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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 19 lO
WHOLE NO. 2598
ROBESONIAN
SUPERIOR COURT.
Several Important Cases Dispos
ed of Grand Jury's Report
Interesting Report on Schools
THE VETERANS' REUNION.
After a full week's work, Rob
eson Superior Court, Judge O.H.
Allen of Kinston presiding-, ad
journed Saturday afternoon.
The trial of Eli Southerland,
colored, for killing his son-in-law
began Thursday afternoon and
Saturday afternoon the jury re
turned a verdict of murder in
the second degree. He was giv
en 10 years in the State peniten
tiary. This was the only hard
fought case during the term.
Col. N. A. McLean of Lumberton
and Hon. G. B. Patterson of Max
ton appeared for the defense and
Messrs. McLean & Wiggins of
Max ton assistedSolicitor Sinclair.
Mack McLean, tried on the charge
of shooting Deputy Sheriff T. C.
Barnes at Max ton some months
ago, was found guilty. Motion
for j udgment was made and con
tinued and his appearance bond
was fixed at $100. J no. James.
alias Cook, colored, who shot and
killed a negro boy near Maxton.
apparently accidentally, plead
guilty of manslaughter and was
given 12 months on the roads
Geo. Baily, who entered E. E.
Page's house near Lumberton
some months ago, plead guilty
of house-breaking and was sent
to the roads 4 years. Sandy Ho
gan, colored, who killed a negro
boy near Rowland, shooting him
when he asked for a chew of to
bacco, plead guilty of manslangh
ter and was sent to the roads for
9 months, it being in evidence
that there was no intent to kill.
Many cases were nol prossed and
several continued.
The grand jury made its re
port Thursday evening. It passed
upon oS bills, finding 32 true
l 1 1 m i -i
Dins, ine i an was reported as
being well kept and in sanitary
condition, and the prisoners well
cared for. The jury recommend
ed two additional bunks for three
cells in the right wingof the jail,
occupied oy colored prisoners,
that more blankets be furnished
i it . i
tnese ceils, as the ones now in
use are not sufficient, and that
the leaks in the roof of the jail
be stopped immediately in order
to save further damage to the
building. A committee visited
the chain gang and found the
convicts well cared for, but with
one exception the tents in which
they are kept are in bad condi
tion and leak. The inmates of
the county home were found well
cared for.
The jury recommended that if
the road funds are sufficient at
this time to keep the roads in
good condition the road supervis
ors should be required to at least
see that the roads are kept
3hrubbed and the bridges kept in
.good repair.
All the records in the different
offices in the court house were
found neatly and safely kept and
well protected. It was recom
mended that the janitor be com
pelied to keep the floors, win
dows and cusp'dors in better con
dition, as they are not in keeping
with the modern court house;
and that the bed rooms for ju
rors be furnished at once with
beds, chairs, and other necessary
fixtures to make the rooms com
fortable. The night before the
rep jrt was made the members of
a jury had to sleep as best they
could in the court house, as suit
able places could not be found
for them elsewhere.
Snyder and the Major Attend
the Reunion at Norfolk Ob
servations on What Was Seen.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Last week the major and I,
taking advantage of the low rates
and the prospective old Virginia
hospitality, hied our way to Nor
folk, where the North Carolina
Veterans' Association met at the
invitation of the Virginia veter
ans. I need not say that we had
a most pleasant time, barring the
extreme heat. We were royally
entertained by the Norfolk folks,
who, by the way, are mostly
North Carolinians. One sp?ak-
er said that during the war there
were 50,000 North Carolinians in
Virginia fighting the yankees,
and now there were 50,000 Tar
Heels in theSiate doing busiaess.
And, by the way, the major is
a great man to travel with, as
he seems to know almost every
body, and everybody knows him.
Leaving tiie main line at Rocky
Mount, we took the short cut by
way oi Tarboro on through Suf
folk to the city. We crossed Tar
river, which reminded me of the
old couplet,
"Up Cape Fear and downTar river,
lwo overseers to one poor nigger.
The Legislature once changed
the name to Tau river, but it
seems never to have taken well,
as the river still goes by the name
of Tar. The yankees used to
think the river ran tar.
The majority of the veterans
are rather a hard-looking set (of
course we are not included in
that remark). If they would
dress up like they were going to
church, instead of 1.K3 go;ng to
market.it would redound more to
their credit.
The lay of the land from here
to Norfolk is pretty much of
sameness. We noticed a great
deal of land lying idle and uncul
tivated. We saw no new grounds,
which is very different from
Robeson, where new clearings
are in evidence on every side.
From larooro on we saw a great
miny fields of ground-peas in
cultivation, and in some places
it seemed to be the main crop
Norfolk was wide open, but we
..At 1
saw very tew vets tangie-ieggea
from the fact that prohibition
had caused them so abandon the
habit. There were said to have
been 2,000 veterans present and
1,500 in line of march. The thin
line is rapidly getting thinner and
it will not be long before the las
one of us will have answered the
roll call for the last time.
Snyder.
Red Springs, N. C, Sept. 12,
1910.
Home Mission Society Meeting
Other Church Services.
A meeting of the Home Mis
sion Society of the Rockingham
district was held in the Metho
dist church in Lumberton Thurs
day and Friday of last week. The
meeting was opened Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock by Mr3. J.
P. Brown, of Fairmont, who pre
sided, and Rev. E. M. Iloyle,
pastor of the Lumberton church,
delivered an address on the pur
pose of the meeting. Thursday
evening an address of welcome
was deliversd bv Mrs. E. M.
Hoyle, with response by Mrs.
Carl McLean, of Fairmont.
Mrs. Brown delivered an excel
lent address on home mission
work, and this was followed by
a social hour. Friday morning
reports were received from the
various societies and Friday af-
ernoon the program was as fol-
ovvs: ine cradle roll, Mrs. Daisy
enkins of Lumberton; the Vash-
i home, Miss Georgia Biggs: the
question box opened, Mrs. Daisy
"1 l mi j-
jeniuns. ine nnai session was
Id Friday evening, when Mrs.
U. B. John of Raleigh, president
of the N. C. Conference Woman's
Home Mission Society, delivered
an excellent address. The meet
ings were well attended and
were exceedingly helpful. A
fuller account has been promised
for the next issue of The Robesonian.
A series of meetings will begin
tomorrow at Cedar Grove church
in which the pastor, Rev. J. M.
Fleming, will be assisted by Rev.
T. J. Baker of Parkton. The pub-
he is cordially invited.
A series of meetings will begin
this evening at 7 o'clock at the'
Gospel tabernacle in which the
pastor, Rev. F. Weiss, will be
assisted by Rev. and Mrs. W. J.
Harney, cf Kentucky. Services
will be held every evening at 7
o'clock and beginning Thursday
afternoon services will also be
held at 3 o'clock. A cordial
vitation is extended to all.
This Magnificent Piano Will be Given Away by The
Robesonian. Watch For Announcement of Rules of Con
test in Thursday's Paper.
LOCAL BRIEFS.
A meeting of the McNeill
club will be held this evening at
8 o'clock in the school building in
iast Liumberton.
Messrs. Caldwell and Car
lylewill have their millinerv od-
ening Tuesday and Wednesday,
tne zun and zsth mst.
There will be a regular meet
ing of St. Alban's Lodge No.
114, A. F. and A. M., tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock.
Roosevelt's travels in Den
mark will be an interesting fea
ture at the motion picture show
at the opera house this evening.
Licenses have been issued for
the marriage of Mary Usher and
L. C. Currie; Cora Belle Bass
and Parson Bass; Emma Lamb
and Rowland Collins.
Mr. A. Weinstein returned
Saturday morning from a busi
ness trip to Baltimore and New
York, where he purchased a large
stock of fall goods. Mr. Wein
stine says that he has the goods
and they must go regardless of
price.
Mrs. Geo. B. McLeod Entertains
Young Matrons' Club.
Reported for The Robesonian.
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Miss Leila May Gill Re-elected
Teacher at Graded School
Miss Rebecca Ward Elected
Fifth Grade.
Mr. Lester Weiss left Friday
for Golden, where he will attend
school.
REPORT ON SCHOOLS.
Attached to the report of the
grand jury was
report on schools,
the request of the jury by Coun
ty Superintendent of Public In
struction J. R. Poole:
"In order to show the progress
of the schools in this county, let
me submit the following report:
For the year 1905 rural cen
sus, 7034; rural enrollment, 4321;
average attendance, 2857; length
of term, white schools, 4 months;
value of school property $33,567.
The same report for the year
1910 is as follows rural census,
7276: rural enrollment. 5005; av
erage attendance, 3279; length
of term, white schools, 5 months
and 6 days; average length of
term in spscial school districts,
7 months and 2 days; value of
school property, $71,773 (not in
cluding the Maxton and Lumber-
ton graded schools.)
"You will note that we have
averaged an expenditure of $7,
640 per year for the building and
repairing of our school houses.
"We have recedtly contracted
torb new buildings tnis year.
Eight buildings have been paint
ed recently and new furniture
added. We have now 44 special
school districts, which give an
average of $15,000 to the school
fund. Forty-six libraries, con
taining over 4,000 volumns, have
been placed in the schools."
Supt. Poole refers to the good
work done in the teachers' insti
tute recently held in Lumberton
and t) agricultural education,
about the only thing so far done
in regard to the latter being
Miss Leila May Gill
Saturday night from her home in
Laurinburg and resumed this I
morning the duties she relinquish-!
ed last spring as teacher, with
Supt. R. E. Sentelle, of the
ninth and tenth grades in the
graded school. Which is the best
sort of good news, for however
excellent a teacher might have
been secured to succeed Miss
Gill, who declined, last spring,
re-election to theposition, it
would have been impossible t o
secure a more efficient teacher.
At a meeting of the school board
last Thursday, a s mentioned
i n the last issue o f The
Robesonian, Miss Edna Tyre of
Maxton was elected to this posi
tion. Miss Millner of Leaksville,
who was at first selected, having
been prevented from accepting
by sickness, but Miss Tyre had
already accepted position.
After this run a of bad luck the
board had the best of luck and
again secured Miss Gill.
Saturday Miss Rebecca Ward
of Lumberton was elected teach
er of the fifth grade to relieve
Miss Mamie A vent, who has had
charge of both the fifth and sixth
grades and has had more than 60
pupils in her two grades. The
election of this additional teach
er supplies a need that has been
felt tor some time.
Thursday afternoon from three
to six o'clock Mrs. Geo. B. Mc
Leod was hostess to the Young
Matrons' Club. The guests were
received in the hall by Misses
Irene McLeod and Ruth Whaley
and presented to the hostess.who
received in the parlor. After all
had assembled we were ushered
into the sitting room, where tables
were arranged with what seem
ingly were puzzles but which in
reality were pictures of two of
Lumberton's public buildings cut
in small piece?, andvve were ask
ed to rearrange them. Mrs. W.
P. McAllister proved to be the
j-master builder, being first to ar
range them correctly. Mrs.Proc
! tnr in n fpw wpll-phnson wnrns.
j presented the prize, a lovely
hand-painted booklet. Then tele
gram blanks and pencils were
passed and each one asked to
. , j write a telegram using the let
arrived j ters m September to begin each
word. It was hard to decide who
was winner in this contest, but
in voting for the prize Mrs. J.
R. Poole was successful, winning
the blue ribbon, which was grace
fully presented by Mrs. McLeod.
Delightful refreshments were
daintily served by Misses Mc
Leod and Whaley, after which
Miss Irene McLeod gave a read
ing which was greatly enjoyed.
At a late hour we bade our hostess
good-bye, thanking her for an
afternoon so pleasantly spent.
to
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McLean
Return.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McLean
returned Friday from Clifton
Springs, N. Y., where they spent
some time for Mr. McLean s
health, going there from Roches
ter, Minn., where Mr. McLean
underwent an operation for ap
pendicitis in the hospital of the
famous Mayo brothers. Mr.
McLean's many warm friends
in Lumberton and throughout
the county and the State will be
glad to know that he has been
restored to perfect health, his
entire trouble, which gave his
mends much concern tor some
months, being due to a chronic
case of appendicitis. North Car
olina has no more useful and able
citizen than A. W. McLean, and
this immediate section, which
could not spare so useful a man,
is to be congratulated on the
fact that he has regained his ac
customed vigor and strength.
John Carter, 70 year3 old. a
highly-esteemed Indian of excel
lent character who has been
prominent in church work for 40
years, died this morning at hi3
home on Chas. Stephens' place,
two miles from town on the Har-
leesville road. The remains will
be interred tomorrow at the Mc
Neill gravyard, near the home.
The deceased was a brother of
Pink Carter, who lives on Jacob
swamp.
creation of public sentiment in
the following favor of it, this through the co-
submitted at 1 operation of the Farmers Union.
He refers to the great f ducation-
al rally held in Lumberton Jan
uary 26 last and to the fact that
since then 20 educational rallies
and picnics have been held, at
each one of which agricultural
addresses were made. Conclud
ing his report, Supt. Poole says:
AH of our teachers have volun
tarily agreed to teach agriculture
this year. We are encouraging
to be established reading rooms
in our high schools where the
children will have access to edu
cational papers and agricultura
bulletins. Our boys will be en
couraged to cultivate plots o
land from these bulletins on a
scientific basis We have this
year 35 members of the boys
coi.i club."
Mr. R. S. Sledge Decides to Re
main in Lumberton.
In Thursday's Robesonian it
wa3 stated that Mr. R. S. Sledge,
treasurer and manager oi the
Lumberton Drug Co., had sold
his interest to Dr. W. L. Grant
ham, and had resigned, his res
ignation to take effect October
15, by which time he expected
to accept one of several proposi
tions he had under consideration.
That was correct when printed,
but this morning Mr. Sledge re
purchased his stock and decided
to remain in Lumberton, retain
ing his same position. Which is
much better news to the manv
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sledge
than the first item.
Miss Cora Brady, of Tar Heel,
Becomes the Bride of Mr. J.
Elmer Kinlaw, of Lumberton.
Mr. J.Elmer Kinlaw, salesman
for Mr. W. J. Prevatt, and Miss
Cora Brady, of Tar Heel, were
married Thursday at 12 o'clock
at the home of the bride's fath
er, Mr. I. E. Brady. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. R.
Li. tfyrd, ot Tolarsville, and was
witnessed by only a few relatives
of the contracting parties.
The bride is one of Tar Heel's
popular young ladies, and the
groom is a son of Mr. lhomas
Kinlaw, of Howellsville, ex-treas
urer of the county, and he has a
large circle of friends that wish
for him and his bride a happy
life. Mr. Kinlaw left Thursday
morning for Tar Heel and was
accompanied by his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Rowland Prevatt. The party re
turned to Lumberton Thursday
afternoon and Mr. and Mrs. Kin
law are making their home at
present with Mr. and Mrs. Prevatt.
Mr. L. B. Blackburn Purchases
the Morris Bakery.
Mr. Jno. R. Morris has sold
his bakery business on Fourth
street to Mr. L. B. Blackburn,
who recently resigned as presi
dent and manager of the Robe
son Soda Water Co. The deal
was closed Friday night and Mr.
Blackburn took over the business
Saturday with a first-class baker
in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Morris
went Saturday night to Wilming
ton, their former home, where,
as has been mentioned in Ihe
Robesonian, Mr.-Morris has pur
chased the Carolina Bakery. Mr.
and Mrs. Morris made many
friends during their 3-years'
stay in Lumberton who regret
their decision to return to their
former home.
Roller Mill at Pembroke in Posi
tion to Fill Some Small Oraers
For Flour.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
I wish to say through your pa
per that we are now in position
to fill some small orders for tlour
and brand the mill work perfect.
The grades nm according to
grade of wheat good wheat
makes good flour, damaged and
smutty wheat makes dark flour
which is usually bleached by a
gas process and made white, but
never made good; and it will be
well for our farmers to look well
as to what kind of wheat they
sow. Our wheat compares favor
ably with the Northern wheat, a
lttle soft but rather harder than
expected. With a little care
of growing wheat and by taking
care after harvesting we can
grow as good wheat as anywhere
in the State and make as nice
flour. We buy all wheat that is
offered us for sale. Good wheat
is now worth $1.25 at mill.
Yours,
W. K. Culbreth, Pres.
Pembroke, N. C, Sept.
1910.
President Taf t
old Thursday.
wa3 53 yeais
Parson Poor's Donation Party.
A burlesque entertainment in
two scenes, entitled as above,
will be given in the auditorium
of the graded school building at
St. Paul's Friday evening of this
week under the auspices of the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Meth
odist church at that place. A
clean and high-class entertain
ment is Dromised and as it will
be given for a worthy cause a f ul
house is expected.
Notices of New Advertisements.
Several political communica
tions appear in this issue.
Save nrviey while you make
money First National Bank.
Buster Brown makes a re3olu
tion about clothes.
The kid makes a spiel about
tools for the McAllister Hdw. Co.
Farm wanted in Robeson coun
ty
Hound dog lost or stolen.
K. M. Biggs pays highest mark
et price for cotton seed.
Housekeeper wanted.
Good positions that can be ob
tained.
Notice in regard to the Jacob
and Back Swamp drainage dis
trict.
Wonders in hatland Miss
Josephine Breece.
All seasonable cut flowers
furnished on short notice J. L.
O'Ouinn and Co. Raleigh.
Car load of mules and horses
W. I. Linkhaw.
Cotton seed 55 cents at Lum
berton Cotton Oil & Ginning Co.
Quite a bit of cotton is being
marketed and the local buyers
are paying 13 cents todays which
is so ne less than the price paid
Sa-u-dav. Cotton seed are sel
uig fjr 55 cents per bushel.
15,
Godwin's Majority.
The vote of the primary in the
sixth congressional district on
Thursday wu officially canvassed
by the boanis in the various
counties of the district Saturday
nd show Mr. Godwin's majority
over Mr. Clark iv, he 4,502. The
vote in the vaiiuuS counties a3
officially reported toGodwin head
quarters at Dunn is as follows:
Counties
Harnett
Bladen
New Hanover
Brunswick
Columbus
Cumberland
Robeson
Godwin
1,006
336
843
455
1,267
953
2.357
Clark
161
595
373
82
455
541
508
7,217 2,715
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon wss
nominated foi re-election to Con-
. iii
gress in tne primaries neiu
Illinois Thursday.
in
Several hundred prominent
citizens of Florida met in Jack
sonville Thursday and effected
an organization to oppose tie
adoption of a proposed amend
ment providing for State-wice
prohibition.
Another indication of the
tendency to elevate men of high
standing to office was given
Thursday when at the New
Jersey Democratic State conven
tion held at Trenton Dr. Wood
row Wilson, president of Prince
ton University, wa nominated
for the office of Governor cf the
State.