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DUO si Established 1S70. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cento. VOL XLI NO. 42. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JULY 18, 19 10 WHOLE NO. 2580 THE OMAN STATE CONVENTION. Judge W. R. Allen Nominated for Associate Justices-Brown and Lee for Corporation Com mission Progressive Plat form Adopted. The State Democratic conven tion which met in Charlotte last Thursday made the following nominations: For Chief Justice, North Caro Una SuDreme Court, Hon. Walter Clark of Wake, by acclamation. For Justice. North Carolina Supreme Court, Hon. Piatt D Walker of Mecklenburg, by ac clamation. For Justice, North Carolina Supreme .Court, Hon. W.R. Allen, of Wayne. of the State and the institutions ! NEGRO SHOT AT ST provided by the State for the! PAUL. care ot our citizenshin. both I charitable and educational, and1 pledge ourselves to the continua tion, upbuilding and develop ment thereof institutions to meet the demands made UDon them, and the needs of the un fortunate who require the care and maintenance of the e-overn- ment. We pledge ourselves to the continued aid and assistance of the Confederate soldier, and de mand that legislation snail make ample appropriations for nis com- ort and care. We recognize the great growth and improvement of the State along material and intel lectual lines under the policv of the common school system of For Corporation Commissioner, North Carolina, and the pledge Mr, H. C. Brown, ot Waxe, by ot the party heretofore made ot acclamation. a tour months tree school in eve- For Corporation Commissioner, ry district oi the state nas been Mr. W. T. Lee, of Haywood. fully met, and we promise the The balloting tor supreme continued support and improve Stewart Edwards, Colored , Shot and Dangerously Wound ed at St. Paul Saturday Night by Special Policemen Carter and McCormick Trouble Grew out of Difficulty Between White Man and Two Negroes. As a result of scraps between a white man and two negroes at St. Paul Saturday evening Stew art Edwards, colored, between 40 and 45 years old, was shot and dangerously wounded by Special Policemen H. E. Carter and Rate McCormick. Edwards was tak en to a hospital at Fayette vi lie for treatment and is not expected to live. The trouble began about 6 o'clock at the depot. Lewis Mc- Lean,white. and Will McKinnon, colored, both under the influence of liquor, got into a' knocking scuffle. Charlie Allen, white, part ed them and they went off in different directions. McLean Fatal Shooting: Scraoe Near Rowland on the Fourth. Within the last few davs Sheriff McNeill has been notified of a shooting scrape near Row- and on the r ourth that resulted in the death of a negro bov. but he sheriff's enquiries have die ted no response from the au thorities in that section and it is thought that the shooting took place across the line in South Carolina. Acording to a statement made Saturday to a Robesonian reoort- er by Luther McNeill, a brother Court Justice resulted as follows: ment of the public school system went toward the store near the Judffe Allen, 526.978 votes; Judge J. S. Manning, of Durham, 434.- 972. Judge Allen s majority, 92.006 votes. The balloting for Corporation Commissioner to succeed Mr. S. JL Rodgers resulted as follows Mr. W. T. Lee, of Haywood, 527.663: ex-Judge A. W.Graham, of Granville. 313.918; and Mr. John H. Pearson, of Burke, 120. 348. Mr. Lee's majority was 93.397 votes. State Chairman A. H. Eller called the convention to order shortly after the noon hour and made a notable address in which he advocated a State department of engineering with a divis ion of forestry, a divis ion of drainage and a division of public highways. Senator Overman, temporary chairman, followed with another notable ad dress in wThich he reviewed some thing of the manner in which the Republican party has betrayed the trust of the people and out lined tie plan of the coming -campaign. Hon. Walter E.Moore, of Jackson, was elected perma nent chairman. The nomination speeches were of a high order and ex-Governor Chas. B. Aycock was given an ovation when he rose to place in nomination Judge W. R. Allen. The following were elected -members of the State Democrat ic executive from this, the sixth, district: W. H. Bernard.of New Hanover; E. J. Hale, of Cumber land; J. J.Furlong, of New Han over; Homer L. Lyon, of Colum bus; A. W. McLean, of Robeson; E. F. McCullough, of Bladen. Robesonian bulletins from the convention were watched with much interest Thursday after noon and the result of the ballot for associate justice between Al len and Manning, in which chief interest in the returns centered, was received here shortly after the vote was taken. Col. N. A. McLean was elected chairman of the delegation from Robeson county. of the State and the extension of depot and got into another scuf- the same to the institutions of fle with Walter Crawford, color the State for higher education,to ed, and Crawford was slightly the end that these institutions cut. McLean disappeared and may be placed upon a permanent Crawford was arrested and taken basis of extension and mainten- to the guard house, where his ance, consistent with the growth wounds were being dressed when of the school system of theState, a large crowd gathered. There and the Increased population and demands of her citizenship. And we favor the schools of the State a more liberal ir.struc-! tion of the agricultural interests in such schools. "The supervision and control i rtr , .i was dimcuity in Keeping tne crowd back and StewartEdwards went away cursing. He was gone about long enough to go to his house and it was thought that he went after his pistol. When Edwards returned Mayor L. L of public service corporations is McGoogan deputized Messrs. H a wen recognized right ot the State and national government, and wTe pledge ourselves to the enforcement of this right in the interest of the people of the State consistent with fair and just treatment of the public service corporations, and no public ser vice corporation shall grant any special privileges to any person or corporation. ''Private monopolies in re straint of trade are inconsistent with the growth and develop ment of internal affairs of the State and the liberties of the people and should not be allowed. We are opposed to illegal com- AMONG TRANSGRESSORS. BETTERMENT WORK. An Ice-Cream Social at Saddle Tree School House. To raise money for the purpose of furnishing the school house of district No. 1, Saddle Tree township, a fair-sized crowd of people gathered at the school houseFriday afternoon and spent a few hours in pleasant social in tercourse. The affair was under the auspices ef the Woman'sBet terment Association of that school district. The meeting was call ed to order at LOCAL BRIEFS. License has been issued for the marriage of Delia Britt and Andrew Britt; Sallie Parnell and Emory C. Kinlaw. There will be a regu'ar meet ing tomorrow evening of St. Al- ban's Lodge No. 114, A. F. a;d A. M. Degree work. A full .if. tendance is desired. The Industrial and Comme cial Club has just purchased a Church & Co. piano from the Eagle Carpet & Furniture Co. for the club rooms on Elm street. Twenty-seven colored appli- 3 o'clock by Mrs. F. P. Hnmnhrpv nrt5Hon1-nf fVio n a-jnnia firm f v A7 H T-f n Yvi rn cants stood he examination held of the victim of the alleged mur- rey, of Lumber'ton led'in prayer, ? rdy hJ CountySuperintendent uer, sume cuiorea dovs were on anri at fho ranna nfMra w,nrr j.av.a uuic lur uuuucscnooi teacn- , . . v ---Iwvv Vll M. VMWVvJl Wlill L X A. Villi kj 11 I T 1 . . men way soiuewnere to piay Dan rev Mr. Kichard Humphrey stat- clCC" vluiaM applicants tne rourtn ed the obiect of the zatherinsr. s,-wu "lc ejuunmauun oaiuraay. from ROW- Mr. F. J. Thomas nfT.nmWtnn Sheriff F! C. MKT;il and Miss Addie Tyner, of Lowe, ed to Raleigh Saturday SidDoug- were expected to make talks on lass, colored, who was tried for bet erment work, but they could larceny at the recent term of Rob- not be present, and four Lum- eson Superior Court, was adjudg- 1 A on tne morning ot when, about a mile land, at Bronson's crossing, Frank McNeill, 14 years old, ap proached bandy Hogms, a black negro Detween zd ana 6V years, With no more provocation than that, k is alleged that that Sandy said, "G d you, P been saving a chew for you a long time' . with which he made a the absence of those on the reg ular programme and gave the audience much pleasure, Misses Annie Ruth Caldwell and Janie Carlyle reciting and Misses Sadie backward step, pulled a pistol and HazelCarlyle singing a duet. irom nis nip pocKet, ana snot tne a substantial amount was realiz E. Carter and Bate McCormick to arrest him, and Chas.. All? was deputized to search him. Al len, upon whose place the negro had been working, told . him to consider himself under arrest and there would be no trouble. Edwrards cflrsed and said that he would not and .began to advance upon Mr.Carter, who had his pis tol drawn. Alien then tackled the negro anil tried to get his (the negro's) gun, but failed, and as he was not strong enough to cope with the negro he stepped aside. Edwards continued to advance upon Mr. Carter, in spite of the tact that Mr. Carter had binations in restraint of trade, his pistol pointed at him, and rusts end monopolies and favor Messrs. Carter and McCormick the enactment and enforcement began to shoot. Nine shots were by the State and National gov- fired in all, several of them tak- enments ot such laws as will ing ettect. As he tell the negro make their existence impossible, got his pistol out but was told to We condemn unjust and un- drop it or he would be killed, and and asked tor a chew of tobacco, berton young ladies made up for ed dangerously insane and was sent to the department for the insane at the State penitentiary. The Scottish Chief savs that a satisfactory test run of the oil mill, fertilizer factory and gin of the Hilba Manufacturing Co. at Maxton was made last Wednes day. Mr. W. 0. Bennett, for merly manager of the plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Co. at Wadesboro, will be manager of the plant. Mr. Raymond Thompson. formerly with tbeJenrette-Single- tary Co. and later withTownsend Bros, when the business of the former was purchased by the last-named firm, has resigned his position and after spending the boy through the right side. Frank turned away and presently turn ed bac.i. and informed Sandy that he did shoot him. Sandy then remarked that he would get a doctor and left immediately and has been seen since, so far as friends of the murdered boy know, by only three people. The shooting was witnessed by 6 peo ple. Frank was assisted to walk the home of his father, Adam fol- 8th McNeill, about half a mile from where the shooting and he died at 5 o'clock the lowing Friday morning, the inst. . Sandy Hogins and the boy he i. y i i . is alleged to nave Killed both lived about 2 miles from Row land. It is singular that no men tion hits bn made of the alleg ed murder before this." Luther McNeill thinks Hogins is in hid ing somewhere near Rowland. ed from the sale of ice-cream and cake. Apples and peaches were distributed free. Besides those mentioned, others from Lumber ton were Misses Belle Rozier and Ethel Higley, Mr. W. W. Carlyle and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sharpe. Within the last two or three years a modern school house has been built at Saddle Tree and the Woman's Betterment Association of that district is making an earn est effort to raise money to add nmrmA U i : c u i summer with his parents. Mr. and work that should receive hearty J support and encouragement. A. Thompson, in Back Swamp township, will enter school in the fall. - Deputy Sheriff T. C. Barnes, who received a bullet wound in his right leg while arresting some negroes at Maxton a few weeks Tiia v.y PinK waa r'oiiorVitfniiv ago, is expectea nome to-nignt entertained at the home of Miss nom Charlotte,- where ne went Annie Ruth Caldwell Thursday I aP0Ul en aavs lor au opera- Miss Annie Ruth Caldwell En tertains the X-X Club. Reported for The Robesonian. Democratic Platform. The following platform was adopted at tne State convention m Charlotte Thursday: - We, the representatives of the Democratic party of North Carolina, in convention assem bled, rejoice in the call occasion ed by the coming election and Uie opportunity thus offered to lift up again in the midst of the People of North Carolina the banner of the Democratic party as sure standard of their rights and. unfailing guide of their progress, and we re-affirm our allegiance to the cardinal princi ples of DemcraHc government and congratulate the people of North Carolina upon the wise, progressive and economical ad ministration of the affairs of government since the return of U Tv ie democratic party to power in this State. 'We commend to the people of JNortn Carolina the.consideration of the success with which t.h af fairs have been administered by theDemocratic officials and clean, emcient and economical conduct oj the State government from the day of the return to power of ThA TV . . v"c democratic party, ana we fe-amrm the declarations of oui Party upon the questions of the extension and lmnrowmpnt. and upbuilding of the internal affairs reasonable discrimination in freight rates against the towns and cities of North Carolina and in favor of the towns and cities of other States. We pledge ourselves to the fostering and encouragement of all legitimate enterprises and de velopments that may be located within the borders of this State and the administration of the law, so that no legitimate enter prise shall be injured. We condemn and denounce the tariff policy of the Republican party as enacted in the Aldrich Payne tariff bill, and we declare the same to be the most iniqui tous tariff burden ever placed upon the United States, form ulated in behalf of sectional in terests and fostering the trusts and combinations of the country at the expense of the great mass of the people, and in spite of the promises of the Republican party that prosperity would follow its adoption, wre call attention to the present commercial condition of he country, its idle factories, in dustries and unemployed opera- ives. ' We denounce the extravagant and unbusinesslike administra tion of the affairs of the National Government by the Republican party whereby there has been a he dropped the weapon without firing. Five of the nine shots were effective. Sheriff McNeill went to St. Paul yesterday but found all iuiet. Crawford was not seriously hurt and was released this morning upon the payment of a fine of $10 and costs. Mr. Carter was formerly employed' by Messrs, White & S4 1 J T 1 uougn ot JLum berton and is now in the employ of the McAl lister Hdw. Co. at St. Paul. Anniversary Meeting at Hope well Church. Prof. M. L. Lowrie, of Elrod, who was in town this morning, gives a glowing account of the anniversary meeting of the Lum ber River Mission Conference held at Hopewell Methodist church, near Elrod, Saturday. The conference began about 10 o'clock a.m. and Rev. C. C. Low rie was elected chairman, Prof, E. Lowrie, secretary. Only three choirs were represented. The opening address was delivered T i T" m W-m T " 1 by rrot. j. a. a. L.owne and this address is spoken of in the highest terms. The balance of the programme was made up of dialogues and speeches by the children. A large crowd wa3 A Peculiar Situation. A rather peculiar situation exists at the jail about a negro who insists always upon giving his name in full as Robert Fre mont Graham. He has been sub renting some land near Maxton rom a man named Martin and was brought to jail during court wo weeks ago under a warrant from Justice G. C. Fisher stating hat he wras crazy. Under rep resentations to the court that there was no charge against him he negro was released by Judge Alien, but last week he was brought to jail again by Deputy A. Kitchin, wrho made affidavit before Clerk of the Court W. H. Humphrey that Graham wTas cra zy. Mr. Humpnrey had Graham examined by Drs. W.A. McPhaul andW.L. Grantham, who say that he is not crazy. The citizens where he has been living say that the negro is crazy and the doctors say that he is not crazy, so it seems that he is being held with out any right m law. Graham formerly ran a barber shop in Lumberton and seems well edu cated. He says he has seen ser vice in the Philippines and else where, and claims to have studi ed law. , money. We call attention to the failure of the Republican party to revise the tarift in accordance with the pledges of its platform and its promises. "We demand the enactment of a tariff for revenue only to meet the expenses of a govern ment economically administered." afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. The guests, after laughing and talking for some time, were presented with booklets, mag azines and scissors, with which each girl was to make the autograph of another. This was enjoyed so much, as it was SDmething new and very inter esting. Misses Berta McNeill and BonnieBarker had to cut for the prize, which was won by Miss Barker, who made the autograph of Miss Janie Carlyle. Delicious refreshments were served and the guests regretted very much having to leave so soon afterwards, but it was then almost dark. Sunday-School Quarterly at Mr. Eliam Fifth Sunday. The Sunday-school quarterly will be held at Mt. Eliam church on the fifth Sunday in this month. The following subjects will be discussed; How can we arouse more inter est in Sunday-school work Leake Parker. What should be the qualifica tions of a Sunday-school teacher I. F. Britt. J. I. Stone, Sr. For the Com. What's the Answer? Charlotte Chronicle. Governor Kitchin appointed JudgePell and he was stood aside. He aoDointed Judsre Ward, who was dropped at the first chance. He appointed Judge Manning, who failed of public endorsement Is it fatalism, or what t . Arj-i I tr" V4v v-'"fcW vvw ixaw useless expenditure oi over $auu.- very much enjoyed. Kjjfjjj auiiuauy ux tiic fcjcujjic o i A mua case or smallpox in Town Quarantined this Morn ing. A case of smallpox was report ed to the town authorities this morning and Dr. John Knox,Jr., town superintendent of health. made an investigation immediate ly. He found that Delia Sike3, a negro woman who lives in ons of Mr. Geo. G.French's houses near the Seaboard freight depot has a mild case and the place Sheriff McNeill Finds in South Carolina Man Wanted in Rob eson. Sheriff E. C. McNeiil returned Thursday night from Laurens. S. C., with the prisioner he went after Dan Wallace, colored, . m m 1 1 1 wanteu on me cuaigc wi muuk that Sheriff McNeill tound a man Charlie Watson, colored, at a h had lonr en wanted in frolic near Rowland mDecember, R0beson, there being no difficul 1907. A reward of $100 had been of fered for Wallace for some time without success and his capture was the result of a mistake. He was arrested in Roanake. Va.. for Larry Miller, a negro wanted in Laurens county, S. C, for murder, and was taken to Lau- ty in identifying the man as one wanted. the Paul Williams, colored, was ar rested here Friday by Deputy Sheriff A. E. Spivey and locked up to await trial on the charge of shooting a colored woman at tion. An operation was perforra ed to remove a clot of blood thit had been giving Mr. Barnei trouble, but it was not thought necessary to remove the ball. Mr. Tom Tolar lost his fine mare, valued at $400, at his home near the county home Saturday night. The cause of her death is a mysterv. She was appar ently sound and well Saturday evening,eating heartily.and Sun day morning Mr. Tolar found her dead in her stall. Her dead body wras swollen, but there was no sign that death was accompanied by any struggle. She was the mother of a two-months-old colf2 Prof. W. T. Jenrette, prin cipal of Baltimore high school, near Fairmont, passed through Lumberton Saturday on his way to the home of his father-in-law, Mr. J. S. Oliver, at Marietta, from Greenville, where he at tended a summer school for two months. Mrs. Jenrette, who is assistant teacher at Baltimore, also attended the summer school atGreenville but was called home a few weeks ago on account of sickness in the family of her pa rents. The Baltimore school will open for the fall term about the first of September. It is said that it came to pass when the Robeson county delegation to the recent State convention reached Charlotte a certian Lumberton politician went at once and registered as chairman of the delegation from this county, no meeting for e'ec tion of chairman having at that time been held. And by and by it came to pass that the delegates held a meeting to organize and elected Col. N. A. McLean chairman, and the man who had nominated and elected himself chairman and in that capacity had gotten badges for the deleerats was asked to turn over the afore said badges. Selah. Mr. Jati33 A. Johnson, of Paul, is among the visitors town today. rens. The snerin or uurens ramwu awuc wuc county soon discovered that he ! Deputy Spivey accidentally heard Drs. K. T. Allen and R. F. near the Seaboard freight depot had the wrong man. but he re- the negro s name called ana Graham returned Saturday from has a mild case and the place Imembered having seen something j knowing ;that a warrant was tr Wrighteville Beach, where they was quarantined at once. Every ; about a reward for a negro whose ; the snenrr s omce ior ms arrpsi attended the annual convention precaution is being taken to pre- i description fitted his prisoner, so ; he communicatee: wunsnennaic of the North Carolina Dental So- vent the spread of the disease and he wrote to all the sheriffs of i Neill and was told to make the ciety. there is no occasion for alarm. neaivby counties with the result arrest. m - A Frightful Wreck of train, automobile or buggy may ca-na cuts, bruises, abrasions, sprains r wounds that demand Bucklen's Am Salv? earth's Sfrfatest henVr.Qu;?k -lief and prnp--cur- r n'' F'ctir i, boib.suredd of tl kinds.et wna.-.rhap I hands and lips, sore eyes, or coma . : i supreme. 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