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VOL XLI NO. 53.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 19 lb
PRIMARY ORDERED.
EDUCATIONAL RALLY.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.
No Nomination in Sixth District,
Says State Committee Pri
mary Must the Held Prior to
September 15th.
Raleigh Special, 24th, to Wilmingrton Star.
The State Democratic execu
tive conmittee, in session tonight,
decided that neither H. L. God
win nor 0. L. Clark was legally
nominated for Congress in the
3ixth district. The committee
ordered a voting primary to settle
the question of nominations, the
date to be prior to September
15th, and the plans of the
primary to be arranged
toy a committee appointed by
State Chairman Eller.
This latter feature means that
the district executive committee
that had such serious clashes at
the time of the former convention
will be expected to stand aside
and have the machinery for the
primaries and the convention set
in motion by a non-partisan com
mittee.
It is understood that candi
dates generally tor nomination
tor uongress can enter tnis new
primary which it is stipulated
must be held in each county,
separate and aoart and at a diner
ent time irom any primary or
convention for any other purpose.
The meeting of the committee
tonight consisted of 24 present in
person, and ten by proxy. Ex
governor Aycock read the report
of the investigating committee
which consisted of six typewrit
ten pages and reviewed at con
siderable length the stirring fea
tures of the former district con
vention as showing that there
had been irregularities that dis
qualified both conventions for
making legal nomination.
There was a minority report
from Hon. Theo. F. Kluttz, of
Salisbury, insisting that O. L.
Clark was the real nominee of
the Democrats of the district,
but declaring that in the event
the State Committee sided with
the majority report of his com
mittee that there had been no
nomination, then he concurred
in the recommendation that there
be a general voting primary un
der supervision of the State com
mittee. The reading of the reports of
the investigating committee by
Gov. Aycock was followed by a
resolution by Francis D. Winston,
that the report of the majority
be adopted and that the State
chairman be authorized to ap
point whatever committees were
necessary for carrying out the
recommendations of the commit
tee. this precipitating a general
discussion that continued until
11 o'clock and after. Briefly
stated, the findings of the com
mittee were that the State com
mittee has ample jurisdiction to
settle the dispute in the sixth
district; that the investigating
committee looked thoroughly in
to the situation in the sixth and
was satisfied that there had been
no nomination of a Con
gressman and that there having
been no nomination, the thing to
do was to call voting primaries
in all the connties on a common
day to send delegates to the dis
trict convention under the super
vision of the State chairman or a
committee named by him.
A Large Crowd Expected To
morrow Exercises Will be
Held at Court House.
The educational rallv which
MAXTON NEWS ITEMS.
will be held here tomorrow by
the county r armers Union in
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connection witn tne teacners in
stitute will be held in the court
house, instead of the graded
school auditorium, as the court
room will seat more people. A
large crowd is expected.
ihe exercises will begin at
10:30 a. m. with an address of
welcome by Supt. R. E. Sentelle,
of the Lumberton graded school,
and response by County bupt. J.
R. Poole. Prof. W. H. Swift, of
Greensboro, conductor oi the in
stitute, will deliver an address
on education, and Dr. Harrison,
of the A. and M. College at Ral
eigh, will deliver an address on
agricultural education, which
will conclude the morning ses
sion. In the afternoon Prof. J. B.
Carlyle, of Wake Forest College,
will deliver an address, taking
for his subject "Back to the
Farm." The Parkton Concert
Band will furnish music for the
occasion.
President. W. S. Cobb, of the
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county Union,, wants the execu
tive committee and all commit
tees appointed at the last meet
ing of the Union to meet at the
court house at 10 o'clock tomor
row morning,
PENALTY
CASES CONTINU
ED.
Death of Mr. Harvey Alderman.
Mr. Harvey Alderman, about
25 years old, died vesterday morn
ing at 5 o'clock at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P.
Alderman, who live near Mot
pelier, in Blue Springs township.
He had been in bad health fur a
year or more and his death was
not unexpected. The funeral
Cases Against Commissioners to
be Heard Next Monday Im
provements to be Made at the
Jail.
The cases against four members
of the board of county commis
sionersChairman J. W. Carter,
Messrs. A. R. McEachern, A.
L. Bullock and C. A. Oliver for
paying unverified bills, came up
before Justice J. A. Rowland
yesterday morning and were con
tinued until next Monday morn
ing at lOo'clock. Mr. E. J. Britt.
attorney for the commissioners,
stated that the complaint had
been filed only a few minutes be
fore the cases were called and
he had not had time to prepare
answer, as nas been mentioned,
the suits were instituted by Mr.
Wade Wishart as attorney for
Mr. Ben Brewer, of Lumberton
township, who some time ago
made an unsuccessful appeal to
the commissioners to relieve him
of tax as a horse trader. Mr.
Wishart announced to the court
that Mr. D. J. Lewis, of White-
ville, was associated with him.
Besides Mr. Britt, Messrs. Mc
Lean & McLean and Messrs. Mc-
Intyre, Lawrence & Proctor, who
are regularly retained by o her
members of the board in their
private business, will represent
the commissioners. There were
only two bills.one for paying the
regular bills of Jailer J. H.Floyd,
the other for a little bridge work
the board authorized Chairman
Carter to have done.
While here the commissioners
inspected the jail and appointed
Attorney E. J. Britt and Mr. A.
T. Parmele, clerk to the board, to
have the stable3 in rear of the
jail moved and to have coal bins
out in there, also to make other
needed improvements.
Two-Weeks' Session Closes To
morrow Dr. C. F. Strosnider,
of State Board ot Health, Lec
tures on Hookworm, Tubercu
losis and Diseases Dissemi
nated by Mosquitoes and Flies.
The county teachers' institutes
which began Monday of last week
will close tomorrow with the ed
ucational rally to be held in con
nection with the county Fairm-
ers union, .bxceuent work has
been done and County Sunt. J.
R. Poole and others connected
with the institutes are much
gratified with results. Besides
the regular work conducted by
Supt. W. H. Swift, of Greens
boro, Supt. R. E. Sentelle, of
Lumberton, and Miss M. I. Till
man, of Salisbury, there - have
been features of special interest
this week. Supt. Ragsdale. of
Pitt county, made lectures that
were especially good Tuesday,
before the white teachers in the
morning and before the colored
teachersin the afternoon. Dr. J. J.
Crowe, of Lumberton, lectured
on the treatment of the eye and
how to use the bulletin on dis
eases of the eye issued by the
State Health Board. Dr. C. F.
Strosnider, of the State Board
of Health, delivered a lecture
yesterday morning before the
white teachers on the . mosquito
and the fly, the diseases dissemi
nated by them, etc., and the
hookworm symptoms, how dis
seminated and how cured, in
the afternoon Dr. Strosnider
talked to the colored teachers on
the hookworm and tuberculosis,
peculiarly fitting subjects upon
which to talk to colored teachers
inasmuch as 50 per cent of that
race die of tuberculosis and the
hookworm is a predisposing
cause.
Dr." Strosnider made a long trip
through Anson county just be
fore coming to Lumberton and he
says that during that trip be
found a family of dirt eaters, thl
first he had ever seen. Their
taste runs to clay and they eat it
with apparent relish ;he saw them
do it. They are victims of the J
hookworm, of course. Dr. Stros
nider had samples with him of
the dreaded hookworm and they
certainly look like they would, if
tangled up in one s msides, make
one want to quit work, eat dirt.
and lie down and die. Happily,
the remedy is very simple and
no one who is afflicted need de
spair.
Dr. Strosnider left here last
night for Dunn. His time is oc
cupied in traveling about over
the State, attending teachers in
stitutes, visiting schools, and in
other ways helping in the great
work of education theStateBoard
of Health is doing.
Death of an Infant A Runa
wayPersonal. Correspondence of The Robeaonian.
Maxton. Aug. 23-Mi3S Edna
Tyer left today for Elizabeth
City to visit relatives. Mr. W.
M. McKinnon, of Wadesboro, is
spending his vacation with home
folks. Mrs. Jean Morrison and
child, of Morven, are visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Mc
Lean. Mrs. Jesse B. McNatt
and Miss Belle Alford left this
morning on an excursion for
Blowing Rock. They will be
gone two weeks. Miss Gertrude
Gibson; of McColl, S. C, spent
Sunday in town the guest of her
brother Dr. M. R. Gibson. - Mr.
Lee McNair. of Charlotte, is vis
iting his uncle Mr. W. S. McNair.
Miss Maggie Black, who had
been the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Wiggins for several days,
returned to her home in Shelby
Saturday. Mr. Hector McLean
went to Lenoir this morning.
Mr. Ansel Rogers, of Bennetts
ill ft r- i
vine, a. Kj., spent bunday in
town witn mrs. Kogers. who is
spending some time with her sis
ter Mrs. W. S. McNair. Mr. A.
m H " T" -r i
i. ivi.cL.ean, or lumberton, was
in Maxton a short while Sunday
af ternooD on his way home from
Jackson Springs. He, with sev
eral of his friends, drove there
in his machine on Saturday.
Miss Mattie Brown McLean re
turned home today from Ashe
ville, where she spent several
weeks with her aunt Mrs. George
Crabtree.
Another runaway occurred on
our streets bunday. A negro
who was driving a horse began
wmppmg mm tor no reason
whatever. The horse started up
Main street at terrific speed and,
turning a corner, threw the ne
gro out, turned the buggy over,
and rolled over on top of all him
self. Of course everybody
thought the man was killed, and
;tbe, horse, too, but after a few
rmomencs had. elapsed tne negro
jumpped up and said he wasn't
hurt at all. The horse also e
ed injury, but the buggy was
torn up considerably.
Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis left
last night for Richmond, where
they will visit relatives. Mrs.
W. G. Green and son, Alton, re
turned Saturday from Greens
boro, where they visited rela
tives.
Last Saturday morning at ten
o'clock the little babe of Mr. and
Mrs. ts. L. tjlass died ot mene
gitis. She was about ten months
Anxious to Start Cisrar Factorv
in Lumberton if Proper Induce
ments are Offered.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
We trust that you will allow us
space in your valuable paper to
publicly express our appreciation
of the hosDitable manner in
which Messrs. Ramon Fa and
Frances Capitano were entertain
ed while on a prospecting visit
to your town recently. They were
very tavorably impressed with
the situation, and believe that a
good business can be built up
around Lumberton. While it
is not yet a certainty that the
cigar factory will be built and
operated, the company stands
ready and anxious to carry out
its plans provided the town offers
the inducement it should. In case
we locate in Lumberton we in
tend to manufacture the same
sizes and brands of cigars that
have made Tampa, Fla., famous
the world over as a clear Havana
cigar center. Just now the cigar
industry in Tampa is at a stand
still because of labor trouble be
tween the cigar makers and the
manufacturers, and there seems
to be no likelihood of an amicable
settlement of the difference in
the near future. The manufac
turers are having to established
branch houses in other towns in
order to supply their regular cus
tomers. W e are anxious to get
out of this situation as soon as
possible and to locate in Lumber-
ton m the event the proper in
ducement is offered. In con
clusion vt wish to thank The
Robesonian and the business
men of your town for the inter
est they have taken in our enter
prise.
lours very truly,
Capitano & Co.
Ybor City, Fla., Aug. 22, 1910.
WHOLE NO. 2591
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Minor Court Cases Escaped
Convict Captured.
Sheriff E. C. McNeill went to
MaxtonMondaynight and brought
back with him to jail Garfield
Campbeil, colored, ,who is charg
ed with stealing a cow and calt
from a negro near Maxton and
with entering the store of Neill
McRimmon.in Alfordsville town
ship, and stealing a suit of clothes
He was tried Monday before Jus- morning and arranged for Mr.
old and had been sick only a few neSro who was wanted for being j k at th Thompson hospital,
County Commissioners May
Place Fountain in Court House
Yard.
Hoke Smith Wins Nomination
for Governor over Brown.
Atlanta. Ga.. Dispatch. 24th.
Former Governor Smith won
the nomination for Governor over
the incumbent, Joseph M. Brown.
Smith's popular majority in the
Qrnfja was annrnYimatel v X 000
cook place today at ll o'ciock and j Two years ago Brown, whom
the interment was made in the i Governor Smith had removed as
iamuy burying grounds near tne ; chairman of the State Railroad
nome of Mr. and Mrs. Alderman. ! Commission, defeated Smith for
ihe father of the deceased is a! re.election by a popular majority
member of the board ot county j of more than moOO. Smith's
commissioners. Mr. T. A. Mc-; maiori.ty in the convention will
JNeill, Jr., left this morning to; be about 35 votes.
attend the funeral. 1 .,
Vwrul Destruction or Lite and
Property by Forest Fires
Forest nre3 have been raging
in the States of Washington,
Idaho and Montana for some days
and the loss of life and property
has been fearful. Yesterday's
d.spatches indicate that more
xan 350 lives have been lost and
property will
A fountain playing in the
courthouse yard sounds good,
Doesn't it? It is more than prob
able that that is one of the
erood things on the way. While
in town yesterday on other busi
ness Chairman J. W. Carter,
Messrs. A. R. McEachern, A. L
Bullock and C. A. Oliver, of the
board of county commissio iers,
made some investigations with
view to supplying a fountain
from the bold artesian well in
rear of the , power house. The
McAllister Hdw. Co. will submit
estimates of what the work
would cost at the next regular
meeting of the commissioners.
It is said that the cost would be
very small and it would add im
mensely to thecourt house square.
Mr. J. P. Townsend ha3 been in
terested in this proposition for
some time and was instrumental
in bringing it to the attention of
the commissioners.
Decorators Begin Interior Work
on New Baptist Church.
The decorators arrived this
morning to begin work on the
walls of the new Baptist church.
This is a magnificent building
and when completed will be
second no church building in the
'.State.
ticeR. T. McElyea, Alfordsville
township, and was committed to
jail in default of the $50 bond re
quired in each case.
It is reported that a crowd of
some duu people searched the
woods down about Mclnnis'
bridge. S.C., last Sunday for a
Dr. J. P. Brown and Mr. D.
A. Jones, of Fairmont, have
purchased from Dr. W. A. Mo
Phaul, administrator of the estate
of Miss Rose Ashley, deceased, a
farm of 126 acres near Fairmont,,
the consideration being $3,850.
Tomorrow evening one-half
the gross receipts at the motion
picture show will be given to the
Associated Charitites of Lumber
ton. By patronizing the show
you will see good pictures, be
highly entertained, and help a
worthy cause.
Mr. J. R. Morris, Lumber
ton's hustling baker, has been aD-
pointed a delegate to the Master
Bakers Association to be held in
Baltimore, Md. , next month. There
are only three delegates appointed
irom tne state. The meet
ing will last three days and Mr.
Morris expects to attend.
Mrs. R. E. Sentelle has been
very sick for several days at her
home on the corner of Eighth
and Pine streets. Her condition
this morning was not thought tobe
much improved. Mr. C. P. Mc
Allister, who has been sick with
typhoid fever for about two
months, continues to improve.
Col. and Mrs. N. A. McLean
and their two daughters, little
Misses Eugenia and Alice, re
turned yesterday from Fairfield
Inn, near Lake Toxaway, in the
beautiful sapphire country, where
they spent two weeks. Col. Mc
Lean, who was sick for a week
before leaving home, returned
much improved in health.
Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Jon?s,
Sr., who live on the corner of
Third and Walnut streets, are
sending out the following invita
tion: "Mr. and Mrs. Nehemiah Henry
Jones request the pleasure of your
company on the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage Friday alter oon, Sep
tember second, trom three to six o clock.,
Lumberton, North Carolina. Neheaiiah
Henry Jones Emily Rhodes. "
-Chief of Police H. H. Red
fern was called to his home in
Wadesboro Monday evening on
account of the illness of one of
his children, who has typhoid
fever. He returned Tuesday
A.
E. Spivey to assume his duties
during his absence and went
back Tuesday evening to Wades
boro, where he will remain until
there is a change in his child s
condition.
Mr. C. W. Jones, of St.Paul,
and his two sons, who have been
days. The funeral was held at
the home on Sunday morning
and the remains were interred at
the new cemetery.
Mr. H. C. McNair and familv
returned Saturday from a week's
outing at Jackson Springs.
Mr. Jetter Williamson Thrown
From His Horse and
Hurt
Mr. Jetter Williamson, time
keeper for the Kingsdale Lum
ber Company, was thrown from
his horse yesterday afternoon
about 6 o'clock and badly hurt.
His left leg was broken just
above the knee and one bone m
the right arm below the elbow
was broken and the elbow joint
was dislocated.
Mr. Williamson was riding
young horse about three years
old irom the Kingsdaie mill up
town when the horse reared and
fell backwards, falling on him,
this happening at the corner of
Chippewa and Second streets.
Mr. Williamson was taken at
once to the Thompson hospital,
where he received medical atten
tion. He was resting as well this
morning as could be expected.
are getting along nicely, Mr. Jones
having sulhciently recovered to
return home today. Mr. Cor-
ney Martin, of Chadbourn, R. F.
D., who underwent an operation
tor appenuicits at the hospital a
the
Mr.
he destruction ot
r iach millions.
Social Gathering: at Graded
School Building This Evening.
The trustees of the graded
school will throw the school build
ing open this evening at 8:30
o'clock for a general social gath
ering in honor of the teachers
attending the institute. It will
be a pleasant occasion and all
he citizens of the town are in
, v ted to attend.
Business Meeting Tomorrow E e
ning.
Owing to a misunderstanding
; the meeting of business men that
was to have been held Monday
evening to perfect plans for re
funding railroad fare from vari
ous stations wh3n certain
amounts are traded was not held
A meeting to consider this im-
Drtant matter wi!l be held in
rather reckless with a pistol. No
particulars have been learned.
Mclnnis bridge is not very far
from Maxton.
W.O.Watts.a white man who is
said to have escaped from the Dil
lon county, S. C.,cham gang and few daya ag0 ig rapiaiy rec0ver
L A , tulc icwaiu iag Mr J x Smith, of Lum-
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Badly "n "y1" roupe hospital with typhoid fever.
T?T c o xtu 111 E. C. Hes:cr, of Bladenboro, who
jan ami uie .oouin aiouna au- haa tVnhoU fevpr. was hmncrht
4.1 .4-:. f u; 4- 1 - - : - 0 -
" . i . llcaL; to the hospit.,1 this morning by
;us 13 ?aiu rt uwvc ut Dr. J. S. Nr..un of that place.
this countv and to have been on
the Wilminffton Dolice force 10 or -Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paul, of
12 yars ai?o. He is also said to Westville, Fla., were among the
havc ..t ten his wife within a visitors in town 1 uesoay. iney
few miies of Lumberton. arrived last week and will spend
Geo. Norment, colored, was three or four weeks in the coun
tried before MayorRowlandTues- ty visiting relatives and friends,
day morning on the charge of Mr. Paul was born and raised in
retailing and was bound to court Saddle Tree township and he and
in a bond in the sum of $200, Mrs. Paul have been visiting in
which was signed byGilesRozier, that townsnip at the homes ot
lrrprl. rmmpdiatftlv afrr this Messrs. Moses raul and Arch.
trial Giles Rozier swore out a I
warrant against Geo. Blue, col
ored, the principal witness against
Geo. Norment, charging that his
son Will had bought liquor from
Blue. This case was tried in the
afternoon. Will Rozier swore
that he had never bought liquor
from Blue and had never told
his father that he had, and the
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case was dismissed.
McDuffie. Mr. Paul has been
living for the past six years in
Florida, going to that State from
Georgia, in which State he lived
for 10 years. He is on his regu
lar biennial visit to his old home.
tie commissioners room at
the
court house tomorrow evening at
! 8:30 o'clock and ail who are m
! terested in thi3 method ot" pro
motm2 the business interests ji
j "he town are urged to attend.
Prof. R. E. Sentelle is having
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i nice six-room cotiage erected
on Fourteenth street in that part
ot town known as Linden, tie is
building it for rent and in the
course f a few weeks it will be
ready to let. Several houses
nave been erected in this part of
;own within the last eight or
.welve months. Rev. E. M
Hoyle finished a two story dwell
ing a few weeks ago about 100
ards from Prof. Sentelle's that
le has rented for $15 per month.
Excursion to Richmond.
The local camp of Woodmen of
the World will ooerate an ex-
c irsion from Lumberton to Rich-
m nd. Va., on the seventh of
S -ptember, returning on the
ninth. The round-trip fare from
Lumberton will be $3.50 and it is
expected that this will be one of
t le best excursions of the season,
special arrangements are being
made to take care of the largf
crowd that is expected to tale
advant'4e of tie -xfr-me!y lo,.
rates offered on this trip. Messrs.
vho are d.iO ah in tn-i.:
to make the excursi n
pleasure, will bm managers.
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