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VOL XU NO. 83.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 19 lO
NO. 2621
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DM Board of Commissioners
Wipes Out Debts and New
Board Disposes of a Mass of
Business Bonds of County
Officers Approved Several
Appointments Made Claims
Audited.
The county commissioners
;ere in regular session Monday.
As mentioned in Monday's Rob
esonian, the old board before
-oingoutof office paid all the
lebts ofthe county except the
;ond issues and transacted rou
tine business up to the noon
nour, when the new commission
's. Messrs. W, P. Barker, A.
aether with the members of the I
Ad board who were re-elected,
Chairman J, W. Garter and Mr.
A. R. McEachern, were sworn
in by the retiring clerk of the
.ourt Mr. W. H. Humphrey.
Messrs. C. A. Oliver, D. S.
. Alderman and A. L. Bullock, the
:tinng members of the board, !
;ere not candidates for re-elec-:ion.
The new board immediate
y organized by re-electing Mr.
W. Carter chairman. Mr. E.
Britt was re-elected attorney
it the same salary as heretofore,
$300.
Before going out of office the
Id board transacted the follow
ng business:
Two notes, of $5,000 and $2.
i X), due at the First National
ilank of Lumberton, were or
dered paid; A. P. Everett, work
:n stock law fence, $18; D. Z.
McGougan, special coroner, hold
ng inquest over body of Billy
McNeill, S5; six jurors in above
nquest, $2 each, $12; Dr. H. M.
Alexander, antitoxin for the
:ounty, 42.60; J. W. Carter,
chairman, $75; A. L. Bullock; C,
..Cl.
Oliver, D. S Alderman, A.
McEachern, $50 each salary
is commissioners to January 1;
V. G. Reynolds, keeper of coun
ty home, for November, $80.
Total, $9,432.
M. L. Marley was appointed
oad trustee in Lumber Bridge
township to succeed Senator W.
S. Cobb, who resigned, and Hec
' or McNeill was appointed road
trustee in Blue Springs township
:o fill the unexpired term of John
.Archie Currie. The annual
statement of Register of Deeds
7. N. Highley was approved.
Dr. H. T. Pope was appointed
i-ounty superintendent of health
:d fill the unexpired term or Dr.
ty. A. McPhaul, who resigned
n account of having been elect
ed to the Legislature. Some re
lates were allowed and other
r.iinor business was transacted
fcnd the old board went out of of
lce at noon.
After organizing, as mentioned
bove, the new board plunged
Mo a mass of business that de
tained it until far into the night.
C. B. Ski oner, having taken the
. equired oath before Justice fL
- l. McAllister, was declared in
ducted into the office of clerk of
"-he Superior Court of Robeson
lountyforthe term of 4 years
ind the retiring clerk, W. H.
Humphrey, was instructed to
: am over to him all the books
; nd records pertaining to the of
ce, Mr. Skipper's bond in the
sum of $10,000 having been ap
proved. Other bonds were ap
ruved as follows: Sheriff E. C.
. McNeill, 5.000; Coroner G. E.
Maneke, $2,000; Register of
Deeds T. N. Higley, $5,000.
Treasurer M. G. McKenzie, gen
eral county fund $25,000, schcol
:und $30,000, road fund $30,000,
ourt house bond sinking fund
i25,000, funding bond account
S3, 000.
W. G. Reynolds was re-appoint-
A keeper of county home at rate
i f $8 per inmate per month and
required to gi e bond in the sum
f 500. J. C. Johnson of Lum
r Bridge was appointed stand
ard keeper for the county and
nust give not less than - $200
jond. A. T. Parmele and E. J.
Uritt were appointed a commit
tee to look after the janitor's
?ervice at the court house and
'ere empowered to hire a jani
tor at not over $40 per month.
V. D. Prevatt was re-aPpointed
deeper of the chain gang and
nust tfive bond in the sum of
00. A. R. McEachern and J.
McKavl members of the
oard, were appointed a commit
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tee to visit the chain gang and
see what equipment is necessary
for good working condition, said
equipment not to exceed 4 mules
and 2 2-horse wagons. Claud
Blount was ordered hired out to
Jno. Rowland for $65 for his
term, and May McKinnon was
ordered hired to S. E. Britt for
$63.80 for her unexpired term,
checks for these amounts being
received. The Robesonian was
awarded the contract for pub
lishing the annual report of the
county officers for $149.50. The
resignation of J. J. Bennett as
road trustee of Alfordsville
township was accepted and Dr.
O. C. Faulk was appointed to fill
out the unexpired term. The an
nual reports of Clerk of the
Court Humphrey and Sheriff E C.
McNeill were accepted and filed.
The following claims were or
dered paid:
Court House and Court Dixie
Cafe, feeding jurors, $6: A.
Weinstein, blankets for jail and
court house, $91.23; Sheriff Mc
Neill, $91; Martin McLeod, jani
to $30; Tom Graham, janitor
(. xtra), $7; Mrs. Anna Thomp
son, feeding jurors, $58 50; Lum
berton Electric Light Co., $20.88;
Eagle Tumiture Co., supplies,
$64.18; Geo. McNeill, fuses, $1;
Freeman Printing Co,, $26.90; B.
Jones and Lucy Ann Lowrie, wit
ness tickets, $3.15 each. Total,
$403.04.
Jail and Prisoners K. M.
Biggs $20, White & Gough $6.35,
supplies; Lumberton Electric
Light Co., $12.43; Sheriff Mc
Neill, conveying prisoner to asy
lum. $15.80; J. H. Floyd, jailer,
$157.20; J. T. Brown, conveying
prisoners, S5. Total,4216.78.
County Home and Paupers
Caldwell & Carlyle, coffins,
$23.50; Pope Drug Co., fumigat
ing home,' $10; supplies $30.
Peter Mock, increase of $1.50,
making monthly allowance S3.
Total, $66.50.
Miscellaneous A. S. Wishart,
looking over bridge work, $3 50;
supDlies for chain gang, 34.20;
Bvnum & Rozier. heater for
chain gang, $2.25; J. F. Pittman,
conveying Martin Seals to asy
lum at Raleigh. $15.80; N. Mc
Innis, holding bond election, 4;
J. B. Surles. holding post mor
tem examination at Dundarrach,
$5; VV. A. McPhaul, special at
tention to diphtheria cases. $3;
J. A. McDougald and A. T. Par
mele, work, for commissioners,
$8 each : McAllister Hd w. Co. ,
supplies, $4.13; Jno. T. Biggs
j- -i . n t t:
Uo., muscnage, -?j..ov; ru. o. .diks,
suDDlies for chain gang, $1.50;
Thos. Hardin, burial of W. Har
din, $15; Abner Nash, county
auditor, salary, $125; Pope Drug
Co., salary for county physician,
$9; supplies for county home and
jail, $16.40 W. H. Humphrey.
work lor county, $Jkks.4; u. n.
Rancke, inquest over J. L. Mc
Neill, $9.15; 6 jurors m above in
quest, $2 each, $12; G. F. Web
ster, work and lumber tor
bridges, $25.50; R. L. McLeod,
lumber for bridges, $5.12; M. M.
Caddell, work for chain gang,
$8.25; Robesonian Pub. Co., ad
Continued on page 8.
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CORN PRIZES AWARDED.
Mr. A. Judson Prevatt Wins
First Prize in Bank of Lum
berton Corn Contest With
1 18 1-4 Bushels Encourag
ing Corn Growing.
The prizes in the corn contest
conducted by the Bank of Lum
berton have been awarded. The
judges, Messrs. S. A. Edmund,
L. T. Townsend, Eli Phillips and
E. J. Britt, met TuesdayJ in the
director's room of the bank and
made their decision.
The first prize was awarded to
Mr. A. Judson Prevatt, who
lives on the Carthage road about
4 miles from Lumberton. He
made 118 1-4 bushels on an acre
and received $50 in cash given
by the bank and tons of fer
tilizer given by the Baugh Sons
& Co, The second prize was
won by Mr. D. E. Ivey, of
Raynham. He made 109 3-4
bushels and received $30 in cash.
Mr. D. F. Lowrie, of Elrod, gets
the third prize and he makes it
a close call for Mr. Ivey. He
made 109 1-6 bushels and re
ceived $20 in cash.
There were between 50 and 75
contestants for these prizes and
there is hardlyany question but
that there is some more corn in
the county than there would
have been if the bank had not
offered the inducement; and in
making this corn methods have
been used that ought to be of
great interest to the farmers.
The bank is getting out a pamph
let containing the methods
used by the successful contest
ants. The pamplet will be for
free distribution.
Three Special School Tax Elec
tions to be Held.
The regular monthly meeting
of the county board of education
was held Monday in the office of
County Superintendent J. R.
Poole. Besides the regular rou
tine of business three petitions
for special tax elections were ap
proved and at the meeting of the
county commissioners the same
day elections for the three were
ordered to be held on, the sama
day, January 14, as follows: Dis
trict No. 3. Thompson's, 30 cents
on the ?5100 and 90 cents on the
poll, J. L. Stewart, registrar,
Houston Grimsley and W. H.
McLelland, judges; No. 5, White
House, 30 and 90, P. C. Heniev,
registrar, W. P. Oliver and Tim
othy Page, judges; No. 3, Britt'.s
20 and 60, E. b . Prevatt, regis
trar, M. C. Mclntyre and W. R.
Atkinson, judges.
Davidson College won in a de-
bate at the Presbyterian College ! or 14 inches apart lor tne ayna
in Charlotte Monday night with j mite. This method of breaking
Woiford College, S. C, Messrs. jland is coming into favor of re
M. F. Huske of Fayetteville and cent years, special mention hav
Jas. Allen, Jr., of Charleston, ! ing been made in the papers re
S. C. representing Davidson, to ' cently of a large yield obtained
which college goes the beautiful from land broken in this manner
trophy cup which will become
the property of the college win-
ning
two of three debates, this
being the first
WHISTLE, BLOW!
THE STATE'S POPULATION.
North Carolina's Population is
2,206,287 Robeson County
Fifth.
Population statistics of the
13th census were issued Monday
for North Carolina, showing the
State's population to be 2,206,
287,' an increase of 312,477 or
16.5 per cent, over 1,893,810 in
1900. The increase from 1890 to
1900 was 275,836 or 17.1 per
cent.
Robeson stands fifth in popu
lation among the counties of the
State with 51,945 as compared
with 40,371 in 1900. The only
counties in the State having a
larger population than Robeson
are Mecklenburg, 67,031; "'ake,
63,629; Guilford, 60,497; Car
teret, 53,776. Statistics for
other counties in this part of the
State are: Bladen, 18,006; Colum
bus, 38,020; Cumberland. 35,284;
Harnett, 22,174; Scotland, 15,
363; Brunswick, 14,432; New
Hanover, 32,037.
Demonstration of Stump-Blast
ing and Plowing With Dyna
mite.
The demonstration of f arming
with dynamite" stump-blasting
and plouging with dynamite
(subsoil blasting) advertised in
The Robesonian to be held Tues
day at the farm of Mr. George
G. French Bee Gee 4 miles
from Lumberton on the Virginia
& Carolina Southern Ry., wasi
very much of a success. Some I
300 or 400 people, most of them 1
farmers, attended the demonstra
tion, and they were very much
pleased with the results. Mr.
Cornell of Nashville, Tenn., rep
resenting the Du Pont Powder
Co. of Wilmington, Del., had
charge of the demonstration,
which was conducted under the
auspices of the firm of Caldwell
sl anyie oi iumrjerion. ivir.
L. H. Caldwell and the McAUis- j
ter Hdw. Co., both of Lumberton,
also handle the Du Pont Powder
Co.'s products. Quite a number
of stumps were blown up at a
cost very much less than they
could be removed in any other
way, and .the ploughing of the
land was also very successful.
The Du Pont Powder' Co. fur
nishes a special dynan:ne stick,
fuse and cap, three separate
pieces, and no explosion is pos
sible except when connection is
made, so that there is no danger
"A'hn anv sort nt" ordinarv corh-
trnon-sense caution in used.
Stumps are completely taken up
at small cost by means of this
dynamite, and land is' broken
j thoroughly by drilling holes 12
by a tarmer near bpartanDurg,
S. C.
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Messrs. H. M. and W. P. Mc
Allister in Automobile Acci
dent at Fayetteville Yesterday
The following is from yester
day afternoon's Fayetteville
Observer:
A Mr. Kiiey, a oncK mason.
was run into by an automobile,
driven by the owner, Mr. H. M
McAllister, of Lumberton, about
1 o'clock today, in front of the
government building, on which
he was " at work, and badly,
though not fatally, injured. Mr.
McAllister stopped the machine
at once and he and his compan-
iions, Messrs. T. J. Purdie and
I Willis McAllister, lifted the in
! jured man into the machine and
hurried him to the Highsmith
hospital. A preliminary exami
nation showed no bones broken
and nothing to indicate any
serious injury.
"No blame is said to attach to
anybne, as the machine was
going under the speed limit, and
it was simply a case of automo
bile swerving to dodge man, and
man swerving the same way,
and both coming together."
Messrs. H. M., W. P. and C.
P. McAllister went to Fayette
ville yesterday to attend the
marriage of Miss Janie Mc-
Keithan and Mr. Clifton Rankin,
both of Fayetteville, which took
place yesterday morning at 10
o'clock. The bride is a relative
of the McAllisters and has often
visited in Lumberton. The
Messrs. McAllister returned to
Lumberton last night
Superior C o u r t Adjournment
For the Term Last Night.
The term of Robeson Superior
Court for the trial of civil cases
which convened Monday, Judge
O. H. Allen of Kinston presiding,
closed for the term last night
and Judge Allen left for his
home this morning. An unusu-
; ally large numoer of cases were
-rmtimiH
and judgments were
a number of others.
I diglJVU All
The bonds of matrimony hereto
fore uniting J. J. and Helen
Wiggins and Sarah P. and Har
ley Hogans were dissolved. Dr.
Joseph Ackerman of Wilming
ton, who sued Mr. O. M. Britt
for $200 expert witness fees in
the case of Britt vs. the Raleigh
& Charleston Railroad, tried
some three years ago, obtained
a judgment for 875. Mr. Wood
berry Lennon appeared for . the
plaintm. No other cases ot spe
cial interest were disposed of.
Among.the out-of-town attor
neysattending court were Messrs.
G. B. Patterson and B. F.
McLean of Maxton. A P. Spell
of Red Springs, and Iredell
j Meares of Wilmington.
-Dr. R. B. Beckwith and
family, who have been living at
Mr. Hardv M White s place
miles from town on the Flower's
road, will begin moving Satur
dav to Lumberton and will oc
cupv a residence recently erectf d
by Prof. R. E. Sentelle in Lin
dell.
LOCAL BRIEFS.
License has been issued for
the marriage of Hattie Phillips
and J. E. Phillips.
Mr. Alex. Carlyle, of Raft
Swamp, is numbered among the
salesmen in Mr. K. M. Biggs'
store. He began work Monday.
m Mr. R. B. Napier, of Rock
ingham, has-accepted a position
as cashier at the Seaboard freight
depot He arrived and began
work Tuesday.
Mr. C. P. Grantham, of
Fairmont, who for some time had
held a position with the Robeson
Drug Co. at Maxton.has accepted
a position as salesman with Dr.
J. D. McMillan & Son. He began
work this morning.
At a meeting of the members
of the county bar at the noon
recess of court Monday a com
mittee was appointed to draft
resolutions in honor of the late
Mr. D. P. Shaw and at another
meeting held at noon yesterday
the report of this committee was
adopted. These resolutions will
be printed in Monday's paper.
The Virginia & Carolina
Southern will give a special rate
of $1 to Fayetteville and return
tomorrow, regular train, on ac
count of the concert that will be
given in the LaFayette Theater,
by Sousa's band tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock. Quite a num
ber of Lumberton people will
take advantage of this opportu
nity of hearing this famous
band.
There was much disturbance
in town for a spell Tuesday morn
ing about one o'clock, caused by
the fire alarm, which was turned
in on account of fire at the Nat
ional Cotton Mill. The fire was
in the dust room, a place hard to
reach with the water, and it was
some time be fore the flames were
brought under control, though
the damage is not thought to
exceed $200, which is covered by
insurance.
Mr. L,
was deputy
Humphrey,
McK. Parker, who
clerk for Mr. W. H.
continues in the
same position with Mr. C. B.
Skipper, the new clerk of the
court Miss Theresa Patterson
will continue as stenographer for
Mr. Skipper. Mr. J. B. Bowen,
who was bookkeeper for Mr.
Humphrey, went Tuesday night
to St Paul, where he has accept
ed a position as bookkeeper for
the St Paul Cotton Mills.
Revs. E. M. Hoyle and S. J.
McConnell returned last night
and Tuesday night respectively,
from Elizabeth City, where they
attended the Methodist Confer
ence. It is a source of gratifica
tion to their friends that both
these earnest workers are re
turned to their charges here, Mr.
Hoyle to the Lumberton churcn
and missions for the fourth year.
Mr. McConnell for the second
year as supply for this charge.
Mr. T. L. Johnson, who was
law partner of Mr. D. P. Shaw,
an account of whose death wa3
given in Monday's Robesonian,
will practice alone for the pres
ent, retaining the offices oc
cupied by him and his former
partner in the McLeod building,
corner of Elm and Fifth streets.
Miss Jessie Lennon, formerlv
stenographer for the firm of
Shaw & Johnson but who has
since been employed in the office
of County Superintendent ot
Public Instruction J. R. Poole,
began work this morning a3
stenographer for Mr. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Mc
Leod, who have been boarding
at the Waverly hotel since their
marriage a week ago last eve
ning,, are moving today to the res
idence belonging to the bride,
corner of Water and Eighth
streets. Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Peace, who have been occupying
this residence for some time, ex
pected to move today into the
residence of the late D. P.
Shaw, just across Water street,
but final arrangements for rent
ing same have been delayed.
They expect however, to move
into the Shaw house within a
few days. Meanwhile, they are
occupying a room in the housj
which they formerly rented.
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