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r MAN A Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent VOL XLUI NO. S. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH ? .T912! WHOLE NO. 2739 ; r I . WHAT BABY IS GOING Saturday Night Sees the Close of the Special Race for the Twenty-Five Dollars in Gold and the Other Special Prizes Will Your Baby be a Winner? Only a Short Time Remains in Which to do Anything for Your Little One Saturday Night Will be the Night of all Nights in This Race--Last Chance to Win h. Special Prize. 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. Saturday night sees the close of the race for the $25.00 in gold and the other prizes. Despite the fact that the weather has not been very favorable for the ladies to get out to work for their babies, their ardor has not been dampened. Decidedly more in terest has been manifested dur ing these two weeks than at any time during the contest Those who had the interests of their little ones at heart were quick to take advantage of this time to do all they could not only to win the $25.00, but also to get as many votes as possible to help out on large prizes. Saturday will be the day of wonderful advances on the part of the active workers and by the same token the lag gards will probably be hopelessly out-distanced. There is no use getting dis couraged, it will only help you to lose out entirely. "People always discouraged and despondent do not succeed in anything, and live only by burdening someone else. The hopeful, confident and cheer ful attract the elements of sue cess." So it is with all of us; ii we hope for the best and at the same time do our very best we are sure to succeed in anything we undertake. There is no such word as "fail" for some of us be cause we never give up. No matter how many we ask to sub scribe and they reiuse it never discourages us, we go on with a smile and perhaps the next one we ask will cheerfully "come across" with the necessary funds for a year s subscription, and so we are rewarded for our perse verance. There are people who start out full of life and hope and ask someone to take the paper, if that someone happens to refuse they give right up and think it is no use to try. And for such peo ple it is not much use for them to try because they are too easily discouraged. It takes courage to win any thing and this baby contest is no exception. There are only two weeks after this and if by going to work and doing your very best you could come out ahead and be the winner of the first prize you would be well paid for your work $150.00 is a pretty nice salary for two weeks, isn t it : It may oc casion you some little discomforts, but in the end if you win you are going to win victory worth while. Will there be any limit to the measure of your gratification, won't your joy be supreme, and won't your friends and neighbors glory in your success if you are successful? There is going to be a winner and of necessity there is going to be a loser. When it is all over the winner is going to be the cynosure of all eyes, to him will go all the adulation, and praise. What will be the portion of the loser? Plenty of self-pity, but mighty little sympathy from the populace. All the world loves a winner but it has very little sym pathy with the downfallen. It is just as easy to get into the habit of winning as to always be behind. In this great world of ours there are some who will always be behind. They are late for their appointments; any little duty that happens to come up if it is not agree able to do it today it is put off until tomorrow, and so on through life they come drag ging along just a little behind. Don't be one of the ones to come out behind in this race. Sum mon every bit of pluck and energy you have been storing up all I the years, put every bit of force TO WIN THAT $25.00 SATURDAY NIGHT? that you possess in your body and soul into the race, come out ahead. Do not pf. yourself think for one minute that you are going to lose. Work d n y and weht It is won hit to see our ba'y win. it 13 or.jy a pleasure to work for our dear little ones Two weeks is on!v a vf rv short .time and you must improve every ! moment of the tim. The con- test office will be cpen until 10 o'clock Saturday night. Get your subscriptions in bv that time as they will not count an the special przes after that hour. Edward Dula Beverly. Herp we have the honor of in troducing Master Edward Du!a Beverly, little son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Beverlv. He is one o our curiy-nairea aanings and is making pxcellent prorreps in the race. He has a great many friends who would like to Fee him at the head of the list whn the cosing n i sa h t come"., and who knows but what he will finish ahead of everyone else? Pearl Lamb Here is Miss Pearl Lamb, the charming little daughter of Mr. and Mrs H. C. Lamb of this city. She holds an enviable position in the contest, due to the efforts of her parents and friends. She is just as sweet and dear as she can be and is deserving of all tnat her friends will do for her. Agnes Delia Pedneau. Here is one of the dearest lit tle tots in this- contest, Miss Agnes Delia Pedneau, daughter - Jr X ' y V-f zhr of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Pedneau and the little niece of Mrs. A. J. Tinkham. She deserves to be at the ti of h" laidr and no db w'll He ther before the race is over. Annie Neal Townsend. We are glad to introduce. to you all Miss Annie Neal Town- sed-rthe charming little daugri- ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Town send, of Buie, R. F. D. 1. We are quite sure there is not a sweeter little miss in this contest and although she is not quite as far up on the list as her parents and friends would like to see her, still they are not discouraged and intend to have her make a bet ter showing before the contest closes. Oleson Davis. Here we have Master Oleson Davis, little son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Davis and grandson of Mr. Mathew Gregory. He is one of our finest babies and one of the ones who will no doubt make a splendid showing before the end of the contest as he has a great many friends who are willing to do all in their power to see him a winner. Religious Campaign in Robeton Association. A campaign in interest of mis sions and systematic beneficence will be carried on in the Robeson Baptist Association, March 17 to 24 inclusive. The meetings will be conducted by ministers oi the association with the assistance of Rev. C. J. Thompson and Mr. G. E. Lineberry. Meetings will be held in about a dozen churches in different parts of the county. and it is hoped that all the churches will cooperate and help make the meetings as successful as possible. Places and dates as follows: Red Springs, Parkton, Lumberton, 17th ; Ten Mile and Antioch, 18th; Great Marsh and Singletary's, 19th; Centerville and Saddle Tree, 20th; Back Swamp and Mt. Eliam, 2lst; Pleasant Grove and Spring Hill, 22nd; Rowland and Bear Swamp, 24th. Lumberton Postoffice Designated a Postal Savings Depository. Postmaster R. M. Norment has received notice from the Post- office Department that the Lum berton postofnee has been desig nated a postal savings depository and that this service will begin April 1. After that date those who want to deposit their sav ings in Uncle Sam's keeping may do so at the" local office. Assist ant Postmaster Edmund says he does not anticipate any great rush of business. ( ' sL V ' i. - A i' 1'' -: 1 ' - -5i PAVING CONTRACT LET. Mr. Robt. G. Laoiter of Oxford Get Contract to Pave Elm Street Bermudez Road A f la a . A MM pnan, ai not uver rer Square Yard. At a called meeting yesterday afternoon of the mayor and town commissioners the contract for paving Elm street from the Sea board tracks to Sixth streets was awarded to Mr. Robt. G. Lassi ter of Oxford at not to exceed $1.55 per square yard and Mr. Gilbert C. White of Durham, the civil engineer enploved some months ago by the town in its paving work, was authorized to make contract for the town. The paving will be what is known as Bermudez road asphalt. 4-inch concrete foundation with 2-inch mixed surface composed of Ber mudez binder and crushed stone. The town is to have the advan tage of any reductions it may be possible to obtain in freight rates from $1.31 per ton on stone from Salisbury and 60 cents on gravel, the basis upon which the con tract price was figured. Work will be begun as soon as materi als and machinery can be gotten here, within 20 or 30 days at the outside. Only 3 other bids were gdfrtt&ted, 2 for what ia, known as the penetration method, by the West Construction Co. of Chat- tanooga, ienn., tor $i.tu per square yard and by F. J. McGuire of Norfolk, Va., $1.57 or $1.44- owing to the binder used and by Mr. McGuire, $1.63 or $1.50 for the mixing method. An ordinance was passed re quiring all property owners with in this paving district, within 10 days from date of service of no tice, to connect with the water main if connection cannot be made on rear of property or otherwise. BURIED IN CRACKER BOX. Dead Body of Infant Found Near Buie and Foul Play Suspected, But Coroner's Investigation Reveals Nothing. Clerk of the Court C. B. Skip per received a telegram Tuesday from Juistice J. S. Brown at Buie to the effect that the dead body of an infant had been found buried in a cracker box near that place and that foul play was sus pected. Coroner G. E. Rancke was notified and he went at once to Buie to investigate. He found the body of a 7-months negro baby buried on the edge of a swamp on W . T. Jones' place, about one mile beyond Buie sta tion, but his investigations failed to reveal anything. It was thought to be a child of a negro woman named Mag, other name not known, who has left that section since the baby was buried, which was-two or three months ago. County Physician B. W. Page was present yesterday at the inquest. The child was pre maturely born but Dr. Page did not discover anything to indicate foul play, and the coroner's jury rendered a verdict to that effect. Death of Mrs. Kate Tolar of Page's Mill., S. C. Reported for The Robesonian. After a lingering illness of sev eral months, Mrs. Kate Tolar, 68 years old, formerly Mrs. Kate Page, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Alice Temple, at Page's Mills, S. C. Tuesday. The funeral and interment took place yesterday at Bear Swamp church, of which she was a life long member. Mrs. Tolar came of the well known Ford family of the Page's Mills section, being a sister of Rev. Rufus Ford, D. D., of Mar ion, S. C, and of Dr. Cornelius Ford of Mullins. Besides these brothers she is survived by three sisters and an only daughter, Mrs. Alice Temple. In 1868 Miss Ford became the wife of Mr. J. N. Page, who died in 1896, leav ing one child. A few years later Mrs. Page married Mr. S. R. Tolar of Rennert. After the death of her last husband Mrs. Tolar resided with her daughter in the old home at Page's Mills. From girlhood she was an earnest Christian and a woman of rare usefulness. Itch! Itch! Itch! Scratch! Scratch! Scratch! The more you scratch the worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment. It cures piles, eczema, any skin itching, j All druggists sell it. COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS Lnspute as to Boundaries or. a District Settled Three Spec rv . n t m ial Tax Petitions Approved Other Matters Passed Upon at Meeting of County Board of Education. The county board of education held its regular monthly meeting Monday. Three petitions for special tax elections were presented to the board and approved and elections were ordered to be held at the meeting of the county commis sioners the same day. These districts, the amounts to be voted on and when the elections will be held will be found mentioned in the report of the county com missioners meeting elsewhere in today's paper. A dispute having arisen as to the boundary line of district No. 3, Britt's, the board, after hear ing evidence as to the proper boundary lines, and examining all the data, settled the dispute by establishing boundary lines for the district. The board allowed $50 for re placing the house in district; 5, White House, which was blown down recently while in course of construction; Special apportion ments were allowed as follows: districts 7, Howellsville, and 5, Britt's, to give 4-months term, and 2, Lumberton, for increase oi term, contract of 915 was approved for district 3, Smith's, for new building, and sale of old building in this district for $35 was confirmed. Sale of house in district 6, colored, Maxton, for $60 was approved, and $60 was allowed this district for re pairs on house. It was ordered that $3.37 be transferred from district 2, Orrum, to district 3, Sterling's, on account of error in listing. D. M. McRae, McP. Al ford and Jno. A. Jones were ap pointed committeemen in district 5, Maxton, and W. B. Oxendine was appointed committeeman in district 1, Indian, White House, in place of Chesley Locklear, who has moved out of the district. Several rebates were allowed on account of errors in listing spec- iai scnooi taxes. Lioranes were approved for districts 5, Howells ville. and 2, Burnt Swamp. It was ordered that J. J. Beard be allowed $20.85 for part attorney's fee paid Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor for district 3, Lumber Bridge. A bill of the Freeman Printing Co. for $5.50 for en velopes for the board was or dered paid. Jurors for April Term of Court At the meeting of the county commissioners Monday the fol lowing were drawn to serve as jurors at the civil term of su perior court which will convene Monday. April 1: First week D. B. McLauren, J. K. Graham, Moses Blacker, W. D. McPhaul, V. G. Pleasants, J. O. Pitman, J. G. Humphrey, D. L. Stewart, O. H. Prevatt. Jno. Paul, C. W. Bullock, J. S. Stone, P. L. Moore. David McLean, W. J. McLeod, I. J. Williamson, J. B. Caldwell, Haynes Barnes. Second week J. B. Dean. D. L. Edge, W. C. Wilkes, Lene Culbreth, A. H. Stone. W. T. Covington, Paisley McMillan, N. A. McPhaul. T. M. Moore, L. M. Oliver, Eldridge Britt, Scott Stone, Council Pittman, W. F. Davis, W. C. Britt, W. T. Jones, Jasper Griffin, Dougald Leach. Decision in Tax Suit to be Ren dered Next Tuesday. Before Judge Whedbee at Wadesboro Monday night the suit instituted by Mr. Frank Gough to restrain Sheriff Mc Neill from collecting taxes on 10 per cent increase in valuation of real estate in the town of Lum berton and poll tax in excess of $2 was argued by Mr. R. C. Lawrence, of the firm of Mcln tyre, Lawrence & Proctor, and Mr. L. R. Varser, of the firm of McLean, Varser & McLean, who represented Mr. Gough, and by County Attorney E. J. Britt and Hon. G. B. Patterson for the county. Judge Whedbee has the matter under consideration and will render his decision next Tuesday, when he will be hold ing Scotland court at Laurinburg. Cures baby's croup. Willie's daily cuts and bruises, mamma's sore throat, . . I FTI t gTanama s lameness lit. i nomas Eclectic Oil the great household remedy. LOCAL BRIEFS Middling cents. cotton today, 10 - Rev. A. B. Crumpler of Clin ton will preach at the Gospel tabernacle Sunday morning and evening. Mr. Crumpler has held meetings in Lumberton and is well known here. . -Mr. W. J. Todd, first trick operator at the local Seaboard station, went yesterday to Clark ton to relieve the agent at that place, who has sickness in his family, for a few days. A play, "Diamonds and Hearts," will be given at the school building at Rex tomorrow night for the benefit of the school. Admission, adults 25 cents, chil dren 15 cents. The public is cor dially invited. Capt. A. B. Small, who has been conducting a boarding house in Lumberton for the past eleven years, has decided to re tire from the business as soon as he can sell out. He has not de cided definitely as to his future plans. -The McCormick & Paul Co. of Pembroke was chartered Mon day to do a general mercantile business with M. A. Pate, P. B. Burke, E. M. Paul and J. A. McCormick as incorporators. Capital stock $25,000, with $2,- paid in. The March meeting of the Robeson Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, which was to have been held today, has been postponed to Thursday afternoon of next week, when the meeting will be held at 3:30 o'clock at the home of the president, Mrs. J. A. McAllister, Chestnut and Sixth streets. Mr. Ira Bullard, who recent ly sold his house on Water street to Mr. J. H. Floyd, is pre paring to build a 6-room resi dence near the intersection of Walnut and Sixteenth streets. Mr. Floyd will repair the house purchased from Mr. Bullard and will probably build another house on the same lot -Mr. J. H. Floyd held the tick et that won the dinner set given away at the Pasttime theatre Tuesday evening. Several other numbers were drawn but the holders of the tickets were not present Four more sets will be given away, one every Tuesday evening until the four are gone. "Before Yorktown" will be shown at the theatre this eve ning in two reels, 2,000 feet of film. Mr. W. L. Peace of Oxford has succeeded Mr. B. F. Ste phens, whose resignation has been mentioned in The Robeson ian, as clerk at the postoffice. Mr. Peace is a brother of Mr. A. W. Peace, cashier of the bank of Lumberton, where he was em ployed for a short time several months ago. He will probably move his family here from Ox fordjsome time in the near fu ture. Mr. H. G. Jones, the con tractor and builder who is re modeling Mr. A. Weinstein's store building on the corner of Elm and Fourth streets, will move with his wife some time in the near future to Lumberton from Fairmont and will occupy the house on Fourth street be tween Chestnut and Walnut, recently vacated by Dr. W. O. Edmund and family. Mr. Jones formerly lived in Lumberton and built several of the business houses here. Mr. J. R. Morris, formerly proprietor of the Morris bakery, who sold out and went to Wil mington and thence to Marion. S. C, where he owned and con ducted a bakery, sold out there a few days ago and returned to Lumberton yesterday and began work this morning as baker in the same shop which he sold about a year and a half ago, which is now owned by Mr. J. W. Morris. Mr. Morris, present owner, has made many changes for good in the shop since pur chasing it some months ago from Mr. L. B. Blackburn, who pur chased it from Mr. J. R. Morris. The Virginia Senate Saturday defeated a bill, which had al ready passed the House, provid ing for a State-wide prohibition election on petition of one-fourth the qualified voters.
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