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r ESONIA A ROB N Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five CenU VOL XLII NO. 102. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1912 WHOLE NO. 2733 k ' " . " 1 i IS IT GOING TO BE A TINY KING OR A TINY QUEEN? INTEREST IN BABY CONTEST GROWS FROM DAY TO DAY Contest Has Only Seen its Preliminary StagesNever Get the Impression that Your Chances are Not as Good as Any Others More Special Prizes to be Given Away February 24, 1912 Will Your Baby be One of the Favored Ones? Now is the time if ever to sum mon all your resources, all of your determination, and all of your energy. There are some people concerned in this race who haven't exhausted their list of relatives in their search for subscriptions and the accompa nying votes, to say nothing about getting out among their friends and acquaintances. But then again there are some who have, so it behooves you to hurry up all around. Bring your sub scriptions in to the contest office as often as possible. You will get just as many votes now as you will at any time during the contest. The vote schedule re mains the same. Although The Robesonian's Baby Contest was already the liveliest contest ever conducted in this part of the State, it prom ises to be still more interesting the next two weeks. Already wagers are being made as to who will be the winners of the $10 gold pieces that we are giving for the largest number of yearly subscriptions turned by the 24th j Katie Williamson of February. Kight now we want to say, the friends of the babies living in Lumberton will ha''e to look to their laurels or the title of "most popular baby" and the accompanying $150.00 in gold will be won b some baby in District No. 2. They surely are hustling in that District and they mean to carry off first hon ors if possible. Don't be a laggard in this race and above all don't be a quitter. Will you be able to look your darling in the eyes if you do not do everything in your power to make her a winner? Why, this contest has only seen its prelimi nary stages. There is still plen ty of time to win or lose. It is not too late to start in the race bv any means, but you should not delay much longer. Get a book, tret subscriptions, get the advice of the contest manager, come out vigorously and energet ically for your favorite and you will be a hard one to beat, if in deed you are beaten at all. There were a number who came very close to winning last week and if they show the same degree of activity between now and the 24th of February they will surely not be disappointed on that date. Put forth your verv strongest efforts. Those dear little honey-bunches are de serving of no less, to say nothing of the gratification which it will give you personally to know that your efforts have resulted in put ting your darling in the blue rib bon class. Of course if you are at the top of the heap today it does not signify that you may not be at the bottom tomorrow. It takes sustained effort to maintain a place at the top. It is the ever lasting plodder who has the best chance in this race, not the one who gets out and works for a few days and then stops. Elizabeth Peace Louise K inlaw Agnes Wetmore Welch G. Thomas Cox, Jr. Elizabeth Proctor Clan Evans, Jr. Frances Thomas Lilly Varser Neai Archie Thompson William Carlyle, Jr. Addie Emily Jones Richard Norment Berry Godwin French Woodward Townsend Elizabeth Shaw Hinton McLeod Roberta Nash Henry P. Allen Margaret Biggs Annie Laurie Caraway Bruce M'White Mildred Weinstein Daniel Neil Collum Carey Hedgpeth Agnes Delia Pedneau Edward Dula Beverly Oleson Davis Gilchrist Crump Pearl Lamb 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 Pope, route 4 Forest Townsend, route 6 Kathryn Singletary, route 3 Elmer Kermit StSVens, route 4 Bladenboro, N. C. Lorena Hester Carrie Love Bridgers Margaret Elizabeth Freeman Hester Freeman William Hester Herbert Jordan Craven Pait James Edward Pait Carrie Powell Gladys Wilson 1.000 12,200 20,860 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1.000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1.000 1,000 1.000 2,000 1.000 1,000 19,575 1,650 1.000 17.700 25,800 4,200 1,900 1,925 1 000 21,350 3,600 4,150 21,100 19,900 Standing of Contestants. 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 1.40ii Marie TownBend 21,875 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 1,000 Fred B. Singletary, Jr. 1,400 Frank McLeod, Jr. l.OOo Hugh McAllister, Jr. 1.000 Baxter Haymour, Jr., St. Paul, N. C. John Chas. Rozier Gladice Leggett John Alex. Bynum Ruth Blanchard Emma Br an Addie Lee Brock Ethel Beard Lester Clark Cary Caudell Ethel Fisher Chas. Hester Theodore Northrop Mary Lois McGougan David Mclnnis Elizabeth McGeachy Earnest Odum Robert Redfern Windle Thagard Rosa Lee Townsend Mildred Townsend Pearle Townsend Leon Weston Vera Deaton Robert Wright Laurinburg, N. C. Dorothy E. Hammond Rowland, N. C. Paul Stuart, route 2 Buie, N. C. Rudolph Townsend, route 1 Annie N. Townsend, route 1 Flora Lee Prevatt, route 1 Maxton, N. C. Pansy Wren Alice McQueen Frank Stead Donald McQueen Maude Croom Randolph Kirkpatrick Sylvester McLean, Jr. J. C. McCaskill, Jr. enwood Smith John bumpter nacKae Francis Gibson Laura Wall Everett Murphy McKinnon Elizabeth Currie Kathryn McKinnon Elizabeth McKinnon James Hawley McKinnon Arthur Cottingham Chas. May Burns Robert D. Croom Carlton Evans Marietta, N. C. Thelma Lewis Red Springs, N. C. Margaret Graham William McLean George Fulton Spell Mary Snoddy Francis Gibson Harriet Ella McPhail Mary Watkins Bullock Baby Singleton Billy Hall Maryl ne Brewer Liza McEachern Mary Cook Preston Covington Love Twins Baby Lee Baby Kay Mary Roberts Morgan Branch Virginia Gaston, R. F. D. Clarkton, N. C. Edward Douglass Heustess Boyce McKinnon Phiffer Daphne lark Isabella Cox Ida Withers Currie Elkton, N. C. Louise Blue Fairmont, N. C. Gerald Jones Fannie Belle Lewis Dosie Selars Hope Mills, N. C. Wesley Clement Carver 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1 000 1,100 1,000 1,000 1,000 1.050 1,000 18.200 12,375 1,550 1,000 1,000 1,000 1.000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1 ooo 1,000 l.ooo 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 l.ooo 1,750 l.ooo l.ooo 20,025 1,000 20.300 14.300 l.ooo 22,125 1,000 l.ooo 1,000 1,000 l.ooo l.ooo l.ooo 1,000 1,000 l.ooo 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 l.ooo 1,000 1,000 1,000 11.000 1,000 l.ooo l.ooo l.ooo 1,000 19,275 20 050 1,000 l.ooo l.ooo l.ooo 1,000 l.ooo l.ooo l.ooo l.ooo l.ooo 1,000 1,000 Margaret Barber l.ooo Kathleen McDaniel ' l.ooe Pauline Smith . l.ooo Esther Parker l.ooo Ernest Williams, l,ooo 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 21,625 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 Mc Arthur l.ooo Jack Thompson l,ooo Margaret Ann McDonald l.ooo Sara Currie l.ooo Julia Bete 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. Angus t Lamont Shaw 1.600 Margaret Gertrude Willford l.ooo Gray Cobb l.ooo Chas.. Veion McGougan l.ooo Roger Hall l,ooo L. C. Hubbard, Jr.. l.ooo Rowland, N. C. Sara Graham McKinnon l.ooo 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. ABDICATES THRONE. l.ooo ,ooo 1,000 l.ooo 1,000 1,000 13,125 l.ooo 1,000 After Nearly Three Centuries of Rule Manchu Dynasty Steps Down. Peking, China. Dispatch, 12th, After occupying the throne of China for nearly three centuries. the Manchu dynasty, represented bv the child Emperor, Pu Yi, ab dicated today. Three edicts were issued, the first pro claiming abdication; the second dealing with the establishment of the republic and the thjrd urg ing the maintenance of peace and approving the conditions agreed upon by the Imperial Premier Yuan Shi Kai and the Republi cans. At an audience yesterday, the Empress Dowager thanked Yuan Shi Kai for his successful efforts in obtaining good treatment for the Imperial family from the Re publicans. The publication of the edicts has given profound re lief to every one in Peking, both foreigners and Chinese. The ar rangement is considered a skill ful compromise, and it is believed the terms will satisfy the Repub licans. The first edict provides that the terms shall be com municated to the foreign lega tions for transmission to their respective governments, the ob ject being to record world-wide the Republican pledges. SUPERIOR COURT. The Ching Hwa Republic. Washington Dispatch, 13th. The Ching Hwa republic is the official name of the new Chinese government. Ching Hwa means Chinese. Chinese Masses Indifferent Peking Dispatch. 13th. The indifference of the Chinese masses to the form of govern ment is very evident in the capi tal. They accept the news of the republic without any demon stration either favorable or un favorable. There is not the slightest difference apparent on the streets. Owing to the pre parations for the Chinese new year on February 18, the people have nc time to take the abdica tion of the throne into consider ation except in regard to the prospect of the soldiers marring the festivities of the only holiday in the year. Bill Bryant, colored, shot and killed Will Evans, also colored, at the latter's home in Seventy first township, Cumberland coun ty, last Saturday. Bryant went to Evans home and after some words shot him with a shotgun. He claimed to be too drunk to know anything about it He was arrested ana placed in jail in Fay- 1,000 etteville Sunday to await trial. Term Closed Tuesday Fourteen Prisoners to Chain Gang and Disposition Made of Many Cases Strickland Pleads Sec ond Degree Murder and Gets Six Years on Roads. The two-weeks' term of Robe son superior court. Judge R. B. Peebles of Jackson presiding, which convened Tuesday of last week closed for the term Tues day evening. Quite a number of cases was disposed of and 14 prisoners were sent to the chain gang. The following cases were dis posed of Monday and Tuesdav: Carson Strickland, indicted for murder in first degree for killing pis Drother-in-law, Jack Morns, in a drunken row near Marietta on the night of November 3 last Defendant tendered a plea of guilty of murder in second de gree, which was accepted by the solicitor, and prisoner was sen tenced to 6 years on the roads. Strickland in his plea said he was so drunk he did not know wheth er he did the shooting or not, but later on the stand tried to make it appear that some one else was guilty. Andrew Hamer. burelarv: S. Mclntyre assigned as council for prisoner; plead guilty of burglary in second degree; 5 years on roads. Willis Floyd, disposing of mortgaged property ;plead guilty; prayer for judgment continued by consent during good behavior on payment of costs. George McMillan, forgery; 12 months on roads. Roscoe McKay, larceny; judg ment changed to 6 months on reads. Mack Mclver, retailing: plead guilty; judgment suspended by consent during good behavior on payment of costs. Jno. Gilchrist, Josephus Mc Nair, larceny; nol pros as to Gil christ ;McNair plead gruilty ; judg. ment suspended on payment of costs during good behavior. Peter Harley, larceny; plead guilty; prayer for judgment con tinued by consent on payment of costs. Frank Maynor, larceny; former judgment stricken out and prayer for judgment continued on pay ment of costs. J. H. Floyd, jailer, escape; en tered plea of nolo contendere and judgment suspended on payment of costs. He was presented by grand jury for neglect of duty in allowing a trusty to spend a night away from jail and was technically guilty, having allowed Marshall Roper, who was assigned to duty about the jail, to go home one night and change hi3 clothes, having gotten wet, and "allowing mm to remain at home over night Prisoner reported at jail the following morning Nol Pros., with leave or oth erwise, was entered in the fol lowing cases: Charley Gaddison, false pretense; Willis Floyd, cruelty to animals; Rowland Barnes, forgery; J. C. Lewis, forgery; Daniel Brown, disposing of mortgaged property; Geo. Cal houn, disposing of mortgaged property; Jno. Johnson, retail ing; Wm. J. Bennett, retailing. The following cases were con tinued: Walter Whittaker, mur der, and J. D. McLean appointed by the court as counsel in place of S. B. McLean ; Carl and Rhoda Price, a. d. w. ; Henry Patterson, murder; Perry Wall, trespass; David Mack, disposing of mort gaged property; Daniel Mack and Nelson McLean, a. d. w.; A. L. Stone, J. P., failing to report a fine (presented by grand jury); County Board of Road Commis sioners, .tailing to worK a road (presented by grand jury.) It appeared to the court that in many cases justices of the peace in this county fail to recog nize witnesses for the State and defendant in cases sent up by them, thus entailing extra costs for issuing subpoenas, and the clerk of the court was ordered to issue notice to all justices in the county requesting them to recog nize two witnesses for the State and defendants as to each mater ial fact, to appear at the super ior court where cases are sent to said court, and that the names of the witesses be entered by the justices on the papers sent to the superior court Subscribe for The Robesonian. A SURPRISE MARRIAGE. Miss Ruth Whaley Becomes Dr. A. C. Tebeau's Valentine for Keeps on St. Valentine's Day in the Evening Parental Ob jections Overruled Parents Notified After Couple's De parture. A marriage that was a great surprise and quite a secret took place in town last evening when Miss Ruth Whaley. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Whaley of Lumberton. became the bride of Dr. A. C. Tebeau, also of Lumber ton. They were married at 7:30 o'clock at the Tabernacle parson age, Seventh street and the ceremony was performed by Rev. F. R. Cardwell, pastor of the Tabernacle. Those present were Misses Leslie Proctor and Lizzie Whitfield and Messrs. R. R. Car lyle and Earl Thompson. The happy couple succeeded in get ting married, on the train and out of town without the knowl edge of hardly more than a dozen people. They left on the 8:20 V. & C. S. train for Rocky Mount Immediately after the ceremony Dr. Tebeau and his bride, with Misses Proctor and Whitfield and Mr. Thompson, went to the pic ture show just as if nothing had nappenea, wnne mr. iariyie looked after getting some three or four suitcases to the depot At the show the party occupied seats just back of a brother of the bride and those that were wise were so calm and uncon cerned in appearance that no one even suspected that anything in the nature of a marriage had taken place. From the picture show the party went across by the court house to Chestnut street and thence to the station, a Robesonian reporter getting a wink just in time to offer con gratulations at the train. Just after the train left a mes sage in the form of a telegram was sent to the bride's parents informing them of what had happened. It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Whaley were not will ing that their daughter should marry, so the contracting parties concluded that this bit of ro mance would be the best way over with it, and it did work fine, for every plan was well executed. They were to have been married tonight instead of last night, but a rumor got out that somebody was going to be married tonight; so through fear that they might be suspected they brought it all to pass last evening. The bride was attired in a gray traveling suit and carried a bou quet of Parma violets. She is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Whaley and is an at tractive young lady who has a host of friends. Dr. Tebeau is an osteopath and has been located in Lumberton for a year or so. He has lately been considering propositions to locate in Rocky Mount, Charlotte or Raleigh, but may decide to return to Lumberton. LOCAL BRIEFS Death of Mr. Chas. P. Stephens Funeral Tuesday Afternoon. Mr. Chas. P. Stephens, whose serious illness was mentioned in Monday's Robesonian, died Tues day morning at 12:30 o'clock at his home on Foarth street The funeral, conducted by the Wood men of the World, took place at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the residence and the remains were interred in Meadowbrook cemetery. Services were con conducted by Rev. C. H. Dur ham, pastor of the First Baptist church. Mr. Stephens had been a suf ferer from diabetes for three years, though his condition was not considered serious until just a short while before his death. He had been living at the Wig gins place, 1 miles west of Lum berton, until Friday of last week, when he moved with his family to Lumberton. His wife and two sons, Messrs. J. Pope and S. S., who live with their mother, and three brothers! Messrs. R. M. N. and C. G. of Lumberton and J. P. of Wilmington, survive. Blamed a Good Worker. "I blamed my heart for severe dis tress in my left side for two years, writes W. Evans, Danville. Va., "but 1 know now it was indigestion, as Dr. King's New Life Pills completely cursd me. cest lor stomacn, liver ana kidney troubles, constipation, headache or debility. 25c at all druggists. The local cotton market is on a basis of 10 cents for middling today. License has been issued for the marriage of Lula Faulk and W. W. Davis; Lena M'White and F. D. Culbreth. Mr. Geo. G. French is ex pected home this evening from Richmond, Va., where he has been under treatment at the Hygeia hospital for several weeks. His condition is very much improved. Lloyd Roach was before Mayor White Monday on charge of being drunk and was taxed $2.50 and costs, but later the fine was remitted. C. S. Gerald was taxed $1 and costs Tuesday for the same offense. Mrs. Harvey Capps, of old Kingsdale, underwent an oper ation for appendicitis at the Thompson hospital Tuesday night and Mr. Lonnie Stanton of Fork, S. C, a brother-in-law of Police man T. C. Barnes of Lumberton, underwent an operation at the same institution this morning. Both are getting along nicely. mi. 1 t r r . s-w . ?rnejyoiumDia A3, u.) state of the 11th inst has a very com plimentary and lengthy it would make more than a column in The Robesonian write-up of "The Wolf," which was staged in Col umbia on the 10th and will be the atti action at the local opera house next Monday night. Judg ing from the account given in The State it must be a mighty good play. While the cook at the home of ex-Judge T. A. McNeill, Elm and Ninth streets, was attempt ing to thaw out a frozen pipe with a torch Tuesday morning about 9:30 o'clock she set fire to the floor. The alarm of fire was turned in and there was a little excitement for a short while, but it was not necessary to turn on the hose the fk.nes were extin guished with a bucket of water. Rev. R. E. Steele, pastor of the Lumberton Presbyterian church, returned Monday eve ning from a trip to Elon College, where on Saturday at noon he attended a meeting of the State business board of the Christian Endeavor Society. Sunday morn ing he preached at the First Presbyterian church in Raleigh and in the evening he preached at the Christian church of Ral eigh. Forget not that tomorrow evening is the time and the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Mclntyre, Sixth and Walnut streets, is the place when and where the Daugh ters of the Confederacy will give a silver tea. A silver offering will be taken at the door and there will be refreshments and music by Lumberton's well known orchestra and quartette. The public is invited. It will be good to be there and by your sil ver offering you will help a worthy cause. Mr. and Mrs. S. Mclntyre returned this morning from Ral eigh with their daughter, Miss Mildred, a student at Meredith College. Miss Mclntyre has been unwell for some time, hav ing undergone an operation some two or three months ago for ap pendicitis; and on account of her illness Mr. and Mrs. Mclntyre went to Raleigh yesterday and it was decided that it would be best for her to stay out of school until next fall. Her condition is not thought to be serious. Suit to Restrain Sheriff From Collecting Taxes to be Heard Next Week in Fay etteville. The suit instituted by Mr. Frank Gough, through the law firm of Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor, to restrain Sheriff Mc Nsill from collecting taxes on in creased valuation of poverty in the town of Lumberton and poll tax in excess of $2, will be heard before Judge Peebles in Fayette ville some time next week. It was to have been heard here this week but was continued on ac count of the fact that Judge Peebles was not well. Torturing eczema spreads its burn-o-Q ovorvHav I Innn 'a Ointment quickly stops its spreading, instantly relieves we licning, cures 11 perma nently. 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