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r 1 H A Established 1870. Country, Cod and Truth. Single. xVvS ive Cents, VOL XLI NO. 5. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 19 10 WHOLE NO. 2543 ROBESONIAN ATTEMPTED ASSAULT. A DELIGHTFUL RECITAL. Robt Roper. A Yonng Negro, Awaiting Trial on Charge of Attempting Assault on Aged Negro Woman Minor Court Cases. Robert Roper, a negro about 20 years old, was given a prelimina ry hearing at the jail here Satur day morning about 11 o'clock be 1'ore Justic J. A. Rowland on the charge of an attempt at crim inal assault on Sarah Ballard, a colored woman about 80 years old, at her home in Raft Swamp township Thursday, and was bound to court in a $500 bond, in default of which he will await trial in jail. The attempt at assault is al leged to have been committed about noon Thursday. Sarah lives near Mr. J. E. Carlyle's. She says that Roper, after mak ing improper proposals to her, threw her down but did not ac complish his purpose because he was frightened away by her screams. Abont one o'clock Thursday afternoon Mr. Carlyle, who had just learned of the as sault, 'phoned Sheriff McNeill, who immediately put deputies at work at various places, and Ro per was caught two or three hours later near Pembroke by Messrs. Hector Brown and Mar vin Paul. He answered the de scription given and had on him when arrested a pair of large it i i metai KnucKS, on wnicn were dangerous spikes. He wasbrought tojau Thursday night by Mr. D. w. Biggs, wno was on nis way to Lumberton from Rowland. Fri day Sheriff McNeill lined up four young negroes, Roper among them, and Sarah at once pointed outRoper asthe man who attempt ed the assault. Mr. Carlyle, who reached Sarah s home she lives alone shortly after the negro boy left, says that the ground where Sarah says tne as sault was attempted showed evi dences of a struggle. Roper was seen by several people in the neighborhood, and when arrest ed his shoes and trousers showed that he had been wading through wamps. He has served a term on the chain gang. At the hearing Saturday the only evidence brought out was Sarah's statement, substantially as given above, and the testi mony of a negro girl, who said she met Roper "going up the road" about half a mile from Sarah's house. Roper plead not guilty but made no statement, saying that he would wait until he could get his witnesses. He claims to have been working at L. r. Nottingham s lumber mil at Bellamy- Miss Moring's Primary Pupils do Themeselves Proud A Musi cal Treat. Reported for The Robesonian. Ben Freeman, who skipped a bond, signed by Mr. J. P. Mc Neill, of Lumberton, given for appearance to answer the charge of retailing, and went to South Carolira, returning to the county recently, was arrested Friday by Deputy Sheriff T. C. Barnes at Mr. W. C. Powell's saw mill in Howellsville township and is now lodged in jail to await trial. . Those who failed to attend the racital given bv the primarv class of the music department at the graded school auditorium last Friday evening missed a treat. The audience was not so large, but every one in attendance enjoyed the recital from the first through the last selection on the program. The program wTas not only inter esting, but it was brief. Miss Moring deserves to be congrat ulated upon the arrangement of the program, upon its brevity. and upon the excellent spicy man ner in which it was carried on notfa delay or a hitch having oc curred throughout the exercises. The following program wTas ren dered, and taking into considera tion the ages of the pupils, and the time they have been taking music, we believe the exercise could not have been made better: Program. 1 Duet Seguidiila C Bohm. Carrie Mae Hedgpeth and Miss Moring. 2 On The Train-Frank Lynes. Flora Prevatt. 3 Curious Story Stephen Hel- len. Mary Lee Caldwell. "4 Violin Robins Lullaby Krogmann. Robert Caldwell. 5 Hide And Seek Eilenburg. Vashti White. 6 Song-Willie Wingles Gotts chalk. Six Girls. 7 Lullaby Otto Hachk. Carlyle Bethea. 8 The Pearl F. Behr. - Carrie Mae Hedgpeth. 9 Hide And Seek L. Schytte. -Vivian McNeill. 10 Melody R. Schumann. Carlyle Bethea and Miss Mor-in?. 11 Song TopsyTurvey. Class. The six little girls in the class delighted the audience with their song, Willie Wingles, and the applause did not subside unti hey came upon the stage the second time. Robt. Caldwel made his first appearance before he public with his 'fiddle and bow" and as an evidence that he pleased the audience, the applause continued until he had to play the second time. Carlyle Bethea, a mere tot, surprised as well as de lighted the audience by playing his instrumental solo from mem ory, r Well, all those little girls de serve special mention, but space forbids deserved favor. The re cital was a decided success. We congratulate, the pupils, we con gratulate Miss Moring. The exercises closed m ark you just about 35 minutes from the time the curtain first rose, and the crowd was left in a storm o t applause over Topsy Turvey, tne ia.at song by the class. LAYMEN'S RALLY. To be held at Antioch on the 20th-WUl be a Notable Oc casion Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, March 4 Sun day, March 20th, is the day of the great Laymen's Convention to be held at Antioch, near Red Springs. The local committee is composed of Messrs. J. A. Hod gin, J. C. Nixon and Freb Brown and they have secured the ser vices of Prof. Wm. J. Martin, of I Davidson; Hon. Henry W. Mal- lov. oi Wilronsrtcn. The com mittee has invited other speakers also, but have not heardirom them. Col. N. A. McLean? of Lumberton, has been invited, but hasn't been heard from. It is hoped he can attend, as his pres ence is always desired at Antioch on any occasion. Ten adjacent churches have been invited. It is the hope of the committee to have at least five hundred lay- tTtl . . men present. While it is pri marily a laymen's convention, yet provision will be made for all of our lady friends. A basket dinner will be served on the ground to the invited guests of Antioch. It. will not be served as a picnic dinner, as the desire of those having this important feature of the programme in How Two Young Ladies Away From Home Robesonian. Received The Two young ladies of Lumber ton were far from home. They were attending a heap big meet ing. Folks from All Over were there. AThey had to leave home on the day The Robesonian was published left on an early tram, before the paper came out. A thoughtful friend knew they A Sensational Shooting at Srot- j land Neck. A sensational shooting occurred at Scotland Nek Friday after- . i Tt -n 1 1 r noon wnen n,. n,. rowen, br., a well-known citizen of the town, 1 .A 1 1 snot aown in quick succession State Senator E. L. Travis, of LOCAL BRIEFS. The county commissioners and the county hi;d i educa tion are holrii'nr their regular monthly meetings today. Mr. W. R. Ivey. of Maxton. was in town baturdsv and ht brought the pleasing information Halifflv. Statp Rpnrpspntntivo A P. rvitfhin anH Dpnutv Sriari flP r' that his father. Mr. B. A. Ivev. W. Dunn, of Scotland Neck. Mr! hYho has been very sick for son.- Kitchin is a brother of Govenor tlme 13 improving in health would be impatient to see the !tcn!n congressman Uaude --Licenses have been issued nanpr. Hp wmnnprl nnp nn nut Kitchin. and Dr. T. D. Kitchin. for the marriaere ofMarv Prldcrpn a special delivery on it, mailed it lumberton. It seems that and Joseph Howell; Rosanna Next may the young ladies, j roweu astveu ivir. iravis some- Marsh and JNeill b.M 'White; Lena strangers in a strange land, were tnm a.bout not replying to a let- Smith and W. L. Rue;- Pennie in the meetine. "I'd like to see ter and when 1 ravis replied that Kinlaw and F. P. Pitman :Martha The Robesonian." said one. lne letter had escaped his notice Dowlass and Walter T. Barker. "Wouldn't wp thnnfrh!" said thp rowell began to curse him. Mr. other." In rushed a messenger Kitchin tried to pacify Powell, Mr. D. W. Biggs, who was Wr mc-, - Ksx.t nuir niacincr his hand on his shon ripr. iy uwi8c w uie tireeL usher ushehispers to pr7sid- when Powell immediately pulled force in Lumberton and who ing officer. Presiding officer lifts " I""" ; interim " to enffao-e in the saw mill u: ,.:,.. a tvt;- "o Kitrnin fpll tn thp trrnnnri anrl a& 10 engage in tne saw-null a"' , ,rC Powell turned and .hot Travis in business with Mr. J. M. Butler, dfllll t 1 III III I I X 1 I I III 1 - . - tPr.Mndiontino-thpv nrp thprp the lace, iravis tailing also. Robesonian delivered. Meetine- Pnn started to approach Put proceeds. Young ladies happy. wne? Powell raised his arm to lire ne turneu, me oaii entering his side. Dunn is fatally wound ed, it is thought. The wounds has returned live. to Lumberton to Selah; A Civil Actio n For Fee As Ex pert Witness. An action instituted by Dr. Jos. Akerman, of Wilmington, against Mr. O. M. Bntt for recovery of ,fl. j!! x rtUi fees in the well-remembered case Having a Leiiuency 10 detract Mr. John R. Morris, the bak er man, made two of the fetch- ingest wedding cakes Friday, to be sure, lhey were things ot rom the object of the meeting. The music will be under the di rect supervision of Miss Marga ret Overcash, director of music at Antioch academy. Miss Over- of kitchin and Travis are painful beauty-all covered over with out not considered uangeruus. icing, with dates and banjo-work. Powell has the reputation of 'be- and things. They looked wed mg a bad man. After the shoot dingey for a fact, ing he threatened other people with his gun and refused to sur- 1.Mr-c- ? eares has sold render for several hours. The "1S, oaruer-snop Dusmess, m tne question of his sanity is being Columbia hotel building on Elm street, to air. vvrignt j. rrevatt. of O. M. Britt versus the Raleigh I ? a Mi- n Kfo; o ri;- f roweu was taxen to tne state $20,000,a compromise afterwards Penitentiary at Raleigh yester- Kpino-moo fr-fl.19 caa TOO trl uav. xt was icpurteu III xvaieiKu T,1C!f;rtQ w n xaija yesterday mat uunn died yester- cash is numbered as one of the Ccat ; v, . uoJ tkq day at noon. It has been impos- leading musicians to be found flPt;on 1, Kpo-nn hpff ,rp fnstiVp sible to ?et any word here toa,av C. F. Skipper, who defended anywhere, bhe is not only a j A prtwi9n(f tPn Hav nrn nnfi from Scotland Neck. Walter Morrison.the negro rapist graduate oi btatesviue female was moved to Justice A P Cald- of this county who is under sen- College, but also of the Cincin- wen and then to JusticeRevnolds Lette rs byTelegraph TheWest- tence to be electrocuted on the who has been employed in the shop Mr. Meares will continue to work in the shop. The deal was made Saturday. -Messrs. T. N.McDiarmid and . 1 4. n -mr I "Vll C41.1U tUUUiJUVUttjU' nau v.uiiBwvaiury ui music. .i,n uflu kof ,'nemnnk QQ fU 1 1 , 1 . . 1 nuu utiu vuau uiaouiuvu bii sne nas secured tne .services 01 plaintif f did not f ile his bill for era New some of the best singers from our sister towns, and in addition to the-great number of trained voices there will be an orchestra. It is the purpose of the expert fees at the time of the trial the defendant was not liable or Siifne a ail dismissed the case. Mr. Woodberry Lennon appear- promo- ed for the plaintiff. Col. N. A. tors of this movement to make McLean and Mr. E. M. Britt for LUIS LUG illUab AllliDUl LlllL Vn Hf nt- 'I'U . . , . . , . 111 me uciciiuai,. itic oiaj tv as in tne nistory 01 Antiocn cnurcn. appealed. as we can not write a personal 1 Mr. Jas. fwerr Keceives wire Announcing Death of His, Fa ther. Mr. Jas. Kerr, pharmacist at Union Inaugurates Service. Manager S. H. Hamilton, of the local Western Union tele graph office, has been notified that beginning to-night the Wes Miss Ruth Whaley Entertains The Round Dozen Club. letter to all of our friends to come1 we take this method of writing them one and all to come and enjoy this feast of good things which has been prepared for them. We would be glad to 18th mst, will go to Raleigh to night to see Governor Kitchin in an effort to get Morrison's sen tence commuted to life imprisonment. Mr. R. L. Furgeson. who was a member of the senior class tern Union will inaugurate a new at Trinity College last fall but is service known as'night letters", staying out this spring on account By this service messages of 50 of ill health, is a guest an the words or les3 will be sent at the ho.neof Rev.and Mrs.E.M.Hoyle, standvd ra';e for day . messages at the Methodist parsonage, of ten words, and one-fifth of the where he wHl probably stay dur standard day rate will be charg- ing the summer. Mr. Furgeson ed for each additional ten words was raised at the Oxtord U.phan- or less. age. -The baseball meeting called see Mr. Sharpe, the clever and pe arug store, received a vpraatila pHitfir nf The T?nhp9hnl-1 Wire yesterday announcing tne I A n nvator gnnnar will Hp I -Pm TVinMrt . i nt i . n I rfaath nT his -ro tKnv I 1 I III aw I . -r- . .1 ian, witn us. we don't recaH ""1" " xt4V"cl given at urrum F riday evening poned on account of the fact that his having ever honored us with n1 oampson county, wnose of thig week beginning at 7.30 it had not been advertised suffi- a visit, although we have repeat- "me8 was mentioned m inurs- o'clock, the proceeds to be used ciently. Another meeting will edly invited him. - uays xvooehoiiiaii. mr. iverr for the sch00l auditorium. be called in the near future and Mr. Jno. A. Brown, Sr., is FluInS a Y u LU tkp atfon(l9p0 af v,0 w it is to be hoped that it will be V .t'. his father and it was then The attendance at the First j5 ,i T .u. TtTvl: v trnThU taught that his condition was Baptist Sunday school, always tonu fmake Jood use o" Sma- er Robeson visiting his daugh- a w?ro vostar.v Lrnod. was unsuallv o-Ovid vpstpr- ton. Wl11 "P g001 "e 01 M. Barnes, . Deputy Sheriff Britt, of Co- iumbns county, was in Lumber tonrnaay looking tor a negro named Yates, for whom he has two warrants for gambling and one for carrying a concealed weapon, and who was brought to jail here some two weeks ago under an indictment for gamb ling. Yates is wanted in Colum bus when the Robeson authori ties get through with him. Rev. N. R. Pitman to Lecture Wednesday Evening. Rev. N. R. Pitman, of Kansas City, Mo., will lecture at the First Baptist church Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock on his trip to China and Japan. Elsewhere in this paper will be found men tion of Mr. 'Pitman, who is a dis tinguished preacher and editor. Th s public is invited. Reported for The Robesonian.' Miss Ruth Wh afey delightfully entertained ; the Round Doze n Club at her home on Elm street Thursday afternoon. After a short business meeting each guest was asked to make as many words as possible from the letters found in the expression, Round Dozen Club." At the end of ten minutes it was found that Miss Leslie Proctor had won the pink ribbon, having made seventy four words. Refreshments consisting of fruit salad and cake, were set ved by Epsie Fuller and Ev?e Whaley, who made charming little wait resses. Some idea of the good time spent with . Miss - Whaley was shown py the many expressions of pleasure made by the guests at their departure. Messrs. W. H. Bagley, busi- ne is manager, , and Edward L. t "n, associate editor, f . the Kaljigh News and Observer, are in town today winding up their "w rk in connection with the Robe juounty industrial edition of l he N iws and Observer; ' imDroved. A wire yesterday good, was unsually good yester OI : a.- j u u -r I An, OAK UlUnilUKOUVlSCU lUaidUldllKClUl UUi an uvui6 mh-ovhi. xikwuf. the worse had taken Dlace and the number were all the members Mr. Kerr was DreDarinfir to no to of 15 famues. The collection the Fayetteville by automobile to first Sunday in each month goes catch the afternoon tram when a to the captist urpnanage at second wire came announefnff Dr. Thomasville and the collection iu . t, u uer I a y Arie""s "" Fayetteville in an automobile and which was an unsually good col that she may be spared to her thence to Kerr yesterday after- lection for even that notably gen noon. Dr. Kerr was 65 years old. erous Sunday school. He died of pneumonia ter, Mrs. K. Barnesville. The condition of Mrs. S. M. Hsdgin, of Antioch, who has been very low tor some time, is still unchanged. Mrs. Hodgin is one of our oldest and best cit- relatives and friends. She is in the 72nd year of her age. We are sorry to note also that Miss FflFv Rrnwn. sister of Messrs. J. A. and N. B. "Brown, remains Stockholders of the Lumberton about the same. Miss isrown is in the 82nd year of hef life. She has been confined to her room for more than six months. Drug Co. Meet. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Lumberton . . j Drug Co., formerly the Mc Lean to have arrived cofi(re rv w hrtA Fri'nv ei .. . spring seems to nave arrived gl d c wkg- held Friday, and our farmers arenow busily Drs.Kj0hn Knox, Jr., and T. D. engaged preparing for the next Kitchin an(i Messrs. F. P. Gray, crop, ine acreage or cotton win A w McLean and R. S. Sledge T - -i j were elected directors. At a Thanks for the invitation and subsequent meeting of the direc- Editor - " tor the following officers were uion Miss Cammie McNeill, a stu dent at Peace Institute, Raleigh, came home Thursday evening on account of the serious illness of her uncle, Mr. Walter Smith, who has been here in the Thmpson hospital for about two weeks. Mr. Smith's condition this morn ing is not thought to be much improved. Mr. Lawrence Smith, of Linden, a brother of Mr. Wal ter Smith, arrived one day last week and will remain until there is some change in his brother's A Wedding Near Allenton. Reported for The Robesonian. A very quiet wedding was cele brated yesterday at 4 o'clock p. m. at the home of Mr. John M. Smith, near Allenton, when Mr. W. L. Rice, of route No. 4 from Lumberton, and Miss Lina Smith were united in marriage by Rev. J. M. Fleming, pastor of the East Lumberton Baptist church. Failure-to-List Cases. Solicitor N. A. Sinclair being busy at Columbus court Thurs elected: Dr. John Knox, presi dent: Dr. T. D. Kitchin, vice Miss Josephine Breece re- president; F. P. Gray, secretary; turned Friday from a trip of ten R. S. Sledge, treasurer and gen- days to Baltimore and JNew York, eral manager. The date of the where she went to . purchase spring goods tor her millinery j .i ak- . ua annual meetinsr of the stock- ?y " ""i"1? was chaneed from the store. Miss Olive Crosby, of Lumbertou for failure to nrst monaay m t second Wednesday in January, miss diwcc again uho ocaoun as him in list taxes, County Attorney E Britt was requested to attend to the cases. Some 15 or 18 men appeared before Mr. Britt and the cases were dismissed, as for mer ones had been, when tax re ceipts were shown, upon pay ment of costs amounting to $11.60 in each case. Two or three of those who were sum moned Thursday were able to show that they had listed, and of course there was nothing for them to answer for. Other f ajl ure-to-list cases will be taken up . by Solicitor Sinclair later. assistant trimmer, came from terial and put a good tea.n in the field, as it can easilj do. Miss Amelia Linkhaw, wh: is in charge of the millinery de partment of Messrs. Caldwell . & Cariyle, returned yesterday from xt r i, u u iNew iuik, wiicic sue Bciit urn days purchasing spring millinery. Misses Anna Beck, of New York, and Elizabeth Thomas, of Balti more, expert trimmers who have been at work in wholesale houses in . New York and Baltimore, came with Miss Linkhaw and will be with her this season. This will be the first season in Lumberton for Misses Beck and Thomas. Fayetteville Observer, 4th: The Robesonian of Thursday has the following: "License has been issued for the marriage of Alice Humphrey and W. A. Graham." They are both well known in Fayetteville. Mr. Gra ham is a popular young business man of Proctorville, Robeson county, and Miss Humphrey is ithe beiutiful and accomplished daughter of Mr. Simpsom A. Humphrey, of Orrum, Robeson county, and a neice of Mr. W.A. Humphrey, of this city. -There will be a music recital at the St Paul high school at St. Paul Friday evening. The pro gramme will consist of songs, duets and solos to be rendered , by the "B Sharp" music club. and there will also be some drills v a r c R.Yi'n I .v;nr p-;i. Baltimore with her Friday. Miss kt xtt i -XT- :-' Edna Reynard, of Baltimore, who Next Week Ninety Con- wi11 up ua trimmer for Mhs victs Received Saturday. Breece this season, arrived yes- Ninety convicts began work JS? Si the first and second grade Saturday on the new road the i"" ,r'vv "j t 7,' chi dren. After the exercises Virghiiay & Carolina Southern ?ni?J:!!n"ar?i,aw hfiJ Htae &IU will be. sold, the Ry. is building from St. Paul to Lumbertpn for 'fi'; ' proceeds to go for a piano fund. Elizabethtown. going to St Paul " I whnlranip atiw in Raltimore .ha3..been.A?ent .."1 irom uie iunnourg ouuu.cm fo. the ,st six weeks. Miss iaq r iiiAiiininnr t i o nnp -mi- r . ... road. Including free labor. 200 hands are now at work on this Brtece's opening will be on Thursday and Friday of next road. The work of laying rails A I T i amU" wttl begin next week. . ; : 'week, the 17thand 18th. preparation for the occasion and tne evening no doubt will De one of many pleasures. Sudscribe for The Robesonian. i
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