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ROBESON IAN 1 JnLJtLi Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five" Cento VOL XLII NO. 26. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1911. WHOLE NO. 2667 PARKTON PARAGRAPHS. Death of Mr. A. G. Culbreth Plowing Up and Replanting Cotton New School Building Problem. Corrpondenc of The RobnonUn. Parkton, May 19. Mr. A. G. ulbreth died at his home Sun day a. m., May 14. It was known by many of his friends that he was in a critical condition with rheumatism. He was a young man of excellent character, both intellectually and morally. He bore his afflictions in a most casual manner. He will be greatly missed by his relatives and a large circle of friends." He died in his 27th year. The re mains were taken to Manchester Monday a. m., accompanied by his father, Mr. D. C. Culbreth, brother, Mr. Henry Culbreth, and sister, Miss Mary Louise Culbreth; also a large number of friends, and were buried by his mother in the family graveyard. To the sorrowing ones we ex tend our sincerest sympathy. The farms seem to be in a serious condition for lack of rain. Some of the farmers have ploughed up their cotton and are replanting. Misses Sadie Johnson and Effie McMillan returned home from S. P. C. Wednesday evening. Miss McMillan being accompanied by her friend Miss Mary Bullock of Rowland. The Parkton concert band will give a musical entertainment at St Paul's Friday night, May 26. Quite a number of the young folks attended the commence ment exercises at the Southern Presbyterian College this week. Mr. P. H. Fisher and Mr. A. J. Garris spent yesterday in Lumberton. Little Miss Virginia McCor mick is visiting relatives in Man chester this week. Mr. Bostic Haywood of Wil mington is spending a few days with his mother, Mrs. Annie Haywood. Mr. J. J. Cobb and Mr. A. J. Lytch attended the commence ment at Raeford this week and report a joyful time. A most successful school term closed Friday at Mr. J. D. Mc Natt's, Mrs. M. A. Lucas of Reeky Point, teacher. Mrs. Lucas returned home today. Mr. McNatt has an ad of some of his town property in this issue. The school committee has or ganized and qualified and is slowly at work on the problem of the new school building, securing the site and discussing other im portant matters. Mr. J. G. Hughes is spending this week with relatives in Georgia. f juirinhure- is sDendinp a few davs with her cousin Mrs. Col her ; 7 jVUU. The farmers are all up with their work, patiently waiting for rain, and are found fishing away the idle days, some very success ful, others with only a terrapin bite. Prof. J. H. Forbis is on a visit to his old home in Moore county. Town Books to be Audited Im provements Promised at Rail road Stations. Mayor A. E. White has been authorized to employ an auditor to audit all the books of the with auditing companies and this for refusing to attempt an or-much-needed work will be done 5ajl,zat,?n,n behalf of my can- Cr,r T.nra nf thp Wilmincrrnn. ' Hamlet division of the Seaboard, was in Lumberton Friday in con sultation with Mayor White in regard to making improvements at the station here, coming in response to an urgent demand from Mayor White that some thing be done at once. Supt. -Gore has promised to do some filling in in front of the station, to drain and shrub the right of way on both sides, to ditch and thoroughly drain under the ware houses, and to move the water tank nearer the river. No drain ing work of this kind has been done at this station since Mr. White was mayor seven years ago. The Virginia & Carolina Southern authorities have also promised to make improvements at their station. A healthy man is a king in his own right; an unhealthy mn is an-unhappy slave Burdock Blood Bitter builds up sound health keeps yuu.welL NOW IS THE TIMEFOr" J wfe' (9 J Jm S tS&EO T Nll the best companies in M i Vft S 11 mFURNlTURE SUITS ffiiXSi EXISTANCE REPRESENTED BY I PsnPS - SfM" i J , rTAr 4?M llfh ourcsf Soda Treat0 And drinK to ad3 and MlllANspRue store, AYCOCK A CANDIDATE. Announces Candidacy for United States Senate. Raleiirh News and Observer. 21st. There is no doubt that North Carolina will have plenty of ma terial from which it can select a United States Senator next year. Though they have made no for mal public announcement, Senator Simmons and Governor Kitchin have both made known to their friends the fact that they would be candidates for the Senate next year. Last week Chief Justice Clark announced his candidacy. Yesterday afternoon ex-Governor Aycock gave out a letter he had written to Col. N. B. Whitfield, of Lenoir, who, with many oth ers, had urged Governor Aycock to become a candidate. Following close upon the an nouncement of the Chief Justice, the State has naturally taken re newed interest in the senatorial contest that will not be settled, if a primary is ordered, until November of next year. The following paragraph of Mr. Aycock's letter states his position clearly: "It is unnecessary for me to enunciate any personal platform, it being well known throughout the State that I have always stood on the National and State Democratic platforms without! question, believing as I do that 4uuu.,, ievii.8 x uu u.at, the assembled wisdom of the ) Democracy of the nation and, o. :. iL. t .un i 1 juwn. 1 snail iiiaive no campaign 1 looking to my selection for the senatorship. My financial condi tion is such that it is absolutely essential that I pursue my pro fession as a lawyer with unabated energy until such time as the people shall lay other duties upon me. I noun nn mAnfli) trv ananH i . organization, if I had it I am convinced that the greatest evil of this day, po litically, is the use of money in securing nominations and elec-j tions, and I therefore would not ! use it if I were able to command j a fund requisite for such pur-j In addition to this uiuai,, x nave a itreinig uiai tue I A L IJ 1 1.1 1 Senatorship WOUld oe woriniess to me if secured by any such methods. If I shall go to the Senate I must go free from spec ial obligation to any set of men, and therefore, under equal obli gation to every man. Going to the Senate in this way would put me in a position to give tj the people the highest service of which I am capable. I shall therefore entrust my candidacy, without resf rvation, to the peo ple of the State, and shall not seek to shape their selection by organization or by personal ap peals to them." At the convention of the Amer ican Cotton Manufacturers' As sociation held in Richmond last week, closing Friday, Ellison A. Smyth of Greenville, S. C. was elected president, W. A. Erwin of Durham was elected vice pres ident, and C. B. Bryant of Char lotte was re-elected secretary-treasufer. Ke -"l5':be too late for those who have CUT OUT THE CROP PROSPECTS. Mr. Scott Stone Thinks Condi tions are not so Serious as Some Farmers Think Cotton Planted Early is Doing Well and Corn is Fine Not Too Late to Re-plant. Mr. Scott Stone, of McDonald, one of Robeson's farmers who succeeds in living pretty well at home, was in town Saturday and, as most all farmers .are doing these days, talked some about the weather. Mr. Stone says for a certainty it is mighty dry out his way, and every other way that he has been recently, but he does not seem to think the condition at present altogeth er so serious as most farmers think. He says, of course, on account of the dry weather, spring oats have been practically ruined and farmers who sowed cotton late are in bad shape; but corn, he says, is doing fine and cotton planted early is also I doing well. He said out of ninety I odd acres he has in cotton he i . . i .i aoes not tmnK tnere are more than two or three acres shy on account of bad stand. He said his father, Mr. JoeJ Stone, had about the same kind of stand and also several other farmers in his community, while it is true ; quite a number have practically fct account of a itte Iate in planting. M. , .ru.- being JVlr. btone seems to think that i litis not too late yet, in cases where it is necessary, to plant i cotton over. He says that he re members having had to plant 22 acres of cotton over on the 18 of May about 20 years ago, when but little fertilizer was used, and that he picked 1 1 bales of cotton off no stand, even yet. Mr. J. F. Head Resigns as Traffic Manager and Auditor of the Virginia & Carolina Southern His Successors. Mr. J. F. Head, who has held the position of traffic manager and auditor of the Virginia & Carolit-.a Southern Railway since Anril, 1909, has resigned to take effect June 1, and he will he succeeded by two men. Mr. E E. Dailey, who has been employ ed in the t ffice of the auditor of tr e Coast Line ait Wiimingtor, wi 1 be auditor and car accountant. He at rived yesterdav and began work this morning with Mr. Head. Mr. S. R. Clary of Kins ton, formerly in the employ of the Norfolk & Southern, will be general freight and passenger agent. He will arrive some time between now and June 1. Mr. Head has under consideration some flattering offers but has not yet decided whfch he will accept. He and his family came to Lumberton from Wilmington and have made many friends iiere who will regret their decis sion to leave. Harh physics react, i weaken the oweU, causes chronic constipation. Joan's regulets operate easily, tone he sromarh. rure contipitiin. 2c. Ak i.ur druggist for thwtn. FALSE ALARMS SUPERIOR COUKT. Agreed Verdict of Manslaughter in Case of Gus Hunt, Sentence 10 Years in Penitentiary Civ il Court. A week's criminal term of Robeson Superior Court ended Saturday night, Judge C. M. Cook of Louisburg presiding, and this morning Judge Cook opened a week's civil term. Saturday night about 7 o'clock, after all the evidence was in, the lawyers in the case of Gus Hunt, Indian, charged with the murder of his wife Mary near Fairmont September 25 last, agreed on a verdict of manslaughter and Judge Cook imposed a sentence of 10 years in the State peniten tiary at Raleigh. An effort is being made to persuade Judge Cook to change the sentence to service on the roads of the coun ty, which has been to consider able expense and gets nothing, the State getting it all under the sentence as it now stands. This trial began Thursday after noon, the jury having been se lected just before the noon re cess. Messrs. McLean, Varser & McLean assisted Solicitor Sin clair, Messrs. Mclntyre. Law rence and Proctor appearing for the defendant. The defendant admitted killing his wife but claimed that it was accidental. She was shot in the forehead with a pistol. I Other cases were disposed a3 follows: Walter McKinnon, a d. w.and c. c. vv., verdict of guilty re ported in Thursday's paper, 8 months on roads. Earlman Lennon, mayhem; ne gro who struck Mr. Moses Fine with a bottle, knocking out an eye.also reported guilty in Thurs day's paper; 18 months on roads. Jim Smith, trespass, nol pros. The case against Jim Byre! and Warren West, charged with the murder of Wm. Smith, Jr., in East Lumberton April 7 last, was continued to Julv term. In the civil court this morning divorces we're granted in three cases, as follows: D. C. Arnett vs. Harriet Arnett; Gertrude Perry vs. A. J. J. Perry; Martha Manning vs. Robt. Manning. In the case of Charley McLaurin vs. Nannie McLaurin papers were not made out properly and a juror was withdrawn and mis trial ordered. The following cases were continued: Cattie Jane Smith vs. Eli Smith; Sandy Locklear V3. Anceline Lc -clear; Nurn Lewis vs. Luna Lewis. In the case of L. VV. Hall vs. Sarah ! T. Hall, Chas. Beal, a witness for plaintiff, was called and failed to answer and was fined. J. R. Bullock et at vs. A. C. L. Ry., survey was ordered this week, case not to be continued. Kings Mountain precinct of tcet county on the central high-J Gv. Bleasenif South Carolira, Gaston county voted the other way to extend acros the Statp. , after a personal inspection of the day a bond issue of $25 KX for That countv has raised $6,000 to ( State penitentiary at Columbia good roads. Roads of Wmd-'ay build a road from Morehead City Friday, announced that he pro construction will be bunt lor 4 or to the Craven county line. j poses to parole all the convicts 5 miles in each direction leading there who are disabled by chrcn- iato town. Subscribe to The Robesonian. ic disease. H.E..PA6,8tCRETARyai TREASURER LA FAYETTE WUTuAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. . Dr. N. A. Thompson's Auto Dodges Into a Ditch and Smashes a Wheel-" Alls Well That Ends Well." Dr. N. A. Thompson came near having a serious smash-up Fri day about 12 o'clock on the Ten Mile-Center road, near the com pany mill, seven miles from town, when he ran his automobile into a ditch. He had his little daugh ter Julia with him and was re turning to towji from the Ten Mile section, where he had been to see a patient. He was running along at an ordinary gait and discovered something rattling about his machine and was look ing down to the side of the car trying to locate the loose part when suddenly the machine dodged out of the road into the ditch, breaking the right front wheel into several pieces and mashing the fender very much out of shape on that side. The doctor fell against the top with out getting hurt, out Julia struck the steering wheel, which knocked the breath out of her for a short time, but she was soon all right. Dr. Thompson walked about a qnarter of a mile to Mr. Spurgeon Jones' house and 'phoned to town for help and Dr. Knox sent a front wheel off of his car out to the wreck and in a short time everything was running smoothly again. Listing Taxes Is Up to You. Jan Mr R c Lawrenee. a Mr. A. P. Cald well, tax asses-j member of the firm that def-nd-sor for Lumberton township, ied him, says he will bear asks The Robesoniari to correct 1 halt' the ex Dense of sending the a false impression which some people seem to have in regard to listing property under the new under the impression that the:S,0an Suggestions For Limber- assessor has to make a house-to-j ton house canvass in order to get the j With this issue of The Robe people to list their taxes. That's isonian the publication of slogan not the case. The assessor has'fugestions for Lumberton will to go over the township in order ; be discontinued. Mary sugges to make an equitable assessment j tions have 'oten nude, sugges and if you happen to see him , tions goxJ, bad and indifferent, then you can list your property ;and out of the number the corn- all right, but if you do not happen to see him then it is not his busi ness to look you up for the purpose of getting you to list your prop - erty. It i your business to look! himuD. He ha. his ffLe in Lum-1 iberton in rear of the First National Bank. Deaths Must be Registered Here after in Lumberton. The last Legislature passed a law requiring all deaths to be registered in towns in over 500, inhabitants. Dr. Jno. Knox. Jr.. town physician, has been ap pointed reeistrar for Lumberton andhereafterbeforeabo.lv can; be interred or moved from townj a certificate of death must' be: tiled with Dr. Knox, who nowj has the necessary papers for such registration. Work has been begun in Car- LOCAL BRIEFS Licenses have been issued for the marriage of Janie Aua leyfand Archie Cuthill; Fannie Davis and R. W. Wallace. Beginning this afternoon the Lumberton barber shop and Mr. W. H. Staley's shop, both on Elm street, will close at 7:30 o'clock except Saturdays. -Mr. J. P. Townsend, chief of Lumberton's volunteer fire men, returned Friday night from Charlotte, where he attended the firemen's tournament. He gained some valuable points for use un der local conditions. Mr. Leon Cowan, formerly with the Robeson Drug Co. at hia home town, Maxton, began work this morning for the Pope Drug Co., succeeding Mr. Baswell Skipper, who resigned last week, his resignation effective Satur day night. Mr. R. D. Caldwell is just completing a nice barn, or gar age. Mr. Caldwell savs he thinks the latter will be a more digni fied name for the building as he expects to keep his car in it. The building is at Mr. Caldwell's res idence on Elm street. A meeting of the graded school trustees will be held Wed nesday to elect teachers for the next school year. Eight grade teachers and 2 music teachers are to be elected. Supt. R. E. Sentelle, who went to his home near Waynesville two weeks ago, will return to be present at this meeting. At the meeting of the town commissioners last Tuesday night Mayor A. E. White was author ized to employ a sanitary inspec tor for the town and he employed for this work this morning Mr. W. G. Reynolds. It will be Mr. Reynolds' duty to inspect all premises and report all surface privies and other unsanitary con ditions, and to put surface priv ies in sanitary condition. Rev. A. A. McClelland of Maxton preached at the First Baptist church yesterday morn ing, the pastor, Rev. C. H. Dor ham, preaching at the evening hour. Solos by Mrs. H. B. Moore of Gastonia. wife of a brother of the late Mrs Durham, who returned with Mr. Darham from Gastonia last week, at both morning and evening service, were very much enjoyed. Gus Hunt, the Indian who was sentenced Saturday night by Judge Cook to ten years in the penitentiary for manslaughter, says that the main reason he hates to zq to the pen is he will , L U .1.1. 1- Tl P,.l,A.n. paper to Cus during his exile, so the paper will follow him. mittee appiinted by the Indus trial and Commercial Club, which offered a prize of $ for a slogan. may be able to make a selection, This committee is composed of Messrs. R D Caldwell. A. E. White and S. Mclntvre. All suggestions that have been re cieved will be turned over to these gentlemen and they will announce tHpj- ('pr-is'on some time soon. Following are sug gestions that have been received since the last issue: Lumberton extends welcome to all, both great and small. Lumberton is headquarters for Lim'?r riwr R IbreasU. Lunue: ton there's no better town. Lumberton is a growing town. Lumberton is a wide-awake town. j Lumberton U a gio-vii g, wide j awake town.
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