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-1 n h j I) Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cento. VOL XL NO. 102. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, FEBUARY 14, 191 0 WHOLE NO. 2537 ROBESONMN FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER. Marriage of Miss Nettie Lewis and Mr. Ambrose Prevatt Working on a Play Among the sick-Why Mt. Eliam? Correspondence of The Robesonian. Fairmont, Feb. 11 Miss Net tie Lewis and Mr. Ambrose Pre vatt, both of the Back Swamp sec tion, were married by Rev. D. P. Bridgers last Sunday afternoon at the Baptist parsonage. They were attended by a few f rienus from their home who, with many others, wish them much joy. Miss Julia McLean spent last week with relatives at McDonald. Miss Tommie Nye, of Orrurn, visited Miss Vera Purvis for a short while last week. Mrs. J. F. McLean, of Pates, was a wel come visitor in town last week, the guest of her father, A. C. Thompson. She has many friends here who are always glad to see her. Dr. J. P. Brown is away on a Southern trip, taking in the great Southern carnival, the Mardi Gras at New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Thompson were called to Dillon last Mon day by the sad news of the death of Mrs. Thompson's nephew, Mr. Page, who died after a short ill ness at the early age of twenty five. Messrs. Stokes and Prevatt, two of the Beaufort Co. employ es who lived on Morro avenue, moved last week into houses just completed on the company's Ovvn ground. Miss Willie Weatherly was called home to Bennettsville last Sunday by the illness of her mother, who makes her home with a son at that place. We are glad to hear that Mrs. Weatherly is better and will probably re turn with Miss Willie at an early date. Miss Mary Thompson is the efficient substitute for Miss Wil lie Weatherly in the first grade room this week. This is Miss May's first teaching experience, but she is doing splendidly. Mrs. J. D. McLean is spending some time in Maxton on account of the illness of her sister, Mrs. J. W. Carter, having returned there at once on her arrival from the funeral of her dear and love ly niece, Miss Janie Carter. Many friends of Miss Janie here, where she has visited several times, deeply grieves for her un timely death, and sympathize with her sorrowing relatives. The Waverly Book Club is working nightly on the play it expects to give quite soon. The date and the characters will be given later. Mr. C. A. Inman's two ener getic young sons are adding a saw mill to the working ot their father's gin. Leroy Hunt, one of our most industrious Croatans, suffered the serious misfortune of a brok en leg last week while at work for Contractor R. L.lnman. He is getting on nicely and will soon be out again. Mr. Cyrus Vick is visiting friends at High Point. Mr. Theodore Thompson has . concluded to remain at home and iias accepted a situation with the Beaulort Company. Miss Lorena Lewis is spending a few days with home folks in Whitevilie. ' At the risk of being called, with truth, Col. Buttinsky, we would like to call the attention of Happy Jack, your pleasant and versatile correspondent, to one thing. Thougn not a native Robesonian, as he is proud to oe, yet we have great respect for all her old landmarks and nis toric houses. Now will he please look at chapter 15 and the 27tu verae of Genesis (we are sure he has a well-read Bible) and tell us if we were misinformed when we were told year3 ago, after our first view of the quaint and in teresting old churcn building which gave a name to his com munity, was named for the beau tiful oasis in the wilderness des ert "where were twelve wells of water and three score and ten palm trees; and they encamped by the water"; and Israel, led by G d's ii)t t,plu itadjr, Mo3es, res eJ tn their journey to tae prom sed land. If so, vVhy Mt Eli -a m? If not, we shall be sja- MAXTON NEWS. Bank of Robeson Prospering Bum Shows Personals. j Correspondence of The KODesunian. Maxton, Feb. 11 Mr. W. H. Dennis spent Sunday in Wilming ton, hi3 former home. Miss Maria Nash, of Lumberton, visit ed Mrs. T. L. Smith this week. Mr. J. A. McQuen,of the firm of McQueen & McQueen went to Wilmington last Thursday. Mr. Atkinson, of Florence, S. C, is visiting his sister, Mrs. E. E. Cook. Misses Hattie and Mary Southerland returned Monday fromRowland, where they visited friends. Mr. John Weatherly entertain ed a few of his friends at dinner on Wednesday evening. Mr. J. 0. Yost, of Peachland, is in Maxton this week as agent for the Adaddin Mantle Lamp Co. Mr. Webb Barnes, of Doug las, Ga., has accepted a position as stenographer with the Bank of Maxton. Mr. and Mrs. Sprague played "Esmeralda" in"The Grand"last Tuesday evening. Quite a small crowd attended, and they were greatly disappointed in the show. On Wednesday and Thursday nights a moving picture show was in progress that, too, was very poor. Mrs. J. P. Wiggins went over to Red Springs lastWednesday to attend the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. McLeod. Mr. W. B. Harker, editor of ine bcottisn L-hiei. is ott on a trip South. He will first go to New Orleans, where the National Editorial Association meets this week, and then fee expects to go from there to Panama. He will begone about two weeks, alto gether. Mr. E.L. Wooten has returned from Chapel Hill, where he was a law student. Miss Sallie Mc Lean returned to her home in Laurinburg, after a week's visit with relatives. The financial statement recent ly issued by the Bank of Robe son, which was organized here in December last, makes interesting reading, the deposits having in creased from about 134.000 on Dec. 15, 1909, the opening day, to about $101,000 on Feb. 8th The profits during that time over and above all expenses are a thousand dollars. It is expect ed that a . new . building will be erected at an early date to furnish permament quarters for this m stitution. OUT BARKER'S WAY. Diphtheria Claims a Victinv Among the Sick New Rule In convenient. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton, R. F. D 2, Feb. 11 Mrs. Frances Powell is very unwell yet. She has not lain down for some weeks. Little Guv Jackson died last Monday of diphtheria aftera very brief illness. The sympathy of their many friends goes out to the bereaved ones. Miss Flora Humphrey, who has been sick since Sunday, is greatly improved. Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth visited in this section this week. The rule the postal officials have adopted will work a great incon venience with many who do not live by the road. We have gone to our mail bcx and had to wait half an hour for the mail to come. Where there is a large family it is very troublesome to keep either government envelopes or stamps enough to have some all the time ready, and we are sure the pat rons will fail to send as much mail as they did the old way. ry we were misinformed and sorry it is not so, as no name could be more beautiful for a hallowed building where God's people rest in his divine love. Find out, Brother Happy, and let us know. Sre Lungs and Raw Lungs. Most people know the feeling, and the miserable state of ill health it indicates A.1I people should know that Foley's Honey anl Tar. tha greatest throat a d unJ' remedy, will quickly cure Via soi-eniss and cough and restore a nor mal condition. As for Foley's Honay and Tar.Soid by all druggUU. RED SPRINGS NEWS. A Golden Wedding and Other Social Affairs. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, Feb. 11 Miss Su sie Moore delightfully entertain-' ed the Good Times Club at her home on Main street Thursday evening. The feature of the eve ning was the Japanese idea. The girls were asked to wear Japan ese kimonas and all the decora tions carried out the idea. The refreshments had to be eaten with tooth-picks and the guests were obliged to sit on the floor, as the hostess had removed all the chairs from the parlors. Miss Moore proved herself a very charming hostess, giving her friends a jolly good time. Miss Jane Pardeau left this morning to spend several days at her home in Sanford. On last Wednesday afternoon Mr. and. Mrs. Daniel McLeod were at home to their many friends, the occasion being their golden wedding. The home was beautifully decorated, the color scheme being gold and white. In the dining room were burning fifty candles, and two little girls dressed in yellow served dainty refreshments. The bride and groom received many useful and expensive presents, attesting their popularity. The out-of-town guests present for this oc casion were: Mr. and Mrs. A. C. McLeod and Mr. Tom McLeod, of Georgia; Mr. and Mrs. Dick son, of Rowland; Sheriff and Mrs. E, C. McNeill, of Lumber ton; and Mrs. J. P. Wiggins, of Maxton. Miss Peets, the voice teacher at the S. P. C, delightfully en- rprtninprl th seninr rlnss in th college parlors Monday after noon. The decorations were sug gestive of St. Valentine s Day and numerous cupids and red hearts were in evidence. The sen iors enjoyed Miss Peets' hospi tality very much and each carried home as a souvenir of the af ternoon a hand-painted valentine Mr. A. T. Callum is in Raleigh this week on business. Miss fearl Jones is apendmg several days at her home at Gibson. DEATHS. Mr. F. L. Sledge, of Leaksville. Mr. R. S. Sledge left yesterday morning for Leaksville in re sponse to a telegram announcing the death of his father, Mr. F.L Sledge, which occurred at Win ston-Salem; where the deceased had been visiting at the home of a son, Saturday afternoon. Mr. Sledge, whose wife died last August, had been a sufferer from Bright's disease for. some time and his death was not unexpect ed. The remains will be taken to his home at Leaksville for in terment. Mrs. Francis Powell. Mrs, Francis Powell died Sat urday morning at 2 o clock at her home near Saddle Tree. The funeral took place at Saddle Tree yesterday afternoon at o'clock, services being conduct ed by Rev. I. P. Heagpetn. Notices of New Adverti&ementf. H. B. Sturtevant, representing L. E. Hays & Co.. tailors, will be at the store of the John f. Biggs Co. tomorrow and Wednesday. The "Texas Monster", Bar nett's home-made 4-wheel cot ton cnopper, is described in this issue. The right to make this chopper is sold for $1.00. February and March special; at Caldwell & Carlyle's great de partment stores. Piano contes progressing nicely. Bargains new and neat, ladies.' 1 furnishings ail complete at K.M. Biggs'. A. K. Hawkes, the famous At lanta optician, will beat the Pope drug store February 25 and 26. A milch cow wanted. Tne best pianos on the market Chas. M. Stieff. Elgin watches andSethThomas clocks Boylin's Jewelry store. Of the 53. young men who ar plied for license last week before he Supreme Court to practice l w, only 34 successfully passed th3 examination. SUPERIOR COURT. Court Adjourned Saturday - n - Uneventful Term. The criminal term of Robeson Superior Court which began last Monday adjourned Saturday af ternoon and the two-weeks term will expire by limitation next Saturday night. There were no cases of special interest and it was a dull and uneventful term. Judge W. R. Allen, who presid ed for the first time in Robeson, made a most favorable impression upon all who attended the ses sions of the'eourt. He and Solic itor N. A. Sinclair, of Fayette ville, left for their respective homes Saturday night. Solicitor Sinclair will return Thursday of this week to determine what dis position to make of the cases against some 400 citizens of the county for failure to list taxes. The grand jury completed its work Friday afternoon and made its report, which was entirely de void of sensational features and was pronounced an unusually business-like and sensible one. A review of this report, together with a report of the cases dispos ed of since Thursday.wiii be giv en m Thursday s paper. Candidates for County Offices In last Thursday's Robesonian mention was made of the fact hat Mr. K. M.Barnes, of Barnes- ville, will be in the race for the office Of clerk of the Superior Court against Mr. W. H. Hum phrey.who has held the office for he past 12 years and who will be m tne race again, bince tnen former Register-of -Deeds D. W. Bullock: of Rowland, has an nounced that he will be a candi- C$ for this office. It has ben reported for some time that Mr. C. B. Skipper, of Lumberton, would also be in this race, and under certain circumstances he may be, though he has made no announcement; and Mr. Ed. Pur cell, of Red Springs, has been mentioned as a probable candi date, Mr. W. H. Graham, who lives near is Rowland, spoken of as a probable candidate for county treasurer. From present indications there will probably be no lack of candidates for the various offices except register of deeds. As this is Register T. N.Higlev's first term it is thought that he will have no opposition. County Receipts and disburse ments for January. The report of Sheriff E. C. McNeill, made to the county commissioners at their regular monthly meeting last Monday, shows the following receipts and disbursements for the month of January. ; receipts;. v General school fund ""- $4,609.88 4 county " 4,08199 Township road " 3,539 87 Special school " 1,267 35 Pension " 432 11 Court house bond sinking fund 432 05 Funding bond fund 216 14 Corporation road fund (not distributed) 346 61 Schedule "B" tax, fund 41 50 $14,967 50 Paid Treas. M. G. McKenzie of the fund collected during the month of January for the fol lowing accounts, viz: General school fund $4,500.00 " County " 3,500 00 Township road " " 3.372 00 Special school " 1,500 00 Pension ' 450 00 Court house sinking fund 450 00 Funding road fund 195 00 $13,967.00 Taxes collected for State fund $4,349.99 Schedule 'B" tax fund 151 50 4,501.49 Paid B. R. Treas. Lacy, State 6.000.00 Palma, Island of Majorca, Feb. 11. Driven helplessly from her course,in oneof the wildest storms that has swept the Mediterranean Sea in 40 years, the F r e n c h Transatlantic Steamship Com pany's steamer Ganeral Chanzey - chased at full speed, in the dead I of night, on the treacherous reefs near the Island Minorca, and all ; but one of the 157 souls on board perished., County Commissioners Direct Payment to the County of Amount Lost by Mixing Funds. By way of answer to the re cently published criticism of the county board of audit and fi nance that the county commis sioners had not complied with the law which directs that the funding bonds fund" be kept as a separate and distinctaccount, this being mixed with the gen eral county fund by order of County Attorney E. J. Britt, thereby causing a loss to the county of $152.68 -the differ enc between the commissions al lowed the county treasurer for handling the "funding bonds tund and regnlar commissions anowed oy law tne commission ers have directed TreaurerM. G. McKenzie to turn back into the treasury of the county this amount-$152. 68. The funds hav ing been mixed gave rise to a misunderstanding, only one- tenth ot one per cent, being al lowed for the disbursement of the proceeds of the bonds, and the commissioners state the extra commission was that taken without authority from them At the Opera House Home Talent Minstrel. Meadow Brook Farm," the attraction at the opera house rnday evening, was all nght.and it would have been even better had there been a better house, no doubt; for it is difficult to play to I such a slenaer audience. It was a seldom crowd, for the weather was beastly, but when transport ed to Meadow KrooK harm ony forgot the weather outside in sympathy with the trials and trib ulations ot the people of that ruraraoode. . ihere was the reg ulation city villian who plaved the very dickens for a while and everybody was unhappy, albeit there was plenty of comedy to relieve the sadness: but in the windup they knocked the props from under the villian and every- body was happy, including the audience. lhe home-talent mins;rel show will hold the boards Friday eve- ning and this will be a treat rich, rare and racy. The entire first a ;ii l i i. rn L I a 11 wr::To?"Z sailciy wm Improvements at Coldwell Carlyle's. Extensive improvements were begun Friday ac the large depar t- meht stores of Messrs. Calwell & uariyie. two aisles win be ex tended . through the buildings, giving easy access to the various departments from any point, and wooden counters in the dry goods and millinery departments will Barnes Bros. Drug Co. of Max be replaced with glass and other ton, died Wednesday of pneumon modern fixtures, giving the whole ia after illness of only 4 days store a more up-to-date appear ance. The hardware store will be extended the length of the other stores and an additional stairway will be built from the grocery store to the harness de partment on the second floor. The work under way, which is in charge of Mr. C. L. Baker, will make these already attractive and up-to-date stores even more convenient, up-to-date and at tractive. Ixobeson Building and Loan As sociation to Make a Record Start. Mr. A. W. Peace spent. Friday in Charlotte on business in con nection with the Robeson Buili - ing& Tx)an Association, of which fie is secretary. Mr. S. Wittow sky. of Charlotte, who knows more about building and loan as sociations than any otnar man in the State, when informed that the association would start with 3o0 shares wrote Mr. Peace that it would make the best start ever . made by a building and loan asso- 1 ciation in the State. Two hundred and fifty-two shares have already been taken and there is no doubt that the start will be made with 300. Mr. and Mrs. M. G. McKenzie expect to leave tomorrow for Komeo. r ia.. wnere mey win visit at the home of a daughter, and from there they will go to Ovieda, Fla., to spend sometime with two sons. They will away about a month. LOCAL BRIEFS. Winners of prizes in the float contest in Lumberton on the 26th ult.are requested to present their claims to County Treasurer M. G. McKenzie, who is now prepared to pay them. Miss. Mary Britt and Mr. Alexander Britt, both of Mc Donald's, were married last night at the home near Lumberton of J ustice J. H. McNeill, who per formed the ceremony. Among the applicants for license to practice law who pass ed the examination before the Supreme Court last week were Messrs. J. E. Kinlawand E. L. Wooten, of Robeson county. -A dispatch of the 11th from Raeford states that a light form of smallpox has developed among the students of the Southern Presbyterian College at Red Springs, but there will be a gen eral vaccination and there is no need of alarm. While on her way this morn- ing to the store of Messrs. Caldwell & Carlyle, where she clerks. Miss Lizzie Caldwell fell liom her tricycle near the office of Messrs. Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor and received bruises about her face, but her injuries are not serious. She returned home but will be able to be out again soon. Rev. C. H. Durham returned last week from Charlotte, where he underwent an cperation on his throat, with which he has been troubled for some time. Nopreach- irg services were held at the First rUptist church, of which Mr. Durham is pastor, yesterday, but it is thought that he will be suf ficiently recovered to conduct regular services next S-inday. Mr. E. L. Conn, associate editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, and Mr. V. C. Moore. assistant business manager, who began work m I umrerton last week on an industrial edition of The News and Observer for Robeson county, returned to Raleigh for the week-end Friday night. Thev will return to the county this week and will be engaged in this work for two or three weeks. Mr. I.E. Petty will go to Raleigh tomorrow onbusinessand incuse w:u l ni Miiiue Cameron, where he will he best man at the marriage Wednesday evening in the Baptist church of Miss Etta Belle Culberson, of Cameron, and Mr Chas Pi Rog ers, of Sanford. Mr. Rogrs is a successful young business man of Sanford and is well known in this section. Mr. Petty will re turn Thursday or Friday. Mr. Daniel R. Barnes, of the duration. lhe remains were in terred Thursday at ''onesboro. the old home of the deceased. Two brothers Messrs. Ben S. and Hugh Barnes, who were as sociated with the deceased in business and two sisters- Misses Margaret and Leila Barnes survive. Mr. A. C. Meares, who lives near South port, came all the way to Lumberton Saturdav to buv a horse and mule from Mr: C. M. Fuller, and he also bou-fit from Messrs. C. M. Fuller & San a bug gy and s?t of harness. Mr.'Ieares nurchased a pair of mules "from Mr. Fuller at WhitevWe five years ago, and they gave such entire sat isfaction that when he was in the market again he decided to come to Lumberton to trade with Mr. Fuller. Anew schdul n-"i 'vto effect this morning on the Vir- ginia&Cprolina Southern. prpsen- ger train No. G4. which bus been leaving Lumberton Ft 9.50 ad arriving at Hope Mills at 10.50. being moved up 15 minute, leaving Lumberton prw at 9 35 a. m. and arriving at Hope Mills at 10 35 a. m. No other chance3 in schedule have been made. The Sunday tram, mentioned in lhe Robesonian a week ago, wTas nut on yesterday, making the first run on the old schedule. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Boylin will go tomorrow to Wadeshoro, where thev wi 1 attend the Ross- be Gathings wedding. Miss Russ is a niece oi mr. ruiui a. V... - r V-. ;.tr.
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