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Single .ipies Five Cents.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, OCTOBER IS, I9;v
VOL XL NO. 69.
WHOLE NO. 2504
A NOTABLE OCCASION
R
MEETING OJ- CAMP POPE.
lV - ' '
cial and Industrial
A
Mr. J.
:.f Commer-
Ciub Ac-
A. Taylor,
A Good
a Profitable and En
Occasion Many Ad-
Many
BOND ELECTION CALLED.
IN SOCIAL REALMS.
LOCAL BRIEFS.
etcrana in Lumbcrtoii i Rofees)n to Voie November 26th
; Young Matrons' Club Entertain-' License
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
has
dresseu vy
of Vilrr.inyto:
Speech
ioyable
Anions to Club Membership
Tluit was
.Mic) was hcifl m
. oni of the Lumbt
-al un-1 Industrial
Hv evening, wher.
, Hen uiyior. i
Saturday Will go in a Body
to Wilmington Taft Day
Recitation by Mrs. Poole and
Address by Dr. Norment.
Unite a crowd of veterans at-
on Issuing Bonds for the South
Atlantic Trans-Continental
Railroad.
been issued lor
the marriage of Wihuer Hodjrin
and VV. 0. Williams.
MV. V t. K I'll JT,
vi:o
ti
ar.u
HOUlbl
sireat
number 01 V.ommeice. aric.re.ss-
ie crowd ot
the "Miitii
lut
Wil
l!s H. Pope held in the opera
house Saturday. The meeting
was called to order at 11 clock
a. in. by Commander J. A. Mc
Allister. About the only busi
ness of importance transacted
was the decision of the camp to
go in a bodv t Wilmington No
vember 1. 'fair Day there. Ad
jutant M. ( !. MeKenzie was in-
inviU-u j.;'. estsjs'iTu tLnl u obtain a special coach
! In v;vs a of and make all other necessary ar-
meetintr,
enjoyed,
'..v. reading
am Cum nit r
Club Thurs
Fresidetit J.
'ton
ed by Mrs. L. T. Townsend.
Mrs. L. T. Tovnsend entertain
ed the Yountr ?vbun.?w' (inl
Tm;rsay afternoon at her home'oame to Lumberton several
:m the corner of Seoi.n.-i nnri VVal-i nionths ago as stenographer for
A special meeting oi' the county ;nu streets. Gutsts were met at!tne Lumberton Cotton Mi!!s,!eft
commissioners was held Fridav ! h,p ((. .r ,v V-;f ;nn Mt ! Friday for Houston, Texas, where
and an election was
Mary McNeill
Wilm
s called for the j an,
2oth day ot November next tolerenbv
vote on issuing bonus lor the the
feoutn Atlantic iranscununeniai j y decorated m ferns and cut I a
- i" v. nywt!. iivit. ivus Jessie rui-
build from tne coal r.ekls of Ten-j if.r nrpsided at the v.im-h hrm-1
nessee to Southporr, at the mouth anri disnei'sed deiicions nnnph
MISS HELEN STAIN BACK,
public stench: i:aphki:.
Desk in Southern Express G dice.
Will call a: private tlices for
work. 10-14-lm.
hbrar
ul were ush-i ne nas accepted a position.
iss Rebecca Ward into) West-bound passenger train
which was beautiful-1 Xo. 45. due in Lumberton at 5:30
m., wasVtelaved yesterdav on
-om tne coal nekls of Ten- ier presided at the punch bowl tie at Croniy. aout ten miles
to bouihporN at the moutn and dispensed delicious nunch. 1 from Wilmington and did not
WOODBERRY LENNON
ATTOKNEY AT LAW
Lumbertorj, N. C.
Of:kc over l'ot O.Sice.
L-cSt
ton
VilrniiiKton and Lumu-, t .n
,mv: thev tan be Advanced
iieidiwd. ' ' As one of the results
.,' that meeting the membership
the club has been increased
iron) oS to 50; and as another re
lilt the enthusiasm of its mem
Icrs to work with an eye single
the advancement or the
interests ot Lumber
has been increased, small,
ujny and laughable efforts to
Knock and stand in the way dis
turbing not at ail.
A committee appointed at a
previous meeting of the executive
i-ommittee of the club met Mr.
Taylor at the train andat'er driv
xtr over the town with Col. N.
A. McLean and Mr. R. D. Cald
well he was taken to the homeot
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Parmele, on
KUn street, where he was enter
tained while here, Mrs. Parmele
being a cousin of Mr. Taylor. At
7 o'clock Mr. Parmele entertain
ed at a stag dinner the gentle
men named above and other
members of the committee ap
pointed f .v the occasion Messrs.
K. M. biggs, R. E. Lee and J.A.
Sharpe- and Rev. A. E. Baker.
Owine to the fact that this oc
casion was so thoroughly enjoyed
that the passing of time was for
gotten, the hour tor tne meeting
it the club room was passed be
fore the members of the party
fir rived there. Immediately af
ter their arrival Mr. R. D. Cald
well, president of the club, called
the meeting to order, reviewed
the organization of the club, call
ed on Rev. A. E. Baker to lead
in riraver. and turned the meet-
uiid rangements
and
tion oi j
meeting thpsp
ot the Cape rear river.
It will be recalled that Col.
A. Jones, of Waynesville, who;
darling dream the constru
this road is, addressed a
of business men in Lumberton on
the 5th inst. and at Maxton on
the Gth, securing enough signers
to a petition for the commission
ers to call the election. That is,
it was thought that enough sign
ers had been secured, as 80 names
i appeared on the petition, but law
j When u!l nail retirf-d to the par
, lor.acorn-shaped booklets, giit-
M lettered with
and to invite the
members of all other camps to
go with this camp.
Alter the business meeting
Mi-s. J. R. Poole entertained the
veterans with a recitation, "Mu
sic on the Rappahannock,'
which was exceedingly wed ren- ; requires a petition of this nature
dered and very much enjoyed, , t0 signed bv 50 freeholders.
Miss Lau a Norment playing pi-; and when the names were can
ano accompaniment where music vassed it was found that there
was called for. Dr. ii, M. Nor- were onv 49 freeholders among
merit tnen delivered an aauress j the go. so it was necessary to se-! overturned basket of nuts, some
?,K;laichHraetroa'r-!Cure another name, which was j in burrs, being especially pretty.
liusn.rope.in wnose nonor tne , done. Miss RcAoon Ward rovo ,uh
The proposition is to ouild a
road from Knoxville, or the coal
i fields of Tennessee, connecting
the words "Octo-
nuts , were distributed,
containing .raestions the
answers to which were different
kinds of nuts. Mesdames A. H.
McLeod, J. R. Poole, Irvin Jen
kins and T. C. Johnson correctly
answered every question. In the
cut for the prize, a beautiful
hand-painted picture of a basket
of nut s. Mrs. Johnson won.
A salad course and cream and
cake were served in the dining
room, which was lovely in its de
corations of autumn leaves, the
table, witn its centerpiece and
Dr. W. O. EDMUND
Veterinary Surgeon.
Ma'iufaotur.'r of kcro Reriittiies.
Lumber tun. N. C.
i reach here until about 4:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
- A lire oroke out in tne en-,
gine rooni of the cotton millat St. i
Pauls Friday night about mid- j Caiis iiik-Ji.roj.-ii.-jy. :,'...n.-Xo.3-.
night but it was extinguished! -
before any material damage was j DR. J. J. CROWE,
done. When the alarm was given !
many people turned out of their i EYE specialist
1 1 1 A-l 1 . . 1 !
oeus anu mere was consiueraoie t Willbr in hi.-; office Tut
excitement tor a while.
A joint meeting of the town
commissioners and the graded
school trustees will be held tomorrow-
evening, and some time
this week a representative of the
Bell Telephone Co. will appear
before the commissioners in re
gard to a franchise for that COm- j Prompt attention given to all busi'ifi-a.
v "k r m.
camp is named, ur. xxorment
was r-tirred with deep emotion
while speaking of this gallant
vouth and the days or the war
emotion which found quick and
sympathetic response in the
hearts of ids hearers. The speak
er knew Cant. Pope when he first
came to Lumberton in 18ol,when
that boy who gave his life to tne
Confederacy was only 7 or 8
years old, . Capt. Pope entered
Trinity College when only 12
yeaisold and two years later
went to the Military Institute at
Charlotte, where he was under
Gen. D. IL Hill. After the bat
tle of Bethel he was sent to
Yorktowp to drill troops. Speak
ing of his gallantry Dr. Norment
told of a brave deed at Charles
ton, at Fort Wagner. The Con
federate force had only one gun
that could reach the enemy, who
had 90 guns that could reach the
there with roads to the North-
West, to Southport, which is to
be made a great seapo. t, the
counties through which the road
passes to vote bonds in the sum
cf $3,000 for every mile of road
within their borders, these bonds
to be exchanged for stock in the
road. Col. Jones has secured the
endorsement of the State Le isla
ture for the plan.
Wherefore the county commis-
pleasure by her music.
Mrs. Towmsend proved herself
an ideal hostess and this was one
of the most enjoyable meetings
the club has ever held.
iavsatu! Satur
day over First National Uavk. i'-27
D. i Shaw, T. L. Johrson.
SHAW & JOHNSON,
Attorneys and Couseliers at Law.'.
LUMBERTON. N. C
Practice in State ami Federal CourU.
Large Crowd to Fayetteville This
Evening to see the Famous
Play, "The Lyon and the
Mouse."
A large crowd of Lumberton
people will go to Fayetteville to
see the "The Lyon and the
TjT1 ' rY i r TI Till V Y TMn!Al1 f rtil
V 11 J 1 a j , HiVll Will KJC UlCiltCU
uIa "r;Lra3 Perhaps nev
vember next to vote on the ques
tion of whether or not Robeson
oounty shall issue bonds in the
sum of $3,000 for every mile of
per cent, interest, to be issued at
Confederate fort. The Confed-jthe completion of ten-mile sec
erate flag was shot down and
Capt. Pope called upon two men
to assist him and in the face of
what looked like certain death
ing over to Col. N. A. McLean, mounted the sand
who was ma3ter ot ceremonies replaced the nag.
battery and
He was an
and who said a few words about exceedingly bright boy who gave
the purposes ot the club, which promise of writing his name high
are not purely social, but to make on the scroll of fame had his life
Lumberton the livesttown in the not been snuffed out at the bat
State. In introducing the speak- tie of Drury's Blutf in May, 'G'1,
?r of the evening Col. McLean when he was only about 21 years
.aid that if Mr. Taylor could old. His last resting place is not
speak with the same force and known.
lucidity with which he writes a Dr. Norment closed his ad
treat was in store, dress with an exauisitelv beauti-
And Mr. Taylor demonstrated ful and touching tribute to home
disability to do that, giving his which was nothing short of a
audience a treat indeed and open- poem in prose,
.ing eyes to the possibilities for A rlsins vote of tbanks was
development, for this town and tendered Mrs. Poole and Dr. Nor-
sectipn. It is cause for regret ment and the meeting, which
tnat his speech cannot be report- ,ma t.homnahlv ornmhlo
.aB fn4lly,as -t. Reserves to be. was brought to a close.
Mr. laylor said that he accept- . -
the invitation to speak here thinking he could get the speech
yartly because of the mutual in- entire in written form. Wherein
crests of his town and this and he was badly fooled, for when
Also because he owes a debt to asked for the copy later Mr. Tay
mis town for that here was born lor said he never wrote a speech
nd partly reared his better self n js Hfe
-his wife He was no stranger Mr Taylor is an ot)timist; he
nere, butsrnce his last visit he believes that prosperity has come
r.oted that a change had come Tn Rtv ..nA ;n ar.nrt rh
jver the spirit of the dreams of pf not more than 30 minutes he
mis town anu one w no Knew me ma(je his hearers believe the
town only as it was 20 years ago same way and enthused them
would not know it today. Such witn a Rreater desire than ever
progress as he noted seemed al- to push1 Lumberton to the front,
most incredible --perhaps the fin- At the conclusion of Mr. Tay
est court house m the State, side- iors address crean. and cake
walks, factories, etc. and if any and cigars were served and many
OTie doubted tne prOgreSSlVeneSS ffin nnmprnns to mfmtinn r-
of North Carolina he on needed sp0nded to calls for speeches and
toioou at the history ot bum- the meeting adjourned at a late
1 . . ,,r 1 . hour. Mr. Taylor returned to
mr. layiorspoKe 01 winning- Wilmington Friday morning.
ton as a distributing market and it was a nmfirnhlp a.nd- o-reatlv
quoted some interesting compar- enjoyed occasion and the Lum-
wons 01 ireignr. rates, in aoing berton Commercial and Industn
this he reierred to some papers al Club is now fnllv launched rm
which the retvjrter took for the nn its work for thf advancement
manuscript of his speech and 0f the best interests of Lumber-
neglected to take turther notes, ton in everv Dossible wav.
er in the history of the Ameri
can stage has a play been pro
duceti which has attracted such
world-wide attention as has this
railroad to be constructed within 1 1. . UnA k ,rt - f
the county, the bonds to mature Y k f t-rp,.t
j. :j. a. 1 iiiaecaae.
A large crowd will go from
Lumberton, St. Pauls and Park
ton on a special train which will
leave the V. & C. S. depot here
at 6:30 o'clock this evening. Re
turning the train will leave Fay
etteville immediately after the
show.
tions, which shall be accepted and
approved by the majority of the
State directors of the road, whuh
the law provides shall be the
Governor, the Auditor and the
chairman of the Corporation
Commission. Judges and regis
trars, some 69 of them, were du
ly appointed.
All else needful for voters to
know will be duly set forth as
time shall serve and Col. Jones
promises that into the hands of
each voter shall be placed a pam-
Omega of this proposed road.
Sad Death of Little Mildred
Sledge. !
Mildred Sledge, daughter of
Mr. R. S. Sledge, of Lumberton,
died suddenly Thursday night at
9 o'clock at the home of her
grandfather, Mr. D. F. Fort, at
Wake Forest. She lacked just a
month and two days of being 7
years old. Her father was with
her at the time of her death and
had been for a week, and her
step-mother had returned home
only the day before, the condition
of the child seeming much im
proved when she left Wake For
est, where she had been sinceFri-
dav of the week before. 1 he
child had been sick with diphthe
ria for ten days but had about
recovered from that disease, her
sudden death being due to the
after effects of the antitoxin,
which it was necessary to use in
larger quantities than usual on
account of the severity ot the at
tack.
The remains were interred in
Oakwood cemetery in Wake For
est Friday afternoon and Mr.
Controversy Over Location of a.
Building at St. Pauls.
The McAllister Hdvv. Co. is
having some difficulty about the
location 01 the store building it is
erecting at St. Pauls. The foun
dations have been dug to place
the buiiding 8 feet out from a
line with the other stores, and
. t ...... n i
ts:e :ov;n im? condemned mat;
pany.
1
-Mrs. John Jones returned;
this morning from Branchville,
S. C.,. where she went some
days ago to see her hus
band, who was very sick at
that time. Mr. Jones has recov
ered and resumed his work as
engineer for the Southern Rail
road this morning.
County Superintendent J. R.
Poole held examinations for pub
lic school teachers in his office at
the court house last week. Thirty
white teachers stood the ex
aminations Thursday, 40 colored
teachers Friday and 11 Croatan
teachers Saturday. Several Croa
tans besides the teachers stood
the examinations Saturday.
Lumberton Ledge No.
Knights of Pythias, will institute
a new7 Pythian lodge at St. Pauls
tomorrow evening and a 3peciai
train will be run toSLPauls over
the V. & C. S. for the occasion
The train will leave Lumberton
at 6 o'clock, p.m., will return to
morrow night, and transporta
tion will be free. All Pythians art
invited.
Invitations have been receiv
ed in Lumberton reading as fol ¬
lows;
Mr. and Mrs. James Pate
, request your presf nee at the marriag 1
ceremony 01 their daughter
Alice Alma
to
Mr. Benjamin Franklin Townsend
on Wednesday afternoon. October
the twentieth nineteen hundred
and nine at half past two
at Home
Fayetteville. N. C. R. F. D. 8.
O.Tic-es over Firsc National Ilank
Wade Wiahar
E. M. Britt
WISH ART & BRITT,
Attoknkys at Law,
LUM3KCTOX. N. C.
All business nv-n prompt and care
ful attention. Office upstairs in Artni
Building. 9-10
Stephen Mclntyre.
Jamea D,
R. C. Lawrencf
Proctor.
Mtintyre, Lawrence & Proctor,
Attorneys a;;d Counselors at Law,
LUMBERTON, N. C.
Practice in State and Federal Court.
Prompt attention given to ail business.
T. A. McNeill, T. A. McNeill, Jr.
mcneill & McNeill,
Attorneys at Law,
: LUMBTON. N C.
Will practice in all the Court. Busi
ness attended to promptly.
N. A. McLean,
A. W. McLean.
VV. B. Snow.
McLean, McLean & Snow,
Attorneys at Law,
LUMBERTON. N. a
Offices on 2nd floor of Bank of Lum
berton Building, Iuom3 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Prompt attention, given to all business.
. J, BRITT,
LUMBEP.TON, N. C.
Office over Pope's Drug Store.
Frightful Fate Averted.
"I would have bee a cripple for life,
If people with symptoms of kidney or
bladder trouble coula realize their dan
frorrt a terrible cut on my knee cap," ger they would without loss of time
rryy . 1 . . ff
1 1 nr rrnriTn-Tn-np i? ;i i:irint
bpaec for a sidewalk. A restrain- at Ten Mile, this county, and i
nig order was issued by Judge L. VVeil-known in Lumberton. He L
C. Lyon last Thursday and the a brother of Messrs. J. P. anc
matter will be heard before him TJovd Townsend. of Lumberton
at chambers in Eliabathtown ;
Thursday of this week, when it Chuch Services.
will be decided whether the or- sWtppn wcr received for ban
der shall be permanent or shall tism at the BaDtist church at the
be dissolved. Messrs. Shaw & uWn iPrvis vernav. s heino-
Johnson represent the town of reCeived at the mornmg service
St. Pauls, Messrs. Mclntyre, anfq q in the evening These were
Lawrence & Proctor representing converted at a regular service a
the McAllister Hdw. Co. week aor last niffht.
Rev. C. FL Durham, castor oi
Among the Sick. the Baotist church, will be away
Mr. Durham Powers, of theTen from home this week conducting
'ilile seftinn who underwent an a series of meetings at BigMarsh
operation for appendicitis at the church, near St. Pauls, ofwhicr
Thompson Hospital some time tfev. k. ih. oeniene, Bupermten-ao-o,was
taken by Dr. Thompson dent of the Lumberton graded
to Johns Hopkins Hospital inBal- school,is pastor,
n-mr.vp FriHftv an abscess hav- Re v. A. E.Baker, pastor ot the
ino-develoDed' since the opera- Presbyterian church, will begin a
tion. Dr. Thomoson returned series of meetings at Balcer s
yesterday ; chapel. 5 miles east 01 town or
Miss Ola Bass, of Barnesville, the Elizabeth road, Thursdaj
1 Fri. eveniner at 7 o'clock. A service
day. She has fever. Her sister, will be held at the same nour a;
MissAenes Bass, came yesterday long as the meetings continue,
to see her and was a guest last Rev. A. R. .cQueen,of Dunn
Sledge returned home yesterday. . night at the Waverly hotel. preached yesterday morning a
Mildred had ived all her life with' Mv TTnrWr Mnvdes.rvf Pwvard- the rresDyterian cnurcn m tnt
""I Z- . A'. - . , ; . - . .ll TT
her grandfather. The sympathy 1 man.who has been at the hospit- interest 01 uaviason ouege. n
THOMAS N. McDI ARMID
Attorney at Law,
LUMBERTON. : : : N. C.
Office over Pope Drug Store. 2-25
of the entire community goes out
to the bereaved ones,
writes Frank Disburry. Kelliher. Minn
'Nrithout Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which
jSoon cured me." Infallible for wounds,
cut 1 and bruises, it soon cures Burns,
SctMs, Old Sores, Boils, SkinEruptions.
W'-ifi'g best for Piles. 25c. at all drug-
commence taking Foley'sKidney Reme
dy. This great remedy stops the pain
and the irregularities, strengthens and
builds up these Organs and there is no
danger of Bright's disease or other seri
ous disorder. Do not disregard tne
early symptoms s
al about ten
home todav
of Proctorville, who had typhoid
fever at the hospital, will also re
turn home today.
Ciiapp ed Shin.
Chapped skin whether on the hands
or lace may be cre m one nignt
apolvina- Chamberlam s balve. It is
alao uneualed for sore nipples, burns
Many people delude themselves by
saying. "It will wear away," whed
they notice symptoms of kidney ann
badder trouble. This is a mistake. Take
Foley's Kidney Remedy, and stop the
drain on the vitality. It cures back
ache, rheumatism, kidney and bladder
trouble, and makes every trace of pair,,
days, will return preached yesterday auernoon a.
Mr. Robert Byrd, Iona, near Fairmont.
pear. Sold by all druggi3t3.
ar.d scald3. For sate by all Druggists.
To help the Kidneys when they need
help, use Pineules the new kidnej
rmedv. nneuies will promptly reuee
backache, rheumatic pains, pains m tne
bladder, urinary disorders, etc. lhey
are for weak kidneys. Sola by J. D.
McMillan & Son.
The merchant who doesn't ad
vertise stands in his own light.
Thurman D. Kitchin, M. D.,
Physician aud Surgeon,
LUMBERTON, N. C
Office McLean-Sl?dge Drug Store.
Office phone 25 Residence phone 124
7-9
Dr. Thomas C. Johnson,
Physician and Surgeocr
Lumberton, N. C
Office over MsMillan's Drug S ore.
Calls answered Promptly day or night
Residence at Prof. J. R. Poole's.
' 4-27-tf.
DR. N. A THOMPSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
LUMBERTON, - - N. a
Office at Hospital. Phone No. 41."
Down town oSice over McMillan's
Drue Store. Ca'b promptly answered
nig.it or day, in town or in the country.
DR. R. T. ALLEN,
DENTIST,
LUMBERTON. - N. C.
i Office over Dr. McMillan's Drug Store.
DR. R. F. GRAHAM,
DENTIST,
LUMBERTON, N. C.
OiTice over Bank of L.imberton.
R ).ims wo. 7 and 8. 1-20-08
E. G. SIPHER,
ELECnUOAfV
Lumberton, N. tC.
O uce in Shaw.Buildin?,;Phone No. 11
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