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COUNTRY, COD iNp TRUTH- $3D0 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME Lt LUMBERTON. N. CV MONDAY." DECEMBER 20.

1920, NUMBEB7 85 ifoowiieslroyed Farmers' Relief Had Gall NEXT PAPER WEDNESDAY. House Membership; Tinkham Measure to Reduce South- Liquor In Auto Harrell Thompson Arrested Saturday for Having Too Much Booze Released pn Bond and Will be Tried Next Monday Four Fruit Jars Full cf Home Product Confiscated era Representation Killed by Com- nance Corporation Passed by House. mittee Membership Will Be The Senate resolution to revive the apportioned According to Census' War Finance corporation as a meas-, Returns. jure of relief for Farmers was adopt-' Republican members of the Hons ed by the House of Conors Rntur. Of League Ends Proved League of Nations Living Organism and a Success.

The first meeting of the assembly! of the League of Nations closed Saturday evening a burst of elo quence after passng through one of me junesiaays oi us existence in a ratiier agitated and not always dear a Geneva dispatch of Dec. 18. In farewell speeches, Paul Hymaris, president of the assembly, and Dr. Giuseppe 'Motta. president of Switzer.

I 1 1 1 1 -1 land, told the deleates the first as Stopped Car Near Temple of Jus- Earthquake shocks which on Fri-tice- da7 afternoon destroyed several towns Thompson, a young white along the Argentine slope of the Annum who lives near Allenton, was ar- jde3 mountains, were the most severe rested by Chief of Police D. M. Bar- 'experienced in this country since 1869, ker about 8:30 Saturday evening on when half the city of Mendoza was sembiy had proved the league wa sa tlonment was understood not to have serve banks should allow liberal crediting organism and a success. The been decided on at the ca'usus, but its tc farmers. The vote was 132 in opinion expressed by the delegates most of the Republican members were favor to 20 against on the motion to i who haveparticipated most actively in said to favor a reasonable increase strike out.

0t congress at a caucus Friday night decided to put through at this session of Congress a bill re-apportioning the of the House to corre spond with increases of population as reported in the 1920 census, states a Hinnatrh. The definite basis for the re-appor- in thtf House membership. Drafting of a re-apportionment bill would be in the hands of the census committee, of which Representative Siegell of New York, is chairman. Representative Siegel already has pre ed to be the basis for the re appbrtion mens legislation. bus legislation.

Bill Passes House Senate Resolution to Revive War FL aay, a Washington dispatch states, in amended form and by a vote of 212 I to 61. i It now goes to conference for ad- juatrrent with the Senate measure. The House struck out section two of thj Senate opinion of Congress that Federal Re- Chairman McFadden, of hte bank- ing committee, leading the opposition. characterized it as class legislation and charged that its m-oDdnents had deluded the farmers into believing it i would help them. 'The farmers have been deceivd" Mr.

McFadden said. "They have been told this resolution will help them. No advance to farmers has been made bv measure. Instead, the corporation has made loans to such institutions as the unterrtationa Harvester, the Bethlehem Steel and the Baldwin Locomdtive works." Representative Mann, Republican, Illinois, supporting the bill, said he did not see how it would do harm and probably wotrid do some good. Representative MondelL Wviamtaor.

main. I i the work of the assembly is that it has done all that couid be expected of it. if not more. A number of pet projects have met with disaster; yet are few, if any. delegates wno remained lor the entire assembly that will leave dissat.

pared and introduced a bill increasing isfied with the work of tnat body, i the House membership from the pres-M. Hymans, in his closing speech, ent 43l to 483. and this bill is exnect- th charge of having more whiskey in his possession than the law allows. He was placed in jail and later was released under a $500 bond. He will be given a hearing Recorder David H.

Fuller here next Monday. Thompson had the whiskey one and a half gallons in his auto and his auto was stopped on the streat near the court house. His wife was in the car and she was recognized for her appearance at trial. The whiskey was not bonded, but was in two half-gallon and two quart fruit jars when confiscated by the officers. It appeared to be a home-made product of the corn variety.

Christinas Dinner For County Home Send Contributions to Home of Miss Lizzie Caldwell Not Later Than Friday Afternoon. Lizzie Caldwell is arranging for a Christmas dinner for inmates of the county home, as is her custom. -jine corporation ior more than a year ThelSeigel measure would make the. and could not be authorized under this dwelt upon the fact that the session of the assembly demonstrated to all the value of the league of nations "The league has developed a con- sciousness," he said "and now resolves to live, ana wiu live, xnrougn roe setting up an international court ox the assembly has establish' ed a house of rights and a place of monmj uag.nwviuu. peace," The activities of the assembly re specting typhus, he declared to be a magnificent demonstration of human solidarity.

When the assembly spoke of disarmament, M. Hymans said, the members of thaf body displayed keen anxiety to lifei the-wefgjt Of arma- men from the shoulders of the world, but at thesame time realized that in the present unsettled conditions of ity leader, said the bottom had fallen Icould Beg pardon: it should be put, a 'It A. I mttt lAaies are asked to send something, 1 leet and formed a pool in 'which two cooked and gentlemen are asked to persona, were drowned. A Red Cross send fruits. Please send to Miss lias reached the village Caldwell's home not later than Friday and set'to, work any suffer-afternoon.

tern who still may be alive in the put of business because Private in. titulions had not been able to extend the reqiiired relief. Revival of th fii nance corporation would help the situation and could not. under any cir cumstances have a harmful he saia. Representative Stevensen, Demo- crat, South Carolina, denied that the measure was class legislation.

"The banks have gone the limit," he said, "and they cannot extend crde- luurope nothmg better could be done derstood to have been expressed In tnan had been. I speeches made Iby Representatives He referred "to hte fraternal spirit Slemp, of Virginia, Kahn, of Calif or-of' which were eparated- only by nia and Mann, of Illinois, shown by the assembly, the members Those opposing it were said to have shades of opinion not by principles, pointed to the Republican gains in the Earthquake Shocks Severe Shock Along Argentine Slope Of Andeo Great Loss of Life and Property. A dispatch of Dec. 18 from Buenos Aires gives the following: iaii rums ReDorts from the area where the shock was heaviest, indicate great loss oi life and property, upwards of 150 bodies having been already taken from the wrecks of buildings. At Tresportenas, more than 100 perished, and at Costa De Araujo 30 more were killed.

It is feared that more victims still are buried under the ruins in each town. Only a few houses remain at Tresportenas, La-Valle and La-Central and they are in a badly damaged condition. No es timate of the number of persons injured has yet been made. Minor shocks continue throughout the district, one particularly strong tremor being felt afternoon at 5:30 o'clock in the towns of San Martin and Rivada via. The people are reported as being panic; stricken.

The city of Mendoza was shaken but did not suffer any extensive damage. In the town of Costa De Aruajo the seismic convulsion opened great crevices out of which hot water is spout ing. The water irom one oi these I geysers reached a height of about 15 ruins. More than 30,000 persons little villages along the eastern Andean slope and, as reports continue to add to the long list of casualties, apprehension, is. felt that hte final figures-will be Cvery high.

Rescue parties have been sent from Mendoza, but details from the scene of the disaster are meager as telephone and telegraph wires are badly disorganized. The earth movement during the tremor -was from the northwest to 81outhea51 and, number. of 8m.al aiiunaa luiiuweu me iimvusaiuii nuii.ii MOICU 4V DCVVUUO. The latest reports from MenHoza coming in tonight said that the shock dJ Mve be.el brought 0out. At Costa de isolsted' ahotherh'oiiK'' df ithe most violent character occurred at 8 o'clock m.

Lti tS A. this mornmg. The death iist was in creased by those reports to 81 so far counted in Costa de Araujo, with eight At wl vane terriDie scenes were ss d- The relief work was most difficult, owuig to teh condition cf the roads, which had been broken up and covered with water. The church at La Valle was laid in ruins and the building's walls were creck ed and tne structure was likely to fall at any moment. The seismograph at the Mendoza institute recorded three shocks on VrAav tva o-innino- a it was a suaaen ana violent one, wiin- 1 1 1 1 A.

out the slight movements usually pre-j second movement lasted five second 30 minutes afterwards. Japan Is Shaken. Tokio, Dec. 18. The most violent Aart hnnolro flint hoa nPnrroH cinpA seismograph observations commenced in Japan took place Thursday evening.

The vibrations lasted two hours and WM.a a that the insf mimonts. These unfortunates wu not fare well Christmas day without the genetous care of you who are more fortunate. Miss Caldwell is anxious to make this the best Christmas dinner they have ever had. Killed By Falling Tree Mr. Ross Singletary of Richardson Section, Died as Result of Injuries Received When Struck on Head by a Tree Hp Had fuit Down Mr.

Ross Singletary of Richardson section died' late Friday afternoon of ini-nrioa reiv.w4 nKnii nnftn th its further. We must do it by selling' kUled the farmers were stock of hte corporation to teh fine one killed Mr- Von Wal" vesting public." ters of the Center section last Wed- nesday one456 pounds and the other Use of Cider in the Home by Its 400 Manufacturer, Is License haa -been for, the Use of cider in the home by its marriage of Henry G. Branch and Sue manufacturer, even after it has be-lNeaI Thompson, both of the Long Come intniTHntincr hv farmant.finn (Branch section: Pope Ivey and Mat- is lawful and without the bounds of the prohibition enforcement' act, ac cording to an opinion submitted Jo the Secretary of the Treasury "byitwn McCormick, both of Rowland, Attorney General Palmer, Lumberton visitors this morn- same day when struck by a falling a Tresportenas had assumed the pro-tree. The unfortunate man was cut. portions of a catastrophe, three relief ting saw logs and when a tree lodged t1 ha hed the town unon a small nine ut the smaller oiii which 30 dead and as many population basis for a congressional district 'between, 218,000 and 219,000.

insteax? oi approximately 2211,000, as at present, unaer me measure no nwM! wvuiu BUBiaui a iusb in us icd o.a 1 resentition in the House and 25 States would gain representatives. Representative Tinkham. of Massa- chusetts, urged the: caucus to support hir resolution directing the House census committee to" investigate to what extent nearroes are being denied the tote in Southern. States and to recommend a decrease in the. repre- sentatiofl of those States according to the extent of disfranchisement.

I Opposition the resolution was un- last election, declaring that adoption of the resolution would kill the party in the South. The caucus at the close of the dis- a rising vote of 95 to 43, decided scramst supporting the resalu- 1 tioti-r Tinkham later annouced that he would attempt to bring up his resolution when the ap- I portionment bill comes before the House. I Decision to push through the apportionment bill at this session was said to have been due to the fact that a number of State Legislatures will meet soon after January 1, while if the bill went over the extra session it would be passed too late for many legislatures to act upon it. North Carolina Will Gain Two Memb. ers.

North Carolina will gain twomemb. ers in -the House of Congress if the program outlined above is approved. BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT EXPECT-EI FOR EMERGENCY TARIFF. An attempt to obtain bi-partisan support in the House of Congress for the Lordney emergency tariff was decided on yesterday by the committee of House members from agriculture districts, states a Washington dispatch of tho 19th, which continues: Recommendation that all members of the House, regardless of political affiliation, sunnort the tariff measure. which would put a virtual embargo tariff on a score of farm products, iwi 1 bp submitted hv th rnmmirtop tn a meeting tomorrow of Western and Southern representative who have banded together to seek aid for the The committee also decided to in- Thi.

fnrmor I public Saturday, states a Washing. ton The opinion is in direct conflict with the regulations of the bureau of The next issue of The Robe-sonian will be published Wednesday, December 22, instead of Thursday. This is in order to give people living on the rural routes opportunity to read the paper Thursday, before the usual rush of the day before Christmas. Advertisers will take notice that this will make their Christmas messages more effective than they would be if the paper were published Thursday, and they will please get their copy in Tuesday. No paper will be published Monday of next week.

COTTON MARKET. Middling cotton is selling on tie local mrltet today for 13 cents the pound; strict middling 14 cents. BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL tKKTf Mr. E. A.

Falk and family will move this week to Emporia, Va. Mr. A. S. Pitman, mail carrier on rout 2 from Lumberton, had his right arm broken just above the wrist yesterday afternoon when a Ford "kicked" him.

Many fine porkers were killed by Robeson farmers last week. Mr. J. F. Fields, who lives on R.

1. from St Pauls, killed three Thursday that totaled 1,076 pounds. Nice shoats. Mr. J.

A. Boone, was 72 years eld yesterday and he says he can play the banjo and dance as well as ever be in a case like that. 72 years young. A cash Christmas gift of $11035 was made to the suffering children in Europs bf th faculty and students of the Lumberton graded and high schools Friday. Mrs.

I R. Varser went today to the James hospital, Hamlet, where she nndergo treatment for a few days. She was accompanied to Hamlet by Dr. T. C.

Johnson. Among the many fine hogs that i tie Davis; Jas. A. Graham and Mattie Belle Bullock. Messrs.

H. Boyd Ayers and Clif- ing. Mr. Ayers wa a student at Phil- adelphus high school during the session which closed for hte holidays last Friday. The school will open for the Miss Miriam Weinstein, Virginia col lege, Roanoke, Miss Eureka Pitman, Fayetteville conservatory of music; Messrs.

Jno. B. McLeod, Edwin Williams and R. A. Hedgpeth, Wtke Forest college; Messrs.

Wilbur demy, Atlanta, BRUTAL MURDER AT BELHAVEN Wiley Radcliffe Beaten in Face, With Hammer and Shot by Italian. Pounded in the face with a heavy hammer until his features had been mashed jnto a pulp and finally shot through the head by a bullet fired from a revolver at close range, Wiley Radcliffe, age 21, son of Daniel Radcliffe, of Pantego, was killed Thursday night at Belhaven. A Washington, dispatch of the 17th states that the killing was the outcome of trouble which occurred in the construction camp of the new Hyde county railroad last week. A number of Italians are employed in the building of this road. On Tuesday night, aftre they had finished their day's work, the men became engaged in a gambling game it is learned and raised such a disturbance that the foreman, H.

J. Hall, ordered them to quit. One of the Italians, said to be the same one who killed Radcliffe, cursed Hall for his interfernece and the latter immediately, pounced upon him and gave him a sound beating. The Italian went to Belhaven the next day and had a warrant sworn out for Hall. Hall was arrested and a pre-, timinary hearing was held.

At this hearing Radcliffe was one of the witnesses and his evidence was favorable to Hall. The Italian, it is said, swore to "get DR. WILLIAM W. PASSES BTB SPECIALIST OSes: National Beak ef LaaWr' He appealed to the youth of the world the men of tomorrow, those who fought in the great war to construct a moral world indispensable to the u- ture of mankind, and concluded: "Let us continue our ascendmsr march to- ward the stars." THE RECORD OF DEATHS. Mrs.

E. J. Santee of Bladenboro. Mrs. E.

J. Santee, aged about 61 yeais, died Friday at her home at following an extended ill ness. Deceased is survived by her husband and 4 children. i itii tityA. J.

McDuffie. aged 26 years, died Thursday afternoon at her home in Nerth Lumberton of tuberculosis. Her husband arid one child survive. Interment was made in Meadowbrook cemetery Friday at 4 p. m.

Mrs. Charlie Young of Wisharts. Mrs. Charlie Young, aged 40 years, died Friday morning at her home in Wisharts township. She is survived by her husband and several children.

Interment was made in the family burying ground Saturday morning. Mrs. Thurman Mercer, Near Bellamy. Mrs. Thurman Mercer, aged 25 died suddenly yesterday at 11 a.

ri. at her home, near Bellamy, death resujti rom eart troubl De-, ceared is survived by her Th unreal was conducted today at i 10 a. m. and interment was made in the Ulercer cemetery. Cooper Not Sure He Will Be a Candidate.

W. B. Cooper of TT-M t. Al I tree when it flew un and struck him on the head. He was conscious for some time after he received the blow on1 wa nnf Kmioh hla iniiirv wa Milt.

serious. He was about 30 yars old and is survived by his widow. The funeral was conducted Satur day at 3 p. m. by Rev.

R. E. Powell, m. by Kev. K.

E. Powell, nt tha Rladonhnrn Ranfiaf i church, and interment was made in 1 the family cemetery, near the home, rp a I JLsOll 1 UIT1 A I g3if' Jtai i I I You Can RendeV Splendid Service By Ituying Christmas Seals. i rr. of Th Rnhannl.n I The citizens of the town are urged to keep in mind the splendid service that they may render their commu i internal revenue, which state that Pring term January 3. home-made cider must be "non-lntoxL he R1d eating in fact," although not necsarily high schools thst left for their containing less than one.half of one homes and elsewhere Friday evening per cent of alcohol.

the holidays, were: Miss Eme Secretary Houston asked for an Butler or Washington, D. opinion as To whether the term "non- to visit a ister. an? afterwards to intoxicating cider and fruit juices" Southern Pines to visit her brother, means non-intoxicating in fact or con- Mr- Butler; Ml8S Anna Louise taining less than one-half of one- per Huff to Laurens, S. Miss Eliza-cent of alcohol. Tie phrase occurs th Peay to Chester, S.

Prof. J. in Section 29 of the prohibition act w- R- Norton to Laurel Hill; Miss which permits the manufacture of MaT Atkinson to Elon College; non-intoxicating cider for use in Ethel Erwin to Troutmans. home without permit. The following young people have The attorney general held that the arrived home from the various schools explanation meant containing le3s'and colleges to spend the holidays: than one-half of one per cent.

I Misses Margaret Pope, Elsie Thomp- Congress intended by Section 29 to'son Rsa and Mary Le Caldwell, prohibit the sale but not the manu-j Jeanette Biggs and Wilma facture of intoxicating cider for use Durham, Meredith college, Raleigh; nity and hte State htrough the pur- and the third 10 second3. The vibra-chaso of seals now on sale at the ti()ng with iesser shocks continued for tne home, the opinion said. Leaaers Decide on Emergency Tariff. Congressional leaders decided Fri- day that the way out of the 1,1326 of farmer relief bills was enactment 0fInman Stephen Mclntyre, and an emergency tariff to run for one Max Weinstein, Georgia Military aca- lclude lts rf ommendations for sup-wetk the resolution to revive the War nce and Of)0 of the profits of the Federal Re- unable to give perfect records. It is believed the convulsion took place under the Pacific ocean or in the Gobi mwsnr wa nnal KviOi members oi the fcenate finance and um-e uiuk sies.

imcn utr ai tnree-iourtns oi tne proceeds oi the sales are to be used in support of the work at heme. Aiready an appeal for aid has come to the local chairman from a sufferer from tuberculosis in a neighboring Will you not have a part in alleviat- ing suffering among your own P'- humanitys call. MARY GILCHRIST McNEILL. Chairman. NEGRO PASSENGER IS SHOT ABOARD SEABOARD TRAIN The foiling is taken from this morn, ing's Wilmington Star: Just as the incoming Sahnarl Air Line train was passing Hilton last night at 12:50 o'clock, John Allen Wil liams, a negro from Old Hundred, is alleged to have shot Lee Wall, another negro from Laurinburg.

at James' Walker Memorial hospital, this morning at 2 o'clock was- reported in a serious condition, bullet hav. ing lodged in his breast. It is reported that Williams jumped off the train after the "shooting and i 1. 1 1 1 1 ir wuuw i li i iiui.iu .1 announcement and that it is probable he will not be in the race, that the peopl eare not interested in candidates htis far ahead. HELP THE UNFORTUNATE.

Corropondence of The Robeson Un. If there are any who care to make contributions, toward making Christmas a bit more pleasant for some less fortunate ones, I shall be glad to receive such donations and will take pleasure in distributing them to the best of my judgment. janie 1 1 Entertainment at PleaaaatHill Dec2. Corrctponiene it Jh Rbvoqtaa. Fairmont, Dec.

14 rThere is to be. an entertainment at- Pleasant Hill school (Dillon county) Wednesday evening, Dec. 22nd. The entertainment is a Christmas program. Oysters and other refreshments will be served.

New Orleans An electric feed which snapped, dropped into a pool of water rand short circuited, started a blaze that caused $2,650,000 damage to the $3,760,000 floating drydock of the ahrcke Drydock and Shipbuilding company here 16. destroyed thre vessels undergoing repairs, dam. agea sue others, ana caused a casualty lof at leasMhirty. ports sent out from Washington a ago to the effect that he hadjP01 announced htat he would be a candi-! for Governor 4 years hence were misleading. He says he has made no year and to actws an embargo against importations.

It wmilH nnnlv tn wheat, cotton, wool, beans, livestock and meats. Agreement of the legislative leaders was reported at a joint conference House ways and means committee at which the determination also was reported to press the proposed measure to speedy passage. "H8 01 ine D1" ri memuera oi uie ways and means committee. Mrs. F.

F. Townsend, who lives on R. 6 from Lumberton, was among the visitors in town Saturday. She recalled that a horse belonging to June Sampson, an indian who lives in the same neighborhood, went mad the other day and had to be killed. Monroe Inman, a well-known citizen of Spartanburg S.

was shot and killed at his home Thursday by his 21-year-old son Manning, following a dispute which ended in the father saying he was going to kill the son and pursuing him with a butcher knife. The son tried to escape and found the door to the room locked and received a cut on his arm, Mrs. Inman testified. Greensboro Frank an Italian charged with the murder of Mrs. Maude Latham of Hjgh Point, was found guilty of -murder in the second degree Thursday in the Superior- court ar.d was sentenced to 30 years in the State penitentiary.

He admitted on the stand that he had stabbed the woman to death on the night of July 15. desert, Central Asia. Italy Also Suffers. Brindsi, Italy, Dec. 19.

Advices from Saseno, at the entrance, of the Bay of Avlona, give details of the earthquake which occurred htere concurrently with the earthquake shocks "corded in America. A number of houses disappeared in a landslide and up to the present 30 deaths are reported. Big Decline Shown in Wholesale Prices. Wholesale prices of commodities were lower last month than at any time since the war, according "to fig- November than in the preceding month and 24 per cent below the peak of high prices last May, the bureau Robbers Entered Store Near Midway. Robbers entered the store of Mr.

N. J. McRimmon, hear Midway, Thurs- (was stolen. the House yesterday, but in different form than adopted by the Senate. The conference of farmer represen aHroa will ha support behind the resolution to the extent even of passing igit, if necessary, over a presidential veto, THE BILLY SUNDAY OF JAPAN TO LECTURE IN MAXTON CorreapondcaM of Th BoyMomlma.

Maxton Dec. 17. Paul Kanamori who has been called the Billy Sunday' ol Japany converted through the instrumentality of an American Army officer and- who- has made more con-verta arty living evangelist, except Billy will speak in the Maxton Presbyterian church, Tuesdays December 21st, at 7:30 p. m. The public is cordially invited to hear this address.

Colin A. Britt and Hez. Phillips, both of Orrum, were Lumberton visitors Mr. Britt says he hav not sold any totton and does not intend to at present prices. He does not have to sell, for he made plenty to live on at home.

Monroe veted last week's bond is- nf OAA kMS mn (building. feii 3Pht of Labor. The wholesale they are search ng for him. ant mnrtt The shooting is said to have been witnessed by C. Thompson, the news butcher, and J.

W. Ross, bag. gage master. Chicken Supper at Rennpi Evening of December 23. Corrapondenec of Th Robcsaolan.

There will be a chicken supper" at the Rennert school bouse -Thursday day night, according to information evening December 23- Proceeds fori received here. The safe was cracked completing Tbhihebbei partic-pubhc is corduiaHy invited come ulars have been learned as' to what over into Maceadonia ant help dsrr I.