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T ESONIAN A ROB jRittablfched 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Centr VOL XUO NO. 1. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1912. , WHOLE NO. 2735 . 1 1 k i " ' -. ..in , .. - ,. , ENERGY AND PERSEVERANCE WILL DO ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN THIS WORLD Work Done Between Now and Saturday Night to be Im portant Factor in Race for Valuable Prizes and Winning Honors Get in all Your Subscriptions as Early as PossibleRally Your Friends to Your SupportGreat , Changes in Respective Positions is Predicted When the New Vote Total is Counted Saturday Night Only a short time in which to work for the special prizes that are being offered for the largest number of yearly subscriptions turned in by 10 o'clock Saturday night, February 24. and it looks as though you would all have to begin to be very much in earnest, if you do not want your neighbor to carry off first honors. Now is the time for all your friends, who have given you their promise to help, to come forward with that help, and see that your little,- favorite wins one of these special prizes. Don't Wait" Don'J hesitate. Delay may mean that your little dar ling will lose. If you expect to stand any chance at all in this contest you must soon get to work and do all that you possibly can for your little one, or you will be left so far behind that you will never catch up. Of course we know that the weather was bad last week, but you have had some pretty weath er this week when it was a pleasure to get out and solicit. Do not let anyone discourage you. Just tell them that you have as good a chance as the one at the top of the list, and then get out and work and show them that it was not just idle talk, but you meant every word that you said. There are some of the liveliest workers in this contest you ever saw, and it is going to take hus tle every minute to beat them. Bear in mind that we are not offering cheap dishes or a cheap piano, but the gold and enough of it to make a payment on a home for the dear little one. We expect there will be a great deal done for some of the babies. These are the babies who have the good luck to possess ambi tious and energetic parents land friends who appreciate the ful meaning ox the title most pop ular baby in Robeson andvad joining counties," and believe it to be worth striving tor, to say nothing of the gold that will be theirs if successful. Those who take an interest in seeing their baby win will be the ones who will win. And on the other hand those who take the contest in a sort of haphazard way and 4io not care wnetner tney win or not, or whether they realize any thing from this offer will be the ones to be crowded further and further into the background. Their babies will go further and further towards the bottom of the list and their chances of win ning in this great race will be further diminished. Do not be one of those who do not care if their baby wins or not. Show your neighbors and friends that you think your baby is just as sweet and nice, and just as popular, too, as any oth er baby, by getting out and do ing all in your power to win a special prize. Take your subscription book ouramong your friends and do what you can before ten o'clock Saturday night. You may meet with such gratifying success that you will be encouraged to begin the new week, the last half of this race, with so much energy, so much eagerness, so much de termination that you will go through with flying colors and emerge victorious from the office of the contest manager on the last night. That is the way to win. and that is exactly what you should do and could do if you but will. Standing of Contestants. DISTRICT NO. 1. Includes all territory within one and one-half miles from the court house in Lumberton. Emma Fancea McNeill 35,950 Mary Lawrence 1.050 Mary Julia Jones ' 18,950 Alice McLean . 1,000 Thelma Meares, 16,950 Francis Jennings 1,400 Marie Townsend 34.550 Ruth Neil Bullock 22.125 Evelyn McNeill 19,600 Hoyle Doughtery 18,675 Woodberry Thompson 2M 0 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 Hollo way 1,000 William Parmelee 1,000 James Poole 1,000 Fred B. Singletary, Jr. 1,400 Frank McLeod, Jr. l.OOn Hugh McAllister, Jr. 1.000 Elizabeth Peace , , 1.000 Louise Kifilaw ' V ;--12.Q Agnes Wetmore Welch 20,900 G. Thomas Cox, Jr. 1,000 Elizabeth Proctor 1,000 Clan Evans, Jr. 1,000 Frances Thomas 1,000 Lilly Varser 1,000 Neal Archie Thompson 1.000 William Carlyle, Jr. 1,000 Addie Emily Jones 1,000 Richard Norment 1,000 Berry Godwin French 1,000 Woodward Townsend 1.000 Elizabeth Shaw 1,000 Hinton McLeod 1,000 Roberta Nash 2,000 Henry P. Allen 1.000 Margaret Biggs 1,000 Annie Laurie Caraway 19,575 Bruce M'White 1,650 Mildred Weinstein 1.000 Daniel Neil Collum 17,700 Carey Hedgpeth 26,575 Agnes Delia Pedneau 4,200 Edward Dula Beverly 21,700 Oleson Davis 1,925 Gilchrist Crump 1,000 Pearl Lamb 21,350 " ' DISTRICT NO. 2. All territory exceeding one and one-half miles from tne 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 3,700 Forest Townsend, route 6 4,150 Kathryn Singletary, route 3 21,100 Elmer Kermit Stevens, route 4 19,900 Evander Lee Atkinson, route 1 1,000 Bladenboro, N. C. 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 1,000 Gladys Wilson 1,000 Katie Williamson 1,050 Baxter Haymour, Jr., 1,000 St. Paul, N. C. John Chas. Rotier 19.750 Gladice Leggett 12,525 John Alex. Bynum 1,550 Ruih Blanchard 1,000 Emma Br an 1,000 Addie Lee Brock 1,000 Ethel Beard 1.000 Lester Clark 1.000 Cary Caudell 1,000 Ethel Fisher 1.000 Chas. Hester l,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 Weston l.ooo Vera Deaton 11,550 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 Alice McQueen Frank Stead Donald McQueen Maude Croom Randolph Kirkpatrick Sylvester McLean, Jr. U McLaskill. Jr. Lenwood Smith John Sumpter McRae t rancis Gibson Laura Wall Everett Murphy McKinnon Elizabeth Currie Kathryn McKinnon Elizabeth McKinnon James Hawley McKinnon Arthur Cottmgham Chas. May Burns Robert D. Creom Carlton Evans Marietta, N. C. Thelma Lewis l.ooo 22,125 1,000 l.ooo 1,000 1,000 l.ooo l.ooo l.ooo l.ooo l.ooo 1,000 l.ooo 1,000 l.ooo 1,000 1,000 l.ooo 19,eoo l.ooo 1,000 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 Marylme 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 Clark 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 Margaret Barber . . Kathleen McDariief Pauline Smith Esther Parker Ernest Williams, Pages Mill, S. C. Herbert Ford Elizakethtown, N. C. Betty Hall Singletary Lillian Dale Tyson Dublin, N. C. William Calder Guyton Tar Heel, N. C. Herman Wilson Orrum, N. C. LeRoyce Shepherd Pembroke, N. C. Miriam Adele Andrews Parkton, N. C. Margaret Cashwell Currie McCormick Garress Twins William Cochran Kathleen McArthur Jack Thompson Margaret Ann McDonald Sara Currie Julia Bets McDonald Margaret Beard Sara McCormick Merdis Hughes Sara Elizabeth Cobb Sara Stack Isabel Blunt Lumber Bridge, N. C. Angust Lamont Shaw Margaret Gertrude Willford Gray Cobb Chas. Vernon McGougan Roger Hall L. C. Hubbard, Jr.. Rowland, N. C. Sara Graham McKinnon Chas. Cox, Jr. Mary Sutton Mary Kate Webster Louise MacNeill 1,000 l.ooo l.ooo l.ooo l,ooo 29,050 21,925 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 1,000 1,000 1,000 lOOO 1,000 16,600 1.000 1,000 1,000 -..1.000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 10,000 l.ooo l.ooo l,ooo l,ooo 21,525 22,125 l.ooo 1,000 1,000 l.ooo l.ooo 1,000 l.ooo l.ooo l,ooo l,ooo l.ooo l.ooo 1,000 l.ooo l,ooo TOWN AFFAIRS. Standard Oil Co. Granted Per mission to Erect Storage Tanks Policeman T. C. Barnes Re signs to Accept Former Post tion as Deputy Sheriff and Night Policeman Joe Stone Succeeds Him Mr. Joe Britt Becomes Night Policeman. At a special meeting of the mayor and town commissioners Tuesday night an application of the Standard Oil Co. was granted to be allowed te erect, on a lot which the company proposes to purchase from Mr. G. G. French. about 200 yards below its present location, on Chestnut street, across the Seaboard railroad, two storage tanks, for the storage and sale of petroleum products, same to take the place of permit heretofore granted, frame wagon anea, irame pump house, wire fencing and stable. Mr. T. C. Barnes tendered his resignation as day policeman, which was accepted, and Mr. Joe Stone, who has been night policeman, was elected to sue ceed.Mr. Barnes at a salary of 150 per month. Mr. Joe Britt was elected night police mai at a salary 61 M per month.' Mr. Barnes resigned to accept again the position of deputy sheriff under Sheriff E. C. McNeill, which position he resigned last fall to accept the position of policeman. He is an effcient of ficer and Sheriff McNeill pre vailed upon him to accept his former position, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Dennis Biggs, who, as stated in Men day's Robesonian, has purchased the stock of the Eagle Furniture Co. and will devote his time to looking after that business. LUMBER BRIDGE LOCALS. 32.225 l.ooo l.ooo 1,000 1,000 l.ooo l,ooo l.ooo l.ooo l,ooo 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. Meeting of Camp Pope Dele gates Elected to annual Reun ion. A business meeting of Camn Willis H. Pope, Confederate vet erans, was held this morning in the court house. Commander J. A. McAllister presiding. Twenty seven members of the camp were present The following were elected delegates to the annual reunion, vhich will be held in Macon. Ga., May 7,8 and S. Messrs. J. A. McAllister. J. F. Ra?bon, A. S. Wishart, W. G. Reynolds, W. C. Smith, M. G. McKenzie, J. S. Thompson ;Revs. Wesley Thompson and F. A. Prevatt; Gen. F. A. Bond. A committee composed of Rev. F. A. Prevatt and Messrs J. S. Thompson and M. G. McKenzie was appointed to memorialize the four members of the camp who have died since the last meening. Mo further special business came before the camD at this meeting. Cotton Picking Problem Solved For St Paul's Township. In St. Paul's township, on Tuesday, two boys were born to Austin and Sallie McAllister, colored, and on the same day three boys were born to Will and lora McMillan, also colored. . prosperous farmer of that sec tion, who put a Robesonian re porter wise as to these facts, says that he -thinks the cotton picking problem solved for St Paul s township. Baptist Sunday School Baraca Class Entertains Personal. Woman loves a clear, rosy complex ion. Burdock Blood Bitters Dunnes the 1 blood cleares the skin, restores ruddy. 11,000 sound health. Correspondence f The Robesonian. Lumber Bridge, Feb. 20 On last Friday evening in the par lors of the Central hotel, the Baraca class of the Baptist Sun day school delightfully enter tained the young ladies of Lum ber Bridge. The guests were received in the front hall by Miss Bivins, teacher of the class, who presented the class with class pins and colors. They were then ushered to the drawing room by Miss Harts, then to the front parlor, where they were re ceived by Misses Oliver and Pate. The parlor was tastefully decor ated with potted plants and cut flowers, the color scheme being red and white and abundance of hearts being used. Progressive games were played in which Miss Mabel Clifton and Mr. Frank Dunn won the prize, which was a beautiful heart-shaped box of candy. Then came the choosing of the Valentines, while Miss Pate rendered several instrumen tal solos. The girls passed be hind an immense heart, when, at the sudden stop of the music, the girl whose face was framed in the heart became the pardner of the man on the opposite side. Then came the most interesting feature of the evening, when everyone was requested to write a Valentine to his pardner. They were read by Miss Brnns and were thoroughly enjoyed by all present. Then the doors of the dining room were thrown open, where the guests were received by Mesdames Charlie and Dan McGougan. The dining room was artistically decorated in blue and white. The class colors in the centre of the table was a center piece of tulips. Several instrumental and vocal solos were rendered and fortunes were tried in various ways. At a late hour our guests departed, wishing the Baracas great suc cess in their work. Mrs. S. H. Keyfauner of Fay etteville spent Sunday and Mon day as the guest of old acquaint ances here. Mr. Walter Marley attended the 77th anniversary of Wake Forest College. Miss Le na Shaw spent Saturday in Park ton as the guest of Miss Sadie Johnson. Busy Bees THE FINAL SUMMONS. Mrs. Ellen Redmond, Formerly of Lumberton, Died Tuesday in Fayetteville Remains Interr ed Here Yesterday. Mrs. Ellen Redmond, formerly of Lumberton, died Tuesday morning at 730 o'clock in Fay etteville at tne home of her sis ter, Mrs. Eliza Lamb, with whom she had lived for the last 5 or 6 months, having broken up house keeping here on account of ill health. The remains were brought to Lumberton yesterday morning on the V. & C. S. train and were taken to Chestnut Street Methodist church, of which deceased was a member, and services were conducted at 10 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Bradley. Interment was made in theNorment cemetery, Fifth street. Despite the very disa greeable weather quite a crowd attended the funeral, and a num ber of relatives from out of town were here. Deceased was about 53 years old. She is survived by two brothers Messrs. C. L. Jones of Clferaw. S. C, and G. W. Jones, of Lumberton and one sister, Mrs. Lamb of Fayetteville. v s Mrs. Redmond had been a suf ferer for a vear. or more and her health became so bad about 6 months ago that she decided to give up housekeeping and go to Fayetteville and live with her sister, and most of the time since going to Fayetteville she was confined to her bed. CAPT. R. T. McELYEA. One of Robeson's Most Substan tial Citizens Passes. Mm ton Special,20th, to Charlotte Observer. Capt R. T. McElyea, one of Robeson's most substantial citi zens, died at his home a few miles South of Maxton yesterday at 2 o'clock. He had been a suf ferer from heart trouble for sev eral years, and afew months ago was taken violently ill and had been confined to his bed ever since for the greater part of his time. Captain McElyea was a na tive of Virginia, and a very en thusiastic United Confederate Veteran, having served the en tire four years of the Civil war. engaging in several prominent battles and with narrow escapes, winning a reputation for bravery. He was 68 years old and leaves a wife, one son and two daughters, Mrs. E. L. Olmstead of Maxton and Mrs. John L. McLaurin of Latta, S. C. The wife of the deceased is widely known among Robesonian readers as ' Aunt Becky," who often referred to him in her val ued contributions to the columns of The Robesonian as "the 'Squire." "Aunt Becky" men tioned "the Squire's" illness in a recent communication. Our readers will join with us in ex tending sympathy to "Aunt Becky," who is loved by every one who has read her articles. The Robesonian. Josephine, 3-monthsold daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Norris, who live at the National cotton mill, died yesterday morning. The remains were taken yester day afternoon to Dillon, S. C., where interment will be made today. A Terrific Wind Storm. A terrific wind storm struck these parts late yesterday after noon and it continued to blow strong until late last night mere are in town toaay quite a number of visible evidences of the storm. The boxball alley tent next the Lumberton Cotton Mills building was blown all to pieces and Mr. J. C. Webb's pic ture tent, Elm street, was also j greatly upset A cedar tree in the yard at the Carlyle house, Walnut street, occupied by Mr. W. G. Reynolds, was blown down and it missed the north corner of the house only a few feet. LOCAL BRIEFS Good middling cotton today 10 cents. Eight persons were killed all negroes except one and about 50 injured in a tornado which swept the outskirts of Shreve port. La., Tuesday. A number of negro cabins were destroyed. -Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Prevatt are moving today from Fourth street to a house on Pine street -This being Washington'! birthday, a national holiday, the banks of the town are closed and Sunday hours are being observed at the postoffice. Miss Jewell Ashford. of Clinton, has accepted a position as stenographer in the Lumber ton Cotton Mill Co. 's office. She began work Monday. -Mr. R. D. Caldwell and son. Master Robert, spent Tuesday and yesterday in Raleigh. Mr. Caldwell attended Tuesday a meeting of the State geological board, of which he is a member. -On account of increase in business and installation of new machinery, the Lumberton Motor Car Co. has had to install a new and larger engine to run the machinery of the shop. It is a Stover gasoline engine, 10 horse power. Mr. J. D. Cozby, of Green O&SVLathaaJ accepted the agency of the Jefferson Stand ard Insurance Company, of Ral eigh, for Robeson county. He arrived here this morning and will begin work at once. Mr. Cozby has a family and expects to move them here just as soon as he can rent a house or find board in a private family. Rev. R. E. Steele, pastor of the Presby terian church, will use as his subject for the morning service Sunday, "What the Pres byterian church owes to Martin Luther," and in the evening he will use one of a series of ser mons he is preaching on "The Creed." The Christian Endeav or Society will meet Sunday eve ning at 6 o'clock and the subject will be "Home Missions," -Sheriff E. C. McNeill fell this morning as he was water ing his horses as Mrs. N. A. Mc Lean's stables, Elm street, where he keeps them, and wrenched his back so severely that he had to be taken into Mrs. McLean's residence for a while. Later he was removed to the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Biggs, near bv on the same street where he boards, and he will probably be laid up for a day or so. -Supt R, E. Sen telle sava that attendance at the graded school has been considerably demoral ized since the snows, and for this state of affairs he does not feel that he or the other teachers are to blame. When the first snow came the trustees thought it best to close down for several days, which was done, and when the next snow came most of the pu pils thought it was to be the same kind of a picnic and ab sented themselves for several days, while school only shut down for one day. Judging from past experience, if many more snows should come the graded school would have to go out of business until the back of winter is broken for fair. Blinding Storms Sweep Country Chicago Dispatch, 21st. A blinding snefw storm, backed by a 50-mile an hour gale, swoop ed down on the Middle West to day, blocked traffic, crippled wire communication and tonight swept eastward in the direction of North ern Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Detroit. Mich.. Dispatch 21st. The worst blizzard experienced in Michigan in years wa3 respon sible today for the death of at least one person and the injury of possibly 25 others, as the re sult of collisions between trains or street cars, due to blinding snow. Steam and electric rail road traffic is paralyzed. Several trains are buried in snow drifts. Destructive storms are also re ported from West Virginia, Louisiana and Mississippi. A True Word for Simmons. Statesville Sentinel. While in every section the sen atorial campaign is showing The engagement of Mr. Clar signs of increasing animation, i ence Poe, editor of The Progres Senator Simmons remains in 1 sive Farmer, and Miss Alice Ay Washington attending to the du-. cock, .eldest daughter of ex-Gov-ties of his effice in a thoroughly i ernor Chas. B. Aycock, was an satisfactory manner. He is emi- nounced in Raleigh on the 14th. nently fitted to be continued in ; The marriage will take place his high position. ' May 29
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