The Robesonian., 1918-10-07
NEWS ITEMS AND COMMENT.

Death of Martha Jane Willoughbv-
! Many Have the 'Flu'-Revival
/ Season Over-Comment.
Correspondence of The Ro5esonian.
1 Lumberton, r. 5, Oct. 4.-The
Spanish influenza is covering much
ground: Several Of our people are
right sick, but there are no fatalities
we are glad to say.
Martha Jane, 9-year-old daughter
OF Rev. and R. A. Willoughby Of the
Smyrna section, died of diphtheria
Thursday morning, Sept. 26th, ard
lnterment was made in The family
cemetery near the church Friday
morning, the funeral being conducted
by the writer, who is the parents
/ pastor.
Several of our good friends have
visited in our section recently. and
we hope to have them come again
soon.
We are glad to hear good news
from the waf zone, but somehow we
cannot see any real hopeful sign Of
an early ending of the war. Let
every one who can, buy q bond, and
90 right ahead as # the war Will last
ten years. We hope it may soon end,
! and we ha\c all confidence in our
/ triumph, but i S net yet.
We can readily see how the ser
rents Of HonenZollern desire Uncle
Sam to lay cAe shotgun aside, out
Wnen thay were injecting their poison
fangs into the lives OF innocent and
! helpless children and practicing
wholesale slaughter among the old
| men and deian>eless women Of Bel
/ GUM and France, Serbia and Rouma-
MIA and Italy, their conscienccs were
as the lining of brass kettle and
their ears as the hinges on a furnace
door. But dear Uncle Sam, we want
you to pay attention to the Huns only
when they, like the Bulgarians, sur
render Internationally to you That
will mean the abolition Of THEN
abominable dynasty from among mer
and nations.
When the Government fixed a ;,,ice
on wheat it pleased the people in this
part Of the country nightly, but nov
it seems almost as necessary to fl,
the price on cotton and there is hearc
a great protest against it. 1t all de-
pends upon whose OK is gored.
We hope the next Legislature vii
pass law that will force every auto
mobile driver to have respect for the
rights of others. There is hardly ar
excuse for an accident except the fact
that good common sense is wanting
We are indignant towards .he driver
who will not go slow when passing
children playing by the roadside OF
on a street corner, and who will e.
dashing up q street or rounding {
curve in the road oblivious of che pos
sibility that some one else may bt
travelling in an opposite direction-
Our revival season is over, so fa1
as the protracted meetings are con
cerned, and we are glad. Rev. DR.
J. L. Shinn was with us at Galead il
Bladen and Smyrna in Robson
There was one addition by baptism a
Galead and there were - at Smyrna
Rev. J. M. Page did most of th'
preaching at Abbottsburg. Their
were nine additions by baptism am
five by letter. Rev. j. II. Hildretl
was with US at Singletary's Cros
Roads and Cedar Grove. There wa
one FOR baptism at Cross Roads AIT
two up to the time our meeting clos
ed at Cedar Grove. We had to orin3
it to sudden close on account Of tn
influenza epidemic. All the meeting
were very we'll attended and tt
preachers all did excellent work
They were greatly loved by our peo
! pie, and we have good reason for be
lieving they left us feeling goo
| toward the people.
" J. NJ. FLEMING.