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Established 1S70. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents. VOL, XL NO. 93. . LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 19 lO WHOLE NO. SC3 t 1 '4 RALLY DAY NOTES. Some Further Account of Ad dresses Delivered at the Farm ers' Education Rally on the 26th. It was promised in Thursday's paper that a fuller account would be given in today's paper of some of the speeches made on the great rally last week, on the 26th, when the Farmers' Educational Rally eclipsed anything in point of numbers that had ever come Lumberton's way. There are many things in regard to the day that might be written, for the day was full, every minute of it, with th:ngs worty of being recorded. In Thursday's Robeson ian the day was coveted as f ully as space would permit and brief reoorts were given of the principa speeches. The address of State Superintendent ofPublic Instruc tion J. Y. Joyner was packed fail of good' t hought and it is a pity that every child and every par ent, as well, in the county could not have hoard him. When the tine came for Prof. Joyner to spnk the o'der folks were asked to make way for tne children and let them occupy the seats in front, and Mr. Joyner said he thanked God the time had come when the grown folks" make wTay without protest for the children. Supt. Joyner talked about the money value of education be cause he said he knows the people of North Carolina and knows that making money appeals to them when nothing else will. He showed how it is only by mixing brain3 with matter that matter becomes valuable, and used some striking illustrations, which were given in Thursday's paper. He predicted that the time is not far distant when there will be at least one school in every county where fanning and other practi cal occupations will be taught; that the people will demand them and will furnish the money for their establishment. OUT SHANNON WAY. Ginning Company Operating Saw Mill-Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian . Shannon, Jan. 25. Miss Belle Smith visited friends in Lumber Bridge recently. Miss Pauline Stamps was a guest at the home of Mrs. R. J. Smith last week. Mr. T. A. Hall is assisting the railroad agent here. Rumor says wedding bells are soon to ring in this community The entertainment held here the 21st for the benefit of fur nishing the school house turned were Anti- BUILDING AND LOAN ASSO CIATION. out verv well. About realized. Lumber Bridge, och and Red Springs were well represented. Mrs. R. J. Smith and daugh ter, Miss Ella, spent last Thurs day in Fayetteville.' Miss Janet ivtacuonaid visited m this com munity recently. The Shannon Ginning Compa ny has put in a saw mill, which is now in operation .Irs. M. A. Currie and the fam ily of Mr. L. M. Currie, who have been very sick, we are glad to know are recovering. Mrs. Virginia Conoly and chil dren, Gilbert and Mary, of Red Springs, visited at the home of Mr. N. McL.- Conoly last week. Mr. J. A. Parish, formerly of this neighborhood but now ot Clio, S. C, made a business trip here recently. MAXTON NEWS. He Mr. Knapp. Mr. Bradfcrd Knapp, sen of the eminent Dr. S. A. Knapp, of the Farmers' Co-operative Dem onstration Work of the Depart ment of Agriculture, spoke as one having authority. His speech was the earnest, straight-from- the-shoulder talk of an earnest man, of a man with a message to deliver, and his talk was wTell worth the hearing. He explain ed the demonstration work. It is not claimed that there is any- i thing strange or unheard of about j it; it is simpiy giving to iarmers i all over the country the result of t into partnership with him spoke of the Boys' Ccrn Clubs and said that quite often in farm ing under the instructions of the Department the boys beat their fathers, because they wTill follow instructions exactly, while the father will naturally vary the in strustions to suit his own ideas. Farm life is robbed of drudge ry when improved methods are adoped. A farmer not far awav earned last year $12,000 from 300 acres of land, which is more than twice as much as the average lawyer or doctor earns. There is a dignity Lumberton's Newest Institution Successful Business Men Or ganize Association. The newest institution for Lumberton is a building and loan association. And this is no doubt one of the best things that ever happened for the town. The objects for which the as sociation is formed are to enable its subscribers to assist each other, and all those who may be come associated with them, in making Joans to its members and to enable them to ac quire real estate, make im provements thereon and to re move encumbrances by the pay ment of periodical installments. 1 he incorporators of this com pany are as follows: A. VV. Mc Lean, R. D. Caldwell, W. W. Carlyle, L. H. Caldwell, Stephen Mcintyre, E. J. Britt, A. E. White, C. B. Townsend, Q. T. Williams, G. G. French, A. W. Peace and Dennis Biggs. It will be noticed that most of these men are directors of the Bank of Lumberton and success ful business men, and that they will make the buiioUng and loan association a success no one who knows them will doubt. The company has not been organized as yet, but it has been determin ed that offices will be in the Bank of Lumberton and convenient hours will be arranged. More than $11,000 have been subscrib ed and business will be begun when $15,000 has been subscrib ed. Mr. S. Wittkowsky, of Char lotte, president of the Building and Loan Association League of North Carolina, has been invited by the Industrial and Commercial Ciub to address the citizens of the town at a meeting to be held some time during " Fubruary. A letter was received this morning from Mr. Wittkowsky accepting the invitation and the only thing that remains to be done is to fix Sthe date. FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER" RAILROAD PROSPECTS. i experiments carried on by the government and letting them reap the benefits; simply taking to the farmers all that the De partment has learned. He said .that he saw a disc plow in a field as ne was on nisway to tms meet ing, and that one of the first things to learn is the use of im proved machinery. He spoke of preparing the seed-bed, drain age, use of the harrow, s election of seed. Formerly a man would take his seed cotton from the gin and his seed corn from the crib, but now he selects his seed from the field with care. He de clared that thz people are awak ening agriculturally and that the time is coming when North Caro lina will stand a3 one of the fore most States in the things of the farm. Here are resources, cl mate, aeversity or sous not found in many States. Bet ter roads, better schools, bet ter machinery are needed All these improvements cost money, but nothing worth while can be obtained except through sacrifice. If a crop of 20 bushels cf corn from an acre gives a profit of $3. then by chang ing methods, plowing in the and standing about farming, declared Mr. Knapp, that does not take second place to any profession under heaven ; the farmer is just as good as any body else and a little bit better, and from the presence of such a large crowd he believed that tl e farmers of Robeson are co-opeia-tive. He urged them to live at home and let their cotton mcney be surplus. Dr. H. Q. Alexander. Dr. H. Q. Alexander, of Meck lenburg county, followed with an address on 'Living at Home." Dr. Alexander is president of the North Carolina division of the Farmers' Union, has always been one of the leaders of the move ment in this State, and ranks high in the councils of the Na tional organization. He said at the outset that 25 years ago no speaker could have held a crowd on such a subject as had been as signed to him, but now the people are interested in that subject more than any other. He review- j right of way not onlv for a mile ed the organization ot the Umcn ! north of Clarkton. but to the and said that it was a construe-' southward also thrnncrh thp town. which is construed to mean that The Proposed Extension of the Raleigh St Southport The V. C. S. to Build to Elizabstii town. The Fayetteville Observer Friday afternoon announced that the survey for the proposed ex tension of the Raleigh & South port Ry. from Fayetteville to Clarkton via Alderman (and not Hope Mills), Tar Heel, Dublin and Elizabethtown has just been completed, 'the extension of this road to Southport is said to be no remote possibility. Presi dent J.A.Mills has recently been over the survey and the business men of Clarkton are enthusiastic over the prospects. At a meet ing of the citizens of that town Friday night Mr. Mills' proposi tion that the citizens give right of way and build a depot at a cost not exceeding $L,O00 was accepted. Mr. Mills asked for Mrs. J. T. Poole Came Near Losing Life at Hot Springs Mr. and Mrs. S. B. McLean Entertain Parsonal Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian Maxton, Jan. 29 Miss Margar et Baldwin went to Clarkton Wednesday to visit friends. Mr. J. C. McCaskill. Sr., made a trip to McDonell county where he has a valuable piece of pro perty. Mrs. D. T. Robinson, of Red Springs, passed through Maxton Thursday on her way to visit her son, Dr. John Robinson who lives in bavannah,' Ga. Mr. J. L. McLean went down to Lumberton Tuesday. Mr. J. C. Snoddy, of Red Springs, was in Maxton Tuesday Miss McDonald, of Pembroke, passed through Maxton Friday on her way to Red Springs to visit her brother, Dr. McDonald. Mr. D. Boyd Kimball, of Hen derson, soent a, few days in town this week. Dr. Gibson, of Red Springs, was in Maxton Friday. Mr. J. VV. Wilmer went to Wake Forest to take charge of the Eiectric light plant there. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Thompson, of Near Jersey, president of the Southern Exchange Co. of Max ton and New York spent several days in town this week the guests of Maj. A. J. McKinnon. Rev. A. P. Tyer, returned from Greensboro Wednesday night. Mrs. J. J. Barrow and Miss Ruble Woolland went to Norlina to see their uncle who was criti cally ill. Mr. A. E. Wilkinson who has lived near town for several years, moved his family to Red Springs. : J. T. Pooled who went to Hot Sprins, Ark., to be treated for Rheumatism came near .losing his life there last Sunday night. The hotel at which she was stop ping was burned and all her clothing and money. On Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. McLean gave a dinner party to the visiting attorneys who were in town on legal busi ness that day. Those present were, Mr. Graves-, of Wilmington, Mr. A. W. McLean and Mr. R. C. The Fairmont School at the Ral ly Amoug the Sick Base ball Team Organized. C jrrepondence of The Robesonian. Fairmont, Jan. 28 Miss Fodie Harrington, of Mullins, S. C, is visiting Miss Aodie Mitchell and other friends in town. Mr. John Williams' handsome home on Pitman street is rapidly approaching completion. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. LOCAL BRIEFS. Mr. H. E. Carter, who re signed a position recently as sales man for the firm of White & Gough, has accepted a similar position with Mr. J. P. McNeill. The Robeson Chapter of tie Daughters of Confeceiacy wU hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday afternoon at3:S0 o'clock at the home of the president. Mrs. J. A. McAllister. Capt. Alf H. McLeod. who Archie Grilnn, R. F. D. No. 1, j held a position for some time as was seriously burned last Mon-1 freight conductor on the Raleigh day but is getting on well Prof. McNaull and almost the entire school attended the rally in Lumberton last Wednesday and had the usual luck when rail ways are depended upon, to be two hours late. We were much disappointed, as our school made a fine appearance with its ban ner waiving and bright handsome children keeping time to the drum. Our enrollment is 220, and what small place in the coun ty can beat that? A large num ber of our people out side of the school went to Lumberton last Wednesday, too many to mention names. Messrs. 1 Gould and Vander- boch, ot New iork, arrived last week for a hunting vacation and are thoroughly enjoying their stay. Sirs. McXellar has returned from a visit to her daughter, bringing her little grandson home with her. itiiss ivaitie Mitcneii received i - i mi "i i 1 last lnursaay morning the sad news of the death of her sister, Mrs. Bright Atkinson, of Maret ta, and left at once for Marietta Mr. and Mrs. Frank Floyd's little daughter, who has be?n very ill over throe weeks, seen n. in r mmrnvpf nt.th'.swnr.nrrr C. Jones and W. C Messrs. x . Brown has been making the o'u iv time thi ci namitmg of w; are c Charleston railroad, has resign- t , - A . eo and the place is neinglilled at present by Mr. G. T. Cox. A handsome and well illustrat ed little brochure has been gotten out by Hotel Red Springs settig forth the advantages offered by Ued Springs as a health resort, both summer and winter. Mr, W. Kenry Price is manager of the hotel. r. R. M. Norment. Jr., went Saturday to Durham to be present at the initiation ot his brother, Mr. Wallace Norment, who is a student at Trinity Col lege, into the Kappa Sigma fra ternity. He will return tomor row Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Johnson, who had been boarding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Mc Neill on Elm street, moved last week into their handsome new residence on Elm street. Work is not quite finished on house yet but will be complete, in a few days. ' The Bank of Lumbc rton is sending to its customers a 19Iu "Farmers' Almanac" which wras especially prepared and printed for the this State and the circul tion in Lumberton is controlled by the Bank of Lumberton. It contains much valuable informa tion and is tive organization and did not in tend to hurt any legitimate business, but would put com mision men out of business by rasing the things they had been selling. Mr. Alexander made a most helpful talk along the line of rasing home supplies and living at home. Dr. R. I. Smith. Dr. R, I. Smith, of the A.and M. College,spoke very briefly on ac count of the lateness of the hour. He discussed the necessity for agricultuial education and the training of boys for farm life. Maj. A J. McKinnon. Maj. A.J.McKinnon, ton, president of the of Max- lm lino raS donPer' etc" j Carolina division of the Cotton I and raising 60 or SO or more' AeCA;Qf; roo ua inc!f ern on the programme and his subject was "Cotton." The crowd had bushels the profit will be increas ed so that the return upon the value of the land will be beyond w hat any Wall Street magnate realizes on his investments. Mr. Knapp advised young men ) buy land and declared that in anainer generation it would not been listening patiently to speaking for 5 hours and Mr. McKinnon cut his remarks short. His speech well be given in full in Thursday's Robesonian. it is his ultimate purpose to build to Whiteville later to either Southport or Georgetown, S. C. It is thought that the Virginia & Carolina Southern Ry. will be extended from St. Paul ta Eliza bethtown, despite the fact that tne bonds were deieated, so it seems that Bladen is no longer to be without railroads. G. B. McLeod, of Lumberton, said before the election that i the bond: were defeated the Lumberton & Elizabethtown Ry. Co. would build a road from Lumberton to Elizabethtown. The people are sitting tight and watching and waiting to see what a day may bring forth. It is learned that a surveying crew hegan work this morning on the nroDosed road from St. Pauls to Elizabethtown and it is expected that the contract for grading will be let today. Lawrence, of Lumberton, Mr. G. B. Patterson and Mr. J. P. Wig gins, of Maxton. Mr. R. M. Norment Appointed Special Censu3 Agent. Mr. R.M. Norment, Jr. , received notice Friday night of his appoint rnen t as special census agent in Rockingham, Richmond Scotland, Robeson, Bladen, Columbia, and Brunswick counties. He will have headquarters at Rockingham and his work will consist in getting the census of manufacturing es tablishing of all kinds, mines,quar ries.etc. Beginning within a few wreeks,the work for this district will last some fifteen months. Mr. Norment is a son of Dr. R. M. Norment, postmaster at Lumberton. He was graduated at Trinity College last June and bas been employed for a part of the time since then in news paper work, for which he is well equipded. The position to which hu has been appointed pays a handsome salary and is very a desirable one. t 5 be possible to buy land cheap in ' An early morning blaze swept Hlsv..4U I ' 1 1 T1 t a- . i A I- I i 1 c 4 i . aiuiui ne urged lain-uin;coro on in j zlsi, aettrcyirg ers to take their sons in with them mji.-y wo jden buildings and uc- n tne, iarm lust as a merchant! in 2- dama?? nm.:uritmi? tt $10. doctor or lawyer takes his son ' 00 J. A sprains auKie will usually dis able the injured person for three or foar weeks. This is due to lack oi proper treatment. When Chamberlain's Liniment is applied a cure may be ef feeted in three or four days. This lini ment is one of the best and most re ma.rH; able Dreoarations in use. Sold bv r.J.D. McMillan & Son and The i'oie d -ug Company. A Many-Chambered Cotton Burr and a Good Yie'd. Mr. Eli Phillips goes up head with the rnost numerously locked soiton burr ever. He brought to the Robesonian office Friday a burr, now dry and twisted, from which were gathered 1G are more locks of cotton. The moie is put in because it is hard now to oiunt the twisted chambers, but the lowet estimate 16 and the highest 19 . This came from Mr. Phil lip's farm 4 miles north-east of Lumberton in the 4 'Meadows,' which farm is cultivated by Mr. Phillip's sons. Archie, Jeston and Herman. It came from a field of Shines Early Prolific m and 1800 pounds of lint were raised on too acres by Mr.Phillips last year. Which shows that cotton wasn't fooling about it when it boil ed up that way; it was helping to pash 4 500-pound bales on two acres and it mighty near did it. folks think week. They stumps. On Thursday morning Miss Ida Powell, the popular teacher o graces six ana seven, received a telegram from her father, who has recently moved to Florida saying tnat ner motner was very ib, and left at once to go to her. The whole town sympathizes deeply with Miss Powell and we trust she found her mother much improved. Miss Crissie Floyd, who is at home on a vacation, has kindly taken the place of Miss Powell m the school. Miss Maggie Pitman and little Miss Grace F'isher left Wednes day for Ocaia, Fla., to visit friends. Miss Bessie Graham has gone to Coilee, Ga., where she will spend twro months or more with her sister, Mrs. Herring. Mrs. Frank Grantham, of Fair Bluif, has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Lewis. Mrs. Pennie McMillan been spending a week with daughtar at McDonald's. Fairmont's unbeatable third nine nas already reorganized their bass ball team for the year and expect to beat some more fellows this spring. Their cap tain is Alpheus Thompson, and Master Hal V. Brown is secretary and treasurer. Mr. Havden Gratham, of New York, arrived last week with his handsome young bride, who wras Miss Jessie Tate of that city, and spent a week with home folks. wrho were delighted to greet them. -A has her Mr. Stephen Mcintyre re turned last evening from Win gate. Union county, where he spent a day or so with his father, Mr. Isaiah Melntvre. who suiter ed a stroke 7 of paraiysis-some time ago. Mr. Mclntj. ;e's con dition is unimproved. Senator Rooke,of New York, introduced a bill on the 27th pro viding, 000 to make FortPisher a National park. Senator Simmons suggested this course Represen tive Godwin has a similar bill in the House. Simple Remedy for LaGrlppe LaGrippe coughs are dangerous, as they frequently develop into pneumonia. Foley's Honey and Tar not only stops the cough, but heals and strengthens ths lungs so that no serious results ned be feared. The genuine Foley's rJonay and Tar contains no harmful dmga and is in a yellow package. Soic by all druggists. a useful present. six-day convention, the Christian and Missionary Ai.i ance will hold its annual conven tion in the Gospel" tabernacle be ginning tomorrow and continu ing until Sunday, meeting every afternoon at 3 o'clock and 7:30 p. rn. Stereoptican views of the missionary field will be given every night before preacning. The speakers will be Rev. J. D. Will ams and wife, Rev. R. A. Forest and wife, and Rev. A. Funk, a returned missionary from China. Dr. H. T. Pope has fited up twro extra rooms to be used in connection w ith the one he luis been using for an office over the Pope drug store. One of ,the ex tra rooms will be used for a wait- ing room and tne other ior an operating room. One of these rooms has been vacant for some time and the other, as mention ed in Thursday's Robesonian, ,vas vacated last Tuesday by Mr. T. N. McDiarmid, who has mov ed into an office in the Shaw building. In Thursday's Robesonian it was stated that Mr. James H. Hunter, of Washington D. C, who was a guest at H untei s Lodge while the Raft Swamp school float was being prepared, promis ed a 2-pound box of Huyler's to each one of the young ladies who rode in the float if it should win the prize, which was a mistake. He promised the candy to the three ladies Mesdames Frank A. Bond, N. C. Stubbs and John Culberth who decorated the fioat and Lot those who rede in it. So it is not such a bad draw on Mr. Hunter as it lirtt itched. Mr. J.K.Butler and his bride, who had been spending sometime visiting among Air. Bu tier's rtia tives in Cumberland andKctettn counties, left here Saturday over the bt aboard for Til ton, G., wnere they will make their lu ture home. Mr. and Mrs. Butler were married on the 17th inst. at the home of Mrs. But er's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Easor, of Tifton, Ga., and im mediately after the marriage they left j r the above-mentioned trip. L Butler is well knovTn here though he has spent the greater part . the last six or eight years at dif ferent places in Georgia. He tks been living at Tifton something over a year. Mr. Silas Griffin, of rural route No- 3 from Fairmont, is m town today. ii 'V ,. A, -i