r ROBESONIAN - ESTABLISHED 1870; Country, God and Truth. SINGLE COPIES y CENTS, VOL. XXXIV, NO. 72. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1003. WHOLE NO. f 870 nLJEi ASK THE MAN FOR , STANDARD FOR QUALITY BEST AXE HiADE. " " FOR SALE BY "THE LEADING MER CHANTS OF ROBESON CODNTY HANG IT ! and stronger expressions are often .used by painters, decorators aud whiteners who are unable to do a good job with Kalsomine or cold water finishes. USE MURESCO . and you. can feel confident when begin ning a job that the result will be satisfac tory if directions are -'ollowed. Mnresco saves labor, money and wor ry It la naed and endorsed by those who desire to obtain the best results at the lowest cost quantity of material and labor considered. For sale by THE MCALLISTER HARDWARE CO. N. JACOBI HARDWARE CO., at Wilmington, N. C, Sole Agents Distributors. St. A. MeLean. -7 A. W. McLean. J. O. McCormlok. McLEAR, MCLEAS4 KcCORMICK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LUMBERTON. - - N C OFFICE OVER BANK. Prompt attention given to all business. Sraraan HcImttks. B. 0. liWIINOI Mclntyre & Lawrence, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Lumberton, - - - N. r W. S. NORMENT, Attorney at Law, LUMBERTON, N. C Practice in all the Courts in the State. R. E. LEE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, jRooms, Noa. t and X McLeoA Building, LUMBERTON. N. C. KJ.BRITT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ILUMBERTON - - - N. C. Office in the McLeod Building. Wads Wishart. D. P. Shaw. WISHART & SHAW, .ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LUMBERTON, N. C. JOffice over Pope's Drug Store. Practice in all the Courts. BOflN D. SHAW. JOHN Y. SMITH. SHAW- SMITH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Vampill Building, on Fifth Street, LUMBERTON, - - N. C. DR. R.T.ALLEN, DENTIST, LUMBERTON, N. C. Office over BANK OF LUMBER! ON J Phones Office, 45 f Residence, 91, Dr. W. M Roby, Dentist, RED SPRINGS, N. o O. H. LENNOX, D.D.S., DENTIST,. JOlabkton, - -I N. 0 PR. J. D. BGAN,- DENT, LUMBKBTON, j - N. 0. Alee in Shaw building, over Pope's drugstore. Dr. F. HPITMAN, DENTIST, ASHPOLE, c. Strongest in the World, OF. NEW Y0RI! briWtauing Assurance..!, 179,376,725 00 assets.. Liabilities 3J'.39.7 34 - 259,910,678 28 Surplus.. 7'. 129,042 06 Lagest cash settlements given to policy holders. Death claims paid in futl and at once. Strongest, Safest, Best, and most prompt paying company on earth. B. L PAGE, Agent, . Gaddysvlle, N. C . R. B. Page, Lumhertnn. N. CV, CIISAP SETTLERS TICKETS. On first and the third Tuesday of each month till April, 1904, the Friaoo si stem (St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad) will sell red' red one-way and round-trip tickets from Birmiflghani.Metnpuisand St. Louis to points in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indian Terrritory and Texas. Write W..T. .Saunders, General Agent, Paisengtf Depot, Atlanta, Os., for full ft THE jJACOBlJ V AXE THE ' ' Equitable Life, WORK OF MADMAN. He Shot and Killed His Two Brothers, Barricaded Himself la a Barn and Was Captcred by the Snerill ThroDgn i Base. Associated Press dlsoatch. pottBville, Pa , Nov. 2 Work ed luto a fretzy as a result or an altercatiou with one of his broth ers, Benjamin Franklin Weissing er, living on a farm Bereral miles from this city, this afternoon.shot and killed his two brothers, at tempted to kill his Bister and sister-in-law and held a large of policemen at bay for mn hours beiore he was captured. The trage dy occurred on the farm of the father of the meuXThe d ad men are Louis Wei80ger,aged 27 years, single, and Frederick, aged 25, who leaves a jwidow. The fratride is 45 years old. niamin and rredencs had a arrel early iu the afternoon over the cleaning of a horse. Daring the altercatiou lierumin nred four shots at Fred without any of them taking effect. Frederick fl d to the attio of the farm house and was followed into the bouse by the enraged brother. The latter se cured a Wiuchester repeating rifle aud as he was leaving the house he encountered another brother, Lou is, at the kitchen door. Without a word of wsruing, Benjimiu fired at Louis, the bullet stnkiug him iu the side. The victim fell un conscious and died in half an hour without utteriog a word. Weissinger then walked down a path and caught a glimpse oi .Frederick, who was looking out of the attic window. Benjimiu quick ly raised his rill i aud fired. The bullet entered Fred rick's cheek and penetrated the brain. He fell dead across the window sill. His wife, who had gone to the attic with him, a tempted to drag the body into the room. She succeeded in this, but not before Beoj imin had fired several shots at her without effect. BiMijiiaiu's attention was then at tracted to his sister,, Mary, who had oome out of the house to per suade him from doing any more shooting. She persHted so strong ly that be turned his rrfi-t upon her and fired twice- but hitum wax bad. The jom'jg woman escaped iuto thq. bousi. Having real zid what he had done aud fearing arrest, Beujimui decided tp barricade himself iu the barn He went into the house, secured A shot-gun, Btveral revol vers and ammunition and then took up his position in the barn When Sheriff Smith appeared on the scene, a ruse was planned tw capture the' man. Another parley was held with the murderer And he agred to let the two farm hands bring hiui his supper. The men were instructed to watch op poriunity, seiza mm oy the arms and shout, which would be the signal for the deputies to rush in ibis they did and a tornble strug gie iook piace. ine murderer is a - 1 . 1 1 powerful man, but the force of numbers was too much for him and he was tied hand and foot be- fore be could further use his wea pons. Weissinger is believed to be in sane. His mind is Baid to have been failing for some time. He had cothiug to say regarding the tragedy except that he exclaimed, "1 am bewitched. Oerman Experts Coming. Associated Press Dispatch. Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, An im, portant commission of Oerman technical experta is now. en., route to America to study American, sys tems of finance, commericialism and tbe technique of its manufac turing enterprises. Among them are three of tbe most prominent men of German duanceand science, Director Derbe'g. of the Bank of Commeroe and Industries, Director Wiuterfeld, of the Berlin coutwer-. cial Company, and Privy Council lor Von RathenaafJ, director gen eral of the greatest electrical works in Germauy. A num ber; of others are to follow with the avowed purpose of "study ing the United States aud seeing how the Americans do it." They will visit New Orleans, Mejtnphis, Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Col umbia aud the great cotton cen tres, the priucipal Texas cities, the great farms, rauchos and mines of the West, aud the smelting centres, after a tour of the great work-shops of the E 1st. Fatal Explosion of a Gas Main. Wheeling, W." Va., Ot. 27. Two foreigners were instantly killed and another probably fatal ly hurt by the explosiou of six-teeu-inch gas rnaio at Ca moron yesterday. The meu were .blown nearly 50 feet bv the force of the esploiioo and their -bodtei were NE0K0E5 LYNCH A NF.ORO. The Negroes Took Him from Custody and Hanged Him. AMoelaleil Pmu (llHoatcti. Shn vi-port, La, Nov. 2 J Craddock, a iirgro, was lynched l)j an infuriated nuii, composed ohif ly of blacks, at Tavlorstown, about seventeen miles from Shraveport, last night. He approached the home ol Wesley Chamber, a ne gro cotton picker, aud called him out. After whispering to him and as Chambers turned to leave, Crad dock split bis head with an uxv TheuCraddock mutilated the body of theiving man frightfully. Then, observing Dju Washing ton, another negro, he crept upon Dim aria situck uioi on me bead with, the edge of the axe. satisfied with this, he weut to the door of theoal'in and called Cham beta's brother, Mercer, to the door. Mercer unsuspectinglv came and was at ouoe beaten down and fright fully it jnred. Wesley Chambers died almost instantly ; Mercer died this afternoon aud Washington cannot live. After committing the triple mur der Craddock walked to Taylors town and mingled with the negroes there, boasting of the crime. He appeared perfectly unconcerned and said be killed the men "just tor fun." Craddock was captured by t small posse of white meu, but 1 crowd of about BOO.mostly negroes took possession of him and at nnc4 hanged him to a tree-and burned bis body beneath it Judgment Suspended. Courts are somtim8 criticifd for suspending jndgment in so many cases, but what's to Sedone? Ywsterdav the first caee tried by Judge Allen aud a jury in the Su perior Court was against five young boys fordisturbtug a religious meet ing. They were convicted with ease, but the prosecuting witnAsies, the church people, begged that nothing be done with them and jndgment was suspeuded. The ends of justice were no doubt sub served, vet thsre was perhaps crit- ictpm. The next case up was against an old man claiming to have bjen a soldier blown up in the crater around Petersburg. His claim was investigated and thought to be corrects- His right irm was paUied and he was in a deplorable condition, but he was convicted of stealing a cow. That palsied arm paralvnd the jndge and he did not know wbat to do until the old fellow said ha could prove an sKKi y throe witnesses. Then be was told to produce them before the end or the term and the case was kept open. Butsnpnoiq he doog not make his claim of an alibi good, what can be done with him? He is too old and disabled to work, though he ' "manages to scurry around and keep out of th9 alms house, even if he does havoto steal a cow. Greensboro Rooord. 'Result of a Drunken Freak. New York, Nov. 2. Fourteen solid blocks of bnildiugs in ruins, one life lost, two-soore persons in jured, 500 persons homeless and a tiuauual loss of $1,500,000 is the outcome of an alleged drunken freak which resulted iu tbe fire at Couey Island yosterday. Frank Connolly, 27 years old, and Peter Skelley, 83 years old, former waiter in the Albatross Ho tel at SbeepBbead Walk and the Bowery, are locked "op, charged with arson, on tbe strength- of statement made by Barney Wolf, proprietor of a Raines law hotel at tbe island. Wolf says that on Fri day night Connolly and Skelley. in the presence of a great crowd said that things were getting dull in the island, and they believed they would liven the place up with a fire. Wolf says be saw them start a ore, wbioh he put out. Again yesterday, he asserts, they started a second fire, but be arriv ed just as tbe fl imes shot up aud was uuable to control them aa he nad done on tfriday and he gave the alarm. What Kind. A young' Japanese compositor employed ona Japanese pa per hard ly a stone s throw from the Mail aud Express- building was riding down town in a city ball rain the other morniug. -He was engrossed 10 bis morning paper and paid lit tle attention to the other passen gers. But a fresh looking youug man who sat next to him, aud who had been eyeing him all along.sud deuly said: "What sort of a neti' are von, anyway aChiuese or Japanese? The little1 Jap was -not caught napping, li iicfc as a wink he re plied: "W bat sort of a 'key' are you. anyway a monkey, a donkey.or a Yankee?" i J . Tbe fresli young man had no more to say and let B the- train quickly wbeo City Hall station was reached. -New York Mail aud Express. 1 " .'.I. -c True merit js like a river, tbe TRIAL AT TRENTON Negro Arraigned for tli3 Marde 0! Mr. F. G, SimmoDS. Tvo Brothers, Partners In a Lumber Co Draw Pistols and Try to Kill Each other. From gpfola to Charlotte Olwertcn Newbern, Nov 2 Alfred Dn iels, the negro who is charg d wit the murder of Furuifald G. Sim uaons, father of Senator Simmons was takeu fromCraven county j 11 Sunday night, by 8beriff Taylor of Jones county, to Trentou, where he will be tried for the cru )l and dastardly murder of oue of tbe States oldest aod mcst rerpected citizens. Daniels was placed Craven Jul owing to tbe fctroog sentiment that was against iiim All the indications pointed to hi cuutattue nodiuff ot Mr. aim moos' body aud it is itid on good anthority that the alleged mar derer made a verbal confession sheriffs Taylor, ot Jcues, aud Bid die, of Craven, that b killed Mr Simmous, in self-defame. Mr. Sim coons' gun was found by his sid with both barrel c cked, but from the statement made by tbe prison er it was impossible for him have shot Mr. Simmons from th position and location that he said he was in. j ce case will come op before Judge Henry K lifyau.wh is prestdiug at the criminal term of oourt for J mei county. " v A quarrel thatoain near term mating in an awtut trngedy occur rd to-day at th -Ihod of ithe Pin Lu'mber Compauy, of this city, iu which two brothers were the prin cipals. The qtiarrel were over financial matter. Jos. E. Hawk 0110 ot tbe parties involved, is president of the above namndcoin pany, which docs a tremendous busiooss, aud the other,! E. G Hawks, is manager of oue of the small mills of the company, a (Jroatan ten miles iroui this city It seems tbat J . b rlawk had sua picious that the tinauoial affairs of E. G. Hawk were not whattheV out. to bo, ao this moruing J. J5 iiawa, learning inac qis orocner was iu tbe city, drove to Croatau, and got possession of tbe hooks usod at the mill at Croatan,and brought them back.witb him. When K G Hawk bad beeu informed of his brother's actions, he went to the office tf thocompany and demand ed that the books bo returned to him, but upon refusal, witness sav E G Hawk drew his revolver and once again demnnded the books, but it is said J. E. Hawk ran bis baud to his hip pocket an attempt to draw nis weapon. but at this jrtucture W. F. Aberly, who is secretary and treasurer of the company, interfered, and in the melee one gun was exploded, but no damage was done. Then E G. Hawk was disarmed and Aberly took J. E. Hawk's gun aud unappped it two or three times a E. G. Hawk, but during tbe ecufll tbe guu was "broken," and all the cartridges dropped on the fl nr An officer arrived on the scene, and arretted all the partios. The preliminary trial was held this attprnoon, and Yj. U. llawk was held uuderflOO bond, for his ap pearance at court, also $500 justi fied bond tbat be would keep peace for six months. Aberly was put under a 150 bond. Paint In the Water. Wilmington, N. C. O.t. 31 Special. Aa a result of drinking watT which was poisoned bv paint. tbe four year old daughter of Mr Charles McMillan, an architect of this city, died this morning, and an infant sod lies at the point of death. Rain-water running off a freshly painted roof aud emptying into a cistern which furnished tbe supply ot drinking water for the family, Was the oanse of the trou ble. The! children drank the water and it caused inflammation of tbe stomach. Medical skill was pow erless to relieve the lntensesuffer- ing of thechildren. Tbe boy can not recover. Girls Oct Damages. Wilmington, N. C , 0:t. St Special. Tne'Jnry in the damage suit of Mtrtil L .Kreech against Wilmington- Cotton Mill touight returned a verdict giving the plaintiff $300 Suit was brought for $25 C 0 damages. The plaintiff. female operative, wan. ii'jired by heiugtcaught in some' machin ery. ,. , lusuranses against hail storms a new tbing, but a lar?e unniber f farmers took out policies insur ing tueir crops again damage y hail last slimmer. One iuuranc ootnpanv had 500 policy bolder 111 this State to report Iops by hail. Wbat is needed thronahout1 tho slately belt of the State is iusur- auca agaiust'daroage to grain crops by cniQOh bogi. Moproe Joqotr- Klllil Wild aoU Himself. Washington, Ncv. 2 I; ui Mirtfeld to day shot and killed Ins wife and then counmitrd suicide at a boarding house berr. Mort feld wa a parolinl patient f a hpiial for the msaiie and it i believed tl.e deed was committed because of hi fearof Iteiug return ed to tho asylum. Mr. Mortfeld engaged iu a desporate stuggle with her husband beiore she was killed. Erly this morning Miss Margaret Worrell, the landladp heard the c man's frantic apfeaU for held and eudoavoroti to reach the room but the door wa locked. The landlady rau into the street aud appealed to several people, one a watchman at a nearby building, but all failed to respond. Mrs. Werrell returned, telliug Mrs. Mortfeld to hold out a little longer as the polioe were coming. To fhots were tbeu fired and Mrs. Wer rell tbiuks tbey were iutended for her. Three shots followed and she believed these ended tbs lives of couple. Murdered by rioantalaesra. Bristol, Teuu., Nuv. 2BC Bank, assistant superintendent of tke Virginia St- Loo is fair7 com mittee, aiTived be re to-day from Big-Stone 0p, Va. Ha stated thatE D. Weut 1. brother of tbe missing youug mau, K L Weuti, had sbaudoyed all hope of fiuding the missiuff young man alive. Mr. Binkmattd that E D. WenU expressed adherence to 'the toory that his brother had been murder d by mooutaiueers. Mr. Batiks knew nothing of the reKrt tbat irOO.OOO had been demauded as a rausom for onz s reluru to Bb family. . . X ,1 , ij.ii. 11. Mrs. Saldtlng Almoat Drowns Her- .sell. italeigh, Nov2, Mrs. Richard Sajutsiug, who lives uear here, at tempted suicide yesterday. Sha was missed. and a letter was found distflosiug her intention, and" say ing that ber body might te foaud in a creek near-by. Search was instantly made. Toe body was found iu thelater, being appar eutly dead. A physician arrived immediately,' and said she was still alive, bnt bad tbe remained ill t he water a moment longer sh would have beeu dead. Sho is iu a serious conditioo. STATE NEWS. The d'spensaty won in at Kin stoti election over saloons by or mtij nty, after one of the hardest fought battle at the polls ever known there. J he vote. cast was GOO. Until thet'ilLcial count both sides confidently claimed success The election was very quiet and orderly, and there was uo distur bauce. A new enterprise has-been open od ap at Qreeiisbofo. J. C. Her ring, of tbe llerriug Artificial St oue Company, of Charlotte, has entered into a co-partnership with Messrs. Sam Browo and W. h (Jarter, ot mis city, aud toe new firm will manufacture artifioia stone and do a general wholesale oemout business. The factory wil be located ou Walker aveuue, and tbe business willie quite ati ex tensive oue. Mr. Alfred S. Galloway, while nn bis way from Pelhnm to Dr Keesee's store, near Reidnville, last Monday mormon, found a dead ne gro ou the railroad track just this side of Pelbam The negro was deutifhd as Saoford, Thompson who lived Dear by, and his body showed marks which indicated that he bad been killed by a train. The negro attended church in Rufliu Sunday night and it is thought be had boarded a freight train to ride homo, lhe train did not stop at Pelham, and h most have been burled under the wheels wbile trving to alight. The boy wss about 22 years old. Mr. Golloway notifid some people of the section of nis find and an in qtust will be held. Maggie -Carver, a fourteen-year old or Mr. and Airs. b. ss. Uarvsr nf Abbeville disappeared from her homo about a mimt h ago and all ff irtsof the family aud police to wate her have prcvd a failure, 'he matter has been kept qrait it h tha hope that thechild might e found.' It is the llief of the father tbat bis daughter has been foully dealt with.' It is said to-day that Mr. Carver is prostrated, and fears are entertained that she will ose her reason. The Tittl 8.ir-old girl of Pas tor R R Nichols, of the oolored Methodist church at Knistou.N C. ed an awful death; Thursday night t miduight as. a result of a horri ble burning vesterdao. The littl. irl was playing iu the fire with broom, alternatelv sticking the broom in the fire and then putting her foot on it t stamp out tbe blsz when its dress csnsjht fire The iBantiat Statn Convent ion I meets in Charlotte, fjecember 9cb. ix bnqdred delegates will be in WELL, COME AND SEE! We will (fladly exchange the larger portion of our Large Stock of Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Capa, Shirts, Pants. Ladies' Dress Skrits, Shirt Waists, Ladies' Cloaks, Capos; Jackets, &o, for the money, and we will eive y oil the best bargains you dver had. Come! Come I W are in better shaoo to serve our cus tomers now than ever beiore. ' We havejuat 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 thalb has ever come to town and we make the prices right 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, Lambert 00, October 16th. 1903. AaWEINSTEIIM'S, The Store 4 That Does Things ! The Fall Rash Is Oo! CARR1BD'I I.U4IBKRTON ! Pwenting to-day'atid erfryilny In eveiy dfprt tnit mallitiKlet of a-tractiom in SUPERIOR FAI L AND WINTKR MERCIIANDISR frowi all qnar ters of tb woijd. Greateat naaihrr of allraclive offurings ever seen under one roof in this section. CLOTHING I - II Hm til Urgtst ltd Bast Stock c! Ira Op-Mite Clotlliit Our prices are much lower than yon can oMatibin other stores. See hs before buyiuij, it will be HON KEY SAVED IOR YOU. SgOE& won't Doy 8ROES. until yon nee onr line. Buy the famous SKL2 c KING BUR SHOES. A writ ten Kuarantee with every pair. Everything yon need in 8hoes of alt style all prices. Pull line of Dry Goods, Notions. LaW7ckdt, Shirts, Trunks and vslle, &c, at prices lower tbn ever. Come in and see onr line of new (ijvt'xlate gorals, nd see the toiall prices we are offering agM 11 thts Pall and Winter. You will find BIG BARGAINS in every department of our at r and polite atten tiou to all. , U" Grand Tailoring event. Greateit variety of gmd shown in tbe piece at onr store from Octoer 19th to- October 34th ' VOV. ONE WEEK only. THE BANK OF LUMBERTON, N. O. Capital Stock paid Is Cash, iBditldgat Llabtnty of Stocknolders in Surplus aod Profits, Total Deposits. October 30tb, 1902. Total Sesoarces, October 30th, 1902, Offer to the people ot Robeson uuuiiuwwuuu tvnsuicni wiiu iaMC UUD Kingr . . We solicit the tcconnU of indiyidumls, inn, corporations and tnute. peomptiess, secdritt aid accuracy goabajtsed. 9 officers: A. C. , W. MCLEAN, President, B. TOWNSBND, Caahirr JOHN DIRkCTORS: HENRY D. LEDBETTER, C. B. TOWNSKND, S. A. EDMUND, WALTER 1. L. 8TEEI.E. . OEOROB THINGS ! Its the little things in life that seem to coo lit most. Yonr druggist who is not patient In little things Is not reliable. Care, patiuc, consideration we try to make basic principle iu our buaineaa. We believe we can serve yonr needs in the drug fine, as well as anyone, and shall at all times, endeavor to protect your in tern Should yon see fit to give us your patronage. We invite an inspection of prices and quality of goods, then we feel sure yon will see it to your advantage to patron ise, ns. K. O. ROZIKR, Drvgfiat. LITTLE BLACKER BROS. WK'RB RKADY WITH Tllif BK8T STOCK KVKR CLOTHING I SHOES I A. WEI N STEIN, King Clothier. LUMBBETON, - $20,000 Oo 20,000 Oo addition to Caoitai. - - - V 251,241 2 1 $309,681 0 County and the poblic szeoenlW R. D. CALDWELL, Vice-President. ALEX. P. McLBAN, Asst. Caahier. STANSHL, TeUer. . 8TERT.E R. D. CALDWELL, A. W. McLEAN, H. B FKNNINGS, BERRY OODWN. SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, RICHMOND, 1L, THE QKCA rest STOCK OP FINK AND MEDIUM 1H THE SOOTH. CORRESPONDENCE TOUCHED. ... 709?ll-7irE. BROAD S!.", FURNITURE 4eeur jt if (h Jeia polio, nr. f ftttBodin.00. i-' ,: . -ii ":. f ; in mmm i 1 V