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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1911.
WHOLE NO. 2717
ROBE,
MASS MEETING
To be Held in Lumbertdn Friday, December 29, for the
Purpose of Considering; Plans for Improvement
of the Cotton Situation and Business
Conditions For 1912.
A mass meeting of the citizens
of Robeson and surrounding
counties has been called as an
adjourned meeting which was
held this date in response to the
requests of the several Governors
of cotton growing States, to con
sider plans for the improvement
of the cotton situation and busi
ness conditions for the year 1912,
will be held in the court house at
Lumberton, North Carolina, on
Friday, December 29, 1911, at 11
o'clock a. m. Every citizen of
Robeson and adjoining counties
who feels an interest in Ihe pres
ent financial situation and busi
ness for 1912, and especially in
regard to the cotton situation,
including farmers, merchants,
professions and trades, is ur
gently requested to attend said
meeting and join Jieartily and
r--2f -it -"""-
meeting for the adoption and
carrying out of some plan for the
betterment of the present cotton
conditions and business prospects
ef 1912, such plans and resolu
tions to be adopted from the com
bined ideas of all tbe people pres
ent at such meeting, and each
person, especially every farmer
and time merchant, is requested
to be present and also to prepare
beforehand his ideas as to the
cause and remedy of the present
situation, its low prices and the
resultant financial depression
now and for 1912, and to present
them at this meeting for consid
eration. Let every person who has an
interest in the county of Robeson
and the country at large and its
welfare make a special effort to
come to this meeting and to con
tribute his ideas and his presence
in a spirit of co-operation to the
purpose of this meeting. A pro
gram will be provided looking to
this result
Holiday rates will be on on all the
railroads leading into Lumberton
at this time and will make the
cost of attending very cheap in
deed. See your local railroad
.agent for rates.
W. K. Culbreth.
J. E. Carlyle,
Geo. B. McLeod,
A. J. McKinnon,
R D. Caldwell,
M. G. McKenzie,
L. R. Varser,
Committee.
Lumberton, N. C, Dec. 16, 1911.
Call For Mass Meeting Decided
Upn at Meeting in Lumber-
ton Saturday.
The call for the mass meeting
mentioned above was decided
upon at a meeting of representa
tive citizens held in Lumberton
Saturday. On account of the
disagreeable weather not many
.attended the meeting that was
called to be held Saturday and it
was decided to hold another
meeting that should be well
advertised and that should
interest every man in this
and surrounding counties. Mr.
W. K. Culbreth. of route 6
from Lumberton, presided over
the meeting and asked Major A.
J. McKinnon of Maxton to state
what had been determined at a
conference that had been held
preceding the meetiag. After
stating that it had been decided
best to postpone the mass meet
ing until Friday, December 29,
and to ask all classes of people
to attend. Mr. McKinnon said
that it would be the purpose of
that meeting to try to formulate
some plan to better the distress
ing conditions that have been
brought about by the low price
of cotton and that every farmer
would be asked to pledge himself
to reduce his cotton acreage for
1912 ten per cent., if he did not
plant more than 60 per cent of
his cleared lands in cotton this
year, and in any event not to
plant more than-60 per cent of
his cleared land in cotton. This
is the plan that was adopted at a
meeting held in Raleigh October
30, and the Farmers' Union is
working on this plan all over the
South.
In further explaining the situ
ation, Mr. McKinnon said that
CITIZENS.
this year not less than 15,500,000
or 16.000,000 bales of cotton had
been made in tbe South, whether
all of it was gathered or not. Not
more than 13,250,000 bales of the
South's crop hasjever been used,
inoicating that there would be
added to the surplus more than
two and a quarter million bales,
making a surplus to be carried
ovtr of more than 3,000,000
bales. Mr. McKinnon said that
he had the best of reasons for
believing that even if a small
crop had been made an organized
effort had been planned to keep
the farmer from getting for his
cotton what he got last year, and
with a surplus of 3,000,000 bales
to carry over, a large crop next
year could not be sold at all, or
only at such prices as buyers saw
fit to give. The plan that is being
urged all over the South and that
will be urged at the mass meet-
3te PKePt4f'Qm
v;ca&c
and raise more " home
supplies, he said was the only
solution of the situation.
After Mr. McKinnon's talk the
call for the mass meeting printed
above was read and adopted. Mr
S. A. Edmund of Lumberton
took issue with Mr. McKinnon on
his statement that a combination
had been formed to reduce the
price of cotton, and his views
provoked some discussion, but all
were agreed on the essential
points.
It is expected that this mass
meeting will be one of the larg
est gatherings of citizens ever
held in Lumberton or Robeson
county.
Business Agent Culbreth of the
Robeson County Farmers' Un
ion, WeU Pleased VVith the
State Meeting at Wilson.
, Mr. W. K. Culbreth, of route 6
from Lumberton, business agent
of the Robeson county Farmers:
Union, attended the meeting of
the North Carolina Division of
the Farmers'Union in Wilson last
week, leaving in time to attend
the county meeting in Lumber
ton Friday, and he says that this
was the best meeting they have
ever held and that no place has
given such a reception as they
were given in Wilson. Sixty
three counties all but one of the
counties that have been organiz
ed in the Sate were represent
ed, the number of delegates be
ing 400, representing 40,000 Un
ion members in good standing.
The Wilson warehousemen held
up tobacco sales for a week in
order to have a big break during
the convention, and on one day
of the convention all the dele
gates attended a break during
which 440,000 pounds of tobacco
were sold at an average price of
12 cents the pound. President
Barrett of the National Union
and Mr. Wilson of Mississippi
were among the prominent men
present, the latter explaining
the plan of warehousing cotton.
Mr. Culbreth says that it was a
most enthusiastic meeting and
will be productive of good re
sults. Pres'dent Barrett ex
plained that the men behind the
plan to loan the farmers $50,000
000 to market this cotton crop
want too much from the farm
ers. Mr. W. S. McNair of Maxton
Suffers Stroke of Paralysis.
Mr. W. S. McNair of Maxton
suffered Wednesday of last week
a stroke of paralysis at Laurin-
burg, where he had driven in his
auto with his daughter and two
other young ladies to do some
Christmas shopointr. His entire
left side was affected. Mr. Mc
Nair retired from active business
several years ago and has for tbe
past two or three years been in
failing health.
"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
esse 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 lees than three bottles
effected a complete cure" J. D. Mc
Millan & ion. -
OF
FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK.
Scientific Methods of Farming
and Any-old-Way Contrasted
Some Who Made Good
Yields of Corn by Demonstra
tion Methods and Amounts
Raised by Common Methods
Some Pertinent Questions.
Having been employed as agent
for farmers' co-operative demon
stration work in the southern
part of Robeson county for the
past year, it is gratifying to
know that U. S. Department of
Agriculture methods of prepara
tion and cultivation are far su
perior to the common methods
used in our county. Of their
method I will give briefly: Pre
parationdeep and thorough
pulverized seed bed; Seed care
fully select the best; Cultivation
intensive, every 7 to 10 days,
but shallow and late. Of the
common method I will give so
that we may get the idea better:
Preparation shallow; seed any
kind, just so they will come up;
cultivation deep and just often
enough to keep the grass from
getting higher than the corn or
cotton, and quit soon
ri,j&hb. vAujome of
the results' of the " two methods,
first of co-operative demonstra
tive work, the names of parties
who worked some corn under
this method, which ranged from
27 bushels to 129 bushels per
acre. First, those who produced
100 bushels and above per acre:
A. H. Leggett, J. S. Floyd, and
Andrew Smith. Second, those
who produced 90 bushels and
above per acre: R. A. Harden,
J. A. Thompson, F, J. Nye, J.
H. Bass. Third, those who pro
duced 80 bushels and above per
acre: M. Shephard, D. F. Phil
lips, N. D. McCommac, G. H.
Fioyd, John Bridgers. Fourth,
those who produced 70 bushels
and above per acre: J. A. Stone,
V. A. Graham, W. G. Graham,
J. F. Parker. Fifth, those who
produced 60 bushels and above
per acre: W. H. Watts, Haynes
Prevatt. F. B. Johnson, W. W.
Lee, J. B. Walters, F. F. Purvis,
G. L. Robeson, W. H. Harden,
J. W. Burnes. Sixth, those who
produced 50 bushels and above
per acre: W. H. Faulk, J. T.
Purvis. William Byrd, U. A. Bul
lock, W. P. Britt O. T. Atkinson,
G. B. Kinlaw, A. W. Harrington.
H. G. Byrd, G. D. Floyd. P. H.
Adams, J. F. Adams, F. W. Wal
ters. Seventh, those who pro
duced 40 bushels and above per
acre: E. H. Prevatt, W. H. Al
len, W. A. Sealey, H. E. Purvis,
J. P. Britt, Offie Quay, W. O.
Sellars, B. W. Pittman, J. H.
Johnson, A. Davis, J. C. Caryle,
S. L. Parker, W. A. Leggett,
L. D. Pittman, Wright Leggett.
J. F. Walters, W. A. Griffin.
Now the common method of
preparation, seed and cultivation
on similar land ranged from 10
bushels to 50 bushels per acre.
Those who worked cotton on the
demonstration method ranged
from U00 to 3758' pounds in the
seed per acre, while on the com
mon method on similar land
ranged from 600 pounds to 1500
pounds in the seed per acre.
This is a lesson in which we all
might be benefitted. We see by
this that there is science in agri
culture and that the farmer
needs to be educated for his work
as much so as the doctor and law
yer for their work. Not only
does the demonstration work
give us scientific methods on
corn and cotton, but all phases of
farm work, from raising the bid
die to the horse.
The thing that all we farmers
should do with the corn record
we have this year per acre is to
ask ourselves the following ques
tions:
Why should we farmers of
Robeson county make cotton to
buy corn when we can make
more money on corn than on cot
ton at the present prices?
Why should we make cotton to
buy mules and horses when we
can raise them cheaper than w e
can raise the cotton to buy them
with?
Why should we buy meat and
beef when we can raise it as
cheap as the Western man?
Why should we spend so much
money for commercial fertilizer
when we can grow the legumes
"1 have baen somewhat costive, but
Doan's Reguleta gave just the results
desired. They act mildly and regulate
the bowels perfectly." George B.
Krause, 306 Walnut Ave , AltooBa, Pa.
CHRISTMAS DINNER
For Inmates of County Home
AU Who Want to Assist Will i
Send Contributions to Miss
Lizzie Caldwell.
Just as she has been doing f or
several years, Miss Lizzie Cald -
I , ru:
ntii vtiii uicuaic a lyiii is in J
dinner for the inmates at the
county home, and all those who!
wish to contribute to this dinner
and everybody should help
are requested to send their con -
tnbutions to the home of Miss;
Caldwell, Water and Eigth!
streets, not later than early Sat
urday morning before Christmas.
Ladies are asked to send ready
prepared stuffs cake, chicken,
turkey and the like and gentle
men will send fruits. Last Christ
mas Miss Caldwell sent each in
mate two large and well-filled
boxes. One box contained ready
cooked stuffs and the other con
tained fruits, and she hopes to
be able to do equally as well, if
not better, for the inmates this
time.
False Report About Capture of
Incendiary Who Set Fire to
Storeat Ravtihaj-v .
It was reported here Thursday
evening about night that an In
dian had beeu arrested on the
charge of setting fire to the
store of Mr. C. T. Pate at Rayn
ham, which was destroyed, to
gether with a near-by residence
and blacksmith shop, by fire
early Thursday morning, and
dispatches to that effect were
sent to some State papers, but it
develops that the report was not
correct. As mentioned in Thurs
day's Robeson ian, Deputy Sher
iff J. D. Monafehon and a Mr.
Robertson of Fayetteville passed
through Lumberton about noon
Thursday on their way to Rayn
ham with a bloodhound, in re
sponse to a 'phone message, when
they passed through Lumberton
late the same evening on their
return trip it was stated that
tbe hound had taken up the trail
immediately upon reaching Rayn
ham and had led without hesi
tation to the home of an Indian
who was in the crowd that fol
lowed the dogand that the In
dian would be brought to jail
here. The hound did lead to a
house, but it was occupied only
by a woman and her children,
and a search failed to reveal any
of the goods thought to have
been stolen from the store and
no arrests have been made.
Fire Last Night Did Small Dam
age in Livery Stable.
The fire alarm was turned
last night at 11 o'clock on
count of fire in a hay room
the rear of the livery stables
Fourth street conducted
in
on
by
Messrs. J. L Stephens and Wes
ley Britt, The origin of the fire
is unknown. It was discovered
by Night Policeman Joe Stone,
who turned in the alarm. If the
discovery had been made ten
minutes later it is hard to say
what the damage might have
been, for the fire was right in
the midst of a number of wooden
buildings. The water was turned
on in a very few minutes after
the alarm was given and the
damage done will hardly exceed
$30 or $40. A false alarm was
turned in at 1 o'clock this morn
ing from box No. 12, Fourth and
Elm streets.
Fire Limit Extended.
At a special meeting of the
mayor and town commissioners
this morning it was ordered that
the fire limit be extended from
the present line, which is 216
feet from Elm street, to Water
street, between Third and Elm.
that will increase the productive
ness of our soils?
In conclusion. Brother Farmer,
let's be farmers and raise some
thing to sell and let the other
folks be the ones to buy. Farm
ers are the only men who pro
duce and if we be buyers of what
we ought to produce we are not
farming as we ought Are we?
H. F. Purvis, Collaborator,
Orrum, N. C.
Wflb the Coming- el Middle Age
There is a letting down in the physical
forces often shown in annoying and
painful kidney and bladder ailments
and urinary irregularities. Foley Kid
ney Pills are a splendid regulating and
strengthening medicine at such a time.
Try them. J. D. McMillan & Son.
LOCAL
The graded school will close
Wednesday for a two weeks' va
cation. ! -License has been issued for
ie marriage of Sadie Baxley and
! Marion Guv: Mo lie Andrews and
Itt-t
K. Bray,
There will be a public debate
; and fruit 6UDDer at the Mt. Eliam
j school house Saturday night of
j this week. The public is invited.
Mr. J. C. Maxwell accepted,
last week, a position with the
Lumberton electric light and
water department. He started
to work Thursday and his work
at present is installing water
meters over town. There are
between 150 and 200 meters tr.
be installed.
Mr. Giles Davis, who lives
near Buie, was in town Saturday
and reported that his son Mr.
Edmund Davis, who lives on ru
ral route 6 from Lumberton,
killed Friday two hogs, each
about two years old, which weigh
ed 382 pounds and 418 pounds,
-Mr. W. C. West, of Allenton,
was in town Saturday and says
biSK-iittic" .JLU vecl-'Mr- ----
Master Bunday. who had the
misfortune, about a week ago,
of breaking his right leg just
above the ankle while playing on
some cotton, is getting along
nicely.
M a x t o n correspondence
Charlotte Observer: At a con
gregational meeting held in the
Presbyterian church Sunday
morning it was decided to build
a manse for the new co-pastor,
Rev. W. B. Mcllwaine, on the
church lot Mr Mcllwaine, with
his family, is expected to arrive
from Ashboro January 1.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Cald
well left over the V. & C. S
Saturday evening for Smithfield
in response to a message an
nouncing the death of Mrs. Cald
well's mother, Mrs. Mary God
win, which occurred Suturday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mrs.
Godwin had been in bad health
for some time and death was not
unexpected.
Excellent moving pictures
are being shown every afternoon
as soon as the electric current is
turned on and at night at the
Pasttime theater, between the
postoffice and the Pope drug
store Mr. Meechs presides at
the piano, making good music,
and many people are patronizing
Manager Wishart a new show,
which is conducted as well as
any moving picture-shows one
finds in cities. It is an up-to-date
place.
In the ad of Dr. W. W. Par-
ker, jeweler and optometrist as
it appeared in Monday's paper,
the word "free" was left out of
the line "Artistic engraving done
while you wait" It should have
read "Artistic engraving done
Free while you wait" Even
Homer nods sometimes, but it is
very much regretted that this
mistake was made, for the fact
that Dr. Parker does engraving
free was one of the most impor
tant facts in his attractive ad.
While Mr. E. E. Page of
Fayetteville and Lumberton,
secretary-treasurer of the La-
Fayette Life Insurance Co of
Fayetteville. was driving out of
Fayetteville before daylight one
morning last week with Mrs.
Pageand their 3-months-old baby,
in making a sharp turn on Hay
mount the buggy was tilted over,
a part of the top broke and Mrs.
Page fell to the ground with the
baby in her a"ms and beneath
her and a wheel of the buggy rau
over them. Strange to say, neith
er Mrs. Page nor the baby was
much hurt, but it was a narrow
escape.
Mr. and Mrs. R H. Crichton.
who were married here at 'the
home of the bride's father, Mr.
C. M. Fuller, on the 6ih inst,
returned yesterday from a trip
to Jacksonville, Fla., and Colum
bus. Ga., where they visited rel
atives of the groom. They will
board for the present at the home
of Mrs. Essie McLean, north!
Elm street and will begin house-1
keeping about the first of the I
year in the house on the corner j
of Pine and Fifth streets now oc- (
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. R. S. !
Sledge, concerning whose con-i
templated move mention will be
made in a subsequent hz?.
BRIEFS
-Rev. F. R. Cardwell has
been elected pastor in charge of
the Gospel Tabernacle church,
which he served as assistant
pastor with the late Rev. F.
Weiss.
-Mr. E. J. Waits has let at
tract to Mr. S E Martin for tbe
erection of an flight-room two
story dwelling on Elm street
just above the residence of Mr.
Daniel McNeill.
-The "Passion Play" will be
the attraction Thursday and Fri
day evenings at the Past-Time
theatre. There will be some
special music and a good attend
ance is expected.
There will be a regular meet
ing of Unity Lodge No. 202, K.
of P., this evening at 7:30 o'clock
at the hall in the Lumberton
Cotton Mills office building. A
full attendance is desired.
Rev. Father Gallagher did
not fill his regular appointment
here yesterday, being detained
in Wilmington by the dedication
of a new altar at St Thomas'
and lecture here oh the filth Sun
day in this month.
-Sheriff E. C. McNeill has
appointed Mr. J. R. Bridgmaa,
who moved about a year ago to
Whiteville, from Pembroke,
deputy sheriff to succeed
Deputy T. C. Barnes, who, aa
mentioned in a recent issue of
The Robesonian, has been elect
ed policeman and assistant tax
collector for Lumberton. Mr.
Barnes will begin work for the
town tomorrow, when Mr.
Bridgman is also expected to be
gin work for the sheriff.
Miss Mary Weddell, music
teacher at the graded school,
with her pupils delighted a large
audience in the graded school au
ditorium Thursday evening with
a recital. Seven beautiful in
strumental selections were ren
dered by different members f
the class and a play, "Six Cops
of Chocolate," was excellently
carried out, the characters being
represented by Misses Sallie
Stephens, Emma Spivey, Sadie
Rae Pope, Eva Stubbs. Flora
Prevatt, and Hilda Weinsteia.
The weather was very inclen
ent, but a good crowd was pres
ent Mr. Lawrence Parker, who
recently resigned his position in
the office of Clerk-of-the-Coirt
C. B. Skipper as deputy clerk to
accept tne position of bookkeeper
in the office of Sheriff E. C. Mc
Neill, to succeed Mr. Jno. T.
Singletary, who resigned to re
turn to his farm on route 3 from
Lumberton, began work in the
sheriff's office this morning. Mr.
Singletary will also remain witk
the sheriff until the "first of the
year. Mr. Lee Caldwell, who
has been employed in the . office
of County Auditor A T. Parmele,
began work last week as clerk
for County Treasurer M. G- Mo
Kenzie, succeeding Mr. G. S.
McKenzip, who resigned to de
vote his time to his work as ed
itor of The Advance.
-The 'amily of Sheriff E. a
McNeill will move the first of
the year to Rowland, where
Sheriff McNeill ha3 recently
purchased a house and lot and
where they will make their home.
Sheriff McNeill also owns a farm
near Rowland. Lumberton los
es this family because of tbe
difficulty of securing houses for
rent here, the house that they
have been occupying, Chestnut
and Fourteenth streets, having
been sold recently by its former
owner, Mr. Dennis Biggs, to Mr.
H. C. McQueen of Wilmington.
The family of Mr. R. Chaffin of
Mayesyilie, S.C , and Miss Nannie
McQueen, who has been making
her nome with them, will move
into this house early in January,
as was mentioned recently in The
Robesonian in connection with
he sale of the house.
An Alarm at Night
That strikes terror to the entire house
hold is the loud hoarse and metallic
sough of croup. No mistaking it, aad
fo- tunate then the lucky parents whe -keep
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
on hand. IL W. Casselman, Cantoa.
N Y., says: "It is worth its weight i
gold. Our little children are troubled
with croup and hoarseness, and all we
give them is Foley's Honey and Tar
Compo ind. I always have a bottle of
it in the house.'' J. L McMiiai i-.