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VOL XLIU NO. 20.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1912.
WHOLE NO. 2754
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ROBESON REPUBLICANS MEET.
Solid for Roosevelt Delegates
to State and Congressional
Conventions Elected Jidge
Little of Charlotte Spellbinds
a Little for the Rough Rider
R. A. McLean, Democrat, Has
a Bad Quarter of an Hour
When R. A. McLean, Repub
lican, is Elected a Delegate.
The county Republican con
vention for the election of dele-
fates to the congressional and
State conventions was held here
in the court house Saturday. The
congressional convention will be
held in Fayetteville on May 8
and the State convention in Ral
eigh on May 15. The meeting
was called to order at 12 o clock
by Mr. B. F. McLean of Maxton,
secretary of the county execu
tive committee, in the absence of
Mr. S. A. Edmund, chairman of
the committee, who is sick in
the Thompson hospital, having
suffered a stroke of paralysis
about two weeks ago. Mr. Mc
Lean was made permanent chair
man of the meeting and Mr. W.
J. Currie of Maxton was made
secretary. On roll calf of the 21
townships 15 of them were rep
resented. The number present
at the meeting was about 45. The
following were elected delegates:
Congressional Messrs. W. H.
Kinlaw, W. K. Culbreth. Pat Mc
Eachern. W. J. Currie, V. H.
Taylor, S. L. Parker, W. R. At
kinson, Dan Fields, J. C. Snod
dy, W. R. Lawson, N. Mc. Mc
Neill; State-W. J. McDonald,
Giles Davis, J. G. Brown, E. E.
Johnson, N. T. Andrews, H. M.
Brown, J. J. Shaw. E. E. Shooter,
A. B. Mercer, H. F. Purvis, B.
F. McLean and R. A. McLean.
After the election of the dele
gates Mr. J. E. Little of Char
lotte addressed the convention.
He was introduced by Mr. W. H.
Kinlaw. Mr. Little spoke for
about half an hour and devoted
the major part of his time to
national issues, citing many in
stances where Mr. Taf t has been
out of harmony with his party
and said that Col. Theodore
Roosevelt is the only logical man
for the Republican presidential
nominee. Mr. Little said that
he thought there should be some
reform in the administration of
the party's affairs in the State
and he thought there
some steps taken at
convention to bring
desired changes.
The delegates
convention were
cast the county s
12 votes for
President.
Resolutions were read and
adopted deploring the absence
and illness of Mr. Edmund, coun
ty chairman.
In the convention the most
amusing and interesting thing to
many there assembled hinges on
the name of the last aboved-nam-ed
delegate to the State conven
tion. There are two R. A. Mc
Leans in the county, one of them
a Republican, the other a Demo
crat. The one elected is. of
course, a Republican and he lives
in Alfordsville township; the oth
er is one of Lumberton's young
attorneys and is a son of the late
Col. N. A. McLean. He is fa
miliarly known as Gus. Just
about the time the organization
had been perfected and business
started "Gus" came in and occu
pied a seat near the main en
trancejust as a mere spectator,
of course, , and nothing more.
Then it was that some gentle
man rose to the floor and sug
gested the names of 12 men, the
last being R. A. McLean, for
delegates to the State conven
tion. Gus kinder straightened up
in his seat, but kept reasonably
still until the men were placed
in nomination and elected unani
mously. Then he could stand it
no longer, so he slipped around a
few seats and asked Mr. Hector
Brown of Pembroke, who was
taking an active part in the con
vention, to please have his name
withdrawn from the list of dele
gates. Well, it was fun to quite
a number in the convention who
were wise to what was happen
ing. Gus says that he thought Dr.
T. A. Norment, who was in the
meeting, was trying to play a joke
on him, but the doctor says that
he should have known better for
they did not want anything but a
good Republican for the place.
TOWN PRIMARY.
would be
the State
about the
to the State
instructed to
fuii strength
Roosevelt for
Will be Pulled Off Tomorrow -Little
Interest Candidates to
Be Voted For.
The town primary for the
nomination of a mayor, three
town commissioners, three mem
bers of the board of audit and
finance and four school trustees
will be held tomorrow. There is
a great deal of difference be
tween the interest now and a
year ago. Then the interest was
at white-heat; now nobody seems
to care a hang which way things
go, though of course some quiet
work has been done in the inter
est of the candidates for the
office of mayor. The names of
the following have been filed!
with the managers of the pri
mary and will be voted on to
morrow between suns:
For mayor -W. 0. Thompson,
A. P. Caldwell.
For town commissioners J. D.
Proctor, D. P. Walters, J. T.
Biggs, H. C Freeman, C. B.
Redmund, S. H. Hamilton, J. H.
Floyd. Three are to be elected
to succeed J. D. McMillan, Geo.
G. French and J. L. Stephens,
whose terms expire.
For board of audit and finance
-Frank Gough. T. A. McNeill.
Sr., W. S. Britt, E. L. Holloway,
L. C. Townsend. Three are to
be elected. The three first-nam
ed are the present members of
the board.
For graded school trustees
R. D. Caldwell, Alf. H. McLeod.
Q. T. Williams, C. B. Townsend,
present members of the board
whose terms expire.
Mr. and Mrs. Peace to Fayette
ville Mr. Brown Arrives.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Peace will
move tomorrow tc Fayetteville.
where Mr. Peace, as has been
mentioned in The Robesonian,
succeeds Mr. J. 0. Ellington as
vice president of the Fourth
National Bank of that place. Mr.
R. H. Crichton has rented Mr.
Peace's house on Elm street and
he and Mrs. Crichton will occupy
it for the next six months. Mr.
Chas. V. Brown, formerly State
Bank examiner, who succeeds
Mr. Peace as cashier of the Bank
of Lumberton, arrived this morn
ing from Raieigh to assume his
nev duties. Mrs. Brown and
their small son will join him
here as soon as satisfactory
boarding arrangements can be
made.
Mr. Brown, as has been stated
in The Robesonian, comes highly
recommended and Lumberton
welcomes him and his family as
sincerely as the town regrets to
lose Mr. and Mrs. Peace, who
have occupied prominent posi
tions in the life of the commun
ity since coming here three years
ago.
PAUL
For any nain, trom top to to. from
, any , cause, :appJx fir.- Thomas ' Electric
-Oil. rain cant stay wnere it is used.
School Closings.
The school at Barker's closed
Friday. There were no exercises
by the pupils, but in the evening
at 8 o'clock Rev. J. W. Bradley,
pastor of Chestnut Street Meth
odist church, made a literary ad
dress to the school. Mr. A. B.
Mercer was principal of the
school.
The school at Ten Mile will
close Thursday evening with ap
propriate exercises by the school
and possibly a speaker. The ex
ercises will begin at 7:30 o'clock.
Miss Mattie Dunlop is principal
and Miss Cora Britt is assistant.
The Oakdale school near
Marietta, F. L. Jernegan princi
pal for the past two years, closed
April 19 with a record from the
best of being by far the best
conducted and instructive school
ever recorded in the history of
Oakdale.
Graded School Commencement
Mr. L. G Ellis, a Native of
this Section, Dies in Georgia
Personal. b
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
St. Paul, Apr. 27-The St.
Paul graded school closed yes
terday. Un lhursday the com
mencement sermon was preached
by Rev. C. H. Durham of Lum
berton. Friday morning the
.boys and gins entered into a
contest for medals for best re
citer and declaimer. Miss Clyde
Howard won the medal for the
best reciter and J. M. Hester was
the lucky contestant among the
boys. In the afternoon the lit
erary address wa3 delivered by
Mr. E. J. Britt of Lumberton,
and then came the presentation
of the medals and prizes. At 8
o'clock came the concert by the
whole school. The exercises
were greatly appreciated by all
present, and there was a
good crowd to enjoy the occas
ion. The music was good all
the way through; the Lumber
ton quartette and the Parkton
concert band never fail to please.
Mr. T. G. Ellis died at his
home in Summerworth county,
Ga.. on the 19th inst. Mr. Ellis
was a native of Cumberland or
Harnett county. He went to
Timmonsville, S. -C, soon after
the War Between the States to
work turpentine. He was about
75 years old when the end came.
In December, 1884, he was
married to Miss Nancy Francis
Rhodes, a sister of Mr. C. B.
Rhodes now of this place.
Soon after the marriage he
moved to Georgia. Two daugh
ters and one son survive
them Mrs. Ellis died in
1896. Mr. Ellis was a good, man,
soldier and citizen, having served
through the Civil War. We
deeply sympathise with the be
reaved ones.
Rev. E. L. Weston has gone to
Winston-Salem this week to help
in a meeting at that place. He
will return home about the middle
of next week. Mr. A. I. Mc
Donald returned from a trip
North this morning We were
glad to see The Robesionian man
Mr. Bethune at the commence
ment Miss Janie Cobb of Row
land was here at our commence
ment. We noticed quite a crowd
from Lumber Bridge at the com
mencement yesterday, among
them being Miss Elma Johnson,
who has relatives here.
THOMPSON WINS
Jetter Williams Loses Suit for
Damages Against Dr. N. A.
Thompson of Lumberton in
Columbus Court
n?porte.i for the P.obeonan
Dr. N. A. Thompson and I. Is
attorneys Messrs. L. R. Varser
ind R. C. Lawrence returned
Friday; from Whiteviile, where
they attended the trial of the
suit of J. H. Williamson
against tne doctor and his
pital. Robesoniar. readers
recall that in the summer of
Mr. Williamson was thrown
a horse with tne result th
SURVEY OF LUMBEE.
Senator Simmons Secures Provis
ion fcr Survey of Lumber
River Preliminary to Appro
priation for Improvement.
Mr. A. W. McLean received
Friday a letter from
LOCAL BRIEFS j
today, irtlcLDmfr. 11
midaling, 11.37.
Cotton
cents; good
-Prof. R. E. Sentelle. super
intendent of the Lumberton mrf.
Senator ied school, will deliver the litera-
simmons in which he states he rv address at the commencement
has secured an amendment to!f tne Olivet 3chool at Marietta
the general river and harbors ! on rridav of this week.
providing for
Jr..
hos-will
1910
irom
it his
A meeting of the Kitchin
club will be held this evening at
8 o'clock at the court house.
Almost a Miracle.
One of the most Btartling changes
ever seen in any man, according tow.
B. Holsclaw, Clarendon, Texas, was
effected years ago in his brother. "He
had such a dreadful cough," he writes,
"that all our family thought he was
going into consumption, but he began
to use Dr. King's New Discovery, and
was completely cured by ten bottles.
Now he is sound and well and weighs
218 pounds. For many years our family
has used this wonderful remedy for
Coughs and Colds with excellent re
sults." It's quick, safe, reliable and
guaranteed. Price 50 cents and f 1.00.
Trial bottle free at all druggists,
Minor Court Cases Gambling
Den Raided and Eight ' 'Coons' '
Bagged.
As a result of a raid by Chief
of Police H. H. Redfern and Po
liceman Joe Stone on a gambling
den in the "Bottom", just across
the Seaboard railroad, yesterday
afternoon about 3 o'clock seven
negroes are in jail. They were
caught in the act and they will
be given a hearing before Mayor
White this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Walter Bennett, colored, was
arrested Saturday evening on a
charge of disorderly conduct and ,
Leslie Jones, also colored, was!
arrested Saturday evening fori
an affray. Both were placed in
jail. Jones gave a $100 bond for
his appearance at trial Wednes
day and was released from jail
yesterday. Bennett will be giv
en a hearing this afternoon at 4
o'clock.
Alex. Share, colored, was ar
rested here Thursday by Deputy
Marshel J. B. Boyle, of Maxton,
on a charge of retailing and was
given a hearing before Commis
sioner W. H. Kinlaw. Sufficient
evidence was found to carry the
case to Federal court and Share
was required to give a $200 bond
for his appearance, failing to do
which he was placed in jail, but
later made bond and was releas
ed.
arm wa3 dislocated and broken
and his left thigh broken near
the knee. He was brought to
the Thompson hospital for treat
ment and thereafter brought
suit against the hospital and
Dr. Thompson individually fr
$20,000, alleging negligence in
the setting of his broken leg.
The action was heard before
Judge Peebles and a jury last
week in the superior court of
Columbus county. After hear
ing the evidence the court was
of opinion that there was no
evidence fit to be submitted to
the jury of negligence upon the
part of the hospital or Dr.
Thompson and therefore directed
that judgment be entered in
favor of the defendants and that
the plaintiff Williamson be taxed
with the costs of the action.
Williamson s attorney gave
notice of an appeal to Supreme
Court.
Quite a number of physicians
were in attendance upon the trial,
among them being Drs. Jno.
Knox and T. C. Johnson of Lum
berton, J. L. McMillan of Red
Springs, A. G. Floyd of Fair
Bluff, W. H. Crowell of White
viile, Slayde Smith of Bolton and
Murat Willis of Richmond, Va.
These gentlemen all testified
that Dr. Thompson used the
usual and most approved method
ot treatment for the injury
Dr. Willis, who attended thetria
and gave evidence on behalf o
Dr. Thompson, is one of the
proprietors of the Johnson Willis
Sanatorium in Richmond and is
one of the most prominent sur
geons in the South. He operated
upon the plaintiff after he left
the hospital at Lumberton. He,
with other physicians, testified to
excellent character of the treat
ment given the plaintiff in the
hospital at Lumberton and
stated that it was the same treat
ment as in use in his institution.
b;il, providing for a survev of
j Lumoer river from its mouth to
I the turnpike bridge over the riv
er in Hoke and Scotland coun
ties ! This survey, of course, is pre
liminary to an appropriation for
the improvement of the river.
Lumber river will et be made
navigable.
Civic Association Meets Friday
Evening.
The Lumberton Civic Associa
tion will meet Friday evening at
8:30 o'clock in the reading room
of the Industrial and Commercial
Club. Business of importance is
to be transacted and a full , at
tendance of members is desired.
Read the big full page adver
tisement on page three of the
great bargains to be offered be
ginning Wednesday, . May 1st, at
gLD. Caldwell & -Son's depart-
esoman. ment store.
Perpetrators of a Practical Joke
Taxed With Costs of Trial.
It was told in Thursday Robe
sonian how some boys had some
fun over at the Lumberton Cot
ton Mills village a week ago this
evening Dy nxing up a dummy
to represent a negro man, firing
off a pistol a few times and fool
ing some people into thinking
that a coon had been shot. Mr.
Walter Nance, who was men
tioned as being among the ones
fooled, says theaccount was not
altogether correct, that he is not
now township constable and has
not been for two years, and that
it was Mayor J. D. Edwards of
East Lumberton who ordered
everybody to keep hands off the
supposed dead negro until Coro
ner Rancke could arrive on the
scene of the bloody tragedy. Mr.
Nance says that The Robesonian
reporter failed to learn an im
portant additional fact, namely,
that Marvin Barker, Frank Wish
art, Haywood Tyner and Will
Baxley were tried before Mayor
Edwards Tuesday in connection
with this same incident and were
taxed with the costs for disturb
ing the peace.
All Dogs Must be Muzzled Be
tween April and October.
At a special meeting of the
mayor and town commissioners
Friday the following ordinance
was passed and will be enforced:
All dogs owned or kept within
the corporated limits of the town
of Lumberton must be muzzled
by their owner, between the 26th
day of April, 1912, and Oct. 1st
in said year, and between said
dates in each and every year
thereafter. Any dog owned or
kept in said town between said
dates without being muzzled is
hereby declared a nuisance and
shall be-killed. Any person own
ing or keeping a dog within said
corporate limits of the town of
Lumberton between said dates.
riot muzWoTa
Among the Sick.
Miss Maud Watson of Winston
Salem underwent an operation
for appendicitis at the Thompson
hospital, where she is a trained
nurse, last night and is getting
along nicely today. She was up
all night Saturday night nursing
a patient and her appendix was
found in bad condition.
Mr. S. A. Edmund, who suffer
ed a stroke of paralysis two
weeks ago yesterday and has
since beeri confined at the Thomp
son hospital, continues to improve
slightly, though he is still con
fined to bed.
Mr. Geo. Thompson of route
4 from Lumberton, was
taken yesterday to High
smith's hospital, Fayetteville,
where yesterday afternoon at
2 o'clock he underwent an op
eration for appendicitis. A mes
sage from Fayetteville this morn
ing was to the effect that his con
dition is not as favorable as was
expected. Mr. Joe Thompson,
his brother, who clerks for the
firm of Messrs. White & Gough,
left this morning for Fayette
ville to be with him.
Mrs. A. W. and Mr. A. T. Mc
Lean returned this morning from
Maxton, where they had been
with their brother-in-law and
brother, Mr. Hector McLean,
who has been confined to his
bed for 20 weeks today. Mr. A. I
VY. McLean has been with his!
Licenses have been issued
for the marriage of Annie Neill
and Tom Hill; Verrena May El
liott and C. B. Edwards; A.
Patience Alford and Alex Wat
son; Tamer Arnett and W. C.
Hall.
Mr. R. E. Lewis, of Saddle
Tree township, who has for
some time been understood to be
a candidate for the office of
sheriff of Robeson county, has a
card in this issue formally an
nouncing his candidacy.
Dr. W. A. McPhaul has pur
chased from Mr. Weinstein a lot
50 feet by 166 on Elm street. The
property adjoins the lot on which
Dr. McPhaul is erecting his hand
some residence in North Lum
berton. The consideration was
12.000.
Sanitary SuTtday " 1 wa ob
served here yesterday, a!! the
preachers of the town devoting
their morning sermons to talks
along sanitary lines. Rev. C. H.
Durham, pastor of the First Bap
tist church, talked about some
local conditions that should be
remedied, and his sermon will be
reported in Thursday's paper.
Rev. and Mrs. F. R. Card well
left this morning for Indiana,
where they will make their
future home. Mr. Card well had
been pastor of the Gospel taber
nacle since the death of Rev. F.
Weiss, which occurred some
months ago. Mr. Cardwell re
signed as pastor about a month
ago to accept a charge in Indiana.
His successor has not yet been
named.
At a meeting of the session
of the Presbyterian church held
yesterday morning immediately
after the morning service Mr.
brother all the time for the past I M- G, Mckenzie was re-elected
ten days with the exception of
Friday last, which day he spent
in Lumberton. Mr. A. T. Mc
Lean will return to Maxton to
night. Mr. Hector McLean's
condition was considered some
what more favorable this morn
ing. He rested better yester
day and last night than usual.
Mr. W. F. BulIliUNot be a
Candidate for County Com
missioner. To The Voters of Robeson County:
I desire to announce to the vot
ers of Robeson county that it will
be impossible for me to accept
the nomination as a candidate
for county commissioner which
was tendered me in the citizens'
mass meeting held at Pembroke
on April 19th, 1912.
Private business demands my
attention and has too many claims
on my time for me to enter the
race.
However, I wish to express
my thanks and appreciation to
those of the convention who saw
fit to place my name on the tick
et. I further wish tc state that
I am in thorough sympathy with
the measures of relief adopted
in tnat piattorm, as Kobeson
county is sadly in need of the
proposed reforms.
W. F. Bullock.
Rowland, N. C,
Matters Between Hoke and
Robeson Adjusted.
In squaring accounts between
Robeson and the new county of
Hoke it was found that Hoke owes
Robeson S3.915.21. The annual
nterest on this amount at 5 and
5h per cent, amounts to $208.81,
Davable Mav 1 and November 1.
and check for this installment
will be due the first of next
month. County Auditor A. T.
Parmele, who is a member of the
committee appointed to repre
sent Robeson in adjusting mat
ters between the two counties, has
made a proposition to Hoke
county which will obviate the
necessity of keeping accounts
open between the two counties
for 28 years and by which Robe
son county will gain nearly
$1,500. Mr. Parmele received a
letter Saturday from the chair-
m . l l 1 . M
man or tne Doara oi commis
sioners of Hoke county advising
that in all probability this settle-
superintendent of the Sunday
school and Messrs. Alf H. Mc
Leod and J. P. Russell elected
assistants. Mr. W. K. Bethune
was re-elected secretary and Mr.
Jame3 Williamson was elected
treasurer,
Maxton Scottish Chief: At a
meeting of the board of directors
of the Bank of Robeson, held on
April 22, Mr. O. C. Spaulding
tendered his resignation as cash
ier to take effect May 22. Mr.
Spaulding stated that he resign
ed only because he had deter
mined to go into the insurance
business on a large scale, and
therefore would not have time to
devote to the duties of cashier.
Antioch correspondence Hoke
County Journal: We are not
going to attempt a report of Mr.
A. W. McLean's address at An
tioch till next issue. We will
say now, however, that it was
like everything he does, of the
highest order. North Carolina
has many sons of whom she is
justly proud. To our mind
there is none greater than A.
McLean, of Lumberton.
Mr. R. C. Lawrence went
Friday night to Winton, Hert
ford county, in lesponse to a
telegram advising that his brother-in-law,
Mr. R. C. Bridger, an
attorney at Winton, had been
stabbed. Mr. Lawrence returned
home Saturday night. He found
that Mr. Bridger wa3 wounded
In the face and neck but his in
juries are not considered serious
unless lockjaw results. He was
stabbed in the court room just
after court had adjourned by
another attorney, J. R Mitcheil,
who grossly insulted Mr. Bridger
and was knocked down bv Mr.
Bridger before he was stabbed.
There had been bad blood be
tween the men for some time.
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