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r IT H ROBESONKi? Established 1870 VOL XLI NO. 54. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1910 WHOLE NO. 2592 " . " " : EDUCATIONAL RALLY. County Teachers and Farmers' Union Join Forces A Large Crowd Attends Speeches of a High Order A Great Day for Lumberton and the County. Any old time the Farmers' Un ion and the teachers of the coun ty unite to have an educational rally and fail to make the occa sion a great one no others need try. But they never fail. And the rally held in Lumberton Fri day was typical of such occasions in Robeson in that it was attend ed by a large number of people from all sections ot the county, the speeches were of a high or der, and the day was one of prof it and pleasure to all. Early in the morning the people Degan to come m and when President W. S. Cobb, or the county Farmers' Union, called the meeting to order the court room, where the speaking was held, was tilled to overflow ing. Supt. R. E.Sentelle, of the Lumberton graded school, deliv ered the address of welcome, taking advantage of the oppor tunity to submit some appropri ate remarks in regard to caring for the health of children. Pres ident Cobb then introducedCoun ty Superintendent J. R. PooIp, who replied briefly for the Union and the county teachers and clos ed by introducting Prof. W. H. .Switt, of Greensboro, who con ducted the county teachers' insti tute which closed on that day. rrot. Switt s address was a .gem, packed full of good thought eloquently expressed, and was well worth coming to Lumberton to hear from the remotest corner of the county. If there had been no other sneech the occasion would have been a great success. In his brief remarks introducing Supt. Poole, Pres. Cobb stated that the Farmers Union had a committee behind Supt. Poole and the teachers' urging: work a! on? agricultural education lines that the Union wants done, and Prof Swift said that he was named to hear such a statement, for hav ing worked with the teachers for two weeks he knew that they needed no pitchfork behind them to make them do their duty. He paid a passing tribute to the greatness of the county and said that the people of the county had not done their duty in letting the world know what a magnificent county is theirs, that he had no idea until he came to the county two weeks ago of the spendid re sources of the county, which, he declared, was not his fault but the fault of the citizens of the county in not advertising. His address was along practical edu cational lines and it was the sort of straightforward talk that in telligent people like to hear. He reviewed the revolutions that have taken place within the past 20 years along educational lines in the State. It is no longer nec essary, he declared, as it was ten years ago, to preach to the peo ple the necessity and duty of ed ucating their children; the people are thoroughly alive to that duty, the Question now is how to edu cate so that each boy and each girl shall be of most service to the State and shall discharge the duty that devolves upon every man and woman to be a produc er. The old method of education turned out some of the greatest leaders any land ever produced sorry teacher can conduct a mighty good school if the people oi tne district co-operate and help to make it good: and the heat. teacher must fail who works against the odds of a fault-finding school committee and com munity. He declared that one serious drawback to good schools is the habit of making frequent changes and said that the teach er ought to go into a community to teach there until he dies, like the Presbyterian minister. Too much could not be said in praise of Prof. Swift's speech and it is matter for regret that space will not permit a more ex tended notice. Dr. Harrison, professor of Eng lish at the A. and M. College at Raleigh, was the next speaker. He made a practical and helpful talk along the line of agricultu: -al education, showing conclusive ly how it pays, and forcefully re- iuted tne old idea that one can not be educated without a knowl edge of Latin and Greek. Dr. Harrison's speech brought the nr?t session to a close atl o clock m. After an Intermission of an hour and a half the crowd reas sembled in the court room to hear an address by Prof. J. B. Carlyle, of Wake Forest College. In introducing the speaker, Mr. E. J. Britt of Lumberton referr ed to the fact that when the great rally was held in Lumberton last January among the distinguished i i.i t i : speakers uieit: was nu tvuuesuin- an, out on this occasion the peo ple were fortunate in having with them a native of the coun ty who perhaps knows more peo ple all over the State than any other man. Prof. Carlyle was entirely hap py in his remarks. He began with a few good jokes and then handed out some compliments. He complimented Lumberton on its magnificent graded school building, second to none in the State, and upon the excellent management of the same; upon the Truman Quartette, which he had the pleasure of hearing at the sociable the evening before, and upon the young ladies who gave readings upon the same oc casion; and upon its civic associ ation. He complimented Robe son upon its court house, which he declared to be the finest in the State except theHenderson coun ty court bouse; upon its fine body of teachers and its Farmers' Un ion, the latter 2,200 strong; and on the Parkton band. Then he gotdown to his subject "Backto the Country" and rung the changes upon that happy phrase until every mother's son and father's daughter in the audience was dead sure that the country is the only place if one wants to live long in the land and prosper. It was a good speech and was thoroughly enjoyed. Prof. Carlyle is always sure of an appreciat ive audience in his native county. That concluded the exercises of the day and it was also the winding ud of the teachers in stitute, which had been in ses sion two weeks. The Parkton Concert Band furnished music for the occasion and, though only 6 months old, that is no slouch of a band, if anybody should hap pen to ask you. Its members are, each and several, on to their job. GODWIN VS. CLARK. A DELIGHTFUL SOCIABLE. Indications Are That Fight Will be Between Them Alone Primary September 15 Can didate Receiving a Majority to be the Nominee. Raleigh Special, 27th.. to Charlotte Observer. The sixth district muddle as to whether H. L. Godwin shall have the Democratic nomination to suc- ceedhimself or whether O.L.Clark or some other Democrat of th district shall be the noniinee Godwin and Clark having both claimed the nomination in the former sensational district con ventionis to be settled Septem ber 15 with a general uniform voting primary throughout the district, the candidate that receives the most votes to be declared the nominee provided he receives a majority of the vote cast. All who expect to enter the race for the nomination are to file notice to this effect with the i r-t . ... special state committee on or before September 1. This was the decision reached this evening by the special com mittee of the State Democratic executive committee named to hold the primary composed of Hon. J. R. Young, Col. J. Bryan Grimes and H. .A. Fou-; Pre vatt; reading; reading Tarn shee. During the afternoon the O'Shanter-Prof. Roy McMillan committee heard suggestions 0f Riverton, principal of Phila f rom 0. L. Clark, A. J. McKin-1 delphus high school, and encore, non, n. ioawin, j. u. minora two of them; vocal solo bv Mr, and Hi. r . i oung. All were lound The Graded School Trustees Provide a PleasantEvening for Visiting Teachers and Others. The sociable that's what Col. McLean said it was at the grad ed school building Thursday eve ning in honor of the teachers at- lenaing the institute was a most enjoyable affair. The trustees of the school, desiring to contrib ute something to the enjoyment of the t visiting teachers, threw the building open to the teachers and citizens of the town from o:d0 to 11 o clock, and a large numoer ot people was present. In one of those delightful and happy talks which he knows so well how to make Col. N. A. McLean, chairman of the school board, welcomed the teachers and others and prepared the way for the introduction of a programme that had been arranged, as fol lows: Instrumental solo Coiano). Miss Bonnie Barker; song by Truman Quartette and encore; reading by Miss Janie Carlyle; song by Truman Quartettee and ditto; reading by Miss Lillian Proctor; reading by Miss Annie Ruth Caldwell; instrumental solo (piano), Miss Jackson; reading Poe's Raven by Miss Edna to be pretty close together in the matter and were entirely wil ling to cut out any postprimary convention. The knottiest problem is how to deal with the legalized pri mary laws of New Hanover and Robeson counties. This is to be worked out later and the impres sion seems to be that the uniform voting primary can be had in ;hese counties just as they are the others for the reason that this is simply an extraordinary McALLISTER-CROSBY. Miss Olive Crosby of Hampton, Va., Becomes the Bride of Mr. J. D. McAllister of Lumber ton. Mr. Jno. D. McAllister of Lum berton and Miss Olive Elizabeth Crosby were married Thursday afternoon at 2o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Crosby, 404 New port avenue, Hampton, Va. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Carter Jenkins, a Presbyterian minister of Norfolk, Va., in the presence of the immediate mem bers of the bride's family. Im mediately after the mar riage the bride and groom left for Richmond, Va., and thence they came to Lumberton, arriving Friday afternoon, and are making their home at present with the groom's brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McAllister, corner of Fourth and Walnut streets. Though friends of the contract ing parties were expecting the event to take place at some time in the near future, when news of the marriage reached Lumberton Friday it occasioned surprise.The bride spent the past two seasons in Lumberton as assistant milli ner for Miss Josephine Breece and she and Mr. McAllister, who is a member of the McAllister Hdw. Co., have many friends LOCAL BRIEFS. Woodberry Lennon, Miss Bonnie vvft0 W1S tor tnem mucn happi Barker playing piano and Mr. P.. ! ness n rhfT room was accom R. Carlvle plaving violin accom-! Panied to Hampton by his broth paniment; song by Truman ! er- Mr- . P. McAllister, who re Quartette. I turned rnday morning. Every number on the programe was enjoyed thoroughly and all acquitted themselves exception- , ally well. The audience fell in love with the Truman Quartette which is too well known to Robesonian readers to need any more definite designation and got everything out of thatbunch of sweet singers it. could; and the are to contribute to the enjoy ment of any crowd. All the music-was fine and every one of the readings was all to the good. At the conclusion of this infor- left to their amusement. own devises for t PENALTY CASES DISMISSED. feature ot party machinery that tgood-natured members of the T. is not oungeu to coiuvrui iu uiese y . were willing, as thev always special county laws. The detailed machinery for the primary is being wonted out and will be announced later. One of he pollholders at.each precint is to be sent on September 17 to the county seat with the precint returns. These returns for the county are to be referred to the special State committee here in Raleigh and this committee, J. R. Young, chairman, will canvass these returns, and formally declare the nominee on Septem ber 20. J. A. McKinnon of Maxton says he will not re-enter the race for the reason that he had acquiesed in the nomination of Clark in. the former convention. So he will make a fight this time for Clark. It is said here that McClammy of New Hanover will not run in the primary and that it is very doubtful if Cook of Cumberland will run. So it looks like a clean field for a sharp fight between Godwin and Clark. Both express themselves as thoroughly satisfied with the primary. Mrs. A. E. White Entertains the Young Matrons' Club. Mrs. Albert E. White enter tained the Young Matrons' Club and other friends at her hospit able home, corner of Walnut and 8th streets, Thursday after noon irom five to seven o clock. The guests were met at the door by Miss Mattie Lee Pittman and ushered into the hall, where the hostess and Mrs. IraB.Tovvnsend received. Punch was served by Miss Claudia Davis. When all had arrived a contest ! wTas distributed which was famil mal programme the guests were iar to all housekeepers, entitled. Vegetables in disguise. When the result of the contest was as certained it was found that four worthy dames had answered each hidden question correctly. Mes dames Ira B. Townsend, C. F. Simmons, N. A. McLean and F. J. Thomas, Mrs. McLean winning the blue ribbon in cutting. Refreshments were daintily served by Misses Vashti White and Epsie Fuller. Attractive souvenirs in vegetable shape were presented each guest by the little ladies. Out-of-town guests present were Mesdames Ira B: Towns end of Charlotte, Charles F.Sim mons of Greenwood, S. C. and Mis3 Annie Turner of Fair Bluff. and made the highest typo of womanhood, but it left one boy of every 12 untrained and one girl of every 12. We muse give to the 11 that the old system left untrained the training that will make them useful men and wo men, for every untrained man and woman in a community low ers the general tone and product iveness of Jthat community. He declared that we must train our boys and girls so that we shall no longer have to send to other sections to get trained men and women to take charge of our in dustries and make us work for them at small wages; we musi educate our people so that when we import people into the State we shall make them work for us. He nut sauarely upon the com mitteemen and the people of the j school districts responsibility tor the sort of schools they shall have, declaring that a mighty Meeting of Robeson County Ru ral Letter Carriers' Associa tion. Ths Robeson County RuralLet ter Carriers' Association will meet in Lumberton Monday of next week, September 5th, at 11 o'clock a. m. All carriers are earnestly requested to be present. The subjects and speakers for the meeting will be as follows: "Good Roads" J. S. Humph rey. Shannon. "How to Get All the Carriers Interested in Our Associational Work" A. S. Pittman, Lumber-ton. "What is the Best Plan to Get Patrons, Interested in Rural Free Delivery and Good Roads" Car rier from Orrum. C. H. Howard, Pres. E. B. Hayes, Sec'y. Robeson County Rural Letter Carriers' Association. Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr., return ed Saturday morning from Char lotte, where he had been on legal business. Horse Shies and Turns Buggy Over No Serious Damage. While entering town on Fifth street Friday morning Mr. Fur ney Davis and son, Mr. Ira, of Lowe, had an exciting experience which might easily have been sarious out which, happily, ended without any very serious results. The Messrs. Davis were driving a horse to a buggy. In front of the residence of Dr. W. A. Mc rhaul was standing the doctor's auto and there was a pile of brick in front of the new building be ing erected just opposite the house where Dr. McPhaul lives. The horse shied at the auto and ran the buggy on to the pile of brick. A work-bench kept the buggy from turning over for a little distance and then it turned, throwing Mr. Davis senior against the brick pillar of the wooden office building near by and cutting a slight gash in his head. Mr. Davis junior escaped unhurt, as did also the horse and the buggy. The horse broke irom the buggy when it turned over and was caught on another street. Dr. McPnaul dressedMr. Davis' wound. Hearing Before Justice Rowland This Morning and Commission ers Exonerated. The penalty suits against Messrs. J. W. Carter, chairman, C. A. Oliver. A. L. Bullock and A. R. McEachern, of the board of county commissioners, which first came up for hearing before Justice J. A. Rowland in Lum berton last Wednesday and were continued until today, were heard this morning in the court house before Justice Rowland and were dismissed. As has been mentioned, the suits were brought by Mr. Ben j Brewer through his attorney Mr. Wade Wishart. It was alleged that the commissioners had vio lated the law and were liable to a penalty of $200 each in each case for allowing a claim of Jail er J. H. Floyd for $117 on the first Monday in June last and for paying Rufus McLaur- in 2zz. the contract price ror work on a bridge over Shoe Heel creeK. it was made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that in these instances the com missioners had complied with the law and that there was no ground for the complaints. Messrs. McLean & McLean, MIntyre. Lawrence & Proctor and E. J. Britt represented the commissioners. First Bale of Cotton Sold by Col. E. F. McRae of Maxton Col. E. F. McRae, whose farm "Raemon t"is nearMaxton, sold at Maxton Saturday the first baleof cotton for the county and for the State, too.isn't it? for this year The bale weighed 468 pounds and was purchased by Mr. J. W.Car ter at 162 cents a pound. Col. McRae, who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the State Senate, is not only one of the best farmers in Robe t i i son wnicn is equivalent to say ing that he is one of the best m the State but is one of the best- known men in the county and leader in all that makes for the upbuilding of his county and State. -Chief of Police H. H. Red fern returned Friday from Wadesboro, where he was called the first ot the week on account of the illness of his infant son, his son's condition having very much improved. Dr. W. L. Grantham, who since coming to Lumberton for tl e practice of his profession has had an office at the Pope drug store, has moved his office to the Lumberton Drug Co.'s store.The change was made last week. The present indication that a large crowd will take ad vantage of the extremely low rates to be given on the excur sion to Richmond, Va., on the 7th of September. The managers are making arrangements to ac commodate a large crowd. Mr. Ervin Grantham, who was employed at the Pope drug store, has returned to the homo of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Grantham, near Fairmont, for a short vacation before entering school. He has been succeeded by Mr. Earl Carter, of Maxton, who was formerly with the Lum berton Drug Co. Mr. W.D.Lewis, whofarmes near Pembroke, was among the business vistors in town Sat urday. Mr. Lewis is one of the contestants in The Robesonian cotton contest and says that somebody will haveto"git up and git" or he will be somewhere not far off in the winning. He has some fine cotton and also some good corn. a ivir. Martin, manager ot the chain gang of Marion county, S. C, was in town Saturday for W. O. Watts, white, an escaped convict who was arrested here Monday afternoon of last week and placed in jail by Chief of Po lice H. H. Redfern. Watts re fused to go without requisition papers, which Mr. Martin did not have; so Watts remains in jail here for the present. An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Branch, of the Dresden Cotton Mill village, died Satur day night and the interment took place yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the family burying ground at the home of the iate no. G. Smith, in Howeilsviile ownship. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. W. A. enkins, pastor of the Robe3on circuit. Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Dur ham and children returned . Fri day from a month's vacation which they spent in Gastoma, Henderson ville and Asheville. Mr. Durham preached at the First Baptist church, of which he is pastor, yesterday morning, and ast evening Prof. J. B. Carlyle, of Wake Forest College, delivered an address at this church on phases : the Laymen's Mission ary Movement. Mr. R -ry M' White, who lives near Moss N ck, came near hav ing some watermelons scattered on the streets .Saturday afternoon. Mr. M White drove up in tront of Messrs. Crump and Floyd's store on Elm street with a one- horse wagon load of melons and left his horse standing unhitched while he walked into the store. An auto came by and the horse took fright, going off down the street at a rapid pace, but was stopped in front of Messrs. Cald well and Carlyle s store betore any damage was done. Subscribe for The Robesonian A Dangerous Condition. Mr. A. S. Tyner,of rural route No, 2 from Buie, say3 that while on his way to Lumberton Friday to attend the educational rally, m crossing McNeill's bridge he met Mr. Tom Fulmore and Mr. Ful more's mule broke through the bridge, bruising him slightly. Mr. Tyner thinks that unless the commissioners have that bridge repaired at once somebody i liable to be indicted. Messrs. Jno. French and R. A. McLean are spending a few days at Blowing Rock. Meeting of Camp Willis H.Pope U. C. V., No. 1707. The officers and members of Willis H. Pope Camp. U. C. V., are requested to meet in the court house in Lumberton Satur day afternoon, Sept. 3, at 3 o'clock. The object of the meet ing is to appoint delegates to the reunion at Norfolk, and other business. By order of Lom. j. a. MeALister. M. G. McKenzie, Adj. Graded School Opens Seotember 13th Another Teacher to bo Selected. Lumberton's graded school. Prof. R. E. Sentelle, superintend ent, will open for the fall term Tuesday, September 13. Miss Mary Millner, of Leaks- ville, Rockingham county, who was elected some time ago to as sist Supt. Sentelle in teaching the 9th and 10th grades, has decided not to accept the postion and the school board will meet within the next few days and select a teach er for these grades. Postmaster L. A. Lawson, of Orrum, was a Lumberton visitor Saturday. Ten Mils Picnic Called Off. The picnic which was to have been held on Thursday of thi3 week at Ten Mile church has been called off. All who have been looking forward to this oc casion will please take notice .
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