North Carolina Newspapers

HPT Tim H DTTTTO AMI a t- n - p. I I 1M - II 1- f 1 I I I I II JA V"S. 1 I 1 II XX I II XX I i t w n a i i t i ir i scv ii 1 1 i w u w t-'sfablitihed 1SVO. VOL XL NO. 64 MILLINERY OPENINGS. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Fi-. e Cent? LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBERoTl909 HONOR SEMMES' MEMORY. Newest Styles in Headgear Se ng Displayed at the Stores of Messrs. Caldwell & Carlyle and Miss Josephine Breece. !illinerv and more r r,ll L.h.mi.i -inr si OS. ..'i beautiful. is claiming the at rntion of the feminine portion ot ihf population to the exclusion ol all less important matters like the 'orthPole controversy, the Hudson-Fulton celebration, the near rs of the planet Mara or the ap proach of Halley's comer No ex ftior influence are needed to .jiise the desire of the ladies to rn to tlie beautiful creations !-ing displayed at the stores of Messrs. Caldwell & Carlyle and 'Miss Josephine Breece, but the i.earness of the aforesaid planet and the approach of the afore said comet, if they are responsi ble, as some opine, for the cold either, may increase the inclin ing of hearts unto the visions and dreams that have been created under the touch of deft tinge rs io gladden for a season. Miss Josephine Breece's open ing beiran yesterday and con tinues through today; Messrs. Caldwell & Carlyle's began this morning and continues through I tomorrow. One is told that the huts are prettier than ever, and before your eyes is exhibited the proof. They are of various sizes, some larger than ever, some srnallerryou pays your money and wkes your choice. And the range J choice is unlimited. One gazes at the displays and marvels at the skill which has taken bare shapes and made each into what style demands, and yet has made no two alike.New shades are merle zrcen, catawba, mustard, rais in, and black and white are very (Miliar. Heavy Russian turbans nd Colonial shapes are among the most popular hats;and plush, kaver, scratch felts and moire ar? especially good: also jet and silver and gold. White kid and chamois are also in vogue. And (lumes and fancy feathers ?Don't say a word! You will see some of the snatchingest outsnatch ingest ever. What remains to be said com prises it all. This is touching but the suburbs, so to speak. The stores have been crowded with eager purchasers and the re gard of tedious days of prepaia tion has come. Public Ceremonies in Honor of : Confederate Naval Hero. i j Ntw Orlfuns. I.a.. desjiattli, 7tti. ! The 100th anniversary of the i birthof Admiral RaphaeiSemmes, nnv-il Wrn nf trip CfintWIprnro millinery, j States, was marked with public ceremonies in me a-uun xoaay. In honoring the memory of the commander of the Sumter and Alabama, thousands of members ')f Confederate organizations joined. In the St;;t"js in which partici pation of the commemorative ex ercises was signalized, Maryland. HOWELLSVILLE INGS. HAPPEN an LOCAL BRIEFS. Alabama and Louisiana tool prominent part. n the first State, Admiral Semmes was born. In Alabama, at Mobile, he spent the larger portion of his mature life and cast his fortunes with that State, when it seceded from the Union. At that time he was secretary of the lighthouse board at Washington. It was from New Orleans that he fitted up the Sumter and tool Fa rmers 111 Who Engaged to Sell Cotton at Ten Cents Person al. I'orrespondi'iK e of Tli? Uu;e.-man. Cotton picking seems to be the order of tne day in this vicinity now, and the farmers are rejoic ing at the present price of cotton, except a few who engaged their cotton at ten ce.nts per pound, and they are quite ill with cotton fever now. Mrs. Wm. Faircloth and little son, ot layiorsvnie, via., nave been spending some time here visiting friends and relatives. Miss Millie Kinlaw and two sis ters, of Hope Mills, are expect ed here this week. -Mr. Rollen Provatt of Ltimberion. snent Saturday and Sunday with friends Mr. W. A. Yoat Goes to Raleigh here.-Mr. JN. k. Kinlaw, wno Mr. W. A. Yost who w hn holds a position at lar Heel, spent deputy clerk in the office of Clerk last Sunday nere witn irienas nf th Court W H Hnmnl,,. t -wxr m y I ' " Uii I and relatives. - Mrs. J . w . Km- for the nasr. th at Club Rooms Furnished Ready for Use. Most of the handsome i'urni-' , Llcense has been issued for ture ordered for the Lumberton lle maaffe of Lizzie Britt and Industrial and Commercial Club 1 Uyde FIowers rooms, on the second and third ! A two-weeks' term of Robe floors of the Lumberton Cotton j son Superior Court for the trial "i41 uuuunig, uoa ameUiul vin caws Uf'-MllS nexi ivion and the room on the second floor which will be used tor a reading room, is now in use. Daily pa pers have been coming to the club for some time and an ex cellent selection of leading mag azines has been ordered. Two pool tables, which will be pkced in the room on the third floor, have been ordered and will ar rive within a few days. Some time between now and the mid dle of October there will be a "house warming" and banquet, to which some out-of-town speak ers will be invited. her out to do service fcr the Con- Law ard son' bf 1 a.L1.1f: spen1t dered his resignation, effective i Saturday and Sunday visiting rel atives here. Mr. Uaud b. bmith, rural mail carrier, who had a va-i cation of fifteen days, is on the route again. Mr. W. T. Swanson. of Pem- Flvincr a Feature of the Hudson- broke, will be here Wednesday, the yth. to sneaK on me rar- federate States. For a short time, too, he occupied a chair in the Louisiana Military institute. Tht centenary exercises at New Or leans were elaborate. Fulton York. Celebration in New New York rVsi:.U'li. 2tftli. Wilbur Wright great Stitue of the entrai.ee of harbor in his circled Liberty the at -w w ITT 1 ! ."II mers Union, we nope ne win be successful in organising. Mr. C. F. Allen and son spent a part of last week in Jb ayette- vi lie. Messrs. Chapp'e wuson the end of this week. and has ac cepted a position with Messrs. Phillips & Penny, wholesale gs o- cers ot Kaleigh. as bookkeener and general office manager. He will go to Raleigh to assume his new duties next Monday. Mrs. Yost and the children will remain in Lumberton for a few weeks. Mr. Yost is an exceedingly capable office man and the change of base is due to a verv advan tageous offer. He and Mrs. Yost day. Judire C.C.Lvon f Pliva beth town, will preside. The offices of the National Cotton Mills, in the McLeod building on Elm street, have been considerably enlarged by the moving of a partition and door. Rev. A. E. Baker, pastor of the Presbyterian church, and family were the victims of a pounding last Thursday evening. Many good things were received. -The fronts of Mr.L.H. Cald well's stores on Elm street have been improved considerably by recent painting, and improve ments have also been made on the inside. -Mr. R. D. Caldwell, of Lum berton, has been appointed by Governor Kitchin a delegate to ful. attention. the southern AnDa achian frond "aing, roads convention, which will be held at Ashe vi lie October 5-7. WHOLE NO. 2499 PROFESSIONAL CARDS WOODBERRY LENNON. ATTORNEY AT LAW Lumberton, N. C. OTit e over Post DR. J. J. CROWE, EYE SPECIALIST Will be in his oflice Tuesdays and Satur days over First National Bank. 9-27 I). I Shaw, T. L. Johnson. SHAW & JOHNSON, Attorneys and Cousellers at Law. LUMiiEltTOX, x c I'ractice in State and I-ViWnl fnurt. Prompt attention given to all husine. unices over tirst National Iiank. WadeWishart, E. M. Britt WISHART & BRITT, Attorneys at Law, LUMBERTON. N. C. All business given prompt and care- Uinee upstairs in Argus 9-10 New York and Ruf us Kinlaw, of this place, have many friends here who will aeroplane to- have entered school at Barker'?. day, while in the upper part ot Mr. McKay Smith has been the city two huge dirigible bal- building some to his dwelling loons failed inglonously in their house, which adds to the appear- task. 1 his, the hi st day 01 night ance verv much. of the Hudson- ulton celebration, I Sidney ,!?v3jr the heavler Howellsville, N. C. Sept., 27, MagUtrate.s Trial Yesterday regret to see them leaveLumber ton. Mr. Humphrey has not yet se cured a man t fill the place made vacant by Mr. Yost s resignation. Both Wright and Glenn H. 1909. Curtiss soared successfully from CropConditions in Texas - Shori- the aerodrome of Governor's Is- t p. Ar rmn of Cottor. land in their motor- propelled bi- T .-. , . . . , respectively by Captain Thomas Pates, sends the following letter, deadly weapon and carrying a Baldwin and George L. Tomlin- ?on .a ". "1S. m naa cmcealed weapon. The assault son and entered m the New York have occurred last World's $10,000 New York to Al- L9r ore znan mirty ep, May, since which time Prevatt bany race, were forced to descend 1 r , . t puuutauun . as not been living with his wife, Zach. Prevatt, who lives near Fairmont, was tried yesterday before Justice A. E. White on three charges, namely: beating nis wife, an assault on his broth er-in-law, E. V. Johnson, with a Miss Theresa Patterson, of Bladen county, has accepted a po sition as stenographer in the oflice of Clerk of the Court W. H. Humphrey. Miss Patter son is a sister of Mrs. Geo. Len non, of Lumberton. Mr. J. W. Taylor, of rural route No. 5 from Lumberton, was in town yesterday to see his wife, who is at theThompsonHos pital, where she underwent an operation Saturday. Mrs. Taylor is getting along very nicely. Mr. J. H. Powers, of Powers Stephen jMclntyre, James I). R. C. Lawrence Proctor. Mclnlyre, Lawrence & Proctor, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, LUMBERTON, - - - N. C. Practice in State and Federal Court3. Prompt attention given to all business. T. A. McNeill. T. A. McNeill. Jr. McNeill & McNeill, Attorneys at Lav, LUMBRTON, N. C. Will practice in all the Courts. Busi ness attended to promptly. N. A. McLean, A. W. McLean. W. B. Snow. ville, was knocked from a wagon McLean, McLean & Snow, because of mechanical difficulties before they were well under way. You ask if the report ot the onA nvn-nc Knf i . , - T , I 1 Mils KHV VUUlgti) (ICIC UlUUUL JJL I Texas crop is true. Yes, with- because 0f the fact that about a Death of Mr. Jeff Robeson. Directors of Farmers' and Mer chants' Bank of Robeson Elect ed. A charter was obtained last Friday for the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Robesc n and at a meeting of the stockholders, held in the court house today, the following were elected di rectors: T. A. McNeill, Sr.. M. W. Floyd, C. B. Skipper. R. E. te,Dr. John Knox, Jr., of Lum W. A. McNeill, of Buie; E. C. Nye, of Orrum: A. J. Floyd, 'f Fairmont; K. M. Barnes, ol liarnesville: J. H. Powers, of r'owersville, and J. E. Carlyle, Pviift. Swamp. At a subsequent meeting of the directors ex-Judge 1 . A. McNeill was elected presi '.':nt. 'il.e election of other ofi ' -rs was positioned. The bank v-'ill Wgiu baaiiicis about Novem-v-r 1st. out doubt it is the shortest per wppu n prmnH. ,,rtt nnpinn acre crop I ve ever Known nere, n u;a 19. mnntc.nlrl ohA nnH hnt wf pvnpft. to make irom tWO : j; zt. j-i ti Yesterday's Fayetteville Ob- rr ;d 0 half million bales.a. "1 T'l! 1 4.1, 4',.n.; r : . , , 7 . was uouim tu court m u uunu in m v. Tff nKov, ,i oc. -"i'r .Y . v ine sum 01 uu. AYii. ucii ivuot-ouii, a.iL n nntPri in .nT.r.on- it is wonaer- . L' H.f "I 1 1 I 1'" . . yers,son 01 ivir. James nooeson, ful how much latld is planted m Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Hinson Move uieu yesieruay aiiernoon, ai nis Pott0n everv vear. lean start . . home inTar Heel. Bladen county. Umm roo nrf spp pottnn to Kockmgtiam. - J. 1. Will HI V- -'WW - trom an attack ot acute appehdi- fields for from three to four lun. Mr. D. D. Hinson, who ha cms. He was a student, at L)a- dred miles, some srood.some bad, conducted a livery business here vidson college, whe liC W&S LnI'cnmn thaf wfiQ Tilnnfprl ift not I "foy 9f YIP timp will Ipavp t(UiOV very popular, ami his death will ,ro. n T'vp npvr known rains row for Rockingham, where. jl he keenly telt by his college Rn mrtial From near the cen- mentioned recently in The Robe- 1 I ' - - r " 1 . Williamson, at his farm nearMr.Robt.Lewis', baddle Tree, yesterday and suf fered a broken collar bone and other minor injuries. Dr. N. A. Thompson was summoned to dress his wounds. Messrs. Caldwell & Carlyle are moving their crockery de partment, which has been in the rear of the room occupied by the millinery department, to a glass- partitioned room in the rear of the grocery department, the change being made to give more room for the millinery and cloak departments. . Mr. F. P. Gray, who return ed Sunday night from Baltimore, Md., where he underwent an op eration recently for appendicitis, is not'yet strong enough to re sume his work at the office of the Lumberton Cotton Mills and left Tuesday evening for his home in Suffolk, Va., where he will spend a few days. He expects to return to Lumberton next week. mates as well as his relatives and friends in Bladtn and Cumber land." Mrs. John Jones left Tues i;.y afternoon for Branchville, S. ' -, in response to a telegram an- r. uncing the illness of her hus- wnd. who has headquarters at mat place. Mr. Jones is an en gineer on the Southern Railioad. Miss Flora Boon has accepted ijosition as saleslady for Mr. J r. McNeill. hisses bioyl and Kachel UUver ''Marietta, are among the visi ' rs in town today. Testifies Alter four Years. -arlialft Center, N.Y., G. B. Burhuns. rA s: ''About four years ago I wrote Vu that I had been entirely cured of ; iney trouble by tairg two bottles of rok-y'i Kidney Remedy, and after four ais I am again pleased to state that I have never had any return of those symptoms, and I am evidently cured to cured." Foley's Kidney Remedy '"ill 1' the same for you. Sold by all Agists. Notices of New Advertisement. More inipoitant than theNort- Pole. A rio of clever models of Grif- bn clothes. L. M. .fuller wll receive v. ca? of horses and mules tomorrow. A complete line of new style vehicles. How to make money. Mullins tobacco market clos?s October 29. Administrator's sale of land. Farm for sale. Keys fitted to locks. t;r 01 our county, the southern part will make frou A k n 1 1 one-tourth to one-halt bale pei t - . 1 acre; the northern part will tuK.' trom ten to thirtv acres to maxr a bale. Unfortunately for, me, my farm is in the dry t-rrri tan- On one hunareu f.nd sixty acre-- Attorneys at Law, ' LUMBERTON, N. C. Offices on 2nd floor of Bank of Lum berton Building, Rooms 1, 2, 3, and 4. Prompt attention given to all business. E. J. BRITT, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, LUMBERTON, N. C. Office over Pope's Drug Store. THOMAS N. McDIARM.D Attorney at Law, LUMBERTON, : : : N. C. Office over Pope Drug Stoie. 2-25 Dr. J. H. HONNET, Pbysician and Surgeon. I'ractice limited to diseases of Eye, E&r, Isosa and.I hroatand httmgoi glasses. No. 12 North Front Street. Wilmington, N. C. S-6-tf 1 1 1 ! a. soman, he win matte his tuturt home. He will move his horser- and vehicles to Rockingham anc will conduct a livery business there and will also be interested with his brother, Sheriff Hinson, I jll TkiT TT in sales sxaoies. mis. ninson mittee to investigate and report as to the best disposition to makt Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin is moving today from the offices he has occupied in the Bank oiLum berton building to offices on the second floor of the Lumberton Cotton Mills office building. He and Dr. John Knox, Jr., have pur chased an interest in the Mc Lean-Sledge Company and wil t j . . nave a joint consultation room in the rear ot tmi. company s arug store, where calls may be left foi thfm.but th-y will not be associ- ?ated in the practice of medicine. le a serious problem. The on!: other business ot importance cransacied was an order to borrow 2, (J00 to meet interest on bondb due October 1. The Koa;l to Success In any emergency where salve is re SWrwl, use Pinesalve Carbolized there nothing better for cuts, burns and has many obstructions,but none so des perate as jor health. Success t:-day nemands health, but h.Iectne oittt-ra is the greatest health builder the vorld lias ever known. It compels perfect ac tion of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, purilies and enriches the blood, ami tones and invigorates the whole system Vigorous body and keen brain follow their use. You can't afford to slight ana the children went 10 ioc jl' cotton my tenants will not ge inghan yesterday 1 , 1 . L 1 I did not get over 12 bushels 01 At a meeting 01 tne town com nt. I get the third of all grair missioners held Tuesday evening and one-fourth of the cotton. Uv'lessrs. J. H. Wishart and J. D. My individual crop here at home McMillan were appointed a com .. I Ml 1 - :s D-act!-. 1 win get c'gnt oaie trom thirty-cwo acr ?s Just wes of me in the adjoining count ihere are farms of from fifty tt. s wo hundred acres that will not make a bale, and a farm of om hundred aeres adjoining mint that will not be picked ovei There are thousands of acres lik this all over Texas; at the same lime there are localities thnt wil' make a bale to the acre. Yu sec ro this it is hard to estimate the crop here." S 1 1 , 1 Ootton is selling on tne 1 ;ca market today for 12 5-8 cent-". The market Monday was 13 cents. Owing to damage to cotton b the recent troi.ical hurrican? some are expecting the price to go to 15 cents. " About, two and sick, ano There was a slighterror in the mention of the beginning 01 mail service on the Virginia & Caroli na Southern in Monday's paper, The hrst pouch that went over the road came from Hope Mills to Lumberton and was entirely empty, and it was the second Douch over the nad, the first Vcm Lumberton to Hope Mills, ':l.al carried one kne letter. The artesian well near the pow er house is getting teeble and its stream is tiny now compared to j ts former bold now. Ihis has happei ed since the town begat o take water trom the wells re- Thurman D. Kitchin, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. LUMBERTON, N. C. Office next door to Robeson Couaty Loan and Trust Company. Office phone 126 Residence phone 124 7-9 of garbage, which has gotten tt gently sunk near the power hous- ind that may be the cause; or u .nav be that the pipe is obstruct ed in some way. It would be a calamity if that well were to Dr . Thomas C. Johnson, Physician and Surgeon. Lumberton, N. C. Office over McMillan's Drug1 Store. jail answered Promptly day or night U-.'sideiice at Mr3. Sue McLeod's. 4-27-tf. DR. N. A THOMPSON, THYSICIAM AND SURGEON, f.UMBERTON, - - N. C. Office at Hospital. Phone No. 41. Down town office over McMillan's Druar btore. Calls promptly answerel night or day, in town or in the country. Eugar N. Bav!iss,a merchant of insonville, u-A., wrote years ago 1 was thin coughed ail the time and u 1 aid r.ot have consumption, it was near to it. i commenced using Foley's Honey an TBr.and it stopped my cough, and I fa now entirely well, ami have gainet Electric Bitters if weak, run-down or I twenty-eight pounds, all due to the sickly, uniy tuc. uuaranteed by a4 1 gooa results trom talcing l'oiey s ti or. ?y ssrs. White & Gougl bought yesterday from Dr. R. A. Rozier.of Panama City, Fla.,who is visiting relatives here.25build- ing lots in East Lumbeiton, neai the old cemetery. These will bo sold with the 37 lots inBelveden which, as mentioned recently it The Rob ?snian, Messrs. White A. Gough have closed a dal witi the American Realty & Auctiot Company of Greensboro to sel at auction some time in the near ruture. A Hurry up Call. Quick! Mr. urugtrist mck: A cox ot tsacklen s Arnica balve rlere s a quarter For the love of Moses, hurry! Bab's burned himself, terribly John-I nie cut his foot with the axe Man ie's j scalded Pa can't wals from piles Bil-! lie has boils and my corns ache. She got it and soon cured all the lamily.lt s the eraatst healer on earth. Sold by al' cease flowing altogether. A series of meetings, whici will be conducted by Rev. W. H Harney, ot Kentucky, will begn at the Gospel tabernacle nex Monday evening at 7:30 o'cloci and services will be held ever: evening at that hour and after at 3:30. Tae-pastor, Rev. DR. R. T. ALLEN, DENTIST, r T -MttF.TrrnM - N. C Oitice over Dr. McMillan's Drug Store. un i. noons F. Weiss, will conduct service it the regular hour. His subject at t le m. vice will be "A Great at the evening service Sea." ay ling ser 'ictory". No Mop DR. R. F. GRAHAM, DENTIST, LUMBERTON, N. C. Bank of L.jrnberton. sjo. 7 and S. i-2)-i : OiF.ce over Rooms Go With a Rush. The demand for that wonderful Stair. ach, Liver and Kidney cute, Di King's New Life Pills is astounding Druerzists sav tr.ey never sa the like. Its because thev never tailt cure Sour Stomach, Constipation, Indi gestion. Biliousness. Jaundice, Sicl Headache, Chills and Malari?. Only 25c E. G. SIPHER, ELECTRICIAN, Lumberton, N. C. 03ie in Shaw Budding, Phone r LK. V. L. AiXUKtWS. Physician juid Surgeor. Hope MUls, N. C. Can be found at Hotel day and mg tl 3-23 'ruiaes. Sold by all druggists. druggists and lar. 1 druggists. at all druggists. 11