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r e robesonia; N Ertablished 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent VOL XLH NO. 82. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1911. WHOLE NO. 2713 CONFESSION ENDS TRIAL. The McNamaras Plead Guilty to Dynamiting Los Angeles Times I Building, When Zl Persons Were Killed. kU Aoceles. Cal.. Dispatch. 1st. . Jas. B. McNamara pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree in Judge Walter Bordwell's court today. His brother John J. Mc Namara, secretary of the Inter national Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, en tered a plea of guilty to having dynamited the , Llewliyn Iron Works in Los Angeles on Chrtr- mas day. 1910. James B. McNamara 'a eonfes-'laat 8kn clears up absolutely the tragedy of the explosion and firej which at 1:07 o'clock on the j morning of October 1st. 1910, wrecked the plait of the Lot?: Angeles Times, hi Firdt ami Broadway, and caused the death j of twenty ont- persons. For 19: ef tbee deaths the McNamara brothers were indicted and J. B. McNamara; was on trial specifically for the murder of Charles J. Haggerty, a machinist, whose body was found nearer than that of any ther to the spot where the dyna mite was supposed to have been placed. V Both men's sentences were set for December 5th, when it is ex pected District Attorney John D. Fredericks will ask for life im prisonment for James B. Mc Namara. the confessed murderer, and probably fourteen years for his brother. The men's lives are considered saved. The great contention that the Los Angeles Times was not dynamited is dead beyond resurrection or argu ment Some Changes in Methodist Charges East Robeson Changed to St. Paul Lumber ton Circuit Formed. The North Carolina Methodist Conference, which closed its an nual session in Kinston a week ago today, made some changes f especial interest to many Robesonian readers. What was formerly East Robeson circuit was changed to St Paul circuit. Rev. W. A. Jenkins, who has served this work for three years, goes to Mount Pleasant circuit, Nash county. He will move with his family from Barker's, where the parsonage is located, this week. Rev. A. J. Groves, who was on the Richmond cir cuit, Richmond county, and who succeeds Mr. Jenkins.is expected to arrive this week with his family. This circuit now con sists of St Paul, Regan's, Bark- er s, Smith's. Clarkton and Abbottsburg have been taken from Elizabeth cir cuit and Moss Neck from old East Robeson circuit and these have been combined with East and West Lumberton. mission work that has been built up here within the past two years by Rev. S. J. McConnell, and of these a new circuit, Lumberton circuit, has been formed. Rev. R. L. Caraway comes from Ay den, Washington district, to take charge of this circuit. He has a wife and no children. They are expected to arrive this week. Rev. Mr. McConnell and family will not move to Mr. McConnell's aewwork, Montgomery circuit, until next week, as they cannot move before then into the par sonage at Troy. Rev. E. M. Hoyle, who goes from Chestnut Street church of Lumberton to Greenville, will move to Green ville with his family the middle f this week. His successor, Rev. J. W. Bradley, is expected here with his wife from Raeford. his former charge, also about the middle of this week. The officers of the Lumber ton Presbyterian church were regularly installed yesterday, the elders being installed at the morning service and the deacons at the evening service, as follows: Elders, ex-Judge T. A. McNeill, Messrs J. A McAllister, A Nash, M. G. McKenzie, J. P. Russell; deacons, A. W. McLean, Alt' H McLeod. H.M McAllister, T. C Evans, Jno S. McNeill and W. K. Bethune. Foley' Kidney PHls. Tonic in action, quick in results. Will cure any case of kiJney or bladder ii rdt-r not beond the reach of medi cine. No need to say more. J. D. Me lt ill an & Son. MT. ELIAM MATTERS. Two Marriages Public School Starts Evils of a Big Cotton Crop An Extra Thanksgiving Day. Corrwpotxlenca of The Robeaooimn. Mt Eliam. Nov. 27. We spent Sunday on the "Mount" and found everything in good shape The wedding bells have been ringing a good deal for the last week or two. and it looks as if they are going to ring some more in the near future. We learned that one of Orrum 's young men was, soon to claim one of the Mt Kliara s-irls as his own. 'Twas Sunday while on our way to Lumberton we met Mr. Hezzie Uriit and Miss Ella Davis. They looked just like somebody was jroing to get married, the mule "Tom" they were driving looked like somebody was going to get happy; the ougy in which they wm- ruling looked like two peo- oie would soon be as one; and even the atmosphere seemed to say that something was up. And sure enough, they had been to Mr. A. L. Stone's, a J. P., and he was away from home; but "where there is love there is a will, and where there Is a will there is a vay",so they drove on over to Mr. L. H. Britt's (were on their way when we met them) and there they found Mr. Stone, and 'twas only a mere bit and both their hearts were beating ad one. May they al ways be as well satisfied as they looked Sunday, is our wisb. Mr. S. W. Bfittand Miss Janie Capps were made as one Wednes day night of last week. We hope for them a long and peace ful future. Messrs. Rowland and Atlas Dais of Raft Swamp spent Sun day here with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Hedgpeth of Bellamy spent Sunday at Mr. I. V. Britt's. Mr. S E. Martin of Lumberton spent the week-end with his many friends on the "Mount". The public school started here Monday. Mr. Thad Stone is teaching. Messrs. Woodie and Parker Nye of Orrum spent Sunday here with friends. Miss Ethel Branch of route 4 from Lumberton 6pent Sunday p. m. with Mrs. I V Britt A big crop of cotton not only affects the price but will affect the citizenship of our Southland in days to come, because of the fact that it is impossible to get hands to pick it and the children are kept at home to pick when they should by all means be in school. For instance, here on the "Mount" it will be Christ mas before many of the chil dren, aged from six to twelve, will start to school. We hope the Southern farmer has learned a lesson this year that he will never forget Mr. J.R. Lawson of Orrum spent Sunday here. Mr. Atlas Britt spent Monday at the capitol on business. The moving pictures which are being shown every night in the building equipped for that pur pose next door to post office are much better and plainer than many we have seen in much larg er cities than Lumberton. Messrs. R P. Stone and Rossie Britt SDent Sunday n. m. at Lum berton on business. Mr. June Ivev of Orrum spent Sunday on the "Mount" Mr. Rossie Britt ran a squirrel down and caught him one day recently. He was holding the squirrel by the "bush" when "Makum" bit him and he give "Make" a sling and he had noth ing left except the "bush." Our folks will observe Tuesday of this week as an extra Thanks giving day. They have a fast day and prayermeeting every I spring when they plant their crocs and then have a special Thanksgiving day every fall to thank God tor the blessings re ceived during the year. This don't conflict with the National Thanksgiving, as it is observed just the same. "Happy Jack" "Beat on Earth" This is the verdict of R. J. Howell, Tracy, O., who bought Foley's Honey and Tar Compound tor his wife." Her case was the wont ) have ever seen, and looked like a sure case of consump tion. Her lungs ere sore and she coughed almost incessantly and her voice was hoarse and weak. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound brought re lief at once and lei-s than three bottles effected a complete cure" J. D. Mc Millan & Mm. THOMAS-KERR. A Beautiful Church Wedding at Ramseur. RaraMur Special. Nov. 29. to Rak-ich News uvl Observer. The marriage of Miss Sarah Elizabeth Thomas, of this place, to Mr. James Kerr, of Lumber ton, this morning at the Method ist church, was an event of un usual interest to a large number of people here and out of town. The bridal party, preceded by four ushers, Messrs. E. C. Wat kins, A. H- Thomas, N. F. Marsh and Chas. B. Smith, entered the church promptly at 11 o'clock, to the inspiring strains of Lohen grin's wedding march, rendered by Miss Lizzie Smith, who was concealed by masses of ferns and chrysanthemums which decor ated the chancel and altar of the church. Using the simple and beautiful ritual of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Rev. 0. P. Ader, the pastor, pronounced the sol emn words that united these two persons in the holy bonds of matrimony. During the cere mony the organist rendered with exquisite feeling a beautiful Traumerei symphony. The bride and groom and wed ding guests left the church at H:15 to: the tatelusic of Mendelssohn's wedding march, and were driven at once to the station, leaving at 11:30 for the future home of the wedded pair, Lumberton. The bride was gowned in a splendid traveling suit of brown covert cloth, and carried liliies of the valley and bride's rosea. The groom is a popular and prosperous druggist of Lumber ton. A great number of elegant and useful bridal gifts bear testimony to the popularity of the bride. who is widely known as one of the most lovely and accomplished young women of this section of the State. Another Account Ramseur Dispatch, 80th. . A beautiful marriage was sol emnized in the M. E. church on Wednesday, November 29th, when Miss Sarah Elizabeth Thomas became the bride of Mr. James Kerr, of Lumberton. Promptly at 11 o'clock the happy bridal couple entered the hand some church, preceded by the ushers, and stood in front of a large and beautiful collection of ferns and chrysanthmums. Rev. O. P. Ader stood just in front of the couple and in the ceremony of the M. E. Church pronouced the sacred words that united the hearts of the happy pair. The wedding march was most sweet ly rendered by Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Greensboro. The ush ers for the occasion were: Messrs. E. C. Watkins, A. H. Thomas, N. F. Marsh and Chas. B. Smith, and all wore the conventional black suit The bride was most becomingly attired in a tan trav eling suit, with hat and gloves to match, and was the picture of queenly beauty. The groom was very handsomely dressed in black. Among the visitors from a dis tance were: Miss Anabeile Kerr, sister of the groom, of Fayette ville; Miss Minnie- Thomas, of Durham; Misses Eva and Dessie Gross, of Burlington, and Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Greensboro. The bride is one of Ramseur's most beautiful and popular young ladies and carries with her to her new home the good wishes of a large circle of friends and ad mirers. The groom is a well known and highly esteemed druggist of Lumberton. He is a son of the late Dr. Chas. Kerr, of Sampson county, and a grandson of the late Rev. Calvin Shaw, a pioneer Presbyterian preacher of Eastern Carolina. Rev. R. E. Steele, pastor of Lumberton Presbyterian church, and Masters Harry Green and Marshall Boylin left this morn ing for Red Springs, where this afternoon Mr Steele will organ ize a troop of boy scouts and this evening he will lecture in the au ditorium of the Southern Pres byterian College on the United States Navy. Masters Green and Boylin are members of the local troop of boy scouts. Without opiate or harmful drugs of any kind Foley's Hjney and Tar Com- Sund stops coughs and cures colds o not accept any substitute J. D. McMillan & Son. THANKSGIVING DAY. As Observed in Lumberton Contributions for Orphanages Dinner for the Poor Dinner For Chain Gang. Sunday quiet prevailed in Lum berton Thanksgiving Day, all stores being closed and business being suspended as far possible. Services were held at the Presby terian and First Baptist churches and liberal contributions were made to their orphanages. At the Presbyterian church the col lection for Barium Springs Or phanage amounted to $ 06, which brings the total amount contrib uted by this church for this or phanage during the year to about $400. The membership is 163. The collection at the First Bap tist church for the Thomas ville Orphanage amounted to a little more than $105, bringing the amount contributed for the year to more than $1,000. The mem bership is 320. More liberal people cannot be found anywhere than in Lumber ton. They not only contribute liberally to the support of their church orphanages; they con tribute liberally to the poor of the town and county. Through Mr. M. G. ,McKenzie, secretary of the , Associated Charities of Lumberton, a bountiful dinner was provided Thanksgiving Day for the inmates of the county home. Mr. McKenzie and Mr. H. M. McAllister carried the dir.. ner to the home in the latter's auto and these unfortunates ap preciated immensely the way they were remembered. In ad dition to this, some of the so cieties of the Presbyterian church collected a number of boxes of good things at the church Wed nesday night and distributed them Thursday among the needy of the community. Mr. N. C. Hughes, county su perintendent' of roads, made glad the hearts of the boys on the chain gang by giving them a sumptuous uinner turkey, chick en, and all other sorts of good things. In the afternoon Rev. R. E. Steele, pastor of the Pres byterian church, Mr. Hughes and Mr. W. P. McAllister visited the chain gang, near St. Paul, and Mr. Steele made a talk, which Mr. Hughes' good dinner had put the convicts in frame of mind to hear. It may be truly said of the good people of this town that they remember the orphans and the poor and afflicted. Interesting Visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Angus H. Mc Lean of Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz. Renublic of Mexico, ar rived Thursday from New York and are guests at the home or Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McLean, on nhpfltnnt afreet. Mr. McLean's father was Hector A. McLean, a brother of the late reill A. Mc Lean, Sr., and uncle of the late lamented Col N. A. McLean of Lumberton, and this is his first visit to the home of his ancestors. Mr. McLean has for some time been general manager for the great coffee dealers, Arbuckle Bros., in Mexico and also has lan?e bankintr interests and owns several coffee plantations. Mr. and Mrs. McLean will visit other relatives in the county before re turning home. Further account of these interesting visitors, crowded out today, will be given in Thursday's paper. New Hotel Opened by Ex- Sheriff Clark of Clarkton. Ex Sheriff W. S. Clark, of Clarkton, with his family has moved to Lumberton and opened up a hotel on First street in the building recently vacated by Mrs. 0car Britt who conducted a boarding house there known as the Britt boarding house. The building belongs to Mr. W. W. Carlyie and Sheriff Clark says the place shall be known as the Carlyie hotel. Sheriff Clark was for a long time proprietor of the Clarkton hotel at Clarkton and his coming means for Lumberton another good place to stop. When you have a cold get a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It will son fix you -ip all right and will ward off any tendency toward pneumonia. This remedy contains no opi im or other narcofi't and may begivenasconfi lently to a hiby &i to an adult. Said by all dealers. . Miss Jessie Fuller and Mr. R. H. Crichton to be Married Wed nesday Afternoon at Home of Father of B ride-to Be, Mr. C M. Fuller. Miss Jessie Fuller and Mr. R. H. Crichton will be married Wed nesday afternoon at 5:5 o'clock at the home of the father of the bride-to-be, Mr. C. M. Fuller, Chestnut and Sixth. The cere mony will be performed by Rev. Dr. A. P. Tyre, who was sent bv the last Conference from the Methodist church at Maxton to Oxford. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Crichton will leave for Jacksonville, Fla., where they will visit at the home of a sister of Mr. Crichton, and Columbus, Ga., Mr. Crichton's former home. They will return to Lumberton about the 16th inst and will board at the home of Mrs. Essie McLean. North Elm. It has been an open secret for some time that this marriage was to take place but The Robesonian has not been given permission to mention it earlier. Miss Ful ler is one of Lumber ton's most popular young ladies. Mr. Crich ton has been employed as book keeper for the Lumberton Cotton Mills for the past few years and is also very popular. The wed ding will be very quiet, only the family of the bride and relatives being present Miss Annie Neal and Mr. David Fuller, sister and brother of the bride-to be, stu dents at the Greensboro Female College and Trinity.respectively, came home Saturday night to at tend the wtdding. Mrs. D. A. Stanton and daughter, Miss Claire, of High Point and Miss Jessie Woolen of Randleman are at the Fuller home, Miss Annie McKay of Wilmington will arrive tonight Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Fuller of Bennetts ville, S. C, and Mr. W. A. Crichton of Char lotte, a brother of the groom-to-be, will arrive Wednesday. Notices of New Advertisements. A great Christmas sale A Weinstein. House and lot and farm for sale Geo. M. Whitefield. Auction sale of property known as the Gaddv Mill place Caro lina Realty & Auction Co. Farms for rent Geo. B. Mc Leod. Special sale on player pianos -Chas. M. Stieff. Ten day frenzied selling Jno. T. Bigs Co. Edward H. Meech, teacher of piano. Honses for rent Superior Court A two-weeks' civil term of court began this morning. Judge Frank Carter of Asheville pre siding. Among the out of town attorneys attending court are District Attorney H. F. Seawell of Carthage. Mr. J. O. Carr of Wilmington, Solicitor N. A. Sin clair and Mr. R H. Dyer ofFay etteville, Hon. G. B. Patterson and Mr. B. F. McLean of Max ton, Mr. E L. Woo ten of Row land. An entertainment will be given Saturday night of this week at the school building in East Lumberton by the W. O W. Mr. J M. Heater of St. Paul and probably others will speak on woodcraft. Refreshments, oys ters and fruit, will be served. Juniper camp No 322 calls atten tion of other camps to this meet ing and asks that as many as possible be present and boost the order. For the second year the grand prize in the auto races at Savan nah. Ga.. was won Tnursday by David L Bruce-Brown, a young American millionaire. He estab lished a new "World record for automobile road faces, hi aver aire speed being 74 45 milea an hour. His average last year over the same course was 70.55 miles an hour. The first regular session of the Sixty-second Coneress convened at noon today. Tne President's message will be sent to Congress tomorrow. The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the less the dang r from pneumonia . nd other serious diseases. Mr. B. W. L. Hall, of Waverly. Va.. says: "I firmly b leve Chamberlain's Cougt Remedy to be absolutely the best pre paration on the market for colds. I hav re com me ided it to my friend and tney all agree with me " For sal by all dealer j. License has be issued for the marriage of Artelia Watts and N. E. Herring. Manager W. S. Wishart has installed a piano in his moving-picture-show place on Elm street and Mr. Edward H. Meech of Lancing, Mich., who is spending the winter here, is playing it Coroner G. E. Rancke re membered on Thanksgiving Day a few of his friends, the editor of The Robesonian among them, with some of the finest radishes one ever sees this time of year. Angus Chavis ef Lowe wa in town Saturday and told The Robesonian about killing Friday a 23 months-old hog that weighed 540 pounds. This is the first a far reported and it will be hard to beat The county commissioners; road commissioners and board of education are holding their regu lar monthly meetings today. The matter of forming the proposed new township of liennert will be decided by the commissioners this afternoon. Noah Mclntyre, colored, who lives at Gaddy's Mill, near Row land, was placed in jail here to day about noon on account of in sanity. His mind has been bad since Saturday and he waa v thought to oeJbgVrous. He Ls about 45 years old and has a family. Dr. T. M. Green of Wilminjr ton spent a while in town Sat urday evening in consultation1 with Drs N. A. Thompson and Jno. Knox in regard to the con dition of Mr. W. C. Powell of Orrum, who has been in the Thompson hospital for something over a week. The condition of Mr. Powell was not thought to be much, if any, better this more log. -Mr. W. D. Barfield, who lives on rural route No. 1 from Lumberton and who baa been very successful in raising all kinds fcf truck this year and he says there is Scripture reason for it-remembered the editor Friday with some of the finest turnips at all. Mr. Barfield is the same man who brought in the cushaw, or kersbaw, some time ago. Revs. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, and I. P. Hedgpeth, pastor of sever al churches near here, left this morning for Winston-Salem to attend the 81st annual gathering: of the Baptist State Convention, which will begin tomorrow night This will be preceded by the an nual conference of Baptist pas tors tonight and tomorrow. It is expected that this will be the greatest State Convention ever held. Mr. Dennis Biggs has sold his house on Chestnut and Four teenth, occupied by Sheriff E. C McNeill and family, to Mr. H. C. McQueen of Wilmington. The deal was made through Mr. Gee. M. Whitfield and the consider ation was $2,750. This house will be occupied by sisters of Mr. McQueen, Miss Nannie McQueen and Mrs. R Ch&ffin and family, who will move to Lumberton some time in January from their present home in Mayesville, S. C. Mrs Chaffin and Miss M- Queen are aunts of Mesdames E. B. Freeman and C. B. Skipper of Lymberton. -Deputy Sheriff T. C. Barnes had a chase through a swamp through water about thigh deep Friday night after a negro. Mr Barnea overtook and arrested near Buie one Willis Floyd, who was vamoosing from near Mc Donald, from his wife with an other woman, wanted for dispos ing of mortgaged property. He handcuffed his prisoner and starts d to Lumberton. Near Pem broke the negro jjmpped from the buggy and 6truck out into Raft Swamp, but Mr. Barnes was game to -brace the waters, caught his man after a chase of about 50 yards, and brought him safely to jail. An Alarm at Night That strikes terror to the entire house hold is the loud hoars and metallic cough of croup. No mistaking it. aad fo tunate thn the lucky parent who keep FoU-v's Hmey and Tar Comooa-id on hand. II. W. Casselma- Cantm, V Y , savs: "it is worth its we ght io void. Our little children are troubled with croup ad hoarseness, and all w give them is Foley's Haney and Tar Oomfunl. 1 always have a bottle of it in ihe hodfe." J. D. Vt .-Miifaa &ln.
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