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VOL XLU NO. 59. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1911. WHOLE NoT 2700
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SUPERIOR COURT.
Disposition Made of Many Cases
A 9 -Years' Sentense to
County RoadsMurder Trial
On.
Many cases have been disposed
of in the week's term of superior
court which began Monday morn
ing, Judge H. W. Whedbee of
Greenville presiding. Yesterday
afternoon the trial of Sam Pough,
colored, on the charge of killing
Bunk McRae, colored, in a negro
row on Col. E. F. McRae'a place
near Maxton last June, began.
-Speaking began just before the
noon recess and the case will go
to the jury this afternoon.
Second degree murder is asked
for. Messrs. McLean, Varser &
McLean are appearing with Solic
itor Sinclair and Messrs. Mcln
tyre, Lawrence & Proctor of
Lumberton and G. B. Patterson
of Maxton are representing the
defendant.
In the following report of cases
disposed of, carrying concealed
weapon and assault with deadly
weapon have been abbreviated to
c. c. w. and a. d. w. to save
tepace. .
EdBethea, a., wguiUy; 4
months on roads.
Jno. McPhaul, c. c. w. ; plead
guilty; $25 and costs.
Clifton Raybon, c. c. w. ; bond
in sum $50 to November term.
D. Campbell, a. d. w. ; recog
nized to November term in sum
D. B. Walters and Julia An
derson, fornication and adultery;
Julia Anderson recognized to
November term in sum of $50;
capias and continued as to Walter8-
,
Cleveland Blanks, c. c. w.;
judgment of guilty as instructed
by court; 30 day3 on roads.
Andrew Partt, retailing; plead
guilty; judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
Willis D. Britt, a. d. w. ; plead
guilty; judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
Jas. Brigman, escape; not
guilty. T , ..
Jas. Glover, Jr., larceny; guil
ty; 4 months on roads.
Chester Smith, retailing; de
fendant waives finding of bill;
judgment suspended.
H. L Stephens, not guilty.
P. J. Faircloth, seduction;
plead guilty; judgment suspended
on payment of costs.
Hector Gilchrist, retailing;
plead guilty; 6 months on roads.
Todney Lewis, alias David
Lewis, a", d. w. ; not guilty.
Will McLeod, retailing; not
guilty.
Alice Edwards, a. d. w. and c.
c. w.; plead guilty; 6 months in
jail.
Sam McEachern, retailing;
plead guilty.
C. H.Smith, larceny; changed
to forcible' trespass and judg
ment suspended on payment of
costs.
Jno. D. Oxendine, c. c. w. ;
nlead eruiltv.
Colonel Jones, retailing; guil
ty; 3 months on roads.
Grant Moody and L. W. Bass,
"a. d. w.; guilty; Moody, $25 and
costs; Bass, $10 and costs.
Ed Clark, larceny; plead guil
ty; 12 months on roads.
Ernest McKay, a. d. w.; guil
ty; 3 months on roads.
Jim Kelly, a. d. w.; guilty; 4
months on roads.
Neill Brown, larceny; guilty;
judgment suspended; guilty on
same charge in another case; 9
years on county roads. Plead
guilty in another case and judg
ment suspended.
Angus Smith, larceny; not
guilty. '
Jno. D. and French Oxendine,
c c. w. and a. d. w.; Jno. D.
guilty of a. d. w. and French
miilty of a. d. w. and c. c. w. ;
$25 and costs each in 2 cases,
judgement suspended on payment
of costs in 2 other cases.
C. H. Smith, larceny; motion
for clerk to re tax costs and wiu
nesses allowed to prove; if costs
not paid capias to issue.
Will Love, a. d. w.; plead guil
ty; 3 months on roads.
Estella Green, c. c. w.; guilty
J. E. Wright, c. c. w.; pleaf
guiltyr$50 and costs.
Joe French, a., d. w.; guilty
judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
Rill Floyd, Oscar Mitchell, a
d. w. and c. c. w. ; guilty o
simple assault and c. c. w.; (
months on roads."
Gilbert Parker, a. d. w.; plead
guilty; 3 months on roads.
Harry Ivey, c. c. w. and a. d.
w.; judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs and $20 to pav
hospital bill of prosecuting wit
ness. Wm. Murphy, disposing of
mortgaged crop; prayer for judg
ment continued upon payment
of cost due officers and pay all
cost by next term of criminal
court.
Colonel Cole, a. d. w. ; plead
guilty; judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
Campbell McNair, exceeding
speed limit in Maxton with auto;
judgment suspended on payment
of fine of 1 cent and costs.
The following cases have been
continued: Evander Kinlaw, c.
c. w.; Jas. Carter, larceny;
Archie Melvin, murder; Jno.
Piatt, murder; Chas. Livingston,
murder: Archie Bass, a. d. w.,
Jno. Marsh, a. d. w. ; N. A. Bar
ber, disturbing religious congre
gation; Hezzie and Mattie Britt,
fornication and adultery; Neill
McRae, tnurder; Hector Bethea,
c. c. w. ; Marshall Pittman, c. c.
w. ; Lon Rogers, a. d. w. ; Jasper
Bullock, a. d. w.; Sarah McNeill,
Linda Brown, Eddie McMillan,
trespass; Lawrence Bartley, a.
d w,: Clifton Raybon, a d, w,
Sam McEachern, retailing (2;
cases); binclair Hunt, a. d. w
and c. c. w ; Will Yarborough,
nuisance.
Nol Pros., with leave or other
wise, has been entered in the
following cases: Jno. Smith. Jno.
Moore, Rudolph Moore, Todd
Powell, Eddie Oxendine, larceny;
Baxter Rush, c. c. w. ; Thos.
Rush, c. c. w. ; Richard Parham,
assault; Daniel McLean, obstruct
ing public roads; Archie Frank
Chason and Chas. Chason, a. d.
w. H. C. Adcox to pay part of
cost county would have to pay;
Jap McNair, embezzlement.
The grand jury has returned
true bill against Will McDonald,
charged with murder of Carrie
McDonald Ju'.y 27 last; Fuller
McQueen, burglary, charged with
breaking into house of Sallie J.
McNair August 24 last; Wm. H.
Locklear, who killed Wm. Fields
at his heme near Pembroke last
Sunday, claiming self-defense,
murder.
Majestic Range Demonstration
Prizes for Successful Con
testants. The majestic range stove dem
onstration is on at the Mc
Allister Hdw. store this week
and biscuit by the hundred are
being baked. Hot biscuit, butter
and coffee are served free. The
demonstration began Monday
and will continue until Saturday.
It is conducted by Mr. Claud
Sanders, of St. Louis, Mo
A-
prize will be given to the person
guessing the nearest number oijSeen on ihe streets and
biscuit baked during the wee j lown every morning after cotton
and all visitors are entitled t& a; pickers; and some of the farmers
guess. The successful contest- aay that they are finding it al
ant, if a lady, will receive a; most impossible to get help at
quadruple silver baking dish; if : ai. Mr. J.W. Barker, of Howells
a gentleman, a single-ban el 12 ' vilie, spent Tuesday at East
guage shot gun; if a girl, a mid- Arcadia, near Wilmington, in
get cook stove; and if the winner, searcn of hands. He sar3 that
should be a boy he will get a. he got the promise of 15 to come
50-shot repeating air rifle. The next week, but was unable to
prizes are on display in the show j bring any back with him. Some
window at the McAllister Hdw. l0f the farmers are offering 60
Company's store.
Off For College.
The following girls and boys
have left since Tuesday morning
-some Tuesday, some yester
lay and others this morning
-'or their respective colleges:
lisses Dovie and Edna Prevatt,
nnie Ruth Caldwell and Lina
Gough, Meredith College, Ral
eigh; Katie and Berta McNeill
and Jennie Russell, Southern
Presbyterian College. Red
Springs; Annie Neill Fuller,
Jreensboro Female College;Ruth
lackson, Randolph Macon Insti
ite, Danville, Va.; Lene Mc
,eod, Elizabeth College, Char
tte; Messrs. David Fuller.
Vinitv, and Robt. Prevatt,
hapel Hill.
Correction.
Nathan Bruce, who shot
mmy Locklear" near Lowe
inday, was referred to in Mon
ty's Robesonian as an Indian,
o correction of the statement
is been asked for but The
obesonian has since been in
rmed that Mr. Bruce is a white
inan. '
GRADED SCHOOL OPENS.
Largest Attendance First Cay
in History of School New
Work Outlined for Literary
Societies and Will Publish
Magazine AH Grades Above
Seventh Cut Out and Four
Years of High School Work
Arranged About Half a
Year's Work Added.
The fall term of the Lumber
ton graded school opened Tues
day morning with the largest
first day's attendance in the his
tory of the school, 303 being
present as compared with 281
the first day last year, which
was the largest attendance for
the first day up to that time.
Quite a number of town people
attended the opening exercises
Tuesday morning. Rev. C. H.
Durham, pastor of the First
Baptist church, conducted the
exercises and made a short talk.
Supt. R. E. Sentelle, who has
had charge of the school since it
was organized four years ago and
under whose direction it has
steadily grown, has arranged for
the addition of about half a
year's work. All grades above
thp seventh havp hppn " discon-
tin -ndibur. year .oft-iftgff
8Ch00l work have fceeh ,substi-
tuted, this being equivalent to
eleven grades. New work has
been outlined, too, in connection
with the literary societies and it
is the purpose to publish a school
magazine about four times dur
ing the school year. The music
department, in charge of Misses
Mary Weddell of Tarboro and
Ethel Williams of Lumberton, will
! be crowded. Misses Hassie Lou
I Ponders of Mars Hill and Eliz
abeth McNair of Maxton, both
new additions to the faculty, and
i Supt. Sentelle will have charge
of the high school work. The
departmental plan of work will
be introduced in this department,
each of these three teachers
having charge of certain classes
and being in charge of this room
as stated hours each day. The
other teachers are: Miss Mamie
Avent of Cary, sixth grade; Miss
Margaret Townsend of Union,
S. C, fifth; Miss Mary Jeffress
of Canton, fourth; Miss Winni
fred Rowland of Lumberton.
third; Miss Pennie Rowland of
Lumberton, second; Miss Fannie
Knight of Raleigh, first. Miss
Knight will introduce the phonic
method -of spelling and other up-to-date
work in the first grade.
The graded school begins the
new year under most favorable
circumstances.
Cotton Pickers Scarce.
It seems that the farmers
penerailv are having a rather
i tough proposition in getting their
cotton picked. Wagons
can be
around
cents a hundred for picking,
which is much above the price
usually paid at the present price
of cotton.
Cotton Worth 15 Cents Crop
Will Not Exceed 12,500,000
Bales.
Montgomery, Ala.. Dispatch. Mth.
Five hundred farmers, and as
many bankers, Congressmen,
United States Senators and busi
ness men representing every
cotton-growing State declared in
convention today that the farm
er's cotton is worth 15 cents a
pound and resolved that the
farmer should hold his cotton lor
that price. The-reso'ution follow
ed the estimate of a committee
that the cod in America would
not exceed $12, 50 ), COO bales.
Ice-Cream Supper at Raynham
Tomorrow Night
' The ladies of--the Baptist
church at Raynham will have an
ice-cream supper at the church
tomorrow (Friday) night for the
benefit of the carpet fund. The
public is invited.
Subscribe for The Robesonian.
HOPE MILLS NEWS.
Graded School Opens The
Final Summons Personal.
CdrrMpondenc of The RobewinUn.
Hope Mills, Sept 11. -The
Hope Mills graded and high
school was opened this morning
with a very large attendance.
The opening exercises were con
ducted by Rev. E. I. Olive. Af
ter a song by the school, Bible
reading and prayer, a very in
teresting address was made by
Rev. N. C. Duncan. Two very
appropriate recitations were
then given by Miss Pope, who
is an assistant teacher in the
school, and Miss Price, a very
highly accomplished young lady.
Mrs. N. C. Duncan rendered a
very beautiful solo, after which
the superintendent, Prof. J. B.
Bridges, made some opening re
marks. Prof. Bridges was in
charge of the school last
year,
and as the school was a success
last year we predict that it will
be even a greater success this
year. Prof. Bridges will be as
sisted by Mrs. Lauchlin Mc
Donald, who has done efficient
work in the school for several
years and who is very highly es
teemed by every student and
in ol the, school' Miss Irene!
arker. of Xotton. Miss' xucrje
Pope, of Mt. Olive, 'and-
Hallie Austin, of Maxton,
also assist Prof. Pridges,
Austin having charge of
music department.
A telephone message was
re.
ceived here this morning an-j were sent belore it received
nouncing the death of Miss Net-1 notice. The subscribers are very
tie Leslie, who had for several 'much worked up over the matter
weeks been sick at St. Luke's i and they have employed council
hospital, at Fayetteville. The ! in the case and are going to make
funeral took place at Galatiaj a fight.
Presbyterian church, of which ; Florida Visitor Talks About
Miss Leslie had been a member- . . , . .
for a number of years. Trucking and Raising Oranges
On August 27, Mr. John Fred-j and Grapefruit,
eric Byrne died, being in his 83d j Mr. N. S. Tolar, of Loughman,
year, and was buried at Big Fla., is spending some time in
Rockfish Presbyterian church, the county on a visit to relatives.
Mr. Byrne for a number of years I He arrived at Rennert Friday
had been a faithful member ofiandwasin town Tuesday. Hp
the Baptist church, and is sur
vived by J. Frederic, Jr., of
Rockingham, A. E. Byrne, of
Fairmont, Mrs. W. J. Evans, of
Fayetteville, route 8, Misses
Eva, Stella, Oneida and Mattie,
of Hope Mills.
Messrs. J. B. West, W. J.
Philips. M. Hamilton and Miss
Stella Byrne leave tonight for
Richmond, Va., on business.
Miss Anna Newton has ac -
cepted a position with the cham
ber of commerce , and Carolina
Lumber Co., of Fayetteville, as
stenographer.
Rev. Watson M. Fairley, of
Fayetteville, preached a very
able sermon in the Presbyterian
church here Sunday afternoon lo
a large congregation. Preaching
services were also conducted at
the Baptist, Episcopal and
Methodist churches Sunday eve
ning. Civil Service Examination
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Postoffice Clerk. j
An examination for postoffice;
clerk will be held at the post
;n T nmhortnn W0mfu.r ;
iq ir,a limit is tr. uoara !
on the date of the examination.
Married women will not be ad
mitted to the examination.
This prohibition, however, does
not apply to women who are
divorced or those who are sep
arated from their husbands and
support themselves, but they
are eligible for appointment only
as clerk. Applicants must be
physically sound, and male ap
plicants must be not less than
5 feet 4 inches in height without
boots or shoes, and weight not
less than 125 pounds without
overcoat or hat For application
blanks and for full information,
qualifications, duties, salaries,
vacations, promotions, etc , ad
dress immediately
R. O Edmund
Secretary, Board of Civil Service
Examiners, Lumberton, N. U
Notices of New Advertisements.
An important asset to a young
man Bank of Lumberton.
Top of market for cotton and
cotton seed at Jno. T. Biggs Co's
The place to buy horses, mules,
buggies, surries, wagons and
harnessW. I. Linkhaw.
Statement of condition of Bank
of Parkton. '
Brown Leghorn roosters for
sale D. W. Crump.
Good housekeeping magazine
wants a representative in Lum
berton. .
A TELEPHONE FIGHT.
The Bell Telephone Company
Puts Several Subscribers to
Great Disadvantage for the
Sum of $1.95 Chinchy Busi
ness. The local Bell telephone ex
change has put several county
subscribers to a great disadvant
age at a busy season of the year
by cutting the connection of the
St. Paul line. The connection
was cut Monday because of a
contention of $1.95 toll charges
against one of the subscribers,
or 'phones, on the line. There
are eight 'phones on the line and
following are the subscribers:
Messrs. W. P. McAllister, G. G.
French, Spurgeon Jones, J. I.
Townsend, J. B. Regan, T. W.
Maxwell, Geo. Humphrey and
John McArthur: and all of them
i - : j it.:. i i j
j nave paiu uieir puune rem ana
they tnink u is very unjust to be
deprived of the use of their
'phone3. The 81.95 in question
is charged against the 'phone on
Mr. G. G. French's plantation,
about 4 miles from town, for mes
sages during the month of March
by a Mr. Lewis, a tenant who had
charge of Mr. French's farm at
the time. The subscribers claim
trtat tftey stilled the ' exchange
Miss, othce not to let Lewis use the
will 'phone unless he paid for his mes
Miss' sages 'and for that reason they
the! do not think they are responsible
I for charges. The telephone com-
I pany contends that the messages
expects to return to i londa the
last of next week. Mr. Tolar
is a native Robesonian, but has
been in Florida ten years and
this is his second visit to his
former home since leaving, hav
ing made one other visit about
five years ago. Mr. Tolar is
trucker and says that Florida is
an exellent place for the business,
though if the work is carried on
; 8UCceSsfullv the crops must be
watered by irrigation. He has
four acres watered in this way
and says that it is no trouble to
make three crops. Last Christ
mas a year ago he picked beans
on Christmas day. Mr, Tolar is
cultivating an orange grove.
His trees are one year old and
doing well. He says that there
is good money to be made in
! raising oranges but that grape
fruit pays better. He has
neighbor who has refused $4,000
tor his crop ot truit this year
on four acres of grapefruit
The condition of Mrs. W. P,
Barker, who has been sick for
some ume wun iv pnom iever ai
her home on Elm street, is im
Prvin? and 5
is
expected that
she will soon be entirely well.
Rev. Father Gallagher of
Wilmington will fill his regular
third-Sunday appointments here
Sunday, celebrating mass at the
opera house at 7:30 o'clock in
the morning and lecturing at the
same jjiage at, i u crotiv- m uie
afternoon.
Mr. Olin Edens, who re
turned last week from Baltimore.
Md.. where he underwent an
operation at Johns Hopkins' hes
pitai for appendicitis, is almost
entirely well and he 'expects to
resume his work as salesman for
the firm of White & Gough Sat
urday or the first of next week.
The Lumberton Motor Car Co.
has installed in its shop on Fifth
street a large new turning lathe
3x10 feet. Ifewas instajjd Tues
day and Mft A. A, Pjtdneau,
manager of th. hop, says, that
ic is the largt machine of the
kind in this" part "of the State,
except in some of the railroad
machine shops. The installation
of this piece of machinery en
ables the companyta akLcare
of quite a bit of heavy work
whicn it has been impossible to
handle heretofore. The Lumber
ton Motor Car Co. new has a
well-equipped machine shop and
can do all kinds of machine
work.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Miss Lillian Proctor enter
tertained Monday evening at the
home of her mother. Elm and
Sixth streets, in honor of her
guest Miss Lucy Dick, of Greens
boro. -Supt. J. R. Poole attended
the opening of the Philadelphia
high school at Philadelphus Tues
day. He says that the school
opened with 45 more pupils than
it did last year.
Mr. E. J. Chambers, of the
T. F. Reeves Co. of Fairmont,
was a Lumberton visitor yester
day. Mr. Chambers says farmers
have been receiving tip-top prices
for tobacco at the Reeves tobacco
warehouse this year and that
they would be better off if they
had planted more tobacco this
year.
Condary Harden, Indian,
who lives on route 2 from Lum
berton, brought to The Robeson
ian office Tuesday an ear of corn
that came near being several
ears. It is one fully developed
ear with six small "nubbings"
grown around it, all in the same
shuck. Condary thinks it is a
wonder, -
Prof. ' Hich&tif'-wn'i-
turned Sunday from Athens,
Ga., where he spent two weeks
on business. The professor says
that crops, generally speaking,
are good in tne country he passed
through, though they do not com
pare with crop3 in Robeson. He
says that he enjoyed the trip
very much.
During the severe electrical
storm Monday afternoon between
4 and 5 o'clock a very valuable
cow belonging to Mr. J. P. Town
send wa3 killed on Water street.
The lightning ran down the
chain to which she was tied to
the limb o a tree. Mr. Town
send had refused $75 for the cow
and says he would not have taken
$100 for her.
Mr. R. B. Humphrey was
the victim oi a painful accident
yesterday morning while at work
in the shop of the Lumberton
Novelty Works, of which he is
manager. Two fingers of his
right hand were cought in a
turning lathe. The end of the
middle finger was jerked almost
completely off at the first joint
and the finger next to little finger
was badly bruised.
Mr. W. B. Webb, formerly
of Lumberton but who has been
in Fayetteville for the last twelve
months, came over last week
and is doing plumbing for the
McAllister Hdw. Co. He will be
here indefinitly, but is looking
after work at both places, here
and at Fayetteville. Mr. Webb
say3 that he finds Lumberton a
hard. place to stay away from it
has such fir.e water.
Mr. a'.d Mrs. A. W. Peace
moved jesttrciay into their new
residence n north Elm street.
Mr. and lAra. L. R. Varser are
moving :oday from the Presby
terian m:-.nse to the cottage
vacated bv Mr and Mrs Peace,
on Fourth street. Rev R. E.
Steele, the new Presbyterian
minister, wiil arrive tonight with
his family from Spencer, and
will move into the manse at once.
Mr. Geo. G. French left
Tuesday evening for Richmond,
Va., to see Mr. A. K. Morrison,
who for some tim; has been un
dergoing treatment for rheuma
tism in a hospital in Richmond.
Mr. Morrison's condition has
greatly improved, though, it is
not expected that he will be able
to come home in several days
yet. Mr. French is expected to
return tonight or tomorrow.
Mr. and Mr3. J. R. Nance
and little 3-year-old son, J. R.
Jr., who had b:en in the county
for a few days, !ft Tuesday af
ternoon for their home at. Anda-
usia, A!a. Mrs. Nance anq J.
Jr.; and a-sMJt- 5 month?..-oir
tWlfHl two wt6kag for a vis
it at-tVte nome-jf Mrs.' Nance's
father. Mr. Evander Pitman, of
Back Swamp, and on last Thurs
day the .nfarit son died after an
illness of one day and night
News of the death was wired
Mr. Nance and he arrived Satur
day, but the child was buried
Friday. r Nance was her
for a few days aoout six weeks
ago and would not have coma
this time had it not been for the
death of the child.