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ESTABLISHED 1870. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 28. Country? God and Truth. . 1 1 -JSl -i- SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTS. WHOLE NO. 2145 LUMBERTON, NORTH - CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE 8. 1006. 1 1 V LYON AND SINCLAIR NOMINEES ' Seventh Judicial Convention Name Former lor Judge and Latter lor Solicitor J. G. Mc Cormlek Receives 741-2 Votes to Sinclair's 731-2 on the lOtb Ballot, But Bladen Changes Vote and Nominates Cumber land's Candidate -The Conven tlon Lasts Till Midnight. The Seventh mdicial conven tion met Wednesday at Fayette ville' It was called to order in the court room at 3 o'clock by Mr. D. T.'Oates, chairman of the district executive- com mittee- Prayer was offered by Rev. W. M. Fairley, pastor of the First Presbyterian church Messrs. E. J. Britt, of Robeson, and Greer, of Columbus, were made temporary secretaries- A maioritv of the counties were present at the roll call. The following committees were appointed on rules and organiza tion: Bladen E. F- McCulloch, rules; C, P. Parker, organization Brunswick George Bellamy, rules and organization- Columbus H- T- Moffitt, rules: J. D. Coots, organization. Cumberland J- II- Currie, rules; B. T. McBryde, organiza tion. Robeson K. B. Branch, rules; N- .A- McLean, organization. The convention then adjourned until 4:15 o'clock, when Col- N- A. McLean was elected permanent chairman of the convention. The name of Mr. C. C. Lyon was placed in nomination for the judgeship by Mr. E- F. McCul lough, of Bladen. It was sec 'onded by Hon. John G. Shaw, of Cumberland. He was nominated by acclamation, there being no other name before the conven tion. The contest came when the nominating a candidate for the solicilorship came up- J- G- Mc Cormick, of Robeson, was nomi nated by Jackson Greer, of Co lumbus; Geo- L. Peschau, of Brunswick, by Geo. II- Bellamy, of Brunswick, and N. A. Sinclair,. of Cumberland, by II. McD. Rob inson, of Cumberland. At the outset, there was some dispute as to the casting of the vote of Robeson, a number of delegates from the upper end of the county claiming that they had made pledges to Mr. Sinclair not knowing that Mr. McCormick would be in the race- Mr. McCor mick did not enter the race until the morning of the convention and only then by the urgent solicita tion of friends of Roleson and other counties. He stated tliat he did not reallydesire the posi tion and very reluctantly at the last moment and after much per suasion did he agree to allow the use of his name- The vote that each county was entitled to is as follows: Bladen 20 Brunswick 13 Columbus 32 Cumberland 34. Robeson 49 ' Total 148 It required 74 votes and a frac tion of a vote to nominate. On the first eight ballots Mr. Mc Cormick received G2 votes; Mr. f?eschau 18, and Mr- Sinclair 68. . On the ninth ballot, Mr. McCor mick received 74 1-2 votes which was sufficient to nominate, but before the result was announced by the chairman Bladen changed two votes to Mr. Sinclair, thus giving him the nomination. In asmuch as he permitted the' use of his name only a few r.-j hours before the convention, the ' fact that he was .really one time 'ifiominHted id quite compliment ary to, Mr McCormick. .' The delegates from Lumberton who attended the- convention were Messrs. J. G. McCormick, R. E- Lee, .Wade Wishart, A. E. -Whiter EUk-Br itt S.. Mdnty re, Frank 'Wishart and Col. N. A. McLean. AN INTERVIEW. . In an interview with one of the delegates on his return to Lum berton he said: v "After seeing Mr. McCormick nominated, Bladen county, being pressed and urged thereto by Cumberland, asked permission tochantreits vote. This, under strict rules, is not permissable, and Mr. McCormick could have heen. and. according to rules adopted by State Executive Com mittPA for crovernment of all Democratic conventions, if they haA hftfin enforced, would have been declared the nominee of the convention. But Col. McLean, a personal friend of Mr- McCor mirlr and also chairman of the convention, not wishing Mr. Mc Cormick to be nominated under such circumstances as would give any one any reason to dispute the fact that it was the will of the convention, permitted Bladen to change her vote. 'This was done by Bladen at earnest solicitation of Mr. Sin clair and friends. On change of Bladen's vote. Mr. Sinclair was declared elected by a majority of three votes- "It is conceded' that had Mr. McCormick and his friends cared to stand out for strict enforce ment of rules Mr- McCormick would have been declared nomi nated as he had received, and the secretary had tabulated for him and the chairman was ready to announce that he had received 74 1-2, a majority of the votes of the convention." Marriage oIMIss Marsh and Mr. Gibson at Red Springs. LaurinbnrK Exchange At the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs- Marsh, Mr. Will. N Gibson was married to Miss Maude Marsh Tuesday morning at Red Springs' The marriage was a very quiet one. only a few of the intimate friends and relatives were pre sent. The bridal party entered the parlor to the sweet strains of the wedding march which was played by Mrs. T M. Cunning ham. During the cermony Nar cissus was softly played. The attendants were Miss Alti Marsh, sister of the bride, as maid of honor and Mr J T- Gibson, brother of the groom, best man. The bride wore white crepe de chine over white taffeta and car ried a shower boquet of white peas. The maid of honor wore white organdy over white roses- The groom and best man wore the conventional black. After the ceremony which was preformed by Rev P. R. Law, the happy couple left on the 10 o'clock' train for Asheville and other western North Carolina cities on their honey-moon. Mr- Gibson is a Scotland countv boy and has a host of friends who wish them all happiness. The happy congra tulation of the Exchange is ex tended to this popular couple- REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Among the deeds recently filed in the office of Register Bullock are the following: Graham: McKinnon and wife to E. B. Grooms, four lots in Row land, consideration $1,000. William McQueen and wife to Sheppard McQueen, five and one half acres in Maxton township, consideration $110. S. C. McRae to McNicholson, 20 acres in Shoe Heel swamp, consideration $45. L. Z. Hedgpeth and wife to McNair and Pearsall, three lots in town of Rowland, consider ation $2,500. E. WN West and wife to J. P. West, one-eighth interest in tract, consideration $90. A. H. Mercer et al to J. P. West, 34 acres in Wisharts town ship,, consideration $100. John C.-'McCaskill and wife to N. W. Smith, five acres, consid eration $350. The trustees of the State- Uni versity this week conferred the doctors of laws degree upon Gov. R. B. Glenn, W. L. Poteat, presi dent of Wake Forest College, and Dr. Henry Louis Smith, presi dent of Davidson College. ; WORK OF COMMISSIONERS. Deal Wltb Cottlngham Lumber Co. Ratllled by Board-Tax Levy Same as Last Claims Passsd. The county commissioners met in regular monthly session Mon day. The members present were Messrs- J- W- Carter. J- A- Hod- gin, C. A. Oliver and A. R- Mc Eachern. The following coun claims were passed: Roads and Bridges J. K- Sin gletary, $13.44 for repairs on In- man's bridge; A- L- Shaw, $05.89 for feed for mules, etc., (charged to Lumber Bridge road fund); N. M. Allen, $1.44 for lumber and hauling; J- F- McKay, $16-12 for lumber (charged to Red Springs road fund); L- T- Cottingham Lumber Co.. $61-55 for lumber and nails for Big Swamp bridge; J-P. Brown, $14 45 for lumber (charged to Britt's township)- Dave Prevatt was appointed road supervisor for Red Springs township. Taxes Leota Atkinson, 88 cts. rebate; Edwards and Broughton, $4 50 foribinding tax books- County Home and Paupers F. J. Meares, $89.30 for keeping home for May; Pope Drug Co., $29-50 for drugs. Hardy Thompson was placed on the pauper list at $1 per month and Lott Britt and Arch Oxendine at $150 per month. Court House and Court H. C Freeman $2 for packing type writer; Freeman Printing Co., $8-15 for printing; G. B. McLeod, $18.20 for summoning jurors; Geo. D- Barnard and Co., $29.50 for books; G. B. McLeod, $06.20 for conveying prisoners; W. J- Pate, $6-50 for boarding jurors. Jail and Prisoners D. W. Biggs, $61.45 for keeping jail lor May, and $7.05 for supplies. Commissioners J. A. Hodgin $39; A. R. McEachern $41.30; C. A. Oliver $49; R- R. Barnes $12, and J. W. Carter $50-40, all for services and mileage as members of the board; D. W. Bullock, $21 for clerking for board; A. R. Mc Eachern 9.50 for extra services. Misceleaneous J. W.McLauch in Co., $1.37; G. E. Rancke, coro ner, $17.25; Weill Altord, W. 1. Newton, J. A. Campbell, D. J. McKenzie, H. C. Alford and W. McCormick, jurors, $1.50 each for holding inquest over Alex Al ford; G. E. Rancke, coroner,$8.05 D. W. Wrenn, W. G- Hall and A. : A. Thaggard, $1.70 each and W. F. Steel, Thomas Monroe and H. Biggs, jurors, $1.60 each for hold ing inquest over Nan Dunn Smith; G- E. Rancke, coroner, $10.75; J. B. Weatherly, H- C. Alford, C. A. Burns, T. L Smith, E. McRae and J. P. Patterson, jurors, $1.00 each for holding inquest over John Bowden; Town of Lumber ton, $41.46 for water and lights for jail and court house for May; D. A. Calhoun, $6 for repairs on stock law fence; Wm. Davis, $9 for repairing stock law fence; J A. Hodgins, $j.40foi looking of ter stock law fence; R. D. Lancaster, $45; W. II.' Chason, J. C. Barnes and W. B. Griffin $15 each, all for services as guards on chain gang. The board ordered that the contract made on the 14th day of April by and between the board of commissioners of Robeson county and the L. T. Cottingham Lumbec Co., relative to the chain gang, be "ratified and'eonfirmed. Commissioners McEachern and Hodgin voted ijpr the motion and Commissioner Oliver against it- The monthly report of the county treasurer wasordered re corded and filed. A remittance of $527.41 was received from the L T. Cotting ham Lumber Co. and placed to the credit, of the county fund, this being the amount due for the hire of the chain gang. The" tax" levy 'Tor I90G is"fhe same as the last. At its Democratic Convention Cumberland , county endorsed McNeill for Corporation Commis sioner and II. L. Cook for Congress. BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS Routine Business Transacted Claims Passed. The county board of ed ucation met Monday, Messrs-J. R.Poole, R. C- Lawrence, Graham McKin non and J. N- Buie being present Business of a routine nature was transacted. It was ordered that a hearing be held June the 20th on the proposition to establish a now school district at McDonalds, in Thompson's township- Superin tendent Poole was instructed to notify the school authorities in Raynham and Iona districts t this effect The sum of $25 was appropri atcd to Raeford speciul district in full payment of all sums due Cumberland county on account of said school. Messrs. Alfoid Bullard and A D. Prevatt were appointed school com iiiiltcvinon district No. ,j. white, Burnt Swamp township l tie loaowmg claims were or dered paid: Alfred Williams & Co., $40 for books for libraries; S- A. Thomp son, $1,000 to apply to)uilding for district No. I, White House town ship; W. H. Humphrey, $1 for probating deed; W. F. Buie, $9 for surveying line for district No. 1, Burnt Swamp township: D- W. Bullock, $10.02 for record ing deeds and school notices; Freeman Printing Co., $2 for sta tionery; G- D- Tprry, $4. 50 for pump and heater for district No 5, colored, Lumber Bridge town ship; G. E. Thompson, $2 for umber for district No. 1, white, Britts township. Stockholders' Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Lumberton Cotton Oii & Ginning Co- was tteld Wednesday. A report of the company showed a good busi ness done the past year. A divi dend of 15 per cent was declared and a nice amount added to the surplus fund. The following directors were elected for the ensuing year: Messrs. R. D. Caldwell, L- If. Caldwell, G. B. McLeod, Thos. Kinlaw, A- A- James, A. R. Mc Eachern, W. P. McAllister, W. J. Prevatt and Dr. J. D. McMillan. The directors elected Mr. Pre vatt president and Dr. McMillan vice-president. A secretary and treasurer was not elected, but a committee was appointed to con fer in regard to electing one. PARKTON NEIGHBORHOOD. Correspondence ol The Kobesonian. Mr. Walter Ray and family, of Leroy, Florida, are here visiting relatives. Dr. D. S. Currie, of Maxton, is located here for the practice of medicine. We gladly welcome him and bespeak him a liberal patronage. Miss Rachel Culbreth, who has been visiting friends and relatives in Georgia and Florida for the past six months, returned home Wednesday to the delight of her many friends. Mr. Norman Fisher came home from Raleigh Tuesday, where he has been attending school. Children's day will be observed at the Baptist church Sunday morning, beginning at 10 o'clock. All are cordially invited to at tend. Mrs. L- II. McGougan, of Mid- river, Ga., is home on a snort visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McArthur. Rev. LV.Smith filled his regu lar appointment at the Presby terian church last Sabbath'.'"-On account of the inclement weather, communion was postponed until first Sabbath in July. Mr. Shaw McArthur spent Sunday in Bennettsville, S. C. Miss Pennie McNeill, of Lum ber to a,, is visiting her sister, Mrs, J. L Nicholson. Mrs. Ann McGeachy and Miss Sallie McNeill, of Red Springs, are spending some time with their brother. Mr. Neill McNeill. Parkton, N. C, June 6th. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. Interesting Meeting to be Held In Raleigh Teachers' Salaries Increased. Raleigh Newa and Otnerrcr. One of the most interesting features of the great educational meeting at Raleigh from Juno 12th to July 9th will be tho meet ing of the State Association of county superintendents, Juno 16th to June 18th, the last day of the Teachers' Assembly and the first day of the Summe School. County Suiwrintendents are required by law to attend this annual tneeting of the association and their traveling expenses are required to be paid out of the county school fund. The annual meetings have usually been held in the fall. The date was changed this year in order to give the county sujerintendents without addi tional expense the benefit of the Teachers' Assembly and the Summer School. This will prob ably be tho most largely attend ed and profitable meeting of the county superintendents yet held. The first session on Saturday morning will be held in connec tion with the Woman's Associa tion for the betterment of public school houses and will be devot ed to j consideration of that work. fhe other sessions.Saturday and and Monday, will be devoted to a discussion of practical problems thatthe county superintendents must deal with in their work. Among the subjects of discus sion will be the following: uni form examination, gradation and certification of tachers; attendance and what can be done to iacreane it and to reduce illiter acy; township high schools; re ports of what has been accom plished by some efficient county superintendents employed for their entire time. Tho annual gatherings of the county superintendents have been very helpful in bringing about co-operation, unity of pur pose, uniformity and sympathy among those leaders in the work f public education of the various counties of the State. Noeduca tional Catherine: in the state is more important and more profit able and far-reaching in its results upon public education than this annual meeting of the county superintendents. TKACHEKS SAI.AKIKS INCREASED. The reports of county super intendents for 1905 on file in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction show that in the following counties the average salaries ol botn wniie male and female teachers were increased: v Alexander, Ashe, Bertie, Bla den, tsrunswicK, uurKe.amuen, Caswell, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Duplin, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Graham, Gran ville, Greene, Henderson, Jones, Madison, Martin, McDowell, Mitchell, Onslow, Orange, Pas quotank, Pender, Pitt, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan.Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly Surry, Swain, Tyrrell, Union, Wake, Washing ton, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson 44. In the following counties the salaries of white male teachers were increased: Alleghany, An son, Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Hyde, Mecklenburg, Pamlico, Watauga, Yadkin 11. In the following the salaries of white female teachers were increased: Cartaret, Chatham, Chowan, Davidson, Guilford.Hert ford, Jackson, Johnson, Macon, Northampton, Perquimans, Polk, Robeson, Scotland, Transylvania, Vance, Warren, Yancey 16. In the following counties the salaries of white male teachers remained the same as in 1904: Alamance, Buncombe, Chowan, Edgecombe, Montgomery, Scot land, Vance, Warren. In Lenoir and Lincoln there was no change in the salaries of female teachers. In the remain ing counties there was a small decrease in the average salaries. NEWSY ITEMS FROM ELROD. Work Progressing on New Hotel Mr; and Mrs.McCall Entertain Correspondent of The Robeaonlan : Work is progressing fairly we on the hotel here, the cover is now being put on, and it is ex pected the building will be com pleted in the near future. Ahote has been very much needed here for the accommodation of travel ers who have to stop to wait for different trains. Mr. Dan McCall, of the At lantic Coast Line employes spend ing a few days with his mother. A few friends were delightfully entertained Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. A McCall. After music, etc., re freshments were served. Al present pronounced it an enjoy able occasion. Miss Mary Paul will go to Flor ence, 8. c. Wednesday to be present at the marriage of her brother, Mr. Chas. Paul, to Miss Mary Turbeville, of that town Mr. McN. Patterson went to Lumberton one day last week. Mr. Gus McCormick, of "Mc Call, S. C, visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. W. F. Adams, superintend ent of Purvis Sunday school, gave a short address to the school last Sunday. His subject was "Sun day School now and Fifty Years Ago. " A good many were present and all seemed interested. Rev. J. M. Ashley and wife, cf Ashpole, were here Monday. Miss Bessie McLean, of Mc Donalds, who has been spending several days with her sister; Mrs. P. H. Adams, returned lome Saturday. Elrod, N. C, Juno 5th- Women Coin Testers In the Mint. Lealle'a Weekly. The adjusting of the coin is the most interesting part of the whole process. This requires a delicateness of touch which is more highly developed in woman than in man, and on account of her superior qualification in this respect this department is in her charge. Here the coin is first select ed" that is, pieces which show the slightest imperfection or roughness are thrown out; those which pass successfully through the skilled fingers are sent to the long tables where another set of women weigh each one on deli cate scales. If a coin is too heavy a portion is filed off; if too light it is thrown out to be remelted. Some of these women have be come so expert as to handle a thousand pieces a day. The coins are next fed to the milling machines, this work also being done by women. The plan chets are put into the instrument by means of a tube, and as they lescend they are caught upon a evolving wheel and the edge is compressed and forced up. At least 500 dimes -can be milled in the short space of a minute. About eighty women are em ployed in these two rooms. How Tillman Lost an Eye. Pearson a Magftxina. Although his brothers were old enough to serve in the Confeder ate army, Benjamin R. Tillman was a schoolboy of 15 when the great struggle began. Ho knew that at 16 he must j in the Con federate forces, and his brothers wrote back from the field entreat ing him to get as much educa tion as possible, because the war might last so long that he would never again oe a Die to go to school. Even at night young Tillman would continue his 'studies, fre quently carrying a lighted pine knot into the woods and lying down with his books beside it. e was a lank, tall, silent boy, dictatorial and brusque, but a natuiaL student The heat of the pine torch injured his left eye, and a plunge in cold water brought on a tumor that destroy ed it- It was almost two years' illness following this mishap that prevented the youth from serv ing in arms afcainst the Union. SENATOR GORMAN DEAD. Maryland's Senator Passes Away, Death- Resulting From Heart Trouble -A Notable Career. Washington blnpateh, 4th. Arthur Pue Gorman. United States Senator from Maryland. died suddenly at his residence in this city at 9:;J0 o'clock this morn ing. - While Senator Gorman had been ill for many months, he had shown some improvement lately. Heart trouble was the immediate cause of death. Senator Gorman leaves a widow and six children. The funeral will lx held from Senator Gorman's late residence, 1432 K street, N. W.,at 1 1 o'clock Uhursday morning. Senator Gorman, in a written request-addressed to Mrs. Gor " man, asked that no State funeral should be held. He said that he did not wish his body to be brought to the capitol.as he want ed his colleagues always to think of him as they knew him in life as an active Senator. There ho was always cheerful and invari ably smiling, and it is regarded as characteristic of his disposi tion that he should desire to be so remembered. Senator Gorman had long been a notable figure in the national Congress. He first took his seat 1881 and served continously tcr eighteen years, and nearly all of that time he was the leader of is party in the Senate. Winning an early reputation for sagacity and the keenest judgment in con gressional affairs, he attained prominence, not only as a leader in the Senate, but in the country at large, and by many men was considered the most available man in his party for the presi dency. He was chairman of the executive committee and manag ed the campaign that resulted in the election of Cleveland in 1884. The most notable contest of his congressional career, and one which attracted to him wider at tention than anything ejse, was when he led the Senate minority in 1890 91 and defeated the Fed eral election bill. To his saga cious leadership and adroit management his party friends attributed the defeat of the meas ure which was so obnoxious to tho South When the Democrats had con trol of the Senate, Gorman was the recognized loader of that body. It was at that time that the tariff bill of lb(i4 was passed, , and although the Maryland Sena tor was not a member of the fin ance committee, he had so much to do with shaping that measure that his name is often giyen 1 it and in fact it is frequently call ed the Wilson -Gorman tariff. BREAK WITH CLEVELAND- It was during Cleveland's last administration that a break oc curred between tho Democratic President and the leader of the party in the Senate. In a speech which will always be remembered by those who heard it, Senator Gorman severely ar raigned tho President- To this opposition the defeat of Senator Gorman a few years later is at tributed, although his party lost Maryland in the silver cam paigns. As soon as the Democrats re gained control of the State he was at once re-elected to the Senate- The State Board of Agriculture adopted a resolution proposed by Mr- A. T. McCallum, of R&l Springs, for the encouragement of agriculture and agricultural fairs and stimulating the farm' ers of the State to a greater di versity of crops by providing , special premiums at various fairs in the State where the fair man . agement supplements an equal amount. For the State Fair at Raleigh $200 for the best and greatest variety and most artis tically. arraogecLcplJecUve . agri- cultural exhibit and $100 for the second best. And for county or local agricultural fairs $100 for the best exhibit of the same char- acter and $50 for the second best, ' Also a like provision for the State colored fair at Raleigh. " f ' I I ..... A
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