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leiiscifiAM f m "TT-1 i-v - r.-. 7 1 Country, God and Trtiui. r v V . SINGLE- COPIES 5 CENTS. VOL. XXXV, NO. ldl. LUMBERTON. NORTH OABOLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY " 14, 1005. WHOLE NO. 2000 THE LUMBER BRIDGE HEWS. unau aaiDO. . c 1BV. r. X. LAW. EDITOR. To Col- E. F. MoRee s would 17. It hat been torn time eioce we ourselvee bid noudour inad TtrUoei, csosed by tbe baste, vjtb wbioh wi bid to read and writi at the time, to the too oud ginnery at 8banooo. When we dieoovered tbe omission thought of making a correction it once, but we resolved before doii g 0 upon a fortber investigation i f tbe work dene at tte cibcr gio nine: of tbe towuebip .io order to find end pare oat all errors, and 1000a mar. inry nia finned ao much more than we hd neara our original ngores ap- a 1 a I peered to be about correct, ao for tbe pnblio good we decided to aot- fer tbe penalty or oar inadrer - jrbat lame remitiv peopU might regard a oeanin roie. ne nire nerer "caroled, dear air. we are happy to aay anything in onr life. We are, moreorer, incapi - ble of ao opprohnoni a thing. And we are plen d t) aar it baa alwaya been our purpr a to han dle'only facta aa lana aod:aoro ed by inob abilitua aa we poi aen. We bare erer been alow, too, to accaie and impute einuter motirea to others. In writiog about tbe doioga of onr fellowi and Cbriatian gentlemen we caretully exclude an acern apirit and aroid paioatakingly aSrbit of catalierlV mannera. - If .t .. ar nant&A that a make rfl. ply in the unkind apirit, to put it r --' mildly, which apparently am matea the critique then we beg to be excused. For thereby we would forfeit our owe ialf-reipeot We muat let our light eblo. We are liriog epiatlee of Ohriat. Aod we ahould nerar forget that lore rejoiceth not in iniquity With these diaclaimeri we now tuml . MiTign iui luuu uuii uu iv u . n a k jm rm a w v a n wn mwm till nur own end, not far distant, ahall oome. The man r senerilizationa . 01 a generation of which Prendent Al derman 11 a lair repreaentatire about the literary cultnre and leadership in tbe pait in contrast with the present io the South fl mn with ffini of allowauorJ Tf thn man of to-dav that are figuring like Pelion abore Osia are scarce that class waa scarcer iu years long agone. Life in our -1 J A. 1 I 1 .U I T3:r::..r sz. . more time for research and study and building speeches with grace and strength of form and clearness ofpoliahed fioish.If the men afore- ,7m Zl f ,l v iome call masterpieces of oratory -hA lioH amnnff tharnihinfir. bub- bling, cotflioting foroea ot our era their addressee and attain. .n11 MWwr neAkaklw fall I iuvu. wuuju .... below the extemporizations and achievements of a very large num ber of the men in public life in the South at this time. There has been a , wide-spread uplift. Night brings out the stars. Tbe occasion, whatever it be, has a man for it. When the hour oomes the man isaready. When leader ship is needed we hare to day in North Carolina a Vance, in Geor gia a Ben Hill and so on. .;' e. We have sounded the alarm be fore and do it again. The legif. lature will imperil the doming- tion of the democratic party it it 11 lavish in the taxation it imposes. Our people are in no condition, to be patient with it. It is the simple view of the people we would ohroniolev Erery banse' before the legislature for help is merito rious. It may, be : the people could pay all tbe taxes " needed . to gire all that ia asked without . hurt But i- are they willing T :Tbat is the !; question; Robeson county can stand ' dry years, lut strangely enough to a Highlander, it cannot stand a wet rear. If 1905 should be a repetition of 1991 with a road tax and other taxes and much indebtedness for sup plies and - fertilizers the conse quences would be deplorable. The niy way our several rtate inati tutions can be advanced by needed help as is contended in the Continued on 8th page LAUWNBURO. Baching. Mm Olarkie McLean, of too, spent few dsys this with Mill CUre Coble. Max. week Mm Maroilla Cilbooo, of Clio, 8. C, is visiting hsr oouain. Mm Cbmtiau McCormao. Mm Edoa Blue.of the 8oalbero Presbyterian College, ii on tbe ick liit it her fatber'a borne. Mr. Will McCormio, of floral Collie, who h&a beau very ill with trpboid fever, ii oat of danger and ii rapidly couvalssomg. We regret to learu that Mn. A. P. McKiuoon, of Parkton, N. C, formeriv of Laurioburi. waa Quite ,.. . . . . in the lait day or two. Oar former towoiman, Mr. Jno D. Uameroo ol Koccingbam. waa united in marriage to Mra Folkaa tbe widow of tbe late Dr Will Fowlkee, of Rockingham laat 1 Sondiy afternoon. Mr. J. T. Fielda baa purchased tbe drnz itore aad bDiineta of hia brother. Mr. W. L. Fieldi. Mr W. L. Fieldi baa not yet decided rhat bunoeaa be will enter. Mr. Will McKinncn, who baa been for aome yeaff crippled in hia right kcee, while out hunting laat Saturday, ehpped and re-ipramed . . . . , . naa -ri. ,mm . h crippled knee and baa beea confined to hia room aince Feyetteville. Oberer. 10. Miss Dixie Poa baa returned to Red Springs, after spending a few days at her home on Haymoant.' Mr. Willie MoDiarmid, of Bae ford, is in tbe city to-diy iir Arthnr Williami st)ent Tes- terdav in tbe citv ana returned to m Rennert this morning. Mn. Richard Meade, and chil dren, who have been the guest i of Mrs. A. H. Siocumb, returned to Richmond today. . Messrs. Junius S. Williams and Isaac Smith, of Linden, passed through the oity today. Mrs. R. L. Ryburn ha. gone to Ra'eieh to join ber husband, who h8 a member of the Legislature. Tried for Murder. v77iu o of the 10th asyi Alex Watsoo, John Watson, Frazier QilohnstQeorge MoArtbur and Alex Graham were i d thig mormn? btf jre C. . P. Oeerby, justice of the peace, for v t , .l ,, the murder of Abi Dolliaon, near Raeford, qa January 27tb Dollison was shot while at a ne ... . feativa' and tnese nre men were charged with being implica ted in the murder. They 'were ar rested by Deputy Sheriff" G. D. Andrews, of Raeford, and brought here for trial, and all were dis charged with the exception of Alex Graham, who was bound over to court; - Compulsory education has met its death in the senate, the princi pal reaaon against it being that it is undemocratic." This being the base we have strong hopes that such a law will be enaoted in the next year or two, for the "undem ocrstio" excuse is too thtn says the Marion, S. C. Star. . , , Tbe Bed 'Springs Citizen ; says that "We are soon to hare close connections with ibe fast-through trains at Boies and Pembroke. Mr B, W. Townsend has pnrcbased an automobile for that purpose. This will be a great accomodation to the trareling public as well as our borne people, and ' we hope Mr. Townsend will be generously pat ronizsd in' hia undertaking to give better and quicker transportation than we now have." Mrs. Mattie Jones' .little son has been ill for some time. ' Bie h juite a nomber of our folka went to Lumber ton Monday buaine'e, Mr. 8. B. Wil iame ia patting .. up a aaw mill wllnin a mile thlsolace. Tberw is going to be a hot sup- per at Buiee Friday nlgbttbel7U for the benefit of the Methodiet oburcb. Everybody is invited Come boys and bring your girls Mr. J. F. Ollapbant. former section master at this p'ace, .now in charge of tbe extra force arrived here yesterday with private ears to extend the A. C. L. pass track 1.000 feet. . . T'io. fr,,.. ij dSintft til die Phillips were in Red bpring. rrs 1 t iue uay aaopping. Mr. K. McNeill went toAlai ton yesterday ou buainess. Mr. and Mrs. Foster Campbells, of Toltnville. spent last night and to-day with home folks. v. r tm,n mnr R.mI v v v v JS. ft. vv inw Bjm v a v Routes from Buies in tbe near f u -1 ture. Mr. Chas. C. Bax'ey went to Lumberton to-day on business. Jir, J. A. 1 OWDHuQ, 1. If. Kj.t w a v m 1 T-a rv r has carried the mail every day re gardless of tbe 1 now. Tbe farmers are hauling guano away from here regardless of the bad weather and low prioe of cot- ion singing -rear me away on my a uTl . snowy wings to my immortal a mm . . .A.I a . -w . borne.' We nope the prioeof cot- ton will be better in the fall so we arm era can sing the same tene. Cotton Grower Association. 1 The O.Dventiou of tbe Cotton Growers waa call! at twelve o'clock Saturday bv Chairman J. A. McAllister. . The roll of town- hipa was called ; fourteen respond- w . ar tt. ng. ua motion Jir. o. x.. uanyie was elected secretary. On motion one man from each township waa ppciated to see that their town- hips were organized and a delega tion appointed to tbe county mee ing at Lumoertou on tbe 10th. Alfordaville, not represented. Bsc Swamp, W. P. Barker Blue Springs, not represented. Brittj, J. L, Stone Hoirellsville, C. H. Lewie. Lumber Bridge, W. H. Graham. Lumberton, G. B. McLeod. Maxtou, El. McRae. Raft Swamp. John Prevatt. Red Springs, not represented. Saddle Tree, D. J. Humphrey. St. Pauls, Gaorge Howard. Sterlings, not represented. Smith's, not represented. Thompsons, L. R. Hamer. ; White House. G. D. Floyd. Wiibarta, J. M. Smitb. It is the desire of tbe .Conven tion tbat all tbe townships got to gether and organize and send tho delegates to the meeting at Lum berton o j Thuredav the 16th. If auy towu9hipi f iil to organize, at is hoped that they will have are resentative present. We hope a tull representation from ereiy towLShip iu tbe township in 1 tbe county will be present at the meet ing on the 16vh, as we feel sure that much depends on the result of this meeting. J. A. McAllister, v. Chairman. J. E, Carlyle, Secretary, r Depot Completed loae to. Alabama The new A,& R. depot ia com pleted and the bfficera are moving into their , new quarters. This is one of the neatest depot boildings in this section ot the State. Mr. and Mrs. Will Lament left this week forFloralla, Ala., which place thy will make tbeir future home. Our town regrets to lose these excellent (.eople aod wish them much success . in tbeir i new home. Raeford Chronicle. ! Mrs. Jane Edmund is very sick with 'grip. 1 HUC CaJee-J 3aff el. A CharlottetvUlv dlitatch on I Friday lay a: ... i Former Maror J. fiaaael Mo- C wai BeogeT here at 7:WM broker In White-ill and vtdo- .1.:- I k. olu kU, u,0HBw " der or bia wire. " "id?. omu coafeea.on uo a C",B' killed bia wtf vmiug oonpfUN kj ommit tbe deed by an evil power WblCD D COUld not Overcome. Uu tbe night of BeptemUr 4th last, 3lra. Fannie M McOue shot aod killed in ber borne at CUarlottMvillf. She bad jaat re- !o etrBt wM found dt1 m tht author, and folly conflrm tbe in turned from church with ber boa-L.u nrw.jin M. mnrT,ln terview with Grand Duke Viadmlr band, and bad begun to diarobe forbad. At ibe time of the mar der the only peraon. in the house wef9 tb. formr maror tod ft D Rro ,ltb, bcy ntmd perrT - When others reached the hooae McCue was bleeding from a wound on tbe face audMra. McCue'a body was in tbe bath tub. I McCua claimed he and bis wife were assaulted with a baseball bat by ao intruder; that he had been knocktfd unconacioua aod on re- . . . covermg nad xouna nis wnea body. No arrests were made until effect that tbe present Jegila- trcb and nation called for there latr in the week, thooorb the evi tore will be aaked to pass a bill moval of the wall raised ud t v the 1 w Jfln- ,ha .nrnnara mnno.t all poiuted to tbe buaband ae tbe guilty one, A bloody shirt of McCue wesJThepiewe man beard yesterday found under toe catn Ztuo and physicians who examined the I . ... al wound on tbe faoe. said tbe wound I l. - ... would not have atunned a child. . - McCue was arrested on the night of September 7th. He was in - dieted on September 19tb. He was aocused and arraigned Sep. tember 22nd, but delays occurred until October 18th, whin the trial was nuaiiv commenced, ine ver - diet of euiltv was brought in on November 5th. He left a statement declaring himself the slsyer of his wife. This atatement waa left in the bauds of Revs. G. L Petrie. H. B. Lee and John B. Turpin, hia apir itual advisers, and read as fol lows: MJ. Samuel McCue this mcruing stated in onr presence and ri quest- ed us to make it. public that be did not wisn to leave this world with anv ananioion reatinBon anv fcuman being other' than biimelf. rwt 1 1 r inat ne uione is response inr the deed, impelled to it by su evil power b-yond bis control, and aod tbat he recognized bis se::- neaaainat" i u and believe we wllli suooeed, ;af ter ST1' ; him Aamth Kr o'v ment' recently glven ln the P" all. in bringing the war to a satis McCuemet hia death brave.y house plihis place, may be repeat- factory conclusion. Then every. and calmly. Nineteen minutes after tbe drop fell he was pronounced dead. The neck waa not broken, but death waa due to strangulation. The body waa aent to Brookville, where it will be interred by bis parents McCue's last night was one of distress. He was extremely ner voua and repeatedly asked for bis childnan. Despite his earnest Lphadinca tbat be be allowed to have them with him in tbe night, hia relatives denied him this. Twenty-five peraona viewed the execution. None cf McCue's rel atives were there. List Of Letters . . Remaining in the Lumberton, N. a, postoffice, Feb ' 18, 1905 If not called for in one week will be sent to the Dead Letter Office, Washington, D. C. Par ties calling will please say ad vertised:. 1 Mra Easter James Bethea, Mrs Mary Bice, William Ballard, Mas ter Norman Badger Blount, W Fisher, Mrs Maud Hardin, Charlie Ingram, Miss Anna Johnson In man Mitchell, T. B. McLean,Mrs Mary Phillips. Miss Louisa Pit man, Mrs Valira Walters. V R. M. Norm en t. PostmastAr. Mr R. O. Edmund has. traen un able to attend to his duties in ths post office this week on account of siekuees. WfchenlW. of N' 40ur townsmen, Mr. J. I. W.I- litBeon. baa accented the Doaition . I Ii f - . 1 iil. . . 17 ior me wen snown urm or vor- bet & Co, bu!m!i grocers, of Wilmington. Mrs. A.O. nall'ofWilmington wbo jM l,n Tialti.tflber daush ter. Mrs. J. E Dopree. returnd IaI,.. knm. Hmi,trA.w Vlk- ...lio (orirnmtnt. Th- Rmrvarnr'a tWmDttJed br ber little irrand daogbtir. Dees e Dupree . Th . f lh d h . known - inoogu 11 im euppoeeu inst ne was drunk and died rom the effU of Mrs. J. I. Willismson left laat Thursday for Pollard, Ala , to vis it her ecna. Messrs. J. Carl and Charli Williamson. Mr. IIomer.'L. Lyon aod wife have been in Bladen oounjy for I .1 w I..: uu ' T",UUK ul JUX" JUun- I Ft. tm - .a . ... .u.l urewiiuuiur auua iu iu I I lnCOmoratincr S 11 0.000 Brandv I . - " ' I distilling company to be located at some point in UoiumDus county, I inai me 0111 nau aireauy gone up land an effort would he made to pass 11. wusx wnere it is propos- a. f I . i f I . '"l ...a . m a ed to locate tne miernai maobine I ' m mmm wo nave, not yet learned. 1 be 1 good people of Columbus county do not wast such an agent of the devil-establish in tbeir midst, and there ia no reason to fear tbat such a bill will pass tbe present legisla iiore Red 3 priori. Citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pearsall have moved into the beautiful and ele eant re.idence recently completed bv Mr. Martin M' Kinnon. We are pleased to note the recov- ery of Mr A. W. McLean, of Lorn, berton. He has undergone a se- vere spell of sickness tbat at times 1 .1.1. was a source 01 aiarmxo nis no- merour ineoue iu iui aeoiiou. Mr. and Mra. W R. Laa are of the new residenU of Red Sp ings l.i a a a 1 1 I mat our people g-aaiy welcome. For the present they are making their home at Mrs. J. D. Buie's. Tho "Afr Wwa'' Anfnrtain. ed in Ltrm berton at no distant day. If so. we advise everybody oer there to attend. Don't abuse the weather. It is en t' rely seasonab'e. This is the season for ice and snow, and it is healthy to baVe plenty of it. Keep your blood circulating and your conscience clear, and never mind tbe weather, blow. so the wind don't Mr. JohnT. Powell shelled an ear of corn the other day the grains of which weighed a pound and a half. Thirty-eight ears of corn to tbe bushel is pretty good. and we advise our friend Powell to reduce his cotton acreage large ly and put corn on the land. The Robeson Mercantile Com pany has added a dress-making department to their otherwise ex tensive '' business. Two large rooms, elegantly and tastf ally fit ted up-stairs, with Miss Susie Mo Nair in ebaftreawait the pleasure of the ladiesn and after Monday next- xiotranee to tnese rooms can be made through tbe store or by tbe stairs on the outside. Mrs. Everly, who hss been vis iting ber daughter, Mrs. W. G. Reynolds, returning to her home near Laorio burg Saturday. Mrs. Everly won many friends during her visit. of two months here, and ber'departure is regretted. Ciar Fevers CMgrwee. St. Petersburg. Feb. 11 "I an not oppoeed to a Zamsky 8abor. Oa tbe coutrary, I balieve it nac- eeary. Iu tbeee worda Emperor Nicho las, wbor word ia law, personal! declared himself 10 favor f f a laud Congrese and expressed the con viotion that tbe timi bad come to prepare to gire tbe people a voice worda were apokeo io the eourae of rooersatioo with Count Uo De Oovitcb Tchtoi. aou of tbe famoae 00 Jo'7 81, in which tbe Orand Duke expreasir dec! axed that bis r ' 7-'- ph.w wm 4' f.i Zemaky 8eabor. ror or a Spesking io exoeltent English, Count Tolstoi asid: "ZJamgladto state tbe broad lines nf my eouVar- aatioo with tbe sevsrsign. His majesty aumooooed me after bar ing received a memorial which I addreeaed to tbe throne exposing r the prrsant situation iu tbe conn try and humbly fxpreaaing the ....... npin.on tnat ins interests ox moo- l.nr.in hmtmn tha nrnnt I J Deed for deviaing means for ena bhog tbe sovereign to bear tbe voice of tbe people, aod recom mending toe coovocarion 01 a Zemaky Seabor. His majeaty aa I . ... a. mred me tbat persDnally be was I ... not oppoaed to its convocation, but I . I on the contrary believed ltneces- lary. The whole queition now is greatly simplified and resolves -it- self to a discussion of rhat is tbe most opportune moment. "I am not at liberty to relate the Emperor's views on the sub. ieot. but von mav. snnonnce to tbe American people that the delay . . . : r will be only such as is strictly necessary for the introduction of tbe innovation of such magnitnde. Tbe great thing Is that tbe kmper. or is in favor of the Zemeky Sea-. F0 inis qistoi. ooiaining cur. buro. rndT abroad and at home that the SOvereigb mistrusts tbe people and is ybsolutely opposed to the idea or a representaUve national a t--! ibhku iiuuioum uwui uiu uaio snown suspicioo ana discontent among tbe people, leading to un- rest and agitation and aggrarat- 8 labor movements, whereas if gitti thev " u .bstaln from Ituooiouo vuaw umuvibivuw, huv reDdering the task of the reformer. well-nigh impossible. ' one tbe less, lomoptimistio, every. thing will resume its natural course, and reforms, including national representation, will be a a -a introduced ou a sound basis.' Aibpofe Item. We neglected to note last week the presence in our town of the , popular County School Superin tendent. Pfof. .J. Poole. He came to look after oar school. which be found full to overflowing. Mr. Mason, traveling' rep. resentive of the Charlotte Obser ver, visited onr town Thursday intent on getting more subscribers to tbat most excellent paper. The firm of Flovd and Pitman have removed to tne brickatore on Centre Street belonging to Mr. H. S. Fjoyd senior member of the firm. i. Last Sunday was so very disa greeable; there were no services . held at either church. We have had the worst weather of the winter and all who can. do o are staying at home; making c news items hard to, gather. ' Mr. Artemus McLean, of, Pur vis, spent Wednesday here with hia son, J. D McLean, x Mrs. Graves Grimsley has re turned from Shelby leaving her' brother and sister-in-law much- improved. Drs. Herndon and Gibwr, Den tiete of Laurinburg, are now loca ted in Red Springs.