THE ROBESONIAN
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VOL XU NO. 67.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 19 lO
WHOLE NO. 260S
tisiaDiisnea iou.
CONTEST GROWS
MORE EXCITING.
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKERS.
Big
The contest departmentris of
fering a bonus of 5,000 extra
votes for the contestant bring
ing in the largest number of
votes between October 15th and
October 22d. This means that
the contestant bringing in the
largest number of subscriptions,
makingthe the largest number
of votes, in the limited time be
tween October 15th and October
22d will be given a bonus of 5, COO
votes, besides the regular scale
of votes on the subscriptions.
This will be a good chance for
the contestants who are a little
behind to catch up and make
their votes count in the first
publication of the votes.
The one and two year subscrip
tions have lost their novelty al
ready and the contestants are
now after those five-year sub
scriptions. Let every citizen of this coun
ty respond to the call for votes
and subscribe today.
Workers, avail yourselves of
every opportunity to get a vote.
Every minute of time is valuable
now and though some of the con
testants seem to soar far ahead,
one good worker could in a few
hours time far exceed the high
est count. The Robe'sonian has
Mr. A. L. Brooks at Court
House This Evening Govern
or Kitchin at Red JSprings
October 31 Other Speakers.
Mr. A. L. Brooks, of Greens
boro, former solicitor, Demo
cratic candidate for Congress
from the fifth district two- years
ao-n nnd manaorpr rvf thp ram-
a lOt 01 DaSt-dUe SUDSCriDtlOnS on nsncrn nf Mm
hand and any one can eret a list
of the names and get those sub- that district, will discuss the
scnptions. Remember that every issues of the campaign at the
aoiiar tor. lhe Robesonian counts court house this evening at 8
1.000 votes, and everybody wants o'clock. Mr. Brooks is an able
the paper, so all of you have an and entertaining speaker and
Bonus Offer This Week
5,000 Extra Votes.
excellent field to work in. Watch
for the first count of votes. The
Robesonian has a special" box
and can handle all that are turned
in.
Let all the goodness there is in
you materialize into a one or two
year subscription. You need the
paper, citizens, and the contest
ants need your votes. If you
have not entered into the friend
ly interest of the contest you are
missing a whole heap of fun.
Come.on in; the water is fine.
Let us remind that being out
stripped at the first mile-post
does not mean defeat. Far from
it. It should act as a stimulant
and make you work all the more
earnestly in the future than in
i V j mi j i
tne past. ine contest is very
young yet it's only three weeks
old and new contestants are
coming in all the time; and they
promise to make It lively for
those in the lead now. Come
down and make us call at the
office and we will gladly explain
our big contest to you.
WITH THE CANDIDATES. I PARKTON PARAGRAPHS.
i r- i .
uiuug uu voices ana ranninz TdUnhnna PtAbh. k
me ir nerore small Crowds
HOPE MILLS NEWS.
should be given a large audience
this evening.
Mr. J. R. Blair, of Troy, will
speak at Fairmont Saturday,
October loth, at what time has
not been determined.
Governor W, W. Kitchin will
speak at Red, Springs October
31st. Particulars will be given
later.
As has been mentioned in The
Robesonian, Congressman H. L.
Godwin and his Republican op
ponent, Mr. Iredell Meares, of
Wilmington, have agreed on a
joint canvass and will discuss the
issues of the campaign at the fol
lowing places and times: Lilling
ton, October 24th, 11 a. m.;
Fayetteville, 25th, 11 a. m. ; Max
ton, 25th, 7:30 p. m. ; Lumberton,
26th, 11 a. m.; Elizabeth town,
27th, 11 a. m.; Weiteville, 28th,
11 a. m.
Messrs. White & Gough s Ele
cant New Store Front A
Growing Business.
The new front for Messrs.
White & Gough's big department
stores has been completed, all but
a few finishing touches, and it is
a thing of beauty. There is not
Better Crowds Expected.
The candidates, both demo
cratic and Republican, began
Monday on their canvas of the
county, making their appoint
ments with the sheriff on his tax-
collecting rounds. They met
Monday at Kingsdale, Tuesdav
at Orrum, yesterday at Barnes-
vine, and today they are at
Kodger's store.
So far there has not been much
doing, as far as the crowd is con
cerned, it has been the candi
dates and just a few hearers,
tne candidates being somewhat
in the majority. At Kingsdale
Monday, the beginning of the
campaign, there were 15 candi-
e ln-
Birthday
stalled S o o n A
Party Personal.
Correspondence.of The Robesonian.
Parkton, Oct. 11 Mrs. L.
morning
B.
for
relatives
Timmons left this
South Carolina to visit
for a week".
Mr. M. F. Underwood return
ed home last week from a busi
ness trip to Georgia. He is in a
strong notion of selling his farm
and buying in Georgia. ..
lhe Parkton graded school is
planning to take in the Cumber
land fair.
We are sorry to report Mrs.
H. Welsh sick.
Mr. W. J. Council, of Red
Springs, spent Sunday with his
dates and 14 hearers," at Orrum brother, Mr. R. F. Council. Miss
-Mr. F.
smiles: it's a
Church Services New Pastor
t. Called A Valuable Improve
ment Personal.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Hope Mills, Oct. 10
A. Culbreth is all
son.
Mrs. Tom Williams, of Rock
ingham, is here this week visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
IN. D. Phillips.
Rev. J. D. Pegram is conduct
ing a series of meetings in the
.Methodist church here this week.
Mrs. Dave Blue and Mrs. Colon
Shaw, of Seventy-First, were
pleasant visitors at the home of
Mrs. Berta Bodenhamer last
week.
Mr. M. A. McLean, of Roslin,
has opened a livery-stable busi
ness near the A. C. L. depot.
We welcome Mr. McLean to our
town.
Morning and evening services
were conducted in Christ church
Sunday by the pastor, Rev. N.
C. Duncan. . Mr. Duncan is an
excellent young man and is doing
a great work in this community.
His sermons are always interest
ing and to tne point.
On Sunday, September 25th,
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Averitt at
tended the fun3ral of Mrs. Aver
itt's father, Mr. O. H. Cain, of
White Oak, who passed away at
the age of fifty-eight years. Mr.
Cain was for a number of years
a faithful member of the Meth
odist church, and is survived by
his wife and two daughters, Mrs.
D. B. Averitt, of Hope Mills,
and Mrs. M. L. Cashwell, oi
Abbottsburg.
Mr. K. A. McLeod filled his
regular appointment at the Pres
byterian church Sunday night.
Mrs. McLeod, who has been sick
for several weeks, is improving,
her many friends will be glad to
note.
The A. & R. Railroad Co. has
erected a concrete wall fortify-
ing the lot of Mr. W. H. Bullard, anything 0f the kind handsomer
in this part ot the btate. A
near the A. C. L. depot, which is
a valuable improvement to the
lot and surroundings. The con
crete blocks were furnished by
the Cumberland Concrete Co. and
the contractors were Messrs,
Chas. Muse and Alex. Fort.
SADDLE TREE NOTES.
Meeting of Woman's Missionary
Association -Good Work of
Betterment Association Personal.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton. R. F. D. 2, Oct.
11. -The coming and going of
the people for the past week
have been many and we will not
try to mention them all. !
The Woman's Missionary As
sociation met with Saddle Tree
church Oct. 5th. It was well at
tended and they have had a very
successful year.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gray, of
St. Paul, spent Saturday and
Sunday here visiting relatives.
Miss Nellie Bowers, of GasJton,
the principal of our school, ar
rived Saturday, and is boarding
with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McPhail.
School opened Monday with verv
bright prospects for a successful
term.
Mr. S. O. Willis and little son
and Mr. White, of Rozier's, at
tended church here Sunday.
Messrs. J. B. Humphrey and
D. H. McPhail attended Sunday-
school at Unity chapel, three
miles above Red Springs, Sunday
evening.
l he Detterment association nas
purchased some tables, chairs
and other furnishings for the
schcol house here. The associa
tion is doing much for the im
piovement of the school property
j here.
I The Farmers Union held its
regular meeting Saturday eve
The BaDtist churches . at Hope j ning. The Union is doing a good
Mills and Cotton have called rcev. ' woi k,
I. E. Olive, of Wade, to serve as
pastor for the ensuing year.
Mr. Olive is a brillant young
man, having graduated at Wake
Forest at the head of his classes
at the early age of nineteen years.
He is now principal of the King
Hiram school. We are glad to
welcome this excellent gentleman
to our midst.
The choir of the Hope Mills
Baptist Sunday-school went over
to Massey Hid Sunday afternoon,
where they had been invited to
take part in a song service. A
great success and an enjoyable
occasion have been reported.
as we see it.
Mr. Arch. McDuffie, Mrs. F. R
Humphrey and Mrs. C. J. Biggs
spent Thursday in Lumberton on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Mert. Gray
visited Mrs. Gray's parents at
Elrod Sunday.
Miss Mary Conoly, of Red
Springs, was a visitor in Saddle
Tree Sunday. Juanita.
Mr. Clarence McArthur, of St.
Paul, spent last night in town a
guest ot his orotner-m-iaw
sist-r, Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Alluter.
and
Mc-
marble base runs the width of
the front. The large show win
dows are of plate glass, withj
mirror backs, and the floors of
the show windows are of hard
wood, the. mirrors giving the
floors tne appearance of being
twice as large as they really
are. Tne molding and trimmings
are of copper and above the
show windows are windows oi
leaded prism glass, the panels
being of Washington pressed
brick. The corners are of In
diana Bedford stone, the trim
mings of the corners and front
being of the same material.
Large steel beams across the
front are supported by steel
columns on granite bases. The
second-story windows are of
polished plate glass. A gal
vanized cornice crowns the whole,
with four galvanized pedestals.
The unsightly telephone pole that
stood in front of the entrance
has been removed.
Only a bare outline has been
attempted in the above. To be
appreciated this beautiful front
should be seen. It is a credit to
this enterprising tirm and to the
town.
From a small beginning a few
years ago Messrs. White & Gough
have been continually enlarging
their business until now they oc-
cupy zz.uuu ieet oi noor space.
The old telephone office has been
moved to a corner room on the
side next the court house on the
second floor and the room former
ly occupied has been turned into
a wholesale drygoods department
by Messrs. White & Gough, and
the large room formerly used by
the mayor and town commis
sioners is now a wholesale shoe
department
Coburn's Greater Minstrels De
light a Capacity Audience.
A capacity audience witnessed
the performance given at the
opera house last evening by J.
A. Coburn's Greater Minstrels.
From the medley ot ragtime
marches, quartettes, dancing
numbers and song hits with
which the performance opened
to the closing performance of
acting figures, every moment
vas enjoyed. It is a company
of high-class minstrels. There
are excellent voices in the com
pany, all the singing was tip-top,
and all the stunts were good
One act'ng figures were some
thing new to a Lumberton au
lience and they were greatly en
ioved. Coburn's Greater Min
strels are most decidedly all
ihe good.
it was aDOUt the same and at
Barnesville yesterday the crowd
was not so eood: but the candi
dates are game and do their talk-.
ing just the same and in fact
some puff and biow, rip and rare.
as it the audience consisted of
voters by the thousand, and it
might be said:
Of the Republicans, there's Taylor and
Kiniaw,
The great and noble expounders of the
law,
Who avail themselves of every single
minute.
Pawing the dirt; but there's nothing
in it.
They will be at Alfordsville to
morrow and at Rowland Satur
day. It is expected that the
crowds will be larger for these
appointments.
The sheriff says that the State
Treasurer is calling upon him for
the State taxes and that he
would be greatly pleased to be
'troubled with a few more of
tne tax-payers than are coming
out at present. The cash is
wanted now.
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Sixth District Congressional
Committee Organizes Demo
cratic Victory Assured.
me iiewiy-cnosen execuuve
committee of this congressional
district met in Wilmington yes
terday and organized by re-elect
ing Geo. H. Bellamy, of Bruns
wick county, chairman and elect
ing Geo. B. McLeod, of Robeson,'
secretary, both elections being
unanimous. Besides those men
tioned aoove, the committee is
composed of the following: R. G
Taylor, Harnett; Geo.. McNeill,
Cumberland; Wm. E. Springer,
New Hanover; J. R. Williamson,
Columbus; E. F. McCulloch, on oDoosite
Rachel Culbreth is visiting rel
atives and friends at Godwin.
Meta MCiViillan, daugnter of
Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. ivicAiillan,
was bitten oy a ground rattlt-
snake last ihur&uay evening,
Dr. Currie was quickly sum
moned and the chiid is now out
of danger.
Mr. C. S. McArthur and Miss
Mary Stuart spent Sunclay after
noon in St. raul. Miss Ethel
Williamson, of East Lumberton,
spent Saturday and Sunday at
home. Mrs. J. T. Nicholson and
little daughter, Ula, and Mr.
Justin McNeill, of Lumberton,
were visitors in town Sunday.
The latest enterprise in our
town is t h e telephone. More
than $1,300 has been subscribed
and at a business meeting last
nignt several hundred dollars of
this amount was paid in. This
aviII be a great convenience to
our town.
Last Saturday night a large
crowd of young girls and boys
were invited to attend a birth
day party at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Beard in honor of
Miss Douglass' sixteenth birth
day. Despite the rainy and
foggy weather the folks began
to -gather long beiore the ap
pointed time.
The evening was spent in play
ing many interesting games, all
creating much fun and laughter,
but the game "trying createu
greatest enthusiasm. It is played
this way: select a long word
with many letters in it, write
on a card, giving each guest one
card and pencil; have them make
as many words as possible from
the original word; when all have
completed their task, write name
side and hand to
A county meetine of the
Farmers' Union is being held in
town today.
Quiet a number of teachers
from various sections of the
county are in town today for the
county examination.
There- will be an ovster
supper at Iona school-house, near
r airmont, tomorrow night. The
public is cordially invited.
Miss Artemesia Rozier has
been quite sick at her home on
t if th street for several davs and
her condition is not thousrht to
be much improved today.
Just to give some idea of the
volumn of business being done in
town, the McAllister Hdw. Co.
has received five solid car loads
of hardware within the last two
months, to say nothing of many
small shipments.
t Mr. McKay Byrd, of R. F. D.
No. 5 from Lumberton, who was
a Lumberton visitor yesterdav,
says that Mr. W.B. Purnell killed
a rattlesnake recently that was
equipped with double fangs three
quarters of an inch long. His
snakeship was 5 feet and 4 inches
long, 12 inches around at his
argest point and had 11 rattles
Invitations reading as follows
have been issued:
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Kernodle
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Sarah May
to
Mr. James Dick Proctor
Wednesday, the twenty sixth of
October
one thousand nine hundred and ten
at half after two o'clock
Christian Church
Graham. North Carolina
Miss Kernodle isanaccomplish-
ed young lady who is wellknown
in Lumberton, the home of the
groom t& be. Further particulars
in regard to this event will be
given in a subsequent issue,
on
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ciaaen. hostess for correction, lhe one
The meeting was harmonious that succeeds i n makinsr the
and plans for waging a vigorous greatest number of words receive
campaign were outlined. Each me prize. The words used on this
committeeman reported that his occasion were 4 "sixteenth birth
county would give a larger Demo- cay." It was a tight race, but
cratic majority this year than aller ciose consideration the
ever before and that the Republi- jU(jges awarded Mr. Herman
can candidate for Congress will r.flShwpll the hoobv. a bottle of
be defeated by a large majority.
Now is The Time to Register.
The ieistration bckswere
opened last Saturday, the 8th,
and will be kept open until sun
set Saturday, October 29th, every
day except Sundays. The regis
trar of each voting precinct is
requiied to keep his registration
book open from 9 o'clock a. m.
till sunset each day, and on each
Saturday during the period he
shall attend with his registration
books at the polling place of his
precinct. Now is the time, before
the matter is overlooked, for each
citizen who is entitled to vote to
see that his name is properly enrolled.
"The Sins of the Father"-A
Special Train to Fayetteville.
Tom Dixon's new nlay. "The
Sins of the Father." which is at
tractmg so much attention now,
i i T
win oe presented at L.a
Fayette theatre at Fayetteville
next Monday evening, the 17th,
and in order to accommodate the
lartre number of people of Lun -
birton and the surrounding ccun
try who want to see this play the
Virginia & Carolina Southern
wilt ran a special train t) Fayette
vihe, leaving Lumberton at 6
! o'clock Monday evening and
Hoytt's cologne.
Delicious refreshments o
cream and cake were gracefully
served by Misses Alma Baker
and Gertrude Harts. M u c
crecit is due these charming
iadies for their taithtul work in
mating tne evening indeed
pleasant oi.e.
Tne presents were many and
beauiuul.
The ffueois departed "at a late
hour, wishing Miss Douglass
many hapu . returns of the day
Meetinsr of Civic Association
Committees.
A meeting of the committees
of the Lumberton Civic Associa
tion was held in the reading
room of the Commercial and In
dustrial Club Tuesday afternoon
and special work was mapped
out. The physicians and den
tists of the town met with these
committes and readily agreed to
do the work proposed by the as
sociation in examining all the
pupils of the graded school for
defects in hearing, sight, nasal
organs and teetn. inis impor
tant matter will be taken up with
the trustees of the school at an
early date and arrangements will
be made to have the work done
as soon as possible. Owing to
the public spirit of the physi-
Mc Donald News Notes and Per
sonals.
CorrDOndence of The Robesonian.
McDonald, Oct.10 Miss Lillian
Haritrader spent Saturday and
Sunday at Elrod visiting Miss
Lena Hatcher.
Messrs. Knox Byord and Miles
Mclnnis, of Carolina, S. C, were
guests of friends here Sunday.
Misses Ola and Minnie Hall
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gave a delightful at home
last Friday evening, but owing
to inclement weather many were
unable to attend.
Mrs. I. T. McLean, of Fair
mont, is visiting relatives here
this week.
Miss Dessiel Prevatt, of Or
rum, who was the guest of friends
here last week, returned to her
home Saturday night. She was
accompanied by Miss Bertha
Stone.
Miss Mabtl Townsend, who
has been attending school at
Rowland, is at t ome for a few
days, the schooi at Rowland
having to close va account of
dyphtheria.
Mr. Haddon McLean visited
riends at Elrod Sunday.
There will be an oyster supper
at Iona .school house Friday
night. Many of the young peo
ple are expecting to attend.
Miss Mabel Lewellyn, of Rayn
ham, spent a short while with
friends here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Alford
spent Thursday visiting friends
in Rowland.
xCufus.
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turning immediately alter tne cians in iaumg m wiin uie sug-
piav. The round-trip fare will estion ot the ass.ciation. (hesej
Te$1.25 Reserved seats for the examinations will cost the pa-
to: play may be obtained at The : trons of the school nothing and.
i Robesonian office. w;i .io mi ch good.
Death of Mrs. Marinda Lewis,
Mrs. Marinda Lewis, who had
baen making her home for fifteen
years with her nephew, Mr. J.
A. Branch, on Third strpet, died
Tuesday night at 9:30 o'clock
after an illness or five weeks.
She was about 85 years old. The
uneral service and interment
took place at the family burying
grounds, near Bellamy, yester
iay afternoon at ,3 oiclok, the
service being conducted by Rev.
i. P. Hedgpeth. Mrs. Lewia
vas the last member of her
iimilv. seven of whom have
ied at the home o: r.
Branch.
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