ROBESONIA
ESTABLISHED 1870.
Country, God' and Truth.
SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTS.
VOL. XXXV, NO. 00
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1 004.
WHOLE NO. 1 033
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LvaNf 0rtd Lm ri sTAnr. r AT CITE VILLI;, i
DEMAND SURRENDER
The Lena Incident Considered
Closed Bj Agreement.
T.i Jtpucu liili Kiltlil Skelli Iiti
Port irtlir-Thej In Pnpirlii
For hotter idnnce lUch III
Riqoln I Month.
All drier from the Far Kaat indicate
that another Utile U imminent, but that
the Japaneae are carefully prrpanog lor
further ad race northward. Theae prep
arations will require a month. General
Stoesael report! that the Japaneae con
" tinue to bom Sard Port Arthur and are ac
tively constructing fortification iu poi
tiona they bate occupied.
e p.i.nIUr. Sent 14. An addi-
tioual Hat of caaualtle among the officers
from August 76th to September 7th gives
tbe names of J4 killed and 14J wounded.
Mukden. Sept. 15. According to Chi
nese advices the evacuation of Lino Yang
Correspondence of Tbd RobaaooUa
Mr. Robert Cooolf left Tuesday to
tbe great St. Lonia. We dart aay be will
look upon it with tlraaf e I n 1 rr el nod ex
citement.
Mrs I Ian let Catbwell, mother of Mr
Jaoiea Caabwell died at tbe hocu of her
on near Ret laat Sunday. Rev. I. W.
Cobb condacted the fuueral the neat
day.
Tbe Sute Board of Health propocr to
inaugurate a vigoroua campaign aaiat
tha moat fatal of all diaeaara, pulmonary
crafunipUon. It i a preventable diaeasi.
Coereapuadence of TW Rub itaa.
Mr frank Tiwnaed. of Barker. was
era Sasda v.
Mr. M. V. llodgra, of remUuir. .peat
Sunday with bia parent here.
Mltort belle aad Ad41e Tyner leave 10-
dav for the Baptist University at Raleigh.
An orgsrrinattos ips the haptiat Young
People' Union waa efT clnl here Sunday
afternoon. Twenty t wu member were
enrolled. I. A. Parham waa elec.ej
peraident.
Obacrve?
Mr. Lock Shaw of Lumlr
Bridge, waa Ja tbe city today
Mr. T J WbitUd returned to-
day from visit to bia brother, Mr
Duncan Ubittod. at Chadbourn.
We are glad to learn that little
Mia Lla Marab. who baa bean
unit lick for several weeks, ia
muoh better.
CLAKKTON IT En
Kspre.
A pamphlet ha been prepared to bow
bow it may be averted. A p. atnl card to I that ha fallen here in many year. Some
I. R. !(. Leait. Ralaigb, N. C. will 0f the oldeat dtuen ay they have never
bring any one a copy of t bia pamphlet cen ao nincb water on the grouu J. Tbe
Yea a gaodly number ia wanted for dia- wind wa very ttvrre. blockading the
tribution. I road every where with tire, blowing
Mr II R Home want to
Mr. Eliaa Prevail ha been aertoualy ill Pituboro yesterday for a faw days
atsy
Maa Mary Led be Iter who baa
been visiting Mra. Emma Hunter
of Dock street, haa returned home.
for several day, we are aprry to report
Tha rain Wednesday waa tbe beavieat
Miaa Mary Lantrdon Avar, who
baa bwn ill for several weeks ia
Mi
Lida Law went down to Red down ahade tree, unroofhug outhouse. I greatly tupruved.
Spring Monday to be ready to take up
her work in the CoUege at the opening.
Miaare Lena Shaw, of Lumber Bridge,
and Ethel Cobb and Nellie Humphrey, o
Shannon have matriculated a tudrnt
in tbe College at Red Spring.
The Southern Preabyteiian College is
demolishing fence, etc. A tenement
houeonMr.W. K. Cui breath', place,
occupied by Keeduara Mitchell, colored.
wa blown down while tbe family wna
within. All eacaped injury. No other
eriou damage ha been reported.
Hoaund School
by the japaneae ha. been forced owing .brolutely full of girl I'.tll M,metb,ng Tbe raoent events at the A. Si M
to the fearful tench aring Irom tne aeaa UrM up ,0 ma . vac-cT J' CollaKe in this city aarva to em
bodiea. Th. Japaneae were Mi.y .oru pUce lor .o,ner g. q( tet yf
fyiugthe.pF-cbc. hy t way o. toe ,n.l hoo tnu , acaoo. .. - . . modeta lifethrt .ok of restraint
1 i'...tl 1. uninu rait I it ...t in.1 annreciatlve tnl entire ..... . .
river, oener.. - 1 " T . .. . . :. . ot crjiKJren. TDeworlU baa never
while to the we.tw.rd preparatton. are Uect.on ahou.a ne o. . aire uu ... K. r q whjB cbdnn ffew
being made to nd a Urge force np Ltao work. gQ iu)tJ troU a, t(xay
River a far a Tie Pa. Tbne prepara- Rer p R Uw w,n fill Rev Dr. Hill Thi Jack o COQTQt jf acwed
tion are expected tooccupy one month. lpt io Muton net Sunday. to KO on ja Jentined to undermine
a Mukden. Sept. 1, All ia quiet here. w-n,riff T. W. Hall and wife went onr looiil industrial and o-overn.
The japaneae have retired southward and piorida Monday afternoon on the S. mental inatitntiona. Uncontrolled First North Carolina Regiment
it i even reponca m.i I a. L. on a buaines tnp. cm lareo grow inio uncontrolJea returned veaterdav from the Ma.
Mr. (ieu C. Weirtiirer. who haa
been in Weatern North Carolina
for two or three weeka for bia
health, haa returned home.
Miaa Minnie Shaw, of St. Paul's.
ia tbe guest of Miaa Annie McMil
lan, on Ua stnwt
Miaa Jennie Belle MoPhaul, of
Poland lia . ia tb guest of Mra.
T. A 8 moot on Oilleanie atreet.
Miaa Allen Robinson of North
Wilkesboro is here on viait to
ber sister, Mra. Jas C. McDiar-
mid on Dick atreet
Capt. J. 0. Led better, Insiec-
tor of Small Arm Practice of tbe
LorretfHjn.leuce of The lohewaitn,
Atlofney tleaer.! Rotrt I (.ilaier
will pek hee on .Saturday, (M. 14
Kverytio.lT incited
Capt Tha. Wh'.ttrd. of Elisabeth
'own. wa here Mon.lav irturmrf if..m
a viait t J Cbadbouru
Hon. and Mr, J. A Bfown. ..f Chad
hour. ,pnt laat U r.lura.Iay night In
town. Mr. Brown ou hi .y to
EliiabetUlowo. where be take on Im
Thnraday.
Mr. Henry R. McFadyea preached a
moa eiceilent aerroon frti hia father's
pulpit hereSnnday. He retnroe.1 Monday
to Richmond, Vs.
A machine from the factory wa here
recently fw iwore than a week installing
new machinery for the ginaloa; ("ocnpo
ny and re-adjuting ibe oIl machinery, ao
that CNrkton now bat one of the moat
ciwp'.e'e nd uf -to date ginneriea in (he
Su-e. Thers are 70 aaw gin, with a
capaci' of ginning 50 bleaday. The
cotton is handled and rerrtbing done in
the lateit improve 1 atyie. The ruachi
nery alone cot live or .11 tbcuaand dollar
WEDNESDAY'S STORM
od Mr. Rymon Corbett, of and uncontrollable men, and un- laasaa Manoeuvre. He says that
a Vantni Th. hflif DrcTftils here
niiu ' T I
that the lull may continue aevemi weeks. have riiing ,t Shannon oontrollable men produce dieregard tbe North Carolina Regiment de
Washington, Sept. tj.-CapUm Ber- ' . of law. and disregard of law means eervea all the nioa things the oor
linsdy, commanding . Km -P r a n respondenU are saying about ita
" "J " - " nl. onnd and look, altogether a. . ". . e 10 4 . the great sh.m battle
Kear Admiral uoouncn mw r " . , ,, . Daa JU81 taken place at tne A. x 31
. . .a .1 TT 1 a Artinvino t tla IOrTTlr fMN I . . .
to dismantle his ship, and la akeu as 10 " "" p. n. Ool'egO 18 taking place in some Fever at Orphanage.
the extent to which this dismantlement oce o. ihai orother.togreaterdey.ee.
shou Id be made. Admiral Goodncn nas u8
Tiioaraitf mnmlnap t ia ia t h a
, . , 1 amwuvv mj wwaaataan. j
everv wees. 1 most everv aanirir rrx
... . 1-- i . ir 1 ir rT .n,l fuilv I.. r 1 1 . . 1 onuonou. tucn in wou
called on me wavy uepanutem mi .u- ... ' ine noma, sonoois ana ilqu
strnctions on this point, and details are have been vmting witn kindred at Max- establishments tbrougboUTt the
now being worked out between the Navy ton sbout ten daya. aQ(j Tj,e preae uipatcbes
and the State Departments. Tbe State The cotton ins at Shannon are both tell of family rows, of Strikes and
Department is in telegraphic commum- rurju;ng and are proving to be a great I mo be. These disturbancea are con
cation with Count Caasini, the Russian convenience to tbe community. ned to no section of the CCUDtry
ambassador, on thh point, and a sUte- Rev. c. E. Hodgin, of GreensJwro. is They are even confined to male
at his old home at Antioch and preachice. 181
a seriea of sermon there. The trouble is at the horns and
n 1 1 J tbe schools of the land are not all
rta .. eek iS convalescing nicelv. do,Dg .thelr .duty- Authority IS
r . J owriddn and were maintained at
Air. uamei aicueoa lias Been eiectea
ment is made that the incident will be
cloied in a short time. It is expected
that tbe Lena will be dismantled at the
Mare Island nsvy yards.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 15 A dispatch
from Lieut. General Stoessel, commander
t the fustian military forces at Port
Arthur, says the Jspaneee are actively
constructing fortifications on Sampson
Mountain and at other points, and they
contitrac to bombard the forts and the
harbor. On September 2 they threw 250
stbella into the town. A Japanese dis
patch adds that they have issued a proc
lamation to the Row's n troops, demand
ing their surrender.
delegate from Shannon chnrch to Presby.
tery at Bensalem.
MAXTON.
Scottish Chief.
We had our
trial at Dumbarton last
all it is with too loose rein and
too lax a hand; discpline is not
enforced with firmness and de
sision ; and tbe foolish whims and
car ices grow into dangerous and
unrestrained passions of men.
It is time for reform in the
nurder They Say.
Salisbury, N. C., Sept. 15. Thomas
mnd Chalmers Wbtte, charged with kill-
insr Rnasell Sherill one rear ago, stand
to-night convicted of murder in the sec
ond, degree.
The Fury la the case, after being ont
week, and were acquitted of the crime of tome and reform in the school. It
is not too late, rne borne ana toe
school just cooperate, as they have
j'ust done in case of the A, & M.
CoUege students. Parents should
teach thier children obedience;
school and college authorities
should enforce obedience, and
maintain proper supervision and
oversight over the inexperienced
ituuemai teeen oaBeg & the Iaflrfnary five
of who are convalescent. Seven
others are discharged, making 1
total of twenty-four cases of ty
fihoid to date. There are at leaat
wo more cases, not yet removed
to the Infirmary, which are al
together likely to develop into ty
phoid. Fortunately tbe disease
continues mild. The Infirmary is
full, and tbe nurses are skillful,
patient and tender. Dr. Julian is
giving the greatest oare to every
case and Mrs. Boone is as wise and
vigilant as ever. Nobody knows
where the scourge is . going to
stop, but' we are grateful that
everything is as well with us as it
is. Thomasville Charity and Chil
dren.
holding a county office.
The Bank of Maxton is doing the most
prosperous bnainets in ite history. Mon
day the deposits were $ 125,000.
Rev. G. T. Pace of Red Springs spent
part of Saturday in Maxton on bis wap
to Charlotte, to preach at Hopewell
church ner that place.
.We neglected last week ts note the re- youth retrusted to their care.
turn of Mr. L. T. Cottingbam and family Boys of immature ace eroig away
wentv hours returned its verdict this f. to this place, Everybody is glad to have from home should not be left to
rnoon ucm UJV"" inier own aevices, 10 suay or not
The White brothers are orominentl We think it very poor taste for the BS the notion takes them, to waste
"businessmen of Cancord. Russell Sher- Lumberton papers to go to crowing and money in vices and dissipation, to
zill. whom they shot In alleged alterca- chuckling over the result of the Conven- spend time loafing, in the Streets
0 I . . I 1 1 .a? A. .1 A 1
tion, growing out of their efforts to in- tion. They may find something else more insieaa 01 Biuaymg, 10 ouserve no
luce him to marry their niece. Miss important to deplore. regularity nor system in eaung,
Annla Whit, whn rhurorl Stifrnll with I rw n n r.T f T unnnlinrrr cn.n SlCePir. BBCl Working,. It 13
ruin waa an eanallv nrominent Unn. irhn nnrntn. TT. Mm horrible to think of the vices and
young man of Mt. Ulla, Rowan county, to meet hU sister, Mrs. T. A. Brown of 'ollies of the unreetrained youth
Because of the high standing of all par- J Chadbourn, who was on ber way to Red R , loose. 1 ...
ties connected with either side of the enrinps to enters niece in the Sem-.l We hope ti.6 A. & M. inciden
caaeandofthenrominenceefthe connael L.r. Will prove a Valuable lesson to
ennnd. the trial has been one of the parents and teacher B There
o.t noted ever heard in Rowan. . ? 9,,ng " f C i crying and need . of reform al
Th. wAirt of th. inrv ahnear. to meet U""5V . a.uc u. iuc mo8t every wnere. A little tl I U HOBS
hha-lannror-rion. river was left in bad shape by the late . Uttto Mercise of revolution and
TJLr I Jfr?.bet "? neVflx.ln antboriety. tackisned by good
WSnX.o. wl aocompilsh "the
. i way wiinoui mriucT ueiay, as cotton IS
Counsel tor the defense save notice of coming to marketand tishard to cross
mm sppeai to tne next term o: xowan oUce witn an emD.
There b, been grneial sc-ttteration
aarong our voung people lraving for col
lege du-ing the last week or ao. The f
Vw ng tuve gone aince !at rrtprt: Mis
Ger;rade McFadyen and FthelClark,
to the Tresbytrnan College for Women.
Charlotte; Mnr Kate Johnston, Iura
Dei! an1 Amanda Clark, Mary Wuoten
and EiaaCromartie. to the Southern
Preabyterian Co lege, Red Springs; Mia
aes Laura and Amelia Meare,to Littleton
Female College; Miss Phils Ballard to
Welch Neck High School, Hartsville, S
C; Cnrrie SingleUry to Chapel Hill, By-
ard Clark, Slade Smith, LeRoy Newland
and Neill Stevens to Dsvidaon.
LAURINBURQ.
this
Superior court.
We spent yesterday at Jckson
Six Marked For Death. Stmnm. and had the mnat re?firt
Macon, Ga., Sept. 13. Specials to the experience with the storm and
Telegraph from Athens, sy there is sorr. hihg water we have gone through
xcitementand much talk 'over the ae- Mnoh' timber is down and the tres-
enring of what is-' said to be positive evi- tie crossing Jaokson Creek near
dence of a ''Before Dsy Club" ia Clarke the Springs. The reports from all
county, and Sheriff Weir is in readiness I directions this morning indicate
to serve warrants against the negroes im-1 much damage done to crops- and
plicated. The names of six alleged mem- property. At this, place the town
bers of the club are already "tnown. drainage was ovreflown and many
They are all farm hands and live on the trees blown down. Telephone and
plantations of six well-to-do farmers who telegrahphio communication is
are marked for slaughter. The aim of badly interfered with, and - tis
the negroes is said to have been to wait even said to have rained down eelsf
-nnrH som cotton hsd been sold by the as two or three of. good size were
farmers and then kill the men, rob them fouund on the side walk near this
and burn their bouses. Peace warrants offioe, and one or two men assert
will probably be issued for the tregroes I that they saw them fall from the
asnplicated. , iogald.
dieredrenlt. The A. & M. Col
lege is a better place for boys to-
day, by 100 peroent than it was
one week ago, God pity the home
with no authority, and the boy
who goes from such home to
an ungoverned and undisoip
lined school. Raleigh Post.
Rev. P. R. Law writes he will
be here anu preach in tbe Presby
terian church next Sur.dy morning
and Centre oburch in the evening.
Be also says be hs secured redoo
erTratfla over the A. A. and. Ah.
erdeen and Rockfish railroads to
Presbtyery at Bensalem oh arch
next Tuesday, the 20th.
Mr. J. D. Norment was in Fayetterille
on business yesterday.
Miss Bffie and Eunice Sinclair, of Fay-
cteville, are visiting their grandfather,
Dr. Sinclair, at Rowland.
New Cotton Picker.
An Albany, Ga., dispatch says:
G. A. Lowtv. inventor of the
Lowry Round Bale Gin and sev
eral of his associates have been in
Albany for several weeks ex peri
men ting with a cotton picking
machine which Mr. Lowry is try
ing to perfect. He does not claim
. 1 1 a a
tnat ms mac nine nas oeen per
feoted yet, but be believes that be
is working on the right line and
hopes to have a cotton picking
machine with a daily capacity of
4,000 pounds before the season is
ever.
Cotton planters who have seen
tbe implement say that it is
wonerf ul maohine and they express
connaence mat 11 win De orougn
to a state of perfection that wil
make it a great boon to cotton
growers.
We lesrn that Mr. W. A. Yost has
purchased the residence occupied by the
family of Mr. T. W. Hutchison.
Mr. Kueoen Stewart, or Pembroke, re
turned Monday from a visit of several
days to relatives and friends in Harnett
eounty.
The storm Wednesday seriously inter.
fered with the operation of trains on the
Coast Line by breaking the wires so that
orders could not be had from the di
patchers-
Mrs. Neill Shaw; of Lumber Bridge, is
in the city shopping today.
Mr. D. . Z. McGooean. of Lumber
Bridge, is in the cfty to-daa.
Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. White expect to
leave this afternoon for t visit to rela
tive at Winston-Salem.
Mr. E. 7 Humphrey received a tele
grant yesterday afternoon conveying the
sad-news that his father. Mr. James
Humphrey, was"dyiot; at hia home at
Saddletree, Robeson county. He and
his two brothers, Messrs. F. G. and R.
B.." Humphrey, left on tbe afternoon train
to bo-with their father,
Exchange.
Cotton is bringing 10 V cents on
market.
The electric lights will be turned on
tonight.
58a bales of new cotton have been
sold here this season.
Mrs. Coble aadjdaughter. Miss Claire
are visiting relatives at Red Springs.
Miss Minnie McKinnon left recently
f.r Scotland Neck, S. C, to teach in the
Graded School at that place.
Mr. aad Mrs. S. E. Gibson and chil
dren left Tuesday for Clarkton to viait
the family of Mr. Thad. J. Fletcher.
Misses Minnie and Emma Willis have
returned from Morehead City, where
they spent several weeks with the family
of their brother.
A tenant house house on Mr. A. F.
Patterson place was burned Friday morn,
ing. Thi occupant, Gilbert Thompson,
colored lost all he had except a water
bucket and an axe. If Thompson's gun
and dog were burned it was indeed a
great los.
Thomas Wade, a well-thought of col
ored msn who lives near Gibson, had the
misfottune to lose by fire Tuesday night
his barn, to mules, one one-horse wagon
all farming untensils and feed. The fire
is supposed to be the work of some mis
creant.
Norfolk, Va., September 15.
Reports of last night s storm are
gradually coming in from tbe bay.
Ibe monitor tlonda was com
pelie to anohor in the Chesapeake
near Crisfidel. Md., during the
blow, she arrived here today and
reported sighting many small craft
ashore in the bay. The schooner
White Wings picked up tbe crew
of the cspsized sloop Sadie from
the bottom of that vessel in
James river early this morning.
The Sadie had been overturned
n tbe storm and all ber crew bad
scrambled upon her keel-
Greensboro, N. C, Sept. 11. William
SUpleton, the owne - of a two-horse team
hauling brick f r the Greensboro Female
College building, aad two negro drivers
were arrested this morning foe cruelty to
animals. The evidence shows chat not
only was the team overloaded, but the
horses to be induced to pull the heavy
load had been beaten axd abused unmer
cifully. When poll rrtn an wjio made
tbe arrest, stopped the team in the tour
ing rain, to-day, they" ere stalled, and
tbe three men were saidU be beaQfig'oattjrjt to ses.
them until blood was running down one
Of the animals legs and in half an hont
on ol tbe horses laid down and died. and
escaped farther work and pain and worry.
Rnral Rotre So. 6, rnnnint; from here
to within two miles of Moss Nick cot
menced yesterday. Mr. Clingman Obvis
has accepted position as aeJiveryman.
Great DestinctJon lo Crops a:d
Oilier Damage Done.
Ttlfjnp. Tins Doit Crut Tmj
Uproots lid Erti flonu Did In
Escipi Lti firj of tit Tirri j
Winds.
Columbia. S. C. September IS.
-A special from Conway, Horry
county by special mtaaeoger l
Florences. 0.. says that great
damage haa bren wrought in tnat
county by Wednesday's atom,
which aaed over tbe lower Mo
tion of South Carolina. Commu
nication ia cut off iu every direc
tion, but rv ports so far receive!
indicate that the damage done in
Horry county will approximate
$o4)0.ax. The greatest area of
damage waa from Ioria. the laat
station of tbe Chadbourn and
Conowav railroad, in Horry Coun
tv, to Mount Tabor, tbe first In
orth Carolina. Here crops ap
pear to have been wijed out eu
tirely. At Myrtle Bearb and Pine
Beach a number of houses were
blown down.
Wilmington, Del , September
.Y Kighten were drowned today
by the sinking of tbe tvsz Israel
W. Durham in tbe Delaware river
opposite thia city. The tug waj
swamped during the heavy storm.
Her cabin and crew of five men
and four employee of tbe American
Dredging Company were aboard
when the tug sank. Two were
saved. They olnng to the pilot
bouse of the tug and were taken
off by a sand snoker. Tbe Dor
ham was utilized in carrying coal
and other supplies from Philadel
phia to tbe dredges of tbe Ameri
can Dredges ol tne American
Dredging Company.
uciohmond, V.a., September
15. Reports are ooming in cf
great destruction throughout Vir
ginia of crops and farm buildings
and other property by tbe sterm
of laat nigbt. Corn was beaten
into the around, tobacco barns
tilled with naif cured tobacco were
unroofed or leveled and tbeir con
tents ruined, stacks of bay and fod
der were swept away by swollen
steama and dwelling bouses ware
wrecked. At some points tbe
rainfall is estimated to have been
from 6 to 11 inches. No loss of
life has been reported.
Wilmington, N. C, September
15. Although no damage was
done in Wilmington, the destruc
tion in some sections of the state
was very great and especially to
crops. In some localities houses
were blown down. Thus far only
a few casualties of any. seriousness
have been reported. Two houses
at Ingold, a small town in
Chatham county. were blown dewn
and the occupant of pne of the
bouses, Mrs. Us born, who was
quite old, waa seriously inured and
she ia not expected to live. Mrs.
Uaborn in the mother of Colonel
W. H. Osborn, mayor ofGreens
boro. Tbe furniture from Mrs.
Osborn's house was carried for
hundreds of yards, and a stove wa3 .
found several hundred yards from
tbe bouse. The storm in the vi
cinity of Ingold attained the mag
nitude of a hurricane.. Mr. D.
L. Gray, costal clerk running be
tween Wilmington and Greenboro,
came to Wilmington on tbe day of
tbe storm. He said there wa
great damage to the crops ia
the storm swept district as far
west as Siler City, on the A. and
T. road. He stated that the corn,
cotton and tobacco was lying
fist on tbe ground. The rainfall at
Greensboro was quits heavy, but
there was not much wind. The
storm cams from the ocean, strik
ing tbe coast between Charleston
and .Wilmington and extending
westward to about tbe central part
of North Crolina. The storm travel
led rapidly northward, and early
yesterday rooming itwaa raging in
Boston, and by noon it bad swept
Mr. Stephen Rozier sad MiS MinrLr
Rnier are visiting relativr i Laur n
burg. Dr. C X. Regnn. of Lain bi-y ap a-,
a few days to the coantr tbi wek.
Rev. Simn! J Po "e- p "o- i ?
Street Baptist Chorch, Ki Cit; . 1'a.
parked here yeterdy. re u'ni-w ?
v?sit to his mother ia Columbus county