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VOL XLIII NO. 9. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1912. WHOLE NO. 2743
BABY DAY IN LUMBERTON WILL
The Robesonian s Grand $500.00 Baby Contest Will Come
to an End at Ten O'clock Saturday Night, March 23,
1912.
Who Do You Suppose WiU
Carry Off That Coveted
Crown A Little Spurt,
One More Subscription
May Win for You at the
Last MomentRemember,
all You Contestants Who
Really Want to Win and
Have the Ambition to
Work for Your Baby, That
the Race is Very Close and
it Will Not Do to Give Up
Until it is Over.
Baby Day! The climax of the
great contest is upon us. This is
the first baby contest we have
ever had and we assure you it is
the most successful ever held in
this section of the country.
The manager of the contest de
partment of The Robesonian
wishes to congratulate the moth
ers, fathers, and in fact all the
relatives and friends of the dear
little tots entered in this contest
for the honor and a bit of gold,
for the heroic manner in which
they stood by their choice of the
contestants during the course of
this friendly strife.
There Is every reason to be
lieve that it is yet possible in the
few hours remaining between
now and the close to quietly
make your way to the top rung
of the ladder of success. If we
could have our way all the ba
bies would be winners, but as
this cannot be so, there is but
one thing left for you to do,
namely, exert your every effort
up to and including the very last
minute for work. You vare not
alone in the city. Many of the
friends who have already aided
you can now think of some kins
folk in the distance with whom
they wish to bind their friend
ship and they are only waiting
for you to approach them for the
opportunity to hand you a year's
subscription in advance to The
Robesonian that it may be mail
ed regularly to the friend whom
they unintentionally neglected.
There is surely no better way
for men to show their friendship
one to another than to provide
them a means by which they can
keep in close touch with the
growth, stability and everyday
happenings in and about their
former home. The fact is that
many of your assistants in this
great race now going on have
mother or father right here in
our midst to whom they would
willingly send the paper in order
to make their lonely hours, more
cheerful. There are others who
have only paid you a three
months' subscription and now
about concluded to make it a year
perhaps two, three, four or
five, according to the manner in
which you approach them.
Perhaps you yourself have a
father, mother, brother or sister
living in a distant city to whom
you would like to send The Rob
esonian. Get your wits to work
ing with renewed earnestness and
follow the dictates of your bet
ter judgment and you will find
yourself coming down the home
stretch neck and neck with the
favorites in this great race for
supremacy and as you near the
wire your friends will become
doubly enthusiastic and rally to
your support in such a manner
that you may come under the
wire head and shoulders in the
lead of the second prize winner.
But if after a hard fight you
have failed to and either, con
gratulate yourself upon the no
ble race you have run and step
forward and shake the hand of
your more successful rival.
Please do not wait until the
last minute before coming in.
The judges who will decide who
the winners are, are Mr. A. W.
Peace, cashier of the Bank of
Lumberton; Mr. H. M. McAllis
ter, cashier of the First National
Bank of Lumberton, and Mr. T.
C. Evans, cashier of the Farmers
.& Merchants Bank of Lumber-ton.
RED SPRINGS BUDGET
Quarterly Concert A Gypsy
Cantata Next Monday Eve
ningLectures on Hygiene
Personal.
; ComfDondenc. of The Robesonian.
Red Springs, March 19. Last
evening a large audience gather
ed in the college auditorium to
hear the third of the quarterly
concerts of the year. The first
number, a song by the college
chorus, was well rendered and
much enjoyed by all. The num
ber arranged for two pianos was
beautifully played by Misses
Frances Davidson and Alberta
Lilly. The violin selection from
Schubert by Misses Allison Pear-
sall and Annie Johnson was
greatly appreciated. However,
the songs by the college quartet
deserve the crreatest Draise. rer
haps on account of the songs be-
lne well known the audience
could appreciate them. The first.
the familiar and exquisite "Annie
Laurie," was sung in a faultless
way. The "Negro Lullaby" was
indeed a slumber song, being soft
and low with a dreamy element
predominating. This quartet is
composed of Misses Lillian Bntt.
first soprano; Flora Ray, second
soprano: Lucy Lurrie, mezzo
soprano; and Maude McRae,
tenor. The closing mumber was
a fitting climax to the well-selected
program, being a grand duo
ending in a grand finale of great
volume and melody.
On next Monday evening Miss
Gertrude McFadgen's voice class
will give a Gypsy cantata in the
auditorium. The program will
consist of a musical comedy,
Gypsy drills, etc. The girls will
be dressed in the picturesque
Gypsy costume, and the stage
will be decorated appropriately
for the occasion. The college
association will serve refresh
ments after the entertainment
and there will be an informal re
ception. The proceeds of the
evening will go for the benefit of
the college association, so come
one, come all!
Dr. Thomas, West of Fayette
ville gave an interesting and in
structive lecture to the S. P. C.
students Friday evening. He
will give a series of these talks
on the subject of hygiene, which
will no doubt be of great interest
to the college girls.
Misses Hatch and Wood, of
New Hampshire, are spending
several weeks with Mrs. . L.
Coxe. They are friends of Miss
Lessie Lindsay and came South
to spend awhile here with her.
Mrs. Beasley and little son, of
Fayetteville, spent Monday even
ing here with Miss Nora Beasley,
who is a student an S. P. C
L. M. Cook spent Tuesday in
Lumberton. Miss Jewell Ash
ford, of Warsaw, is visiting her
aunt Mrs. R. F. deVane. Mrs. A.
T. McCullum and Mrs. Hiram
Grantham visited Mrs. Chapman
in McCalL S. C, last week. Miss
Rosa McMillan is visiting her
grandmother in Bennettsville.
Coal Strike Imminent 350,000
Miners Probably WiU be Idle.
Cleveland. O.. Dispatch. 20th.
Wage discussions between the
operators and representatives of
200,000 union miners in the bit
uminious coal fields of western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, held in an effort to avert
a prolonged suspension of busi
ness after April 1 and also to
avert a possible strike, today
were without definite results.
The prospect that all the bitu
minious coal mines would be
closed down after the first of the
month, pending the making of a
new two-year working and wage
agreement, was said to be immi
nent. It also was said the lack
of a wage scale in the central
States would leave the bitumin
ous coal miners in other States
without a basis upon which to
work and they would have to
close, entailing idleness for mare
than 350,000 miners.
Subscribe for The Robesonian
SOON BE HERE
PARKTON PARAGRAPHS.
Work on New Graded School
Building to Begin April 1
Smallpox About A Chicken
Law Needed Personal.
CorresDondenca of The Robesonian.
Parkton, March 18 -The fol
lowing attended the Teachers'
meeting at Lumberton Saturday:
Prof. J. H. Forbis. Miss Mamie
Parham, Miss Avant. Miss Ethel
WillIiam8on, Miss Mary Lou Cul
breth and Miss Cobb Messrs.
Frank Williamson, and Herman
Cashwell spent Saturday at Ren
nert as salesman for Fisher &
Thompson, who ha3 a stock of
goods in that town.
Prof. Rineberry of Raleigh
lectured at the Baptist church
Sunday morning and evening in
the interest of Meredith College.
Mr. E. B. Daniel, our esteem
ed cashier of the Parkton Bank,
left today for Georgia to visit his
old home, and Florida. He will
be absent for several weeks.
Mr. T. W. Thompson and fami
ly spent Sunday at McColl, S.C
visiting relatives.
Mr. Cooper of Red Springs has
the job of building the graded
school building and is expected
to commence April 1.
Smallpox seems to be making
some progress in the surround
ing community. Vaccination is
the order of the day. While we
know of no cases in our town,
yet it is spreading over the com
munity. Miss Sadie Johnson and Mi3S
Flora Currie of Red Springs
spent Saturday and Sunday with
relatives in our town.
There will be communion at
the M. E. church next Sunday at
the 11 o'clock services.
Why not see that a chicken
law be enforced? That is the
onlv fair thing to do. It is not
just for a farmer to rent and
plant his garden or larm and tne
other man's chickens to eat it up.
Let Parkton see to it at once, as
we believe every fair-minded
man is in favor of keeping his
f hinkens on his own premises.
There is no just argument to the
contrary.
DOWN MARIETTA WAY.
A Healthful Community Farm
ers Behind Tobacco Instead
of Cotton.
Correspondence of The Robesonian
Marietta, March 18 The gen
eral health of this section sur
passes all former records especial
ly owing to so much rains and
we know not what the doctors
are doing for a livelihood nowa
days. The farmers around here have
as yet done but little towards
nreDariner their lands for anoth
er year's work on the farm.
Judging from the numbers ot
tobacco beds one may see in
travelling around there will be a
great deal of the weed planted
next time in the place ot so mucft
of the fleecy white.
Making allowance for the bad
weather we are glad to hear that
the reports of the public school
will compete with any former re
ports and will surpass along the
line of attendance and advance
ment. We are glad to see so
much interest taken in the Fri
day evenincr exercises. A liter
ary society has been organized at
the school house lor tne students
and friends of the Oakdale school.
We note that our teachers. F. L.
Jernegan, principal, and Mrs,
W. P. Oliver and Miss Rebecca
V. Bvrd. assistants, failed not to
attend the teachers' meeting
held in Lumberton last baturday.
There will be preaching here
Sunday, March 24.
Scholarships in Greensboro Nor
mal College for Daughters of
Confederacy.
Dauzhters and Granddaughters
of indigent Confederate veterans
are requested to apply for schol
arship in the Greensboro Normal
and Industrial School. Applica
tions should be made at once to
Mrs. E. K. Proctor of Lumber
ton so that the names of appli
cants may be sent in and appli
cations be filed in time for ex
aminations to be held during the
summer vacation.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
To be Held in Raleigh June 6
Precinct Meetings and Primar
ies May 1 8, County Conven
tions May 25 Senatorial Pri
mary Nov. 5 Congressional
' Primaries in Discretion of Dis
trict Committees.
Raleigh Special. 20th. to Wilmington Star.
The State Democratic execu
tive committee selected Raleigh
as the place and June 6th as the
date for the State Convention
and Saturday, May 18th, for the
precinct meetings and primaries,
and Saturday, May 25th, for the
county convention to name dele
gates to the State convention and
for other purposes.
The most difficult matter be
fore the committee was that of
action as to a Senatorial primary
requested by the four candidates
for the United States Senate.
A. W. McLean, of Lumberton,
offered a resolution recommend
ing, in compliance with the re
quest of the candidates for the
Senate, that the State convention
call a primary to be held on No
vember 5th, general election dav,
and a second primary, if neces
saryV on November 2Gth, ""when
the two highest only should en
ter, only those voting the Demo
cratic ticket at this general elec
tion to participate.
Mr. Bell, of Charlotte, offered
a substitute that would only
recommend the primary without
stating the time. He opposed
general election day as the time.
E. L. Travis offered a substi
tute that would make the execu
tive committee order the primary
and prescribe the preferential
plan. He insisted that if the
question of a primary was not
settled by the committee at this
time it would necessitate the can
didate for the United States Sen
ate going into the counties and
making fights as to the nomina
tion of legislators as there was a
question as to whether in the end
the primaries would be ordered
by the State convention.
There was long argument and
a sharp contest in which the
Travis substitute was lost 17 to
39. The Bell substitute was lost
7 to 49, and then the McLean re
solution passed 40 to 14.
Thereafter, however, Mr.
Travis procured the reconsidera
tion of this vote and the amend
ment of the resolutions so that
the State executive committee at
this time orders the Senatorial
primary instead of recommending
this to the State convention and
provides that the new State ex
ecutive committee shall at its
first meeting after the State con
vention make detail rules and
regulations for holding the pri
mary. The committee adopted a reso
lution empowering the executive
committee of any of the congres
sional districts to order congres
sional primaries at their discre
tion to be governed as nearly as
possible by the primary regula
tions in the plan of organization.
This action resulted from re
quest for authority to hold pri
mary in the sixth district Major
E. J. Hale presented the matter
to the committee.
Search for Aliens Fruitless An
other Victim.
Hillsville. Va., Dispatch. 20th.
With the search for the Allen
gang fruitless on the eve of the
seventh day since the court house
tragedy, it seems probable to
night that the death list soon
may be increased to six before
morning. Andrew P. Howlett,
who was shot in the back, is like
ly not to live through the night
He was trying to protect his
wife from the shower of lead
which killed the sheriff and two
others, and set the countryside
into such a state of excitement
as it had never known. The ball
cut through his body, coming
out above the chest.
Change of Schedule on Raleigh
& Charleston.
A slight change of schedule
will go into effect on the Ral
eigh & Charleston railroad next
Sunday. The morning train to
Marion, S. C. , which leaves now
at 9.45. will leave at 10 o'clock
and the afternoon train from
Marion -will arrive at 5:30 instead
of 5:40.
THREE KILLED AT WADESBORO.
Two Young Ladies and a Small
Girl Buried Under Falling
Walls.
WaiJesboro Annian. March 2).
At H o'clock this morning the
the wails of the Parsons Drug
Co.'s store, a two-story brick
structure standing on the public
square of this city, crashed with
a loud noise and buried a num
ber of men and women beneath
the ruins, killing at least three
of them instantly. The dead are
little Virginia May Covington,
oldest daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
J. M. Covington, Jr. ; Miss Mari
on and Miss Lora Little, young
est daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Little, all of W adesboro.
Mrs. J. M. Covington and her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. J. M. Cov
ington, Jr., and little Virginia
May, and Mrs L. D. Robinson
were seated at a table in the cor
ner of the store, with the Misses
Little, when the crash came.
When the bystanders realized
what had happened, they rushed
in regardless of their own lives
and succeeded in bringing out
the two Mrs. Covingtons and
Mrs. Robeson. The little girl
was found pinned beneath the
heavy timbers, dead. No trace
of the Misses Little was found
until a great part of debris had
been removed. During the
time men worked like demons
and in an hour the body of Miss
Lora was found. It was several
hours later before the body of
Miss Marion was located and
taken from the ruins.
A force of hands were at work
under the building, making ex
cavations for the purpose of re
modeling the store. Mr. Dock
Cranford, who has charge of
these, noticed that the walls
were cracking and told someone
about the store that they were
unsafe. Mr. Harry Covington,
one of the clerks, had phoned to
Mr. Brasington, the contractor,
that the walls had been declared
unsafe before the crash came.
Mr. Cranford had gone out to
take another look, when he no
ticed that they were falling. He
called to those inside, but it was
too late.
TALKS ON PHYTHIANISM.
Grand Chancellor McLean and
Grand Vice Chancellor Taylor
Address a Lumberton Audi
ence. Quite a crowd, though the audi
ence was nothing like as large
as it - should have been, assem
bled in the court house Tuesday
evening to hear some speeches on
Pythianism. Hon. C. C. McLean
of Greensboro, grand chancellor
of the Knights of Pythias of
North Carolina, and Grand Vice
Chancellor Walker Taylor, of
Wilmington, were the speakers.
Mr. Taylor was the first to
speak and he was introduced by
Mr. T. A. McNeill. He congrat
ulated the town upon its progress
and praised the county's excel
lent couit house. Mr. Taylor had
much to say about the lack of
brotherly love and friendship
among Pythians at large to-day.
He attributes this largely to com
mercialism, men are allowing too
much of their time to be taken
up in business, thereby neglect
ing social interests that are of
vital importance. He says that
there is too much lawlessness.
Too many lawbreakers are allow
ed to go without punishment.
Mr. McLean was introduced by
Mr. L. R. Varser. He said that
this was his first visit to Lumber
ton and that he was greatly im
pressed with the town, there is
evidence of much progress and a
people that are wide awake. Mr,
McLean in a brief way reviewed
the life of the order, giving quite
a bit of its history. He told of
the North Carolina Pythian Home
at Clayton, which has been erect
ed for orphans. The building has
recently been completed and Mr.
McLean says that it has all been
paid for and that there is still a
snug little sum in the treasury.
From start to finish Mr. McLean's
speech was excellent.
After Mr. McLean's speech
Mr. A. E. White made a few re
marks in behalf of the local
Pythians. therewas some music,
and about an hour and a half of
good entertainment had ended.
The Lumberton orchestra and
the Truman quartette furnished
the music. '
LOCAL BRIEFS
Middling cotton today, 10
cents.
The street sprinkler has
made its appearance again.
There will be an entertain
ment Saturday at the Hopewell
school, Indian, near Elrod. It
will consist of dialogues, speech
es and the like. Prof. E. Low
ery is principal.
Mr. P. P. Green, a local tin
ner, while doing some tinning at
Fairmont Tuesday had the mis
fortune of cutting badly three
fingers of his right hand on a
piece of tin. He has been unable
to work since.
-Ex-Sheriff Geo. B. McLeod
has added greatly to the appear
ance of the square on which his
residence is located by the re
moval of the little two-room cot
tage on the corner of Chestnut
and Fifth streets.
A colonial play will be given
tomorrow evening in the audi
torium of the school building at
St. Paul under the auspices of
"Eastern Stars," a society of
that village. The, exercises will
start at 8 o'clock "and the admis
sion will be 10 and 15 cents.
Mr. Jno. D. McAllister has
had material placed on the
grounds and work has been com
menced on the foundation of a
two-story eight-room residence
on Sixth street, between the resi
dences of Mr. J. A. McAllister
and the one occupied by Mr.
Wade Wishart.
Rev. R. E. Steele, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, will
use as his subject Sunday morn
ing "Good Roads and How to
Build Them." The subject for
the Christian Endeavor Society,
at the same church in the eve
ning of the same day will be
"The Saloon and its Allies."
-Mr. A. E. White and Mr. D.
D. French left last evening for
New York to purchase goods for
the firm of White & Gougb, of
which firm Mr. White is senior
member and Mr. French head
clerk. They will be away about
ten days. Mr. Frank Gougb,
junior member of the firm, in
tended to go with Mr. White but
is detaiped at home on account
of sickness in his family.
Jurors for Federal Court
Jorors for the Federal term of
court which convenes in Wil
mington May 6 have been drawn.
The jurors are not to attend un
til Tuesday, May 7, as court will
not actually begin until that time.
The jurors for Robeson and near
by counties are: First week
Bladen, Beatie Singletary, Jas.
H. Clark, G. H. Cromartie, J. E.
Elkins; Columbus, Bence Pierce.
Jas. High, Sr., V. O. Edmund;
Cumberland, C. L Campbell, C.
E. Ayer, Nathan Williams, Dan
iel Horn; Richmond, H. H. Cov
ington, Jno. Thrower, R. W.
Smith, N. A. Campbell; Robeson,
V. D. Johnson, I. J. Prevatt W.
A. Savage, J. Ed Tyson; Scot
land, D. C. McNeill, Jas. P. Mc
Lean, Hector McLean, Thos. J.
GilL Second week -Bladen, T.
Thompson; Columbus, V. H. El
derdice, Lon Brown; Cumber
land, P.E. Smith; Richmond, B.
Whiting; Robeson, Nathan Britt;
Scotland, Hinton James.
Insolent Negro Killed by White
Woman.
Near Straits, Carteret county,
last Saturday, Oscar Crowley, a
negro, was killed by a white
woman, Mrs. Chas. Williamson.
Crowley went to the Williamson
home and when he found that
Mr. Williamson was away he ep
tered the house, sat down, or
dered something to eat, which
Mrs. Williamson served him,
then drew a pistol and told the
woman he would kill her if 3he
attempted to leave. He then or
dered a basin of water so that he
could wash his feet She com
plied with this request aud went
in search of a towel. Under the
towel rack she saw an axe, which
she hid behind her and returned
to the negro,and when he stooped
to dry his feet she crushed his
skull with the axe.
United States Senator La Fol
lette of Wisconsin carried North
Dakota in a Presidential prefer
ence primary held Tuesday. -His
manager claims 20.000 votes over
Roosevelt.