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1 t : Circuljtioa Rob- Witch th UM r J Nw- ' tell ro wtn i mC County, Hm more thaa tg.ooo Readers, UnMrpeM- ifomt Stttncriptlmi P. t pirn. Advaf ib 'ag Median Inn. X 1 Renew at once. a a taaiaaa WW aw v ra?wv ESTABLISHED 1870. Country, God and Truth, SINGLE COPIBS 6 CENTS rOL. XXXVH, NO. 43. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, JULY 30. 1006. WHOLE NO. 2160 WW rW Ifffffffffff ROBESON THE RAFT SWAMP PICNIC. Between 1.500 and 1.800 People Gather at Raft Swamp to Hear Speebes and Enoy Picnic Good Speaking and Bountiful Dinner. lUorreHpondence of The Bobejonian. Thursday morning, in com- Ipany with i'ror. J. u. rooie, i Id rove to Raft Swamp to attend I( ,'" her 's picnic. The day was aniuealone, not too muchsun shine and no rain. The attend ance was estimated at from 1,500 1,800. But they were there Did- men and women, young men md maidens, boys and girls. Prof. Poole and I arrived just . . . i ill hn time, as the vast crowu nau just begun to satisfy the inner fcnan. And, of course, we did iur part well, as many there can sstify. I shall not attempt to bell you of the buutiful supply of ;ood things thore were to eat. Phere were three tables laden ?ith good things, and underneath Lhem were watermelons, peaches and other counties; ell interested in a common cause, pnd we look back on (ho day we can only fee as did Peter of old, "Lord it was crood to be there." Now Mr n - - Editor I'm through. Some one asked me to let you know about it. This Iv'e tried to do for we were an there. Preachers, law yers, teachers, farmers, mer chants and bankers, and I think I saw one or two insurance men and candidates for office. Wish tliev would have another and I could go. Fred Brown- Farmer's Instlute. To The Kutiesonian. The attention of farmers and cotton growers is ca'led to the institute for farmers to be held at Maxton Thursday. At the same time an Institute for the ladies will be held in the graded school building. The cotton association of the county will meet according tO adjournment at Maxton on the REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Imd apples, a'l the products of same day. It is understood ho fn.-m that the Maxton people have tlirnmrli pntinrs made iroat preparation for this Lnri hiwl ainwupd the crowd and occasion and those who can at saw all those oeauuun young ladies, I thought l'ke another Scotchman in this country who ttendod his first commencement tone of our leading female col iges. He said, as he looked at Ihe great number of girls, he thought every man in Robeson ounty ought to have been there eho was not married (but I was nd so was he). After dinner the crowd assem Lied in the groe, where all nee Issary arrangements had been liade to listen to the speeches. rhe president, Mr. J. A. Mc Allister, of Lumberton, in a few Ippropriate words, explained the able and Ibject of the meeting and the they are Ixercises were opened with Irayer by Rev. I. I Hedgpeth- Ilr. McA' lister then introduced lie first spenker, Mr. R. W. LW- Irmore, ot lieu springs, wno )okas his subject, "The Cotton rowers worK. Mr. Ljiverinore Atiorastvuie news. nphasi:!d the fact that he who eorresixmdeuce .f The Robcsoni.. tend are assured a very pleasant time. Saturday Inst itutes will lie held in Lumberton, in the court house for the farmers and in the as sembly ha'l of Robeson Institute for the ladiesyrho.se who cannot attend the Institute in Maxton are urged to attend those in Lum b'erton. or better still to attend both. It is trreatlv desired that not onlv farmers and other business men should attend, but their wives, daughters and other la dies a'so. Special efforts will be made to uipke them both profit pleasant to a'l and as provided by the State we ought to get a'l the good we can out of them. That they are useful, instructive and beneficent is too we'1 Known to require dis cussion. J. A. McAllistkk irms must leave politics behind. le also spoke of the magnitude the New Orleans convention mere the association was organ- led. He said it was second only Ii the memorable convention held i Philadelphia in 177(5. The far mers were urged to be self sus taining, not to una their sinoKe- juses in Chicago and their corn ribs on the Western plains. Mr. livermore's address was ccrtain- a strong and practical plea to lie rarmers for self-protection. The next speaker was Mr. C. Moore, president of the North larolina Cotton Growers' Asso- lation. He began by saying that lie hope of the country was in lie ladies for the men had given pay all they had made for the 1st forty years. He spoke of lie necessity or reducing the :reage and said the farmer who Qutie a number from here went on the excursion to the Beach last week- Misses Vietta A I ford and Mar garet McGirt are visiting friends at Carolina, S. C. Mr. Dougald Buie visited Mr. Brown MqCallum Sunday. Miss Kiltie John, of Lumber Bridge, visited friends in this community last week. Miss Mary Bullock expects to leavo tomorrow for a visit to St. Pauls and Lumber Bridge. Mrs. David Alford, of Latta, S. C, is spending some time with relatives here. R. v. Dougald Monroe fulfilled his regular appointment at Mid way the third Sunday. Miss Katie Buie, from Red Springs, is visiting relatives here. An enjoyable social was given by Miss Annie McLean Friday E. W. Everett to 8. H. Cotton, a piece of land in Robeson county; consideration, $25. L. Shaw and wife to L- A. Mc Geachy, land in St. Paul town ship;. consideration, $75. II F. Taylor and wife to Susan P. McNeill, lands in Wishart township; consideration, $500. H- J. Wessel to Beaufort Coun- to Lumber Co., lands in Britt township; consideration, $800. East Carolina Land and Im- provementCo. to Johnson Branch, a lot inElrod; considerrtion,$l"4. B- S. Sutton and wife to Boleb R. Sutton, a tract of land;consid- eration, $50. Clinton Kinlaw and wife to Joseph M. Wilson, lands in Howellsvdle township; considera tion, $250. J. E. McNair and wife to F. M. and J. L Townsend, timber on certain lands; $1 and other con siderations. W. F. Bullock and wife to F. M. and J. L. Townsend, timber on certain lands;$l and other con siderations E. S. Smith and wife to F. M. and J. L Townsend, certain lands; $1 and siderations. Robt. Lewis to Arch. W. Pre vatt, lands in Lumberton town ship; consideration, $50. R. R. Barnes and wife to Beau fort County Lumber Co.. timber on lands in Britt township; con sideration, $10. Memory Ganus and wife to D. M. Ganus and wife, lands in Britt township: consideration. $150. H. S. Floyd and wife to Mary D. Russell, land in. White House township; consideration, $50. A.J. Britt and wife to Beau fort County Lumber Co., timber on lands in Wishart township; consideration, $300. Wm. Phillips and wife to Beau fort County Lumber Co., timber WILL HAVE UNION DEPOT. Corporation Commission Made Order Saturday Requiring Sea board and Raleigh and Charles ton Roads to Build Union Sta tion. The following order was made by the State Corporation Com mission Saturday: "The Raleigh and Charleston Railroad have no depot at Lum berton, and they now use the de pot facilities of the Seaboard Air Line Railway by contract, and pay therefor $10.00 ier month. "Ihe Seaboard Air Line Rai way have a passenger dejxit which is dilapidated, and is en tirely inadequate for the purpose for which it was erected. "Therols now a opulatioh of about 3,500 inhabitants within a radius of about one mile and a half of this depot, and on account of manufacturing enterprises, and for other reasons, this popu lation is increasing rapidly. "The Raleigh and Charleston Railroad have only owned and timber on I nnerated their road for a short . f other con- ICE CREAM FESTIVAL. Ladles Aid Society of Presby terian Church ot Maxton Give Oue. Correspondence of -Th Hotx,nlin. Friday evening the Indies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church here held an ice cream festival and good-things to eat fete in the pavilion at the public square. Ihe proceeds were for the benefit of the building fund for the new church and amount ed to a substantial addition to the already considerable savings. Softly lighted and prettily decor ated.the stirring crowd, animated by the pleasurable effects from cool drinks, frozen confections, rich viands, etc., an engaging panorama was presented and LOCAL BRIEFS. DUE TO NEG1GENCE OF AGENTS. Mr. A H man Flowers has re signed his position with Mr. J. P. McNeill. time, and, theretore, could only report passenger revenue for neriod of five months. The num ber of passengers during thi period was l,(.!20,and the revenu therefrom was $1,100. "The Seaboard Air Line Rad wav. for twelve months endin May 31, 1900, and 18,029 passen gers out of Lumberton; the num ber of passengers into Lumber ton for this period could not ho furnished on account of loss of records of Seaboard Air Line Railway by fire. Ihe average number of passengers out of Lumberton per day for each month varied from thirty-four to sixtv-six. Tne Seaboard Air d not reduce itthis year would evening, in honor of her guest, lion be looking for a mower to Miss JcssieStub.es. I;ap the grass. Mr. Moore said Misses Blanche McRae and hat he believed that farmers Fannie Wa1 'ace, of Chattanoogo, liould meet once a month and Iscuss the issues before them, y plans for their own protec- m. "Why," said he, "if it lasn't for-cotton we, as a nation, Iould be broke in less than sixty rars. The Cotton Growers' As iciation has added $500,000,000 the wealth of the United States two years and the watch word the association should be de- ' V' He urged the farmers stick together and abide by lie rules or the association as i lie Spinncra. and Wa'l street are rr .. .I.- 4 e :. -it-lill., ill u nit; KllUHUi Ol miS Mary Edna McCallum. Sorry to report Mrs. Evander Bullock on the sick list. Misses Mary and Naomi Mc Lean will leave this week for a visitto relatives in Pender county. The friends of Rev. W. T. Walker, former pastor of Atshpole church, were glad to have him among them recently. Miss Fode Alford, we are sorry to report, is ill. Messrs. Alex Alford and Ru fus.-McCall.um attended, court in on lands in Wishart township; consideration, $1,150. Emehne Britt to Frank Britt, lands in Britt township;consider ation, $100. B. S. Sutton and wife to Beau fort Countp Lumber Co., timber on lands in Britt township; con- sidoration, $1,000. Charlotte Pitman to Butters Lumber Co., lands in Wishart township; $1 and other considerations. R. M. Normentet alto Carolina Lumber Co., timber on certain lands; consideration, $3,000. Wesley Thompson and wife to South Eastern Lumberton Co., timber on certain lands;consider ation, $1,000. Ann. Eliza snd Mary F. Higley to Stephen Mclntyre, lands in town of Lumberton; considera tion, $300. W. N. Speight and wife to II Taylor, lands in Wishart town ship, consideration, $227.50. A. W. Jenkins to Kingsdale Lumber Co., timber on certain land in Britt township; $1 and other consideration. Neill McDonald et al, Annie L, t r r. t i i I w wora jj. uasnweii, interest in certain land; consideration, $100. N. R. Phillips to Gaston Britt, land in Wishart township; con sideration, $20. R. W. Britt and wife to Beau fort County Lumber Co , timber on land in Britt township; con sideration, $150. J. L. Townsend and wife to F. M. Davisi, land:, in Thompson township; consideration. $100. John Jumna nt-ri wnfo rinn. I Mrs. R. D. Caldwell, Mis.Lon- can J. Black.lands in Red Springs I nie Townsend and Miss I'ennie Line Railway received revenue for twelve months ending with December 31,1905, from freights received, $21,8 90.90; from freights forwarded, $85,072.24; and from passengers for the game period, $13,807.59 making a total of $120,709. "In the judgment of the Cor poration Commission, it is practi cable and the necessities of the case require that the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Ral eigh and Charleston Railroad have one common or union pas senger depot for the security, ac commodation, and convenience of the traveling public. "It is ordered ttr t the said railroad companies unite in the joint undertaking and expense of erecting.constructing, and main taining such union passenger de pot commensurate with the busi ness and revenues of the said railroad companies. "And it iA further ordered that said railroad companies re port plan and specifications of said union passenger depot and agreement as to terms, regula tions, provisions and conditions to this Commission within thirty days from the date hereof. "Franklin M'Nkii.i., "Chairman." The Monument Fund. To The Inlitor of The Roliesoniun. ganized against them, and that Lum berton. Iiy man who woul sdl his cotton i ten" cents for future delivery Ii0uld,.,be. beat to death by h's . I life, but noselhngtbis fall to governed by association. M r. loo re's address seemed to be eived into good and honest jarts end no doubt will be pro active of great good. This was a great Catherine of ple frdm all sections of this. Messrs. A. J. McKinnon and L. T-. Cottingham of Maxton, were in this community Satur day. Miss Mamie Covington, of South Carolina, is here on a visit to relatives. Mr. Peter McCormick, our clever. maU carrier, has received his automobile. , Alfordsville, N, C, July 23rd. Rowland, appointed committee for Confederate monument, made a vigorous house to house canvass of thetownshpand in two days' work raised over $100 for the monument. The hearts of these ladies, were in their mission. If the other town- reiKirts township; consideration, $150. Ashpole News. Cnrrf-spondence of Tbe Robeeujiian. Messrs. J. D. McLean and N. A. Carter attended the congress ional convention at Fayetteville- Mr. Charles Rankin, of Rayn ham, was down Thursday. Messrs. Edwards and Bunyan Stephensleftfor Jackson Springs ships will make similar Dr. J. P. Brown went to the the veteran remnant of 01 05 will convention at Fayetteville and soon 8ee their promised shaft froak there to Jackson Springs standing in fine proportions to re: for a week's rest. mind all posterity of their fallen juiss jiaiiMu iviyt-iiaui visiu;ui .i i o i i and devotion. Let us now push this work- T. A. McNeill, Committeeman for Lumberton Township. Mrs. J. A. McAllister, of Lum berton, part of the Wl ek. The new principal of the school, Prof. Royal, was in town part of the week and pleasantly conduct ed prayer meeting at the Meth odist church Wednesday night in the absence of the pastor. The observed of all observers is the red racing automobile of F. C. Jones. It is a beauty and greatly admired. Aahpole, N. C, July 27th. when seen from the dark distan of the street, a fairy scene life, love and laughter" was th impression. The industry an ingenuity of women lestowed up on a good cause is proverbial bu that of the Maxton ladies pnenomenni anu trio elegant new church soon to bo completed wil be lasting memorials to the service and devotion. Maxton, N. C, July 2Hth. Red Springs News Notes. CnrrpripunrlmcT of Tfcp Kolx-tttinlitn. A large crowd from here at tend the convention in Fayette ville Thursday- Mrs. Tom Smith, of Kiverton, is visiting Mrs. Dan-uraham- Messrs. Gus McLean and Frank McMillan spent a few days at the Beach this week. MissGlennicGraham is visiting her cousin, Miss Jessie Bethea, at McColl, S. C. MisslEthel Johnson and Mar- gretta uauuy nave returned from a visit to Mrs. Fred Pear- sa11 at Wilmington. Mr. Horace Pearsa", of Wil mington, is visiting friends here Mrs. Uc'its and children, oi FayettoviMe, are visiting Mrs. R- F. DeVane. Mr. Lacey McLean, of Maxton, is visiting his cousin, Mr. Arthur McRae- Miss Maude Jones left Friday for a two weeks' stay at Mt Vernon Springs. Miss Rosa McMP'an has re turned from an extended visit to Bennettsville, to the delight of her many friends. Mr. Tom DeVane,of Pembroke was in town th's week. Mrs. W. H. Sikes and Miss jura Britton are visiting Mrs. C N. Blue, Aberdeen. Mrs. M- A- Muie enterta'neu a number of the young people at lier home Tuesday evening in - k m honor or her guest, Misses ionney, McRae and Wa"ace. The Parlor Grocery Co. has moved into its new brick store on the corner or the iiuggin s block and will be glad to have their friends call when in town. Red Springs, N. C, July 28th. Mr. Claude Roberta has ac cepted a position as salesman with Mr. K. M. Biggs. Marion nnd Lumberton will play ball this evening, not Lum berton Athletes but a few sizes larger. Dr. T. A. Norment would like to communicate with the mana gers of nM the ball teams in the county. l wo iiungs the farmers arel asked to remember espeeinlly the farmers institutes here Sat urday and at Maxton August 2nd. A ti!am from Kingsdale and the Luinlerton Athletes played hall here Saturday afternoon. Lumberton scored 10 to Kings- dale's 5. Tbe Corporation Commission Finds That Wreck was due to Failure of Agenl to Obey Rules. hlIifh PlapaWh, Jtth. Cliarli.it. iirv-r. Basing its announcement on fi.ir iiiiuui).;! iin n prcvcnuiiive in further railroad wrecks, the North Carolina coriiorntion corn mission this afternoon rendered a decision of the wreck of Sea board AirvLine Railway near Hamlet. This is an endorsement of the block system nnd recom mends such installation. The commission ordered that a re port of its findings be mailed to President Walters, of the rnil road company. The reort sets forth thoso who were examined ns persons having knowledge of tin facts concerning the wreck There is also set forth in this re port these several facts "This wreck was caused by t lie failure of agents of the r.-.i'icul comoanv to observe and oiwv Ti. ,,.,:,- 41.-1 . . auuauuHMniui. ,... the rules and regulations of the weeds and grass cut from some COITir,anv coverning the move- of the sidewalks which adds mnt. of trains, ft. would servo much to the better appearance of no useful purioso for the cor- the town. I noration commission to liml Steven Edison, the two-year which agents are guilty of nev oid son of Mr. Steven Freeman, ligence in this matter, as such died Saturday morning at his finding would not be billing or home in Lumberton. Ihe re- conclusive upon any one and mains wore interred yesterday might be prejudicial in other in- at flog Swamp. vestigations. 'Ihe purixiso of Mrs. Emma Pitman Warwick, our investgations, as nil under stand it, is that tlie corporation commission might tike such measures within its powers us to prevent the recurrence of such accidents. We are satisfied that the wreck would not have occur red had the block system Iwenin operation on the ortion of the road where it occurred. The operator at Rockingham and the oiierator 4it Hamlet, only six miles apart, permitted trains to leave these places at about the same instant of time, meeting each other, and neither knew that this hail been'done until the trains were beyond their control. This could not have hapitcncd under the block system. Eight passen gers and freight trains, lies ides Rev. Mr. Ostrom will visit the the special trains, daily go over Presbyterian congregation here the Seaboard Air Line's side- Wednesday in the interest of the track between Hamlet and Men forward movement in foreign roe. We have no power to order the block system of signa's to be put in operation on this section of the road.but we do most earn estly recommend that the Sea board Air Line Railway insta'l the block system service between Hamlet and Monroe as soon as practicable." wife of Mr. Geo. Warwick, died Sunday at her home in Wish. art township- Sho was about 35 years old and had been in i'l icnlth for several months. For lack of space and because we have pireaoy used consider able space in this issue in a report! of the congressional convention we will offer no comment on the i convention untM our Thursday's ssue. The Fayettevi'lo Observer says that the Republican congress. ionii' convention will be held at Wrightsvi"e Beach August 20th and that Cumberland has the only candidate so far announced Mr. Warren Carver- ty to t Father Kavanagh, of Fayette vile, was here Saturday and con ducted services blessingthe grave of Frank B. Lewis, who was killed in the Seaboard wreck Sunday. Report ot the Grand Jury. The grand jury completed its work tho past week and made tile following report: 'We have found in the. cases brought before us 55 true bills and 10 not true and made 7 presentments. We visited the jail and found that the prisonres are well cared for but recommend that tho cells from the old jail be removed and placed in the new jo L This willc give more room and comfort to prisoners. We have a'so visited the county home oy committee and found it in a very good condi tion but recommend that . the county commissioners increase the amount allowed for mainten ance of each inmate in county home to amount at least equal that paid to maintain prisoner in jail- We further recommend that houses at county home be paint ed and repaired. We also visited the several county offices ad find them in very good condition and as well kept as the building will permit. " "Geo. L. Thompson, Foreman. " lyer. missions, lie win conduct the services at the church Wednes day evening. Mr. Jno. Martin, for several years a popular engineer on the Seaboard, spent Thursday and Friday in town. Over a year ago he bought a farm in Ruther ford county and gave up railroad- ng. Ho also owns a farm in this county. Mr. Frank Thomas, of Char lotte, died Saturday morning in the Stokes Stokes Sanitarium at Salisbury, after several weeks Mncss. Deceased was a brother f Mr. Fred Thomas, ofLumber- tsn, who went to Salisbury Wed nesday. Mr. Thomas returned to Lumberton last night. Post Olllce Salaries. The annual adjustment of the salaries of postmasters in tho United States shows that sixty nine out of the, eighty seven Presidential postoflices in North Carolina have ex i ericncod g r w th of business sufficient to warrant increases in the salaries of iost m aster. This ratio of increase is indicative of the rapid develop ment of the business interests of the State, and is only surpassed by one State in the Union. The aggregate increase in the salaries of the Tar Heel iost- The county commissioners have masters is $8,:'.oo, which shows a erent.lv len hirini? out the conn- relative gam of ii per cent. Un- ;i v,f I ly one otate makes past week sentenced sixteen men i better show ing. That State s South Caro lina, wbieh shows an increase of work on the roads according ho r nt...U':. shim-u.n Cor- the public road law of 1905- Under the circumstances, just what the county commissioners ill do about it, we don't know. per respondent News and Observer. w Judge Cooke Not to Resign. ranklin Progress. The Nashville Graphic, of last week, stated that there was a ru mor current that Judge Charles M. Cioke would resign, on ac count' of bad health and other personal matters- We asked Judge Cxke about the report and ho- stated that it was un founded. He is enjoying excel lent health; and, while his recent sore bereavement tried his soul, his fixed and steady christian faith has sustained him through it a". The people of the State will rejoice that Judge Cooke will not withdraw from that public service for which his common sense, wisdom, and learning so eminently tit him.- For $1.50 you get Tho sonian twice a week for a Short Lite and a Merry One. Rackwood's Maaim-. Of the great scholar and writer, George Buchanan, the four hund redth anniversary of -whose birth was recently celebrated, it is re lated that he was told by bs doctors that if he abstained from wine he might live five or six years, and that if he continued to drink ho could hold out three weeks at longest- "Get you gone,', he exclaimed, "with your prescript ii'.iis "and" ' your course of diet, and know that I would rather 'e three weeks and be drunk every day than six years without drinking wine." He was 'as good as his word. "Having discharged lis physi cians like a desperate man, he or dered a hogshead of graiw wine to bo set at his ted's head, resolved to see the bottom of it before he . . . i i- l Robe- died, and he cat Tied nimseu ju whole vailantly that he emptied u 10 me lees-"
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