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'A r E ROBESONIAN Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents VOL XLII NO. 29. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNt 1, 1911. WHOLE NO. 2670 TOWN AFFAIRS. Public Closets on River Bank Abolished -Banks Invited to Bid on Town Account Busi ness Transacted by Town Commissioners. At a meeting of the town com missioners held Tuesday night the following business was trans acted: It was ordered that the public closets at the foot of Fourth street, on the left bank of the river, be abolished at once as a public nuisance. This was done on the petition of Mr. R. 0. Ed mund and some of his neighbors, who appeared before the board and asked for relief from the un sanitary condition caused by these closets. Good riddance. These closets have been an eye sore and a nostril-stench for these many moons. The three banks of the town are invited to submit bids for the town's business at the meet ing of the commissioners Thurs day night of next week, the ac count to be given to the bank making the best bid. The town board of audit and finance is in vited to be present at this meeting-Mr. W. G. Reynolds, sanitary inspector, reported 275 surface closets on the town side of the river and 115 on the right side. Commissioners W. J. Prevatt and Howard Morrison and Fire Chief J. P. Townsend were ap pointed a committee to buy a hrn-jp fnr the fire comDanv. The bond of H. H. Redfern was fixed at $1,000 as chief of police and $5,000 as tax collector, and he is required to make set tlement with the town clerk and treasurer once each week. J. L. Higgins of Richmond, having passed satisfactory examination before Supt. Gerald Pittman, of the light and water plant, was granted license to do plumbing work, check for the fee of $10 having been received. An ordi nance was ordered drawn requir ing all plumbers to restore streets to normal condition wherever excavations are made, a fine of $10 to be imposed for each viola tion. An ordinance was passed de fining and describing the licenses and taxes on polls, property, subjects, trades and professions in the town of Lumberton for the fiscal year 191 1." Any per son who fails to list his dogs with the tax collector shall be subject to a fine of $10. The dog tax is $2, and any dog found running at large after today, June 1, without a metal "T. P. 1911" tag may be killed as a nuisance and any person allowing a dog with out this tag to remain on his premises shall be liab'e to a fine of $5. Death of Mr. Jno. A. Humph ryA Prominent Citizen of the Philadelphus Section. Mr. Jno. A. Humphrey, aged about 60 years, died suddenly Monday evening about G o'clock at his home near Philadel phus church. He had been in disposed for some time but his condition was not con sidered serious and his death was very unexpected. Monday afternoon he went out to see aOOUL SUIIlc nauuo a l wvi i aim mc iiovmj ... .... immediately upon returning to ; manner for the past three and a the house and taking a drink of half years, will leave this eve water he was seized with a ning for Purcell, Okla., where coughing spell and died in a few . their son-in-law and daughter, minutes. The funeral took place Mr. and Mrs. Leon T. Cook, live Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock1 and where they will make their from Philadelphus Presbyterian j home. They have made many church, of which he had long , friends during their stay in Lum been an elder, the service being! berton who regret very much to conducted by the pastor. Rev J see them leave. Capt. Bicherey A. C. Dixon. The interment is a good hotel man and has done was in the church cemetery. j well here with the facilities at Mr. Hemphrey was one of the hi3 command. most prominent citizens of that I section of the county. He was Noti of New Advertisements, an elder in Philadelphus Presby- . terian church, a leader in the1 An important asset for young Democratic party, took a large men-Bank ot Lumberton. interest in Philadelphus school. Notice of summons, and in fact was largely interested I Two beautifu lots in Lindell in and a leader in all church and ! for sale -Geo M. Whitfield. ir ; I A seamstress wanted. 1 j. UnxJa ,ir-lr nnrllhn Wouflf tf in iTlftjr PVCP Pni scnooi aim uj ... . nfe and two children, Mrs.1 Duncan Patrick Buie, who lives near Pmladeluhus. and Miss: Rerda Humphrey. Sheriff E. C. McNeill of Lumberton. a staunch friend of the deceased, attended the funeral. Subscribe for The Robesonian. CROP CONDITIONS. Crying Out For Rain Up Max- ton find Laurinburg Way- Outlook Truck Gloomy for Cotton Cut Short -Dry All This Section Evi- Through dences of Progress. A representative of The Robe sonian had occasion to spent a portion of Tuesday afternoon and evening in Maxton and was in Laurinburg for a short while yesterday morning, and much progress is in evidence in both of these towns; but the people generally are very blue over pres ent crop conditions. At Maxton Col. E. F. McRae, Maj. A. J. McKinnon, Mr. Hector McLean and Mr. W. B. Harker, editor of the Maxton Chief, and others wprp interviewed as to the crop conditions in that part of Robe son and all of them can be quoted as saying that things look serious with the farmer, which as a mat ter of course affects the mer chants and everybody eke. All of those consulted are of the oDinion that not more than half of the cotton Dlanted in that sec tion is up, and cotton up in sandy land was greatly damaged Dy the storm last Friday evening. It seems that there was equally as much wind and less rain in that part of the county than in this section. For several years there has heen auite a bit of trurkint? done around Maxton and a great many of the farmers are interested this year in grow- ny Irish Dotatoes. watermelons, pantelnnnes etc.. but none Of them seems to be mucn en pouraced over the present pros nert. Inah ootates nave ueen cut short bad and there is much pnmnlflint about watermelons and canteloupes not being up, though srime few sav thev have a lainy good stand and they are doing tine Vrnm information at T-fliirinrmrc ahout the same con rlitinna nhtnin there, and from nn vernation with several travel inir men it was learned that crops just across the State line in South Carolina are suitering more trom the drought than crops in this State. Definite the trloom cast over most nf the neoDle in this section because of the dry weather, work ia i?oinj on lust the same ana there are manv evidences of prog ress most any way one might look in those parts. Sinpp the above was DUt in type rains have come which wil imnrove conditions to some extent. Waverly Hotel Under New Management. Mr. B. A. Anderson and son, Mr. H. H. Anderson, of Fair Bluff, took charge this morning of the Waverly hotel, which they have leased and will operate under the style of B. A. Ander son & Son. Mr. Anderson senior is proprietor of the Anderson hotel at Fair Bluff and he comes to the Waverly most highly re commended by the traveling public. For the present he will divide his time between Lumber ton and Fair Bluff and Mr. H. H. Anderson, who has been in Lum berton since the first of the week, will have charge of the Waverly. Capt. and Mrs. A. Bicherey, who have managed ... . wfuu"" Vl lin s Jewelry store. An ever-increasing source ot pleasure-the btiett piano. For a mild, ea-v action of the bowels a single doaj of Doan s Regulets i enough. Treatment cures habitual con stipation. 25 cents a box. Ask your drugist .or itum. TWO FINE LECTURES. By Rev. J. M. Rowland of Richmond, For New Meth odist Church-"Blue Ridge Breezes" and "Courtship and Marriage." Rev. .1. M. Rowland, of Rich mond, Va and, by the way, a native Robesonian lectured at the oDera house Monday and Tuesday evenings. He came at the invitation .of class No 7 of the Methodise Sunday school- Mrs. I. E. Poole is teacher of this class and she and the entire class labored hard for the success of the occasion and they should feel well paid for their work, for the lectures were fine and were greatly enjoyed by those who attended; and a nice sum of monev was realized, which will so to the new Methodist1 church. . . Mr. Rowland delivered his , lecture "Blue Ridge Breezes" Monday evening and it occasion ed much laughter. There was pathos, too. He was introduced by Rev. E M. Hoyle and the music was furnished by the Lumberton orchestra. This lec ture was all that Mr. Rowland came to deliver, but he was per suaded to stay over Tuesday evening and deliver his lecture on Courtship and Marriage, which is even more humorus that his "Blue Ridge Breezes." Each lecture was fine On account of the lack of ad vertising the crowd Tuesday evening was not so large as Mon day evening. Mr. Rowland left yesterday morning for his home in Richmond. Annual Meeting of Robeson Pnnntv Rural I etter Carriers' Association H o w Patrons, - - Can Help Secure Quick De- to the law." j Polly fell on Mr. Hooks and i- The opinion of the court was, escaped without injury. Mr. y" . announced by Chief Justice ' Hooks thinks that in some strange At the annual meeting of the Vbite, who also delivered the j way when the mule lunged for Robeson County Rural Letter, ODjnion 0f the court in the Stand-' ward the mule in the hole was Carriers Association, held in Lumberton Tuesday, the follow ing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, J. S. Humnhrev. Shannon: vice presi dent, A. S. Pittman, Lumberton;! secretary-treasurer, L. B. Hayes, Fairmont. The carriers from Lumberton were constituted the executive committee, as follows: J. E. Prevatt, A. S. Pittman, Hardv M' White, R. E. Thompson, Jno. B. Meares, Edward Parnell. The following subjects were discussed: Importance of a County Association, discussed by W. H. Howard of St Paul's and C. D. Williamson of Parkton; Good Roads, discussed by A. S. Pittman of Lumberton, E. L. Odum of Pembroke and C. H. Howard of Lumber Bridge: Best Method of Delivering Mail Quick ly, discussed by C. H. Howard, Hardy M 'White and C. C. Cris som. All agreed that the motor cycle is the best means of deliv ering mails quickly in Hid ib About half the carriers of the county attended this meeting. Strong resolutions were adopted urging all carriers to take more interest in the county association and attend the county meetings, as this is the best way to secure permanent service and good road.. The next meeting will be held in Lumberton the hrst Mon day in September. Much was said about the way some farmers plow out into the roads, making them difficult for motorcycle travel. It was de cided that all instances of this kind shall be reported to the county superintendent of roads and if relief cannot be secured in that way to take the matter up to the Postoffice Department and ask that service on roads where this practice obtains be discontinued until the roads are kept in better condition. It will be seen that is to the interest of the patrons of rural routes to keep their roads in as good condition as possiole for mo torcycles. By this means of delivery carriers on routes that require G hours for a horse and ouggy can make their trips in three hours, reaching the farth est natron on their routes in an hour and thirty minutes. Much quicker and better service can j oe given in this way, but roads must not be filled up by plowing ' into them if such service is to be effective. Subscribe for The Rjbesonian. TOBACCO TRUST MUST GO Supreme Court Holds American Tobacco Co. and Allied Cor porations Operating in Viola tion of Sherman Law Fares Worse Than Standard Oil. Wahinict.n Uinpatch. May 2t. The government today won a sweeping victory over the sc- called "tobacco trust" when the, Supreme Court of the United States held the American Tobacco Company and its allied corpora tions to be operating in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. By directing that the combina tion be forbidden the privilege of inter-State commerce or be placed in the hands of a receiver unless it disintegrates in har mony with the law within six or, at the most, eight months, the court is regarded to have ; corpora-1 dealt with the tobacco tions mere drasticallv than with ! ,u c(j.,i Luc uiauuaiu Jlt jjuijaiiy kjl . New Jersey, whose dissolution was ordered two weeks ago. 1 Both the first and second sec - tions of the Sherman anti-trust law have been violated by the so- called tobacco trust according to the court. Not only has it, in the j eyes of the court, restrained wrongfully and unlawfully inter- State commerce, but it has at- temDted to monoDolize the tobacco' business to the iniurvof the Dub- lic and of its competitors. While the decree was regarded as unusually severe, at the same time there was a touch of leniency in not making the combination an outlaw "now." The various elements of the combination are to be given an opportunity, under the supervision of the United States circuit court for the Southern district of New York, of re-creation about a new con dition which shall be honestly in iiiLmi. null aiiau lit injiieai.iv 111 . harmony with and not renuErnant' ard Oil case. The entire court pulled cut and forward, it nap agreed that the tobocco combina-1 pened about 20 feet from the tion violated the Sherman anti-1 abutment. trust law, but Justice Harlan j Mr. Hooks was able to patch dissented from the repeated in- up and reach Boardman and then terpretation of the Sherman anti-, patch up some more and come trust law so as to call for the, back home, but the Columbus application of the "rule of county commissioners will no reason" determining what re-, doubt have a suit for damages on straints of trade were forbidden , their hands. i 4.1 t .,t v,.i uy me aci. m mis iwpcti me division of the court was the same as in the Standard Oil case. Justice Harlan also took issue with the rest of the couit as to the reorganization of the tobacco company, saying that he had found nothing in the record which made him "at all anxious to perpetuate any new combina-' misdemeanor unaer tne neaun ion among these companies, j for a householder . physic,.n which the court concedes at all , or any other person to fail to re times exhibited a conscious Port any case of smallpox, whoop wrong doing" i,n2 C0"Kh? measles or scarlet On practically every point on I fever to the quarantine officer which the government appealed , within 24 hours after they be from the decision of the lower come known. Persons vyho fail court it scored a victory today, i t In the first Dace james B Duke' and the twenty-eight other ted. individual defendants were held! Th,ere s still considerable t0 De pa,tieg to the unawful smallpox and measles about over combination ingtead of being I the county. L. P.. Brewster, , freed from further reponsi-' colored, who has been operating j bilit ,n the case aa directed bv : a pressing club at St. Paul s, tne court Dejow i was brought to his home here, Unlike the Standard Oil Com-across tne ra.iroau irom ine oea pany which made no move today j board station luesday with a for a rehearing, William R Per-! well-developed case of smallpox, kins, as counsel for the American Tobacco Company, asked the "The Fall of Troy" In Motion court after the announcement of Pictures. the decision for leave to present! a petition and to sray me nsu:lTlIOQritlu -.ht- (lf nPXt week i i . i ance of the mandate ot the court1 for thirty days. The request was granted. Shortly after the court adjourned until next October r.i r r i- : able production. The New York Meetuig of the Eastern Carolina Morfj;nK Teegram, is an exceed- Dental Society. ingly complimentary reference Drs. R. F. Graham and J. D. j to these pictures, says that none Regan attended the meetinir in of the big dramas and pictures Laurinburg Tuesday of the East-1 that has been produced by the em Carolina Dental Society The! motion picture camera in recent following officers were elected ears "can equal 'The Fall of for the ensuing year: President. 'Troy'. It is beautiful and so Dr. R. L. Spencer; vice president, ! high in scenic display and the Dr. J. L Gibson ; secretary. Dr. R. ! number of actors and others F. Graham; treasurer. Dr. R. T.! involved as to stagger Allen. The following committees belief . . An,s were appointed: executive, Drs. picture should be seen by all and O C. Mclver, E. H. Goldberg, nowhere could it fail to create a T n Prnnm .Tr dental edura - tion, Drs. W. I. Herndon. J. K. Roger?, M. K. McDiaTnid: oral prophjlaxis, Drs. J. L. Mc- ijnrin. H. t:. Stockton. J. u ReKan. J. II. Hurdle: supervisor Am J V"-V. v of clinics. Dr. C. W. Regan. BAD BRIDGE ACCIDENT Mr. W. E. Hooks of Lumberton Has an Exciting Time on Bad Bridge Near Boardman Mule Falls Through and Mule, Man and Vehicle are Injured. Mr. W. E. Hooks, master mechanic for the Kinsrsdale Lum ber Co. here, narrowly escaped serious injury Monday when one of his pair of mules which he was driving broke through Ivey'g Blutf bridge across Lumber river, near Boardman. Mr. Hooks was dragged some little distance on the bridge by the lines, to which he held, and he dragged after him by his light foot the over turned buggy, in which his foot had gotten caught. Mr. Hooks sustained a severely sprained hark and his riirht ankle ia con- siderably swollen and hurt; one of the mules received a cut on its left hiD and it letrs were skin- ncu ujj. inc icu ivijc mn-n the buggy was smashed, the tongue was broken and the top torn up; and a set of harness was broken up. It happened Monday morning about 10 o'clock on the Columbus side of Ivey's Bluff bridge, which crosses Lumber river on the line between Robeson and Columbus and is maintained bv the two counties jointly. It is about three-quarters of a mile from Boardman. In the buggy with Mr. Hooks was "Aunt" Polly Walker, an old colored woman who had been nursing at Mr. Hooka' home and whom he was taking to Boardman. Mr. Hooks was driving his two mules slowly when one of them sank through the bridge to his neck. The other lunged forward, the buggy was turned over and, as stated above, Mr. Hooks' foot caught and he was dratrcred with the mm lie vvcia ui qkku buccrv a short distance. "Aunt" A Misdemeanor Not to Repoit Smallpox and Other Conta gious Diseases. Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county physician and quarantine officer, asks The Robesonian to call at- tention to the fact that it is a jy , V r "V 1,aDle t0 be Prosecuted and pun- At the cpera house Monday and ,.T. p'a J Tpftv will u rpn. The Fall of Troy" will be rep resented in motion pictures. This i3 one of the newest films and is said to be a most remark- 1 sensation. As an euucauonai nicture it is especially to be com mended." There will be no ad vance in prices for these wonder ful pictures, ine LumDerron 1 . - .orchestra will furnish music tor these two evening?. LOCAL BRIEFS The motion picture show for tonight is said to be exception ally good, and when that is said about the motion picture show here you can bet that there's no better anywhere. Electric current was put on at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the power house to operate electric fans. Thi9 service will continue throughout the summer during afternoons. County Auditor A. T. Par mele asks TheRobesonian to state that tax books have not been sent out because they have not been received and that they will be sent to each list-taker as soon as possible. A pretty good crowd left here this morning on the Sunday school excursion to Jackson Springs being operated by Messrs. McKenzie, Jones and Bethune. They will return to night. Rain last night, not heavy in this immediate section, but enough to do crops some good, and. Praise be! there is every in dication of more. Mr. A. S. Pitt man, carrier on rural route No. 2 from Lumberton who returned from his trip about noon, says there was a fine rain on his route. -Ex-Sheriff Geo. B. McLeoi returned this morning from the Highsmith hospital at Fayettville, where he had been under treat ment for some time. His health is considerably improved, al though he is still weak. He will go Monday to Jackson Springs, where he will spend some time re gaining strength, and later he will go to some other health resort Mr. W. H. Graham, Jr., who has been studying electrical engineering at the A. and M. College at Raleigh, will work here during the summer with Mr. E. G. Sipher, electrical engineer. Mr. Graham returned home from the A. and M.. where he will graduate nert year, yesterday and i3 spending a few days here with his brother and sister-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. R. F. Graham, Pine and Fourth streets. Mrs. W. H. Graham is also a guest at the home of her son Dr. Graham. EdmonJ Eugene, 9-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wright of Bluefield, W. Va.. d:ed Monday night about 12:30 o'clock. The child had been sick some time and death was ex pected for several days. Mrs, Wright is a sister of Messrs. H. C. and E. B. Fret man. It has been only a short time since Mr. and Mrs Wright and little boy visited in Lumberton. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Freeman went last week to Bluefield and are ex pected t return one day thij week. Mr. II 0. Edmund put a force of hands to work this morn ing tearing down his cottage on Water street, between Fourth and Fifth, preparatory to build ing a 7-room. 2 story residence. Mr. J. Iv N'ewberrv has 'he con tract for the work. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund and children moved yesterday into a cottage on Pine strtet belongirg to Mr. J. T. Prevatt. which they will occupy until their new residence is com pleted. Dr. Jno. Knox. Jr., returned last niirht from his father's home in Steele Creek township, Meck lenburg county, where he went Tuedav mo-nin in ""W" n a wire advising him of the death of his mother. Mrs. Knox, wno was about oS years old, had been in her usual healtn and her death, which eeurred about midnight Monday l ight, was wo sudden and unexpected. The luneral took place esterdav afternoon from Steele Creek Presbyterian church and interment was made in the church cemetery. Mrs. Jas. Phillips and daugh ters, Misses Dorothy and Marjo rie. of Edinboro, Scotland, will sail on the 10th inst from Glasgow and are expected to arrive here the lat of this month to spend some, time on a visit to Mrs. Phil lips' sons. Messrs. J. M. and C. H., who. with Mr. J. H Balfour, are keeping batch n Mr. J. A. McAllister's farm 4 miles from town on the river road. The Messrs Phillips left their native Scotland 3 or 4 years ago and they were joired here 2 or 3 year, ago by Mr. Balfour. J
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