E ROBESONIAN
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VOL XLII NO. 21. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1911. WHOLE NO. 2662
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MRS C. H. DURHAM PASSES
Death Follow Operation For
Serious Trouble Her Death a
Great Shock to .This Entire
Community, Where She Wai
Loved by All Remains Taken
to Gastonia, Where Interment
Took Place Yesterday -Many
Lumberton People Attended
Funeral.
Mrs. Essie Moore Durham,
wife of Rev. C. H. Durham, pas
tor of the First Baptist church
of Lumberton, died Tuesday
morning at 8:45 o'clock at the
Thompson hospital, where she un
derwent an operation last Satur
day for a serious stomach trou
ble. While she had not been
well for some time, there had
been no intimation of the serious
nature of her trouble until the
day the operation was performed,
and when it became known Sat
urday that she could not survive
the operation this entire com
m u n i t y was inexpressibly
shocked. The remains were
taken Tuesday about noon to the
First Baptist church, where they
rested until shortly after 5
o'clock that afternoon, when
they were taken to the Seaboard
station, accompanied by a large
crowd of sorrowing friends, and
there were placed aboard the
Seaboard train to be taken to
Gastonia, from the First Baptist
church of which plape the funer
al took place yesterday after
noon. The funeral service was
conducted by Rev. W. H. Red
dish, nastor of the church, and
thp interment was made in the
family lot in the cemetery at that
place.
Deceased is survived by her
husband and three children
Wilmer. ten vears old. Margaret.
atred 7 vears. and Kathleen, 18
months old; her mother, Mrs. M.
J. Moore of Gastonia: three sis
tersMrs. Mary Moore Morrow
of Gastonia, Mrs. T. A. Norment,
Jr., of Grottoes, Va., and Mrs.
Bismark Capps of Lynchburg,
Va. and four brothers, Messrs.
I! R .Tnn C, . .Tas. D. and Chas.
M. Moore, all of Gastonia. Mr.
H. B. Moore arrived here Mon
day and his wife and Mr. Jno.
r, Moorp came Mondav night.
Besides the members of the
family, the following accom
panied the remains to Gastonia
Mrs. H. T. Porje. Mr. and Mrs
S. Mclntyre; Drs. N. A. Thomp
son and R. T. Allen: Messrs. C
B. SkiDDer. Frank Gough, R. D.
and T, H. Caldwell. O. T. Wil
liams, E. J. Britt, Jno. T. Biggs,
V. R. Freeman. J. P. SteDhens.
The pallbearers were: R. D. Cald
well, Frank Gough, C. B. Skip
ner. Jno. T. BieBS. Q. T. Wil
liams. Dr. R. T. Allen.
Messrs. Freeman, Skipper,
Stephens and Gough, who com
pose a quartette that has eung
often at the First Baptist church.
sane at the funeral Mrs. Dur
ham's favorite, "The Beautifu
Land."
Thp T-umherton oeonle who at
tended the funeral returned home
this mominer. Besides the auar
tette mentioned above, and other
Mrs. PoDe and Mr. Skip-
nprsansrat the funeral "Is It
Well With My Soul?" another
favorite of the deceased. Mr
R. D. Caldwell, senior deacon of
the church here, and Mr. S. Mc
lntyre, made short talks at the
church and one of the prayers
was led by Dr. J. C. Galloway,
pastor of the A. R. P. church of
Gastonia, who officiated at the
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Dur
ham November 24, 1896.
Mrs. Durham's maiden name
was Essie Modena Moore. She
was a daughter of the late Capt.
J. D. Moore and Mrs. M. J.
Moore of Gastonia. Her father
died five years ago. Her mother
was not able to come to her
daughter's bedside during her
illness. She was born April 29,
1877, and was therefore 34 years
old on the day on which she un
derwent the operation that re
sulted in her death. Fourteen
and a half years ago she was
united in marriage to Rev. C. H.
Durham, while he was pastor of
the First Baptist church of Gas
tonia. They moved thence to
Asheville, where Mr. Durham ac
cepted a call to the French Broad
Baptist church, and in the sum
"IQflfl t Hp v moved to Lum-
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berton, since which time Mr.
Durham has been the popular
and btlovtd pastor of the First
Baptist church of this place. Mrs.
Durham began to suffer slightly
about 18 months ago from the
trouble which resulted in her
death, and during the past three
months she was confined at home
perhaps half the time. She was
always cheerful, her bright smile
was always ready for those she
loved, and no one suspected that
anything serious was the matter.
She was taken to the Thompson
hospital last Friday and Satur
day Dr. H. A. Royster was sum
moned by wire. After making
an examination Dr. Royster said
that an operation was necessary
at once. Two tumors that had
grown into one were found, part
of her stomach had to be re
moved, and there was never any
hope of her recovery after the
operation. She rallied after the
operation and retained conscious
ness until Monday night about
midnight, after which time she
was conscious only at short in
tervals until about five hours be
fore her death.
A realization of the serious-
j. a lli 11
ness ot tne trouoie irom wnicn
Mrs. Durham was suffering came
with unexpected and crushing
force to her devoted husband,
and the grief that bears him
down and the loss to his children,
who are too young to realize the
full force of the blow, have
touched this community as it has
seldom been touched before: for
during their residence in Lum
berton Mr. Durham and his lovely
wife had won the love and devo
tion not only of the congregation
of the church Mr. Durham serves
so acceptably but of the entire
town, and all who knew them
here feel this peculiarly sad death
as a personal loss.
Mr. Durham and the children
will remain in Gastonia for a
week or more. They have the
i 1 1 i
sincere ana tender sympainy oi
a host of friends here and else
where in the State.
Death of Mrs. Ann Eliza
Williams.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Williams, 69
years old, died Monday after
noon at 3 o'clock at her home,
Fifth and Cedar streets. She
had been in bad health for a
year or more, but had been con
fined to her room only about
three weeks. The funeral ser
vices were conducted Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock from the
residence by Rev. E. M. Hoyle
and the remains were placed to
rest in Meadow-Brook cemetery
by the side of the remains of her
husband, Dr. Warren Williams,
who died Sunday night, April
9th. The pallbearers were
Messrs. K. M. Biggs, R. E. Lee,
W. J. Prevatt, T. C. Barnes, A.
W. Prevatt and Sam Strain.
The deceased is survived by
four sons. Mr. 0. L. Williams of
Tampa, Fla., Mr. S. B. Williams
of Buie, and Messrs. H. D. and
R. W. of Lumberton; and three
daughters, Mrs. Chattie Gay of
Red Springs, and Misses Ida and
Jannie Williams of Lumberton.
Death of Mr. J. M. Lamb of
Fayetteville.
Mr. J. M. Lamb, well known
throughout this section as a flor
ist and landscape gardener, died
yesterday morning at 7:30 o'clock
at his home in Fayetteville. He
had been afflicted with heart
trouble for a year and death was
not unexpected. The Fayette
ville Observer states that Mr.
Lamb was born in Dromhair,
Sligo county, Scotland, in 1846.
In 1865 he came with his parents
to Wilmington and in 1871 he
moved to Fayetteville, where he
lived the balance of his life. He
is survived by his wife, who was
Annie Eliza Jones of Lumberton.
and 13 children. The funeral
will be held this afternoon at 4
o'clock from Hay Street Method
ist church, of which he was a
member. The deceased has done
much landscape gardening in
Lumberton in the past few jears
and was well known here.
Meeting of Civic Association
Tomorrow- Evening.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Lumberton iJivte- Associa--tion
will be held tomorrow eve
ning at 8:30 o'clock in the readir g
room of the Industrial and Com
mercial Club. Much business f
importance is to be transacted
and a large attendance is desireu.
PARKTON SCHOOL CLOSES.
Finals Over Three Days Con
cert, Debate, Recitation and
Declaiming Contests, Etc.
Play Last Evening A Com
munity Interested in Educa
tion. A successful term of school at
Parkton closed with commence
ment exercises beginning bun-
day morning and ending last
evening. This series of enter
tainments was exceptionally good
and large crowds attended, lne
baccalaureate sermon was
preached Sunday at U a. m. by
Dr. R. T. Vann, president of
Meredi.th College. Raleigh. There
was a concert Mondav evening
at 8:30 by the primary and inter
mediate grades; and Tuesday
evening at 8:30 there was a de
bate by the Franklin Literary
Society, and good debating was
done. The subject was, Re
solved that we should have
woman suffrage." The negative
won. and Mr. Frank Williamson,
one of the speakers, was award
ed a gold medal for the best de
bater. Final exercises proper
began yesterday at 10:30 a. m.
with nraver bv Rev. W. W. Dan
iels, president of Columbia Col
lege, Columbia, S. C, then
there was some music by the
Parkton band, and. by the way,
this band played a good part in
all the exercises. The next
thing was an interesting race
for two gold medals, one for the
girl reciting best and one for the
boy declaiming best. The girls
battling in this contest numbered
15 and they all did tine, and iu
boys were in the game, who al3o
did well, every mother's srtn of
them. Miss Eva Stanley and
Mr. Ben McDonald won the
medals, and Rev. W. W. Dan
iels, Col. S. J. Cobb and W. K,
Bethune acted as judges in the
contest. The reciting and de
claiming ended something after
one o'clock. The band made
some music and an intermission
of somewhere near an hour and
a half was given for dinner.
There was no public spread, but
most of the DeoDle had dinner
with them and those that did not
had no trouble to find something
in Parkton to satisfy the inner
man, for the people constituting
the population of that thriving
village are hospitable; so all were
well fed.
At 3 oYloek the crowd reas
semble to hear the speaker of
the day, Rev. W. W. Daniels,
A. M. D. D. of Columbia. S. C.
He was introduced by Mr. W. L.
Stanley of Parkton. Mr. Dan
iels used as his subject "Life,"
and the address from start to
finish was a most excellent one.
He said that life was full of
temptations but that he would not
remove one of them, if he could,
for thev strenethen and help to
make a well-rounded life. He
snid that, life has its burdens and
tribulations and that the rose has
its thorns, but the flower is
sweet. Lack of time and space
forbids an account of the many
good things Mr. Daniels had to
say. After the speech there was
a presentation of gold medals as
follows: Mr. Ben McDonald, best
declaimer; Miss Eva Stanley for
reciting best; Mr. Frank Wil
liamson, best debater; Miss
Marsh Johnson for deportment,
and Virginia McCormick, aoout
six years old, received one given
by her mother ' for good attend
ance. The medals were present
ed by W. K. Bethune. Mr.
Prentiss Stanton and Misses Eva
Stanley and Carrie McMillan
constituted the graduating class
and from the hand of Rev. W.
W. Daniels, with a few appro
priate remarks, they received
their diplomas, and the exercises
for the day were ended. Misses
Easdale Currie and Margaret
and Catharine McMillan were
given prizes for good records
made, and Mr. Leon Johnson for
having made the highest aver-
i age in school.
j The commencement ended last
evening, the exercises beginning
at 8:30 with a play, "Out in the
'Streets." The marshals for
! commencement were as follows:
,E. P. Stanton, chief; Henry Cul
i breth. Leon Johnson. Ben Mc
Donald, John D. McCormick,
Bruce Parham, Carlyle Cochran,
Marvin Odum and T.- H. Cash
well. The average attendance of the
school for the jear was about
lo5 pupils taught by a faculty
A FREE LECTURE.
Richard B. Watrous, Secretary
of the American Civic Associa
tion, Will Lecture in Lumber
ton Friday Night, 12th, on
Making a City Beautiful Free
Tickets Will be Distributed.
At the invitation of the Lum
berton Civic Association, Mr.
Richard B. Watrous, secretary of
the American Civic Association,
the general headquarters of
which association are at Wash
ington, D. C, will deliver a lec
ture in Lumberton Friday night
of next week, the 12th inst. on
"Making a City beautiful." Mr.
Watrous will use pictures illus
trating what has been done in
many communities along various
lines of civic improvement, such
as the cleaning up of home sur
roundings and making them
beautiful by the making of gar
dens, the planting of shrubs and
flowers, the wise planting and
care of shade trees, the elimina
tion of nuisances and the intro
duction of features that con
tribute to make a community
attractive to permanent residents
and to visitors. He will also use
pictures illustrating the housefly
and will point out the reasons
why the fly ought to be exter
minated. Mr. Watrous, as the position
he occupies would indicate, is an
authority on civic improvement
work, and his lecture will be
both entertaining and instructive.
Free tickets will be distributed,
all expenses being borne by the
Lumberton Civic Association,
and all who can possibly do so
should avail themselves of this
opportunity of hearing subjects
that are of vital interest to every
citizen of the
discussed.
town intelligently
A Talk by Prof. I. O. Schaub
on Farm-Life Schools.
Prof. I. O. Schaub, of the A.
and M. College, who is in charge
of the boys' corn club work in
this State, spoke at the court
house last night to a small crowd
on the farm-life school. He
spoke yesterday morning at
Fairmont and in the afternoon
at Orrum. In his talk last night
he made some good points in
favor of the school. He spoke
of the need for a school for
training country boys and girls
for the kind of life they are
going to live. Farmers in this
State havp hppn makinc corn at
a cost of about $1 per bushel
when they could buy it at 75 or
80 rents: such a school will teach
them how to make corn at a
profit. Boys will be taught how
to mix and use fertilizers, how
to grow home supplies cheaper
than they can be bought from
the West, will he taucrht about
stock, cattle, dairying, and all
that pertains to everyday life on
the farm. Girls will be taught
all that pertains to practical
homemaking, cooking, sewing,
how to furnish a home. North ,
Carolina has been a dumping
ground for poor seed for the!
seed houses because the State!
has not provided for inspection j
of seed. In a farm-life school
tests of seed can be made and ,
thousands of dollars will be;
saved the farmers from this
alone. The teachers must bei
practical men. The first schools in d,j cnmJnt FW
established will get the pickof 'County Road Superindent Elect
such men. All such schools that!
have been established in other At the meeting of the county
States and many have been es-;road commissioners Monday, Mr.
tablished have proven success-'C. N. Hughes, of Washington,
f ul and none has ever been dis-! this State, was elected county
continued after once being superintendent of roads at a
started. If Robeson votes it salary of $1,800 the year, as pro
Howm it mav not have another vided for in the new road law
chance in several years.
of five-Prof. J. II. Forbis, prin
cipal; Misses Mary Stewart,
Leta Cable, Mary Janettte Mc
Neill and Annie McMillan.
The people of Parkton and
that immediate section are great
ly interested in the education of
their children, all of which was
plainly evidenced in an election
held there Monday voting bonds
j to the amount of 12,500 for th
erection of a new school build
ing, as mentioned in Monday's
Robesonian. There were 104
irntoo Mtf fr r thp honvta find r,
against. Parkton has had an ex -
cellent school for several ypars.
anrl neriall v this vp;ir. ir f! w ith
the assurance of a larger ana uet-
ter equipped building this ccming! illegal taxation of Blue Springs
city has a bright fu'ure. 'property.'
Town Election Town Commis
sioners' Meeting.
The election Monday of town
officers was a tame affair, of
course, since there was no op
position to the ticket nominated
at the primary held Tuesday of
last week. The number of voters
registered is about 370, the num
ber voting in the primary was
349, while the number of votes
east in the election was only 114.
The following are the officers
elected: Mayor, A. E. White;
town commissioners, M. W.
Floyd, J. Howard Morrison, W.
J. Prevatt, for a term of two
years the other members of the
board are J. D. McMillan, G. G.
French, J. L. Stephens; graded
school trustees, L. E. Whaley,
W. S. Britt, L H. Caldwell, lor
two years, the other members of
the board being Alf. H. McLeod,
R. D. Caldwell and O. T. Wil
liams, and C. B. Townsend was
elected to fill the unexpired term
of the late Col. N. A. McLean;
board of audit and finance, ex
Judge T. A. McNeill, Frank
Gough, A. T. Parmele.
Mr. A. E. White, the newly
elected mayor, has been out of
town since Tuesday. He will re
turn tomorrow night or Friday
and the new town board will
meet and organize the last of
this week, it is presumed.
The old town board held its
last meeting Tuesday night, re
ceived the report of the clerk
and treasurer of election returns
and passed a few bills. The reg
istrar was paid $10 and the
managers of the primary and
other election officers were paid
$1 each, so the election cost the
town just $19. Other bills were
passed as folhws: G. M. Whit-
held, rent of houses used for
f"? corTr::
smaiipox pauerus, xx o ,r
Pocahontas Coal Co., $57.09;
Southern Electric Co., $17.51;
White Oak Coal Co., $55.77; Gen
eral Electric Co., $11.93; for
elobes. $6.95: K. M. Biggs, 25
cts., W. J. Prevatt
Allister Hdw. Co.
for supplies. Misses
Liaura Norment and
$9 36, Mc-
$12.50-all
Emma and
A. T. Par-
mele and W. P. Barker were al
lowed sanitary, tax rebates of
$2.50 each.
Slogan Suggestions For Lumber
ton. Suggestions for a slogan for
Lumberton continue to come
in. The committee is going to
have a large number to select
from. But maybe the right one
has not yet been sent in. No
one can tell until the committee
sifts them, so those who send in
suggestions now have just as
good a chance to win as those
who have already sent them in
better, if anything, for they
have the benefit of the sugges
tions already made. There is no
limit to the number of sugges-
tions anyone can make, so if you
have tried and think you can
better your trial, send it along,
The following have been received
since Monday
Keep Lumberton growing.
Make Lumberton grow.
Come through, folks, now.
Wateh Lumberton grow.
You'll like Lumberton.
A growing, wide awake town.
Watch Lumberton lead.
Learn about Lumberton.
Lumberton's claims bear in
vestigation. for this county. Mr. Hughes was
recommended by State Geologist
Joseph II. Pratt as a competent
road engineer. He has already
gone to work and will have entire
chargeof the road work through
out the county.
The passing of a few bills was
the only other business transact
ed at the meeting of the road
commissioners Monday.
To Hold a Consultation About
Taxation.
The Robesonian is requested to
publish the following:
" The land owners of Blue"
, Springs living in Red Springs
j will meet citizens of Blue Springs
at Antioch Friday, the 12th, at
j o cIock p,
m., to consult about
LOCAL BRIEFS
Alexander McMillan was ap
pointed postmaster at Dundar
rach, this county, Tuesday.
Mr. A. W. McLean has been
appointed division eouncil for the
Atlantic Coast Line Ry. to suc
ceed the late Col. N. A. McLean.
Licenses have been issued
for the marriage of Ella M.
Williams and Jno. H. Kinlaw;
Lizzie Johnson and Nash Sibbett;
Margaret Odum and James A.
Pennington.
The Robesonian is indebted
to Mr. F. C. Nye for an invita
tion to the closing exercises of
Wintervftle high school May 17.
18 and 19. The program is an
attractive one.
Mr. W. I. Linkhaw moved
his vehicles into his large new
sales stables on Fourth street
yesterday and is now ready for
business. Nothing was saved
from the fire and everything is
new and up-to-now.
On account of the destruc
tion of the Back swamp trestle
on the R. & C, near Marion, by
fire Tuesday morning the train
was unable to make the trip
through Tuesday. The passen
gers were transferred.
On account of the exercises
at the graded school there will
be no moving picture show at
the opera house tonight. Tomor
row night the pictures will be on
as usual and Miss Ruth Whaley
and Dr. A. C. Tebeau will sing.
Mr. Earnest' Branch, who
returned home Monday from At
lanta, where he is taking a course
in denistry at the Atlanta Dental
College, will work during the
summer in the office of Dr. R F.
Graham. He began wjrk Tues
day. The Lumberton Motor Car &
Machine Co. has a car of autos
on the way. Mr. W. P. McAl
lister went this morning to Char
lotte and will drive back tonight
a car belonging to the company.
He was accompanied by Dr. T.
C. Johnson.
Yesterday morning about 11
o'clock the fire alarm was turned
in because of fire at the home of
Mr. Pink Campbell, who lives
just across the river on the Fair
mont road. The roof of the
dwelling was damaged, possibly
to the amount of $59 or $75. The
fire is supposed to have caught
from a spark from the chimney.
The first meet of the Lum
berton Gun Club was held Tues
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
trap in North Lumberton. Eight
of the boys were present and out
of 20 shots each the score was as
follows: Dr. Jehn Knox, 8; J. D.
McAllister. 9; R. H. Crichton, 6;
E. B. McMillan, 10; L. C. Towns
end, 4; W. L. Robinson, 12? L.
B. Townsend, 14; John D. Mc
Millan, 9.
Mr. J. Paul Robertson of
Rowland was awarded the fourth
prize for North Carolina for ten
ears of white dent corn at the
4th annual National Corn Expo
sition at Columbus, Ohio, Jan
uary 30. February U, last. The
prize is a "Diploma of Honor,"
nicely engraved, and this was
brought yesterday by Prof. I. O.
Schaub, who has charge of boys'
corn clubs in this StatP. to Coun
ty Supt. Poole, who will send it
to Mr. Robertson.
-Mr. W. H. Shooter began
work this morning on the new
store building that Dr. W. A.
McPhaul and the McAllister
Hdw. Co. will place in the 10
foot alley between the hardware
store and the d-'i7 store of the
Pope Drug Co. Tne Oui ingwillbe
. f . 1 1 '!! 1
U ieei long anu.wni nave sky
lights. The iron stairway lead
ing to the second floor of the Pope
drug store will be taken down
and a narrower stairway, which
will be farther back from the
street, wiii be put in its place.
The front will be of gLss ani
will be very much like the Mc
Millan drug stoie front. lne
huill;r will be completed by the
.irstof .JuLt'. wr.e n it "ill be oc-
cupied by Mr. W. V
Richmond. Va , a
optometrist. t
Parker of
veler a-i 1
icV h-aiiarhe resti'ta from a rior
ilrei conoici mof the siomacn, aril 1 1
be cured bv the use of Chamb-r! i i's
tomafh an'! 1 T?M?M. Try
;-.-r in'tb j ali .!-! rs.