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VOL XLJ1 NO. S4.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, AUGUST 28. 1911.
WHOLE NO. 2695
ROBESON COUNTY CONFEDERATE VETERANS REUNION
A Large Crowd Gather to Do Honcr to Old Soldiers
Thursday Was a Great Day for the Confederate Veter
ans of Robeson, for the County and for Lumberton--Two
Hundred and Sixty Veterans in ParadeGood
Speaking, a Bountiful Dinner, a Delightful Day.
A o mwd which has been vari
rtnaiv estimated as numbering be-
A 5 000 attended
v TV CCll a"-
the reunion of Robeson county
Confederate veterans in Lumber
ton Thursday. The first figure
is too low by half and the higher
jfigure is doubtless too high. A
conservative estimate would be
3,500, and perhaps 4,000 would
be nearer correct It was an al
most nerfect dav for such an oc
casion, tne ram mai cauue m
.avnn nminr after the
.. iL.i : t-Un
ercises and dinner were over and
being over with early enough
not to interfeie with the Daiij
game, and the entire aay was
enjoyed by all. Everything
passed off smoothly, as per pro
gram, "the speaking was good
and not too long, the music was
excellent, the dinner was bounti
ful, 'well prepared and well
served, and sone of the veterans
at least pronounced it the most
enjoyable occasion of the kind
they had ever attended.
Orderly to begin at the begin
ning, people began to arrive
from all parts of the county
early Thursday morning in ve
hicles of all kinds, and the three
morning trains brought in large
crowds. The streets were early
filled with a holiday crowd and
there were no tiresome delays in
the prearranged order for the
day.
The parade started at 10:45
o'clock just 15 minutes later
than the time appointed from
the intersection of Elm and 2nd.
streets and marched in the fol
lowing crder: Gen. F. A. Bond
and aides; Chief Marshal Geo. H.
Hall and assistant marshals;
Parkton band; Camp Ryan, led
by sponsor and maid of honor,
Misses Janette McNeill and Sadie
Johnson of Park ton, in carriages;
Camp Rowland, led by sponsor
and maids of honor. Misses May , tian 18,UUlMXW :n taxaoie prc
McCallum, May Bracy and Julia ' perty on its books; and the town
Worth Graham of Rowland, in car- j of Lumberton, which was freely
w - . B Mill l 1 " . U U Lt n HV
wian-aa-rnmmonHor A W I .Inrk ft
rioi.utrn anA ahnnt ton mcmhorA
tho RiaHon oamn- f!amn Willis
H. Pope, led by sponsor and and ended in 1905 and congratu
maid of honor, Missaj Pennie Mated his comrades on the eager
Rowland and Cammie McNeill of ; ness of the young people of the
Lumberion; floats and automo
biles. The line of march was as
follows, varying a little from the
published order: Up Elm to
Tenth, Tenth to Chestnut, Chest
nut to Eighth, Eighth to Wal
nut, Walnut to Fifth, Fifth to
tho ormrl stand nn f!npsr nut.
between Fifth and Sixth. Gen.
Bond and the marshals got con-
fused on the march and contin -
noH nn Fifth trt PVvirth thpnrP
on Fourth to Elm. Elm to Fifth,
thence to grand stand.
The grand stand, which was
prettily decorated, stood beneath
large shade trees directly in
front of the residence of Mr. A.
W. McLean, on Chestnut street
Seats were arranged on both
-sides and in front of the stand
for the three camps. These'
npata wprp nil fillpH nn hv i hp I
time the veterans arrived from ' believed in telling the children i Reported for The Robesonian.
the parade, and Mr. R. D. Cald-jthat their fathers fought forj pians are being made for an
well, president of the Industrial what was right. He was glad unusaiy pleasant affair to be
nd Commercial Club, under ; to find wherever he goes a spirit ; ne!fj at "Maple Leaf." the home
whose general direction the town of loyalty to the South. He re- i 0f Mr3i Dajsy W. Jenkins, to
ihad made preparations for the ferred to the fact that there lives morrow night. The proceeds
day. in his usual graceful style i in this county one of the men!arefor ca38 0 10of chestnut
informed the occupants of these J who fired the fatal shots that street Methodist church. Ice
seats that they would have to
vacate in order to make room for
the veterans. Of course all were
glad to make room for the veter
ans, in whose honor all had
gathered, and in due time they
and their wives were seated, and
there was then room for others,
though many stood through the
exercises. On the stand with
the speakers were the sponsors
and maids of honor, the band,
the Truman quartette, Gen.
Bond. Chief Marshal Hall and
assistants, Judge D. P. McEach
ern of Red Springs, Mr. Coley of
the Raleigh News and Observer
and other representatives of- the
pre33rend ommamler -Jr AvMc-1
iiilisier, ot camp rope, who was
nisrf ciremonies.
Ciita and bruiaes .may be healed in
aboujt one-third thg time, required by.
tt,e ibual treatment by applying Cham
berlgin's Liniment. It is an antiseptic
and causes such injuries to heat without
maturation. This Uaiment also relieves
soreness of the mudes and rheumatic
pains. Fw le by all dealers.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
The program was carried out
as follows: Music by Parkton
band and this band made good
music all the way through; pray
er by Rev. Wesley Thompson,
chaplain of Camp Pope; song,
"Annie Laurie," by Truman
quartette, composed of Messrs.
W. Lennon, R. R. Carlyle, A. T.
Parmele and J. P. Stephens of
Lumberton and this quartette
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ex-iuali address of welcome, L. K
Hi H thumat vaa ncrviirl aa tior lia,
Varser, of Lumberton; response,
Col. ?. J. Cobb, of Camp Ryan;
music by Parkton band; address
by Rev. F. T. Collins; song,
"Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground." Truman quartette;
reading from "The Long Roll,"
Gen. Bond ; music by band; dinner.
At the conclusion of the pro
gram Maj. A. J. McKinnon of
Maxton invited the veterans to
hold their reunion at Maxton
next year and promised that that
town would do 1 its best to enter
Lcl !
in. Mmn. PKJof Mortal Hall
accepted the invitation and served
notice that no one-horse attair
would be put up with, as Lum
berton had set a high standard
for such occasions. Commander
McAllister distributed a large
number of photographs
O
ment that standi in front of the
court house
Commander McAllister is en-'
tirely at home in charge of such
exercises, and he carried through
the program without a hitch.
handsome Confederate
Mr Vnrspr wn hannv n h s
umrHfl wplpnmp. Tn hiddinff'and he looked just
the veterans welcome he said he
represented North Carolina, the!
State that sent more soldiers to
" - . . : . "
the civil war than any other;
Robeson county, which sent 2,000 ,
to that wjrand now has more.
IfieirS. Ul. UOUU, III Ills IC
! suoiise. referred to
the fact that
I his military career began in 18oS
roennt o-pnomtinn tn honor thpm
on every occasion that offers.
SDace will not permit as
lengthy a report of the different
speeches as would be desirable.
The address oi: the occasion was
delivered by Rev. F. T. Collins,
a Robeson county boy, a
rpppnt
' graduate of Wake Forest College,
tvhere he carried ctt honors, a
ison of Mrs. Cynthia Bntt of
Unit S tOWnStUP. Mr. OllinS
acauitted hiirself well. He made:
I a hit at the outset by declaring
1 that he had no patience with the :
! habit of referring to the old
'soldiers as fighting for what!
I thev thought was right. That is i
equivalent to saying that they
! were honest nut mistaken, wnne
they were m truth no only;
honest but right and would do,
the same thing over again. He,
killed Jacoon. his suDject was
lhe rasHngot the urano u ajadozen of Lumberton's fairest
Guard. He recounted eloquently ; young girl8 There wiil be candy
someof the stirring scenes of the, D0)tha where deIcioug home.
war, referred touchingly to thejmade candies can had at a
fast-thinning rar.ks, and declared ; reasonabIe price Your for
that great as they were in war-1 une3 wil, be told by a -Gypsy"
no people in the history of the n her tent FraDpe win be serv
world reached a higher point of ed from "Jacob's Well" by a
heroism-they were even greater j fair Rebecca Vocal and instru-
m peace, xns speecn was wen
delivered and was enjoyed
ir,e e were auoui -w vciciano
in the parade and close to 300
veterans, about half of them
with their wives or children or
both, nartook of the bountiful
dinner that was served on a long
table-stretched teneath-treeisron
Fifth street, between Chestnut1,
and Walnut About 800 peopie
partook of this dinner and there
was plenty: and ttupare. After
dinner was over it came on to
Feel languid, weak run-down? Head
ache? Stomach "off"?-Just a plain
rat of lazy liver. Burdock Blood Bit
ters Un liwr and tomach. promotes
digestion, purifies the blood.
rain for about an hour, but it
was over with in time for a large
nlimber of the crowd to enjoy a
good game of ball on the local
grounds between Wadesboro and
Lnmberton, the score being 5 to
4 i favor of Lumberton.
Among the visiters Irom other
I A Vn
counties were tumuianuer .
Clark, of the Bladen Camp, anu
about ten members of that camp,
who marched in the parade;
State Senator J. E. Buchan, of
Moore county; Capt. W. H. Mc
Laurin, of Laurinburg; Capt.
Wright, of Laurel Hill; Miss
Pearl McMillan, of Manly.
There were onlyfive floats in
the parade, but these were all ex
cellent, reflecting great credit n
those who designed them and the
firms they represented, as fol
lows: Robeson Manufacturing
Co. (successor to tfee Lumberton
Cotton Oil Mill and Ginning Co.),
designed bv Mr. J. S. McNeill.
Secretary-Treasurer, growing cot
ton and corn on two-horse wagon,
with bags of fertilizer scattered
about, advertising fertilizer
manufactured by this company;
K M. Biggs, designed by himself,
one-horse wagon driven by
Austin Merrick, colored, dressed
as a clown, beside him a good
"counterfeit presentment" of a
white bear, the whole an adver
tisement of reliable goods and
i t m r
de-
signed by Mr. Dennis Biggs, one
horse wagon, advertisement of
King Quality and Beacon Shoes;
Caldwell & Carlyle, designed by
Mr. R. R. Carlyle, two-horse
wagon, with figure of woman
representing "Queen of the
of the!150111"' aressea in ixor.n aru
mnnnJlina checked plaids and standing
r-t 1 1 ,, 1 J XT i-l-
inside old spinning wheel; L H
Caldwell s hard ware department.
designed by Mr. J. L. Williamson,
; two-horse wagon with all kitchen
utensils, representing a kitchen,
1 Alex. Fulmore. colored drayman,
: uresseu w rtprcseui, urg u icx
he looked just like the
i "
Cream of Wheat" chef. All
the floats were decorated in red
and white and were very pretty.
The street, monument and
grand-stand decorations were
pretty and artistic, reflecting
great credit upon the decoration
committee, composed of Messrs.
W. O. Thompson, chairman, J. P.
Townsend and D. D. French.
All who were appointed to look
alter tne various aetaus oi pre
parations for the day performed
their duties admirably. General
oversight and direction of prepar-
ations tor tne day devolved upon
; Mr. R. D. Caldwell president
Ul L.,ie iyua u w iuiciwa
Club, and too great credit for the
success of the occasion cannot be
given him and the committees
that labored so faithfully with
1 him.
Mr. A. 1. rarmele, chairman ot
the refrishment committee, asks
The Robesonian to extend the
thanks of the committee to the
people wno responded so noeraiiy
to the request for provisions.
Lumberton enjoyed having the
veterans and hopes to entertain
them again.
Entertainment Tomorrow Even
ing at Home of Mrs. Daisy Jen
kin for Benefit of Sunday
School Clau.
cream and cake will be served bv
menta music win be a feature
of the
evening. Every one is
cordially invited to attend,
Bring your friends, young and
old. A jolly evening is antici
pated. eware
of Diphtheria.
County Physician W.
A. Mc-
Phaul says that diphtheria is
very prevalent .in Lumberton
township. There are about a
Hnzen cases in Lumberton alone.
Parents cannot be too careful in
guarding against this disease.
An ounce of prvprion is better
than a pound of ouie.
RED SPRINGS REVIEWS.
Mils Lillian Farquhar of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Becomes the
Bride of Mr. Barb am Robeacn
of Red Springs In Social
Realms Personal.
CorrMPondencc of The Rotmonlan.
Red Springs, Aug. 25 Miss
Jessie Singleton was the charm
ing hostess to a number of her
friends Thursday evening. Vari
ous prograssive games were in
dulged in and much enjoyed by
the guests. Delicious iced re
freshments were served on the
cool porch,which was beautifully
lighted by Japanese lanterns. At
a late hour the guests reluctantly
bade their hostess goodnight,
each thanking Miss Singleton for
a pleasant evening.
Mr. Moulton Cotton is visiting
his brother Rev. S. A. Cotton.
Mrs. Exum and little sons, Frank
and Charles, of Bennettsville, S.
C, are spending some time at
Hotel Red Springs.
Quite a number of people, both
old and young, attended the pic
nic in Lumberton Thursday. All
report a pleasant day with the
hospitable citizens of Lumber
ton. Mr. John De Vane, of Fayette-
ville, spent a few days with his
mother. Rev. H. M.Dixon has
turned home after a pleasant and
beneficial stay of three weeks at
Montreat.
Mr. Mack MqArthur enter
tained at a porch party at the
country home of his parents on
Wednesday evening. It was a
merry and jolly crowd which en
joyed the cordial hospitality of
this Scotch home. Among those
who were prente from Red
Springs were Misse Annie Belle
and Lucy Williamson, Catherine
Dixon, Paul and Ethel Council
and Genevieve McMillan; Messrs.
Will Townsend, Douglas McMil
lan.
Mr. Evan Norwood of Golds
boro is spending the week with
Mr. Mack McArthur Miss Glen
nie Graham and Miss Josie Mc
Neill cf Lumberton spend
ing awhile at Montreat Mrs.
W. J. Johnson and daughters,
Misses Ethel and Annie, and Miss
Margaret Buie are in the moun
tains for the month of August.
They have visited Black Moun
tain, Montreat, and will spend
this week at Blowing Rock.
Miss Blue Belle McCallum spant
several weeks at Saluda whith
her brother, Mr. Jesse McCallum
Miss Agnes Coxe entertained
a number of her little friends at
a watermelon party at the hotel
pavilion Thursday evening. The
guest3 played all kinds of games
and had a jolly good time,' and
ten o'clock came all too soon, for
"They were having such a good
time."
Miss Mary Carmichael of Wil
mington spent a few days of
last week with her cousin Miss
Luck Williams. Miss Margaret
Williams is at home again after
spending a month at Wrights
ville Beach with her si3ter Mrs.
Louis Hall.
Mr. Bartram Robeson and Miss"
Lillian Farquhar were married
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock
at the bride's home in Halifax,
Nova Scotia. After spending a
few weeks the Adirondacks,
Mr. and Mrs. Robeson
will be at home in Red Springs
We congratulate the happy
couple and wSnh them a long and
prosperous life.
Miss Bess Jones is spending a
while at Mt. Vernon Springs.
Messrs. John Thrower, Jim Mc
Phail aid Ernest Graham are en
joying a visit to New York. They
are off for pleasure and Mr.
Thrower went to buy his 1 all
stock of dry goods. Miss Annie
Belle De Vane has returned home
from a pleasant .visit to friends
in West Virginia.
Miss Amanda McDiarmid, of
Talladega, Ala., who had been
spending a few days in town a
truest at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. 0. C. Norment. left Friday
morning for Raeford, where she
will visit for a fewdaj'sj;and.
tHinceshe wTIHjoTiome.
More people, men and women, are
suffering from kidney and bladder
touble than ever before, and each year
more of them turn for quick relief and
permanent benefit to Foley's Kidney
Remedy, which has proven itself to be
one of the most effective remedi for
kidney and bladder ailments, that
medi -a! wience his devlrfed. J I. He--Mtiian
A Son.
COURT ROOM "CURED."
Acoustics of Court Room
in
Court House Vastly Improved
Remedial Work Entirely
Successful.
The court room in the court
house has been entirely cured of
the defects that made its acoustic
properties so miserable and it is
possible to hear distinctly now
in any part of the room without
effort. Which will be glad news
to every one who has strained
every nerve to hear what was
going on in this room strained
and strained, but without success;
for it was formerly impossible
to hear even at close range what
was going on on the judge s stand
or within the bar. But whereas
the court room was sick it has
now been made whole. One can
hear now all right.
The work was done by the H. W
Johns-Manville Co. of Baltimore
and the contract price, as men
tioned in The Robesonian at the
time the contract was let. was
$1,500. Mr. J. F. Skannel of
Baltimore had charge of the
work, which was begun the first
of this month and completed
Saturday. The entire ceiling
was covered over with acoustic
felt, a patent article which is
manufactured exclusively by the
Johns-Man ville Co., applied in
panels. And the appearance of
the ceiling has not been marred
in the least; it is just as pretty
as it was before. The remedy
seems very simple, but it did the
work.
Messrs. H B. Jennings, H.
M. McAllister, F. P. Gray, El
wood Whaley and R. R. Carlyle
left this morning in Jenning s
auto for Raeford, whore they
will witness a game of baseball
this afternoon between Lumber
ton and Raeford.
Sinclair Hunt. Indian, of
Thompson township, was tried
here Saturday before Justice J.
H. McNeill on two charges,
carrying concealed weapon and
assaulting Lawrence Bartlft'e,
Indian. Hunt was required to
give a $100 bond in each case for
his appearance at court.
Mr. R. E. Lee returned
Saturday night from Fairmont,
where he spent most of last
week with his mother, Mrs. W.
O. Lee, who has been very sick.
Mrs. Lee, who is 73 years ld,
was unconscious la3t week mon
of the time until Saturday, when
she regained consciousness and
it is thought that her condition
is somewhat improved today,
The Empire Vu3ical Ccrr:
pany, composed of six peoole,
playing vaudeville, will begin a
three-nights' engasement at the
opera house tonight. This rt
traction will be run in connection
with the motion picture show,
the performance consisting of
singing, dancing, etc. The com
pany comes well reenn mended.
Prices of admission during th
engagement will be 10 and 20
cents?
Lumberton defeated
boro in a good gam? on the local
grounds ThursHav by the scoe
of 5 to 4, and Friday Whitevi'le
met defeat at the hand" of the
local team to the tone of 11 to 3.
This makes 16 straight victories
for the home boys and they Have:
not lost a game yet. 1 his morn
ing thev left to play this week
away from home. Today and
tomorrow they play Raeford,
and thev will play WdesHoro
Wednesday, Monroe Thursday
and Maxton Friday.
- Mr. Sam D. Strain, who has
served on Lumberton's police
force as night man for 12 months,
has accepted a position as chief
of Doliceof the town of Rowland,
to begin work the first ef Sep
tember. He spent Friday in
Rowland on business in connec
lion with the position. Mr.
Strain has rn?dgwo' aa police
man here and Rowland's hoard
of aldermen is to be congratulat
ed unon its choice of a man for
. w ri III I
ably nana in nrs resignauun aa
night policeman here at the next
meeting of the commissioners,
which will be held tomorrow
evening.
Stops earache in two minutes; tor th
ache or pain of burn or pcald in fi e
minutes; hoarseneaa. one hoT; murfrie
ach, two honrs; sore throat, twelve
h ir -Ur. Thorn u' EcUrcti )'), mon-achoerpain.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Mr. Dennis Biggs will leave
this evening for the Northern
markets to purchase goods for
the Jno. T. Biggs Co.
Mr. Alex McKenzie. of Row
land, was perhaps the oldest
veteran who attended the county
reunion Thursday. He is 83
years old and is still very active.
Messrs. Ollie Prevatt and
Bdgar and Kinney Lowe killed
in White Oak swamp recently a
rattlesnake that had 12 rattles
and a button and was five feet
long.
The Truman quartet and the
Lumberton orchestra furnished
music at the motion picture show
Friday night and the opera house
wa packed. The music was
fin, and so were the pictures.
, Mr. E. Wheeler Stone, on
bis farm at McDonald Saturday,
pulled from one vine three water
melons that weighed 45, 444 and
36 i pounds respectively, an ag
gregate of 126 pounds. That s
a record that is hard to beat
Rev. R. N. Cashwell is hav
ing a nice 7-room cottage erected
on Cedar street, between 12th and
13th streets. Work on the build
ing is progressing nicely and Mr.
Cashwell hopes to have the
house completed by October first
Miss Amelia Linkhaw, who
has charge of the millinery de
partment of Messrs. Caldwell &'
Carlyle's big department store,
left Thursday afternoon for New
York, where she will spend some
time purchasing goods for the
fall trade.
-Dr. W. A. McPhaul left
Saturday night for Baltimore to
inspect the fixtures for the Pope
drug store, of which he is pro
prietor, before they are shipped.
The new tile floor in this store
has been completed and the new
front will be in soon.
-The Cullom music normal at
Center Baptist church is said to
be the largest so far conducted
in the county. There are 140
students. It wiil close Thurs
day of this week with a grand
chorus, solos, duets, quartettes,
etc. Several ministers and lay
men have been invited to make
addresses durjng the day.
Miss Anna McLeod, who
won a trip abroad in a Fayette
ville Observer popularity contest,
returned home Thursday. She
went by way of Montreal,
Canada, visited Glasgow and
Edinboro, Scotland, London and
Paris, and after returning to the
United States she visited Buffalo.
Niagara Falls, New York and
Richmond before returning home.
She had a delightful trip that
extended over six weeks.
The singing school at the
Great Marsh church, near St
Pauls, being taught by Mr. Eli
Phillips, will close Saturday
evening of this week. The ex
ercises will begin at 7:30 o'clock
and will consist of songs, SoTos
IduetS, cpiarterts etc . nd there-
be some recitations and
.ope
.irifls
Messri. r. t. Law
rence and E. J. Bntt of Lumber
ton are expected to be among
the speakers for the occasion?
-Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Mc
Lean, who have been at Clifton
Springs,
N. Y., for somp time.
will attend this week at Boston
the annual meeting of the Ameri
can Bar Association, to which
Mr. McLean was elected a dele
gate at the last meeting of the
North Carolina Bai Assxiiation.
held at Lake Toxaway. Mr.
and Mrs. McLean will returri to
Clifton Springs from Boston and
will return home in about two
weeks.
The hearing in the case of
R. L. McFadgen et al vs. Neil
D. McFadgen et al, which was
started heresomp timei" JaniLsrv
before Clerk, of Court C. B.
Skipper, a coajJeted Friday.
Th nearing cowred three days,
one in January, one Monday,
the 10th instant, and fnday.
I . .
and-sfHT a great
Hral of interest has been taken
in the case, and it is from Hoke
county, but was started before
the creation of Hoke, which is
he re'n r- it K.:-
here. The clerk reserved judg
ment in tne case tor uie ptebeac
for further consideration.- H
ri 1 p'-ohably make his decisin
this wetk. - .