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1 THE ROBESONIAN Jtablished 187Q. Country, God and Truth. InglTCoies Five Cents. ll l f OL XL NO. 62. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TrtURSPAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1909 COURT CALENDAR. CHIPPEWA TRIBE. at October Superior 'bm to be Tried Term of Robeson Court. " o mpptinor of the local esday afternoon the following lendar was arranged tor tne 11 term of Robeson Superior art which will begin Monday. Ser 4. Judge C C. Lyon, of .zabethtown, presiding: bar WITH AUNT BECKY. Sad Visit of the "Reaper" Progressive Towns Likes Dr.Cook's Attitude A Spec imen of Scotch Heather. Palefaces Initiated at Hope Mills By Lumberton Red Men. Twenty-two members of the Lumberton tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men. consisting: of a degree team, with a few extras, . Correspondence of The Robesonian instituted a tribe at Hope Mills Tuesday night. Twenty-five pale faces were made acquainted with the mystt res of redmanship, and Hope Mills starts off with bright prospects for a good tribe. The name adopted tor the tribe iiyvuijc'.u " rof -i. name adopted ior me moe is leld vs. Leonard Wone et CMp Tribe No 1(6 andthe Locklearvs. Simeon ard 47 McD. Walters vs. Ev t Bass and wife; 55 Evander Jair vs. Elizabeth McNair et 36 Baltimore Knee Pants Co. A. C. McKinnon; 69 A. C. hune, trustee, vs. Peele Bros; Gaston Brittvs. Sarah Britt; f'Harker Barton vs. Lucy Bar- 1 Aiesday 67 M. A. Buie vs. A. officers e'ected tor the current term are as follows: L. J. Par ker, prophet; S. L. Taylor, sach em; S. G. Rollins, Sr. Sag.; A. J. McQueen, Jr. Sag.; J. I. Hair, C. of R. ; S. J. Harrington. C. of W. ; A. J. Johnson, K. of W. The members of the local tribe chartered a train and left Lum berton over the V. & C. S. at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and L. R.R. Co; 92 M. A. Buie vs. returned Wednesday morning be- C. L. R.R. Co; 99 M. A. Buie , A. C. L. R.R. Co; 72 Jackson aly et al. vs. McD. Walters et ; 73 Flora Jane Oxendine et al. i W. F. Steed; 90 C. A. Oliver j. Raleigh & Charleston R. R. Wednesday-93Beaufort Coun- Lumber Co. vs. A. C. L. R.R. o; 102 J. G. McCormick, trus e, vs. S. B. Williams; 112 L. T. Nottingham vs. Wesley Bullard tal; 122 L. T. Cottingham vs. Lesley Bullard; 149 Wesley Bul lrd et al. vs. L. T. Cottingham it al. I Thursday J.s E. Jacobs vs. A. Z. L. R.R. Co.; 133 Wade Lock ear vs. W. R. Bonsall & Co. ;141 Albert F. McNeill et al. vs. Nan nie L. McNeill; 143 Albert F. McNeill et al. vs. Geo. C. Fisher t al. I Friday-144 E. C.Nye, Admr., vs. Sarah Collins; 145 Tomlinson thair Mfg.. Co. vs. C. M. Town send; 156 Beaufort County Lum ber Co. vs. A. C. L.R.R. Co.;154 S. W. Odum vs. S. A. Edmond. Second Week. c Monday 136 W. R. Woodell et al. vs. Wm. Lowrie. et al; 137 Frank Goueh- vs. Esther Sinclair; 157 McNair & Pearsall vs. Lewis Hunt; 158 Jennie Prevatt vs. Xuther Prevatt et al; 160 Maxton Mercantile Co. vs. A. J. Cotting ham and wife; 311 John H. West vs. Attie West; 254 D. W. Mc .Lean et al. vs. James M.Litch et .al. Tuesdav-19 In Re Will of Da vid Purcell; 20 In Re Will of David Purcell; 161 Warren A. Lewis and wife vs. C. T. Pate et al;162 A.H. Odum vs.J.C.Thom as; 167 State and Mary Shaw vs. D. A. McDonald; 168 Robert F. Graham, Admr., vs. A. B. Croom et al; 169 J.C. McPhail et al. vs. A C. L. R.R.Co; 170 J. C. Mc Phail et al. vs. A. C. L.R. R.Co.; 171 J.C. McPhail et al. vs. A. C. L. R. R. Co. Wednesday-172 English P. Lowrie vs. Alva Oxendine, guar dian; 173 D. A. Shaw vs. Brown Shaw Lumber Co. ;176 Katy Ann Locklear, Admx, vs. W. A. Sav age et al; 178 Mary Purnell vs. 'Town of Lumberton; 179 Fannie tween 2 and 3 o clock. The fol lowing took advantage of this op portunity for much fun: Messrs. C. B. Skipper, A. T. Parmele, Q. t w;ii;otv,o v it too T- M. G. McKenzie. R. E. Lee, M. Wr Flovd, S. Weinstein, Frank Nash, W. D. Mclntyre, F. L. Prevatt. D. B. McNeill, H. C. Freeman, Charley Sutton, J. W. Parker, J. W. and J. R. Morris, D. P. Walters, L. B. Blackbourn, R. T. Musselwhite. W. K. Be- thune, and Dr. Jno. Knox, Jr. Mr. W. Ben Goodwin, great chief of records, of Elizabeth City, was present and assisted in the institution of the tribe. Mr. J. O. Brady was the organizer. Fence Soon to be Erected Around Confederate Monument. To the Editor of The Robesonian: It is very gratifying to note the interest of the grand jury in the proper care and protection of the Confederate monument, as evinc ed by the recommendation that the county commissioners erect a suitable ience around it. as is well known, the act of the Legis lature that; authorized the com missiohers to make an appropri ation of county funds to complete the monument also gave them charge of it, thus making it pub lic property. Since the completion of the monument, unpaid subscriptions to the amount of $45 have been paid to me and on consultation with Judge McNeill, chairman of the executive committee of the Veterans' Association, it was de cided to ask the commissioners to erect a fence around the monu ment. using the amount on hand as part of the necessary funds, the commissioners supplying the ballance needed. They promptly and cheeriullv acceded totnis re quest, and plans were submitted to them and they selected a very pretty design and directed or au thorized the undersigned to close the contract for the erection of the fence. This was done on the 2nd of August and the fence was to have been shipped on or about the 1st of September, so that we Some time has passed since my last communication to your paper, a time in which the "Reap er" has again visited our family and "Not in cruelty, not in wrath," bore away our fairest flower, the dear baby grand daughter, little Marion McElyea, youngest child ot Mr. and Mrs. Jno. L. McLaurin,ofLatta,S.Ca., aged two years and 28 days. She was indeed a lovely child, and the sunbeam of the household. The devoted parents are the more to be sympathized with, as only five years ago they gave back to the heavenly fold sweet little Ruth. another beautiful baby girl: and now the wound is opened afresh, and their hearts are bowed be neath the chastening rod. And grandma" mingles her tears with theirs, for little Marion was very dear to me;but we have the blessed comfort of knowing that these two little lambs are forev er safe and secure from the man ifold ills and sorrows which sail the pathway of life. Mrs. McLaunn has been quite ill, and I went down and spent some days with them, leaving her somewhat better. I found a severe and prolonged drought prevailing in that section, and cotton crops badly injured, the prospect there being far behind that of our own county. They were busy marketing their tobac co, which, owing to unfavorable seasons, was of inferior quality; but the majority of farmers, be ing accustomed to meet with oc casional reverses, are both brave spirited and philosophical, and are not easily "downed, "but are of that class who try, try as- are constantly expecting it; and Purnell by next friend vs. Town R a time we hoe :,to havea of Lumberton. mce enclosure arouna tne monu ment, oi wmcn we are so justly proud. J. A. McAllister. Secy. Veterans' Association, Lumberton, N. C. .Lines Crossed No Extension of V. & C. S. On Foot. The Fayetteville Observer last .Saturday published a dispatch from Dillon, S. C, to the Colum bia State to the effect that sur veyors in the employ of the Vir ginia & Carolina Northern the correspondent did not even have the name of the road from Lum berton to Hope Mills right; it is the V. & C. Southern are map ping out a route from Lumberton to Brownsville, Marlboro county, S. C, the terminus of the Ben- nsttsville & Cheraw Ry., via Dil lon. The Robesonian is informed that this is an error, that no such move is contemplated by the V. & C. S. The reference is evi dently to the narrow-gage lum ber road being built by the Beau fort County Lumber Co. This is being extended to Fairmont and will doubtless be extended to Dil lon. The Virginia & Carolina Southern was not .first built as a timber road, as the dispatch re ferred to states, but was built for regular passenger and freight service. That correspondent ev idently had his linescrossed badly. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who discovered the North Pole Apr.l 21, 1908, arrived in New York Tuesday and was given a tremen dous ovation. Governoi John A. Johnson died at St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday morr ing, following an operation per formed last week. Y.i had been three times elected Governor of Minnessota and was prominently spoken of for Democratic nominee for President last year. Night on Bald Mountain. again with the firm assurance that the tide will sometime turn in their favor. The town of Lat ta is a busy, progressive little piaceyand has a fine citizenship, composed for the most part o the Detter class ot country peo pie, who have removed thither. I spent a night m Rowland, the guest of relatives. Mr. and Mrs J. P. Wiggins, and I congratulat ed our editor of The Sun on the phenominal improvement of tha luminary. The town is growing and prospering, and I met with no better and cleverer peopl than those of Rowland. Every where I go I meet with many ! who call me "Aunt Becky" hav ing been introduced through the columns of one or more of our county papers all of whom I am glad to add to my list of "nieces and nephews." No news in the Fork; every body busy, picking, ginning, and hauling cotton to market, and all pleased with the present prices I have been reading something of the disputed honors in regard to the discovery of the North Pole, but am not capable of mak ing a distinction between the two aspirants, though I do admire Dr. Cook's attitude the more, in that he has refrained from the ungentlemanly abuse which Peary pours upon him inunstinted meas ure: and if he is so sure that Cook is a fakir and imposter, why does not he rest easy and await he scientific developments : I now have in my possession a hierhlv-Drized specimen of the Scotch heather, brought to me by Miss Carrie Reeves, of Marion county. S. C, who, with her sis ter. Miss Ethel, and a party ot friends, took an European tour this summer. 1 have always had a desire to see this little flower. so tamed in Scottish song and story, and fully appreciate the kind thoughtfulness ot my young friend. The heather is a dainty, fragile little plant, with a tiny blue flower, and does not resem Wasted Wind, or a Lawyer's La bor Lost. During court last week a ppr- ain lawyer was putting ud a stiff fight for his client. He had his ducks all in a row and when the evidence wa3 in he arose and im mediately began to address Ithe ury, not waiting: to find out what the solicitor had it in his heart to do. This certain lawver spoke long and well. It was a noble ettort. He lifted up his voice in eloquent Dleadine- and ore things into shreds: his voice was now like the roll of thunder, now sot t as a caress. For the space of three-quarters of an hour by the clock this certain awyer held forth in impassioned appeal, and then, perspiring at every pore for it was a hot af ternoon he resumed his seat with the consciousness of duty well performed. And then Solicitor Sinclair cut the silence which fell upon the room after the certain lawyer's peroration with the auie't an nouncement that as he had fail ed to make out a case against the deteDdant he would not ask for b verdict. A little gale of laughter shook court, jury, bar and spectators, and the next case was called. It was on the certain lawyer. Clerk Humphrey Decides Guar dianship Matter. Clerk of the Court W. H. Hum phrey has rendered as his decis ion about little Sarah Lila Pharr, about the custody ot which child a hearing was held before him on the 6th inst., that she shall stay with her mother's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. H. K McCormick, at Rowland, with whom she has lived since the death of her mother some four years ago. In rendering this de cision it is with the understand ing that Mr. McCormick shall not charge the child board during her preparatoty school years. Sarah is now 5 years old. A report of the hearing was given in The RobesonLui. of -the 9th inst. It will be. recalled that upon the death of the child's guardian Mr McCormick made application to be appointed guardian and that Mr. Walter S. Pharr, of Char lotte, a brother of the child's father, resisted this application and applied for letters of guar dianship himself. Woman's Missionary .Union Meets at Parkton. The Baptist churches of the Robeson Association are earnest ly requested to send delegates to the Woman's Missionary Union, which will meet with the Park ton Baptist church, October 6th. The delegates will receive a cordial welcome, but they are earnestly requested to send in their names at once to Miss Bes sie Cashwell, Parkton, stating at what hour they expect to arrive, and if they will have horses to be cared for. The delegates firoine: from the south will be expected to go Tuesday evening, reaching Park- ton at ten o clock p. m.The exer cises will commence Wednesday, at 10 o'clock a.m. The train does not reach there from the south until, nearly 12 o'clock. Mrs.R. D. Caldwell, Vice Pres. Robeson Asso. WHOLE NO. 2497 LOCAL BRIEFS. On a lonely night Alex. Benton of Fort Edward.N. Y., climbed Bald Moun tain to the home of a neighbor, tortured by Asthma, bent on curing him with Dr. King's New Discovery, that had cured himself of asthma. This wonder ful medicine soon relieved and quickly cured his neighbor. Later it cured his son's wife of a severe lung trouble, Millions believe it's the greatestThroat and Lung cure on Earth. Coughs, Colds Uroup. Hemorrhages and isore Lungs are surely cured by it. Best for HayFever, Grip and Whooping Cough. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggists. The Robesonian's Change. A pardon has been applied for in the case of a Caldwell county man. Flovd Martin, upon whon an S;80 fine was imposed, for which his brother stood. Martin went to Virginia to work m umber camp and was killed there. Now the brother wants a pardon or the dead man, to give relief from the fine, but the State law gives no authority for the pardon of a dead man. It is said that twice in the last quarter of a cent ury pardons have been granted o men who died, this happening because the prisoners in the two cases died a day or two before the pardons were issued. Charlotte Observer. The Lumberton Robesonian an nounces that with the next issue hat paper will be changed from its present size to a six-column, eight-page paper. It says the change is made necessary by the demand of advertisers for space which cannot be furnished in the present form. It says: "Our advertisers have been good to us and we appreciate their patron age. Our subscription list, too. steadily increases." Our con gratulations to the paper. Its enlargement is a good sign. It means the paper is a financial success and that its patrons and the people generally of that sec tion appreciate its value. Wilmington Dispatch. The Dispatch congratulates the Lumberton Robesonian, which is a fine type of the weekly paper, that it is to grow in size. The change from better to best is to take place with the next issue, wnen xne Kobesonian will make its appearance as an eight page paper, Wej wish it the great suc cess its worth so richly deserves. Notices of New Advertisements. Bargains all the time Jno. T. Biggs & Co. Anything you want in specta cles and eyeglasses Boylin's Jewelry Store. The Nyse wander piano, with a tone that has no equal Eagle Furniture & Carpet Co. The latest songs Caldwell & Carlyle. The McAllister Hardware Co. tells about the Majestic range and Demonstration Week. Public school lot and building for sale. White & Gough tell of wonder ml bargains at their store in a page advertisement. Ut value and interest to wo menThe Evening Chronicle. Pocketbook lost containing$85. Dr. J. J. Crowe has office over First National Bank. Tobacco sales at Mullins. -A horse hitched to a wagon trotted driverless about 8:30 o'clock this morning downFourth street, from between Water and Elm to Chestnut, where he wa3 easily headed off. It was only a near runaway. On account of the Hudson Fulton celebration from the 25th inst. to October 11, the Seaboard will give special rates from Lum berton to New York of $21, all rail, or $19.45 via Norfolk, for round trip. Tickets go on sale today. Messrs. A. W. McLean, D. P. Shaw, E. J. Britt. R. C. Law rence and T. A. McNeill, Jr., went to Wilmington last nierht to examine today before Referee Geo. Howell the members of thp bankrupt firm of Floyd Bros. & Mitchell, of Fairmont. Mr. I. S.Brittwho lives noar Fairmont, was in town this morn ing. Mr. Britt recently sold his farm to Mr. Frank Barden. rail road agent at Proctoryille who has since traded it to MrJoeNye and will move to Columbus county as soon as he gets his crop housed. -Unity Lodsre No. 202. K. of P., has moved into its new hall in the Lumberton Cotton Mills office building. The first meet ing m the new quarters will be held next Monday eyening and a large attendance is desired. Thp The lodge since its organization has been meeting in the town hall. Well water is now being pip ed into the homes of Lumberton. The job of covering the new 100,-000-gallon reservoir has just been completed and pumps were set to work at the power house this morning filling it and pump ing from it to the old standpipe. The water is clearer than the river water used heretofore, but will hardly do for drinking pur poses. to haste them o'er the ferry, ex claimed, "And should he find us in the glen my blood would stain the heather;" but instead ot be ing overtaken, the lovers were drowned in the attempt to cross the stormy waters of Loch Gyle. Scottish history and poems have an intense interest for me, which I snnDOse is inherent, and I read everything of the kind which comes my way. We are having abundant rains, which set in yesterday afternoon, and from the looks of the clouds there is no probability of a cessa tion. We are missing the summer fruit and vegetables, which are coming down to a lowbb, only a few late peaches and grapes now remaining; but the good old sum mer time can't last beyond its nat ural bounds, and we always ap- Dreciate our blessings the more ble any of our American flowers, i as they take their flight. It grows wild and luxuriant over the moors of its native land, and gives to the landscape the appear ance of a blue carpet. My earli est recollection of it dates back to my siihool-days, when I selected as my Friday afternoon recita tion that thrilling but sad poem entitled, "Lord Ullin's Daugh ter," where the young chieftain, who was fleeing with his lady love from the fury of an angry father, and praying the boatman Aunt Becky. Old Fork, N.CSept. 17, 1909. A Narrow Escape. Edgar N.Bayliss.a merchant of Rob insonville, Del., wrote: "About two year3 ago I was thin and sick, and coughed all the time and if I did not have consumption, it was near to it. I commenced using Foley's Honey and Tsr.and it stopped my cough, and I am now entirely well, and have gained twentv-eiffht pounds, all due to the good resu'ts from taking Foley's Hone; and Tar." A Mistake Corrected. In the report of court proceed ings in Monday's Robesonian. un der continued cases, the charge against Murphy McKay was printed seduction, whereas it should have been abduction. Quite a difference. The mistake was made quite unaccountably. Autopsy Being Held Today. . Sheriff E. C. McNeill received an order yesterdav from Solicitor N. A. Sinclair to have an autopsy held over the body of Will Ross, the negro who was found dead on the railroad tracks near Maxton on the morning of August 1. Sheriff McNeill and County Phy sician W. A. McPhaul went to Maxton this morning to have the )ody exhumed. Dr L. R. Kirk patrick, of Maxton, will assist Dr. McPhaul in the autopsy. The confession of Sam Green, alias Malloy, colored, implicating Rafe Graham and Will Brown, also col ored, who, with Green, are in jail here, in the murder of Ross was published in Monday s Robesoni an. J. M. Norton Wanted at Rock ingham Girl Cruelty Deceived. Rockingham Special. 18th, Charlotte Observer. J. M. Norton, a young white man who gave Lumberton as his home prior to his coming here a few months ago, is badly wanted by the local authorities. Norton came here some time ago and got work at the Hannah Pickett Cotton Mills. A few weeks lat er he wrote to his sweetheart, Maggie Godwin, of Benson, to join him here, promising her to marry her immediately upon her arrival. By some pretext he de layed the matter and finally ut terly refused to fulfill his prom ise. He became abusive and, the girl alleges, frequently beat her. Finally she could stand the treatment no longer and she sought the protection of the law. Norton skipped and has not been apprehended. The girl was left in a very pitiable condition. She did not have a cent of money and was among strangers. It is her purpose to return to her home at Benson. Norton has worked at the Lumberton Cotton Mills and is said to have a rather undersir ble reputation. He left here some 5 months ago. A Hurry up Call. Quick! Mr. Druggist Quick! A box of Bucklen s Anvca balve Here s a quarter For the love of Moses, hurry! Baby's burned himself, terribly John nie cut his foot with the axe Mamie's scalded Pa can't walk from piles Bil lie has boils and my corns ache. She got it and soon cured all the family. It's the greatest healer on earth. Sold by all druggist?. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Warwick and infant son. Bunyan, who have been visiting for a week or ten days at the home of Mr. War wick's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Q. Warwick, about two miles from Lumberton, will leave this evening for their home at Ham let. A trop;cal hurricane which started Sunday and continued throughout Monday and Tuesday night wrought death and destruc tion in New Orleans, La., and s irrounding territory. Forty-five human lives are known to have been lost and 40 others are re ported dead. The property loss will run into the millions. Miles and miles of territory have been laid waste. By taking a close or two of Bees Laxative Cough Syrup, you will get prompt relief from a coigi or cold. It gently moves the bowel?, heals irrita tion of the throat and stopsthe cough. It is pleasant to take. Sold by all druggists. 4) Yards Calicoe $1, short lengths White & Gough. ' s
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