I have told my readers much about
old Roliesoii and its good metropolis—
Lumherton. Through the courtesy of
the Robesonian, I am presenting you
here a page of portraits of some of
Lumberton's tine citizens. ~ My only
regret is that Editor Sharp s supply of
cuts and our space do not permit the
presentation of the features of more of
Oul',',rJiimberfon friehds. : '
11 Mr.USliarp'was suite he had aits of
Pf*1 Baber, proprietor of the' excellent
hospital under hib care, but it'was dis
covered that the" cut is over In Nash
ville,1 Tenn., Where' the Sb'uthern Bap
A. E. WHITE
Robeson County Senator and Lumber
ton Capitalist.
tist Sunday School Board is using it
in a B. Y. P. IT. publication which will
have a circulation all through the
South and in many other countries.
Accordingly, if you want to see the
countenance of Dr. Baker you will
have an opportunity. I would have
been better satisfied to have a pictiife
of Mrs. Baker than of the Dbctor,
hut as Mrs. Baker said, the papers
seldom publish women’s pictures un
less they get married, and the Baker
jedding is too far back in the annals
to serve that purpose. Dt. Bak^r is
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MARTIN McCALL
A native of Scotland, wtio represents
the Robeson Scotch and ‘‘Leather
Britches” in the 1 &3l> Legislature.
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president of the B., Y. P. Lh associa-;
tion of Robeson county, and that whs
the first county organization in the
state and one of the r first in the
country; hence the call for his picture,
for the special B. Y. P. U. publication.
And Billie Britt’s cut didn't turn up.
Mayor E. M. Johnson promised me
last year to have a new picture—the'
cut being of too early day& to por
tray him justly in his mayoral digni
ties. That cut is not yet forthcoming
and J am showing this one so that he
will, in seli>defense, have to have a "
hew picture made.
County Manager E. K'. Butler loots
a' little too youthful for the only
county manager in the state, and espe
cially for that of the largest, if not
greatest, county in the state. But he
is still youthful.
Robeson in Fine Financial, .Shape.
sMrV Butler and Mr. H.' B. Ashley,
tli'e'latter tax collector, are Very much
gratified with' the tax collections. Mr.
Ashley’ told ine that collections are
gcfiiig aiVAj’ bach to 192t. Fine prog
ress has been mdde in tlie Oollection
of 1934 taxes. Robeson’s borids are
selling well above par. An issue of
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PAUL H. THOMPSON
One of Robeson’s Two Representatives
in the Legislature.
$120,000 of refinancing bonds with in
terest rate reduced to 4 1-2 petf cent,
was recently sold foi> a fine premium.
The old icounty hasi>l«nty of debt, but
came through the worst without de
RlpV. C. i PURHAM, D. D.
faulting upon a single interest or prin
cipal payment. The assessed valua
tion of the county’s property is close
to forty millions.
I. wrote last year reminiscently of
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REV. I.P. HEDGPETH
many of my Robeson friends, but it is
a temptation to write further. I keep
running up with other old friends.
Rut the'space this feshe mtist 'be Con
sumed chiefly by the pictures.
J&^OYERNOIt A, W.
Robeson’s Legislative Trio.
First, see Robeson's legislative trio,
headed by the true and tried A. E.
White. Paul II. Thotnpson is a Fair
mont youngster come up sinee the
Voice man's Robeson days, but if he
is as reliable and ha# as good horse
sense as his dad had, he should be a
DR. H. T. POPE
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useful representative.
.Martin Mc.Call deserves a real intro
duction. A' resident of the Scotch
country, he is not a mere descendant
of Colonial Scotch—h^ is e a' tiitit’e
Scbtchlriah; has. been among the Cape
F&ir iSodtch descendants oifil/ 20
years. He is a man who has a khowl
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edge of other peoples ancCot&r way's
than those of Tarheeldom. Represen
tative McCall is a canny Scott and
will probably watch both the source
and end of each of the state’s dollajs.
He thinks if women are to compete
with men for jobs on an equal com
pensation basis, the sisters should be
given the privilege to pay poll taxes.
I am presenting'you the pictures of
(Lumber ton s two veteran ministers.
Hr. Durham has served the First Bap
tist church of Lumberton as pastor all
this century extent sa foift-year' thfeV
Memorial church in Winston sui
mrS president “i
Ihe-Brfptisr rs-Ialc Convention, ;u7 *
estee'fnbcf'fair aiid wide; as one of h!
.lovable ‘arid ' dependable Chara7
ter# ih the" state, of anywhere else.
'Rev. i.'P. Hedgpeth has the distine
tion of having* ‘served his boyhood
church as pastor for nigh a haif-cen.
tary." On a country preacher's salary
he \ and Mrs. ’jHedgpeth have main
tained a good home, reared and highly
educated their children. I was grati
fied pe other day to learn that the
older daugiiter, the tiny Carrie Mar
of 33 years ajgd "when we were almost
neff-doof ‘neighbors, is director of the
MUsic Department of Dodd's ("ollege
DR. J. A. MARTIN
Shreveport, La. Here ve quote an i
encomium from the Shreveport Times
upon the skill of this brilliant artist,
who traces her lineage on the mother’s
(the musical) side of the house back
to the Kings and Stricklands of Samp
son county—even to the family line j
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SOLICITOR T. A. McNEILL
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of VicedPiesident W. It. King. Says
the Times: “Miss Hed^'peth opened
the program and proved herself both
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BtpY E. |tf.-JOtlXSg^.
a pianist of fine perceptions ,in(* .
gifted composer in her own
tjon, “A Spite in Classic Form. J
sMiiig4 dF'i canon’, garotte, sc
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