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THE ROBESONIAN --
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VOL XLI NO. 49.
FARMERS' UNION MEETING.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THUSRDAY, AUGUST 1 1, 19 10
WHOLE NO. 2587
A Called Meeting of the County
Union Held in Lumberton Yes
terday Marketing Cotton and
Other Matters of Importance
Discussed ATwo-Days'Coi n-
ty Meeting to be HeldSeptem-
ber 9 and 10 Educational
Rally August 26.
At the call of President W. S.
Cobb a meeting of tle Robeson
County Farmers' Educational and
Co-operative Union was held
in the court house yesterday.The
meeting was well attended, 30 of
the 48 locals of the county being
represented, and much business
of importance was considered.
Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president
of the State organization, was
expected to address the Union
but was unavoidably prevented
from being present.
In calling the morning session
to order about 11.30 o'clock
President Cobb stated that the
Union is stronger than ever in
the county and in theState and is
mowing in strength and influence
daily. He called on Mr. W. P.
Barker, of Lumberton, for some
remarks about the recent State
meeting of the Union in Raleigh
and Mr. Barker spoke enthusias
tically of the work done thereof
the splendid speeches made, and
urged all who could do so to at
tend these meetings in the fu
ture.
SIXTH DISTRICT MUDDLE, j
Committee Appointed to Investi
gate Begins Sessions Tomor
row at Wrightsville Beach
Will Act With Sle Purpose
of Finding a Way Out of the
Unfortunate Situation.
The committee appointed by
Chairman Eller, of the State
Democratic executive committee,
to investigate the muddle result
ing from the two sixth district
Democratic conventions held at
Wrightsville Beach July 21 and
22 will hold its first session at
Wrightsville Beach tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock instead of
this evening, as at first announc
ed. As has been mentioned in
The Robesonian, the committee
is composed ef ex-Governor Thos.
J. Jarvis. chairman; ex-Go v.
Chas. B. Aycock, ex-Judge A. C.
Avery, ex-Lieut. Gov. R. A.
Doughton, and cx-Congressman
Theo. F. Kluttz. In his letter of
notification to those who are ex
pected to appear before the com
mittee, Chairman Jarvis writes:
"It is the desire of the com
mittee' to get all the facts and
circumstances in connection with
the holding of the two conven
tions at Whightsville, resulting
in the nomination of two candi
dates for Congress, to-wit: the
Hon. 0. L. Clark and the Hon.
H. L. Godwin, and in the ap
pointment of two executive com
mittees, to the end that they may
MAYOR GAYNOR SHOT.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.
Vi w v PniKi-f k make a report in accordance with
reported that the terms proposed the a,ct"al facts,and make recom
bv th RpII TWnhnnp r.n fnr mendations which shall be just
putting- in 'phones throughout to an parties,
the county were not at all satis- . e committee especially de
factory and he and K. M. Barnes s"es to have a conference with
and J. A. Sharpe were appointed the gentlemen named as candi
a committee to take the matter dates by said convention the
in with thP RpII Co. and spp if presiding officers and secretaries
more satisfactory terms can be
secured.
The matter of marketing cot
ton was discussed at length,
and the Lumberton market came
in for severe criticism. It was
stated that cotton last year
brought from i of a cent to a
cent below the prices paid else
where all during the season. Mr.
Culbreth suggested that arrange
ments be made to secure quota
tions direct at every market in
the county: Mr. W. P. Barker
suggested that buyers be induced
to come upon the market and
compete with local mills; Mr. J.
M. Hoyle insisted that nothing
would be accomplished until a
of the convention, and the chair
men of the two executive com
mittees. I, therefore, in the
name of the committee, earnest
ly request you to meet with the
committee at N rightsville, Friday,
August the 12th, 1910, and to
use your influence with the other
gentlemen named to attend also.
I trust I need not assure you that
this committee will enter upon
m . -a - a f , 1 a
this delicate task without pre
judice to any one,, and with
the sole purpose of find
ing a way, after they
shall get all the facts, out of this
unfortunate muddle, which shall
be iust to all, and which shall re
store unitv and harmony to the
business agent was employed, party in that district,
and Mr. K. M. Barnes spoke am Wf 1 d P??0
you m vain luiiieeivvmiuictum
of the difference in prices at
Lumberton and Maxton and
Rowland, Lumberton being al
ways lower. On motion the fol
lowing committee was appointed
to look into the matter thorough
ly and report at the county meet
ing to be held in September: W.
S. Cobb, W. G. Stubbs, J. I.
Townsend, T. N. Higley, Edgar
Hall.
At the afternoon session it was
decided to hold a county meeting
to last two days, September 9
and 10. Many matters claim at
tention that cannot be attended
to properly in one day and all
nion men who can poss'piy ao
tn nttpnrt this mpfit-
)U alb vfcv wv mvvw.. I , . ...
W of two days to come prepar- command, a committee was ap-
ed for two days ot pleasure ana poimeu lu pimcui mm. u,"ci
mittee in this work. No one can
be hurt bv making the effort. If
we succeed we will have done our
State and party a great service.
If we fail we will have done our
duty. But we cannot fail if the
gentlemen named will meet with
the committee in the same spirit
in which they have been invit
ed." Col. and Mrs. N. A. McLean
and two little daughters, Euge
nia and Alice, will leave this af
ternoon tor Sapphire, western
part of the State, where they ex
pect to spend ten days or two
weeks.
- a m
.business. The meeting win oe
)th profitable and interesting.
Farm demonstration work
ime in tor a large snare oi au
ction and a committee was ap-
inted to appear before the
iunty commissioners at neir
xt regular meeting and pm-
)n that the county pay the sal
fore the board of education.
Plans for raising more money
to meet the demands of the Un
ion were discussed and the mat
ter will be taken up with the
various locals by Secretary E
W. Stone. Mr. J. M. Hoyle vol
unteered to spend a week after
September
the first Monday in
of one agricultural expert to visiting locals and doing personal
it the farms of the county and work along this line.
.r resident vv. r.. tuimcm, ui
the Raft Swamp Cooperative
Milling Co., announced that
the roller flour mill at
Pembroke will be ready
.1 j... L.
ivise tne iarmers as w isl
iethoda of cultivation, etc. The
jepartment of Agriculture at
ihington win pay tne salary
second man for this woric.
ras the consensus of opinion
this work should be maug-
fated in the county this tail.
,.t it would be ot incaicuiaDie
benefit.
,Mr. M. Ci. McKenzie iniro-
I - . nn
iced a resolution to the ertect
t thp rountv toard ot eouca-
(n be asked to provide for an
lp oiiatant for rrot. J. tf.
w.w
ile, county sup jrintendent oi
lucation, so thai ne may nave
re time to visit scnoois ana uo
L- ir,rr Unpa for which he
for work in a few days and urged
all who have wheat to grind
to send it to that mill.
A3 has been announced in The
Robesonian, an educational rally
will be held in Lumberton on the
26th inst. in connection with the
county teachers institute which
will begin Monday and close on
the 26th. President HiH. of the
Mayor of New York City Shot
by a Disgruntled City Employe
Had Boarded Steamer to
Sail for Europe Dangerously
Wounded.
Nsvv York Dispatch. 9th.
William J. Gay nor. mavor of
New York City, was shot in the
head and seriously wounded U -day
as he stood on the prome
nade deck of the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse, by James J.
Gallagher, a discharged and dis
gruntled city emyloye. Gallagher
was almost instantly overpower
ed and arrested.
The shot was fired at 9:45
o'clock this morning, fifteen min-!
utes before the steamship was
due to leave her piei at Hoboken,
N. J., and the Mayor was receiv
ing God-speed from a group of
friends preparatory to a vacation
trip to Europe. The bullet struck
him behind the right ear and
ranged downward, inflicting a
dangerous, though not necessar
ily fatal, wound. And unless
1 1 1 1 Ti
Diooa poison develops surgeons
are hopeful of the Mayor's re
covery, although at his age, 59
years such a wound is essential
ly grave.
The big liner was gay with
flags and ringing with shouted
good-byes when the tragedy oc
curred. Most ot those who had
been aboard the ship to say fare
well to friends or relatives had
gone ashore, but a nttle group
remained to talk with the Mayor.
They were standing on the port
side of the vessel near the prom
enade ward and were in the act
of posing for a group photograph
when Gallagher, unnoticed,
pushed his way almost to the
Mayor's side and fired point
blank at his head.
He used a 38-calibre revolver
and an examination later dis
closed that the first cartridge had
missed fire. This probably saved
the Mayor's life for Gallagher
when he first pulled the trigger
was less than two feet away.
Backing away slightly in his ex
citement he pulled the trigger a
second time and sent a bullet
crashing into the Mayor's neck.
below the ear.
tfarely has a wounded man
evidenced, more fortitude and
cheerfulness than did William J
Gaynor today. He evidently
thought as he was being carried
down the companionway from
the ship on a stretcher that his
wound was fatal for he smiled
faintly and said to those near
him: "Tell the people good bye."
To his wife and his son, Rufus,
he said at the hospital later: "It
is very strange, very strange. I
wonder why he did it?"
Gallagher, judging by appear
ances and actions is not a luna
tic. His mind is apparently as
sound as any man's of 50 odd
years, but he has nourished in
his heart a hatred for Mayor
Gaynor ever since he was dis
charged as a night watchman in
the department of docks and fer
ries in July last for "ncompetency.
Since then he has repeatedly
written to the Mayor anonymous
ly and otherwise, harping on an
obsession that he had been per
secuted and demanding redress.
He has even written to the Gov
ernor, so it became known to
night, and he went on board the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to
day with the expressed purpose
of murdering the man whom he
charges with having robbed him
of his bread and butter.
"You took the bread and but
ter out of my mouth," he shouted
as he approached the Mayor, then
he leveled the revolver and fired.
The struggle about the deck en
sued almost instantly. As he
grappled with the man Commis
sioner Edwards was heard shout-
mg l ve got mm; rve got mm,
and as he pinned Gallagher to
the floor he beseeched those
around him to bring a pair of
handcuffs. It was then that
Henry Geering a special officer of
the North German Lloyd Line,
brought the nippers and Galla
gher wa3 pinioned with steel.
Begin Monday in Lumberton
and Last Two Weeks Sever
al Experts Engaged Atten
dance Compulsory A Pleas
ant and Profitable Time for
Teachers.
WILL HOLD PRIMARIES.
As has been mentioned in The
Robesonian, institutes for white
and colored school teachers will
be held in Lumberton for two
weeks, beginning next Mondav,
the loth. Prof. J.R.Poole. coun
ty superintendent of public in-
&U.UCUUH, nas received manv
letters of inquiry in regard to
these institutes and is expecting
a large attendance. Attendance
is compulsory, no one being al
lowed to teach in the public
schools of the county who has
not attended an institute either
in this county or in some other
county.
Sessions of the institutes will
be held twice daily, in the grad
ed school building for white
teachers, in the colored school
building for colored teachers, and
they will be made as interesting
as possible. Some of the organi
zations of the town will provide
some sort of entertainment for
the teachers during their sojourn
here and everything possible wil
be done to make the stav. of the
teachers inLumberton both pleas
ant and prohtable.
Supt. W.H.Swift, of the Greens
borO graded school, will conduc
the institute for white teacher?
assisted by Miss M.I. Tillman, an
expert m primary work. (Supt.
Poole has lost Miss Tillman's let
ter and cannot remember where
she hails from) . Supt.R.E. Sen-
telle, ot the Lumberton graded
school, will assist Supt. Poole in
holding the institute for colored
teachers and Profs. Swift and
Sente1 will change places from
time to time during the institutes,
Prof. Swift conducting the in
stitute for colored teachers and
Prof. Sentelle conducting the in
stitute for white teachers. Prof.
K.H.McIntyre, of Holly Springs,
Wake county, will lecture two
days during the institutes on ag-
gncultural education. Prof. Mc
Intyre, who is engaged by" the
county board of education in ad
dition to the regular teachers.
has met with great success in
teaching agriculture. He will
make experiments relating to
soils and seed germination, and
he says that within the two days
during which he will lecture he
can instruct teachers so that
they may, with the same sort of
inexpensive apparatus he uses,
perform the same sort of exper
iments and obtain the same re
sults he has been obtaining in his
woik. Some Lumberton physi
cians will lecture on sanitation
and hygiene, on how to detect dis
eases among children, how to
make eve and ear tests, etc.
There will also be lectures by an
expert on the hook-worm.
From the foregoing it will be
seen that the institutes will be
made of great value to all who
attend. Sessions will be held
from 9 a.m. to 12 m. and from
1.30 p. m. to 4 p. m. Teachers
are requested to bring the books
used in the primary and interme
diate grades and will be requir
ed to do regular work. Arrange
ments are being made for 20 or
30 teachers to board at the dor
mitory, near the graded school
building, and board m private
families will be secured for others.
County Democratic Executive
Committee Decides Upon Plan
of Selecting Candidates
Date to be Fixed Later -Central
Committee and Mana
gers of Election.
Pursuant to a call issued bv
a7
HOPE MILLS NEWS.
Chairman Geo. B. McLeod the
obeson county Democratic ex
ecutive committee met in the
court house in Lumberton yester
day and the primary plan" of se-
ecting county candidates was
determined upon. The date for
the primary was left to be fixed
by the chairman and the cen
tral committee. The following
were selected to compose the
central committee: G. B. Mc
Leod, J. E. Carlyle, J. M. But
ler, M. L. Marley, E M. Britt.
The following schedule of
charges was fixed to meet the ex
penses of the primary: Clerk of
the court, register of deeds.
treasurer and sheriff. $25 each:
for senate and house of repre
sentatives, $10 each; for county
commissioner and coroner, $5
each.
The Final Summons A Sue?
cessful Meeting and Other
Church Services A Business
Change Personal.
Oorrespondem-e of The Robesonian.
Hope Mills. Aug. D Mr. G. S.
Edwards, of Vass, was a very
pleasant caller here Monday.
Mr. Guss Fowler, of Raleigh, is
visiting relatives and frien Js here
this week. Miss Lessie Deaver,
of Asheboro, is visiting relatives
here this week. Mr. Haggard
Brown, of Greensboro, is a
pleasant visitor this week.
Children s Day exercises will
be conducted in the Baptist
church here on next Sunday
night.
Rev. K. A. McLeod will preach
in the Presbyterian church here
on next Sunday night at 8 o'clock.
Rev. J. D. Pegram will preach
on next Sunday at Marvin, 11 a.
m.; Cotton, 3:30 p. m.; Hope
Mills, 7:30 p. m.
Mr. J. A. Bynum, of the
Bynum and Culbreth Furniture
Co., st Paul, has sold out his in
terest in that business to Mr. L.
M. Culbreth.
Mr. B. West, of Cumberland,
Following are the names of the died very suddenly on lastThurs-
managers of the primary election day morning, being in his fifty
m their respective townships: ninth year, lhe remains were
Alfordsville Troy Cobb, N. J. carried to Manchester, where in
McRimmon, G. C. Fisher.Burnt terment was made in the family
Swamo D. H. Brown. J.R. Hum- cemetery Saturday. The funeral
ohrev. W. R. Townsend: Blue services were conducted by Rev
Springs Malcolm McLean. Geo. P. T. Britt. Mr. West had been
Biggs, W.B.McVlillamBackSwamp a faithful member of the Baptist
W. r . rlowell,J. A. Thompson, cnurcn ior tnirty-seven years.
Howard Prevatt: Britt's W. H. Mrs. Bessie Davis, wife of Mr.
Lamb, Eli Britt. Walker Hodge: L- A- Davis, of Rockingham, died
Howellsville N. A. Townsend.
D. C. Kegan, D. M'White: Lum
ber Bridge L. L. Shaw, D. S.
Marley, D. Z. McGougan; Lum
berton W. P. McAllister. J. P.
Townsend, J. D. Norment; Max
ton A. McL. Morrison, C.
C. York, J. M. McRimmon: Or
rum H.Barnes, L. J. Nye. J. F
Stephens; Parkton J. T. Odum,
very suddenly last Saturday.
Her remains were brought to
Hope Mills Sunday and interment
was made in Big Rockfish ceme
tery that afternoon, the funeral
being conducted by Mr. Lonnie
Smith. Mrs. Davis was about
twenty-one years of age, and is
survived by her husband, one
little child four weeks old, her
Neill McNeill, C. L. Beard; Pem'- father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
broke Neill McInnis,A.A.Thag-
ard, W. A. Savage; Red Springs
Jno. Boahn, J. N. Buie, N. B.
McArthur; Raft Swamp-F.
Gregory, W. C. Townsend, W. E,
Baxley; St. Pauls-A. H. Tyson,
G. T. Fisher, P. D. Odum;
Smith's-D. D. Stewart, P. H.
McArthur, Dougald Leach; Sad
die Tree M. G. Prevatt, E. B.
Paul, E. J. Biggs; Sterlings J.
G. Lewis, T. J. Noblin, J. A.
Nye; Thompson No. 1 G. L.
Robertson, S. L. Adams, Arch
Hedgpeth; Thompson No. 2 F.
M. Davis, Thos. Greyard, Edgar
Price; White House No. 1 D.
M. Rogers, D. J. Oliver, G. E.
Morgan; White House No. 2 A.
R. Bullard, A. F. Floyd, I. M,
Thompson; Wisharts J. C. Stan
sel, J. P. West, I. J. Prevatt.
Twenty of the 23 precincts
were represented at the meeting.
LUMBER BRIDGE PICNIC.
J. A.Nordan, of Cotton, four
brothers and two sisters.
On last Sunday Rev. P. T. Britt
closed a very successful meeting
at Union Springs, twenty addi
tional members being added to
the church. Mr. Britt is con
ducting a meeting at Cotton this
week assisted by Rev. D. D.
Hemett, of Shallotte. Mr. Britt's
meeting at Singletary's Cross
Roads will convene the week
after the first Sunday in Sep
tember instead of the fifth Sun
day, as previously announced.
On .the third Sunday in this
month Mr. Britt will begin a
series of meetings at Hope Mills,
assisted by Rev. F. T. Collins of
Beaufort.
MOREHEAD CHAIRMAN.
A dispatch from New York
yesterday states that MayorGay-
A. and M. ) College at Raleigh, nor has shown no alarming symp-
-r t- '. -i i i ? rrr i. i i.u.1. L.'l : Z i.
Krot. J. i.) uanyie. oi vvaite t cjuis anu i-uau wane it is uui uos-
Forest Oollege, and other distin sible to say whether he will re
Tuished speakers will be here on cover, as there is danger of blood
km not time at present, and com- that day. A full program of the poisoning, his temperature has
2Jfrwinr him for the efficient day will be published in an early given no cause for alarm on this
tvo . . . i. .- UKAaAian
ork done with the means ai ma iwsuc ui urc,iwwmu..
acore.
Messrs. White & Gough Pur
chase a Large Stock of Goods
in Sanford.
The firm of White & Gough
has purchased a large stock of
bankrupt goods in bantord. lhe
deal was perfected Tuesday and
the amount involved is about
$10,000. Messrs. White andGough
both went to Santord Tuesday
the goods here tor their big de-1
partment store witnin about ten i
days. Mr. White returned home
Tuesday evening and Mr. J. H.
m -
lurner, one ui iuc m ui a aaico-
men, left Tuesday afternoon for
Sanford, where he will assist
Mr. Gough in taking inventory
and shipping goods. Mr. White
says that they will let Robeson
ian readers know when the goods
arrive. They know something
the value of advertising.
Farmers Union, Military Com
panies and Masons Will Join
Forces and Have a Big Day at
Lumber Bridge Next Wednes
day. A great Farmers' Union, mili
tary and Masonic picnic will be
held at Lumber Bridge Wednes
day of next week, the 17th.
Governor W. W. Kitchin will be
the Farmers' Union speaker, Mr.
W. C. Rodman of Washington,
N. C, will deliver the military
address, and Prof J. B. Carlyle
of Wake Forest College will be
the Masonic speaker. Ex-Sheriff
J. W. Hall, of Lumber Bridge,
will be the Farmers' Union
marshal for the occasion." The
Fayeteville military company will
be present with the Lumber
Bridge company.
Everybody is invited. There
will be a big dinner and this will
be one of the most notable picnics
held in the county this summer.
Death of Mrs. Archie Buie.
Mrs. Archie Buie, 98 years old,
died Sunday at her home at Buie
and the remains were interred
Monday afternoon at Philadelphus
church. The deceased had been
b ind tor 15 or 20 years. She 1?
survived by three sons Messr3.
Duncan, Daniel and Make Buie.
the two first-named being twins.
77 vears old and four daughters
Misses Ke, Mary, Effie. and
Rebecca Bui.
Bulterand Allies in Saddle
Harmonious Ending of Contest.
6reen3boro Special. lXh. toWilmington Star.
The Republican State conven
tion this afternoon named Con
gressman J )hn Motley Morehead
as chairman of the State execu
tive commit;e, by unanimous
acclaim, the other candidates,
John E- Carl Duncan and Major
J. E. Alexander, having with
drawn from the contest alter
their names had been placed be
fore the convention.
It was a harmonious ending of
a contest, which at one time
bore evidence of having in it the
germ of serious party disruption.
Mr. Morehead's speech of
acceptance breathed an intensely
progressive and eminently fair
spirit. The keynote of his cam
paign has been the abolition of
the former referee system under
which the Republican party has
been operated with reference to
Federal appointments, and that
idea was emphasized in his speech
of acceptance.
The convention also endorsed
and 'heartily recommended the
administration of the retiring
State chairman, ex-Judge Spen
cer B. Adams, a ringing resolu
tion of thanks for his faithful
ness and fairness and eminent
services being unanimously
adopted.
The convention was organized
for business by the election of
Thoma3 Settle, of Asheville, a
permanent chairman. He receiv
ed 737 votes to 373 for H. G.
E wait, of Henderson county, and
thelection was made unanimous.
T. J. Harkins. of Asheville. was
elected permanent
aecretai