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GOOD ROADS.
Ihs Metirff fc a turd ay ShouM
be Well Attended -A Pull
All Together Needed A Road
That Could be Cheaply Con
structed and Easily Main
tainedA County is Judged
by its Road.
lo the Editor of The Robeaoniaxi:
Noting what you say about the
good roads meeting to be held at
the court house November 19th,
I wish to heartily endorse every
word you say. Every man in
Robeson county should be and is
interested in good roads, arid as
many as possibly can should
make it a point to attend that
meeting and become a member
of the association. Its member
ship should be representative of
the best citizenship of the county.
If properly carried out such an
organization can do nothing but
help us. It matters little whether
eaeh of us gets just such action
or program as he wants, or
whether the plan of action is ours
or that of some one else. In
matters of general interest like
this, the preferences of the in
dividual should count for but
little with those who have the
interest of the county at heart.
"A long pull, a strong pull and a
pull all together" will work
wonders in the way of 'road mak
ing. It must be remembered that
some roads must be made
first; in other words, that all the
needed roads cannot be made at
the same time, but that in time,
by all pulling together, all can
be made. Therefore if the road
passing some particular point
that we may consider the most
necessary, is not the one to be
first mentioned for improvement,
help on the one that is taken up
and push it along.
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n,oDeson county abounds in
good-roads possibilities. Some
of these are along roads now
established, some would better
be relocated, to straighten and
get a more easily improved loca
tion. In some places an entirely
new road would stimulate an un
developed territory and be of
great benefit to the traveling
public. I have such an one in
mind, it would be along the line
of the main drain of the Back
.and .Taonh aronmna
one mile east of Maxton, extends
an almost straight line down
Back and Jacob swamps to the
river road about four miles belovy
-Lumberton. . This road would he
on one bank of the drain or canal,
and would be .constructed by
merely leveling off the top of the
-spoil bank on . one side of the
ditch, as soon as properly settled.
The cost of doing this would be
"Comparatively, little to wha any
other road cf equal merit could be
built. Its course would be direct,
almost an air line. There ; would
-be an entire elimination of
.grades, not a hill nor a suspicion
of one for twenty-four; miles.
There would be no sharp, turns.
The .road for a goodly distance,
both ahead and back, wpuld al
ways be in full view, lit would
be of general utilitv. otn nn a
large tract of undeveloped terri
tory. From Maxton tfo Back
swamp church it would ! be the
mam road from Maxton tip Lum
wrion ana wouia oetter accomo
date
a I n rrro ro rf rf f Via (koffli
or between those towns that is
now but inriiffftrpntlv rWrwidpH
for. All the necessary material
for a first-class road 'tis im
mediately available at all points
along the line, and these materials
of the best wearing quality thus
insuring a low cost of (main
tenance. This last of itself is
'01 no small ponsfnnpnp.p.i fnr
often maintainance charged for . invited to visit the class rooms,
a few years will amount to more! At 3 o'clock Thursday atternoon,
than the first cost. And last and Dr. J. M. Rose, ot Launnburg,
greatest of all, this road would gave a stirring address on the
fcave perfect drainage. It is unf- subject pi Money and its Ke
versally conceded that water is sponsibihties. 1ms was much
tne worst enemy of good roads, J enjoyed by the large and appre
and any competent road builder ciative auoi .-nee. After this the
always carefullv provides for the members ox the coi.ierence drs
Proper drainage of.every road he; cussed the best ways and means
builds. Otherwise it would be a of' i aising money tor tne b o.
failure. It has well been saidi 'Ai8p. m. Dr. W.J. Martin,
that a good road must be good professor of natural sciences at
for 365 days in each and every ' Davidson College, delivered an
year. Only a road with a per- eloquent discourse, anu histneme
feet drainage can pass this test. I was the . -Educated Woman and
The road T hav mftn tinned, nro- the! Chui'ch." He brought his
Perlv madP wnuld tiass th 365
day test, making 100 per cent on tioos and assertions of vase im
the test portance. This was delivered in
Other States and other counties Dr. Martin's beautiful and mr
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are making great strides in the
matter of good roads and Robe
son county should not be behind
any other place pn the footstool.
Any country is judged by its
roads. We should have the best.
Robeson county needs more good
citizens, honest, upright, law
abiding men with families to help
develop our resources. Such
ones only go to progressive com
munities. Progressivcnessis best
evidenced by first-class roads.
- Official statistics show that
among the immigrants to the
United States were 53.000 Eng
lish, 35,000 Irish and more than
24,000, Scotch, making 115,000
from, the British IsleSfnot to men
tion ;7l,000 Germans, 52,000 Scan
dinavians, and 13,000 from Hol
land and Belgium, or 136,000 of
the1 cream of the continent, mak
ing a total of over one-quarter
of a million of the best blood of
Europe. All of these people
come to America with the inten
tion of making homes and becom
ing citizens. A vef v per centage
age of thpsenationahties seek thei
hemes on farms and become good
neighbors and splendid citizens;
highly inteligent, kindly natured,
honest, industrious, thrifty and
law-abiding. Wherever they
settle the country immediately
shows the effect of their presence.
It is a safe bet that every man
of them went to some place with
good roads.
F. F. Wetmore
Lumberton, N. C., Nov. 14, 1910.
RED SPRINGS REVIEWS.
Visitors Throng the College
Town to Attend a Conference
A Large Sum Subscribed
for rne College A Recital
Friday Evening.
Correspondence of The Robeson ian.
Red Springs, Nov. 13. Red
Springs has been thronged with
visitors during the past two days,
Tnursday and Friday, as tne con-
erence was being held at the
college. 1 he -uests uegan to ar-
rive inursaay morning. ine
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first thing on tne program was
the joint meeting or' Fayetteville
Presoytery and the board of
trustees and members of the con-
iference. On tne ad3ournment
ithe guests weie taken all over
i the; college plant, and were even
audience face to face wun ques-
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pressive style,
so earnest and
poweriul. I
On Friday morning at ten
o'clock Rev. A. D. McClure, D.
D., of the Second Presbyterian
church, Wilmington, addressed
a large audience in the college
auditorium. His subject was
one of vital interest to every one,
"The Educated Woman and the
Home." He treated this skill
fully, yet in such a simple manner
that any child could understand
it. The discussion following this
address was lead by Rev, William
Black, Synodical evangelist. Dr.'
Vardell had provided two long
blackboards on which were
written the names of the churcha
of Fayette ville Presbytery and
their pastors' names. As each
church was called by name the
representative gave the amount
of money that church would
give to the college. When added
up the sum was approximately
$5,000.
At 8 o'clock Friday evening a
large audience gathered in the
spacious auditonum to hear the
recital to be give by the conser
vatory faculty. The program
was well .rendered and all the ;
numbers were much enjoyed.
Especial mention should be made
of the lovely violin solo so well
played by Miss Lillian Farquhar.
Miss Williams delighted the au
dience with two exquisite little
songs, Romance" and the
'Four Leaf Clover," and then
gave as an encore the popular
song "I Love Yoti Truly." Miss
Feet rendered faultlessly the dif
ficult selection "O Don Fatale,"
from the Iralian Opera Don
Carlo.
After ' the recital the two
literary societies, Zetesian and
Epsilon Chi, entertained the con
ference at a reception in the
large dining room of the college.
This was much enjoyed by all
present.
Among those here during the
conference were: Revs. Sam.
Rankin, of Greensboro: W. A.
Coppedge, near Rockingham;
Baativ. of Sanford: Soence, ot
Smithfield; W. Fair ley, of
Fayetieviile; Brown, Raeford;
and Drs. Rose, ot Launnburg,
and Hid, of Maxton.
Mr i innHin TwcniP. nf
Cameron, was in town Friday.
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Messrs. W. Lennon, Williamson,
Nixon and Bethune, of Lumber-
MrtthT coUe Friday
evening Mr. J. L. McLean
spent Thursday in town, return-
ingto MaXion in the ait noor
Dr. and Mrs Hayes, of ic.
Luke's -hospital, Fayette viile,
spent a few hours in town Friday
evening. Mr. Shepherd Russell
and sister, Miss Olivia, of Max
ton, were guests at the college
Friday. Miss Clarkie Belle Mc
Nair, of Maxton, is visiting Miss
Essie Bethea, of the college
faculty.
Presbyterians, remember
November 13th Jo20th.
Eugene Belvin, a 3year-old
boy, was choked to death in Dur
ham Tuesday while eating, raw
potatoes.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1910
BETTER GET A HUSTLE ON
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SUPERIOR COURT
Berry and Arch. McLean Get
Twenty and Ten Years, Re
spectively, For Murder of
Oscar Moody Another Mur
der Trial Begins Tomorrow
Grand Jury's Report.
A verdict of murder in the
second degree was agreed on
this morning in the case against
Berry and Arch. McLean,
colored, for the murder of Oscar
Moody, colored, at Rowland last
July, and Bud McLean was sen
tenced to 20 years at hard labor
in the State penitentiary, Arch.
McLean getting io years. Tues
day the trial of Berry and Arch;
McLean, Bud Monroe and Dock
McKinnon for this murder was
begun, but it was soon decided
to try the cases separately and
Berry McLean had been on trial
since then. Yesterday Bud
Monroe turned State's evidence.
It was in evidence that Berry
McLean sent for a rifle and balls,
was seen coming from behind
the bushes from where the shot
was nred anout nve minutes
thereafter, and that the next
morning he boasted that he had
gotten Moody. Moody was shot
ashe was passing a clump of bush-
es in ttowiana. rne case against
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Bud Monroe and Dock McKinnon
was dismissed. Messrs. McLean &
McLean assisted Solicitor Sin
clair, Messrs. G. B.Patterson, of
Maxton, and Shaw & Johnson de
fended the McLeans, and Messrs.
Mclntyre, Laurence & Proctor
represented Monroe and Mc
Kinnon. A special veni se of 50 men tb
serve as jurors in the trial of
John Calvin George, colored, on
the charge of murdering Marshall
Clark, colored, at Kingsdale
about 12 months ago, has been
ordered, and the trial is set for
tomorrow morning.
Will Purnell, larceny; guilty;
12 months on roads.
Henry Ivey, a. d. w.; Oscar
Abbott, a. d. w; Henry Ivey, c.
c. w. ; Henry Sellers, a. d. w.
these consolidated; three first
named guilty, nol pros, as to
fourth: iudarment suspended on
payment of costs and defendants
. iS ovrl in.
to pay prosecutor $25 and $10
be paid to Dr. Northington.
Cardin Bass, violating town
ordinances; guilty.
I Claud Blount, retailing; defend
ant submits. Mack McLean, a
d. w.-f pleads guik ; judgment
auBveuded on payment ot costs,
ivander Kinla.w, c. : c. w. , de
fendant required to appear each
November term 2. years and
snow good behavior and give
bond of tlOO- and pay costs.
The grand jury made its report
Tuesday and was discharge d. It
passed upon 46- bills, returning.
36 true bills. - y '
A committee from the j up
visited the chain gang; near St..
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Sr. Paul towards
Lumberton. It found i& prison
ers in charge of 3 guards, convict
camp in goodconditicn- etc The
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sleeping tents were found not in
best of condition, but the jury
was informed that the county
commissioners have ordered new
tents and these are expected to
arrive shortly. No cause for
complaint was found but the
jury found the prisoners without
anything to read and suggests
that it would be well for the com
missioners or some charitable
organization to supply this want.
The county home was found in
erood condition, the inmates well
cared for and no cause for com
plaint.
The jail was found clean and
well kept, and there was no com
plaint from prisoners, except that
two sick prisoners were said not
to be receiving proper medical
attention; also the sheriff com
plained to the jury that he has
no one to wait upon sick prison
ers as they should be waited on.
The jury recommended that
better arrangements be made to
care for them.
All the county offices were
found in good condition, but the
jury disapproves of the way in
which the janitor is neglecting
the court house, which is getting
dirty. It recommends that the
the commissioners appoint one of
the county officers as custodian
of the building and place the
1 janitor under his control with
j power to discharge if he does not
keep the house cleaner.
At The Opera
Runaways in
H o u s e The
"A Japanese
Honeymoon."
. Scott Leslie and his "Merry
Minstrel Maids," who held the
boards at the Lumberton opera
house Monday, Tuesday and last
evenings, made quite a hit with
the audiences that witnessed
their performances.
The motion picture show,
which has been sidetracked for
the nast two weeks on account
of other attractions, will be put
on again this evening. The
obera house will be kept com
fortably warm. Supt. Brietz, of
the Dresden Cotton Mills, will
take his Sunday-school children
to see the pictures this evening.
"A Japanese Honeymoon" will
be the attraction Thursday eve
ning of next week. It will be
presented by "The Runaways,"
a successful musical comedy
company. Miss Gladys Caldwell,
a talented and beautitui prima
donna, will appear in the leading
roll. This will doubtless prove
one of the events of the season.
The management advises all who
wish to see this attraction to
secure their seats early. Seats
fn sale Monday morning at Mc
Millan's drug store.
United States Senator Alex
ander Stephens Clay of Georgia
died in a sanitorium in Atlanta
Siindav. He had been ill for
nearly a year ana aeaui was uue
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dilation of the heart, ine
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luneral was held
at Marietta,
Ga., yesterday Senator uay
was- 57 years old and was serving
his- third term in the Senate.
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LOCAL BRIEFS.
Licenses have been issued for
the marriage of Janie Sikes and
Joe Height: Ida Gooden and
Henry Caines: Easter Evers and
J. S. Benson.
Miss Sue Ratley and Mr. W.
T. Fisher were married Sunday
at the residence of the officiating
minister. Rev. J. Di Clark, in
St. Paul township.
Rev. F. Weiss will preach
on the following subjects at the
Gospel tabernacle Sunday: 11
a. m., The Church's Duty to
Christian Pastors"; 7 p. " m,
4New Creatures in Christ"
Dr. H. T. Pope has been ap
pointed county superintendent
of health to fill out the unex
pired term of Dr. W. A. Me-
Phaul, who resigned on account
of his election to the House
of the next General As
sembly. The appointment was
made by Chairman J. W. Carter
of the board of county commis
sioners. Because some new ground
was being burned off in north
east Lumberton the fire alarm
was turned in about 2 o'clock yea-,
terday afternoon, There "was no
damage done, though several
residences owned bv colored peo
ple in that portion of town were
in great danger tor a tew min
utes. Jim Godwin, colored, about
30 years old, who was serving a
two-years sentence in the cham
gang, died in jail here yesterday
about 11 o'clock, He had tyhoid
fever and was sick some time.
His sentence would have expired
in July. Godwin's home was
Whiteville. Two other prisoners
are sick at the jail.
Several Lumberton people
attended the sale of lots at Dub
lin yesterday, conducted for
Messrs. A. W. McLean and
White & Gough by Penny Bros.,
twin auctioneers. A special
train was run over the Virginia
& Carolina Southern. One nun-'
dred lots were sold and the sale
was very satisfactory.
Mr. J. B. Bowen, bookkeeper
and cashier for Clerk of the
Court W. H. Humphrey, after
Mr. C. B. Skipper, the newly
elected clerk, takes charge next
month, will go to Gibson, where
about the middle of next month
he and his father, Mr. F. L.
Bowen, who is- now with the
Southern Cotton Oil Co. at Gib
son, will open a machine shop
and garage.
Ex-Sheriff Geo. B. McLeod.
who has been in the Highsmith
hospital at Favetteville for some'
time on account of injuries re
ceived in an automobile wreck
near Raeford about two weekj
ago, is improving rapidly and
is expected home in a few days.
Mrs. McLeod went to Fayette-
ville this morning and it is prob
able that Mr. McLeod will re
turn with her tomorrow or Sat
urday, Mrs. Ora Purvis, who lives
near Orrum, had the misfortune
Monday night of losing her home
by fire. The origin of the fire is
unknown and it was discovered
about. 12 o'clock by a member of
the family, who was waked up
by the falling in of a portion of
the house. The family escaped,,
but nothing was saved from the
house. It is not thought that
there was any insurance on the
property.
The Jennings Cotton Mills.
The Jennings Cotton Mills
building, located on the left bank
of Lumoer river on the western
edge of town, is nearing com
pletion. They are now at work
on the floor, which will be made
of a layer of sand and tar, a
layer of gravel and tar, then a
floor of pine, which will be
covered with a floor of maple.
The capacity of the mill wiil be
about 8 OOu spindles. Between
35 and 40 cottages have already
been built. The first cotton was
hauled to the mill last Saturdav
and it is the intention to put ;c
in operation about the first ot"
March.
A Salisbury to Asheville high
way association has been formed
and plans started whereby a roa i
will be built connecting the tv
points.
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