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THE - MffiESDJ MJN i ESTABLISHED 1870. Country, God and Truth. SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTS. VOL. XXXVI, NO. 27. LUMBEBTON. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY SO. 1905. WHOLE NO. 2030 THE LUMBER BRIDGE NEWS. 4.UUBKR BB.IDGK, II . C. REV. P. R. LAW. EDITOR. That was au interesting epieod in the General Assembly of tbe Presbyterian Church iu lemoo at Fort Worth last week, the mtrc dnotioQ to the dignified body of the oldest mail aud ablest mias- ter in the eu tire church. Be. An gus Johnston, of Texas. He is 96 fears old and has been in the active ministry 70 yeara. And fe men iu tbe service are doing it was said more work than be is yst do ing at his exceptional age. Long years ago he migrated lo Texas from Feyettevill . Presbytery. When we told bun we were at An- tiooh fir Snnrey in h month and tbe gmt aud An looking ooo gregatiou there where be once preached he wept likea ohild aud held fast to onr hand. He has many kindred id the Red bpriogs vicinity. Bat for bit ansteady stepa on might adjudge him te be about DO years old. Hi taoe is free from wrinkle, amooth and round and his mind appears to be aatiT sod clear. Together with bis venerable wife he was Intrc- : daeedtotn Aassubly (tending aod was given a seat ol Honor on tbe polpit platform, it was a ran light to cm -this venerable sobpI sitting together and along id the moderator id the presence of this sign oonrt of tbe oburcb "Until w reached Texas.tie gar den veae table and field crops in "r North Carolina and tepeoially Robeson eoaoty were as far tf vanoed as toy we aav" In Texas ws foand oat crops war not alto gether so Urge.' It was a pleasing experience we noted gratefnlly aa w bowled along three aeys ana three night that wesaw do drunk en neat aod be ret no profanity. There are way in whioh the world . isgrowiug better. Ojs is impressed with ths absence in tbe west of tbe . enslaving eouformiiy to varied : conventionalities in life which M felt ia o imperions a way in the East. There is an easy going habit all abont wbiob. boweter dall it may appear is felt to b inalienable and is oberished both (or it great er economy and greater source of comfort. Large and elegant oarl house and school booses greet tbe sys moat agreeably. , In thi reepect tbe west far more progressive than the Kast. The court boas bar In Fort Worth eoet 198,000,00. In Sao Antonia $000,000,00 wa expend! for its oonrt hones. ( j' i r ' " Tb visitor in Txa get lasting impressions from tb windmill, thunder and lightning, wind and mod. - Thar appear to b no par ticular direotioo from which rain mar be expeoted. Tb air ia alto gether democratic : Wbea clouds are seeo it make no difference . whsr it mar rain bat there i no ' oertaintv growing oat of sight of eloods. It is as well to oarry yonr ambralla with yoo whan no eloods are visible as wbeo tb sky is over cast by them. Snob hat been oar experience. So far we hav had bom of the distressing eqaoos of as ad. Only slight "thnndsr showers" hav fallen ,t Bight. Tb early morning ins , ha dried ofl the street. Leak of reverence for tb Lord' day i msnifest. Msbt thing sre dons bsrs oo this day poalie seotisseot in oar Butt ' woald not tolerate. No doaht tb day.ia tb past and ia aom quar tsn wa overkept by tb interpe tation of tb oldest aod bast. ''; WhvMO and felt a reel Tsias eyoiooe. It e aboat 7 P. M. Sunday. W wr pre-o apid with tb matter of a aermon ws had been appointed to preach by tb Astern Wy. Thi w presume helped to bt onr fright. It wa a dark lowering farm! like eload. Tbaw inspiring apawarso of sack aa on man ba a eve tb prune of that country to b un derstood. Tbewind aod raia war fonoo.- Bailding quaked and not a few roof wer M to fcp; all tbdatv eat. Manv dwell ing of tb eity wr injured and qeit a oambet were a stared. Smnl ehurefcee wee demolished j Th Broadwav T-tytneo C)reb is wbi-i. . :;co of the Awbly ar being held was a (Coatiaoed -n Mk peg ) Bon Issoe. The question of issuing bond fur building good roada seem to have made considerable progress so far a the counties of North Caro lina are concerned; half a-dozsn counties have recently Toted bond issues for this purpose, and on or two other will hav similar elections during the Doming month. ;; Moie than a year ago th county of Guilford toted $360,000 in bond for tb improvement of it highways and tba subetantial and aatisfactory progress that U has been mad in this direction i an inspiration for otbar bounties to adopt similar method. They have purchased sufficient good roads machinery and equipment and are building road of vary sat isf aotory character. Undoubtedly than ar th strongest reasons for th iasa of bonds for road-building, vix: 1. They max available fund in sufficient quantity - to render poasibl tb aocoompliahment of definite and desirable result. 8. They giv a almost , imaje- diately th benefit of good road, whil tb payment for them 1 de ferred for many Tara, until the county ha pro greased in material wealth to enable it to nay , tb bond without unnecessary inooi- venienoe. i 1 " 8. They obviate th necessity for a high road tax, wbil aoeom pliahlng th result for wbiob uoh a tax would be levied, wjw,: 4. They give at good road now and msks th but sort "al argu ment for tbe extension of thi pro gressiva movement. It is hoped that at tb meeting of each succeeding legialatur in North Carolina th countle of tb Stat .; at present without ,good mad will be granted the privilege of Inning bond, until every on of ear oountie ihall hav fait th ffood effect of thi movement for batter publlo highway.: ;,i V Asbeville, May 23. Shortly be fore midnight last Bight, Mr, 'oho A. BcKtbling reosived tele gram from Judge T. A. Jones, of thi eity. that he had foand bit sen 8eigfried Roebliug, In , Koox villaUt last sight. Th tel. gram also stated that th boy was wall and woald arrive in thi oity thi (Sunday) afternoon. Immediately upon reoeipt of tb new that hi ton had bean wen by (onr different persons in Knox. will. Mr. Rotbliog sent Judge Jon and Edward Holme, to Knoxville, t search for hi son DeUilt of th finding of th alias ing lad hav not been rotvd beyond th facts given. 4 I Tji ; Seigfried Bsebling disappeared from tbe Aebeville Sbool laat Sunday morning and wa frequent ly reportsd from different sources to bar goo Booth.. .v't.s Tb boy' psrsot spared bo xpeot in following ap th various el a, bat Botbiog Ungibl wa discovered until th report from Knoxvill telling that, young Roebfing had been seen there, were reoeived. . if r. Bsebliog stated last night that hi ton woald not be required te go to the eckeol b had left. f Confirmation of th report that Seigfrwd Boebliog had been foand in Kcoiville wa reoeived by tele phone from Judge Taua. A. J one, of this city, st to early beat this moraing. Jadg Jace.aea tb boy is his pess'seioo. . Mf. end Mr. Pag, of Wilmicg toa. spwit Sandsv at th bom of Mr. J. P. McSeill. . . K.sees Tirgioia Broct)rll aod Looms Tamiey, wko kav bee students of Rsoeejo Im.to'e da nog th past term. lt Fridsy sftaroeoa for their bom is Virgitu. , , Oar People Abroad. r There are aom among oa who say that North Carolinian ar vainglorion folk, forever boasting of tbsir State and ita people; while other among us say that we have no State pride and are al ways decrying the rStata and it oitiwn. Without atopping .. to controvert with either of the slat, w ben leave to observe that white it msy b that ao great number of North Carolinians bavel aobieved distinction at horn, remarkable number have gun away and won fame; and particu larly have many of our young men, who bare gone for education to the great universitie and oo! lege of tbe North, shed Inatre oa the Stat of their nativity. Tbl i markedly true of oar young man who ar graduating in tbe North tbi year. Tb Winaton Sentinel ba an interesting oolteo tioa of the aim of North Caro linian who are just now doing tbemselre and . tb State credit away from borne, Mr. Ernest Grate rank aeoond in the gradu ating class at the United bUte Military Academy this year. At Harvard, Ut; Cbai. H. Johnson will represent th oaadidata for tba degree of doctor of pb ilosopby. having bean aelsctad by them , tat tbi parpoae, while tbe faculty has salsotsd Mr. W. A. Lambeth to deliver tb oration at oommenoa ment in behalf of the graduate student. Mr. William Kenneth Boyd will receive a degree at Co-; lumbia University thi year, hav ing won high distinction la Euro-: pean bitory.:;" Mer. ' H.j Hamilton and L. It Hendren hav taken universally high stands at Columbia University, the one in history, the other in physios. .A another example of tb intelleoual superiority of a North Carolina boy, the dentinal refers to the 'splendid record among man (root every part of tbe world," which is being made by Mr. Horner Win- ton, one of the Bbode scholars at Oxford. All North Carolian ians. , It is to be doubted if any .other one State baa oa tried off a .many univereity and oollega honor thi year th refareno ia to th great universitie and college only aa bss North Carolina. Without un- du boastfnlnes or depredation, either, it atay be remarked,' then. that there must be something ia the intellectual fibre of bur people Charlotte Observer. . - Qaverwer t Befesi Mssrdstcw. Baku, Cauosaaia, May 84. Th govsrnur of Baku, Pnoee Nakacb- idzc was auasinated at 8 P. M today? by a , bomb wbieb wa thrown at his earnage. A : lieo- Uosnt who was accompanying tbe governor and ' by-ssande were also killed by the explosion , and tbe eossbsaan is believed to ' have been fatally iojored. 1 is i i . -.-Mrsu Walter '. M jCoraiek aod children, of Wareroa. Oa. are visiting tb family if Hi. T. N Higley. They axpeet to retara to their bom Wednesday. Mr. MoCoraiefc wUl b tvaweabared by auay here a Mia Faanie Barnes, a daughter at Ms. J. H. Barnea, of Brunswick, G. Mr. C. H. Gattia. of Raleigh, general passenger ageot for ths Seaboard, epent Senday bora. S the bwoBtw Jwn 15ts, i VtabokM will rmt f - " fxrloc ear oa traia aw sua 40 betewwn Charlotte, aod WiL miiigiju. Tni wiii t a gr eoavwieue sod it m a loeg wished for aeteasity. Prof. W. B. Loving retorted to hi boat in Virginia at tb aloe of tbe coameoaesMot of. Bobesoa IatitBW. Liquor Traaseerted by River, Bockingham, May 28. For some time past the Pee Dee river below here ha been a highway of blockade liquor traffic. The li quor i hauled in wagons from the tbe direction of Hsmlet. The barrels are thrown into the river, chained together and launched for unknown ports. It baa, for 'the past two or three mouths, been ao infrequent eight . to see wagons loaded with two or three barrel eaoh pas miles from town, going toward the river in broad, open daytime. Sometimes a boat is oarried along with tba barrels, A few days sgo Mr. A. J. Williams, who live on Mr. H. C. Dookery's place, four mile from Booking' ham, 'phoned Mr. A. 8. .Dookery to send an officer down to Digg's ferry to tieze some whisky. He stated that tb parties who ' war hipping it wer waiting for their boat to awell ao that it would not leak. Mr. Dookery told Henry Stogner, a deputy marshal, of what ba had heard, ' and -Stogner: went down there and seized four barrels. They had been placed In tb river, stsples driven ia the barrels, and the barrels chained together. A man in a boat usual ly follows the fleet of barrel at a safe diatanoa, so that ha may push them off rooks. Tbe old negro ferryman at Diggs' ferry is reported to: ban said that they oame to the ferry every other Bight with barrels of whisky. Tbe seziure above : men. tioned is ths only one that has been made ia this county, al though tba practice has been, go ing on almost openly for several months. ,' Some time ago eleven barrel war pulled out of th riv er near Cberaw, ia South . Caroli na, i Taraado Rtge la Southwest. Deniaon. Tex,. May ST. The towns of Platter, Woodville,' Call, Roberts and Colbert, 'on the- Fris oo Railroad, ia Indian Territory, were visited by a tornado early to day, . Only meagre advioes are proourabl owing to tbe oommunl oatioa being out o&.' A section foreman walked to ilea river bridge and gav th first news of tbeatorm. It ia reportad that nearly every bona ia Platter was blown down, oa uaa so badly hurt that he is sot expeoted to live,, and Others injured. , The depot was ; badly damsged. ,. The storm cut a swath through tba timber two hundred yards wide. Tbe '", other ; towns named suffered injuries, bat ths foros of th storm was spent wbea they were reached. . rV From Aaardaroo, Oklahoma, ' it ia reported that' a : terrifio: atorm struck Caddo oounty, wrecking many house. Bock Island traoks are washed oat and tb large stee' bridge reoeotly built by tb . gov ernment near Mountain View ia in danger of going. .'' Many boooe and barns ware struck by lightning, and tbaBone- bvaka-Bailsbaok hardware store at Monntnia Yfanrjwaa damaged to the extant of $10,000, Hundreds of auras of crop her bean de stroyed. " . . ' - -tf" A tornado struck three mile at of Cement. Okla-,' causing great loaa, bat aa lives . wetw re ported lest. A eyolon was re ported on Hog Creek whioh tor up timber, but did ao otbar dam age, w Near Wts kt OiwM extend. Charlotte. N. 0 . May 27. Nat Cramp, colored, wbo shot H. Clay Crnbkx near libory bet Moa- day, ws eaptured aear Old Fort this morning by two boys, Cramp emptied bia revolver et tb boye wbo fired at bim la retara. Tb aegr waa filled with bock shot, j but act fataily wouadwL f J . Aakpal Ifesss. Rev. J. M. Asfaby and R. O. Pitman rsturned Tuesday from Atbevill aud report a most de lightful occasion. The rise in cotton is causing soms to sell.but most of n"j rWrrf ar still holding staple, - V ui ' Messrs. Lsggstt and Purvis btvs most of ths bailding dons for tbs new ginnery, and are daily receiv ing machinery. The Sanday School of th Math oditt sharon xpeot to holdChil dren't Dsy servioes th second Sundsy in Juusst 11 ia ths morn ing. Ths : service will aontist of songs and recitattont by the young people and an addrese by tb pat tot and all are invited. Ws ware very much pleased in deed with th entertainment given by tbe Oxford Dinging Ulat last Tuesday night. . A large erowd at tended the oonoert wbiob was beld in the Baptist ehuroh and showed their appreciation by a gsueroua eolleotioB beside ths door receipt. In ell they earned away th sum of $71.00 and we will be glad to have th chauoe to b kind to them sgaiu. ' Killed by EiqMediag Boiler. Wilmington, May 27. W. H. Corbett, a colored fireman, was instantly killed and his body baned beneath th debris o two brick bailding that war wrecked early this morning by a boiler explosion at "th Hilton Lumber Company, in this city. Ths engine-room and sawmill, with the machinery in both, were almost completsly demolished, causing a loss of upwards f $2.r, 000, which is partially, at least, covered by inturaoos. The shock of ths explosion ws felt all over tbe eity, a distano cf two miles, sad buildings were shaken to such ao sxtent that 'i many people thought it was an earthquake. Tb eauee of the explosion is sot known." Fortunately, . tb day shift of employee of tb mill had not gone to work, els th loss of lif would hav been great . One of the six Iargtt bottle wa blown from it foundation and era shed down on its snd through th mill and building.. Th fir department st oalled out, but the explosion was to complete that the fire from the farnsees did no damage. WUKIww-ncNeill. On Thursday, the 18th inst, at 8 p, av, at tbe residence of the par snts Miss Jennie, tbe aooompliahad daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Wliliford; . was married - to Mr, John McNeill, of Baie. The bride ia a lady of many axoslleat traits of cbsraotsr, and oas whoa many friend regret to part with.. The groom is a prosperoas farmer of Buie, who bas many friends ia thatasotioa. Tb attendants were: Mies A tells Wliliford with Mr. W. A. MoBryde, Miss Litsia Pair with Mr. Wilbert Wliliford. Mia Nettie Curria with Mr. J. W. Mc PbaI. Other pre sent wer a few re'etivea and friends of tb bride and groom. After tba eeremony by th offici ating minuter. Bar. i. A Caligaa, tb bride nd groom, with their attendants, left for tb bom of r. Sandy McNeill. brother of tbe groom, where an elegaat re- aeptioa was given. Aa old-fash ioned iofair aupper was aervd aad a few social gaoM anjoywd. After radabriag to tb almost th hospitality of thee good people, aw tbea departed to oar sewn! bom. Bad Springs CStiaaa, Mm. J. H. Bares gad daugh ter, wbe hav baea Tinting rsletrvw bare, Ssviog with are B?w Ked reUtivsa. They I retara totbair borne ia wist, Oa, Weduesdsy. Bran- " riaxtea Safcools Close. The commencement exercise at th Maxton graded school on Thursday snd Friday evenings were largely attended and oiuoh enjoyed. On Thursday the large . m wae rilled to overflow- s, luany having to stand. On Friday tbe weather waa exoeediug ly disagreeable, but notwithstand ing this, a full bouse oame out to bear tbe address of Mr. Josepbus Daniels, tbe spesksr of tbe even, ing. Col. E. F. MoRae, of this plsoe. made a talk also, and tba ' evening' entertainment closed the school year The graduating olsss went Mattie Brown MaoLean, Emma Bella MoRae, Lollie Loo MoEinnon and Jessie Barn. John Alien MacLeod, Jr., and William Pariah, tb latter receiving a scholarship to tb University of North Carolina. Mia Jessie Burns was given th scholarship to Elizabeth College. Prof, A vent has resigned his position aa prin cipal of th aobool and will go to Spring Hop to teaoh. Hie sno oeesor is Prof. A. : 8. Wbb, of , BougemonlfTh school is (teadily growing and is a credit to the town. . i l ' i i t. Farmer in' thi Motion are da- oidedly ''In thwrasa.' Labor la very aoaro. and if it were other wise, there has been bo weather for oleaning thaoropa. Many have) . plowed up the cotton and are planting com ; other ar convert ing it (or allowing It to oonvart itself ) lato a hay orop. The cot ton acreage is, on thi aooount, oonaidersbly reduoed. Charlotte - Observer. , i ' , ; Floral Cetleg Iteeas. Floral Collese. May 27. Ob th grsss, the beautiful grass! The ridges, tbe ditobes, ths woods, the fields everywhere, Mother earth is clothed in a rob of green. Tb scarcity of bands and tba con- tinned rainy weatner nave oausea tb faxxitr to become behind ia their crone and while there ia not aa much grass ia this as other Mo tion,' yat th cotton and corn -hav suffered greatly on aooount of wet. weather. , Miss Etta McKay visited friend near Laurinburg the past week. 8orry ti report tbe eriou ill oess of Mire Mary Ana Campbell, who reside with her nepbew, Mr. W. W. McGirt. . Tbe pulpit at Centre ohuroh made vaoant last Sundsy ia th absence of its pastor Kev. H O. Hill as very ably filled by Rev. O F. Ban kin, of Bed Spiings. Mr. Rankin ia a young man of of intet'ertual power and Fayette ville Presbytery will suffer a great wbea Mr. Kankin com to Orange Presbytery to do evange list work ui ita borotre. ..... Quit a large number of our vooeir people attended th dosing ' exercises of th Southern Presby terian College at Ked HpriBge, toe past week. ' Mia Myrtle McNe'lL of Wi. mins-toa, is spending soots time here aitbrelativM. ... Mr. T. H. Leevitt leavee today for Ashpole, Chad bourn ad othsr Boints, oa bvainM. Misses NUi MoKeiU and Auni Gibson. of Barkers, spent yeeter- dsy bet shopping. Mm. Duncan MeEaobera, of Wilmingtos, is padiag some time ben with relatives. . Mra. L. B. Biwee. altbouob. bill eaahle to bava bar bed, ooa Unuaa to alowly tmprovs , Mr. O Bracer, of Rowland, R. F. IX N 1 tnade aa a prootabe call while la low yesterday. The family es tba bta 3. IX Bury, came ap tram Wilmingtaa, sad attended tbe aaveiUag baa- , day. , , Mr. aad Mrs. T. W. Maxwell. and lir aeghter. Irertrude, waat u loiertvill 6uady. Mr MatwaU an Gertnsd wiU spend 'oee dsy taeee viaitiag. t i! ! A A J 1 'I'M. ? f 1 - ( ' J II i 'i' li 1i I : i - ii
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