TUT?
IAN
Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent
VOL XLHI NO. 4. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1912. WHOLE NO. 273S
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IS YOUR BABY GOING TO WIN THE $25.00
IN GOLD NEXT SATURDAY MGHT?
It is Up to You Absolutely--See all the Friends You Cn
Between Now and Saturday Night Do r.ot Forget to
Take Your Subscription Book With You Wherever
You Go A Little Extra, Effort These Few Days May
Mean the Success of Your Little Dat ling's Campaign.
Special prizes to be given away
March 9:
$25 in gold.
White lace dress by White &
Gough.
Comb and brush by J. D. Mc
Millan & Son.
High chair by Lumberton Fur
niture store.
Pair of shoes by R. D. Cald
well & Son.
Pair of shoes by Townsend
Bros.
Is your baby going to be the
one to win the $25.00 in gold? Or
on the other hand has most of
your ambition escaped you, most
of your energy oozed away?
There has been every incentive
to the best kind of work. The
weather has been delightful, you
ittst,epu)4nQjJteyJnc thabiQuse
f and of course you have been out
working among your kinsfolk,
your friends, your neighbors,
and your acquaintances, carrying
your little darling's campaign
for fame and fortune into all
quarters, working with might
and main, clinching a victory
that will not be lightly won but
still well worth while once it is
within your grasp.
Won't you be proud if your
little sweetheart turns out to be
the winner of the $25 in gold
next Saturday night, and won't 1
juu dc anii piuuuci ii jruui timely thfir
one is one oi tne winners oi me
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large prizes on me closing nigni i
Won't your friends and neigh
bors glory in your success and
won't some others envy you?
If you have profited by the ad
vice given by the contest man
ager from day to day you have
been hard at work and on Satur
day next you will come in with a
nice big report. It will put you
a good long step nearer the cov
eted goal. Get busy and keep
busy, do not let your baby lose
just because it was a little work.
Do not give the people of this
county the idea that you did not
care as much for your baby as
some one else did. Suppose you
do lose, if you do all in your
power to win for your little one
it will be some consolation to
know that you did not sit idly by
and let the winner have it with
out an effort
There are two large prizes in
each district to be given away
the 23rd of March and it seems
as though if you do anything at
Jill, you cannot help getting one
of them.
Do not foiget to take your sub
scription book with you where
-ever you go. wnenever you go
out you will be sure to meet some
friends who want to take The
ilobesonian, but they just do not
think about it, and right now is
the time to get them to subscribe
while this splendid offer is on.
There are a great many people
who have not even been solicited
for their subscriptions yet. Ev
ery day there are several who go
to The Robesonian office and pay
for their paper and no one gets
the benefit of it just because
they have not been solicited.
They would just as soon pay you
and give your baby the benefit
of the votes if you had only been
to see them. You cannot sit at
home and have the subscriptions
come to you. This prize is worth
winning and it ought to be worth
working for. Make hay while
the sun shines and do not let
even one prospective subscription
get away from you. Take any
thing you can get from four
months up to twenty years. It
means a little woric Dut tnese
beautiful days it is just a pleas
ure to get out.
A Cold,
LaGrlppe,
monia
Tnea Pneo
Js too often the fatal sequence, and
coughs that hang on weaken the sys
tem and lower the vital resistance.
Foley's Ueney and Tar Compound is a
reliable medecine that stops the cough
promptly by healing the cause; soothes
the inflamed air passages, and checks
the cold. Keep always on hand. Re
fuse substitutes. J. D. McMillan &
Son.
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HARRIET ELLA MCPHAIL.
Hats off to Miss Harriet Ella
McPhail, little daujrHter of Mr.
and Mis. Jin. C. McPhail, of Rd
Springs. She is ju-c the most
aengnttuiiiuie lauy imacriranie
j and an immens favorite vi h
! everybody. Hir position io this
race ha;i been sustained by nn
j active and energetic work on ihe
i part of Htr pnrentji and friends
and, believe as. iat-y .lu i"it in
tend to let h'iyn .va!;; if with
the firgt horr r- wiHr'ut ;m eft rt
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ALICE MCQUEEN.
Here we have the pleasure of
introducing little Miss Alice Mc
Queen, the charming little daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. J. S. Mc
Queen, of Maxton. Her parents
and friends are energetic and en-
thusiastic in 'heir w-.rk
for
ier,
and why shouldn't tHy oo with
such a wi:.9"H little Udv Mw.-rk
for? h. will be worth while to
keep an eye on Mi3s Alice
as her friends do ro in
tend that she is goin to -op un
til she stands on the very tip
rung of the contest ladder.
VERA D EATON.
It is a pleasure to be able to in
troduce this little lady. She is
Miss Vera Deaton. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G W. Deaton, of
St. Paul. Mies Vera occupies an
enviable position in this great
race, the result of continued ef
fort on the part of her friends
and kinsfolk, and she is going to;
De a nard contestant to peat.
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MARIE TOWNSEND.
This is to introduce Miss Marie
TownserA the charming little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Townsend. Just at present Miss
Mari- js keeping rattier quiet,
!ut j'is' watch her b- fore the
coreiii'Stestr-Sh"e' HbeS
not intend to be very far behind
on tire closing nitrht. She is al
ready a winner of a five dollar
gold piece and no doubt will be a
winner again.
Democrat Propose t3 Put Su
gar on Free List and Tax In
comes. Washington Dispatch. 1st.
A. bill to put sugar on the free
list, eliminating $53 000,000 in
annual custons revenue and an
other to extend the present cor
poration tax to include individu
als and co-partnersnips doing
business of $5,000 a year or over,
were ratified tonight bv the Dem
cratic caucus of tne House.
The excise tax, so-called by
the ways and means committee,
is in effect an income tax. The
bill is 30 drawn that it is expect
ed to comply with the Supreme
Couri's decision against the con
stitutionality of an income tax.
Its effect would be to tax every
person who earns more than
$5,000 a jear, on the excess of
$5,000 at the rate of 1 per cent.
The estimate of Chairman Un
derwood and members of the
ways and means committee is
that the proposed excise tax
would bring in a revenue of be
tween $50,000,000 and $60,000,
000 a year.
Suit Restraining Sheriff From
Collecting Taxes to be Heard
in Wadesboro Tonight.
The suit instituted some time
ago by Mr. Frank Gough to re
strain Sheriff McNeill from col
lecting taxes on increased assess
ment on real estate in Lumber
ton and excess poll tax will be
heard tonight in Wadesboro be
fore Judge Whedbee. Mr. R. C.
Lawrence, of the firm of Mcln
tyre, Lawrence & Proctor, at
torneys for Mr. Gough, went to
Laurinburg this morning and
will go thence to Wadesboro to
night, and r. E. J. Britt, coun
ty attorney, will leave this eve
ning for Wadesboro.
Mr. Alexander Taylor, an Aged
Citizen of Fairmont, Died Yes
terday. Mr. Alexander Taylor, about
92 years old, died yesterday at
his home at Fairmont. The fun
eral took place this morning from
the Presbyterian chunch of Fair
mont, of which he was a mem
ber, and interment was made in
the church cemetery. Deceased
is survived by his wife, two
daughters Mrs. Cattie Morrison
of Bingham, S. C., and Miss
Janie Belle, who lives with her
mother and four sons Messrs.
Duncan of Alabama, Gentry of
Texas and Wiley and Alex, of
Fairmont.
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HOW TO KILL BUND TIGERS.
Theme of Rev. R. L. Davis Fri
day Night Heard by Good
Sized Audience Will be Kill
ed by Educational Process,
He Declares, Which is Making
Greater Progress Than Many
Think Must Raise a Genera
tion of Teetotalers A Good
Speech in a Great Cause.
Rev. R. L. Davis, superintend
ent the North Carolina Anti-Sa
loon League, delivered an address
in the court house Friday eve
ning to a good audience, and he
made an able and effective speech
in behalf of the great cause
which he represents. The speak
er began at 8 o'clock and spoke
for an hour. He was introduced
by Mayor A. E. White, who in
his few remarks put much stress
upon the cause Mr. Davis repre
sents and said that he and the
other officials of the town were
doing all in their power to en
force the prohibition laws but
found it rather difficult on ac
count of the laxity on the part of
those in authority in dispensing
with liquor cases; then, too, he
does not think that they have
the co-operation of the citizens
that they are entitled to. He
aienlioned the fact that
the February term of
court
upon
cases
judgment was suspended
the payment of cost in 28
for retailing. He contends
that
these violators of the law should
be sent to the roads.
Mr. Davis said that he was de
lighted to know that Lumberton
has officers who are doing all
they can to enforce the laws. He
used as his subject, "How to Kill
the Blind Tiger," and his argu
ment was to the point and con
vincing. He said that to put the
"tiger" out of business means the
extermination of the liqqor traf
fic. As long as there are those
who will drink liquor there will
be some selling it, therefore we
must raise a generation of teeto
talers, and he says that great prog
ress along this line is being made.
The present generation is being
taught in the common and high
schools the effects of alcohol, and
the children are learning that it
is not a food but that it is poison,
therefore the "tiger" will be
reached through a process of ed
ucation, which he says is go
ing on a great deal faster than
many people thing. He contends
that the process of educating a
people out of the liquor habit is
not so slow as one might think
when the proper effort is made
on the part of those interested.
The "tiger" will shut up his shop
when there is no one to buy his
liquor. "Whose business is it to
break up the "blind tigers?" Mr.
Davis says that it is everybody's
business who is interested in the
wellfare of man and all that is
good. All citizens and the offi
cers should exercise themselves
to see that justice is done in all
things. He says that the citi
zens at large are not anxious
enough to serve on juries and
other places of the kind, but
rather try to shirk such duty.
When a "blind tiger" gets in jail
there is most always some one
ready to eo on his bond and let
him out, and Mr. Davis says that
this ought not so to be, that the
tiger" should stay in jail until
trial and if euilty. then be sent
the roads.
Lumberton's new brass band
which, by the way, is beginning
to evidence some of the great
part it is going to have in the
town's future met in front of
the court house just a few min
utes before 8 o'clock and Dlayed
several selestions to attract a
crowd for this occasion. The
music was fine.
From here Mr. Davis went to
Rowland, where he spoke Satur
day night.
County Teachers' Meeting.
A meeting of the teachers
of the county, the last for the
school year, will be held here
Saturday of next week, the 16th
inst Supt. J. R. Poole says he
expects every teacher in the
county to attend this meeting.
Backache Almost Unbearable
Is an almost certain result of kidney
trouble. D. Toomey. 803 E. Olive St.,
Bloomington. 111., says: "I suffered
with backache and pains in my kidneys
which were almost unbearable. I gave
Foley Kidney Pills a good trial, and
they did wonders for me. Today I
can do a hard day's work and not feel
the effects." J. D. McMillan & Son.
ELM STREET TO BE PAVED.
Ordinance Passed to Pave Elm
Street From Sixth to Seaboard
Tracks Contractors Will Sub
mit Bids on Sixth Building
Permit Revoked.
At a special meeting of the
mayor and town commissioners
Thursday evening in the town
hall an ordinance for paving Elm
street from Sixth street to the
Seaboard tracks was passed un
animously. Mayor White and
the street committee, composed
of Messrs. H. B. Jennings and
W. J. Prevatt, were authorized
to make contracts for this work
and contractors and engineers
are expected Wednesday of this
weektosubmit bids. The pav
ing is to be of bituminous macad
am, to cost not more than $1.60
per square yard. Property own
ers on each side of the street are
to pave one-third of the street
and the town is to pave one
third and all street crossings,
except that m front of the
old cemetery the town's part
will be two-thirds. The cost of
the entire job will be in the
neighborhood of $10,000, and the
town's part, which will be bor
rowed from the bond sinking
funrl urhtph id mnro than onnnorh
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maturity, will be about 40 per
cent.
All except three of the proper-
ty owners concerned expressed a
desire to have this paving done
done, and of the three who did
not sign petitions that the work
be done one stated that he de
sired the paving to be done and
would not object, another had
not the authority to execute such
a contract and the third is a non
resident. The property owners have
signed a contract to allow the
town to let contract for the en
tire job and work will be begun
at an early date. It's a glad day
for Lumberton that sees this
work provided for. The paving
of Elm street will be the great
est improvement that has been
made in the town in many a day.
At this special meeting of the
commissioners the order giving
Mr. A. w. McLean permission
to erect certain temporary build
ings at tne corner oi iMm and
Second street, passed at a meet
ing last Tuesday nignt, was re
voked. The kind of buildings
proposed are not allowed by State
fire laws.
REPORT SUSTAINED.
With Few Minor Changes Re
port of Viewers of Drainage
District Sustained Commis
sioners Elected and Will Ad
vertise $130,000 Bonds as
Soon as Assessmentsare Calcu
lated.
A hearing was held before
Clerk of the Court C. B. Skipper
Thursday and b nday on excep
tions to the final report of the
board of viewers of the Back
and Jacob Swamps drainage dis
trict and the report was sustain
ed, with a few minor changes.
The lands are divided for assess
ment into five classes, from A. to
E. The lands of Messrs. J. A.
McAllister and A. F. Ward were
reduced from A. to E. and the
assessment against the Raleigh &
Charleston Ry. was lowered from
$500 to $250. Notice of appeal
was given by the Coast Line Ry.
Co., the assessment against wnich
is $500. It is thought that a
compromise will be made in the
case of the Beaufort County
Lumber Co. , assessed $200, and
the Maxton-Alma Southbound
Ry., assessed $100.
At a meeting of the landown
ers concerned Thursday Messrs.
D. B. McNeill of Lumberton. G.
B. Sellars of Maxton and A. W.
Pate of Purvis were elected
drainage commissioners for the
district. They will organize as
soon as they are appointed by the
court and proceed to make out
the taxes to be levied against
each of the classes of land. As
soon as this is done the commissioners-will
advertise for bids on
bonds to the amount of about
$130,000. Each landowner will
be given notice of the amount of
his assessment and those who
care to do so may pay the entire
amount at once. The actual
work of digging the drainage
canals will be begun as early as
possible.
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LOCAL BRIEFS
Middling
cents. 4
cotton today, 9
License has been issued for
the marriage of Annie G. Chis
holmand W. C. Campbell; Har
riet Nye and A. M. Kelly.
There will be a public debate
and oyster supper at the school
house at Orrum Fridav night of
this week. Fruit will also be
served. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
The Buster Brown Musical
Comedy Co. will be the next at
traction at the opera house. The
company travels in a special car
and is composed of 30 people. It
will hold the boards Friday night,
22nd.
Mr. W. H. Bullock, of route
5 from Lumberton, is in town to
day. He says that his father-in-law,
Mr. Henry Flowers, who
lives on the same route, is very
ill and has been almost helpless
for several days.
The public school at Smith's,
Howellsville township, Miss Ollie
Clark principal and Miss Hannah
Lewis assistant, closed with an
entertainment Friday night
Lewis began a private
i i i a i i
this morning.
Prof. J. E. Red fern, princi
pal of the St Paul high school,
was among the business visitors
in town Saturday. He has ac
cepted an invitation to deliver
the literary addrees at the com
mencement of the Sandy Springs
high school, Johnston county,
April 12th.
-Mr. W. P. Andrews, of Fair
mont, who since the first of Jan
uary had been in the Highsmith
hospital in Fayetteville for treat
ment, spent Thursday night in
town at the home of his brother
Mr. N. P. Andrews, en route
home. He went home Friday
and was accompanied by Mr. N.
P., who spent Friday in Fair
mont Lumberton correspondence,
2d, of the Wilmington Star: The
two-months-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Tilley, of East
Lumberton, died yesterday after
noon, after a few days illness of
pneumonia. The funeral will be
conducted tomorrow. Mr. Tilley
and family moved f rem Wilming
ton to Lumberton about a year
ago.
Sanford Prevatt Bound to Court.
Sanford Prevatt, who had been
at liberty on a $500 bond since
cutting Fowler Prevatt near
Lumberton on the 24th ult, waa
tried Saturday before Justice J.
A. Rowland and bound to court
in a $200 bond, which he gave.
As stated in last Monday's paper,
Sanford and Fowler Prevatt who
are cousins and live at Center,
had a quarrel in Lumberton a
week ago Saturday about a debt
Sanford owes Fowler and on
their way home the quarrel was
resumed, it being in evidence at
the trial that Sanford was the
aggressor, and Fowler returned
to Lumberton with a severe cut
in his right arm. He was able
to return home last Tuesday.
Mr. David Nance of Cerro Gor
do, Who Was Accidently Shot
on the 17th Ult, Dies of
Wound.
Mrs. R. G. In man left this
morning for Cerro Gordo in re
sponse to a message received
early this morning announcing
the death of her brother, Mr.
David Dance, who, as stated in
The Robesonian at the time, was
accidently shot Saturday after
noon, the 17th ult, at his place
of business at Cerro Gordo. A
very few minutes after the acci
dent Mr. Nance was taken to a
hospital in Wilmington, where he
died this morning at 4 o'clock.
The remains will be taken today
to Cerro Gordo, where interment
will be made tomorrow. Deceas
ed is survived by his wife and
four children, all girls.
How Cold Causes Kidney Disease
Partly by driving blood from the Bur-
face and congesting the kidneys, and
partly by throwing too much work upon
them. Foley Kidney Pills strengthen
the kidneys, give tone to the urinary
organs and restore me normal action
of the bladder. They are tonic in ao-
tinn nnick in results. Trv them. J.
1 D. NcMillan & Son.
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