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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

AZ the Lyric Theatre Annette Keller
mann is still disporting herself in "A
Daughter Of the Gods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

Greenwood, Del. has the distinc-
tion of being the stage for the big
gest railroad wreck ever put on for the
motion pictures. This will be shown
in the picture version Of "The Whip"
Ten full sized cars and an engine were
purchased and then smashed up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

Never before, believe, has the
scenario writer been so well reward
ed" says Alfred Hickman. Mr.. Hick-
man used to write scenarios for Nance
ONeil. Now he is married to her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

Joseph Kilgour has been engaged
by Lewis Sclrnick to play the role OF
Brockton in the film version of Eu-
gene Walterss drama, "The Easiest
Way" Clara Kimball Young will por-
tray the girl. Mr.. Kilgour created
the part in the original Bclasco pro-
duction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

Jane Houston, who created the role
of Emily Fothcringay in major Pen
Dennis" will play that part in the
film version. which will be called
"Pendennis."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

The title of Max Linder's first made
in-America film is MAX Comes
Across" but whether it refers to Mr.
Linder's trip from abroad or wheth-
or it has an Interior meaning remains
TO be seen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

i pplTEPI0N Musical Bureau. James q
I'M Ih'O" Boone. Mgr, $40 Carnegie Hall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

A benefit performance for the Ger
man Red Cross will be given at the
Strand Theatre early in February.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
Movements of the People Up Shan

non Way ..
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Shannon, March 17-Prof. F. F.
Thompson spent the weekend with
friends near Maxton.-Miss Mary Ell
la Conoly is visiting her brother Mr..
T. ]. Conoly of Raeford.
We are sorry to report Miss Wy
att McKinnon, our assistant teacher,
on the sick list. We hope for her a
speedy recovery. Miss Eunice Pear
sail of Red Springs taught for he,
the first part of the week and Mrs
G. I. Klarpp the latter part Of the
week.
Mrs. Arch Cobb and son, Alexan-
der, of Maxton, visited Mrs. Cobb's
mother, Mrs. M. A. Currie, Sunday
Miss Nora Walters, who has beer
attending school at Columbia, S. C..
returned home last week on account
Of trouble with her eyes.-Miss La
mont Mccall of McColl, S. c., is
visiting her aunt Mrs. M. A. Currie
Miss Margaret Spears Of Clio, S
c., has returned home after visi
to her sister Mrs. Otis Parish.-Mis'
Mabel Walters is visiting relatives
near Maxton.-Mr. James MacLarel
has been visiting Mr.. J. L. MacLarel
here this week.
Mrs. D. J. Currie has been righ
sick this week but we are glad t.
learn she is somewhat improved ant
hope she will soon be we'll again.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19

PREPARING FOR DEBATE
one OF LumbertOn's Representatives
rms Year is a Girl-Preliminary
Debates on 3Oth Lost

one of Lumberton's Representatives
rms Year is a Girl-Preliminary
Debates On 3Oth Lost
Lumberton's high school debaters
are already preparing for the pre-
hmlnary debates which will be held
on the 30th inst. to determine what
schools in the State may go to Chap
el Hill to contest in the second pre-
linnnary. The query to be debated
is, Resolved, That the Government
should own and operate the rail-
ways. The affirmative will be rep
resented at home ty Messrs. Robert
Proctor and Forest McGill, while a
team from the Wilmington high
school will defend the negative here.
Miss Evelyn Sentelle and Mr.. John
B.. Mcleod will uphold the negative
side OF the query at Goldsboro. This
is the first year Lumberton has al
lowed girl to speak in these de-
bates, but other schools have been
sending out girl debaters all the
while. =.
1t both teams of a school win in
the first preliminary that school is
allowed to send it's speakers to Chap
el Hill to enter second contest, and
i if both teams Of the school win out
in the preliminary there, half of the
team, is allowed to enter the final
contest for the Aycock Memorial cup
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19

officials are scanning the war news
with the closest scrutiny. An ad
vance on the west front, or Mesopo-
tamia, is now studied with the keen
eagerness born of a realization that
it NAV have a direct effect on Amer
ica's future.
Beginning of End Believed Near
The kaleidoscope developments Of
the last few weeks history has been
followed most keenly. The apparent
crumbling of Turkish power in Mes
opotamia and Persia as shown in the
capture of Van today by the Rus.
slams, following the fall of Bagdad
to the British, the unexpected sweep
ing forward of both British and
French in a wide swath on the front,
the pro-war revolution i'm Russia,
threats Of international trouble in
Germany and China's severance of
| relations, have served to convince
| manv observers that the beginning
of the end is near.
| The German retreat in France is
not vet accepted as more than STRAIT,
egic. however. The Russian revolu
ton, too, is admitted to hold posi-:
i bilities of counter revolution which
will greatly cripple the military eff
!, ficiency and in some quarters it L
! held confidently that Germany still
has strength for another great OF
), fensive.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
MARRIED IN HASTE AND
YOU KNOW THE REST
Married at 2 A. NJ. After Hours
Acquaintance and Agreed to Sep
arate A fter Days

Married at 2 A. M. After Hours
Acquaintance and Agreed to Sep
arate After Days :. ..-.
Perhaps you have heard Of love at
first sight-ard now you are going
to hear of marriage at first sight.
However, the marriage was not Of
a long duration so far as living to-
gether was concerned. This is the
story as told by the contracting par
ties. Mr.. Clarence Smith met Miss
Jessie Brown at her home town,
Chadbourn, Tuesday night of last
week and they at once agreed to get
married. The young man with the
young lady and her mother boarded
an auto and went to Whiteville, Sc
cured the proper credentials and
were married at of the clock Tues
day morning-just six hours after
the bride and groom first met. The
newly-married couple came to Lum-
berton Friday morning and stopped
at Mrs. Geo. Warwick's boarding
house. Saturday morning the bride
and groom ilecided mutually that
they had a plenty Of married life and
the bride returned to her home at
| Chadbourn. In discussing the mat
ter the groom remarked that he was
glad to get rid of his wife and he
! guessed that the experience would
! teach him a lesson.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
Instructions to State
.Adjutants General

Washington Dispatch, March 16.
In preparation for any demand up
On the army that may grow out Of
the German crisis, the militia bureau
of the War Department has sent pre-
cautionary Instructions to all State
adjutants general outlining the plan
to be followed in the event Of the
calling out Of tke nation. guard for
Federal service.
The intention had been to take this
step quietly and without publicity,
but reports from various points indi-
eating that it was being construed as
meaning that mobilization was immi-
nent, caused department officials to
announce the instructions with the
explanation that they constituted
purely routine measure of prepar-
edness, necessary in order to prevent,
if call should come, such confusion
as attended the assembling Of guards
men for border service.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
RAILROAD
STRIKE OFF

Announcement Made Early This
Morning by Official of Conference
q. .Committee-Result Of Conferences
Which Followed Appeal Made by
President Wilson
A New York dispatch of the 18th
states that an official of the confer
ence committee of railroad manag-
ers announced at 12:45 this morning
that the railroad strike was off.
This announcement did not come
as surprise after the news in YES
terday's papers that 48-hours truce
had been declared in New York late
Saturday between the a railroad
brotherhoods and the railroads thus
averting the great progressive"
strike that was to have begun at 7
p. m. Saturday.
President Wilson had appealed to
the brotherhoods chiefs and the
railroads managers to accommodate
their differences and avert strike,
which would be national calamity
and would imperil the safety of the
nation just at this time, and a con-
ference was begun Saturday in New
York between a committee of medi-
lators representing the Cou1,cil of
National Defense, appointed with the
approval of the President, and the
brotherhoods chief and railroad man
ayers.
The early morning dispatch from
New York which stated that the
strike was off states further that a
few minutes after the announcement
was made the railroad managers
went from the Grand Central term
inal to the conference hotel and were
joined Immediately by the mediators
that the brotherhoods men arrived al
1:20 and Immediately went to the
conference room. No statement hac
been made up to the hour the dis
patch was sent as to the basis upor
! which the strike was averted.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19

Last night the temperature felt
very much like winter was still on.
There was some ice this morning
and the safety of the peach crop is
feared for.
1t is reported that number Of
small town boys got so rough at the
union station yesterday afternoon
that a policeman was called. The
boys vamosed before a policeman ar
rived, however,
Born. to DIR. and Mrs. j. A. Mar
tin, at their home on East Fifth
street, at a. m. yesterday, an eight
and a-half-pound boy. Mrs. Martin S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Jones
arrived yesterday morning from their
home in Richmond and Mrs. Martin
will be a guest at the home of hel
son-inlaw and daughter for some
time. Mr.. Jones will leave tonight
J for Richmond.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
Red Springs Man Perhaps Fatally
Injured in Auto Accident.

1t was learned by long-distance
phone at 1890. this afternoon that
the condition of Mr.. Edwin Callahan
of Red Springs, who was injured
when an auto in which he was rid
ing turned over Wednesday might
of last week, is still in critical
condition in the Highsmith hospital at
Fayetteville. He was unconscious and
has been in that condition almost
all the time since he was taken to
the hospital. He is suffering with
conclusion of the brain.
Mr.. Callahan, ged 80, and Mr.. Ru-
fus Mcqueen We're fox-hunting in an
auto last Wednesday night in Rob
eson county when the machine, 60
ing at high rate of speed, struck
hole and turned over. Mr.. Gala
han received blow on the head
which rendered him unconscious anc
his recovery is doubtful. Mr.. Nc
Queen escaped with an injured shoul
der. The men were found by othel
members Of the hunting party ant
Mr.. Callahan was taken to Fayette
vile. He is a brother Of Mrs. VIM
Horne Of Fayetteville.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
BROAD RIDGE BREEZES
Farmers Busy-School Work-How
to Make Hens Law

to Make Hens Lay
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Broad Ridge (Lumberton, R. ~,
March 17-Farmers around here are
preparing for another crop. Some
of them are wanting to plant corn.
Old Long Branch produces poets
like the Mt. Eliam correspondent said
by the Broad Ridge. 1t sounds like
Longfellow to read his poems.
Some one said Mr.. Redmond Ivey
was beating every one on raising
wheat but I think Mr.. H. F. Bissell
is on the line with Mr.. Ivey.
Our Broad Ridge school is pro-
crossing right on. The new window
shades have arrived and the school
room looks so much better with them.
The teachers are working for an ex-
hibition day at the end of school.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cox are all
smiles: it's another girl.
We wish "Aunt Becky" would fin
: ish out her war story. 1t was Sc
, interesting.
Some one wanted to know a rem
edy to make mems lay. Well, hon't
feed them much. When they can gel
plenty for themselves. Now, I've
given a remedy to make hens lay
| Now some Of you wise correspond
ents give me remedy to make {
| goose set.
Many good wishes to The Robson
ian for its long success.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
Demonstrate Cost of Maintenance of
Drainage Canals

Niessrs. H. M. Lynde and G. /.
Smith from the office of public drain
age investigation of the U. S. gov
eminent, Washington, D. c., arrived
last week and have begun an investi-
cation of methods of maintenance
OF drainage canals on the Back
Swanp and Jacob Swamp canals:
They will have about two miles OF
th,, Jacob Swamp canal 5etw zen the
Fa:rmont and Lcvett road, near I.um-
berron, cleaned out and the banks
cleaned off, also about two miles
on the Back Swamp canal, near Back
Swamp church. This work will be
continued each year for the purpose
different methods of maintenance be-
| ing tried on the two canals to de:
$termine the most practical and
cheapest way of maintaining the ca
nails dug for drainage purposes.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
BRITISH CAPTURE BAPAUME
First and Perhaps Main Objective in
Long British Advance in That Sec
tor-March II Memorable Day for

tCr-MaFcn IL memorable Day Tor
French
After many months at hammering
at the German lines in the .Somme
sector, the British armies at last have
captured Bapaume, considered the
first and perhaps the main objective
in the long British advance in that
sector. At the same time the towns
Of LIE Transloy and Achiet-Le-Petit
also fell to the British. General
Haig's troops entered Bapaume Sat-
urday morning after severe fight
ing, and found the town in flames,
the Germans having fired it.
French troops north Of the Avre
river and between the Avre and the
Disc have thrust their way forward
to a depth of about two and half
miles along a 13-mile front.
The German war office admits q
retirement of the German forces
along a five-mile front between
Beauvraignes and Lassigny in the
Disc region, as we'll as between Sail
ly and st. Pierre Vaast wood, on the
Somme front.
Paris Dispatch, March 1S.
The seventeenth of March will re
main among the most memorable
days of the war, in the opinion of th'
French, who regard the success OF
the front from the Ancre to the Ois
as the greatest since the battle O
the Marne. 1t is considered no
merely local success, but a VERT
able strategic retreat forced upo1
the Germans, the full consequences o
which probably will not be reveale
for sevral days. The fact that tn
French at certain points went be
yond the road from Roye to Nc
yon indicates that the German trea
.. will not erd there.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER
Movements of the People-A Glance
at Those Who Come and Go
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Movements of the People-A Glance
at Those Who Come and Go
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Fairmont. March 17-Mr. Geo. H.
Bullock Of Canton, Ohio, is visiting
his sister Mrs. Van H. Taylor, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. W. Jenkins and
Mrs. A. j. Floyd spent Thursday in
Lumberton shopping.
Miss Mary Belle Kicks, who is a |
student at Meredith college, Raleigh,
is home for a few days visiting her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. L. E. Ricks.
Messrs. Ernest Mclean and J. H.
Anderson were Dillon visitors Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. 1. Floyd, Mrs. ].
l.. Watson and Mrs. Will Thompson
spent Friday afternoon in Lumberton.
Mr.. Dan Prevatt of Orrum was a
Fairmont visitor Thursday.
Mr.. Eppie Graham of Proctorville
was in town Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Pittman visited
their mother, Mrs. Sarah Pittman.
Mrs. Frank Jones of Mcdonald is
! Fairmont visitor today.
| Mrs. Nathan Anderson is spending
while with her son Dr. H. T. An
drews of Rowland.
| Mesdames D. C. Lassiter, ]. H.
Anderson and ]. o. Bobbitt spent Fri
day in Lumberton shopping. .
Quite a number of ladies attended
| Miss Annie McMillan's millinery open
+ ing Wednesday and Thursday.
/ Miss Dora Thompson and mother
of Mcdonald, are visitors in town to-
day.
/ We are glad to learn that Mr..
), Robert Jacobs, who is in the Thomp-
: son hospital, Lumberton, is doing
J, fine.
/ Mr.. O. L. Barnes of Wananish, who
recently bought out the grocery store
belonging to Mr.. A. L. Mcdaniel, has
, moved his family here. We are glad
to welcome Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes tc
, our town.
Mr.. J. H. Tyner, who held a po.
: sition with the Fairmont barber shop
! has accepted position in Whining
ton.
Mr.. Paul Oliver of Marietta wa:
I Fairmont visitor Friday.
Messrs. Monis Pace and Charli,
: Grantham of Lakeview were Fair
mont visitors this week.
Nu1. L 11SC dllO N1lSS VudI
!. Bowman spent Friday afternoon il
n Fairmont.
/ Mesdames w. A. McPhaul an
{. Jake Thompson of Lumberton wer
Fairmont visitors Friday.
= Misses Annie Reade Lewis, Lori
r Forney DuVal, Kate Kinds and Mar
a Lee Dibble of Whiteville spent tn
: weekend with Miss Lorena Lewis.
RI Miss Donnie Greyard, who
5: teaching in Lumberton, passed thr
e town Saturday en- route to her HON
at Mcdonald.
/ Mr.. Ernest Jones, the popular buy
S er for A. Collins of Charlotte,
y. spending the weekend with his pal
N ents Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Jones.
-, Miss Mamie Holloway is spendin
II the weekend with relatives in Lal
i rinburg.
IS Miss Elsie Flowers is spending tn
es.1 weekend in Lumberton.
5. Mr.. J. D. Kyle, member of tt
IL Marrow-Kyle & Son Tobacco &c
IS Augusta, KY, returned home Satul
IS day morning.
IN Little Miss Vista Thompson
IN spending the weekend with Lit
Miss Esther Brown.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WILL
NOT BE MUSTERED OUT
Order Suspended for Demobilizing Sec
ond and Third Regiments-Char-|
lotte Offers Mobilization Camp for
First Rapimanf

ond and Third Regiments-Char-
lotte Offers Mobilization Camp for
First Regiment
Raleigh Dispatch, March 18.
An order from the War Depart
ment ment was received at the adiu-
tant generals office here TODAY sus-
pending the order for the mastering
out of the Second and Third North
Carolina regiments of the National
guar1 and brigade headquarters and
directing that they be held under
arms after arrival.
The Third regiment is on it's way
to Raleigh, having been sent here
from Texas to muster out. The Sec
ond regiment has not yet started
from Ell Paso, but is now in readi-
ness to entrain for Goldsboro where
it was to have been mustered out.
Charlotte Tenders Mobilization Camp
e. for First Infantry
Charlotte Dispatch, March 18.
Acting Adjutant-Ge George
L. Peterson, at Raleigh, today tele-
grphed Mayor 7. l.. Kirkptrick ask
ing if Charlotte would provide a
mobilization camp for the First North
Carolina infantry. Tonight camp
site was rendered the State and
lights, water, barracks and railway
facilities were offered without cost
to the State or Federal government
Whether this is a merely preparatory
step was not made known.
Mastering Out of First S. C. Regi.
ment is Halted
Columbia, S. c., Dispatch, March 18
The mastering out Of the Second
South Carolina infantry, recently re-
turned from the border and in camI
at Styx, S. c., near here, was stop
recting the Federal mastering Off
,cer to 1await further instructions
Only the sanitary detachments of th'
organization had been discharge,
from Federal service when the or
ders were received. No leaves an,
furloughs were to be granted, it wa
said.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
Jurors Need Not Report Until April

Mr.. C. B. Skipper, clerk of the
Superior court, asks The Robson
ian to say that while Superior court
will convene for the trial of civil
cases on Monday, April 2, it is not
necessary for the jurors summoned
to come on Monday to report before
Tuesday, April 8. There will not be
any jury trials on Monday, as this
will be motion day.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
MEN WANTED FOR NAVY,

Recruiting Tent VIII be Erected in
Lumberton April 6
Supt. ]. R. Poole has received a
letter from John J. London, lieuten-
ant, U. S. navy, to the effect that
he will have a recruiting tent erect
ed in Lumberton on April 6, the day
of the county commencement. Two
recruiting officers will be here on
that date for the purpose of launch
ing campaign to get men for the
navy. A large number of interest
ing naval pictures will be on dis
play at the tent.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
Recorders Court

Recorders Court
Mckay Byrd and H. L. Summit
were before Recorder E. M. Britt
Saturday charged with assault upon
"Bud" Singletary. Byrd was found
not guilty, while Summit was found
guilty and was taxed with the costs.
Purd Pittman was also given a
hearing Saturday on the charge of
trespass. Judgment was suspended
upon payment of cost.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
Visitors From BOardman

Correspondence of The Robesonlan.
Messrs. Clegg Fields, Henry Will
liams, Edgar Simmons, Charlie
White, Hartley Britt and Palmer
West, all from Boardman, were in
Lumberton Friday.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
LET US MAKE YOUR SPRING

suit. A representative Of the well.
known tailoring establishment Of
Schloss Bros of Baltimore will be
at our store March Fl and % with
a full line of samples. Call and
have your measure taken. Popu-
lar prices and satisfaction guar
anteed. White & Cough.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
SPECIAL TRAIN MARCH 20
Seaboard Will Operate Special of 10
Coaches Maxton to Lumberton for
County Commencement Colored
Schools

County commencement COIOred
Schools
Prof. J. R. Poole, county superin-
tendent of public instruction, has
been informed by the Seaboard Of
ficials that a special train of 10
coaches will be operated from Max
ton to Lumberton on Thursday March
20, on account of the county COM
mencement for colored schools. The
round-trip fare from Maxton will
be 55 cents, from Alma so cents,
from Red Banks 35 cents and from
Pembroke 80 cents. The schedule
has not been arranged, but the train
will leave Maxton before the regu-
lar east-bound train which arrives al
Lumberton at 1905.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
VOL. XLVIII
AMERICAN
SHIPS SUNK
German Submarines Sent Down City
of Memphis, Illinois and Wig
ilancia Off British Coast
MOST OF CREWS SAVED

Virtually State of War Exists Be-
tween United States and Germany
President is Contemplating Call
for Immediate Session of Congress
London Dispatch, March 18.
The sinking of theAmerican steam
ers City of Memphis, Illinois and
Vigilancia was announced to-day.
Fourteen men from the Vigilancia
are missing, as are some of the men
from the City of memphis. The
crew of the Illinois was landed safe
ly.
The City of Memphis, in ballast,
from Cardiff for New York,w sunk
by gunfire. The second officer and
fifteen men of the crew have been
landed. A patrol boat has gone in
search of the other members of the
crew. The Illinois, from London for
Port Arthur, Texas, in ballast, was
sunk at 8 o'clock this morning. The
Vigilancia was torpedoed without
warning. The submarine did not
appear. The captain, first and Sec
ord mates, first, second and third
engineers, and % men of the crew
have been landed at the Scilly Is.
lands. The fourth engineer and /:
men are missing.
The Robesonian., 1917-03-19

-Middling cotton today II IA
ents.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-12-22

LILLE PROGRESS, ABBEvIL
FEEI5 FAITHFUL FRANCE
Our soldiers are pouring into France
by the tebs of thousands. They have
carried with them rifles and ammuni-
ton and equipment and-food.
France d,annot feed the American ar
my. Everybody knows that. She is in
such desperate straits that not only
must we bend shiploads of rations to
our bows HUT we must send other ship
loads to help keep up the wonderful
spirit of { he French nation. MeatlesS
days in Louisiana mean happier days
in France both for American fighters
and French soldiers and civilians.
Fred E. Pituey, a writer in France,
shows why, Louisiana should be willing
to make the sacrifice asked by the
State Council of Defense: ITO what
extent theI herds have disappeared is
shown NV fShe emitting down of the meat