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.Death of a Brilliant Young At
torney of Lumberton End
Came at Presbyterian Hos
pital in Charlotte Saturday
Deceased was State Senator
and Well Known Throughout
the County Funeral , Here
Yesterday.
Mr. Duncan Preston Shaw
jied ol pneumonia Saturday
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morning at o:ou 0 ciock at the
Presbyterian hospital in Char
lotte. He had been in Char
lotte seven weeks undergoing
treatment lor rheumatism and
h;3 condition had improved so
much that he had expected, be
fore contracting pneumonia a
.reek ago yesterday, to return
home this week. His wife and
two children and Mrs. Shaw's
sister Miss Winnie Rowland went
to Charlotte Thursday night and
were with him when the end
came, as were also two brothers,
Messrs. J. L. Shaw of Lumber
Bridge and Tom Shaw .of Fayette
ville. The remains were brought
to Lumberton Saturday night,
the following from Lumberton
meeting the corpse in Hamlet:
from the bar of the town,
Messrs. A. V. McLean, J. D.
Proctor, R. E. Lee, T. L. John
son, T. A. McNeill Jr. and E.
M. Britt; from Pythian Lodge
No. 35, Messrs. J. D. and E. B.
McMillan, W. K. Bethune and
G. T. Cox; and Dr. Jno. Knox,
Jr.. family physician. The fun
eral took place from the Pres
byterian church, of which the
deceased was a deacon, at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, the ser
vice being conducted by Rev. J.
Mcl. Wicker, pastor of the church
at St. Paul. The lemains were
interred in Meadowbrook ceme
terv. The pallbearers were:
active. A. W. McLean, S. Mc-
Intyre, R. C. Lawrence, J. D.
Proctor, T. L, Johnson, T. A.
McNeill, J. Dixon McLean and
Wade Wishart; honorary, J. P.
Townsend W. K. Bethune, A.
T. McLean, H. M. McAllister,
L H. Caldwell, J. A. McAllister,
A. H. McLeod and G. T. Cox.
The crowd that attended the
funeral completely filled the
church and the greater part of
the crowd attended the services
at the grave. The floral offer
ings were unusually beautiful.
Duncan Preston Shaw was
born Julv 25. 1879. and was
therefore 31 years old. He was
graduated at Davidson College
in 1899, read law at Chapel Hill
and was admitted to the bar in
1901, since which time he had
practiced his profession in Lum
berton, being associated for sev
eral years with Mr. Wade Wish
art, later with Mr. L. T. Cook
until the latter moved away
from Lumberton, and then until
his death with Mr. T. L. John
son, rive years ago he was
united in marriage to Miss May
Rowland, daughter of the late
Col. Alfred Rowland and Mrs.
Susan B. Rowland of Lumberton.
Of this union two children were
born. Elizabeth Rowland and
Sue Blount, the latter being on
ly 9 months old. He is also sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Shaw of Lumber Bridge,
widow of Angus L. Shaw, who
died two years ago and was a
very prominent citizen of the
LVinty; one sister, Miss Lena
Shaw, who is a student at Peace
Institute, Raleigh; and three
brothers, Messrs. J. L. and Les
lie, merchants at Lumber Bridge,
and Mr. Tom Shaw, who is cash
ier of the First National Bank of
Fayetteville. The deceased was
for some time superintendent of
-of the Lumberton Presbyterian
undav-school but resigned that
work some four years ago. In
1)8 he was elected to the State
Senate and served in that body
with credit to himself and to the
Hreat county he represented.
in the toregoing merely a
brief chronicle is given of some
'of the main facts connected
with the life of the deceased.
"Pres." Shaw was well known
a'.l over the county and his dca'.h
nas brought sorrow to many
homes other than the homes of h
kindred; for his was a noble ana
irentle spirit, far above anything
ignoble, little or mean, and those
w no knew nim loved and respect
ei him. In the State Senate of
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scientiously and well, doing his
duty in that body fearlessly as he
saw it. In ability he was far
above the average and the fu
ture seemed unusually bright
with promise.
Mr. Shaw's heart had been af
fected since he had typhoid
fever 7 years ago and since that
illness he had not been strong
physically, so that when it be
came known that he had con
tracted pneumonia his friends
were very much concerned, for
they knew that he did not have
the reserve strength to fight the
disease. Friday night he seem
ed much better and early Satur
day morning he said that he
must get up and see his wife and
cnuuren; ana wnen ne sat up in
bed his heart 'failed him and he
fell back and breathed his last.
, Besides the members of the
family of-the deceased a great
many . people from Lumber
Bridge,' St. Paul and elsewhere
in the county antended the funeral.
TEACHERS' MEETING.
A Sad Tragedy Near Allen ton
Miss Lee Phillips Fatally
Burned.
Miss Lee Phillips, daughter of
Mr. Euvard R. Phillips, who
lives near Allenton, in Wishart's
township, was horribly burned
Saturday morning. She arose
from sitting with her back to the
fireplace, discovered that her
clothing was on fire, and rushed
out of doors. She was almost
immediately enveloped in flames
and all her clothing was burned
off before the flames could be ex
tinguished. Dr. T. C. John, her
physician, does not think that
she can live through the day.
Miss Phillips is about 25 years
old.
Many Tedchers Attend Meeting
of County Teachers Associa
tion Saturday Prizes Award
ed For Betterment Work
Interesting Discussion.
The first meeting, for this
vear. of the Teachers' Associa
tion of the county was held here
j Saturday in the graded school
auditorium. County superin
tendent J. R. Poole called the
meeting to order at 11 o'clock
and prayer was offered by Prof.
S. P. Wilson, principal of the
Or rum high school.
Prof. R. E. Sentelle, superinten
dent of the Lumberton graded
schools, wss first called upon to
explain the methods used in. the
graded school for teaching writ
ing. He said that he believed
that more time should be spent
in teaching spelling and writing,
as the success attained in- every
other line of wrork in the school
so larerelv defends upon these
another thing that was strikingly
noticeable in this exercise was
the fact that the pupils were not
allowed to read from their books.
Each one would look at his or
her line in the book and then
close the book and say it just as
though reading it out of the
book, and in this way the children
were able to get a great deal
more expression in what they
were saying than if thev had
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Mr. J. W. Kaneer Resigns
Superintendent of the National
Cotton Mills.
Mr. J. W. Kaneer has resigne
his position as superintendent of
the National Cotton Mill, which
position he has held since ihe
organization of tne mill. Tne
resignation is to take effect the
first of January, and the vacancy
caused by his going will be filled
License has been issued for
the marriage of Carrie B. Mc
Eachern aud Henry H. Hodgin.
The town of Red Springs
will vote January 3 next on a
bond issue of $30,000 for water
works and sewerage.
There will be a fruit and
oyster supper at Bethesda school
house Friday night. December
y. .kveryDoay is invited.
Mr. G. G. French, who has
been sick at his home on Fourth
street for a week, is much better
and it is hoped that he will be
sblp to be out again in a few .
days.
The second and third grades
at the graded school were dis
missed this morning for the day
on account of the absence of their
teachers, Misses Winnie and
Pennie Rowland, their absence
being due to the death of their
brother-in-law. Mr. D. P. Shaw.
Sunday-school was held yes
terday for - the first time in the
new First Bartist rhnrrh nnr--
there was a record attendance,
366 being present. The collec
tion for the Thomasville Orphan
age, which averages every first
Sunday about a70,was $90 yester
day, which brings the contribu
tion this year to that cause to over
$800.
been looking in the book. Miss:hvMr. Z. R. Lvtton. who also
Daniels then put them through has held a position with the mill
an exercise at the blackboard, since its organization and is well
showing a plan she uses to teach qualified to take care of the
sound, it is also good. Miss initios ol his new position. Mr.
A Demonstration of Stump
Blasting and Plowing Land
With Dynamite.
As has been advertised in The
Robesonian, a representative of
the Du Pont Powder Co. will
give a demonstration of stump
blasting and plowing land with
dynamite tomorrow on the farm
of Mr. Geo. G. French, Bee
Gee three miles from town on
the Virginia & Carolina Railroad,
which will run a special train to
accomodate all who want to see
this demonstration. Tnere is
much interest in work of this
kind and no doubt a large crowd
will witness the demonstration
tomorrow.
Valuable Property to Sold.
As will be seen from an adver
tisement in this paper, an auction
sale of lots will be held m Lum
berton Friday. These lots
have been surveyed from a part
of the McMillan land on the
south side of the Carthage road,
left bank of the river, and is
verv desirable property that
many people have long wanted
to see put on the market. It is
elevated and well located. At
this sale a $75 chest of silver and
two bags of gold will be given
away.
two things. He said pupils
should have a good deal of pratice
before using: a copy book. He
explained the plans of teaching
in the graded school and showed
a number of specimens .01 the
work as done by some of the
pudiIs. The next subject con
sidered was the question of teach
ine: agriculture, and upon in
vestieation it was found that
agriculture is" being taught in
most of the schools with great
results. Out of about 125 teach
ers present at this meeting 60
said they were teaching agricul
ture. Prof. ii. is. Jones, princi
pal of the Lumber Bridge high
school, made some remarks on
the subject and said that he was
teaching agriculture in his school
with good results, that they had
been studying grafting, drain
age, roots and fertilization. He
said that the pupils were mani
festing great interest in the
work. Prof. Wilson, of the
Orrum school, made an interest
ing talk on the subject and said!
that he was teaching agriculture
in all the grades above the fifth,
and that the pupils were taking
a great interest in the work.
Prof. O. F. Arrowood, principal
of the St. Paul high school, said
that he had two classes in his
school that are studying agricul
ture. Miss Minnie Daniels, primary
teacher in the graded school at
Rowland, gave some demonstra
tions of methods she uses m
teaching. She uses the Ward
method of teaching and had six
of her pupils with her to demons
trate the work. The pupils were
all about six years old and they
went through with the work well.
The first exercise Miss Daniels
put her pupils through was pro
nouncing words at sight on cards,
which she held up before them.
Then she had them go through
with a reading exercise in which
they carried on a kind of con
versation. For instance, the
first in the class would ask a
Daniels methods for teaching
children are certainly good and
much ahead of the average
methods, used in primafy .depart
ments. The next subject demanding
attention was - the Woman 's Bet
terment Association,- and from
the information, gathered from
the talks made there ,is no ques
tion but that great good is being
done through this organization.
Miss Kate Walker, president of
the association and a teacher in
the school at Lumber Bridge,
was present and she talked at
Kaneer has accepted a position
as superintendent and general
manager of a new mill at Vass,
near Aberdeen, and his family
will go to Vass this week, Mr,
Kaneer going about the first of
the vear. Mr. Kaneer held a
position for a number of years
with t he Lumberton Cotton Mills
before going with the National,
and he is an excellent mill man
Mr. Kaneer and tamiiy nave a
host of friends here .who will re
: gret to learn of their intention
to leave.
some length explaining the object New County Officers Installed
01 tne organization, etc. bne
said that the principal object was
to make improvements in every
way possible, beautifying school
grounds, buildings, etc. Miss
Rebecca : Ward of Lumberton,
secretary of the association, read
interesting, reports recently re
ceived from local associations,
one organized at Harmony
Heights school, near Maxton
and the other at Lumber Bridge.
Prof. Page, principal of fhe IJar
mony Heights school, explained
how he organized an association
at his school and said that many
good things had been brought to
pass as a result of the organiza
tion. Miss Florence Butler, of
the Ten Mile school, made a most
interesting talk on the subject
and mentioned many evidences
of improvement and progress
that had been brought to pass in
and about her school that could
be largely attributed to the suc
cess of the organization. Miss
Mattie Campbell, of the Iona
school, said that they had raised
$100 as the result of an organiza
tion at Iona. Miss Humphrey,
of the Saddle Tree school, gave a
good report of their local associa
tion. The Barnes ville school was
j awarded a prize of So for interior
'improvements and the Saddle
I Tree school So for exterior im
! provements, botn prizes being
! give.i by the county association.
I Last but by no means least
! was a speech by Prof. H
Old Board Makes Clean Sweep.
The old board of county
commissioners met tnis morn
ing and before going out of of
fice paid all the outstanding
debts of the county except, of
course, the bond issues. At
noon the new members of the
board, Messrs. W. P. Barkor, J.
F. McKay and A. J. Floyd, were
sworn in to succeed Messrs. A.
L. Bullock, D. S. Alderman
and C. A. Oliver, who were not
candidates for re-election, Chair
man J. W. Carter and Mr. A. R.
McEachern holding over. The
onlv new county officer to be in
stalled was Mr. C. B. Skipper,
who succeeds Mr. W. H. Hum
phrey as clerk of the court. Mr.
Humphrey has held the office for
12 years and has made one of the
best clerks any county ever had.
He leaves office with a host of
friends and with the conscious
ness of having served his county
well.
-Dr. Dunlop Thompson, of
Morven, Anson county, has been
visiting at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Hrs. N. J.
Thompson, on Walnut street.
since Saturday night. Mrs. N.
J. Thompson has been sick for
the past week and Dr. JJ. G.
Wood of Wilmington is here in
consultation with Dr. Thompson
toaay. Mrs. ihompson's condi
tion is thought to be somewhat
improved today.
The residence of Mr. W. H.
McCallum, near Rowland, was -destroyed
by fire November 26 .
The fire started in the smoke-s
house, presumably from a bucket
of ashes.'1 -There was some in- !
surance but not enough to cover.,
the loss. The Rowland Sun says '
that "this was one of the oldest .
and the most beautffdl homes in
this section and was entirely...
overhaul. and remodeled only a.
iew months ago. .
Rev. C. H. Durham, pastor I
of the First Baptist church, and
Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth, who ha3
several country churches, will
leave this evening for Hender
sonville, in the First Baptist .
church of which place the 80th
annual session of the Convention
of North Carolina Baptists will
convene tomorrow. Others
from Lumberton and elsewhere
in the county will go later. The
Convention will be called to
order by William Carey Dowd
of Charlotte, the president elect
ed at the convention at vVadea-
boro last year.
Death of Mr. English P. Barnes.
Stacy, principal of' the Rowland
high sehool. on the personality
of the teacher. He said that a
teacher should have sympathy,
patience and love for children;
and he related incident after in
cident where success achieved
by great men could be largely
attributed to early training under
some great instructor. Mr.
Stacy's speech was a treat and
it is to be regretted that time and
Mr, English P. Barnes, aged
67 vears. died at nis nome near
Bioomingdale Tuesday morning
and the interment was made
Wednesday afternoon in the
family burying grounds near the
residence, the funeral services
being conducted by Rev. R. A.
Hedgpeth. Mr. Barnes had been
F! in dad neaitn ior a montn or
r :ore and his death was not un
expected.
Mr. J. W. Carter, of Maxton.
had the misfortune Saturday
night of losing by fire his barn
and stables. The origin of the
fire is unknown. It was dis
covered in the early part of the
night, about 7:30 o clock, and 13
thought to have started in the
loft of the barn, possibly caused
by rots. The horses and vehicles
were all saved, but a cow that
was in a stall in one side of the
stables was forgotten until it
was too late to reach her and was
burned to death. The loss is es
timated at about $1,200 and Mr.
Carter had $800 insurance.
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Superior Court.
A civil term of Robeson
Superior Court convened this
morning at 11 o'clock, Judge O.
H. Allen of Kinston presiding,
and adjourned immediately until
this afternoon out of respect to
the memory of Mr. D. P. Shaw,
a member of the local bar, an ac
count of whose death is given
elsewhere in this paper.
Notices of New Advertisement.
Boylin's Jewelry Store will
give away valuable prizes.
Dr. Francis S. Packard will
visit Lumberton December 20.
The Bank of Fairmont makes
a statement showing its excellent
condition.
Best present you can buy Mc
Allister Hdw. Co.
Good clothes that fit Towns
end Bros.
Protect your family with a
bank account Fi rs t National
Bank.
A. Weinstein will begin a great
Christmas sale on the 9th.
Land for sale.
Gasoline engine for sale.
C. M. Fuller has received a car
of extra fine mules.
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