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F 1 OBESONIAN H A WHOLE NO. 2715 R( Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cenl VUL INUK1H UAKUUIMA, MUINUAY, DECEMBER 11, 1911. TOWN AFFAIRS. Heports of Receipts and Dis bursements Mr. T. C Barns Employed as Policeman and Assistant Tax Collector V. & C S. Ry. Taxes-Bills Paid. The regular monthly meeting - f the town commissioners was held Friday night, having been postponed from last Tuesday night SuptW. G. Pitman, of the v fight and water plant, and Town Clerk and Treasurer G. T. Pace - filed their regular reports, which were approved. The report of the light and water department showed running expenses for the month of November as follows: Pay roll, $271.03; fuel, including team expense, $422.55; oil and running supplies, $17.25. Re ceipts from light rents amounted to $748 55, and toe amount charged against the town for lights was $90. The clerk and treasurer's report shows receipts and disbursements of the differ ent departments from May 1 to November 30. as folio ws: May 1 to August 1 general fund ac count, received $4,940.44, paid out $3,085.93; light and water, received, $1,763 86, paid out. $2, 26 12; sinking fund account, re ceived $397 49, paid out $2,152 84; graded school account, received $1200 01, paid out $1.437 10. August 1 to November 30 -Salaries and pay roll, $909 95; sup plies and repairs, $83 22; fuel, $1,334 87; light construction, $164 88; water, $86 59; miscel laneous, $220.09. received $334. 23; sinking fund, $1,121 '28, re ceived $2,395 87; graded school receipts, $2,768 94; salaries $1, 812 50, maintenance $325.54, miscellaneous, $379 50; general fund: streets, $660.11; health, paid out, $456 31. received $179; cemetery, received $40; salaries and office expenses, $925.45; mis cellaneous, $1,613.83, received $1,917.78; general taxes. $2,373. 48; license tax. $319 77; civil penalties, $103 60;improvements, paid out $2,905 30, received $1,- 443 90; paid out and not distrib-i uted, $267.11; cash on hand No vember 30. $959 01; total re ceipts, $14,275 54 By request Mr. A. W. Mc Lean came before the board in regard to the valuation of the V. & C. Sou. Ry. for taxes for the year 19 1 1-12, and after making several explanations as to the means of ascertaining the value of a railroad, it was agreed to have some competent man measure the distance that this road runs within the corporate limits of the town of Lumberton and to use these findings as a basis for computing the taxes for this year, the valuation of the road to be $3,000 per mile. Mr. T. C. Barnes was em ployed by the board as policeman and to assist in the collection of town taxes, etc.. at a salary of $65 per month. The mayor and clerk and treas urer were authorized to execute two notes in the sum of $288 each, with interest. payDie six and twelve months from Oct. 6ih, 1911, to Isaac Hardeman, Jr.. of Charlotte, for pump furn ished the town for the light and water plant The following oth er bills were presented and or dered paid: W. H. Humphrey, sanitary rebate, $3.00; Jas. M. Lamb & Son, ft expenses court house yard, 80.00; Kingsdale Lumber Corporation, wood 131 08; lumber, 2 98; Dresden Cotton Mills. 3 75; A. Schwartzberg, J expense drain court house yard, 15 00; Hyman Supply Co. 13 84; National Meter Co. 104 00; South ern Electric Co 43 32 account electric light department; E. G Sipher, supplUs, L. "& W. Dept , 4 60; V & C. Sou. Ry. Co , coal, S7.15; Robesonian Pub. Co. 8.40; Caldwell & Carlyle, supplies, 9.43; Standard Supply Co., 4.50; Woodberry Lennon, work for board, 1100; L. H. Caldwell, supplies, 181.37. "Best on Earth" This is the verdict of R. J. Howell. Tracy, O.. who bought Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for his wife." Her ease was the worst 1 have ever seen, and looked like a sure case of consump tion. Her lungs were sore and she roughed almost incessantly and her voice was hoarse and weak. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound brought re lief at once and lets than three bottles effected a complete cure" J. D. Mc Millan & Son. EAST LUMBERTON BRIEFS. Marriage of Miss Dora Mc Keithan and Mr. C. U. Spivey Other Items. Resorted for Th Robesonian. A quiet, though largely attend ed and beautiful and solemn home marriage was celebrated in East Lumberton last Wednes day promptly at 7 p. m. between Mr. C. U. Spivey and Miss Dora McKeithan, the ceremony being performed by the pastor of East Lumberton Baptist church, of which the bride is a devout mem ber. Mr. Spivey has been known to the writer for several years and is regarded by him as a very ex cellent gentleman and his friends are numbered by his acquaint ances, which are legion; and while Miss Dora has been known by ub only thif-e or four years she has ingratiated herself into popular favor and the entire con fidence of all. She is a most ad mirable voung woman, a Christ ian lady of the truly consecrated type, and every one congratu lates Mr. Spivey on being the lucky number. May their lives belong, and happy. vt? are giaa to report Mr. jn. M. Allen and son, Wallace, o route No. 5 from Lumberton, who had been very sick for some time, able to be out again. Miss Belle Mcrhail, of whom mention was made in a recent issue of The Robesonian, was taken to the Highsmith hospita in Fayetteville a few nights ago for treatment and at last ac counts was getting on as well as could be expected. The people are still picking cotton and grumbling about the low price. Say, Bro. Farmer. will you allow us to sympathize with you? To be sure you will. Then will you be kind enough to accept an humble admonition? Yes, of course there'll be no kick coming. Well, here it is: Let us be thankful that everything is even as well as it is. We greatly rejoice with the beloved of our mother church that the Baptists of the State saw fit to elect their gifted and consecrated pastor as president of their Convention in Winston Salem. Bro. Durham is surely master of assemblies. a We are grateful to a merciful Providence for this very excel lent weather in December. "Let all the people say, 'Amen.' " J. M. Fleming. Biggest Cotton Crop on Rec ord, According to Census Bu reau's Estimates. Washimrten Dispatch, 8th. Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina have ginned thus far this year more cotton than ever before was grown within their borders. Every cotton-growing State, except Arkansas, Mississippi, Ok lahoma and Tennessee, already have ginned more cotton than was grown in the States last year or the year before, accord ing to the census bareau's cot ton report issued today, showing the ginning prior to December 1. To that date there had been ginned in the united states a total of 12.814.832 bales, exceed ing the total season's ginning of every year except in 1904, 1906 and 1908 and coming within 637. 000 bales of the total ginned in 1904, the record year. During the period between November 14 and December 1. an average of 107,256 bales of cotton was ginned on every working day. The total to December 1, in cluded 87,567 round bales and 87,457 bales of sea island. Ginned by States: Alabama, 1,436.155; Arkansas, 682.--4: Florida, 74.018; Georgia, 2.337,770; Louisiana. 313.614; Mississippi, 893,288; North Caro lina, 829,150; Oklahoma. 783,741; South Carolina, 1.310.613: Ten nessee, 319,763; Texas, 3,745. 930. All other States 88,741. Distribution of sea island by States: Florida. 32,359;Georgia 51,288; South Carolina, 3,810. Ends Winter's Troubles. To many, winter is a season of trou ble The froat-bicten toes and fingers, chapoed hands and 1'pa, chilblains, cold, -ores, red and rough skins, prove this. But such troubles fly before Bucklen's Ari ica Salve. A trial convinces. Greatest healer of Bums, Boils, Piles, Cuts, Sores Bruises, Eczema, and sprains. Only 25c at all druggists. SMITH'S BRIDGE BUDGET. Still Picking Cotton A Lumber- ton Auto Rests in a Pond Bad Roads Box Supper De cember 21. Cuuaauondenca of Th Robeaonlan. Smith's Bridge. Dec weather is fine and very 8 -The cool at present Cotton picking is still the go in this community. A good many people passed through this community en ronte ta the Dublin land sale today. . We are sorry to report Mr. Isham Kinlaw's condition not very much improved yet Messrs. A. R. Edwards and Durham Lewis of Bladen are visitors in this community today. Mr. Hooks of Whiteville was a visitor in this community Sunday. I suppose one of those autos from Lumberton en route to the land sale today rested very peace fully in a pond not far from here about all day, waiting for some one to help it out. Christmas is going to soon be here, and the cotton patches are stilrwhite. Squirrel hunting is a big thing in thficbmniunity nowadays. I wonder where the good roads people are. It is almost impossi ble'for a bird to ;cross the Eliza beth road in certain places with out getting his shadow soiled very badly. Misses Olive Clark and Han nah Lewis, teachers of the public school in this community, are doing good work. The school is progressing finely with about 50 or 60 students enrolled. There will be a box supper at the public school house in this distri t on Thursday night, the 21st of December. Everybody is invited to attend. We hope all the ladies will bring a nice box full of something good to eat We also expeCt to have a nice cake to vote on and some fruit to sell, a grab-sack, and so forth. Proceeds to go for benefit of school. Swamp Cat Murderous Assault On Man Near Monroe. J. W. Smith, formerly of Wil mington, and a mail clerk on the Seaboard between Monroe and Atlanta, and well known in Mon roe, his present home, was bru tally assaulted by three men about one mile from Monroe Sat urday. The men climbed into Smith's buggy and two of them held him while the other proceed ed to carve him with a long knife. Smith managed to escape and was found about five hours later almost in a dying condition, though it is thought that he has a chance lor recovery, it is thought the men mistook Smith for some one else and it is ex pected that they will be arrested today. "Little Joe" Brown Wins in Georgia. Atlanta. Ga.. Diapateh, 8th. An af terlook at the guberna torial primary of yesterday in this State shows that Joseph M. Brown won by the vote of the country districts those counties in which there were no very large towns. Persons in position to know agree that it was one of the most puzzling elections ever held in Georgia despite the easy victory of Joseph M. Brown. He carried 84 counties. Pope Brown 40 and Judge Russell only 20 out of 146. Minor Court Cases. Alex Lacewell, colored, was taxed $2 50 in the mayor's court this morning for being drunk yesterday. Before Mayor White as justice immediately after this trial Lacewell was bound to court in a $100 bond for carrying concealed weapon, and in default of bond was sent to jail. Also before Justice White this morn ing John Gilchrist and Josephus McNair, colored boys, were tried on the charge of stealing tobacco from Mr. C. B. Redmond's parior grocery and Gilchrist gave the $50 bond required and was re- eased. McNur and another colored boy, Swain Bell, were tried on another charge of steal ing tobacco from Mr. Redmond and were sent tp jail in default of $100 bond. Subscribe for The Robesonian. BUYS N.C LAND. J First Purchase For Appalachian ! Forest Reserve. Washington DUpatch. 9th. mi " t M a ine nrsi purcnase or land un der the Week's Law authorizing the creation of the Appalachian forest reserve, waa authorized at a meeting of the National Forest Reservation Commission in the office of Secretary of War Stira son, chairman of the commission. today. Ten tracts of mountain land, aggregating 18,500 acres in Mc Dowell county, North Carolina, were decided upon by the com mission for purchase. The tracts range from 100 to 10,160 acres in size and are located near Mount Mitchell in the western part of the State and are declared to be excellent for practical forest work. The price ranges from three to six dollars an acre, the total cost amounting to about $100,000. All the tracts are on the water shed of the Catawba river, an important tributary of the Wa teree, which, with the Congaree. forms the San tee, a stream of much industrial im portance which with its tributa ries is navigable tor zo miles in-! South Carolina. Superior Court The second week of this term of court began with the wheels grinding on Jackson Locklear vs Simeon Bullard, a case in which about $75 worth of land is in volved, which has been claiming the attention of the court since Friday, in which there is a great array of counsel and which will likely hold the court for another day or so. Judge Carter has about decided to hold court at night until this petty case is disposed of. In the case of Sarah Skipper, Admr . vs Kings dale Lumber Co. and R. & CRy. Co., which held the court from Monday last week to Thuisday afternoon, the jury gave the de fendants, who asked for $15,000 damages for the killing of her husband. $3,250. Several other jury cases, none of special in terest, have been tried, a num ber of judgments have been signed and several cases have been dismissed. To Lecture On Christian En deavor. Mr. Karl Lehann, a great Christian Endeavor expert, is working his way toward Lum berton. He was in Raleigh yes terday and will be here Friday evening and will speak in the Presbyterian church at 7:iL o'clock, to which occasion a cor dial invitation is extended to ev erybody. Immediately after the services at the church a reception will be given for Mr. Lehann at the Commercial Club rooms in the Lumberton Cotton Mills office building by the local society of Christian Endeavor, which soci ety was recently organized by Rev. R E. Steele, pastor of the Presby terian church. The recep tion will be public and every body is invited, especially the yonng folks of the town. The Maine Blown Up From Outside. Waahinjrton Diapateh. 8ta. The United States battleship Main, which sank beneath the waters of Havana harbor in Feb ruary, 1898. as the result of an explosion, was blown up from the outside. This was announc ed today by the naval board which has been examining the i wreck. The finding confirms the report of the original investiga tors who made a superficial ex amination of the wreck shortly after the disaster. Saved Bis Wife's Life. 'My wife would have been in her grave today," writes O. H. Brown, of Muscadine. Ala., "it it naa not Den for Dr. King's New Discovery. She was down in her bed, not able to get up without 1 elp Sh had a severe br nchial trouble and a drear ful cough. I got her a bottle of lr. King a New Discovery, and she soon began to mend, and was wt 11 in a short time." In fallible for coughs and colds, it is the moU reliable remedy on earth for des perate lung trouble, nemorbages, la- gnppe. asthma, hay lever, croup ana whooping Cough. 50c. $1 0J. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all drug gists. DEATH OF MR. W. C. POWELL End Came Saturday at Thomp son Hospital Interment Yes terday Afternoon Near Raft Swamp Church. Mr. W. C. Powell, of Orrum died here Saturday morning at 10 o clock in the Thompson hos pital, where he had been for treatment just two weeks. Im 1 . .a meaiateiy alter death the re mains were taken to the home o: m m v is mr. roweu 8 son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tbwnsend, Cedar street where they remained until yesterday afternoon, when they were taken to deceasedjs old home place, near Kaft swamp church, where at o ciocK tne lunerai services were conducted and interment was made in the family cemetery, The services were conducted by Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth. pastor o: deceased, and the members o Raft Swamp Camp No. 14. W O. W., of which Mr. Powell was a member, took part The fun eral was attended by a large crowd. Mr. Powell was 54 years old, having-been born August 28, 1857,-, He was a son of the late William W. Powell, of "Raft Swamp, and in 1876 he was mar ried to Miss 01ivj Odum, daugh ter of Mr. Jerry Odum, of Raft Swamp. He is survived by his wife, two b'his Mr. Junius M. Powell of Raft Swamp, and Mr. Stintson Powell, a student at Wake Forest CoHese fi ve daugh ters Mesdames W. R. Towns- end of Lumberton, G. C. and J. Kj. Atkinson or rroctorville, and Misses Athesia and Quessie Pow- fll of Orrum and one brother- Mr. O. A. Powell of Perry. Fla. Mr. Powell was a saw-mill man, having been in the busi ness for about 10 years, and also had extensive farming interest. He leaves $30,000 insurance. Death of An Infant Delilah, the two-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs C. G. Stephens, who live on Second street, died this morning at II o clock. The child had been very ill for about two weeks and death was not unexpected. It is ex pected that interment will be made tomorow in Meadow Brook cemetery. Mrs. Robert Pate. Mrs. Robert Pate of Powers- ville. died Saturday night about 10 o'clock at the the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dock Ivey at Raynham, where she had been on a visit. She was taken ill suddenly Fri day morning, interment was made this morning at Barker's church, near the home of Mrs. Pate's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Powers. ' She is survived by her husband and one daughter. about one year old. Changes Among Employes of County Officers. As mentioned in the report elsewhere in this paper of the meeting of the town commis sioners Friday night the police force of Lumberton has been increased by the election of Deputy Sheriff T. C. Barnes, who will also be assistant tax collec tor. Mr. Barnes has been deputy sheriff under Sheriff McNeill ever since the latter has been in offi e, for the past three years making headquarters in Lum berton, and he has been an ef ficient officer. He will begin work as policeman as soon as Sheriff McNeill can secure his successor Mr. J no. T. Singletary, who has been office deputy for Sheriff McNeill for the past three years. has also resigned, his resigna tion effective January 1, and will be succeeded bv Mr. Lawrence Parker, who has resigned as deputy clerk of the court to ac cept this position. Mr. Single tary will move with his family back tj his ten-horse farm in Back Swamp township, where he says he can make more money. Clerk of the Court Skipper has not yet appointed a successor to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Parker. When you have a cold get a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It will 80nHx you up altTtghtand-will ward off anv tendency toward pneumonia. This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to a babv as to an adult. Sold by all dealers. . LOCAL BRIEFS License has been issued for the marriage Davie Wilcox and J. I. Carter. -Rev. J.W. Rradley, the new pastor of Chestnut Street Meth odist church, filled his first ap pointments on this charge yes terday, preaching morning and evening. Mr. E. a Sipher, who Ur some time had been superintend ing the installation of the elec tric light plant at St Paul, tun ed on the current Thursday eve ning and the thriving villiage ef St Paul is no longer a Uce of darkness after the sun goeth down. -Mr. CM. Prevatt purchased in ureensboro the other day lor his small adopted son. Master Chas. Robt, the cutest little Shetland pony one ever saw oat side a circus. It is only about 36 inches high and when hitched to a small wagon the result is a fetching turnout that any boy would be proud to own. Mr. J. Thomas Prevatt and two daughters, Misses Flora and Katie, who went abbuP three months ago, on account of their health to Almagorda, New Mexi co, are expected to return home this evening. They arrived last night at Hamlet and would have arrived here this morning had it not been for the serious illness of Miss Flora. Mr. and Mrs. L R. Varser delightfully entertained at their home, corner of Sixth and Wal not, Friday evening for the Royal embassadors, a society of the First Baptist church. Miss Lillian Mclntyre received at the door and Miss Mary Weddell served punch. A large crowd was present and the occasion was a most pleasant one. Mr. A. Weinstein has let the contract for remodeling the build ing corner Fourth and Elm street, in which Messrs. J. H. Wishart and H. C. Boylin do business, te Mr. H. G. Jones, of Fairmoat The work will be started the first of January. The other has been made for all the materials and Mr. Weinstem received a bill Saturday evening for the first car-load of brick. Messrs. White & Gough, who. in addition to their big depart ment store in Lumberton. have been conducting stores at Fair mont, Maxton and Laurinburg, have decided to sell their branch stores, their business here hav ing grown to such proportions as to demand their entire time. They are advertising the Fair mont business in today s Kobe' sonian and they will also sett their stores at Maxton and Latr- inburg. Rev. C.H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, return ed Saturday night from Winston- Salem, where he attended the Baptist State Convention. As mentioned in Thursday's Robe- mm a IS soman, Mr. Durham, wno nas shown special ability as a presid ing officer as moderator of Rob eson Baptist Association for the past ten years, was elected pres ident of the Convention, this be ing the first time that a minister has been so honored for fire years. Mr. Durham's modesty makes his selection a mystery t him, but those who know him understand quite well enough. his Convention was more large- t y attended than any in several years. There were 4o register ed delegates and the total num ber in attendance was about 6Uf. Mr. Durham was a guest during the contention at the home of ex-Governor R B. Glenn. Entombed In Mine. Shortly after men entered the creat Cross Mountain coal mine of the Knoxville Iron Co. at Briceville. Tenn , Saturday morn ing a terriffic explosion wrecked the works. In a dispatch last night it was estimated that prob ably 100 men lie dead in the mine while their sorrow striken amilies are keeping vigil and hoping that they may be alive when rescuers reach them. Three only have come out alive, while lcVdead have been found and 8 bodies Rave Been recover ed. Subscribe for The Robesonian. V ; A -.
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