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HP Tun j1 1 llJill ROBESONIAN T Established 187 O. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent VOL XLI NO. 93. LUMBERTON NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1911. WHOLE NO. 2631 . . ... f CENSUS REPORT. Population of Lumberton Town ship 5.034. On the eve of going to press The Robesonian is advised by Census Director E. Dana Durand that according to the thirteenth census the population of Lumber ton township is 5,034. The cen sus of 1900 gave Lumberton township 2,567; the 11th census, -2.420. . E-TOWN CELEBRATES. -Now Connected With Outside World by Rail A Urge Crowd Welcomes Another Large Crowd Brought in by First Excursion Train Sale of Town Lots. Saturday was a great day for Bladen county and the town of Elizabethtown. The memory of the oldest inhabitant runs not back to a time when so many people were gathered together with one accord in one place within the confines of the old county as were gathered to gether at the old county seat for the two-fold purpose of celebrat ing the completion of a railroad the Virginia & Carolina South ern's hranch from St Paul and to attend an auction sale of town lots. An excursion train was run and the lots were sold make a Bladen county holiday, and it was pretty generally ob served. People to tfierfumber -of 2,000 or more were there from Bladen, Robeson, Cumberland -and other near-by counties. It was an ideal day for the oc jasion, a warm, sunny May day set. down In the middle of Janu arv. A special train of one coach and an old-field "Pullman" left Lumberton at 7:30 o'clock Satur dav mornine filled to its capacity and after a delay of two hours at St. Paul 6 other special coaches ame in from Favetteville. This train of 7 coaches and the "Pull man" nicked ud stacks ' and stacks of people all .along the road papa and mamma and all the children and those who did not eo were standing beside the track to see this first excursion train to Elizabethtown. More than 500 DeoDle rolled into Eliz cabethtown on this train, and there seemed to be three times s many more people at the sta tion waiting for the""train, which was expected to arrive at 10 , o'clock but did not arrive until noon. Immediately after its ar frival the auction sale of lots be- cran. The lots were sold for Mr. A. W. McLean, president of the new road, by the American Real ty & Auction Co. of Greensboro nd the Suburban Realty & Auc tion Co. of Raleigh. Penny Bros , the famous twin auctioneers, -cried off the lots which is equiv alent to savins; that the job was idone to Derfeciion. for these twins are the last word when it omes to selling real estate. The lots are well located and very de sirable, and they sold well, 110 of them. The first one, near the elegant depot that is being built, ,-sold for $350, and prices ranged from that figure to $40, the low est. A band from Wadesboro fur nished music and the very first tune it started to play a pair of Bladen county mules that per hips never heard a band before tried to start something they broke and started to run but were soon gotten under control and the excitement was of brief duration. Immediately after the sale, .about 3 o'clock p. m., a barbecue dinner was served on the school house grounds. There was plenty and to spare but it was unfortunate that dinner was not served earlier, for most of the crowd were famished long before that and had made heavy demands upon the only boarding house in the town and upon a stand where two ladies served oysters. If somebody had had the foresight to put up a lunch stand near the depot he could have made a killinsr. for it was difficult to satisfy one's hunger. Space does not permit any thing more than the foregoing "Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil is the best remedy for that often fatal disease croup. Has been used with success in our family for eight years." Mr. L. Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y. W?r.rV H SrY OAT L" WE SELIT IT FOR LESS Q. T. WILLIAMS rlRe 1NSUBAHCK J 3 FRESH HEAVY & FANCY GROCERIES J. H. WISHART PHONE HO.U . TABLE DELICACIES FRUIT CANDY eft Tg?S C. B. REDMOND Proprietor. ONE t2J wiiNDRED "7 v- inn FR0MST.L0UIS, M0N. JAN.9&ISII PRICES ATTRACTIVE 1SS1 C. M. FULLERS fiSq bald and disjointed account of the day in today's paper. The Robesonian's Elizabethtown cor lespondent will g;ve an account of the day in Thursday's paper. Many of the large crowd had never been to Elizabethtown before and the old Tory hole was an object of great interest. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Some Bills of General Interest New County Gossip. ' A bill has been introduced in the House by Representative Turlington of Iredell prohibiting State officers or other employes of the State of North Carolina and' United States Senators and Repr -' - a fee the't ; v. ' ThisVas brtmht,,OD!iccunr of ex-United States Senator Marion Butler having accepted a fee to prosecute claims against the State. The House made the Stubbs joint resolution for a consti tutional convention a spe cial order for Wednesday, 25th inst In the Senate Graham in troduced an important bill as to taking care of the bonds falling due January 1, 1913, and author izing the State Treasurer to borrow money to pay the differ ence between amounts appro priated at this session and the revenue received, or if loan can hot be made he is authorized to issue bonds not exceeding $1, 000,000. Senator Cobb of Robe son introduced a bill changing the name of Indians known as Croat an s to Cherokees and pro viding separate apartments for the insane asylum at Raleigh. McArthur of Robeson introduced a bill to regulate practice of veterinary surgeons. McPhaul of Robeson introduced bills to ap point W. M. Hedgpeth and S. B. McNeill justices of the peace. Bills of local interest have been introduced: by McPhaul to amend charter of Orrum; by Mc Arthur to amend charter of St. Paul. In further committee as signments McPhaul lands on in sane asylums, insurance and in stitutions for the blind: Mc Arthur, on engrossed bills, claims and election laws. A bill to create a recorder's court for Robeson county has been introduced by Senator Cobb but the chairman ff the committee on cities, counties and towns, to which committee it was referred, has given assur ance that it will not be reported out of committee until the bar of the county has been given an opportunity to be heard. As mentioned elsewhere in this paper, a meeting hss been called for next Saturday in Lumberton to consider this and other pro posed local legislation Kaleieh News and . Observer. 12th: This committee (on cities, c unties and, towns) will haw The greatest danger from influenza is of its resulting: in pneumonia. . Tnis can be obviated by using- Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy, as it not only cures influenza, but counteract any tendency of the disease towards pneu monia. Sold by Dr. . McMillan & Son and Pope Drug Company. Am. illicit irti itlitijuti).iug -t4 M.'iif hw'is h;-ltit iiJUl'IfVtHH bgjmvliiHU'lii iNfHH Ji lihHKi J:i titt t'innniUylJ imihiniii jmji iiiiiiiia IT f kV.Jsy THE MAMAfVS CFTt J p Pfffilf THE THROTTLE f 1 1 Mr- . .Mmmmmmw, mm a ti h s-7J sir- vsk, -H n o a RAILROAD ENTE A CLUB SMOKER. Mr. W. T. Corwith, Secrete j of the Greater. Charlotte CL . to be the Guest of the Lu berton Cdrpmercial and Ind - trial Club Thursday Evening To Boost Lumberton. Mr. W. T. Corwith, secret of the Greater Charlotte Clc , will be the guest of the Lumb -ton Commercial Club at a smol in the club rooms Thursday e. -ning of this week. Mr. Corw' has been asked U come to Lum berton and make a talk along industrial lines, about ... what merchants in other-pteces .are r ..;h L i ii c . f has attended many conraierciai con ventions, and his talk will be chock full of information that will help. The smoker will be forall the business men of the town, regardless of whether they are members of the club or not, and all should avail themselves of this opportunity of hearing questions in which they are vitally interested discussed in an intelligent and illuminating man ner. It is hoped that Mr. Cor with's visit and this smoker will out new life into the work of pushing Lumberton forward. Important Meeting of Farmers' Union. To the Officers and Members of Farmers' Union: On January 19, 1911, at the court house in Lumberton there will be a meeting of the Farmers' Union. This meeting will be open for business at 11 o'clock. VVe want a full attendance of our officers and all th6 members that can come to be present. It will pay all to come. We are expect ing something out of the ordinary to come up, so fake due notice and govern yourselves accord ingly. J. E. Carlyle, Pres. charge of the various new county bills providing for Hoke, Pied mont, Avery and North Robeson counties. Yesterday it was agreed to give a hearing to ad vocates and opponents of the proposed new counties of Hoke with capital at Raeford, and North Robeson, with capital at Red Springs, on January 24th. In the afternoon the claims of Hoke will be heard, the pro moters of North Robeson will be given a chance. As if these two mischief breeders will not bring enough of the God-blessed Mc's to Raleigh, not a few were heard to assert last night that before January 24th a bill would be introduced to create a third county out of a part of Robeson, and in that way get all the Scotchmen here at one time from Cumberland, Moore and Robeson counties. Heavy, impure blood makes a muddy, J pimply complexion, headaches, nausea, indigestion. Thin blood makes you weak, pale, sickly. Burdock Blood Bitters makes the blood rich, red, pure, -r restores perfect health. TJL1ZABETHTOWN. AN IMPORTANT MEETING 7 rff am ,m m To be Held in Lumberton Janu ary 21 Recorder's Court and .CXhanges in Road Law to be Considered. In Thursday's Robesonian it tfSs stated that an important dieting of the citizens of the coQnty would be held in Lumber t;a on Saturday, January 2 1st. Here is the formal call for the meeting, sent out from Raleigh bithe county's Senator and Rep resentatives under date of the 2-th inst: To A Citizen of Robeson County: Notice is hereby given to the citizens of Robeson county that there will r"-v?!'rw- Md in court -t . t0rdayy .... ..... .1 iii&'clock the advisability of establishing a recorder's court for the county and to discuss changes in the present road law. All citizens are urged to be present, Very respectfully, W. S. Cobb. Senator. J. O. McArthur, VV. A. McPhaul Representatives. LEE'S BIRTHDAY. To be Celebrated in Lumberton Meeting of Camp Pope Called -Crosses of Honor Will be Bestowed and Dinner WiU be Served. Thursday of this week, the 19th, is the anniversary of the birth of General Robt. E. Lee and the day will be fittingly ob served in Lumberton. The fol lowing call has been issued by the commander of Camp Wil)is H. Pope: "Headquarters Camp Willis H. Pope, Lumberton, N. C, Jan. 16, 191 1. 'Comrades: You are hereby called to meet in Lumberton on Thursday, January 19, at 11 o'clock a. m., to participate in the celebration of the anniversary of the birth of our illustrious commander, General R. E. Lee. M. G. McKenzie, Adjutant. By Order of J. A. McAllister, Commander." Robeson Capter, U. D. C, has arranged appropriate exercises for this day. Tne following, j which has been sent The Robe-; sonian for publication, explains itself: j "The following veterans, who havej applied for Crosses of Honor, are re quested to be present on January 19, j when they will be presented ly the ! Kobeson Capter, U. D. C: W f '. . Adams, Sr , Miles S. Baxley, J. G. , Fisher, J. W. Holcomb, Archibald Udum, G P. Raybon, C. W. Smith, H. j G SniDes. Steuhen Taylor, E l. Tompson, Wm. Townsend, Artemas McKay, Murdock McKimmon "Dinner will be served at the court house after the exercises by the daughters.- Donations for the dinner from t any who wish to contribute will be thankfully received and may be sent id the court house by II o'clock to the committee Mrs. J. A. McAllister, Pres. Robeson Chapter. U. D. C. The oeculiar oroPerties of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy have been j thoroughly tested during epidemics oi influenza, and when It was taken in time we have not heard of a single Maa at nnaiimnniffl . &iM hv Dr. Mc Millan & Son and Pope Drug Company. 1 VJlfRE OR THE POPE 0RU8 CO.PH0NI Nalfc Sfi ' .ilk V -VS-J WL' OTJ ..1 MISS JOSEPHINE BREtCE A REDUCED PRICES ON ALL 1 GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, FURNITURE, etc, FJRGM NOW UNTILL THE END OF THE YEAR W. J. PRE VAT T PHONe NO.11 i WHITFIELD 5r FRENCH WHOLESALE GROCERS AGENTS ISfTrlEDUNLOP -FOR RS&I -MILLS - FLOOR, HM-. SHIP STUFF, CRAIN,9.rc. Mr. M. F. Caldwell's Residence Damaged by Fire. The alarm was turned in Sat urday about noon for fire at Mr. M. F. Caldwell's residence on Caldwell street and it was about as much fire as has been in evi dence in these parts for some bit; and it would have been a great deal worse had it not been for the excellent work on the part of those who took a hand in the fighting. The fire was first seen by Rev. E. M. Hoyje, who was passing the house, and it was then birn ing underneath the roof over the room adjoining the dining room. and by the time the water was lafnlied almost half the roof was YZ' . -:r't!:3. r. . I.i n :r; short tlmA after the sounding-of the fire whistle a large crowd was on the scene of action and everything was moved out of the house with little damage to furniture, but by the time the flames were extinguished the house had no roof and was great ly damaged in other respects. Mr. Caldwell had 11,000 insur ance on the house and $250 on his furniture. It is true that some excellent work was done on the part of those taking a hand in this fight, but the town's great need of a better organizd force for fight ing fire was plainly in evidence. Miss Irene McLeod Undergoes Operation in Baltimore. Yesterday's Charlotte Observ er has the following item of local interest: "Miss Irene McLeod of Lum berton, a member of this year s senior class at Elizabeth College, and one of the most popular young ladies that ever attended that institution, has been taken to Dr. Kelly's Sanatorium, Balti more, where she will be operated on for appendicitis. Her mother, Mrs. George B. McLeod, accom panied her." Upon arriving in Baltimore it was found that -Dr Kelly was out of town and Mis3 McLeod was taken to the Woman's Hospital, same city, where she underwent an operation Satur day. Her many friends will be glad to know that she is getting along nicely. At The Opera House. "The Raweis, native New Zealanders, presenting in song, story and picture a most unique and facinating entertainment portraying native life in the South Sea Islands," will be the attraction at the opera house Friday evening of this week. This is one of the numbers of the lyceum course and is said to be unusually interesting. Seats will go on sale at McMillan's drug store Thursday. "The King of Tramps" will hold the boards Tuesday evening of next week. This is a comedy company carrying its own brass band and orchestra and it is said that it makes a hit everywhere irgoes. . A.H.HINDS, PHONE 5.3 -y i- ni TPS? LOCAL BRIEFS. There will be a box supper at Smith's church in Howellsville township Saturday evening. The public is cordially invited. The annual meeting of the Lumberton Commercial and In dustrial Club will be held in the club rooms Friday evenina-. the ! 27th inst. There will be a regular meet ing of St. Alban's Lodge No. 114, A. F. & A. M.. tomorrow j evening at 8 o'clock. A full at ! tendance is desired. I -Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Britt moved Thursday from their : former home on route 4 from Lumberton to a house in the 'eastern part of town. Mr. Britt is employed by the Kingsdale Lumber Co. Mr. J. W. Smith, who hd been living on route 5 about 8 miles from town, has sold his place therj and moved a few days ago with his family near the county home, on a place he recently purchased. --The contract for installing electric light fixtures for the new cotton mill at Vass, of which Mr. J. W. Kaneer is superinten dent, has been awarded to Mr. E. G. Sipher. Mr. Sipher says that the fixtures and installing will cost something like $4,000. -Rev. W. R. Minter of Lin colnton, who "was called to the Presbyterian church here and preached here yesterday a week ago, making a very favorable impression, has advised Mr. J. A. McAllister, of the church committee appointed to notify him of the call, that he cannot accept. Cephus McNair, a colored boy about 16 years old, shot Ben Blount, also colored, Thursday afternoon with an air rifle, the shot taking effect just below the left eye. McNair was arrested and given a hearing before the mayor immediately after the ! shooting and required to give a "".... v.- j. c - won nelir who moved " recently with their five children from Orrum to Lumberton and are occupying a hous? on Second street, were liberally pouadedbythe Method ists of tne town Thursday eve ning. They are profoundly grate ful for this thoughtful attention and have requested The Robe sonian to say so for them. Mr. McConnell has charge of Method ist mission work here and at Sr. Paul. Edith, the 3 year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bark er, while attempting to crow the street at the corner of Elm and Third Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock was run over bv a col ored man from the country driv ing a buggy and painfully in jured, though not seriously hurt. The child received a scalp wound and several bruises about the body. The negro was arrested and placed under bond for his appearance for trial Wednesday, though it is contended by several witnesses that it was purely ac cidental. From "Under the Dome" in Raleigh News and Observer.loth: Their many friends of former sessions of the Senate and House, were rejoiced to greet ex-Senator N. A. McLean, of Robeson, and ex-Representative Henry Gilliam, of Edgecombe yesterday. Always welcomed here, their presence yesterday, both looking strong, vigorous and handsome, was made the more pleasing by reason of the fact that both had but recently been confined for many weeks with serious, and at times critical illness. Mount Eliam SundayScho 1 In stitute. The Mt. Eliam Sunday-School Institute will meet with the Sunday-school at Centerville the fifth Sunday in January at 10:30 o'cJeck a. m. Subjects to be dis cussed : 1. What Can We Do to Improve the Attendance of the Irreeular Sunday School Students? -1. F. Britt: 2. How Can We Brif A-o t i More Careful and Thoough f tudy o the Sundar-School Lessons Among th3 Pupils? EJ. B. Freeman. J. I. Stone, For Committee. . For a mild, easy action of the bowels, a single dose of Doan's Eegulets is enough Treatment cures habitual constipation. 25 cents a bo. Ask you druggist for them. t if
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