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,;"'t: Vi.. I t'' 'ft-.' ROBBSOMAN JL iQ-lLls ggg . . . 1 111! ESTABLISHED 1870. Country God and Truth SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTS. VOL. XXXViTnO. 96. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 10C6 WHOLE NO. 2109 NOTED LECTDRER SPEAKS TUESDAY. Hei. Peter MacQneen to Appear at Southern Presbyterias College. RED SPRINGS NEWS NOTES, Coming men of America Have an En)oyable Time at Banquet Music Teacher Falls to Come Mr. D. P. Shaw and Bride Re turnPersonal Items. Red Springs Fob. 1 Rv. IV.or MacQuenu is 10 appear iu th col lege auditorium ut-xo Tuesday night, February 6nh, ia a 1-cture on "Romantic and Literary Scot land: Land of Scott and Burn." Do not forget the dati. A large audieucb is anticipated. It is ex pected that mauyin alltha nearl y towns, and large nuuoberH from the oouutry round al o'it are com ing. At! exquisite treat is no doubt in storr. The lecturer is ii pcbolur of nice literary taste and widt range of learning. His mind is well stored with knowledge gath ered by travel in all parts of the earth aa well aB by extensive read ing and study. It is to be no heavy and prolix performance. However long it may be, as meas ured by a watch, it will be short. Brightened by wit, aueodote, elo quent narrations and pleasing flu ency of Bpeech it will prove a delightful hour. C. M. A, GIVES BANQUET. One ot the new guilds in the earth i8 tho "0. M. A." or ''Com ing Men of America." The name of the order is significant. It is an organization in wLich everybody should feel an interest. The hope of the republic depends upon the young men of today who are to be the regDaat men of tomorrow. The guild iB young. It wbb founded at Oak Park. Illinois, in 188(5 The minimum age for membership is 14 and the ordinary maximum age is 21 though upon occasion men are admitted over 21. Mr. F. C. Jones is the president of trie lodge here and the membership now numberB six. It was chartered laBt October. Monday night the youug men gave a banquet to raise money for current expenses and needed BupplieB. Seventeen dollarB was raised for the purpose. Miss Nettie Culbreth was voted the prettiest girl present. PRESIDENT VARDELL BUSY. Miss Hibernia McArthur, the music teacher trom. Florida, did not come. Those who went to the railway Btaticn to meet her met in place of her a telegram saying she had changed her mind. This is a reserved privilege, it is often said. Another will be forthcoming in due time. The number of pupils coming to the college has in all the history kept the versatile presi dent active in providing both teachers and dormitories. There has been no college like it among UB. Mr, D. P. Shaw reached Lum ber Bridge with his bride from Washington city Monday evening. The congratulations of his numer ous friends were warm hearted indeed.- Everybody loves- him in that community. His bride won at once by her gracious manner the hearts of the people. For hor father's sake as well as her own she met with exceptional cor diuhry. MRS. LTVKHMORE ENTERTAINS. Mr. O. S. Have. brother of Mis. ii. V. Lve;'iiiOio u tur town, ccine cp irom Winder, his Gjcrsia him:., d:'e:'. a ru;; of tbe past week with bis sister. Mrs. Livermore gave a reception Mor day night in honor of bis presence that was largely attended and much enjoyed. The Mnsonic lodge bad an intei esting meeting Monday night aud a good attendance. Messrs. Britt , Hutchinson, McNeill and Allen, of tho Lumberton lodge, came up and tbeir presence was enjoyed richly. Tbf y returned home after the meeting. Rev. A. N. Ferguson is very u -w!l and has not been able to crenel! in several weeks. But he is repmer better. We hop b will t)n k')Ia to p'-niDfl work quickly He is oi. i' of the bl mtu and must. uWul pebtr& we evor knew. A Bri.ENDlfJ KEC0IM. Jiidp- T. A. McNeill my well brt congratulated, for we are told ihftt th.j Supreme Court b"ld wltj! hini io every cass appealed frnm bi") decisions on the last circuit he rod?. We are proud of this rec. rd of our countryman. The churches of the Ashpole circuit, have inorensed Rev. J. M. Ashln'a ealnry. This n well. Tit example ia worthy of copy. The i.o-it (if ' i vi i g is higher ai d mm is more plentiful. Eveiy pahtoi in the county ought to have his salary increased. Mr. J. M. Graham, of HsBty, was a visitor in town on business Tuesday. Mr. A. T. McCallum has bpen installed in his new office aud it io a cozy corner indeed. The material is in part on the ground to build a long needed hotel at Elrod. It is to be erected by Johnston Branch. Mrs. Covington, who has been (Continued on 4th page.) ASHPOLE NOW HAS MUCH BETTER MAIL SERVICE. Freight Train Carries Through Ponch--New Street Being Opened Local and Personal News. Ashpole, N. C. Feb. 1. By a late arrangement the freight train which arrives from Chadbourn at 2:30 and returns from Elrod at 4 carries a through mail pouch from Wilmington to Ashpole and back. This is a much appreciated im provement especially so to the merchants and other busi-ess men of the town. Town Marshal, H. J. Carole and force of hands are building a new street across the Stephens farm which will now be in town. There are some very desirable lots in this new part of town. No cotton is being marketed here. 10 cents wont bring it in when the owners are as able to hold it as most of our farmers Rev. P, E. Law had a good crowd at the Presbyterian church last Sunday and all were pleased with his fine address. Messrs. W. T. Mercer and Geo. Baldwin, of Wilmington, spent aprt of last week here enjoying a most successful bird hunt. A. S. Thompson and others at tended the Cotton Growers Asso ciation in Lumberton last Moo day. Dr. W. A. McPhaul spent part of last week in Charlotte among the wholesale druggists. Messrs. Leggett and Purvis ran their gin last Saturday. How is that for the last of January? Mr. Lawrence Still Improving Mr. S. Mclntyre returned Tut?f day from Charlotte, where he went for a short visit to Mr. R. C. Law rence, who is 4u a Hospital thre The friends of Mr. Lawrenci will be glad to learn that he is daily improving, and the physicians have (hopes of hiB full recovery. ECHOES COTTON GROWERS MEETING. Extracts From Speech ol President Charles C. Moore. COUNTY ASSOCIATION PLANS. At Meeting Other Short Speeches Were Mane Planters Agree to Decrease Acreage ten per cent A County Organizer and Lec turer Chosen. The meeting of the Cotton Growers Association was called to order on Monday, the 29th inet by Presidont R. W. Livermore. After a short address by Mr. R aged ale, State Leoturer, for the Farmers' Alliance, Mr. A. J, Mc Kinnon in a brief speech intro duced State President C. C. Moore. From the beginning of Mr. Mooro's speech, it was evident that while he laid but little claim to oratory, he was thoroughly at home with his subject and was prepared to give his hearers some thing more substantial than Bounding phrases or glowing ex pressions. He briefly compared the present conditions with those at a time when cotton was four aud one-half to five cents a pound, and set forth the position of man ufacturers and speculators toward the producers of -feotton. The present improved condition he credits to the aotiveness of the Cotton Growers Association, and he gave abundant proof of his statement. The Iburden of his speech was to urge the" impor tance and necessity of more per fect organization on the part of the farmers showing that in case of manufacturers, merchants, law yer?, doctors, infact in every in every industry in the world, or ganization had been perfected and the results had been to benefit those by whom they were formed. "In fact," he remarked, from birth to burial we are confronted with organization and combina tion ; for the doctors who usher us in, and th under-takers whoci ry us out are both organized, and i the farmers would accomplish all that is possible for them the same tactics are necessary.'' It was his effort to impress the idea that the organiza tion of the farmers was not to an tagonize any other interest, but for protection and to seoure to themselves such advantages as must necessaaily result therefrom and the chief of he&e, he em phasized as placing before the ag ricultural people, the actual re sults of what they were accom plishing and the cost of s uch ac complishment. The main thing which he considered necessary for the farmers to know were those things with which men in other lines of business were thoroughly conversant that is, the cost of the article, which they produce, the expense of marketing them and the net profits to be derived from them. Such information as was necessary to the farmers could only be seoured through that co operation, possible only in organ ization. After Mr. Moore's address others were called on for brief re marks. Messrs. W. S. Johnson, of St Pauls; K. M. Biggs, of Lumberton, Robert Mc Eachern, ofLumber Bridge, E. F. MoRae, of Maxton, responded, briefly stating their ' thorough sympathy with the movement and their determination to exert them selves to their utmost to further its end President Livermore said that to accomplish what was most de sirable, two things were necessary. The first was to reduce the acreage, if not still further than last year, to at least man tain that acreage and v to avoid under any and all circumstances, selling cotton now for Fall delivery at ten cents a pound. He called for those who were willing to mantain the acreage the same as last year, to hold up ,their hands and those present responded, almost unani mously. Mr. W. P. Barker made a motion to extend the thanks of the County Organization to Presi dent Moore for his able and in structive address. After the speaking whs over the meeting was called to order by the J resi dent, for the transaction of such busin-ss as might come before it. On motion duly seconded it was ordered that an executive com mittee of five be elected, who should act under the instruction of the State Executive Committee This motion resulted in the elec tion of Ueo. B. McLeod, E. F. McRae, J. E. Carlyle, A S. Thompson, and W. S. Jehnson. The following resolution, which was unanimously adopted was introduced by Mr. A. J. Mc Kiunon : Resolved : That the Executive Committee of Robeson county see that a properly consituted com mittee, or representative, wait o the merchants in the connty of Robeson, and request them to urge their customors to reduce their acreage in accordance with the suggestion of the Cotton Growers A'sociation and to discourage the sale of cotton for future delivery. After the adoption of the above resolution the Association ad journed until its next regular meeting. At three o'clock the meeting of the Executive Committee accord ing to appointment was called to order and after discussion of the best means to seoure the necessary organization throughout the ciunty, it was decided that the county be divided into four groups, as follows: First group, Lumberton, How ellsville, Wisharts, Britts, Back Swamp. Raft Swamp and Saddle -r.. For this group, Mr. J. E. Carlyle was elected as organizer to act under the direction of the Ex ecutive Committee. Second group, Sterlings, White House and Thompson. Mr. R. Gainey was ele:ted organizer for this group Third group, Smiths, Burnt Swamp, Maxton, Alfordsville. Mr. M. G. MoKenzie was elected organizer for this group. Fourth group, Lumber Bridge, Parkton, Red Springs, Blue Springs, St. Pauls, and for this group. Mr. E. F. McRae was elected organizer. The organizers were advised that their duties would consist in mak ing one or two organizations in every township where no organi zation has been heretofore made tnd see that a president, vicepre -ident, secretary and treasurer were elected. In those townships where organizations already exist, they were instructed to perfect such or ganization and exert themsolves to add to the membership It was ordered that said orgaoizers should report each week to the members of the executive committee or some offioer of the Association in their section and said ' officer should in turn, report to thecoun ly secretary and treasurer. It was also ordered that a quarterly due of 25 cents should be levied on each member of the Association throughout the county and that 10 cents on each bale of cottun held, should also be levied. All of the dues and one half of the amount levied on each bale of cot ton shall be remitted to the coun ty secretary and treasurer, and it shall bp his duty to remit one half of each due of 25 cents received, and 3 cents of each bale of cotton, to the State Treasurer of the As sociation. Messrs W. P. Barker, Joseph Prevatt, Giles Robertson, W. S. Cobb, D. P. McEachern, A. 6. Thompson, J D. McGougan, Jos N. Buie, M. G. MoKenzie and W. A. Law, were appointed a com mittee to wait on the merchants and business men of the county, to solicit funds for the assistance of the organization. The meeting on the whole, was the largest iu attendance aud most enthusiastic which has ever been held here and the indications are that a more perfect organization will be accompl shed and better work done in the future than in the paJt. Our people are realiz ing that it is the only way and they are making haste to avail themselves of it We desire on behalf of the As sociation to thank the Robeson -ian for space for this report and for the offer of such use of its col umns in the future, as may be ne cessary to set before the Assooia tion such matters as may be of in terest generally. Skcbktary. Real Estate Deal. Mr. Arch Spivey has purchased a lot from Mr. A. W. McLean in in Belvedere, facing the lot owned by Mr. A. W. Prevatt, and will build a residence there at once. The lot recently purchased from Mr. Q. T. Williams, on the east edge of town, he expects to sell. MR. DAN. HctSRYDE TO BECOME A BENEDICT. Former Principal tl Parkton Stbool to fed Basic Teacher, Hiss Lacy Pender. Parkton, Feb. 1 Mr Dan. McBride, who was the Principal of the sohool here up to last Christmas, is to be married 7th instant. It is the heart of Miss Lucy M. Pender, of Tarhoro he has won. She was his Music teacher here. Everybody is sur prised. The cunning of the cou ple was consummate. Even the faintest suspicion was eluded. The entire community wishes for them all that is good. The McNatt Hotel has had a fine run since since first rf the month. At times it has been full. The Proprietor is planning to build a new larger and more com modious house. Mr. J. C. D. McNatt has scld the timber on bis McNatt tract at McNatt to Mr. H. M. Dew who will place a saw mill out on the old plank road at an early day. Mrs. liettie McCormick who has been visiting her children near Ocaia, Florida, several months and had a fall which dislocated her hip, is convalescing nicely. Mr. H Welsh has an imposing residence in process of erection. It is on the lot adjacent to the lot on which the Methodist church stands. Mr. John B. McCormick ac companied by his son, Mr. John D. McCormick, have leen bask ing in Florida air several weeks. Miss Lizzie McCormick, of Lnurinburg.is the new salesman1 in Mr. J. C. D. McNatts store. Mr. D. B Timmons, the new railway agent, here proves to be a very competent official. Mr. Collier Cobb is building a new residence. The frame has been erected. MALICE CHARGED AGAINST TAFT Imager o! Pacific Steamship Company Hits Hard Blow. CANAL MANAGEMENT SCORED Condition ol Railroad on Isthmus Growing Worse Under Govern ment Ownership Tehuantapee Road Equipment Deterior atedOther Charges Washington, Feb. 1. Robert P. Schwerin, general manager of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany,' was before the Senate com mittee on inter oceanic canals yes terday. Regarding Secretary Taft's criticism of service between twee a Panama and San Francisco for its part in contributing to the congestion of freight at Panama, he said : "Secretary Taft's statement was was made either through malice tending to injure an American industry, or through ignorance of the causes of the difficulties, of which he has complained " He said that since the canal commis sion took charge of the Panama railwa) , freight hab accumulated on the wharves, all commercial shipments having been held up by the movement of canal materials and j the difficulty, Mr. Screwin asserted, was due to "culpable negligence on the part of the Panaran railroad, and utter in difference to their obligations as a common carrier ." The equipment of the railroad, he addori, had deteriorated great-yduri-g'bo two yezrs prior to the alo of the properly of the Utrted States. ''A? soou as con trol of th road parsed to tha Uy: ted State?, "said Mr. Sclwerio, "the conditions described began to jrow wor?L The railroad mac-ag-ment cot tbe wags of men working on the docks, which caus ed a strk-t and labor followed. ,r Mr. Scbweriu find tho Tebuan tepee Riilroad accross Central Amrtna.will be competed by Jure b u'id declared that it will kill th American commerce which now Crosse tho Ith-nn. H aid that, it wr uld pot the Panama rail way and to-? Pacific Miil Steam ship Company's line out; -,f busi ness, as by the new i:ne tber would be a reduction in tho "ime from San Francisco tn New York from 24 to 20 days. Mission Lecture Tuesday Night. Miss Lizzie Davis, a returned missionary from China, lectured in tbe Methodist church Tuesday evening to a full house. Miss Davis is well informed on the sub ject of missions, and her talk was a very interesting and instructive one, and listened to 'With close at tention by the audience. A solo excellently rendered by Rev. Luth er Hridgers, and a song by the male quartet, composed of Messrs. Frank Gough, R. O. Edmund, Luther Bridgers and C. B. Skip per added to the enjoyment of the evening. Death ol Little Child. C .rrnun, thi littlrt t" vhb- o d son of Mr. and Mrp. RoberS Pre van, dtnd Tuesday night, after a iWij-npi. Th.i rir.'owinj? pareutB have tbe svmpatfcyof their rrntid in th 'ir bereavernen. The ritermeri vs tnadf; in tb fnmily enorterv jf the h'ms of Mrs. P;n u?i m ---bar, Mr'. M'Waite, ix r)i:p- iriKii here iu th'i vicinity of Barkers.
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