THE SEMI-WEEKLY ROBESONIAN.
COL NEILL A. McLEAN.
An Appreciation.
rParxr read before the North Cro
lin Bar Awociation at it recent meet-
L" . A i I u.l.
in at I.ake Toxawav ov flar. IV. V.
Vawrence, 01 me law nriu i
Lawrence & Proctor of Lumberton
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"But oh tbe
eavv change now thou
art gone.
Now thou art
return."
cone and never must
Milton: "Lycidas.
The "heavv chancres" in the
nrifi.movinsr Danorama of life
r nowhere more vividly im-
nrPRafd uDon us than in these
annual meetinirs of our associa
tion when we turn aside for the
moment from the duties of a
busy business world to pause for
contemplation and renecuon upon
the noble virtues of our brethren
cone before. The suddenness
and swiftness of these changes
kppnlv broueht home to us
in the death of our brother Col.
Npill Archibald McLean, who
died in the city of Raleigh on the
evening of the 15th of Febiuary,
1911. Just a short year ago he
stood before this association in
the prime of his manly vigor, in
full possession and control of bis
splendid intellectual powers, and
delivered a forceful address
which will long be remembered
by those privileged to hear it
He twice served as chairman of
the committee on memorials of
this association, first in 1906 and
again in 1910. Just a year ago
when this association met at
Wrightsville Beach it was his
pleasure and privilege to eulogize
his dead brethren; today by the
irony of fate he is himself the
subject of a memorial and an
other stands in the place then
occupied by him. In his death
a great man has fallen and the
Scottish Clans of North Carolina
have lost the pride and the joy
of their race.
"The worldly hope men set their hearts
upon.
Turns ashes or it prospers, and anon
Like snow upon the desert's dusty face,
Lighting an hour or two is gone!"
There are some emotions that
cannot be expressed in language;
some thoughts burn too deep for
words. Yet there is in every
loyal and loving heart a disposi
tion and a desire to speak the
longings of its soul for a departed
friend and companion. In obe
dience to that yearning I come
to lay upon the altar of the
memory of my departed friend
an offering which, f raglie though
it be, is yet redolent with a
grateful affection.
Neill Archibald McLean was
of Scotch and Scotch-Irish des
cent. Soon after the battle of
Culloden his great-grandfathers
upon his mother's side, Col.
James McQueen and Patrick Mc
Eachin, emigrated to America
and were among the pioneer
settlers of the Cape Fear section.
In the war of the Revolution,
some of his forebears fought
with the Continental Army and
some under the banner of the
Crown. Carruthers relates that
his great-grandmother, Mrs.
Neil Murphy, walked SO miles
from Robeson county to nurse a
brother who was wounded in the
battle of Cane creek. His pater
nal grandfather, Angus McLean,
emigrated to America about the
time of the Revolution. He
married a Miss Murphy, a sister
of the late Governor Murphy of
Alabama. The late Dr. P. J.
Murphy of our own State was
descended from a collateral
branch of this family. His
maternal grandfather, Col.
Archibald McEachin, was the
second clerk and master in equity
oi' the Robeson county court and
held other positions of trust and
confidence in the early history
of the county. His mother,
Eliza McEachin McLean, was
one of the most brilliant women
of her day. She was a writer of
note. His father, Col. Neill
Archibald McLean Sr., was a man
of superior intellectual attain
ments and for many years was
the leader of the bar of Robeson
and adjoining counties. As the
result of the union between Col.
Neill Archibald McLean and
Eliza McEachin. Neill Archibald
McLean and Eliza McEachin,
Neill Archibald McLean, the sub
ject of this sketch, was born in
Robeson county near the present
town ot Ked Springs, on the 10th
day of November, 1855. With
such an ancestry it is easy to un
derstand the splendid gifts of
mind and of heart possessed by
J A.-J 1 . t . . T "I
our uepartea -oroiner. ue re
ceived upon his worthy shoulders
the twofold mantle of their
greatness and this mantle he
wore with a grace and grandeur
peculiar to himself.
He received his academic edu
cation at Bingham School and
the University of North Caro
lina. He also read law at the
University and was admitted to
the bar in 1878. After receiving
license ne entered upon the
practice with his father and-this
onnection continued until his
father's death. He then formed
a partnership with the late Col.
Alfred Rowland and this con
tinued until Col. Rowland's elec
tion to Congress in le&b. lie
then entered into partnership
with his cousin A. W. McLean,
Esq. An ever-increasing prac
tice caused the admission into
the firm of J. G. McCormick,
Esq., under the firm name Mc
Lean, McLean & McCormick.
After the removal of Mr. Mc
Cormick to Wilmington, Mr. W.
B. Snow became a member of
the firm. Upon his retirement
and return to Raleigh, Col. Ale
Lean again resumed the practice
with his cousin A. W. McLean
under the firm name of McLean
and McLean a name so well
known in all the Cape Fear sec
tion. In 1880 Col. McLean was
married to Miss Elizabeth Town
send, daughter of the late
Richard Townsend of Robeson
county, and of this union seven
children were born. Of these
children, three daughters Mes
dames H. B. Jennings, A. T. Mc
Lean and Miss Agnes McLean
and three sons Messrs. R. A.,
Douglas and Murphy McLean
still survive. After the death
of his first wife Col. McLean
married Miss Essie C. Stewart
of South Carolina. Mrs. Mc
Lean's gifts of mind and of heart
were on a parity with those of
her distinguished husband and
their union was an ideal one.
He idolized his wife and children
and those who enjoyed the bounty
of the hospitality of their elegant
home can testify to the beauty
of the happy and congenial life
tney uvea. ( Mrs. McLean, wun
two young daughters, Eugenia
and Alice, still survive him.
Col. McLean served his State
and generation in many positions
of trust and confidence and was
twice a member of the btate
Senate first in 1883 and again
in 1907. He was the Democratic
candidate for 'solicitor of his dis
trict when the Fusionists swept
the State and the character of
the man is shown in the fact
that although the canvassing
board declared his election, he
refused to qualify or accept the
office, which he considered had
been awarded to him upon a
technicality. Had he so desired,
he could have had any office in
the gift of his people. The game
of politics, however, had but
ittle attraction for him and he
never entered the political arena
except when he conceived it to
be his duty or when his people
demanded it. He never sought
office. He despised the hypocracy
of the ward politician and the
cant of the time-server. He
never
"Bent the pregnant hinges of the knee
That thrift might follow fawning."
"Vox populi" was not always
vox Dei" to him. He spoke
his convictions, whether popular
or unpopular, and the fact that
his speech might be unpopular
lound him the more willing to
assert and contend for the prin
ciple he believed in. He never
had half-hearted conviction.
His intellectual courage was on
a par with his physical and moral
courage and he never allowed
the unpopularity of his cause in
any way swerve him from what
he conceived to be his duty.
And herein lay the strength of
his best genuine service to his
people.
In his early life Col. McLean
joined the church of his ances
tors and remained a consistent
member to the time of his death.
An illness of some weeks dura
tion in the fall of 1910 satisfied
him that his days were number
ed and when the summons came
it found him ready and unafaid.
He suffered no pain, his end was
calm and peaceful. He literally
fell on sleep. His death was
such a death as Tennyson might
have desired when he sung
"But such a tide as moving seems
asleep.
Too full for sound and foam.
When that which drtw from out the
boundless deep.
Turns again home."
The law was his life work and
joy and by it he is best known.
He was easily among the fore
most at the bar of the Cape Fear
and it was generally thought by
those best acquainted with his
legal gifts that he was the peer
of any lawyer in the State. His
knowledge was the knowledge of
principle as well as precedent
and covered the entire body of
the common and the statutory
law. There may have been
lawyers who have surpassed him
in some particular branch of legal
knowledge and accomplishment,
but it can be said without any
exaggeration that he had no
superior as an "all round" law
yer. He was equally at home
(Continued on page 3.)
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
On th Sunday School Leston
by Rev. Dr. Llnacott For
th International Press Bible
Question Club.
Oem. 1911. brR T. S. law .P.P.
Sept. 3rd, 1911.
(Copyright. 1B10, by Ke. T. S. Uiucott. D.D.)
Review.
Golden Text Depart from evil and
do good; seek peace, and pursue It.
Pa. xxxiv:14.
The following review may be used
as a complete lesson, or as a review
of the nine preceding lessons. The
date, and title of each lesson, where
found, Golden Text, and one question
from each lesson follow.
July 2. Ualah't Prophecy Concern
ing Sennacherib. Isa. xxxvil: 14-38.
Golden Text God is our refuge and
strength, a very present help la
trouble. Ps. xlvi:l.
(1.) Verse 14 Is it the privilege of
every man to spread all his letters,
including those that give him trouble,
before the Almighty God, and if so
what is the advantage of so doing?
July 9. The Suffering Servant of
Jehovah. Isa. Hi: 13 liii: 12. Golden
Text The Lord hath laid on him the
iniquity of us all. Isa. liii: 6.
(2.) Verse 15 What proportion of
the kings or the presidents of the na
tions look to, and honor Jesus as the
Saviour of the world?
July .16. Manasseh'c .Wickedness
and Penitence. 2 Chron. xxxiii:l-20.
Golden Text Cease to do evil; learn
to do well. Isa. 1:16.17.
(3.) Verses 1-2 When the son of
a good father becomes a bad man,
how do you account for It?
July 23. Josiah's Devotion to God.
2 Chron. xxxlv.1-13. Golden Text
Remember now thy Creator in the
days of thy youth. Eccl. xii:l.
(4.) Verse 3 If a boy is not con
verted by the time Ji is sixteen years
of age, what are his chances of ever
becoming a true Christian?
Ju! 30. The Finding of the Book
of the Law. i Chron xxxiv: 14-33. Gol
den Text Th.v word have I hid in
mine heart, that I might not sin
against thee. Ps. cxlx;ll.
(5.) Verse 19 Did Jesus abolish
any of the laws of Moses, and if so
which? (See Matt, v: 38-44.)
Aug. 6. Jeremiah Tried Ind Acquit
tfd. Jer. xxvi. Golden Text The
Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall 1 fear? Ps. xxvirl.
(6.) Verse 1-2 May all persons to
day with the goodness and ability of
Jeremiah, hear the voice of the Lord
as plainly as he did?
Aug. 13. Jefioiakim Burns the
Prophet's Book. Jer. xxxvi. Golden
Text. The word of our God shall
stand forever. Isa. xl:8.
(7.) Verses 1-2 What advantage la
it to us, that men like Jeremiah wrote
the history of 'Jod's dealings with his
people, and, that we have these rec
ords in the Eible?
Aug. 20. Jeremiah Cast Into Prison.
Jer. xxxvii. Golden Text Blessed are
ye, when men shall revile you, and
persecute you, and say all manner of
evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matt. v:ll.
(8.) Verset 1-2 When sin Is work
ing wreck and ruin, how do you ex
plain that men keep on In their dis
obedience to God, as Zedekiah did?
(This is one of the questions that
may be answered in writing by mem
bers of the club.)
Aug. 27. Judah Carried Captive to
Babylon. Jer. xxxix. Golden Text.
Be sure your sin will find you out.
Xum. xxxli:23.
(9.) Vtrses 1-2 When a historian
gives the day, the month, and the
year an event took place, and asso
ciates his facts with some other well
known fact, how much weight does
that give to the credibility of his
story?
Lesson for Sunday, Sept. 10th, 1911.
Daniel and His Companions; A Tem
perance Lesson. . Dan. i:S-20.
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Virginia 4CaroKna Southern Railroad Co
Time Table No. IS.
In Effect 12 o'clock noon.JSunday,
June 25, 1911.
Between Lumberton and Hope Mills.
SOUTHBOUND
Daily
No. 66 No. 79
Lv Hope Mills, 6.15 pm 7.45 a in
4 Roslin, 5.25 44 7.55 44
44 McMillan, 6.8o 44 8.00 "
44 Oakland, 6.86 " 8.05 "
Ar St Pauls, 6.43 44 8.13 44
Lv St. Pauls, 6.45 " 8.20 "
" Roziers, 6.50 44 8.25 "
" Woodmore, 5.53 44 8.28 44
44 Powers, 6.oo " 8.36 "
44 Bee Gee, 6.O7 ' 8.40 44
Ar Lumbertoa, 6.15 44 8.60 "
NORTHBOUND
Daily
No. 64 No. 78
Ar Hope Mills, lo.63 a tn 9.35 p m
Lv Roslin, Io.45 44 9.25 "
" McMillan, 10.40 44 9.20 "
" Oakland, lo.35 44 9.15 44
44 St Pauls, lo.25 9.10 "
Ar St Paul, 10.23 " 9.08 44
Lv Roziers, I0.I6 " 9.OO 44
44 Woodmore, 10.12 " 8.57 44
" Powers, 10.05 44 8.5o "
" Bee Gee, 9.58 44 8.43 "
44 Lumberton, 9.60 " 8.35 44
Elizabcthtown Branch
Between St. Paul and Elizabethtown
Mixed train daily except Sunday.
No. 8. No. 7.
Ar St. Paul 8.15 am Lv 9.15 pm
Lv Tar Heel 6.50 " 44 10.05 44
44 Dublin 6.10 " " 10.40 44
4 Eli'bth'tn 5.30 44 Ar 11.00 44
Nos. 5 and 6 will not carry passengers
Nos. 7 and 8 will stop on signal at
Dundee, Tobermory, Duart, Perth and
Berwick for passengers.
No. 79 will wait 15 minutes at St
Paul for passengers from No. 8.
No. 7 will wait at St. Paul for pas
sengers from No. 78.
J. P. Russell, General Supt
Raleigh and Charleston Railroad
Time Table No. 9. Taklno Etleel
Sunday. May IStb, 1910. at
A. M.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 1. No. 5.
Lv. Lumberton, 9 55 a m 1. 00 p m
" Pope, ;i0.05 " 1. 10 "
" Kingsdale, :l0.12 " 1.35 "
" Proctorville, 10.27 " 1.58 "
" Barnesville, 10.42 14 2.20 14
" Flowers, 10.48 44 2.30 "
" Marietta, 10 54 44 2.30 44
44 Holmesville, 10.59 4 4 2.$7 "
" Pages M-'ll, 11.05 " 3.38 "
44 Kempei, 11.11 44 408 44
" May, 11.14 44 4 15 "
" Mellier, 11.16 44 4-2o "
' Squires, 11.19 " 4 35 "
" Fork, 11.22 " 4 5 "
" Zion, 11.31 " 5-05 "
44 Rogers, 11.40 " 515 "
Ar Marion, 11.55 44 6.35 44
NORTH BOUND
Lv. Marion,
" Rogers,
41 Zion,
" Fork,
44 Squires,
44 Mellier,
44 May,
14 Kemper,
14 Pages Mill,
44 Holmesville,
44 Marietta,
14 Flowers,
44 Barnesville,
14 Proctorville,
44 Kingsdale,
44 Pope.
3
lOpra
40 a m
3.43
.00 4
348
3 55
8.58
4.01
4.05
4.08
414
4.20
4 27
4.34
4.42
4.56
!610
5.15
10 "
30 44
34 44
38 44
43 44
48 "
55 "
.05 44
IS "
.25 44
35 "
55 "
20 44
3o 44
Ar
T .nmhprton.
5-30
55 "
Train Nos. I and 2 run daily.
L. M, Williams, Pres.
L. A. Boyd, Gen
Mgr.
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Don't come to Lumberton
with an empty wagon. We
pay cash for
Shingle Timber
cut in blocks 18 inches long,
not less than 15 inches wide.
Heart Pine or Cypress. We
grind your corn while you
wait. We handle all kinds
of building supplies, Man
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Balisters, Brackets. Etc.
Will dress your lumber
cheap.
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money is kept at home to help build up our
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We write small policies as well as large ones
$100 to $25,000.
LaFayette Mutual Life Insurance Company,
E. E. PAGE, Secretary and Treasurer,
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Cotton Ginning Time
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to gin your cotton and furnish good
two-pound bagging and ties at the
old price,
$1.50 Per Bale
We have an experienced man at
the gins this year, Mr. A. R. Currie,
and expect to leave nothing undone
to give you prompt and satisfac
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both cash and in exchange for
meal.
Robeson
JNO. S. MacNEILL, Treasurer.
Telephone No. 68. 8-28-2t
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