' ' ' THE ROBESOMAN '
ESTABLISHED 1870.
Country, God and Truth.
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WHOLE NO. 1045
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JULY 16, 1004.
VOL. XXXV, NO. 42
STRIKE OF PACKERS
Forlj-Fiie Ihonsand Hen Are
Not Oat o! Wort.
It ItjEqiiI the Coil Strike InlUGret
iBcoDfcnlesce The Strike Is tlie
Result or t Dlsijrtement Oier Wi0es
Chicago. July 12. At the result
of a stubborn disagreement,
chiefly orer wages for unskilled
lalwr. oue of the moat extenaive
strikes in the hiatory of . tbe roeat-
packing industry of the United
States began today in Chicago
Kansaa City, Omaha, St Joseph,
Mo., and other cities where large
imekinir ulants are located. If
C a M
prolonged, the strike it expected
to cause widesuread inconven
ience, osaibly equaling the an
thraoite ooal famine of twu years
ago.
The unanimity of the strike
was wnplete. More than 45,(XX)
employe are direotly involved.
In Chicago alone 1,000 men
are on strike.
The effect of the strike upon
the food supply of the oountry,
and the price of meats is being
earnestly discussed, notwithstand
ing the announcement that the
packing bouses, contrary to some
what general expectation, will
continue operations without Any
close down, employing whatever
help may be obtainable. How
ujVib alleviation in the furnish
ing of auppliea to the publio this
course may afford is a matter of
wide variation o f opinion.
The walkout here was started
by the employes of the killing
departments at the various packing
houses. The killers were followed
by the workers in other depart
ments, as fast as the current work
left by the slaughterer oould be
cleaned up. Thus as the workers
in each department disposed of
their part of the work, they threw
off their aprons and departed. Thi9
consideration . was shown the
packers, the labor offioials an
nounced, beoause it was not the
desire of the men to cause the em
ployers any financial loss as a
result of neglecting meat that was
on hand to be dressed.
Watched by cordons of police,
the strikers filed briskly out of the
packing houses, carrying overalls,
rubber boots and knives, cleavers
nnd steels. The strikers were
greeted by crowds of women and
children, many of whom joined
hands with the workmen on the
outward march. Whatever the
future may have in store in the
way of riots, there was today
do sign of disorder.
ADicturesaue scene was present
ed when the sausage factories and
canneries were left by their force.
There are 1,000 girls employed
in these two departments of the
meat industry. Clad in the vane
gated garb of factory girls, this
army of feminine strikers tripped
blithely along the main street
through the stook yards, and were
roundly obeered as they emerged
through the gates and distributed
themselves in the crowd of men
Who had awaited their coming.
"Txr-t :u :li il
rw ic wiiu juu 1111 tuo laui,
the girls exclaimed, smiling as
they stood around and talked over
the situation with their male com
panipns in the movement.
President Michael Donnelly, the
Amalgamated Meat Cutter and
Butcher Workmen of North Amer
ica, the leader of the strikers, said
in a conversation tnis evening
that he believed the strikers would
have little difficulty in withstand
ing a siege of more than . a year
with the strike funds the unions
have on band.
Arthur Meeker, of Armour &
Company, said tonight
"We consider the demand of the
union for an advance in wages of
unskilled labor entirely unwarrant
ed by industrial conditions. We
could not concede it, and proposed
to submit the question to arbitra
tion, whioh the union dclinelJ to do
and calld a strike today at all our
plants. Every department is kept
running, however. We have had
applications from hundreds of
waea than we have n pay
ing, and every day espeet to in.
crease our output. "
President Michael Dofluelly, the
strike leader, said
"I wish to make it dear that
we are not rtghtiugfor auy increase
of wages, but against a decrease.
Our origtual demand was lor a
minimum of '.) cents an hour
for laborer. This demand was
amended after our eouud confer
euce with the packer in June."
From Red Springs CUIiee.
Mr. D. P. McKachern attended
the meeting of the county board
nf f!tiratirti ui Luruberton last
Monday.
A protracted rneetiug begins
this week in the Baptist church Ht
Raeford. Mr. Pitman, the pastor,
will le assisted by Rev. Mr. Peel,
of South Carolina.
Rev. S . E. Mercer has igun
a series or meetings ai me ueiuo- Mridire. srwnt a day or
dist church this week. Ihverybody weev witb her mou Mr
Maatoa StrttUh CfcW
Misa N-Ilie Smith, of Rockiug
baru. is the guest of the Maple
Shade this wk.
Messrs J. C. McCaskill. -I W.
Carter and Colonel K P UcRae,
were in Luniberton U -u l
Miss Mary but Hu'waon. oi
Hed Sprlngiis the km:s! of Miss
Caminie McCaskill of t!m place.
Misses Margaret an i Lelia
Barnen. of McColi. are isiting in
Maxton uu their return from Clark-ton.
Mr. Kdwiu Lov.dac of the
Sea he an! Air Liue, spent the
Fourth with horn f.Wks at Luai
burton.
Mr. T K.McRof Wauobaula
Fla.. is with relatives and old
friends of this pUee aud cjturnuni
ty this wek.
Mrs. L. Mclntvre. of Lumber
two last
Charles
cordially inviied to attend. Mclntyre, of this place
Mr. 8. II. Mchinnon. who is CaDtain A. J. McKinnon has
now eneaged in business in Flor- the finest ootton we have seen
ida. ia spending the week here j ;fl nearly launinn in the rows and
among cis relatives ana rnenaa. I full of blooms for a week past.
Shannon ia to have two cotton a Sunday School contention.
i
ins this season.one to be operated comprised of Fayetteville Freshy
y Messrs D. A. Singleton, the I tery will be held in th Presbyte-
other by Mr. L. liughes. rf Surch at this place.inoluding
Professor J. A. McArthur basl d and 4th next month.
been elected superintendent of tbel Xdrua store has been
Lowell Aoademy at Lowell, nearmo ""'d quarters across
Charlotte, and has gone there to the str "ck building
arrange things for the opening oi previously ., Mr. A.
the school. ) MoL. Morrison "Mrber
II r, BUU illlaL O L. uuuiuuuouu) I du uu. t fc
of Wilson, artived Saturday, and Crops about Waku
adelpbus are just looking
We saw this week corn with
five to eight ears on a stook,
whole rows of it. The cotton
. . ! -I
is Dlooming ana is as oieaa as
are ornests of Mr. and Mrs. AT
McCallum. The friends of Mrs
Fulmore note her return with
pleasure. She came with them.
The first shipment of canta
oupes left here Tuesday morning I a publio road
rom Mr. li. rJ. Ashley s larm. jUBt a few nore hot days
Next week the Northern markets and the hard worked farmer will
will get them in abundance from have laid by his crop, and
this section. Watermelons were will enioy a short respite from
not so freely planted as last year, human toil. The prospects for
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. fine crops were never better, de-
George H. Hall deeply sympathize spite the bail
with them in the death of their Mrs. M. D. Bright, one of our
infant son. Franklin, whioh occurr- most valued townsfolk is on an
ed Friday morning. The funeral outing at Ashland, Pa. Mrs
took place Saturday morning at Bright is much missed in our
ten o 'clock. church and social life, and we
The work train of the Atlantic shall give her hearty welcome
Coast Line Railroad put up on when she comes home
the side track here Wednesday Mr. T. B. Pace leads in early
night. Two negroes of the force got cantaloupes, having plucked his
into a fight and one of them was first on June the 29th. He has
severely injured. A physioian's been selling on this market every
help was required to patch up his day since, and Tuesday made his
wounds. first shipment north. The melons
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. McKinnon, are of the most delicious flavor.
of Red Springs, and Miss Bessie We are indeed glad to learn that
Morgan, of Laurel Hill. left Tues- a successful operation has been
day morning for the St. Louis performed on our young andjpopu-
Exposition. Un their arrival they lar townsman, MoKay McKinnon,
will be joined by Miss Mary Mc- at the Jchns-Hockins Hospit-
Kinnon, ang together they will en- al, Baltimore, for appendicitis,
joy the occasion. from which he has suffered ao in
A very important meeting of the tensely for the past two months.
trustees of the Southern Presby- We hope for his early and com
terian College was held Tuesday. I plete recovery in the near future.
Of those from a distance, we note
Labr Bn4f Lawala
ClM IMpOl 'tr.C Ot Tlt RilaO'4iau
The public roaJa are in a bad
cotnltti n hereabouts. The late
heavy rains hare washed out holes
in iiian plaoes that make traveling
nuite uncomfortable as wrl as
alow Mojeorer, Ibis condition
makes a strain uiku loJi vehi
cles Tl.ey should I worked
We art to have an election on a
s(wial tat for school purposes.
It is taken forgrauted that the op
position to it will Ite merely muni
nal if there is any opposition at
all Mr A M Currie the veteran
registrar of the community will
have li:re of the books .S
bim and register promptly
Mr. alt-r Love, of Wilming
ton, is t iiitiug his mother, Mrs. L
M. Ljve
Miss Mary D. Law returned
from Clio. S C., Wednesday!
The work of renovating the old
McDonald H iun proceeds with
our key note speed.
Our truckers are rushing their
cantaloujief and watermelons ujkju
the markets.
Messrs Singleton and Smith
are running their saw mill at
Shannon at full sinmhI
Mr. D B. Lancaster has been
making many of the crates used
here for the shipment of corn,
cantaloupes and so on.
Uiises Ella and Belle Smith, of
Shannon, are attendinag the sum
mer school at Raleigh.
We called to see thansturdy
colored man, Calvin McMillan, last
Sunday He is quite sick. We
are glad to say we found bim bet
ter. He is an admirable citizen.
is something heroic in his
lie takes and reads
spera and does his
o. The independence
ofh "optional. De
spite In, ' which bis
race has ali., !ly cow
ered he has voU omocratio
ticket. He listen we told,
the story of salvation with respect
fui and patient interest. We hope
he may reoover and abide long the
good citizen and neighbor he is. i
Hstsr4 News.
CiMirtpoii'tcarr of TTit kihiaun
Mrs K J McLaurhlin and her
('aughter. Miaaes Ida and Mattie,
haverlowd the MrLaurhlin House
for the month of July taking a u
ration visiting thsir many friends
Mr William Lament, a room
phnied by his sister. Mrs J
( Adams ami Miss Flora La
Messrs. Mark Morgan, Laure
Hill; A. L. Bulluok. Alfords-
ville; Look Shaw, St. Pauls; John
MoNair, A. L. James, Laurin
burg, and Rev. J. S. Black, of
Linden.
Value of U. S.;Products.
They tell ua that the value of the farm
products in the United States is approxi
mateiy $4,500,000,000. Thus the gen
tlemen, who at sundry times dream of
forming a great co-operative monopoly
to control the product of tae farm may
make some estimate of the size of the
job they are so fond of undertaking.
Durham Sun.
At Concord, N. C, the famous Cole
man mill property was sold under mort
gage to J M. O'Donnell for i 0,000. W.
C. Coleman, the founder of the mill, was
said to be the son of a Confederate gene
ral and a full-blooded negress. He was
one of the leading business men of .his
county and while he lived he made a
success of the mill, employing none but
negroes. The mill failed soon after his
death. This is the last of the cotton
mills owned in that conoty ana run ex
clusively by negroes.
unemployed men for positions at j death
Two burglars entered the meat store of
T. ti. Detti, of Tustin, Mich., and, seiz
ing the clerk in charge, thrust him into
the ice box and slammed the door. They
Chen robbed the place of about $20 and
fled. The crime was committed in broad
daylight When Dettie" returned a ad
opened the cooler to take out a piece of
meat he found his clerk nearly frozen to
A Beautiful Home riarrisge.
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Crotn-
artte was the scene of a beautiful mar
riage, wbn their oldest daughter, Cor
nelia Maude, was united in marriage to
Dr. Csrl H. Lennon. The partor was
handsomely decorated in the most ar
tistic manner. The color scheme wis
green and white
As the, bridal p&rty entered, Mendel'
sohn's march was skillfully rendered by
Miss Mattie Hawes, of Atkinson. The
first to enter were the bridesmaids. Miss
Carrie Lennon, of Whiteville, a sister of
the groom, and Miss Laura Dell Clark
Then from the left entrance came the
gracefnl maid of honor, Miss Edna Cro-
martie, a sister of the bride. Following
her came the bride, leaning on the arm
of her oldest brother, Mr. George B,
Cromartie, of BoatUmaa, who gave her
away. r-
The groom, with his best: man, Mr-
Neill Smith, of Rowland, entered from
the right entrance. Rev. W. T. Walker,
pastor of Ashpole Presbyterian church.
assisted by Rev. A. McFadyen, the
bride's paster, performed the solemn
ceremony.
Rockingham Anglo-Ssxon News.
Lightning struck the barn at
Editor Pool's Thursday afternoon
but only little damage was done.
Rev. N. H. Shepherd is visiting
his father this week. He preached
an interesting sermon in the Bap
tist church here last Sunday
night.
We do hope no more hail will
oome soon, if it is amusing to bring
it to town by the bucketful, as was
done here the first of this week
from Cordova.
Mr. Watt MoNair was struck in
the face by a foul ball during the
Kockingbam-Monroe game Mon
day and was hurt quite seriously.
He is resting easier.
Rev. D. C. Britt has been, both
last week and this, conducting a
series of revival meetings in the
Roberdel Baptist church, in which
much interest is manifested.
Rev Wm. Black, Synodical
Evangelist, Presbyterian church,
closed a meeting at Hope Mills
Monday, in which there were over
100 conversions.
The Rockingham District Con
ference will convene in the Meth
odist church at Gibson at 9.30 a.
nv July 21st. The members of
the Conference are requested to
arrive on the evening of the 20th.
The young couple were the recipients
of many costly presents.
The bride is one of Clarkton's fairest
and most popular daughters. The groom
is a rising young dentist of Rowland,
Dr. and Mrs. Lennon left on the 4:4s
train, amid showers of nee and good
wishes from their many friends, for
Jackson Springs, where they will spend
their boner moon. Tney will be at home
ia Rowland after July 18th. Clsrkton
Bxpress.
Mr. D. D. Hinson, chief of po
lice of Rockingham, and Miss
Mary Wattera. of Raeford, were
happily married at the home of
the bride's parents Wednesday-
evening. Mr. rlinscn is a police
man of this town and is held in
high esteem by the citizens of the
town. Miss Waiters is one of
Cuber land's fairest and best daugh
ters, and is very popular in Ibis
oounty, she having taught school
near Uordova, tne past winter, is
well known to our people.
im-nt. Mr H ('. McLauchlin
slid Mr W. It Mcl.sucblin.
Wt for Chsraw, .S C. last
Tuesday where he was on. Wednes
day evening united 111 marriage
to Miss Jennie Malloy, of that
plac The bride and groom I ft
immediately for an extended trip
Smith and Southwest, returning
will i sit one of America' greatest
fairs, the St. Louis. Mr. La
nioiit is one of our most popular
young men, known by all as 1
staunch snd thoroughly consecrat
eti oyung man 1 he bride is one
of Cheraw'a most accomplishes
II tit .a
young ladies. ewisn ior mem
one ot uie happiest voyages
known for married life.
Mr. and Mrs. K II. McNeill are
home from the St. Louis Exposi
tion having made that city their
objective toint for bridal trip.
We are glad to welcome these
popular figures to our social and
business cirolas, again wishing for
tbem lite s greatest joys and future
benedictions.
The Messrs. Upoburch Bros
are formlating a little village
within itself on North Main street.
nothing having been constructed
in our town as yet near reaching
such proportions. All modern
conveniences will be employed
in their residences and surround
ing buildings.
Dr. and Mrs. George A. Ora
ham, and J. C. Adams are resting
on the hills at Jackson Springs.
Seventy-five thousand dollars
have been subscribed ia Raeford
Cotton Oil Company and same is
beint? rapidly Dut ia line for or
eration. Building is to begin early
in luuo. Directors were chosen
for the year as follows : T. B. Up-
chir VJohn W. McLauchlin. A.
A." H John A. MoPhaul,
J. ve, B. F. Barnard,
W.K. N. S. Blue and
O. Kj.
Miss Cu 'fter a visit
to her man v ' has re
turned to her be. lle.
Revs. R. E. Peew X
Pittman are conductn
first Baptst church bavi.
congregations and much iu,
manifested. Rev. S. E. Meerc
closed his meeting here in M. E.'
ohuroh on last Monday evening
having accomplished much good
by bis faithful services though
only five were added to the chucrh.
Mr. Murdock MoDuffiie of Wa
gram, is spendingg some days with
bis mother and sister here.
Tfe T s ar w m .
nev. Lt. a. jyiojjaunn, alter a
viait to the Holy Land and many
points of interest in the old coun
tries is again with us having
much of interest to relate and to
our pleasure when opportunity is
presented. We are g Tad it was bis
good fortune and pleasure to visit
these places as he is in position
torender us much service.
Uncle Sol hasservedto thorouhly
heat the earth and atmosphere sea
sons have been perfect crops gener-.
aly fine, but little sickness and
this grand old world at this point
moves on with no delay
30 THOUSAND JAPS
Were Killed and Woacdrj la
Attack 00 Port Arttcr.
The Lafayette Hosiery Mills at
Fayetteville, which hvae been in
the bands of Mr. R H Dye as re
ceiver, have been purchased by Mr
F H Cotton, an experienced mill
man, former, superintendent of tbe
Hope Mills Manufacturing Com
pany. Mr. Cotton will move the
plant to the buildings of the Cum
berland Manufacturing Company,
which he will enlarge, and exten
sively, into the manufacture of
hosiery.
Army of Locusts.
A Bombay (India) newspaper publishes
an amazing account of a remarkable
flight of locusts which visited Satara re
cently. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon the
locusts made their appearance, going
from East to West, and toward evening
myraids of them began to settle down
for the night.
Next morning there were reports,
which' at first were laughed at, that the
roads were blocked by1 trees falling serosa
them, that traffic was at a standstill and
that all this was caused by the locusts.
When the mass of insects -resumed
flight next day, some idea of its immen
sity was obtained, The main body,
which was thick enough to form a sub
stantial shade, occupied- about one "mile
in breadth, with two wiags a mile and a
half each- The insects were traveling
about seven miles an hour, and as they
took eight hours in passing a given
place, It is computed that they occupied
about 224 square feet.
During their stay mango trees, fig and
pipul trees ten feet to twenty feet in cir
cumference, groaned under the weight of
the locusts, and some came down with a
crash.
So Sajs 1 St. Petersbarj D.ipilcfc, tad
tie PopilicaGf Wild Of er UaXeis.
Tbej Tslik It Too Good to Bi Tm
St Petersburg. July 13. An
thcial ronirauuiosit'oo from the
Kussian general staff says: "Ac
cording to information derived
from Japan sources and receiv-
wi by Admiral Alexieff's military
staff, tbe Japanese attacked the
Russian positions at Port Arthur
during the night of July 10. They
were repulsed with enormous lorn
It is difficult to calculate even
approximately the number of Jap
anese casualties, wbicb amounted,
it is said, o tbe immense fignre
of 30,)00.,,
St. Petersburg was thrown into
a fever of excitement this after
noon by the news that the Japa
nese were releasdon tbe fortress
of Port Arthur on Sundsy night,
with a loss said to reaoh 30,00).
Tbe original report reached St
Petersburg last night, in tbe form
of a newspaper diipatoh from
Mukden, and was received , with ,'
incredulity, but at noon, when t
Viceroy Aleixeff officially tele- '
graphed the news to the general
staff it created a tremendous im
pression. It was immediately
transmitted to the Official Messen
ger, and a few minutes afterwards
tbe newsboys were racing through
the streets, electrifying the crowd
with the tidings. The boys were
fairly mobbed by peoeple eager to
boy the extras.
The members of the general staff
do not offer explanations of what
Admiral Alexieff means by "Jap
anese sources, " but they declare
that tbe viceroy would not have
officially reported snob important
vws unless it had reached from
-.utireiy worthjqiT ere- j
they say
res,.
The Japanese bata i. ,
taoked Ta Tche Kiao. In a dis
patch from Liao ' Yang. General
Sakaroff describes a series of
skirmishes east of Eai Con.
The troops belonging to General
Kuroki'a army are meeting with
resistance at every step from the
Russian rear guard along the Sai
Yen road. The mobilization of
two more army corps is expected
shortly.
Selene sad Cora 5iik.
Corn ailk has received considerable
attention frutn our corn scientists. It is
a somewhat unusual manifestation' of na
ture, the cavity to be fertilized by the
pollen sending out this long, silky mes
senger to guide tbe pollen gsin to its
goal. The growth and development of
the silk bears an important relationship
to the crop of corn that is to be harvest'
ed. The silk at the butt of tbe ear ap
pears first and is the longest, as it .must
grow tbe whole length of the cob to get
to tbe light at all. Yet it does this and
is waving in the air catching the pollen
before the tip silks have appeared. The
butt cavities or ovaries are therefore the
first to be fertilized. It is generally be
lieved that the shorter the ear the more
likely it is to be covered with kerneis, as
the longer the ear the later will the tip
silks be in getting out to the light where
they can be of service. For this reason
the tips of long ears are frequently found
with no kernels on them. The silks did
not get out till after the sulks had ceased
shedding pollen. If an er of corn that
is sending out silk fce covered with a
long paper funnel, the silk will continue
to grow in length till it has attained a
length of 20 iacbes cr more. At the
Iowa station an ear of corn treated in.
tbis way see" e 1 to despair of getting
pollen and sent out two new ears near
its base; and these twa new ears de
veloped a good mass of silk. Tbe falling
of the pollen on the silk is f-llowed by
the grains being conveyed to the ovirie.
after the completion of wh:ch the
ailk dies. Exchange.
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