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ROB Established 1S70. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cenf VOL X1JI NO. 75. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1911. WHOLE NO. 2716 r ESON1AN THE RALLY TOMORROW. All Things Now Ready and a Large Crowd Expected De spite the Rains-Court Will Adjourn on Account of the Speaking, Which Will be Held in the Court House A Dandy Parade Expected No Recep tion Tomorrow Night. PROGRAM 10:30 Parade will form on Elm street, near Waverly hotel. 11:00 Parade will start. 11:30 Address of Welcome. L. R. Varser. Response -K. M. BarneB. Address-Gov. W. W. Kitchin, intro duced by R. D. Caldwell. Address Assistant Secretary Hayea of the Department of Agricul ture, introduced by Prof. Stacy of Rowland. Address -C O. Elliott, Chief of the Drainage Department, introduc ed by Congressman H. L. Godwin The speaking will be held at the court house. Court will adjourn from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. All things are in readiness for the big Farmers Union educa tional rally tomorrow ana despite the heavy rains a large crowd is expected. Court will jourjrfronrf jUav mT to 2 p"m. and the speaking will be held in the court house." Tt. was at first intended to pro vide a stand and seats in front of the court house, but on ac count of the heavy rains yester day and last night the ground will hp too damD for comfort. The school children, a large number of whom are expected, f.hief Marshals Stone and Be- t.hnne and their assistants, the Parkton band, the corn-club boys, floats and automobiles will figure prominently in the parade Thfrp will h no receDtion in Vinnnr nf thp sneakers at the In dustrial and Commercial Club rooms Friday night, as at first Droposed, as Gov. Kitchin yes- terdav. in resDonse to a wire frnm Mr. R. D. Caldwell. Dresi Hpnr of thp club, advised that he cannot remain over that night and it is not certain that any of the speakers will be in town. CLARKTON BUDGET. Church Organized at Brown Marsh-New Residences Per sonal Mention. CmresDondence of The Robeaonian. Clarkton, Nov. 6. Miss Mable Clark of Beaufort spent the past week with relatives and friends near here. Miss Ethel Smith, who is teach ing near Mt Horeb, spent Sun dav with her parents here. Dr. Byron Clark of Salisbury spent several days the past week here with relatives. Mrs. Roacoe Thomas of Seattle. Wash., is spending some time here with relatives and tnends Mr. Walter McDuffie spent Sundav with his parents near White Hall. Mr. Washington Braddy from nearUrbit spent bunday with friends here. Mr. Bruce Burney spent Sat nrdav in Wilmington. There was preaching at the nld Rrown Marsh church Fridav. Saturday and Sunday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. W. P. M Currie. The organization took place Sunday after services and a church was organized with 26 members. Thev elected one -elder and one deacon and ordain ed them. Miss Janette McKee spent to rflav in F.lizahpthtown. Mr A M Wailapp of Council is spending several days with his son Mr. Advil Wallace. Mr. D. D. McKee of Elizabeth f town spent last week with rela fives here. Mr. W. L. Phifer is having his new residence on Park street minted. Dr. L. B. Evans ha3 had part of the lumber placed on the grounds, and will soon erect a handsome residence on North College street. Mac. The Western North Carolina Methodist "Conference convened in Statesville yesterday. Bishop Emory E. Hoss of Tennessee is ' presiding. "I do not believe there is any other medecine so good for whooping cough as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy," writes Mrs. Francis Turpin, Junction City,- Ore. This remedy is also unsur passed for colds and croup. For sale by all dealers. SUPERIOR COURT. A Number of Cases Disposed of, None of Especial Interest. Robeson superior court. Judcre Frank f!arfcpr of Anhpville pre siding and Solicitor N. A. Sinclair being present to represent the State, has ground out a large number of cases since Monday, but none of especial interest. This is Judge Garter's first court here and he has made a most favorable impression on all who have had business with the court. Mr. W. R. Edmonds of Row land was sworn in as an attorney Monday afternoon, being pre sented to the court by Mr. J. Dixon McLean, of the firm of McLean. Varser & McLean or T.nmhprton. The trial of Fuller McQueen on thp charcre of burertarv was set for this morning at 9:30 and the sheriff was instructed by the court to summon a special venire nf 70 mpn fnr this trial. He is charged with entering the house of Salhe J. McNair nearKowiand at midnight on the 24th of Au gust last and stealing $2.50. This morning the special venire in this case was dismissed until 2:30 this afternoon: " p The grand jury returns a true bill for murder against T. Lyon. Kdr Martin; "'tf&T" Suggs, Jno. Crawford and Jno. Wesley, all colored, who are charged witn nmmitt.intr thp assault on Mr. J. G. Tolar at McDonald on the night of September 2 last which resulted in his death, ine two last-named have not been taken. The other three were given a preliminary hearing before Jus tice J. A. Rowland at L.umDerton last Saturdav. as mentioned in Monday's Robesonian. Messrs. E. L. Wooten of Rowland and W. Lennon and R. A. McLean of Lumberton have been appointed by the court to defend Lyon and Martin. The case will not come up for trial this term. "Wm. Henry Locklear, indicted for murder for killing Wm. fields at Pembroke September 10 last. Both Indians. Locklear was placed on trial yesterday but when the evidence was in it was proved that the killing was in self-defense and the soliticor did not ask for a uerdict. Fields fol lowed Locklear to his cotton patch on the morning of the day of the killing, threatened to shoot him, Locklear hid and later returned to his home and Fields followed him there and was advancing on him with a gun when Lock loar shot. (In the report of the following cases, carrying concealed weap on and assault with deadly weap on have been abbreviated to c. c. w. and a. d. w.) Evander Kinlaw, c. c. w.; discharged. Lawrence Bartley and Sinclair Hunt, a. d. w. ; juror withdrawn and mistrial ordered. Owen Ashley, a. d. w. ; plead guilty; $10 fine and costs and $15 to be paid to prosecuting witness for loss of time. Leo Rogers, c. c. w. ; plead guilty. Gordon Oxendine, larceny; plead guilty. Lawrence Bartley, a. d. w.; not guilty. Leo Rogers, nuisance; judg ment $60, to be applied first to payment of cost and balance to fine. Wm. Davis, a. d. w.andc. c. w.; not guilty. John Johnson (alias Lyde), false pretense; plead guilty; three counts; judgment suspend ed in two counts; 12 months in jail with leave to county commis sioners to hire out for not less than enough to refund the amount unlawfully obtained. Hayes Barnes, appeal from instifp of the neace: motion to quash bill allowed and J. E Spivey, prosecutor, taxed with costs. Will Brown, appeal from jus tice of the peace; plead guilty; $10 and costs. Geo. McKay, c. c. w. ; plead guilty. ' Sinclair Hunt, c. c. w.; plead guilty. Sarah M. Murphy, Sarah M. McNeill, Lindo Brown, Edwin McNeill, trespass; not guilty. Clifton Raybon, c. c. w. and a. d. w.; hot guilty. Flute Sellars and Lendo Cov ington plead guilty to c. c. w. Wm. Saott. house breaking. ! larceny; guilty in both cases. ' Rich. Thompson, larceny. JAIL DELIVERY. Four Negroes. One of Them Implicated in the Murder of J. G. Tolar, Escaped From Jail Last Night Four negroes Ed Martin, one of the three negroes in jail ac cused of being implicated in the murder of J. G. Tolar; Lendo Covington, convicted, yesterday of disposing of morgtaged prop erty and carrying concealed weapon; Flute Sellars, c. c. w ; and Will Scott, convict ed yesterday of house breaking and larceny escaped from the county jail last right between midnight and day. The escape was not discovered by Jailer J. H. Floyd until about 6 o'clock thin mornintr and about the Same timp it is said thev were seen at Alma. Officers are busy search ing for them. They broke a lock with a piece of lead which they nnfw.rewed from the lavatory in their cell and with the same piece made a hole in the south side of the jail wall. MEETING ROAD COMMIS SIONERS. Mr. Paisley McMillan Elected for - DutrictJNo. .5SuDjtjIug.he Resigns Oscar rrevatt Suc ceeds W. D. Prevatt as Keeper . of Chain Gang. At the regular monthly meet ing of .the road commissioners Monday Mr. Paisley McMillan of Red Springs was elected commis sioner for district 5 to succeed Mr N. R. McArthur. who re signed on account of not being able to give time to the work. Mr. N. C. Hue-hes. who has been superindent of roads for the past six months, tendered his resigna tion, pffpctive December 24. Mr. Hughes is said to be an excellent road engineer and he resigns this position to accept a better one. Mr. W. D. Prevatt resigned as keeper of the chain gang and his son Mr. Oscar Prevatt was elect ed to succeed him. Repairing Iron Bridge Over Lum ber River. The work of repairing the iron bridge over the river at the foot of Fifth street was begun Monday morning. The old cover and sleepers have been removed and new material is being put in and the work is being pushed with the hope that the bridge will be crossable tomorrow. The old wooden bridge at the foot of Third street is being used alto gether while this. work is being done. Mr. J. I. Newberry, a local carpenter, has charge of this work. City of Hankow Destroyed by Fire. Hankow, Nov. 5., (via Wu Hu, Nov. 8) -The city of Hankow has been destroyed by fire over two-thirds of its extent. The lowest estimate of the loss is $50, 000.000. Four hundred thousand people are destitute. Hundreds of half-burned bodies lie among the ruins. Many of them are the bodies of women and chil dren. plead guilty. Nol Pros., with leave or other wise, has been entered in the following: Jas, Carter, larceny; Archie Melvin, murder; Jno. Piatt, murder; Chas. Livingston, murder; Archie Bass, a. d. w. ; Jno. Marsh, a. d. w; Sam Mc Eachin, retailing; Neill McRae, murder; Hector Bethea, c. c w. ; Marshall Pitman, c. c. w.; Lon Rogers, a. d. w. and c. c. w.; Harlee Devine and Peter Jacobs, a. d. w.; Geo. Porter, disturbing relicricus congregation; Jane j Hanchey, retailing; D. B. Wal I ters and Julia Anderson, Ed ! Walters and Eleanor Barnes, Emma Harlee and Calvin Walker, fornication and adultery; Will McDonald, murder; Peter Smith, false pretense; Arch Gilchrist, appeal from justice of the peace. The following cases have been continued: Lloyd and Angus Hunt, appeal from justice of the peace; Hezzie Britt et al, forni cation and adultery; Geo. Porter, a. d. w. ; S. T. Freeman, retail ing; Ernest McKay, escape; Jor dan Jacobs, retailing. "Doai's Ointment cured me of eczema that had annoyed me a long time. The cure was permanent." Hon.. S. W. Matthews, Commissioner Labor Statis tics, Augusta, Me. TOWN AFFAIRS. Mayor White Makes an Interest ing Report Permission for Two Buildings Granted - Street Lights to be On All Over Town All Night, Instead of Only in Business Section, as Formerly -V. & C. S. Ry. Taxes Con sidered too Low and Matter Will be Taken Up With Cor poration Commission. At the regular monthly meet ing of the mayor and town com missioners Tuesday night Mayor White filed a brief summary of the work that has been done since he was sworn in as mayor May 1 and stated that he will make a monthly report hereafter. His report was in substance as follows: In the mayor's court 59 cases have been tried and fines and penalties have been imposed amounting to $159.50. On Elm street 4,434 linear feet of concrete sidewalk have been paved, all paid for by abutting property owners except street crossings, and contract has been let for granolithic sidewalks on Chest nut street, from First to Twelvth inclusive, and the work is now being nM3.Jt':MDSXta. per square yard. Sanitary con ditions are not what they should be but are being improved every day. Forty-two connections have been made with sewer lines dur ing the past 6 months, this work being done with practically no friction, and Bome who have not vet complied with the law re quiring such connections to be made have promised to do so. The affairs of the town are being looked after with great care and upon business principles and its credit safeguarded. Recom mends that town clerk and treas urer file monthly report showing receipts and disbursements in all departments and that suprienten- dent of light and water plant also file monthly reports. Mr. G. M. Whitfield presented to the board a request from Mr. A. W. McLean to be allowed to erect two buildings at the corner of Elm and First streets, one 18x40 feet and the other 18x60, fronts to be of brick, iron and glas3, sides and rear walls to be frame sheathed with 7-8 inch sheath boards put on diagonally and to be covered on the outside with metal siding; roof to be sheathed with 7-8 inch boards and covered witn metal or com position roofing satisfactory to the South-Eastern Tariff Associ ation; roofing to extend to top of parapet walls and walls to have metal coping. Permission for these buildings was granted. The committee composed of the town attorney and town clerk and treasurer, appointed to settle with the tax collector for the taxes of 191011, filed a state ment in detail of their settlement, which settlement was approved and the committee was discharg ed. Town Attorney McNeill, who was appointed to go over with the town clerk and treasurer the tax books for 1911-12, re ported that he had found the books correct except that four persons who are known to have taxable property in the town have not given in their property for this year and that the as sessment of the Virginia & Car olina Southern Railroad seemed to be entirely too low. It was or dered that with the exceptipns noted the books be received and approved and Town Clerk and Treasurer Page was instructed to notify delinquents to list their property at once and upon failure to do so indict them under the law, and it was further ordered that the clerk and treasurer and attorney take up with the State Corporation Commission the mat ter of the V. & C. S Ry. taxes The salary of P. K. Carlyle, colored, sanitary cart driver, was ordered increased from $10 to $11 per week. The mayor and town clerk and treasarer were authorized to execute a' note in the sum of $600, payable 6o days from Oct. 16, to W. W. Carlyle for a pair of mules bought for the light and water department It was ordered that the street lights be kept burning all over town after midnight instead of only in the business section, as has been the custom heretofore. Messrs. W. J. Prevatt and M. W. Floyd were appointed a com mittee to securethe services of COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS Business Transacted at Regular Monthly Mting of County Board of Education. At the regular monthly meet ing of the county board of edu cation Monday only Messrs. L. R. Hamer and T. L Johnson were present, Mr. Lucius McRae being absent on account of sick ness, and Mr. Johnson presided. Chairman McRae and Supt. Poole were appointed a committee to dispose of the property in the old public school district No. 1, Red Springs township, to the best advantage. District 2. Indian, Britt's, was allowed a special apportionment of $20 to give the district a 4 months school. District 1, col ored, Britt's, is to be allowed $130, when funds are available, for building purposes, provided the district contribute an equal amount and complete the building according to specifications given the committee. The sale of the school property in district 1, Indian. Smith's, to McD. Baston was confirmed and he is allowed to pay $25 per month, with interest at 6 per cent, and the deed is not to be made out until the-full amount of $i25ispaid;toi-Sapt."i"Paoler A balance of $100 is due. Supt. Poole was authorized to make contract for painting school house in district 1, Indian. Smith's. A petition askina: for a special tax election in Alfordsville town ship was presented, but on ac count of not having proper in formation a3 to boundaries it was continued for further inves tigation. District 1, Indian, Back Swamp, is allowed to purchase 3 school desks, provided the pa trons contribute one-half the cost of same. J. W. Smith was transferred from district 5, Lumberton township, to district 4, same township. It was ordered that $15 42 be transferred from district 2, Or rum, to district 3. Sterling's, on account of error in listing. On account of errors in listing the following rebates were allow ed: W. O. Sellers $1.05, Mrs B. J Sellers 90cts.. M.F. Ivey 40ct3.. Oliver Ivey $2 71, Thos Walters 45cts., Cade Walters 45cts., Mrs. E. J. Walters 92cts., Gordon Flowers 45, R. R. Flowers $7.05. J. L. Flowers 45cts.. all district No. 2, Orrum; W. W. Harden, No. 3, Sterling's, $6 01; N. L. Smith, No. 3 Britt's, $1.52; J. W. Branch, No. 3, Britt's, $2.39. The following bills were order ed paid: T. N. Higley, recording two deeds and two special school election returns, $3.60; D. F. Allen, holding special tax elec tion, $8; poll holders, $4; E. Low rey, holding special tax election, $8; poll holders, $4; Freeman Printing Co., stationary and printing matter for the board, $6 50. Jurors for December Court. At the meeting of the county commissioners Monday the fol lowing were drawn to serve as jurors at the two-weeks' civil term ofjlobeson superior court which will convene December 4: First week Hezzie Phillips, W. D. Mclntyre, C. H. Whitlock, A. H. Hinds. W. B. Rhodes, N. M. Caddell, J. D Regan, C. W. Watson, Richard Watson, C. M. Dunn, A. R. Phillips, Daniel Wilkerson, R. M. Brown, W. C. Brown, E. 0. Nye, J. E. Ander son, K. H. Flowers, J. H. Mor gan. Second week D. M. Meekins, Geo. W. Draughn, Frank P. Tay lor, L. Z Hedgpeth.H L. Chavis, W. B. Smith, J. D. Paul, Kelly Bass. Solomon Humphrey, Geo. Warwick, W. F. Barden', Chas. McNeill, Jno. A. McL'ormick, Gilbert Lovett. C. D. Williamson, J. S Purcell, J. C. D. McNatt, R. H. Crichton. a good man to look after street and sanitary work to succeed Mr. Jim McNeill, resigned. An ordinance was passed re quiring the railroads that enter town to put their crossings in condition according to specifica tions that will be furnished by street committee. For pains in the side or chest dampen a piece of flannel with Chamberlaia's Liniment and bind it over the seat of pain. There is nothing better. For s&lo by all dealers. LOCAL BRIEFS License has been issued for the marriage of Lillian Tilford and J W. Hart. The official board of Chest nut Street Methodist church will be installed at the morning ser vice Sdnday. Rev. J B. Cochran was in stalled pastor of the Presbyter ian church at Lumber Bridge on the 22d ult by Rev. C. G. Var dell, Rev. 1L M. Dixon and Rul ing Elder Edgar Hall. Miss Flora Bucham of Manly, Moore county, has been engaged to teach at Saddle Tree with Miss Isabelle Wicker of Southern Pines. She will arrive here Sat urday night and will spend the night at the home of Mr. and MrB. M. G. McKenzie. Mr. H. B. Jennings returned yesterday morning from a busi ness trip of several days to the Northern markets. Mr. Jen nings spent a day or so in New York and says that there, is a great improvement in business there since his last visit, which was about four months ago. The Robesonian has just re ceived & n x c e I Ian t -accou n t -of & beautiful wedding at the home of Mr. P. C. Henley at Marietta Wednesday afternoon of last week when his daughter, Miss Mary Etta Bessie, became the bride of Mr. F. F. Purvis of Or rum. On account of the crowded condition of today's paper it is necessary to hold this over for Monday's paper. Mr. A. L. Sm'th, of route 2 from Buie, was in town Tuesday and brought with him in his buggy three fine watermelons just pulled from a green and growing vine. They were fine and Mr. Smith sold a wagon load of them here one day last week. Think of it! -.-.ice ripe water melons pulled from a green and growing vine on the 7th of No- i vember. I The Ladies Missionary So 'ciety of Chestnut Street Method list church will serve oysters, ham j sandwiches, hot coffee and the like in the commissioners room at the court houee tomorrow. The ladies will give the purchaser his money's worth in something good to eat and they expect to begin serving at 11 o'clock. This will be a fine place to satisfy the inner man and heip a good cause. At the meeting of the town commissioners Tuesday night, as mentioned in the report of that meeting elsewhere in this paper, Mr. A. W. McLean was granted permission to erect two new buildings at the comer of Elm and First streets. One of these will be occupied by the Lumber ton Coca-Cola Bottling Works, which will be operated by Mr. C. D. Hutaff of Fayetteville, as mentioned in The Robesonian of the 2nd inst. The other building will be rented as a store build ing. Mr. W. S. Wishart received yesterday a new motion picture machine, one of Edison's latest improved, and will try it out to night at the hall that has just been fitted up on Elm street be tween the po3toffice and the Pope dfcug store. He expects to ex hibit tomorrow and tomorrow night some new pictures that were ordered especially for the day the educational rally day. This new hall i3 a dandy place it looks like the moving-picture-show places one sees in large cities. Monthly Report of County Su perintendent of Health. In hid monthly report to the 'county commissioners Monday Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county su perintendent cf health, reported diseases dangerous to the public health in the county during Oc tober: smallpox, 30 cases; meas les, 8; scarlitina, 5; diphtheria. 25; typhoid fever, 50; pneumonia, 2; cerebrospinal meningitis, 1. Mnlnria nrpvailed in some parts 'of the couDty. The report showed 17 prisoners in jail, 61 in convict camp, and H inmates in county home. Sanitary conditions were reported as usual good at coun ty home and convict camp, no change at jail -that is, fair, con sidering lack of bathing facili ties.
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