Court Opens in Robeson County for Two Weeks
A two weeks term of Superior Court for civil cases will convene in Lumberton with Judge F D Winston presiding. The calendar shows many cases. The Lumberton Civic Association subscribes to a Piedmont Lyceum course featuring Meinsteringer's Male Quartet and other acts. School examinations for white, colored, and Indian teachers are set for October 12 13 and 14 at the courthouse. The Rhobeson Woman's Missionary Union meets October 5 6 at Big Branch church Orrum. William Hammonds from Elizabethtown who tried to join the army was convicted of theft and given 90 days. H F Seawell to speak at Republican meeting Monday. Auto license numbers and town taxes described. Water and sewerage work advances with new pipe and fittings arriving. Ruby Bennet a vagrant from Wilmington released with funds for her train fare home. Fresh water fish near Moss Neck attract buyers. Alf H McLeod and H M McAllister suffer indigestion.
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Lumberton
Superior Court
F. D. Winston
Lumberton Civic Association
Piedmont Lyceum Association of
Charlotte
Meinsteringer
Lucian Edgar Fellowsbee
William Hammonds
Elizabethtown
E. M. Britt
East Lumberton
A. E. Spivey
Hammonds
H. F. Seawell
Carthage
North Carolina
South Carolina
Palmetto State
Ruby Bennet
Wilmington
Lewis Mill
Moss Neck
Alf. H. McLeod
H. M. McAllister
First National Bank
Brilliant New Tactics in Play on the Russian Front
Austro-Hungarian reports praise Brusiloff and Keller for new cavalry driven tactics that shattered Austro-German lines in Volhynia Galicia and the Bukowina. Russian horsemen dismount to storm trenches then ride to breach wire as infantry closes, with Cossacks crossing rivers as naked swimmers carrying arms to safety and battle.
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Brussiloff
Don
Pripet Marshes
Black Sea
Teuton
Volhynia
Galicia
Bukowina
New Russian River Crossing Tactics Described
The article explains how Russian forces, aided by French engineers, use night river crossings with reed and rush rafts tied to shore for stealth. Rafts are moved by current and pulled onto the far bank, enabling rapid infantry assaults across narrow waterways. For wide rivers, bridges are built with pontoons.
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Ikwa
Stockhod
Styr
Pruth
Czeremosz
Moldova
Mexican minister to tell Wilson of Mexico City issues
Rev. Allen Burleson of Mexico City, cousin of Postmaster General Burleson, passes through Laredo en route to the Episcopal Church convention in St. Louis. He will then go to Washington to report exact conditions in Mexico City and relay recent developments to President Wilson at the residents' request.
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Laredo
Texas
Allen Burleson
Mexico City
Burleson
Episcopal Church
St. Louis
Washington
Wilson
Weather Styles For Present Week
The Weather Bureau forecast for the week starting Sunday October 1 calls for generally fair conditions across the South Atlantic and East Gulf States with cooler early temperatures rising to warmth later. The West Gulf States expect generally fair weather with temperatures near the seasonal average. The Ohio Valley and Tennessee region anticipate fair weather with possible rain midweek and a warm start followed by cooler conditions in the latter half.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
West Indies
West Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
National rifle and church convention travel fares listed
Travel fare notices announce events in Jacksonville State Camp Raleigh and St Louis with dates in October 1916. National Rifle Association events run October 13 to 19 and 23 for matches and October 24 to 26 for team events. Proportionate fares apply from Atlantic Coast points. Return limits through November 4.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Southern Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
St. Louis
Protestant Episcopal Church
Raleigh
N. C
Southern Railway announces Winston-Salem to Beaufort line change
The Southern Railway on Monday September 11 1916 announces the current Winston Salem Beaufort car line will be extended to Winston.
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Southern Raila
Winston-Salem
Winston
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Robeson County
Lumberton’s Civic Association
Lyceum
R. M. Norment
C. W. Yates CO
the Murchison National Bank
H. C. M.queen
Grainger
J. V. Grainger
J. V. Grainger, JR
Ags’t
J. W. Yates
W. S. Johnson
M. F. Allen
Atlantic Coast Line
Goldsboro
Richmond
Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railroad
New Bern
Chadbourn
Conway
Florence
Charleston
Savannah
Tam St Petersburg
Fort Myers
Columbia
Asheville
Pullman
Norfolk
Rocky Mount
New York
Mt. Airy
Fayetteville
Sanford
New Berm
Atlanta
Charleston Vannah
All Floride
W!ton
Augusta
Lumbia
Payetteville and Intermediate
Brandma
York
Orso
Frida
J. Craig
T. C. White
Wilmington, N. C
Mexico
Standard Railroad of the South
Myers
Clevelands
Ohio
Convention Brotherhood of St.Andrew
Des Moines
Iowa
National Churches of Churches of Christ
Cincinnati
Llaundrymans National Association of America
Wayne County Fair
Springfield
Mass
National Dairy Association
Styles
Hous
Broadway
Loewenthal
Evebi
Olor
North Front Street
Sullivan
the King of Shoemakers
Salem
J. C. Jones
Southern
Sur
Chedu
Mly
Ninth
Orange Streets
Lancewood
Anzarilla
Bethabara Woods
Surfman
Joe Jefferson
N. Jacobi Hardware Co
South Front Street
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