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VOL XLUI NO. 21. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1912. WHOLE NO. 275S
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HOPE MILLS HAPPENINGS
Death of Mrs. Martha Biggs
Planting, Growing and Pick
ing Cotton Church ' Services
Personal.
Comapondene of The Robeaonian.
Hope Mills. Apr. 29 Rt Rev,
Robert Strange, bishop of the
Diocese of East Carolina, wil
preach in Christ church, Hope
Mills, Sunday morning at 1
o'clock and evening at 7:30.
There will be a celebration of the
noly communion at the morning
service and a class will be con
firmed at the evening service,
Mrs. Martha Biggs, wife of the
late Alexander Biggs, died on
last Friday morning in the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Da
vis. Mrs. Biggs was in the six
tieth year of her age and for
a
number of years was a faithfu
member of the Methodist church
at Cumberland. The funera
services were conducted from
the residence by her pastor, Rev
F. S. Bocton, and interment was
made in the cemetery at Cum
berland Methodist church. "The
deceased u survived by three
sons and one daughter J. S.
Biggs of Rocky Mt. M. A. Biggs
of Elkin, W. L. Biggs and Mrs
J. H. Davis of Hope Mills.
On last Thuisday Mr. H. H.
Pate, postmaster at Hope Mills,
went over the rural route No.
from Hope Mills, and on his trip
he saw three cotton fields which
joined each other, and in one&
field cotton was being planted, in
another the plant was coming up
and in the third the white fleece
was being picked out of the boll
How is that for growing cotton?
On last Sunday evening at
o'clock the annual sermon of the
Odd Fellows of Hope Mills was
preached in the Methodist church
by Rev. Ennis Home of Rocking
ham. The congregation was
large and the sermon was help
ful.
Mrs. Jannet Ray and her
daughter Miss Sallie are visiting
relatives in Goldston this week
Mrs. N. C. Duncan, who is
now in the Highsmith hospital
for treatment, is improving, her
many friends will be glad to
note. Mrs. Duncan has been
sick for several weeks and it is
hoped her recovery may be
speedy and 3he may soon return
to her home in Hope Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Johnson
are visiting relatives in Hope
Mills this week. Mr. Johnson is
of the United States Navy.
Among the Sick.
It was reported Tuesday af
ternoon that Mr. E. D. McNeill
had suffered a stroke of paralysis,
but that was error. Mr. Mfr
Neill has since been on the streets
apparently none the worse for a
slight indisposition Tuesday
which gave rise to the report
. The condition of Mr. Durham
Lewis, who lives with his son
Mr. R. E. Lewis, five miles from
town, and who suffered a stroke
of paralysis some months ago, is
considered very much improved.
Mr. Lewis is the second oldest
man on route 1 from Lumberton.
Misses Elizabeth and Mary
Miller Snead, of Fairfax county,
Va., and Mr. Jno. P. Snead, of
Smidley, Va , arrived Tuesday
morning in response to a message
announcing the illness of their
mother, Mrs. Sallie Snead, who
is a guest here at the home of
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. L. R. Varser. Mrs.
Snead's condition
was thought to be
this morning
somewhat im-
proved.
Master Hinston McLeod, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Alf H. McLeod,
who has been sick for several
days with fever, was thought to
be somewhat better this morn
ing.
Mr. Harry McGill, who about
a month ago sustained injuries
at the Dresden cotton mill on ac
count of the falling of an eleva-
tor, went this morning to Wil
mington, where he will undergo
an Y.m ovominntinn Ha who
accompanied by Drs. N. A.
Thompson ana 1. u. Johnson.
Mr. McGill was on the elevator
kvhen it fell and it is thought that
his right hip is dislocated.
The oahleshin McKav-Bennett
I arrived at Halifax. N. S., with
190 of the White Star liner Ti-
tuniVH dead Adh 30. Fiftv-
I seven of those reported before
the ship's arrival as identified
had of necessity been cast again
into the sea.
PROCTORVILLE POINTS.
Crop Prospects Good Business
Items Much Tobacco Planted
Personal Mention.
CimnoDilMet of Th Robeaonian.
Proctorville, Apr. 29-The
farmers are principally through
planting aroundJjere. Prospects
for a goodtsrop seem to be bet
ter this year than at this time
last year. It is becoming rather
dry for crops that are recently
planted, and we fear it will cause
a poor stand.
Rev. W. W. Willis filled his
regular appointment at the First
Baptist church hee yesterday,
and preached an able and in
structive sermon, his theme
being' "Christ the World's
Friend." Mr. Willis is an able
speaker and was called Sunday
to fill the pastorate here for the
year, and those near by will do
well to hear him every 4th Sun
day at H o'clock a. m.
Mr. W. R. Surles, of this place,
who is a distinguished traveling
salesman for W. B. Cooper Co.
of Wilmington, attended the
Wholesale Grocery Association
convention at Birmingham, Ala.,
last week and reports a splendid
trip, but returned home Satur
day on the sick list.
Mr. H. Barnes is in the mer
cantile business l Careffitonf
during the berry season.
Mr. I. P. Graham returned last
week from King's Business Col
lege at Raleigh, where he gradu
ated in the commercial course re
cently.
Mr. J. E. Spivey and son Clyde,
of Orrum, left Saturday for Fort
Myers, Fla., where they will be
engaged in the lumber business
throughout the summer season.
Mr. Ira Spivey, who is agent
for the A. C. L. Ry. Co. at
Myrtle Beach, S. C, was in this
section Saturday night and Sun
day visiting friends and relatives.
Messrs. B. F. Collins and John
McNeill, of Lumberton, were in
town Sunday. Mr. J. H. Gra
ham, of near here, went to Fay-
etteville last week, where he will
remain a few days visiting his
sons Messrs. W. A. and Thade
ous Graham. '-Quite a number of
our young folk took in the com
mencement exercises at Fairmont
last week and report a delight
ful time. Misses Meekie Gra
ham and Lillie Humphrey are
spending a few days with friends
and relatives near Fayetteville.
Friends of Mr. Geo. C. Atkinson,
who has been quite sick lately,
will be glad to learn that he is
well on the road to recovery.
If we go by the amount of to
bacco that has been planted the
last few days, we would say that
the prices of cigars should de
cline, for there has been more
planted in this country than has
ever been one year before. We
nope the farmers will not witness
such a fall-out on prices as they
did on cotton last year.
"Jumbo."
An Ostrich Stunt Somebody
Cuts Judgment From Court
Docket, but Judgment
Stands.
Tuesday afternoon Clerk of
the Court C. B. Skipper found
that somebody during his ab-
sence at dinner cut out or the
judgment docket record of a
final jugement in Dr. N. A.
Thompson vs. W. H. Inman, the
judgment being in favor of the
plaintiff in the sum of $143, with
interest from February last. If
guilty person thought to destroy
all record of the case he did a
poor job, for the record stands
elsewhere; It was a very foolish
thing to do and reminds one of
he silly ostrich, which sticks
its head in the sand and, with
all the rest of its body sticking
up like a hill, imagines that it is
completely hidden.
Long Branch Locals.
Correspondence of The Robeaonian.
Lumberton, R. F. D. 4, Apr.
29 Mr. J. D. Johnson of St.
Paul spent Saturday and Sunday
with his sister Mrs. Thurman
Rice Mr. Geo. E. Thompson
eft yesterday morning for Fav-
etteville, where he will undergo
an operation for appendicitis, ac
companied by Mrs. Thompson.
We hope for him a speedy recov
ery.
A mad dog passed through
here Friday and bit several dogs.
Sorry to report Miss Thetus
Lamb sick with measles.
School closed Friday after a
most successful term.
Brown Eyes.
TOWN PRIMARY.
Caldwell Nominated for Mayor
by Two Votes The Vote
Election Monday.
The town primary held Tues
day resulted as follows:
For mayor A P. Caldwell;
commissioners J. D. Proctor,
D. P. Walters, C. B. Redmond;
school trustees R. D. Caldwell.
Alf. H. McLeod, Q. T. "Williams,
C. B. Townsend; board of audit
and finance T. A McNeill, Sr.,
Frank Gough, W. S. Britt.
Nomination is equivalent to
election, but election to confirm
these nominations will be hefd
Monday, May 6. The primary
was not exactly a grand sweet
song, but very little interest was
taken in it generally, though
friends of the candidates for
mayor did some hard work. The
vote for the various candidates
stood as follows:
For mayor Caldwell 169,
Thompson 167; for commissioners
Proctor 172, Walters 203, J. T.
Biggs 112, H. C. Freeman 118,
Redmond 130, S. H. Hamilton
124, J. H. Floyd 74; audit and
finance board Gough 269, Mc
Neill 217, Britt 152, E. L. Hollo-
way 81, L. C. Townsend 14o.
The old board of audit and
finance" was re-elected, also the
members of the school board
whose terms expire. There was
no opposition to the school board,
hence the vote for the candidates
is not given.
The primary was a quiet and
orderly and tame affair as com
pared with the primary a year
ago. There was a large stay-a
way vote.
RED SPRINGS BUDGET.
Mr. A. D. McLeod's Condition
Improved May Day on the
7th Social and Personal.
Correspondence of The Robeaonian.
Red Springs, April 30
Miss Bess Jones visited
relatives in Dublin several
days of last week. Dr. C. G.
Vardell expects to leave this
week for Princeton, N. J., where
he will attend the centennial an
niversary of Princeton Univer
sity. While there he will also
attend a reunion of his class.
Dr. Roscoe McMillan spent Tues
day in Fayetteville on profes
sional business. -Miss Anna de
Vane, who spent the winter
months in Florida, is at home
again. Mrs. George Bullock and
Miss Mary Mcn,achern nave re
turned from a week's stay in
Atlanta, where they went to at
tend the week of grand opera.
Miss Beatrice Farquhar enter
tained a few friends at an at
home Friday afternoon at the
residence of her sister Mrs. Bar
tram Robeson. The young
ladies enjoyed Miss Farquhar's
hospitality to the fullest extent,
and all went away saying she
was an ideal hostess.
The college girls are preparing
extensively for the May day ex
ercises which will be held on the
campus next Tuesday, May 7.
The crowning of the queen, the
May pole dance and drills are
always so pretty and attractive,
the different costumes of the
beautiful maidens making indeed
an alluring picture. In the eve
ning there will be an old fiddler's
convention in the college audi
torium. Fiddlers of the old type
will come from far and near to
engage in the contest. So come
one, come all and have a pleasant
evening.
We are glad to report Mr. A.
D. McLeod's condition is much
improved and his physicians now
hope for him a speedy recovery
to health and strength. Mr.
Hinton McLeod has returned to
his school in Concord, after a
stay of two weeks at his father's
bedside.
County Meeting of Farmers'
Union at Back Swamp May
16.
The county meeting of the
Robeson division of the Farmers'
Union will be held at Back
Swamp Thursday, May 16. The
meeting will convene at 10 o'clock
a. m. It is understood that din
ner will be served on the grounds,
and a good time in general is ex
pected. There is some very im
portant business to come before
the meeting,and a full delegation
from each local is expected. Re
member, one stitch in time saves
nine, and be on hand.
Grover Britt,
Sec. & Treas. Robeson Union.
DURHAM ON SANITARY
HONS.
CONDI-
MerchanU Who Expose Food to
Flies Cause Sickness and Death
Filthy Meat Markets Street
Fruit Stands Dangerous In
telkgent People Should Not
Put up With Such Conditions
It was stated in Monday's
Robesonian that the preachers
of Lumberton observed Sunday
as sanitary Sunday, as requested
by the State Board of Health.
devoting the morning hour to
sermons along sanitarv lines. and
that the remarks of Rev. C. H
Durham, pastor of the Firs
Baptist church, who spoke more
particularly of local conditions
than the others, would be re
ported in today s paper It is to
be regretted that every person
in Lumberton could not hear Mr
w at ws
uurnam s remarks, xney were
to the point exactly and calcu
lated to do great good. Space
requirements demand that his
talk be reported as briefly as pos
sible. Mr. Durham said in part:
Every hour in the United
States 175 persons die, 4,200 die
each day. 1,500.000 die each
year, and 600,000 of these deaths
are the result of preventable dis
eases. Since the litanic disas
ter two weeks ago 55,000 people
have died in the United States.
one-third of whom could have
been saved. The whole world
was shocked by that disaster and
Congress is properly mvestigat
ing it with a view to preventing
other disasters of the kind, yet
nothing is thought of the 16,000
or 18.000 deaths in the 2 weeks
since then that could have been
prevented. Much has already
been accomplished by preventive
measures and within the next
ten years we will pay doctors to
tell us how to keep well rather
than cure us after we get sick.
Antitoxin has saved the lives of
100,000 people whom diphtheria
would have carried off: vaccina
tion has saved millions of people
from smallpox. 1871 to 1874
there was an epidemic of small
pox in Austria and Prussia which
resulted in 102,000 deaths in
Austria. 172.000 deaths in Prus
sia. Prussia adopted compulsory
vaccination: Austria did not. Re
sult: in the next 20 years 8,000
people died of the disease in
Prussia, 289,000 in Austria. Dur
ing the war between Germany
and France in the seventies Ger
many compelled vaccination,
France did not: 25,000 French
soldiers died of smallpox, against
only 350 German soldiers.
Typhoid, another preventable
disease, claims 35,000 victims an
nually, while 350,000 people are
bedridden each year in the Un
ited States 6 weeks from this
disease. This disease is the
best index of the sanitary intel-
igence of a community. It is
argely disseminated by the fly
and it is our duty to keep the
flies out of our homes. Let Lum
berton destroy the fly and clean
up all places where they germi
nate. Tuberculosis claims 180,000
victims annually in the United
States, 6,000 in North Carolina.
while 500,000 are bedridden from
this disease today.
After giving these interesting
statistics Mr. Durham directed
attention to some local conditions
that should be improved.
Go into some of the grocery
stores of Lumberton and you will j
find their back doors open, and !
back of the stores is more or less
filth. You will .often find the
sugar barrel open, butter, lard,
cheese, uncovered, and flies from
the filthy back alleys swarming
over these things. These mer
chants are good citizens and
would not cause a case of typhoid
fever in a home if they knew it,
but by allowing such conditions
they may cause cases of typhoid
fever in the homes of any of
their customers. It is their duty
to keep food covered up and to
clean up.
Meat markets doors open.
flies swarming, meat exposed to
flies and dust from street. The
danger is not all removed in boil
ing the meat. A certain amount
of putrefaction sets in from the
flies and filth and the meat is
poisoned. The day is coming
when we are going to protect
ourselves from such conditions.
As intelligent people, let's stop
it Solomon said, "The prudent
man f oreseeth the evil and hideth
MR.
GRADED SCHOOL CLOSING.
Commencement Exercises Mon
day and Tuesday A Capacity
Crowd This Year.
The , graded school will close
next week with commencement
exercises Mondav and Tuesday.
It was intended to have a sermon
Sunday, but the preacher select
ed could not come and that
part of the programme had to be
cut out.
Monday will be rally day. All
pupils who have attended during
the year are requested to be
present at the exercises Monday
morning at 9 o'clock. After the
chapel exercises there will be
field-day exercises on the campus,
consisting of contests in tennis,
basketball, races, jumping,
throwing, etc. The public is in
vited to these exercises.
Monday evening beginning at
8:15 o'clock, there will be exer
cises by the primary grades
consisting of songs, recitations,
drills, etc. Admission 10 and 15
cents.
Tuesday morning, beginning
at 10:30 o'clock, there will be ex-
ercised by the graduating class,
alter which will be the literary
address by Rev. Plato T. Dur-
ham, presiding elder of the Win
ston-Salem district of the West
ern North Carolina Conference.
Tuesday evening at 8:15 the
pupils of the higher grades will
render a musical operetta entit
led "Pauline, or An Eventful
Day", at the opera house. Ad
mission 15 and 25 cents, proceeds
to go to stage and library funds.
The total enrolment during the
year just closing was 419 a ca
pacity crowd. The graduating
class consists of nine, as follows:
Lois Boone, Ruth Britt, Marga
ret Britt, Gertrude McCon
naughey, Ida Mae Sessoms. Lou
ise Townsend, Georgia Whitfield,
Mildred Williams, Chappell Wil
son. Supt. R. E. Sentelle and
all the members of the faculty
will teach next year with the ex
ception of Miss Mamie Avent,
who has resigned to accept work
elsewhere.
MAY 10 CELEBRATION.
Preparations Being Made to En-
tertain Confederate Veterans
in Lumberton May 10 W. P.
Stacy of Wilmington Speaker.
Preparations are being made
for the usual 10th of May cele
bration here in honor of the Con
federate veterans. The occasion
will be under the auspices of the
ocal chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mr. W. P. Stacy of Wilmington
will be the speaker for the day.
There will be special music and
a public dinner for the veterans.
The local chapter of the Daugh-
ers has turned the management
of the occasion over to Mr. M.
G. McKenzie and he is especial-
y anxious that all the veterans
of the county be present. He
says that he wants this to be the
argest 10th of May day for the
old soldiers that Lumberton has
ever witnessed.
Rev. C. H. Durham, pastor
of the First Baptist church,
Messrs. E. J. Britt, R. McA.
Nixon and C. M. Barker returned
this morning from Salemburg.
where yesterday they attended
the marriage of Mr. J. Abner
Barker, formerly of Lumberton
but now of Roseboro, to Miss
Florence Butler of Salemburg.
The marriage took place yester
day afternoon at 6 o'clock at the
home of the bride's parents and
Mr. Durham performed the
ceremony.
himself; the simple pass on and
are punished."
Fruit stands flies have free
access to the fruit you buy from
the stands on the street. People
pass by these stands with all
sorts of diseases, and flies and
dust settle on the fruit and vege
tables. Your child may put in
its mouth a luscious grape which
has been exposed to flies and
may contract typhoid. The thing
to do, as wise folk, is not to eat
any fruit not protected from
flies.
In conclusion, Mr. Durham
strongly advised that during an
other session at the graded school
not a public drinking cup be al
lowed. He urged that the school
trustees make a rule to that ef
fect and enforce it Many dis
eases are transmitted by the use
of public drinking cups.
LOCAL BRIEFS
-Cotton today, middling, 10
cents: good middling, 11 1-8.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. P. P.
Green, Fifth street, yesterday
morning, a boy.
A music recital' will be given
tomorrow evening, beginning at
8 o'clock, in the graded school
auditorium by pupils of Miss
Mary Weddell.
Mr. R. E. Lee. who for sev
eral years occupied rooms in the
McLeod building over the First
National Bank for the practice
of law, moved Tuesday to rooms
in the old Columbia hotel build
ing. The rooms are over the
Dixie cafe.
County Superintendent J. R.
Poole will go tomorrow morning
to Launnburg. where he will
conduct a spelling contest at
the Scotland county commence
ment. In the contest will be
representatives of all the schools
in the county.
-Mr. J. T. Barker went to Wil
mington this morning and will
return this evening with his
daughter Miss Alice, who has
been undergoing treatment there
for the past six weeks for throat
trouble, whichv, it is . hoped, has
been entirely relieved.
Rev. J. W. Bradley, pastor
of Chestnut Street Methodist
church, will have for his subject
at the 11 o'clock service Sunday
morning "The Engineering of
Eternity." At the conclusion of
the sermon a church conference
of importance to every member
will be held.
Mr. Regan Mclntyre, who for
some time had held a position as
clerk at the Waverly hotel, has
resigned to accept a position as
clork with the Evans Pharmacy
at Dillon, S. C. He left yester
day for Dillon. Mr. Mclntyre is
succeeded at the hotel by Mr.
Douglas McLean.
Mr. Fred J. Thomas, who
with his family, had been at
Shelby for the last three months
for his health, returned this
morning to resume his work as
j express agent, which work has
been looked after in his absence
by Mr. Albert Boylin. Miss
Annie Burton Stainback, who
had been at Shelby also, returned
with Mr. Thomas. Mrs. Thomas
and children will probably spend
the summer at Shelby.
Mr. Troy M'White has been
appointed clerk at the postoffice
to succeed Mr. B. F. Stephens,
who resigned some time ago.
Five applicants stood the exami
nation advertised to be held last
Saturday and papers have been
sent to the Department at Wash
ington, but the vacancy was fill
ed from the eligible list, from
which Mr. M'White had been
dropped on account of being out
of town when first notified of the
vacancy to which he was eligible
but to which he was restored
when the matter was explained
to the Department at Washing
ton. Nine Farmers and Three Mer
chants Compose Allen Jury.
Wythevill. Va.. Dispatch. 1st.
A jury was sworn tonight to
try Floyd Allen, indicted for five
murders in the Carroll court
house on March 14th last. For
four hours, counsel interrogated
a string of veniremen and it was
long after dusk when a 16th
talesman was found satisfactory
as to cause. The defense then
exercised its four peremptory
challenges allotted and court ad
journed. Nine farmers and three mer
chants compose the jury. The
defense moved to require the
commonwealth to consolidate the
five indictments against Floyd
Allen to obviate the possibility
of five separate trials, but Judge
Staples overruled the motion.
The charge to the jury and the
opening statements in the case
by counsel will be made tomor
row. Indian Normal School Com
mencement May 17.
The commencement of the In
dian Normal school at Pembroke
will be held May 17. Under the
excellent management of Prof.
H. L. Edens, principal, thisa
school has been doing excellent
work and the commencement ex
ercises are always a great-credit
to teachers and pupils.