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E ROBE Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1911. VOL XLII NO. SO. WHOLE NO. 2711 r SOMAN SHRIFF FJ. FLOYD PASSES. fcied at Home Here This Morn ing Funeral Tomorrow Morn ing From First Baptist Church At One Time Sheriff of Robeson. Ex Sheriff F. J. Floyd died this morning at 6:30 o'clock at lis home, Third and Walnut streets. Sheriff Floyd had been in bad health for a year or more at had not been confined to his room much of the time, there fore his death comes as a great shock and surprise to many. He was taken worse than usual Thursday night, but was able to he down town Saturday. The funeral will be conducted tomor row morning at U o'clock, or immediately after the arrival of Seaboard passenger train No. 40. due at 9:58 a. m., from the First Baptist church, of which deceas ed was a member, by the pastor, Jtev. C. H. Durham, and the interment will be in Meadow Brook cemetery. Sheriff Floyd wan h Mason and the members f the local lodge of Masons are requested to meet at the loage room at 10:30 o'clock to attend the funeral in a body. Deceased is survived by one daughter, Miss, Jar Floyd and fve brbth'eTr'ffJiieimr ?ast6n? Preston, Spurgeon, and Weldon Finvd. All of Fairmont, and Obery Fluvd. of Brooklet. Ga. and two sisters Mrs. W. A.Bethae, f Birmingham, Ala , and Mrs. Imaniia Pittman. of LuittbertOn. Sheriff Floyd was 67 years old and was a veteran, having en listed as a soldier when but 16 years old. He served the county as sheriff for seven years some years ago. Death of Mr. Alexander McKen zie of Rowland. Mr. Alexander McKenzie, 83 years old, died at his home in Kowland this morning at 2 o'clock Be was confined to his bed only about a week and death was due principally to old age. Deceased is survived by his wife and three children Misses Kate and Mary Belle and Mr. Angus D.. all of Rowland. The funeral will take place from the residence tomor row morning at 9 o'clock and in terment will be made at Lebanon Presbyterian church, of which deceased was an elder, near Red Banks. Presbyterian Church Officers Elected. At a congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church held yesterday immediatelv after the morning service officers were elected as follows: Elders, ex Judge T. A. McNeill, Messrs. Mr G. McKenzie and J. P. Russell; deacons. Messrs. T, C. Evans, John S. M.Neill and W. K. Bethune. The old members of the two boards who will continue to serve- the new officers only increasing the numbers are as follows: Elders, Messrs. J. A McAllister and Abntr Nash; deacons. A W. McLean. H M McAllister and Alf H. McLeod. A Shooting Scrape at McDonald. As the result of a shooting scrape at McDonald Saturday af ternoon Walter Whi taker, col ored, was brought to jail here yesterday with his left hand bad ly shot up and Aaron Lewis, also colored, is at his home near Mc Donald with a bullet wound through his back and in a criti cal condition. A gambling party that broke up in a row, it seems. It happened on Joe Parker's place, in woods. Lewis used a shotgun and VVhittaker used a pi3tol. Drs. W. A. McPhaul and H. T. Pope amputated the index finger on Whittaker's wounded hand yesterday. Superior Court Next Week. A two-weeks' term of Robeson sup rior court for the trial of civil cases will convene Monday of next week, December 4 Judge Frank Carter of Asheville will preside. The calendar for this term was received too late for publication today but will be pub lished in Thursday's paper. Judge Carterbasannounced thaton Mon day of each term hereafter court will convene at 10 o'clock a. m. and on all other days at 9:30 a. m., without regard to the sched ule of trains. Subscribe for The Robesonian. WAGRAM NEWS NOTES. How to Save Cotton the Great Question Death of Mr. R. M. Monroe New Church A Splendid Farming Section. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Wagram, Nov. 24 Mr. R. L. McMillan, nrincioal. and Miss Mary P. Livingston, pupil in the Philadelphus high school, spent the week-end with home folks in th Riverton community. Miss Nell Sugg of Holly Springs is visiting her sister Mrs. u u. Maynard. The cotton crop in this com munity this year is a record breaker. Not more than two thirds of the crop has so far been gathered and the indications are that there will be a good deal of cotton in the fields after Christmas. With the farmers of Spring Hill township, the ques tion is not so much how to make cotton as how to save it. Ex-Judge T. A. McNeill of Lumberton has quite a number of friends in this community, who deeply sympathize with him and his bereaved family in the trying ordeal that they are now passing through. Miss Maggie Wilkinson of Laurinbdrg was a recent visitor at the home of Mr. Charles Liv- mgston. The announcement last Sun day that Air. R. M. Monroe of Laurel Hill township had passed away carried sadness to many hearts in Scotland county. The sympathy of a numoer of rela tives and friends in this com munity goes out to the grief- stricken family. Mrs. Alex. McKenzie, of the Philadelphus community, who is recovering from an attack of typhoid fever, is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A; A. McMillan. Mr. J. M. McLaughlin, a native of Spring Hill township but for several years a resident ol Geor gia, left a few days ago for his new home after an extended visit to relatives and friends in Rob eson and Scotland counties. Mr. McLaughlin is well pleased with his adopted State bat will always have a teuder spot in his heart for Scotland, his oid home county. Mrs. Jack McGirt, who had been quite sick tor some time, has greatly improved. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. D. McNatt and two children, of Parkton, spent last Sunday at the home of Mr. Charles Livingston. Mr' McNatt was at one time a pupil in the Spring Hill academy and made manv friends who are alwavs fglad to give him a hearty wel come. The new Presbyterian church building at Wagram is nearly completed and will be ready for occupancy by January 1st. Tne building is brick and when com pleted will be a credit to the county. Dr. W. G. and Messrs. J. P. and Edwin Snaw and J R Ban dy, spenta lew hours last Sun day in the thriving town of Dil lon, S C. They were the guests white there of the family of Mr. E. D. McLean, h native Robeson ian, who left Wagram last Janu ary to accept a resp-msible and lucrative position as superin tendent of a 48hose farm for Dr. J. H. David of Dil lon, which position his friends will tegiad to hear he is holding down to the satisfaction of his employer. The party went in Mr. J. P. Shaw's automobile and had a delightful trip, not an ac cident occurring to mar their pleasure. They passed through the McColl and Little Rock sec tions and never saw such fine farms and beautiful country resi dences They are not surprised, after passing through that mag nificent country, that farm lands in Marlboro and Dillon counties sell fur two huriditd dollars per acre. To Advertise Lumberton. A representative of The Man ufacturers' Record of Baltimore. a Mr. Spencer, is in town today conferring with prominent citi zens in regard to taking an ad in The Recoro for the town. A half page ad will cost 180. Mayor White has agreed that the town will pay half of this amount, and the Industrial & Commercial Club will aeree to oav the other half: so the advantages offered by Lumberton will be presented to the world in a half-page ad in I this excellent medium for that purpose. , GOOD ROADS TRAINS. To be Operated by the Atlantic Coast Line -Will Show Road Working Machinery and Mod els of Good Roads, aud Illus trated Lectures Will be Given. As previously announced, the Atlantic Coast Line will operate a good roads train over its entire system. This tram will consist oi two coaches, one of which will con tain models, onerated bv elec tricity of road-working machin ery of various characters, ana forms of various kinds ot good roads. These will be displayed in an attractive way, and open to the public. The other coach win oe equipped for lectures and sterop ticon views. A private car will accompany the train for the ac commodation of the lecturers. Two government road engi neers and a representative of the American Association for High way Improvement will accom pany the train, as will, also, a representative of the Atlantic Coast Line. The Atlantic Coast Line will handle this train without charge to the government or the people, and all demonstrations and lec tures will be free. The lectures and exhibits should prove inter- are interested in the building and maintenance of good roads. The experts will be glad to answer questions and confer with all interested parties. The working models will be shown in actual operation, the motive power being furnished by a gas oline engine installed for the purpose, and, with these, the ex perts are enabled to explain what materials make the best roads, how they are made and repaired at the smallest necessary cost. This train will be on the At lantic Coast Line from November 24ch to February 22nd, and will make two or three stops each working day. The Atlantic Coast Line invites the hearty co-operation of all interested citizens and is very much in hopes that gojd crowds will meet this train at each stop. This train will be at Rowland December 19, at Pembroke and Red Springs December 20, at Dillon and Marion, S. C, Dec. 19, at Conway and Mt. Tabor, S. C, and Chadbourn and White ville Dec. 16, at Wilmington Dec. 13, at Fayetteville and Dunn Dec. 8. At points where this train leaves at 12:00 noon, lectures and demonstrations will begin at 9:30 a. m., and at other points on arrival of train. For futher information call on Agents or write Mr. E N. Clark, A. & I. Agent, Wilmington, N. C. A Christian Endeavor Lecture December 15 th. Karl Lehmanh of Boston, Mass., inter-State field secretary of Christian Endeavor, will de liver a lcfure in Lumberton December 15. under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor society of the Presoytenan church. He is well known in the Christian Endeavor world and is highly commended by the press. The Edgar Weekly Sun of Nebraska says of him: "To tell in a manner at all satisfactory of Mr. Lehmann's talk and its effect on his listeners would tax the ingenuity of an experienced sermon reporter. He inspires all who come in con tact with him with love for him self and the work and leaves an impression of lasting benefit for Christian Endeavor." Remember The Poor and Unfor tunate Any contribution for the in mates of the county hjme or other destitute persons of the community for Tnanksgiving dinner left with the undersigned in the court house will be care fully attended to on Thursday. Contributions should be sent to th6 court house on Wednesday evening, so the ladies can prop erly prepare them for distribution We feel sure the people of Lum berton will respond to this call with the liberality for which the people of Lumberton are not ed. M. G. McKenzie, Secretary Associated Chaiities. Baby won't suffer five minutes with croiip it you apply Dr. Tnoaids' Elec tric Oil at once. It acts like magic. SOUTH PORT CELEBRATES. Future Port of South Atlantic Celebrates Connection With Outside World by Rail A No table Event Participated in by Representatives of the State and Nation The Road and the Section it Traverses. Wilmington SUr. 24th. Down at the mouth of the broad Cape Fear, where for more than a century a picturesque lit tle village has nestled in quiet seclusion, yet because of the part it has played in history, not altogether unknown to the out side world, a new port was born yesterday, or rather, the birth' of a new port was celebrated, when the assembled populace of Southport and Brunswick county, together with hundreds of friends from Wilmington and other neighboring points, met to com memorate the arrival of the first passenger train over the Wil mington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad, into the county and the beautiful little county seat. And most fittingly was the birth of this new port celebrated, too, with the Governor of the Commonwealth, the Senior Sen ator from the - State, the Con gressman from this district, and many local dignitaries, present, and with land and watjer sports and parades to entertain the great throng of interested per sons. History was made yester day at Southport and the occa sion will ever be a memorable one to the citizens of Brunswick county and to the State for that matter, for. the band of twin steel rails that now stretches from Navassa almost to the very water's edge in the harbor at Southport gives to the county, the State and the Nation a direct outlet from the vast mineral fields of the middle West and paves the way for industrial achievements that will place the Old North State among the very foremost of the Nation's richest territories. The Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad is 30 miles in length and at present runs from Navassa to Southport, connect ing at the former place with both the Seaboard Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line. Its trains will be run into Wilmington, us ing the tracks of the Wilmington Bridge Company, which is also used by the Seaboard and Coast Line, from Navassa to Wilming ton. The distance frm Wil mington to Navassa is 5 miles. The Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern is chartered to build a road from Navassa and South port via Bolivia, which is about midway between the two points to Lock woods Folly, Shallotte, Callabash and Little River, S C. ; thence on, by way of Con way, to Charleston, S. C. It is the purpose of the company to continue work of construction from Bolivia southward in the direction of Charleston as soon as the first 30 miles between Na vassa and Southport are put in operation. Bolivia is about 14 miles from Southport and the distance from Bolivia to Little River, S. C, is about 24 miles. This route from Navassa to Charleston makes a saving over the present route of 62 miles The Raleigh & Southport Rail road, which has just been pur chased by the Norfolk Southern, is building from Elizabethtown toward Navassa. It is the gen eral opinion here that it is the part of a well-thought-out plan that the Raleigh & Southport, which touches Fayetteville and a number of other important cities, will be completed to Na vassa and connect with the Wil mington, Brunswick and South ern. The first president was Mr. Z W. Whitehead and he has been re-elected annually ever since. Other officers are: Mr. -A. J c Kinnon of Maxton, vice presi dent; Mr. O car Pearsall of Wil mington, secretary and treasurer; Mr. H. E. Goodwin of Wilming ton, traffic manager. Composing the board of directors are: Mr. John F. McNair, of Laurinburg; Mr. A. J. McKinnon, Maxton; Mr. Martin McKinnon, Red Springs; State Senator George H Bellamy of El Paso, Bruns wick county; Mr I W. McKeith an. Lockwoods Folly; Mr. R. F. dtVane, Red Springs; Oecar Pearsall, Wilmington ;Mr. Charles E. Taylor, Jr., and Mr. Z. W. Whitehead of Wilmington. Free Telephone Service to be Discontinued Between Lum berton, Fairmont, Rowland and Maxton Day and Nifht and Sunday Service at Fair mont and Rowland. The Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. is sending out notices reading as follows: "During the latter part of 1909 the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company purchased the telephone exchanges at Lum berton, Fairmont and Rowland. The company has reconstructed these exchanges and has contin ued to furnish service without charge to its subscribers over its toll lines between these three ex changes, as well as to the Maxton exchange of the Carolina Tele phone Company. "We beg to say that it is nec essary to advise you that effec tive December 1, 1911, the com pany will discontinue furnishing service without charge between these exchanges, but will be pre pared to continue to furnish ser vice between these points at its toll rates. "Effective on the same date. December 1st, the company pro poses to furnish continuous day, night and Sunday local service at both the Fairmont and Row landljbtchanges. as is now bing furnished at the Lumberton ex change." " Good Potato Crop Seems to Beat Cotton This Year. Mr. W. D. Barfield. of Teh Mile, was in town Friday and brought to The Robesonian office three "Norton yam potatoes that weigh about 3 pounds each, and he says that he has plenty more at home like 'em He says that he thinks, generally speak ing, a good crop of potatoes has i i m 1121. been maae in tne ien wine sec tion. He made 140 bushels on one acre and says that Mr. N. A Townsend, also of Ten Mile, made over 20Q bushels on an acre. It has not been Many das since Fuller Locklear, Indian, who lives on route 2 from Lumberton, brought to town a "yam" potato that weighed 8 pound.-?. So pota toes, this year, must be growing large and plentiful. For a mon ey crop it looks like potatoes would beat cotton this year, for potatoes are now selling for 50 cents per bushel and those mar keted early brought $1, easy. A Present of a Baby, A baby girl about one week old was left Saturday night about 8 o'clock on the porch of the res idence of Mr. and Mrs. Sandy McNeill, on Chippewa street It was taken in and will be adopted and cared for by Mr. and Mrs. McNeill. It is understood that the little stranger was born at the Thompson hospital about a week ago, that Mr. McNeill saw the child soon after it was born, agreed to adopt it, and this meth od of its arrival at his home was agreed upon; also that its mother came here from the western part of the State a few weeks ago and entered the hospital. Change of Schedule on Seaboard A slight change of schedule of passenger trains went into effect yesterday at noon on the Sea board, as follows: No. 45, west bound, due at 7:18 a. m. instead of 7:15; No. 39, west-bound, due at 5:47 p. m. instead of 5:57; No. 40. east bound, due at 9:58 a. m. instead of 9:50; No. 44, east bound, due at 9:44 p. m- instead of 9:37. Construcrion of the roid was begun August 3, 1907, when the first spike was driven at a point near Navassa. I he road penetrae3 a section of the the county of Brunswick that has never had the advan tages of transportation facilities and goes through one of the richest trucking and agricultural timber and naval stores districts in North Carolina. There are at present nine saw and plaining milis located on the first 15 miles of the road, with two others pro jected on the last 15 miies, be sides several naval stores plants and spiritine enterprises. Ow ing to the fact that it penetrates a section never before enjoying transportation facilities, there is in easy access of the road great quantities of timber of original growth and therefore of most valuable grade and quality. NEXT CALL THURSDAY M0RND& In order to give the employe of the paper a half-holiday, the next issue of The Robesonian will be printed Thursday morning in stead of Thursday afternoon. Advertisers who want a change for Thursday's paper will please bear this in mind and hand in copy as early as possible and not later than 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon. LOCAL BRIEFS. Lumberton lodge No. 35, K. of P.., will hold a special meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock. The Seaboard will giv a special round trip rate of $5 to Richmond for Thanksgiving Day, $2 for Pullman. Licenses have been issued for the marriage of Annie Mitchell and Sandy Andrews. Cora Britt and Lee Hendren. Miss Ela Steed and Mr. H. B. Ashley, both of Maxton. were married on the evening of the 23d in St Paul's Methodist church at Maxton, the ceremony being performed by Rev. A. P. Tyre, pastor of the church. Gertrude, 4 year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Schwartz burg, died Thursday night at 9:30 o'clock. The child had been ill for nearly three months and death was not unexpected. The remains were taken Friday to Charleston, S. C, where inter ment was made. The thrf-e banks of the town will be closed Thursday, Thanks giving day, Sunday hours will be observed at the postoffice, the rural mail carriers will have a rest that day from their routes, and most of the stores of the town will be closed a part of the Day, at least, as usual. -Mr. W. C. Powell, of Orrum, who has been very sick at the Thompson hospital since Satur day, is thought to be somewhat bettor trxtey. Miss Lillie Barker, , who has been in the hospital for ecroe time with typhoid fever, is improving. Mr. Raymond Rey nolds, who underwent an opera tion about three weeks ago, left the h'Bpital Saturday. The East Lumberton school will give a concert Thursday night of this week and there will also be a contest for the prettiest girl in which the girl receiving the highest number of votes will be given a $5 locket and cbaiu, 'Admission will be 25 tents for adults and 15 cents for children. All proceeds, after expenses are paid, will be usd to supplement the school term. Prof. J. R. Poole, county superintendent of public instruc tion, will go tomorrow night to Raleigh to attend the meeting of county superintendents that will be held there Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday. All teachers who care to attend the meeting of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly in Raleigh from Wed nesday to Saturday, inclusive, of this week, will be given credit for Friday, and Thursday ia of course a regular holiday. ROCKINGHAM DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS Special to The Robvaonian. Kinston, Nov. 27-The North Carolina Conference closed its annual session here this morning with the reading of appoint ments. Rev. J. W. Bradley, last year at Raeford, goes to Lum berton, and Rev. E. M. Hoyle goss from Lumberton to Green ville Following are the other appointments for Rockingham district: Aberdeen and Biscoe, C. L. Reed; Caledon ia circuit, J. C. Humbie; Eliza beth c, D. P. Parker; E lerbe c, D. A. Watkins; Hamlet, J. A. Dailey; Laurel Hid c, F. B. Me Cali; Laurinburg, H. A Humbie; Lumberton c . K. L. Caraway; Maxton, S E Mercer; Mt. Gil ead c. M. Cokrane; Mont-' gomerv c, S. J. McConnel, last year at Lumberton; Camden, N. L SeaboU;Kaeford c.,C W.bmub and C B. Brothers; R d Springs. S. A. Cotton; Richmond c, B, E Stanfield; Roberuell c, C H. Biggs; Robeson c, S. T. Moyle, R. VV. Townsend and W. H. Townsend supply; Rockingham, E H. Davis; Rowland c, J. A. Lee; St. John and Gibson, C. W. Dowd; St. Paul c, A. J. Groves; froy c , C. R. Canipe. Confer ence missionary evangelist, L. L. Nash. Conference meets next at Fayetteville. 7