E ROBESONIAN
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VOL XLII NO. 32. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1911. WHOLE NO. 2673
ANTIOCH ANSWERS.
Condition of Cotton Pleased
With Idea of a Trolley Line
New Township Created -Personal.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Antioch, June 9. -The ex
pected rains have come and in
some places the remainder of the
cotton is coming up, while in
others it hasn't and we presume
won't come. There will not be
n average stand in this imme
diate vicinity. The condition of
the cotton towards Raeford is
better than around Antioch.
The difference perhaps in the dif
ferent times of planting. The
corn crop is unusualy far ad
vanced for this season.
Mr. R. P. Barnes ol Barnesville
is spending a few days with Mr.
J. A. Brown; Jr Mr. Barnes
came by on his return home from
Trinity Park School at Durham.
-Mr. and Mrs. M. H. McPhaul
spent Sunday with Mrs. Mc
Phaul's mother at Floral College.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McPhaul
were Red Springs visitors Tues
day. Dr. W. 0. Howard of
Elmodel, Ga . is an Antioch
visitor, a guest of his brother-in-law
Mr. H. L. McGougan.
Mrs. Howard and little son have
been, here for a month. Miss
Lou Smith returned Saturday
from Pine Bluff, Ark., where
she had been visiting her brother
Mr. W. J. Smith Seyerai oi our
young men were Red Springs
visitors Sunday afternoon and
evening.
We are very much pleased with
the idea of some day seeing Rae
ford, Antioch, Red Springs and
Lumberton connected by a car
line. This would bring us all in
to close touch with each other.
While an imaginary line divides
us, vet there are many things in
which we have a common in
terest. We are alike inter
ested in progress, and a car
line would only be one of the
many sequels of the progress of
our age. But let's don't let the
matter die where it is, but get
some of our moneyed men in
terested and it will be forthcom
iag and will also pay them large
returns.
Mrs. M. A Gaston of Green
ville, S. C, is an Antioch visitor,
a guest of her son Rev. V. R.
Gaston.
Rev. Chas. E. Hodgin and
family arrived Thursday after
noon from their home at Greens
boro and will spend several days
with Mr. Hodgin's brother Mr.
J. A. Hodgin and other relatives
And friends. "Chas" Hodgin, as
he is still known at Antioch, is
one of Antioch's sons of whom
they are all proud, he is rapidly
rising to distinction in his chosen
profession. He has been called
recently to the co-pastorate of
Maxton and Center churches.
His many friends hope he can
see his way clear to accept thi3
important charge and thus once
again he on his native heath.
At the meeting of the board of
commissioners last Monday the
flew township of Allendale was
formed from Blue Springs. This
gives us eight townships, none
Jarge but all large enough for
equitable purposes. . The new
township is composed of some of
the best citizens of this or any
other county. In this township
is situated "Sycamore Hill," the
beautiful country home of Hon.
T. B. Russell beautiful for
situation, located on the banks
of the famous "Lumbee" river.
Here also we find the farms of
A. J. and Hector Currie, Graham
McGougan and others too num
erous to mention, but who are
numbered among the best farm
ers in the county.
We were glad to meet a few
days ago that prince of clever
fellows, Mr. Chas. Purcell, who
is a most enthusiastic Scot. Mr.
Purcell is a grandson of Rev.
Jno. Mclntyre, who was born in
Argylshire, Scotland, August 24,
1750, and died near here Novem
ber 17, 1852, at the ripe old age
of 103 years. We have promised
in the near future to go to Mr.
Purcell's home, where we will
get, we know, some interesting
data whicn we will try to the
best of our ability to reproduce
for our readers.
Mr. W. G. Reynolds resigned
Fridry as sanitary inspector for
the town, his resignation effec
tive Saturday night, and Mr. J as.
S. McNeill has been appointed to
succeed him. Mr. McNeill began
work this morning.
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here True friendc tnci
no cUtK tnetr crustSA lass
With ouresr Soon Treat
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TOWN AFFAIRS.
Recent Sanitary Ordinance
Revised and Old Ordinance
Revived Mr. W. Lennon
Resigns as Clerk and Treas
urerOther Matters Com
mittees. At a meeting of the town com
missioners Thursday night Mr.
W. Lennon resigned as town
clerk and treasurer, his resigna-
i tion to take effect as soon as his
successor can be selected. Mr.
Lennon's law practice is taking
up so much of his time thatie
cannot attend to the duties of the
office. This office paid $25 per
month until recently, when the
salary was increased to $30, and
! the board will now probably in
! crease the salary and employ a
'man to devote his entire time to
this work and assist in collect
ing. The order recently passed in
regard to plumbing licenses was
reconsidered and it was ordered
that all plumbing licenses be $10,
that each license be transferable,
each plumber to give bond in the
sum of $500, licenses to be issued
I for one year from date of issue.
A note was ordered executed
to the Eureka Fire Hose Co., for
$855, with interest from date at
6 per cent, payable November 1,
for hose bought in 1909.
I Representatives of the three
banks of the town appeared be
fore the board to discus3 finances.
! Propositions were made by the
I Bank of Lumberton and the First
i National Bank, and it was order
ed that the town accounts be
' given these two banks, the Bank
of Lumberton to receive its own
checks and the First National to
receive all cash and all other
checks, the balances in the two
i banks to be kept as nearly equal
as possible.
' The sanitary ordinance hereto
fore passed requiring all persons
I to install water who are within
200 feet of water and sewer lines
: unless closet can be maintained
'l00 feet from any residence, was
changed to read 100 feet from
any residence, church or business
! house. An old ordinance which
does not permit a surface closet
, within 20 feet of any sidewalk,
which has been on the books for
some time but which has been a
'dead letter, was ordered en-
, forced.
I H. H. Redfern exhibited his
bond as tax colllector. S. D.
, Dillard was allowed rebate of
' $3 75 Bills amounting to $471 -'87,
some of them brought over
j from the old board, were ordered
paid.
! A report of the Charlotte Audit
. Co. on the town accounts for the
j past year was received. This
! report will be found elsewhere in
j this paper.
I COMMITTEES.
j Below-is given a list of all the
town committees. All matters
that any citizen wishes to take
un with the commissioners should
be taken up with the proper.com
mittee and this list will be found'
of value. It would be well t
' cut it out for ready reference :
IPmanoo T H McMillan M U.
THE WAY OF THE BLIND TIGER IS HARD.
STORM DAMAGE
Ginnery. Struck by Lightning
and Burned Severe Hail
Storm Injures Cotton.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Gaddysville, June 9 During
a severe electric storm on Tues
day afternoon, June 6, the gin
nery belonging to Mr. J. R.
Burns was struck by lightning
and burned. Mr. Burns had just
put in last season a new Lummus
system and the damage, together
with some fa-m implements and
several thousand feet of lumber,
will not be less than two or three
thousand dollars.
The wind being in his favor
and rain falling the saw-mill and
power plant were not burned.
The building had been newly
rodded only six weeks ago and
Mr- Burns thinks possibly he
will be able to collect some dam
ages, as the rod men guarantee
against fire caused by lightning.
Several plow boys with their
teams had gone under out of the
rain. They were shocked and
scared pretty near to death, but
none seriously hurt.
On Wednesday afternoon fol
lowing the fire a severe hail
storm struck the Kentyre com
munity, just across the State line
from here, and did a great deal
of damage, beating the young
cotton off at the ground in some
places.
Negro Killed Near Maxton.
Sam Pugh, colored, was
brought to jail here this morn
ing by G. H. McCallum, a special
deputy, of Maxton, charged with
jthe murder of Arthur Proctor
McRae, colored, known as"Bunk"
McRae, Saturday night on a
'place near Maxton belonging to
Col. E. F. McRae. The dead
man was shot in the stomach
'with a shotgun and lived 3 or 4
j hours after he was shot. He was
! shot near Pugh's home and was
hauled away after the shooting.
Coroner G. E. Rancke went to
Maxton last night and held in
quest about 2 o'clock this morn
ing. The jury found that the
dead man came to his death by a
ginsh't wound if. dieted by Pugb
and Pugh was arrested this
morning by Messrs. J. C. Smith
and G H McCallum. It is
thought that the shooting was
the result of a quarrel about a
woman.
The S at? building com mission
Wednesday selected plans forthe
S250 000 fireproof administratson
building to be erected on the
south side of Capitol square in
Raleigh. The plans are for a 5
story structure, the first story of
granite and the upper stories of
Bedford limestone with terra
cotta trimmings. The style cf
architecture is Grecian, to har
monize with the State house.
The purpose is to get the building
under way by early fall.
G. French; sanitary, J. D. Mc
Millan, M. W. Floyd; light, W.
J. P"?vatt,J. H. Mortison; street.
W.J. Prevatt, J. H. Morrison;
fire, J. L. Stephens, G. G.French;
building, W. J. Prevatt, J. H.
i .in son.
OVER ONE HUNDRED.
Mr. Parker Has Number of
Robeson Corn Club Boys
Down Wrong Boys Asked
to Register With Both De
partments. To Members of the Boys' Corn Club:
I wish to call your attention to
a letter from Mr. T. B. Parker,
Raleigh, which was published in
the newpapers of the county last
week. Mr. Parker states that
only 15 boys from this .county
have joined his club. Over one
hundred boys have enrolled as
members of the Boys' Corn Club
with Prof. I. O. Schaub. Sol
am writing this to ask you to
send your names to Mr. Parker
at once so that you may have a
chance of winning prizes from
both departments. I also note
that The Progressive Farmer has
$1,000 and will probably have
11,500 by the 17th of this month
to offer in prizes. Wben you
send your application to Mr.
Parker, request him to send your
name to The Progressive Farmer.
By doing this you have a chance
of winning a whole lot of nice
prizes.
J. R. Poole, County Supt.
No Court Next Week.
There will be no term of Robe
son Superior Court next week.
The term that was to have been
held beginning next Monday has
been called off. Jurors of course
need not come to town on ac
count of court Judge C. M.
Cook of Louisburg, who was to
preside, attends the wedding of
a member of hi3 family that
week. He has made strenuous
efforts to get a judge to hold this
court, but has tailed. A meet
ing of the bar of the county was
held here Friday and Judge Cook
called up Mr. A. W. McLean over
long distance 'phone and asked
that the matter be deferred until
Saturday afternoon. This was
done. Saturday afternoon iit the
appointed hcur Judge Cook
called up again and asked that
I he be given half an hour; which
was done; and then he called to
say that it was no use, it had
been impossible for him to get a
judge to serve and that if it was
desired he would come down
here in the fall and hold a term
free of charge. So it will be
seen that the judge is just
bleeged to attend that wedding
Greatest Wheat Crop Ever.
Washington Dispatch, June i.
Promiie that this year's whpat
crop will be the greatest ever
produced in thi country is given
by the June crop repoit, issued
I today by the department of Agri
culture. Estimates by the de
partment's experts indicate that
'approximately 704,291,837 bu-n-els
of wheat will be harwsied
j in this country this summer and
autumn, an increase of, ab-iut
08,848,857 bushels over that gar
nered last year. Of winter
wheat the increase-! yi-i I is
almost 430,000 bushn. u of
spring wheat 284, 000.OU0 bushels.
Subscribe for The V. 'bir.h:.
SEWERS,
CANALS,
MAPS&C.
IRA MUL LIS,
CIVIL ENGINEER
orrice in 4umbcwtoncott m
w MILL. OFFICE BUIlOikiG
Lightning Kills Six Horses and
Mules at Maxton Yesterday
Strikes Graded School Flag
staff Here.
During the severe electrical
storm here yesterday afternoon
between 4 and 5 o'clock the flag
staff on top of the graded school
building was struck, the knob on
the top of the staff being knocked
off an the staff being shivered
for a short distance from the top.
No other damage wa3 done.
At Maxton about the ame
time a barn belonging to Daniel
Leach, colored, on the edge of
town, was struck and burned
with all its contents, including
two horses and four mules. One
horse and two mule3 belonged to
Leach, one horse belonged to
Daniel McKay, colored. 1 mule
belonged to Mr. Jack Purcell,
and a mule and wagon belonging
to an Indian named Oxendine
were burned. The animals that
did not belong to Leach had been
driven under the barn out of the
rain. Two of the mules were
killed outright by lightning.
Three Indians who were in the
barn were shocked, one of them,
Luther Oxendine, severely,
though not seriously.
The Bardensville School Houe
Closing.
The Robesonian is requested to
state that Bardensville school
house, the closing of which has
been mentioned by the Kingsdale
correspondent and also by Rev.
R. L Byrd, was closed merely
for the protection cf the school
property. There was no inten
tion to keep out any church so
ciety; it was not" known to the
committee at the time the house
was closed that any ladies de
sired to meet there for church
purposes. Tne house wa3 closed
merely to protect the property
and with no intention at all of
stopping the ladies from meet
ing there. Tnat u ail there was
to it.
County Farmers' Union Meeting
Thursday State President
Alexander to $pek.
To the Farmers' Union of Rjb-son
County :
Next Thursday. June 15, the
county Union will meet at Rirt
Swamp at 10:30 o'clock. At
eleven o'clock Dr. H. Q. Alexan
der, State president, will speak.
We invite all memoers of tne
Union to be present We also
invite all farmers and business
men to meet with U3 and hear
thi3 speech and find out some of
the obiects of the Farmers' U.i
ion. This meet'ng is not in the
nature of a public picnic but all
members of tne Union are x-'
pected to bring dinner. Tne
Union for the transaction of
business will be ciilel at 1
o'clock.
We respectfully request a'l of
the Raft Swamp community,
bocix ni i!e and female, to come
ojt'aua near the speech.
J. E. Cirtvle, Pres.
June 10, Urll.
Dr. Thomas' Eoiectric ' i ia the
best remedy for that oiten fatai uieaa?
- croup. Has been used wi'.tx success
in our farr.uy for iit e-ira." Mrs.
L. Wli U-jc:- 3uA , N. Y.
LOCAL BRIEFS
3
License has beea issued far
the marriage of Mish Allen and
Ernest Jackson.
Rev. J. C. McConnell and
family moved last week from a
cottage n Second street to a
house on Seventh street recently
vacated by Mr. C. H. Randal,
who moved into a house on Fifth
street.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lee, ac
companied by Dr. G. L. Clark of
Clarkton, will leave this after
noon for Richmond, Va., where
Mrs. Lee will undergo treatment
in a hospital. Mrs. Lee has been
failing in health for some time.
Miss Olivia Glass and Mr.
Geo. H. Hall were married last
Wednesday night in St. Paul's
Methodist church at Maxton.
The bride was a stenographer in
the omce of Leach & Glass of
Maxton and Mr. Hall is with the
United Lumber Co. of Maxton.
Rev, J. D. A. Brown, of
Aberdeen, preached at the
Presbyterian church yesterday
morning and evening. Rev. R.
E. Steel, of Spencer, will preach
here for the Presbyterians next
Sunday morning and evening
and possibly at Baker's chapel
in the afternoon.
The conditionof Mrs. C. B.
Townsend, who has been sick
for several days at her home on
Elm street, is somewhat im
proved today. Her daughter
Mrs. O. C. Spaulding, who had
been spending a few days here,
returned to her home in Maxton
Saturday.
Mr. K. M. Biggs returned
Saturday from Black Mountain,
where he had been to set his
uncle, Prof. J. B. Carlyle, who
has been in the western part of
! the State for about two months
ion account of bad health. Mr-
Biggs says that Prof. Carlyle's
condition is unimproved.
The county commissioner
and board of education are hold
ing called sessions today. The
board of education endorsed this
morning three petitions for
Foecial tax elections, as' follows:
No. 5, Howellsville, 20 and 60
cents; No 4, Alfordsville, 25 and
75 cents; No. 2, colored, Alfords-
i ville, 25 and 75 cents. The com-
missioners are revising the jury
! list.
Special attractions at the
moving picture show at the opera
house tonight andtomorrow night
will be New York's Chinatown
and bowery Chinatown tonight
and the bowery tomorrow night.
These attractions consist of 58
hand colored slides, a full de
scriptive lecture being given with
each slide, giving a peep into the
mysterious cosmopolitan q'nrter
of New York.
Mr. Raymond Reynolds, who
recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis at Florence, S.
C, where he had been at work,
and retJrned to Floence after
spending a short while here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Reynolds, has returned home
again. His physician has advised
him that it will not be safe to
r?sume his w;rk until the 1st of
September, until which time he
will remain at home.
Scottish Ch:ef, 9th: Mr.
Strong Wishart of near Lumber
ton pased through Maxton Tues
day evening on his way to Jack
sonville to visit his son. He met
with an accident at Wilmington
on Wednesday of last week that
might have been mere serious.
A piece of timber 6x8 inches
thick and A feet long fell from
the second story of a house he
was at work on and s'.ruck him
on the back of the neck, render
ing him unconscious for awhile.
He has recovered.
Mayor A. E. White has ap
pointed Messrs. R. D. Caldwell,
W. P. McAllister, D. D. French,
Gjs C. Prevatt and W. K. Be
thune delegates to the annual
convention of the North Caralina
Good Reads A? sociation. which
will be he'd in Win3ton-Salem to
morrow and Wednesday. Every
mayor of a town has been in
structed to appoint f.e dele
gates. Mr. White is a.io secre
tary and treasurer of the Robe
son County Good Road3 Associa
tion. He is trying to make ar
rangements to attend the conven
tion and perhaps others from
tne cJ'.ty a; . t
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