EOBBSOMAN
ESTABLISHED 1870.
Country, Ood and Truth.
SINGLE COPIES 3 CENTS.
VOL. XXXVI. NO. 10.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. MAY 2. 1000.
WHOLE NO. 2031
THE LUMBER BRIDGE HEWS.
LtTMBia ail DOS. n. c.
K.KV. r. E. LAW.
RDITOa
I mmhtr Beiit Lcal,
JUr. 0. f. Rankin, Professor of
the Bib) ooare iu the CoIIm at
lUd Springs and tb supply of the
UN Springs Chorea an eoopted
apoeitk-o es Evangelist to Orange
Presbytery. Ilia bona will b iq
Orusboroand ba will take op hit
Daw work earl j in Jooa.
Oar old friend Scott Couoly bat
eaaarad a itroko of paralysis. Y a
bat 11 will prove to ba a ahghl
ooa acid ba will ba restored to
baalth ara long.
Tba Bajcelaoral aarmoo of tka
oil fir to Red Springs will he
praacoad this year by Rev. 0. F.
Rankin. Tba Senior Clata aa
laotad him and it la qoita a nice
compliment. a Rev. F. W. Farriee
of Goldskoro will make an address
Iodaitrial organisations, like
all otb.rs, ara always profitabU
vbio (oparatad industriously aud
with wiaa euUrprie. Tbia observa
tion la aoggeeud by tba new. made
industrial organisation if yonug
nu at Red 8pnoga. Oendor calls
for saying that oua of tba flrit
things damaDdad is money. Itii
money that lubricat inch mi
chiosty. Thara ia do substitute.
If thara ia 00 diipoaitioo to go
down into pockata for tba oold
cash tnsu tba project bad wall
ba abandoned immedieuly. Ec
terprising advertising ia a neoes-
eity. Faw hart tba kao aod aoap, tba day tba BaocalauraU sermon
ba it a id, moreover, for doing it it preocbed 00 John Knox. It
profitably. Tba work of geniae will ba a John Knox day.
.tibia poiot ia celled for. Then Mr. Jamea Singleton ia to bar.
than uo overflow of tolkt xh9 thk tbe
who know what around about h-lwi,mMt in rh Unrin.. Thi.
oners niiaaa iuo .. or oereia- Mfing maoh Work 0Q i pro
th& r Tm an aa n A tMlrAAl 1 w a s- f K I
XTnTnV.nV thiV .ri: Mr.J.E. Clifton ht.bo.ght
.,, 1 ., . I tba residenoe of Rev. P. R. Law
UMiiieutir r tow. uouW i
than ia need for trcqaant meet- Rav. C. G. Vardell D. D.
ing aod discussions of tba facta preach the oommaQoamaot aarmoo
about tbe resources of the oommu- at the close of Raeford Institute
nity aod tbe possibilities of their It will be a good one.
development wuq a given outlay Mr w a Beunett audMiss Fo
oi capital, in co-operation we dl. McNair were married by Bar.
find a cue to tbe waye of growth Q p Meek ft, tfa, home of b
V.V." V nV01 ccom- bride Mrs. Lmie Aualey Uat
pnsningtr. 1 nereiore u ..a step Thuraday at 4 P. M. Tbe happy
"V couple came at once to tbe home
rj ui.u ,u vu. kwu -.iU wu Qf j09 groon neir heM whe ,
oonTarRen. eiroiea lor ue aa- rMptioQ wa, KiTen. Oar beet
Tanoement. wuhee to them.
.
mim Nettie Fletcher wat a via
With practical unanimity there itor among her friendi here the
geee op an overture to the mac-1 pate wtek,
p:r;r" . , , r.:: . ; mi.Wi Kate, Loaiw tod Bru
ih. luutnU ' .innit ii. t Bloe were Tuiton it tbe h.ome of
SumVerTs. 6.; to and including " J" W" Cobb th
LiUmber Bridge to dhi on what we I Mitt. Alezzie Mcilaohern ia
call tbe BenDettiville branch an ex- TititiDg her titter Mn. Neill Mc
tra train in which a through aleeper Kiacoa at Elkton.
m li 1 1 Ka a m rviaJ i n rtl ap f rt m ant a ...
v--.. - Mrr. 1. ij. beta with her eon
loDg felt need and aocommodate ErQett of Stnford are ,p9Qi,ng
the generout trayelling folk of thit ,e?tre da 4t tbe hom9 of her
popuiout ana progrettiye aectiou. fath Mf Scott Conoly.
tr.n..t to . .1nr ino it ronlH RT- J- A- Ctllgan tpent Tfauri-
readily run into Fayetteyille to be dsy n,fjht m towu
hitched on to tbe fait north- The concert at tb Academy
bonnd train of Pullman aleepert latt WedueBday night was tbe
that race nightly. Then there it firit one we bad milted attending
much demacd tor such a col-Iiu thirteen year?. Circumttaucet
enience. Mauy go north in ileep- beyond our control pied our plant
era on night train?. Under czitt- and we were disappointed. After
ing aohedniet our people are forced bearing ao many nice compliments
to "go to Hamlet and over tbe paid it by those who were present
Sea Board Air Line. It follows we regretted the more sorely onr
very naturally that if euoh a rail- absence. Tbe audience as a fall
way convenience was offered that and appreciative one and tbe ad
the volume of travel would be in- mirable programme was finely
creased. We think it would pay. rendered. It is said to have been
People 'are ever prooe 'to utilize one of tbe best ever given in the
night trams an a matter of ecou- Academy. This it high praise,
omy. Saving of time that would Tbe music instrumental and vc
beoome manifest by using such a cal ind the varied exercises in
train and schedule would attract which the little folks were drilled
travel. The managers of tbe road reflected much credit upon tbe
may well be expected to see not teachers and tbe pupil. Where
only the obligations they owe to I all did so well it would be too m-
thia, perhaps the most thrifty vidious for us to define the points
part of the State, to .accommodate pt excellency bore and there in
it by granting all reasonable re-1 r tie rendition. lhe teachers
rrincicpal Johnson and Mrs. An
nie Belle Smith and Miia Marie
Belle Johnson may well feel at
their success.
queats, but also to see that it will
tend to develop the country whiob
11 no mean diseratum to them.
The ingenuity apd the resources
of the people of the State appear
to be in fall blast in order to keep
Governor Glenn busy apeech-mak
102. It might come into the mind
of aome one that generous hearted
ioiki are auraui me uaiei magia
tratewill lose his health if left tin
employed in Baleigh. . If it if not
physical dyspepsia it is mental and
vocal they are careful to guard
against. What will the schools
and other organizations do by and
by if perchance a man ahould
come to the office of Governor who
could not apeak. If this utilizing
of the Governors of the State for
epeech-making becomes ohronic
atid it lookt like it has already
reaohed that stage, it will become
useless for any man however wor
thy and well qualified otherwise to
aspire to the high honor if he has
no gilts and reputation as a
speaker. It is all well when we
can have auoh a gifted Chief as
ours to-day.
It is gratifying to see such an
inorease of trucking in this sec
tion. And it is as earip this sea
son as elaewbere in the State
(Cntined en 8th p g-.)
Notwithstanding the fact that
more cotton has been marketed
during the past two weeks than
for sometime, the price was nearly
a quarter of a cent per pound
MghBrSaturxtayfaa
recently. We wish to emphasize
ithe statement whioh we have made
repeatedly, that if a proper reduo
tion in acreage is made and the
farmers continue to hold the cot
ton already on hand, the fixing of
prices in the future rests solely
with them. Let them continue to
perfect their organization and not
only themselves, but tbe country
at large, will feel the beneficent
effects of better prices for farming
products.
Mr. Joe Msy. of Savannah, Ga.
accompanied by his little daugh
ter, Josephine, visited tbe family
of Mrs. Harrison last week, re
turned home Saturday. Mr. May
rcoived a cordial greeting from
many who knew him when hjt fa
ther was pistor of the Methodist
Church here. '
Trwcklag Otftbafc.
Maesrt. Editors. Tba story
goat that in the winur of 147,
olark 00 oua of tba Cbarlaatoo
boats, mad tba atiartioo in New
York that ha could bring freeh
mint, lettuca, radiabai and it raw
barriee from tha Sooib, Soch
atatemeot wat ragardad with 10
oradulity by bit frianiiwbo, nevsr
having known any other wiour
thau tba rigoroui ooa of Naw
York, acoffad at tha idae. 11 J
ever, on hia next trip isorth, oa
proved tha truth of bis statsmeot
by bringing, packed 10 a taoond
hand champagne basket, mint
raditbet, lettuce and two quarts
of etrawbarrie. Those ware tha
first strawberries aver in New
York in winter and were regarded
as a great curiosity.
Tha first refrigerator car loaded
ith strawberries reaohed Naw
York from Florida, March 80,
1889, though the first all-rail ship
mont of truck from Eaitarn North
Carolina had been sent forward
March 9, 1SS7.
In the short space of eighteen
years tbe trucking industry of
North Carolina has growu until
he output may b counted by
baudreds of ear loads of pro
duoe in a single aeason, aud tha
packages making up those oat
loads may be counted by hundreds
of thousands running even into
tbe millions. In fact, a conser
vative estimate for tbe year 1904
would be 4,500,000 paokagee, rep
resenting cash value to tbe State
of approximately $6,800,000.
Tbe question naturally ariaea,
what has made this development
possible ? Soil, climate, transpor
tation faailitiee, together with
changed methods of living aod in
creased purchasing power of tbe
average individual living at or
near the great Northern and
Western markets tbesjfjare the
factors whicL have brought about
this enormous increase in prodnc
tion.
Eastern North Carolina has
among its varied soils, large areas
well adapted to the trucking in
dustry, and the areas which have
been opened up and developed
form but a small proportion of
the total area. The ratio of de.
veloped area to undeveloped is
probably not greater thau one to
five or possibly more. The soils
of various types are capable of
producing any and trcck crop,
though not all have received at
tention. Bearing on this point I
cannot do better tbau give tbe
list found growing by John Law
sou as tar back as 1714. He speaks
of beane, reiS carrots, leeks,
parsnips, turnips, potatoes, rad
ishes, beets, onions, garlick, let
tuce, cabbage, cress, parsley,
aspargus, "collj-flower," water
melons, muskmelone, cucumbers,
squashes and gourds. He further
states that "strawberries, not
foreign, but those of the country.
irow here in plentr.. Last April I
planted a bed of two hundred feet
or opaoad ep by railroad or watar
transportation facttitiat. Othtr
aaotiooa ara being, and will ba,
Dwoetratod. and in daa court of
tiaaa the Etiuro diatriot of North
Carolina will te a natwork of rail
roada. Only tbia dmdi oan many
produotiv areas b mad romaoa-
rattve, for tha truoking induitiyis
absolutely dtpeodaot for its ex
istence upon rapid transportation.
In the older sections of tha ration
thara is much uooocopiad land, and
it is uot an unsafe prediction to
aav that within ten yaart tha prte-
entaraa devoted to truok growing
ill be doubled.
With tba preeeot excellent fac
ulties for rapid transportattoa.tbe
prodacte cao be placed en the
Northern markate witbio a taw
hours of tha time of gathering,
consequently tbay have not had
time to lose tha crisp freboei o(
the newly gathered crop. In this,
tbe Eastern North Carolioa tracker
haa tbe tracker of regions fartha
South at a disadvantage, while bis
prodaci is as freeh as that which
ia abipped from mauy points much
arthr North. His Northern com
petitur has tha advantage in
freight ratei, however.
. Muy pbaaea of the industry are
but iu.tbeir infancy. Irrigation is
receiving attention at fayette
ville, Wilmington and New Bern
Tbe area under irrigation will be
extended, for while tbe rainfall it
ample, too frequently it rains
when it isn't needed, and it does
not rain when it is needed. At
the pointa mentioned, and, in faot,
in most lections: the water must
be pumped and sprinkled over (he
arrowing croos. lne osinner sw-
tern ia the oue mostly tnuse.' In
the Lake Waccamaw region, bow-
ever, artesian wells from which
the water flaws three feet or more
above the ground may be aunk
whenever desired, at small ex
pense. Great development muit
as a consequence follow each great
natural advantages.
Vegatable culture under cloth
has received considerable attention
but tbe possibilities along that
line haye by no means been ex
hausted, Stuam-heated, irrigated
cloth-covered frames represent tbe
irghest development iu tbline of
equipment for cultivating large
areas ot winter vegetables.
H. HAROLD HUME.
Horticulturist North Carolina De
partment of Agricuiture, Raleigh,
in Progressive Farmer.
K4 3tif
Cltoa.
Mlaa Ruby Jama haa returned
from a viait to her home.
Ir Vardell praaoha-a tb annual
aarmoo at Kaaford Institute com
menoement. May 73
Mr. John II. McKacbern. of
Lumber Bridge, was a visitor
among ua tkis wek. much iru-
pro?! In baalth.
Mrs. O. II Wiggina and Mra.
Vt . B. Davis mcwived a tlf rsra
laat Tuesday morning tailing of
the serioos ills of their mother,
Mrs. J. II. Stanton, Cheraw, 8
Oga Septal I Clllee.
OrDfilU, 4. C. April 60
Wbil rooudfoK a cuiv in tb
yard limita of the Scotbaru Rail
way at Grrauvill, and rocoing
at tha sititwatad epd of 50 mile
ao boor, tb pciel Pullman
train bariog Rrt C Ojdooaod
100 mambers of tbe Sontbaro Cou
frencs for edacatiop.eraibod ici
tha rear aud of a freight tran a.
7:Wo'c!o:fc this morning, killing
four ptr at aod iojormg a eoor
of othsri. Njue of Mr. Oifea'a
goetie w: kill).
Tot combtnatipn begxag and
car aud two dinars, together with
C. They left on the evening ih loeornoriv and . fr.itki
m - wan,
train. I r oilad mini h.in tn4 in mn in.
Rev. D. H. Tuttl. pastor of slant fire broke out in tbe evoking
Hay Straw Methodist church. ud of the dioeri. Dr. McKtlway,
FayetUvil e, will preach In the Prof Faroau.Mrs. Faroan. Mra
Mathodiat church of Red Springs Thorpe, Dr. Dreher, and Bobert
on the subject ot "Mleelona. n-'faeu, were eating Dreaktast In
next Thrradaj evening. May 4th
Mr. J. E. Puroell has ben con
fined to bia bom aeveral weeks on
aooount of sickneee. but we are
glad to note hia improvement.
Ithe second diner, which was torn
to pieces. Tbe floor collapsed and
the paasengera wr pioked op
from tbe traok The seven sleep
ing oars behind the diners were
and that he will be ab e to reaume 1,ft inUct- but th ,hock P"inff
work in a few daya.
t At
oometning ia seriously wrong
with our mail service. For sever
aldays no morning connexions
have been made and tbe Wilming
ton, Charlotte . and Raleigh pa-
many looks, imprisoning the
occupants, Setb Low and Mra.
Low, Bishop McYioker, and oth
ers, were rescued when the doors
were smashed open with axes.
Tbe passenger in tbe St. James
pers reach na thirty aix hour, late wLere uick,T "nor, but the
luree uegroea oouiu not ue aaveu.
in consequence.
The closing exerofees of Phila
delpbus High school will occur
on Tbnrsday and Friday, May
4th and 5th. An excellent program
has been selected. Thursday
evening 8:80 o'clock a concert
They breathed the flames and
died. When he saw that the crash
could not be averted, Engineer
Hunter, of the Ogden train, ap
plied the emergency brakes and
jumped.
Practically a 1 of the baggag.
. I T-vil vmvwi4I v w uw t (
takes place; triday morning an d to ta wJuid at l2 nfjot was
address by Hon. J. Joyner. de,t - It if clftimed thtt .
State -Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Friday evening a
beautiful play, entitled "Tbe
Scientific Country School'' will
be presented. Next week we will
give the program in full.
The great strawberry crop is I e-
ing shipped. In -one day eighty
carloads went from Chad bourn
The shipments will be 100 car-
Joads and over per day until the
season closes. Tbe crop is esti
mated at 2,"00 carloads for tbe
Eastern belt, extending from tbe
South Carolina line to Goldsboro.
This industry ie almost exclusive
ly on tbe Atlantic Coast Line.
The prices are good now.
Oscar J. Spearca Dead.
Liilington Special, 23ch, to tte
Raleigh News and Observer.
OicarJ. Spears, a promineut
lawyer of t 'lis community, died to
night at his noma here of nephri
tic colic Mr. Spears parsed away
altar a brief illness of only seven
or eight days.
Mr. Spears was between 57 and
58 years of age. and is survived by
his wife and three children. He
wasat one time united states as
iu length which core tbe same
year."
The climate .a mild, and Beldom
indeed does tbe area suffer severe
injury from frost. Omainly the
grower of diversified crops has
nothing to fear. In some sections
of the district tbe lowest temper
atures recorded in tbe last five
years have not been below 17 or
18 degrees. So mild is the climate
that crops may be grown the year
round, as many as four often being
produoed. Rotations, such as (1)
as lettuce, (2) cucumbers, (3)
egg plant, (4) cowpeas, are not
uncommon and many different
combinations may be made. Tbe
rainfall ia from 60 to 7b inchea
annually.
For the meat part tbe sections
supplying truck at the present
time are thoae immediately touched 1
trict Attornfy Skinner.
In the last congressional election
he was a candidate for Congress
from the sixth district, running
on the Republican ticket, and waa
defeated by Gilbert C. Patterson.
Mr. Everett Davis, of Lowe, and
Miss Pattie Townsand, daughter,
4f Mr. W. C. Townaend, decided
to get married, and Sunday after
noon, quietly left tor a drive, and
just below tbe home of Mr. Giles
Davis, near Lowe, Mr. E. T. Pre-
vatt performed the ceremony
which made them one. The Roo-
esunian wiabes them joy.
The Misses Rowland will give a
picnio to their school and a few
invited friends Friday. Tbe event
has been looked forward to by the
children for long weeks past, With
pleaaant anticipations.
Cbeeqaie of Qenrral Lee.
Washington. Auri! 30 Brie
tnneral services ever tbe rmin
ot General Fitzhugh L-e, who did
J? riday night, w.M he be-!d tc too--
row morning at the church of th
Epibai y They will consist of tl
ritualistic services for the djaci
aud will he conducted by tbe
Rev. Kaudolph H MoKoj, rector
of tbe church, who was au ffi:er
of Get. era! Lae's regiment and is
chaplain of the Confederate W-
eraus Association. Following
this, the body ill b rmovd at
uoou to tbe Pennsylvania Rail
road station under civil and mi.'-
sistant distrut attorney, having
liaeii-sjuacfleriadJii escort and will leave bere 10
a snecial traiu for Richmond
where the burial will tak pla
in Hollywood Cemetery, according
to tbe present arrangements, oi
Thursday.
ine oocty 01 General urn was
removed tc-Jay from the Prcv.-
dence Hoapital, where he died, t
the Church of the Epiphany. A
committee of officers of tbe regu-
lar army, including Major General
Gilespie, Brigadier General Bar
ton, Msjor Keao aud Captain
Miobie, today arranged a pro
gramme for tbe conduct of tie
remains from the cbarci to the
railioad station.
There was a Miy Diy picnic at
Warwick's Mill yesterday after
noon, omposfd of a number of
tbe younger people; chaperoned
by Miss Mary Wataon.
destroyed
misunderstanding of orders led to
the accident. Tbe north-bound
passenger train to New York, had
oaders to take the siding at Paris,
a way station four miles north of
Greenvi le. The freight, whioh
was being made up here, was on
the main line. As a result of the
wreck, President Ogden abandoned
bis tr p to other points, and the
special left to night for the East.
Prof. Farnan and wife remaining
bere in a hospital. At the coro
ner's inquest this afternoon the
train despatcher testified that or
ders to tbe effect that tbe Ogden
special would arrive at 7 :15 were
filed in tbe yard master's office,
and latter that another order was
died that the sp cial would arrive
at?:! m. Yard Master Riser
testified that he received no orders
whatev r to that effect
M. J A. Parbain, Business
MaL!.jT". for tb North Carolina
Bap".r. Eiyettevilie, spent yes
terdiv hoi p.
D-. C. I . Hyat, of the North
Carolina M 'dical College. David
sou, N. C, is spending a few days
here on basines.
Miss Sslne Rjger spent Satur
day night br with relatives on
her way to br home at Pages
Mill, 5. C. from Rale.gb where
h e tial tjeg0- -aritid 3 o'tffr"th srBsp"-""
1st Female Untvereity.
The Union held at Raft Swamp,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday was
a most enjoyable and enthusiastic
one. Largely attended oy citizens
from all parts of tbe county. A
full account of the proceedings
will appear in our next issne.
"Tbe Fsyetteville lettuce season
s about over oar. me snip-
meuts this seas3 from tbis point
were fully 25 per cent, more than
ast seaacn, though the prices were
hardlv as good. Fyetteville Ob
serv-r.
Senator Beaaley offers one thosv
sand dollars reward for the return
of his little eight year old aon.who
disappeared laat winter. There is
reason to believe tbe child was
stolen rather than that he strayed
awsy cr was killed.