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E ROBESONIAN
Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent
VOL XLII NO. lOl. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1912. WHOLE NO. 2732
NAMES OF THE WINNERS OF THE GOLD
PIECES ARE
More Special Prizes to be Given Away $10 in Gold for
- First Prize in Each District $5 in Gold for Second
Prize in Each District Subscriptions are What Count
It is Never Too Late to Nominate a Baby.
The contest manager wishes to
announce that on the 24th of
February he will give $10 in gold
to the baby in District No. 1
turning in the largest number of
yearly subscriptions between
now and that date. To the baby
turning in the second highest
number we will give $5 in gold.
Also to the baby in district No.
2 turning in the largest number
of yearly subscriptions we will
give $10 in gold and to the baby
turning in the second highest
number we will give $5 in gold.
It is well to turn in subscrip
tions as soon as you get them so
that the papers may be started
to the subscribers at once. It is
not necessary to have all your
votes published in the paper. We
will give you a special coupon
ballot which you may hold until
the last week of the contest if
you wish. IUs very important
that you send in the subscrip
tions as soon as you get them.
It is not too late to send in
your baby's picture. If we re
ceive it this week we still have
time to reproduce it in the paper.
It is not too late to nominate
your baby, but it is advisable to
get the name in as soon as possi
ble. If you imagine that you can
maintain a place in this contest
for your favorite by confining
your efforts to the gathering of
coupons, you are going to be dis-
appointed, xour DaDy win ue
left far in the rear and quickly.
It is subscriptions that count in
this race. How long will it take
you to save a thousand votes
clipped from The Robesonian?
Quite a long time, will it not?
We will give you that many votes
for one four-month's subscrip
tion to The Robesonian. and if
you show any activity at all you
ought to be able to get such a
subscription in a very short time.
It will be those who see the wis
dom of this who will be in the
race.
We are willing to give away $500
in gold, in return for which we
want new subscriptions. And
we are going to get them, for the
people in this vicinity have con
fidence in The Robesonian, they
know it to be a good paper, one
that is safe to take into their
households and put into the hands
of the young innocents of the
family, a paper that stands for
all that is good and clean, the foe
of all that is bad and unclean.
" Summon all your courage and
isee if you cannot be the winner
of the $10 in gold these next two
weeks. If you worked hard for
those five dollar gold pieces,
work just twice as hard for this
prize, and make up your mind
that you will be a winner at all
hazards.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Includes all territory within
one and one-half miles from
the court house in Lumberton.
Emma Fances McNeill 22,600
Mary Lawrence 1,050
Mary Julia Jones 16,550
Alice McLean 1.000
Thelma Meares, 12,700
Francis Jennings 1.400
Ruth Neil Bullock 12.125
Evelyn McNeill 19.600
Hoyle Doughtery 18,400
Woodberry Thompson 21,200
John Coble McNeill 2,850
Sara Hamilton 1,150
Emma Earl Baggett . 12.450
Anna Holtz Freeman 2,475
Julia Elizabeth Huggins 1,000
Lambert Holloway . 1,000
William Parmelee 1,000
James Poole . , J. 000
Fred B. Singletary, Jr. 1,400
Frank McLeod, Jr. 1,000
Hugh McAllister, Jr. 1.000
Elizabeth Peace 1 000
Louise Kinlaw 12.200
Agnes Wetmore Welch 20,850
,G. Thomas Cox, Jr. 1,000
Elizabeth Proctor , 1,000
Clan Evans, Jr. 1,000
P o Thnnna LOW)
I1 railLCO X iutlla
Lilly Varser 1.000
Neal Archie Thompson 1.000
William Carlyle, Jr. 1,000
Addie Emily Jones 1.000
Richard Norment 1,000
Berry Godwir French 1,000
Woodward T i end - 1.000
Elizabeth Shal 1,000
Hinton McLeod 1.000
Roberta Nash 2,000
Henry P. Allen . 1.000
Margaret Biggs 1,000
Annie Laurie Caraway 1,000
Bruce M'White 1,650
Mildred Weinstein 1.000
Daniel Neil Collum 17,700
Carey Hedgpeth 21,750
Agnes Delia Pedneau 4,200
Edward Diila Beverly 1,900
Oleson Davis 1,925
Gilchrist Crump 1 000
Pearl Lamb 21,350
DISTRICT NO. 2.
All territory exceeding one and
one-half miles from the court
house including all rural routes
and towns in Robeson and adjoin
ing counties.
Lumberton, N. C, R. F. D.
Miss Clyde Poperoute 4 3,300
Forest Townsend, route 6 4,130
Kathryn Singletary, route 3 21,100
Elmer Kermit Stevens, route 4 19,900
fffacfenboroT NTC.
Lorena Hester 1,000
Carrie Love Bridgers 1,000
Margaret Elizabeth Freeman 1,000
Hester Freeman 1,000
William Hester 1,000
Herbert Jordan 1,000
Craven Pait 1;100
James Edward Pait 1,000
Carrie Powell 1,006
Gladys Wilson 1,000
Katie Williamson 1,050
Baxter Haymour, Jr., 1,000
St. Paul. N. C.
John Chas. Rozier 17.950
Gladice Leggett 12,375
John Alex. Bynum 1,550
Ruih Blanchard 1,000
Emma Bryan 1,000
Addie Lee Brock 8 1,000
Ethel Beard 1.000
Lester Clark 1,000
Cary Caudell 1,000
Ethel Fisher 1,000
Chas. He9ter 1 ooo
Theodore Northrop l.ooo
Mary Lois McGougan l.ooo
David Mclnnis l.ooo
Elizabeth McGeachy l,ooo
Earnest Odum l.ooo
Robert Redfern l.ooo
Windle Thagard l.ooo
Rosa Lee Townsend l.ooo
Mildred Townsend l.ooo
Pearle Townsend l.ooo
Leon We9ton l.ooo
Vera Deaton 1.750
Robert Wright l.ooo
Laurinburg, N. C.
Dorothy E. Hammond l.ooo
Rowland, N. C.
Paul Stuart, route 2 20,025
Buie, N. C.
Rudolph Townsend, route 1 l.ooo
Annie N. Townsend, route 1 ' 20,300
Flora Lee Prevatt, route 1 14.300
Maxton, N. C.
Pansy Wren l.ooo
Alice McQueen 22,000
Frank Stead l,ooo
Donald McQueen l.ooo
Maude Croom l.ooo
Randolph Kirkpatrick l.ooo
Sylvester McLean, Jr. l.ooo
J. C. McCaskill, Jr. l.ooo
Lenwood Smith l.ooo
John Sumpter McRae l.ooo
Francis Gibson l.ooo
Laura Wall Everett l.ooo
Murphy McKinnon l.ooo
Elizabeth Currie l.ooo
Kathryn McKinnon l.ooo
Elizabeth McKinnon l.ooo
James Hawley McKinnon l.ooo
Arthur Cottingham l.ooo
Chas. May Burns l,ooo
Robert D. Creom l.ooo
Carlton Evans l.ooo
Marietta, N. C.
Thelma Lewis 11.000
Red Springs, N. C.
Margaret Graham l.ooo
William McLean l.ooo
George Fulton Spell l.ooo
Mary Snoddy l.ooo
Francis Gibson l.ooo
Harriet Ella McPhail 19,275
Mary Watkins Bullock 20,050
Baby Singleton l.ooo
Billy Hall l.ooo
Marylne Brewer . l.ooo
Liza McEachern l.ooo
Mary Cook l.ooo
Preston Covington l.ooo
Love Twins l.ooo
Baby Lee l.ooo
Baby Kay l.ooo
Mary Roberts l.ooo
Morgan Branch l.ooo
Virginia Gaston, R. F. D. l.ooo
Clarkton, N. C.
Edward Douglass Heustess l.ooo
Boyce McKirmon Phiffer l.ooo
Daphne Clark l.ooo
Isabella Cox l.ooo
Ida Withers Currie l.ooo
Elkton, N. C.
Louise Blue l.ooo
Fairmont, N, C.
Gerald Jones 10,375
Fannie Belle Lewis l.ooo
Dosie Selars l.ooo
Hope Mills, N. C.
Wesley Clement Carner l.ooo
Margaret Barber l.ooo
Kathleen McDaniel l.ooo
Pauline Smith l,ooo
Esther Parker l.ooo
Ernest Williams, l.ooo
PUBLISHED TODAY
Pages Mill, S. C.
Herbert Ford 10,000
Elizabethtown, N. C.
Betty Hall Singletary l.ooo
Lillian Dale Tyson l.ooo
Dublin, N. C.
William Calder Guyton l.ooo
Tar Heel, N. C.
Herman Wilson l.ooo
, Orrum, N. C.
LeRoyce Shepherd 21,525
Pembroke, N. C.
Miriam Adele Andrews 11,325
Parkton, N. C.
Margaret Cashwell l.ooo
Currie McCormick l.ooo
Garress Twins l.ooo
William Cochran l.ooo
Kathleen Uc Arthur l.ooo
Jack Thompson l.ooo
Margaret Ann McDonald , l.ooo
Sara Currie l.ooo
Julia Betz McDonald l.ooo
Margaret Beard l.ooo
Sara McCormick l.ooo
Merdis Hughes l.ooo
Sara Elizabeth Cobb . l.ooo
Sara Stack l.ooo
Isabel Blunt l.ooo
Lumber Bridge, N. C.
Angust Lamont Shaw 1,600
Margaret Gertrude Willford l.ooo
Grav Cobb - , - l.ooo
Chas. Vernon McGoXifi l.ooftj
Roger Hall l.ooo
L. C. Hubbard, Jr.. l.ooo
Rowland, N. C.
Sara Graham McKinnon Looo
Chas. Cox, Jr. l.ooo
Mary Sutton l.ooo
Mary Kate Webster l.ooo
Louise MacNeill l,ooo
If we have omitted your baby's
name or do not have it spelled
correctly please notify us and we
will carefully correct same.
B. & L. ASSOCIATION.
Report of President of Robeson
Building & Loan Association
Shows Flattering Progress.
The low price of cotton and the
unsatisfactory financial situation
do not seem to have affected the
progress of the Robeson Building
and Loan Association, the annu
al meeting of the stockholders of
which was held, as stated in
Thursday's Robesonian. ' last
Thursday morning. The report
of the president, Mr. S. Mcln
tyre, shows that flattering prog
ress has been made since the as
sociation was organized two
years ago. Seven houses have
been erected, making a total of
$9,600 in loans on real estate.
Besides these the association has
five houses under process of erec
tion and three additional loans
have been approved for houses,
making a total of $25,900. Thus
the association has not only ena
bled several people to build their
own homes but has increased the
taxable property of the town.
The association has earned 8.4
per cent on installments paid.
There are 805 shares of stock out
standing, or $80,500, and 76
stockholders, some stockholders
having stock in more than one
series. The present average in
come is $952 per month.
The officers of the association
have given their time and ser
vice without compensation. They
are: S. Mclntyre, president; A.
E. White, vice president; A. W.
Peace, secretary-treasurer. The
association has become
thoroughly well established,
has the entire confidence of the
community, and its usefulness
will increase as the number of
stockholders increase.
Old Colored Man Found Dead
on Roadside.
Isaac Purcell, colored, was
found dead yesterday morning on
the road near his home at Al
fordsville He had been cooking
for Mr. Wash Walker at a saw
mill plant in Cumberland county.
He was on his way home Satur
day night, having had to walk
3 miles from-where he got off the
train, and it i3 thought that he
froze to death. Deceased was
between 65 and 70 years old
During the Civil War he was
cook for Messrs. A .A. and Dixon
McLean, fathers of Messrs. A
W. and J. Dixon McLean, cf
Lumberton, respectively.
How Cold Affects the Kidneys
Avoid taking cold if your kidneys are
sensitive. Cold congests the kidneys,
throws too much work upon them, and
weakens their action. Serious ki'ire.v
trouble and even Bright's disease may
result Strengthen your kidneys, get rid
of the pain and soreness, build tl em up
by the timely use of Foley Kidney Pills.
Tonic in action, quick in results.- J. D.
McMillan & Son. .
SUPERIOR COURT.
Carson Strickland Murder Case
Today Murder Cas? Against
Jim Jenkins Nol Prossed Oth
er Cases.
Snow practically blocked supe4
. i -1 I
nor court proceecings tnis morn
ing. Judge R. B. Peebles con
vened court at 11 o'clock, Solici
tor Sinclair being present to rep
resent ths State, but many of
the special venire of 100 who had
been summoned in the case of
Carson Strickland, charged with
the murder of Jack Morris in a
drunken row near Marietta on
the night of November 3 last,
set for trial this morning, were
delayed on account of the late
ness of the train from Marietta,
so after a short session court adj
journed to meet at 1:45 this &i
ternoon, when the selection of
the jury in this case was to be
gin. Disposition has been made
of the following cases:
Jno. Purcell, retailing; plead
guilty; 6 months on roads.
Catherine Purcell, retailing;
plead guilty; 6 months in jail.
Swain Bell, Josephus McNair,
larceny; plead guilty; judgment
suspended by consent during
good behavior. v .
"T'oyd Whitted, housebreaking;
plead guilty 1 6 years on roads.
Luther Davis, Jasper Roan, a.
d. w.; Roan not guilty; Davis
guilty; $25 and costs.
Jno. Clark, gambling; plead
guilty; judgment suspended dur
ing good behavior on payment of
co3ts. Wm. Moseley, same.
Hardy Bell, a. d. w.; guilty;
12 month3 on roads.
Walter McRae, larceny; guilty;
6 months on roads.
F. P. Gray and Sam Webb, a.
d. w.; plead guilty; Webb $10
nnH half costs: Grav half costs
and judgment suspended during
good behavior.
Roscoe McKay, larceny; guilty;
2 years cn roads.
Floyd Whitted, housebreaking;
former judgment of 3 years on
roads suspended during good be
havior by consent.
H. B. Stephens, false pretense;
not guilty.
French Maynor, larceny; plea
of guilty of forcible trespass ac
cepted by solicitor; judgment
suspended during good behavior
on payment of costs.
Dempsie McNeill, a. d. w.;
guilty; 12 months on roads.
Simp Johnson, gambling; plead
guilty; judgment suspended dur
ing good behavior on payment of
costs
Dock Bell, assault; plead guil
ty; 6 months on roads.
Jas. Gilchrist, retailing;
Jas. Jenkins, retailing; mis
trial ordered on account of sick
ness of a juror.
John Johnson, larceny; guilty;
12 months on roads.
Jim Jenkins, murder; not guil
ty. Charged with killing Oscar
Suggs in Lumberton on the night
of December 23 last. Jenkins,
Suggs and other negroes were
caught gambling in a house in a
negro settlement of town by of
ficers and during the confusion
when the officers entered the
room a shot was fired which in
flicted a wound from which Suggs
died. After putting on the stand
a few witnesses for the State So
licitor Sinclair decided to nol
pros the case as it was evident
there was not enough evidence
to fasten the guilt upon Jenkins
Jas. Gilchrist, retailing; plead
guilty; judgment suspended dur
ing good behavior on payment of
costs.
Jas. Jenkins, gambling; plead
guilty; judgment supended on
payment of costs.
Nol pros has been entered in
the following cases: Babe Ferrell,
retailing; Litch Robeson, larceny.
The following cases have been
continued: Troy Graham, mur
der; Sam McDougald, false pre
tense. Hearing Postponed. '
The Back and Jacob swamps
drainage district hearing which
was to have been held on the
16th inst. has been continued un
til the 29th inst. Exceptions
have been filed to the final report
of the board of viewers and ow
ing to the fact that court will be
in soion on the 16th Clerk of
the C urt Skipper will not have
time to hold the hearing then.
Woman loves a clear, rosy complex
ion. Burdock Blood Bitters purifies the
blood cleares the skin, restores ruddy,
sound health.
Supt. Sentille's Sister Married
in Asehville.
Supt. R. E. Sentelle, of the
Lumberton gradtd school, was
nurnrised Ust week to read in
the Waynesville Courier and the
Waynesville Enterprise of the
marriage tl? other day in Ashe
ville of his snter Miss Jennie to
Mr. J. K. Boone. Both are of
Waynesville, the bride being a
dauorhter of Rev. R. A. Sentelle.
superintendent of public instruc
tion of Haywood county. Airs.
Boone is a student at Mere
dith Collecre. Raleicrh. and was
on her way back to Rale'gh from
a visit to the home of her parents
when the groom met her in
Asheville. It was intended to
keep the marriage a secret, ac
cording to The Courier, the bride
returning to college and the
groom returning to his home in
Waynesville, but the secret leak
ed out.
Silver Tea to be Given by the
Daughters of the Confederacy
As stated in Thursday's Robe
sonian, the Robeson Chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy,
will give a silver tea at the home
of Mrs. S. Mclntyre, Walnut and
Sixth streets Friday evening of
this week. The public is cordi
ally invited. A silver offering
will be taken up at the door.
This bids fair to be a delight
ful occasion-Mt could not be oth
erwise with the Daughters in
charge. Refreshments will be
served and there will be music
by Lumberton's well-known or
chestra and quartette. All who
avail themselves of the opportu
nity of being present on this occa
sion will not only be given a treat
but will be helping a worthy
cause.
Orders Her Own Coffin.
Mrs. Eliza Bass, who is near
ing her 79th birthday, has stored
in a barn at her home on the
north-eastern edge of town the
coffin in which she wants to be
buried. She does not want to
be buried in a store-bought machine-manufactured
coffin, so
some time ago she gave Mr. A.
A. Ivey, who works at the Kings
dale lumber mill, an order for a
coffin to be made according to
her own ideas. The coffin was
delivered last week and it will
be kept against the day when it
shall be needed which her
friends hope will be many years
yet.
Camp WUlis H. Pope Will Meet
in Lumberton Washington's
Birthday.
By order of Commander J. A.
McAllister, Adjutant M. G. Mc
Kenzie announces that Camp
Willis H. Pope, Confederate vet
erans, will hold a meeting in the
court house in Lumberton on the
22dinst Washington's birthday,
beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. All
veterans are earnestly requested
to be present. Definite arrange
ments for the day will be an
nounced later.
WU1 Relieve the Boys.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
This morning I killed a turkey
on Back Swamp, near Elrod, that
weighed 19 pounds. Hope this
will relieve the boys some, as
they have lost a good deal of
time hunting it.
Aaron Lowrie.
Elrod, N. C. R. 1, Feb. 10, 1912.
Some class Yes? -No? to
a "Keep-off-the grass" sign
stuck into a four-foot pile of
snow on a cement pavement in
the court-house yard. When the
snow melts J.he sign will be placed
back on the border, where it be
longs, of course.
Mr. George McNeill, who
has been day engineer at the
Lumberton electric power plant
for nearly a year. Ijas resigned
his position, effective the first of
next month, to accept a similar
position at the Lumberton cotton
mills. Mr. McNeill will be suc
ceeded at the power plant by
Mr. J. C. Maxwell, who for some
time has been working at the
plant.
Sedentary habits, lack of outdoor ex
ercise, insufficient mastication of food,
constipation, a torpid liver, worry and
anxiety, are the most common causes
of stomach troubles. Correct your
habits and take Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets and you will soon be
well sgain. For sale by all dealers.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Good cotton is bringing 10i
cents on the local market today.
Miss Florence Bucham, of
Manley, will begin a school to
morrow at the National cotton
mills. The school will last for
four months.
As per custom when a snow
conflicts, the graded school is
shut down today. Work may be
resumed tomorrow.
Mr. C. M. Fuller returned
Thursday from St. Louis, Mo.,
where he purchased two car
loads of horses and mules for his
sales stables on Chestnut street.
Miss Lizzie Caldwell is enter
taining today at dinner at her
home on Eight and Water streets
in honor of her brother Mr. R.
D. Caldwell, who is celebrating
his 53rd birthday.
Mr. Jim McNeill underwent
an operation last evening at the
Thompson hospital for apendici
tis and is getting along this
morning as well as could be ex
pected. Mr. Charley Stephens, who
has been very ill since last Tues
day at his home on Fourth street,
continues to grow worse. It is
feared that his condition is se
rious. Mr. C. F. Tompkins, who
held a position for a short while
as stenographer in the office of
the Lumberton Cotton Mills Co ,
and wife have returned to their
former home in Baltimore to
live.
Prof. Lewis of New York,
advertised as the champion
finger billiardist in the world
and the only man in the world
playing billiards vith his nose,
gave an exhibition at the Indus
trial and Commercial Club pool
room Friday night.
Twelve inches of snow fell
here Saturday night, about two
inches deeper than the snow
several weeks ago. Last night
the thermometer dropped as low
as 6 above zero, lower by four
degrees than the former cold
snap, when it reached only 10
degrees the lowest point reach
ed since during February, 1899.
It was stated in Thursday's
paper that the proceedings of
the regular monthly meeting of
the county board of education
held last Monday would be pub
lished today, but Supt. Poole was
away from his office visiting
schools all the week until Friday
night and Saturday he got tied
up on a jury, so it has not yet
been possible to get the minutes.
Despite the severe weather,
61 of the faithful attended Sun
day school at the First Baptist
church yesterday morning. This
was the only service held-at this
church and no services were
held at any other churches in
town. There would have been
school at the Presbyterian church
if the janitor had not failed to
start a fire. The superintendent
and quite a number of others
turned out, but on account of the
cold reception they had to re
treat. The historical pictures, en
titled "Hands Across the Sea,"
shown at the Pasttime theater
Friday night were perhaps the
best ever shown here. Among
the scenes were Franklin at the
court of France and Revolution
ary scenes in which Washington,
LaFayette.Rochambeauand other
famous generals figured. The
pictures were intensely interest
ing and were enjoyed by large
crowds, the house being filled
several times during the eve
ning. A bunch of children made
things lively for a while singing
patriotic airs as they were played
by Prof. Meech.
-The Jno. T. Biggs Co. has
been advertising that at its store
today and tomorrow representa
tives of tailoring houses will wait
on the trade. Mrs. Eleanor P.
Sturtevant, representing the
Thornton Tailoring Co. of Cin
cinnati, will take orders for
made- to - your - measure ladies'
man-tailored suits, dresses, jack
ets and skirts. Mr. Sturtevant
does the same thing for the men
at the same time and place that
is, he does not measure them for
dresses and skirts and things but
for the kind of garments men
delight to disport themselves in
in the spring-time and in the
"good old summer time."