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:-"V ESONIAN u ROB Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents VOILXLI NO997 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1911.' WHOLE NO. 2637 L. , i " 1 BETTERMENT WORK. Regular Monthly Meeting of the Civic Association Efforts WU1 be Made to Abate the Spitting Nuisance--Home Improvement Pamphlets-President of the American Association Will be Invited to Address Local Asso ciation 1 Next Month Court House Square Again For a Town Beautiful and Healthful. The regular monthly meeting of the Civic Association was held Friday evening in the reading room of the Commercial and Industrial Club. The number of ladies present was greatly in ex cess of the number of men, as visual, and there was some dis cussion of varying the programs xbo as to induce more men and, incidentally, more ladies to take an interest in the work the asso ciation is trying to do. Those wbo miss any of these meetings .-are greatly the losers thereby, ;and this will be more true in the future than in the past, for the rupfinM will be matte more -entertaining as well as more in structive. After reports of committees &ad been made Dr. N. A. Thomp ann who had been invited to Address the association, made a -f r remarks alone the line of improving health conditions and pledged his more active co-operation in the work of the associa tion in the future. The spitting nuisance was discussed and the town authorities will be, asked to 'xilara warnincrs on the streets .against this practice. There is a nwn ordinance aeainst this -nuisance but it has lone: been a idead letter and the association is -going to makean effort td have if enforced, and as an aid to this it wants plentiful public warnings made. Supt. K. E. Sentelle, of the graded school, called attention to the danger in the open water buckets used for drinking purposes at the school, a matter that the as sociation had discussed several times at previous meetings, and Supt. Sentelle was asked to call this matter to the attention of the school board and try to have -some action taken at once. It was suggested that there should be closed tanks and that the children should be urged to bring individual drinking cups. Mrs. E. K. Proctor called attention to the move that was started some time ago to get the dentists and physicians of the town to examine the school children for defects in sight, hearing, nasal organs and teeth, and it is hoped that something may yet be done along this line. Mrs. Proctor also called attention to the fact that nothing has yet been done - towards beautifying the court house square, a matter that the association has been agitating ver"" since its organization. "The county commissioners ap pointed a committee to lok after this work a year ago or more, and the association's committee appointed some time ago was urged to take this matter up at once with the commissioners committee and have the neces sary work done right away. Mrs. T. C. Johnson called at tention to the fact that Mr. Mc Pharland, president of the American Civic Association, of ' svhieh-lhis association is a mem ber, will be in Wilmington in .March to address the association of that city, and the correspond ing secretary was instructed to correspond with the National Association and try to get Mr McPharland to address the local association at some date near the date of his Wilmington en gagement. The home improvement com mittee reported that a meeting was held Friday afternoon with Mrs. H. T. Pope, chairman, and had decided to get out pam phlets setting forth methods of "home improvement, etc. Everybody is asked to help rid the town of the unsightly scraps of paper that blow about the streets. In so far as possible, these scraps should be burned, and all are urged to pick up paper on the streets and pu it into the receptacles that have been placed on the streets for this purpose; and the town will be asked to place additional wire baskets at every corner for this purpose. The association has been in BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE. Lumber ton Retail Merchants Association Organized Its Purpose to Protect Members '' and to Advertise and Build Up the Town in Every Way. A Lumberton branch of the North Carolina Retail Merchants Association was organized Friday by Mr. W. F. ElU-r of Raleigh, State organizer, with 21 charter members and the following of ficers: W. P. McAllister, of the McAllister Hdw. Co., president; J no. T. Bigg?, of the Jno. T. Biggs Co., vice president; K. M. Biggs, tempoiary secretary. R. D. Caldwell, A. W. Peace and K. M. Biggs were appointed a com mittee to draft constitution and by-laws and to recommend a permanent socretary, who will devote time to the work and will be paid a salary. The charter member are as follows: K. M. Biggs, A. Wein stein, Townsend Bros., J. D. Mc Millan, Crump & Floyd, King Grocery Co., Caldwell & Carlyle, J. H. Wishart, Bank of Lumber ton, Whitfield & French, Mc Allister Hdw. Co., Jno. T. Biggs Co., First National Bank, C. M. Fuller, Lumberton Drug, Go., Blacker Bros , W. J. Prevatt, Q. T. Williams. A. H. 'Hinds, L. H. Caldwell, White & Gough. There was formerly a similar association here but it was allow ed to go down. It is the inten tion of the promoters to make this a live organization that shall be felt in promoting all the best interests of the town. Practi cally all the merchants of the town have agreed to join. It is the purpose of the association to get up information that will pro tect all its members in extend ing credit the deadbeats will be advertised, also those whose credit is good to advertise the town, to look after legislation, etc. to work for the interests of the town in general, exte-nd iner the trade zone. etc. This is just another indication that Lumberton s business men are wide awake and determined to do everything possible for the upbuilding of the town. Gypsies Put it Over a Hope Mills Man in a Sunday Trade. Mr. W. D. King, of Hope Mills, was in town Thursday and re ported that he had fallen upon an evil day. Last Sunday while on his way to his farm at Tar ! Heel, driving a horse and lead j ing a mule, he passed by a Gypsy jcarnp, where he was bantered I for a trade. Mr. King refused on the ground of its being Sun i day but was finally, persuaded to hitch a mule to his buggy and ; try it. While the hitching was j being done Mr. King's horse and ! mule were led away and when he ! discovered that the mule was blind and refused to further con ! sider a trade the Gypsies refused ' to return his stock. They offered another horse, and as that seem- j ed to be the only thing to be ob tained Mr. King drove off with I that. He found that the horse j was no good and returned next j morning to get justice but found i the Gypsies had vamosed. Mr. I King camo to Lumberton and got claim and delivery papers at a cost of 13.50, but the Gypsies have not yet been found. Prof. R. H. Norris startled the stillness Friday night about 11:30 o'clock by firing a pistol on Elm street. A fellow who had too much booze called at the professor's home on the west side of the river and insisted on spending the night, and Prof. Norris escorted his visitor to town and took this method of notifying the police. However, the visitor was not considered loaded enough to hurt and was not locked up. existence just a year and dur that tirrie it has done much work for bettering conditions. Its members are more enthusiastic than ever and more determined than ever to work in season and but of season to make Lumber ton a town beautiful and healthful; and in the accomplish ment of that end it should have the co-operation of every citizen of the town." Constipation causes headache, nausea, dizziness, languor, heart palpitation. Drastic physicd gripe, sicken, weaken tne iuvvelB and don't cure. Uoan'a Kegulets act gently and cure constipa tion. 25 cents. Ask your druggist. RED SPRINGS REVIEWS. A Lecture on David Copper- field --In Social Realms Per sonal. Correspondence of The Kobesonian. Red Springs, Feb. 2. -Dr. Thomas West of Fayetteville spent a few days of last week in Red Springs, the guest of Dr. R. U. McMillan. Professor Walter Bradley Tripp, a teacher in the Boston School of Oratory, gave an in teresting and instructive lecture in the college auditorium Mon day evening. The selection which deliehted the large au dience was David Copperfield, the well known book of Dickens. Mr. Tripp is a delightful imper sonator and he imitated the funny character of Mr. Micauber to perfection, also the "umble" rascal Uriah Heep. The sad ana , ineir entitlement tnereunaer to tragic part of the story was j the fostering care of the govern enuallv well eriven. Emily and ment, which however, Croatans faithful old Peggotty brought vividly to life. The hero, David, could not have been more real. This lecture was a rare - treat to the people of our town, and we are sure was much appreciated by all. M ioaci .lino and Hannah Glh- fkon of Gibson. S. C, were guests at the college Monday, lhey were accompanied by their guest! Miss Rosalie Smith of Waycross, Ga., a former student of S. P. C. Mrs. George Melville Howard entertained her friends at Hotel Red Springs Thursday afternoon from four to sixain honor of Mrs. Craig of Halifax, Nova Scotia. About one, hundred ladies called during the two hours, and all enjoyed the afternoon to the fullest extent. Mi33 Bess Jones entertained a few of her friends Monday eve ning. Many delightful and unique games were indulged in and de licious refreshments were served during the evening. At a late hour the guests reluctantly de parted, declaring Miss Jones a charming and graceful hostess. Dr. Roscoe McMillan spent Thursday in Fayetteville on pro fessional business. On next Monday evening the pupils of the conservatory will give a recital in the auditorium. These concerts are always good, so there is something fine in store for the music lovers of the town. Mr. D. P. McEachern and Dr. J. L. McMillan have returned from a stay of a few days in Raleigh. Miss Rosa McMillan, after visit ing in Bennettsville for several days, is at home again. Miss Anna Townsend enter- tained at her home Monday afternoon from four to six. Dur- irg this time the announcement' of the engagement of Miss Ida; Townsend to Mr. Turner of Wadesboro was made by giving to each guest a card adorned with a cupid and bearing the in scription Townsend-Turner. New Methodist Church at St. Paul's Completed. Tne new Methodist church at St. Paul, which has been under censtructlon for some time, has been completed and the first ser vices in the building will be can ducted next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The pastor, Rev. S. J. McConnell, will be assisted in this service by Rev. E. M. Hoyle, pastor of the Methodist church of Lumberton. In the face of much discouragement Mr. McConnell has succeeded in building up or gathering togeth er a good congregation at St. Paul. He organized this church something over a year ago with six or seven members and the membership now numbers fifty. The church has been erected at a cost of something over $1,000 and is a nice building. The St. Paul's high school gave an entertainment Friday evening for the benefitaf a piano fund. The exercises consisted of a dialogue, in which the char acter were represented by- Messrs. Jno. and Laurence Mc Arthur and Ewin Howard, and music by the Truman quartette, of Lumberton. After the exer cises, oysters, etc., were served and a good sum of money was realized. The exercises were fine and a large crowd attended. Never can tell when vou'll mash a finger or suffer a cut, turn or scald. Be prepared. Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil instantly relieves the pain quickly j cures the wound. INDIAN TRIBAL NAMES. Croatans of Robeeon Seek to Change Name to Cherokee Most Unique Committee Hear ing in Reeent Years. Raleigh Cor.. 3d. Charlotte Observer. The most unique committee hearing of any Legislature in recent years was that of the Senate judiciary committee this evening to consider the Cobb bill to change the name of Croatan Indians inRobeson county to "Cherokee Indians of Robeson." A big delegation of Croatans, backed up by prominent citizens ol Robeson, were here fighting for the bill, and Chief Welsh and Chief Sounock of thte Cherokee tribe of westei n North Carolina, were here to fight any invasion of their name, to say nothing of do not seek to share. With them was Superintendent Frank Ky- selka of the Indian school at Cherokee, the three forming the inner council of the tribe. Fight ing for them and against chang ing Croatans to Cherokees, were members of the Legislature from western counties. They had nothing against Croatans but fought the claim that they have any right to the name Cherokee. Col. N. A. "McLean, ex-Sheriff MrLeod, Anderson Locklear, Gaston Locklear, Emmitt Samp son, the three last Croatans, were the principal speakers for changing Croatans to Cherokees. State Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Y. Joyner, and al so the principal of the Croatan normal school, were among those introduced to testify to the high character and progress of the Croatans. The school principal said he found a great aversion on the part of these Robeson county Indians to the name Croa tan as havingno real Indian sig nificance. . A dramatic feature of the hear ing was the standing of the two Cherokee chiefs and three of the Croatans, Anderson and Gaston Locklear and Sampson, in line for the Senators tb see for them selves if there was tribal resemb lance. The most striking like ness was between Assistant Chief Souiock of the Cherokees and Gaston Locklear of the Croatans. Chairman Graham asked Chief Walsh of the Cherokees to look i upon L.ocKiear ana say wnetner t r ii i I. i.L he thought there was any re semblance to Cherokees. The answer came through his inter preter that he saw a resemblance to the human family, but noth- ing that reminds him of any special tribe. Chief Walsh, speaking in Cherokee entirely through an interpreter, addressed the committee insisting that his tribe had nothing against the Croatans but simply protests against their taking the Chero kee name, to which he insisted that no proof had been offered that they are in any way entitled, but that all Indian tradition 5 are against it. The committee de- j ferred action, i - The English Grand Opera Co. Delights a Lumberton Audience. "The Rose of Auvergne," a one-act operetta, and "Cavallier Rusticana," presented at the opera house Saturday evening by the English Grand Opera Co., have been pronounced by compe tent judges as the very best per formances ever given here, and one man was heard to declare that he ha3 seen many less cred itable plays in good theaters in New York. The large audience was delighted. Manager W. S. Wishart is to be commended for securing such a high-class at traction. "The Four Lessers," in high class vaudeville, will hold the boards overy evening this week, and there will be moving pictures at each performance, beginning at 8 o'clock. Children 15 cents, adults 25, reserved seats 10 cents extra. Pastor Russell, of the Brooklin tabernacle, Brooklin, N. Y., says that he said nothing concerning the year 1915 as marking the prid of the world, as reported from WTashington last Sunday, when the interruption of a street preacher while Pastor Russell was speaking caused a sensation. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. House Gives Knock-out Blow to Near- Beer Constitutional Convention Bill Defeated. The Stubbs bill to call a con stitutional convention for the re vision of the North Carolina con stitution has been defeated in the House. - . The Koonce bill for a legisla tive commission to bo named to investigate the conduct of fire insurance companies in this State received Thursday an unfavor able report from the House com mittee on propositions and griev ances and Mr. Koonce, who is a member of the committee.served notice that he will file a minority report. A bill was introduced in the Senate .Thursday to create Ransom county out of Wake, Johnston. Franklin, Nash and Wilson counties. Senator Gra ham presented a petition from an Orange county citizen protest ing against frequent changes of fashion and asking that cartoons in newspapers be prohibited, the reading of which caused much merriment. The House passed a bill Thurs day night to-prohibit the sale of near beer, beerine and other like drinks in North Carolina, effect ive June 1. A bill providing for a tax of $ on dogs, justices of the peace and bachelors in Henderson county, introduced by Represen tative Ewart, has passed the House. In explaining his bill Mr. Ewart said that dogs are killing sheep, scratching fleas and spreading hydrophobia all over the county; bachelors are afflicting the county and retard ing progress and growth in spite of the fact that Henderson has the prettiest girls in the world; and justices of the peace, more than a hundred of them, are af flicting the county and the State with cost of books and other supplies to which they are en titled by reason of their office. A bill has been passed to se cure to the people of the State the use of the lakes in Bladen, Columbus and Cumberland coun ties. Senator Cobb introduced bills Thursday: to amend the law rela tive to fertilizers; establish re corder's court for Robeson; amend the State veterinary law by requiring practicing veteri narians to register every ear with the State veterinarian. The House passed Friday the bill to put husband and wife on equal footing in divorce on Bibli cal grounds, a single act to con sulate cause for divorce from husband. The Senate bill to create Hoke county has been made a special ! ? order for Tuesday night, the 1 14th inst. i Representative McPhaul of j Robeson introduced a bill Friday to provide free antitoxin for the citizens of the State generally. 1 Sunday-School Teachers' Train-' j ing School at First Baptist ', j ruurcn . '., , 1 j As mentioned in last Monday sj Rabesonian, a, Sunday-school. teachers training school will be! ' held in the First Baptist church I jof Lumberton from the 9th to' the 12th inst, inclusive. The 'ill -. , i l '. sessions, win oegin at lu o ciock i ne naa ivir. j. i. rerry oi rars Friday morning and there will ton beaten. Mr. Perry, it will be morning, afternoon and eve-j be recalled, told about killing a ning sessions through Sunday, to 15-months old pi that v 'dnc all of which the public is-cor-'when cleaned, 250 pounds. Mr. dially invited. Sunday after-! Odum says that sometime ago noon at 3 o'clock there will be a 'he killed a 14-months-old pi? general mass-meeting of the '. that weighed, when cleaned, 33J Sunday-schools of the town. The j institutes will be conducted by Mr. E. L. Middleton, of Raleigh, Sunday-school secretary of the Baptist State Convention, and Prof. J. H. Highsrnith, professor of pedagogy at Wake Forest Col lege. Suoerior Co art. a . .ri, ,.;:i nf i &W?Uir? Kobeson Superior Lourt con vened this morning. Judge C. M. Cook of Louisburg presiding and Solicitor N. A. Sinclair of Fay etteville heme present to repre sent the State. The grand jury was duly impaneled and charged with Mr. A. B. Pearsall of Red Springs as foreman and Mr. J. Span Thompson as officer, and the morning session was taken up with calling over the docket rriong the out-of-town attorneys here today are Messrs. G. B. Patterson and B. F. and S. B. McLean of Maxton, LOCAL BRIEFS. There will be a regular meet ing of St. Alban's Lodge No. 114, A. F. & A. M., tomorrow eve ning at 8 o'clock and a full a tendance is desired. Licenses have been issned for the marriage of Nannie RozierandS. P. Allen; Nannie a. McLean and V. A. Roark; Blanche Bracey and R. J. Mc Lean. Mr. E. B. Edwards, who re turned to Lumberton recently from Palmetto, Fla., where he lived for some time, is local agent for Stone & Co., grocers, t of Wilmington. Mrs. W. T. Porter of Emer son held the lucky number 17 on the second drawing at Boylin's Jewelry Store and has claimed the diamond ring. Miss Nora Page, teacher at Back Swamp, held No. 607 and has claimed the gold watch. Mr. C. Pol Plancon, who took the part of Alfio, the wagoner, in "Cavellier Rusti cana" at the opera house Satur day evening, sang at the Method ist church yesterday morning, to the great delight of the con gregation. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stephens, who have been boarding witn Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Johnson since selling their home on Elm street some time ago to Dr. W. L. Grantham, are moving today in to their handsome new residence, just completed, on Elm street. The new home is one block from the one they sold. Mr. F. P. Humphrey, of Saddle Tree, who underwent an operation at the Thompson hospit al some ten days ago, was out on the streets for the first time Friday. He expects to return home the latter part of this week. Mr. Humphrey is im mensely pleased with the treat ment he has received at the hospital and says that if he ever has to go to a hospital again right back here he is coming. -Mesdames W. P., H. M. a! 1 J. D. McAllister will entertain Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. A. McAl ister, corner of Chestnut and Sixth streets, in honor of Mrs. Thurman D. Kitchin, wife of Dr. Kitchin, of Scotland Neck, who will arrive tomorrow evening and will be a guest for some time at the home or Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McAllis ter, corner of Walnut and Fourth streets. Mrs. Kitchin formerly lived in Lumberton and has many friends here. The Chief says that burglary seems to have become epidemic in Maxton. The latest excite ment alone; that line was caused by a burglar breaking into the store of Mr. J. W. Carter last Wednesday night. Night Watch man G. G. Renn found the ; burglar, a negro, and had a pis- tol duel with him in which he TS: "ived v.xunds in a hand and a leg, and that the negro received 3 wound in his hand was shown by a b!oo(Jy pistoi butt that was fo,jnd but the negro escaped. -Mr. E. L. Odum of Pembroke was in town Thursday afternoon and he told The Robesonian that I 1 Rf A " T - I. pounds. One story is good until another is told, you kno w. Who's going to knock the props from 'under Mr. Odum? Tne Dixie cafe rooms on Elm street, in the Columbia hotfl building, are undergoing some changes. The dining room has been enlarged by moving a partition in the, rear of the room quite ahit of double plate glass has been put in on the walls, thereby doubling, in appearance, the sizo ot'the pjace, and every thing on the inside is being re paired. "Pete", the. lively Greek who has the cafe .in charge, says that business is get ting better and that the changes are necessary. How to cure a cold is a question i:i which many are inicrstwi j.ist now. fhamfoerlafii' Cough Remedy hs won itj great n-putatiim and immtnse sale by its remarkable cure of roSdj. It Cn always bdepen led ujion. For sale by ill tWaleri. A rrz