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WEEK S NEWS AT LUMBERTON Heavy Rains in County Health Work New Train Hailed With De light Other Items of In terest in Lumberton. (Special Star Correspondence.) Umberton, X. C, Oct. 11. The heavy rains which have fallen during tlit- pnsi three days have about put a stOj to all kinds of business. The rainfall for Thursday was over 4 1-2 inches, while for yesterday it was only '''. The niver is said to have risen four was feet yesterday and last night reported to be within four feet Itigh water mark. The rains were not altogether re onsible for the rise in the river as iicfi of the water came from the mill in lond which was drawn off at Moss Thursday. But the heavy down pour did much damage to streets in 'own a number of bad washes occur ring. The road leading from town to 'he cotton mills in the eastern part of '" vii was so badly Washed out near i he Dresden Mill that it will be im possible for several days. The V. & S. track where it crosses Fifth street was six inches under -water sterday; and small washouts were repo line. rted at different places along tne Thn t) jtv n tmr-w was renort- to be under water at several places ix-tween here and Marion. yesteruay morning the water was running across i he roadbed of the Seaboard five miles above here. The conductor and engi neer on the early train from Wilming ton this morning said the whole coun try between here and Wilmington was hooded but that the water was fall ing. The rural route carriers from here had all kinds of trouble trying to uiake their trips on account of wash outs and swollen streams. After try nig different roads other than those usually traveled, two or three carriers returned much behind time without reaching all of the people. . Robeson county has the credit ot heing the second county in the State !" secure a physician to devote all his Mine to health work. When the of fice was created nearly two years ago, many people thought it an unwise step to invest the county funds In such a oroject but now the best peo ple in the county -are in hearty sym pathy with the health movement. In Dr. B. W. Page's county health ofn eer's report to the commissioners Monday the fact is shown that the death rate from preventable diseases lias been reduced about 60 per cent. The death rate from tuberculosis in Um was 133; in 1912, 105, nine months l 1913, 40. Typhoid fever in 1911, 37; in 1912, 7; in 1913, 9; diphtheria, in 12; in 1912, 6; in 1913, 2, and almost an equal reduction for other preventable diseases. From whs re poit and from our correspondent s own observations, he is convinced that real health work will certainly reduce Top Row, Left to Right: Thomas, Bush. Strunk. Barry, Schang, Davis, E. Murphy, Walsh, Daley, u Middle Row, Left to Right: D. Murphy, Brown, Mack, Lapp, Plank, Bender. Copyright, 1913, by American Press Association. Bottom Row, Left to Right: Mclnnis, Coombs, S hawkey, i the death rate. At the close of 1912 Dr. Page asserted that the new office was costing the average citizen less than one cent per dozen for hviman lives. Any person can see now that it is costing less than that, but aside from the reduction in death rate, the office more than pays ' the county in other wavs. School inspection had led to the treatment of many cases of ade noids and tonsilitis, thereby giving new air, new life and changing dull, sickly children to lively, healthy ones. Robeson is one of the best counties in the State in many ways and why not make it so in health conditions? The proposed new train on the Sea board between Wilmington and Ham let, if put on, is going to be of great benefit all along the line. It will be exeat to be able to leave Lumberton three times a day over the Seaboard, twice on the R. & C. and twice over the V., C. & S. Plenty of trains and cheap rates should make people move aboutTOore than they do. The writer, who at that time, was "working for the Seaboard, sold the first ticket from Lumberton to Raleigh via Hamlet, the fare being $5. Now it is only $2.70. At the same time the fare to Wilming ton was $3.40, while at present it is only $1.70. In those days it took about ten hours to go to Raleigh, while un der the proposed new train service, it will be less than six hours. While it required at least four hours to go to Wilmington it now requires a little over two hours. It would seem that the railroads then charged for time on trains more than distance travel ed. Mr. Archie Morrison, who has quite a number of mules and horses, says he does not expect to buy any feed before the new feed crop arrives next year as he is well supplied of his own raisings From four acres of land he gathered in the Spring and early Sum mer fully eight tons of oats; since then over eight tons of pea-vine hay, and he says if frost stays off till No vember 1st, be will get another hay crop from the same land. Besides this four-acre tract he has other hay fields. The next attraction at the opera house will be Bert Leigh in the "Little Millionaire,'' Tuesday night the 21st. The show comes with the highest rec ommendations from the press and those who have seen it. A class of children, from the Oxford Orphanage will give an entertainment in Lumberton Friday night, the 17th. Mr G. S. McKenzie has re-opened his job office here and it is understood that the Robesonian will also add a iob printing plant to its property here. Notwithstanding a correct state ment of the fact in last Sunday's Star and Monday's Robesonian, it has been told around here that the four men arrested for gambling and fined $50 were members of the Mutt & Jeff Company, which played here Friday night They were not even in the State when the affair occurred and, of course, are not guilty as reported. The plant of the Rpbeson Advance is advertised to be sold at public auc tion October 25th to satisfy a chattel nvrt- rra era . September Cth, a postal card was mailed at Lowe, five miles west of here on the Seaboard, for a gentleman in this place. That card reached its PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 1 destination October 8th, just one month and two days traveling five miles. Fast mail! A handsome monument has been erected at the grave of the late Mr. Richard M . Norment in the Xorment cemetery here. At their request a number of Dr. Norment's friends were allowed to contribute to a fund for the erection of this monument as a token of their respect and esteem for a departed friend. The Legislature has amended the Robeson bird law and hunters will do well to investigate before they begin killing birds, but from the way peo ple are posting their lands in this section it does not seem that there will be much hunting ground. The civil term of court adjourned Wednesday. The next term will con vene Monday, November 3rd, first week criminal, second civil. All business houses of Jewish citi zens were closed today for the holi day. ' The Jews have many other peo ple beaten in observing holidays for some of the merchants never take a day off hut Sunday and they wouldn't do this if it wasn't for the law. "Aunt" Patsy Jones, Cherokee In dian, residing with relatives on Shei iff Lewis' plantation five miles from town, died Wednesday atternoon, aged 108. Besides the two circuses here this month three small week-stand tent shows are threatening to come. It would take a paper several times the siae of The Star to give a full detailed-account of the trouble at Moss Neck Thursday and "would require more skilled reporters than are em ployed in the State to put the story in shape. The number who were slash ed from small scratches to long, deep cuts will probably never be known, while if reports are anything like true, the cracked heads could not be count ed. An Indian man, badly cut, and a negro woman, shot in the leg, are at the Thompson Hospital here for re pairs. Quite a number of Lumberton people who Were present when the row started declare it was the rough est time they ever saw, and not a white man lost any time getting away. It is stated that one Lumberton man who could not get room under the church where some of them took refuge, finally did find a place of safety in a hog pen. Mr. B. H. Osborne, of Maxton, opened a new meat market here this morning, occupying the small building at corner of Fifth and Elm streets, which has Ui the past been used many times for the same kind of business. FEDERAL AID IN ROADS. Department of Agriculture Will Co ; Operate With States. Washington, D. C, Oct. 11. Secre tary Houston, of the Department of Agriculture, says that the State and Federal governments should work to gether for highway improvement in order that a large proportion of the money annually spent for road con struction may not be wasted. In his own department the office of public roads has been demonstrating the value of proper road building by the construction of a certain object lesson roads, and the forest service is carrying out his idea of National and State co-operation in road build ing. The law requires that 10 per cent of the gross receipts o: the National forests shall be spent in the States in which the forests are situated. This money is expended for road improve ment under direct control of the Sec retary of Agriculture. The amount appropriated under this act, based on the receipts of the Na tional forests for the fiscal year end ing .June 30, 1913, is $23,638.68. From the 1912 receipts for this 10 per cent road item, there is an additional $134, 831.10, which is still available. In administering the 10 per cent road fund, forest officers Charged with the actual plans and expenditures in the neighborhood of their forests have, in almost all cases, secured an equal or a larger eO-operative fund from State authorities for the building, of certain pieces of road. With the money thus expended many important roads are being built or put in repair. One on the Wyo ming National-forest, six miles long, makes accessible to farmers a large body of timber and opens up a region of great scenic beauty. In northwest ern Arizona, part of the fund will be used in connection with the LeFevre Bright Angel road, important because it makes accessible to tourists the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. In one place, the Ocean to Ocean High way crosses the Apache National for est, Arizona, and on this project the forest service and the local authori ties co-operated enthusiastically. On the Florida National forest in western Florida, steel bridges and graded roads have, under the stimulus of this fund, taken the place of corduroy, bog and sand. This Federal road fund is now avail able in all National forest States of the West. Just - as fast as returns come in, the forestry officials say, a similar fund will become available in States in which Eastern National for ests are being secured. PROFITS IN PTANUTS. Once Despised Edible Now Important Source of Income in South. (From Richmond Times-Dispatch.) "Once regarded as a symbol of in significance, the peanut is now earn ing a respectable place in the coun try's commerce and agriculture," says the Atlanta Journal, restating a long established fact in Virginia's experi ence. Millions are invested in plants for the manufacture of peanut prod ucts, while thousands of acres in the South are devoted to the cultivation of this excellent crop. A Texas corre spondent of the Manufacturers' Rec ord writes that more and mare the Texas farmers are being convinced of the value of the peanut crop, and are using it not only to fatten their stock and enrich their soil, but also as a source of direct income. The Texas crop last year brought an average price of 85 cents a bushel, and this year, because of a general shortage in the country, it will bring much more. The average yield of pea nuts in Texas is from 40 to 50 bushels and under the best -conditions even 75 bushels." Taking these figures as a basis, the Record's correspondent makes an interesting comparison be tween the certain profits of the peanut and the uncertain price of cotton. "It takes about 500 pounds of seed cotton," he says, "to make a third of a bale, or, say, ICO pounds of lint. There is a cost of $5 for packing alone, and even at 15 cents a pound for cotton on the market, there is but $15 an acre to recoup the farmer for rent of land, interest on his invest ment, cost of seed, and labor. At present prices the peanut crop is worth $15 to $20 with a modest yield per acre. Planting and gathering his crop will cost only a few dollars an acre, instead of $10 or more for cot ton." It is also observed that in a dry sea son, when cotton cannot be made, pea nuts flourish. "Practical experience in this connection has brought convic tion to many farmers, and they now devote a part of their land to peanuts, and fatten stock instead of relying ex clusively on cotton." The peanut ob viously is playing an important part in crop diversification. It is rapidly growing in popularity throughout the South. CENTRAL CAROLINA FAIR. Arrangements Well Under Way at Greensboro Colored A., & M. (Special Star Correspondence.) Greensboro, Oct. 10. Arrange ments for the Central Carolina Fair which will be held here from Tuesday EVERYBODY IS SURPRISED At the Great Variety of Goods to be found at what you might refer to as "The Chestnut Street Dry Goods Store." Many have called expecting to find just a few things, since the space we occupy might be looked upon as a shop' instead of a store. When you con sider that our entire stock is New; and New Goods are what you are looking for our stock should be as interesting as any in the city. Naming our departments, according to location, we have: Art Needlework Goods, Favors, Hosiery, Shirt Waists, Ribbed Underwear, Muslin Un derwear, Corsets, Dimities, Table Linens, Blankets and Comforts, Coats, Suits, Carpets, Upholstery Goods, Curtains and Draperies, Portieres and Couch Covers, Dress Trim mings, Notions, Neckwear, Etc., Etc. , wjfjj0fi we are glad to assist you in enable us to. give you prompt and satisfactory service. ANNOUNCEMENT We are pleased to announce the addition to our stock which Piatt & Haar were Sole Agents for eight years. wear, or can and be littea. G. ill CHESTNUT ST. Baker, Collins, Oldring? to Friday of next week are about complete. The officials have been hard at work this week making ar rangements for late entries and pro viding space for shows that have ask ed for space on the midway. The ag ricultural exhibits this year will be larger than they have ever been be fore. It is noteworthy that Guilford farmers are taking a more lively in terest in the exhibits and show more rivalry than ever before. In all other departments there are unusually big entries, while the special free attrac tions are of a high character. A large number of special policemen were named today to look after the conduct of visitors upon tne grounds. The di rectors by a unanimous vote decided that the fair ground gates should be closed next Sunday to keep people away who from curiosity want to go in on Sunday. President D, H. Hill, of the State Agricultural & Mechanical College, made an address yesterday afternoon before the students of the A . & M . College for the colored race here. It was a very able and practical effort and was appreciated by the faculty and student body. He congratulated the colored men upon their ambition and effort to make of themselves bet ter men and more efficient and useful citizens. C. W. Gold, of the Jeffer son Standard Life Insurance Com pany, was also present and spoke briefly to the students. The annual meeting of the Y. W. any way possible. By patronizing this department you will HENRY HAAR - C. A. of Greensboro, was held last night, at which Miss Florence Cain, the general secretary, made her an nual report. This showed that the as sociation had more than 700 mem bers, the largest in its history, and had done a splendid year's work. IF YOU ARE A DRINKING MAN You had better stop at once or you'll lose your job. Every line of business is closing its doors to ' 4 Drinking ' ' men. It ( may be your turn next. By the aid of ORRINE thousands of men have been restored to lives of sobriety and industry. We are so sure that ORRINE will bene fit you that we say to you that if after a trial you fail to get any benefit from its use, your money will be refunded. When you stop " Drinking, ' ' think of the money you'll save; besides, sober men are worth more to their employers and get higher wages. Costs only $1.00 a box. We have an interesting booklet about ORRINE that we are giving away free on request. Call at our store and talk it over. Rolt't K. Bellamy, Wilmington, N. C. In our Art Department we carry a full line of Royal Society Goods at all times. We have this department conveniently lo cated and furnished comfortably. Here of La Grecque Corsets, for 'Phone us for the style .you 'PHONE 541
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