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The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
NUMBER 10
BRIEF ITEMS OF LEGAL NEWS

License has been issued for the
marriage of Chas. X. Pierce and Mel
lie Holcomb
A new L. S. flag, size 10 by Is
feet. was placed upon the flag staff
at the court house this morning.
The theatre building belonging to
Mr.. A. w. Mclean. South Elm street.
is being converted into a store build
ing.
Called convocation Lumberton
chapter II r. A. NJ. tonight at $50
Work Nj. NJ. degree and reception of
petitions.
The First National Bank recently
has installed a Burroughs posting
has installed Burroughs posting
by ELECTRIC current and is a great time
saver
A slight change in the Virginia
4 Carolina Southern schedule went
INTO effect yesterday. Train No. Ga
leaves for Hope Mills at 10 a. m. in
stead of 1910 a. m. as heretofore.
Miss Annie Rhyme has resigned
her position as operator in the local
Southern Bell telephone exchange Of
flee and accepted position as cash
Ter in the office of the V. & c. S. Ry.
Co.
DIR. A. H. Kerr, county farm DEM
onstrator, has been supplied with
blanks to be filled out by farmers who
wish to furlough their sons now in
the army for work on the farm dur
ing the summer.
Who told the chickens the clocks
had been moved up an hour? This
question was put to The Robesonian's
local reported this morning by a citi-
zen OF the town. The roosters are
Growing by the new time, according
to the gentleman who asked the ques-
ton Chickens are hard to fool.
- Mr.. C. w. Baucom, at present
cashier of the Bank of Wingate, has
been elected teller at the National
Bank Of Lumberton to succeed Mr. C.
H. Phillips, who recently left for
! Camp Jackson. Mr.. Baucom has had
several years experience in banking.
He will enter upon his duties here
May l.
DIR. Geo. Wright, osteopath, has
arranged to take over the practice of
| DR.. A. C. Tebeau at Henderso sonville
and will leave with Mrs. Wright and
their daughter, Miss Emiline Wright,
Thursday of this week for Henderson
vile. DR.. Wright has been located
| in Lumberton for the past six months,
coming here from Bay City, Mich,
and ne and his family have made
raany friends during their stay here.
They express appreciation for the
many iavors shown them b. Lumber
ton people and regret at leaving the
town 1t is understood that DR.. Te-
beau, who formerly lived in Lumber
ton, is giving up his practice in Hen
dersonville to devote his time 10 his
real estate interests there.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
merchants of Robson Asked to
Close Stores Friday and De-
vote Day to Selling Lib
erty Bonds.
PROVIDE FOR THE
MEN WHO FIGHT
Better Invest Every Cent You
Have in Liberty Bonds Than
For the German Beast to Win.

All merchants of Robson county
are called on by the county Liberty
Loan committee to close their stores
Friday Of this week till q. m. to buy
Liberty bonds and spend the day in
obtaining subscribers to Liberty
bonds: The letter sent to merchants
is as follows:
ITO the Merchants of Robson Coun-
"A call has been made by the Lib
erty Loan committee of this county
asking that every merchant keep his
place of business closed on next Fri.
day, April 10Th, and that all mer.
chants make a subscription to the
third Liberty Loan bond issue and
make special efforts on that day to oh.
tam subscribers to buy Liberty bonds
to liberal extent. Our people would
be better off by having every cent OF
their estate in Liberty Loan bonds
and win the war than to have millions
and have to turn it over to pay the
expenses of the war as would be de-
manded OF us by the great, rash, dev.
lhsh, lnhuman, british German Gov.
ernment.
"Many of our liberty-loving Ameri.
SoH iHcH \NOu DleSS Cnelr noble souls
are going to push the battle and wiz
final success, although knowing tia
many will be slain in the great con
flict.
"Shall our people be slow to pro
vide for the great work IN which they
are engaged both day and night
Perish tn thou ght. There are 10
merchants in Robeson county and w
earnestly call on every one 20 conpl,
with TIE requests made herein.
Very respectfully,
r. D CALDWELL,
R H. CREIGHTON.
Committee.
Lumberton, N. c., April u, 1918.
1t will not be considered as failin,
to observe this holiday if places O
business remain closed till 3 o'clocl
and open after that time.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
ALLIED LINE HOLDS
Nowhere Have Germans Been
Able to Gain Ground. Since
Haig's Back to Wall Appeal.
STONE WALL OF DEFENSE

Today's press summary says the
Allied line in Belgium and France is
holding firm. Great numbers of Ger
mans have been hurled against it,
especially that portion in Flanders
where the British are holding forth,
but nowhere have they been 1ole to
gain an inch Of ground. Field Mar
shal Haig's order that no more ground
be ceded is rigidly being complied
with, as is attested by the thousands
of German dead now lying before the
British positions southwest of Ipres,
where it is the ambition of the Ger
man high command to break through
and envelop Field Marshal Haig's
forces and gain an open highway to-
ward the English channel.
Northwest of St. Mihiel the Amer
ican troops have been compelled. to
withstand a series of persistent as
saults, second in intensity Only to
those delivered by the Germans
against the British in Flanders. And
the honors at the end rested with the
Americans, who met the foe at every
style Of fighting he offered and de-
cisively defeated him.
At Neuve Eglise throughout Sat
urday night and Sunday heaviest
fighting took place, the village chang
ing hands several times, but at last
reports the British were still in pos
session of it.
Thursday.
Germans by terrific fighting sue
ceeded in penetrating the British de-
fense at points between Arras and
Ypres over a front of nearly 80 miles
to a depth of almost 6 miles just to
the south of Ypres. Loss of Armen-
there's admitted by British, but this
was expected. Withdrawal of Brit
ish forces was orderly and only fol-
the purpose of Strengthening out the
line in the region where the German
pressure is heaviest. British stood
firm at vital points along the line.
Friday.
After 8 weeks of combat whlcf
has eclipsed anything that has ragec
during the entire years of warfare
Field Marshal Haig issued command
to his men to hold their ground al
whatever cost and fight with the
knowledge that their blows arr
struck 'tfor the safety of their homes
and the freedom of mankind" IT;
capture of Merville featured tht
fighting during Friday, this town, IL
Flanders west Of Lille, marking tht
farthest advance of the Germans Il
their present offensive operation up tx
Friday. All along the line from jus
north Of Lens to Hollebeke, southeas
of Ypres, there were tremendous at
tacks which were met by savage re
sistence. The hardest fighting alons
this front seems to have centered
bout Messines, for which the German
and British struggled hand to hand
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
LIST OF CANDIDATES.
Names Handed in For Various Town
Offices-All Candidates Must Re-
port to Primary Managers Before
April %.

The following have handed in their
names to the primary managers as
candidates for the various town Off
ces:
Mayer D. Proctor
Commissioner, first ward--W. P.
McAllister; second ward-A. V. G.
Wishart. B. Sam Edwards: third
ward-T. A. Mcneil, Jr: fourth ward
e. NJ. Johnson.
Grade1 schoo trustees r.. z Ca;ld-
well, .. T. Williams, 7. p. Russell, J.
H. Wishart. Only the required num-
Der have handed in their names and
all these are at present members Of
the board.
Board of audit and finance Frank
Cough, H. M. McAllister, w. 8. Britt.
These compose the present board.
Only one man will be elected as
commissioner from each of the four
wards and only in the second ward
has more than one man entered the
race. Mr.. A. S. King, who has served
on the board. for three year, and w..o
lives in the first ward, says he VII
not enter the race for reelection.
The primary will take place T''es
day, April 80, and all candidates must
hand in their names to the primar.:
managers by IL o'clock Saturday
night, April 27.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
American Submarines Are Engag-
ed in the Fight Against German
U-BOats.

In the face of bitter winter gales,
American submarines, principally de-
signed for operations off the home
coasts, have crossed the Atlantic to
engage in the common fight against
German U-boats. They are now aid
ing Allied naval forces, as are Ameri-
can destroyers and American naval
airmen, and they have been in the
war zone for some months.
Secretary Daniels revealed the
fact that the submarines had gone
"over there" in his address at Cleve-
land last Saturday, at Liberty Loan
campaign, but gave no details. 1t Is
now possible, however, to tell for the
first time of the midwinter. passage
of the boats across the seas in the
face of the most severe weather
known in years. In the perilous pass
ages, the best traditions of the service
have been maintained.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
North Carolina's Apportionment
Of Third Liberty Loan is $751;
655,00O.

Officials of the Fifth Federal Re
serve Bank district have announced
the appointments made for the Va
rious States and larger cities of the
district. Virginia is allotted S29 $685.
OOO
Maryland's apportionment is $685.
259,000.
North Carolina is given an appor-
tionment of S18,655,0O0. The chief
cities, with their appointments, are:
Charlotte 81, ,542, 800; Winston-Sa-
lem $1,14O,O0O; Asheville $641 500;
Durham 1929, 600; Greensboro $685.
700; Wilmington s1,723, 100; Raleigh
$1,128,70O.
West Virginia's apportionment is
$15,782,O00.
South Carolina is expected to con-
tribute S14,625, 600 Charleston IS
asked to subscribe to the extent of
s2,913,00O; Columbia S1,S12 900;
Greenville, S1,712,600, and Spartan
burg $751 900.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
4TH TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
Lot Bought and Contract Let For An.
other Large Brick Warehouse
This Will Give Lumberton Ware
houses When Season Opens.

The lot has been bought and the
contract will be let at once for the
erection of another large brick tobac-
co sales warehouse in Lumberton.
The warehouse will be built by the
Robson Grocery Co. at the corner Of
First and Walnut streets and Will be
1O8 by PIG feet The lot was bought
last week from Mr.. I. ] Prevatt.
Mr.. Guion Lee is president Of the
Robson Grocery Co., Mr.. H M Nc
Allister is vice-president and Mr.. Il
J. Sawyer is secretary treasurer.
The warehouse has been leased to
the O. L. Joyner Co., which firm oper-
ated a small warehouse here last sea-
son.
AS has been stated in The Robson
ian, a large brick warehouse is al
ready being constructed corner r'!f
and Cedar streets, which means thai
Lumberton will have four warehouses
ready for the next selling season.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
A. w. Mclean Will Represent
Alien Property Custodian In
North Carolina.

Mr.. A. w. Mclean has been ap-
pointed counsel for the State of North
Carolina for the United States alien
property custodian. Hon. A. Mitchell
Palmer of Pennsylvania is the United
States alien custodian, and by an act
recently passed by Congress he has
charge Of all Of the property Of alien
enemies during the war, and will sell
the property and hold the proceeds un-
til the end of the war. Mr.. Mclean
will represent the alien property Gus
todian in North Carolina, There is
no compensation attached to the work
and it will be done as patriotic con-
tribution to the war work.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
MCDONALD GOES
OVER THE TOP
First Community in Robson to Over
subscribe Allotment in Third
Liberty Loan.

Mcdonald is the first community IN
Robson to oversubscribe its allot-
ment in the third Liberty loan. Inc
chairman of the Mcdonald committee
reported to the central committee IN
Lumberton Saturday that Mcdonald
had subscribed $500, its allotment
being $4,000.
At that rate it looks like Mcdonald
will more than double its allotment,
What community in Robson Wlll oe
the next to GO "over the top" IN 1ur'
nishing the backing necessary to en-
able the boys in the army to go "ov9l
the top" and crush the "intoierablt
thing" that menaces the lives arc
liberty and happiness of everybody y
Robeson county?
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
Marietta School Closes Friday.

The Marietta high school will close
with commencement exercises Friday
of this week. A patriotic. program
will be carried out. Mrs. F. L. Nash
of Lumberton will take part on the
program and Mr.. w. Lennon of the
local bar will deliver the principal
address.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
CZERNIN RESIGNS;
GERMAN ATTACKS
REPULSED BY BRITISH

An Amsterdam dispatch this
morning states that it is re-
ported from Vienna that Count
Czernin, Austr!O- Hungarian
Foreign Minister, has resigned.
Seven attacks by the Ger
mans today have been repulsed
by the British with heavy cas-
ualties.
Neuve Eglise, which has
changed hands number of
times during the past few days,
was recaptured by the Germans
this morning.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
List of Colored Men Ordered to Re
port for Duty Week Beginning
Anri1 26th.


80 Al Dock Rozier, SO Julian Moore
81 Winford Walters, lis Douglas
John Hooper, 129 Bennie McNair, al
Gurnie Lewis, 100 Cling Byrd, 1856 Coy Coy
Thompson, 218 Elijah Sinclair, 500
Jasper Thompson, 1926 Isaac Pittman,
326 Henry Davis, $50 Leffie Ihomp-
son, 1858 Luther H. Stephens, 383 Ar
thur Meares, 385 Mango G. Bruton,
389 Colin Caesar Boone, 413 James
McDougald, 461 Jim Bellamy, 47O Sim
Page, 487 William McKellar, 512 Am
brose Fillmore, 544 julius Eugene
Bryant, $40 Dock Oliver, $50 Joseph
Swinton, STA Thomas McNair, 582
Will Ford, 593 French Tom Byrd, 595
Alexander Meares, COL Ransom Wor-
ley, 624 Fred Foxworth, GAL Lester
McNeill, 662 George Key, 691 John +:
Gilchrist, 698 Allen Sinclair, 705
James Mack Arnett, TAO Rufus Hayes
TAG Troy Rhodes, 761 Rufie Jacobs
772 David Thomas, TIA Wesley Wal
lace, 1872 Fred Clark, 801 John Bur
CESS, 823 Arthur Powell, 846 Harlee
Campbell, $50 Julius B. Green, ST.
Norman Watus Stone, 872 Zeddie
| Robeson, 887 French McNair, 918 Ber
Wright, $40 Sim Thompson, 942 Will
lie Floyd, o43 Bill stoney, 944 MARI
Floyd, 958 Dozier L. Ford, $50 Free
C. Ford, 963 Elias B. Thompson, 1oOs
Raymond Floyd, 1oC5 Ts}madge Pow
ell, 1G14 Iutoc 4. Williams, 10:
| George Washington Smith, 104O JOIN
Henry Mcmillan, 1852 Robert White
1857 Mack Hemingway, 1911 james
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
COUNTY LABOR STATISTICS
rarm Demonstration Will Get Esti-
mates of Labor Needed-Also
Statistics of Crop Acreage, Live
stock, Seed and Other Farm Sun
plies Wanted or for Sale

lhe county agricultural department
IS making an effort to compile an es-
innate OF labor that will be needed in
lne various communities in the county
curing the coming season also crop
acreage, livestock, seed and other
farm @ supplies wanted or for sale.
olanks to be filled out by individual
farmers have been sent to the school
commltteemen of the county by DR..
"A. II. Kerr, county farm demonstra-
Tor. Any who wish to secure these
Dlanks can get same by writing to DR..
herr or calling at the office of the
county farm demonstration in the court
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
Liberty Loan Meeting at Tolars.
vile Wednesday Evening.

A meeting in the Interest of the
Liberty 'oan will be held at the Toll
arsville school house IVedne day eve
ming, April 10, at 9 o'clock. There
will be a speaker for the occasion.
The public is invited.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15

The bankrupt stock Of the J. P.
Newman Co. was sold at public suc-
tio, Friday at noon. Both sock and
fixtures were bou ght by Mr. A. Vein
steir. Mr. Weinstein viii sell the
goods in the building formerly occu-
pied by the Newman Co. Watch The
Robesonian for date of sale opening.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
ANOTHER CALL
FOR REGISTRANTS

Another draft call for 49.843 reg
istrants has been sent to Governors
of States by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. Mobilization Of the men
is ordered for May / and 10, the War
Department announced last night and
they will be sent to eleven forts and
recruiting barracks, probably for
training with regular army units
there.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
A Victory Acre.

Mr.. Mckay Byrd, who lives on r.
5 from Lumberton, says he is going to
plant an acre in something for the
government, to be used for whatever
purpose it can help most in winning
the war. Mr.. Byrd, who was Lum-
hertcn visitor Saturday, rightly
thinks that if every farmer would do
that it would help nightly in winning
the war.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
Saddletree School Closes Friday

The public school at Saddletree will
close Friday of this week with exer-
cises by the children at p. m. and
a concert in the evening at 8. At the
afternoon exercises there will be ad-
dresses by DR.. A. H. Kerr, county
farm demonstration, and Rev: 1. P
Hedgepeth. Mr.. M. N; Folger Of
Lumberton is principal and Miss Anne,
liza Powers is assistant.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
Wheat Crop Looks Promising

MANY a Roteson county farmer Who
has been dependent upon the other
fellow for his flour will eat his own
ur-bread after July. The wheat
crop is looking very promising.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
List of White Men Ordered to Report
For Military Duty Week Begin
ginning April 26th:

List of White Men Ordered to Report
For Military Duty. Week Begin
ginning April 26th:
(The order number precedes the
name).
48 Gwatney Mcdowell, 68 John Ar
chic Bass, SO John Allen, 146 Millard
Dawkins, 321 Jessie James Smith, 388
William Allen Herring, 493 Raymond
Hunt, 5O7 Joseph Dawson, $40 James
Bryant, 524 Ira L. McGill, 568 Thomas
John Collins, 500 Henry Chester Pitt
man, 679 Forest Hunt, 695 John Gold
en- Manning, 717 Hezekiah Miller, 752
George w. Phillips, 756 John Hunt,
805 John Oliver Avant, 808 John l..
M'White, 80 Dudley Britt, 811 Julian
Powers, 624 James E. Dial, $50 Bud
L. Floyd, S54 Murphy F. Hardin, 81
Giles William Mercer, 875 Waiter c.
Humphrey, 882 Plummer w. Lowrey
891 John Furman Herring, 913 Thad-
deus Eedgepeth, 921 Jessie Missue
941 Andrew Hunt, 962 Owen Hunt
9S3 Eugene Thomas Miller, 900 Ed
ward Cleveland Meshaw, 1910 John
Henry Britt, 1O11 Alvah Cornelius
Ivey, 1915 Valentine DeLeslie Garrell
1915 Pink Chavis (Portsmouth), 1017
Golden Oxendine, 1919 Walter M
johnson, 1925 Randall Jones, 1892
Jessie Merritt, 1896 William Lester
Mays, 1041 Luther Calvin Brown, 2044
Harvey Oxendine,, 1O47 William A
Stone, 1851 Albert Willoughby, 1854
Donnie Andrews, 1856 Albert B. In
man.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
Recorders Court.

David Shooter, IA years old, was be-
fore Recorder E. M. Britt this morn
ing on the charge of assault upon Da-
vid Britt with a knife. Prayer for
judgment was continued.
Clarence Simmons, Colored, was
found guilty of driving an auto with
out the license tags being displayed
Prayer for judgment was continued
upon payment Of the CO. t..
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
VOL. IXL
MERCHANTS OF ROBESON
COUNTY:

Don't forget request of Liberty
Bond Committee that stores remain
closed On Friday, April 18th, and
that merchants sell Liberty Bonds
on that day instead of selling mer-
chandise. (Stores will open after
three o'clock if necessarily
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15

MEGA thy, 246-A Gordon Arthur
Smi-!,, 593-A Roy HOOPER, 1J14-A Ar
thur Barton, 530-A Berry Faulk
1854 John White, 1909 Henry Nc
Neill.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
MEN CALLED I
TO SERVICE
Reg1strants Called to Report Dur
ing Week Beginning April 26.
CALL MAY BE POST
PONED FOR SOME
Men Who Want Postponed
Call Should Buy Lib
erty Bonds.
TO the Editor Of The Robesonian:

To the Editor of The Robesonian:
l enclose herewith a list of men
who have been called for entrainment
in accordance with an order lust re-
ceived from the office of the Adjutant
General. These men are required to
report during the week beginning
April 26, definite date for entrain-
ment for each man to be indicated on
the notice that will be mailed to him
during the next few days. This board
has authority to postpone the call
OF about SO per cent Of these men
where it is established that they are
continuously and actively farming and
that to withdraw them from the farm
would result in the loss of the crop
or other great hardship.
l want to impress upon registrants
that it is useless to come to see me or
other members Of the board prior to
the day that the men are ordered to
appear for entrainment. 1t has been
my established policy not to definite
ly decide upon the claims Of any man
until the date of entrainment. Each
man who desires to file claim should
go to member of the legal advisory
board and prepare affidavits setting
forth the facts, and mail them TO the
board. We will examine the affida-
Wits before the date of entrainment
and then as many as desire to do sc
can report before the board On that
day and make further claim.
| want every man who files an af
fidavit and asks to have his son or his
tenant deferred to state in his affi
d;,vit whether he has su' ',scc:bed t;
any Liberty bonds, and if SO toe num-
ber. 1t is my conviction that the me1
who get the benefit of POSTPONED
cali ought to shcw that he is aid3ne
the government by subscribing for a
least one Liberty bond, or should bs
able to show that there is good reason
why he has not purchased bond
Very truly yours,
T. L. JOHNSON, Chairman.
Lumberton, April IL, 1918.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-08
This is the first of a series of
articles en- good roads especially
prepared for publication in The
Tribune.

Exhaustive economical surveys of
highway improvements in eight coun-
ties, conducted over a period of five
years by the United States depart
ment of agriculture, just about settle
the question of the wisdom of spend
ing large sums of money in building
good roads.
For example:
The government s study of increases
in farm land values in the eight coun'
ties reveals the fact that as result
of Improvement of main market roads,
increase in the selling price has
amounted to from one to three times
the total cost of Improvements.
The survey reports, now on file in
Washington, D. c., cover five years OF
road construction in the counties OF
Spotsylvania, Dinwiddie, Lee and
Wise in Virginia, Franklin in New
York, Dallas in Alabama, Lauderdale
i in Mississippi, and Manatee in Flor
Ida.
| Government experts and engineer:
from the United States office of pub
lie roads conducted the investigations
studying the counties resources, thu
character, extent and cost of road i'm
provements under taken, tax rates