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VOL XU NO. 61.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, tHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1910
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ROBESONIAN
GRAND PIANO
VOTING
CONTEST
Handsome Four Hundred Dollar Piano
to be Given Away in the Grand Vot
ing Contest to the Person Receiving
the Highest Number of Votes Con
test Begins With This Edition.
MCNEILL
WINS
TION.
NOMINA-
to play the role of boss; and that REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
they won is simply an indication
Today The Robesonian inaugurates the
test of its kind ever held in -North Carolina.
Greatest Voting Con-
Indicate
for Sen-
and In-
GRAND PRIZE.
The grand prize will consist of a magnificent Cote Grand piano,
a piano of the finest make that has ever been brought into this
city, and its beautiful mellow tone has made It a" universal favor
ite. that stands Drominent among the most artistic productions of
modern piano making.
The Cote piano is a beautiful instrument and has a very artis
tic case, of a plainess that always attracts. The instrument has
seven and one third octaves, the ke s being made of the best
quality of ivory.
The extension front with music rack the full width of the
piano adds much to the comfort of the performer.
The action is of the most improved French double repeating
pattern, the strings are made of imported German wire, three
unisons with over strung bass. The panels are hand-carved and
the fall board is of the latest folding pattern. Trimmings nickle
plated throughout, Three pedals, including muffler. The case is
double veneered in and out, and the instrument is guaranteed by
the maker for ten years.
SECOND PRIZE.
The second prize will be a seventy-five dollar ($75.00) Ladies'
Diamond Riner. This rinsr will be on display after October first at
the Lumton Drug Store.
The Contest Free For All to Enter.
The contest ''s free to each and every contestant to enter, and
it costs nothing to win: all The Robesonian asks is hearty cooper
ation of its friends and readers to make this contest an enthusias
tic and friendly struggle for leadership.
HOW TO ENTER.
Just clip the nomination coupon out of each edition of the
paper and fill in the name of the person whom you wish to enter
as a contestant, with the address written plainly or, if you do not
have a nomination coupon, send in the name and address, and an
nounce the nerson as a candidate. The name of the nominator
will not be divulged.
HOW VOTES ARE OBTAINED
Votes are obtained by getting subscriptions to The Robesonian
A regular scale of votes will be found in another column of this
paper. Besides getting subscriptions, votes are obtained by send
ing in the Free Voting Certificates in each weekly paper. These
Free Voting Cupons are limited to twenty-five votes, and as many
may be sent in for each contestant as one can possibly collect.
NOMINATION COUPON
The first one of these coupons sent in for each contest
ant, entitles them to 1,000 free votes. Only one of
these coupons will be allowed to each contestant.)
I nominate Mr. Mrs. or Misa
Of-
State
as a cane idate in The Robesonian contest.
Nominated by
of
State.
While it is not absolutely necessary that a coupon be
used, it will facilitate matters to send one for each con
testant. Under no circumstances will the nominator'3
name be divulged. Robesonian Contest Manager.
(Continued on page 8.)
Hard Fought Battle For Sheriff
Ends in Victorv of Present In
cumbent Mc Leo d Concedes
Defeat Another P r i m a r y
Will Have to Decide Between
Skipper and Humphrey, Who
Are in the Lead for Clerk
Incomplete Returns
Nomination of Cobb
ate -Full Vote Cast
terest Intense.
Complete returns from 15
townships and partial returns
from 6 others indicate that in
the Democratic primary held tc
day (though this is written at 3
o'clock Friday morning. The
Robesonian is dated Thursday)
McNeill has been nominated for
sheriff of Robeson county over
ex-Sheriff Geo. B. McLeod by
between 400 and 500 maiority.
Partial returns so far received
j:ive him 447 majority. McLeod
concedes his defeat by between
300 and 500 majority.
For clerk of the court, returns
from 18 townships give C. B.
Skipper 1075 votes, W. H.
Humphrey 851, these two being
in the lead over K. M. Barnes
and D. W. Bullock. A second
primary will have to be held to
decide between Messrs. Skipper
and Humphrey.
For the Senate, townships so
far heard from give E. F. Mc
Rae a majority over W. S. Cobb
of 31 votes, but Cobb claims that
in the townships not heard from
Alfordsville, Back Swamp,
Burnt Swamp, Orrum, Pem
broke, Sterling's, (that is, so far
as the vote fof the Senate is con
cerned) a vote sufficient to put
him in the lead by about 150. It
is impossible to tell, at the time
of going to press, who has won
the nomination for the Senate,
but it looks like Cobb.
For House of Representatives,
15 precincts from which returns
flte" ebeeff received give the fol
lowing: Dr. W, A. McPhaul,
1485; Or. B. F. McMillan, 1316;
J. O. McArthur, 1398. It is im
possible to tell who are the nom
inees, as the other precincts may
change the lead.
For county commissioners, it
is believed, from townships so
far heard from, that the follow
ing are in the lead: J. W. Carter,
A. K. McEachern (these mem
bers of the present board), W. P.
Barker, J. F. McKay and A. J.
Floyd. The other candidates
are Jno. A. McPhaul, D. Z. Mc
Gougan, W. H. McLellan, N. J.
McRimmon and J. A. McCormick.
Fifteen precincts give Treas
urer M. G. McKenzie 1371 ma
jority over W. A. Graham, his
opponent lor the office of county
treasurer, and it is thought that
his majority will be between
1600 and 1800.
Register of Deeds T. N. Hig-
ley and Coroner G. E. Rancke
had no opposition.
The vote in Lumberton town
ship is said to have been the
heaviest ever polled. Interest
centered here, as elsewhere
throughout the county, in the
fight between McNeill and Mc
Leod, and supporters of these
two candidates worked tirelessly
from early morning till the polls
closed at 8 o'clock p. m. The
entire vote polled here was 565,
the vote for sheriff was 551, Mc
Neill receiving 288, McLeod, 263.
Every precinct heard from polled
about its full strength.
Complete returns from the pre
cincts not yet heard from wil
perhaps not be received unti
late tomorrow or Saturday.
This ends perhaps the hardest
fuht in the history of Robeson
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county politics, reople all over
the county were stirred up as
never before over the fight for
the nomination for the office of
sheriff, this fight overshadowing
all others, though there was
much interest in who should re
ceive the nomination for the
Senate and clerk of the court.
There is no disposition on the
part of the friends of Sheriff Mc
Neill, so far as this scribe is
aole to judge, to exult over the
victory. They waged a hard
fight for what thsy conceived to
be right and just and for the
best interest of the county,
against the tendency of McLeoJ
Held in Lumberton Tuesday A
Partial Ticket Nominated,
Other Nominations to be
Made Later Marion Butler
Causes Disappointment by
Failing to Show Up.
Robeson county Republicans
met in convention in Lumberton
uesday and nominated the fol-
Wilkes who had pub- Mowing partial ticket- ror btate
political advertisement 5enaie- Angus bhawot Maxton;
ior nouse 01 representatives, v.
tnat nere in Kooeson county, as
elsewhere, the people are resent
ing bossism as never before
and are setting a high standa.d
tor men for public office ;
At Wakulla, Smith's township,
it looked at one time like there
was going to be serious trouble,
but it blew over without any one
being hurt. Sheriff McNeill was
there, also Mr. Chris. Wilkes
and his two son?, one of them
the J. C.
lished a
in lhe Kobesonian in regard to
the arrest of some picture agents
at Pembroke more than a year
ago. One of the Wilkeses made
some remark to the effect that
Sheriff McNeill .would better
have saved the money he spent
hiring men to work for him, or
something of the kind. Sheriff
McNeill promptly said that who
ever said he had spent any mon
ey there was a liar, whereupon
it is said that the Messrs. Wilkes
assumed threatening attitudes,
one witn a knite, one witn a
rock and one with a stick, ad
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vancmg upon tne sneriti as
though they intended to do him
up. But some staunch Indian
friends of the sheriff came to his
rescue and said that if anybody
touched the sheriff they would
wipe up the earth with
And there was nothing
It is said that J. C.
was advancing on the
from the rear with a stick when
an Indian told him if he raised
that stick he would raise him.
Sheriff McNeill captured the im
plements oi war ana the inci
dent may be heard from later.
It is said that there was a little
disturbance, which did not
amount to anything, in Britt's
township. With these exceptions,
so far as at present reported, the
primary passed oif quietly and
good humor prevailed.
TARHE3lc
-. MININGS.
them.
doing.
Wilkes
sheriff
H. Taylor ot Lumberton: for
sheriff, ex-Sheriff J. W. Hall of
Lumber Bridge; for county com
missioners, J. H. Curne ot Max-
ton, W. G. McLean of Smith's
township, A. B. Mercer of How-
ellsville township. Nominations
of candidates for other offices
will be made at a meeting to be
held on the first Monday in Oc
tober. !
Quite a large number of Re
publicans attended the conven
tion, partly by reason of the fact,
perhaps, that a false hope has
been aroused of there being some
chance of winning in the coming
election on account of dissentions
in the Democratic partj ; partly
because Marion Butler was ex
pected to address the faithful on
that occasion. But Mr. Butler
failed to show up. He was ex
pected on one of the morning
trains, and as he did not come
the openingl of the convention
was delayed in the hope that he
would come bv Drivate convev-
ance. Col. S. A.Edmund.county last Saturday and Sunday.
The Kinlaw-Brady Marriage
New Depot N earing Comple
tion Sale of Town Lots Per
sonal. Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Tar Heel, Sept. 21-On the
15th of September, at the home
of her father, Mr. I. E. Brady,
on First street. Miss Cora Belle
Brady and Mr. J. Elmer Kinlaw
were happily united in marriage.
Miss Brady is one of our most
popular young ladies and will be
missed very much. Mr. Kinlaw
is a son of Mr. Thomas Kinlaw.of
llowellsville. He is very well
known here and liked by many.
Their many friends wish them a
happy vovage through life. Rev.
R. L. Byrd officiated.
Miss Lena Robeson, we are
sorry to say, is on the sick list;
also Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Allen
and several of their children.
Mrs. T. J. Striven is still very
ill; she is not expected to live.
Mr. I. E. Brady has his new
store painted, which adds much
to First street.
Those from a distance who at
tended the Brady-Kinlaw mar
riage were Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Brady and little daughter, of
Hope Mills;Mr. and Mrs. Prevatt,
of Lumberton; Miss Nellie Kin
law.of Howellsville,and Miss Lilly
Bullard, of White Oak.
Miss Mary Ann Melvin return
ed home last Monday from Fair
mont, where she visited relatives
chairman, used the wires freelv
in efforts to locate Mr. Butler,
but it was impossible to locate
him, so at 12:15 o'clock Col. Ed
mund called the convention to
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Piaster cennie oraay is visit
ing his brother at Hope Mills
this week.
Rev. P. T. Britt and Mr.Mont-
gomery tsntt, ot Urrum, pass-
order. The roll of townships ed through town recently. Mr.
OUT BARKER'S WAY.
Cotton is Short and Price Must
Go Lk? Personal Mention.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. F. D. 2, Sept.
20 Mrs. J. L. Gray, who has
been on the sick list for some
time, we are sorry to sav is urn-improved.
Miss Omah Barker has return
ed home from a visit to her sister
Mrs. Cleman Davis, of Lumber
ton, R. F. D. 6.
showed that all wrere represented
except Alfordsville. Mr. Angus
Shaw ot Maxton was asked to
act as temporary chairman and
after prayer by Mr. S. L. Parker
of Britt s township Col. Edmund
Britt has many friends here who
are always delighted to see him.
He was pastor of tne Baptist
church here for several years
and was very much esteemed.
Messrs. Wm. and Elias Monroe
was elected permanent chairman, returned home last Monday after
spending a lew days witn rela
tives and friends atClarkton and
Abbottsburg.
Work is rapidly being done on
the new depot here, which will
be a very nice little building
when completed.
The 28th of September is the
date of the big town lots sale.
Now is the time for you to get a
nice lot n a lively little town.
Mr. B. F, McLean, secretary of
the county executive committee,
being elected permanent secre
tary.
Chairman Edmund then made
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a rousing speech. Alter the
most approved manner he glori
fied the Republican party, giving
it credit for all the blessings,
temporal and otherwise, which
the inhabitants of this erindlv
land enjoy; and that his remarks Everybody come, anyway.
met with hearty approval was
Messrs. Lee and Cattie Parnell, evidenced by frequent applause.
ot bt. rauls, visited in tnis vicin
ity Sunday.
Mr. D. H. McPhail spent Sat
urday and Sunday at Raynham.
Rev. Mr. Baker, of Parkton,
passed tnrougn this vicinity on
his way to Oak Grove, where he
filled his regular appointment
Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs. R. Humphrey and J
D. Powell made a business trip
to Red Springs Saturday.
The cry ot the tarmers is,
"What will the merchants do?"
As cotton is short, the farmers
W T .1.1 11
He took the whole business in,
national, State and county, speak
ing for a full hour. And, al
though this scribe could not fol
low him m some of his conclus
ions, it was a good speech, well
thought out, well hung together
and despite the fact that his
voice almost failed him at times
well delivered. In referring
to the tariff he was careful to
say that President Taft has pro
nounced it the best tariff law ev-1
er enacted, and then he got into
deep water by attempting the
MERRY MAXTON.
Mr.
Enter-
and Mrs. Wiggins
tain Personal.
Correspondence of The Hobeaoniari.
Maxton, Sept. 20 -Mr.
McNair, of Winston, is
his uncle, Mr. W. S. McNair, this
week. Mr. J. C. McCaskill, Jr.,
spent Sunday with home folks
Misses Ann and Bessie Coving
ton, of Laurnburg, are visiting
Mrs. Rober Everett this week.
Grover
visiting
M o n rl TVI w A W T(t oo n n f
will never see the other side un- impossible task of showing why Lumberton sp nit Sunday with
less tne price goes up. and how it is a good tarirt law. Mr McLean's mother Mn Una
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lvirs. vv. n. roweu visueu ner ne declared mat tne democratic MfLpan Mrs w R Green and
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aiex tsax- party ot Kooeson is in the middle
of a bad fix and on the eve of dis
integrafion, but in thunder tones
declareu his further belief that
"some of them would have to see
a burning bush like the apostle
Paul did before they would
change." Which was just a lit
tie slip, both as to his Scriptural
reterence and as to the condition
of the Democratic party, which
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ley, at Red Springs Saturday and
Sunday.
Messrs. Joe Biggs, J. S. Hum
phrey and Dennis Parnell attend
ed church at Oak Grove Sunday.
Mr. Arch. McDufhe is at home
alter spending last week at
Lumberton attending court as
juror.
Little Miss Sallie Parnell, of
St. Paul's, visited at the home of has just been trying to do a little
her brothers, Messrs. Dennis and cleaning up within the party.
Saturday and At 2 p. m. the convention ad-
Arch. Parnell,
Sunday.
The Woman's Betterment As
sociation held its regular meeting
Friday p. m., 16th mst.
Judging from the time the
boys got home Saturday night.
we think there must have been
something doing with the Wood
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Isroat. so we heard.
There will be preaching at
Saddle Tree church Friday night,
Saturday. Saturday night and
Sunday by Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth,
the pastor.
Mr. Robt. Welch and family,
of Lumberton, passed through
Saturday on their return from
Red Springs, where they spent
awhile with Mrs. Welch's sister,
Mrs. John Boahn.
Juanita.
Mrs. R. M. Willi ims, with Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Wiggins, drove
over to Laurinburg in their auto
mobile Monday afternoon, return
ing that night. Miss Cammie
McCaskill went over to Red
Springs Sunday afternoon to visit
Mrs. Robeson.
On Thursday afternoon the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wig
gins was a scene ot beauty ana
much merriment. The occasion
was the entertainment of the
Rowland Book Club and though
journed for dinner and at the af- th evening wag quite cold and
re elected chairman of the coun
ty executive committee, which
concluded the business of the
convention. The nominees pres
ent. Messrs. Shaw, Taylor and
Hall, were called on and responded
with brief speeches of accept
ance. Dr. R. M. Norment, "the
noblest Roman of them all," was
called on but declined, and Mr.
VV. H. Kinlaw, who made a good
speech when he nominated ex
Sheriff Hall at the morning ses-
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sion, made a snort speech in re
sponse to a call.
Pertect harmony seemed tt
prevail.
The returns from the congres
'nal primary in the sixth dis-
t held Thursday of last weet , Ways Robesonian.
raw, the entire club was pres
ent. The home was beautifully
decorated in red and green, the
refreshments were also served
in red. Delicious punch was
served in the hall by Mis3 Cam
mie McCaskill.and in the dining
room a salad course, followed by
cream and cakes, was passed.
Every one had a delightful after
noon and theRowland Club hopes
to be invited again soon.
were canvassed in Raleigh Tues
day by the special committee ap
pointed by the chairman of the
State Democrats executive com
mittee. The official announce
ment gives Godwin's majority
4 502. the same given iu iV o
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