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The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Miss Bessie Allen and MIR. Lymon
Stone Married Last Evening.

Miss Bessie Allen and Nh. Lymon
Stone we're married at the home of the
brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. j.
Alien. near Clyborn church, last eve
ming at 1880. Justice F; Groyer bri..
officiated. Quite a number OF 1rlenos
of the contracting parties witnessed
the marriage. The marriage was "a d
hride learning of the wedding only
faw hours before it took place.
Roth bride and groom are we'll
Known and have many friends who
viii wish them life of happiness and
prosperity.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
CONFERENCE NOTES.
Next \. c. Methodist Conference
Meets at Wikon-Various Reports.

The rex- session OF the North Caro-
ma Methodist conference. which clos
ed its S2-c annual session a- Colds
ooro Monday. viii meet next year a.
Wilson.
The report Of the board OF church
excention showed that s11..56 was
raised by that board last year and
that B. \. Duke mad made donation
OF $4,000 fror the furrherance of
church extension in rurol districts.
The report Of the committee on tenn
perance and social service. read by
Rev. r. L. Davis, denounced lynching
and all lawlessness, regrets that the
soldier boys were given clgarers. and
asks for enforcement Of the law
against selling cigarers to boys.
Y. T. Ormond was elected confer
ence lay leader for the year.
The North Carolina Conference
Centenary commission made the fol-
i lowing distribution TO the several dis
tricts of the $1,000 900 apporrionment
assumed by this conference the same
being based on the pastors salaries
for 1917 and the rate being per cent
per annun: DurhamS 191 ,04T,. Eliza
beth City S160.641. Fayetteville lac.
49,, New Bern S201 $40. Raleigh 1885,
e15. Rockingham s2o3.655. Warrenror
S1s6.345. Washington s172.e5 anC
Wilmington S15s,475. The above ap
portionmenr covers the obligations o.
the several districts for missions ane
church extension and with all Sun
day schools specials. all league con
tributions to missions and all none,
contributed by the wouan's misslonar.
society through its conference treas
urer.
The report for Greensboro colleg
for women showed that there are +
more resident students enrolled tina
were there a year ago. The new dor
l mitory completed during the year
costing $4,000, has been named Hud
son hall in memory Of the late Mr.:
Molly T. Hudson of Shelby, who gay
over s13, 900 to the college. The re
port included completion Of $4,000 o
e the chair of English by the alumna'
who since have inaugurated move
ment to raise library fund. In t:
recent United War Work campaig
i: the college raised about $4,000. {
a nearly twice the amount apportione
p to the institution. This is the on
= college in the Southern Methods
Y church that confers the degree
e bachelor of music.
IS -Four new presiding elders were a
D pointed-Revs. H. NJ. North. ".
n, Willis. \. H. D. Wilson and }.
1t Bundy-those retiring to pastoral
of BEING Reys. J. IT. Gibbs, +. II. Ha
G. T. Adams and c. L. Reed.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
General Camp Secretary, Y u. c. A.
Casualties to Nov. % in the 30th

Division.
In a report on the 18th to the War
Department Gen. Pershing said that
the number of unreported casualties
in process of verification at the cen
trail Office of the expeditionary forces
on Dec. Il was 40,44O. They were
divided as follows:
Killed in action, 800; died Of
wound, PTS; died of disease. S53; ac,
cidentally killed, 81; severely wounded
in action, 39,371. These include all
suspense cases under investigation,
the general said. -,
Total casualties to Nov. % in the
3Oth division-North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee 1ationa
guard-were given as 1928. The cas-
ualties were classified as follows:
Killed in action, 1,16S; died o,
wounds, 2e3; died of disease, 10; dle1
of other causes, 5; severely wounded
! 1881; wounded, degree undetermIned
sos: slightly wounded, 1878; missing
or captured, 1913.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
VOL. lXL
SERMON ON REPENTANCE.
Scores of Church Members Responded
TO Appeal Last Evening at a Great
Service at Banner Warehouse
Signs of q Great Revival Multiplied.

Services at Banner warehouse twice
daily, 5 and 1:S0 p. NJ. Three ser
rises Suriay-li 3. NJ, 5 and 7:S0
2. IL. Services for children z TO 13
ysars old today and Saturday at 4
,. IL. conducted by Prof. and Mrs
Carroll.
For the first time since the eyange-
Ms.;c campaign began on the Sth inst.
Evangelist McLen6on extended an in
v:tarion at the service last evening to
church members who wanted to re-
consecrare themselves TO God and
scores of people responded by coming
forward. The invitation was given at
tEe close of q great sermon on repent
arce. Barriers Of indifference and
co.6ness were swept aside at this SER
vice and there were plentiful signs
of the great revival which Mr.. Nc
Lendon mas confidently predicted from
tne beginning. 1t was q great ser
vice.
Many white people attended the
service for colorei folks Monday eve
ming. the crowd easily numbering
around $500. and it was a great SER
vice. The singing was led by Rev.
J. H. Nelson. colored Baptist preach
er from BennetCsville. Evangelist Nc
Lendon's home town, and the singing
was worth going miles TO hear. 1t
was great. Now osft and low, like
the gentle uurmur Of stream or the
rusrling of leaves. now like a rush
ing mighty wind. with every varia-
ton in between, it swept one off his
feet by the sheer force of its triumph
ant might. or made one hold his breath
by its soft appeal. Nelson knows
- \ RI
and some of them got shouting happy
during the song service and the ser
mon.
a large crowd heard Evangelist Nc
Lendon preach on Repentance" a
the Banner warehouse last evening.
There are many people VINO hav;
been preaching for years and neve
Yet preached one sermon of genuin
gospel-Bible repentance" the preach
er declared. People dislike to Sc
themselves as they really are. The,
don't want the keen-edged gospel o
Gods word. You hear twenty sermon
or the love Of God 10 every on
you hear on repentance. Preacher
make il too easy to come unto Chris
Jesus never made it easy to becom
g Christian. You must be born agan
You must come to God in order TO &c
peace. You must deny yourself, tax
up the cross and follow Christ. j
sus preached repentance. The SUI
render TO God must be complete. Coz
viction is not repentance. 1t is or
thing to see your duty and another
do it. One can be sorry for sin ar
rot repent You cannot hold to &c
with one hand and the world with tt
other. Promising TO live better Ii
IS not repentance.
The preacher mentioned the retul
Of the prodigal son as an example
repentance, a resolve to quit 20
ways ard quitting them. While y
may have many sins in your life the
is one predominating sin. What
that sin? the preacher asked. Te
that sin out of your heart and s
here, God, I'm your man.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Indian Played Import,
ant Part in War.

The American Indian, by enl1st!rg
in the army and navy, by subscribing
literally to the Liberty Loans, by IN
creasing the production of foodstuffs
On indian lands and by contributions
TO relief agencies, greatly aided the
tinted - States and the Allies in win
ming the war, declared Cato Sells,
corn e.,, missioner of Indian affairs, in his
annual report. Mr.. Sells said that
ont o. of 80 900 eligible for military duty
mo more than $500 Indians entered the
army. 1000 enlisted in the navy; and
he said that Indians now hold the
equivalent of one $50 Liberty bond fol
eyery man, woman and child OF thell
race in the nation.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Declares For Jewish Common
wealth in Palestine.

The American Jewish congress at
philadelphia Tuesday declared for
Jewish commonwealth in Palestine un-
der the trusteeship of Great Britain:
acting on behalf of such league OF
nations as may be formed.
The declaration, in the form of a
resolution, was adopted anna wiz
anthns;asm. The 400 delegates, repre-
sant;ng more than 100000 members
~ their race in the United States
rose and sang the Hatikvoh the jew
;sb anthem. This was followed by
the the singing of the Star Spangled Ban
ner.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
LIBERTY BOND
PAYMENTS DUE
BILE as Possible in Collecting These
Payments.

The third payment on fourth Lib
erty Loan subscriptions is due today,
a 20 per cent payment.
Banks do not get any pay for the
great service they render in carrying
these bonds for their customers, al
lowing them to pay in installments.
and all subscribers should pay
promptly. without notice from the
banks .and thus show their apprecia
tion and avoid putting the banks to
trouble and expense.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
President of Portugal AssassinaJed

DR.. Sidorio Paes, presldent OF rol-
tugal. was shot and killed by an as
sassin about midnight Saturday while
he was in a railway station at Lisbon
waiting for a train to Oporto. The
Presidents assailant, named Jeetne,
was killed by the crowd. DR.. Paess
was formally proclaimed president OF
Portugal on last June 9. He headed
a revolt in Portugal in December
1917, and was named president OF the
provisional government on December
9, 1917.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
County Meeting OF Farmers onlol
January 18th.

The county meeting Of the Robson
division of the Farmers Union was
postponed from yesterday TO !ugSoIy, 11 ~
January IA. The meetlng wiz s Ie
held in the court house mere anu w, :
O. O. Dukes, county farm aenlolis1rS TSo
tor, will address the meeting. e,nr, nne
meeting will be public and an l 1aln-
ers in the county are urged TO alIeilo
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Corporal Britt in Hospital With

\ letter 10 relative of Corporal
Rossie B. Britt, dated November %.
states that ne was in e hospital in
France with mumps. but getting on
fine. Corporal Britt and one lieu
tenant had been selected to attend
q training school and the rumps
caugh Corp. Britt just before he
reached the school. He travelled three
days and nights on French railroad
in going from the point where his
company was stationed 10 the school
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19

One Of the greatest needs OF today
IS Tor preachers to get converted.
II preachers as whole had the
right sort Of passion for dying souls
they would preach this country to
Jesus.
| have as much respect for Stacker
IN the late war as have for a Chris
uan Stacker, and l wouldn't spit on
either one If he was afire
| have no time for a gang of people
who claim to follow the Lord and
won't go out and fight when the
trumpet sounds.
Jealousy, envy and a dirty little
mean sectarian spirit will send more
people to hell than anything else.
People who get mad and run when
the preacher tells them of their faults
are featherlegs.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19

WITH ROBSON SOLDIERS.

Rel Springs Citizen: Mr.. J. (.
SCoGGy received information this
week cca: MS son. SarEc Cary Snoddy.
c>.i arrived n New Icrk on L trans
port which brought over wounded
soldiers. Mr.. SnoGiy will De placed
IN hospital unit! he can come home.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
President Will Take Christmas
Dinner With Men at Front.

A Paris dispatch states that Presl-
dont wilson will leave Paris Christ
mas mas eve and go to American general
TO- hoado,arters From there he will
nroceed to the American front and
will have Christmas dinner VIII he t,ie
American troops and not Win IIe
American commander-ln-chle1 OF o'nei
officers.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Private James T. Smith Killed in
Action Nov. Z.

Mr.. W. J. Smith of the Raft Swamp
section was advised yesterday by the
War Department that his son, Private
James T. Smith of Co. M, 32lst IN
fantry. S1st division, was killed IN ac-
ton in France November z. Private
Smith was 22 years old, and left 1or
the training camp with a large num-
her from this district May 2S.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
robson CASUALTIES.
Names of Robson County Men That
Have Appeared in Casualty Lists
Since Monday.

Names of the following Robson
county men have appeared in overseas
casualty lists since Monday:
Died of disease: Addinell H. Lock
ley. Pembroke.
Wounded severely: Rufus Hayes,
Elrod.
Wounded slightly: L. S. Brown,
Rowland; Frank Lowrey, Lumberton;
Deasy Thompson, Rayham; Matthew
Lewis, R. l, Maxton; Charlie Regan,
St. Paul.
Missing in action: Charles R. Evers,
Lumberton.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Death of Mrs. Silas Griffin OF Fair

Mrs. Silas Griffin died yesterday at
her home at Fairmont after an illness
of several months. Deceased was
one of the oldest and best-knoWI
women of Fairmont. She is survived
by several children, among them oelns
Mrs. J. A. Thompson of Lumberton.
Interment was made in the famlly
buryin5g ground, near Falrmont,. ,s az
p o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Grimm
was a good woman and Will be missed
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
A Fine Record.

Red Springs Citizen: In last weeks
issue OF the Citizen by oversight, We
gave Flora Macdonald college credit
for only $500 in the war work drive.
The actual figures were S1.Sla. Is
there school of this size in the
State that can better that.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Bass and their
two children, of Barnesvllle, Will move
to Lumberton about the first OF the
wear, Mr.. Bass having accepted a Pc
sition in the store Of Messrs. Il. u.
Caldwell & Son. Mr.. Bass was
I,1mherton visitor Yesterday.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Jrn;on Meeting Called OFF.

The union meeting OF the hoUeso11
Rantist Association which was to nave
held at Saddletree December 2a-2o'
has been called off on account OF IN
fluenza in the Saddletree community.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Bullet Passed Through Heel of

Il had bullet TO pass through my
shoe heel. but came out unhurr." This
was the word Private l.. Furman
Ivey of Co. Il. SH1Sr infantry, Sist
division. sent MS parents from France.
Private Ivey IS son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Ivey of the Proctorville sex
ton.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
League of Nations is Necessary.

After days Of gathering views OF
leaders in France, states Parls ols-
patch of the 18th, President Wilson's
closest advisers say he has seen no
reason to change his belief that the
foundation of a league of nations IS
inseparable from the actual peace
treaty itself.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Judge Whedbee Resigns.

Judge H. w. Whedbee of Greenylile
has rendered his resignation to Gov.
Beckett as judge to be effective next
month.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Gilbert Higley Not in the Riot.

The Robesonian is advised that Mt.
Gilbert Higley, who was among the
vounp men indicted as being implicat-
ed in the recent riot at the National
Cotton Mills village, was not IN the
mix-up at all but was on his way
home from Howellsville with two
Young ladies and happened to be pass
ing at the time.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19

NlGili2E cotton : selling or the To-
c2l market today for 70 cents the
pound.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19
Greetings From A. P. Page.

The Robesonian's staff has received
q card bearing the greetings Of the
season from Mr.. A. P. Page. formerly
of Lumberton. now with the Ameri-
can forces in France.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19

Mr.. Guy W. Phillips of the I. S.
army. stationed at Morgan. n. j..
arrived yesterday TO spend two
weeks furlough with his parents. Mir.
and Mrs. R. N. Phillips of the Beulah
section, Wishart township. Mr.. Phil
lips has been in the army several
wears. having spent two years on the
Mexican border.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19

Lieut.. and Mrs. y. NJ. 1vey were
Lurberton visitors yesterday. on their
way back 10 Camp Sheridan, Ala.
from q weeks visit to the home OF
Lieut.. Ivey's father, Mr.. Joel lvey,
near Raynham.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-19

County Food ADMINISTRATOR
Lumberton, n. c., Dec. 18th, 1918.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-01-03
Some New
 Year Customs

THE sole record of the observance
 of the New Year by the pilgrims
 in the new world, named New England, was most prosaic, most brief We went to work betimes." said Alice Morse Earle, the famous investigator of old time American customs Many of the good Puritan ministers thought the celebration or even notice of the day in any way savored of improper and unchristian reverence for the heathen god Janus Yet they came from a land where New Year was sec. ond in importance and in domestic ob- servance only to Christmas. Through out every English county New Years eve was always celebrated. In many 1t was called by the pretty name of Singing Fen. from the custom which obtained of singing the last of the Christmas carols at that time.
 In Scotland the last day of the year was called by the uglier name of Hog manay. name of unknown and ill., applicable derivation. and In Scotland it was regarded as the most popular of all the daft days" as the Christmas holidays were termed. Scotch cliil- dren of the poorer class in small towns still ask on that day from door to door at the houses of NCaltilicr families for a dole of oat bread, calling out Hog manay" or some of the local rimes which are given in Chambers "Popu, lar Rimes of Scotland" such as:
 HoE":aanay.
 Trol.olay,
 Give us of your white bread And none of your grayi
 They also ask for cheese, which they call "nog money" and Brands 'Popu- lar Antiquities gives this begging rine used by Scotch children:
 Get up, gude wife, and binno sweir
 Deal cakes and cheese while ye are here, For the time will come when yell be dead And neither need your cheese nor bread.
 As inc children 0a these fnrays are swatllel in great sheets formed Into deep bag or pouc!! ,o carry the oat- cake. they form quite Il mumming and fantastic appearance.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-01-03

May hdppiness drUeH ioith pon all Of i the ,ohile."
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-01-03

Come, run to the door! There's c friend
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-01-03

If ay lore and prosperity Rer- CT OrOU less. May each yedr tn tt tOHoTs Dc hdppt ter too.
 May Time and Grim SOrrOlc deal ge ntl y Uith you." Conc, run to the door! There's q friend Udft- iDO there.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-31
Germany in Great
Need of Phosphate
Rock FromAnerica
Am. Agricultural Chemical
President Expects Big
Hun Peace Demand

A heavy demand for American phos-
phste rock from all European nations
after the war is predicted BY Peter B.
Bradley, president Of the American
Agricultural Chemical Company, in the
ar nual report issued yesterday. Mr..
bradley takes it for granted that Ger
many will be an important buyer Of
tie fertilizer ingredient, and in this
connection says:
Germany needs our phosphates far
more than America needs her potash,
for phosphoric acid is by far the most
essential element in the production of
The grain and fruit Of all crops"
The participation of the United
S ates in the war he adds, has further
&C duplicated conditions in the fertil-
nents for nitrate of soda and sulphate
of ammonia have become enormous,
not only greatly enhancing the price
Of those materials, but even threaten
sng serious shortage for agricultural
purposes. The same is true OF pyrites
and sulphur. required for the prodLc-
ton Of sulphuric acid.
Mr. Bradley states that the shuttin.
Off of the supply of potash from Ger
many, with the dearth Of the mater al
in this country has been the least of
the companys troubles, as "fertiizers
have been giving satisfactory results
without potash, just as they did in the
early era of the industry" The fer
' llzer industry, he declares, has been
recognized by the government and the
public IS one of the most essential to
the successful prosecution of the war.
and he adds: eve have received cor
dial assistance from the Federal gov
ernment in the transportation of our
raw materials where this has been pos
sihle without interfering with the
more pressing needs of the govern
m lt."
For the fiscal year ended June 80,
1913, the company reported surplus,
after fixed charges and preferred divi-
dends. of S6,453,531, equivalent to S35
share on S18,430 900 common stock
outstanding, compared with SPILL a
hare earned in the preceding year.
manufacturing profits last year
amounted to s11 ,079,956. an increase Of
$2,620,060. The report did not make
any estimate of the sums that will
have to be turned over to the govern
nent in the form Of income and excess
profits taxes.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-31
Exchange on Paris
Is Nearer Normal
Present Quotation Most Favor.
able to France in Three
Years

The exchange rate on Paris in this
market changed from $50 to 5.45 Y
for cables yesterday as result. ac-
cording to bankers, of the efforts of
the lnterAllied Financial Committee
to bring the ratio nearer normal. Be
fore the pegging started at the be
ginning of this month the dollar would
buy 5.7l francs. and at one time dur
ing the war the dollar would purchase
G.0912. The present quotation is the
most favorable to France since June
1915.
Competent observers of the foreign
exchange situation expect the process
relation of the dollar to the franc will
be about $50 or $50. That will make
the discount 2 per cent, whcn is the
same as exists on sterling exchange in
New York, as result of stablizatiOn.
In an effort to prevent the control Of
the rate on the lire by other hands, the
foreign exchange division of the Fed
eral Reserve Board yesterday issued
the following order:
"Notice is hereby given that. until
otherwise instructed. Dealers as de-
fined under the executive order Of
January 26, are prohibited from pur-
chasing or selling Italian lire outside
of the United States without first OBJ
tanning the approval of the director o.
the division of foreign exchange of the
Federal Reserve Board
In commenting on this statement
bankers said that they expect further
radical improvement of the rates of
the lire in favor Of Italy.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-31
@ Wealth Markets
War Wool Stocks Large
But Supply for Civilian Use Is
Unsatisfactory

BOSTON, Aug. 30 Regarding con-
dtions in the domestic wool market,
"The Commercial Bulletin will say to-
morrow:
"Wool allotments are being made in
increasing quantities. as the arrivals
of the domestic clip have become very
large. The government machinery for
handling wool is running smoothly. and
manufacturers are getting supplies in
quantity and quality more adapted to
their requirements.
"The goods market is in a very un-
satisfactory condition SO far as civilian
goods are concerned, the new goods be-
ing shown containing large percent
age of substitutes and at very high
prices. The prospects of much wool
being allotted for civilian use during
the next few months is very Slight"