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Funeral service will be held
Friday at Jefferson Barracks
National .Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.,
f ° r Dt. (David Powers of St. Pauls
and two other flyers who were
killed, », an air crash over Italy
May 12, 1944. The burial will be
in a single casket.
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No. 7
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Hallie M. Seawell has departed
for Bombay, India, after visiting
his mother, Mrs.M^ttie Seawell
in St. Pauls. Mr. Seawell is
Asiatic manager for a Philadel-
phia drug manufacturing
cern.
con-
United Nations
Course Will Be
Given In County
Pvt.
son of
wards
William P. Edwards,
Mr. and Mrs, Frank
19.
Ed-
of Fairmont, has recently
graduated from non-commissici ed
officers school at
Japan.
Camp Crawford,
■Recruit Alvin
East Lumberton
E. Jernigan of
is now serving
with the 1st Cavalry division at
Tokyo, Japan.
Are you a fish culturist? If so
there’s a civil service position
waiting for you at a starting sal
ary of $2,152 th $3,727 a* nually,
You can get more information at
you:, postoffice.
Private First Class Fred A. Ed
wards, of Route 1, Lumberton, has
returned to the United States
aboard the U. S. Army Transport
General Morton, following comple-
There will be a course of study
offered this Sail to teachers and
others of Robesori County which
vill deal with the United Nations.
The course will be in political
cience and will be taught by Dr.
’razier of U. N. C., who is direc-
'V of the Southern Conference on
International Relations.
Four semester hours of under
graduate credit will be given for
he course through the Extension
•ivision of U. N. C. There will
be 10 meetings, the first of which
rill be on Wednesday afternoon,
iept. 21, at the Lumberton High
’chool auditorium. Tuition cost
and fees will make the course cost
$23, according to Mrs. Emily But
ler of the office of the county
superinti.1 dent of education.
Crash Injuries
Fatal To Pilot
tion of a tour of duty with the
3. Army in the Philippines.
U.
A pasture show will be held
at
Duart Farms of the Fayetteville
highway north of Lumberton Fri
day at 10 A. M. All farmers plan
ning on planting pasture are in
vited. to attend.
Edwin Edward “Andy” Ander
son, 36-year-old pilot, died late
Thursday afternoon of injuries re
ceived in a crop dusting accident
between Maxton and Rpwlsi d.
Anderson received a fractured
skull, chest injuries and other
hurts when his plane crashed ear-
Jasper C. Hutto, manager of the
ly Thursday morning. He
rushed to Scotland County
was
Me-
Lumberton Chamber of
merce, will address the N.
sociation of Chamber of
,.,eice Executives at the
convention in Wilson Sept.
19.
Com-
C. As-
Com-
ri nual
18 and
J. M. Johnson, former steward
at the p.ison camp near Lumber-
ton, has been made acting super
intendent, succeeding H. C. Ma-
sc» , who has been transferred
Lee County.
to
Veterans Rush
For Insurance
Refund Blanks
morial Hospital where little hope
was held for his recovery and died
that afternoon.
A native of Ewj g, Mass., An
derson had been crop dusting for
Scotland Flying Service for the
past month and had also worked
here last year.
The pilot’s body was returned
to Massachusetts Saturday where
funeral services were to be held.
• Anderson’s death was the sec
ond to befall a Scotland County
duster pilot this year. Four planes
flying for county firms have
cracked up while dusting with the
other two pilots severely injured.
World War II veterans of Robe
son County this week rushed to
postoffices* and the Veterans Ser
vice office to obtain their refund
blanks for . NSLI dividends.
The applicatio s for dividends
Legion Ladies
Will Sponsor
fashion Sho w
were made available for the
time Monday.
I County Service Officer A.
Watson reminded veterans
week that his office will be
first
E.
this
glad
to help any who need assistance in
filling out the blanks.
It was pointed out, however,
that the blanks are worded clear
ly and that most veterans should
be able to fill them out without as
sistance.
At the same time, Mr. Watson
declared that it is • ot necessary
to have a certified copy of
charge in filling out or mailing
application.
dis-
the
Man Is Killed
By Hit-Runner
MAXTON—Barney Locklear,
40-
the
year-Old Indian was struck cn
old Red Springs road about a mile
and a half from Maxton Saturday
night and died of injuries Monday
at Scotland County Hospital.
‘Police are on the lookout for the
hit-run driver who struck Lock
lear.
It was estimated that the in
jured man was left cr the road
for some four or five hours before
he was found by passersby and
carried to the hospital by Deputy
Sheriff R. L. Purcell.
Coroner D. W. Biggs empan
eled a jury but an inquest was
postponed pending investigation.
The victim is survived by a
wife and two children. Funeral
services were held Wednesday.
prints Ctthenf
RED SPRINGS, N. C
»^
POSE
Barbara Smetana, IS, hosiery
THREE PRETTIES IN A
salesgirl from East Brid
the fair of the nutmeg st
contest in Bridgeport.
nort, Conn., was selected as fairest of
j and crowned “Miss Connecticut” in a
Red Springs Scheels Open Monday
RED SPRINGS
The white
schools of Red Springs will opci.
here Monday, Sept. 5, at 8 o’clock,
it was stated today by Walter R.
I Dudley, superintendent.
1 Mr. Dudley states that there will
be no formal opening ceremony
but regular registration with short
class pe.iods for orientation pur
poses, assignment of text books
and expki ation of schedules.
Tuesday the schools go on regu
lar schedule from 8:30 to 3:15.
Luncheon prices will be 20c for
high school students and 15c each
for elementary students, the same
MAXTON—Plans were made to
sponsor a fall fashion show in late
September, at the monthly meeting
of the American Legion Auxiliary
held on Tuesday evening of last
week at the Community Club with
Mrs. Percy Phillips, president, pre
siding. Mrs. G. W. Pallium was ap
pointed chairman of the fashion
show and will
the committee
on this project.
select members of)
to work with her
Reports were heard from Misses
Ann McLeod and Betty Evans, del-|
egates tothe recently held Girls'I
State at Chapel Hill, who were
sent by the local Auxiliary. The
young ladies gave very interesting-
reports on the activities and ob
jectives of their work at the Unl-,
versify of Chapel Hill attending the:
10th annual Girls’ State.
Refreshments were served by
hostesses Mrs. Fairley Morris, Mrs.
Kenneth Chisholm and Mrs. D. L.
Maynard.
as last
It is
will be
year.
Negro School
expected that everything
in. readiness for opening
of the Neg:o school on the follow
ing Monday, Sept. 12. The contrac
tors are: completing the repair ot
the building which was severely
damaged by fire In July, and Prin
cipal J. T. Peterson and his staff
a e now completing the recondi
tioning of the fixtures and instal-
latici: of equipment which is re
placing that damaged beyond re
pair in the fire.
Faculty
The faculty of the white schools
School Board
Approves Orrum
Building Plans
The Robeson County Board of
Education Wednesday afternoon
approved plans for the Orrum 1
gymnasium-cafeteria - home eco->
nomics build > g:, to cost approxi-1
mately $80,000.
The group also voted to employ
a registered nurse to supplement
the work of the County Health
Department in the schools, and
also decided to appoint a school
treasurer for each school in the
county system.
The treasurer will be bonded
and will have charge of all 'school
funds which do not go into regu
lar state or county funds.
INDEX TO INSIDE PAGES
Pembroke Social
. Page
4
Maxton Social ....
.. Page
2
Red Springs Social
. Page
3
Lumberton Social
Page
6
Fairmont Social
. Page
5
Chitchat.
. Page
6
Sports
Page
7
Fred Brown’s Column
.. Page
7
June McIntyre’s Column
.. Page
7
Maxton Scene -
.. Page
2
Negro News
.Page
8
Party Line Talk
. Page
3
SECOND SECTION
Editorial
. Page
3
Sports
Page
5
Dale Carnegie
Page
7
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Thursday Morning, September 1, 1349
One Of
Robeson County’s
Hometown Newspapers
16 PAGES TODAY
278 Miles Of Robeson Roads
Slated For Paving Projects
High Winds
Sweep County
Mable Bostick, 4th.
Julia Nurnberger, 1st.
Lacy Prevatte, 2nd.
Mild ed Lewis, 3rd.
Sarah McDonald, 4th.
Helen Buie, Sth.
Geneva Martin, 6th.
Rachel Perkins, 7th.
Dorothy Carruth, Sth.
Beatrice Hill, elementary
pr incipal.
Miss Mary McNeill, 7th.
Miss Edith Arey Womble, 1st.
Miss Blanche Fisher, Math and
Go Aral Science.
Miss Cornelia Ayers,
History and Math.
Mr. R. L. Van Hoy,
English,
Biology,
Health, History and Physical Edu
cation.
Miss Bessie Covington, English
and Latin.
Miss lay McMillan, History,
Chemistry, Biology, Physics and
Physical Education.
Mrs. Maud Ketchem Stantci: —.
Home Economics and Health.
Miss May Boone Lib.arian.
Miss
Miss
Typing.
Lois Lambie, Music.
Rosa Watson, Secretary,
DOLLAR DAY EVENTS PLANNED
BY MAXTON MERCHANTS GROUP
MAXTON — A meeting, of thewere Ed Carrowci v , Mrs. W.
Association |
H.
Maxton Merchants’ Association I Hasty, R. P. Edwards and J. L.
was held on Friday afternoon of Pace. The object of this project
1 - L 1. -r ru„ /v^„.„,,,„:;.. rn„i, , j s ^ 0 stimulate trade and business
last week at the Community Club, |
with Percy Phillips, serving as.
acting chairman. In a discussion
of closing local stores and firms
in Maxton during the harvest sea
son.
In a discussion of the lots in the
on holidays, it was voted to ob- veterans housing project, Mayor
serve the following holidays by T. O. Evans stated the importance
closing: Labor Day, Thanksgiv-[
j g, Christmas (Monday, Decem-
ber 26th), Fourth of July and also
to close on Wednesday afternoons
of all veterans claiming lots to be
gin buildj g at once or giving up
at one o’clock- beginning
12th through August 1st.
April
Dollar Days
Plans were made to hold
a
series of Dollar Days in Maxton
during the months of September,
October and November. Appoint
ed on the committee to work out
the details of the Dollar Days,
Lumbertcn
Tobacco
The tail end of a hurricane
which, wrecked parts of Florida
last week-end swept across Robe
son County all day Sunday, dam
aging crops and buildings.
Several tovi s experienced power
failures during the day.
Co.n and cotton were the crops
hardest hit by the storm but no
LUMBERTON—With its
age still well abote $50, and
choice cutters and wrappers
ing all the way from 67c to
$1, this old reliable Border
Capital steamed past
lion mark early tins
hit the 3rd lap toward
goal of 30 millions.
The opening of the
hills Belt Monday did
estimate of the
farm damage
could be made his week.
The speed of the wind was esti
mated at from 30 to 40 miles pe.
hour although the county experi
enced several guests that reached
a velocity of as high as 60 miles
per our.
their lots. He stated that a meet-
I ing of the Chamber of Commerce
would be held this week to deter
mine the status of these lots and
also the disposition of them in the
event that veterans are not plan-
I ning to build.
It was decided to hold another'
meeting of the Merchants Asso
ciation in early September.
AIR MAIL IS SOUGHT FOR COUNTY
Representative F. Ertel Carlyle
this week asked Postmaster Gener
al Jesse M, Donaldson to help Rob
eson County obtain “adequate pas
senger and air mail service.”
Carlyle requested that Donaldson
investigate the county’s need of air
mail and intervene in the Civil
Aeronautics board hearing Sept. 26
of Lumberton's request for air
routes.
“The Post Office department is
paying a subsidy to many air lines
to carry the mail, and I don’t think
it’s fair to let the planes fly over
a city as big as Lumberton without
stopping,” the congressman said in
an interview.
Lumberton iS requesting service
by two air lines:
their destination no sooner than
those with ordinary postage,
and sometimes later, he
reporter.
Writing the Postmaster
the Congressman said:
“The city of Lumberton
told a
General
is com-
Eastern,
flying between New
York and Florida, and Piedmont,
connecting Wilmington, N. C., with
Louisville and Cincinnati. Although
Eastern operates without a subsidy,
pletely surrounded with many large
and important municipalities and
they, too, urgently need and are
entitled to passenger and mail serv
ice. There is no air mail service
in that area although a large vol
ume of air mail passes through the
many post offices in that area. The
mail is not actually transported by
sir and consequently; air mail post
age is purchased from the Post Of
fice department and used, but no
air mail service is .received. I know
that you appreciate the seriousness
of this situation.
“I am respectfully requesting that
you investigate the great need now
existing for air mail service in that
Piedmont receives considerable gov- area and Join with the City of Lum-
ernment funds for carrying the berton, or intervene in the hearing
mail, said Carlyle, who is a mem-] before the Civil Aeronautics board
September 26, to the end that such
ber of the House post office and
civil service committee.
Carlyle said his constituents
in his home town of Lumber-
ton and the adjacent area are
“greatly disturbed” because
they pay for air mail service
which they do not receive. Let
ters with air mail stamps reach
air mail service as may be adequate
be provided for the area of North
Carolina.
“I am confident that your as
sistance in this connection will
be of great aid in obtaining the
air mail service for that area
which has been so urgently
aver-
with
soar-
near
Belt
the 20-mil-
week, r d
and Ed Hunt,
Allen.
Kelmer just
week-end, but
both
sold
each
tenants of
four piles
Pitt
this
was the maxi-
mum 300-pounds, and one brought
65c, two 68c and one 80c for a to
tal of $843.00 and a coal average
of $70.25 per cwt. Ed sold 1,202
its season i pounds for sr
average of. $68.49.
: Both live between McDonald and
new Sand ¬
not seem 1
to have any mo.e effect on the
local leaf center than did the I
Telephone Office
Now At Red Springs
MAXTON—R. M. Gupton, local
manager of the Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Company, announ
ced last , week that the company’s
business office would be moved
from Maxton to Red Springs at
105 West 3rd Avenue, on Thursday,
September 1st. Accounts for both
Red Springs and Maxton will be
handled by this new office.
For the convenience of Maxton
suoscribers, Mr. Gupton stated that
effective today (Thursday) pay
ments of all future statements may
be made to Russell Hellekson at
the State Bank ii Maxton, or
by mailing them to the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Company
in Red Springs, 1
For business transactions with,
the company on or after September
Tst, Maxton subscribers will call
Red Springs 9000 collect.
Mr. Gupton further stated that
office hours for the new business]
office will be 8:30 a. m. to 11:45
a. m. and 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m.,
Monday through Friday, with the
office closed on Saturdavs.
Eastern opening. Lumberton sail-
ed
full steam ahead with
capacity sales of 1,100,000 pounds
and up every day, and with prices^
as high or higher than ever.
In fact, many experts and old-
timers in the game declared that
the prices this week and last we.e
the highest of the whole season,
grade for grade, and that it was
only the large percentage of heavy
leaf, common tips, and. green wet
baskets that kept the average
Rom being ever higher.
Thus, fancy cutters recently hit
Fairmont.
The last official Weekly Sales
Report from Supervisor M. R.
Alexander revealed that Lumber
ton sold 188,378,403 pounds in the
first 19 selling days (up to this
week) for a total of $9,279,740.96
and an Official Government Aver
age of $50.49.
Two hundred and 78
miles of Robeson County
roads are slated to be hard-
! surfaced in the first step of
North Carolina’s $200,000,-
000 road improvement pro
gram.
Work on many of the roads
will get underway imme
diately and paving com
pleted before the advent of
cold weather, District High
way Commissioner George S.
' Coble said today.
Coble said selectio of the hard-
su. facing
following
counties
meetings
projects had been made
visits to each of the
in the division, public
in each county, extensive
a new
choice
season high of $67-8, while
wrappers continued to soar
from $70 all the way to $100.
Select
leaf remained rirm at $64-
Guyot To Attend
NCEA Conference
MAXTON
president of
Chapter of
Educational
— Harold M. Guyot,
the Robeson County
the North Carolina
Association, will rep-
on-the-scene surveying of the
road: and long conferences with
each board of con ty commis
sioners.
A special yardstick for selecting
roads was set up, he said, based
on factors which he and his en
gineers considered would guaran-
5-6, while even medium grades
were steady in the $50’s, and green
grades we.e the “highest ever” at
$30 to $46.
Numbers of satisfied customers
have been racking up averages
from $63 to $65 for their whole
sales, but the two highest farm
ers bills which have been brought
to the newspapers’ attenti.i so far
were those turned in by Kelmer
resent the county at the annual
leaders’ conference of the NCEA
to be held at Catawba College in
Salisbury Sept. 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
The conference will beg't with
an evening session on
Sept. 2nd, and close with
fast session on Sunday
NCEA leaders from the
Friday,
a break-
morning,
national,
state and cow ty level will attend
the conference. *
Persons at work on U. S. farms
at the end of July totaled 11,800,-
000 compared with 12,100,000 a
year a^o
PEMBROKE FAIR STARTS MONDAY;
TUESDAY WILL BE FARMERS DAY
PEMBROKE—All is inreadi-
. .. ness for the opening of the thirc
For several years the business of- annual Pembroke-Robeson County
fice-oi the Earolma Telephone and tair whwh win y Iond with
Telegraph Company has been loca- a week . 10ng program 01 and
entertainment.
Many exhibits have been enter
ed already and there will be 15
rids and shows on the midway, it
was announced by General Man-
of those animal —Pi,>•■■.o- • , "..-.
:bbon. The judging will be done
.tee.
tet at the Maxton telephone office,
above Carrowon’s Store.
Miss Armstrong
loins Church As
Child's Worker
Miss Julia Ann Armstrong
be-
gins work September 11 as chil
dren’s worker with the First Bap
tist Church of Lumberton. The
church is opening a kindergarten
September’.7 under the direction of
Miss Armstrong.: She will serve as
director of children’s work in the
new Children’s Building now being
completed by the church.
Miss Armstrong comes to Lum
berton from Peabody College for
Teachers in Nashville, Tenn., where
she has been studying for the past
three years majoring in work with
children. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Armstrong of
Asheville. Graduating in 1944 from
'the Lee Edwards High School in
Asheville, Miss Armstrong studied
for a year in a junior college in
Asheville and then spent two years
working in a kindergarten in that
city. She has been active in chil
dren’s work in Calvary Baptist
Church, Asheville, and in the Bun
combe Baptist Association. She has
served on the faculty of the Ridge
crest Baptist Assembly conducting
courses in creative activities for
children. While in college she has
been an active member of the Bap
tist Student Union and Student
Christian Association.
Maxton School
Bus Drivers
MAXTON—All Maxton studci ts
who are interested in being certi
fied as school bus drivers will have
an opportunity to take the driv
ers’ test on Thursday and Friday,
Sept. 1st and 2nd. Those students
planning to take the test should
report to the county garage at
Lumberton on Thursday or Fri
day mo i ings at nine o’clock.
John Allen McLean
RED SPRINGS -— Funeral ser-
1 vices were conducted Monday af
ternoon at the graveside for John
Allen McLean, infant so of Mr.
and Mrs. James Dickson McLean,
Jr.
The services were in charge of
the Rev. Graham Eubank, pastor
of Trinity Methodist Church. The
child was born Friday in a Fay
etteville hospital and died Sunday
in Wilmington.
needed, and so long neglected.
I shall thank you very much
indeed, for your assistance in
this connection.”
tee attention to the ‘
ity” roads first.
Factors considered
highest prior-
under the
1 yaru-stiCK system were school bus
routes, traffic counts, recommen
dations from county commission
ers, petitici s from delegations,
number of persons living along the
road, feeder roads and relation of
the road to the highway system.
I The roads selected have been re
viewed by each g.oup of county
commissioners and they have ap-
p.oved the system used, "
The Sixth Division Commission-
'er said preliminary work has al
ready begun in all nine counties
on the building program. Many
of the roads will be completed be
fore the winter weathe.'. He , set
no definite time limit on comptet.
ing the first phase of the con
st.uction program. “We will move
along as quickly as we can,” he
' said. “As seen as this part of the
program is well aki g, we will an
nounce the second group of roads
to -e improved. The stabilization
L ogra.m will be carried on along
Dr. Hague, a veteran in the field with the hard-surfacing jobs.”
ager Ha ry West Locklear-.
Tuesday, Sept. 6, has been set
aside as. Farmers Day at the fair
and the gates will be opA from 9
of /i imal Husbandry will instruct
the farmers on the proper' proce
dure in approaching the livestock
program in the South.
Mules and horses will be shown
on Tuesday only. Swine, poultry
and other; livestock .will remain
A. M. until midnight. ling
The program will consist of ing
judging livestock after which'"'
throughout the: week. I. Adequate,
facilities will be airanged for tak-
caie of all livestock, accord-,
t; an ’ annoti cement by Eng- 1
Special master maps have been
made for each county showing
roads to be hard-surfaced and
factors used in selecting these
roads. The various factors are
shown in different colors. By
using this system, Coble said, ai y
interested citizen can be shown
(Continued on Page 8)
there will be a lecture demonstra
tion on the outstanding qualities.
lish Jones, agriculture teachei
Pembroke High School.
of
New School
Aerial Show Sunday Supervisors
J Expected Today
Daughtrey, Ted ■ ' , ,
MAXTON—The big air show nationally known,
which was postponed on Sunday Huntley Phay
because of the inclement weather,
Woods and the Thrasher Brothers,
is scheduled fo. this Sunday, Sept. ] with Haskell A Deaton of Chat-
4th, and to be held at the Laurin-| lotte, as the commentator and an-
burg-Maxton Air Base under the I nouncer for the event.
sponsorship of the Scotland Coun
ty Flying Service and the Maxton
Lid s’ Club, who will handle tick
ets for the show.
The two-hour aerial exhibition
will start at three o'clock in the
Arrti gements are being made
with the airport to park all cars’
adjacent to the runways free of '
charge so that spectators may see
the show to the best advantage.
The Thrasher Brothers of Elber-
afternoon and a good deal of tal-I ton, Ga., will present a Series of
ent has been assembled, including [ automobile-airplane
an airplane that lands on an au
tomobile, high speed aerobatics
with smoke trails, and an airplane
pick) g up a man from a car.
There will be twelve spectacular
acts with all types of planes, in
cluding jets. Featured pilots, all
which have been
largest air meets
trilling acts
featured at the
in the country.
LUMBERTON — Supt. B. E.
Lohr stated today that Miss Mar-
gre Caldwell of Dillon, ai d Mr's
Estelle E. Eaton of
Winston..
Sa.em are expected to arrive in
this city on Thursday, Sept. 1, to
take up their work as elementary
school supervisors of the three
city school units of
Lumberton,
Fairmont and Red Springs.
Parachute
scheduled
tures and
believable
jumps
as well
will also
as comedy
be
fea-
other thrilling and
acts.
Miss Caldwell rereived her Mas
ters Degree from the University of
North Carolina a few days ago.
She has been an elementary
school supervisor for two or three
years • Dillon County, S. C., af-
Un ~ i ter having successful
experience;
THE REPUBLIC F-84 Jet Fighter will appear at the Maxton Air
Show Sunday afternoon, Sept. 4. The Jets will be piloted by the most
of teaching both in North Carolina
and South Carolina. Miss Caldwell
will serve the three units as a
helping teacher, spending two-
days per week in Lum. erton, two
days a week in Fairmont, and.
one day each week ’n Red Springs
Through the help of Miss Caldwell
and the elementary school princi- .
pals, Mr. Lohr stated that he
hoped the quality of instruction
would be improved. The head-
quarters of Miss Caldweii will be
in the Joe P. Moore building here
in Lumberton.
Mrs. Eaton is the elementary
school supervisor for the Negro
schools for the three city .units.
She will establish headquarters at
the new South Lumberton school
on the Faimont Road, and will
serve in the three city Units on
the same schedule as that of the
white supervisor. Mrs: Eaton has
her Masters Degree, and for the
last two years, has been critic
teacher in Tuskegee College of
Alamaba. The base salary of
these two supervisors will be-taken
care of by the state of.North Caro
lina just as any regular state, al
lotted teacher.
With two i ew buildings and an
elementary school supervisor for
the Negro schools of Lumberton,
noticeable progress will doubtless
l be made by the Neg o school ehii-
well trained pilots of the United States Air Force. They will fly ciose dren of this community, Mr. Lohr
formation at low altitude, and will demonstrate the record speed by said
buzzing the airport at close to 799 miles per hour.
^embroke^Robeson County Fair Gets Underway Monday Sept. 5