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1 THE ROBESONIAN Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five VOL XU NO. 84. MAXTON NEWS ITEMS. In Social Realms Population Statistics Other Items. '-Correspondence of The Robesonian. Maxton, Dec. 9. Dr. H. G. Hill has gone to Camden, S. C, to preach Sunday for Mr. Jesse Rowan, pastor of that church. Miss Annie Hill left to-night for 3oston, Fla., to visit Mrs. Adolphus McLeod. Mr. R. C. Everett and family have moved in to accupy part of Dr. D. C. Mclver's house on Mc Caskill avenue. Their former residence was on Main street. Miss Janie Dinwiddie left for her home in Raleigh Tuesday, .after visiting her sister Mrs. A. B. Croom for several weeks. Mr. j. u. lvieann oi nosty was mm T TX r 11 -rr m town vveanesaay ior tne pur - s i : , . , oose oi purcnasing property in this town. Ti A A HJTni-11 1 . riev. a. a. lucieuana is in . Hendersonville this week attend ing the State Baptist Convention. Mr. J. W. Carter is erecting a .cottage on McCaskill avenue in which Mr, Jack Lyde will live. Mrs. S. E." Alford, who had been visiting her son. McL. McP. Alford, has returned to her home in Dillon county, S. C Mr. Henry Alford spent a few davs with friends in Reedy Creek, S. C. ine Merry-LfO-Kounas were entertained this afternoon by Miss Emma Belle McRse. She entertained at the home o'f her sister, Mrs. R. M. Williams. The Contest was to draw a picture of Santa Claus on the blackboard, for which Miss Atlanta Gibson was awarded the prize, a hand some silver cologne bottle; then a prize was offered for the ugliest face made. Miss Bessie McNair was most successful, and was given a clown doll. The dining room was elaborately decorated in Christmast colors and a de lightful supper was served. The 3ou enirs were chimneys. There were a great many visitors pres ent. Miss McRae was a charm ing hostess. Mr. L. W. McKinnon enter tained in his handsome country home last Tuesday night some male friends. Those present at this stag dinner were: A. M. McKinnon chaperone; L. R. Kirkpatrick, Jno. M McKinnon, 3. H. McKinnon; Mr. and Mrs. L. W. McKinnon; J. A. Mc Kinnon, Lacy Williams, McK. McKinnon, W. M. Currie, Ben S. Barros and Graham McLeod. The dinner was elegant, the evening much enjoyed. Misses Clarkie Belle McNair and Atlanta Gibson, with Messrs, Hector McLean and Lacy Wil liams, drove over to Laurinburg Wednesday in Mr. McLean s auto. Mr. E. L. McCormick has com pleted his task of census-taking m Maxton, with the following results: Census of Maxton, ending December 5. 1910. total population. 1,860: 442 within town limits, 418 without. Robeson County Fourth in Population. In Thursday's Robesonian it was inadvertently stated that Robeson county stands fifth in population among the counties of the State, Carteret being placed fourth with 53.776. The figures were taken from the usually accurate Charlotte Ob server and while they looked im possibly lanre for that little county on the coast, in the rush of preparing copy they excited only passing doubt and the mat ter was forgotten. Mr. Wade Wishart calls the matter to The Robesonian's attention and the correction is made with great pleasure. Carteret's population is only 13.776, far and away be low Robeson with its 51,945, so Robeson stands fourth among the counties of the State, only Mecklenburg, Wake and Guilford being ahead-and those three counties, be it remembered, each has within its borders a large town, while Rote son boasts a number of the best small towns n the State and a larger rural population than any other county m the State. The law partnership hereto fore existing between Messrs. Wade Wishart, E. M. and W. S. pritt, has been dissolved. Mr. Wishart will continue to prac- tice alone and the Messrs. Britt Will continue to nractice under the firm name of Britt & Britt i LUMBERTON, ir - ft I WE SELL IT FOR LESS u:.ip Q. T. WILLIAMS - FIRE INSURANCE - mm DOING THE HOLIDAYS IN THE GROCEiRY t-lNE.FREE DELIVERY rU.'H. WISHART PHONE No1 rr XMAS FRUITS CANDIES FAT OYSTFRS CRANBERRIES NUTS CELERY etfcj; . Ki .. ..CT fill vilPF P G'r Of iral PIC B&.. 2a fCf SAit sTc UP Supreme Court Deals Knock Out Blow to Mileage Require mentBreach of Faith. Raleurh Special. 7th. to Charlotte Observer. The North Carolina Supreme Court in Harvey vs Railroad, from Wilson county, practically deals a "knockout" blow to the railroad mileage book regulations requiring holders to procure mileage tickets in exchange be fore boarding a train in its rul- I i i r-w ing jusi maae. narvey is a raveling man and attempted at Wilson three or four times to procure a ticket in exchange for mileage, beirg stood aside each time by the agent in order that he might wait on cash purchas ers of tickets. Finally the train came without Harvey having gotten his ticket. He boarded tne train with mileage which the conductor refused to accept, put ting him oil at the first station. He recovered $2,500 damages. Mow the Supreme Court, As sociate Justice Hoke writing the opinion, approves the judgment holding that Harvey had the right, under the circumstance to ride on the mileage. The court would not set aside the verdict as to amount of damages excessive, v although Justices Brown and Walker, while con curring that the plaintiff should recover, held that the amount awarded was excessive. Chief Justice Walter Clark, in an opin ion concurring with Justices Hoke and Manning in the con trolling opinion of the court, holds further that the require ment that a holder of a mileage book shall obtain a ticket in ex change is a breach of faith on the part of the railroads at whose instance the special ses sion of the General Assembly of 1908 was held to raise the pas senger rate to 2h cents upon the proposition of the railroad com panies that they would issue mileage books at 2 cents, mean ing, Chief Justice Clark declares the mileage to which the public had always been accustomed, whereby the mileage had been pulled on the train by the con ductor. The Chief Justice also holds that the requirement to get ticket for mileage is unreas onable and void and hereto fore unknown in this State and still unknown except in this State and a few adjacent States where the principal North Caro lina roads extend. It is a notable fact that in the last General Assembly a bill passed the House by a large ma inritv Drohibitiner the mileage ticket requirement ana mat it failed in the Senate by the de pidincr vote of the presiding of ficer after a tie vote of Senators. The indications are that the question will be fought all over again during that approaching session. Mr. H. B. Jennings is maK- H. B. " . mtr arranffements to build a resi dence on his lot on the corner of Elm and Ninth streets which difterent , irom Will Uiwcuij . . . - hnf in T.umberton. Twa;; will be given in an early issue. Jrnyn ,c x V w f j NORTH CAROLINA, 13 fitirasfcrxs ,.v ; i lL J JWSV. tC Wtif II mmmBwomiMSM mm IS THERE ANY BETTER WAY TO BUILD ROADS? COUNTY UNION MEETING. Officers For Ensuing Year Elected Change in Road Law Favored Next Meeting in Lumberton December 30. Reported for The Robesonian. The Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of Robeson county met in annual session at Raft Swamp academy Thursday last at 10 o'clock a. m., president J. E. Carlyle presiding. The rules were suspended and some other important matters were taken up before the election of officers. The road matter was a part of the important matter that was discussed. The com mittee on roads reported . that a joint meeting had been held with the committee from the Rural Letter Carriers' Association and recommended that the county be made the unit and that the bond issue be opposed, provided a law that will guarantee good roads can be framed without a bond issue. At 12:30 the Union took a recess for a basket dinner until 1:30, at which time the Union again assembled and discussed some other matters and proceed ed to the election of officers for the ensuing year, as follows: J E. Carlyle, president; Gen. F. A. breth, secretary-treasurer and business agent; W. S. Johnson, cnapiam; mr. rsizzen, lecturer, ine ionowing were eiectea mem- bers of the executive committee: N. A. Townsend, N. T. Andrews, j ton with his company on Friday E. W. Stone, Walters and Mc- of this week at the opera house. Callum (the initials of the two The company includes Mr. W. last-named I do not recall). Paris Chambers, lamous the The session as a whole was a I world over as cornet virtuoso, success. We are under great j artist and composer; Miss Aie obligations for the use of the.'Vernice, a charming singer; school building, and the church was occupied for the remainder of the day. Another county meeting will be held in Lumberton December 30. I believe it is for the pur pose of discussing some legisla tion and some other matters claiming the attention of the Union. The farm demonstration work was discussed and it was recom mended that a law. be enacted authorizing the county commis sioners to supplement the fund furnished by the government for demonstration work in the coun ty to the amount of $640. We had a very representative session. While all the locals were not represented, it was due to the coldness of the weather, the shortness of the day, long distance, etc. This is but a short review of what was done and very imperfect, as I am writing from memory. W. P. Barker. Lectures On Farm Demonstra tion Work. Mr. E. S. Millsaps. district agent of the farmers' demonstra tion work, will be at St. Paul Thursday at 11 o'clock and at Lumberton Friday at 11 o'clock. j i He will lecture on the work and the farmers are requested to at tend the meetings. MONDAY, DECEMBER POPULATION OF U. S. A Gain of 21 Per Cent Over 1900. Washington Dispatch. 10th. In the United States and all its possessions the Stars and Stripes protect 101,100,000. This enor mous number is the official esti mate of the United States bureau of the census, announced today in connection with the population statistics for the country as enu merated in the thirteenth decen: nial "census. It includes the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Alaska and the Panama canal zone. Within its borders on the North American contiment, exclusive of Alaska, the United States has a population oi yi,yfz,zbo in habitants. During the last 10 years the States of the Union had an aggregate increase in population or 15,977.691, which amounts to 21 per cent over the 1900 figures. The grand total includes 7, 635,426 in the Philippine islands, as enumerated in the census there in 1903, and estimates for the population of the Island of Guam, the American possessions in Samoa and persons on the Panama canal zone. rredenck Ihe ureat. "Frederick the Great," the noted magician, wno is now touring tne soutn ana is coming , this way. will appear in Lumber- j Misses Phyllis and Ruby Brooks, of England, recently arrived, and Mr. Edwin Sault, assistant demonstrators. The program presented by Frederick the Great covers the field of legerdeman illusion and spirit demonstration, and is said to be one of the most complete performances of the kind yet seen in the South. The musical features are also of consequence. The stage is handsomely mount ed. A Gambling Den Raided. Chief of Police H. H. Redfern and right Policeman Strain made a raid on a gambling den over the river Friday morning about 1:30 o'clock in the third building on the left in crossing the old bridge, in a room used by William Davis as an insurance office. As a result of the raid William Davis, Otha Alisten, Faro Jones, Calve White and Chas. Bowen, all colored, were caught in the act and captured. Money and cards were in evidence. They were all jailed and given a hearing Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock be fore the mayor. All were bound over to court, Davis and Allisten each giving a $100 justified bond, Bowen giving a $50 cash bond and White and Jones going to jail in default of bonds. 12, 1910. "I"."' THE POPE DRUG CO PHOhlF Nn 112. mm CARVING SETS CUTfcERY etc L. n. CAUQWEJLL AND 1 1'- MISS JOSEPHINE BREECE I SELL COTTON WmJ.PREVA' FOR BEST PRICES AND BUY 6000 TH TO GET VALUE RECUVI RFMFMRFFJ - 'THE KING GROCERY CO. FOR HEAVY FANCY CROCRIES :, - COUNTRY PRODUCE FRESH riSH OYSTERS efc I . w. dulluck Mar. New Telephone Directory to be i Issued Soon A New Farmers Line. Manager J. C. Branch, of the Lumberton exchange of the Southern Bell Company, an nounces that the new telephone directory will soon be issued. The new list will be corrected up to January st and he states that all who wish to make changes in their listings or have their names placed in the new directory should communicate with him at once. Those who are contem plating installing telephones in their homes or offices should act promptly in order that their names may appear properly in the new directory. Manager Branch states that there will be a number of new names added to the list and that the growth of the exchange here ?s a strong indication of the progress of Lumberton. A new farmers' telephone line having six subscribers has ius been connected with the Lum berton exchange. The line ex tends out the urrum road and furnishes service to the follow ing well-known people: I. H Warwick, residence; E. C. Nye store; J. R. Lawson, store; W. C. Powell, residence; J. F. Shep herd, residence; E. C. Nye, resi dence. Tne subscribers on the line are now in constant telephone ! rtAmwnnirtofmn ririK aqaVi ftYcv and through the Southern Bell exchange with telephone users in Lumberton. The construction of this line and its connection with the telephone exchange here is another step in the progress of . - ........ . being made by the residents in the rural sections of Robeson county. Under the plan of the Southern Bell Company farmers and other rural dwellers are en abhd to secure telephone ser vice on an economical basis. As a result, farmers in all sections of the State are installing tele phones in their homes. Anti-Cigarette Club Organized. Rep rted f . r 1 he Fobesoi ian. The Lumberton An ti-Cigarette Club has Veen organized at the graded school building. The following officers have been elected: president, Wayne Caldwell; vice-president, Furman Biggs; secretary. Knox Proctor; censor, Rufus Sanderson. Thei club meets at 3:00 o'clock Monday afternoons of each week, and all boys over twelve years of age who are willing to give up the tobacco habit are eligible. Mrs. H. M. McAllister delight fully entertained quite a number of friends at dinner Thursday evening at her home on the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets in honor of Mrs. Jas. D. Proctor. Gov. Kitchin has appointed W. T. Hoilowell a director of the State hospital at Goidstoro o succeed Chas. F. Herring, resigned.'..- ' " .. : v... WHCLn NO. 2622 LOCAL BRIEFS. Licenses have been issued for the marriage of Kate Chason and Hector McLean; Dora Tyson and William Baxley. Mr. Lacy McKenzie is able to be out again after a siege of typhoid fever and is again at his x post at the Lumberton drug store. A meeting of K. of P. Lodge No. 35 will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock. There will be special business and a full attend ance is desired. Mr. Jno. D. McAllister ha3 leased the McDiarmid residence, corner of Walnut and Sixth streets, and is having water works put in. He has not yet decided whether he and Mrs. McAllister will occupy the house or rent it. The last rails were placed Saturday at Elizabethtown for the extension of the Virginia & Carolina Southern from St. Paul to that town, but it will be some ime yet before the road is ready tor trains, which are being operated now over that road to Tar Heel. -Mr. and Mrs. J. M'White, formerly of Robeson but now of Baxley, Ga., are visiting relatives in the county. Mr. M' White was in town Friday with his nephew Mr. W. C. Boone, of rural route No. 2 fiom Lumberton. Mr. M'White left Robeson county 17 years ago and had not visited Lumberton since five years ago, and he, is very much imDressed with the improvements that have been made. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Peace moved Saturday from Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. McLeod's resi dence, corner of Water and Eighth streets, to the house on Fifth street, between Chestnut and Walnut, next the old Baptist church, belonging to Mr. A. W. McLean. Mr, Peace's sister-in-law, Mrs. W. L. Peace of Oxford, and two children arrived this morning and will spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Peace. At Barker's school house on Wednesday night, the 21st inst.. a comedy will be given that is something out of the ordinary for a country school to under takea dramatization of that de lightful book "Handy Andy." The play will last one hour and thirty minutes and the excellent Parkton band will furnish music. Prof. Victor A. Roark is principal of the school. The ad- mission will be zl) cents for adults, 10 cents for children under 12. The auction sale of 35 build ing lots 8 acres of the McMil lan land in the western portion of town, conducted Friday by the American Realty & Auction Co. of Greensboro, was a big success. The lots sold for an average of over $200 each and the total receipts of the sale were $7,400. Quite a bit of sil- ver was given away alter tne sale. Little William Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Cox. drew the card that took a prize , of $5 in gold. -The Robesonian has received an unsigned communication to the effect that the boys of the -Duropian Literary Society of the Philadelphus high school will give a minstrel show at Philadel phus Wednesday evening of this wTeek. The communication is withheld from publication be cause there is nothing to indi cate who is responsible for it and this news item is written for what it is worth on the strength of a communication that the author does not think enough of to sign his or her name to for the editor's benefit Mrs. J. P. Brown, of Fair mont, secretary, of the home mission society for the Rocking ham district, spoke at Barker's Methodist church yesterday morning at the regular hour for pTeaching service, 11 o'clock, in the interest of the home mission work, with the needs of which she is thoroughly conversant, Mrs. Brown spent last night in Lumberton at the "home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White. The Robesonian regrets very much that a notice of this service was quite unintentionally left out of j Thursday's paper, for which it i . i i-i was written ana in wnicn it should have appeared. 4 -, l! 4 - ! V
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