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) nn ROBESONIAK ESTABLISHED 1872 Country, God find Truth. SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTS. VOL. XXXV. NO. 82. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. DECEMBER P. 10O4 WHOLE NO. 1P00 THE LDUBER BRIDGE NEWS. Li'uiti inoa. n. c RKV. P. R. LAW. It tak two at leaat to keep up a quarrel. IVrtaiuly the quarrels that attract must lie lie t ween two or inure. Nolody crea about the quarrels o ib haa with hiinaelf. Some tHjple iovo atrife. There is n mv lii tilenat' t he 1 1 1 ao well as to strive with them. The thin that etinga to the quirk anil givee nioiit poignant pain ia take no! notice of them. It is pitinnie to ae- the pain of it, hut the nobler thiiik? to do with he querulous is 10 disregard their banters to h war of wonla. He'who halts and takes ;r np the glove but shown, however clear his disclaimer ai ver- weening fondness for the coten tion. Such oontesta bode only a Mvil (in d men and true are soon tired of it The thing ia dstasteful. We naturally sheen the fellow wh j is ready to raise an ibsne and ii.duoe a controversy as we walk around a decomposing dead animal. It ia in the paths of peace we prosper moat and are happiest. The better flk ore these walks. f There are mo e thing , i finitely l 1 T'LI a. A. I were, about tue uiDie, to iniurosi than about anv other book. It is preeminently The Book. Said one when dying, there is but one book. 1 he word Bible is from the Greek word "Biblos" and the original root designates the inner bark of the linden tree. Our word "book" is from the Anglo-Saxon "boo" or "buch." since the fusi ons wrote on beocben boards. The" book wa- divided into chapters by Hugo de Sanoto Caro about 12.)U A. D. It was divided into verses between 15"0 A. D. and 1675 A. D. There are 190 references iu the New Testament to the five books of Mo es; 101 referen ea to the b ok of Psalms; KM refer ence to the book of Isaiah and .'JO references to the minor proph ets. There are in the New rlesta mentfi39 references in all to the Old Testament for all of the gos pels and all but three of the Epis t es contain quotations from or references to the Old Te taaent in some shapei In the four Gos pels there are 191 references; 52 in the Acts; 07 in Roxans and so on. The publication of the story of child ife with a turkey on the White House grounds by a Bos ton pai er is well characterized as an outrageous piece of journalism. It turns out that there ha gone forth an order t cut the nauie of this journal from 'he list to which the weather reports are finished from Washington. We do not know whether this order is issued on account of the aforesaid publi cation or not. We find, oooasion in view of it all, together with comments thereon by the prt s, to Bay we hve no. words strong enough to depr oate the manifest tendency of newspapers in either acrid or jocose language to write that which is well iitt-d to be little the high officials of the gov era men t It is not only the coarse and grove ling taste that it dis plays that makes it despicable. but also more significantly it strikes at the fountain head of good government and law and decency in Ue S ate and nation. It betrays the presence of that evil whioh constitutes the greatest menace to our institutions, a lack of leverence for government sta tions and government officials. We cannot afford to see their majesty and standing undermined. The late fall in the price of cot ton is as interesting a subject of study as it is an important o e. The decline, Which had been an ticipated by a bearish pulse, came sharply upon the publication of the government report that ovor 12,000,000 bales had been made There is a great deal of cotton yat unsold in the country. And it is held to a greater or less degree by a large majority of the farmers. That there should be such a con dition as makes the holding pos sible is a most encouraging state of affairs. The people are beyond doubt in a better fiuauo al condi- (Coatioued on page 8) Lmmbt tWMg Local. Rev. J. W Cobb has tu preaching atToIarsulle this wk in w & Ti 'i " ir1- KDITOR.I luel'tiruDer uruige ijigm in fantry eipeot to have target prec tioe tomorrow. ' iaa Lena Shaw, of the college at Ked Spring 8int Sunday and Monday at home. The protracted meeting to be helil tins neek at Shannon wan de ferred to a Inter date. .Mr Uov liullard killed a II-mouthi-olil pig last wee; which weighed .'! 1 7 oum!a Pretty v We were in error v.p Icarr-. ri saying that Mr. Duncan (Jra:. n evtttd to muo to Florida uiu-T Christ mas .Mr. Kviinder'a i ow resident a is near ng completion and the wed. ding bells are about to ring out on the night air. Mr. M. I.. Marlev has ginned to date 454 bales of cotton, Mr. E. J. Graham 20 bales and Mr. I). Z. McGougan 250 hnlee, which goes to ahow that more cotton was made in this communi y tnan wmi made last-yer. The two gins nt Shannon eipect to have ginned when they haw finished 1000 bales. Let ever? body who expects to criticize the uew road law which is to le formulated go to Lumber ton loth of t e month. Let those wko do not go say nothing about its defects after it is adopted. In a word now is the opportunity to speak oat. It is a fair proposi tion the WBroi friends of totter roadB are giving to everybody. It is clearly a rixed purpose to please everybody, if poHsible, build g od roads, and do po at the least cost, and a- quickly as possible. It is in all ways a praiseworthy undertaking in which all our peo ple should be deeply interested. All are cordia ly and warmly in vited to the meeting. We have expressed our views frankly about the fundamentals of the law wej need. Fviwbr rai W are glad t? welcome to ur little town Dr. Crumpler who fur aomtim baa practiced it Kti'gs daleand with him nocnti atid a large practice Mr. and Mrt Duiikiu uter timed a dumber of friends fr iu ilea Spring I.amt'-rton and l- country around at their h. tno near Pirn rk Wednesday night. Th veniug wh a plr iLit ore ai.l t "iij ) 'd I'V '!. Mr Wearn th. A I. Ktpr' Atr-Mit h m vtHl hi familv h-r- nd ill r" in a i ii n gii"tit :!', Tliagg rd Hm us tl .v-uuli th n i i r I)r To riN rmMi h broiigU : Iim fnaui y d- wn. Hoptthey w l like th-ir ne hole Mil witti him much ucc in his work hi-r. Mi'fi I noeiod N m l,lr attendnd iht i nt'itainment at Mr Daokin's Wduediy night. Mr. Pitewii away a fw dVy - laat week. She returned Uit Fri dav. Mr. I). K.Grpg -ry of Lumlm ton wai here Sunday. Mtsira. Freeiland. Smith and TbompioD of Rowlaud mem in town yesterday. Mr. C. G. Lawler madf a llyirg trip to MxJo.i Ttniredry. Hou G. B Patterson o:' Mpx too, was here Satordiy. Parmta Newt. Well Mr Fxiitor. we cine tjit ii. aftvr two wroka ailenr iu luiiet nerfruive n- out Thre are ao many chanar to be made iu I I .1 -L ll.il The adjourned meeting of Pres bytery at Sanford last Thursday adopted the report ot the commit tee in the matter of the establish ing the Elise High School. Its control was committed to nine trustees. Kev. Messrs. W. F. Than, J. K. Roberts and M. D. IdoNei 1 and Messrs. N. J. Car ter. W. G. Carter, J. R. MoQueen, W..J. Paee. Harry S. Jones and Dr G. McLeod. Rev. N. D. A Brown was admitted to member ship upon examination from Tus caloosa Presbytery. The following church groups were formed: 1. Pee Dee, Wadesvilie, Sharon, Mt. Carmel, Ellerbe Springs aud the mission point, Bisooe. 2. Beth esda, Jackson Springs, Rocking ham and Marks Creek Presby tery adjourned to met at Carthage 11th cf April, 1905. Commissioner Meeting. The regular meeting of the board of county commissioners of Robeson county was held in the courthouse on Monday, De cember 5th, with the following present: Messrs. R. D. Caldwell, chairman, M. L Marley, A R. McEachern a id J. W. Carter E. C. Nye. The minutes were f ad and approved, after which a large number were added to the pension list. The time of the board was occupied in auditing bills, hsiuing rebates, pauper vouchers and etc. The bus iness was di patched speedily in order that the new board micht be sworn in. At the conclusion Court Proceedingi. The foilowmg cases have been disposed of daring the progont term of Robeson Snpenor Court before His Honor G. W. Ward, Judge presiding. H. L. Stephen vs. Penoy Ste phens, divorce Vordict for do- feodant. Thnra Lowrie vs. Elixi Lowrio, divorce. Jadgaifnt for Plaintiff Mattie MeDaoiel vh. John C. MoDaiiiel, divorce. Judgment for plaintiff. Enoah Taylor vi. Alio Taylor, Divorce. Judgment for plaintiff. Lnthor Bracy ?8 J. W. D. Mc-j Lean. Civil administration for Relinf. Non Suit. doothero 8aw Mills and Lum bar Company vs. J. D. Biggs. Judgment. Cathanue Cashwell vs. J. J. Cashwell. Dismissed. A. L. & W. F. Bullock v. H. B. Easterliog. Judgment. McLean Bros. vs. Western Union Telegraph Company. Judg ment. Kelly MoRimmon vs. Nanoy McRimmon, divorce. Judgment for Plaintiff. J. A. Barker vs. W. W. Prevatt. Jodgmeur. R. R. Barn a va. W. B. Sellars. Verdict st aside. Cha- Livingston vs. S H. Ke- fauvfr. Verdict for $275. National Cah Register Compa ny vs. Red Springs Grocoiy Com pauv- At toe time ot goug to press the hearing of the last c se had not been concluded. no aroumi our nourisDioif nine tutu I hardly koow hir to l- g.u Brick are lxing plael on the lot to h'ild a large r mpany store ri'ht away. The style of the firm will Im Parkton Mem utile and Snpp y Co , with an tm orporatet tx k of aeeral thousand Mr tm Johnson, tlie wet ion ' i unter. i- Iim my n I eat little mt tK luiilt ' I i Kusa (shn. has iold furin near Iuwk mikI will binlil it. ! tunve Ins family to tuwti Mr Nonfi (.'anhMell liHt lil his Urn fil-ii, tint has iu t yet derided w here liu will liH'ate Mr MobCouno I, who live near lieri-. will iiiov to i'nrktoii aid wi'A lm tim ager of Mr. Henry M .Mi lan'a dry gooda etore Dr Prank D Castlebury. of Lumbertoii. haa been here for the pHHt two weeks practicing bit pro fe-.sion. Miss Janie McLean, of Maxton, i the muaic teacher in our high school here. Mr W. E. Mosaelwbite. who has been critically ill, i ret sorted Home b t'er. Some of our vounc ueonle at tended a party at Mr. McTheay's near St. Pauls given in h' nor of Miss McMillan, of Georgia. They report a fine time. Cart. Osborne, of Lumberton, spent several days in our town in the interest of the h idelity Mutual Insurance Co. Mr. W. F. Biddell lost a good horse last week. We are to have a new firm, Cobb & Cobb. They will occupy the new Perry store. The contract has been let for the building of the M. E. church here, and work will soon begin. Mrs. Dobbin McNatt spent sev eral days last week with her sister, Mrs. Lock Shaw, of St. Pauls. Mr. John Malloy is contem plating a trip to McNatts soon. Well, Xmas is almost in sight and the children's hearts are re joicing. 'PA R KTO N I A N. ' ' To Aftk Pardon for Junes W ileox. "A special from Elizabeth City aaya that notion baa been publish -d mj id rtci tnat an implicit: i i Mr.FraukGongh informs us that three railroad lines will c ffer ratpp to Cuba and that tush rcad i9 al lowed to carry only bo maay pas- snpra. The allo'menr. of th rt V..-.i t- n .,1- oil tk t.l U I ' iu.. c.x iUC urn ooaru Seaboard Air Ling is forty. Mr. carter, j Qong0 wiU tftfce pleasure in giving any information in. .addition to that which appears in the advdr tisemeut in this issue. retired except Mr. J. VV. who alon5was re el-cted. 77 It ha's been officially an nouueed that the Rusfin battleship Polta va, has been snok at Port Arthur, and the Retvzan seriously dam aged as the result of the Japanese bombardment, After having cap a ed two hundred and three M'e- trd Hill, the Japanese have cap tared and occopiep ou Tuesday, Alaska Hill, another place of im portance in the vicinity of Port Arthur. 1 .. . - L' ' . Al v ill r' gfVUiT to pro tn condition rf Oapta.n W. H. N. r m"nt was unimproved. His iarge uninb-rot friends wish for him speedy recovery to health. Mr. A. T. Parmele, who ha been confined to bis room ry sick ness for sever! .weeks past, is alow, ly improving, idthoogh as yet an able to la? his room. r'cr th panio.i or Ju.m4 Wile vili be mtd aoccrdsiig t. tin ales laid down Sr t-b" ipplicati a .O'" H',ri. Tn pp"M I "-y .' "i'nis application ill lu ... ti orm of a petition to G vern r Jlznn, aud it is uow bmng nrci -'.a'diu this city in an t-.-eret 0 n&DDer, aud it is fxptcted that it .8 bios cuite lreeij ig.iri. s om) nfe rpquied iinnoer .f dgualuida havd Loen seiurad t vill be foi wardod ai oiiC to R 1 eigh, wnre t will rec"iire r-nt a- .entin r s govoni'T, and tf el results will be awaited with kern intervals Ly oil uiikt. "Every ore throughout the co inty remembers the celel rted Wilcox-Cropsey trials, and no criminal ever tried in the courts of North Carolina was creative of as ranch interest. James Wilcox, for whom the pardon will be asked was a -rested and tried, charged with the murder of bi9 sweetheart, Nellie Maude Cropsey. He was tried in tne superior court here and convicted of murder io the first degree, the trial being one of the met)2'ei!8atioual ever wit nessed in this city. An appeal was taken to thej .supreme court and a new trial was granted on the ground toht the public demon onstration was calculated to in fluence the jury A change of ve nire waa also granted, and the next trial was held io Hertford and again Wilcox was found gm ty and sentenced to thirty yars iu the penitentiary. He has now beeu there about two years, and report has it that he has made a model prisoner. "The circulated petition for hi pardon claims that ail the evi dence was purely circumstantial na mac notniog waa proven .... Ih Yn)( MilrM'k Clwk. One of the moat recherche en t rtairintents of the Htaeoii was the rrorpt ion ThurUy afternoon when Mn iiwrgo It Mclexl waa ''At Home" t the yotig Ma tron'a Club front 2 :'.) to p 111 The Kiiests wrir receiel in the hall by llitt Irene MrLvi, n iwwitchin fair in white nnd passeil into the sitting rutn by Mra Ii K Proctor. .Ir They j were re-ivel at the pnil. r iliur tiy their rlinr ihiul.' IibIkhs 'null prrsented to the guilts f In imr. MeailameM Krimk A 1 1 n I am! Joofpli A Brown After they'll nt-.' had Hssffn lild rarh hs pr .ii-nt'-d ( i 1 1 1 h UroU.-t dmntilv l.and i 1. Hinted in tiollv ifcmi'ii, aiul lenr i ii at the word- "An Afternoo with iU- linn whs tied with baby riblnjus. red, given andwliite the ciub colors, us was also the tiny wncil a-companying eac bookie . The aecre o' this 'Af ternoon with Kate" was disco v eretl when the looklet wasopenexl and it waa found that the answer to each question within ended in "Gate' and the guests wer- soon to learn that ''Kate is very frail' (delicate), that "Kate lovea to teach" (educate) in fact they learned "all about Kate " Mrs. A If II. McLeod and Mis Winnie Rowland tied for the blue ribbon, both having guesneti twenty-one correct answers to the twenty-four questions presented After the ribbons had been grace fully presented to the fortunate ones by the hostess, the company a& ushered into the attractively decorated dining room, which had been transformed into a bower of beauty by handsome ftrns, pottrc plants and tall vases of (lower , the center piece being a rich tloral pyramid in red, white Mtrd green. 1 he club o lors were ulso carried out in the daiuty hand painted place cards. After an elegant re past the guest bade their gracious hostess a reluctant adieu, vet ng the afternoon a most delis. Ii t f u affair. Those fortunate enough to en joy Mrs. McLeod'a hospitality were : Mesdames R. C. Lawrence, E. K. Proct r, Jr., A. W. McLean, Jrvin Jenkins, Ira B. Townsend, Frank A. Bond, Joseph A. Brown, Alf H. McLeod, C. B Skipper, T. W. HutchiuMon, Misses Nell Smy re, Winnie Rowland, Kat e Russ and Irene McLeod. Com. RED SPRINGS DEPARTMENT. RKI SPRINGS. N. C. KKV M K Ml'.H'.KR. aaptlsts In Elizabeth City. The Wilmington Star of yes terday says: The Baptist State Convention assembled last night at Elizabeth City with opening sermon by Rev. J. W. Lynch, of Wake Forest. Rev. R. H Marsh, D. D., of Oxford, will preside over the sessions, which promise to Ae well attended and fruitful of much good. During the convention the report of the State boords will show thar the Baptists have raised $111, (XX) for all purjKDses against $97,000 d Ting 1903, a gain of $14,000. Some of the most nota ble objects and amounts are $--! 00 $20, (XX) ast year; $1S, 00 or for eign missions against $17,000 for the previous year; SM, fi(X) for li(jme missions against 7,500 la-t vear; $27,000 for the Thoinasville Or phanage, au increase of .'2,(XX). There are 120 missionaries in the State and there are reported 2,000 conversions under their miniatry. Baptists d'jriiig the year r ceived about ten thousand accessions to the churches, a net gain of .,000 in membership. Virda in II-i.d-r- u whil b I oufroc wa .io it was quietly biipr a' ot ic the Cnl-r)CM room that Mr Haas, a 1 v hi g drucgist, br')thr t. Pr. I lia al" -nphaw of th- 1st Dr. ( l ar'x r who was murdrd by IU lUk-r ( f the mr 'i. bad ''iKnitt.il filicide ly hi'xitinsj ' 1 1 1 1 j - t thmriga the h sd wttb -,.v v r H- ivhi 1 u;.g w:f ' ' ktzouy of dii mr, sa i t t Ciiln Thi l-sd u to tit" t r tfi" growing 'a d ct to ran iv ai the ot'!aa "d r t)' nil'i! ifM of life throogb th d -r t i! inQrdr r,iuicil t u t i ivu as the cauti for thn tragic culmination of this y uog mart's lifa.but no caoat nor . combination of causes can jostity a man in such s step, and a man ' who trias to run away fro to dutiea and obligations by that means, displays the consomation of cowardice. There is no act of oowardice in human oor.docttbat approaches it, it is aolitarv and. is the superlative degree of weakness. There ia oot a scintilla of man hood in it. Bach an act mingle gall with the bittrnexs ot despair that tills the hearta of all whom it concerns, and leaves them to bear a .j assisted the deepest aorrow that ' :au possibly come into their lives. Then too.it it impossible for a man to eliminate bia own con- rciousnets. A man is a personal- its wboae exiitence ia entrdy in dependent of bis body and is in no way conditioned upoo tbe lifs-; of the body. A man may sept,' rate the body from tbe ego bnt na baa destroyed none of the essential qualities that constitute tbe per-. , scnality. He can not eaCape the unpleasant things that enter bia consciousness by the elimination : of thu budri On he other hand, he intensifies bis sufferings in the ' sad - f effecting bia etnaucipa- tion. it ia a law of God as wellaa p-y noiogioal trutn tnat deatn do- not destroy any of the eaaen- ' rial organic qualities of tbe man..; We need some teaching aud prisoning along this time. To give dvioe is a very serious and risky business and yet so many people venture to give it on tbe most awfdi and sacred affairs of ife without properly weighing, tbe effect their words may have. s often we near people is y "If wpra yon I would do thus and - so" when from an ethical stand point the qusllty of tbe jadviee ia ' trei y des tract ire- There are time when me a are so praised' between contending forces that iait one word mar determine their destiny t is said that Aaron Burr when a" young man at College was very se- rioosly considering tbe subject of - beooming a Christian. Under deep conviction he wrpt to the College President who was a cold- ; hearted critical scholar. He said young man, dismiss this whole, matter, it is fox-fire Aaron Burr did dismifs bia religious im pression aud we all know the re nit. 1 North Carolina Day. Tbe majority of public schools throughout the State will hold appropriate exercises on the 23rd of th s month, North Carolina for State missions against 1 Djv.The 23rd comes onFrirlsy last before Christmas and l e n the school day befor the holidnya, is most suitable. Tie dsv will be I generally observed by the public j schools in Robeson at d the teach eis are uow mak ng preparation j for poblio eutortaio meats co that day. Oar popular Superintendent J. R. Porle haai 9ut out- letters p the teachers of the different schools artiing them to havesnit able exercises on that day. - tgaiaat him.' In an article regarding , tbe Jew ish Synagogue kh our last issue we referred to Mr. M. B. Shochett as a Rabbi. We wre in er- r io this. He was prepared f r this office and wbil he in tbe rabbi preforms tbe functions o( tbe office, be haa never, been or. dained. We aro glad to learn that Miss Pennie Willia ais baa almost en tiraiy recovered frmi sd attack of typhoid fever. So with Mrs. Amanda Bennett, f ni Mis Mary Becuatt. leave Sunday for thsir future boms at Fair Bluff.
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