E ROBESONIAN
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VOL XLII NO. 30.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JUNc 5, 1911.
WHOLE NO. 2671
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WAGRAM WEAVES.
Improvements in the Riverton
Community New and Re
painted Residences C r o p s
Looking Well -Personal.
Conuepondence of The Robesonian.
Wagram, June 2. Miss Kath
arine Livingston, one of the most
popular and successful trained
nurses in this section of the State,
returned a few days ago from a
professional visit to Marlboro,
S. C
Miss Kate R. McMillan, who
had been on an extended visit to
her brother Rev. J. A. McMil
lan and family, of Ashboro, re
turned home last week.
Rev. H. H. McMillan, whoa
few days ago returned from the
Theological Seminary at Louis
ville Ky., preached at Montpelier
Presbyterian church last Sunday,
in the absence of Rev. W. C.
Brown, the pastor.
Mrs. VV. J. Matthews, accom
panied by her little son W. J.,
Jr., leaves to-day for Raleigh to
be present at the marriage of
Miss Foy E. Johnson, daughter
of Rev. Livington Johnson, to
Rev. C. T. Willingham, which
will occur in the First Baptist
church at Raleigh on Wednesday,
the 7th inst.
Mr. Carl Craig of Reidsville, a
recent graduate of Davidson
College and who has been highly
recommended by the president
of that institution, has been
elected principal of the State
high school at Spring Hill. The
other teachers have not yet been
elected.
Misses Kate and Eula Watson,
who had for the past nine months
been students at Meredith Col
lege, returned home last week.
The crops, considering the long
dry spell of warm weather, are
looking remarkably well.
The painter's brush recently
applied to the Wagram hotel
has greatly improved the ap
pearance of that building. Mrs.
E. J. McLauchlin's residence has
also been painted and its ap
pearance greatly improved there
by. If one will travel the river road
from Wagram to Maxton, he will
nna decided improvement in
the
Riverton community. Mr. A. A
McMillan is having his house re
modeled and will have, when
completed, an imposing struc
ture; Mr. W- L. McNeill is hav
ing some much-needed changes
made in his residence, which
will add to the comfort and con
venience of the inmates; and Mr.
W. J. Matthews has very much
improved the appearance of
things around his premises.
Mr. D. S. Alderman is having a
large and commodious building
erected at YVagram which will be
a. credit to the community. This
family will be a valuable acquisi
tion. Surveyor W. J. Matthews is at
Hamlet this week doing some
work for Mr. C. C. Duncan.
Mrs. T. G. Wood and daughter
Miss Mary left last week for
"Winton, in response to a tele
gram announcing the serious
illness of Mrs. Faison, Mrs.
Wood's daughter. A later tele
gram stated that Mrs. Faison!
was better.
Norment News Notes,
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Norment, June 2. We had
juite a refreshing shower in this
section last Friday night which
all the farmers were glad to see.
Most all of the farmers had quit
work, it was so dry, but thev
are all busy as bees now that it
has rained.
Mr. Gary Todd and Miss Jeru
aha Todd were visitors in this
community Sunday. Mr. x Guy
Phillips spent Saturday in Lum
berton. Mr. Leander E vers of
East Lumberton spent Sunday at
his uncle's Mr. Stephen Pitman.
Fishing seems to be the order
of the day down here now, but
don't think they catch over the
law's limit.
Messrs. W. L. and T. J. Phillips
and Stacy Martin attended
preaching at Antioch the past
-week. Mr. W. B. Sutton is
.spending the week with his son-in-law
and daughter Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Prevatt of White
ville. It seems the people are going
to let their hogs run out in spite
of the law. The River swamp
is full of them. The hogs seem
to think that green corn is a
rarity, as they corre out after:
it a great dtaL Brinkle.
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Fire at Hamlet Hotel-Mr. Gough
Escapes in Plug Hag, Coat and
Short tins.
Mr. Frank Gough, of the firm
of White & Gough of Lumberton,
says that the Hamlet hotel nar
rowly escaped being burned
down Thursday night, when he
was a guest there But for Mr.
H. S Leard, division passenger
agent of the Seaboard, Mr.
Gough thinks the hotel would
have gone up, sure. Along in
the wee sma' hours Mr. Leard
observed drifting into his room
smoke which he knew was not
smoke from a railroad engine.
He opened his door and found
smoke in the hall. Then he went
down stairs and found the ne
groes that were supposed to stay
up all night sound asleep in the
office. In the dining room there
was dense smoke and just be-
yond. in the kitchen, Mr. Leard
saw names, tie roused tne ne
groes, sent one of them to have
a yard engine give the alarm,
and then went through the hotel
giving the alarm at every room.
Mr. Gough 's room was on the
third floor, directly over the
kitchen, where the fire started.
When he reached the ground
Mr. Gough was as neatly dressed
as you please from his waist up
had on his shirt, collar and tie
and coat and 6ky-piece but he
didn't have on a thing but short
unsfrom his waist down and so
was bare from his knees down.
Trousers, socks, shoes and grip
he carried in his hands. Smoke
was bulging up the first stair
way he came to. so he sought a
safer passage way. On his way
down Mr. Gough was appealed
SI T W . 1
to by a scantily-clad lady to help
her down with her small daugh
ter, which he did. In the yards
in a short time there was a large
crowd of women and men in
their nighties One drummer
remarked, as he proceeded to
get into his daytimes, that it was
a sheol of a big dressing room.
What damage was done by the
fire has not been learned, but as
nothing has appeared in the daily
papers it must have beeh slight.
I Late trains had filled the hotel
'chock full and if Mr. Leard had
I not discovered the fire as soon as
I he did it would have been very
I serious.
But don't you know Mr. Gough
was a sight with his plug hat and
collar and tie and coat and noth
ing on south of his coat but short
uns?
Organ Recital at Prebsyterian
Church Wednesday Night
Prof. Roumain Callender. a
noted musician of Philadelphia,
will give an organ recital at the j
Presbyterian church Wednesday
night at :30 o'clock. There will
also be songs by the Truman
Quartette, Dr. A. C. Tebeau,
and perhaps others. No admis
sion fee will be charged but a
collection will be taken. Prof.
Callender is said to be a most'ac
complished musician and this re
cital will be very much out of
the ordinary for Lumberton.
"Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil is the
best remedy for that often fatal disease
croup. Has been used with success
in our family for eight years." Mrs.
L. WhlUJaC.e. fcSutt.no, N. Y.
The Flies That Visit Your
MINOR COURT CASES.
Owners of Alleged Sheep-Killing
Dogs Indicted.
Before Justice J. A. Rowland
Saturday afternoon was tried a
case from the Burnt. Islands,
Wishart's township, about al
leged sheep-killing dogs. Geo.
Davis, Geo. Pittman and Stephen
Pittman, Jr., were indicted for
keeping sheep-killing dogs but
the case was dismissed as to
Stephen. The prosecuting wit
ness was A. T. Phillips. It was
in evidence that Messrs. Davis
and Pittman keep two dogs, one
black and the other pied, and
that they keep these dogs chained
except when rabbit hunting. On
the occasion in question they
were chasing a rabbit which ran
across the pasture of Mr. Phil
lips, in which pasture a sheep
jumped up and the dogs aban
doned the rabbit and ran after
the sheep. They were called off
and no damage was done. It
was further in evidence that a
lot of hogs were running at large
and defendants used the dogs in
chasing hogs out of their (on
fields and that the black dog bit
up a hog pretty badly last No
vember but that he was set on
by the owner. It was also in
evidence that there were only
two sheep in that section, these
being owned by the prosecuting
witness. Mr. S. Mclntyre ap
peared for the State, Mr. W. S.
Britt representing the defend
ants. Justice Rowland reserved
his decision until Saturday noon
of this week. A large crowd at
tended the trial.
Geo. Norment. an old colored
citizen of Lumberton. was tried
before Mayor White Saturday on
the charge of retailing and was
bound to court in bond in the sum
of $100, which he gave.
Fire at Elrod.
The depot, postoffice and Mr.
Robert Poole's stare at Elrod
were destroyed Friday night by
fire. The fire was discovered
about 11 o'clock in the depot and
its origin is unknown. The
amount of damage done has not
been learned, but it is hardly
less than several thousand dol
lars. Subscribe to The Robesonian.
The Robesonian will run
an excursion to Wrightsville
Beach the latter part of this
month or about the first
of July. Wait for it ! See
advertisement in next Thurs
day's paper.
Table Corr.e From Filth.
News Notes and Personals From
Raft Swamp.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Buie. R. F. D. 1, June 2. -The
farmers of this section are busy
plowing cotton, borne ot our
farmers haven't got a very good
stand of cotton up yet but it is
still coming We had a fine rain
Friday night, which was appre
ciated very much. Hope more
will come soon.
Mr. Dick Johnson and Miss
Jessie visited in this section Sun
day. Miss Ruth Johnson re
turned home with them after
spending a week at Mr. W. F.
Prevatt's. Messrs. D. C. Lowe
and Clarence Odum were in town
Saturday evening.
There was prayer-meeting at
Raft Swamp last Wednesday
night. It has been going on for
one week.
I Sorry to report Mr. H. Parnell
on the sick list.
Mr. Charlie Parnell spent Wed
nesday in Red Springs.
! Bobby.
In Re the Bardensville School
Committee A False Impres
sion Corrected.
To the Editor of The Robesonian :
I notice in Kingsdale items this
week that men'.ion is made of the
school committee of Bardensville
school, leaving the impres3ion
that untrue things had been said
against the committee. For some
time the Woman's Missionary
Society of Smyrna Baptist church
has met in the school building.
The second Saturday in April,
the doors were locked against!
them. Three of the members f
the church went to see one of the
committee about the matter. He
said he knew nothing of it. The
second Saturday in May the
house was closed again, after
standing open part of the week
before. We do n.t believe that
the committee endjrse any such.
There cannot be a school com
mittee in Robeson county mean
enough to close a school house
against a band of Christian wo
men who are helping to carry on
the work of the Lord. v The
trouble is not with the com
mittee. R. L. Bvrd,
Pastor Smyrna church.
P. S. The correspondent leaves
the impression that the com
mittee closed the school house.
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Robeson Chapter, U. D. C.
will hold its regular monthly
meeting Thursday afternoon of
this week at 4 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. J. A. McAllister,
Chestnut and Sixth streets.
Members are earnestly requested
to be present.
Mr. H. B. Humphrey, jew
eler and optometrist, who stated
recently to some of his iriends
that he expected to leave Lum
berton, has decided to remain
here for the present and will
continue in business at his old
stand on Fourth street.
Miss Nannie Lentz and Rev.
J. E. Blalock, the latter of Salis
bury, were married Thursday
afternoon at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. Lentz, at Raeford, Rev. J. W.
Bradley, pastor of the Methodist
church of Raeford, officiating.
Rev. S. J. McConnell return
ed this morning from Elizabeth
town, where he has just closed a
successful series of meetings. Mr.
McConnell went to Elizabeth
town the first of last week from
Hope Mills, where he assisted in
a series ot meeting coonauctea
the week before.
Mr. J. I. Newberry, who, as
mentioned in Thursday's Robe
sonian, nas tne contract for build
ing a new house for Mr. R. 0.
Edmund on Water street, also
has the contract for building a
6-room cottage for Mr. E. D.
McNeill on his lot in West Lum
berton. Material is on the
ground and work will begin
this week.
Mrs. W. G. Reynolds went
Saturday to Florence, S. G, in
response to a message announc
ing the serious illness of her son
Mr. Raymond, who recently un
derwent an operation there for
appendicitis. He recovered from
the operation and was home for
a few days about a week ago.
but be is down again and it is
feared that he will have to un
dergo another operation.
Mr. McKay Byrd.who lives at
Singletary's Cross Roads, about
10 miles from Lumberton on rural
route No. 5, was in town Friday
and reported a fine rain in his
section Thursday night, more
rain than fell here. He sa;r3 that
corn is looking particularly fine
and that he has some of the finest
corn at all. Mr, V. S. Pittman,
of the Burnt Island section. Wish
art's township, was in town
Saturday and reported a splendid
rain in his section Thursday night
and crops looking fine.
When the Kingsdale Lumber
Co., from which the lumber was
gotten for putting in pos'tion the
nandsome sign at the Seaboard
itation advertising the town,
which tl e Industrial and Com
nerciil , Club had erected., was
id vised hat the lumber was for
it cancelled the charge and made
:he club a present of the lumber."
That was doing the handsome,
jind the Kingsdale's company's
liberality is appreciated by the
'ub and the towr.
Mr. W. C. Munn, who lives
on route 2 from Fairmont,
brought to The Robesonian
office this morning a stalk of cot
ton 14 inches high, as healthy a
stalk as anybody ever saw in this
county early in June. Mr. Munn
says he has 40 acres just like the
stalk he brought to town.
Mr. Norman Britt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. Britt. of the Ten
Mile section, has just completed
his first year at the North Caro
lina Medical College at Charlotte
and recieved the other day his
report, which advances him to
the sophomore class in every
study. The report was accom
panied by a letter from the dean
of the college complimenting him
very highly on the success of his
first year's work. Mr. Britt is a
brother of Messrs. E. M. and W.
S. Britt of Lumberton.
Master Allen Bond, fi-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Bond, who was in Lumberton
with his mother from Friday till
this morning at the home of their
cousin Miss Josephine Breece,
says that he thinks he will get
married right away and settle
down in Lumberton. Allen
says that Cronly, the small town
near Wilmington where they have
been living for the past year, is
not large enough to sling a cat
around in, and he does not like it
and is glad his folks are going
back to that dear Rowland to
live.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Spivey
returned Friday evening from
Williamsburg county. S C,
where, at Salters, they attended
the funeral of Mr. Spivey's
uncle, Mr. Arch Spivey, who
died Tuesday. The deceased
was 70 years old. He was born
and raised in Robeson county
and had been living in Williams
burg county for 13 years. He is
survived by five sisters and one
brother Meedames Flora A.
Spivey and Kate Loach of Lum
berton, Casswell Britt and Char
ity Britt of Britt's township, and
Nepp Britt of Cerro Gordo; and
Mr. Richard Spivey of Rowland.
In Thursday's Robesonian it
was mentioned that Capt. A.
Bicherey, who had just severed
his connection with the Waverly
hotel as proprietor, and Mrs.
Bicherey would leave Thursday
evening for Purcell, Okla , where
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Leon T. Cook, live
and where they will make their
home. Their daughter Miss
Martha has been attending school
at Mount St. Mary's Academy
in Oklahoma City for the past
year. They were accompanied
by Mr. Cook's mother, Mrs.
Ellen Cook of Maxton, who may
also decide to make her home in
Purcell.
-Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ronr?,
who moved last year from Row
land to Cronly, where Mr. Bond
had charge of a fertilizer plant
for the Acme Co. of Wilmington,
moved last week back to their
home at Rowland. Mr. Bond
and two sons. Messrs. Eugene
and victor, went to Rowland
Friday and Mrs. Bond and young
est son, Master Ale-, stopped
over in Lumberton with their
cousin Miss Josephine Breece, at
her home on the corner of Wal
nut and Fourth streets, until
this morning, when they left for
Rowland. Mr. Bond has given
up his position with the Acme
Co. He and his family have
many friends throughout the
county who will be glad to learn
that they have returned to their
old home. Mr. Bond wis in
Lumberton a while Saturday.
Rev. C. J. Woodson of Shelby,
a Baptist minister who represent
ed Cleveland countv in the last
Legislature, spenr Ve.lnesday
and Thursday in Lumberton on
his way home from Raeford.
where he conducted a meeting
the week before. Cleveland
county boasts of having the finest
court house in the State, but Mr.
Woodson says that Robesoa's
court house, while it does not
make so fine an appearance on
the outside as Cleveland's, is per
haps finer on the inside. Shelby
also boasts the finest Baptist
church in the State, but Mr.
Woodson says it has not cot any
thing on the First Bip bt church
of Lumberton, wheie he made a
short talk at prayermeeting Wed
nesday night and with which he
was very much impressed. He
says that i' main sud't'rium is
liner than She'.Jy's cu-co.