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7 ROBE A 1A Established 1 870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent VOL XLH NO. 77. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1911. WHOLE NO. 2718 r SOMA N MRS. T. A. McNEILL passes. The Grim Monster Claims One of Lumberton's Most Lovely Characters End Came at Fay etteville, Due to Pneumonia Following an Operation Fun eral Yesterday Attended by Large Crowd Many Exquisite Floral Tributes. Mrs. Carolina Elizabeth Smith McNeill, wife of ex-Judge T. A. McNeill, died Monday night at 12 o'clock in Highsmith's hos pital, Fayetteville. where she underwent a slight operation two weeks ago today. She was rap idly recovering from the opera tion when pneumonia set in, which was the immediate cause of death. The .operation was not a serious one and it was thought that it would be nec essary to spend only two or three weeks in the hospital, therefore her death was a great shock. The entire family were at the bedside when the final summons came. The remains . were brought home Tuesday evening and quite a crowd ol Lumberton friends went to Fayetteville Tuesday morning to return with thftiamily,. ,,....JJ. "The funeral took place, yester day morning at H o'clock from the Presbyterian church, of which deceased was a member, and the services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. & Steele, assist ed by Rev W. M. Fairly of Fay etteville; Rev. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church; and Rev. E. M. Hoyle, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church. The services were simple, beautiful and sweet. One of the songs so sweetly ren dered by the choir was '-Lead Kindly Light," a favorite of the deceased. Interment was made in Meadow Brook cemetery and two beautiful songs were softly sung during the filling in of the grave and placing of flowers. The floral tributes were simply grand, yet they were only slight expressions of the devotion to and appreciation of the woman that has gone to her reward. The Ladies' Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. McNeill was for a long time president, sent a love ly design; and the Ladies' Aid Society, of which she was a mem ber, also sent a beautiful one. One was received ffom the local chapter, U. D. C, of which she was a member; the Presbyterian Sunday school sent one, and a very attractive one was received from the Farmers & Merchants Bank, of which Judge McNeill is president; but the one that possibly attracted the most at tention was sent by the bar. It was magnificent The grave was more than twice covered. The pallbearers, active, were: Messrs. T. C. Evans, Alf H. McLeod, A. E. White, H. M. McAllister, Stephen Mclntyre, J. D. McLean, W. S. Britt aud W. K. Bethune; honorary, Messrs. J. A. McAllis ter, C. B. Townsend. C. B. Skip per, N. A. Sinclair of Fayette ville, G. B. Patterson of Maxton, and H. C. McQueen of Wliming ton. Judge Frank Carter, of Asheville. who is holding a spec ial term of court here this week, adjourned court for the funeral and he led the bar in the proces s on from the residence, Ninth and Eim streets, to the church. Quite a number of friends and relatives from a distance attend ed the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McNeill, of Raleigh, cl-.se relatives of the family, arrived yesterday evening and will spend two or three days. They receiv ed notice of the death too late to reach here in time for the fun eral, Mrs. McNeill's maiden name was Mies uaroune auzaDetn Smith. She was born and reared on the banks of the Cape Fear river not tar-above Fayetteville and had in that section a host of relatives. She was born the 8h of February, 1850. therefore her age was 61 years. She was united in marriage to Judge Mc Neill on the 24th of October, 1?77, shortly after which they moved to Lumberton. She is survived by her husband, two" daughters -Misses Mary G. and Cammie McNeill one son Mr. T. A. Jr. and one brother, Mr. Lawrence Smith, of Duke. j Mrs. McNeill was of a kind nd gentle disposition and her chief delight was administering to the sick, and comforting the THE GRAND JURY PRESENTS County Commissioners, Sheriff and Jailer for Failure in Duty Which Resulted in Escape of Prisoners Road Commission ers for Failure to Work Road A. L. Stone, J. P., for Mal feasance. The grand jurv last week made quite a number of presentments, four of them being in connection with the escape of four prison ers from the county jail on the night of November 8. The coun ty commisssioners were present ed for failure to have jail in safe condition. Two presentments were made against Jailer J. H. Floyd for failure to do duty; first, in that he failed to keep certain prisoners locked in cells at night and failed to examine cells he did lock to see if prison ers were in cells at the time; and for allowing a trusty too much privilege, not being strict enough in examining packages carried to and from prisoners and allow ing one trusty to stay away from jail all night on the night of the 8th inst. And Sheriff E. C. Mc- NeilUftvas presented for failure to inspect, jail as often as was enough in giving orders and hav ing them obeyed around the jail. The road commissioners were presented for failure to work Matthew's Bluff road in Britt's township October 2. Two presentments were made against A. L Stone, justice of the oeace. for malfeasance. He is charged with accepting money on Julv 4 last to compromise a case State against Willis Britt for assault with deadly weapon on I. D. Britt tried before him, in which he had no jurisdiction; also with failure to turn over to proper authorities a fine of $5 imposed and collected by him on February 1 last, in case brought by Geo. Britt against Mrs. A. R. Price. Of rnnrflP a nrpRentment is iust a Dresentment and it rests witff the solicitor whether indictments shall be brought under these presentments. HOPE MILLS NEWS. A Hole in a Bridge Causes a Bad Accident Other Items. Correspondence of The Robeaonian. Hope Mills, Nov. 13-Rev. W. M. Fairly of Fayettville will preach in the Presbyterian church here next Sunday at 3:30 p. m All are cordially invited to attend. Rev. and Mrs. N. C. Duncan are visiting relatives in Lincoln ton this week. While passing over a footway across Little Rockfish Saturday night, October 27, Mr. Frank Norton, of Cumberland, fell through a hole in the bridge and his leg was very badly injured. Being unable to get on his feet again, he made alarm, but no one came to his relief untill 4 o'clock Sunday morning, when Mr. L B. Brady and his son hastened to his rescue. Mr. Norton has a host of friends in this community who will regret to note his mis fortune. Rev. J. W Rowel of Wingate made a very fine lecture in the Meihodist church Sunday after noon to a large and attentive au dience During last summer Mr. Rowell made a series of lectures to the Masonic order of Hope Mills and his many friends are always glad to have him stop over here. A very beautiful picture of the Baptist church here has been placed in the postoffice and a very cordial invitation has been extended to the public by the Hope Mills Baraca class to be present every Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Misses Barbara Cameron and Maggie Kinlaw have opened a sewing room in the building for merly occupied by Mr. J. W. Leizer. distressed. She was a noble woman, who lived an active and useful life. She gave no thought for self when friends and neigh bors could be served. She was a Godly woman diligent in all the affairs of her church. "I am pleased to r commend Cham berlan's Cough Remedy aa the beat thing I know of and aatest remedy for coughs, colds and bronchial trouble," writes Mrs. L. B. Arn-ld of Uenver, S. ;Zt:Ln For sale by all dealers. , PLAIN TALK BY JUDGE FARM! CARTER Failure of Jurien to do Their Duty Responsible for Large Number of Homicides Sys tem of Keeping County Home a Constant Temptation to Stint the Inmates Salary Sys tem Scored Meagerness of Salary Allowed Sheriff Sur prising Food for Se r i o u s Thought. t Reported for The Robeaonian. At the criminal term of court last week when the grand jury's reports were read in the presence of his honor, Frank Carter, judge presiding, his honor made certain remarks in connection with the public affairs of the county which were of interest. After commenting with some force and warmth upon the many homicides that had taken place in the county of Robeson within the past five years 58 true bills for murder having been returned by grand juries within that period his honor stated that this condition was attribut able to the failure of juries to do their. duty and convict persons chfi with murder in n. cause. He stated that me ' doc trine of reasonable, doubt had a proper place in our system of jurisprudence but that juries were inclined to make a fetish of it and upon the theory of reason able doubt turned many men loose who were morally guilty and men whom the jury knew were morally guilty upon the evidence He urged that in the trial of capital felonies it was the duty of the jury to take a common-sense view of the evi dence and that if they were morally satisfied from the evi dence of the guilt of the prisoner they should not hesitate to con vict, leaving the question of the punishment with the court. Judge Carter further com mented at some length upon the Lsystem of keeping the county home in tnis county, n was made to appear to the court that commissioners paid the keeper of the home $8.50 per month for each inmate and that out of this amount the keeper expended such sums as he thought proper for their fooda, etc., and' was al lowed to keep the balance for his salary, etc. His honor stated that he did not intend to charge anyone with wrongdoing nor did he intend to charge that the present keeper of the home did not do his duty by the unfortu nates under his care. He strong ly condemned the system, how ever, upon the ground that it placed a constant temptation be fore the keeper of the home to stint the inmates in their food, as every cent thus saved went into his own pocket. His honor denounced such a system as this as not doing credit to even a bar barous community, to say noth ing of a civilized, intelligent, wealthy county like Robeson. He stated that he knew of no other county in the State where such a system was in force. He had been informed that former grand juries had reported adversely upon the system in force at the county home but that the county commissioners seemed to have paid no attention whatever to the recommendations thus made. He expressed the hope that the system wuuld be changed and that all supplies would be furn ished by the county and the keeper placed upon a salary basis. Thus there would be no temptation to the keeper not to furnish th? inmates with suffi cient food, etc He stated thai he did not believe and could not believe that the people of Robe son county knew of the system in vogue at the present time in connection wi h ihe home ana that if it was known throughout the county public opinion would be so strong in favor of tne abolition of the system that the commissioners wou d te loreed to take some action, notwith standing tne fact that they have continually ignored the recom mendations of grand juries. The salary law in force in con nection wiih the county offices was also brought to tne attention of the court through the presen tation of a bill from Mr. Jhon W. Ward for $7 expended in bringing a prisoner lrom Row land to Lumberton. it was a question as to whether the sher iff should pay t hi amount or the county treasury. His honor ex amined the salary bill and the supplementary act with care and made some remarks after its ex amination. He stated that he had always been in favor of strict economy in the management of the public affairs but that there was a limit to economy and that the saving of a few dollars should not be placed above and before efficient management of the pub lic offices. He said that he came from a county which would com pare with Robeson in wealth, in area and in population, a county where the salary law had been in force for several years; that he had carefully observed the work ing of the law and had become convinced that a salary system for county officers did not result in any real saving to the tax pay ers of the county; that the few dollars saved did not compare with the lessening inefficiency in the conduct of the offices and that the public lost more than was gained in the small saving that was made. His honor expressed particular surprise at the meager ness of the salary allowed the sheriff. He stated that with his knowlege of conditions as they existed and in view of the extent 5v lpwaiion oi ine county oi Kobeson I and the work to be done, no man could even make a bare living out of the salary allowed by the act for Robeson county. He expressed the hope that the act would be speedily amended at the next session of the Legis lature and expressed the belief that if this was not done the county would be without a sher iff, as he did not believe any suit able man could be induced to take the office with the heavy bond required, responsible as he would be for the collection of the taxes, at the salary given in the act passed by the last Legislature. In the matter of the collection of the taxes alone, his honor ex Dressed the belief that the giving of a larger salary to the sheriff would be more than saved in the larger collection of taxes which would result from the paying of a remuneration sufficient to en able the sheriff to make the nec essary effort and pay the nec essary expense in connection with the collection of taxas. Judge Carter's remarks cov ered nearly the entire range of county government and it is re gretted that the board of commis sioners and othercitizens of the county who take an inten st in county government were not present to hear them. They were well worth listening to and pon dering over. It is beyond ques tion that some reforms are nec essarv in the administration of justice in this county. Sr. PAUL BUDGET. New Residences and New Post office Building Personal. orreaDndecc of Tbe Kobeeonian. St. Paul, Nov. 15-Mr. W. A. McCormick, who has accepted a position with the sjindsay-Butler Supply Co., has movtjd into his new residenceon Blue street Mr. S. L Poole, our railroad agent, is having a nice residence erect ed on Blue street and will move into it as soon as it can be com pleted. Work is progressing nicely and it will not be long be fore he can occupy his nice little mansion. Mr. G R. Thaggard, who has been with the company store since Sepiemberis also building a nice cottage on Blue street. Mr and Mrs. Thaggard will occupy same as soon as it can be completed. Mr. C R Hester is building a brick postoffice. Thi3 will be an up to date posttffije wh- n the new fixtures are installed The people are vtry much pleased wiih the equipment to oe. Mr. S E. Humphrey was here yesterday Air. Joseph Allen of route No. 2 was on our streets Friday. . ...... . . Miss Sarah Blanchard has ac ceptrrt a school near Lumberton A party of youig folks went to Red Springs Sunday afternoon in Mr. Semon's auto We are sorry to learn of the sickness of Mr. J. P. Schmahl, who bad the contract of building the postoffice here. He left here for Bladen boro, where he was completing a large store, and was taken while there with an at tact of apoplexv. He is at the Thompson hospital now. Subscribe fof The Robenonian. MT. ELI AM MATTERS. Not Dependent en the West for "Hog aad Hominy" Personal and Other Items. Corrmpondence of The Robeaonian. Mt. Eliam, Nov. 13. We spent Sunday at our old home on the "Mount" and found everything moving on nicely. The old folks seemed to be happy and content, but not so with the young folks, they are all wanting to make a change for better or worse, we are not prepared to say which. The cotton fields are changing their colors very fast, and most of our farmers are through har vesting a bumper corn crop. It makes us feel more happy to see and know our soil tillers are not dependent on the West for their next year's "hog and hom iny Mr. Norman Perry of ParktonfcWe to the naked eye in the full spent the week-end with friends on the Mount" Rev. D. C. Barnes filled his regular appointment at the Broad Ridge school house Sunday p. m. We are pleased to report the condition of Mrs. J. Z. Stone, who has been very ill, much im proved. Quite a number of our folks attended the great rally at Lum berton Friday,, and never enjoyed a day better, so they say. While returning 4iome from seeing his best and most loved friend one night one of our sports was followed by an owl for about two miles, the owl going home with him, and after he got home he secured a gun and shot and killed the owl. The best semi-weekly paper in the State (The Robeaonian) is read and loved by people all over America. We received a card from an unknown friend in Ne braska one day recently, who reads the paper, and we think reading it has made him want to visit the best county in the best State in the Union, Robeson, as he Baid he was coming to these pslrts some time soon. Mr. Kelly M. Britt, who had been visiting home folks for ten days, returned to Hamlet Thurs day, where he holds a position with the Parker Railway News Co. Mr. S. E. Martin of Shannon is spending a few days with rel atives and frie'nds on the "Mount." Mr. Henry Warwick of Orrum filled his regular appointment here Sunday. Mr. Tillman Britt of Hog Swamp spent Sunday with friends, here. It can be truthfully said that The Robesonian has one of the best presses in the State. We printed anfl mailed four thousand papers this p. m. in two and a half hours Everybody remember and go to Sunday school Sunday. 'Twill do you good. Happy Jack. A Negro Peppered Plentifully in the Back With Shot. Hardv Bell, colored, was tried before Justice Eli Phillips at the court house yesterday afternoon on the charge ot secret assault on John Edmond, also colored. Edmond alleges that between daybreak and sunup Tuesday morning while on his way to his wo-k, entirely unaware of the nearness of any enemy, he was shot with a shotgun in the back bv Hardv Bell, who had con cealed himself in bushes beside! the path. The shooting took place near Fairmont. Fifty-three shot lodged in Edmond's back, inflicting painful wounds. Bell denied guilt and offered evidence to prove an alibi. He was bound to court in bond in the sum of $250. in default of which he was sent to jail Last week there was trouble ..between these ne groes about pigs running atlarge ar d Edmond alleges that Bell had threatened to kill him. Superior Court Closes. The special civil term of Rob eson superior court which began Mondav, Judge Frank Carter of Asheville presiding, came to a close yesterday afternoon, the docket havii g been cleaned up. There were no cases of special in terest For pains in the side or chest dampen a piece of flannel with Chamberlain's Liniment and bind it over the seat of pain. There is nothing better. For ale by all dealers. LOCAL BRIEFS The Barnesville Ginning Co., J. S. McNeill of Lumberton secretary-treasurer, has filed pro ceedings for voluntary dissolu tion. Rev. W. B. Mcllwaine of Asheboro has accepted a call ex tended him by the Maxton and Center Presbyterian churches as cn-pastor with Rev. Dr. H. G. Hill. There will be an entertain ment and oyster supper tomor row night at Bethesda school, near Barnesville. for the benefit of the school. Everybody is in vited. A star riding high in the heavens in close proximity to a crescent moon and plainly vis- glare of a brightly-shining sun, was an unusual sigh, that at tracted considerable attention hereabouts about noon today. Prof. Frank L. Jernegan of Hawthorne, Fla , who taught a summer school at Cauiey. SC. has hen re elected principal of the Oak Dale academy at M$r T etta, with Miss RifCca ByrtfW first assistant. This" school will begin Mdnday of next week. On the editor's desk Tues day was fsund an unsigned com munication to the effect that on the 24th inst , at 7:30 p. m., at the school house in district 4. Wishart's township, there will be a box supDer, that everybody is cordially invited, and that the proceeds will be used on the school house. Mr. H. M. McAllister and State Senator W. S. Cobb, of Lumber Bridge, have purchased, each, a handsome 36 Chalmers touring car. The two machines were bought through the Lum berton Motcr Cr.r Co. and were received Tuesday. Mr. Cobb carne over from Lumber Bridge yesterday and drove his home. The card are beauties. A seaffola at the plant of the Acme Brick Co., Fayetteville road, near Meadow Brook ceme tery, fell Tuesday morning about 10 o'clock and caught, under it James Love, colored, and Mr. John Meares. Love recieved a broken thigh and Mr. Meares is suffering from a bad scalp wound. i though it is not thought to be se rious. Invitations have been issued reading as follows: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. McMillan request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Annie Patterson to Mr. Murphy Bethune "McMillan on the evening of Wednesday, the twenty-ninth of November at half after eight o'clock Park ton Presbyterian church Parkton, North Carolina. Mr. R H. Davis, who since last January has held a position as local manager of the Bell Telephone Company sent in his resignation some days ago, which has been accepted. His time with the company will be up to day and he says that he expects to leave about the first of next week for Atlanta, Ga., where he will begin the study of law in the office of his father, Mr. W. C. Davis. Mr. Davis during bis stay here has won many friends who will regret to learn of his intention to leave. He says that he does not know who his successor will be. ,j A Bunch of Alleged Blind Tigers in Limbo. Mack Mclver. Babe Fenell, Dink Baker. Jesse and Walter Graham. Luke Lilly. Wm. Ben nett and James Gilchrist, all col-oredJL-wereplaced i n j ail -here-Tuesday by Chief of Police S H. Dunlap. of Maxton, on charg s of retailing. Chief Dunlap ar- rested 15 oq charges of retailing and was able in the preliminary hear-in? in Maxton to produce evidence sufficient to have the eight above-named bound court to Balked Al Cold Steel. "I wouldn't let a doctor cat my foot off." said H. D. Ely, BanUm. Ohio, 'although a horrible ulcer had been the plague of my life for four years. Instead I used Bucklen's Armica Salve, and my foot was soon completely cured Heals Bums, Boils, Sores. Bruisea, Eczema. Pimples, Corns, Surest Pile cure 2oc'at all druggist