S ROBESONIAN
Established 1870.
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VOL XLII NO. 42.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JULY 17. 1911.
WHOLE NO. 2683
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TO LOWER TAX RATE.
Taxpayers of Lumberton to be
Saved Over $3,000 the Year
Rate on Tax for Bond Low
ered 25 CenU on Property and
79 Cents on Poll.
At a meeting of the town com
missioners tomorrow night May
or A. E. White will recommend
that the tax rate for bond pur
poses be lowered from 83 cents
on the $100 worth of property to
58 cents, and that the tax on
polls be reduced from $2 49 to
SI. 70. This is a reduction of 25
cents on the $100 and 79 cents
on the poll. It is based ufion 380
-polls and a property valuation of
$1,200,000, allowing no increase
over 4 years ago, and it will mean
a total saving to the taxpayers
of the town of $3,300.20.
In explanation of why it is
possible to make this reduction,
the present tax rafe yields a re
turn of more money than is nec
essary to provide interest on out
standing bonds of the town
which amount to $105,000 and
sinking fund to retire them at
maturity. That being so, it is
just a question of whether tax
payers would rather keep on pay
ing a higher rate and laying up
more than is necessary to retire
the bonds, or pay a lower rate.
Anybody knows the answer.
This estimate is based upon
careful calculations made for the
mayor and town attorney, who
were appointed a committee to
investigate, by experts, and it is
hardly probable that the town
fathers will miss the opportunity
to cover themselves with glory
by reducing taxes.
Howellsville Happenings Fine
Crops.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Howellsville, July 13-Pro-tracted
meeting will begin at
Regan's Tuesday after the third
Sunday in this month. Everybody
attend.
Miss Lula Graham was visit
ing in this vicinity last week.
She returned home Sunday.
Miss Dora Herring is the guest
of Miss Lena Russ this week.
Sorry to report Mi. J. D. Her
ring has been very ill this week.
Think he is improving.
Everybody should have attend
ed Children's Day at Tabernacle
last Sunday. I'm quite sure
every one enjoyed the exercises
fine.
Miss Lorena Young and her
brother attended the picnic at
Great marsh church last Tuesday.
There was a large crowd there.
Had plenty of something good to
eat.
Miss Annie Bracy of Rowland
is to arrive Tuesday, and will be
the guest of Miss Ellen Mercer.
Mr. N. A. Mercer is all smiles:
it is a boy.
Miss Lottie M'White is to visit
in this vicinity next week. She
will attend the meeting at
Regan's.
From what I can hear every
body had a real nice time at
Bryant's last Saturday, also had
plenty of something good to eat.
Crops are fine in this commun
ity, much better than last year.
"Soxy."
Annual Indian Picnic at Union
Chapel.
The annual Indian Dicnic at
Union chapel will be held Satur
day, July 22d. There will be
good speakers and a good time
for all. Everybody is invited to
attend and to take baskets.
On board a negro excursion
train from Columbia, S. C, to
Charlotte Thursday night John
Reeves, a Rock Hill, S. C, negro,
was shot and killed by Special
Policeman J. T. Wilson of Char
lotte and Special Policeman J. R
Eskridge of Charlotte was shot
and dangerously wounded by the
negro, who begaii the trouble by
firing his pistol from a window
of the car and turned his pistol
on the officers whn ordered to
surrender it.
Speaker Champ Clark has ac
cepted an invitation to visit
Narth Carolina in December and
deliver an address at Raleigh be
fore the teachers' assembly.
Sprains require careful treatment
Keep quiet and apply Chamberlain's
Liniment freely. It will remove the
soreness and quickly restore the parts
to a healthy condition. For sale by all
dealers.
LAND VALUES.
Work of Board of Equalization
Values Increased in Lum
berton Township 63 Per
Cent, Instead of Decreased
Explanation of the Dif
ference. Elsewhere in this paper
will be found a table show
ing land values in the vari
ous townships of the county,
according to reports made by the
tax assessors, and the work done
by the board of equalization. It
will be seen that in some in
stances an increase was ordered,
in other instances a decrease.
It was of course necessary to
do this in order to equalize values,
and that is what the board is for.
This work was completed
Thursday, but not until after
The Robesonian had gone to
press, and the report in Thurs
day's paper was as complete as
could be obtained at the time of
going to press. It was incom
plete, of course; it did not pre
tend to be anything else; and it
was thought that all would re
cognize that fact. And it is
never safe to base conclusions on
incomplete reports. It was
stated in that incomplete report
that there was a decrease in the
average valuation of land in
Lumberton township of 11 per
cent. That needs explanation.
The fact is that there has been
an increase of 63 per cent, when
the matter has been rightly pre
sented -from $16.62 per acre to
$27.14-which is the greatest in
crease made in any township,
and already lands were valued
higher for taxation in Lumber
ton township than in any other.
Sixty-three per cent The dif
ference comes about in this way:
In making the calculation upon
which the first report was based
the number of acres and the
valuation of corporate real pro
perty was not considered at all,
a written statement to this effect
being submitted to the board of
equalization, whereas the records
for 1907 show that such corporate
property was included in the
valuation for that year. As the
valuation of this property
amounts to considerably more
than the valuation of all the
other property listed as lands in
the township, it follows that
leaving it out would show a de
crease, while including it would
show a corresponding increase,
without considering the increase
in value as fixed by the township
assessor.
This ought to be perfectly
plain to anybody how and it is
to be hoped that nobody will
tell any lies about the valuation
for Lumberton township.
The Outbeatin'est Bunch of Corn
Ever.
Mr. J. B. Humphrey, who
lives on route 2 from Lumberton,
in the Saddle Tree section, sent
to town Saturday by Mr. Richard
Humphrey the outbeatin'est thing
in the way of tasseled ears of
corn that ever happened. At
one point on the piece of stalk
that was sent there ar fully 25
partially developed ears of corn.
The exact number could not be
determined without tearing the
bunch to pieces, and it is too
pretty and unusual a sight to do
that, but there are fully 25.
Anybody who wants to see this
curiosity may take a look at it
at The Robesonian office. If this
is an earnest of what Mr. Humph
rey's corn is going to do he is
going to make folks sit up and
take notice when the returns are
all in.
One Special School Tax Election
Carried, One Lost
A special school tax election
i"or 25 cents on the $100 and 75
cents on the poll was carried in
district No. 4, Alfordsville town
ship, Saturday. There were 14
voters registered and 14 votes
were cast for the tax. On the
same day an election held in dis
trict No. 5, Howellsville, for a
tax of 20 cents on property and
60 cents on polls, was lost. The
registered vote was 48 and 24
votes were cast for the tax, 20
b,.ing cast against.
Constipation cauaea headache, nausea,
dizziness, languor, heart palpitation.
Drastic physics gripe, sicken, weaken
the bowels and don't cure. Doan's
Regulets act quickly and cure constipa
tion. 25 cents. Ask your druggist.
VETERANS REUNION.
August 24, Date for the County
Confederate Veterans Re
union, Will be a Big Day in
Lumberton Arrangements
Being Made for Entertaining
Large Crowds.
Reported for The Robesonian.
The home committee, or cen
tral committee, appointed to ar
range for the county reunion of
Confederate veterans on August
24th, met in the court house
Saturday morning, present, Gen.
F. A. Bond, J. A. McAllister,
Judge T. A. McNeill, J. S.
Thompson and M. G. McKenzie.
Gen. Bond was appointed officer
of the day for the 24th, with
power to look after and arrange
all detaUs for the occasion.
Prominent citizens and the
president of the Industrial and
Commercial Club were consulted,
and the town of Lumberton
claims the privilege of furnish
ing dinner, and looking after all
matters pretaining to the matter
of entertaining the veterans on
this occasion, thus making all
veterans and their wives guests
of the town. This assures that
the entertainment part will be
well done.
Maj. Hall, chief marshal, will
announce his list of assistant
marshal in a few 'days. Promi
nent speakers are being invited,
and the indications for a big time
grow as the days go by.
OUT BARKER'S WAY.
A Small Boy Killed by Light
ning Fine Corn and Cotton
Children's Day and Pro
tracted Meeting.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. F. D. 2, July
13. There seems to be a wrong
impression about the Regan child
that was killed by lightning July
5th. Some have it that it was
one of my boys, others that it
was my brother Tom, but it was
neither one but was my brother
Tom's little boy, about seven
years old, John Henry. He was
playing horse, riding a stick,
when lightning came down
through the limbs of an oak,
knocking off a few leaves, strik
ing him on top of his head, burn
ing the head a little, crushing
the head till it was soft, break
ing his neck, and killing him in
stantly. His sister, about 9
years old, was shocked at the
same time and her arm was
burned, but it is all right now.
Two mules were knocked down
at the same time but do not seem
to be damaged any at present.
1 was sorry to notice in your
i i. ii a w i i
last paper mat our inena ana,ine dibck uuru g party i ttvi' Kltho Virinio A Paulino
BPrmn mora Jnhn R for v o had
passed away. He was a true
friend and neighbor when a boy
and there are few men that have
done more for the cause of edu
cation in his own State. Truly
a good man has gone from us
and we are sorry to lose him.
As I look about I find that corn
cropsare very fine never better,
I think and some very fine cot
ton, but the late cotton is small
yet, with but very few forms on
it, but the fine rains we are hav
J
ing have washed most of the lice
off of it and it will be apt to do
better now.
There will be Children's Day
exercises at Barker's church the
4th Sunday afternoon at about
3 o'clock. The protracted meet
ing for Barker's church will be
gin Wednesday after the 4th
Sunday at H o'clock. Hope there
will be a good attendance.
John N. Regan.
Notices of New Advertisements.
A Weinstein advertises a 10
days' sale to begin July 21 dur
ing which he will sell goods at
33 h cents on the dollar less than
cost.
Special prices that are not
bubbles To wnsend Bros.
Special bargain sale Lumber
ton Drug Co.
Beacon shoes, the real thing in
quality Jno. T. Biggs Co.
A runaway boy advertised.
Six-room house for sale.
The county pension board is
in session today canvassing ap
plications. It is composed of
Col. S. J. Cobb of Parkton,
chairman; Messrs. W. H. Graham
of Rowland and J. Span Thomp
son, who lives near Lumberton;
and Clerk of the Court C. B.
Skipper, who is a member of the
board ex officio.
FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER.
Bringing in Tobacco Interest
Growing in Hookworm Treat
mentPersonal. Cormpondenc of Th Robesonian.
Fairmont, July 14. Messrs.
Reeves and Chambers have ar
rived and the farmers are already
bringing in tobacco. The crop
will be short, of course, but the
weed seems fine.
Miss Wylie of Clio, S. C. is
the guest of Miss Crissie Floyd,
much to the pleasure of the
young people of the town.
The young people picnicked at
Lumber river last Wednesday.
The Mesdames Boushall of
Greenville are guests of Mrs. J.
R. Bobbitt.
The birthday party by the
Methodist ladies held on the
lawn at Dr. Brown's last Tues
day night was a very enjoyable
occasion, and the ladies realized
quite a nice sum for their church
work.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Stubbs and
Mrs. E. Fisher were among those
who went on the excursion to
Johnson City.
Mr. Phil Jones, who had been
in South Carolina for some time,
returned home last week.
Mrs. Mark Floyd and hand
some little son, who were with
Mr. A. E. Floyd and family for a
week, have returned to their
home in Lumberton.
Mrs. Y. E. Smith and children
of Durham are visiting friends
and relatives in town.
Mr. and Mrs., Ben Ivey of
Albany, Va., are among old
friends and relatives in town.
Messrs. Frank Ponder, Lewis
and Watson will buy tobacco
this season. Others will come
later also.
We are glad to welcome back
to their old home Mr. N. A.
Carter and family, who have re
turned from a long stay in
Laurinburg.
Miss Sallie Smith went to Wil
mington this week for special
throat treatment. She was ac
compained by her sister Miss
Fannie Smith of Boardman.
Miss Leila Mclntyre of Latta
is th; charming guest of Miss
Maggie Pittman.
A special hookworm meeting
at the school auditorium was
well attended last Thursday.
Our people are getting more in
terested in the work.
Dr. N. H. Andrews of Pem
broke visited his father, Mr. N.
T. Andrews, last week.
Mr. E. V. McDaniel and Mr.
Silas Griffin are scaring the fish
at Southport this week.
Cards from Dr. Brown show
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Pacific coast.
are now on the
Postoffice to be Remodeled.
The work of remodeling the
postoffice building, which has
been hanging fire for some time,
may be expected to begin some
material for the work has been
ordered and part of it has ar
rived. The contract calls for
the addition of 80 lock boxes of
the smallest size, 60 of the
second size and 30 of the largest,
making 360 lock boxes in all.
The floors will be tiled, the front
will be more on the side, the
money order window will be
about where the outside desk
now stands, and the inside of
the building will be changed all
around. When the work is com
pleted the office will be much
more conveniently arranged and
up-to-date.
Corner Stone of Chestnut Street
Methodist Church to be Laid
Next Sunday Afternoon.
The corner stone of the new
Chestnut Street Methodist church
will be laid next Sunday after
noon, the 23d, at 5 o'clock p. m.
All the churches of the town are
invited to join in this ceremony.
Work on tnis church is progress
ing nicely and it is hoped that it
will be completed early in the
fall.
KIdaey Diseases are Careable '
under certain conditions. The right
medicine must be taken before the dis
ease has progressed too far. Mr. Perry
A. Pitman, Dale. Tex., says: "I was
down in bed for four monthj with kid
ney and bladder trouble and gall stones.
One bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy
cured me well and sound." Ask for it.
J. D. McMillan & Son.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Rev. Mr. Rankin of jHaralet
will begin a series of meetings
at Baker's chapel tomorrow.
Messrs. Casper Smith and
Ernest Barker, Lumberton boys,
were among the successful appli
cants for license as pharmacists
before the State board recently.
Mr. Smith has a position in a
drug store in Greensboro.
It has been decided that the
warehouse here wiil not be open
ed this season. Mr. W. M.
Worley, who has had charge of
this warehouse for several sea
sons and who arrived here a
week ago from his home in
Asheville, will go this season to
Fairmont or Barnesville.
Mrs. G. T. Dula, mother of
Mrs. M. Beverly of Lumberton,
died on the 10th at her home
at Ansonville. She had been
sick since last fall. Mrs. Beverly,
who spent some time at Anson
ville and was with her mother
when she died, returned home
last night accompanied by her
sisters, Misses Louise and Ollie
Dula, who will spend some time
here.
The silver tea which was to
have been given Friday evening
on the lawn at the residence of
Mr. R. D. Caldwell by Robeson
chapter, Daughters of the Confed
eracy, to raise money to purchase
markers for graves of the Con
federate dead in Lumberton, was
postponed on account of the
weather to some date which will
be announced later.
-The condition of Sheriff E. C.
McNeill, at his home on Elm
street, and Mr. Leslie Biggs, at
the Thompson hospital, both of
whom have been confined for
some time with typhoid fever, is
considered somewhat improved
today. Mr. W. K. Bethune, of
The Robeson i an 's staff, has been
sick since Thursday at the home
of his aunt, Mrs. Mollie R. Nor
ment, on Elm street.
-Rev. Father Thos. P. Hayden
and Rev. Father J. F. Gallagher
of Wilmington celebrated mass
at the opera house yesterday
morning at 7:30 o'clock and
Father Hayden delivereda lecture
at the same place yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Father
Hayden's work in Wilmington
will make it impossible for him
to continue his visits here but
Father Gallagher will celebrate
mass and lecture every third
Sunday.
Mr. E. E. Daily, who came
to Lumberton recently from
Wilmington to assume the duties
of auditor and car accountant for
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orn n 9 a voairynori n u nno riAn
effective August 1. He will be
V-A ' VUlftUVU is. a UUOi 11 VII f
succeeded by Mr. John D. Beck
with. whn ha hpen pmnlnvpH in
the ujast Line office at WUming-
ton. Mr. Beckwith arrived last
week to familiarize himself with
the duties of the office. His wife
and children will not move to
Lumberton before about Septem
ber 1st.
Material is on hand for re
modeling the building occupied by
Mr. C. B. Redmond's Parlor
grocery, on Elm street, and
work will begin about the first
of August, between now and
which date Mr. Redmond will
move to the building on the
corner of Elm and Second streets,
now occupied by C. M. Fuller &
Son as a carriage shop. The bui'd
ing at present occupied by Mr.
Redmond will be rebuilt and
will be extended back as far as
the postoffice building, next to
which it stands.
Mr. N. A. McNeill, a con-;s. C, finds its way into the
tractor of Marion, S. C, who wastebasket because it is signed
has done some work here i ecent-i by no name other than "Little
ly and is well known here, has Jane." "Little Jane" writes
the contract for remodeling the j that Miss I. E. Hunt sent an un
store front of the Pope drug signed report in May of the
store building, owned by Dr. W. , death of Leroy Hunt and she
A. McPhaul. Work was begun
this morning. Dr. McPhaul de
cided on the kind of front he
would put in only after making
extensive investigations, visiting
up-to-date stores in Richmond
and Baltimore, and this front
will be one of the handsomest in
the State. It will be solid plate
glf S3, with two entrances through
oval plate-glass doors. The in
terior will also be remodeled and
refurnished ard a stairway will
be built to the second floor on
the side next the Parker jewelry
store.
Rev. E. M. Hoyle. pastor of
Chestnut Street Methodist
church, left this morning for
Gibson, where he will assist in a
protracted meeting this week.
Twelve Indian applicant
stood examination Saturday be
fore Sup t J. R. Poole for public
school teachers and 40 colored
applicants stood the examination
Friday.
Mr. Grover Page, town clerk
and treasurer, was confined at
his home on Elm street by sick
ness last week until Saturdav,
when he was able to be in his of
fice a part of the day.
All members of the confed
eration of Red Men are requested
to meet at the hall in Fairmont
July 25, at 10 a. m. Urgent busi
ness is to be transacted. By.
order of W. N. McLean, G. H. C.
Jas. L. Beckwith, son of Dr.
R. B. Beckwith of Lumbetton.
who last fall shot and wounded
John Q. Barnes, formerly of
Lumberton, in Fayetteville and
was convicted in Cumberland
Superior Court and sentenced to
12 months in jail, was pardoned
Saturday by Gov. Kitchin.
A daughter of Mr. Giles Pre
vatt, who moved recently from
Back Swamp to Hope Mills, died
Saturday night and the remains
were brought to Lumberton Sat
urday and interred in the family
burying ground at the old home.
Deceased was about 17 years
old.
Mr. Howard Morrison re
turned this morning from Rich
mond, Va., where he went Satur
day to see Mr. Archie Morrison,
who is undergoing treatment in
a hospital in Richmond for rheu
matism. His many friends will
be glad to learn that Mr. Morri
son's condition is improving very
much.
The meeting of days which
began at Clyburn Baptist church,
three miles north-west of Lum
berton, a week ago yesterday
closed Friday night. There were
several professions of faith and
four were added to the church.
Rev. C. F. Whitlock of Wilming
ton, who assisted the pastor.
Rev. A. H. Porter, returned
home Saturday.
Mr. R. McA. Nixon, assist
ant cashier of the First National
Bank, will leave this evening for
Shelby, where he will be best
man at the wedding of his brother
Mr. C. W. Nixon of Wilmington
and Miss Margaret Foyles of
Shelby. The wedding will take
place Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock in the First Presbyterian
church of that place.
Tomorrow night free tickets
will be given the children of the
Presbyterian Sunday school to
the moving picture show at the
opera house by Manager W. S.
Wishart and one Sunday school
0f the town will be given free
tiPta parh wpk until all hav
been entertained. Good pictures
are shown every night Thurs
day night a benefit show will be
given for the baseball team.
Mr. G. T. Cox came home
from Marion, S. C, Saturday
evening to spend Sunday
with his family and was call
ed on to relieve Capt. Amos
King, conductor on the R. & C.
between Lumberton and Marion,
yesterday, Capt. King having
j been called to Wilmington on ac
count of the illnes3 of his wife,
who has been visiting there for
, some time. Capt. King was ex
j pected to return this morning
: but failed to do so, so Mr. Cox
is making his run for him again
, today.
A news lpttpr from Hamer.
guesses right when she guesses
that it was because the writer's
name was not given that the re
port was thrown aside. Life is
too short and there is too much
to do to save unsigned letters
until the writer can give his or
her name. If "Little Jane" will
give her real name next time her
next communication wiU meet
with a different fate.
Never can tell when you'll mash a
finger or suffer a cut, bruiie, burn or,
scald. Be prepared. Dr. Thomas'
Electric Oil instsntlv livps the pain
quickly cures the wound.