The Robesonian., 1917-05-03
PARTITION PARAGRAPHS

commencement at Lumber Bridge
Good Stands of COtton-Vota For
Bond Issue or Hold Your Peace
About Bad Roads-Two Stills Cap
tured-Preacher Joins Navy
Correspondence of The .Robesonian.
farkton, May la good many of
our people have Deen attending the
commencement at Lumber Bridge
which seems to be great success.
We were advised that this has been
most successful term. The rain
last night interferred somewhat with
the exercises, but we should be very
grateful for the rain as it was much
I needed, especially for small grain
and Irish potatoes. =
The stand of cotton for this COM
munlty was never better. Mr.. J. D.
Glllls is the first to report cotton
chopping.
Much hail fell in this community
last night but not much damage is
reported.
Rev. Joel Snyder of Fayetteville
will preach the commencement SER
mon at the auditorium next Sunday
morning at II o'clock.
Miss Ellison, teacher of the Sixth
! and Seventh grades, and her pupils
went on picnic this afternoon. at tho
! Raeford powerplant, which is an ideal
place for such occasions, travelling ii
, two teams and reports a most lovely
and enjoyable time.
Mr.. A. M. Stubs returned from
Pittsborough Saturday evening where
be attended the district conference
ard reports great time. Rev. H
; B. Porter will arrive Wednesday. al
he stopped over at Carthage on his
! way home to visit home folks.-Mr
?. H. Fisher and family and w. T
| il. arrived home tonight from Char
: lctte, where they had been on a visit
They left Charlotte this a. m. at tel
o'clock in their car and arrived hom
t at 9 p. m.-Mr. and I>rs. H. C. Jone
: arrived today from Marvin, wher
they spent Sunday and Monday witt
: relatives.
: We are unable to say what the peo
= ple expect to do in regard to tn
bond election, but we are of the opin
e ion that bonds No. l will be kille.
e and that bonds No. also, unless tn
:, voters are better informed We ca
S only speak for self, and that is tn
0 Clark bill, as we see it, should be sup
ported, ard carried by handsom
:. majority. If not, why not? or fo1
e ever hold your peace on good road!
d 9 Chief Newton of st. Pauls, N.
Watson of Hoke and Chief C. ]
d Beard of Parkton rolled into tow
a late Saturday evening after a har
4 days work on blind tigers. The
captured two blockade liquor still
n just across the Cumberland line Q
+ or near the Gallberry in branc
: about a mile. from the Malloy for
= One of the stills was found in cri
d and the other one was in the branc
=, ready for operation, but at tn
r stand it seemed that the still had N,
e been operated, but the officers r.
n port So barrels-or at the least ca
j. culations 1900 gallons-of beer, ar
it everything just ready to charge; ar
e, the officers claim that the would-l
"! stillers are minus at least $3.50
r the price they would have realize
j. from not less than 80 gallons of viii
m lightning or fire water. There W;
IS no one at the still ard so far no a
nt rests have been made, but the of
a. GERS are not quite through with Il
I'd investigation. The goods were {
is split and the still removed or lite
1e ally put out of commission. Let t
IN good work go on. The right men a
err at work.
s. Rev. w. M. Miller. pastor of t
Presbyterian church, left Monday f
81 Washington, D. c.. where he will e
ter the navy. He had only been he
a few months but made many frien
MT who will greatly miss him. He W
a good preacher and pastor.