The Robesonian from Lumberton, North Carolina • Page 3

THE ROBBSONIAN, LUMBERTON, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNB 21,1940. News Letter From Fairmont Pittman-McDaniel riage. Mar- By Mrs.

H. G. Inman June 21 Miss Pauline McDaniel of Dillon, S. and Clifton Pittman were married Wednesday, June 12, in the Baptist parsonage at Wallerboro, S. by the bride's former pastor, Rev.

A. Ward, who used the impressive ring ceremony. Only close friends and relatives of the couple attended the ceremony. The bride was attired in a becoming dress of navy and mnk with navy and pink accessories. Her shoulder corsage was of pink sweetheart roses.

Mrs. Pittman. is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.

B. McDaniol cf Dillon and is a graduate of the Dillon high school. For the past 4 years she has been connected, as stenographer, with the Heivid Publishing in Dillon. Mr. Pittman is the son of Mis.

Rosa L. Pittman and the late J. M. Pittman of Fairmont. He connected with the Robeson H-nd- ware Co.

Immediately after the cecv-mcny Mr. and Mrs. Pittman left for Mountains of Western N. Kentucky, Tennessee and Vjrgi They are, until they can find a cation, at the home of his and sister-in-law, Mr. and Carl Pittman.

Mrs. ILitileik'Itt Hostess Mrs. B. E. Littlefield entertained at a bridge luncheon at 10:30 Fn- day morning and after 4 progroj- sions was assisted by her daughter, i Miss Dorothy, and Mrs.

R. Troy in serving a two course luncheon. Mrs. Paul H. Thompson and Mrs.

Elliott Chambers won high consolation prizes, respectively. The rooms were ueautified snapdragons, rose? and mixrd summer flowers. Present: IVrrv s. George P. Vardell tham.

Van Floyd, S. Troy TV man L. Fisher, Wilton McD'iniel, Elliott Chambers, Jimmy gins, A. Byron Holmes. George L.

Granthoin, S. R. Clary, V-m Beach, Paul H. Thompson, ts Ashley, Miss Grace Vesty of mont, Mrs. Ashton Elizabeth town.

Webber I York World's Fair, college credits. Birth Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Smith have announced the birth of a. daughter Pricilla Lee, at Baker sanatorium June 18.

Mrs. Fisker Entertains. Mrs. Willis G. Fisher wa to her club on Wednesday rfU-r- noon at her home on Trinity sti eet Snapdragons and mixed were used in the living room In the hall were mixed flowers, and zinnias were attractively arranged in the dining room.

On small table where contract was played crystal slippers held fcv. few. As the guests arrived colas were served and at tours spending the summer at Cherry Grove beach, spent last week in the Bullock hospital in Wilmington tor observation and treatment. Miss Amanda Townsend of Lumberton is visiting Mrs. Craven ion of play an iced course mints was served.

with For'club members Mrs. A. Ity- ron Holmes and for guests Airs. Wilton McDaniel won highest scores. Others playing wera: Mmes Pittman L.

Fisher, S. R. Clary, George P. Williams, members, Mmes. Wilton Raibe Lewis, Ross Ashley and Miss Grace Veesty, guests.

Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fowler nnd Mrs.

Sam Lee and daughter, Miss Betty, of Clinton arc guests of her mother, Mrs. Alice Bricc. Rufus Pittman and Garron and P. C. Purvis are spending a few days at Carolina Claude M.

Gunn is in thc I oc county hospital in Sanford, where he will have to remain for some time. He suffered a heart Saturday night. Mrs. Gunn and son Robert, were in Fairmont vir- iting her sisters and brother, Misses Alma and Ophelia Floyd and Charles Floyd. Miss Opheln Floyd left Wednesday to them.

Miss Sarah Maude Pittman attending summer school ni WCUNC. Mr. and Mrs. Willis G. Fisher and son, Gerald, and his mother, Mrs.

Claudie Fisher, Wednesday to Carolina Bea where the 3 former staved Mrs. P. R. Floyd, until Sun- I I son, Aubrey, returned Wednes-i-y da y- Tne latter remained for a from more than a fortnight's visit in Mt. Sterling, with her a ents, Mr.

and Mrs. R. C. Lexington, with Mrs. Ed Smoot.

and sister her in City, N. with his brother arul sister-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Howard Clapp. Supt.

and Mrs. B. E. LittlpfleiJ and son and daughter spent me weekend in South Carolina. Mr Littlefield and Broadus visitor! Maggie Pittman.

their sister and aunt C. last week. Williams in mm an, where Brcacl- us remained for several Mrs. Littlefield and Miss Dorothy longer visit. Mrs.

Sam Dunie returned Mon- from Fayettevillc, where she was an over night guest of her mother, Mrs. Weinstein. who had spent a week in Fairmont. Miss Doretha Farmer returned Tuesday from Baker sanatorium, where she spent several days. Mrs.

D. Y. Floyd moved this week to Lumberton and will make her home with her sister Miss Mr. Floyd died Pitman and her mother, Mrs. tha Philmon.

Mr. and Mrs. Ellie Walters spent Sunday in Evergreen with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fields.

Her niece Miss Shelby Jean Fields CHAPTER 28 accompanied them home for the Reunion week. Gregory is hard-headed Jimmy Davis has gone to Wash- an(! pracl ical. Never encouraged ington, D. where he has a boy wilh his mus a cepted a position. "Ijjim to learn finance," Doctor Mr.

and Mrs. Ottis Minton of informed Jan. Mullins spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sandy McCormick.

Mrs. Ferese Lewis and children, Misses Myra Phyllis and Mary Hannah, visited Mrs. Lewis' sisters Mrs. C. A.

Hardih and Mrs. Rufus Floyd at Barnesville. Miss Geraldine Hardin, who spent the week with Mrs. Lewis, accom- By Frances Hanna ''But Now--now he must bo! "Proud as a pcacick! We a see him this evening. Have -u known Derek long, Miss Merriner?" Jan kept her eyes shyly on the Style Experts ThriUed at Utterly New triangular velvet bag in her lap.

"Not very long," she said softly, stayed with her mother, Mrs. Agnes Andrews, in Hartsville. Mrs. Ashtdn Webster of Eli-io-, bethtown spent last week with and Mrs. C.

E. Webster. Mrs. Jim Floyd and daughter, Miss Barbara, returned Saturday from Doubs, -where they spent some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

C. H. Davis, and other relatives. and Mrs. Carlton Floyd are panied them to Barnesville.

and my brother were friends Sgt. and Mrs. Arlee Frisbec and oul on the CoasL h. I do hope daughter, Miss Judith, of Langley his debut is a SUC cess!" Field, spent Thursday and Doctor Murray adroitly changed Friday with Mr. and Mrs.

Wil- the Abject, leaving her to her fred Tickner. Grady McCormick is having to rest in bed for a month. Mrs. Pat Patterson and son. Pat of Lumberton spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs.

Glyn Ashley. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Freeman and daughters, Velma and Vida, twins, Jane and Carrie Freeman of Bladenboro spent Thursday "My Derek," her heart whisper- with her uncle and aunt Mr. and ed, defying the ridicule her Mrs.

J. M. Inman. mind. Mr.

and Mrs. E. C. Huffirftss The first deep tones of Rach- and son and daughter, E. C.

Jr. maninoff's Piano Concerto in and Miss Jane, spent Sunday at Minor lifted into the hush. Jan private thoughts and dreams until they were in the box in the groat auditorium and the lights wore and Jan leaned forward, her lips parted in breathless joy, to see Derek seated at the piano in the center of the stage, a vagux rapt smile on his strained white face. by Dodge Cherry Grove beach with and Mrs. Wayland Floyd.

Mr. leaned back, her eyes half-closed, i her heart pounding at her ribs, spending about 10 days at the N. Miss Ruth Jenkins left Wed- World's Fair and other points nesday for a 22-day trip to he of interest in the East Mrs. New England States and Canada. She went on this trip last year with the Paul T.

Ricks' Tour cor- ducted by East Carolina Teachers college. Miss Jenkins is assisting Mr. Ricks this year on the hup. I They will spend 6 days at "Nt-w Floyd's mother, Mrs. Lillian Williams of Dillon, is keeping the Floyd children while they are away.

Mrs. Joe Ayres and children, Pat and Jane, returned Sunday to their home in Lexington after visiting her father, A. P. Williams. James and F.

C. Elliott of South Boston, spent the week-end here. Mrs. W. T.

Whitlock has return- Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Rufty reveling in the glorious, somber of Charlotte are visiting her par-, music. Following this came Bee- ents, Dr.

and Mrs. F. H. Pittman. thoven's Sixth "Symphony and They will go the latter part of the Liszt's Fourth Hungarian Rhapsody, then in the few seconds before the beginning of Derek's con- to Carolina before returning to Charlotte.

Mrs. F. H. Pittman, son-in-law certo, she sensed the straining and daughters, Mr. and Mrs.

Fran- expectancy of the. listeners, the cis L. Rufty and Mrs. J. F.

Ben- speculation that set them on edge nett and daughter Miss Sarah Lou- and sharpened their ears. Her ise of Charlotte spent Sunday af- own ears actually pained for ternoon at Lake Waccamaw, tensed nerves. Someone put a where Mrs. Bennett's son Jimmy pair of opera glasses in her hand spent a week with the Cubs. and as she focused them on Derek W.

B. Ratley returned Thursday her heart seemed to be turning from Gastonia, where he spent handsprings in her breast. "Her about 10 days with his daughters lips in earnest, unconscious I Mmes. Walter Carroll and W. H.

prayer and then, swelling to the Kelley. Mr. and Mrs. Victor roo were magnificent, thrilling' Hill CONTAINS A NATURAL DIGESTIVE AID AND NATURAL VITAMIN A Tutf law and sister Mr. and Mrs.

W. F. Bristow, Mr. and Mrs. W.

Bristpw received a message Sunday, June 9, of the death of their son-in-law Howard W. Price in Borger, Tex. Owing to the distance none of the family here were able to attend i the funeral. Mrs. Price, formerly! Miss Jeddie Mae Bristow and two daughters, Misses Marilyn Ann and Myra Joe Draper, by a former marriage, are expected about the middle of July to spend 2 weeks with her parents.

She will be accompanied by her brother French Bristow and family of Mobeetie. Tex. Miss Billie Bristow is visiting her suite-mate from Brenau college in Gainsville, in Martinsville, for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs.

Leon Henley of Henderson and daughter, Miss Sadie Henley of Raleigh, spent the weekend with Mrs. Henley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.

Harrington. They came for thc wedding of Mrs. Henley's sister Miss Vir- among those spending Sunday Lake Waccamaw. N. C.

State Debt Reduced Sharply On and one swept the splendid flood of sound, telling a story of heartbreak and fear and and birth and joy, penetrating into the I hearts and souls of amazed, in- credulous listeners ending on a whisper of minor lullaby. I Then people were clapping, I standing up to shout "Bravo 1 (IP)-- North Carolina Bravo!" while the young compos- will have reduced its net state; er bowed his head his face very debt by $41,537,214.04 during the his tall( thin body vlslbly New car buyers! Take a tip from motor-wise Detroit, automobile center of the world, where Dodge outsells all other carst, except the three large- selling lowest-priced makes. Detroit buyers know cars and their tribute to Dodge is convincing proof of Dodge value, dependability, economy and beauty! And Dodge" sales are blazin' right across the country! YOUR DODCE DEALER NEEDS GOOD USED CARS NOW! Swell deals are being offered Vy Dodge dealers for used cars in trade on the new Dodge Luxury Liner. Stunning to Look at--and the Biggest "Value Package" at Any Price! ON'T expect to see something ordinary. Don't expect to look at a color finish like any you've ever seen before.

Dodge "Two-Tone" is so different that even style experts are thrilled about it it's a great car in every way. For under its "Two- Tone" beauty are the sturdiness, dependability and. economy for which Dodge has always been famous. Want to know how easy it is to own one of these "Two- Tone" lovelies? Well, Dodge prices start at just a few dollars more than the smaller, low-priced cars. Your present car will probably make the full down-payment.

Why riot drive in for- an appraisal today? "Dodge 'Two-Tone' is new i a scheme I've seen in motorcars," says Sally i i a mous style originator, DODGE decade ending July 1, Treasurer, Charles M. Johnson said, and Governor Hoey pointed out that the net debt will be reduced shaken. After the concert Doctor Burlingham held a whispered conference with Doctor Murray. HOOD MOTORS, Inc. nnn cnce wnn uocior Murray Then! 000 during his four year admims- 4 'J'- men i i a lhe CUrtams enclosing the box WEST 2ND STREET LUMBERTON, N.

C. tration ending next January. Governor Hoey pridefully point- I were parted and Derek stood Spivay Motor Elizabethtown, N. C. ed oui that new bonds for per-; manent improvements and new Jan! her.

What in the world are buildings had been issued during ou dom here?" his term, but that nevertheless the net debt had come down. All of her pretty rehearsed speeches fled into the limbo Treasurer Johnson's figures lost words and all she could do was showed the net debt July 2, 1930, up at him and weep. He ginia Harrington on morning. Miss Henley was member of the wedding party. Miss Lydia Pittman is expected to come to the home of her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. D. A. Pittman, this week from St. Peters hospital in Charlotte, where she has been a patient since the Guthrie apartments fire in early April.

Miss Pittman was badly injured when she jumped from a 3rd story win- was 5167,884,817.59. During the held out his arms and she stum- decade, new bonds amounting to bled into them. $16,769,500 were issued. The net; "How's the old albatros doing? debt after July 1 this year will Arne't you right proud of him?" Sunday $126,347,603.55. Under present 1 he grinned down at her.

On plans, the entire state board debt can be paid in 1953, although some bonds are set to mature as late as 1968. LATE E. L. ODUM'S GIFT FOR ORPHANAGE WAS 1050 ACRES dow. She now i brace.

wears a back tww SOIL Soil-Cement Roads engineering development assures better, more i a i a i roads for your community This new kind of road is called based on thc discovery that when you mix cement carefully with roadway soil, and compact it, you hive a strottg, durable pavement lot JQUS light traffic roads. The method, though scientific, is easy. First come laboratory tests to Jcarn the exact amounts of ccmeot and moisture needed.Then the way engineers use these tens to guide them in construction; Inexpensive equipment it used; Proved In Hundredsofmilesof Soil-Cement roads now in hare fnvt4 the durability of this tion for light traffic Stil-Ctment it not fir Hit 9ft btaij duty ftoutt. for such roads Portland cement concrete is the most economical pATement; Soil'Cemcnt docs offer new economy and uniformity for light traffic roadt. Urge your cials to build wich Soil-Cenwot PORTLAND CIMINT ASSOCIATION ffoovfA KiMMtic flNMffft WrfMlffc Miles S.

White and his mother, Mrs. J. B. Decator, of Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs.

Nestor L. Wallace of Wilmington spent Sunday with Mrs. White and little son Dannie and with Mrs. Wallace's parents. Mr.

and Mrs. W. T. Harrell. Mr.

White, who is a member of the Modoc patrol boat, is taking several months' training in the Coast Guard Gas Engine school in Norfolk. Mrs. White and baby will perhaps stay in Fairmoni until he finishes training. Mr. and Mrs.

Maxcy Page and little son. Timothy, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. G.

Ayres, in Nichols. They carried their nephew Dean Ayres back to Nichols after spending several days here. Their niece Miss Elizabeth Renfrew, also of Nichols, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Page for some time.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Usscry of Evergreen and 2 daughters and granddaughters spent Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. F.

F. Thompson. Misses Margaret and Marie Wilson and Jack-id VSnn of Raleigh are visiting the Misses Wilsons' grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S.

P. Wilson. Miss'Margaret Wilson is spending a few days with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nye al Orrum.

Mrs. Wright O. Jones and daughter, Miss Betty Wright, are spending some time, at Cherry Grove beach, Mr. Jones spent his vacation, there last week. Mrs.

Wayland Floyd, who is 81. J. C. Pillman of Waycross, informs The Robesonian that the late E. L.

Odum donated a tract of he said. ''I was i i of you when I played, realizing i was you who made it all possible!" "Your music is--what you al- wanted it to be," she man- I yged to say. i 'Wait For Mel" Then, abruptly, thc spell of happy reunion was broken, and she i was being swept wilh a tide of people to the foyer below, being Baxley, to be used for an orphans' home, instead of 400 acres, as was stated in a recent issue of The Robesonian, in giv- of land containing 1050 acres near separated from Derek who was smiling and bowing and acknowl- edging congratulations. "Wait for me, Jan," he called to her across intervening heads. She tried to stand still and couldn't because of the resistless pressure milling people and, in the or- dcrly confusion, she lost sight of Doctor Murray and thc others him and found herself alone in a corner.

I Well, what did it matter if she: were lost? She could see Derek, towering a head above thc crowd, ing an account of the death Mrs. Odum. PERSONALS Corrf.spoiiclence of The Hobcsoiiian. FairmontR. 2, June 21 Visitors in the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Galley Lupo Sunday were Mrs. Gordon Ivey, Mrs. Claude Wallers, Misses Clara and Earleane Lupo. turning Ihis way and that seeking Ruby Leigh and Coleane Ivey.

Mr. and Mrs. Rembert Price and little son, Billy were visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Watts Sunday.

People in thc community were sorry to hear of the death of Gurney Evans. FAIRMONT STOCK YARDS Sales June 18. escape to her. She was content! to wait. Blissfully content.

Now as the crowd thinned she her way toward i shiv- slightly wilh 'nervous reac- i i Yet before she could him 'She saw a tall, fabulously! beautiful girl in white ermine slip arm possessively through i kiss him affectionately as cameras flashed. Jan stopped, re- numbering. This ihc girl the newspaper picture. Lcnore i Page. Thc woman'Derek a iovcd so desperately.

Choking back a sob she turned deep shirred collar of her wrap Fairmont--Hogs: Per CWT-tops. 180 to 225, $5.20: 140 to 160, 160 to 180, 225 to 250, sows, $4.05. Pigs and feeders demand strong, prices in- 'P about her face and darted i creasing. I ward the nearest exist, fojnd her- Cattle--common cows, each, caught "in a a Hgc and $35.50 to fat yearlings i begged in muffled tones. "Excuse i 25 to 25.75; common yearlings $10.75 to $17; fat veals $15 to common veals, $7 to baby calves $3 to $5.75.

Fat vcalers and all fat sizes strong. Total sales 213 PCS. for me, please! Please let me! through!" But before she succeeded a firm caught her shoulder and pull- od her backward. "What's the idea of running out on. a cclebri- Derek scolded into her small, ues See Us For Your Needs In TOBACCO FLUES OIL Shop Al Farmers Tobacco Warehouse Office At K.

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