fiOlBSONM
LISHEt) 1870.
Country, God and Truth.
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VOLi- XXXVIf NO. 78.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1005.
WHOLE NO. 2090
TJE LUMBER BRIDGE NEWS.
CUMBER. BRIDGE. W. C.
REV. P. R. LAW. D. D., - - EDITOR.
Without the city there could be
no civilization. Yet in it the revo
lotions of the world that overturn
and destroy are bred ; the faces of
the poor are ground; Shylocks
crow rich at the expense of those
who dwell in cellars and attics
and the wail of the unemployed is
heard. The modern oity is the
standing menace to civilization
and no city is worse than New
York. Following in the foot steps
of Jesus his church most enter the
heart of its wretchedness or fear
ful gloom must appall the vision
more and more. Every great oity
has a voioe and utters ltd appeal
It embraces the supplications of
the poor, the sobs of "children, the
groans of the dying, the despair or
the wicked, the wail of the lost
A great multitude is a sad sight.
When Christ saw it he was moved
with compassion. When Xerxes
saw it he wept. One person out
of every ten who dies iu New York
is buried in the Potters field.
Four-fifths of the race are help
less afe unable to support them
selves. Xerxes said death is the
saddest thing in tt.e lite of the
world. Artabaous said the woe of
life is the saddest thing in the
world
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parties concerned. Very truly, A. P. McAllister.
of the law. Not only life, property
and good name may be jeopardized
under the wiles of the Tempter
and man's deceitful and wicked
heart by it, but it is also inde
scribably demoralizing and debas-
But Christ goes direct to ing to tne body politic.
the cause and says sin is the sad
dest. Ah I What sin and tneretore n. ut.,. ol.tmn in New York
what woe, sadness and danger "Lity furnishes food for pessimism
in JNew York cityl inoseto wnom rp,.,.. tuB ,fiftt,hHfc of American
we an? debtor nere mignt wen nave Cltieg , the woret perhaps of all
ponrayea tne dangers 01 tnin aura the citie9 in Dcminal Christendom.
spo on tne xace or ine worm irom It, cosmopolitan color and great
a political point oi view to our : m ke8 it B0 iri8D, German,
Lumber Bridge Locals.
to
government. Ab this oity goes so
the State, and as the State so the
nation, is too near an accurate
statement.
Polish, Hungarian, Italian, cities
are all in it most significantly.
Swedes and Sicilians, emigrants
from beyond the Alps and Bal
kans with hatred for all govern -
Rising, as we trust we do habit- ment and no Esprit Du Corps, are
ually above partizan and blinding dwelling there. They are come
bias when discussing policies that for what they can get. Society
have to do with public weal or has done little for them and many
woe, we make bold to say that of them are its enemies. They
. . tit a 1 A t I A.
our national legislature snouia aweu in nouses mat mane virtue
waste no time in! revising with and decency impossible. They do
sober and Datriotie motives the not understand our language and
tariff laws of the country and care nothing for our institutions.
adopt some action whereby freight In parts of the city great numbers
rates shall be limited to an cqui- dwell in huge tenement nouses
table standard. There is great whose ground floors are grog shops
need for this legislation. Those and whose upper floors are crowded
who are to be responsible for the I with human beings who have al-
work will certainly be held to a most lost both their identity and
strict aocount at the bar of popu- their hnmanity, There are viceB
lar ooinion. There is much outorv among them which would have
in the populace as well as by the put to shame the insane Ceaaars;
unselfish statesman now. If the I heartless deeds that would have
legislation is not wrought there put Torquemada to blush; and
will be a little later a . thunderous depths of infamy that Dante could
outburst of disapprobation by the not have exaggerated. Such people
masses. Let partizan bias be sub- infect the body politio with the
ordinated to oonoern for the best virus of their wickedness. They
interests of the country. He is vote and make laws that relate to
indeed a political monst9r who the oitv. state, county and the
would subordinate the good of the world. They rear families in an
whole people to sheer partizan ad- environment that appears to defy
vantage. We cannot think that the religion of Christ and threaten
a majority of the next OongresB is the very foundations of the State
made up of such eelnsn and neart- and republic.
less public servant?. It is sound
principles and wise policy alike Hiss Lillian Qrlfflth flairied.
that appeals to the power in the From the Raleigh News and
ascendancy to legislate on the two OWve of Fridft oli tt
Mr. D. P. Bridges, of Lincoln
ton, N. O., has been called
Lumber Bridge and Parkton Bap
tist churches. lr, i not yet know
whether or not he will accept tb
call.
Rev. J. E. MoCall. of Cle
borne church Texas, who supplied
the Presbpterian church at Red
Springs the month of last August
and was called afterwards to its
pastorate and signified his willing
ness to accept the call and en tor
upon the work Beonnd Sundav in
December is not coming. Hi
rresbytery refused, we learn, to
dismiss him.
It is probable, according to the
latest, news, that the College a
Red Springs will get $1,000.00 o
the $0,000.00 given by W. W
Fuller tor use in the State. The
matter, as we pen these words, has
not been settled finally.
Mr. J. G. McCormick, of the
Lumberton bar, was here on busi
ness the past week.
Rev. J W. Cobb filled his ap
pointment in Sampson last fau .
day.
It is reported that Mrs. L. M
Love has decided to move to Red
Springs.
subjects and do so wisely.
following whioh will be read with
interest by the many friends of the
bride here: .
Last night at the residence of
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Griffith, of
Greensboro, Miss Lillian Griffith,
their only daughter, beoame the
bride of Mr. Robert Tereli us Trav-
- m vr-v r-i mt 1
is. or Winston -oaiem. ine nome
The freedom of assertion that
in & given trial at the late term
of the Superior Court of Robeson,
" there was lying on both sides, fur
nishes occasion for serious reflec
tion. The subject of oaths is sug
gested. It is well to keep m mind
their nature and sanctions. An
oath regards God as a witness and
a judge. It is a solemn invocation was tastefully decorated, palms,
of God, in which his name is made! ferns and out flowers being artis
the guarantee ot tne trutn ot wnat ticall Y distributed here and there
II OS'S VrSSZX throughout the parlor, reception
favor. We suspend our olaims to hall and dining room. The cere
t.ha Divine nrntaotion nnnn nnr I monv was Derformed bv Rev. Har.
veracity. Reverence for the Di- old Turner, pastor of Spring street
vine Being constitutes the peou-1 Methodist church, while several
harity of its sanction and on it I instruments discoursed sweet mu
depends all of its sasredness'. Tak-lsio in low notes. Among those
ing the name of the Lord onr God who were present for the wedding
in vain constitutes its peculiar were Mrs. George Ulue, of Win-
guilt. The enormity of the evil ston, aunt of the bride ; Mr. and
wrought" by false swearing isob- Mrs. Willian Bunch, of Oak
viouB. The oonsequemoea upon the Ridge, uncle and aunt of the bride,
guiltv are stupendous enough, but and the groom's father and broth -
they do not stop thera. J. he State I er, both of Winston. They' left
rightly makes it a high crime. In for their future home in Winston-
view of its assault upon the maj-1 immediately following the bfeidal
esty of Uod. and its disregard ot reception.
that reverence for truth noon I t
whinh t.ha vnrtr nil Urn of oaietvl Miss Maie Rowland returned
vrest. oonrts should be faithful in I Saturday evening from .Red
endeavors to disoover and punish Spring!, where she has been visit-
every inon ottenoe to tne tan extent ug
The Fayettevill6 Observer con
tains the following:
Governor Glenn issued an open
letter to the superintendents of
the hospitals for the insane at
Raleigh and Morganton to the ef
fect that steps must be taken at
once to turn out enough of the
harmless indigent insane and pay
patients now being cared fcr to
make room for all dangerous indi
geut insane now in county jails in
the countiesr He also directB let
ters to sheriffs in all counties, in
Ptructing them to make applica
tion at once to the superintendent
of the nearest hospital for ad mis
sion of sucj in the respective conn
ties, and in the event the admis
sion of any is refused, he will take
up the case.
He should also direct that the
insane patients should have more
than one set of clothes, as two bid
women recently returned to Cum
berland county, came with noth
ing but what they had on, and
that was none too good.
The Right Kind of Charity.
We take great pleasure to thank
oar christian friends for the dona
tions banded over to us to be for
warded to the relief fund of the
far sufferers in Russia. Mr. C. B.
Townsend, Mr. A. E. White, Mr.
A. A. McLean and Mr. Q. T. Wil
liams have donated liberally to
wards the relief fund without any
solicitation on our part. That
shows the right kind of charity.
In the name of our Congregation.
M. B Shooket, Secretary.
Capt. and Mrs. J. B. Sellers ar
rived Sunday moring for a visit to
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Bullock. Mr.
Sellers returned home yesterday.
The Peanut Crop.
mere are aoout, a dozen coun
ties in Northeastern North Caro
lina and the adjoining counties in
Virginia, where the growing o
peanuts is the most profitable
crop on our farms. "It saved the
farmers of Northampton during
the year when cotton was selling
at less than the oost of produc
tlon," said Dr. R. H. Stancill, of
Margrettsville, recently The
orop is important enough for the
Department of Agriculture at
Washington to gather information
with reference to it and dissemi
nate the information on it as well
as other staple crops. The Tar-
boro Southerner, in making that
juggestion, says:
"It is quite probable that a pe
nuts would be higher if the public
were in possession of accurate sta
t is tics, as approximately correct
as those of wheat corn and cotton.
Uncertainty suits the purpose of
the speculator far more than it
does that of the producer.''
The dependence now for infor
mation is upon firms dealing in
peanuts, and they find it difficult
to obtain accurate information
In a recent statement by Holmes
and Dawfon, of Norfolk, they say
that most farmers applied to do
not give figures, but say "an in
crease' ' or some like statement
that does not enable them to make
an accurate calculation as desir
ed. Upon the basis of informa
tion gathered they say the peanut
crop this year "will be twenty per
cent larger than last year's crop
and twenty-five per cent larger
than the 1903 crop. Last year's
crop was not a large one, but the
market was forced to a figure
which curtailed consuption, lessen
ing the usual demand of the trade
in factory cleaned goods and con
sequently resulting in a slow and
stagnant market the latter part oi
the season.'' They say that pea
nuts are "a luxury'' and "when
prices get above a certain level
consumers look for some substitute
m mi i
or do witnout. iney do not
look for "any advance on prioes
this season." Raleigh News and
Observer.
KilgoQattis case Ended.
At last the Kilgo-Gattis case
has reached an end. Wednesday
afternoon the Supreme court ren-
rdered a decision, suatainirg Judge
Moore in Wake Superior Court
allowing a non suit, on the ground
the plaintiff had not sbown'mal
ice on tne part ot eitner migo or
Duke in the publication of the
proceedings of the college dirfc
tors as complained of. Ia the
first trial a verdict of $20,000 was
given and in tne second $lo,0UU,
new trials being granted each
time.
Ashpole News Letter. '
Mrs. Johp Morrison, of Mars
Bluff, S. C, arrived last Saturday
to spend awhile with relatives and
friends who are always delighted
to greet her and the boy.
Mr. O I. Flcyd visited friends
at Fair Bluff last Sunday.
Mrs. Rose Pitman was sick last
week, but we are glad to hear is
now improving.
Miss McLean, of MoDonalds. is
visiting in town.
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Ash by at.
tended the marriage at Raynbam
last Wednesday, of Miss Marie
Hamer and Dr Pate, of Rowland.
Miss Marie is quite a favorite here
where she is well known, and a
wish for her and her chosen mate
all the happiness life oan give
Mrs. C. A. Floyd and little
daughter are away for a visit
numerous mends, and tne gems
O. A. looks solemn.
Mr. 8. J. Smith, R. F. D. No 3
has bought a lot on Trinity street.
from Mr. W. F. Mitchell, and we
understand will build a handsome
residence thereon.
Mr. R. M. Oliver has decided
not to come here, but will live
Marietta.
Rapid progress is!being made
on the three brick stores beme
built on Main street by Messrs
Thompson, Thompson and Brown
The brick work will soon be com
plete) if the present weather
at
Homes-Edwards.
A Charlotte Special to the Ral
eigh News and Observer of the
24th inst. contains the following
At Trinity Methodist church at
9:30 yesterday morning the pa's
tor, Rev.Plato Durham, performed
the marriage ceremony of Mr. A
G. Holmes and Miss Mattie Ed
wards. The groom is a native
Columbus county, and the bride
has been a trained nurse at the
hospital at Morganton. The cou
ple have gone, to Washington,
where they will spend their honey
moon, atter wnion tney will return
to Council, in the eastern part of
he State, where tbey will be at
nome.
Attorney R. E. Lee attended an
entertainment at the beautiful
country home of Hon. Ji G.Shaw,
in Cumberland Friday evening
Mr. Shaw had as his guests, Judge
Fred Moore, the court officials,
members of the bar, ministers
and physicians and a few friends
outside these professions. 1
oon-
tinues.
We are glad to report Mr. C T
lit . . 1 v. a
uasnweu in Detter neaitn since
bis return.
Mrs, Giles Robinson and daugh
er, of Rowland, spent Sunday in
own with Mrs. Cashwell
Miss Katie Brown, traveling
agent of the Orphans Friend, is
visiting our town on business.
The most interesting event tha
has happened in town recently was
the arrival of the hobby horses on
Wednesday. All the juvenile pop
ulation rose to meet them, and are
delighted to know tbey will re
main some time.
Twelve Thousand People W ere Slain,
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 23 The
nobility of Russia, writes Mrs.
Brailowski, who is in Odessa, to
her brother, Dr. B. Courshon of
this city, are inciting the police
to stir up the peasant classes and
make them persecute, and massa
ere the Jews. This, the writer
declares, is done to discredit
Count Witte and make it appear
that Russia is in no condition as
yet for a liberal government. The
police are simply tools of the no
bility, the writer ttates. and in
stead of trying to ut down the
riots, are realty im nonsible for
them.
Mrs. Brailowski wa in Odessa
during tha great rnusacre. She
and three hundred other Jews es
caped by taking refuge in n hotel
run by a Christian and - bribing
the manager and the police to
keep from mob's fury.
Thewriter states that 12,000
people perished in Odessa in three
days. Women and children were
thrown from second and third
story windows, men were murder
ed in the presence of their fami
lies and girls were outraged on
the streets, in the broadlight.
Thoroughfares of the city were
stained with blood and some Jews
who escaped to ships in the har
bor were later cast into the sea to
drown.
Two other sisters of Dr. Cour
shon reside in Eishineff, where
they managed to escape up to No
vember, 10, the date of the letter,
by hiding in the home of a friend-
Christian.
William Louis Poteat will be in
augurated as President of Wake
Forest College, December 7th.
Letter From J. W. Carter. U
Editor Robesonian: I see in
your paper of this date that yon
wonder how I found out the num
ber of bales of cotton raised this
year answering will say that I
have not found out the number of
bales raised, but am simply guess
ing, as I think I have a right to
do and as many other do, but I
am not guessing without some fig
ure to guide me. If in the year
of 1898 we raised 11,235,0C0 bales.
on 23,175,000 acres, I don't' think
that a guss of 11,500,000 is much
out of line, based on this years
acreage, which is 28,808,000. I am
of the opinion that even if the out
turn of this crop shoud be ' as
much as 12,000,000 bales, then the
prioes we have received and are
receiving are too low and I think
that the remainder of the crop
still in the hands of the fanners
should bring more money, for the
reason of the enormous demand
for manufactured goods, and afur
ther, that the consumpton now, as
compared with 1898, is so much
A. it .1 f A -W V
greawr, inai in iaot i naraiy taw x
it is possible for us to raise and
gather a crop too large to bring,,
good prices. I am a member of ;
the Cotton Growers' Association,
and think it one of the best organ
izations on earth today, and -I
have never in my life failed to
further the intrests of the farmer
in every opportunity I have had,
and I hive suoh a good opinion f
of them that I hardly think that -it
is possible for them, with the
improved methods in farming and
the increased use of fertilizers and .'
with the acreage that is said to ,
have been planted this year, to
raise less than 11,500,000 bales.
I know of a great many other
people that are of the same opin- '"
ion as myself, but are slow to ex- "
press themselves. I may be wrong
in my view, but if so, I am hon-
est in it.
You have seen fit to refer to
Theodore Price, of New Yorkmy
opinion of Mr. Price is tbat he is
entirely too smart for you or I to
fool away our tfme with.
Vesy respeotfully yours,
J. W. Carter.
Ou c National Discontent.
"The signs multiply," says Chas. ;
E. Russell, in the Forward of his'
new series of articles, "Soldiers
of the Common Good," in the No
vember Everybody's, "that Amer
icans are beginning to weary of
these things, of municipal misgov. -
eminent, the worst in the world, ,
cf the unkempt and barbarioos as
pect of our oities, the selfish atti
tude of public officers, and the .
perversion of all things gocd by ,
the power of money. f"'
"We are restless under a Senate
owned body and eoul by the rail
road 'and financial interests, under
a system that allows rich men to
dodge taxes nd evade laws. As a
nation we are heartily sick of the
role of bribery in our legislatures,
boodle in onr city councils, and
graft in our business. We begin
to feel that a system that Compels '
as to pay dividends on ficticious
and watered stocks, and to famuli
the counters, wherewith aamblera
play the gamblers play the games
t nign nuance, nas something in ..
it utterly and hopelessly wrong.
we nave learned from Mr.
Lawson and from countless exam
ples in our daily affairs bow dan
gerous it is to Jet these conditions-.,
goon daDgerous forourselveaand' .
for the meu tbat profit from them
We have grown familhar with the -spectacle
of men of good instincts .
naturally good character, men who
were kiodlv, tolerant, and gener- -ous
transformed into mad devils
by the opportunity of unlimited ,
money-getting aud the craze for
power; transformed so that ther' '
will stop at no crime and balk at "
no mean aud dirty devic to sag, .
ment their fortune. Theccuntry '
intenselv dissatisfied with a sit.
Hationthat makes these crimes not .
enly possible but triumphant.' -'