13,71)8,588 pounds. Sales this week continue heavy, ac- j cording to word from Fairmont, this morning, the market setting more than hatf a million pounds datiy. All the desirable tobacc s arc still in ac tive demand. Warehousemen expect Fairmont to sell 16 million pounds this season. Fairmont School Has Best Opening In Its History Consolidation YVith Center Huns En n'llment Above 500—Auditorium l acked for Opening—Merswna) antj Other items. (By Mrs. H. G. Inman) Fairmont, Sept. 14—The Fairmont school < pened Monday, September 1Z, with the largest enrolment in its his tory, the Center schooi, which is con solidated with Fairmont, making thej enrollment above 500. 1 his event was probably the first time in the history of the new building teat the auditor-j ium had teen packed. Many patrons availed themselves the opportunity to join the others in visiting the open- j mg while many visited the different, rooms after dismissal in chapel. Superintendent T. S. Teague read the 14 chapter cf St. Mark, comment ing especiatly on part of the 8th verse, 'She hath done what she cou'd," af ter which the entire audience sang "Come Thou Almighty King." Prof. Teague next called on Rev. J. Lee McLean of the Presbyterian church,} Rev. F. B. Peele of Trinity Methodist j church, Dr. T. H. Piemmons of the I Fust Baptist church, Mr. E. G. Floyd, chairman of the school board, and Miss Iriand, superintendent of the Raddiffe Chautauqua. Each one responded. Miss Iriand directed a stunt, "riding ) the waves," performed by IT hoys, i white the jokes were left up to the preachers. Prof. Teague beneves in good teachers and when he gets good ones keeps them if he can. Out of the 14 teachers last year, only one failed to c< me back, and she was very highly esteemed by teachers and pu piis. Three new teachers have come in this year, one to succeed Miss Beam and one to teach part of the third and fourth grades and one to teach part oft the sixth and seventh grades. One cf the speaker!) remarked that} several people had told him during the summer that Fairmont had the best school in the county. The Parent-Teachers association has had much to do with buiiding a good school, t They wilt hold their tirst meeting in a few days. Martin Bartley, tenant on the farm of Jasper Griffin, was coming from Lumbcrton to Fairmont Saturday and found beside the road a diamond-back rattlesnake measuring about 4l-2j feet long, with ten rattlers and a hut-. ton, which he displayed to friends Saturday afternoon. Dr. and Mrs. A H. Hayes iefti Friday afternoon for Mrs. Hayes' Lome in Scotland, Ga., where the-y i went in response to a telephone mes- i sage advising them of the serious iti- i neSs of Mrs. Hayes' brother in De-) troit, Mich. Air. Kemp received a{ severe fracture of the skull and the i message stated that there was only a j ray of hope for his life. News has been received here since that he died (Continued from Page 5) Moore's Gift Shop The piace to buy gifts fur ait occasions. Chestnut St. Phone 454 Tota) Money Paid Out During Sea son $).796.347.17—Market Aver ages Neartv Two Hundred Thou sand Pounds Daily This Week. Sates on the Lumherton tobacco market for the 1927 season reached 7, )59.563 pounds last, night. the sum of money paid out for this tonnage being !!.396,347.)7. White the dark tips have brought down the average here as etaewhere, tobacco is stiH setting wet). The av erage daity sates this week have been nearty 206,000 pounds. Monday the market sotd 2)9,7)) pounds for $33, 062.16; Tuesday, 173,434 pounds for $21,767 56: Wednesday, <52,797 pounds for $2).0)3.07 Fair Prospects Brightest Ever Bush f«r Space Already Has Begun Although Fair fa Month Off—1m provements Being Made. Maktng Every Convenience Found at Any Fair—Features. t The prospects for the Robeson coun ity fair October 18-21 are by far the brightest ever in the history of the fair, according to Mr. W. O. Thomp son, secretary Appiications for Space. Aimost daiiy application^ are com ing in for sace for booths and gen era) exhibits. White it is yet fotf weeks unti! the fair, the rush has at tend) begun to show itself, improvements in Grounds, j The grounds are being put into con dition and improvements and repairs are being made, making every con venience to be found at any fair grounds. The main buiiding is now connected with the other buddings by a new covered waik with rest seats on each side, a!) we!) iighted ami at tractive. Larger Midway. The midway wiii be much iarger .and more attractive than ever, In fact, there wiii be i5 reai good shows, 12 brass bands, 50 concessions. The most eiaborate fireworks ever bought I by the fair association wii[ be on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights Specia) Features. i The specia) features for the week wdi be free acts daiiy und each night, the highest priced free acts ever brought to Robeson county; the Four Rios—see picture page 8 premium [hst; the Leons—see page 20. These 'acts carry their own rigging and have )0 people to entertain the pubiic. The Four Rios and the Leons were bought in New York and wiii come direct to Lumberton. Bog Show Specia) Feature. The dog show wit) attract many j peopie from far and wide, this being a specia) feature. Arrangements have been made to handle more than 200 j dogs. Fiddlers' Convention. The fiddiers' convention on Tues j day night wi)i be an added attraction. Thirty doiiars in premiums wiii be given. Everybody shouid see this con j test. Baby Contest Leads. The greatest of a)), however, wii! .be the baby contest, which wii) be 'conducted as of old There wiii be no red tape, just a piain baby show. Parents are urged to enter their baby as specified on page 50 of the prem ium iist. The fair association suggests that a!) exhibitors in general iines com municate at their eariiest conven ience with Miss Flora Lee Car), home demonstration agent for Robeson county, who With Mr. O. O. Dukes, farm demonstrator, will have charge of the exhibits in their lines. Be sure to get a premium iist and h^!p make this the greatest fair ever heid in Robeson county. Typhoon and Tidal Wave Cause Heavy l oss of Life Tokyo, Sept. 13—A typhoon and tula) wave combined today to cause heavy joss of iife and immense prop erty damage on the Japanese isiand of Ktushiu. More than 100 persons are bciieved to have perished in Kumanoto prefecture and a report impossibie of confirmation owing to the disrupted communication, asserts that one thousand others died in one town near the city of Kumamoto. Mr and Mrs. J. H. McLean of R. 5 from Lumberton were visiters in town Tuesday. ! - t CHANGE PLANS FOR AWARDING PRIZES j Plans for awarding 18 prizes to } growers selling tobacco on the Lumberton market on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week have been changed, and in stead of the prizes being given out at the end of each days sales, ; they will be awarded after today. Growers winning prizes will be notified through the mail, and they may get the prizes by securing an order from Mr K. M. Biggs on I the merchant giving the prtze. WANTED 5 000 people at the Fishing of Page's Lake Thursday Sept. 22, at 10:30 A. M. Ptenty of trout and brim. Fish ! and barbecue dinner served. Every i body is invited. 7 miles east of St. Pauls.