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Country, Gocl and; Trutli. SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTS. VOL, XXXVII. NO. 4. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 16. 1000. WHOLE NO. 2121 ESTABLISHED 1870. IIOlIUilEHT FUHD : . AGAIN INCREASED TaritOH Women Glre a Most Euioyable Entertainment v HOST INTERESTING PROGRAM More Than Seventy Five Dollars Raised to add to Fund Fine Ad dress by the Rev. Mr. Smith Refreshments Served Sofa Pillow Sold High. " Correspondence of The Robeson wn. . Park ton, March 14. A mcic interesting" and delightful enter tainment was Riven by the ladies of Parkton and community on Thursday evening, March 8 b, in aid of the Confederate moDoment Tf and of Robeson oonnty. From the raising of the curtain until -the finish the audience was held in close attention, yes I might ay delighted by the touching, timely and exquisitely rendered , recitations and charming old time engs beautifully and effectively sang by a bevy of beautiful and -cultured young ladies. The evenLg was dark and rainy -and sadness and disappointment hung on every brow and ten trom the clouds had partially rolled bj and the bright, beautiful Marob moon could be seen peeping through the passing clouds, as 'belated, but' willing aid and abet- tn t.n tha nnnaainn The following program was charmingly rendered : Prayer. Address.by Rev. James A.Smitb, of Wilmington. Recitation "Bivouac of the iDead." Miss Cobb. Recitation "Music on the Rap pahannock." Miss Mary R. Wat son. ' . mm mm .Boys are jiarening. Pui!t..tiui"f!nnnnorai1 Rn. ner." Miss Baker. Drill "Bonnie Bine Flag " Rev. Mr. Smith, of Wilming ton, who is a native Robesonian, cave a vivid, eloauent and toncb. to ing description of the part taken by the soldiers of Robeson in the memorable conflict placing the total number of the brave boys from Robeson in the struggle at least 2,000, of which number he safely estimated 1,000 sacrificed their lives or were maimed for life. His address was not only eloquent, bat brimming fall of patriotism and deeply interesting facts and figures. . ..; .... : After the exercises, oysters and otner ret resuments were served oy the deft hands of beautiful and patriotic ladies. This was followed by an animated and long contin ued contest in the presentation of -a beautiful sofa pillow to the pret tiest lady in -the audience. The decision was made by voting, at a penny a vote. The candidates placed in nomination for this . henor were, Misses Mar? R. Wat son and ,Miss Effie MoMillan. These young ladies proved to be ao popular and their friends and admirers so evenly divided, that tor more than two hours it was often tie Vote, bat Miss Wat eon finally won on a vote of 2,803 to a vote of 2,225 for Miss MoMli Ian. We never saw suoh a tightly contested eleotion ; neither did we : ever see ' such beautiful candi - dates. Bat didn't that sofa pil , low bring a pric, $45 28. The total proceeds of the evening were $76.85.; This amount will doubt less "be increased by subscription! to at-least $100.00 by the ;patri otic oitizjDi of this progresr town, M. G. McK. DECISION IS AGAINST POWERS. United States Snpreme Court Re fuses' to Take Cognizance. Washington, March 12. The Caleb Powers case was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States today against Powers. The opinion was delivered by Justice Harlan and held that the case was not removable from the State to the Federal courts. Toe case was therefore remanded to the Kentucky State court. The opin ion wis bused on the ground that the qoal rights atatur, section 041 Revised Statutes, does not, ap. ply unless rtbognized by S ate laws of the Stnte constitution. Justice Harlan said that the Su preme Court of the United States ouJd take cognizance of the case on a writ of error. Tne opinion was unanimous. Powers has been tri9d three times by the Circuit Court of Scott county and each time found guilty, once receiving a sentence of death, and twice a sentence of life imprisonment; but the Ken tucky Court of Appeals interfered in eaoh instance to prevent the execution of the verdiot. Last May the case was presented to Judge Co'chran, sitting in the United States Circuit Court for the eastern district f Kentucky, and he granted a writ of habeas corpus, ordering removal trom the State oourts to his court; The proceedings in the Supreme Court of the United States, which terminated today, were instituted by the State of Kentaoky for the purpose of securing the restoration of the case to the State court Hence practically the only ques tion involved was that of jurisdic tion. hr. ii, 6. Mckenzie is NOV COUNTY TREASURER. Elected to Succeed Ir. A. 1 McLean, Who Died Last Weet Seieral Candidates. At the meeting of the county commissioners Monday, Mr. M. G. MoKenzie, of Maxton, was elected county treasurer to sucoed Mr. A. A, McLean, who died last week. In addition to this, considerable other business was transacted. principally matters pertaining to the county roads. The selection of Mr. MoKenzie as county Treasurer meets witn popular approval, it seems. It was thought that as Mr. McLean was a Maxton man; his successor ought to come from that part of the oonnty. Mr. MoKenzie is well and favorably known in the oonn ty. He is a Confederate veteran, and one always delights in seeing these brave men rewarded. There were a number of candi dates for the position, many of them bringing with them strong petitions and backed by interested friends. Considerable interest was manifested in the . eleotion, bat jasthow the vote stood was not learned. Reliable information has just reached here that Mr. A. Y. Wil son, formerly of Lumberton, but now residing in Bellingham, Wash ington, will be married soon to Miss Amelia Laurason, of Cum berland County. Miss Laqrason has also visited Lumberton on several occasions. V Mr. A. Weinstein will leave in a few days for the northern markets to buy his spring stock of clothing and gents furnishing. PRES. MOORE WRITES OUR COTTON GROWERS Editob'Rosebonian: Evarf county 1 visit wants to know about Robeson. What' is Robeson doing about organizing farmers clubs? Have Robeson farmers paid their dues and bale levy? Will Robeson cut acreage, as called for by our association? Have Robeson farmers sold their 1906 crop? To all these questions I au swered, "Hold Robeson and save the State." I tell other counties that Mr,, Livermore, in the presence of six hundred "Macs," assured, me tljat Robeion would stand loyal to the cotton attestation. I am confident that she will. I im pleased to tell the Scotch tbat the man who sells his ocfltoo fcr future deliveiy is now a marked man in North Oero Una. He is regarded as a Wall street Bear. Bunks, merchants, farmers, women and children, are afraid of bim, be is not spokeu of harshly, bat with pity, eveiybodfj is sorry forw bim, all would have RED SPRINGS NEWS NOTES. Red Springs, March 14 Dr. Vardell has gone South for a little pleasure trip and also incidentally in the interest of his college. Ht expects to take in all the dispersed abroad, althongh be has abont as many girls as he can well han dle, yet he thinks tbat while thos9 absent Robesonians are making their money oat of Robeson, they should educate their girls in Rob eson. I have noticed one differ ence between North Carolina and Virginia. A Virginian never looses touch with his native land. Once a Virginian, always a Virginian, seems to be his motto. Bat when a North Carolinian leaves his na tive heath, his allegiance to his native soil then is lost. There are exoeptiens, ot course, to this, but the exceptions seem to be the few. The "Home Comers" week at this place last year was a good thing to stir op the latent home feeling of our absent sons. Forty-one years today, Sherman and his. hordes were devastating our county. Can we older men ever forget it? There are men to day born since those days of ra pine, murder and robbery, who, on acoount of false instruction from Yankee text books after the war, and in default of proper home teaching, are grossly ignor ant concerning the origin, con duct and result of the late war. It was some time after the war tbat the U. 0. V. organization be gan to investigate our school leg islation and instituted reforms in that particular. Some of us can complain about the results of the war after we threw down the guage of battle, and when we were finally compelled to surrender, bat it was tbe aftermath of reconstruction that, as Vance expressed it, held the cop of hell-broth to oar lips and forced na to rwallow it. Some great Macauley will yet. arise, whose history will set the world aright on the question of secession and the rights of State sover eignty. As the next meeting of the Cot ton Growers' Association will be at this place, I hope the adjoining townships will rally up and let us have a fall meeting. Dr. Vardell will let as have the use of the au ditorium for the occasion and with good musio a nd good speaking, "What wad ye wish, for "more, man." Mr. J. H. Wishart is opening up a large line of notions in the store room next to his grocery business. Miss Jania VonGlabn will be in charge. ' bim act the man as a man and stand loyal to his neighbor. I had no idea of the extent of con demning the man who sells fcr future delivery until I got into South Carohua. He is without friends in this section. Since my visit to Robesou I have been ac tive and am pleased to inform you that Eastern Carolina cotton conn ties are now all organized, they will reduce 25 per cent from 1904, they are organizing township clubs and they are watching Robeson, tbe big cpttwu county of North Cirolios. Farmers of Robesou, I beg you to attend your club meetings, be at every session, have your neigh bors there, take your wife and daughter, read about the cotton association, write to tbe paper, about it, talk about it, dream about it. Remember the pledge you made to Wit. Livermore in the court bouse. C. C. Moobi, Pres. N C. Div. Southern Cotton Asso. MAXTON .NEWS NOTES. Maxton, N. C. Maroh 14 Mr. W. L. McKinnon, of Wadesboro, waa in town one day last week. Dr. Evans, of Clarkton, passed through here last Wednesday en route to Fayetteville, where be went on 'business. Mr. B. C. Glass spent several days in Charlotte last week on business. Mr Z. M. Moore, of Charlotte was a visitor here Friday. Miss Annie Neill McLean and brother, Murphey spent Snnday here with Miss Florence Woo ten. Mr. E. H. Schirmer, of Char leston, S. C, travelling salesman for the Walker, Evans & Cogswell Go. was in town several days last week. Mr. Murphy C. MoNair, of Winston, arrived here Monday and is the guest of uncle Mr. W. S.Mc Nair. Mr. J. G. McCormiok, of Lum berton, was here Monday night. Mr. J. D. McLean spent Tues day in Lumberton on business. Rev. W. T. Walker, of Rowland was a visitor here Monday. Mr. S. L. MoRae went to Laur- inbnrg Tuesday on business. Mr W. C. Carrie, of Laurel Hill,1 spent Sunday here. Mr. Cnrrie haa purchased a half interest in tbe grocery business of D. W. Town- send. Miss Ida McKinnon, of Misses Patterson & McKinnon, Milliners, is in Baltimore this week, buying their bow line of spring goods. Dr. H. W. ;McNatt went Wil mington yesterday on professional business. - - Watch Your Label. As announced elsewhere in tc day's Robesonian, we with this number begin filling oat the un expired sabcriptions to The Argus. We have made no contract to car ry any but the subscriptions paid in advance. We are sending this number to a large number in order tbat they may see the paper and decide for tnemeseivs wbetber or not they will take the 1 paper. While tbe rnle has been often vio lated, our subscription is payable in advance. Look at the label on your paper and see if your sub scription has expired. We have taken over the accounts of Tbe Argns and most urge that those in in arrears make payment as soon as possible. Mrs. Fannie Peterson and Miss Josephine Breece will have their opening oa Wednesday and Thurs day, March 28th and 29th. Publio cordially invited. WITH THE MASONS. 1 Lnmberton Members Have P , , ant Trip to Board'' On Wednesday'' , jg, March 14. Dr. R. T. A.'Dand Messrs. C. B. Skipper, Q. T. Williams, J. T. Biggs, L. B. Towusend, J. P. Stansel, T. W. Hutchinson, W. P. Barker, J. P. McNeill, E. J. Britt and Dr. N. A. Thompson, all members of St. Alban's Lodge, No-114, A. F. & A. M., attended a communication of Boardman Lodge, No. 586, A. F. & A. M., Boardman, N. C. The occasion was the "Raising" of Mr. J. Abner Barker, who is now in charge of Boardman High School, to tbe degree of a Matter Mason. This was a very peasant and profitable trip to the members of St. Albans Lodge. Tbe Boardman Masona have a fine Lodge, and are in good working, .order in fact, it is doubtful if there is any Lodge in North Carolina that can do bet ter work than they oan. They gave the visiting members a most oordial weloome, and entertained them royally. After the degree work was over an informal reception was given the viaitmg Masons when delight ful refreshments were served, after which tbe visiting Masons return ed home, feeling that they had been amply rewarded for their trip. Mr. O. J. Peterson, formerly editor of.The Argnr, has just re turned from Fayetteville, where he partiallymatured plans for tbe issue of a paper. However, since his return, he has received a com munication concerning bis freedom to aocept the editorship of a daily in a weatern city of twenty thou sand population, which opening be will investigate. MR. JOHN UcHElLL, SR., DIES AT AGE OF 98 Perhaps Oldest Man lo Robesoa Coaatj -Funeral Today at St. Pauls. Mr. Johin D. McNeill, Sr , died at bis home, near Bennert, Wednes day evening, in the ninety-ninth years of hia age The funeral will be held today from St. Paul's Church and the interment will be in the cemetery at that place. Mr. McNeill was perhaps the oldest man in the County. He was popularly known as ''Honey'' John McNeill, this name having been given him on account of the large number of bee hives he kept and amount of honey he produced on his farm. Although having attained an,age tbat few men reach, he hadmtich of the activity of his younger days fl - He is survived by four children ; Messrs. John McNeill, Jr , Bub McNeill, Miss Mary McNeill and Mrs. Joseph Evans, the latter of St Pauls. Mr. Blackburn Ready. Greensboro, March 15. -The at torneys for Congressman E. Spen cer Blackburn are very 'much sur prised over the report sent out from Washington to the effect tbat the cases against .him will not be tried before October. They are at work preparing his defense and will be in readiness for trial at the special term of Federal Court called jointly by Judges Boyd and Pritcbard to convene here April 17th. Tbe presiding judge has not yet been designated. Congressman Blackburns' attor neys are ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr., Solicitor A; L. Brooks and Messrs. G. S. Bradshaw and E. J. Justice, all of this city. GRAND SECRETARY VISITS OUR TOWH Ir. Wooden Tails off oaderfol Groftft ol Odd Fellow. UILUON AND HALF IIE1IBERS Mr. Woodell Visits Lambert on Lodge and Is Mocb Pleased WItb Town Says That new Building Will be Dedicated at Mr-B. II. Woodell, of Raleigh. Grand Seorery of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in North' Carolina, was in Lumberton Tues- meeting of tbe Lumberton Odd Fellows was held. Mr. Woodell has been Grand Secretary of tbe order in tttis state for twenty-one years and be has filled the posi tion with credit to himself and tbe state orgs nization. He is fami liar with every detail of tbe work. To a representative of The Robe sonian he talked of tbe work in a most entertaining manner. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, he said, has tbe largest membership of any fraternal body in the world. The membership now numbers 1,500,000. Odd Fellows will celebrate the eighty-eighth birthday of the order on tbe 29th of next April. The organization now dispenses annually for the re lief of its membership over $5,00- 0,000. In addition to this, sap- porting and maintaining, thirty five houses for tbe care and and education of orphan children, or oare of aged and indigent mem bers. In North Carolina ' they inau gurated home for tbe care of orphan children and now have in their charge eighty-five in the home at Goldsboro. During the last year a house has been erected and at the coming session of tbe Grand Lodge in May, will be ded icated, another building at the same place for the oare of aged and infirm members and widows. This building Is estimated to be worth $50,000. The year 1905 was the greatest year of increase in the history of of tbe order in this state. More than twenty five new lodges have been established and a large influx of new members initiated, giving tbe largest increase in its history. There are now in 4he 'state near 200 subordinate lodges, 25 Rebecca Lodges, and about the same num ber of encampments, with a mem bership, ell-told, of near fifteen thousand. The disbursements for relief, ' which does not include either of tbe bon.es, amount to more than $25,000annnally. Want It Closed on Snndays. Norfolk, Va.t March 15. At an interdenominational meeting of ministers of Tidewater, Va., here today, the1 qnestion of the opening of the Jamestown Exposition on Sunday was disoussed and two Episcopal ministers. Rev. Dr. Wil liam A. Barr, of Norfolk, and Rev. Dr. Thompson, of Portsmouth, favored, the openintr. The meeting voted against the proposition'.bow ever, and authorized the appoint ment of a large committe of lay men to urge Saoday closing and to take such steps as will bring this about, A communication was received from- President Tucker, of the exposition company, saying that the question would, at the uiiunwii (ciudbi, in utuugut UH fore the board of directors at their next meeting.
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