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t r . j . 11.. ' - j a. "i.v.vk v-;e,':. ;. If II M II II II H II II ryi f IITIl II- HA if TV rV I II . JL KX I ,. ' .... ESTABLISHED 1870. Country, God and Truth. SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTS. LUMBBRTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 3, 1003. 6lu XXXIV, NO. 71. . WHOLE NO. 1876 PROFESSIONAL CARDS, W. A. McLean. A.W. MoLmd. J. G. MeCormiek. KcLEAI, lcLiI A McCOBXlCK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LUMBB&TON. N C OFFICE OVER BANK. Prompt attention given to all business. Btipiih MoIhttbi. M. 0. LiWBBMGI Mclntyre & Lawrence, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Lumberton, - - ' K. P. W. S. NORMENT, Attorney at La-fa", LUMBERTON, N. C Practice in all the Courts In the State. R. E. LEE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, : Rooms, Noa. i and 2, McLeod Building, LUMBBRTON. N. C. 'E.J. BRITT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LUMBERTON - - - N. C. , . Office in the McLeod Bnildhig. Wade WisnaaT. D. P. Shaw. WISHART & SHAW, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LUMBERTON. N. C. Office over Pope's Drug Store. . ; Practice in all the Course, WHS . 8HAW. JOHN y. BMjiH. - SHAW & SMITH, . ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Vampill Building, on Fifth.Street, LUMBBRTON, N. C. DR. R.T.ALLEN, DENTIST, , .LUMBERTON, N. C. Omat OVRa BANK OF LUMBERl ON. Phones Office, 45 ; Residence, 94. Dr. W.1VL Roby, t Dentist RED 8PRINQS,N.C. 0. H. LENNON, D.D.S., - ' . DENTIST, Clabkton, - . N. C. DR; J. DREGAN, t DENTIST, LUMBERTOtf, 1: N.' 0. :""y::zS-.' ' '-' : Office it) 8haw;tj;,tiMlop, dreg store. : . Dr. P. H. PITMAN, DENTIST, ASHPOLC, " N. C. Strongest ia the World. THE - - OF NEW YORE. Outstanding Assuraoce.f 1,179,376,725 00 Asset...... 33i.39i7 34 LUbilitiea 3sg.910.6jS 28 Surplus.. ..w. 71,129,042 06 Lageat cash settlements given to policy holders. . Death claims paid in futl and at once. Strongest, Safest, Best, and t most prompt paying company on earth. B. L PAGE, Agent. Gaddysville, N. C. R. B. Page, Lumberton, N. C. Whatever The farmpr nrw1a wf nmVp k ane. rtitltv of ltaiiillitiir. It's in our Hue: it's onr business to keep farm sttp- i , . 1,1 ; i piles 01 ail ainus ana wc strive 10 keep our stock fresh and equal to all demands. We still continue agents for the celebrated Hickory Wagons, r ' ...... ' v., Which for vears have given such general satisfaction in this -anti other sections, and unhesitatingly say that for farm and road purposes, H i not excelled . Besides having a supply of these on hand we have .recently received a full line of Cart and Wagon Wheels and - ,-.;' Open and Top Boggiesr - We are the originators o he buggy business in this town, and think our past experience enables na to give especial attention to all who purchase of us. We can sua ply you with HaVuess, Bridles, .Col lars Whips, &c. Sic. Accept our thanks for your past patronage, and give us a share of your future favors;. ' " ' ... T.. Very truly yours, 0. C. KORHENT & CO; Equitable Life, CHEAP SETTLERS TlCKETS.-tOn 1 first and the third Tuesday of eac"h month I itill April, 1904; the Frisco si stem iSt i f Louis & San Francisco Railroad) will sell ' red red one-way snVround-tri ticket front Birmingham.Meniphlsand St. Louis to points In Arkansas. Kansas, Missouri, . ' Oklahoma, Indian Terrritory and Texas, , ''Wnt . W. T. -Sanndera, 1 General Agent, FasMBger Depot, Atlanta, C., for full MRS; BOOTH -TDCPR. Her SMI Was Fractured Cans ing Death. The Consul In America ol Salvation Army Was on Her Way to Chicago to Meet Her Husband. Associated Press Dispatch. Kansas City, Oot. 29. Mrs. Eoima Booth-Tnckef, cousnl in America of ithe Salvation Army, wife of Commaoder Booth-Tucker and second daughter of William Booth, founder of the army, was killed iu the wreck of the4enst bouud California train No. 2 near DeiD Lake, Mo., 85miles east uf Kansas City, on tbo Santa Fe, at 10 o'clock lastf uight. Col. Thomas Holland, in charge of the Salva tion Army at Amity, Col., was fatally injured. Tweuty-eeven per sons were more or lees seriously hurt. Thn dead and iujnred wero taken to Madisou, Iowa. Mrs. Bootn Tucker was rendered unconscious and died within an half au hour after beiug injured Her skull was fractured inter nally. Mrs. Booth-Tucker was ou her way from a visit to the Colony at Amity, Col., to Chicago, where she was to have met her husband to day. The wrecked train left Kan- sas City las night. Only the three last oars, two Fulmans and a' din er, were wrecked. The Pullmans were completely demolished. In the first Pullman, Mrs. " Booth Tucker and Col. Holland, who were the sole occupants of that car, had jat gone to the forward end for a consolation. Two of the PuIJmaoB struck a water tankjwitn auqb foroe as to move it tire feet from its foundation and when th orew reached the scene both Mrs Booth-Tucker aud Col. Holland were found unconscious. They, with the other injured, were, af ter much delay, taken to. the de pot platform a few blocks distance. where everything possible was done for them. s Neither regained consciousness, aud witbiu ball an hour, the noted Salvation Army leader succumbed to , her injuries Had Mrs: Booth-Tucker follow ed odt ber original iuteution she would have missed the wreck. She arrived in Kansas City on the Cal ifouia train, which was wrecked yesterday evening, intended re maiuing here until this morning. She lound she could make a trip up-towu between trains, how ever, and later decided to continue eist on the same train. Mrs.Bocth-Tucker.who was Miss Emma Booth, married Frederick Tucker in 1888. He assumed her name as part of his own. Ho was born in Indiana, aud lived there several years after the msrrago He was commissioner of the army in Indiana. Mrs. Booth-Tucker was appointed to oommaud the army in America iu March, 1800, succeeding Eva Booth, who had supplanted her brother, Balliug- tou Booth, who bad been removed by the general. Mrs. Booth-Tucker was said to be the ablest of all the Booth chil dren. She had euthuseasm tem pered with 000 1 judgment and ex pcutive ability. He Burled the Dumpling. From Avery's "Itile comment" in Charlotte Observer:. This act ually happened, and she lives right here in town. She hasn't been married long, but she is house keeping with just the same splen did enthusiasm that a little bit of a girl shows in playingdolls. With the aid ol axook book she erected, or created, an apple dumpliug the other day. It was impossible. Things had gotten into that dum pling that had never affiliated with au apple since the time ot Eve The young wife, who was not too sensitive, faced her guests and said: "I'll give it "to the dog." Sh did-. -Thi dog was a pointer and wU bred.' With all eyes fixed upon bim he suiffed at the elalior ate dumpling and then dragged i' the length of the front yard, Wit I his foro feet he dug a bole dep aud broad. He bpried the dnm pliug there, ai)d.Jovpred it. Then he turned a bnngry, disgusted faced to the group watched. And because a fellow has failed nncn or twice, or adi en times, you don't want to set him down as a failureunless he takes failing too easy. No man's a failure till he's dead, or loses his coaragA.and t hat's the same thing. Sometime a fellow that's been batted all Over the ring for nineteen rounds lands on the solar plexus of the propo sition he's tackling in the twen tieth. But too can have a regi ment of good business qualities) and still fail without courage, be cause he's the colonel, and btwonjt stand for any' weakening atacriM oal time. -John Graham to Hla poo Wopon.fsi'p' Virginia to Dispute our Laurels. Ilicbmoud Corespou'iout t) the TbeRileigli Pob says: The feal ure of the rport of Judge Geo. Ii" Christian, chairman of the hietiry committ"5" of the grand camp Confederate V'rtbrana of V'irginiua, to be delivered next Thursday at Newport News, will deal largely with what Virgiuia veterans claim to be the arrogant assertions of NorthCaroliua. Sol diers of that, 8tate,it is claimpd, out-nnmbered those from Virginia in the war and North Oarolinau" ere the first at Bathcl, the h'ist b.'tle of the war. Virgiuia veterans have bcomr very sore over such statements, time and again made on public oc casions bv North Carol iua speak ers, and-the storm of rj tinder hss been gathering force for some time. Lee camp ol Richmond, the most important ingle organizition of the kind in Virginia, is particular Iv warm ftnr North Ciroliu. Members unhesitatingly declare that the war bad glory enough tor all without one State trying to de tract from another. Judge Christian, it is said, will show from North Carolina record's that she did not furnish more soldiers than Virginia, and from a source, equally reliable, that Virginians led at Bothei. Every veteran who knows of the burden of the report is eager hear it. It will be as interesting to North Carolinians as to Virginians. The Saloon Lizard. Naturalists tell of a lizard found iu the Arabian deserts wrUch strik ingly resembles the sajid in color. On either side of its mouth is a fold of skin of pale crimson hue. These folds can be blown out until tbey look like a small red flower common in the desert. Insects iu anest of TTouey see this ll wer looking object and are instantly destroyed. The taetics of the lizard and the saloonist are much alike. He makes his den as attractive ae possible to both youug and old Noplace is 'more brilliant than his. Light, revely, music all are there. ' "That's the place for a good time," says the vouug man "Life's honey may be bad there," says the old. "cheating himsell with the same old lie fur the thou andth time. Too late both dis cover that this seeming splendor was but tbe fold on the hzird' mouth a decoy leading to death and destruction. Seeking th sweets of life, they get iustead the exceeding bitter gall of death. N man who values his pliceand op portnnity for usefulness in the world will be entrapped by the ealoon lizird. Keystone Citizen. We do not think it can be called braggadocio wbeu we insist that the Thomasville Orphanage work is the best orgauizad aud the most effeotive iu North Caroliua.but no matter what it is called, it is tbe truth aud needs to be said. It is a compliment to tbe Baptist peo pie of or State which, by their loyalty and liberality, they have justly earned. We have always maintained that our people are t h Lord's royalty and their mgnifi 3ent support of their orphanage work proves it. Others may be just as liberal and just as loyar, nut tbey have not done as much for tbe orphan children of the State as tbe Baptists are doing, and "by their fruits ye shall know them." Charity and Children. We are glad to see our farmers turni.'.g their attention more to ad vanced methods as shown in the adoption of improved labor-saving machinery. Last season the first corn shredders were introduced 111 this section. Now tbe corn har vester has come and-' the problem of forage making and saving 'hnz been still more simplified. The corn harvester is a fine piece of 1.' 1. mecnanism ana aons,. 11 worn a though endowed with a certain gree of intelligence of its own. I" cuts the corn and ties it in bund esaud bunches - it like a reaper does wheat. It is drawn by two horses and will harvest several aorns of corn In a dav. Tbe com harvester is a great feed saver, ea pecially if itawrk is followed fat er by that of a shredder. Farmer are -of t he opinion that many of these machines, will soon come in to general use in this section ae they are now in other parts of the country. Henderson Gold Leaf President Will Designated Nov. a6 as Thanksgiving Day. Washsngton, Oct. 28-Preidetit Roosevelt will issue his Thanks giving Day proclamation ou Satur day next.OctoberBl. Hewill desig nate Thursday November 20th as tbe day of Thanksgiving. Tbe great iron bridge over the Danube, . neat Jailor, which is nearly 500 yards long and weights 800Q tons, baa been shifted to a new position about 450 yards dis tant. -.The Whole work ;m dona Irj fort; MtTf! HE COMMITS SDICIDE. The Slory as Gathered by the Police Now Told. Thomas Bechtel Said, "I Wish Tod Were Here With Me Hot , Ihlt We liht Die f ogether." AaiKicUted Vtvw dUostch. Alleutowu.pA .Oct 20. Thomas Bacutel, who was held awaiting in vestigation of tbe murder of his sister, Mabel II. Bechtel, at their home a few days ago, committed suicide this evening iu his cell at the central police station. The police consider this aol as' a prac tical acknowledgement of Bech tel's guilt. Bechtel -was iu oell No. 2, on the right aid of tbe cor ridor. Several relative and frind were admitted to him this af ternoon. About 4 o'clock be call ed across the corridor to Alfred Eck stein, MirsBechtel'safflanced lover, who is also held pending tbe coro ner's inquest: "Hello, Al, are you here?" "Yes," apiwered Eckstein. Bechtel responded: 'I wish you were here with me now, that we might die together. These were the last words beard from Btichtel. A short time later Eckstein called B chtal aud gut no answer, but he thought he heard an uuunal gurgle. ILiuse Sergeant Frank G Roth had been through the cells only a short timi before. A quarter past 5 't)lock be en tered the corridor aud called both men. Gelling no answer from Bechtel be looked into bis cell and was appalled to see a stream of blood running over tbe cell fl tor Bechtel had laid himself ou the bench iu bis cell aud out his throat with a knife. He was dead wheu found. The knife lay near him ou the floor. How he got the knife is not known. Intense exottemuut pre vailed at police headquarters to night. Deuse crowds pressed against the windows aud doors aud titled the streets for half a block each way. Tbe funeral of . the murdered girl took place tbia af teruoou, the services being held at ber late borne. A steady stream of people- entered tbe bouse aud filed past the casket containing the body until the services began o'clock. Gathered about tbe bier 'of the murdered girl was the aged moth er, who is a physical wreck, and who is almost constantly iu hysterics, the- three daughters, and three of the four sous. The ahseut one was Thomas. He bad been refut ed permission to atteud the funer al ou tbe advice of the district at toruey. When BecUtel waa told that be would not be permitted to take a parting farewell onbia dead sister, be raved. His fury waa in tense. Tbe family also felt bit ter. The suicide of Thomas Bechtel has been followed by, the polioe officials telling tbe story of tha murder of Miss Bechtel as gather ed by them. It starts with last Thursdav, wheu Eckstein acoom nanied Miss Bechtel to Philadel phia He left her .there aud re turued borne. Weisenberg met her iu Philadelphia and accompa nied her to Allentowu. They went to a certain place together, where they remained uutil mid night. Thomas Bechtel heard of this, aud being streneously oppos ed to Weisenberg, he upbraided her in her room upon her return home. He struck ber a powerful blow on the cheek, causing her t fall heavily against a bureau, dead. Members of the family held a council aud dtcided upoi. the story made public ou Tuesday and upon the disposition of th body aud clothing as fonnd Charles Bech tel's sister's "hatchet was used iu striking a blow on the head of tbe dead girl to give sum blanoe of tbe assault. E:kieiu koew uothing, of tbe murder, the police say. Information, charging murder, has been lodged sgamst tbe entir Beshiel family. John aud Charle Bechtel aud Eckstein were cm mitted to jail 111 default of $500 bail each as witnesses. Mrs. B ch tel and. daughters were allowed t go, no hail being rtqiirea. At the inquest to-uight sverl wit nesses were beard, but counsel foi tbe Bechtels refused to allow them to testify ou account of the charge of murder against them. Th bearing will' continue to-morrow The trouble about the applica tion of tbe old saying that it is better for ninety and uioe guilty men to escape than for one inno cent man to suffer, is, that the ninety and nine guilty meu have tlready escaped.- Charlotte News. L"u Dillon; a trotting mare, szed five vears and owned by C K G. Billings,. trotted one mile: Oitober 24tb, iu one minnta, fifty eifht anda halt A Oarden for Cut Flower. You should have a special gar 1en for (trowing flowers, for gath ering or "picking." If 00 waut many U wers for bouse decoration aud 10 give away, grow them at one side iu regular rows as you would potatoes or sweet corn. Cultivate them by boras or wheel r.oe. Harvest them in tbe sam spirit that you would harvest string beanS or tomatoes ; that. it, bat tbey are for. You do not have to consider the "lock" of your garden. The old stalk will remain, as tbe stumps of cabbage lo. You will not be afraid to pick hem. When you have harvested in armful your garden is not dos boiled. From Country Life in American. Stabbed to Death. Littleton, N. C , Ojt. 27. A hideous murder was committed on an exenrsio-u train from tbe Wei doo fair tonight by au unknown uegro aud tor no apparent cause. While the train waa discharging passengers at Summit, this State, a negro walked up beside Levy Allgood. a colored man. of Macou, North Caroliua, saying, ' H llo. Allgood, aud thnrst a knife into his throat, severing all the main arteries and wind pipe. Allgood ran into the rar and died iu les than ten minutes. The body ol the murdered man was taken U Macon aud delivered to bis people. It is claimed the murderer made good his escape from Sum mil, the scene of the murder. John Dey Acquitted. Norfolk, Oct. 28 Thirteen-year-old John U. Dey was to-day found not guilty at the request of the State's attorney of the charge of killing his stepmother, Mrs. Simpson Dey, by giving ber strychnine mixed with salts. The court ruled out -the alleged confes sion of the boy on the ground that it was secured by coercion. The boy's father appeared in court with counsel for himself, but friends supplied lawyers to defend tbeohild. Oj tbe stand the father was called upon by the court to confine himself to answering the questions asked. Three Killed; a Fatally Hurt. Lancaster, Pa., Oct., 27. Three tram men were killed and two fa tally injured by tbe explosion yes terday uf the boiler of a freight locomotive on the Peuusylvynia Railroad near Roherstown. The cause of the explosion is tmt kuowu. In his delirium the en gineer, who is fatally it jared, muttered: "The boiler was full of water." Killed Himself New York, Tuesday, 27. Rath er than face the charge of deser tion brought by his wife, Thos. F. Outlett,a prominent business mat ot uronx. nurieu mmseii irom an elevated train this morning au wai ground to pircas. The motormai. saw the man crawling on the track but could ut stop. Sailors Are Pond of Sweet Things, Sailor are very fond of sweet things, aud to one who knows lit tie about them it is surprising to Iearu tbe quantity of caudy they cousume. In the ship's store are buckets of this article, which i one of the chief commodities in exchange tor which a sailor parte with bis pocket money. On largf ships several thousand pounds of candy are fnquently consumed 01 a cruise. Gunton's Magazine'" Washington, Oit, 28 Th Smtheru Railway auuouuced to day tbe additiou of two more fatt paseugers trams ou its system be tween Washington aud Charlotte, which will be put 111 operation Sunday. In addition to lis splen did, passeuger service important chau&es in schedules effective Sun day . are also announced. Th- hange gives tbe Southern fou' fast trains oot ot Washington a ery night. The now train will l kuowu as Nos. 83 and 84 aud will be operated between Washington aud Charlotte, Their addition to the service of the system is for the purpose of relieving tbe heavy traffic on thethrough twins. Iu seven years time the Rec Springs Seminary has-grown to be the "Southern Presbylerian Col lege and Conservatory of Music " s ven, years banco there is reall' no telling what it will be. Cban t v and Children. Ileallliy Children are kept trans; aha wall t wsak and Kny Iittl- foljfc ars mada vigorous th us of that teutons raraady FREY'S VERMIFUGE OmtmU ail disorders of tha stolhach. 1 poll worms, t. PalatabU and ponUlTS In action. Bottla by mall, Sfe. IE. f, FRBT, BaJMwN, Md. WELL, COME AND SEE ! We will gladly exchange the larger portion of our Large Stock of Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Shirts, Pants Ladies' Dress Skrits, Shirt Waists, Ladies' Cloaks, Capes, Jackets, &c , for the money, and we will give you the best bargains you ever had. Come I Come ! W are in better shape to serve our cus . tomers now than over before. We have jut opened a very nice, line' of Gents' Clothing and Youth's Suits and a Nice Line of Pants. A nicer line of Ladies' Jackets and Skirts that has ever come to town and we make , the prices right. 5 A new line of DRESS GOODS has also been added which we will sell very cheap. Our Furniture Department is ready to be compared with any you will find anywhere, and we will sell it on the in stallment plan very cheap for cash. All we ask is give us a call while in town ' and we will save you monev. Yours for business, Inmberton, October 16th, 1903. A. WEINSTEIN'S, The Store That Does Things ! The Fall Rush Is Oo!Xrh CAHRIKt) IN Presenting to (lay and rvrryriav in e-vriv depart ment mnliitttH-A of trartiorn in SUPERIOR FAI-L AND WINTER MURCHANOIHK from all quar ters of the wrll. 'Greatest nunihcr of attractive offerings ever seen under one rool In this sectiorf. CLOTHING I W Hut Ut Largest ind Btst Stock ot lit' Up-to-Ditt OotkUt Onr prices are much lower than you can ohtatn in other itofrs. See us before huying, it will be MON EY SAVED FOR YOU. SHOES 1 .Don't buy Sr.OES, until yon see onr line. Buy the fmous SELZ & KING BKB SHOT5S. A writ ten gusritntee "with every pair. Every thine yon need in Slioes of all styles ; sll prices. I'ull line of Dry Goods, Notions, Ladies' Jackets, Shirts, Trunks and Valises, &c. st prices lower than ever. Come in aud see our line of new up-to ditte goods, snd see the small prices we are offering again this Pall and Winter. You will find BIG BARGAINS in every department of onr st jre and polite alien tion to all. - Stay Grand Tailoring event. Greatest varietyf gonds shown in the piece at our store from October 19'h to October 24th. FOR ONE WEEK OiNlY. THE BANK OF LUMBBRTON, LUMBERTON, N. O. Capittl Stock paid Id Cash, .... $20,000 Oa IndlYidnal Liability ot Stockliolders lo addition to Capital, 20,090 Oa Surplas and Profits, - - - - 17,431 71 Total Deposits October 30th. 1902, .... 252,244 2j Total Sesoarces, October 30th, 1902, - - $309,832 01 Offers to the people ot Robeson County and the public generally every accommodation consistent with safe banking. We solicit the accounts of individual, Snn, corporations and trusteed. PR01PTXRSS, SECURITY AID ACCURACY CUAfiAITEED, officers: A. W. Mi'LKAN, President, R. D. CALDWELL, Vice-President. C. B. TOWNSENI), Cashier. ALEX. P. McLEAN. Asst. Cashier. JOHN P. STANSRL, Teller. directors: HENRY T). I.EDBETTER, C. B. TOWNSENI), 8. A. EDMUND, WALTRR V. L. STBELR. dnoKc.n LITTLE THINGS! II the little things in life that seem to count moat. Your druggist who is not patient In little things is not reliable. Care, patience, consideration we try to make basic principles in our business. We belie vt we can serve ytnr needs in the drug line, as well as anyone, snd shall at all times, endeavor to protect your in terest should you see fit to give us your patronage. We invite sn Inspection of prices and quality of goods, then we (eel sure you will ae? It to your advantage to patron uta na. . O. ROZIR&, Orugjiit Rl fH FB ppnc RKADY WITH BUST STOCK EVI'R I.TJMUBKTON ! CLOTHING I SHOES I A. WEINSTEIN, King Clothier. R. stkelr. R. D. CALDWELL, A. W. McLKAN, H. B FRNNINCS, BKRRY GODWIN. SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, RICHMOND, VI, THR QREA TVST STOCK OF FIN6 AND MEDIUM FDRHITDRE IN THE SOUTH. CORRESPONDCNCQ SOLICITED. 709-711-713 E. BROAD ST., : nimiiiniin n