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VOL XLII NO. SO. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1911. WHOLE NO. 2691
TEXT BOOKS SELECTED.
Text Book Commission Selects
Books to be Used in North
Carolina Public Schools for
Five Years From September 1.
The State text-book commission
completed Friday evening the
work it begun June 8 last and
announced that the following
"books had been selected for use
in the public schools of the
State for five years from Septem
ber 1st:
Spelling Reeds Primary Spel
ler and Reed's Word Lessons by
Charles E. Merrill & Co., and a
spelling book by Foust & Griffin,
(readopted.)
Defining Webster's Diction
ary by American Book Company,
(readopted.)
Reading The Howell Primer
by Howell & Co.; the Halibur
ton Primer, D. C. Health & Co.;
the Howell First Reader by How
ell & Co. ; graded classics, 1, 2, 3,
(readopted) B. F. Johnson Com
pany; the Baker Carpenter
Language Readers Four and
-Five, McMillan Company. .
Writjng-The Old North State
Copy Book by North State Pub
lishing Company, (readopted;)
the Berry Writing Books. B. D.
Berry & Co., Chicago; (only the
vertical system of writing was
adopted.)
Drawing Progressive Lessons
in Art Education, the Prang
Education Company.
Geographies Dodge's Pri
mary Geography and Dodge's
Comparative Geography, Rand,
McNally & Co.
Language and Grammar
Hyde's Lessons in English, D.
C. Health & Co; (readoption:)
Grammar and Composition, Book
2, by Robbinsand Row, published
by Row Peterson Co; Modern
Grammer by Bushier, (readopt
ed) for use in grades above the
seventh grade, published by
Newson & Co.
History of North Carolina
Hill's Young People's History of
North Carolina, D. H. Hill, Pub
lisher; (readopted;) Connor's
Makers of North Carolina His
tory recommended for supple
mentary work in primary grades;
History of the United States, no
adoption, referred to committee
for report on reccomendation on
or before January 1, 1912; his
tories now on list to use until
that time.
Physiology and Hygiene
Ritchie-Caldwell Primer of Hy
giene; Richie's Primer of Sani
tation; Culler's Physiology, Book
3, for use in grades above the
seventh grade.
Civil Government Peel's Civil
Government of North Carolina
and the United States, B. F.
Johnson Publishing Company;
(readoption.)
Agriculture Agriculture for
Beginners by Burgett Steven
and Hill. Ginn & Co., publishers;
(readoption;) supplementary list
recommended.
The Storv of Cotton by E. C.
Rrnnks. Rand. McNally & Co.,
and Jackson & Davis' Industrial
History of the Negro Race, (for
negro schools,) Negro Education
al Association, Richmond. The
Heart of Oak, Books 1 to 7, by
C. E. Norton, D. C. Health &
"Co. ; Southern Prose and Pcetry
by Mims & Payne, Charles Scrib
ner's Sons; With Pen and Pencil,
language lessons for primary
.schools, by Sarah Louise Arnold.
Ginn & Co. Through Nature,
Literature aud Art, by Perdus
.and Griswold. Rand, McNally &
Co. , . .
Miline's Arithmetics were
adopted Saturday. They are
published by the American Book
Co. and are to take the place of
the Colaw & El wood and the
'Colaw & Duke Arithmetics
published by the B. F. Johnson
Publishing Company. United
States histories are yet to be
adopted. They have been re
ferred to a special committee
which is to report to the full
committee on or before January
Mr. J. M. Russell, who has
been engaged in civil engineer-
r.mrr in Amrnstfl fla i s
ffuest at the home of his parents.
jflr. ana aire, o. r. ivusacu.
will spend a month or so her
and will go this fall to the Geor-
"TnU" in A Han fa f.a
tna itui 7;
.where he will take a textiU
course.
Speaker Champ Clark Feasts on
a Robeson Melon.
Washington Cor., 9th, Wilmington Sur.
Representative" Godwin re
ceived three nice large water
melons this morning from State
Senator W. S. Cobb, of Lumber
Bridge. In a letter which Mr.
Godwin received about the same
time, it was stated that the larg
est melon, which weighs about
80 pounds, should be delivered
to Speaker Champ Clark, one to
Senator Overman and the other
should be kept for himself.
Mr. Godwin had the melon de
livered to Speaker Clark by Lee
Christian, one of North Caro
lina's former slave negroes and
a great admirer of the Speaker.
The melon which Mr. Godwin
kept for himself was "consumed"
in his office this afternoon by a
number of Mr. Godwin's friends,
including Senators, Congress
men and North Carolina news
paper men.
The appearance of the melons
in the Capitol created almost as
much interest as did Togo yes
terday. The three statesmen hardly
waited for the melons to get cold
in the Capitol's immense refrig
erator before they summoned
their personal friends to the
feast. Speaker Clark said he
had never seen such immense
melons or eaten any as delicious.
Senator Bacon, who had been
boasting to Senator Overman of
the Georgia melons, was stupe
fied at the sight of the monsters
but said he would still boast of
the Georgia peach. It all led to
a discussion of Nqrth Carolina's
wonderful productiveness, the
relating of which was a revela
tion to many of the distinguished
persons who enjoyed the melons.
H. E. C. B.
Taking Fine Guns From Fort
Caswell.
Fayetteville Observer.
Solicitor N. A. Sinclair told us
this morning that he recently
made a visit to Fort Caswell, be
low Wilmington, and while there
he noticed that eight splendid,
modern steel mortars weighing
180 tons each, were being dis
mantled and made ready for
shipment. On inquiry he learned
that they were to be taken to a
fort on the Massachusetts coast,
and that some old-time cast iron
mortars were to be brought from
that fort to replace the modern
ones taken from Fort Caswell.
This, his informant said, was
brought about through the in
fluence of the Massachusetts
Congressmen and Senators, and,
further, that the coast of dis
mantling and transportation
would be almost as much as the
fine mortars to be transported.
Would it not be advisable for
our North Carolina Senators and
Congressmen to look into this
matter, and stop the robbing of
our North Carolina fort? Surely
Fort Caswell is an important
military stronghold, and North
Carolina, being a sovereign State,
is entitled to the same consider
ation as Massachusetts.
An Exciting Runaway.
While the streets were crowd
ed Saturday afternoon between
4 and 5 o'clock a runaway which
looked like death and destruction
began at the corner of Elm and
Fourth streets and wound up,
with do great amount of damage,
a block away, at the corner of
Elm and Third. The horse and
buggy belong to Mr. J. A. Bark
er. Mr. Barker's son, Mr. Pren
tiss, and Mr. Belton Thompson
of Wniteviiie, who was spending
the day here ori his way to Char
lotte, drove up to Townsend
Bros.' store and while Mr. Bark
er went into the store Mr.
Thompson held the horse. What
frightened the horse is not defi
nitely known, but he suddenly
dashed off down the street at a
mad pace and it looked bad for
the young man in the buggy. In
front of the Lumberton drug
store the buggy struck Dr. "Jno.
Knox's auto and Mr. fhompsor.
was thrown o 'er the auto,-bt
he suffered no more serious in
jury tnan the breaking of a
o.uod-vcdoel in nia ieicar.fl. i'at
ouggy was turned over and th
norse was caught by Mr. Jo
Britt and others. The rear lamj
it the auto was broken and th
fender was bent, and a fron
jvheel and the shafts of the bue-
gy were broken.
PURVIS POINTS.
Ice-Cream Supper 1 7th for Ben
efit of School Personal.
Corretpondence of The Robesonian.
Purvis, Aug. 11 Mrs. J. A.
McRae and son. Master Adrian,
spent a part of last week with
friends at Maxton.
Mr- Marvin Adams is visiting
his brother at John's Station.
Messrs. R. W. and T. B. Bul
lard, J. A. McRae and N. M.
Thompson, and Masters Adrian
McRae and Robert Bullard spent
Thursday in Fairmont.
Misses Lula and Janie Davis,
after spending several weeks
here with relatives, will leave
tomorrow for Florence, S. C,
where they will visit friends.
Mr. Tom Adams of Gibson is
visiting relatives here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bridgers
and little son attended the Bul
lock reunion yesterday near
Alfordsville.
Miss Annie Culbreth returned
Monday from Ellerbe Springs.
Messrs. Charlie Stubbs of Fort
Myers, Fla.. N. C. Stubbs, Lowe
and Arch. Stubbs of Parkton are
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. R. W. Bullard. who had
been spending some time with
her sister near Fairmont, has re
turned home.
Mrs. A. T. Stubbs and infant
daushter are visiting Mrs.
Stubbs' mother at Hope Mills,
who is very ill.
Mr. Walter McRae spent Fri
day and Friday night with his
grandparents near Maxton.
There will be an ice-cream
supper at the school house Thurs
day night, August 17, for the
benefit of the school. The 'pub
lic is invited to attend.
Rainbow.
Mr. W. W. Whaley Begins Work
For the Wilmington Star.
It was stated recently in The
Robesonian that Mr. W. W.
Whaley of Lumberton had been
engaged to do cartoon work for
the Wilmington Star. His first
work for that paper appeared
yesterday. In introducing Mr.
Whaley to its teaders The Star
says:
"The Star takes pleasure this
morning in introducing to its
readers the first of a series of
cartoons drawn for this paper
exclusively by Mr. Winifred W.
Whaley, of Lumberton, an ex
ceptionally clever young artist
whose work has heretofore ap
Deared in The Robesonian of his
i home town. Mr. Whaley has
decided talent as cartoonist, both
as to his ideas and the technique
of his drawings and he may be
expected to be heard from in his
chosen line in the future. North
Carolina has developed some fine
talent and has given to the
metropolitan press some of its
finest caricaturists, Norman E.
Jennett, for instance, a Cinton
boy, who is now one of the fa
vorites in the art department of
the New York World.
"Mr. Whaley will contribute
to The Star a cartoon as many
times a woek as there is an "in
spiration" and our readers are to
be congratulated that they are to
have the pleasure of seeing and
appreciating his work.
Last Week of Hookworm Cam
paign-2, 091 Cases Treated
So Far.
This is the lask-week of the
six weeks' hookworm campaign
in this county. Next week Dr.
B. W. Page and his assistants go
to Cumberland county. Since
the beginning of the work five
weeks ago 2,091 cases have been
treated. The number treated has
increased each week, 728 being
treated last week. Eumberton
led again last week with 229
cases, many people coming here
to be treated from various parts
of the county
At the Moving Picture Show.
Manager W. S. Wishart will
give free tickets to the moving
picture show tomorrow evening
t) members of the infant class
A the First Baptist Sunda
school. If any should fail to get
tickets beforehand they will be
given tickets at the window.
Thursday night the life o!
Moses, an exceptionally interest
ing series of pictured, will b
shown. These pictures are con
cained on five reels and it take;
io long to exhibit them that m
others will be shown Thursday
evening, and they will begin a
3:30 o'clock.
FROM ROZIER'S SIDING.
Good Crops Protracted Meet
ings Fodder-Putting Time.
Cwrwpondcnce of The Robesonian.
St. Pauls, R. F. D. 2, Aug. 10
Protracted meetings have been
the order of the day in this sec
tion for the last number of days,
but it seems they are closing in
now.
The farmers of this section
have been enjoying the rest
spell between laying-by and fodder-pulling,
but that rest is about
at an end, for fodder is ripening
very fast.
Crops in this section are very
good, both corn and cotton. Corn
seems to be exceptionally good.
I saw an account in last Mon
day's Robesonian, inthe"Barnes
ville News Batch." where a
Mr. C. L. Page cut a watermelon
that weighed 45 lbs. That was
very good for melon raising. One
of our farmers, Mr. A. B. Smith,
had the pleasure of cutting one
last Saturday of the same weight
and the writer had the pleasure
of eating part of it; and it was
just fine. I think this is one of
the most enjoyable times of the
year, when we can have a plenty
of good fresh melons and all
kinds of vegetables growing
around us to enjoy when we get
ready.
Happy Jack, where are you?
Come to us again through the
columns of The Robesonian.
Pleasant Face.
Minor; Court Cases.
The following cases have been
tried before Acting Mayor M. W.
Floyd since Thursday: David
Rountree, colored, indicted by
Jake Rogers for allowing chick
ens to run at large and trespass
on his (Rogers') premises, taxed
$1 and costs, a total of $3.75.
Joe French, colored, bound over
to court in $200 bond for assault
ing James Worthen, colored, with
razor, and sent to jail in default
of bond. The assault was about
June 1. French ran away and
was captured by Chief of Police
Redfern.' Lewis Walker, of
Britt's towhship, tried this morn
ing on charge of stealing a bag
of meal from White & Gough
Saturday and bound over to court
in $200 bond, which he gave. He
waived examination. He was
seen to take the meal and Chief
Redfern was notified. He is
charged also with taking a bag
of meal from L. H. Caldwell's
store.
Before Justice J. H. McNeill
Saturday Prentiss Flowers was
tried on a warrant sworn out by
Nancy J. McPhail, who lives on
the eastern edge of town, charg
ing him with the paternity of
her 3-years-old child. It was
the judgment of the court that
Flowers should pay the plaintiff
$40 and pay the costs of the case.
Notices of New Advertisements.
Big demonstration of the cele
brated Cameron malleable and
ingot iron ranges Caldwell &
Carlyle.
Prices paid for tobacco recently
by T. F. Reeves Co. at Fairmont.
A piano that is the result ot
scores of years of labor with the
highest possible result in v ew
the Stieff.
Position wanted as stenog
rapher. A big auction sale of 10 farms,
41 lots, will be held in Pembroke
on the 21st inst.
Seasonable special delicatessen
at C. B. Redmond's.
T. W. Wood & Sons' fail so?d
catalogue.
Tar barrels for sale-K. M.
Biggs.
Bellamy News Batch
Bellamy, Aug. 11 Mrs. Sallie
Norton of John's Station is spend
ing a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. West.
Mr. B. C. Meares went to town
Thursday on business.
Mr. Rora Todd is spending a
few days with home folks.
Master Aaron Ed wards is very
ill.
Mr. Shannon Wilkins has gone
to town today on business, .
Miss Betty Small is visiting at
the home of Mr. W. W. Pitman
Mr,- and Mrs.- Alex Hedge
oeth are visiting at the home of
Mr. Jetter Branch.
' Casey's Father.
Subscribe for The Robesoniar.
Church Services.
Rev. A. McCullen, presiding
elder of the Rockingham district,
preached at Chestnut Street
Methodist church yesterday
morning and evening and held
the third quarterly conference
for this church last evening af
ter preaching. At this meeting,
which was an interesting one
and attended by a large crowd,
the sale of the old church was
authorized. Mr. McCullen in
tended to hold the quarterly
meeting this evening as was an
nounced, but on account of sick
ness in his frmily he decided to
hold it last evening and go home
this morning, sending Rev. E.
M. Hoyle to Elkton, Bladen coun
ty, to hold quarterly conference
for Elizabeth circuit today; but
he learned that his people were
better and went to Elkton this
morning, accompanied by Mr.
Hoyle.
Rev. R. E. Steel, of Spencer,
who recently accepted a call as
pastor to the Lumberton Presby
terian church, ai rived here Sat
urday afternoon from Lake Wac
camaw, where he had been for
a few days, and conducted ser
vices at the Presbyterian church
vesterday morning and evening.
He will also conduct services at
this church this, afternoon, to
morrow and Wednesday after
noons at 4 o'clock. Mr. Steel ac
cepted the call to begin work
about the first of September.
To Start a Weekly Paper at
Hamlet.
Mr. B. S. Edwards, formerly a
compositor on The Robesjnian
and who recently returned to his
home here from Burlington,
where he was employed by the
Burlington News, left this morn
ing for Hamlet, where he and
Mr. E. Hale, who is now em
ployed on the Robeson Advance,
purpose to start a weekly paper
about September 1. It will be
called the Hamlet News. Mr.
Hale will go to Hamlet the last
of this week. Mr. Edwards
gave up his position with the
Burlington paper with the inten
tion of starting a paper at Eiiza
bethtown, but he has given up
the Elizabethtown venture and
decided in favor of Hamlet.
Beware of Rats.
Last night when Mr. and Mrs.
V. H. Taylor returned from
church to their home on Chip
pewa street they heard a peculiar
noise in a room. After some
time spent in fruitless search
Mr. Taylor located the noise in a
bureau drawer and found that
Mrs. Taylor's pet white rat had
escaped from its little home,
had gotten into the bureau
drawer, and had set fire to a box
of matches and the contents of
the drawer. The fire had gone
out without doing much damage,
but Mr. Taylor thought that safety
demanded the immediate execu
tion of Mrs. Taylor's pet, and all
the matches were placed in a tin
box.
Revival Meetings.
A great revival has just been
closed at White Pond Baptist
church. Twenty-six were bap
tized. The pastor, Rev. F. A.
Prevatt, was assisted by Rev.
R. P. Blevins of Wilkesboro.
There were 32 additions to the
church, much gocd was accom
plished, and the church was
greatly revived.
The meeting at Raft Swamp
closed last Saturday and was
quite a success. There were fif
teen additions and the whole
church was greatly revived Rev.
0. F. Whitlock of Wilmington
assisted the pastor, Rev. A. H.
Porter, very acceptably.
Special Meeting of Camp Pope
Wednesday to Complete Ar
rangements for Reunion Aug
ust 24.
A special meeting cf Camp
Willis H. Pope will be held in the
court house Wednesday of this
week. All the committees ar
urgently request dj to he present,
and all others who are interested
are invited to come
This meeting 13 called for th
purpose of making complete ar
rangements for the reunior
which is to be held here on th
24th inst
M. G. McKenze.
AdjC
LOCAL BRIEFS
-Prof. A. N. Cullom of Rae
ford, begins a singing school to
day at Center. He teaches both
vocal and instrumental music
Supt. J. R. Poole has in
structed the school committee of
district No. 5. Lumber Bridge
township, to have the Shannon
school building painted.
-Rev. S. J. MoConnell left
this morning for Live Ork,
Bladen county, where he will
assist Rev. D. H. Reed in a pr
tracted meeting this week.
Mrs. Minnie E. Nowell and
Mr. B. E. Altman, who live at
the Jennings Cotton Mills, were
married yesterday morning at
the Methodist parsonage by Rev.
E. M. Hoyle.
Mr. J. B. Bowen is having a
two story nine-room residence
erected on the comer of Fifth
and Cedar streets. Mr. N. H.
M'White has the contract . and
work was started on the building
last week.
The hearing which was
begun here Thursday before
Clerk of the Court Skipper in the
land-suit case of R. L. McFadgen
et al vs. Neill D. McFadgen et
al has been continued until the
24th inst.
It is understood that Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Warwick and
their five or six children will
move from Barnesville to Lum
berton within the next few
weeks. Mr. Warwick is a school
teacher and farmer.
There will be a dance this
evening at the Waverly hotel.
A Wilmington orchestra will
furnish music for the occasion.
Quite a number are expected to
arrive this afternoon from Laur
inburg to attend the dance.
Mr. Robert Lamb, landscape
gardener, of Fayetteville, who
has the contract for beautifying
the court house square, is in
town today and will begin work
this afternoon leveling off the
square and having peas sown. Mr.
Lamb savs he will sow grass and
plant the shrubbery about the
last of October.
Mr. R. D. Caldwell is having
the outside corner of the store
building on Elm street occupied
by Whitefield & French's whole
sale grocery repaired and also
will have repaired the corner
next the hardware store of Cald
well & Carlyle, same block.
The foundations at these corners
have given way and the walls
have cracked. The work is be
ing done by Mr. N. A. McNeill,
of Marion. S. C.
Two classes of the First Bap
tist Sunday school of which Dr.
R. T. Allen and Mr. Jas. D. Proc
tor are the teachers spent Thurs
day picnicking at Howell's Land-
ling, on Lumber river, near Back
Swamp, about G miles from
itown. Dr. Allen's class consists
Oi. kr'j? turn iur. i luvui o u.
girls. Mrs. S Mclntyre and
Miss Minnie Lennon were the
chaperones. The picnic was an
all-day affair and was attended
with many joys for the members
of these two classes.
Scottish Chief. H'V Tke
McLean, colored, is in the Max
ton hospital under tne care of
Dr. M. R Gibson. He was shot
in the mouth and the right lower
jaw shattered last Friday night
by Murdock Morrison, colored,
on Mrs. Minnie McEachin's
place, a few miles up Lumber
river. Morrison cb'med it
was accidental but McLean
tnought otherwise auu Aaadiwai
to procure his arrest , when he
took hi3 departure for other
climes. The wounded man is
doing as well as could be expect
ed. Rev. C.'H. Durham, pa3tor
of the First Baptist church, and
his three children, HHe Misses
Wilnrwr. Margaret and Kathleen,
went Saturday to Hendersor.
viiie,. where the children will re
main with relatives while Mr,
Durham visits the G-eat Lakes,
several points in Canada and
some Northern cities. A gen
erous friend whose name has nt
been disclosed is giving Mr Dur
ham this vrio and it was with
difficulty that he wa3 persuaded
to take it, as he telt that ,hu
church needed him, but his de
voted congregation insisted that'
their pastor should have this rat
and recrta;i.