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THE R0BE80NIAN Established 1S7Q, Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents. ' P.li-1' mm VOL XLI NO. 47. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 19 10 WHOLE NO. 2583 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. NEW FIRE ALARMS COUNTY CLAIMS PAID. ! Kktch Officers of Congressional Con vention Reply to Statements! of Manager Clifford. In Monday's Robsonian was published a statement by Mr. J.C.Clifford, as Congressman H.L.Godwin's manager, in regard to the two congressional conven tions held at Wrightsville Beach. Hon. G.B.Patterson, chairman of the first convention, andMessrs. J.O Carr and Terry A.Lyon, vice chairman and secretary, respect ively, have made an official anuouncement in regard to the convention that nominated Mr. O.L.Clark. Much of it is in sub stantial agreement with the first report f the convention publish ed in this paper. The additional Town Board Adopts Recommen-1 Special School Tax Election Or dered in Blue Spring Will Install Up-To-Date Sys- tern Other Fire-Fighting Im provementsNew Night Po liceman. At the regularmonthlv meetinsr of the town commissioners Tues day evening it was decided to put m an up-to-date tire alarm system that of the Patric, Carter & Wilkins Co. to move the reel at the corner of Mr.R.D. Caldwell's park on Elm street to the hook and ladder house on Water street and to purchase a set of harness and arrange to keep the town mules at this house so that they may be rpnHv fnr imprint a siprvico at all facts brought out are in substance times for the purpose of drawing en Dhower viven D. D. Belvin. Reported for The Robesor.ian. to M rs. HOPE MILLS NEWS. LOCAL BRIEFS. of in Ciue 5nnn?s 1 own- O T t . shm-Commlc f At. Monday evening a number .JM:n-f - . i children and grown people gath- ciation Kegular Monthly White E. Meeting of County Commis sioners. The county commissioners were in regular session Monday for the transaction of routine busi ness. The following claims were passed: home of Mrs. These were the A. E. pupils Buie Suffer Picnic and a few friends of Miss Nettie Beverly, now Mrs. D. D. Belvin, of Durham. Mrs. Belvin has been visiting her mother, Mrs. S. E. Beverly, and sister. Mrs. J. T. Bierors. for several davs. It occurred to some of the County home and paupers W. girls who were formerly pupils License has been issued for ithe marriaere of Badip Barn j and Spurgeon Baxley. I Col. N. A. McLean has be-en .'confined at his home on Elm Death of Mr. Gilbert Odd Fellows Suffer Sunday School 7 street with malarial fever since Hope Mill?, Aug 2 -Rev. P. T. j Sunday. His condition is con Britt will begin a series of meet-! sidered improved today. G. Reynolds, keeper of home, for July. $80; Mollie Carter $1; Dc than Nealy, $2.50; J. P. Schmahl. balance due on contract work at county home, $16.50; E. D. Mc- as follows: Replying to Mr. Clifford's state ment that it was known to all the district after the primaries that Godwin was the choice of the voters and had a majority of the delegates to the conven tion, attention is called to the fact that no such claim was ever pub lished by Mr. Godwin's managers prior to the convention and the official returns show that he was short of a maiority.Mr.Clif ford's statement that in New Hanover county 23 delegates were present at the county convention who favored the nomination of Mr. Godwin and demanded that his strength be ascertained is branded as absolutely false, and they state that they can produce the wagon tn case of fire. These steps were taken by the town board at the instance of the fire company recently organ ized with Mr. Q. T. Williauis as chief. The recommendations were presented to the board through Mr.A.W. Peace, a member of the company, the company has on hand enough money to purchase the fire-alarm system and the cost to thetown of installingsame, it is estimated will not exceed 25. Arrangements are being made to discontinue the use of the stables in which the town mules have been kept on Water street near the standpipe. These improvements are much needed and mark a decided step forward over the old method of sworn proofs that the strength of haphazard fire alarms and draw mr. uouwm was nov uemanaea hcr hnoAwno-mia hvhnnH either in a precinct meeting or in the county convention. One J.H. Sykes, of Delgado precinct, arose in the convention and said, "I nominate H.L. Godwin." Sykes was a member of the executive committee from Delgadoprecinct, but he held no precinct meeting to ascertain Mr. Godwin sstrenth and came to the convention with out any credentials as a delegate, Mr. A.R.Currie, who has been night polliceman for some time, tendered his resignation, which was accented, and Mr. E. S McNfeill was elected night police- manat a salary of $40 per month. The following bills were order ed paid: For oils, Red Sea Oi Co., $10.08; coal, L.G. Crenshaw !&Co., $87.31.; lime etc., L. H Caldwell, $12.85. ; other supplies, ings at Cotton on next Sunday. Rev. K. A. McLeod will preach in the Presbyterian church next Sunday at 8 p. m. Rev. J. D. Pegram will preach on -next Sundy at Sandy Grove, 11 a. m.; Cumberland, 7:30 p. m. Rev. N. C. Duncan left Mon day for Lincolnton. where he will visit his parents for the next of Mrs. Belvin at the srraded school to express their good wishes in the form of a kitchen shower. Mrs. Belvin, who was out on the porch at Mrs. T. J. Neill, work $1.50; Geo. Bass. Biggs', saw the crowd coming. cutting wood, $1-50: Acme Brick I but did not understand. They thirty days. Co., brick, $49.80; Kingsdale came on to the gate and here be- Mr. Tom Blake, of King Hiram iumoer o., lumper, a4.Z3; ai- ga ueaung pans ana otner visited Mr. N. M. McDaniel last ma number uo., lumber, a3t.bu:i"iings togetner. ui course Dy L. H. Caldwell, $10; Caldwell & this time Mrs. Belvin realized Carlyle, $32 10 supplies. Total what the crowd was up to. All zzt.(ts. Kinas oi Kitchen things were Jail and prisoners J. H. Flovd brought dippers, mashers, pans. jailer, $174.90; W. T. Newton, etc. Mrs. Belvin appreciated the lor arrest of Arch and Berry Mc- shower very much and it was a Lean, $2; Sheriff E. C. McNeill, complete surprise. After looking over the large amount of kitchen utensils the children went out under the el ectric light and here en ioyed day lor Candor, where he will several erames. after which thev accept a position as machinist Electric Co., lights, $11.64; G. F. departed with many good wishes with the Candor Mines Co. Webster, cenveying John James tor Mrs. Belvin. Messrs. J. B. West, M. Hamil to jail, $2.90; E. C. McNeill, Mrs. rJelvm is not keeping ton, Hamilton Brown and W. S. John Blackman from Councils to house at the present, but will Jackson went to Johnson Citv jau, b.oo; White & liough, sup- begin wnen they complete their lenn., last week. They report t - m 1 . conveying am uougias to peni tentiary, $15.70; conveying Dil lon McLean to Lumberton, $8.90; 1 Dan Wallace from Laurens, S. C, to jail, $28.30; Lumberton i week Miss Ethel Cole, of Carthaze. I who has been visiting Wrisrhts- ville Beach, was a pleasant visi tor here last week. Mr. D. A. McPhail. suDerin- tendentof the Bntton Lumber Co., Lakewood. Fla.. is visitincr relatives here this week. Mr. W. D. Phillips left Mon Dlies. $2.50. otaI $253.49. Miscellaneous Mclnnis, Lind say & Co., $32.15, wire and sta ples, J. A. Campbell, $20, both for stock law fence; G. E. Rancke, holding inquest over body of Os car Moody, $10.70; over body of new home. Splendid Motion Pictures Ben efit Performance Tomorrow Evening Motion picture shows which Alex Douglas. $15.10; 6 jurors in run every evening from 8:15 as each of the above inquests, $2 each- $24.00; Sheriff E. C. Mc Neill, indigent pupils for 1909, $123. 4S; Auditor A. Nash, salary. $125; expenses, 35 cts; work "-on lone as the crowds last were be gun Monday evening at the op era house by Manager W. S. Wishart. Large crowds have attended every evening and the tax books for July, $194.50; E..C. pictures. are of a high order, the and presented no authority to the Caldwell&Carlyle, $3.95.; Pope convention to vote except as being self appointed. His motion met with no second and a delegate offered a resolution that the chairman be authorized to ap point delegates to all the conven tions, as usual, which was duly seconded and unanimously adopt ed. This official announcement states that Mr. Clifford never in DrugCo., $1.50., Smith-Courtney Co.. $10.70. Total, $126.39. The commissioners will be in session again next tuesaay eve ning. of Jurors for September Term Criminal Court. At the meeting of the county commissioners Monday the fol- lowins: were drawn to serve as -awwwA -htm J W WWfcJ HV m, I the question of seating the dele gates from Cumberland andNew Hanover to the credentials com mittee; that Hon. Jno. D. Bella my is authority for the state ment that his brother, the chair man, told him, in response to his appeal that he recede from his ruling as to the delegates from Oumberl and and New Hanover, that he had prom ised the Godwin forces that he would rnal e such a ruling and that he intended to stick to it; that the policemen at the con vention were not due to the fact that Mr. .W. E. Springer, the chairman who succeeded Bellamy, was police commissioner of Wil mington, but that, as the mayor oi Wrightsville has stated, they were requested a week before the convention by the mayor of Wrightsville and that they were used in the second convention as well; that in the New Hanover and Cumberland conventions no objection was offered to the time honored custom of the chairman appointing the delegates and that both Mr. Godwin and Chairman Bellamy have repeatedly recog nized delegates appointed by county chairmen when it was to th3ir interest to do so; that Mr. vjoawm's nomination tour years ago was brought about by an ap pointed delegation from New Hanover leaving the candidate it was supporting and going to Godwin; that when Godwin was nominated two years ago he was supported by an appointed dele gation from New Hanover and made no protest; that in the State conventions two years ago and this year no such point was raised; that the Godwin forces tried to obtain the nomination from the first convention, that he received 115 votes on the first ballot, the full strength claimec for him, and that he would doubt- css nave accepted the nomir a- "on at t ie hands of that con m .1. ... enuon ani would have pro- jurors at the two-weeks criminal term of Robeson Superior Court which will convene September 12. H. M. Grimsley, W. F. Fisher, D. W. Faircloth, N. W. Gaddy, Jr., D. L. Bullock. H. P. Wil- iams, Duncan Leggett, A. D. Barnes, John Bracy. W. G. Nance, J. L. Jenkins, J. F. Blackwell, Make McMillan, J. L. Taylor, A. Wynn Nance, J. A. McLean, J. B. Humphrey, K. U. Edmund. P. P. Britt. McD. Mor rison, Jr., F. J. Thomas, J. P. Conoly, T. J. Phillips, Jr., John Harnss. W. N. Townsend, Arch McDuffie, P. H. McArthur, E. L. Lvon. W. N. Peden. D. S. Wilk- . -- fT r 1 , T m TTT 1. 1 ins, D. r. waiters, j. i. weuo, John D. Currie, N. L. Graham D. E. Nance. Daniel Wilkinson. McNeill, conveying Lucindy House to asylum, $15.60; W. H. Humphrey, $56 38, E. C. Mc Neill, $25.88work for county; stamped envelopes for auditor's office, $10.72; the sum of $15 each was ordered paid for the burial expenses of 6 Confeder ate veterans $90; Pope DrugCo., supplies, $16.35; salary for coun ty physician and attending small pox cases, $13.25; annual mem- horshin tpo fnr StatA Asanpintinn of County Commissioners. $5: Meeting of Lumberton Electric Light Co., lights for court house, $11.39: Thos. S. Kenor, $13.10 in case of J. E. Clifton and D. A. Mc Donald; H. L. McNeill, convey ing Lucindy House to Lumber- ton, $3.65; Scottish Chief, Adv., $2; Pembroke Planing Mill Co., lumber, $14.50; McCormick & Paul, labor and hauling, $7.63 both for Inman bridge; W. H. Graham $10.30, J. S Railroad Completed to Tar Heel. The extension of the Virginia & Carolina Southern Railway from St. Paul to Elizabethtown has been completed to Tar Heel, and freisrht service will begin between St. Paul and Tar Heel on the 10th inst. $10.10, T. McBryde $10.10 mem bers of pension board; Anderson Revels, hauling lumber and work on Red Banks bridge, $5.25; Thos. McBryde, getting up spec ial school tax in Blue Springs, $2; Council & Webb, janitors and work at court house, $37.40; Walker & Cogswell, $10.70; W. Lennon, work for board of audit and finance, $3.75; J. B. BowTen $1.35, H. C. Ereemen $2, West Disinfectant Co. $11.50 supplies; best ever shown here and as good as one sees anywhere. Mon day evening the Truman Quar tette delighted the audience with good songs and they will sing again tomorrow evening, when half the gross receipts will ob given to the Associated Chari ties of the town. Three reels are run every evening, two new ones and one that was shown the evening before. Democratic Execu tive Committee to Determine Manner of Choosing County Officers. By order of the chairman, Geo. B. McLeod. a meeting of the county Democratic executive committee will be held in Lum berton on Wednesday of next week to decide upon the time and manner of choosing candi- Thompson dates for the different county of fices, and for the transaction of other business that may come before the meeting, which will he called to order at 11 a. m. News Notes and Personals From Raft Swamp. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton, Aug. 2 Our farm ers seem to be resting now, as laving-by time is over. Miss Annie Culbreth, of Purvis, is visiting her parents, Mr. and a very pleasant trip. Mr. Will Davis, of Raleieh. who has been sick with fever at the home ot his brother. Mr. John Davis, of Cumberland, has greatly improved, we are glad to hear. On next Sunday afternoon the Presbyterian Saturday school will have a picnic at the McPhail spring, near Mr. Ed Wishart's residence. A good time is pre dicted lor all who attend The Odd Fellows supper last Saturday night was a success. and a good time was enjoyed by all who were present. One of the most attractive features of the occasion was the shooting match, in which quite a number of ladies took part. The prize lor the iest shot was won by Mrs. D. K. Henderson, Mr. Gilbert E. Buie, aged sev enty-seven years, died on last Wednesday and interment was made in big Rockfish cemetery Thursday afternoon, the funeral services being conducted by Kev. J. D. Fegram. Mr. Buie was a member of the Presbyterian church for a num ber of years and bore his afflic- tionsi with Christian fortitude. TT 1 1 te is survived Dy two sons Messrs. N. A. and J. E. Buie two daughters, Mrs. T. J. Patti shall and Miss Janie Buie all of this vicinity; one brother Rev. John D. Buie of California, and two sisters Mrs. Mary Thomo son, of Aberdeen, and Miss Mag gie JJ. cuie oi this place Miss Ruth Whaley will en tertain the Round Dozen Chili this evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Whaley, corner of Elm and Sixth streets. Little Miss Lula Norment has been sick with malarial fever at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Norment. on Sev enth street, but her condition is improving. The ladies of the Methodist church will give an ice-cream supper tomorrow evening on the court house square for the bene fit of the chapel at the National Cotton Mills. Everybody is cor dially invited. The Robeson Drug Co., of Maxton, was chartered Monday with authorized capital stock of $50,000; subscribed $5,000. D. O. Houser, R. D. Croom and J. S. McRae, all of Maxton, are th incorporators. Mr. J. Dixon McLean re turned Tuesday night from Mc- Coll, S. C, where he went to see his brother, Mr. A. P. Mc Lean, who has been very sick. Mr. McLean's condition is con siderably improved. -Mr. Arch McNeill, of rura route No. 2 from Rennert, is in town today with a wagon load of some of the prettiest water melons that have been seen on the 'market this season. He kindly made the editor a present of a beauty. Mr. R. C. Lawrence attend ed the meeting of the State Dem ocratic executive committee m Raleigh Monday night as proxy for Mr. A. W. McLean, member of the committee from Robeson, who was unable to attend on ac count of sickness. Improvements have been made at the Pope drug store within the past few days at the suggestion of Pharmacist Jaa. Kerr. The prescription case has been enclosed so that Mr. Kerr may fill prescriptions without in terruption, and the loafers seats in the windows have been built up and guarded off for show windows. Dr. W. A. McPhaul, proprie tor of the Pope drug store, has sold out his drug business at Maxton to the Robeson Drug Co. and his brother, Mr. H. B. Mc Phaul, who has had charge of the business at Maxton, came to Lumberton yesterday and will be with the store here again, succeeding Mr. David Fuller, who has resigned. Miss Charlee Huchison, of It was the pleasure of the writ- Charlotte, arrived Monday night er on last Sunday afternoon to visit Mr. John McCall, a Confed erate veteran, who lives about four miles from this place, and who for about fifteen years has been suffering from rheumatism. Mr. McCall has not been able to get out of his bed for about 3 years and will be a guest for two weeks at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Evans, corner cf Pine and Sixth streets. The condition of Miss Bessie Huchison, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Evans for some time and who Edwards & Broughton $16.70, G. Mrs. W. K. Culbreth, this week. He reads quite a lot and is an in- has been sick, is very much im D. Bernard & Co. $43.50 books; Miss Mattie Townsend, Freeman Printing Co., printing, White Pond, was a guest of nounced it regular; that in the Godwin convention Chairman Bellamy, who had ruled the day before that the delegates from Cumberland and New Hanover were not entitled to be seated, found it necessary, because there were no other delegates with credentials, to rule that they were entitled to seats, in order to nominate Mr. Godwin, and by adding a few delegates who had no sort of credentials he secured a few votes for Godwin after the regular delegates had gone home; chat Godwin recognized that he lid not have a majority over the other four candidates and re sorted to this revolutionaro man ner to rule out counties ano corce his nomination by captur ng 3 of the 5 counties left. $4.25; Geo. McNeill, fuses 50 cts. Total $1,001.06. The full board will attend the annual meeting of the State As sociation of County Commission ers in Charlotte on the 10th inst. A petition for a special school tax election, endorsed by the board of education, was present ed to the board from district No. of the Sun- Misses Biggs Saturday and day. Mrs. Jackson Pitman, of Max ton, is visiting her brother, Mr. C. Biggs, this week. Mrs. Pitman Lane, of Laurin- burg, is visiting relatives and friends here this week. Sorry to report Mr. Eli Par- ham suffering with a severe at teresting talker. It is hoped this proved. excellent gentleman may yet re- nu CZZZ gam his health, and live to enjoy p-"- many pleasant summers. Kev. D. if. Bndges, of b air- Mr. John Rpnrv Jnhnann'a mont, will preach at the First spring is rapidly growing in pop- Baptist church Sunday evening, ularity and many of our people Rev- Dr- w- H- Moore, presid are having this water delivered ing elder of the Rochingham dis- to their homs pvpt-v mnrnino- met, win preacn at tne memo- Hundreds are visiting the spring dist church Sunday evening and every week. 4, Blue Springs township, to vote tack of blood poison in his hand. Notice of Call of Meeting of on a special tax of not more than 25 cts on the $100 valuation of property and 75 cts on the poll, and it was ordered that an elec tion be held at the public school Mr. M. F. Hodges, Jr.. of Clio, S. C, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Hodges, this week. Mrs. D. J. Bullock and little Robeson Union. County Farmers' building in said district on Sep- SOn Percy, of Charleston, S. C, visit temper w next, a new regis tration was ordered and W. M. rsorton, ot shannon, was ap pointed registrar. J. A. Currie and J. D. McLeod, of Red Springs judges of election. Mr. B. W. Lovett, of rural oute No. 4 from Lumberton. ? epresentative of the Butters dumber Co., was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday. arrived Sunday and will relatives here this week. Jenny Lynn. StrnEk a Kich Bine. S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala , say Am 1 . A ne sirucK. a periect mine oi health in Dr. Kiner's New Life Pilla for thm cured me of Liver and Kidney . Trouble aicer iz yers ot sutenng. They aie the best pilla on earth for Con3tipatio , Malaria, tieaaacne, oyspepaia. Debili ty, at All uruggista, v -' There will be a meetinsr of Robeson County Farmers' Union held in the court house in Lum berton on Wednesday. Aucrust 10th. There are some important matters to come before the Union at this time, and all mem bers in good standing are re quested to be present. Dr. H. Q. Alexander. State president, will be with the Union on that date and will make an address. Subscribe for The Robesonian. will hold the third quarterly con ference for this church Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. E. M. Hoyle, pastor of the Methodist church, will leave Monday for Shelby, to be away the balance of the month. Rev. J. D. Bunday, formerly pastor of the Methodist church here, now of Elizabeth City, will fill Mr. Hoyle's pulpit on the second Sun day evening. Mr. Bunday will dedicate the church at Barker's the second Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Townsend will leave Saturday tor Connelly Springs, Burke county, and vn t spend a month there and, at otb -er points in the western part of the State. i t I f 3