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r E ROBESONIAN Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents . - - - VOL XLII NO. 13. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 191 1. WHOLE NO. 2654 ROAD WORK. New Commission Meets How The Various Townships Stand Supervisors Elected Elec tion of Superintendent of Roads Deferred. The new road commissioners met Monday in their room in the court house and did much to ward getting their work in shape under the new law. All the members of the board were pres ent, as follows: A. L. Bullock, W. B. McArthur, Jas. A. John sonTCr. J. P. Brown, H. C. Mc Nair, W. P. McAllister. At the first meeting, which was held March H, Mr. A. L. Bullook was elected chair man, Mr. R. C. Lawrence being elected temporary secretary. At the meeting Monday Mr. W. P. McAllister was elected perman ent secretary at a salary of $15 per month. . - . County Treasurer McKenzie reported the following amounts due the road funds of the various townships: Sterling's $86.55, Raft Swamp 1202.09, Parkton $448.69, Pembroke $816.66, Or rum $345.27, White House $353. 07, Back Swamp $473.02, Al fordsville $500.70, Blue Springs 3114.14. Burnt Swamp $83.71, Maxton $233.17, Howellsville $366.54, Lumberton $1,077.01, Thompson $3,105.60, St. Paul $656.53, Lumber Bridge $14 04, Wishart's $278.48, Britt's $268. 36, Saddle Tree $250.24, Smith's $398.74. The report showed that Red Springs township had over drawn its account $4.61, Reports from the chairmen of the various township boards showed the following outstand ing obligations: Back Swamp $73.90, Britt's $170.06, Howells ville $665.27, Saddle Tree $407.05, Wishart's $216.35, Thompson $515.09, Alfordsville $120 25, St. Paul $1,283.64, Maxton $2, 447, Smith's $3,960.43, Pem broke $260.38. Red Springs $1, 004.61. Burnt Swamp $17.44, Parkton $92.05, Lumber Bridge $314.30. It was ordered that Hedgpeth and F. J. Nye, H. W. former trustees of Orrum township, be requested to turn in to the county treasurer $29.62, the amount re ported by them as in their pos session and due district No. 2. The secretary was instructed to notify the former chairmen of township trustees who had failed to send in their reports and to accompany this notification with a copy of the new road law. Re ports received from former road trustees of Wishart's. 3ritt's. Thompson (also voucher' for $10 issued Jan. 14, 1911)', Maxton, Pembroke, Back' Swamp, Raft Swamp were approved and vouchers were ordered issued to cover indebtedness. In regard to reports from Back Swamp, Howellsville, Saddle Tree, .Smith's, Parkton, Lumber Bridge, St. Paul, it was ordered that the secretary return reports to the chairmen of the old road trustees of these townships, with copy of the new road law, with request that the reports be made out properly and certified, when vouchers will be issued to cover their indebtedness. The report of the chairman of the Lumber ton township board was read and approved. The following were elected to serve temporarily as supervisors: S. A. Jones, district No. 2; Jno. F. Brown, district No. 5; J. B. McLeod, district No. 3, ,the salary of McLeod being fixed at $75 per month. Bills were ordered paid and charged to the various districts as follows: D. A. Jones, work on Fairmont p-id, L district No. 1, $150; feedi mules, No. 1. $15; No. 2, $20 ' $16.55; W. L. Scott, drsj -oads . and feed ing mules, . 40;McIntyre, Xawrence & Proctor, attorneys to the board, printing 1.000 copies of road law and expenses, general fund, $44.35; seal and express on same, $3; minute book and express on same, $4 50; W. A. Leggette. No. 2. $17 76; J. O. Leggette, No. 2, 123 59; L. T. McLean; No. 4. $7.70; Jno. F. . Brown. No. 5. $10; W. D. Pre vatt, keeping gang to January 1, 19U;$564. . W. D. Prevatt was elected superintendent of the chain gang and allowed $1.10 per day for each man worked on the roads, for which it is agreed that he shall feed and clothe all convicts, FAIRMONT TOWNSHIP. Robeson Loses One Township to Hoke and New Township Leaves Same Number as Be fore. At its meeting Monday the board of county commissioners created the new township of Fairmont. As Robesati loses one township, Blue Springs," to Hoke county, this leaves the same number as before, 21. The voting precinct is at Fair mont and the. boundaries are as follows: Beginning' at Hog Swamp dividing line between White House ard Britt's and runs porth as Hog Swamp to At kinson's mill, thence as Orrum and Center road west to the stage road at the Ashley grave yard, thence as the stage road north to the crossing on Hog Swamp known as the Fulmore crossing, thence as Hog Swamp west to crossing on Marion road, thence south as Marion road to Small's crossroads, including the farms of A. H. Leggett, Zach Prevatt, E. F. Prevatt, Robt. Leggett, R. R. Prevatt, thence from Small's crossroads west with the north side of Leesville road to Elias Jenkins' farm, thence as the west side of Pleas ant Hope road to Old Field swamp, including the farms of T. B. and Perry Jenkins, thence to the Thompson township line to Ashpole swamp, thence down Ashpole swamp to swamp, thence north up swamp to the beginning. FARM-LIFE SCHOOL. east Hog Hog Election Ordered to be Held May 9 on Question of Farm-Life School for Robeson. At the meeting of the county commissioners Monday a written request was received from the board of education that an elec tion be ordered to vote on the question of the establishment of a farm-life school for Robeson county and the commissioners ordered that an election be held May 9 under the provisions of the new act providing for the establishment and maintenance of farm-life schools. A new registration is ordered. At this election the voters will decide the question of levying a special tax an property and polls for the maintenance and equipment of a county farm-life school. The rjetition to the board of education was signed by many farmers and it is understood that already several sections of the county are wanting the school if it is voted, and there is hardly any doubt that it will be. It will mean much toward advancing the agricultural life of the coun ty. Congress Meets In Extra Session The Sixty-Second Congress met in extra session Tuesday. The Democrats took charge of the House and put Champ Clark of Missouri in the Speaker's chair. Yesterday President Taft sent to Congress his message, which treats only of reciprocity and urges immediate adoption of the agreement for benefit of both nations. feed mules and furnieh all neces sary tools with which to do work except carts, wagons or im proved machinery. The gang was ordered left with Commis sioner J. P. Brown in district No. 2 for a further period of 30 days. Supervisor J. B. McLeod asked that his district, No. 3, be allowed the U3e of the gang at as early date as possible. r The report from Blue Springs was tabled until some arrange ments can be made with the com missioners of Hoke county. Chairman J. W. Carter, of the board of commissioners, appear ed before the board and asked that the commmissioners be pair for 6 mules originally purchased out of the county fund. It wat agreed that the attorneys to th two boards consult and advise a the next meeting. No superintendent of road was elected, those recommende. by State Geologist Pratt bein; unwilling to undertake the wor. under, the pro visions J)L the nex law. so the matter of electing ; superintendent was deferred an j the attorneys to the board wet I instructed to confer with D Pratt and request that he mak ' further recommendations. TOWN AFFAIRS. Fire Pump to be Purchased and Fire House and Stables to be Erected Primary and Elec tion Officers Bills Paid. The regular monthly meeting of the town commissioners was held Tuesday evening. J. P. Townsend, assistant chief of the fire department, notified the board that the necessary amount of money for fire house and stables haxl .been raised by private subscription and.it was ordered that Mr. Townsend be allowed to proceed with the erec tion of these buildings on the town common at the foot of Fourth street Fourth and Water under the supervision of the street committee. J. D. McMillan and J. L. Steph ens were appointed a committee to act with Assistant Fire Chief Townsend in receiving bids for fire pump which the board has ordered purchased. The com mittee that had been appointed to confer with ihe board of audit and finance in regard to the pur chase of this pump reported that the A. and F. board request ed a written statement of just what the commissioners recommend, wnicn was given the commissioners making the statement that the purchase of a pump is necessary for the protec tion of property. A committee formerly appoint ed to look into the matter of an appropriation for sewer extent sion in North Lumberton recom mended an appropriation of $100, which was done. Clerk and Treasurer Lennon was directed to draw up proper papers in regard to Mr. Jas. Kerr's electric line, to which others are to con nect. It was ordered that a primary be held on the last Tuesday in this month, April 25to nominate candidates for mayor, three town commissioners, three members of the graded school tiustees and one other to fill out Col. N. A. McLean's unexpired term. In case a second primary is neces sary it is to be held Thursday, April 27. W. S. Britt is appoint ed registrar and J. D. Norment, C. M. Barker, J. D. McAllister, T. A. McNeill. Jr., and A. T. McLean, poll holders. The same J rules and regulations are to apply j as heretofore. j The town election is to be held i the first Monday in May, which lis the first day. W. S. Britt, registrar; L. C. Townsend, S. F. ! Caldwell, H. McE. McMillan, poll holders. The following bills were order ed paid: White Oak Coal Co., $57.09; Stonega Coal Co., $34.30; L. G. Crenshaw Co., $26.84; Adams Begnall Co., $4.50; W. C. Robeson & Son, $8.55; Columbia Incandescent Lamp Co., $49.25; Freeman Printing Co., $42.65; D. B. McNeill, rebate, $18 30; R. T. Sanderson, further damage to roaster, $5.25; J. D. McAllister, $12.41; rent for mayor's office to June 1, 1911, $70.00. Slogans For Lumberton. In response to the offer of the Industrial and Commercial Club of a prize of $5 for a slogan for the town of Lumberton the fol lowing suggestions . have been sent The Robesonian: Hard to beat, hardest to beat, never beaten, Lumberton. Rome for Romans, Lumberton for all. Lumberton : She meets you on the level and deals with you on the square. "L'ttle John." Lumberton Leads "S. C. A." No definite time has been set by the club for closing the con test but it is desired that a slo gan be selected as early as possi ble, so those who care to submit suggestions are urged to do so at once. It is hoped that the ladies will give the benefit of their ideas along this line. Civic Association Meeting Post poned. On account of the protracted meeting at the Methodist church tnd also court week the Civic As sociation has decided to postpone ts regular monthly meeting, vniclv-was to have, .been ..held tor horrow evening, until Friday evening of next week. AH are jarnestly requested to remember he cnange of time of meeting and to be present Friday evening next week. ... . TAX ASSESSORS. Assessor for County Appointed by Corporation Commission Assistants for Townships Ap pointed by County Commis sionersThe New Law. As stated in Monday's Robe sonian, Mr. W. H. Humphrey, former clerk of the court, has been appointed tax assessor for the county by the State Corpora tion Commission- under the new law. At their meeting Monday the county commissioners ap pointed the following township tax assessors for 1911, each to receive $3 per day for the time actually served : Alfordsville, Alex. Alford; Back Swamp, W. N. Townsend; Britt's, J. S. Thompson; Burnt Swamp, Daniel H. Brown; Fairmont, A. E. Floyd; Howellsville, DC. Regan; Lumber Bridge, J. L. Shaw; Lumberton, A. P. Caldwell; Max ton, E. F. McRae; Orrum, Haynes Barnes; Parkton, Collier Cobb; Pembroke, E. M. Paul; Raft Swamp, Jno. E. Carlyle; Red Springs. J. N. Buie; Saddle Tree, R. E. Lewis; St. Paul. G. T. Fisher; Smith's, D. L. Stewart; Sterling's, R. A. Hedgpeth; Thompson, D. W. Bullock; White House, C. A. Oliver; Wishart's, J. E. Tyson. Under the changes made by the recent Legislature in the machinery act looking to the equalization of taxes throughout the State the Corporation Com mission now has supervisory con trol of all assessed values in North Carolina. It appoints a tax assessor for each county and the county commissioners appoint an assistant for each township. The assessments made by them go to the Corporation Commis sion in Raleigh, which has the power of supervision and correc tion of the same, as they have heretofore had in cases of the cotton mills and other corpora tions. This year and hereafter May, instead of June, will be the month for returning taxable property, the assessor's office to be opened May 1 instead of June I, as formerly. The new law ' works a complete change in tax equalization. Mr. W. T. Lee, the new mem ber of the Corporation Commis sion, is going about the State now for. the purpose of seeing that. the new law is thoroughly understood. During his recent visit to Charlotte he was inter viewed by The Chronicle, from which The Robesonian has taken the main points given in the second paragraph above. More About the Flour Mill Organization Meeting to be Held Next Wednesday. Messrs. W. K. Culbreth, Wal ter Bridges, J. L., W. F. and Jno. Prevatt, James McLaughlin, H. H. Lowrey and G. L. Townsend, composing the board of directors of the Robeson Milling Co., which is a new company to take over the business of the Raft Swamp Co-operative Milling Co., met here Monday in the office of R. E. Lee, attorney for the com pany, and applied for charter, which reads with principal of fice in Lumberton. An crgani zation meeting will be held here Wednesday of next week, when it will be definitely determined whether the plant is to be moved to Lumberton. The majority of the stockholders have voted to move here and it will be done n Lumberton business men do what is expected of them, but Red Springs is now putting in a bid for the plant. W. K. Cul breth and J. L. Prevatt were ap pointed a committee to take up with Messrs. A. E. White, S. M Intyre and K. M. Biggs, a com mittee appointed by the Iudu -trial and Commercial Club, the offer that will be made by Lum berton business men in the way of taking stock, etc.. a site hav ing already been offered. Messrs. Culbreth and Prevatt are in town for this purpose today. Rev. Jno. Prevatt and G. L. Towns end were appointed to see what Red Springs has to offer and both committees will report at the meeting next Wednesday. .. .It has already been voted .o come to Lumberton and the prop er sort of encouragement on the partofthe town, is ili tt.at is necessary to secure the plant. Subscribe for The Robesoniar. LOCAL BRIEFS A car of Indiana Bedford stone is being unloaded today for the new Methodist church and the rough lumber is being placed on the grounds. Mr. Scott Stone was in town yesterday and he says there have been some mad-dog scares lately in his neighborhood, route .1 from Raynham. The people of Hoke cele brated at Raeford yesterday over being a new county. Gen. R. F. Hoke of Raleigh, for whom the county was named, was present. Mr. Amos King is erecting a nice five-room residence on the corner of Second and Pine streets, and Mr. F. J. Floyd has a nice two-story residence completed on Third street. About 8 o'clock Monday eve ning some smart-Aleck turned in a false fire alarm from the box at the new First Baptist church. If indulged in too often that may prove dangerous business. Telephone service is being extended rapidly here. Eleven new 'phones were put in last month. Last October the local exchange had 121 'phones and now it has more than 200. in cluding 18 farmers' phones. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Randall moved Tuesday from Seventh street, where they had been oc cupying a house belonging to Mr. J. D. McMillan, to a house be longing to Mr. J. H. Floyd on Fifth street. Mr. Randall is plant foreman for the Bell Tele phone Co. Receipts at . the postof fice for the fiscal year ending March 31 were $10,320, an in crease of more than .$300 over last year. As mentioned in Monday's Robesonian, Lumber ton is now entitled to free de livery as soon as streets are put in proper condition and houses are numbered. -Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White expect to move the latter part of next week into their elegant new house on their beautiful triangu lar lot between Chestnut and Walnut. Some of the new fur niture will be moved this week. This is one of the handsomest and most conveniently arranged residences in this seetion of the State. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Reynolds j moved yesterday from the county home to Lumberton, into a house belonging to Mr. Sam Branch, on Third street, between Walnut I ,1 r:n M T?s.,.r.s0.rla Una UIIU x inc. mi. xccjriiuius uao just resigned as keeper of the county home, the duties of which position he discharged well for three years. He will work in surance. Mr. B.Sam Edwards, former ly foreman for The Robesonian and who went some months ago to Burlington to work for the Burlington News, has organized the Edwards' Publishing Co., of which he is manager. He had selected St Paul as a place to start a paper but since Mr. Stew art Starr has beaten him to that place he is looking for another location, with a longing eye on his native Robeson. Mr. Ed wards is a mighty good printer. In remitting for The Robe sonian Mr. S. T. Moore, of rural route No. 1 from Parkton. writes that he guesses he will be left in old Robeson, though the line is in few yards .of him. He can't say whether the people want to go to Cumberland or not, but as for him, "Old Robeson all the time." Farms 'in that Bection are well up with their work and Mr. Moore thinks they are pre paring their lands better than they ever did before, which he considers a hopeful sign. Invitations reading as fc' lows have been received here: Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Justin Jacobs request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Ella to Mr. Thomas Jefferson Moore on the evening of Thursday the twen tieth of April nineteen hundred and eleven at quarter to six o'clock aint James Church Wilmington, North Carolina. Mr. Moore lived in Lumberton a year or in ore, being assistant cashier of the Bank of Lumber ton and very popular her. He went two years ago to Wilming ton, to the Murchison National Bark. Rev. S. J. McConnell'and family were pleasantly remem bered Tuesday with a load o: groceries of ail kinds by Mr. Mc Connell's East Lumberton con gregation, and it is needless to say that this thoughtful kindness was greatly appreciated, Mr. McConnell is just recovering from a severe spell of sickness and is regaining strength very slowly. -Deputy Sheriff N. A. Ratlev. of route No. 1 from Fairmont. brought to town today two ne groes who were committed to jail by Justice A. E. Floyd of Fairmont to await the result of a shooting scrape at the plant of the Beaufort County Lumber Co. yesterday in which another ne gro was shot in the back and dangerously, perhaps fatally, wounded. -A little knot of folks gath ered in the office of the register of deeds yesterday morning about 10 o'clock to witness a marriage ceremony performed by Justice A. P. Caldwell. War ren Lewis and Gussie Briggs. a pleased-looking colored couple, were the contracting parties. When it was over Justice Cald well told Warren to put his arm around his bride and kiss her, which the same Warren did with right good will. Her many friends in Lum berton will be concerned to learn that Mrs. A. E. Baker underwent an operation in Lynchburg several days ago and her condi tion was considered favorable until yesterday, since which time complications have arisen which make her condition not so favor able. Rev. and Mrs. Baker moved frm Lumberton to Lynch burg some months ago and have many friends here who sincerely trust that her condition will not prove serious. On account of the increase in business the McAllister Hdw. Co. has found it necessary to employ another plumber and Mr. J. B. Davis of Richmond, Va., has the position, having arrived and begun work Friday. Mr. W. R. Murphy has had charge of this part of the company's work for more than a year, during which time work has increased to such an extent that he had to call for help. The company has the con tract for putting in waterworks in Mr. H. B. Jennings' hand some new residence, Ninth and Elm streets, and besides jobs not yet completed contracts have been closed for quite a bit of new work within the last few days. New County Board of Health Meets. In accordance with an act passed by the recent Legislature providing for cojunty boards of health, Chairman J. W. Carter, of the board of county commis sioners, Mayor J. A. Rowland of Lumberton. and J. R. Poole, superintendent of public instruc tion, met Monday in the office of the county board of education and organized with J. W. Carter as chairman and J. R. Poole sec retary and elected Drs. T. L. Northrop of St. Paul and H. H. Hddgin of Red Spring3 as the other members of the board, the law providing that the chairman of the board of commissioners, the superintendent of public in struction and the mayor of the county seat, together with two physicians seleted by them, shall constitute the county board of health. Thi3 board will meet the first Monday in May and elect a county superintendent of health. County Health Report For March. In his report to the county commissioners at their regular monthly meeting Monday Dr. H. T. Pope, county physician, re ported 50 cases of smallpox, 10 of measles, 20 or wnoopnirf cough, 35 of pneumonia. Small pox, measles and whooping cough have prevailed in several portions of the county. Dr. Pope thinks that the courcy, home and jail might be keti" cleaner with a litt'e effort. Smallpox is reported in seve--l sections yet. He has vaccinal a large number of people. Eigh teen prisoners are reported con fined in jail. 19 in the conva: camo, and the ire ten inma'es of the county homr.
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